Shopko East Closing in May

ST. CLOUD -- Shopko has announced another round of store closings, and the east side location in St. Cloud will be shutting its doors for good in May.

The closing was announced Wednesday, along with 138 other stores. It joins the other Minnesota locations already announced. That includes Rochester, Fairmont, and Warroad - closing on April 15th.  Paynesville and Mahnomen stores, which were announced late last year - and will close on March 3rd.

The company says it will also move 50 optical centers into freestanding stores.

Shopko west is not on the store closing list. The east side location's last day is May 12.