SOME THAWING TODAY...HIGH OF 38.

MAQUOKETA TOOK 4 OUT OF 4 IN BASKETBALL OVER THE WEEKEND AGAINST DEWITT. FRIDAY NIGHT, BOTH THE MAQUOEKTA GIRLS VARSITY AND SOPHOMORE GAMES WERE WON BY THE CARDINALS HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND SATURDAY NIGHT, MAQUOKETA TOOK BOTH GAMES THERE. ADAM HEPKER WAS HIGH SCORER AT 30 POUNTS.

IN THE DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN INVITATIONAL WESTLING TOURNAMENT HERE IN MAQUOKETA, SATURDAY, CEDAR RAPIDS TOOK FIRST, AND MAQUOKETA SECOND. MAQUOKETA HAD 2 CHAMPIONS....DANE PAPE AND CHRIS HAHN.

HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LORENE DYKSRA IS THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK. SEE A STORY AND PICTURE OF HER ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE....www.maquoketa-rotary.org.

A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS IN AN ACCIDENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM HIS TRUCK AFTER IT WENT INTO THE DITCH NEAR NASHVILLE, EAST OF MAQUOKETA. RICKY CLARK, 52, WAS HANGING FROM HIS SEAT BELT WHEN THE MAQUOKETA RESCUE SQUAD ASRRIVED. HE WAS FREED AND REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

COURT NEWS: JANET HOWELL, AGE 51, OF MAQUOEKTA WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED. SHE WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY NIGHT.

BUTCH EHLERS, AGE 62, OF OXFORD JUNCTION, DIED THIS MORNING AT HIS HOME. HE WORKED THE LAST 8 YEARS FOR PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY IN MAQUOKETA, RETIRING THIS YEAR.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY