Wednesday, January 07, 2009

COLD AND CLOUDY TODAY.....SOME LIGHT SNOW A COUPLE TIMES. HIGH TODAY 21. NOW 16 GOING DOWN TO 11 OVERNIGHT.

BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT.....GIRLS.....MAQUOKETA 65, DYERSVILLE BECKMAN 17.
MAQUOKETA NOW 4 AND 4.

AT DYERSVILLE, BECKMAN BEAT THE MAQUOKETA BOYS, 49 TO 42.
MAQUOKETA NOW 3 AND 4.

THE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A KITCHEN FIRE AT THE DR. PEDRO
ATIENZA HOME AT 12:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, ON BLAIR COURT.
FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SAID DR. ATIENZA USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND PUT THE FIRE OUT BEFORE FIREMEN ARRIVED. FIRE STARTED WITH SOME GREASE ON THE STOVE AND CHIEF BECK ESTIMATED THE DAMAGES TO THE KITCHEN AT AROUND $10,000.

A BULLOCKS AG SEVICES TRUCK TIPPED OVER AFTER IT SLID ON ICE NEAR 300TH STREET, RURAL JACKSON COUNTY. THIS WAS JUST AFTER 8 YESTERDAY MORNING. THE DRIVER, NOT LISTED ON REPORT, WAS NOT INJURED.

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DENNIS VOY