Sheriff: Farmer Apparently Trampled to Death by Livestock

PARKERS PRAIRIE (AP) -- Sheriff's officials say 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 says Thoennes was apparently trampled by the bull and possibly the cows.