Local businesses struggle to hire amid rising labor demand
Local businesses struggle to hire amid rising labor demand Unmute OLMSTED COUNTY, Minn. (KTTC) -- Despite COVID-19 restrictions loosening across the country and job opportunities opening up, labor shortages remain high. Here in Minnesota, various industries are struggling to keep up with demand. In March 2020, Minnesota unemployment sat at 3 percent, in March 2021, 4.2 percent. It's down from 4.4 percent in February, but staff shortages are being felt locally in big ways. "This year has been such a struggle," Stewartville Dairy Queen owner Ryan Mosch said. Mosch an...
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