NICE, NICE DAY TODAY...AROUND 50 DEGREES AND SUNNY.
HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK. UP TO HOMETOWN HORICON, WISCONSIN AND BACK FOR A FUNERAL OF AN UNCLE.
MAQUOKETA POLICE FILED DRUG CHARGES AGAINST 3 PEOPLE AFTER SEARCHING A HOME ON NORTH OLIVE STREET WEDNESDAY MORNING....
AND FOUND 3.7 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA AND 19.1 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA STEMS. CHARGES FILED AGAINST BRENDA WAGNER, HER DAUGHTER
RACHEL WAGNER AND ANOTHER PERSON, DAVID DANIEL, WHO ALSO LIVES IN THE HOME.
SHAPE-UP JACKSON COUNTY STARTS IN A COUPLE WEEKS AND THE GOAL IS FOR 300 PEOPLE TO LOOSE 3,000 POUNDS. BARB BURMEISTER FROM THE HOSPITAL WILL AGAIN COORDINATE THE PROGRAM. THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS ANNUAL PROGRAM HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY WAS 2000.
THE JACKSON COUNTY ASSESSOR WILL BE LEAVING HIS POST NEXT MONTH, BUT NO REPLACEMENT YET. IN FACT, THE GROUP WHO RECOMMEDS HIRING FOR THE POSITION HAS NOT MET.
SHIRLEY BARKER, AGE 72, DIED YESTERDAY MORNING. THE FULL OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
KATY ARTERERRY, 46, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY. FULL OBITUARY ALSO AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS.
BOBBIE RICH, 88, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
CAMILLA SKOTT, AGE 91, DIED THIS MORNING AT CLOVER RIDGE PLACE.
ARRANGEMENTS AT www.carsonandson.com
THE NEW ARC (WHICH WHICH WILL HAVE AN INDOOR SWIMMING POOL)
IS GOING UP EAST OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD. QUITE A FEW WALLS ARE UP AND ITS TAKING SHAPE.
GO TO THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK RIGHT NOW AND WISH SOMEONE
YOU KNOW HERE IN MAQUOKETA A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
AND HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Sunday, December 24, 2006
IT IS 2:30 AND WE HAVE SOME SUNSHINE, BUT ONLY 35 DEGREES. FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LIGHT SNOW IN FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, CHRISTMAS DAY.
THE RECORD LOW FOR CHRISTMAS EVE IN MAQUOKETA WAS 25 BELOW IN 1983.
I JUST FINISHED DOING A LONG ENTRY ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK.. A KIND OF CHRISTMAS LETTER ON THE VOY FAMILY. THERE ARE OTHER NICE HOLIDAY ENTRIES ON THE GUEST BOOK. SO, IF YOU HAVE TIME,
YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT THE LAST DOZEN ENTRIES OR SO ON THE KMAQ GUESTBOOK, THAT WILL
CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF TAKING ENTRIES IN 2007. YOU MIGHT MAKE A CHISTMAS ENTRY YOURSELF.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS.
DENNIS VOY
THE RECORD LOW FOR CHRISTMAS EVE IN MAQUOKETA WAS 25 BELOW IN 1983.
I JUST FINISHED DOING A LONG ENTRY ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK.. A KIND OF CHRISTMAS LETTER ON THE VOY FAMILY. THERE ARE OTHER NICE HOLIDAY ENTRIES ON THE GUEST BOOK. SO, IF YOU HAVE TIME,
YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT THE LAST DOZEN ENTRIES OR SO ON THE KMAQ GUESTBOOK, THAT WILL
CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF TAKING ENTRIES IN 2007. YOU MIGHT MAKE A CHISTMAS ENTRY YOURSELF.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, December 22, 2006
ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN THE PAST 36 HOURS IN MAQUOKETA.
GOOD NIGHT FOR MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS LAST NIGHT.
THE BOYS BEAT DEWITT,HERE, BY 2 POINTS.
THE GIRLS BEAT DEWITT THERE LAST NIGHT.
AND THE WRESTLERS BEAT DAVENPORT WEST THERE LAST NIGHT.
MAQUOKETA CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER IS A FINALIST FOR THE MASON CITY ADMINISTRATOR JOB. ONE OF 4 FINALISTS. INTERVIEWS WILL BE DONE IN EARLY JANUARY.
DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL ALSO HAS HAD A GRAFFITI INCIDENT....WEDNESDAY. A JANUARY 5TH DATE WAS INCLUDED IN IT.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.
DENNIS VOY
GOOD NIGHT FOR MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS LAST NIGHT.
THE BOYS BEAT DEWITT,HERE, BY 2 POINTS.
THE GIRLS BEAT DEWITT THERE LAST NIGHT.
AND THE WRESTLERS BEAT DAVENPORT WEST THERE LAST NIGHT.
MAQUOKETA CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER IS A FINALIST FOR THE MASON CITY ADMINISTRATOR JOB. ONE OF 4 FINALISTS. INTERVIEWS WILL BE DONE IN EARLY JANUARY.
DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL ALSO HAS HAD A GRAFFITI INCIDENT....WEDNESDAY. A JANUARY 5TH DATE WAS INCLUDED IN IT.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
IT IS RAINING IN MAQUOKETA.
