Southwest News Media ends publication of several local Minnesota newspapers
SHAKOPEE, Minn. — Several local Minnesota newspapers will publish their last editions this week.
Southwest News Media announced earlier this month it's ending the publication of nine papers by month's end:
- Chanhassen Villager
- Chaska Herald
- Hutchinson Leader
- Jordan Independent
- Litchfield Independent Review
- Prior Lake American
- Savage Pacer
- Shakopee Valley News
- Southwest Saturday
Two of those papers, the Hutchinson Leader and the Litchfield Independent Review, were printed by Hutchinson's Crow River Press, …