79 TODAY..NICE DAY...GOOD WEEK AHEAD, WITH MAYBE SOME RAIN ON THURSDAY.

NOEL BECKER, AGE 48, OF LOST NATION WAS KILLED ABOUT 2:30 YESTERDAYAFTERNOON WHEN HIS TRACTOR OVERTURNED IN A FIELD.

BELLEVUE VOTERS GO TO THE POLLS TOMORROW TO VOTE ON A BOND ISSUE OF $1-MILLION THAT COULD GO TOWARD A NEW SWIMMING POOL TO REPLACE THE CURRENT POOL, 39 YEARS OLD.

COURT NEWS: DANIEL TODD, AGED 33, OF MAQUOKETA , HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE 2ND DEGREE. POLICE SAY HE ASSAULTED AN 8-YEAR-OLD FEMALE BACK IN JULY, HERE IN MAQUOKETA. HE IS IN JAIL ON A $32,500 BOND.

ROGER BUNYON, AGE 31, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED IWTH ASSAULT SUNDAY NIGHT, FOR ALLEGEDLY HITTING DANIEL RINIKER SEVERAL TIMES.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. MAIN ITEM, TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW POLICE CHIEF.
THE MAYOR HAS PICKED SGT. BRAD KORADA TO BE THE NEW CHIEF. A SIMPLE MAJORITY IS NEEDED.

CHAD AND JODI COAKLEY OF MAQUOKETA HAD A BOY LAST FRIDAY IN DUBUQUE. GRANDPARENTS ARE BONNIE AND BURTH COAKLEY OF OTTER CREEK AND PATRICIA DIESING OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK IS BUBBA NIMS OF MAQUOKETA,LONGTIME MEAT CUTTER AND TRUCK FARMER AND OWNER OF NIM'S GARDEN ON PERSHING ROAD. PICTURE AND STORY ON ROTARY WEB SIDE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org

STEVE MEDINGER, 42, OF NAPLES, FLORIDA DIED FROM INJURIES HE RECEIVED IN A STOCK CAR ACCIDENT SATURDAY EVENING IN CLEWISTON, FLORIDA. HIS PARENTS ARE VINCENT AND ARLA MEDINGER OF MAQUOKETA.

DEE ANN FLENKER OF MAQUOKETA IS STARTING THE PLANNING FOR THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1980 REUNION. IT WILL BE ON THE WEEKEND OF AUGUST 5,6 AND 7TH, 2005. HER MAILING ADDRESS IS 21991 HIGHWAY 64, MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK. MY NEXT REPORT WILL NOT BE UNTIL FRIDAY.

DENNIS VOY