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 

 
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