SUNNY TODAY. HIGH OF 46. LOOKING TO GO INTO THE 50'S TOMORROW.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM IS THE WAMAC CONFERENCE CHAMPION TEAM.
THEY DEFEATED INDEPENDENCE BY 10 POINTS LAST NIGHT TO ACHIEVE THE HONOR.
ADAM HEPKER LED MAQUOKETA WITH 23 POINTS, BRENT CARINDER HAD 14 AND TYLER KRUEGER HAD 13.
NEXT WEEK, ITS TOURNAMENT TIME.

IF THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS WIN TONIGHT, THEY GO ON TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. AND IF THE NORHEAST OF GOOSELAKE GIRLS WIN TOMORROW NIGHT, THEY GO ON TO STATE. BOTH GAMES WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM.

BOTH CHRIS HAHN AND DANE PAPE WON AGAIN LAST NIGHT AT THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT.
BOTH WRESTLE THIS AFTERNOON AND IF THEY WIN, WILL BE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES TOMORROW NIGHT.
IF I DON'T FORGET, I'LL MAKE A SHORT ENTRY LATER THIS AFTERNOON LETTING YOU KNOW HOW THEY DID.
IT HAS ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WILL BE A "WELCOME HOME RECEPTION" FOR THEM AND THE COACHES THIS SUNDAY AT 3 P.M. AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

NO ONE WAS INJURED WHEN AN ANDREW SCHOOL BUS HIT A VEHICLE BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY ON 216TH AVENUE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. VERGINIA FAULKNER, AGE 32, OF LAMOTTE WAS CHARGED WITH UNSAFE BACKING AND THE DRIVER OF THE BUS WAS TIM KAMMEYER, AGE 55, OF MAQUOKETA. $3,000 DAMAGE TO THE FAULKNER CAR AND $1,500 DAMAGE TO THE BUS.

THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL'S CURRENT CONSTRUCTION PHASE IS 88 PERCENT COMPLETE AND AN OPEN HOUSE IS PLANNED FOR JULY. A COST ESTIMATE FOR THE NEXT PHASE, TO INCLUDE A NEW ENTRANCE, WILL BE READY BY MID-APRIL. AND HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR CURT COLEMAN THE HOSPITAL IS LOOKING AT INCLUDING A NEW MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING IN THE NEXT PHASE. IT WOULD BE LEASED BY LOCAL PHYSICIANS.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF SIX GEESE, WORTH $300 FROM THE EARL KUNDE RESIDENCE IN MONMOUTH.

IN MAGISTRATE COURT, MARTY MCNABB, AGE 31, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED, SECOND OFFENSE. HE WAS STOPPED FOR SPEEDING AT 1:20 THIS MORNING ON WEST SUMMIT AND HIGHWAY 64 AND HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL REGISTERED .091 WITH .08 AS THE LEGAL LIMIT.

IN DISTRICT COURT, CHARLES BAGUSS, AGE 62, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS IN JAIL, 28 SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF OWI. HE WAS ALSO ORDERED TO PAY A $1,000 FIND AND COMPLETE A DRINKING DRIVERS COURSE AND UNDERGO SUBSTANCE ABUSE EVALUATION. HE WAS ARRESTED BACK ON JANUARY 15TH.

JESSICA MANG, AGE 22, OF MAQUOKETA WAS SENTENCED IN DISTRICT OUR TO 90 DAYS IN JAIL, 60 SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF DRIVING WHILE BARRED. THE JUDGE FINED HER $500.

CONNIE SUE DAVIS KUBICEK, AGE 53, OF CEDAR RAPIDS AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUDDENLY THURSDAY MORNING AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. SHE WAS A PROFESSIONAL CHEF AND OWNED HER OWN CATERING BUSINESS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, JOHN, HER PARENTS, DON AND THELMA DAVIS, SR. OF MAQUOKETA, TWO SISTERS, INCLUDING NANCY MOORE OF MAQUOKETA, AND THREE BROTHERS, INCLUDING DAVID DAVIS OF TORONTO.
HER SISTER, NANCY, IS A SALES PERSON HERE AT KMAQ. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE MONDAY MORNING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME AND FRIENDS CAN CALL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. JUST A REMINDER, THAT AT CARSON'S, THEY HAVE AN ONLINE NOTES OF SYMPATHY WEB SITE AT www.carsonandson.com.

CHECK BACK LATER TODAY FOR AFTERNOON WRESTLING RESULTS.

DENNIS VOY