Minnesota lawmakers are inserting themselves in a dispute between businesses and the state’s public safety agency over costs and ease of access to millions of driver’s records and vehicle registrations. Legislation reversing an administrative decision to end bulk sales of …
Law enforcement agencies across Minnesota have cited nearly 8,300 people during a two-week crackdown on those who fail to wear seatbelts. The Click it or Ticket campaign involved 336 law enforcement agencies and the Minnesota State Patrol. The Department of …
Federal authorities in Minnesota have wrapped up prosecuting members of an identity theft ring that involved more than 100 people and spanned 14 states. The Star Tribune reported that the scheme is one of the largest identity theft rings caught …
A federal lawsuit filed Monday accuses a diagnostic imaging company and 46 chiropractors of engaging in an elaborate kickback scheme aimed at defrauding Minnesota’s no-fault insurance system. The Insurance Federation of Minnesota says the $1.9 million lawsuit against Mobile Diagnostic …
A law meant to prevent new drivers from dying on the roads seems to be working. Five years after Minnesota put the restrictions on teenagers’ licenses, the Star Tribune reports the number of fatalities in crashes involving teen drivers has …
Three buildings were a total loss in Friday’s blaze that damaged several businesses, apartments and a mosque in an older part of downtown Winona, Minn., Fire Chief Curt Bittle said. Bittle told reporters the fire apparently began in the Winona …
State traffic-safety officials have released a report on drunken driving that says 104 people died last year and more than 28,000 people were arrested in alcohol-related traffic incidents. The state Department of Public Safety said Monday the drunken-driving deaths in …
Authorities say speed apparently contributed to last week’s crash in Hibbing, Minn., of a tanker truck carrying 40,000 pounds of an explosive material. The 62-year-old driver from Virginia, Minn., was trying to turn off a highway into the entrance of …
The horse race track in Shakopee, Minn., has decided against hosting a running-of-the-bulls event. Canterbury Park spokesman Jeff Maday says the track board decided against bringing the Great Bull Run to Shakopee next spring in light of last week’s incident …
The city of New Ulm, Minn., has agreed to pay $570,000 to family members of two people killed when a police car crashed into their vehicle two years ago. The Mankato Free Press reported that the city’s insurer has paid …