April 10, 2026
Local NewsState & NationalPublic Notices

Throwback Thursday

In a feature story for Progress 2007, Ron "Fox" and Ruth Clinton share a conversation during a men's basketball game at Southwestern Community College. The couple came to Creston in 1959. Ruth spent 35 years teaching at Creston Elementary School, while Fox spent 42 years coaching and teaching at SWCC and Creston High School. (CNA file)

Today is March 30, the 89th day of the year. So, there are 276 days left in 2017. Below are news items from the Creston News Advertiser for this week (March 27-April 2) in history:

10 years ago

Creston City Council approved a contract with Henningsen Construction for $103,000 for the final phase of the Park-to-Park Trail from Spartan Drive, north on Green Valley Road, to 150th Street, at Mitchell Marsh.

The Creston Panther AAU volleyball team qualified in the 11th- and 12th-grade division for the AAU State Gold Volleyball Tournament in Forest City. Team members were Jill Johnson, Shallie Noecker, Taylor Geary, Maria Krejci, Cassie Abbott, Bailey Sprague, Nicole Hunter, Anna Clark, Meghin Krambeck and Tessa Wardenburg, and were coached by Polly Luther and Emily Ide.

After 25 years in business as Knits and Other Notions, owner Joyce Franklin reopened the doors as Quilts and Other Notions after a renovation and offered 25th-anniversary celebration specials.

20 years ago

Capt. Marion Manley patrolled his last day as one of Creston’s police force and retired. Manley had turned 55 on March 20 with more than the required 22 years of service that qualified him for retirement under the state’s police pension system. His retirement was the latest in a series of recent retirements from a department that had no turnover on the force of nine for more than a decade. Assistant Chief Dean Jarman retired July 1, 1993, Capt. Dick Teply retired April 1, 1995, and Chief Robert Kessler retired Nov. 1, 1995.

Beginning April 1, the Union County Law Enforcement Center became tobacco free. It was no coincidence the day the policy took effect was the first day after Manley’s retirement, one of the longtime smokers in the department. The policy had been in the works since Creston was one of the few LECs in the state that was not already tobacco free.

Jury selection was beginning in the trial for Timothy McVeigh. It had been nearly two years since the Oklahoma City bombing. Authorities said McVeigh went from a model soldier to a hateful, paranoid loner and would possibly face the death penalty if convicted of murder and conspiracy in the bombing.

50 years ago

An Iowa dairy official warned the public that if the price of milk would get much higher, people would turn to imitation products. He said it was already being sold in other states, and was not a powdered milk, but rather a fluid made out of vegetable oils. Vegetable-fat frozen dessert was already being sold throughout Iowa.

Construction of a new Burlington Railroad passenger depot in Creston was approved by the board of directors of the railroad system and work planned to be started in the spring. Plans called for the new depot to be constructed east of the present depot with a one-story building just south and east of Pine Street.

Franklin Kinkade of Creston was granted a patent by the U.S. Patent Office on one portion of the trench-tractor excavating and tile-laying machine he had developed. The patent was on the leveling scraper assembly. Two other patents were pending on the tile-laying portion and the box portion which expands the metal sides to prevent ditch cave-ins.

A garage and home were destroyed when a fire that started with fumes from a punctured gasoline tank were ignited by a heating stove. The Martin and Son garage at 301 E. Montgomery St. had fire spread through the building by explosions and spread to the adjoining residence occupied by the Raymond Brown family.