KMSU Community Stories

Kat Baumann stopped by the Shuffle Function Morning Show on Wednesday, November 4, to talk about her new album "Upbeat Songs to Grieve to". 

October 22, 2026 - The Mankato Symphony Orchestra's Executive Director, Bethel Balge and Conductor/Music Director Ernesto Estigarribia Mussi join Dwayne Megaw to talk about their October 24th Stories of Fire performance.  Listen as Ernesto and Bethel share more about what you are likely to see, hear, and feel Saturday afternoon at 4pm at Crossview Covenant Church in North Mankato.  For more information and to purchase tickets, go the MSO website. 

Musician Hanna Cesario stopped by the Shuffle Function Morning Show to talk about her Patsy Cline Tribute, which is taking place on Saturday, October 24 at the Kato Ballroom.

October 14, 2026 - Melanie Schmidt with Mankato Area Public Schools Community Education department stops by Minnesota Morning with Dwayne Megaw to chat about Fall and Holiday activities being offered to the community.  Check out all the fun things we talked about on their website.

October 7, 2026 - Dr. Chris Corley, Dean of Library and Learning, and Dr. Elizabeth Adams, author of Leading in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Choosing Purpose Before Code join Dwayne Megaw on KMSU's Minnesota Morning to talk about Dr. Adam's upcoming visit to campus for the final Common Read event of this year.  The focus of this year's common read is artificial intelligence.  Dr. Adams will be part of a student-led discussion Friday afternoon in the Memorial Library.

Jeff Ford stopped by the Shuffle Function Morning Show on Tuesday, October 6, 2026 to talk about Benny's Belleville Bienvenue, a vaudeville event feature live music, magic, comedy, and acrobats! The event takes place at 7:00 p.m. at Benny's in New Ulm on Saturday, October 10th.

October 5, 2026 - Nobel Conference Director Phililp Voight joins us to talk about the 62nd Annual Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter.  This year, they take up the topic of the Mississippi River.  Learn more about the conference, including how to attend virtually, at the Nobel Conference website.

September 30, 2026 - Rachael Hanel stops by to chat about the 10th Annual Deep Valley Book Festival, happening Saturday, October 3.  Hanel has been involved in festival since it began and share with us how excited she is about this year's keynote, Kate DiCamillo.  Find out the entire line-up of speakers and other activities scheduled during this free event at the Deep Valley Book Festival website.

September 30, 2026 - For the first time since the start of the school year, we catch up with Mankato Area Public Schools Superintendent Paul Peterson.  We chat about how things are going early in the academic year, a recent statewide award 4th-graders earned, and an important school funding measure on the November 3rd ballot.

September 19, 2026 - The 54th Annual Mahkato Wacipi took place September 18-20.  Listen to the 1pm Saturday Grand Entry featuring drummers, singers, and dancers as they enter the arena.