TODAY, HIGH OF 32.
BLUSTERY AND COLD TOMORROW, THE FIRST DAY OF MARCH.
THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK IS DENNIS STREETS, WHO HAS BEEN AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL FOR 39 YEARS AND SOPHOMORE BASKETBALL COACH ALL THOSE YEARS. THIS PAST YEAR, HIS TEAM WENT 16 AND 0 IN THE WAMAC CONFERENCE. SEE A COLOR PHOTO AND READ ABOUT HIM ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org
KEITH VAN PELT, 91, OF DEWITT, DIED LAST FRIDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, SON GARY VAN PELT.
NOW..AT 5:30, IT IS SNOWING AND BLOWING IN MAQUOKETA.
TIME TO GET A HAIRCUT AND HEAD FOR HOME AND THERE, LISTEN TO THE MAQUOKETA-ANAMOSA BOYS TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL GAME FROM ANAMOSA. THE CARDINALS HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN...AND IF THEY DO, THEY WILL PROBABLY PLAY 4TH RATED DEWITT CENTRAL THURSDAY NIGHT.
BLACK ROCKWELL, MAQUOKETA SENIOR WRESTLER, ENDED UP WITH AN 8TH PLACE MEDAL AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT SATURDAY. I SAW HIM GET HIS MEDAL ON STATE-WIDE TV.
THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS EASILY WON THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME SATURDAY AGAINST A FORT MADISON TEAM AND WILL PLAY IN THE IOWA GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT MONDAY. THEIR 3RD YEAR IN A ROW TO GO TO STATE. THE MARQUETTE BOYS ALSO ARE GOOD AGAIN THIS YEAR AND HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF GOING BACK TO STATE.
THE NORTHEAST GIRLS LOST FRIDAY NIGHT TO #1 RATED GRUNDY CENTER AND LOST THEIR BID TO GO TO THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 25, 2005
BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA...SUNNY AND HIGH OF 47.
BLAKE ROCKWELL, SENIOR MCHS WRESTLER IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK, HAS WON 2 MATCHES SO FAR AND LOST 2 AND HE WRESTLES A FINAL TIME TOMOROW AFTERNOON, AND WITH A WIN, WILL GET 7TH IN THE STATE. A LOSS WILL GIVE HIM AN 8TH PLACE MEDAL. ADAM PAPE, THE OTHER MAQUOKETA WRESTLER AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT LOST YESTERDAY AND WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE TOURNAMENT.
THE NORTHEAST OF GOOSELAKE GIRLS PLAY TONIGHT AND A WIN WILL PUT THEM IN THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT AND THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS PLAY AT 4 TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND THEY WOULD GO ON TO STATE IF THEY WIN TOMORROW.
DENNIS STREETS GAVE ME A QUICK TOUR OF THE NEW CLASSROOMS AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON. THEY ARE ALMOST DONE. AND ARE THEY BIG...AND NICE. MUCH MORE OF A PROJECT THAN I REALIZED.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW ENTRANCE AND OFFICES ARE COMPLETED AND BOTH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ADDITIONS WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN LATE APRIL.
JACKSON COUNTY'S CORN MAZE WAS A BIG HIT LAST FALL, MADE SOME MONEY AND PLANS ARE BEING MADE TO DOUBLE IT IN SIZE THIS FALL. IT IS A PROJECT OF THE JACKSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND THE JACKSON COUNTY DEMONSTRATION FARM JUST NORTH OF ANDREW, WHERE THE MAZE IS LOCATED.
MINOR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING, AT MAIN AND SUMMIT STREETS.
CHARGED WAS JACQUELINE DAVISON, AGE 64, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD ON TURNING LEFT. THE OTHER CAR WAS DRIVEN BY A WOMAN FROM DEWITT. THE DAVISON CAR RECEIVED ABOUT $500 IN DAMAGES AND THE OTHER CAR, ABOUT $200. NO INJURIES.
THERE IS A MOVE UNDERWAY IN DES MOIENS, IN THE LEGISLATURE, TO RAISE THE SPEED LIMIT IN IOWA TO 70 MPH.
BILL ALDEN, AGE 91, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE HELEN, DAUGHTER CAROLE WHISMAN OF MAQUOKETA, DAUGHTER JANET MILLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND TWO OTHER DAUGHTERS, PRISCILLA IN COLORADO AND KATHY IN LOST NATION.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
BLAKE ROCKWELL, SENIOR MCHS WRESTLER IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK, HAS WON 2 MATCHES SO FAR AND LOST 2 AND HE WRESTLES A FINAL TIME TOMOROW AFTERNOON, AND WITH A WIN, WILL GET 7TH IN THE STATE. A LOSS WILL GIVE HIM AN 8TH PLACE MEDAL. ADAM PAPE, THE OTHER MAQUOKETA WRESTLER AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT LOST YESTERDAY AND WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE TOURNAMENT.
THE NORTHEAST OF GOOSELAKE GIRLS PLAY TONIGHT AND A WIN WILL PUT THEM IN THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT AND THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS PLAY AT 4 TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND THEY WOULD GO ON TO STATE IF THEY WIN TOMORROW.
DENNIS STREETS GAVE ME A QUICK TOUR OF THE NEW CLASSROOMS AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON. THEY ARE ALMOST DONE. AND ARE THEY BIG...AND NICE. MUCH MORE OF A PROJECT THAN I REALIZED.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW ENTRANCE AND OFFICES ARE COMPLETED AND BOTH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ADDITIONS WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN LATE APRIL.
JACKSON COUNTY'S CORN MAZE WAS A BIG HIT LAST FALL, MADE SOME MONEY AND PLANS ARE BEING MADE TO DOUBLE IT IN SIZE THIS FALL. IT IS A PROJECT OF THE JACKSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND THE JACKSON COUNTY DEMONSTRATION FARM JUST NORTH OF ANDREW, WHERE THE MAZE IS LOCATED.
MINOR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING, AT MAIN AND SUMMIT STREETS.
CHARGED WAS JACQUELINE DAVISON, AGE 64, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD ON TURNING LEFT. THE OTHER CAR WAS DRIVEN BY A WOMAN FROM DEWITT. THE DAVISON CAR RECEIVED ABOUT $500 IN DAMAGES AND THE OTHER CAR, ABOUT $200. NO INJURIES.
THERE IS A MOVE UNDERWAY IN DES MOIENS, IN THE LEGISLATURE, TO RAISE THE SPEED LIMIT IN IOWA TO 70 MPH.
BILL ALDEN, AGE 91, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE HELEN, DAUGHTER CAROLE WHISMAN OF MAQUOKETA, DAUGHTER JANET MILLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND TWO OTHER DAUGHTERS, PRISCILLA IN COLORADO AND KATHY IN LOST NATION.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA...SUNNY AND HIGH OF 47.
BLAKE ROCKWELL, SENIOR MCHS WRESTLER IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK, HAS WON 2 MATCHES SO FAR AND LOST 2 AND HE WRESTLES A FINAL TIME TOMOROW AFTERNOON, AND WITH A WIN, WILL GET 7TH IN THE STATE. A LOSS WILL GIVE HIM AN 8TH PLACE MEDAL. ADAM PAPE, THE OTHER MAQUOKETA WRESTLER AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT LOST YESTERDAY AND WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE TOURNAMENT.
THE NORTHEAST OF GOOSELAKE GIRLS PLAY TONIGHT AND A WIN WILL PUT THEM IN THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT AND THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS PLAY AT 4 TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND THEY WOULD GO ON TO STATE IF THEY WIN TOMORROW.
DENNIS STREETS GAVE ME A QUICK TOUR OF THE NEW CLASSROOMS AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON. THEY ARE ALMOST DONE. AND ARE THEY BIG...AND NICE. MUCH MORE OF A PROJECT THAN I REALIZED.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW ENTRANCE AND OFFICES ARE COMPLETED AND BOTH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ADDITIONS WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN LATE APRIL.
JACKSON COUNTY'S CORN MAZE WAS A BIG HIT LAST FALL, MADE SOME MONEY AND PLANS ARE BEING MADE TO DOUBLE IT IN SIZE THIS FALL. IT IS A PROJECT OF THE JACKSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND THE JACKSON COUNTY DEMONSTRATION FARM JUST NORTH OF ANDREW, WHERE THE MAZE IS LOCATED.
MINOR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING, AT MAIN AND SUMMIT STREETS.
CHARGED WAS JACQUELINE DAVISON, AGE 64, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD ON TURNING LEFT. THE OTHER CAR WAS DRIVEN BY A WOMAN FROM DEWITT. THE DAVISON CAR RECEIVED ABOUT $500 IN DAMAGES AND THE OTHER CAR, ABOUT $200. NO INJURIES.
THERE IS A MOVE UNDERWAY IN DES MOIENS, IN THE LEGISLATURE, TO RAISE THE SPEED LIMIT IN IOWA TO 70 MPH.
BILL ALDEN, AGE 91, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE HELEN, DAUGHTER CAROLE WHISMAN OF MAQUOKETA, DAUGHTER JANET MILLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND TWO OTHER DAUGHTERS, PRISCILLA IN COLORADO AND KATHY IN LOST NATION.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
BLAKE ROCKWELL, SENIOR MCHS WRESTLER IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK, HAS WON 2 MATCHES SO FAR AND LOST 2 AND HE WRESTLES A FINAL TIME TOMOROW AFTERNOON, AND WITH A WIN, WILL GET 7TH IN THE STATE. A LOSS WILL GIVE HIM AN 8TH PLACE MEDAL. ADAM PAPE, THE OTHER MAQUOKETA WRESTLER AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT LOST YESTERDAY AND WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE TOURNAMENT.
THE NORTHEAST OF GOOSELAKE GIRLS PLAY TONIGHT AND A WIN WILL PUT THEM IN THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT AND THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS PLAY AT 4 TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND THEY WOULD GO ON TO STATE IF THEY WIN TOMORROW.
DENNIS STREETS GAVE ME A QUICK TOUR OF THE NEW CLASSROOMS AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON. THEY ARE ALMOST DONE. AND ARE THEY BIG...AND NICE. MUCH MORE OF A PROJECT THAN I REALIZED.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW ENTRANCE AND OFFICES ARE COMPLETED AND BOTH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ADDITIONS WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN LATE APRIL.
JACKSON COUNTY'S CORN MAZE WAS A BIG HIT LAST FALL, MADE SOME MONEY AND PLANS ARE BEING MADE TO DOUBLE IT IN SIZE THIS FALL. IT IS A PROJECT OF THE JACKSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND THE JACKSON COUNTY DEMONSTRATION FARM JUST NORTH OF ANDREW, WHERE THE MAZE IS LOCATED.
MINOR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING, AT MAIN AND SUMMIT STREETS.
CHARGED WAS JACQUELINE DAVISON, AGE 64, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD ON TURNING LEFT. THE OTHER CAR WAS DRIVEN BY A WOMAN FROM DEWITT. THE DAVISON CAR RECEIVED ABOUT $500 IN DAMAGES AND THE OTHER CAR, ABOUT $200. NO INJURIES.
THERE IS A MOVE UNDERWAY IN DES MOIENS, IN THE LEGISLATURE, TO RAISE THE SPEED LIMIT IN IOWA TO 70 MPH.
BILL ALDEN, AGE 91, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE HELEN, DAUGHTER CAROLE WHISMAN OF MAQUOKETA, DAUGHTER JANET MILLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND TWO OTHER DAUGHTERS, PRISCILLA IN COLORADO AND KATHY IN LOST NATION.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA...SUNNY AND HIGH OF 47.
BLAKE ROCKWELL, SENIOR MCHS WRESTLER IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK, HAS WON 2 MATCHES SO FAR AND LOST 2 AND HE WRESTLES A FINAL TIME TOMOROW AFTERNOON, AND WITH A WIN, WILL GET 7TH IN THE STATE. A LOSS WILL GIVE HIM AN 8TH PLACE MEDAL. ADAM PAPE, THE OTHER MAQUOKETA WRESTLER AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT LOST YESTERDAY AND WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE TOURNAMENT.
THE NORTHEAST OF GOOSELAKE GIRLS PLAY TONIGHT AND A WIN WILL PUT THEM IN THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT AND THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS PLAY AT 4 TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND THEY WOULD GO ON TO STATE IF THEY WIN TOMORROW.
DENNIS STREETS GAVE ME A QUICK TOUR OF THE NEW CLASSROOMS AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON. THEY ARE ALMOST DONE. AND ARE THEY BIG...AND NICE. MUCH MORE OF A PROJECT THAN I REALIZED.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW ENTRANCE AND OFFICES ARE COMPLETED AND BOTH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ADDITIONS WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN LATE APRIL.
JACKSON COUNTY'S CORN MAZE WAS A BIG HIT LAST FALL, MADE SOME MONEY AND PLANS ARE BEING MADE TO DOUBLE IT IN SIZE THIS FALL. IT IS A PROJECT OF THE JACKSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND THE JACKSON COUNTY DEMONSTRATION FARM JUST NORTH OF ANDREW, WHERE THE MAZE IS LOCATED.
MINOR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING, AT MAIN AND SUMMIT STREETS.
CHARGED WAS JACQUELINE DAVISON, AGE 64, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD ON TURNING LEFT. THE OTHER CAR WAS DRIVEN BY A WOMAN FROM DEWITT. THE DAVISON CAR RECEIVED ABOUT $500 IN DAMAGES AND THE OTHER CAR, ABOUT $200. NO INJURIES.
THERE IS A MOVE UNDERWAY IN DES MOIENS, IN THE LEGISLATURE, TO RAISE THE SPEED LIMIT IN IOWA TO 70 MPH.
BILL ALDEN, AGE 91, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE HELEN, DAUGHTER CAROLE WHISMAN OF MAQUOKETA, DAUGHTER JANET MILLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND TWO OTHER DAUGHTERS, PRISCILLA IN COLORADO AND KATHY IN LOST NATION.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
BLAKE ROCKWELL, SENIOR MCHS WRESTLER IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK, HAS WON 2 MATCHES SO FAR AND LOST 2 AND HE WRESTLES A FINAL TIME TOMOROW AFTERNOON, AND WITH A WIN, WILL GET 7TH IN THE STATE. A LOSS WILL GIVE HIM AN 8TH PLACE MEDAL. ADAM PAPE, THE OTHER MAQUOKETA WRESTLER AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT LOST YESTERDAY AND WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE TOURNAMENT.
THE NORTHEAST OF GOOSELAKE GIRLS PLAY TONIGHT AND A WIN WILL PUT THEM IN THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT AND THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS PLAY AT 4 TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND THEY WOULD GO ON TO STATE IF THEY WIN TOMORROW.
DENNIS STREETS GAVE ME A QUICK TOUR OF THE NEW CLASSROOMS AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON. THEY ARE ALMOST DONE. AND ARE THEY BIG...AND NICE. MUCH MORE OF A PROJECT THAN I REALIZED.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW ENTRANCE AND OFFICES ARE COMPLETED AND BOTH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL ADDITIONS WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN LATE APRIL.
JACKSON COUNTY'S CORN MAZE WAS A BIG HIT LAST FALL, MADE SOME MONEY AND PLANS ARE BEING MADE TO DOUBLE IT IN SIZE THIS FALL. IT IS A PROJECT OF THE JACKSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND THE JACKSON COUNTY DEMONSTRATION FARM JUST NORTH OF ANDREW, WHERE THE MAZE IS LOCATED.
MINOR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING, AT MAIN AND SUMMIT STREETS.
CHARGED WAS JACQUELINE DAVISON, AGE 64, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD ON TURNING LEFT. THE OTHER CAR WAS DRIVEN BY A WOMAN FROM DEWITT. THE DAVISON CAR RECEIVED ABOUT $500 IN DAMAGES AND THE OTHER CAR, ABOUT $200. NO INJURIES.
THERE IS A MOVE UNDERWAY IN DES MOIENS, IN THE LEGISLATURE, TO RAISE THE SPEED LIMIT IN IOWA TO 70 MPH.
BILL ALDEN, AGE 91, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE HELEN, DAUGHTER CAROLE WHISMAN OF MAQUOKETA, DAUGHTER JANET MILLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND TWO OTHER DAUGHTERS, PRISCILLA IN COLORADO AND KATHY IN LOST NATION.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
NICE SUNNY AFTERNOON WITH A HIGH IN THE MID -UPPER 30'S.
IN BOYS BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, THE CARDINALS PLAYED THEIR FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME AT MARION AND LOST BY 2 POINTS IN THE FINAL 6 SECONDS. THEY WILL HAVE THEIR FIRST TOUNAMENT GAME NEXT MONDAY.
TWO MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS ARE AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND BOTH WRESTLED THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRST MATCH BY BLAKE ROCKWELL WAS WON BY BLAKE, A DECISIVE WIN. ADAM PAPE LOST HIS FIRST MATCH BUT THEN LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON WON HIS WRESTLE-BACK MATCH, SO BOTH MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WILL WRESTLE AGAIN TOMORROW. AS ALWAYS, DR. PAUL KOOB DID A GREAT JOB OF DESCRIBING THE MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM.
THE BEAR CREEK NARCOTICS TASK FORCE RAIDED A HOME AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT, BUT NO ONE WAS ARRESTED. TASK FORCE OFFICIALS RECEIVED A COMPLAINT THAT SOME ANHYDROUS AMMNIA WAS TAKEN FROM THE NEW HORIZON'S FS BUSINESS. THE TASK FORCE GOT A SEARCH WARRANT FOR A HOME ON EAST JEFFERSON. THERE THEY FOUND THE ANHYDROUS AND OTHER ITEMS WHICH HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE STATE CRIME LAB FOR TESTING. OFFICIALS HAVE NOT SAID WHO WAS HOME AT THE TIME. NO ONE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGES ARE PENDING. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, MAQUOKETA POLICE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ADN RESCUE SQUAD AND AMBULANCE PERSONNEL ALL ASSISTED AT THE RAID.
JACKSON COUNTY HAS A NEW ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY, NICHOLAS SCOTT OF CEDAR RAPIDS. HE STARTS WORK MONDAY AT AT SALARY OF $40,000 A YEAR AND HE REPLACES DAVID COLDWELL WHO DIED OF SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT JAN. 31ST.
SCOTT IS A GRADUTE OF THE UNIV. OF IOWA, IS MARRIED (WIFE IS A TEACHER IN IOWA CITY) AND THEY HAVE A SON. HE IS NOT REQUIRED TO MOVE TO JACKSON COUNTY FOR THE POSITION. HE COMES FROM A CEDAR RAPIDS LAW FIRM AND BEFORE THAT, WAS A PROSECUTING INTERN IN THE MUSCATINE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
CLINTON AND ELLY POGEMILLER OF DAVENPORT ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST FRIDAY IN DAVENPORT. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JACK AND MARY BECK OF MAQUOKETA.
ROTARY IS 100 YEARS OLD TODAY. THE LOCAL MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB CELEBRATED THE EVENT AT THEIR REGULAR WEDNESDAY NOON MEETING AT THE EAGLES CLUB. THE FIRST CLUB WAS STARTED ON FEBRUARY 23, 1905, IN CHICAGO BY AN ATTORNEY, NAMED PAUL HARRIS. THE MAQUOKETA CLUB WAS ORGANIZED IN 1938. RICH HAINSTOCK IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT AND THERE ARE AROUND 50 MEMBERS THAT MEET WEEKLY. I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER SINCE THE 60'S.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
IN BOYS BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, THE CARDINALS PLAYED THEIR FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME AT MARION AND LOST BY 2 POINTS IN THE FINAL 6 SECONDS. THEY WILL HAVE THEIR FIRST TOUNAMENT GAME NEXT MONDAY.
TWO MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS ARE AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND BOTH WRESTLED THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRST MATCH BY BLAKE ROCKWELL WAS WON BY BLAKE, A DECISIVE WIN. ADAM PAPE LOST HIS FIRST MATCH BUT THEN LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON WON HIS WRESTLE-BACK MATCH, SO BOTH MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WILL WRESTLE AGAIN TOMORROW. AS ALWAYS, DR. PAUL KOOB DID A GREAT JOB OF DESCRIBING THE MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM.
THE BEAR CREEK NARCOTICS TASK FORCE RAIDED A HOME AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT, BUT NO ONE WAS ARRESTED. TASK FORCE OFFICIALS RECEIVED A COMPLAINT THAT SOME ANHYDROUS AMMNIA WAS TAKEN FROM THE NEW HORIZON'S FS BUSINESS. THE TASK FORCE GOT A SEARCH WARRANT FOR A HOME ON EAST JEFFERSON. THERE THEY FOUND THE ANHYDROUS AND OTHER ITEMS WHICH HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE STATE CRIME LAB FOR TESTING. OFFICIALS HAVE NOT SAID WHO WAS HOME AT THE TIME. NO ONE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGES ARE PENDING. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, MAQUOKETA POLICE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ADN RESCUE SQUAD AND AMBULANCE PERSONNEL ALL ASSISTED AT THE RAID.
JACKSON COUNTY HAS A NEW ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY, NICHOLAS SCOTT OF CEDAR RAPIDS. HE STARTS WORK MONDAY AT AT SALARY OF $40,000 A YEAR AND HE REPLACES DAVID COLDWELL WHO DIED OF SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT JAN. 31ST.
SCOTT IS A GRADUTE OF THE UNIV. OF IOWA, IS MARRIED (WIFE IS A TEACHER IN IOWA CITY) AND THEY HAVE A SON. HE IS NOT REQUIRED TO MOVE TO JACKSON COUNTY FOR THE POSITION. HE COMES FROM A CEDAR RAPIDS LAW FIRM AND BEFORE THAT, WAS A PROSECUTING INTERN IN THE MUSCATINE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
CLINTON AND ELLY POGEMILLER OF DAVENPORT ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST FRIDAY IN DAVENPORT. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JACK AND MARY BECK OF MAQUOKETA.
ROTARY IS 100 YEARS OLD TODAY. THE LOCAL MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB CELEBRATED THE EVENT AT THEIR REGULAR WEDNESDAY NOON MEETING AT THE EAGLES CLUB. THE FIRST CLUB WAS STARTED ON FEBRUARY 23, 1905, IN CHICAGO BY AN ATTORNEY, NAMED PAUL HARRIS. THE MAQUOKETA CLUB WAS ORGANIZED IN 1938. RICH HAINSTOCK IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT AND THERE ARE AROUND 50 MEMBERS THAT MEET WEEKLY. I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER SINCE THE 60'S.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 21, 2005
After a rainy Sunday (13/100 of an inch), today was dry, mostly cloudy and a high in the 30's.
Jackson County Fair Manager Doug Pratt was on the KMAQ "Just Talk" show this morning and told some of the early plans for this year's fair in July. The headliner for Thursday night in front of the grandstand will be
famous country singer, Tracy Byrd. And, there are plans for a different stage, so the show would not have to be cancelled because of rain, like happened last year. Tracy Byrd is definitely a good booking and he whould draw a big Thursday night crowd.
Hugh Bowman, longtime owner-operator of Maquoketa's only full-service gas station, is this week's Maquoketa Rotary Club "Citizen Of The Week". A photo of Hugh and a story about his long career in Maquoketa can been seen on the Rotary Web Site.....www.maquoketa-rotary.org Hugh has not retired, still working over 50 hours a week. Its a good story!
43-year-old James Clark Yeager, of Maquoketa, was taken to the local hospital with unknown injuries after he crashed his jeep into a cattle barn just before 7 last night. He was charged with failure to maintain control.
The accident happened on 134th Avenue. He went through an intersection, hit some fence, and gates and then continued on until he hit the north side of a cattle barn. The Maquoketa rescue squad had to assist in getting him out of the vehicle. Damages were listed at $8,000 to his 98 Jeep and $15,000 to a fence and barn owned by Brian Roe.
City Council meeting tonight.
Henry Schnoor, 89, of Emeline, died this afternoon at the local hospital. Services are pending at Carson's.
Two Maquoketa High School wrestlers will be at the State Tournament this week in Des Moines.
Both will wrestle this Wednesday afternoon . They are: Blake Rockwell, a Senior, who wrestles at 152-pounds. His record this year is 12 and 4. And, Adam Pape, a Junior, at 189-pounds. His record this year is 25 and 13. Both won second place in the District this past Saturday.
Also, DeWitt Central will have 5 wrestlers at State, Northeast of Goose Lake, 3 and Midland of Wyoming 1.
Dr. Paul Koob of Maquoketa, will again be at Veteran's Auditorium to describe the matches on KMAQ, starting Wednesday afternoon. He will do all Maquoketa, DeWitt and Northeast matches.
No School in Maquoketa today because of President's Day.
Have a good week.
Dennis Voy
Jackson County Fair Manager Doug Pratt was on the KMAQ "Just Talk" show this morning and told some of the early plans for this year's fair in July. The headliner for Thursday night in front of the grandstand will be
famous country singer, Tracy Byrd. And, there are plans for a different stage, so the show would not have to be cancelled because of rain, like happened last year. Tracy Byrd is definitely a good booking and he whould draw a big Thursday night crowd.
Hugh Bowman, longtime owner-operator of Maquoketa's only full-service gas station, is this week's Maquoketa Rotary Club "Citizen Of The Week". A photo of Hugh and a story about his long career in Maquoketa can been seen on the Rotary Web Site.....www.maquoketa-rotary.org Hugh has not retired, still working over 50 hours a week. Its a good story!
43-year-old James Clark Yeager, of Maquoketa, was taken to the local hospital with unknown injuries after he crashed his jeep into a cattle barn just before 7 last night. He was charged with failure to maintain control.
The accident happened on 134th Avenue. He went through an intersection, hit some fence, and gates and then continued on until he hit the north side of a cattle barn. The Maquoketa rescue squad had to assist in getting him out of the vehicle. Damages were listed at $8,000 to his 98 Jeep and $15,000 to a fence and barn owned by Brian Roe.
City Council meeting tonight.
Henry Schnoor, 89, of Emeline, died this afternoon at the local hospital. Services are pending at Carson's.
Two Maquoketa High School wrestlers will be at the State Tournament this week in Des Moines.
Both will wrestle this Wednesday afternoon . They are: Blake Rockwell, a Senior, who wrestles at 152-pounds. His record this year is 12 and 4. And, Adam Pape, a Junior, at 189-pounds. His record this year is 25 and 13. Both won second place in the District this past Saturday.
Also, DeWitt Central will have 5 wrestlers at State, Northeast of Goose Lake, 3 and Midland of Wyoming 1.
Dr. Paul Koob of Maquoketa, will again be at Veteran's Auditorium to describe the matches on KMAQ, starting Wednesday afternoon. He will do all Maquoketa, DeWitt and Northeast matches.
No School in Maquoketa today because of President's Day.
Have a good week.
Dennis Voy
Friday, February 18, 2005
SUNNY AGAIN, LESS WINDY...NICE DAY IN THE UPPER 20'S.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM LOST THEIR TOURNAMENT
GAME AT DEWITT LAST NIGHT TO THE SABERS, BY ABOUT 15 POINTS. THEIR SEASON IS NOW OVER.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS ARE IN TOURNAMENT ACTION TOMORROW.
THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE WILL GET A NEW LOOK THIS SPRING WHEN 54 NEW WINDOWS ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLED AT A COST OF $35,000. MOST OF THE WINDOWS ARE
ORIGINAL 1959 WINDOWS.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM LOST THEIR TOURNAMENT
GAME AT DEWITT LAST NIGHT TO THE SABERS, BY ABOUT 15 POINTS. THEIR SEASON IS NOW OVER.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS ARE IN TOURNAMENT ACTION TOMORROW.
THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE WILL GET A NEW LOOK THIS SPRING WHEN 54 NEW WINDOWS ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLED AT A COST OF $35,000. MOST OF THE WINDOWS ARE
ORIGINAL 1959 WINDOWS.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 17, 2005
SUNNY, WINDY AND COLD AGAIN TODAY..HIGH THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MID 20'S.
NEW REST ROOMS FOR THE GIRL'S SOFTBALL PARK ARE DEFINITELY ON THE LIST OF CITY PROJECTS FOR THIS YEAR. IN FACT, LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, HEARD FROM THE ENGINEER FOR THE CITY THAT THE COST COULD BE AS MUCH AS $100,000 FOR A BRICK BUILDING, WHICH IS PREFERRED BY THE COUNCIL OVER A METAL ONE. THE COST IS A LITTLE MORE THAN THE COUNCIL WANTS TO SPEND, SO THE ENGINEER IS TO COME UP WITH A LOWER PLAN FOR A BRICK BUILDING. DAVE RIVER HAS ALREADY PROVIDED AN ESTIMATE FOR A METAL BUILDING AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $50,000. CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER SAID THERE IS JUST UNDER
$50,000 IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION LINE ITEM NOW FOR THE PROJECT, BUT SAID MORE FUNDS COULD BE SHIFTED FROM A PROPOSAL FOR UPGRADING RESTROOMS AT 5TH WARD PARK.
SEVERAL GIRLS WHO PLAY SOFTBALL TOLD THE COMMITTEE, THEY DON'T CARE WHAT KIND...JUST
THAT THEY ARE TIRED FOR PORTA POTTIES WHICH HAVE BEEN USED FOR MANY YEARS.
THERE IS NO RUNNING WATER AT THE PARK NOW FOR WASHING HANDS...AND THE WATER
IN THE WATER FOUNTAIN HAS TERRIBLE TASTING WATER, SAID SOME PARENTS.
MORE ABOUT THIS COMING. ON ONE HAND, THE COUNCIL IS TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE RIGHT PLANS FOR A LONG NEEDED RESTROOM BUILDING WHILE ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY ARE BEING PITCHED A NEARLY $5 MILLION DOLLAR RECREATION FACILITY THAT MANY (PROBABLY MOST )
PEOPLE DON'T WANT. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
A MINOR ACCIDENT. NICHOLAS WARD, 23, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD ON ENTERING A HIGHWAY FOLLOWING A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT ON SOTUH MAIN. WARD WAS COMING OUT OF THE FAREWAY STORE AND HIT A CAR DRIVEN BY LYNN BOPES, 46, OF MAQUOKETA, CAUSING OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS DAMAGE TO EACH CAR.
THE FIRE DEPARMENT WAS CALLED TO A GRASS FIRE SOUTH OF MAQUOEKTA LAST NIGHT. A SIMI LOST A TIRE, RESULTING IN SOME FLAMES, THAT IGNITED THE GRASS. SINCE THE FIRE IS NEAR THEIR TERRITORY, THE DELMAR FIREMEN ALSO ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, NEAR THE FAMILY DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM STARTS THE TOURNAMENT TRAIL TONIGHT PLAYING THE DEWITT CENTRAL SABER GIRLS ON THE DEWITT FLOOR. DEWITT TOOK FIRST PLACE IN THE CONFERENCE AND IS FAVORED. THE LOOSER WILL BE ENDING THE SEASON TONIGHT. THE
GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ FM TONIGHT.
FIVE MORE NEW HOMES HAVE JUST BEEN STARTED ON LOTS AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA...ALL HOMES CLOSE TO THE MAQUOKETA RIVER.
PRESIDENTS DAY IS MONDAY. MAQUOKETA WILL NOT HAVE SCHOOL.
THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR IS ON. IN A DUBUQUE TH STORY THIS MORNING, CONGRESSMAN JIM NUSSLEL (R) IS LEADING THE PACK RIGHT NOW. NOT FAR BEHIND, CHESTER CULBER (D), THE CURRENT SECRETRY OF STATE. HIS DAD IS EX-CONGRESSMAN AND EX-US SENATOR, JOHN
CULVER.
THINK SPRING. THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT IT WILL OPEN APRIL 1ST.
AND...THE BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING SEASON HAS STARTED. KMAQ WILL FOR THE 21ST YEAR IN A ROW, BROADCAST ST. LOUIS CARDINAL BASEBALL GAMES. MOST OF THE PLAYERS WILL BE NEW...BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS IN SPORTS THESE DAYS. ALBERT PUHOLS, THE CARDINAL ALL-STAR 1ST BASEMAN AND SLUGGER WILL BE BACK.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
NEW REST ROOMS FOR THE GIRL'S SOFTBALL PARK ARE DEFINITELY ON THE LIST OF CITY PROJECTS FOR THIS YEAR. IN FACT, LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, HEARD FROM THE ENGINEER FOR THE CITY THAT THE COST COULD BE AS MUCH AS $100,000 FOR A BRICK BUILDING, WHICH IS PREFERRED BY THE COUNCIL OVER A METAL ONE. THE COST IS A LITTLE MORE THAN THE COUNCIL WANTS TO SPEND, SO THE ENGINEER IS TO COME UP WITH A LOWER PLAN FOR A BRICK BUILDING. DAVE RIVER HAS ALREADY PROVIDED AN ESTIMATE FOR A METAL BUILDING AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $50,000. CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER SAID THERE IS JUST UNDER
$50,000 IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION LINE ITEM NOW FOR THE PROJECT, BUT SAID MORE FUNDS COULD BE SHIFTED FROM A PROPOSAL FOR UPGRADING RESTROOMS AT 5TH WARD PARK.
