Wednesday, September 04, 2013

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SUNNY AND 82 TODAY.
TOMORROW WILL BE THE SAME.
FRIDAY, 86.

RECORD HIGH ON THIS DAY IN MAQUOKETA...98 IN 1913.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS HAVE APPROVED A FLOOR
PLAN FOR THE PENROSE HOME COURTHOUSE ANNEX.    THE NEXT
STEP IS FOR THE F-E-H ARCHITECTS TO BRING BACK A LAYOUT AND
ESTIMATED COST.        THEY HAVE GIVEN THE ARCHITECTS A $300,000
BUDGET.    THE  HOME WAS PURCHASED FOR $200,000.
THE NEW PLAN DOES NOT CALL FOR AN ADDITION TO THE HOME
AND, PARKING WILL BE IN THE FRONT .   THERE WILL BE HANDICAPED
PARKING IN THE BACK.

LAST NIGHT THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL AGREED TO PAY $5,000
FOR A FEASIBILITY SURVEY FOR AN OUTDOOR POOL FOR MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A PERSONAL ROBBERY.
REPORTS INDICATE SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED AT 5:45 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT 504 EAST PLATT STREET.     THE REPORT SAYS FOUR PEOPLE WERE IN A VEHICLE AND THREE GOT OUT AND ASSAULTED A MALE.
NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE TODAY.

ARLIS KRABBENHOFT, AGE 75, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY
AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER.    HER FUNERAL WILL BE FRIDAY AT 10:30 A.M. AT THE MILLER LAW JONES FUNERAL  HOME IN PRESTON.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE THREE DAUGHTER, PAM FELLER OF MAQUOKETA,
BRENDA BARTELS OF MAQUOKETA AND LORI HOUSTON OF DELMAR.
THREE SONS, 12 GRANDCHILDREN, 4 BROTHERS AND 3 SISTERS, INCLUDING DIANNE BARKER OF MAQUOKETA.

DAVID HEIAR IS THE NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR
THE COUNTY.     THE NATIVE OF JACKSON COUNTY WAS GUEST SPEAKER
AT ROTARY TODAY AND WILL BE ON KMAQ'S "JUST TALK"  TOMORROW
MORNING.   HE IS A FORMER CITY MANAGER AT BELLEVUE AND
MANCHESTER.   HIS OFFICE IS IN THE "SMILES ON MAIN" BUILDING
IN  DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA AND HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS heiar@thejcea.org

MAQUOKETA HOSTS WESTERN DUBUQUE IN FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT.

GOOD DAILY REPORT READER LORAS HERRIG AND WIFE JILL ARE
CELEBRATING THEIR 31ST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TODAY.
CONGRATULATIONS!    LORAS WAS A MAQUOKETA BANKER YEARS AGO.
HE IS NOW CITY MANAGER IN BELLEVUE.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY