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2/22/2021 As soon as Landon Gran saw the Ford F150 1978 Ranger, his mother knew the seller had found a buyer. “The look on his face told me it was a done deal,” recalls Michele Gran. “I knew we weren’t leaving without that pickup.” Only 15 at the time, the young man’s love of trucks was known to many. “He bought the truck before he could even drive,” Gran says. “I would drive him to school in it, because he wanted to show it off to his friends.” So it’s not surprising that Landon, during an FFA officers retreat in June 2019, would be the one to suggest his chapter hold a car and truck show to raise money.
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2/21/2021 The report of an 18-year-old caught in a grain bin auger came into the Nicollet County 911 dispatcher at 3:46 p.m. Thirteen minutes later, Deputy Michael O’Gorman was the first to arrive on the scene. The Saint Peter Volunteer Fire Department also responded. They were too late. Landon Gran, who had been cleaning out a neighbor’s grain bin when his legs became entangled in the auger, had succumbed to his injuries. The last time he was seen alive was around 12:30 p.m., according to the accident report. The hardest part, says the teenager’s mother, is knowing her son’s death could have been prevented had the necessary precautions been in place.