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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

DENNIS VOY

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

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

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

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

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

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

THANKS AGAIN FOR STOPPING BY.

DENNIS VOY

WARM TODAY, IN THE 40'S.

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

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

THERE IS SNOW IN OUR FORECAST FOR CHRISTMAS EVE.

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

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

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

DENNIS VOY

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

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

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

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

DENNIS VOY

MOSTLY SUNNY TODAY, HIGH OF 19.

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

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

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

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

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

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

JOY TO YOUR WORLD.

DENNIS VOY

HIGH OF 22 TODAY.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BAKE THOSE CHRISTMAS COOKIES YET?

DENNIS VOY

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

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

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

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.

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

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

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

HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYONE.

DENNIS VOY

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

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

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

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

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

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

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

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

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

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

DOUBLE-DUAL WRESTLING MEET FOR MAQUKETA TONIGHT.

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

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

DENNIS VOY

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

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

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

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

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

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

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

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

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

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT.

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

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

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

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

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

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

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

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

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

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

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

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

PHONE IS BUSY THIS AFTERNOON WITH WEATHER RELATED POSTPONEMENTS.

SOME FALL WEATHER WE ARE HAVING.

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY

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

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

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

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

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

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

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

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

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

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

JUST A QUICK REPORT.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY