8/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. WE NEEDED IT.
TODAY, HOT AND HUMID...AROUND 90.

A MAQUOKETA MAN DIED AFTER HIS VEHICLE WENT INTO THE DITCH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ON ROCKDALE ROAD, JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER PAUL KOOB PRONOUNCED 36-YEAR-OLD JASON CUMMINGS OF MAQUOKETA DEAD AT THE SCENE.
HE VEHICLE WAS FOUND AT 7 A.M. SATURDAY,HOWEVER DEPUTIES SAY THE ACCIDENT LIKELY HAPPENED SOMETIME AFTER 2 A.M. HE WAS DRIVING WEST ON ROCKDALE ROAD AND WENT OFF THE NORTH SHOULDER AND TRAVELLED 478 FEET IN THE DITCH AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON ITS TOP. CUMMINGS WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT, BUT HE WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED THROUGH THE CAR'S SUN ROOF. HE WAS ALONE IN THE VEHICLE. HE HAD AN AUTO REPAIR BUSINESS ON ROCKDALE ROAD.

THIS MORNING, AN OUT OF TOWN MAN SLAMMED HIS VEHICLE INTO THE FRONT ENTRYWAY OF THE "CITY LIMITS" RESTAURANT AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, JUST BEFORE 9 A.M. THE MAQUOKETA RESCUE SQUAD WAS CALLED AND HAD TO PULL THE VEHICLE OUT FROM THE BULDING BEFORE THEY COULD GET THE MAN OUT OF THE CAR. HE WAS NOT INJURED AND FULL DETAILS WERE NOT AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY, AS TO WHO THE MAN WAS OR WHERE HE WAS FROM.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

TAMMY AND DANNY STEFFEN OF PRESTON ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE MICHAEL MILLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND TAMMY BOLLINGER.
AND, TERRY SCHROEDER AMD ROBERTSON OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE PAM AND RICK STARR OF MAQUOKETA.

I WILL NOT HAVE A REPORT TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY