A CHASE IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT AFTER 6:30. MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER JASON THOMSON OBSERVED WESLEY BRUNDAGE, AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETA, DRIVING AND NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT. THOMSON
KNEW BRUNDAGE HAD A BARRED LICENSE AND THERE WAS A VALED
WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST, SO HE TURNED HIS POLICE CAR AROUND, AND PUT ON THE FLASHING LIGHTS AND BRUNDAGE CONTINUED DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 64, THEN ONTO 62 AND ENDING ON IRON BRIDGE ROAD. HE WAS DRIVING IN EXCESS OF 25 MILES PER HOUR OR MORE ABOVE THE LIMIT.
HE STOPPED, GAVE UP, AND WAS ARRESTED FOR ELUDING LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND DRIVING WHILE BARRED AND WILL APPEAR IN COURT
SEPTEMBER 24TH. WHILE DRIVING, HE ADMITTED SMOKING MARIJUANA
AND HE THREW 1/2 OUNCE OUT THE WINDOW WHILE BEING PERSUED.
SUE SANDBERG SPOKE AT ROTARY TODAY ABOUT THE MAQUOKETA
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. A PHOTO OF HER AND STORY ON THE AIRPORT
IMPROVEMENTS COMING UP CAN BE SEEN ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE,
WHICH YOU GET TO ON KMAQ'S HOME WEB PAGE.
POLICE INVESTIGATED A TWO CAR ACCIDENT AFTER 8 MONDAY MORNING, INVOLVING LISA GIBSON AND SHARON NETH, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.
NETH BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY ON S. MAIN INTO THE SIDE OF GIBSON'S
VEHICLE. $1,500 DAMAGE TO GIBSON'S CAR AND $900 DAMAGE TO
NETH'S. NO INJURIES AND NO CHARGES.
QUEEN CANDIDATES:
TAYLOR FISHWILD....KAILIE HAZER....BROOKE LAPKE...KALEIGH PAULS....
HANNAH PEARCY....CARLY STRATHMAN....DANIELLE TILL....AMY WIRTH
KING CANDIDATES:
BRANDON AMBROSY....LINCOLN AUNAN....SKYLER BRONSON....DREW HARE....
JACOB KLOFT....JOSEPH LYON....KYLE SCHIFFER....CAMERON THEDE.
STUDENTS WILL VOTE TOMORROW AND THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED
DURING THE CORONATION CEREMONY SUNDAY AFTER AT 4:30 AT THE
HIGH SCHOOL.
LAST NIGHT, #11 SOLON DEFEATED MAQUOKETA 3 GAMES TO NONE
IN VOLLEYBALL HERE AT MCHS GYM.
AT NORTH SCOTT LAST NIGHT, IN CROSS COUNTRY, BETTENDORF TOOK FIRST IN THE LANCER INVITATIONAL. MAQUOKETA FINISHED LAST.
THE LOCAL NFL PUNT, PASS AND KICK COMPETITION WILL BE THIS
FRIDAY AT 4 P.M. BEFORE THE CARDINALS HOME GAME AGAINST
DUBUQUE WAHLERT, SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB.
BOB GAVIN IS IN CHARGE.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
