Runners-up

Honorable mention (in no particular order):
• Census figures released.
• One year after deadly tornadoes.
• Arson at Lakeview Elementary School classroom.
• Sentencing updates for elder abusers.
• Progress on bike lanes and bike trails.
• Beach Boys perform at Freeborn County Fair.
• Layoffs in Lake Mills.
• United South Central school board proposes new school.
• Flooded streets in March from heavy rain and melting snow.
• Flooded streets in July after a downpour.