HIGH OF 42 TODAY....AND TOMORROW, A LITTLE WARMER, AND THEN 50'S FOR FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS EASILY DEFEATED MARION LAST NIGHT HERE IN TOWN.....FINAL SCORE 79 TO 69. ADAM HEPKER HAD A NEW CAREER HIGH OF 38 POINTS. THEY PLAY AT INDEPENDENCE TOMORROW NIGHT TO CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR SEASON.
THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT BEGINS TONIGHT AND DR. PAUL KOOB IS THERE TO DESCRIBE THE MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM. HOPEFULLY I CAN GIVE YOU A GOOD REPORT TOMORROW.
A BOMB THREAT LATE THIS MORNING AT THE CALAMUS-WHEATLAND JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINGIN WHEATLAND. THE STUDENTS WERE SENT HOME. A BOMB DETECTION DOG FROM LINN COUNTY WAS BROUGHT IN TO ASSIST IN THE SEARCH FOR A BOMB AND NONE WAS FOUND.
INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE.
THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL HAVE AN OFFICE IN THE CITY AGAIN. THE HOUSING BOARD, CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND EAST CENTRAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGENCY MET FOR NEARLY 2 HOURS LAST NIGHT TO HAMMER OUT AN AGREEMENT. ECIA AGREED TO PUT SOMEONE IN THE CITY HALL OFFICE AT LEAST ONE DAY A WEEK. THE OFFICE PROBLEM DEVELOPED AFTER THE MAQUOKETA HOUSING DIRECTOR FOR MANY YEARS, "MIM" BROWN , WAS FIRED FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING $50,000 OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF FROM THE MAQUOKETA HOUSING AUTHORITY.
POLICE BLOTTER: SOMEONE BROKE INTO ONE OF THE BUILDING ON THE FAIRGROUNDS AND LEFT THE LIGHTS ON AND ALSO TURNED ON AN OUTSIDE WATER FAUCET.
AND...SOMEONE TRIED TO BREAK INTO A POP MACHINE AT BOWMAN'S STANDARD STATION ON SOUTH MAIN.
IN COURT NEWS: RANDY DAVIS, 48, OF MAQUOKETA WAS SENTENCE TO 3 DAYS IN JAIL, TWO DAYS SUSPENDED, AND CREDIT GIVEN FOR ONE DAY, ON CHARGES OF ASSAULT.
MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY WITNESSES SAID DAVID THREATENED MERLE KLOSSNER WITH AN AX HANDLE ON FEBRUARY 3RD AT 504 ROSEMERE LANE IN MAQUOKETA.
ON THE STORK REPORT: MARY PAT AND MARCIO AZEVADO OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN FRIDAY, AT THIER HOME IN MAQUOKETA. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE TED AND PAT MAZE OF MAQUOKETA.
NO DEATHS.
GOOD CHICKEN AND NOODLES LAST NIGTH AT THE SHROVE TUESDAY SUPPER AT ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA. DON REYNER SOLD ME A COUPLE TICKETS AND GLAD HE DID. GOOD SALADS TOO. THE QUILT RAFFLE WINNER WAS FROM MILES, IOWA.
THE KMAQ WEB SITE HAS A RAGBRAI LINK. CLICK ON FROM THE HOME PAGE.
CHECK TODAY'S KMAQ GUEST BOOK FOR AN EXCELLENT
HISTORY STORY ON ED KIRCHOFF. IN FACT, THERE ARE TWO ENTRIES, ONE BY AN EMPLOYEE OF ED'S AND THE OTHER BY NEIGHBOR.
ELSIE SHAW OF MAQUOKETA WAS A BIG KMAQ RADIO BINGO WINDOW THE OTHER DAY. WON THE REGULAR PRIZES FOR THE DAY AND ALSO THE $75.00 CASH BONUS FOR GETTING BLACK OUT BINGO BEFORE 54 NUMBERS WERE CALLED.
RADIO BINGO IS ON KMAQ AM AND FM FROM 3:30 UNTIL 4 EACH AFTERNOON, MONDAY THRU FRIDAY. LEIGHTON HEPKER CALLS OUT THE NUMBERS ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AND I CALL OUT ON THE OTHER TWO DAYS.
MAQUOKETA IS A GOOD BINGO TOWN. THERE ARE 3 BINGO SESSIONS EVERY WEEK HERE, IN ADDITION TO KMAQ'S GAME.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD.
YESTERDAY, DOROTHY AND MORRIE MORRIS CELEBRATED THEIR 59TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND BOB AND FRANCIS MELVOLD WINTERING DOWN IN FLORIDA, CELEBRATED THIER
60TH RECENTLY, WITHIN THE PAST WEEK OR SO.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW FOR WRESTLING RESULTS....AND MORE.
DENNIS VOY
