Today we unveil our top local news story for 2015...coming in at #1 is the story of an Annandale man charged with child pornography, who is also a person of interest in the abduction of Jacob Wetterling.
We are down to our #2 story of the year, in our countdown of the Top 10 Local News Stories of 2015. It's the deadly shooting at St. Cloud Hospital. Early in the morning on Sunday, October 18th a struggle started between a hospital patient, 50-year-old Danny Hammond, and a Sheriff's Deputy who was assigned to guard him.
Today on our countdown of the Top 10 local news stories of 2015, we look at #3 on the list. On March 25th, over 100 students, mostly Somali, walked out and protested outside of Tech High School.
We continue our countdown of the top 10 local news stories of 2015 with a look back at out #5 story of the year: a fatal car crash near Becker that killed a father his daughter.
After the St. Cloud area school district developed a plan in the spring/summer to tear down Clark Field and put in a $25 million building on the site for early childhood and other programs, many in the community were frustrated and upset with the decision.
Today on our countdown of the Top 10 local news stories of 2015, we look at #7 on the list...a St. Cloud bank robbery that turned out to be an inside job.
We continue with our countdown of the Top 10 local news stories of 2015 today (Monday) with our #8 story of the year...a crash that claimed the lives of two people in Sauk Rapids. A Hibbing couple, 45-year-old Kathy Davey and 51-year-old Kevin Davey, were in town for the stock car races.
We continue our countdown of the Top 10 local news stories of 2015 with a look back at our #9 story of the year. A longstanding bar and grill in St. Joseph closed its doors in late September after 70 years in the community.