RAINY TODAY, HIGH OF 36....THE WARM WEATHER CONTINUES AND WILL UNTIL AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. NO SUNSHINE. NOT VERY NICE, EXCEPT NICE FOR FUEL BILLS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER EARLIER THIS MONTH.

TAMMY MANG, OF NORTH OLIVE IN MAQUOKETA, REPORTED HER CAR STOLEN CHRISTMAS DAY.
YESTERDAY, IT WAS RECOVERED SITTING ON THE STREET IN HEARTLAND TRAILER COURT.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH CLASSES OF 1985 AND 1986 ARE HAVING A JOINT 20-YEAR CLASS RE-UNION NEW YEAR'S EVE IN MAQUOKETA. INTERESTING IDEA.

THE MAQUOKETA RESCUE SQUAD HAS A NEW TRUCK. IT IS LARGER AND CARRIES MORE PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT. PERSONNEL NO LONGER CAN RIDE IN THE BACK AND MUST WEAR SEAT BELTS. THE TRUCK IS A DIFFERENT DESIGN AND LOOKS MORE LIKE A BIG-BOX STYLE.
IT COST $247,000 AND A 10-YEAR $125,000 LOAN WILL BE PAID OFF IN 10 YEARS. THE OLD RESCUE TRUCK WAS SOLD FOR $71,000 TO GO TOWARD THE NEW ONE, PLUS ALLIANCE PIPLINE GAVE $20,000 AND THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION $10,000.

JERRY ROLLINGER, AGE 65, A MCHS 1959 GRAD AND A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ANAMOSA, DIED AFTER A SUDDEN HEART ATTACK. HIS FUNERAL WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY IN ANAMOSA. HE WAS RETIRED FROM ROCKWELL COLLINS, WHERE HE WORKED AFTER 4-YEARS IN THE AIRFORCE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE JOY (MERRICK), TWO DAUGHTERS, 3 GRANDCHILDREN, THREE SISTERS AND A BROTHER, JOE OF MAQUOKETA.

GOT A NICE EMAIL TODAY FROM JON NISSEN, OF WAIPAHU, HI....A 1981 MCHS GRAD....TELLING US HE LIKES LISTENING TO THE JUST TALK FRIDAY CALL-IN SHOW ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE.
TODAY'S SHOW IS UP NOW. MAYBE SOMEDAY, JON WILL DO A GUEST BOOK ENTRY AND TELL US MORE ABOUT HIS LIFE SINCE LEAVING MAQUOKETA. THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE HAVE THE GUEST BOOK.

THE GREG MAY MURDER STORY (MAY WAS FROM BELLEVUE) WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF AN UPCOMING SEGMENT OF 48 HOURS ON CBS NEXT SATURDAY, JANUARY 7TH, DURING THE REGULAR TIME SLOT.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

DENNIS VOY

LOTS OF FOGGY WEATHER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS, AND MORE COMING.

THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN NOT MUCH NEWS.....A FEW MINOR ACCIDENTS.

THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF OPENINGS ON CITY BOARDS TO FILL....OVER 20 IN FACT.
THESE ARE VOLUNTEER JOBS AND MOST REQUIRE ATTENDING AT LEAST ONE MEETING A MONTH. I CAN'T RECALL SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF OPENINGS. PEOPLE ARE TOO BUSY TO SERVE THESE DAYS I GUESS. INTERESTED? INQUIRE A CITY HALL AND LOOK OVER THE LIST. THEY HOPE FOR VOLUNTERS BY THIS FRIDAY.

RUTH ANN RIORDAN, AGE 85, DEID SUNDAY. HER FULL OBITUARY IS AT
www.carsonandson.com

DON'T FORGET.....EVERY FRIDAY "JUST TALK" CALL-IN SHOW IS NOW UP ON THE KMAQ SITE...GO TO HOME PAGE www.kmaq.com AND CLICK ON THE PICTURE OF
LEIGHTON HEPKER TALKING ON THE TELEPHONE. YOU'LL HEAR SOME PEOPLE YOU KNOW.....THAT IS IF YOU RECOGNIZE THEIR VOICE.

DON'T FORGET OUR KMAQ "GUEST BOOK". GOOD TIME OF THE YEAR TO BRIEFLY TELL US WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THIS YEAR WHERE YOU LIVE....AND WISH SOME FRIENDS OR RELATIVES BY NAME, A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
MAKE A PREDICTION (OR WISH) OR TWO FOR NEXT YEAR. GO TO
www.kmaq.com AND CLICK TO THE GUEST BOOK.

THANKS AGAIN FOR STOPPING BY.

DENNIS VOY

WARM TODAY, IN THE 40'S.

THE GANNON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH BOARD HELD A MEETING YESTERDAY TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE PLIGHT OF THE CENTER. JACKSON COUNTY'S FIVE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MET AT THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OFFICE AND TOOK PART IN THE MEETING BY CONFERENCE CALL.
THE BOARD SPENT SOME TIME DISCUSSING OPTIONS IN LIGHT OF INADEQUATE FUNDING BEING RECEIVED FROM DUBUQUE AND JACKSON COUNTIES. THE GANNON CENTER THIS YEAR CLOSED THEIR ANDREW-JACKSON CARE CENTER NORTH OF ANDREW AND HAVE AN OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA, IN THE BUILDING THAT FOR MANY YEARS WAS ROSENBERG AUTO SUPPLY. IF GANNON WOULD EVER CEASE TO EXIST, THERE WOULD BE A REAL PROBLEM FOR DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH IN JACKSON COUNTY.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT, LOST TO DAVENPORT WEST, 46 TO 11.
MAQUOKETA HAD 3 WINS......BY CASEY STUART (112#)....DARRON FUGLSANG (119#) AND ADAM PAPE (189#)....AND IN ALL 3 MATCHES, THEY DEFEATED A PAST STATE QUALIFIER.

THERE IS SNOW IN OUR FORECAST FOR CHRISTMAS EVE.

HAVE HAD OVER 800 HITS ON THIS PAGE THE LAST COUPLE DAYS....TO ALL OF YOU AND OTHERS....A WISH TO YOU ALL FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

NOW....ONE FINAL NOTE.... WATCH OUT FOR THOSE EXTRA CALORIES.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

DENNIS VOY

GOT UP INTO THE UPPER 30'S TODAY.....SOME SNOW AND ICE MELTED.
LOOKS LIKE MAQUOKETA WILL GOT SOME SNOW CHRISTMAS EVE....GOOD CHANCE. NO SNOW CHRISTMAS DAY.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS HOST DAVENPORT TONIGHT AND DR. PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL BROADCAST THE MATCHES ON KMAQ-AM. ON FM TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE IOWA HAWKEYE MEN'S GAME.

THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE TALK ABOUT THE SUPER WAL MART IN MAQUOKETA FOR WEEKS. LAST NIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS HELD AT JOINT 90-MINUTE MEETING WITH A WAL MART ENGINEER. EVERYTHING IS STILL GO TO START CONSTRUCTION OF THE $8-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IN THE SPRING, AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE CITY.

SOON, THE NUMBER OF "HITS" TO THIS "DAILY REPORT" OVER THE YEARS....WILL HIT A HALF-MILLION.

DENNIS VOY

MOSTLY SUNNY TODAY, HIGH OF 19.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO WEST DELAWARE LAST NIGHT BY 2 POINTS.
AND THE MAQUOKETA BOYS ALSO LOST BY TWO TO WEST DELAWARE UP AT MANCHESTER.

THE SUPERVISORS APPROVED YESTERDAY, BUYING NEW VOTING MACHINES FOR JACKSON COUNTY.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PROVIDING $152,680 AND THE COUNTY PAYS THE BALANCE OF
$33,401. SUPERVISOR KOOS SAID ITS ANOTHER BILL THE COUNTY DIDN'T NEED. SUPERVISOR WILLEY ALSO SAID THE COUNTY HAS PERFECTLY GOOD MACHINES NOW AND THEY WORK PERFECTLY.
BUT, THE DON'T MEET THE NEW STANDARDS. BIGGER IN POPULATION CLINTON COUNTY WILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH $178,000 FOR THEIR SHARE AND HAVE NOT DECIDED WEHRE THE MONEY WILL COME FROM. ALL THIS BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS IN FLORIDA DURING THE LAST PRESEDENTIAL ELECTION.

THE CITY COUNCIL AND SUPERVISORS HAVE A JOINT MEETING TONIGHT TO DISCUSS MATTERS RELATED TO THE NEW SUPER WALMART FOR MAQUOKETA.

JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTY TERRY ROLING HIT A DEER WITH HIS SQUAD CAR LAST NIGHT TWO MILES NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA. DAMAGE TO THE CAR, $2,500.

STEPHANY CLARK AND NICHOLAS HAYES OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST THURSDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRAND PARENTS ARE BRYAN CLARK AND WENDY CLARK, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA AND DIANE HAYES OF MAQUOKETA.

CONSOLATION PRIZE FOR ME. NO MONEY FROM THE TOOTH FAIRY UNDER MY PILLOW, BUT DENNIS AND MARY BECK DROPPED OFF A CHRISTMAS COOKIE THIS MORNING.

JOY TO YOUR WORLD.

DENNIS VOY

HIGH OF 22 TODAY.

THE JACKSON COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASED TO 5.6 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER, UP FROM
4.6 PERCENT IN OCTOBER.

CITY COUNCILMAN JOHN CRESSEY ATTENDED HIS FINAL MEETING LAST NIGHT. HAS SERVED FOR 8 YEARS. HE DID NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION. HIS REPLACEMENT JANUARY 1ST. WILL BE JASON HUTE.

LITTLE SHEPHERD CHRISTIAN PRE-SCHOOL, LOCATED AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, HAS A NEW INTERUM DIRECTOR, AMY FISHWILD, REPLACING CINDY HECK WHO RESIGNED TO TAKE A NEW JOB IN JANUARY, AS REPORTED A COUPLE DAYS AGO ON THIS REPORT. AMY, A MEMBER OF FIRST LUTHERAN, HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN CHILDREN'S MINISTRY AT THE CHURCH.

A LONGTIME, RETIRED MAQUOKETA BARBER, RICHARD A. MILLER, AGE 81, DIED LAST NIGHT. HIS FULL OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HOST WEST DELAWARE TONIGHT IN BASKETBALL WHILE THE BOYS TEAMS ARE AT MANCHESTER TO TAKE ON THE HAWKS.

MANY YEARS AGO, I HAD 3 WISDOM TEETH PULLED, AND HAD KIND OF A ROUGH TIME WITH THE PROCEDURE. AND ALSO FOR NEARLY THAT MANY YEARS, DR. LEO BIEHL (NOW RETIRED) HAD URGED ME TO HAVE THE 4TH ONE ALSO TAKEN OUT. BUT I PUT IT OFF, AND OFF AND OFF. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, IT STARTED GIVING ME SOME PROBLEMS AND I FINIALLY DECIDED THE TIME HAS COME. SO YESTERDAY, DR. BUDDY ATIENZA PULLED IT. AND, TO MY SATISFACTION....NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER. NONE. BUDDY IS MY HERO TODAY.

BUT...DARN IT....I PUT IT UNDER MY PILLOW LAST NIGHT....AND NO MONEY THIS MORNING.

BAKE THOSE CHRISTMAS COOKIES YET?

DENNIS VOY

2 BELOW THIS MORNING AND 10 FOR A HIGH TODAY. SUNSHINE GALORE. AND WARMER WEATHER WITH NO SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE WEEK AHEAD.

