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Today is Thursday Jan. 30, 2025, the 30th day of the year. There are 335 days remaining in 2025. Below is a collection of news items found in the Creston News Advertiser for this week in history.
Two years ago (2023)
Jesse Vicker’s Aura Boutique celebrated it’s ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday at its new 122 N. Maple Street location. Vicker has been running Aura Boutique, a women’s clothing store, as an online business since January 2020. ”I’ve always enjoyed fashion and working with people, so I decided I wanted to start a little store of my own,” Vicker said. “I was still in college, so online worked best for me at the time.”
Creston girl bowlers were just 90 points behind SE Warren Monday losing 1,928 to 1,848. Jenna Orr was top scorer for Creston finishing with 308 in the first round of action. She was followed by Jana Peavler, 283; Mica Andreasen, 277; Graceleigh Bolinger, 229 and Paytin Smith, 201. Southeast Warren’s high score was 284. In the baker rotation, Creston scored 563. Southeast Warren’s score was 705.
Creston News Advertiser’s Cheyenne Roche won best series in the Creston’s classification of daily class 1 newspapers. Her work was on the opioid issue in Union County. She was also honored for her editorial and continuing coverage. Former sports reporter Jared Larson was noted for photography.
Eight years ago (2017)
The IGHSAU regional basketball pairings were recently released, with postseason play set to start for many schools on Thursday, Feb. 9 and Saturday, Feb. 11. The Creston girls basketball team will open postseason play with a daunting task before it. The Panthers are likely to face two Hawkeye 10 foes consecutively should Creston win its Class 3A Region 2 opener Saturday, Feb. 11, in Red Oak against the Class 3A 13th-ranked Tigers.
The inaugural meeting of the Creston Area Chess Club will take place 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at Gibson Memorial Library. With sufficient interest, the club will continue to meet at that time on the third Thursday every month.
Creston senior Chase Shiltz became the sixth Creston/Orient-Macksburg football player in the last seven years to be selected to play in the Iowa Shrine Bowl football game. This year’s edition is held on July 29th at 4 p.m. at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. Shiltz was recently selected to play for the south team as one of the few representatives in the state from Southwest Iowa. Full rosters have not yet been released.
13 years ago (2012)
Next week, Peggy Slotsky of Corning will release her seventh book, “Parents! Tips to Make Decisions, Solve Problems.” The 64-page book is part of her “If Only I Knew Then What I Know Now” series, which Slotsky continues to publish “to help empower single parents and provide them a resource to take control of their families.”
Perhaps the most important weekend of the high school wrestling season is here. At sites across the state, Class 1A and 2A sectional tournaments will be held. The top two individuals at each weight class will be one step closer to a state tournament berth, while the top two teams will also move on to regional duals. One of those 2A sectionals will be here at Creston High School, where the fourth-ranked Panthers will host Bedford/Lenox, Clarinda, Red Oak, Shenandoah and Winterset.
The Jan. 25 episode of “CSI” marked the end of an era, as it was Marg Helgenberger’s final episode portraying Catherine Willows on the hit show. This milestone held special significance for one local man. Gary O’Daniels was Helgenberger’s high school guidance counselor at North Bend Central High School in North Bend, Nebraska, during her junior and senior years. It was the second full-time job O’Daniels held after graduation.
18 years ago (2007)
What a Terrific Tuesday it was if you’re a Creston sports fan. However, it wasn’t for the faint of heart. During the same hour, both basketball teams were left for dead in the fourth quarter against Hawkeye 10 rival Atlantic, and the No. 1-ranked wrestling team was seeking its second straight conference dual championship against Lewis Central without two of its most prominent wrestlers from last year’s state tournament. Somehow, they all came out on top.
This time the wait wasn’t nearly as long. After posting their first conference dual competition title in 27 years last year, the Creston/O-M wrestling team locked up another championship Tuesday night with a 43-32 victory over Lewis Central in a battle of Hawkeye 10 unbeatens. The Panthers had five pins and two technical falls among their eight wins, breaking a 26-26 tie by winning three of the last four matches.