NO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. WE DID NOT GET THE SNOW FORECAST LAST NIGHT FOR OVER NIGHT AND TODAY. IN FACT, WE GOT NONE. IT ALL WENT NORTH OF US, THANK GOODNESS.
IT WAS CLOUDY AND COLD TODAY, WITH A HIGH ONLY IN LOW 30'S.
THE WEEKEND FORECAST CALLS FOR NO RAIN OR SNOW, BUT CLOUDY AND COOL
FOR EASTER SUNDAY.

THE MAJOR STORY TODAY, CONCERNS THE GOOD NEW INDUSTRY ANNOUNCED FOR MAQUOKETA TODAY. IT SHOULD BE A BIG BOOST TO OUR COMMUNITY, HIT
WITH THE BIG FIRE IN JANUARY.

SEE THE PHOTO I TOOK THIS AFTERNOON (CLICK ON IT TO MAKE IT LARGER) AND THEN I HOPE YOU WILL READ THE STORY UNDER IT. THANKS TO ALL IN MAQUOKETA THAT WORKED IN HELPING TO GET THIS BIG INDUSTRY TO
OUR TOWN. IT WILL BE NICE TO SEE THAT CORNER OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK SPRUCED UP AND BUSY AGAIN. FOR MORE ABOUT THE, YOU MAY WISH TO GO TO THEIR WEB SITE.

KMAQ TRAVEL HAS A BUS GOING TO BRANSON AGAIN JUNE 10-13 AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION, EMAIL ME.
WE WILL SEE A BRAND NEW SHOW, IN A BIG NEW THEATRE. THE SHOW "NOAH - THE MUSICAL" IS IN A THEATRE WITH A 100 FOOT WRAP-AROUND STAGE AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE SITTING RIGHT INSIDE THE LARGE FLOATING NOAH'S ARK, SURROUNDED BY HUNDREDS OF LIVE AND ANIMATRONIC ANIMALS OF EVERY COLOR, SHAPE AND SIZE. THE SHOW OPENS IN JUNE AND IT IS REALLY BEING TALKED ABOUT IN BRANSON. WE WILL SEE 5 OTHER MUSIC SHOWS, AND THE DICK CLARK "57 HEAVEN" MUSEUM AND THE TITANTIC MUSEUM. WILL BE A GREAT TRIP!

WE ALSO HAVE A BUS GOING TO FOUR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAMES.....APRIL 22ND TO MILWAUKEE TO SEE
THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS PLAY THE BREWERS....JUNE 19TH, TO ST. LOUIS TO SEE
THE CARDS PLAY THE ROYALS....JULY 20TH, TO ST. LOUIS TO SEE THE CARDINALS TAKE ON SAN DIEGO....AND JULY 31ST, TO MILWAUKEE FOR A CUBS-BREWERS GAME.
ALL ARE AFTERNOON GAMES AND AGAIN, EMAIL ME IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GOING ALONG AND WANT INFORMATION.

HAVE A HAPPY EASTER.

DON'T FORGET TO CHECK PHOTO AND STORY BELOW.

AND CHECK THE GUEST BOOK. READ WHERE FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT
CAROLYN GUERDET AND FAMILY, LIVING OUT EAST, HAVE HAD OVER 120 INCHES OF SNOW THIS WINTER.

DENNIS VOY

THIS EMPTY BUILDING, KNOWN AS THE S & H BUILDING IN MAQUOKETA'S INDUSTRIAL PARK, WILL COME TO LIFE SOON AS THE HOME OF A NEW INDUSTRY FOR MAQUOKETA. LAST YEAR, IT WAS GIVEN TO JACKSON COUNTY BY THE OWNER AND THE COUNTY IS SELLING IT TO A WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN FIRM. HUSCO
INTERNATIONAL, A GLOBAL FIRM BASED IN WAUKESHA, ANNOUNCED TODAY AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY HALL THAT THEY WILL EXPAND
THEIR OPERATION IN THE TIMBER CITY INDUSTRAIL PARK, IN THE VACANT ABOVE 55,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. THEY SPECIALIZE IN BUILDING HYDRAULIC AND ELECTRO HYDRAULIC CONTROLS, FOR MANY CUSTOMERS WORLD WIDE AND JOHN DEERE IS ONE OF THEIR MAJOR CUSTOMERS. THEY WILL COMPLETELY RE-DO
THE INTERIOR AND IN ABOUT 3 YEARS, ADD AN ADDITION TO IT. THEY HOPE TO
BE IN OPERATION THIS FALL WITH A START UP WORKFORCE OF AROUND 70 PEOPLE
AND IN ABOUT 36 MONTHS, EXPECT TO BE UP TO BETWEEN 200 AND 250 EMPLOYEES. MOST WILL BE HIRED LOCALLY, AS THEY PLAN TO BRING IN ONLY A FEW PEOPLE FROM OTHER PLANTS. ALL INDACATIONS ARE THAT THIS WILL
BE A VERY GOOD INDUSTRY FOR MAQUOKETA AND WILL BE PAYING GOOD WAGES.
GETTING THEM TO LOCATE HERE WAS A J OINT EFFORT BY THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA AND JACKSON COUNTY. HUSCO IS A PRIVATELY HELD CORPORATION AND THE MAQUOKETA PLANT (THEY ALSO HAVE ONE IN WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN
IN ADDITION TO WAUKESHA AND TWO OR THREE FOREIGN PLANTS) WILL HOUSE NEW PRODUCT LINES BEING INTRODUCED BY THE COMPANY IN 2008. THEIR CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SAID HUSCO DECIDED TO LOCATE IN MAQUOKETA BECAUSE THEY WERE CONVINCED WORKER SKILLS AND TECHNICAL
TRAINING CAPABILITIES ARE SUPERIOR TO THOSE OF OTHER LOCATIONS THEY REVIEWED. A BIG ECONOMIC BOOST FOR MAQUOKETA TODAY. I WILL PROBABLY HAVE MORE INFORMATION NEXT WEEK ABOUT THE NEW INDUSTRY.
HAPPY EASTER.
DENNIS VOY