86 TODAY...STILL WARM, BUT BETTER THAN THE 90 PLUS WEATHER.
MEET THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL FOOTBALL NIGHT IS TONIGHT.....ADMISSION, 2 CANS OF POP. THE CARDINALS OPEN UP THE 2003 SEASON A WEEK FROM TONIGHT AT GOODENOW FIELD, HOSTING WATERLOO COLUMBUS.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE MAKING PLANS TO ADD 6 CLASSROOMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SOME NEW RESTROOMS.
THEY HOPE TO TAKE BIDS ON THE ESTIMATED $1.2 MILLION PROJECT IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY AND BREAK GROUND IN THE SPRING.
PHASE TWO, A NEW GYM, TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT 5 YEARS. PLANS NOW CALL FOR THE GYM TO BE BUILDT IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, ALONG WITH A NEW ENTRANCE TO THE SCHOOL.
RANDY AND LINDA LAHEY, OWNERS OF THE HAYLOCK, O'HARA & LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA SINCE 1988, ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THEY HAVE PURCHASED THE HAYDEN FUNERAL HOMES IN WYOMING, OLIN, OXFORD JUNCTION AND LOST NATION.
THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ARE TIED FOR FIRST PLACE TODAY IN THEIR DIVISION. KMAQ AIRS THIER GAME AGAINST THE REDS AT 6:10 TONIGHT.
THE IOWA HAWKS OPEN THE FOOTBALL SEASON IN IOWA CITY TOMORROW MORNING AGAINST MIAMI OF OHIO. THE BROADCAST STARTS AT 9 TOMORROW MORNING ON KMAQ-FM. THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES OPEN THE SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT IN AMES, HOSTING UNI AND THE BROADCAST STARTS AT 4:15 TOMORROW AFTERNOON ON KMAQ-AM.
FORMER MAQUOKETA CARDINAL AND CYCLONE QUARTERBACK SAGE ROSENFELS OF MAQUOKETA, DID WELL IN THE MIAMI EXHIBITION GAME LAST NIGHT.
HE IS CURRENTLY THE #2 QB FOR THE DOLPHINS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, August 28, 2003
95 TODAY. A FEW SPRINKLES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED 15 DEGREES BY 5:30.
THE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, MOCO REALTY, WHICH BROUGHT THE NEW DICK'S SUPERMARKET TO MAQUOKETA IS NOW LOOKING AT BUILDING A TRUCK PLAZA NEXT TO THE GENERAC PLANT ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY 61, JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. AT A MAQUOKETA CITY FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING THIS WEEK, MOCO SAID IT IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP A TRUCK PLAZA, WHICH MIGHT INCLUDE A SITDOWN RESTAURANT, THREE FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS, A CONVENIENCE STORE, A TRUCKER'S LOUNGE, A FUELING STATION AND A LOT FOR TRUCK PARKING, AND POSSIBLY A MOTEL. THE COMPLEX WOULD BE BUILDT ON ABOUJT 15 ACRES.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
INTERESTING, BUT SHORT REPORT.
DENNIS VOY
THE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, MOCO REALTY, WHICH BROUGHT THE NEW DICK'S SUPERMARKET TO MAQUOKETA IS NOW LOOKING AT BUILDING A TRUCK PLAZA NEXT TO THE GENERAC PLANT ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY 61, JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. AT A MAQUOKETA CITY FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING THIS WEEK, MOCO SAID IT IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP A TRUCK PLAZA, WHICH MIGHT INCLUDE A SITDOWN RESTAURANT, THREE FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS, A CONVENIENCE STORE, A TRUCKER'S LOUNGE, A FUELING STATION AND A LOT FOR TRUCK PARKING, AND POSSIBLY A MOTEL. THE COMPLEX WOULD BE BUILDT ON ABOUJT 15 ACRES.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
INTERESTING, BUT SHORT REPORT.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
90 AGAIN TODAY...MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS LEFT OUT EARLY.
FIRE DESTROYED A BARN OWNED BY MIKE BENTON OF RURAL LOST NATION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, DR. J. A. BROMAN OF MAQUOKETA, RETIRED, HAD TRIPLE BYPASS SURGERY AT DUBUQUE.
THE MAQUOKETA MEA HAS RE-SCHEDULED THEIR MEET THE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES FORUM FOR 6 P.M. NEXT WEDNESDAY AT CITY HALL.
MARY HENRY IS THE NEW INTERIM MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB, REPLACING JUDY NEIS. SHE HAS BEEN AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CLUB FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS AND FOR MANY YEARS, WAS MANAGER OF THE FLAP JACK FAMILY RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA.
COUNTRY CLUB BOARD PRESIDENT DR. CLIFF RASK, SAID HENRY WILL SERVE AS INTERIM MANAGER UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. HENRY SAYS SHE MAY BE INTERESTED IN THE POSITION ON A PERMANENT BASIS.
BREAK-IN MONDAY NIGHT AT AWESOME CAR WASH OUT BY WAL-MART....$100 TAKEN IN CASH.
RANDALL LESS OF HOPKINGTON WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT IN THE 2ND DEGREE. HE PURCHASED OVER $5000 WORTH EQUIPMENT AT THE CLINTON ENGINES AUCTION IN DECEMBER AND LOADED UP THE EQUIPMENT AND LEFT WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT.
PAUL AND LINDA DOTTERWICH HAD A BOY YESTERDAY. GRANDPARENTS ARE JERRY AND COLLEEN DOTTERWICK OF OTTER CREEK.
NO DEATHS.
THANKS FOR CHECKING THE REPORT.
DENNIS VOY
FIRE DESTROYED A BARN OWNED BY MIKE BENTON OF RURAL LOST NATION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, DR. J. A. BROMAN OF MAQUOKETA, RETIRED, HAD TRIPLE BYPASS SURGERY AT DUBUQUE.
THE MAQUOKETA MEA HAS RE-SCHEDULED THEIR MEET THE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES FORUM FOR 6 P.M. NEXT WEDNESDAY AT CITY HALL.
MARY HENRY IS THE NEW INTERIM MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB, REPLACING JUDY NEIS. SHE HAS BEEN AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CLUB FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS AND FOR MANY YEARS, WAS MANAGER OF THE FLAP JACK FAMILY RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA.
COUNTRY CLUB BOARD PRESIDENT DR. CLIFF RASK, SAID HENRY WILL SERVE AS INTERIM MANAGER UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. HENRY SAYS SHE MAY BE INTERESTED IN THE POSITION ON A PERMANENT BASIS.
BREAK-IN MONDAY NIGHT AT AWESOME CAR WASH OUT BY WAL-MART....$100 TAKEN IN CASH.
RANDALL LESS OF HOPKINGTON WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT IN THE 2ND DEGREE. HE PURCHASED OVER $5000 WORTH EQUIPMENT AT THE CLINTON ENGINES AUCTION IN DECEMBER AND LOADED UP THE EQUIPMENT AND LEFT WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT.
PAUL AND LINDA DOTTERWICH HAD A BOY YESTERDAY. GRANDPARENTS ARE JERRY AND COLLEEN DOTTERWICK OF OTTER CREEK.
NO DEATHS.
THANKS FOR CHECKING THE REPORT.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
MONDAY WAS HOT...TODAY IT IS HOT....6/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND A LITTLE SHOWER AROUND 8 THIS MORNING.
TOMORROW AND THURSDAY WILL STILL BE HOT, BUT LOOKS LIKE THE WEEKEND, FRIDAY THRU MONDAY, LABOR DAY, WILL BE MUCH COOLER.
THERE WAS LOTS OF WIND DAMAGE LAST NIGHT IN CEDAR RAPIDS. ALL SCHOOLS ARE AGAIN HAVING EARLY OUT TODAY.
TODAY IS KMAQ'S 45TH BIRTHDAY. KMAQ....AM 1320 ONLY AT THAT TIME....WENT ON THE AIR FOR THE FIRST FULL DAY OF BROADCASTING ON AUGUST 26, 1958. IT WAS A DAYTIME ONLY STATION THEN AND WAS LOCATED UPSTAIRS AT 136 1/2 SOUTH MAIN STREET, ABOVE WHERE THE MAQUOKETA CAFE IS NOW LOCATED. IT HAD A LONG, LONG STAIRWAY TO THE TOP. KMAQ-FM STARTED IN 1967. IN 1970, KMAQ WAS FORCED TO MOVE BECAUSE OF A NEARBY FIRE AND RE-LOCATED TO OUR PRESENT LOCATION, 129 N. MAIN STREET. THE STATION WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY 3 MEN FROM WISCONSIN. ONE, NATE GOETZ, IS RETIRED AND RESIDES IN FLORIDA. I BOUGHT THE STATION FROM THE THREE, OCTOBER 1, 1965. THE FIRST MANAGER, BOB BROWN, IS ALSO RETIRED AND LIVES IN FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN. THE FIRST NEWS DIRECTOR WAS STAN BARTON AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE LIVES NOW. THE FIRST ENGINEER WAS A MAQUOEKTA (FULTON) NATIVE, BROTHER OF RED HENTON, AND HE WAS ALSO THE MORNING ANNOUNCER. HIS NAME WAS RAY SHEIELDS AND HE DIED MANY YEARS AGO, BUT HIS WIFE AND SON STILL LIVE IN ARKANSAS. NOTHING SPECIAL FOR THS ANNIVERSARY, OTHER THAN AN ADVERTISING BUMPER STICKER SALES PROMOTION. IF I'M STILL AROUND IN 5 YEARS, KMAQ WILL HAVE A BIG PARTY (50TH) FOR BOTH ADVERTISERS AND LISTENERS.
ROBERT ''Bob" ARNESON, AGE 73, OF NEVADA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST THURSDAY AT A HOSPICE HOUSE IN AMES, FOLLOWING A SHORT BATTLE WITH ACUTE LUKEMIA. HE WORKED FOR NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS. IN THE EARLY DAYS OF KMAQ, WHENEVER WE HAD A PROBLEM, BOB, OR I.S. CASIDY WERE JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, BOBBIE.... A DAUGHTER,
REBECCA SPAETE OF NEVADA....AND TWO SONS, BRUCE OF MESA AND BILL OF OMAHA, PLUS SIX GRANDCHILDREN AND FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA HAS JOINED WITH A DUBUQUE ORGANIZATION TO FORM A COALAITION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE STATE OF IOWA HAS ENCOURAGED COMMUNITIES TO FORM REGIONAL ALLIANCES. DELAWARE COUNTY MAY ALSO JOIN IN WITH JACKSON AND DUBUQUE.
COUNCILMAN STEVE FLYNN SAID THE STATE OF IOWA IS MOVING TOWARD A REGIONALIZED CONCEPT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATED TWO ACCIDENTS MONDAY, NEITHER RESULTED IN INJURIES. DENNIS DODDS, AGE 52 OF MAQUOKETA AND REX FELTEN, AGE 71, OF MAQUOKETA, WERE IN ONE .....AND LESLIE SPALDING, AGE 17, OF MAQUOKETA AND JENNIFER HANSEN, AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETKA, WERE IN THE OTHER.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
NICE TURN-OUT FOR THE OPEN HOUSE OF THE NEWLY ENLARGED FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF MAQUOKETA, HELD SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
USUAL SMALL, BUT FAITHFUL, GROUP TO ENJOY THE HARNESS RACES SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN MAQUOKETA. I WATCHED ABOUT HALF AND THEN HAD ANOTHER COMMITTMENT. SAT WITH PAUL AND GERI HAYES, OF MAQUOKETA. THEY HAVE ATTENDED MANY RACES OVER THE YEARS. MANY WON BY H.L. BOWMAN, JUNIOR AND CHUCK WENDEL. PAUL AND GERI WILL BE CELEBRATING THEIR 57TH WEDDING ANNIVERSAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST.
THE PIZZA HUT IN MAQUOKETA WAS CLOSED YESTERDAY, AND AGAIN TODAY, FOR REMODELING.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW AND THURSDAY WILL STILL BE HOT, BUT LOOKS LIKE THE WEEKEND, FRIDAY THRU MONDAY, LABOR DAY, WILL BE MUCH COOLER.
THERE WAS LOTS OF WIND DAMAGE LAST NIGHT IN CEDAR RAPIDS. ALL SCHOOLS ARE AGAIN HAVING EARLY OUT TODAY.
TODAY IS KMAQ'S 45TH BIRTHDAY. KMAQ....AM 1320 ONLY AT THAT TIME....WENT ON THE AIR FOR THE FIRST FULL DAY OF BROADCASTING ON AUGUST 26, 1958. IT WAS A DAYTIME ONLY STATION THEN AND WAS LOCATED UPSTAIRS AT 136 1/2 SOUTH MAIN STREET, ABOVE WHERE THE MAQUOKETA CAFE IS NOW LOCATED. IT HAD A LONG, LONG STAIRWAY TO THE TOP. KMAQ-FM STARTED IN 1967. IN 1970, KMAQ WAS FORCED TO MOVE BECAUSE OF A NEARBY FIRE AND RE-LOCATED TO OUR PRESENT LOCATION, 129 N. MAIN STREET. THE STATION WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY 3 MEN FROM WISCONSIN. ONE, NATE GOETZ, IS RETIRED AND RESIDES IN FLORIDA. I BOUGHT THE STATION FROM THE THREE, OCTOBER 1, 1965. THE FIRST MANAGER, BOB BROWN, IS ALSO RETIRED AND LIVES IN FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN. THE FIRST NEWS DIRECTOR WAS STAN BARTON AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE LIVES NOW. THE FIRST ENGINEER WAS A MAQUOEKTA (FULTON) NATIVE, BROTHER OF RED HENTON, AND HE WAS ALSO THE MORNING ANNOUNCER. HIS NAME WAS RAY SHEIELDS AND HE DIED MANY YEARS AGO, BUT HIS WIFE AND SON STILL LIVE IN ARKANSAS. NOTHING SPECIAL FOR THS ANNIVERSARY, OTHER THAN AN ADVERTISING BUMPER STICKER SALES PROMOTION. IF I'M STILL AROUND IN 5 YEARS, KMAQ WILL HAVE A BIG PARTY (50TH) FOR BOTH ADVERTISERS AND LISTENERS.
ROBERT ''Bob" ARNESON, AGE 73, OF NEVADA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST THURSDAY AT A HOSPICE HOUSE IN AMES, FOLLOWING A SHORT BATTLE WITH ACUTE LUKEMIA. HE WORKED FOR NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS. IN THE EARLY DAYS OF KMAQ, WHENEVER WE HAD A PROBLEM, BOB, OR I.S. CASIDY WERE JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, BOBBIE.... A DAUGHTER,
REBECCA SPAETE OF NEVADA....AND TWO SONS, BRUCE OF MESA AND BILL OF OMAHA, PLUS SIX GRANDCHILDREN AND FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA HAS JOINED WITH A DUBUQUE ORGANIZATION TO FORM A COALAITION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE STATE OF IOWA HAS ENCOURAGED COMMUNITIES TO FORM REGIONAL ALLIANCES. DELAWARE COUNTY MAY ALSO JOIN IN WITH JACKSON AND DUBUQUE.
COUNCILMAN STEVE FLYNN SAID THE STATE OF IOWA IS MOVING TOWARD A REGIONALIZED CONCEPT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATED TWO ACCIDENTS MONDAY, NEITHER RESULTED IN INJURIES. DENNIS DODDS, AGE 52 OF MAQUOKETA AND REX FELTEN, AGE 71, OF MAQUOKETA, WERE IN ONE .....AND LESLIE SPALDING, AGE 17, OF MAQUOKETA AND JENNIFER HANSEN, AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETKA, WERE IN THE OTHER.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
NICE TURN-OUT FOR THE OPEN HOUSE OF THE NEWLY ENLARGED FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF MAQUOKETA, HELD SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
USUAL SMALL, BUT FAITHFUL, GROUP TO ENJOY THE HARNESS RACES SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN MAQUOKETA. I WATCHED ABOUT HALF AND THEN HAD ANOTHER COMMITTMENT. SAT WITH PAUL AND GERI HAYES, OF MAQUOKETA. THEY HAVE ATTENDED MANY RACES OVER THE YEARS. MANY WON BY H.L. BOWMAN, JUNIOR AND CHUCK WENDEL. PAUL AND GERI WILL BE CELEBRATING THEIR 57TH WEDDING ANNIVERSAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST.
THE PIZZA HUT IN MAQUOKETA WAS CLOSED YESTERDAY, AND AGAIN TODAY, FOR REMODELING.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, August 22, 2003
84 TODAY, 9 LOWER THAN YESTERDAY. FELT GOOD.
DID NOT HAVE TIME TO DO A REPORT YESTERDAY, BUT HAD I, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT THE STORM WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS UP TO 60 MPH CAUSED SOME TREES TO BE BLOWN DOWN AND THOUSANDS OF BRANCHES BLOWN TO THE GROUND. CITY CREWS WILL PICK UP THE TREE LIMBS AND BRUSH ALL NEXT WEEK, STARTING AT 7 MONDAY MORNING, THE SECOND TIME THIS SUMMER THEY HAVE HAD TO DO A SPEICIAL PICKUP. ALONG WITH THE WIND WEDNESDAY NIGHT, A LITTLE HAIL...AND ABOUT AN INCH OF RAIN. WE NEEDED THE RAIN.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL AT A SPECIAL MEETING LAST NIGHT, VOTED TO GIVE THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE OLD CLINTON ENGINES ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. AND PROBABLY ALSO, 4 ADDITIONAL ADJOINING ACRES OF LAND. THERE ARE STIPULATIONS. FOR STARTERS, THE SOCIETY WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE SOME RENOVATIONS OF THE BUILDING.....NEW ROOF, WINDOWS AND TUCKPOINTING.....WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. THE SOCIETY HAS MONEY TO DO THIS. IN LATER YEARS, IT IS THE INTENT OF THE SOCIETY TO MOVE ITS ENTIRE COLLECTION OF ARTIFACTS TO A NEW BUILDING BEHIND THE
OLD CLINTON OFFICE BUILDING. LOTS OF WORK AHEAD FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INCLUDING RAISING A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE PROJECT.
POLICE BLOTTER: IVAN CURRENT AT 309 S. OLIVE REPORTED SOMEONE SHOT HOLES IN HIS SHED.
AND SOMEONE TOOK A 250 GALLON TANK FROM THE MAQUOKETA ISAAC WALTON CLUB GROUNDS JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.
HELEN EATON, AGE 84, DIED TUESDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. SHE WORKED AT HAMILTON'S DEPARTMENT STORE FOR OVER 18 YEARS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE...DAUGHTER JENCANE OF PARK RIDGE, ILLINOIS....AND SONS RICHARD EATON OF THORNTON, COLORADO....ROBERT EATON OF MAQUOKETA AND DUANE EATON OF DUBUQUE.
GEORGE MOORE AND BILL UPMEYER WERE PLAYING WITH ED TUBBS WHEN HE GOT THE HOLE IN ONE.
HARNESS RACING IN MAQUOKETA STARTING AT NOON THIS SUNDAY. OVER 200 HORSES EXPECTED AND A PURSE OF $70,000. $5.00 ADMISSION.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
DID NOT HAVE TIME TO DO A REPORT YESTERDAY, BUT HAD I, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT THE STORM WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS UP TO 60 MPH CAUSED SOME TREES TO BE BLOWN DOWN AND THOUSANDS OF BRANCHES BLOWN TO THE GROUND. CITY CREWS WILL PICK UP THE TREE LIMBS AND BRUSH ALL NEXT WEEK, STARTING AT 7 MONDAY MORNING, THE SECOND TIME THIS SUMMER THEY HAVE HAD TO DO A SPEICIAL PICKUP. ALONG WITH THE WIND WEDNESDAY NIGHT, A LITTLE HAIL...AND ABOUT AN INCH OF RAIN. WE NEEDED THE RAIN.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL AT A SPECIAL MEETING LAST NIGHT, VOTED TO GIVE THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE OLD CLINTON ENGINES ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. AND PROBABLY ALSO, 4 ADDITIONAL ADJOINING ACRES OF LAND. THERE ARE STIPULATIONS. FOR STARTERS, THE SOCIETY WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE SOME RENOVATIONS OF THE BUILDING.....NEW ROOF, WINDOWS AND TUCKPOINTING.....WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. THE SOCIETY HAS MONEY TO DO THIS. IN LATER YEARS, IT IS THE INTENT OF THE SOCIETY TO MOVE ITS ENTIRE COLLECTION OF ARTIFACTS TO A NEW BUILDING BEHIND THE
OLD CLINTON OFFICE BUILDING. LOTS OF WORK AHEAD FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INCLUDING RAISING A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE PROJECT.
POLICE BLOTTER: IVAN CURRENT AT 309 S. OLIVE REPORTED SOMEONE SHOT HOLES IN HIS SHED.
AND SOMEONE TOOK A 250 GALLON TANK FROM THE MAQUOKETA ISAAC WALTON CLUB GROUNDS JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.
HELEN EATON, AGE 84, DIED TUESDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. SHE WORKED AT HAMILTON'S DEPARTMENT STORE FOR OVER 18 YEARS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE...DAUGHTER JENCANE OF PARK RIDGE, ILLINOIS....AND SONS RICHARD EATON OF THORNTON, COLORADO....ROBERT EATON OF MAQUOKETA AND DUANE EATON OF DUBUQUE.
GEORGE MOORE AND BILL UPMEYER WERE PLAYING WITH ED TUBBS WHEN HE GOT THE HOLE IN ONE.
HARNESS RACING IN MAQUOKETA STARTING AT NOON THIS SUNDAY. OVER 200 HORSES EXPECTED AND A PURSE OF $70,000. $5.00 ADMISSION.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
97 TODAY AND GOOD CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN TONIGHT.
A MAQUOKETA INDUSTRY, ALLIANCE PIPELINE, HAS DONATED $20,000 TO THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AUDITORIUM ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA. THE 650 SEAT THEATRE WILL OPEN LATE NEXT YEAR.
THE MONEY FROM ALLIANCE WILL GO IN THE CENTER'S ENDOWMENT FUND. THIS SPECIAL FUND WAS SET UP TO PAY FOR FUTURE UPKEEP OF THE AUDITORIUM, SO IT WILL NOT BE A BURDEN TO TAXPAYERS YEARS FROM NOW.
THIS ENDOWMENT, LIKE MOST, WILL CONSIST OF DONATED MONEY, INVESTED, AND THE INTEREST ONLY USED FOR EXPENSES. GARY DREW, WHO IS SPEARHEADING THE FINE ARTS CENTER POJECT, AND HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PERSONALLY, SAID THAT THE ENDOWMENT FUND IS NOW AT $36,000.
THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB TOLD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS MONDAY NIGHT THAT THE CLUB WILL PAY FOR A NEW INFIELD FOR BOTH THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS UP BY THE HIGH SCHOOL. BOOSTER CLUB PRESIDENT DEAN SCHAUF SAID THE EXTIMATED COST OF THE PROJECT WILL BE $50,000 AND THAT THE PROJECT WON'T DEPLETE THE COFFERS OF THE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR CURT NELSON SAID THE TWO CURRENT FIELDS ARE OVER 25 YEARS OLD AND ARE LIMESTONE FIELDS. A MINNESOTA FIRM WILL BE THE SOURCE FOR THE REDBALL DIAMOND AGGREGATE FOR THE FIELDS AT A COST OF ABOUT $47,000, WHICH INCLUDES TRUCKING IN TO MAQUOKETA. VOLUNTEERS WILL BE HELPING GET RID OF THE EXIXTING LIMESTONE AND CUTTING THE SOD. WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START SOON AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE BOOSTERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED MUCH OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, INCLUDING GIVING A NEW BASEBALL PRESS BOX, NUMEROUS UNIFORMS, SOFTBALLL LIGHTS, A TRACK HIGH JUMP PIT, VIDEO CAMERAS, FOOTBALL HELMETS, GOLF BAGS, AND MUCH MORE.
JOHNNY ORR, FORMER IOWA STATE BASKETBALL COACH, WILL PLAY THE NEW PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE IN MAQUOEKTA ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, IN A FUNDRAISING EVENT SPONSORED BY ANDREW SCHOOLS.
THE MAQUOKETA MEA WILL SPONSOR A PUBLIC FORUM MONDAY NIGHT AT CITY HALL, AT 7 P.M. IT WILL BE FOR THE 2 CANDIDATES RUNNING IN THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOLBOARD ELECTION...JEAN RIVER AND BRIAN TABOR. THEY BOTH ARE SEEKING THE SEAT BEING VACATED BY DAVE TABOR WHO HAS MOVED TO MONTICELLO.
A BERNARD MAN REPORTED TO THE SHERRIF'S DEPARTMENT THAT HIS DOG WAS ABUSED. JOE BERZLE OF LEISURE LAKE, BERNARD, SAID HE HAD TO TAKE HIS CHIWAHWAH TO A VET IN DUBUQUE WHO SAID THE DOG'S FEET HAD BEEN INTENTIONALLY BURNED.
A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING 3 MILES WEST OF MAQUOKETA ON HIGHWAY 64. JACQUELINE CREGER, AGE 49, OF MILES WAS DRIVING WEST. RAYMOND BELLMORE, AGE 72, OF MAQUOKETA WAS AHEAD AND WHEN BELLMORE BEGAN TO SLOW, THE CREGER VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO PASS AND THE TWO COLLIDED.
NO CHARGES FILED AND NO INJURIES.
DOUG AND NANCY LANE OF SPRAGUEVILLE ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN LAST FRIDAY IN DUBUQUE. GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS CLARA WEIMERSKIRCH OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS OPEN TOMORROW AND FOR HALF DAY ONLY.
THE FARM BUREAU ANNUAL MEETING IS TONIGHT AT THE CONVENTION ROOM OF THE NEW COMFORT INN MOTEL AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. DINNER AT 6:30, MEETING AT 7:30 AND ENTERTAINMENT AFTER.
I'M A FARM BUREAU MEMBER AND ON MY WAY TO THE EVENT.
ED TUBBS OF MAQUOKETA HAD A HOLE-IN-ONE WHILE PLAYING GOLF RECENTLY UP AT DUBUQUE. MORE LATER.
IT IS NOW JUST AFTER 6 P.M. AND THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE BEING ISSUED NOW FOR THE KMAQ LISTENING AREA. AND NOW, JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE WARNING ALSO ISSUED FOR JACKSON COUNTY. SKIES ARE VERY DARK RIGHT NOW IN MAQUOKETA. THESE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 TONIGHT.
HOPEFULLY, I'LL HAVE JUST GOOD RAIN TO REPORT TO YOU TOMORROW...NOTHING ELSE.
DENNIS VOY
A MAQUOKETA INDUSTRY, ALLIANCE PIPELINE, HAS DONATED $20,000 TO THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AUDITORIUM ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA. THE 650 SEAT THEATRE WILL OPEN LATE NEXT YEAR.
THE MONEY FROM ALLIANCE WILL GO IN THE CENTER'S ENDOWMENT FUND. THIS SPECIAL FUND WAS SET UP TO PAY FOR FUTURE UPKEEP OF THE AUDITORIUM, SO IT WILL NOT BE A BURDEN TO TAXPAYERS YEARS FROM NOW.
THIS ENDOWMENT, LIKE MOST, WILL CONSIST OF DONATED MONEY, INVESTED, AND THE INTEREST ONLY USED FOR EXPENSES. GARY DREW, WHO IS SPEARHEADING THE FINE ARTS CENTER POJECT, AND HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PERSONALLY, SAID THAT THE ENDOWMENT FUND IS NOW AT $36,000.
THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB TOLD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS MONDAY NIGHT THAT THE CLUB WILL PAY FOR A NEW INFIELD FOR BOTH THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS UP BY THE HIGH SCHOOL. BOOSTER CLUB PRESIDENT DEAN SCHAUF SAID THE EXTIMATED COST OF THE PROJECT WILL BE $50,000 AND THAT THE PROJECT WON'T DEPLETE THE COFFERS OF THE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR CURT NELSON SAID THE TWO CURRENT FIELDS ARE OVER 25 YEARS OLD AND ARE LIMESTONE FIELDS. A MINNESOTA FIRM WILL BE THE SOURCE FOR THE REDBALL DIAMOND AGGREGATE FOR THE FIELDS AT A COST OF ABOUT $47,000, WHICH INCLUDES TRUCKING IN TO MAQUOKETA. VOLUNTEERS WILL BE HELPING GET RID OF THE EXIXTING LIMESTONE AND CUTTING THE SOD. WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START SOON AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE BOOSTERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED MUCH OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, INCLUDING GIVING A NEW BASEBALL PRESS BOX, NUMEROUS UNIFORMS, SOFTBALLL LIGHTS, A TRACK HIGH JUMP PIT, VIDEO CAMERAS, FOOTBALL HELMETS, GOLF BAGS, AND MUCH MORE.
JOHNNY ORR, FORMER IOWA STATE BASKETBALL COACH, WILL PLAY THE NEW PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE IN MAQUOEKTA ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, IN A FUNDRAISING EVENT SPONSORED BY ANDREW SCHOOLS.
THE MAQUOKETA MEA WILL SPONSOR A PUBLIC FORUM MONDAY NIGHT AT CITY HALL, AT 7 P.M. IT WILL BE FOR THE 2 CANDIDATES RUNNING IN THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOLBOARD ELECTION...JEAN RIVER AND BRIAN TABOR. THEY BOTH ARE SEEKING THE SEAT BEING VACATED BY DAVE TABOR WHO HAS MOVED TO MONTICELLO.
A BERNARD MAN REPORTED TO THE SHERRIF'S DEPARTMENT THAT HIS DOG WAS ABUSED. JOE BERZLE OF LEISURE LAKE, BERNARD, SAID HE HAD TO TAKE HIS CHIWAHWAH TO A VET IN DUBUQUE WHO SAID THE DOG'S FEET HAD BEEN INTENTIONALLY BURNED.
A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING 3 MILES WEST OF MAQUOKETA ON HIGHWAY 64. JACQUELINE CREGER, AGE 49, OF MILES WAS DRIVING WEST. RAYMOND BELLMORE, AGE 72, OF MAQUOKETA WAS AHEAD AND WHEN BELLMORE BEGAN TO SLOW, THE CREGER VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO PASS AND THE TWO COLLIDED.
NO CHARGES FILED AND NO INJURIES.
DOUG AND NANCY LANE OF SPRAGUEVILLE ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN LAST FRIDAY IN DUBUQUE. GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS CLARA WEIMERSKIRCH OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS OPEN TOMORROW AND FOR HALF DAY ONLY.
THE FARM BUREAU ANNUAL MEETING IS TONIGHT AT THE CONVENTION ROOM OF THE NEW COMFORT INN MOTEL AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. DINNER AT 6:30, MEETING AT 7:30 AND ENTERTAINMENT AFTER.
I'M A FARM BUREAU MEMBER AND ON MY WAY TO THE EVENT.
ED TUBBS OF MAQUOKETA HAD A HOLE-IN-ONE WHILE PLAYING GOLF RECENTLY UP AT DUBUQUE. MORE LATER.
IT IS NOW JUST AFTER 6 P.M. AND THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE BEING ISSUED NOW FOR THE KMAQ LISTENING AREA. AND NOW, JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE WARNING ALSO ISSUED FOR JACKSON COUNTY. SKIES ARE VERY DARK RIGHT NOW IN MAQUOKETA. THESE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 TONIGHT.
HOPEFULLY, I'LL HAVE JUST GOOD RAIN TO REPORT TO YOU TOMORROW...NOTHING ELSE.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
90 TODAY AGAIN. TWENTY DAYS WITH NO RAIN. NOT GOOD FOR THE CROPS AND LAWNS. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVIORS PAY THE HUMAINE SOCIETY $65 PER ANIMAL DROPPED OFF AT THE SOCIETY, THAT WAS FOUND HOMELESS HERE IN THE COUNTY. RECENTLY, THEY RECEIVED A BILL FOR A MOTHER AND 5 KITTENS AND ARE NOT SURE THEY WILL PAY THE $390 BILL. THE MANAGER OF THE SHELTER, NICK MEYER, AND A COUPLE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY, WERE AT THE SUPERVISORS MEETING THIS MORNING, PLEADING THEIR CASE.
NO FINAL DECISION WAS MADE, BUT THE SUPERVORS CLAIM IN THE PAST, THEY HAVE PAID FOR THE MOTHER CAT ONLY, NOT KITTENS. THE SOCIETY IS SHORT OF MONEY.
THE ONE-FOOT SHORT WALL AT CARDINAL SCHOOL WILL PROBABLY END UP COSTING THE CONTRACTOR, CRESSEY AND ASSOCIATES, AROUND $13.500.
DOUGLAS BEAN, AGE 50, OF MAQUOKETA, RECEIVED BURNS AFTER HIS DUMP TRUCK'S BRAKES FAILED AND OVERTURNED YESTERDAY AFTERNOO NEAR HIGHWAYS 61 AND 64. HE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. THE TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE AND IT WAS PUT OUT BY THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVIORS PAY THE HUMAINE SOCIETY $65 PER ANIMAL DROPPED OFF AT THE SOCIETY, THAT WAS FOUND HOMELESS HERE IN THE COUNTY. RECENTLY, THEY RECEIVED A BILL FOR A MOTHER AND 5 KITTENS AND ARE NOT SURE THEY WILL PAY THE $390 BILL. THE MANAGER OF THE SHELTER, NICK MEYER, AND A COUPLE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY, WERE AT THE SUPERVISORS MEETING THIS MORNING, PLEADING THEIR CASE.
