A VIDEO OF A DEER with a pumpkin stuck on its muzzle made the national news lately. The video was shot here in Cascade Township, and dire prediction about the fate of the beast were to be found everywhere. (You can see the video here.)

Somehow I missed the announcement, but the deer is apparently free. Here's a video report on the development.

I'm not really sure why a trapped deer was worthy of all that national coverage, and I'm even less sure about why the announcement that the deer is free wasn't.

In either case, this is great news. Now all the deer has to do is make it through the next few weeks of hunting season.