2 More Local Twin Cities Newspapers Will Be Shuttered

TWIN CITIES, MN — Two more local newspapers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area will cease publication. On April 30, Eden Prairie News and Lakeshore Weekly News will print their final issues.

They're the latest papers to go out of print amid the crisis caused by the new coronavirus.

"Changes within our communities have always been documented by our news products, and we’ve seen our share of it within the media industry, particularly in recent years," Laurie Hartmann, general manager of the Lakeshore Weekly News and Eden Prairie News, said in a statement last week.

Lakeshore Weekly News covers the Lake Minnetonka area.

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"We, too, have experienced a decline in advertising revenue, changes in marketing preferences, and now, the impact on local business, including our newspapers, from COVID-19," Hartmann added.

Both papers are operated by Southwest News Media. The company said the publishing of its papers for Chanhassen, Chaska, Shakopee, Jordan, Prior Lake, and Savage will continue.

Earlier this month, RiverTown Multimedia announced that the Hastings Star Gazette and The Bulletin of Woodbury and Cottage Grove will be shuttered in early May.