A LITTLE RAIN THIS MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY...HIGH OF 79.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1964 IS HAVING THEIR 40TH CLASS RE-UNION TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.
A PORTION OF THE CLINTON ENGINES LAND (OWNED BY THE CITY NOW) LOCATED EAST OF THE
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A CITY COMPOST FACILITY. INITIAL DISCUSSION WAS HELD THIS PAST TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AN 18-YEAR OLD QUAD-CITY GIRL RECEIVED INJURIES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER FALLING 30 FEET AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK. THE MAQUOKETA RESCUE SQUAD WAS CALLED AND SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS TREATED FOR ARM AND RIB INJURIES.
SUNSHINE SCHOOL HAS A MINOR FIRE THIS MORNING IN ONE OF THE STOVES. WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED AT 8:45, IT WAS ALMOST OUT AND FIREMEN STARTED SOME FANS TO TAKE THE SMOKE OUT OF BUILDING.
A TWO CAR ACCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT AT WALNUT AND GROVE AND ONE OF THE DRIVERS, JESSICA BORMANN, AGE 18, OF BELLEVUE WAS CHARGED WITH STOP SIGN VIOLATION. THE OTHER CAR WAS DRIVEN BY DANIEL SHADY, AGE 40, OF MAQUOEKTA. EACH CAR RECEIVED OVER $2,000 IN DAMAGES IN THE BROADSIDE ACCIDENT. NO INJURIES.
IN DISTRICT COURT, PAMELA HANSEN OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 90 DAYS, ALL SUSPENDED,ON THEFT IN THE 3RD DEGREE, ENHANCED. SHE WAS FINED $1,000 AND ORDERED TO MAKE RESTITUTION TO THE FAREWAY STORE IN MAQUOKETA IN THE AMOUNT OF $240.73.
THE WYOMING FAIR STARTS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES THRU SUNDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN WYOMING, IOWA...THE 70TH ANNUAL. KMAQ AM AND FM WILL BROADCAST THE PARADE AT 6:30 TONIGHT, WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER AT THE MIC.
THEN ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT, THE CARDINALS-CUBS GAME.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY