BRIGHT, SUNNY AND BREEZY DAY AND IN THE LOW 60'S. ANOTHER NICE DAY TOMORROW AROUND 60. THEN, 50'S ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND
HIGH ONLY IN THE 40'S ON FRIDAY.
SIX MAILBOXES WERE DAMAGED OVER THE WEEKEND IN JACKSON COUNTY.
MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO THE BILL BARTELS RESIDENCE AT 2126 - 100TH AVENUE, RURAL MAQUOKETA, AT AROUND 10:45 LAST NIGHT. BARTELS CAME HOME AND FOUND SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE DOOR. THE HOUSE WAS
DAMAGED BY THE FIRE, NOT DESTROYED, AND FIREMEN BELIEVE IT WAS AN
ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHICH STARTED IT.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT. THEY WILL TALK ABOUT
PIT BULLS AGAIN. WILL REVIEW THE PHOTOS OF CITY PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
THE INVENTORY WAS ORDERED BEFORE THE CITY DECIDES WHERE THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT DONATED BY McDONALDS WOULD GO. ALSO
TONIGHT, THE COUNCIL WILL ACCEPT A BID FOR PAVING WASHINGTON STREET.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE 2010 CENSUS.
BOTH LAHEY'S AND CARSON'S HAVE A PENDING. PAULA HOWELL, AGE 56, DIED THIS MORNING AT FINLEY IN DUBUQUE.
SANDRA SCHMIDT, AGE 50, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE HOSPITAL HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA FRESHMAN FOOTBALL TEAM HOSTS MARION TONIGHT AT 6.
AFTER THE LOSS FRIDAY, WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD A CARDINAL WIN TONIGHT.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW STOP AND GO LIGHTS AT THE STREET THAT GOES UP TO THE FAREWAY STORE AND GASSER'S TRUE VALU, IS PROGRESSING WELL.
THECASEY'S GENERAL STORE SIGN IS UP AT THE FORMER DICK'S EXPRESS, THE CONVENIENCE STORE ACROSS THE PARKING LOT FROM THE FAREWAY STORE.
McDONALD'S OUTDOOR PATIO IS DONE, EXCEPT FOR FLOWERS. IN THE LOCATION
WHERE PLAY EQUIPMENT WAS. THERE ARE FOUR OR FIVE CONCRETE PATIO
TABLES. LOOKS NICE, BUT PROBABLY WON'T BE USED UNTIL LATE NEXT SPRING.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
