NO SUNSHINE TODAY. LIGHT RAIN. HIGH OF 43.
TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 47.
SATURDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 49.
SUNDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY, BREEZY AND HIGH OF 60. OH MY GOSH, 60.
A SHED WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AND A HOME DAMAGED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN RURAL MAQUOKETA.
THE FIRE WAS AT THE FRANK STEVENS HOME ON 92ND AVENUE, AROUND
3:30. WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED, THE SHED WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SAID IT APPEARS AN EMBER FROM A WOOD STOVE BLEW OUT OF THE CHIMNEY AND LANDED IN SOME DRY PINE NEEDLES AND THEY STARTED ON FIRE. EVERYONE WAS OUT OF THE
HOUSE WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED. DAMAGE ESTIMATE, $25,000 TO THE SHED AND HOUSE.
SOME LATE FILINGS JUST BEFORE 5 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
THERE WILL BE TWO PEOPLE SEEKING DIST. 2 SUPERVISOR POSITION NOW HELD BY JACK WILLEY. WILLEY, REPUBLICAN, FILED FOR RE-ELECTION
AND HIS CHALLENGER WILL BE TROY THEDE, A REPUBLICAN, FROM MAQUOEKTA. HE IS A FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND CURRENTLY
A CITY COUNCILMAN. HE OWNED THE DECKER HOTEL FOR A LONG TIME AND NOW OWNS THE MOTEL AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
WILLEY HAS OWNED HIS OWN BEAUTY SALON FOR OVER 40 YEARS IN
DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA AND HAS BEEN A COUNTY SUPERVISOR FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
FOR DIST. 3 SUPERVISOR, NOW HELD BY STEVE FLYNN, TWO REPUBLICANS FILED. FLYNN WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION. JEFF HOLTZ OF RURAL MAQUOKETA AND TOM DEVINE OF MAQUOKETA, BOTH FILED.
AND ALSO FILING FOR THE DIST.3 SEAT, TWO DEMOCRATS. HENRY KRAMER OF SABULA AND LARRY McDEVITT OF MAQUOKETA.
SO MUCH FOR ANOTHER DAY.
DENNIS VOY
