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Robb Murray

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  • Freelance Writer, Editor, Content Marketer, and Educator, Freelance
Mankato
Covers:  Manufacturing, arts & entertainment, business, crime, higher education, law schools, marching bands, pets, gaming, health care, non-profits.
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The painful life of Kris Bonander

The painful life of Kris Bonander

Mankato Free Press — With his dogs by his side, Kris Bonander took three weary steps outside the front door of his humble home in Wells and lit a cigarette. Inhale. Exhale. On the other side of that door his partner, Scott Radtke, lay curled up on a hospital bed clinging to life.

Student newspapers are a vital part of campus community

Student newspapers are a vital part of campus community

Mankato Free Press — When I attended Minnesota State University (class of '95), the greatest decision I ever made was working for the student newspaper. To this day working for The Reporter was the most fun I've ever had as a journalist. (Yes, it's called "The Reporter," which I always thought was kind of a weird name.

Mankato Free Press

Series: 13-days: The short life of Hazel Heidelberger (Published June 2010)

Series: 13-days: The short life of Hazel Heidelberger (Published June 2010)

Mankato Free Press — In 2010, Free Press Features Editor Robb Murray chronicled one family's journey with their newborn with a heart defect.

‎FreepCast on Apple Podcasts

‎FreepCast on Apple Podcasts

podcasts.apple.com — Conversations with southern Minnesota's most interesting people.

60 YEARS OF OOMPAH-PAH

60 YEARS OF OOMPAH-PAH

Mankato Free Press — On a cool November night, the neon letters of the Kato Ballroom sign glow warm in the evening sky. A few falling snowflakes dance around the doorway. Folks hustle inside. It's polka night at the Kato, the night KEYC records episodes for the next few weeks of its iconic, and increasingly popular, "Bandwagon" program.

Getting the band back together: Students excited to return to 'their space' (VIDEO)

Getting the band back together: Students excited to return to 'their space' (VIDEO)

Mankato Free Press — Ian Heath doesn't mince words when he talks about the last year and a half of high school band at Mankato West. "It was really hard," he said. "I thought I was going to drop out of band entirely because I missed it so much. I didn't want to go back and then be disappointed."