Midwest News for October 2025
- GM to Cut EV, Battery Production and 1,200 jobs at Michigan Plant
- Michigan Acquires Shipwreck Artifact in Unusual Settlement Agreement
- South Dakota Survival Bunker Renters Sue Owner Over Alleged Deceptive Practices
- People Moves: Alliant Names Lapinski to Employee Benefits Group
- People Moves: Evans Jr. Elected President of Big I Illinois
- EPIC Acquires Illinois’ Price Insurance
- AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable for Members of Illinois’ Pekin Insurance Group
- Intruders Release Mink From Iowa Farm in What Trade Group Calls ‘Terrorist Act’
- South Dakota Company Recalls Pork Jerky That May Contain Metal Wire
- People Moves: The Baldwin Group Names Campo Construction Practice Partner
- Best Agency to Work For – Midwest Region: DSP Insurance Services
- Illinois Department of Insurance Asks Insurers for Policyholder Relief During Shutdown
- Pritzker’s Illinois Wins 10th Rating Upgrade as Reserves Climb
- China Trade Spat Threatens Wisconsin’s ‘Napa Valley’ of Ginseng
- Google Backs Gas Power Plant With Carbon Capture for Midwest Data Centers
- Iowa Man Charged With Public Adjusting Without a License
- Kansas Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
- Plane Returns to Nebraska Airport After Cockpit Misinterpretation
- Why Eating a Burger in Houston Is Less Climate-Friendly Than in Chicago
- World Acquires Wisconsin’s Green Bay Insurance Center
- Rockford Mutual Launches Commercial Auto in Michigan
- Target Is Selling THC Beverages in Minnesota Test Run
- Michigan DIFS Reminds Consumers to Practice Cybersecurity Awareness
- Trump Bid to Deploy Troops in Chicago Again Denied by Court
- Smucker Sues Trader Joe’s in Ohio, Saying New PB&Js Are Too Much Like Uncrustables
- Storm System Threatens Central and Southern US With Hail and Damaging Winds
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Michigan’s Strategic Services Group
- Illinois Sues State Farm for Refusal to Release Homeowners’ Insurance Data
- People Moves: The Mutual Group Names Troy as CEO
- Stellantis to Invest $13B in the US, Focused on Midwest Plants
- South Dakota Farmers Use Farm Tunnels for Longer Growing Season
- Wisconsin Contractor Fined for Acting as a Public Adjuster
- Truck Driver Sues Fox NFL Broadcaster Over Fight in Indianapolis
- Recoop Disaster Insurance Names New CEO and CTO
- Argentina Soccer Match Pulled From Chicago Amid Troop Tension
- Acrisure to Lay Off 400 Employees, Citing Tech Advancements and AI Integration
- Walmart Sued for Disability Discrimination at Wisconsin Location
- EF5 Tornado That killed 3 in North Dakota was Nation’s First in 12 years
- Nebraska Officials Are Targeting Voter-Approved Medical Marijuana
- People Moves: Holmes Murphy Names Anderson Sioux Falls Employee Benefits Sales Leader
- Iowa School District Suing Firm That Vetted Superintendent as Criminal History Emerges
- Illinois Sues to Block National Guard Deployment to Chicago Area
- Trump Halts $2 Billion for Chicago Transit in Shutdown Play
- EPA Seeks $140M Penalty for Michigan’s Worst Sulfur Dioxide Polluter
- Kansas Sues Snapchat for Deceptive Practices
- People Moves: Wall Named President at DOXA
- Family of Man Who Died in Ohio Jail Reaches $7M Settlement
- IBHS Study Shows Smaller Hail May Be More Damaging to Roofs Than Once Believed
- Missouri Insurance Agent Charged With Fraud
- World Acquires Indiana’s ACB