BELOW NORMAL COLD WEATHER IS HERE.
HIGH TODAY 43.
LOW TONIGHT 28.
HIGH TOMORROW 41.
IN 40'S UNTIL SATURDAY, WHEN WE SHOULD GOT A LITTLE OVER 50.
MAYBE SOME SNOW FLURRIES TOMORROW.
A COUNTY ROAD IS BEING PAVED IN NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY.
A WEEK AGO, A FARMER DROVE ON IT WITH HIS COMBINE AND
CAUSED DAMAGE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT READY FOR TRAFFIC.
IT WAS WELL MARKED TO STAY OFF.
OVER THE WEEKEND, TWO CEMENT TRUCKS WENT AROUND THE BARRICADES AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION AND CAUSED 3 TO 4-HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. HARD TO BELIEVE!
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FILLED THE COUNTY JAIL IN MAQUOKETA
OVER THE WEEKEND, MOST AFTER A FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT
OF THE MAQUOKETA INN AND SUITES. A TOTAL OF 9 ARRESTED AND
JAILED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, MICHAEL TILL, AGE 30, PUT HIS FORD PICK-UP
IN THE DITCH ON THE CAVES ROAD SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER 10 PM.
HE WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. $5,000 DAMAGE TO HIS PICK-UP. NO INJURIES.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
ETHEL BLOCK, AGE 97, OF CLINTON DIED SATURDAY AT A CLINTON HOSPITAL.
THE FUNERAL IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT THE CLINTON LAWN
CEMETERY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, CAROL YEOMAN OF
MAQUOKETA.
CARL CLARK, 74, OF BELLEVUE DIED OCTOBER 11TH. HE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA. HE OWNED CLARK BOAT COMPANY IN BELLEVUE.
THERE WILL BE NO VISITATION OR SERVICE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE JANICE, TWO CHILDREN, AND SEVERAL SIBLINGS, INCLUDING TWO BROTHERS, MICK CLARK AND ED CLARK BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA HELD THE LEAD AT HALFTIME BUT LOST THEIR GAME AGAINST
RATED SOLON FRIDAY NIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
