CLOUDY TODAY AND HIGH OF 30.

THE MAQUOKETA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS NAMED ANGELA MCCOLLEY AS THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SHE SUCCEEDS KATE CARINDER WHO HELD THE POSITION THE PAST THREE YEARS. MCCOLLEY LEAVES THE POSITION OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY HEALTH CENTER IN MAQUOKETA. MCCOLLEY, A NATIVE OF MAQUOKETA, AND HER HUSBAND ARE MAKING PLANS TO MOVE BACK TO MAQUOKETA, FROM DUBUQUE.

AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING TODAY, TREASURER AL TEBBE,JR. ASKED THAT BOB MOTTET BE APPOINTED TO REPLACE BARB WRIGHT ON THE COUNTY COMPENSATION BOARD. WRIGHT RESIGNED AND THE BOARD APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MOTTET. COMPENSATION BOARD MEMBERS RECOMMEND SALARIES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS. IT IS SCHEDULED TO MEET IN FEBRUARY.

IN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ARE PLAYING AT MANCHESTER TONIGHT AND THE MAQUOKETA BOYS ARE HOSTING WEST DELAWARE, MANCHESTER, TONIGHT. BOB WARNER WILL BE BROADCASTING THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM.

BOB GAVIN OF MAQUOKETA IS PROUD OF HIS DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH. IN THIS SEASON'S PUNT, PASS AND KICK COMPETITION, IN HER AGE (8/9) DIVISION, SHE FINISHED 8TH IN THE NATION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE DETAILS OF HER COMPETITION (AND REWARDS RECEIVED)....EMAIL ME AND I WILL SEND YOU A RETURN EMAIL GIVING THE COMPLETE STORY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ELIZABETH! BOB ADDS....."ELIZABETH SAYS THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND WELL WISHES".

A MAQUOKETA FAMILY WAS LUCKY THEY SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING LAST NIGHT. CRAIG FLENKER WHO LIVES AT 312 S. NIAGARA STREET, CALLED THE LAW CENTER AT 10:22 LAST NIGHT SAYING HE COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING, BUT THERE WAS NO FIRE. FIREMEN FOUND
BURNT WIRING IN THE CRAWL SPACE IN THE HOME. FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SAID IT WAS LUCKY FLENKER SMELLED SOMETHING BEFORE THEY WENT TO BED OR THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A FIRE WHEN THE FAMILY WAS ASLEEP. FOURTEEN FIREFIGHTERS ANSWERED THE CALL AND THEY SPENT ABOUT 90 MINUTES AT THE HOME.

IRENE "RED" RALSTON, 99, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY. HER COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
WELL KNOWN, LONGTIME MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, EVA SAUNDERS,
DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HER COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ
AT www.carsonandson.com

I MADE A MISTAKE ON YESTERDAY'S REPORT CONCERNING A BIRTH.
CHAD AND SARAH OWEN OF MINNEAPOLIS ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN MONDAY AT MINNEAPOLIS AND GRANDPARENTS ARE DOUG AND JEANNIE OWEN OF MAQUOKETA.
AND THERE WAS ANOTHER BIRTH TO REPORT. TRAVIS AND JENNY BELLER OF SIOUX FALLS, S.D. ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JANUARY 16TH.
GRANDPARENTS ARE JIM AND MARY BELLER OF MAQUOKETA.

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