WE HAD CLOUDY SKIES THIS MORNING AND SOME HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGH OF 75.    MORE RAIN TONIGHT, BUT NO RAIN IN FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

A FUNGUS THAT THREATENS BATS HAS PROMPTED THE DNR TO CLOSE CAVES
IN STATE PARKS IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THOSE CAVES AT THE
MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK.    THE REST OF THE PARK WILL STAY OPEN.
THE DNR SAID THEY HAVE NOT FOUND INDICATIONS OF A FUNGUS IN IOWA YET,
BUT THE FUNGUS IS SPREADING ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND KILLING BATS.   AN ESTIMATED ONE MILLIONS BATS HAVE DIED SINCE IT WAS FOUND IN 2006 IN NEW YORK.

A BOY WAS BORN WEDNESDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE TO TROY AND
BARB COAKLEY OF DUBUQUE.    GRANDPARENTS ARE BUTCH AND BONNIE COAKLEY AND DAVE AND ELAINE LUETT.

THE STOCK CAR RACES TOMORROW NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA WILL BE SPONSORED BY KMAQ.    AS IN PAST YEARS, I'LL BE AT THE RACETRACK INTERVIEWING OFFICIALS
AND DRIVERS FROM 4:30 UNTIL 6 TOMORROW NIGHT.   THE RACES START AT 6.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, PROGRESS IS BEING MADE.   THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN THIS
MORNING AND WORK CONTINUED TODAY UNTIL THE RAIN CAME EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND STOPPED HAULING FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.    THE CONTRACTOR TOLD CITY OFFICIALS TODAY THAT THE PROCESS OF CLEANING UP THE DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA FIRE MESS HAS GONE WELL.      THIS MONDAY, THE ORNATE COLUMNS WILL BE LOADED ONTO A CITY  PUBLIC WORKS TRAILER FOR DELIVERY TO THEJACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.   ALSO, NEXT MONDAY OR TUESDAY, THE CONTRACTOR PLANS TO CLOSE OFF MAIN STREET IN FRONT OF THE SITE IN ORDER TO ABANDON THE WATER AND SEWER LINES THAT WERE USED TO SERVE THE BURNED DOWN BUILDINGS.    THERE ARE FOUR WATER AND ALSO FOUR SEWER SERVICES.    BOTH LANES OF MAIN STREET WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM PLEASANT TO THE NORTHEND OF THE CLEANUP SITE.     THE CLOSURE COULD BE 2 DAYS TO THE ENTIRE WEEK.      LOCAL TRAFFIC TO ACCESS THE BUSINESS IN THAT MAIN BLOCK  WILL ACCESS OFF OF PLATT STREET.
DENNIS VOY