Wisconsin Supreme Court Says COVID Records Can be Released

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday said the state health department can release data on coronavirus outbreak cases,

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Iowa Supreme Reverses, Finds 911 Dispatcher's PTSD Claim Compensable

The 911 dispatch center that employed Mandy Tripp denied her workers' compensation claim for post-traumatic stress syndrome because fielding calls

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Omaha Chemical Plant Fire Extinguished; Evacuations End

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A large fire that raged through a Nebraska chemical plant was extinguished by Tuesday morning and nearby residents who were initially

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Ohio Supreme Finds Ditch Diggers Misclassified as Independent Contractors

Ditch diggers who bid on projects online and used their own spades and shovels to do the work cannot be classified as independent contractors by the

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2 Dead; Northern Michigan Town Cleans Up from Rare Tornado

Roofs and walls on a busy business stretch were turned to tangled rubble. Mobile homes were destroyed. Tornadoes are so uncommon in northern Michigan that

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Six Injured in Explosion and Fire at Wisconsin Pier Factory

EAGLE, Wis. (AP) -- Six people were hurt, including three firefighters, in an explosion and fire that rocked a Wisconsin marine construction company

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Northeastern Minnesota Bracing for Record Flooding

LUTSEN, Minn. (AP) -- Communities in northeastern Minnesota are preparing to deal with more flooding and are calling for volunteers to help with

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Grain Silo Explosion, Fire Shutters Illinois Ethanol Plant

CHICAGO -- A grain silo imploded and set the BioUrja Group's ethanol plant in central Illinois on fire, sending two employees to the hospital and forcing

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Kansas Supreme Court Orders More Fact-Finding in Air Ambulance Case

Federal law may prohibit states from regulating prices charged to insurers by air ambulance providers, but that doesn't absolve the Workers' Compensation

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Man Gets 15 Months for Inciting to Riot in Downtown Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) -- A Chicago man who posted online to urge others to join massive crowds that were looting downtown businesses in the summer of 2020 was

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