Name of Freeborn man killed in motorcycle accident released

The name of a Freeborn man killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday, August 14th, has been released. The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office said, 56 year old Joe Longe apparently lost control of the bike on Winnebago County blacktop R-50, 140th Avenue, south of the Minnesota border, skidded off the roadway into a ditch and overturned, throwing him from the motorcycle. The 56 year old was pronounced dead at the scene.
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