TODAY, SUNNY AND COOL, WITH HIGH IN 50'S.
THE WORK ON MAQUOKETA'S NEW WATER SYSTEM HAS STARTED. THEY HAVE STARTED TO TEAR-UP WEST SUMMIT STREET AND PART OF IT WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW.
THE ART TEACHER AT CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WON'T HAVE A CLASSROOM NEXT YEAR. PRINCIPAL SUSANNE BATY TOLD THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD THIS WEEK THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A SPACE PROBLEM NEXT SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL STUDENTS. SO, THE EXISTING ART ROOM WILL BE USED AS A CLASSROOM AND THE ART TEACHER WILL GO FROM CLASS TO CLASS WITH A CART.
ALSO THIS WEEK, THE SCHOOL BOARD EXCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF BRIGGS LIBRARIAN MERRY KAHN, WHO PLANS TO MOVE TO BAR HARBOR, MAINE TO DO SOME VOLUNTEER WORK WITH ALLIED WHALE, A RESEARCH ORGANIZATION AFFILIATED WITH THE COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC IN BAR HARBOR. KAHN HAS BEEN WITH THE MAQUOKETA DISTRICT FOR 25 YEARS.
TOMORROW, IS THE LAST DAY LEGISLATORS GET PAID EXPENSES IN DES MOINES, SO THE END OF THE SESSION IS NEAR. BUT, STILL LOTS OF THINGS TO BE DECIDED.
SHAUNA RORAH OF LOST NATION IS THE MOTHER OF A GIRL BORN MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
GRANDPARENT IS TOM RORAH OF MAQUOKETA.
WILSON CORNELIUS, 91, OF ANDREW, DIED THIS MORNING AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.
GALEN ENGELBART,74, OF RURAL ANAMOSA, DIED YESTERDAY AT A CEDAR RAPIDS HOSPITAL, FROM CANCER.
HE WAS THE OWNER OF ONE OF JONE'S COUNTY'S OLDEST BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS, "LASSO-E RV SALES" IN AMBER, IOWA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, April 22, 2005
COOL TODAY...HIGH OF 55.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JACKSON COUNTY IN MARCH WAS 7.7 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 8.1 IN FEBRUARY. A YEAR AGO IT WAS AT 7.8.
PAUL LAUGHLIN, 59, OF MAQUOKETA WAS IN A CAR-SEMI ACCIDENT LATE YESTERDAY MORNING ON HIGHWAY 136 IN CLINTON COUNTY. THE SEMI DRIVER WAS ALAN BRUNSCHEEN, 55, OF WYOMING, IOWA. NO INJURIES.
GISELE J. BOCK, AGE 77, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT.
AND FERN HINKE, 75, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING.
COMPLETED OBITUARYS FOR BOTH WELL-KNOWN MAQUOKETA WOMEN
CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JACKSON COUNTY IN MARCH WAS 7.7 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 8.1 IN FEBRUARY. A YEAR AGO IT WAS AT 7.8.
PAUL LAUGHLIN, 59, OF MAQUOKETA WAS IN A CAR-SEMI ACCIDENT LATE YESTERDAY MORNING ON HIGHWAY 136 IN CLINTON COUNTY. THE SEMI DRIVER WAS ALAN BRUNSCHEEN, 55, OF WYOMING, IOWA. NO INJURIES.
GISELE J. BOCK, AGE 77, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT.
AND FERN HINKE, 75, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING.
COMPLETED OBITUARYS FOR BOTH WELL-KNOWN MAQUOKETA WOMEN
CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, April 21, 2005
MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER TODAY..HIGH OF 64.
BRIAN WHITE ROLLED ANOTHER 300 GAME THIS WEEK AT TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA.
A BIRTH. A GIRL BORN MONDAY TO SHAWNA EDWARDS AND ROBERT DAGUE OF MAQUOKETA.
GRANDFATHER IS FRANK STEVENS OF MAQUOKETA AND GRANDMOTHERS IS MARY TALLMAN OF MAQUOKETA.
DOROTHY GRUENWALD, 91, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER.
HER OBITURARY IS AS www.carsonandson.com
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
BRIAN WHITE ROLLED ANOTHER 300 GAME THIS WEEK AT TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA.
A BIRTH. A GIRL BORN MONDAY TO SHAWNA EDWARDS AND ROBERT DAGUE OF MAQUOKETA.
GRANDFATHER IS FRANK STEVENS OF MAQUOKETA AND GRANDMOTHERS IS MARY TALLMAN OF MAQUOKETA.
DOROTHY GRUENWALD, 91, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER.
HER OBITURARY IS AS www.carsonandson.com
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, April 18, 2005
84 in Maquoketa today...beautiful day. Rain in forecast tomorrow and Wednesday.
The murder trial resumes tomorrow. The trail may not cost Jackson County as much money as the original estimate of $20,000. Will be somewhere over $10,000.
Saturday night, a Maquoketa man, John Ross Davis, age 41, was charged with running his vehicle into a parked car on Emma Court. $1,500 damage to his car and $2,000 to the car belonging to a Morrison, Illinois man.
Yesterday, took in the 50th Anniversary of Ronann's Floral Shop on West Platt Street. Nice event.
There was a tent for visitors and good food.... burgers off a big grill, with baked beans, and cake and
a pictoral history of the business started by Ron and Ann Meade, both deceased. One of their children, Wendy Scott now owns the business after working for her parents many years. Her right hand assistant is her husband, Dennis Scott. He's parttime help though, as he works for the "buildings and grounds"
department of Maquoketa Community Schools. They have done lots of remodling and redecorating
the last few years and the place looks great. Here's to at least 25 more years for a well run, longtime
successful Maquoketa business....locally owned and operated.
Maquoketa police are investigating some thefts. Tools were taking from the construction firm at the new truck stop goingup at the South edge of town.
Craig Flenker reported someone broke into his car Saturday night and a few things were taken.
David Voy reported someone rummaged through two vehicles at his address on South 4th Street. Nothing appears to have been taken.
And, Mardonna Varner on South Jones said someone ran over her mailbox and post Sunday.
The Maquoketa City Council meets tonight.
Dr. Walt Sturtz, DVM, age 61, of Maquoketa, died unexpectedly Friday morning at his home in Maquoketa.
He has been practicing veterinary medicine in Maquoketa since 1969.
His full obituray at www.carsonandson.com
Have a good week.
Dennis Voy
The murder trial resumes tomorrow. The trail may not cost Jackson County as much money as the original estimate of $20,000. Will be somewhere over $10,000.
Saturday night, a Maquoketa man, John Ross Davis, age 41, was charged with running his vehicle into a parked car on Emma Court. $1,500 damage to his car and $2,000 to the car belonging to a Morrison, Illinois man.
Yesterday, took in the 50th Anniversary of Ronann's Floral Shop on West Platt Street. Nice event.
There was a tent for visitors and good food.... burgers off a big grill, with baked beans, and cake and
a pictoral history of the business started by Ron and Ann Meade, both deceased. One of their children, Wendy Scott now owns the business after working for her parents many years. Her right hand assistant is her husband, Dennis Scott. He's parttime help though, as he works for the "buildings and grounds"
department of Maquoketa Community Schools. They have done lots of remodling and redecorating
the last few years and the place looks great. Here's to at least 25 more years for a well run, longtime
successful Maquoketa business....locally owned and operated.
Maquoketa police are investigating some thefts. Tools were taking from the construction firm at the new truck stop goingup at the South edge of town.
Craig Flenker reported someone broke into his car Saturday night and a few things were taken.
David Voy reported someone rummaged through two vehicles at his address on South 4th Street. Nothing appears to have been taken.
And, Mardonna Varner on South Jones said someone ran over her mailbox and post Sunday.
The Maquoketa City Council meets tonight.
Dr. Walt Sturtz, DVM, age 61, of Maquoketa, died unexpectedly Friday morning at his home in Maquoketa.
He has been practicing veterinary medicine in Maquoketa since 1969.
His full obituray at www.carsonandson.com
Have a good week.
Dennis Voy
Friday, April 15, 2005
BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY..HIGH OF 73. NICE WEATHER EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY TOO.
FIRST STOCK CAR RACES OF THE SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. ONCE AGAIN, THE RACING PROMOTOR IS BOB WAGENER OF MAQUOKETA. HIS PARENTS ARE JOHN AND ANN WAGENER AND JOHN IS STILL IN BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA AS OWNER OF THE LOCAL RADIO SHACK STORE, OUT NEAR WAL MART. JOHN ANN JUST RECENTLY RETURNED FROM WINTERING IN FLORIDA. THEIR MANAGER OF THE STORE HERE IN TOWN IS CARRIE DAVISON. JOHN FOR MANY YEARS WAS THE
JOHN WAGENER FORD, FIRST IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA WHERE THE FAREWAY STORE IS NOW AND THEN LATER ON EAST PLATT STREET. THAT BUILDING IS NOW THE HOME OF A LOCAL INDUSTRY.
A BELLEVUE DENTIST, DR. PETER PAULY SAID A SKULL FOUND IN MISSOURI HAS THE EXACT DENTAL PATTERN OF GREG MAY. THE TESTIMONY CAME TODAY DURING THE TRIAL OF DOUGLAS DEBRUIN WHO IS ACCUSSED OF DISMEMBERING GREG MAY AND DUMPING HIS BODY PARTS IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A SKULL WAS FOUND ENCASED IN CONCRETE IN KEARNEY, MISSOURI. THE TRIAL RECESSED EARLY TODAY AND THE FINAL WITNESS FOR THE STATE CAN'T DO SO UNTIL TUESDAY, SO THE TRIAL WILL RESUME THEN. THE JURY VERDICT COULD BE REACHED BY NEXT FRIDAY. IT IS GETTING LOTS OF NEWSPAPER AND RADIO AND TV COVERAGE. AND THE QUICKEST REPORTS ARE HEARD ON KMAQ AS NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD IS AT THE TRIAL AND FILES HER REPORTS QUICKLY ON KMAQ.
THE QUAD CITY TIMES ALSO USES HER STORIES AND THIS MORNING, IT WAS, IN BIG HEADLINES, THE TOP STORY ON FRONT PAGE. YESTERDAY, THE JURY WAS TOLD HOW DEBRUIN AND WOMAN FRIEND CUT UP HER BODY PARTS....HE WITH A CHAINSAW AND SHE WITH A KNIFE HE GAVE HER TO USE.
THE WOMAN IS IN A STATE PRISON AND WAS BROUGHT FROM JAIL TO TESTIFY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS GOLF TEAM, STATE CHAMPS LAST YEAR, IS DOING WELL AGAIN THIS YEAR.
YESTERDAY, THEY TOOK FIRST PLACE IN A 10-TEAM MEET.
THE WELTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (ONCE WAS A K-12 SCHOOL) CLOSES AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THIS YEAR, 173 STUDENTS ATTEND IT AND 172 OF THOSE ARE BUSED IN DAILY. ANOTHER TOWN IN IOWA LOOSES ITS SCHOOL.
A WELL KNOWN MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN DIED FROM AN ACCIDENT IN HIS HOME THIS MORNING.
BUT, HIS NAME IS NOT BEING ANNOUNCED UNTIL ALL NEXT OF KIN ARE CONTACTED. DETAILS ON
MONDAY'S REPORT.
KMAQ TRAVEL, (I'll be the host) HAS A BUS GOING TO THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS - BREWERS GAME IN MILWAUKEE TOMORROW. WE ALSO HAVE A BUS GOING TO THE CUBS-BREWERS GAMES ON MAY 5TH AND TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR IT. TOMORROW'S BUS IS FULL.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK IS DOWN. WE THINK MAYBE THE COMPANY THAT HOSTS THESE GUEST BOOKS HAS GONE OUT OF BUSINESS. IN THAT CASE, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT WEB COMPANY TO HOST THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK. MORE ON THIS NEXT WEEK.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY.
FIRST STOCK CAR RACES OF THE SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. ONCE AGAIN, THE RACING PROMOTOR IS BOB WAGENER OF MAQUOKETA. HIS PARENTS ARE JOHN AND ANN WAGENER AND JOHN IS STILL IN BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA AS OWNER OF THE LOCAL RADIO SHACK STORE, OUT NEAR WAL MART. JOHN ANN JUST RECENTLY RETURNED FROM WINTERING IN FLORIDA. THEIR MANAGER OF THE STORE HERE IN TOWN IS CARRIE DAVISON. JOHN FOR MANY YEARS WAS THE
JOHN WAGENER FORD, FIRST IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA WHERE THE FAREWAY STORE IS NOW AND THEN LATER ON EAST PLATT STREET. THAT BUILDING IS NOW THE HOME OF A LOCAL INDUSTRY.
A BELLEVUE DENTIST, DR. PETER PAULY SAID A SKULL FOUND IN MISSOURI HAS THE EXACT DENTAL PATTERN OF GREG MAY. THE TESTIMONY CAME TODAY DURING THE TRIAL OF DOUGLAS DEBRUIN WHO IS ACCUSSED OF DISMEMBERING GREG MAY AND DUMPING HIS BODY PARTS IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A SKULL WAS FOUND ENCASED IN CONCRETE IN KEARNEY, MISSOURI. THE TRIAL RECESSED EARLY TODAY AND THE FINAL WITNESS FOR THE STATE CAN'T DO SO UNTIL TUESDAY, SO THE TRIAL WILL RESUME THEN. THE JURY VERDICT COULD BE REACHED BY NEXT FRIDAY. IT IS GETTING LOTS OF NEWSPAPER AND RADIO AND TV COVERAGE. AND THE QUICKEST REPORTS ARE HEARD ON KMAQ AS NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD IS AT THE TRIAL AND FILES HER REPORTS QUICKLY ON KMAQ.
THE QUAD CITY TIMES ALSO USES HER STORIES AND THIS MORNING, IT WAS, IN BIG HEADLINES, THE TOP STORY ON FRONT PAGE. YESTERDAY, THE JURY WAS TOLD HOW DEBRUIN AND WOMAN FRIEND CUT UP HER BODY PARTS....HE WITH A CHAINSAW AND SHE WITH A KNIFE HE GAVE HER TO USE.
THE WOMAN IS IN A STATE PRISON AND WAS BROUGHT FROM JAIL TO TESTIFY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS GOLF TEAM, STATE CHAMPS LAST YEAR, IS DOING WELL AGAIN THIS YEAR.
YESTERDAY, THEY TOOK FIRST PLACE IN A 10-TEAM MEET.
THE WELTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (ONCE WAS A K-12 SCHOOL) CLOSES AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THIS YEAR, 173 STUDENTS ATTEND IT AND 172 OF THOSE ARE BUSED IN DAILY. ANOTHER TOWN IN IOWA LOOSES ITS SCHOOL.
A WELL KNOWN MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN DIED FROM AN ACCIDENT IN HIS HOME THIS MORNING.
BUT, HIS NAME IS NOT BEING ANNOUNCED UNTIL ALL NEXT OF KIN ARE CONTACTED. DETAILS ON
MONDAY'S REPORT.
KMAQ TRAVEL, (I'll be the host) HAS A BUS GOING TO THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS - BREWERS GAME IN MILWAUKEE TOMORROW. WE ALSO HAVE A BUS GOING TO THE CUBS-BREWERS GAMES ON MAY 5TH AND TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR IT. TOMORROW'S BUS IS FULL.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK IS DOWN. WE THINK MAYBE THE COMPANY THAT HOSTS THESE GUEST BOOKS HAS GONE OUT OF BUSINESS. IN THAT CASE, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT WEB COMPANY TO HOST THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK. MORE ON THIS NEXT WEEK.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY.
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
8/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY, AND TODAY, SUNNY...BREEZY AND A HIGH OF 69. LOOKS LIKE THE WEATHER WILL BE NICE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
THE MAQUOKETA ARC COMMITTEE HAS BEEN AWARDED A STATE GRANT OF $825,000 WHICH WILL GO TOWARD THE INDOOR POOL AND GYM FACILITY, TO BE BUILDT ACROSS THE STREET AND EAST OF THE GOODENOW FOOTBALL FIELD. A DELEGATION FROM MAQUOKETA WAS IN DES MOINES TODAY FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT. THE MONEY WILL BE USED TOWARD THE $4.5 MILLION DOLLAR PROPOSED FACILITY, THAT MAY BE AN AFFILIATION WITH THE YMCA.
A MAQUOKETA TEENAGER, JOHNATHAN BOLLINGER, AGE 14, OF MAQUOKETA, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH STEALING A VEHICLE, BREAKING INTO SOME STRUCTURES AND STEALING KEYS FROM SOME CARS.
HE IS BEING HELD IN THE SCOTT COUNTY JUVENILE CENTER.
THE MURDER TRIAL IN JACKSON COUNTY HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE MONDAY. THE JURY WAS SELECTED MONDAY AND THE TRIAL IS UNDERWAY, AND MAY LAST ONLY THIS WEEK. TOO MUCH TO COVER IN THIS SHORT REPORT, SO YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE VERDICT.
BRENDA AND RANDY HUFFMAN OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE CARL AND SHIRLEY HUFFMAN OF MAQUOKETA. GREAT-GRANDMOTHER IS LAURA DELARM OF MAQUOKETA.
MACEL HOPSON, 89, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON DWIGHT OF MAQUOKETA AND A DAUGHTER, SHIRLEY FELLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND ALSO A SISTER, GOLDA GILMORE OF MAQUOKETA. COMPLETE OBITURAY CAN BE READ AT
www.carsonandson.com.
GEORGE GRIFFIN, JR., AGE 69, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT AT HIS HOME.
HIS IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, CAROLYN, AND TWO SONS, AND HIS FATHER, GEORGE, SR. OF MAQUOKETA. HE WORKED A LOT IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND WILL BE BURRIED THERE.
KEITH CROCE, AGE 38, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.
SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON'S. SOON, CHECK THE FULL OBITUARY AT www.carsonandson.com
HE WAS ONE OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CITIZENS OF THE WEEK LAST SUMMER, FOR HIS VOLUNTEER WORK AS THE MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA INDIANS SEMI-PRO BASEBALL TEAM IN MAQUOKETA. HE NEVER MARRIED AND HAS HAD KIDNEY PROBLEMS ALL HIS LIFE.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT AND TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA ARC COMMITTEE HAS BEEN AWARDED A STATE GRANT OF $825,000 WHICH WILL GO TOWARD THE INDOOR POOL AND GYM FACILITY, TO BE BUILDT ACROSS THE STREET AND EAST OF THE GOODENOW FOOTBALL FIELD. A DELEGATION FROM MAQUOKETA WAS IN DES MOINES TODAY FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT. THE MONEY WILL BE USED TOWARD THE $4.5 MILLION DOLLAR PROPOSED FACILITY, THAT MAY BE AN AFFILIATION WITH THE YMCA.
A MAQUOKETA TEENAGER, JOHNATHAN BOLLINGER, AGE 14, OF MAQUOKETA, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH STEALING A VEHICLE, BREAKING INTO SOME STRUCTURES AND STEALING KEYS FROM SOME CARS.
HE IS BEING HELD IN THE SCOTT COUNTY JUVENILE CENTER.
THE MURDER TRIAL IN JACKSON COUNTY HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE MONDAY. THE JURY WAS SELECTED MONDAY AND THE TRIAL IS UNDERWAY, AND MAY LAST ONLY THIS WEEK. TOO MUCH TO COVER IN THIS SHORT REPORT, SO YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE VERDICT.
BRENDA AND RANDY HUFFMAN OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE CARL AND SHIRLEY HUFFMAN OF MAQUOKETA. GREAT-GRANDMOTHER IS LAURA DELARM OF MAQUOKETA.
MACEL HOPSON, 89, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON DWIGHT OF MAQUOKETA AND A DAUGHTER, SHIRLEY FELLER OF MAQUOKETA, AND ALSO A SISTER, GOLDA GILMORE OF MAQUOKETA. COMPLETE OBITURAY CAN BE READ AT
www.carsonandson.com.
GEORGE GRIFFIN, JR., AGE 69, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT AT HIS HOME.
HIS IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, CAROLYN, AND TWO SONS, AND HIS FATHER, GEORGE, SR. OF MAQUOKETA. HE WORKED A LOT IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND WILL BE BURRIED THERE.
KEITH CROCE, AGE 38, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.
SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON'S. SOON, CHECK THE FULL OBITUARY AT www.carsonandson.com
HE WAS ONE OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CITIZENS OF THE WEEK LAST SUMMER, FOR HIS VOLUNTEER WORK AS THE MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA INDIANS SEMI-PRO BASEBALL TEAM IN MAQUOKETA. HE NEVER MARRIED AND HAS HAD KIDNEY PROBLEMS ALL HIS LIFE.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT AND TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, April 11, 2005
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND. YESTERDAY, A HIGH OF 82.
TODAY, COOLER AND A LITTLE RAIN THIS MORNING AND MORE IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. WE NEED THE RAIN.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT. THEY MIGHT HIRE A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
AN ACCIDENT ON SOUTH JONES, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, INVOLVED 2 VEHICLES. ONE DRIVEN BY RONALD GOHLMAN, 62, AND THE OTHER BY JIM KIRK, AGE 74. EACH MAN WAS BACKING OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY AND THEIR CARS COLLIDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. NO ONE INJURED.
DOUGLAS MANDERS, AGE 46, OF MAQUOKETA , DIED FRIDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE, FROM CANCER . IN 1992 HE UNDERWENT A SUCCESSFUL LIVER TRANSPLANT AND WAS KNOWN AS IOWA'S LONGEST SURVIVOR OF A LIVER TRANSPLANT. IT WAS NOT RELATED TO HIS DEATH. HIS OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com HE MOST RECENTLY HAD BEEN A REALTOR FOR MCDONALD'S REALTY IN MAQUOKETA.
EDWARD SAID, 82, OF ORLANDO AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED FRIDAY IN WINTER PARK.
HE FARMED NORTH OF MAQUOKETA AND OWNED HIS OWN TRUCKING COMPANY, RETIRING IN 1988.
HE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER IN FLORIDAY, DIANA, AND TWO SONS, DAVID AND DENNIS, BOTH IN WISCONSIN.
CLELLA CAVEN, AGE 98, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY. HER OBITURARY ALSO CAN BE VIEWED AT CARSON'S.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
TODAY, COOLER AND A LITTLE RAIN THIS MORNING AND MORE IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. WE NEED THE RAIN.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT. THEY MIGHT HIRE A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
AN ACCIDENT ON SOUTH JONES, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, INVOLVED 2 VEHICLES. ONE DRIVEN BY RONALD GOHLMAN, 62, AND THE OTHER BY JIM KIRK, AGE 74. EACH MAN WAS BACKING OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY AND THEIR CARS COLLIDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. NO ONE INJURED.
DOUGLAS MANDERS, AGE 46, OF MAQUOKETA , DIED FRIDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE, FROM CANCER . IN 1992 HE UNDERWENT A SUCCESSFUL LIVER TRANSPLANT AND WAS KNOWN AS IOWA'S LONGEST SURVIVOR OF A LIVER TRANSPLANT. IT WAS NOT RELATED TO HIS DEATH. HIS OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com HE MOST RECENTLY HAD BEEN A REALTOR FOR MCDONALD'S REALTY IN MAQUOKETA.
