MOSTLY CLOUDY, WINDY AND IN 60'S TODAY.
STILL RAIN IN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AND NICE DAY FOR SUNDAY.

AN ATTEMPTED-MURDER TRIAL IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA.   THE TRIAL OF AN ILLINOIS MAN WHO IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A SABULA MAN IN NOVEMBER HAS BEEN SET FOR JUNE 7TH IN JACKSON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.

THREE GRASS FIRES IN AREA YESTERDAY.   ITS THE SEASON AND VERY DRY.
THE WEEKEND RAIN WILL HELP.

SEVERAL MAIL BOXES WERE DAMAGED ON EAST GROVE IN MAQUOKETA
YESTERDAY.   THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING THIS LATEST VANDLISM
IN MAQUOKETA.

BIRTH:   CHRIS AND LESLEY ORTNER OF JESUP ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN LAST NIGHT.   LESLEY IS THE FORMER LESLEY LEHMAN OF MAQUOKETA.    MATERNAL
GRANDPARENTS ARE DEB AND RON BURNETT OF MAQUOKETA.    MATERNAL GREAT-GRANDMOTHER IS DONNA RORAH OF DELMAR.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND AND HAPPY EASTER.

DENNIS VOY