IOWA’S OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPERS HONORED

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IOWA’S OUTSTANDING NEWSPAPERS HONORED

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Sheldon N’West Iowa Review was named Friday as
the Iowa Newspaper Association 2009 "Newspaper of the Year." The award
was announced at the association’s Awards Banquet during the INA 2009
Convention and Trade Show held February 5-6 at the Des Moines Marriott
Hotel. Presentations were also made to winners of the INA 2009 Better
Newspaper Contests, which were judged by the Minnesota Newspaper
Association. More than 4,000 entries in dozens of categories were
judged by class, based on circulation. Daily Class 1 is for newspapers
published daily with 9,999 circulation and less, Daily Class 2 is for
newspapers published daily with 10,000 circulation and more. Weekly
Class 1 is for newspapers published weekly with 1,400 circulation and
less. Weekly Class 2, 1,401 to 2,274 circulation; Weekly Class 3,
2,275 and above circulation.

General Excellence: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Carroll Daily Times
Herald, Second Place- Le Mars Daily Sentinel, Third Place- Webster
City Daily Freeman-Journal; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Des Moines
Register, Second Place- Cedar Rapids Gazette, Third Place- Dubuque
Telegraph Herald; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Sergeant Bluff
Advocate, Second Place- Woodward NE Dallas Co. Record, Third Place-
Conrad Record; Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Adel Dallas Co. News,
Second Place- Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun, Third Place- Akron Hometowner;
Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review, Second
Place- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen, Third Place- Storm Lake Pilot-
Tribune.

Best Editorial Page: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Muscatine Journal,
Second Place- Webster City Daily Freeman-Journal, Third Place-
Shenandoah Valley News Today; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Des Moines
Register, Second Place- Waterloo Courier, Third Place- Cedar Rapids
Gazette; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Woodbine Twiner, Second Place-
Woodward NE Dallas Co. Record, Third Place- West Branch Times;
Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun, Second Place-
Adel Dallas Co. News, Third Place- Blairstown South Benton Star-Press;
Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review, Second
Place- Decorah Journal, Third Place- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen.

Best Front Page: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Newton Daily News,
Second Place- Carroll Daily Times Herald, Third Place- Le Mars Daily
Sentinel; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Dubuque Telegraph Herald,
Second Place- Cedar Rapids Gazette, Third Place- Burlington Hawk Eye;
Weeklies Class 1: First Place- North Liberty Leader, Second Place-
West Branch Times, Third Place- Prairie City News; Weeklies Class 2:
First Place- Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun, Second Place- Cascade Pioneer,
Third Place- Blairstown South Benton Star-Press; Weeklies Class 3:
First Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review, Second Place- Storm Lake
Pilot-Tribune, Third Place- Indianola Record-Herald & Tribune.

Best Sports Page: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Webster City Daily
Freeman-Journal, Second Place- Shenandoah Valley News Today, Third
Place- Le Mars Daily Sentinel; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Iowa City
Press-Citizen, Second Place- Des Moines Register, Third Place- Cedar
Rapids Gazette; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Woodward NE Dallas Co.
Record, Second Place- Conrad Record, Third Place- Solon Economist;
Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Rock Rapids Lyon Co. Reporter, Second
Place- Cascade Pioneer, Third Place- Ackley World Journal; Weeklies
Class 3: First Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review, Second Place-
Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index, Third Place- Spirit Lake Dickinson
Co. News.

Best Feature Page: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Webster City Daily
Freeman-Journal, Second Place- Newton Daily News, Third Place-
Muscatine Journal; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Burlington Hawk Eye,
Second Place- Des Moines Register, Third Place- Davenport Quad-City
Times; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- North Liberty Leader, Second
Place- Sergeant Bluff Advocate, Third Place- Conrad Record; Weeklies
Class 2: First Place- Ogden Reporter, Second Place- Elkader Clayton
Co. Register, Third Place- Blairstown South Benton Star-Press;
Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review, Second
Place- Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index, Third Place- Monticello
Express.

Coverage of Local Government: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Fort
Madison Daily Democrat, Second Place- Carroll Daily Times Herald,
Third Place- Spencer Daily Reporter; Dailies Class 2: First Place-
Waterloo Courier, Second Place- Des Moines Register, Third Place-
Davenport Quad-City Times; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Woodward NE
Dallas Co. Record, Second Place- West Branch Times, Third Place- North
Liberty Leader; Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Adel Dallas Co. News,
Second Place- Akron Hometowner, Third Place- Tama News-Herald;
Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review, Second
Place- Indianola Record-Herald & Tribune, Third Place- Dyersville
Commercial.

Coverage of Education: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Carroll Daily
Times Herald, Second Place- Keokuk Daily Gate City, Third Place-
Newton Daily News; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Iowa City Press-
Citizen, Second Place- Cedar Rapids Gazette, Third Place- Dubuque
Telegraph Herald; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- North English Record,
Second Place- Sergeant Bluff Advocate, Third Place- Ossian Bee;
Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun, Second Place-
Fayette Leader, Third Place- Montezuma Republican; Weeklies Class 3:
First Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review, Second Place- Spirit Lake
Dickinson Co. News, Third Place- Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune.

Coverage of Agriculture: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Charles City
Press, Second Place- Carroll Daily Times Herald, Third Place- Le Mars
Daily Sentinel; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Des Moines Register,
Second Place- Davenport Quad-City Times, Third Place- Waterloo
Courier; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Britt News-Tribune, Second
Place- Conrad Record, Third Place- Westside Observer; Weeklies Class
2: First Place- Akron Hometowner, Second Place- Fayette Leader, Third
Place- Adel Dallas Co. News; Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Sheldon
N'West Iowa Review, Second Place- Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune, Third
Place- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen.

Coverage of Business: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Le Mars Daily
Sentinel, Second Place- Newton Daily News, Third Place- Carroll Daily
Times Herald; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Dubuque Telegraph Herald,
Second Place- Des Moines Register, Third Place- Fort Dodge Messenger;
Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Hamburg Reporter, Second Place- North
Liberty Leader, Third Place- Elgin Echo; Weeklies Class 2: First
Place- Fayette Leader, Second Place- Akron Hometowner, Third Place-
Cascade Pioneer; Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Iowa Falls Times-
Citizen, Second Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review, Third Place- Storm
Lake Pilot-Tribune.

Best Special Section - Editorial: Dailies Class 1: First Place-
Shenandoah Valley News Today, Second Place- Keokuk Daily Gate City,
Third Place- Webster City Daily Freeman-Journal; Dailies Class 2:
First Place- Ames Tribune, Second Place- Iowa City Press-Citizen,
Third Place- Waterloo Courier; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Winthrop
News, Second Place- Wellman Advance, Third Place- Conrad Record;
Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Logan Herald-Observer, Second Place-
Ackley World Journal, Third Place- Pella Chronicle; Weeklies Class 3:
First Place- Emmetsburg Reporter, Second Place- West Union Fayette Co.
Union, Third Place- Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune.

Total Newspaper Design: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Webster City
Daily Freeman-Journal, Second Place- Shenandoah Valley News Today,
Third Place- Le Mars Daily Sentinel; Dailies Class 2: First Place-
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Second Place- Des Moines Register, Third Place-
Iowa City Press-Citizen; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Solon
Economist, Second Place- North Liberty Leader, Third Place- Woodward
NE Dallas Co. Record; Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Mount Vernon-
Lisbon Sun, Second Place- Rock Rapids Lyon Co. Reporter, Third Place-
Blairstown South Benton Star-Press; Weeklies Class 3: First Place-
Sheldon N'West Iowa Review, Second Place- Indianola Record-Herald &
Tribune, Third Place- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen.

Community Service: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Shenandoah Valley
News Today, Second Place- Le Mars Daily Sentinel; Dailies Class 2:
First Place- Des Moines Register, Second Place- Davenport Quad-City
Times, Third Place- Iowa City Press-Citizen; Weeklies Class 1: First
Place- Winthrop News, Second Place- Nora Springs Rockford Register,
Third Place- Thompson Courier and Rake Register; Weeklies Class 2:
First Place- Akron Hometowner; Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Storm
Lake Pilot-Tribune, Second Place- Albia Union-Republican, Third Place-
Iowa Falls Times-Citizen.

Best Headline Writing: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Carroll Daily
Times Herald, Second Place- Oskaloosa Herald, Third Place- Spencer
Daily Reporter; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Cedar Rapids Gazette,
Second Place- Des Moines Register, Third Place- Dubuque Telegraph
Herald; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Woodbine Twiner, Second Place-
Woodward NE Dallas Co. Record, Third Place- Lime Springs Herald;
Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Fayette Leader, Second Place- Adel
Dallas Co. News, Third Place- Toledo Chronicle; Weeklies Class 3:
First Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review, Second Place- Iowa Falls
Times-Citizen, Third Place- Wilton-Durant Advocate News.

Best Use of Graphics: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Shenandoah Valley
News Today, Second Place- Spencer Daily Reporter, Third Place- Creston
News Advertiser; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Des Moines Register,
Second Place- Waterloo Courier, Third Place- Ames Tribune; Weeklies
Class 1: First Place- Woodbine Twiner, Second Place- Woodward NE
Dallas Co. Record, Third Place- Prairie City News; Weeklies Class 2:
First Place- Akron Hometowner, Second Place- Adel Dallas Co. News,
Third Place- Anamosa Journal-Eureka; Weeklies Class 3: First Place-
Indianola Record-Herald & Tribune, Second Place- Iowa Falls Times-
Citizen, Third Place- West Union Fayette Co. Union.

Best Newspaper Web Site: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Keokuk Daily
Gate City, Second Place- Le Mars Daily Sentinel, Third Place-
Muscatine Journal; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Davenport Quad-City
Times, Second Place- Mason City Globe Gazette, Third Place- Waterloo
Courier; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Jesup Citizen Herald, Second
Place- Conrad Record, Third Place- Winthrop News; Weeklies Class 2:
First Place- Fayette Leader, Second Place- Ogden Reporter; Weeklies
Class 3: First Place- Decorah Journal, Second Place- Des Moines
Business Record, Third Place- Grundy Center Register.

Best Video: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Charles City Press, Second
Place- Webster City Daily Freeman-Journal; Dailies Class 2: First
Place- Cedar Rapids Gazette, Second Place- Des Moines Register, Third
Place- Waterloo Courier; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Hamburg
Reporter.

Best Slideshow: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Le Mars Daily Sentinel;
Dailies Class 2: First Place- Cedar Rapids Gazette, Second Place-
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Third Place- Waterloo Courier; Weeklies Class 2:
First Place- Mediapolis News, Second Place- Mediapolis News; Weeklies
Class 3: First Place- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen.

Best News Story: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Newton Daily News-Mandi
Lamb, Second Place- Carroll Daily Times Herald-Butch Heman, Third
Place- Fort Madison Daily Democrat-Robin Delaney; Dailies Class 2:
First Place- Cedar Rapids Gazette-Jennifer Hemmingsen, Second Place-
Cedar Rapids Gazette-Staff, Third Place- Des Moines Register-Staff;
Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Prairie City News-Peter Scarnati,
Second Place- Belle Plaine Union-Judy Schlesselman, Third Place-
McGregor North Iowa Times-Trudy Balcom; Weeklies Class 2: First Place-
Fayette Leader-Janell Bradley, Second Place- Adel Dallas Co. News-
Amber Williams, Third Place- Blairstown South Benton Star-Press-Jim
Magdefrau; Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune-
Dana Larsen & Jeff Jones, Second Place- Hampton Chronicle-Justin Hill,
Third Place- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen-Sara Konrad.

Best Spot News Story: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Webster City Daily
Freeman-Journal-Lori Berglund, Second Place- Muscatine Journal-Cynthia
Beaudette, Third Place- Spencer Daily Reporter-Russ Mitchell; Dailies
Class 2: First Place- Cedar Rapids Gazette-Staff, Second Place- Cedar
Rapids Gazette-Staff, Third Place- Burlington Hawk Eye-Jeff Abell;
Weeklies Class 1: First Place- West Branch Times-Gregory Norfleet,
Second Place- Prairie City News-Criste Scarnati, Third Place- Hull
Sioux Co. Index-Reporter-Luke DeKoster; Weeklies Class 2: First Place-
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun-Staff, Second Place- Akron Hometowner-Julie
Ann Madden, Third Place- Montezuma Republican-J.O. Parker; Weeklies
Class 3: First Place- Indianola Record-Herald & Tribune-Sara Sleyster,
Second Place- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen-Corey Meints, Third Place-
Sheldon N'West Iowa Review-Dan Breen.

Best News Feature Story: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Newton Daily
News-Jessica Lowe, Second Place- Le Mars Daily Sentinel-Beverly Van
Buskirk, Third Place- Le Mars Daily Sentinel-Magdalene Biesanz;
Dailies Class 2: First Place- Cedar Rapids Gazette-Jennifer
Hemmingsen, Second Place- Des Moines Register-Reid Forgrave, Third
Place- Iowa City Daily Iowan-Bryce Bauer and Kelsey Beltramea;
Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Sergeant Bluff Advocate-Staff, Second
Place- Elgin Echo-Meghan Powers, Third Place- North Liberty Leader-
Lori Lindner; Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Traer Star-Clipper-Jason
Staker, Second Place- Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun-Jake Krob, Third Place-
Fayette Leader-Janell Bradley; Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Iowa
Falls Times-Citizen-Sara Konrad, Second Place- Indianola Record-Herald
& Tribune-Sara Sleyster, Third Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review-Dan
Breen.

Best Personality Feature Story: Dailies Class 1: First Place-
Muscatine Journal-Cynthia Beaudette, Second Place- Creston News
Advertiser-Jasmynne Sloan, Third Place- Spencer Daily Reporter-Kris
Todd; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Waterloo Courier-Jens Manuel
Krogstad, Second Place- Des Moines Register-Mary Challender, Third
Place- Des Moines Register-Mike Kilen; Weeklies Class 1: First Place-
Jesup Citizen Herald-Deb Holt, Second Place- West Branch Times-Gregory
Norfleet, Third Place- North English Record-Andrea Furlong; Weeklies
Class 2: First Place- Knoxville Journal-Express-Steve Woodhouse,
Second Place- Cascade Pioneer-Josh Jorgensen, Third Place- Adel Dallas
Co. News-Amber Williams; Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Hampton
Chronicle-Justin Hill, Second Place- Waverly Democrat-Anelia
Dimitrova, Third Place- Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index-Krista
Kielsmeier.

Best Sports Story: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Spencer Daily
Reporter-Jeff Hasselmann, Second Place- Creston News Advertiser-Ben
Frotscher, Third Place- Carroll Daily Times Herald-Ashley Schable;
Dailies Class 2: First Place- Cedar Rapids Gazette-Scott Dochterman,
Second Place- Ames Tribune-Bobby LaGesse, Third Place- Davenport Quad-
City Times-Eric Page; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Prairie City News-
Peter Scarnati, Second Place- Conrad Record-Sam Martin, Third Place-
Woodward NE Dallas Co. Record-Bill Haglund; Weeklies Class 2: First
Place- Adel Dallas Co. News-Greg Eckstrom, Second Place- Fayette
Leader-Jeff Bradley, Third Place- Fayette Leader-Randy Fink; Weeklies
Class 3: First Place- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen-Tony Baranowski, Second
Place- Hampton Chronicle-Justin Hill, Third Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa
Review-Scott Byers.

Best Series: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Spencer Daily Reporter-Kris
Todd, Second Place- Le Mars Daily Sentinel-Staff, Third Place- Carroll
Daily Times Herald-Emily Schettler; Dailies Class 2: First Place-
Dubuque Telegraph Herald-Erik Hogstrom, Second Place- Council Bluffs
Daily Nonpareil-Courtney Brummer, Third Place- Cedar Rapids Gazette-
Jennifer Hemmingsen; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- West Liberty Index-
Sara Sedlacek, Second Place- Sergeant Bluff Advocate-Wayne Dominowski,
Third Place- Lime Springs Herald-Marcie Klomp; Weeklies Class 2: First
Place- Anamosa Journal-Eureka-Michelle Phillips, Second Place- Sumner
Gazette-Rachel Lewey, Third Place- Adel Dallas Co. News-Bob Eschliman;
Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index-
Kristin Danley-Greiner, Second Place- Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune-Lorri
Glawe, Third Place- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen-Staff.

Excellence In Editorial Writing: Dailies Class 1: First Place-
Muscatine Journal-Chris Steinbach, Second Place- Shenandoah Valley
News Today-David Gustafson, Third Place- Fort Madison Daily Democrat-
Robin Delaney; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Davenport Quad-City Times-
Mark Ridolfi, Second Place- Burlington Hawk Eye-Steve Delaney, Third
Place- Des Moines Register-Carol Hunter; Weeklies Class 1: First
Place- West Branch Times-Gregory Norfleet, Second Place- Woodbine
Twiner-John Beaudoin, Third Place- Woodward NE Dallas Co. Record-Bob
Eschliman; Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun-Jake
Krob, Second Place- Bloomfield Democrat-Gary Spurgeon, Third Place-
Adel Dallas Co. News-Bob Eschliman; Weeklies Class 3: First Place-
Indianola Record-Herald & Tribune-Staff, Second Place- Monticello
Express-Steven Lerch, Third Place- Dyersville Commercial-Staff.

Master Columnist: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Carroll Daily Times
Herald-Douglas Burns, Second Place- Muscatine Journal-Chris Steinbach,
Third Place- Newton Daily News-Jessica Lowe; Dailies Class 2: First
Place- Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil-Stephanie Ogren, Second Place-
Clinton Herald-Robert Whitten, Third Place- Dubuque Telegraph Herald-
Amy Gilligan; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- West Liberty Index-Sara
Sedlacek, Second Place- Woodward NE Dallas Co. Record-Greg Eckstrom,
Third Place- Winthrop News-Mary Beth Smith; Weeklies Class 2: First
Place- Adel Dallas Co. News-Amber Williams, Second Place- Greenfield
Adair Co. Free Press-Kelly Fox, Third Place- Adel Dallas Co. News-Bob
Eschliman; Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune-
Dana Larsen, Second Place- Marengo Pioneer-Republican-Melinda Wichman,
Third Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review-Jay Wagner.

Best Sports Columnist: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Creston News
Advertiser-Larry Peterson, Second Place- Shenandoah Valley News Today-
Kevin Slater, Third Place- Fort Madison Daily Democrat-Chris Faulkner;
Dailies Class 2: First Place- Iowa City Press-Citizen-Pat Harty,
Second Place- Ames Tribune-Courtney Linehan, Third Place- Des Moines
Register-Sean Keeler; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Woodward NE
Dallas Co. Record-Bill Haglund, Second Place- Woodward NE Dallas Co.
Record-Greg Eckstrom, Third Place- Sergeant Bluff Advocate-Wayne
Dominowski; Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Anamosa Journal-Eureka-
Daryl Schepanski, Second Place- Perry Chief-Jeff Webster, Third Place-
Adel Dallas Co. News-Bill Haglund; Weeklies Class 3: First Place-
Monticello Express-Pete Temple, Second Place- Decorah Journal-Rick
Fromm, Third Place- Eldridge North Scott Press-Scott Campbell.

Best News Photo: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Muscatine Journal-Beth
Van Zandt, Second Place- Le Mars Daily Sentinel-Roy Tucker, Third
Place- Carroll Daily Times Herald-Jeff Storjohann; Dailies Class 2:
First Place- Ames Tribune-Nirmalendu Majumdar, Second Place- Des
Moines Register-Christopher Gannon, Third Place- Iowa City Press-
Citizen-Matthew Holst; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- West Branch
Times-Gregory Norfleet, Second Place- Conrad Record-Chuck Friend,
Third Place- Westside Observer-Janine Kock; Weeklies Class 2: First
Place- Montezuma Republican-J.O. Parker, Second Place- Guthrie Center
Times-Scott Gonzales, Third Place- Montezuma Republican-J.O. Parker;
Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Indianola Record-Herald & Tribune-
Michael Rolands, Second Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review-Rylan Howe,
Third Place- Waverly Democrat-Clint Riese.

