Clearwater named top large purse rodeo of the year

For the 14th time, Clearwater's Big Rodeo, scheduled annually for the last full weekend in June, received the Mid-States Rodeo Association's award for large-purse rodeo of the year.

Award recipients were announced Saturday, during the association's finale in Broken Bow.

The chamber was tabbed as the top rodeo in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Rodeo co-chairman Jeremy Kester attributes the event's success to a supportive community and large group of sponsors.

"The community does a great job and none of it would be possible without our sponsors a...