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The 10 most-read stories from the first year of WalworthCountyToday.com

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Fire destroys Delavan Inlet restaurant

Raw video of firefighters battling a blaze March 5, 2010 that destroyed the Mulligan's Sports Pub and Grill in Delavan Township. Click to play

The March 5, 2010 fire at Mulligan's Sports Pub and Grill in the Delavan Inlet was the most-read story during the first year of WalworthCountyToday.com.

By Dan Plutchak/associate editor

The lives of newspaper editors are ruled by the deadline.

For print editions, deadlines come at regular intervals, but in the online world of news, there's never a break. That's just how the modern news consumers like it.

It was a year ago today that WalworthCountyToday.com first went live, and since then, we've grown our audience and strengthened our readership on all of our news platforms.

The genesis of WalworthCountyToday.com came from a desire to bring together all the resources that our company, Bliss Communications, has invested in Walworth County.

In addition to WalworthCountyToday.com, it also was a year ago that we launched the new CommunityShoppers.com website as well as the Walworth County edition of the Gazette.

We've found that all our news platforms now complement each other, and our website traffic has grown steadily throughout the first year.

Readers increasingly look to the web for breaking news. Between, word of mouth and social networking sites, if big news breaks in Walworth County, the word gets around fast.

And with the growing support of local advertisers, we've been able to get news to readers quickly.

The speed of our online reporting has supported the daily news report in the print edition of the Walworth County Gazette.

Add to that the news and features published in Walworth County Sunday, and local readers have access to a wealth of information that no other media company can provide.

As we begin our second year, we can take one last look back at how far we've come.

Here's a look at our 10 most-read stories from the first year of WalworthCountyToday.com:

1) Live Video: Delavan Inlet fire, March 5, 2010.

2) East Troy High School students killed in crash, Dec. 4, 2009.

3) Sharon standoff continues late into the night, Jan. 18, 2010.

4) Grandparents speak out following middle schooler's suicide, Feb. 22, 2010.

5) After a day on the links, Tony Romo stops for Mexican food, June 29, 2009.

6) Facebook postings lead to investigation of Mukwonago teacher, Feb. 11, 2010.

7) Multi-vehicle crash closes Highway 12 near LaGrange, March 29, 2010.

8) Brewers' Ryan Braun to open restaurant in Lake Geneva, Oct. 26, 2009.

9) Poll: Walworth County's best cheeseburger, Sept. 17, 2009.

10) After 10 years without answers, medical mystery solved for Elkhorn man, March 31, 2010.