75 TODAY
78 TOMORROW
RAIN SATURDAY
NO RAIN, PARTLY SUNNY AND AROUND 60 EASTER SUNDAY.

THE MCHS GIRL'S TRACK TEAM BEGINS THEIR OUTDOOR SEASON TOMORROW
AFTERNOON AT WEST DELAWARE, MANCHESTER, AT 4:30.

THE COMMUNITY OF LEISURE LAKE IN NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IS GOING TO
GET ITS OWN SEWER SYSTEM, A $3 MILLION PROJECT, WITH STATE AND FEDERAL
FUNDS.  NO COUNTY TAX DOLLARS.      MORE THAN 230 PROPERTY OWNERS WILL
CONNECT TO IT.      I DID NOT KNOW  HOW MANY LIVED IN THAT
DEVELOPMENT....MORE THAN I WOULD HAVE GUESSED.

THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD LAST NIGHT VOTED 3 TO 2 TO PUT DIRECTOR DARYL PARK ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WITH PAY.    LAST NIGHT,
ABOUT 30 PEOPLE ATTENDED A MEETING OF THE CONSERVATION BOARD AT THE
HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER.   THE REASON FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING
IS PARKER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONY CHILD ABUSE IN WISCONSIN FOR
ALLEGEDLY KICKING A TEEN-AGE BOY DURING A GAME OF LASER TAG IN
FEBRUARY.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR FEBRUARY IN IOWA  WENT UP
FROM 6.6 PERCENT IN JANUARY TO 6.7 IN FEBRUARY. 
JACKSON COUNTY'S WENT UP FROM 9.9 IN JANUARY TO 10 IN FEBRUARY.
IOWA'S NON FARM EMPLOYMENT HAS BEEN IN POSITIVE TERRITORY FOR TWO
CONSECUTIVE MONTHS WHICH IS A SIGN THE STATE'S RECOVERY MAY BE GAINING MOMENTUM ACCORDING TO ELIZABETH BUCK, IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

MAQUOKETA PD IS INVESTIGATING A STOLEN VEHICLE CASE.     TAMIKA ANDERSON OF 107 SOUTH OTTO SAID SOMETIME SINCE FRIDAY, HER 2006 PONTIAC WAS TAKEN.

IN AN EARLIER REPORT HIS WEEK, I MENTIONED  THAT CURT GRUVER'S SQUAD CAR WAS HIT BY A DEER.    IT WAS NOT HIM.    CURT  IS RETIRED FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK AND THE PATROL CAR  IN THE VEHICLE-DEER ACCIDENT  WAS DRIVEN BY HIS SON.

GET AT IT...COLOR SOME EASTER EGGS TONIGHT.

DENNIS VOY