The Superior Telegram received six awards in the Wisconsin Newspaper Association's 2012 Better Newspaper Contest, including three first-place awards for local education reporting, business reporting and outdoor column writing.
Awards were presented Friday at the Madison Marriott West during the group's 159th annual convention.
The 2012 Better Newspaper Contest included 3,003 total entries, including editorial entries from 126 newspapers and advertising entries from 64 newspapers. Eligible entries were published between Sept. 1, 2011, and Aug. 31, 2012.
First-place honors were awarded to editor Shelley Nelson, staff writer Maria Lockwood and to Darrell Pendergrass, a freelance outdoor columnist.
Nelson earned first place for a series of stories on local economic development efforts, including a story about a homeowner who refused to sell his property and held up the Super One project for years. Lockwood was honored for education reporting, which included a story about a partnership between Douglas County and Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College that turned a tax delinquent house into a learning opportunity for students.
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The Telegram won a second-place award for local column writing and third-place honors for local government reporting and sports page design. Third-place awards went to sports editor Ken Olson and Nelson. Photographer Jed Carlson was recognized for three columns.
