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Alumacraft Fires Many Staffers Not Long After Recent Hiring Spree, 2nd Federally Required Notice By Robert Lawson Publisher info@nicolletcountyledger.com
Alumacraft boat photo by Gary Cziko.
Alumacraft has laid off more employees at their Saint Peter aluminum boat manufacturing facility. They have been in the Saint Peter community for more than 70 years and were recently acquired by Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP). The parent company is located outside the United States and also owns Polaris, along with other
brands of recreational vehicles. Others include Ski-Doo, Evinrude, Rotax, Sea-Doo, Can-Am, Manitou and Telwater. Alumacraft is part of their marine division within their portfolio of subsidiary brands and companies. For the second time, the company was required by federal law to notify the state they would be laying off more than 100 employees. A previous time just recently, back in September, the company also announced laying off around
Alpha Media Lays Off All On-Air Talent
70 people. Several employees arrived to work this past Thursday and were told their positions were eliminated. Some have already spoken to media outlets to tell their stories. Many of the employees they let go, they recently hired within the past year or even more recently than that. Many local companies, especially manufacturers, were on a hiring spree. Now many of those same employers are announcing similar layoffs at their businesses.
Local broadcast media company Alpha Media’s radio station group in North Mankato. Despite the pictured slogan, there will be no live local broadcasts from humans. Photos by Robert Lawson.
No Hosts, Only Music for Stations in North Mankato Stations Group
NORTH MANKATO – Alpha at their North Mankato loca- KEYC TV/Grey Television. The music and commercials. There KMKO and KYSM. Other loca- Austin and Luverne, Minnesota Media Group laid off all of their tion, which is right next door stations in the North Mankato will be no live human hosts. The tions impacted by layoffs at and stations in South Dakota on-air talent, including staff to another local media source, building will only be playing stations include KEEZ, KRBI, Alpha Media include Albert Lea, and Iowa.
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Jeff Brand Touts Achievements for District 18A and Nicollet County
Campers at Mill Pond Park in Saint Peter on Memorial Day Weekend. Photo by Robert Lawson.
On Monday, the 93rd Minnesota Legislature adjourned and State Representative Jeff Brand in the Minnesota House provided a snapshot of his policy achievements in the 2024 Legislative Session that has benefited his district, 18A. District 18A includes his hometown of Saint Peter and Nicollet County. “I’m incredibly excited about the things I was able to deliver for our community,” Brand said. Some examples he cited include $3.192 million in direct property tax cuts to Blue Earth, Le Sueur and Nicollet Counties; an additional $8.8 million in savings in the district, which Brand credits to more than 8,000 residents not being eligible for the child tax
credit; $1 million to help keep Pathstone Living and Benedictine Living community’s doors open; and helping to expand the River Watch program into Saint Peter High School. The legislature also ordered a number of fiscal reports as part of the tax bill to gather data to make the tax system more fair in years to come in Minnesota, according to an email update from Brand.
NORTH MANKATO – Due to inclement weather on Friday, May 23, along with a rainy week, the groundbreaking ceremony for
tance of this event and want to “Rest assured, we are working to ensure that everyone has the reschedule the groundbreaking opportunity to participate,” an as soon as possible.” email from the district read. The district also apologized
Pictured Right: Minnesota House State Representative Jeff Brand, District 18A.
Groundbreaking at Dakota Meadows Middle School Rescheduled to Later Date Dakota Meadows Middle School (MAPS), the district is working that was scheduled for that day to reschedule the groundbreakwas postponed. According to ing as soon as possible. Mankato Area Public Schools “We understand the impor-
for any inconvenience this rescheduling may have caused for those planning to attend the ceremony.
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