MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND COOLER...HIGH ONLY IN 40'S.    RAIN COMING
TOMORROW.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPEVISORS THIS WEEK APPROVED NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WITHOUT A TAX LEVY INCREASE.

DAVENPORT POLICE RELEASED THE NAME OF THE 15 YEAR OLD BOY WHO WAS
SHOT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.    HIS NAME IS NICHOLAS MILLENDER, FORMERLY OF
MAQUOKETA.     I HEARD HIS MOTHER STILL WORKS IN MAQUOKETA.

POLICE BLOTTER:     CLARA PRICE ON EMMA COURT REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT FOUR TIRES ON HERE 98 TRUCK WERE SLASHED.
EMPLOYEES OF THE HITCHING POST LIQUOR STORE REPORTED THE LOCK WAS CUT ON THEIR PEPSI MACHINE.
GEORGE CORBETT REPORTED  THAT WHEN HE UNLOCED HIS MINI-STORAGE UNIT, ON  EAST PLATT,  2/3RDS OF HIS ITEMS WERE MISSING.
JOHN BISINGER ON 80TH ST. REPORTED THAT SOMEONE KICKED IN HIS FRONT
DOOR AND ITEMS WERE TAKEN.

MAQUOKETA'S UNEMPLOYEMENT RATE HIT 10 PERCENT IN JANUARY.

THE AEA PLANS TO CLOSE ITS OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA (OFF EAST PLATT
BEHIND THE EAGLES CLUB)......A BUDGET ISSUE THAT WILL SAVE $80,000
A YEAR.    THE AEA SERVICE TO MAQUOKETA EDUCATION, SAYS SUPT.
HUCKSTADT, WON'T CHANGE MUCH.        SOME PRE-SCHOOL
OR EARLY CHILDHOOD AGED CHILDREN WILL PROBABLY  BE TRANSPORTED
BY VAN TO CLINTON.

WE ARE GOING TO THE FFA FISH FRY TONIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

HOPE YOU ALSO HAVE A GOOD FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER....AND A GOOD
WEEKEND.

CAL-WHEAT PLAYS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TONIGHT AT DES MOINES.
WE'LL BE BROADCASTING IT ON KMAQ AM AND FM.

DENNIS VOY