WELL...WE GOT SOME RAIN TODAY AS EXPECTED.
AND IT GOT UP TO 42....NOT QUITE AS WARM AS EXPECTED.
NOW, WE ARE EXPECTING COLD WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND.

A VEHICLE WAS STOLEN FROM BRAD DEERY MOTORS THIS WEEK.
TWO GUYS TOOK A 2006 DODGE CHARGER MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR A TEST DRIVE AND NEVER RETURNED.
AND, A VEHICLE REPORTED STOLEN IN DUBUQUE COUNTY WAS FOUND IN ANDREW THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

ALDI'S FOOD STORE CLOSED TODAY AS SCHEDULED. LEFT-OVER MERCHANDISE
GOES TO THE CLINTON STORE. AND, WORD HAS IT THAT SOMEONE WILL BE
MOVING INTO THE BUILDING AND THAT MAQUOKETA WILL BE HAPPY WITH
THE NEW BUSINESS. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT WILL BE. WE WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT. I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN I FIND OUT SOMETHING.

CHECK THE PHOTOS I PUT UP EARLIER TODAY, BELOW.

IF OUT TO PARTY TONIGHT, DRIVE WITH CARE. IF YOU DRINK, DON'T DRIVE.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011!

DENNIS VOY

THIS KMAQ STAFF PHOTO WAS
TAKEN AT OUR CHRISTMAS
PARTY IN DECEMBER AT GENO'S
IN PRESTON AND NANCY'S HOUSE. COLD, ICY NIGHT, BUT WE HAD A GOOD
TIME ANYWAY. FRONT,JIMMYSAUNDERS(ANNOUNCER)....LEFT OF JIMMY, IN BLUE, LOIS FISCHER (SALES)....RIGHT OF JIMMY, STUDENT ANNOUNCER JACI MOORE....IN BACK OF THEM, LEFT TO RIGHT, RUSTY LIETZ, MORNING ANNOUNCER ON KMAQ-AM....JAYNE EVOL, EVENING ANNOUNCER....THERESA CELENTANO, BOOKKEEPER.....SANTA.....ME....
PEERING OVER MY SHOULDER, LEIGHTON HEPKER, STATION AND SALES MANAGER....ROXANNE CLAUSING(SALES) AND SHERI MELVOLD (NEWS).
MISSING: ROBERT BRUNO(FM ANNOUNCER)....DOTTIE BAYLES(SALES)....LORI
GANZER(SALES)...MATT CLARK (SPORTS) AND DAVE VOY(WEB TECH).
NANCY (ANOTHER KMAQ BOSS) WAS THERE (BUSY AS HOST) AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PHOTO TOO.
KMAQ WILL CELEBRATE OUR 53TH ANNIVERSARY AUGUST 26TH.
THANKS FOR LISTENING.
THANKS FOR CHECKING THIS DAILY REPORT OFTEN.
COMING SOON, A NEW "KMAQ TRAVEL" WEB PAGE WITH UP-TO-DATE REGULAR
NEWS AND COMMENTS ABOUT UPCOMING BUS TRIPS.
I HAVE A GREAT STAFF!
I HAVE MANY, MANY GREAT LISTENERS!
I HAVE FANTASTIC ADVERTISERS!
WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS 2011.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE AT YOUR HOUSE FROM EVERYONE AT KMAQ.
DENNIS VOY (CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT AND PLEASE TELL OTHERS
ABOUT OUR KMAQ WEB SITE)

"JUST TALK"
ON
KMAQ RADIO
ON THE AIR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
FROM 9:05 UNTIL 10:00 A.M.
ON BOTH KMAQ AM & FM
AND ALSO ON
OUR WEB SITE...... GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM...AND
CLICK-ON THE BUTTON IN UPPER LEFT CORNER
SHERI MELVOLD IS THE HOST ON
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
LEIGHTON HEPKER HOSTS THE SHOW
ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
THIS COMING WEEK'S GUEST LIST:
MONDAY: RICH HALL OF OHNWARD FINE ARTS
CENTER TO TALK ABOUT UPCOMING SHOWS.
ON SECOND HALF OF SHOW, BELLEVUE MAYOR
VIRGIL MURRAY
TUESDAY: ANNE OTTEMAN FROM HOSPITAL
9:30, PASTOR GERALD GJERDE RETIRING AFTER
30 YEARS AT 1ST. LUTHERAN CHURCH
WEDNESDAY: RACHEL OLSON FROM THE GIRL
SCOUTS AT 9:05 AND AT 9:30, WALT WICKHAM
FROM CLINTON COUNTY CONSERVATION.
THURSDAY: NURSE PRACTIONER MARILYN DEAN
WILL TALK ABOUT A MEDICAL TOPIC. THE
GUEST FOR 9:30 STILL TO BE ANNOUNCED.
FRIDAY: NO GUEST, OPEN TELEPHONE. CALLS FROM
LISTENERS ENTIRE HOUR.

DENNIS VOY (URGING YOU TO LISTEN DAILY
"JUST TALK")

THAT'S OUR MAQUOKETA SINGING SANTA
FOR SURE, AND OF COURSE, THE PHOTO
WAS TAKEN ON THE MAQUOKETA RIVER
BEACH.

WARM OVERNIGHT...34...

WARMER TODAY....STILL FOGGY....LOOKS LIKE 39 WILL BE THE HIGH TODAY....
MID 40'S TOMORROW AND BACK TO 20 SATURDAY FOR A HIGH.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER....TWO REPORTS OF DAMAGE FROM PAINTBALLS.
EVERET BOWLING SAID YESTERDAY SOMEONE SHOT A PAINTBALL AT HIS WINDOW
ON SOUTH MAIN STREET. THE WINDOW WAS NOT BROKEN.
AND SHEILA STARR, ROSEMERE LANE, SAID YESTERDAY SOMEONE SHOT
A PAINTBALL AT HER VEHICLE.

A BIRTH: TERRANCE AND CHRISTINA NISSEN OF DAVENPORT ARE PARENTS
OF A GIRL BORN DECEMBER 22ND AT TRINITY HOSPITAL IN MOLINE.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE BARB AND JOHN McCRAY OF MAQUOKETA.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

DENNIS VOY

COLD LAST NIGHT, LOW OF 8.
SUNNY THIS MORNING AND MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGH TODAY, 31.
STILL LOOKING FOR RAIN TOMORROW AND FRIDAY. WE COULD
REACH 50 FRIDAY, BUT THEN DOWN TO THE HIGH TEENS AGAIN SATURDAY.

TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED AT ARCADE AND HIGHWAY 64 JUST AFTER NOON
YESTERDAY. TODD HILL, AGE 49, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING EAST ON 64 AND WAS STOPPED WAITING FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE OTHER DRIVER,
JIMMY GARLOUGH, 65, OF WHEATLAND, PULLED ON TO 64 FROM ARCADE AND
HIT THE HILL VEHICLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE. GARLOUGH WAS CHARGED.
$2,000 DAMAGE TO EACH VEHICLE, A 91 CHEVY TRUCK AND A 2006 CHEVY CAR.
NO INJURIES.

ERIC THOME HIT A DEER LAST NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 62 AND BEN SHEARER HIT
ALSO HIT A DEER LAST NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 64.
NO INJURIES.

GOV. CHET CULVER HAS SENT A LETTER TO SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TOM VILSACK (FORMER IOWA GOVERNOR) ASKING FOR A DISASTER DESIGNATION
FOR EIGHT COUNTIES, INCLUDING JACKSON. ALL 8 COUNTIES HAVE DOCUMENTED 30-PERCENT LOSSES OF ONE CROP AFTER POSTING HARVEST EVALUATIONS.

YES...I ENJOYED WATCHING IOWA WIN THEIR BOWL GAME OVER MISSOURI
LAST NIGHT. LATE TO BED AND EARLY TO RISE....HAS KEPT ME YAWNING TODAY.
NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING WISCONSIN WIN THE ROSE BOWL GAME.
AS FOR BASKETBALL, WAS NICE SEEING THE BADGERS GET THEIR FIRST BIG TEN WIN LAST NIGHT OVER MINNESOTA AND HOPE THE HAWKS CAN START THE
SEASON WITH A WIN TONIGHT AGAINST ILLINOIS.

THE KMAQ TREE WAS TAKEN DOWN THIS MORNING!

HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY DAY TODAY AND HIGH OF 21.

THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD THIS MORNING REINSTATED FULL DUTIES TO THEIR DIRECTOR, DARYL PARKER , AFTER FELONY CHILD ABUSE CHARGES AGINST HIM WERE DISMISSED IN WISCONSIN LAST WEEK. PARKER, WHO LIVES IN BELLEVUE, HAD PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGES IN JULY AFTER HE
WAS ACCUSED FOR KICKING A TEENAGE BOY AND SHOVING ANOTHER DURING A GAME OF LASER TAG AT A WISCONSIN RESORT. SOON AFTER, THE BOARD PUT HIM ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AND ORDERED HIM TO RELINQUISH HIS GUN AND BADGE.
HE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE DOING HIS NORMAL DUTIES, BUT NOT HIS LAW
ENFORCEMENT DUTIES.
AND ALSO TODAY, THE SUPERVISORS APPOINTED ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS TO FILL THE OPENING ON THE CONSERVATION BOARD NOW HELD BY ROGER SCHLADESKY.
STATE LAW ALLOWS A SUPERVISOR TO SERVE ON THE CONSERVATION BOARD AS A FULL VOTING MEMBER. FLYNN WILL BEGIN HIS SIX-YEAR TERM ON THE FIVE-MEMEBER BOARD IN JANUARY. THE SUPERVISORS HAD NOT HEARD FROM SCHLADESKY AND ASSUMED HE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN REAPPOINTMENT CONSIDERATION.
THERE WAS ONE OTHER APPLICANT FOR THE OPENING.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

THREE BELOW LAST NIGHT.
OUR HIGH TODAY, WITH SUNNY SKIES, 11 DEGREES.
RAIN AND 45 DEGREES FORECAST FOR FRIDAY.

TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED IN THE PARKING LOT OF HEARTLAND APARTMENTS
AT 10:45 SUNDAY MORNING. WENDY EYE OF MAQUOKETA BACKED FROM A PARKING SPACE AND INTO A PARKED CAR OWNED Y ROSEANNA ALLEN OF MAQUOKETA.
NO INJURIES AND NO CHARGES FILED BECAUSE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER:
JASON WOOD REPORTED SOMEONE TOOK HIS CELL PHONE FRIDAY AT PERXACTLY BAR AND GRILL ON SOUTH OLIVE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
TODD MANG REPORTED THAT SOMEONE BACKED INTO HIS FENCE AND TOOK
A BIG SECTION OF IT DOWN. AND THEN HIS DOG GOT LOOSE.
ROICE EARLES REPORTED SOMEONE TOOK JEWELRY FROM HER VEHICLE.
AND MARY HOFFMAN REPORTED SOMEONE BROKE INTO HER VACATION HOME
ON 317TH AVENUE SOMETIME IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS AND TOOK
FURNITURE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

A GOOD SUNDAY MORNING HERE AT KMAQ.

THE SUN IS SHINING. NO SNOW COMING DOWN.

COLD THOUGH....15. DOWN TO BELOW
ZERO TONIGHT.

RUSTY AS ALWAYS ALONE HERE RUNNING
BOTH STATIONS UNTIL NOON AS HE DOES
EVERY SUNDAY.

BUT TODAY, PROUDLY WORKING IN HIS
NEW "BIBS"....A FAVORITE CHRISTMAS
PRESENT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

GO HAWKS TUESDAY NIGHT!!

A TOTAL OF NINE INCHES OF SNOW OVER NIGHT AND TODAY IN MAQUOKETA. AND
LIGHT SNOW STILL FALLING, BUT EXPECTED TO END BY 6 TONIGHT.
OVERNIGHT, SNOW FLURRIES AND TOMORROW, CHRISTMAS DAY,
JUST FLURRIES.

I FEEL SORRY FOR THE SNOW PLOW DRIVERS! PLOWING SNOW ON
CHRISTMAS EVE.

JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR NOVEMBER INCREASED TO 7.1
PERCENT, UP FROM 6.8 PERCENT IN OCTOBER.
THE STATE RATE WAS 6.6 DOWN FROM 6.7 IN OCTOBER.

HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY WEEKEND!

FROM NANCY AND I AND EVERYONE HERE AT KMAQ AND THE VOY THEATRES...

HERE IS A SHORT VIDEO OF NANCY AND I.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

DENNIS VOY

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY...NO SNOW..HIGH OF 27. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF
SNOW IN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. LITTLE OR NO SNOW
CHRISTMAS EVE OR CHRISTMAS DAY.

A MAQUOKETA RESIDENT WAS HIT WHILE CROSSING A STREET IN MAQUOKETA
AROUND 6:45 LAST NIGHT. ZACHARY CARR WAS CROSSING THE STREET AT THE
INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND PLEASANT WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A GREEN
CAR DRIVEN BY A MAN. THE DRIVER STOPPED LONG ENOUGH TO ASK IF HE WAS OKAY AND THEN LEFT THE SCENE. CARR WAS LATER TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA BY HIS MOTHER, WHERE HE WAS
EXAMINED.

THE CITY OF BELLEVUE HAS A JOB OPEN TO REPLACE THE A SANITATION AND
PARKS WORKER WHO IS RETIRING. THERE WERE 24 APPLICATIONS FOR
THE JOB. CITY ADMINISTRATOR LORAS HERRIG CALLED IT A REFLECTION
OF THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY.

JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR STEVE FLYNN CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY
CHRISTMAS DAY.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

DENNIS VOY

AGAIN TODAY, HIGH OF 33, BUT LITTLE SUNSHINE. SO, NOT AS MUCH MELTING.
SNOW IN FORECAST TOMORROW NIGHT AND FRIDAY, WITH 3 INCHES OR MORE.
NO SNOW CHRISTMAS EVE OR CHRISTMAS DAY.

IN SPORTS: LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS AT DUBUQUE, LOST TO
WAHLERT, 67 TO 39. CRAIG JOHNSON AND BLAINE WALLER EACH HAD 10 POINTS.
THE BOYS ARE NOW 3 AND 4.
HERE IN TOWN, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ALSO LOST TO WAHLERT, 49 TO 32.
KELSEY HOLMES HAD 18 POINTS FOR THE CARDINALS. THEIR RECORD IS
NOW 4 AND 5.

IN HOSPITAL NEWS: TRICIA STEINES IS RESIGNING AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES MANAGER AND WILL BE RETURNING TO GENESIS IN DAVENPORT. AND JOY EICHHORN, EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT NURSE, IS
RETIRING FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER 29 YEARS OF SERVICE.
HOSPITAL BOARD OFFICERS FOR 2011 WERE RE-APPOINTED. KEVIN BURNS
REMAINS AS PRESIDENT...GLORIA JORGENSEN, VP AND JODI HELMLE, SECRETARY.
TREASURER, DUANE TRENKAMP.

POLICE BLOTTER: LUANN STREETER SAID SOMEONE TOOK ITEMS FROM HER
CAR WHILE IT WAS PARKED AT TIMBER LANES LAST NIGHT.
ALSO, KJ'S CONVENIENCE ON WEST PLATT REPORTED A GAS DRIVE-OFF
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

DENNIS VOY

4-5 MORE INCHES OF SNOW THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.
TODAY, UP TO 33 DEGREES AND SOME MELTING TOOK PLACE.
TOMORROW IS THE FIRST FULL DAY OF WINTER. SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE
HAD WINTER SINCE THANKSGIVING.

THE CARDINAL BOYS PLAY AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT TONIGHT AT 7:30.
HEAR THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR WEB SITE TONIGHT,"LIVE"
FROM DUBUQUE WITH MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY.
THE GIRLS ARE HOSTING WAHLERT AT THE MCHS GYM TONIGHT.

JACKSON COUNTY SAW A 7.6 PERCENT INCREASE IN FARM LAND VALUES
IN 2010. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, LAND IN JACKSON COUNTY INCREASED
FROM $3,886 AN ACRE, TO $4,183 AN ACRE.

THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT IS GETTING A USED TRUCK TO REPLACE
A 1991 MODEL.

THE CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT HAD A 7-MINUTE MEETING.

A MAQUOKETA SENIOR HAS BEEN NOMINATED BY SEN. TOM HARKIN
FOR THE US NAVAL ACADEMY. HE IS ISAAC KINRADE, SON OF JULIA AND
STEVEN KINRADE OF MAQUOKETA.

FRIDAY NIGHT, CHRISTMAS EVE, WE WILL BROADCAST THE CHRISTMAS EVE
SERVICE FROM THE METHODIST CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA. IT WILL BEGIN WITH
CHRISTMAS ORGAN MUSIC BY VELETA GUTHREY FROM 6:30 UNTIL 7 AND THEN
THE SERVICE FROM 7 UNTIL 8. IT WILL ALSO BE ON KMAQ'S WEB SITE
AT WWW.KMAQ.COM.

"THE LITTLE FOCKERS" STARTS TOMORROW AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE.
IT IS RATED PG-13. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE THE BIGGEST MOVIE OF THE
CHRISTMAS SEASON.
STARTING CHRISTMAS DAY, "GULLIVER'S TRAVELS", RATED PG.
"YOGI BEAR" WILL ALSO BE SHOWING DURING THE HOLIDAY AT THE
THEATRE. STARTING THURSDAY WE WILL HAVE 2 P.M. BARGAIN MATINEES
EVERY AFTERNOON THROUGH JANUARY 2ND. THE THEATRE WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY DECEMBER 24TH.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

DENNIS VOY

TWO ABOVE LAST NIGHT....SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH OF 11. WEEKEND WILL BE
COLD.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTELERS LAST NIGHT LOST TO MT. VERNON, 45 TO 29.
WINNERS FOR THE CARDINALS: CHRISTIAN FLENKER, HAVEN MILLER, SHILOH SNYDER, DAKOTA SNYDER, JOHN HOLTZ AND SAM ADLER.
AND ALSO LAST NIGHT, WESTERN DUBUQUE DEFEATED MAQUOKETA, 51 T O 21.
WINNERS FOR MAQUOKETA: HAVEN MILLER, SHILOH SNYDER, DAKOTA SNYDER,
JOHN HOLT Z AND SAM ADLER.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS WILL TAKE PART IN THE SABER INVITATIONAL
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN DEWITT TOMORROW, BEGINNING AT 10 A.M.
IN BASKETBALL TONIGHT, THE CARDINAL GIRLS HOST MANCHESTER AND THE BOYS ARE AT MANCHESTER.

THE EAST IRON HILL CHURCH AND THE MAQUOKETA EAGLES CLUB WILL AGAIN
HOST THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DINNER DECEMBER 25TH. DINNER FROM
11:30 A.M. UNTIL 1:00 P.M. IT WILL BE FREE AND OPEN TO ANYONE.
RESERVATIONS ARE ASKED BY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22ND BY CALLING
652-6626. THE DINNER IS MENT FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE ALONG ON
CHRISTMAS OR WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS WITH OTHERS.

OPAL STOLL IS 103 TODAY. SHE LIVES AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER.
I TALKED TO HER OVER THE RADIO, USING THE TELEPHONE, THIS MORNING.
SHE WAS A TEACHER.

