Latest Minnesota Headlines
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Favorable Flood Forecast Offers Relief to Parts of Minnesota
Mar 26 2020 // While leaders in Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota, have been taking steps to limit the coronavirus, it appears they won’t have to deal with a significant flood on top of the pandemic. Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney tells KFGO...
Judge OKs $34M Settlement with Minnesota’s New Ulm Diocese in Sex Abuse Case
Mar 12 2020 // A bankruptcy judge has approved a $34 million settlement between the Diocese of New Ulm in Minnesota and nearly 100 people who say they were sexually abused by priests and others. Bishop John LeVoir apologized to sexual...
AM Best Assigns A- Credit Ratings to Minnesota’s SFM Companies
Mar 4 2020 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” to SFM Mutual Insurance Co. and its affiliates, SFM Safe Insurance Co. and SFM Select Insurance...
Cause of Fire that Destroyed Businesses in Minnesota Town Still Unknown
Feb 27 2020 // Investigators worked to learn what caused a massive fire that wiped out part of downtown Alexandria in western Minnesota. More than 100 firefighters battled a blaze on Feb. 25 that destroyed RM Tattoo, Raapers Eatery &...
Minnesota Governor Wants $30M to Replenish State Disaster Aid Fund
Feb 21 2020 // With the threat of spring flooding looming, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has asked lawmakers to approve $30 million to replenish a state disaster aid fund that was drained by a string of disasters last year. Walz said an...
Minnesota Attorney Pleads Guilty in Insurance Fraud Scheme
Feb 5 2020 // A personal injury attorney in Minnesota’s Twin Cities has pleaded guilty to defrauding auto insurance companies by making false health care claims. On Feb. 3, William Sutor III entered the plea to one count of...
Minnesota School District Sued by Parents of Students Who Were Sexually Exploited
Jan 17 2020 // The parents of two students are suing the Bemidji school district, alleging it was negligent in allowing a former assistant principal to sexually exploit their children. Brandon Bjerknes, who was arrested in 2017, is...
Keystone Signs Minnesota Agencies Cartier, Moores Insurance Management
Jan 16 2020 // Keystone Insurers Group (Keystone) has signed on two new pioneer partners in Minnesota: Cartier Agency of Duluth and Moores Insurance Management of St. Paul. The agency partnership group said the signing of the two new...
Integrity Insurance Hires Huber as Territory Sales Manager in Minnesota
Jan 14 2020 // Integrity Insurance, a property and casualty carrier headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, has added Jake Huber as territory sales manager for Minnesota. Based in Minnesota, Huber will be responsible for developing and...
Report: Impaired Driving Arrests Increased in Minnesota in 2019
Jan 7 2020 // The number of people in Minnesota arrested for driving while impaired grew by nearly 5% last year, partly due to people driving with cannabis, opioids and methamphetamine in their system, according to a state...
Brothers Die After Being Overcome by Fumes in Minnesota Grain Silo
Dec 24 2019 // Authorities say two brothers are dead after being overcome by fumes in a grain silo on a western Minnesota farm. The Star Tribune reports the victims were identified as 47-year-old Curt F. Boesl and 49-year-old Steven T....
Minnesota Intensifying Enforcement of New Wage Theft Law
Dec 20 2019 // Two Minnesota agencies are ramping up their efforts to root out wage fraud by adding staffers to enforce a new state law that penalizes employers for exploiting their workers. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has...
Former NHL Player Dies of Injuries from Minnesota Workplace Accident
Dec 19 2019 // The family of former NHL player Scot Kleinendorst says he has died of injuries suffered in a workplace accident in northern Minnesota. Kleinendorst suffered severe brain trauma and numerous broken bones at UPM Blandin...
Minnesota AG Sues E-Cigarette Maker Juul over Rise in Youth Vaping
Dec 6 2019 // Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has sued Juul Labs, accusing the e-cigarette maker of unlawfully targeting young people with its products to get a new generation addicted to nicotine. The lawsuit filed in Hennepin...
Minnesota Businessman Pleads Guilty in Labor Trafficking, Insurance Fraud Case
Nov 20 2019 // A businessman accused of insurance fraud and exploitation of his construction workers has pleaded guilty as his trial was about to start in Minneapolis. The Minnesota Department of Commerce reported that Ricardo Ernesto...
WCRI: Workers’ Comp Medical Payments in Minnesota Stable
Nov 18 2019 // A recent study by a national workers’ compensation research organization found that Minnesota workers’ compensation medical payments per claim remained stable from 2012 to 2017. The study, CompScope Medical...
WCRI: Workers’ Comp Medical Payments in Minnesota Stable
Nov 6 2019 // Minnesota workers’ compensation medical payments per claim remained stable from 2012 to 2017, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study, CompScope Medical Benchmarks...
More than 5K Minnesota Motorists Cited for Using Cellphones While Driving
Oct 28 2019 // State officials say more than 5,000 citations have been issued to drivers in Minnesota since a hands-free law took effect in August. The new law makes it illegal to use a cellphone while driving. Department of Public...
Tornadoes, Damaging Winds Reported in Michigan, Minnesota
Sep 13 2019 // The National Weather Service says a tornado ripped through a cemetery in southeastern Minnesota. The EF-1 tornado with winds of 95 mph struck Woodlawn Cemetery in Winona early Wednesday. The tornado toppled trees and...
Midwest Economic Survey Suggests Little or No Growth on Horizon
Sep 4 2019 // An August survey of business supply managers suggested slow or no economic growth over the next several months in nine Midwest and Plains states, in part because of trade skirmishes, according to a newly released...
