MSU-N breaks ground on center

The official construction of the first state-funded building at Montana State University-Northern since 1979 started today, with the ground-breaking for the university's Applied Technology Center.

Northern College of Technical Sciences Greg Kegel said the center will help Northern better help businesses looking for people with technological, research and management skills.

"This building's going to raise the bar on that," he said. "We're helping industry solve problems that they have and this building helps address that. It's the teaching technology we've never had before."

The building will s...