Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Holland Sentinel Entry Title: Marlena defies COVID regulations Entry Credit: Cassandra Lybrink Judge Comment: The reporter worked diligently on this story and covered it every step of the way. It's an incredible sequence of events and the reporter did an outstanding job covering it.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Petoskey News-Review Entry Title: Trump account shares private Northern Michigan number, mistaken for Chatfield's Entry Credit: Will Perkins Judge Comment: Being able to get in contact with the impacted person was probably a minor miracle given what was happening. Well done.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Holland Sentinel Entry Title: Parents threaten to pull out their kids Entry Credit: Mitchell Boatman Judge Comment: The reporter was able to get incredible quotes from the meeting and did a masterful job pulling the story together.