A RAINY DAY. COLD. IN UPPER 40'S.
WILL BE WET NIGHT FOR FANS AT GOODENOW FIELD, WHERE THE CARDINALS HOPE TO WIN AND GO TO THE PLAYOFFS.
SUNDAY, A HIGH IN THE 40'S. AND IT WILL BE TRICK OR TREAT DAY IN MAQUOKETA.
SOUNDS LIKE OCTOBER 31ST WILL BE A PRETTY GOOD DAY, BUT MAQUOKETA
KIDS WON'T BE TRICK OR TREATING. TOO BAD. BUT, FROM WHAT I HEAR, NEXT YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT.
THE NEW KMAQ WEB CAM IS ON A LOT NOW....SHOWING THE DECKER HOTEL ACROSS THE STREET. AND SHOWING CARS GO BY AND OCCASSIONALLY SOMEONE WALKING.
AND WHENEVER THE WEB CAM IS WORKING, YOU CAN ALSO HEAR KMAQ-FM
"LIVE". JUST GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE...www.kmaq.com...AND CLICK ON THE
"LIVE" BUTTON IN THE LEFT CORNER. HEAR THE GAME TONIGHT!
THE JACKSON COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION HAS UPHELD THE FIRING OF JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY KEVIN SCOTT. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, IT WAS A UNANIMOUS DECISION BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, BOB HEAD, CLAY ROMER AND HAROLD MILLER. SCOTT HAS 30 DAYS TO APPEAL TO THE JACKSON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT. HE WAS FIRED BY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN ON SEPTEMBER 10TH.
BREITBACH'S COUNTRY DINING BURNED TO THE GROUND EARLY THIS MORNING.
THE ORIGINAL HISTORIC (IOWA'S OLDEST RESTAURANT, BUILT IN 1853) BALLTOWN RESTAURANT (A KMAQ ADVERTISER) BURNED TO THE GROUND LAST CHRISTMAS EVE AND THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDING OPENED IN JUNE. THEY WERE DOING GREAT BUSINESS. I HEARD THEY SERVED OVER 3,000 DINNERS THIS PAST SUNDAY. IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT STARTED THE FIRE. WE WERE UP THERE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND IT WAS A GREAT (BIG) PLACE, AND GREAT FOOD TOO.
NOW, WILL CINDY AND MIKE BREITBACH RE-BUILD AGAIN? I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.
TWO MORE DEER ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY....VICKY FELDERMAN HIT ONE AND SO
DID TRACI LOTT.
THE JACKSON COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY FROM 8:30 UNTIL 1:30 SO EMPLOYEES CAN ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF TREASURER AL TEBBE'S FATHER. RETIRED FARMER AL TEBBE ,SR. WAS 92. IT WAS MENTIONED IN HIS OBITUARY THAT HE OFTEN ENJOYED A STIFF DRINK. DID THOSE HELP HIM TO LIVE TO BE 92? THERE ARE STUDIES TO BACK THAT NOTION.
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA HAS THEIR BIG ANNUAL
CHURCH DINNER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS THIS SUNDAY, LATE MORNING TO EARLY
AFTERNOON. EVERYONE IS INVITED. AND TOMORROW, AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL, FROM 8 A.M. UNTIL NOON, FREE WINTER CLOTHING WILL BE GIVEN
FREE TO THOSE IN NEED.
TRICIA MILLER, MCHS CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER, WILL BE GOING TO STATE IN NOVEMBER FOR THE 4TH YEAR IN A ROW. HER PARENTS ARE ADAM AND
KAREN MILLER OF RURAL MAQUOKETA. TRICIA IS HOME-SCHOOLED AND A SENIOR. CONGRATULATIONS TRICIA! ALSO GOING TO STATE, ANNE BRUNO OF
ANDREW HIGH SCHOOL, FOR THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW. HER PROUD DAD, ROBERT, IS KMAQ-FM'S ANNOUNCER. ANNE IS A JUNIOR. CONGRATULATIONS ANNE!
I'LL HAVE THE FOOTBALL SCORE FOR YOU TOMORROW, RIGHT HERE.
SO, COME BACK TOMORROW. STAY DRY. STAY WARM.
YOU FOLKS DOWN SOUTH.....SORRY THAT YOU AGAIN ARE MISSING THE SEASONS.
CHECK OUT THE NEW KMAQ WEB CAM WITH "LIVE" KMAQ-FM RADIO! AT
www.kmaq.com BUT, DON'T GET MAD IF IT IS NOT THERE ALL THE TIME,
OR NOT THERE WHEN YOU WANT TO LISTEN FOR SOMETHING. WE
DON'T PLAN TO HAVE IT ON ALL THE TIME.
DENNIS VOY
