Miscellaneous

• Final Victim of 35W Bridge Collapse Found

  Shannon Weidemann | August 22, 2007 11:38 AM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  The death toll in the 35W Bridge collapse now stands at 13 as the final victim was pulled from the Mississippi River on Monday. Search crews and the family expressed relief that he had been found. The victim was a member of the construction crew that had been doing concrete work on the bridge at the time of the collapse. After Stanek thanked authorities for completing the recovery of the...

• Michael K. Johnson, Attorney At Law

  Staff Writer | October 15, 2005 7:25 AM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Michael K. Johnson is a partner with Goldenberg and Johnson, PLLC. He is a cum laude graduate of the William Mitchell College of Law. Michael is a trial attorney, handling automobile and truck collisions, product liability, workers' compensation, medical malpractice and nursing home negligence, premises liability, dog bites, construction site injuries and wrong death cases since 1995. His...

• School Bus Company Honors 35W Bridge Heroes

  Shannon Weidemann | August 15, 2007 10:39 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  When the 35W Bridge collapsed on August 1st a school bus was one of the vehicles on the bridge. It was carrying 52 children and several adults. Some were injured but all of them made it off the bridge alive. The successful rescue effort was credited to three people. Today those people were honored by the school bus company. "Kim Dahl, our bus driver still had her hands on the wheel,"...

• Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Recovery Work Continues This Morning

  Shannon Weidemann | August 02, 2007 9:29 AM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Yesterday during the evening rush hour the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River. The official death tolls stands at 4 and 20 people are reported as missing. The bridge was full of cars, trucks and a school bus. All of the children on the school bus have been accounted for and several are being treated at local hospitals for their injuries. Today's focus by rescue crews...

• Twelfth Victim Pulled from Minneapolis Bridge Wreckage

  Shannon Weidemann | August 20, 2007 9:08 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  The twelfth victim of the 35W Bridge collapse was found on Sunday and identified today. There is only one more person on the official missing person's list. Navy divers work in the Mississippi River when there is no salvage work going on. They have to wait for debris to be cleared in order to search the area. Investigators are still looking into the cause of the bridge collapse.According to...

• Two More Victims Discovered at Minneapolis Bridge

  Shannon Weidemann | August 16, 2007 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Navy divers recovered the remains of two more victims of the August 1 35W Bridge collapse. They were found when their cars were retrieved from the bottom of the Mississippi River last yesterday and early this morning. The remains were not identified but are believed to be two of the four people on the official missing list. The vehicles recovered Wednesday and Thursday were found on the...

• Death Toll Up to Five in Bridge Collapse

  Shannon Weidemann | August 03, 2007 1:21 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  The death toll from the 35W Bridge collapse in Minneapolis has now been raised to five. Rescue workers are slowly going through the wreckage to find victims. There are eight people missing and feared dead in the collapse. More bodies had been spotted in the fast-moving currents, which were "even more treacherous" today than a day earlier, Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek said.Fourteen...

• FHA Urges States to Inspect Bridges Similar to One in Minneapolis

  Shannon Weidemann | August 02, 2007 7:47 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  The Federal Highway Administration is urging each state to inspect their bridges that are like the one that collapsed in Minneapolis. The 35W Bridge is a steel-deck truss bridge and over 750 such bridges exist around the United States. Mary Peters, the Transportation Secretary, sent out letters after the bridge collapse yesterday."Even though we don't know what caused this collapse, we want...

• 35W Bridge Collapse in Minneapolis

  Staff Writer | August 01, 2007 6:56 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  The 35W Bridge in Minneapolis has collapsed into the Mississippi River during rush hour this afternoon. There are reports of fatalities and injuries but no numbers at this time. The accident occurred about 6:05 PM, and according to witnesses, the bridge was packed with bumper-to-bumper traffic at the time of collapse. At this hour there are still motorists trapped on the bridge. Every ambulance...

• Inspections Taking Place on Lafayette Bridge

  Shannon Weidemann | September 09, 2007 7:49 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Inspectors from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) are currently examining the Lafayette Bridge into St. Paul. Reports and previous inspections had placed its safety rating as lower than the 35W Bridge. The 35W Bridge collapsed in Minneapolis at the beginning of August killing 13 people. MnDOT plans to survey the majority of bridges in Minnesota. So far, MnDOT has completed...