2 BELOW LAST NIGHT....IN 20'S AGAIN TODAY....COLD WEEKEND STILL IN THE FORECAST.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM BEAT BENTON COMMUNITY
LAST NIGHT BY 20 POINTS. AT BENTON, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO BENTON.
THE BANK IN DELMAR WAS ROBBED JUST BEFORE 10 THIS MORNING.
THE GUY, GUESSED TO BE ABOUT 30, WITH BEARD, SAID HE HAD A GUN, BUT DID NOT SHOW IT. HE LEFT ON FOOT, BUT WAS SEEN GETTING INTO A RED PICKUP AND AUTHORITIES ARE STILL LOOKING FOR HIM. NO INDICATION AS TO WHAT HE GOT AWAY WITH.
MAQUOKETA HAS A GENERAC PLANT AND GENERAC WAS SOLD TO AN EAST COAST GROUP LAST NOVEMBER. THERE ARE 3 OTHER GENERATOR PLANTS IN WISCONSIN. ON THE INTERNET YESTERDAY WAS A STORY THAT GENERAC WAS SOLD FOR $2 BILLION DOLLARS. NO WORD ON WHAT FUTURE PLANS ARE FOR THE COMPANY.
STEVE AND KELLY HEINRICH OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN SUNDAY MORNING AT A CLINTON HOSPITAL. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE RON AND CHERYL HEINRICH OF MAQUOKETA.
SGT. FIRST CLASS TIM FRANTZEN AND WIFE MANUELA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN IN STUGGART, GERMANY. GRANDPARENTS ARE ELLEN AND WAYNE FRANTZEN OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
IT'S COLD IN MAQUOKETA. LOW OF 6 LAST NIGHT, HIGH OF 15 TODAY AND LOOKING TO GO DOWN TO NEAR ZERO TONIGHT. AND THE WEEKEND FORECAST IS REALLY LOOKING COOOOOLLLLLLDDDDD.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY (TUESDAY) TO BOB OSTERHAUS.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS AND BOYS PLAY BENTON COMMUNITY TONIGHT. THE BOYS HERE, THE GIRLS ON THE ROAD.
THE WRESTLERS HOST DEWITT THURSDAY NIGHT. KMAQ-FM, WITH DR.
KOOB AT THE HOLD-BY-HOLD MIKE.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT....WAS KIND OF GLOOMY. IT'S THE TIME OF THE YEAR FOR WORKING ON THE BUDGET AND A BIG DEFICIT LOOMS. CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER TOLD THE COUNICL THAT WHEN HE STARTED WORK ON THE BUDGET, THERE WAS A $258,583 DEFICIT. THE CITY MANAGER WENT THROUGH A LIST OF WAYS TO CUT THE BUDGET, INCLUDING CUTTING A POLICE OFFICER. OFF THE RECORD, HE EVEN SAID HE MAY NOT TAKE HIS RAISE COMING THIS SUMMER. ALSO, HE IS PROPOSING A TAX INCREASE. AND, ALSO LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER TO GET THE WHEELS IN MOTION FOR A $2-MILLIN DOLLAR BOND ISSUE ELECTION IN MARCH TO EXPAND THE FIRE STATION. THE BOND WOULD INCREASE TAXES ABOUT $1.00 PER $1,000 ASSESSED VALUATION. IT WOULD HAVE TO PASS BY 60%.
LOTS OF "THE FLU" AROUND THESE DAYS AND FLU SHOTS ARE BEING URGED.
STAY WARM.
DENNIS VOY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY (TUESDAY) TO BOB OSTERHAUS.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS AND BOYS PLAY BENTON COMMUNITY TONIGHT. THE BOYS HERE, THE GIRLS ON THE ROAD.
THE WRESTLERS HOST DEWITT THURSDAY NIGHT. KMAQ-FM, WITH DR.
KOOB AT THE HOLD-BY-HOLD MIKE.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT....WAS KIND OF GLOOMY. IT'S THE TIME OF THE YEAR FOR WORKING ON THE BUDGET AND A BIG DEFICIT LOOMS. CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER TOLD THE COUNICL THAT WHEN HE STARTED WORK ON THE BUDGET, THERE WAS A $258,583 DEFICIT. THE CITY MANAGER WENT THROUGH A LIST OF WAYS TO CUT THE BUDGET, INCLUDING CUTTING A POLICE OFFICER. OFF THE RECORD, HE EVEN SAID HE MAY NOT TAKE HIS RAISE COMING THIS SUMMER. ALSO, HE IS PROPOSING A TAX INCREASE. AND, ALSO LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER TO GET THE WHEELS IN MOTION FOR A $2-MILLIN DOLLAR BOND ISSUE ELECTION IN MARCH TO EXPAND THE FIRE STATION. THE BOND WOULD INCREASE TAXES ABOUT $1.00 PER $1,000 ASSESSED VALUATION. IT WOULD HAVE TO PASS BY 60%.
LOTS OF "THE FLU" AROUND THESE DAYS AND FLU SHOTS ARE BEING URGED.
STAY WARM.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, January 29, 2007
PARTLY SUNNY TODAY....IN THE 30'S.
WEEKEND SPORTS: FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT WESTERN DUBUQUE BY 5 POINTS. NOW 7 AND 5 IN THE WAMAC.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FRIDAY NIGHT LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE.
SATURDAY, IN THE WAMAC WRESTLING TOURNAMENT, MAQUOKTA FINISHED THIRD BEHIND MANCHESTER AND DEWITT.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
ALSO CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS MUSICAL COMEDY "INTO THE WOODS" WAS WELL RECEIVED OVER THE WEEKEND. ABOUT 100 SAW EACH OF THE 3 PERFORMANCES. I SAW IT FRIDAY NIGHT. EXCELLENT JOB BY THE CAST.
LITTLE LONG. FINAL TWO PERFORMANCES ARE THIS COMING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
ALSO SAW "DREAM GIRLS" AT MY THEATRE YESTERDAY. VERY GOOD.
FIVE PEOPLE AT MAQUOKETA BUSINESSES WERE TICKETED AFTER THEY ALLEGEDLY SOLD TOBACCO TO AN UNDERAGE TEEN DURING A CHECK BY MAQUOKETA POLICE. AN UNDERAGE MALE FROM ANOTHER CITY WAS USED BY POLICE TO GO INTO MAQUOKETA ESTABLISHMENTS TO TRY TO BUY CIGARETTES. OFFICERS SAID NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES TICKETED
ASKED THE YOUTH HIS AGE. BUT, ALL ASKED TO HIS HIS IDENTIFICATION WHICH LISTED HIS AGE AS UNDER 18. CHARGED WITH SELLING TOBACCO TO A MINOR: KATHLEEN ADAM, 39, MAQUOKETA....
EVAN JEBSON, 26, DELMAR.....DINA EDWARDS, 43, MAQUOKETA.....JODY CARPENTER, 35, MAQUOKETA AND ERIC WAGENER, 24, MAQUOKETA.
ALL WERE FINED $182 ON THE CHARGES.'
BIG MADE-TO-ORDER OMELET BREAKFAST YESTERDAY AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A DOZEN LINES. FLORIAN STEFFAN
STARTED MAKING OMELETS JUST BEFORE 8 A.M. AND WAS STILL AT IT WHEN I GOT MINE JUST BEFORE NOON. OTHER'S WORKED JUST AS LONG I'M SURE. WE LUTHERANS DON'T WORK THAT HARD. THEY RAN OUT OF SWEET ROLLS, SO I'LL HAVE AN EXTRA ONE COMING NEXT YEAR.
OH YES...THE OMELET WAS DELICIOUS. RAN INTO DOC BIEHL AND HE'S PLANNING TO GO TO A WORLD SERIES GAME AT ST. LOUIS AGAIN THIS FALL.
SAT NEXT TO STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART AND HE WAS HAPPY WITH
THE WAY THINGS WENT THIS PAST WEEK AT DES MOINES. THEY PASSED AND THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE NEW HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE BILL.
HEARD TODAY THAT THEISEN'S HOPES TO BE INTO THEIR LARGER STORE
(FORMER WAL MART) ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST, BY MAY, MAYBE SOONER.
AND HEARD THERE IS AN INTEREST BEING SHOWN ON THE FORMER JACK AND JILL BUILDING.
YES, BANKER DAVE JOHNSON IS STILL WORKING A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK
AT THE BANK. ALSO BOTHERS OUR MORNING COFFEE GROUP ALMOST EVERY MONDAY AND SOME TUESDAYS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
WEEKEND SPORTS: FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT WESTERN DUBUQUE BY 5 POINTS. NOW 7 AND 5 IN THE WAMAC.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FRIDAY NIGHT LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE.
SATURDAY, IN THE WAMAC WRESTLING TOURNAMENT, MAQUOKTA FINISHED THIRD BEHIND MANCHESTER AND DEWITT.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
ALSO CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS MUSICAL COMEDY "INTO THE WOODS" WAS WELL RECEIVED OVER THE WEEKEND. ABOUT 100 SAW EACH OF THE 3 PERFORMANCES. I SAW IT FRIDAY NIGHT. EXCELLENT JOB BY THE CAST.
LITTLE LONG. FINAL TWO PERFORMANCES ARE THIS COMING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
ALSO SAW "DREAM GIRLS" AT MY THEATRE YESTERDAY. VERY GOOD.
FIVE PEOPLE AT MAQUOKETA BUSINESSES WERE TICKETED AFTER THEY ALLEGEDLY SOLD TOBACCO TO AN UNDERAGE TEEN DURING A CHECK BY MAQUOKETA POLICE. AN UNDERAGE MALE FROM ANOTHER CITY WAS USED BY POLICE TO GO INTO MAQUOKETA ESTABLISHMENTS TO TRY TO BUY CIGARETTES. OFFICERS SAID NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES TICKETED
ASKED THE YOUTH HIS AGE. BUT, ALL ASKED TO HIS HIS IDENTIFICATION WHICH LISTED HIS AGE AS UNDER 18. CHARGED WITH SELLING TOBACCO TO A MINOR: KATHLEEN ADAM, 39, MAQUOKETA....
EVAN JEBSON, 26, DELMAR.....DINA EDWARDS, 43, MAQUOKETA.....JODY CARPENTER, 35, MAQUOKETA AND ERIC WAGENER, 24, MAQUOKETA.
ALL WERE FINED $182 ON THE CHARGES.'
BIG MADE-TO-ORDER OMELET BREAKFAST YESTERDAY AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A DOZEN LINES. FLORIAN STEFFAN
STARTED MAKING OMELETS JUST BEFORE 8 A.M. AND WAS STILL AT IT WHEN I GOT MINE JUST BEFORE NOON. OTHER'S WORKED JUST AS LONG I'M SURE. WE LUTHERANS DON'T WORK THAT HARD. THEY RAN OUT OF SWEET ROLLS, SO I'LL HAVE AN EXTRA ONE COMING NEXT YEAR.
OH YES...THE OMELET WAS DELICIOUS. RAN INTO DOC BIEHL AND HE'S PLANNING TO GO TO A WORLD SERIES GAME AT ST. LOUIS AGAIN THIS FALL.
SAT NEXT TO STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART AND HE WAS HAPPY WITH
THE WAY THINGS WENT THIS PAST WEEK AT DES MOINES. THEY PASSED AND THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE NEW HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE BILL.
HEARD TODAY THAT THEISEN'S HOPES TO BE INTO THEIR LARGER STORE
(FORMER WAL MART) ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST, BY MAY, MAYBE SOONER.
AND HEARD THERE IS AN INTEREST BEING SHOWN ON THE FORMER JACK AND JILL BUILDING.
YES, BANKER DAVE JOHNSON IS STILL WORKING A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK
AT THE BANK. ALSO BOTHERS OUR MORNING COFFEE GROUP ALMOST EVERY MONDAY AND SOME TUESDAYS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, January 26, 2007
NICE DAY TODAY...SUNNY AND HIGH OF 43.
BUT, COLD WEATHER IS COMING FOR THE WEEKEND.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS BEAT DYERSVILLE BECKMAN EASILY LAST NIGHT.
THE CARDINAL BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY WESTERN DUBUQUE TONIGHT.
THE GIRLS HERE, AND THE BOYS AT EPWORTH.
AFTER THE FUNERAL TODAY OF EVA SAUNDERS......LONGTIME MAQUOKETA TEACHER.....AT THE DINNER AFTER.......ALL IN ATTENDANCE WERE GIVE A BIG RED APPLE. "AN APPLE FROM THE TEACHER"!
I'M GOING TO THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS PLAY TONIGHT (OPENING NIGHT)
AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. WILL GIVE A REPORT MONDAY.
IT WILL BE PUT ON THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
BUT, COLD WEATHER IS COMING FOR THE WEEKEND.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS BEAT DYERSVILLE BECKMAN EASILY LAST NIGHT.
THE CARDINAL BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY WESTERN DUBUQUE TONIGHT.
THE GIRLS HERE, AND THE BOYS AT EPWORTH.
AFTER THE FUNERAL TODAY OF EVA SAUNDERS......LONGTIME MAQUOKETA TEACHER.....AT THE DINNER AFTER.......ALL IN ATTENDANCE WERE GIVE A BIG RED APPLE. "AN APPLE FROM THE TEACHER"!
I'M GOING TO THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS PLAY TONIGHT (OPENING NIGHT)
AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. WILL GIVE A REPORT MONDAY.
IT WILL BE PUT ON THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, January 25, 2007
SUNSHINE TODAY! 10 ABOVE LAST NIGHT!
RAGBRAI.....THE GREAT BICYCLE RIDE ACROSS IOWA.....WILL END UP AGAIN THIS YEAR IN BELLEVUE, ON SATURDYA, JULY 28TH. OVER 10,000 BIKE RIDERS. LAST TIME IT ENDED UP THERE WAS IN 2002. THE 35TH ANNUAL TREK, SPONSORED BY THE DES MOINES REGISTER. CYCLISTS WILL SPEND THURSDAY NIGHT IN INDEPENDENCE AND FRIDAY NIGHT IN DYERSVILLE.
ALSO ON SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 28TH.....SAWYER BROWN WILL BE AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR IN MAQUOKETA. THE COUNTRY GROUP HAS EXPERIENCED TREMENDOUS SUCCESS FOR TWO DECADES. THE NEWS OF SAWYER BROWN COMING TO MAQUOKETA WAS RELEASED LAST NIGHT
DURING A KICKOFF PARTY FOR PAST AND PROSPECTIVE 2007 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR SPONSORS. THIS YEAR, STOCK CAR RACING MOVES TO THURSDAY NIGHT DURING FAIR WEEK.
DOGS CAN NOT BARK IN MAQUOKETA. DAVID HORNER OF MAQUOKETA IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN MAGISTRATES COURT ON A CHARGE OF ALLOWING HIS DOGS TO BARK. HORNER HAD BEEN GIVEN TWO PRIOR
WARNINGS BEFORE THE CHARGE WAS FILED.
TWO MID-DAY PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE MAIN STAGE AT TH IS YEAR'S KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW, FEBRUARY 8TH AND 9TH AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. BOB BOWMAN, OF RURAL DEWITT, THE PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION, WILL SPEAK AT 12:15 ON THURSDAY. THE THREE ANNUAL AG AWARDS, INCLUDING FARMER OF THE YEAR, WILL BE GIVEN OUT AFTER BOWAMN SPEAKS. THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND MAQUOKETA ROTARY SPONSORS THE AWARDS. AND, THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE FARM SHOW FRIDAY WILL BE AARON PUTZE, DIRECTOR OF THE COALITION TO SUPPORT IOWA FARMERS. HE WILL ADDRESS THE ASSEMBLY ON CURRENT FARM ISSUES. THE FARM SHOW IS FREE BOTH DAYS. OVER 50 EXHIBITORS HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP TO HAVE A BOOTH AT THE SHOW.
THIS YEAR, KMAQ TRAVEL IS GOING TO BRANSON(TWICE), NASHVILLE(TWICE), ST. LOUIS(TWICE), MILWAUKEE, SPRINGFIELD, DECATUR, MACKINAW ISLAND, AND MAYBE CHICAGO.
LIKE ALWAYS, YOU'LL HEAR DETAILS....FIRST....ON THIS REPORT.
GOTTA GO NOW AND READ THE 5:10 P.M. NEWS FINAL. TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
RAGBRAI.....THE GREAT BICYCLE RIDE ACROSS IOWA.....WILL END UP AGAIN THIS YEAR IN BELLEVUE, ON SATURDYA, JULY 28TH. OVER 10,000 BIKE RIDERS. LAST TIME IT ENDED UP THERE WAS IN 2002. THE 35TH ANNUAL TREK, SPONSORED BY THE DES MOINES REGISTER. CYCLISTS WILL SPEND THURSDAY NIGHT IN INDEPENDENCE AND FRIDAY NIGHT IN DYERSVILLE.
