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