Associate Editor

Winter Keefer

Winter Keefer is MinnPost’s Metro reporter and served as TCB's associate editor from January 2022 to March 2024.

Winter served as associate editor of TCB from January 2022 to March 2024, covering business news and trends, including startups and development. Born and raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Winter has reported on all ends of the Great Lakes state. She comes to Minnesota after three years with MLive/The Flint Journal. Winter has also reported for the Kalamazoo Gazette and MLive’s statewide education newsletter. She graduated in 2018 from Northern Michigan University where she served as editor-in-chief of the university’s student newspaper The North Wind.

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St. Thomas Names New President

St. Thomas Names New President

Minnesota’s largest private university has named its 16th president. After a national search, the University of St. Thomas Board of Trustees has unanimously selected Robert Vischer – the university's current interim
Vireo Drops Lawsuit Over Minnesota’s Edibles Law

Vireo Drops Lawsuit Over Minnesota’s Edibles Law

Vireo Health has dropped a lawsuit alleging that the state’s new hemp-derived THC edible law unconstitutionally discriminates against the company’s market for edible THC products. In a motion filed in Hennepin
Exit Strategy: Hairless Dog Brewing

Exit Strategy: Hairless Dog Brewing

Jeff Hollander and Paul Pirner stopped drinking alcohol around the same time nearly a decade ago, but the friends didn’t lose their taste for craft beer. At the time, the
Startup Snapshot: Miloza

Startup Snapshot: Miloza

Headquarters: Minneapolis  Founded: 2021  Founders: Nick Rawn and Grant Krieger  Funds raised: $400,000 in pre-seed from individual private investors Recipes abound on the internet, from food blogs to TikTok. But