Instead of telling his workers to find another job, he paid them out of his own pocket, a move that cost him $144,000.
The owner of the Wisconsin Culver's fast food chain for 19 years said it was the right thing to do.
"It is just a building, and Culver's Platteville is much more than that. It is the people," Kroll said.
Kroll asked only one thing of his employees: Volunteer time to the community.
The employees set up a fundraiser in honor of the local fire department and raised over $2,000.
The restaurant reopened June 16th. Ironically, that same day, it narrowly escaped a tornado that swept into town.