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Patrick Condon

Night Team Leader
Metro
Condon grew up in Watertown, Minn., and graduated from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul with degrees in journalism and English. He lives in Minneapolis.

Latest from Patrick Condon

Minneapolis

Murder at Christmas? The crows are circling in Minneapolis again

Winter typically brings huge murders of crows into urban neighborhoods, gathering by the thousands and raising an incredible sound.
December 23, 2024
A "murder" of crows.
Minneapolis

Man in prison for one murder now charged with second killing in Minneapolis from 2017

The fatal shooting occurred on a North Side street corner.
June 24, 2024
West Metro

Reward posted in hopes of finding remains of woman allegedly killed in ’09 by man on Texas death row

Despite the lack of a body, two people have been charged with murder.
June 6, 2024
Local

The 11 biggest Minnesota moments and stories of 2023

Readers were drawn to stories about pot, pop stars and our shared Minnesota identity.
December 26, 2023
Books

An immigrant learns to 'Pay as You Go' in beguiling debut novel

FICTION: Eskor David Johnson's novel is "strange, clever and mysterious."
October 25, 2023
Politics

Minnesota political leaders past, present react to death of Gov. Al Quie

Al Quie, who represented southern Minnesota in Congress for two decades before returning home to serve a single term as governor, has died at age 99.
August 19, 2023
Books

Review: In Richard Ford's 'Be Mine,' a boomer reckons with his past and present

FICTION: Ford's everyman Frank Bascombe is back for one more brush with existence.
June 16, 2023
January 27, 2023- New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. -Pulitzer Przie winning author Richard Ford at his home in New Orleans.
Curious Minnesota

Why thousands of board games are buried beneath Mankato

The Anti-Monopoly alternative to America's most successful board game took off in the 1970s. But a gaming giant with Minnesota ties sought its destruction.
June 2, 2023
Books

An immigrant learns to 'Pay as You Go' in beguiling debut novel

FICTION: Eskor David Johnson's novel is "strange, clever and mysterious."
October 25, 2023
Politics

Minnesota political leaders past, present react to death of Gov. Al Quie

Al Quie, who represented southern Minnesota in Congress for two decades before returning home to serve a single term as governor, has died at age 99.
August 19, 2023
Books

Review: In Richard Ford's 'Be Mine,' a boomer reckons with his past and present

FICTION: Ford's everyman Frank Bascombe is back for one more brush with existence.
June 16, 2023
January 27, 2023- New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. -Pulitzer Przie winning author Richard Ford at his home in New Orleans.
Curious Minnesota

Why thousands of board games are buried beneath Mankato

The Anti-Monopoly alternative to America's most successful board game took off in the 1970s. But a gaming giant with Minnesota ties sought its destruction.
June 2, 2023
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