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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...

‘48 Hours’ to focus on St. Paul fatal shooting of nurse Alexandra Pennig, whose killer claimed she died of suicide

“48 Hours” is airing a one-hour program Saturday on the 2022 killing of nurse Alexandra Lee Pennig, who jurors found was shot in the top in her downtown St. Paul apartment by her ex-lover and didn’t die by suicide...

Psychiatric nurse practitioner’s mental health clinic was inspired by community need

Adejoke Adedeji saw a transparent need for more understanding within the Nigerian community about mental illness and its treatments. MinnPost photo by Andy Steiner At first, Adejoke Adedeji’s decision to grow to be a nurse felt like a method to an...

Minnesota residency program gives rural sexual assault nurse examiners real-life experience

Frances LaRae Morgan, an Indian Health Service sexual assault nurse examiner from South Dakota, spent 10 days shadowing working nurse examiners within the Twin Cities as they treated patients who were searching for medical care after a sexual assault. Supplied Last...

Minnesota Legislature looks for method to exempt Mayo Clinic from proposed nurse staffing requirements

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Stribber Jeremy Olson reports, “A plan to exempt Mayo Clinic in Rochester from Minnesota nurse staffing laws is gaining traction, however the special treatment is upsetting the remainder of the...
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St. Paul prevails in legal fight to raze, replace historic Hamline-Midway Library

Following 16 months of litigation, a Ramsey County district judge has given the town of St. Paul the go-ahead...
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St. Paul-based Securian Financial lays off 58 employees across departments

Securian Financial has notified 58 employees — roughly 2% of its total workforce — that their roles with the corporate are being eliminated in...

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...