IT HAS BEEN RAINING IN MAQUOKETA OFF AND ON SINCE YESTERDAY.
1.86 INCHES SO FAR AND MORE IN FORECAST TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. SO FAR IN JULY, MAQUOKETA HAS RECEIVED NEARLY 7 INCHES OF RAIN. BUT, MANY OTHER EASTERN IOWA NEARBY CITIES HAVE RECEIVED MUCH MORE.
TODAY'S HIGH WAS ONLY 71.

THE CORN LOOKS GREAT IN THE KMAQ AREA.

IN SPORTS...THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASEBALL TEAM LOST THEIR OPENIGN TOURNAMENT GAME TO ANAMOSA .. LOOSING IN THE LAST INNING.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HAVE THIER FIRST TOURNAMENT GAME TONIGHT HERE, AGAINST DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION. THEY BEAT DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION EARLIER THIS SEASON. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HAVE RECORDED OVER 30 WINS.

CONNIE GLASER, AGE 54, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN NOW BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com. SHE HAS A LOT OF LOCAL SURVIVORS.

THE SUPERVISORS HEARD THIS MORNING AT THEIR MEETING,THAT THE OLD TRUCK STOP PROPERTY CLEAN-UP OF THE SOIL IS STILL NOT DONE.
ANOTHER DAY OF HAULING CONTAMINATED DIRT AWAY WILL STILL HAVE TO BE DONE. IT HAS BEEN 10 YEARS OF CLEANUP. ONE OF THESE DAYS, THE SUPERVISORS WILL BE ABLE TO SELL THE BUILDING AND LAND.

AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCI CHANGED ITS MIND ON THE NEW BURNING ORDINANCE. THE COUNCIL VOTED 5 TO 2 TO ALLOW ONE DAY A WEEK FOR BURNING OF PAPER. NO GARBAGE BURNING WILL BE ALLOWED. VOTING AGAINST THE CHANGE TO ONE DAY A WEEK, COUNCIL MEMBERS MARSHA MEYERS AND GALEN SAUNDERS.

THE JONES COUNTY FAIR STARTS TOMORROW IN MONTICELLO.
THE CLINTON COUNTY FAIR STARTS THURSDAY IN DEWITT.
KMAQ WILL BE BROADCASTING DAILY FROM BOTH FAIRS.

IT IS RIDICULOUS DAY IN MAQUOKETA TOMORROW...AN ANNUAL SALES EVENT THAT DATES BACK TO 1958. SIDEWALK SELLING...FOOD...KID'S DINO JUMP AND MORE. MANY STORES WILL OPEN AT 7 A.M.

THE NEW MEXICAN RESTUARANT OPENED YESTERDAY ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. THEY HAVE DONE NO ADVERTISING, SO I CAN GIVE YOU NO FURTHER INFORMATION.

THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB IS ADVERTISING FOR A NEW MANAGER.

THE OLD HOUSE (PHOTO IN THIS REPORT EARLIER THIS MONTH) IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET TO THE EAST OF LOWELL HENRY PHOTOGRAPHY. THE LADY THAT OWNED IT DIED LAST YEAR AND
IT HAS NOT BEEN LIVED-IN FOR YEARS. KEN MOORE BOUGHT IT AND PLANS TO RESTORE IT SOME DAY. I TOURED IT A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IT IS QUITE A HOME, GREAT STAIRWAY, AN UPSTAIRS ALL-SEASONS ROOM, AND NEEDS LOTS OF WORK.

ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH TORE DOWN THE OLD PARSONAGE HOME NEXT DOOR TO THE EAST OF THE CHURCH AND IS BUILDING A NEW
BUILDING ON THE LOT. I ASSUME IT WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY ROOM AND CLASSROOMS. THE BUILDING PERMIT WAS LISTED IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR AROUND $180,000.

JOHN WAGENER IS STILL PLANNING TO BUILD AN ETHANOL PLANT IN THE MAQUOKETA INDUSTRIAL PARK, IN AN EXISTING BUILDING.

THE NEW HARRY POTTER MOVIE IS DOING GOOD BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA.

THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR PARADE IS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW...STARTING AT 6 P.M.

WILL TRY TO DO BETTER ON GETTING MORE OF THESE REPORTS....BUT BEING SHORT OF A STAFF MEMBER AND WITH COUNTY FAIRS IN PROGRESS.....WE ARE BUSY AS EVER HERE AT THE STATION.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN REGULARLY.

DENNIS VOY