By Ryan Spoehr
SLN staff
A liquidation sale sign went up in front of the Sentry store at 801 N. Wisconsin St. last week as well as a banner on the front window, thus marking the beginning of the end of a business that has been in Elkhorn for several decades.
Jon Curry, who owns the Sentry business in Elkhorn confirmed late last week the business will closing, in a span of less than two years after he purchased it from Tyler Daniels late in 2015.
In April, after a for-sale sign appeared on the property, Curry said he had no plans at that time or in the near future to sell or close his business, stating the building was for sale.
But since that time, shelves have progressively become increasingly bare as the amount of product available has continually lessened. Recently, several of the business’ freezers were no longer in use, frozen products were not being sold, and the cooler items in the deli were no longer sold.
Curry’s purchase in 2015 ended the 18-year involvement of the Daniels family in the Elkhorn Sentry business that spanned 18 years. Shortly after, Curry purchased the Lake Mills Sentry from Brian Conrad, who had owned that store for 40 years.
Terry Daniels bought the Elkhorn store in 1997, according to the Daniels Foods website. Later on, ownership was transferred to Tyler Daniels prior to the business being sold to Curry.
Curry declined to comment for this story. A projected date on the closure of the Elkhorn Sentry is not known at this time.
