81 TODAY. RAIN IN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT.......
UPPER 80'S TOMORROW AND 90-PLUS FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IS FORECAST.
THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY HAS ISSUED A PEAK ALERT FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS, URGING PEOPLE TO CONSERVE ELECTRICITY DURING THE DAY, AND DO SUCH THINGS AS LAUNDRY IN THE EVENING HOURS.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL DANCE TEAM WALKED AWAY WITH TOP HONORS RECENTLY AT THE NATIONAL DANCE ALLIANCE CAMP IN WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN. THERE WERE 11 TEAMS AND 90 PARTICIPANTS AT THE WEEK-LONG CAMP. BEV BRAUER IS THE DIRECTOR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ARE: COURTNEY MOORE, LIBBY THOLA, KAITLYN MCCUTCHEON, CHELSI SAGERS, MACKENZIE MOORE, JAIME GOODENOW, CASSIE COOK, CASSIE CLAEYS, TAYLOR FOWLER AND ELLEN FULLER. BRAUER SAID ALSO THAT SOME OF THE GIRLS RECEIVED INDIVIDUAL INVITATIONS TO DANCE AT THE ORANGE BOWL.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN PAUL HAHLE, FINISHING HIS FIRST TERM, HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER, BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINTS. HE OWNS THE OLD LUMBER YARD IN MAQUOKETA. COUNCILMAN NEIL MOREHEAD, MARSHA MEYERS, AND MATT WINEGAR HAVE NOT DECIDED YET AND NEITHER HAS MAYOR MESSERLI. NOMINATION PETITIONS MAY BE PICKED-UP STARTING MONDAY, AUGUST 27TH AT CITY HALL.

JOVIE ATIENZA, AGE 64, (HER HUSBAND IS MAQUOKETA SURGEON) WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 64 LAST NIGHT AND HAD AN ACCIDENT. SHE WAS DRIVING WEST, CROSSED THE ROAD AND WENT INTO THE DITCH, THEN ACROSS TWO PRIVATE DRIVES, AND HIT AN APPLE TREE. SHE, ALONG WITH PASSENGERS, DAUGHTER STEPHANIE PEREZ. AGE 32, OF MAQUOKETA AND GRANDSON KYRSTEN PEREZ, WERE ALL TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES. CHARGES ARE PENDING.

STAY COOL.

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