MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOL TODAY. NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING IN MAQUOKETA. NICE WEATHER EXPECTED TOMORROW, WITH HIGHS IN THE 70'S AGAIN.
YESTERDAY, THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS PASSED THE FIRST READING OF AN
ORDINANCE TO ALLOW A BIODIESEL PLANT TO EXPAND IN RURAL MAQUOKETA.
POLICE BLOTTER: JESSICA TRACY REPORTED HER MOTOROLA RAZER CELL PHONE WAS STOLEN FROM THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM.
CASEY'S REPORTED A GAS DRIVE-OFF....$12 NOT PAID.
MARSHA MYERS, CITY COUNCILWOMAN, REPORTED SOMEONE HIT HER MOTOR HOME WHILE IT WAS PARKED AT 603 E. MAPLE STREET.
CITY COUNCIL HAVING A SHORT SPECIAL MEETING THIS AFTERNOON.
JOHNIE KAY KOPPES OF MAQUOKETA IS MOTHER OF A BOY BORN MAY 21ST AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE LAURA AND GREG HAYWARD OF MAQUOKETA.
A JACKSON COUNTY WOMAN, SUSAN GREER OSTERHAUS, WON $10,000 IN THE MAY 20TH POWERBALL DRAWING. SHE HAD FOUR OF THE FIVE NUMBERS DRAWN
AND THE POWERBALL. NOT SURE WHERE SHE LIVES IN JACKSON COUNTY.
SHE PURCHASED HER TICKET AT CASEY'S IN MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
CHECK THE PHOTOS BELOW.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
HUSCO INTERNATIONAL IN MAQUOKETA HELD AN OPEN HOUSE LAST WEEK
FOR JACKSON COUNTY OFFICIALS. THEY ARE IN ONE-HALF OF THE GENERAC
BUILDING IN THE NEW SOUTH INDUSTRIAL PARK. THEY HAVE A 10-YEAR LEASE
FOR THEIR HALF AND THE OTHER HALF IS A WAREHOUSE STILL USED BY
GENERAC. SHOWN HERE IS MAYOR TOM MESSERLI AND BOB MORTENSEN,
HUSCO EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT/GENERAL MANAGER OF THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS DIVISION OF HUSCO.
MORE PHOTOS BELOW. CLICK-IN PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY.
HUSCO IN MAQUOKETA NOW HAS 27 EMPLOYEES. THE HAVE 11 MORE JOBS TO BE FILLED SOON. THE COMPANY EXPECTS 50 EMPLOYEES BY THIS FALL AND 80 BY NEXT SPRING, AND 125 BY JANUARY OF 2011. INITIALLY, WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THEIR COMING TO MAQUOKETA, THEY PROJECTED 250 JOBS BUT THE OFF-HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION MARKET HAS SEEN A STEEP DECLINE AND BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC SLOW DOWN, THEY WILL NOT GET UP TO 250 AS SOON AS EXPECTED.
DENNIS VOY
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