2010′s Top Stories

Unless you've been holed up in cave this year, you know we had some extreme weather throughout 2011. Rain, flooding, drought - that's the topic of number 7 in our Top Ten Stories of 2011 countdown.

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ST. JOSEPH -- After years of investigating and tracking down hundreds, if not thousands of leads, the Jacob Wetterling abduction again took center stage this summer. It's our top ranked story of 2010

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St. Cloud hosted one of the biggest civilian air shows in the country in June. As we continue our countdown of the Top 10 local news stories for 2010, coming-in at #2 is the Great Minnesota Airshow.

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2010 was a record-breaking year for tornadoes. And that is our #3 story in our countdown of the Top 10 local news stories of the year.

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Today on our list of the top 10 stories of 2010 is number 4...the sentencing of St. Cloud native Tom Petters to prison.

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We're continuing our countdown of the Top 10 local news stories of the year. Today (Monday) we have the #5 story, the budget problems at St. Cloud State University, which lead to the talk of program cuts both on the sports fields and in the classrooms.

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SARTELL -- We continue our Top 10 Stories of 2010 with a look at number 6.

The opening of Super Walmart and Sam's Club in Sartell's Epic Center has brought additional tax base, new jobs and another option for grocery needs

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St. Cloud -- We continue our countdown today of the top 10 stories of 2010. In at number 7 is the expansion of the St. Cloud Civic Center.

It was about 12 years ago that city leaders started pitching a plan for a convention center near Interstate 94

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A massive wind storm that left downed trees and power lines in it's wake is our #8 story of the year in our countdown of the Top 10 Local News Stories of 2010. The wind storm moved through the St. Cloud area on October 26th and 27th.

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Today (Tuesday) we're continuing our countdown of the Top 10 Local News Stories of 2010 on WJON. At #9 today, we update you on the condition of fire fighter Cory Broich, a story that began back in January.

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