HealthPartners, Medica and other health care providers will return $35 million to Minnesota and a similar amount to the federal government. The HMOs agreed to a one percent cap on profits from patients enrolled in public programs.
Wisconsin officer, 26, dies from COVID day after his child is born
He died the day after his second child was born.
MN is the 3rd best state to move to in the US
That's according to an analysis from a luggage delivery service.
Man pleads guilty in connection with boy's accidental shooting death
A child found the man's gun and it went off, striking and killing the boy.
95 Minnesota schools have 5+ COVID cases, 2 more school staffers die
There have been 10 school employees who have died from COVID during the pandemic.
Trees are nearing their fall color peak in some areas of Minnesota
Some areas are at 75-100% peak color.
1 killed in daytime shooting near St. Paul gas station
Police don't know a motive and are looking for the suspected shooter.
MPS changes course, will provide meals to Edison students for distance learning
The district had initially said meals would not be offered during the remote learning period.
Highest county case rates in Minnesota remain in rural areas
Just one of the seven metro counties have a case rate above 30.
Charges: Teen tried to pull 2 guns on St. Paul officers during arrest
Police are asking for help in reducing the number of illegal guns on city streets.
Coller: Where does Russ rank among cursed Vikings things?
Matthew Coller's work can be found daily at Purple Insider.
Missing: 13-year-old girl last seen in Willmar on September 11
Police say she ran away from a girls group home.
Ban for those who don't wear masks at Rochester School Board meetings
The board will have people trespassed, which comes with a one year ban from all school property.
State HMOs post $230 million in profits in 2011
A study by an independent Twin Cities health care analyst released Friday says Minnesota's health management organizations posted strong profits in 2011. Allan Baumgarten's report says the state's HMOs reported a net income of $230.4 million last year on nearly $7 billion in revenue, despite a one-time earnings cap.
Delta expects $800 million in profit for 2011
The airline announced its expecting big profits this year despite spending $3 billion more on fuel.
Delta sharing $27 million worth of profits with Minnesota workers
A record year at Delta Airlines is coming back to Minnesota workers in the form of profit sharing. Not all of the state's 12,000 are eligible, but those who are will get a bonus of nearly five percent of their salary.
Menards to pay $1 million to black workers at Midwest stores
The Eau Claire-based company has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a discrimination case. Black employees claim they were passed over for promotions because of their race.
KSTP ordered to pay $1 million to holistic healer in defamation suit
The Star Tribune reports the jury's reward could be the largest verdict ever in a defamation lawsuit. KSTP had reported that a holistic healer from Hudson had "de-prescribed" an anti-anxiety medication to a patient, who later told KSTP she tried to commit suicide as a result. The lawsuit says the patient's own doctor had taken her off the medication and that there was no record of a suicide attempt. An attorney says the TV station will likely appeal the verdict.
Medtronic profits surge 54 percent
The medical-device maker reports second-quarter profits up significantly from a year ago, when the company was tangled up in legal troubles.
TCF's profits plunge in fourth quarter
CEO Bill Cooper says new rules that cap how much banks can charge retailers for debit card transactions are partly to blame for the poor numbers. He also cited start-up costs associated with a new specialty finance division.
Medtronic agrees to pay $85 million to settle shareholder lawsuit
The federal class action suit was filed by the Minneapolis Firefighters Relief Association in 2008. It accused the Fridley-based medical device maker of making misleading or false statements about the company's Infuse spine surgery device. Medtronic denies any wrongdoing.
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