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Man Admits to Damaging Iowa’s ‘Field of Dreams’ Site

A 20-year-old man has told authorities that he drove onto and damaged the Iowa baseball field made famous by the 1989 “Field of Dreams” movie. Court records say Austin Pape, of Dyersville, is charged with felony criminal mischief in Dubuque …

Indiana’s ONI Risk Partners Adds Loveless as Commercial Risk Adviser

Independent insurance broker ONI Risk Partners (ONI) has hired Mike Loveless as a commercial risk adviser in ONI’s Fort Wayne, Indiana, office. ONI is a full-service insurance agency delivering commercial, employee benefits, and personal insurance products and services to families …

Hub International Acquires Indiana’s Susoreny & Associates

Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the assets of Susoreny & Associates Inc. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Headquartered in Crown Point, Indiana, Susoreny & Associates is a fully accredited independent insurance agency. Focused on …

Feds Investigating Fatal Fall at Nebraska Construction Site

Federal workplace safety investigators are looking into what led to the fatal fall of a construction worker at a Hastings, Nebraska, work site last week. Television station KSNB reports that Jeff Funke of the Omaha office of the Occupational Safety …

Man Behind Deadly Indiana House Explosion/Insurance Scam Dies in Prison

The man who authorities said was the mastermind behind a deadly 2012 house explosion in Indianapolis was found dead in prison Tuesday, an Indiana Department of Correction spokesman said. Mark Leonard, 48, was found dead around 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at …

From Marsh, Osterhage Joins EPIC’s Architects and Engineers Unit in St. Louis

EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added Lorrie Osterhage has joined the firm’s Architects and Engineers Practice, Greyling, in St. Louis, Missouri, as a vice president. Osterhage joins from Marsh Inc. where she spent the past 32 years leading a …

Minneapolis Awash in Security Forces for Super Bowl

Concrete barriers and chain-link fencing are going up around the site of the Super Bowl in downtown Minneapolis, where a contingent of local, state and national agencies is working to ensure that the game and dozens of related events are …

Michigan Officials Working to Ensure Safety on Crumbling Freeway

Officials are working to ensure safety along a busy stretch of Interstate 696 in the Detroit area following reports of vehicles being damaged by concrete that may have been loosed by fluctuating winter temperatures. A $90 million construction project starting …

5 Winners Receive $10K Each in Ohio Opioid Science Challenge

Virtual reality, neural feedback and digital therapy were among five ideas to help solve the U.S. opioid crisis that won a global technology challenge in Ohio on Jan. 30. Winners were selected from hundreds of ideas submitted by researchers, caregivers, …

Wisconsin Residential Care Provider to Pay $80K to Settle Discrimination Lawsuit

Silverado, a network of memory care, at-home care, and hospice care centers, will pay $80,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency has announced. According to the EEOC’s suit, Silverado …

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