COOL, RAINY DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA POLICE AND JACKSON COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR THE PERSON WHO RODE A BICYCLE THROUGH THE NEW CONCRETE POURED FOR THE PARKING LOT AT THE JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER, NEAR THE FAIRGROUNDS ENTRANCE IN MAQUOKETA. THE PERSON RODE THE BIKE THROUGH THE CEMENT AND LEFT FOOTPRINTS AND ALSO WROTE INITIALS IN THE CONCRETE AND DATED IT. THERE WAS ALSO A NASTY COMMENT ABOUT MAQUOKETA. THE INCIDENT APPARENTLY OCCURRED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON OR LAST NIGHT. ABOUT 6 PANELS WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN OUT AND RE-DONE AT A COST ESTIMATED AT AROUND $3,000. ANYONE WHO HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THIS VANDALISM IS ASKED TO CALL THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE COUNTY ENTINEER.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT ANNOUNED THAT THERE WERE 31 APPLICANTS FOR THE JOB OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, TO REPLACE BILL WALTERS WHO RESIGNED TO TAKE A JOB IN SOUTHERN IOWA. THREE HAVE ALREADY BEEN INTERVIEWED AND OTHERS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK AND NEXT. HE SAID THEY WILL NARROW THE FIELD TO TWO OR THREE FINALISTS FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO INTERVIEW NEXT WEEK. THEY WANT TO HIRE SOMONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND, THE BOARD WAS INFORMED THIS WEEK THAT $590,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. AT THE SENIOR AWARD'S CEREMONY HELD LAST WEEK AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER,
AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO 52 STUDENTS.

US BANK HAS ANNOUNCED THAT DWAIN TRENKAMP AS BEEN NAMED MARKET PRESIDENT FOR THEIR BANKS IN MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT. HE STARTS IN THE NEW POSITION JUNE 1ST. HE REPLACES JOEL DIECKMANN, WHO RECENTLY LEFT US BANK FOR ANOTHER POSITION. DWAIN HAS BEEN IN THE BANKING BUSINESS FOR 33 YEARS, STARTING WITH THE JACKSON STATE BANK, A FORERUNNER OF U S BANK. HE IS CURRENTLY SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT. HE IS A PRESTON NATIVE AND IS A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB, AND ON SEVERAL BOARDS, INCLUDING THE HOSPITAL BOARD. DWAIN LIVES IN MAQUOKETA AND IS THE FATHER OF FOUR CHILDREN. HIS WIFE DIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
CONGRATULATIONS TO DWAIN ON HIS PROMOTION.

NICOLE AND GREG HERROLD OF DES MOINES ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN AT 2 P.M. YESTERDAY AT A HOSPITAL IN DES MOINES, WHERE THE COUPLE LIVES.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE ROXANNE AND MIKE CLAUSING OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM WON A DOUBLE-HEADER AGAINST DEWITT YESTERDAY AND NOW THIER RECORD IS 4 AND 1....OFF TO A GOOD START.'

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