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