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look for Announcements, Rumors, News, Activities, Reviews and more.
Pass the word and now read my Blog as well as "Dennis Daily Report"
Thank You,
David Voy
Friday, June 22, 2007
Durring a Thunder Strom some time thursday night KMAQ was hit on the roof tower by lightning.
So far causing damage to Telephone Systems, Computer Systems, not sure exactly about fax, and
aloso Satellite equipment that brings our news and sports feeds from our Network.
Friday morning popular call in talk show "Just Talk" had to be canceled
as well as Saturday mornings Auction show since phone systems are down. More info on this Tomrrow.
David Voy
So far causing damage to Telephone Systems, Computer Systems, not sure exactly about fax, and
aloso Satellite equipment that brings our news and sports feeds from our Network.
Friday morning popular call in talk show "Just Talk" had to be canceled
as well as Saturday mornings Auction show since phone systems are down. More info on this Tomrrow.
David Voy
Monday, June 18, 2007
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB 5TH ANNUAL DUCK RACE IS COMING UP ON THURSDAY, JUNE 21ST. SATURDAY, CLUB MEMBERS SOLD DUCK RACE CHANCES
AT DICK'S SUPER MARKET, THEISEN'S FARM STORE AND AT WAL MART.
HERE, IN FRONT OF WAL MART, IS ROTARIANS BUD BERNARD, AND
PRESIDENT "DUCK" JOHN GILROY. SEE A SHORT VIDEO OF JOHN AND THE NAMES OF THE DUCK OWNERS UP TO DATE, GO TO THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY
WEB SITE....www.maquoketa-rotary.org. KIDS COULD PICK A DUCK FROM THE KIDDIE POOL AND A DUCK, NUMBERED 1 TO 6, WAS GOOD FOR FREE PRIZE.
AT DICK'S SUPER MARKET, THEISEN'S FARM STORE AND AT WAL MART.
HERE, IN FRONT OF WAL MART, IS ROTARIANS BUD BERNARD, AND
PRESIDENT "DUCK" JOHN GILROY. SEE A SHORT VIDEO OF JOHN AND THE NAMES OF THE DUCK OWNERS UP TO DATE, GO TO THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY
WEB SITE....www.maquoketa-rotary.org. KIDS COULD PICK A DUCK FROM THE KIDDIE POOL AND A DUCK, NUMBERED 1 TO 6, WAS GOOD FOR FREE PRIZE.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
91 TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.
THE MYSTERY PICTURE, TAKEN IN THE 60'S AT THE OLD MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB CLUBHOUSE, AND SENT TO MY BY MIKE LYMAN IN GERMANY, IS OF OTTO REEL, CHUCK SCHOLL AT PIANO AND CARL LYMAN ON SAX. THANKS TO MIKE FOR EMAILING THE PHOTO TO ME.
TRY AS HE MIGHT TO RETIRE FROM THE BENCH, LONG TIME MAQUOKETA SOPHOMORE BOYS BASKETBALL COACH IN MAQUOKETA, DENNIS STREETS, WILL
BE BACK ON THE SIDELINES THIS WINTER. THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED HIRING OF STREETS AS THE ASSISTANT VARSITY COACH AT THEIR MEETING THIS WEEK. COACH STREETS HAD SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION AS THE SCHOOL'S SOPHOMORE COACH AFTER LAST SEASON, WHICH SAW HIM SURPASS THE 500 WIN MARK FOR HIS 41-YEAR CAREER. WHEN TRY OSTERHAUS WAS NAMED HEAD VARSITY COACH EARLIER THIS SPRING, HE IMMEDIATELY ASKED STREETS TO SERVE AS HIS ASSISTANT AND STREETS AGREED.
TWO MAQUOKETA MEN WERE CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT FOR A FIGHT AT CASEY'S ON EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA. CHARGED WERE 40-YEAR-OLD
JOHN OLSON AND 27-YEAR-OLD DAVID STREETS, JR. OF MAQUOKETA. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT 5:20 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
MARGRET SEEBERGER, 85, OF MAQUOKETA DIED TODAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER HUSAND, ED.
THE 3-DAY JACKSON COUNTY PRO RODEO STARTS TONIGHT AT THE HORSEMAN'S CLUB GROUNDS NEAR BELLEVUE. BIG RODEO.
