BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — Right now, many jack-o-lanterns and pumpkins are at the end of their life. Instead of letting them go to waste straight to the trash, one group rounds up the gourds and makes a pack of piggies, pretty happy.

KX News reporter Tyler Pflibsen went out on Saturday, November 1, to see what all the oinks and squeals of excitement were about.

There has probably never been a more literal meaning to the saying, "As happy as a pig in mud", as there was Saturday. That's as those with the Prairie Rose 4-H Club took it upon themselves to makes these pigs' day.

"So our 4-H club does a community service project where we go out and collect pumpkins - leftover Halloween pumpkins." Angil Koper, Prairie Rose 4-H Club Leader "And then we bring out to a farm, out here in Sterling. And

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