NICE TODAY, BUT COOL...HIGH OF 64.

MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL TEAM, 0 AND 2 PLAYS AT DEWITT TONIGHT. DEWITT IS 2 AND 0.

JACKSON COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR AUGUST WAS 6.4 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 6.5 IN JULY. A YEAR AGO IN AUGUST,IT WAS 4.5.

THE MAQUOKETA VFW POST THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS, SOLD 1,820 BUDDY POPPIES AND RAISED $1,714 FOR THE VFW'S VETERAN'S RELIEF FUND.

POLICE BLOTTER. DEBRA BURKEY OF SOUTH MAIN REPORTED SOMEONE SMASHED THE REAR WINDOW OF HER FORD TEMPO AND STEVE THORSEN ON COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE SAID A WINDOW SCREEN ON HIS HOME WAS CUT.

ANDREAS ALEXANDER GRANT, 18 DAY OLD SON OF GENE AND KRISTA GRANT OF PRESTON, DIED YESTERDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A SISTER MARTA, AT HOME AND GRAND PARENTS, JOHN AND EVELYN FAGERLAND OF MAQUOKETA AND GERALD AND MARVEL GRANT OF PRESTON. THE BABY WAS BORN WITH A BAD HEART DEFECT.

BARBARA WIDEL MILLER, AGE 45, OF BEAVERTON, OREGON, DIED SUDDENLY WEDNESDAY AT HOSPITAL IN OREGON. SHE IS SURVIVED BE HER HUSBAND, CARL, HER MOTHER, BARBAR WIDEL OF MAQUOKETA, TWO BROTHERS, JOHN AND RICHARD WIDEL, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA, AND TWIN SISTERS, JUDY CARR OF MAQUOKETA AND JOYCE OF SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY