AND MORE RAIN IS FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.
WE WILL NEED TO WAIT UNTIL FRIDAY FOR ANOTHER NICE DAY.
JACKSON COUNTY NATIVE PETER HIRD ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT HE WILL RUN FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE NEXT YEAR IN DISTRICT 58. THE DISTRICT INCLUDES JACKSON COUNTY AND PARTS OF JONES AND DUBUQUE COUNTIES. THE CURRENT STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE DISTRICT
IS BRIAN MOORE OF BELLEVUE. PETER HIRD GREW UP IN THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF LEISURE LAKE (NEAR BERNARD) AND GRADUATED FROM
MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL. HE COMPLETED AN ELECTRICAL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS AND HAS A CLASS A JOURNEYMAN LICENSE.
IF ELECTED, HE WILL WORK TO MAKE SURE JOB TRAINING AND HIGHER
EDUCATION IS AFFORDABLE FOR EVERY IOWAN. IN HIS NEWS RELEASE, HE NOTED THAT SOME TUITION AT IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGES IS THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY.
A TWO CAR ACCIDENT LAST THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE DRIVERS WERE GARY HOLTZ, AGE 75, OF MAQUOKETA AND DON YANDA, AGE 78, OF
MAQUOKETA. HOLTZ STRUCK THE REAR OF THE YANDA VEHICLE AS YANDA WAS DRIVING NORTH ON OLIVE STREET AND HOLTZ WAS DRIVING EAST ON PLATT. NO ONE INJURED. NO CHARGES. THE HOLTZ 2005 BUICK
RECEIVED ABOUTA $1,500 IN DAMAGES AND THE YANDA 2004 TOYOTA
ABOUT $2,000.
THE WEEKLY TUESDAY NIGHT CLEAN-UP NIGHT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR THE REST OF THIS FALL AND WINTER.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SEASON CAME TO AN END LAST NIGHT WHEN THE CARDINALS LOST 3 GAMES TO 0 AGAINST
WESTERN DUBUQUE.
AND WILL BE HELD OVER FOR A SECOND BIG WEEK. IT HAS DONE WELL
IN MAQUOKETA WITH LOTS OF GOOD REPORTS ON HOW FUNNY AND
GOOD IT IS.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
