1 AND 1/4 INCHES OF RAIN AGAIN LAST NIGHT...NOW OVER 7 FOR JULY.
SUNNY AND HOT TODAY....WITH HOPE THAT RAIN WON'T START LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EFFECT THE PARADE.

THE IOWA UNEMPLOYEMENT RATE WAS 3.6 IN JUNE, UP FROM 3.4 IN MAY.
IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE RATE WAS 4.1.....COMPARED TO 3.7 IN MAY.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, 41 YEAR OLD BARRY MANNING, RAN INTO THREE PARKED VEHICLES LAST NIGHT AROUND 7:30. ALL 3 PARKED VEHICLES ARE OWNED BY WILLIAM HAYWARD, JR. OF MAQUOKETA.
NO CHARGES WERE FILED AND NO INJURIES.

SHORT REPORT....SLOW NEWS DAY, AT LEAST FOR MAQUOKETA NEWS.
OUR LOCAL NEWSCASTS FEATURE NEWS WITHIN A 3 COUNTY AREA....JACKSON, JONES AND CLINTON COUNTIES. I ONLY PUT MAQUOKETA RELATED NEWS ON THIS REPORT.

COME TO THE FAIR.

DENNIS VOY