LIGHT SNOW FELL IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT...JUST A TRACE. WINDY AND COLD TODAY. FORECAST IS FOR 5-BELOW CHRISTMAS EVE. POOR SANTA.

MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS TOOK 4TH PLACE IN THE DEWITT TOURNAMENT LAST SATURDAY.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY AT DEWITT TONIGHT.

GARY DREW IS THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK....READ ABOUT HIM AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org

SOMEONE DUMPED PETROLEUM INTO MAQUOKETA'S WASTEWATER STYSTEM OVER THE WEEKEND, CAUSING SOME PROBLEMS.

THREE BALDWIN RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO MANUFACTURE METH, POSSESSION OF METH PRECURSORS AND POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.

ROBERT "KELLY" TACKET, JR...WHO WAS KILLED IN THE AUTO ACCIDENT FRIDAY NIGHT JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, JANICE BELL OF MAQUOKETA, HIS FATHER AND STEPMOTHER IN MISSOURI, AND HIS SPECIAL FRIEND, CHARLA WAITE OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WAS ALSO IN THE ACCIDENT.
HE WAS AN EX-MARINE AND WORKED FOR A FIRM IN CAMANCHE.

RICHARD STETLER, 78, OF OXFORD JUNCTION, DIED TODAY AT THE VA HOSPITAL.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON IN MAQUOKETA, WILLIAM STETLER.

THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS DINNER CHRISTMAS DAY AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA, ON EAST PLATT, SPONSORED BY THE EAST IRON HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH.

THE KMAQ-VOY THEATRES CHRISTMAS PARTY WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT THE CIRCLE C IN LAMOTTE. NICE PLACE. VERY GOOD FOOD.

NEW DOWNTOWN COFFEE SHOP OPENS VERY SOON.

ANOTHER CONCERT TONIGHT AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.
MORE PICTURES (OF THE LOBBY), TAKEN BY CHARLOTTE MEYER, ARE ON HER WEB SITE. WORTH GOING TO..... JUST TO SEE THE WOOD WALL ART PIECE DONE BY JIM GERONZIN OF MAQUOKETA. ADDRESS IS: www.geocities.com/cherokeegs/MeyerPix/Ohnward

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
SORRY SOME OF YOU HAVE TO BE MISSING THIS CRISP, COOL WEATHER....THE KIND OF WEATHER THAT HAS GIVEN ME A GOOD PRE-CHRISTMAS COLD.

DENNIS VOY