SUNNY TODAY AND A HIGH OF 49.
MORE OF THE SAME TOMORROW.
BOTH CLINTON COUNTY AND JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS TODAY APPROVED A REQUEST FOR A RECOUNT OF VOTES IN THE STATE SENATE DISTRICT 13 RACE.
DEMOCRAT TOD BOWMAN DEFEATED REPUBLICAN ANDREW NAEVE ON NOVEMBER 2ND BY LESS THAN 100 VOTES. NAEVE ASKED FOR THE RECOUNT. FOR THAT SENATE SEAT, HELD BY RETIRING ROGER STEWART, DEMOCRAT, A RECOUNT HAS TO HAPPEN IN ALL 3 COUNTIES, DUBUQUE INCLUDED. DUBUQUE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROVE THE RECOUNT LATER THIS WEEK. A THREE-MEMBER BOARD WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE DETAILS.
THE POPULAR "MANNY'S PIZZA" IN DOWNTOWN SAVANNA WAS GUTTED BY
FIRE AROUND 6 YESTERDAY MORNING. THE BUILDING WAS AROUND 100 YEARS OLD AND THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN IN SAVANNA FOR 36 YEARS. THE OWNER PLANS TO REBUILD IN THE SAME LOCATION. IT EMPLOYS ABOUT 20 PEOPLE. FOUR UPSTAIRS APARTMENTS WERE ALSO IN THE BUILDING.
MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING MORE VANDALIZM INCIDENTS
IN MAQUOKETA. NICOLE MEIER ON THOMAS AVENUE REPORTED SOMEONE
SATURDAY NIGHT SHOT A BB THROUGH A CAR WINDOW
AND BOB STOCKHAM ON BLAIR COURT REPORTED SOMEONE THREW AN EGG ON HIS DOOR.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNICL MEETS TONIGHT A 7.
THE KMAQ TRAVEL TRIP TO BRANSON WENT WELL LAST WEEK AND BRANSON WAS BUSY. WE HAD A GOOD TIME.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL'S "CLUB HOPE" HAD A COAT DRIVE IN MAQUOKETA THIS PAST WEEKEND. THEY ALSO COLLECTED CANNED GOODS FOR THE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD. THE COATS ARE BEING SORTED AT THE SACRED HEART GYM.ABOVE, OVER 20 TABLES OF DONATED COATS. THANKS TO "CLUB HOPE" FOR
ANOTHER GOOD JOB, WELL DONE.
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DENNIS VOY