KEEP COOL.
DENNIS VOY
THE MYSTERY PICTURE, TAKEN IN THE 60'S AT THE OLD MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB CLUBHOUSE, AND SENT TO MY BY MIKE LYMAN IN GERMANY, IS OF OTTO REEL, CHUCK SCHOLL AT PIANO AND CARL LYMAN ON SAX. THANKS TO MIKE FOR EMAILING THE PHOTO TO ME.
TRY AS HE MIGHT TO RETIRE FROM THE BENCH, LONG TIME MAQUOKETA SOPHOMORE BOYS BASKETBALL COACH IN MAQUOKETA, DENNIS STREETS, WILL
BE BACK ON THE SIDELINES THIS WINTER. THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED HIRING OF STREETS AS THE ASSISTANT VARSITY COACH AT THEIR MEETING THIS WEEK. COACH STREETS HAD SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION AS THE SCHOOL'S SOPHOMORE COACH AFTER LAST SEASON, WHICH SAW HIM SURPASS THE 500 WIN MARK FOR HIS 41-YEAR CAREER. WHEN TRY OSTERHAUS WAS NAMED HEAD VARSITY COACH EARLIER THIS SPRING, HE IMMEDIATELY ASKED STREETS TO SERVE AS HIS ASSISTANT AND STREETS AGREED.
TWO MAQUOKETA MEN WERE CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT FOR A FIGHT AT CASEY'S ON EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA. CHARGED WERE 40-YEAR-OLD
JOHN OLSON AND 27-YEAR-OLD DAVID STREETS, JR. OF MAQUOKETA. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT 5:20 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
MARGRET SEEBERGER, 85, OF MAQUOKETA DIED TODAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER HUSAND, ED.
THE 3-DAY JACKSON COUNTY PRO RODEO STARTS TONIGHT AT THE HORSEMAN'S CLUB GROUNDS NEAR BELLEVUE. BIG RODEO.
KEEP COOL.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
ANOTHER HOT DAY TODAY, UPPER 80'S, BUT LOW HUMIDITY. AND MORE OF THE SAME COMING.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NEED FUNDS FOR COUNTY ROAD PROJECTS. THE STATE FARM TO MARKET FUNDS HAVE BEEN FROZEN UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR AND THE FREEZE COULD CONTINUE INTO 2008. ENGINEER CLARK SCHLOZ SAYS THE COUNTY RELIES HEAVILY ON THESE STATE FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT, GRADE AND PAVE ROADS IN JACKSON COUNTY.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS ARE GOING TO PUT ON THE COMEDY "STEEL MAGNOLIAS" AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, ON JULY 13, 14, 15, 20, AND 21. IT WILL BE DIRECT ED BYH ERICA BARKER AND JOEL DAVIDSON. IT WILL STAR SIX LOCAL WOMEN: BRIDGETTE GRAY, ANN HAWKS, SHAWN VASQUES, JUNE WAHL, NADINE LUBBEN AND SHAYLA EVANS. TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED FOR $10 IN ADVANCE AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY OR AT THE DOOR FOR $12.
FRANCIS CORNELIUS, AGE 85, OF MAQUOKETA DIED FRIDAY. HER COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
THERE WILL BE A TURTLE RACE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AT 10 A.M. AT EDEN VALLEY PARK SOUTH OF BALDWIN. BRING YOUR TURTLES.
WONDER IF THEY HAVE TURTLE RACES AT THE VILLAGES.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS BASEBALL TEAM LOST A DOUBLE HEARDER TO WEST DELAWARE HERE LAST NIGHT. WD IS RANKED 2ND IN THE STATE IN 3-A. MAQUOKETA'S RECORD IS NOW 7 AND 4.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM WENT UP TO MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT, AND ALSO LOST BOTH GAMES TO WEST DELAWARE AND THEIR RECORD NOW IS 4 AND 5.
THERE ARE SOME PHOTOS BELOW THIS REPORT. ONE IS A MYSTERY PHOTO. ALSO, AN OUTSIDE PHOTO TAKEN OF THE ARC TAKEN BY MY SON, DAVE ....AND... HE ALSO TOOK A COUPLE PHOTOS OF THE INTERIOR, GYM AND SWIMMING POOL.
AND .. HE TOOK A PHOTO OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LAWN SIGN.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT!
DENNIS VOY
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NEED FUNDS FOR COUNTY ROAD PROJECTS. THE STATE FARM TO MARKET FUNDS HAVE BEEN FROZEN UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR AND THE FREEZE COULD CONTINUE INTO 2008. ENGINEER CLARK SCHLOZ SAYS THE COUNTY RELIES HEAVILY ON THESE STATE FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT, GRADE AND PAVE ROADS IN JACKSON COUNTY.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS ARE GOING TO PUT ON THE COMEDY "STEEL MAGNOLIAS" AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, ON JULY 13, 14, 15, 20, AND 21. IT WILL BE DIRECT ED BYH ERICA BARKER AND JOEL DAVIDSON. IT WILL STAR SIX LOCAL WOMEN: BRIDGETTE GRAY, ANN HAWKS, SHAWN VASQUES, JUNE WAHL, NADINE LUBBEN AND SHAYLA EVANS. TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED FOR $10 IN ADVANCE AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY OR AT THE DOOR FOR $12.
FRANCIS CORNELIUS, AGE 85, OF MAQUOKETA DIED FRIDAY. HER COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
THERE WILL BE A TURTLE RACE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AT 10 A.M. AT EDEN VALLEY PARK SOUTH OF BALDWIN. BRING YOUR TURTLES.
WONDER IF THEY HAVE TURTLE RACES AT THE VILLAGES.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS BASEBALL TEAM LOST A DOUBLE HEARDER TO WEST DELAWARE HERE LAST NIGHT. WD IS RANKED 2ND IN THE STATE IN 3-A. MAQUOKETA'S RECORD IS NOW 7 AND 4.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM WENT UP TO MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT, AND ALSO LOST BOTH GAMES TO WEST DELAWARE AND THEIR RECORD NOW IS 4 AND 5.
THERE ARE SOME PHOTOS BELOW THIS REPORT. ONE IS A MYSTERY PHOTO. ALSO, AN OUTSIDE PHOTO TAKEN OF THE ARC TAKEN BY MY SON, DAVE ....AND... HE ALSO TOOK A COUPLE PHOTOS OF THE INTERIOR, GYM AND SWIMMING POOL.
AND .. HE TOOK A PHOTO OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LAWN SIGN.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT!
DENNIS VOY
Monday, June 11, 2007
HOT IN MAQUOKETA TODAY...UPPER 80'S....LITTLE OR NO RAIN AND HOT WEATHER IS IN THE FORECAST FOR ALL THIS WEEK.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
TROY ADN BARB COAKLEY OF DUBUQUE ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JUNE 1ST AT A DUBUQUE HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE DAVE AND ELAINE LUETT OF MAQUOKETA. THEN, DAVE AND ELAINE BECAME GRANDPARENTS AGAIN ON JUNE 5TH WHEN A BOY WAS BORN TO STEVE AND HEIDI LUETT OF ADEL.
SEVEN MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.......SEVEN GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSE CLASSMATE FRIENDS FOR MANY YEARS, HELD THEIR PARTY TOGETHER ......FROM 2 UNTIL 6 P.M. YESTERDAY, AT AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA. THEN A DANCE FROM 6 UNTIL 8 P.M. THE BIGGEST GRADUATION PARTY I EVER WENT TO.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
TROY ADN BARB COAKLEY OF DUBUQUE ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JUNE 1ST AT A DUBUQUE HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE DAVE AND ELAINE LUETT OF MAQUOKETA. THEN, DAVE AND ELAINE BECAME GRANDPARENTS AGAIN ON JUNE 5TH WHEN A BOY WAS BORN TO STEVE AND HEIDI LUETT OF ADEL.
