Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Cloquet - Pine Knot News Entry Title: Northern Pacific started in county Entry Credit: Mike Creger Judge Comment: Great historical story with good research and writing, and a solid layout -- this got the room it needed, nice to see. Overall the best package in the category.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Henderson Independent Entry Title: LS-H to perform historical drama "Radium Girls" Entry Credit: Rachel Miller Judge Comment: Really nice layout, good-looking, and good story and photos. Very solid.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Cloquet - Pine Knot News Entry Title: Don Brown returns Entry Credit: Timothy Soden-Groves Judge Comment: The writing was outstanding, but a so-so layout that could have been more readable kept this in third place.
Competition Comment: This category was really very close. Just a couple of points separated the top 3 from the rest. It's great to see the priority these publications clearly place on arts coverage.