Local 4 wins Station of the Year from Michigan Association of Broadcasters

Local 4 has won 22 awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters -- including Station of the Year.

The awards were given out Wednesday in Lansing.

Here are the winning entries:

Breaking News Story

Massive Floods– Best In Category

Detroit Power Outage – Merit Award

Investigative Story

Hank Winchester: Unpaid Water Bills Exposed – Best In Category

Karen Drew: Protecting Players On The Field (football helmets) – Merit Award

Mini Doc or Series

Domestic Violence: See It. Stop It – Best In Category

Real Life on the Streets (Kevin Dietz's series on the homeless) – Merit Award

Feature

Six Seconds, Five Words, One Wish (Caden's Story) – Best In Category

Their Youth  (Roger's Old Guys Lunch) – Merit Award

Weathercast

Chuck Gaidica Massive Floods – Best In Category

Sports

Local 4 Sports: Jim Harbaugh Hired – Merit Award

Newscast

Exit From Bankruptcy – Merit Award

Bob Bashara Verdict – Best In Category

News Special

Crossroads: The Francis Factor – Best In Category

Defenders: Inside the Investigations – Merit Award

Community Involvement

Seeing & Stopping the Problems, Being a Force 4 Good – Best In Category

News Reporter

Kevin Dietz– Best In Category

Hank Winchester– Merit Award

Photographer

John Pompeo– Merit Award

Jacob Nagel– Best In Category

New Media:

Climate Change Webcast – Best In Category

Promotions 

New Things – Best In Category

Special Interest Programming

First Block – Best In Category