The Northern League was an independent minor professional baseball league. It was not affiliated with Major League Baseball or the organized minor leagues. The league was founded in 1993 and folded after its 2010 season when financial stability became a problem. The three teams remaining in the league when it folded joined with the remaining teams in United League Baseball and the Golden Baseball League to form a new independent organization called the North American League.
Fargo is a city in and the county seat of Cass County,North Dakota,United States. According to the 2020 census,its population was 125,990,making it the most populous city in the state and the 216th most populous city in the United States. Fargo,along with its twin city of Moorhead,Minnesota,and the adjacent cities of West Fargo,North Dakota and Dilworth,Minnesota,form the core of the Fargo–Moorhead,ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The MSA had a population of 248,591 in 2020.
John Henry Hoeven III is an American banker and politician serving as the senior U.S. senator from North Dakota,a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party,Hoeven served as the 31st governor of North Dakota from 2000 to 2010.
Gaylord Kent Conrad is a former American politician who was a United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1986,he served as chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee for 12 years.
Warren Grant Magnuson was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Washington in Congress for 44 years,first as a Representative from 1937 to 1944,and then as a senator from 1944 to 1981. Magnuson was a member of the Democratic Party. He was Washington state's longest-serving senator,serving over 36 years. During his final two years in office,he was the most senior senator and president pro tempore.
The North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS) is a public college in Wahpeton,North Dakota. It is part of the North Dakota University System. Founded in 1903 by provision of the state constitution,the State College of Science offers degrees,certificates,and diplomas in more than 80 academic options in traditional career and technical studies as well as the liberal arts. The college also offers a variety of distance education and online courses.
The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks are a professional minor-league baseball team based in Fargo,North Dakota,in the United States. The RedHawks are members of the American Association of Professional Baseball,an official Partner League of Major League Baseball. The RedHawks have played their home games at Newman Outdoor Field since 1996,when the team started as members of the Northern League.
Newman Outdoor Field is a baseball stadium in Fargo,North Dakota. It is located on the campus of North Dakota State University and is the home of the independent American Association's Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks and the North Dakota State Bison baseball team.
Roger Moe is an American politician who served as a member and majority leader of the Minnesota Senate. He was the Democratic nominee for governor in the 2002 Minnesota gubernatorial election.
George Albert Sinner was an American politician who served as the 29th governor of North Dakota from 1985 to 1992. He served two four-year terms and was the most recent governor of North Dakota from his party,the North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party.
Timothy Mathern is an American politician and state senator in North Dakota. He also unsuccessfully ran for Governor of North Dakota in 2008.
Steve Zaiser is a North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party member of the North Dakota House of Representatives,representing the 21st district from 2003 to 2014.
Morris L. "Morrie" Lanning is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing District 9A,which included portions of Clay County in the northwestern part of the state. A Republican,he is a retired vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Concordia College in Moorhead.
Dan Fabian is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for District 1A from 2015 to 2019 and as Minority Whip from 2019 to 2021. He represented all of Kittson,Roseau,and Marshall Counties,as well as portions of Pennington County in the northwestern part of Minnesota.
The 2016 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2016,to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. This would have been the first time North Dakotans selected a governor under new voter ID requirements,in which a student ID was insufficient identification to vote,but a court ruling in August 2016 struck the down the provision;the election was held under the 2013 rules.
North Dakota held two statewide elections in 2016:a primary election on Tuesday,June 14,and a general election on Tuesday,November 8. In addition,each township elected officers on Tuesday,March 15,and each school district selected a date between April 1 and June 30 to hold their elections. This would have been the first election since the state legislature revoked the ability to use a student or military ID to satisfy state ID voting requirements,but a court ruling in August struck the down the provision,and the election was held under the 2013 rules.
The 2018 United States Senate election in North Dakota took place on November 6,2018,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of North Dakota,concurrently with other elections to the U.S. Senate,as well as other federal,state and local elections in North Dakota.
Merrill Piepkorn is an American entertainer and politician who has served in the North Dakota Senate from the 44th district since 2016. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Piepkorn is a candidate in the 2024 North Dakota gubernatorial election. He has also hosted radio shows on Prairie Public Radio and served as the public address announcer for the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks.
Heather Keeler is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2021. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL),Keeler represents District 4A in northwest Minnesota,including the city of Moorhead and parts of Clay County. Keeler is an enrolled member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe.
James P. "Jim" Roers is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the North Dakota Senate from the 46th district. He assumed office on December 1,2016.
