MOSTLY CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 22 TODAY. POSSIBILITY OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY TOMORROW NIGHT. SINCE OUR KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW IS TOMORROW AND FRIDAY, THAT'S NOT GOOD NEWS.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAYED AT MARION LAST NIGHT AND WON, 49 TO 39. THE BOYS DID NOT PLAY.
BELLEVUE MARQUETTE BOYS, RATED 2ND IN THE STATE, WERE UPSET LAST NIGHT BY PRINCE OF PEACE OF CLINTON.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVORS APPROVED THE COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD REQUEST TO GET A 5 YEAR LOAN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER. THE LOAN IS A $20,000 FORGIVABLE LOAN AND A ZERO INTEREST LOAN OF $40,790. IT'S PART OF THE SOLID WASTE ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM. SUPERVIORS APPROVED THE LOAN, TO BE REPAID OVER 5 YEARS FROM THE MONEY RAISED AT THE CENTER.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL IS GOING AHEAD WITH PLANS TOR RAISE TAXES NO MORE THAN 40 CENTS PER $1,000 ASSESSED VALUATION. THE CITY HAS BEEN CUT BACK ON STATE FUNDS...WELL OVER $100,000. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX INCREASE WILL BE HELD MONDAY, MARCH 8TH.

STEVE FLYNN, MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN AND FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN, AND PHIL TABOR, ATTORNEY, AND FORMER COUNTY ATTORNEY, HAVE TAKEN ON THE POSITION OF CO-CHAIRMEN FOR THE RAGBRAI VISIT OF BIKERS TO MAQUOKETA IN JULY. THEIR FIRST MEETING IS THIS FRIDAY. PARKING, CAMPING AREAS, FOOD STANDS...AND PORTA POTTIES...AND MORE ....WILL BE TOPICS OF MUCH PLANNING IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD.

MAGISTRATE COURT NEWS: CLINTON LAMAR, AGE 29, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED THIS MORNING WITH OWI AND DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED.
RANDY DAVIS, 48, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FOR THREATENING TO HIT
ANOTHER MAQUOKETA MAN WITH AN AX HANDLE.
THOMAS CLASEN, 34, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT FOR HITTING A MAN IN THE MOUTH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

JAKE BICKFORD'S BIG WALL TO WALL SALE AT BILL MOLER'S MEN'S WEAR IS IN ITS FINAL WEEK. TWICE A YEAR, JAKE HAS ONE OF THESE MONTH LONG SALES. MANY OF YOU HAVE SHOPPED THEM OVER THE YEARS, AS FORMER OWNER BILL MOLER STARTED THE TWICE A YEAR CLEARANCE SALES MANY YEARS AGO. YES...BILL STILL LIVES HERE IN MAQUOKETA.....A LOT SLOWER OF COURSE.....WITH HIS DEEP VOICE, DOES THE COMMERCIALS FOR CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW OLD HE IS.

COME TO THE FARM AND HOME SHOW IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA....IT STARTS AT 10 TOMORROW MORNING AND GOES UNTIL 8 TOMORROW NIGHT. SAME HOURS FRIDAY. FREE ADMISSION. NEARLY 50 EXHIBITORS. BARGAIN FOOD BAR.
LIVE MUSIC. DOOR PRIZES. SEMINARS. FOR ME...SORE FEET.

WILL TRY TO HAVE A REPORT FOR TOMORROW. IF NOTHING ELSE, THE WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL AG AWARDS TO BE GIVEN OVER THE NOON HOUR TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY