Farmer overcomes leg injury that has required 12 surgeries

SIDNEY – Kenny Thurman believed he would never farm again after his left leg was shattered on the second to last day of harvest one year ago.

But with the help of a surgically reconstructed leg and a specially built electric lift, Thurman was back at the controls of his red Case International 1660 combine on Monday, ready to harvest a load of corn.

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