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Wisconsin Police Recover Another Load of Stolen Cheese

For the second time in a week, police in Wisconsin have recovered a stolen load of cheese worth tens of thousands of dollars.
Image: A worker checks a wheel of seasoned Parmigiano Reggiano cheese in a factory in Italy
A worker checks a wheel of seasoned Parmigiano Reggiano cheese in a factory in Valestra, near Reggio Emilia, Italy.FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP - Getty Images file

MARSHFIELD, Wis. — For the second time in a week, police in Wisconsin have recovered a stolen load of cheese worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Marshfield Police Lt. Darren Larson said 41,000 pounds of Parmesan cheese worth $90,000 was stolen from a Marshfield distributor Jan. 15. A semi picked up the cheese that day, but it never reached its intended destination in Illinois.

Larson says investigators received a tip Thursday that the cheese was likely in Grand Chute. Police in Grand Chute found the entire shipment intact. It had already been unloaded into a warehouse.

On Monday, police in Germantown said $70,000 worth of cheddar and other cheeses stolen from a distribution center there last week had been recovered in Milwaukee on Friday.

Police haven't said whether the cases are connected.