All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 4 2011 // Members of a nonprofit Minnesota group that maintains a collection of World War II-era planes are scrambling to find money for fire sprinklers for the hangar that houses the vintage exhibit.Officials in South St. Paul have...
Mar 31 2011 // The Minnesota Department of Commerce has ordered a Forest Lake real estate closer and insurance agent to pay a civil penalty of $420,000.The department says an investigation found that Cynthia Strand misappropriated $1.3...
Mar 9 2011 // Western National Insurance Group (WNIG), headquartered in Minnesota, has partially realigned its management team. The following members of WNIG’s management team have assumed new roles: Jeff Couchman, formerly vice...
Mar 7 2011 // One of the snowiest winters on record for the Midwest and northern U.S. Plains have crop watchers worried about a repeat of the massive flooding that hit one of the world’s top grain producing regions in...
Feb 18 2011 // A large swath of the country is at risk of moderate to major flooding this spring, from northeastern Montana through western Wisconsin following the Mississippi River south to St. Louis, National Weather Service flood...
Feb 15 2011 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman has announced the newest members of his leadership team. Rothman tapped attorney and experienced manager Steve Carlson to serve as Deputy Commissioner of Administration. Kevin...
Feb 2 2011 // The economy is gaining strength in nine Midwest and Plains states because global growth and continued low interest rates have provided a boost to agriculture and energy businesses, according to a new survey released Feb....
Feb 2 2011 // Attorneys for Toyota Motor Corp. asked a federal judge this week to dismiss most of the claims filed by a Minnesota man who was incarcerated after a fatal crash involving a 1996 Camry, saying the automaker had no direct...
Jan 24 2011 // Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Mike Rothman as the new Commissioner of Commerce. The Department of Commerce and Revenue regulates the business of insurance in the state.Rothman was most recently an attorney with the...
Jan 7 2011 // Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has appointed Mike Rothman the new Commissioner of Commerce. The Department of Commerce and Revenue regulates the business of insurance in the state. Rothman was most recently an attorney with...
Jan 6 2011 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., announced it has RJF Agencies Inc., one of the largest independent insurance agencies in the upper Midwest. Terms of the transaction were...
Dec 28 2010 // The Minnesota Department of Commerce said it stands to receive more than $2 million in its share of a $146 million settlement with American International Group over misreporting of workers’ compensation insurance...
Dec 23 2010 // Minnesota Governor-Elect Mark Dayton has appointed Ken Peterson to head the Department of Labor and Industry. Peterson brings public service experience to the position, including serving the last DFL Governor, Rudy...
Dec 8 2010 // Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson sued Discover on Dec. 6, accusing one of the nation’s biggest credit card companies of billing tens of thousands of Minnesota customers for account protection programs they...
Nov 30 2010 // ISU International announced that Superior Insurance Agency of St. Cloud, Minn., has joined the ISU Network. ISU Superior Insurance Agency is owned by Yussuf Hamid. The ISU Network, founded in 1979 and headquartered in San...
Nov 14 2010 // Republicans made big gains across the United States – and the Midwest was no exception – in the November 2 midterm elections. Across the country, GOP gains gave the party its largest number of seats in state...
Nov 8 2010 // Minnesota can claim this touchdown record.It leads all others in the number of tornadoes that have swept through the state this year. The National Weather Service says 104 tornadoes touched down in Minnesota in 2010,...
Oct 15 2010 // The federal government has declared 21 counties in southern Minnesota disaster areas, prompting Gov. Tim Pawlenty to convene a special session for Oct. 18.The Federal Emergency Management Agency says funds are available to...
Sep 14 2010 // Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, Minneapolis has named Jason Wellmann as the new senior vice president of Life Insurance Sales. In this role, Wellmann will be responsible for leading Allianz life insurance...
Aug 3 2010 // The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions.The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same...