86 TODAY...

A DEWITT MAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE HE WAS ON HIS CELL PHONE AND .. GOT DISTRACTED AND HIT A BRIDGE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MAJOR INJURIES AND HIS CAR RECEIVED $10,000 IN DAMAGES. PROOOF....IT IS NOT GOOD TO GAB ON THE CELL AND DRIVE AT THE SAME TIME.

MAQUOKETA IS GETTING A NEW ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES PET OWNERS TO CLEAN UP THEIR PET'S DO-DO
ON PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PROPERTY. THE FIRST READING PASSED TUESDAY NIGHT. IT REQUIRES TWO MORE READING BEFORE IT BECOMES THE LAW. POLICE WILL THEN BE ABLE TO GIVE A TICKET WHICH CAN RESULT IN FINES UP TO $155 OR A YEAR IN JAIL. THIS WILL BE A FIRST FOR MAQUOKETA, A CITY THAT IS NOW 167 YEARS OLD. HOW DID MAQUOKETA SURVIVE FOR 167 YEARS WITHOUT IT??? THE LAW WILL BE FOR CATS,DOGS AND HORSES.

A GIRL BORN JUNE 20TH TO PAULA AND KERRY JOHNSON OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA. GRANDPARENTS ARE FRANK AND JANE GOODENOW OF MAQUOKETA.

JANET EVERS ON EAST PLATT STREET REPORTED TO POLICE THAT HER VEHICLE WAS "KEYED" WHILE PARKED AT HER APARTMENT.

SOME MINOR ACCIDENTS.
AMANDA BRUNS, 16, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN CLINTON COUNTY AND NOT INJURED.
HER CAR RAN INTO ONE DRIVEN BY A DEWITT MAN. $5,000 DAMAGE TO HER CAR.

COLE MCCAULLY, AGE 16, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS IN AN ACCIDENT SOUTH OF DEWITT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HIS CAR WENT INTO A DITCH AND ROLLED. HE WAS NOT INJURED.

HEATHER GOODENOW, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA WAS IN A TWO-CAR ACCIDENT TUESDAY NIGHT AT QUARRY AND DEARBORN STREETS. OTHER CAR DRIVEN BY NICHOLAS SCHROEDER, AGE 16, OF MAQUOKETA.
GOODENOW WAS CHARGED FOR FAILURE TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY. NO INJURIES.

THE NEW TIMBER CITY TRAVEL PLAZA, AT SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, NEAR THE NEW MOTEL,
WILL OPEN IN EARLY AUGUST, ACCORDING TO ONE OF ITS OWNERS, BRIAN KONRARDY.
HE TOLD KMAQ NEWS IT WILL HAVE A RESTAURANT, AND WILL PROVIDE FUEL FOR CARS AND TRUCKS 24 HOURS A DAY. THERE WILL BE A TRUKERS LOUNGE WITH SHOWERS AND LAUNDRY FACILITIES.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY