SUNNY AND IN THE 50'S TODAY...LOTS OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.
I THINK YOU KNOW THAT THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS WON FRIDAY NIGHT AND GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
BUT, YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT THE NORTHEAST OF GOOSELAKE GIRLS LOST LAST NIGHT BY 10 POINTS. IT WAS THE 3RD YEAR IN A ROW THEY WERE A GAME AWAY FROM GOING TO STATE...AND AGAIN THIS YEAR, THEY DID NOT MAKE IT.
SO, FROM THE KMAQ AREA, JUST THE ONE TEAM WILL BE AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND KMAQ WILL BROADCAST THEIR GAMES OUT THERE.
DANE PAPE LOST LAST NIGHT, 4 TO 2, IN HIS BID FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. BEEN TO STATE ALL 4 YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND A 4TH AND A 3RD AND TWO 2ND'S.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 27, 2004
NOW 3:30 AND UP TO 47 DEGREES.
CHRIS HAHN OF MAQUOKETA LOST HIS MATCH THIS AFTERNOON, 4 TO 2 AND WILL WRESTLE AGAIN TONIGHT.
IF HE WINS TONIGHT, HE HAS A CHANCE FOR 3RD PLACE IN HIS WEIGHT.
DANE PAPE WON HIS MATCH, 6 TO 2 THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL WRESTLE TOMORROW NIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
HIS OPPONENT TOMORROW NIGHT IS A WRESTLER THAT BEAT HIM LAST YEAR BY 1 POINT, SO IT SHOULD BE QUITE A
CONTEST AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT. IT WILL BE ON KMAQ OF COURSE, AND SOME FINALS ARE ALSO TELEVISED.
I'LL TRY AND HAVE A REPORT SUNDAY, LETTING YOU KNOW HOW CHIS AND DANE ENDED UP AND HOW THE TWO AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS DID AND IF THEY GO ON TO STATE.
GIRL SCOUT COOKIES ARRIVE TOMORROW. IF YOU ORDERED A BOX OR MORE HERE IN MAQUOKETA, LOOK FOR THEM TO BE DELIVERED TO YOU SOON.
DON'T FORGET TO WATCH THE "OSCARS" AWARDS SHOW SUNDAY NIGHT.
AND...TRY TO MAKE A SHOWING OF "THE PASSION OF CHRIST" OVER THE WEEKEND. HERE IN MAQUOKETA, 7 EACH NIGHT (CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAYS) AND 2 P.M. BARGAIN MATINEE EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. BY THE WAY,
WE HAS A SURPRISE....ONLY 30 SHOWED UP FOR THE MOVIE LAST NIGHT. THAT WAS A BIG DROP FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE. WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW WE DO OVER THE WEEKEND AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW ON MONDAY'S REPORT.
THANKS AGAIN FOR STOPPING BY.
DON'T FORGET, THE BELOW ENTRY WAS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON....SO, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY READ IT....YOU MIGHT GO DOWN AND READ IT NOW.
DENNIS VOY
CHRIS HAHN OF MAQUOKETA LOST HIS MATCH THIS AFTERNOON, 4 TO 2 AND WILL WRESTLE AGAIN TONIGHT.
IF HE WINS TONIGHT, HE HAS A CHANCE FOR 3RD PLACE IN HIS WEIGHT.
DANE PAPE WON HIS MATCH, 6 TO 2 THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL WRESTLE TOMORROW NIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
HIS OPPONENT TOMORROW NIGHT IS A WRESTLER THAT BEAT HIM LAST YEAR BY 1 POINT, SO IT SHOULD BE QUITE A
CONTEST AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT. IT WILL BE ON KMAQ OF COURSE, AND SOME FINALS ARE ALSO TELEVISED.
I'LL TRY AND HAVE A REPORT SUNDAY, LETTING YOU KNOW HOW CHIS AND DANE ENDED UP AND HOW THE TWO AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS DID AND IF THEY GO ON TO STATE.
GIRL SCOUT COOKIES ARRIVE TOMORROW. IF YOU ORDERED A BOX OR MORE HERE IN MAQUOKETA, LOOK FOR THEM TO BE DELIVERED TO YOU SOON.
DON'T FORGET TO WATCH THE "OSCARS" AWARDS SHOW SUNDAY NIGHT.
AND...TRY TO MAKE A SHOWING OF "THE PASSION OF CHRIST" OVER THE WEEKEND. HERE IN MAQUOKETA, 7 EACH NIGHT (CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAYS) AND 2 P.M. BARGAIN MATINEE EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. BY THE WAY,
WE HAS A SURPRISE....ONLY 30 SHOWED UP FOR THE MOVIE LAST NIGHT. THAT WAS A BIG DROP FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE. WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW WE DO OVER THE WEEKEND AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW ON MONDAY'S REPORT.
THANKS AGAIN FOR STOPPING BY.
DON'T FORGET, THE BELOW ENTRY WAS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON....SO, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY READ IT....YOU MIGHT GO DOWN AND READ IT NOW.
DENNIS VOY
SUNNY TODAY. HIGH OF 46. LOOKING TO GO INTO THE 50'S TOMORROW.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM IS THE WAMAC CONFERENCE CHAMPION TEAM.
THEY DEFEATED INDEPENDENCE BY 10 POINTS LAST NIGHT TO ACHIEVE THE HONOR.
ADAM HEPKER LED MAQUOKETA WITH 23 POINTS, BRENT CARINDER HAD 14 AND TYLER KRUEGER HAD 13.
NEXT WEEK, ITS TOURNAMENT TIME.
IF THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS WIN TONIGHT, THEY GO ON TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. AND IF THE NORHEAST OF GOOSELAKE GIRLS WIN TOMORROW NIGHT, THEY GO ON TO STATE. BOTH GAMES WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM.
BOTH CHRIS HAHN AND DANE PAPE WON AGAIN LAST NIGHT AT THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT.
BOTH WRESTLE THIS AFTERNOON AND IF THEY WIN, WILL BE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES TOMORROW NIGHT.
IF I DON'T FORGET, I'LL MAKE A SHORT ENTRY LATER THIS AFTERNOON LETTING YOU KNOW HOW THEY DID.
IT HAS ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WILL BE A "WELCOME HOME RECEPTION" FOR THEM AND THE COACHES THIS SUNDAY AT 3 P.M. AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
NO ONE WAS INJURED WHEN AN ANDREW SCHOOL BUS HIT A VEHICLE BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY ON 216TH AVENUE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. VERGINIA FAULKNER, AGE 32, OF LAMOTTE WAS CHARGED WITH UNSAFE BACKING AND THE DRIVER OF THE BUS WAS TIM KAMMEYER, AGE 55, OF MAQUOKETA. $3,000 DAMAGE TO THE FAULKNER CAR AND $1,500 DAMAGE TO THE BUS.
THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL'S CURRENT CONSTRUCTION PHASE IS 88 PERCENT COMPLETE AND AN OPEN HOUSE IS PLANNED FOR JULY. A COST ESTIMATE FOR THE NEXT PHASE, TO INCLUDE A NEW ENTRANCE, WILL BE READY BY MID-APRIL. AND HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR CURT COLEMAN THE HOSPITAL IS LOOKING AT INCLUDING A NEW MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING IN THE NEXT PHASE. IT WOULD BE LEASED BY LOCAL PHYSICIANS.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF SIX GEESE, WORTH $300 FROM THE EARL KUNDE RESIDENCE IN MONMOUTH.
IN MAGISTRATE COURT, MARTY MCNABB, AGE 31, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED, SECOND OFFENSE. HE WAS STOPPED FOR SPEEDING AT 1:20 THIS MORNING ON WEST SUMMIT AND HIGHWAY 64 AND HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL REGISTERED .091 WITH .08 AS THE LEGAL LIMIT.
IN DISTRICT COURT, CHARLES BAGUSS, AGE 62, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS IN JAIL, 28 SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF OWI. HE WAS ALSO ORDERED TO PAY A $1,000 FIND AND COMPLETE A DRINKING DRIVERS COURSE AND UNDERGO SUBSTANCE ABUSE EVALUATION. HE WAS ARRESTED BACK ON JANUARY 15TH.
JESSICA MANG, AGE 22, OF MAQUOKETA WAS SENTENCED IN DISTRICT OUR TO 90 DAYS IN JAIL, 60 SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF DRIVING WHILE BARRED. THE JUDGE FINED HER $500.
CONNIE SUE DAVIS KUBICEK, AGE 53, OF CEDAR RAPIDS AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUDDENLY THURSDAY MORNING AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. SHE WAS A PROFESSIONAL CHEF AND OWNED HER OWN CATERING BUSINESS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, JOHN, HER PARENTS, DON AND THELMA DAVIS, SR. OF MAQUOKETA, TWO SISTERS, INCLUDING NANCY MOORE OF MAQUOKETA, AND THREE BROTHERS, INCLUDING DAVID DAVIS OF TORONTO.
HER SISTER, NANCY, IS A SALES PERSON HERE AT KMAQ. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE MONDAY MORNING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME AND FRIENDS CAN CALL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. JUST A REMINDER, THAT AT CARSON'S, THEY HAVE AN ONLINE NOTES OF SYMPATHY WEB SITE AT www.carsonandson.com.
CHECK BACK LATER TODAY FOR AFTERNOON WRESTLING RESULTS.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM IS THE WAMAC CONFERENCE CHAMPION TEAM.
THEY DEFEATED INDEPENDENCE BY 10 POINTS LAST NIGHT TO ACHIEVE THE HONOR.
ADAM HEPKER LED MAQUOKETA WITH 23 POINTS, BRENT CARINDER HAD 14 AND TYLER KRUEGER HAD 13.
NEXT WEEK, ITS TOURNAMENT TIME.
IF THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS WIN TONIGHT, THEY GO ON TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. AND IF THE NORHEAST OF GOOSELAKE GIRLS WIN TOMORROW NIGHT, THEY GO ON TO STATE. BOTH GAMES WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM.
BOTH CHRIS HAHN AND DANE PAPE WON AGAIN LAST NIGHT AT THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT.
BOTH WRESTLE THIS AFTERNOON AND IF THEY WIN, WILL BE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES TOMORROW NIGHT.
IF I DON'T FORGET, I'LL MAKE A SHORT ENTRY LATER THIS AFTERNOON LETTING YOU KNOW HOW THEY DID.
IT HAS ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WILL BE A "WELCOME HOME RECEPTION" FOR THEM AND THE COACHES THIS SUNDAY AT 3 P.M. AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
NO ONE WAS INJURED WHEN AN ANDREW SCHOOL BUS HIT A VEHICLE BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY ON 216TH AVENUE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. VERGINIA FAULKNER, AGE 32, OF LAMOTTE WAS CHARGED WITH UNSAFE BACKING AND THE DRIVER OF THE BUS WAS TIM KAMMEYER, AGE 55, OF MAQUOKETA. $3,000 DAMAGE TO THE FAULKNER CAR AND $1,500 DAMAGE TO THE BUS.
THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL'S CURRENT CONSTRUCTION PHASE IS 88 PERCENT COMPLETE AND AN OPEN HOUSE IS PLANNED FOR JULY. A COST ESTIMATE FOR THE NEXT PHASE, TO INCLUDE A NEW ENTRANCE, WILL BE READY BY MID-APRIL. AND HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR CURT COLEMAN THE HOSPITAL IS LOOKING AT INCLUDING A NEW MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING IN THE NEXT PHASE. IT WOULD BE LEASED BY LOCAL PHYSICIANS.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE THEFT OF SIX GEESE, WORTH $300 FROM THE EARL KUNDE RESIDENCE IN MONMOUTH.
IN MAGISTRATE COURT, MARTY MCNABB, AGE 31, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED, SECOND OFFENSE. HE WAS STOPPED FOR SPEEDING AT 1:20 THIS MORNING ON WEST SUMMIT AND HIGHWAY 64 AND HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL REGISTERED .091 WITH .08 AS THE LEGAL LIMIT.
IN DISTRICT COURT, CHARLES BAGUSS, AGE 62, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS IN JAIL, 28 SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF OWI. HE WAS ALSO ORDERED TO PAY A $1,000 FIND AND COMPLETE A DRINKING DRIVERS COURSE AND UNDERGO SUBSTANCE ABUSE EVALUATION. HE WAS ARRESTED BACK ON JANUARY 15TH.
JESSICA MANG, AGE 22, OF MAQUOKETA WAS SENTENCED IN DISTRICT OUR TO 90 DAYS IN JAIL, 60 SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF DRIVING WHILE BARRED. THE JUDGE FINED HER $500.
CONNIE SUE DAVIS KUBICEK, AGE 53, OF CEDAR RAPIDS AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUDDENLY THURSDAY MORNING AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. SHE WAS A PROFESSIONAL CHEF AND OWNED HER OWN CATERING BUSINESS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, JOHN, HER PARENTS, DON AND THELMA DAVIS, SR. OF MAQUOKETA, TWO SISTERS, INCLUDING NANCY MOORE OF MAQUOKETA, AND THREE BROTHERS, INCLUDING DAVID DAVIS OF TORONTO.
HER SISTER, NANCY, IS A SALES PERSON HERE AT KMAQ. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE MONDAY MORNING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME AND FRIENDS CAN CALL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. JUST A REMINDER, THAT AT CARSON'S, THEY HAVE AN ONLINE NOTES OF SYMPATHY WEB SITE AT www.carsonandson.com.
CHECK BACK LATER TODAY FOR AFTERNOON WRESTLING RESULTS.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 26, 2004
SUNNY TODAY..HIGH OF 44.
THIS WEEK...THE JACKSON COUNTY HOSPITAL BOARD MEMBERS APPROVED A TAX ASKING NEXT YEAR, OF $795,000, SAME AS LAST YEAR.
AND THEY ALSO APPROVED A 2 PERCENT PAY RAISE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
THAT ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY, SORRY.
THIS IS MY SECOND ENTRY TODAY....SEE THIS MORNING'S ENTRY BELOW.
TOMORROW, I'LL HAVE THE BOY'S BASKETBALL SCORE AND THE RESULTS OF STATE WRESTLING.
THANKS FOR COMING BY.
DENNIS VOY
THIS WEEK...THE JACKSON COUNTY HOSPITAL BOARD MEMBERS APPROVED A TAX ASKING NEXT YEAR, OF $795,000, SAME AS LAST YEAR.
AND THEY ALSO APPROVED A 2 PERCENT PAY RAISE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
THAT ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY, SORRY.
THIS IS MY SECOND ENTRY TODAY....SEE THIS MORNING'S ENTRY BELOW.
TOMORROW, I'LL HAVE THE BOY'S BASKETBALL SCORE AND THE RESULTS OF STATE WRESTLING.
THANKS FOR COMING BY.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
HIGH OF 42 TODAY....AND TOMORROW, A LITTLE WARMER, AND THEN 50'S FOR FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS EASILY DEFEATED MARION LAST NIGHT HERE IN TOWN.....FINAL SCORE 79 TO 69. ADAM HEPKER HAD A NEW CAREER HIGH OF 38 POINTS. THEY PLAY AT INDEPENDENCE TOMORROW NIGHT TO CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR SEASON.
THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT BEGINS TONIGHT AND DR. PAUL KOOB IS THERE TO DESCRIBE THE MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM. HOPEFULLY I CAN GIVE YOU A GOOD REPORT TOMORROW.
A BOMB THREAT LATE THIS MORNING AT THE CALAMUS-WHEATLAND JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINGIN WHEATLAND. THE STUDENTS WERE SENT HOME. A BOMB DETECTION DOG FROM LINN COUNTY WAS BROUGHT IN TO ASSIST IN THE SEARCH FOR A BOMB AND NONE WAS FOUND.
INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE.
THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL HAVE AN OFFICE IN THE CITY AGAIN. THE HOUSING BOARD, CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND EAST CENTRAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGENCY MET FOR NEARLY 2 HOURS LAST NIGHT TO HAMMER OUT AN AGREEMENT. ECIA AGREED TO PUT SOMEONE IN THE CITY HALL OFFICE AT LEAST ONE DAY A WEEK. THE OFFICE PROBLEM DEVELOPED AFTER THE MAQUOKETA HOUSING DIRECTOR FOR MANY YEARS, "MIM" BROWN , WAS FIRED FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING $50,000 OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF FROM THE MAQUOKETA HOUSING AUTHORITY.
POLICE BLOTTER: SOMEONE BROKE INTO ONE OF THE BUILDING ON THE FAIRGROUNDS AND LEFT THE LIGHTS ON AND ALSO TURNED ON AN OUTSIDE WATER FAUCET.
AND...SOMEONE TRIED TO BREAK INTO A POP MACHINE AT BOWMAN'S STANDARD STATION ON SOUTH MAIN.
IN COURT NEWS: RANDY DAVIS, 48, OF MAQUOKETA WAS SENTENCE TO 3 DAYS IN JAIL, TWO DAYS SUSPENDED, AND CREDIT GIVEN FOR ONE DAY, ON CHARGES OF ASSAULT.
MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY WITNESSES SAID DAVID THREATENED MERLE KLOSSNER WITH AN AX HANDLE ON FEBRUARY 3RD AT 504 ROSEMERE LANE IN MAQUOKETA.
ON THE STORK REPORT: MARY PAT AND MARCIO AZEVADO OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN FRIDAY, AT THIER HOME IN MAQUOKETA. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE TED AND PAT MAZE OF MAQUOKETA.
NO DEATHS.
GOOD CHICKEN AND NOODLES LAST NIGTH AT THE SHROVE TUESDAY SUPPER AT ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA. DON REYNER SOLD ME A COUPLE TICKETS AND GLAD HE DID. GOOD SALADS TOO. THE QUILT RAFFLE WINNER WAS FROM MILES, IOWA.
THE KMAQ WEB SITE HAS A RAGBRAI LINK. CLICK ON FROM THE HOME PAGE.
CHECK TODAY'S KMAQ GUEST BOOK FOR AN EXCELLENT
HISTORY STORY ON ED KIRCHOFF. IN FACT, THERE ARE TWO ENTRIES, ONE BY AN EMPLOYEE OF ED'S AND THE OTHER BY NEIGHBOR.
ELSIE SHAW OF MAQUOKETA WAS A BIG KMAQ RADIO BINGO WINDOW THE OTHER DAY. WON THE REGULAR PRIZES FOR THE DAY AND ALSO THE $75.00 CASH BONUS FOR GETTING BLACK OUT BINGO BEFORE 54 NUMBERS WERE CALLED.
RADIO BINGO IS ON KMAQ AM AND FM FROM 3:30 UNTIL 4 EACH AFTERNOON, MONDAY THRU FRIDAY. LEIGHTON HEPKER CALLS OUT THE NUMBERS ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AND I CALL OUT ON THE OTHER TWO DAYS.
MAQUOKETA IS A GOOD BINGO TOWN. THERE ARE 3 BINGO SESSIONS EVERY WEEK HERE, IN ADDITION TO KMAQ'S GAME.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD.
YESTERDAY, DOROTHY AND MORRIE MORRIS CELEBRATED THEIR 59TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND BOB AND FRANCIS MELVOLD WINTERING DOWN IN FLORIDA, CELEBRATED THIER
60TH RECENTLY, WITHIN THE PAST WEEK OR SO.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW FOR WRESTLING RESULTS....AND MORE.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS EASILY DEFEATED MARION LAST NIGHT HERE IN TOWN.....FINAL SCORE 79 TO 69. ADAM HEPKER HAD A NEW CAREER HIGH OF 38 POINTS. THEY PLAY AT INDEPENDENCE TOMORROW NIGHT TO CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR SEASON.
THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT BEGINS TONIGHT AND DR. PAUL KOOB IS THERE TO DESCRIBE THE MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM. HOPEFULLY I CAN GIVE YOU A GOOD REPORT TOMORROW.
A BOMB THREAT LATE THIS MORNING AT THE CALAMUS-WHEATLAND JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINGIN WHEATLAND. THE STUDENTS WERE SENT HOME. A BOMB DETECTION DOG FROM LINN COUNTY WAS BROUGHT IN TO ASSIST IN THE SEARCH FOR A BOMB AND NONE WAS FOUND.
INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE.
THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL HAVE AN OFFICE IN THE CITY AGAIN. THE HOUSING BOARD, CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND EAST CENTRAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGENCY MET FOR NEARLY 2 HOURS LAST NIGHT TO HAMMER OUT AN AGREEMENT. ECIA AGREED TO PUT SOMEONE IN THE CITY HALL OFFICE AT LEAST ONE DAY A WEEK. THE OFFICE PROBLEM DEVELOPED AFTER THE MAQUOKETA HOUSING DIRECTOR FOR MANY YEARS, "MIM" BROWN , WAS FIRED FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING $50,000 OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF FROM THE MAQUOKETA HOUSING AUTHORITY.
POLICE BLOTTER: SOMEONE BROKE INTO ONE OF THE BUILDING ON THE FAIRGROUNDS AND LEFT THE LIGHTS ON AND ALSO TURNED ON AN OUTSIDE WATER FAUCET.
AND...SOMEONE TRIED TO BREAK INTO A POP MACHINE AT BOWMAN'S STANDARD STATION ON SOUTH MAIN.
IN COURT NEWS: RANDY DAVIS, 48, OF MAQUOKETA WAS SENTENCE TO 3 DAYS IN JAIL, TWO DAYS SUSPENDED, AND CREDIT GIVEN FOR ONE DAY, ON CHARGES OF ASSAULT.
MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY WITNESSES SAID DAVID THREATENED MERLE KLOSSNER WITH AN AX HANDLE ON FEBRUARY 3RD AT 504 ROSEMERE LANE IN MAQUOKETA.
ON THE STORK REPORT: MARY PAT AND MARCIO AZEVADO OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN FRIDAY, AT THIER HOME IN MAQUOKETA. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE TED AND PAT MAZE OF MAQUOKETA.
NO DEATHS.
GOOD CHICKEN AND NOODLES LAST NIGTH AT THE SHROVE TUESDAY SUPPER AT ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA. DON REYNER SOLD ME A COUPLE TICKETS AND GLAD HE DID. GOOD SALADS TOO. THE QUILT RAFFLE WINNER WAS FROM MILES, IOWA.
THE KMAQ WEB SITE HAS A RAGBRAI LINK. CLICK ON FROM THE HOME PAGE.
CHECK TODAY'S KMAQ GUEST BOOK FOR AN EXCELLENT
HISTORY STORY ON ED KIRCHOFF. IN FACT, THERE ARE TWO ENTRIES, ONE BY AN EMPLOYEE OF ED'S AND THE OTHER BY NEIGHBOR.
ELSIE SHAW OF MAQUOKETA WAS A BIG KMAQ RADIO BINGO WINDOW THE OTHER DAY. WON THE REGULAR PRIZES FOR THE DAY AND ALSO THE $75.00 CASH BONUS FOR GETTING BLACK OUT BINGO BEFORE 54 NUMBERS WERE CALLED.
RADIO BINGO IS ON KMAQ AM AND FM FROM 3:30 UNTIL 4 EACH AFTERNOON, MONDAY THRU FRIDAY. LEIGHTON HEPKER CALLS OUT THE NUMBERS ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AND I CALL OUT ON THE OTHER TWO DAYS.
MAQUOKETA IS A GOOD BINGO TOWN. THERE ARE 3 BINGO SESSIONS EVERY WEEK HERE, IN ADDITION TO KMAQ'S GAME.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD.
YESTERDAY, DOROTHY AND MORRIE MORRIS CELEBRATED THEIR 59TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND BOB AND FRANCIS MELVOLD WINTERING DOWN IN FLORIDA, CELEBRATED THIER
60TH RECENTLY, WITHIN THE PAST WEEK OR SO.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW FOR WRESTLING RESULTS....AND MORE.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
HIGH AROUND 40 TODAY AGAIN...WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
HEARD RUMOR TODAY THAT THE LARGE GENERAC PLANT IN NEW MAQUOKETA INDUSTRIAL PARK WAS PLANNING TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT SOON BY QUITE A BIT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT NEWS.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY HOST TO MARION TONIGHT, IN WAMAC PLAY AND THEN PLAY ONE MORE WAMAC GAME, MAKE-UP, AGAINST INDEPENDENCE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT. IF THEY WIN BOTH, THEY WILL BE THE OUTRIGHT WAMAC CHAMPS. THEY HAVE DEFEATED MARION ALREADY ONCE THIS SEASON, BUT MARION IS A MUCH IMPROVED BALL TEAM SINCE THEN. IN FACT, THEY JUST RECENTLY DEFEATED RATED DEWITT CENTRAL. SO THE GAME SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE TONIGHT. AND....IT IS MARION THEY FACE NEXT MONDAY NIGHT IN THEIR OPENING TOURNAMENT GAME.
THE JACKSON COUNTY POTLUCK TO BE HELD IN ARIZONA WILL BE ON MARCH 7TH AT THE LaHACIENDA RV RESORT
IN APACHE JUNCTION.....AT 1797 W 28TH AVENUE.
IT WILL START AT NOON IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM AND COFFEE WILL BE FURNISHED. NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WILL BE ALLOWED. ANYONE THAT HAS LIVED-IN OR AROUND JACKSON COUNTY, IOWA, IS WELCOME TO ATTEND. CHECK ...maps.yahoo.com AND CLICK-ON "DRIVING DIRECTIONS" OR THEIR PHONE IS 480-982-2808.
TWO PEOPLE WERE CHARGED WITH SELLING TOBACCO TO MINORS DURING A STATE MANDATED CHECK THIS WEEK IN MAQUOKETA. THEY CHECKED FOUR MAQUOKETA BUSINESS PLACES OVER THE WEEKEND AND TWO SOLD CIGARETTES TO UNDER-AGE YOUTH WHO WERE HIRED FOR THE PROJECT.
CHARGED WERE HOLLY TONER, AGE 19, AT THE NEW DICK'S EXPRESS CONENIENCE STORE AND ERIN STREETER, AGE 19, AT THE SINCLAIR STATION.
"THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST" OPENS TOMORROW AT THE VOY THEATRE IN MAQUOKETA. THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS CHRIST HAS A SISTER LIVING IN THE QUAD CITIES.
THIS AFTERNOON AT 4 P.M., AREA MINISTERS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO A FREE SCREENING OF THE MOVIE. QUITE A FEW ARE COMING. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SPECIAL
OPENING DAY, ASH WEDNESDAY, BARGAIN MATINEE AT THE THEATRE TOMORROW AT 2.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
HEARD RUMOR TODAY THAT THE LARGE GENERAC PLANT IN NEW MAQUOKETA INDUSTRIAL PARK WAS PLANNING TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT SOON BY QUITE A BIT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT NEWS.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY HOST TO MARION TONIGHT, IN WAMAC PLAY AND THEN PLAY ONE MORE WAMAC GAME, MAKE-UP, AGAINST INDEPENDENCE THIS THURSDAY NIGHT. IF THEY WIN BOTH, THEY WILL BE THE OUTRIGHT WAMAC CHAMPS. THEY HAVE DEFEATED MARION ALREADY ONCE THIS SEASON, BUT MARION IS A MUCH IMPROVED BALL TEAM SINCE THEN. IN FACT, THEY JUST RECENTLY DEFEATED RATED DEWITT CENTRAL. SO THE GAME SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE TONIGHT. AND....IT IS MARION THEY FACE NEXT MONDAY NIGHT IN THEIR OPENING TOURNAMENT GAME.
THE JACKSON COUNTY POTLUCK TO BE HELD IN ARIZONA WILL BE ON MARCH 7TH AT THE LaHACIENDA RV RESORT
IN APACHE JUNCTION.....AT 1797 W 28TH AVENUE.
IT WILL START AT NOON IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM AND COFFEE WILL BE FURNISHED. NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WILL BE ALLOWED. ANYONE THAT HAS LIVED-IN OR AROUND JACKSON COUNTY, IOWA, IS WELCOME TO ATTEND. CHECK ...maps.yahoo.com AND CLICK-ON "DRIVING DIRECTIONS" OR THEIR PHONE IS 480-982-2808.
TWO PEOPLE WERE CHARGED WITH SELLING TOBACCO TO MINORS DURING A STATE MANDATED CHECK THIS WEEK IN MAQUOKETA. THEY CHECKED FOUR MAQUOKETA BUSINESS PLACES OVER THE WEEKEND AND TWO SOLD CIGARETTES TO UNDER-AGE YOUTH WHO WERE HIRED FOR THE PROJECT.
CHARGED WERE HOLLY TONER, AGE 19, AT THE NEW DICK'S EXPRESS CONENIENCE STORE AND ERIN STREETER, AGE 19, AT THE SINCLAIR STATION.
"THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST" OPENS TOMORROW AT THE VOY THEATRE IN MAQUOKETA. THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS CHRIST HAS A SISTER LIVING IN THE QUAD CITIES.
THIS AFTERNOON AT 4 P.M., AREA MINISTERS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO A FREE SCREENING OF THE MOVIE. QUITE A FEW ARE COMING. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SPECIAL
OPENING DAY, ASH WEDNESDAY, BARGAIN MATINEE AT THE THEATRE TOMORROW AT 2.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 23, 2004
6/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. TODAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 44.
SPORTS FIRST: THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL GIRLS LOST THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME SATURDAY NIGHT AT DUBUQUE, BY ABOUT 15 POINTS, TO DUBUQUE WAHLERT. THEY HAVE NOW FINISHED THEIR SEASON AND IT WAS A GOOD ONE.
TWO OF THE SIX WRESTLERS THAT WRESTLED IN THE 2-A DISTRICT AT ANAMOSA SATURDAY WILL GO ON TO THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK AT DES MOINES. CHRIS HAHN, A SENIOR, AT 145 POUNDS, WILL WRESTLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AGAINST A SOPHOMORE FROM SPIRIT LAKE PARK. HAHN'S RECORD IS 31 AND 6 AND CLARK'S RECORD, 40 AND 2. ALSO GOING TO STATE FROM MAQUOKETA, SENIOR DANE PAPE, AT 215, WITH A RECORD OF 36 AND 1. HE WILL WRESTLE A SENIOR FROM SOUTH TAMA WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WHOSE RECORD IS 31 AND 6.
ALSO IN 2-A WEDNESDAY, WILL BE TWO WRESTLERS FROM DEWITT CENTRAL AND TWO FROM NORTHEAST IN GOOSE LAKE. DR. PAUL KOOB OF MAQUOKETA WILL COVER ALL 6 WRESTLERS AT THE TOURNAMENT, STARTING HIS HOLD-BY-HOLD BROADCAST AT 6:30 WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON KMAQ-FM.
A WOMAN WHO WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA WAS MURDERED FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN SAVANNA. SHE WAS FOUND IN HER KITCHEN IN A POOL OF BLOOD, BY HER DAUGHTER AFTER COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL. SHE IS THERESA SALGADO, AGE 37. SAVANNA POLICE HAVE ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR HER HUSBAND, ANTONIO, AND HAVE ALSO ASKED THE PUBLIC TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HER MISSING CAR, A 1992 GRAY FOUR DOOR BUICK REGAL, WITH ILLINOIS LICENSE NUMBER 5060468 AND WITH A DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW BROKEN OUT, PROBABLY CARDBOARDED UP.
THERESA LYNN SALGADO IS SURVIVED BY 3 CHILDREN, AND HER FATHER AND STEP-MOTHER, KEN AND CAROLYN DEMOSS, SR. OF CHARLOTTE AND HER MOTHER, TOMMYE LYNN DEMOSS OF CLINTON. ALSO A SISTER, CHRISTINA RALSTON OF MONMOUTH, IOWA AND A BROTHER, KENNETH DEMOSS, JR. OF SAVANNA. SHE WORKED AS A COOK AT THE SAVANNA HOSPITAL. WHEN NEIGHBORS ENTERED THE HOME FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THE FOUND SALGADO LYING DEAD IN A POOL OF BLOOD, WITH AT LEASE 3 KNIVES NEXT TO HER BODY, LYING ON THE FLOOR.
HELEN STEWART OF MAQUOEKTA, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BOOSTER, IS THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK". SEE A PICTURE AND STORY ON HER AT THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
A GIRL WAS BORN FEBRUARY 19TH TO JEREMIAH AND MISTY WIESE OF MAQUOKETA, AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS, BOB AND CATHY WIESE OF SPRAGUEVILLE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
SPORTS FIRST: THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL GIRLS LOST THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME SATURDAY NIGHT AT DUBUQUE, BY ABOUT 15 POINTS, TO DUBUQUE WAHLERT. THEY HAVE NOW FINISHED THEIR SEASON AND IT WAS A GOOD ONE.
TWO OF THE SIX WRESTLERS THAT WRESTLED IN THE 2-A DISTRICT AT ANAMOSA SATURDAY WILL GO ON TO THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK AT DES MOINES. CHRIS HAHN, A SENIOR, AT 145 POUNDS, WILL WRESTLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AGAINST A SOPHOMORE FROM SPIRIT LAKE PARK. HAHN'S RECORD IS 31 AND 6 AND CLARK'S RECORD, 40 AND 2. ALSO GOING TO STATE FROM MAQUOKETA, SENIOR DANE PAPE, AT 215, WITH A RECORD OF 36 AND 1. HE WILL WRESTLE A SENIOR FROM SOUTH TAMA WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WHOSE RECORD IS 31 AND 6.
ALSO IN 2-A WEDNESDAY, WILL BE TWO WRESTLERS FROM DEWITT CENTRAL AND TWO FROM NORTHEAST IN GOOSE LAKE. DR. PAUL KOOB OF MAQUOKETA WILL COVER ALL 6 WRESTLERS AT THE TOURNAMENT, STARTING HIS HOLD-BY-HOLD BROADCAST AT 6:30 WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON KMAQ-FM.
A WOMAN WHO WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA WAS MURDERED FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN SAVANNA. SHE WAS FOUND IN HER KITCHEN IN A POOL OF BLOOD, BY HER DAUGHTER AFTER COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL. SHE IS THERESA SALGADO, AGE 37. SAVANNA POLICE HAVE ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR HER HUSBAND, ANTONIO, AND HAVE ALSO ASKED THE PUBLIC TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HER MISSING CAR, A 1992 GRAY FOUR DOOR BUICK REGAL, WITH ILLINOIS LICENSE NUMBER 5060468 AND WITH A DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW BROKEN OUT, PROBABLY CARDBOARDED UP.
THERESA LYNN SALGADO IS SURVIVED BY 3 CHILDREN, AND HER FATHER AND STEP-MOTHER, KEN AND CAROLYN DEMOSS, SR. OF CHARLOTTE AND HER MOTHER, TOMMYE LYNN DEMOSS OF CLINTON. ALSO A SISTER, CHRISTINA RALSTON OF MONMOUTH, IOWA AND A BROTHER, KENNETH DEMOSS, JR. OF SAVANNA. SHE WORKED AS A COOK AT THE SAVANNA HOSPITAL. WHEN NEIGHBORS ENTERED THE HOME FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THE FOUND SALGADO LYING DEAD IN A POOL OF BLOOD, WITH AT LEASE 3 KNIVES NEXT TO HER BODY, LYING ON THE FLOOR.
HELEN STEWART OF MAQUOEKTA, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BOOSTER, IS THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK". SEE A PICTURE AND STORY ON HER AT THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
A GIRL WAS BORN FEBRUARY 19TH TO JEREMIAH AND MISTY WIESE OF MAQUOKETA, AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS, BOB AND CATHY WIESE OF SPRAGUEVILLE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, February 21, 2004
IN THE LOW 40'S TODAY, WITH SOME SUNSHINE.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM...HERE IN TOWN LAST NIGHT....CAME FROM BEHIND TO BEAT MAQUOKETA VALLEY IN OVERTIME. IT WAS A NON-CONFERENCE GAME AND THE LEADING SCORER WAS AGAIN ADAM HEPKER, WHO HAD A CAREER HIGH 33 POINTS. THEY FINISH THE REGULAR SEASON NEXT WEEK, PLAYING MARION.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MET IN SPECIAL SESSION THIS MORNING FOR 90 MINUTES TO DECIDE WHAT PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE HIGH SCHOOL BOY WHO "STREAKED" AT THE GAME LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. HE WAS SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL FOR 13 DAYS.
TOMORROW, I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW THE CARDINAL GIRLS GAME CAME OUT...BEING PLAYED AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT TONIGHT...A TEAM THEY PLAYED IN JANUARY AND LOST BY 8 POINTS.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM...HERE IN TOWN LAST NIGHT....CAME FROM BEHIND TO BEAT MAQUOKETA VALLEY IN OVERTIME. IT WAS A NON-CONFERENCE GAME AND THE LEADING SCORER WAS AGAIN ADAM HEPKER, WHO HAD A CAREER HIGH 33 POINTS. THEY FINISH THE REGULAR SEASON NEXT WEEK, PLAYING MARION.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MET IN SPECIAL SESSION THIS MORNING FOR 90 MINUTES TO DECIDE WHAT PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE HIGH SCHOOL BOY WHO "STREAKED" AT THE GAME LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. HE WAS SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL FOR 13 DAYS.
TOMORROW, I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW THE CARDINAL GIRLS GAME CAME OUT...BEING PLAYED AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT TONIGHT...A TEAM THEY PLAYED IN JANUARY AND LOST BY 8 POINTS.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 20, 2004
A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN THIS MORNING. HIGH TODAY, 38.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS DEFEATED DEWITT LAST NIGHT, THERE, BY 3 POINTS AND NOW PLAY DUBUQUE WAHLERT
TOMORROW NIGHT.
TONIGHT, MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY HOST TO NON-CONFERENCE MAQUOKETA VALLEY. THEY ARE #4 IN THE STATE, BUT IN CLASS 2-A. MAQUOKETA IS 3-A. SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME.
I WILL TRY TO PUT THE SCORE HERE TOMORROW.
SUNDAY, I WILL ALSO TRY TO PUT UP THE SCORE ON THE GIRL'S SATURDAY NIGHT GAME.
NOTHING ELSE EARTH SHATTERING TODAY.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
OH..CAN'T FORGET...A WORD ABOUT A COUPLE GOOD FRIENDS AND ADVERTISERS...
ROSS AND VIVIAN RIVER OF MAQUOKETA THIS WEEK ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 50TH YEAR IN BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA.
QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND THEY ARE STILL AT IT! FOR MANY YEARS, THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE WICK BUILDINGS BUSINESS. WICK BUILDS EVERYTHING FROM FARMS TO HOMES, TO CHURCH AND SCHOOL.....THEY BUILD FOR ANY PURPOSE. AND ROSS AND VIVIAN ARE ONE OF THE TOP DEALERS IN THE MIDWEST. IN EARLIER YEARS, THEY WERE IN THE FEED BUSINESS AND SILO BUSINESS. AND..SINCE WE WENT ON THE AIR OVER 45 YEARS AGO, THEY HAVE BEEN
CONTINOUS ADVERTISERS.
CONGRATULATIONS ROSS AND VIVIAN. THANKS FOR BEING GOOD CITIZENS AND GOOD BUSINESS PEOPLE.
BEST WISHES FOR MORE GOOD AND FUN YEARS.
AND..TO ALL OF YOU OUT THERE...WHEREVER YOU ARE....HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS DEFEATED DEWITT LAST NIGHT, THERE, BY 3 POINTS AND NOW PLAY DUBUQUE WAHLERT
TOMORROW NIGHT.
TONIGHT, MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY HOST TO NON-CONFERENCE MAQUOKETA VALLEY. THEY ARE #4 IN THE STATE, BUT IN CLASS 2-A. MAQUOKETA IS 3-A. SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME.
I WILL TRY TO PUT THE SCORE HERE TOMORROW.
SUNDAY, I WILL ALSO TRY TO PUT UP THE SCORE ON THE GIRL'S SATURDAY NIGHT GAME.
NOTHING ELSE EARTH SHATTERING TODAY.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
OH..CAN'T FORGET...A WORD ABOUT A COUPLE GOOD FRIENDS AND ADVERTISERS...
ROSS AND VIVIAN RIVER OF MAQUOKETA THIS WEEK ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 50TH YEAR IN BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA.
QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND THEY ARE STILL AT IT! FOR MANY YEARS, THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE WICK BUILDINGS BUSINESS. WICK BUILDS EVERYTHING FROM FARMS TO HOMES, TO CHURCH AND SCHOOL.....THEY BUILD FOR ANY PURPOSE. AND ROSS AND VIVIAN ARE ONE OF THE TOP DEALERS IN THE MIDWEST. IN EARLIER YEARS, THEY WERE IN THE FEED BUSINESS AND SILO BUSINESS. AND..SINCE WE WENT ON THE AIR OVER 45 YEARS AGO, THEY HAVE BEEN
CONTINOUS ADVERTISERS.
CONGRATULATIONS ROSS AND VIVIAN. THANKS FOR BEING GOOD CITIZENS AND GOOD BUSINESS PEOPLE.
BEST WISHES FOR MORE GOOD AND FUN YEARS.
AND..TO ALL OF YOU OUT THERE...WHEREVER YOU ARE....HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 19, 2004
NOT MUCH SUNSHINE BUT 46 FOR A HIGH TODAY.
