All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 13 2020 // Workers have protested what they consider dangerous working conditions at the Pilgrim’s Pride chicken processing plant in the central Minnesota town of Cold Spring, site of one of the largest COVID-19 workplace...
May 13 2020 // United Natural Foods Inc. said it is voluntarily recalling some Wild Harvest Organic Basil distributed to Minnesota retailers over a possible health risk.The organic basil was distributed from the company’s Hopkins...
Apr 7 2020 // The Minnesota Legislature is reconvening to pass a bill to ensure that first responders and health care workers who contract COVID-19 qualify for workers’ compensation without having to prove that they contracted the...
Mar 26 2020 // While leaders in Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota, have been taking steps to limit the coronavirus, it appears they won’t have to deal with a significant flood on top of the pandemic.Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney tells KFGO...
Mar 12 2020 // A bankruptcy judge has approved a $34 million settlement between the Diocese of New Ulm in Minnesota and nearly 100 people who say they were sexually abused by priests and others.Bishop John LeVoir apologized to sexual...
Mar 4 2020 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” to SFM Mutual Insurance Co. and its affiliates, SFM Safe Insurance Co. and SFM Select Insurance...
Feb 27 2020 // Investigators worked to learn what caused a massive fire that wiped out part of downtown Alexandria in western Minnesota.More than 100 firefighters battled a blaze on Feb. 25 that destroyed RM Tattoo, Raapers Eatery &...
Feb 21 2020 // With the threat of spring flooding looming, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has asked lawmakers to approve $30 million to replenish a state disaster aid fund that was drained by a string of disasters last year.Walz said an updated...
Feb 5 2020 // A personal injury attorney in Minnesota’s Twin Cities has pleaded guilty to defrauding auto insurance companies by making false health care claims. On Feb. 3, William Sutor III entered the plea to one count of...
Jan 17 2020 // The parents of two students are suing the Bemidji school district, alleging it was negligent in allowing a former assistant principal to sexually exploit their children.Brandon Bjerknes, who was arrested in 2017, is...
Jan 16 2020 // Keystone Insurers Group (Keystone) has signed on two new pioneer partners in Minnesota: Cartier Agency of Duluth and Moores Insurance Management of St. Paul.The agency partnership group said the signing of the two new...
Jan 14 2020 // Integrity Insurance, a property and casualty carrier headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, has added Jake Huber as territory sales manager for Minnesota. Based in Minnesota, Huber will be responsible for developing and...
Jan 7 2020 // The number of people in Minnesota arrested for driving while impaired grew by nearly 5% last year, partly due to people driving with cannabis, opioids and methamphetamine in their system, according to a state...
Dec 24 2019 // Authorities say two brothers are dead after being overcome by fumes in a grain silo on a western Minnesota farm.The Star Tribune reports the victims were identified as 47-year-old Curt F. Boesl and 49-year-old Steven T....
Dec 20 2019 // Two Minnesota agencies are ramping up their efforts to root out wage fraud by adding staffers to enforce a new state law that penalizes employers for exploiting their workers.Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has...
Dec 19 2019 // The family of former NHL player Scot Kleinendorst says he has died of injuries suffered in a workplace accident in northern Minnesota.Kleinendorst suffered severe brain trauma and numerous broken bones at UPM Blandin paper...
Dec 6 2019 // Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has sued Juul Labs, accusing the e-cigarette maker of unlawfully targeting young people with its products to get a new generation addicted to nicotine.The lawsuit filed in Hennepin...
Nov 20 2019 // A businessman accused of insurance fraud and exploitation of his construction workers has pleaded guilty as his trial was about to start in Minneapolis.The Minnesota Department of Commerce reported that Ricardo Ernesto...
Nov 18 2019 // A recent study by a national workers’ compensation research organization found that Minnesota workers’ compensation medical payments per claim remained stable from 2012 to 2017.The study, CompScope Medical...
Nov 6 2019 // Minnesota workers’ compensation medical payments per claim remained stable from 2012 to 2017, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).The study, CompScope Medical Benchmarks...