Minnesota Star Tribune to close its Minneapolis printing facility

The Minnesota Star Tribune declared 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 maximum the Star Tribune revealed 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 Wellness to work with other state agencies to identify review and remove hindrances 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 physical condition 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 attendee 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 a great number of 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 Physical condition Alliance is hoping to change the mindsets of project leaders and workers in the construction field The Alliance cites details 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