NO REPORT TODAY...
NO REPORT WEDNESDAY...
MAYBE REPORT THURSDAY??
Monday, August 29, 2005
NICE DAY....SHOULD BE NICE ALL WEEK.
ANDREW BOOSTERS CLUB RAISED OVER $13,000 THIS PAST WEEKEND FOR EXTRA CURRICULAR PROGRAM AT THEIR SCHOOL. STEAK DINNER AND MORE RAISED THE MONEY. SCHOOL DISTRICT IS PINCHED FOR FUNDS AND THE COMMUNITY, NOT WANTING TO LOOSE SCHOOL, IS DOING ALL THEY CAN TO HELP.
FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAQUOKETA MAYOR TOM MESSERLI ARE ALL UP FOR RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER AND TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY TO FILE NOMINATION PETITIONS.
MAYOR TOM SAYS HE WILL RUN FOR 3RD TERM.
COUNCIL SEATS: THOSE OF JOHN CRESSEY, MATT WINEGAR, GALEN SAUNDERS, AND TIM CLARK.
ALL BUT CRESSEY PLAN TO RUN AGAIN.
EARL MILLER, AGE 82,OF MAQUOKETA DIED SUNDAY. HIS COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
ANDREW BOOSTERS CLUB RAISED OVER $13,000 THIS PAST WEEKEND FOR EXTRA CURRICULAR PROGRAM AT THEIR SCHOOL. STEAK DINNER AND MORE RAISED THE MONEY. SCHOOL DISTRICT IS PINCHED FOR FUNDS AND THE COMMUNITY, NOT WANTING TO LOOSE SCHOOL, IS DOING ALL THEY CAN TO HELP.
FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAQUOKETA MAYOR TOM MESSERLI ARE ALL UP FOR RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER AND TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY TO FILE NOMINATION PETITIONS.
MAYOR TOM SAYS HE WILL RUN FOR 3RD TERM.
COUNCIL SEATS: THOSE OF JOHN CRESSEY, MATT WINEGAR, GALEN SAUNDERS, AND TIM CLARK.
ALL BUT CRESSEY PLAN TO RUN AGAIN.
EARL MILLER, AGE 82,OF MAQUOKETA DIED SUNDAY. HIS COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT WWW.CARSONANDSON.COM
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, August 27, 2005
IF THIS PRINTING IS TOO BIG, LET ME KNOW!
NICE DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 84.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS LOST THEIR OPENING FOOTBALL GAME OF THE SEASON LAST NIGHT TO ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE STATE, DECORAH....45 TO 10. I BELIEVE COACH MARK STARTED HIS 23RD SEASON LAST NIGHT. THE SOPHOMORES, AGAIN COACHED BY KEVIN BOWMAN, ALSO LOST.
LATE YESTERDAY, THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM FROM DAVENPORT CAME TO RURAL MAQUOKETA AND BAGGED UP SOME
MATERIAL AT THE FRANK RANDALL PROPERTY NEAR ROCKDALE ROAD, NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, AFTER A SPILL OF DDT INSECTICIDE WAS FOUND. FRANK FRIEBERG, JACKSON COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST, SAID A 500 ML BOTTLE OF DDT WAS SPILLED ON THE PROPERTY ON 200TH AVENUE. FRIEBERG SAID A BOY, WHOSE PARETNS RENT THE PROPERTY FROM RANDALL, FOUND THE BOTTLE ON THE GROUND WHERE A SHED USED TO BE ON THE PROPERTY. THE BOY PUT THE BOTTLE ON A FENCE POST AND USED A PELLET GUN TO SHOOT AT IT. THE BOTTLE BROKE AND THE CONTENTS SPILLED DOWN THE FENCE POST. IT HAS A VERY STRONG ODOR. THE BOY GOT SOME OF IT ON HIM BUT HIS MOTHER HELPED HIM WASH IT OFF AND THE MOTHER THEN CALLED FRIEBERG'S OFFICE. FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK WAS CALLED AND FRIEBERG AND BECK WENT TO THE SITE AND CONFIRMED IT WAS DDT AND THE HAZ MAT TEAM WAS CALLED. THE TEAM CUT THE FENCE POST IN PIECES, GATHERED UP THE BOTTLE FRAGMENTS AND DUG UP THE DIRT IN THE AREA WHICH WAS CONTAMINATED. THEY LEFT THE BAGS AT THE PROPERTY AND FRIEBERG SAID RANDALL WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIRING A COMERCIAL FIRM TO REMOVE THE MATERIAL. HE WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A RECEIPT FROM A REPUTABLE COMPANY TO SHOW HE'S GOTTEN RID OF THE MATERIAL AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
THIS OCCURRED ON THE SAME PROPERTY THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, REGARDING JUNK AND DEBRIS CLEAN-UP ON THE PROPERTY.
BETTY SCHMIDT, 75 OF DAVENPORT DIED TUESDAY. SHE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA TO GEORGE AND EDNA CLAREY KROLICK AND HAD 4 HUSBANDS. SURVIVORS INCLUDED 8 CHILDREN AND 16 GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO SISTERS, MAXINE GOLLADAY AND DORIS HOFF, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.
ST. SENATOR ROGER STEWART AND WIFE JENNIE IS WITH OTHER LEGISLATORS ON A TRIP TO TAIWON.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!
DENNIS VOY
NICE DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 84.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS LOST THEIR OPENING FOOTBALL GAME OF THE SEASON LAST NIGHT TO ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE STATE, DECORAH....45 TO 10. I BELIEVE COACH MARK STARTED HIS 23RD SEASON LAST NIGHT. THE SOPHOMORES, AGAIN COACHED BY KEVIN BOWMAN, ALSO LOST.
LATE YESTERDAY, THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM FROM DAVENPORT CAME TO RURAL MAQUOKETA AND BAGGED UP SOME
MATERIAL AT THE FRANK RANDALL PROPERTY NEAR ROCKDALE ROAD, NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, AFTER A SPILL OF DDT INSECTICIDE WAS FOUND. FRANK FRIEBERG, JACKSON COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST, SAID A 500 ML BOTTLE OF DDT WAS SPILLED ON THE PROPERTY ON 200TH AVENUE. FRIEBERG SAID A BOY, WHOSE PARETNS RENT THE PROPERTY FROM RANDALL, FOUND THE BOTTLE ON THE GROUND WHERE A SHED USED TO BE ON THE PROPERTY. THE BOY PUT THE BOTTLE ON A FENCE POST AND USED A PELLET GUN TO SHOOT AT IT. THE BOTTLE BROKE AND THE CONTENTS SPILLED DOWN THE FENCE POST. IT HAS A VERY STRONG ODOR. THE BOY GOT SOME OF IT ON HIM BUT HIS MOTHER HELPED HIM WASH IT OFF AND THE MOTHER THEN CALLED FRIEBERG'S OFFICE. FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK WAS CALLED AND FRIEBERG AND BECK WENT TO THE SITE AND CONFIRMED IT WAS DDT AND THE HAZ MAT TEAM WAS CALLED. THE TEAM CUT THE FENCE POST IN PIECES, GATHERED UP THE BOTTLE FRAGMENTS AND DUG UP THE DIRT IN THE AREA WHICH WAS CONTAMINATED. THEY LEFT THE BAGS AT THE PROPERTY AND FRIEBERG SAID RANDALL WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIRING A COMERCIAL FIRM TO REMOVE THE MATERIAL. HE WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A RECEIPT FROM A REPUTABLE COMPANY TO SHOW HE'S GOTTEN RID OF THE MATERIAL AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
THIS OCCURRED ON THE SAME PROPERTY THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, REGARDING JUNK AND DEBRIS CLEAN-UP ON THE PROPERTY.
BETTY SCHMIDT, 75 OF DAVENPORT DIED TUESDAY. SHE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA TO GEORGE AND EDNA CLAREY KROLICK AND HAD 4 HUSBANDS. SURVIVORS INCLUDED 8 CHILDREN AND 16 GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO SISTERS, MAXINE GOLLADAY AND DORIS HOFF, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.
ST. SENATOR ROGER STEWART AND WIFE JENNIE IS WITH OTHER LEGISLATORS ON A TRIP TO TAIWON.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
NICE DAY AGAIN...BREEZY AND HIGH AROUND 80.
CLOSE TO 85 PREDICTED FOR WEEKEND.
AT ROTARY TODAY, GOT AN UPDATE ON RENOVATION OF CLINTON ENGINES BUILDING BY
CHARLES AND BONNIE (WELLS) MITCHELL.
BONNIE IS CURATOR AND HUSBAND IS LEADING UP THE RESTORATION EFFORT FOR THE FORMER OFFICE BUILDING, AND HE WILL BE THE GUIDING FORCE FOR A MUSUEM IN THE BUILDING.
THE WINDOW FRAMES, WHICH WERE GRAY, NOW ARE ORIGINAL RED, 3 COATS OF PAINT...AND THEY LOOK GREAT. INSTALLATION OF OVER 1,000 PANES OF GLASS STARTED TODAY. NEXT JOB WILL BE TO WASH ALL THE WINDOWS ONCE THEY ARE ALL INSTALLED. WORK ON RE-SEEDING THE LAWN WILL BE DONE THIS FALL....AND THERE WILL BE HEAT IN THE BUILDING SO INTERIOR WORK CAN BE DONE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. ITS IS GOING TO BE A BIG PLUS FOR MAQUOKETA TOURISM WHEN IT IS OPENED SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE WERE WORKERS AT CLINTON OVER THE YEARS FROM 81 COMMUNITIES. IF YOU WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES, SEND EMAIL TO FOLKS THERE, TELLING THEM WHAT CITY YOU LIVED IN WHEN YOU WORKED FOR THE PLANT. THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH CITIES MADE UP THE TOTAL. EMAIL TO museum@jciahs.com
A DAVENPORT WOMAN LEAD FOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON A TWO COUNTY CHASE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR THIS MORNING. THE INCIDENT STARTED AT 8:30 THIS MORNING WHEN LONGTIME DEPUTY ED CLARK SAW THE WOMAN STOPPED IN HER VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD NEAR OTTER CREEK. WHEN CLARK APPROACHED THE CAR, SHE TOOK OFF AND LEAD HIM ON A CHASE NORTH ON HIGHWAY 61 AT SPEEDS UP TO 100 MPH. OTHER DEPUTIES JOINED IN AND SET OUT STOP STICKS WITH POINTED TACKS AND SHE DROVE HER CAR AROUND THOSE. SHE THEN TURNED ON HIGHWAY 52 AND HEADED UP TOWARD BELLEVUE. ANY WAY, THE 40 YEAR OLD, WAS FINIALLY STOPPED NEAR SABULA AND WAS ARRESTED FOR ELUDING POLICE AND OTHER CHARGES. SHE MUST HAVE SEEN THE NEW HIT MOVIE "DUKES OF HAZARD".
NO DEATHS OR BIRTHS.
MAQUOKETA HOSTS DECORAH THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT GOODENOW FIELD TO START OFF THE FOOTBALL SEASON. THEY HAVE BEEN WATERING THE FIELD FOR WEEKS..AND IT IS IN GREAT SHAPE.
SCHOOL STARTS TOMORROW IN MAQUOKETA.
EARLY OUT BOTH TOMORROW AND FRIDAY.
COACH JOHNNY ORR PLAYS THE PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE IN MAQUOKETA THIS SATURDAY, A FUND RAISER FOR THE ANDREW BOOSTERS CLUB.
THERE IS A SILENT AUCTION GOING ON TO
DETERMINE THE TWO THAT GET TO PLAY JOHNNY AND WHOEVER COMES TO TOWN WITH HIM.
A NEW LIONS CLUB IS GOING TO BE FORMED IN MAQUOKETA, BY LIONS FROM MANCHESTER AND TIPTON. THE INITIAL MEETING WILL BE TUESDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 30TH AT 5:30 P.M. AT THE DECKER HOTEL RESTAURANT. MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB DISBANDED ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO.
ANYONE WANTING TO ATTEND THE MEETING IS WELCOME TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PLANS ARE.
MEN AND WOMEN CAN ATTEND AND JOIN IF THEY LIKE. OR JOIN LATER. ITS A GOOD
ORGANIZATION AND ONCE WAS MAQUOKETA'S LARGEST SERVICE CLUB. BUT IN THOSE DAYS, IT WAS FOR MEN ONLY. ANY QUESTIONS, CALL
652-6261. MOST LIONS CLUBS MEET TWICE A MONTH, NOT WEEKLY.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DENNIS VOY
CLOSE TO 85 PREDICTED FOR WEEKEND.
AT ROTARY TODAY, GOT AN UPDATE ON RENOVATION OF CLINTON ENGINES BUILDING BY
CHARLES AND BONNIE (WELLS) MITCHELL.
BONNIE IS CURATOR AND HUSBAND IS LEADING UP THE RESTORATION EFFORT FOR THE FORMER OFFICE BUILDING, AND HE WILL BE THE GUIDING FORCE FOR A MUSUEM IN THE BUILDING.
THE WINDOW FRAMES, WHICH WERE GRAY, NOW ARE ORIGINAL RED, 3 COATS OF PAINT...AND THEY LOOK GREAT. INSTALLATION OF OVER 1,000 PANES OF GLASS STARTED TODAY. NEXT JOB WILL BE TO WASH ALL THE WINDOWS ONCE THEY ARE ALL INSTALLED. WORK ON RE-SEEDING THE LAWN WILL BE DONE THIS FALL....AND THERE WILL BE HEAT IN THE BUILDING SO INTERIOR WORK CAN BE DONE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. ITS IS GOING TO BE A BIG PLUS FOR MAQUOKETA TOURISM WHEN IT IS OPENED SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. THEY HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE WERE WORKERS AT CLINTON OVER THE YEARS FROM 81 COMMUNITIES. IF YOU WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES, SEND EMAIL TO FOLKS THERE, TELLING THEM WHAT CITY YOU LIVED IN WHEN YOU WORKED FOR THE PLANT. THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH CITIES MADE UP THE TOTAL. EMAIL TO museum@jciahs.com
A DAVENPORT WOMAN LEAD FOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON A TWO COUNTY CHASE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR THIS MORNING. THE INCIDENT STARTED AT 8:30 THIS MORNING WHEN LONGTIME DEPUTY ED CLARK SAW THE WOMAN STOPPED IN HER VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD NEAR OTTER CREEK. WHEN CLARK APPROACHED THE CAR, SHE TOOK OFF AND LEAD HIM ON A CHASE NORTH ON HIGHWAY 61 AT SPEEDS UP TO 100 MPH. OTHER DEPUTIES JOINED IN AND SET OUT STOP STICKS WITH POINTED TACKS AND SHE DROVE HER CAR AROUND THOSE. SHE THEN TURNED ON HIGHWAY 52 AND HEADED UP TOWARD BELLEVUE. ANY WAY, THE 40 YEAR OLD, WAS FINIALLY STOPPED NEAR SABULA AND WAS ARRESTED FOR ELUDING POLICE AND OTHER CHARGES. SHE MUST HAVE SEEN THE NEW HIT MOVIE "DUKES OF HAZARD".
NO DEATHS OR BIRTHS.
MAQUOKETA HOSTS DECORAH THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT GOODENOW FIELD TO START OFF THE FOOTBALL SEASON. THEY HAVE BEEN WATERING THE FIELD FOR WEEKS..AND IT IS IN GREAT SHAPE.
SCHOOL STARTS TOMORROW IN MAQUOKETA.
EARLY OUT BOTH TOMORROW AND FRIDAY.
COACH JOHNNY ORR PLAYS THE PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE IN MAQUOKETA THIS SATURDAY, A FUND RAISER FOR THE ANDREW BOOSTERS CLUB.
THERE IS A SILENT AUCTION GOING ON TO
DETERMINE THE TWO THAT GET TO PLAY JOHNNY AND WHOEVER COMES TO TOWN WITH HIM.
A NEW LIONS CLUB IS GOING TO BE FORMED IN MAQUOKETA, BY LIONS FROM MANCHESTER AND TIPTON. THE INITIAL MEETING WILL BE TUESDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 30TH AT 5:30 P.M. AT THE DECKER HOTEL RESTAURANT. MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB DISBANDED ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO.
ANYONE WANTING TO ATTEND THE MEETING IS WELCOME TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PLANS ARE.
MEN AND WOMEN CAN ATTEND AND JOIN IF THEY LIKE. OR JOIN LATER. ITS A GOOD
ORGANIZATION AND ONCE WAS MAQUOKETA'S LARGEST SERVICE CLUB. BUT IN THOSE DAYS, IT WAS FOR MEN ONLY. ANY QUESTIONS, CALL
652-6261. MOST LIONS CLUBS MEET TWICE A MONTH, NOT WEEKLY.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, August 22, 2005
HOPE YOU HAD A NICE WEEKEND.
THE WEATHER WAS GOOD HERE. TODAY ALSO...SUNNY AND HIGH OF 80.
LOIS SANDERSON, 73, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY AT THE CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME.
HER OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
JOE FIER, 81, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT BRIARWOOD CARE CENTER HERE IN TOWN.
CHECK THE LAHEY FUNERAL HOME WEB SITE FOR HIS OBITURARY.
GLADYS FEIT, AGE 84, DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT A SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, CARE FACILITY.
SHE WAS FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND HER OBITUARY SHOULD BE COMLETED SOON AND ALSO ON
THE CARSON AND SON SITE.
JEREMIAH AND KELLY LAUGESEN OF DUBUQUE ARE PARENTS OF A BIRN BORN LAST WEEK AT FINLEY IN DUBUQUE. GRANDPARENTS ARE RANDY AND LINDA DUHME OF MAQUOKETA.
PETER AND LEANN BREUCH OF ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA, ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN TWO WEEKS AGO IN MINNEAPOLIS. GRANDPARENTS ARE TOM AND CAROL BREUCH OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
THE WEATHER WAS GOOD HERE. TODAY ALSO...SUNNY AND HIGH OF 80.
LOIS SANDERSON, 73, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY AT THE CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME.
HER OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
JOE FIER, 81, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT BRIARWOOD CARE CENTER HERE IN TOWN.
CHECK THE LAHEY FUNERAL HOME WEB SITE FOR HIS OBITURARY.
GLADYS FEIT, AGE 84, DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT A SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, CARE FACILITY.
SHE WAS FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND HER OBITUARY SHOULD BE COMLETED SOON AND ALSO ON
THE CARSON AND SON SITE.
JEREMIAH AND KELLY LAUGESEN OF DUBUQUE ARE PARENTS OF A BIRN BORN LAST WEEK AT FINLEY IN DUBUQUE. GRANDPARENTS ARE RANDY AND LINDA DUHME OF MAQUOKETA.
PETER AND LEANN BREUCH OF ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA, ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN TWO WEEKS AGO IN MINNEAPOLIS. GRANDPARENTS ARE TOM AND CAROL BREUCH OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, August 18, 2005
HIGH OF 90 TODAY.....AFTER GETTING 45/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN THIS MORNING!
NOT MUCH NEW ON THE RESTUARANT GUYS, EXCEPT THAT THE 4TH HAS STILL NOT BEEN FOUND AND THE OTHER THREE WERE TAKEN TODAY TO THE LINN COUNTY JAIL AND WILL APPEAR IN FEDERAL COURT THERE IN CEDAR RAPIDS. THE COURT WILL DECIDE THEIR FATE, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE DEPORTATION TO MEXICO. THE RESTAURANT ON SOUTH MAIN STREET REMAINS CLOSED.
ALMA DAVIS, AGE 97, OF MAQUOKETA DIED MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
HER HUSBAND, WHO DIED IN 1971 , WAS FRANLIN, AND HE OPERATED FOR MANY YEARS, DAVIS CLOTHIERS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. THE COMPLETE OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
THE ROOF IS GOING UP ON THE NEW STRIP MALL JUST WEST OF MCDONALD'S. IT IS BEING BUILDT BY KEN MOORE AND WILL HAVE 5 STORES. NO ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE BY KEN AS TO WHO, IF ANY AT THIS TIME, WILL OCCUPY THE BUILDING.
THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS STARTED SCHOOL THIS WEEK.....PRESTON, EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST AND ALL THREE HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY WILL HAVE 2-HOUR EARLY DISMISAL TOMORROW BECAUSE OF THE EXPECTED 95-DEGREE TEMPERATURE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
THANKS FOR AGAIN CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
NOT MUCH NEW ON THE RESTUARANT GUYS, EXCEPT THAT THE 4TH HAS STILL NOT BEEN FOUND AND THE OTHER THREE WERE TAKEN TODAY TO THE LINN COUNTY JAIL AND WILL APPEAR IN FEDERAL COURT THERE IN CEDAR RAPIDS. THE COURT WILL DECIDE THEIR FATE, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE DEPORTATION TO MEXICO. THE RESTAURANT ON SOUTH MAIN STREET REMAINS CLOSED.
ALMA DAVIS, AGE 97, OF MAQUOKETA DIED MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
HER HUSBAND, WHO DIED IN 1971 , WAS FRANLIN, AND HE OPERATED FOR MANY YEARS, DAVIS CLOTHIERS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. THE COMPLETE OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
THE ROOF IS GOING UP ON THE NEW STRIP MALL JUST WEST OF MCDONALD'S. IT IS BEING BUILDT BY KEN MOORE AND WILL HAVE 5 STORES. NO ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE BY KEN AS TO WHO, IF ANY AT THIS TIME, WILL OCCUPY THE BUILDING.
THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS STARTED SCHOOL THIS WEEK.....PRESTON, EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST AND ALL THREE HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY WILL HAVE 2-HOUR EARLY DISMISAL TOMORROW BECAUSE OF THE EXPECTED 95-DEGREE TEMPERATURE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
THANKS FOR AGAIN CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
88 again today....rain in forecast....
Big story today....Maquoketa Police Chief Brad Koranda said his officers along with immigration officials and an interpreter went to the Maquoketa Family Restaurant (formerly Sunrise) on South Main in Maquoketa yesterday afternoon and arrested three Mexican men who worked at the business, on allegations of sexual advances to other employees and holding them prisoner in a walk-in cooler. They had arrest warrants for four men, but onen of them had already fled.
All arrested listed their address as l06 East Apple Street. Koranda said police received three or four complaints fromj waitresses that the men would corner them when they went into the walk-in cooler. When the women has their hands full with boxes of food, the men would then fondle them, kiss them or make suggestive remarks. Documents show they would keep the women hold up in the cooler for up to 10 minutes. INS officials told the three men arrested that they should go back to Mexico because they are in the United State illegally.
Chief Koranda said the owner of the restaurant is not involved in the arrests and she lives in Chicago. All 3 are in jail and will appear in Magistrate Court. The Restaurant was not open today. Apparently, one of the four was the manager and the other 3 were kitchen help.
I had a sandwich there last week. Was pretty good.
All the time I have for now.
Take it easy.
Dennis Voy
Big story today....Maquoketa Police Chief Brad Koranda said his officers along with immigration officials and an interpreter went to the Maquoketa Family Restaurant (formerly Sunrise) on South Main in Maquoketa yesterday afternoon and arrested three Mexican men who worked at the business, on allegations of sexual advances to other employees and holding them prisoner in a walk-in cooler. They had arrest warrants for four men, but onen of them had already fled.
All arrested listed their address as l06 East Apple Street. Koranda said police received three or four complaints fromj waitresses that the men would corner them when they went into the walk-in cooler. When the women has their hands full with boxes of food, the men would then fondle them, kiss them or make suggestive remarks. Documents show they would keep the women hold up in the cooler for up to 10 minutes. INS officials told the three men arrested that they should go back to Mexico because they are in the United State illegally.
Chief Koranda said the owner of the restaurant is not involved in the arrests and she lives in Chicago. All 3 are in jail and will appear in Magistrate Court. The Restaurant was not open today. Apparently, one of the four was the manager and the other 3 were kitchen help.
I had a sandwich there last week. Was pretty good.
All the time I have for now.
Take it easy.
Dennis Voy
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
NICE WEATHER WEEKEND...
NICE TODAY...HIGH OF 88.
THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WAS DIRECTED BY THE SUPERVISORS TODAY TO FILE A CIVIL INFRACTION SUIT AGAINST FRANK RANDALL FOR NOT GETTING HIS PROPERTY ON ROCKDALE ROAD CLEANED UP. RANDALL ASKED FOR 90 MORE DAYS TODAY,BUT THE BOARD SAID NO AND DIRECTED THE ATTORNEY TO START LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN MAGISTRATE COURT. RANDALL REPORTED THAT THIS AMOUNT OF CLEANUP HAS BEEN DONE: IN THE LAST YEAR, HE HAS REMOVED MORE THAN 65 AUTOS....40 LOADS OF METALS....350 TIRES AND RIMS....20 LOADS OF APPLIANCES AND MORE THAN 20 LOADS TO THE LANDFILL. WOW.
BOB AND ANN OSTERHAUS ARE STILL IN CHINA. WONDER IF THEY ARE CHECKING THIS DAILY REPORT OVER THERE.
THE CITY COUNCIL BOUGHT A NEW SQUAD CAR LAST NIGHT, FROM BRAD DEERY MOTORS. A CHEVY IMPALA AT A COST OF $19,311. AND SPEAKING OF BRAD DEERY MOTORS....WORK STARTED TODAY AT THEIR DOWNTOWN LOCATION OF REDOING ONE OF THEIR AUTO DISPLAY LOTS, INCLUDING NEW LIGHT POLES AND A NEW SURFACE. AND AT THEIR HIGHWAY 61 LOCATION, THEY ARE REMOVING
A LARGE PILE OF DIRT AND WILL PAVE THE ENTIRE AREA AROUND THEIR BUILDING OUT THERE AND THEN FENCE IN THE AREA THAT IS USED TO STORE PROGRAM CARS.
FOR FUTURE SALE. THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUY THE OLD TRUCK STOP BUILDING, BUT AFTER ABOUT 10 YEARS OF CLEANING UP THE SOIL AROUND IT, THE SUPERVISORS FOR SOME REASON, DON'T WANT TO SELL THE PROPERTY....A BIG MYSTERY TO MANY CITIZENS.
POLICE BLOTTER: WAGONER FOOT CLINIC WAS BROKEN INTO YESTERDAY.
MINDY LAFRENZ ALSO REPORTED HER SIDE VEHICLE WINDOW WAS BROKEN.
C & R TIRES REPORTED A GEO METRO STOLEN MONDAY MORNING AND THEN LATER IT WAS FOUND ON HIGHWAY 61 NEAR WELTON.
AND DICK'S EXPRESS REPORTED A GAS DRIVE-OFF MONDAY. A WHITE CAVALIER DROVE OFF WITH PAYING FOR $25.00 WORTH OF GASOLINE.
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS HAVING A FREE PROGRAM AT 1 TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT THE MUSEUM ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA ON THE MAQUOKETA JUNIOR COLLEGE WHICH WAS IN FORCE FROM 1927-1943. IT WAS A FULLY ACCREDITED COLLEGE IN THE SAME BUILDING AS THE HIGH SCHOOL IN THOSE DAYS, THE BUILDING NOW USED AS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT ALSO HAD EXTRA CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING SPORTS. IT CLOSED IN MAY OF 1943 BECAUSE OF A LACK OF ENROLLMENT BROUGHT ABOUT BY WORLD WAR II.
ANY OF YOU ATTEND IT?
A BIRTH. MICHAEL AND CATHERINE SCHECKEL OF DELMAR ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST FRIDAY AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL. GRANDMOTHER IS MARY SCHECKEL OF MAQUOKETA.
KATHRYN PARRY OF MAQUOKETA GAVE BIRTH TO A BOY LAST THURSDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE KIMBRA PARRY OF MAQUOKETA AND JOHN PARRY OF BELLEVUE.
NO LOCAL DEATHS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
NICE TODAY...HIGH OF 88.
THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WAS DIRECTED BY THE SUPERVISORS TODAY TO FILE A CIVIL INFRACTION SUIT AGAINST FRANK RANDALL FOR NOT GETTING HIS PROPERTY ON ROCKDALE ROAD CLEANED UP. RANDALL ASKED FOR 90 MORE DAYS TODAY,BUT THE BOARD SAID NO AND DIRECTED THE ATTORNEY TO START LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN MAGISTRATE COURT. RANDALL REPORTED THAT THIS AMOUNT OF CLEANUP HAS BEEN DONE: IN THE LAST YEAR, HE HAS REMOVED MORE THAN 65 AUTOS....40 LOADS OF METALS....350 TIRES AND RIMS....20 LOADS OF APPLIANCES AND MORE THAN 20 LOADS TO THE LANDFILL. WOW.
BOB AND ANN OSTERHAUS ARE STILL IN CHINA. WONDER IF THEY ARE CHECKING THIS DAILY REPORT OVER THERE.
THE CITY COUNCIL BOUGHT A NEW SQUAD CAR LAST NIGHT, FROM BRAD DEERY MOTORS. A CHEVY IMPALA AT A COST OF $19,311. AND SPEAKING OF BRAD DEERY MOTORS....WORK STARTED TODAY AT THEIR DOWNTOWN LOCATION OF REDOING ONE OF THEIR AUTO DISPLAY LOTS, INCLUDING NEW LIGHT POLES AND A NEW SURFACE. AND AT THEIR HIGHWAY 61 LOCATION, THEY ARE REMOVING
A LARGE PILE OF DIRT AND WILL PAVE THE ENTIRE AREA AROUND THEIR BUILDING OUT THERE AND THEN FENCE IN THE AREA THAT IS USED TO STORE PROGRAM CARS.
FOR FUTURE SALE. THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUY THE OLD TRUCK STOP BUILDING, BUT AFTER ABOUT 10 YEARS OF CLEANING UP THE SOIL AROUND IT, THE SUPERVISORS FOR SOME REASON, DON'T WANT TO SELL THE PROPERTY....A BIG MYSTERY TO MANY CITIZENS.
POLICE BLOTTER: WAGONER FOOT CLINIC WAS BROKEN INTO YESTERDAY.
MINDY LAFRENZ ALSO REPORTED HER SIDE VEHICLE WINDOW WAS BROKEN.
C & R TIRES REPORTED A GEO METRO STOLEN MONDAY MORNING AND THEN LATER IT WAS FOUND ON HIGHWAY 61 NEAR WELTON.
AND DICK'S EXPRESS REPORTED A GAS DRIVE-OFF MONDAY. A WHITE CAVALIER DROVE OFF WITH PAYING FOR $25.00 WORTH OF GASOLINE.
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS HAVING A FREE PROGRAM AT 1 TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT THE MUSEUM ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA ON THE MAQUOKETA JUNIOR COLLEGE WHICH WAS IN FORCE FROM 1927-1943. IT WAS A FULLY ACCREDITED COLLEGE IN THE SAME BUILDING AS THE HIGH SCHOOL IN THOSE DAYS, THE BUILDING NOW USED AS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT ALSO HAD EXTRA CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING SPORTS. IT CLOSED IN MAY OF 1943 BECAUSE OF A LACK OF ENROLLMENT BROUGHT ABOUT BY WORLD WAR II.
ANY OF YOU ATTEND IT?
A BIRTH. MICHAEL AND CATHERINE SCHECKEL OF DELMAR ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST FRIDAY AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL. GRANDMOTHER IS MARY SCHECKEL OF MAQUOKETA.
KATHRYN PARRY OF MAQUOKETA GAVE BIRTH TO A BOY LAST THURSDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE KIMBRA PARRY OF MAQUOKETA AND JOHN PARRY OF BELLEVUE.
NO LOCAL DEATHS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, August 12, 2005
1 AND 17/100 INCHS OF RAIN YESTERDAY. TODAY, NO RAIN...CLOUDY AND COOLER....HIGH IN MID 70'S.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING FRANK RANDALL TO GET HIS PROPERTY CLEANED-UP AT RURAL MAQUOKETA. THERE MAY NOW HAVE TO BE A LAWSUIT AS RANDALL DID NOT CLEAN UP THE AREA BY THE AUGUST 1ST DEADLINE. SUPERVISORS HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE ARE STILL JUNK VEHICLES AND DEBRIS ON THE PROPERTY ON ROCKDALE ROAD NORTH OF MAQUOKETA AND ANOTHER PROPERTY ON IRON BRIDGE ROAD HAS DEBRIS.
STEPHANIE LEPPERT, 19, OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE 5TH DEGREE AND FINED K$162 ON CHARGES OF PUBLIC INTOXICATION. MAQUOKETA OFFICER DAN FURLONG SAID SHE WAS UPSET BECAUSE BEER HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM HER AT 11:58 P.M. LAST NIGHT AT THE DEPOT ON EAST PLATT STREET.
VOLUNTEERS ARE PAINTING THE WINDOW FRAMES THIS WEEK AT THE FORMER CLINTON ENGINES ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, SO THAT NEW WINDOW PANES CAN BE PUT IN NEXT WEEK.
HERMAN BARTEN, 69, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT HIS HOME. HIS FULL OBITUARY IS AT www.laheys.com
THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE WAS EXACTLY 55 YEARS OLD YESTERDAY. I HAVE OWNED IT SINCE MARCH OF 1972. BOUGHT IT FROM THE LATE FAY MCKENSEY. ANOTHER DOUBLE FEATURE TONIGHT. A NEW TWO-SCREEN DRIVE-IN OPENED THIS SUMMER AT GALVA, ILLINOIS AND LAST WEEK, THE GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, DRIVE-IN WAS RE-OPENED AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR 20 YEARS.
SO, I NOW HAVE A LITTLE COMPETITION TO THE SOUTH, ABOUT 2 HOURS FROM HERE. THERE IS ALSO ONE IN MONROE, WISCONSIN AND DIXON, ILLINOIS. IN IOWA, JUST TWO OTHERS, IN NEWTON AND COUNCIL BLUFFS. THE 61 WAS OPENED IN 1950 BY RICHARD FRANKLIN (NOW LIVING IN DES MOINES AREA) AND
THE LATE WALT ALLEN. MCKINSEY BOUGHT IT AROUND 1960. HE SOLD IT IN THE LATE 60'S TO A GUY IN QUAD CITIES, BUT GOT IT BACK, AND THEN RAN IT A COUPLE MORE YEARS AND SOLD IT TO ME OVER A CUP OF COFFEE AT THE FAMOUS GREEN MILL RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA. TOM GOODALL WORKED FOR FAY A LOT OF YEARS AS THE PROJECTIONIST AND THEN A COUPLE YEARS FOR ME. HE IS A RETIRED TEACHER IN ELDRIDGE NOW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND MY FRIENDS.
DENNIS VOY
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING FRANK RANDALL TO GET HIS PROPERTY CLEANED-UP AT RURAL MAQUOKETA. THERE MAY NOW HAVE TO BE A LAWSUIT AS RANDALL DID NOT CLEAN UP THE AREA BY THE AUGUST 1ST DEADLINE. SUPERVISORS HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE ARE STILL JUNK VEHICLES AND DEBRIS ON THE PROPERTY ON ROCKDALE ROAD NORTH OF MAQUOKETA AND ANOTHER PROPERTY ON IRON BRIDGE ROAD HAS DEBRIS.
STEPHANIE LEPPERT, 19, OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE 5TH DEGREE AND FINED K$162 ON CHARGES OF PUBLIC INTOXICATION. MAQUOKETA OFFICER DAN FURLONG SAID SHE WAS UPSET BECAUSE BEER HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM HER AT 11:58 P.M. LAST NIGHT AT THE DEPOT ON EAST PLATT STREET.
VOLUNTEERS ARE PAINTING THE WINDOW FRAMES THIS WEEK AT THE FORMER CLINTON ENGINES ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, SO THAT NEW WINDOW PANES CAN BE PUT IN NEXT WEEK.
HERMAN BARTEN, 69, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT HIS HOME. HIS FULL OBITUARY IS AT www.laheys.com
THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE WAS EXACTLY 55 YEARS OLD YESTERDAY. I HAVE OWNED IT SINCE MARCH OF 1972. BOUGHT IT FROM THE LATE FAY MCKENSEY. ANOTHER DOUBLE FEATURE TONIGHT. A NEW TWO-SCREEN DRIVE-IN OPENED THIS SUMMER AT GALVA, ILLINOIS AND LAST WEEK, THE GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, DRIVE-IN WAS RE-OPENED AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR 20 YEARS.
SO, I NOW HAVE A LITTLE COMPETITION TO THE SOUTH, ABOUT 2 HOURS FROM HERE. THERE IS ALSO ONE IN MONROE, WISCONSIN AND DIXON, ILLINOIS. IN IOWA, JUST TWO OTHERS, IN NEWTON AND COUNCIL BLUFFS. THE 61 WAS OPENED IN 1950 BY RICHARD FRANKLIN (NOW LIVING IN DES MOINES AREA) AND
THE LATE WALT ALLEN. MCKINSEY BOUGHT IT AROUND 1960. HE SOLD IT IN THE LATE 60'S TO A GUY IN QUAD CITIES, BUT GOT IT BACK, AND THEN RAN IT A COUPLE MORE YEARS AND SOLD IT TO ME OVER A CUP OF COFFEE AT THE FAMOUS GREEN MILL RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA. TOM GOODALL WORKED FOR FAY A LOT OF YEARS AS THE PROJECTIONIST AND THEN A COUPLE YEARS FOR ME. HE IS A RETIRED TEACHER IN ELDRIDGE NOW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND MY FRIENDS.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, August 11, 2005
BIG STORY....3/4 INCH OF RAIN SINCE 4 THIS MORNING....AND COOLER TOO.
GAS DRIVE-OFFS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS. TWO THIS WEEK...AT OTTER CREEK STATION AND
NEW CASEY'S IN MAQUOKETA.
VIOLA DIETZ, AGE 100, DIED LAST NIGHT AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SOON, THE FULL OBITUARY
SHOULD BE UP ON THE WEB SITE AT www.carsonandson.com
SCHOOL STARTS TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.
NEW TRAVEL MART CONVENIENCE STORE IS EXPECTED TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 1ST OUT BY THE NEW SOUTH SIDE COMFORT INN MOTEL. I HEAR IT IS BIG AND VERY NICE. TWO MAIN ENTRANCES....TRUCK PUMPS ON THE WEST SIDE AND CAR PUMPS ON THE EAST SIDE. APPLICATIONS ARE BEING TAKEN NOW.
THAT'S IT FOR TODAY'S SHORT REPORT.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
GAS DRIVE-OFFS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS. TWO THIS WEEK...AT OTTER CREEK STATION AND
NEW CASEY'S IN MAQUOKETA.
