YESTERDAY WAS A NICE DAY, WITH HIGH OF 40. GOT DOWN TO 5 LAST NIGHT AND TODAY, AGAIN IN THE MID 30'S. WEATHER SHOULD BE OKAY FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE AND NEW YEAR'S DAY.

A BALDWIN HOME WAS DAMAGED BY FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON....THE HOME OF KERMIT BODENHOFER ON 49TH AVENUE, RURAL BALDWIN. MAQUOKETA FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SAID ONE BEDROOM WAS DESTROYED. BALDWIN FIRST RESPONDERS WERE CALLED AND THEY CALLED MAQUOKETA SOON AFTER AND BY THE TIME MAQUOKETA ARRIVED, THE THREE BALDWIN FIREFIGHTERS HAD THE FIRE NEARLY PUT OUT. BECK SAID THE CAUSE IS NOT KNOWN AND THE FIRE IS NOT SUSPICIOUS.
BODENHOFER DID NOT HAVE INSURANCE. DAMAGES LISTED AT $10,000. FIREMEN SPENT AN HOUR AT THE FIRE.

A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA TEACHER AND GOLFER AND BOWLER DIED SUDDENLY YESTERDAY AT GENESIS EAST IN DAVENPORT. THE FULL OBITUARY OF ALICE BURMAHL, AGE 69, CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

GO HAWKS TOMORROW.

HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR. IF YOU GET A CHANCE, SEE THE HIT MOVIE "MARLEY AND ME". YOU'LL LIKE IT.

CHECK THE NEW PHOTO BELOW.

DENNIS VOY

HERE ARE THE WINNERS OF THE KMAQ 50TH ANNIVERSARY FREE RADIO. THE DRAWING WAS HELD AT ON KMAQ AT 9:05 THIS MORNING AND THE WINNING
ENTRY WAS DRAWN BY JUDY TONDERUM, WHO WAS HERE AT KMAQ TO DO THE
"JUST TALK" SHOW WITH CAROLYN CONDON ON GARDENING. OUR 12TH AND FINAL RADIO WENT TO JERRY AND ESTHER TAYLOR OF MAQUOKETA. THEY,
MARRIED 54 YEARS, HAVE LISTENED TO KMAQ ALL 50 YEARS. THEIR DAUGHTER, DENISE KIRK, IS A SALES REP FOR KMAQ. OUR ELEVEN OTHER WINNERS,
FROM JANUARY THROUGH NOVEMBER, WERE: MARY GREEN, CARL MUHLHAUSEN,
VIOLA WEIMERSKIRCH, JIM ROHL, JUDY PORTZ, ESTHER WEIRUP, JEAN COONS, KEN LITTERER, MILDRED HOFF, CLARA WEIMERSKIRCH, AND HELEN KEENEY.

HERE AT KMAQ, WE HAD FUN CELEBRATING OUR 50TH. THE KMAQ FLOAT WAS
IN 7 AREA PARADES AND WE HAD A BUMPER STICKER PROMOTION TOO. THERE WERE MANY STORIES ABOUT OUR ANNIVERSARY AND WE RECEIVED A LOT OF NICE CARDS, LETTERS OR PERSONAL COMMENTS. ON OUR NEWS STORY ABOUT THE DRAWING TODAY, A THANKS WENT OUT TO OUR LISTENERS FOR MAKING 2008 A MEMORABLE YEAR.
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM EVERYONE HERE AT KMAQ.
DENNIS VOY

HAPPY DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS!

I TRIED TO MAKE A CHRISTMAS DAY ENTRY YESTERDAY, BUT THIS PROGRAM FOR THE DAILY REPORT WAS DOWN.

HOPE YOU HAD A NICE CHRISTMAS.

MANY OF YOU NOW ARE CATCHING THE MAQUOKETA NEWS "LIVE" FROM KMAQ-FM.
THE LOCAL NEWS IS AT... 7:45 A.M.......12:15 P.M........5:05 P.M........AND.... 9:45 P.M.
TO LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM "LIVE".....JUST GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE
www.kmaq.com AND CLICK-IN THE BUTTON IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER.
SOON, WE WILL ALSO BE "STREAMING" KMAQ-AM.

WE GOT 4 AND 1/2 INCHES OF SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS EVE DAY.
NO SNOW CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY. AND..SO FAR THIS MONTH, NEARLY 18 INCHES.

TODAY, LOOKING FOR A HIGH AROUND 40 AFTER AN ICY MORNING. VERY
SLUSHY TODAY. AND TONIGHT, THAT SLUSH WILL FREEZE. TOMORROW,
AGAIN A HIGH CLOSE TO 40 AND SUNDAY, SUNNY AND MID 30'S.

LOTS OF ACCIDENTS, BUT NO SERIOUS INJURIES. A BAD HOUSEFIRE NEAR WYOMING CHRISTMAS MORNING. NO INJURIES.

IN DECEMBER, THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT MISSED TWO DAYS BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER. ONE DAY WILL BE MADE UP ON TUESDAY, APRIL 14TH AND THE SECOND DAY WILL BE MADE UP ON MAY 26TH. ANY ADDITIONAL DAYS MISSED THIS YEAR WILL BE ADDED TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

A JACKSON COUNTY SQUAD CAR WAS HIT WHILE PARKED NEAR THE DEPUTY'S HOME TUESDAY. DEPUTY RUSS LONG'S SQUAD CAR WAS PARKED NEAR MILROSE AND NILES STREETS IN MAQUOKETA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WAS HIT BY MATT BOPES, AGE 18, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A TURN AND HIT THE PARKED SQUAD CAR, WITH NO ONE INSIDE. $1,500 DAMAGE TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT 2006 CHEVY AND NO DAMAGE TO BOPES CAR. NO INJURIES AND NO CHARGES FILED.

A GAS DRIVE-OFF TUESDAY AT CASEY'S ON EAST PLATT. $10 PUMPED IN THE VEHICLE AND NO PAYMENT RECEIVED.

FARM LAND VALUES UP AGAIN THIS YEAR. IN JACKSON COUNTY, 10.9 PERCENT.
AN AVERAGE ACRE IN 2007 WAS WORTH $3,501 AND THIS YEAR, UP TO $3,882.
BEST LAND IN IOWA.....SCOTT COUNTY AND WORTH OVER $6,000 AN ACRE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

TEST

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM KMAQ

ABOUT AN INCH OF NEW SNOW TODAY. WARMER..HIGH OF 27. 3 OR 4 MORE INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, UP TO 4 MORE INCHES. NO SNOW CHRISTMAS EVE, BUT A LOW OF 2 BELOW AND CHRISTMAS DAY, SUNNY, NO SNOW AND A HIGH IN THE LOW 20'S.

COREY MANNING AND JENNY HAIFLEY OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN DEC 11TH AT FINLEY IN DUBUQUE. GRANDPARENTS ARE STEVE AND CHERYL MANNING OF MAQUOKETA.

ROSE FRANTZEN, FAMOUS MAQUOKETA ARTIST, WAS SELECTED BY CONGRESSMAN BRUCE BRALEY TO DESIGN AN ORNAMENT FOR THE WHITE H OUSE CHRISTMAS TREE.
AND SHE WAS INVITED BY FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH TO A TWO HOUR RECEPTION IN THE STATE DINING ROOM BUT HAD TO CANCEL HER TRIP TO THE WHITE HOUSE
BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

SEVEN BELOW THIS MORNING.
FOUR ABOVE TODAY.
SNOW IN FORECAST AGAIN TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY.
CHRISTMAS DAY SHOULD BE OK...NO SNOW AND IN THE 20'S.

MIDLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT CANCELLED SCHOOL TODAY.
BELLEVUE STARTED TWO HOURS LATE.

BAD HOUSE FIRE THIS MORNING AT RURAL ANDREW. STARTED BY WOOD BURNING STOVE. MAQUOKETA CALLED TO ASSIST ANDREW. ALSO HELPING....SPRINGBROOK, LAMOTTE AND BELLEVUE DEPARTMENTS. NO ONE INJURED.

A MARION COUPLE WON A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE LOTTERY OVER THE WEEKEND
AND PICKED UP THE CHECK TODAY. HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A CHRISTMAS
PRESENT.

MAQUOKETA TOOK 4TH IN THE SABER INVITATIONAL WRESTLING MEET AT DEWITT SATURDAY.

REVENUE AT THE HOSPITAL IS DOWN BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY. THE BIG
BUILDING PROJECT, EXCEPT FOR THE NEW PHARMACY, HAS BEEN PUT ON
HOLD. DR. PEDRO ATIENZA WILL BE STAYING AN EXTRA YEAR AS SURGEON,BEFORE RETIRING. BEEN A BUSY MONTH FOR BABIES THOUGH.
ABOUT 10 BORN AND DELIVERED BY DR. KOOB.

DAC, INC. TOLD THE SUPERVISORS THAT RECYCLED PAPER BROUGHT $75 A TON
IN OCTOBER AND NOW JUST $5. THE CHINESE MARKET IS GONE NOW AND
MAY COME BACK. DAC, INC. ASKED SUPERVISORS IF BALES OF PAPER COULD BE STORED IN THE EMPTY S & H BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, OWNED BY THE COUNTY, UNTIL THE MARKET IMPROVES. SINCE THE SUPERVISORS HAVE NO BUYER AT THIS TIME, THEY AGREED.

DR. JIM AND DAWN ABRAHAM OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN DEC. 14TH. MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS MARY BANOWETZ OF MAQUOKETA.

IT IS 6 P.M. AND TWO ABOVE.

KEEP WARM.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

DENNIS VOY

MICHELLE FLAGEL OF OF SOUTH 5TH STREET IN MAQUOKETA BAKED THIS GINGERBREAD HOUSE FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S ANNUAL SOUP SUPPER AND BASKET AUCTION. I WAS THERE AND PURCHASED IT FOR KMAQ.
IT IS ON OUR KMAQ FRONT COUNTER AND GETS MUCH ATTENTION. LOTS OF WORK WENT INTO THIS MASTERPIECE. THANK YOU MICHELLE. TO ENLARGE THE PHOTO,CLICK-ON IT ONCE. TO MAKE IT EVEN LARGER, CLICK-ON A SECOND TIME. THE BASKET AUCTION EVENT WAS HELD AT THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM IN MAQUOKETA. ONE OF THE
BIG MOMENTS OF 2008 WAS THE OPENING OF THAT GREAT BUILDING. AND
IF I GAVE A "MAN OF THE YEAR" AWARD, IT WOULD GO TO CHARLES MITCHELL
FOR ALL THE WORK HE DID ....FIRST TO SAVE THE BUILDING FOR THE SOCIETY AND MAQUOKETA ...AND THEN GET IT RESTORED AND CONVERTED TO THE FANTASTIC MUSEUM IT IS. BE SURE AND VISIT IT NEXT TIME YOU COME TO MAQUOKETA. VISIT THE OLD MUSEUM TOO, IN THE PEARSON BUILDING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. THANKS GENERAL MITCHELL!! AND THANKS ALSO TO HIS WIFE, BONNIE WELLS MITCHELL (MUSEUM CURATOR) AND HER STAFF FOR GIVING
JACKSON COUNTY TWO OF THE BEST COUNTY MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTRY.
TO CONTACT THE MUSEUMS, THE EMAIL ADDRESS IS: museum@jciahs.com
FINANCIAL BACKING IS ALWAYS WELCOME OF COURSE. IT TAKES A LOT TO
MAINTAIN THE TWO BUILDINGS, PLUS OTHER EXPENSES. THEY WELCOME YOU TO BECOME A MEMBER....THEY HAVE MEMORY BRICKS FOR SALE....AND DONATIONS OF CASH ARE ALWAYS WELCOME MANY PEOPLE GIVE A MEMORIAL TO THE MUSEUM WHEN A FRIEND DIES.
DENNIS VOY

GOOD MORNING FROM MAQUOKETA! CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE.
DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY TODAY AND IN THE 20'S. TONIGHT, SIX OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS COMING.

SOME RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS PLACES (INCLUDING KMAQ) HAD A COUPLE BRIEF POWER OUTAGES AROUND 2:30 THIS AFTERNOON. ENGINEERS WORKING AT THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL UTILITY PLANT INADVERTENTLY PULLED A FUSE WHICH TRIPPED A CURCUIT. THE FIRST TIME, ONE-THIRD OF THE CITY WAS AFFECTED AND THE SECOND TIME, ONLY A HANDFUL OF CUSTOMERS EXPERIENCED THE BRIEF POWER OUTAGE.

MAQUOKETA MAYOR,AND KMAQ ENGINEER,TOM MESSERLI HAD A LIGHT HEART ATTACK EARLY LAST NIGHT AND WAS TAKEN FROM THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL TO CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE AT
GENESIS EAST IN DAVENPORT WHERE THEY DID A "BALLOON" PROCEDURE AROUND 10 LAST NIGHT, PUTTING IN TWO "STINTS" OF A NEARLY CLOGGED ARTERY. HE'S BACK HOME THIS AFTERNOON
AND FEELING GOOD. HE'S HAD SOME PROBLEMS IN THE PAST. PROBABLY THE "STRESS" OF
BEING MAYOR....OR KEEPING KMAQ ON-THE-AIR. GLAD HE'S DOING GOOD! NOT SURE YET IF HE WILL DO HIS SATURDAY MORNING SHIFT ON KMAQ-FM FROM 6:30 TO 9 A.M.

MARLA SCHWAGER, AGE 60, OF BELLEVUE AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT AT MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE. SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME
IN MAQUOKETA.

CHECK OUT THE PHOTO BELOW, THAT I TOOK LAST NIGHT.

NORTHERNERS...DRIVE AND SHOVEL SLOWLY TONIGHT. SOUTHERNERS...BETTER WATER THAT LAWN A LITTLE.

TAKE CARE WHEREVER YOU ARE!

DENNIS VOY

THE SUN IS SHINING IN MAQUOKETA.
IT IS COLD.
FOUR INCHES OF SNOW YESTERDAY. ANOTHER 6 INCHES COMING TOMORROW NIGHT.
JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IN TOWN WAS CANCELLED LAST NIGHT.

BIG FIRE IN DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE SUNDAY NIGHT. ON MAN DIED IN AN UPSTAIRS APARTMENT.

IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION YESTERDAY, GOOD VOTER TURNOUT (151)(15.4%) DESPITE THE WEATHER, AND ED TURNEY IS THE NEW FIRST WARD COUNCILMAN. HE GOT 54 VOTES. HE REPLACES MATT WINEGAR WHO MOVED FROM THE CITY. LORI CROUCH WAS SECOND WITH 32 VOTES.
KIM GALLOWAY, 21. DEB WILHELM, 14. AND DAVE WIERSMA NONE. HE .. AND HIS MOTHER LIVE IN THE WARD, BUT I HEARD BOTH WERE NOT REGISTERED.

GOING TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL SOUP SUPPER AND BASKET AUCTION TONIGHT AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM. IT WAS POSTPONED TWICE BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.

THE SNOW IS REALLY PRETTY! PITY YOU FOLKS DOWN SOUTH.

DENNIS VOY

IT IS THE LAST WEEK OF FALL. YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IT.
COLD .. COLD LAST NIGHT AND TODAY. WE GOT DOWN TO ZERO EARLY THIS MORNING AFTER A HIGH OF 55 YESTERDAY. TONIGHT, DOWN TO 4 BELOW AND SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW
IS FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

BAD FIRE IN DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE OVERNIGHT. SEVEN FIRE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING MAQUOKETA, HAD IT OUT BY 5 THIS MORNING. A DOWNTOWN INSURANCE OFFICE ON NORTH 2ND STREET AND FOUR APARTMENTS IN THE TWO FLOORS ABOVE. ONE PERSON DIED IN AN APARTMENT AND THE NAME HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED YET. NO WORD SO FAR ON CAUSE OF FIRE OR WHERE IT STARTED. DAMAGE ESTIMATE, $400,000.

TOMORROW IS ELECTION DAY FOR THE FIRST WARD IN MAQUOKETA, TO FILL THE FIRST WARD COUNCIL SEAT. POLLS OPEN FROM NOON UNTIL 8 P.M. FIVE CANDIDATES.
WHOMEVER WINS WILL TAKE OFFICE IMMEDIATELY AND WILL SERVE UNTIL JANUARY 2012.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

CASSANDRA STREETS AND ADAM DUWA OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN WEDENSDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. NO RELATIVES LIVE IN MAQUOKETA.

AND, SAVANNAH HADDOCK OF MAQUOKETA IS THE MOTHER OF A BOY BORN THURSDAY MORNING AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS CHRISTI MARKLE OF MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DON'T FORGET TO GO TO YOUR KMAQ HOME PAGE AND LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM AND TAKE A PEAK AT THE 3 WEB CAM SCREENS.

DENNIS VOY

GOOD SUNDAY! HOPE YOUR WEEKEND HAS BEEN GOING WELL. WARM AND CLOUDY IN MAQUOKETA.

BELOW, ARE THREE PHOTOS I TOOK YESTERDAY. PROGRESS IN MAQUOKETA! REMEMBER, TO ENLARGE THE PHOTOS, JUST CLICK-ON THEM.

AND BELOW THE PHOTOS, THE SATURDAY, AND FRIDAY, DAILY REPORTS.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR GAME OVER WEST DELAWARE,MANCHESTER, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM.

