NOW LET'S HAVE INDIAN SUMMER!
SNOWY AND COLD TODAY....JUST IN THE 30'S.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SATURDAY WHEN WE ARE EXPECTING TO BE
BACK IN THE 50'S.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVORS ARE MAD AND SHOULD BE.
AT THEIR MEETING THIS MORNING, THEY SAID THEY WANT TO SEE THE
DAMAGED PORTION OF CENTERVILLE ROAD (BEING PAVED) IN NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY NEAR ST. DONATUS REPAIRED. THEY SAID THEY
DID NOT WANT JUST THE RUTS FIXED ON ONE LANE OF THE ROAD.
DURING A LENGTHY DISCUSSION OF THE DAMAGE DONE FRIDAY NIGHT
TO THE NEWLY-PAVED ROAD, SUPERVISORS SAID THE WILL TALK
WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND SHERIFF DEPUTIES TO SEE WHAT CAN BE
DONE.
THE SUPERVISORS SAID THEY HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CALLS ABOUT THE DAMAGE. THEY WANT TO SEE THE ROAD REPAIRED RIGHT AWAY SO RESIDENTS IN THE AREA DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE 20 MILES OUT OF THEIR WAY TO TAKE THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL.
KEVIN EHLINGER, AGE 38, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WAS STABBED BY HIS
LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ASSAULT.
POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID COUNTY ATTORNEY SARA DAVENPORT SAID SHE BELIEVES CASSIE RONEK STABBED EHLINGER DURING A FIGHT AT THEIR APARTMENT IN SELF DEFENSE.
A RURAL MAQUOKETA COUPLE WILL RECEIVE THE GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARD SPONSORED BY THE COALITION TO SUPPORT IOWA FARMERS.
BILL AND BEV BRAUER WERE NOMINATED BY KEITH AND DENISE DEXTER.
A NEW VETERINARY CLINIC HAS OPENED IN MAQUOKETA. ELDRIDGE-BASED
RISIUS AND ASSOCIATES VETERNARY SERVICE OPENED AN OFFICE IN
MAQUOKETA AT THE MAQUOKETA EMBRYOS BUILDING ON JACOBSEN
DRIVE IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. DR. MICHAEL SLATTERY, DVM, WILL PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE MAQUOKETA AREA AS THE RESIDENT
VETERINARIAN. THE FULL SERVICE CLINIC WILL TREAT BOTH LARGE ANIMALS AND PETS. SLATTERY GRADUATED IN MAY FROM THE IOWA
STATE VETERINARY SCHOOL. HIS DAD, IN WINTHROP, IS ALSO A VETERINARIAN. THE ELDRIGE FIRM HAS 16 VETERINARIANS.
MAQUOKETA NOW HAS 3 PRACTICING VETERINARIANS.
THE WORLD SERIES GAME STARTS AT 6 P.M. TOMORROW ON KMAQ-FM.
CHAMBER DIRECTOR TOM DEVINE WAS JUST IN. THE CHAMBER IS MAKING
MANY PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS 2013 ACTIVITIES IN MAQUOKETA. SANTA HAS
BEEN "BOOKED" TO APPEAR OFTEN IN THE TIMBER CITY.
I HAVE TO SAY...HO HO HO....IT GOES WITH TODAY'S SNOW, SNOW, SNOW.
DENNIS VOY
