LAST NIGHT'S LOW WAS 29 AND TODAY'S HIGH JUST 33, DESPITE LOTS OF SUNSHINE.
MAQUOKETA POLICE BLOTTER: RANDY KUHLMAN OF 801 GRANT STREET SAID SOMEONE TOOK A WOOD CARVED WIZARD FROM HIS YARD, WITH A VALUE OF $250. DAVE EDWARDS OF S. CLARK STREET SAID SOMEONE BROKE THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS IN THE YARD. KATIE HOVEY SAID SOMEONE TOOK HER PURSE FROM THE KITCHEN AT THE EAGLES CLUB YESTERDAY AND BRANDON MEIER SAID SOMEONE BROKE THE WINDSHIELD OF HIS TRUCK WHILE PARKED AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
MINOR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING AT CORNER OF PLATT AND OLIVE STREETS. ONE CAR DRIVEN BY NATHAN MUHS, AGE 26, AND OTHER BY DOUGLAS LEON, AGE 53. CHARGES PENDING. DAMAGE TO EACH CAR, ABOUT $2,000.
SHIRLEY FELDERMAN, AGE 65, OF SPRAGUEVILLE, HIT A COW HEAD-ON WITH HER 92 BUICK LAST NIGHT NORTHEAST OF PRESTON. THE REPORT SAYS NEITHER FELDERMAN OR THE COW WERE INJURED.
$3,000 DAMAGE TO THE CAR.
THE IOWA HAWKEYES PLAY IN THE OUTBACK BOWL AT 10 TOMORROW MORNING. GO HAWKS.
NEW TACO JOHNS RESTAURANT FOR MAQUOKETA! THAT'S THE RUMOR.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, December 30, 2003
HIGH TODAY, WITH SOME SUNSHINE...44....TOMORROW, MID 30'S. FRIDAY 50'S, BUT FOR FRIDAY ONLY.
RYAN AND NICOLE JOHNSON OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN CHRISTMAS EVE, AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE NEIL AND DEB JOHNSON OF MAQUOKETA.
BRAD AND SUE CLARK OF CLIVE, IOWA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN YESTERDAY. GRANDPARENTS ARE GARY AND NANCY CLARK OF MAQUOKETA. GREAT-GRANDFATHER IS BILL SAGERS OF MAQUOKETA.
IT WAS LEARNED TODAY THAT THE KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA WILL CLOSE FOR GOOD TOMORROW AT REGULAR CLOSING TIME. FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS, IT HAS BEEN OWNED BY THE WEAVER FAMILY OF PEORIA. THEY HAVE AROUND 30 KFC RESTAURANTS IN THE TRI-STATE AREA.
MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT DEAN TILTON AND I OWNED AND RAN IT FOR 20 YEARS, UNTIL SELLING IT TO THE WEAVERS. WE PURCHASED IT FROM TWO GENTLEMEN IN SAVANNA, ILLINOIS. WE HAD A MANAGER FOR THE RESTAURANT AND WORKED CLOSELY WITH HER IN RUNNING ONE OF THE TOP KFC RESTAURANTS IN THE MIDWEST. IF I MAY BRAG A LITTLE....WE WERE OFTEN AT THE TOP OR NEAR THE TOP OF THE LIST PUT OUT BY THE KFC ORGANIZATION. THIS WAS DETERMINED BY MYSTERY SHOPPERS THAT SHOPPED KFC RESTAURANTS EVERY MONTH. WHEN THE WEAVER CHAIN APPROACHED US ABOUT BUYING US OUT, WE DECIDED TWENTY YEARS WAS ENOUGH AND DECIDED TO SELL. THE PLAN , BY THE WEAVERS, WAS TO EVENTUALLY BUILD A NEW, LARGER KFC RESTAURANT AT A BETTER LOCATION IN MAQUOKETA. NOW, THEY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT. THE BUILDING IS STILL OWNED BY DEAN AND I AND WE WILL LIST IT FOR SALE AFTER ALL THE EQUIPMENT IS TAKEN OUT IN JANUARY. IT PROBABLY WILL BE USED FOR A BUSINESS OTHER THAN A RESTAURANT. THE RESTAURANT HAS BEEN IN MAQUOKETA ABOUT 28 YEARS AND THAT'S WHY I'M SURE THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WILL MISS IT. MY SON, DAVE , AND I WENT THERE FOR LUNCH TODAY AND DAVE TOOK A FEW DIGITAL PICTURES OF OUR LAST MEAL AT KFC. THE 4 PICTURES ARE UP NOW ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS. GO TO THE KMAQ MAIN PAGE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM. www.kmaq.com AFTER TOMORROW, NO MORE "FINGER LICKIN' GOOD CHICKEN" FOR THE MANY LOCAL KFC FANS.
THE LATE KFC COLONEL WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED. WE ARE TOO.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
RYAN AND NICOLE JOHNSON OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN CHRISTMAS EVE, AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE NEIL AND DEB JOHNSON OF MAQUOKETA.
BRAD AND SUE CLARK OF CLIVE, IOWA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN YESTERDAY. GRANDPARENTS ARE GARY AND NANCY CLARK OF MAQUOKETA. GREAT-GRANDFATHER IS BILL SAGERS OF MAQUOKETA.
IT WAS LEARNED TODAY THAT THE KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA WILL CLOSE FOR GOOD TOMORROW AT REGULAR CLOSING TIME. FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS, IT HAS BEEN OWNED BY THE WEAVER FAMILY OF PEORIA. THEY HAVE AROUND 30 KFC RESTAURANTS IN THE TRI-STATE AREA.
MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT DEAN TILTON AND I OWNED AND RAN IT FOR 20 YEARS, UNTIL SELLING IT TO THE WEAVERS. WE PURCHASED IT FROM TWO GENTLEMEN IN SAVANNA, ILLINOIS. WE HAD A MANAGER FOR THE RESTAURANT AND WORKED CLOSELY WITH HER IN RUNNING ONE OF THE TOP KFC RESTAURANTS IN THE MIDWEST. IF I MAY BRAG A LITTLE....WE WERE OFTEN AT THE TOP OR NEAR THE TOP OF THE LIST PUT OUT BY THE KFC ORGANIZATION. THIS WAS DETERMINED BY MYSTERY SHOPPERS THAT SHOPPED KFC RESTAURANTS EVERY MONTH. WHEN THE WEAVER CHAIN APPROACHED US ABOUT BUYING US OUT, WE DECIDED TWENTY YEARS WAS ENOUGH AND DECIDED TO SELL. THE PLAN , BY THE WEAVERS, WAS TO EVENTUALLY BUILD A NEW, LARGER KFC RESTAURANT AT A BETTER LOCATION IN MAQUOKETA. NOW, THEY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT. THE BUILDING IS STILL OWNED BY DEAN AND I AND WE WILL LIST IT FOR SALE AFTER ALL THE EQUIPMENT IS TAKEN OUT IN JANUARY. IT PROBABLY WILL BE USED FOR A BUSINESS OTHER THAN A RESTAURANT. THE RESTAURANT HAS BEEN IN MAQUOKETA ABOUT 28 YEARS AND THAT'S WHY I'M SURE THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WILL MISS IT. MY SON, DAVE , AND I WENT THERE FOR LUNCH TODAY AND DAVE TOOK A FEW DIGITAL PICTURES OF OUR LAST MEAL AT KFC. THE 4 PICTURES ARE UP NOW ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS. GO TO THE KMAQ MAIN PAGE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM. www.kmaq.com AFTER TOMORROW, NO MORE "FINGER LICKIN' GOOD CHICKEN" FOR THE MANY LOCAL KFC FANS.
THE LATE KFC COLONEL WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED. WE ARE TOO.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, December 29, 2003
Yesterday, Maquoketa reached 50. Today, mostly cloudy and only in the 30's.
A MONMOUTH MAN LEAD JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES ON A FIVE-MILE HIGH SPEED ESCAPADED AND THEN A SHORT FOOT CHASE THROUGH A CORNFIELD EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. JOSHUA DAVID HOWELL, AGE 20, HAS BEEN CHARGED WTIH OWI, OPEN CONTAINER VIOLATION, AND SEVERAL TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
POLICE BLOTTER: LISA VOHRINGER OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED SOMEONE TOOK ITEMS VALUED AT ABOUT $50 FROM HER VEHICLE WHILE PARKED AT WALMART YESTERDAY.
LAURA JAMES OF NORTH WALNUT SAID SOMEONE TOOK A WOODEN MOOSE AND BEAR BENCH FROM THE FRONT YARDD SOMETIME SINCE DECEMBER 15TH...A VALUE OF $130.
COURT NEWS: RONALD GARIEN, AGE 47, OF MAQUOEKTA WAS CHARGED WITH OWI, 2ND OFFENSSE YESTERDAY. HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL REGISTERED .241 WITH .08 AS THE LEGAL LIMIT.
DAN AND MICHELLE STEINES OF NORTH LIBERTY ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN YESTERDAY IN CEDAR RAPIDS. GRANDPARENTS ARE JUNIOR AND LAURA STEINES OF RURAL SPRINGBROOK.
DALE YAROLIM, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE WAS A WORLD WAR 2 VETERAN OF THE U.S. ARMY. HE WORKED IN THE CLINTON ENGINES PAINT DEPARTMENT FOR 30 YEARS AND THEN WORKED AS A HANDYMAN AT BRIARWOOD CARE CENTER IN MAQUOKETA UNTIL RETIRING IN 1993. SURVIVORS INCLUDE4 CHILDREN....DIXIE BRINKMAN OF MAQUOKETA....DAN YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA....DOUG YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA....AND DENISE SCHMITZ OF MAQUOKETA.
STEVE FLYNN, OUTGOING CITY COUNCILMAN, IS THE ROTARY'S "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK"...SEE A PICTURE OF HIM AND READ ABOUT HIM ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE....www.maquoketa-rotary.org
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
A MONMOUTH MAN LEAD JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES ON A FIVE-MILE HIGH SPEED ESCAPADED AND THEN A SHORT FOOT CHASE THROUGH A CORNFIELD EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. JOSHUA DAVID HOWELL, AGE 20, HAS BEEN CHARGED WTIH OWI, OPEN CONTAINER VIOLATION, AND SEVERAL TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
POLICE BLOTTER: LISA VOHRINGER OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED SOMEONE TOOK ITEMS VALUED AT ABOUT $50 FROM HER VEHICLE WHILE PARKED AT WALMART YESTERDAY.
LAURA JAMES OF NORTH WALNUT SAID SOMEONE TOOK A WOODEN MOOSE AND BEAR BENCH FROM THE FRONT YARDD SOMETIME SINCE DECEMBER 15TH...A VALUE OF $130.
COURT NEWS: RONALD GARIEN, AGE 47, OF MAQUOEKTA WAS CHARGED WITH OWI, 2ND OFFENSSE YESTERDAY. HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL REGISTERED .241 WITH .08 AS THE LEGAL LIMIT.
DAN AND MICHELLE STEINES OF NORTH LIBERTY ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN YESTERDAY IN CEDAR RAPIDS. GRANDPARENTS ARE JUNIOR AND LAURA STEINES OF RURAL SPRINGBROOK.
DALE YAROLIM, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE WAS A WORLD WAR 2 VETERAN OF THE U.S. ARMY. HE WORKED IN THE CLINTON ENGINES PAINT DEPARTMENT FOR 30 YEARS AND THEN WORKED AS A HANDYMAN AT BRIARWOOD CARE CENTER IN MAQUOKETA UNTIL RETIRING IN 1993. SURVIVORS INCLUDE4 CHILDREN....DIXIE BRINKMAN OF MAQUOKETA....DAN YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA....DOUG YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA....AND DENISE SCHMITZ OF MAQUOKETA.
STEVE FLYNN, OUTGOING CITY COUNCILMAN, IS THE ROTARY'S "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK"...SEE A PICTURE OF HIM AND READ ABOUT HIM ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE....www.maquoketa-rotary.org
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, December 26, 2003
PARTLY SUNNY TODAY..HIGH IN 40'S.
MINOR ACCIDENT JUST BEFORE 6 THIS MORNING....ONE DRIVER, LEROY ANDERSON, AGE 61, OF MAQUOKETA, AND OTHER DRIVER, EVERETT SEATS,AGE 37, OF CLINTON. JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, SEATS REAR-ENDED ANDERSON'S CAR...NO INJURIES.
ANOTHER MINOR ACCIDENT THIS MORNING RESULTED IN LARRY EDWARDS, AGE 58, OF MAQUOKETA, BEING CHARGED FOR FAILURE TO YIELD. BECAUSE OF FROSTED WINDSHIELD, EDWARDS DIDN'T SEE CAR DRIVEN BY ROBERT EVERDING, AGE 58, OF MAQUOKETA. LITTLE DAMAGE FROM THE COLLISION.
BREAKIN AT KFC RESTAURANT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIEFS PRYED OPEN THE NORTH DOOR, AND THEN GOT INTO THE OFFICE AND TOOK MONEY AND THE CASH REGISTER DRAWER. AMOUNT NOT ON THE POLICE BLOTTER. KFC OWNED BY WEAVER CHAIN OF KFC'S.
CHESTER "BUTCH" PETIT DIED WEDNESDAY FOLLOWING A BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE WAS 58. HAD BEEN A BRICKLAYER FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, ANGELA OF DUBUQUE, AND HIS FORMER WIFE, BRENDA PETIT OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO TWO SISTERS.
CHECKING THE OTHER DAY, AND THE FIRST DAY I DID THIS DAILY REPORT WAS JUNE 9TH OF 1997. LONG TIME.
EVERY ONE CAN BE BROUGHT UP IN A MINUTE OR SO...THEY ARE ALL HERE, BY YEARS, ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE.
HEARD TODAY THAT DR. BROMAN IS BACK IN THE HOSPITAL AT IOWA CITY AND ALSO THAT JOHN FAGERLAND FELL CHRISTMAS EVE AND BROKE A LEG.
JERRY MAPLES AND HIS WIFE ARE VISITING MAQUOKETA. SAW THEM AT CHURCH CHRISTMAS EVE. THEY LIVE IN PHOENIX AND HE IS ACTIVELY WORKING AS AN ARTIST. HAS ENJOYING PAINTING FOR MANY YEARS, EVEN BACK WHEN HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE JACKSON STATE SAVINGS BANK.
DELIVERING MEALS ON WHEELS AND TOOK A MEAL TO CLAUDE BECK, FORMER KMAQ SALESMAN AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF MAQUOKETA. HE LIVES ALONE, AND SELDOM LEAVES THE HOUSE. SON MARK CHECKS ON HIM 3 TIMES A DAY.
ALSO DELIVERED A MEAL TO SHERRY SOKOL. SHE SEEMS TO BE DOING WELL. PRETTY PROUD OF HER HOUSE DOG...ALSO KIND OF A WATCH DOG AS HE WAS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AND BARKED AS I WALKED UP THE FRONT STEPS.
GOING UP TO HORICON, WISCONSIN TOMORROW TO VISIT MY BROTHER...AND A FEW OTHER RELATIVES. BEEN WELL OVER A YEAR SINCE I VISITED THE LITTLE TOWN, THAT HAS A JOHN DEERE PLANT THAT MAKES THE JOHN DEERE GARDEN TRACTORS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
MINOR ACCIDENT JUST BEFORE 6 THIS MORNING....ONE DRIVER, LEROY ANDERSON, AGE 61, OF MAQUOKETA, AND OTHER DRIVER, EVERETT SEATS,AGE 37, OF CLINTON. JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, SEATS REAR-ENDED ANDERSON'S CAR...NO INJURIES.
ANOTHER MINOR ACCIDENT THIS MORNING RESULTED IN LARRY EDWARDS, AGE 58, OF MAQUOKETA, BEING CHARGED FOR FAILURE TO YIELD. BECAUSE OF FROSTED WINDSHIELD, EDWARDS DIDN'T SEE CAR DRIVEN BY ROBERT EVERDING, AGE 58, OF MAQUOKETA. LITTLE DAMAGE FROM THE COLLISION.
BREAKIN AT KFC RESTAURANT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIEFS PRYED OPEN THE NORTH DOOR, AND THEN GOT INTO THE OFFICE AND TOOK MONEY AND THE CASH REGISTER DRAWER. AMOUNT NOT ON THE POLICE BLOTTER. KFC OWNED BY WEAVER CHAIN OF KFC'S.
CHESTER "BUTCH" PETIT DIED WEDNESDAY FOLLOWING A BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE WAS 58. HAD BEEN A BRICKLAYER FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, ANGELA OF DUBUQUE, AND HIS FORMER WIFE, BRENDA PETIT OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO TWO SISTERS.
CHECKING THE OTHER DAY, AND THE FIRST DAY I DID THIS DAILY REPORT WAS JUNE 9TH OF 1997. LONG TIME.
EVERY ONE CAN BE BROUGHT UP IN A MINUTE OR SO...THEY ARE ALL HERE, BY YEARS, ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE.
HEARD TODAY THAT DR. BROMAN IS BACK IN THE HOSPITAL AT IOWA CITY AND ALSO THAT JOHN FAGERLAND FELL CHRISTMAS EVE AND BROKE A LEG.
JERRY MAPLES AND HIS WIFE ARE VISITING MAQUOKETA. SAW THEM AT CHURCH CHRISTMAS EVE. THEY LIVE IN PHOENIX AND HE IS ACTIVELY WORKING AS AN ARTIST. HAS ENJOYING PAINTING FOR MANY YEARS, EVEN BACK WHEN HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE JACKSON STATE SAVINGS BANK.
DELIVERING MEALS ON WHEELS AND TOOK A MEAL TO CLAUDE BECK, FORMER KMAQ SALESMAN AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF MAQUOKETA. HE LIVES ALONE, AND SELDOM LEAVES THE HOUSE. SON MARK CHECKS ON HIM 3 TIMES A DAY.
ALSO DELIVERED A MEAL TO SHERRY SOKOL. SHE SEEMS TO BE DOING WELL. PRETTY PROUD OF HER HOUSE DOG...ALSO KIND OF A WATCH DOG AS HE WAS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AND BARKED AS I WALKED UP THE FRONT STEPS.
GOING UP TO HORICON, WISCONSIN TOMORROW TO VISIT MY BROTHER...AND A FEW OTHER RELATIVES. BEEN WELL OVER A YEAR SINCE I VISITED THE LITTLE TOWN, THAT HAS A JOHN DEERE PLANT THAT MAKES THE JOHN DEERE GARDEN TRACTORS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, December 24, 2003
SUNNY TODAY, BUT COOL.
A NEWLY REMODELED BELLEVUE BUSINESS WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED BY FIRE LAST NIGHT.
THE "RIVER BOTTOM CAFE" ON SOUTH RIVERVIEW. WHEN FIRMEN ARRIVED AT 10 P.M., FLAMES WERE SHOOTING FROM THE KITCHEN AREA. A PASSER-BY SAW THE FLAMES AND CALLED 911. THE BUSINESS IS OWNED BY RONALD HEISTER, WHO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THE RESTAURANT. FIRE CHIEF CHRIS ROLING ESTIMATED THE DAMAGE AT $80,000 TO THE RESTAURANT WHICH WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE "POINT PLEASANT RESORT".
THE RESTAURANT WAS OPEN UNTIL 6 LAST NIGHT. IT HAS BEEN REMODELED THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND IS POPULAR WITH MISSISSIPPI RIVER FISHERMEN AS WELL AS LOCAL RESIDENTS. I ASSUME HEISTER WILL MAKE REPAIRS AND RE-OPEN.
A VANDALISM INCIDENT REPORTED TO MAQUOKETA POLICE. BRANDY SHEPARD OF 207 E. MAPLE SAID SOMEONE THREW SOMETHING THROUGH THE FRONT WINDOW OF HER HOME. SHE SAW TWO MALES RUNNING FROM THE HOME TUESDAY NIGHT.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
KMAQ WILL BROADCAST THE LUTHERAN CHURCH SERVICE "live" at 6 TONIGHT AND THE METHODIST SERVICE AT 9 TONIGHT....WITH SIGN-OFF AS ALWAYS AT 10.
AND...WE'LL BE ON-THE-AIR CHRISTMAS DAY AS ALWAYS. ITS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, RADIO ISN'T THE BEST KIND OF BUSINESS TO BE IN.
UNLESS SOMETHING MAJOR HAPPENS, THERE WILL BE NO DAILY REPORT TOMORROW THOUGH.
THANKS TO DAILY REPORT READER ANN DAHLEN FOR YOUR EMAIL CHRISTMAS GREETING...WHEREVER YOU LIVE.
NANCY AND I WILL BE AT THE HOME OF CHARLIE AND THE KIDS TONIGHT...THEN CHURCH AT 11...AND THE ENTIRE FAMILY WILL BE AT OUR HOUSE FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER TOMORROW.
HOPE ALL OF YOU HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
DENNIS VOY
A NEWLY REMODELED BELLEVUE BUSINESS WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED BY FIRE LAST NIGHT.
THE "RIVER BOTTOM CAFE" ON SOUTH RIVERVIEW. WHEN FIRMEN ARRIVED AT 10 P.M., FLAMES WERE SHOOTING FROM THE KITCHEN AREA. A PASSER-BY SAW THE FLAMES AND CALLED 911. THE BUSINESS IS OWNED BY RONALD HEISTER, WHO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THE RESTAURANT. FIRE CHIEF CHRIS ROLING ESTIMATED THE DAMAGE AT $80,000 TO THE RESTAURANT WHICH WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE "POINT PLEASANT RESORT".
THE RESTAURANT WAS OPEN UNTIL 6 LAST NIGHT. IT HAS BEEN REMODELED THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND IS POPULAR WITH MISSISSIPPI RIVER FISHERMEN AS WELL AS LOCAL RESIDENTS. I ASSUME HEISTER WILL MAKE REPAIRS AND RE-OPEN.
A VANDALISM INCIDENT REPORTED TO MAQUOKETA POLICE. BRANDY SHEPARD OF 207 E. MAPLE SAID SOMEONE THREW SOMETHING THROUGH THE FRONT WINDOW OF HER HOME. SHE SAW TWO MALES RUNNING FROM THE HOME TUESDAY NIGHT.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
KMAQ WILL BROADCAST THE LUTHERAN CHURCH SERVICE "live" at 6 TONIGHT AND THE METHODIST SERVICE AT 9 TONIGHT....WITH SIGN-OFF AS ALWAYS AT 10.
AND...WE'LL BE ON-THE-AIR CHRISTMAS DAY AS ALWAYS. ITS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, RADIO ISN'T THE BEST KIND OF BUSINESS TO BE IN.
UNLESS SOMETHING MAJOR HAPPENS, THERE WILL BE NO DAILY REPORT TOMORROW THOUGH.
THANKS TO DAILY REPORT READER ANN DAHLEN FOR YOUR EMAIL CHRISTMAS GREETING...WHEREVER YOU LIVE.
NANCY AND I WILL BE AT THE HOME OF CHARLIE AND THE KIDS TONIGHT...THEN CHURCH AT 11...AND THE ENTIRE FAMILY WILL BE AT OUR HOUSE FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER TOMORROW.
HOPE ALL OF YOU HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, December 23, 2003
CLOUDY..HIGH TODAY OF 36
DR. ROB DEEGAN OF RURAL MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN NAMED THE NEW JACKSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR AND HOMELAND SECURITY COORDINATOR. HE REPLACES BUDDY OLSON, WHO HAS HELD THE POSITION FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. OLSON WILL RETIRE FROM THE PART-TIME POSITION MARCH 1ST. THE DEPARTMENT IS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE JACKSON COUNTY MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, MADE UP OF MAYORS OF EACH COMMUNITY IN JACKSON COUNTY. MONEY FOR THE DIRECTOR'S SALARY COMES FROM THE ASSESSMENT TO EACH COMMUNITY.
KATHY TILL, MAYOR OF ANDREW, IS THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF THE LEAGUE AND SAID THERE WERE 8 APPLICANTS FOR THE JOB. BILL MERRICK, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BARBER, WAS THE ORIGINAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR JACKSON COUNTY. DEEGAN, A VETERINARIAN, ALSO OWNS A DEER FARM NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA. BUDDY CHECKS THIS REPORT REGULARLY. BUDDY, THANKS FOR A GOOD JOB OVER THE YEARS. NOW THAT YOU'LL HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME, MAYBE YOU CAN HELPL MYRNA AROUND THE HOUSE A LITTLE.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS HAVE RECEIVED AN $18,000 HARKIN GRANT TO DO SOME FIRE SAFETY UPGRADES AT CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL. THE GRANTS ARE SPONSORED BY SEN. TOM HARKIN WITH THE FUNDS COMING FROM THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE COKE MACHINE AT CAN CITY ON EAST PLATT STREET, OWNED BY JOHN WAGENER. TAKEN, BETWEEN $50 AND $75 IN CHANGES AND BILLS....AND...DAMAGE OF ABOUT $150 TO THE MACHINE.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED BETWEEN SATURDAY AND MONDAY.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
NO LOCAL SPORTS. IOWA LOST TO TEXAS TECH LAST NIGHT IN BASKETBALL. WE BROADCAST THE GAME. THE HAWKEYE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL BE IN THE OUTBACK BOWL IN TAMPA NEW YEAR'S DAY, WITH A 10 A.M. KICK-OFF. KMAQ'S BROADCAST THAT DAY FROM TAMPA WILL START AT 8 A.M.
VERY LITTLE SNOW ON THE GROUND AROUND HERE ANYMORE....SO UNLESS WE GET SOME IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO, WE WILL NOT HAVE A WHITE CHRISTMAS.
ONE DAY LEFT TO SHOP.....AND MOST STORES WILL CLOSE EARLY TOMORROW.
IF YOU ARE TAKING OFF FOR SOMEWHERE, DRIVE CAREFULLY.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW IF YOU CAN.
DENNIS VOY
DR. ROB DEEGAN OF RURAL MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN NAMED THE NEW JACKSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR AND HOMELAND SECURITY COORDINATOR. HE REPLACES BUDDY OLSON, WHO HAS HELD THE POSITION FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. OLSON WILL RETIRE FROM THE PART-TIME POSITION MARCH 1ST. THE DEPARTMENT IS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE JACKSON COUNTY MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, MADE UP OF MAYORS OF EACH COMMUNITY IN JACKSON COUNTY. MONEY FOR THE DIRECTOR'S SALARY COMES FROM THE ASSESSMENT TO EACH COMMUNITY.
KATHY TILL, MAYOR OF ANDREW, IS THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF THE LEAGUE AND SAID THERE WERE 8 APPLICANTS FOR THE JOB. BILL MERRICK, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BARBER, WAS THE ORIGINAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR JACKSON COUNTY. DEEGAN, A VETERINARIAN, ALSO OWNS A DEER FARM NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA. BUDDY CHECKS THIS REPORT REGULARLY. BUDDY, THANKS FOR A GOOD JOB OVER THE YEARS. NOW THAT YOU'LL HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME, MAYBE YOU CAN HELPL MYRNA AROUND THE HOUSE A LITTLE.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS HAVE RECEIVED AN $18,000 HARKIN GRANT TO DO SOME FIRE SAFETY UPGRADES AT CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL. THE GRANTS ARE SPONSORED BY SEN. TOM HARKIN WITH THE FUNDS COMING FROM THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE COKE MACHINE AT CAN CITY ON EAST PLATT STREET, OWNED BY JOHN WAGENER. TAKEN, BETWEEN $50 AND $75 IN CHANGES AND BILLS....AND...DAMAGE OF ABOUT $150 TO THE MACHINE.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED BETWEEN SATURDAY AND MONDAY.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
NO LOCAL SPORTS. IOWA LOST TO TEXAS TECH LAST NIGHT IN BASKETBALL. WE BROADCAST THE GAME. THE HAWKEYE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL BE IN THE OUTBACK BOWL IN TAMPA NEW YEAR'S DAY, WITH A 10 A.M. KICK-OFF. KMAQ'S BROADCAST THAT DAY FROM TAMPA WILL START AT 8 A.M.
VERY LITTLE SNOW ON THE GROUND AROUND HERE ANYMORE....SO UNLESS WE GET SOME IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO, WE WILL NOT HAVE A WHITE CHRISTMAS.
ONE DAY LEFT TO SHOP.....AND MOST STORES WILL CLOSE EARLY TOMORROW.
IF YOU ARE TAKING OFF FOR SOMEWHERE, DRIVE CAREFULLY.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW IF YOU CAN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, December 22, 2003
CLOUDY TODAY..HIGH OF 44. YESTERDAY HIGH WAS 40. TOMORROW'S HIGH WILL BE AROUND 30.
STILL HAVE SNOW ON THE GROUND.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM, FRIDAY NIGHT AT MARION, WON THEIR 4TH GAME IN A ROW, BEATING THE INDIANS 58 TO 48. ADAM HEPKER WAS HIGH WITH 18 POINTS. NOW, AT THE HOLIDAY BREAK, THE BOYS ARE 3 AND 0 IN THE CONFERENCE AND 4 AND 2 OVERALL.
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ALSO BEAT MARION, 77 TO 54. TIFFANY HELMBRECHT LEAD MQUOKETA WITH 25 POINTS. THE GIRLS ARE 5 AND 2 OVERALL AND 4 AND 0 IN THE CONFERENCE.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE IN THE SABER'S TOURNAMENT AT DEWITT SATURDAY. DEWITT WON THEIR TOURNAMENT WITH 200 POINTS. MAQUOKETA AND NORTH SCOTT TIED FOR 2ND WITH 179. CHAMPIONS FOR MAQUOKETA: BOBBY KIRK AT 140....DANE PAPE AT 215 AND CHARLIE HAYS AT HEAVYWEIGHT.
KATHY A. MILLER OF MAQUOKETA IS THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK. SEE A PICTURE OF HER AND STORY ABOUT HER ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org
POLICE BLOTTER: STEVE FOWLER OF 305 S. MAIN REPORTED SOMEONE BROKE INTO HIS TRUCK SATURDAY NIGHT AND TOO A 22 REMINGTON GUN IN A SOFT CASE...A VALUE OF $120. AND..RICK GARIEN OF L50TH AVE, RURAL MAQUOKETA, REPORTED TWO SADDLES AND TWO BREAST COLLARS WERE TAKEN FROM HIS BARN SOMETIME IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS...A VALUE OF $1,700.
RANDY AND JEAN MANNING OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN YESTERDAY AT GENESIS BIRTH CENTER.
PATERNALGRANDPARENTS ARE JERRY AND CLEO MANNING OF MAQUOKETA.
DANNY KLOSSNER, AGE 65, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA. HE HAD WORKED FOR THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA AS A WATER OPERATOR FOR 14 YEARS AND THEN WORKED FOR PEOPLE'S SERVICE FOR3 YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JEAN, OF MAQUOKETA AND 6 CHILDREN, INCLUDING MERLE OF MAQUOKETA, AND PENNY SABIN OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A MERRY WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
STILL HAVE SNOW ON THE GROUND.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM, FRIDAY NIGHT AT MARION, WON THEIR 4TH GAME IN A ROW, BEATING THE INDIANS 58 TO 48. ADAM HEPKER WAS HIGH WITH 18 POINTS. NOW, AT THE HOLIDAY BREAK, THE BOYS ARE 3 AND 0 IN THE CONFERENCE AND 4 AND 2 OVERALL.
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ALSO BEAT MARION, 77 TO 54. TIFFANY HELMBRECHT LEAD MQUOKETA WITH 25 POINTS. THE GIRLS ARE 5 AND 2 OVERALL AND 4 AND 0 IN THE CONFERENCE.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE IN THE SABER'S TOURNAMENT AT DEWITT SATURDAY. DEWITT WON THEIR TOURNAMENT WITH 200 POINTS. MAQUOKETA AND NORTH SCOTT TIED FOR 2ND WITH 179. CHAMPIONS FOR MAQUOKETA: BOBBY KIRK AT 140....DANE PAPE AT 215 AND CHARLIE HAYS AT HEAVYWEIGHT.
KATHY A. MILLER OF MAQUOKETA IS THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK. SEE A PICTURE OF HER AND STORY ABOUT HER ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org
POLICE BLOTTER: STEVE FOWLER OF 305 S. MAIN REPORTED SOMEONE BROKE INTO HIS TRUCK SATURDAY NIGHT AND TOO A 22 REMINGTON GUN IN A SOFT CASE...A VALUE OF $120. AND..RICK GARIEN OF L50TH AVE, RURAL MAQUOKETA, REPORTED TWO SADDLES AND TWO BREAST COLLARS WERE TAKEN FROM HIS BARN SOMETIME IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS...A VALUE OF $1,700.
RANDY AND JEAN MANNING OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN YESTERDAY AT GENESIS BIRTH CENTER.
PATERNALGRANDPARENTS ARE JERRY AND CLEO MANNING OF MAQUOKETA.
DANNY KLOSSNER, AGE 65, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA. HE HAD WORKED FOR THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA AS A WATER OPERATOR FOR 14 YEARS AND THEN WORKED FOR PEOPLE'S SERVICE FOR3 YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JEAN, OF MAQUOKETA AND 6 CHILDREN, INCLUDING MERLE OF MAQUOKETA, AND PENNY SABIN OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A MERRY WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, December 18, 2003
CLOUDY TODAY, HIGH IN MID 20'S. WE GOT 1 AND 1/2 INCH OF SNOW LAST NIGHT.
SO FAR, THE DECEMBER SNOWFALL IS AT 5 INCHES.
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE 23 NEW PICTURES TAKEN AROUND MAQUOKETA EARLIER THIS WEEK. GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS.
THE AVERAGE VALUE OF AN ACRE OF FARMLAND IN IOWA REACHED $2,275 AN ACRE IN 2003, THE HIGHEST FIGURE REPORTED SINCE IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY BEGAN CONDUCTING AN ANNUAL SURVEY OF LAND VALUES IN 1941. THE 2003 AVERAGE VALUE TOPPED A PREVIOUS RECORD OF $2,147 REPORTED IN 1981. SCOTT COUNTY AGAIN HAS THE HIGHEST VALUE LAND, AT AN AVERAGE OF $3,697 AN ACRE,
JACKSON COUNTY WENT UP $90 AN ACRE, FROM $2,033 LAST YEAR TO $2,122 THIS YEAR, A 4.4% INCREASE.
JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF RANDY MANNING HIT A DEER WHILE ON PATROL LAST NIGHT. ABOUT $500 DAMAGE TO HIS SQUAD CAR, A 1999 JEEP. ALSO REPORTING A DEER ACCIDENT, "Kicker" KILBURG OF SPRINGBROOK AND MATT SCHMIDT OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WITH FACIAL HAIR WEARING A DIRTY WHITE COAT WHO TOOK SOME ITEMS YESTERDAY FROM THEISEN'S FARM STORE.
THE ITEMS WERE WORTH $158.
A NEW EVENT IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA SATURDAY, JANUARY 24TH...AT THE COMFORT INN NEW MOTEL. IT WILL BE A WOMEN'S LIFESTYLE FAIR, ORGANIZED BY LIN SCHULTZ AND SARALYN OSTWINKLE BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE HOWARD DEAN WILL BE IN MAQUOEKTA AT NOON SATURDAY AT THE COMFORT INN.
MAQUOKETA HAS A WAMAC CONFERENCE WRESTLING MEET AT MARION TONIGHT.
DR. PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL BROADCAST THE MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
SO FAR, THE DECEMBER SNOWFALL IS AT 5 INCHES.
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE 23 NEW PICTURES TAKEN AROUND MAQUOKETA EARLIER THIS WEEK. GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS.
THE AVERAGE VALUE OF AN ACRE OF FARMLAND IN IOWA REACHED $2,275 AN ACRE IN 2003, THE HIGHEST FIGURE REPORTED SINCE IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY BEGAN CONDUCTING AN ANNUAL SURVEY OF LAND VALUES IN 1941. THE 2003 AVERAGE VALUE TOPPED A PREVIOUS RECORD OF $2,147 REPORTED IN 1981. SCOTT COUNTY AGAIN HAS THE HIGHEST VALUE LAND, AT AN AVERAGE OF $3,697 AN ACRE,
JACKSON COUNTY WENT UP $90 AN ACRE, FROM $2,033 LAST YEAR TO $2,122 THIS YEAR, A 4.4% INCREASE.
JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF RANDY MANNING HIT A DEER WHILE ON PATROL LAST NIGHT. ABOUT $500 DAMAGE TO HIS SQUAD CAR, A 1999 JEEP. ALSO REPORTING A DEER ACCIDENT, "Kicker" KILBURG OF SPRINGBROOK AND MATT SCHMIDT OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WITH FACIAL HAIR WEARING A DIRTY WHITE COAT WHO TOOK SOME ITEMS YESTERDAY FROM THEISEN'S FARM STORE.
THE ITEMS WERE WORTH $158.
A NEW EVENT IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA SATURDAY, JANUARY 24TH...AT THE COMFORT INN NEW MOTEL. IT WILL BE A WOMEN'S LIFESTYLE FAIR, ORGANIZED BY LIN SCHULTZ AND SARALYN OSTWINKLE BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE HOWARD DEAN WILL BE IN MAQUOEKTA AT NOON SATURDAY AT THE COMFORT INN.
MAQUOKETA HAS A WAMAC CONFERENCE WRESTLING MEET AT MARION TONIGHT.
DR. PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL BROADCAST THE MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, December 17, 2003
SUNNY TODAY. HIGH OF 28
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED WEST DELAWARE OF MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT AT MCHS GYM.....74 TO 59. THE SOPHOMORES LOST BY 2 POINTS. MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON OVER WESTERN DUBUQUE, 53 TO 39 AT EPWORTH LAST NIGHT AND ARE NOW 3 AND 0 IN THE WAMAC.
GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE, AND CLICK TO DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS IF YOU WANT TO SEE 23 PICTURES I TOOK
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AROUND MAQUOKETA. ONLY THING...THERE ARE STILL NO CAPTIONS....THEY WILL BE PUT ON LATER TONIGHT....SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW...OR LATER TONIGHT.
SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL AND DAY CARE HAS A NEW DIRECTOR. JENNIFER CONNOLLY, A LONGTIME SUNSHINE EMPLOYEE, HAS BEEN NAMED INTERIM DIRECTOR. THERESA HAUMANN RESIGNED LAST WEEK AFTER SERVING IN THAT POSITION FOR ONE YEAR.
"A SEASON OF LIGHTS" HELD LAST WEEK AT THE CLOVER RIDGE ASSISTED LIVING PLACE ACROSS FROM WALMART, IN MAQUOKETA, RAISED $1,600 FROM THE SALE OF TREES, WREATHS AND LUMINARIES. ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE 2ND ANNUAL EVENT WILL GO TO THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION. THE OPEN HOUSE WAS HELD LAST THURSDAY THRU SUNDAY. A NICE HOLIDAY EVENT IN MAQUOEKTA. KATHY MILLER, MARKETING PERSON FOR CLOVER RIDGE, DID ANOTHER BANG-UP JOB ORGANIZING THE EVENT.
BERTHA HOUSE, AGE 93, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. SURVIVORS INCLUDE
2 DAUGHTERS, JOYCE GOARCKE OF MAQUOKETA AND MARILYN WILSLEF OF PRESTON. ALSO TWO SONS, ZELLUS OF MAQUOEKETA AND KEITH OF MOLINE, AND A SISTER, LULA, IN HOUSTON TEXAS. AND, 15 GRAND AND 37 GREAT, AND 15 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND DID HOUSEKEEPER WORK AND FOR MANY YEARS, WAS OUR CLEANING PERSON HERE AT KMAQ. SHE LIKED TO BAKE AND ESPECIALLY AT CHRISTMAS, WE ENJOYED HER
BAKED GOODS.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED WEST DELAWARE OF MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT AT MCHS GYM.....74 TO 59. THE SOPHOMORES LOST BY 2 POINTS. MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON OVER WESTERN DUBUQUE, 53 TO 39 AT EPWORTH LAST NIGHT AND ARE NOW 3 AND 0 IN THE WAMAC.
GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE, AND CLICK TO DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS IF YOU WANT TO SEE 23 PICTURES I TOOK
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AROUND MAQUOKETA. ONLY THING...THERE ARE STILL NO CAPTIONS....THEY WILL BE PUT ON LATER TONIGHT....SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW...OR LATER TONIGHT.
SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL AND DAY CARE HAS A NEW DIRECTOR. JENNIFER CONNOLLY, A LONGTIME SUNSHINE EMPLOYEE, HAS BEEN NAMED INTERIM DIRECTOR. THERESA HAUMANN RESIGNED LAST WEEK AFTER SERVING IN THAT POSITION FOR ONE YEAR.
"A SEASON OF LIGHTS" HELD LAST WEEK AT THE CLOVER RIDGE ASSISTED LIVING PLACE ACROSS FROM WALMART, IN MAQUOKETA, RAISED $1,600 FROM THE SALE OF TREES, WREATHS AND LUMINARIES. ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE 2ND ANNUAL EVENT WILL GO TO THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION. THE OPEN HOUSE WAS HELD LAST THURSDAY THRU SUNDAY. A NICE HOLIDAY EVENT IN MAQUOEKTA. KATHY MILLER, MARKETING PERSON FOR CLOVER RIDGE, DID ANOTHER BANG-UP JOB ORGANIZING THE EVENT.
BERTHA HOUSE, AGE 93, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. SURVIVORS INCLUDE
2 DAUGHTERS, JOYCE GOARCKE OF MAQUOKETA AND MARILYN WILSLEF OF PRESTON. ALSO TWO SONS, ZELLUS OF MAQUOEKETA AND KEITH OF MOLINE, AND A SISTER, LULA, IN HOUSTON TEXAS. AND, 15 GRAND AND 37 GREAT, AND 15 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND DID HOUSEKEEPER WORK AND FOR MANY YEARS, WAS OUR CLEANING PERSON HERE AT KMAQ. SHE LIKED TO BAKE AND ESPECIALLY AT CHRISTMAS, WE ENJOYED HER
BAKED GOODS.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, December 15, 2003
SOME THAWING TODAY...HIGH OF 38.
MAQUOKETA TOOK 4 OUT OF 4 IN BASKETBALL OVER THE WEEKEND AGAINST DEWITT. FRIDAY NIGHT, BOTH THE MAQUOEKTA GIRLS VARSITY AND SOPHOMORE GAMES WERE WON BY THE CARDINALS HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND SATURDAY NIGHT, MAQUOKETA TOOK BOTH GAMES THERE. ADAM HEPKER WAS HIGH SCORER AT 30 POUNTS.
IN THE DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN INVITATIONAL WESTLING TOURNAMENT HERE IN MAQUOKETA, SATURDAY, CEDAR RAPIDS TOOK FIRST, AND MAQUOKETA SECOND. MAQUOKETA HAD 2 CHAMPIONS....DANE PAPE AND CHRIS HAHN.
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LORENE DYKSRA IS THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK. SEE A STORY AND PICTURE OF HER ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE....www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS IN AN ACCIDENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM HIS TRUCK AFTER IT WENT INTO THE DITCH NEAR NASHVILLE, EAST OF MAQUOKETA. RICKY CLARK, 52, WAS HANGING FROM HIS SEAT BELT WHEN THE MAQUOKETA RESCUE SQUAD ASRRIVED. HE WAS FREED AND REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
COURT NEWS: JANET HOWELL, AGE 51, OF MAQUOEKTA WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED. SHE WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY NIGHT.
BUTCH EHLERS, AGE 62, OF OXFORD JUNCTION, DIED THIS MORNING AT HIS HOME. HE WORKED THE LAST 8 YEARS FOR PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY IN MAQUOKETA, RETIRING THIS YEAR.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA TOOK 4 OUT OF 4 IN BASKETBALL OVER THE WEEKEND AGAINST DEWITT. FRIDAY NIGHT, BOTH THE MAQUOEKTA GIRLS VARSITY AND SOPHOMORE GAMES WERE WON BY THE CARDINALS HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND SATURDAY NIGHT, MAQUOKETA TOOK BOTH GAMES THERE. ADAM HEPKER WAS HIGH SCORER AT 30 POUNTS.
IN THE DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN INVITATIONAL WESTLING TOURNAMENT HERE IN MAQUOKETA, SATURDAY, CEDAR RAPIDS TOOK FIRST, AND MAQUOKETA SECOND. MAQUOKETA HAD 2 CHAMPIONS....DANE PAPE AND CHRIS HAHN.
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LORENE DYKSRA IS THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK. SEE A STORY AND PICTURE OF HER ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE....www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS IN AN ACCIDENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM HIS TRUCK AFTER IT WENT INTO THE DITCH NEAR NASHVILLE, EAST OF MAQUOKETA. RICKY CLARK, 52, WAS HANGING FROM HIS SEAT BELT WHEN THE MAQUOKETA RESCUE SQUAD ASRRIVED. HE WAS FREED AND REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
COURT NEWS: JANET HOWELL, AGE 51, OF MAQUOEKTA WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED. SHE WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY NIGHT.
BUTCH EHLERS, AGE 62, OF OXFORD JUNCTION, DIED THIS MORNING AT HIS HOME. HE WORKED THE LAST 8 YEARS FOR PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY IN MAQUOKETA, RETIRING THIS YEAR.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, December 12, 2003
19 today...SUNNY AND NICE.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS LAST NIGHT AT MANCHESTER EASILY DEFEATED DYERSVILLE BECKMAN AND THEN LOST TO WEST DELAWARE. THEY HOST THE DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN INVITATIONAL MEET TOMORROW.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WON OVER CAMANCHE LAST NIGHT 64 TO 23.
TONIGHT, MAQUOKETA WILL HOST THE DEWITT CENTRAL GIRLS AND TOMORROW NIGHT, THE BOYS PLAY AT DEWITT.
LOTS OF FLU ILLNESS IN THE AREA.....MIDLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WYOMING, IOWA HAD TO DISMISS CLASSES EARLY TODAY BECAUSE OF SO MANY STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OUT WITH THE FLU AND THEY ALSO POSTPONED TONIGHTS BASKETBALL GAMES AT WHEATLAND.
FLU VACCINE SHORTAGE IN IOWA. TODAY, THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL GAVE FLU SHOTS, STARTING AT 5 P.M. THERE WERE NEARLY 150 IN LINE AT 5 P.M. FOR THE SHOTS. THEY HAD ENOUGH FOR OVER 250 AND WILL CONTINUE GIVING SHOTS UNTIL 6:30. AND THESE WILL BE THE LAST AVAILABLE THROUGH THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.
DR. JOHN BROMAN OF MAQUOKETA , RETIRED, IS NOW LIVING AT THE MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE AND IS DOING WELL AND HOPES TO COME BACK TO MAQUOKETA PERMANENTLY BY CHRISTMAS. HE HAD A HEART BYPASS OPERATION A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND A SLIGHT STROKE.
TWO CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S SQUAD CARS WERE IN A NEAR HEAD-ON ACCIDENT ABOUT 6 LAST NIGHT, WHILE
GOING TO INVESTIGATE AN ACCIDENT NEAR WELTON ON HIGHWAY 61. ONE OF THE OFFICERS WAS CAPT. ROGER HEILIG, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. BOTH TAKEN TO DEWITT HOSPITAL AND TREATED AND RELEASED.
A SWISS FAMILY FARM EMPLOYEE, DARCY HANKEMEIER, RECEIVED BURNS AFTER HE WAS SPLASHED BY ANHYDROUS AMMONIA THIS MORNING AT ANDREW. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AND WE HAVE NOT HAD A CONDITION REPORT.
MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE AT A HOUSE FIRE FOR ABOUT 90 MINUTES STARTING ABOUT 1 A.M. THIS MORNING...AT 1002 KATHEY DRIVE. A HOUSE OWNED BY MIKE SAGERS AND RENTED BY TARA ANDERSON CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL OVERLOAD. ANDERSON LEFT THE BURNING HOME BEFORE FIREMEN ARRIVED. THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE CEILING AND IT WAS QUICKLY PUT OUT. THERE WAS A SMOKE DETECTOR IN THE HOME, BUT IT HAD DEAD BATTERIES.
ABOUT $20,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE DONE TO THE HOME.
SPEAKING OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AT THE COUNCIL GOAL-SETTING SESSION YESTERDAY, FIRE CHEIF MARK BECK SAID THAT MORE ROOM IS NEED AT THE FIRE STATION AND THAT THIS MATTER WILL BE STUDIED BY THE COUNCIL EARLY NEXT YEAR.
CHRISTINE DAEHLER, AGE 85, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS AFTERNOON. SHE WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES FOR MANY YEARS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY THREE CHILDREN, LONNA SCHURBON OF MAQUOKETA, BETTY MILLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND LARRY DAEHLER OF MAQUOKETA, 9 GRANDCHILDREN, 12 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND A SISTER, ALSO A SISTER-IN-LAW, LAVONNE YAPPEN OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS LAST NIGHT AT MANCHESTER EASILY DEFEATED DYERSVILLE BECKMAN AND THEN LOST TO WEST DELAWARE. THEY HOST THE DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN INVITATIONAL MEET TOMORROW.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WON OVER CAMANCHE LAST NIGHT 64 TO 23.
TONIGHT, MAQUOKETA WILL HOST THE DEWITT CENTRAL GIRLS AND TOMORROW NIGHT, THE BOYS PLAY AT DEWITT.
LOTS OF FLU ILLNESS IN THE AREA.....MIDLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WYOMING, IOWA HAD TO DISMISS CLASSES EARLY TODAY BECAUSE OF SO MANY STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OUT WITH THE FLU AND THEY ALSO POSTPONED TONIGHTS BASKETBALL GAMES AT WHEATLAND.
FLU VACCINE SHORTAGE IN IOWA. TODAY, THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL GAVE FLU SHOTS, STARTING AT 5 P.M. THERE WERE NEARLY 150 IN LINE AT 5 P.M. FOR THE SHOTS. THEY HAD ENOUGH FOR OVER 250 AND WILL CONTINUE GIVING SHOTS UNTIL 6:30. AND THESE WILL BE THE LAST AVAILABLE THROUGH THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.
DR. JOHN BROMAN OF MAQUOKETA , RETIRED, IS NOW LIVING AT THE MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE AND IS DOING WELL AND HOPES TO COME BACK TO MAQUOKETA PERMANENTLY BY CHRISTMAS. HE HAD A HEART BYPASS OPERATION A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND A SLIGHT STROKE.
TWO CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S SQUAD CARS WERE IN A NEAR HEAD-ON ACCIDENT ABOUT 6 LAST NIGHT, WHILE
GOING TO INVESTIGATE AN ACCIDENT NEAR WELTON ON HIGHWAY 61. ONE OF THE OFFICERS WAS CAPT. ROGER HEILIG, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. BOTH TAKEN TO DEWITT HOSPITAL AND TREATED AND RELEASED.
A SWISS FAMILY FARM EMPLOYEE, DARCY HANKEMEIER, RECEIVED BURNS AFTER HE WAS SPLASHED BY ANHYDROUS AMMONIA THIS MORNING AT ANDREW. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AND WE HAVE NOT HAD A CONDITION REPORT.
MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE AT A HOUSE FIRE FOR ABOUT 90 MINUTES STARTING ABOUT 1 A.M. THIS MORNING...AT 1002 KATHEY DRIVE. A HOUSE OWNED BY MIKE SAGERS AND RENTED BY TARA ANDERSON CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL OVERLOAD. ANDERSON LEFT THE BURNING HOME BEFORE FIREMEN ARRIVED. THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE CEILING AND IT WAS QUICKLY PUT OUT. THERE WAS A SMOKE DETECTOR IN THE HOME, BUT IT HAD DEAD BATTERIES.
ABOUT $20,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE DONE TO THE HOME.
SPEAKING OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AT THE COUNCIL GOAL-SETTING SESSION YESTERDAY, FIRE CHEIF MARK BECK SAID THAT MORE ROOM IS NEED AT THE FIRE STATION AND THAT THIS MATTER WILL BE STUDIED BY THE COUNCIL EARLY NEXT YEAR.
CHRISTINE DAEHLER, AGE 85, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS AFTERNOON. SHE WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES FOR MANY YEARS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY THREE CHILDREN, LONNA SCHURBON OF MAQUOKETA, BETTY MILLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND LARRY DAEHLER OF MAQUOKETA, 9 GRANDCHILDREN, 12 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND A SISTER, ALSO A SISTER-IN-LAW, LAVONNE YAPPEN OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, December 11, 2003
AN INCH OF SNOW IS ALL WE GOT. COLD TODAY, HIGH OF 17. LOW TONIGHT, AROUND 0.
BEFORE I FORGET...BOB HEAD, RETIRED MAQUOKETA AUTO DEALER, IS 65 TOMORROW. GIVE HIM A CALL. HIS NUMBER IS 1-563-652-3935.
FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, JUDGE DAVID SCHOENTHALER, NOW OF DAVENPORT, WAS APPOINTED THIS WEEK BY THE SUPREME COURT TO A TWO-YEAR TERM AS CHEIF JUDGE OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STARTING JAN 1ST. HE WAS A MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL BEING APPOINTED A JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT IN 1992.
ITS A BIG JOB. TWO OTHER JUDGES APPLIED FOR IT.
RANDAL SCOTT, AGE 44, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS TAKEN TO THE DEWITT HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT MONDAY AFTERNOON NEAR WELTON. HIS SEMI GOT OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER, HE OVER-CORRECTED AND THE TRUCK ROLLED ON ITS SIDE. $25,000 DAMAGE TO THE SEMI WOWNED BY PRESTON MEAT LOCKER.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, DAVID DANIEL, AGE 38, WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY MORNING AFTER A TASK FORCE RAIDED AN UPSTAIRS APARTMENT AT 322 AND 1/2 SOUTH 2ND STREET AFTER REPORTS OF STRANGE ODORS AND REPORTS OF FREQUENT VISITORS WHO STAYED JUST A SHORT TIME.
HE WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, METHAMPHETAMINE AND IS BEING HELD IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON A $13,000 CASH BOND. THREE OTHER PEOPLE REPORTEDLY HAVE BEEN STAHING AT THE APARTMENT, BUT NO CHARGES AGINST THEM AS OF THIS MORNING. ALSO FOUND IN THE APARTMENT, 15 FIREARMS AND DRUG PARAPHENALIA.
WILMA CURTIN, AGE 80, DIED TODAY AT HER HOME IN MAQUOKET. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, JAMES, PLUS 2 DAUGHTERS AND 1 SON AND GRANDCHILDREN.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY AT CAMANCHE TONIGHT.
THE WRESTLERS ARE AT MANCHESTER TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HOST DEWITT FRIDAY NIGHT.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
BEFORE I FORGET...BOB HEAD, RETIRED MAQUOKETA AUTO DEALER, IS 65 TOMORROW. GIVE HIM A CALL. HIS NUMBER IS 1-563-652-3935.
FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, JUDGE DAVID SCHOENTHALER, NOW OF DAVENPORT, WAS APPOINTED THIS WEEK BY THE SUPREME COURT TO A TWO-YEAR TERM AS CHEIF JUDGE OF THE 7TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STARTING JAN 1ST. HE WAS A MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL BEING APPOINTED A JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT IN 1992.
ITS A BIG JOB. TWO OTHER JUDGES APPLIED FOR IT.
RANDAL SCOTT, AGE 44, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS TAKEN TO THE DEWITT HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT MONDAY AFTERNOON NEAR WELTON. HIS SEMI GOT OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER, HE OVER-CORRECTED AND THE TRUCK ROLLED ON ITS SIDE. $25,000 DAMAGE TO THE SEMI WOWNED BY PRESTON MEAT LOCKER.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, DAVID DANIEL, AGE 38, WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY MORNING AFTER A TASK FORCE RAIDED AN UPSTAIRS APARTMENT AT 322 AND 1/2 SOUTH 2ND STREET AFTER REPORTS OF STRANGE ODORS AND REPORTS OF FREQUENT VISITORS WHO STAYED JUST A SHORT TIME.
HE WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, METHAMPHETAMINE AND IS BEING HELD IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON A $13,000 CASH BOND. THREE OTHER PEOPLE REPORTEDLY HAVE BEEN STAHING AT THE APARTMENT, BUT NO CHARGES AGINST THEM AS OF THIS MORNING. ALSO FOUND IN THE APARTMENT, 15 FIREARMS AND DRUG PARAPHENALIA.
WILMA CURTIN, AGE 80, DIED TODAY AT HER HOME IN MAQUOKET. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, JAMES, PLUS 2 DAUGHTERS AND 1 SON AND GRANDCHILDREN.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY AT CAMANCHE TONIGHT.
THE WRESTLERS ARE AT MANCHESTER TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HOST DEWITT FRIDAY NIGHT.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
NO SNOW OVER NIGHT. STARTED SNOWING ABOUT
8 THIS MORNING AND ENDED ABOUT MID-AFTERNOON.
I WOULD GUESS ABOUT 2 INCHES OF SNOW TOTAL.
IT WILL BE COLD TONIGHT..DOWN TO ABOUT 15.
SOME SCHOOLS LET OUT EARLY TODAY AND QUITE A FEW CANCELLATIONS OF EVENTS TONIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE.
THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAS ISSUED A 2004 GRANT TO JACKSON COUNTY FOR $13,804. THE FUNDS MAY BE USED TO SUPPLEMENT FOOD, SHELTER, RENT, MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WITH NON-DISASTER RELATED EMERGENCIES.
THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HELD ITS ANNUAL SOUP SUPPER AND BASKET AUCTION LAST NIGHT.
NANCY AND I WENT AND WE ENJOYED A BREAD BOWL OF POTATO SOUP AND FOR DESSERT, SOME BREAD PUDDING WITH RUM SAUCE. BREAD PUDDING WITH RUM SAUCE...HARD TO BEAT. STEVE MOREHEAD WAS AGAIN THE AUCTIONEER.
JR'S WINE AND SPIRITS IN MAQUOKETA REPORTED TO POLICE THAT A MALE TOOK A BOTTLE OF LIQUOR VALUED AT $42.69 FROM THE STORE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HE LEFT WITHOUT PAYING.
NO ONE INJURED IN A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON WEST SUMMIT. AMY STREFF, AGE 45, WAS CHARGED WITH STOP SIGN VIOLATION. STREFF WAS DRIVING NORTH AT SUMMIT AND AT INTERSECTION WITH VERMONT AREA, RHONDA RYAN, AGE 41, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS TURNING LEFT ONTO VERMONT. STREFF DID NOT STOP AND COLLIDED WITH THE RYAN VEHICLE. DAMAGE OF ABOUT $500 TO STREFF'S 2002 PONTIAC AND AROUND $500 ALSO TO RYAN'S 86 FORD.
NO DEATHS.
HOLD STILL. AH...PERFECT. I JUST HIT YOU WITH A SNOWBALL.
YOU GUYS DOWN SOUTH....DON'T EAT IT. IT HAS OUR
HUMID AIR IN IT.
C-U TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
8 THIS MORNING AND ENDED ABOUT MID-AFTERNOON.
I WOULD GUESS ABOUT 2 INCHES OF SNOW TOTAL.
IT WILL BE COLD TONIGHT..DOWN TO ABOUT 15.
SOME SCHOOLS LET OUT EARLY TODAY AND QUITE A FEW CANCELLATIONS OF EVENTS TONIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE.
THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAS ISSUED A 2004 GRANT TO JACKSON COUNTY FOR $13,804. THE FUNDS MAY BE USED TO SUPPLEMENT FOOD, SHELTER, RENT, MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WITH NON-DISASTER RELATED EMERGENCIES.
THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HELD ITS ANNUAL SOUP SUPPER AND BASKET AUCTION LAST NIGHT.
NANCY AND I WENT AND WE ENJOYED A BREAD BOWL OF POTATO SOUP AND FOR DESSERT, SOME BREAD PUDDING WITH RUM SAUCE. BREAD PUDDING WITH RUM SAUCE...HARD TO BEAT. STEVE MOREHEAD WAS AGAIN THE AUCTIONEER.
JR'S WINE AND SPIRITS IN MAQUOKETA REPORTED TO POLICE THAT A MALE TOOK A BOTTLE OF LIQUOR VALUED AT $42.69 FROM THE STORE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HE LEFT WITHOUT PAYING.
NO ONE INJURED IN A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON WEST SUMMIT. AMY STREFF, AGE 45, WAS CHARGED WITH STOP SIGN VIOLATION. STREFF WAS DRIVING NORTH AT SUMMIT AND AT INTERSECTION WITH VERMONT AREA, RHONDA RYAN, AGE 41, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS TURNING LEFT ONTO VERMONT. STREFF DID NOT STOP AND COLLIDED WITH THE RYAN VEHICLE. DAMAGE OF ABOUT $500 TO STREFF'S 2002 PONTIAC AND AROUND $500 ALSO TO RYAN'S 86 FORD.
NO DEATHS.
HOLD STILL. AH...PERFECT. I JUST HIT YOU WITH A SNOWBALL.
YOU GUYS DOWN SOUTH....DON'T EAT IT. IT HAS OUR
HUMID AIR IN IT.
C-U TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
IT HAS BEEN RAINING ON AND OFF MOST OF THE DAY AND NOW, AT 5:40 P.M. IT IS RAINING QUITE HARD. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW TOWARD MORNING AND ABOUT AN INCH IS EXPECTED BY TOMORROW MORNING AND THEN A COUPLE OR 3 MORE INCHES IN THE MORNING.
IT WAS 43 TODAY, NOW IT IS 40 AND RAINING.
BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS GAMES AT MANCHESTER AND BOYS GAMES HERE, AGAINST WEST DELAWARE OF MANCHESTER, HAVE BEEN CALLED OFF AND WILL BE RE-SCHEDULED LATER.
AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, FIVE VETERAN TEACHERS SUBMITTED THEIR RESIGNATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS EARLY RETIREMENT PROGRAM. THEY ARE: COUNSELOR OWEN THORSON, TEACHER ALICE BURMAHL, TEACHER MARY MANSON, TEACHER KAREN TILTON AND TEACHER JUDY BICKFORD. THE EARLY RETIREMENT PROGRAM ALLOWS TEACHERS AND STAFF TO RETIRE AND RECEIVE A PORTION OF THEIR SALARIES FOR TWO YEARS. ALL 5 HAVE BEEN TEACHERS FOR OVER 30 YEFARS. JUDY BICKFORD HAS BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT 37 YEARS.
WAL-MART IS GIVING $1,000 FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BY NEEDY KIDS THRU A PROGRAM THEY CALL..."SHOP WITH A COP". THE 20 KIDS WILL GO SHOPPING WITH MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICERS AND BE ABLE TO SPEND $50 EACH.
SPOUSES WILL GIFT-WRAP THE PURCHASES.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
I'LL T ELL YOU ALL ABOUT THE SNOW TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
IT WAS 43 TODAY, NOW IT IS 40 AND RAINING.
BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS GAMES AT MANCHESTER AND BOYS GAMES HERE, AGAINST WEST DELAWARE OF MANCHESTER, HAVE BEEN CALLED OFF AND WILL BE RE-SCHEDULED LATER.
AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, FIVE VETERAN TEACHERS SUBMITTED THEIR RESIGNATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS EARLY RETIREMENT PROGRAM. THEY ARE: COUNSELOR OWEN THORSON, TEACHER ALICE BURMAHL, TEACHER MARY MANSON, TEACHER KAREN TILTON AND TEACHER JUDY BICKFORD. THE EARLY RETIREMENT PROGRAM ALLOWS TEACHERS AND STAFF TO RETIRE AND RECEIVE A PORTION OF THEIR SALARIES FOR TWO YEARS. ALL 5 HAVE BEEN TEACHERS FOR OVER 30 YEFARS. JUDY BICKFORD HAS BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT 37 YEARS.
WAL-MART IS GIVING $1,000 FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BY NEEDY KIDS THRU A PROGRAM THEY CALL..."SHOP WITH A COP". THE 20 KIDS WILL GO SHOPPING WITH MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICERS AND BE ABLE TO SPEND $50 EACH.
SPOUSES WILL GIFT-WRAP THE PURCHASES.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
I'LL T ELL YOU ALL ABOUT THE SNOW TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, December 08, 2003
PARTY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 47 TODAY.
SNOW..2 TO 4 INCHES, IS IN THE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FORECAST.
THE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO THREE PLACES YESTERDAY. FIRST..TO PUT OUT A FIRE IN A SEMI-TRUCK ON HIGHWAY 61....THEN AT 6 P.M. TO PUT OUT AN AIRPLANE ENGINE FIRE AT THE AIRPORT....AND SHORTLY AFTER ..A CALL THAT SOMEONE STRUCK A GAS PIPE OUTSIDE OWL FURNITURE AND FIREMEN WAITED UNTIL THE GAS WAS TURNED OFF. A 1976 TWIN ENGINE PLANE WAS BEING FILLED WITH FUEL WHEN THE PLANE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF AL MUHLHAUSEN WAS DRIVING PAST THE AIRPORT TOWARD MAQUOKETA WHEN THE CALL CAME....SO HE DROVE IN AND PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH AN EXTINGUISHER BEFORE FIRE TRUCKS ARRIVED. FIREMEN DID COOL OFF THE HOT SPOTS ON THE ENGINE WHEN THEY ARRIVED.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
THREE BIRTHS:
A BOY TO BRIAN AND KATHRYN PISCH OF CEDAR RAPIDS, BORN SATURDAY. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE DAVE AND MARY RIDER OF BALDWIN AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, MIKE AND EDNA RIDER OF MAQUOKETA.
A BOY, TO PETERAND KAYLA CARLSON OF MAQUOKETA, BORN LAST THURSDAY AT DUBUQUE HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE TONY AND KOREEN SCHORK OF MAQUOKETA AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE LOWELL AND BRENDA CARLSON OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.
A BOY BORN LAST SATURDAY TO BRIAN AND JENNIFER NABB OF PRESTON....BORN AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE CHARLIE AND CATHY EASTERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE DON AND RUTH CASTEEL OF MAQUOKETA...MARY HELEN EASTERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND DOROTHY NABB OF MONMOUTH.
BILLY SCOTT, 72 OF WYOMING DIED LAST FRIDAY.
HE WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, SUE, AND SEVERAL CHILDREN AND STEP-CHILDREN.
IN COLLEGE WRESTLING, IOWA AND IOWA STATE MET AT AMES YESTERDAY. IOWA STATE WAS LEADING THE MEET 15 TO 13 GOING IN TO THE FINAL MATCH. THE FINAL MATCH WOULD DETERMINE THE WINNER. AND..IT WAS UP TO HAWKEYE COLE PAPE OF MAQUOKETA, AT 168 POUNDS. PAPE LOST, WAS PINNED, AND GAVE IOWA STATE A 21 TO 13 VICTORY, THEIR FIRST VICTORY OVER IOWA IN 16 YEARS.
FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS OPENED WAMAC CONFERENCE PLAY WITH A ROAD WIN OVER GILBERTSVILLE DON BOSCO, 84 TO 29. BROOKE DAVIS SCORED 19 POINTS FOR THE CARDINALS. THEY PLAY AT MANCHESTER TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST WEST DELAWARE OF MANCHESTER TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA GYM.
LAST SATURDAY, THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WON A TOURNAMENT AT INDEPENDENCE. THE CARDINALS CROWNED 5 CHAMPIONS: CASEY STUART, JUST A FRESHMAN, AT 105 POUNDS...JON POLL AT 125....BOBBY KIRK AT 140....CHRIS HAHN AT 145....AND DANE PAPE AT 215. MAQUOKETA HAD 225 POINTS TO WIN THE EVENT AND INDEPENDENCE WAS SECOND WITH 175.
ABOUT 100 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE DANCE LAST NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
SNOW..2 TO 4 INCHES, IS IN THE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FORECAST.
THE MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO THREE PLACES YESTERDAY. FIRST..TO PUT OUT A FIRE IN A SEMI-TRUCK ON HIGHWAY 61....THEN AT 6 P.M. TO PUT OUT AN AIRPLANE ENGINE FIRE AT THE AIRPORT....AND SHORTLY AFTER ..A CALL THAT SOMEONE STRUCK A GAS PIPE OUTSIDE OWL FURNITURE AND FIREMEN WAITED UNTIL THE GAS WAS TURNED OFF. A 1976 TWIN ENGINE PLANE WAS BEING FILLED WITH FUEL WHEN THE PLANE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF AL MUHLHAUSEN WAS DRIVING PAST THE AIRPORT TOWARD MAQUOKETA WHEN THE CALL CAME....SO HE DROVE IN AND PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH AN EXTINGUISHER BEFORE FIRE TRUCKS ARRIVED. FIREMEN DID COOL OFF THE HOT SPOTS ON THE ENGINE WHEN THEY ARRIVED.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
THREE BIRTHS:
A BOY TO BRIAN AND KATHRYN PISCH OF CEDAR RAPIDS, BORN SATURDAY. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE DAVE AND MARY RIDER OF BALDWIN AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, MIKE AND EDNA RIDER OF MAQUOKETA.
A BOY, TO PETERAND KAYLA CARLSON OF MAQUOKETA, BORN LAST THURSDAY AT DUBUQUE HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE TONY AND KOREEN SCHORK OF MAQUOKETA AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE LOWELL AND BRENDA CARLSON OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.
A BOY BORN LAST SATURDAY TO BRIAN AND JENNIFER NABB OF PRESTON....BORN AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE CHARLIE AND CATHY EASTERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE DON AND RUTH CASTEEL OF MAQUOKETA...MARY HELEN EASTERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND DOROTHY NABB OF MONMOUTH.
BILLY SCOTT, 72 OF WYOMING DIED LAST FRIDAY.
HE WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, SUE, AND SEVERAL CHILDREN AND STEP-CHILDREN.
IN COLLEGE WRESTLING, IOWA AND IOWA STATE MET AT AMES YESTERDAY. IOWA STATE WAS LEADING THE MEET 15 TO 13 GOING IN TO THE FINAL MATCH. THE FINAL MATCH WOULD DETERMINE THE WINNER. AND..IT WAS UP TO HAWKEYE COLE PAPE OF MAQUOKETA, AT 168 POUNDS. PAPE LOST, WAS PINNED, AND GAVE IOWA STATE A 21 TO 13 VICTORY, THEIR FIRST VICTORY OVER IOWA IN 16 YEARS.
FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS OPENED WAMAC CONFERENCE PLAY WITH A ROAD WIN OVER GILBERTSVILLE DON BOSCO, 84 TO 29. BROOKE DAVIS SCORED 19 POINTS FOR THE CARDINALS. THEY PLAY AT MANCHESTER TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST WEST DELAWARE OF MANCHESTER TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA GYM.
LAST SATURDAY, THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WON A TOURNAMENT AT INDEPENDENCE. THE CARDINALS CROWNED 5 CHAMPIONS: CASEY STUART, JUST A FRESHMAN, AT 105 POUNDS...JON POLL AT 125....BOBBY KIRK AT 140....CHRIS HAHN AT 145....AND DANE PAPE AT 215. MAQUOKETA HAD 225 POINTS TO WIN THE EVENT AND INDEPENDENCE WAS SECOND WITH 175.
ABOUT 100 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE DANCE LAST NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Sunday, December 07, 2003
MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOL TODAY.
MAQUOKETA RECORDED ITS FIRST SNOW FALL THIS PAST WEEK...ABOUT 2 INCHES.
I MISSED IT BECAUSE I WAS WITH KMAQ BUS AT BRANSON. NANCY AND I HOSTED THE 4-DAY TRIP THAT ENDED AT ABOUT 6 FRIDAY NIGHT. IT WAS A NICE TRIP AND WE HAD NO PROBLEMS.
SAW SOME GOOD SHOWS AND HAD A LOT OF GOOD FOOD. BRANSON WAS BUSY, BUT DOWN FROM THE PREVIOUS 2 WEEKS.
DON AND CARMILLA WITT OF DEWITT CELEBRATED THEIR 61ST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON THE TRIP. WARREN AND ROSEANN ROBERTS WENT WITH US.
BOTH NOW RETIRED, HE FROM TEACHING AND SHE FROM BEAUTY SHOPPE. DALE AND ETTA KOON WERE ALONG AGAIN AND HAD A GOOD TIME. ARLA EDWARDS AND HER FRIEND FROM BELLEVUE WERE ON THE 3RD TRIP THIS YEAR WITH US.
ARLENE MCCUTCHEON ENJOYED HER FIRST TRIP TO BRANSON AND THERE WERE A FEW OTHERS FROM MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS ARE 0 AND 2 IN BASKETBALL, LOOSING TO CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON TUESDAY NIGHT AND TO DUBUQUE SENIOR AT HOME FRIDAY NIGHT. THE GIRLS DID NOT PLAY THIS WEEK AND THE WRESTLERS LOST
TWICE THURSDAY NIGHT....TO CLINTON AND NORTH SCOTT AND BOTH TEAM SCORES WERE VERY CLOSE.
NOT A LOT OF NEWS WHILE WE WERE GONE. MIRIAM "MIM"(MELVOLD) BROWN, WHO HAS BEEN THE HEAD OF THE MAQUOKETA HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS WAS FIRED BY HER BOARD BECAUSE SHE TOLD THE BOARD SHE HAD TAKEN ABOUT $50,000 OF THE AUTHORITY'S FUNDS THE PAST FISCAL YEAR DATING BACK TO 2002.
NO LOCAL DEATHS DURING THE WEEK.
THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB IS SELLING CHRISTMAS TREES AGAIN IN THE MCDONALD'S PARKING LOT. YOUR CHOICE, $25 A TREE.
THE NEW CONVENIENCE STORE IS GOING UP FAST BEHIND THE NEW FAMILY DOLLAR STORE...IT WILL ALSO HAVE A SINGLE BAY DRIVE-THRU CAR WASH.
LAST NIGHT WAS JUDY BOWLING'S LAST NIGHT AT THE LOFT WITH FREE CAKE FOR EVERYONE.
KEN MOORE IS BUILDING A LARGE BUILDING ON EAST PLATT, NEXT TO THE DEPOT. THE FRONT WILL HAVE A SMALL ANTIQUE STORE. BEHIND IT WILL BE A COUPLE OFFICES AND TO THE REAR, STORAGE BUILDINGS. HE ALSO NOW OWNS THE 4-UNIT APARTMENT HOUSE JUST TO THE EAST. I HEARD THAT HE HAS NEARLY 250 RENTAL APARTMENTS IN THE AREA.
A NEW STREET IS GRADED AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, ALONG THE RIVER AND QUITE A FEW HOMES ARE TO BE PUT UP ON THE STREET NEXT YEAR. ALSO, THE CITY ACCEPTED A $100,000 REAP GRANT TO BUILD A WALKING TRAIL ALONG THE RIVER. THE CITY HAS TO MATCH THE GRANT AND THE TRAIL WILL BE COMPLETED NO LATER THAN 2005.
IT WILL CONNECT UP WITH THE NEW TRAIL THAT NEARLY SURRONDS THE CITY. SOMETDAY THE FINISHED WALKING TRAIL WILL COMPLETELY SURROND THE CITY. IT IS ABOUT 5 FEET WIDE IN MOST PLACES AND THERE ARE RESTING BENCHES ALONG THE WAY.
SO FAR THOUGH, I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF USE OF THE TRAIL. I THINK IT WILL BE NICE WHEN ONE CAN FINIALLY VIEW THE MAQUOKETA RIVER OTHER THAN FROM THE BRIDGES OVER IT OR BY BOAT.
SO, I THINK THE TRAIL ALONG THE RIVER WILL GET A LOT OF USE WHEN FINISHED.
THE HOSPITAL IS GOING TO HAVE A FANCY NEW FRONT ENTRANCE. THEY ARE WORKING ON IT NOW. THE ROOF OF IT WILL BE ALL GLASS.
RUMOR HAS IT...A NEW POPULAR PIZZA PLACE IS COMING TO TOWN.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK THIS PAST WEEK WAS DOLORES KLEIN AND THIS COMING WEEK, DOROTHY JONES WILL BE HONORED FOR HER COMMUNITY WORK TOO...AS CITIZEN OF THE WEEK. CHECK THAT WEB SITE EVERY WEEK.
BIG DANCE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS TONIGHT WITH MUSIC BY THE DALE THOMAS BAND....SPONSORED BY THE FAIRBOARD.
THE OWNER OF LINK HYDRAULICS IN DUBUQUE WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN FLORIDA THIS WEEK.
ALSO KILLED, HIS GIRLFRIEND. BOTH LIVED IN BERNARD.
IOWA BASKETBALL TEAM IS 6 AND 0.
DUBUQUE WILL GET A NEW MIDWEST LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM TO MOVE TO TOWN FROM MICHIGAN IF VOTERS THIS WEEK APPROVE A BOND ISSUE FOR A NEW STADIUM....A 16-MILLION DOLLAR STADIUM....TO BE FUNDED SEVERAL DIFFERENTS WAYS. LOTS SUPPORTING THE VOTE AND MANY ALSO AGAINST.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA RECORDED ITS FIRST SNOW FALL THIS PAST WEEK...ABOUT 2 INCHES.
I MISSED IT BECAUSE I WAS WITH KMAQ BUS AT BRANSON. NANCY AND I HOSTED THE 4-DAY TRIP THAT ENDED AT ABOUT 6 FRIDAY NIGHT. IT WAS A NICE TRIP AND WE HAD NO PROBLEMS.
SAW SOME GOOD SHOWS AND HAD A LOT OF GOOD FOOD. BRANSON WAS BUSY, BUT DOWN FROM THE PREVIOUS 2 WEEKS.
DON AND CARMILLA WITT OF DEWITT CELEBRATED THEIR 61ST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON THE TRIP. WARREN AND ROSEANN ROBERTS WENT WITH US.
BOTH NOW RETIRED, HE FROM TEACHING AND SHE FROM BEAUTY SHOPPE. DALE AND ETTA KOON WERE ALONG AGAIN AND HAD A GOOD TIME. ARLA EDWARDS AND HER FRIEND FROM BELLEVUE WERE ON THE 3RD TRIP THIS YEAR WITH US.
ARLENE MCCUTCHEON ENJOYED HER FIRST TRIP TO BRANSON AND THERE WERE A FEW OTHERS FROM MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS ARE 0 AND 2 IN BASKETBALL, LOOSING TO CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON TUESDAY NIGHT AND TO DUBUQUE SENIOR AT HOME FRIDAY NIGHT. THE GIRLS DID NOT PLAY THIS WEEK AND THE WRESTLERS LOST
TWICE THURSDAY NIGHT....TO CLINTON AND NORTH SCOTT AND BOTH TEAM SCORES WERE VERY CLOSE.
NOT A LOT OF NEWS WHILE WE WERE GONE. MIRIAM "MIM"(MELVOLD) BROWN, WHO HAS BEEN THE HEAD OF THE MAQUOKETA HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS WAS FIRED BY HER BOARD BECAUSE SHE TOLD THE BOARD SHE HAD TAKEN ABOUT $50,000 OF THE AUTHORITY'S FUNDS THE PAST FISCAL YEAR DATING BACK TO 2002.
NO LOCAL DEATHS DURING THE WEEK.
THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB IS SELLING CHRISTMAS TREES AGAIN IN THE MCDONALD'S PARKING LOT. YOUR CHOICE, $25 A TREE.
THE NEW CONVENIENCE STORE IS GOING UP FAST BEHIND THE NEW FAMILY DOLLAR STORE...IT WILL ALSO HAVE A SINGLE BAY DRIVE-THRU CAR WASH.
LAST NIGHT WAS JUDY BOWLING'S LAST NIGHT AT THE LOFT WITH FREE CAKE FOR EVERYONE.
KEN MOORE IS BUILDING A LARGE BUILDING ON EAST PLATT, NEXT TO THE DEPOT. THE FRONT WILL HAVE A SMALL ANTIQUE STORE. BEHIND IT WILL BE A COUPLE OFFICES AND TO THE REAR, STORAGE BUILDINGS. HE ALSO NOW OWNS THE 4-UNIT APARTMENT HOUSE JUST TO THE EAST. I HEARD THAT HE HAS NEARLY 250 RENTAL APARTMENTS IN THE AREA.
A NEW STREET IS GRADED AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, ALONG THE RIVER AND QUITE A FEW HOMES ARE TO BE PUT UP ON THE STREET NEXT YEAR. ALSO, THE CITY ACCEPTED A $100,000 REAP GRANT TO BUILD A WALKING TRAIL ALONG THE RIVER. THE CITY HAS TO MATCH THE GRANT AND THE TRAIL WILL BE COMPLETED NO LATER THAN 2005.
IT WILL CONNECT UP WITH THE NEW TRAIL THAT NEARLY SURRONDS THE CITY. SOMETDAY THE FINISHED WALKING TRAIL WILL COMPLETELY SURROND THE CITY. IT IS ABOUT 5 FEET WIDE IN MOST PLACES AND THERE ARE RESTING BENCHES ALONG THE WAY.
SO FAR THOUGH, I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF USE OF THE TRAIL. I THINK IT WILL BE NICE WHEN ONE CAN FINIALLY VIEW THE MAQUOKETA RIVER OTHER THAN FROM THE BRIDGES OVER IT OR BY BOAT.
SO, I THINK THE TRAIL ALONG THE RIVER WILL GET A LOT OF USE WHEN FINISHED.
THE HOSPITAL IS GOING TO HAVE A FANCY NEW FRONT ENTRANCE. THEY ARE WORKING ON IT NOW. THE ROOF OF IT WILL BE ALL GLASS.
RUMOR HAS IT...A NEW POPULAR PIZZA PLACE IS COMING TO TOWN.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK THIS PAST WEEK WAS DOLORES KLEIN AND THIS COMING WEEK, DOROTHY JONES WILL BE HONORED FOR HER COMMUNITY WORK TOO...AS CITIZEN OF THE WEEK. CHECK THAT WEB SITE EVERY WEEK.
BIG DANCE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS TONIGHT WITH MUSIC BY THE DALE THOMAS BAND....SPONSORED BY THE FAIRBOARD.
THE OWNER OF LINK HYDRAULICS IN DUBUQUE WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN FLORIDA THIS WEEK.
ALSO KILLED, HIS GIRLFRIEND. BOTH LIVED IN BERNARD.
IOWA BASKETBALL TEAM IS 6 AND 0.
DUBUQUE WILL GET A NEW MIDWEST LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM TO MOVE TO TOWN FROM MICHIGAN IF VOTERS THIS WEEK APPROVE A BOND ISSUE FOR A NEW STADIUM....A 16-MILLION DOLLAR STADIUM....TO BE FUNDED SEVERAL DIFFERENTS WAYS. LOTS SUPPORTING THE VOTE AND MANY ALSO AGAINST.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, December 01, 2003
SUNDAY WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, HIGH OF 56.
TODAY, SUNNY, BREEZY AND HIGH IN 40'S.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR GAME OVER
MT. PLEASANT SATURDAY NIGHT AND ARE NOW 1 AND 2.
THE MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATED 4 ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND, AND ONLY MINOR INJURIES REPORTED.
THE MAQUOEKTA ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK IS A LONGTIME, WELL-KNOWN MAQUOKETA WOMAN. A
PICTURE AND STORY ON HER AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
THE ONWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER GRANT, $5,000, FROM THE PEARSON MEMORIAL GROUP. GARY DREW, THE MAIN ORGANIZER OF THE FACILITY, SAID THE MONEY WILL BE USED INSIDE THE BUILDING. THE EXTERIOR OF THE 800 SEAT AUDITORIUM IS COMPLETE, EXCEPT FOR PARKING AND SIDEWALKS. DREW SAID VOLUNTEERS WILL WORK INSIDE ALL WINTER AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE OPEN A YEAR FROM NOW OR SOONER.
I WILL BE ESCORTING THE KMAQ TRAVEL BUS TO BRANSON, ALONG WITH MY WIFE NANCY, TOMORROW THRU FRIDAY, SO MY NEXT REPORT, WILL BE THIS SATURDAY OR SUNDAY.
I'LL TRY TO RE-CAP THE WEEK OF LOCAL NEWS THEN.
NO BIRTHS. NO DEATHS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
TODAY, SUNNY, BREEZY AND HIGH IN 40'S.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR GAME OVER
MT. PLEASANT SATURDAY NIGHT AND ARE NOW 1 AND 2.
THE MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATED 4 ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND, AND ONLY MINOR INJURIES REPORTED.
THE MAQUOEKTA ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK IS A LONGTIME, WELL-KNOWN MAQUOKETA WOMAN. A
PICTURE AND STORY ON HER AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
THE ONWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER GRANT, $5,000, FROM THE PEARSON MEMORIAL GROUP. GARY DREW, THE MAIN ORGANIZER OF THE FACILITY, SAID THE MONEY WILL BE USED INSIDE THE BUILDING. THE EXTERIOR OF THE 800 SEAT AUDITORIUM IS COMPLETE, EXCEPT FOR PARKING AND SIDEWALKS. DREW SAID VOLUNTEERS WILL WORK INSIDE ALL WINTER AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE OPEN A YEAR FROM NOW OR SOONER.
I WILL BE ESCORTING THE KMAQ TRAVEL BUS TO BRANSON, ALONG WITH MY WIFE NANCY, TOMORROW THRU FRIDAY, SO MY NEXT REPORT, WILL BE THIS SATURDAY OR SUNDAY.
I'LL TRY TO RE-CAP THE WEEK OF LOCAL NEWS THEN.
NO BIRTHS. NO DEATHS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
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