ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – It’s news nobody wants to hear this close to Christmas, about 60 people are out of their jobs this week.

Both Rochester Perkins locations are closing indefinitely.

The 16th Avenue NW location is shutting down at 10 p.m. Friday. The South Broadway location already appeared dark Thursday night. Calls to that location went unanswered.

We’re told the franchise owner is shutting down twelve of the fourteen locations he owns. The people we spoke with did not know where the other locations are.

KTTC checked and found none of the other locations in Southeastern Minnesota, Northern Iowa and the La Crosse area are closing.

We were unable to make direct contact with the franchise owner of the Rochester Perkins.