A PREDICTION THIS MORNING FOR UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY...BUT WE ACTUALLY ONLY HAD FLURRIES OVER THE NOON HOUR. HIGH TODAY, 35.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS EASILY DEFEATED WESTERN DUBUQUE, HERE, LAST NIGHT AND TOMORROW WRESTLE ALL DAY LONG AT CLINTON.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN JACKSON COUNTY IN DECEMBER WAS 7%, UP FROM 6.3 IN NOVEMBER. A YEAR AGO IN DECEMBER, IT WAS 8.3.

MANY MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS WILL SEE A NEARLY $4 INCREASE IN THEIR ELECTRIC RATES BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, IRV LEINEN, APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNCIL LAST SUMMER, COMPLANING ABOUT ILLEGAL BURNING IN MAQUOKETA. MONDAY NIGHT, HE APPEARED AGAIN ON SAME SUBJECT, SAYING THEY DID NOTHING ABOUT IT LAST YEAR AND THAT IT IS A REAL PROBLEM IN MAQUOKETA. THE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL MEET FEBRUARY 2ND TO TALK ABOUT. GOOD GOING IRV.

JACKSON COUNTY WILL BE PARTICIPATING WITH NEARBY COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT TWO YEARS IN A METHAMPHETAMINE TASK FORCE, WITH THE FOCUS ON FINDING THIEVES WHO ARE STEALING ANYDROUS AMMONIA FROM AREA FARMS. THAT FARM CHEMICAL IS USED IN MAKING ILLEGAL METHAMPHETAMINE.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY AT VINTON TONIGHT....LONG RIDE....AND THE GIRLS HOST VINTON TONIGHT.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON, A VIP OPEN HOUSE OF THE NEW DICK'S SUPER MARKET, OPENING TO THE PUBLIC NEXT WEDNESDAY. SUNDAY AFTERNOON ALSO, THE 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY.

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY