Minnesota Star Tribune to close its Minneapolis printing facility

The Minnesota Star Tribune revealed it will close its Minneapolis printing plant by the end of this year laying off workers The cost-saving measure follows decades of declining print readership leaving the Heritage plant on N st Street operating at just of full quota the Star Tribune disclosed But print s not entirely dead a Gannett-owned facility in Des Moines Iowa will still print the paper seven days a week starting at the end of December Gov Walz has issued an executive order in response to federal moves that have curbed vaccine access and perception The order directs the Minnesota Department of Strength to work with other state agencies to identify review and remove fences to vaccine access to the fullest extent permitted by law ' MPR News reports though it s not clear yet how the guidance will spill down to soundness providers A -year-old girl injured in the Annunciation Church shooting has been published from the hospital KSTP reports that Lydia Kaiser will be receiving a scholarship and national participant heroism award from The Uvalde Foundation for Kids for what she did to protect those around her As for other wounded survivors One child remains hospitalized with serious injuries while all other casualties are now back home although multiple still face long roads in their recovery And as National Suicide Prevention Awareness Week gets underway Minnesota News Connection profiles how the Minnesota Construction Mental Healthcare Alliance is hoping to change the mindsets of project leaders and workers in the construction field The Alliance cites facts showing construction as having the second highest suicide rate behind farming It also notes a construction worker is four to five times more likely to die of suicide than of a workplace-related accident The post Minnesota Star Tribune to close its Minneapolis printing facility appeared first on MinnPost