VIOLA DIETZ, AGE 100, DIED LAST NIGHT AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SOON, THE FULL OBITUARY
SHOULD BE UP ON THE WEB SITE AT www.carsonandson.com
SCHOOL STARTS TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.
NEW TRAVEL MART CONVENIENCE STORE IS EXPECTED TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 1ST OUT BY THE NEW SOUTH SIDE COMFORT INN MOTEL. I HEAR IT IS BIG AND VERY NICE. TWO MAIN ENTRANCES....TRUCK PUMPS ON THE WEST SIDE AND CAR PUMPS ON THE EAST SIDE. APPLICATIONS ARE BEING TAKEN NOW.
THAT'S IT FOR TODAY'S SHORT REPORT.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
WE GOT 34/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT!
TODAY, COOLER, BUT STILL 90. COOLER WITH MORE RAIN POSSIBLE TOMORROW.
A TREE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING LAST NIGHT AND ELECTRIC WAS OFF IN THE AREA FOR OVER AN HOUR.
JACKSON COUNTY HAS BEEN ISSUED AN OPEN BURNING BAN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
RODNEY ALLEN TRACY, 39, FROM MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED AUGUST 4TH TO MORE THAN 12 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTING AND USING METH. HIS WIFE AND CO-DEFENDANT, JODEE TRACY, AGE 44, WAS SENTENCED JULY 20TH TO 43 MONTHS IN PRISON. BOTH ARE BEING HELD IN THE CUSTODY OF THE US MARSHAL UNTIL THEY CAN BE TRANSPORTED TO A FEDERAL PRISON. THERE IS NO PAROLE IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM.
IN MAGISTRATE COURT, DAVID WILLGUS, AGE 48 AND DAVID SANDERS, AGE 42, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA, WERE CHARGED LAST NIGHT WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION. IT WAS THE 11TH PUBLIC INTOXICATION OFFENSE FOR WILGUS AND THE 6TH FOR SANDERSON.
DORIS DECKER, 88, OF IOWA CITY DIED MONDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE TWO SONS, LUREN AND RICHARD STIMMEL BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.
HAD COFFEE THIS MORNING WITH LEORNARD MOREHEAD, WHO WAS A STANDOUT QUARERBACK FOR MAQUOKETA HIGH IN THE LATE 50'S AND ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, WAS MAQUOKETA'S FOOTBALL COACH.
HE AND HIS WIFE, MARY JANE, ARE VISITING FAMILY HERE IN TOWN AND LIVE IN FLORIDA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN. DID YOU SEE MAQUOEKTA'S SAGE ROSENFELS THROW A TOUCHDOWN PASS FOR THE DOLPHINS MONDAY NIGHT?
DENNIS VOY.
TODAY, COOLER, BUT STILL 90. COOLER WITH MORE RAIN POSSIBLE TOMORROW.
A TREE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING LAST NIGHT AND ELECTRIC WAS OFF IN THE AREA FOR OVER AN HOUR.
JACKSON COUNTY HAS BEEN ISSUED AN OPEN BURNING BAN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
RODNEY ALLEN TRACY, 39, FROM MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED AUGUST 4TH TO MORE THAN 12 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTING AND USING METH. HIS WIFE AND CO-DEFENDANT, JODEE TRACY, AGE 44, WAS SENTENCED JULY 20TH TO 43 MONTHS IN PRISON. BOTH ARE BEING HELD IN THE CUSTODY OF THE US MARSHAL UNTIL THEY CAN BE TRANSPORTED TO A FEDERAL PRISON. THERE IS NO PAROLE IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM.
IN MAGISTRATE COURT, DAVID WILLGUS, AGE 48 AND DAVID SANDERS, AGE 42, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA, WERE CHARGED LAST NIGHT WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION. IT WAS THE 11TH PUBLIC INTOXICATION OFFENSE FOR WILGUS AND THE 6TH FOR SANDERSON.
DORIS DECKER, 88, OF IOWA CITY DIED MONDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE TWO SONS, LUREN AND RICHARD STIMMEL BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.
HAD COFFEE THIS MORNING WITH LEORNARD MOREHEAD, WHO WAS A STANDOUT QUARERBACK FOR MAQUOKETA HIGH IN THE LATE 50'S AND ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, WAS MAQUOKETA'S FOOTBALL COACH.
HE AND HIS WIFE, MARY JANE, ARE VISITING FAMILY HERE IN TOWN AND LIVE IN FLORIDA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN. DID YOU SEE MAQUOEKTA'S SAGE ROSENFELS THROW A TOUCHDOWN PASS FOR THE DOLPHINS MONDAY NIGHT?
DENNIS VOY.
Monday, August 08, 2005
93 TODAY, 97 YESTERDAY AND HOT AND HUMID FORECAST FOR REST OF WEEK, WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN.
MATT OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA WOKE UP EARLY THIS MORNING TO FIND SOMONE IN HIS HOUSE.
HE HAD BEEN CALLED OUT OF BED BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ALARM AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY AT 12:57 A.M. THIS MORNING. POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID IT APPEARS THE ALARM AT THE BUSINESS WAS NOT RELATED TO THE BREAK-IN AT THE HOUSE. MATT CAUGHT THE 16 YEAR OLD, BUT HE ESCAPED BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED. AFTER ABOUT 45 MINUTES, POLICE FOUND THE BOY, DEVON JAMES MARTINEZ AFTER HE RAN THROUGH SOME BACKYARDS ON SOUTH MAIN. HE WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF BURGLARY IN THE 2ND DEGREE, PUBLIC INTOXICATION AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA. WHEN OFFICERS ARRESTED HIM, THEY FOUND ITEMS THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO HIM AND WHICH HE HAD TAKEN FROM NEARBY RESIDENTS. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE LAW CENTER,
AND JUVINILE PROBATION OFFICER BRIAN BOPES ASKED THAT HE BE RELEASED TO HIS MOTHER, MITZI MARTINEZ OF MAQUOKETA. BOPES SAID HE HAS FILED A PETITION THROUGH THE JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR JUVENILE COURT.
ALL FOR NOW...TAKE CARE AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
MATT OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA WOKE UP EARLY THIS MORNING TO FIND SOMONE IN HIS HOUSE.
HE HAD BEEN CALLED OUT OF BED BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ALARM AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY AT 12:57 A.M. THIS MORNING. POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID IT APPEARS THE ALARM AT THE BUSINESS WAS NOT RELATED TO THE BREAK-IN AT THE HOUSE. MATT CAUGHT THE 16 YEAR OLD, BUT HE ESCAPED BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED. AFTER ABOUT 45 MINUTES, POLICE FOUND THE BOY, DEVON JAMES MARTINEZ AFTER HE RAN THROUGH SOME BACKYARDS ON SOUTH MAIN. HE WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF BURGLARY IN THE 2ND DEGREE, PUBLIC INTOXICATION AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA. WHEN OFFICERS ARRESTED HIM, THEY FOUND ITEMS THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO HIM AND WHICH HE HAD TAKEN FROM NEARBY RESIDENTS. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE LAW CENTER,
AND JUVINILE PROBATION OFFICER BRIAN BOPES ASKED THAT HE BE RELEASED TO HIS MOTHER, MITZI MARTINEZ OF MAQUOKETA. BOPES SAID HE HAS FILED A PETITION THROUGH THE JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR JUVENILE COURT.
ALL FOR NOW...TAKE CARE AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, August 06, 2005
NO RAIN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, A LITTLE COOLER WEATHER BUT NOW AND FOR THE NEXT 5 DAYS, NO RAIN FORECAST AND HIGHS EACH DAY AROUND 90.
BUSY WEEK, ONLY A COUPLE OF THESE REPORTS. STATION MANAGER LEIGHTON HEPKER WAS ON VACATION....WE HAD THE DEWITT GIRLS AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND KMAQ HOSTED THE CONCERT THURSDAY NIGHT.
BY THE WAY, THE CONCERT BY THE CELEBRATION IOWA SINGERS AND DANCERS AND JAZZ BAND WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. THE BUSLOAD ARRIVED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 1 AND WENT RIGHT TO THE NEW ONWARD FINE ARTS CENTER TO REHERESE. THEN KMAQ TREATED THEM TO AN EVENING DINNER AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER. A GREAT MEAL PREPARED BY THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF THE EAGLES LADIES AUXILIARY. THEN THE SHOW STARTED AT 7:15. ITS WAS A FANTASTIC SHOW PUT ON BY THE 36 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE STATE, THE CREAM OF THE CROP SO TO SPEAK. THEY RECEIVED A COUPLE STANDING OVATIONS AT THE END OF THE 2 AND A HALF HOUR SHOW ATTENDED BY AROUND 650 PEOPLE. THEN THEY STAYED OVERNIGHT AT SOME 20 HOST HOMES IN AROUND MAQUOKETA AND LEFT FRIDAY MORNING AFTER BREAKFAST....ON TO ANOTHER TOWN TO DO THE SHOW AGAIN. WE HAVE HAD MANY MANY GOOD COMMENTS AND MAY TRY TO HAVE THEM COME BACK TO MAQUOEKTA AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
THE CLASS OF 55 IS HAVING THEIR 50TH CLASS REUNION IN MAQUOKETA THIS WEEK. THEY ARE HAVING A DINNER AT 7 TONIGHT AT MICKEL'S HALL.
AND THE CLASS OF 80 IS HAVING THEIR 25TH REUNION ALSO THIS WEEKEND. THEY HAD A DINNER LAST NIGHT AT THE COMFORT INN AND TODAY HAVE AN EVENT AT TIMBER LANES AND TONIGHT THEY WILL ENJOY MOVIES AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.
SHELLY HOYE, WHO WORKS FULLTIME AT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND WHO HAS WORKED FOR ME FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS AT MY "CINEMA MOVIE RENTALS" STORE NEXT TO THE THEATRE, IS FROM THAT CLASS. AND A KMAQ PART-TIME ANNOUNCER IN THE MID 70'S, JON GLANDORF, IS ALSO FROM THAT CLASS AND STOPPED FOR A VISIT THIS MORNING. HE'S WITH A BIG RADIO STATION IN SAN FRANCISCO AND HAS BEEN IN THAT BEAUTIFUL CITY FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS. HE WAITED NEARLY 25 YEARS TO GET MARRIED....THIS PAST SPRING....AND HIS WIFE IS ALSO AN AIR-PERSONALITY WITH A DIFFRENT RADIO STATTION IN SAN FRANCISCO. NICE TALKING TO JON. HIS MOTHER PAT, IS RETIRED AND HER HUSBAND, ALSO RETIRED, AND BOTH ARE NOW ON A 6-MONTH PRIVATE BOAT CRUISE AROUND THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE UNITED STATES. THEY STARTED OUT IN FEBRUARY AND WILL THE VOYAGE IN SEPTEMBER.
CARLOS MEYER, FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT IN 1961 IS IN TOWN THIS WEEKEND. HE LIVED WITH THE DR. SWIFT FAMILY AND IS AN ARCHITECT. HE IS COMING BACK FOR HIS MAQUOKETA CLASS REUNION NEXT SUMMER.
JAQUIE CAPESIUS, A MAQUOKETA FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT IN 78-79 VISITED THE ROBERTS FAMILY RECENTLY. WARREN ROBERTS AND HIS LATE WIFE, HOSTED JAQUIE.
TIMBER LANES IS CELEBRATING ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY. OWNED BY MR. AND MRS. LOUIE CLASEN ALL THESE YEARS. THE EARLY YEARS, THEY WERE PARTNERS WITH HIS PARENTS. LOUIE HAS RUN A GOOD BOWLING ALLEY.
FOOTBALL PRACTICE BEGINS MONDAY. MAQUOKETA'S FIRST GAME WILL BE AUGUST 26TH, HOSTING DECORAH.
GOT AN EMAIL FROM GERRY CARPENTER. HE AND HIS WIFE WERE TEACHERS IN MAQUOKETA FROM 1951-1956. THEY CURRENTLY LIVE IN RAMONA, CALIFORNIA AND JUST RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT HIS DAILY (NOT ALWAYS DAILY AS YOU ALL KNOW) AND HAVE NOW STARTED TO CHECK IT REGULARLY.
WELCOME TO THE REPORT GERALD AND DOROTHY CARPENTER.
THAT'S IT FOR A SPECIAL SATURDAY REPORT.
HAVE A GOOD NEW WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
BUSY WEEK, ONLY A COUPLE OF THESE REPORTS. STATION MANAGER LEIGHTON HEPKER WAS ON VACATION....WE HAD THE DEWITT GIRLS AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND KMAQ HOSTED THE CONCERT THURSDAY NIGHT.
BY THE WAY, THE CONCERT BY THE CELEBRATION IOWA SINGERS AND DANCERS AND JAZZ BAND WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. THE BUSLOAD ARRIVED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 1 AND WENT RIGHT TO THE NEW ONWARD FINE ARTS CENTER TO REHERESE. THEN KMAQ TREATED THEM TO AN EVENING DINNER AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER. A GREAT MEAL PREPARED BY THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF THE EAGLES LADIES AUXILIARY. THEN THE SHOW STARTED AT 7:15. ITS WAS A FANTASTIC SHOW PUT ON BY THE 36 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE STATE, THE CREAM OF THE CROP SO TO SPEAK. THEY RECEIVED A COUPLE STANDING OVATIONS AT THE END OF THE 2 AND A HALF HOUR SHOW ATTENDED BY AROUND 650 PEOPLE. THEN THEY STAYED OVERNIGHT AT SOME 20 HOST HOMES IN AROUND MAQUOKETA AND LEFT FRIDAY MORNING AFTER BREAKFAST....ON TO ANOTHER TOWN TO DO THE SHOW AGAIN. WE HAVE HAD MANY MANY GOOD COMMENTS AND MAY TRY TO HAVE THEM COME BACK TO MAQUOEKTA AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
THE CLASS OF 55 IS HAVING THEIR 50TH CLASS REUNION IN MAQUOKETA THIS WEEK. THEY ARE HAVING A DINNER AT 7 TONIGHT AT MICKEL'S HALL.
AND THE CLASS OF 80 IS HAVING THEIR 25TH REUNION ALSO THIS WEEKEND. THEY HAD A DINNER LAST NIGHT AT THE COMFORT INN AND TODAY HAVE AN EVENT AT TIMBER LANES AND TONIGHT THEY WILL ENJOY MOVIES AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.
SHELLY HOYE, WHO WORKS FULLTIME AT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND WHO HAS WORKED FOR ME FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS AT MY "CINEMA MOVIE RENTALS" STORE NEXT TO THE THEATRE, IS FROM THAT CLASS. AND A KMAQ PART-TIME ANNOUNCER IN THE MID 70'S, JON GLANDORF, IS ALSO FROM THAT CLASS AND STOPPED FOR A VISIT THIS MORNING. HE'S WITH A BIG RADIO STATION IN SAN FRANCISCO AND HAS BEEN IN THAT BEAUTIFUL CITY FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS. HE WAITED NEARLY 25 YEARS TO GET MARRIED....THIS PAST SPRING....AND HIS WIFE IS ALSO AN AIR-PERSONALITY WITH A DIFFRENT RADIO STATTION IN SAN FRANCISCO. NICE TALKING TO JON. HIS MOTHER PAT, IS RETIRED AND HER HUSBAND, ALSO RETIRED, AND BOTH ARE NOW ON A 6-MONTH PRIVATE BOAT CRUISE AROUND THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE UNITED STATES. THEY STARTED OUT IN FEBRUARY AND WILL THE VOYAGE IN SEPTEMBER.
