AM 1240 WJON » 2011′s Top Stories http://wjon.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:27:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Top 10 – #1 State Government Shutdown http://wjon.com/top-10-1-state-government-shutdown/ http://wjon.com/top-10-1-state-government-shutdown/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:03:09 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=60487 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.

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]]> http://wjon.com/top-10-3-fatal-police-chase/feed/ 0 Top 10 – # 4 Verso Paper in Sartell Announces Layoffs http://wjon.com/top-10-4-verso-paper-in-sartell-announces-layoffs/ http://wjon.com/top-10-4-verso-paper-in-sartell-announces-layoffs/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:01:45 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=61998 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.

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]]> http://wjon.com/top-10-5-west-metro-corridor/feed/ 0 Top Ten – #6: St. Cloud State University Cancels Homecoming [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/top-ten-6-st-cloud-state-university-cancels-homecoming-audio/ http://wjon.com/top-ten-6-st-cloud-state-university-cancels-homecoming-audio/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:01:59 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=60995 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.

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