NOT VERY NICE TODAY....RAIN THIS MORNING, WINDY, CLOUDY, COLD..HIGH
IN 40'S AND MORE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT REJECTED THE BIDS FOR THE SOUTH MAIN STREET TRAIL. THE BIDS CAME IN AT ABOUT $450,000 TO PAVE A SIDEWALK
AND PUT IN A BRIDGE ACROSS THE CREEK AND GO FROM HORSESHOE POND PARK TO
WALMART. THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS. A BID EARLY
THIS SPRING WAS ALSO THOUGHT TO BE TOO HIGH AND THE COUNCIL ASKED TO
RE-BID IT. THIS TIME IT WAS HIGHER. WITH A $250,000 GRAND FROM THE STATE, THE CITY'S SHARE WOULD STILL BE ABOUT $250,000 WITH ENGINEERING
COSTS. THE CITY HAS SPENT OVER $45,000 ALREADY ON ENGINEERING COSTS
TO DESIGN THE PROJECT.
NOW..THE COUNCIL WILL BE LOOKING AT A LOWER COST ALTERNATE. SO,DISCUSSIONS
WILL GO ON.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN'S VEHICLE RAN INTO A PARKED CAR AT 5 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
AT SOUTH JONES AND THOMAS. CHERYL CAVANAGH, 24, WAS DRIVING NORTH
AND REACHED INTO THE BACK SEAT AND HIT THE PARKED VEHICLE REGISTERED TO
EVELYN SMITH OF MAQUOKETA. NO INJURIES. $3,800 DAMAGE TO CAVANAGH'S 2008 CHEVY AND $4,000 DAMAGE TO SMITH'S 2000 JEEP.

AND YESTERDAY MORNING AROUND 9, FRANK ELLENZ, NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, WAS DRIVING A CITY TRUCK AT CLARK AND PLATT AND MOVED IN THE INTERSECTION,
THEN STOPPED AND BACKED UP TO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND HIT A CAR DRIVEN
BY CRAIG THINES, 40, OF PRESTON WHO WAS BEHIND HIM. NO DAMAGE TO THE CITY TRUCK AND $1,000 DAMAGE TO THE THINES CAR, A 99 PONTIAC. NO CHARGES FILED.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL FOOTBALL TEAM HAD 3 TURNOVERS, MISSED AN EXTRA POINT
AND A FIELD GOAL IN ITS LOSS LAST NIGHT. MAQUOKETA WON THE STATISTICAL BATTLE...FOR INSTANCE, THEY HAD 21 FIRST DOWNS AND UNION HAD 13. MAQUOKETA RACKED UP 422 YARDS OF OFFENSE AND THE KNIGHTS HAD 295. THREE TIMES
THE CARDINALS DROVE THE BALL INSIDE UNION'S FIVE YARD LINE AND EACH
TIME A CRITICAL ERROR KEPT THE CARDINALS FROM SCORING. THE DISTRICT CHAMPION MAQUOKETA CARDINALS FINISHED THEIR OUTSTANDING SEASON AT 11 AND 2, BUT A GAME SHORT OF THEIR GOAL OF PLAYING IN THE UNI-DOME IN THE SEMI-FINAL ROUND.

POLLS OPEN UNTIL 8 TONIGHT. KMAQ'S ELECTION COVERAGE STARTS SHORTLY AFTER WITH REPORTING FROM THE COURT HOUSE. ALSO ON OUR WEB SITE.
WHO WILL BE THE NEW MAYOR? AND ANY NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS? LISTEN TONIGHT OR
COME BACK HER FOR THE RESULTS LATER TONIGHT.

42 THE HIGH TODAY. KEEP WARM.

DENNIS VOY