It can take months or even years to come back from a tornado sweeping through your property.
But Northern Wire in Merrill quickly went from utter destruction to producing its wire products in just days after the April 10th tornado.
The twister did a number on the manufacturer, ripping off its roof and shaking up everything inside.
"The way I guess I could describe it is it looked like a bomb went off in the building," said General Manager Matt Beilke.
But with help from the community, the business cleaned up and was back in business in only days.
"Right from the get go our ownership and our management was committed to reopening and we shared that with our team," he said.
Production continued in a different building, while the initial location was re-constructed. December 16th, the team moved into the renovated business.
Saturday, the company celebrated.
Beilke says the community has been very supportive during the entire process.
