A member of the Midwest Old Threshers Board of Directors is hospitalized in the burn unit at the University of Iowa. Alan Buckert of Mount Pleasant suffered second degree burns to his head, face, arm, and hands while working on a tractor. The accident occurred over the weekend on his family’s farm near Hamilton, Illinois.
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