SEVERAL GIRLS WHO PLAY SOFTBALL TOLD THE COMMITTEE, THEY DON'T CARE WHAT KIND...JUST
THAT THEY ARE TIRED FOR PORTA POTTIES WHICH HAVE BEEN USED FOR MANY YEARS.
THERE IS NO RUNNING WATER AT THE PARK NOW FOR WASHING HANDS...AND THE WATER
IN THE WATER FOUNTAIN HAS TERRIBLE TASTING WATER, SAID SOME PARENTS.
MORE ABOUT THIS COMING. ON ONE HAND, THE COUNCIL IS TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE RIGHT PLANS FOR A LONG NEEDED RESTROOM BUILDING WHILE ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY ARE BEING PITCHED A NEARLY $5 MILLION DOLLAR RECREATION FACILITY THAT MANY (PROBABLY MOST )
PEOPLE DON'T WANT. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
A MINOR ACCIDENT. NICHOLAS WARD, 23, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD ON ENTERING A HIGHWAY FOLLOWING A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT ON SOTUH MAIN. WARD WAS COMING OUT OF THE FAREWAY STORE AND HIT A CAR DRIVEN BY LYNN BOPES, 46, OF MAQUOKETA, CAUSING OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS DAMAGE TO EACH CAR.
THE FIRE DEPARMENT WAS CALLED TO A GRASS FIRE SOUTH OF MAQUOEKTA LAST NIGHT. A SIMI LOST A TIRE, RESULTING IN SOME FLAMES, THAT IGNITED THE GRASS. SINCE THE FIRE IS NEAR THEIR TERRITORY, THE DELMAR FIREMEN ALSO ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, NEAR THE FAMILY DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION CENTER.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM STARTS THE TOURNAMENT TRAIL TONIGHT PLAYING THE DEWITT CENTRAL SABER GIRLS ON THE DEWITT FLOOR. DEWITT TOOK FIRST PLACE IN THE CONFERENCE AND IS FAVORED. THE LOOSER WILL BE ENDING THE SEASON TONIGHT. THE
GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ FM TONIGHT.
FIVE MORE NEW HOMES HAVE JUST BEEN STARTED ON LOTS AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA...ALL HOMES CLOSE TO THE MAQUOKETA RIVER.
PRESIDENTS DAY IS MONDAY. MAQUOKETA WILL NOT HAVE SCHOOL.
THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR IS ON. IN A DUBUQUE TH STORY THIS MORNING, CONGRESSMAN JIM NUSSLEL (R) IS LEADING THE PACK RIGHT NOW. NOT FAR BEHIND, CHESTER CULBER (D), THE CURRENT SECRETRY OF STATE. HIS DAD IS EX-CONGRESSMAN AND EX-US SENATOR, JOHN
CULVER.
THINK SPRING. THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT IT WILL OPEN APRIL 1ST.
AND...THE BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING SEASON HAS STARTED. KMAQ WILL FOR THE 21ST YEAR IN A ROW, BROADCAST ST. LOUIS CARDINAL BASEBALL GAMES. MOST OF THE PLAYERS WILL BE NEW...BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS IN SPORTS THESE DAYS. ALBERT PUHOLS, THE CARDINAL ALL-STAR 1ST BASEMAN AND SLUGGER WILL BE BACK.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
SUNNY, BUT WINDY AND COLD TODAY...HIGH ONLY IN 30'S.
MYRTLE WATTERS, 85, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT. SHE FARMED WITH HUSBAND AND WORKED IN SEVERAL JOBS DURING HER LIFE. SURIVIVORS INCLUDE
DAUGHTER DONNA FELTES OF MAQUOKETA AND DAUGHTER JANET WOOD OF MAQUOKETA, 6 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A BROTHER AND 3 SISTERS.
BLANCHE STOCKHAM-FREYTAG, AGE 86, OF LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, DIED FEBRUARY 9TH. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 3 CHILDREN, 8 GRANDCHILDREN, 5 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND HER BROTHER, BOB STOCKHAM OF MAQUOKETA.
ADAM HEPKER OF MAQUOKETA (SON OF KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER AND WIFE CINDY) IS A FRESHMAN AT MID AMERICA UNIVERSITY AND IS THE STARTING POINT- GUARD FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM....WHICH IS CURRENTLY 2ND IN THE CONFERENCE AND HAS WON 20 GAMES SO FAR. ADAM LAST WEEK WAS NAMED THE CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK. REALLY SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY FOR A FRESHMAN. LAST WEEK IN ONE GAME HE SCORED A SEASON-HIGH 22 POINTS AND IN ANOTHER OF THEIR 3 VICTORIES LAST WEEK, HE SCORED THE WINNING POINT IN DOUBLE OVERTIME. HIS COACH IS FORMER MAQUOKETAN ROCKY LAMAAR.
THE NEW TRAVEL MART CONVENIENCE BUILDING IS GOING UP FAST SOUTH OF TOWN BY THE NEW MOTEL. IT WILL INCLUDE A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT NOT YET ANNOUNCED. IT'S A BRIAN KONRARDY PROJECT.....BRIAN A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN. HE HAS A TANNING STORE DOWNTOWN, IN A BUILDING HE OWNS NEXT TO USBANK. YEARS AGO HE OWNED "FIFE'S BAR & RESTAURANT" ON EAST PLATT AND HIS WIFE SUE, IS A LONGTIME BEAUTICIAN HERE IN TOWN.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
MYRTLE WATTERS, 85, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT. SHE FARMED WITH HUSBAND AND WORKED IN SEVERAL JOBS DURING HER LIFE. SURIVIVORS INCLUDE
DAUGHTER DONNA FELTES OF MAQUOKETA AND DAUGHTER JANET WOOD OF MAQUOKETA, 6 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A BROTHER AND 3 SISTERS.
BLANCHE STOCKHAM-FREYTAG, AGE 86, OF LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, DIED FEBRUARY 9TH. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 3 CHILDREN, 8 GRANDCHILDREN, 5 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND HER BROTHER, BOB STOCKHAM OF MAQUOKETA.
ADAM HEPKER OF MAQUOKETA (SON OF KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER AND WIFE CINDY) IS A FRESHMAN AT MID AMERICA UNIVERSITY AND IS THE STARTING POINT- GUARD FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM....WHICH IS CURRENTLY 2ND IN THE CONFERENCE AND HAS WON 20 GAMES SO FAR. ADAM LAST WEEK WAS NAMED THE CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK. REALLY SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY FOR A FRESHMAN. LAST WEEK IN ONE GAME HE SCORED A SEASON-HIGH 22 POINTS AND IN ANOTHER OF THEIR 3 VICTORIES LAST WEEK, HE SCORED THE WINNING POINT IN DOUBLE OVERTIME. HIS COACH IS FORMER MAQUOKETAN ROCKY LAMAAR.
THE NEW TRAVEL MART CONVENIENCE BUILDING IS GOING UP FAST SOUTH OF TOWN BY THE NEW MOTEL. IT WILL INCLUDE A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT NOT YET ANNOUNCED. IT'S A BRIAN KONRARDY PROJECT.....BRIAN A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN. HE HAS A TANNING STORE DOWNTOWN, IN A BUILDING HE OWNS NEXT TO USBANK. YEARS AGO HE OWNED "FIFE'S BAR & RESTAURANT" ON EAST PLATT AND HIS WIFE SUE, IS A LONGTIME BEAUTICIAN HERE IN TOWN.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
SUNNY, BUT WINDY AND COLD TODAY...HIGH ONLY IN 30'S.
MYRTLE WATTERS, 85, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT. SHE FARMED WITH HUSBAND AND WORKED IN SEVERAL JOBS DURING HER LIFE. SURIVIVORS INCLUDE
DAUGHTER DONNA FELTES OF MAQUOKETA AND DAUGHTER JANET WOOD OF MAQUOKETA, 6 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A BROTHER AND 3 SISTERS.
BLANCHE STOCKHAM-FREYTAG, AGE 86, OF LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, DIED FEBRUARY 9TH. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 3 CHILDREN, 8 GRANDCHILDREN, 5 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND HER BROTHER, BOB STOCKHAM OF MAQUOKETA.
ADAM HEPKER OF MAQUOKETA (SON OF KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER AND WIFE CINDY) IS A FRESHMAN AT MID AMERICA UNIVERSITY AND IS THE STARTING POINT- GUARD FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM....WHICH IS CURRENTLY 2ND IN THE CONFERENCE AND HAS WON 20 GAMES SO FAR. ADAM LAST WEEK WAS NAMED THE CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK. REALLY SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY FOR A FRESHMAN. LAST WEEK IN ONE GAME HE SCORED A SEASON-HIGH 22 POINTS AND IN ANOTHER OF THEIR 3 VICTORIES LAST WEEK, HE SCORED THE WINNING POINT IN DOUBLE OVERTIME. HIS COACH IS FORMER MAQUOKETAN ROCKY LAMAAR.
THE NEW TRAVEL MART CONVENIENCE BUILDING IS GOING UP FAST SOUTH OF TOWN BY THE NEW MOTEL. IT WILL INCLUDE A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT NOT YET ANNOUNCED. IT'S A BRIAN KONRARDY PROJECT.....BRIAN A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN. HE HAS A TANNING STORE DOWNTOWN, IN A BUILDING HE OWNS NEXT TO USBANK. YEARS AGO HE OWNED "FIFE'S BAR & RESTAURANT" ON EAST PLATT AND HIS WIFE SUE, IS A LONGTIME BEAUTICIAN HERE IN TOWN.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
MYRTLE WATTERS, 85, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT. SHE FARMED WITH HUSBAND AND WORKED IN SEVERAL JOBS DURING HER LIFE. SURIVIVORS INCLUDE
DAUGHTER DONNA FELTES OF MAQUOKETA AND DAUGHTER JANET WOOD OF MAQUOKETA, 6 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, A BROTHER AND 3 SISTERS.
BLANCHE STOCKHAM-FREYTAG, AGE 86, OF LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, DIED FEBRUARY 9TH. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 3 CHILDREN, 8 GRANDCHILDREN, 5 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND HER BROTHER, BOB STOCKHAM OF MAQUOKETA.
ADAM HEPKER OF MAQUOKETA (SON OF KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER AND WIFE CINDY) IS A FRESHMAN AT MID AMERICA UNIVERSITY AND IS THE STARTING POINT- GUARD FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM....WHICH IS CURRENTLY 2ND IN THE CONFERENCE AND HAS WON 20 GAMES SO FAR. ADAM LAST WEEK WAS NAMED THE CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK. REALLY SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY FOR A FRESHMAN. LAST WEEK IN ONE GAME HE SCORED A SEASON-HIGH 22 POINTS AND IN ANOTHER OF THEIR 3 VICTORIES LAST WEEK, HE SCORED THE WINNING POINT IN DOUBLE OVERTIME. HIS COACH IS FORMER MAQUOKETAN ROCKY LAMAAR.
THE NEW TRAVEL MART CONVENIENCE BUILDING IS GOING UP FAST SOUTH OF TOWN BY THE NEW MOTEL. IT WILL INCLUDE A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT NOT YET ANNOUNCED. IT'S A BRIAN KONRARDY PROJECT.....BRIAN A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN. HE HAS A TANNING STORE DOWNTOWN, IN A BUILDING HE OWNS NEXT TO USBANK. YEARS AGO HE OWNED "FIFE'S BAR & RESTAURANT" ON EAST PLATT AND HIS WIFE SUE, IS A LONGTIME BEAUTICIAN HERE IN TOWN.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 14, 2005
RAINY DAY YESTERDAY.....ABOUT 7/10 OF AN INCH.
TODAY, SUNNY AND HIGH OF 43.
YESTERDAY, THE RADIO-TELETHON FOR THE SUNSHINE SCHOOL RAISED JUST OVER $23,000.
IT WAS THE 2ND ANNUAL AND SPONSORED BY KMAQ AND THE LOCAL ACCESS TV CHANNEL.
THERE ARE PHOTOS ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE.
THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK IS LYNN BOPES, THE NEW MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR
FOR JACKSON COUNTY. SHE HAS WORKED IN MAQUOKETA FOR 23 YEARS FOR THE GANNON CENTER.
FOR A PHOTO AND STORY, GO TO www. maquoketa-rotary.org
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA HAS TERMINATED THE EMPLOYMENT OF TERRY BRONSON, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. HE HAS BEEN AT THAT POSITION FOR OVER 6 YEARS. THE ACTION WAS TAKEN FOR TWO REASONS: HE VIOLATED THE CITY'S SPENDING POLICY AND THERE WAS A MORALE PROBLEM WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. HE CAN REQUEST A HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND MUST DO THAT WITHIN 30 DAYS. DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE RANDY CROUCH HAS BEEN NAMED ACTING DIRECTOR.
IN COURT NEWS: KURTIS FELDERMAN, AGE 23, OF MAQUOKETA WAS ARRESTED AROUND 1:15 SATURDAY MORNING IN MAQUOKETA FOR OWI. HE WAS ALSO SIGHTED WITH AN OPEN CONTAINER VIOLATION.
NO ON INJURED IN A TWO CAR ACCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA AROUND 7 LAST NIGHT. ONE DRIVER WAS JONI HUSEMAN, AGE 25, OF MAQUOKETA AND THE OTHER DRIVER WAS LARRY MCCLOY,JUNIIOR, AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A CAR FIRE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CHAD VEACH WAS OPERATING HIS CAR ON PERSHING ROAD AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT IN MAQUOKETA.
A BIRTH. LAURA STANTON AND DEAN KLOFT ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN FEBRUARY 5TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
NO DEATHS TO REPORT.
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
TODAY, SUNNY AND HIGH OF 43.
YESTERDAY, THE RADIO-TELETHON FOR THE SUNSHINE SCHOOL RAISED JUST OVER $23,000.
IT WAS THE 2ND ANNUAL AND SPONSORED BY KMAQ AND THE LOCAL ACCESS TV CHANNEL.
THERE ARE PHOTOS ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE.
THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK IS LYNN BOPES, THE NEW MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR
FOR JACKSON COUNTY. SHE HAS WORKED IN MAQUOKETA FOR 23 YEARS FOR THE GANNON CENTER.
FOR A PHOTO AND STORY, GO TO www. maquoketa-rotary.org
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA HAS TERMINATED THE EMPLOYMENT OF TERRY BRONSON, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. HE HAS BEEN AT THAT POSITION FOR OVER 6 YEARS. THE ACTION WAS TAKEN FOR TWO REASONS: HE VIOLATED THE CITY'S SPENDING POLICY AND THERE WAS A MORALE PROBLEM WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. HE CAN REQUEST A HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND MUST DO THAT WITHIN 30 DAYS. DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE RANDY CROUCH HAS BEEN NAMED ACTING DIRECTOR.
IN COURT NEWS: KURTIS FELDERMAN, AGE 23, OF MAQUOKETA WAS ARRESTED AROUND 1:15 SATURDAY MORNING IN MAQUOKETA FOR OWI. HE WAS ALSO SIGHTED WITH AN OPEN CONTAINER VIOLATION.
NO ON INJURED IN A TWO CAR ACCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA AROUND 7 LAST NIGHT. ONE DRIVER WAS JONI HUSEMAN, AGE 25, OF MAQUOKETA AND THE OTHER DRIVER WAS LARRY MCCLOY,JUNIIOR, AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A CAR FIRE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CHAD VEACH WAS OPERATING HIS CAR ON PERSHING ROAD AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT IN MAQUOKETA.
A BIRTH. LAURA STANTON AND DEAN KLOFT ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN FEBRUARY 5TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
NO DEATHS TO REPORT.
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 11, 2005
SUNNY AND HIGH OF 39 TODAY.'
FIRST, A CORRECTION: THE BABY BORN TO JOHN AND KARRI COSTELLO WAS A GIRL. HER NAME IS ELLA RAE. SHE WAS BORN IN WATERLOO AND THE PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JOAN AND PAT COSTELLO OF MAQUOKETA AND MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE PAT AND LEONARD DITCH OF MAQUOKETA.
A DEWITT FAMILY GAVE $300,000 TO THE DEWITT HOSPITAL. THE GIFT GIVEN BY LLOYD AND MILDRED HARMSEN AND SON, LARRY HARMSEN.
IN A SPLIT VOTE, (4 TO 3), THE JACKSON COUNTY COMPENSATION BOARD IS RECOMMENDING BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PERCENT PAY RAISES FOR ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIALS. THE 8 PERCENT FOR SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN AND RECORDER PHYLLIS GERLACH. THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.
TWO ATV RIDERS RECEVED MINOR INJURIES AND ONE WAS CHARGED WITH DRUNKEN DRIVING AFTER AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY NEAR BALDWIN. BOBBY LEE LUCY OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH OWI. THE OTHER RIDER WAS ADAM BEARCE, 23, OF MAQUOKETA. THEY WERE EACH OPERATING AN ATV AND HAD A HEAD-ON ACCIDENT, AFTER ONE OF THE VEHICLES MADE AN ABRUPT U-TURN.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
FIRST, A CORRECTION: THE BABY BORN TO JOHN AND KARRI COSTELLO WAS A GIRL. HER NAME IS ELLA RAE. SHE WAS BORN IN WATERLOO AND THE PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JOAN AND PAT COSTELLO OF MAQUOKETA AND MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE PAT AND LEONARD DITCH OF MAQUOKETA.
A DEWITT FAMILY GAVE $300,000 TO THE DEWITT HOSPITAL. THE GIFT GIVEN BY LLOYD AND MILDRED HARMSEN AND SON, LARRY HARMSEN.
IN A SPLIT VOTE, (4 TO 3), THE JACKSON COUNTY COMPENSATION BOARD IS RECOMMENDING BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PERCENT PAY RAISES FOR ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIALS. THE 8 PERCENT FOR SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN AND RECORDER PHYLLIS GERLACH. THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.
TWO ATV RIDERS RECEVED MINOR INJURIES AND ONE WAS CHARGED WITH DRUNKEN DRIVING AFTER AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY NEAR BALDWIN. BOBBY LEE LUCY OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH OWI. THE OTHER RIDER WAS ADAM BEARCE, 23, OF MAQUOKETA. THEY WERE EACH OPERATING AN ATV AND HAD A HEAD-ON ACCIDENT, AFTER ONE OF THE VEHICLES MADE AN ABRUPT U-TURN.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 10, 2005
FIRST....THE WEDNESDAY REPORT WAS DONE LAST NIGHT BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO PUT IT UP UNTIL
THIS MORNING. SO, BE SURE AND READ IT ALSO.
TODAY, SUNNY, BUT HIGH ONLY OF 29.
DR. PAUL KOOB OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN NAMED PERMANENT CLINTON COUNTY MEDIC AL EXAMINER. THE APPOINTMENT RUNS UNTIL FEBRUARY 2007. KOOB IS ALSO THE JACKSON COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER AND NOW WILL DO BOTH COUNTIES. KOOB REPLACE DR. ELPEDIO MARIANO WHO RETIRED THIS YEAR AFTER 25 YEARS AT THE JOB. ORIGINALLY, KOOB WAS GOING TO BE THE INTERIM EXAMINER UNTIL A NEW ONE WAS CHOSEN IN CLINTON COUNTY.
A BIRTH. A BOY BORN YESTERDAY IN WATERLOO TO JOHN AND KARRI COSTELLO. THE MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE PAT AND JOAN COSTELLO IN MAQUOKETA AND THE PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE LEONARD AND PAT DITCH OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN..
DON'T FORGET TO ALSO READ THE WEDNESDAY REPORT BELOW.
DENNIS VOY
THIS MORNING. SO, BE SURE AND READ IT ALSO.
TODAY, SUNNY, BUT HIGH ONLY OF 29.
DR. PAUL KOOB OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN NAMED PERMANENT CLINTON COUNTY MEDIC AL EXAMINER. THE APPOINTMENT RUNS UNTIL FEBRUARY 2007. KOOB IS ALSO THE JACKSON COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER AND NOW WILL DO BOTH COUNTIES. KOOB REPLACE DR. ELPEDIO MARIANO WHO RETIRED THIS YEAR AFTER 25 YEARS AT THE JOB. ORIGINALLY, KOOB WAS GOING TO BE THE INTERIM EXAMINER UNTIL A NEW ONE WAS CHOSEN IN CLINTON COUNTY.
A BIRTH. A BOY BORN YESTERDAY IN WATERLOO TO JOHN AND KARRI COSTELLO. THE MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE PAT AND JOAN COSTELLO IN MAQUOKETA AND THE PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE LEONARD AND PAT DITCH OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN..
DON'T FORGET TO ALSO READ THE WEDNESDAY REPORT BELOW.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Three inches of snow last night and today...but, it'll be gone by Sunday as we are supposed to have 40 degree weather Saturday and Sunday.
Senator Chuck Grassley announed today that Maquoketa has received a Federal Aviation Administration grant for $228,673, to rehabilitate a taxiway and apron at the Maquoketa Airport.
The Jackson County Conference Board met last night and it was learned that the County Assesor Bill Goettler
wants to move his office from the Court House because his office space is not large enough. He has
a place picked out, but did not mention where, that he hopes to rent for around $800 a month. The Jackson County Supervisors are not in favor of that move, so more discussion will follow.
Esther Sellnau, 85, of Maquoketa, died yesterday at University Hospitals. She and her husband farmed in the Delmar area and moved to retire in Maquoketa in 1981. Survivors include her husband, Raymond, and several children, including Marilyn Foster of Maquoketa, Steve Sellnau of Maquoketa, 7 grandchildren,
and two brothers in DeWitt and a sister-in-law, Linda Thomsen of Maquoketa.
John "Jimmy" Schmidt, 82, died yesterday at his home. He was in WW2 and farmed in Jackson County from 1948-1963. Survivors include: His wife, Alvara of Maquoketa, 2 daughters, Paulette in Indiana and Annette Lechtenberg of Maquoketa....5 sons, including Dale, Dean and Virgil all of Maquoketa. Also 9 brothers, including Levi and David Schmidt of Maquoketa.
The Maquoketa girls beat Western Dubuque in overtime last night and the Maquoketa boys also defeated
Western Dubuque last night...both games here in town. Bob Warner broadcast both on KMAQ-FM.
Lots of talk around town about Wal-Mart buying several acres of land just South of Maquoketa and across the
road from the new Motel....to build a new Wal Mart Super Center, which will include a full grocery store department. Does Maquoketa need it? No comment right now.
And sooo it goes.
Thanks for stopping by. Lots of people like the new KMAQ WEB CAM. Have you checked it out?
Dennis Voy
Senator Chuck Grassley announed today that Maquoketa has received a Federal Aviation Administration grant for $228,673, to rehabilitate a taxiway and apron at the Maquoketa Airport.
The Jackson County Conference Board met last night and it was learned that the County Assesor Bill Goettler
wants to move his office from the Court House because his office space is not large enough. He has
a place picked out, but did not mention where, that he hopes to rent for around $800 a month. The Jackson County Supervisors are not in favor of that move, so more discussion will follow.
Esther Sellnau, 85, of Maquoketa, died yesterday at University Hospitals. She and her husband farmed in the Delmar area and moved to retire in Maquoketa in 1981. Survivors include her husband, Raymond, and several children, including Marilyn Foster of Maquoketa, Steve Sellnau of Maquoketa, 7 grandchildren,
and two brothers in DeWitt and a sister-in-law, Linda Thomsen of Maquoketa.
John "Jimmy" Schmidt, 82, died yesterday at his home. He was in WW2 and farmed in Jackson County from 1948-1963. Survivors include: His wife, Alvara of Maquoketa, 2 daughters, Paulette in Indiana and Annette Lechtenberg of Maquoketa....5 sons, including Dale, Dean and Virgil all of Maquoketa. Also 9 brothers, including Levi and David Schmidt of Maquoketa.
The Maquoketa girls beat Western Dubuque in overtime last night and the Maquoketa boys also defeated
Western Dubuque last night...both games here in town. Bob Warner broadcast both on KMAQ-FM.
Lots of talk around town about Wal-Mart buying several acres of land just South of Maquoketa and across the
road from the new Motel....to build a new Wal Mart Super Center, which will include a full grocery store department. Does Maquoketa need it? No comment right now.
And sooo it goes.
Thanks for stopping by. Lots of people like the new KMAQ WEB CAM. Have you checked it out?
Dennis Voy
Monday, February 07, 2005
WE HAD VERY NICE WEATHER ALL LAST WEEK...WITH HIGHS IN THE 40'S AND EVEN 50 ONE DAY.
THIS WEEK..IT WILL BE COLDER AGAIN. TODAY, IN THE 30'S AFTER A QUARTER-INCH OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.
WE WERE VERY BUSY HERE AT KMAQ LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF THE FARM AND HOME SHOW. WITH HELP FROM THE WEATHERMAN, WE HAD VERY GOOD ATTENDANCE BOTH DAYS, WITH THE TOTAL FOR THE SHOW OVER 3 ,200. THE FARMER OF THE YEAR AWARD WENT TO RICHARD BENNIS OF RURAL DELMAR. ROBERT SHEARER, LONGTIME (34 YEARS) LOAN OFFICER FOR THE FARM SERVICE AGENCY OFFICE WAS NAMED THE PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD WINNER AND THE AGRI-BUSINESS AWARD WENT TO ERIC NEWTON OF THE IOWA BANK, WITH OFFICES IN BELLEVUE, LAMOTTE AND MAQUOKETA.
OUR MYSTERY PERSON ON THE WEB SITE WAS THE LATE GERALD CORNELIUS AND WINNING THE $50 WAS SARA HIAR OF MAQUOKETA. THE GROCERY CART HELD $82.87 WORTH OF GROCERIES AND DUB ROMER'S GUESS WAS JUST 30-CENTS UNDER THAT AND HE GOT THE GROCERIES. IT WAS A GOOD SHOW AND THANKS TO THOSE WHO ATTENDED AND HELPED MAKE IT A SUCCESS. THE CATTLEMEN AND PORK PRODUCERS GRILLED OVER 3,000 BURGERS.
THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK IS CAROLYN LAUGHLIN, WHO HAS BEEN THE MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA PIZZA HUT FOR 27 YEARS. SEE A PICTURE AND STORY AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON THEIR GAME OVER INDEPENDENCE FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT THE GIRLS LOST UP THERE. BOTH TEAMS PLAY AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT, IN A DOUBLEHEADER HERE IN TOWN, AGAINST DYERSVILLE BECKMAN.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE GNOMAD COFFEE HOUSE (COFFEE, SANDWICHES AND DESSERTS) HAS ITS GRAND OPENING THIS THURSDAY IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. IT IS OWNED BY TONY SCHMIDT AND LUKE HAHLE.
THE SUNSHINE SCHOOL RADIOTHON IS THIS COMING SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL DINNER WAS SATURDAY NIGHT.
HAROLD LUBBEN, FORMER CHIEF, RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FOR 43 YEARS OF SERVICE. JERRYU WEIS RECEIVED A 30 YEAR MERITORIUS SERVICE CERTIFICATE. MAYOR TOM MESSERLI RECEIVED A 20 YEAR PLAQUE AND MIKE SNYDER A 10 YEAR PLAQUE. THE LEO CLASEN AWARD, NAMED FOR THE LATE LEO CLASEN, LONGTIME FIREMAN, WENT TO JIM WIRTH WHO HAS BEEN A FIREFIGHTER HERE IN MAQUOKETA FOR 23 YEARS. CHEIF MARK BECK REPORTED THAT IN 2004, THEY ANSWERED 89 FIRE CALLS AND 43 RESCUE CALLS.
WILLIAM BLAKE, 34, OF MARYLAND, FORMERLY OF DUBUQUE, DIED LAST THURSDAY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, BRENDA STANGE, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA...AND HIS FATHER-IN-LAW AND MOTHER-IN-LAW, DENNIS AND JANET STANGE OF MAQUOEKTA. HE RECENTLY RETURNED FROM DUTY IN IRAQ AND PERSONALLY ORGANIZED A SHOE DRIVE WHILE IN IRAQ WHICH BROUGHT 1400 PAIRS OF SHOES TO NEED IRAQ CHILDREN. HE WAS IN THE ARMY RESERVE.
DONALD HAYES, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY, FEB 5TH IN TUSCON, ARIZONA. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE JOY, A BROTHER PHILLIP AND A SISTER NANCY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
THIS WEEK..IT WILL BE COLDER AGAIN. TODAY, IN THE 30'S AFTER A QUARTER-INCH OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.
WE WERE VERY BUSY HERE AT KMAQ LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF THE FARM AND HOME SHOW. WITH HELP FROM THE WEATHERMAN, WE HAD VERY GOOD ATTENDANCE BOTH DAYS, WITH THE TOTAL FOR THE SHOW OVER 3 ,200. THE FARMER OF THE YEAR AWARD WENT TO RICHARD BENNIS OF RURAL DELMAR. ROBERT SHEARER, LONGTIME (34 YEARS) LOAN OFFICER FOR THE FARM SERVICE AGENCY OFFICE WAS NAMED THE PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD WINNER AND THE AGRI-BUSINESS AWARD WENT TO ERIC NEWTON OF THE IOWA BANK, WITH OFFICES IN BELLEVUE, LAMOTTE AND MAQUOKETA.
OUR MYSTERY PERSON ON THE WEB SITE WAS THE LATE GERALD CORNELIUS AND WINNING THE $50 WAS SARA HIAR OF MAQUOKETA. THE GROCERY CART HELD $82.87 WORTH OF GROCERIES AND DUB ROMER'S GUESS WAS JUST 30-CENTS UNDER THAT AND HE GOT THE GROCERIES. IT WAS A GOOD SHOW AND THANKS TO THOSE WHO ATTENDED AND HELPED MAKE IT A SUCCESS. THE CATTLEMEN AND PORK PRODUCERS GRILLED OVER 3,000 BURGERS.
THE CITIZEN OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK IS CAROLYN LAUGHLIN, WHO HAS BEEN THE MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA PIZZA HUT FOR 27 YEARS. SEE A PICTURE AND STORY AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON THEIR GAME OVER INDEPENDENCE FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT THE GIRLS LOST UP THERE. BOTH TEAMS PLAY AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT, IN A DOUBLEHEADER HERE IN TOWN, AGAINST DYERSVILLE BECKMAN.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE GNOMAD COFFEE HOUSE (COFFEE, SANDWICHES AND DESSERTS) HAS ITS GRAND OPENING THIS THURSDAY IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. IT IS OWNED BY TONY SCHMIDT AND LUKE HAHLE.
THE SUNSHINE SCHOOL RADIOTHON IS THIS COMING SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL DINNER WAS SATURDAY NIGHT.
HAROLD LUBBEN, FORMER CHIEF, RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FOR 43 YEARS OF SERVICE. JERRYU WEIS RECEIVED A 30 YEAR MERITORIUS SERVICE CERTIFICATE. MAYOR TOM MESSERLI RECEIVED A 20 YEAR PLAQUE AND MIKE SNYDER A 10 YEAR PLAQUE. THE LEO CLASEN AWARD, NAMED FOR THE LATE LEO CLASEN, LONGTIME FIREMAN, WENT TO JIM WIRTH WHO HAS BEEN A FIREFIGHTER HERE IN MAQUOKETA FOR 23 YEARS. CHEIF MARK BECK REPORTED THAT IN 2004, THEY ANSWERED 89 FIRE CALLS AND 43 RESCUE CALLS.
WILLIAM BLAKE, 34, OF MARYLAND, FORMERLY OF DUBUQUE, DIED LAST THURSDAY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, BRENDA STANGE, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA...AND HIS FATHER-IN-LAW AND MOTHER-IN-LAW, DENNIS AND JANET STANGE OF MAQUOEKTA. HE RECENTLY RETURNED FROM DUTY IN IRAQ AND PERSONALLY ORGANIZED A SHOE DRIVE WHILE IN IRAQ WHICH BROUGHT 1400 PAIRS OF SHOES TO NEED IRAQ CHILDREN. HE WAS IN THE ARMY RESERVE.
DONALD HAYES, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY, FEB 5TH IN TUSCON, ARIZONA. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE JOY, A BROTHER PHILLIP AND A SISTER NANCY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
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