ANOTHER SUPER DAY...73 THE HIGH.
A CITY-WIDE POWER FAILURE FROM 6:40 UNTIL 7:40 THIS MORNING. MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC MANAGER DOUG OWEN SAID THE PROBLEM WAS NOT LOCAL. KMAQ OFF-THE-AIR ALSO FOR THE HOUR.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MET LAST NIGHT AND VOTED TO SPEND AN ADDITONAL $24,000 ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW TRACK. BUT, IT IS STILL UNDER BUDGET. IT AND THE NEW TENNIS COURTS WERE ESTIMATED TO COST $430,000 BUT WILL COME IN AT $391,000. THE COURTS ARE ALMOST DONE AND THE TRACK WILL BE READY FOR SPRING USE.
IN COURT NEWS, JAMES HEAD OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 56, WAS CHARGED MONDAY NIGHT WITH OWI AT MAIN AND PLATT STREETS.
ROBERT MELOW, 46, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC ASSAULT FOR HITTING HIS GIRLFRIEND IN THE FACE WITH HIS FIST, LOOSENING TWO TEETH.
BRENT AND SHEILA HANLON PAULS OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST TUESDAY, AUG. 31ST AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE JACK AND GAIL HANLON OF MAQUOKETA AND BRUCE AND ARLOEEN PAULS OF MAQUOKETA.
DARIN AND STACIA GALLOWAY HANSEN OF OXFORD JUNCTION HAD A BOY SEPTEMBER 1ST. GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE VERN AND EVA HERKELMAN OF MAQUOKETA.
LURA DANIELS AND WILLLIAM BAKER, SR. OF MAQUOKETA, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SEPT. 1ST AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
IOWA IS FAVORED BY 4 TOUCHDOWNS OVER IOWA STATE THIS SATURDAY AT IOWA CITY.
NO LOCAL DEATHS.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY