GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — The KARE 11 News team brought home 27 awards at the 2022 Upper Midwest Emmy Awards on Saturday, Oct. 15.
Included in those honors were the prestigious Overall Excellence (as a station) and News Excellence awards, with KARE 11 winning both awards for the third consecutive year.
KARE 11 investigative reporter Steve Eckert was also inducted in the Emmy Silver Circle for his outstanding contributions to journalism and his career.
The 2022 Emmys included newscasts and reports aired from June 2021 through May 2022. KARE 11 led all stations in the Upper Midwest chapter with 79 total nominations.
Here's a look at KARE 11's wins:
- Overall Excellence – KARE 11
- News Excellence – KARE 11 News
- Newscast – Evening (Markets 1-75) – KARE 11 News at 10
- Hard News Report (No production time limit) – The Mystery of the Babies in the Water (Lou Raguse and David Porter)
- Investigative (Single report) – Tampered Evidence (A.J. Lagoe, Steve Eckert, Ron Stover, Gary Knox)
- Light news feature – Fence Friends (Boyd Huppert, Chad Nelson)
- Light news feature – Ice, ice, wading (Sharon Yoo, David Porter)
- Serious news feature – A Promise Kept (Boyd Huppert, Devin Krinke)
- Arts & Entertainment (News) – Crap from the Past (Eva Andersen, Mitchell Yehl)
- Business/Consumer (News) – Black Buyers Denied (Lauren Leamanczyk, Brandon Stahl, Gary Knox, Steve Eckert)
- Crime (News, single shift) – I Wasn't Driving That Car (A.J. Lagoe, Gary Knox, Steve Eckert, Lauren Leamanczyk)
- Crime (News, no time limit) – No-Knock Warrants (A.J. Lagoe, Steve Eckert, Gary Knox)
- Education/Schools (News) – Mr. Hagerty's New Gig (Boyd Huppert, Devin Krinke)
- Children/Youth/Teens (News) – Breakfast Club 2.0 (Julie Nelson, Jason Steussy, Ron Stover)
- Environment/Science (News) – Pandemic Poop (Kent Erdahl, David Porter)
- Health/Medical (News) – Medicine in the Music (Boyd Huppert, Chad Nelson)
- Lifestyle (News) – Rise of Van Life (Gordon Severson, Jason Steussy, Rieta Buttaro, Ron Stover)
- Military (News) – I Didn't Know if He Lived (Boyd Huppert, Devin Krinke)
- Diversity/Equity/Inclusion (News) – Coach Isaac (Boyd Huppert, Devin Krinke)
- Sports story (News, no time limit) – Susan & Jeffrey (Boyd Huppert, Devin Krinke)
- Talent (Reporter live or daily news) – A.J.'s Daily Reporting (A.J. Lagoe)
- Writer (News) – Land of 10,000 Stories (Boyd Huppert)
- Editor (News/sports) – Ron Stover Editing Compilation (Ron Stover)
- Photographer (News/sports) – Devin Krinke Composite (Devin Krinke)
- Video essay – Bitten by the Bug (Devin Krinke)
- Video journalist (Single shift) – MoMJ (Heidi Wigdahl)
- Video journalist (No time limit) – The Bird of Special Concern (Devin Krinke)
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