CARLOS MEYER, FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT IN 1961 IS IN TOWN THIS WEEKEND. HE LIVED WITH THE DR. SWIFT FAMILY AND IS AN ARCHITECT. HE IS COMING BACK FOR HIS MAQUOKETA CLASS REUNION NEXT SUMMER.
JAQUIE CAPESIUS, A MAQUOKETA FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT IN 78-79 VISITED THE ROBERTS FAMILY RECENTLY. WARREN ROBERTS AND HIS LATE WIFE, HOSTED JAQUIE.
TIMBER LANES IS CELEBRATING ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY. OWNED BY MR. AND MRS. LOUIE CLASEN ALL THESE YEARS. THE EARLY YEARS, THEY WERE PARTNERS WITH HIS PARENTS. LOUIE HAS RUN A GOOD BOWLING ALLEY.
FOOTBALL PRACTICE BEGINS MONDAY. MAQUOKETA'S FIRST GAME WILL BE AUGUST 26TH, HOSTING DECORAH.
GOT AN EMAIL FROM GERRY CARPENTER. HE AND HIS WIFE WERE TEACHERS IN MAQUOKETA FROM 1951-1956. THEY CURRENTLY LIVE IN RAMONA, CALIFORNIA AND JUST RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT HIS DAILY (NOT ALWAYS DAILY AS YOU ALL KNOW) AND HAVE NOW STARTED TO CHECK IT REGULARLY.
WELCOME TO THE REPORT GERALD AND DOROTHY CARPENTER.
THAT'S IT FOR A SPECIAL SATURDAY REPORT.
HAVE A GOOD NEW WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
95 today. Tomorrow the same. But rain and cooler Thursday.
The Maquoketa Police Department is sponsoring a Night Out In the Park tonight at Little Bear Park.
Free burgers by the cattlemen and fun for the family. Part of a nation-wide event to promote police and commuity partnerships in the Fight Against Crime. This isn't the first year...but it IS for Maquoketa.
South 2nd Street is scheduled to be paved by the end of this week....as the big "Water Project" as they called it...nears completion.
Karen Meyer, 41, who worked at Walmart and Taco Johns, died Sunday at her home.
She is survived by her husband, Rick, in Prairie du Chien and 2 sons, including Chett Miracle of Maquoeketa.
Tracy Taylor and family of Milwaukee, moved to Phoenix area earlier this summer. Her parents are Pat and Joan Costello, owners of the Old Mill Art Gallery just East of Maquoketa.
Its football practice time in Maquoketa.
School registration is next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Next Monday night...first NFL game of season, will feature Miami and Sage Rosenfelts will probably play in the game. Its the Hall of Fame game at Canton, Ohio. Ran into his mother yesterday and she believes Sage will play in 2nd half.
Keep cool.
Dennis Voy
The Maquoketa Police Department is sponsoring a Night Out In the Park tonight at Little Bear Park.
Free burgers by the cattlemen and fun for the family. Part of a nation-wide event to promote police and commuity partnerships in the Fight Against Crime. This isn't the first year...but it IS for Maquoketa.
South 2nd Street is scheduled to be paved by the end of this week....as the big "Water Project" as they called it...nears completion.
Karen Meyer, 41, who worked at Walmart and Taco Johns, died Sunday at her home.
She is survived by her husband, Rick, in Prairie du Chien and 2 sons, including Chett Miracle of Maquoeketa.
Tracy Taylor and family of Milwaukee, moved to Phoenix area earlier this summer. Her parents are Pat and Joan Costello, owners of the Old Mill Art Gallery just East of Maquoketa.
Its football practice time in Maquoketa.
School registration is next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Next Monday night...first NFL game of season, will feature Miami and Sage Rosenfelts will probably play in the game. Its the Hall of Fame game at Canton, Ohio. Ran into his mother yesterday and she believes Sage will play in 2nd half.
Keep cool.
Dennis Voy
Monday, August 01, 2005
ANOTHER HEAT WAVE...94 TODAY....NO RAIN.....MAYBE SOME RAIN THURSDAY AND COOLER THIS WEEKEND.
JACKSON COUNTY FAIR ATTENDANCE FOR THE 5 DAYS, 19,261. VERY GOOD. LAST YEAR WAS 17,115.
MONTANNA DEPPE FROM RURAL ANDREW SHOWED THE RESERVE CHAMPION STEER AND THE GRAND CHAMP WAS SHOWN BY KATIE WILSON OF MILES.
A FIRE LAST NIGHT AT 503 S. ELIZA. IT WAS CONTAINED TO AN UPSTAIRS APARTMENT KITCHEN STOVE.
DENNIS DAHL, A DOWNSTAIRS TENANT, THREW A COUPLE BUCKETS OF WATER ON THE STOVE TO PUT IT OUT BEFORE FIREMEN ARRIVED AT 10:25. STATY STARR HAD JUST MOVED IN UPSTAIRS SUNDAY AND SOMETHING WAS LEFT ON THE STOVE. SMOKE WAS COMING OUT THE WINDOWS WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED AND THE ACTION BY DAHL AVOIDED A MAJOR FIRE.
A MAQUOKETA MAN KICKED OUT THE BACK WINDOW OF A MAQUOKETA SQUAD CAR FRIDAY NIGHT AND MATTHEW LASLEY, 19, WAS ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING.
ON POLICE BLOTTER....KAREN MEYER OF SOUTH MATTESON REPORTED HER L962 GEO WAS STOLEN AT ABOUT 6 SATURDAY MORNING. IT WAS LISTED AT A VALUE OF $750.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
MARY JEAN MCCARTHY, 63, OF BERNARD, DIED AT HER HOME SATURDAY AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, JACK, AND A DAUGHTER AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN. ALSO A BROTHER, LORAS MCLAUGHLIN OF MAQUOKETA. SHE WAS A TEACHER FOR THE WESTERN DUBUQUE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SUFFERED A MAJOR STROKE EARLY IN HER LIFE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
JACKSON COUNTY FAIR ATTENDANCE FOR THE 5 DAYS, 19,261. VERY GOOD. LAST YEAR WAS 17,115.
MONTANNA DEPPE FROM RURAL ANDREW SHOWED THE RESERVE CHAMPION STEER AND THE GRAND CHAMP WAS SHOWN BY KATIE WILSON OF MILES.
A FIRE LAST NIGHT AT 503 S. ELIZA. IT WAS CONTAINED TO AN UPSTAIRS APARTMENT KITCHEN STOVE.
DENNIS DAHL, A DOWNSTAIRS TENANT, THREW A COUPLE BUCKETS OF WATER ON THE STOVE TO PUT IT OUT BEFORE FIREMEN ARRIVED AT 10:25. STATY STARR HAD JUST MOVED IN UPSTAIRS SUNDAY AND SOMETHING WAS LEFT ON THE STOVE. SMOKE WAS COMING OUT THE WINDOWS WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED AND THE ACTION BY DAHL AVOIDED A MAJOR FIRE.
A MAQUOKETA MAN KICKED OUT THE BACK WINDOW OF A MAQUOKETA SQUAD CAR FRIDAY NIGHT AND MATTHEW LASLEY, 19, WAS ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING.
ON POLICE BLOTTER....KAREN MEYER OF SOUTH MATTESON REPORTED HER L962 GEO WAS STOLEN AT ABOUT 6 SATURDAY MORNING. IT WAS LISTED AT A VALUE OF $750.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
MARY JEAN MCCARTHY, 63, OF BERNARD, DIED AT HER HOME SATURDAY AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, JACK, AND A DAUGHTER AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN. ALSO A BROTHER, LORAS MCLAUGHLIN OF MAQUOKETA. SHE WAS A TEACHER FOR THE WESTERN DUBUQUE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SUFFERED A MAJOR STROKE EARLY IN HER LIFE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
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