25 Years Ago This Week

The News Progress took home three awards from the 1996 Illinois Press Association newspaper contest. Managing Editor Dan Hagen won second place in Feature Writing for his June 1995 story headlined “Bronze Star Unfaded.” General Manager R.R. Best added to his long list of photography awards with a first honorable mention for a short entitled “Flood peril.” The newspaper won in the Division B, or large weekly category.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.