Friday, January 29, 2010

SUNNY AGAIN TODAY....BUT COLD...HIGH 13.

LAST NIGHT THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS LOST TO INDEPENDENCE, 47 TO 23. 
INDEPENDENCE IS RATED 5TH IN THE STATE IN CLASS 2-A.
MAQUOKETA WON 5 MATCHES.....BY MARCUS BREEDEN, SHILOH SNYDER,
TIM O'CONNELL, RYAN FLAGEL AND JOSH HOLTZ.

THE JOBLESS RATE FOR JACKSON COUNTY WENT UP IN DECEMBER TO
8.5 PERCENT.   IT HAS BEEN 7.8 IN NOVEMBER.
IOWA IS AT 6.6 STATEWIDE.   THE NATIONAL RATE IS 10 PERCENT.

THE BELLEVUE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED STEVE KAHLER OF MAQUOKETA  AS THEIR NEW CITY ATTORNEY, REPLACING MARK LAWSON.        KAHLER HAS BEEN AN ATTORNEY IN MAQUOKETA SICNE 1993.    LAWSON WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED A JACKSON COUNTY MAGISTRATE.

THE FARM BUREAU SPONSORS THEIR FIRST FORUM OF THE YEAR WITH
LEGISLATORS,  STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE
TOM SCHUELLER.    9 A.M. TOMORROW MORNING AT CITY HALL IN MAQUOKETA.

BOB OSTERHAUS ... BIRTHDAY TOMORROW.   HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOB.
I BETTER NOT GIVE HIS AGE.   

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.....LIKE MOST....WILL BE GLAD TO SEE JANUARY AND
ITS WINTER WEATHER LEAVE US.

DENNIS VOY