ITS COLD IN IOWA. NOW AT 5 P.M...JUST 7 ABOVE AND WE EXPECT TO GO BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. WE HAD 5 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, WILLIAM SIMONS, AGE 23, IS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON A $6,500 BOND AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY SHOT OFF HIS GUN AND THREATENED ANOTHER MAN LAST NIGHT AROUND 7:30 ON EAST MAPLE STREET.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. THREE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL TAKE THEIR SEATS TONIGHT. NEIL MOREHEAD, MARSHA MEYERS AND PAUL HAHLE.

ROBERT NIEBUHR, 74, OF LOST NATION, DIED SATURDAY. HE AND HIS WIFE OPERATED NIEBUHR'S MEAT MARKET IN LOST NATION FROM 1966 UNTIL 1991.

JOAN HOWELL, AGE 78, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SATURDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. HE AND HER LATE HUSBAND, SLIP, FOUNDED "SLIP'S INN" IN 1959 AND OPERATED THE TAVERN UNTIL RETIRING IN 1989.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, VERL HOWELL OF MAQUOKETA AND A DAUGHTER, MELODY MILLER OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO 4 GRANDCHILDREN AND 3 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN..AND A SISTER BETTY WHO LIVES IN LONDON, ENGLAND.

LARRY BERNER, AGE 57, OF HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILLINOIS AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY IN ILLINOIS. HE WORKED FOR AN INDUSTRY IN CHICAGO. HE IS SURVIVED BY 4 SONS, DAVE, STEVE, DOUG AND SCOTT, AND 6 GRANDCHLDREN. ALSO 2 SISTERS, INCLUDING ARLENE BERNER OF MAQUOKETA AND 4 BROTHERS, INCLUDING CLIFF BERNER OF MAQUOKETA AND GLENN BERNER OF BALDWIN.

HELENE RUFF, AGE 90, DIED LAST NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. SHE AND HER FIRST HUSBAND, CARROLL STODDARD OWNED THE DELMAR JOURNAL FOR 10 YEARS. SHE ALSO WORKED AS A
BOOKEEPER FOR 19 YEARS FOR MITCHELL-MASKREY COMPANY IN MAQUOKETA. SHE MARRIED HARLAN RUFF IN 1964 AND HE DIED IN 2000. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 1 BROTHER IN SAN DIEGO AND 1 SISTER IN PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY