CLOUDY TODAY..HIGH OF 44. YESTERDAY HIGH WAS 40. TOMORROW'S HIGH WILL BE AROUND 30.

STILL HAVE SNOW ON THE GROUND.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM, FRIDAY NIGHT AT MARION, WON THEIR 4TH GAME IN A ROW, BEATING THE INDIANS 58 TO 48. ADAM HEPKER WAS HIGH WITH 18 POINTS. NOW, AT THE HOLIDAY BREAK, THE BOYS ARE 3 AND 0 IN THE CONFERENCE AND 4 AND 2 OVERALL.

HERE FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ALSO BEAT MARION, 77 TO 54. TIFFANY HELMBRECHT LEAD MQUOKETA WITH 25 POINTS. THE GIRLS ARE 5 AND 2 OVERALL AND 4 AND 0 IN THE CONFERENCE.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE IN THE SABER'S TOURNAMENT AT DEWITT SATURDAY. DEWITT WON THEIR TOURNAMENT WITH 200 POINTS. MAQUOKETA AND NORTH SCOTT TIED FOR 2ND WITH 179. CHAMPIONS FOR MAQUOKETA: BOBBY KIRK AT 140....DANE PAPE AT 215 AND CHARLIE HAYS AT HEAVYWEIGHT.

KATHY A. MILLER OF MAQUOKETA IS THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK. SEE A PICTURE OF HER AND STORY ABOUT HER ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org

POLICE BLOTTER: STEVE FOWLER OF 305 S. MAIN REPORTED SOMEONE BROKE INTO HIS TRUCK SATURDAY NIGHT AND TOO A 22 REMINGTON GUN IN A SOFT CASE...A VALUE OF $120. AND..RICK GARIEN OF L50TH AVE, RURAL MAQUOKETA, REPORTED TWO SADDLES AND TWO BREAST COLLARS WERE TAKEN FROM HIS BARN SOMETIME IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS...A VALUE OF $1,700.

RANDY AND JEAN MANNING OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN YESTERDAY AT GENESIS BIRTH CENTER.
PATERNALGRANDPARENTS ARE JERRY AND CLEO MANNING OF MAQUOKETA.

DANNY KLOSSNER, AGE 65, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA. HE HAD WORKED FOR THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA AS A WATER OPERATOR FOR 14 YEARS AND THEN WORKED FOR PEOPLE'S SERVICE FOR3 YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JEAN, OF MAQUOKETA AND 6 CHILDREN, INCLUDING MERLE OF MAQUOKETA, AND PENNY SABIN OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A MERRY WEEK.

DENNIS VOY