MiEnergy Cooperative’s Operation Round Up Trust Board met in September and elected to donate $4,200 to the following local organizations: •$750, St. Mary’s School, Caledonia, Minn, to help purchase LED laser classroom projectors. •$750, Lanesboro Arts, to provide audio and lighting equipment for the Lanesboro Gateway Park Amphitheater. •$500, Bent Needle Quilting Club, … [Read more...]
College News
Spring/Summer 2020 Graduation List •Bemidji State University: Kimberly Morrow, Harmony, BS • Ripon College: Hannah Boyum, Peterson, Politics and Government, Anthropology minor •Rochester Community and Technical College: McKenzie Meeker, Chatfield, Diploma, Practical Nursing; Olivia Haug, Lanesboro, AA, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Diploma, Practical Nursing; Lea Jensson, AA, … [Read more...]
COVID-19 adds more than 5,000 Minnesota’s workers’ comp claims so far in 2020
ST. PAUL, MN – Claims related to COVID-19 boosted Minnesota workers’ compensation filings by more than 5,000 between March and September 2020, even as most recent workplace fatality numbers fell according the state’s annual workplace safety report. Of a total 26,082 workers’ compensation claims for the nine-month period in 2020, 5,387 were tied to COVID-19. For the period … [Read more...]