NO FINAL DECISION WAS MADE, BUT THE SUPERVORS CLAIM IN THE PAST, THEY HAVE PAID FOR THE MOTHER CAT ONLY, NOT KITTENS. THE SOCIETY IS SHORT OF MONEY.
THE ONE-FOOT SHORT WALL AT CARDINAL SCHOOL WILL PROBABLY END UP COSTING THE CONTRACTOR, CRESSEY AND ASSOCIATES, AROUND $13.500.
DOUGLAS BEAN, AGE 50, OF MAQUOKETA, RECEIVED BURNS AFTER HIS DUMP TRUCK'S BRAKES FAILED AND OVERTURNED YESTERDAY AFTERNOO NEAR HIGHWAYS 61 AND 64. HE WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. THE TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE AND IT WAS PUT OUT BY THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, August 18, 2003
90 TODAY
100 EXPECTED WEDNESDAY
AN ADDITION TO THE CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS UP, BUT A FOOT SHORT AND ITS IS CAUSING A STIR. THE BOARD WILL MEET TONIGHT TO DISCUSS IT. JOHN CRESSEY CONSTRUCTION IS THE CONTRACTOR.
THE FIRST DAY TO FILE PAPERS FOR THIS FALL'S CITY ELECTION IS AUGUST 25TH. UP FOR ELECTION THIS YEAR, THE MAYOR AND 5 COUNCIL SEATS.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT AT 7 AND REGULAR SCHOOL BAORD MEETING AT 7, AFTER EARLIER BUILDINGS TOUR.
ALVERNA GREEN , AGE 91, OF GALENA DIED SATURDAY AND A LOCAL SURVIVOR IS A DAUGHTER, LOIS DONATSCH OF MAQUOKETA.
BIG TURN OUT AT THE MAQUOEKTA COUNTRY CLUB SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR ONNALEE BROMAN'S 80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
ANOTHER BIG 70TH BIRTDAY PARTY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOOSE CLUB FOR DON KRANTZ. NANCY AND I ATTENDED BOTH.
JON POLL OF MAQUOKETA WAS THE ONLY MAQUOKETAN TO WIN A HEAT RACE AT THE STOCK CAR RACING SATURDAY NIGHT.
NOT MUCH ELSE, SORRY.
DENNIS VOY
100 EXPECTED WEDNESDAY
AN ADDITION TO THE CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS UP, BUT A FOOT SHORT AND ITS IS CAUSING A STIR. THE BOARD WILL MEET TONIGHT TO DISCUSS IT. JOHN CRESSEY CONSTRUCTION IS THE CONTRACTOR.
THE FIRST DAY TO FILE PAPERS FOR THIS FALL'S CITY ELECTION IS AUGUST 25TH. UP FOR ELECTION THIS YEAR, THE MAYOR AND 5 COUNCIL SEATS.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT AT 7 AND REGULAR SCHOOL BAORD MEETING AT 7, AFTER EARLIER BUILDINGS TOUR.
ALVERNA GREEN , AGE 91, OF GALENA DIED SATURDAY AND A LOCAL SURVIVOR IS A DAUGHTER, LOIS DONATSCH OF MAQUOKETA.
BIG TURN OUT AT THE MAQUOEKTA COUNTRY CLUB SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR ONNALEE BROMAN'S 80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
ANOTHER BIG 70TH BIRTDAY PARTY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOOSE CLUB FOR DON KRANTZ. NANCY AND I ATTENDED BOTH.
JON POLL OF MAQUOKETA WAS THE ONLY MAQUOKETAN TO WIN A HEAT RACE AT THE STOCK CAR RACING SATURDAY NIGHT.
NOT MUCH ELSE, SORRY.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, August 15, 2003
94 TODAY...NO RAIN.
DOUG OWEN, MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY TOLD HIS BOARD THIS WEEK THAT HE IS STILL LOOKING FOR A DISTRIBUTION SUPERINTENDENT. APPLICATION DEADLINE IS AUGUST 23. TOM ALLEN LEFT THE JOB LATE LAST YEAR AND IN THE MEANTIME, DAVE OLSON AND DAN CLARK HAVE BEEN FILLING IN, BUT BOTH SAY THEY DON'T WANT THE JOB PERMANENTLY. OWEN SAID THE POSITION IS VERY SPECIALIZED AND HE IS HAVING A HARD TIME FILLING IT. HE SAID HE'S TALKED TO OTHER UTILITY MANAGERS AND THEY SAY THERE MAY BE A SHORTAGE OF LINEMEN AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEEERS IN THE FUTURE.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL IS CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC FLOW LATER THIS YEAR ON WEST PLATT WHEN THE NEW SUPERMARKET AND HARDWARE STORE OPENS. THEY ARE THINKING OF DOING A TRAFFIC SURVEY OR STUDY THIS FALL.
SOME OF YOU ATTEND SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL AND DAYCARE IN THE PAST? NEW AT SUNSHINE THIS FALL....PIANO LESSONS....AN EXERCISE CLASS....
SPANISH LESSONS....AND OTHER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS.
THE MAQUOKETA ARC COMMITTEE MET THIS WEEK AND WILL BE RECOMMENDING A FLOOR PLAN TO THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE AN INDOOR POOL AND GMNNASIUM. (A NEW GYMNASIUM FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL IS ALSO ON THE "WANTS" LIST.)
THE $3.8 MILLION PLAN MJST BE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AND THE SITE FOR THE ARC WOULD BE ON CITY LAND ACROSS FROM THE CEMETERY, AND JUST WEST OF MAQUOKETA'S INDUSTRIAL PARK. JIM GERONZIN AND MARGO SHOUSE WERE VOTED AS NEW CO-CHAIRMEN FOR THE ARC COMMITTEEAND GENI NIESS REMAINS AS SECRETARY.
JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN JULY WAS DOWN TO 6.5 PERCENT, FROM 6.8 IN JUNE. A YEAR AGO JULY, IT WAS 5.5. THE STATE OF IOWA RATE IS 4.6, UP FROM 4.2 IN JUNE.
A THEFT FROM THE HOSPITAL BUILDING SITE, OF $150 WORTH OF CORDLESS BATTERIES IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
JOEL AND KATHLEEN GAVIN ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST FRIDAY AT THE GREAT RIVER MEDICAL CENTER IN WEST BURLINGTON. GRANDPARENTS ARE JACK AND BEATRICE GAVIN OF MAQUOEKTA.
JOEL AND CYNDI GOHLMAN OF WARRENGTON, VA. ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN THIS PAST TUESDAY. GRANDPARENTS ARE LUJEAN GOSEK OF NAZARETH, PA. AND GALYN GOHLMANN OF GRINNELL, IOWA, BOTH FORMERLY OF MAQUOEKTA. GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE DURWARD AND IRENE GOHLMAN AND WILLIS AND MARIAN BRAMER, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.
GENEVIEVE BASSLER, 78, OF DUBUQUE, FORMERLY OF OTTER CREEK, DIED THURSDAY AT HER HOME. SHE AND HUBAND GENE FARMED IN RURAL MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL MOVING TO DUBUQUE FIVE YEARS AGO. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, GENE, AND 12 CHILDREN, INCLUDING BRUCE, AND STEVE BASSLER OF MAQUOKETA.
BENNIE SWANSON, AGE 93, DIED YESTERDAY AT WESTWING PLACE IN DEWITT. HE WAS A LONGTIME AND WELL KNOWN CATTLE FEEDER.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, PETER, OF MAQUOKETA.
THE CALAMUS-WHEATLAND SCHOOLS OPEN THE NEW YEAR MONDAY, THE FIRST IN THE AREA. MAQUOKETA STARTS THE NEW YEAR NEXT THURSDAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
DOUG OWEN, MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY TOLD HIS BOARD THIS WEEK THAT HE IS STILL LOOKING FOR A DISTRIBUTION SUPERINTENDENT. APPLICATION DEADLINE IS AUGUST 23. TOM ALLEN LEFT THE JOB LATE LAST YEAR AND IN THE MEANTIME, DAVE OLSON AND DAN CLARK HAVE BEEN FILLING IN, BUT BOTH SAY THEY DON'T WANT THE JOB PERMANENTLY. OWEN SAID THE POSITION IS VERY SPECIALIZED AND HE IS HAVING A HARD TIME FILLING IT. HE SAID HE'S TALKED TO OTHER UTILITY MANAGERS AND THEY SAY THERE MAY BE A SHORTAGE OF LINEMEN AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEEERS IN THE FUTURE.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL IS CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC FLOW LATER THIS YEAR ON WEST PLATT WHEN THE NEW SUPERMARKET AND HARDWARE STORE OPENS. THEY ARE THINKING OF DOING A TRAFFIC SURVEY OR STUDY THIS FALL.
SOME OF YOU ATTEND SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL AND DAYCARE IN THE PAST? NEW AT SUNSHINE THIS FALL....PIANO LESSONS....AN EXERCISE CLASS....
SPANISH LESSONS....AND OTHER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS.
THE MAQUOKETA ARC COMMITTEE MET THIS WEEK AND WILL BE RECOMMENDING A FLOOR PLAN TO THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE AN INDOOR POOL AND GMNNASIUM. (A NEW GYMNASIUM FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL IS ALSO ON THE "WANTS" LIST.)
THE $3.8 MILLION PLAN MJST BE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AND THE SITE FOR THE ARC WOULD BE ON CITY LAND ACROSS FROM THE CEMETERY, AND JUST WEST OF MAQUOKETA'S INDUSTRIAL PARK. JIM GERONZIN AND MARGO SHOUSE WERE VOTED AS NEW CO-CHAIRMEN FOR THE ARC COMMITTEEAND GENI NIESS REMAINS AS SECRETARY.
JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN JULY WAS DOWN TO 6.5 PERCENT, FROM 6.8 IN JUNE. A YEAR AGO JULY, IT WAS 5.5. THE STATE OF IOWA RATE IS 4.6, UP FROM 4.2 IN JUNE.
A THEFT FROM THE HOSPITAL BUILDING SITE, OF $150 WORTH OF CORDLESS BATTERIES IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
JOEL AND KATHLEEN GAVIN ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST FRIDAY AT THE GREAT RIVER MEDICAL CENTER IN WEST BURLINGTON. GRANDPARENTS ARE JACK AND BEATRICE GAVIN OF MAQUOEKTA.
JOEL AND CYNDI GOHLMAN OF WARRENGTON, VA. ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN THIS PAST TUESDAY. GRANDPARENTS ARE LUJEAN GOSEK OF NAZARETH, PA. AND GALYN GOHLMANN OF GRINNELL, IOWA, BOTH FORMERLY OF MAQUOEKTA. GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE DURWARD AND IRENE GOHLMAN AND WILLIS AND MARIAN BRAMER, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.
GENEVIEVE BASSLER, 78, OF DUBUQUE, FORMERLY OF OTTER CREEK, DIED THURSDAY AT HER HOME. SHE AND HUBAND GENE FARMED IN RURAL MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL MOVING TO DUBUQUE FIVE YEARS AGO. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, GENE, AND 12 CHILDREN, INCLUDING BRUCE, AND STEVE BASSLER OF MAQUOKETA.
BENNIE SWANSON, AGE 93, DIED YESTERDAY AT WESTWING PLACE IN DEWITT. HE WAS A LONGTIME AND WELL KNOWN CATTLE FEEDER.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, PETER, OF MAQUOKETA.
THE CALAMUS-WHEATLAND SCHOOLS OPEN THE NEW YEAR MONDAY, THE FIRST IN THE AREA. MAQUOKETA STARTS THE NEW YEAR NEXT THURSDAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, August 14, 2003
Wednesday, August 13, 2003
BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY, WEDNESDAY, WITH A HIGH OF 86. WE NEED RAIN, BUT NONE IS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
TOOK A NEARLY FULL BUS TO THE STATE FAIR YESTERDAY AND HAD GREAT WEATHER FOR THE TRIP. THE ATTENDANCE WAS EXCELLENT. LAST YEAR, THE MILLION ATTENDANCE MARK WAS REACHED FOR FIRST TIME AND GOOD CHANCE IT WILL BE MORE THIS YEAR. THE FAIR ENDS THIS SUNDAY. ALAN JACKSON ENTERTAINS FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS MET YETERDAY AND ASKED ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS TO CUT THEIR CURRENT BUDGET BY 5-PERCENT. THE ACTION COMES AS A RESULT OF THE STATE CUTTING THE COUNTY'S BUDGET BY ABOUT $115,000. THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WERE ASKED TO RETURN THEIR PROPOSED REDUCTIONS BY MONDAY WITH SUPERVISORS RENIEWING THEM NEXT TUESDAY.
THE JACKSON COUNTY WELCOME CENTER...A REPLICA OF AN OLD ONE-ROOM SCHOOL...NEAR SABULA, WAS BURGLALRIZED MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME CASH WAS TAKEN FROM A BASEMENT CASH REGISTER. THE BASEMENT CONTAINS A CONSIGNMENT STORE.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA IS HOSTING A PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT FUTURE LAND USE IN THE CITY.
MAQUOKETA'S NEW AMBULANCE GARAGE WEST OF THE HOSPITAL WAS THE TARGET OF VANDALS OVERNIGHT MONDAY.
EGGS WERE THROWN AT THE BUILDING, WITH NO DAMAGE LISTED.
IN MAGISTRATE COURT NEWS....BOB STUART, AGE 51, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT OF VIDEO RENTALS FROM CINEMA MOVIE RENTALS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. POLICE SAY HE RENTED TWO VIDEOS ON JUNE 19TH AND DID NOT RETURN THEM.
MIKE AND JILL YEAGER OF MAQUOKETA, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN THIS PAST SUNDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE MERLYN AND CAROL YEAGER AND SUE HUTTON OF MAQUOKETA.
