THERE WAS A WEDNESDAY REPORT, BUT IT DID NOT GO UP ON THE WEB UNTIL THIS MORNING.
IT WAS NOT THERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ IT....REMEMBER TO READ IT AFTER YOU ARE DONE READING THIS ONE.

TODAY, THURSDAY, ANOTHER HOT DAY AFTER AN INCH OF RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING.
TODAY IN THE UPPER 80'S. TOMORROW AND THE WEEKEND, UP TO 90 OR MORE.

ITS OFFICIAL...AGAIN...THE NEW CITY BURNING ORDINANCE WILL ALLOW BURNING OF PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS ONE AFTERNOON A WEEK WITH SOME LIMITATIONS. THE BURNING MUST BE DONE BETWEEN 1 AND 6 P.M. SATURDAYS. IT PROHIBITS BURN BARRELS. RESIDENTS MAY BURN IN A 3-FOOT SQUARE BURNING RECEPTACLE ABOVE GROUND. RESIDENTS MUST STAND BY THE FIRE UNTIL IT IS OUT. A FIRE EXTINGUISHER MUST BE NEARBY.

THE COUNCIL APPARENTLY IS NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT BURNED OUT BUILDINGS.
THE DEPOT RESTUARANT BUILDING, THAT BURNED A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, STILL STANDS.
AN UGLY SITE ON EAST PLATT STREET.

A SCOTT COUNTY JURY YESTERDAY FOUND A FORMER MAQUOKETA WOMAN, MEGAN PRICE, AGE 21, GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HER BOYFRIEND.
SHE STABBED 34 YEAR OLD ALLEN JOHNSON ON JANUARY 5TH AT HIS DAVENPORT DUPLEX.

THE ATV TRACK AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA IS NOT OPEN THIS SUMMER AND IS FOR SALE.
A REALTOR SIGN IS ON PROPERTY. IT IS ON LAND THAT WAS PURCHASED FROM THE CITY
SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, $10,000. RUMOR HAS IT, THE ASKING PRICE IS $350,000. MEANWHILE, LOTS OF WEEDS GROWING TALL ON THE LAND.

HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN MAQUOKETA AND PRESTON HAS BEEN WIDENED AND THIS WEEK, A NEW LAYER OF ASPHALT IS BEING PUT DOWN. GOOD IMPROVEMENT, BUT STILL A BAD ROAD
WHEN GETTING BEHIND A SLOW DRIVER AS THERE ARE FEW PASSING PLACES ON THE ENTIRE STRETCH.

FOOTBALL PRACTICE HAS STARTED.

DID YOU KNOW THAT 1936 HAD THE HOTTEST SUMMER IN MAQUOKETA EVER?

KMAQ IS TAKING A BUS TO THE FARM PROGRESS SHOW AUGUST 29TH, IN DECATUR, ILLINOIS.
CALL US IF YOU WANT TO GO ALONG.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY