All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 22 2007 // From its northern tip to its southern border, Minnesota is getting roughed up in 2007.The state has seen fire, floods and a fallen bridge. “It has been one thing after another,” said Judson Freed, past...
Aug 16 2007 // A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over the fatal shooting of two Rocori High school students in 2003, but still needs court approval.The families of Aaron Rollins and Seth Bartell had sued the school, its former...
Aug 15 2007 // The mayor and a key state lawmaker on Monday cautioned that the Minnesota transportation officials’ swift timetable to replace the collapsed interstate bridge could overlook safety and the unique elements necessary...
Aug 13 2007 // Seventy-eight people died from work-related injuries in Minnesota last year, a decrease of nine work-related deaths from the year before, the state Department of Labor and Industry announced on Thursday, Aug. 9th. The 2006...
Aug 13 2007 // Divers took another body from the wreckage of a freeway bridge, shrinking to five the number of people known missing and presumed dead in the collapse.Meanwhile, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters on Friday, Aug....
Aug 10 2007 // Federal officials cautioned transportation authorities across the U.S. to re-examine bridges after investigators probing a deadly interstate bridge collapse in Minnesota said they found a potential design flaw.The National...
Aug 8 2007 // Peggy S. Lund, CIC, of R. J. Ahmann Cos. in Eden Prairie, Minn. was recently awarded the most prestigious honor available to an insurance customer service representative (CSR)—the 2007 National Outstanding CSR of the...
Aug 6 2007 // The Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Reinsurance Association (WCRA) and the Minnesota Workers’ Compen-sation Insurers Association (MWCIA) filed suit on July 17, 2007, against American International Group Inc....
Aug 6 2007 // Minn. groups sue AIG for $100 million in damages for fraud, violationsThe Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Reinsurance Association (WCRA) and the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Insurers Association (MWCIA)...
Aug 6 2007 // Minn. groups sue AIG for $100 million in damages for fraud, violationsThe Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Reinsurance Association (WCRA) and the Minnesota Workers’ Compen-sation Insurers Association (MWCIA)...
Jul 30 2007 // The body of a second St. Paul, Minn., sewer worker who was caught beneath the city’s streets during a heavy rain was recovered from the Mississippi River on Saturday, July 28, authorities said.The body of Joe Harlow,...
Jul 20 2007 // An insurance agent accused of defrauding investors has been arrested in Minnesota.David Skjerven, 60, of Sedona, Ariz., faces charges of theft and insurance fraud. An arrest warrant was issued earlier this month by...
Jul 19 2007 // The Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Reinsurance Association (WCRA) and the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Insurers Association (MWCIA) filed suit Tuesday (July 17) against American International Group Inc....
Jul 17 2007 // The Minnesota Department of public safety said 70 motorcycle riders died on state roads last year, the most since 1985.Authorities attribute the increase to more motorcycles on the road. The number of motorcycle owners in...
Jul 2 2007 // Summer holidays like the 4th of July are always a great time for law enforcement, government officials and yes, the insurance industry, to remind people about traffic safety issues. But as we head into this holiday, it is...
Jul 2 2007 // The Department of Public Safety said 494 people were killed on Minnesota roads last year, a drop of nearly 12 percent from 2005 and the lowest number since 1945.Summer holidays like the 4th of July are always a great time...
Jul 2 2007 // DeclarationsDangerous pooches “You never hear stories about roving packs of golden retrievers attacking children in our streets. … But you do hear about the pit bulls, who are responsible, according to...
Jul 2 2007 // The Department of Public Safety said 494 people were killed on Minnesota roads last year, a drop of nearly 12 percent from 2005 and the lowest number since 1945.Summer holidays like the 4th of July are always a great time...
Jun 21 2007 // An insurance industry-financed group that didn’t even exist until the final weeks of the Legislature’s session plowed just shy of $1 million into an aggressive lobbying campaign.It turned out to be money well...
Jun 19 2007 // A state lawmaker called on his colleagues last week to make it illegal to own five breeds of dogs he deemed a threat to public safety.Rep. John Lesch, DFL-St. Paul, said he plans to push next year for a state ban on...