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A benefit for a man who lost a portion of his arm in a farm accident will be held March 21 in New York Mills. Leo Barthel was involved in a farm accident southwest of New York Mills on Dec. 13, resulting in the loss of a portion of his right arm. Leo underwent multiple surgeries...

With a winter blizzard heading this way, Leo Barthel went out to the field to get some work done before the season's first major snowfall on Saturday. The late-season chore turned into a tragedy for the Rush Lake area farmer, when his arm was seriously injured in a piece of machinery. "He...