ANOTHER HOT DAY TODAY, IN THE 90'S. COOLER LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS AHEAD.
COOLING TO A HIGH IN THE UPPER 60'S MONDAY.

A MAQUOKETA MAN DIED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT IN THE SCHMIDT
HAROBOR AT DUBUQUE. JAMES SUTTON, AGE 45, WAS KILLED WHEN A BOAT
OPERATED BY KENT HOFFMAN, AGE 38, OF GALENA, ALLEGEDLY WENT OVER THE
TOP OF THE BOAT OPERATED BY SUTTON. THE DNR SAID THEY BELIEVE
SUTTON'S BOAT WAS SITTING IN THE WATER AT 9 P.M. LORI FEY, AGE 47,
OF MAQUOKETA WAS A PASSENGER IN THE SUTTON BOAT AND WAS NOT SERIOUSLY
INJURED.

THREE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY POWER PLANT EMPLOYEES HAVE
BEEN NOTIFIED THEIR POSITIONS HAVE BEEN TERMINATED. MMEU MANAGER MIKE
NICKESON SAID HE TALKED WITH THE THREE THIS MORNING. THEIR FINAL DAY
WILL BE OCTOBER 7TH. HE SAID THERE ARE SIX EMPLOYEES WHO WORK AT THE
PLANT AND HE DECLINED TO NAME WHO WERE TERMINATED, BUT SAID A MANAGER
AND TWO OTHERS REMAIN. ONE OF THOSE IS ON MILITARY LEAVE. THIS
WAS A COST-CUTTING MOVE AND THE PLANT, WHICH MAY BE CLOSED, CAN OPERATE
WITH THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LEFT. THE PLANT WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL FURTHER RESEACH CAN BE DONE. THE 3 EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE A SEVERANCE PACKAGE.

A MAQUOKETA MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MAKING METH IN HIS HOME. HE ALSO
FACES DOMESTIC ABUSE CHARGES AGAINST HIS GIRLFRIEND. MAQUOKETA POLICE
CHARGED 32 YEAR OLD RANDALL SHADY WITH MANUFACTURING METH IN EXCESS OF
FIVE GRAMS. POLICE FOUND THE LAB IN HIS HOME AT 106 NORTH ANDERSON'
STREET, AFTER THEY ASSISTED A WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN ASSAULTED YESTERDAY
MORNING. ASHLEY HUBBARD, 23, OF MAQUOKETA WAS IDENTIFIED AS A VICTIM
OF DOMESTIC ASSAULT. SHADY IS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER
ON $25,000 CASH BOND.

DON'T FORGET TO LISTEN TO THE MAQUOKETA - MOUNT VERNON GAME TONIGHT
ON KMAQ OR OUR WEB SITE. CHECK HERE TOMORROW MORNING FOR THE SCORE OF THE
GAME.

AND YES...THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ARE STILL IN THE RACE.

HAVE A GOOD LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

NANCY AND I VISITED FRIENDS AT THE GALENA TERRITORY
THIS WEEK. THIS SUMMER, GALENA AND THE AREA GOT
HIT WITH THE A RECORD DOWNPOUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME THAT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, LIKE THE WASHOUT
PICTURED HERE. THAT'S NANCY AND DEB LOOKING IT OVER.
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DENNIS VOY