Latest Minnesota Headlines
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Minnesota’s Kraus-Anderson Insurance Acquires Onyx Benefit Advisors
Sep 6 2016 // Minnesota-based Kraus-Anderson Insurance has acquired Onyx Benefit Advisors, based in Bloomington, Minn. Onyx was founded by Jenny Wiederholt-Pine, who built the company into a successful agency, offering services that...
Nurses on Strike at 5 Minnesota Hospitals over Insurance, Workplace Safety
Sep 6 2016 // Thousands of nurses at five Minnesota hospitals on Sept. 5 began an open-ended strike in a dispute over health insurance, workplace safety and staffing. Clad in red T-shirts, members of the Minnesota Nurses Association,...
$3.5M Awarded in Minnesota Sexual Orientation Discrimination Case
Aug 16 2016 // A judge in southeastern Minnesota has awarded $3.5 million to a man who said he was fired from the family banking business because he’s gay. The attorney for Stephen Habberstad, Leslie Lienemann, said it could be one...
Florida Woman Killed by Officer During Citizens Academy
Aug 12 2016 // A police “shoot/don’t shoot” demonstration in Florida went shockingly awry when an officer shot and killed a 73-year-old former librarian with what police said was real ammunition used by mistake at an...
Rolland-Vath Named 2016 Outstanding CSR of the Year for Minnesota
Aug 8 2016 // Advisor Nattalie Rolland-Vath of North Risk Partners – C.O. Brown Division in Red Wing, Minn., has been named the 2016 Outstanding Customer Service Representative (CSR) of the Year for the state of Minnesota by the...
Medical Marijuana Availablity Expanded in Minnesota
Aug 2 2016 // Judy Bjerke Severson wants to be normal — visit friends and family, go to the grocery store or even sleep in her own bed — but she says the crippling pain from fibromyalgia and back surgery complications, as well as a...
Worker Buried in Minnesota Trench Collapse Dies
Jul 28 2016 // Officials say one of two construction workers injured in a trench collapse in Minnetonka, Minn., has died. The Hennepin County medical examiner’s office says 48-year-old Jimmy Scott Klous of Onamia died late Monday...
200 Have Died on Minnesota Roads So Far This Year
Jul 27 2016 // Preliminary figures from the Department of Public Safety show that 200 people have died on Minnesota roads in 2016. The Office of Traffic Safety says the 200 mark was reached July 23, putting the number of road deaths on...
Minnesota Towns Continue to Struggle with Flood Damage
Jul 20 2016 // Parts of east-central Minnesota are still trying to cope with floodwaters and subsequent damage nearly a week after torrential rains fell across a huge swath of the state. Kanabec County Sheriff Brian Smith told Minnesota...
SFM Mutual Insurance Acquires Minnesota’s Barrier Free Access
Jul 7 2016 // SFM Mutual Insurance Co., a Midwest regional workers’ compensation insurer, has acquired Barrier Free Access, a Byron, Minn.-based provider of safe patient handling products, design consultation and training to...
Gebhard Named VP, Communications at Minnesota-Based SFM
Jun 29 2016 // Bloomington, Minn.-based mutual insurer, SFM, has promoted Andy Gebhard to vice president, communications. Gebhard has been with SFM since 2007 in various roles, and most recently held the position of director of...
Minnesota Company Recalls 27 Tons of Chicken
Jun 22 2016 // Minnesota-based GNP Company is recalling more than 27 tons of chicken after contaminants were detected. The company sells products under the Just BARE and Gold’n Plump brands. But it says the only affected product in...
NFP Acquires Minnesota’s Benefits Solutions Plus
Jun 3 2016 // Insurance broker and consultant, NFP Corp. announced it has acquired Benefits Solutions Plus Inc. (BSP), based in Anoka, Minn. BSP is a benefits brokerage that specializes in providing group health plans and ancillary...
Omaha Bills Minnesota Excavator that Struck Gas Line, Causing Explosion
May 26 2016 // The city of Omaha, Neb., has billed a Minnesota excavation company nearly $104,000 for the costs of fighting a fire that erupted after a natural gas explosion. The city and safety regulators say North Central Service of...
Fire Deaths Rising in Minnesota
May 24 2016 // State public safety officials say 57 people died in fires last year in Minnesota — the highest number of fatalities in 13 years. The Department of Public Safety’s State Fire Marshal Division released the numbers on...
Digital Benefit Advisors Acquires Minnesota’s Corporate Health Systems
May 20 2016 // Digital Benefit Advisors (DBA) a national employee benefits firm, has acquired Corporate Health Systems of Eden Prairie, Minn., expanding its footprint in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Corporate Health Systems’...
Minnesota, Wisconsin Wine Grape Crops Damaged in Cold Snap
May 19 2016 // Vintners in southern Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota are reeling from a weekend cold snap that ruined huge swaths of their grapes. Temperatures dipped below freezing in much of those areas late Saturday and early...
Minnesota Still Wary About Impact of North Dakota Flood Project
May 18 2016 // Proponents of a proposed $2.1 billion Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion project in North Dakota will have to do a better job of addressing concerns about how it would affect farmers and other residents upstream before...
Minnesota Workers’ Compensation: A No-Fault System
May 18 2016 // Workers’ compensation is a no-fault system in Minnesota: the employee does not need to prove negligence on the part of the employer to establish liability and the employer cannot use negligence on the part of the...
Minnesota NFL Star Donating $100K to Flood Relief in Texas Hometown
May 6 2016 // Adrian Peterson grew up in Palestine, Texas, and has felt the support of its people as he rose to prominence in the NFL and when he endured the hardships that followed. Now, in his hometown’s hour of need, the...
