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#1 Director of Minnesota’s New Marijuana Regulatory Agency Resigns Amidst Illegal Cannabis Sales Allegations
Sep 25 2023 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The recently appointed director of Minnesota’s new marijuana regulatory agency Erin Dupree has resigned amid reports that she sold illegal cannabis products in the state. Dupree ran a...
#2 Former Minnesota Insurance Broker Charged with Fraud, Allegedly Earned $650,000 in Improper Commissions
Sep 22 2023 // A former Minnesota insurance broker has been charged with fraud for allegedly inventing customers and fake Social Security numbers to earn nearly $650,000 in improper commissions. Kevin Anthony Meyers, 48, allegedly...
#3 Recreational Marijuana Now Legal in Minnesota
Aug 1 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesotans can legally possess and grow their own marijuana for recreational purposes starting Tuesday, Aug. 1, subject to limits meant to keep a lid on things while the state sets up a full-blown...
#4 Let’s Win One for the Good Guys: A Familiar Claims Situation
May 30 2024 // Growing up we all watched television shows and movies pitting the good guy against the bad guy. Often the bad guy held some power over the good guy, either as the boss, the holder of all the money or the mortgagee. A level...
#5 Minnesota County to Pay $12.2 Million Settlement to Man Who Lost Both Hands in Jail
Oct 12 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota county agreed to pay a $12.2 million settlement to a man who was jailed on suspicion of drunken driving but ended up losing both his hands and suffering a heart attack, a stroke and skin...
#6 1.2 Million Chickens Will be Slaughter At Iowa Egg Farm Where Bird Flu Was Found
Nov 14 2023 // An additional 1.2 million chickens will be slaughtered to prevent the spread of the bird flu after the virus was confirmed on an Iowa egg farm in the second massive case this week. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and...
#7 Former Medical Resident At Mayo Clinic in Minnesota Charged With Poisoning His Wife
Oct 27 2023 // A poison specialist and former medical resident at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota is charged with fatally poisoning his wife, a 32-year-old pharmacist who died days after she went to a hospital in August with stomach...
#8 Attempted Bribe Doesn’t Stop Jurors From Convicting Defendants in $40M Fraud Scheme
Jun 10 2024 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury convicted five Minnesota residents and acquitted two others on Friday for their roles in a scheme to steal more than $40 million from a program that was supposed to feed children during the...
#9 EPA Assessment Reveals Persistent Nutrient Pollution in US Rivers and Streams
Jan 22 2024 // The nation’s rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking water and fuel a gigantic dead zone for aquatic life in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a recently released...
#10 ‘Forever Chemical’ Bans Face Hard Truth: Many Can’t Be Replaced
Oct 24 2023 // As lawmakers around the world weigh bans of cancer-linked “forever chemicals,” many manufacturers are pushing back, saying there often is no substitute for the compounds. Minnesota and Maine have passed...
#11 Nearly 1M Chickens Will be Killed on a Minnesota Farm Due to Bird Flu
Nov 9 2023 // Nearly 1 million chickens on a Minnesota egg farm will be slaughtered to help limit the spread of the highly contagious bird flu after it was confirmed there, officials said Monday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture...
#12 Meat Processor Agrees to Reform Hiring After Two Teens Found at a Minnesota Plant
Jul 10 2023 // OMAHA, Neb. (AP) __ A second company involved in meat processing has agreed to reform its hiring practices after investigators recently discovered teenagers working there. The Labor Department said Friday that Monogram...
#13 Top Midwest Insurance Journal Stories of 2023
Dec 29 2023 // Insurance Journal Midwest readers in 2023 gravitated to stories on multi-million dollar rulings, policy language disputes and failing mutual insurance companies. Readers were also interested in the fallout of the East...
#14 Minnesota Vikings Rookie Said Dog Emergency Led to Ticket for Going 140 MPH
Jul 26 2023 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota Vikings first-round draft pick Jordan Addison told the state trooper who clocked him going 140 mph in a 55 mph zone last week that he was speeding because of an emergency involving his...
#15 A Look at the Liquor Liability Landscape
Mar 18 2024 // Liquor liability availability and pricing have put small business owners in the alcohol-related sector in some states in a bind. While securing coverage is easy in some areas, premiums have skyrocketed and carriers have...
#16 Minnesota Woman Sues Dentist After 4 Root Canals, 8 Dental Crowns and 20 Fillings in a Single Visit
Jan 2 2024 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Minnesota woman has sued her dentist after receiving four root canals, eight dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit that she says led to her disfigurement. Kathleen Wilson filed the lawsuit...
#17 Minnesota Construction Contractor Faces $1.8 Million in OSHA Penalties
Dec 18 2023 // Despite signing a 2021 settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor that included a promise to protect its employees from potentially deadly trenching and excavation hazards, a Minnesota construction contractor...
#18 Minnesota Woman Files Appeal Claiming Gender Discrimination in Denied Emergency Contraception Case
Dec 29 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Attorneys for a woman who was denied emergency contraception in 2019 told the Minnesota Court of Appeals Thursday that the pharmacist who refused to fill the prescription discriminated against her on...
#19 Low Levels of Radioactive Tritium From Minnesota Energy Company May Be Near Mississippi River
Jul 24 2023 // Groundwater containing low levels of radioactive material may have reached the edge of the Mississippi River, the energy company responsible for the leak from its nuclear power plant in Monticello, Minnesota, announced...
#20 University of Minnesota Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Negligence in Data Breach Incident
Aug 31 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A lawsuit filed on behalf of a former student and former employee at the University of Minnesota accuses the university of not doing enough to protect personal information from a recent data...
