Jury selection shielded from public Jun 20, 2007
Gibbs, 34, is accused of killing Mindy Morgenstern, 22, a Valley City State University senior, in her apartment last September. He has pleaded not guilty. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Football season begins long before the first whistle Jun 20, 2007
One of those coaches, Dennis McCullough of North Dakota's Valley City State University, has been coming to the camp for the past 12 years. McCullough said the camp has been a blessing for his NAIA program, which is often forced to compete with numerous other schools for a limited talent pool in the upper Midwest. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Attorneys want jury sequestered Jun 19, 2007
LOADING Jun 19, 2007 - 04:07:30 CDT By DALE WETZEL Associated Press Writer MINOT - Jurors who are chosen to decide whether Moe Gibbs killed a Valley City State University student should be isolated during Gibbs' trial to safeguard against "meeting-hall justice," one of his lawyers says ... He is charged with murder in the September 2006 death of Mindy Morgenstern, 22, a student at Valley City State University. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Minot prepares for Gibbs' murder trial Jun 18, 2007
"With it being in the news in this kind of context, it certainly doesn't reflect on the realities of what Valley City is all about," said Doug Anderson, spokesman for Valley City State University. The Gibbs trial has not been a big subject in Morgenstern's hometown of New Salem, about 160 miles west on Interstate 94, said Kristee Freadhoff, owner of the Cow Town Cafe and Laundromat. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Area Scene: Women's tennis league starts June 20 Jun 18, 2007
Pumroy new athletic director at VCSUB.J. Pumroy is the new athletic director at Valley City State University. Pumroy will be responsible for providing leadership for the VCSU athletic program and for athletic fundraising. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Judge considers restraints on former jailer in murder trial Jun 14, 2007
Gibbs, 34, is charged with murder in the September death of Valley City State University student Mindy Morgenstern. The former Barnes County jailer lived in the same apartment complex as Morgenstern, 22, of New Salem. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Butte rocked by college girl's death Jun 12, 2007
100 Percent Effective wrote on Jun 11, 2007 8:11 AM:" Mo Gibbs was arrested about a week after Mindy Morgenstern's murder in Valley City last September. Mr. Gibbs will be standing trial for that murder shortly. Mr. Gibbs is not a newby to crime. He spent time in a military prison a few years ago. He changed his name and was employed as a jailer at the Valley City jail when he allegedly murdered Mindy. Mindy was from New Salem and was a senior at Valley City State University. We need a death... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
No answers yet in student's death Jun 7, 2007
Valley City State University student Mindy Morgenstern, from New Salem, was found slain in her off-campus apartment on Sept. 13, 2006. Moe Maurice Gibbs is slated to stand trial for Class AAfelony murder in that case later this month. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Anderson Named To National Football Foundation Inaugural Honor Society Jun 5, 2007
Valley City State University (N.D.). Eric Spooner. (Umassathletics.com)
DNA at murder scene doesn't match Gibbs' May 27, 2007
LOADING May 27, 2007 - 04:08:34 CDT FARGO (AP) - Court documents say forensic testing shows DNA found on two knives used in the slaying of Valley City State University student Mindy Morgenstern does not match the man accused of killing her. The testing also shows DNA from men other than Moe Maurice Gibbs was found on Morgenstern's right hand, and that DNA found under the fingernails of her left hand does not match Gibbs. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Prosecutors in Gibbs murder trial want to omit how victim died May 21, 2007
The Valley City State University student's body was found about 8:59 p.m. Sept. 13 in her second-floor apartment. Gibbs, who lived on the first floor, was arrested and charged in connection with her death Sept. 20. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Hearing on issues in Gibbs trial postponed May 19, 2007
Judge Mikal Simonson approved the original request for expanded media coverage when Gibbs was charged with killing Valley City State University student Mindy Morgenstern. The case later was transferred to Judge John Paulson, but the approval by Simonson "does not transfer to the other judge," KVLY-TV General Manager Charley Johnson said. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Wife of man charged in student's death seeking annulment Apr 26, 2007
The wife of Moe Gibbs, charged in the death of a Valley City State University student, is seeking an annulment, saying she would not have married him if she had known the truth about his past ... The Valley City State University student was found dead in her off-campus apartment. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Higher ed budget passes Apr 26, 2007
"We are paying for long-delayed maintenance on steam lines" at Valley City State University, Minot State University's Bottineau campus and the North Dakota State College of Science at Wahpeton, Wald said. The steam line repair expense alone is 4. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Bismarck Business People Apr 21, 2007
Pytlik has been a University System employee since 1988, first as an accountant and lecturer at Valley City State University in Valley City and then in financial system positions for the NDUS.. Oksendahl hired. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Trojan women sweep Valley City Sunday Mar 27, 2007
The Trojan women won both ends of a twinbill 6-5 and 3-1 against Valley City State University in Valley City, N.D. The two ballclubs complete their four-game series Monday (today) at Valley City. DSU 6, VCSU 5. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Letter to the Editor - Human capitalavailability crucial Mar 26, 2007
In addition to Dunn, chancellor of the university system, the letter was signed by Lee Vickers, president of Dickinson State University; Gary Hagen, president of Mayville State University; Ken Grosz, campus dean of Minot State University-Bottineau; Joseph Chapman, president of North Dakota State University; Ellen Chaffee, president of Valley City State University; Larry Skogen, president of Bismarck State College; Sharon Etemad, president of Lake Region State College; David Fuller, president of... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Baseball Trojans jump into NAIA's Top 10 Mar 23, 2007
The Trojans will begin their DAC play with a four-game weekend series with Valley City State University Saturday and Sunday in Valley City, N.D. The first game of each doubleheader will be nine innings, followed a 7-inning contest. Here are the Top 10 NAIA-ranked teams, including their records as of March 21, along with their polled point totals. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Prints are no match to suspect Mar 19, 2007
VALLEY CITY (AP) - Forensic testing has determined that fingerprints found in a slain Valley City State University student's apartment do not match those of anyone fingerprinted during the investigation into her death. Mindy Morgenstern, 22, of New Salem, was found dead in her off-campus apartment last September. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Accused Wrestling Coach Falsified His Credentials Mar 11, 2007
As for the rsum issues, Cupas claims to have received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Valley City State University, but university officials say while he attended, he never graduated. Cupas also claimed he was an assistant wrestling coach at Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High from 1997 through 2005. (WFOR.com, FL)
Thomas Kleppe, 87; Interior secretary under Ford Mar 7, 2007
He attended Valley City State University in North Dakota for a year. He entered banking in Bismarck, N.D., then served as an Army warrant officer during World War II. In 1946, he joined Gold Seal Co., a Bismarck manufacturer of household cleaning products, and rose from bookkeeper to company president. (Los Angeles Times)
The men behind the money Mar 4, 2007
He earned an education degree from Valley City State University and taught school for a few years in McClusky and Larimore. Then, the Army called. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Lady T's drill Dickinson, advance to DAC semifinals Feb 23, 2007
In other DAC quarterfinal action, Black Hills State University trounced Jamestown College 80-45, S.D. Mines ology clipped Mayville State University 66-52, and Minot State University survived Valley City State University 65-62. On Wednesday, the Lady T's went to starting senior center Sara Nelson, a Dell Rapids native, who used her 6-foot-2 frame to her advantage. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Proposal calls for increased background checks Feb 19, 2007
"You have access to narcotics, and you have access to all the personal information in (a patient's) life."Working in a hospital, in a professional atmosphere, they should know about us," Carlson said. If a bill working its way through the North Dakota Legislature becomes law - it's been unanimously endorsed by the state Senate - everyone from jailers to staffers in North Dakota's budget office will be required to undergo a federal criminal history check before they may get a job. The requirement... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Area sports Feb 9, 2007
VALLEY CITY (AP) - Bill Osmon, a longtime Valley City State University coach and athletic director for whom the school's fieldhouse is named, has died in Arizona, school officials announced Thursday. He was 89. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Yellow Jackets ready for home Jan 24, 2007
The first two games for both the men and women take place against Jamestown College Friday and Valley City State University on Saturday. On the line for the women will be a 12-9 record (3-4 DAC) and for the men a 6-15 record (1-6 DAC). (Black Hills Pioneer, SD)
Preliminary hearing delayed for Gibbs Jan 23, 2007
Gibbs was linked to the unsolved rape by DNA, officials said, after voluntarily submitting a sample before his arrest on a murder charge in the Sept. 13 death of Valley City State University student Mindy Morgenstern, 22, of New Salem. Gibbs is scheduled for trial in Morgenstern's death in June in Minot. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)