GOING TO THE CLOVER RIDGE CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS AFTERNOON. RED HENTON WILL ENTERTAIN.
NANCY'S MOTHER, ELOISE STEWART, AGE 98, IS NOW LIVING UP THERE IN A SMALL APARTMENT, AND IS RECOVERING NICELY AFTER A HIP REPLACEMENT OPERATION.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.

DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY TODAY...BUT AROUND 40.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST AT MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT BY JUST A COUPLE POINTS.
TYLER RUTENBECK LED THE CARDS WITH 12 POINTS.

THE MAQUKETA GIRLS HOST WEST DELAWARE AT 3:30 THIS AFTERNOON AT THE NEW MCHS
GYM.

THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS TOOK 3RD PLACE IN THE DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN INVITATIONAL
LAST NIGHT AT THE NEW GYM. MONTICELLO TOOK FIRST AND CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON, 2ND
PLACE. DAKOTA SNYDER TOOK FIRST AT 135 POUNDS. RYAN FLAGEL TOOK FIRST AT 152.
THOMAS MAYBERRY TOOK FIRST AT 160.

THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT IS SELLING THEIR NEW COOKBOOK CALLED "125 YEARS OF FLAMIN' GOOD COOKIN'"
WIVES NANCY MUHLHAUSEN AND LINDA GONNER WERE CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE COOKBOOK PROJECT.
THE BOOKS ARE $15 EACH...HARD COVER WITH A RING BINDER. OTHERS CAN BE ADDED LATER. THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS WHICH INCLUDE APPETIZERS AND BEVERAGES...SOUPS AND SALADS...VEGETABLES AND SIDE DISHERS...MAIN DISHES...BREADS AND ROLLS...DESSERTS...COOKIES AND CANDY, PLUS MISCELLANEOUS TIPS. ALSO A SECTION FOR CAMPFIRE COOKING AND RECIPES FOR A CROWD. THE BOOK INCLUDES A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS A ROSTER AND PHOTO OF THE FIREFIGHTERS. ALL THE RECIPES HAVE THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO SUBMITTED THE RECIPE. IF YOU WANT ONE, EMAIL ME AND I'LL HAVE NANCY OR LINDA GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU.

THE FRIDAY REPORT IS BELOW.

SO LONG UNTIL NEXT WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY TODAY...BREEZY...AROUND 20. AROUND 40 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND THEN
THE HIGH MONDAY WILL BE ONLY 15.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED MONDAY TO APPROVE RAISING THE FAMILY RATE
BY $5 PER MONTH AT THE MAQUOKETA AREA FAMILY YMCA TO HELP OFFSET A POSSIBLE
$50,000 DEFICIT. ALSO, THE Y HAS AGREED TO RECRUIT 100 NEW MEMBERS AND CUT PART-TIME STAFF HOURS BY $13,500. FRANK KLIPSCH OF THE SCOTT COUNTY YMCA, WHICH
OPERATES THE MAQUOKETA Y FOR THE CITY, SAID MAQUOKETA'S Y NEEDS 900 MEMBERSHIPS TO MAKE THE BUDGET WORK. CURRENTLY THERE ARE 750 MEMBERS AND 150 OF THOSE ARE ON
SCHOLARSHIP. KIRPSCH TOLD MEMBERS OF A COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT THEY HAD OVER 900 MEMBERSHIPS WHEN THE Y OPENED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, BUT MEMBERSHIP HAS DROPPED DOWN.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HAVE A HOME GAME SATURDAY AFTERNOON, HOSTING WEST DELAWARE.
A TRIPLE HEADER. FRESHMEN AND JV GAMES AT 2 AND THE VARSITY GAME AROUND 3:30.

I MAY HAVE AN ENTRY HERE SATURDAY.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

WE HAD SUNSHINE THIS MORNING AND CLOUDY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON, WITH A HIGH OF 31.

JUST A REMINDER, LOCAL NEWS IS ON KMAQ AT 7:45 AM....12:15 PM.....5:05 PM
AND 9:45 PM...AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO THOSE NEWSCASTS RIGHT HERE ON YOUR COMPUTER.
JUST GO TO THE HOME PAGE, www.kmaq.com AND CLICK ON THE LIVE BUTTON IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER.

MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS ARE IN ACTION TONIGHT AT 7:30 AT THE NEW MCHS GYM.
HEAR DR. PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER DESCRIBE THE MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM OR
ON YOUR COMPUTER ABOUT 7:20 TONIGHT. THEY WRESTLE CEDAR POINT URBANA. MAQUOKETA IS 5 AND 3 IN DUAL MEETS.

A CATTLE ROUND-UP WAS HELD IN THE CITY LIMITS OF MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
AROUND 3 WHEN THE DOORS OF A LIVESTOCK TRAILER CAME OPEN, FREEING ABOUT 8 HEAD OF CATTLE. THEY ENTERED THE PICKED CORN FIELD ALONG WESTERN AVENUE AND A COUPLE STRAYED INTO THE THOMAS AVENUE AREA. EVENTUALLY, POLICE AND EMPLOYEES OF MAQUOKETA LIVESTOCK SALES WERE ABLE TO ROUND UP THE CATTLE AND RE-LOAD THEM IN THE TRAILER WITHOUT INCIDENT.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLING TEAM WILL HOST THE ANNUAL DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN TOURNAMENT TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM. ACTION ON 4 MATS WILL START AT 5 P.M. TEAMS COMPETING WILL BE: DAVENPORT CENTRAL...DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD...CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON....MIDLAND OF WYOMING....MONTICELLO....CASCADE....AND MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WILL TRAVEL TO MANCHESTER FOR WAMAC ACTION TOMORROW NIGHT.

LOOKING AHEAD....SUNDAY, RAIN AND HIGH IN THE MID 40'S....AND THEN A DAY LATER,
MONDAY, A HIGH OF 15.

I WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE DEWITT NOON LIONS CLUB MEETING TODAY.....THE BIGGEST LION'S CLUB IN IOWA. DEWITT ALSO HAS AN EVENING CLUB. A NEW LIONS CLUB MAY BE FORMED IN MAQUOKETA EARLY NEXT YEAR. MAQUOKETA HAS NOT HAD A LION'S CLUB FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY...IS CHRISTMAS. BETTER GET THOSE CARDS IN THE MAIL.

DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY TODAY....HIGH IN UPPER 20'S...SNOW COMING TOMORROW....A COUPLE INCHES OR MORE.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT INDEPENDENCE FRIDAY NIGHT, 57 TO 45. TONIGHT THEY PLAY AT DEWITT.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ALSO BEAT INDEPENDENCE FRIDAY NIGHT, 62 TO 42 BUT LOST TO
NORTH SCOTT SATURDAY NIGHT. TOMORROW NIGHT, THEY PLAY DEWITT.

THE WRESTLERS WERE IN A TOURNAMENT SATURDAY. THEY BEAT FOUR TEAMS AND THEN LOST
TO DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

MILDRED MYATT OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 94, DIED YESTERDAY.

VICKIE SANDERSON, AGE 51, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED FRIDAY.

CLIFF ULVESTAD,OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 98, DIED YESTERDAY.

MILDRED FRICK, AGE 83, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED FRIDAY.

ALL 34OBITUARIES CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

LARRY MANDERS, AGE 66, OF MADISON, WISCONSIN, DIED FRIDAY. HE WAS BORN IN
MAQUOKETA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, AMY....5 CHILDREN....A SISTER LOIS
FRANDSEN OF MAQUOKETA AND A BROTHER.

MAQUOKETA NATIVE, TIM RASK, WILL BE ON THE NETWORK TV GAME SHOW, "JEOPARDY"
THIS FRIDAY. ON THE WATERLOO STATION AT, I BELIEVE, 1:30 P.M. AND ON THE
DAVENPORT STATION AT 4:00 P.M. HE IS THE SON OF DR. CLIFF AND CAROL
RASK, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS AND NOW LIVING IN ALBERT LEA, MINNESOTA.
HIS SISTER ALSO LIVES THERE. TIM LIVES IN IOWA CITY AND IS SINGLE.
NO WORD ON HOW WELL HE DID ON THE GAME SHOW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND HIGH OF 22.

MAQUOKETA BOYS, 1 AND 1, HOST INDEPENDENCE TONIGHT. THE GIRLS TRAVEL TO
INDEPENDENCE.

LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE SOUNDLY DEFEATED BY DEWITT AT THE
NEW MCHS GYM.

THE CLUB HOUSE, A NEW BUSINESS, OPENED TODAY. OWNED BY DAVE WIERSMA.
IT IS LOCATED BEHIND THE EAGLES CLUB....1104 EAST PLATT STREET. OPEN
MONDAY THRU FRIDAY FROM 6 A.M. UNTI 2 A.M. HE CALLS IT THE 3 IN 1 PLACE.
LAUNDRY...GAMES...CAR DETAILING. PLAY CARDS THERE TOO. SOON TO COME,
MUSIC AND DANCING OF ALL KINDS. SNACKS AND REFRESHMENTS ARE AVAILABLE.
YEARS AGO, THE BUILDING WAS OWEN'S RADIO AND TV AND LAUNDROMAT. GOOD LUCK TO DAVE, WHO IS ALSO RUNNING FOR THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS HIS ONLY LOCATION IN MAQUOKETA NOW. THIS FALL, HE CLOSED HIS "GOT ER DONE" BUSINESS
ON EAST PLATT AND HE PLANNED TO OPEN A POOL ROOM AND GAME ROOM IN THE CORNER
BUILDING DOWNTOWN THAT WAS DAMAGED BY THE BIG FIRE. BUT, THE BUILDING WAS SOLD AND HE WAS UNABLE TO USE IT AS PLANNED.

REMEMBER TO USE THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK TO GREET FOLKS BACK HERE IN MAQUOKETA....AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE.

LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM BY GOING TO OUR HOME PAGE....www.kmaq.com.....AND CLICK-ON
THE LISTEN BUTTON IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

THE FOUR SEASONS...LIFE WITH EXCITEMENT. 3 ABOVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT!!
CAN'T WAIT. SOON...WE'LL BE TREATED TO BELOW ZERO WEATHER.
LOVE THOSE WIND CHILLS TOO.

DENNIS VOY

OVERNIGHT LOW OF 3 ABOVE IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM "LIVE" BY GOING TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE...www.kmaq.com

AND CLICK-ON THE "ON THE AIR" BUTTON IN UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER.

GIVE A LISTEN.

THANKS.

DENNIS VOY

IT GOT DOWN TO 8 ABOVE LAST NIGHT. SUNSHINE THIS MORNING, NOW CLOUDY. LOW
TONIGHT AROUND 3 ABOVE.

MAQUOKETA WILL HOST DEWITT TONIGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA
HIGH SCHOOL GYM. MAQUOKETA IS 1 AND 1 SO FAR THIS SEASON AND DEWITT IS 2 AND 0.

ALVIN "SLIM" CLASEN, AGE 72, OF BELLEVUE, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE MAYO CLINIC. SERVICES WILL BE SATURDAY MORNING AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BELLEVUE.
AT ONE TIME, HE WORKED FOR THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS IN THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

MAQUOKETA NATIVE ADAM BECK AND HIS CENTERSTAGE VARIETY BAND WILL PERFORM A CONCERT THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 6TH, AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, TO BENEFIT THE 2008 JACKSON COUNTY TOYS FOR TOTS COMPAIGN. THE BAND PLAYS ROCK AND COUNTRY ROCK FROM THE 70'S THROUGH TEH 90'S, COVERING SONGS BY NEIL DIAMOND, THE EAGLES, AND EVEN JOHNNY CASH. CENERSTAGE HAS ENJOYED FOUR YEARS PLAYING CASINOS IN IOWA, MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. ADULT TICKETS ARE $10 WITH A TOY AND $15 WITHOUT A TOY. CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER ADMITTED FREE WITH PAID ADULT.

FOR THE 6TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, THE 1987-88-89 GRADUATES OF MAQUOKETA HIGH WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE 12TH ANNUAL JACK MARLOWE ALUMNI TOURNAMENT LAST SATURDAY AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM. THE BASKETBALL TEAM BEAT THE 2007 GRADS, 75 TO 61. TEAM MEMBERS OF THE WINNING TEAM WERE: NICK WILLEY, DAVID LINDGREN,
CHRIST STREETS, BILL McALEER, DAVID McLAUGHLIN, CHAD SPECHT, JOHN COSTELLO, CRAIG
MUHLHAUSEN AND BOB GAVIN.

TOMORROW (FRIDAY) NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST INDEPENDENCE AND THE MCHS GIRLS
PLAY AT INDENENCENCE.

THIS MONTH, LAHEY FUNERAL HOME AND McDONALDS ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN MAQUOKETA.

THE NEW JUMERS $150 MILLION DOLLAR CASINO AND HOTEL OPENED THIS WEEK AT ROCK ISLAND, ON I-280. THE WORD IS....IT IS FABULOUS, AS CLOSE TO LAS VEGAS AS YOU CAN GET. IT REPLACES THE CASINO ON THE MISSISSIPPI AT ROCK ISLAND.
THE SECOND LAND-BASED CASINO TO OPEN THIS YEAR. CLINTON'S OPENED ON HIGHWAY 30, WEST OF CLINTON, REPLACING THE MISSISSIPPI BELLE ON THE RIVER. DUBUQUE'S NEW LAND CASINO OPENS NEXT WEEK ON LAND IN THE HARBOR, A SHORT DISTANCE FROM WHERE THE
CASINO BOAT WILL CLOSE. IT FEATURES A 30-LANE BOWLING FACILITY.
AND OF COURSE, WINNING MONEY AT ALL THESE CASINOS IS LIKING TAKING CANDY FROM A BABY.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM "LIVE" AT..... http://12.217.165.44:8000/KMAQ-FM.m3u ...
KEY-IN THIS ADDRESS.....WAIT A FEW SECONDS....AND THEN ENJOY KMAQ-FM.

TAKE CARE. YES..CHRISTMAS IS 3 WEEKS FROM TODAY.

DENNIS VOY

ABOUT 3 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY IN MAQUOKETA. IT STARTED EARLIER THAN PREDICTED, ABOUT MID-MORNING AND ENDED MID-AFTERNOON. DOWN TO AROUND 9 TONIGHT AND TOMORROW COLD AND TOMORROW NIGHT, EVEN COLDER THAN TONIGHT. REAL LATE-FALL WINTER WEATHER.
AHH...THE FOUR SEASON.

THOUGH IT WAS A MILD SNOWSTORM, SCHOOL KIDS WERE LET OUT EARLY AND WE HAVE HAD OODLES OF CANCELATIONS OF EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT.

BOTH THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS WON THEIR GAME LAST NIGHT.

CHECK THE NEW PHOTO BELOW AND HAVE A NICE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

WE ARE WORKING ON STILL ANOTHER WEB CAM AND STREAMING PROGRAM. BOTH COMING SOON.

DENNIS VOY

SHOWN HERE IS HELEN KAY KEENEY OF 307 NORTH PROSPECT STREET IN MAQUOKETA.
SHE IS THE WINNER OF OUR NOVEMBER FREE 50TH ANNIVERSARY RADIO.
SHE HAS BEEN A LONGTIME GOOD LISTENER OF KMAQ, DATING BACK TO WHEN WE WENT ON THE AIR IN AUGUST OF 1958. WE NOW HAVE ONE MORE RADIO TO GIVE AWAY....FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. THE DRAWING WILL BE ON DECEMBER 31, 2008.

BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA...IN THE UPPER 30'S. BUT, DOWN INTO THE TEENS TONIGHT AND SNOW AGAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

AT THEIR MEETING THIS MORNING, THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEARD A REPORT ON MONDAY NIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE JACKSON COUNTY ZONING BOARDD CONCERNING A PROPOSED EXPANSION OF A BIODIESEL PLANT IN MAQUOKETA TOWNSHIP. OWNER GARY
DREW (HE WAS KEY PERSON IN BUILDING THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA)
IS ASKING FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM AGRICULTURE TO M-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
HE HAS A SMALL PLANT NOW, BUT WANTS TO EXPAND THE OPERATION ON 8 ACRES AT 92ND STREE AND 233RD AVENUE, NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA. THE PLANT WILL BE LOCATED INSIDE THREE BUILDINGS. DREW USES USED RESTAURANT OILS AND METHANOL TO MAKE THE BIODIESEL FUEL.

A CANDIDATES FORUM IS SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT FOR THE 5 PEOPLE SEEKING THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL FIRST WARD SEAT. THE EVENT STARTS AT 7 P.M. AT CITY HALL. THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR FIRST WARD RESIDENTS ONLY WILL BE ON DECEMBER 16TH.

MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO INCIDENTS. PRECISION METAL WORKS ON EAST PLATT REPORTED THAT THEIR POP MACHINE WAS BROKEN INTO. AND THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BUSES WERE UNPLUGGED MONDAY NIGHT LATE.

SAGE ROSENFELS DID A GOOD JOB IN GETTING ANOTHER WIN FOR THE HOUSTON TEXANS LAST NIGHT.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

TWO INCHES OF SNOW SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN MAQUOKETA.
TODAY, COLD AND NO MORE SNOW. TOMORROW, IN THE MID 30'S WITH NO SNOW AND
WEDNESDAY, COLDER AND MORE SNOW. TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEK
WEATHERWISE.

A BUNCH OF ACCIDENTS IN THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, BUT
NO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY HALL AT 7 P.M.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN. SORRY THERE IS LITTLE TO REPORT OF INTEREST.

DENNIS VOY