Latest Minnesota Headlines
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Worker Buried in Minnesota Trench Collapse Dies
Jul 28 2016 // Officials say one of two construction workers injured in a trench collapse in Minnetonka, Minn., has died. The Hennepin County medical examiner’s office says 48-year-old Jimmy Scott Klous of Onamia died late Monday...
200 Have Died on Minnesota Roads So Far This Year
Jul 27 2016 // Preliminary figures from the Department of Public Safety show that 200 people have died on Minnesota roads in 2016. The Office of Traffic Safety says the 200 mark was reached July 23, putting the number of road deaths on...
Minnesota Towns Continue to Struggle with Flood Damage
Jul 20 2016 // Parts of east-central Minnesota are still trying to cope with floodwaters and subsequent damage nearly a week after torrential rains fell across a huge swath of the state. Kanabec County Sheriff Brian Smith told Minnesota...
SFM Mutual Insurance Acquires Minnesota’s Barrier Free Access
Jul 7 2016 // SFM Mutual Insurance Co., a Midwest regional workers’ compensation insurer, has acquired Barrier Free Access, a Byron, Minn.-based provider of safe patient handling products, design consultation and training to...
Gebhard Named VP, Communications at Minnesota-Based SFM
Jun 29 2016 // Bloomington, Minn.-based mutual insurer, SFM, has promoted Andy Gebhard to vice president, communications. Gebhard has been with SFM since 2007 in various roles, and most recently held the position of director of...
Minnesota Company Recalls 27 Tons of Chicken
Jun 22 2016 // Minnesota-based GNP Company is recalling more than 27 tons of chicken after contaminants were detected. The company sells products under the Just BARE and Gold’n Plump brands. But it says the only affected product in...
NFP Acquires Minnesota’s Benefits Solutions Plus
Jun 3 2016 // Insurance broker and consultant, NFP Corp. announced it has acquired Benefits Solutions Plus Inc. (BSP), based in Anoka, Minn. BSP is a benefits brokerage that specializes in providing group health plans and ancillary...
Omaha Bills Minnesota Excavator that Struck Gas Line, Causing Explosion
May 26 2016 // The city of Omaha, Neb., has billed a Minnesota excavation company nearly $104,000 for the costs of fighting a fire that erupted after a natural gas explosion. The city and safety regulators say North Central Service of...
Fire Deaths Rising in Minnesota
May 24 2016 // State public safety officials say 57 people died in fires last year in Minnesota — the highest number of fatalities in 13 years. The Department of Public Safety’s State Fire Marshal Division released the numbers on...
Digital Benefit Advisors Acquires Minnesota’s Corporate Health Systems
May 20 2016 // Digital Benefit Advisors (DBA) a national employee benefits firm, has acquired Corporate Health Systems of Eden Prairie, Minn., expanding its footprint in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Corporate Health Systems’...
Minnesota, Wisconsin Wine Grape Crops Damaged in Cold Snap
May 19 2016 // Vintners in southern Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota are reeling from a weekend cold snap that ruined huge swaths of their grapes. Temperatures dipped below freezing in much of those areas late Saturday and early...
Minnesota Still Wary About Impact of North Dakota Flood Project
May 18 2016 // Proponents of a proposed $2.1 billion Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion project in North Dakota will have to do a better job of addressing concerns about how it would affect farmers and other residents upstream before...
Minnesota Workers’ Compensation: A No-Fault System
May 18 2016 // Workers’ compensation is a no-fault system in Minnesota: the employee does not need to prove negligence on the part of the employer to establish liability and the employer cannot use negligence on the part of the...
Minnesota NFL Star Donating $100K to Flood Relief in Texas Hometown
May 6 2016 // Adrian Peterson grew up in Palestine, Texas, and has felt the support of its people as he rose to prominence in the NFL and when he endured the hardships that followed. Now, in his hometown’s hour of need, the...
As Minnesota’s Medical Marijuana Sites Grow, So Do Concerns
May 6 2016 // Minnesota is expected to have eight medical marijuana clinics open this summer, but some observers are wondering whether there’s enough patient demand. Minnesota Public Radio News reported that the state had...
USI Insurance Acquires Hanratty & Associates in Minnesota
May 5 2016 // USI Insurance Services has acquired Hanratty & Associates Inc. in Plymouth, Minn. The employees will remain at their current Plymouth location. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Hanratty & Associates has been...
USI Insurance Services Acquires Hanratty & Associates in Minnesota
May 3 2016 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Hanratty & Associates Inc., headquartered in Plymouth, Minn. Hanratty & Associates has been providing employee benefits and consulting for nearly 40 years. The employees...
Do Drunk Drivers Have Constitutional Rights?
Apr 20 2016 // Can you be charged with a crime for refusing to take a Breathalyzer test when stopped on suspicion of drunken driving? It’s hard to think of a constitutional rights question that affects more people. On Wednesday,...
Miller Named Executive VP and COO at SFM Mutual Insurance
Apr 18 2016 // Terry Miller has been appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer at Bloomington, Minn.-based SFM Mutual Insurance Co. Miller was the company’s original controller. He rose through the ranks in his...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Charles Allen Agency in Minnesota
Apr 13 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired the Charles Allen Agency Inc. in Waite Park, Minn. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2010, the Charles Allen Agency Inc. (CAA) is a retail insurance broker...
