A Mitchell man is dead after being trapped in a grain bin.
The Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office says they received a 9-1-1 call shortly after noon on Wednesday about a grain bin entrapment near the intersection of State Highway 9 and Glass Avenue. First responders at the scene found 69-year-old Dennis Fischer trapped in the bin. Rescuers were not able to free Fischer from the bin for an extended period of time and Fischer died at the scene.
(By Bob Fisher, KRIB, Mason City)