COOL TODAY...BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO PRETTY NICE WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE FRIDAY NIGHT. IT WILL BE OPEN FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS UNTIL UNTIL ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY.
IN OTHER BUSINESS NEWS: THE BAKERY IN MAQUOKETA HAS CHANGED HANDS.
CLAY AND HOLLY ROMER SOLD IT AND THE NEW OWNER WAS OPEN TODAY. BUT, NO NEWS RELEASE, SO THERE ISN'T MUCH MORE I CAN SAY AT THIS TIME. THE NEW OWNER IS A BROTHER TO TROY THEIDE AT THE DECKER HOTEL AND THIS MORNING AT COFFEE AT THE DECKER, WE HAD SOME SAMPLES OF PRODUCTS OF THE NEW BAKERY....AND EVERYONE WAS GIVING THUMBS UP.
ALSO IN BUSINESS NEWS: ROTMAN MOTOR COMPANY, OWNED BY TOM TIMMERMAN, IS THIS YEAR CELEBRATING 50 YEARS AS A MERCURY DEALER IN MAQUOKETA. CARL ROTMAN STARTED SELLING NEW CARS IN MAQUOKETA IN 1950 AND SWITCHED TO MERCURY IN 1954.
FOR A LONG TIME, THE BUSINESS WAS DOWNTOWN, JUST SOUTH OF THE DECKER HOTEL.
IT THEN WENT INTO A NEW BUILDING CARL BUILDT ON WEST PLATT STREET. HE SOLD THE BUSINESS TO TOM IN THE 90'S, BUT STILL WORKS A LITTLE FOR TOM. WHEN A BUSINESS GROWS AND GROWS ...FOR OVER 50 YEARS....ITS A GOOD BUSINESS ....THAT HAS BEEN GOOD TO ITS CUSTOMERS. TOM LEARNED FROM CARL....GOOD TEACHER. CONGRATULATIONS TO TOM AND CARL AND ALL ASSOCIATED WITH ROTMAN MOTOR COMPANY.
DOUG LARSON IS RETIRING FROM THE FARM SERVICE AGENCY IN MAQUOKETA AND IS THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK". SEE A PICTURE AND STORY AT
www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
THANKS TO DEE FRANZEN OF PRESTON FOR BUYING 3 DUCKS FROM ME. DUCKS FOR THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCK RACE IN JUNE. SHE NOW HAS A CHANCE TO WIN $1,000, $500 OR $250...OR ONE OF MANY OTHER PRIZES. SHE'S A READER OF THIS DAILY REPORT.
ALSO, THANKS TO ALLEN BODKIN, FORMER MAQUOKETAN, NOW LIVING IN IBERIA,
MISSOURI FOR BUYING 6 DUCKS. ALLEN, WHO READS THIS DAILY, VISITED MAQUOKETA THIS SUMMER AND STOPPED IN HERE AT KMAQ TO SAY HELLO. AND, ANOTHER GOOD READER IN PHOENIX AREA, JOHN JONES, IS BUYING A DUCK....BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THE MONEY YET. I'M SURE ITS COMING. FELLOW ROTARIAN JACK ROSENBERG WAS IN TODAY AND BROUGHT MONEY FOR THE 86 DUCKS HE HAS ALREADY SOLD. GOOD GOING JACK.
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR WEB SITE IS www.maquoketa.com/jcfair
I AM STILL LOOKING FOR PICTURES TAKEN AT THE FAIR OVER THE YEARS. THIS YEAR'S FAIR IS THE 150TH.... IF YOU HAVE ONE, SCAN AND EMAIL IT TO ME. BUDDY JEWEL, COMING TO THE FAIR, HAS A HIT SONG RIGHT NOW....IN FACT....IT WENT FROM 8TH TO 3RD IN THE COUNTRY THIS PAST WEEK.
THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK GOT A NICE WRITEUP IN THE WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL IN MADISON RECENTLY. THANKS TO DAILY READER AND FIRST KMAQ MANAGER BOB BROWN IN FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN, FOR SENDING IT TO ME.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, RONNIE DUHME, 48, WAS CHARGED WITH STRIKING AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE AND LEAVING THE SCENE. THE OWNER OF THE CAR HE HIT FOLLOWED HIM AND INFORMED THE POLICE. DAMAGE TO DUHME'S CAR, $3,500 AND TO THE CAR OWNED BY JEROLD EASTERLY, $1,500.
THERESA BLAKE AND BOB JOHNSON OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN SATURDAY AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE PAM AND RANDY GARIEN OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER IS LOIS GARIEN.
KATHERINE DIETZ, AGE 88, DIED THIS MORNING AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME FROM PARKINSON'S DISEASE. SHE AND HER HUSBAND OPERATED DIETZ PROCESSING PLANT IN ELWOOD AND SHE ALSO LATER WORKED AS A SECRETARY FOR KIRCHOFF'S AND RASMUSSEN'S. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 3 CHIDLREN....CHARLES DIETZ OF MAQUOKETA....ALLAN DIETZ OF DAVENPORT AND KATHY CARSTENS OF WYOMING,IOWA. ALSO 6 GRANDCHILDREN.
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL "DRIPOLATORS" GAVE A NOON HOUR PROGRAM AT THE MUSEUM TODAY AND I WAS THERE. SAW A HOME MOVIE OF THE GROUP ALSO, FILMED AROUND 1950.
GOOD PROGRAM JERRY RASMUSSEN! ONE OF THE GROUP WAS THE LATE GORDON SMITH AND HIS WIFE, PHYLISS WAS AT TODAY'S PROGRAM TOO. I KNEW GORDON WELL BECAUSE HE AND HIS DAD, LYMAN, RAN THE COAST TO COAST STORE IN MAQUOEKETA WHICH WAS LOCATED ALMOST BELOW WHERE KMAQ'S ORIGINAL STUDIOS WERE LOCATED. I SEE PHYLISS QUITE OFTEN DOWNTOWN. AND LYMAN'S SECOND WIFE IS STILL LIVING IN MAQUOKETA AND RECENTLY CELEBRATED HER 100TH BIRTHDAY. ANOTHER "DRIPOLATER" I KNEW WAS THE LATE CADY PHILIPPS, WHO WORKED AT THE POST OFFICE. OF THE GROUP OF 6, THE OTHER THREE I NEVER KNEW. ONE IS STILL LIVING.
A BUBBY ALDEN AND ANOTHER BOTH ARE DEAD.
JERRY WAS THE GUY THAT GOT THEM GOING AND WAS THE BLACK FACED EMCEE. HE
LEFT THE GROUP AFTER ABOUT 75 PERFORMANCES BECAUSE IT WAS TAKING TOO MUCH TIME FROM HIS WORK AS PART OWNER WITH DAD AND BROTHER OF RASMUSSEN MOTOR SALES, NOW BRAD DEERY MOTORS. THE "DRIPOLATORS" DID LIP-SYNC SONGS BY FAMOUS ENTERTAINERS AND HAD ZANY COSTUMES TO GO WITH THE SINGING AND ENTERTAINED FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS....AROUND 125 PERFORMANCES.
THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY...AS IT...GOING TO BE LATE FOR DINNER.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, March 26, 2004
8/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT....4.9 INCHES SO FAR IN MARCH...TODAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND WARM, HIGH OF 71.
GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE....AND CLICK TO DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS, FOR
A PICTURE OF THE SIGN ON THE LOCATION OF THE NEW TACO JOHNS RESTAURANT FOR MAQUOKETA. THE BUILDING UP THE HILL AND TO THE RIGHT IS CLOVER RIDGE ASSISTED LIVING PLACE. IF YOU COULD SEE THE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY TO THE RIGHT OF THE SIGN, YOU WOULD SEE JOHN CRESSEY CONSRUCTION AND PAINT SPOT.
JACKSON COUNTY FEBRUARY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 8.1 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 8.6 IN JANUARY. A YEAR AGO FEBRUARY RATE WAS 9.8. IOWA IN FEBRUARY WAS AT 4.1 AND THE U.S. RATE WAS 5.6.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA IS PLANNING TO HIRE A FIRM FROM DELHI TO COME AND CHOP UP THE PILE OF DEBRIS AT THE CITY'S BRUSH PILE, AT A COST OF AROUND $15,000. THE MATERIAL THERE IS TOO LARGE FOR THE CITY'S CHIPPER. OH WELL.
THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE IN MAQUOKETA HAD A SHOPLIFTER, AND HE GOT AWAY WITH 6 T-SHIRTS. AND PAM HANSEN OF SOUTH 5TH STREET REPORTED SOMEONE TOOK $275 CASH AND OTHER ITEMS FROM HER VEHICLE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARE JOINNG TOGETHER TO SPONSOR A JACKSON COUNTY TRIVIA CONTEST ON SUNDAY, APRIL 18TH, STARTING AT 2 P.M. TABLES WILL HAVE UP TO 8 PLAYERS, PAYING $10 EACH PERSON TO PLAY AND THE WINING TABLE WILL GET $200. WILL BE HELD AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
FISH FRY TONIGHT AT THE EAGLES CLUB.
DAIRY BANQUET TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
TOUR OF GREEN ISLAND WILDLIFE AREA BY HISTORICAL SOCIETY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON RTA BUS.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE....AND CLICK TO DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS, FOR
A PICTURE OF THE SIGN ON THE LOCATION OF THE NEW TACO JOHNS RESTAURANT FOR MAQUOKETA. THE BUILDING UP THE HILL AND TO THE RIGHT IS CLOVER RIDGE ASSISTED LIVING PLACE. IF YOU COULD SEE THE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY TO THE RIGHT OF THE SIGN, YOU WOULD SEE JOHN CRESSEY CONSRUCTION AND PAINT SPOT.
JACKSON COUNTY FEBRUARY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 8.1 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 8.6 IN JANUARY. A YEAR AGO FEBRUARY RATE WAS 9.8. IOWA IN FEBRUARY WAS AT 4.1 AND THE U.S. RATE WAS 5.6.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA IS PLANNING TO HIRE A FIRM FROM DELHI TO COME AND CHOP UP THE PILE OF DEBRIS AT THE CITY'S BRUSH PILE, AT A COST OF AROUND $15,000. THE MATERIAL THERE IS TOO LARGE FOR THE CITY'S CHIPPER. OH WELL.
THE FAMILY DOLLAR STORE IN MAQUOKETA HAD A SHOPLIFTER, AND HE GOT AWAY WITH 6 T-SHIRTS. AND PAM HANSEN OF SOUTH 5TH STREET REPORTED SOMEONE TOOK $275 CASH AND OTHER ITEMS FROM HER VEHICLE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARE JOINNG TOGETHER TO SPONSOR A JACKSON COUNTY TRIVIA CONTEST ON SUNDAY, APRIL 18TH, STARTING AT 2 P.M. TABLES WILL HAVE UP TO 8 PLAYERS, PAYING $10 EACH PERSON TO PLAY AND THE WINING TABLE WILL GET $200. WILL BE HELD AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
FISH FRY TONIGHT AT THE EAGLES CLUB.
DAIRY BANQUET TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
TOUR OF GREEN ISLAND WILDLIFE AREA BY HISTORICAL SOCIETY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON RTA BUS.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, March 25, 2004
NO SUN TODAY...AND HIGH OF 63.
THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD SAYS THEY ARE NOT GOING TO OFFER SOCCER AS A COMPETITIVE SPORT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. FOR A COUPLE YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN SOME INTEREST IN DOING SO. BOARD MEMBERS SAY THEY HAVE ALL THEY CAN HANDLE FUNDING AND KEEPING COACHES FOR THE CURRENT SPORTS. ALSO, WHETHER FALL, OR SPRING, SOCCER WOULD TAKE ATHLETES AND FANS FROM THE OTHER LONG ESTABLISHED SPORTS.
WISE THINKING I BELIEVE.
THE SCHOOL BOARD GOT A RECENT SURPRISE THAT THE DISTRICT WILL AFTER ALL, GET $240,000 FROM A HARKIN GRANT TO HELP FUND THE NEW OFFICE FOR THE MIDDLE SDHOOL, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ON THE 2ND FLOOR.
MATTHEW YAROLEM, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA, FACES CHARGES OF CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON AND ASSAULT FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT AT 6:45 THE NIGHT OF MARCH 17TH. THE POLICE ARRESTED HIM ON EAST PLATT FOR POINTING A HANDGUN AT THE HEAD OF ANOTHER PERSON. HE HAS BEEN RELEASED ON $6,500 BOND.
LATE PLEDGES FOR THE SUNSHINE RADIOTHON OF LAST SUNDAY NOW TOTAL OVER $1,000. EACH DAY MONEY COMES IN BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE NOT HOME SUNDAY AND DID NOT PLEDGE THEN, BUT STILL WANT TO.
ANYBODY REMEMBER THE DRIPOLATORS?
NO BIRTHS.
NO DEATHS.
DID YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, 25 NEW HOMES HAVE GONE UP IN MAQUOKETA?
THERE IS A PERFECT HOME FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO MOVE BACK TO MAQUOKETA.
I KNOW OF A COUPLE OLDER HOMES TOO THAT ARE FOR SALE...ONE JUST OVER
$250,000, A DREAM WITH LARGE YARD..ALSO A GRAND OLD HOME ON PLEASANT STREET NEAR CARSON FUNERAL HOME. NO, I AM NOT A REALTOR...JUST LOOKING TO BUILD UP THE POPULATION OF THE TOWN AND LISTENERS FOR KMAQ.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD SAYS THEY ARE NOT GOING TO OFFER SOCCER AS A COMPETITIVE SPORT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. FOR A COUPLE YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN SOME INTEREST IN DOING SO. BOARD MEMBERS SAY THEY HAVE ALL THEY CAN HANDLE FUNDING AND KEEPING COACHES FOR THE CURRENT SPORTS. ALSO, WHETHER FALL, OR SPRING, SOCCER WOULD TAKE ATHLETES AND FANS FROM THE OTHER LONG ESTABLISHED SPORTS.
WISE THINKING I BELIEVE.
THE SCHOOL BOARD GOT A RECENT SURPRISE THAT THE DISTRICT WILL AFTER ALL, GET $240,000 FROM A HARKIN GRANT TO HELP FUND THE NEW OFFICE FOR THE MIDDLE SDHOOL, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ON THE 2ND FLOOR.
MATTHEW YAROLEM, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA, FACES CHARGES OF CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON AND ASSAULT FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT AT 6:45 THE NIGHT OF MARCH 17TH. THE POLICE ARRESTED HIM ON EAST PLATT FOR POINTING A HANDGUN AT THE HEAD OF ANOTHER PERSON. HE HAS BEEN RELEASED ON $6,500 BOND.
LATE PLEDGES FOR THE SUNSHINE RADIOTHON OF LAST SUNDAY NOW TOTAL OVER $1,000. EACH DAY MONEY COMES IN BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE NOT HOME SUNDAY AND DID NOT PLEDGE THEN, BUT STILL WANT TO.
ANYBODY REMEMBER THE DRIPOLATORS?
NO BIRTHS.
NO DEATHS.
DID YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, 25 NEW HOMES HAVE GONE UP IN MAQUOKETA?
THERE IS A PERFECT HOME FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO MOVE BACK TO MAQUOKETA.
I KNOW OF A COUPLE OLDER HOMES TOO THAT ARE FOR SALE...ONE JUST OVER
$250,000, A DREAM WITH LARGE YARD..ALSO A GRAND OLD HOME ON PLEASANT STREET NEAR CARSON FUNERAL HOME. NO, I AM NOT A REALTOR...JUST LOOKING TO BUILD UP THE POPULATION OF THE TOWN AND LISTENERS FOR KMAQ.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
AN INCH OF RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING IN MAQUOKETA. CLOUDY SKIES ALL DAY.
HOW'S THE CATTLE MARKET IN MAQUOKETA? AT UNITED AUCTION CENTER JUST OFF PERSHING ROAD AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, FAT STEERS AND HEIFERS WERE ABOUT $5 LOWER TODAY. 300 HEAD SOLD TODAY, AT A STEER TOP OF $86.50 A HUNDRED. LAST WEDNESDAY THE TOP WAS
AROUND $92.
MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS AT LOST NATION GOT A DAY OFF TODAY. AT 7:30 THIS MORNING, A BLOWER MOTOR ON A HEATER IN A COMPUTER LAB MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING SMOKE THAT TRIPPED THE FIRE ALARM.
NO SCHOOL ANNOUNCED SHORTLY AFTER.
THE CAR THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE AT MCDONALDS YESTERDAY WAS DRIVEN BY CHARLOTTE CARLSON OF MAQUOKETA. THE CAR STALLED WHILE IN THE DRIVE-UP LANE AND AS SHE TRIED TO RESTART IT, THE 89 FORD STARTED SMOKING UNDER THE HOOD. SHE GRABBED HER CHILD AND LEFT THE VEHICLE. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD AWAY FROM THE BUILDING AND THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS. NO DAMAGE TO MCDONALDS.
THE GRASS FIRE NORTH OF WELTON YESTERDAY AFTERNOON RESULTED IN A CAR CATCHING ON FIRE. WE HAVE NOT FOUND OUT YET WHO THE CAR BELONGED TO.
A RURAL MAQUOKETA WOMAN, JACQUELINE AVERY, 42, SLOWED HER VEHICLE TUESDAY NIGHT TO AVOID HITTING SOME DEER AND WAS REAR-ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENED 7 MILES SOUTH OF BERNARD.
THE AVERY CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND INTO THE DITCH. THE SECOND DRIVER STOPPED TO SEE IF AVERY WAS OKAY AND THEN LEFT THE SCENE WITHOUT WATING FOR AUTHORITIES OR GIVING ANY INFORMATION. AVERY WAS TAKEN BY HER HUSBAND TO THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO HER 2003 FORD ESCAPE WAS LISTED AT $18,000. JUST ANOTHER INSTANCE THAT TELLS YOU WHY DEER ARE A PAIN.........AROUND HERE.
A RESIDENT OF LAMOTTE, LARRY "BUCK" KOOS, A DEMOCRAT, HAS FILED HIS NOMINATIOM PAPERS FOR JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR. HE WILL SEEK THE OFFICE CURRENTLY HELD BY REPUBLICAN INCUMBANT DAVE KENDALL, WHO HAS SAID HE WILL RUN AGAIN BUT HAS NOT YET FILED HIS PAPERS.
THE 2004 2ND ANNUAL MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCK RACE WILL BE HELD AGAIN THIS YEAR, ON THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER, MONDAY, JUNE 21ST. THIS YEAR, IT WILL BE HELD AT THE MAQUOKETA SWIMMING POOL.
ANYONE CAN BUY A DUCK TICKET (AND THE NUMBER ON THE TICKET MATCHES A NUMBER ON ONE OF THE DUCKS IN THE SWIMMING POOL) FOR $5 OR THREE FOR $10. IF YOUR DUCK WINS THE RACE, YOU GET $1,000 CASH. SECOND PLACE, $500 AND THIRD PLACE, $250. PLUS, THERE WILL BE MANY, MANY OTHER VALUABLE PRIZES. EACH DUCK-TICKET SOLD WILL BE LISTED ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE. YES, I HAVE DUCK TICKETS FOR SALE HERE AT KMAQ.
AND WITH THAT WRITTEN, I'M GOING TO "DUCK OUT OF HERE"!
DENNIS VOY
HOW'S THE CATTLE MARKET IN MAQUOKETA? AT UNITED AUCTION CENTER JUST OFF PERSHING ROAD AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, FAT STEERS AND HEIFERS WERE ABOUT $5 LOWER TODAY. 300 HEAD SOLD TODAY, AT A STEER TOP OF $86.50 A HUNDRED. LAST WEDNESDAY THE TOP WAS
AROUND $92.
MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS AT LOST NATION GOT A DAY OFF TODAY. AT 7:30 THIS MORNING, A BLOWER MOTOR ON A HEATER IN A COMPUTER LAB MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING SMOKE THAT TRIPPED THE FIRE ALARM.
NO SCHOOL ANNOUNCED SHORTLY AFTER.
THE CAR THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE AT MCDONALDS YESTERDAY WAS DRIVEN BY CHARLOTTE CARLSON OF MAQUOKETA. THE CAR STALLED WHILE IN THE DRIVE-UP LANE AND AS SHE TRIED TO RESTART IT, THE 89 FORD STARTED SMOKING UNDER THE HOOD. SHE GRABBED HER CHILD AND LEFT THE VEHICLE. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD AWAY FROM THE BUILDING AND THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS. NO DAMAGE TO MCDONALDS.
THE GRASS FIRE NORTH OF WELTON YESTERDAY AFTERNOON RESULTED IN A CAR CATCHING ON FIRE. WE HAVE NOT FOUND OUT YET WHO THE CAR BELONGED TO.
A RURAL MAQUOKETA WOMAN, JACQUELINE AVERY, 42, SLOWED HER VEHICLE TUESDAY NIGHT TO AVOID HITTING SOME DEER AND WAS REAR-ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENED 7 MILES SOUTH OF BERNARD.
THE AVERY CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND INTO THE DITCH. THE SECOND DRIVER STOPPED TO SEE IF AVERY WAS OKAY AND THEN LEFT THE SCENE WITHOUT WATING FOR AUTHORITIES OR GIVING ANY INFORMATION. AVERY WAS TAKEN BY HER HUSBAND TO THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO HER 2003 FORD ESCAPE WAS LISTED AT $18,000. JUST ANOTHER INSTANCE THAT TELLS YOU WHY DEER ARE A PAIN.........AROUND HERE.
A RESIDENT OF LAMOTTE, LARRY "BUCK" KOOS, A DEMOCRAT, HAS FILED HIS NOMINATIOM PAPERS FOR JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR. HE WILL SEEK THE OFFICE CURRENTLY HELD BY REPUBLICAN INCUMBANT DAVE KENDALL, WHO HAS SAID HE WILL RUN AGAIN BUT HAS NOT YET FILED HIS PAPERS.
THE 2004 2ND ANNUAL MAQUOKETA ROTARY DUCK RACE WILL BE HELD AGAIN THIS YEAR, ON THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER, MONDAY, JUNE 21ST. THIS YEAR, IT WILL BE HELD AT THE MAQUOKETA SWIMMING POOL.
ANYONE CAN BUY A DUCK TICKET (AND THE NUMBER ON THE TICKET MATCHES A NUMBER ON ONE OF THE DUCKS IN THE SWIMMING POOL) FOR $5 OR THREE FOR $10. IF YOUR DUCK WINS THE RACE, YOU GET $1,000 CASH. SECOND PLACE, $500 AND THIRD PLACE, $250. PLUS, THERE WILL BE MANY, MANY OTHER VALUABLE PRIZES. EACH DUCK-TICKET SOLD WILL BE LISTED ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE. YES, I HAVE DUCK TICKETS FOR SALE HERE AT KMAQ.
AND WITH THAT WRITTEN, I'M GOING TO "DUCK OUT OF HERE"!
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
61 TODAY....NICE.
FIRE DEPARTMENT BUSY THIS AFTERNOON. FIRST, AROUND 12:30...CALLED TO HELP WELTON DEPARTMENT FIGHT A BAD GRASS FIRE ALONG 4-LANE 61 NORTH OF WELTON AND THEN AROUND 5 THIS AFTERNOON, TO FIGHT A CAR FIRE AT MCDONALD'S. WORD IS, THAT CAR WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED.
WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT TOMORROW. ALSO, THE WELTON GRASS FIRE APPARENTLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. TRAFFIC HAD TO BE RE-ROUTED AROUND THE FIRE.
A WELL KNOWN MAQUOKETA WOMAN DIED SUDDENLY LAST NIGHT. THE RESCUE SQUAD WAS CALLED TO HER HOME AND SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE DIED. I DO NOT KNOW THE OFFICIAL CAUSE ... BUT HEARD IT WAS PROBABLY A HEART ATTACK. SHE IS LINDA TRENKAMP, MRS. DWAIN TRENKAMP, A LONG TIME BANK EMPLOYEE. SHE WORKED AT US BANK FOR 30 YEARS, DATING BACK TO WHEN IT WAS THE JACKSON STATE SAVINGS BANK. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, DWAIN, ALSO WITH US BANK, 2 DAUGHTERS, JENNNIFER OF DES MOINES AND JEANNA AT HOME, 2 SONS, JASON AND JUSTIN, BOTH OF DES MOINES, HER PARENTS, MELVIN "RED" AND BETTY BENHART OF MAQUOKETA, 1 SISTER, BRENDA PETIT OF MAQUOKETA, 3 BROTHERS, ALLEN, LARRY AND BRIAN BENHART ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND BY HER FATHER-IN-LAW, FRANK TRENKAMP OF PRESTON. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE FRIDAY MORNING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DENNIS VOY
FIRE DEPARTMENT BUSY THIS AFTERNOON. FIRST, AROUND 12:30...CALLED TO HELP WELTON DEPARTMENT FIGHT A BAD GRASS FIRE ALONG 4-LANE 61 NORTH OF WELTON AND THEN AROUND 5 THIS AFTERNOON, TO FIGHT A CAR FIRE AT MCDONALD'S. WORD IS, THAT CAR WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED.
WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT TOMORROW. ALSO, THE WELTON GRASS FIRE APPARENTLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. TRAFFIC HAD TO BE RE-ROUTED AROUND THE FIRE.
A WELL KNOWN MAQUOKETA WOMAN DIED SUDDENLY LAST NIGHT. THE RESCUE SQUAD WAS CALLED TO HER HOME AND SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE DIED. I DO NOT KNOW THE OFFICIAL CAUSE ... BUT HEARD IT WAS PROBABLY A HEART ATTACK. SHE IS LINDA TRENKAMP, MRS. DWAIN TRENKAMP, A LONG TIME BANK EMPLOYEE. SHE WORKED AT US BANK FOR 30 YEARS, DATING BACK TO WHEN IT WAS THE JACKSON STATE SAVINGS BANK. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, DWAIN, ALSO WITH US BANK, 2 DAUGHTERS, JENNNIFER OF DES MOINES AND JEANNA AT HOME, 2 SONS, JASON AND JUSTIN, BOTH OF DES MOINES, HER PARENTS, MELVIN "RED" AND BETTY BENHART OF MAQUOKETA, 1 SISTER, BRENDA PETIT OF MAQUOKETA, 3 BROTHERS, ALLEN, LARRY AND BRIAN BENHART ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND BY HER FATHER-IN-LAW, FRANK TRENKAMP OF PRESTON. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE FRIDAY MORNING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, March 22, 2004
42 TODAY, WITH SUNNY SKIES. NEAR 60 PREDICTED FOR LATER IN WEEK.
THE KMAQ RADIO-TELETHON WAS A BIG SUCCESS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
OVER $32,000 WAS RAISED FOR THE SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL AND DAYCARE
CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE ASKING FOR HELP FROM THE PUBLIC ON LOCATING TWO MEN WHO TOOK $10 FROM TWO 11 YEAR OLD GIRLS WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK NEAR BRIGG'S SCHOOL. THEY STOPPED THEIR TRUCK, APPROACHED THE 2 GIRLS, ASKED FOR MONEY AND ONE GIRL HAD $10 AND GAVE IT TO THEM. THE GIRLS THEN TOOK OFF RUNNING. THE TWO THIEFS WERE DRVING A BLUSIH-PURPLE TRUCK.
A MAQUOKETA SQUAD CAR WAS HIT IN THE FRONT FENDER AT 1:15 THIS MORNING IN THE JACK AND JILL PARKING LOT. OFFICER PAT FIER WAS IN THE LOT, READY TO LEAVE...NOTICED A CAR COMING INTO THE LOT...AND AS HE WAITED, THE CAR RAN INTO HIS SQUAD CAR. THE DRIVER, JANINE GRIFFIN, 36, OF MAQUOKETA, SAID SHE LOOKED DOWN AT THE HEATER CONTROLS AS SHE MADE A WIDE TURN INTO THE LOT. DAMAGE TO THE SQUAD CAR, $1,000 AND DAMAGE TO HER CAR, $2,000.
THE MISS MAQUOKETA RIVER CONTEST SATURDAY NIGHT, AT THE METHODIST CHURCH WAS WON BY AN EAST MOLINE TEEN-AGER, KATIE SYNDER, AGE 18, A STUDENT AT ST. AMBROSE. THERE WERE 5 OTHER GIRLS IN THE PAGEANT, INCLUDING TWO FROM MAQUOKETA. SNYDER WILL NOW COMPETE IN THE MISS IOWA PAGEANT IN JUNE.
MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LORENE DYKSTRA HAS SUBMITTED HER RESIGNATION...A JOB SHE HAS HAD FOR 5 YEARS. SHE SAID SHE CAN NO LONGER PUT IN THE KIND OF HOURS THE POSITION DEMANDS.
BERTHA SCHWENKER, AGE 88, DIED SATURDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
SHE HAD FARMED FOR MANY YEARS WITH HER HUSBAND. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 2 DAUGHTERS, MARY ANN HEINZEL AND KAY MANUEL, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA AND 3 SONS, TOM AND JERRY, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA AND RICHARD OF MILAN, MICHIGAN...ALSO 18 GRAND AND 11 GREAT GRANDCHILDEN...PLUS 2 SISTERS, MERETA RIPPLE AND LEONA MAYBERRY, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.
HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD MONDAY AND THE WEEK AHEAD WILL BE EVEN BETTER.
DENNIS VOY
THE KMAQ RADIO-TELETHON WAS A BIG SUCCESS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
OVER $32,000 WAS RAISED FOR THE SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL AND DAYCARE
CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE ASKING FOR HELP FROM THE PUBLIC ON LOCATING TWO MEN WHO TOOK $10 FROM TWO 11 YEAR OLD GIRLS WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK NEAR BRIGG'S SCHOOL. THEY STOPPED THEIR TRUCK, APPROACHED THE 2 GIRLS, ASKED FOR MONEY AND ONE GIRL HAD $10 AND GAVE IT TO THEM. THE GIRLS THEN TOOK OFF RUNNING. THE TWO THIEFS WERE DRVING A BLUSIH-PURPLE TRUCK.
A MAQUOKETA SQUAD CAR WAS HIT IN THE FRONT FENDER AT 1:15 THIS MORNING IN THE JACK AND JILL PARKING LOT. OFFICER PAT FIER WAS IN THE LOT, READY TO LEAVE...NOTICED A CAR COMING INTO THE LOT...AND AS HE WAITED, THE CAR RAN INTO HIS SQUAD CAR. THE DRIVER, JANINE GRIFFIN, 36, OF MAQUOKETA, SAID SHE LOOKED DOWN AT THE HEATER CONTROLS AS SHE MADE A WIDE TURN INTO THE LOT. DAMAGE TO THE SQUAD CAR, $1,000 AND DAMAGE TO HER CAR, $2,000.
THE MISS MAQUOKETA RIVER CONTEST SATURDAY NIGHT, AT THE METHODIST CHURCH WAS WON BY AN EAST MOLINE TEEN-AGER, KATIE SYNDER, AGE 18, A STUDENT AT ST. AMBROSE. THERE WERE 5 OTHER GIRLS IN THE PAGEANT, INCLUDING TWO FROM MAQUOKETA. SNYDER WILL NOW COMPETE IN THE MISS IOWA PAGEANT IN JUNE.
MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LORENE DYKSTRA HAS SUBMITTED HER RESIGNATION...A JOB SHE HAS HAD FOR 5 YEARS. SHE SAID SHE CAN NO LONGER PUT IN THE KIND OF HOURS THE POSITION DEMANDS.
BERTHA SCHWENKER, AGE 88, DIED SATURDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
SHE HAD FARMED FOR MANY YEARS WITH HER HUSBAND. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 2 DAUGHTERS, MARY ANN HEINZEL AND KAY MANUEL, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA AND 3 SONS, TOM AND JERRY, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA AND RICHARD OF MILAN, MICHIGAN...ALSO 18 GRAND AND 11 GREAT GRANDCHILDEN...PLUS 2 SISTERS, MERETA RIPPLE AND LEONA MAYBERRY, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.
HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD MONDAY AND THE WEEK AHEAD WILL BE EVEN BETTER.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, March 19, 2004
WE ARE IN THE 50'S TODAY WITH SUNSHINE, BUT COLD WEATHER IS COMING BACK TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY.
STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART STOPPED IN THIS MORNING.
SAYS ADJOURMENT OF THE IOWA LEGISLATURE IS ABOUT 4 WEEKS AWAY.
HE IS HAVING A FUND RAISING EVENT APRIL 2ND AT THE NEW MOTEL HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND THE GOVENOR'S WIFE...CHRISTIE VILSACK, WILL BE THE SPECIAL GUEST. LIKE AT ALMOST ALL DEMOCRATIC FUNCTIONS, RED HENTON WILL PROVIDE THE MUSIC.
ST. REP. BOB OSTERHAUS AND I JUST CAME BACK FROM LUNCH AT THE DECKER. THEY WERE BUSY. BOB HAD A FISH SPECIAL AND SOUP AND I HAD SOUP AND A CHEESEBURGER AND BOB SAID HE HAD AN HONOR THIS WEEK AT THE HOUSE CHAMBERS.....HE WAS ASKED TO PROCEED OVER THE HOUSE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, SITTING IN FOR THE CHAIRMAN. SAID, ALL WENT WELL AND IT WAS FUN. BOB IS IN HIS FINAL WEEKS OUT THERE, AS HE IS NOT RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION, BUT STILL HOLDS HIS SEAT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. THERE ARE MEETINGS TO ATTEND DURING THE SUMMER AND LATER IN THE YEAR. HE HAS HAD THE JOB FOR ABOUT 7 OR 8 YEARS AND HAS DONE A GOOD JOB. WIFE ANN HAS BEEN HIS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ALL THAT TIME AND ALSO HAS DONE WELL.
WE HAD A LITTLE DISAGREEMENT TODAY IN OUR DISCUSSION OF THE MINIMUM WAGE AND THE ISSUE OF RAISING THE MINIMUM. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE TWO MINIMUMS.....FOR AGE 17 AND UNDER AND ADULTS 18 AND OVER. AND...IF WE HAD TWO TIERS...I THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY TO RAISE THE TEEN MINIMUM A LITTLE AND THE ADULT A LOT MORE. I THOUGHT I HAD A NEW IDEA ABOUT TWO MINIMUMS....BUT I READ A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT WISCONSIN IS GIVING THAT SOME THOUGHT AND BOB SAID HE'S HEARD DISCUSSION ALONG THOSE LINES BEFORE. BUT, FOR THIS YEAR, THE ISSUE IS DEAD IN THE IOWA LEGISLATURE.
BELLEVUE MARQUETTE WON THEIR GAME OVER #1 RATED NEWELL FONDA THIS MORNING, BY 10 POINTS, TO TAKE 3RD PLACE IN THE BOYS 1-A TOURNAMENT IN DES MOIENS. LAST YEAR, THEY TOOK 4TH.
MY SON DAVID VISITED THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER YESTERDAY AND GOT A TOUR FROM GARY DREW, AND WAS IMPRESSED WITH IT. THE 800 SEAT AUDITORIUM IS LOCATED ON EAST PLATT, WHERE THE OLD GOLF COURSE WAS YEARS AGO. IT WILL OPEN IN DECEMBER FOR ITS FIRST EVENT. DAVE TOOK SOME GOOD PICTURES AND TO SEE THEM, GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE....CLICK ON TO DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS AND TAKE A LOOK.
THE SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL RADIOTHON IS THIS SUNDAY FROM NOON 'TIL 6 P.M. IT WILL BE ON KMAQ-FM AND ACCESS CHANNELL 18...AND WE HAVE A BUNCH OF ENTERTAINERS LINED UP FOR THE AFTERNOON. THREE PHONES FOR PLEDGES WILL BE IN OPERATION. WE ARE STARTING ALREADY TO GET PLEDGES FROM THOSE WHO WON'T BE IN MAQUOKETA SUNDAY.
IF YOU REMEMBER SUNSHINE AND IT EFFECTED YOUR LIFE IN SOME WAY,
YOU ARE WELCOME TO MAKE A PLEDGE TOO. JUST EMAIL THE AMOUNT TO ME AND I'LL READ YOUR NAME AND PLEDGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. EVERYONE THAT MAKES A PLEDGE WILL BE MAILED A THANK-YOU WITH INFORMATION ON WHERE TO SEND THIER CHECK. YOU WILL ALSO BE LISTED ON THE SUNSHINE WEB SITE AND ALSO WILL BE LISTED IN THE
SUNSHINE SCHOOL'S NEW BI-MONTHLY NEWSLETTER COMING OUT SOON.
MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS kmaq@kmaq.com SUNSHINE IS OWNED BY NO ONE....OWNED BY THE CITIZENS OF MAQUOKETA AND RUN BY A BOARD
OF CITIZENS. IT IS AN EXCELLENT FACILITY....ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE. RIGHT NOW THE PRE-SCHOOL AND DAYCARE....LOCATED IN A LARGE BEAUTIFUL BUILDING BEHIND THE JACK AND JILL STORE....HAS AN ENROLLMENT OF 140 KIDS. BUT, LIKE MOST SCHOOLS TODAY, IT NEEDS MORE FUNDS TO CONTINUE DOING THE BEST JOB POSSIBLE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE 25-50 THOUSAND DOLLARS SUNDAYS.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART STOPPED IN THIS MORNING.
SAYS ADJOURMENT OF THE IOWA LEGISLATURE IS ABOUT 4 WEEKS AWAY.
HE IS HAVING A FUND RAISING EVENT APRIL 2ND AT THE NEW MOTEL HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND THE GOVENOR'S WIFE...CHRISTIE VILSACK, WILL BE THE SPECIAL GUEST. LIKE AT ALMOST ALL DEMOCRATIC FUNCTIONS, RED HENTON WILL PROVIDE THE MUSIC.
ST. REP. BOB OSTERHAUS AND I JUST CAME BACK FROM LUNCH AT THE DECKER. THEY WERE BUSY. BOB HAD A FISH SPECIAL AND SOUP AND I HAD SOUP AND A CHEESEBURGER AND BOB SAID HE HAD AN HONOR THIS WEEK AT THE HOUSE CHAMBERS.....HE WAS ASKED TO PROCEED OVER THE HOUSE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, SITTING IN FOR THE CHAIRMAN. SAID, ALL WENT WELL AND IT WAS FUN. BOB IS IN HIS FINAL WEEKS OUT THERE, AS HE IS NOT RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION, BUT STILL HOLDS HIS SEAT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. THERE ARE MEETINGS TO ATTEND DURING THE SUMMER AND LATER IN THE YEAR. HE HAS HAD THE JOB FOR ABOUT 7 OR 8 YEARS AND HAS DONE A GOOD JOB. WIFE ANN HAS BEEN HIS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ALL THAT TIME AND ALSO HAS DONE WELL.
WE HAD A LITTLE DISAGREEMENT TODAY IN OUR DISCUSSION OF THE MINIMUM WAGE AND THE ISSUE OF RAISING THE MINIMUM. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE TWO MINIMUMS.....FOR AGE 17 AND UNDER AND ADULTS 18 AND OVER. AND...IF WE HAD TWO TIERS...I THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY TO RAISE THE TEEN MINIMUM A LITTLE AND THE ADULT A LOT MORE. I THOUGHT I HAD A NEW IDEA ABOUT TWO MINIMUMS....BUT I READ A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT WISCONSIN IS GIVING THAT SOME THOUGHT AND BOB SAID HE'S HEARD DISCUSSION ALONG THOSE LINES BEFORE. BUT, FOR THIS YEAR, THE ISSUE IS DEAD IN THE IOWA LEGISLATURE.
BELLEVUE MARQUETTE WON THEIR GAME OVER #1 RATED NEWELL FONDA THIS MORNING, BY 10 POINTS, TO TAKE 3RD PLACE IN THE BOYS 1-A TOURNAMENT IN DES MOIENS. LAST YEAR, THEY TOOK 4TH.
MY SON DAVID VISITED THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER YESTERDAY AND GOT A TOUR FROM GARY DREW, AND WAS IMPRESSED WITH IT. THE 800 SEAT AUDITORIUM IS LOCATED ON EAST PLATT, WHERE THE OLD GOLF COURSE WAS YEARS AGO. IT WILL OPEN IN DECEMBER FOR ITS FIRST EVENT. DAVE TOOK SOME GOOD PICTURES AND TO SEE THEM, GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE....CLICK ON TO DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS AND TAKE A LOOK.
THE SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL RADIOTHON IS THIS SUNDAY FROM NOON 'TIL 6 P.M. IT WILL BE ON KMAQ-FM AND ACCESS CHANNELL 18...AND WE HAVE A BUNCH OF ENTERTAINERS LINED UP FOR THE AFTERNOON. THREE PHONES FOR PLEDGES WILL BE IN OPERATION. WE ARE STARTING ALREADY TO GET PLEDGES FROM THOSE WHO WON'T BE IN MAQUOKETA SUNDAY.
IF YOU REMEMBER SUNSHINE AND IT EFFECTED YOUR LIFE IN SOME WAY,
YOU ARE WELCOME TO MAKE A PLEDGE TOO. JUST EMAIL THE AMOUNT TO ME AND I'LL READ YOUR NAME AND PLEDGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. EVERYONE THAT MAKES A PLEDGE WILL BE MAILED A THANK-YOU WITH INFORMATION ON WHERE TO SEND THIER CHECK. YOU WILL ALSO BE LISTED ON THE SUNSHINE WEB SITE AND ALSO WILL BE LISTED IN THE
SUNSHINE SCHOOL'S NEW BI-MONTHLY NEWSLETTER COMING OUT SOON.
MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS kmaq@kmaq.com SUNSHINE IS OWNED BY NO ONE....OWNED BY THE CITIZENS OF MAQUOKETA AND RUN BY A BOARD
OF CITIZENS. IT IS AN EXCELLENT FACILITY....ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE. RIGHT NOW THE PRE-SCHOOL AND DAYCARE....LOCATED IN A LARGE BEAUTIFUL BUILDING BEHIND THE JACK AND JILL STORE....HAS AN ENROLLMENT OF 140 KIDS. BUT, LIKE MOST SCHOOLS TODAY, IT NEEDS MORE FUNDS TO CONTINUE DOING THE BEST JOB POSSIBLE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE 25-50 THOUSAND DOLLARS SUNDAYS.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, March 18, 2004
RAIN THIS MORNING...ABOUT 15/100 OF AN INCH..THEN PARTY SUNNY AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 40'S.
AT THE STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE BOYS LOST THIS AFTERNOON TO MANNING AND NOW PLAY FOR 3RD PLACE TOMORROW MORNING. MANNING WAS UNDEFEATED AND THEIR BIG CENTER WAS THE LEADING SCORER THIS YEAR IN IOWA, AVERAGING 28 POINTS A GAME.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA HAS RECEIVED A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FOR $600,000 TO HELP PAY FOR A PROJECT TO GET RID OF RADIUM IN THE CITY WATER. THE CITY WILL BE SEEKING A REVOLVING LOAN FROM THE DNR TO PAY FOR THE REST OF THE $2.9 MILLION DOLLAR COST.
THERE WILL BE A MISS MAQUOKETA RIVER CONTEST THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. CONTESTANTS INCLUDE TWO GIRLS FROM MAQUOKETA....SAMI MOORE, DAUGHTER OF KEN AND LINDA MOORE AND MEGAN NIMS, DAUGHTER OF VERNON AND ROBIN NIMS. THERE WILL BE 5 OTHER CONTESTANTS AND THE WINNER WILL ADVANCE TO THE MISS IOWA PAGEANT IN JUNE. THERE WILL BE FIVE JUDGES, INCLUDING GARY DREW OF MAQUOKETA AND LENKE (MRS. DON) CARSON OF MAQUOKETA. MAYOR TOM MESSERLIE WILL BE THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES.
TWO THEFTS IN MAQUOKETA. SOMEONE BROKE INTO A VEHICLE AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY, BELONGING TO BRANDY DRISCOLL AND YOLANDA GAVEN REPORTED HER HOME ON PERSHING ROAD WAS BROKEN INTO YESTERDAY.
A MINOR ACCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. DRIVERS WERE ANGELICA WALSH, 15, OF MAQUOKETA. SHE WAS CHARGED. AND ERIC LEON, AGE 20, OF MAQUOKETA. DAMAGES,$3,000 TO EACH VEHICLE.
APPARENTLY NO ONE WAS INJURED.
ANOTHER SIGN OF SPRING. THE FIRST BARGES WENT THROUGH THE BELLEVUE LOCK AND DAM MONDAY AFTERNOON, NORTHBOUND TO ST. PAUL WITH 12 BARGES TOTAL.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
FIRST DAY OF SPRING IS THIS SATURDAY.
WE GO BACK TO DAYLIGHT TIME THE FIRST WEEKEND OF APRIL.
DOTTIE BAYLES OF KMAQ, AND JACK JONES OF THE VOY THEATRE, JUST RETURNED SUNDAY (PART OF AN EASTERN IOWA GROUP TOUR) FROM A VISIT TO LONDON. THEY ALL HAD A GOOD TIME. WOULD SURE BE NICE IF THEIR BOSS COULD AFFORD TO GO. OH YES, JUDY BOWLING ALSO WENT AND IS ENJOYING LIFE AFTER ...."THE LOFT".... WHICH SHE HAS SOLD.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
AT THE STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE BOYS LOST THIS AFTERNOON TO MANNING AND NOW PLAY FOR 3RD PLACE TOMORROW MORNING. MANNING WAS UNDEFEATED AND THEIR BIG CENTER WAS THE LEADING SCORER THIS YEAR IN IOWA, AVERAGING 28 POINTS A GAME.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA HAS RECEIVED A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FOR $600,000 TO HELP PAY FOR A PROJECT TO GET RID OF RADIUM IN THE CITY WATER. THE CITY WILL BE SEEKING A REVOLVING LOAN FROM THE DNR TO PAY FOR THE REST OF THE $2.9 MILLION DOLLAR COST.
THERE WILL BE A MISS MAQUOKETA RIVER CONTEST THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. CONTESTANTS INCLUDE TWO GIRLS FROM MAQUOKETA....SAMI MOORE, DAUGHTER OF KEN AND LINDA MOORE AND MEGAN NIMS, DAUGHTER OF VERNON AND ROBIN NIMS. THERE WILL BE 5 OTHER CONTESTANTS AND THE WINNER WILL ADVANCE TO THE MISS IOWA PAGEANT IN JUNE. THERE WILL BE FIVE JUDGES, INCLUDING GARY DREW OF MAQUOKETA AND LENKE (MRS. DON) CARSON OF MAQUOKETA. MAYOR TOM MESSERLIE WILL BE THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES.
TWO THEFTS IN MAQUOKETA. SOMEONE BROKE INTO A VEHICLE AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY, BELONGING TO BRANDY DRISCOLL AND YOLANDA GAVEN REPORTED HER HOME ON PERSHING ROAD WAS BROKEN INTO YESTERDAY.
A MINOR ACCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. DRIVERS WERE ANGELICA WALSH, 15, OF MAQUOKETA. SHE WAS CHARGED. AND ERIC LEON, AGE 20, OF MAQUOKETA. DAMAGES,$3,000 TO EACH VEHICLE.
APPARENTLY NO ONE WAS INJURED.
ANOTHER SIGN OF SPRING. THE FIRST BARGES WENT THROUGH THE BELLEVUE LOCK AND DAM MONDAY AFTERNOON, NORTHBOUND TO ST. PAUL WITH 12 BARGES TOTAL.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
FIRST DAY OF SPRING IS THIS SATURDAY.
WE GO BACK TO DAYLIGHT TIME THE FIRST WEEKEND OF APRIL.
DOTTIE BAYLES OF KMAQ, AND JACK JONES OF THE VOY THEATRE, JUST RETURNED SUNDAY (PART OF AN EASTERN IOWA GROUP TOUR) FROM A VISIT TO LONDON. THEY ALL HAD A GOOD TIME. WOULD SURE BE NICE IF THEIR BOSS COULD AFFORD TO GO. OH YES, JUDY BOWLING ALSO WENT AND IS ENJOYING LIFE AFTER ...."THE LOFT".... WHICH SHE HAS SOLD.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
NEARLY AN INCH OF SNOW LAST NIGHT AGAIN..BUT ALL GONE TODAY. OUR TOTAL WAS ABOUT 2 AND A HALF INCHES THIS WEEK. IN 40'S TODAY.
SOME SUNSHINE.
JIM DEUTMEYER, MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS LIBRARIAN FOR OVER 30 YEARS, IS THIS WEEK'S MAQUOKETA ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK....SEE PICTURE AND STORY AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
AT MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEETING TODAY, WE HAD CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE....GREAT ST. PAT'S LUNCH. HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY. AT 5:30 THIS MORNING, WHEN GETTING DRESSED, DIDN'T THINK ABOUT....TOO EARLY....WEARING SOMETHING GREEN....BUT I MADE UP FOR IT BY PLAYING ABOUT 5 GOOD IRISH SONGS THIS MORNING ON MY 6:30 TO 9 A.M. DJ SHOW ON KMAQ-FM. THE EAGLES...WHERE WE MEET FOR ROTARY...WILL HAVE A CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE SUPPER TONIGHT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THE EAGLES IS WHERE THE 64 DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT WAS LOCATED FOR MANY YEARS...THEN CONVERTED TO THE RENDEZVOUS SUPPER CLUB....UNTIL THE EAGLES PURCHASED THE BUILDING SEVERAL YEARS AGO. AT ROTARY TODAY, A FRENCH FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT, LIVING IN NEW LIBERTY FOR A YEAR, WAS GUEST SPEAKER. HE'S IN THE ROTARY EXCHANGE PROGRAM. SHARP KID.
NANCY AND I ARE GOING TO THE SPAGETTI SUPPER TONIGHT AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH.....THEY HAVE IT BETWEEN THE 4:30 P.M. LENTEN SERVICE AND THE 7:00 P.M. SERVICE. IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
NO CHARGE..BUT FREE WILL DONATION.
IVY WENDEL OF MAQUOKETA IS ONE OF 78 STUDENTS RECENTLY ADMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA NURSING SCHOOL. DAUGHTER OF CHUCK AND ROSE WENDEL OF MAQUOKETA. HER SISTER FARRAH, WAS A STUDENT ANNOUNCER HERE AT KMAQ ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. WONDER WHAT SHE IS DOING NOW?
YOU FROM THE CLASS OF 57....OR PLUS OR MINUS YEARS....GO TO
www.maquoketa.com/61drivein AND SCROOL TO BOTTOM OF HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON THE ROCKING 57 CHEV. FUNNY PIECE.
JUST HAD A CALL FROM BOB DEVINE IN WATERLOO AND HE IS HAVING TROUBLE BRINGING UP THIS REPORT EVERY DAY.....ANYONE ELSE HAVING A PROBLEM? BOB LIVED IN MAQUOKETA MANY YEARS...WAS A BLUE CROSS MAN...AND PART TIME BIG-BAND ANNOUNCER ON SUNDAYS AT KMAQ.
GOOD HEARING FROM HIM. HE'S AND MARY ARE ENJOYING RETIREMENT.
LINDA AND JOE BULLOCK, OWNERS OF BULLOCKS, INC. AT SOUTH EDGE OF
MAQUOKETA JUST FINISHED PUTTING UP A NEW WICK BUILDING FOR THEIR OFFICE AND SCALE FACILITY. BOUGHT THE BUILDING FROM ROSS RIVER.
LOOKS NICE.
CENTRAL SCHOOLS OF DEWITT HIRED A NEW SUPERINTENDENT LAST NIGHT.
SHE IS CAROL HANSEN, CURRENTLY THE SUPERINTENDENT AT ALBION, MICHIGAN....A GRADUATE OF IOWA STATE. HIRED FOR $115,000. SHE WAS ONE OF 6 FINALISTS. SHE HAS A BIG JOB AHEAD. THE DISTRICT HAS TRIED ABOUT 8 BOND ISSUES FOR NEW BUILDINGS AND ALL HAVE BEEN VOTED DOWN. FIRST, GRAND MOUND HATED TO GIVE UP THEIR SCHOOL BUILDING. THEY HAVE. NOW, WELTON IS TRYING TO HOLD ON TO ITS ELEMENTARY BUILDING. SMALL TOWNS HATE TO LEAVE GO OF THE SCHOOL IN TOWN. CAN'T BLAME THEM, BUT ITS THE TREND.
TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED ON WEST MONROE YESTERDAY...NO INJURIES.
ONE DRIVEN BY APRIL FLAGEL, 24, OF MAQUOKETA AND OTHER BY JOVAN EBERHART, 17, OF DELMAR. NO CHARGES FILED. LITTLE DAMAGE TO CARS.
BOY SCOUT TROOP 68 BREAKFAST FOR THE PUBLIC IS THIS SUNDAY AT THE VFW HALL JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
CONGRATULATIONS TO AMBER MATTHIESEN, THE NEW JACKSON COUNTY EXTENSION EDUCATION DIRECTOR.
THEY ARE HAVING DANCES THESE DAYS IN THE FORMER BROCK LUMBER BUILDING ON NORTH MAIN STREET. MARCH 26TH, AN OLD TIME BARN DANCE.
THIS SUNDAY IS THE 20TH ANNUAL HUGE INDOOR GARAGE SALE AT THE PEARSON CONVENTION CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
8:30 AM 'TILL 3 PM....ADMISSION $1.50....80 PLUS GARAGE SALES UNDER ONE ROOF, SPONSORED BY THE FAIR ASSOCIATION. THERE WILL BE A BIG CROWD, ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DON'T FORGET YOUR WILD IRISH ROSE.
DENNIS VOY
SOME SUNSHINE.
JIM DEUTMEYER, MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS LIBRARIAN FOR OVER 30 YEARS, IS THIS WEEK'S MAQUOKETA ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK....SEE PICTURE AND STORY AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
AT MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEETING TODAY, WE HAD CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE....GREAT ST. PAT'S LUNCH. HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY. AT 5:30 THIS MORNING, WHEN GETTING DRESSED, DIDN'T THINK ABOUT....TOO EARLY....WEARING SOMETHING GREEN....BUT I MADE UP FOR IT BY PLAYING ABOUT 5 GOOD IRISH SONGS THIS MORNING ON MY 6:30 TO 9 A.M. DJ SHOW ON KMAQ-FM. THE EAGLES...WHERE WE MEET FOR ROTARY...WILL HAVE A CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE SUPPER TONIGHT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THE EAGLES IS WHERE THE 64 DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT WAS LOCATED FOR MANY YEARS...THEN CONVERTED TO THE RENDEZVOUS SUPPER CLUB....UNTIL THE EAGLES PURCHASED THE BUILDING SEVERAL YEARS AGO. AT ROTARY TODAY, A FRENCH FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT, LIVING IN NEW LIBERTY FOR A YEAR, WAS GUEST SPEAKER. HE'S IN THE ROTARY EXCHANGE PROGRAM. SHARP KID.
NANCY AND I ARE GOING TO THE SPAGETTI SUPPER TONIGHT AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH.....THEY HAVE IT BETWEEN THE 4:30 P.M. LENTEN SERVICE AND THE 7:00 P.M. SERVICE. IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
NO CHARGE..BUT FREE WILL DONATION.
IVY WENDEL OF MAQUOKETA IS ONE OF 78 STUDENTS RECENTLY ADMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA NURSING SCHOOL. DAUGHTER OF CHUCK AND ROSE WENDEL OF MAQUOKETA. HER SISTER FARRAH, WAS A STUDENT ANNOUNCER HERE AT KMAQ ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. WONDER WHAT SHE IS DOING NOW?
YOU FROM THE CLASS OF 57....OR PLUS OR MINUS YEARS....GO TO
www.maquoketa.com/61drivein AND SCROOL TO BOTTOM OF HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON THE ROCKING 57 CHEV. FUNNY PIECE.
JUST HAD A CALL FROM BOB DEVINE IN WATERLOO AND HE IS HAVING TROUBLE BRINGING UP THIS REPORT EVERY DAY.....ANYONE ELSE HAVING A PROBLEM? BOB LIVED IN MAQUOKETA MANY YEARS...WAS A BLUE CROSS MAN...AND PART TIME BIG-BAND ANNOUNCER ON SUNDAYS AT KMAQ.
GOOD HEARING FROM HIM. HE'S AND MARY ARE ENJOYING RETIREMENT.
LINDA AND JOE BULLOCK, OWNERS OF BULLOCKS, INC. AT SOUTH EDGE OF
MAQUOKETA JUST FINISHED PUTTING UP A NEW WICK BUILDING FOR THEIR OFFICE AND SCALE FACILITY. BOUGHT THE BUILDING FROM ROSS RIVER.
LOOKS NICE.
CENTRAL SCHOOLS OF DEWITT HIRED A NEW SUPERINTENDENT LAST NIGHT.
SHE IS CAROL HANSEN, CURRENTLY THE SUPERINTENDENT AT ALBION, MICHIGAN....A GRADUATE OF IOWA STATE. HIRED FOR $115,000. SHE WAS ONE OF 6 FINALISTS. SHE HAS A BIG JOB AHEAD. THE DISTRICT HAS TRIED ABOUT 8 BOND ISSUES FOR NEW BUILDINGS AND ALL HAVE BEEN VOTED DOWN. FIRST, GRAND MOUND HATED TO GIVE UP THEIR SCHOOL BUILDING. THEY HAVE. NOW, WELTON IS TRYING TO HOLD ON TO ITS ELEMENTARY BUILDING. SMALL TOWNS HATE TO LEAVE GO OF THE SCHOOL IN TOWN. CAN'T BLAME THEM, BUT ITS THE TREND.
TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED ON WEST MONROE YESTERDAY...NO INJURIES.
ONE DRIVEN BY APRIL FLAGEL, 24, OF MAQUOKETA AND OTHER BY JOVAN EBERHART, 17, OF DELMAR. NO CHARGES FILED. LITTLE DAMAGE TO CARS.
BOY SCOUT TROOP 68 BREAKFAST FOR THE PUBLIC IS THIS SUNDAY AT THE VFW HALL JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
CONGRATULATIONS TO AMBER MATTHIESEN, THE NEW JACKSON COUNTY EXTENSION EDUCATION DIRECTOR.
THEY ARE HAVING DANCES THESE DAYS IN THE FORMER BROCK LUMBER BUILDING ON NORTH MAIN STREET. MARCH 26TH, AN OLD TIME BARN DANCE.
THIS SUNDAY IS THE 20TH ANNUAL HUGE INDOOR GARAGE SALE AT THE PEARSON CONVENTION CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
8:30 AM 'TILL 3 PM....ADMISSION $1.50....80 PLUS GARAGE SALES UNDER ONE ROOF, SPONSORED BY THE FAIR ASSOCIATION. THERE WILL BE A BIG CROWD, ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DON'T FORGET YOUR WILD IRISH ROSE.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
LOTS OF SNOW YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT IN IOWA, BUT MOST TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF US. WE GOT ABOUT 2 INCHES AND WITH A HIGH OF 41 TODAY, IT IS ALL GONE.
LEIGHTON HEPKER BROADCAST THE NORTHEAST OF GOOSE LAKE TOURNAMENT GAME AT DES MOINES LAST NIGHT AND LEFT TO COME BACK TO MAQUOKETA AFTER THE GAME, ABOUT 10 AND DIDN'T GET HOME UNTIL AFTER 4 THIS MORNING. ROADS WERE BAD. NORTHEAST LOST THE GAME.
JEANNETTE MESSERLI OF CLINTON TELLS ME THAT THE CLASS OF 1954 OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL WILL HAVE ITS 50TH YEAR REUNION ON THE WEEKEND OF JULY 17TH, 2004. IT WILL START FRIDAY NIGHT, THE 16TH, WITH A PARTY AT THE COMFORT INN MOTEL AND THE CLASSES OF 53 AND 55 ARE ALSO INVITED THAT NIGHT. SO..MAKE PLANS TO BE IN MAQUOKETA THAT WEEKEND AND SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN FOR A LONG TIME.
HER SON TOM, IS THE MAYOR OF MAQUOKETA. IF YOU NEED HER EMAIL ADDRESS. LET ME KNOW.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN HAD TO BE EXTRICTED FROM HER VEHICLE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER HER VAN RAN A STOP SIGN AT GROVE AND MAIN AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, BY OWL FURNITURE. ARLENE ABBOTT SMITH, AGE 66, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED. SHE PULLED OUT INTO THE INTERSECTION AND WAS STRUCK BROADSIDE BY A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY WESLEY JOHANNSEN, AGE 18, OF MAQUOKETA. SMITH WAS CHARGED AND DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES CAME TO ABOUT $15,000.
THE ACCIDENT PROVES THAT IN-TOWN ACCIDENTS EVEN IN A SMALL CITY CAN BE QUITE SERIOUS.
CAROLINE KAMPAS OF CLINTON DIED SUNDAY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY SISTERS IN THE MAQUOKETA AREA....PAT WALLACE, AGNES HINZ AND MONICA IHRIG.
RYAN AND MELISSA JARGO OF CLINTON ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN AT OUR HOSPITAL LAST THURSDAY. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE NAOMI IHRIG OF MAQUOKETA AND JOE AND EUNICE FIER OF MAQUOKETA.
COURT NEWS: DAVID STREETS, AGE 23, WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AFTER A FIGHT IN A DOWNTOWN ALLEY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
A CHAIN REACTION 3-CAR ACCIDENT LAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON. DRIVERS OF THE CARS WERE LARRY GIBSON, 48....PAMELA SCHWARTZ, AGE 16, AND PATRICIA KEITAL, AGE 50.....ALL OF MAQUOKETA AREA. NO INJURIES IN THE HIGHWAY 61 ON-RAMP ACCIDENT AND NO CHARGES FILED.
CHICAGO POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE HUSBAND OF THE SAVANNA, ILLINOIS WOMAN WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH IN LATE FEBRUARY IN SAVANNA.
HER HUSBAND WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE STABBING OF HIS WIFE, WHO WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA. SHE WAS 37. HE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO CARROLL COUNTY.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES CHARGED 13 TEEN-AGERS IN A BEER PARTY NEAR ZWINGLE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. AGES RANGED FROM 15 TO 18 AND SEVERAL WERE FROM MAQUOKETA.
THAT'S IT FOR NOW...I'M LATE FOR DINNER.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
LEIGHTON HEPKER BROADCAST THE NORTHEAST OF GOOSE LAKE TOURNAMENT GAME AT DES MOINES LAST NIGHT AND LEFT TO COME BACK TO MAQUOKETA AFTER THE GAME, ABOUT 10 AND DIDN'T GET HOME UNTIL AFTER 4 THIS MORNING. ROADS WERE BAD. NORTHEAST LOST THE GAME.
JEANNETTE MESSERLI OF CLINTON TELLS ME THAT THE CLASS OF 1954 OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL WILL HAVE ITS 50TH YEAR REUNION ON THE WEEKEND OF JULY 17TH, 2004. IT WILL START FRIDAY NIGHT, THE 16TH, WITH A PARTY AT THE COMFORT INN MOTEL AND THE CLASSES OF 53 AND 55 ARE ALSO INVITED THAT NIGHT. SO..MAKE PLANS TO BE IN MAQUOKETA THAT WEEKEND AND SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN FOR A LONG TIME.
HER SON TOM, IS THE MAYOR OF MAQUOKETA. IF YOU NEED HER EMAIL ADDRESS. LET ME KNOW.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN HAD TO BE EXTRICTED FROM HER VEHICLE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER HER VAN RAN A STOP SIGN AT GROVE AND MAIN AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, BY OWL FURNITURE. ARLENE ABBOTT SMITH, AGE 66, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED. SHE PULLED OUT INTO THE INTERSECTION AND WAS STRUCK BROADSIDE BY A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY WESLEY JOHANNSEN, AGE 18, OF MAQUOKETA. SMITH WAS CHARGED AND DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES CAME TO ABOUT $15,000.
THE ACCIDENT PROVES THAT IN-TOWN ACCIDENTS EVEN IN A SMALL CITY CAN BE QUITE SERIOUS.
CAROLINE KAMPAS OF CLINTON DIED SUNDAY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY SISTERS IN THE MAQUOKETA AREA....PAT WALLACE, AGNES HINZ AND MONICA IHRIG.
RYAN AND MELISSA JARGO OF CLINTON ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN AT OUR HOSPITAL LAST THURSDAY. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE NAOMI IHRIG OF MAQUOKETA AND JOE AND EUNICE FIER OF MAQUOKETA.
COURT NEWS: DAVID STREETS, AGE 23, WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AFTER A FIGHT IN A DOWNTOWN ALLEY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
A CHAIN REACTION 3-CAR ACCIDENT LAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON. DRIVERS OF THE CARS WERE LARRY GIBSON, 48....PAMELA SCHWARTZ, AGE 16, AND PATRICIA KEITAL, AGE 50.....ALL OF MAQUOKETA AREA. NO INJURIES IN THE HIGHWAY 61 ON-RAMP ACCIDENT AND NO CHARGES FILED.
CHICAGO POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE HUSBAND OF THE SAVANNA, ILLINOIS WOMAN WHO WAS STABBED TO DEATH IN LATE FEBRUARY IN SAVANNA.
HER HUSBAND WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE STABBING OF HIS WIFE, WHO WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA. SHE WAS 37. HE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO CARROLL COUNTY.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES CHARGED 13 TEEN-AGERS IN A BEER PARTY NEAR ZWINGLE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. AGES RANGED FROM 15 TO 18 AND SEVERAL WERE FROM MAQUOKETA.
THAT'S IT FOR NOW...I'M LATE FOR DINNER.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, March 15, 2004
Friday, March 12, 2004
SUNNY TODAY, HIGH OF 35.
BOTH IOWA AND IOWA STATE LOST THEIR GAMES TODAY.
THIS AFTERNOON LINDA POWLISTHA AND GARY DREW GAVE ME A TOUR OF THE NEW ONWARD CENTER, THE LARGE AUDITORIUM BEING BUILDT ON EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA. I WAS IMPRESSED! I WILL HAVE MORE ABOUT IT LATER, INCLUDING MORE PICTURES. GARY IS THE GUY THAT GOT IT ALL STARTED A COUPLE-THREE YEARS AGO, AND HAS CONTRIBUTED MUCH TIME AND MONEY TO IT .....AND LINDA HAS BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER AND HER HUSBAND DON IS ONE OF THE MANY VOLUNTEERS DOING THE CONSTRUCTION WORK. ITS PAID FOR, NO TAX MONEY, AND IT WILL BELONG TO THE COMMUNITY. IT WILL HAVE ITS INITIAL PERFORMANCE THERE IN DECEMBER.
A METH BUST AT A DEWITT MOTEL TODAY. THREE INVOLVED, INCLUDING
A MAQUOKETA MAN, TERRY V. KREMER, AGE 21. ALSO ARRESTED AND ALSO IN THE CLINTON COUNTY JAIL, ALICIA K. JOHNSON, AGE 28, OF WHEATLAND AND CHRISTOPHER E. WEIRUP, 24, OF DELMAR.
MAQUOKETA CRIME STOPPERS IS LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON THE THEFT OF $17,000 WORTH OF VINTAGE JEWELRY FROM BANOWETZ ANTIQUE MALL IN MAQUOKETA. THE JEWELRY.... LADIE'S DIAMOND RINGS, LADIE'S COLORED GEMSTONES AND MEN'S RINGS.... WAS TAKEN FEBRUARY 28TH
FROM A LOCKED CASE. THE CRIMESTOPPERS NUMBER IS 563-652-2212.
THE TIME FOR THE GRADUATION CEREMONIES THIS YEAR AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE AN HOUR EARLIER THAN NORMAL, AT 1 P.M.
THE CHANGE AT THE REQUEST OF ANDREW HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS TO
MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR A PERSON THAT NEEDS TO BE AT BOTH CEREMONIES.
ANDREW WILL MOVE FROM 2 P.M. UNTIL 3 P.M.
ALSO AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THIS WEEK, RAY CAVANAUGH WAS HIRED AS THE FRESHMEN BASEBALL COACH IN MAQUOKETA, AT A SALARY OF $2,721.
AFTER MANY YEARS, MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A PRELIMINARY MISS AMERICA PAGEANT THIS YEAR. IT WILL BE THE MISS MAQUOKETA RIVER PAGEANT AND WILL BE HELD AT THE METHODIST CHURCH COMMUNITY HALL IN MAQUOKETA ON SATURDAY, MARCH 20TH. THERE WILL ALSO BE LITTLE MISS...JUNIOR MISS AND TEEN MISS COMPETITION, STARTING AT 4 P.M. THE WINNERS GO ON TO THE MISS IOWA PAGEANT IN JUNE. ERICA BARKER IN ANDREW IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EVENT AND HER PHONE NUMBER IS 563-672-9629. SHE HAS YET TO ANNOUNCE THE CANDIDATES, AND HOW MANY THERE WILL BE. NO WORD EITHER ON WHO WILL JUDGE THE PAGEANT.
CHARLENE COX, 92, OF DEWITT DIED LAST SUNDAY. SHE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA TO DR. E. A. PHILLIPS AND A BROTHER WAS THE LATE DR. BEN PHILLIPS OF MAQUOKETA AND SISTER, THE LATE DOROTHY SCHOENTHALER OF MAQUOKETA. SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS AND ONE SON, CHUCK COX, DEWITT BAR AND RESTAURANT OWNER.
JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS HAVE VOTED TO DO ABOUT $41,000 WORTH OF REPAIR WORK ON THE COURT HOUSE, BUILDT IN 1959. THEY WILL CLEAN THE EXTERIOR, SEAL SOME BRICKS AND REPLACE SOME STONE.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, PEGGY BUCK, AGE 41, WAS CHARGED THIS WEEK WITH OWI, SECOND OFFENSE.
DENA RICKERTSEN AND CHRIS DUNDEE OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN MONDAY AFTERNOON AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
NICE EMAIL FROM KAREN SANGER OF WAUKEE, WHO LIVED IN MAQUOKETA. HER MOTHER IS MILDRED HENEKE. SHE ENJOYS THIS DAILY REPORT.
NICE EMAIL ALSO FROM STAN AND PAT WEETS WHO ARE LIVING IN THE REO GRANDE VALLEY. THEY ALSO ENJOY THIS REPORT. GROCERY PRICES THERE ALSO ARE HIGHER THAN IN MAQUOKETA. THEY HAVE HAD WEATHER THIS WEEK IN THE 80'S AND 90'S.
HEARD ALSO FROM HARVEY PETERSON IN PHOENIX. HE WAS BORN IN 1923 AND RAISED ON A FARM 8 MILES SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. ATTENDED BOTH MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND MAQUOKETA JUNIOR COLLEGE.
AND SOOO IT GOES.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
BOTH IOWA AND IOWA STATE LOST THEIR GAMES TODAY.
THIS AFTERNOON LINDA POWLISTHA AND GARY DREW GAVE ME A TOUR OF THE NEW ONWARD CENTER, THE LARGE AUDITORIUM BEING BUILDT ON EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA. I WAS IMPRESSED! I WILL HAVE MORE ABOUT IT LATER, INCLUDING MORE PICTURES. GARY IS THE GUY THAT GOT IT ALL STARTED A COUPLE-THREE YEARS AGO, AND HAS CONTRIBUTED MUCH TIME AND MONEY TO IT .....AND LINDA HAS BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER AND HER HUSBAND DON IS ONE OF THE MANY VOLUNTEERS DOING THE CONSTRUCTION WORK. ITS PAID FOR, NO TAX MONEY, AND IT WILL BELONG TO THE COMMUNITY. IT WILL HAVE ITS INITIAL PERFORMANCE THERE IN DECEMBER.
A METH BUST AT A DEWITT MOTEL TODAY. THREE INVOLVED, INCLUDING
A MAQUOKETA MAN, TERRY V. KREMER, AGE 21. ALSO ARRESTED AND ALSO IN THE CLINTON COUNTY JAIL, ALICIA K. JOHNSON, AGE 28, OF WHEATLAND AND CHRISTOPHER E. WEIRUP, 24, OF DELMAR.
MAQUOKETA CRIME STOPPERS IS LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON THE THEFT OF $17,000 WORTH OF VINTAGE JEWELRY FROM BANOWETZ ANTIQUE MALL IN MAQUOKETA. THE JEWELRY.... LADIE'S DIAMOND RINGS, LADIE'S COLORED GEMSTONES AND MEN'S RINGS.... WAS TAKEN FEBRUARY 28TH
FROM A LOCKED CASE. THE CRIMESTOPPERS NUMBER IS 563-652-2212.
THE TIME FOR THE GRADUATION CEREMONIES THIS YEAR AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE AN HOUR EARLIER THAN NORMAL, AT 1 P.M.
THE CHANGE AT THE REQUEST OF ANDREW HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS TO
MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR A PERSON THAT NEEDS TO BE AT BOTH CEREMONIES.
ANDREW WILL MOVE FROM 2 P.M. UNTIL 3 P.M.
ALSO AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THIS WEEK, RAY CAVANAUGH WAS HIRED AS THE FRESHMEN BASEBALL COACH IN MAQUOKETA, AT A SALARY OF $2,721.
AFTER MANY YEARS, MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A PRELIMINARY MISS AMERICA PAGEANT THIS YEAR. IT WILL BE THE MISS MAQUOKETA RIVER PAGEANT AND WILL BE HELD AT THE METHODIST CHURCH COMMUNITY HALL IN MAQUOKETA ON SATURDAY, MARCH 20TH. THERE WILL ALSO BE LITTLE MISS...JUNIOR MISS AND TEEN MISS COMPETITION, STARTING AT 4 P.M. THE WINNERS GO ON TO THE MISS IOWA PAGEANT IN JUNE. ERICA BARKER IN ANDREW IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EVENT AND HER PHONE NUMBER IS 563-672-9629. SHE HAS YET TO ANNOUNCE THE CANDIDATES, AND HOW MANY THERE WILL BE. NO WORD EITHER ON WHO WILL JUDGE THE PAGEANT.
CHARLENE COX, 92, OF DEWITT DIED LAST SUNDAY. SHE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA TO DR. E. A. PHILLIPS AND A BROTHER WAS THE LATE DR. BEN PHILLIPS OF MAQUOKETA AND SISTER, THE LATE DOROTHY SCHOENTHALER OF MAQUOKETA. SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS AND ONE SON, CHUCK COX, DEWITT BAR AND RESTAURANT OWNER.
JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS HAVE VOTED TO DO ABOUT $41,000 WORTH OF REPAIR WORK ON THE COURT HOUSE, BUILDT IN 1959. THEY WILL CLEAN THE EXTERIOR, SEAL SOME BRICKS AND REPLACE SOME STONE.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, PEGGY BUCK, AGE 41, WAS CHARGED THIS WEEK WITH OWI, SECOND OFFENSE.
DENA RICKERTSEN AND CHRIS DUNDEE OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN MONDAY AFTERNOON AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
NICE EMAIL FROM KAREN SANGER OF WAUKEE, WHO LIVED IN MAQUOKETA. HER MOTHER IS MILDRED HENEKE. SHE ENJOYS THIS DAILY REPORT.
NICE EMAIL ALSO FROM STAN AND PAT WEETS WHO ARE LIVING IN THE REO GRANDE VALLEY. THEY ALSO ENJOY THIS REPORT. GROCERY PRICES THERE ALSO ARE HIGHER THAN IN MAQUOKETA. THEY HAVE HAD WEATHER THIS WEEK IN THE 80'S AND 90'S.
HEARD ALSO FROM HARVEY PETERSON IN PHOENIX. HE WAS BORN IN 1923 AND RAISED ON A FARM 8 MILES SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. ATTENDED BOTH MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND MAQUOKETA JUNIOR COLLEGE.
AND SOOO IT GOES.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, March 11, 2004
THE SUN CAME OUT FOR AWHILE THIS MORNING.
THEN IT LEFT.. THEN THE WINDS CAME.. THEN THE TEMPERATURE STARTED DROPPING...END RESULT...A NASTY DAY.
WANT TO SEE A GOOD PICTURE OF THE OLD MAQUOKETA BOTTLING WORKS?
GO TO THE KMAQ MAIN PAGE AND CLICK TO DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS...AND TAKE A LOOK.
ALSO...IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A TAPE OF THE "JUST TALK SHOW" ON KMAQ THIS PAST MONDAY MORNING, GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE
AND AND CLICK TO THE KMAQ RAGBRAI PAGE AND CLICK ON THE TAPE.
YOU'LL HEAR THE 20-MINUTE INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD, INTERVIEWING LINDA STURTZ, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR....RAGBRAI CO-CHAIRMEN ATTORNEY PHIL TABOR AND BUSINESSMAN STEVE FLYNN AND ALSO MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN TOM TIFFENTALER, WHO HAS BEEN ON RAGBRAI HIMSELF.
ALSO..CHECK OUT KMAQ'S NEW PAGE ESPECIALLY FOR THE 150TH UPCOMING JACKSON COUNTY FAIR. GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON JACKSON COUNTY FAIR.
BOB ANDERSEN, POLICE CHIEF THE PAST 10 YEARS IN MAQUOKETA, TOLD THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE THIS MORNING THAT HE PLANS TO RETIRE AFTER 39 YEARS WITH THE DEPARTMENT, THIS JULY 1ST. HE HAS BEEN ON SICK LEAVE SINCE A HEART ATTACK JANUARY 25TH. HE INTENDS TO APPLY FOR A DISABILITY RETIREMENT. THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE WILL RECOMMEND TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL THAT HE BE PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
ALL OF THIS MEANS, HE WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO WORK AT ALL.
ASSISTANT CHIEF CRAIG JACKSON HAS BEEN HANDLING THE DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. ONCE THE CITY COUNCIL GETS ANDERSEN'S LETTER OF RETIREMENT, THEY WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A NEW CHIEF. UNDER CITY ORDINACE, THE CIVIL SERVICES COMISSION PLACES ADVERTISMENTS AND CONDUCTS TESTING. THE COMMISSION EVENTUALLY PROVIDES A LIST OF 10 NAMES TO BE GIVEN TO THE MAYOR AND THE FINAL APPOINTMENT WILL BE MADE BY MAYOR MESSERLI. THE MAYOR SAID THIS MORNING THAT HE INTENDS TO INCLUDE THE PERSONNELL COMMITTEE IN THE INTERVIEWS AND HE ALSO SAID HE DOESN'T MAKE QUICK DECISIONS AND PLANS TO GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION AS NECESSARY BEFORE ANNOUNCING HIS DECISION. THE ENTEIRE COUNCIL THEN CAN EITHER RATIFY THE MAYOR'S DECISION OR VOTE IT DOWN. MAYOR MESSERLI IS A PART-TIME DISPATCHER FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND PLANS TO QUIT THAT JOB AT THE END OF MARCH SO THAT HE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE CHIEF SELECTION WITHOUT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
I HAVE MORE NEWS, BUT RUNNING OUT OF TIME, SO WILL HOLD IT UNTIL TOMORROW.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK THE WEB SITE PAGES I MENTIONED EARLY IN THIS REPORT...
DENNIS VOY
THEN IT LEFT.. THEN THE WINDS CAME.. THEN THE TEMPERATURE STARTED DROPPING...END RESULT...A NASTY DAY.
WANT TO SEE A GOOD PICTURE OF THE OLD MAQUOKETA BOTTLING WORKS?
GO TO THE KMAQ MAIN PAGE AND CLICK TO DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS...AND TAKE A LOOK.
ALSO...IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A TAPE OF THE "JUST TALK SHOW" ON KMAQ THIS PAST MONDAY MORNING, GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE
AND AND CLICK TO THE KMAQ RAGBRAI PAGE AND CLICK ON THE TAPE.
YOU'LL HEAR THE 20-MINUTE INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD, INTERVIEWING LINDA STURTZ, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR....RAGBRAI CO-CHAIRMEN ATTORNEY PHIL TABOR AND BUSINESSMAN STEVE FLYNN AND ALSO MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN TOM TIFFENTALER, WHO HAS BEEN ON RAGBRAI HIMSELF.
ALSO..CHECK OUT KMAQ'S NEW PAGE ESPECIALLY FOR THE 150TH UPCOMING JACKSON COUNTY FAIR. GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON JACKSON COUNTY FAIR.
BOB ANDERSEN, POLICE CHIEF THE PAST 10 YEARS IN MAQUOKETA, TOLD THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE THIS MORNING THAT HE PLANS TO RETIRE AFTER 39 YEARS WITH THE DEPARTMENT, THIS JULY 1ST. HE HAS BEEN ON SICK LEAVE SINCE A HEART ATTACK JANUARY 25TH. HE INTENDS TO APPLY FOR A DISABILITY RETIREMENT. THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE WILL RECOMMEND TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL THAT HE BE PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
ALL OF THIS MEANS, HE WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO WORK AT ALL.
ASSISTANT CHIEF CRAIG JACKSON HAS BEEN HANDLING THE DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. ONCE THE CITY COUNCIL GETS ANDERSEN'S LETTER OF RETIREMENT, THEY WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A NEW CHIEF. UNDER CITY ORDINACE, THE CIVIL SERVICES COMISSION PLACES ADVERTISMENTS AND CONDUCTS TESTING. THE COMMISSION EVENTUALLY PROVIDES A LIST OF 10 NAMES TO BE GIVEN TO THE MAYOR AND THE FINAL APPOINTMENT WILL BE MADE BY MAYOR MESSERLI. THE MAYOR SAID THIS MORNING THAT HE INTENDS TO INCLUDE THE PERSONNELL COMMITTEE IN THE INTERVIEWS AND HE ALSO SAID HE DOESN'T MAKE QUICK DECISIONS AND PLANS TO GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION AS NECESSARY BEFORE ANNOUNCING HIS DECISION. THE ENTEIRE COUNCIL THEN CAN EITHER RATIFY THE MAYOR'S DECISION OR VOTE IT DOWN. MAYOR MESSERLI IS A PART-TIME DISPATCHER FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND PLANS TO QUIT THAT JOB AT THE END OF MARCH SO THAT HE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE CHIEF SELECTION WITHOUT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
I HAVE MORE NEWS, BUT RUNNING OUT OF TIME, SO WILL HOLD IT UNTIL TOMORROW.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK THE WEB SITE PAGES I MENTIONED EARLY IN THIS REPORT...
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
PARTLY SUNNY AND 51 FOR A HIGH TODAY.
DEWITT HELD A BOND ISSUE TO BUILD A NEW HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY.
IT NEEDED 60% APPROVAL AND 45% VOTED FOR THE BOND ISSUE.
IN I BELIEVE A ROUTINE CHECK, A DRUG DOG FROM CLINTON COUNTY SNIFFED THROUGH LOCKERS AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL YESTERDAY AND ACCORDING TO ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF CRAIG JACKSON, NO DRUGS WERE FOUND. THE SEARCH WAS DONE AFTER SCHOOL WAS OUT.
DARRYL PARKER, DIRECTOR FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD, SPOKE TO ROTARY TODAY AND TOLD ROTARIANS THAT THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER WILL OPEN IN JULY. IT WILL HAVE THREE INSIDE MAJOR DISPLAYS AND ONE WILL BE READY AT THE OPENING AND IS BEING FUNDED BY ALLIANCE PIPELINE OF MAQUOKETA, AT A COST OF OVER $50,000. EACH OF THE 3 DISPLAYS WILL BE ABOUT 7 FEET DEEP AND 17 FEET LONG. THE CONSERVATION BOARD OFFICES FOR STAFF MEMBERS WILL MOVE THERE FROM THE BASEMENT OF THE COURTHOUSE. THE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT WELL OVER 100,000 VISITORS EACH YEAR, INCLUDING LOTS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN ON SCHOOL TOURS. MOST OF THE YEAR, VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO WALK THE PATHS ON THE GROUNDS TOO.
YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THE $1.1 MILLION DOLLAR CENTER ON MANY FUTURE DAILY REPORTS AND NEXT TIME YOU VISIT MAQUOKETA, BE SURE TO GO OUT NORTH ON HIGHWAY 61 AND TAKE A LOOK. THERE IS ALSO A GOOD POSSIBILITY MAQUOKETA'S TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER WILL MOVE THERE, FROM ITS LOCATION NEXT TO MCDONALD'S.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
NO LOCAL SPORTS THESE DAYS.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
DEWITT HELD A BOND ISSUE TO BUILD A NEW HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY.
IT NEEDED 60% APPROVAL AND 45% VOTED FOR THE BOND ISSUE.
IN I BELIEVE A ROUTINE CHECK, A DRUG DOG FROM CLINTON COUNTY SNIFFED THROUGH LOCKERS AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL YESTERDAY AND ACCORDING TO ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF CRAIG JACKSON, NO DRUGS WERE FOUND. THE SEARCH WAS DONE AFTER SCHOOL WAS OUT.
DARRYL PARKER, DIRECTOR FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD, SPOKE TO ROTARY TODAY AND TOLD ROTARIANS THAT THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER WILL OPEN IN JULY. IT WILL HAVE THREE INSIDE MAJOR DISPLAYS AND ONE WILL BE READY AT THE OPENING AND IS BEING FUNDED BY ALLIANCE PIPELINE OF MAQUOKETA, AT A COST OF OVER $50,000. EACH OF THE 3 DISPLAYS WILL BE ABOUT 7 FEET DEEP AND 17 FEET LONG. THE CONSERVATION BOARD OFFICES FOR STAFF MEMBERS WILL MOVE THERE FROM THE BASEMENT OF THE COURTHOUSE. THE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT WELL OVER 100,000 VISITORS EACH YEAR, INCLUDING LOTS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN ON SCHOOL TOURS. MOST OF THE YEAR, VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO WALK THE PATHS ON THE GROUNDS TOO.
YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THE $1.1 MILLION DOLLAR CENTER ON MANY FUTURE DAILY REPORTS AND NEXT TIME YOU VISIT MAQUOKETA, BE SURE TO GO OUT NORTH ON HIGHWAY 61 AND TAKE A LOOK. THERE IS ALSO A GOOD POSSIBILITY MAQUOKETA'S TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER WILL MOVE THERE, FROM ITS LOCATION NEXT TO MCDONALD'S.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
NO LOCAL SPORTS THESE DAYS.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, March 09, 2004
SUNSHINE TODAY...43 THE HIGH. TOMORROW, BACK TO THE 50'S FOR ONE DAY ONLY.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT FOR A BUDGET HEARING AND THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVIORS HAD THEIR BUDGET HEARING THIS MORNING.....AND BOTH BOARD WILL BE RAISING TAXES NEXT YEAR A LITTLE, BECAUSE OF STATE CUTBACKS. NO ONE SPOKE, AT EITHER HEARING, AGAINST THE RAISES.
THREE ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND IN CLINTON COUNTY AND ALL THREE DRIVERS WERE CHARGED WITH OWI.
PRESTON POLICE CHEIF CURT GRUVER, FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, GOT INVOLVED IN A CASE OF AN ASSAULT VOER DOG DOO-DOO IN MILES. GRUVER CHARGED LORAS FELTES, 48, LAST FRIDAY MORNING FOR ASSAULT. GRUVER SAID CAROL WINTER WAS WALKING HER DOG IN MILES AND FELTES ACCUSED HER OF ALLOWING HER DOG TO DO ITS
NECESSARY IN HIS YARD. SHE THEN SHOWED HIM A PLASTIC BAG OF DOG DOO-DOO SHE WAS HOLDING AND DENIED IT. THE CHEIF SAID FELTES GRABBED CAROL WINTER AROUND THE NECK AND SHOOK HER. SHE DROPPED THE BAG OF DOO-DOO AND LEFT. CHIEF GRUVER CHARGED FELTES AND FOUND THE DOG DOO-DOO BAG IN THE FELTES CAR.
I THOUGHT YOU'D GET A KICK OUT OF THE ABOVE STORY EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT A MAQUOKETA STORY.
A BOY WAS BORN LAST TUESDAY TO CLARISSA VOZENILEK AND TROY SAMS OF MAQUOKETA. THE GRANDPARENTS ARE PENNY VOZENILEK AND MIKE HANKINS OF MAQUOKETA AND DOUG AND MAELENE SAMS OF MAQUOKETA.
HERBERT MITTELSTAEDT, AGE 87, FORMERLY OF WISCONSIN, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME
IN MAQUOKETA. HE WORKED ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE AT CLINTON ENGINES FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND ALSO WORKED FOR IOWA CONCRETE PRODUCTS IN MAQUOKETA. HE IS SURVIVED BY 6 CHILDREN, NONE AROUND HERE.
ELSIE SHAW WON THE KMAQ RADIO BINGO GAME TODAY...THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN A MONTH.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN TODAY....AND IF YOU HAVE A DOG.....GO OVER THE DOG DOO-DOO RULES WITH HIM OR HER TONIGHT.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT FOR A BUDGET HEARING AND THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVIORS HAD THEIR BUDGET HEARING THIS MORNING.....AND BOTH BOARD WILL BE RAISING TAXES NEXT YEAR A LITTLE, BECAUSE OF STATE CUTBACKS. NO ONE SPOKE, AT EITHER HEARING, AGAINST THE RAISES.
THREE ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND IN CLINTON COUNTY AND ALL THREE DRIVERS WERE CHARGED WITH OWI.
PRESTON POLICE CHEIF CURT GRUVER, FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, GOT INVOLVED IN A CASE OF AN ASSAULT VOER DOG DOO-DOO IN MILES. GRUVER CHARGED LORAS FELTES, 48, LAST FRIDAY MORNING FOR ASSAULT. GRUVER SAID CAROL WINTER WAS WALKING HER DOG IN MILES AND FELTES ACCUSED HER OF ALLOWING HER DOG TO DO ITS
NECESSARY IN HIS YARD. SHE THEN SHOWED HIM A PLASTIC BAG OF DOG DOO-DOO SHE WAS HOLDING AND DENIED IT. THE CHEIF SAID FELTES GRABBED CAROL WINTER AROUND THE NECK AND SHOOK HER. SHE DROPPED THE BAG OF DOO-DOO AND LEFT. CHIEF GRUVER CHARGED FELTES AND FOUND THE DOG DOO-DOO BAG IN THE FELTES CAR.
I THOUGHT YOU'D GET A KICK OUT OF THE ABOVE STORY EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT A MAQUOKETA STORY.
A BOY WAS BORN LAST TUESDAY TO CLARISSA VOZENILEK AND TROY SAMS OF MAQUOKETA. THE GRANDPARENTS ARE PENNY VOZENILEK AND MIKE HANKINS OF MAQUOKETA AND DOUG AND MAELENE SAMS OF MAQUOKETA.
HERBERT MITTELSTAEDT, AGE 87, FORMERLY OF WISCONSIN, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME
IN MAQUOKETA. HE WORKED ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE AT CLINTON ENGINES FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND ALSO WORKED FOR IOWA CONCRETE PRODUCTS IN MAQUOKETA. HE IS SURVIVED BY 6 CHILDREN, NONE AROUND HERE.
ELSIE SHAW WON THE KMAQ RADIO BINGO GAME TODAY...THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN A MONTH.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN TODAY....AND IF YOU HAVE A DOG.....GO OVER THE DOG DOO-DOO RULES WITH HIM OR HER TONIGHT.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, March 08, 2004
WE HAD A LITTLE SUNSHINE THIS MORNING AND WE JUST HAD SOME LIGHT SNOW A FEW MINUTES AGO.
THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS LOST TO TRAYNOR THIS AFTERNOON AT THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT, IN THE LAST 2/10THS OF A SECOND. HERE'S HOW THE GAME ENDED UP. THE GAME WAS TIED. BELLEVUE HAD THE BALL WITH 40 SECONDS LEFT. THEY WENT DOWN COURT....SHOT AND MISSED AND TRAYNOR GOT THE REBOUND. TRAYNOR WAS WORKING TO KEEP THE BALL UNTIL TIME RAN OUT AND THEY COULD GO INTO OVERTIME. BUT THEN, WITH 2/10 OF A SECOND LEFT, UNEXPECTEDLY, A BELLEVUE GIRL FOULED TRAYNOR. TRAYNOR MISSED THE FIRST FREE THROW AND MADE THE SECOND AND THE GAME WAS OVER.
A REAL TOUGH ONE TO LOOSE....AND A HEARTBREAKER, ESPECIALLY FOR THE GIRL THAT COMMITTED THE FOUL. PERSONALLY, I'M DISAPPOINTED A REFEREE WOULD CALL A FOUL WITH LESS THAN A SECOND LEFT. I BELEIVE HE SHOULD HAVE LEFT THE TEAMS GO INTO OVERTIME. THE GOOD NEWS TO END THIS STORY IS THAT THERE WAS NOT A SENIOR ON BELLEVUE MARQUETTE'S TEAM, TO THEY HAVE A GREAT CHANCE TO GO BACK NEXT YEAR FOR A 3RD YEAR IN A ROW. LAST YEAR, THEIR FIRST VISIT, THEY ALSO LOST THE FIRST TOURNAMENT GAME AND ALSO TO TRAYNOR. IN TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL, IF YOU LOOSE THE FIRST GAME, YOU ARE OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT AND GO HOME EARLY. BUT, IF YOU WIN THE FIRST GAME, YOU GET TO PLAY TWO MORE AND SPEND MOST OF THE WEEK IN DES MOINES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS ON A GREAT SEASON.
THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE BOYS WON THEIR GAME SATURDAY NIGHT AND FOR THE 6TH YEAR IN A ROW, WILL GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. THEY
WON ON TWO FREE THROWS BY BRIAN MOORE WITH SECONDS LEFT.
THEY PLAY NEXT MONDAY. ALSO, GOING TO STATE, THE NORTHEAST BOYS OF GOOSELAKE. THEY PLAY NEXT MONDAY NIGHT. KMAQ-FM WILL BROADCAST BOTH GAMES, AS WE DID THE GIRL'S GAME TODAY.
SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
SHORT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
ONE DEATH, BUT OBIT NOT COMPLETE, SO WILL HOLD OFF ON IT UNTIL TOMORROW.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" IS MONA REICHLING. A PICTURE OF HER AND STORY IS ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE AT
www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS LOST TO TRAYNOR THIS AFTERNOON AT THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT, IN THE LAST 2/10THS OF A SECOND. HERE'S HOW THE GAME ENDED UP. THE GAME WAS TIED. BELLEVUE HAD THE BALL WITH 40 SECONDS LEFT. THEY WENT DOWN COURT....SHOT AND MISSED AND TRAYNOR GOT THE REBOUND. TRAYNOR WAS WORKING TO KEEP THE BALL UNTIL TIME RAN OUT AND THEY COULD GO INTO OVERTIME. BUT THEN, WITH 2/10 OF A SECOND LEFT, UNEXPECTEDLY, A BELLEVUE GIRL FOULED TRAYNOR. TRAYNOR MISSED THE FIRST FREE THROW AND MADE THE SECOND AND THE GAME WAS OVER.
A REAL TOUGH ONE TO LOOSE....AND A HEARTBREAKER, ESPECIALLY FOR THE GIRL THAT COMMITTED THE FOUL. PERSONALLY, I'M DISAPPOINTED A REFEREE WOULD CALL A FOUL WITH LESS THAN A SECOND LEFT. I BELEIVE HE SHOULD HAVE LEFT THE TEAMS GO INTO OVERTIME. THE GOOD NEWS TO END THIS STORY IS THAT THERE WAS NOT A SENIOR ON BELLEVUE MARQUETTE'S TEAM, TO THEY HAVE A GREAT CHANCE TO GO BACK NEXT YEAR FOR A 3RD YEAR IN A ROW. LAST YEAR, THEIR FIRST VISIT, THEY ALSO LOST THE FIRST TOURNAMENT GAME AND ALSO TO TRAYNOR. IN TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL, IF YOU LOOSE THE FIRST GAME, YOU ARE OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT AND GO HOME EARLY. BUT, IF YOU WIN THE FIRST GAME, YOU GET TO PLAY TWO MORE AND SPEND MOST OF THE WEEK IN DES MOINES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS ON A GREAT SEASON.
THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE BOYS WON THEIR GAME SATURDAY NIGHT AND FOR THE 6TH YEAR IN A ROW, WILL GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. THEY
WON ON TWO FREE THROWS BY BRIAN MOORE WITH SECONDS LEFT.
THEY PLAY NEXT MONDAY. ALSO, GOING TO STATE, THE NORTHEAST BOYS OF GOOSELAKE. THEY PLAY NEXT MONDAY NIGHT. KMAQ-FM WILL BROADCAST BOTH GAMES, AS WE DID THE GIRL'S GAME TODAY.
SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
SHORT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
ONE DEATH, BUT OBIT NOT COMPLETE, SO WILL HOLD OFF ON IT UNTIL TOMORROW.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" IS MONA REICHLING. A PICTURE OF HER AND STORY IS ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE AT
www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, March 06, 2004
SUNSHINE TODAY.
THE BURGLAR WAS ARRESTED THIS MORNING IN DUBUQUE.
HE IS NOT FROM THIS AREA.
ALBERTA MOREHEAD, AGE 88, DIED THURSDAY AND PRIVATE FAMILY SERVICES WILL BE HELD MONDAY AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME. SHE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER, WANDA McILVAIN OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS, 2 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO SISTERS, INCLUDING DARLENE FRANZEN OF MAQUOKETA.
EMOGENE, DOWN IN A SMALL TOWN IN MISSOURI, REPORTS GROUND CHUCK DOWN THERE IS $1.59 A POUND AND GROUND ROUND, $1.99. NO CAKE MIX PRICES. GAS DOWN THERE IS $1.59 AND SHE SAYS MISSOURI USUALLY HAS THE LOWEST GAS PRICES ANYWHERE.
THE DAIRY QUEEN IN MAQUOKETA IS OPEN FOR THE SEASON...A SURE SIGN OF SPRING. WILL BE OPERATED AGAIN BY THE BIEHL FAMILY.
DENNIS VOY
THE BURGLAR WAS ARRESTED THIS MORNING IN DUBUQUE.
HE IS NOT FROM THIS AREA.
ALBERTA MOREHEAD, AGE 88, DIED THURSDAY AND PRIVATE FAMILY SERVICES WILL BE HELD MONDAY AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME. SHE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER, WANDA McILVAIN OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS, 2 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO SISTERS, INCLUDING DARLENE FRANZEN OF MAQUOKETA.
EMOGENE, DOWN IN A SMALL TOWN IN MISSOURI, REPORTS GROUND CHUCK DOWN THERE IS $1.59 A POUND AND GROUND ROUND, $1.99. NO CAKE MIX PRICES. GAS DOWN THERE IS $1.59 AND SHE SAYS MISSOURI USUALLY HAS THE LOWEST GAS PRICES ANYWHERE.
THE DAIRY QUEEN IN MAQUOKETA IS OPEN FOR THE SEASON...A SURE SIGN OF SPRING. WILL BE OPERATED AGAIN BY THE BIEHL FAMILY.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, March 05, 2004
NEARLY TWO INCHES RAIN YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT..AND TODAY, CLOUDY AND BREEZY AND COOL...NOT A NICE DAY.
TOMORROW, SOME SUNSHINE..SHOULD BE NICER.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYED HARD LAST NIGHT, BUT LOST BY 4 POINTS TO CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN CEDAR RAPIDS. XAVIER HAD A GOOD TEAM...BUT I WOULDN'T SAY THEY WERE THE BEST.
THE CARDINALS MISSED TOO MANY BASKETS THEY SHOULD HAVE MADE AND THAT WOULD HAVE MADE THE DIFFERENCE.
DEWITT ALSO LOST LAST NIGHT TO WAHLERT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL OF DUBUQUE. MAQUOKETA FINISHED UP THEIR FINE SEASON AT 18 AND 5.
TOMORROW NIGHT, NORTHEAST OF GOOSELAKE PLAYS AND IF THEY WIN, GO TO STATE AND BELLEVUE MARQUETTE IS IN A SUBSTATE GAME ALSO TOMORROW NIGHT AND THEY TOO WOULD GO TO STATE IF THEY WIN. WE WILL BROADCAST THE NORTHEAST GAME.
A BURGLARY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE OTTER CREEK-BERNARD AREA AND THE MAN SHOWED A GUN. HE HAS NOT BEEN FOUND AND CITIZENS ARE BEING ASKED TO LOCK THEIR HOMES AND VEHICLES IN THE AREA.
COURT NEWS: ROGER BUNYON OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 30, WAS SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS IN JAIL, 28 SUSPENDED, FOR OWI.
JANET HOWELL, 51, OF MAQUOKETA RECEIVED A DEFERRED JUDGEMENT ON CHARGES OF OWI.
TWO RESIDENTS OF MAQUOKETA, LANE BREWSTER AND BRENT JAMES CLARK, WERE SENTENCED TO 90 DAYS IN JAIL, SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE 4TH DEGREE FOR SETTING FIRE TO HAY BALES LAST SUMMER IN MILES AND BELLEVUE.
JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN JANUARY ROSE TO 8.6 PERCENT, FROM 7 EVEN IN DECEMBER. A YEAR AGO JANUARY IT WAS HIGHER, AT 9.3 PERCENT
A NEW NIGHT CLUB OPENS AT 5 TOMORROW AFTERNOON .. CALLED THE WET SPOT NIGHT CLUB .. LOCATED BEHIND THE EAGLES CLUB OFF WEST PLATT STREET, WHERE OWEN'S LAUNDRY WAS LOCATED FOR MANY YEARS. THE OWNER IS JIM CLARK OF MAQUOKETA. MY SON GOT A SNEAK PEAK AND SAID IT IS REALLY GOING TO BE NICE. THE BAR AND DANCE AREA WILL BE ON THE MAIN FLOOR AND THE POOL AND GAME ROOM WILL BE DOWNSTAIRS. GOOD LUCK JIM.
THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT THEY WILL GIVE TWO $500 SCHOLARSHIPS TO MCHS STUDENTS, SENIORS, ..ON FEMALE AND ONE MALE.. AND THEY MUST HAVE PARTICIPATED IN AT LEAST ONE VARSITY SPORT, INCLUDING DANCE TEAM AND CHEERLEADING. APRIL 1 IS DEADLINE TO APPLY.
DORIS RAYE CONLEY, AGE 88, OF DIAMONDHEAD, MISSISSIPPI, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY IN MISSISSIPPI. SHE WAS A NATIVE OF JACKSON COUNTY AND SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND, RAY, OWNED AND OPERATED A NURSING HOME IN DOWTOWN MAQUOKETA, ABOUT A BLOCK SOUTH OF THE LIBRARY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A SON, HOWARD, IN DIAMONDHEAD.
ALBERTA MOREHEAD, 88, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE. SERVICES ARE PENDING.
SHE WAS FORMERLY FROM MAQUOKETA. WORKED FOR YEARS AT HAMILTON'S WOMEN'S APPAREL AND THEN LATER OPERATED HER OWN STORE, THE MODE O' DAY STORE. SHE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER WANDA.
SINCE I DO NOT HAVE THE COMPLETED OBIT, I HAVE NO OTHER INFORMATION. YOU CAN GO TO CARSON'S WEB SITE FOR MORE.
BETH ERICKSON COLLINS OF NEW YORK (FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA) , EMAILED ME TO TELL ME THAT AT HER STORE, A 1 POUND PACKAGE OF 97% LEAN HAMBURGER IS $4.29 A POUND. A 3-POUND PACKAGE, 75% LEAN, $1.89 A POUND.
A BOX OF NAME BRAND CAKE MIX..$1.89. A BOX OF STORE BRAND CAKE MIX, ON SALE, 99-CENTS.
IF YOU CHECK THOSE PRICES WITH THE ONES I MENTIONED IN WEDNESDAY'S REPORT.....YOU'LL SEE WE ARE BETTER OFF AT THE CHECKOUT COUNTER HERE IN MAQUOKETA. THANKS BETH.
AND HOW ABOUT THIS. THE ANDREW FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ANOTHER OF THEIR FREQUENT SUNDAY MORNING PUBLIC BREAKFAST....THIS SUNDAY...AT THE FIRE STATION...ALL YOU CAN EAT..$4. THAT WOULD HARDLY BUY A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE IN NEW YORK. I'M NOT SURE IF BETH IS FROM NY CITY OR LIVES ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW, SOME SUNSHINE..SHOULD BE NICER.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYED HARD LAST NIGHT, BUT LOST BY 4 POINTS TO CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN CEDAR RAPIDS. XAVIER HAD A GOOD TEAM...BUT I WOULDN'T SAY THEY WERE THE BEST.
THE CARDINALS MISSED TOO MANY BASKETS THEY SHOULD HAVE MADE AND THAT WOULD HAVE MADE THE DIFFERENCE.
DEWITT ALSO LOST LAST NIGHT TO WAHLERT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL OF DUBUQUE. MAQUOKETA FINISHED UP THEIR FINE SEASON AT 18 AND 5.
TOMORROW NIGHT, NORTHEAST OF GOOSELAKE PLAYS AND IF THEY WIN, GO TO STATE AND BELLEVUE MARQUETTE IS IN A SUBSTATE GAME ALSO TOMORROW NIGHT AND THEY TOO WOULD GO TO STATE IF THEY WIN. WE WILL BROADCAST THE NORTHEAST GAME.
A BURGLARY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE OTTER CREEK-BERNARD AREA AND THE MAN SHOWED A GUN. HE HAS NOT BEEN FOUND AND CITIZENS ARE BEING ASKED TO LOCK THEIR HOMES AND VEHICLES IN THE AREA.
COURT NEWS: ROGER BUNYON OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 30, WAS SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS IN JAIL, 28 SUSPENDED, FOR OWI.
JANET HOWELL, 51, OF MAQUOKETA RECEIVED A DEFERRED JUDGEMENT ON CHARGES OF OWI.
TWO RESIDENTS OF MAQUOKETA, LANE BREWSTER AND BRENT JAMES CLARK, WERE SENTENCED TO 90 DAYS IN JAIL, SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE 4TH DEGREE FOR SETTING FIRE TO HAY BALES LAST SUMMER IN MILES AND BELLEVUE.
JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN JANUARY ROSE TO 8.6 PERCENT, FROM 7 EVEN IN DECEMBER. A YEAR AGO JANUARY IT WAS HIGHER, AT 9.3 PERCENT
A NEW NIGHT CLUB OPENS AT 5 TOMORROW AFTERNOON .. CALLED THE WET SPOT NIGHT CLUB .. LOCATED BEHIND THE EAGLES CLUB OFF WEST PLATT STREET, WHERE OWEN'S LAUNDRY WAS LOCATED FOR MANY YEARS. THE OWNER IS JIM CLARK OF MAQUOKETA. MY SON GOT A SNEAK PEAK AND SAID IT IS REALLY GOING TO BE NICE. THE BAR AND DANCE AREA WILL BE ON THE MAIN FLOOR AND THE POOL AND GAME ROOM WILL BE DOWNSTAIRS. GOOD LUCK JIM.
THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT THEY WILL GIVE TWO $500 SCHOLARSHIPS TO MCHS STUDENTS, SENIORS, ..ON FEMALE AND ONE MALE.. AND THEY MUST HAVE PARTICIPATED IN AT LEAST ONE VARSITY SPORT, INCLUDING DANCE TEAM AND CHEERLEADING. APRIL 1 IS DEADLINE TO APPLY.
DORIS RAYE CONLEY, AGE 88, OF DIAMONDHEAD, MISSISSIPPI, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY IN MISSISSIPPI. SHE WAS A NATIVE OF JACKSON COUNTY AND SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND, RAY, OWNED AND OPERATED A NURSING HOME IN DOWTOWN MAQUOKETA, ABOUT A BLOCK SOUTH OF THE LIBRARY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A SON, HOWARD, IN DIAMONDHEAD.
ALBERTA MOREHEAD, 88, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE. SERVICES ARE PENDING.
SHE WAS FORMERLY FROM MAQUOKETA. WORKED FOR YEARS AT HAMILTON'S WOMEN'S APPAREL AND THEN LATER OPERATED HER OWN STORE, THE MODE O' DAY STORE. SHE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER WANDA.
SINCE I DO NOT HAVE THE COMPLETED OBIT, I HAVE NO OTHER INFORMATION. YOU CAN GO TO CARSON'S WEB SITE FOR MORE.
BETH ERICKSON COLLINS OF NEW YORK (FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA) , EMAILED ME TO TELL ME THAT AT HER STORE, A 1 POUND PACKAGE OF 97% LEAN HAMBURGER IS $4.29 A POUND. A 3-POUND PACKAGE, 75% LEAN, $1.89 A POUND.
A BOX OF NAME BRAND CAKE MIX..$1.89. A BOX OF STORE BRAND CAKE MIX, ON SALE, 99-CENTS.
IF YOU CHECK THOSE PRICES WITH THE ONES I MENTIONED IN WEDNESDAY'S REPORT.....YOU'LL SEE WE ARE BETTER OFF AT THE CHECKOUT COUNTER HERE IN MAQUOKETA. THANKS BETH.
AND HOW ABOUT THIS. THE ANDREW FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ANOTHER OF THEIR FREQUENT SUNDAY MORNING PUBLIC BREAKFAST....THIS SUNDAY...AT THE FIRE STATION...ALL YOU CAN EAT..$4. THAT WOULD HARDLY BUY A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE IN NEW YORK. I'M NOT SURE IF BETH IS FROM NY CITY OR LIVES ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, March 04, 2004
ITS RAINING IN MAQUOKETA.
MORE RAIN TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER TONIGHT AT CEDAR RAPIDS.
ITS A 3-A TEAM THAT HAS PLAYED MOST OF THEIR GAMES AGAINST 4-A SCHOOLS.
IF THE CARDINALS WIN TONIGHT, THEY PLAY NEXT MONDAY NIGHT AT DUBUQUE.
IF DEWITT WINS TONIGHT AGANST DUBUQUE WAHLERT, THEY WOULD BE
THE CARDINALS OPPONENT NEXT MONDAY NIGHT. THE GAME STARTS AT 7 TONIGHT.
LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM TONIGHT FOR THE GAME....OR, JOIN ME. I'LL BE THERE AT THE KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL GYM TO WATCH IT.
THE PARENTS OF A CHILD WHO DIED IN A FIRE IN DELMAR LAST MONTH HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND TWO FELONY CHARGES OF CHILD NEGLECT. THEIR 4-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DIED IN THE DELMAR FIRE FEBRUARY 15TH. THE SHERIFF SAID THE GIRL DIED IN HER BEDROOM AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE ROOM APPARENTLY BECAUSE OF THE EXCISS DEBRIS IN THE ROOM OR THE LOCK MECHANISM ON THE DOOR. THE SHERIFF SAID THE GIRLS ROOM AND THE OTHER CHILDREN'S ROOMS HAD LOCKS INSTALLED SO THE CHILDREN COULD BE LOCKED IN THERE ROOMS.
THE VEHICLE OF THE WOMAN MURDERED LAST MONTH IN SAVANNA HAS BEEN FOUND ON A CITY STREET IN CHICAGO. BUT AUTHORITIES ARE STILL LOOKING FOR HER HUSBAND, WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE CONNECTED WITH HER MURDER.
BOTH HERE IN TOWN AND IN THE COUNTRY, SOMONE IS STEALING CHECKS FROM MAILBOXES AND ALTERING THEM AND CASHING THEM. LET'S SAY YOU SEND A CHECK TO YOUR GAS COMPANY. THEY TAKE THE ENVELOPE OUT OF THE MAILBOX, TAKE IT OUT OF ENVELOPE, CHANGE THE NAME AND AMOUNT ... AND CASH IT.
THE MAQUOKETA COUNCIL THIS WEEK GAVE THE GO-AHEAD TO PROCEED WITH THE WALKING TRAIL ALONG THE MAQUOKETA RIVER, AT A COST OF $210,000. NEARLY ONE HALF COMES FROM A GRANT.
THE REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION IS THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 1 IN MAQUOKETA AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE THEIRS A WEEK LATER, AT THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER, AT 9 A.M.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
MORE RAIN TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER TONIGHT AT CEDAR RAPIDS.
ITS A 3-A TEAM THAT HAS PLAYED MOST OF THEIR GAMES AGAINST 4-A SCHOOLS.
IF THE CARDINALS WIN TONIGHT, THEY PLAY NEXT MONDAY NIGHT AT DUBUQUE.
IF DEWITT WINS TONIGHT AGANST DUBUQUE WAHLERT, THEY WOULD BE
THE CARDINALS OPPONENT NEXT MONDAY NIGHT. THE GAME STARTS AT 7 TONIGHT.
LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM TONIGHT FOR THE GAME....OR, JOIN ME. I'LL BE THERE AT THE KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL GYM TO WATCH IT.
THE PARENTS OF A CHILD WHO DIED IN A FIRE IN DELMAR LAST MONTH HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND TWO FELONY CHARGES OF CHILD NEGLECT. THEIR 4-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DIED IN THE DELMAR FIRE FEBRUARY 15TH. THE SHERIFF SAID THE GIRL DIED IN HER BEDROOM AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE ROOM APPARENTLY BECAUSE OF THE EXCISS DEBRIS IN THE ROOM OR THE LOCK MECHANISM ON THE DOOR. THE SHERIFF SAID THE GIRLS ROOM AND THE OTHER CHILDREN'S ROOMS HAD LOCKS INSTALLED SO THE CHILDREN COULD BE LOCKED IN THERE ROOMS.
THE VEHICLE OF THE WOMAN MURDERED LAST MONTH IN SAVANNA HAS BEEN FOUND ON A CITY STREET IN CHICAGO. BUT AUTHORITIES ARE STILL LOOKING FOR HER HUSBAND, WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE CONNECTED WITH HER MURDER.
BOTH HERE IN TOWN AND IN THE COUNTRY, SOMONE IS STEALING CHECKS FROM MAILBOXES AND ALTERING THEM AND CASHING THEM. LET'S SAY YOU SEND A CHECK TO YOUR GAS COMPANY. THEY TAKE THE ENVELOPE OUT OF THE MAILBOX, TAKE IT OUT OF ENVELOPE, CHANGE THE NAME AND AMOUNT ... AND CASH IT.
THE MAQUOKETA COUNCIL THIS WEEK GAVE THE GO-AHEAD TO PROCEED WITH THE WALKING TRAIL ALONG THE MAQUOKETA RIVER, AT A COST OF $210,000. NEARLY ONE HALF COMES FROM A GRANT.
THE REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION IS THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 1 IN MAQUOKETA AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE THEIRS A WEEK LATER, AT THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER, AT 9 A.M.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
CLOUDY AND MISTY..WITH HIGH OF 45 TODAY.
NOT MUCH GOING ON TODAY.
TAMMY BOLLINGER, 41, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION.
MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER PAT FIER SAID BOLLINGER CAME TO THE LAW CENTER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO SIGN A COMPLAINT ON A POSSIBLE STOLEN VEHICLE.
BOLLINGER APPEARED INTOXICATED AND TESTED .158 WITH .08 AS THE LEGAL LIMIT.
SHE SHOULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL THIS MORNING.
PILLSBURY CAKE MIX AT THE NEW DICK'S SUPER MARKET IN MAQUOKETA...49 CENTS A BOX....AT FAREWAY, IN MAQUOKETA, BETTY CROCKER, 79 CENTS. GROUND CHUCK AT DICK'S, $1.48 A POUND...GROUND BEEF AT FAREWAY, $1.99 A POUND...THESE PRICES TOLD TO ME BY A MAN...A MAN...THIS AFTERNOON...PEOPLE ARE SHOPPING FOOD PRICES IN MAQUOKETA. ANOTHER MAN TOLD ME THIS MORNING, HE SURE DOESN'T LIKE THE DELI SELECTION AT DICK'S, COMPARED TO JACK AND JILL. DICK'S HAS BEEN BUSY, AS THEY'RE HAVING THEIR GRAND OPENING NOW. ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE PRICE OF GROUND BEEF IS THIS WEEK AT JACK AND JILL? DOUBT IF ALDI'S HAS GROUND BEEF??
ANYONE PURCHASE CAKE MIX THIS WEEK AT JACK AND JILL OR ALDI'S IN MAQUOKETA? FUNNY HOW PEOPLE WEEKLY...EVEN DAILY...CHECK GASOLINE PRICES, BUT NOT GROCERY.
WHAT'S THE PRICE OF THESE FOOD PRODUCTS WHERE YOU LIVE?
MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS kmaq@kmaq.com
WHEN ONE IS SHORT OF NEWS.... PRICE SHOPPING IS A SUBSTITUTE.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
GO HAWKEYES TONIGHT...THEY NEED TO WIN THEIR LAST TWO REGULAR SEASON GAMES.
DENNIS VOY
NOT MUCH GOING ON TODAY.
TAMMY BOLLINGER, 41, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION.
MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER PAT FIER SAID BOLLINGER CAME TO THE LAW CENTER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO SIGN A COMPLAINT ON A POSSIBLE STOLEN VEHICLE.
BOLLINGER APPEARED INTOXICATED AND TESTED .158 WITH .08 AS THE LEGAL LIMIT.
SHE SHOULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL THIS MORNING.
PILLSBURY CAKE MIX AT THE NEW DICK'S SUPER MARKET IN MAQUOKETA...49 CENTS A BOX....AT FAREWAY, IN MAQUOKETA, BETTY CROCKER, 79 CENTS. GROUND CHUCK AT DICK'S, $1.48 A POUND...GROUND BEEF AT FAREWAY, $1.99 A POUND...THESE PRICES TOLD TO ME BY A MAN...A MAN...THIS AFTERNOON...PEOPLE ARE SHOPPING FOOD PRICES IN MAQUOKETA. ANOTHER MAN TOLD ME THIS MORNING, HE SURE DOESN'T LIKE THE DELI SELECTION AT DICK'S, COMPARED TO JACK AND JILL. DICK'S HAS BEEN BUSY, AS THEY'RE HAVING THEIR GRAND OPENING NOW. ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE PRICE OF GROUND BEEF IS THIS WEEK AT JACK AND JILL? DOUBT IF ALDI'S HAS GROUND BEEF??
ANYONE PURCHASE CAKE MIX THIS WEEK AT JACK AND JILL OR ALDI'S IN MAQUOKETA? FUNNY HOW PEOPLE WEEKLY...EVEN DAILY...CHECK GASOLINE PRICES, BUT NOT GROCERY.
WHAT'S THE PRICE OF THESE FOOD PRODUCTS WHERE YOU LIVE?
MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS kmaq@kmaq.com
WHEN ONE IS SHORT OF NEWS.... PRICE SHOPPING IS A SUBSTITUTE.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
GO HAWKEYES TONIGHT...THEY NEED TO WIN THEIR LAST TWO REGULAR SEASON GAMES.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, March 02, 2004
2/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT. TODAY'S HIGH, 43.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED MARION HERE LAST NIGHT IN TOURNAMENT PLAY....THE THIRD TIME THIS SEASON. THE CARDINALS WERE LED BY ADAM HEPKER WITH 20 POINTS....WINNING OVER THE INDIANS 61 TO 47.
NEXT, THEY PLAY THURSDAY NIGHT AGAINST CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER. MAQUOKETA IS NOW 18 AND 4. THE GAME WILL BE AT CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL.
IT IS OFFICIAL, THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WILL SELL THE CLINTON ENGINES OFFICE BUILDING AND SOME LAND AROUND IT, TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, FOR THE APPRAISED PRICE OF $37,000. THEN, DURING THE NEXT 18 MONTHS OR SO, THEY CITY WILL GRANT MOST OF THE MONEY BACK TO THE SOCIETY FOR REPAIRS ON THE BUILDING. THE CITY COULDN'T SELL THE BUILDING FOR A DOLLAR AS THE SOCIETY IS NOT A CITY ORGANIZATION AND THEY HAD TO GET APPRAISED VALUE DOLLARS FOR IT. BUT, NOTHING SAYS THEY CAN'T GRANT IT BACK.
KMAQ IS GOING TO DO A RADIO TELETHON FOR THE SUNSHINE SCHOOL AND DAYCARE CENTER IN MAQUOKETA, WHICH IS IN NEED OF FUNDING HELP TO KEEP IT OPEN AND HELP BUILD ITS SCHOLARSHIP FUND. NO ONE OWNS THE BUILDING AND THE SCHOOL, SO IT BELONGS TO THE CITIZENS OF MAQUOKETA. IT HAS 140 KIDS USING IT NOW. THE RADIOTHON WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST ON THE LOCAL ACCESS CHANNEL 18.....ON SUNDAY, MARCH 21ST, FROM NOON UNTIL 6 P.M. THE GOAL FOR THE DAY, $50,000. KMAQ STAFF WILL HOST THE SHOW ALONG WITH THE SUNSHINE BAORD AND STAFF, WITH SOME HELP ALSO FROM THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB. ENTERTAINERS WILL BE NEEDED AND ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN ON THE SHOW IS ASKED TO CONTACT ME HERE AT KMAQ OR
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EVENT, SUNSHINE BOARD MEMBER KERRY SCHEPERS.
WE ARE ALSO CHECKING INTO DOING THE RADIOTHON ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB.
STEVE AND SUSAN EDWARDS OF BERNARD ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN LAST FRIDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDFATHER IS LELLAND KROLICK OF MAQUOKETA.
NO DEATHS TO REPORT.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED MARION HERE LAST NIGHT IN TOURNAMENT PLAY....THE THIRD TIME THIS SEASON. THE CARDINALS WERE LED BY ADAM HEPKER WITH 20 POINTS....WINNING OVER THE INDIANS 61 TO 47.
NEXT, THEY PLAY THURSDAY NIGHT AGAINST CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER. MAQUOKETA IS NOW 18 AND 4. THE GAME WILL BE AT CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL.
IT IS OFFICIAL, THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WILL SELL THE CLINTON ENGINES OFFICE BUILDING AND SOME LAND AROUND IT, TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, FOR THE APPRAISED PRICE OF $37,000. THEN, DURING THE NEXT 18 MONTHS OR SO, THEY CITY WILL GRANT MOST OF THE MONEY BACK TO THE SOCIETY FOR REPAIRS ON THE BUILDING. THE CITY COULDN'T SELL THE BUILDING FOR A DOLLAR AS THE SOCIETY IS NOT A CITY ORGANIZATION AND THEY HAD TO GET APPRAISED VALUE DOLLARS FOR IT. BUT, NOTHING SAYS THEY CAN'T GRANT IT BACK.
KMAQ IS GOING TO DO A RADIO TELETHON FOR THE SUNSHINE SCHOOL AND DAYCARE CENTER IN MAQUOKETA, WHICH IS IN NEED OF FUNDING HELP TO KEEP IT OPEN AND HELP BUILD ITS SCHOLARSHIP FUND. NO ONE OWNS THE BUILDING AND THE SCHOOL, SO IT BELONGS TO THE CITIZENS OF MAQUOKETA. IT HAS 140 KIDS USING IT NOW. THE RADIOTHON WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST ON THE LOCAL ACCESS CHANNEL 18.....ON SUNDAY, MARCH 21ST, FROM NOON UNTIL 6 P.M. THE GOAL FOR THE DAY, $50,000. KMAQ STAFF WILL HOST THE SHOW ALONG WITH THE SUNSHINE BAORD AND STAFF, WITH SOME HELP ALSO FROM THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB. ENTERTAINERS WILL BE NEEDED AND ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN ON THE SHOW IS ASKED TO CONTACT ME HERE AT KMAQ OR
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EVENT, SUNSHINE BOARD MEMBER KERRY SCHEPERS.
WE ARE ALSO CHECKING INTO DOING THE RADIOTHON ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB.
STEVE AND SUSAN EDWARDS OF BERNARD ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN LAST FRIDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDFATHER IS LELLAND KROLICK OF MAQUOKETA.
NO DEATHS TO REPORT.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
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