Best Read Minnesota Headlines
Headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page with the most time spent reading.
#1 Let’s Win One for the Good Guys: A Familiar Claims Situation
May 30 2024 // Growing up we all watched television shows and movies pitting the good guy against the bad guy. Often the bad guy held some power over the good guy, either as the boss, the holder of all the money or the mortgagee. A level...
#2 Minnesota Bill Aims to Combat Sexually Explicit, AI-Generated Deepfakes
Mar 7 2025 // Molly Kelley was stunned to discover in June that someone she knew had used widely available “nudification” technology to create highly realistic and sexually explicit videos and images of her, using family...
#3 Attempted Bribe Doesn’t Stop Jurors From Convicting Defendants in $40M Fraud Scheme
Jun 10 2024 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury convicted five Minnesota residents and acquitted two others on Friday for their roles in a scheme to steal more than $40 million from a program that was supposed to feed children during the...
#4 Deere & Co. Accused of Forcing Farmers to Use Authorized Dealers for Equipment Repair
Jan 17 2025 // Deere & Co. unfairly forces farmers to visit authorized dealers to repair their equipment, resulting in higher prices than if they could fix it themselves or get help from independent shops, the Federal Trade...
#5 New Jersey, Minnesota Sue Glock Over Firearms With Adaptable Switches
Dec 16 2024 // NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey and Minnesota sued Glock last Thursday, calling on the gunmaker to stop selling firearms that can be adapted with dime-sized switches to fire up to 1,200 rounds a minute. New Jersey...
#6 Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Minnesota Trooper in Fatal Shooting of Black Man
Nov 1 2024 // A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit against a white Minnesota state trooper who shot and killed a Black man during a traffic stop last year, ruling that the trooper’s actions did not violate the...
#7 Minnesota County to Pay $3.4M to Settle Suit Over Detainee’s Death
Nov 13 2024 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s most populous county will pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged jail workers ignored the pleas of a 41-year-old man who died of a perforated bowel after spending days...
#8 Minnesota Program Fails to Deter Alcohol Overservice
May 30 2024 // A strategy aimed at preventing Minnesota restaurants and bars from serving alcohol to patrons who are already intoxicated does not appear to be effective, according to a study recently published in Alcohol: Clinical and...
#9 Minnesota Lawmakers Propose Auto Insurance Program for Low-Income Residents
Apr 7 2025 // Minnesota lawmakers have introduced a bill that would establish a low-cost auto insurance program for low-income residents. HF 2215 would establish the Minnesota Lifeline Insurance Program, a state-sponsored, alternative...
#10 Smithfield to Pay $2 Million in Minnesota Child Labor Violation Settlement
Nov 18 2024 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Smithfield Foods, one of the nation’s largest meat processors, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of child labor violations at a plant in Minnesota, officials announced...
#11 Minnesota Company Fined $730K After Worker Drowns Removing Lake Weed
Dec 4 2024 // The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry’s (DLI’s) Minnesota OSHA (MNOSHA) Compliance announced it has has issued a $730,000 penalty to Your Lake Aquatic Plant Management, LLC, in Columbia Heights,...
#12 Minnesota Staffing Firm to Pay $300K for Discriminatory Hiring Practices
Jan 16 2025 // TKO Construction Services, a Minnesota-based staffing company that provides temporary employees for commercial, residential, restoration, heavy industrial and energy construction companies, will pay $300,000 and provide...
#13 Minnesota Judge Orders MyPillow to Pay $778K to Delivery Service DHL
Jan 10 2025 // A Minnesota judge has ordered MyPillow to pay nearly $778,000 for unpaid bills and other costs to package delivery service DHL, which had sued the company that’s synonymous with its founder, chief pitchman and...
#14 House Collapses Into Flood-Swollen River Near Minnesota Dam Amid Storms
Jun 28 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A house that was teetering on the edge of an eroding riverbank near a Minnesota dam collapsed into the river in the latest jarring example of extreme weather gripping the upper Midwest. Video...
#15 Minnesota Adds Stricter Guidelines for Rehabilitation Services in Work Comp Claims
Jul 30 2024 // Injured Minnesota employees who seek services from the Department of Labor and Industry’s Vocational Rehabilitation unit (VRU) while their disputed workers’ compensation claim goes through the litigation...
#16 FedEx Sued for Violating Federal Law by Discriminating Against Minnesota Driver
Sep 9 2024 // The Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) violated federal law when it failed to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified, disabled ramp transport drivers with medical restrictions, and instead forced them to take...
#17 Minnesota Ammunition Manufacturer to Pay $349K Over Clean Air Act Violations
Sep 16 2024 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Federal Cartridge Co. in Anoka, Minnesota, for alleged Clean Air Act violations. Federal Cartridge is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of...
#18 Minnesota Dam Risks Failure During Wave of Intense US Weather
Jun 26 2024 // A dam holding back swollen flood waters in Minnesota was at risk of failure Monday as intense weather buffeted much of the US. The Blue Earth River has cut around the west side of the Rapidan Dam, local officials warned in...
#19 Ford Pro Expands to Minnesota and Maryland
Jul 10 2024 // Ford Pro is expanding the availability of its commercial auto coverage, Ford Pro Insure, to Maryland and Minnesota. Ford Pro is underwritten by Ford Credit’s insurance subsidiary and powered by Pie...
#20 Minnesota Workers’ Comp System Stable Despite COVID-19 Impact
Jul 17 2024 // Workers’ compensation claim rates and benefits paid in Minnesota continue to be stable or follow their long-term downward trajectories, a new Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) report shows. The 2024 Minnesota...
