VERMONTVILLE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Lansing-area authorities said a 14-year-old girl was killed in a farming accident when her dress tangled in machinery.

The Eaton County sheriff’s department told the Lansing State Journal and TV stations WILK and WLNS the accident happened about 4 p.m. July 21. The farm is in Vermontville Township, about 25 miles west of Lansing.

The department said Martha Hochstetler was helping use an elevator to move hay bales to an upper part of a barn when the accident happened. Her funeral was Friday.

Officials: Alcona County beef herd positive for bovine TB

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Officials said a small beef cattle herd has tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (TB) in Alcona County.

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said Thursday the infection was confirmed after testing of the herd by the agency and the USDA. It’s the 62nd cattle herd found to have the infectious bacterial disease in Michigan since 1998 and the second this year.

Bovine TB primarily affects cows but can be transmitted between wildlife and other mammals, including humans. The disease is widespread among wild deer in the area of the infested cattle farm. A meeting for beef and dairy cattle producers in Alcona County is scheduled for Aug. 6 at the Barton City Veterans of Foreign Wars post.