MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY, WITH LIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.
LAST NIGHT,THE PARADE LASTED 1-HOUR AND 50-MINUTES. OVER 3,000 ATTENDED THE FAIR AFTER THE PARADE, WHICH WAS GOOD.
TODAY WAS KID'S DAY AND GOOD TURNOUT THIS AFTERNOON.
HOPEFULLY , THE WEATHER WILL BE GOOD FOR THE BUDDY JEWEL COUNTRY SHOW TONIGHT.
TOMORROW, ANOTHER BIG DAY AT THE FAIR...AND OVER 10,000 BIKE RIDERS COMING TO TOWN.
IT'LL BE QUITE A DAY.
I'LL BE BUSY, BUT WILL TRY TO HAVE A REPORT SOMETIME TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER CONTINUES HERE IN MAQUOKETA.....ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. AND NO RAIN.
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR STARTS TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6 WITH THE PARADE.
FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE PARADE, IT AGAIN WILL BE DESCRIBED ON BOTH KMAQ AM & FM. JEANETTE KRUSE WILL BE THE PARADE MARSHALL.
SHE HAS BEEN WITH THE EXTENSION OFFICE FOR 23 YEARS.
A MAQUOKETA BOY, BRENT BLANCHARD, AGE 7, IS IN UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPTIALS IN IOWA CITY WHERE HE IS BEING TREATED FOR INJURIES FROM A BICYCLE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED JUST AFTER NOON MONDAY ON SOUTH MAIN STREET BY HORSESHOE POND PARK. ACCORDING TO MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICE PAT FIER, JENNIE RATHMANN, AGE 90, OF OXFORD JUNCTION, WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON MAIN STREET. BLANCHARD WAS ON HIS BIKE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK. HE ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THE HIGHWAY BEHIND ANOTHER BICYCLE AND DID NOT SEE THE RATHMANN VEHICLE. RATHMANN SKIDDED 35 FEET IN HER VEHICLE BEFORE HITTING THE BIKE. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED. AND, HOSPITALS NO LONGER GIVE CONDITION REPORTS, SO WE DO NOT KNOW HOW THE 7-YEAR-OLD IS DOING.
IN COURT NEWS: BRETT MCAFFEE, AGE 23, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 90 DAYS IN JAIL, 83 SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OWI, BACK ON MAY 15TH.
RAY HOHMANN, AGE 97, OF DUBUQUE, THE FOUNDER OF OWL FURNITURE STORES, DIED SATURDAY. THERE IS AN OWL STORE IN MAQUOKETA. HE WAS STILL SLIGHTLY ACTIVE IN THE BUSINESS UNTIL A SHORT TIME AGO.
THERE ARE SOME NEW PICTURES ON "DENNIS DAILY PHOTOS"...GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON TO THE PHOTOS. ONE OF THE NEW TACO JOHNS. ANOTHER OF A MAQUOKETA SIGN. THE ONE YOU'LL SEE IS THE ONE COMING INTO MAQUOKETA FROM THE WEST ON HIGHWAY 64, NEAR THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.
THERE IS ALSO ONE LIKE IT COMING INTO MAQUOKETA FROM THE NORTH ON FOUR-LANE 61, AND ONE COMING IN ALSO FROM THE SOUTH ON 61. LATER, THERE WILL BE ON EAST OF MAQUOKETA ON HIGHWAY 64 AND SOMETIME THERE MAY BE ONE ALSO ON STATE HIGHWAY 62, COMING FROM BELLEVUE. ALSO, YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE OF THE NEW BUILDING FOR RADIO SHACK OUT BY WAL MART, AND A PICTURE I TOOK OF THE LAKEHURST DAM. PLUS SOME OTHERS.
GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE...www.kmaq.com AND CLICK ON THE PHOTOS.
SORRY I HAVE MISSED A FEW DAYS, BUT HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY.
KMAQ IS TAKING A BUS, FOR 3RD YEAR IN A ROW, TO THE STATE FAIR IN DES MOINES, ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 17TH. CONTACT KMAQ TO SIGN-UP.,
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
HIGHWAY 61
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR STARTS TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6 WITH THE PARADE.
FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE PARADE, IT AGAIN WILL BE DESCRIBED ON BOTH KMAQ AM & FM. JEANETTE KRUSE WILL BE THE PARADE MARSHALL.
SHE HAS BEEN WITH THE EXTENSION OFFICE FOR 23 YEARS.
A MAQUOKETA BOY, BRENT BLANCHARD, AGE 7, IS IN UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPTIALS IN IOWA CITY WHERE HE IS BEING TREATED FOR INJURIES FROM A BICYCLE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED JUST AFTER NOON MONDAY ON SOUTH MAIN STREET BY HORSESHOE POND PARK. ACCORDING TO MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICE PAT FIER, JENNIE RATHMANN, AGE 90, OF OXFORD JUNCTION, WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON MAIN STREET. BLANCHARD WAS ON HIS BIKE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK. HE ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THE HIGHWAY BEHIND ANOTHER BICYCLE AND DID NOT SEE THE RATHMANN VEHICLE. RATHMANN SKIDDED 35 FEET IN HER VEHICLE BEFORE HITTING THE BIKE. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED. AND, HOSPITALS NO LONGER GIVE CONDITION REPORTS, SO WE DO NOT KNOW HOW THE 7-YEAR-OLD IS DOING.
IN COURT NEWS: BRETT MCAFFEE, AGE 23, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 90 DAYS IN JAIL, 83 SUSPENDED, ON CHARGES OWI, BACK ON MAY 15TH.
RAY HOHMANN, AGE 97, OF DUBUQUE, THE FOUNDER OF OWL FURNITURE STORES, DIED SATURDAY. THERE IS AN OWL STORE IN MAQUOKETA. HE WAS STILL SLIGHTLY ACTIVE IN THE BUSINESS UNTIL A SHORT TIME AGO.
THERE ARE SOME NEW PICTURES ON "DENNIS DAILY PHOTOS"...GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON TO THE PHOTOS. ONE OF THE NEW TACO JOHNS. ANOTHER OF A MAQUOKETA SIGN. THE ONE YOU'LL SEE IS THE ONE COMING INTO MAQUOKETA FROM THE WEST ON HIGHWAY 64, NEAR THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.
THERE IS ALSO ONE LIKE IT COMING INTO MAQUOKETA FROM THE NORTH ON FOUR-LANE 61, AND ONE COMING IN ALSO FROM THE SOUTH ON 61. LATER, THERE WILL BE ON EAST OF MAQUOKETA ON HIGHWAY 64 AND SOMETIME THERE MAY BE ONE ALSO ON STATE HIGHWAY 62, COMING FROM BELLEVUE. ALSO, YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE OF THE NEW BUILDING FOR RADIO SHACK OUT BY WAL MART, AND A PICTURE I TOOK OF THE LAKEHURST DAM. PLUS SOME OTHERS.
GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE...www.kmaq.com AND CLICK ON THE PHOTOS.
SORRY I HAVE MISSED A FEW DAYS, BUT HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY.
KMAQ IS TAKING A BUS, FOR 3RD YEAR IN A ROW, TO THE STATE FAIR IN DES MOINES, ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 17TH. CONTACT KMAQ TO SIGN-UP.,
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
HIGHWAY 61
Thursday, July 22, 2004
83 TODAY. NOT AS WARM AS PREDICTED THIS MORNING.
TWO ANONYMOUS DONATIONS OF $1,000 EACH HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE MT. HOPE CEMETERY FOR
MAINTENANCE WORK. THE BOARD CAN USE IT, AS THEY ARE ALWAYS SHORT OF MONEY.
DON'T FORGET, CHARLIE DIETZ, WHO HAS BEEN THE MT. HOPE BOARD PRESIDENT FOR 33 YEARS, IS THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK AND A COLOR PHOTO AND STORY IS AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
BUSINESS NEWS: JULIE MOORE HAS OPENED "BIG BEAR ANTIQUES" IN A NEW BUILDING AT 606 EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA. IT IS ALSO AN ART GALLERY AND OFFERS GIFTS, ART, ANTIQUES AND FLORAL ACCESSORIES. HER HUSBAND IS KEN MOORE.
THERE ARE 11 CANDIDATES FOR JACKSON COUNTY FAIR QUEEN THIS YEAR. THE QUEEN WILL BE SELECTED AND ANNOUNCED AT A FREE PROGRAM AT 2 THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE PEARSON BUILDING ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
BIRTHS: BOY TO JAMIE AND KELLLIE NABB OF LOWDEN, BORN JULY 9TH AT DAVENPORT HOSPITAL.
GRANDPARENTS ARE CHARLIE AND KATHY EASTERLY OF MAQUOKTA.
GIRL, BORN JULY 11TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL TO JAMIE AND MARGARET SCHULZ OF MAQUOKETA.
GRANDPARENTS ARE HERBERT AND BETTY SCHULZ OF MAQUOKETA.
BOY, BORN JULY 15, ALSO AT JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL, TO HOLLY MCNETT AND DAVID STREETS, JR. OF MAQUOKETA. GRANDMOTHER IS PENNY BAILEY OF MAQUOKETA AND GRANDFATHER IS DAVID STREETS, SR. OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
TWO ANONYMOUS DONATIONS OF $1,000 EACH HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE MT. HOPE CEMETERY FOR
MAINTENANCE WORK. THE BOARD CAN USE IT, AS THEY ARE ALWAYS SHORT OF MONEY.
DON'T FORGET, CHARLIE DIETZ, WHO HAS BEEN THE MT. HOPE BOARD PRESIDENT FOR 33 YEARS, IS THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK AND A COLOR PHOTO AND STORY IS AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
BUSINESS NEWS: JULIE MOORE HAS OPENED "BIG BEAR ANTIQUES" IN A NEW BUILDING AT 606 EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA. IT IS ALSO AN ART GALLERY AND OFFERS GIFTS, ART, ANTIQUES AND FLORAL ACCESSORIES. HER HUSBAND IS KEN MOORE.
THERE ARE 11 CANDIDATES FOR JACKSON COUNTY FAIR QUEEN THIS YEAR. THE QUEEN WILL BE SELECTED AND ANNOUNCED AT A FREE PROGRAM AT 2 THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE PEARSON BUILDING ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
BIRTHS: BOY TO JAMIE AND KELLLIE NABB OF LOWDEN, BORN JULY 9TH AT DAVENPORT HOSPITAL.
GRANDPARENTS ARE CHARLIE AND KATHY EASTERLY OF MAQUOKTA.
GIRL, BORN JULY 11TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL TO JAMIE AND MARGARET SCHULZ OF MAQUOKETA.
GRANDPARENTS ARE HERBERT AND BETTY SCHULZ OF MAQUOKETA.
BOY, BORN JULY 15, ALSO AT JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL, TO HOLLY MCNETT AND DAVID STREETS, JR. OF MAQUOKETA. GRANDMOTHER IS PENNY BAILEY OF MAQUOKETA AND GRANDFATHER IS DAVID STREETS, SR. OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID DAY IN MAQUOKETA.
89 YESTERDAY, ALMOST THAT TODAY AND EXPECTING ONE MORE HOT DAY TOMORROW, THEN COOLING FOR THE WEEKEND AGAIN.
I DID A BROADCAST FROM THE JONES COUNTY FAIR LAST NIGHT, AN ALTHOUGH HOT, THEY HAD A GREAT SNEAK-PREVIEW NIGHT....AND TODAY, IS THE FIRST OF 5 FULL DAYS OF FUN IN MONTICELLO.
JUST GOT BACK FROM THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR THE NEW TACO JOHNS RESTAURANT ON WEST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA. MAYOR TOM MESSERLI CUT THE RIBBON AND THEN EVERYONE HAD A TOUR AND ENJOYED SAMPLES. BEAUTIFUL PLACE INSIDE AND ATTRACTIVE OUTSIDE TOO....TACO JOHN'S NEWEST DESIGN. SITS NEARLY 70 AND HAS A LARGE PAVED PARKING LOT AND DRIVE-UP WINDOW AND WILL BE OPEN MORNINGS AT 6:30 FOR BREAKFAST AND OPEN EACH NIGHT UNTIL 11 OR 1 AM ON WEEEKENDS. BIG MENU. IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC THIS FRIDAY AND WILL EMPLOY NEARLY 50.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO BUILD SIDEWALKS ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH MAIN STREET, AT A COST OF $30,000....MONEY FROM THE CITY'S SIDEWALK FUND. THE WALK PROBABLY WON'T BE COMPLETED UNTIL NEXT YEAR. THE NEW SIDEWALK WILL RUN FROM SUMMIT STREET DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET TO THE SUNRISE RESTAURANT, ACROSS FROM HORSESHOE POND PARK. IT WILL HELP GETS KIDS TO AND FROM THE DAIRY QUEEN IN THAT AREA.
AND THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY.....
FROM MAQUOKETA, THE HOME OF THE CHURRO.
WHAT'S A CHURRO YOU SAY?
MAQUOKETANS WILL SOON FIND OUT!
IT'S A REAL MEXICAN DESSERT...ROLLED IN CINNAMON-SUGAR. JUST 99-CENTS...AT TACO JOHNS.
MUEY BIEN! (DON'T THINK I SPELLED THAT CORRECTLY.) IT MEANS VERY GOOD, IN SPANISH.
DENNIS VOY
89 YESTERDAY, ALMOST THAT TODAY AND EXPECTING ONE MORE HOT DAY TOMORROW, THEN COOLING FOR THE WEEKEND AGAIN.
I DID A BROADCAST FROM THE JONES COUNTY FAIR LAST NIGHT, AN ALTHOUGH HOT, THEY HAD A GREAT SNEAK-PREVIEW NIGHT....AND TODAY, IS THE FIRST OF 5 FULL DAYS OF FUN IN MONTICELLO.
JUST GOT BACK FROM THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR THE NEW TACO JOHNS RESTAURANT ON WEST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA. MAYOR TOM MESSERLI CUT THE RIBBON AND THEN EVERYONE HAD A TOUR AND ENJOYED SAMPLES. BEAUTIFUL PLACE INSIDE AND ATTRACTIVE OUTSIDE TOO....TACO JOHN'S NEWEST DESIGN. SITS NEARLY 70 AND HAS A LARGE PAVED PARKING LOT AND DRIVE-UP WINDOW AND WILL BE OPEN MORNINGS AT 6:30 FOR BREAKFAST AND OPEN EACH NIGHT UNTIL 11 OR 1 AM ON WEEEKENDS. BIG MENU. IT OPENS TO THE PUBLIC THIS FRIDAY AND WILL EMPLOY NEARLY 50.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO BUILD SIDEWALKS ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH MAIN STREET, AT A COST OF $30,000....MONEY FROM THE CITY'S SIDEWALK FUND. THE WALK PROBABLY WON'T BE COMPLETED UNTIL NEXT YEAR. THE NEW SIDEWALK WILL RUN FROM SUMMIT STREET DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET TO THE SUNRISE RESTAURANT, ACROSS FROM HORSESHOE POND PARK. IT WILL HELP GETS KIDS TO AND FROM THE DAIRY QUEEN IN THAT AREA.
AND THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY.....
FROM MAQUOKETA, THE HOME OF THE CHURRO.
WHAT'S A CHURRO YOU SAY?
MAQUOKETANS WILL SOON FIND OUT!
IT'S A REAL MEXICAN DESSERT...ROLLED IN CINNAMON-SUGAR. JUST 99-CENTS...AT TACO JOHNS.
MUEY BIEN! (DON'T THINK I SPELLED THAT CORRECTLY.) IT MEANS VERY GOOD, IN SPANISH.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, July 19, 2004
NO RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND....NICE WEATHER....TODAY, PARTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 83 AND WE HAVE
90+ WEATHER COMING AT MIDWEEK, THEN COOLER AGAIN THIS WEEKEND.
THE GREAT JONES COUNTY FAIR STARTS TOMORROW NIGHT WITH FREE PREVUE NIGHT AND THEN THE FIRST FULL DAY OF THE 5 DAY RUN IS WEDNESDAY....ALL AT MONTICELLO.
LAST MONTH, THERE WAS A MOCK-JAIL "FUND RAISER" FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, HELD AT KRISTINO'S PIZZERIA IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. AND IT WAS A SUCCESS. THE TOP 3 FUNDRAISERS WERE:
LAURA HORST OF THE EAST CENTRAL SCHOOL, MILES/SABULA, $1,810.....LINDA WELLS OF BLUFF LAKE CATFISH FARM, $846.....AND NANCY MOORE OF KMAQ, $615.00.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD...AND CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE DRIVING RANGE POP MACHINE WAS HIT BY BURGLARS FRIDAY NIGHT. SOMEONE CUT THE LOCK ON THE DOOR AND ALSO DAMAGED THE MACHINE ITSELF AND AND UNDERTERMINED AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS TAKEN.
COURT NEWS: MICHAEL DEAN SCHULZ, 42, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ON HIGHWAY 61 WITH OWI, DRIVING WHILE LICENSE BARRED AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA.
VICTOR VELEZ TORO, AGE 33, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE-6TH OFFENSE.
DOLORES JEAN WITT, AGE 76, OF MAQUOKETA AND FORMERLY OF IOWA CITY, DIED YESTERDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A BROTHER IN MAQUOKETA, ALBERT WITT.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS LOST THEIR FIRST TOURNAMENT GAME SATURDAY NIGHT TO 2ND RANKED DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION, 8 TO 1, TO END THEIR SEASON. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A WINNING SEASON, BUT A LOT OF YOUNG PLAYERS ON THE TEAM WILL BE BACK NEXT SUMMER.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
90+ WEATHER COMING AT MIDWEEK, THEN COOLER AGAIN THIS WEEKEND.
THE GREAT JONES COUNTY FAIR STARTS TOMORROW NIGHT WITH FREE PREVUE NIGHT AND THEN THE FIRST FULL DAY OF THE 5 DAY RUN IS WEDNESDAY....ALL AT MONTICELLO.
LAST MONTH, THERE WAS A MOCK-JAIL "FUND RAISER" FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, HELD AT KRISTINO'S PIZZERIA IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. AND IT WAS A SUCCESS. THE TOP 3 FUNDRAISERS WERE:
LAURA HORST OF THE EAST CENTRAL SCHOOL, MILES/SABULA, $1,810.....LINDA WELLS OF BLUFF LAKE CATFISH FARM, $846.....AND NANCY MOORE OF KMAQ, $615.00.
MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD...AND CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE DRIVING RANGE POP MACHINE WAS HIT BY BURGLARS FRIDAY NIGHT. SOMEONE CUT THE LOCK ON THE DOOR AND ALSO DAMAGED THE MACHINE ITSELF AND AND UNDERTERMINED AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS TAKEN.
COURT NEWS: MICHAEL DEAN SCHULZ, 42, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ON HIGHWAY 61 WITH OWI, DRIVING WHILE LICENSE BARRED AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA.
VICTOR VELEZ TORO, AGE 33, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE-6TH OFFENSE.
DOLORES JEAN WITT, AGE 76, OF MAQUOKETA AND FORMERLY OF IOWA CITY, DIED YESTERDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A BROTHER IN MAQUOKETA, ALBERT WITT.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS LOST THEIR FIRST TOURNAMENT GAME SATURDAY NIGHT TO 2ND RANKED DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION, 8 TO 1, TO END THEIR SEASON. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A WINNING SEASON, BUT A LOT OF YOUNG PLAYERS ON THE TEAM WILL BE BACK NEXT SUMMER.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, July 15, 2004
BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 86.
LATE WITH THIS REPORT, AS I JUST GOT BACK FROM DOING SOME BROADCASTS FROM THE CEDAR COUNTY FAIR AT TIPTON.
SAD NEWS! MY FRIEND OF OVER 40 YEARS, BERNICE HENTON, AGE 8O, DIED THIS MORNING AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS, AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL HERE IN MAQUOKETA. EVERYONE KNEW BERNICE. SHE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA, GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND MARRIED GLEN "RED" HENTON ON AUGUST 30, 1941. SHE WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES FOR 17 YEARS, AND THEN WORKED AS AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY DRAFT BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SHE HAD A LOVE FOR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WITH HUSBAND RED AND THEIR MUSICAL GROUP. SHE DID A LOT OF TRAVELING WITH RED ALSO DURING THE YEARS HE WAS A TOP HORSESHOE PITCHER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HUSBAND, RED, AND TWO DAUGHTERS, JUDY OF CLINTON AND NANCY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, 5 GRANDCHILDREN AND 5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. I FIRST MET BERNICE BACK IN THE LATE 50'S WHEN THE MUSICAL GROUP OF BERNICE, RED, THE LATE WINDY RIMMER, AND THE LATE RAY SHIELDS DID A DAILY RADIO SHOW ON KMAQ, CALLED "THE SCHMIDT CITY CLUB SHOW" SPONSORED BY KIRCHOFF DISTRIBUTING COMPANY. I VISITED BERNICE AT THE HOSPITAL TUESDAY AND WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION. EVEN THOUGH SHE KNEW THEN THAT THE TIME WAS COMING, SHE LAUGHED AND TALKED ABOUT THE GOOD OLD DAYS THAT WE BOTH REMEMBERED. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE MONDAY AT 2 P.M. AT THE CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA. CARSON'S HAVE A WEB SITE FOR ONLINE TRIBUTES AND ANY OF YOU THAT CARE TO LEAVE A TRIBUTE FOR THE FAMILY CAN GO TO www.carsonand.com.
REST IN PEACE BERNICE AND THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES.
JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IMPROVED IN JUNE, WHEN IT WENT DOWN TO 5.6-PERCENT, DOWN FROM 6 PERCENT IN MAY. IN JUNE LAST YEAR, IT WAS 7.1 PERCENT.
FOR SOME REASON, MOST OF THE NUMBERS IN THIS REPORT ARE SMALL. IN PARAGRAPH ABOVE, THE 6 LOOKS OK, BUT THE 7.1 IS DIFFERENT. ??
BOB DEVINE, I HAVE SOMEONE THAT WANTS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, SO EMAIL TOMORROW AND I'LL FORWARD IT ON TO HIM. I HAVE IT SOMEPLACE, BUT NOT SURE I CAN FIND IT. DON'T WORRY, THE GUY ISN'T GOING TO SELL YOU SOMETHING. BY THE WAY, LEIGHTON HEPKER OF KMAQ AND SON JUSTIN PLAYED GOLF TUESDAY IN PELLA IN THE HAWKEYE NETWORK EVENT AND PLAYED WITH YOUR SON TOM.
DIDN'T KNOW TOM WAS A RADIO SALESMAN FOR THE CHARLES CITY STATION. BOB, TELL US MORE ABOUT TOM. READERS, BOB DEVINE 40 YEARS AGO DID A POPULAR BIG BAND SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOW ON KMAQ-AM. HE WAS ALSO A PRETTY GOOD GOLFER AND HIS DAD-IN-LAW OWNED THE PRESTON TIMES FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. ED BLACK WAS HIS NAME AND HIS DAUGHTER MARY AND BOB GOT TOGETHER SOMEWHERE.
POLICE BLOTTER: GAS IS HIGHER THAN MANY LIKE. SOMEONE TOOK ABOUT 10 GALLONS OF GAS FROM DAVID PETERS VEHICLE ON CARDINAL DRIVE.
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS HELD TONIGHT AND IN CLOSED SESSION TO TALK ABOUT BUYING SOME PROPERTY. NO IDEA WHAT PROPERTY.
THANKS FOR COMING BY AGIAN.
DENNIS VOY
LATE WITH THIS REPORT, AS I JUST GOT BACK FROM DOING SOME BROADCASTS FROM THE CEDAR COUNTY FAIR AT TIPTON.
SAD NEWS! MY FRIEND OF OVER 40 YEARS, BERNICE HENTON, AGE 8O, DIED THIS MORNING AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS, AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL HERE IN MAQUOKETA. EVERYONE KNEW BERNICE. SHE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA, GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND MARRIED GLEN "RED" HENTON ON AUGUST 30, 1941. SHE WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES FOR 17 YEARS, AND THEN WORKED AS AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY DRAFT BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SHE HAD A LOVE FOR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WITH HUSBAND RED AND THEIR MUSICAL GROUP. SHE DID A LOT OF TRAVELING WITH RED ALSO DURING THE YEARS HE WAS A TOP HORSESHOE PITCHER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HUSBAND, RED, AND TWO DAUGHTERS, JUDY OF CLINTON AND NANCY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, 5 GRANDCHILDREN AND 5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. I FIRST MET BERNICE BACK IN THE LATE 50'S WHEN THE MUSICAL GROUP OF BERNICE, RED, THE LATE WINDY RIMMER, AND THE LATE RAY SHIELDS DID A DAILY RADIO SHOW ON KMAQ, CALLED "THE SCHMIDT CITY CLUB SHOW" SPONSORED BY KIRCHOFF DISTRIBUTING COMPANY. I VISITED BERNICE AT THE HOSPITAL TUESDAY AND WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION. EVEN THOUGH SHE KNEW THEN THAT THE TIME WAS COMING, SHE LAUGHED AND TALKED ABOUT THE GOOD OLD DAYS THAT WE BOTH REMEMBERED. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE MONDAY AT 2 P.M. AT THE CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA. CARSON'S HAVE A WEB SITE FOR ONLINE TRIBUTES AND ANY OF YOU THAT CARE TO LEAVE A TRIBUTE FOR THE FAMILY CAN GO TO www.carsonand.com.
REST IN PEACE BERNICE AND THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES.
JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IMPROVED IN JUNE, WHEN IT WENT DOWN TO 5.6-PERCENT, DOWN FROM 6 PERCENT IN MAY. IN JUNE LAST YEAR, IT WAS 7.1 PERCENT.
FOR SOME REASON, MOST OF THE NUMBERS IN THIS REPORT ARE SMALL. IN PARAGRAPH ABOVE, THE 6 LOOKS OK, BUT THE 7.1 IS DIFFERENT. ??
BOB DEVINE, I HAVE SOMEONE THAT WANTS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, SO EMAIL TOMORROW AND I'LL FORWARD IT ON TO HIM. I HAVE IT SOMEPLACE, BUT NOT SURE I CAN FIND IT. DON'T WORRY, THE GUY ISN'T GOING TO SELL YOU SOMETHING. BY THE WAY, LEIGHTON HEPKER OF KMAQ AND SON JUSTIN PLAYED GOLF TUESDAY IN PELLA IN THE HAWKEYE NETWORK EVENT AND PLAYED WITH YOUR SON TOM.
DIDN'T KNOW TOM WAS A RADIO SALESMAN FOR THE CHARLES CITY STATION. BOB, TELL US MORE ABOUT TOM. READERS, BOB DEVINE 40 YEARS AGO DID A POPULAR BIG BAND SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOW ON KMAQ-AM. HE WAS ALSO A PRETTY GOOD GOLFER AND HIS DAD-IN-LAW OWNED THE PRESTON TIMES FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. ED BLACK WAS HIS NAME AND HIS DAUGHTER MARY AND BOB GOT TOGETHER SOMEWHERE.
POLICE BLOTTER: GAS IS HIGHER THAN MANY LIKE. SOMEONE TOOK ABOUT 10 GALLONS OF GAS FROM DAVID PETERS VEHICLE ON CARDINAL DRIVE.
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS HELD TONIGHT AND IN CLOSED SESSION TO TALK ABOUT BUYING SOME PROPERTY. NO IDEA WHAT PROPERTY.
THANKS FOR COMING BY AGIAN.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
83 THE HIGH TODAY...NICE DAY.
THE NEW MANAGER OF THE JACKSON COUNTY FARM SERVICE AGENCY IS TOM LANE. HE TAKES OVER THE JOB NEXT WEEK VACATED BY THE RETIREMENT THIS PAST SPRING OF DOUG LARSEN.
HE HAS BEEN A SHARED FSA MANAGER THE LAST 15 YEARS, SERVING BOTH HENRY AND LEE COUNTIES.
NOW..HE'S COMING BACK HOME. HIS PARENTS ARE LELAND AND JEANNETTE LANE OF PRESTON AND
HIS WIFE IS THE FORMER ROBIN DAVISON OF MAQUOKETA. THEY HAVE 3 DAUGHTERS.
THE SIX FINALSTS FOR MAQUOKETA POLICE CHEIF HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AND INCLUDE 3 MEN ON THE FORCE....CRAIG JACKSON, BRAD KORANDA AND BOB SIMONSON.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER....ELMER KRUMVIEDE AT 203 SO. MAIN STREET REPORTED SOMEONE KICKED-IN THE DOOR TO HIS APARTMENT.
MAQUOKETA POLICE FOUND A SADDLED HORSE THIS MORNING ON WEST APPLE AFTER ITS OWNER HAD EARLIER REPORTED IT WAS GONE. JED HINZ TOLD POLICE HE TIED UP THE HORSE AT THE WET SPOT BAR ON EAST PLATT AT 3 A.M. THE HORSE APPARENTLY GOT LOOSE AND WAS FOUND BY POLICE AT 7:30 THIS MORNING.
A FORMER MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN DIED MONDAY WHILE VACATIONING IN WISCONSIN.
GARY BUDD, AGE 69, FROM CAMANCHE, SERVED ON THE MAQUOKETA COUNCIL AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE MAQUOKETA JAYCEE CLUB OVER 30 YEARS AGO, WHEN HE WAS THE LOCAL TELEPHONE MANAGER.
HE RETIRED FROM U.S. WEST IN 1993. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, ORMA, 5 SONS AND 1 DAUGHTER AND 20 GRANDCHILDREN.
KEEP OUT OF TROUBLE.
DENNIS VOY
THE NEW MANAGER OF THE JACKSON COUNTY FARM SERVICE AGENCY IS TOM LANE. HE TAKES OVER THE JOB NEXT WEEK VACATED BY THE RETIREMENT THIS PAST SPRING OF DOUG LARSEN.
HE HAS BEEN A SHARED FSA MANAGER THE LAST 15 YEARS, SERVING BOTH HENRY AND LEE COUNTIES.
NOW..HE'S COMING BACK HOME. HIS PARENTS ARE LELAND AND JEANNETTE LANE OF PRESTON AND
HIS WIFE IS THE FORMER ROBIN DAVISON OF MAQUOKETA. THEY HAVE 3 DAUGHTERS.
THE SIX FINALSTS FOR MAQUOKETA POLICE CHEIF HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AND INCLUDE 3 MEN ON THE FORCE....CRAIG JACKSON, BRAD KORANDA AND BOB SIMONSON.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER....ELMER KRUMVIEDE AT 203 SO. MAIN STREET REPORTED SOMEONE KICKED-IN THE DOOR TO HIS APARTMENT.
MAQUOKETA POLICE FOUND A SADDLED HORSE THIS MORNING ON WEST APPLE AFTER ITS OWNER HAD EARLIER REPORTED IT WAS GONE. JED HINZ TOLD POLICE HE TIED UP THE HORSE AT THE WET SPOT BAR ON EAST PLATT AT 3 A.M. THE HORSE APPARENTLY GOT LOOSE AND WAS FOUND BY POLICE AT 7:30 THIS MORNING.
A FORMER MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN DIED MONDAY WHILE VACATIONING IN WISCONSIN.
GARY BUDD, AGE 69, FROM CAMANCHE, SERVED ON THE MAQUOKETA COUNCIL AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE MAQUOKETA JAYCEE CLUB OVER 30 YEARS AGO, WHEN HE WAS THE LOCAL TELEPHONE MANAGER.
HE RETIRED FROM U.S. WEST IN 1993. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, ORMA, 5 SONS AND 1 DAUGHTER AND 20 GRANDCHILDREN.
KEEP OUT OF TROUBLE.
DENNIS VOY
WELL...HOW ABOUT THAT.
NOT ONLY DID THE TEST SHOW UP...BUT SO DID THE TUESDAY REPORT.
IT IS 8 A.M. AND A BEAUTIFUL WEDNESDAY MORNING IN MAQUOKETA. NO RAIN, HIGH AROUND 80-85 TODAY, SO SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE...AND THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKS GOOD TOO.
MAQUOKETA HAD A POWER FAILURE LAST NIGHT WITH SOME HOUSES WITHOUT POWER UP TO 90 MINUTES.
THEY WILL TRY TODAY TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.
IN BUSINESS NEWS, LOOKS LIKE BOTH O'REILLEY'S AUTO PARTS AND TACO JOHNS ARE CLOSE TO BEING READY TO OPEN, BOTH ON WEST PLATT STREET.
TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY IS THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR. NO, I HAVE NOT HEARD WHO THE PARADE MARSHALL IS.
ENJOY WEDNESDAY, JULY 14TH. WILL TRY TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE FOR YOU LATER TODAY.
DENNIS VOY
NOT ONLY DID THE TEST SHOW UP...BUT SO DID THE TUESDAY REPORT.
IT IS 8 A.M. AND A BEAUTIFUL WEDNESDAY MORNING IN MAQUOKETA. NO RAIN, HIGH AROUND 80-85 TODAY, SO SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE...AND THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKS GOOD TOO.
MAQUOKETA HAD A POWER FAILURE LAST NIGHT WITH SOME HOUSES WITHOUT POWER UP TO 90 MINUTES.
THEY WILL TRY TODAY TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.
IN BUSINESS NEWS, LOOKS LIKE BOTH O'REILLEY'S AUTO PARTS AND TACO JOHNS ARE CLOSE TO BEING READY TO OPEN, BOTH ON WEST PLATT STREET.
TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY IS THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR. NO, I HAVE NOT HEARD WHO THE PARADE MARSHALL IS.
ENJOY WEDNESDAY, JULY 14TH. WILL TRY TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE FOR YOU LATER TODAY.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
HOT AND HUMID TODAY...92
SHORT REPORT TODAY...
DEWITT HIRED A NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LAST NIGHT....FROM DAVENPORT....FOR
$85,000.
BELLEVUE HAS A NEW COUNCILMAN, SELECTED LAST NIGHT TO SERVE UNTIL A SPECIAL ELECTION IN SEPTEMBER. HE IS MIKE DEMPEWOLF. BELLEVUE ALSO IS HOPING TO REPLACE THEIR 42-YEAR OLD SWIMMING POOL WITH A NEW $2.5 MILLION DOLLAR AQUATIC CENTER. BELLEVUE GETS THINGS DONE! CITY ADMINISTRATOR LORAS HERRIG, FORMER MAQUOKETA BANKER, IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY. THEIR NEW WALKWAY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS REALLY NEAT, AND SO IS THEIR NEW SIGN THAT IS VISABLE BY ALL BOATERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI. I TRY TO VISIT BELLEVUE WHENEVER I GET A CHANCE.
THE MAQUOKETA MANPOWER OFFICE HAS CLOSED IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. MAQUOKETA WILL BE SERVED OUT OF THE CLINTON OFFICE. THE LOCAL PHONE NUMBER IS RE-ROUTED TO THE CLINTON OFFICE.
AN OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD FROM 6 'TIL 8 THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK. THERE WILL BE A PROGRAM ON THE HISTORY OF THE PARK ALONG WITH RECOGNITION OF PARK VOLUNTEERS, SAYS PARK RANGER, JIM MAGIRL.
THE DAY OF THE RAGBRAI BIKERS VISIT TO MAQUOKETA, (JULY 30) WHEN THE CITY WILL HOST 10,000-PLUS BIKERS, THERE WILL BE A BUS SHUTTLE SERVICE IN OPERATION THAT WILL GIVE BIKERS A RIDE TO THE CAVES, OUR #1 TOURIST ATTRACTION AND KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST.
COURT NEWS: EVERETT CLARK,AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED LAST NIGHT WITH OWI, 3RD OFFENSE. HE WAS PUT IN JAIL ON CASH BOND OF $16,250.
ROBERT AND TWYLA RUFF MOHR OF SAN ANTONIO ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JULY 10TH IN TEXAS.
GRANDPARENTS ARE MARVIN AND JANET MOHR OF MAQUOKETA.
