COOL TODAY...HIGH OF 55.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JACKSON COUNTY IN MARCH WAS 7.7 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 8.1 IN FEBRUARY. A YEAR AGO IT WAS AT 7.8.

PAUL LAUGHLIN, 59, OF MAQUOKETA WAS IN A CAR-SEMI ACCIDENT LATE YESTERDAY MORNING ON HIGHWAY 136 IN CLINTON COUNTY. THE SEMI DRIVER WAS ALAN BRUNSCHEEN, 55, OF WYOMING, IOWA. NO INJURIES.

GISELE J. BOCK, AGE 77, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT.

AND FERN HINKE, 75, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING.

COMPLETED OBITUARYS FOR BOTH WELL-KNOWN MAQUOKETA WOMEN
CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY