GREAT DAY.
THE REST OF THE WEEK SHOULD ALSO BE NICE.
OPERATION EDITH IS AT 6 TOMORROW NIGHT, PART OF FIRE PREVENTION
WEEK. FIREMEN WILL COVER THE DOWN WITH TRUCKS AND COUNT
THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO PRACTICED A FIRE EXIT FROM
THEIR HOME AND ASSEMBLED OUT FRONT AT THE STREET.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING
PULLED THE PLUG ON FUNDING AN OUTDOOR POOL AND INSTEAD WILL
CONCENTRATE ON THE DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE. MAYOR DON SCHWENKER SAID THE IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY SURVEYS HAVE ALL
INDICATED RESIDENTS ARE MOST INTERESTED IN AN UPGRADE FOR DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
A NEW LOOK DOWNTOWN! RagaBabe STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO
IN THE FORMER BILL MOLER'S STORE AT RIGHT AND RECENTLY EXPANDED
TO THE LEFT, WHICH WAS EMPTY. GOOGLE RagaBabe AND READ ALL
ABOUT THIS GROWING DIAPER BUSINESS THAT DOES BUSINESS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ON THE INTERNET.
TWO ACCIDENTS, MORNING AND NIGHT, YESTERDAY AT HIGHWAY 61 AND HURSTVILLE ROAD JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. STILL NO DETAILS
ON THE MORNING ACCIDENT. THE EVENING ONE, AROUND 7 P.M., ALSO
INVOLVED A SEMI HITTING A CAR. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN BY TAYLOR
MULLER, AGE 22, OF MAQUOKETA. RIDING WITH HER, A 15 YEAR OLD
PASSENGER. THE TWO AND THE SEMI DRIVER WERE ALL TAKEN
TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES. PAINT SPILLED FROM THE
SEMI AND THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CLEAN-UP TOOK UNTIL 3 THIS
MORNING. NORTHBOUND LANES OF HIGHWAY 61 WERE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE TRUCK DRIVER IS FROM ELDRIDGE.
DONNA HEISTER, AGE 51, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT AT HER
HOME FOLLOWING A BATTLE WITH CANCER. SHE WAS OWNER OF
OBIE'S RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL
BE AT 10:30 FRIDAY MORNING. GOOGLE LAW-JONES FUNERAL HOME
IN PRESTON FOR THE FULL OBITUARY.
ENJOY THE WEATHER.....IT WILL PROBABLY CHANGE DRASTICALLY
IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
GOOD NIGHT!
DENNIS VOY
