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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...

Business People: Greenberg Traurig adds retired Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea

OF NOTE Lorie Skjerven Gildea Greenberg Traurig, Minneapolis, announced the addition of retired Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea as a shareholder in the worldwide law firm’s Minneapolis office. Gildea served as chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court for 13 years....

Obituary: Retired Ramsey County jurist Mary Louise Klas, 93, was longtime women’s rights advocate

Judge Mary Louise Klas photographed in her chambers) in 2000. (Jim Gehrz / Pioneer Press) Soon after former Ramsey County District Judge Mary Louise Klas was assigned to oversee cases in family court, she began working to make sure fair...

Racial slur, shots in retired firefighter’s attack on former Gophers running back

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Stribber Paul Walsh reports, “A former Minnesota Gophers football star was called a racial slur during a daylight attack by a white man who fired a gun in a south...

Racer who once retired wins Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon in just below 15 hours

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. For the Star Tribune, Christa Lawler reports, “After nearly three days and 300 miles spent cruising near the North Shore, Keith Aili’s team of Alaskan huskies stopped Tuesday just shy...

Retired judge offers her vision for Hennepin County Attorney

Martha Holton Dimick served eight years on the bench as a judge within the Fourth Judicial District after being appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton in 2012. Now in her first 12 months of retirement, Dimick hopes to make use...

Business People: Retired IBM chief Ginni Rometty joins Cargill board

OF NOTE — AGRICULTURE/COMMODITIES Virginia M. Rometty Cargill Inc., a Wayzata-based global food and agricultural commodity conglomerate, announced that Virginia (Ginni) M. Rometty has been elected to its board of directors. Rometty is the previous chairman, president and CEO of IBM, retiring in 2020. ADVERTISING/PUBLIC RELATIONS Marketing...
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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...