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
