CLOUDY TODAY, HIGH IN MID 20'S. WE GOT 1 AND 1/2 INCH OF SNOW LAST NIGHT.
SO FAR, THE DECEMBER SNOWFALL IS AT 5 INCHES.

DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE 23 NEW PICTURES TAKEN AROUND MAQUOKETA EARLIER THIS WEEK. GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS.

THE AVERAGE VALUE OF AN ACRE OF FARMLAND IN IOWA REACHED $2,275 AN ACRE IN 2003, THE HIGHEST FIGURE REPORTED SINCE IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY BEGAN CONDUCTING AN ANNUAL SURVEY OF LAND VALUES IN 1941. THE 2003 AVERAGE VALUE TOPPED A PREVIOUS RECORD OF $2,147 REPORTED IN 1981. SCOTT COUNTY AGAIN HAS THE HIGHEST VALUE LAND, AT AN AVERAGE OF $3,697 AN ACRE,
JACKSON COUNTY WENT UP $90 AN ACRE, FROM $2,033 LAST YEAR TO $2,122 THIS YEAR, A 4.4% INCREASE.

JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF RANDY MANNING HIT A DEER WHILE ON PATROL LAST NIGHT. ABOUT $500 DAMAGE TO HIS SQUAD CAR, A 1999 JEEP. ALSO REPORTING A DEER ACCIDENT, "Kicker" KILBURG OF SPRINGBROOK AND MATT SCHMIDT OF MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WITH FACIAL HAIR WEARING A DIRTY WHITE COAT WHO TOOK SOME ITEMS YESTERDAY FROM THEISEN'S FARM STORE.
THE ITEMS WERE WORTH $158.

A NEW EVENT IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA SATURDAY, JANUARY 24TH...AT THE COMFORT INN NEW MOTEL. IT WILL BE A WOMEN'S LIFESTYLE FAIR, ORGANIZED BY LIN SCHULTZ AND SARALYN OSTWINKLE BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE HOWARD DEAN WILL BE IN MAQUOEKTA AT NOON SATURDAY AT THE COMFORT INN.

MAQUOKETA HAS A WAMAC CONFERENCE WRESTLING MEET AT MARION TONIGHT.
DR. PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL BROADCAST THE MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM.

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY