Latest Minnesota Headlines
All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Federal Food Safety Program to End in Minnesota
Nov 16 2012 // Minnesota agriculture officials are phasing out a federally funded program that allows them to test produce for contaminants like E. coli and salmonella. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Microbiological Data...
2 Rare, Late-Season Tornadoes Hit Minnesota’s Twin Cities
Nov 13 2012 // Officials with the National Weather Service say two weak tornadoes touched down late Saturday on the south edge of the Twin Cities’ metropolitan region in Minnesota. Meteorologist Chris Franks tells the Star Tribune...
Minnesota Man Convicted of Setting House on Fire for Insurance
Nov 5 2012 // A Hillman, Minn., man whose home was facing foreclosure has been convicted of setting the house on fire for the insurance money. Jurors deliberated for four hours this week before finding 53-year-old Randy Donald Reed...
Unlicensed Minnesota Drivers Involved in More Fatal Crashes
Nov 4 2012 // The Minnesota State Patrol says unlicensed drivers are more likely to be involved in a deadly crash. Lt. Eric Roeske says statistics from 2011 show unlicensed drivers are twice as likely to be involved in fatal accidents....
AAA Minneapolis Names Minnesota DOT’s Sorel as CEO
Nov 2 2012 // AAA Minneapolis has named Tom Sorel, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), as its new president and chief executive officer. Sorel will join AAA Minneapolis effective Dec. 1, 2012. He will...
Minnesota Contractor Gets 6 Years for Arson Conviction
Nov 1 2012 // A Duluth, Minn., building contractor convicted of vandalizing a client’s duplex over a billing fight has been sentenced to almost seven years in prison. A jury convicted 35-year-old Adam Leroy Seavey of first-degree...
Ex-Minnesota Cop Agrees to $665K Over Privacy Claims
Oct 22 2012 // A former Minnesota police officer who accused other law enforcement of illegally accessing her driver’s license information to see her photo has reached tentative settlements with St. Paul and other cities worth...
More Deer Collisions in Minnesota Metro Areas
Oct 5 2012 // You might be surprised to learn it’s not a rural county that leads the state in the most collisions between deer and vehicles in Minnesota. State safety officials say Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis, may...
11 Homes Destroyed in NW Minnesota Wildfire
Oct 5 2012 // State officials now say 11 homes and 24 other structures were destroyed by the wildfire that threatened the northwestern Minnesota city town of Karlstad. Jean Goad, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center,...
Minnesota Woman Loses Music Downloading Appeal
Sep 13 2012 // A U.S. woman accused of sharing songs online owes record companies $222,000 for willful copyright violations, a federal appeals court in Minneapolis, Minn., said reversing a lower court’s ruling in a long-running...
Pedestrian Deaths on the Rise in Minnesota
Sep 11 2012 // Minnesota safety officials say the number of pedestrian deaths has risen sharply this year. Twenty-three pedestrians have died in Minnesota this year — the deadliest in the last five years. Last year at this time, 14...
Drought, Low Export Demand Sap Midwest Economy
Sep 5 2012 // An August survey suggests that the continuing drought and lessening export demand for U.S. products are among the drains on the economy in nine Midwest and Plains states, according to a report released Tuesday. The...
Minnesota Sees Continued Drop in DWI Arrests
Aug 31 2012 // Minnesota public safety officials are reporting encouraging numbers in their campaign against drunken driving. An annual late-summer enforcement campaign has resulted in fewer drunken-driving arrests. The number of fatal...
Digital Insurance, Minnesota’s Bremer Financial Forge Alliance
Aug 27 2012 // Benefits-only insurance agency, Digital Insurance, announced an alliance with Minnesota-based Bremer Financial Corp. to manage the organization’s health insurance and employee benefits programs. Bremer serves...
Homeowners Around Minnesota Lake Sue Farmers, Claiming Pollution
Aug 22 2012 // Homeowners who live on the shores of Lake Independence near Minneapolis, Minn., say a dairy farm is to blame for turning the lake into a noxious mix of pollutants. Twenty-one individual homeowners and the Lake Independence...
FEMA Denies Minn. Appeal For Individual Flood Aid
Aug 16 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is standing by its denial of flood aid for individuals and businesses in northeastern Minnesota. Gov. Mark Dayton’s office says Dayton received word last week from FEMA that...
Main Street America Expands Commercial Product Line to Minn.
Aug 7 2012 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its commercial product line, featuring its flagship main line business owners policy (main line BOP), to independent agents who represent the super regional property/casualty...
Minn. Gov. Dayton Appeals FEMA Flood Aid Denial
Aug 3 2012 // Gov. Mark Dayton is raising concerns about the safety and sanitation of northeastern Minnesota homes that were badly damaged by summer flooding and that won’t be covered by federal assistance. Dayton on Wednesday...
Main Street America, Austin Mutual Insurance Affiliation Finalized
Jul 16 2012 // The Main Street America Group, based in Florida, has completed the process of bringing Minnesota-domiciled insurance carrier, Austin Mutual Insurance Co., into the group as an affiliate. The transaction has been approved...
Minnesota’s Gov. Dayton Affirms Plans for Health Insurance Exchange
Jul 11 2012 // Gov. Mark Dayton has reiterated his intention to continue developing a health insurance exchange for Minnesota. The Democratic governor wrote to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sibelius confirming his...
