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THERE IS A HOME IN BELLEVUE YOU HAVE TO SEE.    IT IS A LARGE CORNER

HOME AND XMAS DECORATIONS ALMOST SURROUND IT.     WHEN YOU COME

INTO BELLEVUE ON  HIWAY 62, AS YOU APPROACH THE FIRE STATION....

FIRST ON THE LEFT, IS AN OLDER HUGE HOME DECORATED ON YOUR LEFT.

NICE.    THEN AFTER IT, ON THE LEFT YOU WILL SEE THE FIRE STATION

AND ON THE   RIGHT, TH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.      JUST BEFORE

YOU COME TO THE SCHOOL, TURN RIGHT ON 4TH STREET AND GO SOUTH FOR ABOUT

5 BLOCKS AND AT THE INTERSECTION WITH CHURCH STREET, YOU WILL SEE

THIS HOME, THAT INCLUDES THE PHOTO ABOVE.     WORTH THE DRIVE TO BELLEVUE.
THEN, GO DOWNTOWN, AS RIVERVIEW (MAIN STREET) IN BELLEVUE THAT

RUNS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, THIS YEAR HAS BEEN DECORATED FOR 5 BLOCKS

FROM THE LUMBER COMPANY NORTH TO CASEY'S.     AGAIN, VERY WELL DONE ALL

THE WAY.     THE REGULAR LIGHT POLE CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS ARE UP LIKE

ALWAYS ALONG WITH THE NEW DECORATIONS ALONG THE GREEN SPACES

ALONG THE RIVER.     BELLEVUE TRULY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB DOWNTOWN.

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WORTH THE DRIVE TO SEE THIS ALONG HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN WELTON SOUTH AND THE WINERY.

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FROM EVERYONE HERE AT KMAQ

UPDATE JUST IN AT 11 A.M. TODAY..

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2 INCHES OF SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING.

THANKSGIVING FORECAST FOR MAQUOKETA...GREAT...HIGH OF 50 AND SUNNY.

THE OPTIMIST CLUB OF MAQUOKETA PURCHASED AND DONATED ITEMS FOR THE MITTEN TREE TO HELP KEEP KIDS WARM.     THEY PURCHASED HATS, GLOVES,

OUTFITS FOR KIDS, AND SLIPPERS.   THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE MITTEN

TREE AT THE MAQUOKETA SENTINAL-PRESS.    OPTIMIST MEMBER KATE KRABBENHOFT IS SHOWN HOLDING A FEW OF THE HAT AND GLOVE SETS.

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THE POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD IN MAQUOKETA, JUST NORTH ON THE HILL UP FROM

SUNSHINE SCHOOL.    DESIGNED FOR 10 "STARTER" HOMES.    ONE IS FINISHED

AND IS BEING LIVED IN BY OWNER.     SIX MORE ARE IN STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION,

WITH ONE BASEMENT ONLY AT THIS TIME AT MIDDLE RIGHT.     FOUR ARE SOLD.    THREE MORE UN-STARTED.    THERE ARE INCENTIVES FOR THE BUYERS.

THE LEFT FRONT ONE IS A HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOME AND I ASSUME THERE
IS A COUPLE THAT BUYING IT AND HELPING TO BUILD IT, A REQUIREMENT

FOR A HUMANITY HOME OWNER.

WORK HAS STARTED ON THE OLD MITCHELL-MASKREY MILL IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA,

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TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

 

BOTH THE GOVERNOR YESTERDAY AND THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THIS MORNING HAVE ISSUED  A MANDATORY MASK ORDER.    I'VE BEEN TOLD OUR HOSPITAL IS FULL.

LONGTIME BUSINESSMAN HUGH BOWMAN, AGE 89, DIED SATURDAY AT THE HOSPITAL FROM COVID-19.  HE HAS BEEN LIVING AT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE.  SURVIVED BY 5 SONS, (HIS WIFE DIED 17 YEARS AGO) A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD LATER AFTER THE VIRUS.   THERE WILL BE A PRIVATE BURIAL THIS WEEK.   MY FORMER NEIGHBOR AND GOOD FRIEND.  A NICE GUY.

NICE 60 DEGREE WEATHER COMING LATER THIS WEEK.

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NEW HOSPITAL VIEW FROM UP ABOVE

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I WILL POST IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO A FEW HUMOROUS GRAVE MEMORIALS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT TO ME.     THIS IS FIRST.

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER IN IOWA, BUT IT TURNS NEXT WEEK...RAIN NEXT MONDAY

NIGHT AND TUESDAY AND HIGH TUESDAY, IN LOWER 50'S.    THE TEMPS WE HAVE

HAD THE LAST WEEK OR SO HAVE BEEN 20 DEGREES OVER NORMAL.....

BEEN A GOOD SAVINGS ON THE HEATING BILL.

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JACKSON COUNTY HAS A NEW SHERIFF. ...BRENT KILBURG,  AGE 50, REPUBLICAN...

AND JACKSON  COUNTY HAS A NEW STATE REPRESENTATIVE,  CASCADE DENTIST STEVE BRADLEY,  REPUBLICAN.

JACKSON COUNTY WENT STRONG REPUBLICAN LAST NIGHT, WITH A BIG 75% TURN OUT IN EARLY VOTING AND AT THE POLLS.   

JACKSON COUNTY ALSO VOTED STRONG FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FOR U.S. SENATOR ERNST.

NICE BIG NEW STORE ON EAST PLATT, ON CORNER, A BLOCK FROM MAIN.

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