Karen Tolkkinen

Columnist

Greater Minnesota

Karen Tolkkinen is the 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 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.

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Latest from Karen Tolkkinen

Greater Minnesota

Tolkkinen: Greater Minnesota really is mostly rocks and cows

Republicans got mad at Gov. Tim Walz after the 2016 elections for saying greater Minnesota is "mostly rocks and cows." Well, we've got a lot of rocks and a lot of cows and they're something to be proud of.

September 27, 2024

News & Politics

Tolkkinen: Should a school board member have to say the Pledge of Allegiance?

Fergus Falls school board member could pay for his stance in the upcoming election.

September 24, 2024

Greater Minnesota

Tolkkinen: Let’s stop canceling each other for voicing our opinions

Can we disagree better? Students from the College of St. Benedict, St. John's University and the University of St. Thomas tried this week.

September 21, 2024

Greater Minnesota

Tolkkinen: Crow Wing County restaurant owner says Trump sign cost him half his business

Even as the internet piles on with ridicule, Big Al's Bar & Grill owner says he won't take the sign down.

September 19, 2024