GREAT FALLS — A northern Montana man has recaptured the state's giant pumpkin record with a 1,168-pound gourd he raised in his grandfather's garden in Shelby.

Every collector, even more so. Gene Rhodes—better known as Gene the Pumpkin Man—spent decades turning his pumpkin farm on M-43 into West Michigan's autumn destination. But beyond the hayrides ...

Gene "The Pumpkin Man" Rhodes yells jokes to customers as they browse pumpkins at Gene the Pumpkin Man, which is located on M-43 just west of Kalamazoo, Michigan on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019.