BIG TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL GAME IN DEWITT TONIGHT BETWEEN THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND DEWITT GIRLS. THEY EACH HAVE NEARLY IDENTICAL RECORDS AND EACH HAS DEFEATED EACH OTHER ONCE ALREADY THIS SEASON. WE WILL BROADCAST IT AT 7 TONIGHT. LEIGHTON HEPKER AT THE MIC.
I THINK I FORGOT AN OBITUARY LAST WEEK. CLEMENT F. MAREK, 87, OF OXFORD JUNCTION DIED FEBRUARY 15TH IN CEDAR RAPIDS. HIS MAQUOKETA CONNECTION IS THAT HE IS SURVIVED BY JOHN AND GERI LAWRENCE OF MAQUOKETA, WHOM HE WAS RAISED BY.
JASON A. FAULKNER OF MAQUOKETA, IS RUNNING FOR ST. REPRESENTATIVE. HE HAS NEVER GIVEN A PRESS RELEASE, BUT DID CIRCULATE SHEETS AROUND TOWN INVITING EVERYONE TO A MEETING, FEBRUARY 22ND AT THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER. I DID NOT ATTEND THE MEETING. AND WE HAVE NO INFORMATION ABOUT HIM. NOT SURE EITHER IF HE IS A DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN OR INDELENDENT. MORE WHEN I FIND OUT MORE. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE TWO ANNOUNCED CANDIDATES, DEMOCRATS JASON HAYNES AND TOM SCHUELLER AND NO REPUBLICAN. ST. REP. BOB OSTERHAUS, DEMOCRAT, IS NOT GOING TO SEEK RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER.
ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL AGAIN HAVE A SHROVE TUESDAY SUPPER, ON FEBRUARY 24TH AT THE CHURCH, CORNER OF MAPLE AND NIAGARA IN MAQUOKETA. MARY BURLINGAME WAS ON "KMAQ'S JUST TALK" SHOW TODAY TO PROMOTE IT. SHE AND HER HUSBAND, PASTOR AL, CAME TO MAQUOKETA BACK IN 1969 AND HE DIED OVER 20 YEARS AGO. SHE IS STILL ACTIVE IN THE CHURCH.
JIM RANKIN OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY FEB. 23. HE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA AND HIS DAD WAS A LONGTIME PLUMBER AND FIREMEN. JIM IS RETIRED FROM AN INSURANCE COMPANY IN DES MOINES. HE IS A PAST MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN. HE AND WIFE MARILYN HAVE A SON DAVID AND HAVE TWO GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. MARILYN WORKED FOR KMAQ A FEW YEARS IN THE 1970'S.
THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY HAS PURCHASED FOUR AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS, AT A COST OF $1,495 EACH. THEY CAN BE OPERATED BY PEOPLE WITHOUT MEDICAL TRAINING ON VICTIMS OF SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST. TWO WILL BE CARRIED ON BOOM TRUCKS, ONE WILL BE KEPT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THE 4TH WILL BE KEPT AT THE MAIN GENERATING PLANT. I'VE READ THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE BUYING ONE OF THESE FOR THEIR HOME. BY THE WAY, KENT SHOUSE, IS THE NEW BOARD CHAIRMAN OF THE MMEU BOARD.
A VERY BUSY PLACE WEEKENDS IN MAQUOKETA IS THE "FACTORY OUTLET WAREHOUSE" STORE OUT IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, SELLING FACTORY 2NDS AND DISCONTINUED ITEMS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY IN MAQUOKETA.
PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS. THEY ADVERTISE YOU CAN SAVE 50-80% OFF RETAIL ON COMFORTERS , PILLOWS, AND OTHER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED OUT THERE.
SPRING IS JUST A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AWAY. ON THAT NICE THOUGHT, I'LL END THIS.
DENNIS VOY
BIG TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL GAME IN DEWITT TONIGHT BETWEEN THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND DEWITT GIRLS. THEY EACH HAVE NEARLY IDENTICAL RECORDS AND EACH HAS DEFEATED EACH OTHER ONCE ALREADY THIS SEASON. WE WILL BROADCAST IT AT 7 TONIGHT. LEIGHTON HEPKER AT THE MIC.
I THINK I FORGOT AN OBITUARY LAST WEEK. CLEMENT F. MAREK, 87, OF OXFORD JUNCTION DIED FEBRUARY 15TH IN CEDAR RAPIDS. HIS MAQUOKETA CONNECTION IS THAT HE IS SURVIVED BY JOHN AND GERI LAWRENCE OF MAQUOKETA, WHOM HE WAS RAISED BY.
JASON A. FAULKNER OF MAQUOKETA, IS RUNNING FOR ST. REPRESENTATIVE. HE HAS NEVER GIVEN A PRESS RELEASE, BUT DID CIRCULATE SHEETS AROUND TOWN INVITING EVERYONE TO A MEETING, FEBRUARY 22ND AT THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER. I DID NOT ATTEND THE MEETING. AND WE HAVE NO INFORMATION ABOUT HIM. NOT SURE EITHER IF HE IS A DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN OR INDELENDENT. MORE WHEN I FIND OUT MORE. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE TWO ANNOUNCED CANDIDATES, DEMOCRATS JASON HAYNES AND TOM SCHUELLER AND NO REPUBLICAN. ST. REP. BOB OSTERHAUS, DEMOCRAT, IS NOT GOING TO SEEK RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER.
ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL AGAIN HAVE A SHROVE TUESDAY SUPPER, ON FEBRUARY 24TH AT THE CHURCH, CORNER OF MAPLE AND NIAGARA IN MAQUOKETA. MARY BURLINGAME WAS ON "KMAQ'S JUST TALK" SHOW TODAY TO PROMOTE IT. SHE AND HER HUSBAND, PASTOR AL, CAME TO MAQUOKETA BACK IN 1969 AND HE DIED OVER 20 YEARS AGO. SHE IS STILL ACTIVE IN THE CHURCH.
JIM RANKIN OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY FEB. 23. HE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA AND HIS DAD WAS A LONGTIME PLUMBER AND FIREMEN. JIM IS RETIRED FROM AN INSURANCE COMPANY IN DES MOINES. HE IS A PAST MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN. HE AND WIFE MARILYN HAVE A SON DAVID AND HAVE TWO GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. MARILYN WORKED FOR KMAQ A FEW YEARS IN THE 1970'S.
THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY HAS PURCHASED FOUR AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS, AT A COST OF $1,495 EACH. THEY CAN BE OPERATED BY PEOPLE WITHOUT MEDICAL TRAINING ON VICTIMS OF SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST. TWO WILL BE CARRIED ON BOOM TRUCKS, ONE WILL BE KEPT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THE 4TH WILL BE KEPT AT THE MAIN GENERATING PLANT. I'VE READ THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE BUYING ONE OF THESE FOR THEIR HOME. BY THE WAY, KENT SHOUSE, IS THE NEW BOARD CHAIRMAN OF THE MMEU BOARD.
A VERY BUSY PLACE WEEKENDS IN MAQUOKETA IS THE "FACTORY OUTLET WAREHOUSE" STORE OUT IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, SELLING FACTORY 2NDS AND DISCONTINUED ITEMS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY IN MAQUOKETA.
PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS. THEY ADVERTISE YOU CAN SAVE 50-80% OFF RETAIL ON COMFORTERS , PILLOWS, AND OTHER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED OUT THERE.
SPRING IS JUST A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AWAY. ON THAT NICE THOUGHT, I'LL END THIS.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
SUNNY AND WARMER TODAY..HIGH OF 44. LOTS OF SNOW MELTING.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE LAST NIGHT 47 TO 45 HERE
IN MAQUOKETA. BUT, DEWITT ALSO LOST TO MARION. DEWITT HAS FINISHED THEIR REGULAR SEASON AND MAQUOKETA STILL HAS 2 MORE GAMES LEFT, SO THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR MAQUOKETA TO TAKE THE WAMAC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP ALL BY THEMSELVES. ADAM HEPKER LED MAQUOKETA IN SCORING WITH 25 POINTS.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE MEETING IN SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION SATURDAY MORNING TO ADDRESS A DICIPLINE PUNISHMENT FOR THE STUDENT WHO RAN NAKED (STREAKED)AT THE BASKETBALL GAME LAST FRIDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA. ACCORDING TO THOSE IN ATTENDANCE, THE STUDENT, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS ONLY WEARING A PIECE OF CLOTHING AROUND HIS FACE AND HE SUPPOSEDLY DID THE STUNT ON A "DARE". HE COULD BE SUSPENDED FOR 9 DAYS OR EXPULSION FROM SCHOOL IS POSSIBLE, BUT WOULD REQUIRE BOARD ACTION. PERSONALLY, I HOPE THEY DON'T GO THE EXPULSION ROUTE.
THE ISSUE OF IF OR IF NOT TO HAVE A FULL BACKYARD BURNING BAN WAS DISCUSSED AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY NIGHT, BUT NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. WHATEVER THE OUTCOME, BACKYARD GRILLING WOULD NOT BE EFFECTED.
SUPERVIORS DISCUSSED COMPLAINTS RECEIVED ABOUT JUNK VEHICLES AND OTHER ITEMS AT THE FRANK RANDALL PROPERTY NEAR THE ROCKDALE ROAD NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. THE SUPERVISORS ASKED ZONING ADMINISTRATOR DAVID MANNING TO WORK OUT A CLEANUP PLAN WITH RANDALL AND REPORT BACK TO THE SUPERVIORS.
MORE POP MACHINES BROKEN INTO THIS WEEK ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA.
IN JACKSON COUNTY MAGISTRATE COURT, TERRY KREMER, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS FINED $272 ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA AND 30 DAYS IN JAIL, 29 SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF SIMPLE ASSAULT, AMENDED FROM DOMESTIC ASSAULT. THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SAID THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR A DOMESTIC ASSAULT CHARGE. POLICE SAY KREMER BODY-SLAMMED HIS GIRLFRIEND AND DRUG HER BY THE HAIR IN THE 100 BLOCK OF SOUTH NIAGARA STREET IN MAQUOKETA AROUND CHRISTMAS. AND THEN ON JANUARY 25, 2004, POLICE STOPPED HIS VEHICLE ON WEST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA AND THREE HYPDERMIC NEEDLES AND OTHER DRUG PARAHENALIA WERE FOUND IN THE VEHICLE.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE LAST NIGHT 47 TO 45 HERE
IN MAQUOKETA. BUT, DEWITT ALSO LOST TO MARION. DEWITT HAS FINISHED THEIR REGULAR SEASON AND MAQUOKETA STILL HAS 2 MORE GAMES LEFT, SO THERE IS STILL A CHANCE FOR MAQUOKETA TO TAKE THE WAMAC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP ALL BY THEMSELVES. ADAM HEPKER LED MAQUOKETA IN SCORING WITH 25 POINTS.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE MEETING IN SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION SATURDAY MORNING TO ADDRESS A DICIPLINE PUNISHMENT FOR THE STUDENT WHO RAN NAKED (STREAKED)AT THE BASKETBALL GAME LAST FRIDAY NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA. ACCORDING TO THOSE IN ATTENDANCE, THE STUDENT, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, WAS ONLY WEARING A PIECE OF CLOTHING AROUND HIS FACE AND HE SUPPOSEDLY DID THE STUNT ON A "DARE". HE COULD BE SUSPENDED FOR 9 DAYS OR EXPULSION FROM SCHOOL IS POSSIBLE, BUT WOULD REQUIRE BOARD ACTION. PERSONALLY, I HOPE THEY DON'T GO THE EXPULSION ROUTE.
THE ISSUE OF IF OR IF NOT TO HAVE A FULL BACKYARD BURNING BAN WAS DISCUSSED AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY NIGHT, BUT NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. WHATEVER THE OUTCOME, BACKYARD GRILLING WOULD NOT BE EFFECTED.
SUPERVIORS DISCUSSED COMPLAINTS RECEIVED ABOUT JUNK VEHICLES AND OTHER ITEMS AT THE FRANK RANDALL PROPERTY NEAR THE ROCKDALE ROAD NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. THE SUPERVISORS ASKED ZONING ADMINISTRATOR DAVID MANNING TO WORK OUT A CLEANUP PLAN WITH RANDALL AND REPORT BACK TO THE SUPERVIORS.
MORE POP MACHINES BROKEN INTO THIS WEEK ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA.
IN JACKSON COUNTY MAGISTRATE COURT, TERRY KREMER, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS FINED $272 ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA AND 30 DAYS IN JAIL, 29 SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF SIMPLE ASSAULT, AMENDED FROM DOMESTIC ASSAULT. THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SAID THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR A DOMESTIC ASSAULT CHARGE. POLICE SAY KREMER BODY-SLAMMED HIS GIRLFRIEND AND DRUG HER BY THE HAIR IN THE 100 BLOCK OF SOUTH NIAGARA STREET IN MAQUOKETA AROUND CHRISTMAS. AND THEN ON JANUARY 25, 2004, POLICE STOPPED HIS VEHICLE ON WEST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA AND THREE HYPDERMIC NEEDLES AND OTHER DRUG PARAHENALIA WERE FOUND IN THE VEHICLE.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 16, 2004
PARTY SUNNY AND HIGH AROUND 30 TODAY. MID 40'S FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY ANDTHURSDAY.
A FOUR YEAR OLD DELMAR GIRL DIED LAST NIGHT AROUND 10:30 AS THE RESULT OF A HOUSE FIRE IN DELMAR, WHICH APPARENTLY IS BEING CONSIDERED SUSPICIOUS, AS THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND STATE FIRE MARSHALL HAVE BEEN CALLED IN. THE GIRL IS EVE PETERSON, AGE 4, AND THE DAUGHTER OF DAMON PETERSON AND SHALENE POTENZO, WHO LIVE AT 214 LINCOLN AVENUE IN DELMAR.
THE HOUSE SUSTAINED ONLY SMOKE DAMAGE. THE BODY WAS TAKEN TO MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE IN DES MOINES FOR AN AUTOPSY.
