ANOTHER 8/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY.....BUT NONE TODAY AND THE RAIN IS OVER FOR AWHILE....AT LEAST A WEEK. SO FAR IN JULY, OVER 8-INCHES OF RAIN HERE IN MAQUOKETA. BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY WITH HIGH IN THE LOW 80'S.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL IS THINKING OF RAISING THE MAQUOKETA MOTEL-HOTEL TAX FROM 5 TO 7 PERCENT. A FINAL DECISION IS EXPECTED SOON.

THE DANCE HALL CAVE, THE MOST POPULAR, IS NOW AGAIN OPEN AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK. BUT, NO LIGHTS, SO CAVERS ARE REMINDED TO TAKE A FLASHLIGHT WHEN WALKING THROUGH.

CONGRESSMAN BRUCE BRALEY INFORMED KMAQ NEWS THAT MATT OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA, CO-OWNER AND OPERATOR OF OSTERHAUS PHARMACY, TESTIFIED YESTERDAY BEFORE THE HOUSE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITEE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. OSTERHAUS TESTIFIED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF MEDICAID DRUG REIMBURSEMENT POLICIES OR SMALL PHARMACIES.

TERRI AND DAVID CLARK OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN JULY 13TH AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE ADRIAN AND CINDY KOONTZ OF MAQUOKETA. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JOHN AND JANICE CLARK OF MAQUOKETA.

MELISSA BEAN, 58, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY IN DAVENPORT. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com

HOWARD KUEHL, 89, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TUESDAY AT THE HOSPITAL
IN MAQUOKETA. HIS FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE SATURDAY AT FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ANDOVER. HE FARMED ALL HIS LIFE AT RURAL ANDOVER AND IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, AND 4 CHILDREN, INCLUDING KATHY GERONZIN OF MAQUOKETA.

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DENNIS VOY