GOT DOWN TO 1 ABOVE OVERNIGHT. PARTY SUNNY THIS MORNING..NOW CLOUDS HAVE ARRIVED. SOUNDS LIKE THE WEEKEND WILL BE OKAY, WITH HIGHS IN THE 30'S...AND NEAR 40 SUNDAY.

THE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION HAD A "LOCK UP IN JAIL" FUNDRAISER
RECENTLY IN MAQUOKETA AND RAISED OVER $15,000 FROM THE JAILBIRDS.
THE MOCK JAIL WAS AT THE NEW YMCA AND ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE ASKED TO RAISE THEIR BAIL IN DONATIONS AND PLEDGES. THE TOP FUND-RAISERS WERE:
JOEL YANDA, MAQUOKETA DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT, $1,595.....VIRL BANOWETZ, BANOWETZ ANTIQUES, $1,245.....AND LISA MELLOY, HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY,
$1,200.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT SNOW "MAKE-UP" DAYS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
MONDAY, MARCH 3RD...TUESDAY, MARCH 25TH...AND JUNE 2ND THRU THE 6TH.

KEN MCBRIDE, AGE 74, DIED TUESDAY. HE LIVED IN NEW YORK, BUT WAS A FREQUENT VISITOR TO THE AREA THE LAST FEW YEARS AND A DAUGHTER LIVES IN MAQUOKETA, MARY OLSON, AND A GRANDSON.

THE VOY THEATRE WILL BE 35 YEARS OLD MARCH 21ST. THE PASTIME
THEATRE CLOSED A COUPLE MONTHS EARLIER (1-31-'73) AND WAS TORN DOWN.

MEMBERSHIP IN THE NEW YMCA HAS NOW EXCEEDED 1,000.

THE BANQUET FOR LOCAL AND AREA FIREMEN (AND WIVES) IS TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE LARGE PEARSON MEMORIAL CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA, ORGANIZED BY THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
BIG TURNOUT EXPECTED FOR THE STEAK DINNER, WITH STEAKS DONE UP BY THE JACKSON COUNTY CATTLEMEN. GOVERNOR CULVER HAD PLANNED TO ATTEND, BUT HAD TO CANCEL. CONGRESS BRALEY WILL BE A SPECIAL GUEST.
FROM 8 UNTIL MIDNIGHT, AFTER THE STEAK DINNER AND PROGRAM IS OVER,
THERE WILL BE DANCING TO THE POPULAR LOCAL BAND,"JAMMBER"....AND THE DANCE WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT $5 ADMISSION. PROCEEDS FROM THE DANCE WILL GO TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

MILO BAKER WAS ONE OF THE MANAGERS OF THE CLINTON ENGINES CREDIT
UNION AND LONGTIME SECRETARY WAS MRS. CROUCH. LOTS OF WORK (STOCKHAM & SON) HAS BEEN DONE (THANKS TO SOME GRANT MONEY) THIS PAST WINTER ON REMODELING THE OLD CLINTON ENGINES CORPORATE OFFICE BUILDING IN MAQUOKETA. I'VE BEEN TOLD THE WORK IS CLOSE TO COMPLETION AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SET UP DISPLAYS SOON. GENERAL C. MITCHELL (USMC RETIRED) HAS BEEN THE DAILY FORCE BEHIND IT ALL. YES SIR!!! AND HE HAS HAD GOOD SUPPORT FROM ASHER SCHROEDER (PREZ OF HISTORICAL SOCIETY). PLUS, WHILE IN TOWN EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE "UP WITH PEOPLE" GROUP DID SOME PUBLIC SERVICE WORK AT THE CLINTON ENGINES BUILDING. PART OF THE BUILDING WILL INCLUDE A BIG CLINTON ENGINES HISTORICAL DISPLAY.
DON THOMAS WOULD BE HAPPY TO KNOW WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND WHAT'S PLANNED. AND NOPE....I HAVE NOT HAD A SNEAK PREVIEW.

THE PEACE PIPE PLAYS ARE PUTTING ON "THE ODD COUPLE" THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.

AND..COMING TO THE OHNWARD ON SATURDAY NIGHT, MARCH 7TH, EILEEN IVERS, NINE-TIME ALL IRELAND FIDDLE CHAMPION....CALLED THE JIMI HENDRIX OF THE VIOLIN. TICKETS ARE $28 OR $25 IN ADVANCE.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

THREE INCHES (LESS THAN EXPECTED) OVER NIGHT.....AND THIS MORNING ...LATE START FOR SCHOOL AGAIN. TODAY, SUNNY AND IN THE 20'S.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL INFORMALLY APPROVED A FUND-RAISER TO KEEP THE OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL OPEN THIS SUMMER. THE GOAL IS $25,000 AND THE DEADLINE TO RAISE THE MONEY, MAY 1ST. THE POOL COSTS WILL REQUIRE TWICE THE AMOUNT, BUT HOPEFULLY THE OTHER HALF WILL COME FROM REVENUE GENERATED AT THE POOL, WHICH WILL BE MANAGED BY THE Y.
THE AMOUNT TO BE RAISED IS FOR THE EXPECTED DEFICIT. THE POOL WOULD BE OPEN MAY 26 TO AUGUST 10. ADMISSION RATES WOULD BE INCREASED OVER LAST YEAR. THE FUND DRIVE WILL BE ON THE MARCH 3RD COUNCIL AGENDA FOR
OFFICIAL ACTION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE POOL TO BE NAMED AFTER YOU FOR THE SUMMER....JUST SEND ME YOUR $25,000 CHECK AND I WILL TAKE IT TO THE MARCH 3RD MEETING ON YOUR BEHALF. SERIOUSLY, WHEN I GET MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE ANY AMOUNT, I'LL PASS IT ALONG ON THIS REPORT.

A FORMER MAQUOKETA FUNERAL HOME OWNER IS BEING SOUGHT BY STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR ALLEGEDLY TRICKING MILTON, IOWA, RESIDENTS WITH SCAM MORTGAGES. AND THE STORY IN THE DES MOINES REGISTER ALSO SAID THAT JOESEPH P. KEDLEY, WHILE LIVING IN MAQUOKETA, WAS FOUND GUILTY OF STEALING MORE THAN $200,000 FROM MAQUOKETA CUSTOMERS WHO BOUGHT PREPAID FUNERAL PLANS. HE HAS SERVED ABOUT 7 YEARS IN PRISON.

IN SPORTS, THE ALL-CONFERENCE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS FOR THE JUST CONCLUDED SEASON HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED. MAQUOKETA, WHICH FINISHED 5 AND 9 FOR THE WAMAC SEASON, FAILED TO PLACE A PLAYER ON THE FIRST TEAM, BUT NAMED TO THE SECOND TEAM, WAS HAILEY BICKFORD, A SOPHOMORE.
SENIORS NIKKI PATTERSON AND SOPHOMORE KELSEY BOLLMAN WERE NAMED HONORABLE MENTION FROM MAQUOKETA.

ALSO IN SPORTS, MCHS GRAD ADAM HEPKER HAS BEEN NAMED THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN THE HEART OF AMERICA ATHLETIC CONFERENCE. IT IS THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR HEPKER HAS RECEIVED THE HONOR VOTED ON BY THE 11 CONFERENCE COACHES. HEPKER PLAYS (HAS BEEN A STARTER ALL 4 YEARS) FOR MID AMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY OF OLATHE, KANSAS. HIS HEAD COACH IS
ALSO A MAQUOKETA GRADUATE, ROCKY LAMAR. THE MID AMERICAN PIONEERS WERE CO0-CHAMPIONS OF THE CONFERENCE WITH A 17 AND 3 RECORD AND ARE 27 AND 3 OVERALL. HEPKER LEAD MNU IN SCORING, ASSISTS AND STEALS. HE WAS THE SECOND LEADING SCORER IN THE CONFERENCE. THE PIONEERS BEGIN THE POST-SEASON CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT HOME AGAISNT GRACELAND COLLEGE. FORMER MCHS HEAD BASKETBALL COACH BILL FLEMMING IS AN ASSISTANT COACH FOR LAMAR AND ADAM'S PARENTS OF COURSE ARE
KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER AND LONGTIME KINDERGARTEN TEACHER CINDY HEPKER. MANY OF YOU HAD HER FOR A TEACHER. ADAM'S BROTHER JUSTIN
IS IN MED SCHOOL AT OHIO UNIVERSITY. LEIGHTON WENT TO SCHOOL IN
SPRINGVILLE (THIS SIDE OF CEDAR RAPIDS) AND THEIR GIRL'S TEAM IS IN THE
GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR. SO ARE THE MONTICELLO GIRLS.

CHECK THE NEW PHOTOS BELOW THAT I TOOK THIS AFTERNOON.

AND HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND GOOD WEDNESDAY.

DENNIS VOY

OLD AGE AND OLD MAN WINTER SATURDAY TOOK DOWN THE OLD CLINTON ENGINES CAFETERIA BUILDING ACROSS FROM WHERE THE PLANT WAS LOCATED.
BRENT AND SHEILA NUGENT HAVE A BIG AUTO REBUILDING BUSINESS TO THE
NORTH AND WILL HAUL AWAY THE RUBBISH AND PUT A NEW STORAGE BUILDING ON THE OLD CEMENT FLOOR. THIS IS LOOKING AT THE EAST SIDE OF BUILDING.
TO THE FAR RIGHT, STILL STANDING, A SMALL BRICK BUILDING THAT WAS HEADQUARTERS FOR THE CLINTON ENGINES CREDIT UNION. TRIVIA....WHO WAS
LONGTIME MANAGER OF THE UNION? I DON'T KNOW WHO OWNS THIS BUILDING NOW. BOB STOCKHAM, FAY MCKINSEY AND I OWNED IT FOR A FEW YEARS IN THE 70'S....THEN RE-SOLD IT AFTER STOCKHAM COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WE COULD DO WITH IT. REMEMBER..CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

THIS IS LOOKING AT THE CAFE BUILDING ON THE WEST SIDE OF IT. THIS BUILDING WAS STILL USED ABOUT A YEAR AGO BY BILL MAYBERR AND JOHN MELROY, RUNNING THEIR CLINTON ENGINES PARTS BUSINESS IN IT. NOT SURE WHERE THEY MOVED TO. I REMEMBER GOING TO MEETINGS AT NIGHT IN THE 60'S, WHEN THE THEN-NEW COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY FOR JACKSON COUNTY USED IT FOR THEIR BOARD MEETINGS.
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MONDAY AND MORE.....MORE SNOW. FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW IN FORECAST FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAINING NOW, BUT TEMP WILL BE DROPPING AND SNOW WILL START.

CANCELLATIONS ARE STARTING TO COME IN TO KMAQ ALREADY...
AND SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DISMISSING EARLY....MAQUOKETA AT 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON.

SORRY ABOUT FEW DAILY REPORTS LATELY.

TWO BIG STORIES LAST WEEK. THE FIRST....I FELL ON ICE IN KMAQ GARAGE
WHILE LEIGHTON AND I WERE TRYING TO GET AN OVERHEAD DOOR TO OPEN. TWO SECONDS AND PAIN. SMALL FRACTURE ON OUTSIDE BONE CONNECTING TO ANKLE...PLUS A BRUISED ANKLE IN GENERAL. PROBABLY FELL RIGHT ON IT. NO SURGERY.....NO CAST.....A SPECIAL BOOT IS WHAT I HAVE TO WEAR AND IT COULD BE WEEKS FOR IT. AND NOW THE OLD SAYING.."COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE". ON TOP OF IT ALL.... IT HAPPENED LAST TUESDAY, THE DAY BEFORE WE WERE GOING ON SHORT VISIT TO FLORIDA. FOR ME, ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE WINTER OF 07-08. SO, IF WE HAD MADE IT TO FLORIDA, THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A DAILY REPORT ANYWAY UNTIL TOMORROW.

THE OTHER STORY....LAST WENESDAY, A MAN AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WERE FOUND DEAD IN THEIR GARAGE ON A GRAVEL ROAD BETWEEN LAMOTTE AND
ST. DONATUS. THE MAN WAS DIVORCED AND HAD THE KIDS FOR THE WEEKEND.
WHEN HE DIDN'T GET THEM BACK IN TIME, HIS WIFE ASKED THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO DO A WELFARE CHECK AND THE BODIES WERE THEN DISCOVERED. ONE CHILD WAS 19 MONTHS OLD AND OTHER 3 YEARS OLD. AUTOPSY SAID DEATH WAS CAUSED BY CO2 FROM TRUCK RUNNING. THEY ARE NOT SAYING FOR SURE IF IT WAS MURDER-SUICIDE OR NOT. THE FATHER WAS A DIABETIC AND COULD HAVE PASSED OUT IN THE GARAGE, ESPECIALLY SINCE HE WAS SEEN DURING THE WEEKEND WITH THE KIDS AND ALL SEEMED FINE WITH HIM. THE STORY WAS COVERED EXTENSIVELY BY THE MEDIA.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, WE HAVE NO KMAQ AREA BASKETBALL TEAMS
GOING TO EITHER THE GIRL'S OR BOY'S STATE TOURNAMENT.

THE OLD CLINTON ENGINES CAFETERIA BUILDING, ACROSS FROM THE MAIN
OFFICE, WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED BY BRENT NUGENT, WHO HAS A BUSINESS
ADJACENT TO IT. HE WAS GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN AND USE THE LAND.
THAT JOB HAS STARTED. THE ROOFED CAVED IN OVER THE WEEKEND.
MAYBE ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE WINTER SNOW??

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
AND CAREFUL WHEN WALKING ON THE ICE!!!

DENNIS VOY

TWO INCHES OF SNOW YESTERDAY AFTER AN INCH OF RAIN. SUNNY AND COLD
TODAY. COLD WEEK AHEAD, WITH OCCASSIONAL SNOW.

TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM....MAQUOKETA BOYS AT DEWITT FOR 7 P.M. GAME. SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE.

DR. MELVIN AND MARILYN BERNARD OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR
60TH THIS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH. MELVIN IS A RETIRED OPTOMETRIST.
THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, DONNA IN DUBUQUE AND DR. GARY IN GALENA...AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN. I SEE HIM EVERY WEDNESDAY AT ROTARY.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

CHECK NEW PHOTOS BELOW THAT I TOOK OVER THE WEEKEND. REMEMBER, CLICK ON THEM TO ENLARGE THEM.

KEEP WARM AND DRIVE WITH CARE....IT IS ICY OUT IN IOWA.

DENNIS VOY

ON THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER STAGE IN MAQUOKETA, FEBRUARY 17TH,
AT 3 P.M.....THE WORLD FAMOUS "UP WITH PEOPLE", BRINGING THE WORLD TOGETHER FOR OVER 4 DECADES. GREAT SHOW!! DESPITE BAD WEATHER,
THE AUDITORIUM WAS HALF-FULL AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE GOT A STANDING OVATION FOR THEIR HIGH ENERGY, COLORFUL CONCERT. THANKS TO
LENKE CARSON (MRS. DON) FOR BEING THE KEY PERSON THAT BROUGHT THE GROUP TO MAQUOKETA. SHE IS AN "UP WITH PEOPLE" ALUMNUS FROM CAST B, 1989. HER BUSINESS, BELLA SOUL JEWELRY ....THE ARTS COMMITTEE OF THE MAQUOKETA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK WERE THE PRIME SPONSORS OF THE APPEARANCE IN MAQUOKETA.
DENNIS VOY

IT WAS NICE YESTERDAY.
AND LAST NIGHT.
RAINED HARD THIS MORNING, BUT NOW IT HAS LET UP.
STILL A FORECAST FOR FALLING TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON AND SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW.

THE FORECAST HAS CALLED OFF LOTS OF EVENTS TODAY....CHURCH SERVICES
AND OTHERS, INCLUDING THE "MEN WHO COOK" DINNER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
IT WILL BE RE-SCHEDULED SOME SUNDAY IN APRIL. HOLD ON TO YOUR TICKETS.

THE "UP WITH PEOPLE" CONCERT WILL BE HELD AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA. SEATS ARE AVAILABLE AND TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR. THAT GROUP LEAVES MAQUOKETA
TOMORROW MORNING.

THAT CONCLUDES THE SPECIAL SUNDAY REPORT. CHECK THE PHOTOS I TOOK
LAST NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD CENTER SUZY BOGGUSS SHOW BELOW.

AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA IS OVER 3 YEARS OLD AND LAST NIGHT, HAD A MAJOR COUNTRY ARTIST PUT ON A CONCERT....SUZY BOGGUSS.
ADMISSION FOR THE 7 P.M. SHOW WAS $30 IN ADVANCE AND $35 AT THE DOOR.
THE AUDIENCE LOVED THE 1-HOUR, 40-MINUTE SHOW, WITH NO INTERMISSION.
SUZY AND HER 4-PIECE BAND DID ALL HER HITS AND NEW SONGS FROM HER NEWEST CD, JUST OUT. IT WAS A GOOD SHOW! I THINK ATTENDANCE WAS DISAPPOINTING...LESS THAN HALF A HOUSE. BUT, THERE WERE MAJOR SPONSORS, SO I SUPPOSE IT WAS A FINANCIAL SUCCESS. HOPE SO. LOTS OF NICE COMMENTS AFTER THE CONCERT.
DENNIS VOY

SUZY BOGGUSS SIGNED CD'S AFTER HER PERFORMANCE LAST NIGHT AT THE
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA. TWICE DURING HER SHOW
LAST NIGHT, SHE MENTIONED HOW LUCKY MAQUOKETA WAS TO HAVE THE
OHNWARD. SHE WAS IMPRESSED WITH IT. SHE HAS BEEN A BIG COUNTRY STAR SINCE THE EARLY 90'S AND HER HUSBAND OF OVER 20 YEARS IS A SONG WRITER AND HAS WRITTEN MANY OF HER SONGS. SHE HAS A NEW CD OUT NOW, THAT MIXES JAZZ WITH COUNTRY. SUZY IS ORIGINALLY FROM ALEDO, ILLINOIS, SOUTH OF THE QUAD CITIES.
GREAT SHOW LAST NIGHT!
DENNIS VOY

NO FURTHER NEWS REPORT TODAY!

BUT..

SEVERAL INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS VERY POSSIBLE...MAYBE MORE.......
STARTING SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

HERE WE GO AGAIN.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!!

DENNIS VOY

FOR SOME REASON, THE THURSDAY REPORT DID NOT GO UP RIGHT.
IT IS THERE, BUT YOU HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT IT TO BRING IT UP TO READ.
IT WAS A SHORT ONE.

HOPE THIS ONE IS BACK TO NORMAL.

IT IS FRIDAY MORNING AND COLD...4 ABOVE. SUNNY ALREADY WITH A HIGH
OF 10 ONLY.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON THEIR 6TH GAME IN A ROW LAST NIGHT, OVER VINTON, LAST NIGHT....THEIR LAST REGULAR SEASON GAME.

MARCUS BREEDEN, MAQUOKETA SOPHOMORE WRESTLER, LOST HIS MATCH
LAST NIGHT AND NOW IS OUT OF TOURNAMENT. THOMAS MAYBERRY, THE OTHER
MAQUOKETA WRESTLER AT STATE, LOST BOTH HIS MATCHES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WAS THEN OUT OF TOURNAMENT.

DON'T FORGET TO TRY TO BRING UP LAST NIGHT'S REPORT BELOW.

HAVE A GOOD FRIDAY.

DENNIS VOY

NO SNOW TODAY......HIGH TODAY OF 29.

THOMAS MAYBERRY LOST HIS TWO MATCHES IN THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT LAST NIGHT AND IS OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT.
MARCUS BREEDEN LOST HIS FIRST, WON HIS SECOND AND IS STILL IN THE CONSOLATIONS TONIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL HAS DECIDED NOT TO OPEN THE OLD OUTDOOR POOL THIS SUMMER. THE OFFICIAL VOTE STILL NEEDS TO BE TAKEN. THE DECISION WAS MADE AT A COMMITEE MEETING YESTERDAY.

A BIRTH: JEFF AND LORI AMSTRONG OF COIN, IOWA HAD A GIRL FEB. 9TH AT OMAHA. GRANDPARENTS ARE RON AND CHERYL HEINRICH OF MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN...TODAY, IT IS OKAY TO SAY... I LOVE YOU ALL.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.

DENNIS VOY

NO SNOW TODAY. NO SNOW TODAY. SUNSHINE TODAY. HIGH IN TEENS.
IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT MAQUOKETA HAS RECEIVED 57 INCHES OF SNOW IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER AND JANUARY AFTER YESTERDAAY'S 4 1/2 INCHES.
NOT THE SNOWIEST EVER, BUT STILL WEEKS OF WINTER LEFT. THE RECORD IS IN THE 70-INCHES CATEGORY, BUT THIS WINTER WILL BE IN THE TOP FIVE "MOST-SNOW- EVER" WINTERS IN THE HISTORY OF MAQUOKETA. JACKSON COUNTY ENGINEER CLARK SCHLOZ AT THE SUPERVISOR'S MEETING THIS WEEK SAID THIS PAST WINTER WAS THE WORST HE'S SEEN. HE SAID DRIFTS WERE SO BAD IN JACKSON COUNTY, THAT COUNTY CREWS HAD TO USE END LOADERS TO REMOVE THE SNOW BECAUSE THE MOTOR GRADERS WOULDN'T PUSH THE SNOW.
BECAUSE OF THE WINTER SNOW, MAQUOKETA'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
IS CURRENTLY $35,000 OVER BUDGE AND MAY HIT $50,000 BY THE END OF WINTER.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DAVE POPP TOLD THE CITY'S STREET COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT THAT THE INCREASE IF FROM OVERTIME, FUEL, EQUIPMENT REPAIRS, AND MATERIALS. HE SAID THE CITY SHOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR SALE AND SAND
FOR THE REST OF THE WINTER.'

AN ACCIDENT AT 7:40 YESTERDAY MORNING RESULTED IN CHARGES AGAINST JAMES HAYWARD, AGE 76, OF MAQUOKETA, WITH UNSAFE ENTRY. THE POLICE REPORT SAID TROY THEIDE, AGE 42, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON MAIN STREET AND HAYWARD PULLED OUT OF A PARKNG SPOT WHICH CAUSED THEDE TO HIT THE HAYWARD VEHICLE.

DR. PAUL KOOB WILL ANNOUNCE WRESTLING TONIGHT ON KMAQ "LIVE" FROM THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN DES MOINES. HE WILL BROADCAST THE MATCHES BY THE TWO CARDINALS OUT THERE AND THE THREE DEWITT SABERS, ALSO IN OUR CLASS.
HE GOES ON-THE-AIR AT 6:30. AND LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL BE AT THE GYM IN DEWITT GIVING UPDATES ON THE GIRL'S TOURNAMENT GAME BETWEEN MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT. BUSY SPORTS NIGHT TONIGHT ON KMAQ.
THE CARDINAL BOYS BEAT WESTERN DUBUQUE BY 8 POINTS LAST NIGHT AND THEIR FINAL GAME BEFORE TOURNAMENTS IS TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST VINTON SHELLSBURG.

KAREN TILTON, OF THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA (HOME OF CLOSE TO 30 GOLF COURSES)
...FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA...HAD A HOLE-IN-ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE SADDLEBROOK GOLF COURSE. HAD IT ON THE FIRST HOLE WITH A 3 WOOD.
THREE WITNESSES, BUT NOT DEAN. HE WAS AT A NASHVILLE MEETING. HER FIRST HOLE-IN-ONE. WHAT AN ATHLETE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO ARTIST PAT COSTELLO OF MAQUOKETA.

WATCH FOR THE CHARLOTTE, IOWA SINGER ON AMERICAN IDOL TONIGHT.

BEEN A BUSY DAY....STILL HAVE THE VALENTINES TO GET IN THE MAIL THIS AFTERNOON TO KIDS AND GRANDKIDS....AND WILL ATTEND MY FIRST LENTEN
SERVICE TONIGHT, AFTER CHURCH SUPPER IN THE BASEMENT SOCIAL HALL
AT FIRST LUTHERAN. FIRST LUTHERAN HAD NO ASH WENESDAY SERVICE LAST WEEK AND PATOR GJERDE SAID THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE CALLED OFF AN ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE IN HIS 31 YEARS AS A PASTOR. MOST CHURCHES IN AREA DID NOT HAVE CHURCH LAST WEDNEDAY, FIRST DAY LENT.

GOOD NIGHT...OR GOOD MORNING, WHENEVER YOU READ THIS.

DENNIS VOY

THE HURSTVILLE LIME KILNS PERMANENT DISPLAY AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, WHERE THE SPECIAL SALUTE TO SONGBIRDS EXHIBIT IS HERE UNTIL APRIL. NO ADMISSION.

DENNIS VOY

IT SNOWED MOST OF THE NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA...
AND SNOWED ALL DAY....
JUST STOPPED A FEW MINUTES AGO...AND NOW THE SUN IS SHINING.

NO NEWS REPORT TODAY.

AT THE HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER THERE ARE 5 OR 6 PERMANENT
DISPLAYS. HERE IS THE NEWEST! LOTS TO SEE THESE DAYS AT THIS CENTER.
BELOW, A PHOTO I PUT UP TODAY, FORGETTING THAT I PUT THE SAME PHOTO UP
SUNDAY NIGHT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER PHOTOS TAKEN OUT THERE THAT I WILL PUT UP HERE BEFORE WEEK IS OVER.
DENNIS VOY

ANOTHER PHOTO TAKEN AT THE HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER SUNDAY, WHERE THE PUBLIC (AS SHOWN HERE) CAN VIEW THE NEW "SALUTE TO SONGBIRDS"
EXHIBIT. NO ADMISSION CHARGE. PUT A VISIT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
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THIS IS MARY LEE GREEN OF CLINTON STREET IN GRAND MOUND. SHE WON THE KMAQ 50TH ANNIVERSARY JANUARY RADIO. IT IS ON THE TABLE IN FRONT ON
HER. MARY IS 77 AND HAS LISTENED TO KMAQ SINCE THE 60'S. WHEN SHE SENT IN HER NAME FOR THE MONTHLY DRAWING, SHE WROTE THAT SHE ESPECIALLY LIKES THE DERRY BROWNFIELD SHOW AND THE DEWITT CALLING SHOW.
I TOOK THIS PHOTO IN STUDIO B, WHERE MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS ORIGINATE,
INCLUDING THE BINGO SHOW. SEE THE CAGE ON THE SHELF. THE BIG CONSOLE CONTROL BOARD ON THE SHELF WAS THE FIRST ONE WE USED HERE AT KMAQ, AND IT WAS IN SERVICE FOR MANY YEARS IN THE CONTROL ROOM. IT WAS MADE BY COLLINS RADIO, THEN IN CEDAR RAPIDS. THE FIRST TO USE IT WHEN KMAQ WENT ON THE AIR WAS BOB BROWN, OUR FIRST MANAGER, NOW LIVING IN FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN. NOTE THE BIG LETTERS AND NUMBERS ALONG THE TOP OF THE PHOTO. THE DATE KMAQ WENT ON THE AIR FOR THE FIRST OFFICIAL FULL DAY OF BROADCASTING. I HAD THE 9 TO 11 A.M. SHIFT AND THE 2 UNTIL 5 IN THE AFTENOON SHIFT THAT DAY. THE NUMBER ONE SONG IN THE NATION WAS VOLARE. AND IT WAS THAT DAY THAT EASTERN IOWA WAS INTRODUCED TO POLKAS. OUR FIRST POLKA SHOW WAS BROADCAST THAT DAY AT 11:30 AND THE SHOW HAS BEEN ON KMAQ-AM AT THAT TIME EVERY DAY SINCE, INCLUDING SUNDAYS. IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SHOWS ON KMAQ-AM. AND, OF COURSE, MANY PEOPLE DISLIKED THE POLKAS TOO AND TUNED OUT FOR THE HALF HOUR AND CAME BACK AT NOON FOR THE NOON NEWS AND MARKETS. THANKS MARY LEE GREEN FOR BEING A LONGTIME LISTENER TO KMAQ. HOPE YOU ENJOY THE NEW RADIO.
OUR NEXT FREE RADIO WILL BE DRAWN FOR ON MARCH 1ST.
DENNIS VOY

THE WEEKEND WAS COLD. IT IS COLD TODAY. WILL BE COLD TONIGHT.
SNOWING MOST OF TODAY. GOING TO BE SNOWING AGAIN TONIGHT. DO I WANT TO MENTION ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THE WEATHER? NO!

MAQUOKETA QUALIFIED TWO WRESTLERS FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT STARTING THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN DES MOINES. MARCUS BREEDEN WAS THE DISTRICT RUNNERUP SATURDAY AT ANAMOSA, AT 112 POUNDS. HE GOES TO STATE.
THOMAS MAYBERRY OF MAQUOKETA WAS THE DISTRICT CHAMP SATURDAY AT 160 POUNDS. HE GOES TO STATE. DEWITT WILL HAVE 3 WRESTELERS AT STATE AND DR. PAUL KOOB OF MAQUOKETA WILL AGAIN BROADCAST THE 2-A MATCHES BY MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT GRAPPLERS, STARTING WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THE CARDINAL BOYS HAD A REGULAR SEASON MAKE-UP GAME SATURDAY NIGHT AGAINST DYERSVILLE AND WON 58 TO 54. DANIEL HOLMES POURED IN 23 POUNTS FOR THE CARDS. BY THE WAY, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE RECORD FOR MCHS IS 48 POINTS IN A GAME. IN THE EARLY 60'S, BY RICH O'HARA.

PAMELA LEDFORD, 41, OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THEFT IN THE FIRST DEGREE. MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER PAT FIER SAID LEDFORD MANAGED DICK'S CONVENIENCE STORE. SHE ADMITTED REFUNING ITEMS THROUGH THE CASH REGSITER AND KEEPING THE MONEY FOR HERSELF. SHE SAID SHE TOOK $4,800 BETWEEN OCTOBER LAST YEAR AND JANUARY THIS YEAR. HOWEVER, RECEIPTS FROM DICK'S SHOWS $30,615 IS MISSING.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, TRACY MILLER, AGE 32, WAS CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING FOLLOWING A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON NORTH FIFTH STREEET AND GROVE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, BECAUSE SHE RAN A STOP SIGN. SHE HIT A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY JOHN MONNER, AGE 72, OF MAQUOKETA.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

LOLA HAYES, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT OUR HOSPITAL.
SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME.

THE MEN WHO COOK DINNER IS THIS SUNDAY EVENING FROM 5 UNTIL 7
AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY, MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST, MAQUOKETA KIWANIS AND DELMAR LIONS. YOU ARE INVITED.

THE UP WITH PEOPLE GROUP COMES TO TOWN WEDNESDAY. CONCERT IS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

SUZY BAGUSS PUTS ON A CONCERT THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.

CHECK PHOTOS I TOOK LAST WEEK, BELOW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

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THTHE HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER IS THE NEW BUILDING LOCATED JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, 3 STORIES TALL, WITH THE LONG BRIDGE-LIKE WALK-WAY TO THE FRONT ENTRANCE. THIS MILLION DOLLAR BUILDING, PAID WITH GRANTS AND GIFTS (NO TAX MONEY) IS A GEM FOR JACKSON COUNTY. IT IS THE WELCOME CENTER FOR MAQUOKETA AND IS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION STAFF. AND BUILT ON SPACIOUS NATURAL WILDLIFE GROUNDS, WITH TRAILS AND A POND. THE MAIN FLOOR INCLUDES MANY WILDLIFE DISPLAYS. TODAY, IT BECAME THE HOME FOR TWO MONTHS OF A SPECIAL EXHIBIT FROM CALIFORNIA, CALLED "A SALUTE TO SONGBIRDS". AND TODAY WAS THE GRAND OPENING. AT 3 P.M., DR. JAMES PEASE DISCUSSED NEOTROPICAL MIGRANTS AND THE CHALLENGES THEY ARE FACING. AS YOU ENTER THE LARGE ROOM, THIS IS THE ENTRY POINT TO THE EXHIBIT ON BIRDS. LOTS TO SEE, READ,
LISTEN-TO AND ENJOY ABOUT ALL KINDS OF BIRDS. PLAN AROUND AN HOUR FOR YOUR VISIT. THERE ARE MANY PERMANENT DISPLAYS TO SEE ALSO, AND A GIFT SHOP. DOWNSTAIRS, IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM, POP AND SNACKS ARE AVAILABLE.
AND THERE IS NO CHARGE TO VISIT THE INTREPETIVE CENTER. NEXT TIME YOU COME HOME TO MAQUOKETA, PLAN A VISIT....YOU'LL ENJOY. I'LL HAVE
A FEW MORE PHOTOS IN THE DAYS TO COME. ALSO LAST NIGHT, THE FRIENDS OF JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION, FROM 5 UNTIL 7, HELD THEIR ANNUAL SOUP SUPPER, WHICH NANCY AND I (THEY HAD A FULLHOUSE TOO) TOOK IN. GREAT HOMEMADE CHICKEN NOODLE AND POTATO SOUP, SALAD AND DESSERTS.
MORE MEMBERS ARE WELCOME FOR THE FRIENDS ORGANIZATION. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CENTER AND WHAT GOES ON THERE, GO TO
www.jacksonccb.com DARYL PARKER, DIRECTOR AND ANN BURNS, NATURALIST,
AND THEIR STAFF, WELCOME YOUR VISIT AND QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
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THERE WAS A NICE TURNOUT FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF THE "SALUTE TO SONGBIRDS' EXHIBIT, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. AND THIS IS LOOKING AT JUST ONE SMALL SECTION OF THE EXHIBIT.
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THERE IS A NICE GIFT SHOP AT THE HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER. HERE, NANCY MOORE OF MAQUOKETA ,LEFT AND MARY NEVANS-PEDERSON OF BELLEVUE LOOK AT AN INSTRUMENT THAT HAS MANY BIRD CALLS ON IT. ONLY $35 AND A GREAT GIFT FOR ANY AGE. LOTS OF SHIRTS AND OTHER GIFT ITEMS.

RED HENTON, ENTERTAINING TODAY AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW.
MORE PHOTOS BELOW AND MY FRIDAY DAILY REPORT ALSO BELOW.
CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT. OH YES..RED SOUNDED GOOD LIKE ALWAYS.

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DR. DAVID SCHMITT, NEW STATE VETERINARIAN, WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER
THIS NOON AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW. HERE, KMAQ STATION MANAGERAND PRODUCER OF THE FARM AND HOME SHOW, INTERVIEWS DR. SCHMITT FOR THE "JUST TALK" SHOW NEXT WEEK.
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NO SNOW TODAY AND WARMER..HIGH IN THE 30'S. VERY COLD WEATHER STILL
IN FORECAST FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

A MAQUOKETA CITY PLOW BACKED INTO A VEHICLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
ETHAN KILBURG, 16, OF MAQUOKETA WAS STOPPED BECAUSE OF THE SNOW REMOVAL AT 1:40 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON NORTH SECOND STREET. JOHN IRWIN, AGE 61, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS DRIVING A CITY TRUCK IN FRONT OF HIM AND BACKED INTO THE KILBURG VEHICLE. ABOUT $1,000 DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. NO INJURIES. CHARGES ARE PENDING AGAINST IRWIN.

SMILES ON MAIN WILL BE BACK OPEN FOR BUSINESS MONDAY. MICHELLE ATIENZA SAID THAT THEY WILL BE BACK IN THE DENTIST OFFICE, JUST NORTH OF THE BURNED OUT BUILDINGS, AT FULL STRENGTH MONDAY. ONLY THE FRONT MAIN STREET DOOR CAN BE USED. THE TENANTS OF THE BUILDING WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN FOR ABOUT A YEAR AS THAT SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE.

VIOLA DALCHOW, AGE 98, DIED LAST NIGHT. THE COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN
BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

GOOD DAY TODAY AT THE FARM AND HOME SHOW. EVERYONE SEEMED TO LIKE THE BUTTERFLY CHOPS PREPARED ON THE BIG OUTDOOR GRILL BY THE JACKSON COUNTY PORK PRODUCERS. THE SHOW CONTINUES UNTIL 7:30 TONIGHT.
CHECK THE SHOW PHOTOS BELOW.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. NOT SURE I WILL HAVE A REPORT TOMORROW.
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MAYOR TOM MESSERLI AND KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD (THEY HAVE BEEN DATING NOW ABOUT A DOZEN YEARS) DOING A ROMANTIC SONG AT THE FARM AND HOME SHOW LAST NIGHT. EVEN DID A LITTLE DANCE WITH IT. THEY ARE NOT READY FOR AMERICAN IDOL YET. THE FARM GUYS AND THE SUPERVIORS IN THE BACKGROUND. SHERI PUT THE KARAOKE SHOW TOGETHER AND WAS THE EMCEE. IT RAISED OVER $600. MORE PHOTOS BELOW. TOM, BY THE WAY,
IS THE KMAQ CHIEF ENGINEER (KEEPS THE TRANSMITTERS ON-THE-AIR) AND ALSO DOES THE SATURDAY MORNING DJ SHOW ON KMAQ-FM.
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"THE FARM GUYS" APPEAR ON "KMAQ'S JUST TALK" ABOUT ONCE A MONTH, AND
TALK AGRICULTURE AND CLOWN AROUND WITH SHERI MELVOLD, HOST OF THE SHOW. LAST NIGHT, THEY SANG AT THE FARM AND HOME SHOW. IN THE BACK, LEFT TO RIGHT, IN YELLOW SHIRT, MARK MILLER WHO ALSO HAS THE POPULAR ROCK BAND,"JAMMER".....IN MIDDLE, LESTER JOHNSON, CORNELIUS SEED CORN COMPANY ...AND AT RIGHT....JOE HEINRICH, FARMER AND FARM BUREAU DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER. MUCH BETTER FARMERS THAN SINGERS! SHARING THE STAGE WITH THE THREE NOT-SO-HANDSOME SINGERS, MISSY GERLACH ON LEFT AND AMY
HEINRICH ON RIGHT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY, AND KIDDIE TRACTORS, HAD
TO DO WITH THE SONG, BUT THE THREE GUYS NEEDED ALL THE HELP UP THERE THEY COULD GET. REMEMBER..ALWAYS CLICK-ON MY PHOTOS TO MAKE THEM BIGGER.
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SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT OF MAQUOKETA WAS A BIG HIT AT THE FARM AND HOME SHOW, SINGING THE SONG "MARGARITAVILLE" ...CHANGING THE LYRICS AT TIMES WITH LOCAL REFERENCES. LOTS OF LAUGHS. SORRY THE PHOTO IS SO DARK.
MORE PHOTOS BELOW.
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CURT COLEMAN OF MAQUOKETA, CEO OF THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH
CENTER (HOSPITAL) IN MAQUOKETA, SINGING LAST NIGHT AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW. OTHER SHOW PHOTOS AND STORY BELOW. CURT IS A VERY GOOD SINGER....FRANK SINATRA STYLE. HE WAS A HIT. BETTER NOT QUIT HIS DAY JOB THOUGH. CLICK-ON TO ENLARGE PHOTO.
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THIS PHOTO TAKEN BY ME LAST NIGHT AT THE FARM AND HOME SHOW DURING THE KARAOKE CONTEST FEATURING CELEBRITY SINGERS. HERE WE SEE THE THREE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS, LEFT TO RIGHT, STEVE FLYNN,
BUCK KOOS AND JACK WILLEY. IT WAS A FUN SHOW WITH KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD THE EMCEE. JIM GERARDY OF MAINSTREAM TALENT IN MAQUOKETA SUPPLIED THE KARAOKE EQUIPMENT FOR THE EVENT AND
DONATIONS FOR THE VARIOUS ARTISTS WERE ASKED FOR IN FISH BOWLS IN FRONT OF THE STAGE. JUST OVER $600 WAS RAISED AND IT WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY.
THANKS TO ALL PARTICIPANTS THAT HELPED MAKE IT A SUCCESS AND FUN TO WATCH. I WILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE PICTURES HERE LATER.
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THE FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED YESTERDAY (THURSDAY)AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW, AND PRESENTED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND THE AG COMMITTEE OF THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, CO-SPONSORS AGAIN THIS YEAR OF THE THREE AWARDS.
PICTURED HERE: FAR LEFT, WARREN JOHNSON OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB....PAUL TABOR, OWNER OF TABOR HOME WINERY AND WINNER OF THE
AG AGRI BUSINESS-INDUSTRY AWARD.....IN BACK, BLAINE BOCK, FARMER OF THE YEAR.....NEXT, MARY BOCK WHO SHARED THE AWARD WITH BLAINE FOR FARMER OF THE YEAR.....JEANETTE KRUSE OF PRESTON AND LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF THE
THE EXTENSION OFFICE AT THE COURTHOUSE AND WINNER OF THE 2008 AG
PUBLIC SERVICE PERSON OF THE YEAR......BRIAN SCHWAGER, WITH IOWA BANK AND MEMBER OF AWARDS COMMITTEE AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER AG COMMITTEE.... AND....AMBER MATHIESSEN, EXTENSION EDUCTION DIRECTOR FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE THREE WINNERS.
TODAY(FRIDAY) IS DAY 2 OF THE FARM AND HOME SHOW....FROM 10:30 A.M. UNTIL 7:30 P.M. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. COME AND HAVE A BUTTERFLY CHOP SANDWICH PREPARED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY PORK PRODUCERS.
MORE PICTURES AND ANOTHER DAILY REPORT LATER TODAY.
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ABOUT ALL I SAW TODAY WAS SNOW PLOWS AND SNOW THROWERS.

COLD, VERY COLD, WEATHER COMING THIS WEEKEND.

THE FARM SHOW HAS GONE WELL SO FAR. DOWN FROM LAST YEARS, AS EXPECTED, BECAUSE OF THE ROADS. BUT, WE ARE SURE THOSE WHO COULD NOT MAKE IT TODAY WILL COME TOMORROW.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND THE AG COMMITTEE OF THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GAVE OUT THEIR ANNUAL "FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE" AWARDS AT 12:30 THIS AFTERNOON ON THE FARM SHOW STAGE.
THE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED BY WARREN JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF THE LIMESTONE BLUFF RC & D OFFICE, AMBER MATHIESSEN, COUNTY EXTENSION DIRECTOR AND BANKER BRIAN SCHWAGER.
THE FARMER OF THE YEAR AWARD WENT TO BLAINE AND MARY BOCK, WHO HAVE HAD A 200 ACRE FARM JUST WEST OF MAQUOKETA FOR OVER 40 YEARS. BLAINE
HAS BEEN A FARM BUREAU MEMBER FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND BOTH HAVE BEEN
ACTIVE IN COUNTY AG RELATED ISSUES AND ORGANIZATIONS. TWO FINE CITIZENS AND WELL DESERVING OF THE AWARD. THE AG BUSINESS-INDUSTRY AWARD WENT TO PAUL TABOR OF DUBUQUE, OWNER OF TABOR HOME WINERY AT RURAL BALDWIN AND STATEWIDE AUTHORITY ON WINE MAKING. HE STARTED HIS WINERY ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO. AND THE AG PUBLIC-SERVICE AWARD WENT
TO JEANETTE KRUSE, OF RURAL PRESTON, WHO HAS WORKED FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE FOR 28 YEARS. ALL THREE RECEIVED A PLAQUE.
THE 2ND AND FINAL DAY OF THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW BEGINS AT 10:30 TOMORROW (FRI) MORNING. TOMORROW IS PORK DAY.

TODD AND AMY PECKOSH OF RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL
BORN JANUARY 24TH AT RAPID CITY. GRAND PARENTS ARE JERRY AND MARY ANN HEINZEL OF MAQUOKETA AND TOM AND PAM PECKOSH, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA.

IF POSSIBLE, HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT TO THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW.

SEE YOU THERE. CHECK THE PHOTOS BELOW, OF THE SNOW IN MAQUOKETA.
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I TOOK THIS PHOTO AN HOUR AGO AT MAIN AND PLATT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. THE PHOTO BELOW WAS LOOKING NORTH ON MAIN. A COUPLE OTHER PHOTOS BELOW TOO, PLUS THE REGULAR WEDNESDAY (TWO) REPORTS.
WE ARE SURVIVING ONE OF THE BIGGEST SNOW STORMS IN THE HISTORY OF MAQUOKETA. ENJOY! CLICK TO ENLARGE PHOTOS.
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YESTERDAY'S STORM. WEDNESDAY REPORTS AND OTHER PHOTOS BELOW.
CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
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THE DAY AFTER THE WEDNESDAY STORM....LOOKING SOUTH ON MAIN STREET.
I HAD A COUPLE WEDNESDAY REPORTS WHICH YOU CAN READ BELOW. ALSO,
A SNOW PHOTO BELOW. REMEMBER..YOU CAN CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
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THE SNOW ENDED AT 3:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. MAQUOKETA GOT 14 INCHES, SECOND ONLY IN EASTERN IOWA TO LOWDEN WITH 15 1/12. NO SCHOOL AT ALL IN THE KMAQ AREA TODAY. SNOW PLOWS ARE BUSY. THERE ARE NEW CARS UNDER THE SNOW ABOVE. THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW OPENS AT 10:30 THIS MORNING.
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THERE WERE TWO ENTRIES TODAY AND A PHOTO ENTRY.

AFTER ABOUT 14 INCHES ... THE SNOW STOPPED AROUND 3:30 THIS AFTERNOON
AND THE SUN CAME OUT AROUND 4. THANK GOODNESS!
THE STORM IS OVER!

BUT..WITH LOTS OF SNOW ON THE GROUND FROM TODAY AND EARLIER IN WEEK,
ROADS ARE IN BAD SHAPE....LOTS OF PLOWING TO DO....AND BLOWING SNOW.....
SO....NO SCHOOL TOMORROW (THURSDAY) FOR MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT, SACRED HEART IN MAQUOKETA, DELWOOD, AND ANDREW. ALSO CENTRAL DEWITT HAS ALREADY CALLED IN TO SAY NO SCHOOL TOMORROW. AND THERE WILL BE OTHERS.

MARGARET WILBURN, AGE 64, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT A HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT. SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WILL TRY AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT TO WRESTLER WILLIAMSBURG .. AT 6 P.M...IN THE REGIONAL TEAM DUAL COMPETITION, AT MONTICELLO.
AT THE SAME TIME, WEST DELAWARE WILL TAKE ON WEST LIBERTY AND THE TWO WINNERS THEN WRESTLE AND THE WINNER GOES TO THE STATE DUAL TEAM TOURNAMENT IN CEDAR RAPIDS LATER IN MONTH.
ALSO TOMORROW NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY WESTERN DUBUQUE IN MAKE-UP PLAY AT THE MCHS GYM IN MAQUOKETA. IT WILL BE SENIOR NIGHT AND PARENTS NIGHT.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT AGAIN.

FOR LOCAL READERS, HAPPY SHOVELING.

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IT SNOWED LAST NIGHT... IT HAS BEEN SNOWING ALL MORNINGL...IT IS NOON AND IT IS STILL SNOWING. ABOUT 12 INCHES SO FAR. MAQUOKETA AND AREA IS SHUT DOWN. WE HAVE HAD HUNDREDS OF CLOSINGS AND CANCELLATIONS. HIGHWAY 61 NORTH IS OPEN, BUT ABOUT 20 SEMI'S IN THE DITCH AND TRAVEL NOT ADVISED
ANYWHERE IN AREA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END THIS AFTERNOON LATE.
LITTLE OR NO SNOW IN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, AND TOMORROW OR FRIDAY.
THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW IS STILL ON AND WILL START AT 10:30 TOMORROW (THURSDAY) MORNING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
I WILL PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER REPORT LATER TODAY. MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA HAS JUST ASKED KMAQ TO URGE PEOPLE NOT TO DRIVE
IN MAQUOKETA. CHECK THE PHOTO BELOW AND CHECK BACK LATER FOR ANYTHING NEW ON THE SNOW STORM.

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HERE IS A PHOTO OF THE KMAQ 50TH ANNIVERSARY RADIO FOR FEBRUARY.
THE JANUARY RADIO DRAWING WAS ON KMAQ THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 1ST,
AND THE WINNER WAS MARY LEE GREEN OF GRAND MOUND, IOWA.
IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP FOR OUR MONTHLY RADIO DRAWING, YOU WILL BE IN THE REGISTRATION BOX FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP, JUST EMAIL US AT kmaq@kmaq.com GIVING YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER AND ABOUT HOW LONG YOU HAVE LISTENED TO KMAQ OR ANY COMMENTS YOU CARE TO MAKE. THE DRAWING FOR THIS RADIO WILL BE ON MARCH 1ST.
CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO MAKE IT LARGER. KMAQ, SERVING THE MAQUOKETA AREA AND EASTERN IOWA SINCE AUGUST 26, 1958.
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IT IS SNOWING IN MAQUOKETA. WILL PROBABLY SNOW ALL NIGHT. 8-10 INCHES PREDICTED. THEN 2 TO 4 MORE INCHES TOMORROW BEFORE STOPPING TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT AND HEARD THAT IT WILL COST MORE THAN THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF $10,000 TO REPAIR THE AERIAL TRUCK.
THE TRUCK IS NOW AT ALEXIS, ILLINOIS. THE NEW ESTIMATE IS $26,745 IF PARTS CAN BE FOUND FOR THE 1984 TRUCK. A NEW PUMP WILL COST $29,104 AND THE COUNCIL DECIDED THAT WAS THE WAY TO GO. A NEW TRUCK, BY THE WAY, WOULD
COST AROUND $3/4 MILLION. THE CITY BOUGHT THIS ONE USED IN 2003 FOR $185,000. SO...WHEN ALL IS CONSIDERED...THE BEST OPTION IS A NEW PUMP.
THE TRUCK WAS DAMAGED IN THE DOWNTOWN FIRE JANUARY 19TH. MAYOR TOM MESSERLI SAID THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME INSURANCE COVERAGE.'

