‘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 […]

A ride-along with the Minnesota Corrections Agent of the Year, who keeps tabs on high-risk offenders

MSUM criminal justice alum is named Minnesota Corrections Agent of the Year. By: Mike Nowatzki, INFORUM MOORHEAD – When Mike Schommer visits his “clients,” he’s not making a sales call or pitching a new product. As an intensive supervised release (ISR) agent for the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Schommer’s clientele consists of convicted murderers, rapists and other high-risk offenders who, […]

Fun summer learning at MSUM – but don’t call it school

By: Ryan Johnson, INFORUM MOORHEAD – Hundreds of area youngsters are on the Minnesota State University Moorhead campus this summer, getting their hands dirty crafting clay masterpieces and diving into the science of nanotechnology. Now in its 13th year, the university’s annual summer program College for Kids aims to give 8- to 14-year-olds a chance to do something enriching and […]

Former MSUM coach Dahnke to be inducted into NSIC Hall

By: Forum staff reports, INFORUM MOORHEAD – Longtime Minnesota State Moorhead cross country coach Fred Dahnke is among eight who will be inducted into the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Hall of Fame on Wednesday in St. Cloud, Minn. Dahnke, who lives in Barnesville, Minn., ran track at MSUM before graduating in 1971.