NICE SUNNY DAY, HIGH OF 75.
GAS PRICES ARE GOING DOWN IN MAQUOKETA. SOMEONE AT COFFEE SAID THAT THE LOWEST IN AREA IS 2.06 A GALLON. MAYBE I HEARD THAT WRONG, BUT THEY ARE DOWN AND IOWA HAS SOME OF LOWEST PRICES.
SUE AND ARNOLD KORANDA STOPPED IN TO VISIT LAST WEEK BEFORE GOING BACK TO FLORIDA, WHERE THEY HAVE LIVED SINCE JANAURY....NEAR DADE CITY. THEY BOTH LOOKED GOOD...LIKE IT DOWN THERE...BUT OF COURSE, ALSO MISS MAQUOKETA. ARNOLD CHECKS THIS REPORT DAILY AND HE IS INVOLVED A LITTLE IN APPLIANCE RECONDITIONING FOR SOMONE THAT BUYS USED APPLIANCES AND RE-SELLS THEM. THEY LIVE NEAR SUE'S MOTHER AND A COUPLE OF SUE'S SISTERS. ARNOLD SOLD HIS TV AND APPLIANCE STORE THAT HE OPERATED OVER 30 YEARS IN MAQUOKETA LAST YEAR AND THEN DECIDED TO RETIRE IN FLORIDA. SUE WAS WORKING AT THE $-SAVER STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA UNTIL HEADING SOUTH WITH ARNOLD.
KARL AND ELENOR SCHROEDER, FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS, CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW, SEPT 15TH.
THEY NOW LIVE IN MESA, ARIZONA. THEY HAVE 5 CHILDREN AND
9 GRANDCHILDREN. KARL RETIRED FROM CEO POSITION AT HIS OLDER BROTHER ASHER STILL LIVES HERE.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, LESLIE BLACKWELL, AGE 39, IS IN JAIL AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY SOLD XANAX TO AN INFORMANT FOR THE BEAR CREEK NARCOTICS TASK FORCE. SHE WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT CASEYS.
THE FAMILY DOLLAR CORPORATION HAS BEEN ORDERED BY THE IOWA DOT TO PAY $93,222 AS A DEFAULT PAYMENT FOR NOT MEETING ITS JOB QUOTA. THE DOT REVITALIZE IOWA'S SOUND ECONOMY PROVIDED FUNDING TO THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA FIVE YEARS AGO TO BUILD FAMILY DOLLAR PARKWAY AND PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE STATE MONEY WAS FAMILY DOLLAR WAS TO CREATE 485 NEW JOBS. FAMILY DOLLAR HAS FALLEN SHORT OF THAT NUMBER, WITH 395 NEW JOBS.
THE COMPANY SAID THEY HAVE CREATED MORE THAN 395 AND IF THEY CAN PROVIDE DOCUMENTATIN, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE PAID BACK COULD BE LESS.
MEET THE CANDIDATES NIGHT TONIGHT AT 7 AT CITY HALL. THE TWO HOUR EVENT WILL BE BROADCAST "LIVE" ON BOTH KMAQ AM AND FM.
IT IS TIME TO END THIS ....AND TONIGHT OR TOMORROW, YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME.
DENNIS VOY
