A much younger version of myself tepidly walked through the doorway at the Chaska Herald and immediately I was awash in a unique odor I’d never experienced before. The smell of ink, fresh newsprint, and the hint of aging newspapers all coalesced to suggest this was a place where history was being chronicled every day. Important work was being done there.Â
Last week Herald ownership announced it would be closing the newspaper by the end of this month, along with other properties it owns in Chanhassen, Savage, Shakopee, Prior Lake, Hutchinson and Litchfield.
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