On July 5, 2022, at approximately 1:49 P.M., the Stearns County Emergency Communications Center received a call reporting a medical at 32684 Oakland Road in Oak township. The caller was reporting a 34-year-old male, found inside a grain bin, and that he was unresponsive. The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Melrose Police Department, Freeport Fire Department, Melrose Fire Department, and the Melrose Ambulance Service responded to the scene. Thomas Holdvogt had been located unconscious in the grain bin by a family member. When first responders arrived on scene, Holdvogt was removed from the grain bin by fire personnel and lifesaving efforts were started. Medical intervention efforts continued and Holdvogt was transported to Centra Care Hospital in Melrose. Those efforts were ultimately unsuccessful and Holdvogt was later pronounced deceased. An autopsy from the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office will be preformed as part of the investigation into this matter.
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