Bayer Pushes Legislation in Multiple States for Legal Shield Against Lawsuits April 18, 2024 By Hannah Fingerhut and David A. Lieb DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Stung by paying billions of dollars for settlements and trials, chemical giant Bayer has been...
Accuweather: Record Warm Winter Costs Businesses Billions in Losses April 18, 2024 Unseasonably warm winter weather cost businesses and event planners in the northern Plains and upper Midwest billions of dollars in...
People Moves: Hooda Appointed to Alera Board of Directors; Powers Hires Blankenship April 17, 2024 Hooda Appointed to Alera Group’s Board of Directors Alera Group, headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, appointed Sheila Hooda to the company’s...
Undercover St. Louis Officer Beaten by Colleagues Awarded $23.5M April 17, 2024 ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis judge on Monday awarded nearly $23.5 million to a former police officer who...
Iowa Woman Charged With Insurance Fraud April 17, 2024 An Iowa woman was charged with insurance fraud following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. Amanda Riggle,...
People Moves: Reinke Joins Intact as Chief Underwriting Officer, Transactional Surety April 16, 2024 Scott Reinke joined Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions, headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota, as chief underwriting officer for its transactional surety team....
Nebraska, Kansas Brace for Possibly More Tornados: Weather Watch April 16, 2024 By Brian K. Sullivan Wild weather is sweeping the central US on Tuesday with tornado watches posted across parts of Nebraska and Kansas and...
North Dakota Hospital to Pay $45K Over EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit April 16, 2024 Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center, a critical access hospital in Elgin, North Dakota, will pay $45,000 and provide other relief...
Iowa Supreme Court Reverses $790K Jury Award in Sexual Harassment Case April 15, 2024 DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Inappropriate comments by a superior to a social worker and between other employees at the...
Kansas Governor Signs Law to Increase Benefits to Injured Workers April 15, 2024 By John Hanna TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will increase what have been among the lowest benefits in the U.S. for workers who...