Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: St. Cloud Times Entry Title: Benton County elected official may have not lived in county, as required by law Entry Credit: Becca Most Judge Comment: Good work following the story.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Brainerd Dispatch Entry Title: What came first? Entry Credit: Tim Speier Judge Comment: An interesting real-world example of people impacting their local government.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Willmar - West Central Tribune Entry Title: The beauty of the native prairie coming to Willmar Entry Credit: Shelby Lindrud Judge Comment: I like the focus on a project that's not the normal things we hear about, like roads or bridges.
