2011’s Top Stories

The Wild will hit the road Saturday night for a matchup with the Predators. The game can be heard on WJON beginning with the pregame show at 6:45.

Today (Friday) we wrap-up our countdown of the Top 10 News Stories of the year with our #1 story. The state government shutdown this summer dominated the news, and impacted thousands of Central Minnesotans.

We continue our countdown of the top stories of 2011 today (Thursday) with #2 on our list. We look back at our stretch of stormy weather this summer.

The countdown of the Top 10 stories of 2011 continues today with #3 on our list. It's a tragic story about a family that was ripped apart after a fatal crash in St. Cloud.

On October 11th, 2011, Verso Paper company declared their intention to reduce their production and workforce significantly. This was to significantly affect jobs at the plant in Sartell, vaulting it to number four in our Top Ten stories of 2011 countdown.

We continue our look back at the top ten stories of 2011 and in at number 5 is the West Metro Corridor Project.

2011 will forever be known in St. Cloud State University history as the year homecoming died - and that's the topic of the Number 6 story in our Top 10 stories of 2011 countdown.

We're continuing with our countdown of the Top 10 news stories of the year with #8 today (Wednesday). We back at the completion of the St. John's Bible.

We are counting down the Top 10 stories of 2011 and today, we look at number 9, two murder charges against Angelina O'Mara.

Today (Monday) we start our countdown of the Top 10 news stories of 2011. At #10 is Foley's decision to dump the deputies and hire security guards to police their streets.