Tour of Manufacturing

Local manufacturing companies are holding their "Tour of Manufacturing" event the next two Saturdays in an event to attract new workers into the field. A skilled worker shortage is hampering growth efforts by many businesses who can't fill the open positions.

We continue today with our week long series called "Workers Wanted", a look at local efforts to close the skills gap in central Minnesota. There is a bipartisan effort at both the state and federal level to address the issue.

As worker shortages increase across the country, employers in the manufacturing industry are doing what they can to grow their workforce.