TWO PEOPLE WERE STABBED DURING AN ARGUMENT AT HEARTLAND MOBILE HOME PARK IN MAQUOKETA SATURDAY EVENING. TWO MEN ARE IN THE JACKSON COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES INVOLDING THE STABBING AND ARE BEING HELD ON CASH BOND.
ONE OF THE VICTIMS, DANIEL RINIKER, JR. IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL, AFTER BEING AIRLIFTED THERE FROM THE LOCAL MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. THE OTHER VICTIM, IS ONE OF THE TWO BEING CHARGED. HE IS RYAN RENFROW, AGE 24, OF MAQUOKETA. THE OTHER BEING HELD IN JAIL IS WILLIAM BENTON, 44, OF LOST NATION. RENFROW AND BENTON WERE AT RENIKER'S HOUSE SATURDAY NIGHT AND AN ARGUMENT BEGAN. DURING A SCUFFLE, BENTON STABBED RENFROW IN THE UPPER ARM RESULTING IN A FIVE-INCH GASH. HE WAS TREATED AND RELSEASED AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. BENTON ALSO STABBED RENIKER SEVEN TIMES AND THE MOST SERIOUS WOUND WAS IN THE CHEST.
ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF CRAIG JACKSON SAID THEY STILL DON'T KNOW THE REASON FOR THE FIGHT AND ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. RENFROW WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND BENTON (APPARENTLY LEFT THE SCENE SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE OFFICERS ARRIVED) AND WASN'T ARRESTED UNTIL LAST NIGHT.
MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO NASHVILLE, JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA, WHERE SOMEONE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WAS TRYING TO START AN OLDER MODEL SNOWMOBILE AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIREMEN QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED THE BURING VEHICLE.
IN COURT NEWS: HEATHER SHEPHARD, 29, MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED AFTER SHE GRABBED HER LIVE-IN BOYFRIEND BY THE NECK LAST NIGHT ON PERSHING ROAD.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
RED HENTON IS THE ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org. SEE A PICTURE OF HIM AND STORY ABOUT HIM THERE...AND ALSO ON THE SITE, YOU CAN HEAR RED SING A SONG HE WROTE LAST WEEK FOR VALENTINE'S DAY. IF YOU HAVE SLOW INTERNET SERVICE.....YOU MAY HAVE TO WAIT AWHILE FOR THE SONG TO COMPLETELY LOAD.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS AS A TEAM, TOOK 2ND PLACE SATURDAY IN THE
SECTIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT IN MONTICELLO. DEWITT TOOK FIRST.
SIX WRESTLERS TOOK FIRST OR SECOND AND WILL GO TO THE DISTRICT THIS SATURDAY AT ANAMOSA THIS SATURDAY. THEY ARE: CASEY STUART, 103....
BILLY KIRK, 119.....DANE PAPE, 215. ALL 3 FINISHED FIRST IN MONTICELLO.
FINISHING SECOND AND MOVING ON: JON POLL, 125....CHRIS HAHN, 145 AND BLAKE ROCKWELL, 152.
I UNDERSTAND THEY KNOW WHO DID THE "STREAKING" AT FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAME.
HE APPARENTLY IS A STUDENT AND I HAVE NOT HEARD WHAT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST HIM.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
A FOUR YEAR OLD DELMAR GIRL DIED LAST NIGHT AROUND 10:30 AS THE RESULT OF A HOUSE FIRE IN DELMAR, WHICH APPARENTLY IS BEING CONSIDERED SUSPICIOUS, AS THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND STATE FIRE MARSHALL HAVE BEEN CALLED IN. THE GIRL IS EVE PETERSON, AGE 4, AND THE DAUGHTER OF DAMON PETERSON AND SHALENE POTENZO, WHO LIVE AT 214 LINCOLN AVENUE IN DELMAR.
THE HOUSE SUSTAINED ONLY SMOKE DAMAGE. THE BODY WAS TAKEN TO MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE IN DES MOINES FOR AN AUTOPSY.
TWO PEOPLE WERE STABBED DURING AN ARGUMENT AT HEARTLAND MOBILE HOME PARK IN MAQUOKETA SATURDAY EVENING. TWO MEN ARE IN THE JACKSON COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES INVOLDING THE STABBING AND ARE BEING HELD ON CASH BOND.
ONE OF THE VICTIMS, DANIEL RINIKER, JR. IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL, AFTER BEING AIRLIFTED THERE FROM THE LOCAL MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. THE OTHER VICTIM, IS ONE OF THE TWO BEING CHARGED. HE IS RYAN RENFROW, AGE 24, OF MAQUOKETA. THE OTHER BEING HELD IN JAIL IS WILLIAM BENTON, 44, OF LOST NATION. RENFROW AND BENTON WERE AT RENIKER'S HOUSE SATURDAY NIGHT AND AN ARGUMENT BEGAN. DURING A SCUFFLE, BENTON STABBED RENFROW IN THE UPPER ARM RESULTING IN A FIVE-INCH GASH. HE WAS TREATED AND RELSEASED AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. BENTON ALSO STABBED RENIKER SEVEN TIMES AND THE MOST SERIOUS WOUND WAS IN THE CHEST.
ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF CRAIG JACKSON SAID THEY STILL DON'T KNOW THE REASON FOR THE FIGHT AND ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. RENFROW WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND BENTON (APPARENTLY LEFT THE SCENE SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE OFFICERS ARRIVED) AND WASN'T ARRESTED UNTIL LAST NIGHT.
MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO NASHVILLE, JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA, WHERE SOMEONE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WAS TRYING TO START AN OLDER MODEL SNOWMOBILE AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIREMEN QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED THE BURING VEHICLE.
IN COURT NEWS: HEATHER SHEPHARD, 29, MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED AFTER SHE GRABBED HER LIVE-IN BOYFRIEND BY THE NECK LAST NIGHT ON PERSHING ROAD.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
RED HENTON IS THE ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org. SEE A PICTURE OF HIM AND STORY ABOUT HIM THERE...AND ALSO ON THE SITE, YOU CAN HEAR RED SING A SONG HE WROTE LAST WEEK FOR VALENTINE'S DAY. IF YOU HAVE SLOW INTERNET SERVICE.....YOU MAY HAVE TO WAIT AWHILE FOR THE SONG TO COMPLETELY LOAD.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS AS A TEAM, TOOK 2ND PLACE SATURDAY IN THE
SECTIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT IN MONTICELLO. DEWITT TOOK FIRST.
SIX WRESTLERS TOOK FIRST OR SECOND AND WILL GO TO THE DISTRICT THIS SATURDAY AT ANAMOSA THIS SATURDAY. THEY ARE: CASEY STUART, 103....
BILLY KIRK, 119.....DANE PAPE, 215. ALL 3 FINISHED FIRST IN MONTICELLO.
FINISHING SECOND AND MOVING ON: JON POLL, 125....CHRIS HAHN, 145 AND BLAKE ROCKWELL, 152.
I UNDERSTAND THEY KNOW WHO DID THE "STREAKING" AT FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAME.
HE APPARENTLY IS A STUDENT AND I HAVE NOT HEARD WHAT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST HIM.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, February 14, 2004
SUNNY AND BRIGHT MORNING...LOOKING FOR HIGH OF 30-35.
MAQUOKETA BOYS LAST NIGHT, HERE, BEAT DON BOSCO...70-36.
SOPHOMORES ALSO WON, 50 TO 25.
NOT MUCH EXCITEMENT THE GAME....
UNTIL..
THE CROWD WAS "STREAKED"
A "STREAKER" CAME IN ONE GYM DOOR....AND....QUICKLY OUT THE OTHER DOOR
ACROSS THE GYM....DURING A TIMEOUT...
WEARING ONLY SOMETHING THAT COVERED HIS FACE.
SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT RAN OUT OF GYM TO TRY AND CATCH HIM, BUT DIDN'T.
AS FAR AS I KNOW..HE GOT AWAY.
GOOD THING HE WASN'T AT THE SUPER BOWL...HE WOULD HAVE UPSTAGED JANET JACKSON.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA BOYS LAST NIGHT, HERE, BEAT DON BOSCO...70-36.
SOPHOMORES ALSO WON, 50 TO 25.
NOT MUCH EXCITEMENT THE GAME....
UNTIL..
THE CROWD WAS "STREAKED"
A "STREAKER" CAME IN ONE GYM DOOR....AND....QUICKLY OUT THE OTHER DOOR
ACROSS THE GYM....DURING A TIMEOUT...
WEARING ONLY SOMETHING THAT COVERED HIS FACE.
SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT RAN OUT OF GYM TO TRY AND CATCH HIM, BUT DIDN'T.
AS FAR AS I KNOW..HE GOT AWAY.
GOOD THING HE WASN'T AT THE SUPER BOWL...HE WOULD HAVE UPSTAGED JANET JACKSON.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 13, 2004
SUNNY, HIGH OF 34.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WRAPPED UP THEIR REGULAR SEASON LAST NIGHT AT MANCHESTER AND DEFEATED WEST DELAWARE, 60 TO 47. BROOKE DAVIS LED MAQUOKETA WITH 18 POINTS. TWIN SISTER BRITTANY ADDED 11 AND TIFFANY HELMBRECHT CHIPPED IN WITH 10. WTIH THE WIN, THE CARDINAL GIRLS TOOK THE WAMAC EASTERN DIVISION TITLE WITH A 9 AND 1 RECORD. THEY FINISHED THE REGUALAR SEASON, WITH A 14 AND 7 RECORD. NEXT THURSDAY, THEY BEGIN TOURNAMENT PLAY AT DEWITT AGAINST DEWITT.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST DON BOSCO TONIGHT. DON BOSCO HAS NOT WON A CONFERENCE GAME THIS SEASON.
THE WRESTLERS ARE IN THE SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT TOMORROW AT MONTICELLO.
NO NEWS TODAY.
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY.
BECAUSE ITS VALENTINES TIME...NO HARM IN SIGNING OFF...
ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
TO ALL MY FAITHFUL READERS,
LOVE TO YOU AND YOU AND YOU.
:) :)
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WRAPPED UP THEIR REGULAR SEASON LAST NIGHT AT MANCHESTER AND DEFEATED WEST DELAWARE, 60 TO 47. BROOKE DAVIS LED MAQUOKETA WITH 18 POINTS. TWIN SISTER BRITTANY ADDED 11 AND TIFFANY HELMBRECHT CHIPPED IN WITH 10. WTIH THE WIN, THE CARDINAL GIRLS TOOK THE WAMAC EASTERN DIVISION TITLE WITH A 9 AND 1 RECORD. THEY FINISHED THE REGUALAR SEASON, WITH A 14 AND 7 RECORD. NEXT THURSDAY, THEY BEGIN TOURNAMENT PLAY AT DEWITT AGAINST DEWITT.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST DON BOSCO TONIGHT. DON BOSCO HAS NOT WON A CONFERENCE GAME THIS SEASON.
THE WRESTLERS ARE IN THE SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT TOMORROW AT MONTICELLO.
NO NEWS TODAY.
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY.
BECAUSE ITS VALENTINES TIME...NO HARM IN SIGNING OFF...
ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
TO ALL MY FAITHFUL READERS,
LOVE TO YOU AND YOU AND YOU.
:) :)
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 12, 2004
SUNNY, BUT COLDER AGAIN TODAY. HIGH IN THE 20'S.
IT IS OFFICIAL....BUDDY JEWEL, COUNTRY SINGER, WILL BE ENTERTAINING AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR, ON THURDAY NIGHT, JULY 29TH. HIS BIG HIT LAST YEAR WAS
"HELP POUR OUT THE RAIN" AND HIS CURRENT HIT, "SOUTHERN COMFORT".
MORE ON FAIR PLANS LATER...SOON.
JUNE SCHOFIELD OF CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN, DIED THIS WEEK. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A SISTER IN MAQUOKETA, DENYSE HUGHES.
IOWA LOST TO WISCONSIN LAST NIGHT IN THE FINAL SECONDS OF MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL, AT IOWA CITY.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WILL BE IN THE "SECTIONALS" THIS SATURDAY, AT MONTICELLO, STARTING AT NOON.
YES...THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB WILL HAVE ANOTHER "Duck Race" .. AND IT AGAIN WILL BE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2004.
MORE LATER.
SHORT REPORT...THERE'S LITTLE GOING ON THESE DAYS.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
IT IS OFFICIAL....BUDDY JEWEL, COUNTRY SINGER, WILL BE ENTERTAINING AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR, ON THURDAY NIGHT, JULY 29TH. HIS BIG HIT LAST YEAR WAS
"HELP POUR OUT THE RAIN" AND HIS CURRENT HIT, "SOUTHERN COMFORT".
MORE ON FAIR PLANS LATER...SOON.
JUNE SCHOFIELD OF CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN, DIED THIS WEEK. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A SISTER IN MAQUOKETA, DENYSE HUGHES.
IOWA LOST TO WISCONSIN LAST NIGHT IN THE FINAL SECONDS OF MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL, AT IOWA CITY.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WILL BE IN THE "SECTIONALS" THIS SATURDAY, AT MONTICELLO, STARTING AT NOON.
YES...THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB WILL HAVE ANOTHER "Duck Race" .. AND IT AGAIN WILL BE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2004.
MORE LATER.
SHORT REPORT...THERE'S LITTLE GOING ON THESE DAYS.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
SUNNY AND WARMER TODAY, WITH A HIGH OF 34. COLDER TOMORROW THEN WARMER AGAIN ON FRIDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS, RANKED 9TH, LAST NIGHT BEAT DYERSVILLE BECKMAN UP THERE, 66 TO 33. TYLER KRUEGER WAS TOP SCORER WITH POINTS. ADAM HEPKER AT 18.
HERE, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS DEFEATED DYERSVILLE, 75 TO 34. BRITANY DAVIS HAD 17 POINTS.
MIKE COTTON, COUNTY AUDITOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, FROM SABULA, ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK HE WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION. AND SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN SAID HE WILL SEEK A THIRD TERM. ONLY OTHER OFFICE UP THIS YEAR, IS THE SUPERVISOR POST NOW HELD BY DAVE KENTALL OF RURAL BELLEVUE. NO WORD YET ON IF HE WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION.
A TRAFFIC STUDY FOR WEST PLATT OUT BY THE NEW DICK'S SUPER MARKET AND GASSER TRUE VALUE HARDWARE STORE, HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE FIRM THAT DID IT, H.R.GREEN AND COMPANY, SAID THE CITY HAS A COUPLE OPTIONS. RE-STRIPE THE INTERSECTION TO ALLOW FOR LEFT TURN LANES OR ASK THE IOWA D.O.T. FOR ST0P AND GO SIGNALS, WHICH WOULD END UP COSTING THE CITY ABOUT $150,000.
MOST COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREE, THAT SO FAR THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM OUT THERE BUT THAT THE STRIPPING SHOULD BE DONE TO MAKE THE SITUATION EVEN BETTER THAN IT IS NOW. THIS ALL HAPPENED AT A COMMITTEE MEETING THIS WEEK AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL WILL MAKE THEIR DECISION AT NEXT WEEK'S FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL STUDENTS AND STAFF NEXT SUMMER WILL START SCHOOL ON AUGUST 26TH, A WEEK LATER THAN SCHOOL STARTED THIS PAST SUMMER.
AND, CHRISTMAS VACATION WILL BE SHORTER THAN IN THE PAST. THESE DECISIONS WERE MADE THIS WEEK AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WHEN THEY APPROVED THE 2004-2005 CALENDAR. GRADUATION DAY 2005 WILL BE ON JUNE 5TH.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
STEVE FLYNN AND PHIL TABOR, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA, ARE THE CO-CHAIRMEN
FOR THE RAGBRAI BIKE RIDERS OVERNIGHT EVENT IN MAQUOKETA JULY 30TH.
RUMOR HAS IT, BUDDY JEWEL, NEW YOUNG COUNTRY MUSIC STAR, WILL BE AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR THIS SUMMER. AND RUMOR HAS IT, OLDER COUNTRY MUSIC STAR, WILLIE NELSON WILL BE AT THE JONES COUNTY FAIR THIS SUMMER.
THE HAWKEYES AGAINST THE BADGERS TONIGHT.....GO IOWA. BUT THEN, SINCE
I ONCE ATTENDED WISCONSIN (AND WAS BORN AND RAISED THERE)..IF THEY SHOULD WIN....I'LL STILL BE HAPPY. THE GAME OF COURSE WILL BE ON KMAQ-FM.
CHECK BACK WHEN YOU CAN.
EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS, COMPLIMENTS, SUGGESTIONS OR QUESITONS.
I'M AT kmaq@kmaq.com
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS, RANKED 9TH, LAST NIGHT BEAT DYERSVILLE BECKMAN UP THERE, 66 TO 33. TYLER KRUEGER WAS TOP SCORER WITH POINTS. ADAM HEPKER AT 18.
HERE, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS DEFEATED DYERSVILLE, 75 TO 34. BRITANY DAVIS HAD 17 POINTS.
MIKE COTTON, COUNTY AUDITOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, FROM SABULA, ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK HE WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION. AND SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN SAID HE WILL SEEK A THIRD TERM. ONLY OTHER OFFICE UP THIS YEAR, IS THE SUPERVISOR POST NOW HELD BY DAVE KENTALL OF RURAL BELLEVUE. NO WORD YET ON IF HE WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION.
A TRAFFIC STUDY FOR WEST PLATT OUT BY THE NEW DICK'S SUPER MARKET AND GASSER TRUE VALUE HARDWARE STORE, HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE FIRM THAT DID IT, H.R.GREEN AND COMPANY, SAID THE CITY HAS A COUPLE OPTIONS. RE-STRIPE THE INTERSECTION TO ALLOW FOR LEFT TURN LANES OR ASK THE IOWA D.O.T. FOR ST0P AND GO SIGNALS, WHICH WOULD END UP COSTING THE CITY ABOUT $150,000.
MOST COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREE, THAT SO FAR THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM OUT THERE BUT THAT THE STRIPPING SHOULD BE DONE TO MAKE THE SITUATION EVEN BETTER THAN IT IS NOW. THIS ALL HAPPENED AT A COMMITTEE MEETING THIS WEEK AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL WILL MAKE THEIR DECISION AT NEXT WEEK'S FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL STUDENTS AND STAFF NEXT SUMMER WILL START SCHOOL ON AUGUST 26TH, A WEEK LATER THAN SCHOOL STARTED THIS PAST SUMMER.
AND, CHRISTMAS VACATION WILL BE SHORTER THAN IN THE PAST. THESE DECISIONS WERE MADE THIS WEEK AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WHEN THEY APPROVED THE 2004-2005 CALENDAR. GRADUATION DAY 2005 WILL BE ON JUNE 5TH.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
STEVE FLYNN AND PHIL TABOR, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA, ARE THE CO-CHAIRMEN
FOR THE RAGBRAI BIKE RIDERS OVERNIGHT EVENT IN MAQUOKETA JULY 30TH.
RUMOR HAS IT, BUDDY JEWEL, NEW YOUNG COUNTRY MUSIC STAR, WILL BE AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR THIS SUMMER. AND RUMOR HAS IT, OLDER COUNTRY MUSIC STAR, WILLIE NELSON WILL BE AT THE JONES COUNTY FAIR THIS SUMMER.
THE HAWKEYES AGAINST THE BADGERS TONIGHT.....GO IOWA. BUT THEN, SINCE
I ONCE ATTENDED WISCONSIN (AND WAS BORN AND RAISED THERE)..IF THEY SHOULD WIN....I'LL STILL BE HAPPY. THE GAME OF COURSE WILL BE ON KMAQ-FM.
CHECK BACK WHEN YOU CAN.
EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS, COMPLIMENTS, SUGGESTIONS OR QUESITONS.
I'M AT kmaq@kmaq.com
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
SUNNY AGAIN TODAY, BUT COLER!
I WENT TO THE TUESDAY NOON-HOUR "BROWN BAG LUNCH" AT THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM TODAY. THEY HAVE IT EVERY TUESDAY NOON AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT 20 THERE TODAY. EVERYONE BRINGS THEIR OWN SANDWICH AND THE COFFEE AND TEA IS FURNISHED. JUNIOR PAPKE AND I WERE THE ONLY MEN. CURATOR BONNIE (WELLS) MITCHELL AS ALWAYS GAVE A SHORT HISTORY PROGRAM AND TODAY IT WAS ON HARVESTING THE MAQUOKETA RIVER IN THE WINTER, IN THE OLD DAYS. ONE OF THE GREATEST MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMEN OF THE LAST CENTURY, ED KIRCHOFF, GOT HIS START AT MAKING LOTS OF MONEY, AS OWNER OF THE MAQUOKETA ICE COMPANY, HARVESTING ICE ON THE MAQUOKETA RIVER. HIS DAUGHTER, LOIS, IN CLINTON, SENT SOME PICTURES TO SHARE AT TODAY'S LUNCHEON. YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE IN ONE OF THE TUESDAY SESSIONS!
REMEMBER ED? IF SO, USE THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK TO TELL US WHAT YOU REMEMBER!
AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, THEY TALKED ABOUT BUILDING A NEW TRACK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SIX LIGHTED TENNIS COURTS. THE MAQUOKETA BOOSTER CLUB HAS MADE A LARGE DONATION TO THE PROJECT. SUPPORT SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR THE DISTRICT, JERRY NELSON, SAID HE WAS TOLD IF THE PROJECT WERE BID IN MARCH, THE TENNIS COURTS AND THE TRACK COULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE WINTER AND THE READY FOR THE SPRING 2005 SEASON. NELSON SAID THE ESTIMATE FOR A NEW TRACK AT THE SAME LOCATON AS THE OLD ONE, IS $220,000 AND THE SIX TENNIS COURTS ARE ESTIMATED AT $180,000.
THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT A PROPOSED NEW OFFICE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SO IT COULD BE MOVED FROM THE 2ND FLOOR. THE FIRST DESIGN CALLED FOR A NEW FRONT DOOR AND THAT PLAN WAS TOO COSTLY. SO, THE REVISED PLAN WOULD USE ONE OF THE EXISTING TWO SOUTH STREET-LEVEL DOORS FOR THE OFFICE AND THE OTHER DOOR FOR THE ENTRANCE TO BUILDING. FINAL PLANS SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD SOON WITH BIDS SENT OUT IN MARCH.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING SOME VANDALISM DONE AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. SOMEONE BROKE WINDOWS AND DOORS TO THE INFORMATION BOOTH, THE OPTIMIST FOOD STAND, THE BEER STAND AND THE STOCK CAR RACING FOOD STAND. NOTHING APPEARED TAKEN.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS, RANKED 9TH IN THE STATE IN 3-A BASKETBALL, PLAY AT DYERSVILLE TONIGHT AND THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ARE HOSTING DYERSVILLE.
"THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST" STARTS ASH WEDNESDAY, AT THE VOY 1 THEATRE
IN MAQUOKETA. STARTS NATIONWIDE THAT DAY ALSO. MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF IT. WE ARE THE SMALLEST TOWN IN IOWA TO GET IT AND WILL HAVE IT AT LEAST 4 WEEKS.
NO DEATHS OR BIRTHS.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
I WENT TO THE TUESDAY NOON-HOUR "BROWN BAG LUNCH" AT THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM TODAY. THEY HAVE IT EVERY TUESDAY NOON AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT 20 THERE TODAY. EVERYONE BRINGS THEIR OWN SANDWICH AND THE COFFEE AND TEA IS FURNISHED. JUNIOR PAPKE AND I WERE THE ONLY MEN. CURATOR BONNIE (WELLS) MITCHELL AS ALWAYS GAVE A SHORT HISTORY PROGRAM AND TODAY IT WAS ON HARVESTING THE MAQUOKETA RIVER IN THE WINTER, IN THE OLD DAYS. ONE OF THE GREATEST MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMEN OF THE LAST CENTURY, ED KIRCHOFF, GOT HIS START AT MAKING LOTS OF MONEY, AS OWNER OF THE MAQUOKETA ICE COMPANY, HARVESTING ICE ON THE MAQUOKETA RIVER. HIS DAUGHTER, LOIS, IN CLINTON, SENT SOME PICTURES TO SHARE AT TODAY'S LUNCHEON. YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE IN ONE OF THE TUESDAY SESSIONS!
REMEMBER ED? IF SO, USE THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK TO TELL US WHAT YOU REMEMBER!
AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, THEY TALKED ABOUT BUILDING A NEW TRACK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND SIX LIGHTED TENNIS COURTS. THE MAQUOKETA BOOSTER CLUB HAS MADE A LARGE DONATION TO THE PROJECT. SUPPORT SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR THE DISTRICT, JERRY NELSON, SAID HE WAS TOLD IF THE PROJECT WERE BID IN MARCH, THE TENNIS COURTS AND THE TRACK COULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE WINTER AND THE READY FOR THE SPRING 2005 SEASON. NELSON SAID THE ESTIMATE FOR A NEW TRACK AT THE SAME LOCATON AS THE OLD ONE, IS $220,000 AND THE SIX TENNIS COURTS ARE ESTIMATED AT $180,000.
THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT A PROPOSED NEW OFFICE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SO IT COULD BE MOVED FROM THE 2ND FLOOR. THE FIRST DESIGN CALLED FOR A NEW FRONT DOOR AND THAT PLAN WAS TOO COSTLY. SO, THE REVISED PLAN WOULD USE ONE OF THE EXISTING TWO SOUTH STREET-LEVEL DOORS FOR THE OFFICE AND THE OTHER DOOR FOR THE ENTRANCE TO BUILDING. FINAL PLANS SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD SOON WITH BIDS SENT OUT IN MARCH.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING SOME VANDALISM DONE AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. SOMEONE BROKE WINDOWS AND DOORS TO THE INFORMATION BOOTH, THE OPTIMIST FOOD STAND, THE BEER STAND AND THE STOCK CAR RACING FOOD STAND. NOTHING APPEARED TAKEN.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS, RANKED 9TH IN THE STATE IN 3-A BASKETBALL, PLAY AT DYERSVILLE TONIGHT AND THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ARE HOSTING DYERSVILLE.
"THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST" STARTS ASH WEDNESDAY, AT THE VOY 1 THEATRE
IN MAQUOKETA. STARTS NATIONWIDE THAT DAY ALSO. MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF IT. WE ARE THE SMALLEST TOWN IN IOWA TO GET IT AND WILL HAVE IT AT LEAST 4 WEEKS.
NO DEATHS OR BIRTHS.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 09, 2004
SUNNY TODAY...HIGH IN THE 30'S.
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS DEFEATED INDEPENDENCE HERE AT THE
LOCAL GYM. THE SOPHOMORES ALSO WON. BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS
PLAY DYERSVILLE BECKHAM TOMORROW NIGHT. THE GIRLS HERE.
THE WRESTLERS ARE GETTING READY FOR TOURNAMENT ACTION THIS SATURDAY.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
SHERIFF'S BLOTTER: SUPERVISOR DAVE KENDALL REPORTED THAT SOMEONE DROVE THROUGH HIS STRAWBERRY FIELD AND DAMAGED THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. IT HAPPENED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. DAMAGE DONE, ESTIMATED AT $2,000.
COURT NEWS: TRAVIS HAYLOCK, AGE 18, WAS CHARGED IWTH OWV, 2ND OFFENSE.
HE WAS ARRESTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
JOHN "JACK" MYATT, 84, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY AT CLOVER RIDGE ASSISTED LIVING PLACE. HE WORKED FOR ALLIS CHALMERS AS A WELDING ENGINEER IN INDIANA AND HE AND HIS WIFE JUST MOVED TO MAQUOKETA LAST DECEMBER. HE WAS BORN IN LOST NATION. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, AND 2 CHILDREN.....A SON IN OKLAHOMA AND A DAUGHTER IN MAQUOKETA, BETH CRUSHA. ALSO 2 SISTERS IN MAQUOKETA, ROSEMARY FRANCOIS AND JOAN CRAWFORD.
FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK IS THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK". SEE A PICTURE OF HIM AND A STORY ABOUT HIM ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE..
www.maquoketa-rotary.org
THAT'S IT....SHORT REPORT....HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS DEFEATED INDEPENDENCE HERE AT THE
LOCAL GYM. THE SOPHOMORES ALSO WON. BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS
PLAY DYERSVILLE BECKHAM TOMORROW NIGHT. THE GIRLS HERE.
THE WRESTLERS ARE GETTING READY FOR TOURNAMENT ACTION THIS SATURDAY.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
SHERIFF'S BLOTTER: SUPERVISOR DAVE KENDALL REPORTED THAT SOMEONE DROVE THROUGH HIS STRAWBERRY FIELD AND DAMAGED THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. IT HAPPENED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. DAMAGE DONE, ESTIMATED AT $2,000.
COURT NEWS: TRAVIS HAYLOCK, AGE 18, WAS CHARGED IWTH OWV, 2ND OFFENSE.
HE WAS ARRESTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
JOHN "JACK" MYATT, 84, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY AT CLOVER RIDGE ASSISTED LIVING PLACE. HE WORKED FOR ALLIS CHALMERS AS A WELDING ENGINEER IN INDIANA AND HE AND HIS WIFE JUST MOVED TO MAQUOKETA LAST DECEMBER. HE WAS BORN IN LOST NATION. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, AND 2 CHILDREN.....A SON IN OKLAHOMA AND A DAUGHTER IN MAQUOKETA, BETH CRUSHA. ALSO 2 SISTERS IN MAQUOKETA, ROSEMARY FRANCOIS AND JOAN CRAWFORD.
FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK IS THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK". SEE A PICTURE OF HIM AND A STORY ABOUT HIM ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE..
www.maquoketa-rotary.org
THAT'S IT....SHORT REPORT....HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 06, 2004
4 and a half inches of snow last night and total for the week, 9 and a half inches.
Some sunshine today and high of 33.
Our 2nd day of the farm and home show is going well, but down from yesterday because of the weather.
Big story today, the Maquoketa Area Foundation has received an estate gift from Helene and Harlan Ruff, in the amount of approximately $646,000. The Ruffs, both of Maquoketa area, had farmed and worked in the area for most of their lives. Income from the endowment is to be used for scholarships for students graduating from Maquoketa High School, whose parents reside in Farmer's Creek Township. Harlan passed away on July 11, 2000 and Helen died January 4, 2004. This is the second largest gift ever received in the foundation's history. The foundation was established in 1982 and has assets of $3.5 million dollars. According to a close friends, the Ruff's were very common people. They lived through the Great Depression. They saved and invested wisely, but had fun. They liked to travel and play cards. They had no children.
The Maquoketa Rotary has pictures and a video of the Ag Awards Ceremony yesterday at the KMAQ Farm and Home Show....at www.maquoketa-rotary.org
There will also be more pictures coming up on the KMAQ Home Page, of people at the farm show.....at www.kmaq.com
Jerry and Melissa Widel of Andrew had a boy Monday at the local hospital.
Grandparents are Dr. Mark and Karen Intlekofer of Maquoketa and Paul and Millie Widel of Maquoketa.
The Maquoketa girls were to host Independence tonight in basketball but because Indepedence closed school today because of the weather, the game could not be played tonight and was re-scheduled for tomorrow night. The Maquoketa boys were to play up there at Independence, but it also was called off and and has been re-scheduled for February 26th.
No deaths.
Have a good weekend.
Dennis Voy
Some sunshine today and high of 33.
Our 2nd day of the farm and home show is going well, but down from yesterday because of the weather.
Big story today, the Maquoketa Area Foundation has received an estate gift from Helene and Harlan Ruff, in the amount of approximately $646,000. The Ruffs, both of Maquoketa area, had farmed and worked in the area for most of their lives. Income from the endowment is to be used for scholarships for students graduating from Maquoketa High School, whose parents reside in Farmer's Creek Township. Harlan passed away on July 11, 2000 and Helen died January 4, 2004. This is the second largest gift ever received in the foundation's history. The foundation was established in 1982 and has assets of $3.5 million dollars. According to a close friends, the Ruff's were very common people. They lived through the Great Depression. They saved and invested wisely, but had fun. They liked to travel and play cards. They had no children.
The Maquoketa Rotary has pictures and a video of the Ag Awards Ceremony yesterday at the KMAQ Farm and Home Show....at www.maquoketa-rotary.org
There will also be more pictures coming up on the KMAQ Home Page, of people at the farm show.....at www.kmaq.com
Jerry and Melissa Widel of Andrew had a boy Monday at the local hospital.
Grandparents are Dr. Mark and Karen Intlekofer of Maquoketa and Paul and Millie Widel of Maquoketa.
The Maquoketa girls were to host Independence tonight in basketball but because Indepedence closed school today because of the weather, the game could not be played tonight and was re-scheduled for tomorrow night. The Maquoketa boys were to play up there at Independence, but it also was called off and and has been re-scheduled for February 26th.
No deaths.
Have a good weekend.
Dennis Voy
Thursday, February 05, 2004
IT IS SNOWING HARD IN MAQUOKETA. STARTED ABOUT 6 P.M. SHOULD STOP BY
HOPEFULLY 6 TOMORROW MORNING. EXPECTING ABOUT 5 INCHES.
FIRST DAY OF 2-DAY KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW WENT WELL. BIG CROWD OVER NOON HOUR. EVENING CROWD DOWN BECAUSE OF WEATHER.
STILL, ATTENDANCE OF AROUND 1,500 FOR THE DAY.
THE 15TH ANNUAL AG AWARDS WERE PRESENTED AT NOON, SPONSORED BY THE AG COMMITTEE OF THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB. ROTARIAN WARREN ROBERTS PRESENTED THE AG BUSINESS AWARD TO DEAN ENGEL, WHO WORKS AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK. BRIAN SCHWAGER, REPRESENTING THE CHAMBER, PRESENTED THE PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD TO DARCY KEIL OF THE JACKSON COUNTY N.R.C.S. CONSERVATION OFFICE AND
MARGARET MCCARTHY, ALSO REPRESENTING THE CHAMBER, PRESENTED THE
FARMER OF THE YEAR AWARD TO TWO COUPLES WHO ARE RELATED, CHUCK AND CHRIS CORNELIUS AND LESTER AND NANCY JOHNSON. CHUCK AND NANCY ARE BROTHER AND SISTER. THE FOUR WORK TOGETHER IN FARMING AND ALSO RUN CORNELIUS SEED CORN COMPANY. I HOPE I HAVE THIS RIGHT. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
6 WINNERS. I'M PRETTY SURE MORE PICTURES ON THE AG AWARDS WILL BE UP ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE SOMETIME TOMORROW...AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
THERE ARE 160 PICTURES TAKEN TODAY AT THE FARM AND HOME SHOW ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE. YOU CAN PUSH THE SLIDE BUTTON AND WATCH THE SLIDE SHOW.
MORE, FROM DAY TWO, WILL BE ADDED TOMORROW.
SORRY I AM LATE TODAY WITH THIS...AND SORRY THIS IS SHORT..BUT IT HAS BEEN A BUSY AND HECTIC DAY AND I STILL HAVE THINGS TO DO YET TONIGHT.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
HOPEFULLY 6 TOMORROW MORNING. EXPECTING ABOUT 5 INCHES.
FIRST DAY OF 2-DAY KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW WENT WELL. BIG CROWD OVER NOON HOUR. EVENING CROWD DOWN BECAUSE OF WEATHER.
STILL, ATTENDANCE OF AROUND 1,500 FOR THE DAY.
THE 15TH ANNUAL AG AWARDS WERE PRESENTED AT NOON, SPONSORED BY THE AG COMMITTEE OF THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB. ROTARIAN WARREN ROBERTS PRESENTED THE AG BUSINESS AWARD TO DEAN ENGEL, WHO WORKS AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK. BRIAN SCHWAGER, REPRESENTING THE CHAMBER, PRESENTED THE PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD TO DARCY KEIL OF THE JACKSON COUNTY N.R.C.S. CONSERVATION OFFICE AND
MARGARET MCCARTHY, ALSO REPRESENTING THE CHAMBER, PRESENTED THE
FARMER OF THE YEAR AWARD TO TWO COUPLES WHO ARE RELATED, CHUCK AND CHRIS CORNELIUS AND LESTER AND NANCY JOHNSON. CHUCK AND NANCY ARE BROTHER AND SISTER. THE FOUR WORK TOGETHER IN FARMING AND ALSO RUN CORNELIUS SEED CORN COMPANY. I HOPE I HAVE THIS RIGHT. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
6 WINNERS. I'M PRETTY SURE MORE PICTURES ON THE AG AWARDS WILL BE UP ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE SOMETIME TOMORROW...AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
THERE ARE 160 PICTURES TAKEN TODAY AT THE FARM AND HOME SHOW ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE. YOU CAN PUSH THE SLIDE BUTTON AND WATCH THE SLIDE SHOW.
MORE, FROM DAY TWO, WILL BE ADDED TOMORROW.
SORRY I AM LATE TODAY WITH THIS...AND SORRY THIS IS SHORT..BUT IT HAS BEEN A BUSY AND HECTIC DAY AND I STILL HAVE THINGS TO DO YET TONIGHT.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
MOSTLY CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 22 TODAY. POSSIBILITY OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY TOMORROW NIGHT. SINCE OUR KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW IS TOMORROW AND FRIDAY, THAT'S NOT GOOD NEWS.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAYED AT MARION LAST NIGHT AND WON, 49 TO 39. THE BOYS DID NOT PLAY.
BELLEVUE MARQUETTE BOYS, RATED 2ND IN THE STATE, WERE UPSET LAST NIGHT BY PRINCE OF PEACE OF CLINTON.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVORS APPROVED THE COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD REQUEST TO GET A 5 YEAR LOAN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER. THE LOAN IS A $20,000 FORGIVABLE LOAN AND A ZERO INTEREST LOAN OF $40,790. IT'S PART OF THE SOLID WASTE ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM. SUPERVIORS APPROVED THE LOAN, TO BE REPAID OVER 5 YEARS FROM THE MONEY RAISED AT THE CENTER.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL IS GOING AHEAD WITH PLANS TOR RAISE TAXES NO MORE THAN 40 CENTS PER $1,000 ASSESSED VALUATION. THE CITY HAS BEEN CUT BACK ON STATE FUNDS...WELL OVER $100,000. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX INCREASE WILL BE HELD MONDAY, MARCH 8TH.
STEVE FLYNN, MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN AND FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN, AND PHIL TABOR, ATTORNEY, AND FORMER COUNTY ATTORNEY, HAVE TAKEN ON THE POSITION OF CO-CHAIRMEN FOR THE RAGBRAI VISIT OF BIKERS TO MAQUOKETA IN JULY. THEIR FIRST MEETING IS THIS FRIDAY. PARKING, CAMPING AREAS, FOOD STANDS...AND PORTA POTTIES...AND MORE ....WILL BE TOPICS OF MUCH PLANNING IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD.
MAGISTRATE COURT NEWS: CLINTON LAMAR, AGE 29, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED THIS MORNING WITH OWI AND DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED.
RANDY DAVIS, 48, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FOR THREATENING TO HIT
ANOTHER MAQUOKETA MAN WITH AN AX HANDLE.
THOMAS CLASEN, 34, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT FOR HITTING A MAN IN THE MOUTH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
JAKE BICKFORD'S BIG WALL TO WALL SALE AT BILL MOLER'S MEN'S WEAR IS IN ITS FINAL WEEK. TWICE A YEAR, JAKE HAS ONE OF THESE MONTH LONG SALES. MANY OF YOU HAVE SHOPPED THEM OVER THE YEARS, AS FORMER OWNER BILL MOLER STARTED THE TWICE A YEAR CLEARANCE SALES MANY YEARS AGO. YES...BILL STILL LIVES HERE IN MAQUOKETA.....A LOT SLOWER OF COURSE.....WITH HIS DEEP VOICE, DOES THE COMMERCIALS FOR CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW OLD HE IS.
COME TO THE FARM AND HOME SHOW IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA....IT STARTS AT 10 TOMORROW MORNING AND GOES UNTIL 8 TOMORROW NIGHT. SAME HOURS FRIDAY. FREE ADMISSION. NEARLY 50 EXHIBITORS. BARGAIN FOOD BAR.
LIVE MUSIC. DOOR PRIZES. SEMINARS. FOR ME...SORE FEET.
WILL TRY TO HAVE A REPORT FOR TOMORROW. IF NOTHING ELSE, THE WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL AG AWARDS TO BE GIVEN OVER THE NOON HOUR TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAYED AT MARION LAST NIGHT AND WON, 49 TO 39. THE BOYS DID NOT PLAY.
BELLEVUE MARQUETTE BOYS, RATED 2ND IN THE STATE, WERE UPSET LAST NIGHT BY PRINCE OF PEACE OF CLINTON.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVORS APPROVED THE COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD REQUEST TO GET A 5 YEAR LOAN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER. THE LOAN IS A $20,000 FORGIVABLE LOAN AND A ZERO INTEREST LOAN OF $40,790. IT'S PART OF THE SOLID WASTE ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM. SUPERVIORS APPROVED THE LOAN, TO BE REPAID OVER 5 YEARS FROM THE MONEY RAISED AT THE CENTER.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL IS GOING AHEAD WITH PLANS TOR RAISE TAXES NO MORE THAN 40 CENTS PER $1,000 ASSESSED VALUATION. THE CITY HAS BEEN CUT BACK ON STATE FUNDS...WELL OVER $100,000. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX INCREASE WILL BE HELD MONDAY, MARCH 8TH.
STEVE FLYNN, MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN AND FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN, AND PHIL TABOR, ATTORNEY, AND FORMER COUNTY ATTORNEY, HAVE TAKEN ON THE POSITION OF CO-CHAIRMEN FOR THE RAGBRAI VISIT OF BIKERS TO MAQUOKETA IN JULY. THEIR FIRST MEETING IS THIS FRIDAY. PARKING, CAMPING AREAS, FOOD STANDS...AND PORTA POTTIES...AND MORE ....WILL BE TOPICS OF MUCH PLANNING IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD.
MAGISTRATE COURT NEWS: CLINTON LAMAR, AGE 29, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED THIS MORNING WITH OWI AND DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED.
RANDY DAVIS, 48, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FOR THREATENING TO HIT
ANOTHER MAQUOKETA MAN WITH AN AX HANDLE.
THOMAS CLASEN, 34, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT FOR HITTING A MAN IN THE MOUTH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
JAKE BICKFORD'S BIG WALL TO WALL SALE AT BILL MOLER'S MEN'S WEAR IS IN ITS FINAL WEEK. TWICE A YEAR, JAKE HAS ONE OF THESE MONTH LONG SALES. MANY OF YOU HAVE SHOPPED THEM OVER THE YEARS, AS FORMER OWNER BILL MOLER STARTED THE TWICE A YEAR CLEARANCE SALES MANY YEARS AGO. YES...BILL STILL LIVES HERE IN MAQUOKETA.....A LOT SLOWER OF COURSE.....WITH HIS DEEP VOICE, DOES THE COMMERCIALS FOR CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW OLD HE IS.
COME TO THE FARM AND HOME SHOW IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA....IT STARTS AT 10 TOMORROW MORNING AND GOES UNTIL 8 TOMORROW NIGHT. SAME HOURS FRIDAY. FREE ADMISSION. NEARLY 50 EXHIBITORS. BARGAIN FOOD BAR.
LIVE MUSIC. DOOR PRIZES. SEMINARS. FOR ME...SORE FEET.
WILL TRY TO HAVE A REPORT FOR TOMORROW. IF NOTHING ELSE, THE WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL AG AWARDS TO BE GIVEN OVER THE NOON HOUR TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, February 03, 2004
TOTAL SNOW FALL, AS MEASURED BY ROBERT CHRISTENSEN, 5 AND A HALF INCHES. SUNNY TODAY AND MESSY OUTSIDE.
CHRISTENSEN, RETIRED, REPORTS WEATHER INFORMATION TO KCRG-TV IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND TO KMAQ....HE HAS
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT AT HIS HOME AT THE WEST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA ON LAKEHURST ROAD. SUCH THINGS AS RAIN AND SNOW TOTALS, HIGHS AND LOWS....AND THE DAY AFTER WE HAVE RAIN OR SNOW, HE CALLS ME AT 6:50 A.M. AND WE CHAT ABOUT IT FOR A COUPLE MINUTES OVER THE AIR. HE'S A RETIRED BARBER AND TEACHER AND WIFE BONNIE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AT JC PENNEYS IN MAQUOKETA AND NOW WORKS PARTTIME AT THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE.
THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN WE HAD A BIG JC PENNEY STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, ALONG WITH TWO DIME STORES, 4 LADIES APPAREL STORES, 4 HARDWARE STORES, 3 MEN'S APPAREL STORES, AND 3 OR 4 TAVERNS AND RESTAURANTS. AROUND THE COUNTRY, THEY CALL THOSE DAYS, THE "BEFORE WAL MART" DAYS.
ANOTHER MAJOR STATE REVENUE CUT FOR JACKSON COUNTY ... OVER $400,000. SUPERVISOR JACK WILLEY SAYS THE COUNTY WILL PROBABLY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO RAISE TAXES.
LOTS OF MINOR ACCIDENTS IN BOTH JACKSON AND CLINTON COUNTY YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE ROAD CONDITIONS.
STEPHANIE BOWLING AND MARK EMERSON OF ANDREW ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JANUARY 28TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE BRENDA AND EVERETT BOWLING OF MAQUOKETA.
I RAN INTO A GUY AT BOWMAN'S FULL SERVICE GAS STATION TODAY WHO LIVED IN MAQUOKETA IN THE EARLY 50'S...AND HAS NOT BEEN HERE FOR YEARS. HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS FAMOUS MAQUOKETA PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE PAST, WILL CUNDILL. HE ASKED IF THE BON TON CAFE WAS STILL OPEN. LIVES IN PEORIA. I TOLD HIM TO STOP IN NEXT TIME HE'S IN TOWN AND THEN I'LL GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GUY, RETIRED FROM THE MILITARY. SAYS HE MAY SOMEDAY RELOCATE BACK TO THIS AREA. WILL CUNDILL TOOK A LOT OF PHOTOS OF MAQUOKETA BACK IN THE EARLY 1900'S. BUDDY OLSON MIGHT REMEMBER OLD WILL.
NO MAQUOKETA BASKETBALL TONIGHT. WE ARE BROADCASTING A GIRL-BOY DOUBLE HEADER, FROM ANDRW, WHERE THE ANDREW HAWKS TONIGHT HOST NORTH CEDAR (LOWDEN-CLARENCE-STANWOOD).
NO DEATHS.
THANKS AGAIN FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
CHRISTENSEN, RETIRED, REPORTS WEATHER INFORMATION TO KCRG-TV IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND TO KMAQ....HE HAS
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT AT HIS HOME AT THE WEST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA ON LAKEHURST ROAD. SUCH THINGS AS RAIN AND SNOW TOTALS, HIGHS AND LOWS....AND THE DAY AFTER WE HAVE RAIN OR SNOW, HE CALLS ME AT 6:50 A.M. AND WE CHAT ABOUT IT FOR A COUPLE MINUTES OVER THE AIR. HE'S A RETIRED BARBER AND TEACHER AND WIFE BONNIE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AT JC PENNEYS IN MAQUOKETA AND NOW WORKS PARTTIME AT THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE.
THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN WE HAD A BIG JC PENNEY STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, ALONG WITH TWO DIME STORES, 4 LADIES APPAREL STORES, 4 HARDWARE STORES, 3 MEN'S APPAREL STORES, AND 3 OR 4 TAVERNS AND RESTAURANTS. AROUND THE COUNTRY, THEY CALL THOSE DAYS, THE "BEFORE WAL MART" DAYS.
ANOTHER MAJOR STATE REVENUE CUT FOR JACKSON COUNTY ... OVER $400,000. SUPERVISOR JACK WILLEY SAYS THE COUNTY WILL PROBABLY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO RAISE TAXES.
LOTS OF MINOR ACCIDENTS IN BOTH JACKSON AND CLINTON COUNTY YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE ROAD CONDITIONS.
STEPHANIE BOWLING AND MARK EMERSON OF ANDREW ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JANUARY 28TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE BRENDA AND EVERETT BOWLING OF MAQUOKETA.
I RAN INTO A GUY AT BOWMAN'S FULL SERVICE GAS STATION TODAY WHO LIVED IN MAQUOKETA IN THE EARLY 50'S...AND HAS NOT BEEN HERE FOR YEARS. HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS FAMOUS MAQUOKETA PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE PAST, WILL CUNDILL. HE ASKED IF THE BON TON CAFE WAS STILL OPEN. LIVES IN PEORIA. I TOLD HIM TO STOP IN NEXT TIME HE'S IN TOWN AND THEN I'LL GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GUY, RETIRED FROM THE MILITARY. SAYS HE MAY SOMEDAY RELOCATE BACK TO THIS AREA. WILL CUNDILL TOOK A LOT OF PHOTOS OF MAQUOKETA BACK IN THE EARLY 1900'S. BUDDY OLSON MIGHT REMEMBER OLD WILL.
NO MAQUOKETA BASKETBALL TONIGHT. WE ARE BROADCASTING A GIRL-BOY DOUBLE HEADER, FROM ANDRW, WHERE THE ANDREW HAWKS TONIGHT HOST NORTH CEDAR (LOWDEN-CLARENCE-STANWOOD).
NO DEATHS.
THANKS AGAIN FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 02, 2004
SLEET AND ICY ROADS THIS MORNING AND ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS CANCELLED SCHOOL THIS MORNING. NOW, SNOW IS COMING DOWN AND WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WE EXPECT UP TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY TOMORROW MORNING.
SOME STORES DID NOT OPEN TODAY AND MANY CANCELLATIONS FOR TONIGHT. IT IS NOT A VERY NICE DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.
THE DRIVER OF A SARA LEE TRUCK WAS INJURED AND MOST OF THE BAKERY PRODUCTS IN THE TRUCK WERE DAMAGED IN AN EARLY MORNING ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF ICY RIADS. THE ACCIDENT, AT 3:58 A.M. THIS MORNING HAPPENED 4.3 MILES NORTH OF MAQUOKETA ON HIGHWAY 61. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL ON THE 100-PERCENT ICE COVERED ROAD, AND THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND ROLLED TWICE. THE DRIVER, DENNY COVEY, AGE 43, WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH MAJOR INJURIES. DAMAGES WERE LISTED AT $73,000 TO THE TRUCK OWNED BY METZ BAKING COMPANY IN ROCK ISLAND AND $18,000 DAMAGE TO THE BAKERY PRODUCTS. SHERIFF'S DEPUTY RUSS LONG INVESTIGATED THE ACCIDENT.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMEN WAS IN AN ACCIDENT LAST FRIDAY MORNING IN THE BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT. NO INJURIES. NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED ACCORDING TO BELLEVUE POLICE CHIEF LYNN SCHWAGER.
KETTMAN, AGE 47, WAS DRIVING HIS SQUAD CAR WEST ON HIGHWAY 62 BEHIND A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY KATIE KILBURG, AGE 17, OF BELLEVUE. THE SHERIFF WAS DISTRACTED BY A MESSAGE SIGN ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. KILBURG SLOWED TO ENTER THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT AND KETTMAN DROVE HIS SQUAD CAR UP AND OVER THE CURB TO AVOID IMPACT, BUT HIT KILBURG'S VEHICLE AS SHE TURNED INTO THE PARKING LOT. DAMAGES WERE LISTED AT $3,000 TO THE SHERIFF'S 2002 FORD OWNED BY JACKSON COUNTY AND $1,500 DAMAGE TO KILBURG'S 2000 FORD.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
MARTHA HEATH, AGE 83, OF EAST MOLINE AND FOMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY IN ROCK ISLAND TRINITY MEDICAL CENTER. HE HAD WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE FOR SEVERAL YEARS
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER IN MAQUOKETA, PHYLLIS NISSEN.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS TOOK 5TH PLACE IN THE WAMAC TOURNAMENT LAST SATURDAY AT VAN HORNE.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" IS JENNIFER CONNOLLY, AGE 29, OF MAQUOKETA, THE NEW DIRECTOR OF SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL AND DAY CARE IN MAQUOKETA. SEE A PICTURE OF HER AND STORY ABOUT HER ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
SOME STORES DID NOT OPEN TODAY AND MANY CANCELLATIONS FOR TONIGHT. IT IS NOT A VERY NICE DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.
THE DRIVER OF A SARA LEE TRUCK WAS INJURED AND MOST OF THE BAKERY PRODUCTS IN THE TRUCK WERE DAMAGED IN AN EARLY MORNING ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF ICY RIADS. THE ACCIDENT, AT 3:58 A.M. THIS MORNING HAPPENED 4.3 MILES NORTH OF MAQUOKETA ON HIGHWAY 61. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL ON THE 100-PERCENT ICE COVERED ROAD, AND THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND ROLLED TWICE. THE DRIVER, DENNY COVEY, AGE 43, WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH MAJOR INJURIES. DAMAGES WERE LISTED AT $73,000 TO THE TRUCK OWNED BY METZ BAKING COMPANY IN ROCK ISLAND AND $18,000 DAMAGE TO THE BAKERY PRODUCTS. SHERIFF'S DEPUTY RUSS LONG INVESTIGATED THE ACCIDENT.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMEN WAS IN AN ACCIDENT LAST FRIDAY MORNING IN THE BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT. NO INJURIES. NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED ACCORDING TO BELLEVUE POLICE CHIEF LYNN SCHWAGER.
KETTMAN, AGE 47, WAS DRIVING HIS SQUAD CAR WEST ON HIGHWAY 62 BEHIND A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY KATIE KILBURG, AGE 17, OF BELLEVUE. THE SHERIFF WAS DISTRACTED BY A MESSAGE SIGN ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. KILBURG SLOWED TO ENTER THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT AND KETTMAN DROVE HIS SQUAD CAR UP AND OVER THE CURB TO AVOID IMPACT, BUT HIT KILBURG'S VEHICLE AS SHE TURNED INTO THE PARKING LOT. DAMAGES WERE LISTED AT $3,000 TO THE SHERIFF'S 2002 FORD OWNED BY JACKSON COUNTY AND $1,500 DAMAGE TO KILBURG'S 2000 FORD.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
MARTHA HEATH, AGE 83, OF EAST MOLINE AND FOMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY IN ROCK ISLAND TRINITY MEDICAL CENTER. HE HAD WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE FOR SEVERAL YEARS
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER IN MAQUOKETA, PHYLLIS NISSEN.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS TOOK 5TH PLACE IN THE WAMAC TOURNAMENT LAST SATURDAY AT VAN HORNE.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" IS JENNIFER CONNOLLY, AGE 29, OF MAQUOKETA, THE NEW DIRECTOR OF SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL AND DAY CARE IN MAQUOKETA. SEE A PICTURE OF HER AND STORY ABOUT HER ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
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