Sheriff: Farmer apparently trampled to death by livestock
Published 8:04 pm Wednesday, June 19, 2019
PARKERS PRAIRIE — Sheriff’s officials said a farmer in western Minnesota has died after he was trampled by his livestock.
Forty-one-year-old Craig Thoennes was found dead near a bull and two cows on Saturday at his farm southwest of Parkers Prairie. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said Thoennes was apparently trampled by the bull and possibly the cows.