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  • Producers tell young people about their farm accidents

    CALMAR, Iowa -- "I'm a farm accident survivor," Calmar farmer Joe Bullerman told young people at the recent Progressive Ag Safety Day at Northeast Iowa Community College. He taught a session on grain auger safety and he shared a lesson he learned the hard way. On Nov. 2, a Monday morning, he was working in a grain bin on his farm when he got caught in the power sweep.

  • Hageman recovers from tractor rollover injuries

    CALMAR, Iowa-- Lynn Hageman likes to say his mission in life isn't complete. That's all he can think of to explain why he survived a tractor rollover last fall. "I feel blessed," he said. Hageman talked about his farm accident at the recent Progressive Ag Safety Day at Northeast Iowa Community College in Calmar.

  • Friend saves Fritcher's life

    CALMAR, Iowa -- Ruthie Fritcher held up an old wood step stool and said that she owed her life to it and to good friend Dean Schwade, who farms with her. She told children at the recent Progressive Ag Safety Day at Northeast Iowa Community College at Calmar, that she remembers her birthday, her wedding day and her daughter's birthday, but she also remembers April 23, 2008, the day of her farm accident.

  • Safety message delivered in Calmar

    Children attending the recent Progressive Ag Safety Day at Northeast Iowa Community College in Calmar got to see Gundersen Lutheran Hospital's MedLink AIR emergency helicopter.

    CALMAR, Iowa -- Three northeast Iowa farmers shared how they were injured in farm accidents and urged young people to be safe during the recent Progressive Ag Safety Day at Northeast Iowa Community College at Calmar. Lynn Hageman of Calmar told the youngsters about his recovery from a tractor rollover. Joe Bullerman, a Calmar farmer, talked about getting caught in a power sweep in his grain bin. Ruthie Fritcher, a Lime Springs farmer, recounted getting run over by a tractor.

  • Iowa Northern's slugs cutting diesel emissions, reducing fuel consumption

    WATERLOO, Iowa -- The Iowa Northern Railway Company is growing its business at the same time it is decreasing the pollution its locomotives emit. Last week the Cedar Rapids-based shortline railroad demonstrated the operation of its two newly converted railroad slugs, energy saving and diesel emission-reducing locomotive accessories, at its Waterloo Bryant Yard shops.