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Tropical Storm Helene caused significant damage to the Madison County fairgrounds, including the rodeo arena.

Repairs were delayed as the fairgrounds were used for storm relief staging and the project manager stepped away.

Phase One of the covered arena project is now estimated to cost $1.3 million, with construction starting by Nov. 14.

MARSHALL - The Madison County fairgrounds took a big hit in Tropical Storm Helene, and the county is working to repair them.

County Manager Rod Honeycutt said in his Oct. 14 report to the Madison County Board of Commissioners that the team continues its work to repair the grounds, on Carolina Lane at the county fairgrounds site in Marshall.

According to Honeycutt, the Helene flooding created a slope in the rodeo arena. Even prior

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