HOT TODAY...85, BROKE THE RECORD OF 83 SET IN 1897.

CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST 53 YEAR OLD MARK WILLEY OF MAQUOKETA AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY STABBED HIS SISTER, 47 YEAR OLD EMELIE WILLEY HARMON AT THE FAMILY HOME ON SOUTH MATTESON IN MAQUOKETA. WILLEY DID NOT LIVE AT THE HOME. MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID THEY EXPECT TO FILE CHARGES FRIDAY MORNING. THE CHIEF SAID A PASSERBY SAW HARMON ON THE STREET WHERE SHE WAS BLEEDING AT ABOUT 9:30 THIS MORNING AND CALLED 9-1-1. JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY STEVE SCHROEDER WAS FIRST AT THE SCENE AND APPLIED PACKS TO HER BLEEDING WOUNDS. KORANDA SAID ANOTHER PERSON AT THE SCENE SAW SOMEONE DRESSED IN BLACK RUNNING FROM THE HOME. MARK WILLEY WAS APPREHENDED WITHIN MINUTES IN THE 100 BLOCK OF SOUTH ELIZA. KORANDA SAID WILLEY HAD NO WEAPONS ON HIM AND OFFERED NO RESISTANCE. WILLEY IS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. HARMON WAS FIRST TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH STAB WOUNDS TO HER FACE, NECK AND ABDOMEN. SHE WAS THEN AIRLIFED TO UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS IN IOWA CITY. KORANDA SAID HARMON WAS OUT OF SURGERY IN THE AFTERNOON AND THAT SHE APPEARS TO BE OKAY. THE CHIEF SAID NO MOTIVE HAS BEEN DETERMINED. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THERE HAS BEEN VIOLENCE BETWEEN THE SIBLINGS. IN FEBRUARY OF 2003, MARK WILLEY ACCUSED EMELIE HARMON AND HIS OTHER SISTER, DAWN, OF TRYING TO KILL HIM. WILLEY THEN CLAIMED THE TWO BEAT HIM UP, USING A LAMP AND HIGH HEEL SHOE. IN JULY OF THAT YEAR, THE TWO WOMEN STOOD TRIAL BY JURY AND WERE FOUND NOT GUILTY.

SHORTY ALLEN, AGE 84, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED AT HIS HOME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HIS COMPLETED OBITUARY IS AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM

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DENNIS VOY