Officials with the National Weather Service say two weak tornadoes touched down late Saturday on the south edge of the Twin Cities’ metropolitan region in Minnesota. Meteorologist Chris Franks tells the Star Tribune the tornadoes were of the weakest that …
A Hillman, Minn., man whose home was facing foreclosure has been convicted of setting the house on fire for the insurance money. Jurors deliberated for four hours this week before finding 53-year-old Randy Donald Reed guilty of first-degree arson. A …
The Minnesota State Patrol says unlicensed drivers are more likely to be involved in a deadly crash. Lt. Eric Roeske says statistics from 2011 show unlicensed drivers are twice as likely to be involved in fatal accidents. He tells WCCO-TV …
AAA Minneapolis has named Tom Sorel, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), as its new president and chief executive officer. Sorel will join AAA Minneapolis effective Dec. 1, 2012. He will replace current President and CEO Steve Frank …
A Duluth, Minn., building contractor convicted of vandalizing a client’s duplex over a billing fight has been sentenced to almost seven years in prison. A jury convicted 35-year-old Adam Leroy Seavey of first-degree arson. He was sentenced Friday to the …
A former Minnesota police officer who accused other law enforcement of illegally accessing her driver’s license information to see her photo has reached tentative settlements with St. Paul and other cities worth $665,000. Anne Marie Rasmusson, 38, alleged that 144 …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of employee benefits insurance broker Unison Inc. in Minnetonka, Minn. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1980, Unison offers a full range of group employee benefits products and consulting …
State officials now say 11 homes and 24 other structures were destroyed by the wildfire that threatened the northwestern Minnesota city town of Karlstad. Jean Goad, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center, said that updated figures show the …
Lockton Dunning Benefits, a Dallas-based employee benefits consulting company, has acquired Excelsior Solutions, a pharmaceutical and healthcare consulting company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. The Excelsior Solutions acquisition strengthens Lockton’s existing pharmacy benefits consulting expertise. Former Excelsior Solutions President Kenneth Dowell …
A U.S. woman accused of sharing songs online owes record companies $222,000 for willful copyright violations, a federal appeals court in Minneapolis, Minn., said reversing a lower court’s ruling in a long-running lawsuit over music downloading. A three-judge appeals panel …
