1 AND 3/10 INCHES OF RAIN YESTEDAY.
TODAY AND REST OF WEEK WILL BE COOL.

JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JANUARY WAS
7.1 PERCENT, UP FROM 6 PERCENT IN DECEMBER.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT. A NEW VARSITY FOOTBALL COACH WILL PROBABLY BE ANNOUNCED.

BELLEVUE MARQUETTE WON THEIR BOY'S STATE TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL GAME THIS AFTERNOON 62 TO 48. THEIR 7-FOOT 1 CENTER SCORED 31 POINTS AND THEY PLAY AGAIN THURSDAY.

SAGE ROSENFELS, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND MCHS GRAD, IS LEAVING THE MIAMI DOLPHINS NFL TEAM AND HAS SIGNED WITH HOUSTON OF THE NFL. I HEAR HIS SIGNING BONUS WAS 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS,BUT I HAVN'T HEARD WHAT HIS 2006 SALARY WILL BE.
HE'S A QUARTERBACK.

MID-AMERICA NAZERINE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, IS IN THE DIVISION 2 NATIONAL FINAL 4 TOURNAMENT IN MISSOURI. THEY WON 3 GAMES IN A ROW LAST WEEK TO GET INTO THE FINAL 4. THE LEADING SCORER FOR THE TEAM IS ADAM HEPKER OF MAQUOKETA, A SOPHOMORE POINT GUARD. FORMER MAQUKETA RESIDENT ROCKY LAMAR IS THE COACH.
THEY PLAY TONIGHT AT 6 AND IF THEY WIN, WILL PLAY THE NATINAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TOMORROW NIGHT, AT THE COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS ADJACENT TO BRANSON.

JAMES AND KARI PAWSKI OF DUBUQUE HAD A BOYU A WEEK AGO AT THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER....THE NEW NAME FOR THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE KAY AND RON TRACY OF MAQUOKETA.

WILLIAM AND THERESA MANNING OF MAQUKETA HAD TWIN GIRLS MARCH 7TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE LNDA AND GARY MANNING OF MAQUOKETA.

WE HAVE THE NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL STATE BOY'S GAME FROM DES MOINES AT 8 TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM. NORTHEAST IS IN GOOSE LAKE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY