Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County,Minnesota,United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 census. The city was built on mining the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range and still relies on that industrial activity today. At the edge of town is the world's largest open-pit iron mine,the Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine. It is the hometown of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan,NBA Hall-of-Famer Kevin McHale,and former Governor of Minnesota Rudy Perpich.
Virginia is a city in St. Louis County,Minnesota,United States,on the Mesabi Iron Range. With an economy heavily reliant on large-scale iron ore mining,Virginia is considered the Mesabi Range's commercial center. The population was 8,423 people at the 2020 census. Virginia is a part of the Duluth metropolitan area,and U.S. Highway 53 runs through town.
Rudolph George Perpich Sr. was an American politician who served as the governor of Minnesota from 1976 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party,he is labeled as Minnesota's 34th and 36th governor. He was also the state's only Roman Catholic governor and the only one to serve non-consecutive terms.
The Mesabi Iron Range is a mining district and mountain range in northeastern Minnesota following an elongate trend containing large deposits of iron ore. It is the largest of four major iron ranges in the region collectively known as the Iron Range of Minnesota. First described in 1866,it is the chief iron ore mining district in the United States. The district is located largely in Itasca and Saint Louis counties. It has been extensively worked since 1892,and has seen a transition from high-grade direct shipping ores through gravity concentrates to the current industry exclusively producing iron ore (taconite) pellets. Production has been dominantly controlled by vertically integrated steelmakers since 1901,and therefore is dictated largely by US ironmaking capacity and demand.
The Iron Range is collectively or individually a number of elongated iron-ore mining districts around Lake Superior in the United States and Canada. Much of the ore-bearing region lies alongside the range of granite hills formed by the Giants Range batholith. These cherty iron ore deposits are Precambrian in the Vermilion Range and middle Precambrian in the Mesabi and Cuyuna ranges,all in Minnesota. The Gogebic Range in Wisconsin and the Marquette Iron Range and Menominee Range in Michigan have similar characteristics and are of similar age. Natural ores and concentrates were produced from 1848 until the mid-1950s,when taconites and jaspers were concentrated and pelletized,and started to become the major source of iron production.
Satveer Singh Chaudhary is an American criminal defense and immigration lawyer. He is also a politician and a former member of the Minnesota State Senate and the Minnesota House of Representatives serving from 1996 to 2010.
Thomas M. Bakk is a Minnesota politician. He served in the Minnesota Legislature from 1995 to 2023 and is a former majority leader and minority leader.
Kevin L. Dahle is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he represented District 20,which included portions of Le Sueur,Rice,and Scott counties in the south central part of the state.
Gregory Michael Davids is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2009,and from 1991 to 2006. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,Davids represents District 26B in southeastern Minnesota,which includes the cities of La Crescent and Spring Valley,and parts of Fillmore,Houston,and Mower Counties.
The 2006 congressional elections in Minnesota were held on November 7,2006,to determine who would represent the state of Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives.
Peggy Bennett is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2015. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,Bennett represents District 23A in southern Minnesota,which includes the city of Albert Lea and parts of Faribault,Freeborn,Steele and Waseca Counties.
Lamont Bagby is an American politician of the Democratic Party. On November 3,2015,he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 74th district,which includes Charles City County,parts of Henrico County and the city of Richmond. Bagby serves as Chair of the bicameral Virginia Legislative Black Caucus. He is a former member of the Henrico County School Board.
Julie Sandstede is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she formerly represented District 6A in northeastern Minnesota.
Heather Edelson is an American politician who is a member of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),she served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2019 to 2024,representing District 50A in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes Edina and parts of Hennepin County. In 2024,she was elected to the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners from the 6th district.
Hodan Hassan is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Hassan represents District 62B,which includes parts of Minneapolis in Hennepin County,Minnesota. Hassan served as an assistant majority leader of the House DFL caucus from 2019 to 2020. She announced that she will not seek reelection in 2024.
Sydney Jordan is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2020. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),Jordan represents District 60A,which includes parts of Minneapolis in Hennepin County.
Patricia Mueller is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2021. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,Mueller represents District 23B in southwestern Minnesota,which includes the city of Austin and parts of Freeborn,Mower and Steele Counties.
Bjorn Olson is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2021. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,Olson represents District 22A in south-central Minnesota,including the city of Fairmont and parts of Blue Earth,Faribault,Martin,and Watonwan Counties.
Minnesota North College is a public community college composed of six campuses in northeast Minnesota:Hibbing campus,Itasca Campus,Mesabi Range - Eveleth,Mesabi Range - Virginia,Vermilion (Ely) and Rainy River. It is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system and was formed in 2022 by merging five independent community colleges of Hibbing Community College,Itasca Community College,Mesabi Range College,Vermilion Community College,and Rainy River Community College on six campuses in northeastern Minnesota:
Samantha Sencer-Mura is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2023. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL),Sencer-Mura represents District 63A in the Twin Cities metropolitan area,which includes parts of Minneapolis in Hennepin County.
