MANTUA, Ohio — Two men and a sledgehammer. That’s all it took to take down the Kotkowskis’ 80-foot concrete silo.
The silo was damaged by a fire last fall that destroyed the Kotkowskis’ barn and killed two-thirds of their goat herd. When its concrete staves hit the ground on May 1, it brought the couple one step closer to closing the final chapter on their farm life in Portage County.
Blair and Karen Kotkowski had been waiting for the silo to come down to build their new modern beef barn. Once the building is started, they will feel good about their plans to retire to Colorado, starting a new chapter out west…