82 THE HIGH ON ANOTHER SUNNY DAY. A BRIEF SHOWER WAS REPORTED
AROUND 8:30 THIS MORNING SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA ALONG HIGHWAY
61, BY THE DRIVE-IN THEATRE.

A FIRE THIS MORNING AROUND 7 A.M. ON 98TH STREET, PAST THE
CAVES STATE PARK AND ON THE WAY TO BLUFF LAKE CATFISH FARM.
IF YOU HAVE DRIVEN THE ROAD (AND MOST OF YOU HAVE)...WHEN
YOU CAME CLOSE TO THE RESTAURANT, ON THE HILL ON RIGHT YOU
MIGHT REMEMBER SEEING A FAIRLY NEW METAL BUILDING ALL ALONE
ON THE HILL. THIS SMALL BUILDING OWNED BY JIM VON MAUR OF BETTENDORF, WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SPECULATED THE BUILDING MAY HAVE BURNED ALL NIGHT. THERE WAS NO WATER AND NO ELECTRICITY TO THE BUILDING. THE CAUSE OF FIRE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THERE WERE TWO UTILITY VEHICLES INSIDE THE BUILDING. MAQUOKETA FIREMEN ANSWERED THE CALL AND BALDWIN FIREMEN WAS CALLED, BUT TURNED BACK BEFORE THEY ARRIVED.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL, IN A SPLIT VOTE, APPROVED TAKING THE
NEXT STEPS IN BUILDING A WIND TURBINE NEAR SUMMIT STREET, TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY FOR THE YMCA. THE COUNCIL VOTED 4 TO 3 TO SPEND UP TO $15,000 TO LOOK AT A SITE AND GET A SITE PLAN TO INSTALLTHE WIND
TURBINE. COUNCIL MEMBERS AMY MOORE, ED TURNEY AND NICK SIMONSON VOTED NO.

THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD LAST NIGHT PLACED ITS DIRECTOR, LAURN SIEBERT, ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR TWO WEEKS.
SIEBERT WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED,
INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS AND NO CAR REGISTRATION WHEN
ARRESTED LAST MONTH. THE LIBRARY BOARD SAID THE SUSPENSION
GOES UNTIL JULY 20TH WHILE THEY COMPLETE AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.

A BURGLARY AND VEHICLE THEFT WAS REPORTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
BOYD SCHOENTHALER OF 306 SOUTH SECOND STREET REPORTED THAT SOME ONE TOOK A 55-INCH AND 19-INCH FLAT SCREEN TV FROM HIS HOME SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT.
AND THERESA HOFFMAN SAID HER RED FORD TRUCK WAS TAKEN SOMETIME
AFTER 11:30 A.M WEDNESDAY FROM SOUTH PROSPECT STREET .
ALSO, TOM FELLER REPORT ED HIS VEHICLE AT 307 S. VERMONT HAD BEEN
GONE THROUGH, BUT NOTHING APPEARED MISSING.

WORD IS...A NEW TATTOO STORE IS COMING TO DOWNTOWN! WE HAD
ONE FOR QUITE AWHILE UNTIL IT CLOSED LAST YEAR.

MY GOSH..TOMORROW IS FRIDAY ALREADY.

CHECK BACK THEN.

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IT GOING! MEMORIES! THE MICHEL'S TRUCK STOP BUILDING IS GOING
DOWN! MANY OF YOU ATTENDED MEETINGS THERE. HAD COFFEE BREAKS
THERE. BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR DINNER THERE. BOUGHT GAS THERE.
PURCHASED ITEMS IN THE CONVENIENCE STORE. YOU MIGHT HAVE DONE IT
AT 3 IN THE MORNING AS IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, IT WAS OPEN 24 HOURS
A DAY. THAT WAS AROUND 20 YEARS AGO.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE THIS PHOTO I TOOK THIS AFTERNOON WHERE
THE DEMOLITION IS TAKING PLACE ON THE HIGHWAY 61 BYPASS.
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