HOPE YOU HAD A NICE CHRISTMAS.
I SURE DID.
RAINED CHRISTMAS EVE.
SNOW CHRISTMAS DAY.
THEN, THERE WAS MORE SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND.
TODAY, SUNNY AND NEAR 30, BUT DOWN BELOW ZERO TONIGHT.

BIRTH:   MARK AND DEVON TYLER OF CEDAR RAPIDS HAD A GIRL WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT ST. LUKE'S IN CEDAR RAPIDS.    MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE BRUCE AND SHERI RUCHOTZKE OF MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA'S JOBLESS RATE IN NOVEMBER WAS 7.9 PERCENT, UP FROM 7.2 IN OCTOBER.    IOWA IS AT 6.7.

IOWA'S POPULATION HAS GROWN TO MORE THAN 3-MILLION.    IOWA RANKS
30TH IN NATION.    NUMBER 1 IS CALIFORNIA WITH 37-MILLION.

TWO AREA TEENAGERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH AN EARLY
MORNING INCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA.     SHORTLY AFTER 5 THIS MORNING, MAQUOKETA POLICE RESPONDED TO A BURGLAR ALARM AT FLAP JACK FAMILY RESTAURANT.     WHILE CHECKING THE BUILDING, OFFICERS FOUND 2 MALES
ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THEY THEN RAN.    OFFICERS GAVE CHASE ON FOOT AND APPREHENDED THE PAIR NEAR BANOWETZ ANTIQUES UP THE HILL AND ACROSS
THE STREET.    CHARGED, BRUCE BOLLINGER, AGE 18, OF RURAL MAQUOKETA AND DAMIEN SCHULZE, AGE 19, OF MAQUOKETA....BOTH CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION AND BOTH TAKEN TO JAIL.   BOTH APPEARED IN COURT THIS MORNING AND WERE FINED $147.75.    FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE TWO ENTERED FLAPJACK'S THRU A DOWNSTAIRS WINDOW THAT WAS BROKEN OUT AND POLICE NOTICED A FLAT  TV HAS BEEN PARTIALLY REMOVED FROM ITS BRACKET.
SO, POLICE THEN ADDITIONALLY CHARGED THE TWO WITH BURGLARY IN THE 3RD DEGREE AND POSSESSION OF BURGLAR TOOLS.       SHULZE IS BEING HELD IN JAIL UNDER $9,750 CASH BOND AND BOLLINGER WAS RELEASED ON HIS OWN
RECOGNIZANCE PENDING FURTHER COURT ACTION.

IOWA OPENS UP THE BIG TEN BASKETBALL SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT,
HOSTING PURDUE.

IOWA STATE PLAYS IN THEIR BOWL GAME THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 5 P.M.
IOWA PLAYS IN THE ORANGE BOWL JANUARY 5TH.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

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LIGHT RAIN MOST OF TODAY, BUT BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURE WAS A LITTLE
ABOVE FREEZING, ROADS  WERE OK FOR THE MOST PART.
MORE OF THE SAME TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.     RAIN TOMORROW.
SNOW AND SLEET CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY.     NOT A GOOD
FORECAST FOR TRAVELERS.    TWELVE TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN NORTHWEST
IOWA.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS SAY THEY ARE NOT HAPPY (NOR AM I)
WITH GOV. CHET CULVER'S SUGGESTION THAT ROAD USE TAX MONEY BE USED TO FUND THE HIGHWAY PATROL.

THE USE OF NURSE PRACTIONERS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS IN THE E R
AT OUR HOSPITAL IS WORKING WELL, ACCORDING TO CEO CURT  COLEMAN.
TEN OF THE 20 SHIFTS ARE COVERED BY THOSE AND MORE WILL BE COVERED AFTER JANUARY 15TH.
ALSO AT THE HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, COLEMAN REPORTED
THAT FIVE PATIENTS ARE IN THE  DIALYSIS UNIT AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA
KIDNEY CENTER, NOT RUN BY THE HOSPITAL.     THE HOSPITAL RENTS THE SPACE.
MORE HOSPITAL NEWS:   IN FEBRUARY, A UROLOGY CLINIC IS PLANNED BY SANJEEV GUPTA, EMPLOYED BY FINELEY  HOSPITAL IN DUBQUE.AND A PARTNER OF LONG TIME UROLOGIST JIM VOELKER.      IN MAQUOKETA, THE PLAN IS TO HAVE A CLINIC
ONE DAY A MONTH.

A BIRTH:    PAUL AND KATHERINE EVERDING OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, ARE PARENTS
OF A GIRL, BORN TUESDAY IN FREEPORT.     GRANDPARENTS ARE BOB AND
MARILYN EVERDING OF MAQUOKETA.

WE HAVE NO OBITUARIES IN THE NEWS LOCALLY.    HOPE IT STAYS THAT
WAY FOR CHRISTMAS.

STARTING TO GET NICE CHRISTMAS MESSAGES ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK.
CLICK-ON TO IT AND TAKE A LOOK AND CHECK BACK AGAIN TOMORROW
AND FRIDAY.

LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON THEIR GAME OVER DEWITT HERE ON THE LOCAL FLOOR.     BUT, IN THE FIRST GAME, THE CARDINAL GIRLS LOST TO
THE SABERS.   N ICE TURNOUT OF FANS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

AN INCH OF SNOW YESTERDAY.
3 INCHES LAST NIGHT.
SCHOOL STARTED 2 HOURS LATE THIS MORNING.
SLEET IN THE FORECAST THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
AND SNOW CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY.       THE FORECAST IS A LITTLE
BETTER THAN YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME.

MAQUOKETA HOSTS DEWITT IN GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TONIGHT.
IT IS "PACK THE GYM" NIGHT.     LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL BROADCAST BOTH
GAMES ON KMAQ-FM, STARTING AT 5:50 P.M.

SHORT REPORT...SORRY.

DENNIS VOY

AN INCH OF SNOW YESTERDAY.
CLOUDY TODAY AND A HIGH OF 24.
A WINTER STORM WATCH...NOT WARNING... FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON, CHRISTMAS DAY.
TONIGHT, MAYBE  A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW.
TOMORROW, LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING AND FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.
MORE OF THE SAME TUESDAY NIGHT.
WEDNESDAY, SNOW AND SLEET....LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.
THURSDAY, WINDY, AND SNOW OR SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN.   HIGH IN LOWER 30'S.
CHRISTMAS EVE, WINDY  AND 80 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW.
CHRISTMAS DAY....SNOW LIKELY AND HIGH IN THE UPPER 70'S.
NOT A GOOD FORECAST FOR THIS CHRISTMAS WEEK....BUT COULD BE WORSE.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT AT 7 AT CITY HALL.
HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING AT 4:30 TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT CITY HALL.

DON'T FORGET THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK TO SEND CHRISTMAS GREETINGS  TO
FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND CHRISTMAS MEMORIES ON THE GUEST BOOK ARE NICE TOO.  

CHECK THE TWO PHOTOS BELOW THAT I TOOK SATURDAY NIGHT.

AND MAKE PLANS NOW TO ATTEND CHURCH CHRISTMAS EVE!
FOR KMAQ-LAND, WE WILL BROADCAST "LIVE AND DIRECT FROM THE CHURCH"...
THE 7 P.M. CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE FROM THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
IN MAQUOKETA.       7 P.M. ON KMAQ-FM...95.1.

"IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR"!

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DR. JOHN BROMAN,  A LONGTIME UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AT A GEORGIA
UNIVERSITY....... A 1965 MCHS GRADUATE AND SON OF DR. BROMAN OF
MAQUOKETA, WAS THE GUEST CONDUCTOR FOR THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
FREE CONCERT SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON
EAST PLATT STREET.      HE DIRECTED THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER
SINGERS...,.MANY COMMUNITY SINGERS......AND SEVERAL MUSICIANS FROM CEDAR RAPIDS.    IT WAS A NICE NIGHT.    BEAUTIFUL MUSIC.    A GOOD TURNOUT.
FREE REFRESHMENTS AFTER AND A MAQUOKETA NIGHT TO REMEMBER.
MORE ABOUT THE EVENT UNDER THE PHOTO BELOW.      THE OHNWARD CENTER HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF GREAT ENTERTAINMENT TO THE COMMUNITY IN ITS FIRST FIIVE YEARS.    MAQUOKETA IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE IT.     CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.  
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THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER CELEBRATED THE SEASON ....AND THE FIFTH

ANNIVERSARY OF THE CENTER...SATURDAY NIGHT AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE

CENTER'S KOPEL THEATRE,THAT SEATS NEARLY 850.     ANN PITCHER HAWKS BEGAN THE EVENING ENTERTAINMENT SINGING "THE BIRTHDAY OF THE KING",

WITH SUSAN DADISMAN AT HER GUITAR.   OPENING REMARKS WERE BY GARY DREW, WHO WAS 'THEE' MAIN PERSON IN THE BUILDING OF THE AUDITORIUM AND BY

PAMELA CRAWFORD, WHO WAS THE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR OF SATURDAY NIGHT'S EVENT.  LINDA CURRENT STEWART AWARDED LIFETIME TICKETS TO THE

TWO MOST OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS THE PAST FIVE YEARS AT THE CENTER....

DEAN SCHMIDT AND NANCY TOUTSCH.         NEXT, THE PROFESSIONAL MUSIC

FOR THE EVENING, PRESENTED BY THE "FIVE SEASONS CHAMBER MUSIC

FESTIVAL" OF CEDAR RAPIDS.....TWO VIOLINS, A VIOLA, DOUBLE BASS AND

PIANO.   IN THE PHOTO ABOVE,  RICHARD HALL, THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER GREETING EVERYONE.     HE IS A DUBUQUE NATIVE AND WORKED AT THE GRAND THEATRE FOR 12 YEARS, WAS ALSO A

DUBUQUE RADIO ANNOUNCER AND THE PAST TWO YEARS WAS MANAGER OF

TIMBER LAKE PLAYHOUSE AT MT. CARROLL, ILLINIOIS.

DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY TODAY.   THE HIGH WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20'S.
SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF SNOW CHRISTMAS EVE.

NO SNOW AND SUNNY CHRISTMAS DAY WITH HIGH IN THE 20'S.

MITCH CARL HIT A DEER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON  HIGHWAY 151.
THIS PAST WEEK, A 16-YEAR OLD BOY IN ILLINOIS SWERVED TO MISS
A DEER, LOST CONTROL AND HIS CAR STARTED ON FIRE AND HE DIED.
EXPERTS URGE MOTORISTS NOT TO SWERVE....JUST HIT THE DEER.


LAST NIGHT, HERE IN MAQUOKETA, THE CARDINAL GIRLS BEAT
WESTERN DUBUQUE 42 TO 38.    KELSEY BOLLMAN HAD 12 POINTS FOR MAQUOKETA.

AT EPWORTH, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LAST NIGHT LOST TO WESTERN
DUBUQUE, 61 TO 50.     TYLER RUTENBECK HAD 19 POINTS AND COLIN
NICKESON, 15.     MAQUOKETA IS NOW 4 AND 2 OVERALL AND 4 AND 1
IN THE LEAGUE.

IF YOU HAVE TIME...DECK SOME MORE HALLS THIS WEEKEND.

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WARMER TODAY...GOOD.

MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT DEFEATED MOUNT VERNON 40 TO 29 IN A WRESTLING
DOUBLE-DUAL HERE IN MAQUOKETA.     THEN THEY LOST TO WESTERN
DUBUQUE 39 TO 28.   ALSO LAST NIGHT, WESTERN DUBUQUE DEFEATED MOUNT VERNON, 53 TO 16.

NO NEWS REPORT TODAY.  

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MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 29 TODAY.
MAY GET A LITTLE SNOW TOMORROW.

THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR 2010 IS 7 MONTHS AWAY.   TODAY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE BIG SHOW FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THIS YEAR WILL FEATURE
A ROCK BAND POPULAR SINCE THE '80'S...."38 SPECIAL"    AND THIS YEAR,THERE WILL BE NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR THE GRANDSTAND SHOW.    ALSO THIS
YEAR, ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AFTER THE PARADE, FAMOUS COMEDIAN AND MAGICIAN WILL ENTERTAIN.       BEFORE THE FAIR,  THE BOARD IS PLANNING TO
UPGRADE SOME REST ROOMS TO MAKE THEM  HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE, BUY A NEW
HIGHWAY SIGN AND UPGRADE THE BEER SHACK AT THE EAST END OF THE GRANDSTAND.

HAPPY 95TH BIRTHDAY TODAY TO JOHN JONES, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA,
NOW LIVING IN PELLA WHERE HIS  DAUGHTER LIVES.   HE LIVES IN A CARE FACILITY.  HIS SON IS JACK JONES, MANAGER OF MY THEATRES SINCE 1975.   STILL SHARP AS EVER AND ENJOYS EMAILING FRIENDS.     WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES
AND THEN BECAME A GOOD LUTHERAN INSURANCE AGENT.    COME TO THINK ABOUT IT...I DON'T KNOW A BAD LUTHERAN.

 DOUBLE DUEL WRESTLING MEET IN MAQUOKETA TONIGHT.   I'LL  HAVE RESULTS
TOMORROW.  

GO AHEAD...ROCK AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE TONIGHT IF YOU WANT TO.

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IT DID NOT GET DOWN TO 10 BELOW LAST NIGHT.....JUST 2 BELOW.
WARMER WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK..

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT ANAMOSA LAST NIGHT HERE AND
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THERE.

THE NEW KANSAS CITY STARS ABA PRO BASKETBALL TEAM IS 3 AND 0
AND PLAY THE TEXAS MAVERICKS TONIGHT.    MAQUOKETA'S ADAM
HEPKER HAS BEEN PLAYING QUITE A BIT.

MAYOR-ELECT JASON HUTE SAID HE CONSIDERED A REQUEST FROM
THE MAQUOKETA MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION TO HAVE A PRAYER AT
THE BEGINNING OF MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS NEXT YEAR.
HE SAID HE SENT EMAILS TO CURRENT AND FUTURE COUNCIL
MEMBERS  AND SAID HE HAD RECEIVED NO SUPPORT FOR THE
PROPOSAL.   SO, HE TOLD THE MINISTERIAL GROUP THEY  WILL NOT HAVE
THE PRAYER BEFORE THE MEETING.

A CAR-DEER ACCIDENT.     ARLAN FLAGEL HIT A DEER AT 6:30 THIS
MORNING ON THE CAVES ROAD.   NO INJURIES.

NICK MEYER DID NOT HAVE AN ATV ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND WHILE
OPERATING IT ON THE ROADS.     HE WAS UNLOADING IT FROM A TRAILER
AND IT SLIPPED AND HE INJURED HIS FINGERS AND HAND.

JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS...

JINGLE ALL THE WAY...

THE BIG DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA FIRE CLEANUP

HAS BEEN PUT OFF ANOTHER DAY.

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IT IS COLD!

TEN BELOW TONIGHT!

EAT YOUR HEART OUT SOUTHERNERS.
WE WILL BE BACK IN THE TWENTIES THURSDAY THRU THE WEEKEND.


MAQUOKETA HOSTS ANAMOSA TONIGHT IN BOY'S BASKETBALL AND THE
GIRLS ARE THERE.

THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAD THEIR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS MEETING TODAY AT THE COMFORT INN.     MUSIC BY HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS MEMBERS.   GOOD FOOD CATERED BY THE DECKER HOTEL AND NICE PRIZES.    BOB
OSTERHAUS WON THE TOP DOOR PRIZE...$100 CHAMBER BUCKS.

JACKSON COUNTY HAS A NEW ZONING ADMINISTRATOR.....BEN KOBER.
GRADUATED FROM WARTBURG COLLEGE IN 2007 AND THEN GOT HIS
MASTER'S DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.     HE STARTS MONDAY.
HE WAS ONE OF 21 APPLICANTS.    SINGLE AND WILL BE LIVING IN MAQUOKETA WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER JOANN HENEKE.    HE STARTS AT $42,500 A YEAR.
HE REPLACES DAVID MANNING, WHO IS RETIRING.

SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE NFO MARKETING OFFICE AND STOLE A FAX MACHINE.

A BIRTH.   A BOY TO LAYNIE BUEHL OF MAQUOKETA, BORN SATURDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.   GRANDPARENTS ARE CLARENCE AND CECILIA BUEHL OF
MAQUOKETA.

BEFORE I LEAVE.....PASS ME THAT SWEATER WILL YOU?

DENNIS VOY

IT WAS FOGGY THIS MORNING...AND WET FROM LIGHT DRIZZLE.    REST OF TODAY,
CLOUDY.    JUST OVER 32 DEGEES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.    COLD WEATHER
COMING TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.    

MAQUOKETA NATIVE LARRY ZIRKELBACH, WHO LEFT HIS POSITION AS
PARK RANGER AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK THIS PAST SUMMER,
IS NOW A RANGER IN ARIZONA, IN THE PRESCOTT VALLEY.     LIKES IT DOWN THERE.
GOT AN EMAIL FROM HIM SAYING TEMPS IN ARIZONA HAVE BEEN LOWER THAN NORMAL, BUT STILL NOT BAD, ESPECIALLY AFTER READING  ABOUT MAQUOKETA WEATHER ON THIS DAILY REPORT.    SAID THEY EVEN GOT AN INCH OF SNOW LAST
WEEK, BUT IT DIDN'T LAST LONG.     LARRY,  GLAD TO HEAR YOU HAVE JOINED THE GROUP THAT READS THIS REPORT REGULARLY.    ANYONE WANTING  LARRY'S EMAIL
ADDRESS, LET ME KNOW.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER:    KJ'S CONVENIENCE REPORTED A $57.33 GASOLENE
DRIVE-OFF WITHOUT PAYING SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
DAVE NEUMAN REPORTED HIS FRONT FIRE FIGHTER PLATES WERE STOLEN
SATURDAY EVENING.
WHITNEY MEDINGER REPORTED HITTING A DEER LAST NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 52.
AN ATV ROLLOVER WAS REPORTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN PETER'S BOTTOM ON 345TH AVENUE AND NICK MEYER OF MAQUOKETA RECEIVED AN INJURY IN THAT
ACCIDENT.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT 5 TOMORROW AFTERNOON
TO DISCUSS THE FIRE MESS DOWNTOWN.    THEY WILL SET A PUBLIC HEARING
FOR THE PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND FORM OF CONTRACT FOR THE FIRE CLEANUP PROJECT.

MAQUOKETA TOOK SECOND PLACE BEHIND MONTICELLO IN THE ZIMMERMAN
WRESTLING TOURNAMENT FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MCHS GYM.     CHAMPIONS
FOR MAQUOKETA WERE SHILO SNYDER, TIM O'CONNELL, THOMAS MAYBERRY,
AND JOSH HOLTZ.       NEXT ACTION THIS THURSDAY NIGHT, HERE.   A DOUBLE-DUAL
AGAINST MOUNT VERNON AND WESTERN DUBUQUE.

IN GIRL'S BASKETBALL FRIDAY NIGHT, MAQUOKETA LOST TO WEST DELAWARE, AT MANCHESTER.    THE CARDINAL GIRLS ARE NOW 3 AND  2 OVERALL AND 2 AND 2
IN THE LEAGUE AND PLAY AT ANAMOSA TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE CARDINAL BOYS BEAT WEST DELAWARE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
ARE NOW 3 AND 1 OVERALL AND 3 AND 0 IN THE WAMAC.    COLIN NICKESON
HAD 15 POINTS AND TYLER RUTENBECK 14.    THE CARDINAL BOYS HOST
ANAMOSA TOMORROW NIGHT.

THE CHARLES MORRIS ART EXHIBIT IS RUNNING NOW THROUGH JANUARY AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER DREW ART GALLERY IN MAQUOKETA.
MORRIS IS THE HUSBAND OF MAQUOKETA ARTIST ROSE FRANTZEN.
ADMISSION TO THE GALLERY IS FREE.   THE GALLERY IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 1 P.M.    THERE WILL BE A CLOSING RECEPTION IN HIS HONOR FROM 4 UNTIL 7 P.M. ON JANUARY 30TH.
ALSO FREE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, THE OHNWARD 5TH ANNIVERSARY HOLIDAY
CONCERT STARTING AT 7:30.

THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS HAVE MADE THE FINAL PAYMENT
FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL WEIGHT ROOM EQUIPMENT.     NOW, THEY HAVE A NEW PROJECT.   THE ORGANIZATION HAS VOTED TO DONATE NEW BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL SCOREBOARDS  TO THE TWO DIAMONGS NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THE OLD ARE BOTH IN BAD CONDITON.    THE GET THE PROJECT STARTED, ALLIANT ENERGY FOUNDATION AWARDED THE BOOSTERS A $500 GRANT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

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THIS IS A NICELY DECORATED HOME

AT 310 WEST PLATT STREET, ACROSS

FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER.

THE DAVID LINHART HOME.

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SUNNY AND 17 TODAY.
IN 20'S TOMORROW AND 30'S SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

THE ZIMMERMAN WRESTLING TOURNAMENT IS TONIGHT AT THE MCHS GYM.
FORMER WRESTLING COACH JEFF TAMPIR WILL BE HONORED TONIGHT ALSO.

NO NEWS REPORT TODAY.

BUT, CHECK THE PHOTOS AND STORIES BELOW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

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THE ANNUAL JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOUP SUPPER AND
HOLIDAY BASKET AUCTION WAS HELD LAST NIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM
OF THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM, HELD TWO NIGHTS LATE BECAUSE
OF THE WEATHER.    COLD NIGHT, BUT A GOOD CROWD TO ENJOY SOUP AND
DESSERTS.     WHILE DINING, CHRISTMAS CAROLS BY THE ABOVE TRIO.
AT THE KEYBOARD, JUDY GANZER OF MAQUOKETA.    THE VOCALISTS, JIM VORLAND
OF PRESTON AND CAROLYN BRADIKAMP O F MAQUOKETA.     CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.     MORE PHOTOS BELOW.    IT WAS A FUN NIGHT AND NANCY AND
I WERE GLAD TO BE THERE AGAIN.    THANKS TO ALL WHO WORKED TO PUT IT ON AGAIN THIS SEASON.
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THANKS TO AUCTIONEER STEVE MOREHEAD OF MAQUOKETA FOR AGAIN
SELLING THE BASKETS.    TO THE LEFT IS JIM VORLAND, PRESTON SCHOOL
TEACHER AND ON THE RIGHT IS CHARLES LANE.    CHARLES AND LINDA LANE  OF SPRAGUEVILLE WERE IN CHARGE OF THE EVENT AND DID A GREAT JOB.   THANKS ALSO TO THEM.
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BONNIE MITCHELL, LOOKING HAPPY AT THE END OF LAST NIGHT'S SOUP SUPPER
AND BASKET AUCTION.   SHE IS THE CURATOR OF THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.     THE TOP AUCTION ITEM WAS THE DRIFTWOOD MANGER MADE BY JEAN BUCHNER OF MAQUOKETA.   WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO TAKE THIS
PHOTO, JEAN HAD ALREADY LEFT FOR HOME.     THE MANGER BROUGHT $100 AND WAS PURCHASED BY VIVIAN RIVER.  SHE HAD SOMEONE PRESENT BID ON IT FOR HER AND THAT IS WHY SHE ALSO IS NOT IN THIS PHOTO.    SHE GOT A BARGAIN.   JEAN HAS MADE MANY OF THESE FOR THE AUCTION OVER THE YEARS, AND THIS YEAR, IT WAS PROBABLY HER BEST.    IT TAKES LOTS OF HOURS TO MAKE ONE.   IT IS BEAUTIFUL.    I BOUGHT ONE AT THE AUCTION ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO AND GET LOTS OF NICE COMMENTS.   THANK YOU JEAN.   HOPE YOU CAN
MAKE ANOTHER ONE NEXT YEAR.    I'M SURE VIVIAN AND ROSS WILL ALSO
TREASURE IT EVERY CHRISTMAS.       BONNIE SAYS THE SOUP SUPPER BROUGHT IN $873.00 WHICH WAS AHEAD OF LAST YEAR.    THE BASKET AUCTION NETTED
$1,456.50 AND A LITTLE BELOW LAST YEAR.      THE PROFIT FROM THE SUPPER WILL BE PUT TOWARD A TRACTOR WITH A MOWING DECK AND FRONT-MOUNTED SNOW BLOWER.    THE MONEY FROM THE AUCTION WILL GO TO THE GENERAL OPERATING
FUND.     SAYS BONNIE...."A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL WHO DONATED, ATTENDED,  AND HELPED IN ANY WAY TO MAKE  THE EVENT ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS".
DENNIS VOY  

5 BELOW LAST NIGHT.
5 ABOVE TODAY.
4 BELOW TONIGHT.
20 ABOVE TOMORROW.

NO SCHOOL TODAY.

LOTS OF ACCIDENTS IN THE AREA YESTERDAY FROM THE 8 INCHES OF SNOW.

VADA DRURY, AGE 97, DIED YESTERDAY IN MORRISON, ILLINOIS.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, SUSAN GREEN OF MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.  SORRY FOR THE SHORT REPORT.

DENNIS VOY.

WOW...WHAT A STORM.    NOT QUITE AS MUCH SNOW AS PREDICTED...BUT AS
OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON, 8 INCHES.    IT WAS  HEAVY, WET SNOW.
THEN IT GOT COLD THIS AFTERNOON AND THE SNOW IS BLOWING.    THE
ROADS IN COUNTRY ARE BAD.     STREETS IN TOWN PRETTY GOOD.    NOW..
COLD WEATHER FOR REST OF WEEK....LIKE BELOW ZERO TONIGHT.
NO SCHOOL TODAY AND LOTS OF CLOSINGS AND CANCELLATIONS.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL DANCE TEAMS BROUGHT HOME TWO TROPHIES
FROM THE IOWA STATE DRILL TEAM ASSOCIATION'S 2010 TEAM CONTEST, HELD
EARLIER THIS MONTH  IN DES MOINES.    THEY TOOK A FIRST IN THE THEIR CLASS
POM ROUTINE.   AND SECOND PLACE IN THEIR  CLASS HIP HOP.
CONGRATULATIONS TO:     JASON SCHUSTER...ISAAC KINRADE... ELLEN FULLER...
MACKIE MOORE...KATLYN SCOTT...TAYLOR FOWLER...ADDI VAN BUER...
CASSIE COOK....CHELSEA SAGERS...ALYSSA DUHME...CARLY WARD...LAURA OSTERHAUS...ASHLEY TRENTZ...CATHERINE VAZQUEZ....LOUIS KEITEL...JERRY
GERARDY...,KYLE KUNDE...TYLER ZARUBA....BILLY ROWAN...AUSTIN FADALE...DYLAN SCANLON...MATT KEITEL...EVAN COLLISTER...BRADY WHITNEY......
HALEY TRACY...JESSICA KLOFT...AND "SIX".    KATIE BUCHTER IS THE COACH.

HELEN AND LEROY STAMPE OF 1405 SWAGOS DRIVE IN MAQUOKETA WILL
CELEBRATE THEIR 70TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW.  LEROY FARMED IN THE WELTON AREA AND WAS A SEED SALESMAN AND HELEN WORKED
AT SKEFFINGTON'S JACK AND JILL.   THEY HAVE 3 CHILDREN, 4 GRANDCHILDREN
AND 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.    HAPPY 70TH TO HELEN AND LEROY!

ONE OF THE 4 PEOPLE THAT STARTED THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA IN 1950, DIED NOVEMBER 17TH IN NORTH CAROLINA.     BETTY FRANKLIN, AGE 87, DIED FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.    A VISITATION IS PLANNED FOR MAY NEXT YEAR AT CARSON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA WITH A GRAVESIDE SERVICE AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY IN MAQUOKETA.   BETTY  AND
HER HUSBAND DICK OWNED THE FARM LAND WHERE THE DRIVE-IN WAS
BUILDT.    THE COUPLE ALSO HAD AS PARTNERS IN THE VENTURE, MR. AND
MRS. WALT ALLEN.    I BELIEVE THE FOUR RAN THE OUTDOOR THEATRE FOR
ABOUT 10 YEARS.    WALT ALLEN WAS A THEATREMAN IN THE 40'S, AND LATER
ALSO OWNED THEATRES IN THE QUAD CITIES.     DICK FRANKLIN I THINK IS THE
ONLY ONE OF THE 4 NOW LIVING, IN THE DES MOINES AREA.     HE AND
BETTY WERE DIVORCED MANY YEARS AGO.     THEY HAD 4 CHILDREN.
THREE DAUGHTERS ARE SURVIVORS:  BARBARA IN ILLINOIS, CATHY IN
MISSOURI AND PAM IN NORTH CAROLINA.   BETTY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON, ROBERT.     BETTY RETIRED AS OWNER-OPERATOR OF IOWA CONCRETE PRODUCTS IN MAQUOKETA.    SHE LIVED IN MAQUOKETA UNTIL 2000. 

LORI  WAUGH, AGE 46, OF MAQUOKETA WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT MONDAY MORNING ON HIGHWAY 61 IN CLINTON COUNTY.  SHE LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE ON AN  ICY ROAD.    THE CAR ROLLED AND LANDED ON ITS WHEELS IN A BEAN FIELD.    A PASSENGER, JOANN MILLER, AGE 63, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS TAKEN TO THE DEWITT HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES.  DAMAGES WERE LISTED AT $15,000 TO HER 2005 GMC. 

LOOKS LIKE THE CONTRACT TO CLEAN-UP DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA'S FIRE
MESS WILL BE LET SOMETIME IN JANUARY AND THE CLEAN-UP WORK COULD
TAKE AS MUCH AS TWO WEEKS.   THAT WAS WORD YESTERDAY AT A PUBLIC
MEETING AT CITY HALL.    THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRE IS JANUARY 19TH.

A BIRTH:   DR. LUCAS WENDEL AND DR. AMANDA BISHOP OF IOWA CITY, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN  YESTERDAY AT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS
AND CLINICS.    PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE ROSE AND CHUCK WENDEL
OF MAQUOKETA.

DO FORMER MAQUOKETANS REALLY LIVE IN FLORIDA OR ARIZONA?
WONDER WHY?

HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

DENNIS VOY 

SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW ON GROUND
THIS MORNING.
STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY.
WIND BLOWING.
NO SCHOOL TODAY.
LOTS OF CLOSINGS!
TEMPERATURE DROPPING AND VERY
COLD WEATHER COMING.   BELOW
ZERO TONIGHT.   SEE PHOTOS BELOW.
DENNIS VOY

A  "PRETTY"  SCENE THIS MORNING

ON MY DECK, LOOKING AT BACK YARD

CLICK-ON TO ENLARGE

DENNIS VOY

A "NOT SO PRETTY" SCENE THIS

MORNING LOOKING NORTH AT THE

POST OFFICE.

DENNIS VOY

 

THIS IS THE HOME

JUST EAST OF BOWMAN'S GAS STATION ON S. MAIN.

CLICK-ON IT TO ENLARGE IT....THE ONE THAT

HAD THE H ALLOWEEN DISPLAY ALSO .   

IT IS SNOWING IN MAQUOKETA.
LOOKING FOR 8 OR  MORE INCHES TONIGHT.

SCHOOL LET OUT EARLY TODAY.

MOST EVERYTHING SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
OR POSTPONED...FROM BASKETBALL TO BOWLING TO MANY MEETINGS.

WINTER HAS ARRIVED, BIG TIME.

DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY AND COLD TODAY.     WE GOT A DUSTING OF SNOW OVERNIGHT.
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW (WILL  BE OUR FIRST OF THE SEASON)
IS COMING TOMORROW, TOMORROW NIGHT AND ENDING WEDNESDAY.
THEN, VERY COLD WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.     EVEN SOME
BELOW ZERO WEATHER ONE NIGHT.     SO...THE GROCERY STORES ARE
BUSY AND WE ALREADY HAVE WEATHER-RELATED POSTPONEMENTS
ON-THE-AIR.      ALWAYS, LOTS OF EXCITEMENT WITH THE FIRST BIG STORM
OF THE SEASON.     BUT, WINTER IS STILL TWO WEEKS AWAY.

BELATED 50TH ANNIVERSARY TO NATHALIE AND DAVID SCHEPERS....MARRIED
DECEMBER 6TH, 1959.

THE MAQUOKETA YMCA HAS BEEN AWARDED A GRANT TO BUILD A WIND TURBINE TO SUPPLY ELECTRCITY FOR THE Y.    WORD WAS RECEIVED LAST WEEK FROM THE IOWA OFFICE OF ENERGY INDEPENDENCE THAT THE MAQUOKETA YMCA WAS
AWARDED A GRANT FOR $156,836.      THE MONEY WILL GO TOWARD THE
PURCHASE OF A 250 KW WIND TURBINE.     THE BALANCE OF THE FINANCING
FOR THE PROJECT WILL BE FROM A ZERO-PERCENT LOAN FROM W.P.P.I.
MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY PURCHASES WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY FROM W.P.P.I. IN WISCONSIN.    NO WORD ON WHEN THE TURBINE WILL BE
INSTALLED AND PUT ON-LINE.

FAY MOELLER, WHO JUST RECENTLY TURNED 100, (NOV 15) DIED TODAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA.    UNTIL THIS FALL, HE LIVED IN HIS LONGTIME HOME (SINCE 1949) ON THE CORNER AT 802 EAST PLATT STREET.
MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, HE STARTED HIS OWN DANCE BAND, FAY AND HIS PALS, WHICH LATER WAS RENAMED THE TIMBER CITY COWBOYS AND STILL LATER, THE OKLAHOMA COWBOYS.     HE PLAYED ALL OVER THE MIDWEST WITH THE COWBOYS.    IN THOSE DAYS, HE PLAYED THE STRING BASS AND THE VIOLIN.     RED HENTON OF MAQUOKETA  ALSO PLAYED AWHILE IN HIS BAND.   UP UNTIL THIS SUMMER, HE ENTERTAINED ONCE A MONTH AT CRESTRIDGE ON HIS CLAVINOA.   ONE OF HIS FAVORITE SONGS WAS "WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS".     PRIOR TO RETIRING, HE WORKED FOR THE  POST OFFICE AND WAS A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER FOR OVER 20 YEARS.   HE HAS BEEN A REGULAR LISTENER SINCE KMAQ WENT ON THE AIR IN 1958.  HE WAS 49 THEN.    HE WOULD LISTEN TO KMAQ AND WHEN HE HEARD IN THE MORNING THE BIRTHDAY OF A FRIEND, HE WAS KNOWN TO PICK UP HIS PHONE, CALL THE PERSON AND SING OR GIVE A BIRTHDAY WISH.   HE WAS A FRIEND THAT WILL BE MISSED.  ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING AT THE CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.   PROBABLY TOMORROW, YOU CAN GO TO CARSON'S WEB SITE
FOR MORE ABOUT HIS FAMILY...www.carsonandson.com 

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

KMAQ HAS LEARNED OF THE DEATH OF LONGTIME MAQUOKETA  ATTORNEY
AND MAGISTRATE, CARLIS BATY.    BATY, AGE 64, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL  HOSPITAL AFTER A SHORT BOUT WITH CANCER.    NO FUNERAL SERVICES HAVE
BEEN ANNOUNCED.      HE SERVED IN THE US ARMY FROM 1970-72 AND JOINED THE H.D. KEELEY LAW FIRM IN 1976.      BATY AND KEELEY BECAME BATY, KEELEY AND PAPE IN 1987 WHEN ALAN PAPE JOINED THE FIRM.    THE LAW FIRM LATER
BECAME BATY AND TABOR.   HE WIFE SUSANNE DIED A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
SHE WAS CARDINAL ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLE FOR MANY YEARS.    CORLIS IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS, EMILY AND ERIN.

FORMER MAQUOKETA BANKER,  LYNN "BILL" FULLER. AGE 85,  DIED SATURDAY AT
MERCY IN DUBUQUE.    HE AND HIS FATHER OWNED THE FORMER JACKSON STATE SAVINGS BANK, NEXT TO THE FORMER GREEN MILL,  IN DOWNTOWN MAQUKETA.     AFTER THE BANK WAS SOLD, HE MOVED TO DUBUQUE AND WAS A BANKER THERE FOR MANY YEARS.    HIS FUNERAL WILL BE TUESDAY  NIGHT, DECEMBER 22.  AT 7 P.M. AT THE  DUBUQUE BANK AND TRUST.

DONALD R. HART, AGE 82, DIED TODAY AT THE VETERAN'S HOME IN MARSHALLTOWN.
FOR YEARS, HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA  VFW.     HE WAS A GOOD KMAQ LISTENER AND CAME TO ALL OUR FARM AND HOME SHOWS.   HE LOVED TO DANCE.   THERE IS ANOTHER DONALD HART STILL LIVING IN MAQUOKETA, A FORMER EGG FARMER.      SERVICES FOR DONNIE ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S.

A WELL KNOWN CONCRETE CONTRACTOR, WHITIE MILLER, AGE 52, OWNER OF WHITIE'S CONCRETE IN PRESTON, DIED SUDDENLY OF AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK SATURDAY.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS AND GIRLS  BASKETBALL TEAMS WILL HOST DEWITT TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE NEW MCHS GYM.    GIRLS AT 6 AND BOYS AT 7:30.    BOTH GAMES WILL BE ON KMAQ AM AND FM.     WE WILL TRY TO HAVE OUR "STREAMING" BACK AGAIN BY THEN.
THE BOOSTERS WILL HAVE A CAKE AUCTION ALSO.
IT'S PACK THE GYM NIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT.     THE WEATHER MIGHT
CAUSE PROBLEMS.  

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

OH OH...THIS WAS THE OLD PHOTO FROM HALLOWEEN....I'LL TRY TO FIND THE PHOTO OF THEIR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND PUT IT UP HERE.      
THIS LITTLE HOME IS LOCATED JUST EAST OF  BOWMAN'S GAS STATION.     STILL HAVE NOT FOUND OUT WHO LIVES THERE.      CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS REALLY WENT UP AROUND TOWN THE WEEKEND OF THANKSGIVING AND SO MAQUOKETA
IS AGAIN LOOKING A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS.    I'LL HAVE SOME MORE PHOTOS
THIS MONTH.     AS ALWAYS, CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

WE ARE BACK FROM BRANSON!
HAD A GOOD TIME.   ALL WENT WELL.   ALL 6 SHOWS WERE GREAT.
LITTLE COLD FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IN BRANSON, BUT NO SNOW.
ATE  TOO MUCH....BRANSON IS A BUFFET TOWN.
THANKS TO ALL WHO WENT WITH US.    
WILL BE GOING BACK NEXT NOVEMBER FOR MORE CHRISTMAS SHOWS,
INCLUDING DANIEL O'DONNELL'S.
ALSO, KMAQ TRAVEL WILL BE GOING TO NASHVILLE NEXT DECEMBER.
DETAILS ON 2010 TRIPS COMING UP AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.

IN SPORTS THIS PAST WEEK...

MONDAY NIGHT, DUBUQUE WAHLERT BEAT THE MAQUOKETA BOYS 57 TO 42.
TUESDAY NIGHT, THE BOYS DEFEATED CENTER POINT URBANA, 56 TO 37.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BEAT CENTR POINT, 59 TO 52 IN OVERTIME.
WRESTLING TUESDAY NIGHT, A DOUBLE DUAL.    MAQUOKETA DEFEATED
CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON  47 TO 27 AND
THEN MARION BEAT MAQUOKETA 34 TO 32.
IN BOYS BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, MAQUOKETA 54, INDEPENDENCE 45.
THE INDEPENDENCE GIRLS WON OVER MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT 54 TO 49.

THE WRESTLERS ARE IN A DOUBLE-DUAL AT CASCADE TODAY.
THE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS HOST NORTH SCOTT TONIGHT.'

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11TH, THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING CLUB
WILL HONOR COACH JEFF TAMPIR TO  RECOGNIZE HIS INDUCTION INTO THE IOWA
COACHES AND OFFICIALS WRESTLING ASSOCIATION.
THIS IS THE SAME DAY AS THE DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN WRESTLING TOURNAMENT.
HIS RECOGNITION WILL COME JUST BEFORE THE FINALS.
AND AFTER THE TOURNAMENT, ALL SUPPORTERS ARE WELCOME TO
A GET TOGETHER AT THE DECKER HOTEL PUB.      MR. T COACHED SOME
GREAT MCHS  WRESTLERS AND TEAMS OVER THE YEARS.

SUNNY AND AROUND 32 TODAY...AND TOMORROW.   SNOW COMING TO MAQUOKETA
NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

NICE SUNNY DAY TODAY....
TOMORROW SHOULD BE GOOD BUT TURNING COLDER ON WEDNESDAY.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS OPEN THE SEASON TONIGHT AGAINST DUBUQUE WAHLERT
AT THE MCHS NEW GYM.

TOMORROW NIGHT, CENTER POINT URBANA IS THE COMMON OPPONENT FOR THE
BOYS AND GIRL'S TEAMS AT THE MCHS GYM.

AND THE MCHS WRESTLERS OPEN THE SEASON  TOMORROW NIGHT
AT MARION IN A DOUBLE-DUAL WITH MARION AND CEDAR RAPIDS.

THE NEW ABA PRO TEAM, THE KANSAS CITY STARS OPENED THE SEASON
AT  KANSAS CITY SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A CONVINCING 152 TO 106 WIN
OVER THE ST. LOUSE STUNNERS.    ADAM HEPKER, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA,
PLAYED ABOUT 20 MINUTES IN THE 48-MINUTE GAME.    THEY WILL BE AT HOME AGAIN THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

THE ALUMIN BASKETBALL TURNAMENT SATURDAY WAS A SUCCESS, AS WAS
THE FIRST VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT.     THE 1987 THRU 1989 MEN'S TEAM WON
THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AND THE CLASS OF 2008 WON THE LADIES
VOLLEYBAL TOURNAMENT.

9-YEAR-OLD PARKER SCHUELLER, SON OF PETE SCHUELLER AND WENDY SCHUELLER OF MAQUOKETA, WAS HIT BY A CAR SHORTLY AFTER 8 THIS
MORNING ON WEST SUMMIT STREET AND WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL  HOSPITAL AND THEN AIRLIFTED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY.  HIS CONDITION
IS NOT AVAILABLE.     HE RAN INTO THE STREET AND WAS HIT BY A CAR DRIVEN
BY STACIE WALKER, 18, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP
IN TIME AND HIT THE BOY WITH THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE CAR AND THE BUMPER.
NO CHARGES WERE FILED.

THE KMAQ TRAVEL BUS IS OFF TO  BRANSON EARLY TOMORROW MORNING...
SO MY NEXT REPORT WILL PROBABLY BE THIS SATURDAY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

ONE OF THE BEST CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS IN MAQUOKETA EACH YEAR IS
AT THE DARLENE KIRCHOFF RESIDENCE AT 300 EAST JUDSON STREET.
MORE WAS ADDED TO THE DISPLAY  AGAIN THIS YEAR.    HER HOME IS  ON THE CORNER..... A SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF  GOODENOW FOOTBALL FIELD.
MORE PHOTOS BELOW.    REMEMBER TO CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE
THEM.
DENNIS VOY

EVEN DARLENE'S SECOND GARAGE BEHIND THE HOUSE IS DECORATED....
AROUND THE CORNER ON THE OTHER STREET.
DENNIS VOY

THE FINAL PHOTO OF DARLENE KIRCHOFF'S HOUSE....THIS ONE OF THE
FULL DISPLAY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.     DON'T MISS SEEING IT.
DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

HI OF 46 TODAY...THIS MORNING...AND THEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
MAYBE AN INCH OF SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT..
COLD TOMORROW..
AND MUCH NICER FRIDAY FOR THE SHOPPERS.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM UPSET WILLIAMSBURG
LAST NIGHT, PICKING  UP THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON.
44 TO 37 THE SCORE.    

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN OCTOBER FOR JACKSON COUNTY WAS 7.3...DOWN FROM 7.6 IN SEPTEMBER.  
IOWA'S WAS AT 6.7 PERCENT, UP FROM 6.6 IN SEPTEMBER.

JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN HAS ANNOUNCED THE HIRING
OF A NEW CIVIL SECRETARY.     KIM CLARK OF MAQUOKETA WAS HIRED AND
SHE WILL START DECEMBER 1ST.    SHE REPLACES JUDY SCHNEIDER WHO IS RETIRING AFTER WORKING IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR 19 1/2 YEARS.
THERE WERE 98 APPLICANTS FOR THE JOB.'

KMAQ HAD 9 WINNERS OF A TURKEY IN THE LONGTIME POPULAR "OLD TIME
TURKEY SHOOT" ON KMAQ THE PAST WEEK.    WINNERS WERE:
JOANN JONES, CHARLOTTE....JUDY PATASKA, GREEN ISLAND....ROY WILHELM,
MAQUOKETA....,MADONNA KIRK, BELLEVUE....,SHARON KLOFT, MAQUOKETA....
VELMA WITT, MAQUOKETA......MADONNA GANNON, DELMAR.....SHIRLEY
WINEGAR, MAQUOKETA....AND CONNIE HEIAR, SPRAGUEVILLE.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

DENNIS VOY

A NASTY DAY TODAY.    8/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.

1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY.

LAST NOVEMBER, WE GOT 1 AND 1/2 INCHES ON NOVEMBER 30TH.
THANKSGIVING DAY, LITTLE OR NO SNOW, BUT COLD...HIGH 39 WITH
WINDS TO MAKE IT SEEM COOLER.

FRIDAY, THE BIG SHOPPING DAY, SHOULD BE PRETTY NICE.

THERE WERE 45 APPLICATIONS FOR AN  ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY POSITION AT THE COURT HOUSE,    THE SUPERVISORS ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THEY HAVE
HIRED KARISA BROWN OF RURAL BALDWIN AND SHE STARTS DECEMBER 14TH.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM OPENS THE SEASON TONIGHT,
HOSTING WILLIAMSBURG AT THE NEW GYM, AT 7:30.

THE 13TH ANNUAL  JACK MARLOWE HOLIDAY ALUMNI  TOURNAMENT IS THIS SATURDAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.  IT STARTS AT 12 NOON AND WILL BE ON TWO COURTS.   THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL BE AT 5 P.M.    NEW THIS YEAR, DURING THE SAME TIME, IN THE WEST GYM, A VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT.

MCHS SOPHOMORE BRAD WALLER,  IN THE NFL CHAMPTIONSHIP PUNT, PASS AND KICK EVENT SUNDAY BEFORE THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS GAME, TOOK FIRST PLACE IN THE 14-15 YEAR OLD BOY'S DIVISION.    HIS PARENTS ARE DR. ROGER AND TRACY WALLER.     LIZ GAVIN, DAUGHTER OF BOB AND JENNIFER GAVIN, TOOK THIRD PLACE IN THE 12 AND 13 YEAR OLD DIVISION.

THE ILLINOIS MAN WHO IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A SABULA MAN EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING, TODAY BONDED OUT OF JAIL.       HIS FAMILY PAID THE
$25,000 CASH BOND AT THE COURTHOUSE IN MAQUOKETA.   HE SHOT
WITH A SHOTGUN, SHELDON WOODHURT, AGE 46, OF SABULA, OUTSIDE THE
LUCKY 7 BAR IN SABULA.      MAKING BOND TODAY WAS DAVID ZABRANSKY, AGE 46,
OF THE CHICAGO AREA.    HE WAS HUNTING IN JACKSON COUNTY OVER THE
WEEKEND.     WOODHURST IS A PATIENT AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BEING
TREATED FOR GUNSHOT WOUNDS.  HIS CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.

THE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT WESTGATE DRIVE AND WEST PLATT WERE
SCHEDULED TO BE INSTALLED THIS WEEK.   BUT THE INSTALATION HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK.      THERE WILL BE THREE STOP AND GO SIGNALS
IN THE SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE McDONALD'S CORNER WESTERLY TO
THE OFF RAMP OF 61 ONTO 64.     THEY WILL BE SYNCHRONIZED.

ADAM HEPKER,  OF KANSAS CITY AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, IS A
MEMBER OF THE NEW ABA PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM THAT
BEGINS PLAY THIS FRIDAY IN KC.    FOR MORE ABOUT THE TEAM, GO TO
kcstars.com.    THEY WILL HAVE A 30-GAME SEASON.      ADAM, SON OF
CINDY AND LEIGHTON HEPKER OF MAQUOKETA, IS A TEACHER IN KC AND
WILL CONTINUE TEACHING ALONG WITH BEING A POINT-GUARD FOR THE
NEW TEAM.    HIS WIFE AMY IS ALSO A TEACHER IN KC.     KANSAS CITY IS EXCITED ABOUT HAVING A NEW PRO TEAM FOR THE CITY.     AND, I'M SURE ADAM IS EXCITED ABOUT PLAYING PRO BASKETBALL AGAIN THIS SEASON.    LAST SEASON, HE PLAYED FOR A  PRO TEAM IN GERMANY.    

ELAINE EDWARDS THIS MONTH CELEBRATED HER 40TH YEAR AS AN EMPLOYEE
OF THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

WE WENT TO ''A CHRISTMAS STORY" SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE
ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA, PUT ON BY THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS AND OHNWARD.     WHEN WE ARRIVED, THE CAROLER'S CHOIR WAS SINGING CHRISTMAS CAROLS  OUTSIDE AT THE ENTRANCE.   THEY ALSO SANG TWICE ON STAGE.
THEN IN THE LOBBY, THE FESTIVAL OF TREES.  IT WAS A GREAT PRODUCTION, DIRECTED BY SHARON GOETTLER.      VERY NICE NIGHT TO BEGIN THE CHRISTMAS
SEASON.    AS EXPECTED, JOHN BURROW DID A FANTASTIC JOB AS SCROOGE.     THE CAST NUMBERED OVER 50.    GOOD  ATTENDANCE BOTH  FRIDAY NIGHT AND LAST NIGHT.    THE FINAL PERFORMANCE AT 2 THIS AFTERNOON.    CLICK-ON
THE PHOTOS BELOW TO ENLARGE THEM.     WHAT TALENT WE HAVE IN THE
MAQUOKETA  AREA!
DENNIS VOY

THE WALL OF CHRISTMAS WREATHS AT OHNWARD.     VISIT THE GIFT SHOP
ALSO FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS.
DENNIS VOY

THIS TREE....THE ENERGY TREE....JUDGED BEST OF THE FESTIVAL.
DENNIS VOY

OVER 30 TREES ON DISPLAY NOW UNTIL THANKSGIVING EVE AT THE OHNWARD
CENTER.
DENNIS VOY

AT THE FESTIVAL OF TREES, THERE ARE ALSO ABOUT 15 CHRISTMAS WREATHS
ON DISPLAY SUBMITTED BY VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS OR BUSINESS PLACES.
THIS ONE WAS JUDGED THE TOP WREATH.
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THE IOWA HAWKEYE TREE.    SATURDAY NIGHT, IT HAD THE HIGHEST SILENT
AUCTION BID OF $350.00.     IT GOES TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER AFTER THE
FESTIVAL CLOSES WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 25TH.
DENNIS VOY

THE FINAL PHOTO OF THE MORE THAN 30 CHRISTMAS TREES IN THE FESTIVAL
OF TREES AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON HIGHWAY 64 EAST, MAQUOKETA.
THE DISPLAY IS FREE TO SEE ANY DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY,THE DAY BEFORE
THANKSGIVING.    ALL TREES ARE BEING SOLD AT SILENT AUCTION WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO OHNWARD.    A NICE DISPLAY.   YOU'LL ENJOY IT.
DENNIS VOY

SUNNY AND WARMER TODAY....CLOSE TO 50.    SAME TOMORROW AND
SUNDAY.

MAQUOKETA  HAS BEEN SELECTED  AS THE HOST SITE FOR THE NATIONAL
WOOD CARVER'S ASSOCIATION CONVENTION, JUNE 10-21, 2010.    NO
MORE DETAILS AT THIS TIME.

MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY IS GIVING AWAY ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHT
BULBS IN EXCHANGE FOR CANNED GOODS FOR THE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.
JUST BRING YOUR CAN(S) OF FOOD TO THE MMEU OFFICE INSIDE CITY HALL.

THERE WILL BE SOME MAJOR CLEAN-UP WORK DONE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ON THE MAQUOKETA RIVER IN MAQUOKETA.    PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DAVE POPP
SAID THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) HAS PROVIDED
FUNDING FOR SOME CLEAN-UP.     ALSO, IIW ENGINEERING IS PREPARING PLANS FOR A PROJECT DOWNSTREAM WHICH WILL REBUILD THE BANK.    POPP SAID THAT PROJECT WILL ALSO BE 100 PERCENT PAID BY FEMA.
MANY, MANY YEARS AGO SEVERAL OLD CAR BODIES WERE PUT IN THE RIVER TO
STABALIZE THE RIVER BANK.     AT THE TIME, WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THE
IDEA SAID EVENTUALLY THEY WOULD NOT BE SEEN BECAUSE OF FILL-IN SILK, ETC.
THEY CAN STILL BE SEEN.      POPP TOLD MAYOR MESSERLI  THAT  DURING THE UPCOMING CLEAN-UP, THE CAR BODIES WILL STAY.

MAQUOKETA POLICE RECEIVED A VANDALISM REPORT FROM REBECCA WANZEK AT 802 S. 2ND STREET.     SEEMS THAT LAST NIGHT HER HUSBAND'S CAR
WAS SPRAY PAINTED.

I'M REPEATING A BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT BY REQUEST, TO ADD SOME NAMES.
YOU READ PART OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT EARLIER THIS WEEK.     A GIRL WAS BORN
TO ASHLEY AND JAYSON WIGGINS OF MAQUOKETA.    PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS
ARE MARK AND BRENDA WIGGINS OF MAQUOKETA.     PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDFATHER IS TED WIGGINS OF MAQUOKETA.     MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS
ARE JOHN AND NANCY SUTHERS OF DELMAR.        THE BABY GIRL WAS
BORN AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.    CONGRATULATIONS TO ASHLEY AND
JAYSON!

 HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.


DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY, MID 40'S.

DUB ROMER  IS 90 TODAY.    LONGTIME BUSINESSMAN, OWNER OF THE ROOFING AND SIDING BUSINESS, CONNELL SUPPLY COMPANY, ON PERSHING ROAD IN MAQUOKETA.
LIVES ALONE  AND STILL GETS TO COFFEE WITH HIS PICKUP A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK OR MORE.   BUSINESS IS RUN BY HIS SON, CLAY.    OVER THE YEARS, BEEN
A SUPPORTER OF THE COMMUNITY.   OPTIMIST CLUB MEMBER.   MEMBER OF
MT. HOPE CEMETERY BOARD.    VFW AND LEGION MEMBER.     BACKER OF
MAQUOKETA CARDINAL SPORTS AND A  BIG HAWKEYE FAN.    NOT A BAD GOLFER IN HIS DAY ALSO.    AND...ONE OF THE FIRST ADVERTISERS ON KMAQ SOON AFTER WE WENT ON THE AIR .....AND SPOTS HAVE RUN EVERY WEEK SINCE, FOR 51 YEARS.     A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISH TO FRIEND DUB ROMER.

JOYCE AND TOM BERGGREN OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 60TH
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY.     TOM, A TOOL AND DIE MAKER, WORKED
15 YEARS AT CLINTON ENGINES, CATERPILLAR FOR 21,  AND SEARS MFG.FOR
8.   JOYCE HAD VARIOUS JOBS AND THEY RAISED 4 CHILDREN AND NOW HAVE 11 GRANDCHILDREN.   

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS SAID THIS WEEK THEY HAVE RECEIVED
45 APPLICATIONS FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY POSITION FOR THE COUNTY.
THEY WILL MAKE AN OFFER TO SOMEONE THIS WEEK BUT HAVE NOT RELEASED
THE NAME OF THE PERSON, WHO WILL WORK 35 HOURS A WEEK AT $10.58 AN HOUR.

MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY A MAN BROKE INTO A WOMAN'S HOME AND TOOK
SOME PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS EARLY THIS MORNING.    ANGELA JONES REPORTED AT 4:20 THIS MORNING THAT SHE SAW SOMEONE LEAVING HER
HOME AT 403S. CLARK STREET.    POLICE HAVE A SUSPECT.  THE PRESCRIPTIONS
BELONG TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO LIVES IN THE HOUSE.

HAVE A GOOD FRIDAY.

DENNIS VOY

 

20/100 OF AN INCH OF RAIN SINCE ABOUT THIS TIME YESTERDAY.    NO SUNSHINE TODAY AND HIGH OF ONLY 45.      NO RAIN AND SUNSHINE SHOULD BE THE RULE
THIS FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AND PEACE PIPE PLAYERS WILL PRESENT
CHARLES DICKENS' A CHRISTMAS CAROL THIS FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY.    7:00 P.M. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND 2:00 P.M. SUNDAY.
JOHN BURROW HAS THE LEAD ROLE OF "SCROOGE".     TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY, MSB AND OHNWARD AT $12.   AT THE DOOR, $15.
STUDENTS 18 AND UNDER, $8 AND AT THE DOOR, $10.     SHARON GOETTLER IS THE DIRECTOR.

THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER WILL BE AT NOON
THANKSGIVING DAY AT THE JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
FREE, BUT A FREE WILL OFFERING WILL BE TAKEN.   ANY QUESTIONS, CALL
SHEILA BENTLEY AT 652-4420.      YOU MUST GET A TICKET TO ATTEND AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL CHURCHES AND AT THE SENIOR CENTER ON EAST QUARRY STREET OUT NEAR THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE FAIRGROUNDS.

A GIRL WAS BORN SUNDAY TO ASHLEY AND JAYSON WIGGINS OF MAQUOKETA.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE MARK AND BRENDA WIGGINS OF MAQUOKETA.
BORN AT THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

CHECK PHOTO BELOW AND CLICK ON IT TO ENLARGE IT.

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MAX AND DELORES MITCHELL HAVE THIS "LIGHTED" THANKSGIVING DISPLAY IN
FRONT OF THEIR HOME AT 313 SOUTH JONES, IN MAQUOKETA.    DRIVE BY AND
TAKE A LOOK.
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NASTY DAY TODAY.
WON'T GET NICE UNTIL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
RAINING NOW.

BESSIE EHLINGER IS 90 TOMORROW.    SHE WORKED AT CLINTON ENGINES
IN MAQUOKETA AND AT THE OTTER CREEK STATION.    SHE HAS 11 CHILDREN
AND 22 GRANDCHILDREN.

THE CITY COUNCIL HOPES TO OPEN BIDS FOR THE FIRE DEBRIS REMOVAL
AT THE DECEMBER 21ST MEETING.      NOTE...THE WORD "HOPES".

AND HAPPY TO REPORT THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ARE GOING UP IN
DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA....ON THE TREES....AND EVEN MORE HAPPY TO REPORT
THAT THE LIGHTS ARE MULTI-COLOR, MOSTLY GREEN AND RED.    GREAT!!    I KNOW MANY, MANY LIKE ALL-WHITE.... BUT WE'VE HAD ALL-WHITE FOR YEARS AND YEARS.    IT IS NICE TO SEE A CHANGE.     THANKS TO THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR MAKING THE CHANGE AND THANKS TO MMEU (MAQUOKETA ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER) FOR AGAIN PUTTING THE LIGHTS UP AS A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.    THE LIGHTS ARE PAID-FOR BY DONATIONS AND THE KMAQ
CHECK WILL BE IN THE MAIL.     THE LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS WILL BE POSTED IN
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FRONT WINDOW.     ANYONE CAN DONATE.

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW......AFTER THE CORN IS ALL IN.

OVER 450 HITS FOR YESTERDAY'S DAILY REPORT.    THE NUMBER IS GROWING.
THANK YOU!!

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CLOUDY, WINDY AND COOL TODAY...HIGH MID 40'S.    A LITTLE RAIN IS IN
FORECAST JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY THIS WEEK.

SATURDAY MORNING AROUND 5:30, NO INJURIES IN A 2-VEHICLE ACCIDENT
ON HIGHWAY 61, ... 1.5 MILES NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.     JOAN HUNT, AGE 74 OF
MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF A TWO-WAY
HIGHWAY.      SHE WAS GOING NORTH  IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANE AND HIT
AN ONCOMING VEHICLE DRIVEN BY A DUBUQUE MAN.     ABOUT $2,000 DAMAGE TO EACH CAR.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT AT 7.    SEVERAL THINGS ON THE AGENDA, INCLUDING THE FIRE MESS DOWNTOWN.

JUDY PUTMAN, AGE 60, OF BELLEVUE DIED SATURDAY.     THE FUNERAL SERVICE  WILL BE WEDNESDAY AT 1 P.M. AT THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN BELLEVUE.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE TWO BROTHERS IN MAQUOKETA, DAVID AND KERRY SCOTT.

THE TEST DRIVE A FORD PROMOTION SATURDAY SPONSORED BY FORD AND
BURNETT THEIL FORD, WAS A BIG SUCCESS.    THEY  HAD THE MAXIMUM
TAKE THE TEST DRIVE AND THE RESULT WILL BE $6,000 FOR THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB.

HAPPY 60TH ANNIVERSARY TODAY TO MICHAEL AND EDNA REUTER OF
MAQUOKETA.   THEY ARE PARENTS OF 12.    THEY FARMED UNTIL MOVING TO
MAQUOKETA IN 2000.

FAY MOELLER OF MAQUOKETA CELEBRATED HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY SUNDAY.
RED HENTON SAID HE VISITED FAY YESTERDAY AND HE WAS ENJOYING
HIS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.      HE NOW LIVES AT CRESTRIDGE....LIVED IN HIS HOME UNTIL A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.   LONGTIME MUSICIAN AND KMAQ LISTENER.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

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HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDED THE ANNUAL MEETING LAST NIGHT OF THE
JACKSON COUNTY CATTLEMEN.     A STEAK DINNER, AWARDS, AND
ENTERTAINMENT BY HYPNOTIST JIM WAND OF DUBUQUE, MADE FOR A GOOD NIGHT.
I TOOK MY DIGITAL CAMERA  AND HAVE A FEW PHOTOS FOR YOU.      SHOWN
HERE,  HOLDING  HIS PLAQUE,   LONGTIME MAQUOKETA VETERINARIAN DON YANDA.    DR. YANDA IS NO LONGER PRACTICING, BUT INSTEAD,  A FEW YEARS
AGO STARTED AN AG BUSINESS IN A BUILDING HE BUILDT IN THE
MAQUOKETA INDUSTRIAL PARK.      THE AWARD HE RECEIVED WAS THE
2009 CATTLEMEN'S HALL OF FAME AWARD, AND IT WAS PRESENTED BY
MARK ANDERSON,  A MEMBER OF THE CATTLEMEN'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
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THE JACKSON COUNTY CATTLEMEN HONORED THEISEN'S STORE IN
MAQUOKETA WITH THE 2009 BUSINESS ASSOCIATE AWARD.     IT WAS
PRESENTED BY THE ASSOCIATION VICE-PRESIDENT, CATTLEMAN BEN SHEARER.
ACCEPTING THE AWARD WAS THE MANAGER OF THEISEN'S MAQUOKETA  STORE, ROBIN CLARK OF MAQUOKETA.     THEISEN'S HAVE NEARLY 20 STORES IN IOWA, WITH HEADQUARTERS IN DUBUQUE.
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AT THE BANQUET LAST NIGHT, THE 2009 BEEF BACKER AWARD WENT TO
MARK AND DAWN ZEIMET, OWNERS OF DAWN'S DINER ON EAST PLATT IN
MAQUOKETA, A POPULAR FAMILY RESTAURANT.
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AT THE BEEF BANQUET LAST NIGHT, LONGTIME JACKSON COUNTY BUSINESSMAN
FROM MAQUOKETA, ROSS RIVER, PRESENTED THE TWO 2009 OUTSTANDING
YOUNG FARMER AWARDS TO MOLLY DAVISON AND RYAN KILBURG.    
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THE JACKSON COUNTY CATTLEMEN'S ANNUAL BANQUET WAS HELD LAST
NIGHT AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
THE EMCEE WAS THE CATTLEMEN'S PRESIDENT, JOHN STENDER.    THESE FOUR
YOUNG STUDENTS WILL HELP PROMOTE BEEF DURING THE YEAR AHEAD:
LEFT TO RIGHT:     2010 JUNIOR BEEF AMBASSADOR, JOHN JACOBS....
BEEF PRINCESS, NICOLE GRUHN......BEEF QUEEN,  ERIN MOELLER......AND SENIOR
BEEF AMBASSADOR, NICK KILBURG.    EVERYONE ENJOYED A RIB-EYE STEAK
DINNER BEFORE THE PROGRAM.
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NOT A BAD DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 55.

ON THE STORK REPORT, CHAD AND BILLIE JOHNSON OF ANDREW ARE PARENTS
OF A GIRL BORN LAST FRIDAY AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL.    MATERNAL
GRANDPARENTS ARE BILL AND DEB BOWLING OF MAQUOKETA.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE LEE AND MARLENE JOHNSON OF MAQUOKETA.

DARLENE DAURELLE, AGE 73, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TUESDAY.  THE FUNERAL
SERVICE IS TONIGHT IN CLINTON.   SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS, AND
TWO SONS, INCLUDING TOM DAURELLE OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

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KMAQ

WILL HAVE

SPECIAL

PRE-CHRISTMAS

EVENING AUCTION SHOWS

ALL NEXT WEEK

STARTING AT 5:45 P.M. 

MONDAY, NOV 16TH

GO TO

THE KMAQ AUCTION PAGE

FOR PHOTOS AND DETAILS

WARMER THAN NORMAL WEATHER HAS BEEN THE RULE ALL WEEK AND
WILL CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE MORE DAYS.

SENATOR ROGER STEWART, DEMOCRAT, FROM RURAL PRESTON (HIS FARM
ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF MAQUOKETA) ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT HE WILL
NOT BE SEEKING RE-ELECTION IN 2010.   HE HAS SERVED FROM JANUARY 2003
AND AFTER HIS SECOND FOUR YEAR TERM IS DONE DECEMBER 31, 2010,
HE WILL HAVE SERVED 8 YEARS.      

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN ACCUSED OF TAKING MONEY FROM CASEYS HAS HAD THE CHARGES DISMISSED BECAUSE THE STORE MADE AN ERROR.     ACCORDING
TO COURT DOCUMENTS, NATALIE WESTCOTT, AGE 20, WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT
IN THE 5TH DEGREE.    THE STORE SAID ON NOVEMBER 5TH, SHE TOOK $110
FROM THE SAFE AND REGISTER AND PUT IT IN HER PURSE.     COURT DOCUMENTS
SHOW THE STORE MADE AN ERROR AND WESTCOTT DID NOT TAKE THE
MONEY.   HER CHARGES HAVE BEEN DISMISSED.

TWO MAQUOKETA STUDENTS HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS TEAM
CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE PUNT, PASS AND KICK COMPETITION.     LIZ GAVEN WILL BE IN THE 12 AND 13 YEAR OLD GIRL'S COMPETITION AND BRADLEY WALLER WILL BE IN THE 14 AND 15 YEAR OLD BOY'S DIVISION.  THEY WILL COMPETE NOVEMBER 22ND
WHEN THE VIKINGS PLAY THE SEAHAWKS AT THE MINNEAPOLIS METRODOME.
GAVIN IS A 7TH GRADER AND IS THE DAUGHTER OF BOB AND JENNIFER GAVIN
AND WALLER IS A SOPHOMORE AND THE SON OF DR. ROGER AND TRACY WALLER.

AT THE UNI DOME THIS AFTERNOON, LENNOX DEFEATED PRESTON, 30 TO 8.
PRESTON ENDED THEIR GREAT SEASON WITH A 12 AND 1 RECORD.
LENNOX WILL PLAY AGAIN A WEEK FROM TOMORROW AND ARE THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS IN 8-PLAYER FOOTBALL.

THANKSGIVING IS TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.     BETTER GET THAT TURKEY.

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THE WEATHER IS VERY GOOD FOR HARVESTING THE BEANS AND CORN.
TODAY, THRU THE REST OF THE WEEK, THE WEATHER SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

THE JACKSON COUNTY  HISTORICAL SOCIETY HELD THEIR ANNUAL HERITAGE
DAY EVENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.
THE AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES INCLUDED A PROGRAM AND THE HALL OF
FAME INDUCTION.    THE LATE ED KIRCHOFF OF MAQUOKETA WAS PUT IN THE HALL OF FAME.     HE WAS A LONG TIME BUSINESSMAN WHO DONATED MONEY FOR
MAQUOKETA'S  FIRST PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL, WHICH HE DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF HIS SON WHO WAS KILLED IN WWII.     HE WAS IN THE DAIRY AND ICECREAM
BUSINESS AND ALSO HAD A LOCKER PLANT.
ALSO INDUCTED WAS  HELEN STODDARD, A LONG TIME TEACHER IN
MAQUOKETA.     SHE LEFT LARGE SUMS OF MONEY FOR TO THE HOSPITAL,
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND HER CHURCH.
AND...THE MEAL WAS GREAT.     SURE LIKED MY BLUEBERRY PIE.

A NEW DIRECTOR HAS BEEN NAMED FOR THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER,
ALREADY CELEBRATING ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY.....ON EAST PLATT
MAQUOKETA.    THE 800 SEAT THEATRE WILL BE MANAGED BY RICHARD HALL OF MOUNT CARROLL, ILLINOIS.   HE REPLACES LIZ LECHTENBERG AND STARTED
LAST WEEK.      HALL HAS BEEN DIRECTOR AT TIMBER LAKE PLAYHOUSE IN MT.
CARROLL FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.    PREVIOUSLY, HE WAS IN RADIO SALES
IN DUBUQUE.   ALSO AN ANNOUNCER FOR THE KAT-FM STATION.   HALL SAID MOST OF THE PRODUCTIONS AT OHNWARD HAVE BEEN  SCHEDULED THROUGH MAY.
HALL AND HIS WIFE PLAN TO MOVE TO MAQUOKETA AFTER THEY SELL
THEIR HOME IN MT. CARROLL.

WE HAVE THE PRESTON FOOTBALL GAME AT 1 THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AT 12:45 P.M. FROM THE UNI DOME IN CEDAR FALLS....ON KMAQ AM, FM AND
OUR WEB SITE.

THE JACKSON COUNTY ANNUAL BEEF BANQUET IS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT
AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.     RIBEYE STEAK DINNER.   $15.   TICKETS ON SALE
AT THE DOOR AND ANYONE MAY ATTEND.

THANKS AGAIN FOR CHECKING IN.

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THE JACKSON COUNTY HORSE AND HARNESS ASSOCIATION HAD THEIR ANNUAL
"BY-HAND" CORN PICKING CONTEST YESTERDAY AT THE COUNTY FARM LOCATED
A COUPLE MILES NORTH OF ANDREW.     YEARS AGO THEY WOULD BE BIG EVENTS
IN THE MIDWEST AND THERE ARE STILL SOME BIG CONTESTS  AROUND.    THE
JACKSON COUNTY ONE IS A SMALL-SCALE ONE ON A FEW ACRES.   PIONEER
DEALER MIKE DULANEY GAVE THE SEED CORN THIS SPRING FOR THE PLOT.
THERE WERE FOUR DIVISIONS:    DELBERT JACKSON WON THE SENIOR DIVISION, PICKING 277 POUNDS IN 20 MINUTES.    BOB HANKEMEIER TOOK SECOND AND DAVID SIEVERDING THIRD.     IN THE MEN'S DIVISION, SKOTT GENT, FIRST WITH 360 POUNDS
THE BEST OF THE DAY.   SHAWN GRUHN TOOK SECOND, BRAD SCHECKEL THIRD,
AND JEFF GRUHN FOURTH.    THE WOMEN'S DIVISION WON BY LAURINE GRUHN, PICKING 302 POUNDS.    ANGIE STORIJOHNANN TOOK SECOND.    THE JUNIOR
DIVISION WINNERS LISTED UNDER PHOTO BELOW THIS ONE.    THE EVENT WAS POSTPONED FROM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER.
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER WAS WARM AND PERFECT.     A COUPLE MORE PHOTOS
BELOW.   CLICK-ON EACH PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.   
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HERE IS CALE GENT OF RURAL MONMOUTH, A 7TH GRADER AT MAQUOKETA MIDDLE
SCHOOL, SON OF MR. AND MRS. SCOTT GENT.    HE WAS THE FIRST TO COMPETE
YESTERDAY.   SHAWN GRUHN, OF SABULA,  A STUDENT AT SCOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE, (PARENTS ARE THE EUGENE GRUHN'S) GUIDES THE TEAM OF
HORSES DOWN THE ROWS OF CORN AS FAST AS NEEDED BY THE CORN PICKER.
THE WAGON IS OWNED BY DON SCHECKEL OF RURAL BELLEVUE.   HE HAS 3 OF THE WAGONS AND THEY WERE ALL USED YESTERDAY.    CALE TOOK FIRST PLACE
IN THE JUNIOR DIVISION, PICKING 177 POUNDS OF CORN IN 20 MINUTES.    ALSO IN THAT DIVISION, DYLAN GRUHN TOOK SECOND AND JUSTIN GRUHN, THIRD.

THERE NEEDED TO BE AN OFFICIAL

TIMER FOR THE CORN HUSKING CONTEST

SUNDAY.   HERE'S PAUL THEISEN OF RURAL

BELLEVUE, TO LET CALE GENT KNOW WHEN

HIS 20 MINUTES WERE UP.   THANKS

TO ALL WHO HELPED MAKE THIS YEAR'S

ANNUAL EVENT  ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS.

BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA.

PRESTON WON LAST NIGHT AND WILL PLAY IN THE UNI DOME NEXT THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AT 1 P.M. AND THE GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ.

IN YESTERDAY'S REPORT, I HAD THE OBITUARY FOR FRANKLIN REITER.
I MENTIONED NO LOCAL SURVIVORS.    I RECEIVED A CALL AND THERE
ARE TWO IN MAQUOKETA.    ROSIE REITER IS A SISTER-IN-LAW AND
PATTY JOHNSON A NIECE OF FRANKLIN.     

ENJOY THE WEEKEND WEATHER.

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IN THE 60'S TODAY...GREAT DAY...MORE COMING TOMORROW AND SUNDAY.

BRAD DEERY OF BURLINGTON AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, WILL BE
HONORED AS UNIVERSITY OF IOWA "DAD OF THE YEAR" TOMORROW DURING
IOWA'S GAME AGAINST NORTHWESTERN.    DEERY IS OWNER OF BRAD DEERY
MOTORS IN MAQUOKETA.     HE TOLD THE HAWK EYE NEWSPAPER THAT HE WAS
SHOCKED AND SURPRISED UPON HEARING THE NEWS OF HIS AWARD.   HE SAID
THE UNIVERSITY CALLED HIM AND TOLD HIM THAT HIS DAUGHTER HAD WRITTEN
AN ESSAY FOR "PARENT OF THE YEAR, ON PARENT'S WEEKEND".     HE SAID HE
WAS SELECTED AS DAD OF THE YEAR BASED ON THE WRITTEN STORY BY HIS
DAUGHTER, DOMINIQUE.    DOMINIQUE'S ESSAY LISTED TWO PAGES OF AWARDS
AND ACHIEVEMENTS THAT BRAD HAS RECEIVED.   IT MENTIONED THAT HER
MOTHER, MUGSEY, DIED OF CANCER WHEN SHE AND HER SISTER WERE YOUNG AND HOW HER DAD RAISED THEM.   SHE SAID HE DID A LOT AS A SINGLE PARENT TO
RAISE THE FAMILY.    BRAD DEERY SAID HE WAS TOLD HE WOULD WALK OUT ON THE 50-YARD-LINE AT HALF-TIME SATURDAY AND THEN THEY WILL ANNOUNCE HE IS DAD OF THE YEAR.    THEY WILL PRESENT HIM WITH A PLAQUE AND THEN HE WILL
WATCH THE REST OF THE GAME WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY, SALLY MASON, IN THE PRESS BOX.    BRAD DEERY, AGE 50, HAS CAR DEALERSHIPS
IN BURLINGTON AND PLEASANT HILL, IN ADDITION TO MAQUOKETA.
DOMINIQUE, A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF  IOWA  AND HER YOUNGER SISTER BRIDGETTE BOTH WORK FOR THEIR DAD SELLING CARS DURING THE SUMMER.
DOMINIQUE DEERY SAID HER DAD IS A GREAT BOSS AND IF HE WANTED TO
GO INTO BUSINESS WITH ME SOMEDAY, I'D BE  HONORED.    MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN BRAD DEERY PURCHASED THE FORMER RASMUSSEN MOTOR
SALES IN MAQUOKETA OVER 25 YEARS AGO.    AGAIN, HE WILL RECEIVE THE HONOR
OF IOWA DAD OF THE YEAR DURING THE  HALF-TIME OF TOMORROW'S IOWA-
NORTHWESTERN GAME IN IOWA CITY.

THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA CREWS BEGAN THE ANNUAL LEAF PICKUP TODAY.
A BIG JOB.
AND, CITY CREWS THIS WEEK ARE FINISHING UP THE PAINTING OF PARKING CONTROL STRIPES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.    MAIN AND PLATT ALWAYS LOOK SO
MUCH NICER WHEN  THE STRIPES ARE REPAINTED.   I THINK THEY SHOULD DO
THIS ABOUT 3 TIMES A YEAR.

FRANKLIN "BOO" REITER, AGE 81, OF HENNING, MINNESOTA, DIED TUESDAY AT A HOSPITAL IN WADENA.  HE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA, THE SON OF CARLYLE
AND HARRIET (MITCHELL) REITER AND HE GRDUATED FROM MAQUOKETA
HIGH SCHOOL.   HE SERVED DURING WORLD WAR 2 IN THE U.S. NAVY.
THEY OWNED A COFFEE SHOP AND DAIRY BAR IN HENNING AND RETIRED IN
199O.      HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, RUBY, AND EIGHT CHILDREN.     NO SURVIVORS IN THE MAQUOKETA AREA.

MAQUOKETA  ARTIST ROSE FRANTZEN'S PROJECT, "PORTRAIT OF MAQUOKETA"
WAS UNVEILED LAST NIGHT AT THE SMITHSONIAN  NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.     MANY MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND THEY WERE JOINED BY CONGRESSMAN BRUCE BRALEY FOR THE SPECIAL
EVENT.   BRALEY CALLED ON KMAQ'S "JUST TALK" SHOW THIS MORNING
AND REPORTED THAT IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT FOR MAQUOKETA AND
IOWA.    GO TO THE SMITHSONIAN WEB SITE AND LOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE FRANTZEN ARTWORK THAT WILL BE ON DISPLAY THERE UNTIL
NEXT SUMMER.   OVER A MILLION WASHINGTON D.C. VISITORS VISIT THE
SMITHSONIAN MUSEUMS EACH YEAR.

BIG FOOTBALL GAME TONIGHT FOR PRESTON.   HOPEFULLY, THEY WILL WIN AGAIN
AND PLAY IN THE  UNI DOME NEXT WEEK.   HEAR THE GAME TONIGHT ON KMAQ AND THIS WEB SITE ALSO.    GO TROJANS!!

AND TOMORROW, GO HAWKEYES AND GO CYCLONES!!!

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

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SUNNY AND NICE TODAY....MID 50'S.     WEEKEND WILL BE IN THE 60'S.
FARMERS ARE ESPECIALLY HAPPY ABOUT THE WEATHER.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE DECIDED TO LEASE
THE COUNTY'S 328 ACRE FARM...FOR A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD INSTEAD OF
3 YEARS AS IN THE PAST.     NOVEMBER 30TH IS THE DEADLINE FOR INTERESTED FARMERS TO SUBMIT BIDS TO THE BOARD.

AT A RECENT "GREAT PLACES AWARDS CEREMONY", GEN. CHARLES MITCHELL
OF MAQUOKETA RECEIVED A VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR HIS WORK IN THE RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC JACKSON COUNTY INSANE ASYLUM NORTH
OF ANDREW.   

PENNY EVANS OF MAQUOKETA STRUCK A DEER AROUND 11 LAST NIGHT WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 61 SOUTH OF OTTER CREEK.     HER CAR SUSTAINED FRONT END DAMAGE AND HAD TO BE TOWED.   NO INJURIES.

BRYAN DONATSCH TOLD MAQUOKETA POLICE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THAT SOMEONE HAD SHOT  A B.B. GUM AT ONE OF HIS WINDOWS SOMETIME BETWEEN TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

PHIL ROEDER, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, AND GOVERNOR CHET CULVER'S DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR COMMUNICATIONS, IS TAKING A NEW ASSIGNMENT.   HE WILL BECOME A MEMBER OF THE STATE  EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S LEADERSHIP TEAM, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 10TH.    ROEDER, A FORMER MEMBER AND PRESIDENT OF THE DES MOINES SCHOOL BOARD, WILL FOCUS ON A VARIETY OF POLICY AND COMMUNICATION ISSUES.      PHIL'S FATHER, THE LATE DON ROEDER, WAS A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA DENTIST AND  HIS MOTHER STILL
LIVES HERE IN MAQUOKETA.

THREE BIRTHS:
ANDREA RICH AND TERRY DORAN OF MAQUOKETA  ARE THE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN OCTOBER 26TH, BORN AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL.
CASANDRA HOLDGRAFER AND JOSEPH DIRKS OF MAQUOKETA ARE THE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN OCTOBER 30TH, ALSO BORN HERE AT THE JACKSON COUNTY
REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER.
FARAH AND SHAD ROBERTS ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN MONDAY IN
STUTTGARD, GERMANY.     MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE ROSE AND
CHUCK WENDEL OF MAQUOKETA.   PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE  GEORGANN
ROBERTS OF ZWINGLE AND TOM YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA.

THE FIRST HOLIDAY MOVIE STARTS NATIONWIDE TOMORROW AND ALSO
AT THE VOY THEATRES.    DISNEY'S "A CHRISTMAS CAROL", STARRING JIM CAREY AND RATED PG.

THEY ARE MAKING WINE OUT OF PUMPKINS HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY.
ANYONE EVER HAVE SOME?

MORE BUSINESS NEWS, THEY HAVE STARTED AN ADDITION TO THE NEW CASEY'S
GENERAL STORE CONVENIENCE STORE (FORMERLY DICK'S EXPRESS) NEXT TO
THE FAREWAY STORE.      HAVE NOT HEARD WHAT THE EXTRA SPACE WILL BE USED FOR.

LEE GREENWOOD HAS A NEW CD FOR CHRISTMAS.    GOT IT LAST WEEK.
TITLE:  "HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS".    I PLAYED
CUT 10 THIS MORNING, "WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS".....MY FIRST CHRISTMAS
CAROL ON KMAQ THIS SEASON...AND IT WAS A GOOD VERSION OF THE SONG  AND QUITE APPROPRIATE FOR THE FIRST SELECTION.   WITH THE PROBLEMS IN
AMERICA, WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS.       TIPTON STARTED OFF THE
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SEASON WITH A SPECIAL EVENT LAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND DEWITT WILL START THE SEASON THIS SUNDAY WITH THEIR ANNUAL
"CHRISTMAS EXPO" AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE DOWNTOWN PARK.
KMAQ WILL AGAIN HAVE A TABLE.     IT WILL BE FROM 11 A.M. UNTIL 2 P.M.

YES INDEED...SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN.

HO HO HO.

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NO REPORT TODAY

MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW MAYOR WHO WILL TAKE OFFICE JANUARY 1ST.

JASON HUTE, A CITY COUNCILMAN, 442 VOTES
MAYOR TOM MESSERLI, 398 VOTES
PAUL HAHLE, 309 VOTES
JIM SEWARD, 61 VOTES

NEW MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL:
AMY MOORE WHO DEFEATED MELODIE SCHUELLER, 226 TO 65
ERIC PAPE, WHO DEFEATED BRUCE DROESSLER 181 TO 68
DON SCHWENKER WHO RAN UNOPPOSED
AND TODD MANG WHO RAN UNOPPOSED

1215 TOTAL VOTES CAST, JUST 26% OF THE ELIGIBLE VOTERS WENT TO THE
POLLS AND VOTED TODAY.

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SUNNY AND COOL TODAY.

THE BIG JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HERITAGE DINNER AND
HALL OF FAME CEREMONY WILL BE THIS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH AT THE
PEARSON CENTER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA,, FROM 2:30 UNTIL
7 P.M.     AT 2:30, A NATIVE AMERICAN ROCK ART SHOW FROM NORTHEAST
IOWA.   AT  3:30, THE HALL OF FAME CEREMONY.
AT 4 P.M., THE DINNER BEGINS, BY THE CORNER STOP IN SPRAGUEVILLE
AND AT 7 P.M. THE RESULTS OF THE SILENT AUCTION.  TICKETS ARE THE
DOOR FOR THE DINNER, $10
EVERYONE IS INVITED.   THERE IS ALWAYS A BIG TURN-OUT.   HOPE TO SEE
YOU THERE.

RICK GARIEN, LIFELONG MAQUOKETA RESIDENT,  WAS STRICKEN WITH AN UNKNOWN ILLNESS THIS AUGUST AND WAS IN THE HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY
AND ROCHESTER.   HE WAS LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF GARIEN PLUMBING.
TO HELP WITH EXPENSES, THERE WILL BE A BENEFIT THIS SATURDAY.
SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT AND BOWLING TOURNAMENT AT TIMBER LANES,
AND DINNER AT THE EAGLES CLUB FROM 4  UNTIL 7.   

AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED
PAVING WASHINGTON STREET BY THE HIGH SCHOOL.    THE COUNCIL WAS
INFORMED THAT THE PROJECT WAS NOT A MAINTENANCE PROJECT AS THEY HAD BELIEVED, BUT INSTEAD, A NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND THEREFORE REQUIRED AN ENGINEERING SERVICE, AT A COST OF  NEARLY $9,000.   THE  $67,000 PROJECT WILL NOW NOT BE DONE UNTIL NEXT SPRING.

CLIFFORD COOK, AGE 43,  OF MAQUOKETA WAS IN A ONE-CAR ACCIDENT AT 9 THIS MORNING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EAST QUARRY AND ANDERSON STREETS.
HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS PICKUP AND STRUCK  AN ELECTRIC POLE.     DAMAGE TO HIS CHEVY S-10 WAS $1,500 AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL
FOR TREATMENT OF INJURIES.    HE WAS ALONG IN HIS VEHICLE.

THE JACKSON SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AWARDS BANQUET
IS NOVEMBER 17TH AT 6 P.M. AT CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM.     TICKETS ARE
$11 AND ANYONE THAT BELIEVES IN THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVATION
IS URGED TO ATTEND AND CONGRATULATE THE AWARD WINNERS. 
RESERVE A TICKET OR TWO BY CALLING 652-2337.   FOR THE PROGRAM, A TOUR OF THE BUILDING WILL BE GIVEN AFTER A TALK BY JACKSON COUNTY AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN, DONALD WENTWORTH.

PRESTON WON LAST NIGHT AND PLAYS AT MAYNARD FRIDAY NIGHT.
PRESTON BEAT THEM BY 1 POINT EARLIER THIS SEASON, IN PRESTON.
WE WILL HAVE THE GAME ON KMAQ FRIDAY NIGHT, LIVE FROM MAYNARD,
NEAR OELWEIN.

HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

HEAR ELECTION COVERAGE STARTING AT 8 TONIGHT ON KMAQ'S HOME PAGE.
I WILL ALSO HAVE THE WINNERS HERE TONIGHT AROUND 9 OR SHORTLY AFTER.'

DENNIS VOY

WE HAD A QUICK SHOWER AT 3 A.M. THIS MORNING....5/100 OF AN INCH.
TODAY, SUNNY ALL DAY WITH A HIGH OF 54.     THE WEATHER SHOULD
STAY THE SAME FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.    FARMERS WERE OUT IN
FULL FORCE THIS AFTERNOON HARVESTING BEANS AND CORN.

PRESTON FOOTBALL TONIGHT ON KMAQ AT 6:45.   ALSO HERE ON THE
KMAQ WEB SITE.   LEIGHTON HEPKER AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE AND
MARK HILLIBRAND AT THE COLOR MIKE.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

ELECTION DAY TOMORROW.    POLLS OPEN AT 7 A.M. AND CLOSE AT 8 P.M.
WE HAVE SOME RACES HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
FOR MAYOR:    MAYOR TOM MESSERLI  IS BEING OPPOSED BY CITY COUNCILMAN
JASON HUTE....BUSINESSMAN PAUL HAHLE.....AND COUNSELOR JIM SEWARD.
FIOR COUNCIL:    DON SCHWENKER IS UNOPPOSED FOR AT-LARGE SEAT.
TODD MANG IS UNOPPOSED FOR SECOND WARD.
BRUCE DROESSLER AND ERIC PAPE ARE RUNNING FOR THE THIRD WARD SEAT.
AMY MOORE AND MELODIE SCHUELLER ARE VYING FOR THE FOURTH WARD
SEAT.     HOLDOVER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE:  NEIL MOREHEAD, ED TURNEY,
AND MARGO SHOUSE.       THE WINNER OF THE PAPE-DROESSLER RACE WILL
TAKE OFFICE IMMEDIATELY AND THE OTHER WINNERS WILL TAKE OFFICE
JANUARY 1ST.
VOTE TOMORROW.
TUNE IN KMAQ AM OR FM TOMORROW EVENING AT 8 FOR ELECTION RETURNS.
LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL BE AT THE COURTHOUSE FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY
RETURNS.    SHERI MELVOLD IS ON VACATION.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN ALSO LISTEN TO THE RETURNS ON YOUR COMPUTER OR LAP TOP...WWW.KMAQ.COM

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.  

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

IT RAINED MOST OF THE DAY AGAIN...AROUND 3/4 INCH.

NURSE PRACTIONERS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS WILL MAN THE JACKSON
COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER EMERGENCY ROOM DURING THE DAY,
FROM 6 A.M. UNTIL 6 P.M., BEGINNING NEXT YEAR.    THAT DECISION WAS MADE THIS WEEK BY THE HOSPITAL BOARD.

BILL AND AUDREY UPMEYER OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 60TH
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY NOVEMBER 5TH.

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER BIG GUN SHOW AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA
THIS FRI-SUN.

PRESTON WON THEIR FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAME LAST NIGHT, 77 TO 0 AND
WILL PLAY AGAIN THIS COMING MONDAY NIGHT.       THE TROJANS WERE THE ONLY KMAQ-AREA TEAM TO WIN IN THE PLAYOFFS LAST NIGHT.     WELL...SHOULD MENTION THAT CLINTON ALSO WON AND ARE NOW 10 AND 0.   WE WILL BE BROADCASTING
THE PRESTON GAME MONDAY NIGHT.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

NO NEWS TONIGHT.

THE BIG GAME IS TONIGHT.

LISTEN AT WWW.KMAQ.COM

STARTING AT 6:45.

ALSO, I WILL HAVE A  HALF-TIME SCORE ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK
SHORTLY AFTER 8 TONIGHT.

AND SOMETIME AFTER 9 TONIGHT, I WILL HAVE THE FINAL SCORE
ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK.... WHICH IS AT WWW.KMAQ.COM

GO CARDINALS.

A BUSLOAD OF 56 LEFT FROM THE  HIGH SCHOOL AT 4 THIS AFTERNOON FOR
THE 2 HOUR DRIVE TO DECORAH.

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY.

RAIN TOMORROW, BUT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD FOR THE HARVEST THIS
FRIDAY THRU NEXT MONDAY OR LONGER.

DENNIS VOY

AFTER RAIN YESTERDAY, SUNNY AND NICE TODAY....IN MID 50'S.
TOMORROW SHOULD ALSO BE NICE.
THE WEATHER SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD FOR THE 7 P.M. GAME
TOMORROW AT DECORAH.        GAME TICKETS ARE $6 AND THERE IS A
BUS GOING TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT $20 PER PERSON.
THOSE WHO CAN'T MAKE IT UP TO THE GAME  CAN LISTEN TO LEIGHTON
HEPKER ON KMAQ-FM-95 OR HERE IT ON THE INTERNET ON KMAQ'S HOME PAGE.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS SORTED THROUGH 45 APPLICATIONS
FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY POSITION OPEN AT THE JACKSON COUNTY
COURTHOUSE.      THE PERSON WILL REPLACE JAN WARD WHO RETIRED
IN AUGUST AND WOULD WORK FOR FOUR DEPARTMENTS:     ZONING....HEALTH....
LANDFILL....AND GENERAL RELIEF.
ALSO,THE SUPERVISORS SAID THEY RECEIVED TWO APPLICATIONS FROM COUNTY
EMPLOYEES FOR THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR POSITION.     CURRENT
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR IS DAVID MANNING.       NOW, THE SUPERVISORS
WILL ALSO SEEK APPLICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.          

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, BRAD DEERY MOTORS REPORTED A WINDOW BROKEN OUT IN ONE OF THEIR CARS IN THEIR LOT....DONE OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND JOE LICHT ON WEST QUARRY STREET REPORTED THAT SOMEONE TOOK AN
XBOX FROM HIS UNLOCKED HOME MONDAY.

DAVE KENDALL REPORTED THAT SOMEONE DROVE THROUGH HIS FAMOUS
"ANNIE'S ACRES" STRAWBERRY PATCH NEAR BELLEVUE OVER THE WEEKEND.
ABOUT $800 DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE WATERWORKS.

THE NEW CONCERT MOVIE "MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT!", RATED PG,
STARTS TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE VOY 1 THEATRE.       AND THERE WILL BE
A SPECIAL SHOWING  FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T WAIT, AT 11 TONIGHT AT THE VOY 1.
DOORS OPEN AT 10:30 TONIGHT.     MANAGER JACK JONES LOOKED AT IT THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THEATRE EMPLOYEE KATE HARE AND KMAQ NEWS
DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD AND ALL THREE GAVE IT A "THUMBS UP".    IT
IS JUST UNDER 2 HOURS LONG.      IT OPENS NATIONWIDE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, WITH A TWO WEEK ONLY RUN.

WE ATE AT THE NEW "BREITBACH'S COUNTRY DINING" SUNDAY NIGHT AT BALLTOWN, NORTH OF DUBUQUE.....
IOWA'S OLDEST BAR AND RESTAURANT.      BIG, NICE, BUSY AND OF COURSE,
GOOD FOOD.    EVEN HAD A PIECE OF THEIR FAMOUS WALNUT PIE.

BEEN DIETING SINCE!

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS LOST LAST NIGHT, 40 TO 0.
THEY PLAY DECORAH IN A PLAY-OFF GAME NEXT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AT 7 AT DECORAH.    BOTH TEAMS WILL GO INTO THE
GAME WITH A 7 AND 2 RECORD.    THE GAME WILL BE BROADCAST
HERE ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE.
DENNIS VOY

OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN MAQUOKETA SINCE YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME.
NEARLY 5 INCHES THIS MONTH.    
SOME SUNSHINE IS EXPECTED TOMORROW.

NO TIME FOR NEWS TODAY.

THE SOPHOMORE GAME TONIGHT CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE FIELD
CONDITIONS...SO THE VARSITY GAME ONLY AT 7:30 TONIGHT AT LAPORTE
CITY.     REMEMBER, THE GAME CAN BE HEARD HERE ON YOUR COMPUTER
AT WWW.KMAQ.COM.    LEIGHTON HEPKER AT THE KMAQ PLAY BY PLAY MIKE.

I'LL HAVE THE SCORE UP HERE TOMORROW AND LATER TONIGHT ON THE
GUEST BOOK.

HAVE A GOOD  WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

IT RAINED  ALL DAY TODAY.      STARTED WITH LIGHT RAIN OVERNIGHT AND THEN
STEADY RAIN THE  REST OF TODAY....PROBABLY AN INCH.
MORE TOMORROW.     SATURDAY LOOKS OK AND SUNDAY, BETTER YET.

THE JACKSON COUNTY CATTLEMEN'S BIG BEEF BANQUET WILL BE ON SATURDAY
NIGHT, NOVEMBER 14TH AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.      SERVING FROM 6 UNTIL 8.
ENTERTAINMENT BY HYPNOTIST JIM WAND OF DUBUQUE.    TICKETS $15 AT THE
DOOR.  THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL SET MONDAY, NOV. 16TH FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS ON THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PLAN FOR THE DOWNTOWN
FIRE DEBRIS CLEAN UP.     THE PUBLIC MEETING IS REQUIRED BY LAW BY THE EPA, AS PART OF THE $250,000 THEY ARE GIVING THE CITY FOR CLEAN UP.
AFTER THAT PUBLIC HEARING, BIDS CAN BE TAKEN FOR THE CLEAN UP.
TIME WILL BE NEEDED TO ADVERTISE FOR  THE BIDS, THEN THE CLEAN UP
CONTRACT CAN BE AWARDED TO THE LOW QUALIFIED BIDDER AND THEN
THAT COMPANY CAN START THE CLEAN UP SOMETIME AFTER.

CHRIS WEIRUP OF SOUTH SECOND STREET IN MAQUOKETA REPORTED TO THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT LAST NIGHT THAT SOMEONE SLASHED TIRES AND
CUT A FUEL LINE ON HIS VEHICLE AND BROKE TWO WINDOWS AT THE REAR OF HIS
HOUSE.

DARYL PARKER  IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE JACKSON COUNTY AREA
TOURISM ASSOCIATION.       HE IS THE DIRECTOR FOR JACKSON COUNTY
CONSERVATION AND HAS  HIS OFFICE AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE
CENTER NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.     HE LIVES IN BELLEVUE.
THE TOURISM ASSOCIATION NOW RUNS THE WELCOME CENTER IN
SABULA.     AND, STARTING THIS NOVEMBER, IT WILL NOT BE OPEN NOVEMBER
THROUGH MARCH.     DURING THOSE MONTHS, INQUIRIES ABOUT TOURISM
SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER.
ANYONE INTERESTED IN PROMOTING TOURISM IN JACKSON COUNTY AND THE IMMEDIATE AREA CAN JOIN THE ASSOCIATION FOR $40 A YEAR.     THE
ORGANIZATION HAS A MONTHLY MEETING.     KMAQ HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF
MANY YEARS.

IF YOU LIVE AROUND THIS AREA....TRY TO KEEP WARM AND DRY.
AND WASH YOUR HANDS MANY TIMES DAILY.   IT IS THE FLU SEASON.

DENNIS VOY