Marianne Carlson

is a mother, writer, artist, and drummer in local Mankato band Torrid Forest. After working in the newspaper industry as a proofreader, reporter, editor and advertising consultant for 15 years, she now sells campers and fish houses full-time at Kroubetz Lakeside Campers and Motors. She loves listening to and playing music, fishing, camping, hiking and writing stories about all the amazing people in the Mankato area.