PUTNAM COUNTY, Ill. ( WEEK /Gray News) — One person was killed and another was injured in a grain bin accident in Illinois.

The injured man was airlifted to a hospital for treatment and his current condition is unknown ...

One man was killed and another was airlifted from the scene following a grain bin accident in Illinois this week ...

The second person, so far unidentified, was found dead at the bottom of the grain bin about 4:45 p.m. after rescue crews worked in shifts to remove soybeans. None of the rescuers were injured.

The gymnasium at Plainwell Middle School will be officially renamed after an educator who died while working in a grain silo in 2023.