From our files: Jan. 31, 2019
10 Years ago: Jan. 31, 2009
NEWS: John Mueller’s Winter Dance Party — a tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson — was performed at the Laramar Ballroom.
SPORTS: Jerry Patterson was inducted into the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
25 Years ago: Jan. 31, 1994
NEWS: Webster County Republican Chairman Monte Kaufman, 31, was one of the youngest county chairmen in the state.
SPORTS: Rockwell City-Lytton won the Audubon Invitational wrestling tournament.
50 Years ago: Jan. 31, 1969
NEWS: The Rev. Arthur Carlson resigned as pastor of the Evangelical Free Church in Fort Dodge to accept a call to a pastorate in Richfield, Minnesota.
SPORTS: Rich Oberhelman, of Corwith, rolled the first 700 series in the eight-year history of the Livermore Lanes in Livermore.