All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Oct 28 2019 // State officials say more than 5,000 citations have been issued to drivers in Minnesota since a hands-free law took effect in August. The new law makes it illegal to use a cellphone while driving. Department of Public...
Sep 13 2019 // The National Weather Service says a tornado ripped through a cemetery in southeastern Minnesota.The EF-1 tornado with winds of 95 mph struck Woodlawn Cemetery in Winona early Wednesday. The tornado toppled trees and...
Sep 4 2019 // An August survey of business supply managers suggested slow or no economic growth over the next several months in nine Midwest and Plains states, in part because of trade skirmishes, according to a newly released...
Aug 29 2019 // A Wisconsin man who spent three years lobbying Minnesota lawmakers to ban the use of cellphones or other electronic devices while driving said he wants his home state to adopt similar legislation.Thomas Goeltz lost his...
Aug 27 2019 // Independent insurance brokerage Holmes Murphy has welcomed Nate Hughes as account executive to the company’s growing Minneapolis, Minnesota, property/casualty team.Hughes joins Holmes Murphy through the merger with...
Aug 23 2019 // Minnesota Department of Public Safety officials say officers cited 678 drivers across the state during the first week of the new hands-free cellphone law. The Star Tribune reports that officers handed out 286 citations in...
Aug 14 2019 // The nation’s excess and surplus lines insurance industry is growing almost 13 percent faster halfway through this year than it did last year at this time.Mid-year premium growth reported by the 15 excess and surplus...
Aug 10 2019 // Mendota Insurance Company and Mendakota Insurance Company have completed relocating their corporate headquarters and changing their state of domicile from Minnesota to Tennessee, according to a statement from the Tennessee...
Aug 2 2019 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” of Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Co.,...
Aug 2 2019 // A reminder to Minnesota motorists — keep your hands off your cellphone while driving.A new state law took effect Aug. 1 banning drivers from talking on the phone unless they are using a hands-free device. Officials say...
Jul 17 2019 // City leaders in Duluth, Minnesota, are taking steps to ensure that residents will be safe following the upcoming reconstruction of a refinery that exploded in neighboring Superior, Wisconsin.The Husky Energy oil refinery...
Jul 16 2019 // Holmes Murphy has added Brooks Deibele as regional market Leader for the company’s growing Minneapolis Employee Benefits team.Deibele joins Holmes Murphy from Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Minnesota, where he rose...
Jul 11 2019 // A group of Rochester, Minnesota-area construction workers are pursuing a wage theft claim, testing a new state law that aims to clamp down on companies that don’t pay for labor.Minnesota Department of Labor and...