DigiKey, rural Minnesota tech giant employing 3,800 workers, faces uncertainty as tariffs on Chinese electronics fluctuate—company spent $500M on levies since 2018, ships 25,000 daily orders globally from single warehouse in Thief River Falls.

A small U.S. town grew a big company. Can it weather the tariff blizzard?

DigiKey is one of the world's largest marketplaces for electronic components, shipping global orders from a single warehouse in Thief River Falls, Minn. Dan Koeck for NPR hide caption toggle caption Dan Koeck for NPR THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. — Every few nights, Teri Ivaniszyn jolts awake, her mind racing. She never expected to be a tariff expert, but here she is, keeping a notepad by her bedside for groggy 2 a.m. math on how her company can stay in business. "I wake up in cold sweats about tar...