Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Le Sueur County News Entry Title: SHOWING SOON? New owner remodels historic Le Sueur Theatre for the 21st century Entry Credit: Carson Hughes Judge Comment: Online presentation had a weird hiccup with hed displaying over first few grafs, which almost kept this from first place, but it's otherwise excellent: Very good writing, good photos, great historical feature with current community relevance. Info boxes/sidebars were good too.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Tower - The Timberjay Entry Title: Opera moves to the outdoor stage Entry Credit: Jodi Summit, Keith Vandervort Judge Comment: Attractive layout, nice two-story package. Good writing, good photos. Could have used a little more before the jump, perhaps, and that is quite a red. But good enough for second place is pretty good!
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Waterville - Lake Region Life Entry Title: 'I never thought I'd be a writer' Entry Credit: Lisa Ingebrand Judge Comment: What a great story to tell! Good writing, solid layout. Try to use "said" instead of "stated" or other things though.
Competition Comment: The top few were close in quality in this category, but better visuals and layout broke the ties, in consideration of readability.
