Latest Minnesota Headlines
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Work-Related Fatalities in Minnesota Rose 12% in 2015
Dec 20 2016 // The number of work-related fatalities in Minnesota last year was up 12 percent from the recent five-year average. The state Department of Labor and Industry says there were 74 work-related fatalities in 2015, up from 62...
Contractors to Pay $147.5K after Worker Injury, Death at Vikings Stadium
Dec 13 2016 // Two construction companies have agreed to pay a combined $147,500 in fines over safety violations in the death of one worker and injuries to another during construction of the Minnesota Vikings’ new stadium last...
Lockton Dunning Benefits Relocates Minnesota Pharmacy Consulting Practice
Nov 15 2016 // Dallas-based Lockton Dunning Benefits (LDB) has relocated Excelsior Solutions, its main pharmacy consulting practice, to a new home at 7650 Edinborough Way, Suite 100, Edina, Minnesota. In 2012, LDB merged with Excelsior...
Uncompensated Minnesota Hospital Care Costs Drop 17%, Report Says
Nov 2 2016 // A new report released by the state Department of Health shows the cost of uncompensated care at Minnesota hospitals has dropped nearly 17 percent since the federal Affordable Care Act was implemented. Health Commissioner...
Number of Minnesota Fire Deaths Decrease Dramatically from 2015
Oct 31 2016 // Fire deaths in Minnesota have decreased this year, down dramatically from 2015. State Fire Marshal Bruce West told Minnesota Public Radio News that there have been 24 deaths from fires so far this year, compared with 49 at...
Ag Cooperatives’ Profits Rise in 2015 to a Record $7B
Oct 7 2016 // Agriculture cooperatives posted record profits last year highlighting the business model the U.S. Department of Agriculture says provides more than 2 million jobs. The USDA says in a report on Oct. 4 net income for the...
Rail Lines in Minnesota Getting Automatic Braking Technology
Oct 6 2016 // New safety technology that may have prevented last week’s deadly train crash in New Jersey is being implemented along some rail lines in Minnesota and elsewhere. The new technology, known as positive train control,...
Minnesota Rep. Paulsen Named NAMIC Federal Legislator of the Year
Oct 3 2016 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies named Rep. Erik Paulsen, R-Minn., as the association’s Federal Legislator of the Year for his work to win passage of the Small Mutual Inflation Update. Paulsen...
Flood Estimates Rise in Minnesota; South Dakota Storms Damage 18 Homes
Sep 28 2016 // Estimates of flood damage from last week’s flood are rising in Waseca, Minnesota, officials say, and in neighboring South Dakota weekend storms damaged homes in the Oglala area. In Minnesota, Waseca County’s...
Minnesotans on Employer Health Insurance Plans See Modest Rate Hikes
Sep 16 2016 // The majority of Minnesota residents aren’t experiencing the hefty health insurance rate hikes that shoppers who buy their coverage individually will see, according to data released by the federal government. More...
Minnesota School District to Pay $50K to Resolve Pay Discrimination Case
Sep 14 2016 // A school district in Minnesota has agreed to pay $50,000 to a female employee and reclassify her position to resolve federal charges of equal pay discrimination. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said...
Council Conflicts Lead to Much Higher Insurance Deductible for Minnesota City
Sep 9 2016 // Insurers say they’ve significantly raised the deductible on insuring Lake Elmo, Minn., because the city is being managed in a way that creates too much of a risk of lawsuits. The Insurance Trust Board of the League...
Lawyers Say St. Jude’s Lawsuit Against Short-Seller Faces Steep Climb
Sep 8 2016 // St. Jude Medical will face an uphill battle in its corporate defamation lawsuit over a short-seller’s report that said the medical device company’s heart implants were vulnerable to cyber attacks, lawyers...
St. Jude Files Suit in Minnesota over Heart Device Allegations
Sep 7 2016 // St. Jude Medical Inc. said it had filed a lawsuit against short-selling firm Muddy Waters and cyber security company MedSec Holdings Ltd. alleging they intentionally disseminated false and misleading information in order...
Minnesota’s Kraus-Anderson Insurance Acquires Onyx Benefit Advisors
Sep 6 2016 // Minnesota-based Kraus-Anderson Insurance has acquired Onyx Benefit Advisors, based in Bloomington, Minn. Onyx was founded by Jenny Wiederholt-Pine, who built the company into a successful agency, offering services that...
Nurses on Strike at 5 Minnesota Hospitals over Insurance, Workplace Safety
Sep 6 2016 // Thousands of nurses at five Minnesota hospitals on Sept. 5 began an open-ended strike in a dispute over health insurance, workplace safety and staffing. Clad in red T-shirts, members of the Minnesota Nurses Association,...
$3.5M Awarded in Minnesota Sexual Orientation Discrimination Case
Aug 16 2016 // A judge in southeastern Minnesota has awarded $3.5 million to a man who said he was fired from the family banking business because he’s gay. The attorney for Stephen Habberstad, Leslie Lienemann, said it could be one...
Florida Woman Killed by Officer During Citizens Academy
Aug 12 2016 // A police “shoot/don’t shoot” demonstration in Florida went shockingly awry when an officer shot and killed a 73-year-old former librarian with what police said was real ammunition used by mistake at an...
Rolland-Vath Named 2016 Outstanding CSR of the Year for Minnesota
Aug 8 2016 // Advisor Nattalie Rolland-Vath of North Risk Partners – C.O. Brown Division in Red Wing, Minn., has been named the 2016 Outstanding Customer Service Representative (CSR) of the Year for the state of Minnesota by the...
Medical Marijuana Availablity Expanded in Minnesota
Aug 2 2016 // Judy Bjerke Severson wants to be normal — visit friends and family, go to the grocery store or even sleep in her own bed — but she says the crippling pain from fibromyalgia and back surgery complications, as well as a...
