LITTLE RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND AND TODAY, SUNNY AND WARM...HIGH 80'S.
TWO MOTORCYLE ACCIDENTS IN OUR AREA SATURDAY.
TWO PEOPLE WERE THROWN FROM A MOTORCYCLE SATURDAY NIGHT NEAR SPRINGBROOK AND WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. THE DRIVER WAS JUSTIN MEGGERS, 23, OF CHARLOTTE AND HIS PASSENGER WAS KAYLA FULRATH, 21, OF BETTENDORF. KAYLA WAS TREATED AND RELESED.
THAT ACCIDENT HAPPENED AFTER 9 P.M. EARLIER SATURDAY, AROUND 4:30 P.M....THERE WAS ALSO A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 52 SOUTH OF BELLEVUE. DRIVER OF THE CYCLE WAS WESLEY SCHWARTZ, AGE 49, OF BRYANT, AND HE RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND HIS PASSENGER, ALSO FROM BRYANT, JOLENE SCHWARTZ, WAS LISTED WITH MAJOR INJURIES. THE MOTORCYLE SKIDDED 60 FEET, AND STAYED UPRIGHT, HOWEVER JOLENE WAS THROWN OFF THE BACK.
COURT NEWS: JEFFREY BUEGE, 37, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH OWI AND OPEN CONTAINER VIOLATION WHEN STOPPED AROUND MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. ALSO, IN ANOTHER INCIDENT, ROXANNE ALFONSO, AGE 43, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH OWI AT 12:29 SUNDAY A.M. ON WEST PLATT STREET.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: PHYLLIS ARENDS REPORTED SOME LAUNDRY WAS TAKEN AT 1:30 A.M. ON JUNE 12TH AT THE LAUNDRY MAX ON WEST PLATT STREET. IT WAS VALUED AT $465.
AND KEVIN SCOTT OF SOUTH CLARK STREET, REPORTED SOMETIMES IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEK, A UTILITY TRAILER WAS TAKEN FROM HIS PROPERTY.
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS AFTERNOON AT 5:30...TO TALK ABOUT BUYING A NEW BACKHOE AND ALSO ON FUTURE LAND USE PLANNING.
JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY JOHN KIES HOPES TO HAVE THE MURDER TRIAL OF A BELLEVUE MAN WHO HAS BEEN MISSSING FOR TWO YEARS, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. HE TOLD THE SUPERVISORS TODAY THAT HE WILL BE ASKING FOR SOME FINANCIAL HELP FROM THE COUNTY TO OFFSET HIS BUDGET TO CONDUCT A MURDER TRIAL. THE TRIAL WOULD BE FOR DOUGLAS BRUIN, WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE FOR ALLEGEDLY KILLING GROGORY MAY IN JANUARY, 2001, IN BELLEVUE.
THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK IS JUDY VAN HECKE, OWNER OF THE SHOPPER HERE IN MAQUOKETA. A COLOR PICTURE OF HER AND A STORY ABOUT HER,APPEARS ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE....www.maquoketa-rotary.org
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS OVER THE WEEKEND. IN FACT, WE HAVE NOT ONE OBITURY NOTICE TO READ ON THE NEWS FINAL TONIGHT. THIS SELDOM HAPPENS.
THE CEDAR COUNTY FAIR IN TIPTON IS THIS WEEK. KMAQ WILL AGAIN BE BROADCASTING LIVE FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY