NICE DAY...84 THE HIGH...RAIN IN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT.
THE DEADLINE IS PAST FOR FILING FOR CITY OFFICE FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
FOR MAYOR OF MAQUOKETA, IT WILL BE MAYOR TOM MESSERLI OPPOSED BY PAM ROSENBEREG.
FOR 5TH WARD COUNCIL, THERE WILL BE 3 CANDIDATES. GUS GLASER, FORMER CITY MANAGER....
PAUL HAHLE, MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN.....AND JACK ROSENBERG, FORMER MAYOR.
FOR AT-LARGE COUNCIL, TWO CANDIDATES. INCOMBENT TIM CHAPIN WILL BE CHALLENGED BY NEIL MOREHEAD, FORMER COUNCILMAN.
IN THE FIRST AND SECOND WARDS, BOTH INCUMBENTS SEE RE-ELECTION UN-OPPOSED....TIM CLARK AND ALVIN BARTEN.
NO ONE HAS FILED FOR 3RD WARD...SO THERE CAN NOW BE A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE OR THE COUNCIL COULD END UP APPOINTING SOMEONE TO THAT SEAT. CURRENT COUNCILMAN JIM BOLLMAN IS NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION.
ALICE EBERLY, AGE 60, OF DAVENPORT AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL.
SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO DAVENPORT ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, DALLAS, AND A DAUGHTER, PAULA EBERLY OF DAVENPORT. ALSO 2 BROTHERS, HARRY HUEBBE IN BALDWIN AND ELMER HUEBBE IN MAQUOKETA.
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DENNIS VOY