Latest Minnesota Headlines
All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fire Destroys Popular Minnesota Ski Lodge
Oct 12 2022 // Fire has destroyed the main lodge at a popular ski resort in northwestern Minnesota. Officials say the main building at Maplelag, which caught fire Monday morning, is expected to be declared a total loss. The cause of the...
Chinese Billionaire Settles Minnesota Rape Allegations
Oct 3 2022 // Chinese billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped her in her Minneapolis apartment after a night of dinner and drinks with...
Chinese Billionaire Faces Civil Trial in Minnesota Over Alleged Rape
Sep 30 2022 // A Chinese billionaire, one of the richest people in the world, is heading to trial in Minneapolis to defend himself against allegations that he raped a former University of Minnesota student after a night of dinner and...
Man Burned at Minnesota Brewery to Receive $56 Million
Sep 12 2022 // A St. Paul man who was severely scalded by hot water while working at a local brewery is due to receive $56 million in damages and interest after filing a lawsuit six years ago. A Ramsey County jury awarded DeWarren Harris...
Duante Wright’s Passenger Sues Minnesota Town, Officer
Aug 4 2022 // The woman who was in Daunte Wright’s vehicle when he was fatally shot by police in a Minneapolis suburb last year is suing the city and the former officer who killed him. The lawsuit says passenger Alayna...
Minnesota Storms Knock Out Power to 75,000 Customers
Aug 4 2022 // Severe storms knocked out power to as many as 75,000 customers across Minnesota where power poles were toppled and winds gusted as high as 81 mph in the state’s southern region. The largest power outages were west of...
Christensen Group Acquires Minnesota’s Foster White
Jul 22 2022 // Foster White of Monticello and New Ulm, Minnesota has been acquired by Christensen Group Insurance (CG) based in Eden Prairie. Foster White has been owned locally for over 50 years and joining Christensen Group to become...
Minnesota Officials Report State’s First Case of Monkeypox
Jun 29 2022 // Minnesota health officials say a Twin Cities adult has contracted the state’s first presumed case of monkeypox, a disease that has emerged in more than 50 countries and 26 U.S. states. The state public health lab...
US Supreme Court Declines to Review Minnesota Ruling on Marijuana Use in Workers’ Comp
Jun 27 2022 // The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a pair of decisions by the Minnesota Supreme Court that held employers cannot be required to reimburse workers for marijuana used to treat on-the-job injuries because the...
2 Minnesota Construction Workers Die After Trench Collapses on Them
Jun 21 2022 // Two construction workers died after a trench collapsed on top of them in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul, and one of their bodies was found 9 feet underground roughly 12 hours later. St. Paul Deputy Fire Chief...
Storms, Tornadoes Damage Buildings in Minnesota, South Dakota
Jun 1 2022 // Thousands of people in Minnesota and South Dakota were without electrical power Tuesday as the region recovered from storms and tornadoes that left damaged buildings, trees and roadways. The National Weather Service said...
People Moves: Holmes Murphy Adds Anderson in Minnesota; Hylant Hires Barnes as Client Executive
Jun 1 2022 // Holmes Murphy Adds Ryan Anderson as Property Casualty Specialty Practice Leader Holmes Murphy added Ryan Anderson as the property casualty specialty practice leader in the company’s expanding Minneapolis...
Minnesota College Student Awarded $111M in Personal Injury Case
May 23 2022 // A federal jury in Minnesota has awarded a college student more than $111 million in damages after concluding negligent care of his injured leg following surgery led to a permanent disability. The jury verdict this week,...
Minnesota Senate Passes Bill to Distribute $300M Opioid Settlement
May 9 2022 // The Minnesota Senate last week voted unanimously to create a framework for distributing about $300 million that the state is receiving as part of a settlement with opioid distributors and manufacturers. Counties and cities...
National Guard Called Up to Help NW Minnesota Flood Threat
Apr 26 2022 // Volunteers and National Guard members in northwestern Minnesota spent two days sandbagging to fortify the city of Crookston from an expected record flood along the Red Lake River. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz authorized 100...
Blizzard in North Dakota, Possible Tornado in SE Minnesota
Apr 14 2022 // A possible tornado tore up a small Minnesota town and a blizzard forced the closure of the North Dakota Capitol, schools and roads, as spring storms wreaked havoc across the Upper Midwest. The National Weather Service said...
Minnesota Lawmakers Reach Deal to Extend Reinsurance Program
Apr 5 2022 // Legislative leaders announced a bipartisan deal to extend Minnesota’s health care reinsurance program, beating a deadline by one day in a move to hold down premiums for residents who buy their health insurance on the...
People Moves: POWERS Promotes Pair; TigerRisk Adds Tuttle in Minnesota
Mar 29 2022 // POWERS Insurance & Risk Management Promotes Kate Murphy and Shari Smith at VIAA POWERS Insurance & Risk Management recently promoted Kate Murphy to licensing coordinator and Shari Smith to account manager for...
$2.4 Million to be Paid to Minnesota Man Shot in Eye During Floyd Protests
Mar 18 2022 // A Minneapolis man who lost an eye when he was hit by a projectile fired by police during protests that followed George Floyd’s killing will get a $2.4 million settlement. Soren Stevenson, 27, was in a large group of...
Minnesota Officials Propose Flooding Infrastructure Improvements
Mar 16 2022 // Local officials and area representatives gathered recently in a sunroom by Lake George to discuss the need to invest in local infrastructure as more frequent and heavy rain events caused by climate change strain aging...
