All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 31 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of the f3 Companies. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Included in the acquisition are Burnsville, Minnesota-based f3Logic, LLC; Burnsville,...
Oct 17 2022 // Chinese billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed earlier this month to settle a lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped her in her Minneapolis apartment after a night of...
Oct 13 2022 // A Minnesota man pleaded guilty Tuesday to filing fraudulent insurance claims for a staged arson he attempted to portray as a politically-motivated attack.Federal officials said Denis Molla, 30, of Brooklyn Center, falsely...
Oct 12 2022 // Fire has destroyed the main lodge at a popular ski resort in northwestern Minnesota.Officials say the main building at Maplelag, which caught fire Monday morning, is expected to be declared a total loss. The cause of the...
Oct 3 2022 // Chinese billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped her in her Minneapolis apartment after a night of dinner and drinks with...
Sep 30 2022 // A Chinese billionaire, one of the richest people in the world, is heading to trial in Minneapolis to defend himself against allegations that he raped a former University of Minnesota student after a night of dinner and...
Sep 12 2022 // A St. Paul man who was severely scalded by hot water while working at a local brewery is due to receive $56 million in damages and interest after filing a lawsuit six years ago.A Ramsey County jury awarded DeWarren Harris...
Aug 4 2022 // The woman who was in Daunte Wright’s vehicle when he was fatally shot by police in a Minneapolis suburb last year is suing the city and the former officer who killed him.The lawsuit says passenger Alayna...
Aug 4 2022 // Severe storms knocked out power to as many as 75,000 customers across Minnesota where power poles were toppled and winds gusted as high as 81 mph in the state’s southern region.The largest power outages were west of...
Jul 22 2022 // Foster White of Monticello and New Ulm, Minnesota has been acquired by Christensen Group Insurance (CG) based in Eden Prairie. Foster White has been owned locally for over 50 years and joining Christensen Group to become...
Jun 29 2022 // Minnesota health officials say a Twin Cities adult has contracted the state’s first presumed case of monkeypox, a disease that has emerged in more than 50 countries and 26 U.S. states.The state public health lab...
Jun 27 2022 // The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a pair of decisions by the Minnesota Supreme Court that held employers cannot be required to reimburse workers for marijuana used to treat on-the-job injuries because the...
Jun 21 2022 // Two construction workers died after a trench collapsed on top of them in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul, and one of their bodies was found 9 feet underground roughly 12 hours later.St. Paul Deputy Fire Chief...
Jun 1 2022 // Thousands of people in Minnesota and South Dakota were without electrical power Tuesday as the region recovered from storms and tornadoes that left damaged buildings, trees and roadways. The National Weather Service said...
Jun 1 2022 // Holmes Murphy Adds Ryan Anderson as Property Casualty Specialty Practice LeaderHolmes Murphy added Ryan Anderson as the property casualty specialty practice leader in the company’s expanding Minneapolis market....
May 23 2022 // A federal jury in Minnesota has awarded a college student more than $111 million in damages after concluding negligent care of his injured leg following surgery led to a permanent disability.The jury verdict this week,...
May 9 2022 // The Minnesota Senate last week voted unanimously to create a framework for distributing about $300 million that the state is receiving as part of a settlement with opioid distributors and manufacturers.Counties and cities...
Apr 26 2022 // Volunteers and National Guard members in northwestern Minnesota spent two days sandbagging to fortify the city of Crookston from an expected record flood along the Red Lake River.Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz authorized 100...
Apr 14 2022 // A possible tornado tore up a small Minnesota town and a blizzard forced the closure of the North Dakota Capitol, schools and roads, as spring storms wreaked havoc across the Upper Midwest.The National Weather Service said...
Apr 5 2022 // Legislative leaders announced a bipartisan deal to extend Minnesota’s health care reinsurance program, beating a deadline by one day in a move to hold down premiums for residents who buy their health insurance on the...