CLOUDY AND WARMER TOMORROW, LOOKING AT 48 FOR A HIGH.
AND...LATER THIS WEEK, INTO THE 50'S FOR A FEW DAYS.
MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER KEENAN MEINEKE INVESTIGATEDED A 2-CAR
ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING AROUND 8:30 THAT INVOLVED DEBRA LANE,
AGE 54, OF MAQUOKETA AND TERRY NIMS, AGE 42, OF MAQUOKETA. NIMS
WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON WESTERN AVENUE AND LANE WAS ALSO GOING NORTH AND BOTH VEHICLES WERE IN THE TURNING LANE TO TURN LEFT ONTO WEST PLATT STREET WHEN LANE REAR-ENDED NIMS WHO WAS
STOPPED FOR THE RED LIGHT. NO INJURIES. NO CITATION. $1,500 DAMAGE TOP LANE'S 2010 FORD AND $1,000 DAMAGE TO NIM'S 2012 FORD F-150.
TWO REPORTS OF BURGLARIES THIS WEEKEND TO MAQUOKETA POLICE.
SUNDAY, PER MAR SECURITY INFORMED THE MAQUOKETA PD THAT THE ALARMS WERE GOING OFF AT K-MOTORSPORTS ON EAST PLATT STREET.
THE REPORT STARTED OFF AS A FALSE ALARM BUT WAS LATER CHANGED
TO A BURGLARY. THE REPORT IS UNCLEAR AS TO WHAT, IF ANYTHING,
WAS TAKEN AND THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
THE OTHER BURGLARY WAS AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE AT 111 NORTH ELIZA.
THERE, THE SUSPECT KICKED IN A WINDOW AND 6 A.M. SUNDAY AND POLICE ARE ALSO UNCLEAR WHAT, IF ANYTHING, WAS TAKEN. THE REPORT SAID
THAT THE SUSPECT DROVE AWAY IN A RED CAR. THE PERSON THAT
MADE THE CALL TO THE PD KNEW THE SUSPECT AND THE INVESTIGATION
CONTINUES.
IN SPORTS: FRIDAY HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING AT MACHESTER, THE CARDINAL BOYS WON OVER WEST DELAWARE BY 32 PINS, WITH CONNOR SCHNOOR LEADING THE WAY WITH A TWO-GAME SERIES OF 479.
THE GIRLS LOST TO WEST DELAWARE AND KELSEY DODDS HAD THE CARDINAL'S BEST TWO-GAME SERIES OF 332.
IN FRIDAY WRESTLING, AT THE CASCADE DUALS, MAQUOKETA OPENED
THE SEASON WITH 2 WINS AND 3 LOSSES.
IN BASKETBALL, THE CARDINAL GIRLS PLAYED TWICE OVER THE WEEKEND AND LOST BOTH GAMES, TO SOUTH TAMA AND DAVENPORT WEST AND NOW AE 0 AND 4 FOR THE SEASON.
THE CARDINAL BOYS PLAYED THE SAME TWO TEAMS AND DEFEATED SOUTH TAMA ON THE ROAD 64 TO 57 AND AT HOME TO DAVENPORT WEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 68 TO 63. THE BOYS ARE NOW 2 AND 1.
DR. JUSTIN HEPKER (SON OF LEIGHTON AND CINDY OF MAQUOKETA)
AND DR. LAUREN COYNE (DAUGHTER OF DR. AND MRS. EDMUND COYNE)
OF THE QUAD CITIES) WERE MARRIED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE
HISTORIC ST. MICHAEL CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OLD TOWN CHICAGO.
IT SURVIVED THE CHICAGO FIRE. BEAUTIFUL LARGE CHURCH.
JUSTIN AND LAUREN WERE BOTH MD'S IN CHICAGO WHEN THEY BECAME
ENGAGED BUT NOW WILL LIVE IN IOWA CITY WHERE LAUREN IS WITH
UNIVERSITY HOPITALS AND JUSTIN WITH MERCY IN CEDAR RAPIDS.
NANCY AND I HAD A FUN TIME, WITH ADDITIONAL TIME TO WATCH CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS NEAR OUR HOTEL ON MICHIGAN AVENUE. BECAUSE OF THE GOOD WEATHER, THERE WERE SHOPPERS EVERYWHERE, MORNING,
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE DISNEY STORE WAS PACKED AND WE ALSO
SHOPPED NIEMAN-MARCUS WHERE I SPOTTED A NICE WINTER COAT BUT
PASSED ON BUYING IT WHEN I SAW THE $6,000+ PRICE TAG ON IT.
WE WANTED A BETTER VIEW OF THE LOOP, SO TOOK A HORSE AND BUGGY RIDE. LITTLE CHILLY BUT FUN.
YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING...."NICE CITY TO VISIT BUT I WOULD NEVER
WANT TO LIVE THERE".
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY