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Burnsville is a city 15 miles (24 km) south of downtown Minneapolis in Dakota County,Minnesota. The city is situated on a bluff overlooking the south bank of the Minnesota River,upstream from its confluence with the Mississippi River. Burnsville and nearby suburbs form the southern portion of Minneapolis–Saint Paul,the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States,with about 3.7 million residents. At the 2020 census the population was 64,317.
Wolf Point is a city in and the county seat of Roosevelt County,Montana,United States. The population was 2,517 at the 2020 census,down 4% from 2,621 in the 2010 Census. It is the largest community on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Wolf Point is the home of the annual Wild Horse Stampede,held every year during the second weekend of July. Wolf Point's Wild Horse Stampede is the oldest rodeo in Montana,and has been called the "Grandaddy of Montana Rodeos".
Bloomington is a city in Hennepin County,Minnesota,United States. It is located on the north bank of the Minnesota River above its confluence with the Mississippi River,10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Minneapolis and just south of the Interstate 494/694 Beltway. The population was 89,987 at the 2020 census,making it Minnesota's fifth-largest city.
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The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,also called Pine Ridge Agency,is an Oglala Lakota Indian reservation located in the U.S. state of South Dakota,with a small portion of it extending into Nebraska. Originally included within the territory of the Great Sioux Reservation,Pine Ridge was created by the Act of March 2,1889,25 Stat. 888. in the southwest corner of South Dakota on the Nebraska border. It consists of 3,468.85 sq mi (8,984 km2) of land area and is one of the largest reservations in the United States.
Jorge Hank Rhon is a Mexican businessman and owner of Mexico's largest sports betting company,Grupo Caliente. He served from December 2004 to February 2007 as the president of the municipality of Tijuana. He is the son of former Mexico City mayor Carlos Hank González and Guadalupe Rhon. The Hank family has alleged links to drug trafficking. He has been accused of money laundering,murder,arrested for possession of unlicensed arms and dealing in the trade of exotic animals.
John Randolph Thune is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Dakota,a seat he has held since 2005. A member of the Republican Party,he has been elected the Senate majority leader and Senate Republican leader,a post he is to assume in January 2025. Thune is in his fourth Senate term and is the Senate minority whip,a post he has held since 2021,and the dean of South Dakota's congressional delegation. From 1997 to 2003 he served three terms as the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district.
The Dakota,Minnesota and Eastern Railroad is a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Before its purchase,it was the largest Class II railroad in the United States,operating across South Dakota and southern Minnesota in the Northern Plains of the United States. Portions of the railroad also extended into Wyoming,Nebraska,Iowa,and Illinois. It interchanged with all seven U.S. Class I railroads.
Thomas Michael Franklin "Frank" Cownie is an American politician who served as mayor of Des Moines,Iowa from 2004 to 2024. He also owns and operates Cownie Furs,a store that has been in his family for generations.
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James E. Shaw was an American politician. He served four terms as mayor of Rapid City,South Dakota,from 1997 to 1999,from 1999 to 2001 and again from 2003 to 2005 and from 2005 to 2007. Economic development of Rapid City was a main focus of his administration.
Brian Gregory Gosch is an American politician and attorney from the state of South Dakota. He was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives,and served as the Speaker of the House from 2013 to 2015. In November 2014,he was elected as Majority Leader of the South Dakota House of Representatives beginning in the 2015 session. He was replaced as Speaker of the House by Dean Wink.
The state of North Dakota has improved in its treatment of lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender residents in the late 1990s and into the 21st Century,when the LGBT community began to openly establish events,organizations and outlets for fellow LGBT residents and allies,and increase in political and community awareness.
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- ↑ "Rapid City Councilman Sam Kooiker elected mayor". Argus Leader. Associated Press. June 29, 2011. Retrieved November 1, 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Alan Hanks". Rapid City Library. Archived from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved November 1, 2015.