Latest Minnesota Headlines
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Safety Improvements On Tap In Minnesota Highway Plan
Dec 27 2013 // One of the priorities of Minnesota’s highway plan for the next two decades calls for investing in safety-related road improvements. The Department of Transportation recently wrapped up a 20-year state highway...
Minnesota Plant Sued By Parents Over Hot Manhole Cover
Dec 27 2013 // A Georgia couple is suing Duluth’s steam plant after they say their 2-year-old son received second-degree burns from a hot manhole cover. Megan and Troy Brown, from Canton, Ga., are seeking more than $50,000 from the...
Minnesota Governor Says He Is ‘Ultimately Responsible If MNsure Fails’
Dec 23 2013 // Gov. Mark Dayton declined to say Dec. 18 whether he asked for the resignation of the former CEO of Minnesota’s health insurance exchange, adding that he ultimately feels responsible for the success or failure of the...
Amid Criticism, Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange Chief Resigns
Dec 19 2013 // The chief of Minnesota’s health insurance marketplace resigned Dec. 17 after facing criticism over the troubled rollout and a questionably timed international vacation. April Todd-Malmlov submitted her resignation...
Family of Minnesota Man Who Died in Workplace Fall Sues
Dec 9 2013 // The family of a worker who died in a fall at a grain facility in Buffalo Lake, Minn., has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Andrew Burnett, 28, of New Ulm, died Oct. 27, 2012, when he fell about 60 feet while working at the...
Business Moves
Dec 2 2013 // Eastern Insurance Group, Westover Insurance Eastern Insurance Group, an insurance agency and a subsidiary of Eastern Bank based in Natick, Mass., acquired Westover Insurance Agency in Lynnfield, Mass. Eastern Insurance...
AssuredPartners Acquires Lee F. Murphy in Minnesota
Nov 11 2013 // AssuredPartners Inc. through its subsidiary AssuredPartners of Minnesota has acquired the Lee F. Murphy Inc. insurance firm based in St. Paul, Minn. As part of the acquisition, 50 Lee F. Murphy employees will join...
Minnesota History Village now Center of Flood Fight
Nov 6 2013 // A Minnesota philanthropist has been fighting to preserve a historical village after county officials learned the buildings sit in a flood plain and could jeopardize residents’ ability to get federally subsidized...
Minnesota Roads Breaking Down Faster than Expected
Nov 4 2013 // Minnesota road surfaces that were supposed to last for 30 years are beginning to crumble in half that time, raising concerns that cities could have to spend millions of dollars to fix deteriorating streets. The state made...
Declarations
Nov 4 2013 // Worker’s Comp Fraud “Thranow cheated both his workers’ compensation insurer and the state of California out of nearly $100,000, and by doing so passed the cost of his fraud onto consumers across the...
Minnesota’s Allina Health Notifies 3K Patients of Privacy Breach
Oct 28 2013 // Allina Health in Minnesota is notifying thousands of patients that a medical assistant at its Inver Grove Heights clinic viewed their medical records without authorization. The Minneapolis-based hospital and clinic system...
$2M Settlement Over Minnesota Driver Data Snooping
Oct 21 2013 // An insurance trust representing Minnesota counties has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit over driver’s license data snooping. The proposed settlement was presented on Oct. 3 in federal court. The case...
High Crop Prices Turn More Midwest Grassland into Cropland
Oct 18 2013 // When cattle producer Jason Zahn aims his pickup across the gravel roads of North Dakota, he doesn’t see as many native grasses dancing along the prairie. Instead, he sees more and more black. He sees tilled dirt or...
Ex-Players Oppose NFL Image Rights Settlement
Oct 17 2013 // Years away from the field, former National Football League players including Jim Brown, Preston Pearson and Reggie Rucker are set to clash in court with retirees Mark Gastineau, Dan Pastorini, Dave Casper and others. At...
46 Chiropractors Accused in Minnesota No-Fault Kickback Scheme
Oct 16 2013 // A federal lawsuit filed Oct. 14 accuses a diagnostic imaging company and 46 chiropractors of engaging in an elaborate kickback scheme aimed at defrauding Minnesota’s no-fault insurance system. The Insurance...
$2M Settlement Over Minnesota Driver Data Snooping
Oct 7 2013 // An insurance trust representing Minnesota counties has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit over driver’s license data snooping. The proposed settlement was presented on Oct. 3 in federal court. The case...
Fatal Deer-Vehicle Crashes on Pace to Set Record in Minnesota
Oct 4 2013 // Minnesota Department of Public Safety is reminding motorists and motorcyclists to be especially cautious of deer in coming months, as they are breeding and more active this time of year. DPS says seven people have been...
MNsure Employee in Security Breach Terminated
Sep 26 2013 // The employee of Minnesota’s health insurance exchange who released private data on about 1,600 insurance agents no longer works for the state. Minnesota Management and Budget provided the information on Sept. 24 to...
September Tornado Spotted In Far Northern Minnesota
Sep 13 2013 // A September tornado has been spotted in far northern Minnesota. The National Weather Service says a trained spotter reported the tornado two miles northwest of Williams in Lake of the Woods County before 3:30 p.m....
More Minnesota Farms Relying On Irrigation
Sep 10 2013 // Alan Peterson is among a growing number of Minnesota farmers are relying on irrigation to ensure they can produce a crop when the weather turns dry. His 18 irrigators don’t reach all parts of his fields near Clear...