ALSO ON SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 28TH.....SAWYER BROWN WILL BE AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR IN MAQUOKETA. THE COUNTRY GROUP HAS EXPERIENCED TREMENDOUS SUCCESS FOR TWO DECADES. THE NEWS OF SAWYER BROWN COMING TO MAQUOKETA WAS RELEASED LAST NIGHT
DURING A KICKOFF PARTY FOR PAST AND PROSPECTIVE 2007 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR SPONSORS. THIS YEAR, STOCK CAR RACING MOVES TO THURSDAY NIGHT DURING FAIR WEEK.
DOGS CAN NOT BARK IN MAQUOKETA. DAVID HORNER OF MAQUOKETA IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN MAGISTRATES COURT ON A CHARGE OF ALLOWING HIS DOGS TO BARK. HORNER HAD BEEN GIVEN TWO PRIOR
WARNINGS BEFORE THE CHARGE WAS FILED.
TWO MID-DAY PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE MAIN STAGE AT TH IS YEAR'S KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW, FEBRUARY 8TH AND 9TH AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. BOB BOWMAN, OF RURAL DEWITT, THE PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION, WILL SPEAK AT 12:15 ON THURSDAY. THE THREE ANNUAL AG AWARDS, INCLUDING FARMER OF THE YEAR, WILL BE GIVEN OUT AFTER BOWAMN SPEAKS. THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND MAQUOKETA ROTARY SPONSORS THE AWARDS. AND, THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE FARM SHOW FRIDAY WILL BE AARON PUTZE, DIRECTOR OF THE COALITION TO SUPPORT IOWA FARMERS. HE WILL ADDRESS THE ASSEMBLY ON CURRENT FARM ISSUES. THE FARM SHOW IS FREE BOTH DAYS. OVER 50 EXHIBITORS HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP TO HAVE A BOOTH AT THE SHOW.
THIS YEAR, KMAQ TRAVEL IS GOING TO BRANSON(TWICE), NASHVILLE(TWICE), ST. LOUIS(TWICE), MILWAUKEE, SPRINGFIELD, DECATUR, MACKINAW ISLAND, AND MAYBE CHICAGO.
LIKE ALWAYS, YOU'LL HEAR DETAILS....FIRST....ON THIS REPORT.
GOTTA GO NOW AND READ THE 5:10 P.M. NEWS FINAL. TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 32 TODAY....LOOKING FOR SUN TOMORROW.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS TEAMS BOTH LOST TO WEST DELAWARE OF MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT. THE BOYS BY JUST A FEW POINTS AND THE GIRLS BY A BUNCH OF POINTS.
THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL BREAKFAST WAS HELD YESTERDAY WITH JUST 57 ATTENDING. PRESIDENT RICK PRULL
GAVE THE WELCOME AND AWARDS WERE PRESENTED. THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD WENT TO THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD AND EMPLOYEES FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DO FOR THE CHAMBER, ESPECIALLY AT CHRISTMAS TIME. CHAMBER DIRECTOR STACEY DRISCOLL HANDED OUT TWO AWARDS, ONE TO FORMER DIRECTOR, LINDA STURTZ-PICKUP AND THE OTHER TO OUTGOING PRESIDENT
PRULL. NEW BOARD MEMBERS ARE MARLA FRANZEN OF MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, BILL WATERS, HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, AND MIKE DONNLEY,PLANT MANAGER AT GENERAC. COMMITTEE REPORTS WERE GIVEN AND LOOKING AHEAD TO 2007....A NEW WEB SITE IS PLANNED AND AN INCENTIVE MEMBERSHIP DRIVE. LONGTIME DIRECTOR ASSISTANT CHERYL CLARK WAS RECOGNIZED FOR 15 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CHAMBER. THE NEW PRESIDENT IS DON SCHWENKER, A MAQUOKETA CHIROPRACTOR.
CITIZENS OF MAQUOKETA WILL BE GOING TO THE POLLS IN MARCH TO VOTE YES OR NO ON A $2 MILLION DOLLAR GO BOND ISSUE FOR THE CITY TO ADD ON TO THE FIRE STATION.
AND SO IT GOES...
LITTLE SHORT OF LOCAL NEWS TODAY...
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN..
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS TEAMS BOTH LOST TO WEST DELAWARE OF MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT. THE BOYS BY JUST A FEW POINTS AND THE GIRLS BY A BUNCH OF POINTS.
THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL BREAKFAST WAS HELD YESTERDAY WITH JUST 57 ATTENDING. PRESIDENT RICK PRULL
GAVE THE WELCOME AND AWARDS WERE PRESENTED. THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD WENT TO THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD AND EMPLOYEES FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DO FOR THE CHAMBER, ESPECIALLY AT CHRISTMAS TIME. CHAMBER DIRECTOR STACEY DRISCOLL HANDED OUT TWO AWARDS, ONE TO FORMER DIRECTOR, LINDA STURTZ-PICKUP AND THE OTHER TO OUTGOING PRESIDENT
PRULL. NEW BOARD MEMBERS ARE MARLA FRANZEN OF MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, BILL WATERS, HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, AND MIKE DONNLEY,PLANT MANAGER AT GENERAC. COMMITTEE REPORTS WERE GIVEN AND LOOKING AHEAD TO 2007....A NEW WEB SITE IS PLANNED AND AN INCENTIVE MEMBERSHIP DRIVE. LONGTIME DIRECTOR ASSISTANT CHERYL CLARK WAS RECOGNIZED FOR 15 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CHAMBER. THE NEW PRESIDENT IS DON SCHWENKER, A MAQUOKETA CHIROPRACTOR.
CITIZENS OF MAQUOKETA WILL BE GOING TO THE POLLS IN MARCH TO VOTE YES OR NO ON A $2 MILLION DOLLAR GO BOND ISSUE FOR THE CITY TO ADD ON TO THE FIRE STATION.
AND SO IT GOES...
LITTLE SHORT OF LOCAL NEWS TODAY...
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN..
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
CLOUDY TODAY AND HIGH OF 30.
THE MAQUOKETA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS NAMED ANGELA MCCOLLEY AS THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SHE SUCCEEDS KATE CARINDER WHO HELD THE POSITION THE PAST THREE YEARS. MCCOLLEY LEAVES THE POSITION OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY HEALTH CENTER IN MAQUOKETA. MCCOLLEY, A NATIVE OF MAQUOKETA, AND HER HUSBAND ARE MAKING PLANS TO MOVE BACK TO MAQUOKETA, FROM DUBUQUE.
AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING TODAY, TREASURER AL TEBBE,JR. ASKED THAT BOB MOTTET BE APPOINTED TO REPLACE BARB WRIGHT ON THE COUNTY COMPENSATION BOARD. WRIGHT RESIGNED AND THE BOARD APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MOTTET. COMPENSATION BOARD MEMBERS RECOMMEND SALARIES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS. IT IS SCHEDULED TO MEET IN FEBRUARY.
IN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ARE PLAYING AT MANCHESTER TONIGHT AND THE MAQUOKETA BOYS ARE HOSTING WEST DELAWARE, MANCHESTER, TONIGHT. BOB WARNER WILL BE BROADCASTING THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM.
BOB GAVIN OF MAQUOKETA IS PROUD OF HIS DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH. IN THIS SEASON'S PUNT, PASS AND KICK COMPETITION, IN HER AGE (8/9) DIVISION, SHE FINISHED 8TH IN THE NATION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE DETAILS OF HER COMPETITION (AND REWARDS RECEIVED)....EMAIL ME AND I WILL SEND YOU A RETURN EMAIL GIVING THE COMPLETE STORY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ELIZABETH! BOB ADDS....."ELIZABETH SAYS THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND WELL WISHES".
A MAQUOKETA FAMILY WAS LUCKY THEY SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING LAST NIGHT. CRAIG FLENKER WHO LIVES AT 312 S. NIAGARA STREET, CALLED THE LAW CENTER AT 10:22 LAST NIGHT SAYING HE COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING, BUT THERE WAS NO FIRE. FIREMEN FOUND
BURNT WIRING IN THE CRAWL SPACE IN THE HOME. FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SAID IT WAS LUCKY FLENKER SMELLED SOMETHING BEFORE THEY WENT TO BED OR THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A FIRE WHEN THE FAMILY WAS ASLEEP. FOURTEEN FIREFIGHTERS ANSWERED THE CALL AND THEY SPENT ABOUT 90 MINUTES AT THE HOME.
IRENE "RED" RALSTON, 99, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY. HER COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
WELL KNOWN, LONGTIME MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, EVA SAUNDERS,
DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HER COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ
AT www.carsonandson.com
I MADE A MISTAKE ON YESTERDAY'S REPORT CONCERNING A BIRTH.
CHAD AND SARAH OWEN OF MINNEAPOLIS ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN MONDAY AT MINNEAPOLIS AND GRANDPARENTS ARE DOUG AND JEANNIE OWEN OF MAQUOKETA.
AND THERE WAS ANOTHER BIRTH TO REPORT. TRAVIS AND JENNY BELLER OF SIOUX FALLS, S.D. ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JANUARY 16TH.
GRANDPARENTS ARE JIM AND MARY BELLER OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN. TAKE CARE!
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS NAMED ANGELA MCCOLLEY AS THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SHE SUCCEEDS KATE CARINDER WHO HELD THE POSITION THE PAST THREE YEARS. MCCOLLEY LEAVES THE POSITION OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY HEALTH CENTER IN MAQUOKETA. MCCOLLEY, A NATIVE OF MAQUOKETA, AND HER HUSBAND ARE MAKING PLANS TO MOVE BACK TO MAQUOKETA, FROM DUBUQUE.
AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING TODAY, TREASURER AL TEBBE,JR. ASKED THAT BOB MOTTET BE APPOINTED TO REPLACE BARB WRIGHT ON THE COUNTY COMPENSATION BOARD. WRIGHT RESIGNED AND THE BOARD APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MOTTET. COMPENSATION BOARD MEMBERS RECOMMEND SALARIES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS. IT IS SCHEDULED TO MEET IN FEBRUARY.
IN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ARE PLAYING AT MANCHESTER TONIGHT AND THE MAQUOKETA BOYS ARE HOSTING WEST DELAWARE, MANCHESTER, TONIGHT. BOB WARNER WILL BE BROADCASTING THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM.
BOB GAVIN OF MAQUOKETA IS PROUD OF HIS DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH. IN THIS SEASON'S PUNT, PASS AND KICK COMPETITION, IN HER AGE (8/9) DIVISION, SHE FINISHED 8TH IN THE NATION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE DETAILS OF HER COMPETITION (AND REWARDS RECEIVED)....EMAIL ME AND I WILL SEND YOU A RETURN EMAIL GIVING THE COMPLETE STORY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ELIZABETH! BOB ADDS....."ELIZABETH SAYS THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND WELL WISHES".
A MAQUOKETA FAMILY WAS LUCKY THEY SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING LAST NIGHT. CRAIG FLENKER WHO LIVES AT 312 S. NIAGARA STREET, CALLED THE LAW CENTER AT 10:22 LAST NIGHT SAYING HE COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING, BUT THERE WAS NO FIRE. FIREMEN FOUND
BURNT WIRING IN THE CRAWL SPACE IN THE HOME. FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SAID IT WAS LUCKY FLENKER SMELLED SOMETHING BEFORE THEY WENT TO BED OR THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A FIRE WHEN THE FAMILY WAS ASLEEP. FOURTEEN FIREFIGHTERS ANSWERED THE CALL AND THEY SPENT ABOUT 90 MINUTES AT THE HOME.
IRENE "RED" RALSTON, 99, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY. HER COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
WELL KNOWN, LONGTIME MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, EVA SAUNDERS,
DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HER COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ
AT www.carsonandson.com
I MADE A MISTAKE ON YESTERDAY'S REPORT CONCERNING A BIRTH.
CHAD AND SARAH OWEN OF MINNEAPOLIS ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN MONDAY AT MINNEAPOLIS AND GRANDPARENTS ARE DOUG AND JEANNIE OWEN OF MAQUOKETA.
AND THERE WAS ANOTHER BIRTH TO REPORT. TRAVIS AND JENNY BELLER OF SIOUX FALLS, S.D. ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JANUARY 16TH.
GRANDPARENTS ARE JIM AND MARY BELLER OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN. TAKE CARE!
DENNIS VOY
Monday, January 22, 2007
4 AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW IN MAQUOKETA SATURDAY NIGHT AND YESTERDAY. TOTAL OF 7 AND A HALF THE LAST TWO WEEKENDS.
WEEKEND SPORTS: THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS BOTH BEAT VINTON SHELLSBURG FRIDAY. THE GIRLS WON AT HOME 32 TO 28 AND THE BOYS WON ON THE ROAD, 47 TO 46. IN THE WAMAC CONFERENCE, THE GIRLS ARE NOW 4 AND 8 AND IN THE WAMAC, THE BOYS ARE NOW 6 AND 4.
THE WRESTLERS FINISHED 8TH IN A 16 TEAM TOURNAMENT AT CLINTON SATURDAY. BILLY KIRK AND THOMAS MAYBERRY BOTH TOOK A 3RD.
MARCUS BREEDEN, MCCAULLY BREEDEN, AND DARON FUGLSANG ALL TOOK A 4TH.
THE NEW SUPER WAL MART OPENED FRIDAY MORNING AND HAD A BIG WEEKEND. SEVEN LOCAL ORGAN IZATIONS SPLIT $18,000 FROM WAL MART AS PART OF THEIR GRAND OPENING THIS PAST WEEKEND.
MANAGER LINDY GRIMM HANDLED CHECKS OUT AS FOLLOWS:
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, $5,000....THE VFW, $2,000......THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL CARDS CLUB, $1,000......THE MAQUOKETA FIRE AND RESCUE, $3,000......THE MAQUOKETA PARKS AND RECREATION, $1,000.....
THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ABUSE PROGRAM, $1,000......
AND THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD, $5,000.
A PRESTON MAN'S DOG WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY SNOWMOBILERS
OVER THE WEEKEND.
SOMEONE THREW EGGS ON THE BACK DOOR OF SACRED HEART SCHOOL FRIDAY NIGHT....THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK.
A JACKSON COUNTY SNOWPLOW DAMAGED A VEHICLE ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. TERRY RUBEL OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 51, WAS DRIVING THE PLOW AND HIS BLADE HIT THE PARKED CHEVY SUBURBAN OWNED BY TROY THEDE, CAUSING $9,000
TO THE 97 CHEVY.
CHAD AND SARAH OWEN OF MINNEAPOLIS ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN EARLY THIS MORNING IN MINNEAPOLIS. GRAND PARENTS ARE DOUG AND JEANNI OWEN OF MAQUOKETA AND JIM AND MARY BELLER OF MAQUOKETA.
ED BEIDLER, 77, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY. HE WAS A FARMER AND LONGTIME OWNER OF BEIDLER'S IMPLEMENT SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.
HE HAD BEEN IN A NURSING CENTER FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE JOHN DEER IMPLEMENT BUSINESS HAS BEEN RUN BY HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. THE FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
WEEKEND SPORTS: THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS BOTH BEAT VINTON SHELLSBURG FRIDAY. THE GIRLS WON AT HOME 32 TO 28 AND THE BOYS WON ON THE ROAD, 47 TO 46. IN THE WAMAC CONFERENCE, THE GIRLS ARE NOW 4 AND 8 AND IN THE WAMAC, THE BOYS ARE NOW 6 AND 4.
THE WRESTLERS FINISHED 8TH IN A 16 TEAM TOURNAMENT AT CLINTON SATURDAY. BILLY KIRK AND THOMAS MAYBERRY BOTH TOOK A 3RD.
MARCUS BREEDEN, MCCAULLY BREEDEN, AND DARON FUGLSANG ALL TOOK A 4TH.
THE NEW SUPER WAL MART OPENED FRIDAY MORNING AND HAD A BIG WEEKEND. SEVEN LOCAL ORGAN IZATIONS SPLIT $18,000 FROM WAL MART AS PART OF THEIR GRAND OPENING THIS PAST WEEKEND.
MANAGER LINDY GRIMM HANDLED CHECKS OUT AS FOLLOWS:
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, $5,000....THE VFW, $2,000......THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL CARDS CLUB, $1,000......THE MAQUOKETA FIRE AND RESCUE, $3,000......THE MAQUOKETA PARKS AND RECREATION, $1,000.....
THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ABUSE PROGRAM, $1,000......
AND THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD, $5,000.
A PRESTON MAN'S DOG WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY SNOWMOBILERS
OVER THE WEEKEND.
SOMEONE THREW EGGS ON THE BACK DOOR OF SACRED HEART SCHOOL FRIDAY NIGHT....THE SECOND TIME IN A WEEK.
A JACKSON COUNTY SNOWPLOW DAMAGED A VEHICLE ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. TERRY RUBEL OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 51, WAS DRIVING THE PLOW AND HIS BLADE HIT THE PARKED CHEVY SUBURBAN OWNED BY TROY THEDE, CAUSING $9,000
TO THE 97 CHEVY.
CHAD AND SARAH OWEN OF MINNEAPOLIS ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN EARLY THIS MORNING IN MINNEAPOLIS. GRAND PARENTS ARE DOUG AND JEANNI OWEN OF MAQUOKETA AND JIM AND MARY BELLER OF MAQUOKETA.
ED BEIDLER, 77, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY. HE WAS A FARMER AND LONGTIME OWNER OF BEIDLER'S IMPLEMENT SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.
HE HAD BEEN IN A NURSING CENTER FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE JOHN DEER IMPLEMENT BUSINESS HAS BEEN RUN BY HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. THE FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, January 18, 2007
LIGHT SNOW TODAY AND HIGH OF 33.
THE NEW SUPER WAL MART OPENS AT 8 TOMORROW MORNING.
THERE WILL BE A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY JUST BEFORE.
THE STORE IS TWICE THE SIZE OF THE OLD AND WILL BE OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY AND HAVE A GROCERY STORE. IT WILL GO FROM 80 EMPLOYEES TO AROUND 200. LINDY GRIMM IS THE MANAGER AND SHE HAS BEEN WITH WAL MART FOR 20 YEARS.
THEISEN'S WILL MOVE INTO THE OLD STORE THIS SUMMER AND FOR THEISEN'S, THE MOVE WILL ALSO BE TO A FACILITY TWICE AS BIG AS THE CURRENT BUILDING.
BIG GUN SHOW IN MAQUOKETA THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT THE
FAIRGROUNDS,.
A BIRTH. TONY AND ANNETTE BLUMEY OF DAVENPORT ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN TUESDAY NIGHT AT A HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE BOB AND MARILYN EVERDING OF MAQUOKETA.
TONY BRAMMERLO, AGE 75, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS M ORNING AT HIS HOME. THE COMPLETE OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
THE NEW SUPER WAL MART OPENS AT 8 TOMORROW MORNING.
THERE WILL BE A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY JUST BEFORE.
THE STORE IS TWICE THE SIZE OF THE OLD AND WILL BE OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY AND HAVE A GROCERY STORE. IT WILL GO FROM 80 EMPLOYEES TO AROUND 200. LINDY GRIMM IS THE MANAGER AND SHE HAS BEEN WITH WAL MART FOR 20 YEARS.
THEISEN'S WILL MOVE INTO THE OLD STORE THIS SUMMER AND FOR THEISEN'S, THE MOVE WILL ALSO BE TO A FACILITY TWICE AS BIG AS THE CURRENT BUILDING.
BIG GUN SHOW IN MAQUOKETA THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT THE
FAIRGROUNDS,.
A BIRTH. TONY AND ANNETTE BLUMEY OF DAVENPORT ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN TUESDAY NIGHT AT A HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE BOB AND MARILYN EVERDING OF MAQUOKETA.
TONY BRAMMERLO, AGE 75, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS M ORNING AT HIS HOME. THE COMPLETE OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
IT HAS BEEN WINDY, COLD, WINTERY ... BUT THANKS FOR GOOD SHARE OF SUNSHINE. OVER THE WEEKEND, ICY CONDITIONS FOR MOTORISTS AND AROUND 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN MAQUOKETA. LAST N IGHT, HAD A LOW OF 3 BELOW. A LITTLE WARMER WEATHER PREDICTED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND.
HAD A GOOD TIME IN "THE VILLAGES", FLORIDA, VISITING DEAN AND KAREN TILTON. THEY HAVE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE THE MID 60'S AND DEAN AND I WERE PARTNERS IN THE KFC RESTAURANT FOR 20 YEARS, UNTIL WE SOLD IT. KAREN WAS LONGTIME TEACHER AT MCHS. BOTH RETIRED A COUPLE YEARS GO, CHECKED OUT THE VILLAGES AND MOVED THERE IN AUGUST OF 2005. DEAN WAS WITH A NATIONWIDE CORPORATE COOKBOOK COMPANY IN SALES FOR MANY YEARS AND STILL
WORKS A FEW DAYS A MONTH FOR THEM, AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN
NASHVILLE. THE VILLAGES (THAT'S NAME OF CITY, THE VILLAGES)
ARE LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF ORLANDA, A PLANNED RETIREMENT CITY THAT HAS HAD TREMENDOUS GROWTH THE PAST 5 YEARS AND NOW HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 60,000 AND WILL GO TO 100,000 IN A FEW YEARS, AND THEN DEVELOPMENT WILL STOP.
NO ON UNDER 55 CAN LIVE THEIR .. 30 GOLF COURSES...THE COUNTY IS THE FASTED GROWING IN FLORIDA. FIRST CLASS PLACE FOR SENIORS.
MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT THEIR WEB SITE. IT WAS NEAR 80 EVERYDAY I WAS THERE, WHILE ICE AND SNOW WAS HAPPENING HERE. GOOD TIME TO BE GONE.
A SPORTS SUMMARY: THE WRESTLERS WENT 1 AND 2 IN THEIR OWN DUAL TOURNAMENT, BEATING DAVENPORT NORTH AND LOOSING TO BOTH MOUNT VERNON AND WESTERN DUBUQUE. THEY WRESTLE MIDLAND WYOMING TOMORROW NIGHT (WE'LL BROADCAST THE MATCHES) AND ARE NOW 4 AND 7 IN DUAL MEETS.
THE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED DYERSVILLE BECKMAN FRIDAY NIGHT AND LAST NIGHT, HERE, BEAT MARION IN DOUBLE OVERTIME, 60 TO 57. MATT GERLACH WAS HIGH WITH 22 POINTS AND BRAD COOK GOT A 3-POINT BASKET IN THE LAST COUPLE SECONDS TO GIVE THE CARDS THE WIN. MEANWHILE, ALSO LAST N IGHT, THE GIRLS LOST AT MARION BY A FEW POINTS. LAST FRIDAY NIGHT THEY LOST TO DYERSVILLE 42 TO 40. THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME BAD LUCK, LOOSING BY CLOSE MARGINS AND ARE NOW 3 AND 8 IN THE WAMAC.
ADAM HEPKER'S COLLEGE TEAM LOST THEIR FIRST GAME LAST NIGHT.
A 13-YEAR OLD TEENAGER WAS BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH A THREATENING GRAFFITI FOUND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN DEWITT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
A SABULA MAN HAS ASKED THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS TO AGAIN PUT ON THREE MUSIC AND MOTORCYCLE RALLIES THIS SUMMER.
LAST YEAR, THE MAN PUT ON 2 OR 3 AND THEY WERE NOT POPULAR WITH
SOME OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA, SO THE SUPERVISORS WILL TALK IT OVER IN A WORK SESSION JANUARY 30TH.
NOT A LOT OF NEWS THE PAST FEW DAYS....JUST LOTS OF WEATHER TALK FOR THE FIRST BAD WEATHER OF THE WINTER.
HERE AT KMAQ, WE GOT RADIO BINGO UNDERWAY MONDAY AND HAVE A LOT TO DO GETTING READY FOR THE 10TH ANNUAL FARM AND HOME SHOW IN EARLY FEBRUARY.
MY DAUGHTER, LONNA, GOT A FIRST-LOOK AT THE NEW WAL MART STORE THIS WEEK, THE SUPER WAL MART THEY CALL IT....AND SAID ITS NICE...AND BIG. SHE WORKS FOR MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE ATM MACHINE FOR THE STORE. RIBBON CUTTING CERMONY IS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THE NEW STORE OPENS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IT WILL HAVE A FULL GROCERY STORE AND WILL , WITH NEW EMPLOYEES, HAVE A TOTAL WORKFORCE OF WELL OVER 200. AND OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY (OLD STORE CLOSES AT 10P.M) AND IS ABOUT TWICE THE SIZE OF THE OLD STORE. KMAQ WILL BE DOING REMOTE BROADCASTS FROM THE NEW STORE SATURDAY MORNING.
THEISEN'S (FARM STORE) WILL MOVE TO THE OLD BUILDING, BUT NOT FOR A FEW MONTHS. THEY ARE NOW ON EAST PLATT.
BACK TO THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA. SUNDAY, WE WENT TO THE HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH THERE. LARGE BEAUTIFUL CHURCH. TALKED TO A MEMBER AND 5 YEARS AGO, IT HAD 150 MEMBERS AND NOW HAS 12-HUNDRED. FIVE WEEKEND SERVICES, TWO PASTORS, A FULLTIME MUSIC DIRECTOR AND (I HOPE PASTOR GJERDE READS THIS) THE SERMON WAS 8 MINUTES LONG AND THE 8 A.M. SERVICE GOT OUT AT 8:46 A.M.
OH YES....I WAS INTERVIEWED BRIEFLY ON THEIR RADIO STATION (PLAYS 40'S AND 50'S MUSIC 24 HOURS A DAY) AND OF COURSE, THE FIRST THING I HAD TO DO WAS TELL THE ANNOUNCER HOW TO PRONOUNCE MAQUOKETA.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU DONE THAT IN YOUR LIFETIME?
LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE DEAN AND KAREN'S EMAIL ADDRESS,
IN CASE YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT SUNNY FLORIDA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN TODAY. BET YOU MISSED ME A LITTLE WHILE I WAS GONE. YOU KNOW WHAT? I MIGHT DO SOME MORE TRIPS LIKE THAT....
DENNIS VOY
HAD A GOOD TIME IN "THE VILLAGES", FLORIDA, VISITING DEAN AND KAREN TILTON. THEY HAVE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE THE MID 60'S AND DEAN AND I WERE PARTNERS IN THE KFC RESTAURANT FOR 20 YEARS, UNTIL WE SOLD IT. KAREN WAS LONGTIME TEACHER AT MCHS. BOTH RETIRED A COUPLE YEARS GO, CHECKED OUT THE VILLAGES AND MOVED THERE IN AUGUST OF 2005. DEAN WAS WITH A NATIONWIDE CORPORATE COOKBOOK COMPANY IN SALES FOR MANY YEARS AND STILL
WORKS A FEW DAYS A MONTH FOR THEM, AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN
NASHVILLE. THE VILLAGES (THAT'S NAME OF CITY, THE VILLAGES)
ARE LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF ORLANDA, A PLANNED RETIREMENT CITY THAT HAS HAD TREMENDOUS GROWTH THE PAST 5 YEARS AND NOW HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 60,000 AND WILL GO TO 100,000 IN A FEW YEARS, AND THEN DEVELOPMENT WILL STOP.
NO ON UNDER 55 CAN LIVE THEIR .. 30 GOLF COURSES...THE COUNTY IS THE FASTED GROWING IN FLORIDA. FIRST CLASS PLACE FOR SENIORS.
MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT THEIR WEB SITE. IT WAS NEAR 80 EVERYDAY I WAS THERE, WHILE ICE AND SNOW WAS HAPPENING HERE. GOOD TIME TO BE GONE.
A SPORTS SUMMARY: THE WRESTLERS WENT 1 AND 2 IN THEIR OWN DUAL TOURNAMENT, BEATING DAVENPORT NORTH AND LOOSING TO BOTH MOUNT VERNON AND WESTERN DUBUQUE. THEY WRESTLE MIDLAND WYOMING TOMORROW NIGHT (WE'LL BROADCAST THE MATCHES) AND ARE NOW 4 AND 7 IN DUAL MEETS.
THE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED DYERSVILLE BECKMAN FRIDAY NIGHT AND LAST NIGHT, HERE, BEAT MARION IN DOUBLE OVERTIME, 60 TO 57. MATT GERLACH WAS HIGH WITH 22 POINTS AND BRAD COOK GOT A 3-POINT BASKET IN THE LAST COUPLE SECONDS TO GIVE THE CARDS THE WIN. MEANWHILE, ALSO LAST N IGHT, THE GIRLS LOST AT MARION BY A FEW POINTS. LAST FRIDAY NIGHT THEY LOST TO DYERSVILLE 42 TO 40. THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME BAD LUCK, LOOSING BY CLOSE MARGINS AND ARE NOW 3 AND 8 IN THE WAMAC.
ADAM HEPKER'S COLLEGE TEAM LOST THEIR FIRST GAME LAST NIGHT.
A 13-YEAR OLD TEENAGER WAS BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH A THREATENING GRAFFITI FOUND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN DEWITT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
A SABULA MAN HAS ASKED THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS TO AGAIN PUT ON THREE MUSIC AND MOTORCYCLE RALLIES THIS SUMMER.
LAST YEAR, THE MAN PUT ON 2 OR 3 AND THEY WERE NOT POPULAR WITH
SOME OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA, SO THE SUPERVISORS WILL TALK IT OVER IN A WORK SESSION JANUARY 30TH.
NOT A LOT OF NEWS THE PAST FEW DAYS....JUST LOTS OF WEATHER TALK FOR THE FIRST BAD WEATHER OF THE WINTER.
HERE AT KMAQ, WE GOT RADIO BINGO UNDERWAY MONDAY AND HAVE A LOT TO DO GETTING READY FOR THE 10TH ANNUAL FARM AND HOME SHOW IN EARLY FEBRUARY.
MY DAUGHTER, LONNA, GOT A FIRST-LOOK AT THE NEW WAL MART STORE THIS WEEK, THE SUPER WAL MART THEY CALL IT....AND SAID ITS NICE...AND BIG. SHE WORKS FOR MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE ATM MACHINE FOR THE STORE. RIBBON CUTTING CERMONY IS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THE NEW STORE OPENS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IT WILL HAVE A FULL GROCERY STORE AND WILL , WITH NEW EMPLOYEES, HAVE A TOTAL WORKFORCE OF WELL OVER 200. AND OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY (OLD STORE CLOSES AT 10P.M) AND IS ABOUT TWICE THE SIZE OF THE OLD STORE. KMAQ WILL BE DOING REMOTE BROADCASTS FROM THE NEW STORE SATURDAY MORNING.
THEISEN'S (FARM STORE) WILL MOVE TO THE OLD BUILDING, BUT NOT FOR A FEW MONTHS. THEY ARE NOW ON EAST PLATT.
BACK TO THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA. SUNDAY, WE WENT TO THE HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH THERE. LARGE BEAUTIFUL CHURCH. TALKED TO A MEMBER AND 5 YEARS AGO, IT HAD 150 MEMBERS AND NOW HAS 12-HUNDRED. FIVE WEEKEND SERVICES, TWO PASTORS, A FULLTIME MUSIC DIRECTOR AND (I HOPE PASTOR GJERDE READS THIS) THE SERMON WAS 8 MINUTES LONG AND THE 8 A.M. SERVICE GOT OUT AT 8:46 A.M.
OH YES....I WAS INTERVIEWED BRIEFLY ON THEIR RADIO STATION (PLAYS 40'S AND 50'S MUSIC 24 HOURS A DAY) AND OF COURSE, THE FIRST THING I HAD TO DO WAS TELL THE ANNOUNCER HOW TO PRONOUNCE MAQUOKETA.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU DONE THAT IN YOUR LIFETIME?
LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE DEAN AND KAREN'S EMAIL ADDRESS,
IN CASE YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT SUNNY FLORIDA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN TODAY. BET YOU MISSED ME A LITTLE WHILE I WAS GONE. YOU KNOW WHAT? I MIGHT DO SOME MORE TRIPS LIKE THAT....
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
SUNNY, BUT WINDY AND COLD TODAY AND REALLY WINTER-LIKE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND. HIGHS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ONLY IN THE 20'S AND MONDAY NIGHT'S LOW EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 5 ABOVE.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST HERE AT HOME LAST NIGHT TO INDEPENDENCE, 67 TO 57. THEIR RECORD NOW 3 AND 6.
THE GIRLS WON AT INDEPENDENCE LAST NIGHT, 43 TO 33 AND THEIR RECORD N OW IS 4 AND 7.
THE WRESTLERS WRESTLE AT WATERLOO COLUMBUS TOMORROW NIGHT.
ADAM HEPKER, A JUNIOR AT MID AMERICA NAZARENE, HAS BEEN SELECTED HEART OF AMERICA ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK. HE IS A POINT GUARD AND AVERAGED 25 POINTS A GAME IN TWO GAMES THIS PAST WEEK. HE WAS A GUARD FOR MCHS AND HIS COACH IS ROCKY LAMAAR, ALSO FORMER MCHS PLAYER. HIS PARENTS ARE CINDY AND LEIGHTON OF MAQUOKETA AND THE COLLEGE IS JUST OVER THE BORDER FROM KANSAS CITY. THE TEAM RECORD IS 13 AND 0 AND IS RANKED #1 IN THE COUNTRY IN DIVISION 2A.
THE SALES TAX COUNTY WIDE ELECTION YESTERDAY PASSED BY OVER 75 PERCENT.....1,129 YES AND 319 NO. THE VOTE EXTENDS THE 1% OPTION SALES TAX REVENUE TO 2022. THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN JACKSON COUNTY PUSHED FOR THIS ISSUE AS THEY DEPEND A LOT ON THAT REVENUE.
