In 2000, an arena and convention complex in this city originally named the Aurora, after the northern lights, was renamed the Alerus Center.
In 2000, an arena and convention complex in this city originally named the Aurora, after the northern lights, was renamed the Alerus Center. Interstate 29 passes through the western part of this city, while Central Park, Folsom Park, and Lincoln Drive Park form a continuous parks district on this city's eastern edge. Turtle River State Park and the Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge lie on either side of an (*) air force base in this city; on May 26, Marcell Willis, an airman stationed at that base, shot and killed a Wal-Mart employee here. This city was almost completely evacuated in 1997 due to flooding of the ► Red River, which separates this city from Minnesota. For 10 points, name this home of the University of North Dakota, the state's third-largest city after Fargo and Bismarck.
In 2000, an arena and convention complex in this city originally named the Aurora, after the northern lights, was renamed the Alerus Center.
Grand Forks, North Dakota