IT IS NOW NEARLY 4 O'CLOCK AND THE SNOW IS LETTING UP. IT IS CLOSE TO
20 DEGREES.

THE BODY OF A BELLEVUE MAN WAS PULLED FROM A LAKE IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SUNDAY. VIRGIL NEMMERS, AGE 79, WAS A PASSENGER IN A VAN WHICH LOST TRACTION WHILE BACKING INTO A BOAT RAMP SATURDAY NIGHT. IT WENT INTO THE WATER OF LAKE TANNECOMO IN BRANSON AND NEMMERS APPARENTLY DROWNED. SERVICES ARE PENDING IN BELLEVUE.

THE J AND K KENNELS AT RURAL BELLEVUE HAD A FIRE AROUND 9:30 YESTERDAY MORNING. ABOUT $25,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE. THERE WERE 80 GREYHOUND DOGS INSIDE ADN ALL GOT OUT WITHOUT INJURY.

MAQUOKETA FIREMEN HAD A CAR FIRE TO EXTINGUISH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
PEGGY HANSEN'S CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE ON WEST ANGUS AND FIREMEN PUT OUT THE FIRE IN 30 MINUTES.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

SUSAN EHLERS OF MAQUOKETA HAD A GIRL JANUARY 14TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE PATTY AND DENNIS JOHNSON OF MAQUOKETA.

PATRICIA WALLACE, 72, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS DEFEATED BURLINGTON NOTRE DAME IN A NON-CONFERENCE GAME SATURDAY NIGHT THERE, 65 TO 58. DANIEL HOLMS HAD 30 POINTS FOR MAQUOKETA. LAST FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAME WAS POSTPONED AGANST VINTON SHELLSBURG. THE CARDS ARE NOW 4 AND 7 OVERALL AND HOST WEST DELAWARE TOMORROW NIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S GAME WITH VINTON FRIDAY NIGHT WAS ALSO POSTPONED AND SATURDAY THEY TRAVELED TO DUBUQUE WAHLERT AND LOST, 53 TO 28, A NON-CONFERENCE GAME. THEY ARE NOW 4 AND 11 OVERALL. THEY PLAY AT MANCHESTER TOMORROW NIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLING TEAM SATURDAY AT THE MONTICELLO DUALS, DEFEATED CENTRAL CITY, WEST BRANCH, MONTICELLO AND OELWEIN. THEIR DUAL MEET RECORD IS NOW 11 AND 6. THE WRESTLERS ARE AT HOME TONIGHT, A MAKE-UP MEET AGAINST ANAMOSA AND WESTERN DUBUQUE.

ROCKY LAMAR, MCHS GRAD, NOW HEAD COACH AT MID-AMERICA NAZERENE UNIVERSITY IN KANSAS, EARLIER THIS SEASON WON HIS 500TH GAME, ALL AT THAT COLLEGE AND SATURDAY NIGHT, AT A HOME GAME, HE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT. THE SCHOOL PRESIDENT ANNOUNED THAT IN ADDITION TO RETIRING HIS JERSY, THE BASKETBALL FLOOR AT THE UNIVERSITY WILL BE NAMED "ROCKY LAMAR COURT". THE PIONEERS HE COACHES THEN WON THE GAME SATURDAY NIGHT, FOR THEIR 17TH WIN OF THE SEASON AGAINST ONLY 2 LOSSES. MCHS GRAD ADAM HEPKER LED IN SCORING WITH 21 POINTS.

I DID AN EARLIER MONDAY DAILY REPORT TODAY, STRICTLY ABOUT THE WEEKEND FIRE. IT IS BELOW THIS ONE....ALSO DID REPORTS YESTERDAY.....SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ THOSE IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY