MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND LIGHT RAIN STARTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGH TODAY, 66.
RAIN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT...AND TOMORROW.    THURSDAY TOO.
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SHOULD BE NICE.

THIS MORNING, THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RELUCTANTLY APPROVED THE LOW BID OF NEARLY $300,000 TO BUILD
A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AT THE JACKSON COUNTY CARE FACILITY BUILDING  NORTH OF ANDREW, OWNED BY THE COUNTY AND
RENTED TO DAC.    THEY HAVE 20 RESIDENTS LIVING THERE NOW, AND
THE SYSTEM IS WORKING.    BUT, TO EXPAND TO 40 RESIDENTS, THE
$300,000 NEW FACILITY WILL BE REQUIRED TO SATISFY THE DNR.

AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL DID NOT
APPROVE FUNDING FOR THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR
ANOTHER YEAR.     THE CHAMBER IS ASKING $8,000 AGAIN THIS YEAR.
MAYOR DON SCHWENKER SAID THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO CONTINUE
TO SHARE A WEBSITE AND FOR THE CHAMBER TO DO TOURISM.
COUNCILMAN ERIC PAPE SAID HE WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT
THE $8,000 GIVEN LAST YEAR WAS A ONE-TIME DONATION.   
COUNCIMAN JOHN COLLISTER SAID HE'S NOT HAD ANY UPDATES ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE CHAMBER AND HE IS ALSO A MEMBER WITH HIS
BAKERY.   THE MATTER WAS TURNED OVER TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

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