All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 18 2023 // Despite signing a 2021 settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor that included a promise to protect its employees from potentially deadly trenching and excavation hazards, a Minnesota construction contractor...
Nov 14 2023 // An additional 1.2 million chickens will be slaughtered to prevent the spread of the bird flu after the virus was confirmed on an Iowa egg farm in the second massive case this week.The Iowa Department of Agriculture and...
Nov 9 2023 // Nearly 1 million chickens on a Minnesota egg farm will be slaughtered to help limit the spread of the highly contagious bird flu after it was confirmed there, officials said Monday.The U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Nov 7 2023 // Warner Pacific announced that it has expanded into Minnesota by successfully completing its acquisition of BeneUSA LLC (“BeneUSA”), an Excelsior-based employee benefits General Agency specializing in ancillary...
Nov 6 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minneapolis police are investigating another fire at a mosque, and faith leaders want them to look closely at the motive if the fire that destroyed three garages is determined to be arson.The fire at...
Nov 1 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Federal officials have charged four Minnesota men in a multi- million-dollar scheme to transport stolen catalytic converters to buyers in several states. U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger in Minneapolis...
Oct 27 2023 // A poison specialist and former medical resident at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota is charged with fatally poisoning his wife, a 32-year-old pharmacist who died days after she went to a hospital in August with stomach...
Oct 25 2023 // Liberty Mutual has agreed to repay $7.7 million to more than 86,000 policyholders for auto and homeowners insurance policies for allegedly violating several state insurance regulation laws.In a consent order filed with the...
Oct 24 2023 // As lawmakers around the world weigh bans of cancer-linked “forever chemicals,” many manufacturers are pushing back, saying there often is no substitute for the compounds.Minnesota and Maine have passed...
Oct 13 2023 // First MainStreet Insurance L.C. (FMSI) announced it has expanded into the state of Minnesota through a new partnership with United Prairie Insurance (UPI). United Prairie Insurance, previously a bank owned agency, has...
Oct 12 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota county agreed to pay a $12.2 million settlement to a man who was jailed on suspicion of drunken driving but ended up losing both his hands and suffering a heart attack, a stroke and skin...
Sep 27 2023 // Roach Joins Alliant’s Employee Benefits Group in Minnesota Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., named David Roach as vice president of its employee benefits group in the Midwest. Based in...
Sep 25 2023 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The recently appointed director of Minnesota’s new marijuana regulatory agency Erin Dupree has resigned amid reports that she sold illegal cannabis products in the state.Dupree ran a business...
Sep 22 2023 // A former Minnesota insurance broker has been charged with fraud for allegedly inventing customers and fake Social Security numbers to earn nearly $650,000 in improper commissions.Kevin Anthony Meyers, 48, allegedly...
Sep 18 2023 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low that barge companies are reducing their loads just as Midwest farmers are preparing to harvest crops and send tons of corn...
Sep 18 2023 // A lawsuit filed on behalf of a former student and former employee at the University of Minnesota accuses the university of not doing enough to protect personal information from a recent data breach.Attorneys for the two...
Sep 13 2023 // MADELIA, Minn. (AP) – A meat processing company in Minnesota on Friday agreed to pay $300,000 in penalties after an investigation found it employed children as young as 13 to work in hazardous conditions, such as...
Aug 31 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A lawsuit filed on behalf of a former student and former employee at the University of Minnesota accuses the university of not doing enough to protect personal information from a recent data...
Aug 1 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesotans can legally possess and grow their own marijuana for recreational purposes starting Tuesday, Aug. 1, subject to limits meant to keep a lid on things while the state sets up a full-blown...
Jul 26 2023 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota Vikings first-round draft pick Jordan Addison told the state trooper who clocked him going 140 mph in a 55 mph zone last week that he was speeding because of an emergency involving his...