SEVEN MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.......SEVEN GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSE CLASSMATE FRIENDS FOR MANY YEARS, HELD THEIR PARTY TOGETHER ......FROM 2 UNTIL 6 P.M. YESTERDAY, AT AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA. THEN A DANCE FROM 6 UNTIL 8 P.M. THE BIGGEST GRADUATION PARTY I EVER WENT TO.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, June 09, 2007
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Pat Costello and Bill Wundram, longtime friends, at the open house today of the new COSTELLO'S OLD MILL EVENTS CENTER just East of Maquoketa. Many years ago, the two worked together at the Quad City Times. Then, over 25 years go, Pat and Joan moved to Maquoketa, restored the Mill, opened the studio and art galery and lived in an upstairs apartment. The Art Gallery featuring Pat's paintings, was a longtime tourist attraction in Maquoketa. Last year, the Costello's moved out of the Old Mill and Pat now has his studio at their home across town. But, he and Joan will be able to visit the Mill anytime, as it is now owned by his daughter Tracy and her husband Tim Taylor. They have worked months to convert the Mill from an art gallery, to a large, beautiful place for events such as weddings, anniversaries, conventions, etc. Walls were moved and they can accomodate
large events, both inside and on the grounds. Friday, over 300 attended their open house, today nearly double that, and the final open house day is Sunday, with the hours from noon until 6. You'll find Pat on the grounds, near the waterwheel, painting water lillies in the pond next to the wheel. Bill's popular column continues just inside the front page of the Quad City Times, several times a week. He's been doing it for over 50 years. It was fun visiting with Bill and his wife (I really feel bad I didn't get her name) and Pat, Joan, Tim and Tracy. Next time you pay a visit to your old hometown, Maquoketa, be sure to stop in at COSTELLO'S OLD MILL EVENTS CENTER, or I'm sure you'll be invited to an event there soon. This coming, Saturday, the first wedding will take place there. And I understand the Maquoketa High School Class of 1982 will have their reunion there in August. By the way, Tim Taylor's parents are Gerald and Esther Taylor of Maquoketa.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
Dennis Voy
Pat Costello and Bill Wundram, longtime friends, at the open house today of the new COSTELLO'S OLD MILL EVENTS CENTER just East of Maquoketa. Many years ago, the two worked together at the Quad City Times. Then, over 25 years go, Pat and Joan moved to Maquoketa, restored the Mill, opened the studio and art galery and lived in an upstairs apartment. The Art Gallery featuring Pat's paintings, was a longtime tourist attraction in Maquoketa. Last year, the Costello's moved out of the Old Mill and Pat now has his studio at their home across town. But, he and Joan will be able to visit the Mill anytime, as it is now owned by his daughter Tracy and her husband Tim Taylor. They have worked months to convert the Mill from an art gallery, to a large, beautiful place for events such as weddings, anniversaries, conventions, etc. Walls were moved and they can accomodatelarge events, both inside and on the grounds. Friday, over 300 attended their open house, today nearly double that, and the final open house day is Sunday, with the hours from noon until 6. You'll find Pat on the grounds, near the waterwheel, painting water lillies in the pond next to the wheel. Bill's popular column continues just inside the front page of the Quad City Times, several times a week. He's been doing it for over 50 years. It was fun visiting with Bill and his wife (I really feel bad I didn't get her name) and Pat, Joan, Tim and Tracy. Next time you pay a visit to your old hometown, Maquoketa, be sure to stop in at COSTELLO'S OLD MILL EVENTS CENTER, or I'm sure you'll be invited to an event there soon. This coming, Saturday, the first wedding will take place there. And I understand the Maquoketa High School Class of 1982 will have their reunion there in August. By the way, Tim Taylor's parents are Gerald and Esther Taylor of Maquoketa.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
Dennis Voy
Thursday, June 07, 2007
FIRST, A REMINDER THAT THERE WAS A THURSDAY DAILY REPORT BY ME....READ IT UNDER THE TWO OTHER PICTURES BELOW.THIS PICTURE IS LOOKING OUT THE BACK OF THE OLD MILL TO THE GARDEN AREA, ALONG THE CREEK. HERE IS WHERE THERE WILL BE MANY WEDDINGS IN THE YEARS TO COME. THE FIRST WEDDING THIS SATURDAY. MORE ABOUT THE NEW EVENTS CENTER UNDER THE PICTURE OF TIM AND TRACY TAYLOR BELOW THIS
PICTURE. COSTELLO'S OLD MILL EVENTS CENTER, PURCHASED FROM TRACY'S DAD, WELL KNOWN ARTIST PAT COSTELLO, WILL HAVE ITS BIG GRAND OPENING THIS FRIDAY, SATURDAY AD SUNDAY AFTERNOON. EVERYONE IS INVITED. THERE WILL BE TOURS, MUSIC, REFRESHMENTS, AND MORE..... ALL 3 DAYS.
