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We are blown away by the 20 awards we won in the 2022   Minnesota Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest:

We won awards across the categories of articles, photographs, ad design, infographics and typography/design. Our one-year-old Southwest Connector paper brought home 9 of those awards. We earned 9 first-place awards. Taking home first-place honors for articles and photographs were Jill Boogren, Eric Erickson, Terry Faust and Tesha M. Christensen. Click here to read more.

We are proud to have won the following awards from the Minnesota Newspaper Association for 2021:

1) Iric Nathanson, 2nd Place, hard news, Messenger, "Redesign saves Coliseum from wrecking ball"

2) Chloe Peter, Margie O’Loughlin and Tesha M. Christensen, 2nd Place, Category X, for five articles about COVID-19 in the Messenger: “Pregnant and parenting during COVID-19," “People and Pets keeps families from giving up on animals,” “TSA agent, Longfellow man dies of COVID-19,” “Up close with three coffee shops,” and “Up close with local families: glimpse into their lives as they juggle work and online schooling during COVID-19 pandemic.”

3) Tesha M. Christensen, 3rd place, Social Issues, Monitor, “She must have done something wrong," part of the Voices Against Violence series.

We are proud to have won the following award from the Minnesota Newspaper Association for 2020:

1) Tesha M. Christensen, 2nd place, Social Issues, Messenger - “Jennifer's ex tired to convince her, others she was crazy," "No one will believe you," and "It should never have happened," 3 stories in the Voices Against Violence series.

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