Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Tower/Ely/Cook-Orr - The Timberjay Entry Title: General Excellence Entry Credit: Timberjay Staff Judge Comment: We liked the editorial focus on important local and regional issues. Good layout. Good coverage of local news, school and sports, etc. The best in a very good field.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Blooming Prairie - Steele County Times Entry Title: General Excellence Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: Strong coverage of local issues, good editorial page. Excellent youth and soports coverage. A close second.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Cloquet - Pine Knot News Entry Title: Pine Knot News Entry Credit: Jana Peterson, Mike Creger, Rose Chu, Ivan Hohnstadt, Peggy Day Judge Comment: The same strengths as the top two winners. Editorials, local coverage, schools/sports.
Competition Comment: The three papers we selected were, in our judgement, the best of an impressively strong field. These were excellent papers and many were worthy of a prize. Small newspapers are alive and well in Minnesota.
