Thomas Rukavina (August 23, 1950 – January 7, 2019) was an American politician and a Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1987 to 2013. In 2010 he was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of...
The Thomas Rukavina Memorial Bridge carries U.S. 53 over the Rouchleau Mine pit connecting Virginia, Minnesota with other cities to the south. U.S. 53 continues through Virginia to International Falls and Canada; International Falls is about 100...
Rukavina is a South Slavic surname, derived from the Croatian word rukav, meaning "sleeve." It is the most common surname in Lika-Senj County in Croatia. The surname originates from the Rukavina noble family, which settled in the region in the 17th...
The 2010 Minnesota gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, to elect the 40th governor of the U.S. state of Minnesota for a four-year term to begin in January 2011. The general election was contested by the major party...
Virginia is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. With an economy heavily reliant on large-scale iron ore mining, Virginia is considered the Mesabi Iron Range's commercial center.
2008 Minnesota Amendment 1, also known as the Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment, was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The amendment amended Article IX section 14 of the Minnesota Constitution to allow for the creation of the...
This is a list of the highest bridges in the United States by height over land or water.
Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was an American academic, author, and politician. He represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until he was killed in a plane crash near Eveleth, Minnesota, in 2002, sixteen...
Jason Metsa (born July 17, 1980) is an American politician, a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and the former Deputy Commissioner at the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board. A member of the Minnesota...
The Minnesota Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation (IRRRB) is an economic development agency of the State of Minnesota, designed to advance growth on Minnesota's Iron Range. Founded in 1941, the board is tasked with using proceeds...