Thursday, July 16, 2015

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

OVERCAST THIS MORNING AND RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND HIGH AROUND 70.    LITTLE MORE RAIN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
WILL BE HOT AND HUMID.'

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN SUFFERED POSSIBLE INJURIES AFTER ROLLING HER VEHICLE 4 TIMES ON A RURAL JACKSON COUNTY ROAD.    JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF CHAD ROEDER INVESTIGATED THE ACCIDENT.
ROXANNE McCULOCH, 21, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS GOING EAST ON 150TH
STREET AND  LOST CONTROL, WENT INTO THE SOUTH DITCH AND ROLLED
4 TIMES, COMING TO REST ON ALL 4 WHEELS FACING NORTH.    $7,000 DAMAGE TO HER 2006 NISSAN.    McCULOCH DID NOT NEED TRANSPORT TO MEDICAL FACILITY AND WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.

ABOVE GROUP PHOTO TAKEN FRIDAY DURING THE "RELAY FOR LIFE" EVENT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS HERE IN MAQUOKETA, WHICH RAISED OVER $60,000 (MORE THAN LAST YEAR) FOR THE CANCER SOCIETY.
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RICK SANTORUM VISITED
JACKSON MANUFACTURING IN MAQUOKETA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE EVENT WAS BY INVITATION ONLY.    KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR CODY
BARNES SAID THERE WAS AROUND A DOZEN CITIZENS PLUS A FEW
TV AND PRESS PEOPLE.    AMONG OTHER THINGS, HE TALKED ABOUT
THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING MORE MANUFACTURING JOBS FOR THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.       SANTORUM WON THE 2012 IOWA CAUCUSES.

JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTY RANDY MANNING INVESTIGATED A 2-CAR ACCIDENT TUESDAY MORNING INVOLVING LARRY DAVIS, 66, OF MAQUOKETA AND KADE MANNING, 21, OF MAQUOKETAL.     DAVIS WAS GOING NORTH ON 200TH AVENUE AND ATTEMPTING TO TURN INTO A DRIVE WHEN MANNING
ATTEMPTED TO PASS DAVIS AND STRUCK THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF DAVIS.
$1,500 DAMAGE TO THE  DAVIS 2002 BUICK AND $2,500 DAMAGE TO THE MANNING 2005 MITSUBISHI.    NO INJURIES AND NOT CHARGES.

LOTS OF CITIES/COUNTIES AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL HAVE ESTABLISHED A SLOGAN.    MAQUOKETA...........
DEWITT.........................


CEDAR COUNTY.............
THE O'CONNOR-REGENWETHER VFW AND AUXILIARY, 3633,WILL BE HOLDING A BRAT/HOTDOG STAND FRIDAY (TOMORROW) FROM 10 AM UNTIL 6 PM AND SATURDAY, JULY 18TH FROM 10 AM UNTIL 2 PM....AT GASSER'S TRUE VALUE  HARDWARE.     THEY WILL BE RAISING FUNDS TO BENEFIT VETERAN'S PROGRAMS.








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