THUNDER AND LIGHTNING STORM STARTED AT 4 THIS MORNING.
IT HAS BEEN RAINING ON AND OFF MOST OF THE DAY....SOME GOOD RAIN.
THE RECORD FOR THIS DAY WAS 53 DEGREES IN 1914.
IT WAS BROKEN ALREADY AT 9 THIS MORNING.
THE HIGH AND NEW RECORD FOR THIS DAY.....55 DEGREES.
TONIGHT, SNOW...AROUND AN INCH.
TOMORROW, MORE SNOW...AROUND 4 INCHES.
LOW TONIGHT, 29 AND AND FALLING TEMPS TOMORROW TO AROUND
20 BY TOMORROW AT THIS TIME. LOOKING AHEAD A LITTLE...3-BELOW
THURSDAY NIGHT.
AAAHHH THESE IOWA WINTERS.
THREE ATTORNEYS HAVE FILED APPLICATIONS TO BE NAMED A JACKSON COUNTY MAGISTRATE, TO REPLACE MARK LAWSON, WHO IS MOVING UP TO BE A 7TH JUDICIAL JUDGE.
THEY ARE:
SCOTT NELSON OF DUBUQUE...FORMER JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY JOHN KIES OF BELLEVUE AND BRAD BOFFELLI OF DUBUQUE, WHO RECENTLY
PURCHASED LAWSON'S LAW PRACTICE IN MAQUOKETA.
THE MAGISTRATES NOMINATING COMMISSION WILL MEET THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 3 IN THE JURY ROOM OF THE COURTHOUSE IN MAQUOKETA TO RIVIEW THE APPLICATIONS AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
A NEW ASSISTANT JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WORK HERE THE END OF FEBRUARY. JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY SARA
DAVENPORT APPOINTED AMANDA LASSANCE OF DUBUQUE TO THIS
POSITION. SHE REPLACES MATT SPEER WHO RESIGNED TO GO BACK TO HIS HOME COUNTY AS THE ASSISTANT THERE. SHE WILL START AT
$43,000 A YEAR.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TODAY APPOINTED RANDY BENDER OF BELLEVUE TO THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD,
TO REPLACE GERALD MILLRIGHT. THERE WERE SEVEN APPLICANTS.
THE APPOINTMENT IS FOR 5 YEARS.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD HAS CHANGED ITS MIND AND WILL AGAIN THIS YEAR, OFFER EARLY RETIREMENT TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY.
THIS CAN RESULT IN A COST SAVINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED IF THE DISTRICT
WILL NOT GET A $130,000 GRANT THEY HAD BEEN COUNTING ON.
SOME VANDALISM REPORTED MONDAY AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY. SEVERAL STONE TURNED OVER.
MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TONIGHT IS AGAINST WEST DELAWARE, MANCHESTER.
GO CARDS!
IT IS 5:10 P.M. AND STILL RAINING IN MAQUOKETA.
IF YOU LIVE IN IOWA....GET OUT THE SNOW SHOVEL AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