THE OLD, OLD MAQUOKETA SWIMMING POOL WHICH HAS REMAINED EMPTY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, RIGHT BEHIND THE BATHHOUSE, WILL BE FILLED IN WITH DIRT. THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL AGREED MONDAY NIGHT TO HAVE THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DO THE WORK.
ELIZABETH REXROAT AND BRADLEY DAGUE OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SUNDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS MARY TALLMAN OF MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS DEFEATED BENTON LAST NIGHT, HERE, BY 2 POINTS. TOMORROW NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST DEWITT
AND THE GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ, WITH BOB WARNER
AT THE PLAY BY PLAY MIKE.
ADAM HEPKER, A POINT GUARD FOR MID AMERICAN NAZERINE COLLEGE IN KANSAS, AND HIS TEAM, IS ON A TOUR OF ITALY, PLAYING THREE COLLEGE GAMES THERE AGAINST ITALIAN TEAMS. THEIR COACH IS FORMER MAQUOKETAN ROCKY LAMAAR AND ASSISTANT COACH IS FORMER MAQUOKETA COACH BILL FLEMMING. MOST PARENTS, AT THEIR EXPENSE, ARE ALSO ON THE TRIP, INCLUDING ADAM'S PARENTS, LEIGHTON AND CINDY HEPKER. LEIGHTON IS MY LONGTIME STATION MANAGER AND SALES MANAGER HERE AT KMAQ. THE TEAM WON THEIR OPENING GAME. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER TWO YET. THEY WILL RETURN HOME SUNDAY.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
THE OLD, OLD MAQUOKETA SWIMMING POOL WHICH HAS REMAINED EMPTY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, RIGHT BEHIND THE BATHHOUSE, WILL BE FILLED IN WITH DIRT. THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL AGREED MONDAY NIGHT TO HAVE THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DO THE WORK.
ELIZABETH REXROAT AND BRADLEY DAGUE OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SUNDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS MARY TALLMAN OF MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS DEFEATED BENTON LAST NIGHT, HERE, BY 2 POINTS. TOMORROW NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST DEWITT
AND THE GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ, WITH BOB WARNER
AT THE PLAY BY PLAY MIKE.
ADAM HEPKER, A POINT GUARD FOR MID AMERICAN NAZERINE COLLEGE IN KANSAS, AND HIS TEAM, IS ON A TOUR OF ITALY, PLAYING THREE COLLEGE GAMES THERE AGAINST ITALIAN TEAMS. THEIR COACH IS FORMER MAQUOKETAN ROCKY LAMAAR AND ASSISTANT COACH IS FORMER MAQUOKETA COACH BILL FLEMMING. MOST PARENTS, AT THEIR EXPENSE, ARE ALSO ON THE TRIP, INCLUDING ADAM'S PARENTS, LEIGHTON AND CINDY HEPKER. LEIGHTON IS MY LONGTIME STATION MANAGER AND SALES MANAGER HERE AT KMAQ. THE TEAM WON THEIR OPENING GAME. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER TWO YET. THEY WILL RETURN HOME SUNDAY.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
I DID HAVE A TUESDAY REPORT....
BUT THERE WAS A "BLOGGER" PROBLEM, AND APPARENTLY IT DID NOT GO UP.
SO, WHEN YOU DON'T SEE A NEW REPORT HERE, YOU CAN'T ALWAYS BLAME ME.
WHAT DID YESTERDAY'S SAY....
I CAN'T REMEMBER...SORRY.
WILL TRY AGAIN TONIGHT. HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY.
OH, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BEAT BENTON HERE LAST NIGHT BY 2 POINTS.
WE ARE EXPECTING SOME RAIN TODAY.
DENNIS VOY
BUT THERE WAS A "BLOGGER" PROBLEM, AND APPARENTLY IT DID NOT GO UP.
SO, WHEN YOU DON'T SEE A NEW REPORT HERE, YOU CAN'T ALWAYS BLAME ME.
WHAT DID YESTERDAY'S SAY....
I CAN'T REMEMBER...SORRY.
WILL TRY AGAIN TONIGHT. HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY.
OH, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BEAT BENTON HERE LAST NIGHT BY 2 POINTS.
WE ARE EXPECTING SOME RAIN TODAY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, December 18, 2006
SUNNY AND HIGH OF 38 TODAY.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS DEFEATED WESTERN DUBUQUE FRIDAY NIGHT,
60 TO 51. THE GIRLS LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE, 55 TO 43.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS TOOK 4TH PLACE IN THE DEWITT TOURNAMENT SATURDAY. NO ONE TOOK A CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT 3 CARDS TOOK 2ND PLACE IN THEIR WEIGHT...TIM O'CONNELL, DARON FUGLSANG,
AND JOSH BREEDEN.
FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS, DR. PAUL AND DORIS BROWN WILL
CELEBRATE THEIR 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY DECEMBER 21ST.
THEY HAVE 26 GRANDCHILDREN. YOU CAN SEND THEM A CARD TO
2702 NORTH 25TH STREET, FORT DODGE, IOWA 50501.
FORMER MAQUOKETAN, RON VEIT, AGE 74, DIED DECEMBER 11TH
AT DENVER, COLORADO. A MEMORIAL VISITATION WILL BE HELD THIS THURSDAY, FROM 5 UNTIL 7 P.M. AT CARSON'S IN MAQUOKETA. FOR THE FULL OBITUARY, GO TO www.carsonandson.com
SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. THEY PLAN TO TALK ABOUT FILLING IN THE HOLE WHERE THE OLDEST SWIMMING POOL STILL STANDS, JUST EAST OF THE WORKING POOL AND RIGHT BEHIND THE BATHHOUSE.
AND, THEY MAY TALK ABOUT WHO WILL RUN THE ARC? THE YMCA OR THE CITY? COULD GO EITHER WAY.
TWO THEFT REPORTS TO THE MAQUOKETA POLICE.
BRIARWOOD REPORTED THEIR DUMPSTER IS MISSING.
AND ROICE EARLES REPORTED AT 4:37 THIS MORNING THAT $50,000 IN JEWELRY IS MISSING FROM HERE HOME AT 600 MILTON DRIVE AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS DEFEATED WESTERN DUBUQUE FRIDAY NIGHT,
60 TO 51. THE GIRLS LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE, 55 TO 43.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS TOOK 4TH PLACE IN THE DEWITT TOURNAMENT SATURDAY. NO ONE TOOK A CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT 3 CARDS TOOK 2ND PLACE IN THEIR WEIGHT...TIM O'CONNELL, DARON FUGLSANG,
AND JOSH BREEDEN.
FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS, DR. PAUL AND DORIS BROWN WILL
CELEBRATE THEIR 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY DECEMBER 21ST.
THEY HAVE 26 GRANDCHILDREN. YOU CAN SEND THEM A CARD TO
2702 NORTH 25TH STREET, FORT DODGE, IOWA 50501.
FORMER MAQUOKETAN, RON VEIT, AGE 74, DIED DECEMBER 11TH
AT DENVER, COLORADO. A MEMORIAL VISITATION WILL BE HELD THIS THURSDAY, FROM 5 UNTIL 7 P.M. AT CARSON'S IN MAQUOKETA. FOR THE FULL OBITUARY, GO TO www.carsonandson.com
SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. THEY PLAN TO TALK ABOUT FILLING IN THE HOLE WHERE THE OLDEST SWIMMING POOL STILL STANDS, JUST EAST OF THE WORKING POOL AND RIGHT BEHIND THE BATHHOUSE.
AND, THEY MAY TALK ABOUT WHO WILL RUN THE ARC? THE YMCA OR THE CITY? COULD GO EITHER WAY.
TWO THEFT REPORTS TO THE MAQUOKETA POLICE.
BRIARWOOD REPORTED THEIR DUMPSTER IS MISSING.
AND ROICE EARLES REPORTED AT 4:37 THIS MORNING THAT $50,000 IN JEWELRY IS MISSING FROM HERE HOME AT 600 MILTON DRIVE AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, December 15, 2006
PARTLY SUNNY TODAY WITH A HIGH OF ONLY 39, LOWER THAN EXPECTED.
ABOUT 25% OF THE MAQUOKETA STUDENTS STAYED HOME FROM SCHOOL TODAY (ABOUT 10-15% YESTERDAY) AS SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND POLICE CONTINUED TO INVESTIGATE THE THREATENING MESSAGE FROM GRAFFITI DISCOVERED MONDAY AT A MEN'S REST ROOM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. MAQUOKETA POLICE CHEIF BRAD KORANDA SAID THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS EITHER DAY.
A 14-YEAR OLD FOSTER CHILD, WHO WAS BABYSITTING A 13-MONTH OLD RURAL DELMAR GIRL, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE INFANT'S DEATH. THE BOY, AGE 14, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WEDNESDAY. ARRYANA JOLEE CLARK DIED NOVEMBER 22ND AT THE HOSPITAL IN DEWITT OF HEAD INJURIES EARLIER THAT EVENING AT A RURAL DELMAR HOME. THE FOSTER BOYS PARENTS LIVE IN CLINTON.
KRISTA AND CHUCK FRANZEN OF MONMOUTH ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN TUESDAY AT THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA. GRANDPARENTS ARE MIKE AND KANDY FRANZEN OF RURAL MONMOUTH. GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS DARLENE FRANZEN OF MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS LOST TO MARION, THERE, IN A DUAL MEET LAST NIGHT. BUT, THE CARDINALS DID NOT HAVE WRESTLERS LAST NIGHT AT THE THREE HEAVY WEIGHTS, AND THOSE 3 FORFEITS RESULTED IN THE MEET LOSS.... 39 TO 32. GETTING FALLS FOR MAQUOKETA...TIM O'CONNEL, RYAN FLAGEL AND BILLY KIRK. ALSO PICKING UP CARDINAL WINS....TONY SHILTZ, DARON FUGLSANG, THOMAS MAYBERRY, AND LARRY EGGERS.
IN BASKETBALL....THE CARDINALA BOYS HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE TONIGHT AND THE CARDINAL GIRLS PLAY AT EPWORTH.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
ABOUT 25% OF THE MAQUOKETA STUDENTS STAYED HOME FROM SCHOOL TODAY (ABOUT 10-15% YESTERDAY) AS SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND POLICE CONTINUED TO INVESTIGATE THE THREATENING MESSAGE FROM GRAFFITI DISCOVERED MONDAY AT A MEN'S REST ROOM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. MAQUOKETA POLICE CHEIF BRAD KORANDA SAID THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS EITHER DAY.
A 14-YEAR OLD FOSTER CHILD, WHO WAS BABYSITTING A 13-MONTH OLD RURAL DELMAR GIRL, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE INFANT'S DEATH. THE BOY, AGE 14, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WEDNESDAY. ARRYANA JOLEE CLARK DIED NOVEMBER 22ND AT THE HOSPITAL IN DEWITT OF HEAD INJURIES EARLIER THAT EVENING AT A RURAL DELMAR HOME. THE FOSTER BOYS PARENTS LIVE IN CLINTON.
KRISTA AND CHUCK FRANZEN OF MONMOUTH ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN TUESDAY AT THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA. GRANDPARENTS ARE MIKE AND KANDY FRANZEN OF RURAL MONMOUTH. GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS DARLENE FRANZEN OF MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS LOST TO MARION, THERE, IN A DUAL MEET LAST NIGHT. BUT, THE CARDINALS DID NOT HAVE WRESTLERS LAST NIGHT AT THE THREE HEAVY WEIGHTS, AND THOSE 3 FORFEITS RESULTED IN THE MEET LOSS.... 39 TO 32. GETTING FALLS FOR MAQUOKETA...TIM O'CONNEL, RYAN FLAGEL AND BILLY KIRK. ALSO PICKING UP CARDINAL WINS....TONY SHILTZ, DARON FUGLSANG, THOMAS MAYBERRY, AND LARRY EGGERS.
IN BASKETBALL....THE CARDINALA BOYS HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE TONIGHT AND THE CARDINAL GIRLS PLAY AT EPWORTH.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, December 14, 2006
SUNNY AND IN 50'S AGAIN TODAY.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS NEXT PRODUCTION WILL BE "INTO THE WOODS", A MUSICAL AND IT WILL BE DIRECTED BY CINDY CARAWAY AND SHELLY HOYE. SHOW DATES, JANUARY 26,27, 28 AND FEBRUARY 2 AND 3.
CAST: ED SZABO, ERICA BARKER, TYLER SOHL, JUNE WAHL, BILL DAVISON, ROBYN LANE, COLLEEN MILLER, CHRISTINA MILLER, KRISTEN GOESSLING, CATHERINE VAZQUEZ, DANIELLE CLARK, SHAWN VASQUEZ, ADDIE FELTEN, ALI SIMPSON, MARTY DAVISON, DUNCAN MARSHALL, PAUL HORST AND TANYA GOESSLING.
INITIAL DESIGN PLANS FOR THE MAQUOKETA H IGH SCHOOL NEW GYM AND CAFETERIA ARE AT 6.5 MILLION DOLLARS, HIGHER THAN THE MAXIMUM BUDGET OF 6-MILLION SET BY BOARD MEMBERS. HOWER, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER SAID HE IS CONFIDENT THE FINAL PLANS WILL BE AT 6-MILLION. HE SAID HE'S ESTIMATING COSTS HIGH AT THIS POINT IN TIME. PLANS CALL FOR THE BIDDIGN TO TAKE PLACE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY WITH THE FACILITY DONE WITHIN 16 MONTHS AND READY TO USE BY AUGUST OF 2008.
THE JACSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL BE LOOKING AT WAYS TO GET THE PARKING LOT PAVED AT THE JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER ON EAST QUARRY IN MAQUOKETA.
CHY GRUVER HIT A DEER AT 6 LAST NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 64.
WRESTLING TONIGHT AT MARION.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS NEXT PRODUCTION WILL BE "INTO THE WOODS", A MUSICAL AND IT WILL BE DIRECTED BY CINDY CARAWAY AND SHELLY HOYE. SHOW DATES, JANUARY 26,27, 28 AND FEBRUARY 2 AND 3.
CAST: ED SZABO, ERICA BARKER, TYLER SOHL, JUNE WAHL, BILL DAVISON, ROBYN LANE, COLLEEN MILLER, CHRISTINA MILLER, KRISTEN GOESSLING, CATHERINE VAZQUEZ, DANIELLE CLARK, SHAWN VASQUEZ, ADDIE FELTEN, ALI SIMPSON, MARTY DAVISON, DUNCAN MARSHALL, PAUL HORST AND TANYA GOESSLING.
INITIAL DESIGN PLANS FOR THE MAQUOKETA H IGH SCHOOL NEW GYM AND CAFETERIA ARE AT 6.5 MILLION DOLLARS, HIGHER THAN THE MAXIMUM BUDGET OF 6-MILLION SET BY BOARD MEMBERS. HOWER, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER SAID HE IS CONFIDENT THE FINAL PLANS WILL BE AT 6-MILLION. HE SAID HE'S ESTIMATING COSTS HIGH AT THIS POINT IN TIME. PLANS CALL FOR THE BIDDIGN TO TAKE PLACE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY WITH THE FACILITY DONE WITHIN 16 MONTHS AND READY TO USE BY AUGUST OF 2008.
THE JACSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL BE LOOKING AT WAYS TO GET THE PARKING LOT PAVED AT THE JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER ON EAST QUARRY IN MAQUOKETA.
CHY GRUVER HIT A DEER AT 6 LAST NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 64.
WRESTLING TONIGHT AT MARION.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
CLOUDY TODAY, BUT GOT UP TO A HIGH OF 52.
GRAFFITI FOUND WRITTEN AT A MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BOY'S RESTROOM WALL HAS PROMPTED A MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATION. ONE OF THE CUSTODIANS DISCOVERED THE THREATENING GRAFFITI LAST NIGHT. DUE TO A PREVIOUSLY PLANNED
IN-SERVICE DAY, CLASSES ARE NOT SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY.
CLASSES WILL BE HELD AS USUAL THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH POLICE OFFICERS ON DUTY IN THE BUILDING DURING THE DAY.
MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WERE ASKED LAST NIGHT AT THEIR BOARD MEETING TO OFFER 7TH GRADE FOOTBALL NEXT YEAR. THE BOARD SAID THEY WILL LOOK AT THE REQUEST DURING
FEBRUARY'S BUDGET WORKSHOP. THE REQUEST WAS MADE BY VARSITY FOOTBALL COACH KEVIN BOWMAN. MAQUOKETA IS ONE OF JUST A COUPLE 3A SCHOOLS WITH NO 7TH GRADE PROGRAM.
WORD HAS BEEN RECEIVED OF THE DEATH OF RON VEIT, AGE 74, OF DENVER, COLORADO AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. SERVICES WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA AT A LATER DATE. HE DIED TUESDAY IN DENVER.
RON IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN, TOM, STEVE, RONELLE AND LISA.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST BY 2 POINTS TO WEST DELAWARE OF MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT, HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
GRAFFITI FOUND WRITTEN AT A MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BOY'S RESTROOM WALL HAS PROMPTED A MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATION. ONE OF THE CUSTODIANS DISCOVERED THE THREATENING GRAFFITI LAST NIGHT. DUE TO A PREVIOUSLY PLANNED
IN-SERVICE DAY, CLASSES ARE NOT SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY.
CLASSES WILL BE HELD AS USUAL THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH POLICE OFFICERS ON DUTY IN THE BUILDING DURING THE DAY.
MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WERE ASKED LAST NIGHT AT THEIR BOARD MEETING TO OFFER 7TH GRADE FOOTBALL NEXT YEAR. THE BOARD SAID THEY WILL LOOK AT THE REQUEST DURING
FEBRUARY'S BUDGET WORKSHOP. THE REQUEST WAS MADE BY VARSITY FOOTBALL COACH KEVIN BOWMAN. MAQUOKETA IS ONE OF JUST A COUPLE 3A SCHOOLS WITH NO 7TH GRADE PROGRAM.
WORD HAS BEEN RECEIVED OF THE DEATH OF RON VEIT, AGE 74, OF DENVER, COLORADO AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. SERVICES WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA AT A LATER DATE. HE DIED TUESDAY IN DENVER.
RON IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN, TOM, STEVE, RONELLE AND LISA.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST BY 2 POINTS TO WEST DELAWARE OF MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT, HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, December 11, 2006
CLOUDY TODAY AND IN THE 40'S. WILL BE IN 40'S ALL WEEK LONG.
A SABULA DEERHUNTER FELL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FROM HIS
DEER STAND AND LANDED ON HIS HEAD. WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL.
I'M PRETTY SURE HE'S OKAY.
LOTS OF CAR-DEER ACCIDENTS AGAIN THIS PAST WEEKEND IN BOTH CLINTON AND JACKSON COUNTY.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO VINTON-SHELLSBURG FRIDAY NIGHT,
HERE, 59 TO 55. THEY NOW ARE 0 AND 4. THE GIRLS ALSO LOST TO VINTON THERE FRIDAY NIGHT, 36 TO 24. THEY ARE NOW 1 AND 4 OVERALL
THE WRESTLERS HOSTED THE ANNUAL DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN TOURNAMETN SATURDAY AND FINISHED 2ND IN THE TEAM RACE.
CEDAR RAPIDS WON IT WITH 216 POINTS. MAQUOKETA 2ND AT 185.
MAQUOKETA HAD TWO CHAMPS, LOGAN SPRINGER AND BILLY KIRK.
TAKING SECONDS, MARCUS BREEDEN, TONY SCHLITZ AND JOSH BREEDEN.
AND TAKING THIRDS, TIM O'CONNELL, DARON FUGLSANG AND THOMAS MAYBERRY.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
A SABULA DEERHUNTER FELL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FROM HIS
DEER STAND AND LANDED ON HIS HEAD. WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL.
I'M PRETTY SURE HE'S OKAY.
LOTS OF CAR-DEER ACCIDENTS AGAIN THIS PAST WEEKEND IN BOTH CLINTON AND JACKSON COUNTY.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO VINTON-SHELLSBURG FRIDAY NIGHT,
HERE, 59 TO 55. THEY NOW ARE 0 AND 4. THE GIRLS ALSO LOST TO VINTON THERE FRIDAY NIGHT, 36 TO 24. THEY ARE NOW 1 AND 4 OVERALL
THE WRESTLERS HOSTED THE ANNUAL DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN TOURNAMETN SATURDAY AND FINISHED 2ND IN THE TEAM RACE.
CEDAR RAPIDS WON IT WITH 216 POINTS. MAQUOKETA 2ND AT 185.
MAQUOKETA HAD TWO CHAMPS, LOGAN SPRINGER AND BILLY KIRK.
TAKING SECONDS, MARCUS BREEDEN, TONY SCHLITZ AND JOSH BREEDEN.
AND TAKING THIRDS, TIM O'CONNELL, DARON FUGLSANG AND THOMAS MAYBERRY.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, December 09, 2006
SUNNY AND IN 40'S TODAY.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST THEIR GAME TO VINTON HERE IN TOWN LAST NIGHT BY 3 POINTS.
THE GIRL'S SCORE I DON'T HAVE. THEY PLAYED AT VINTON.
KRISTIE HOSCH, 35, OWNER THE LAST 15 YEARS OF KRISTINO'S PIZZA, DOWNTOWN,
DIED AFTER A BATTLE WITH LUNG CANCER. SHE DIED YESTERDAY AND HER OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
HAVE A NICE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST THEIR GAME TO VINTON HERE IN TOWN LAST NIGHT BY 3 POINTS.
THE GIRL'S SCORE I DON'T HAVE. THEY PLAYED AT VINTON.
KRISTIE HOSCH, 35, OWNER THE LAST 15 YEARS OF KRISTINO'S PIZZA, DOWNTOWN,
DIED AFTER A BATTLE WITH LUNG CANCER. SHE DIED YESTERDAY AND HER OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
HAVE A NICE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, December 08, 2006
4 ABOVE EARLY THIS MORNING.
SUNNY TODAY, HIGH ABOUT 30.
UP IN THE 40'S TOMORROW.
IN WAMAC CONFERENCE WRESTLING LAST NIGHT:
IN A DOUBLE-DUAL AT MANCHESTER, MAQUOKETA LOST TO INDEPENDENCE, 56 TO 12. MAQUOKETA'S WINS CAME FROM DARON
FUGLSANG AT 125 POUNDS....RYAN FLAGEL AT 171 AND BILLY K IRK
AT 145 POUNDS.
AND MAQUOKETA ALSO LOST TO MANCHESTER, 51 TO 18. CARDINAL WINS BY JOHN BREEDEN, AT 17.... TONY SCHILTZ AT 119 AND MARCUS BREEDEN AT 103 POUNDS.
LAST NIGHT, DEWITT CENTRAL WRESTLERS DEFEATED DYERSVILLE BECKMAN, 83 TO 0.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY RECEIVED A DONATION FROM WAL MART. THE $2,500 IS PART OF THE "KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE" PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE COMPANY.
SANTA COMES TO MAQUOKETA SATURDAY AND WILL BE AT JACKSON COUNTY HOME FURNISHINGS FROM NOON UNTIL 2 P.M.
COUNTRY SINGER BILLY DEAN SINGS AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER TONIGHT. LAST REPORT I HEARD WAS THAT THEY HAD OVER 500 SEATS SOLD BY LATE THIS MORNING. I'LL BE THERE AND GIVE YOU A REPORT ON MY NEXT DAILY.
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK REGULARLY. I HOPE TO SEE SOME HOLIDAY ENTRIES ON IT DURING DECEMBER. JUST GO BACK TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND IN THE LEFT COLUMN, CLICK ON GUEST BOOK.
A WELL KNOWN YOUNG MAQUOKETA BUSINESSWOMAN DIED OF CANCER TODAY. WILL HAVE THE STORY TOMORROW.
AND WILL HAVE MAQUOEKTA BASKETBALL SCORES TOMORROW TOO.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
SUNNY TODAY, HIGH ABOUT 30.
UP IN THE 40'S TOMORROW.
IN WAMAC CONFERENCE WRESTLING LAST NIGHT:
IN A DOUBLE-DUAL AT MANCHESTER, MAQUOKETA LOST TO INDEPENDENCE, 56 TO 12. MAQUOKETA'S WINS CAME FROM DARON
FUGLSANG AT 125 POUNDS....RYAN FLAGEL AT 171 AND BILLY K IRK
AT 145 POUNDS.
AND MAQUOKETA ALSO LOST TO MANCHESTER, 51 TO 18. CARDINAL WINS BY JOHN BREEDEN, AT 17.... TONY SCHILTZ AT 119 AND MARCUS BREEDEN AT 103 POUNDS.
LAST NIGHT, DEWITT CENTRAL WRESTLERS DEFEATED DYERSVILLE BECKMAN, 83 TO 0.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY RECEIVED A DONATION FROM WAL MART. THE $2,500 IS PART OF THE "KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE" PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE COMPANY.
SANTA COMES TO MAQUOKETA SATURDAY AND WILL BE AT JACKSON COUNTY HOME FURNISHINGS FROM NOON UNTIL 2 P.M.
COUNTRY SINGER BILLY DEAN SINGS AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER TONIGHT. LAST REPORT I HEARD WAS THAT THEY HAD OVER 500 SEATS SOLD BY LATE THIS MORNING. I'LL BE THERE AND GIVE YOU A REPORT ON MY NEXT DAILY.
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK REGULARLY. I HOPE TO SEE SOME HOLIDAY ENTRIES ON IT DURING DECEMBER. JUST GO BACK TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND IN THE LEFT COLUMN, CLICK ON GUEST BOOK.
A WELL KNOWN YOUNG MAQUOKETA BUSINESSWOMAN DIED OF CANCER TODAY. WILL HAVE THE STORY TOMORROW.
AND WILL HAVE MAQUOEKTA BASKETBALL SCORES TOMORROW TOO.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, December 07, 2006
COLD, BUT SUNNY.
THE MAQUOKETA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (CELEBRATING ITS 25TH YEAR NEXT YEAR) HELD ITS ANNUAL CELEBRATION LUNCHEON AT NOON TODAY AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER LOBBY, WITH ABOUT 75
PRESENT FOR A CATERED MEAL AND PROGRAM. THE PENROSE FAMILY WAS RECOGNIZED FOR THE FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP, THE FIRST ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FOUNDATION. HAROLD AND ESTHER PENROSE WERE RECOGNIZED. MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN JAKE BICKFORD WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS 7 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LENKA CARSON (MRS. DON) WILL BE JAKE'S REPLACEMENT ON THE BOARD. PRESIDENT CHUCK WOLF AND FOUNDATION DIRECTOR KATE CARINDER PRESENTED A CHECK FOR $56,667, THE FIRST OF FIVE INSTALLMENTS TO BE PRESENTED FOR THE ARC BUILDING.
CARINDER (WHO IS LEAVING THE POSITION SOON TO TAKE A NEW JOB AT IOWA CITY) ANNOUNCED THAT THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS HAS PLEDGED $50,000 TO THE ARC, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE MAQUOKETA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS DONE MUCH FOR THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND DO MORE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. GOOD DINNER, PREPARED BY KALMES RESTAURANT IN ST. DONATUS.
OLD TIME RADIO CHRISTMAS SHOWS, FIRST AIRED IN THE 1940'S, START AGAIN THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON ON KMAQ, ON MONDAY. THEY WILL BE AIRED EACH AFTERNOON AT 3:05. REMEBER FIBBER AND MOLLY?
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN IS SUGGESTING THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS LOOK AT USING THE FORMER ANDREW JACKSON CARE FACILITY FOR A SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND JAIL. THIS WEEK, DURING A WORK SESSION, HE TOLD THE SUPERVISORS HE HAD RECEIVED AN ESTIMATE FOR EXPANDING THE PRESENT JAIL TO ALLOW FOR SIX MORE BEDS AND A VISITING AREA. THE ESTIMATE, WHICH HE CONSIDERED HIGH, WAS FOR $550,000 AND THE END RESULT WOULD ALSO ELIMINATE MOST OF THE CURRENT EXCERCISE YARD.
THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL HAVE THEIR ANNUAL HOLIDAY FUND RAISER NEXT TUESDAY EVENING AT THE MUSEUM....THE HOLIDAY BASKET AUCTION AND SOUP SUPPER, STARTING AT 5 P.M.
KEEP WARM. DOWN TO 5 TONIGHT.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (CELEBRATING ITS 25TH YEAR NEXT YEAR) HELD ITS ANNUAL CELEBRATION LUNCHEON AT NOON TODAY AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER LOBBY, WITH ABOUT 75
PRESENT FOR A CATERED MEAL AND PROGRAM. THE PENROSE FAMILY WAS RECOGNIZED FOR THE FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP, THE FIRST ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE FOUNDATION. HAROLD AND ESTHER PENROSE WERE RECOGNIZED. MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN JAKE BICKFORD WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS 7 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. LENKA CARSON (MRS. DON) WILL BE JAKE'S REPLACEMENT ON THE BOARD. PRESIDENT CHUCK WOLF AND FOUNDATION DIRECTOR KATE CARINDER PRESENTED A CHECK FOR $56,667, THE FIRST OF FIVE INSTALLMENTS TO BE PRESENTED FOR THE ARC BUILDING.
CARINDER (WHO IS LEAVING THE POSITION SOON TO TAKE A NEW JOB AT IOWA CITY) ANNOUNCED THAT THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS HAS PLEDGED $50,000 TO THE ARC, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE MAQUOKETA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS DONE MUCH FOR THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND DO MORE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. GOOD DINNER, PREPARED BY KALMES RESTAURANT IN ST. DONATUS.
OLD TIME RADIO CHRISTMAS SHOWS, FIRST AIRED IN THE 1940'S, START AGAIN THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON ON KMAQ, ON MONDAY. THEY WILL BE AIRED EACH AFTERNOON AT 3:05. REMEBER FIBBER AND MOLLY?
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN IS SUGGESTING THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS LOOK AT USING THE FORMER ANDREW JACKSON CARE FACILITY FOR A SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND JAIL. THIS WEEK, DURING A WORK SESSION, HE TOLD THE SUPERVISORS HE HAD RECEIVED AN ESTIMATE FOR EXPANDING THE PRESENT JAIL TO ALLOW FOR SIX MORE BEDS AND A VISITING AREA. THE ESTIMATE, WHICH HE CONSIDERED HIGH, WAS FOR $550,000 AND THE END RESULT WOULD ALSO ELIMINATE MOST OF THE CURRENT EXCERCISE YARD.
THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL HAVE THEIR ANNUAL HOLIDAY FUND RAISER NEXT TUESDAY EVENING AT THE MUSEUM....THE HOLIDAY BASKET AUCTION AND SOUP SUPPER, STARTING AT 5 P.M.
