Friday, April 24, 2009

NICE WARM SUNNY DAY IN THE 80'S, BUT BREEZY. RAIN AND COOLER WEATHER
FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN WAS FOUND IN A FIELD EARLY THIS MORNING IN RURAL MAQUOKETA WHERE SHE HAD APPARENTLY BEEN ALL NIGHT. SHE WAS FOUND NEAR MAYBERRY CORNERS....175TH STREET AND HIGHWAY 61. THE AMBULANCE CREW HAD TO GO THROUGH THREE FENCES TO WHERE CASSIE RONEK, AGE 26, WAS FOUND, INCOHERENT. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL AND HER CONDITION IS NOT LIFE THREATENING. NO INFORMATION ON WHAT HAPPENED AND THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

TRISHA MILLER, MAQUOKETA, TOOK 14TH IN THE GIRL'S 3000 METER RUN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE DRAKE RELAYS. THE REST OF THE TRACK TEAM WAS IN A MEET AT MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT AND PLACEED 8TH IN THE 14 TEAM FIELD. LAURA OSTERHAUS WON THE HIGH JUMP. AND, SOPHIE SEYFERT THE LONG JUMP.
MORE SPORTS.....
IN GIRL'S DOUBLES TENNIS TOURNAMENT AT DUBUQUE LAST NIGHT, DUBUQUE
HEMPSTEAD 6, MAQUOKETA 0.
BOY'S TENNIS, CAMANCHE 9, MAQUOKETA 0.
BOY'S GOLF, THE CARDS FINISHED 3RD IN A QUADRANGULAR IN DEWITT. ALEX BECK OF MAQUOKETA TIED FOR MEDALIST HONORS WITH A 38.
23 BOYS AND GIRLS PARTICIPATED IN THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS PITCH,
HIT AND RUN EVENT YESTERDAY. OVERALL CHAMPIONS: 7/8 YEAR OLDS, ISAAC HINTGEN, MAQUOKETA....9/10 YEAR OLDS , NATHAN STEINES, MAQUOKETA AND
11/12 YEAR OLDS, JACOB KLOFT, MAQUOKETA.

IS DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA GETTING A NEW BEAUTY SALON?

IS MAQUOKETA GETTING ANOTHER JOHN DEERE STORE?

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

THE JACKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE IS LOOKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT AND NOTICE THE BLUE EDGING ALL AROUND THE ROOF LINE, NEVER THERE BEFORE. IT SERVES SOME PURPOSE I GUESS, BUT ALSO
SETS OFF THE BUILDING. IN THE FRONT, THE BIG BLUE PANELS TO MATCH THE EDGING, REPLACED THE OLD ONES WHICH WERE A DIFFERENT COLOR. WHEN THE COURT HOUSE WAS BUILT 50 YEARS AGO, THE ENTIRE FRONT OF ENTRANCE WAS GLASS. TO SAVE ENERGY, THE PANELS REPLACED SOME GLASS WINDOWS. ALSO, A NEW ENTRANCE TO COURT HOUSE WAS BUILT ON THE WEST SIDE AND IT WILL BE
USED TO TAKE PRISONERS FROM THE JAIL ACROSS THE STREET, DIRECTLY INTO THE COURT ROOM. THE WORK BEING DOWN BY DAVE STOCKHAM AND CREW FROM STOCKHAM CONSTRUCTION IN MAQUOKETA.
DENNIS VOY