SEVEN BELOW THIS MORNING.
FOUR ABOVE TODAY.
SNOW IN FORECAST AGAIN TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY.
CHRISTMAS DAY SHOULD BE OK...NO SNOW AND IN THE 20'S.

MIDLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT CANCELLED SCHOOL TODAY.
BELLEVUE STARTED TWO HOURS LATE.

BAD HOUSE FIRE THIS MORNING AT RURAL ANDREW. STARTED BY WOOD BURNING STOVE. MAQUOKETA CALLED TO ASSIST ANDREW. ALSO HELPING....SPRINGBROOK, LAMOTTE AND BELLEVUE DEPARTMENTS. NO ONE INJURED.

A MARION COUPLE WON A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE LOTTERY OVER THE WEEKEND
AND PICKED UP THE CHECK TODAY. HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A CHRISTMAS
PRESENT.

MAQUOKETA TOOK 4TH IN THE SABER INVITATIONAL WRESTLING MEET AT DEWITT SATURDAY.

REVENUE AT THE HOSPITAL IS DOWN BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY. THE BIG
BUILDING PROJECT, EXCEPT FOR THE NEW PHARMACY, HAS BEEN PUT ON
HOLD. DR. PEDRO ATIENZA WILL BE STAYING AN EXTRA YEAR AS SURGEON,BEFORE RETIRING. BEEN A BUSY MONTH FOR BABIES THOUGH.
ABOUT 10 BORN AND DELIVERED BY DR. KOOB.

DAC, INC. TOLD THE SUPERVISORS THAT RECYCLED PAPER BROUGHT $75 A TON
IN OCTOBER AND NOW JUST $5. THE CHINESE MARKET IS GONE NOW AND
MAY COME BACK. DAC, INC. ASKED SUPERVISORS IF BALES OF PAPER COULD BE STORED IN THE EMPTY S & H BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, OWNED BY THE COUNTY, UNTIL THE MARKET IMPROVES. SINCE THE SUPERVISORS HAVE NO BUYER AT THIS TIME, THEY AGREED.

DR. JIM AND DAWN ABRAHAM OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN DEC. 14TH. MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS MARY BANOWETZ OF MAQUOKETA.

IT IS 6 P.M. AND TWO ABOVE.

KEEP WARM.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

DENNIS VOY