Not a direct connection, but here it goes anyway: Cirrus Aircraft Corp. will lay off about 85 employees this week.
Most are non-production workers in Duluth, with a few in Cirrus's Grand Forks facility, said Todd Simmons, the company's vice president of marketing.
Simmons said the layoffs are the latest step in the company's restructuring as it adjusts to the decreased market demand for Cirrus airplanes, from 600-700 a year to half that many.
After the layoffs, the company will have about 700 employees, including 80 previously furloughed production workers, Simmons said.