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Susan Farmer. Susan L. (née Lawson) Farmer (May 29, 1942 – September 16, 2013) was an American politician, media executive and television personality. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she went to Garland Junior College and Brown University Extension Division. Farmer got her start in politics protesting the Vietnam War with her husband Malcolm ...
Merle Elwin Hansen was born on his family's farmstead north of Newman Grove, Nebraska [citation needed]. After graduating from Newman Grove High School in 1938, Merle attended a business college in Chillicothe, Missouri [citation needed] . Hansen viewed farm policy as an issue of social justice and often urged farmers to align themselves with ...
National Farmers Union (officially Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America) is a national federation of state Farmers Union organizations in the United States. The organization was founded in 1902 in Point, Texas, and is headquartered in Washington, D.C.. The organization was created to protect and enhance the economic well-being ...
Frank J. Swanson. Frank J. Swanson (October 19, 1865 – December 5, 1941) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician. Born in Stockryd Jonkoping Lan, Småland, Sweden, Swanson emigrated with parents to the United States and stayed in Chicago, Illinois for nine months. Swanson and his family settled on a farm in Union County, Dakota ...
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Floyd Bjørnstjerne "Skipper" Olson (November 13, 1891 – August 22, 1936) was an American politician and lawyer. A three-term governor, he served as the 22nd Governor of Minnesota from January 6, 1931, to August 22, 1936, when he died in office. Olson was a member of the Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party, and the first member of that party to ...
Grand Union – New Jersey- and New York-area chain; bankrupt; bought and became Grand Union Family Markets in Upstate New York and Vermont; purchased by Tops Friendly Markets in 2012, converting them to the Tops banner in 2013. Came back in 2021.
The North Dakota State Bison men's basketball team played their home games at Scheels Arena for the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons while their previous arena, the Bison Sports Arena, was being remodeled. In February 2016 the Arena hosted the funeral of slain Fargo Police Officer Jason David Moszer.