NICE DAY TODAY....LITTLE ON THE WARM AND HUMID SIDE TODAY WITH A HIGH
OF 83. RAIN COMING THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AND LOOKS LIKE THE WEEKEND
WILL BE COOL AND NICE.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, TYLER THARP OF MAQUOKETA TOLD POLICE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THAT SOMEONE TOOK AN MP3 PLAYER FROM HIS VEHICLE.

LOCK YOU CAR ALWAYS.

THE LOCAL HOSPITAL HAS REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH A PENNSYLVANIA
SURGEON TO OPEN A PRACTICE IN MAQUOKETA. HE HAS SIGNED A CONTRACT
AND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN PRACTICING IN MAQUOKETA LATER THIS
YEAR. A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT GIVING HIS NAME WILL BE MADE SOON.
THE DOCTOR WOULD HAVE TO PASS STATE LICENSING AND CREDENTIAL
REQUIREMENTS BEFORE A START DATE CAN BE SET.
HE WILL SUCCEED LONGTIME MAQUOKETA SURGEON DR. PEDRO ATIENZA
WHO PLANS TO RETIRE AS SOON AS A REPLACEMENT BEGINS WORK HERE.

JO ANN RYAN-SMITH, AGE 72, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY IN
HIAWATHA. THE FUNERAL WILL BE FRIDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER
HUSBAND, JERI, AND TWO CHILDREN, ANDREA OF LANSING,ILLINOIS AND
SHAWN OF BETTENDORF. ALSO 3 STEP-CHILDREN. SHE WAS PRECEDED
IN DEATH BY HER FIRST HUSBAND, CARL RYAN, WHO DIED IN 1998 AND WAS
A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BARBER. JO ANN HAD WORKED AT THE MAQUOKETA
PUBLIC HOSPITAL FOR 37 YEARS BEFORE SHE REMARRIED AND MOVED FROM
THE CITY.

THANKS AGAIN FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY