FOR RENT, IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA!    NEW INTERIOR!    GOOD LOCATION!    NEXT TO THE THEATRE!

CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.    FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ABOVE STORE FRONT, CALL 563-212-3286    SUCCESS DEPENDS ON....LOCATION,
LOCATION, LOCATION....THIS BUILDING HAS IT!

NOW, TODAY'S DAILY REPORT:

61 TODAY.   NICE!   EVEN WARMER WEATHER COMING THIS WEEKEND AND INTO THE 70'S EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

IN  GIRL'S TRACK YESTERDAY AT CASCADE, 11 TEAMS AND MAQUOKETA
CAME IN 9 TH.   

HERE'S CHANCE JENKINS....

CLICK-ON PHOTO ABOVE OF CHANCE JENKINS TO ENLARGE IT.      THE MAQUOKETA AREA FAMILY YMCA ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THE ADDITION
OF CHANCE AS THE NEW PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT  THE Y, REPLACING
GINA PERSCHBACHER.     CHANCE HAS SERVED AS AN ASSOCIATE TEACHER FOR THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL "AT RISK PROGRAM" AND AS A COACH FOR BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL AND SOCCER.   HE FORMERLY WORKED HERE AS A PROGRAM ASSISTANT AT THE YMCA, UNDER MATT CLARK.    HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MAQUOKETA, AND PARTICIPATED IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, TRACK, TENNIS AND BASEBALL.
SCOTT WARREN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE Y SAID " WE ARE TRULY
BLESSED TO HAVE CHANCE AS OUR NEW PROGRAM DIRECTOR.   HIS LOVE OF SPORTS, UNDERSTANDING OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND TUTELAGE UNDER MATT CLARK AND OUR AREA SPORTS COACHES WILL SERVE HIM WELL IN HIS NEW ROLE".      HE STARTED WORK ON APRIL 8TH.

A SHOOTING AROUND 11 LAST NIGHT AT 208 SOUTH NIAGARA STREET.
MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID GERALD EDWARDS, AGE 63, WAS SHOT AT HIS HOME BY AN INTRUDER AND TAKEN TO THE  HOSPITAL HERE AND THEN AIRLIFTED TO UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITAL WHERE
HIS CONDITION IS LISTED AS STABLE.    THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WAS CALLED IN AND THAT PERSON IS  NOT
GIVING ANY DETAILS, I'M SORRY TO SAY.    THE INTRUDER APPARENTLY
GOT AWAY BEFORE  POLICE ARRIVED.    POLICE HAVE HIS GUN, BUT WE
DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT IT.   WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES
EDWARDS WAS SHOT AND WHERE.    SO, HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE MORE
INFORMATION FOR YOU  NEXT WEEK.

THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE OPENS TONIGHT!

LOTS OF GOOD FOOD IN OUR 50'S CONCESSION STAND!

JACKSON COUNTY NATIVE DAVE HEIAR HAS BEEN HIRED AS THE COUNTY'S FIRST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.   HE STARTS JULY 17.   HE SERVED AS CITY MANAGER FOR BELLEVUE FROM 78 TO 85.    THEN CITY MANAGER OF MANCHESTER FROM 85 TO 2005.    CURRENTLY HE IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF DUBUQUE.
HIS POSITION WAS FORMED THROUGH THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE BELLEVUE AND MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILS AND THE BELLEVUE ECONOMIC AND  TOURISM ASSOCIATION.   OTHER SMALL COMMUNITIES HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED INTEREST IN JOINING THE GROUP.

STATE SENATOR TOD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA MET WITH FORMER ISU
BASKETBALL PLAYER ROYCE WHITE YESTERDAY AT THE IOWA SENATE.
WHITE WAS AT THE STATEHOUSE YESTERDAY TO LAUNCH A NATIONAL
CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS OF MENTAL DISEASES.   HE HAS BEEN
NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY HIS GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER.
BOWMAN TOLD WHITE HE IS WORKING TO FULLY FUND IOWA'S MENTAL
HEALTH REFORMS WHICH WILL GIVE EVERY IOWAN ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY CARE.

ONE OF THE NANCY TOUTSCH SPRING FLOWER GARDENS.   SHE'S MY NEIGHBOR ON NORTH JONES.     NICK AND NANCY SPEND MANY  HOURS
WEEKLY TENDING TO THEIR FLOWERS.

THE JACKSON COUNTY LATEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR MARCH WAS 6 PERCENT.    DOWN FROM 6.8 IN FEBRUARY.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ARE IN 1ST PLACE!
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL STAY THERE DURING THE WEEKEND AHEAD, PLAYING THE GOOD PIRATES TEAM.

DENNIS VOY