The Free Press, Mankato, MN Brian Ojanpa

Ojanpa: Olson is a Stark reminder

2012-05-25T21:55:25-05:00

But Olson isn’t the first MSU shining star to “defect” to Winona State. In 1983 Tom Stark did likewise, heading into much more duress than Olson faces and, ultimately, having his mission ended in a heartbeat.

Ojanpa: In search of a "brand" new day

2012-05-11T22:11:00-05:00

he Greater Mankato Convention and Visitors Bureau has commissioned Bill Baker to conjure branding that will pique outsiders’ interest.

Ojanpa: Trial artist vies for face time

2012-05-04T21:45:19-05:00

Cedric Hohnstadt is a courtroom sketch artist, a job that continues to occupy a niche in an era of instant, real time, 24/7 everything.

Ojanpa: No shortage of entrants in incredible inedible contest

2012-04-13T22:21:41-05:00

The fast-food industry has ably discovered the benefits of selling bad as good and repulsion as yummy.

Ex-Mankato Mayor Christ weighs in missing Dakota War marker

2012-04-06T22:17:30-05:00

Mayor says he knows where 8,500 pound granite marker is and isn't telling

Ojanpa: Egg hunts not always kid stuff

2012-03-31T22:30:00-05:00

Kids' Easter egg hunts can progress one of two ways — happily and smoothly,
as most of them are, or shamefully out of control, a la the event in
Colorado Springs, Colo., last year.

OJANPA: TV's next test: oral exams

2012-03-23T22:44:48-05:00

Gesture- and voice-controlled TV is coming soon to a prone position near you.

OJANPA: March Madness is on the job

2012-03-16T20:45:47-05:00

Any time frittered away by peeking in on ball games would be time frittered away anyway by, well, fritterers. You know who you are.

OJANPA: No school wants to be "the first"

2012-03-09T22:15:56-06:00

In the tenor of our contemporary times, in particular the Mankato area recently, it’s pertinent to note that the Michigan school bombing wasn’t done by a student, nor did a bomb threat precede it.

Ojanpa: A pair of jeans to die for

2012-03-02T22:14:47-06:00