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Minnesota Suppliers Hit by Target Canada Bankruptcy Filing

The end of Target’s Canadian operations is having a financial impact on businesses in Minnesota that supplied the retailer. Target’s Canadian division filed for bankruptcy protection last month and owes nearly $5 million to Minnesota suppliers and service providers, including …

South Dakota Workplace Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 2 Injured

The mood in the community of Lennox, S.D., is somber and likely will remain that way for a while, as residents prepare for the funeral of a man killed in a workplace shooting. The funeral for Jon Richter, 45, is …

Alabama Police, City Sued by Tourist Visiting from India After Assault

A man from India who was slammed to the ground by a police officer had been singled out by police after a caller said a “skinny black guy” with a toboggan hat was walking in the neighborhood and peering into …

North Dakota Officials Stress Job Resiliency in Oil Industry

A recent slide in oil prices is leading to fewer jobs in the western North Dakota oil patch, but officials there and in northwestern South Dakota say the regional industry is resilient and will ride out the slump. Openings posted …

Conner Strong & Buckelew Hires Gosnear as Managing Director in Penn.

Conner Strong & Buckelew, an insurance brokerage and consulting firm with headquarters in Marlton, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, hired Timothy Gosnear as managing director/senior vice president, Major Accounts and a co-practice leader of the Life Sciences Group. He will be …

Montana Bill Would Add Tree Wells As ‘Risk Of Skiing’

The Legislature is passing a bill that would include tree wells as one of the risks of skiing in Montana. Senate Bill 164 will go to Gov. Steve Bullock next for his consideration. Sponsored by Republican Sen. Brian Hoven of …

Woodruff-Sawyer Names Four New Partners From West

San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. has named four executives as partners: Kim Armanasco and Michelle Droz from the San Francisco office, Jared Pelissier of the Southern California office, and Brad Wagenaar in the firm’s Hawaii office/Risk Solutions Partners. Armanasco, …

Main Street America Promotes Kusch, Daly

The Main Street America Group has promoted Jeff Kusch from Western region president to senior vice president/head of field operations and Tiffany Daly to president of its Western region. Kusch has been the company’s Western Region president since 2012. He …

NICB to Boston-Area Homeowners: Beware of Insurance Scammers

The National Insurance Crime Bureau advised that as the Northeast continues to get pounded by storm after storm, there’s one more threat that Bostonians need to watch out for: shady contractors or “storm chasers” looking to make a fraudulent buck …

Penn. Mansion Fires Spark $20M in Payouts, Suicide, Fraud Case

She bought draperies flecked with Swarovski crystals. The ceiling mural at her “Gone with the Wind”-inspired mansion in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, featured her family in robes, gazing down from the heavens. And Claire Risoldi’s grand Republican fundraising soirees included the time …

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