1st Place: WEAU (TV-13)
2nd Place: WQOW (TV-18)
3rd Place: WLAX/WEUX (Fox 25)

Despite losing its legendary news director John T. Hoffland in July, the newscasters of WEAU TV-13 carried on and nabbed first place for the second year in a row. Anchored by the power-caster couple of Chris Herzog and Sarah Stokes, WEAU offers a host of enjoyable faces, from the jockish Bob Gallaher (sports) to the spunky Meghan Kulig (news) to the trustworthy Nate Larscheid (weather). And let’s not forget that local news goddess Judy Clark (anything worth knowing). WEAU’s only competitor – WQOW TV-18 – took second place, with their noticeably more local/human interest format. In third place, we find Fox 25, where viewers can see WEAU’s newbie anchors (the ‘up and comers’ and the ‘whoever was availables’) deliver the news, sports, and weather of both Eau Claire and La Crosse at the quasi-novel convenient time of 9pm.  – Mike Paulus