MAQUOKETA RESCUE SQUAD MEMBERS HAD TO EXTRICATE A MAQUOKETA MAN FROM HIS VEHICLE YESTERDAY MORNING AFTER HE ROLLED THE VEHICLE. PATER ADA, AGE 27, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING. THE ONE-CAR ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY 61 A HALF-MILE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. THE 98 FORD ESCORT WAS TOTALLED AND ADA WAS TREATED AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES.

A RURAL MAQUOKETA HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY FIRE YESTERDAY MORNING AROUND 11:30, ON 74TH STREET NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA OFF THE CAVES ROAD. THE HOME WAS OWNED BY LAWRENCE RILEY AND RENTED BY BILL STETLER. MAY HAVE STARTED BY A WOOD BURNING STOVE.
NO ONE INJURED. FIRE CHEIF MARK B ECK SAID 19 FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED THE BLAZE FOR A COUPLE HOURS.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.

MELISSA AND DAVE DAVIS OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN MONDAY DEC 12TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDFATHER IS DANNY MILLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND GRANDPARENTS ARE ALSO PAM AND LARRY DAVIS OF MAQUOKETA.

HAROLD SWANSON, 74, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUDDENLY IN HIS SLEEP SUNDAY MORNING.
COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BEAT 4TH RATED DEWITT FRIDAY NIGHT AT DEWITT AND HERE IN MAQUOKETA, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS FRIDAY NIGHT LOST TO DEWITT BY 2 POINTS.
SATURDAY, THE BOYS LOST TO NORTHEAST IN A GAME PLAYED AT CLINTON. SATURDAY, THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS PLACED 4TH IN THE DEWITT SABER TOURNAMENT.
AND YESTERDAY, SAGE ROSENFELS OF MAQUOKETA HAD ANOTHER GOOD AFTERNOON WITH THE MIAMI DOLPHINS, THROWING THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN PASS, AS THE DOLPHINS WON THEIR 4TH GAME IN A ROW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYONE.

DENNIS VOY

WINTER CONTINUES. 1/4 INCH OF SNOW YESTERDAY, A LITTLE OVERNIGHT, AND SNOW FLURRIES ON AND OFF TODAY.

A $3-MILLION DOLLAR BINGO PARLOR IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THE FORMER SAVANNA ARMY DEPOT, BY THE SAC AND FOX INDIAN NATION.

TWO TEENAGERS WERE CHARGED WITH BREAKING INTO SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL
ON NOV. 24TH. THEY ARE IN CUSTODY OF THEIR PARENTS AND A PRE-TRIAL HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR DEC. 22ND.

AFTER SPENDING 18 1/2 YEARS AS DIRECTOR OF THE LITTLE SHEPHERD CHRISTIAN PRE-SCHOOL AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA, CINDY HECK HAS ANNOUNCED HER PLANS TO LEAVE THE POST AND WILL BECOME EMPLOYED BY EAST CENTRAL TRAIN AS A HOME DAY CARE CONSULTANT.

THE MAQUOKETA WRETLERS LOST TO INDEPENDENCE LAST NIGHT, BUT DEFEATED
TAMA IN THE DOUBLE DUAL AT TAMA.

TONIGHT THE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY AT DEWITT AND THE MAQUOKETA BOYS TEAMS HOST DEWITT.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

THE WEATHER ISN'T GETTING MUCH BETTER. 4 INCHES OF SNOW YESTERDAY.
LIGHT SNOW ON AND OFF TODAY. MORE SNOW TONIGHT, MAYBE AN INCH.
WE ARE NOW OVER 15 INCHES FOR THE MONTH.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD THIS WEEK GOT A LOOK AT SOME INITIAL COST ESTMATES FOR A PROPOSED NEW 1600-CAPACITY GYM AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH
SCHOOL. THE PROJECT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A NEW WRESTLING AND WEIGHT ROOM, LOCKER ROOMS, A COMMONS AREA AND CAFETERIA. THE COST?
AROUND $5-MILLION DOLLARS. THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM THE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX.

IVARS ILGIS, AGE 63, DIED DECEMBER 8TH IN HERNANDO, FLORIDA. PRIVATE SERVICES WILL BE HELD. HE WAS A FORMER RESIDENT OF MAQUOKETA AND
OPERATED SEVERAL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING A ROOFING COMPANY AND
A MOVING-VAN BUSINESS. WHEN HERE, HE ENJOYED BOATING AND FISHING ON THE MAQUOKETA RIVER AND CAMPING AT 6-B'S. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON, STEVE ILGIS AND DAUGHTER STACEY CHRISTIANSEN, BOTH OF DELHI.
I CAN EMAIL STACY'S EMAIL ADDRESS TO ANYONE WANTING IT.

DOUBLE-DUAL WRESTLING MEET FOR MAQUKETA TONIGHT.

THIS YEAR, CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS FALL ON A SUNDAY AND MANY MAQUOKETA BUSINESS PLACES WILL BE CLOSED DECEMBER 26TH AND JANUARY 2ND.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

DENNIS VOY

ANOTHER WINTER STORM HITS MAQUOKETA.
2 INCHES BY 6 THIS MORNING.
ALL SCHOOLS CANCELLED.
I'D GUESS, ANOTHER 2 OR 3 INCHES TODAY.
SNOW HAS STOPPED.
LOTS OF CANCELLATIONS BEING AIRED ON KMAQ ALL DAY TODAY.....TELELPHONE
HAS BEEN RINGING "OFF THE WALL" AS THEY USED TO SAY YEARS AGO.
MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA HAS ANNOUNCED THE CITY OF
MAQUOKETA WILL BE UNDER A SNOW EMERGENCY STARTING AT 6 TONIGHT.

JOHN REGAN, OWNER OF RCS COMPUTERS IN MAQUOKETA, HAS PURCHASED A-1 APPLIANCE IN MAQUOKETA, FROM ARNOLD KORANDA. ARNOLD HAS RUN THE STORE FOR 31 YEARS AND HE AND HIS WIFE SUE HAVE MOVED TO FLORIDA.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO DYERSVILLE BECKMAN, 53 TO 50 LAST NIGHT AND NOW HAVE A 2 AND 4 RECORD.

THE KMAQ WEB CAM IS NOT WORKING (WORKS FINE HERE AT KMAQ) AND WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND HIGH IN MID 20'S. HAD AN INCH OF SNOW YESTERDAY.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR GAME SATURDAY EVENING AT DAVENPORT NORTH FOR THEIR 2ND WIN AGAINST 3 LOSSES ... AND SATURDAY, IN THE ZIMMERMAN TOURNAMENT IN MAQUOKETA, THE MAQUOKETA GRAPPLERS WON THE TOURNAMENT WITH 4 CARDINALS TAKING FIRST PLACE....
CASEY STEWART, BILLY KIRK, ADAM KOPPES AND DAN DUHME.

A RURAL CHARLOTTE MAN, JOSHUA KACZINSKI, AGEG 22, FACES 3 CHARGES AFTER HE WAS INVOLVED IN A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 1:30 YESTERDAY MORNING IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. HIS CAR FIRST HIT A BUSH IN FRONT OF THE NEW FARM BUREAU BUILDING ON THE CORNER OF PLATT AND OTTO AND THEN STRUCK A UTILITY POLE. HE WAS NOT INJURED. HE WILL BE CITED FOR OWI, FAILING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND HAVING NO INSURANCE.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, ARDELL FELLER, AGE 67, WAS SIGHTED BY MAQUOKETA POLICE ON TWO COUNTS OF HARBORING A BARKING DOG.....IN FACT, HE HAD 3 BARKING DOGS AT HIS RESIDENCE AND WILL PAY OVER $190 IN FINES.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT.

SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR DR. PHILLIP ROUND, AGE 62, A LAS VEGAS CHIROPRACTOR. HE DIED FRIDAY AT LAS VEGAS. HE WAS A FORMER RESIDENT OF MAQUOKETA AND IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, DORIS ROUND OF MAQUOKETA, TWO CHILDREN IN DENVER, COLORADO, TWO BROTHERS, JIM AND STEVE OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER, CLAUDIA IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.
APPARENTLY HE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

THE SUN IS SHINING...
HIGH 15 TODAY.
5 INCHES OF SNOW YESTERDAY, 10 SO FAR THIS MONTH.

A WELTON MAN, WAS KILLED IN A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON JUST WEST OF CALAMUS ON A SNOW-COVERED ROAD. JEFFREY BURMEISTER, 37, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPTIAL IN DEWITT.

A BUNCH OF OTHER ACCIDENTS THE LAST COUPLE DAYS BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.

ERIC AND KIM BOWLING OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST SATURDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE TOM AND MARTHA
BOWLING OF MAQUOKETA.

NO MAQUOKETA HIGH BASKETBALL GAMES TONIGHT.....TOMORROW, THE DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN INVITATIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD ALL DAY AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

IT HAS BEEN SNOWING IN MAQUOKETA SINCE LATE THIS MORNING.
ABOUT 4 INCHES AND STILL COMING DOWN AT 3:30 P.M.

MAQUKETA CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER RECEIVED A 3 AND1/2 PERCENT MERIT RAISE THIS WEEK. THIS HIS SECOND THIS YEAR. IN JULY, HE GOT A 3% RAISE ALONG WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES. HE GOES TO $78,218. HIS RAISE CAME ON A UNAMINOUS VOTE OF THE COUNCIL.

THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MINISTER, MEL VALDEZ, HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION. HIS LAST DAY OF WORK WILL BE DEC. 31ST. HE HAS BEEN WITH THE CHUCH 2 1/2 YEARS AND IN HIS LETTER OF RESIGNATION, SENT TO MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH, HE CITED HIS AND HIS WIFE'S HEALTH PROBLEMS.
HE HAS SERVED THE METHODIST CHURCH FOR 30 YEARS, INCLUDING 17 YEARS AS AN ARMY CHAPLAIN.

LAURA ELSNER, 83, OF DUBUQUE, DIED TODAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, THERESA HANKEMEIER OF MAQUOKETA.

PHONE IS BUSY THIS AFTERNOON WITH WEATHER RELATED POSTPONEMENTS.

SOME FALL WEATHER WE ARE HAVING.

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY

EIGHT BELOW THIS MORNING.
HIGH OF 11 ABOVE TODAY.
CHANCE OF SNOW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS DEFEATED WESTERN DUBUQUE LAST NIGHT BY ONE POINT, A LAST MINUTE BASKET BY LUKE PATTERSON. AND HERE IN TOWN, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ALSO BEAT WESTERN DUBUQUE BY 10
POINTS.

YESTERDAY MORNING, A VEHICLE HIT A BRIDGE BECAUSE OF ICE CONDITIONS. BARBARA KEMP, AGE 43, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 61 AND AS SHE CROSSED THE MAQUOKETA RIVER BRIDGE, HER VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIDE ON SOME ICE AND HIT THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE BRIDGE, RESULTING IN $2,500 DAMAGE TO HER 2003 CHEVY TRUCK. NO INJURIES.

THE NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN MAQUOKETA TO ELIMINATE RADIUM IN THE WATER....A $4-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT....IS MORE OR LESS A WATER SOFTNER AND IT WILL REQUIRE LOTS OF SALT.....ABOUT
A TON AND A HALF OF SALT A DAY IN FACT. THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE FIRST PURCHSE OF
100 TON AT A COST OF $8,200. IT SHOULD LAST FOR ABOUT A COUPLE MONTHS. WATER RATE INCREASE IN THE NEW WATER BUDGET TAKES CARE OF THIS DAILY NEW COST. FIRST TIME IN MAQUOKETA'S 165-YEARS- PLUS HISTORY FOR THIS KIND OF TREATMENT TO WATER. NEW STATE REQUIREMENTS MANDATED THIS.