Best Spot News Photo: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Spencer Daily
Reporter-Michael Fischer, Second Place- Carroll Daily Times Herald-
Jeff Storjohann, Third Place- Webster City Daily Freeman-Journal-Tracy
Rumeberg; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Davenport Quad-City Times-Jeff
Cook, Second Place- Cedar Rapids Gazette-Johnathan D. Woods, Third
Place- Des Moines Register-Don Tormey; Weeklies Class 1: First Place-
Conrad Record-Chuck Friend, Second Place- Nora Springs Rockford
Register-John Podgorniak, Third Place- Prairie City News-Christe
Scarnati; Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Tama News-Herald-John Speer,
Second Place- Toledo Chronicle-John Speer, Third Place- Northwood
Anchor-Kris Kenison; Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Iowa Falls Times-
Citizen-Patrick Doty, Second Place- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen-Patrick
Doty, Third Place- Indianola Record-Herald & Tribune-Michael
Rolands.

Best Sports Photo: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Spencer Daily
Reporter-Michael Fischer, Second Place- Le Mars Daily Sentinel-Roy
Tucker, Third Place- Washington Evening Journal-Travis J. Brown;
Dailies Class 2: First Place- Davenport Quad-City Times-John Schultz,
Second Place- Dubuque Telegraph Herald-Jeremy Portje, Third Place-
Cedar Rapids Gazette-Johnathan D. Woods; Weeklies Class 1: First
Place- Conrad Record-Sam Martin, Second Place- Conrad Record-Chuck
Friend, Third Place- Woodward NE Dallas Co. Record-Bill Haglund;
Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Leon Journal-Reporter-Corey R. Lindsey,
Second Place- Montezuma Republican-Kyle Kirby, Third Place- Blairstown
South Benton Star-Press-Jim Magdefrau; Weeklies Class 3: First Place-
Vinton Eagle-Tom Lundvall, Second Place- Clarinda Herald-Journal-Joe
Moore, Third Place- Dyersville Commercial-Beth Lutgen.

Best Feature Photo or Photo Story: Dailies Class 1: First Place-
Spencer Daily Reporter-Michael Fischer, Second Place- Spencer Daily
Reporter-Michael Fischer, Third Place- Carroll Daily Times Herald-
Larry Devine; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Dubuque Telegraph Herald-
Jeremy Portje, Second Place- Dubuque Telegraph Herald-Jeremy Portje,
Third Place- Davenport Quad-City Times-Jeff Cook; Weeklies Class 1:
First Place- Solon Economist-Lori Lindner, Second Place- North Liberty
Leader-Doug Lindner, Third Place- North Liberty Leader-Lori Lindner;
Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Blairstown South Benton Star-Press-Jim
Magdefrau, Second Place- Brooklyn Chronicle-Sky Eilers, Third Place-
Brooklyn Chronicle-Sky Eilers; Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Hampton
Chronicle-Ray Baltes, Second Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review-Rylan
Howe, Third Place- Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune-Lorri Glawe.

Best Newspaper Marketing: Dailies: First Place- Dubuque Telegraph
Herald, Second Place- Shenandoah Valley News Today, Third Place- Le
Mars Daily Sentinel; Weeklies: First Place- Eldridge North Scott
Press, Second Place- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen, Third Place- Spirit
Lake Dickinson Co. News.

Best Of Class Advertising: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Spencer Daily
Reporter, Second Place- Carroll Daily Times Herald, Third Place-
Carroll Daily Times Herald; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Dubuque
Telegraph Herald, Second Place- Des Moines Register, Third Place-
Mason City Globe Gazette; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Sergeant
Bluff Advocate, Second Place- Jesup Citizen Herald, Third Place- Jesup
Citizen Herald; Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Eagle Grove Eagle,
Second Place- Bloomfield Democrat, Third Place- Mount Vernon-Lisbon
Sun; Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Altoona Herald-Mitchellville
Index, Second Place- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen, Third Place- Sheldon
N'West Iowa Review.

