NICER DAY TODAY....SUNNY, A LITTLE BREEZY AND A HIGH OF 41.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THEIR 2ND GAME OF THE SEASON LAST NIGHT, AT GOOSE LAKE, LOOSING TO NORTHEAST BY A SCORE OF 60 TO 50. BROOKE DAVIS WAS TOP SCORER FOR MAQUOKETA WITH 14 AND RIGHT BEHIND HER WITH 13,
TIFFANY HELMBRECHT. THE GIRL'S RECORD NOW IS O AND 2 AND THEY PLAY THEIR 3RD NON-CONFERENDE GAME TONIGHT,
HOSTING MOUNT PLEASANT.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY AT CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON.
THE WRESTLERS OPEN THE SEASON AT CLINTON NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT, AGAINST CLINTON AND NORTH SCOTT.
POLICE BLOTTER: MERLE KLOSSNER OF MAQUOKETA, REPORTED TWO PASSENGER TIRES ON HIS VEHICLE WERE SLASHED LAST NIGHT AT HIS RESIDENCE, 1117 EAST PLATT STREET.
DR. MICHAEL AND NINA LAUGHLIN OF ELDRIDGE ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN WEDNESDAY AT GENESIS HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE GERALD AND CAROLYN LAUGHLIN OF MAQUOKETA. PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE JIM AND NANCY BELLMORE AND ROSETTE LAUGHLIN, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.
JAY AND CHRISTY WERTZBERGER OF DUBUQUE ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN YESTERDAY AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE. GREAT-GRANDMOTHER IS LOIS DONATCH OF MAQUOKETA.
GLATHA ENGEL, AGE 94, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SERVICES TUESDAY AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME. AFTER HER MARRIAGE, SHE FARMED WITH HER HUSBAND IN RURAL MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, BOB ENGEL OF MAQUOEKTA AND HIS WIFE BEVERLY, ALSO 3 GRANDCHILDREN AND 8 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
HAVE A NICE SUNDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, November 28, 2003
CLOUDY, STRONG WINDS, AND HIGH OF 30 TODAY.
WARMER TOMORROW.
OVER 100 ENJOYED THANKSGIVING DINNER YESTERDAY AT THE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA....MAQUOKETA'S ANNUAL COMMUNITY DINNER.
"THE LOFT" RESTAURANT AND BAR IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN SOLD BY OWNER JUDY BOWLING, WHO HAS RUN IT FOR 25 YEARS. SHE WILL RETIRE. NEW OWNERS ARE SHERRY AND RANDY HICKS OF DELMAR. MRS. HICKS WILL BE INVOLVED THE MOST AS MR. HICKS HAS A FULLTIME JOB IN THE QUAD CITIES. THE POPULAR PLACE IS UPSTAIRS....AND HAD AS ITS SLOGAN..."A SHORT CLIMB TO A GREAT TIME".
LAURIE STERBENZ AT 302 N. 5TH STREET REPORTED TO POLICE THAT SOMEONE TOOK A 7-FOOT LIGHTED CHRISTMAS TREE FROM HER YARD.
NO BIRTHS AND NO DEATHS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
WARMER TOMORROW.
OVER 100 ENJOYED THANKSGIVING DINNER YESTERDAY AT THE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA....MAQUOKETA'S ANNUAL COMMUNITY DINNER.
"THE LOFT" RESTAURANT AND BAR IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN SOLD BY OWNER JUDY BOWLING, WHO HAS RUN IT FOR 25 YEARS. SHE WILL RETIRE. NEW OWNERS ARE SHERRY AND RANDY HICKS OF DELMAR. MRS. HICKS WILL BE INVOLVED THE MOST AS MR. HICKS HAS A FULLTIME JOB IN THE QUAD CITIES. THE POPULAR PLACE IS UPSTAIRS....AND HAD AS ITS SLOGAN..."A SHORT CLIMB TO A GREAT TIME".
LAURIE STERBENZ AT 302 N. 5TH STREET REPORTED TO POLICE THAT SOMEONE TOOK A 7-FOOT LIGHTED CHRISTMAS TREE FROM HER YARD.
NO BIRTHS AND NO DEATHS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
PARTY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 46 TODAY, 5 HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY. TOMORROW, PARTY SUNNY AND COLDER.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THEIR OPENING BASKETBALL GAME OF THE SEASON, AT CEDAR RAPIDS LAST NIGHT.
THEY HAVE 2 MORE GAMES THIS WEEK. THE BOYS HAVE THEIR FIRST GAME NEXT WEEK.
WENT TO THE SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE NEW GASSER'S TRUE VALUE HARDWARE LAST NIGHT. BIG TURNOUT. BIG STORE.
20,000 SQUARE FEET AND IT IS ALSO BRIGHTLY LIGHTED AND A BEAUTIFUL STORE. IT OPENS FOR BUSINESS FRIDAY.
THE OWNER AND HIS WIFE ARE FROM WISCONSIN AND THEY HAVE TWO SONS IN THE BUSINESS WITH THEM AND ONE SON IS IN CHARGE OF THIS STORE AND THE LANCASTER STORE.
THEY HAVE I BELIEVE 6 STORES. STORE IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE FLAPJACK RESTAURANT, ACROSS WEST PLATT STREET IN AN AREA THAT WAS AS CATTLE GRAZING FIELD A COUPLE YEARS OR SO AGO.
THE HOSPITAL BOARD MET YESTERDAY AND BOUGHT 3 EQUIPMENT ITEMS TOTALING JUST OVER $10,000.
IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEW SKILLED NURSING UNIT WILL BE FINISHED DECEMBER 9TH AND PATIENTS WILL BE MOVED FROM THE OLD UNIT INTO THE NEW THAT DAY.
NO BIRTHS.
NO MAQUOKETA DEATHS.
HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THEIR OPENING BASKETBALL GAME OF THE SEASON, AT CEDAR RAPIDS LAST NIGHT.
THEY HAVE 2 MORE GAMES THIS WEEK. THE BOYS HAVE THEIR FIRST GAME NEXT WEEK.
WENT TO THE SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE NEW GASSER'S TRUE VALUE HARDWARE LAST NIGHT. BIG TURNOUT. BIG STORE.
20,000 SQUARE FEET AND IT IS ALSO BRIGHTLY LIGHTED AND A BEAUTIFUL STORE. IT OPENS FOR BUSINESS FRIDAY.
THE OWNER AND HIS WIFE ARE FROM WISCONSIN AND THEY HAVE TWO SONS IN THE BUSINESS WITH THEM AND ONE SON IS IN CHARGE OF THIS STORE AND THE LANCASTER STORE.
THEY HAVE I BELIEVE 6 STORES. STORE IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE FLAPJACK RESTAURANT, ACROSS WEST PLATT STREET IN AN AREA THAT WAS AS CATTLE GRAZING FIELD A COUPLE YEARS OR SO AGO.
THE HOSPITAL BOARD MET YESTERDAY AND BOUGHT 3 EQUIPMENT ITEMS TOTALING JUST OVER $10,000.
IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEW SKILLED NURSING UNIT WILL BE FINISHED DECEMBER 9TH AND PATIENTS WILL BE MOVED FROM THE OLD UNIT INTO THE NEW THAT DAY.
NO BIRTHS.
NO MAQUOKETA DEATHS.
HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, November 24, 2003
SUNNY BUT COLD TODAY, HIGH OF 30.
OVER INCH OF RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT.
TRIED TO DO THIS REPORT EARLIER FROM STATION, BUT COULDN'T BRING THIS FORM UP, SO NOW DOING IT AT HOME.
WENT TO BOB EGGERS BENEFIT YESTERDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. HE HAD A RARE BLOODCLOT ON HIS SPINAL CORD AND IS SLOWLY RECUPERATING. NEARLY 11-HUNDRED HAD DINNER YESTERDAY AND THEY ALSO HAD A SUCCESSFUL AUCTION.
DURWARD GOHLMANN, 91, DIED SATURDAY AT LOCAL HOSPITAL. FUNERAL IS TOMORROW AT CARSON'S. HE WAS A FARMER, THEN SOLD INSURANCE. WAS ACTIVE IN HIS CHURCH AND COMMUNITY.
HE AND I WERE LONGTIME LIONS CLUB MEMBERS AND HE WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS GOOD JOKES AND ALWAYS DID VERY WELL SELLING RAFFLE CHANCES. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, IRENE, SON MERLYN OF MAQUOKETA, SON GAYLN OF GRINNELL, DAUGHTER MYRNA LARKEY OF MAQUOKETA, DAUGHTER MARLENE HICKS OF WHEATLAND, AND DAUGHTER KATHY BECKER OF MAQUOKETA...ALSO 23 GRAND CHILDREN AND 42 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. GOOD GUY!
MERLE REYNOLDS WON OUR LICENSE NUMBER DRAWING TODAY, FOR $13.20, KMAQ'S AN FREQUENCY IN CASH. WHEN HE STOPPED IN FOR MONEY HE TOLD ME THAT HE AND EVELYN WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 57TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY THIS THURSDAY, THANKSGIVING DAY.
THAT'S IT FOR A MONDAY.
DENNIS VOY
OVER INCH OF RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT.
TRIED TO DO THIS REPORT EARLIER FROM STATION, BUT COULDN'T BRING THIS FORM UP, SO NOW DOING IT AT HOME.
WENT TO BOB EGGERS BENEFIT YESTERDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. HE HAD A RARE BLOODCLOT ON HIS SPINAL CORD AND IS SLOWLY RECUPERATING. NEARLY 11-HUNDRED HAD DINNER YESTERDAY AND THEY ALSO HAD A SUCCESSFUL AUCTION.
DURWARD GOHLMANN, 91, DIED SATURDAY AT LOCAL HOSPITAL. FUNERAL IS TOMORROW AT CARSON'S. HE WAS A FARMER, THEN SOLD INSURANCE. WAS ACTIVE IN HIS CHURCH AND COMMUNITY.
HE AND I WERE LONGTIME LIONS CLUB MEMBERS AND HE WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS GOOD JOKES AND ALWAYS DID VERY WELL SELLING RAFFLE CHANCES. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, IRENE, SON MERLYN OF MAQUOKETA, SON GAYLN OF GRINNELL, DAUGHTER MYRNA LARKEY OF MAQUOKETA, DAUGHTER MARLENE HICKS OF WHEATLAND, AND DAUGHTER KATHY BECKER OF MAQUOKETA...ALSO 23 GRAND CHILDREN AND 42 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. GOOD GUY!
MERLE REYNOLDS WON OUR LICENSE NUMBER DRAWING TODAY, FOR $13.20, KMAQ'S AN FREQUENCY IN CASH. WHEN HE STOPPED IN FOR MONEY HE TOLD ME THAT HE AND EVELYN WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 57TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY THIS THURSDAY, THANKSGIVING DAY.
THAT'S IT FOR A MONDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, November 21, 2003
CLOUDY AND COOL TODAY, HIGH 47. SNOW EXPECTED MONDAY.
MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED TODAY TO JEZABELL'S BITS AND PIECES IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA (SANDWICH, SOUP, DESSERT AND ANTIQUE
PLACE) BECAUSE OF A REPORT OF SMOKE IN BUILDING. THE OWNER WAS DOING COOKING IN THE REAR, AND APPARENTLY LEFT A PAN UNATTENDED. NO FIRE, JUST SMOKE.
JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN OCTOBER REMAINED AT 5.7 PERCENT, SAME AS SEPTEMBER. A YEAR AGO,IT WAS AT 4.6. ALL OTHER COUNTIES AROUND WERE LOWER THAN JACKSON COUNTY.
MICK LAUGHLIN HIT NOT ONE, BUT TWO DEER LAST NIGHT NEAR THE MAQUOKETA RIVER BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 61. DAMAGE TO HIS VEHICLE, $4,500. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES.
DENISE AND JEFF SWANSON HAD A BOY THIS PAST MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE PETTE AND LINDA SWANSON OF RURAL MAQUOEKTA. MATERNAL GRANDMOHTER IS LILLIAN SCHMITZ OF MAQUOKETA.
A BOY WAS BORN YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL TO KIM DOTTERWICH OF MAQUOKETA AND BRYAN EDWARDS OF MAQUOKETA. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE
JERRY AND COLLEEN DOTTERWICH OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT THE CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR RALPH HEINZEL, AGE 86, OF MAQUOKETA. HE DIED YESTERDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
BIG GAME TOMORROW BETWEEN IOWA AND WISCOSIN...AT MADISON.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED TODAY TO JEZABELL'S BITS AND PIECES IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA (SANDWICH, SOUP, DESSERT AND ANTIQUE
PLACE) BECAUSE OF A REPORT OF SMOKE IN BUILDING. THE OWNER WAS DOING COOKING IN THE REAR, AND APPARENTLY LEFT A PAN UNATTENDED. NO FIRE, JUST SMOKE.
JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN OCTOBER REMAINED AT 5.7 PERCENT, SAME AS SEPTEMBER. A YEAR AGO,IT WAS AT 4.6. ALL OTHER COUNTIES AROUND WERE LOWER THAN JACKSON COUNTY.
MICK LAUGHLIN HIT NOT ONE, BUT TWO DEER LAST NIGHT NEAR THE MAQUOKETA RIVER BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 61. DAMAGE TO HIS VEHICLE, $4,500. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES.
DENISE AND JEFF SWANSON HAD A BOY THIS PAST MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE PETTE AND LINDA SWANSON OF RURAL MAQUOEKTA. MATERNAL GRANDMOHTER IS LILLIAN SCHMITZ OF MAQUOKETA.
A BOY WAS BORN YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL TO KIM DOTTERWICH OF MAQUOKETA AND BRYAN EDWARDS OF MAQUOKETA. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE
JERRY AND COLLEEN DOTTERWICH OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT THE CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR RALPH HEINZEL, AGE 86, OF MAQUOKETA. HE DIED YESTERDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
BIG GAME TOMORROW BETWEEN IOWA AND WISCOSIN...AT MADISON.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, November 20, 2003
BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY, HIGH OF 69, BUT WINTER WEATHER IS NEXT.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL DEFEATED THE DEFENDING CHAMPION CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 19TH ANNUAL ACADEMIC QUIZ BOWL PRESENTED BY AND HELD AT CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THERE WERE 11 SCHOOLS IN THE COMPETITION. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CARDINALS.
YESTERDAY, I REPORTED THAT KATHY CAVEN JACOBY, AGE 54, OF SWISHER, IOWA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED WEDNESDAY AT CEDAR RAPIDS. MORE NOW. SHE DIED OF COMPLICATIONS FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
SHE GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH IN 1967 AND FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER HUSBAND CHARLES, HER PARENTS, SAM AND MARY CAVEN OF BALDWIN, AND 4 BROTHERS, INCLUDING JOHN, KENNY AND NEIL CAVEN OF MAQUOKETA.
BILL BURMAHL, AGE 93, OF MAQUOKETA AND FORMERLY OF SPRAGUEVILLE, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
HE FARMED ALL HIS LIFE IN THE SPRAGUEVILLE AREA. HE WAS LIVING AT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE AND IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER, WANDA CORNELIUS OF RURAL BELLEVUE, PLUS 3 GRANDCHILDREN AND 7 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
THAT'S IT.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL DEFEATED THE DEFENDING CHAMPION CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 19TH ANNUAL ACADEMIC QUIZ BOWL PRESENTED BY AND HELD AT CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THERE WERE 11 SCHOOLS IN THE COMPETITION. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CARDINALS.
YESTERDAY, I REPORTED THAT KATHY CAVEN JACOBY, AGE 54, OF SWISHER, IOWA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED WEDNESDAY AT CEDAR RAPIDS. MORE NOW. SHE DIED OF COMPLICATIONS FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
SHE GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH IN 1967 AND FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER HUSBAND CHARLES, HER PARENTS, SAM AND MARY CAVEN OF BALDWIN, AND 4 BROTHERS, INCLUDING JOHN, KENNY AND NEIL CAVEN OF MAQUOKETA.
BILL BURMAHL, AGE 93, OF MAQUOKETA AND FORMERLY OF SPRAGUEVILLE, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
HE FARMED ALL HIS LIFE IN THE SPRAGUEVILLE AREA. HE WAS LIVING AT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE AND IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER, WANDA CORNELIUS OF RURAL BELLEVUE, PLUS 3 GRANDCHILDREN AND 7 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
THAT'S IT.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
SUNNY TODAY, AND IN THE 50'S. TOMORROW, MID 60'S.
THE BEAR CREEK NARCOTICS TASK FORCE FOUND DRUGS AND MATERIALS USED TO MAKE DRUGS DURING A RAID AT 1301 EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA SUNDAY NIGHT, IN APARTMENT #109. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AS OF TODAY.
DEBORAH MCCONCHIE, AGE 35, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS FINED $282 ON AMENDED CHARGES OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT. SHE WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE. MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY DURING AN ARGUMENT WITH HER LIVE-IN BOYFRIEND, BRIAN HOSCH, ON OCTBER 6TH, SHE THREW A CAST IRON SKILLET AT HIM. HE RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.
ANGELA KOPPANG OF MAQUOKETA IS THE MOTHER OF A BOY, BORN WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH AT THE JACKSON
COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JOE AND BOBBIE REISTROFFER OF BELLEVUE.
KATHY CAVEN JACOBY, AGE 54, OF SWISHER, IOWA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL IN CEDAR RAPIDS. SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S IN MAQUOKETA.
THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ARE UP IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA...AND IN THE KMAQ RECEPTION AREA.
HERE IN THE TIMBER CITY, IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS.
DENNIS VOY
THE BEAR CREEK NARCOTICS TASK FORCE FOUND DRUGS AND MATERIALS USED TO MAKE DRUGS DURING A RAID AT 1301 EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA SUNDAY NIGHT, IN APARTMENT #109. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AS OF TODAY.
DEBORAH MCCONCHIE, AGE 35, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS FINED $282 ON AMENDED CHARGES OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT. SHE WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE. MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY DURING AN ARGUMENT WITH HER LIVE-IN BOYFRIEND, BRIAN HOSCH, ON OCTBER 6TH, SHE THREW A CAST IRON SKILLET AT HIM. HE RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.
ANGELA KOPPANG OF MAQUOKETA IS THE MOTHER OF A BOY, BORN WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH AT THE JACKSON
COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JOE AND BOBBIE REISTROFFER OF BELLEVUE.
KATHY CAVEN JACOBY, AGE 54, OF SWISHER, IOWA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL IN CEDAR RAPIDS. SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S IN MAQUOKETA.
THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ARE UP IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA...AND IN THE KMAQ RECEPTION AREA.
HERE IN THE TIMBER CITY, IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
ABOUT 1/10 INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT...CLOUDY AND WARM AND BREEZY TODAY, HIGH IN 50'S.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WILL APPLY FOR A $600,000 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT TO GET RID OF THE RADIUM IN THE CITY WATER. THE OVERALL COST FOR THE PROJECT IS LISTED AT $2.9 MILLION. THE REST OF THE MONEY, WOULD COME FROM THE CITY ISSUING REVENUE BONDS AND THE BONDS DO NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC VOTE.
POLICE BLOTTER: TIM ARRICK, 416 N. 5TH STREET, SAID SOMEONE SLASHEDTHE TIRES ON HIS VEHICLE SUNDAY NIGHT.
TODD AND AMY PECKOSH OF BELLEVUE ARE PARENTS OF TWINS BORN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JERRY AND MARY ANN HEINZEL OF MAQUOKETA AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE TOM AND PAM PECKOSH OF BELLEVUE AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA.
JAMES BRYSON, AGE 56, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED NOVEMBER 12TH AT THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA.
HE HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA SINCE MAY OF 2002. THERE ARE
NO IMMEDIATE SURVIVORS. HE WORKED AT SHELTERED WORKSHOPS IN VARIOUS CITIES, INCLUDING GLENWOOD, WOODWARD AND GUTTENBERG.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WILL APPLY FOR A $600,000 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT TO GET RID OF THE RADIUM IN THE CITY WATER. THE OVERALL COST FOR THE PROJECT IS LISTED AT $2.9 MILLION. THE REST OF THE MONEY, WOULD COME FROM THE CITY ISSUING REVENUE BONDS AND THE BONDS DO NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC VOTE.
POLICE BLOTTER: TIM ARRICK, 416 N. 5TH STREET, SAID SOMEONE SLASHEDTHE TIRES ON HIS VEHICLE SUNDAY NIGHT.
TODD AND AMY PECKOSH OF BELLEVUE ARE PARENTS OF TWINS BORN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JERRY AND MARY ANN HEINZEL OF MAQUOKETA AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE TOM AND PAM PECKOSH OF BELLEVUE AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA.
JAMES BRYSON, AGE 56, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED NOVEMBER 12TH AT THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA.
HE HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA SINCE MAY OF 2002. THERE ARE
NO IMMEDIATE SURVIVORS. HE WORKED AT SHELTERED WORKSHOPS IN VARIOUS CITIES, INCLUDING GLENWOOD, WOODWARD AND GUTTENBERG.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, November 17, 2003
LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON..HIGH OF 51....MORE HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT...MORE TOMORROW, WITH SUNNY WEATHER COMING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
A BODY FOUND IN A WOODED AREA AT RURAL LOST NATION LAST THURSDAY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ADRIAN EWALD, AGE 52, OF KINGSTON, ILLINOIS. HE HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE JULY 1ST. DENTAL RECORDS WERE USED TO IDENTIFY THE BODY. HIS REMAINS WERE FOUND NEAR HIS MOTORCYCLE BY A FARMER AND THE STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS REPORT SAYS EWALD DIED OF A SELF-INFLICTED GUN SHOT.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, LYNN KASEMODEL, AGE 44, IS AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY AFTER FALLING OFF A 20-FOOT CLIFF LAST NIGHT ABOUT 6 O'CLOCK, WHILE DEER HUNTING. HE WAS HUNTING WITH KELLY OBERBRECKLING ON PROPERTY NEAR IRON HILL. HE WAS GOING TO RETRIEVE A FLASHLIGHT AND WALKED OFF THE 20 FOOT CLIFF.
RESCUE SQUAD MEMBERS HAD TO FIND HIM AND THEN HAUL H IM ABOUT 200 YARDS TO A WAITING AMBULANCE.
HE IS BEING TREATED FOR SERIOUS INJURIES BUT NO CONDITION REPORT WAS AVAILABLE TODAY FROM THE HOSPITAL.
THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND A STATE FIRE MARSHALL ARE INVESTIGATING AN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FIRE AT A MAQUOKETA HOME. THE HOME AT 305 S. OLIVE WAS GUTTED BY FIRE AT ABOUT 3:30 A.M. SUNDAY. NO ONE WAS AT HOME AT THE TIME. NEIGHBORS SAY THE HOME IS OWNED BY SHELLY RUSSELL AND APPARENTLY RENTED BY KELLY NIMS OR HER BROTHER, BLAINE NIMS. FIRECHIEF MARK BECK SAID FLAMES WERE SHOOTING FROM EVERY WINDOW WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED. IT TOOK ABOUT 3 HOURS TO COMPLETELY PUT OUT THE FIRE. NEIGHBORS SAY THEY SAW A MAN RUN FROM THE HOUSE ABOUT 1 A.M. SUNDAY. A PICTURE OF THE HOUSE
IS ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS...GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE.
NOAH MOSES, AGE 23, OF MAQUOKETA IS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON A $6,500 CASH BOND ON CHARGES OF BURGLARY IN THE 3RD OFFENSE. MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY HE GOT INTO THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA COMPOUND YARD FRIDAY NIGHT AND ALLEGEDLY TOOK REGISTRATION AND INSURANCE PAPERWORK FROM A VEHICLE AS WELL AS KEYS FROM A VEHICLE.
PATRICK SPAIN OF MAQUOKETA APPEARED IN MAGISTRATE COURT ON AN AUGUST 30TH CHARGE OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, MARIJUANA.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
RAYMOND DERGANZ, AGE 82, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SUNDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE FARMED FOR MANY YEARS NORTH OF MAQUOKETA AND ALSO WORKED AT THE MAQUOKETA LIGHT PLANT AS AN OPERATOR FOR OVER 17 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1982. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, GERTRUDE AND 1 SON AND 3 DAUGHTERS.
MAQUOKETA SENIOR TIFFANY HELMBRECHT HAS SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL AT MARQUETTE UNIVERITY IN MILWAUKEE. THIS PAST SEASON, SHE GARNERED ALL CONFERENCE HONORS. SHE WAS ALSO NAMED TO THE WAMAC CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM.
DON'T FORGET TO GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE FOR THE HOUSE FIRE PICTURER ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
A BODY FOUND IN A WOODED AREA AT RURAL LOST NATION LAST THURSDAY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ADRIAN EWALD, AGE 52, OF KINGSTON, ILLINOIS. HE HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE JULY 1ST. DENTAL RECORDS WERE USED TO IDENTIFY THE BODY. HIS REMAINS WERE FOUND NEAR HIS MOTORCYCLE BY A FARMER AND THE STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS REPORT SAYS EWALD DIED OF A SELF-INFLICTED GUN SHOT.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, LYNN KASEMODEL, AGE 44, IS AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY AFTER FALLING OFF A 20-FOOT CLIFF LAST NIGHT ABOUT 6 O'CLOCK, WHILE DEER HUNTING. HE WAS HUNTING WITH KELLY OBERBRECKLING ON PROPERTY NEAR IRON HILL. HE WAS GOING TO RETRIEVE A FLASHLIGHT AND WALKED OFF THE 20 FOOT CLIFF.
RESCUE SQUAD MEMBERS HAD TO FIND HIM AND THEN HAUL H IM ABOUT 200 YARDS TO A WAITING AMBULANCE.
HE IS BEING TREATED FOR SERIOUS INJURIES BUT NO CONDITION REPORT WAS AVAILABLE TODAY FROM THE HOSPITAL.
THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND A STATE FIRE MARSHALL ARE INVESTIGATING AN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FIRE AT A MAQUOKETA HOME. THE HOME AT 305 S. OLIVE WAS GUTTED BY FIRE AT ABOUT 3:30 A.M. SUNDAY. NO ONE WAS AT HOME AT THE TIME. NEIGHBORS SAY THE HOME IS OWNED BY SHELLY RUSSELL AND APPARENTLY RENTED BY KELLY NIMS OR HER BROTHER, BLAINE NIMS. FIRECHIEF MARK BECK SAID FLAMES WERE SHOOTING FROM EVERY WINDOW WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED. IT TOOK ABOUT 3 HOURS TO COMPLETELY PUT OUT THE FIRE. NEIGHBORS SAY THEY SAW A MAN RUN FROM THE HOUSE ABOUT 1 A.M. SUNDAY. A PICTURE OF THE HOUSE
IS ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS...GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE.
NOAH MOSES, AGE 23, OF MAQUOKETA IS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON A $6,500 CASH BOND ON CHARGES OF BURGLARY IN THE 3RD OFFENSE. MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY HE GOT INTO THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA COMPOUND YARD FRIDAY NIGHT AND ALLEGEDLY TOOK REGISTRATION AND INSURANCE PAPERWORK FROM A VEHICLE AS WELL AS KEYS FROM A VEHICLE.
PATRICK SPAIN OF MAQUOKETA APPEARED IN MAGISTRATE COURT ON AN AUGUST 30TH CHARGE OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, MARIJUANA.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
RAYMOND DERGANZ, AGE 82, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SUNDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE FARMED FOR MANY YEARS NORTH OF MAQUOKETA AND ALSO WORKED AT THE MAQUOKETA LIGHT PLANT AS AN OPERATOR FOR OVER 17 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1982. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, GERTRUDE AND 1 SON AND 3 DAUGHTERS.
MAQUOKETA SENIOR TIFFANY HELMBRECHT HAS SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL AT MARQUETTE UNIVERITY IN MILWAUKEE. THIS PAST SEASON, SHE GARNERED ALL CONFERENCE HONORS. SHE WAS ALSO NAMED TO THE WAMAC CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM.
DON'T FORGET TO GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE FOR THE HOUSE FIRE PICTURER ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, November 14, 2003
CLOUDY TODAY, HIGH IN LOW 40'S.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, A MOTORCYCLE WAS FOUND IN A WOODED AREA NEAR LOST NATION, WRECKED, AND THE DEAD BODY OF THE OWNER NEARBY. NO OTHER DETAILS. THE MAN WAS LISTED AS "MISSING" BY THTE DEKALB, ILLINOIS SHERIFF'S OFFICE. APPARENTLY, HE HAD AN ACCIDENT AND NO ONE SAW THE ACCIDENT OR THE CYCLE WHERE IT LANDED.
SNOWMOBILE ROUTES FOR JACKSON COUNTY WERE DISCUSSED THIS WEEK AT SUPERVISORS OFFICEMEETING AND NO
DECISION WAS MADE ON THE ASKED-FOR ROUTES.
NEXT WEEK IS AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK AND OPEN HOUSES ARE SCHEDULED AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, WITH CITIZENS INVITED TO EAT LUNCH, AT ABOUT $2, AT THE SCHOOLS. THE TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL HAVE THIER OBSERVANCE IN DECEMBER AND INVITE CITIZENS TO BREAKFAST AT THEIR SCHOOLS.
A MAQUOKETA BUSINESS REPORTED SOME VANDALISM. MIKE HEINRICH OF HEINRICH CHIROPRACTIC, 620 S. MAIN STREET, SAID SOMEONE PUT A HOLE IN THE WINDOW OF THE BUSINESS. MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.
THAT IS THE SAME LOCATION THAT FOR MANY YEARS WAS HEPKER CHIROPRACTIC.
FAY MOELLER OF MAQUOEKTA IS 94 TOMORROW. SEE A PICTURE OF HIM ON DENNIS DAILY PHOTOS ON KMAQ HOME PAGE. REAL SHARP AND ACTIVE TOO...PLAYS PIANO AND SINGS ONCE A MONTH AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME.
HIS SISTER, MARION MOELLER, WILL BE 90 NEXT SEPTEMBER AND STOPPED IN TODAY TO MAKE SURE WE WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON THE RADIO TOMORROW. I AM GOING TO VISIT WITH HIM ON THE RADIO AROUND 7:30 TOMORROW MORNING....HE'S EASY TO TALK TO....EASY TO INTERVIEW. IF YOU KNOW HIM, WHY DON'T YOU CALL HIM SOMETIME TOMORROW AT 563-652-2159. HE WAS A LONG TIME SCHOOLBUS DRIVER AND WORKED AT THE POST OFFICE A LONG TIME AND WAS WITH A COUNTRY BAND OR TWO MOST OF HIS LIFE....IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS, A MEMBER
OF THE POPULAR LOCAL BAND, THE OKLAHOMA COWBOYS.
MORRIE MORRIS WENT TO SEE DR. BROMAN AT DUBUQUE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY. SAID HE IS DOING VERY WELL AND
MAY BE COMING HOME IN A COUPLE WEEKS. UNDERGOING DAILY THERAPY.
THE IOWA HAWKEYE FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYS HOST TO MINNESOTA TOMORROW.
THE IOWA BASKETBALL TEAM HAD A "WON'T COUNT IN STANDINGS" EXHIBITION GAME WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WON AND PLAY ONE MORE OF THOSE SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE STARTING THE REGULAR SEASON.
THE IOWA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SEASON BEGAN WITH A WIN LAST NIGHT, NON-CONFERENCE, BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM.
THE SIGNS WERE PUT UP ON THE NEW GASSER TRUE VALUE BUILDING THIS WEEK....A PICTURE OF THE BUILDING ON THE DENNIS DAILY PHOTO BUTTON......THE STORE OPENS THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING. DICK'S SUPER MARKET, ADJACENT TO GASSER'S, WON'T OPEN UNTIL JANUARY. THE TWO BUILDINGS ARE SIDE-BY-SIDE...TOUCH EACH OTHER. THE NEW CONVENIENCE STORE JUST NORTH OF DICK'S AND SOUTH OF THE NEW FAMILY DOLLAR STORE, IS GOING UP. IT WILL HAVE A DRIVE-THRU CAR WASH WITH IT.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, A MOTORCYCLE WAS FOUND IN A WOODED AREA NEAR LOST NATION, WRECKED, AND THE DEAD BODY OF THE OWNER NEARBY. NO OTHER DETAILS. THE MAN WAS LISTED AS "MISSING" BY THTE DEKALB, ILLINOIS SHERIFF'S OFFICE. APPARENTLY, HE HAD AN ACCIDENT AND NO ONE SAW THE ACCIDENT OR THE CYCLE WHERE IT LANDED.
SNOWMOBILE ROUTES FOR JACKSON COUNTY WERE DISCUSSED THIS WEEK AT SUPERVISORS OFFICEMEETING AND NO
DECISION WAS MADE ON THE ASKED-FOR ROUTES.
NEXT WEEK IS AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK AND OPEN HOUSES ARE SCHEDULED AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, WITH CITIZENS INVITED TO EAT LUNCH, AT ABOUT $2, AT THE SCHOOLS. THE TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL HAVE THIER OBSERVANCE IN DECEMBER AND INVITE CITIZENS TO BREAKFAST AT THEIR SCHOOLS.
A MAQUOKETA BUSINESS REPORTED SOME VANDALISM. MIKE HEINRICH OF HEINRICH CHIROPRACTIC, 620 S. MAIN STREET, SAID SOMEONE PUT A HOLE IN THE WINDOW OF THE BUSINESS. MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.
THAT IS THE SAME LOCATION THAT FOR MANY YEARS WAS HEPKER CHIROPRACTIC.
FAY MOELLER OF MAQUOEKTA IS 94 TOMORROW. SEE A PICTURE OF HIM ON DENNIS DAILY PHOTOS ON KMAQ HOME PAGE. REAL SHARP AND ACTIVE TOO...PLAYS PIANO AND SINGS ONCE A MONTH AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME.
HIS SISTER, MARION MOELLER, WILL BE 90 NEXT SEPTEMBER AND STOPPED IN TODAY TO MAKE SURE WE WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON THE RADIO TOMORROW. I AM GOING TO VISIT WITH HIM ON THE RADIO AROUND 7:30 TOMORROW MORNING....HE'S EASY TO TALK TO....EASY TO INTERVIEW. IF YOU KNOW HIM, WHY DON'T YOU CALL HIM SOMETIME TOMORROW AT 563-652-2159. HE WAS A LONG TIME SCHOOLBUS DRIVER AND WORKED AT THE POST OFFICE A LONG TIME AND WAS WITH A COUNTRY BAND OR TWO MOST OF HIS LIFE....IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS, A MEMBER
OF THE POPULAR LOCAL BAND, THE OKLAHOMA COWBOYS.
MORRIE MORRIS WENT TO SEE DR. BROMAN AT DUBUQUE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY. SAID HE IS DOING VERY WELL AND
MAY BE COMING HOME IN A COUPLE WEEKS. UNDERGOING DAILY THERAPY.
THE IOWA HAWKEYE FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYS HOST TO MINNESOTA TOMORROW.
THE IOWA BASKETBALL TEAM HAD A "WON'T COUNT IN STANDINGS" EXHIBITION GAME WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WON AND PLAY ONE MORE OF THOSE SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE STARTING THE REGULAR SEASON.
THE IOWA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SEASON BEGAN WITH A WIN LAST NIGHT, NON-CONFERENCE, BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM.
THE SIGNS WERE PUT UP ON THE NEW GASSER TRUE VALUE BUILDING THIS WEEK....A PICTURE OF THE BUILDING ON THE DENNIS DAILY PHOTO BUTTON......THE STORE OPENS THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING. DICK'S SUPER MARKET, ADJACENT TO GASSER'S, WON'T OPEN UNTIL JANUARY. THE TWO BUILDINGS ARE SIDE-BY-SIDE...TOUCH EACH OTHER. THE NEW CONVENIENCE STORE JUST NORTH OF DICK'S AND SOUTH OF THE NEW FAMILY DOLLAR STORE, IS GOING UP. IT WILL HAVE A DRIVE-THRU CAR WASH WITH IT.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
SUNNY AND NICE THIS MORNING...53 AT NOON...THEN THE STRONG WINDS CAME...AND THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED 20 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON WITH WINDS UP TO 40MPH.
AN EARLY MORNING ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING A MILE SOUTH OF WELTON RESULTED IN INJURIES TO TWO MAQUOKETA WOMEN, DENISE BREN, AGE 48 AND A PASSENGER IN HER CAR, GLADYS BOWEN, AGE 81, BOTH TAKEN TO THE DEWITT HOSPITAL. BREN WAS SOUTH BOUND, PASSING A DUMP TRUCK DRIVEN BY A DUBUQUE MAN, AND WHILE PASSING SHE HIT THE TRUCK AND LOST CONTROL, ROLLING AND COMING TO REST ON HER TOP. ACCORDING TO CLINTON COUNTY DEPUTY ROGER HEILIG, BREEN SUSTAINED NON-INCAPACITATING INJURIES WHILE BOWEN SUFFERED MAJOR INJURIES. THE CONDITION UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME BECAUSE HOSPITALS NO LONGER GIVE OUT CONDITION OF PATIENTS.
THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED. THE BREN VEHICLE RECEIVED ABOUT $6,500 WORTH OF DAMAGE.
DEWITT LOST THEIR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAME TO MOUNT VERNON, 20 TO 14 LAST NIGHT. GREAT GAME AND DEWITT ALMOST WON IT IN THE FINAL COUPLE MINUTES.
ROBERT CLARK, AGE 24, OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE 3RD DEGREE FOR STARTING SEVERAL ROUND BALES OF HAY ON FIRE AT 2 RURAL MILES LOCATIONS BACK IN JULY. DAMAGES OF $780.
HE HAS BEEN RELEASED ON $6,500 BOND.
ROGER BUNYON, AGE 30, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND CHARGED WITH OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATAED, FIRST OFFENSE.
PEARL BLOOM, AGE 97, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
SHE OWNED THE TOWER CAFE IN DEWITT FOR MANY YEARS.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
AN EARLY MORNING ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING A MILE SOUTH OF WELTON RESULTED IN INJURIES TO TWO MAQUOKETA WOMEN, DENISE BREN, AGE 48 AND A PASSENGER IN HER CAR, GLADYS BOWEN, AGE 81, BOTH TAKEN TO THE DEWITT HOSPITAL. BREN WAS SOUTH BOUND, PASSING A DUMP TRUCK DRIVEN BY A DUBUQUE MAN, AND WHILE PASSING SHE HIT THE TRUCK AND LOST CONTROL, ROLLING AND COMING TO REST ON HER TOP. ACCORDING TO CLINTON COUNTY DEPUTY ROGER HEILIG, BREEN SUSTAINED NON-INCAPACITATING INJURIES WHILE BOWEN SUFFERED MAJOR INJURIES. THE CONDITION UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME BECAUSE HOSPITALS NO LONGER GIVE OUT CONDITION OF PATIENTS.
THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED. THE BREN VEHICLE RECEIVED ABOUT $6,500 WORTH OF DAMAGE.
DEWITT LOST THEIR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAME TO MOUNT VERNON, 20 TO 14 LAST NIGHT. GREAT GAME AND DEWITT ALMOST WON IT IN THE FINAL COUPLE MINUTES.
ROBERT CLARK, AGE 24, OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE 3RD DEGREE FOR STARTING SEVERAL ROUND BALES OF HAY ON FIRE AT 2 RURAL MILES LOCATIONS BACK IN JULY. DAMAGES OF $780.
HE HAS BEEN RELEASED ON $6,500 BOND.
ROGER BUNYON, AGE 30, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND CHARGED WITH OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATAED, FIRST OFFENSE.
PEARL BLOOM, AGE 97, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
SHE OWNED THE TOWER CAFE IN DEWITT FOR MANY YEARS.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
IN THE 50'S TODAY, WITH SOME SUNSHINE. MORRIE MORRIS AND JERRY RASMUSSEN ARE PLAYING GOLF THIS AFTERNOON.
AT THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR'S MEETING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE SUPERVISORS AGREED TO RENT SOME OF THE OLD TRUCK STOP LAND TO BRAD DEERY MOTORS, FOR STORAGE OF NEW VEHICLES. $200 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS. SOIL TESTS FOR CONTAMINATION ARE STILL BEING CONDUCTED AND THEREFORE THE SUPERVIORS WILL NOT SELL THE PROPERTY. DEERY'S WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED IN BUYING THE LAND AND BUILDING. BUT, THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE LAND IS GIVIN A CLEAN BILL FROM THE DNR.
ADDITIONS TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA WILL NOT BE FOR THE $1.5 MILLION COST HOPED FOR...BUT A LOT MORE. MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS LEARNED MONDAY NIGHT FROM THE DISTRICT'S CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, THAT THE COST FOR BOTH SCHOOLS IS NOW ESTIMATED AT $2.13 MILLION. DISTRICT SUPERINTENDANT KIM HUCKSTADT SAID HE WOULD WORK ON WAYS TO BE ABLE TO COME CLOSER TO THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE. THE DISTRICT IS HOPING TO GET 60% GRANT MONEY FOR THE PROJECTS.
ANOTHER JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE WILL BE RETIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
SUPERVIORS APPROVED THE EARLY RETIREMENT OF ROBERT WINGER, AGE 62, AS JAILER. EARLIER, THEY APPROVED THE EARLY RETIREMENT OF DEPUTY ALLEN BARKER. WINGER HAS WORKED IN THE JAIL FOR 12 YEARS.
SHEEK FASHIONS, MAQUOKETA'S ONLY LADIES APPAREL STORE, IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. THE SALE STARTED
THIS PAST MONDAY. KELLY HESSONG STARTED THE STORE ABOUT 2 AND A HALF YEARS AGO. SHE IS A NICE PERSON AND IT WAS A NICE STORE. SORRY IT WILL BE CLOSING. I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WERE ABOUT 6 STORES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHERE LADIES COULD BY CLOTHES.
END OF ANOTHER REPORT...TAKE IT EASY UNTIL THE NEXT ONE.
DENNIS VOY
AT THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR'S MEETING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE SUPERVISORS AGREED TO RENT SOME OF THE OLD TRUCK STOP LAND TO BRAD DEERY MOTORS, FOR STORAGE OF NEW VEHICLES. $200 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS. SOIL TESTS FOR CONTAMINATION ARE STILL BEING CONDUCTED AND THEREFORE THE SUPERVIORS WILL NOT SELL THE PROPERTY. DEERY'S WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED IN BUYING THE LAND AND BUILDING. BUT, THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE LAND IS GIVIN A CLEAN BILL FROM THE DNR.
ADDITIONS TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA WILL NOT BE FOR THE $1.5 MILLION COST HOPED FOR...BUT A LOT MORE. MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS LEARNED MONDAY NIGHT FROM THE DISTRICT'S CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, THAT THE COST FOR BOTH SCHOOLS IS NOW ESTIMATED AT $2.13 MILLION. DISTRICT SUPERINTENDANT KIM HUCKSTADT SAID HE WOULD WORK ON WAYS TO BE ABLE TO COME CLOSER TO THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE. THE DISTRICT IS HOPING TO GET 60% GRANT MONEY FOR THE PROJECTS.
ANOTHER JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE WILL BE RETIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
SUPERVIORS APPROVED THE EARLY RETIREMENT OF ROBERT WINGER, AGE 62, AS JAILER. EARLIER, THEY APPROVED THE EARLY RETIREMENT OF DEPUTY ALLEN BARKER. WINGER HAS WORKED IN THE JAIL FOR 12 YEARS.
SHEEK FASHIONS, MAQUOKETA'S ONLY LADIES APPAREL STORE, IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. THE SALE STARTED
THIS PAST MONDAY. KELLY HESSONG STARTED THE STORE ABOUT 2 AND A HALF YEARS AGO. SHE IS A NICE PERSON AND IT WAS A NICE STORE. SORRY IT WILL BE CLOSING. I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WERE ABOUT 6 STORES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA WHERE LADIES COULD BY CLOTHES.
END OF ANOTHER REPORT...TAKE IT EASY UNTIL THE NEXT ONE.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, November 10, 2003
MOSTLY CLOUDY, MISTY TODAY AND HIGH OF 49.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH COMMUNITY ROOM, AARON CLAUSING, AGE 18, OF MAQUOKETA, RECEIVED HIS EAGLE SCOUT AWARD, THE HIGHEST HONOR IN SCOUTING. HIS MAIN PROJECT FOR THIS AWARD WAS BUILDING AN OBSERVATION BOOTH AT THE MARSHY AREA JUST NORTH OF MAQUOEKTA WHERE THE
HURSTVILLE INTREPETIVE CENTER IS BEING BUILDT. HIS DAD IS MIKE, ASST. THE THE COUNTY ENGINEER,
AND HIS MOTHER IS ROXANNE, OF THE KMAQ SALES DEPARTMENT. HE HAS AN OLDER SISTER WHO WILL GRADUATE THIS SPRING AT WARTBURG COLLEGE. IT WAS MY FIRST EAGLE SCOUT CEREMONY AND I ENJOYED IT. MAYOR TOM MESSERLI WAS THERE AND FOUND OUT THAT HE, TOO, WAS AN EAGLE SCOUT....GETTTING HIS AWARD IN CLINTON IN 1976. GOOD GOING AARON AND TOM.
THE MIAMI DOLPHINS LOST YESTERDAY AND THEIR ONLY TOUCHDOWN WAS ON A PASS FROM MAQUOKETA'S SAGE ROSENFELTS, WHO PLAYED ABOUT THE LAST 5 MINUTES OF THE GAME AND COMPLETED 4 OUT OF 5 PASSES.
GOOD GOING SAGE.
CHRIS AND JENNIFER HUNTER OF DAVENPORT ARE PARENTS OF TWIN BOYS, BORN OCTOBER 30TH AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE STEVE AND LUANN BECK OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT. THEY WILL TALK ABOUT AN ADDITION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND OTHER AGENDA ITEMS.
THE VETERAN'S DAY PROGRAM IN MAQUOKETA WILL START AT 8:45 A.M. AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. LEGION MEMBER CLIFF MERRICK WILL GIVE THE ADDRESS.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN TOTALED HER VEHICLE WHILE SHE WAS DELIVERING PAPERS YESTERDAY MORNING. MICHELLE ELLITHORPE, AGE 26, WAS DRIVING WEST ON SWAGOSA DRIVE AND BECAME DISTRACTED, AND HER CAR HIT A LIGHT POLE. SHE WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES. HER 87 PLYMOUTH WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND THE POLE RECEIVED $500 WORTH OF DAMAGE.
NO MAQUOKETA DEATHS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH COMMUNITY ROOM, AARON CLAUSING, AGE 18, OF MAQUOKETA, RECEIVED HIS EAGLE SCOUT AWARD, THE HIGHEST HONOR IN SCOUTING. HIS MAIN PROJECT FOR THIS AWARD WAS BUILDING AN OBSERVATION BOOTH AT THE MARSHY AREA JUST NORTH OF MAQUOEKTA WHERE THE
HURSTVILLE INTREPETIVE CENTER IS BEING BUILDT. HIS DAD IS MIKE, ASST. THE THE COUNTY ENGINEER,
AND HIS MOTHER IS ROXANNE, OF THE KMAQ SALES DEPARTMENT. HE HAS AN OLDER SISTER WHO WILL GRADUATE THIS SPRING AT WARTBURG COLLEGE. IT WAS MY FIRST EAGLE SCOUT CEREMONY AND I ENJOYED IT. MAYOR TOM MESSERLI WAS THERE AND FOUND OUT THAT HE, TOO, WAS AN EAGLE SCOUT....GETTTING HIS AWARD IN CLINTON IN 1976. GOOD GOING AARON AND TOM.
THE MIAMI DOLPHINS LOST YESTERDAY AND THEIR ONLY TOUCHDOWN WAS ON A PASS FROM MAQUOKETA'S SAGE ROSENFELTS, WHO PLAYED ABOUT THE LAST 5 MINUTES OF THE GAME AND COMPLETED 4 OUT OF 5 PASSES.
GOOD GOING SAGE.
CHRIS AND JENNIFER HUNTER OF DAVENPORT ARE PARENTS OF TWIN BOYS, BORN OCTOBER 30TH AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE STEVE AND LUANN BECK OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT. THEY WILL TALK ABOUT AN ADDITION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND OTHER AGENDA ITEMS.
THE VETERAN'S DAY PROGRAM IN MAQUOKETA WILL START AT 8:45 A.M. AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. LEGION MEMBER CLIFF MERRICK WILL GIVE THE ADDRESS.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN TOTALED HER VEHICLE WHILE SHE WAS DELIVERING PAPERS YESTERDAY MORNING. MICHELLE ELLITHORPE, AGE 26, WAS DRIVING WEST ON SWAGOSA DRIVE AND BECAME DISTRACTED, AND HER CAR HIT A LIGHT POLE. SHE WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES. HER 87 PLYMOUTH WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND THE POLE RECEIVED $500 WORTH OF DAMAGE.
NO MAQUOKETA DEATHS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, November 07, 2003
SUNNY AND COOL AGAIN..HIGH 40.
A DEER ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT RESULTED IN TWO VEHICLES COLLIDING. DEPUTY RUSS LONG SAID CINDY SPRINGER, AGE 37, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 61 ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF MAQUOKETA AND HIT THE DEER. SHE BRAKED QUICKLY AND THE CAR BEHIND HER, DRIVEN BY DIXIE DIETZMAN, AGE 62, OF MAQUOKETA COULDN'T STOP AND HIT THE REAR OF SPRIGER'S VEHICLE. NO INJURIES. $5,000 DAMAGE TO SPRINGER'S 97 PONTIAC AND $3,500 DAMAGE TO DIETZMAN'S 94 PLYMOUTH.
JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS MANAGER DOUG PRATT REPORTED VANDALISM TO FAIRGROUNDS RESTROOM WINDOWS, WITH DAMAGES ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $40.
WANT TO GET INTO A HOLIDAY MOOD....SEE "ELF". SAW IT TODAY AT MY THEATRE WITH GRANDDAUGTHER CASSIE AND WE BOTH LIKED IT. IT IS FOR BOTH KIDS AND ADULTS.
SHAWN CHAPLIN, AGE 12, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE HOSPITAL. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS FATHER, MIKE CHAPLIN OF MAQUOKETA AND HIS MOTHER AND STEP-FATHER, ANGELA AND RICK ERVIN OF NEWTON. ALSO A SISTER, MARLEY FLANERY OF MAQUOKETA AND 3 BROTHERS, DAVID OF MAQUOKETA AND JACOB AND LUCAS OF NEWTON. HE WAS A 6TH GRADER AT MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
A DEER ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT RESULTED IN TWO VEHICLES COLLIDING. DEPUTY RUSS LONG SAID CINDY SPRINGER, AGE 37, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 61 ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF MAQUOKETA AND HIT THE DEER. SHE BRAKED QUICKLY AND THE CAR BEHIND HER, DRIVEN BY DIXIE DIETZMAN, AGE 62, OF MAQUOKETA COULDN'T STOP AND HIT THE REAR OF SPRIGER'S VEHICLE. NO INJURIES. $5,000 DAMAGE TO SPRINGER'S 97 PONTIAC AND $3,500 DAMAGE TO DIETZMAN'S 94 PLYMOUTH.
JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS MANAGER DOUG PRATT REPORTED VANDALISM TO FAIRGROUNDS RESTROOM WINDOWS, WITH DAMAGES ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $40.
WANT TO GET INTO A HOLIDAY MOOD....SEE "ELF". SAW IT TODAY AT MY THEATRE WITH GRANDDAUGTHER CASSIE AND WE BOTH LIKED IT. IT IS FOR BOTH KIDS AND ADULTS.
SHAWN CHAPLIN, AGE 12, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE HOSPITAL. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS FATHER, MIKE CHAPLIN OF MAQUOKETA AND HIS MOTHER AND STEP-FATHER, ANGELA AND RICK ERVIN OF NEWTON. ALSO A SISTER, MARLEY FLANERY OF MAQUOKETA AND 3 BROTHERS, DAVID OF MAQUOKETA AND JACOB AND LUCAS OF NEWTON. HE WAS A 6TH GRADER AT MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, November 06, 2003
SUNNY TODAY, HIGH OF 40.
DEWITT WON THEIR PLAYOFF GAME LAST NIGHT BY 1 POINT AND PLAY AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT AT MT. VERNON, AGAINST MT. VERNON. BOTH PRESTON AND NORTHEAST LOST THEIR PLAYOFF GAME LAST NIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THIS WEEK A GRANT OF $11,723 FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL USE THE MONEY FOR NEW WIRE-MESH LOCKERS.
LEAF PICKUP BEGINS IN MAQUOKETA NEXT WEEK....IN THE EAST HALF OF THE CITY. THE FOLLOWING WEEK, IN THE WEST HALF.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING RIGHT NOW. I'LL HAVE A REPORT ON IT TOMORROW.
AL, "WISH" KRAMER, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE WORKED AT CLINTON ENGINES FOR 24 YEARS AND THEN WAS A JANITOR AND CARETAKER AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL AND CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA FROM 1980 UNTIL RETIRING IN 1986. HE IS SURVIVED BY NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND A SPECIAL FRIEND GLORIA GIBSON, OF MAQUOKETA AND HER 4 CHILDREN.
TAKE CARE AND IF YOU LIVE HERE UP NORTH, KEEP WARM.
DENNIS VOY
DEWITT WON THEIR PLAYOFF GAME LAST NIGHT BY 1 POINT AND PLAY AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT AT MT. VERNON, AGAINST MT. VERNON. BOTH PRESTON AND NORTHEAST LOST THEIR PLAYOFF GAME LAST NIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THIS WEEK A GRANT OF $11,723 FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL USE THE MONEY FOR NEW WIRE-MESH LOCKERS.
LEAF PICKUP BEGINS IN MAQUOKETA NEXT WEEK....IN THE EAST HALF OF THE CITY. THE FOLLOWING WEEK, IN THE WEST HALF.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING RIGHT NOW. I'LL HAVE A REPORT ON IT TOMORROW.
AL, "WISH" KRAMER, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE WORKED AT CLINTON ENGINES FOR 24 YEARS AND THEN WAS A JANITOR AND CARETAKER AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL AND CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA FROM 1980 UNTIL RETIRING IN 1986. HE IS SURVIVED BY NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND A SPECIAL FRIEND GLORIA GIBSON, OF MAQUOKETA AND HER 4 CHILDREN.
TAKE CARE AND IF YOU LIVE HERE UP NORTH, KEEP WARM.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
COLD TODAY...HIGH OF 37. 3 AND 1/3 INCHES OF RAIN THIS WEEKEND THROUGH YESTERDAY.
FIVE TEEN AGERS FROM BELLELVUE AND SPRINGBROOK AREA WERE CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF FOR ALLEGEDLY DAMAGING 50 MAILBOXES DURING THE WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER 5. THE CHARGES WERE FILED THIS MORNING. TOTAL DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $1,600.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, JAMES MEISLAND, AGE 38, WAS CHARGED FOLLOWING A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED
AT 3:09 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT CORNER OF 2ND AND LOCUST STREETS. HE WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD. LIONEL KEENEY, AGE 65, OF MAQUOKETA WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN WEST ON LOCUST AND MEISLAND TURNED INTO HIS VEHICLE. EACH VEHHICLE SUSTAINED ABOUT $1,000 DAMAGE. NO INJURIES.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A THEFT OF A RING. JESSI BICKFORD, 18831 138TH STREET, MAQUOKETA, SAID HER WEDDING RING VALUED AT $4,000 WAS IS MISSING FROM HER UNLOCKED RESIDENCE TUESDAY.
BASKETBALL AND WRESTLING PRACTICE BEGINS NOVEMBER 17TH.
BERNICE HENTON, WIFE OF RED, HAS MOVED BACK TO MAQUOKETA AND IS NOW AT THE EXTENDED CARE FACILITY AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL. WHEN THE NEW WING OPENS LATER THIS MONTH, ALL PATIENTS WILL BE MOVED INTO IT. SHE WAS ABLE TO MOVE BACK BECAUSE OF THE NEW DIALYZIS UNIT. SHE HAS BEEN AT CLINTON HOSPITAL 4 YEARS. GOOD NEWS FOR FRIENDS AND ESPECIALLY RED, SINCE HE NO LONGER WILL HAVE TO MAKE THE TRIP ALMOST DAILY TO CLINTON.
FAT CATTLE TOPPED FROM $1.01 TO $1.05 A POUND. MARKET $1 TO $5 BETTER THAN LAST WEEK.
"BROTHER BEAR" IS THE #1 MOVIE AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE. "ELF" STARTS FRIDAY. THE DRIVE-IN IS CLOSED.
ROMER'S BAKERY IS NO LONGER CLOSED MONDAYS.
AND SO IT GOES.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
FIVE TEEN AGERS FROM BELLELVUE AND SPRINGBROOK AREA WERE CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF FOR ALLEGEDLY DAMAGING 50 MAILBOXES DURING THE WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER 5. THE CHARGES WERE FILED THIS MORNING. TOTAL DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $1,600.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, JAMES MEISLAND, AGE 38, WAS CHARGED FOLLOWING A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED
AT 3:09 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT CORNER OF 2ND AND LOCUST STREETS. HE WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD. LIONEL KEENEY, AGE 65, OF MAQUOKETA WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN WEST ON LOCUST AND MEISLAND TURNED INTO HIS VEHICLE. EACH VEHHICLE SUSTAINED ABOUT $1,000 DAMAGE. NO INJURIES.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A THEFT OF A RING. JESSI BICKFORD, 18831 138TH STREET, MAQUOKETA, SAID HER WEDDING RING VALUED AT $4,000 WAS IS MISSING FROM HER UNLOCKED RESIDENCE TUESDAY.
BASKETBALL AND WRESTLING PRACTICE BEGINS NOVEMBER 17TH.
BERNICE HENTON, WIFE OF RED, HAS MOVED BACK TO MAQUOKETA AND IS NOW AT THE EXTENDED CARE FACILITY AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL. WHEN THE NEW WING OPENS LATER THIS MONTH, ALL PATIENTS WILL BE MOVED INTO IT. SHE WAS ABLE TO MOVE BACK BECAUSE OF THE NEW DIALYZIS UNIT. SHE HAS BEEN AT CLINTON HOSPITAL 4 YEARS. GOOD NEWS FOR FRIENDS AND ESPECIALLY RED, SINCE HE NO LONGER WILL HAVE TO MAKE THE TRIP ALMOST DAILY TO CLINTON.
FAT CATTLE TOPPED FROM $1.01 TO $1.05 A POUND. MARKET $1 TO $5 BETTER THAN LAST WEEK.
"BROTHER BEAR" IS THE #1 MOVIE AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE. "ELF" STARTS FRIDAY. THE DRIVE-IN IS CLOSED.
ROMER'S BAKERY IS NO LONGER CLOSED MONDAYS.
AND SO IT GOES.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, November 04, 2003
TODAY'S HIGH WAS 58...NOW AT 9:30 p.m. it is 40.
Mayor Tom Messerli was easily re-elected today, winning over Pam Rosenberg, l,004 to 266 votes.
This will be his second term. He runs a TV repair business in Maquoketa and Dubuque and also is KMAQ's Engineer and Saturday morning drive-time announcer on FM. He is also a fireman. Today is his 43rd birthday.
He is divorced, has a daughter in college and his longtime friend of 10 years is KMAQ's News Director Sheri Melvold. Mention marriage and its "why ruin a good thing?" Both have lovely homes in Maquoketa..one in the 2nd Ward and the other in the 4th Ward.
In the 1st Ward, Alvin Barten was un-opposed and re-elected with 145 votes. He has a Used Car business on East Platt Street.
In the 2nd Ward, Tim Clark was elected to a full 4-year term with 153 votes. He was un-opposed. He was finishing out the term of a councilman that moved to Alaska.
In the 3rd Ward, there was no candidate. Current councilman Jim Bollman did not seek re-election. Winning that seat by write-in, Marsha Myers, with 18 votes. She has been a Maquoketa resident for only a few years and I have no other information about her.
In the 5th Ward, to replace Steve Flynn who is moving out of the city limits and could not run for that reason, there was a race between businessman Paul Hahle and businessman and ex-Mayor Jack Rosenberg. Hahle won, 324 to 106.
For At-Large Council, current councilman Tim Chapin was defeated soundly by a former councilman, Neil Morehead, 874 to 365.
Carry-over Council members, are Tom Schueller and John Cressey.
And that's the way they counted up today.
Good night...or Good day, whenever you read this. THANKS TO THE 1,284 PEOPLE THAT VOTED TODAY.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS THAT IS??
Dennis Voy
Mayor Tom Messerli was easily re-elected today, winning over Pam Rosenberg, l,004 to 266 votes.
This will be his second term. He runs a TV repair business in Maquoketa and Dubuque and also is KMAQ's Engineer and Saturday morning drive-time announcer on FM. He is also a fireman. Today is his 43rd birthday.
He is divorced, has a daughter in college and his longtime friend of 10 years is KMAQ's News Director Sheri Melvold. Mention marriage and its "why ruin a good thing?" Both have lovely homes in Maquoketa..one in the 2nd Ward and the other in the 4th Ward.
In the 1st Ward, Alvin Barten was un-opposed and re-elected with 145 votes. He has a Used Car business on East Platt Street.
In the 2nd Ward, Tim Clark was elected to a full 4-year term with 153 votes. He was un-opposed. He was finishing out the term of a councilman that moved to Alaska.
In the 3rd Ward, there was no candidate. Current councilman Jim Bollman did not seek re-election. Winning that seat by write-in, Marsha Myers, with 18 votes. She has been a Maquoketa resident for only a few years and I have no other information about her.
In the 5th Ward, to replace Steve Flynn who is moving out of the city limits and could not run for that reason, there was a race between businessman Paul Hahle and businessman and ex-Mayor Jack Rosenberg. Hahle won, 324 to 106.
For At-Large Council, current councilman Tim Chapin was defeated soundly by a former councilman, Neil Morehead, 874 to 365.
Carry-over Council members, are Tom Schueller and John Cressey.
And that's the way they counted up today.
Good night...or Good day, whenever you read this. THANKS TO THE 1,284 PEOPLE THAT VOTED TODAY.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS THAT IS??
Dennis Voy
CLOUDY AND MISTY TODAY...HIGH OF 58...DIDN'T MAKE 60 TODAY. RAINFALL IS NOW NEARLY 3 AND A HALF INCHES
SINCE THE WEEKEND PLUS YESTERDAY, LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING.
IT IS ELECTION DAY.
I WILL PUT THE RESULTS ON THE ELECTION AROUND 9 TONIGHT, IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK THEN.
IT IS 3:55 P.M. STILL TIME TO VOTE. POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL 8. KMAQ AM AND FM WILL HAVE ELECTION RESULTS "LIVE" FROM THE COURTHOUSE AND FROM OUR NEWSROOM TONIGHT.
TOMORROW NIGHT, KMAQ AM AND FM WILL BROADCAST THE PRESTON-ELGIN PLAYOFF FOOTBALL GAME FROM ELGIN, STARTING AT 6:50 P.M.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
SINCE THE WEEKEND PLUS YESTERDAY, LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING.
IT IS ELECTION DAY.
I WILL PUT THE RESULTS ON THE ELECTION AROUND 9 TONIGHT, IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK THEN.
IT IS 3:55 P.M. STILL TIME TO VOTE. POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL 8. KMAQ AM AND FM WILL HAVE ELECTION RESULTS "LIVE" FROM THE COURTHOUSE AND FROM OUR NEWSROOM TONIGHT.
TOMORROW NIGHT, KMAQ AM AND FM WILL BROADCAST THE PRESTON-ELGIN PLAYOFF FOOTBALL GAME FROM ELGIN, STARTING AT 6:50 P.M.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, November 03, 2003
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY. IT RAINED ALL WEEKEND...OVER 2-INCHES AND RAINED ALL DAY TODAY AND WILL KEEP RAINING UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT TUESDAY. THEN, NO RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, BUT IT WILL BE PRETTY COOL THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH DAILY TEMPERATURES STARTING WEDNESDAY ... IN THE MID 40'S. TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW ONLY, ALONG WITH THE RAIN, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A HIGH IN THE 60'S.
MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BOB ANDERSEN WAS INJURED FRIDAY WHILE MAKING AN ARREST. TODAY, D.J. MCDONALD, AGE 38, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS. FOLLOWING THE SCUFFLE AT 700 VINE STREET, CHIEF ANDERSEN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND RECEIVED 20 STITCHES ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE.
THE CHEIF DID WORK TODAY.
THE LATE LIGE "BLONDIE" RASMUSSEN WAS INDUCTED INTO THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2003 HALL OF FAME AT A CEREMONY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON JUST BEFORE THE SOCIETY'S ANNUAL HERITAGE FUND RAISER DINNER.
EACH YEAR, SOMONE IS HONORED WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR COMMUNITY OR TO A PERSON WHO HAD RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RECOGNITION AWAY FROM THE AREA DURING THEIR LIFE.
BLONDIE WAS A DANISH IMMIGRANT WHO LOST HIS PARENTS AT AGE 9, ENDED SCHOOL AFTER 8TH GRADE, AND BEGAN AS A FARMER NEAR DELMAR, THEN OWNED AND OPERATED A RESTAURANT IN DELMAR AND IN 1916 GOT INTO THE AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS IN DELMAR. LATER, HE STARTED A DEALERSHIP, RASMUSSEN MOTORS, IN MAQUOKETA
IN 1924 AND IT REMAINED UNTIL 1985 WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED BY BRAD DEERY. FOR MANY YEARS, THE DEALERSHIP SOLD ALL 5 GM CARS, ONE OF A FEW IN THE COUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ENTIRE GM LINEUP. SON JERRY RASMUSSEN HAS RETIRED AND LIVES IN MAQUOKETA AND HE AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WERE ON HAND YESTERDAY FOR THE INDUCTION CEREMONY. I WENT TO THE DINNER ,BY THE WAY, AND THE FOOD WAS VERY GOOD AND THEY HAD A GOOD TURNOUT....SOMEWHERE OVER 600 PEOPLE. AND THAT IS A BIG DINNER FOR MAQUOKETA.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE "SOUTHWEST ART" MAGAZINE IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE U.S.A.....LATEST EDITION, HAS A NICE ART LAYOUT OF WORK DONE BY MAQUOKETA PROFESSIONAL ARTIST ROSE FRANTZEN. IF YOU LIVE IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY, YOU MIGHT STOP AT A BARNES AND NOBLE BOOK STORE AND TAKE A LOOK. ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO ROSE ON HER RECENT MARRIAGE.... TO ANOTHER ARTIST. THEY BOTH WORK OUT OF THEIR MAQUOKETA STUDIO (THE BUILDING THAT AS FOR MANY YEARS, CITY HALL) AND ALSO OUT OF THEIR NEW YORK CITY STUDIO. ROSE IS THE DAUGHTER OF ELLEN AND WAYNE FRANTZEN OF MAQUOKETA.
NO LOCAL BIRTHS OR DEATHS TO REPORT TODAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BOB ANDERSEN WAS INJURED FRIDAY WHILE MAKING AN ARREST. TODAY, D.J. MCDONALD, AGE 38, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS. FOLLOWING THE SCUFFLE AT 700 VINE STREET, CHIEF ANDERSEN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND RECEIVED 20 STITCHES ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE.
THE CHEIF DID WORK TODAY.
THE LATE LIGE "BLONDIE" RASMUSSEN WAS INDUCTED INTO THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2003 HALL OF FAME AT A CEREMONY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON JUST BEFORE THE SOCIETY'S ANNUAL HERITAGE FUND RAISER DINNER.
EACH YEAR, SOMONE IS HONORED WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR COMMUNITY OR TO A PERSON WHO HAD RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RECOGNITION AWAY FROM THE AREA DURING THEIR LIFE.
BLONDIE WAS A DANISH IMMIGRANT WHO LOST HIS PARENTS AT AGE 9, ENDED SCHOOL AFTER 8TH GRADE, AND BEGAN AS A FARMER NEAR DELMAR, THEN OWNED AND OPERATED A RESTAURANT IN DELMAR AND IN 1916 GOT INTO THE AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS IN DELMAR. LATER, HE STARTED A DEALERSHIP, RASMUSSEN MOTORS, IN MAQUOKETA
IN 1924 AND IT REMAINED UNTIL 1985 WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED BY BRAD DEERY. FOR MANY YEARS, THE DEALERSHIP SOLD ALL 5 GM CARS, ONE OF A FEW IN THE COUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ENTIRE GM LINEUP. SON JERRY RASMUSSEN HAS RETIRED AND LIVES IN MAQUOKETA AND HE AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WERE ON HAND YESTERDAY FOR THE INDUCTION CEREMONY. I WENT TO THE DINNER ,BY THE WAY, AND THE FOOD WAS VERY GOOD AND THEY HAD A GOOD TURNOUT....SOMEWHERE OVER 600 PEOPLE. AND THAT IS A BIG DINNER FOR MAQUOKETA.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE "SOUTHWEST ART" MAGAZINE IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE U.S.A.....LATEST EDITION, HAS A NICE ART LAYOUT OF WORK DONE BY MAQUOKETA PROFESSIONAL ARTIST ROSE FRANTZEN. IF YOU LIVE IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY, YOU MIGHT STOP AT A BARNES AND NOBLE BOOK STORE AND TAKE A LOOK. ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO ROSE ON HER RECENT MARRIAGE.... TO ANOTHER ARTIST. THEY BOTH WORK OUT OF THEIR MAQUOKETA STUDIO (THE BUILDING THAT AS FOR MANY YEARS, CITY HALL) AND ALSO OUT OF THEIR NEW YORK CITY STUDIO. ROSE IS THE DAUGHTER OF ELLEN AND WAYNE FRANTZEN OF MAQUOKETA.
NO LOCAL BIRTHS OR DEATHS TO REPORT TODAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
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