SKYLER EUGENE SMITH, 3 WEEKS OLD, DIED SUDDENLY YESTERDAY. HE HAS MAQUOKETA SURVIORS AND THE COMPLETE OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com

I'M STARTING TO THINK DIFFERENT ABOUT THE FOUR SEASONS.

HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY.....ASH WEDNESDAY!

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3 1/2 inches of rain yesterday. Over 5 inches already in February. Rain most of today.
High near 40. Foggy now. Enough on the weather!! No school today because of the weather.

The Maquoketa wresttlers did well in the Sectional Saturday. As a team, they took 2nd and are in the Team Tournament tomorrow night. They win twice tomorrow night, they will be in the State TEAM TOURNAMENT. Individually, they had 7 take first or second Saturday and those seven are in the District Tourament this Saturday. Maquoketa's two Champions
Saturday were Sophomores Marcus Breeden and Thomas Mayberry and finishing second in their weight, Dakota Snyder, Ryan Flagel, Josh Breeden, Larry Eggers and Mattias Delegardelle.
IN BASKETBALL FRIDAY NIGHT, Maquoketa girls defeated Independence, there, 45 to 39 to improving to 6 and 13. The Maquoketa boys also beat Independence, here, in overtime,
62 to 61. Then, Saturday, they defeated Monticello 52 to 40 and are now 7 and 10 for the year.
They host Dyersville tomorrow night.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, JOYCE MANNING, AGE 45, FACES DRUG CHARGES INCLUDING SELLING COCAINE AND MARIJUANA. SHE IS NOT IN JAIL BUT SIGNED A PROMISE TO APPEAR IN JACKSON COUNTY MAGISTRATE COURT ON FEBRUARY 14TH.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

RHONDA AND LYNN HUEBBE OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN THURSDAY AT LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE JERRY AND SARAH EASTERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND ELMER AND RACHEL HUEBBE OF MAQUOKETA.

JAY AND TARA GOHLMAN OF BOSTON, MASS. ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN FRIDAY AT MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE FLORIAN AND KAREN STEFFEN AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS IRENE GOHLMAN.

RAN INTO FERN DOSLAND, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, YESTERDAY AT LIONS BREAKFAST AT GOOSE LAKE. SHE NOW LIVES IN CLINTON. LOOKED GOOD AND DOING WELL. HER LATE HUSBAND AND I WERE LONGTIME MEMBERS OF THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB YEARS AGO.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

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2 INCHES OF SNOW YESTERDAY, THE LAST DAY OF MONTH. OVER 11 INCHES FOR THE MONTH, COMPARED TO 8 INCHES LAST JANUARY. LAST FEBRUARY, WE HAD 14 INCHES OF SNOW. IN THE UPPER 20'S TODAY AND IN THE 30'S FOR THE WEEKEND, WITH RAIN AND A HIGH OF 40 ON MONDAY.

IN OVERTIME LAST NIGHT, THE ANAMOSA BOYS BEAT MAQUOKETA, 45 TO 42.
DAN HOLMES LED MAQUOKETA WITH 15 POINTS. CARDS ARE NOW 5 AND 10.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS ALSO LOST LAST NIGHT TO VINTON SHELLSBURG, 49 TO 33. KELSEY BOLLMAN LED MAQUOKETA WITH 9 POINTS. THE CARDS ARE NOW 5 - 13.

INDEPENDENCE TONIGHT FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS. AND THE WRESTLERS IN TOURNAMENT ACTION TOMORROW.

ALSO IN SPORTS, 2004 MCHS GRAD ADAM HEPKER REACHED A MILESTONE IN HIS COLLEGE CAREER THIS WEEK. HEPKER, WHO HAS STARTED EVERY GAME IN HIS 4-YEARS AT MID-AMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY, SCORED HIS 2,000 POINT OF HIS CAREER LAST NIGHT WHEN THE PIONEERS WON ON THE ROAD, 92 TO 85, OVER BAKER UNIVERSITY. HEPKER SCORED 33 POINTS IN THAT GAME BUT NEEDED ONLY 18 GOING INTO THE CONTEST TO MOVE INTO THE 2,000 POINT CLUB AT MI
AMERICA WHERE HE IS A 2-TIME ALL-AMERICAN. THE PIONEERS ARE COACHED
BY ROCKY LAMAR AND ASSISTED BY BILL FLEMMING AND ARE 19 AND 3 ON THE SEASON AS THEY GET READY FOR ACTION TOMORROW AT CULVER-STOCKTON IN CANTON, MISSOURI. CONGRATULATIONS ADAM!! ADAM'S PARENTS ARE CINDY AND KMAQ STATION MANAGER LEIGHTON HEPKER. ADAM'S DAD PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL FOR SPRINGVILLE HIGH AND DIDN'T ALWAYS START AND DIDN'T SCORE 2,000 POINTS EITHER.... PROBABLY AROUND 200. IF YOU CAN'T BE A GOOD ATHLETE, SAYS LEIGHTON, BE A GOOD SPORT. LEIGHTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD SPORT, EXCEPT WHEN HE YELLS AT THE REFS.
AFTER THE BASKETBALL SEASON IS OVER, WE'LL HAVE MORE GOOD NEWS ABOUT ADAM.

NEXT THURSDAY EVENING DURING THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW, THE ENTERTAINMENT WILL BE CELEBRITY KARAOKEE. SPECTATORS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE FOR THEIR FAVORITES BY DROPPING CASH INTO A CONTAINER
WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY OR TO THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. ALREADY AGEEING TO SING: BOB HEAD....FIREMEN RICK SCHMIDT AND JAMES CONNELY....HOSPITAL CEO CURT COLMAN....CHAMBER DIRECTOR STACY DRISCOLL.....ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY CHRIT RAKER....
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS SINGING AS A TRIO....AND THE FARM GUYS OF KMAQ FAME, JOE HEINRICH, LES JOHNSON AND MARK MILLER. MORE CELEBS
WILL BE ADDED BEFORE THE THURSDAY NIGHT SHOW.

THE GAS DRIVE-OFFS ARE GETTING BIGGER. THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS INFORMED THAT SOMEONE PUMPED $48 INTO A GAS CAN YESTERDAY AT THE K AND K STATON IN BALDWIN AND DROVE OFF.

THE LUTHER COLLEGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ENTERTAINS TOMORROW (SAT) AFTERNOON AT 3 P.M. $10 IN ADVANCE, $13 AT THE DOOR.... AT THE OHNWARD CENTER. 85 MUSICIANS. WE MAY GO.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

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