YESTERDAY, NEARLY 2/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN EARLY IN DAY AND THEN SUNNY SKIES. TODAY, SUNNY AND 74. BUT, SOME RAIN IS COMING.
YESTERDAY, KMAQ TRAVEL TOOK A BUSLOAD TO MILWAUKEE AND WE SAW THE BREWERS DEFEAT THE CARDINALS IN 12 INNINGS, 9 TO 8. HAD SOME GREAT PEOPLE ON THE BUS (QUITE A FEW KIDS TOO) AND HAD A GOOD TIME. MILLER PARK HAD THE ROOF CLOSED, BUT COULD HAVE BEEN OPEN. BEAUTIFUL PARK.
"SWINGIN WITH THE CARDS" (TAKE OFF ON THE POPULAR TV DANCING SHOW)
WILL BE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AT 6:30 P.M.
MONEY RAISED WILL BE FOR THE FUND TO OPEN THE OLD OUTDOOR POOL THIS SUMMER. THAT GOAL IS $25,000 AND OVER $20,000 HAS BEEN RAISED SO FAR.
HIGH SCHOOL DANCE TEAM MEMBERS TEAM UP WITH WELL KNOWN MAQUOKETANS AND THE EIGHT COUPLES WILL PERFORM UNIQUE DANCE ROUTINES. THE COUPLES ARE: HOSPITAL C.E.O CURT COLEMAN AND TAYLOR FOWLER....STATE FARM INSURANCE AGENT JEFF FERGUSON AND ELLEN FULLER....JACKSON COUNTY DRIVER'S LICENSE OFFICE MANAGER BRUCE RUCHOTZKE AND KAITLYN MCCUTCHEON....CHIROPRACTOR BRENT PAULS AND COURTNEY MOORE....FAREWAY STORE MANAGER MIKE KOLL AND MAKENZIE MOORE....OHNWARD KARAOKE MUSIC SHOW PRODUCER AND HOST JIM GERARDY AND CHELSEA SAGERS....CITY COUNCILMAN JASON HUTE AND LIBBY THOLA AND ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY CHRIS RAKER AND CASSIE COOK. THERE WILL BE A CAKE AUCTION TOO. TICKETS AT THE DOOR, $6.00. THERE WILL BE FOUR JUDGES AND AN AUDIENCE FAVORITE.
A MAQUOKETA TEENAGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AS A RESULT OF A HIT AND RUN ACCIDNET IN MAQUOKETA AROUND 8:20 YESTERDAY MORNING. TYLER RONEK, AGE 14, OF 305 NORTH ELIZA WAS WALKING SOUTH ON ELIZA AND A COUPLE OF STEPS ONTO PLATT WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY AN UNKNOWN WEST BOUND AUTO.
THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
IN BUSINESS NEWS: KERRY SCHEPERS AND PAUL MILLER HAVE FORMED A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP CALLED THE MAQUOKETA FINANCIAL GROUP. THEY HAVE MOVED THEIR OFFICES TO A NEW LOCATION AT 805 WEST PLATT STREET, FORMERLY THE HOME OF FAMILY PHARMACY. PAUL MILLER'S OFFICE WAS ON SOUTH MAIN STREET, IN THE BUILDING THAT FOR MANY YEARS WAS AN A & W RESTAURANT.
AND KERRY SCHEPER'S OFFICE MOVED FROM A DOWNTOWN LOCATION, JUST NORTH OF THE $ DOLLAR STORE. SCHEPERS BOUGHT THE BUILDING LAST OCTOBER AND REMODELED IT. MILLER HAS OPERATED HIS INSURANCE BUSINESS FOR 27 YEARS AND SCHEPERS HAS 11 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. THE NEW COMPANY REPRESENTS SEVERAL COMPANIES. DEAN SCHAUF, A MORTGAGE SPECIALIST, MOVED HIS BUSINESS INTO THE BUILDING ALSO AND HIS OFFICE IS CALLED GREAT MIDWEST MORTGAGE. CLYDE HARPER CONTINUES HIS FINANCIAL INVESTMENT BUSINESS WITH EDWARD JONES ON THE WEST END OF THE BUILDING.
HELEN MOREHEAD, AGE 95, DIED MONDAY AND HER OBITURARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
SANDY COLLISTER WAS THE BINGO WINNER ON KMAQ TODAY. SHE HAS A BROTHER
LIVING SOMEWHERE IN IOWA, NAMED RON EVANS.
GAS IN MAQUOKETA IS AROUND $3.35 A GALLON.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