KEEP WARM. DOWN TO 5 TONIGHT.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
SUNNY AND IN 30'S TODAY.
DOWN TO 5 ABOVE TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS TEAMS BOTH LOST TO MARION LAST NIGHT.
J.E. GOODENOW, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY
(HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS THE FOUNDER OF MAQUOKETA)....AGE 91, DIED YESTERDAY. HIS COMPLETE OBITURARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND GREAT THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
DOWN TO 5 ABOVE TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS TEAMS BOTH LOST TO MARION LAST NIGHT.
J.E. GOODENOW, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY
(HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS THE FOUNDER OF MAQUOKETA)....AGE 91, DIED YESTERDAY. HIS COMPLETE OBITURARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND GREAT THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
9 ABOVE THIS MORNING...30 THE HIGH TODAY.
LONGTIME MAQUOKETA DENTIST, DR. DON ROEDER, 77, DIED SATURDAY.
HIS FULL OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
MARETA RIPPLE, AGE 93, OF MAQUOKETA, ALSO DIED SATURDAY.
HER FULL OBITUARY ALSO CAN BE READ AT THE ABOVE LAHEY'S WEB SITE ADDRESS.
BEN AND ANGIE KRUEGER OF WAVERLY ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN NOV. 27TH AT WAVERLY. GRANDPARENTS ARE KEN AND MARY LOU ALTHOFF OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
LONGTIME MAQUOKETA DENTIST, DR. DON ROEDER, 77, DIED SATURDAY.
HIS FULL OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
MARETA RIPPLE, AGE 93, OF MAQUOKETA, ALSO DIED SATURDAY.
HER FULL OBITUARY ALSO CAN BE READ AT THE ABOVE LAHEY'S WEB SITE ADDRESS.
BEN AND ANGIE KRUEGER OF WAVERLY ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN NOV. 27TH AT WAVERLY. GRANDPARENTS ARE KEN AND MARY LOU ALTHOFF OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, December 04, 2006
COLD, BUT SUNNY....
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS OPENED THE SEASON SATURDAY IN THE INDEPENDECE TOURNAMENT AND FINISHED 7TH OUT OF 10 TEAMS.
MQUOKTA'S BEST FINISH CAME FROM FRESHMAN MARCUS BREEDEN WHO WAS SECOND AT 103 POUNDS.
THEY WRESTLE IN A WAMAC DOUBLE-DUAL WITH WEST DELAWARE AND INDEPENDENCE THURSDAY NIGHT AT MANCHESTER.
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM FELL TO 0 AND 2 ON THE YOUNG SEASON AS THEY WERE DEFEATED BY DUBUQUE SENIOR 61 TO 51 IN OVERTIME. THEY OPEN WAMAC PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT AT MARION.
FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THIER WAMAC OPENER ON THE ROAD AT DYERSVILLE AND BECKMAN TOPPED MAQUOKETA 53 TO 39.
THEY WILL HOST MARION TOMORROW NIGHT.
THERE ARE NO PLANNED INCREASES FOR THE ELECTRIC RATES FOR MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY MANAGER DOUG OWEN SAID THE BUGET FOR 2007 HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND NO RATE INCREASES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
THE BUDGET DOES CALL FOR $150,000 TO BUY NEW GENERATOR FUEL TANKS TO GIVE HIGHER CAPACITY FOR THE GENERATORS.
A GIRL, BORN SUNDAY NIGHT AT A DUBUQUE HOSPITAL TO MARK AND
AND MELISSA MILLER OF PRESTON. GRANDPARENTS ARE JIM AND MARARET MARY MILLER OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS OPENED THE SEASON SATURDAY IN THE INDEPENDECE TOURNAMENT AND FINISHED 7TH OUT OF 10 TEAMS.
MQUOKTA'S BEST FINISH CAME FROM FRESHMAN MARCUS BREEDEN WHO WAS SECOND AT 103 POUNDS.
THEY WRESTLE IN A WAMAC DOUBLE-DUAL WITH WEST DELAWARE AND INDEPENDENCE THURSDAY NIGHT AT MANCHESTER.
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM FELL TO 0 AND 2 ON THE YOUNG SEASON AS THEY WERE DEFEATED BY DUBUQUE SENIOR 61 TO 51 IN OVERTIME. THEY OPEN WAMAC PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT AT MARION.
FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THIER WAMAC OPENER ON THE ROAD AT DYERSVILLE AND BECKMAN TOPPED MAQUOKETA 53 TO 39.
THEY WILL HOST MARION TOMORROW NIGHT.
THERE ARE NO PLANNED INCREASES FOR THE ELECTRIC RATES FOR MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY MANAGER DOUG OWEN SAID THE BUGET FOR 2007 HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND NO RATE INCREASES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
THE BUDGET DOES CALL FOR $150,000 TO BUY NEW GENERATOR FUEL TANKS TO GIVE HIGHER CAPACITY FOR THE GENERATORS.
A GIRL, BORN SUNDAY NIGHT AT A DUBUQUE HOSPITAL TO MARK AND
AND MELISSA MILLER OF PRESTON. GRANDPARENTS ARE JIM AND MARARET MARY MILLER OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
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