48 DEGREES TODAY.   HOW ABOUT THAT?
ABOUT THE SAME TOMORROW.
BUT...IN THE TEENS FOR A HIGH SUNDAY.

SPORTS:  
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY AT SOLON TONIGHT.    MATT CLARK WILL
HAVE THE PLAY-BY-PLAY JUST BEFORE 7:30 ON KMAQ-FM AND ON
OUR INTERNET SITE.
THE GIRLS HOST SOLON TONIGHT.

IN WRESTLING, LAST NIGHT THE CARDINAL LOST TO 15TH RATED INDEPENDENCE, 69 TO 6.    MAQUOKETA WON ONLY 2 MATCHES AND GAVE UP 5 FORFEITS.
DEWITT GRAPPLERS ARE HAVING A GOOD SEASON.   THEY ARE RANKED
16TH IN THE STATE AND LAST NIGHT, BEAT ANAMOSA 75 T0 6
AND SOLON, 52 TO 25.
THE CARDINAL BOWLING TEAMS ARE AT DEWITT THIS AFTERNOON.'

A MAQUOKETA HOME RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER A FIRE STARTED IN THE ATTIC  INSULATION THIS MORNING.   LEE DECKER WAS REMODELING HIS BATHROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND SAW SMOKE.
HE TRIED TO PUT OUT THE ATTIC FIRE WITH AN EXTINGUISHER BUT THAT DID  NOT WORK.   FIREMEN WERE CALLED AT 7:26 A.M. AND SPENT A COUPLE HOURS AT THE  HOME.  THERE WAS SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE
ATTIC.    THE HOME IS OWNED BY ROSIE GILMORE.

THREE MAQUOKETANS HAVFE BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH
THE BREAK-IN AND THEFT AT THE ANDREW COUNTRY MART, ON JAN. 9TH.
ALEX WRIGHT, AGE 18....ZACHARY FARNHAM, AGE 18 AND DAVID
OSTRANDER, AGE 18.     THE THREE THREW AN OBJECT THROUGH THE
GLASS DOOR OF THE CONVENIENCE STORE AND TOOK CARTONS OF
CIGARETTESS AND MONSTER DRINKS.    THE VALUE OF THAT TAKEN, ABOUT $700 AND THERE WAS $1,000 DAMAGE TO THE DOOR.

ATTORNEY MARK LAWSON HAS SOLD HIS  BUSINESS TO KURT LAW OFFICE
IN DUBUQUE.    ATTORNEY BRAD BOFFELLI WILL BE THE MAIN ATTORNEY IN THE MAQUOKETA OFFICE AT 114 WEST PLATT STREET.   DARLA LAWSON, WIFE OF MARK, WILL CONTINUE PART TIME WORKING FOR BOFFELLI.
THE OFFICE WILL BE OPEN MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY.
BOFFELLI HAS BEEN A LAWYER SINCE 2009.   HE LIVES IN CASCADE WITH HIS WIFE AND ONE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.   A NEW SIGN WILL BE GOING UP SOON.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY