QUITE A CHANGE FROM YESTERDAY....BEAUTIFUL 81 DAY.
HIGH TODAY, 71.
TONIGHT, 42.....TOMORROW SUNNY AND 62.
I HAVE COMPLETE INFORMATION NOW ON THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AROUND 5 P.M. A MILE NORTH OF FULTON,
IOWA, AND WAS INVESTIGATED BY JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF
BRANDON BECK. CORBIN MONTGOMERY, AGE 20, OF MANONA, IOWA,
WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON 61 BEHIND A TRACTOR DRIVEN BY EVAN
SUTTON, AGE 19, OF MAQUOKETA. SUTTON WAS PULLING A FIELD
CULTIVATOR. MONTGOMERY REACHED OVER TO GRAB A CELL PHONE
AND AT THE SAME TIME, SUTTON WAS SLOWING TO ALLOW MONTGOMERY
TO PASS. MONTGOMERY FAILED TO SEE THE EQUIPMENT AND STRUCK
THE LEFT REAR PORTION OF THE CULTIVATOR. MONTGOMERY'S
VEHICLE SPUN 360 DEGREES AND CAME TO REST FACING NORTH IN THE
LEFT-HAND LANE. THE EQUIPMENT BECAME DISABLED AND STOPPED
IN THE RIGHT LANE. THE ACCIDENT RIPPED THE TOP OFF OF THE CAR
AND ESSENTIALLY DEMOLISHED THE CAR. THE MANONA MAN
WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA BY AMBULANCE FOR TREATMENT OF SUSPECTED INJURIES. SUTTON WAS NOT INJURED.
$10,000 IN DAMAGES TO THE CORBIN MONTGOMERY 2004 CHEVY MALABU AND $15,000 IN DAMAGES TO THE 2015 CASE MAGNUM TRACTOR.
NO CITATION WAS ISSUED AND THE INVESTIGATION OF THE ACCIDENT
CONTINUES.
THERE WAS A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT LAST FRIDAY MORNING ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST OF MAQUOKETA. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BY MARK HUBER, AGE 51, OF MARENGO, IOWA. HE WAS DRIVING WEST AND LOST CONTROL AND AFTER ENTERING A CURVE, ROLLED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES.
$10,000 IN DAMAGES TO THE 2002 CHEVY SUBURBAN. NO INJURIES AND
HUBER WAS CHARGED FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, FAILURE TO
MAINTAIN CONTROL AND HAVING NO INSURANCE., NEW JACKSON COUNTY
DEPUTY KODY SIEVERDING INVESTIGATED THE ACCIDENT.
WE MADE A ONE-DAY TRIP TO MY HOMETOWN OF HORICON, WISCONSIN SUNDAY. IOWA FALL COLORS JUST GETTING STARTED AND WISCONSIN
LEAF COLORS ARE A LITTLE FARTHER ALONG. IN WEEK TO 10 DAYS, THEY
WILL REALLY BE BEAUTIFUL.
VISITED THE NEW (COUPLE YEARS OLD) HORICON MARSH EDUCATION
AND VISITOR CENTER.
AND SOME OUTSIDE. WHEN ONE DRIVES INTO THE LARGE PARKING
LOT (NEARLY FULL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON) THE FIRST THING VISABLE
IS THE MAMMOTH, AND THE INDIAN HUNTING IT. IT TOOK 2 YEARS FOR THE ARTIST TO COMPLETE THE MAMMOTH AND INDIAN, WELDING TOGETHER THOUSANDS OF CONCRETE REINFORCMENT RODS.
TO SEE.....A $6 MILLION CENTER AT THE EDGE OF THE 25,000 ACRE WILDLIFE PRESERVE. IN OCTOBER, IT IS A STOPPING PLACE FOR THOUSANDS OF GEESE HEADING SOUTH. THERE...MY BROTHER (INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE CENTER) WILL APPRECIATE MENTIONING IT HERE.
FOR THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT, EARLY-OUT THIS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND NO SCHOOL FRIDAY. TEACHER CONFERENCES.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
