“When we do hear about a possible layoff or closure either through the employer themselves or via a media report, we immediately start looking into it to see if there’s any validity to it,” Delaney said. “We just want to make sure impacted employees know how to access the resources they need to find work.”

McTevia said he wished Dunham could have stayed open long enough to give everyone affected time either to secure other jobs or find other delivery services.

“(Dunham was) out of money,” he said. “We couldn’t meet payroll, we couldn’t pay our utilities.”

The receiver notice was filed by Spectrum Commercial Services of Bloomington, Minnesota, which was owed nearly $2 million by Dunham, according to the court filing. Other defendants named in the filing included some of Dunham’s creditors and lenders, including Western Bank of St. Paul, Minnesota, which was owed just over $1 million, and ExMarq Capital Partners of Minnetonka, Minnesota, owed in excess of $5 million.

Equipment and assets held by Dunham were seized and any proceeds will be sent to the secured creditors. Spectrum also is working to collect any of Dunham’s remaining open invoices.

McTevia said it’s unlikely all the debt owed by Dunham Express will be repaid.