Pauls injured in augur collapse

Norm Pauls, 56, Colfax, was released from Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane last week, after being treated for a farm accident. Pauls was pinned beneath an augur near LaCrosse July 16.

Whitman County Sheriff’s Chaplain Ron McMurray said Pauls was working beneath a portable grain elevator-loading augur when it collapsed onto his leg.

Pauls was taken by MedStar helicopter to Sacred Heart after emergency crews cut the augur off of him. He was treated for a broken leg and ankle.