Yesterday, Maquoketa reached 50. Today, mostly cloudy and only in the 30's.

A MONMOUTH MAN LEAD JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES ON A FIVE-MILE HIGH SPEED ESCAPADED AND THEN A SHORT FOOT CHASE THROUGH A CORNFIELD EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. JOSHUA DAVID HOWELL, AGE 20, HAS BEEN CHARGED WTIH OWI, OPEN CONTAINER VIOLATION, AND SEVERAL TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.

POLICE BLOTTER: LISA VOHRINGER OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED SOMEONE TOOK ITEMS VALUED AT ABOUT $50 FROM HER VEHICLE WHILE PARKED AT WALMART YESTERDAY.
LAURA JAMES OF NORTH WALNUT SAID SOMEONE TOOK A WOODEN MOOSE AND BEAR BENCH FROM THE FRONT YARDD SOMETIME SINCE DECEMBER 15TH...A VALUE OF $130.

COURT NEWS: RONALD GARIEN, AGE 47, OF MAQUOEKTA WAS CHARGED WITH OWI, 2ND OFFENSSE YESTERDAY. HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL REGISTERED .241 WITH .08 AS THE LEGAL LIMIT.

DAN AND MICHELLE STEINES OF NORTH LIBERTY ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN YESTERDAY IN CEDAR RAPIDS. GRANDPARENTS ARE JUNIOR AND LAURA STEINES OF RURAL SPRINGBROOK.

DALE YAROLIM, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE WAS A WORLD WAR 2 VETERAN OF THE U.S. ARMY. HE WORKED IN THE CLINTON ENGINES PAINT DEPARTMENT FOR 30 YEARS AND THEN WORKED AS A HANDYMAN AT BRIARWOOD CARE CENTER IN MAQUOKETA UNTIL RETIRING IN 1993. SURVIVORS INCLUDE4 CHILDREN....DIXIE BRINKMAN OF MAQUOKETA....DAN YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA....DOUG YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA....AND DENISE SCHMITZ OF MAQUOKETA.

STEVE FLYNN, OUTGOING CITY COUNCILMAN, IS THE ROTARY'S "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK"...SEE A PICTURE OF HIM AND READ ABOUT HIM ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE....www.maquoketa-rotary.org

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY