WARMER TODAY..SUNNY AND 24.

BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT. THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON BOTH GAMES IN OVERTIME.
TYLER KRUEGER WAS LEADING SCORER IN THE VARSITY GAME WITH 22 POINTS.
THE WINS WERE HERE, OVER DYERSVILLE. MAQUOKETA IS NOW 4 AND 0 IN THE CONFERENCE.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS VARSITY TEAM ALSO BEAT DYERSVILLE LAST NIGHT, UP THERE.

STEVE TEBBE,OWNER OF WHISPERING MEADOWS RESORT NEAR SPRINGBROOK, IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE JACKSON COUNTY TOURISM ASSOCIATION. HE SUCCEEDS LINDA POWLISTHA OF MAQUOKETA. ELLEN FRANTZEN OF MAQUOKETA IS THE NEW VICE-PRESIDENT AND KATHY TILL OF ANDREW IS THE TREASURER. THE GROUP MEETS ONCE A MONTH TO PROMOTE TOURISM IN JACKSON COUNTY.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, KURTIS FELDERMAN, AGE 21, IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY TOLD JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SOMEONE SHOT HIM LAST FALL, WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF.

A LAMOTTE MAN, DALE KILBURG, AGE 45, HIT TWO CALVES ON THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD ABOUT 6 THIS MORNING. HE WAS NOT INJURED.

A VANDALISM INCIDENT. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SAID ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES HAD A WINDOW BROKEN WHILE PARKED AT 117 S. OLIVE STREET.

ELEANOR ULVESTAD DIED YESTERDAY AT MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER, AT AGE 90.
SHE WORKED AS A BEAUTICIAN, ALSO AT MAX RAY JEWELER, AND ALSO FOR HEPKER CHIROPRACTIC. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, CLIFF....2 CHILDREN, CAROL ULVESTAD OF DAVENPORT AND GENE OF AMES, PLUS 3 GRANDCHILDREN AND 7 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND A SISTER IN ROCKFORD.

GOT A NICE EMAIL FROM STAN AND PAT WEETS WHO ARE ENJOYING WARM WEATHER DOWN IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AT MCALLEN, TEXAS. THEY SAID THEY TOOK MOSTLY ROADS THROUGH SMALL TOWNS ON THE WAY DOWN, BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND SAID NONE OF THE TOWNS HAD CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS DOWNTOWN AS NICE AS THE ONES IN MAQUOKETA.

JIM BOLLMAN OF MAQUOKETA, WHO RETIRED AS CITY COUNCIMAN DECEMBER 31ST, IS THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK". SEE A PICTURE OF HIM AND A STORY ABOUT HIM ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org.

THAT'S IT FOR TODAY. KEEP WARM.

DENNIS VOY