NICE FORECAST ALSO FOR TOMORROW AND SUNDAY AND NOT
AS WINDY.
A MAQUOKETA INDUSTRY OWNER, MIKE STEINES, OF BELLEVUE ANNOUNED TODAY THAT HE IS RUNNING FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS SEAT NOW HELD BY CHAIRMAN BUCK KOOS. SINCE
1989 HE HAS BEEN HALF-OWNER OF ANAMOSA SILOS JUST NORTH
OF MAQUOKETA. HE IS ALSO AN AUCTIONEER AND OWNER OF STEINES
AUCTION SERVICE AND A REALTOR WITH NEMMERS REALTY. STEINES
GREW UP ON A FARM SOUTH OF LAMOTTE, GRADUATED FROM MARQUETTE
HIGH SCHOOL IN BELLEVUE IN 1977 AND HE AND HIS WIFE JANE ARE THE
PARENTS OF 4 CHILDREN AND 4 GRANDCHILDREN. HE WILL BE RUNNING AS
A REPUBLICAN IN THE JUNE PRIMARY,.
JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF STEVE SCHROEDER INVESTIGATED
A TRUCK-TRACTOR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AROUND 9 A.M THAT INVOLVED MICHAEL HUBANKS, 27, OF BERNARD AND RICKY DUHME, 62. OF MAQUOKETA. DUHME WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON 61 IN A TRACTOR PULLING A SPREADER AND HUBANKS CAME UP FROM BEHIND AND STRUCK
DUHME'S SPREADER. BOTH REPORTED POSSIBLE INJURIES BUT WERE NOT TRANSPORTED. DAMAGES ARE LISTED AT $12,000 TO HUBANKS 2013 FORD ECONOLINE AND $6,000 DAMAGE TO RICKY DUHME'S 2013 TRACTOR AND
SPREADER. HUBANKS HAS BEEN CITED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD WHILE
OVERTAKING A VEHICLE.
THE DECKER HOTEL ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THE ADDITION OF THERESA RODGERS TO THEIR SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM. SHE WAS NAMED THE
HOTEL MANAGER. RODGERS, A DUBUQUE NATIVE CURRENTLY RESIDING
IN BELLEVUE WAS MOST RECENTLY THE GENERAL MANAGER AT BAYMONT
INN AND SUITES IN BELLEVUE AND MAQUOKETA INN.
THE MAQUOKETA AREA FAMILY YMCA IS THE FIRST AQUATIC CENTER IN OUR AREA TO OFFER STATE OF THE ART ULTRA VIOLET FILTERING IN THE SWIMMING POOL. INSTEAD OF THE MASS AMOUNTS OF CHLORINE THAT CAN IRRITATE SKIN, CAUSE TROUBLES WITH ASTHMA AND DISCOLOR CLOTHES AND HAIR, THE NEW SYSTEM IS MUCH CLOSER TO SWIMMING IN TAP WATER. IN ADDITION, ULTRA VIOLET WILL BE EASIER ON THE POOL AREA, HELPING TO MAKE METALS LAST LONGER.
JACOB KLOFT WON HIS OPENING MATCH LAST NIGHT AT THE STATE
TOURNAMENT IN DES MOINES AND LOST HIS SECOND MATCH THIS
AFTERNOON. LATER THIS AFTERNOON HE WRESTLES AGAIN AND NEEDS TO WIN TO STAY IN THE TOURNAMENT. IF HE WINS HIS NEXT MATCH,
HE WILL WRESTLE LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.
THE TWO DEWITT WRESTLERS AND BELLEVUE WRESTLER AT STATE,
ALL HAVE LOST AND ARE OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT. I WILL HAVE A
FURTHER REPORT HERE TOMORROW MORNING.
AT THE VOY THEATRE. SEE ABOVE. BOTH ARE RATED R.
BELOW, AN AD IN THE 1897 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR BOOK....
A BIG SIGN OF SPRING....
THE MAQUOKETA DAIRY QUEEN OPENED FOR THE SEASON TODAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
