Thieves steal sausage, herring and beer from cheese factory

The burglars who hit the Dupont Cheese Factory in Marion, central Wisconsin made off with nearly 350 pounds of meat, more than 100 pounds of cheese and a dozen cases of beer, according to the Waupaca County Sheriff's Department.

Among the missing items were 80 pounds of garlic sausage, 80 pounds of summer sausage, 80 pounds of beef sausage, 60 pounds of snack sausage, 30 pounds of bacon and 15 pounds of smoked beef.

Also stolen were 48 jars of herring, 70 pounds of string cheese and a 40-pound block of cheese carved into the shape of a wedding bell.

To presumably wash it down, the thieves took 12 cases of beer and 16 12-packs of soda.