FOR THE 2ND DAY IN A ROW, NO OBITUARYS IN OUR LOCAL NEWS.
KEEP COOL, WHEREVER YOU ARE.
DENNIS VOY
SHORT REPORT TODAY...
DEWITT HIRED A NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LAST NIGHT....FROM DAVENPORT....FOR
$85,000.
BELLEVUE HAS A NEW COUNCILMAN, SELECTED LAST NIGHT TO SERVE UNTIL A SPECIAL ELECTION IN SEPTEMBER. HE IS MIKE DEMPEWOLF. BELLEVUE ALSO IS HOPING TO REPLACE THEIR 42-YEAR OLD SWIMMING POOL WITH A NEW $2.5 MILLION DOLLAR AQUATIC CENTER. BELLEVUE GETS THINGS DONE! CITY ADMINISTRATOR LORAS HERRIG, FORMER MAQUOKETA BANKER, IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY. THEIR NEW WALKWAY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS REALLY NEAT, AND SO IS THEIR NEW SIGN THAT IS VISABLE BY ALL BOATERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI. I TRY TO VISIT BELLEVUE WHENEVER I GET A CHANCE.
THE MAQUOKETA MANPOWER OFFICE HAS CLOSED IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. MAQUOKETA WILL BE SERVED OUT OF THE CLINTON OFFICE. THE LOCAL PHONE NUMBER IS RE-ROUTED TO THE CLINTON OFFICE.
AN OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD FROM 6 'TIL 8 THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK. THERE WILL BE A PROGRAM ON THE HISTORY OF THE PARK ALONG WITH RECOGNITION OF PARK VOLUNTEERS, SAYS PARK RANGER, JIM MAGIRL.
THE DAY OF THE RAGBRAI BIKERS VISIT TO MAQUOKETA, (JULY 30) WHEN THE CITY WILL HOST 10,000-PLUS BIKERS, THERE WILL BE A BUS SHUTTLE SERVICE IN OPERATION THAT WILL GIVE BIKERS A RIDE TO THE CAVES, OUR #1 TOURIST ATTRACTION AND KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST.
COURT NEWS: EVERETT CLARK,AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED LAST NIGHT WITH OWI, 3RD OFFENSE. HE WAS PUT IN JAIL ON CASH BOND OF $16,250.
ROBERT AND TWYLA RUFF MOHR OF SAN ANTONIO ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JULY 10TH IN TEXAS.
GRANDPARENTS ARE MARVIN AND JANET MOHR OF MAQUOKETA.
FOR THE 2ND DAY IN A ROW, NO OBITUARYS IN OUR LOCAL NEWS.
KEEP COOL, WHEREVER YOU ARE.
DENNIS VOY
HOT AND HUMID TODAY...92
SHORT REPORT TODAY...
DEWITT HIRED A NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LAST NIGHT....FROM DAVENPORT....FOR
$85,000.
BELLEVUE HAS A NEW COUNCILMAN, SELECTED LAST NIGHT TO SERVE UNTIL A SPECIAL ELECTION IN SEPTEMBER. HE IS MIKE DEMPEWOLF. BELLEVUE ALSO IS HOPING TO REPLACE THEIR 42-YEAR OLD SWIMMING POOL WITH A NEW $2.5 MILLION DOLLAR AQUATIC CENTER. BELLEVUE GETS THINGS DONE! CITY ADMINISTRATOR LORAS HERRIG, FORMER MAQUOKETA BANKER, IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY. THEIR NEW WALKWAY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS REALLY NEAT, AND SO IS THEIR NEW SIGN THAT IS VISABLE BY ALL BOATERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI. I TRY TO VISIT BELLEVUE WHENEVER I GET A CHANCE.
THE MAQUOKETA MANPOWER OFFICE HAS CLOSED IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. MAQUOKETA WILL BE SERVED OUT OF THE CLINTON OFFICE. THE LOCAL PHONE NUMBER IS RE-ROUTED TO THE CLINTON OFFICE.
AN OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD FROM 6 'TIL 8 THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK. THERE WILL BE A PROGRAM ON THE HISTORY OF THE PARK ALONG WITH RECOGNITION OF PARK VOLUNTEERS, SAYS PARK RANGER, JIM MAGIRL.
THE DAY OF THE RAGBRAI BIKERS VISIT TO MAQUOKETA, (JULY 30) WHEN THE CITY WILL HOST 10,000-PLUS BIKERS, THERE WILL BE A BUS SHUTTLE SERVICE IN OPERATION THAT WILL GIVE BIKERS A RIDE TO THE CAVES, OUR #1 TOURIST ATTRACTION AND KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST.
COURT NEWS: EVERETT CLARK,AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED LAST NIGHT WITH OWI, 3RD OFFENSE. HE WAS PUT IN JAIL ON CASH BOND OF $16,250.
ROBERT AND TWYLA RUFF MOHR OF SAN ANTONIO ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JULY 10TH IN TEXAS.
GRANDPARENTS ARE MARVIN AND JANET MOHR OF MAQUOKETA.
FOR THE 2ND DAY IN A ROW, NO OBITUARYS IN OUR LOCAL NEWS.
KEEP COOL, WHEREVER YOU ARE.
DENNIS VOY
SHORT REPORT TODAY...
DEWITT HIRED A NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LAST NIGHT....FROM DAVENPORT....FOR
$85,000.
BELLEVUE HAS A NEW COUNCILMAN, SELECTED LAST NIGHT TO SERVE UNTIL A SPECIAL ELECTION IN SEPTEMBER. HE IS MIKE DEMPEWOLF. BELLEVUE ALSO IS HOPING TO REPLACE THEIR 42-YEAR OLD SWIMMING POOL WITH A NEW $2.5 MILLION DOLLAR AQUATIC CENTER. BELLEVUE GETS THINGS DONE! CITY ADMINISTRATOR LORAS HERRIG, FORMER MAQUOKETA BANKER, IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY. THEIR NEW WALKWAY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS REALLY NEAT, AND SO IS THEIR NEW SIGN THAT IS VISABLE BY ALL BOATERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI. I TRY TO VISIT BELLEVUE WHENEVER I GET A CHANCE.
THE MAQUOKETA MANPOWER OFFICE HAS CLOSED IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. MAQUOKETA WILL BE SERVED OUT OF THE CLINTON OFFICE. THE LOCAL PHONE NUMBER IS RE-ROUTED TO THE CLINTON OFFICE.
AN OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD FROM 6 'TIL 8 THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK. THERE WILL BE A PROGRAM ON THE HISTORY OF THE PARK ALONG WITH RECOGNITION OF PARK VOLUNTEERS, SAYS PARK RANGER, JIM MAGIRL.
THE DAY OF THE RAGBRAI BIKERS VISIT TO MAQUOKETA, (JULY 30) WHEN THE CITY WILL HOST 10,000-PLUS BIKERS, THERE WILL BE A BUS SHUTTLE SERVICE IN OPERATION THAT WILL GIVE BIKERS A RIDE TO THE CAVES, OUR #1 TOURIST ATTRACTION AND KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST.
COURT NEWS: EVERETT CLARK,AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED LAST NIGHT WITH OWI, 3RD OFFENSE. HE WAS PUT IN JAIL ON CASH BOND OF $16,250.
ROBERT AND TWYLA RUFF MOHR OF SAN ANTONIO ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JULY 10TH IN TEXAS.
GRANDPARENTS ARE MARVIN AND JANET MOHR OF MAQUOKETA.
FOR THE 2ND DAY IN A ROW, NO OBITUARYS IN OUR LOCAL NEWS.
KEEP COOL, WHEREVER YOU ARE.
DENNIS VOY
HOT AND HUMID TODAY...92
SHORT REPORT TODAY...
DEWITT HIRED A NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LAST NIGHT....FROM DAVENPORT....FOR
$85,000.
BELLEVUE HAS A NEW COUNCILMAN, SELECTED LAST NIGHT TO SERVE UNTIL A SPECIAL ELECTION IN SEPTEMBER. HE IS MIKE DEMPEWOLF. BELLEVUE ALSO IS HOPING TO REPLACE THEIR 42-YEAR OLD SWIMMING POOL WITH A NEW $2.5 MILLION DOLLAR AQUATIC CENTER. BELLEVUE GETS THINGS DONE! CITY ADMINISTRATOR LORAS HERRIG, FORMER MAQUOKETA BANKER, IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY. THEIR NEW WALKWAY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS REALLY NEAT, AND SO IS THEIR NEW SIGN THAT IS VISABLE BY ALL BOATERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI. I TRY TO VISIT BELLEVUE WHENEVER I GET A CHANCE.
THE MAQUOKETA MANPOWER OFFICE HAS CLOSED IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. MAQUOKETA WILL BE SERVED OUT OF THE CLINTON OFFICE. THE LOCAL PHONE NUMBER IS RE-ROUTED TO THE CLINTON OFFICE.
AN OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD FROM 6 'TIL 8 THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK. THERE WILL BE A PROGRAM ON THE HISTORY OF THE PARK ALONG WITH RECOGNITION OF PARK VOLUNTEERS, SAYS PARK RANGER, JIM MAGIRL.
THE DAY OF THE RAGBRAI BIKERS VISIT TO MAQUOKETA, (JULY 30) WHEN THE CITY WILL HOST 10,000-PLUS BIKERS, THERE WILL BE A BUS SHUTTLE SERVICE IN OPERATION THAT WILL GIVE BIKERS A RIDE TO THE CAVES, OUR #1 TOURIST ATTRACTION AND KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST.
COURT NEWS: EVERETT CLARK,AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED LAST NIGHT WITH OWI, 3RD OFFENSE. HE WAS PUT IN JAIL ON CASH BOND OF $16,250.
ROBERT AND TWYLA RUFF MOHR OF SAN ANTONIO ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JULY 10TH IN TEXAS.
GRANDPARENTS ARE MARVIN AND JANET MOHR OF MAQUOKETA.
FOR THE 2ND DAY IN A ROW, NO OBITUARYS IN OUR LOCAL NEWS.
KEEP COOL, WHEREVER YOU ARE.
DENNIS VOY
SHORT REPORT TODAY...
DEWITT HIRED A NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LAST NIGHT....FROM DAVENPORT....FOR
$85,000.
BELLEVUE HAS A NEW COUNCILMAN, SELECTED LAST NIGHT TO SERVE UNTIL A SPECIAL ELECTION IN SEPTEMBER. HE IS MIKE DEMPEWOLF. BELLEVUE ALSO IS HOPING TO REPLACE THEIR 42-YEAR OLD SWIMMING POOL WITH A NEW $2.5 MILLION DOLLAR AQUATIC CENTER. BELLEVUE GETS THINGS DONE! CITY ADMINISTRATOR LORAS HERRIG, FORMER MAQUOKETA BANKER, IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY. THEIR NEW WALKWAY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS REALLY NEAT, AND SO IS THEIR NEW SIGN THAT IS VISABLE BY ALL BOATERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI. I TRY TO VISIT BELLEVUE WHENEVER I GET A CHANCE.
THE MAQUOKETA MANPOWER OFFICE HAS CLOSED IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. MAQUOKETA WILL BE SERVED OUT OF THE CLINTON OFFICE. THE LOCAL PHONE NUMBER IS RE-ROUTED TO THE CLINTON OFFICE.
AN OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD FROM 6 'TIL 8 THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK. THERE WILL BE A PROGRAM ON THE HISTORY OF THE PARK ALONG WITH RECOGNITION OF PARK VOLUNTEERS, SAYS PARK RANGER, JIM MAGIRL.
THE DAY OF THE RAGBRAI BIKERS VISIT TO MAQUOKETA, (JULY 30) WHEN THE CITY WILL HOST 10,000-PLUS BIKERS, THERE WILL BE A BUS SHUTTLE SERVICE IN OPERATION THAT WILL GIVE BIKERS A RIDE TO THE CAVES, OUR #1 TOURIST ATTRACTION AND KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST.
COURT NEWS: EVERETT CLARK,AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED LAST NIGHT WITH OWI, 3RD OFFENSE. HE WAS PUT IN JAIL ON CASH BOND OF $16,250.
