IT SNOWED IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST NIGHT.....6 INCHES....THE MOST IN IOWA.
IT WILL DISAPPEAR TODAY AND TOMORROW AS TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 30'S TODAY AND AROUND 40 SUNDAY.
WE NEEDED THE GROUND MOISTURE.

THE MAQUOKETA BALL GAMES WERE POSTPONED BECASUE OF THE SNOW. THE BOYS GAMES VERSUS BENTON COMMUNITY WILL BE MADE-UP TODAY AT THE MCHS GYM.....5 PM FOR SOPHOMORE GAME...VARSITY AT 6:30. THE GIRLS GAME AT BENTON WILL BE MADE UP LATER. TODAY, THE GIRLS PLAY UP AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT...5 PM...AND 6:30 P.M.

THE MAQUOKETA WRETLERS LOST TO DEWITT THURSDAY NIGHT, HERE, 41 TO 24. GETTING PINS FOR MAQUOKETA....BILLY KIRK , ADAM PAPE AND DAN DUHME.

THERE WILL BE A PROM EXPO SUNDAY, JAN.22ND,
AT THE COMFORT INN, AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. NOON 'TIL 4, WITH STYLE SHOW AT 12:30. TEN AREA SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN THE STYLE SHOW. ADMISSION IS FREE. CALL JAKE BICKFORD IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

CLINTON COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE IN A WHITE PICK-UP THAT DUMPED 3 PUPPIES IN A CREEK
ON JANUARY 10TH AT 4 P.M. CORNER OF 335TH AVENUE AND 175TH STREETS. A WITNESS SAW A MALE GET OUT OF THE PICK-UP, GRAB A BAG FROM IT, AND THROW IT INTO THE CREEK, WITH 8 INCHES OF WATER IN THE CREEK. AFTER THE GUY LEFT, THE WITNESS WENT OVER AND FOUND THE 3 PUPPIES IN THE BAG.

MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A BURGLARY.
SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES STORE, BACK DOOR, AT 105 NO. MAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND TOOK $35 IN CASH.

THERE WERE MORE SUICIDES THAN NORMAL ... SEVEN...IN JACKSON COUNTY IN 2005. THAT REPORT GIVEN TO THE SUPERVISORS THIS WEEK BY COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER, DR. PAUL KOOB.

STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART, DEMOCRAT, PRESTON FARMER AND LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BANKER, WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER.
AND HE WILL HAVE A STRONG OPPONENT. THE MAYOR OF CLINTON FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, LAMETTA WYNN, CLINTON'S FIRST BLACK MAYOR, WILL RUN AS A REPUBLICAN TO OPPOSE ROGER. SHE HAS BEEN A NURSE FOR 30 YEARS, WAS ON THE CLINTON SCHOOL BOARD FOR 12 YEARS AND ON THE STATE SCENE, SERVED ON THE VISION IOWA BOARD. WILL BE AN INTERESTING RACE BETWEEN HER AND ROGER.

THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK.
MARK BECK HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED CHIEF. HE MADE TEH FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS.....AL MUHLHAUSEN, ASSISTANT CHIEF....JEFF MORTIZ, DEPUTY CHIEF....MUHLHAUSEN AND DOUG GONNER, TRAINING.....CAPTAINS, TERRY RUBEL, MIKE SNYDER AND BRENT PAULS.....BOB LANE, JR, NAMED LIEUTENANT AND JERRY WEIS SAFETY OFFICER. RICK SCHMIDT IN CHARGE OF FIRE PREVENTION, PETE SCHUELLER, SECRETARY....MATT TRANEL, TREASURER....AND JAMES CONNOLLY IN CHARGE OF RECORDS.....MAINTENANCE, MUHLHAUSEN AND JERRY BOWEN AND CUSTONDIAN, ROBERT EDWARDS. THANKS TO THE FIREMEN FOR THE GREAT JOB THEY DO HERE IN MAQUOEKTA.

HELEN KEENEY RETIRED DECEMBER 31ST AFTER WORKING 40 YEARS AT MITCHELL-MASKREY
FEED STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. HELEN ALSO RAISED 3 SONS, RYAN, BRENT AND BRAD.

THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION HAS ANNOUNCED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 2006. THEY ARE:
JAKE BICKFORD, MARILYN OSTERHAUS, TOM BREUCH,
MONA REICHLING, ASHER SCHROEDER, AND CHUCK WOLF, ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND DICK KUNAU OF PRESTON. THE FOUNDATION WAS STARTED BY BOB OSTERHAUS IN 1982 AND IS GROWING IN ASSETS.
THIS PAST YEAR ALONE, IT AWARDED OVER $95,000 IN GRANTS AND OVER $74,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS.

THE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS BREAKFAST IS TOMORROW MORNING AT THE MCHS CAFETERIA, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THE CONSERVATION FRIENDS OF CONSERVATION SOUP SUPPER IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

IOWA PLAYS MICHIGAN STATE TODAY AND THE HAWKEYE WOMEN PLAY MINNESOTA TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ-FM.

TWO HOMES IN MAQUOKETA, LISTED FOR A LONG TIME, WERE SOLD THIS WEEK. AND THE KFC BUILDING HAS BEEN SOLD AND WILL NOT BE A KFC RESTAURANT. SORRY, NO NAMES TODAY, BUT YOU CAN EMAIL ME IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY