You Decide: Vote for the top local news stories of 2014
Published 10:51 am Wednesday, December 24, 2014
We want your picks, Austin.
The Austin Daily Herald is letting you, the reader, pick the top local stories of 2014.
What had a major impact on Austin? What were the biggest crimes? What were your favorite events? What were the most heart-warming or entertaining stories of the year?
Choose up to 10 stories, and look for the recap Wednesday, Dec. 31, and Thursday, Jan. 1, in the print and online versions of the Herald. Voting closes at noon on Saturday, Dec. 27.
Note: Several ongoing issues and stories — like the changes at Oak Park Mall or several business changes on 18th Avenue Northwest — were combined to include more stories. The links below feature one representative story for background.
You Decide: Vote for the top local news stories of 2014
- Austin remembers community backbone Dr. Dick Schindler. (15%, 50 Votes)
- Port Authority announced general agreement to purchase Oak Park Mall to build new Hy- (12%, 41 Votes)
- Target announces Austin store will close in 2015; community vies to save store. (11%, 39 Votes)
- AHS senior Molly Kestner attains Internet fame with 'His Daughter.' (9%, 29 Votes)
- Hormel announces Spam Museum will move downtown. (6%, 20 Votes)
- Dome, turf announced for Wescott Field complex. (5%, 18 Votes)
- Emails reveal Pacelli teacher's relationship with 17-year-old student; administrators fired. (4%, 14 Votes)
- Residents divided over "talent packed" Austin logo, which City Council would eventually vote down. (4%, 14 Votes)
- ArtWorks Center opens. (3%, 11 Votes)
- Business changes: Staples, KFC, Quiznos close; Runnings, Hibbett Sports, Total fitness open. (3%, 11 Votes)
- Harsh winter brings storms, record cold temps, frozen pipes.</a (3%, 11 Votes)
- Hormel acquires Muscle Milk; finishes another record year. (3%, 11 Votes)
- Hormel Institute expansion gets underway. (3%, 10 Votes)
- Kwik Trip buys Watts Cookin', opens new store. (3%, 10 Votes)
- Mayor Tom Stiehm, wife OK after fire destroys house; dog dies. (3%, 10 Votes)
- Austin takes the plunge; Paint the Town Pink continues to grow. (3%, 9 Votes)
- Couple in child porn case face federal charges. (2%, 8 Votes)
- Nature center interpretive center moves ahead. (2%, 7 Votes)
- Fredrickson sentenced to 8 years for vehicular homicide in 2012 case; wrongful death lawsuits settled (2%, 7 Votes)
- Lights to go dark for Hayfield light display. (1%, 4 Votes)
- Hormel motorcycle runs on bacon grease. (1%, 2 Votes)
- Family reacts to standoff on 1100 block of Eighth Street Northwest. (1%, 2 Votes)
- Tommy Tauchnitz opens The Corners Bar & Grill. (0%, 1 Votes)
- Nurses hold solidarity walk; agree on new labor contract. (0%, 1 Votes)
- Police investigate shooting; Witnesses report hearing gunshots, man taken to hospital. (0%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 96
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