19 today...SUNNY AND NICE.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS LAST NIGHT AT MANCHESTER EASILY DEFEATED DYERSVILLE BECKMAN AND THEN LOST TO WEST DELAWARE. THEY HOST THE DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN INVITATIONAL MEET TOMORROW.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WON OVER CAMANCHE LAST NIGHT 64 TO 23.
TONIGHT, MAQUOKETA WILL HOST THE DEWITT CENTRAL GIRLS AND TOMORROW NIGHT, THE BOYS PLAY AT DEWITT.
LOTS OF FLU ILLNESS IN THE AREA.....MIDLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WYOMING, IOWA HAD TO DISMISS CLASSES EARLY TODAY BECAUSE OF SO MANY STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OUT WITH THE FLU AND THEY ALSO POSTPONED TONIGHTS BASKETBALL GAMES AT WHEATLAND.
FLU VACCINE SHORTAGE IN IOWA. TODAY, THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL GAVE FLU SHOTS, STARTING AT 5 P.M. THERE WERE NEARLY 150 IN LINE AT 5 P.M. FOR THE SHOTS. THEY HAD ENOUGH FOR OVER 250 AND WILL CONTINUE GIVING SHOTS UNTIL 6:30. AND THESE WILL BE THE LAST AVAILABLE THROUGH THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.
DR. JOHN BROMAN OF MAQUOKETA , RETIRED, IS NOW LIVING AT THE MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE AND IS DOING WELL AND HOPES TO COME BACK TO MAQUOKETA PERMANENTLY BY CHRISTMAS. HE HAD A HEART BYPASS OPERATION A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND A SLIGHT STROKE.
TWO CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S SQUAD CARS WERE IN A NEAR HEAD-ON ACCIDENT ABOUT 6 LAST NIGHT, WHILE
GOING TO INVESTIGATE AN ACCIDENT NEAR WELTON ON HIGHWAY 61. ONE OF THE OFFICERS WAS CAPT. ROGER HEILIG, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. BOTH TAKEN TO DEWITT HOSPITAL AND TREATED AND RELEASED.
A SWISS FAMILY FARM EMPLOYEE, DARCY HANKEMEIER, RECEIVED BURNS AFTER HE WAS SPLASHED BY ANHYDROUS AMMONIA THIS MORNING AT ANDREW. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AND WE HAVE NOT HAD A CONDITION REPORT.
MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE AT A HOUSE FIRE FOR ABOUT 90 MINUTES STARTING ABOUT 1 A.M. THIS MORNING...AT 1002 KATHEY DRIVE. A HOUSE OWNED BY MIKE SAGERS AND RENTED BY TARA ANDERSON CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL OVERLOAD. ANDERSON LEFT THE BURNING HOME BEFORE FIREMEN ARRIVED. THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE CEILING AND IT WAS QUICKLY PUT OUT. THERE WAS A SMOKE DETECTOR IN THE HOME, BUT IT HAD DEAD BATTERIES.
ABOUT $20,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE DONE TO THE HOME.
SPEAKING OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AT THE COUNCIL GOAL-SETTING SESSION YESTERDAY, FIRE CHEIF MARK BECK SAID THAT MORE ROOM IS NEED AT THE FIRE STATION AND THAT THIS MATTER WILL BE STUDIED BY THE COUNCIL EARLY NEXT YEAR.
CHRISTINE DAEHLER, AGE 85, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS AFTERNOON. SHE WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES FOR MANY YEARS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY THREE CHILDREN, LONNA SCHURBON OF MAQUOKETA, BETTY MILLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND LARRY DAEHLER OF MAQUOKETA, 9 GRANDCHILDREN, 12 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND A SISTER, ALSO A SISTER-IN-LAW, LAVONNE YAPPEN OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY