NICE DAY AGAIN....IN THE UPPER 60'S.
MORE GOOD WEATHER COMING.

A TRACTOR WAS DAMAGED BY FIRE IN RURAL MAQUOKETA THIS AFTERNOON.
FIREMEN WERE CALLED OUT AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON TO THE DONALD SCHEIBE
RESIDENCE AT 13738 HIGHWAY 64 WEST. BALDWIN FIREMEN WERE CALLED ALSO, BUT NOT NEEDED. A TRACTOR INSIDE THE SHED CAUGHT ON FIRE. MAQUOKETA FIREMEN SAY THE TRACTOR WAS DAMAGED BUT NOT THE SHED. FIREMEN QUICKLY PUT OUT THE FIRE AND WERE AT THE SCENE FOR LESS THAN AN HOUR.
FIREMEN SAID SHEIBE WAS WORKING ON THE TRACTOR WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER SOME CHANGES AT THE CORNER OF MAIN AND SUMMIT, TO SPEED UP TRAFFIC, BUT NOT NOW AS THERE IS NO FUNDING FOR A PROJECT. AT MONDAY NIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING, JULIE NEBEL FROM IIW
ENGINEERS PROVIDED SOME OPTIONS, WITH THE LOWEST OPTION COSTING $9,400 AND THE BIGGEST OPTION, $351,000. SHE SAID THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ENOUGH ACCIDENTS AT THE INTERSECTION FOR THE CITY TO QUALIFY FOR A SAFETY GRANT. THE HIGH PROPOSAL WOULD BE A "ROUND ABOUT".....A TYPE OF INTERSECTION FOUND NO WHERE IN MAQUOKETA. BOWMAN GAS STATION IS ON THAT CORNER AND COULD BE EFFECTED IF SOMETHING IS DONE.
BUSY TIME IS IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON WHEN SCHOOL
STARTS OR LETS OUT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. MANY PEOPLE KNOW BETTER AND AVOID THE INTERSECTION. THE WAITING TIME IS SOMETIMES LONG FOR MAQUOKETA, BUT SHORT WHEN COMPARING THE TIME TO A BUSY INTERSECTION IN A LARGE CITY. MANY BELIEVE THEY HAVE MORE IMPORTANT PLACES TO
SPEND MONEY THESE DAYS, LIKE CLEANING UP THE DOWNTOWN FIRE MESS OR
MAKING MORE NEEDED STREET REPAIRS.

THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA HAS APPLIED FOR A $474,186 GRANT TO REHABILITATE
14 HOMES IN MAQUOKETA. IF THE CITY RECEIVES THE GRANT, IT WOULD
HAVE TO PROVIDE A $10,000 MATCH. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO HELP REHABILITATE HOMES FOR HOME OWNERS WHO MEET CERTAIN
INCOME GUIDELINES. THE TARGET AREA THIS TIME (WE HAVE HAD THESE GRANTS IN THE PAST) IS NORTH OF PLATT AND BETWEEN ARCADE AND WALNUT.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY