Latest Minnesota Headlines
All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves
Dec 2 2013 // Eastern Insurance Group, Westover Insurance Eastern Insurance Group, an insurance agency and a subsidiary of Eastern Bank based in Natick, Mass., acquired Westover Insurance Agency in Lynnfield, Mass. Eastern Insurance...
AssuredPartners Acquires Lee F. Murphy in Minnesota
Nov 11 2013 // AssuredPartners Inc. through its subsidiary AssuredPartners of Minnesota has acquired the Lee F. Murphy Inc. insurance firm based in St. Paul, Minn. As part of the acquisition, 50 Lee F. Murphy employees will join...
Minnesota History Village now Center of Flood Fight
Nov 6 2013 // A Minnesota philanthropist has been fighting to preserve a historical village after county officials learned the buildings sit in a flood plain and could jeopardize residents’ ability to get federally subsidized...
Minnesota Roads Breaking Down Faster than Expected
Nov 4 2013 // Minnesota road surfaces that were supposed to last for 30 years are beginning to crumble in half that time, raising concerns that cities could have to spend millions of dollars to fix deteriorating streets. The state made...
Declarations
Nov 4 2013 // Worker’s Comp Fraud “Thranow cheated both his workers’ compensation insurer and the state of California out of nearly $100,000, and by doing so passed the cost of his fraud onto consumers across the...
Minnesota’s Allina Health Notifies 3K Patients of Privacy Breach
Oct 28 2013 // Allina Health in Minnesota is notifying thousands of patients that a medical assistant at its Inver Grove Heights clinic viewed their medical records without authorization. The Minneapolis-based hospital and clinic system...
$2M Settlement Over Minnesota Driver Data Snooping
Oct 21 2013 // An insurance trust representing Minnesota counties has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit over driver’s license data snooping. The proposed settlement was presented on Oct. 3 in federal court. The case...
High Crop Prices Turn More Midwest Grassland into Cropland
Oct 18 2013 // When cattle producer Jason Zahn aims his pickup across the gravel roads of North Dakota, he doesn’t see as many native grasses dancing along the prairie. Instead, he sees more and more black. He sees tilled dirt or...
Ex-Players Oppose NFL Image Rights Settlement
Oct 17 2013 // Years away from the field, former National Football League players including Jim Brown, Preston Pearson and Reggie Rucker are set to clash in court with retirees Mark Gastineau, Dan Pastorini, Dave Casper and others. At...
46 Chiropractors Accused in Minnesota No-Fault Kickback Scheme
Oct 16 2013 // A federal lawsuit filed Oct. 14 accuses a diagnostic imaging company and 46 chiropractors of engaging in an elaborate kickback scheme aimed at defrauding Minnesota’s no-fault insurance system. The Insurance...
$2M Settlement Over Minnesota Driver Data Snooping
Oct 7 2013 // An insurance trust representing Minnesota counties has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit over driver’s license data snooping. The proposed settlement was presented on Oct. 3 in federal court. The case...
Fatal Deer-Vehicle Crashes on Pace to Set Record in Minnesota
Oct 4 2013 // Minnesota Department of Public Safety is reminding motorists and motorcyclists to be especially cautious of deer in coming months, as they are breeding and more active this time of year. DPS says seven people have been...
MNsure Employee in Security Breach Terminated
Sep 26 2013 // The employee of Minnesota’s health insurance exchange who released private data on about 1,600 insurance agents no longer works for the state. Minnesota Management and Budget provided the information on Sept. 24 to...
September Tornado Spotted In Far Northern Minnesota
Sep 13 2013 // A September tornado has been spotted in far northern Minnesota. The National Weather Service says a trained spotter reported the tornado two miles northwest of Williams in Lake of the Woods County before 3:30 p.m....
More Minnesota Farms Relying On Irrigation
Sep 10 2013 // Alan Peterson is among a growing number of Minnesota farmers are relying on irrigation to ensure they can produce a crop when the weather turns dry. His 18 irrigators don’t reach all parts of his fields near Clear...
Premium Increases Under Obamacare Not as High as Expected: Study
Sep 9 2013 // The federal Affordable Care Act will not lead to widespread premium increases in the individual health insurance market. That’s according to a new analysis of 10 states and the United States overall by RAND Corp.,...
Minnesota’s LeClair Group Launches New Identity, Services
Sep 6 2013 // Margaret LeClair, CEO of St. Paul, Minn.-based LeClair Insurance, announced the company is changing its name to LeClair Group, and bringing a new package of services to market in connection with the roll-out of federal...
Minnesota Man Loses License for Slow Driving
Aug 23 2013 // The Minnesota Court of Appeals won’t return the driver’s license of a man who lost it for driving too slowly on state highways. Fifty-nine-year-old Gary Constans says he doesn’t understand why authorities...
Retired Players Sue NFL Over Use of Images in Films
Aug 22 2013 // The National Football League was sued by 10 retired players, including Curley Culp and John Riggins, who claim the NFL unfairly violates their rights of publicity by using their images to sell NFL Films products. Five Hall...
Officials Fan Out For Minnesota Disaster Aid Briefings
Aug 6 2013 // State and federal officials are fanning out this week across 18 Minnesota counties for briefings with local leaders about available aid to recover from severe storms in late June. The contingent from Minnesota’s...
