MONROE - Bill Ross hasn't always lived in Monroe, but after leaving the corporate world behind to find a place that valued his Midwestern roots, he quickly fell in love with the city that he led for almost two decades as mayor. And although his term in office is over, that isn't stopping his effort to promote it to try to keep people coming back to the place he will forever consider home. He was born in St. James, Minnesota, but by age 6, Ross relocated to northern Virginia, very close to Washington, D.C., with his family.