MY NEXT REPORT WON'T BE UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY.
HEADING SOUTH FOR A FEW DAYS.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST HERE AT HOME LAST NIGHT TO INDEPENDENCE, 67 TO 57. THEIR RECORD NOW 3 AND 6.
THE GIRLS WON AT INDEPENDENCE LAST NIGHT, 43 TO 33 AND THEIR RECORD N OW IS 4 AND 7.
THE WRESTLERS WRESTLE AT WATERLOO COLUMBUS TOMORROW NIGHT.
ADAM HEPKER, A JUNIOR AT MID AMERICA NAZARENE, HAS BEEN SELECTED HEART OF AMERICA ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK. HE IS A POINT GUARD AND AVERAGED 25 POINTS A GAME IN TWO GAMES THIS PAST WEEK. HE WAS A GUARD FOR MCHS AND HIS COACH IS ROCKY LAMAAR, ALSO FORMER MCHS PLAYER. HIS PARENTS ARE CINDY AND LEIGHTON OF MAQUOKETA AND THE COLLEGE IS JUST OVER THE BORDER FROM KANSAS CITY. THE TEAM RECORD IS 13 AND 0 AND IS RANKED #1 IN THE COUNTRY IN DIVISION 2A.
THE SALES TAX COUNTY WIDE ELECTION YESTERDAY PASSED BY OVER 75 PERCENT.....1,129 YES AND 319 NO. THE VOTE EXTENDS THE 1% OPTION SALES TAX REVENUE TO 2022. THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN JACKSON COUNTY PUSHED FOR THIS ISSUE AS THEY DEPEND A LOT ON THAT REVENUE.
MY NEXT REPORT WON'T BE UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY.
HEADING SOUTH FOR A FEW DAYS.
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, January 08, 2007
WE HAD A 40-ISH WEEKEND AGAIN, WEATHERWISE...
TODAY, SUNNY THIS MORNING AND CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON,
WITH A HIGH TODAY IN THE UPPER 39'S.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON THEIR AWAY GAME FRIDAY NIGHT BY 1 POINT
OVER WATERLOO COLUMBUS AND THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST
HERE, TO WATERLOO.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS TOOK 8TH PLACE IN A 16 TEAM FIELD AT A TOURNAMENT AT BENTON COMMUNITY ON SATURDAY.
MID AMERICA NAZARINE, COACHED BY ROCKY LAMAAR AND BILL FLEMMING, WON ANOTHER BIG GAME SATURDAY NIGHT AT OLATHE, KANSAS TO REMAIN UNDEFEATED, 13 TO 0. MCHS GRAD ADAM HEPKER WAS LEADING SCORER, WITH 29 POINTS.
CORRECTION: FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS FLOYD AND MAXINE TAYLOR HAVE NOT ALREADY CELEBRATED THEIR 60TH ANNIVERSARY.
IT IS THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 12TH. IF YOU WANT TO SEND THEM A CARD, THEIR ADDRESS IS 8002 CAPTAIN MORGAN BLVD., ORLANDO, FLORIDA,
32822.
MARK ROCKWELL, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND LONGTIME PROFESSIONAL ORGANIST, CURRENTLY PLAYING TWO NIGHTS A WEEK AT GALENA, IS NOW PLAYING ONE OF HIS TWO ORGANS IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM OF THE RECENTLY RESTORED HURST HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. ANYONE WISHING TO HEAR HIM PLAY IN THE 4TH FLOOR
ROOM, CAN DO SO THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH, FROM 1 UNTIL 3
P.M. HIS MOTHER RECENTLY SOLD HER HOME NORTH OF MAQUOKETA AND IS LIVING IN ONE OF THE 22 OR 23 APARTMENTS OF THE HOTEL. BY THE WAY, ALL ARE NOW RENTED.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
ELECTION DAY IS TOMORROW IN JACKSON COUNTY. JACKSON COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL GO TO THE POLLS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO EXTEND THE EXISTING ONE PERCENT LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 YEARS, FROM 2012 TO 2022. ALL 5 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN JACKSON COUNTY CALLED FOR THE ELECTION AND HAVE PROMOTED A "YES" VOTE.
THE MONEY CAN BE USED FOR BUILDINGS, BUILDING MAINTENANCE,
SCHOOL BUSES.....BUT CAN NOT BE USED FOR SALARIES. IN MAQUOKETA, PASSAGE OF THE ELECTION TOMORROW WILL LET THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GO AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR A NEW GYM AND CAFETERIA. I WOULD GUESS THE ISSUE WILL PASS.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: TERRY FINCH OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED ALL 4 TIRES ON HER MAZDA WERE SLASHED SOMETIME SATURDAY WHERE SHE LIVES AT 1018 GERMAN STREET, APARTMENT 2.
IREN RISINGER, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. THE FULL OBITURARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
GOT AN INVITATION SATURDAY TO THE GRAND OPENING CEREMONY AT THE NEW SUPER WAL MART, ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 18TH, AT 6 P.M.
SO, THE OPENING ON JANUARY 19TH IS RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYONE.
DENNIS VOY
TODAY, SUNNY THIS MORNING AND CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON,
WITH A HIGH TODAY IN THE UPPER 39'S.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON THEIR AWAY GAME FRIDAY NIGHT BY 1 POINT
OVER WATERLOO COLUMBUS AND THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST
HERE, TO WATERLOO.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS TOOK 8TH PLACE IN A 16 TEAM FIELD AT A TOURNAMENT AT BENTON COMMUNITY ON SATURDAY.
MID AMERICA NAZARINE, COACHED BY ROCKY LAMAAR AND BILL FLEMMING, WON ANOTHER BIG GAME SATURDAY NIGHT AT OLATHE, KANSAS TO REMAIN UNDEFEATED, 13 TO 0. MCHS GRAD ADAM HEPKER WAS LEADING SCORER, WITH 29 POINTS.
CORRECTION: FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS FLOYD AND MAXINE TAYLOR HAVE NOT ALREADY CELEBRATED THEIR 60TH ANNIVERSARY.
IT IS THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 12TH. IF YOU WANT TO SEND THEM A CARD, THEIR ADDRESS IS 8002 CAPTAIN MORGAN BLVD., ORLANDO, FLORIDA,
32822.
MARK ROCKWELL, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND LONGTIME PROFESSIONAL ORGANIST, CURRENTLY PLAYING TWO NIGHTS A WEEK AT GALENA, IS NOW PLAYING ONE OF HIS TWO ORGANS IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM OF THE RECENTLY RESTORED HURST HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. ANYONE WISHING TO HEAR HIM PLAY IN THE 4TH FLOOR
ROOM, CAN DO SO THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH, FROM 1 UNTIL 3
P.M. HIS MOTHER RECENTLY SOLD HER HOME NORTH OF MAQUOKETA AND IS LIVING IN ONE OF THE 22 OR 23 APARTMENTS OF THE HOTEL. BY THE WAY, ALL ARE NOW RENTED.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
ELECTION DAY IS TOMORROW IN JACKSON COUNTY. JACKSON COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL GO TO THE POLLS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO EXTEND THE EXISTING ONE PERCENT LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 YEARS, FROM 2012 TO 2022. ALL 5 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN JACKSON COUNTY CALLED FOR THE ELECTION AND HAVE PROMOTED A "YES" VOTE.
THE MONEY CAN BE USED FOR BUILDINGS, BUILDING MAINTENANCE,
SCHOOL BUSES.....BUT CAN NOT BE USED FOR SALARIES. IN MAQUOKETA, PASSAGE OF THE ELECTION TOMORROW WILL LET THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GO AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR A NEW GYM AND CAFETERIA. I WOULD GUESS THE ISSUE WILL PASS.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: TERRY FINCH OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED ALL 4 TIRES ON HER MAZDA WERE SLASHED SOMETIME SATURDAY WHERE SHE LIVES AT 1018 GERMAN STREET, APARTMENT 2.
IREN RISINGER, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. THE FULL OBITURARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
GOT AN INVITATION SATURDAY TO THE GRAND OPENING CEREMONY AT THE NEW SUPER WAL MART, ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 18TH, AT 6 P.M.
SO, THE OPENING ON JANUARY 19TH IS RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYONE.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, January 05, 2007
WE HIT 51 TODAY AND TIED THE RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE.
BUT COLDER WEATHER IS COMING THIS WEEKEND.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS BEAT VINTON-SHELLSBURG LAST NIGHT AND ALSO LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE, IN A DOUBLE-DUAL HERE IN TOWN. THE PROBLEM FOR MAQUKETA IS NOW WRESTLERS AT THE HEAVY WEIGHTS AND THEREFORE WE HAVE TO FORFEIT.