NEW 39-CENT STAMPS GO ON SALE TOMORROW AT THE MAQUOKETA POST OFFICE....TO BE USED AFTER FIRST OF YEAR.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

MAQUOKETA GOT 3 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND AND 5-INCHES SO FAR THIS MONTH.

IT WAS 4-BELOW THIS MORNING AND MORE OF THE SAME IS COMING ALL THIS WEEK.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST BY 1 POINT FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEIR RECORD IS NOW 0 AND 2.

THE GIRLS ALSO LOST FRIDAY NIGHT...AND THE WRESTLERS FINISHED 6TH IN THE INDEPENDENCE
TOURNAMENT SATURDAY.

FORMER MAQUOKETA AND IOWA STATE GRAD, QUARTERBACK SAGE ROSENFELS GUIDED THE MIAMI DOLPHINS TO A 24 TO 23 COME FROM BEHIND WIN OVER THE BUFFALO BILLS YESTERDAY IN MIAMI. HE THREW A PASS WITH 6 SECONDS LEFT TO SCORE THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN. IT WAS THE LAST OF 3 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED IN THE FINAL 11 MINUTES OF THE GAME AND SAGE DIRECTED ALL 3 TOUCHDOWN DRIVES.
A GREAT DAY FOR SAGE AFTER HE REPLACED THE REGULAR QUARTERBACK. SIXTY THOUSAND FANS ATTENDED THE GAME, BUT ONLY TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND STAYED TO SEE THE BIG WIN.

A MILES, IOWA MAN (MERVIN HANSON, JR., AGE 37) WAS KILLED AND SIX OTHERS INJURED IN A NEARLYH HEAD-ON ACCIDENT LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON JUST SOUTH OF MILES.

RICHARD ALLEN, 36, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS IN A BAD ACCIDENT LAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. NO CONDITION REPORT AVAILABLE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY 61 AND HIS CAR RECEIVED NEARLY $10,000 IN DAMAGES AND A GAURDRAIL HE HIT RECEIVED $3,500 IN DAMAGES.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

ABOUT 1,000 SAW THE PRODUCTION OF THE "NUTCRACKER" SATURDAY AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.....AN AFTERNOON AND EVENING PEFORMANCE, WITH NET PROCEEDS GOING TO SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL AND DAYCARE. DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT HEAR IT WAS A GREAT SHOW.

AND YESTERDAY, A BRANSON COUNTRY SHOW WAS HELD AT ONHWARD, AGAIN AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND GOOD TURNOUT FOR IT AND I'M TOLD, AN EXCELLENT SHOW.

THE OHNWARD CENTER IS GETTING LOTS OF SHOWS AND GOOD COMMENTS ON THEM. A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR TOWN. ITS SEATS AROUND 840.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

JUST A QUICK REPORT.

GOT BACK FROM BRANSON AT 7 LAST NIGHT...HAD A GOOD TRIP...ALL WENT WELL...AND I'M PRETTY SURE ALL HAD A GOOD TIME. COLD DOWN THERE TOO.

HERE, WE HAD 3/4 INCH OF SNOW LAST NIGHT AND A COUPLE MORE TODAY...
SO WE HAVE HAD ABOUT 4 INCHS OF SNOW THIS WEEK.

MAQUOKETA BOYS HOSTED DUBUQUE SENIOR IN BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT AND LOST BY 1 POINT.

HARVEY GRUENWALD OF MAQUOKETA DIED THURSDAY. HIS COMPLETE OBITUARY IS AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM

LEAH ZUGSCHWERDT DIED WEDNESDAY AND HER OBITURARY IS ALSO AT SAME
ADDRESS ABOVE.

AND NANCY BELLMORE DIED THURSDAY, AND READ HER OBIT ALSO AT ABOVE
WEB ADDRESS.

CLARENCE WILLIAMS DIED YESTERDAY AND HIS OBITURARY IS AT WWW.LAHEYS.COM

BILL AND NANCY MAYBERRY OBSERVED THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY LAST WEEK. HE WAS WITH CLINTON ENGINES A LONGTIME.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

15/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT. WARM THIS MORNING...54...THEN FALLING TEMPS AND NOW A WINTER FORECAST FOR MOST OF WEEK AHEAD.

THEIVES BROKE INTO SUNSHINE SCHOOL OVER HOLIDAY PERIOD AND TOOK
A VCR AND $500 IN CASH. POLICE HAVE LEADS.

BABIES BORN...
BOY TO JULIE BROWNAND MARK LIPPENS OF MAQUOKETA...BORN NOV 22 AT OUR HOSPITAL. GRANDMOTHER IS JOYCE BROWN OF MAQUOKETA.

JEFF AND JULIE GILMORE OF WINFIELD, IOWA, HAD A GIRL NOV. 28TH AT MOUNT
PLEASANT. GRANDPARENTS ARE LONNIE AND NANCY GILMORE OF MAQUOKETA.

DON BABCOCK, AGE 78, DIED FRIDAY AT MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. COMPLETE OBITURARY AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM

RONALD FOWLER, 71, DIED TODAY AT HIS HOME IN MAQUOKETA. HIS COMPLETE OBITURARY IS AT WWW.LAHEYS.COM

I AM OFF TO BRANSON TOMORROW WITH A BUSLOAD OF PEOPLE FOR KMAQ TRAVEL.

MAY HAVE A REPORT THIS WEEKEND, BUT IF NOT, EARLY NEXT WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

WINTER LIKE DAY...HIGH OF 25.

DR. PAUL SKELLY, AGE 91, DIED MONDAY AT JOPLIN, MISSOURI, WHERE ONE OF HIS SONS LIVED. AS A YOUNGSTER, HE GREW UP SPENDING MANY HOURS WITH
HIS BROTHER, KEN SKELLEY, AT THEIR FATHER'S SNOW WHITE PHARMACY
SODA FOUNTAIN. HIS BROTHER KEN, DIED EARLIER THIS YEAR. HE WAS A LONGTIME DUBUQUE SURGEON.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY THIS MORNING...CLOUDY AND WINDY THIS AFTERNOON. 51 THE HIGH TODAY.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL HOST SOME MEETINGS WITH CITY OFFICIALS TO TALK ABOUT A PROPOSAL FOR A COUNTY-WIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. WAYNE FRANTZEN OF MAQUOKETA, JACKSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, SUGGESTED THE IDEA, SAYING WITH LINDA STURTZ LEAVING HER POSITION AS MAQUOKETA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO CONSIDER SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

FOR YEARS, I HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD A GOOD IDEA TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL AND TAKE THE WORD COUNTY OUT.
TODAY, AFTER WEEKS OF DISCUSSION AND STUDY, THE HOSPITAL HAS A NEW NAME.
IT WILL NOW BE CALLED THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER.
(YES... THE WORD COUNTY IS STILL IN THE NAME). THE BOARD VOTED IN THE NEW NAME AT THEIR MEETING LAST NIGHT. THE OLD NAME WILL REMAIN THE THE FACILITY'S LEGAL NAME AND A MARKETING PROJECT BEGINS ON MARCH 1ST.

FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT VIRGINIA YOCUM CELEBRATES HER 90TH BIRTHDAY NOVEMBER 27TH. SHE NOW LIVES AT 437 GUILLEMONT STREET, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 89526. LIVING NEAR HER SON BOB AND FAMILY. SHE AND LATE HUSBAND DUDLEY OWNED AND OPERATED THE WESTERN AUTO STORE IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS. SHE WAS A GOOD KMAQ LISTENER AND I ALWAYS GOT NICE COMPLIMENTS FROM HER ABOUT THE STATION. I HAVE SENT HER A CARD AND HOPE SOME OF YOU WILL ALSO. BY THE WAY, SON JIM LIVES IN MASSACHUSETTS AND DAUGHTER MARGIE LIVES IN GEORGIA. SHEHAS THREE GRANDCHILDREN.

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE AREA DROPPED IN OCTOBER. IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE RATE WENT DOWN TO 4.6 PERCENT. IT WAS 4.8 IN SEPTEMBER.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY THEY WILL POSTPONE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIDEWALK ON SOUTH 5TH STREET FORM SUMMIT TO WASHINGTON, UNTIL NEXT SPRING. ALSO, THE COUNCIL SET 5:30 P.M. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1ST AT MAQUOKETA CITY HALL TO HAVE THEIR GOAL SETTING FOR NEXT YEAR. FORMER CITY MANAGER PAT CALLAHAN, WHO IS NOW THE CITY MANAGER OF ANAMOSA, WILL HEAD UP THE DISCUSSION AND THE MEETING WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

COSTELLO'S OLD MILL GALLERY HAS A NICE NEW WEB SITE. THEY NEVER HAD ONE BEFORE. PICTURES OF PAT AND THE GALLERY, AND MANY OF HIS PAINTINGS, THAT CAN BE PURCHASED ON THE WEB SITE. LOOK IT UP AT www.patrickjcostello.com

THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AUDITORIUM AND ART GALLERY HAS A PART TIME MANAGER WHO HAS BEEN ON THE JOB FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. HE IS FROM DUBUQUE AND COMMUTES. HIS NAME IS STEVE SHEPHERD AND HE SPOKE TO ROTARY THIS NOON. HAS LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS AND IS VERY BUSY WORKING AT HIS TEMORARY OFFICE WHILE HIS NEW PERMANENT OFFICE IS BEING BUILDT AT THE CENTER. HIS OFFICE PHONE NUMBER IS 563-652-9815. HE SOLD A BUSINESS IN DUBUQUE AND WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING AND AFTER SEEING THE OHNWARD CENTER, LET IT BE KNOWN HE WOULD LIKE WORKING FOR IT. SO, HE WAS HIRED BY THE BOARD AND WORKS MOSTLY AFTERNOONS. HE IS ALSO A COUNTY MUSIC SINGER AND SONGWRITER AND GAVE ME HIS CD SO I COULD PLAY A SONG OR TWO ON KMAQ. HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO LISTEN YET. HIS WIFE TEACHES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE AND THEY HAVE A COUPLE MARRIED CHILDREN. THE CENTER IS GETTING ADDITIONAL BOOKINGS ALMOST DAILY.
HEALSO HAS LOTS OF "WANT" NEEDS. HE TOLD THE ROTARY A NEW MARQUE
IS ON TOP OF THE LIST.....BUT IT HAS A COST OF $20,000. HE HAS WRITTEN A COUPLE GRANTS TO HOPEFULLY GET MONEY FOR IT.

HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING. GO AHEAD, EAT ALL THE TURKEY YOU WANT AND CUT BACK THE NEXT DAY. THAT'S WHAT I PLAN TO DO. AND HAPPY SHOPPING FRIDAY.

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY THIS MORNING...CLOUDY AND WINDY THIS AFTERNOON. 51 THE HIGH TODAY.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL HOST SOME MEETINGS WITH CITY OFFICIALS TO TALK ABOUT A PROPOSAL FOR A COUNTY-WIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. WAYNE FRANTZEN OF MAQUOKETA, JACKSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, SUGGESTED THE IDEA, SAYING WITH LINDA STURTZ LEAVING HER POSITION AS MAQUOKETA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO CONSIDER SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

FOR YEARS, I HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD A GOOD IDEA TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL AND TAKE THE WORD COUNTY OUT.
TODAY, AFTER WEEKS OF DISCUSSION AND STUDY, THE HOSPITAL HAS A NEW NAME.
IT WILL NOW BE CALLED THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER.
(YES... THE WORD COUNTY IS STILL IN THE NAME). THE BOARD VOTED IN THE NEW NAME AT THEIR MEETING LAST NIGHT. THE OLD NAME WILL REMAIN THE THE FACILITY'S LEGAL NAME AND A MARKETING PROJECT BEGINS ON MARCH 1ST.

FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT VIRGINIA YOCUM CELEBRATES HER 90TH BIRTHDAY NOVEMBER 27TH. SHE NOW LIVES AT 437 GUILLEMONT STREET, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 89526. LIVING NEAR HER SON BOB AND FAMILY. SHE AND LATE HUSBAND DUDLEY OWNED AND OPERATED THE WESTERN AUTO STORE IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS. SHE WAS A GOOD KMAQ LISTENER AND I ALWAYS GOT NICE COMPLIMENTS FROM HER ABOUT THE STATION. I HAVE SENT HER A CARD AND HOPE SOME OF YOU WILL ALSO. BY THE WAY, SON JIM LIVES IN MASSACHUSETTS AND DAUGHTER MARGIE LIVES IN GEORGIA. SHEHAS THREE GRANDCHILDREN.

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE AREA DROPPED IN OCTOBER. IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE RATE WENT DOWN TO 4.6 PERCENT. IT WAS 4.8 IN SEPTEMBER.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY THEY WILL POSTPONE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIDEWALK ON SOUTH 5TH STREET FORM SUMMIT TO WASHINGTON, UNTIL NEXT SPRING. ALSO, THE COUNCIL SET 5:30 P.M. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1ST AT MAQUOKETA CITY HALL TO HAVE THEIR GOAL SETTING FOR NEXT YEAR. FORMER CITY MANAGER PAT CALLAHAN, WHO IS NOW THE CITY MANAGER OF ANAMOSA, WILL HEAD UP THE DISCUSSION AND THE MEETING WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

COSTELLO'S OLD MILL GALLERY HAS A NICE NEW WEB SITE. THEY NEVER HAD ONE BEFORE. PICTURES OF PAT AND THE GALLERY, AND MANY OF HIS PAINTINGS, THAT CAN BE PURCHASED ON THE WEB SITE. LOOK IT UP AT www.patrickjcostello.com

THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AUDITORIUM AND ART GALLERY HAS A PART TIME MANAGER WHO HAS BEEN ON THE JOB FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. HE IS FROM DUBUQUE AND COMMUTES. HIS NAME IS STEVE SHEPHERD AND HE SPOKE TO ROTARY THIS NOON. HAS LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS AND IS VERY BUSY WORKING AT HIS TEMORARY OFFICE WHILE HIS NEW PERMANENT OFFICE IS BEING BUILDT AT THE CENTER. HIS OFFICE PHONE NUMBER IS 563-652-9815. HE SOLD A BUSINESS IN DUBUQUE AND WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING AND AFTER SEEING THE OHNWARD CENTER, LET IT BE KNOWN HE WOULD LIKE WORKING FOR IT. SO, HE WAS HIRED BY THE BOARD AND WORKS MOSTLY AFTERNOONS. HE IS ALSO A COUNTY MUSIC SINGER AND SONGWRITER AND GAVE ME HIS CD SO I COULD PLAY A SONG OR TWO ON KMAQ. HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO LISTEN YET. HIS WIFE TEACHES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE AND THEY HAVE A COUPLE MARRIED CHILDREN. THE CENTER IS GETTING ADDITIONAL BOOKINGS ALMOST DAILY.
HEALSO HAS LOTS OF "WANT" NEEDS. HE TOLD THE ROTARY A NEW MARQUE
IS ON TOP OF THE LIST.....BUT IT HAS A COST OF $20,000. HE HAS WRITTEN A COUPLE GRANTS TO HOPEFULLY GET MONEY FOR IT.

HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING. GO AHEAD, EAT ALL THE TURKEY YOU WANT AND CUT BACK THE NEXT DAY. THAT'S WHAT I PLAN TO DO. AND HAPPY SHOPPING FRIDAY.

DENNIS VOY

MOSTLY SUNNY TODAY, HIGH IN LOW 40'S.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL IS UNDECIDED ABOUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT FILLING THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POSITION FOR THE CITY. LINDA STURTZ IS RETIRING DECEMBER 31ST.
SHE HAS BEEN HALF-TIME CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE OTHER HALF-TIME
AS CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. SHE HAS HER ONLY OFFICE AT THE CHAMBER BUILDING DOWNTOWN. I'M NOT SURE WHAT HER TOTAL SALARY IS, BUT THE CITY HAS PAID $29,000 OF IT, PLUS $250 PER MONTH TRAVEL EXPENSE, PLUS HER HEALTH INSURANCE. THAT TOTALS ABOUT
$35,000 AS THE CITY SHARE. SHE HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN KEEPING A PART-TIME POSITION WITH THE CITY AS THEIR DIRECTOR. THAT WOULD LEAVE THE CHAMBER TO PAY
FOR A CHAMBER EXECUTIVE ON THEIR OWN, EITHER FULL OR PART-TIME. AT THE COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE CITY COUNCIL SAID THEY HAD NOT MADE UP THEIR MIND ON THE ISSUE AND VOTED TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHAMBER.

THE PRESTON AND EAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE VOTED TO
JOIN THEIR FOOTBALL PROGRAMS EFFECTIVE NEXT FALL. ALL GAMES WOULD BE PLAYED IN PRESTON.

HELEN SCHROEDER, OF MAQUOKEKTA, AGE 83, DIED YESTERDAY AND HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY....

TODAY'S "JUST TALK" SHOW IS ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE....CLICK ON THE PICTURE OF "HOST" LEIGHTON HEPKER.

MUCH BETTER WEATHER TODAY...SUNNY, NO WIND AND HIGH OF 25

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD IS THINKING OF INCRESEING GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS TO START WITH THE 2008-09 SCHOOL YEAR.
THEY WOULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL YEAR OF SCIENCE AND AN EXTRA SEMESTER OF ENGLISH. WILL SEEK PUBLIC INPUT AT THEIR DEC. 12TH MEETING.

GOT AN EMAIL FROM CAROL EDWARDS (ASHER SCHROEDER'S YOUNGEST SISTER IN ELIZABETH, CO) AND SHE SAYS THEY HAD 3-INCHS OF SNOW UP IN HER TOWN, 6,448 ELEVATION AND A LOW TUESDAY NIGHT OF 11. THEY MOVED FROM CALIFORNIA IN OCTOBER....LIVE ON A FIVE ACRES PLACE WITH LOTS OF FIR TREES. GOOD HEARING FROM YOU CAROL. YOUR BROTHER CONTINUES TO BE BUSY BUSY HERE IN TOWN.....THE ROTARY, HISTORICAL SOCIETY, DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND MORE.

ALSO GOT AN EMAIL FROM STEVE AND KAREN SPAETE IN GOLDEN, CO.
BEEN THERE NEARLY 5 YEARS AND LOVE IT. KAREN RUNS HER OWN GOODYEAR STORE STEVE IS A PRO-SHOP SPECIALIST AT A GOLDEN GOLF COURSE. CLOSED TODAY BECAUSE OF SNOW, BUT THE COURSE STAYS OPEN YEAR AROUND AND KEEPS BUSY WHEN WEATHER IS GOOD. THEIR SON AND WIFE LIVE IN SAN DIEGO AND THEY HAVE TWO GRANDKIDS..A GIRL AND BOY. THANKS FOR THE EMAIL STEVE AND KAREN AND ALSO FOR BEING A REGULAR READER OF THIS NEWS REPORT.

TAKE CARE EVERYONE.

DENNIS VOY

WOW....WINTER HAS REALLY ARRIVED EARLY IN THE TIMBER CITY.

1/4 INCH OF SNOW LAST NIGHT....WINDY AND COLD TODAY..HIGH OF 24....TONIGHT...DOWN TO
12-15 DEGREES...AND THE WIND MAKES IT FEEL EVEN COLDER.

BUT, EVEN WORSE TO THE NORTH. GOT AN EMAIL FROM ANN (COOK) DOMINIK....FORMER MAQUOKETAN WHO READS THIS DAILY....AND LIVES UP AT SAVAGE, MINNESOTA. SHE SAID TODAY THEY GOT BOTH ICE AND SNOW AND COLD WINDS TOO...AND IT WAS 17 DEGREES UP THERE THIS AFTERNOON. SHE WORKS IN DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL. DEAN TILTON SAYS ITS NICE IN FLORIDA AND SHIRLEY MILLER SAYS ITS NICE IN MESA. YEA YEA...BUT THEY WON'T HAVE A WHITE CHRISTMAS. PROBABLY WON'T GIT A GOOD OLE
MIDWEST RUNNY NOSE COLD EITHER.

AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THIS WEEK, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ASKED SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT
TO GET SOME ESTIMATES ON THE COST TO BUILD A NEW GYM, CAFETERIA AND OFFICES AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL SITE. ITS THE SECOND PHASE OF A BUILDING PROJECT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. THE FIRST PHASE WAS COMPLETED EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHICH INCLUDED NEW RESTROOMS AND CLASSROOMS.
THE SECOND PHASE IS TO BEGIN IN THE SPRING OF 2007 AND SOME PLANNING NEEDS TO START NOW.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO DEAN BICKFORD OF MAQUOKETA...62 TODAY. HE HAS WORKED FOR THE FAREWAY STORE FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS, THEIR OLDEST EMPLOYEE.

ROBERT EBERHART OF DESOTO, MISSOURI, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, WILL HAVE A BIRTHDAY THIS FRIDAY. HE READS THIS DAILY FREQUENTLY AND IS A ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FAN TOO. HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM HIS LOVELY WIFE FOR 31 YEARS, JACALYN.

ANYONE HAVE THEIR CHRISTMAS TREE UP YET? OUTSIDE OF MAQUOKETA? OR HERE IN MAQUOKETA?

SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT GOT THE TWO BUSH STADIUM SEATS HIS WIFE BOUGHT HIM FOR HIS BIRTHDAY.
HE'S ALSO A CARDINAL FAN..MAQUOKETA AND ST. LOUIS OF COURSE. THE SEATS WERE SHIPPED-IN LAST WEEK, BUT HE HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE TO SET THEM UP AND FIND A PLACE IN HIS HOUSE FOR THEM.
THE PEOPLE THAT SAT IN THE SEAT FOR THE FINAL PLAYOFF GAME, SIGNED THE SEATS WITH A
BLACK MARKER. THE CARDINALS SOLD THOUSANDS OF THE SEATS AS A FUND RAISER.

ANY OF YOU OUT-OF-TOWNERS, IF YOU SEND A PHOTO CHRISTMAS CARD THIS CHRISTMAS, SEND ONE TO ME ALSO AND I'LL PUT UP ON MY PHOTO PAGE.

KEEP WARM....OR COOL....WHEREVER YOU ARE.

DENNIS VOY

NASTY DAY TODAY....COLD AND RAINY AND WINDY...AND MORE OF THE SAME FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT, IT IS GOING TO GET DOWN TO AN OVERNIGHT LOW OF 15.

MARK HILLEBRAND RESIGNED AS MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL COACH LAST NIGHT AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. HE HAS BEEN COACH FOR 22 YEARS. HE WILL CONTINUE AS A HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHER.

THE FOLLOW EMPLOYEES HAVE ASKED FOR EARLY RETIREMENT: CARDINAL PRINCIPAL SUSANNE BATY....
JEFF TAMPIR, HISTORY TEACHER FOR 36 YEARS AND FORMER LONGTIME WRESTLING COACH....PAM CRAWFORD, MUSIC TEACHER FOR 21 YEARS....ENGLISH TEACHER MARY ANN LINGREN....RANDY KOSKOVICH, MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER....JAME DEUTMEYER, LIBRARIAN PAST 34 YEARS....MELITA HANSEN, FOOD SERVICE WORKER FOR 27 YEARS...KAREN DAVISON, LIBRARY ASSOCIATE AT BRIGGS FOR 28 YEARS.....AND
DEB DRESSLER, A TITLE 1 TEACHER AT BRIGGS.

A VANDALISM INCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA. MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICERS SAY A STOP SIGN AT CRESLAND AND GERMAN STREET HAD BEEN PAINTED OVER WITH THE WORDS "POLICE BRUTALITY".

A BOY BORN MONDAY TO BRIAN AND ANN CLARK OF DES MOINES. GRANDPARENTS ARE GARY AND NANCI CLARK OF MAQUOKETA.

JOHN R. BROWN, 66 OF DUBUQUE AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOEKTA, DIED NOV. 12TH AT A CARE FACILITY AT DUBUQUE. QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO, HE WAS A DRUG COUNSELOR IN MAQUOKETA. SURVIVED BY 6 DAUGHTERS. NO SURIVORS IN MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

WE GOT SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON....
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT, BUT NO ACCUMULATION...
HOWEVER, 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE TOMORROW NIGHT.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT. THERE ARE 9 REQUESTS FOR EARLY RETIREMENT.

THE OWL FURNITURE STORE HAS BEEN SOLD AND MAY RE-OPEN AS A FURNITURE STORE.
NO DETAILS YET.

A MAQUOKETA COUPLE, MARVIN JORGENSEN, AGE 75 AND HIS WIFE, GLORIA, AGE 68, WERE IN A CAR ACCIDENT AT 12:09 A.M. SATURDAY IN RURAL CLINTON COUNTY. MARVIN WAS DRIVING AND FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND THE CAR CROSSED THE CENTERLINE, WENT INTO THE DITCH, CAME OUT OF DITCH, CROSSED BOTH LANES AND WENT INTO THE NORTH DITCH, ROLLING ONCE, AND CAME TO REST ON ITS WHEELS IN A CORNFIELD. DAMAGE TO 2002 CAR, $15,000. THEY BOTH DECLINED AMBULANCE TRANSPORT AND MARIVIN WAS CHARGED.

DAVID WILLGUS, AGE 48, DIED SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME THURSDAY IN MAQUOKETA. HIS OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

PARTY SUNNY AND A HIGH IN LOWER 60'S.
LOOKING AHEAD, THE FORECAST IF FOR SNOW SHOWERS AND A HIGH IN THE UPPER 30'S NEXT TUESDAY.

CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINSTG SEVERAL JUVINILES AND AN ADULT WHO WERE INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS MAILBOX VANDALISM INCIDENTS THE LAST 3 WEEKS. NO NAMES RELEASED YET.

SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE BACK DOOR OF THE "MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SERVICES STORE" OVERNIGHT AND TOOK $30 IN CASH. THAT, MAINLY USED CLOTHING STORE , IS ON NORTH MAIN STREET.

A BOY BORN NOVEMBER 4TH AT A DUBUQUE HOSPITAL TO JANN AND LAVERNE TRENKAMP OF PRESTON.
GRANDMOTHER IS MURIEL ARROWOOD OF MAQUOKETA.

THE ANNUAL BEEF BANQUET IS TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. AFTER THE RIBEYE STEAK DINNER, A COMEDY SHOW FOR ENTERTAINMENT.

"HOLIDAY EXPO", THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SHOPPING KICK-OFF EVENT IS SUNDAY AT BOTH THE KC HALL IN DEWITT AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER. KMAQ WILL AGAIN BE A PARTICIPANT IN THE FREE SHOW.

BRUSH FIRE AT RURAL MAQUOKETA THIS AFTERNOON....NO DETAILS YET.

MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAMES, BOYS AND GIRLS, WILL START THE SEASON NEXT WEEKEND.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

TODAY, COOLER...HIGH IN LOW 50'S.

A TRAGIC EVENT IN BELLEVUE.
NEARLY ALL OF THE GAS CUSTOMERS IN THE BELLEVUE AREA HAVE HAD SERVICE RESTORED TODAY AFTER A GAS LINE WAS SEVERED YESTERDAY MORNING. JOSH SCHECKEL, OWNER OF JJ SCHECKEL
CORPORATION, AGE 27, IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AFTER SUFFERING BURNS TO HIS HANDS AND FACE. HE WAS OPERATING ONE OF HIS BULLDOZERS, LEVELING GROUND BEHIND HIS BUSINESS WHEN HE SEVERED THE PIPLINE. SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN SAID FLAMES WERE SHOOTING 30 TO 40 FEET IN THE AIR WHEN HE ARRIVED. HE SAID THE WINDS WERE BLOWING THE FIRE IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE BULLDOZER, ENOUGH FOR SCHECKEL TO BE ABLE TO JUMP AWAY FROM THE DOZER. OVER 40 TECHNICIANS WERE BROUGHT INTO BELLEVUE TO RELIGHT GAS APPLIANCES AND DO SAFETY AND GAS PRESSURE CHECKS.

THE MAQUOKETA VETERANS DAY PROGRAM WILL BE AT 8:45 TOMORROW MORNING AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM. CLIFF MERRICK, LEGION COMMANDER, WILL GIVE THE VETERANS DAY ADDRESS. THE PROGRAM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

BIRTH: BOY BORN NOV 4TH TO CHRI AND SHARON LASACK BENTROTT OF SPRING LAKE, MINNESOTA.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JANE BENTROTT OF MAQUOKETA AND CRAIG BENTROTT OF BETTENDORF.
GIRL, BORN YESTERDAY, TO MARK AND AMY STEFFEN OF KILLINGSWORTH, CONN.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE FLORIAN AND KAREN STEFFEN OF MAQUOKETA.
GIRL, BORN NOV. 3RD TO SHAWN AND JENNIFER MEYER OF CRYSTAL, LAKE, ILLINOIS. GRANDPARENTS ARE FRED AND IRMA MEYER OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS
HELEN MEYER OF MAQUOKETA.

VERNA LUKE, AGE 92, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY. HER FULL OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT
www.carsonandson.com.

HAVE A GOOD VETERANS DAY. MANY OF YOU WILL HAVE TOMORROW OFF.

DENNIS VOY

WINDY AND COLD TODAY....
SHOULD BE DOWN INTO UPPER 20'S TONIGHT. NO SNOW IN FORECAST.

A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF MAQUOKETA WAS ELECTED TO THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL YESTERDAY.
JASON HUTE DEFEATED THREE CHALLENGERS FOR THE POSITION. HE WILL TAKE OFFICE JANUARY 1ST FOR COUNCILMAN AT LARGE, REPLACING LONGTIME COUNCILMAN JOHN CRESSEY. HUTE CARRIED ALL FIVE WARDS IN MAQUOKETA AND GOT A TOTAL OF 454 VOTES. JAMES SEWARD WAS NEXT WITH 229. FORMER COUNCILMAN AND MAYOR JACK ROSENBERG CAME IN THIRD WITH 152 VOTES AND KRISTI SCHECKEL TALLIED 33. INCUMBANT MAYOR TOM MESSERLI, FIRST WARD COUNCILAMAN MATT WINEGAR, SECOND WARD COUNCILMAN TIM CLARK AND 4TH WARD COUNCILMAN GALEN SAUNDERS WERE ALL UNAPPOSSED AND WON RE-ELECTION. ALSO YESTERDAY, MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS GAVE THEIR APPROVAL TO THE CITY TO FORM A TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITY. THE YES VOTE WAS 553 AND 312 VOTED NO. LOTS OF MONEY WAS SPENT TRYING TO GET VOTERS TO VOTE NO ON THIS ISSUE. MAQUOKETA HAS NO PLANS TO FORM A UTILITY, BUT BECAUSE OF YETERDAY'S VOTE, THE DOOR IS LEFT OPEN FOR THE COUNCIL TO FORM ONE IN THE FUTURE.

MAQUOKETA PART-TIME ANNOUNCER , JIM KELLOGG, OF LOST NATION, WAS RE-ELECTED TO THE LOST NATION CITY COUNCIL. HE HAS SERVED 8 YEARS AND THIS WILL BE HIS THIRD TERM. THERE WERE 6
RUNNING FOR THE 3 SEATS.

I HEARD YESTERDAY, THERE ARE NOW ABOUT 75 EMPLOYEES WORKING AT THE BIG GENERAC PLANT AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. FOR A LONG TIME, ONLY ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO WORKED THERE. THE COMPANY MAKES MODULAR ELECTRIC GENERATORS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
THE BAD HURRICANES DOWN SOUTH CAUSED A BIG DEMAND FOR GENERATORS.

YES, A MAQUOKETA POPULAR RESTURANT HAS BEEN SOLD, BUT THE SALE HAS NOT BEEN
OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED AND I HEAR THE NEW OWNER WILL NOT TAKE OVER UNTIL EARLY NEXT YEAR. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY NOW. NO, THE OLD KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN BUILDING HAS NOT BEEN SOLD AND STILL IS LOOKING FOR A NEW OWNER. DEAN TILTON AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SELLING IT.
EVERYTIME I GO OUT TO PIZZA HUT AND SEE THE EMPTY KFC BUILDING NEXT DOOR, I GET HUNGER PAINS FOR THAT FINGER-LICKEN-GOOD CHICKEN. DEAN ALWAYS KEPT THE SECRET RECIPE IN HIS BILLFOLD, SO I'M SURE THAT'S WHERE IT IS TO THIS DAY, DOWN IN THE VILLAGES IN FLORIDA, WHERE DEAN AND KAREN MOVED TO A NEW HOME.
ANYWAY, THE PRICE OF THE OLD KFC BUILDING HAS BEEN REDUCED, IN CASE YOU ARE INTERESTED OR KNOW OF SOMEONE THAT IS.

A NEW MAQUOKETA LITTLE THEATRE GROUP IS GETTING READY TO HOLD AUDITIONS FOR A PRODUCTION OF "ANNIE" AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. MORE LATER.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

NO REPORT TODAY

NICE DAY AGAIN...HIGH OF 63. SHOULD BE WARMER TOMORROW FOR ELECTION DAY.

JUST ONE CONTEST IN MAQUOKETA....FOUR RUNNING FOR A COUNCIL SEAT.
POLLS OPEN FROM 7 A.M. UNTIL 8 P.M.

A FIRE NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA TODAY. MAQUOKETA FIREMEN GOT THE CALL AT 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON TO THE TIFFANY COSTELLO PROPERTY ON 288TH AVENUE, NEAR CODFISH HOLLOW ROAD. TWO SMALL SHEDS CAUGHT ON FIRE. WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED, THEY WERE FULLY ENGULFED. BOTH BUILDINGS AND CONTENTS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. FIRE CHEIF MARK BECK SAYS HE DOESN'T THINK IT IS A SUSPICIOUS FIRE AND FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE ABOUT 90 MINUTES.

CITY COUNCILL MEETING TONIGHT. QUITE A FEW ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

ORVILLE REYNOLDS, 94, DIED FRIDAY AT THE DEWITT HOSPTAL. HE WAS A CAR MECHANIC AND SALESMAN IN DEWITT UNTIL RETIRING. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A BROTHER, MERLE REYNOLDS IN MAQUOKETA.

LARRY COOK, SR., AGE 82, DIED NOVEMBER 3RD IN SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI. A MEMORIAL MASS WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AT 11 A.M. AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA. HE WAS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN AND WAS AN AUTO MECHANIC AND WAS THE MANAGER OF THE HI-HO LANES IN MAQUOKETA MANY YEARS AGO. HE IS SURVIVED BY 3 DAUGHTERS, .... JUDI BRITT OF DAVENPORT, KITTY OESTERN OF MAQUOKETA AND THERESA AURAND OF DIXON, ILLINOIS AND 3 SONS.....LARRY COOK, JR. OF MAQUOKETA, DICK HICKS OF BELTON, MISSOURI AND TONY COOK OF PORT BYRON.

WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP THE PICTURES OF THE HURST HOTEL RESTORATION PROJECT, DID YOU ONLY GET ONE TO COME UP? IF SO, YOU DID NOT CLICK ON THE PICTURE OF THE HOTEL. WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU GET TO SEE AROUND30. AROUND 400 PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED AT THEM. GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK ON THE CAMERA. I WILL HAVE SOME NEW PICTURES FROM MAQUOKETA SOON.

GOOD READER OF THIS REPORT, DEL WULF, EMAILED ME TO TELL ME THAT ABE HURST OF MAQUOKETA BUILDT THE LAKEHURST DAM AND EASTERN IOWA POWER WITH IT, IN 1923. JOHN HAMMERAND OPERATED IT FROM 1929 UNTIL 1959. DEL WULF FROM L159 UNTIL 1984 AND LARRY HENEKE FROM 1984 UNTIL 1998. HE ALSO SAID SOME OF THE BIG GENERATION YEARS WERE IN THE 70'S, WHEN HE SAID THEY GENERATED OVER 8-MILLION KILOWATTS A YEAR, AND OPERATED IT 98-PERCENT OF THE TIME.
HE SAID HE IS GLAD IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE OPERATING. THANKS FOR THE INFO DEL.

THE HAWKEYES LOST THEIR FOOTBALL GAME IN THE LAST MINUTE SATURDAY AT EVANSTON.
NORTHWESTERN SCORED TWO TD'S IN THE FINAL MINUTES. THE BIG HEADLING IN THE SPORTS
SECTION OF THE QUAD CITIES TIMES SUNDAY MORNING SAID "OUCH"!

SAW A GREAT COMEDY SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD CENTER IN MAQUOKETA, PUT ON BY
THE HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA DEPARTMENT. IT WAS REPEATED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ALL DID A GREAT JOB (BIG CAST) BUT MY HERO WAS MATT GERLACH, WHO PLAYED "KNUCKLES". MATT IS ONE OF MY MANY GOOD EMPLOYEES AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE. NICE JOB DEE KRUMM, DIRECTOR. GOOD TURNOUT IN A GREAT PLACE FOR A PLAY....THE NEW OHWARD AUDITORIUM. OH YES...FOR THOSE WHO WERE INTERESTED, SATURDAY NIGHT'S PERFORMANCE WAS PRECEDED BY A DINNER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND IT ALSO WAS A HIT WITH ME AND ABOUT 75 OTHERS THAT ATTENDED.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

VOTE TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY

ANOTHER NEAT FALL DAY, WITH SUNSHINE AND HIGH IN 60'S.

FIRST...THERE WAS A THURSDAY DAILY REPORT, BUT BECAUSE OF A TECHNICAL PROBLEM, IT DID NOT GO UP ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB UNTIL THIS MORNING. SO, IF YOU DID NOT READ THE THURSDAY REPORT YET, DON'T FORGET TO READ IT AFTER READING THIS ONE.

ALSO, TODAY'S "JUST TALK" CALL-IN SHOW, HOSTED BY LEIGHTON HEPKER, IS UP NOW AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT ANYTIME.

THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ROBERT MELVOLD WAS AT 11 THIS MORNING AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH. A VERY NICE SERVICE, LASTING OVER AN HOUR. IT WAS LEAD BY REV. JAY KEPPEL, PASTOR OF THE MAQUOKETA UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST. IT FEATURED THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE PLAYING THE "STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER" EARLY IN THE SERVICE AND NEAR THE END, "ANCHORS AWAY". THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR AND ENSEMBLE ALSO SANG "THE NAVY HYMN" AND LATER, "WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN". BOB AND FRANCIS WERE MARRIED IN NEW ORLEANS AND BOB LIKED NEW ORLEANS JAZZ FUNERALS. PASTOR KEPPEL IS ALSO A NATIVE OF NEW ORLEANS. PERSONAL TRIBUTES WERE GIVEN BY MARY RUETER OF DEWITT, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DEWITT OBSERVER, OWNED BY BOB AND FRANCIS AND BY GRANDSON TIM MELVOLD AND DAUGTHER JANIS MELVOLD. A LUNCH WAS THEN SERVED IN THE CHURCH SOCIAL ROOM.

HAD A SHORT VISIT AT THE FUNERAL LUNCH WITH PETE LEHMAN, LONGTIME FRIEND OF THE MELVOLDS. HE AND HIS WIFE LIVE IN BAY CITY, MICHIGAN. HE WAS THE MANAGER OF THE J.C. PENNEY STORE IN MAQUOKETA UNTIL 1979. I USED TO CALL ON HIM WEEKLY FOR ADVERTISING ON KMAQ. RETIRED NOW AND LOOKS GOOD.

MORE VANDALISM IN MAQUOKETA. A CAR HAD A SIDE MIRROR SHATTERED WHILE PARKED ON NORTH NIAGARA. LINDA HAYES ON SOUTH 5TH STREET REPORTED A NEW MAIL BOX WAS SMASHED ON TUESDAY. WAUGH AUTO ON EAST GROVE SAID TWO TRUCKS WERE DAMAGED. IN THE COUNTY, SAK KLEIN AND WINDY WINEGAR BOTH REPORTED MAIL BOXES DAMAGED.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, STEVEN BREUER, AGE 41, RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AFTER HIS MOTORCYCLE HIT A DEER LAST NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 64, NEAR PRESTON. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL HERE IN TOWN AND DAMAGES LISTED AT $1,000 TO HIS HONDA. AFTER HITTING THE DEER, THE CYCLE SKIDDED 160 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST. HE WAS WEARING A HELMET WHICH THE DEPUTY SAID PREVENTED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

"TAKE TWO VIDEO" ON SOUTH JONES IS CLOSING. SIGN IN THE WINDOW.... AND THEY ARE SELLING
OUT THERE VIDEOS AND GAMES. IT HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR AROUND 20 YEARS. RUMOR HAS IT A NEW VIDEO STORE IS COMING TO TOWN LATER THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR, A BIG ONE.

NO DEATHS TO ANNOUNCE.

BIG HUMAINE SOCIETY DINNER THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE EAGLES CLUB AND THE BIG ANNUAL
HISTORICAL SOCIETY DINNER IS THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT THE PEARSON CENTER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART IS HOSTING A FUND-RAISER SOUP SUPPER TONIGHT AT THE GROSSMAN HALL IN DELMAR FOR ALL GOOD DEMOCRATS.

NICE TODAY...BUT DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE 70'S. 68 WAS THE HIGHS.

THE LAKEHURST DAM AND ELECTRIC GENERATORS, AT THE EDGE OF MAQUOKETA ON THE MAQUOKETA RIVER, HAVE BEEN SOLD AND WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE. NORTH AMERICAN HYDRO OUT OF WISCONSIN PURCHASED THE DAM AND ALSO THE DAMS AND GENERATING FACILITIES IN ANAMOSA AND IOWA FALLS. ALL THREE SYSTEMS WERE PURCHASED FROM ALLIANT ENERGY.
THE DAM AND ITS GENERATORS HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR AT LEAST 70 YEARS AND RICHARD FOREMAN, SOUTHERN REGIONAL PROJECT MANAGER, SAID THEY WILL RUN FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 70 YEARS. CREWS ARE WORKING NOW TO REPAIR THE TURBINES AND GENERATORS ON ONE OF THE UNITS AND THE SECOND UNIT IS WORKING OKAY. FOREMAN ANTICIPATES GENERATION IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. FOREMAN SAID THE COMPANY WILL SELL THE ELECTRICITY GENERATED BY THE DAM BACK TO ALLIANT. FOREMAN SAID HE AND THE OPERATOR, TERRI BEMMAN, PLAN TO LIVE ON SITE AND WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS A HOME RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE DAM.
HE SAID THEY WANT TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE GENERATING FACILITY AND STUDENTS
ON RENEWABLE ENERGY. HE CALLED THE RIVER THEIR FUEL, BUT THEY THEY BORROW IT FOR JUST A SHORT TIME. AMERICAN HYDRO HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 23 YEARS.

NORBERT K. DANIELS, AGE 67, OF MAQUOKETA DIED WEDNESDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS. HIS FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com

A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESS IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. MORE LATER.

HAVE A GOOD THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

NICE DAY IN MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS BEAT DEWITT LAST NIGHT, 27 TO 17.
THEY ENDED THE SEASON WITH A DISTRICT RECORD OF 4 AND 3 AND AN OVERALL RECORD OF 4 AND 5. AND...2 OR 3 OF THEIR LOSSES WERE TO TOP 10 TEAMS.

ROBERT T. MELVOLD, 87, DIED ABOUT 8 LAST NIGHT AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL EXTENDED CARE UNIT , OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE. HE HAD BEEN AT THE CARE UNIT FOR QUITE A FEW MONTHS, AND
HAD HIS COMPUTER NEXT TO HIS BED. HIS LAST WEEKLY COLUMN APPEARED IN TODAY'S MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS, AND HAD TO DO WITH THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX. HE WROTE SOME GREAT COLUMNS AND I AND MANY, MANY READERS WILL MISS THEM. HE HAD A FANTASIC MEMORY ABOUT.....EVERYTHING. HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IN 1940 AND HE AND HIS WIFE, FRANCIS (NATIVES OF CRESCO) , CAME TO MAQUOKETA IN APRIL OF 1946 AND PURCHASED THE THEN 14-YEAR OLD MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY PRESS. SOON AFTER, HE PURCHASED THE OTHER PAPER, THE 92-YEAR OLD JACKSON SENTINEL.
HE ALSO OWNED THE BELLEVUE HERALD-LEADER AND WAS PAST PART-OWNER OF THE DEWITT OBSERVER AND PAST OWNER OF THE NORTH SCOTT PRESS.
OVER THE YEARS, I TALKED TO HIM OFTEN AT MAQUOKETA ROTARY MEETINGS. HE WAS A LONGTIME ROTARIAN. MY LAST VISIT WITH HIM WAS IN JULY AT THE HOSPITAL. I HAD MENT TO GO BACK AGAIN, BUT, SORRY TO SAY, NEVER DID MAKE IT. WE JOKED OFTEN ABOUT WHICH NEWS MEDIA WAS BETTER, NEWSPAPER OR RADIO. REALLY SOMETHING..... NEARLY 60 YEARS AS A NEWSPAPERMAN AND
COMMUNITY LEADER. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND AND SIX CHILDREN.
MAQUOKETA LOST A "GIANT" OF A CITIZEN LAST NIGHT. SERVICES ARE PENDING AND I WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION NEXT WEEK.

A MAQUOKETA RESTUARANT HAS BEEN SOLD. AND THE LAKEHURST DAM HAS BEEN SOLD. MORE NEXT WEEK..... CHECK IN DAILY.

THE OVEFR 25 PHOTOS OF THE HURST HOTEL RENOVATION WORK ARE NOW UP ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE....CLICK ON THE CAMERA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY IN MAQUOKETA...SUNNY AND LOW 60'S.
LAST NIGHT'S LOW WAS 28.

GOT AN EMAIL A FEW DAYS AGO FROM JIM FRANDSEN, A MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL 1952 GRAD.
JIM, GRADUATED FROM IOWA IN 1962 AND NOW HAS TWO HOMES....IN OXNARD, CALIFORNIA AND IN MESQUITE, NEVADA. HE RECENTLY HAD TWO INTERESTING EVENTS HAPPEN TO HIM.
ONE: HE PLAYED GOLF WITH HAYDEN FRY AND HIS WIFE. ALSO IN FOURSOME WAS TOM BERTHEL AND HIS WIFE DEANNA. HAYDEN IS THE FORMER, GREAT IOWA FOOTBALL COACH, AND TOM WAS, I BELIEVE, AN ELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL GRAD AND HIS WIFE I THINK GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA IN THE EARLY 70'S. HAYDEN LIVES OUT THERE, IN A GATED COMMUNITY. AND TWO: JIM MET JACK LELANNE, NOW 91, IN A CALIFORNIA RESTUAURANT. HE IS THE FORMER TV STAR THAT PUSHED PHYSICAL CONDITIONING. ANYONE WANTING JIM'S EMAIL ADDRESS CAN EMAIL ME.

MAQUOKETA HOSTS DEWITT IN FOOTBALL TONIGHT. THE CARDINALS HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF WINNING THIS FINAL GAME OF SEASON.

WANT TO MOVE TO MAQUOKETA? THERE'S A RURAL HOME, NOT FAR FROM TOWN, THAT WENT ON THE MARKET RECENTLY AT AROUND $1.5 MILLION. HAS FARM LAND WITH IT.

TRICK OR TREAT HOURS WILL BE 4 TO 6 P.M. SUNDAY.

TODAY'S "JUST TALK" CALL-IN SHOW ON KMAQ WAS RECORDED AGAIN AND CAN BE HEARD ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE, WITH HOSE LEIGHTON HEPKER. THERE WERE 21 CALLERS.

THIS WEEKEND, THE PHOTOS WILL BE UP THAT WERE TAKEN AT THE HURST HOTEL ON WEDNESDAY.
ON KMAQ HOME PAGE....CLICK ON THE CAMERA. KEEP CHECKING.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY THIS MORNING...SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON...HIGH MID 50'S.
REST OF THE WEEK IS SUPPOSED TO BE NICE.

A $36.50 GAS DRIVE-OFF AT LEN'S BP STATION ON EAST PLATT.

IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN SEPTEMBER WAS
4.7 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 4.8 IN AUGUST.

JOHN MULLIN, 87, OF GOOSE LAKE, DIED MONDAY. HE AND HIS FAMILY
ESTABLISHED THE WELL-KNOWN ARROWHEAD HUNTING AND CONSERVATION CLUB IN 1952.

BERNICE BEARCE , 83, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY.
JACK GRIFFIN, AGE 76, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY EVENING.
PAT WIGGINS, AGE 70, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY AFTERNOON.
WANDA MATTOX, 78, OF MONMOUTH, DIED TUESDAY.
ALL FOUR OBITUARYS CAN BE READ AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM

THE HURST HOTEL IN MAQUOKETA IS BEING COMPLETELY RENOVATED.
INSIDE AND OUT. A $3-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT. IT WILL BE FINISHED LATE
NEXT SPRING. THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY GOT A TOUR TODAY FROM THE OWNER, CHRIS ALES OF THE QUAD CITIES. AND WHAT A BUILDING IT WILL BE. ROTARY MEMBERS WERE VERY IMPRESSED. THERE WILL BE 22 APARTMENTS, INCLUDING 6 IN THE BASEMENT, AND 2 IN THE 4TH FLOOR ATTIC. THE REST ON FLOORS 1,2 AND 3. SOON, I WILL HAVE OVER 40 PICTURES TAKEN TODAY, ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE. CLICK ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS. THERE IS A WINDING STAIRWAY (IT WAS THERE BUT HIDDEN) FROM THE FIRST FLOOR TO THE 4TH FLOOR ATTIC.
AND AT THE TOP OF THIS OPEN STAIRWAY, THE ROOF SKYLIGHT . A NEW ELEVATOR WILL BE INSTALLED FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T CLIMB STAIRS.
ON THE ATTIC TOP FLOOR, A BEAUTIFUL LARGE COMMUNITY ROOM FOR ALL THE APARTMENT DWELLERS TO ENJOY. THIS WILL BE A TREMENDOUS ADDITION TO DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THIER TOURNAMENT VOLLEYBALL MEET 3 TO 0 , AGAINST DEWITT, THERE, LAST NIGHT, TO END THE 2005 SEASON.

TWO MONTHS FROM TODAY, CHRISTMAS WILL BE OVER. BEEN SHOPPING YET?

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY. DON'T FORGET TO GO TO WWW.MAQUOKETA.COM
FOR A FALL VIDEO DRIVE AROUND IN MAQUOKETA.

DON'T FORGET TO LISTEN TO THE FRIDAY "JUST TALK" SHOW ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE. HEAR A CALL FROM JOHN OSTERHAUS WHO LIVES ON THE WEST COAST.
AND MANY OTHER CALLERS.

DENNIS VOY

ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE.....WWW.KMAQ.COM.....THE FRIDAY, "JUST TALK" SHOW, HOSTED BY SHERI MELVOLD (FILLING IN FOR LEIGHTON HEPKER) CAN BE HEARD FROM START TO FINISH.

CLOUDY AND COLD TODAY...HIGH IN LOW 40'S.

GAS IN MAQUOKETA IS AT 2.49.9 A GALLON.

MAQUOKETA WON THEIR FOOTBALL GAME FRIDAY NIGHT...AN UPSET WIN. THEY CLOSE OUT THE SEASON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, HOSTING DEWITT.

MAQUOKETA FIREMEN CALLED TO A DELIVERY VAN FIRE AT 9 THIS MORNING ON NORTHBOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 61....NO ON INJURED.....FIREMEN AT SCENE FOR 40 MINUTES.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL SHORT MEETING TONIGHT. WILL TALK ABOUT SOME TIF FUNDING FOR SUNSHINE SCHOOL AND ALSO TALK ABOUT THE WALKING TRAIL.

ARDELLA STANER, 87, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT BRIARWOOD CARE CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, HAROLD OF MAQUOKETA. FULL OBITURARY AT www.laheys.com

LOTS OF NEW FALL PICTURES AROUND MAQUOKETA AT www.maquoketa.com

THE 61 DRIVE-IN IS STILL OPEN, BUT WILL CLOSE FOR THE SEASON AFTER THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
DOUBLE FEATURE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY, HIGH IN UPPER 50'S WHEN THE SUN CAME OUT FOR AWHILE. NOT TOO BAD A DAY.

I SAW THE LAST GAME EVER AT BUSCH STADIUM IN ST. LOUIS LAST NIGHT. EXCITING NIGHT, EXCEPT THE CARDINALS LOST. THE COUPLE NEXT TO ME PAID A SCALPER $500 FOR THEIR TWO SEATS.

THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER WILL SPONSOR A MEET THE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES NIGHT AT 7 P.M.
NOVEMBER 2ND AT CITY HALL, WITH KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER AS MODERATOR.

THE CHAMBER IS ALSO PLANNING TO SPONSOR A "PRODUCT SHOW AND JOB FAIR" NEXT YEAR. NO DATE SET.
FOR A SIMILAR SHOW 5 YEARS AGO, 800 PEOPLE ATTENDED.

AND THE CHAMBER AND THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER WILL SPONSOR A "PARADE OF CHRISTMAS
TREES" FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON, AT THE OHNWARD CENTER. THE EVENT WILL BE HELD FROM NOV. 10 TO NOV. 20.

A $15 GAS DRIVE-OFF AT CASEY'S LAST NIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CARDINAL SINGERS WILL PRESENT THEIR ANNUAL FALL CONCERT AT 7:30 P.M. NEXT TUESDAY, AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

BEAUTIFUL DAY. STARTED WITH RAIN AROUND 7:30 .. NICE RAIN.. THEN THE SUN CAME OUT AT ABOUT 10 AND INTO THE 70'S IN THE AFTERNOON.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL FOOTBALL TEAM LOST TO MARION, 13 TO 0 FRIDAY NIGHT.....ALL SCORING IN THE FIRST HALF. MARION IS UNDEFEATED AND RANKED 3RD IN STATE, SO MAQUOKETA DID WELL AND IF IT WERE NOT FOR 3 OR 4 TURNOVERS, MIGHT HAVE WON THE GAME.

I HAVE NOT SAID MUCH ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TEAM....THEY ARE HAVING A PRETTY BAD SEASON. AND TOURNAMENT TIME IS HERE.

MAQUOKETA TRICK OR TREAT HOURS THIS YEAR WILL BE 4 TO 6 P.M. ON SUNDAY, OCT 30TH.

THE DUBUQUE CHORALE, DIRECTED BY ITS FOUNDER, DENNIS WILLIAMS, PRESENTED HANDEL'S MESSIAH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AUDITORIUM. THERE WERE ABOUT 60 SINGERS AND 20 IN THE ORCHESTRA. THE EVENT WAS HOSTED BY THE OHNWARD CENTER.
ABOUT 150 ATTENDED. SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE! IT WAS A GREAT PERFORMANCE. I REALLY ENJOYED IT AND SO DID EVERYONE ELSE. THE PUBLICITY ON IT WAS VERY POOR AND THE WEATHER WAS TERRIFIC, SO THOSE WERE TWO FACTORS ON LOW TURNOUT. DR. CRAIG ROSE, FORMER MAQUOKETA DOCTOR, WHO MOVED TO DUBUQUE IN THE 70'S, WAS ONE OF THE SINGERS. IN FACT, HE HAD A SOLO AND DID VERY WELL, ESPECIALLY SINCE HE WAS A FILL-IN FOR A SINGER THAT HAD A SORE THROAT. THE SHOW LASTED 2 AND 1/2 HOURS AND AFTER, THE GROUP WENT TO THE DECKER HOTEL FOR DINNER. YESTERDAY, WAS THE FIRST TIME I SAW THE NEW STAGE CURTAIN USED FOR A PERFORMANCE.

SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

DONALD LINDEMIER, 77, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY. HIS FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ
AT www.carsonandson.com

THE FULL JOHN MAROUSIS OBIT IS NOW ALSO UP AT THE CARSON SITE.

STEVEN MILLER, AGE 51, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SUNDAY MORNING. HIS OBITUARY ALSO IS ON THE CARSON WEB SITE.

RALPH ZIRKELBACH, 65, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY IN TEXAS AND
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON.

50 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE HAND CORN PICKING CONTEST YESTERDAY WITH BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, AT THE ANDREW JACKSON DEMONSTRATION FARM. SORRY, DON'T HAVE THE NAMES OF THE WINNERS YET.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

THE FRIDAY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 14TH IS BELOW.

BE SURE AND READ IT.

THIS SPECIAL ENTRY IS TO URGE YOU TO CHECK OUT SOMETHING NEW ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE. A RECORDING OF TODAY'S "JUST TALK" CALL-IN SHOW ON KMAQ, HOSTED BY LEIGHTON HEPKER. IT AIRED AT 9:05 UNTIL 10 THIS MORNING AND GO TO www.kmaq.com AND CLICK-ON AND LISTEN AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

DENNIS VOY

NOW..GO BELOW TO READ THE FRIDAY REPORT FOR TODAY.

BEAUTIFUL TODAY...HIGH OF 78.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS AT MARION TONIGHT......MARION IS UNDEFEATED.

BRAD DEERY MOTORS REPORTED A WINDOW OF ONE OF THEIR CARS WAS BROKEN OUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

ADA GARRITY, 87, OF MAQUOKETA DIED TODAY AT HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. YOU CAN READ THE OBITURARY AT www.laheys.com

SANDRA O'MEARA CROMER, AGE 107, THE OLDEST RESIDENT OF CLINTON COUNTY, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE WESTWING PLACE IN DEWITT. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER, BETTY HENNINGSEN OF MAQUOKETA.

