PARTLY SUNNY AND 73 TODAY.

SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INJURED AS THE RESULT OF A MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT
NORTH OF MAQUOKETA AROUND 11:45 THIS MORNING.     SEVEN PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA AND ALL SEVEN HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY 61 AT THE INTERSECTION WITH THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD.    ONE VEHICLE DRIVEN BY DARRYL KACZINSKI OF
DELMAR.  ANOTHER VEHICLE DRIVEN BY LURA DANIELS OF RURAL MAQUOKETA AND THE THIRD VEHICLE DRIVEN BY A WISCONSIN MAN.

A MAQUOKETA TEEN AGER WAS CHARGED WITH RECKLESS DRIVING TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN HE PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT ON SOUTH CLARK STREET
TO HIDE FROM ANOTHER MOTORIST.    AS GILBERTO EGGERS BACKED FROM HIS PARKING SPOT, HE STRUCK A LEGALLY PARKED CAR AND THEN LEFT THE SCENE.
HE WAS STOPPED BY MAQUOKETA POLICE A SHORT TIME LATER AND CHARGED.   

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL SPENT SOME MONEY AT THEIR MEETING
MONDAY NIGHT.    $5,725 FOR TREE TRIMMING AND STUMP REMOVAL.
$7,500 FOR A NEW COPY MACHINE.    $5,200 FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL PAINT.
AN $11,616 FOR FIRE HYDRANTS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT.

IN BUSINESS NEWS, BRUCE ENGEL WROTE A LETTER TO HIS INSURANCE CLIENTS
INFORMING THEM THAT HE HAS SOLD HIS BUSINESS, THE ENGEL AGENCY INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE IN MAQUOKETA, TO JENNIFER MACHANDE WHO HAS WORKED FOR HIM THE PAST 7 YEARS.      SHE WILL KEEP OPERATING UNDER THE
ENGEL AGENCY NAME.       HE HAS ALSO SOLD HIS HOME IN MAQUOKETA AND
HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE MOVED TO FLORIDA.      HIS PARENTS, BOB AND BEV
ENGEL STARTED THE ENGEL AGENCY AROUND 40 YEARS AGO.  
BOB AND BEV, RETIRED,  LIVE IN MAQUOKETA DURING THE WARM MONTHS AND LIVE
IN FLORIDA DURING THE COLD MONTHS.

WORK CONTINUED TODAY ON REMOVING THE DEBRIS OF THE CORNER BUILDING DOWNTOWN, WHICH WAS TORN DOWN YESTERDAY.    TOMORROW, I WILL TRY
TO HAVE ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE SITE.

IN SPORTS, BOTH THE MCHS BOYS AND GIRLS BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TEAMS PLAYED AT WILLIAMSBURG YESTERDAY.
THE  BOYS LOST THEIR FIRST GAME 12 TO 11 AND WON THE SECOND GAME,
7 TO 6, IN THE 8TH INNING.   IN  HIGH SCHOOL, A REGULATION GAME IS 7 INNINGS.
THE GIRLS BEAT WILLIAMSBURG 6 TO 1....JUST ONE GAME.   THE CARDINAL
GALS ARE NOW 11 AND 1 OVERALL AND 6 AND 1 IN THE WAMAC.

HAPPY TRAILS.

DENNIS VOY