A HIGH OF 28.
TOMORROW AND SATURDAY, A COUPLE 30-PLUS DAYS...
THEN COLD, REALLY COLD, SUNDAY NIGHT, AND MONDAY, TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY, NEW YEAR'S DAY.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS OPENED BIDS FOR RENTING THE 334 ACRE COUNTY FARM NEAR ANDREW. HIGH BID, $109,000 FROM PHIL
AND SHANE STEFFAN, NO ADDRESS LISTED.
THERE WERE 7 BIDS. SECOND HIGH, $83,675.
LAST YEAR THE RENT WAS $75,160.
THE SUPERVISORS AND CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY SHOULD BE HAPPY...
THE HIGH BID IS A VERY GOOD ONE. THE SUPERVISORS WILL TAKE
FORMAL ACTION AT NEXT MONDAY'S MEETING.
THE NOVEMBER JOBLESS RATE IN JACKSON COUNTY WAS 4.3 PERCENT,
UP FROM 4 PERCENT IN OCTOBER.
IOWA'S RATE WAS 4.4....THE LOWEST SINCE 2008. CEDAR COUNTY, THE LOWEST AROUND, 3.2%,
MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATED FOUR MINOR ACCIDENTS WITH
NO INJURIES. THOSE IN THE ACCIDENTS: MATT TAYLOR, AGE 21 OF
GALESBURG....TOM FELLER, AGE 70 OF MAQUOKETA....JAMES MCKENNA OF MAQUOKETA....BENJAMIN HECK....AND LUKE STEPHENSON, 34, OF MAQUOKETA.
JUST 364 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS. NO LEAP YEAR, NEXT YEAR.
DENNIS VOY