Best Ad Featuring Grocery/Food/Entertainment: Dailies Class 1: First
Place- Carroll Daily Times Herald, Second Place- Carroll Daily Times
Herald, Third Place- Le Mars Daily Sentinel; Dailies Class 2: First
Place- Des Moines Register, Second Place- Dubuque Telegraph Herald,
Third Place- Burlington Hawk Eye; Weeklies Class 1: First Place-
Woodward NE Dallas Co. Record, Second Place- Sergeant Bluff Advocate,
Third Place- Jesup Citizen Herald; Weeklies Class 2: First Place-
Bloomfield Democrat, Second Place- Mediapolis News, Third Place- Adel
Dallas Co. News; Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa
Review, Second Place- Vinton Eagle, Third Place- Altoona Herald-
Mitchellville Index.

Best Ad Featuring Financial, Insurance, or Other Professional Service:
Dailies Class 1: First Place- Webster City Daily Freeman-Journal,
Second Place- Carroll Daily Times Herald, Third Place- Le Mars Daily
Sentinel; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Council Bluffs Daily
Nonpareil, Second Place- Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, Third Place-
Dubuque Telegraph Herald; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Jesup Citizen
Herald, Second Place- Sergeant Bluff Advocate, Third Place- Conrad
Record; Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Adel Dallas Co. News, Second
Place- Akron Hometowner, Third Place- Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun;
Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Clear Lake Mirror Reporter, Second
Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review, Third Place- Mapleton Press.

Best Ad Featuring Furniture, Furnishings, Appliances or Hardware:
Dailies Class 1: First Place- Le Mars Daily Sentinel, Second Place-
Spencer Daily Reporter, Third Place- Newton Daily News; Dailies Class
2: First Place- Des Moines Register, Second Place- Waterloo Courier,
Third Place- Fort Dodge Messenger; Weeklies Class 1: First Place-
Sergeant Bluff Advocate, Second Place- Lime Springs Herald, Third
Place- Winthrop News; Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Adel Dallas Co.
News, Second Place- Fayette Leader, Third Place- Elkader Clayton Co.
Register; Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review,
Second Place- Decorah Journal, Third Place- West Union Fayette Co.
Union.

Best Ad Featuring Automotive, Boats, Aircraft, Tires, Gasoline, Etc.:
Dailies Class 1: First Place- Carroll Daily Times Herald, Second
Place- Webster City Daily Freeman-Journal, Third Place- Spencer Daily
Reporter; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Des Moines Register, Second
Place- Des Moines Register, Third Place- Dubuque Telegraph Herald;
Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Sergeant Bluff Advocate, Second Place-
Winthrop News, Third Place- Sergeant Bluff Advocate; Weeklies Class 2:
First Place- Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun, Second Place- Mediapolis News,
Third Place- Akron Hometowner; Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Iowa
Falls Times-Citizen, Second Place- Decorah Journal, Third Place-
Glenwood Opinion-Tribune.

Best Ad featuring Miscellaneous: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Carroll
Daily Times Herald, Second Place- Newton Daily News, Third Place-
Keokuk Daily Gate City; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Dubuque
Telegraph Herald, Second Place- Waterloo Courier, Third Place- Des
Moines Register; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Jesup Citizen Herald,
Second Place- Sergeant Bluff Advocate, Third Place- Britt News-
Tribune; Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Akron Hometowner, Second
Place- Adel Dallas Co. News, Third Place- Mediapolis News; Weeklies
Class 3: First Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review, Second Place-
Sheldon N'West Iowa Review, Third Place- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen.

Best Special Section Advertising: Dailies Class 1: First Place-
Spencer Daily Reporter, Second Place- Keokuk Daily Gate City, Third
Place- Webster City Daily Freeman-Journal; Dailies Class 2: First
Place- Des Moines Register, Second Place- Dubuque Telegraph Herald,
Third Place- Des Moines Register; Weeklies Class 1: First Place-
Sergeant Bluff Advocate, Second Place- Wellman Advance, Third Place-
Winthrop News; Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Rock Rapids Lyon Co.
Reporter, Second Place- Guthrie Center Times, Third Place- Logan
Herald-Observer; Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Altoona Herald-
Mitchellville Index, Second Place- Decorah Journal, Third Place-
Sheldon N'West Iowa Review.