THE LOCATION IS HIGHWAY 64, JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT AGAIN TO MY WEBSITE TODAY AND HOPE YOU ENJOY THE PHOTOS AND THE THURSDAY DAILY REPORT
DENNIS VOY
LINDA AND DON POWLISTHA OF MAQUOKETA, SHORTLY AFTER RECEIVINGTHE ANNUAL JACKSON COUNTY PROMOTIONAL PARTNER AWARD GIVIN BY THE JACKSON COUNTY AREA TOURISM ASSOCIATION TONIGHT AT TIM AND TRACY TAYLOR'S NEW EVENTS CENTER. LINDA HAS BEEN A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE LOCAL TOURISM GROUP. DON HAS HELPED WITH TOURISM EVENTS AND WAS
A KEY VOLUNTEER IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA. CONGRATULATIONS TO DON AND LINDA ON A WELL DESERVED HONOR.
TRACY AND TIM TAYLOR STANDING TONIGHT AT THE ENTRY TO THEIR NEWCOSTELLO'S OLD MILL EVENTS CENTER JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA. AND TONIGHT, THE JACKSON COUNTY AREA TOURISM ASSOCIATION 3RD ANNUAL BANQUET WAS THE FIRST EVENT TO BE HELD AT THE BEAUTIFUL NEW FACILITY.
A DOWNPOUR OF RAIN CAME BEFORE 6 P.M. AND JUST AFTER MOST GUESTS HAD ARRIVED. IT ENDED QUICKLY AND THE REST OF THE EVENING WAS NICE.
A FULL HOUSE ENJOYED A MEAL CATERED BY THE HOMETOWN CAFE IN PRESTON.
THE WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS WERE BY STEVE TEBBE, PRESIDENT OF THE TOURISM GROUP. THE GUEST SPEAKER WAS FORMER CONGRESSMAN MIKE BLOUIN, OF DUBUQUE AND NOW DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK FOR DUBUQUE. THE BIG AWARD OF THE EVENING, THE JACKSON COUNTY PROMOTIONAL PARNTER AWARD WENT TO LINDA AND DON POWLISTHA.
A LITTLE RAIN YESTERDAY AND TODAY, HOT (90) AND WINDY AND TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 TONIGHT.
KMAQ TRAVEL TOOK A BUS TO MILWAUKEE YESTERDAY AND THE BUSLOAD OF CUBS FANS SAW THEIR CUBBIES BEAT MILWAUKEE 6 TO 2. OVER 40,000 AT THE PARK ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY. SO MANY COACHES, IT TOOK AN HOUR TO GET OUT OF THE BUS PARKING LOT. BUT...ALL HAD A GOOD TIME.
THE RACE CAR TESTING TRACK, AT A PROPOSED $2.5 MILLION COST, THAT WAS PLANNED FOR NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY, WILL NOT BE BUILDT THERE. THERE WAS SO MUCH OPPOSITION AND THEREFORE, THE DUBUQUE MAN TOLD THE SUPERVISORS THIS WEEK THAT HE WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION.
THE HOSPICE HOUSE PLANNED FOR THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA IN THE SHORELINE SUBDIVISION, WILL NOT BE BUILDT THERE. A LOT OF OPPOSITION
(35 SIGNATURES) FROM SURRONDING NEIGHBORS ALONG THE MAQUOKETA RIVER PROMPED THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE DOWN THE PLAN. THE GROUP PROMOTING IT WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION FOR THE 6-ROOM FACILITY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR JORDAN DAVIS WHO AS BEEN NAMED AS THE IOWA CLASS 3-A GOLFER OF THE YEAR BY THE IOWA HIGH SCHOOL GOLF COACHES ASSOCIATION. THE RECENTLY FINISHED 3RD AT THE IOWA STATE TOURNAMENT. SHE WENT TO STATE 3 OF HER 4 YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL. THIS FALL, SHE WILL TAKE HER GOLFING TALENTS TO ASHFORD UNIVERSITY IN CLINTON. HER PARENTS ARE DAVE AND DENISE DAVIS OF DELMAR.'
THE MAQUKETA CITY COUNCIL WAS TOLD THIS WEEK THE ARC (AREA RECREATION CENTER) WIL LIKELY BE DONE AUGUST 31ST, AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MET WITH JACK AND PAM ROSENBERG OF MAQUOKETA THIS WEEK TO TALK ABOUT CONTINUING THE LEASE ON THERE BUILDING IN MAQUOKETA. THE BUILDING ON OLIVE STREET HAS BEEN LEASED TO THE COUNTY THE LAST 5 YEARS. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES OCCUPIES ABOUT HALF THE BUILDING. THE GANNON CENTER WAS IN THE OTHER HALF UNTIL GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. THE ROSENBERGS PRESENTED A NEW LEASE PROPOSAL REQUESTING A 12 PERCENT RATE INCRESE, TO $3,922 A MONTH. THEY ARE ASKING FOR ANOTHER 5 YEAR LEASE. THE BUILDING FOR MANY YEARS WAS THE HOME OF ROSENBERG AUTO SUPPLY. IT WAS EXTENSIVELY REMODLED FOR THE COUNTY. IF THE SUPERVISORS SIGN A NEW LEASE, THEY WILL THEN ALSO TRY TO RENT THE UNUSED PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
AMY MANNING OF MAQUOKETA AND JOSEPH KUNDE OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN FRIDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE CINDY MANNING AND RICHARD MANNING OF MAQUOKETA.
MARCELEN SKEFFINGTON, AGE 77, OF DEWITT, DIED SUDDENLY TUESDAY AT HER HOME. HER HUSBAND IS "SWEDE" AND THEY WERE CO-OWNERS OF SKEFFINGTON'S JACK AND JILL STORE IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, 6 CHILDREN AND 12 GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO BROTHERS, INCLUDING CARROL HEURETZ OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
KMAQ TRAVEL TOOK A BUS TO MILWAUKEE YESTERDAY AND THE BUSLOAD OF CUBS FANS SAW THEIR CUBBIES BEAT MILWAUKEE 6 TO 2. OVER 40,000 AT THE PARK ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY. SO MANY COACHES, IT TOOK AN HOUR TO GET OUT OF THE BUS PARKING LOT. BUT...ALL HAD A GOOD TIME.
THE RACE CAR TESTING TRACK, AT A PROPOSED $2.5 MILLION COST, THAT WAS PLANNED FOR NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY, WILL NOT BE BUILDT THERE. THERE WAS SO MUCH OPPOSITION AND THEREFORE, THE DUBUQUE MAN TOLD THE SUPERVISORS THIS WEEK THAT HE WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION.
THE HOSPICE HOUSE PLANNED FOR THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA IN THE SHORELINE SUBDIVISION, WILL NOT BE BUILDT THERE. A LOT OF OPPOSITION
(35 SIGNATURES) FROM SURRONDING NEIGHBORS ALONG THE MAQUOKETA RIVER PROMPED THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE DOWN THE PLAN. THE GROUP PROMOTING IT WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION FOR THE 6-ROOM FACILITY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR JORDAN DAVIS WHO AS BEEN NAMED AS THE IOWA CLASS 3-A GOLFER OF THE YEAR BY THE IOWA HIGH SCHOOL GOLF COACHES ASSOCIATION. THE RECENTLY FINISHED 3RD AT THE IOWA STATE TOURNAMENT. SHE WENT TO STATE 3 OF HER 4 YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL. THIS FALL, SHE WILL TAKE HER GOLFING TALENTS TO ASHFORD UNIVERSITY IN CLINTON. HER PARENTS ARE DAVE AND DENISE DAVIS OF DELMAR.'
THE MAQUKETA CITY COUNCIL WAS TOLD THIS WEEK THE ARC (AREA RECREATION CENTER) WIL LIKELY BE DONE AUGUST 31ST, AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MET WITH JACK AND PAM ROSENBERG OF MAQUOKETA THIS WEEK TO TALK ABOUT CONTINUING THE LEASE ON THERE BUILDING IN MAQUOKETA. THE BUILDING ON OLIVE STREET HAS BEEN LEASED TO THE COUNTY THE LAST 5 YEARS. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES OCCUPIES ABOUT HALF THE BUILDING. THE GANNON CENTER WAS IN THE OTHER HALF UNTIL GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. THE ROSENBERGS PRESENTED A NEW LEASE PROPOSAL REQUESTING A 12 PERCENT RATE INCRESE, TO $3,922 A MONTH. THEY ARE ASKING FOR ANOTHER 5 YEAR LEASE. THE BUILDING FOR MANY YEARS WAS THE HOME OF ROSENBERG AUTO SUPPLY. IT WAS EXTENSIVELY REMODLED FOR THE COUNTY. IF THE SUPERVISORS SIGN A NEW LEASE, THEY WILL THEN ALSO TRY TO RENT THE UNUSED PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
AMY MANNING OF MAQUOKETA AND JOSEPH KUNDE OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN FRIDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE CINDY MANNING AND RICHARD MANNING OF MAQUOKETA.
MARCELEN SKEFFINGTON, AGE 77, OF DEWITT, DIED SUDDENLY TUESDAY AT HER HOME. HER HUSBAND IS "SWEDE" AND THEY WERE CO-OWNERS OF SKEFFINGTON'S JACK AND JILL STORE IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, 6 CHILDREN AND 12 GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO BROTHERS, INCLUDING CARROL HEURETZ OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, June 04, 2007
4/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. A DOWNPOUR STARTED JUST AFTER 2 P.M. AS THE GRADUATION CEREMONY WAS GETTING STARTED AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AIR-CONDITIONER AUDITORIUM.
GOVERNOR CHET CULVER HAS DECLARED PARTS OF JACKSON COUNTY A DISASTER AREA AFTER THE TORNADO WENT THROUGH SOUTH OF BELLEVUE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LYN MIDINGER, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR THE COUNTY, SAID THE TORNADO WAS LISTED AS AN F2, WHICH IS A 120 MPH STORM. IT WAS ONE-HALF MILE WIDE AND 3 1/2 MILES LONG. MEDINGER SAID THEY ARE SEEKING A FEDERAL DESIGNATION SO FUNDING CAN COME INTO THE COUNTY.
THERE WERE NO INJURIES FROM THE STORE.
AT GRADUATION CEREMONIES YESTERDAY, THERE WERE 148 GRADUATES AND 143 WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE TO REC EIVE THEIR DIPLOMA. FOR THE 129TH COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM, SENIOR SPEECHES WERE DELIVERED BY REBECCA WILLIAMS AND MITCH MCDERMOTT. THE CLASS SALUTATORIN IS KELLEY SHUSTER, WITH A GPA OF 3.967.
THERE WERE TWO CO-VALDECTORIANS, EACH WITH A GPA OF 3.984. THEY
ARE: MATT LOPEZ, SON OF HECTOR AND JULIE ....AND ALESHA NICKESON,
DAUGHTER OF MIKE AND THERESA. A FULL HOUSE, AROUND 900 PEOPLE, WATCHED THE EVENT.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE JACKSON COUNTY ZONING BOARD WILL HOST A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT A PROPOSED RACE CAR TESTING TRACK AT OTTER CREEK. THERE IS OPPOSITION.
JUDY WIEGERT , 57, AND MAVIS KYARSGAARD, AGE 75, DIED OVER THE WEEKEND AND THEIR COMPETED OBITUARIES CAN BE READ AT
www.carsonandson.com
LAST WEEK, COURTNEY ROMER AND ALESHA NICKESON, AT THE STATE TENNIS TOURNAMENT, WON 3 MATCHES AND LOST 2 AND FINISHED IN 6TH PLACE AT STATE. ROMER IS A MCHS JUNIOR AND NICKESON IS A SENIOR.
J'S CAFE, THE NEW DOWNTOWN RESTAURANT, OPENS THIS FRIDAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
GOVERNOR CHET CULVER HAS DECLARED PARTS OF JACKSON COUNTY A DISASTER AREA AFTER THE TORNADO WENT THROUGH SOUTH OF BELLEVUE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LYN MIDINGER, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR THE COUNTY, SAID THE TORNADO WAS LISTED AS AN F2, WHICH IS A 120 MPH STORM. IT WAS ONE-HALF MILE WIDE AND 3 1/2 MILES LONG. MEDINGER SAID THEY ARE SEEKING A FEDERAL DESIGNATION SO FUNDING CAN COME INTO THE COUNTY.
THERE WERE NO INJURIES FROM THE STORE.
AT GRADUATION CEREMONIES YESTERDAY, THERE WERE 148 GRADUATES AND 143 WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE TO REC EIVE THEIR DIPLOMA. FOR THE 129TH COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM, SENIOR SPEECHES WERE DELIVERED BY REBECCA WILLIAMS AND MITCH MCDERMOTT. THE CLASS SALUTATORIN IS KELLEY SHUSTER, WITH A GPA OF 3.967.
THERE WERE TWO CO-VALDECTORIANS, EACH WITH A GPA OF 3.984. THEY
ARE: MATT LOPEZ, SON OF HECTOR AND JULIE ....AND ALESHA NICKESON,
DAUGHTER OF MIKE AND THERESA. A FULL HOUSE, AROUND 900 PEOPLE, WATCHED THE EVENT.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE JACKSON COUNTY ZONING BOARD WILL HOST A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT A PROPOSED RACE CAR TESTING TRACK AT OTTER CREEK. THERE IS OPPOSITION.
JUDY WIEGERT , 57, AND MAVIS KYARSGAARD, AGE 75, DIED OVER THE WEEKEND AND THEIR COMPETED OBITUARIES CAN BE READ AT
www.carsonandson.com
LAST WEEK, COURTNEY ROMER AND ALESHA NICKESON, AT THE STATE TENNIS TOURNAMENT, WON 3 MATCHES AND LOST 2 AND FINISHED IN 6TH PLACE AT STATE. ROMER IS A MCHS JUNIOR AND NICKESON IS A SENIOR.
J'S CAFE, THE NEW DOWNTOWN RESTAURANT, OPENS THIS FRIDAY.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Saturday, June 02, 2007
THIS MOBIL HOME WAS HIT BY THE TORNADO THAT PASSED THROUGH JACKSON COUNTY FRIDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT 2:30. THE COUPLE AND THEIR 6 YEAR OLD HAD LEFT IT A FEW MINUTES EARLIER AND WENT INTO THE BASEMENT OF THE NEARBY HOME OF A PARENT. THEY WERE NOT INJURED. ABOUT 30 BUILDINGS WERE DEMAGED BY THE STORM IN A PATH FROM SPRINGBROOK TO THE EDGE OF BELLEVUE. MAQUOKETA RECEIVED NO WIND DAMAGE AND JUST OVER AN INCH OF RAIN. ANOTHER INCH FELL THIS (SATURDAY MORNING). BOTH THE SHERIFF AND BELLEVUE FIRECHIEF SAID THE STORM FRIDAY WAS THE WORST THEY HAVE SEEN IN JACKSON COUNTY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. EARLY ESTIMATED DAMAGE .. OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
Friday, June 01, 2007
A TORNADO WENT THROUGH JACKSON COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.
LOTS OF RURAL DAMAGE BETWEEN SPRINGBROOK AND BELLEVUE.
NO INJURIES. THE CLEANUP IS GOING ON.
KMAQ WAS OFF THE AIR FROM AFTER 2 UNTIL AFTER 5 BECAUSE OF POWER FAILURE AT THE KMAQ TRANSMITTER.
WILL TRY TO PUT ANOTHER REPORT HERE TOMORROW, SATURDAY.
A HECTIC AFTERNOON AND I HAVE NO TIME FOR MORE NOW.
DENNIS VOY
LOTS OF RURAL DAMAGE BETWEEN SPRINGBROOK AND BELLEVUE.
NO INJURIES. THE CLEANUP IS GOING ON.
KMAQ WAS OFF THE AIR FROM AFTER 2 UNTIL AFTER 5 BECAUSE OF POWER FAILURE AT THE KMAQ TRANSMITTER.
WILL TRY TO PUT ANOTHER REPORT HERE TOMORROW, SATURDAY.
A HECTIC AFTERNOON AND I HAVE NO TIME FOR MORE NOW.
DENNIS VOY
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