Karen Tolkkinen

Columnist

Greater Minnesota

Karen Tolkkinen is the Minnesota Star Tribune's greater Minnesota columnist. She has more than three decades of experience in local journalism, most recently serving as a reporter, copy editor, and columnist at the Echo Press in Alexandria, Minn. She lives with her husband and son in Otter Tail County, in a farmhouse built by her husband's great-great grandparents in the early 1920s.

Karen Tolkkinen is the Minnesota Star Tribune's greater Minnesota columnist. She has more than three decades of experience in local journalism, most recently serving as a reporter, copy editor, and columnist at the Echo Press in Alexandria, Minn. She lives with her husband and son in Otter Tail County, in a farmhouse built by her husband's great-great grandparents in the early 1920s.

Contact

Karen.Tolkkinen@startribune.com

612 673 4007

Latest from Karen Tolkkinen

Greater Minnesota

Tolkkinen: A long-ago good deed by two radiologists has helped women across Minnesota

It’s never too late to follow your dreams.

December 21, 2024

Politics

Tolkkinen: Stauber, Emmer and Gazelka flap their feathers over Satanist phoenix display

Tom Emmer, Pete Stauber and Paul Gazelka call the Satanist display in the state Capitol an insult to Christians and Minnesotans. As a Christian, I disagree.

December 19, 2024

Greater Minnesota

Tolkkinen: I’ll check into your Minnesota conspiracy theory, but first you have to do something for me

People are often sure of what they know, until details come out.

December 17, 2024

Greater Minnesota

Tolkkinen: Why I took my 12-year-old's cellphone away

Just because you live in rural Minnesota doesn't mean that predators can't find your kid. They can, easily, online, even when you think they're safe at home. Kids have died because of it. It's a big reason I took my 12-year-old's cell phone away.

December 13, 2024