COOL WEATHER HAS ARRIVED IN IOWA.... HIGHS ONLY IN UPPER 50'S FOR THE WEEK.
A SHARP FROST IS EXPECTED TOMORROW NIGHT...LOW IN 20'S...AND THAT WILL BE WHAT'S NEEDED TO GET CORN PICKING UNDERWAY AT MOST FARMS.
TOOK A KMAQ TRAVEL BUS TO NASHVILLE LAST WEEK FOR 4 DAYS...FULL BUS...ALL WENT WELL....ALL HAD A GOOD TIME AND WEATHER WAS GOOD. FULL HOUSE FOR THE GRAND OLE OPRY SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND MERLE HAGGARD GOT A STANDING OVATION AND SANG HIS NEW HIT SONG, "THE WAR IS OVER". THE NEXT BIG BUS TRIP IS A 4-DAY CHRISTMAS TRIP THE FIRST WEEK IN DECEMBERT, TO BRANSON ....AND THERE ARE STILL SEATS AVAILABLE SHOULD YOU BE INTERESTED.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS LOST THEIR HOMECOMING GAME FRIDAY NIGHT, 43 TO 0. THE TEAM IS NOW 0 AND 4.
THEY PLAY AT GRINNEL THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL GO WITH TWO COMMERCIAL BUSES FOR THE LONG TRIP.
ONE OF OUR CITY COUNCILMEN, TIM CHAPIN, MADE THE NEWS AGAIN. A MONTH OR SO AGO, HE WAS SEEN
"MOONING" SOMEONE IN THE PIT AREA AT THE STOCK CAR RACES. A LETTER-TO-THE EDITOR LET EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT THAT. LAST WEEK, IT WAS MADE PUBLIC LOCALLY BY KMAQ, THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN A THEFT IN A QUAD CITIES STORE. YESTERDAY, HE FAXED A PRESS RELEASE TO KMAQ ADMITTING HE DID WRONG IN THE INCIDENT AT MENARD'S IN DAVENPORT LAST JUNE....A CHARGE OF THEFT IN THE FOURTH DEGREE. HIS NEWS RELEASE SAID .."I DEEPLY REGRET THE INCIDENT AND I HAVE TAKEN FULL REPONSIBILITY FOR IT BY ENTERING A GUILTY PLEA. I APOLOGIZE TO MY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS FOR THE INCIDENT. I INTEND TO CONTINUE AS COUNCILPERSON-AT-LARGE FOR THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA. I ENJOY SERVING THE CITIZENS OF MAQUOKETA AND I FEEL I HAVE MADE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION." HE IS RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER AND IS BEING OPPOSED BY FORMER COUNCIMAN, NEAL MOREHEAD. HE HAS A GARAGE DOOR BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA.
NEW OFFICERS WERE INSTALLED LAST WEEK FOR THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB. BOB KORANDA IS THE NEW PRESIDENT, BRUCE DYKSTRA IS THE NEW PRESIDENT-ELECT, ARNOLD KORANDA IS THE NEW VICE-PRESIDENT, AND VERA RANDAL WAS RE-ELECTED SECRETARY-TREASURER. THE CLUB MEETS FOR BREAKFAST EVERY WEDNESDAY AT FLAPJACK RESTAURANT. THE FIRST PRESIDENT BACK IN 1961 WAS DUB ROMER.
JOHN KERRY IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA AT 5 P.M. THURSDAY, AND WILL BE AT THE NEW COMFORT INN TO GREET SUPPORTER FOR A COUPLE HOURS. THE EVENT IS BEING HOSTED BY STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART.
THE HAMILTON FARM HOUSE JUST WEST OF THE 61-64 INTERSECTION WAS TORN DOWN THIS WEEK. THE BARN REMAINS FOR NOW. HOWARD GARLICK KEEPS HIS HORSES THERE. THAT CORNER IS NOW ONE OF THE PRIME LOCATIONS FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN MAQUOKETA. THE PROPERTY, ABOUT 15 ACRES, IS OWNED BY MAYOR TOM MESSERLI, HIS MOTHER IN CLINTON (WHO GREW UP IN MAQUOEKTA AS A HAMILTON) AND BY A SISTER IN BELLEVUE.
BOB THOMAS IS A NEW MEMBER OF THE JACKSON COUNTY HOSPITAL BOARD, REPLACING PASTOR GERALD GJERDE WHO MOVED TO DEWITT. THOMAS CAME TO TOWN YEARS AGO TO BE THE MANAGER FOR THE BEN FRANKLIN STORE FOR THE THEN OWNER, VERN BEATY. HE CURRENTLY SELLS BLUE CROSS HEALTH INSURANCE.
BIG BOWLING EVENT THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN MAQUOKETA. OVER A HUNDRED BOWLERS FROM AROUND THE STATE WILL BE HERE FOR THE EVENT. IT IS FOR ANYONE WHO IS AN OFFICER OF A LEAGUE.
THE CLASS OF 88 HAD A REUNION THIS PAST WEEKEND AND PICTURES TAKEN ARE ON THE CLASS WEB SITE AT
www.maquoketa.com/classof88.
STARTING THIS WEDNESDAY, THE WEDNESDAY MAQUOKETA SENINTEL-PRESS, LIKE THE SATURDAY ONE, WILL BE
TABLOID SIZE.
WILMA REICHLING WON $45 YESTERDAY IN THE KMAQ BUMPER STICKER PROMOTION. HER LATE HUSBAND WAS DUDE...LONGTIME GAS STATION OWNER.
THERE WERE NO MAQUOKETA DEATHS THE LAST FEW DAYS.
MAQUOKETA HAS A FEW CUBS FANS...AND THEY'RE HAPPY. ONE IS GLEN CARAWAY. ANOTHER IS JEFF BROWN.
THERE PROBABLY ARE A COUPLE OTHERS.
TOMORROW, JIMMY SAUNDERS CELEBRATES HIS 15TH ANNIVERSARY AS AN ANNOUNCER HERE AT KMAQ.
WE ARE HAVING A LUNCHEON PARTY FOR HIM TOMORROW AT NOON.
BRAD DEERY MOTORS IS HAVING A SLASHER SALE THIS SATURDAY. YOU PICK OUT THE USED CAR YOU WANT FRIDAY NIGHT. THEN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, YOU SIT IN THAT CAR WITH THE HOPE OF GETTING IT AT A VERY BIG BARGAIN...LIKE MAYBE JUST $99. BRINGS A LOT OF PEOPLE TO TOWN. I THINK THEY HOPE TO SELL 300 CARS...NOT SURE ABOUT THAT NUMBER.
CANDIDATE SIGNS ARE STARTING TO GO UP AROUND TOWN....ELECTION TIME IS GETTING CLOSER.
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
Monday, September 22, 2003
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, LIGHT RAIN. TODAY, SUNNY, BREEZY AND HIGH OF 73.
MAQUOKETA LOST THEIR VARSITY GAME FRIDAY NIGH AT DEWITT, 41 TO 0. THE MAQUOKETA FRESH-SOPH TEAM WON OVER DEWITT AND THEY ARE 3 AND 0. THE VARSITY IS 0 AND 3 AND THIS FRIDAY NIGHT IS HOMECOMING, HOSTING MT. VERNON. JENNIFER LANSING WILL BE QUEEN...DAUGHTER OF STEVE AND IRENE LANSING AND JOYCE LANSING AND THE KING WILL BE JAKE BOWMAN, SON OF BOB AND JOANNIE BOWMAN.
JOEL YANDA IS THE NEW MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER SUPERINTENDENT. NO RELATION TO THE MAQUOKETA YANDAS...HE IS FROM TRAER, IOWA AND WILL START OCTOBER 27TH AT A SALARY OF $65,000. HE REPLACES TOM ALLEN IN THAT POSITION.
VANDALISM....BRAD BICKFORD AT 501 ROSEMERE REPORTED PUDDING, SHAVING CREAM AND EGGS THROWN ON HIS LAWN, DRIVEWAY AND MAILBOX THIS PAST WEEKEND. TIFFANY SCHURBON SAID EGGS WERE THROWN AT HER VEHICLE WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING ON WESTERN AVENUE. AND AWESOME CAR WASH OUT BY WAL MART, REPORTED THEIR CAR VACUUM CLEANERS WERE VANDALIZED.
BOB JONES, AGE 82, DIED SUNDAY AT CRESTRIDGE. HE WAS A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN. HE SOLD AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES. BUILDT A COUPLE MOBILE HOME PARKS. BUILDT THE 64 DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT AND LATER CONVERTED IT TO A NIGHTCLUB AND WAS INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS OTHER BUSINESS PROJECTS IN MAQUOKETA. WAS INTERESTED IN LOCAL POLITICS TOO AND ONCE RAN FOR MAYOR. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE DOROTHY AND SON STEVE.
MAQUOKETA VOLLEYBALL TEAM TOOK PLACE IN MARION TOURNAMENT SATURDAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA LOST THEIR VARSITY GAME FRIDAY NIGH AT DEWITT, 41 TO 0. THE MAQUOKETA FRESH-SOPH TEAM WON OVER DEWITT AND THEY ARE 3 AND 0. THE VARSITY IS 0 AND 3 AND THIS FRIDAY NIGHT IS HOMECOMING, HOSTING MT. VERNON. JENNIFER LANSING WILL BE QUEEN...DAUGHTER OF STEVE AND IRENE LANSING AND JOYCE LANSING AND THE KING WILL BE JAKE BOWMAN, SON OF BOB AND JOANNIE BOWMAN.
JOEL YANDA IS THE NEW MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER SUPERINTENDENT. NO RELATION TO THE MAQUOKETA YANDAS...HE IS FROM TRAER, IOWA AND WILL START OCTOBER 27TH AT A SALARY OF $65,000. HE REPLACES TOM ALLEN IN THAT POSITION.
VANDALISM....BRAD BICKFORD AT 501 ROSEMERE REPORTED PUDDING, SHAVING CREAM AND EGGS THROWN ON HIS LAWN, DRIVEWAY AND MAILBOX THIS PAST WEEKEND. TIFFANY SCHURBON SAID EGGS WERE THROWN AT HER VEHICLE WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING ON WESTERN AVENUE. AND AWESOME CAR WASH OUT BY WAL MART, REPORTED THEIR CAR VACUUM CLEANERS WERE VANDALIZED.
BOB JONES, AGE 82, DIED SUNDAY AT CRESTRIDGE. HE WAS A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN. HE SOLD AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES. BUILDT A COUPLE MOBILE HOME PARKS. BUILDT THE 64 DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT AND LATER CONVERTED IT TO A NIGHTCLUB AND WAS INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS OTHER BUSINESS PROJECTS IN MAQUOKETA. WAS INTERESTED IN LOCAL POLITICS TOO AND ONCE RAN FOR MAYOR. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE DOROTHY AND SON STEVE.
MAQUOKETA VOLLEYBALL TEAM TOOK PLACE IN MARION TOURNAMENT SATURDAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, September 19, 2003
NICE TODAY, BUT COOL...HIGH OF 64.
MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL TEAM, 0 AND 2 PLAYS AT DEWITT TONIGHT. DEWITT IS 2 AND 0.
JACKSON COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR AUGUST WAS 6.4 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 6.5 IN JULY. A YEAR AGO IN AUGUST,IT WAS 4.5.
THE MAQUOKETA VFW POST THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS, SOLD 1,820 BUDDY POPPIES AND RAISED $1,714 FOR THE VFW'S VETERAN'S RELIEF FUND.
POLICE BLOTTER. DEBRA BURKEY OF SOUTH MAIN REPORTED SOMEONE SMASHED THE REAR WINDOW OF HER FORD TEMPO AND STEVE THORSEN ON COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE SAID A WINDOW SCREEN ON HIS HOME WAS CUT.
ANDREAS ALEXANDER GRANT, 18 DAY OLD SON OF GENE AND KRISTA GRANT OF PRESTON, DIED YESTERDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A SISTER MARTA, AT HOME AND GRAND PARENTS, JOHN AND EVELYN FAGERLAND OF MAQUOKETA AND GERALD AND MARVEL GRANT OF PRESTON. THE BABY WAS BORN WITH A BAD HEART DEFECT.
BARBARA WIDEL MILLER, AGE 45, OF BEAVERTON, OREGON, DIED SUDDENLY WEDNESDAY AT HOSPITAL IN OREGON. SHE IS SURVIVED BE HER HUSBAND, CARL, HER MOTHER, BARBAR WIDEL OF MAQUOKETA, TWO BROTHERS, JOHN AND RICHARD WIDEL, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA, AND TWIN SISTERS, JUDY CARR OF MAQUOKETA AND JOYCE OF SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL TEAM, 0 AND 2 PLAYS AT DEWITT TONIGHT. DEWITT IS 2 AND 0.
JACKSON COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR AUGUST WAS 6.4 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 6.5 IN JULY. A YEAR AGO IN AUGUST,IT WAS 4.5.
THE MAQUOKETA VFW POST THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS, SOLD 1,820 BUDDY POPPIES AND RAISED $1,714 FOR THE VFW'S VETERAN'S RELIEF FUND.
POLICE BLOTTER. DEBRA BURKEY OF SOUTH MAIN REPORTED SOMEONE SMASHED THE REAR WINDOW OF HER FORD TEMPO AND STEVE THORSEN ON COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE SAID A WINDOW SCREEN ON HIS HOME WAS CUT.
ANDREAS ALEXANDER GRANT, 18 DAY OLD SON OF GENE AND KRISTA GRANT OF PRESTON, DIED YESTERDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A SISTER MARTA, AT HOME AND GRAND PARENTS, JOHN AND EVELYN FAGERLAND OF MAQUOKETA AND GERALD AND MARVEL GRANT OF PRESTON. THE BABY WAS BORN WITH A BAD HEART DEFECT.
BARBARA WIDEL MILLER, AGE 45, OF BEAVERTON, OREGON, DIED SUDDENLY WEDNESDAY AT HOSPITAL IN OREGON. SHE IS SURVIVED BE HER HUSBAND, CARL, HER MOTHER, BARBAR WIDEL OF MAQUOKETA, TWO BROTHERS, JOHN AND RICHARD WIDEL, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA, AND TWIN SISTERS, JUDY CARR OF MAQUOKETA AND JOYCE OF SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, September 18, 2003
NICE DAY...84 THE HIGH...RAIN IN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT.
THE DEADLINE IS PAST FOR FILING FOR CITY OFFICE FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
FOR MAYOR OF MAQUOKETA, IT WILL BE MAYOR TOM MESSERLI OPPOSED BY PAM ROSENBEREG.
FOR 5TH WARD COUNCIL, THERE WILL BE 3 CANDIDATES. GUS GLASER, FORMER CITY MANAGER....
PAUL HAHLE, MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN.....AND JACK ROSENBERG, FORMER MAYOR.
FOR AT-LARGE COUNCIL, TWO CANDIDATES. INCOMBENT TIM CHAPIN WILL BE CHALLENGED BY NEIL MOREHEAD, FORMER COUNCILMAN.
IN THE FIRST AND SECOND WARDS, BOTH INCUMBENTS SEE RE-ELECTION UN-OPPOSED....TIM CLARK AND ALVIN BARTEN.
NO ONE HAS FILED FOR 3RD WARD...SO THERE CAN NOW BE A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE OR THE COUNCIL COULD END UP APPOINTING SOMEONE TO THAT SEAT. CURRENT COUNCILMAN JIM BOLLMAN IS NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION.
ALICE EBERLY, AGE 60, OF DAVENPORT AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL.
SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO DAVENPORT ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, DALLAS, AND A DAUGHTER, PAULA EBERLY OF DAVENPORT. ALSO 2 BROTHERS, HARRY HUEBBE IN BALDWIN AND ELMER HUEBBE IN MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
THE DEADLINE IS PAST FOR FILING FOR CITY OFFICE FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
FOR MAYOR OF MAQUOKETA, IT WILL BE MAYOR TOM MESSERLI OPPOSED BY PAM ROSENBEREG.
FOR 5TH WARD COUNCIL, THERE WILL BE 3 CANDIDATES. GUS GLASER, FORMER CITY MANAGER....
PAUL HAHLE, MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN.....AND JACK ROSENBERG, FORMER MAYOR.
FOR AT-LARGE COUNCIL, TWO CANDIDATES. INCOMBENT TIM CHAPIN WILL BE CHALLENGED BY NEIL MOREHEAD, FORMER COUNCILMAN.
IN THE FIRST AND SECOND WARDS, BOTH INCUMBENTS SEE RE-ELECTION UN-OPPOSED....TIM CLARK AND ALVIN BARTEN.
NO ONE HAS FILED FOR 3RD WARD...SO THERE CAN NOW BE A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE OR THE COUNCIL COULD END UP APPOINTING SOMEONE TO THAT SEAT. CURRENT COUNCILMAN JIM BOLLMAN IS NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION.
ALICE EBERLY, AGE 60, OF DAVENPORT AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL.
SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO DAVENPORT ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, DALLAS, AND A DAUGHTER, PAULA EBERLY OF DAVENPORT. ALSO 2 BROTHERS, HARRY HUEBBE IN BALDWIN AND ELMER HUEBBE IN MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
SUNNY, WINDY AND WARM TODAY...IN THE LOW 80'S.
MORE THAN 40 MAILBOXES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED IN RURAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SEPTEMBER. DEPUTY SHERIFF STEVE SCHROEDER SAYS CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST SEVERAL BELLEVUE YOUTH FOR ALLEGEDLY DAMAGING THESE MAIL BOXES.
NEW WEB SITE....www.clintonengines.com CHECK IT OUT.
MAQUOKETA IS BUYING A NEW SQUAD CAR TO REPLACE THE ONE IN THE CRASH LAST WEEK. IT WILL BE FROM BURNETT THEIL FORD EVEN THOUGH THE BID BY BRAD DEERY MOTORS WAS LOWER. REASON. TALLER AND LARGER OFFICERS CAN GET INTO THE FORD FASTER, EASIER THAN INTO THE CHEVY IMPALA. IT IS ROOMIER. THE FORD BID, $21,296.
THE CHEVY BID, $19,195. THE CAR COMES WITH POLICE PACKAGE. THE 2003 IMPALA WAS TOTALED OUT BY RODNEY TTRACY DURING A POLICE CHASE. CHEIF BOB ANDERSEN TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT TRACY HAD NO INSURANCE SO THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA INSURANCE WILL PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT CAR, AS WELL AS THE $5,000 WORTH OF DAMAGED POLICE CAR INTERIOR EQUIPMENT INSIDE THE PATROL CAR. THE CAR SHOULD BE HERE IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
GOT AN E-MAIL FROM MICHELLE BARTELS. IN MY STORY YESTERDAY, I SAID THE DYNAMIC PLANT HERE IN TOWN HAS A NEW OWNER AND NAME. THE NEW NAME IS NOT DYNAMIC TIRE....BUT IS.....DYNAMIC TUBE INC. MICHELLE WORKS THERE.
BETTY L. TUBBS, AGE 79, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SHE WORKED AT CLINTON ENGINES AND THEN LATER AS A CERTIFIED NURSES AID AND THEN FAT THE HOSPITAL AS A PRIVATE DUTY NURSES AIDE.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE 5 CHILDREN, INCLUDING GLORIA WILHELM, GEORGIA DRUMM, LARRY TUBBS, AND MICHAEL TUBBS, ALLLOF MAQUOKETA AND JESSE TUBBS OF OXFORD JUNCTION.
DR. J. A. BROMAN HAD HEART BYPASS SURGERY IN DUBUQUE AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY.
JACK GAVIN WAS A KMAQ BUMPER STICKER WINNER TODAY.
BOB GRAVES WAS JUST IN. HIRED HIM TO HAUL SOME TRASH FOR ME. RETIRED FROM THE CITY, HE GETS A LOT OF JOBS AROUND TOWN, CLEANING OUT BASEMENTS, ETC. AND HAULING THE TRASH. MANY OF YOU KNOW BOB.
REMEMBER THE TANGO? FOR YEARS, IT HAS BEEN OBIE'S....FAMOUS FOR TACOS. THIS WEEK....THE ENTIRE GRAVEL LOT WAS PAVED WITH ASPHALT. CUSTOMERS WILL BE HAPPY. OBIE DIED QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO AND THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN RUN BY HIS WIFE SINCE THEN.
HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT DAY IN MAQUOKETA IS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, SIX DAYS BEFORE HALLOWEEN.
AND ALSO.... NOT DURING SCARY DARK HOURS, BUT 4 'TIL 6 IN THE AFTERNOON......AS PER DIRECTIONS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. ALL PART OF A CHANGING AMERICA.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
MORE THAN 40 MAILBOXES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED IN RURAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SEPTEMBER. DEPUTY SHERIFF STEVE SCHROEDER SAYS CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST SEVERAL BELLEVUE YOUTH FOR ALLEGEDLY DAMAGING THESE MAIL BOXES.
NEW WEB SITE....www.clintonengines.com CHECK IT OUT.
MAQUOKETA IS BUYING A NEW SQUAD CAR TO REPLACE THE ONE IN THE CRASH LAST WEEK. IT WILL BE FROM BURNETT THEIL FORD EVEN THOUGH THE BID BY BRAD DEERY MOTORS WAS LOWER. REASON. TALLER AND LARGER OFFICERS CAN GET INTO THE FORD FASTER, EASIER THAN INTO THE CHEVY IMPALA. IT IS ROOMIER. THE FORD BID, $21,296.
THE CHEVY BID, $19,195. THE CAR COMES WITH POLICE PACKAGE. THE 2003 IMPALA WAS TOTALED OUT BY RODNEY TTRACY DURING A POLICE CHASE. CHEIF BOB ANDERSEN TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT TRACY HAD NO INSURANCE SO THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA INSURANCE WILL PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT CAR, AS WELL AS THE $5,000 WORTH OF DAMAGED POLICE CAR INTERIOR EQUIPMENT INSIDE THE PATROL CAR. THE CAR SHOULD BE HERE IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
GOT AN E-MAIL FROM MICHELLE BARTELS. IN MY STORY YESTERDAY, I SAID THE DYNAMIC PLANT HERE IN TOWN HAS A NEW OWNER AND NAME. THE NEW NAME IS NOT DYNAMIC TIRE....BUT IS.....DYNAMIC TUBE INC. MICHELLE WORKS THERE.
BETTY L. TUBBS, AGE 79, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SHE WORKED AT CLINTON ENGINES AND THEN LATER AS A CERTIFIED NURSES AID AND THEN FAT THE HOSPITAL AS A PRIVATE DUTY NURSES AIDE.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE 5 CHILDREN, INCLUDING GLORIA WILHELM, GEORGIA DRUMM, LARRY TUBBS, AND MICHAEL TUBBS, ALLLOF MAQUOKETA AND JESSE TUBBS OF OXFORD JUNCTION.
DR. J. A. BROMAN HAD HEART BYPASS SURGERY IN DUBUQUE AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY.
JACK GAVIN WAS A KMAQ BUMPER STICKER WINNER TODAY.
BOB GRAVES WAS JUST IN. HIRED HIM TO HAUL SOME TRASH FOR ME. RETIRED FROM THE CITY, HE GETS A LOT OF JOBS AROUND TOWN, CLEANING OUT BASEMENTS, ETC. AND HAULING THE TRASH. MANY OF YOU KNOW BOB.
REMEMBER THE TANGO? FOR YEARS, IT HAS BEEN OBIE'S....FAMOUS FOR TACOS. THIS WEEK....THE ENTIRE GRAVEL LOT WAS PAVED WITH ASPHALT. CUSTOMERS WILL BE HAPPY. OBIE DIED QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO AND THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN RUN BY HIS WIFE SINCE THEN.
HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT DAY IN MAQUOKETA IS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, SIX DAYS BEFORE HALLOWEEN.
AND ALSO.... NOT DURING SCARY DARK HOURS, BUT 4 'TIL 6 IN THE AFTERNOON......AS PER DIRECTIONS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. ALL PART OF A CHANGING AMERICA.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
NICE TODAY...82.
DYNAMIC METAL FORMING (BUILDING STANDS WHERE OLD GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE STOOD)ON EAST MAPLE STREET, HAS BEEN SOLD. THE INDUSTRY WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS DYNAMIC TILE AND THE NEW OWNER IS DAN PAWLOWSKI OF CLINTON. HE SAID ALL 36 EMPLOYEES WILL BE RETAINED. GREG GADD CONTINUES AS PLANT MANAGER OF THE COMPANY THAT ASSEMBLES DIESEL AND HYDRAULIC LINES.
GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS (BUILDERS OF GENERATORS) JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA LOCATED IN THEIR NEW HUGE BUILDING, IS HAVING THEIR BEST EVER MONTH. MANAGER MIKE DONLEY TOLD THIS TO ECONOMIC DIRECTOR FOR MAQUOKETA, LINDA STURTZ, AND SHE REPORTED THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.
MAQUOKETA'S HOMECOMING WILL BE ON FRIDAY, SEPT. 26TH. QUEEN CANDIDATES: JENNI LANSING, ALECIA HENEKE, SARAH BECK, ABBY FERGUSON, MANDY GULZINSKI, MISSY GERLACH, CRISTA COATES AND MISSY COLL.
KING CANDIDATES ARE: BRENT CARINDER, JAKE BOWMAN, TYLER KRUEGER, ADAM HEPKER, ANDY HAMILTON, ANDY YARAOLIM, DANE PAPE ANDERIC THORSON.
MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED OUT YESTERDAY MORNING TO THE GUS GLASER RESIDENCE AT 612 COUNTRY CLUB DFRIVE, WHERE GLASER WAS BURNING VINYL SIDING. FIREMEN PUT OUT THE FIRE. IT IS ELEGAL TO BURN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. THERE'S A STATE LAW AGAINST THAT. GLASER IS NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS DONE THIS AND MARK BECK, THE FIRE CHEIF, SAID THEY ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BURNING THE ITEMS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN TO THE LANDFILL. GLASER, FORMER CITY MANAGER, HAS TWO HOMES ON COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE. ONE HE LIVES IN AND THE OTHER HE IS BUILDING TO SELL.
MYRNA LARKEY WON $45 YESTERDAY (THE FIRST WINNER) IN THE KMAQ ANNIVERSARY BUMPER STICKER PROMOTION. THANKS TO MYRNA FOR DISPLAYING A KMAQ STICKER ON HER VEHICLE.
THEY ARE POURING SIDEWALKS AT THE NEW ADDITION TO THE HOSPITAL.
THE NEW GASSER TRUE VALUE STORE IS EXPECTED TO OPEN IN LATE NOVEMBER. NO DATE ANNOUNCED YET FOR THE DICK'S SUPERMARKET NEXT TO IT....BOTH AT THE WEST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
GARY GRUENWALD, A 1971 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL, WAS IN TO SEE ME A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. HE VISITS HIS PARENTS IN MAQUOKETA ABOUT ONCE A YEAR.
HE LIVES IN VENICE, ITALY AND HAS FOR MANY YEARS. HIS SON, DAVID, AND ANOTHER MAN, AN ITALIAN, WERE
PRESENTED SILVER AND GOLD MEDALS FOR ACTS OF HEROISM. THE AWARDS WERE GIVEN BY ORDERS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC. BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 2001, DAVID AND THE OTHER MAN, ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON, CAME ACROSS AN ACCIDENT. TWO YOUNG MEN, COUSINS, FROM NAPLES, WERE TRAVELING IN AN OPEL CAR AND LOST CONTROL ON A CURVE, HIT THE PROTECTIVE WALL SEPARATING THE ROAD FROM THE SILE RIVER, AND ENDED UP SUBMERGED ABOUT 15 YARDS FROM SHORE. DAVID WAS RETURNING HOME AND SAW SEVERAL PEOPLE STANDING ON THE SHORE LOOKING OUT IN THE RIVER. SO HE STOPPED HIS CAR TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. ALL HE SAW WAS THE REAR BUMPER OF THE SUBMERGED CAR. ONE OF THE COUSINS BROKE THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AND YELLED FOR HELP. DAVID AND THE OTHER MAN, JUMPED IN AND ASSISTED THE MAN TO SHORE. THE MAN THEN GOT THE MESSAGE TO THEM THAT ANOTHER PERSON WAS STILL IN THE CAR UNDER WATER AND THE TWO MEN DIVED IN AGAIN AND BACK TO THE CAR WHERE DAVID FOUND AND OPENED ONE OF THE BACK DOORS, ENTERED THE CAR, UNLATCHED THE SEAT BELT AND YANKED HIM FROM THE CAR AND GOT HIM TO SHORE AND APPLIED CPR TECHNIQUES. BOTH COUSINS WERE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL TWO YEARS LATER THAT BOTH WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR JOBS. DAVID WAS A COOK AT THE TIME AND NOW IS SELLING PRODUCTS IN THE WINE INDUSTRY IN ITALY AND CALIFORNIA. HIS FATHER, GARY, IS THE SONE OF LYLE AND LOIS GRUENWALD OF MAQUOKETA. HIS WIFE ADRIANA IF A NATIVE OF ITALY. IF YOU KNOW GARY AND WOULD LIKE HIS EMAIL ADRESS, EMAIL ME AT KMAQ@KMAQ.COM.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DENNIS VOY
DYNAMIC METAL FORMING (BUILDING STANDS WHERE OLD GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE STOOD)ON EAST MAPLE STREET, HAS BEEN SOLD. THE INDUSTRY WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS DYNAMIC TILE AND THE NEW OWNER IS DAN PAWLOWSKI OF CLINTON. HE SAID ALL 36 EMPLOYEES WILL BE RETAINED. GREG GADD CONTINUES AS PLANT MANAGER OF THE COMPANY THAT ASSEMBLES DIESEL AND HYDRAULIC LINES.
GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS (BUILDERS OF GENERATORS) JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA LOCATED IN THEIR NEW HUGE BUILDING, IS HAVING THEIR BEST EVER MONTH. MANAGER MIKE DONLEY TOLD THIS TO ECONOMIC DIRECTOR FOR MAQUOKETA, LINDA STURTZ, AND SHE REPORTED THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.
MAQUOKETA'S HOMECOMING WILL BE ON FRIDAY, SEPT. 26TH. QUEEN CANDIDATES: JENNI LANSING, ALECIA HENEKE, SARAH BECK, ABBY FERGUSON, MANDY GULZINSKI, MISSY GERLACH, CRISTA COATES AND MISSY COLL.
KING CANDIDATES ARE: BRENT CARINDER, JAKE BOWMAN, TYLER KRUEGER, ADAM HEPKER, ANDY HAMILTON, ANDY YARAOLIM, DANE PAPE ANDERIC THORSON.
MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED OUT YESTERDAY MORNING TO THE GUS GLASER RESIDENCE AT 612 COUNTRY CLUB DFRIVE, WHERE GLASER WAS BURNING VINYL SIDING. FIREMEN PUT OUT THE FIRE. IT IS ELEGAL TO BURN CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. THERE'S A STATE LAW AGAINST THAT. GLASER IS NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS DONE THIS AND MARK BECK, THE FIRE CHEIF, SAID THEY ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BURNING THE ITEMS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN TO THE LANDFILL. GLASER, FORMER CITY MANAGER, HAS TWO HOMES ON COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE. ONE HE LIVES IN AND THE OTHER HE IS BUILDING TO SELL.
MYRNA LARKEY WON $45 YESTERDAY (THE FIRST WINNER) IN THE KMAQ ANNIVERSARY BUMPER STICKER PROMOTION. THANKS TO MYRNA FOR DISPLAYING A KMAQ STICKER ON HER VEHICLE.
THEY ARE POURING SIDEWALKS AT THE NEW ADDITION TO THE HOSPITAL.
THE NEW GASSER TRUE VALUE STORE IS EXPECTED TO OPEN IN LATE NOVEMBER. NO DATE ANNOUNCED YET FOR THE DICK'S SUPERMARKET NEXT TO IT....BOTH AT THE WEST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
GARY GRUENWALD, A 1971 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL, WAS IN TO SEE ME A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. HE VISITS HIS PARENTS IN MAQUOKETA ABOUT ONCE A YEAR.
HE LIVES IN VENICE, ITALY AND HAS FOR MANY YEARS. HIS SON, DAVID, AND ANOTHER MAN, AN ITALIAN, WERE
PRESENTED SILVER AND GOLD MEDALS FOR ACTS OF HEROISM. THE AWARDS WERE GIVEN BY ORDERS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC. BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 2001, DAVID AND THE OTHER MAN, ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON, CAME ACROSS AN ACCIDENT. TWO YOUNG MEN, COUSINS, FROM NAPLES, WERE TRAVELING IN AN OPEL CAR AND LOST CONTROL ON A CURVE, HIT THE PROTECTIVE WALL SEPARATING THE ROAD FROM THE SILE RIVER, AND ENDED UP SUBMERGED ABOUT 15 YARDS FROM SHORE. DAVID WAS RETURNING HOME AND SAW SEVERAL PEOPLE STANDING ON THE SHORE LOOKING OUT IN THE RIVER. SO HE STOPPED HIS CAR TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. ALL HE SAW WAS THE REAR BUMPER OF THE SUBMERGED CAR. ONE OF THE COUSINS BROKE THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AND YELLED FOR HELP. DAVID AND THE OTHER MAN, JUMPED IN AND ASSISTED THE MAN TO SHORE. THE MAN THEN GOT THE MESSAGE TO THEM THAT ANOTHER PERSON WAS STILL IN THE CAR UNDER WATER AND THE TWO MEN DIVED IN AGAIN AND BACK TO THE CAR WHERE DAVID FOUND AND OPENED ONE OF THE BACK DOORS, ENTERED THE CAR, UNLATCHED THE SEAT BELT AND YANKED HIM FROM THE CAR AND GOT HIM TO SHORE AND APPLIED CPR TECHNIQUES. BOTH COUSINS WERE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL TWO YEARS LATER THAT BOTH WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR JOBS. DAVID WAS A COOK AT THE TIME AND NOW IS SELLING PRODUCTS IN THE WINE INDUSTRY IN ITALY AND CALIFORNIA. HIS FATHER, GARY, IS THE SONE OF LYLE AND LOIS GRUENWALD OF MAQUOKETA. HIS WIFE ADRIANA IF A NATIVE OF ITALY. IF YOU KNOW GARY AND WOULD LIKE HIS EMAIL ADRESS, EMAIL ME AT KMAQ@KMAQ.COM.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, September 15, 2003
HEAVY RAIN SATURDAY...OVER 3-INCHES IN MAQUOKETA. THE RAIN ACTUALLY STARTED A LITTLE FRIDAY NIGHT.
SUNDAY AND TODAY, BEAUTIFULL SUNNY SKIES AND HIGHS IN THE LOW 70'S.
MAQUOKETA LOST TO MANCHESTER WEST DELAWARE FRIDAY NIGHT. THE CARDINALS JUMPED OFF TO A 7 TO 0 LEAD EARLY IN GAME GAME, BUT THAT WOULD BE THEIR ONLY SCORING AND LOOSING 20 TO 7. THE SOPHOMORE WON THEIR 2ND GAME OF SEASON.
IOWA BEAT IOWA STATE SATURDAY, BREAKING A 5-GAME WINNING STREAK BY THE CYCLONES. I SAW THE GAME WITH BOB OSTERHAUS AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST ATTENDANCE FOR A CYCLONE GAME EVER...OVER 52-THOUSAND.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, 1 DEWITT BOY AND 1 GRAND MOUND BOY, 12 AND 13, WENT SWIMMING AT A SMALL LAKE ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF DEWITT, ALONG HIGHWAY 30. THEY WALKED THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE LAKE MALONE. ON THE WAY BACK, THEY STOOD ON ONE SET OF TRACKS AND WATCHED A TRAIN GO BY....AND DID NOT NOTICE OR HEAR ANOTHER TRAIN COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE WAY ON THE TRACKS THEY WERE ON. THEY WERE KILLED INSTANTLY. BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AT DEWITT.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS AT 7 TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A NEW OFFICER, BRINGING THE DEPARTMENT TO FULL STRENGTH OF 12 OFFICERS. HE IS NICHOLAS SCHLOSSER, AGE 23, OF DUBUQUE. HE IS SINGLE.
CORY AND NICOLE RUSHFORD OF WYOMING, IOWA, ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST TUESDAY AT OUR HOSPITAL.
MATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE HELEN KEENEY OF MAQUOKETA AND CAROL RIPPLE LOF MAQUOKETA, AND MICK AND VIRGINIA HUGHES OF DELMAR AND JAY AND DONNA KEENEY OF MAQUOKETA.
KARI ANDERSON AND JAMES PAWEKI OF DEWITT ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST FRIDAY AT OUR HOSPITAL.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE RONALD AND MARAY KAY TRACY OF MAQUOKETA.
BETTY AND LARRY YOUNG OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN SEPTEMBER 6TH AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE EDWIN AND VIRGINIA YOUNG OF MAQUOKETA.
DARRAL "GOODY" GOODENOW, AGE 76, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY. HE WORKED AT THE FORMER ROSENBERG AUTO SUPPLY IN MAQUOKETA FOR 45 YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, VIRGINIA, 1 SISTER, SHIRLEY BURNS OF MAQUOKETA AND 1 BROTHER FRANK OF MAQUOKETA.
DARWIN LEE WEIMERSKIRCH, INFANT SON OF RANDY AND JAMI WEIMERSKIRCH OF CLINTON WAS STILLBORN FRIDAY EVENING AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS CLARA WEIMERSKIRCH OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
SUNDAY AND TODAY, BEAUTIFULL SUNNY SKIES AND HIGHS IN THE LOW 70'S.
MAQUOKETA LOST TO MANCHESTER WEST DELAWARE FRIDAY NIGHT. THE CARDINALS JUMPED OFF TO A 7 TO 0 LEAD EARLY IN GAME GAME, BUT THAT WOULD BE THEIR ONLY SCORING AND LOOSING 20 TO 7. THE SOPHOMORE WON THEIR 2ND GAME OF SEASON.
IOWA BEAT IOWA STATE SATURDAY, BREAKING A 5-GAME WINNING STREAK BY THE CYCLONES. I SAW THE GAME WITH BOB OSTERHAUS AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST ATTENDANCE FOR A CYCLONE GAME EVER...OVER 52-THOUSAND.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, 1 DEWITT BOY AND 1 GRAND MOUND BOY, 12 AND 13, WENT SWIMMING AT A SMALL LAKE ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF DEWITT, ALONG HIGHWAY 30. THEY WALKED THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE LAKE MALONE. ON THE WAY BACK, THEY STOOD ON ONE SET OF TRACKS AND WATCHED A TRAIN GO BY....AND DID NOT NOTICE OR HEAR ANOTHER TRAIN COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE WAY ON THE TRACKS THEY WERE ON. THEY WERE KILLED INSTANTLY. BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AT DEWITT.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS AT 7 TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A NEW OFFICER, BRINGING THE DEPARTMENT TO FULL STRENGTH OF 12 OFFICERS. HE IS NICHOLAS SCHLOSSER, AGE 23, OF DUBUQUE. HE IS SINGLE.
CORY AND NICOLE RUSHFORD OF WYOMING, IOWA, ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST TUESDAY AT OUR HOSPITAL.
MATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE HELEN KEENEY OF MAQUOKETA AND CAROL RIPPLE LOF MAQUOKETA, AND MICK AND VIRGINIA HUGHES OF DELMAR AND JAY AND DONNA KEENEY OF MAQUOKETA.
KARI ANDERSON AND JAMES PAWEKI OF DEWITT ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST FRIDAY AT OUR HOSPITAL.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE RONALD AND MARAY KAY TRACY OF MAQUOKETA.
BETTY AND LARRY YOUNG OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN SEPTEMBER 6TH AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE EDWIN AND VIRGINIA YOUNG OF MAQUOKETA.
DARRAL "GOODY" GOODENOW, AGE 76, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY. HE WORKED AT THE FORMER ROSENBERG AUTO SUPPLY IN MAQUOKETA FOR 45 YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, VIRGINIA, 1 SISTER, SHIRLEY BURNS OF MAQUOKETA AND 1 BROTHER FRANK OF MAQUOKETA.
DARWIN LEE WEIMERSKIRCH, INFANT SON OF RANDY AND JAMI WEIMERSKIRCH OF CLINTON WAS STILLBORN FRIDAY EVENING AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS CLARA WEIMERSKIRCH OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, September 11, 2003
HOT AGAIN TODAY....MID 80'S
THE MAN WHO DROVE THE CAR INTO THE MAQUOKETA POLICE CAR IS RODNEY WILLIAM TRACY, AGE 37, OF RURAL MAQUOKETA. THE POLICE CAR HAD ONLY 12,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN TOTALLED OUT. BECAUSE IT IS THE END OF THE MODEL YEAR, IT MAY BE HARD TO GET A REPLACEMENT RIGHT AWAY. CHARGES IN THE ACCIDENT ARE PENDING AND NO CONDITION REPORT FROM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IS AVAILABLE ON TRACY.
JASON JON CUMMINGS, AGE 32, OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, WAS FOUND GUILTY IN DISTRICT COURT THIS WEEK ON OWI, SECOND OFFENSE.
CYNTHIA ARTERBERRY, AGE 39, OF MAQUOKETA, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THEFT IN THE 2ND DEGREE FOR USING AN A.T.M. CARD BELONGING TO MARIAN MCCRADY OF MAQUOKETA AND WITHDRAWING $2,900.
THERE WILL BE A PRAYER IN THE PARK SERVICE AT 6:30 TONIGHT AT THE FIRST WARD PARK, IN REMEMBRANCE OF 9-11.
PIZZA HUT HAS A NEW LOOK. OUT THERE WITH MY DAUGHTER FOR LUNCH TODAY. NOW HAS BOOTHS, ALONG WITH NEW TABLES, NEW CARPETING, PAINTED...MUCH BRIGHTER. LOOKS NICE.
17 MORE NEW HOMES ARE GOING UP AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, ON A NEW STREET ALONG THE MAQUOKETA RIVER.
GO TO DENNIS DAILY PHOTOS AND SEE A PICTURE TAKEN TODAY OF THE FIREMEN'S NEW LADDER TRUCK AND
ANCHORING A US FLAG IN REMBRANCE OF 9-11.
IN THE PINNETTES LEAGUE LAST NIGHT, LONNIE HERMAN ROLLED 222, 214, AND 203 FOR A 639. NOT BAD.
HER DAUGHTER COLLEEN ROLLED A 513.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS
THE MAN WHO DROVE THE CAR INTO THE MAQUOKETA POLICE CAR IS RODNEY WILLIAM TRACY, AGE 37, OF RURAL MAQUOKETA. THE POLICE CAR HAD ONLY 12,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN TOTALLED OUT. BECAUSE IT IS THE END OF THE MODEL YEAR, IT MAY BE HARD TO GET A REPLACEMENT RIGHT AWAY. CHARGES IN THE ACCIDENT ARE PENDING AND NO CONDITION REPORT FROM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IS AVAILABLE ON TRACY.
JASON JON CUMMINGS, AGE 32, OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, WAS FOUND GUILTY IN DISTRICT COURT THIS WEEK ON OWI, SECOND OFFENSE.
CYNTHIA ARTERBERRY, AGE 39, OF MAQUOKETA, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THEFT IN THE 2ND DEGREE FOR USING AN A.T.M. CARD BELONGING TO MARIAN MCCRADY OF MAQUOKETA AND WITHDRAWING $2,900.
THERE WILL BE A PRAYER IN THE PARK SERVICE AT 6:30 TONIGHT AT THE FIRST WARD PARK, IN REMEMBRANCE OF 9-11.
PIZZA HUT HAS A NEW LOOK. OUT THERE WITH MY DAUGHTER FOR LUNCH TODAY. NOW HAS BOOTHS, ALONG WITH NEW TABLES, NEW CARPETING, PAINTED...MUCH BRIGHTER. LOOKS NICE.
17 MORE NEW HOMES ARE GOING UP AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, ON A NEW STREET ALONG THE MAQUOKETA RIVER.
GO TO DENNIS DAILY PHOTOS AND SEE A PICTURE TAKEN TODAY OF THE FIREMEN'S NEW LADDER TRUCK AND
ANCHORING A US FLAG IN REMBRANCE OF 9-11.
IN THE PINNETTES LEAGUE LAST NIGHT, LONNIE HERMAN ROLLED 222, 214, AND 203 FOR A 639. NOT BAD.
HER DAUGHTER COLLEEN ROLLED A 513.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
SUNNY AND HIGH OF 86.
BRIAN TABOR WAS THE WINNER YESTERDAY IN THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION HERE IN MAQUOKETA. A LOW TURN-OUT OF AROUND 300 VOTED AND TABOR WON BY OVER A HUNDRED VOTES.
A CAR CHASE THIS AFTERNOON ON HIGHWAY 61. A CAR, WITH A POSIBLE DRUNKEN DRIVER, WAS CHASED NORTH AT SPEEDS UP TO 70-80 MILES PER HOUR. THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO ASSIST CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES BY SETTING A SQUAD CAR ON THE INSIDE SHOULDER FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEPLOYING "STOP STICKS" WHICH CAUSE THE SUSPECT VEHICLE'S TIRES TO DEFLATE. WHEN THE DRIVER OF THE SUSPECT VEHICLE OBSERVED THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT SQUAD, WHICH WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 136 ON HIGHWAY 61, HE SPED UP AND SWERVED INTO THE REAR OF THE UNOCCUPIED MAQUOKETA SQUAD CAR. THE CAR, A 2002 CHEVY IMPALA, SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE NAME OF THE DRIVER HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED AT THIS TIME. HE HAD TO BE EXTRICATED FROM HIS VEHICLE, AND THEN WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITAL. THE IOWA STATE PATROL WAS CONTACTED TO INVESTIGATE THE COLLISION. I, PERSONALLY, AM AGAINST THESE KIND OF CHASES AND TODAY WAS A DAY WHEN AGAIN, SOME INNOCENT PERSON COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED. ANYONE WITH COMMENTS ABOUT CHASES CAN DO SO ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE IF THEY LIKE.
A FORMER MAQUOKETA MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY TO HIS INFANT DAUGHTER IN FEBRUARY. CHRISTIAN BOWEN, AGE 26, NOW OF DUBUQUE, WAS SENTENCED AFTER ENTERING AN ALFORD PLEA TO CHILD ENDANGERMENT. COURT DOCUMENTS SHOWED HE SHOOK THE INFANT, WHICH RESULTED IN SERIOUS BRAIN INJURY. THE BABY'S MOTHER, KRISTIN EARLES, HAS ALSO BEEN CHARGED, BUT HAS NOT BEEN SENTENCED.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
BRIAN TABOR WAS THE WINNER YESTERDAY IN THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION HERE IN MAQUOKETA. A LOW TURN-OUT OF AROUND 300 VOTED AND TABOR WON BY OVER A HUNDRED VOTES.
A CAR CHASE THIS AFTERNOON ON HIGHWAY 61. A CAR, WITH A POSIBLE DRUNKEN DRIVER, WAS CHASED NORTH AT SPEEDS UP TO 70-80 MILES PER HOUR. THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO ASSIST CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES BY SETTING A SQUAD CAR ON THE INSIDE SHOULDER FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEPLOYING "STOP STICKS" WHICH CAUSE THE SUSPECT VEHICLE'S TIRES TO DEFLATE. WHEN THE DRIVER OF THE SUSPECT VEHICLE OBSERVED THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT SQUAD, WHICH WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 136 ON HIGHWAY 61, HE SPED UP AND SWERVED INTO THE REAR OF THE UNOCCUPIED MAQUOKETA SQUAD CAR. THE CAR, A 2002 CHEVY IMPALA, SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE NAME OF THE DRIVER HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED AT THIS TIME. HE HAD TO BE EXTRICATED FROM HIS VEHICLE, AND THEN WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITAL. THE IOWA STATE PATROL WAS CONTACTED TO INVESTIGATE THE COLLISION. I, PERSONALLY, AM AGAINST THESE KIND OF CHASES AND TODAY WAS A DAY WHEN AGAIN, SOME INNOCENT PERSON COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED. ANYONE WITH COMMENTS ABOUT CHASES CAN DO SO ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE IF THEY LIKE.
A FORMER MAQUOKETA MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY TO HIS INFANT DAUGHTER IN FEBRUARY. CHRISTIAN BOWEN, AGE 26, NOW OF DUBUQUE, WAS SENTENCED AFTER ENTERING AN ALFORD PLEA TO CHILD ENDANGERMENT. COURT DOCUMENTS SHOWED HE SHOOK THE INFANT, WHICH RESULTED IN SERIOUS BRAIN INJURY. THE BABY'S MOTHER, KRISTIN EARLES, HAS ALSO BEEN CHARGED, BUT HAS NOT BEEN SENTENCED.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
FOR THE 2ND DAY IN A ROW....SUNNY... AND HIGHS IN THE MID 80'S. COOLER WEATHER, MABYE SOME RAIN, THIS WEEKEND.
BEFORE I FORGET, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS LOST THEIR OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AT GOODENOW FIELD, 3 TO 0 , TO WATERLOO COLUMBUS. THE SOPHOMORES WON BIG THOUGH, BY OVER 30 POINTS.
BOB STOCKHAM WAS BACK AT COFFEE THIS MORNING, AFTER ARRIVING FROM AN RV TRIP TO COLORADO. SAW STEVE OUT THERE, ONE OF THE BROMAN BOYS AND ALSO ONE OF THE PHILLIP'S BOYS.
THE COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MET LAST NIGHT AND HEARD FROM A COUPLE CITIZENS ABOUT NIGHT BURNING IN MAQUOKETA...
SMELLY STUFF. PRESENT ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR BURNING LEAVES, BUT NOT GARBAGE AND DOG DROPPINGS.
COUNCILMAN JIM BOLLMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY HE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER. STEVE FLYNN ANNOUNCED EARLIER HE WOULD NOT RUN BECAUSE HE IS BUILDING A NEW HOME JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, BUT OUT OF THE CITY LIMITS. ALVIN BARTEN SAID HE WOULD NOT RUN....BUT....SAYS HE MAY RUN AGAIN IF NO ONE STEPS FORWARD TO RUN FOR HIS SEAT. MAYOR TOM MESSERLI HAS FILED FOR RE-ELECTION AND SO HAS PAM ROSENBERG FILED TO OPPOSE HIM FOR MAYOR. TWO YEARS AGO, TOM DEFEATED HER HUSBAND. ALSO FILING PAPERS THIS WEEK, TIM CHAPIN FOR RE-ELECTION AND FILING TO OPPOSE HIM, FORMER COUNCILMAN NEIL MOREHEAD. JACK ROSENBERG HAS FILED FOR 5TH WARD COUNCIL AND COUNCILMAN TIM CLARK HAS SAID HE WILL SEEK A TERM, BUT HAS NOT FILED PAPERS. THE DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 18TH.
ELEVEN MAIL BOXES, MOSTLY IN BELLEVUE AREA, WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.
BERTHA GARTMAN, AGE 87, DIED MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL LFOR 30 YEARS FOR ELWOOD AND DELWOOD SCHOOL SYSTEMS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, CLARENCE AND A DAUGHTER, JANET TREKELL OF MAQUOKETA.
CORALEE DUHME, AGE 84, OF MAQUOKETA DIED MONDAY. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND FARMED WITH HER HUSBAND JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, KENNETH, AND 7 CHILDREN.....KENNETH OF MAQUOKETA, LINDA OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, RICK OF MAQUOKETA, LORALEE OF AMES, LAUREEN SCHWENKER OF MAQUOKETA, RANDY OF MAQUOKETA, AND KEVIN OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO 14 GRANDCHILDREN.
TOMOROW, I WILL HAVE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION RESULTS.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
BEFORE I FORGET, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS LOST THEIR OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AT GOODENOW FIELD, 3 TO 0 , TO WATERLOO COLUMBUS. THE SOPHOMORES WON BIG THOUGH, BY OVER 30 POINTS.
BOB STOCKHAM WAS BACK AT COFFEE THIS MORNING, AFTER ARRIVING FROM AN RV TRIP TO COLORADO. SAW STEVE OUT THERE, ONE OF THE BROMAN BOYS AND ALSO ONE OF THE PHILLIP'S BOYS.
THE COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MET LAST NIGHT AND HEARD FROM A COUPLE CITIZENS ABOUT NIGHT BURNING IN MAQUOKETA...
SMELLY STUFF. PRESENT ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR BURNING LEAVES, BUT NOT GARBAGE AND DOG DROPPINGS.
COUNCILMAN JIM BOLLMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY HE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER. STEVE FLYNN ANNOUNCED EARLIER HE WOULD NOT RUN BECAUSE HE IS BUILDING A NEW HOME JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, BUT OUT OF THE CITY LIMITS. ALVIN BARTEN SAID HE WOULD NOT RUN....BUT....SAYS HE MAY RUN AGAIN IF NO ONE STEPS FORWARD TO RUN FOR HIS SEAT. MAYOR TOM MESSERLI HAS FILED FOR RE-ELECTION AND SO HAS PAM ROSENBERG FILED TO OPPOSE HIM FOR MAYOR. TWO YEARS AGO, TOM DEFEATED HER HUSBAND. ALSO FILING PAPERS THIS WEEK, TIM CHAPIN FOR RE-ELECTION AND FILING TO OPPOSE HIM, FORMER COUNCILMAN NEIL MOREHEAD. JACK ROSENBERG HAS FILED FOR 5TH WARD COUNCIL AND COUNCILMAN TIM CLARK HAS SAID HE WILL SEEK A TERM, BUT HAS NOT FILED PAPERS. THE DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 18TH.
ELEVEN MAIL BOXES, MOSTLY IN BELLEVUE AREA, WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.
BERTHA GARTMAN, AGE 87, DIED MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL LFOR 30 YEARS FOR ELWOOD AND DELWOOD SCHOOL SYSTEMS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, CLARENCE AND A DAUGHTER, JANET TREKELL OF MAQUOKETA.
CORALEE DUHME, AGE 84, OF MAQUOKETA DIED MONDAY. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND FARMED WITH HER HUSBAND JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, KENNETH, AND 7 CHILDREN.....KENNETH OF MAQUOKETA, LINDA OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, RICK OF MAQUOKETA, LORALEE OF AMES, LAUREEN SCHWENKER OF MAQUOKETA, RANDY OF MAQUOKETA, AND KEVIN OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO 14 GRANDCHILDREN.
TOMOROW, I WILL HAVE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION RESULTS.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, September 05, 2003
BEAUTIFUL DAY...80 FOR A HIGH.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA GOT A GRANT FOR $15,000 TO PLANT TREES AND SHRUBS ALONG SUMMIT STREET IN THE OVERPASS AREA.
THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL IS GETTING NEW COMPUTER SOFTWARE. PREPARE YOURSELF. A COST OF $241,251. HOWEVER, FINLEY HOSPITAL WILL PAY FOR IT....AND JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL WILL PAY AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE EXPENSE OF ABOUT $100,000. HEALTHCARE!!!!
BIG BUCKS EVERYWHERE, INCLUDING HERE IN MAQUOKETA. THE HOSPITAL EXPANSION PROGRAM IS NOW 64% COMPLETE. FINISH DATE IS NEXT MARCH OR APRIL. THE SKILLED NURSING UNIT WILL BE FINISHED IN OCTOBER.
COURT NEWS: SHERI HAIAR, AGE 35, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON, SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, MARIJUANA, WITH INTENT TO DELIVER. SHE WAS PLACED ON TWO YEARS PROBATION...AND FINED $1,000.
BOY, BORN AUGUST 28TH IN MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL TO BILL AND ANDREA RICH OF MAQUOKETA. GRANDPARENTS ARE BILL AND SANDY RICH OF MAQUOKETA.
IRMA GREVE, AGE 93, OF DEWITT DIED YESTERDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, ESTHER SELLNAU OF MAQUOKETA.
EVELYN GERARDY, AGE89, OF BELLEVUE DIED THIS MORNING. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER IN MAQUOKETA, AUDREY HEIM.
FOOTBALL TONIGHT IN MAQUOKETA. GO CARDS! THEY HOST WATERLOO COLUMBUS.
IOWA HAS AN EASY GAME TOMORROW.
KMAQ TRAVEL HAS A FULL BUS GOING TO THE CUBS-BREWERS GAME AT MILWAUKEE SUNDAY. KMAQ TRAVEL ALSO HAS A FULL BUS GOING TO NASHVILLE LATER THIS MONTH. AND KMAQ TRAVEL HAS A ONE-DAY BUS TRIP TO FORT ATKINSON'S DINNER THEATRE LATE NOVEMBER AND A BUS GOING TO BRANSON FOR A 4-DAY TRIP IN EARLY DECEMBER. ANY QUESTIONS, GIVE US A CALL.
REMEMBER...FOR IOWA NEWS DAILY...AND YOU AN EVEN LISTEN TO A 4-MINUTE NEWSCAST SEVERAL TIMES DAILY....GO TO THE RADIO IOWA WEB SITE AT www.radioiowa.com.
EVERY WEEK...THE ROTARY WEB SITE IN MAQUOKETA IS UPDATED WITH LOCAL STORIES AND PICTURES ABOUT ROTARY EVENTS....IF YOU HAVE NEVER CHECKED IT OUT...IT IS AT...www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA GOT A GRANT FOR $15,000 TO PLANT TREES AND SHRUBS ALONG SUMMIT STREET IN THE OVERPASS AREA.
THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL IS GETTING NEW COMPUTER SOFTWARE. PREPARE YOURSELF. A COST OF $241,251. HOWEVER, FINLEY HOSPITAL WILL PAY FOR IT....AND JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL WILL PAY AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE EXPENSE OF ABOUT $100,000. HEALTHCARE!!!!
BIG BUCKS EVERYWHERE, INCLUDING HERE IN MAQUOKETA. THE HOSPITAL EXPANSION PROGRAM IS NOW 64% COMPLETE. FINISH DATE IS NEXT MARCH OR APRIL. THE SKILLED NURSING UNIT WILL BE FINISHED IN OCTOBER.
COURT NEWS: SHERI HAIAR, AGE 35, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON, SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, MARIJUANA, WITH INTENT TO DELIVER. SHE WAS PLACED ON TWO YEARS PROBATION...AND FINED $1,000.
BOY, BORN AUGUST 28TH IN MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL TO BILL AND ANDREA RICH OF MAQUOKETA. GRANDPARENTS ARE BILL AND SANDY RICH OF MAQUOKETA.
IRMA GREVE, AGE 93, OF DEWITT DIED YESTERDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, ESTHER SELLNAU OF MAQUOKETA.
EVELYN GERARDY, AGE89, OF BELLEVUE DIED THIS MORNING. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER IN MAQUOKETA, AUDREY HEIM.
FOOTBALL TONIGHT IN MAQUOKETA. GO CARDS! THEY HOST WATERLOO COLUMBUS.
IOWA HAS AN EASY GAME TOMORROW.
KMAQ TRAVEL HAS A FULL BUS GOING TO THE CUBS-BREWERS GAME AT MILWAUKEE SUNDAY. KMAQ TRAVEL ALSO HAS A FULL BUS GOING TO NASHVILLE LATER THIS MONTH. AND KMAQ TRAVEL HAS A ONE-DAY BUS TRIP TO FORT ATKINSON'S DINNER THEATRE LATE NOVEMBER AND A BUS GOING TO BRANSON FOR A 4-DAY TRIP IN EARLY DECEMBER. ANY QUESTIONS, GIVE US A CALL.
REMEMBER...FOR IOWA NEWS DAILY...AND YOU AN EVEN LISTEN TO A 4-MINUTE NEWSCAST SEVERAL TIMES DAILY....GO TO THE RADIO IOWA WEB SITE AT www.radioiowa.com.
EVERY WEEK...THE ROTARY WEB SITE IN MAQUOKETA IS UPDATED WITH LOCAL STORIES AND PICTURES ABOUT ROTARY EVENTS....IF YOU HAVE NEVER CHECKED IT OUT...IT IS AT...www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, September 04, 2003
BEAUTIFUL DAY...74 THE HIGH.
THANKS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO CALLED RED LAST NIGHT.....TALKED TO HIM AND HE WAS SO HAPPY TO GET THE CALLS.
CLINTON COUNTY 3 YEARS AGO DECIDED TO RESTORE TO THE ORGINAL CONDITION, THE CLINTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE. ESTIMATED COST THEN, ABOUT
$3.6 MILLION DOLLARS. THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED. FINAL COST, $5.5 MILLION. THE SPECIAL RE-DEDICATION OF THE COURTHOUSE WILL BE AT 2:30 TOMORROW AFTERNOON, WITH MANY DIGNITARIES INVITED. THEN, TOURS WILL BE GIVEN AND AND OPEN HOUSE WILL ALSO BE HELD SATURDAY MORNING.
THE CHICAGO CUBS BEAT THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 4 OUT OF 5 GAMES THIS WEEK. THAT ISN'T FAIR.
YESTERDAY, MENTIONED SOME BUILDINGS THAT WERE PAINTED DOWNTOWN. FORGOT TO MENTION, BILL MOLER'S. LOOKS NICE.
I BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY FOR MY CAR YESTERDAY.
THERE JUST ISN'T MUCH NEWS TO REPORT...SORRY.
COME BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
THANKS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO CALLED RED LAST NIGHT.....TALKED TO HIM AND HE WAS SO HAPPY TO GET THE CALLS.
CLINTON COUNTY 3 YEARS AGO DECIDED TO RESTORE TO THE ORGINAL CONDITION, THE CLINTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE. ESTIMATED COST THEN, ABOUT
$3.6 MILLION DOLLARS. THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED. FINAL COST, $5.5 MILLION. THE SPECIAL RE-DEDICATION OF THE COURTHOUSE WILL BE AT 2:30 TOMORROW AFTERNOON, WITH MANY DIGNITARIES INVITED. THEN, TOURS WILL BE GIVEN AND AND OPEN HOUSE WILL ALSO BE HELD SATURDAY MORNING.
THE CHICAGO CUBS BEAT THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 4 OUT OF 5 GAMES THIS WEEK. THAT ISN'T FAIR.
YESTERDAY, MENTIONED SOME BUILDINGS THAT WERE PAINTED DOWNTOWN. FORGOT TO MENTION, BILL MOLER'S. LOOKS NICE.
I BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY FOR MY CAR YESTERDAY.
THERE JUST ISN'T MUCH NEWS TO REPORT...SORRY.
COME BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
ANOTHER NICE DAY. SUNNY AND BREEZY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM HAD THEIR FIRST COMPETITION OF THE SEASON LAST NIGHT IN A ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT AND CAME IN 2ND. BELLEVUE MARQUETTE WENT 3 AND 0 IN THE TOURNY AND MAQUOKETA, 2 AND 1. ALSO IN THE TOURNAMENT, PRESTON AND ANDREW. TIFFANY HELMBRECHT
WAS NAMED TO THE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM.
TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. CLARA KEIM, 29, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING ON OLIVE AND DIDN'T STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND WAS STRUCK BY SANDRA KENNEDY, AGE 56, OF MAQUOKETA. KEIM WAS CHARGED. NO INJURIES.
JOEL GIESWEIN, AGE 15, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AT 8 THIS MORNING. HE WAS DRIVING EAST ON 258TH STREET, 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAMOTTEE, CAME TO A CURVE AND LOST CONTROL AND WENT INTO THE DITCH. THE 98 MERCURY WAS TOTALLED. NO INJURIES.
HE ATTENDS MARQUETTE HIGH SCHOOL IN BELLEVUE AND WAS ON HIS WAY TO SCHOOL.
THERE WILL BE A CONTEST FOR MAYOR OF MAQUOKETA THIS NOVEMBER. MAYOR TOM MESSERLI WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION AND HE WILL BE CHALLENGED BY PAM ROSENBERG. HER HUSBAND, JACK, ALSO FILED FOR 5TH WARD COUNCIL. HE WAS MAYOR UNTIL DEFEATED BY MESSERLI IN THE ELECTION 2 YEARS AGO. HE SEEKS COUNCIL POSITION IN 5TH WARD, VACATED BY STEVE FLYNN WHO IS MOVING FROM THE CITY TO RURAL MAQUOKETA.
ALVIN BARTEN IN THE FIRST WARD, IS NOT RUNNING AGAIN, SO WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER NEW COUNCILMAN THERE. I HOPE HE CHANGES HIS MIND AS I THINK HE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB. COUNCILMAN TIM CHAPIN HAS NOT SAID IF HE WILL RUN AGAIN AND FORMER COUNCILMAN NEIL MOREHEAD IS CIRCULATING NOMINATING FORMS FOR THAT POSITION. NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILMAN TIM CLARK SAID HE WILL RUN AGAIN AND COUNCILMAN JIM BOLLMAN IS UNDECIDED YET. TWO SEATS ARE NOT UP THIS YEAR....THE ONES OCCUPIED BY TOM SCHUELLER AND JOHN CRESSEY.
COURT NEWS: THOMAS WEIPERT OF MAQUOEKTA, AGE 39, WAS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ASSAULT BECAUSE HE PUNCHED HIS FIST THROUGH A SCREEN WINDOW AND HHIT HIS GIRLFRIEND IN THE FACE ON APRIL 27TH.
JEAN WILLIAMSON HAMMILL OF CEDAR RAPIDS, AGE 83, DIED SUNDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, CAROL HAMMILL OF MAQUOKETA.
RED HENTON IS 83 TODAY. CALL HIM TONIGHT AND WISH HIM HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 1-563-652-5698.
'TILL NEXT TIME, TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM HAD THEIR FIRST COMPETITION OF THE SEASON LAST NIGHT IN A ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT AND CAME IN 2ND. BELLEVUE MARQUETTE WENT 3 AND 0 IN THE TOURNY AND MAQUOKETA, 2 AND 1. ALSO IN THE TOURNAMENT, PRESTON AND ANDREW. TIFFANY HELMBRECHT
WAS NAMED TO THE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM.
TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. CLARA KEIM, 29, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING ON OLIVE AND DIDN'T STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND WAS STRUCK BY SANDRA KENNEDY, AGE 56, OF MAQUOKETA. KEIM WAS CHARGED. NO INJURIES.
JOEL GIESWEIN, AGE 15, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AT 8 THIS MORNING. HE WAS DRIVING EAST ON 258TH STREET, 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAMOTTEE, CAME TO A CURVE AND LOST CONTROL AND WENT INTO THE DITCH. THE 98 MERCURY WAS TOTALLED. NO INJURIES.
HE ATTENDS MARQUETTE HIGH SCHOOL IN BELLEVUE AND WAS ON HIS WAY TO SCHOOL.
THERE WILL BE A CONTEST FOR MAYOR OF MAQUOKETA THIS NOVEMBER. MAYOR TOM MESSERLI WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION AND HE WILL BE CHALLENGED BY PAM ROSENBERG. HER HUSBAND, JACK, ALSO FILED FOR 5TH WARD COUNCIL. HE WAS MAYOR UNTIL DEFEATED BY MESSERLI IN THE ELECTION 2 YEARS AGO. HE SEEKS COUNCIL POSITION IN 5TH WARD, VACATED BY STEVE FLYNN WHO IS MOVING FROM THE CITY TO RURAL MAQUOKETA.
ALVIN BARTEN IN THE FIRST WARD, IS NOT RUNNING AGAIN, SO WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER NEW COUNCILMAN THERE. I HOPE HE CHANGES HIS MIND AS I THINK HE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB. COUNCILMAN TIM CHAPIN HAS NOT SAID IF HE WILL RUN AGAIN AND FORMER COUNCILMAN NEIL MOREHEAD IS CIRCULATING NOMINATING FORMS FOR THAT POSITION. NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILMAN TIM CLARK SAID HE WILL RUN AGAIN AND COUNCILMAN JIM BOLLMAN IS UNDECIDED YET. TWO SEATS ARE NOT UP THIS YEAR....THE ONES OCCUPIED BY TOM SCHUELLER AND JOHN CRESSEY.
COURT NEWS: THOMAS WEIPERT OF MAQUOEKTA, AGE 39, WAS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ASSAULT BECAUSE HE PUNCHED HIS FIST THROUGH A SCREEN WINDOW AND HHIT HIS GIRLFRIEND IN THE FACE ON APRIL 27TH.
JEAN WILLIAMSON HAMMILL OF CEDAR RAPIDS, AGE 83, DIED SUNDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, CAROL HAMMILL OF MAQUOKETA.
RED HENTON IS 83 TODAY. CALL HIM TONIGHT AND WISH HIM HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 1-563-652-5698.
'TILL NEXT TIME, TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, September 02, 2003
80 TODAY...NICE DAY.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE HOSPITAL BOARD NEEDS ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER TO REPLACE GERALD GJERDE WHO MOVED TO DEWITT. TWO PEOPLE HAVE INDICATED INTEREST, BUT THE BOARD SAYS IT WOULD LIKE MORE CANDIDATES. THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE A MONTH.
CAR QUEST...(FORMER CORNELIUS FARM STORE AND DAGUE EQUIPMENT BUILDING) WAS BROKEN INTO OVER THE WEEKEND. POP AND CANDY TAKEN.
MARK BLANCHARD OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED $80 WORTH OF CD'S TAKEN FROM HIS VEHICLE.
RICH HAINSTOCK, OWNER OF THE GOLF DRIVING RANGE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA, REPORTED A GOLF FLAG AND WOODEN CUTUT OF A GOLFER WERE BOTH TAKEN OVER THE WEEKEND...TOTAL VALUE, $150.
SEVEN PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED ON DRUNK DRIVING CHARGES OVER THE WEEKEND IN JACKSON COUNTY. ONE GUY, FROM MANCHESTER, FOR HIS 5TH OFFENSE OWI.
2/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN MAQUOKETA.
GIRL BORN LAST TUESDAY TO TIM AND SUSAN GAVIN MEIER OF MARSHALLTOWN. GRANDPARENTS ARE JACK AND BEATRICE GAVIN OF MAQUOKETA.
CLARENCE "CUZ" IRWIN, JR. OF KAHL HOME IN DAVENPORT AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY MORNING. HE FARMER WITH HIS BROTHER GLEN FOR MANY YEARS AND LATER RAN A DAIRY FARM. NO LOCAL SURVIVORS.
CLAUDIA GIESWEIN (HUSBAND IS Dr. KIRK) OF MAQUOKETA IS THE NEW OWNER OF...... THE COTTAGE .......SOUP, SANDWICH AND GIFT SHOP IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. SHE TOOK OVER OPERATION TODAY AFTER THE PURCHASE FROM KAREN (MRS. BOB) THOMAS OF MAQUOKETA. NO IMMEDIATE CHANGES PLANNED.
NEW PAINT JOBS DOWNTOWN: KRISTINO'S PIZZA. OSTERHAUS PHARMACY. 3-STORY BUILDING OWNED BY TOM PEKOSH, NEXT TO HIS LAW OFFICE AND NEXT TO VOY 1 AND 2 THEATRE BUILDING....THE HURST HOTEL.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE HOSPITAL BOARD NEEDS ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER TO REPLACE GERALD GJERDE WHO MOVED TO DEWITT. TWO PEOPLE HAVE INDICATED INTEREST, BUT THE BOARD SAYS IT WOULD LIKE MORE CANDIDATES. THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE A MONTH.
CAR QUEST...(FORMER CORNELIUS FARM STORE AND DAGUE EQUIPMENT BUILDING) WAS BROKEN INTO OVER THE WEEKEND. POP AND CANDY TAKEN.
MARK BLANCHARD OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED $80 WORTH OF CD'S TAKEN FROM HIS VEHICLE.
RICH HAINSTOCK, OWNER OF THE GOLF DRIVING RANGE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA, REPORTED A GOLF FLAG AND WOODEN CUTUT OF A GOLFER WERE BOTH TAKEN OVER THE WEEKEND...TOTAL VALUE, $150.
SEVEN PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED ON DRUNK DRIVING CHARGES OVER THE WEEKEND IN JACKSON COUNTY. ONE GUY, FROM MANCHESTER, FOR HIS 5TH OFFENSE OWI.
2/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN MAQUOKETA.
GIRL BORN LAST TUESDAY TO TIM AND SUSAN GAVIN MEIER OF MARSHALLTOWN. GRANDPARENTS ARE JACK AND BEATRICE GAVIN OF MAQUOKETA.
CLARENCE "CUZ" IRWIN, JR. OF KAHL HOME IN DAVENPORT AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY MORNING. HE FARMER WITH HIS BROTHER GLEN FOR MANY YEARS AND LATER RAN A DAIRY FARM. NO LOCAL SURVIVORS.
CLAUDIA GIESWEIN (HUSBAND IS Dr. KIRK) OF MAQUOKETA IS THE NEW OWNER OF...... THE COTTAGE .......SOUP, SANDWICH AND GIFT SHOP IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. SHE TOOK OVER OPERATION TODAY AFTER THE PURCHASE FROM KAREN (MRS. BOB) THOMAS OF MAQUOKETA. NO IMMEDIATE CHANGES PLANNED.
NEW PAINT JOBS DOWNTOWN: KRISTINO'S PIZZA. OSTERHAUS PHARMACY. 3-STORY BUILDING OWNED BY TOM PEKOSH, NEXT TO HIS LAW OFFICE AND NEXT TO VOY 1 AND 2 THEATRE BUILDING....THE HURST HOTEL.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
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