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
Renovated 1889 ‘cottage’ with views of White Bear Lake is listed at $450,000
Jayme and Justin Frogner have enjoyed the lake views, walkable community and their home’s historic character.
August 1, 2025
$3.7M downtown Minneapolis condo offers riverfront views, luxe amenities
The 26th-floor unit in the Eleven, the state’s tallest and most expensive condo building, has floor-to-ceiling bay windows.
July 26, 2025
Excelsior's historic downtown on the verge of big change
Mayor Gary Ringate called the the development project “a big step forward for the city,” but Wayzata-based developer Mithun Cos. has some changes to make before the final approval Aug. 4.
July 23, 2025
Wisconsin house that was once a Carnegie Library listed at $375K
Built in 1917 with a donation from the Gilded Age steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, the library went out of commission in 1991 and has since become a residence.
July 18, 2025
Italian-style villa in south Minneapolis’ Linden Hills listed for nearly $1.8M
The house’s location near Bde Maka Ska, Minikahda Golf Course and shops and restaurants makes it easy to enjoy outdoor activities.
July 11, 2025
Building height fight brews in this historic downtown
Excelsior officials are debating the approval of a three-story, mixed-use building that’s too tall for the historic area’s regulations. Several other projects have failed to materialize at the prime spot, empty for 15 years.
July 8, 2025
Peaceful, private Orono house on Lake Minnetonka’s Maxwell Bay listed at $6.25M
The home has 300 feet of lakeshore and looks out at Noerenberg Memorial Gardens, part of the Three Rivers Parks system.
July 4, 2025
Mid-century modern home on Lake Minnetonka listed for $3.15M
A couple rebuilt a mid-century Mound home in the same style along the Lake Minnetonka waterfront, which is now on the market for $3.15 million.
June 27, 2025
Luxe renovated Edina house with billiard room and saltwater pool listed at $2.95M
Kyle and Andrea Vorachek are live-in flippers who remodeled the Twin Cities metro home in hopes of making a profit.
June 20, 2025
Award-winning Minneapolis restaurant Young Joni will close this fall
A dispute over a lease agreement was cited as the reason Ann Kim will close her Northeast restaurant.
June 16, 2025
![Diners at a long table in the center of the dining room of Young Joni. ] JEFF WHEELER • jeff.wheeler@startribune.com Young Joni is the Star Tribune's Restaurant of the Year for 2017. The Northeast Minneapolis restaurant was photographed Thursday evening, December 7, 2017.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/N5RUZVQLO3UIUCVLY77X2IR76Q.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
Former NHL player’s Minneapolis house with Bde Maka Ska views listed at $5.25M
Former NHL player John Johannson built his 12,000-square-foot home near the Minikahda Club golf course.
June 13, 2025
Top Workplaces leaders say employee-centric culture helps business in tough years
Honorees work on their companies’ culture because they say it improves their performance.
June 12, 2025
