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Division	Edit Or Adv	Class	Winner	Judge Notes	Newspaper	Name of Entry	Files	URL
B. Non-multi-day: 1,001 to 1,500	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	1st Place	very good layout	Henderson Independent	Henderson Independent - General Excellence	General Excellence 6.7.24.pdf General Excellence 8.12.23.pdf General Excellence 12.21.23.pdf	https://www.hendersonindependentnews.com/special/page-e-01/page_7127a1ac-62bf-5a48-8ece-f7f8d92c45da.html https://www.hendersonindependentnews.com/special/page-e-01/page_644a43b9-aa3b-533d-9d73-4792ee38e100.html https://www.hendersonindependentnews.com/special/page-e-01/page_634c643f-e2b6-5d09-9d65-633122ca2eb5.html
H. Multi-day: 10,001 and over	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	2nd Place	A strong contender for top honors, the Rochester Post Bulletin came up just short. This judge appreciates the paper's us More ...	Rochester - Post Bulletin	Post Bulletin	1 - 6-4-24_compressed.pdf 1 - 2-10-24_compressed.pdf 1 - 4-27-24_compressed.pdf
C. Non-multi-day: 1,501 to 3,000	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	3rd Place	Lots of news in every issue- from local government to local organizations. Christmas coloring contest was a nice additio More ...	Glenwood / Starbuck - Pope County Tribune	Pope County Tribune General Excellence	Pope-County-Tribune-6-3-24.pdf Pope-County-Tribune-4-22-24.pdf Pope-County-Tribune-12-18-23.pdf
B. Non-multi-day: 1,001 to 1,500	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	2nd Place		Maple Lake Messenger	General Excellence	MAP020724 Gen Excellence.pdf MAP101123. Gen Excellence.pdf MAP122023.Gen Excellence.pdf
A. Non-multi-day: up to 1,000	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	2nd Place	Like variety of stories on cover. Also index and jump photos in header. Archive section is a nice touch. Stories and pho More ...	Waseca County Pioneer	Waseca County Pioneer General Excellence 2024	Waseca County Pioneer December 22, 2023.pdf Waseca County Pioneer February 6, 2024.pdf Waseca County Pioneer July 7, 2024.pdf	https://wasecacountypioneer.com/51-2023 https://wasecacountypioneer.com/waseca-county-pioneer-february-9-2024 https://wasecacountypioneer.com/waseca-county-pioneer-june-7-2024
G. Multi-day: 5,001 to 10,000	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	3rd Place	The Mankato Free Press charges $3 a copy, but that's not why it was picked for third place. It has a lot of good things More ...	Mankato - The Free Press	General Excellence: Mankato Free Press	cnhi_mankatofreepress_983_20231219_MankatoFreePress.pdf cnhi_mankatofreepress_983_20240425_MankatoFreePress.pdf cnhi_mankatofreepress_983_20240210_MankatoFreePress.pdf
F. Multi-day: up to 5,000	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	3rd Place	Has the right amount of white space throughout the publication. I liked the readability of the newspaper. Consistent for More ...	New Ulm - The Journal	10-11-2023; 12-19-2023 and 02-10-2024 editions of the Journal	NUJ10112023.pdf NUJ12192023.pdf NUJ02102024.pdf
F. Multi-day: up to 5,000	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	1st Place	I really liked the layout and was easy to read. Great use of color. Just an excellent product.	Bemidji - The Bemidji Pioneer	Bemidji Pioneer	April 24 Pioneer-compressed.pdf June 5 Pioneer-compressed.pdf Oct 11 Pioneer-compressed.pdf
A. Non-multi-day: up to 1,000	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	3rd Place	The calendar is a nice touch and the layout is solid. The headers and font styles stick out and are creative. Too much w More ...	St. Michael/Albertville - Crow River News	Crow River News - General Excellence	CROW-6-6-24.pdf CrowRiver-4-25-24.pdf CrowRiver-12-21-23.pdf
B. Non-multi-day: 1,001 to 1,500	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	3rd Place		Jackson County Pilot	Jackson County Pilot - General Excellence	2024-06-06.pdf 2023-10-12.pdf 2023-12-21.pdf
H. Multi-day: 10,001 and over	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	3rd Place	The Forum has quite a pleasing appearance and uses photographs prominently and effectively on its pages. The covers look More ...	Fargo/Moorhead - The Forum	Forum General Excellence Entry	Dec 19.pdf Feb 10.pdf Oct 11.pdf
D. Non-multi-day: 3,001 to 7,000	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	1st Place	An attractive paper with well-rounded news coverage. All of the expected stories are covered- city and school government More ...	Edina Sun Current	General Exellence -- Edina Sun Current	D1-Edina-12-21-23.pdf D1-Edina-10-12-23.pdf D1-Edina-2-8-24.pdf
G. Multi-day: 5,001 to 10,000	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	1st Place	The Brainerd Dispatch announces on one of its contest front pages that it is the 2023 MNA Daily Newspaper of the Year, a More ...	Brainerd Dispatch	General Excellence	brainerd-general-excellence.pdf
H. Multi-day: 10,001 and over	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	1st Place	The Duluth News Tribune does everything a great newspaper should do, and then some. This judge was impressed with the qu More ...	Duluth News Tribune	General Excellence		https://epaper.duluthnewstribune.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=0b6a4b96-20ca-43d8-85f7-ac9f31b47d25 https://epaper.duluthnewstribune.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=0918b5c7-c9c0-409f-90de-622436605371 https://epaper.duluthnewstribune.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=2428582a-bb83-4948-a071-e5591ac3fb82
A. Non-multi-day: up to 1,000	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	1st Place	Clean presentation. Box scores in newspapers is always a plus. Like the markers next to the sub heads. Stoires and photo More ...	Mountain Lake - Observer/Advocate	Observer Advocate - General Excellence	Observer Advocate - General Excellence.pdf
F. Multi-day: up to 5,000	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	2nd Place	I was impressed with the design of the newspaper. Local content is excellent.	Park Rapids Enterprise	General Excellence - Park Rapids Enterprise	20Dec2023ParkRapidsEnterprise.pdf 3Feb2024ParkRapidsEnterprise.pdf 24April2024ParkRapidsEnterprise.pdf
E. Non-multi-day: over 7,000	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	1st Place	All of the entries were great, but the White Bear Press just stood out to me. There is a nice balance of pages and the s More ...	White Bear Press	White Bear Press	WB_04_24_24.pdf WB_10_11_23.pdf WB_02_07_24.pdf
C. Non-multi-day: 1,501 to 3,000	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	1st Place	All-around outstanding coverage of local news with terrific photos and beautiful ads completing the package. Very thorou More ...	Blooming Prairie - Steele County Times	Genera Excellence	SCT_2023_10_11.pdf SCT_2024_06_05.pdf SCT_2023_12_20.pdf
C. Non-multi-day: 1,501 to 3,000	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	2nd Place	This paper covers it all- county, city, school, highway improvements, police and feature stories. The selection of "good More ...	Blue Earth - Faribault County Register	General Excellence	FCR-GeneralExcellence-4.22.24.pdf FCR-GeneralExcellence-6.3.24.pdf FCR-GeneralExcellence-12.18.23.pdf
D. Non-multi-day: 3,001 to 7,000	Awards to Publications	01. General Excellence	2nd Place	A good blend of hard news, enterprises stories and features- like the crime statistics and a story on a lemonade stand. More ...	Sauk Rapids Herald	Sauk Rapids Herald General Excellence Feb. 10, June 8, April 27	240210SRHerald.pdf 042724SRHerald.pdf 240608SRHerald.pdf