Hog Barn and Nursery Catch On Fire Over 300 Hogs Lost

Deputies with the Dubuque County Sheriff’s Office along with New Vienna and Holy Cross Fire Departments responded to Highway 52 North for a hog barn on fire Monday night around 7:30pm. An investigation revealed a hog barn owned by James and Joseph Schieltz lost its roof due to high winds during a storm. The roof blew onto another hog building, causing the second hog building to collapse onto a nursery building. The nursery building caught fire, and a fourth building was damaged as well. All 300 hogs in the nursery building were lost, as well as some hogs in the second hog building. Reports say total damages are estimated at $250,000.