Philosophy professor emeritus Charles Magel donates $800,000 to MSUM

For 100 years, Minnesota State University Moorhead was a college on the prairie without a philosophy department. That changed in 1962 with the arrival of philosopher and professor Charles Magel, who developed the department and offered classes on Hume, Kant and Plotinus’ Enneads. “Not even Harvard could afford (or would allow) courses like those for undergraduates,” Magel wrote in a […]

Sidney F. Morton passed away June 11

Sidney F. Morton, age 72 of Moorhead passed away suddenly on June 11, 2014 . Sidney worked as a photographer and darkroom technician for Alessandro Macone, Inc. and for the Concord Public Schools as an Electronics Technician before relocating to Moorhead to accept a job as Instructional Communications Specialist at Moorhead State University, now Minnesota State University, Moorhead. After 30 […]

Funeral service for Robert “Bob” Larson tonight at 7 p.m.

Robert “Bob” Larson, 87, of Moorhead, died on Monday, June 9, 2014 at Golden Living Center in Moorhead. He retired in 1992 from Moorhead State University where he had worked in maintenance for over 20 years. Bob is survived by his wife, Dorothy. Funeral service: Thursday, June 12, 2014 at 7  p.m. with visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. at […]

Roland Dille funeral arrangements and obituary

The funeral for Dr. Roland Dille will be held on Saturday, May 31 at 2 p.m. at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Moorhead, with visitation one hour before the service. Visitation will also be on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. with a time of sharing at 7 p.m. in The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. […]

Retiree death: Audrey Jones

Audrey Zube Jones, age 92, died peacefully at Tanbark, Jan, 20, 2014. She was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, the daughter of Edwin Zube, Sr. and Alice Sethney. Her early childhood was in Wyoming and later she and her brother Edwin Zube, Jr. (deceased), moved in with their Norwegian grandmother Tilda Sethney of Twin Valley, Minnesota. She completed a Bachelor […]