August 16, 2007
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over the fatal shooting of two Rocori High school students in 2003, but still needs court approval. The families of Aaron Rollins and Seth Bartell had sued the school, its former principal …
August 15, 2007
The mayor and a key state lawmaker on Monday cautioned that the Minnesota transportation officials’ swift timetable to replace the collapsed interstate bridge could overlook safety and the unique elements necessary to make it a memorial. “I believe a large …
August 14, 2007
Indiana transportation officials closed a bridge that connects two northern Indiana highways and passes over a commuter rail line after an inspection revealed potential safety problems. Officials closed the Indiana 212 bridge Friday after inspectors spotted corrosion between the approach …
August 14, 2007
The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies announced it has introduced its admitted excess flood insurance policy in Texas. With the inclusion of Texas, Chubb has launched its flood insurance products in 27 states and the District of Columbia as part …
August 13, 2007
Seventy-eight people died from work-related injuries in Minnesota last year, a decrease of nine work-related deaths from the year before, the state Department of Labor and Industry announced on Thursday, Aug. 9th. The 2006 figure was also slightly fewer than …
August 13, 2007
Divers took another body from the wreckage of a freeway bridge, shrinking to five the number of people known missing and presumed dead in the collapse. Meanwhile, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters on Friday, Aug. 10th pledged $50 million to …
August 10, 2007
Federal officials cautioned transportation authorities across the U.S. to re-examine bridges after investigators probing a deadly interstate bridge collapse in Minnesota said they found a potential design flaw. The National Transportation Safety Board said that it found issues with the …
August 8, 2007
Peggy S. Lund, CIC, of R. J. Ahmann Cos. in Eden Prairie, Minn. was recently awarded the most prestigious honor available to an insurance customer service representative (CSR)—the 2007 National Outstanding CSR of the Year Award. The Society of Certified …
August 7, 2007
A fire on remote, uninhabited land in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan has pushed past fire lines and grown to more than 12,000 acres amid erratic winds, temperatures in the 80s and a lack of rain, the state said Monday. …
August 7, 2007
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott cited Minnesota-based Lifetime Fitness and subsidiaries LTF Club Management Company L.L.C. and LTF Club Operations Company Inc., for systematically exposing its customers to identity theft, the AG’s office announced. According to court documents filed by …