ROBERT AND TWYLA RUFF MOHR OF SAN ANTONIO ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JULY 10TH IN TEXAS.
GRANDPARENTS ARE MARVIN AND JANET MOHR OF MAQUOKETA.
FOR THE 2ND DAY IN A ROW, NO OBITUARYS IN OUR LOCAL NEWS.
KEEP COOL, WHEREVER YOU ARE.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, July 12, 2004
LITTLE RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND AND TODAY, SUNNY AND WARM...HIGH 80'S.
TWO MOTORCYLE ACCIDENTS IN OUR AREA SATURDAY.
TWO PEOPLE WERE THROWN FROM A MOTORCYCLE SATURDAY NIGHT NEAR SPRINGBROOK AND WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. THE DRIVER WAS JUSTIN MEGGERS, 23, OF CHARLOTTE AND HIS PASSENGER WAS KAYLA FULRATH, 21, OF BETTENDORF. KAYLA WAS TREATED AND RELESED.
THAT ACCIDENT HAPPENED AFTER 9 P.M. EARLIER SATURDAY, AROUND 4:30 P.M....THERE WAS ALSO A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 52 SOUTH OF BELLEVUE. DRIVER OF THE CYCLE WAS WESLEY SCHWARTZ, AGE 49, OF BRYANT, AND HE RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND HIS PASSENGER, ALSO FROM BRYANT, JOLENE SCHWARTZ, WAS LISTED WITH MAJOR INJURIES. THE MOTORCYLE SKIDDED 60 FEET, AND STAYED UPRIGHT, HOWEVER JOLENE WAS THROWN OFF THE BACK.
COURT NEWS: JEFFREY BUEGE, 37, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH OWI AND OPEN CONTAINER VIOLATION WHEN STOPPED AROUND MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. ALSO, IN ANOTHER INCIDENT, ROXANNE ALFONSO, AGE 43, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH OWI AT 12:29 SUNDAY A.M. ON WEST PLATT STREET.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: PHYLLIS ARENDS REPORTED SOME LAUNDRY WAS TAKEN AT 1:30 A.M. ON JUNE 12TH AT THE LAUNDRY MAX ON WEST PLATT STREET. IT WAS VALUED AT $465.
AND KEVIN SCOTT OF SOUTH CLARK STREET, REPORTED SOMETIMES IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEK, A UTILITY TRAILER WAS TAKEN FROM HIS PROPERTY.
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS AFTERNOON AT 5:30...TO TALK ABOUT BUYING A NEW BACKHOE AND ALSO ON FUTURE LAND USE PLANNING.
JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY JOHN KIES HOPES TO HAVE THE MURDER TRIAL OF A BELLEVUE MAN WHO HAS BEEN MISSSING FOR TWO YEARS, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. HE TOLD THE SUPERVISORS TODAY THAT HE WILL BE ASKING FOR SOME FINANCIAL HELP FROM THE COUNTY TO OFFSET HIS BUDGET TO CONDUCT A MURDER TRIAL. THE TRIAL WOULD BE FOR DOUGLAS BRUIN, WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE FOR ALLEGEDLY KILLING GROGORY MAY IN JANUARY, 2001, IN BELLEVUE.
THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK IS JUDY VAN HECKE, OWNER OF THE SHOPPER HERE IN MAQUOKETA. A COLOR PICTURE OF HER AND A STORY ABOUT HER,APPEARS ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE....www.maquoketa-rotary.org
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS OVER THE WEEKEND. IN FACT, WE HAVE NOT ONE OBITURY NOTICE TO READ ON THE NEWS FINAL TONIGHT. THIS SELDOM HAPPENS.
THE CEDAR COUNTY FAIR IN TIPTON IS THIS WEEK. KMAQ WILL AGAIN BE BROADCASTING LIVE FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
TWO MOTORCYLE ACCIDENTS IN OUR AREA SATURDAY.
TWO PEOPLE WERE THROWN FROM A MOTORCYCLE SATURDAY NIGHT NEAR SPRINGBROOK AND WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. THE DRIVER WAS JUSTIN MEGGERS, 23, OF CHARLOTTE AND HIS PASSENGER WAS KAYLA FULRATH, 21, OF BETTENDORF. KAYLA WAS TREATED AND RELESED.
THAT ACCIDENT HAPPENED AFTER 9 P.M. EARLIER SATURDAY, AROUND 4:30 P.M....THERE WAS ALSO A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 52 SOUTH OF BELLEVUE. DRIVER OF THE CYCLE WAS WESLEY SCHWARTZ, AGE 49, OF BRYANT, AND HE RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND HIS PASSENGER, ALSO FROM BRYANT, JOLENE SCHWARTZ, WAS LISTED WITH MAJOR INJURIES. THE MOTORCYLE SKIDDED 60 FEET, AND STAYED UPRIGHT, HOWEVER JOLENE WAS THROWN OFF THE BACK.
COURT NEWS: JEFFREY BUEGE, 37, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH OWI AND OPEN CONTAINER VIOLATION WHEN STOPPED AROUND MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. ALSO, IN ANOTHER INCIDENT, ROXANNE ALFONSO, AGE 43, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH OWI AT 12:29 SUNDAY A.M. ON WEST PLATT STREET.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: PHYLLIS ARENDS REPORTED SOME LAUNDRY WAS TAKEN AT 1:30 A.M. ON JUNE 12TH AT THE LAUNDRY MAX ON WEST PLATT STREET. IT WAS VALUED AT $465.
AND KEVIN SCOTT OF SOUTH CLARK STREET, REPORTED SOMETIMES IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEK, A UTILITY TRAILER WAS TAKEN FROM HIS PROPERTY.
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS AFTERNOON AT 5:30...TO TALK ABOUT BUYING A NEW BACKHOE AND ALSO ON FUTURE LAND USE PLANNING.
JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY JOHN KIES HOPES TO HAVE THE MURDER TRIAL OF A BELLEVUE MAN WHO HAS BEEN MISSSING FOR TWO YEARS, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. HE TOLD THE SUPERVISORS TODAY THAT HE WILL BE ASKING FOR SOME FINANCIAL HELP FROM THE COUNTY TO OFFSET HIS BUDGET TO CONDUCT A MURDER TRIAL. THE TRIAL WOULD BE FOR DOUGLAS BRUIN, WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE FOR ALLEGEDLY KILLING GROGORY MAY IN JANUARY, 2001, IN BELLEVUE.
THE ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK IS JUDY VAN HECKE, OWNER OF THE SHOPPER HERE IN MAQUOKETA. A COLOR PICTURE OF HER AND A STORY ABOUT HER,APPEARS ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE....www.maquoketa-rotary.org
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS OVER THE WEEKEND. IN FACT, WE HAVE NOT ONE OBITURY NOTICE TO READ ON THE NEWS FINAL TONIGHT. THIS SELDOM HAPPENS.
THE CEDAR COUNTY FAIR IN TIPTON IS THIS WEEK. KMAQ WILL AGAIN BE BROADCASTING LIVE FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, July 09, 2004
A LITTLE RAIN THIS MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY...HIGH OF 79.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1964 IS HAVING THEIR 40TH CLASS RE-UNION TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.
A PORTION OF THE CLINTON ENGINES LAND (OWNED BY THE CITY NOW) LOCATED EAST OF THE
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A CITY COMPOST FACILITY. INITIAL DISCUSSION WAS HELD THIS PAST TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AN 18-YEAR OLD QUAD-CITY GIRL RECEIVED INJURIES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER FALLING 30 FEET AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK. THE MAQUOKETA RESCUE SQUAD WAS CALLED AND SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS TREATED FOR ARM AND RIB INJURIES.
SUNSHINE SCHOOL HAS A MINOR FIRE THIS MORNING IN ONE OF THE STOVES. WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED AT 8:45, IT WAS ALMOST OUT AND FIREMEN STARTED SOME FANS TO TAKE THE SMOKE OUT OF BUILDING.
A TWO CAR ACCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT AT WALNUT AND GROVE AND ONE OF THE DRIVERS, JESSICA BORMANN, AGE 18, OF BELLEVUE WAS CHARGED WITH STOP SIGN VIOLATION. THE OTHER CAR WAS DRIVEN BY DANIEL SHADY, AGE 40, OF MAQUOEKTA. EACH CAR RECEIVED OVER $2,000 IN DAMAGES IN THE BROADSIDE ACCIDENT. NO INJURIES.
IN DISTRICT COURT, PAMELA HANSEN OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 90 DAYS, ALL SUSPENDED,ON THEFT IN THE 3RD DEGREE, ENHANCED. SHE WAS FINED $1,000 AND ORDERED TO MAKE RESTITUTION TO THE FAREWAY STORE IN MAQUOKETA IN THE AMOUNT OF $240.73.
THE WYOMING FAIR STARTS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES THRU SUNDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN WYOMING, IOWA...THE 70TH ANNUAL. KMAQ AM AND FM WILL BROADCAST THE PARADE AT 6:30 TONIGHT, WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER AT THE MIC.
THEN ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT, THE CARDINALS-CUBS GAME.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1964 IS HAVING THEIR 40TH CLASS RE-UNION TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.
A PORTION OF THE CLINTON ENGINES LAND (OWNED BY THE CITY NOW) LOCATED EAST OF THE
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A CITY COMPOST FACILITY. INITIAL DISCUSSION WAS HELD THIS PAST TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AN 18-YEAR OLD QUAD-CITY GIRL RECEIVED INJURIES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER FALLING 30 FEET AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK. THE MAQUOKETA RESCUE SQUAD WAS CALLED AND SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS TREATED FOR ARM AND RIB INJURIES.
SUNSHINE SCHOOL HAS A MINOR FIRE THIS MORNING IN ONE OF THE STOVES. WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED AT 8:45, IT WAS ALMOST OUT AND FIREMEN STARTED SOME FANS TO TAKE THE SMOKE OUT OF BUILDING.
A TWO CAR ACCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT AT WALNUT AND GROVE AND ONE OF THE DRIVERS, JESSICA BORMANN, AGE 18, OF BELLEVUE WAS CHARGED WITH STOP SIGN VIOLATION. THE OTHER CAR WAS DRIVEN BY DANIEL SHADY, AGE 40, OF MAQUOEKTA. EACH CAR RECEIVED OVER $2,000 IN DAMAGES IN THE BROADSIDE ACCIDENT. NO INJURIES.
IN DISTRICT COURT, PAMELA HANSEN OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 90 DAYS, ALL SUSPENDED,ON THEFT IN THE 3RD DEGREE, ENHANCED. SHE WAS FINED $1,000 AND ORDERED TO MAKE RESTITUTION TO THE FAREWAY STORE IN MAQUOKETA IN THE AMOUNT OF $240.73.
THE WYOMING FAIR STARTS TONIGHT AND CONTINUES THRU SUNDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN WYOMING, IOWA...THE 70TH ANNUAL. KMAQ AM AND FM WILL BROADCAST THE PARADE AT 6:30 TONIGHT, WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER AT THE MIC.
THEN ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT, THE CARDINALS-CUBS GAME.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, July 08, 2004
BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 79
ATVS CAN NO LONGER BE RIDDEN IN RIGHT OF WAYS ALONG PUBLIC RAODS. THAT REMINDER CAME TODAY FROM DNR OFFICER, JIM MAGIRL. THE LAW WENT INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST.
IN COURT NEWS: TRISHA DELONG, 29, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY IN THE 3RD DEGREE FOR ENTERING A VEHICLE AT 2:30 TUESDAY MORNING ON FAMILY DOLLAR PARKWAY SOUTH OF TOWN. SHE WENT THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW AND TOOK ITEMS.
FRANCIS MARSHALL, JR, 33, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASEBALL TEAM HAS WON 5 GAMES IN A ROW. THEIR RECORD IS 11 AND 22 AND THEY PLAY AGAIN TONIGHT.
BLAINE D. BAGUSS, AGE 27, OF KANSAS CITY, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY AT KANSAS CITY. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WAS IN KC THIS AFTERNOON. HE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON....A BROTHER, JOSHUA....A SISTER, KATRINA....HIS MOTHER, MARJORIE LAFFERTY AND HIS FATRHER, CHARLES BAGUSS OF MAQUOKETA.
WILLIE NELSON HAS CANCELLED HIS APPEARANCE AT THE JONES COUNTY FAIR LATER THIS MONTH.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
ATVS CAN NO LONGER BE RIDDEN IN RIGHT OF WAYS ALONG PUBLIC RAODS. THAT REMINDER CAME TODAY FROM DNR OFFICER, JIM MAGIRL. THE LAW WENT INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST.
IN COURT NEWS: TRISHA DELONG, 29, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY IN THE 3RD DEGREE FOR ENTERING A VEHICLE AT 2:30 TUESDAY MORNING ON FAMILY DOLLAR PARKWAY SOUTH OF TOWN. SHE WENT THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW AND TOOK ITEMS.
FRANCIS MARSHALL, JR, 33, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASEBALL TEAM HAS WON 5 GAMES IN A ROW. THEIR RECORD IS 11 AND 22 AND THEY PLAY AGAIN TONIGHT.
BLAINE D. BAGUSS, AGE 27, OF KANSAS CITY, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY AT KANSAS CITY. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WAS IN KC THIS AFTERNOON. HE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON....A BROTHER, JOSHUA....A SISTER, KATRINA....HIS MOTHER, MARJORIE LAFFERTY AND HIS FATRHER, CHARLES BAGUSS OF MAQUOKETA.
WILLIE NELSON HAS CANCELLED HIS APPEARANCE AT THE JONES COUNTY FAIR LATER THIS MONTH.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
4/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN AROUND 8 LAST NIGHT. TODAY, CLOUDY AND COOL WITH HIGH IN 60'S,
AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT....
IT WAS LEARNED THAT MMEU(MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER) AND THE CITY IS PLANNING TO START DISCUSSIONS WITH THE INTENT OF ACQUIRING THE LOCAL NATURAL GAS COMPANY SERVING MAQUOKETA. THERE WAS A 90-MINUTE CLOSED SESSION ON THE SUBJECT LAST NIGHT, PRIOR TO THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. THE CURRENT GAS SUPPLIER, IS AQUILA AND THEIR FRANCHISE WITH THE CITY EXPIRESS IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR. THIS COULD BE INTERESTING...AND IF IT HAPPENS, COULD BE BIG FOR MAQUOKETA AND ITS CITIZENS. AN ELECTION WOULD BE A PART OF THIS IF THE TALKS GO ANYWHERE.
ALSO LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL IS THINKING OF PULLING THE PLUG ON SOME OF THE MAQUOKETA RIVER TRAIL. THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO GO ALONG THE LENTH OF THE RIVER ALL THE WAY TO THE BICENTENNIAL PARK ACROSS FROM THE HOSPITAL. INSTEAD, THE COUNCIL IS THINKING OF A SHORTER VERSION,STARTING ON THE DIKE BEHIND THE BALLPARKS AND ENDING UP ON NORTH 5TH STREET AT THE CURRENT BOAT DOCK. I HOPE THEY CAN STILL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE PARK, SO MORE OF THE RIVER COULD BE ENJOYED BY WALKERS AND PARK VISITORS. THERE IS A GRANT TO DO ABOUT HALF OF THE WALK. THE ORIGINAL PLAN CALLS FOR ANOTHER 20 FOOT EASEMENT THE CITY DOES NOT NOW HAVE AND THE OWNER, JOHN THOLA, IS ASKSING $40,000 FOR THE ADDITIONAL EASMENT. PLUS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EROSION CONTROL OF THE RIVER BANK IN THE FUTURE AND THIS COULD BE COSTLY.
SOME VANDALISM....THE DOOR OF THE 5TH WARD PARK WELL HOUSE WAS DAMAGED...
PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE AT SOUTH EDGE OF TOWN HAD MARKERS AND FLAGS PULLED FROM THE GROUND....AND BEV RILEY OF 5TH STREET REPORTED THE HOOD AND REAR DOOR OF HER 2003 DODGE WAS KEYED.
CORRECTION ON THE WINNER OF THE CAR AT BELLEVUE SUNDAY. HE IS JOSH SCHECKEL....I REPORTED JOHN. HE IS THE OWNER OF JJ SCHECKEL CONSTRUCTION ON HIGHWAY 52 SOUTH OF BELLEVUE.
COURT NEWS: TARA TALLMAN, AGE 19, WAS FINED $82 ON CHARGES OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
AND CHARGES OF THEFT IN THE 5TH DEGREE WERE DISMISSED AGAINST RYAN TRACY, 22, OF MAQUOKETA.
LIGHT RAIN IS COMING DOWN IN MAQUOKETA RIGHT NOW.
HAD COFFEE YESTERDAY WITH LEON MORRIS OF TEXAS AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. HE GRADUATED FROM MCHS AND WENT INTO THE ARMY WHERE HE WAS A PILOT FOR 20 YEARS. THEN AFTER RETIREMENT IN THE ARMY, HE WENT INTO TRAINING TO BECOME A COMMERCIAL AIRLINE PILOT...AND HAS BEEN A PILOT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, CURRENTLY, DOING A DAILY RUN FROM DALLAS TO MINNEAPOLIS AND BACK. HIS PARENTS ARE MORRIE AND DOROTHY MORRIS, BOTH RETIRED, MORRIE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DOROTHY FROM KMAQ. HE WILL HAVE TO QUIT FLYING IN ABOUT 3 YEARS WHEN HE REACHES THE MANDATED RETIREMENT AGE FOR COMMERICAL PILOTS, OF 60.
GOOD SEEING HIM AGAIN. HE HAD HAD A BUSY LIFE AS A PILOT...TOO BUSY TO GET MARRIED.
BILL AND JUNE URBANEK AFTER 26 YEARS, LEAVE MAQUOKETA FOR GRAND ISLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA. THEY HAVE SOLD THEIR MAQUOKETA HOME AND PURCHASED ONE THERE, CLOSE TO A COUPLE OF THEIR KIDS. THEY WINTER IN FLORIDA. HE WAS SUPT. OF MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL RETIRING AND HAS BEEN A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN. THEY LEAVE NEXT WEDNESDAY.
WE WILL MISS THEM IN MAQUOKETA AND WISH THEM THE BEST AT THEIR NEW COMMUNITY. HE PLANS TO STAY IN ROTARY.
ST. REP. BOB OSTERHAUS WILL BE A DELEGATE TO THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION LATER THIS MONTH.
HIS CHICAGO CUBS ARE FADING.
CHECK BACK AGAIN SOON.
DENNIS VOY
AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT....
IT WAS LEARNED THAT MMEU(MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER) AND THE CITY IS PLANNING TO START DISCUSSIONS WITH THE INTENT OF ACQUIRING THE LOCAL NATURAL GAS COMPANY SERVING MAQUOKETA. THERE WAS A 90-MINUTE CLOSED SESSION ON THE SUBJECT LAST NIGHT, PRIOR TO THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. THE CURRENT GAS SUPPLIER, IS AQUILA AND THEIR FRANCHISE WITH THE CITY EXPIRESS IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR. THIS COULD BE INTERESTING...AND IF IT HAPPENS, COULD BE BIG FOR MAQUOKETA AND ITS CITIZENS. AN ELECTION WOULD BE A PART OF THIS IF THE TALKS GO ANYWHERE.
ALSO LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL IS THINKING OF PULLING THE PLUG ON SOME OF THE MAQUOKETA RIVER TRAIL. THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO GO ALONG THE LENTH OF THE RIVER ALL THE WAY TO THE BICENTENNIAL PARK ACROSS FROM THE HOSPITAL. INSTEAD, THE COUNCIL IS THINKING OF A SHORTER VERSION,STARTING ON THE DIKE BEHIND THE BALLPARKS AND ENDING UP ON NORTH 5TH STREET AT THE CURRENT BOAT DOCK. I HOPE THEY CAN STILL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE PARK, SO MORE OF THE RIVER COULD BE ENJOYED BY WALKERS AND PARK VISITORS. THERE IS A GRANT TO DO ABOUT HALF OF THE WALK. THE ORIGINAL PLAN CALLS FOR ANOTHER 20 FOOT EASEMENT THE CITY DOES NOT NOW HAVE AND THE OWNER, JOHN THOLA, IS ASKSING $40,000 FOR THE ADDITIONAL EASMENT. PLUS, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EROSION CONTROL OF THE RIVER BANK IN THE FUTURE AND THIS COULD BE COSTLY.
SOME VANDALISM....THE DOOR OF THE 5TH WARD PARK WELL HOUSE WAS DAMAGED...
PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE AT SOUTH EDGE OF TOWN HAD MARKERS AND FLAGS PULLED FROM THE GROUND....AND BEV RILEY OF 5TH STREET REPORTED THE HOOD AND REAR DOOR OF HER 2003 DODGE WAS KEYED.
CORRECTION ON THE WINNER OF THE CAR AT BELLEVUE SUNDAY. HE IS JOSH SCHECKEL....I REPORTED JOHN. HE IS THE OWNER OF JJ SCHECKEL CONSTRUCTION ON HIGHWAY 52 SOUTH OF BELLEVUE.
COURT NEWS: TARA TALLMAN, AGE 19, WAS FINED $82 ON CHARGES OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
AND CHARGES OF THEFT IN THE 5TH DEGREE WERE DISMISSED AGAINST RYAN TRACY, 22, OF MAQUOKETA.
LIGHT RAIN IS COMING DOWN IN MAQUOKETA RIGHT NOW.
HAD COFFEE YESTERDAY WITH LEON MORRIS OF TEXAS AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. HE GRADUATED FROM MCHS AND WENT INTO THE ARMY WHERE HE WAS A PILOT FOR 20 YEARS. THEN AFTER RETIREMENT IN THE ARMY, HE WENT INTO TRAINING TO BECOME A COMMERCIAL AIRLINE PILOT...AND HAS BEEN A PILOT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, CURRENTLY, DOING A DAILY RUN FROM DALLAS TO MINNEAPOLIS AND BACK. HIS PARENTS ARE MORRIE AND DOROTHY MORRIS, BOTH RETIRED, MORRIE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DOROTHY FROM KMAQ. HE WILL HAVE TO QUIT FLYING IN ABOUT 3 YEARS WHEN HE REACHES THE MANDATED RETIREMENT AGE FOR COMMERICAL PILOTS, OF 60.
GOOD SEEING HIM AGAIN. HE HAD HAD A BUSY LIFE AS A PILOT...TOO BUSY TO GET MARRIED.
BILL AND JUNE URBANEK AFTER 26 YEARS, LEAVE MAQUOKETA FOR GRAND ISLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA. THEY HAVE SOLD THEIR MAQUOKETA HOME AND PURCHASED ONE THERE, CLOSE TO A COUPLE OF THEIR KIDS. THEY WINTER IN FLORIDA. HE WAS SUPT. OF MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL RETIRING AND HAS BEEN A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA ROTARIAN. THEY LEAVE NEXT WEDNESDAY.
WE WILL MISS THEM IN MAQUOKETA AND WISH THEM THE BEST AT THEIR NEW COMMUNITY. HE PLANS TO STAY IN ROTARY.
ST. REP. BOB OSTERHAUS WILL BE A DELEGATE TO THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION LATER THIS MONTH.
HIS CHICAGO CUBS ARE FADING.
CHECK BACK AGAIN SOON.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, July 05, 2004
A NICE HOT HUMID DAY TODAY, AROUND 90, WITH RAIN POSSIBLE LATER.
HAD OVER A HALF-INCH OF RAIN SATURDAY MORNING, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO CALL-OFF THE STOCK CAR RACES AND THE FIREWORKS AFTER. RACES WERE SHORT AND A VERY NICE FIREWORKS DISPLAY STARTED A LITTLE AFTER 9:30 P.M. SATURDAY NIGHT.
JOHN SHECKEL OF RURAL BELLEVUE WON THE 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU LAST NIGHT JUST BEFORE THE BELLEVUE FIREWORKS. HE HAD PURCHASED AT LEAST ONE $20 CHANCE IN THE ANNUAL CHAMBER RAFFLE..OR MAYBE THEY WERE $25. I DON'T REMEMBER. IF SHECKEL DOESN'T WANT THE CAR, HE CAN TAKE $15,000 CASH.
THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS ARE ALSO HAVING A NEW VEHICLE RAFFLE...A 2005 FORD FOCUS. TICKETS ARE $20. IN ADDITION TO THE CAR, THE CLUB IS GIVING AWAY THREE RUNNER-UP PRIZES TOTALING $250. THE DRAWING WILL BE DURING HOMECOMING ON OCTOBER 8TH. THE CLUB IS RAISING MONEY FOR THEIR PART OF THE $150,000 DONATION TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO GO TOWARDS THE NEW TRACK FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THE WYOMING, IOWA FAIR AND HORSE SHOW IS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
TIM AND TAMARA WILCOX OF DAYTON, MAINE, ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN JUNE 29TH IN MAINE. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE DON AND RUTH CASTEEL, AND MAXINE WILCOX, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZIN OF THE WEEK" IS JOHN RANDOLPH BURROW, WHO JUST LAST MONTH WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PEACE PIPE PLAYER PRODUCTION OF "GYPSY"....JUST ONE OF MANY HE HAS DIRECTED OVER THE YEARS.
SEE A PICTURE AND STORY AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
ALSO ON THE WEB SITE, SEVERAL PICTURES TAKEN AT THE RECENT ICECREAM SOCIAL AND BAND CONCERT AND A COUPLE VIDIOS TAKEN AT THE DUCK RACE.
A PICTURE TOO OF NEW ROTARY PRESIDENT, RICH HAINSTOCK, WHO TOOK OVER THE ROTARY REINS FROM JACK WILLEY ON JULY 1ST.
I GOT A NEW PUTTER FOR FATHER'S DAY....ANXIOUS TO USE IT....SHOULD TAKE OFF AT LEAST 2 STROKES. OH, I ALSO GOT A PUSH-BUTTON COUNTER TO CARRY WITH ME WHEN PLAYING GOLF...TO KEEP TRACK OF MY SCORE, PER HOLE. MIGHT
STILL BE A PROBLEM HOWEVER, AS IT ONLY GOES TO 10.
DID YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE TOP MOVIE GOERS AT MY THEATRE IS
REGINA SAGERS? SHE LOVES MOVIES! GOES TO A LEAST ONE MOVIE A WEEK. EVEN WENT DOWN TO THE QUAD CITIES TO SEE "FAHRENHEIT 9/11", BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT SURE IT WOULD BE SHOWN HERE IN TOWN. SHE SAID IT WAS OKAY, AS SHE IS A GOOD DEMOCRAT. WE HAVE NOT BOOKED IT FOR MAQUOKETA, AS OF TODAY. A FRIEND OF MINE, BOB FRIDLEY, WHO HAS A CHAIN OF THEATRES IN IOWA PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THAT NONE OF HIS THEATRES WOULD SHOW IT. MY THOUGHTS: I'M NOT SURE THEATRES SHOULD BE PLAYING "60 MINUTES" TYPE SHOWS ON THE BIG MOVIE SCREENS MENT FOR ENTERTAINING, NOT POLITICS. BACK TO REGINA. SHE DRIVES HER CAR, LIVES IN HER BEAUTIFUL HOME OF MANY YEARS AND GOES TO LOTS OF EVENTS IN TOWN. ALSO IS A BIG FAN OF U-CON WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL BECAUSE ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS ON THE TEAM, ANN STROTHER, IS RELATED TO HER. REGINA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN I GOT TO KNOW WHEN I CAME TO MAQUOKETA IN THE LATE 50'S, AS I RENTED A ROOM FROM HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, CECILIA SAGERS. NOW...TO CLOSE THIS STORY...REGINA IS 90...BUT YOU WOULD GUESS SHE'S IN HER 60'S.
"SPIDERMAN 2" IS BREAKING RECORDS. HAS NOT BEEN THAT BIG HERE IN
MAQUOKETA FOR SOME REASON?
HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYBODY!
DENNIS VOY
HAD OVER A HALF-INCH OF RAIN SATURDAY MORNING, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO CALL-OFF THE STOCK CAR RACES AND THE FIREWORKS AFTER. RACES WERE SHORT AND A VERY NICE FIREWORKS DISPLAY STARTED A LITTLE AFTER 9:30 P.M. SATURDAY NIGHT.
JOHN SHECKEL OF RURAL BELLEVUE WON THE 2004 CHEVROLET MALIBU LAST NIGHT JUST BEFORE THE BELLEVUE FIREWORKS. HE HAD PURCHASED AT LEAST ONE $20 CHANCE IN THE ANNUAL CHAMBER RAFFLE..OR MAYBE THEY WERE $25. I DON'T REMEMBER. IF SHECKEL DOESN'T WANT THE CAR, HE CAN TAKE $15,000 CASH.
THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS ARE ALSO HAVING A NEW VEHICLE RAFFLE...A 2005 FORD FOCUS. TICKETS ARE $20. IN ADDITION TO THE CAR, THE CLUB IS GIVING AWAY THREE RUNNER-UP PRIZES TOTALING $250. THE DRAWING WILL BE DURING HOMECOMING ON OCTOBER 8TH. THE CLUB IS RAISING MONEY FOR THEIR PART OF THE $150,000 DONATION TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO GO TOWARDS THE NEW TRACK FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THE WYOMING, IOWA FAIR AND HORSE SHOW IS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
TIM AND TAMARA WILCOX OF DAYTON, MAINE, ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN JUNE 29TH IN MAINE. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE DON AND RUTH CASTEEL, AND MAXINE WILCOX, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY "CITIZIN OF THE WEEK" IS JOHN RANDOLPH BURROW, WHO JUST LAST MONTH WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PEACE PIPE PLAYER PRODUCTION OF "GYPSY"....JUST ONE OF MANY HE HAS DIRECTED OVER THE YEARS.
SEE A PICTURE AND STORY AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
ALSO ON THE WEB SITE, SEVERAL PICTURES TAKEN AT THE RECENT ICECREAM SOCIAL AND BAND CONCERT AND A COUPLE VIDIOS TAKEN AT THE DUCK RACE.
A PICTURE TOO OF NEW ROTARY PRESIDENT, RICH HAINSTOCK, WHO TOOK OVER THE ROTARY REINS FROM JACK WILLEY ON JULY 1ST.
I GOT A NEW PUTTER FOR FATHER'S DAY....ANXIOUS TO USE IT....SHOULD TAKE OFF AT LEAST 2 STROKES. OH, I ALSO GOT A PUSH-BUTTON COUNTER TO CARRY WITH ME WHEN PLAYING GOLF...TO KEEP TRACK OF MY SCORE, PER HOLE. MIGHT
STILL BE A PROBLEM HOWEVER, AS IT ONLY GOES TO 10.
DID YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE TOP MOVIE GOERS AT MY THEATRE IS
REGINA SAGERS? SHE LOVES MOVIES! GOES TO A LEAST ONE MOVIE A WEEK. EVEN WENT DOWN TO THE QUAD CITIES TO SEE "FAHRENHEIT 9/11", BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT SURE IT WOULD BE SHOWN HERE IN TOWN. SHE SAID IT WAS OKAY, AS SHE IS A GOOD DEMOCRAT. WE HAVE NOT BOOKED IT FOR MAQUOKETA, AS OF TODAY. A FRIEND OF MINE, BOB FRIDLEY, WHO HAS A CHAIN OF THEATRES IN IOWA PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THAT NONE OF HIS THEATRES WOULD SHOW IT. MY THOUGHTS: I'M NOT SURE THEATRES SHOULD BE PLAYING "60 MINUTES" TYPE SHOWS ON THE BIG MOVIE SCREENS MENT FOR ENTERTAINING, NOT POLITICS. BACK TO REGINA. SHE DRIVES HER CAR, LIVES IN HER BEAUTIFUL HOME OF MANY YEARS AND GOES TO LOTS OF EVENTS IN TOWN. ALSO IS A BIG FAN OF U-CON WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL BECAUSE ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS ON THE TEAM, ANN STROTHER, IS RELATED TO HER. REGINA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN I GOT TO KNOW WHEN I CAME TO MAQUOKETA IN THE LATE 50'S, AS I RENTED A ROOM FROM HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, CECILIA SAGERS. NOW...TO CLOSE THIS STORY...REGINA IS 90...BUT YOU WOULD GUESS SHE'S IN HER 60'S.
"SPIDERMAN 2" IS BREAKING RECORDS. HAS NOT BEEN THAT BIG HERE IN
MAQUOKETA FOR SOME REASON?
HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYBODY!
DENNIS VOY
Friday, July 02, 2004
HOT HOT HOT....NEAR 90 TODAY.
A FORMER MAQUOKETA MAN IS IN JAIL AFTER POLICE FOUND HIM HIDING IN A HOUSE HE WAS APPARENTLY BURGLARIZING EARLY THIS MORNING. DENNIS DIDOMINICUS, 34, NOW OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. HE ALLEGEDLY BROKE INTO A RESIDENCE AT 310 N. ELIZA AT 3:51 THIS MORNING AND OFFICERS FOUND HIM LYING IN A CLOSIT WHILE THEY WERE SEARCHING THE HOME. OFFICERS ALSO FOUND TWO BOOK BAGS FILLED WITH ITEMS FROM THE HOUSE. HE TOLD OFFICERS THE BOOK BAGS WERE HIS.
THE SEARCH FOR A NEW POLICE CHEIF WILL PROBABLY START ALL OVER AGAIN, AND WILL CONSIDER ALL OF THE ORIGINAL 11 CANDIDATES. THIS COMES OUT OF THE MEETING LAST NIGHT OF THE CITY PERSONNEL COMMITTEE AND THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. WHAT A PROCESS THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE.
FOR MOST PEOPLE, MONDAY WILL BE A HOLIDAY HERE IN TOWN. MOST PLACES WILL BE CLOSED.
MAQUOKETA WILL AGAIN HAVE FIREWORKS SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 3RD, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, AFTER THE STOCK CAR RACES.
COURT NEWS: A LOST NATION MAN, WILLIAM R. BENTON, AGE 44, WHO IN FEBRUARY STABBED TWO MAQUOKETA MEN (DANIEL RINIKER AND RYAN RENFROW) DURING A FIGHT AT 1205 E. PLATT STREET, HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 365 DAYS IN JAIL, 245 DAYS SUSPENDED, LEAVING 120 DAYS IN JAIL ON AMENDED CHARGES OF ASSAULT.
BENJAMIN J. SCHUELLER, 24, OF MAQUOKETA RECEIVED A DEFERRED JUDGEMENT ON CHARGES OF OMVI. HE WAS ARRESTED IN APRIL IN BELLEVUE.
A PICTURE OF ME POINTING OUT THE HOLE IN KMAQ'S BUILDING, IS ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS....YOU CAN CLICK ON TO IT FROM KMAQ'S HOME PAGE.
SCHMIDT CONSTRUCTION PLANS TO FILL IN THE HOLE NEXT WEEK.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT THE LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR SAVERNA A. CLARK, AGE 82, OF MAQUOKETA WHO DIED THIS MORNING AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR DANIEL (DANNY) LYONS, AGE 49, OF THORNTON, COLORADO, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. HE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY AT HIS HOME. AMONG SURVIVORS ARE HIS FATHER AND STEP-MOTHER, ROBERT AND DONNA LYONS OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO A BROTHER, DON, WHO LIVES IN WESTERN IOWA AND IS A COACH THERE.
BANOWETZ ANTIQUES IS HAVING THEIR 34TH ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY SALE, THRU MONDAY. THEY COME HERE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 50,000 SQUARE FEET OF ANTIQUES IN TWO BUILDINGS. SACRED HEART CHURCH YOUTH CLUB IS OPERATING A FOOD STAND.
HAD FRESH GREEN BEANS YESTERDAY FROM NIM'S GARDEN ON PERSHING ROAD....NEXT UP...FRESH GARDEN PEAS. MIX THOSE IN WITH HOME GROWN POTATOES AND YOU HAVE A DELICACY.
FIREWORKS MONDAY NIGHT AT BOTH BELLEVUE AND LAMOTTE. ALSO GRAND MOUND AND CLINTON IN CLINTON COUNTY AND I BELIEVE ALSO IN OXFORD JUNCTION.
BILL MOLER'S MEN'S WEAR JULY WALL TO WALL SALE STARTS NEXT WEEK...LIKE CLOCKWORK EVERY JULY. AND RIDICULOUS DAY IS ALSO JUST AROUND THE CORNER IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE HANDY.
PAT COSTELLO IS HAVING HIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS POPULAR OLD RESTORED GRAIN MILL JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA...THIS WEEKEND. COSTELLO'S OLD MILL GALERY HAS BEEN A POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION ALL THESE YEARS.
HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
A FORMER MAQUOKETA MAN IS IN JAIL AFTER POLICE FOUND HIM HIDING IN A HOUSE HE WAS APPARENTLY BURGLARIZING EARLY THIS MORNING. DENNIS DIDOMINICUS, 34, NOW OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. HE ALLEGEDLY BROKE INTO A RESIDENCE AT 310 N. ELIZA AT 3:51 THIS MORNING AND OFFICERS FOUND HIM LYING IN A CLOSIT WHILE THEY WERE SEARCHING THE HOME. OFFICERS ALSO FOUND TWO BOOK BAGS FILLED WITH ITEMS FROM THE HOUSE. HE TOLD OFFICERS THE BOOK BAGS WERE HIS.
THE SEARCH FOR A NEW POLICE CHEIF WILL PROBABLY START ALL OVER AGAIN, AND WILL CONSIDER ALL OF THE ORIGINAL 11 CANDIDATES. THIS COMES OUT OF THE MEETING LAST NIGHT OF THE CITY PERSONNEL COMMITTEE AND THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. WHAT A PROCESS THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE.
FOR MOST PEOPLE, MONDAY WILL BE A HOLIDAY HERE IN TOWN. MOST PLACES WILL BE CLOSED.
MAQUOKETA WILL AGAIN HAVE FIREWORKS SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 3RD, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, AFTER THE STOCK CAR RACES.
COURT NEWS: A LOST NATION MAN, WILLIAM R. BENTON, AGE 44, WHO IN FEBRUARY STABBED TWO MAQUOKETA MEN (DANIEL RINIKER AND RYAN RENFROW) DURING A FIGHT AT 1205 E. PLATT STREET, HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 365 DAYS IN JAIL, 245 DAYS SUSPENDED, LEAVING 120 DAYS IN JAIL ON AMENDED CHARGES OF ASSAULT.
BENJAMIN J. SCHUELLER, 24, OF MAQUOKETA RECEIVED A DEFERRED JUDGEMENT ON CHARGES OF OMVI. HE WAS ARRESTED IN APRIL IN BELLEVUE.
A PICTURE OF ME POINTING OUT THE HOLE IN KMAQ'S BUILDING, IS ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS....YOU CAN CLICK ON TO IT FROM KMAQ'S HOME PAGE.
SCHMIDT CONSTRUCTION PLANS TO FILL IN THE HOLE NEXT WEEK.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT THE LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR SAVERNA A. CLARK, AGE 82, OF MAQUOKETA WHO DIED THIS MORNING AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR DANIEL (DANNY) LYONS, AGE 49, OF THORNTON, COLORADO, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. HE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY AT HIS HOME. AMONG SURVIVORS ARE HIS FATHER AND STEP-MOTHER, ROBERT AND DONNA LYONS OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO A BROTHER, DON, WHO LIVES IN WESTERN IOWA AND IS A COACH THERE.
BANOWETZ ANTIQUES IS HAVING THEIR 34TH ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY SALE, THRU MONDAY. THEY COME HERE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 50,000 SQUARE FEET OF ANTIQUES IN TWO BUILDINGS. SACRED HEART CHURCH YOUTH CLUB IS OPERATING A FOOD STAND.
HAD FRESH GREEN BEANS YESTERDAY FROM NIM'S GARDEN ON PERSHING ROAD....NEXT UP...FRESH GARDEN PEAS. MIX THOSE IN WITH HOME GROWN POTATOES AND YOU HAVE A DELICACY.
FIREWORKS MONDAY NIGHT AT BOTH BELLEVUE AND LAMOTTE. ALSO GRAND MOUND AND CLINTON IN CLINTON COUNTY AND I BELIEVE ALSO IN OXFORD JUNCTION.
BILL MOLER'S MEN'S WEAR JULY WALL TO WALL SALE STARTS NEXT WEEK...LIKE CLOCKWORK EVERY JULY. AND RIDICULOUS DAY IS ALSO JUST AROUND THE CORNER IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE HANDY.
PAT COSTELLO IS HAVING HIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS POPULAR OLD RESTORED GRAIN MILL JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA...THIS WEEKEND. COSTELLO'S OLD MILL GALERY HAS BEEN A POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION ALL THESE YEARS.
HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, July 01, 2004
HOT AND HUMID TODAY..HIGH OF 89.
ANDREW SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A NEW SUPERINTENDENT TO REPLACE SARAH PINION WHO IS TAKING THE SUPERINTENDENT JOB AT JESUP. KENT HAMMER, AGE 56, STARTED TODAY. HE HAD HELD THAT POSITION WITH SEVERAL DISTRICTS IN ILLINOIS, BEFORE RETIRING. MOST RECENTLY, HE WAS EMPLOYED PART-TIME BY THE BETTENDORF SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE AND HIS WIFE LIVE IN FULTON, ILLINOIS.
A MAN FROM BERNARD, MIKE KREMER, AGE 81, WAS ABOUT TO PARK IN THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK PARKING LOT JUST NORTH OF KMAQ. HE SAID HIS FOOT FELL ASLEEP AND HE COULD NOT REACH THE BRAKE IN TIME AND HIS PICKUP SLAMMED INTO THE KMAQ BUILDING JUST AFTER 3 THIS AFTERNOON. WE ALL HEARD IT. RAN OUT AND FOUND A 4 BY 4 HOLE IN THE CEMENT BLOCK GARAGE AREA OF OUR BUILDING. THE MAN WAS NOT INJURED. A PIECE OF PLYWOOD COVERS THE HOLE UNTIL IT CAN BE RE-BLOCKED.
KEVIN SCHECKEL OF N. MAIN,MAQUOKETA, SAID SOMEONE KICKED HIS SCREEN DOOR IN AND DAMAGED IT ON WEDNESDAY.
YESTERDAY, READERS OF THE DUBUQUE TELEGRAPH HERALD, INCLUDING ME, READ AN INTERESTING AP STORY THAT SAYS SURVEYS ARE SHOWING THAT COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOLS ARE GETTING OLD AROUND THE COUNTRY AND SWIMMING POPULARITY IS GOING DOWN QUITE A BIT. MAQUOKETA HAS A DRIVE UNDERWAY (6 YEARS OLD) TO REPLACE THE PRESENT POOL WITH A NEW INDOOR ONE. LITTLE MONEY RAISED SO FAR FOR THE ESTIMATED $4MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, THAT INCLUDES A HEALTH CLUB AND GYM. ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ARTICLE, SHOULD SIMPLY EMAIL ME (kmaq@kmaq.com) AND I WILL EMAIL THE STORY TO YOU.
CLAY JOHNSON JR, AGE 19, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH OWI AND NO INSURANCE WHEN STOPPED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING ON SOUTH MATTESON.
JERRY RASMUSSEN, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF MY MORNING COFFEE GROUP AT THE DECKER CELEBRATED HIS 84TH YESTERDAY. YUP, JERRY STILL HAS HIS '53
CORVETTE. I THINK ITS A '53. WORTH A LOT OF MONEY. HE AND DOROTHY TAKE A RIDE OCCASSIONALLY. THEY HAVE HAD GUESTS FROM DENMARK THE PAST TWO WEEKS...RELATIVES...AASE AMD RICHARD JOHANSEN OF KOLDING, DENMARK.
RICHARD IS 64 AND WE ENJOYED HIS VISITS WITH US AT COFFEE. JERRY'S
ANCESTORS ARE FROM DENMARK AND JERRY AND DOROTHY HAVE VISITED THE COUNTRY QUITE A FEW TIMES. ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, AFTER RETIRING, JERRY WROTE BOOK ABOUT MAQUOKETA. GOOD BOOK. IF YOU WANT ONE, LET ME KNOW. I BELIEVE HE HAS A FEW LEFT. IF SO, HE MIGHT EVEN AUTOGRAPH IT FOR YOU.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
TAKE IT COOL.
DENNIS VOY
ANDREW SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A NEW SUPERINTENDENT TO REPLACE SARAH PINION WHO IS TAKING THE SUPERINTENDENT JOB AT JESUP. KENT HAMMER, AGE 56, STARTED TODAY. HE HAD HELD THAT POSITION WITH SEVERAL DISTRICTS IN ILLINOIS, BEFORE RETIRING. MOST RECENTLY, HE WAS EMPLOYED PART-TIME BY THE BETTENDORF SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE AND HIS WIFE LIVE IN FULTON, ILLINOIS.
A MAN FROM BERNARD, MIKE KREMER, AGE 81, WAS ABOUT TO PARK IN THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK PARKING LOT JUST NORTH OF KMAQ. HE SAID HIS FOOT FELL ASLEEP AND HE COULD NOT REACH THE BRAKE IN TIME AND HIS PICKUP SLAMMED INTO THE KMAQ BUILDING JUST AFTER 3 THIS AFTERNOON. WE ALL HEARD IT. RAN OUT AND FOUND A 4 BY 4 HOLE IN THE CEMENT BLOCK GARAGE AREA OF OUR BUILDING. THE MAN WAS NOT INJURED. A PIECE OF PLYWOOD COVERS THE HOLE UNTIL IT CAN BE RE-BLOCKED.
KEVIN SCHECKEL OF N. MAIN,MAQUOKETA, SAID SOMEONE KICKED HIS SCREEN DOOR IN AND DAMAGED IT ON WEDNESDAY.
YESTERDAY, READERS OF THE DUBUQUE TELEGRAPH HERALD, INCLUDING ME, READ AN INTERESTING AP STORY THAT SAYS SURVEYS ARE SHOWING THAT COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOLS ARE GETTING OLD AROUND THE COUNTRY AND SWIMMING POPULARITY IS GOING DOWN QUITE A BIT. MAQUOKETA HAS A DRIVE UNDERWAY (6 YEARS OLD) TO REPLACE THE PRESENT POOL WITH A NEW INDOOR ONE. LITTLE MONEY RAISED SO FAR FOR THE ESTIMATED $4MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, THAT INCLUDES A HEALTH CLUB AND GYM. ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ARTICLE, SHOULD SIMPLY EMAIL ME (kmaq@kmaq.com) AND I WILL EMAIL THE STORY TO YOU.
CLAY JOHNSON JR, AGE 19, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH OWI AND NO INSURANCE WHEN STOPPED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING ON SOUTH MATTESON.
JERRY RASMUSSEN, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF MY MORNING COFFEE GROUP AT THE DECKER CELEBRATED HIS 84TH YESTERDAY. YUP, JERRY STILL HAS HIS '53
CORVETTE. I THINK ITS A '53. WORTH A LOT OF MONEY. HE AND DOROTHY TAKE A RIDE OCCASSIONALLY. THEY HAVE HAD GUESTS FROM DENMARK THE PAST TWO WEEKS...RELATIVES...AASE AMD RICHARD JOHANSEN OF KOLDING, DENMARK.
RICHARD IS 64 AND WE ENJOYED HIS VISITS WITH US AT COFFEE. JERRY'S
ANCESTORS ARE FROM DENMARK AND JERRY AND DOROTHY HAVE VISITED THE COUNTRY QUITE A FEW TIMES. ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, AFTER RETIRING, JERRY WROTE BOOK ABOUT MAQUOKETA. GOOD BOOK. IF YOU WANT ONE, LET ME KNOW. I BELIEVE HE HAS A FEW LEFT. IF SO, HE MIGHT EVEN AUTOGRAPH IT FOR YOU.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.
TAKE IT COOL.
DENNIS VOY
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