A year in review for Southeastern Wisconsin

Stories that brought smiles and tears, captured national headlines and created change dominate our look back at the year in local news.

CBS 58 took a look back at a number of stories dealing with politics, crime, sports, and weather.

Some examples include the Slenderman stabbings, the polar vortex, Governor Walker's re-election, the Badgers run to the Final Four, and the Dontre Hamilton Protests.

Here are the top CBS58.com web stories of 2014:

1.    Kenosha bus driver fired after fight

2.    Milwaukee parents charged in death of two-month-old child

3.    Mother of kids shot in van charged with child neglect

4.    Shooting victim collapses and dies at Milwaukee gas station

5.    Shocking motive revealed in murder of William Green of Milwaukee