BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 80.   NICE BREEZE.
REST OF WEEK SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD.

THEY STARTED HAULING THE CORNER BUILDING DEBRIS AWAY THIS AFTERNOON.
SEE PHOTOS BEFORE IT WAS COMPLETELY DOWN.

AND RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, THE BUILDING THAT WAS PECKOSH LAW OFFICE, AND WILL SOON BE A COFFEE SHOP.....IS TODAY GETTING A NEW PAINT JOB...
GOING FROM GREEN TO RED.

AN 18 YEAR OLD SAVANNA, ILLINOIS MAN WAS KILLED AS THE RESULT OF A  CAR-ATV ACCIDENT AT 8:15 LAST NIGHT, NORTHEAST OF MILES.      HE WAS DRIVING THE ATV AND THE CAR WAS DRIVEN BY A MILES MAN AND THE TWO COLLIDED AT THE CREST OF A HILL.    THE ATV CAUGHT FIRE UPON IMPACT.       THE DRIVER OF THE 95 PONTIAC WAS NOT HURT.

TODAY BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA  GOT 1,588  VOTES.....BRIAN MOORE OF ZWINGLE, 714.....ED O'NEILL OF CLINTON GOT 230 VOTES AND PAUL FELLER OF CLINTON, 54 VOTES..... IN YESTERDAY'S DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION.      BOWMAN WILL FACE REPUBLICAN ANDREW NAEVE IN NOVEMBER AND THE WINNER WILL REPLACE
SENTATOR ROGER STEWART OF PRESTON IN THE IOWA SENATE.   

FORMER GOV. TERRY BRANSTAD WON THE REPUBLICAN CONTEST FOR GOVERNOR
AND WILL NOW RUN AGAINST GOVERNOR CULVER  IN NOVEMBER.    BRANSTAD
SERVED FOR 5 TERMS BEFORE.       ROXANNE CONLIN, A DES MOINES ATTORNEY,
WON THE DEMOCRATIC CONTEST FOR U.S. SENATOR AND WILL OPPOSE LONGTIME
SENATOR GRASSLEY IN NOVEMBER.      THAT SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING RACE.
CONLIN RAN FOR GOVERNOR YEARS AGO,  HAS A LOT OF MONEY SHE CAN SPEND ON HER CAMPAIGN AND WILL BE TRYING TO BE IOWA'S FIRST U.S. SENATOR.
AND, IF THEY GENERAL ELECTION WOULD BE HELD NOW, BRANSTAD WOULD
PROBABLY DEFEAT CULVER.    THIS WILL ALSO BE AN INTERESTING RACE.

FATHER'S DAY IS GETTING CLOSE!     GET THAT CARD YET?

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IT'S DOWN!
WHEN DRIVING BY, I NOTICED THAT PART OF EAST WALL APPARENTLY FELL AGAINST THE GREEN BUILDING ABOVE AND DID SOME DAMAGE TO IT.
NOW, MORE HAULING AWAY AND THEN STILL A BETTER LOOK TO THE CORNER.
WON'T BE LONG AND THE EMPTY CORNER WILL BE READY TO SHOW TO
POTENTIAL BUYERS.
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9:30 THIS MORNING AND THE BUILDING IS COMING DOWN QUICKLY WITH
NO PROBLEMS!      TWO MORE PHOTOS BELOW....CLICK ON THESE PHOTOS
TO ENLARGE THEM!
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IT IS GOING TO BE A BIG EMPTY CORNER!

MANY PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THE DEMOLITION DOWNTOWN.
CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
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GOOD MORNING!     THE SUN IS SHINING IN MAQUOKETA.    THIS PHOTO TAKEN
MINUTES AGO SHOWS THAT THE DEMOLITION HAS BEGUN ON THE CORNER
BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.      IT HAS BEEN THERE OVER  A HUNDRED YEARS.      FOR MANY YEARS, IT WAS THE HOME OF RINGLEP HARDWARE.
THEN KENDALL MEN'S WEAR.   ALSO LATER THE BOOK DEPOT AND A SCRAPBOOK
STORE.      IT WAS DAMAGED DURING THE FIRE TWO YEARS AGO AND HAD TO COME
DOWN.    TODAY IS THE DAY.   I'LL HAVE MORE PHOTOS LATER TODAY.
THAT CORNER IS REALLY GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT TONIGHT.

AND....TOD BOWMAN WAS A BIG WINNER YESTERDAY IN THE ELECTION.    IN THE
4-WAY RACE FOR DEMOCRAT SENATE SEAT VACATED BY RETIRING SENATOR
ROGER STEWART, TOD WON IN ALL 3 COUNTIES AND HAD A TWO TO ONE VICTORY OVER NEAREST CHALLENGER, BRIAN MOORE OF ZWINGLE.    HE WORKED
HARD.     ESPECIALLY IN DOOR TO DOOR CAMPAIGNING. 
CONGRATULATIONS TOD.

A BAD HEAD-ON ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT IN JACKSON COUNTY NEAR MILES AND ONE PERSON IS DEAD.     NAME NOT BEING RELEASED AT THIS TIME, PENDING NOTIFICATION OF NEXT OF KIN. 

YESTERDAY'S FRIDAY REPORT IS BELOW, AND ALSO SOME PHOTOS.

HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY....

KEEP CHECKING FOR THE LATEST IN MAQUOKETA.

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