THE SUN IS SHINING NOW....4:45 P.M.
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, WE GOT LIGHT SNOW.
TODAY'S HIGH.....24.
TOMORROW...HIGH OF 20.
TOMORROW NIGHT, 13 BELOW.
THURSDAY, SUNNY WITH HIGH OF 12.
FARM AND HOME SHOW WILL BE NO SNOW, BUT COLD.
COME JOIN US.
BASKETBALL TONIGHT, HERE... A GIRL BOY DOUBLE-HEADER WITH
WEST DELAWARE. NOT ON KMAQ.
AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, DARKSIDE PROMOTIONS
ASKED FOR AN EXCEED NOISE LIMIT OKAY FOR SPECIAL STOCK
CAR RACING ON JUNE 9TH. GRANTED.. AS LONG AS LAST RACE
STARTS NO LATER THAN 10 P.M.
THE COUNCIL OKAYED THE NIGHT OF APRIL 27TH FOR THE ANNUAL
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BANQUET.
SUNDAYA, JOSEPH ARTERBERRY, AGE 40, OF MAQUOKETA AND FRANK
ELLLENZ, AGE 60, OF MAQUOKETA, WERE IN AN ACCIDENT.
ARTERBERRY COULD NOT GET STOPPED FOR A STOP SIGN DUE TO
ROAD CONDITIONS AS HE WAS TRYING TO CROSS PLATT STREET AND WAS STRUCK BY THE ELLENZ VEHICLE. NO INJURIES.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A "BETTER" RATING
THROUGH THE INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICE. THE MAQUOKETA DEPARTMENT IS IN THE TOP 17% OF THE 49,000 DEPARTMENTS IN THE USA.
THIS BETTER RATING WILL PROVE BENEFICIAL TO RESIDENTS AND
BUSINESSS OWNERS IN MAQUOKETA....RESULTING IN LOWER COST INSURANCE RATES.
THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS LOOKING BACK AT
HARNESS RACING IN THE COUNTY OVER THE YEARS. THEY ARE WORKING ON AN EXHIBIT THAT WILL BE IN THE MACHINE SHED THIS SPRING AND
ALSO WILL PLACE A BLACK GRANITE STONE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS WHERE
JACKSON COUNTY'S MOST FAMOUS RACING HORSE, "BILLY THE GREAT" IS BURIED. MORE ON THIS LATER.
THE ABOVE MOVIE STARTS FRIDAY NATIONWIDE AND HERE IN MAQUOKETA,
FOR ALL THE FAMILY.
SEE YOU AT THE FARM SHOW TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY