COLD TODAY...HIGH OF 37. 3 AND 1/3 INCHES OF RAIN THIS WEEKEND THROUGH YESTERDAY.

FIVE TEEN AGERS FROM BELLELVUE AND SPRINGBROOK AREA WERE CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF FOR ALLEGEDLY DAMAGING 50 MAILBOXES DURING THE WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER 5. THE CHARGES WERE FILED THIS MORNING. TOTAL DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $1,600.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, JAMES MEISLAND, AGE 38, WAS CHARGED FOLLOWING A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED
AT 3:09 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT CORNER OF 2ND AND LOCUST STREETS. HE WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD. LIONEL KEENEY, AGE 65, OF MAQUOKETA WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN WEST ON LOCUST AND MEISLAND TURNED INTO HIS VEHICLE. EACH VEHHICLE SUSTAINED ABOUT $1,000 DAMAGE. NO INJURIES.

JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A THEFT OF A RING. JESSI BICKFORD, 18831 138TH STREET, MAQUOKETA, SAID HER WEDDING RING VALUED AT $4,000 WAS IS MISSING FROM HER UNLOCKED RESIDENCE TUESDAY.

BASKETBALL AND WRESTLING PRACTICE BEGINS NOVEMBER 17TH.

BERNICE HENTON, WIFE OF RED, HAS MOVED BACK TO MAQUOKETA AND IS NOW AT THE EXTENDED CARE FACILITY AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL. WHEN THE NEW WING OPENS LATER THIS MONTH, ALL PATIENTS WILL BE MOVED INTO IT. SHE WAS ABLE TO MOVE BACK BECAUSE OF THE NEW DIALYZIS UNIT. SHE HAS BEEN AT CLINTON HOSPITAL 4 YEARS. GOOD NEWS FOR FRIENDS AND ESPECIALLY RED, SINCE HE NO LONGER WILL HAVE TO MAKE THE TRIP ALMOST DAILY TO CLINTON.

FAT CATTLE TOPPED FROM $1.01 TO $1.05 A POUND. MARKET $1 TO $5 BETTER THAN LAST WEEK.

"BROTHER BEAR" IS THE #1 MOVIE AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE. "ELF" STARTS FRIDAY. THE DRIVE-IN IS CLOSED.

ROMER'S BAKERY IS NO LONGER CLOSED MONDAYS.

AND SO IT GOES.

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY