Community rallies to support Sagehorn family

Keith Sagehorn, at left, talks to Max Wear and looks out over his field Monday morning, Sept. 13. Wear was one of many community members who volunteered to help harvest Sagehorn’s millet. In a show of support to the family after Keith and Diane’s 33-year-old son John’s unexpected death last week, between 25-30 farmers and other family friends flocked to the Sagehorn fields with their combines, grain carts and other equipment to assist with the project, which was organized by Marc Schlachter. Volunteers operated a total of seven combines, five grain carts and 13 semis to help harvest the millet from four different fields in a demonstration of support for the Sagehorns. Central Plains Equipment donated the use of a tractor for the day, and Scholl Oil provided a fuel truck. — The Holyoke Enterprise | Johnson Publications