Help is just around the corner
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Becky and Greg Moose consider themselves “rich” when it comes to their family and friends, who pitched in during tough times to help out on the farm.
MINNEOTA — Grant Moorse had just moved a tractor and feed wagon out of the machine shed on his family’s farm Feb. 15 and was back in the shed plugging in another tractor when it happened. “Just crash, crash,” he said. “Looked up and things started to come down pretty fast.” Grant ran for the big door at the south end and managed to get out before a quarter of the large shed’s roof collapsed, bringing down a lot of snow with it. “I didn’t dare call my dad at first,” the high school senior said. “I waited 45 minutes to a hour before I called him. I didn’t know how to tell him.” “We were in Marshall for the tax appraiser when Grant called,” said his father, Greg Moorse. “He was still shaking.” After ascertaining his son was uninjured and finding out the damage could have been a lot worse, all Greg Moorse could do was call people and ask for help — again. “It’s been one challenge after the next,” Moorse said. It started April 17 when he fell off a tractor.
» Full StoryHelp — just around the corner
MINNEOTA — Grant Moorse had just moved a tractor and feed wagon out of the machine shed on his family’s farm Feb. 15 and was back in the shed plugging in another tractor when it happened.
“Just crash, crash,” he said.
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