THE BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY WATERLOO COLUMBUS TONIGHT...THE GIRLS HERE.
MARK BECK WAS RE-ELECTED CHIEF OF THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 2007, THE LONE CANDIDATE FOR THE JOB.
HE WILL BEGIN HIS 10TH YEAR AS CHIEF AND 24TH ON THE DEPARTMENT.
HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO BE CHIEF TO SEE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPANSION THIS YEAR AND POSSIBLY THROUGH THE STATE CONVENTION IN 2008, HERE IN MAQUOKETA. ALSO AT THE DEPARTMENT MEETING, JERRY WEIS, A 32-YEAR VETERAN OF THE DEPARTMENT, ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT.
MAQUOKETA FIREMEN PUT OUT A CHIMNEY FIRE ON SOUTH MAIN THIS MORNING, AT THE HEINRICH CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE. THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED IN THE CHIMNEY AND SOME SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING. YEARS AGO, THAT BUILDING WAS THE HEPKER CHIROPRACTIC BUILDING.
BOB SCHWAGER, 60, OF RURAL MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY.
HIS OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
CECIL BARASEL, AGE 90, DIED THIS MORNING AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. HIS FULL OBITUARY WILL BE UP SOON AT www.carsonandson.com
GOT A NICE EMAIL FROM RICH TAYLOR. HIS PARENTS, FLOYD AND MAXINE, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, CELEBRATED THEIR 60TH ANNIVERSARY IN DECEMBER.
RICH TEACHES GEOGRAPHY AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ORLANDO. HE
HAS TAUGHT SCHOOL 34 YEARS. HE HAS TWO DAUGHTERS AND BOTH ARE EXPECTING, SO HE WILL BECOME A GRANDFATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME, TWICE THIS SPRING.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
BUT COLDER WEATHER IS COMING THIS WEEKEND.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS BEAT VINTON-SHELLSBURG LAST NIGHT AND ALSO LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE, IN A DOUBLE-DUAL HERE IN TOWN. THE PROBLEM FOR MAQUKETA IS NOW WRESTLERS AT THE HEAVY WEIGHTS AND THEREFORE WE HAVE TO FORFEIT.
THE BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY WATERLOO COLUMBUS TONIGHT...THE GIRLS HERE.
MARK BECK WAS RE-ELECTED CHIEF OF THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 2007, THE LONE CANDIDATE FOR THE JOB.
HE WILL BEGIN HIS 10TH YEAR AS CHIEF AND 24TH ON THE DEPARTMENT.
HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO BE CHIEF TO SEE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPANSION THIS YEAR AND POSSIBLY THROUGH THE STATE CONVENTION IN 2008, HERE IN MAQUOKETA. ALSO AT THE DEPARTMENT MEETING, JERRY WEIS, A 32-YEAR VETERAN OF THE DEPARTMENT, ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT.
MAQUOKETA FIREMEN PUT OUT A CHIMNEY FIRE ON SOUTH MAIN THIS MORNING, AT THE HEINRICH CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE. THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED IN THE CHIMNEY AND SOME SMOKE DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING. YEARS AGO, THAT BUILDING WAS THE HEPKER CHIROPRACTIC BUILDING.
BOB SCHWAGER, 60, OF RURAL MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY.
HIS OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
CECIL BARASEL, AGE 90, DIED THIS MORNING AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. HIS FULL OBITUARY WILL BE UP SOON AT www.carsonandson.com
GOT A NICE EMAIL FROM RICH TAYLOR. HIS PARENTS, FLOYD AND MAXINE, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, CELEBRATED THEIR 60TH ANNIVERSARY IN DECEMBER.
RICH TEACHES GEOGRAPHY AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ORLANDO. HE
HAS TAUGHT SCHOOL 34 YEARS. HE HAS TWO DAUGHTERS AND BOTH ARE EXPECTING, SO HE WILL BECOME A GRANDFATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME, TWICE THIS SPRING.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
49 FOR A HIGH TODAY....SUNN Y AND NICE.
THE CITY LIGHT PLANT CREWS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE WEATHER TO TAKE DOWN THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DOWNTOWN.
AT THE SUPERVIORS MEETING YESTERDAY, STEVE FLYNN WAS SWORN-IN AS NEW MEMBER OF THE COUNTY BOARD AND LARRY KOOS WAS NAMED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR 2007.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT VOTED TO HAVE THE SCOTT COUNTY YMCA MANAGE THE NEW ARC FACILITY IN MAQUOKETA, THAT WILL INCLUDE A NEW INDOOR SWIMMING POOL. ABOUT 50 ARC BACKERS ATTENDED THE MEETING TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE YMCA AND ALL CHEERED WITH THE 6 TO 1 VOTE. VOTING AGAINST THE PROPOSAL WAS COUNCILMAN GALEN SAUNDERS.
MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A CAR FIRE WEST OF MAQUOKETA THIS MORNING, ON HIGHWAY 64. A CAR OWNED BY LYNETTE PITHAN OF LOST NATION WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED AND THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS.
JIM HARDIN OF DELMAR, AGE 61, DIED MONDAY. HIS OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com SURVIVORS INCLUDED A BROTHER, STAN, IN MAQUOKETA.
THE FRIENDS OF JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION HAVE APPLIED FOR A GRANT FROM HAMBURGER HELPER FOR NEARLY $9,000. THE MONEY WOULD MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO A FISHING POND NEXT TO THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. BUT, THEY NEED HELP FROM YOU. TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO READ MY EXPLANATION
ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK. PLEASE DO IT NOW BEFORE YOU FORGET.
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
THE CITY LIGHT PLANT CREWS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE WEATHER TO TAKE DOWN THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DOWNTOWN.
AT THE SUPERVIORS MEETING YESTERDAY, STEVE FLYNN WAS SWORN-IN AS NEW MEMBER OF THE COUNTY BOARD AND LARRY KOOS WAS NAMED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR 2007.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT VOTED TO HAVE THE SCOTT COUNTY YMCA MANAGE THE NEW ARC FACILITY IN MAQUOKETA, THAT WILL INCLUDE A NEW INDOOR SWIMMING POOL. ABOUT 50 ARC BACKERS ATTENDED THE MEETING TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE YMCA AND ALL CHEERED WITH THE 6 TO 1 VOTE. VOTING AGAINST THE PROPOSAL WAS COUNCILMAN GALEN SAUNDERS.
MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A CAR FIRE WEST OF MAQUOKETA THIS MORNING, ON HIGHWAY 64. A CAR OWNED BY LYNETTE PITHAN OF LOST NATION WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED AND THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS.
JIM HARDIN OF DELMAR, AGE 61, DIED MONDAY. HIS OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com SURVIVORS INCLUDED A BROTHER, STAN, IN MAQUOKETA.
THE FRIENDS OF JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION HAVE APPLIED FOR A GRANT FROM HAMBURGER HELPER FOR NEARLY $9,000. THE MONEY WOULD MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO A FISHING POND NEXT TO THE NEW HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. BUT, THEY NEED HELP FROM YOU. TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO READ MY EXPLANATION
ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK. PLEASE DO IT NOW BEFORE YOU FORGET.
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
39 THE HIGH TODAY, WITH SOME SUNSHINE.
MAYBE 50 TOMORROW.
PRETTY QUIET NEW YEAR'S WEEKEND IN AREA. A COUPLE NEW YEAR'S EVE ARRESTS.
NO SCHOOL YET TODAY....CLASSES RESUME TOMORROW.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE WRESTLERS GET BACK INTO ACTION THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A DOUBLE-DUAL MEET AT THE MCHS GYM. DR. PAUL KOOB WILL BROADCAST ALL MAQUOKETA MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM.
WILMA KRAKLIO, AGE 90, DIED SATURDAY. HER OBITUARY IS AT
www.carsonandson.com
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
MAYBE 50 TOMORROW.
PRETTY QUIET NEW YEAR'S WEEKEND IN AREA. A COUPLE NEW YEAR'S EVE ARRESTS.
NO SCHOOL YET TODAY....CLASSES RESUME TOMORROW.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE WRESTLERS GET BACK INTO ACTION THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A DOUBLE-DUAL MEET AT THE MCHS GYM. DR. PAUL KOOB WILL BROADCAST ALL MAQUOKETA MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM.
WILMA KRAKLIO, AGE 90, DIED SATURDAY. HER OBITUARY IS AT
www.carsonandson.com
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
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