SUNNY AND HIGH OF 39 TODAY.'

FIRST, A CORRECTION: THE BABY BORN TO JOHN AND KARRI COSTELLO WAS A GIRL. HER NAME IS ELLA RAE. SHE WAS BORN IN WATERLOO AND THE PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JOAN AND PAT COSTELLO OF MAQUOKETA AND MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE PAT AND LEONARD DITCH OF MAQUOKETA.

A DEWITT FAMILY GAVE $300,000 TO THE DEWITT HOSPITAL. THE GIFT GIVEN BY LLOYD AND MILDRED HARMSEN AND SON, LARRY HARMSEN.

IN A SPLIT VOTE, (4 TO 3), THE JACKSON COUNTY COMPENSATION BOARD IS RECOMMENDING BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PERCENT PAY RAISES FOR ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIALS. THE 8 PERCENT FOR SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN AND RECORDER PHYLLIS GERLACH. THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.

TWO ATV RIDERS RECEVED MINOR INJURIES AND ONE WAS CHARGED WITH DRUNKEN DRIVING AFTER AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY NEAR BALDWIN. BOBBY LEE LUCY OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH OWI. THE OTHER RIDER WAS ADAM BEARCE, 23, OF MAQUOKETA. THEY WERE EACH OPERATING AN ATV AND HAD A HEAD-ON ACCIDENT, AFTER ONE OF THE VEHICLES MADE AN ABRUPT U-TURN.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY