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Maybe you were there when it happened or read about it the first time around, but some things are just worth repeating.
Today is Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. There are 329 days remaining in the year. Here’s what the CNA reported on this week in history. Do you remember?
5 years ago (2021)
Class 1A No. 11 Lenox (18-3) topped Southwest Valley (4-17) for the third time this season, winning 58-45 in the opening round of the Class 1A Region 8 playoffs. Lenox opened up the game with a 5-0 lead on a basket from Cadence Douglas and a 3-point play from Cassidy Nelson, which was never surrendered for the rest of the game.
Creston boys basketball fought until the final buzzer against Hawkeye 10 Conference leading Glenwood (17-2) Thursday before falling 41-38 as the final, half-court shot bounced off the backboard and rim with time expiring.
The Creston News Advertiser won four Division I awards Thursday in the annual Iowa Newspaper Association contest. Division I is for newspapers with a circulation under 10,000. The CNA’s five-part series, consisted of more than 45 stories.
There was nobody better to clinch a state berth for Class 2A No. 8 Creston/Orient-Macksburg wrestling than Kaden Bolton Tuesday night. Following a win from Keaton Street at 145, who pinned Class 2A No. 9 Bondurant-Farrar’s Cain Cramblit in the second period for six crucial points, Bolton hit the mat donning the gold singlet with his team ahead 36-31. Bolton didn’t make his teammates or fans sweat out the results, taking down Bondurant’s Cooper Jones twice in the first period, ultimately leading to him closing the night with a pin at 1:17. The pin closed the night with a 42-31 score over Bondurant-Farrar, locking in Creston/O-M as one of the final eight teams standing in Class 2A. It’s the first time the Panthers will wrestle in the Dual Tournament in four years.
10 years ago (2016)
The Creston girls basketball team finished in a fourth-place tie in the Hawkeye 10 Conference thanks to its 47-27 win over Clarinda Thursday. The Panthers and Atlantic finish knotted at 6-4 for fourth place, one game behind Council Bluffs St. Albert (7-3) in third place. Harlan won the conference title at 10-0, one game ahead of Lewis Central (9-1). Overall, Creston improved to 13-7 for the season with the win.
Perhaps the most noticeable thing about walking into Alta May’s Treasure Shoppe is its sheer ornateness. Carla Lawson describes her cozy shop, which opened Feb. 1 at 218 W. Montgomery St. in Creston, as a place offering things you wouldn’t find at your typical store. The store offers a variety of vintage and handmade jewelry — much of the latter made by Lawson herself — as well as gift baskets, antiques and collectibles.
As players and press stormed the field following the Denver Broncos’ 24-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50, one Creston High School graduate was taking it all in from the stands. And he didn’t even need a ticket. Trent Bartling, a 2001 CHS graduate, manages ticket operations at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the home field of the San Francisco 49ers and ground zero for this year’s Super Bowl. While he may have been working most of the game, he said the experience was likely the favorite of his professional career.
15 years ago (2011)
Ten Creston/O-M wrestlers were sent to districts with a goal of gaining a state tournament berth. Seven of them achieved that goal and will be heading up to Wells Fargo Arena this week. Creston/O-M compiled 126.5 team points and came in second to Atlantic, which ended with 147 points. Crowning six champions and two runner-ups kept the Trojans out of reach for the Panthers. Making the cut for the second year in a row were No. 2 Jake Marlin and No. 2 Collin Bevins.
The Creston/O-M girls bowling team traveled to Osceola Monday and came away with a big win, 2117-1610. Taylor Hance led the Panthers with the top single game (202) and two-game total (318) of the meet.Creston/O-M led 1443-1103 after the individual games and defeated the Indians in the Baker rotation, 674-507, to cruise to the win.
Nodaway Valley finished second to Guthrie Center at a Class 1A sectional wrestling tournament Saturday. Both teams advance to regional duals Tuesday in Guthrie Center, along with Tri-Center (Neola) and Audubon. The winner out of that foursome moves on to the State Dual Tournament Feb. 26 in Cedar Rapids. A total of 11 area wrestlers placed in the top two at sectionals and will compete for state tournament berths at districts Saturday at Interstate 35 High School in Truro.