Robb Murray

Mankato

Freelance Writer, Editor, Content Marketer, and Educator at Freelance

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Articles

He's the Man! Facebook page chronicles Mankato's funny side

4 days ago | mankatofreepress.com | Robb Murray

As the hiss of an espresso machine mostly drowns out the smooth sounds of the Wilco song playing, I scan the room for the mystery man I’m supposed to meet. Is it the balding man in the plaid shirt sitting cross-legged in the corner reading the newspaper? Could it be the pierced-lipped hipster sipping a turtle mocha and wearing studio-grade headphones, the one who only looks up from his laptop to cast furtive and judgmental glances at folks walking in the door?
Council poised to approve tech upgrade

5 days ago | mankatofreepress.com | Robb Murray

MANKATO — Last month, when a child reported an attempted abduction near Franklin Elementary School, it took police roughly 36 hours to figure out the initial report was fabricated. And in April, while a family of geese tried to cross a Mankato street, a motorist veered their car into the family, killing a gosling. A nearby business’ surveillance camera captured the scene on grainy video, the license plate number unreadable.
Scott Cutcher for the defense: After 30-plus years, public defender calls it quits

1 week ago | mankatofreepress.com | Robb Murray

MANKATO — Before Scott Cutcher passed the bar and took up the noble cause of defending your indigent neighbors charged with crimes, he worked as a prison guard at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Oak Park Heights. And if you’re thinking, “Gee, that’s gotta be dangerous,” Cutcher’s worst night on the job is proof you’re right.
Kato pizza joint stars in rock video

2 weeks ago | mankatofreepress.com | Robb Murray

When it was time to produce a music video for their latest single, “I Don’t Know, I Just Work Here,” the brother-sister duo that heads the Burnsville-based rock band Durry had an idea. For a song about the misery and hopelessness that sometimes accompanies life as a low-wage, high-stress, under-appreciated restaurant worker, what better place to film a video than an actual restaurant?
UPDATE: Finger-lickin' felony; armed robbery suspect at KFC nabbed in 90 minutes

4 weeks ago | mankatofreepress.com | Robb Murray

MANKATO — A Mankato woman faces robbery charges for an alleged late-night holdup of a former employer — a crime it took just 90 minutes for police to solve. Latosha Marie James, 44, was charged Friday in Blue Earth County District Court with a felony count of first-degree aggravated robbery and gross misdemeanor counts of theft and carrying a handgun without a permit. Police responded to the KFC restaurant at about 11 p.m. Thursday to a report of a robbery.
At songwriters event, it's all about that bass

1 month ago | mankatofreepress.com | Robb Murray

Shelley Pierce didn’t have to think twice when asked to moderate a Songwriters in the Round discussion at this year’s Minnesota Original Music Festival. “I'd been kicking around the idea of getting bass players together to do something like this, so it just kind of ended up being the perfect opportunity to do that,” said Pierce. “Mostly just because there's such amazing bass players around here.
Mankato YWCA moving to church site

1 month ago | mankatofreepress.com | Robb Murray

MANKATO — When asked why the YWCA of Mankato will soon vacate its current office space for new digs, Executive Director Ceceli Bidelman summed up the move in one word: pragmatism. “We’ve outgrown our space here at Shared Spaces, and one of the challenges that we’ve had historically — and I noticed it right away when I started — is that we’re not able to offer programming here that easily,” Bidelman said.
St. Peter man gets 57-month prison sentence in fatal fentanyl overdose case

1 month ago | mankatofreepress.com | Robb Murray

MANKATO — Moments before the hearing — where the man authorities say was responsible for her daughter’s death was about to face sentencing — Karen Schultz was nervous. “I don’t know why,” she said. “I know what’s going to happen.”And she was right. Brent Tesch of St. Peter, who had been charged with third-degree murder in the June 2 death of 37-year-old Jennifer Lynn Baker, was expected to be sentenced to 57 months in prison.
16-year-old arrested in stabbing incident

1 month ago | mankatofreepress.com | Robb Murray

MANKATO — A 16-year-old male was arrested in connection with a stabbing incident that occurred Sunday evening in Mankato. Police responded to the area of Second and Adams streets shortly after 7:30 p.m. Sunday to a report of a stabbing. The 18-year-old victim, police say, went to the Mankato hospital on his own where he was treated for “serious injuries.” He reportedly remains in stable condition as of Monday morning. Police say they are not seeking additional suspects.
Senior Assassin ritual is back

1 month ago | mankatofreepress.com | Robb Murray

MANKATO — Last spring, a Mankato man looked out the window of his home and saw what he thought was a suspicious person with a gun lurking about. Wanting to be the kind of person who does the right thing when called upon, he immediately called 911.