Spilled corn covers southern Minnesota highway for 2 hours

A crew of people responded to clean it up.

Author:
Melissa Turtinen
Publish date:
Jun 24, 2021

brown county corn spill — Brown County Sheriff's Office, Facebook

The axle broke on a farmer's vehicle, spilling corn all over a highway in southern Minnesota.

The Brown County Sheriff's Office said the incident happened around 4 p.m. Wednesday on County Road 16 and County Road 100.

brown county corn spill 2 — Brown County Sheriff's Office, Facebook

Farmers, Farmward employees and the Brown County Highway Department all responded to help clean up the road so it could reopen.

They were on the scene for just over two hours, Jason Seidl with the Brown County Sheriff's Office told Bring Me The News.

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