Anti-Wall Street protesters ignored police orders to get a permit and limit their encampment to one tent in downtown Duluth, Minn. The protesters said the cost of insurance needed for the permit is too high. On Nov. 22 police dismantled …
Minnesota’s Stearns County’s insurance trust has paid $350,000 to a man who was shot in the back by a sheriff’s lieutenant during a drug bust. John Albert Sorensen had sued the county and now-retired Lt. David McLaughlin, alleging excessive force. …
Milwaukee, Wis.-based Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc. is recalling about 360 pounds of breaded chicken breast that may have been undercooked. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the products were sold after Sept. 13 at deli counters in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. …
Members of Congress from both sides of the Red River in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota are asking President Barack Obama to include $30 million in his next budget for work on a river diversion project in the Fargo-Moorhead …
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) has established a new Office of Workers’ Compensation Ombudsman to provide advice and assistance to employees and small businesses. “Our goal is to help injured workers and small businesses who are having …
A federal judge in Minneapolis has sentenced an insurance company’s owner to more than three years in prison for stealing nearly $2 million from two associations his firm served. Judge Joan Ericksen sentenced 44-year-old Dennis Lee Pap, of Lynden, Wash., …
Element22 Insurance Services has hired Reggie Langdon to head its new office in Minnesota. Langdon has more than 20 years’ experience as a commercial underwriter/wholesale broker and territorial marketing. Langdon previously was president of Midwest Specialty and Twin Cities Special …
The Minnesota Department of Commerce has undergone a reorganization that includes a new Division of Insurance aimed at unifying and strengthening insurance regulation in that state. The Minnesota Division of Insurance houses the department’s insurance units, unifying regulatory oversight of …
Eleven-year-old Nate Smith made an incredible shot — putting a puck through a tiny hole 89 feet away. Now he and his family are waiting to hear whether he’ll collect a $50,000 prize or be whistled for a rules violation …
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said it ticketed 21 motorists for driving more than 100 mph and 72 drivers for going more than 90 mph during a stepped-up speeding enforcement campaign in July. State Patrol Lt. Eric Roeske said …
