Latest Minnesota Headlines
All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Minnesota Meat Processing Company Accused of Employing Minors
Mar 17 2023 // A meat processing company in Minnesota employed children as young as 13 to work in hazardous conditions, such as operating meat grinders, while they worked overnight shifts and longer hours than allowed by law, the...
Minnesota Governor Signs ‘Drivers License For All” Law
Mar 9 2023 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Immigration status will no longer disqualify more than 80, 000 people from getting Minnesota drivers licenses under a bill signed by Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday. Supporters of the effort, dubbed...
Officials Urge Lead Tests for Kids of Minnesota Ammo Plant Workers
Feb 15 2023 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota health officials have urged workers at the Federal Ammunition company plant in Anoka to get their children tested for lead exposure after four kids with family members who work there were...
Greenlight Re Invests in Minnesota-Based Vertical Insure
Feb 7 2023 // Greenlight Capital Re, through its Greenlight Re Innovations, announced an investment in Vertical Insure, Inc., a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based embedded insurance program. Vertical Insure addresses distribution...
Univ. of Minnesota Football Players’ Discrimination Lawsuit Dismissed
Feb 2 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by nine former University of Minnesota football players who were accused of sexual assault in 2016 in a case that roiled the school’s football...
Minnesota Art Professor Sues After Firing Over Prophet Muhammad Images
Jan 20 2023 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Attorneys for an adjunct art professor said Tuesday she is suing the Minnesota university that dismissed her after a Muslim student objected to depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in a global art...
Minnesota Lawmakers Start Down Path to Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
Jan 18 2023 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Legislature embarked on a path toward legalizing recreational marijuana for adults last Wednesday when a legislative committee held the first hearing of the year on a bill that...
Minnesota Health Care Provider to Settle $180K Disability Discrimination Suit
Jan 17 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS – North Memorial Health, a health care provider that operates two hospitals and 26 specialty and primary care clinics, urgent and emergency care facilities and medical transportation services throughout the...
Minnesota Environmental Reviews Now Include Climate Impact
Dec 27 2022 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota environmental regulators are now requiring developers to calculate projects’ effects on the climate. The state’s environmental review process requires regulators to consider a...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Minnesota-Based Mahowald
Dec 12 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of St. Cloud, Minnesota-based Mahowald Insurance, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1930, Mahowald is a retail insurance agency offering...
AM Best Downgrades Credit Ratings of Minnesota’s RAM Mutual
Dec 1 2022 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a-” (Excellent) from “a” (Excellent) of RAM Mutual Insurance...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Minnesota’s f3 Companies
Oct 31 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of the f3 Companies. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Included in the acquisition are Burnsville, Minnesota-based f3Logic, LLC; Burnsville,...
Chinese Billionaire Settles Minnesota Student’s Rape Allegations
Oct 17 2022 // Chinese billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed earlier this month to settle a lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped her in her Minneapolis apartment after a night of...
Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Arson, Insurance Fraud He Blamed on Politics
Oct 13 2022 // A Minnesota man pleaded guilty Tuesday to filing fraudulent insurance claims for a staged arson he attempted to portray as a politically-motivated attack. Federal officials said Denis Molla, 30, of Brooklyn Center, falsely...
Fire Destroys Popular Minnesota Ski Lodge
Oct 12 2022 // Fire has destroyed the main lodge at a popular ski resort in northwestern Minnesota. Officials say the main building at Maplelag, which caught fire Monday morning, is expected to be declared a total loss. The cause of the...
Chinese Billionaire Settles Minnesota Rape Allegations
Oct 3 2022 // Chinese billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped her in her Minneapolis apartment after a night of dinner and drinks with...
Chinese Billionaire Faces Civil Trial in Minnesota Over Alleged Rape
Sep 30 2022 // A Chinese billionaire, one of the richest people in the world, is heading to trial in Minneapolis to defend himself against allegations that he raped a former University of Minnesota student after a night of dinner and...
Man Burned at Minnesota Brewery to Receive $56 Million
Sep 12 2022 // A St. Paul man who was severely scalded by hot water while working at a local brewery is due to receive $56 million in damages and interest after filing a lawsuit six years ago. A Ramsey County jury awarded DeWarren Harris...
Duante Wright’s Passenger Sues Minnesota Town, Officer
Aug 4 2022 // The woman who was in Daunte Wright’s vehicle when he was fatally shot by police in a Minneapolis suburb last year is suing the city and the former officer who killed him. The lawsuit says passenger Alayna...
Minnesota Storms Knock Out Power to 75,000 Customers
Aug 4 2022 // Severe storms knocked out power to as many as 75,000 customers across Minnesota where power poles were toppled and winds gusted as high as 81 mph in the state’s southern region. The largest power outages were west of...
