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ELEVEN TO DISTRICTS The Creston/O-M wrestling team advanced 11 wrestlers to this weekend’s district tournament and qualified for Tuesday’s regional team duals. For more on the Panthers, see SPORTS, page 5A. >>
The Creston Community School District Board of Directors’ public hearing on participation in the Instructional Support Levy is 6 p.m. tonight in the board room located at 801 N. Elm St., in Creston.
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The Creston News Advertiser won 10 awards at the 2016 Iowa Associated Press Media Editors awards banquet, and three awards at the 2016 Iowa Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contests held Friday in Des Moines.
DES MOINES (AP) — The Iowa National Guard says 13 airmen have returned from a six-month deployment in Kuwait. The 13 members of the Air National Guard’s 132nd Security Forces Squadron arrived Sunday. They’re based at the Des Moines Air National Guard Base. The Iowa Guard spokesman, Col. Gregory Hap-
Editorial Scott Vicker, managing editor, won six of the IAPME awards with first places in sports spot news with the story “I-35 wins intense POI battle with Lenox,” sports feature photo with “Celebratory scream after takedown” and sports feature with “Buddy runners.” Vicker also won the IAPME photo sweepstakes with his sports feature photo titled “Celebratory scream after takedown,” which came with a judge’s comment of “Excellent job capturing the emotion behind the victory and the other wrestler’s emotion in defeat.” The photo sweepstakes award is given to the photo judged to be the best out of all first-place photos from all categories. “I’m still very surprised that I won the photo sweepstakes award. When I received the call, I was speechless. I didn’t k n o w what to s a y , ” V i c k - Vicker er said.
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Then-Creston/O-M senior Seth Maitlen lets out a celebratory scream after his takedown with 12 seconds left in sudden victory gave him a 7-5 decision over second-ranked and previously unbeaten Bryce Esmoil (background) of West Liberty in the Class 21 195-pound semifinals at the 2016 State Wrestling Tournament. This photo was awarded the Iowa Associated Press Media Editor Photo Sweepstakes award, the highest photo award given by the Iowa AP.
“I’m very humbled and honored to receive this award. I couldn’t have done it without Seth’s (Maitlen) big win.” Vicker also won second place for feature photo with “The night’s on fire” and general features with “Farmers unite to help friend.” Kelsey Haugen, former assistant managing editor won first place for f e a t u r e Haugen
photo with “Reflections” and general features with “Too much brain to contain.” Larry Peterson, senior feature writer, won second place for sports feature w i t h “Fond farewell,” and third place for g e n e r a l Peterson features with “Creston native graduates from Air Force Acad-
CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON
Showtime: Lynn Singer, left, and Alyssa Higgins perform with the SWCC Dazzlers during halftime of the men’s basketball game Saturday against North Iowa Area Community College. For more on the women’s and men’s doubleheader, see page 6A.
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emy.” “I’m very happy that our newsroom was able to win so many awards in this contest,” Vicker said. “I think it speaks to how strong and talented our newsroom is, and it’s nice that our reporters are recognized for their hard work.” Creston native and Clinton Herald Associate Editor Scott Levine won the Iowa Newspaper Association’s Harrison “Skip” Weber Investigative Reporter award AWARDS | 10A
good, said Monday the 13 were on a mission at Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base in Kuwait as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, which is aimed at countering actions by the Islamic State group. Hapgood says the airmen provided air base defense, performed flight line security and conducted law enforcement operations.
Train derails in eastern Iowa but avoids homes DUBUQUE (AP) — A train derailment shook several homes in rural eastern Iowa Sunday but the toppled cars avoided the buildings and no injuries were reported. Kerry Rogers told the Dubuque Telegraph Herald it was scary when his house shook and a tree was uprooted during the derailment Sunday morning. Canadian Pacific spokesman Andy Cummings says
26 of the 99 empty cars in the train derailed around 6 a.m. Sunday. The incident happened several miles southeast of Dubuque near the Mississippi River. The Dubuque County Sheriff’s office says the train of empty sand cars was headed north at the time of the derailment. It wasn’t immediately clear Sunday how long it would take to clean up the cars.
CNA photo by SCOTT VICKER
Posing with Paughco: Ryder Loudon, 9, of Creston poses for a photo with his dog, Paughco, Saturday morning at Tractor Supply Company in Creston during Dog Gone Rescue’s “Pooches and Smooches” fundraising event.
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