Friday, September 06, 2013

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85 TODAY.....LOWER THAN PREDICTED!
TOMORROW, 91 IS FORECAST.
SUNDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND 82.
MONDAY, 94.

MAQUOKETA MAYOR DON SCHWENKER IS URGING RESIDENTS TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP BUILD THE NEW LITTLE BEAR PARK NEXT WEEK.
AROUND 160 TO 200 VOLUNTEERS WILL BE NEED EACH DAY.

MAQUOKETA POLICE CHEIF BRAD KORANDA SAID THERE IS NOTHING NEW TO ADD TO A POSSIBLE ROBBERY EARLIER THIS WEEK ON EAST PLATT
STREET.    THE VICTIM HAS REFUSED TO COME IN TO PROVIDE A
STATEMENT ACCORDING TO THE CHIEF.

17 YEAR OLD RALEIGH PERKENS OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING HIS 2005 JEEP IN THE 2300 BLOCK OF 110TH STREET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
AND FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A CURVE, OVERCORRECTED AND THE JEEP
WENT INTO THE DITCH AND OVERTURNED.   $16,000 DAMAGE TO THE
JEEP.   PERKENS WAS TAKEN TO THE  HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES AND HE WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.

MAQUOKETA HOSTS WESTERN DUBUQUE IN FOOTBALL TONIGHT.
I'LL HAVE THE SCORE HERE TOMORROW MORNING.

A NEW MAQUOKETA DINER OPENED THIS MORNING, ON EAST PLATT
STREET,  FORMERLY THE LOCATION OF G-MA'S.
IT IS  "MAQ-TOWN DINER"  I HAVE NO OTHER DETAILS AT THIS TIME.


CHECK THE PHOTOS AND COMMENTS BELOW ON  A NEW MAQUOKETA MAIN STREET BUSINESS.   I TOOK THE PHOTOS THIS AFTERNOON.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

DENNIS VOY