IT HAS BEEN WEEKS SINCE WE HAVE SEEN SUNSHINE. AND CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE, WITH NO SUNSHINE, UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
AND, FOR ALSO FOR WEEKS, THE TEMPS HAVE BEEN ABOVE NORMAL. TODAY, ONLY
31, BUT MOST DAYS HIGHER. NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS IN LOW 20'S.
AND WE NEED RAIN OR SNOW TO PREPARE FOR A GOOD SPRING CORN AND SOYBEAN CROP START. SO, AFTER 15 INCHES OF SNOW AND REALLY COLD WEATHER, IN EARLY DECEMBER....THE REVERSE HAS HAPPENED AND JUST ABOUT EVERYONE IS HAPPY ABOUT THE WEATHER FROM A FUEL BILL SIDE.

WRESTLING: LAST NIGHT, MAQUOKETA WENT TO EPWORTH AND LOST BY 2 POINTS TO BENTON COMMUNITY AND BY 12 POINTS TO WESTERN DUBUQUE.

MAQUOKETA 4-TIME HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMP ERIC JUERGENS WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE IOWA WRESTLING HALL OF FAME IN FEBRUARY. HE WENT ON TO BE AN ALL AMERICAN WRESTLER FOR IOWA. HE GETS THE HONOR IN THE NEW AUDITORIUM IN DES MOINES, RIGHT NEXT TO THE OLD VETS AUDITORIUM.
I HEAR IT IS QUITE NICE....ANXIOUS TO SEE IT.

THE MAQUOKET GIRLS HOST MARION TONIGHT AND THE BOYS ARE AT MARION.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDS ARE 1 AND 2 IN THE WAMAC EAST DIVISION WHILE MARION IS 2 AND 1. WEST DELAWARE LEADS THE DIVISION AT 3 AND 0.

DON'T FORGET, 48 HOURS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL HAVE A FEATURE ON THE
GREY MAY (OF BELLEVUE) MURDER CASE.

"ANNIE" WILL BE PUT ON LOCALLY BY LOCAL ARTISTS .....JAN 27 AND 28 AND
FEB 4...EACH EVENING AND A FINAL MATINEE FEB 5TH. ALL AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT OSTERHAUSE PHARMACY AND THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK. ADULT TICKETS IN ADVANCE ARE $10....AND AT DOOR WILL BE $12.50. KIDS 12 AND UNDER $5

A CALAMUS WOMAN WAS IN A 2-VEHICLE ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
IN MAQUOKETA.....WHEN SHE FAILED TO YIELD AND BROADSIDED A VAN, OWNED BY FRANCIS MELVOLD AND DRIVEN BY JOHN MELVOLD, AGE 50. DAMAGE TO THE 2000 LOCAL VAN, $4,000 AND NO ONE INJURED.

MARTIN HOFFINGER, WHO OWNED CLINTON ENGINES, NOW WANTS TO GIVE THE CITY THE BUILDING ACROSS FROM WHERE THE PLANT WAS.....A BUILDING THAT WAS THE CLINTON ENGINES CAFETERIA. BUT, THE CITY WON'T TAKE THE UNDER AN ACRE PIECE OF LAND AND BUILDING, UNTIL IT IS DETERMINED THERE IS NO
SOIL CONTAMINATION THERE. THE CITY WILL PAY TO HAVE IT TESTED.
ALL THAT IS LEFT OF CLINTON ENGINES ON THE MAIN SITE, IS THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, WHICH IS NOW OWNED BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND WILL BE RESTORED INTO A MUSEUM FOR CLINTON ENGINES ITEMS AND OTHER THINGS. IT ALREADY HAS NEW ROOF, WINDOWS, AND LAWN AND A GUTTED INTERIOR. THE CAFETERIA BUILDING HAS BEEN USED, RENTED FROM HOFFINGER, FOR SELLING CLINTON ENGINES PARTS.

A MAQUOKETA GIRL, AUBRIE SCHMIDT, AGE 17, IS IN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY AFTER A ONE CAR ACCIDENT WENESDAY NIGHT ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA ON HIGHWAY 62, THE ROAD TO ANDREW.
HER CAR LEFT THE ROAD, WENT AIRBORNE AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH.
SHE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITAL AND THEN THE MED-FORCE HELICOPTER TOOK HER TO IOWA CITY. WE HAVE NO CONDITION REPORT.

RETTA AND RONNEY SPEERS OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JAN 3RD AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

POSTAL 1ST CLASS STAMPS GO UP 2-CENTS, TO 39, THIS SUNDAY.

THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WILL BE ADVERTISING FOR A NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. THE CITY HAS NOT HAD ONE SINCE LAST FEBRUARY AND RANDY CROUCH HAS BEEN ACTING AS FOREMAN SINCE THEN. THE POSITION WILL PAY 45 TO 45-THOUSAND A YEAR.

RADIO BINGO STARTS A WEEK FROM MONDAY ON KMAQ....EACH AFTERNOON AT 3:30. FREE BINGO CARDS ARE AVAILABE NOW AT VARIOUS MERCHANTS.

THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW IS FEB. 9TH AND 10TH... PLAN TO ATTEND.

KMAQ NOW HAS A DAILY CASH JACKPOT FOR LUCKY PHONE NUMBERS. BE LISTENING FOR YOUR NUMBER. FIRST WINNER, FROM PRESTON, TODAY.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY