IT IS REALLY COLD IN IOWA. 4 BELOW IN MAQUOKETA THIS MORNING. NOW, SUNNY AND 10.
A COUPLE MORE DAYS AND IT WILL WARM UP A LITTLE.

LINDA POWLISTHA BROUGHT IN SOME PICTURE OF THE ONWARD FINE ARTS CENTER (LARGE AUDITORIUM) THAT IS GOING UP ON EAST PLATT STREET, ACROSS FROM THE FAIR GROUNDS. BEING BUILDT BY VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING HER HUSBAND DON, AND NO TAX MONEY FOR IT....ALL DONATIONS. WON'T BE DOWN FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS AT LEAST. GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE, CLICK TO PHOTOS AND YOU'LL SEE AN OUTSIDE PHOTO OF IT. CLICK ON IT FOR ABOUT 6 OR MORE PHOTOS OF THE INSIDE.

JACKSON COUNTY RECORDER PHYLLIS GERLACH IS MAD AT THE SUPERVISORS. SHE WANTS A HIGHER SALARY AND ALSO WANTS TO GIVE HER EMPLOYEES A RAISE AND SUPERVISORS WON'T AGREE TO IT, BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN HER BUDGET. AT LEAST TWICE BEFORE SHE WAS AT ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS AND SHE WAS AT THE MEETING OF THE SUPERVISORS AGAIN TODAY. TODAY, SHE ASKED THE SUERVISORS IF SHE WERE A MAN WOULD THEIR DECISION BE DIFFERENT. SHE SAID A MAN WOULD NOT HAVE TO PUT UP WITH WHAT SHE HAS HAD TO. AND SHE ONCE AGAIN TODAY COMPLAINED THAT HER SALARY WAS LESS THAN THE SALARY FOR THE AUDITOR AND TREASURER. SUPERVISORS DECLINED TODAY TO APPROVE ANY RAISES AND SUPERVISOR DAVE KENDELL SAID THE SALARY ISSUE IS UP TO THE COMPENSATION BOARD AND THAT BOARD WILL MEET FOR ITS ANNUAL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, TED WIGGINS, 74, WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD ON A LEFT TURN FOLLOWING A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT MONDAY MORNING EAST OF MAQUOKETA. THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BY MADONNA SAGERS, 63, OF MAQUOKETA. DAMAGES WERE ESTIMATED AT $1,000 TO WIGGIN'S 2004 DODGE AND $2,500 TO SAGERS 2002 DODGE. NO INJURIES.

ELEANOR G. ULVESTAD, AGE 90, DIED TODAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. SERVICES ARE PENDING.
I'LL HAVE MORE WHEN I GET THE COMPLETE ARRANGEMENTS FROM THE FUNERAL HOME.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST DYERSVILLE TONIGHT IN BOY'S WAMAC CONFERENCE BASKETBALL AND THE GIRLS PLAY THERE.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY