<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.crestonnews.com/obituaries/2026/05/01/sharman-l-lowenberg/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T11:33:00.376Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Creston News Advertiser</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-05-01T11:33:00.376Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Sharman L. Lowenberg]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.crestonnews.com/resizer/lFs9jDd2nOTHMT6ule89eW9DsvU=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/JCEBVR35PVDFFJP3MP2QHTIAK4.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Sharman Lowenberg, 75, of Afton, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.crestonnews.com/obituaries/2026/06/01/betty-miller/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T11:33:00.365Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Creston News Advertiser</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-05-01T11:33:00.365Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Betty Miller]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.crestonnews.com/resizer/usi7S8Qd7yUkDYAkYJbtuP-4qrY=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/BJRX6N5LGNHM3EWVCLFB4JXFIY.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Creston pending obits]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.crestonnews.com/news/local/2026/05/01/engineering-club-turns-to-crowdfunding-for-trip-to-nationals/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T11:00:09.232Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Creston News Advertiser</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-05-01T11:00:09.232Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Engineering club turns to crowdfunding for trip to nationals]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.crestonnews.com/resizer/_tGJTmGLL_Oape32Ybvp1wGuNQQ=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/SSCF3FFZWZE7PO45IAXDUIAV4I.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Creston Engineering and Innovation Club, shortly after winning at the Iowa TSA competition in the drone and digital video production categories. From left, Gavin Weaver, Ben Rushing, Ayden Tindle, Maddox Hansen, Fletcher Brown.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.crestonnews.com/news/local/2026/05/01/experts-share-how-to-evade-fraud/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T10:55:00.322Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Creston News Advertiser</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-05-01T10:55:00.322Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Experts share how to evade fraud]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.crestonnews.com/resizer/O1Z4sojyXvMoUbE0C4iaEYKB7j0=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/LHKM3W4KDNEORIE2L4UAZ22PIM.JPG</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Adam Snodgrass explains how local banks can help a victim of fraud.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.crestonnews.com/sports/local-sports/2026/05/01/local-natives-conquer-boston-marathon/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T10:50:00.472Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Creston News Advertiser</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-05-01T10:50:00.472Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Local natives conquer Boston Marathon]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.crestonnews.com/resizer/2jFlozPAV3aWPPsz_zNo8wF0YSs=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/EIBTED5IEZBM7HLYGWPILG7UXY.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Creston native Matt Lanning runs in the 130th Boston Marathon on April 20. Lanning ran a personal-best 2:34:03 to place 545th among 29,376 entries.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.crestonnews.com/sports/local-sports/2026/05/01/wolves-set-iowa-records-at-drake/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-01T10:45:00.472Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Creston News Advertiser</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-05-01T10:45:00.472Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Wolves set Iowa records at Drake ]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.crestonnews.com/resizer/ELQWORkxjRvgIds0LUIMSgEm1_I=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/NG7O2VDUWNFGXOJZYRFMTYTW3E.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Sadie McCann (second from right) is joined by 4x400 relay teammates for an interview with media after the Wolves set an all-time Iowa record of 3:45.36. Shown from left are Logan Vogt (junior), Quinn Jorgensen (sophomore), Sadie McCann (sophomore) and Avery Vogt (senior).]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>