SUNNY AND COLD TODAY....HIGH TODAY, 7 ABOVE, AFTER 4 BELOW LAST NIGHT.
WEDNESDAY, WE EXPECT TO BE UP TO AROUND 30. OUR MOISTURE TOTAL (RAIN AND ICE MELTED DOWN AND SNOW MELTED DOWN) SO FAR IN JANUARY, NEARLY 4 INCHES...ABOUT 4 TIMES MORE MOISTURE THAN ALL OF LAST JANUARY.

WAS SUPPOSED TO BE NO SCHOOL TODAY FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY, BUT TODAY WAS A SNOW MAKE-UP DAY.

WEEKEND SPORTS: MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS LOST TO BENTON COMMUNITY
FRIDAY NIGHT AND BOTH TEAMS ALSO LOST TO DYERSVILLE BECKMAN SATURDAY
NIGHT. THE BOYS ARE 1 AND 8 OVERALL AND 1 AND 6 IN THE WAMAC AND THE GIRLS ARE 4 AND 7 OVERALL AND 3 AND 5 IN THE WAMAC.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS HOSTED A DUALS TOURNAMENT AT THE GYM SATURDAY. THE CARDINALS WENT 1 AND 3 ON THE DAY, THE ONLY WIN OVER DAVENPORT NORTH. MAQUOKETA IS 4 AND 5 IN DUAL MEETS.

TONIGHT, THE GIRLS HAVE A MAKE-UP GAME AT DEWITT AND THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS HOST DEWITT ON MAKE-UP WRESTLING. WE WILL BROADCAST THE BASKETBALL GAME ON AM AND THE WRESTLING MEETING ON FM.

MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL KELLY MONONY WILL BE LEAVING MAQUOKETA AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO BE AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT A NEW BIG MIDDLE SCHOOL AT DUBUQUE.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL WILLL MEET TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO APPROVE A NEW COUNCILMAN APPOINTMENT. HE/SHE WOULD TAKE THE SEAT LEFT WHEN TOM SCHUELLER WAS ELECTED STATE REPRESENTATIVE.

A BIG TRACTORCADE WILL VISIT MAQUOKETA IN JUNE. ABOUT 450 CLASSIC TRACTORS WILL PULL INTO MAQUOKETA JUNE 13TH AND STAY OVERNIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

WE HAVE HAD NO LOCAL DEATHS FOR ABOUT A WEEK.

NEIL MOREHEAD, LONGTIME CITY COUNCILMAN WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED MAYOR PRO-TEM BY MAYOR TOM MESSERLI. HE IS THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK AND YOU CAN SEE A PHOTO OF HIM AND READ ABOUT HIS CAREER AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org

THE KMAQ TRAVEL TRIP TO BRANSON IS IN MAY AND FOR DETAILS, GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE, www.kmaq.com AND CLICK ON THE PICTURE OF A BUS.

A BIRTH: ADAM AND CHRISTINA BECK OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN LAST FRIDAY AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE. GRANDPARENTS ARE DENNIS AND MARY BECK AND CAROLYN WAITE MCNABB OF MAQUOKETA.

IT WAS 54 BELOW LAST NIGHT IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

AN ELDERLY COUPLE DIED IN A MOBILE HOME FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND IN ANAMOSA.

GALENA IS BOOMING. THEY RE-DID DOWNTOWN STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.
A NEW SUPER WAL MART RECENTLY OPENED. AND IN THE DUBUQUE TH YESTERDAY, THE STORY ABOUT TWO IRISHMEN THAT BUILDT AN 80 ROOM IRISH HOTEL AND IRISH PUB/RESTAIRMAT AT THE EDGE OF TOWN. MOST OF FURNISHINGS SHIPPED TO GALENA FROM IRELAND. MANY OF THE EMPLOYEES MOVED TO GALENA FROM IRELAND TO WORK AT THE PLACE AND THEIR SAYING IS, EVERY DAY IS ST. PATRICK'S DAY THERE. I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE IT.

DOTTIE BAYLES OF KMAQ YESTERDAY STOPPED AT RADIO SHACK, OUT BY WAL MART, AND COULD NOT STOP HER MINI VAN AND RAN INTO THE FRONT OF BUILDING. MINOR DAMAGE TO HER VAN, BUT WALL DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING. WINDOW OF BUILDING DID NOT BREAK AND DOTTIE WAS NOT INJURED.
THIS STORY HERE JUST TO PROVE THAT EVEN IF YOU WORK FOR KMAQ, YOU CAN ALSO MAKE THE NEWS
WITH A STORY YOU MAY NOT BE HAPPYABOUT. RADIO SHACK IS OPEN AS ALWAYS TODAY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY