NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND IN MAQUOKETA...
PARTY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 69 TODAY. OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL....A GOOD AMOUNT.

MARK WILLEY HAS HAD A PUBLIC DEFENDER APPOINTED IN HIS CASE....CHRISTINE DALTON, THE CHIEF ATTORNEY IN THE STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE BASED IN MUSCATINE. WILLEY IS SCHEDULED TO BE ARRAIGNED THIS FRIDAY.

SOME MINOR ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND.
MARK THEISEN, 45, OF MAQUOKETA HIT A DOG WITH HIS MOTORCYCLE AND IT TIPPED OVER AND SLID 90 FEET. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON HIS OWN.
ANGELA WATTERS, AGE 38, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS IN AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR MAQUOKETA AND WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES.
LARRY RIORDAN, 33, OF MAQUOKETA WAS IN AN ACCIDENT SATURDAY MORNING IN MAQUOKETA. HE WAS NOT INJURED.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

RICHARD KOONTZ,66, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. THE COMPLETED OBITURARY WILL BE UP SOON AT www.carsonandson.com

THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK ... A NEW VERSION...IS UP AND WORKING FINE AND WILL BE FREE OF BAD LANGUAGE ENTRIES AND SPAM. SOME NEW ENTRIES ALREADY ON IT....SO TAKE A LOO....AND MAKE AN ENTRY. LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING THESE DAYS IN YOUR HOME AREA....AND LET US KNOW WHEN YOU PLAN A VISIT TO MAQUOKETA THIS SPRING OR SUMMER.

DEAN AND KAREN TILTON WHERE UP TO MAQUOKETA FROM THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA, WHERE THEY NOW LIVE. CAME UP FOR A PARTY FOR THE 4 HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS RETIRING THIS YEAR. KAREN TAUGHT WITH THEM FOR MANY YEARS. BOTH LOOKED GOOD AND LOVE FLORIDA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYBODY.

GO TO THE GUEST BOOK NOW.

DENNIS VOY