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Minnesota Trucking Company Hit with Massive Fine for Worker’s Death
St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News)- State regulators have issued a massive fine against a Minnesota trucking company in connection to the death of a worker earlier this year. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) announced the large penalty on Wednesday. Minnesota OSHA also issued 10 citations against the company in July.
Like Tim Walz, we were also wrongly accused of abusing our special needs son
The internet is currently in an uproar over accusations that Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz supposedly abused Gus, his neurodivergent teen son, while onstage and on camera as his family joined him after his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. Based only on a brief moment of Walz tugging on his son’s hand, commentators declared Walz an abuser with a secret rage problem. This misreading was so misguided even Snopes.com, a website devoted to fact-checking rumors, issued an unequivocal statement: “Online users wrongly claimed a video showed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz physically abusing his son, Gus, at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.”
Blugold women's hockey alumnae jumps to next level in Germany
MANNHEIM, GERMANY — After one of the most decorated careers in Blugold women’s hockey history, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire alumnae Sophie Rausch has signed a professional contract with the Mannheim Mad Dogs of the Deutsche Fraueneishockey-Liga or DFEL, also known as the German Women’s Ice Hockey League. The team is part of the EKU Mannheim sports club located in Mannheim, Germany. Rausch is the second Blugold in women’s hockey program history to sign a professional contract after Elizabeth Bauer ‘20 signed with Minnesota of the...
Crash kills Minnesota man in Luck, Wisconsin
POLK COUNTY, Wis. — A 56-year-old Princeton, Minnesota man was killed Saturday morning when a pickup truck collided with an SUV in the Village of Luck, Wisconsin.Around 11 a.m. the Polk County Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call three miles east of Luck, where two vehicles had crashed at the intersection of State Highway 48 and County Highway I. According to a press release, the pickup truck failed to stop at a stop sign on County I and struck the SUV, traveling eastbound. The passenger of the SUV, William Van Heel from Princeton, Minnesota, was pronounced dead at the scene. There was no information about the condition of the driver of the SUV or the four occupants in the pickup truck. The Village of Luck is located about an hour northeast of the Twin Cities.
Trump promises universal coverage for IVF, suggests he’ll vote against Florida abortion measure
POTTERVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says that, if he wins a second term, he wants to make IVF treatment free for women, but did not detail how he would fund his plan or precisely how it would work. “I’m announcing today in a major statement that...
We Energies Foundation grants $100k to first responders across Wisconsin to help upgrade life-saving equipment
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Wisconsin's first responders will receive upgraded life-saving equipment, thanks to a $100,000 dollar grant from the We Energies Foundation. The money is part of the "Rewarding Responders" grant program, which, since 2020, has given more than $400,000 dollars to public safety agencies. This year,...
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