2012 Top Stories

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.

We are down to our #2 story of the year in our countdown of the Top 10 Local News Stories of 2012. It's a story that shook the town of Sartell, and many others in Central Minnesota. We look back at the explosion and fire at the Verso Paper Mill.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In today's installment of our Top 10 stories of 2012, we take a look at number 7....the murder of Colton Gleason.

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.

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.

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.