Recent grad is new assistant editor for Lee Publications in New York

Congratulations to certificate in publishing graduate Emily Enger, who now lives in New York and is the new assistant editor for Lee Publications, a local trade magazine publisher, covering stories of local agriculture, construction and rural life. Enger served on the book team for It Takes You Over, by Nick Healy, our 125th Many Voices Project prizewinner. We release this […]

Brain-eating amoeba in Lake Lilly kills young boy

Dr. Ellen Brisch, MSUM, provides information on Naegleria fowleri. By: WDAY Staff Reports, WDAY Lake Lilly, MN (WDAY TV) — A warning, but also some assurances, from the Minnesota State Health Department tonight concerning that horrible brain-eating death of a 9-year old boy. The health department is investigating the Naegleria fowleri, as the amoeba responsible for the boy’s death. The […]

‘Happy ending to beginning’ of $2.5B Mars rover mission

By: Ryan Johnson, INFORUM MOORHEAD – While it was built with valid scientific goals in mind, the premise of the six-wheeled, 2,000-pound Curiosity rover and the engineering feat that landed it on Mars early Monday could strike some as more science fiction than reality. “We have landed a nuclear-powered truck on another world,” said Juan Cabanela, astronomy professor at Minnesota […]