79 today...need I say more...

A Preston woman died yesterday afternoon around 1:30 after she was ejected from her vehicle in a near head-on
crash near Preston. Dead is Donna Whitmore, age 52. The other driver, Sheryl Werden of Maquoketa, was taken to the hospital here in town. Both were alone in their vehicle and neither was wearing a seat belt. The State Trooper said Werden was driving East on highway 64 three miles West of Preston, her car crossed the centerline and hit the Whitmore car nearly head on. Both cars were a total loss.

A Maquoeketa woman, Jessica Bowden, reported her vehicle was vandalized over the weekend on North Niagara Street.

Several grass fires over the weekend kept firemen busy. Maquoketa firemen were called to the Keith Kleis farm for a cornfield fire.

City council meeting tonight at Maquoketa City Hall.

There will be Harness Horse Races at the Maquoketa fairgrounds, Sunday afternoon, June 5th.
Stock Car races start this Saturday night at the fairgrounds.

Ted and Sheryl Tilton of Castle Rock, Colorado, are the parents of a boy, Dylan, born April 1st.
He joins one brother, Ethan, age 2 1/2. Grandparents are Dean and Karen Tilton of Maquoketa.

Have a good week.

Dennis Voy