EDWARD SAID, 82, OF ORLANDO AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED FRIDAY IN WINTER PARK.
HE FARMED NORTH OF MAQUOKETA AND OWNED HIS OWN TRUCKING COMPANY, RETIRING IN 1988.
HE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER IN FLORIDAY, DIANA, AND TWO SONS, DAVID AND DENNIS, BOTH IN WISCONSIN.
CLELLA CAVEN, AGE 98, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY. HER OBITURARY ALSO CAN BE VIEWED AT CARSON'S.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, April 08, 2005
BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA...70 FOR A HIGH. ANOTHER NICE DAY EXPECTED TOMORROW.
HOW ABOUT THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS WIN TODAY...A COME-FROM-BEHIND VICTORY IN THE HOME OPENER AT ST. LOUIS. HEARD ON KMAQ, OF COURSE.
TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES. JIM SEWARD TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND BRENT RATHJE RE-APPOINTED TO THE CITY'S PROPERTY MAINTEANCE COMMITTEE. A BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DINNER HONORING THE VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVE ON CITY BOARDS AND COMISSIONS IS PLANNED FOR MONDAY, APRIL25TH, AT THE EAGLES CLUB ON EAST PLATT STREET.
TWO MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS ARE TRYING TO GET ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE ROUTES IN CITIES AND IN THE COUNTY. BOB ANDERSEN AND JACK ROSENBERG TOLD JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS THIS WEEK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TO SEVERAL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ASKING FOR ATV ROUTES. THEY ARE LOOKING AT ROUTES TO SERVICE STATIONS AND RESTAURANTS.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS TO REPORT.
THE BIG DAIRY BANQUET IS IN MAQUOKETA AT THE FAIRGROUNDS TOMORROW NIGHT.
TNT CONESHOP ON EAST PLATT HAS OPENED FOR THE SEASON.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
HOW ABOUT THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS WIN TODAY...A COME-FROM-BEHIND VICTORY IN THE HOME OPENER AT ST. LOUIS. HEARD ON KMAQ, OF COURSE.
TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES. JIM SEWARD TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND BRENT RATHJE RE-APPOINTED TO THE CITY'S PROPERTY MAINTEANCE COMMITTEE. A BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DINNER HONORING THE VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVE ON CITY BOARDS AND COMISSIONS IS PLANNED FOR MONDAY, APRIL25TH, AT THE EAGLES CLUB ON EAST PLATT STREET.
TWO MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS ARE TRYING TO GET ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE ROUTES IN CITIES AND IN THE COUNTY. BOB ANDERSEN AND JACK ROSENBERG TOLD JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS THIS WEEK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TO SEVERAL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ASKING FOR ATV ROUTES. THEY ARE LOOKING AT ROUTES TO SERVICE STATIONS AND RESTAURANTS.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS TO REPORT.
THE BIG DAIRY BANQUET IS IN MAQUOKETA AT THE FAIRGROUNDS TOMORROW NIGHT.
TNT CONESHOP ON EAST PLATT HAS OPENED FOR THE SEASON.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
80 DEGREES IN MAQUOKETA TODAY. WE NEED RAIN AND IT IS IN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT.
HELEN LOHMEIER, 97, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER, JOANNE TRACY OF MAQUOKETA.
SHE WORKED FOR BEATY'S BEN FRANKLIN STORE IN MAQUOKETA, THE FISH-N-TACKLEY PLANT IN MAQUOKETA AND THE RUSSELL BROTHER'S GROCERY STORES IN MAQUOKETA. ALSO FARMED IN THE DELMAR AREA WITH HER HUSBAND FOR MANY YEARS.
JEFF DOUD, AGE 51, DIED LAST NIGHT AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL. HE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER.
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, SHARON AND STEP-CHILDREN.
ON THE KMAQ MAIN PAGE, CLICK TO "PAST EMPLOYEES" PAGE, AND THERE, EVERY PERSON THAT HAS EVER WORKED AT KMAQ IS LISTED, IN THE YEAR(S) THEY WORKED AT STATION. IF YOU EVER WORKED AT KMAQ, LOOK FOR YOUR NAME. IF IT IS MISSING, LET ME KNOW. AND ALSO, THERE IS A GUEST BOOK FOR FORMER EMPLOYEES TO ENTER.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
HELEN LOHMEIER, 97, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER, JOANNE TRACY OF MAQUOKETA.
SHE WORKED FOR BEATY'S BEN FRANKLIN STORE IN MAQUOKETA, THE FISH-N-TACKLEY PLANT IN MAQUOKETA AND THE RUSSELL BROTHER'S GROCERY STORES IN MAQUOKETA. ALSO FARMED IN THE DELMAR AREA WITH HER HUSBAND FOR MANY YEARS.
JEFF DOUD, AGE 51, DIED LAST NIGHT AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL. HE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER.
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, SHARON AND STEP-CHILDREN.
ON THE KMAQ MAIN PAGE, CLICK TO "PAST EMPLOYEES" PAGE, AND THERE, EVERY PERSON THAT HAS EVER WORKED AT KMAQ IS LISTED, IN THE YEAR(S) THEY WORKED AT STATION. IF YOU EVER WORKED AT KMAQ, LOOK FOR YOUR NAME. IF IT IS MISSING, LET ME KNOW. AND ALSO, THERE IS A GUEST BOOK FOR FORMER EMPLOYEES TO ENTER.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, April 04, 2005
79 today...need I say more...
A Preston woman died yesterday afternoon around 1:30 after she was ejected from her vehicle in a near head-on
crash near Preston. Dead is Donna Whitmore, age 52. The other driver, Sheryl Werden of Maquoketa, was taken to the hospital here in town. Both were alone in their vehicle and neither was wearing a seat belt. The State Trooper said Werden was driving East on highway 64 three miles West of Preston, her car crossed the centerline and hit the Whitmore car nearly head on. Both cars were a total loss.
A Maquoeketa woman, Jessica Bowden, reported her vehicle was vandalized over the weekend on North Niagara Street.
Several grass fires over the weekend kept firemen busy. Maquoketa firemen were called to the Keith Kleis farm for a cornfield fire.
City council meeting tonight at Maquoketa City Hall.
There will be Harness Horse Races at the Maquoketa fairgrounds, Sunday afternoon, June 5th.
Stock Car races start this Saturday night at the fairgrounds.
Ted and Sheryl Tilton of Castle Rock, Colorado, are the parents of a boy, Dylan, born April 1st.
He joins one brother, Ethan, age 2 1/2. Grandparents are Dean and Karen Tilton of Maquoketa.
Have a good week.
Dennis Voy
A Preston woman died yesterday afternoon around 1:30 after she was ejected from her vehicle in a near head-on
crash near Preston. Dead is Donna Whitmore, age 52. The other driver, Sheryl Werden of Maquoketa, was taken to the hospital here in town. Both were alone in their vehicle and neither was wearing a seat belt. The State Trooper said Werden was driving East on highway 64 three miles West of Preston, her car crossed the centerline and hit the Whitmore car nearly head on. Both cars were a total loss.
A Maquoeketa woman, Jessica Bowden, reported her vehicle was vandalized over the weekend on North Niagara Street.
Several grass fires over the weekend kept firemen busy. Maquoketa firemen were called to the Keith Kleis farm for a cornfield fire.
City council meeting tonight at Maquoketa City Hall.
There will be Harness Horse Races at the Maquoketa fairgrounds, Sunday afternoon, June 5th.
Stock Car races start this Saturday night at the fairgrounds.
Ted and Sheryl Tilton of Castle Rock, Colorado, are the parents of a boy, Dylan, born April 1st.
He joins one brother, Ethan, age 2 1/2. Grandparents are Dean and Karen Tilton of Maquoketa.
Have a good week.
Dennis Voy
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