SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - 811 is the number you should call before you dig so a utility locator can mark underground lines and prevent damage. On December 9, those utility heroes will battle it out in Springfield to see who is the best.

The International Locate Rodeo will bring locator champions and utility workers from the U.S. and Canada to Springfield to test how quickly and accurately they can pinpoint underground lines.

The competition puts all of their skills to the test while also giving them room to learn new skills from their own performance and talking to their opponents.

“The takeaways they’re gonna have will be things like this,” said Missouri Common Ground Alliance board member Jeff Trowbridge, “while they’re waiting to go out to the wheel, they’re sitting there, and they’re

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