Wednesday, January 31, 2007

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