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 Rochester dental clinic has a waiting list of more than 4,000

Greater Minnesota badly needs more dentists, hygienists and facilities.

November 23, 2024

Greater Minnesota

Tolkkinen: All ends well for Brad, the ram on the lam, and Taz, the horse in the north

Brad the sheep and Taz the Arabian are both back home, thanks to two-legged friends who never lost hope.

November 21, 2024

Greater Minnesota

Tolkkinen: When criticized, Trump doubles down and strengthens his support. He’s doing it again.

Who else could get away with a feed-style hat with a business suit?

November 19, 2024

Duluth

Tolkkinen: Sheep on the lam proves too wily for North Shore rescuers

Brad the sheep has been sighted repeatedly along the North Shore over the past two weeks, eluding wolves, coyotes, police and animal rescuers.

November 14, 2024