IT IS COLD OUT IN MAQUOKETA!
18 DEGREES.
DOWN TO 2 TONIGHT.
ONLY 12 FOR A HIGH TOMORROW!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
BIG DINNER AND THEATRE SHOW IN MAQUOKETA TODAY.
NOT ALL, BUT MANY ARE DOING BOTH THE DINNER AT TRUE....
(MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB) AND THE SHOW AT 7. THE
DINNER HAS BEEN SOLD OUT. THE SHOW TONIGHT AT THE OHNWARD
FINE ARTS CENTER IS "DENNY & THE DC DRIFTERS"...A TRIBUTE TO LEGENDS. THE BAND WILL BE COMING TO THE TRUE AT 5.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW IT WENT.
THE CHARLES HOLDGRAFER HOME IN SPRAGUEVILLE WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE YESTERDAY MORNING. MAY HAVE STARTED AS A CHIMNEY FIRE.
THE ROOF CAVED IN TO MAKE THE HOME A TOTAL LOSS EVEN THOUGH THE WALLS ARE STILL STANDING. SOME BELONGING MAYBE BE SAVED.
THE RED CROSS IS ASSISTING.
THE MAQUOKETA OFFICE OF THE CLINTON COUNTY YWCA DOMESTIC
ABUSE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IS SCHEDULED TO CLOSE IN JUNE IF SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS NOT SECURED. CURRENTY THE OFFICE
GETS $3,500 FROM JACKSON COUNTY AND THEY ARE ASKING THAT THIS
BE RAISED TO $10,000. THE MAQUOKETA OFFICE OFFERS A 24-HOUR CRISIS LINE, INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING, GROUP COUNSELING, CARE MANAGEMENT, INFORMATION AND REFERRALS. VICTIMS ARE ACCOMPANIED TO COURTAND MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. TRANSPORTATON
IS A BIG ISSUE FOR ABUSE VICTIMS. THE SUPERVISORS SAID THEY WILL
CONSIDER THE REQUEST AT BUDGET TIME.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN JACKSON COUNTY DROPPED SLIGHTLY
TO 4.4 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER, FROM 4.6 IN OCTOBER. THE STATE RATE WENT DOWN TO 4.9 PERCENT.
TWO CARS COLLIDED ON AN ICY CORNER AT 6:40 YESTERDAY MORNING ON 182ND AVENUE FIVE MILES NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. ONE WAS DRIVEN BY BRYAN AGNITSCH, AGE 18, OF MAQUOKETA AND THE OTHER BY EUGENE
BONNELL, AGE 32, OF MAQUOKETA. NO INJURIES. NO CHARGES FILED.
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO A REPORT OF A STRONG GAS ODOR. BLACK HILLS ENERGY WAS CALLED AND LOCATED A LEAK AT THE LAUNDRY MAX ON HIGHWAY 64 AND REPAIRED
IT. NO FIRE.
LOREN STIMMEL, AGE 75, DIED FRIDAY AT KEOKUK. HE IS SURIVEVED BY
A BROTHER IN MAQUOKETA, RICHARD STIMMEL.
FOR MY NEXT REPORT, CHECK BACK NEXT YEAR!
MY WISH IS THAT 2013 WILL BE A GOOD ONE FOR ALL OF YOU!
DENNIS VOY
