2025 Iowa Better Newspaper Contests

Coverage of Court and Crime ( Class II) Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Pocahontas - Pocahontas Record-Democrat
    Entry Title: Coverage of Courts and Crime
    Entry Credit: Erin Sommers
    Judge Comment: Best detailed and well written scam story. Also the tree story was interesting
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Spirit Lake - Dickinson County News
    Entry Title: DCN — Coverage of Court and Crime
    Entry Credit: Staff
    Judge Comment: Very in-depth and detailed crime stories
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: Orange City - Sioux County Capital Democrat
    Entry Title: Following the process step by step
    Entry Credit: Sarah Weber, Doug Calsbeek
    Judge Comment: excellent selection of stories to show their coverage of categories. great questions in the editorials on legislative laws