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North Dakota is a state in both the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States of America. It is the northernmost of the Great Plains states and is the northern half of The Dakotas which also includes South Dakota. During the 19th century, North Dakota was considered part of the Wild West. Formerly part of Dakota Territory (named after the Dakota tribe of Native Americans), North Dakota became a state in 1889.

Ranne became my employee in February 2007 and my friend soon after that. She took over the day to day. She busted the team into shape. She busted me.
Then they discovered a brain tumor. They're gonna shave her head, cut a hole in her skull, lift her brain and remove the tumor today. Then they'll figure out what it is.

Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County. Grand Forks, along with its twin city of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, forms the center of the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is often called Greater Grand Forks or The Grand Cities.

I come back to the North Dakota connection because I believe where you are from. your sense of place, is an essence of your identity and strength. Ranne has lived everywhere but she's from ND. I'm from SD and she's helped me see the strength in that. And now she's the one having her head examined ...