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Oct. 20– The odds of hitting a deer while driving in Minnesota have gone down by 10 percent in a year, according to a recent claims analysis by auto insurer State Farm. According to State Farm’s research, which relied on claims data and licensed-driver counts from the Federal Highway Administration, more than 37,549 Minnesota motorists will file a claim in the…

Lake Pflugerville Park is a mostly barren shore, with a small beach where residents bring children and dogs to swim and enjoy a popular walking trail around the lake. When Pflugerville voters head to the polls starting this week, they will decide on the city’s largest ever bond package, consisting of $28 million for road repairs and upgrades and $25 million for…

Oct. 19– As the only locally-owned pharmacy in Corsicana, P&S Pharmacy celebrates its 90th year in business with a slew of festivities this week. The Corsicana/Navarro County Chamber of Commerce will host a Business After Hours at 5:32 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 21. P&S Pharmacy is the last of its kind in Corsicana, the home-owned and operated pharmacy.

Oct. 17– The Iron Mike statue that appears to be scanning for game across the Ashland Plaza has been stripped of his firearm. It was given to the city by Henry and Harriet Carter, who founded the Bank of Ashland in the 1880 s. Diana Shiplet, executive assistant for the city’s Administration Department, said Friday that the piece had been recovered late Friday morning…

Oct. 20– MANKATO– When it came to promoting figure skating, Mary Jane Blethen would have been a gold medalist. Blethen, who died Oct. 1, was instrumental in establishing Mankato’s first ice skating arena and the city’s first indoor ice show. Her fascination with skating began when she was a school girl in Edina, and although she did not come from a family of skaters, her…

But far beyond Kansas and Missouri, it seems, the nation is falling in love with the Kansas City Royals. The Royals, after a 29- year playoff drought, are in the World Series– the first team to ever win eight straight games to start the postseason. Others remember the connections the Royals forged with them and their children, their parents and their grandparents– all…

At a meeting in February, the UNC-system Board of Governors approved the 2014-15 school year tuition and fees for system institutions except for the student health fee at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In a memo to the budget committee sent before the meeting, board member Steve Long called for a $20 fee reduction in the school’s health fee.

New forms of liability coverage for owners of real estate do exist in some states in the U.S. and the Quotes Pros website is now helping to link property owners to insurers. Prices for landlord insurance can now be explored and quoted using the portal at http://www.quotespros.com. The nationwide system that is now in place is making it possible for owners of…

The SEC issued orders temporarily barring Maggiacomo, 50, of Warwick, and Hanrahan, 44, of West Warwick, from the industry for their complicity in convicted Cranston estate planner Joseph A. Caramadre’s scheme to steal and use the identities of terminally ill and elderly people to obtain $25 million in illicit gains. “The SEC’s core mission is to protect the…

Oct. 19– PATTERSON TWP.– Commissioner Don Inman recalls when a company warned the township in 1993 that deficient records could adversely affect residents’ fire insurance premiums. The township provided the documents, fending off Insurance Services Office Inc., which gives a ranking for insurance companies to evaluate fire risks based on local firefighters’…

Oct. 19– Already on unstable financial footing, Hawaii’s public hospitals recently learned they must add millions to their contribution for retired workers’ health benefits. The Hawaii Health Systems Corp.’ s network of 12 hospitals must come up with another $69.2 million to fund retiree health insurance costs in fiscal 2016 and 2017.. This year the state…

This market is estimated to grow from $71.18 million in 2014 to $208 million by 2019, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 23.9% from 2014 to 2019.. Owing to the adoption of speech analytics in emerging countries such as China, Japan, India, and Australia, the speech analytics market is growing at a rapid speed in this region. Major companies in this market with high…

Oct. 19– It has been nearly a year and one graduating class since Ivy Tech of Northeast Indiana launched their refugee training class for CNA’s. The funding for the program came from a grant through the refugee resettlement program, Indiana’s Office of Family and Social Services which was awarded to the St Joseph Community Health Foundation.

Oct. 19– Heartland Health/Mosaic Life Care is offering patients the opportunity to save money on qualifying brand-name prescriptions through the 340 B Prescription Drug Shared Savings Program, a national program that provides discounts on outpatient prescription drugs. Participating pharmacies in St. Joseph include Bender’s Pharmacy, Kmart, Rogers…

Oct. 19– A proposal to rezone properties within the Uptown St. Joseph Redevelopment Area will be the subject of a vote at the City Council’s next meeting. The proposal, which would generally downzone the Uptown area from multi-family zoning districts to lower-density zoning districts, was brought forward last year by the Uptown St. Joseph Redevelopment Corp….

Oct. 19– GOSHEN– The upcoming Nov. 4 general election will see Republican incumbent Jackie Walorski face off against Democratic opponent Joe Bock in a bid to retain her title as U.S. Related experience: State representative, Indiana legislature, 2005-10. Is there anything Congress should do in the coming year to spur a more rapid expansion of the economy?

Oct. 19– An Elkhart man sustained severe head and back injuries in an early morning crash Saturday on Old U.S. 21, east of C.R. 1 in Elkhart County. At about 2:48 a.m. Saturday, Charles Treacher, 23, was traveling eastbound on Old U.S. 20, about one mile west of the city limits of Elkhart when he lost control of his 1993 Ford F-150 and ran off the north side of the roadway,…

Oct. 19– More than a year after Tiffany Jo Titus and Wendy Allison Titus were married by an ordained minister in Erie County, it is finally official. An Erie County judge has declared the two legally married in Erie County. The Erie County women were the first same-sex couple to wed in Erie County with a state-issued marriage license.