WILFORD MILLER, AGE 87, DIED AUGUST 9TH. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, GARY MILLER OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER, ERNESTINE OWEN OF MAQUOKETA.
PRAY FOR RAIN.
DENNIS VOY
TOOK A NEARLY FULL BUS TO THE STATE FAIR YESTERDAY AND HAD GREAT WEATHER FOR THE TRIP. THE ATTENDANCE WAS EXCELLENT. LAST YEAR, THE MILLION ATTENDANCE MARK WAS REACHED FOR FIRST TIME AND GOOD CHANCE IT WILL BE MORE THIS YEAR. THE FAIR ENDS THIS SUNDAY. ALAN JACKSON ENTERTAINS FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS MET YETERDAY AND ASKED ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS TO CUT THEIR CURRENT BUDGET BY 5-PERCENT. THE ACTION COMES AS A RESULT OF THE STATE CUTTING THE COUNTY'S BUDGET BY ABOUT $115,000. THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WERE ASKED TO RETURN THEIR PROPOSED REDUCTIONS BY MONDAY WITH SUPERVISORS RENIEWING THEM NEXT TUESDAY.
THE JACKSON COUNTY WELCOME CENTER...A REPLICA OF AN OLD ONE-ROOM SCHOOL...NEAR SABULA, WAS BURGLALRIZED MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME CASH WAS TAKEN FROM A BASEMENT CASH REGISTER. THE BASEMENT CONTAINS A CONSIGNMENT STORE.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA IS HOSTING A PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT FUTURE LAND USE IN THE CITY.
MAQUOKETA'S NEW AMBULANCE GARAGE WEST OF THE HOSPITAL WAS THE TARGET OF VANDALS OVERNIGHT MONDAY.
EGGS WERE THROWN AT THE BUILDING, WITH NO DAMAGE LISTED.
IN MAGISTRATE COURT NEWS....BOB STUART, AGE 51, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT OF VIDEO RENTALS FROM CINEMA MOVIE RENTALS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. POLICE SAY HE RENTED TWO VIDEOS ON JUNE 19TH AND DID NOT RETURN THEM.
MIKE AND JILL YEAGER OF MAQUOKETA, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN THIS PAST SUNDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE MERLYN AND CAROL YEAGER AND SUE HUTTON OF MAQUOKETA.
WILFORD MILLER, AGE 87, DIED AUGUST 9TH. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, GARY MILLER OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER, ERNESTINE OWEN OF MAQUOKETA.
PRAY FOR RAIN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, August 11, 2003
Friday, August 08, 2003
THIS IS THURSDAYS REPORT
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NICE DAY...HIGH 85.
THE BELLEVUE COMET GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM WON THEIR FIRST GAME AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN FORT DODGE MONDAY NIGHT, SCORING ALL 3 OF THEIR RUNS IN THE 6TH INNING, AND WON 3 TO 1. THEY ARE PLAYING THEIR SECOND GAME RIGHT NOW AND I WILL HAVE THE OUTCOME OF IT ON TOMORROW'S REPORT.
GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS FOR MAQUOKETA TODAY. PACIFIC COAST FEATHER HAS BEEN HAS BEEN HIRING EMPLOYEES AND WILL HIRE 30 MORE AS BUSINESS INCREASES. MANAGER STEVE SCHMUDE SAID ONE OF THEIR MAJOR COMPETITORS HAS GONE OUT OF BUSINESS AND PACIFIC COAST FEATHER IS EXPECTING TO PICK UP A GOOD PORTION OF THAT BUSINESS. SCHMUDE SAID THAT ADDITIONAL MACHINES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN AND THAT HE IS ADDING PRODUCTION LINES TO BOTH THE PILLOW AND COMFORTER DIVISIONS IN MAQUOKETA.
SOME AREA JUDGES HAVE APPLIED FOR THE VACANCY ON THE IOWA SUPREME COURT. AMONG THOSE APPLYING FOR THE JOB, MCHS GRAD BOBBY ALPERS. THE FIELD WILL BE NARROWED TO THREE AND THE GOVERNOR WILL CHOOSE FROM THOSE THREE. HER DAD, HAROLD, WAS THE LONGTIME MANAGER OF THE FAREWAY STORE IN MAQUOKETA AND NOW LIVES WITH HIS WIFE IN THE QUAD CITIES.
THE BIG JACKSON COUNTY PRO RODEO STARTS TONIGHT FOR 3 NIGHTS IN BELLEVUE.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
DENNIS VOY
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NICE DAY...HIGH 85.
THE BELLEVUE COMET GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM WON THEIR FIRST GAME AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN FORT DODGE MONDAY NIGHT, SCORING ALL 3 OF THEIR RUNS IN THE 6TH INNING, AND WON 3 TO 1. THEY ARE PLAYING THEIR SECOND GAME RIGHT NOW AND I WILL HAVE THE OUTCOME OF IT ON TOMORROW'S REPORT.
GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS FOR MAQUOKETA TODAY. PACIFIC COAST FEATHER HAS BEEN HAS BEEN HIRING EMPLOYEES AND WILL HIRE 30 MORE AS BUSINESS INCREASES. MANAGER STEVE SCHMUDE SAID ONE OF THEIR MAJOR COMPETITORS HAS GONE OUT OF BUSINESS AND PACIFIC COAST FEATHER IS EXPECTING TO PICK UP A GOOD PORTION OF THAT BUSINESS. SCHMUDE SAID THAT ADDITIONAL MACHINES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN AND THAT HE IS ADDING PRODUCTION LINES TO BOTH THE PILLOW AND COMFORTER DIVISIONS IN MAQUOKETA.
SOME AREA JUDGES HAVE APPLIED FOR THE VACANCY ON THE IOWA SUPREME COURT. AMONG THOSE APPLYING FOR THE JOB, MCHS GRAD BOBBY ALPERS. THE FIELD WILL BE NARROWED TO THREE AND THE GOVERNOR WILL CHOOSE FROM THOSE THREE. HER DAD, HAROLD, WAS THE LONGTIME MANAGER OF THE FAREWAY STORE IN MAQUOKETA AND NOW LIVES WITH HIS WIFE IN THE QUAD CITIES.
THE BIG JACKSON COUNTY PRO RODEO STARTS TONIGHT FOR 3 NIGHTS IN BELLEVUE.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, August 06, 2003
This is going to be so much nicer than the older format.
Please let us know how you like the new daily report format.
the Reports will automatically ARCHIVE and be linked on the left side
to read the older reports look for the Link for PAST REPORTS.
Thanks,
David Voy
KMAQ Network Admin
davidvoy@kmaq.com
Please let us know how you like the new daily report format.
the Reports will automatically ARCHIVE and be linked on the left side
to read the older reports look for the Link for PAST REPORTS.
Thanks,
David Voy
KMAQ Network Admin
davidvoy@kmaq.com
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