AM 1240 WJON » 2012 Top Stories http://wjon.com Sat, 25 May 2013 05:34:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Top 10 Stories – #1 Cold Spring Police Officer Shooting http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-1-cold-spring-police-officer-shooting/ http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-1-cold-spring-police-officer-shooting/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2012 06:01:43 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=157477 On this last day of 2012, we bring you the number one WJON news story of 2012...the murder of Cold Spring Police Officer Tom Decker.

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]]> http://wjon.com/top-10-2-verso-paper-mill-explosion-fire/feed/ 0 Top 10 Stories – #3 Little Falls Murders [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-3-little-falls-murders-audio/ http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-3-little-falls-murders-audio/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 06:01:55 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=157450 In today's installment of our Top 10 stories of 2012, we take a look at number three...the shooting and killing of two Little Falls teenagers after breaking into and entering a man's home.

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]]> http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-3-little-falls-murders-audio/feed/ 0 Top 10 – #4 John Gagliardi Retires http://wjon.com/top-10-4-john-gagliardi-retires/ http://wjon.com/top-10-4-john-gagliardi-retires/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 06:59:44 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=157160 We continue with our countdown of the Top 10 Local News Stories of 2012, and today (Thursday) we're at our #4 story of the year. It's a story we all new was going to happen eventually, but nobody really wanted to hear it. Most of us were not alive the last time someone other than John Gagliardi coached the St. John's University football team.

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]]> http://wjon.com/top-10-4-john-gagliardi-retires/feed/ 0 Top 10 Stories – # 5: Decades-Old Dairy Queen Torn Down, Being Rebuilt Nearby [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-5-decades-old-dairy-queen-torn-down-rebuilt-nearby-audio/ http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-5-decades-old-dairy-queen-torn-down-rebuilt-nearby-audio/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2012 06:50:30 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=157385 We're continuing our countdown of this year's top stories. Coming in at number 5 is the demolition of an iconic St. Cloud business.

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]]> http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-5-decades-old-dairy-queen-torn-down-rebuilt-nearby-audio/feed/ 0 Top 10 Stories – #6 Two Local Olympians http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-6-two-local-olympians/ http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-6-two-local-olympians/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:49:46 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=156750 Today (Monday) we continue our countdown of the Top 10 local stories of the year with our number six story. It's a story that actually played-out across the pond over in London. During the Games of the XXX Olympiad July 27th through August 12th, we were fortunate enough to have not just one, but two, women from Stearns County competing for Team USA.

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]]> http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-6-two-local-olympians/feed/ 0 Top 10 Stories – #7 Colton Gleason Murder http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-7-colton-gleason-murder/ http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-7-colton-gleason-murder/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 06:01:50 +0000 Lee Voss http://wjon.com/?p=156877 In today's installment of our Top 10 stories of 2012, we take a look at number 7....the murder of Colton Gleason.

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]]> http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-7-colton-gleason-murder/feed/ 0 Top 10 Stories – # 8: German Company Geringhoff Announces Expansion to St. Cloud http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-8-german-company-geringhoff-announces-expansion-to-st-cloud/ http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-8-german-company-geringhoff-announces-expansion-to-st-cloud/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:01:58 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=156070 We're at story number 8 in our Top 10 countdown. Today, we revisit the day a German manufacturer announced plans to build their first American plant here in St. Cloud.

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]]> http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-8-german-company-geringhoff-announces-expansion-to-st-cloud/feed/ 0 Top 10 Stories – #9: Bill Clinton Campaigns for Democrats in St. Cloud http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-9-bill-clinton-campaigns-for-democrats-in-st-cloud/ http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-9-bill-clinton-campaigns-for-democrats-in-st-cloud/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 06:39:01 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=155904 We continue on with our countdown of the top ten stories of 2012. Today, coming it at #9 is something that caused a buzz and created crowds on the campus of St. Cloud State University - former President Bill Clinton's highly publicized visit in advance of election day.

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]]> http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-9-bill-clinton-campaigns-for-democrats-in-st-cloud/feed/ 0 Top 10 Stories – #10 Allegiant Airlines Lands in St. Cloud http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-10-allegiant-airlines-lands-in-st-cloud/ http://wjon.com/top-10-stories-10-allegiant-airlines-lands-in-st-cloud/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:39:25 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=155155 Today (Wednesday) we're kick-off our countdown of the Top 10 News Stories of 2012. At number ten is the return of regular air service to the St. Cloud Regional Airport.

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