ELK GROVE, Calif. (AP) – A Napa farmer won a Northern California contest with a record-setting 1,806-pound pumpkin that judges nicknamed “The Flying Saucer” because of its wide an… ...

Gene Rhodes, or more popularly known as "Gene the Pumpkin Man," has died, according to family members. Rhodes represented the third generation to farm his property along M-43 in Kalamazoo.