8/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY, AND TODAY, SUNNY...BREEZY AND A HIGH OF 69. LOOKS LIKE THE WEATHER WILL BE NICE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

THE MAQUOKETA ARC COMMITTEE HAS BEEN AWARDED A STATE GRANT OF $825,000 WHICH WILL GO TOWARD THE INDOOR POOL AND GYM FACILITY, TO BE BUILDT ACROSS THE STREET AND EAST OF THE GOODENOW FOOTBALL FIELD. A DELEGATION FROM MAQUOKETA WAS IN DES MOINES TODAY FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT. THE MONEY WILL BE USED TOWARD THE $4.5 MILLION DOLLAR PROPOSED FACILITY, THAT MAY BE AN AFFILIATION WITH THE YMCA.

A MAQUOKETA TEENAGER, JOHNATHAN BOLLINGER, AGE 14, OF MAQUOKETA, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH STEALING A VEHICLE, BREAKING INTO SOME STRUCTURES AND STEALING KEYS FROM SOME CARS.
HE IS BEING HELD IN THE SCOTT COUNTY JUVENILE CENTER.

THE MURDER TRIAL IN JACKSON COUNTY HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE MONDAY. THE JURY WAS SELECTED MONDAY AND THE TRIAL IS UNDERWAY, AND MAY LAST ONLY THIS WEEK. TOO MUCH TO COVER IN THIS SHORT REPORT, SO YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE VERDICT.

BRENDA AND RANDY HUFFMAN OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE CARL AND SHIRLEY HUFFMAN OF MAQUOKETA. GREAT-GRANDMOTHER IS LAURA DELARM OF MAQUOKETA.

MACEL HOPSON, 89, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON DWIGHT OF MAQUOKETA AND A DAUGHTER, SHIRLEY FELLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND ALSO A SISTER, GOLDA GILMORE OF MAQUOKETA. COMPLETE OBITURAY CAN BE READ AT
www.carsonandson.com.

GEORGE GRIFFIN, JR., AGE 69, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT AT HIS HOME.
HIS IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, CAROLYN, AND TWO SONS, AND HIS FATHER, GEORGE, SR. OF MAQUOKETA. HE WORKED A LOT IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND WILL BE BURRIED THERE.

KEITH CROCE, AGE 38, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.
SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON'S. SOON, CHECK THE FULL OBITUARY AT www.carsonandson.com
HE WAS ONE OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CITIZENS OF THE WEEK LAST SUMMER, FOR HIS VOLUNTEER WORK AS THE MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA INDIANS SEMI-PRO BASEBALL TEAM IN MAQUOKETA. HE NEVER MARRIED AND HAS HAD KIDNEY PROBLEMS ALL HIS LIFE.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT AND TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY