BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 69. LOOKS LIKE ENTIRE WEEK WILL BE FINE.

THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL HAS BEEN CALLED IN TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE SATURDAY MORNING IN MAQUOKETA. ASSISTANT
FIRE CHIEF AL MUHLHAUSEN SAID HE DIDN'T THINK THE FIRE WAS SUSPICIOUS, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE AT THE SHAWN
FLAGEL HOME. THE HOUSE WAS SEVERLY DAMAGED BY FIRE, SMOKE AND WATER. FOR TWO PICTURES AND MORE ABOUT THE FIRE, CHECK
BELOW THIS REPORT.

IN SPORTS, THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S SOCCER TEAM OPENED THEIR FIRST EVER SEASON WITH A 4 TO 1 WIN AT MONTICELLO FRIDAY.

ALSO FRIDAY, THE MCHS BOY'S GOLF TEAM WENT TO DYERSVILLE AND LOST TO THE BLAZER BY 4 STROKES, 159 TO 163. SETH KNICKREHM HAD A 39, BRAD COOK A 40, JOHNNY BIEHL, 41 AND COLIN GISEL AT 43.
SATURDAY, THE BOYS WENT TO TIPTON FOR AN INVITATIONAL AND OF 9 TEAMS, MAQUOKETA FINISHED 5TH. DEWITT TOOK FIRST.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, DONNIE WEETS, 53, WAS CHARGED BY MAQUOKETA POLICE WITH ILLEGAL OPEN DUMPING AT THE CITY'S BRUSH PILE. ANOTHER PERSON IS BEING SOUGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA DAIRY QUEEN WAS BURGLARIZED OVER THE WEEKEND.
THEY BROKE INTO THE BACK DOOR AND TOOK AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF CASH.

A RURAL MAQUOKETA MAN, BURTON ROMER, AGE 79, WAS HIT BY A TREE BRANCH ON HIS PROPERTY NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT 10:30 THIS MORNING AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HIS CONDIITION IS NOT AVAILABLE.

A TEEN AGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AFTER HE JOGGED INTO THE STREET WITHOUT LOOKING AND WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE. DAVID MORAN, AGE 15, WAS STRUCK BY JOHN HOESLEY OF MAQUOKETA.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

AT 4:30 THIS AFTERNOON, FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A GRASS FIRE AT WAL MART AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.

STOCK CAR RACES WERE CANCELLED SATURDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA AND THE SEASON WILL NOW OPEN THISA SATURDAY NIGHT.

THE DRIVE-IN THEATRE FOR THE 3RD WEEKEND IN A ROW POSTPONED THE SEASON OPEN DOUBLE FEATURE, BUT WILL DEFINITELY OPEN THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

LAWN MOWERS ARE HARD AT IT ALL OVER MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY