MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY.....NO RAIN.......NORTHERLY WIND KEEPING TEMPS
IN THE MID 60'S.

ONE OF THE ANDREW BANK ROBBERS OF THE ANDREW BANK HAS BEEN
ARRESTED. HE IS JASON BROWN OF MILWAUKEE, AGE 30 AND IS BEING HELD
IN JAIL IN MILWAUKEE. HE IS EXPECTED TO BE EXTRADITED TO IOWA TO
FACE THE BANK ROBBERY CHARGES. ABOUT $45,000 IN CASH WAS TAKEN
BY THE ROBBERS FROM THE BANK. A SECOND BLACK MAN IS BEING
SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ROBBERY. BROWN'S FORMER GIRLFRIEND
OF MAQUOKETA IDENTIFIED BROWN AS ONE OF THE MEN IN THE BANK SURVEILLANCE
VIDEO, AS WELL AS ONE IN THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TAKEN ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE ANDREW ROBBERY AT THE OTTER CREEK CONVENIENCE STATION.
BROWN APPARENTLY FREQUENTED MAQUOKETA BUT DID NOT LIVE HERE.
THE NAME OF THE MAQUOKETA FORMER GIRLFRIEND WAS NOT RELEASED.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREED THIS WEEK TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDS FOR A PROPOSED WIND TURBINE FOR THE YMCA BUILDING.
CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER SAID THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE TURBINE IS $700,000. THE CITY HAD BEEN GIVEN A $156,000 GRANT FROM THE STATE AND NOW THE STATE HAS OFFERED AN ADDITIONAL $75,000 GRANT FOR THE PROJECT.
WAGNER SAID THE CITY MAY BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A $200,000 USDA GRANT AND SAID THE CITY WOULD GET A LOAN FOR WHAT ISN'T COVERED BY GRANTS.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREED TO SEEK THE EXTRA FUNDING BUT DID NOT COMMIT TO THE PROJECT. THE CITY MANAGER ESTIMATED IT WOULD TAKE
10 YEARS FOR THE TURBINE TO PAY FOR ITSELD AND TURN A PROFIT. THE LIFETIME ON THE WIND TURBINE IS ESTIMATED TO BE 25 YEARS. THE CITY
WOULD HAVE TO RENT LAND TO BUILD THE TURBINE ON, AND THE RENT
IS ESTIMATED TO RUN $4,800 A YEAR.

THE BIG HOMECOMING GAME IS GETTING CLOSER AND THE PARADE THROUGH DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA WILL BE HELD AT 2 TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

GO CARDINALS.

DENNIS VOY