FRANKLIN, Wis. — A meatpacking company will abandon plans to build a larger slaughterhouse in Franklin.
Strauss Meats sent a statement essentially saying it would not build a slaughterhouse at the proposed site following extensive community outrage.
The $73 million slaughterhouse was initially planned to be built next to a new subdivision near 112th Street and Ryan Road, a residentially zoned area.
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