NICE, NICE DAY TODAY...AROUND 50 DEGREES AND SUNNY.

HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK. UP TO HOMETOWN HORICON, WISCONSIN AND BACK FOR A FUNERAL OF AN UNCLE.

MAQUOKETA POLICE FILED DRUG CHARGES AGAINST 3 PEOPLE AFTER SEARCHING A HOME ON NORTH OLIVE STREET WEDNESDAY MORNING....
AND FOUND 3.7 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA AND 19.1 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA STEMS. CHARGES FILED AGAINST BRENDA WAGNER, HER DAUGHTER
RACHEL WAGNER AND ANOTHER PERSON, DAVID DANIEL, WHO ALSO LIVES IN THE HOME.

SHAPE-UP JACKSON COUNTY STARTS IN A COUPLE WEEKS AND THE GOAL IS FOR 300 PEOPLE TO LOOSE 3,000 POUNDS. BARB BURMEISTER FROM THE HOSPITAL WILL AGAIN COORDINATE THE PROGRAM. THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS ANNUAL PROGRAM HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY WAS 2000.

THE JACKSON COUNTY ASSESSOR WILL BE LEAVING HIS POST NEXT MONTH, BUT NO REPLACEMENT YET. IN FACT, THE GROUP WHO RECOMMEDS HIRING FOR THE POSITION HAS NOT MET.

SHIRLEY BARKER, AGE 72, DIED YESTERDAY MORNING. THE FULL OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com

KATY ARTERERRY, 46, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY. FULL OBITUARY ALSO AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS.

BOBBIE RICH, 88, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com

CAMILLA SKOTT, AGE 91, DIED THIS MORNING AT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE.
ARRANGEMENTS AT www.carsonandson.com

THE NEW ARC (WHICH WHICH WILL HAVE AN INDOOR SWIMMING POOL)
IS GOING UP EAST OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD. QUITE A FEW WALLS ARE UP AND ITS TAKING SHAPE.

GO TO THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK RIGHT NOW AND WISH SOMEONE
YOU KNOW HERE IN MAQUOKETA A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

AND HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY