Evan Pederson

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Evan Pederson is an intern for the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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In angle to be household name, Thrivent makes Hallmark holiday movie cameo

As part of a $50 million national marketing budget this year, the financial services company acted as the sponsor of a gift-wrapping charity in the cable network’s “Tidings for the Season.”
November 27, 2025

Canceled contract between staffing company, Avis Budget means 94 layoffs at MSP

EDS Service Solutions had staffed Avis Budget Group’s operations at the airport, but the car rental company will now take on in-house hiring and employee management.
November 26, 2025
DAVID BREWSTER ' dbrewster@startribune.com Sunday_11/26/06_Minneapolis BOMB THREAT AT AIRPORT The Avis car rental area in the airport parking ramp where a bomb was reported found this morning.

CNA says ‘you make a difference in a person’s life’ when working in senior care

Morris Commesor is a certified nursing assistant in the memory care unit for the Glenn, an assisted-living facility in Minnetonka.
November 5, 2025

Caskets, hearses, blood-stained books the norm for owner of Other Skies Weird Fiction

Bookseller Josh Hames runs the West St. Paul bookstore that specializes in horror, sci-fi and fantasy reads.
October 30, 2025

Minnesotans now directly paying tariffs on even small overseas orders

An executive order from President Donald Trump eliminated the long-standing “de minimis” exemption of $800 last month. Now consumers and small businesses are on the hook.
September 18, 2025