29 TODAY....IN THE 30'S TOMORROW.

GOV. TERRY BRANSTAD HAS APPOINTED JACKSON COUNTY MAGISTRATE
MARK LAWSON AS A JUDGE FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
HE REPLACES CHARLES PELTON IN CLINTON WHO RETIRED LAST YEAR.
LAWSON, WHO LIVES IN BELLEVUE AND HAS A LAW OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA,
SAID HE WILL RESIGN HIS MAGISTRATE'S POSITION AND EXPECTS TO START HIS NEW JOB IN EARLY FEBRUARY.   THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME HE
WAS A FINALIST.  LAWSON SAID HE HOPES TO SELL HIS PRIVATE LAW PRACTICE ON WEST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK WAS RE-ELECTED AS CHIEF LAST NIGHT AND STARTS HIS 16TH YEAR AS CHIEF WITH NEARLY 30 YEARS
ON THE DEPARTMENT.   BECK SAID 2011 WAS A FAIRLY  NORMAL YEAR WITH 78 FIRE CALLS.   THERE ARE 3 OPENINGS IN THE DEPARTMENT NOW.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RETIRED MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LYNN
DISNEY....80 TODAY.

WRESTLING LAST NIGHT HERE ..
WEST DELAWARE 63, MAQUOKETA 10.
WEST DELAWARE ALSO DEFEATED SOLON 82 TO 0.
MAQUOKETA DEFEATED SOLON 39 TO 33.

THE CARDINALS HOST INDEPENDENCE IN BOYS PLAY TONIGHT
AND THE GIRLS PLAY AT INDEPENDENCE.    MATT CLARK WILL
BROADCAST THE GIRL'S GAME AROUND 7:30 ON KMAQ-FM AND
OUR WEB SITE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY