Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Kerkhoven - The Kerkhoven Banner Entry Title: ONE NUISANCE PROPERTY TO BE ABATED Entry Credit: KARI JO ALMEN Judge Comment: Describes setting, action during council meeting chronicled, outcome communicated
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Kerkhoven - The Kerkhoven Banner Entry Title: TANGLED GOLF DEVELOPMENT Entry Credit: CORMAC DODD Judge Comment: Upcoming project, covers the details
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Le Sueur County News Entry Title: Long-term care stretched thin amid historic labor shortage Entry Credit: Carson Hughes Judge Comment: Lead is an opinion - data within the story backs up the opinion
