All the headlines from our Minnesota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 20 2021 // Minnesota regulators have ordered Enbridge to pay more than $3 million for allegedly violating state environmental law by piercing a groundwater aquifer during construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline replacement.The state...
Sep 13 2021 // Authorities said on Sept. 12 that a vast majority of the Greenwood Lake wildfire in northern Minnesota is contained, one month after lighting ignited the blaze in the Superior National Forest.The U.S. Forest Service...
Sep 9 2021 // Federal employment officials say a Minnesota debt collector has settled a lawsuit alleging the company fired Christian employee after he refused to be fingerprinted due to his religious beliefs.AscensionPoint Recovery...
Sep 1 2021 // Officials leading the fight against wildfires in northeastern Minnesota warned Aug. 30 about a new threat: bears attracted by generous donations of food and other supplies.“Donations have far out-stripped our need...
Aug 31 2021 // Minnesota reached 300 traffic accident deaths before Labor Day for the first time in more than a decade, prompting state public safety officials to issue a plea for people to slow down.The state reported its 300th fatality...
Aug 27 2021 // Dozens of homes, cabins and outbuildings have been destroyed or damaged in northeastern Minnesota as the state’s largest wildfire continues burning uncontained, according to Superior National Forest...
Aug 23 2021 // A wildfire in the Superior National Forest of northeastern Minnesota has grown to 6 1/4 square miles (16 square kilometers), but U.S. Forest Service officials said on Aug. 19 that it grew little overnight. The Forest...
Aug 19 2021 // A wildfire in the Superior National Forest of northeastern Minnesota has grown to 5 square miles (13 square kilometers) as hot, dry and windy conditions persist, officials said.U.S. Forest Service and other crews have been...
Aug 18 2021 // Dozens of residences have been evacuated as a wildfire in northeastern Minnesota continues to spread, according to the U.S. Forest Service.The fire in the Superior National Forest near Greenwood Lake had expanded to about...
Aug 17 2021 // Fire crews in northeastern Minnesota battled a “rapidly growing” wildfire Sunday, adding to a list of wildfires in the region that has prompted Gov. Tim Walz to authorize the National Guard to assist in...
Aug 16 2021 // The number of insurance fraud investigations in Minnesota in 2020 rose by 11% compared with 2019, according to the state’s primary law enforcement agency focused on white collar crime.The Minnesota Commerce Fraud...
Aug 10 2021 // The U.S. Department of Labor reached an agreement in which a Minnesota healthcare provider will pay more than $480,000 to settle wage violation allegations. U.S. District Court Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright on Aug. 5 approved...
Aug 9 2021 // Employees of a Minneapolis, Minnesota, restaurant group will receive money they were denied after the company laid off workers during the COVID-19 shutdowns without giving them their final paychecks.A settlement completed...
Aug 6 2021 // Gov. Tim Walz and a top state lawmakers say they will support an emergency financial relief package for farmers in Minnesota, where most of the state is in a severe or extreme drought.Walz says he would support an aid...
Aug 4 2021 // Julia Dreier has been appointed to lead the Minnesota Commerce Insurance Division.Drier brings extensive knowledge and experience with Minnesota’s insurance industry. She has experience working at both the federal...
Jul 30 2021 // The family of a boy who was thrown off a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America in April 2019 has filed a lawsuit accusing the mall of failing to provide proper security.The complaint filed says the mall and its...
Jul 26 2021 // A new study found that between 2005 and 2020, the percentage of single family rentals increased by over 10% in North Minneapolis, Southeast Como and parts of St. Paul, with Southeast Como’s rentals changing due, in...
Jul 23 2021 // The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows 72% of Minnesota is currently experiencing severe drought — a big jump from a week earlier, when 52% of the state was considered to be in severe drought. Minnesota Public Radio News...
Jul 15 2021 // Some local building inspectors in Minnesota are fielding questions from residents worried about the safety of their condo buildings following the collapse of a tower in Surfside, Florida, in June.In Minnesota, there is no...
Jul 13 2021 // State health officials are investigating cases of Legionnaires’ disease linked to an Albert Lea, Minn., hotel.Early evidence suggests the source of the respiratory disease may be the spa at the at the Ramada by...