All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 21 2013 // An insurance trust representing Minnesota counties has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit over driver’s license data snooping.The proposed settlement was presented on Oct. 3 in federal court. The case...
Oct 18 2013 // When cattle producer Jason Zahn aims his pickup across the gravel roads of North Dakota, he doesn’t see as many native grasses dancing along the prairie. Instead, he sees more and more black.He sees tilled dirt or...
Oct 17 2013 // Years away from the field, former National Football League players including Jim Brown, Preston Pearson and Reggie Rucker are set to clash in court with retirees Mark Gastineau, Dan Pastorini, Dave Casper and others.At...
Oct 16 2013 // A federal lawsuit filed Oct. 14 accuses a diagnostic imaging company and 46 chiropractors of engaging in an elaborate kickback scheme aimed at defrauding Minnesota’s no-fault insurance system.The Insurance Federation...
Oct 7 2013 // An insurance trust representing Minnesota counties has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit over driver’s license data snooping.The proposed settlement was presented on Oct. 3 in federal court. The case...
Oct 4 2013 // Minnesota Department of Public Safety is reminding motorists and motorcyclists to be especially cautious of deer in coming months, as they are breeding and more active this time of year.DPS says seven people have been...
Sep 26 2013 // The employee of Minnesota’s health insurance exchange who released private data on about 1,600 insurance agents no longer works for the state.Minnesota Management and Budget provided the information on Sept. 24 to...
Sep 13 2013 // A September tornado has been spotted in far northern Minnesota. The National Weather Service says a trained spotter reported the tornado two miles northwest of Williams in Lake of the Woods County before 3:30 p.m....
Sep 10 2013 // Alan Peterson is among a growing number of Minnesota farmers are relying on irrigation to ensure they can produce a crop when the weather turns dry.His 18 irrigators don’t reach all parts of his fields near Clear...
Sep 9 2013 // The federal Affordable Care Act will not lead to widespread premium increases in the individual health insurance market. That’s according to a new analysis of 10 states and the United States overall by RAND Corp.,...
Sep 6 2013 // Margaret LeClair, CEO of St. Paul, Minn.-based LeClair Insurance, announced the company is changing its name to LeClair Group, and bringing a new package of services to market in connection with the roll-out of federal...
Aug 23 2013 // The Minnesota Court of Appeals won’t return the driver’s license of a man who lost it for driving too slowly on state highways. Fifty-nine-year-old Gary Constans says he doesn’t understand why authorities...
Aug 22 2013 // The National Football League was sued by 10 retired players, including Curley Culp and John Riggins, who claim the NFL unfairly violates their rights of publicity by using their images to sell NFL Films products.Five Hall...
Aug 6 2013 // State and federal officials are fanning out this week across 18 Minnesota counties for briefings with local leaders about available aid to recover from severe storms in late June. The contingent from Minnesota’s...
Aug 1 2013 // The number of people killed on Minnesota roadways is on the rise again. State officials say there have been 204 deaths already this year. And, if the current pace continues, it the number could surpass the 395 fatalities...
Jul 31 2013 // Costly-to-fight wildfires that are intentionally set in Minnesota will soon carry tougher penalties under a new law.The enhanced arson law was passed in May and goes live on Thursday. It builds off an existing wildfire...
Jul 24 2013 // Wells Fargo Insurance, part of Wells Fargo & Co., named Jason Paulnock senior vice president and managing director for its Minnesota offices.Paulnock will lead business development, client service and sales, and...
Jul 18 2013 // Minnesota has joined California, New York, Connecticut and Washington state in requiring insurers to respond to the Climate Risk Survey adopted in 2009 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
Jul 16 2013 // Main Street America announced it will stop writing new Spring Valley Mutual Co. personal lines and farm business in Minnesota as of Aug. 15, 2013, and non-renew existing policies effective Oct. 1, 2013. Non-renewal notices...
Jul 12 2013 // The year so far has been a deadly one for motorcycle riders in Minnesota.The state Department of Public Safety says 26 motorcyclists have been killed on Minnesota roadways this year. Last year at this time, 18 riders were...