Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Winona Post Entry Title: WPD deployed armored vehicle to Maplewood stabbing Entry Credit: Chris Rogers Judge Comment: For being a developing story, this piece includes a lot of information that helps tie the incident to broader issues currently being discusses and does so objectively.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Blaine, Spring Lake Park, Columbia Hgts, Fridley Entry Title: Shooting leaves 1 dead Entry Credit: Paige Kieffer Judge Comment: This piece devotes the space necessary to detail the old investigation and new technology that resulted in the arrest. The flow was good and the photos helped tell the the story too.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Winona Post Entry Title: Neighbors left in lurch after La Crosse scraps COVID Compass Entry Credit: Chris Rogers Judge Comment: None
