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Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a rare eye disease that may eventually cause her to go blind. Recently retired nurse Joyce Gimmestad...

Obituary: Longtime director of Listening House believed in offering ‘radical hospitality’

Rosemarie Reger-Rumsey believed in offering those in need an extravagant welcome. Reger-Rumsey served as the manager director of Listening House of St. Paul, a drop-in center for the unhoused, for 20 years. The nonprofit organization is celebrating its fortieth anniversary...

Obituary: Owner of Brookman Motors believed he ‘lived in the best time there ever was’

Calvin “Kelly” Brookman had an easy rule when it got here to selling cars, trucks and tractors — the Golden Rule: Treat others the way in which you'll wish to be treated. Brookman, the longtime owner of Brookman Motors in...

Obituary: Stillwater’s Larry Nelson, co-founder of Saint Anthony Important, believed in ‘retailing as theater’

Larry Nelson had an eye fixed for beautiful design. Larry Nelson (Courtesy of Maaja Kern) Nelson, the co-founder of Saint Anthony Important in Minneapolis, loved architecture, art, interior design and photography and spent his skilled profession developing upscale, retail design projects. Nelson,...
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St. Paul-based Securian Financial lays off 58 employees across departments

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U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

Longtime St. Paul Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is in search of one other term in Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional District and again faces May...

Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a...

Family of 83-year-old St. Paul man killed in hit-and-run: ‘We’ll forgive you. … Please turn yourself in’

For 30 years, John Bidon took each day runs around Lake Phalen near his St. Paul home. He’d stretch it out to 5 miles...