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Minneapolis to Pay $700K Settlement With Family Members Detained While Police Killed Their Father

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The city of Minneapolis has agreed to a $700,000 settlement with family members who were locked inside two squad cars when police killed their father after officers refused their offers to try and help calm him down. …

Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge Cleared as Safe After Being Hit by Crane

ST. IGNACE, Mich. (AP) – A crane being towed on a barge hit the main span of the Mackinac Bridge, although an official says inspectors found no significant damage to the span linking the Michigan’s lower and upper peninsulas. The …

Wisconsin’s United Mutual to Merge Into Ohio Mutual Holding Company Structure

Ohio Mutual Insurance Group announced that it has reached agreement to merge Medford, Wisconsin-based United Mutual Insurance Company as a subsidiary under Ohio Mutual’s mutual holding company structure. The boards of directors for both organizations voted on May 17 to …

Iowa Woman Sentenced to 3 Counts of Insurance Fraud

The Iowa Insurance Division (IID) announced Kathryn Hosmer, age 36, of Davenport was sentenced on May 18, 2023, after pleading guilty to three counts of Insurance Fraud – Presenting False Information (Class D Felony) following an investigation by the IID’s …

Indiana Man Charged With Arson in Fire That Destroyed Century-Old Building

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) – A southwestern Indiana man allegedly set a fire that gutted a building more than 100 years old that was listed decades ago on the National Register of Historic Places, police said. Charles James Perrin, 25, was …

Ill. Supreme Ct. Clarifies Standard to Name Defendants in Malpractice Suits

More than 40 years ago, the Illinois legislature sought to reduce the number of defendants in medical malpractice actions by allowing plaintiffs to name health care providers as respondents for the purposes of discovery and convert them to defendants later …

Wisconsin Tribe Asks Court to Shut Down Oil Pipeline

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Attorneys for a Wisconsin Native American tribe argued Thursday that a federal judge should order an energy company to shut down an oil pipeline the tribe says is at immediate risk of being exposed by erosion …

BP Subsidiary to Pay Record $40M Penalty Over Lake Michigan Refinery Pollution Violations

A BP subsidiary will pay a $40 million penalty and install technology to control releases of benzene and other contaminants at its Whiting oil refinery on the Indiana shoreline of Lake Michigan, Biden administration officials said Wednesday. The actions will …

Families of Des Moines, Iowa School Shooting Victims Sue Program, Founder

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The families of two teenagers shot to death in a Des Moines alternative high school have filed a lawsuit alleging the program and its founder were negligent in not keeping the premises safe. The families …

World Insurance Associates Acquires Morris Insurance Group in Michigan

World Insurance Associates LLC acquired the business of Morris Insurance Group Inc. of Clinton Township and Rochester, Michigan Morris is an insurance agency providing personal insurance, commercial insurance and health and life insurance. World Insurance Associates is headquartered in Iselin, …

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