A HISTORICAL NOTE: ON OCTOBER 14, 1924, THE LAKEHURST DANCE PAVALION OPENED AND BECAME ONE OF IOWA'S MOST POPULAR DANCE SPOTS. BIG NAME BANDS PLAYED THERE, INCLUDING GUY LOMBARDO, WAYNE KING, SAMMY KAY AND RED NICHOLS. THE DANCE HALL BURNED DOWN IN 1936. THE FOOTINGS FOR THE BUILDING CAN STILL BE SEEN.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY MOST OF TODAY, THEN SUNSHINE LATE IN AFTERNOON AND A HIGH IN THE MID 60'S.
NICE NOW.
DON'T FORGET, YOU CAN CHECK OUT MAQUOKETA'S WEATHER ANYTIME IN TWO WAYS ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE. WWW.KMAQ.COM ON THE HOME PAGE IS THE FORECAST AND TEMPERATURE AND IF YOU CLICK ON TO THE WEB CAM ON HOME PAGE (CLICK ON THE PICTURE OF THE POST OFFICE ON NORTH MAIN) AND GET A "LIVE" PICTURE OF MAQUOKETA, 24 HOURS A DAY. NIGHTIMES, HARD TO SEE MUCH.
DURING DAY, YOU CAN TELL HOW THE WIND IS BY CHECKING THE POSTOFFICE FLAG AND YOU CAN CHECK THE CORRECT TIME AND TEMPERATURE ON THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK BIG SIGN. AND ONCE IN AWHILE, YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE A VEHICHLE OR PERSON YOU KNOW. IF YOU HAVE NOT CHECKED IT OUT...DO SO AFTER READING THIS REPORT.

THERE WILL BE AN OLD-FASHIONED HAND CORNPICKING CONTEST THIS SUNDAY AT THE ANDREW JACKSON DEMONSTRATION FARM JUST NORTH OF ANDREW. ANYONE CAN ENTER AND
ANYONE CAN WATCH FREE.
THE CORN MAZE IS ALSO OPEN TO VISITORS OUT THERE. FOR IT, THERE IS AN ADMISSION CHARGE.

HANDEL'S MESSIAH WILL BE PRESENTED AT 3 THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE NEW OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AUDITORIUM IN MAQUOKETA, PUT ON BY THE DUBUQUE CHORAL GROUP AND ORCHESTRA.

THE COLORFUL LEAVES ARE BEAUTIFUL THESE DAYS HERE IN BEAUTIFUL JACKSON COUNTY.
WISH YOU WERE HERE. LOTS OF NICE HOMES FOR SALE HERE IN THE TIMBER CITY, SO WE HAVE ROOM FOR YOU. JUST TALKED TO A COUPLE THIS MORNING THAT MOVED BACK TO MAQUOKETA AFTER LIVING FOR 30 YEARS IN THE CHICAGO AREA.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 68 TODAY. NO RAIN.

DORATHY A HUDRLIK, AGE 94, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY. HER OBITURARY CAN BE READ
AT www.carsonandson.com

JOHN MAROUSIS, 81, OF VERO BEACH, FLORIDA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST FRIDAY AT HIS HOME. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON'S, AND WILL BE CONDUCTED NEXT WEEK.
HE WAS A FORMER MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN. BACK IN THE 50'S AND 60'S, HE OPERATED
THE RC COLA BOTTLING PLANT THAT WAS LOCATED WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS NOW, BEHIND
OSTERHAUS PHARMACY.

NOT MUCH NEWS AGAIN TODAY, SORRY.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY TODAY..HIGH OF 64.

MAQUOKETA WON THE FOOTBALL GAME FRIDAY NIGHT, BEATING WESTERN DUBUQUE, 35 TO 7. THIS WEEK, THEY PLAY MARION, WITH A PERFECT 6 AND 0 RECORD.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

MYRLE SCHILDGEN, AGE 88, DIED THURSAY. HER OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT
www.layeys.com

DON KRANTZ, AGE 72, DIED YESTERDAY. HIS OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT
www.carsonandson.com

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

2/10ths of an inch of rain overnight. COOL TODAY...HIGH 50...YES 50.

A MAQUOKETA MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SNEAKING IN VALIUM PILLS TO OTHER INMATES AT THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. TYLER TAYLOR, AGE 19, WAS JAILED FOR 90 DAYS, BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND HID SEVERAL VALIUM PILLS INSIDE A BAGGIE AND INSERTED IT IN HIS ARM CAST. JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN SAID INMATES TOLD JAIL AUTHORITIES ABOUT THE DRUGS.

THE COMPLETE OBITUARY FOR LYLE SUTHERS, AGE 83, IS AT www.carsonandson.com

MYRLE E. SCHILDGEN, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA. SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME. THE OBITUARY WILL BE ON THE LAHEY WEB SITE IN A DAY OR SO.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS FOOTBALL UP AT EPWORTH TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST WESTERN DUBUQUE.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN. I WILL NOT HAVE A REPORT AGAIN UNTIL MONDAY OR TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

HIGH OF 86 TODAY.

LYLE SUTHERS, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN
MAQUOKETA.

THAT'S ALL.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

HOT TODAY..89, 1 DEGGREE UNDER THE RECORD. WILL BE HOT AGAIN TOMORROW, THEN COOLING OFF THE REST OF THE WEEK.

MAQUOKETA LOST THEIR HOMECOMING GAME TO WEST DELAWARE, 49 TO 14.
THE WINNER OF THE CAR DRAWING...A 2004 PT CRUISER, WAS LOIS FRANDSEN. LOIS AND HER HUSBAND JERRY OF MAQUOKETA WERE THERE WHEN THE WINNING NAME WAS DRAWN BY THE HOMECOMING QUEEN HEATHER WHITE. THE RAFFLE WAS SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS...2ND YEAR IN A ROW FOR THE RAFFLE.

CINDY KNOCK IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB. BOB KORANDA IS PRESIDENT-ELECT. VERA RANDALL VICE-PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY-TREASURER. LOIS FISCHER, KMAQ SALES REP, IS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER. BOARD MEMBERS ARE MAYOR TOM MESSERLI, GALEN BARTELS, RUTH SHEETS, CINDY KNOCK, DOUG MELVOLD AND MATT WAACK.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNICIL MEETING TONIGHT.

DAN AND STACY SIMMONS OF DELMAR, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN THIS MORNING AT DAVENPORT HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE LEE AND CONNIE WINCH OF MAQUOKETA. GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS DARLEEEN SIMMONS OF MAQUOKETA.

MAC READ, AGE 80, DIED YESTERDAY AT WILLILAMSBURG. HE OWNED A RADIO-TV BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA AND LATER OWNED WADY INDUSTRIES IN MAQUOKETA. HIS FIRST WIFE JOANN DIED IN 2000 AND HE MARRIED DARLENE IN 2003 AND LIVED IN WILLIAMSBURG AFTER. HE DIED OF PANCREATIC CANCER.

PATRICIA ADLER, 70, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY. HER OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com

JACK DAVISON, AGE 67, DIED SUDDENLY, THIS MORNING, AT HIS HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
HIS OBITUARY CAN BE READ at www.carsonandson.com

HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYBODY.

DENNIS VOY

BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 73.

NICE HOMECOMING PARADE THIS AFTERNOON....AND THE GAME IS TONIGHT. IF WE WIN,
I'LL HAVE THE SCORE FOR YOU TOMORROW. WEST DELAWARE IS RANKED IN THE TOP 10 IN THE STATE AND IS 4 AND 0.

CARDINAL SCHOOL WILL GET ANOTHER THERAPY DOG NEXT MONTH. THE SCHOOL HAD ONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND IT DIED IN 2002. DIANA THOMAS, A SPECIAL NEEDS ASSOCIATE AT CARDINAL, WILL HAVE THE DOG LIVING WITH HER FAMILY. THE DOG WILL SPEND PART OF HER DAY IN A CLASSROOM FOR PRE-SCHOOLERS WITH A VARIETY OF DISABILITIES AND THE OTHER PART OF HER DAY WILL BE IN A CLASSROOM FOR SEVERE AND PROFOUNDLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. PRINCIPAL SUZANNE BATY TOLD THE SCHOOL BOARD THIS WEEK AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING THAT WITH THE PREVIOUS DOG, THERE WAS A CHILD WHO DID NOT COMMUNICATE WELL WITH ADULTS, BUT WOULD SPEAK TO THE DOG. THE NEW DOG WILL BE CALLED RETTA.

BETTY GRAVERT, AGE 75, OF DEWITT, WHO GREW UP IN MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT. SHE IS SURVIVED BY SON JEFF AND DAUGHTER MARILYN.
HER LATE HUSBAND WAS ELDON AND HER LATE SISTER WAS NADINE BECK OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

IT RAINED A LOT IN MAQUKETA TODAY. COLD TOO.

A MAQUOKETA MAN BACKED INTO A NEIGHBOR'S CARPORT YESTERDAY MORNING.
WILLAIM FORREST, 78, WAS BACKING FROM A PRIVATE DRIVE ON YALE AVENUE AND BACKED ACROSS THE STREET AND INTO THE CARPORT OF A MOBILE HOME OWNED BY TODD BARKER. $1,000 DAMAGE EACH, TO THE CAR AND THE CARPORT.

POLICE BLOTTER: ERIN MOORE REPORTED SOMEONE SPRAY PAINTED WORDS ON HER VEHICLE WHILE PARKED ON NORTH MAIN STREET.
AND..PHYLLIS EDWARDS REPORTED SOMEONE RAN INTO HER VAN MONDAY WHILE PARKED AT THE EAGLES CLUB.
LYLE DUHME REPORTED HIS RURAL MAILBOX WAS HIT AND LISTED THE DAMAGE AT $100.

TARA TALLMAN OF MAQUKETA IS THE MOTHER OF A BOY BORN A WEEK AGO AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDMOTHER IS DEB GOODWIN OF MAQUOKETA.

SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S FOR BRIAN FIX, AGE 44, WHO DIED TODAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SURVIORS INCLUDE HIS PARENTS, RICHARD AND FAYE FIX OF MAQUOKETA. THE FULL OBITURARY SHOULD BE UP LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW AT www.carsonandson.com

THE HOMECOMING PARADE IS AT 2 FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. FOLLOWED BY THE ANNUAL TAILGATE PARTY AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, SPONSORED BY MSB AND DICK'S SUPERMARKET.

AND SO IT GOES.

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY

BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 77.

RAIN FORCAST FOR TOMORROW.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR, UP 22 STUDENTS OVER LAST YEAR......1,665 STUDENTS.

MARY BARTELS WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD
LAST NIGHT. ANN HAWKS, NAMED VICE-PRESIDENT.

LONGTIME CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SUZANNE BATEY HAS ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WILL RETIRE IN JUNE NEXT YEAR. SHE HAS BEEN AT CARDINAL SCHOOL SINCE 1980, FIRST AS A KINDERGARDEN TEACHER. SHE HAS BEEN PRINCIPAL THE PAST 20 YEARS.

MARY ROWAN, 77, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SUNDAY AT HER HOME.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY 5 DAUGHTERS, ALL IN CLINTON AND 6 SONS, INCLUDING
ED, DON AND ALLEN IN MAQUOKTA. CHECK LAHEY FUNERAL HOME WEB SITE FOR FULL OBITURARY.

ALSO, LONGTIME TEACHER AND COACH, DICK DAVIS, AGE 73, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY. HE HAS HAD HEART PROBLEMS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. MOST OF HIS YEARS OF TEACHING WERE IN ILLINOIS. HE WAS MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL COACH FOR 7 YEARS, RETIRING AFTER THE 99 SEASON. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE ALICE. A FULL OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME WEB SITE.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY