SUNNY AND NICE THIS MORNING...53 AT NOON...THEN THE STRONG WINDS CAME...AND THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED 20 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON WITH WINDS UP TO 40MPH.

AN EARLY MORNING ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING A MILE SOUTH OF WELTON RESULTED IN INJURIES TO TWO MAQUOKETA WOMEN, DENISE BREN, AGE 48 AND A PASSENGER IN HER CAR, GLADYS BOWEN, AGE 81, BOTH TAKEN TO THE DEWITT HOSPITAL. BREN WAS SOUTH BOUND, PASSING A DUMP TRUCK DRIVEN BY A DUBUQUE MAN, AND WHILE PASSING SHE HIT THE TRUCK AND LOST CONTROL, ROLLING AND COMING TO REST ON HER TOP. ACCORDING TO CLINTON COUNTY DEPUTY ROGER HEILIG, BREEN SUSTAINED NON-INCAPACITATING INJURIES WHILE BOWEN SUFFERED MAJOR INJURIES. THE CONDITION UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME BECAUSE HOSPITALS NO LONGER GIVE OUT CONDITION OF PATIENTS.
THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED. THE BREN VEHICLE RECEIVED ABOUT $6,500 WORTH OF DAMAGE.

DEWITT LOST THEIR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAME TO MOUNT VERNON, 20 TO 14 LAST NIGHT. GREAT GAME AND DEWITT ALMOST WON IT IN THE FINAL COUPLE MINUTES.

ROBERT CLARK, AGE 24, OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE 3RD DEGREE FOR STARTING SEVERAL ROUND BALES OF HAY ON FIRE AT 2 RURAL MILES LOCATIONS BACK IN JULY. DAMAGES OF $780.
HE HAS BEEN RELEASED ON $6,500 BOND.

ROGER BUNYON, AGE 30, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND CHARGED WITH OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATAED, FIRST OFFENSE.

PEARL BLOOM, AGE 97, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
SHE OWNED THE TOWER CAFE IN DEWITT FOR MANY YEARS.

CHECK BACK TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY