SUNNY, BREEZY AND 61 TODAY.
PLANNING FOR  HIGH OF 62 TOMORROW.

MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA HAS NAMED A NEW SERGEANT AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.     KORANDA SAID DARREN RISINGER
HAS BEEN NAMED SERGEANT TO REPLACE KENNY SPARKS WHO RETURNED
TO PATROL POSITION FROM SERGEANT LAST MONTH.
RISINGER HAS BEEN THE MAQUOKETA RESOURCE OFFICER SINCE 2006.
KORANDA REPLACED RESINGER IN THE SCHOOLS WITH OFFICER SCOTT
HANSEN WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR 12 YEARS.     THE OTHER SERGEANT IS BRENDAN ZEIMET.   THE
TWO COMMAND OFFICERS SPLIT THEIR TIME BETWEEN DAYS AND NIGHTS
ACCORDING TO THE CHIEF.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, JOYCE HOUSTON, AGE 68, WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON  HIGHWAY 61 AROUND 8 LAST NIGHT, ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF MAQUOKETA,
WHEN SHE HIT A MINIATURE HORSE WHICH HAD RUN ONTO THE HIGHWAY.
THE HORSE DIED AND WAS OWNED BY DAVE LENZ OF 199TH AVENUE, RURAL MAQUOKETA.   DAMAGES TO HOUSTON'S 2006 FORD VAN ESTIMATED
AT $5,000.

NEW OFFICERS OF THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB:     TED STRAIT,
PRESIDENT....JIM REGENWETHER, VP....VERA RANDALL, TREASURER....
AND JUDY BICKFORD, SECRETARY.  
BOARD MEMBERS ARE KATE KRABBENHOFT, JODI COAKLEY AND ALICE HENSHAW.   NOTE..TWO MEN AND FIVE WOMEN.

THE 8TH RATED MAQUOKETA VOLLEYBALL TEAM WON 2 AND LOST 2 SATURDAY IN A CEDAR RAPIDS TOURNAMENT.

JOHN DAGUE AT DAGUE EQUIPMENT (FARM MACHINERY) JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA IS CELEBRATING 33 YEARS FOR THE BUSINESS THIS MONTH.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY