Before the construction of the campus, the college was housed in the same building as the local high school and was Morton Junior College.
[3] It is named after Julius Sterling Morton, a Nebraska newspaper editor and politician who served as President Grover Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture.
[4] Intercollegiate athletics for men include baseball, basketball, soccer, and cross country.
Women's sports include volleyball, basketball, cross country, soccer and softball.
It also operates a low-power FM station, WZQC-LP, at 99.1 MHz.