ARLINGTON, Wis. – Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association told customers it had suspended operations in Ettrick because of an overnight fire. The fire destroyed the old Sales Barn, which housed Equity’s Ettrick outpost. Curt Larson, president, called the closure temporary. The company has 11 locations, mostly in Wisconsin, and provides marketing, managing and financing.

By dawn’s early light. The crumpled remains of the industrial building housing Supply Technologies, Equity Livestock Sales, and Bloody Mary.