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Awards to Individuals |
28. Business Story |
1st Place |
This story was above and beyond the others. Excellent interview and analysis of farming practice that's little-known. |
St. Michael/Albertville - Crow River News |
Medina/Loretto business hast first black-owned freight farm in the state |
Crow River News 1-23-25.pdf |
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Awards to Individuals |
23. Human Interest Story - Personality Feature/Profile |
3rd Place |
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St. Michael/Albertville - Crow River News |
Former Hamel Hawks manager, Elk River Elks player releases memoir |
Crow River News 4-24-25.pdf |
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Awards to Publications |
01. General Excellence |
2nd Place |
Photos - lots of them, some better than average, crop tighter on some. News - solid. Ads - look good, lots of them. Loca More ... |
Osseo/Maple Grove/Champlin/ Dayton Press |
General Excellence |
osseomaplegrove_20241219_Osseo-MapleGrove.pdfosseomaplegrove_20250206_Osseo-MapleGrove.pdfosseomaplegrove_20250605_Osseo-MapleGrove.pdf |
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Awards to Publications |
04. General Reporting |
3rd Place |
Good reporting on the the local happenings. Hard time to decide on 2nd & 3rd places. |
Osseo/Maple Grove/Champlin/ Dayton Press |
General Reporting |
osseomaplegrove_20250213_Osseo-MapleGrove.pdfosseomaplegrove_20250417_Osseo-MapleGrove.pdfosseomaplegrove_20240926_Osseo-MapleGrove.pdf |
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Awards to Individuals |
32. Hard News |
2nd Place |
This, like the first-place entry, is extremely well done. The two stories complement each other well, and another judge More ... |
Osseo/Maple Grove/Champlin/ Dayton Press |
Police stay outside of Maple Grove legislators homes after June 14 shootings |
Osseo Press 6-26-25 police.pdf |
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A. Non-multiday: up to 1,000 |
Awards to Individuals |
32. Hard News |
1st Place |
The top two stories in this category separate from the others. All three winning entries have nice depth, though I felt More ... |
Osseo/Maple Grove/Champlin/ Dayton Press |
Words of compassion spread healing in Champlin, Brooklyn Park |
Osseo Press 6-26-25 healing.pdf |
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A. Non-multiday: up to 1,000 |
Awards to Individuals |
35. Columnist |
1st Place |
Disclaimer, not an outdoors person but this writer made me want to read more. The columns engage the reader and detail More ... |
Two Harbors - Lake County Press |
From the Outside |
5.30.25LCP.pdf4.18.25LCP.pdf3.7.25LCP.pdf |
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A. Non-multiday: up to 1,000 |
Awards to Individuals |
27. Sports Feature Story |
2nd Place |
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Two Harbors - Lake County Press |
Freking Amazing! Beargrease 2025 sees the Freking family all on the run |
3.14.25 LCP.pdf |
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A. Non-multiday: up to 1,000 |
Awards to Individuals |
36. Photography News Photo |
3rd Place |
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Two Harbors - Lake County Press |
Brimson Wildfires Governor's tour photography |
5.23.25LCP.pdf2.5.23.25LCP.pdf8.8.25LCP.pdf |
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Awards to Individuals |
22. Human Interest Story |
2nd Place |
Excellent story about such a sad tragedy. The headline caught my attention and the first paragraph was outstanding and i More ... |
Minneota Mascot |
Tragedy struck this family twice in 1969 |
Minneota Page 1.pdfMinneota Page 8.pdf |
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A. Non-multiday: up to 1,000 |
Awards to Individuals |
37. Photography Sports Photo |
1st Place |
Excellent celebration shot. It picks up all the emotion of the moment. |
Minneota Mascot |
Volleyball team celebrating |
Volleyball celebration2.jpgMM - Volleyball celebration.png |
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A. Non-multiday: up to 1,000 |
Awards to Individuals |
26. Sports Story |
2nd Place |
The headline gets the reader in the door, and what pushed this piece beyond the average entry was its use of informative More ... |
Minneota Mascot |
Three-mendous |
Minneota Page 9.pdfMinneota Page 1.pdf |
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A. Non-multiday: up to 1,000 |
Awards to Publications |
02. Typography and Design |
1st Place |
Overall, very impressive. Maybe a bit too much of a mix of typestyles in one particular issue, but I loved the Bug Days More ... |
Minneota Mascot |
Typography and Design |
11-21-24.pdf08-07-25.pdf09-12-24.pdf |
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A. Non-multiday: up to 1,000 |
Awards to Publications |
04. General Reporting |
2nd Place |
Good headlines to go with the stories and lots to read about. |
New York Mills Dispatch |
General Reporting |
reporting2.pdfreporting3.pdfreporting1.pdf |
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A. Non-multiday: up to 1,000 |
Awards to Publications |
06. Use of Photography as a Whole |
3rd Place |
Great use of photos. Relevant and eye catching |
New York Mills Dispatch |
Use of Photography |
photography1.pdfphotography3.pdfphotography2.pdf |
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A. Non-multiday: up to 1,000 |
Awards to Individuals |
27. Sports Feature Story |
1st Place |
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New York Mills Dispatch |
Olson achieves rare triple 1,000 career mark |
pg2_12_41.pdfpg1_12_41.pdf |
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Awards to Individuals |
20. Best Advertisement |
3rd Place |
Ad provides the information you need to attend the event. Whimsical feel to it, which I like. |
New York Mills Dispatch |
Kreative Shindigz |
KreativeShindigz12-3.pdfpg4_12_49.pdf |
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A. Non-multiday: up to 1,000 |
Awards to Individuals |
20. Best Advertisement |
1st Place |
Nice ad. Simple, classic. Good color and gives you everything you need to know. Good job. |
Henning - Citizens Advocate |
Tailgate Party |
FirstNatlBank8-26.pdfpg12_134_35.pdf |
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A. Non-multiday: up to 1,000 |
Awards to Publications |
03. Editorial Page as a Whole |
2nd Place |
A solid variety of informative columns each week, the Library Happenings being one of the better of all of them that is More ... |
Henning - Citizens Advocate |
Editorial Page as a Whole |
pg4_134_1.pdfpg8_134_29.pdfpg6_134_19.pdf |
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A. Non-multiday: up to 1,000 |
Awards to Publications |
05. Sports Reporting |
2nd Place |
Articles are well-written, layout is easy to follow and looks nice. |
Henning - Citizens Advocate |
Sports Reporting |
sports 3.pdfsports 2.pdfsports 1.pdf |
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