Best Ad series or campaign featuring any service or merchandise
category: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Webster City Daily Freeman-
Journal, Second Place- Le Mars Daily Sentinel, Third Place- Keokuk
Daily Gate City; Dailies Class 2: First Place- Mason City Globe
Gazette, Second Place- Waterloo Courier, Third Place- Des Moines
Register; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Jesup Citizen Herald, Second
Place- Riverside Current, Third Place- Sergeant Bluff Advocate;
Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Eagle Grove Eagle, Second Place- Akron
Hometowner, Third Place- Akron Hometowner; Weeklies Class 3: First
Place- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen, Second Place- Spirit Lake Dickinson
Co. News, Third Place- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen.

Best ad idea for a community promotion or event: Dailies Class 1:
First Place- Carroll Daily Times Herald, Second Place- Le Mars Daily
Sentinel, Third Place- Shenandoah Valley News Today; Dailies Class 2:
First Place- Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Second Place- Waterloo Courier,
Third Place- Fort Dodge Messenger; Weeklies Class 1: First Place-
Sergeant Bluff Advocate, Second Place- Sergeant Bluff Advocate, Third
Place- Jesup Citizen Herald; Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Akron
Hometowner, Second Place- Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun, Third Place- Adel
Dallas Co. News; Weeklies Class 3: First Place- West Union Fayette Co.
Union, Second Place- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen, Third Place- Sheldon
N'West Iowa Review.

Best Agricultural Advertising: Dailies Class 1: First Place-
Shenandoah Valley News Today, Second Place- Fort Madison Daily
Democrat, Third Place- Carroll Daily Times Herald; Dailies Class 2:
First Place- Mason City Globe Gazette, Second Place- Des Moines
Register, Third Place- Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil; Weeklies Class
1: First Place- Ossian Bee, Second Place- Sergeant Bluff Advocate,
Third Place- Conrad Record; Weeklies Class 2: First Place- Fayette
Leader, Second Place- Mediapolis News, Third Place- Akron Hometowner;
Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review, Second
Place- West Union Fayette Co. Union, Third Place- Altoona Herald-
Mitchellville Index.

Best Ad Designer: Dailies Class 1: First Place- Carroll Daily Times
Herald-Beckham G. Miller, Second Place- Le Mars Daily Sentinel-Shannon
Jost, Third Place- Carroll Daily Times Herald-John A. Sigler; Dailies
Class 2: First Place- Des Moines Register-Renee Oiler, Second Place-
Des Moines Register-Scott Wright, Third Place- Des Moines Register-
Suzanne Milosevich; Weeklies Class 1: First Place- Stuart Herald-
Shantel Chipp, Second Place- Sergeant Bluff Advocate-Timothy Loftus,
Third Place- Jesup Citizen Herald-Robin Harms; Weeklies Class 2: First
Place- Elkader Clayton Co. Register-Shannon Durbin, Second Place- Adel
Dallas Co. News-Lori Schultz, Third Place- Cascade Pioneer-Heather
Wendling; Weeklies Class 3: First Place- Spirit Lake Dickinson Co.
News-Caity Slawson, Second Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review-Kristin
Oldenkamp, Third Place- Sheldon N'West Iowa Review-Krystal Martens.

Harrison "Skip" Weber Investigative Reporting Awards: Dailies Winner:
Iowa City Press-Citizen-Brian Morelli & Lee Hermiston; Weeklies
Winner: Indianola Record-Herald & Tribune-Aaron Jaco.

Genevieve Mauck Stoufer Outstanding Young Iowa Journalists Award:
Cedar Rapids Gazette-Adam Belz; Cedar Rapids Gazette-Liz Martin;
Indianola Record-Herald & Tribune-Aaron Jaco.