Latest Minnesota Headlines
All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
WCRA to Distribute $600 Million to Minnesota Workers’ Comp Insurers, Self-Insurers, Policyholders
Mar 10 2022 // The Workers’ Compensation Reinsurance Association (WCRA) will distribute $600 million to Minnesota’s insurers, self-insurers and policyholders, the association announced this month. The WCRA Board of Directors,...
Minnesota Lawmakers Disagree Over Drought Relief Package
Mar 7 2022 // Minnesota farmers and ranchers still reeling from last summer’s drought are asking the Legislature for urgency on relief, though lawmakers on either side of the aisle have yet to agree on what a final package should...
Supreme Court Asked to Resolve Federal Drug Law v. State Medical Marijuana Laws Debate
Mar 7 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to address whether the federal drug law that criminalizes possession of marijuana invalidates state orders requiring employers and their workers’ compensation insurers to pay for...
Supreme Court Asked to Resolve Federal Drug Law v. State Medical Marijuana Laws Debate
Feb 28 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to address whether federal drug law that criminalizes possession of marijuana invalidates state orders requiring employers and their workers’ compensation insurers to pay for...
Fatal Accident at 3M Plant in Minnesota Investigated
Feb 14 2022 // An investigation is underway into a fatal accident at a 3M plant in western Minnesota. Authorities in Alexandria say a female employee got caught in some machinery early Feb. 8 during an overnight shift. The Minnesota...
Journalists Settle Suit Over Mistreatment Covering Minnesota Protests
Feb 10 2022 // The state of Minnesota has agreed to pay $825,000 and change several policies to settle a lawsuit brought by journalists who said they were hurt or harassed while covering protests over the police killings of George Floyd...
Minnesota Poultry Producers Wary of Bird Flu’s Return
Feb 10 2022 // Minnesota’s poultry producers are monitoring cases of bird flu found in wild birds in other parts of the United States and Canada. A state veterinarian says it’s an early warning for producers in Minnesota...
Minnesota Groups Unite in Recreational Marijuana Opposition
Feb 1 2022 // Several businesses, trade groups and social organizations announced the formation of a coalition on Monday opposing legalization of recreational marijuana in Minnesota as the measure’s supporters signal another push...
New Year’s Day Explosion Levels Minnesota Garage, Injuring One
Jan 3 2022 // A New Year’s Day explosion and fire leveled one Minneapolis garage, set another one ablaze and sent a man to the hospital with serious injuries. The Star Tribune reports that Just after 11 a.m. Saturday, fire crews...
Minnesota Medical Device Company to Pay S.D. $400K in Kickback Settlement
Dec 27 2021 // Minnesota-based Medtronic has agreed to pay $400,000 to South Dakota to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to a neurosurgeon, Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. The settlement resolves allegations that Medtronic...
Minnesota Trucking Company to Pay $500,000 Settlement over Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
Dec 9 2021 // Stan Koch and Sons Trucking, based in Minneapolis, will pay $500,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. According to the EEOC’s...
Minnesota Winter Storm Causes Hundreds of Car Crashes, No Fatalities
Dec 7 2021 // Snowfall reached nearly 1 foot on Sunday, Dec. 5 in some parts of northern Minnesota. The Minnesota State Patrol reported hundreds of car crashes during the storm. Authorities said 26 of the crashes resulted in injuries,...
Minnesota Man Awarded $25 Million in Amputation Lawsuit
Nov 24 2021 // Federal jurors say a Twin Cities plastic surgeon is entitled to nearly $25 million because an emergency medical provider declined to fly him back to the United States after a ziplining injury in Mexico led to a leg...
Minnesota Payroll Services Company to Pay $95,000 Over Disability Discrimination Suit
Nov 10 2021 // Employer Solutions Group, LLC, a payroll services company operating in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, has agreed to pay $95,000 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Minnesota Furniture Retailer Fined $60,000 for Denying Hire to Transgender Applicant
Oct 28 2021 // Frizzell Furniture, a furniture retailer with locations in northern Minnesota, has agreed to pay $60,000 and has committed to providing training and revising its policies to resolve a finding of gender identity...
Enbridge Fails to Meet Minnesota Aquifer Cleanup Deadline
Oct 19 2021 // Enbridge has failed to meet a deadline set by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for cleaning up a site where an aquifer ruptured during construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline, DNR officials said. The agency...
People Moves: Grange Insurance Executive Changes; Butzke President of PIA Wisconsin; Lowe Joins Player’s Health in Minnesota
Oct 6 2021 // Executive Changes at Grange Insurance Grange Insurance Co. in Columbus, Ohio, named John North president of Commercial Lines and Cheryl McRae Lebens president of Personal Lines, both effective Jan.1, 2022. Mike Winner...
Minnesota Orders Enbridge to Pay $3M for Groundwater Leak
Sep 20 2021 // Minnesota regulators have ordered Enbridge to pay more than $3 million for allegedly violating state environmental law by piercing a groundwater aquifer during construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline replacement. The state...
67% of Northern Minnesota Wildfire Contained
Sep 13 2021 // Authorities said on Sept. 12 that a vast majority of the Greenwood Lake wildfire in northern Minnesota is contained, one month after lighting ignited the blaze in the Superior National Forest. The U.S. Forest Service...
Minnesota Company to Pay $65K to Settle Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
Sep 9 2021 // Federal employment officials say a Minnesota debt collector has settled a lawsuit alleging the company fired Christian employee after he refused to be fingerprinted due to his religious beliefs. AscensionPoint Recovery...
