Wisconsin River Meats was just weeks from moving into a new addition to their building when a massive construction fire broke out on Feb. 3 destroying the old part of the facility.
Company owner David Mauer said the Mauston-based company “lost everything” related to production in the fire, and more than 20 people lost their jobs.
“We were building an addition to help accommodate demand from mostly local customers,” Mauer told The Epoch Times. “We were just weeks away from moving most of our production equipment to the new portion of the building.”
“Insurance wasn’t the worst but had equipment and building ‘caps.’ We lost $1 million in non-insurance-covered assets.”
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