EIGHT BELOW THIS MORNING.
HIGH OF 11 ABOVE TODAY.
CHANCE OF SNOW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS DEFEATED WESTERN DUBUQUE LAST NIGHT BY ONE POINT, A LAST MINUTE BASKET BY LUKE PATTERSON. AND HERE IN TOWN, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ALSO BEAT WESTERN DUBUQUE BY 10
POINTS.

YESTERDAY MORNING, A VEHICLE HIT A BRIDGE BECAUSE OF ICE CONDITIONS. BARBARA KEMP, AGE 43, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 61 AND AS SHE CROSSED THE MAQUOKETA RIVER BRIDGE, HER VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIDE ON SOME ICE AND HIT THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE BRIDGE, RESULTING IN $2,500 DAMAGE TO HER 2003 CHEVY TRUCK. NO INJURIES.

THE NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN MAQUOKETA TO ELIMINATE RADIUM IN THE WATER....A $4-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT....IS MORE OR LESS A WATER SOFTNER AND IT WILL REQUIRE LOTS OF SALT.....ABOUT
A TON AND A HALF OF SALT A DAY IN FACT. THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE FIRST PURCHSE OF
100 TON AT A COST OF $8,200. IT SHOULD LAST FOR ABOUT A COUPLE MONTHS. WATER RATE INCREASE IN THE NEW WATER BUDGET TAKES CARE OF THIS DAILY NEW COST. FIRST TIME IN MAQUOKETA'S 165-YEARS- PLUS HISTORY FOR THIS KIND OF TREATMENT TO WATER. NEW STATE REQUIREMENTS MANDATED THIS.

NEW 39-CENT STAMPS GO ON SALE TOMORROW AT THE MAQUOKETA POST OFFICE....TO BE USED AFTER FIRST OF YEAR.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY