As decorahnews.com prepares its list of 2015's top local news stories, we review 2014's top local news stories

decorahnews.com is in the process of developing the list of 2015's top local news stories.  That led us to check on what 2014's top local news stories were.  Here's our list:

#1 story of 2014: County zoning re-write continues

#2 story of 2014: The Decorah City Council passes a tax abatement plan to spur housing construction

#3 story of 2014: Dr. Paula Carlson becomes Luther College's10th president

#4 story of 2014: Fire guts Cho Sun Restaurant

#5 story of 2014: "Polar vortex" keeps Decorah cold all winter

#6 story of 2014: Luther College suffers an enrollment drop

#7 story of 2014: It was a year of struggles for Decorah's bald eagles

#8 story of 2014: Will there be a smaller North Winneshiek in the future?

#9 top story of 2014: Winneshiek Medical Center gets new leadership

#10 story of 2014: Decorah named one of America's 20 best small towns

Some of these stories continued to make headlines in 2015.  We'll unveil our list of 2015's top stories later this week.