Latest Minnesota Headlines
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Fraud Forces Minnesota Agribusiness Giant CHS to Lower 5 Years of Profit
Dec 5 2018 // Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota-based CHS Inc. has lowered five years of profits by nearly $158 million as the global grain, energy and food company recovers after a freight trader falsified records. The farmer-owned...
Study Looks at Multiple Landslides in Minnesota
Nov 26 2018 // A study has determined that nearly 500 landslides have happened in the Mankato area in recent years. Minnesota State University Earth Science Programs Director Phillip Larson with the help of students mapped out the...
Minnesota Workplace Injury Rate Fell to an All-Time Low in 2017
Nov 20 2018 // Minnesota’s Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) in early November reported that the state’s estimated workplace injury and illness rate for 2017 is the lowest rate since the measurement started in...
Nebraska Seeking New Ways to Warn Drivers About Deer
Nov 15 2018 // You’ve seen them — the yellow signs along the state’s rural roadways that warn of a deer crossing ahead. Trouble is, researchers say, we mostly ignore such warnings. It presents a quandary for highway safety...
Retired Players, NHL Reach Settlement in Concussion Lawsuit in Minnesota
Nov 13 2018 // The NHL and attorneys for retired players announced a tentative settlement in the biggest lawsuit brought against the league over concussions and other head injuries. The lawsuit, consolidated in federal court in Minnesota...
Miller Named President, CEO at Minnesota’s SFM Mutual
Oct 26 2018 // The board of directors at Bloomington, Minnesota-based SFM Mutual Insurance Co. has named Terry Miller president and chief executive officer of the organization. Miller’s promotion, effective Nov. 5, is the result of...
Traffic Deaths This Year in Minnesota Now Exceed 300
Oct 24 2018 // Minnesota officials say more than 300 people have died in traffic crashes so far this year. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said Monday the 302 deaths were 17 more than the 285 reported at this time last year. In...
Minnesota Frozen Food Company Recalls 212K Pounds of Pork, Chicken Products
Oct 22 2018 // Authorities say a Minnesota frozen food and packing company is recalling more than 212,000 pounds of ready-to-eat pork and chicken products that contain vegetables that might be contaminated with salmonella and...
Land O’Lakes, Gravie to Expand Farmer Health Insurance Plan in Minnesota
Oct 22 2018 // Land O’Lakes Inc. and Gravie will expand their Farmer Health Insurance Plan in next year in Minnesota. When a law was passed in Minnesota last year allowing agricultural co-op members to band together to purchase...
4 New Insurers OK’d to Do Business in Arkansas
Oct 12 2018 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has approved four new out-of-state companies to sell insurance products in Arkansas. The Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) has granted Certificates of Authority to...
Minnesota Chiropractors Going to Prison for Insurance Fraud Schemes
Oct 12 2018 // Two Minnesota chiropractors have been sentenced to prison for their roles in separate multi-million-dollar insurance fraud conspiracies, the Minnesota Commerce Department announced. Adam John Burke, age 34, of Minneapolis,...
St. Paul, Minnesota, to pay $520K to Woman Attacked by Police Dog
Oct 1 2018 // The city of St. Paul, Minnesota, has agreed to pay $520,000 to a woman who was attacked by a police dog last year as she was taking out her trash, one of her attorneys said. The decision to pay Desiree Collins for the...
Minnesota Charges Contractor with Workers’ Comp Fraud, Labor Trafficking
Sep 26 2018 // A Minnesota construction contractor has been charged with labor trafficking, insurance fraud and theft by swindle for using undocumented workers on his construction crews and threatening to have them deported unless they...
High Winds, Tornadoes Damage Homes, Businesses in Southern Minnesota
Sep 24 2018 // Several tornadoes struck southern Minnesota as severe storms packing powerful winds and heavy rain left a trail of destruction overnight, the National Weather Service said Friday. The extreme weather late Thursday damaged...
Stolen From Minnesota Museum, Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers Recovered in Sting Op
Sep 6 2018 // A pair of ruby slippers used in “The Wizard of Oz” and later stolen from a Minnesota museum were recovered in a sting operation after a man approached the shoes’ insurer and said he could help get them...
Hy-Vee Sued by Minnesota Family Sickened by Tainted Pasta Salad
Aug 17 2018 // A Minnesota family sickened by eating pasta salad contaminated with salmonella is suing the Iowa-based grocery store chain that distributed the food. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday against Hy-Vee Inc. The suit alleges a...
Minnesota Lawsuit Takes on Involuntary Sedations
Jul 16 2018 // An attorney for a Minneapolis, Minn. man is drawing parallels between his client’s lawsuit and the recent debate over police urging paramedics to sedate unruly people. Forty-eight-year-old John Powell says he...
Marsh & McLennan Agency Acquires Minnesota’s Klein Agency
Jul 6 2018 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Klein Agency Inc., a St. Paul, Minnesota-based surety and property/casualty agency specializing in the construction...
Survey: As Trade Fears Mount, Economic Growth Slows in Midwest
Jul 3 2018 // Business remains strong in nine Midwest and Plains states, but a new monthly survey suggests growth is slowing as concerns about trade and tariffs increase. The region’s overall economic index decreased to 61.8 in...
At Least One Dead in Widespread Flooding in Midwest
Jun 20 2018 // Widespread flooding in the Upper Midwest was blamed for at least one death in Wisconsin, while disaster declarations were issued Monday in northern Michigan after flash-flooding washed out roads, damaged businesses and...
