PEMBINA, N.D. (KFGO) – One of the largest employers in northeastern North Dakota is closing later this year. Winnipeg-Headquartered New Flyer Industries is shutting down its charter and transit bus manufacturing plant in Pembina.

Mayor Mike Fitzgerald says the city was notified of the closing in a letter.

He says the letter cited difficulty in finding quality employees, the plant’s location and the company’s plan to begin the conversion to electric buses. New Flyer also has a plant in Crookston, Minnesota. The Pembina plant opened in 1963.