Poll: Top stories of 2011

Published 4:01 pm Saturday, December 24, 2011

Choose the top stories of 2011 and look for the results Thursday and Friday. -- Graphic by Colby Hansen

We want your picks, Austin.

The Austin Daily Herald is letting you, the reader, pick the top stories of 2011.

What impacted Austin the most? What were the biggest crimes? What were your favorite events? What were the most heart-warming stories of the year?

Choose up to 10 stories, and look for the recap Thursday and Friday in the print and online versions of the Herald. Voting closes 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 26.

What were the top stories of 2011? (Choose up to 10)

Dexter parents charged with chaining sons to bed (11%, 146 Votes)
Austin author Amanda Hocking on to the big time (8%, 99 Votes)
Long married couple dies 6 hours apart (7%, 92 Votes)
Tensions boil at Lyle Public Schools (6%, 85 Votes)
$29 million new school referendum passes (6%, 76 Votes)
Pacelli student Joe Lewison dies in truck/train collision (6%, 73 Votes)
Special report: Why are Hispanics leaving Austin? (5%, 69 Votes)
Austin's Kevin Dammen dies kayaking on Lake Superior, ski race named in his honor (4%, 50 Votes)
Fire destroys Jellystone campground building (3%, 46 Votes)
Austin wrangles in Pizza Ranch (3%, 46 Votes)
Jerry’s Other Place closes (3%, 44 Votes)
Austin Bruins hockey team paints the rink pink (3%, 43 Votes)
Special report: Sheriff says illegal immigration process out of county’s hands (3%, 42 Votes)
Joseph Wagner, a builder who shaped Austin, remembered for character (3%, 41 Votes)
Cougar on the prowl in Austin? (3%, 34 Votes)
Former Austin man Jerimie Hicks gets 100 years in prison for murder (3%, 33 Votes)
Former Southgate staffer Richard Burch investigated for molestation (3%, 33 Votes)
AHS alum Matt Larson wins on Jeopardy! (2%, 31 Votes)
Driver killed when her car hits wedding bus head-on (2%, 30 Votes)
Tolly’s Time Out closes (2%, 28 Votes)
2 rob Austin McDonald’s at gunpoint (2%, 27 Votes)
Police looking for suspects in home invasion shooting (2%, 27 Votes)
Police break up wild party of 250 (2%, 24 Votes)
Lansing Corners to be revived as steakhouse (2%, 22 Votes)
Ole Barn BBQ opens in Oak Park Mall (2%, 20 Votes)
Packer football coach Matt Schmit won’t return (1%, 18 Votes)
Austin makes way for Caribou (1%, 18 Votes)
Austin motorcyclist Michael Braaten recovers after crash near Sturgis (1%, 14 Votes)
Ruby’s Place closes 6 months after opening (1%, 9 Votes)