2 BELOW THIS MORNING AND 10 FOR A HIGH TODAY. SUNSHINE GALORE. AND WARMER WEATHER WITH NO SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE WEEK AHEAD.

MAQUOKETA RESCUE SQUAD MEMBERS HAD TO EXTRICATE A MAQUOKETA MAN FROM HIS VEHICLE YESTERDAY MORNING AFTER HE ROLLED THE VEHICLE. PATER ADA, AGE 27, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING. THE ONE-CAR ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY 61 A HALF-MILE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. THE 98 FORD ESCORT WAS TOTALLED AND ADA WAS TREATED AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES.

A RURAL MAQUOKETA HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIRE YESTERDAY MORNING AROUND 11:30, ON 74TH STREET NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA OFF THE CAVES ROAD. THE HOME WAS OWNED BY LAWRENCE RILEY AND RENTED BY BILL STETLER. MAY HAVE STARTED BY A WOOD BURNING STOVE.
NO ONE INJURED. FIRE CHEIF MARK B ECK SAID 19 FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED THE BLAZE FOR A COUPLE HOURS.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.

MELISSA AND DAVE DAVIS OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN MONDAY DEC 12TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDFATHER IS DANNY MILLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND GRANDPARENTS ARE ALSO PAM AND LARRY DAVIS OF MAQUOKETA.

HAROLD SWANSON, 74, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUDDENLY IN HIS SLEEP SUNDAY MORNING.
COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BEAT 4TH RATED DEWITT FRIDAY NIGHT AT DEWITT AND HERE IN MAQUOKETA, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS FRIDAY NIGHT LOST TO DEWITT BY 2 POINTS.
SATURDAY, THE BOYS LOST TO NORTHEAST IN A GAME PLAYED AT CLINTON. SATURDAY, THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS PLACED 4TH IN THE DEWITT SABER TOURNAMENT.
AND YESTERDAY, SAGE ROSENFELS OF MAQUOKETA HAD ANOTHER GOOD AFTERNOON WITH THE MIAMI DOLPHINS, THROWING THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN PASS, AS THE DOLPHINS WON THEIR 4TH GAME IN A ROW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYONE.

DENNIS VOY