BIG STORY TODAY....A MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER WAS SHOT JUST BEFORE 3 THIS MORNING. HERE IS SHERI MELVOLD'S STORY:
A BARN WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH NUMEROUS ROUND BALES AROUND 3:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE LARRY SCHNOOR FARM AT 5031
151ST STREET. A SHED AND EQUIPMENT INSIDE THE LARGE BARN WAS
LOST IN THE BLAZE. THERE WAS A CAR IN THE SHED TOO. WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED, THE BARN WAS FULLY INVOLVED. FIREMEN SPENT NEARLY 5 HOURS AT THE FIRE. AN ADJACENT CATTLE PEN WAS DESTROYED BUT THERE WERE NO ANIMALS INSIDE. THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SAID HIGH WINDS HAMPERED FIREFIGHTER'S EFFORTS TO
PUT OUT THE FIRE. IN FACT, HE SAID THE WIND WAS THE WORST HE HAS
EVER SCENE WHILE FIGHTING A FIRE.
MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE
LOOKING FOR A NEW DISTRIBUTION SUPERINTENDENT. JOEL YANDA, WHO HAS BEEN WITH MMEU FOR MANY YEARS, SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION
LAST WEEK AND WILL WORK FOR A FIRM IN KANSAS CITY THAT SELLS
ELECTRIC PRODUCTS TO INVESTOR OWNED MUNICIPAL AND COOPERATIVE
UTILITIES. HIS LAST DAY OF WORK WILL BE APRIL 25TH. YANDA HAS
PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN KANSAS CITY.
WANT A LOOK INSIDE THE YMCA? I TOOK SOME PHOTOS THERE YESTERDAY AND YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY
CLUB WEB SITE....WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE BLUE ROTARY WHEEL.
SEE YOU ON THE RADIO.
DENNIS VOY
