Firefighters train with new rescue tube

MONTICELLO – Lee Ewers, Bryce Dubson and Jeremy Dunlap worked quietly while wading up to their knees in golden corn.

Lights from Monticello Fire Department's trucks shone on an enormous peak of the grain near the former General Cable building on the outskirts of Monticello in the evening training session.

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