Katy Read
Reporter
Carver and western Hennepin CountiesPreviously, Read was a reporter at the Times-Picayune in New Orleans, La., and the Duluth News-Tribune and spent 15 years as a freelance writer for national and regional magazines. She has also written for Salon, Real Simple, Working Mother, Minnesota Monthly, the Chicago Sun-Times, The Toronto Globe and Mail and other publications. Her essays have been published in several anthologies including "Fearless Confessions: A Writer's Guide to Memoir." She has won a Minnesota State Arts Board grant and multiple literary awards, as well as four fellowships for journalists on aging. She is a Minnetonka native and a University of Minnesota graduate. Her most exciting hobbies include working (very slowly) on a memoir, cruising the internet and walking her dog.
Latest from Katy Read
Minneapolis condo in historic Midtown Exchange building listed for $205,000
Its Art Deco design and access to restaurants and shops in the Midtown Global Market are unique amenities, although the surrounding Phillips neighborhood has weathered challenges.
April 18, 2025
Uptown Minneapolis house rich with elaborate wood carvings lists for $849K
The home, built in 1906, is a prime example of decorative dark wood features that were popular at the turn of the 20th century, and that look might be making a comeback.
April 11, 2025
Prairie School house on Stillwater’s Lily Lake listed for $825K
Well-known Midwest architect Mike McGuire, who emulated Frank Lloyd Wright’s style, built the Minnesota home in 1965.
April 4, 2025
Historic Minneapolis home built by Pillsbury co-founder on market for $1M
Its most recent owner held many arts and cultural gatherings in the 1869 home on the National Register of Historic Places.
March 28, 2025
St. Louis Park’s Shoppes at Knollwood, which is for sale, could lose its Kohl’s
Kohl’s lease ends next year, and so far the Wisconsin-based department store has not been renewed.
March 26, 2025
Whimsical house near St. Olaf with ties to philosopher Kierkegaard lists for $850K
The Northfield home has spiral staircases, stone rooms, tree trunks and other touches of whimsy and mystery.
March 22, 2025
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Bloomington’s ordinance requiring affordable housing in multi-unit developments has brought mixed results
City has added housing at moderately affordable prices but, like most cities, it struggles to meet needs of its lowest income residents.
March 21, 2025
Minnesota house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright student lists for $650K
A bank of large windows at the back of the Clear Lake home overlooks the Mississippi River.
March 14, 2025
1887 Queen Anne mansion on Park Avenue in Minneapolis lists for $599,900
The historic Henry F. Legg House is in a part of the Elliott Park neighborhood that was once home to the city’s elite.
March 7, 2025
JonnyPops triples its footprint, buying Plymouth office building for $10M
Adding to its 80,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Elk River, the frozen treat maker will add the 160,000-squuare-foot space for research and development.
March 3, 2025
Edina artist making new ketubahs for families who lost everything in L.A. fires
Judy Freeman’s artful Jewish wedding contracts were among the prized possessions destroyed.
February 28, 2025
Opulent ‘storybook’ mansion in northwestern Minnesota lists at $14M
Owner Allen Arvig heads his family-founded telecommunications company in Perham, where he and his wife also built their dream home.
February 28, 2025
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