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 […]

MSUM summer intern at DL Newspapers

This article is from the DL Newspapers. Minnesota State University Moorhead senior Charly Haley is finding herself knee-deep in local journalism, as she was hired to work as an intern for the Detroit Lakes Newspapers. Haley, a Sartell, Minn. native, is majoring in Mass Communications with an emphasis in muli-media journalism and minoring in communication studies. Since starting her career […]

Determan joins Pioneer as News/Sports Editor

MSUM recent graduate joins West Fargo Pioneer staff as News/Sports Editor. This article is from the West Fargo Pioneer. Daniel Determan has joined the staff of the West Fargo Pioneer, the West Fargo News, and its subsidiary publications as News/Sports Editor. A native of Browerville, Minn., Determan is a 2012 graduate of Minnesota State University Moorhead with a Bachelor of […]