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A Brainerd woman gets more than what she bargains for when she attempts to carve a conjoined pumpkin in an underwater pumpkin-carving contest.

RELATED: Conjoined pumpkins, ears of corn by local growers turn heads Local pumpkin grower Mike Koering, who has grown and sold pumpkins for almost two decades, harvested his fourth conjoined pumpkins this year. Boys-N-Berries Farm in Brainerd also grows pumpkins and harvested conjoined ears of corn this year. Both oddities have been a hit with produce shoppers.
Learn more about the challenges she faced and whether the certified diver brought home a prize from the contest in Sunday’s features story by Frank Lee.