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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...

Former Minneapolis Police Chief reflects on 30-plus years of public service

“To Protect with Courage, To Serve with Compassion!” –MPD motto  In 1989, former Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, affectionately referred to by his family and friends as “Rondo,” became a rookie Minneapolis police officer. In 2007, he and 4 other African...

Veteran media personality reflects on path to station owner 

Coming of age on the West Side of Chicago, Wesley Smith recalls, “We were so poor, the one thing we could afford was our imagination.” That imagination has served Smith well through the years, and today he's the only...

Q&A: In ‘Body//Weight,’ photographer Christopher Selleck reflects on masculinity, societal ideals and the male form

From left: Joey, 2020; Kolton #2, 2022; Max #1, 2021 MinnPost photos by Sheila Regan Join to get Artscape in your inbox every Friday afternoon. In “Body//Weight,” on the Minneapolis Institute of Art, photographer Christopher Selleck questions societal ideals of what masculinity...

Outgoing Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington reflects on term

Commissioner John Harrington shown at a May 27, 2020, press conference following the murder of George Floyd. John Autey/Pioneer Press/Pool via REUTER Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington stepped down this month after deciding not to hunt a second...

Outgoing Hennepin County attorney reflects on six terms

After spending nearly a 3rd of his adult life in public service, first as a Minnesota state legislator, then in a complete of six terms in two separate stints as Hennepin County attorney, Mike Freeman will retire in January. Sitting...

Outgoing Hennepin County attorney reflects on six terms

After spending nearly a 3rd of his adult life in public service, first as a Minnesota state legislator, then in a complete of six terms in two separate stints as Hennepin County attorney, Mike Freeman will retire in January. Sitting...
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U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

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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...

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...