WE WERE EXPECTING RAIN TODAY....BUT GOT SUNSHINE INSTEAD.
AND A HIGH OF 70.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR LAST MEETING SUGGESTED THAT POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA LOOK INTO A CITY WIDE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
THE CHEIF SAID THE SYSTEM COULD BE USED FOR WATER MAIN SHUT-OFFS AND AS A WAY OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH CITY RESIDENTS. HE SAID MESSAGES COULD BE SENT BY CELL PHONE, EMAIL, TEXTING OR PAGERS. THE COUNTY IS LOOKING AT THIS TOO. THE COST WOULD BE $10,000 A YEAR. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
HAS A SYSTEM NOW. FOR 50 YEARS, THE CITY, POLICE AND SCHOOLS HAVE
DEPENDED ON KMAQ TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT. AND THIS WORKED FINE!!
AND WE DID IT FOR NOTHING BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR...OUR PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATION. NOW (AND IN THE FUTURE) WE ARE STILL HERE FROM 5 AM UNTIL 10 PM TO PUT THIS INFORMATION OUT TO CITIZENS. NOT EVERYONE MAY BE LISTENING ALL THE TIME, BUT WORD SPREADS QUICKLY ONCE ON-THE-AIR.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, CYNTHIA ARTERBERRY, HAS BEEN FIEND $831.20 ON CHARGES OF NOT HAVING A DOG LICENSE AND ALLOWING HER DOG TO RUN WHICH RESULTED IN A NEIGHBOR CHILD BEING BITTEN. MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW LAW (ORDINANCE) THAT DOGS NEED TO BE LICENSED AT $5.00 PER YEAR.
THEY MUST HAVE RABIES SHOTS TO GET THE LICENSE TOO.

SARA AND BRETT TALLMAN OF MAQUKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE
JULIE AND JOHN KEENEY OF MAQUOKETA.
A.J. AND KRIS LOSS OF BETTENDORF ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN WEDNESDAY AT DAVENPORT. GRANDPARENTS ARE JOE AND LINDA BULLOCK OF MAQUOKETA.
A REMINDER...THIS DAILY REPORT IS ONLY ABOUT MAQUOKETA AND MAQUOKETA CITIZENS AND THEREFORE ON BIRTHS, I MENTION ONLY THE GRANDPARENTS THAT LIVE IN MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY