SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH OF 84. WE GOT NEARLY 5-INCHES OF RAIN
OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE PRESTON BOYS AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT LOST THEIR GAME
BY A SCORE OF 13 TO 3. THEY ARE NOW OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT.
THE GAME WAS BROADCAST OVER KMAQ TODAY. PRESTON HELD
THE LEAD UNTIL THE FINAL 7TH INNING WHEN THEY GAVE UP 12 RUNS.
THE PRESTON GIRL'S GAME FOR 3RD PLACE FRIDAY NIGHT WAS
CALLED OFF BECAUSE OF WET GROUNDS AND WAS NOT RESCHEDULED.

A BAD ACCIDENT EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, TOOK THE LIFE OF TWO
TEENAGERS. THE DRIVER, ALSO A TEENAGER, IS IN THE HOSPITAL.
DEAD IS KRISTIN HANRAHAN, AGE 18, OF DELMAR. HER OBITUARY IS
ON THE LAHEY FUNERAL HOME WEB SITE. ALSO KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT
WAS JED ROGIS, AGE 19, OF CLINTON AND A 2010 GRAD OF NORTHEAST HIGH
SCHOOL IN GOOSE LAKE. THE DRIVER WAS JUSTIN SPARKS, AGE 19, OF
CHARLOTTE. THE ONE CAR ACCIDENT HAPPENED NEAR MILES IOWA ON 400TH
AVENUE, AT 2:50 IN THE MORNING.

A GIRL WAS BORN JULY 22ND IN CEDAR RAPIDS TO ERIC AND ERICA POTTER
OF MARION. PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS ELAINE DULL OF MAQUOKETA.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, HALEY CASSLER, AGE 29, WAS AIRLIFED TO
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY AFTER SHE FELL 15 FEET OFF THE
BALCONY OF THE KEY MOTEL APARTMENTS IN MAQUOKETA.
THIS HAPPENED AT 7:43 YESTERDAY MORNING. SHE LOST HER BALANCE
AND FELLS HANDS AND FEET FIRST ON TO THE CONCRETE PARKING LOT.

JANELLE JOHNSON WAS NAMED THE 2011 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR
QUEEN DURING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON'S CEREMONIES AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF LARRY AND MARY LOU JOHNSON OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

U.S. REP. AND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL MICHELE BACHMANN
VISITED MAQUOKETA THIS AFTERNOON. A COUPLE TRUCKS ARRIVED
EARLY IN AFTERNOON TO SET UP AN OUTSIDE STAGE AND SEATING AREA FOR
HER APPEARANCE. THIS IS UNUSUAL! ALMOST ALL THE TIME, A
CANDIDATE WILL ARRIVE AT A PLACE, AND GO INSIDE AND MAKE COMMENTS
UNDER EXISTING CONDITIONS. TODAY, HER BIG BUS ARRIVED AND IT
PULLED IN AND PARKED BEHIND THE STAGE AND SHE IMMEDIATELY (HER
HUSBAND WITH HER) GOT OUT OF THE BUS AND WELCOMED THE AUDIENCE
SEATED NEXT TO THE STAGE. BEFORE SHE STARTED HER CAMPAIGN
TALK, SHE WAS INTRODUCED BY DARLENE BLOCK OF MAQUOKETA, VICE-CHAIR
OF THE JACKSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY.
PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY

BACHMANN WAS FIRST ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN 2006 FROM MINNESOTA'S 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES.
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PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY

HERE YOU SEE DARLENE BLOCK AT THE MIKE TO INTRODUCE BACHMANN.
NOTE THE U.S. FLAG THAT WAS POSITIONED AT LEFT OF STAGE. ON
RIGHT, LONGTIME RESIDENT FRANCIS MELVOLD, WHO WITH HER LATE-HUSBAND, ROBERT MELVOLD, OWNED MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS
FOR MANY YEARS.
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