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Minn. Couple Files Lawsuit Against Cargill, Neb. Beef in E. Coli Cases
Oct 17 2007 // An Inver Grove Heights, Minn. couple filed a lawsuit Monday against Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. after their children became ill from consuming E. coli-tainted beef patties that were part of a nationwide recall. In the...
Minn. Settles Annuity Lawsuit with Allianz Life
Oct 10 2007 // Some seniors who might have died before they could get their annuity money back from Allianz Life Insurance Co. now can apply for refunds and interest under a lawsuit settlement announced this week. Minnesota Attorney...
Business Moves
Oct 8 2007 // The Hanover, Professionals Direct The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. reports it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Professionals Direct, Inc. for $23.2 million. Professionals Direct’s companies...
Minn. Court: Warrant Needed for Blood Tests in Drunk Driving Cases
Oct 5 2007 // The Minnesota Court of Appeals decided this week that police should have gotten a warrant before ordering a blood test from a suspected drunken driver in Dakota County, a ruling that could add extra steps for police going...
Minn. Department Adds New Technology for Product Filing Process
Oct 2 2007 // Companies will have an easier time searching a database for property/casualty products. The Minnesota Department of Commerce Commissioner Glenn Wilson announced on Friday, Sept.28th that the department has launched its...
Engineers Say Terminology Alarms Consumers after Minn. Bridge Collapse
Sep 28 2007 // State highway officials around the country want the government to stop scaring the public by using dire-sounding phrases such as “structurally deficient” and “functionally obsolete” to describe...
Safeco Sends Claims Team to Aid Customers in Minn. and N.D.
Sep 27 2007 // Safeco has deployed claims professionals to help customers in Minnesota and North Dakota recover from a damaging hail storm that occurred September 20-21. Safeco claims representatives arrived in the area shortly after the...
Erie Insurance Announces Plans to Enter Minnesota Market in ’09
Sep 25 2007 // Penn.-based Erie Insurance recently announced that the company plans to write business in Minnesota beginning in the fourth quarter of 2009. . “We are looking forward to entering Minnesota because of the substantial...
Minn. Crackdown on DWI Drivers Nets 2,270 Tickets
Sep 17 2007 // A statewide crackdown on people driving while intoxicated resulted in at least 2,270 arrests, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety reported. More than 400 agencies across the state participated in the...
U.S. Census Figures Show Minn. Twin Cities with Older Workforce
Sep 13 2007 // When Jim Johnson turned 65 last spring, the executive vice president at Securian Financial Group could have joined several colleagues who decided to retire. But when the company asked him to stay in charge of its group...
Willis Expands Employee Benefits Practice in Minn. with Key Appointments
Sep 12 2007 // Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, recently announced the appointments of Jackie Lantry and Rick Storms to vice president of the Employee Benefits Practice for Willis’ operations in Minneapolis. In...
Severe Midwestern weather may have some evoking ‘higher power’
Sep 3 2007 // Years ago in the late ’60s after Chicago had received in excess of 27 inches of snow, bringing the city to a quiet halt, then NBC-TV Tonight talk show host Johnny Carson in his opening monologue said, “I...
Editor’s Note: Severe Midwestern weather may have some evoking ‘higher power’
Sep 3 2007 // Years ago in the late ’60s after Chicago had received in excess of 27 inches of snow, bringing the city to a quiet halt, then NBC-TV Tonight talk show host Johnny Carson in his opening monologue said, “I...
Environmental Group Lists Data on 313 Minn. Bridges Online
Aug 31 2007 // Data on 313 Minnesota bridges can be found online, thanks to the work of an environmental group that compiled information from state and federal sources. The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy organized the data...
Mo. Bridge Project Could Serve as National Model on Repairs
Aug 30 2007 // A month after the deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse, Missouri lawmakers are poised to approve a massive bridge repair project that could serve as a national roadmap for renovating aging infrastructure. Missouri plans to...
Damage Estimate from Minn. Flooding Tops $67 Million
Aug 29 2007 // Public and private property damage from recent flooding across seven southern Minnesota counties has topped $67 million. Gov. Tim Pawlenty provided the figure in a letter to state lawmakers. Fillmore, Winona, Houston,...
Flooding Worsens in Iowa, Wis., Minn. as Storms Continue Across Midwest
Aug 23 2007 // Widespread flooding continued this week across northern and central Iowa as thunderstorms and strong winds destroyed buildings, cut off power and left roads and homes underwater. Northern Iowa, already flooded from storms...
Former Minn. Executive to Lead GOP Convention Fundraising Effort
Aug 22 2007 // A retired insurance company executive will take the lead role in promoting and raising money for the 2008 Republican National Convention. The local host committee planning for the GOP gathering announced that Doug...
Lawmakers Evaluate Minn. 2007 Disasters from Fires to Bridge Collapse
Aug 22 2007 // From its northern tip to its southern border, Minnesota is getting roughed up in 2007. The state has seen fire, floods and a fallen bridge. “It has been one thing after another,” said Judson Freed, past...
Settlement Reached in Minn. High School Killings Case
Aug 16 2007 // A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over the fatal shooting of two Rocori High school students in 2003, but still needs court approval. The families of Aaron Rollins and Seth Bartell had sued the school, its former...
