A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled in favor of a Juneau County newspaper that requested documents from the county but received paperwork with most information blacked out. The Juneau County Star-Times had requested invoices of bills stemming from a legal …
An insurance company is suing the maker of a portable pool to try to recoup money paid out as a result of a collapsed pool at the Mitchell Aquatic Center in Mitchell, S.D. The Mitchell Daily Republic reports Nautilus Insurance …
A Minnehaha County, South Dakota, grand jury has indicted a Douglas County Sheriff’s deputy on four counts of grand theft. Court documents say that while licensed as an insurance producer, 41-year-old Rob Hotchkiss submitted fraudulent insurance applications in order to …
The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a jury’s decision to award $300,000 in damages to a Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad employee who was injured on the job. Donald Jacobs fractured his elbow and hurt his shoulder in January …
Agriculture and manufacturing have spurred the South Dakota economy to moderate prosperity in the backwash of the national recession. Gains on the farm and in some factories have offset soft times in housing and the financial industry, resulting in almost …
State and federal officials are cautioning South Dakota flood victims that time might be running out to file flood insurance claims. Normally, claims for flood damage under policies underwritten by the National Flood Insurance Program must be filed within 60 …
A federal disaster official says South Dakota homeowners and business owners who have flood insurance and have suffered flood damage should file claims now. Mark Neveau of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which runs the national flood insurance program, says …
South Dakota has joined the Non-Admitted Insurance Multi-State Agreement (NIMA) coalition. Insurance Director Merle Scheiber signed the agreement on behalf of South Dakota, which collected nearly $29 million in excess and surplus lines premium in 2009. With the addition of …
South Dakota Sen. John Thune has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to clarify how the National Flood Insurance Program applies to the current flooding along the Missouri River. FEMA has determined that the flood started on June 1 when …
A federal judge has refused to expand a lawsuit beyond the seven people who are suing a South Dakota urology clinic and its owners. The plaintiffs sought to make it a class action suit representing more than 6,000 patients. The …