LAST WEEKEND'S BLIZZARD POSTPONED THE VIEWING OF THE DOCUMENTARY
ABOUT ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSES WHICH WAS PARTIALLY FILMED IN JACKSON
COUNTY. THE FREE PUBLIC SHOWING WILL NOW BE AT 2 THIS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
NO ADMISSION CHARGE AND A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION WILL BE HELD AFTER WITH THE FILM MAKERS.

THE MOST POPULAR HOLIDAY SONG OF THE DECADE WAS "WINTER WONDERLAND".
THE CHRISTMAS SONG WAS 2ND....SLEIGH RIDE, 3RD.....HAVE YOURSELF A
MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS 4TH AND 5TH, SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN.

ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS IS JEFF BROWN WHO WORKS AT McDONALDS.
HE IS A BIG CUBS FAN AND IS HAPPY THAT KERRY WOOD IS COMING BACK TO PITCH
FOR THE CUBBIES NEXT YEAR. JEFF WAS BORN IN DECEMBER OF 1958, THE
FIRST WINTER THAT KMAQ WAS ON-THE-AIR. IT WAS A COLD AND SNOWY
WINTER. JEFF SAID TODAY HE REMEMBERS THE BOB FELLER DAYS OF BASEBALL.
JEFF LIVES IN HIS HOUSE NEAR WORK AND WHEN AT COFFEE AFTERNOONS, IT
IS ALWAYS FUN VISITING A BIT WITH JEFF. NEEDLESS TO SAY, DURING THE
BASEBALL SEASON, WE GET INTO SOME GOOD CARDINAL - CUB DISCUSSIONS.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS BIGGER THAN ENGLAND. GUESS WHERE I
READ THAT BIT OF INFORMATION?

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

HERE'S THE PHOTO TAKEN
THIS MORNING LOOKING
WEST ON WEST PLATT STREET,
JUST AFTER THE OVERNIGHT
SNOWFALL. THE PHOTO
DID NOT COME UP...ONLY
THE WORDING BELOW.
CLICK-ON PHOTO FOR A
BETTER VIEW WITH THE ONLY TRAFFIC TO THE BACK OF PHOTO AROUND McDONALDS.
TODAY'S DAILY NEWS REPORT IS BELOW AND ALSO TWO PHOTOS
OF TWO NEW MAQUOKETA
STORES.

DENNIS VOY

3 - 4 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT, LAST NIGHT. TODAY, CLOUDY AND LIGHT SNOW, PROBABLY ANOTHER INCH. MORE COLD WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK
WITH LITTLE OR NO SNOW.

MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DIRECTED THE SUPT.
KIM HUCKSTADT TO START NEGOTIATIONS WITH FIRMS TO PROVIDE SOME
WORK AT ALL FOUR ATTENDANCE CENTERS. HERE ARE SOME OF THE NEEDS:
THE HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTIM FOR BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY IS A PRIORITY. LIGHTING IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR CARDINAL ELEMENTARY.
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, BOTH WINDOWS AND HEATING
ARE TOP PRIORITIES. MONEY FROM THE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX IS AVAILABLE TO DO THE REPAIRS. SUPT. HUCKSTADT SAID THEY HAVE ABOUT $5.8 MILLION AVAILABLE TO DO THE PROJECTS. BOARD MEMBERS SAID MAKING THE BUILDINGS ENERGY EFFICIENT IS A TOP PRIORITY.

A COUPLE BIRTHS:
MARISA AND MATTHEW HEEFNER ARE PARENTS OF A BOY WHO WAS BORN
DECEMBER 14TH AT CEDAR RAPIDS. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE MARY AND BLAINE BOCK OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER IS RUTH ANDERSON OF MAQUOKETA.

DAVID AND CHELSEA FULLER ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN RECENTLY IN
KINGSLAND, GEORGIA. PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS DIANNE FULLER OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS ARE ON THE ROAD TONIGHT.

SNOW CONTINUES TO COME DOWN RIGHT NOW, 3:40 P.M.

JOHN JONES, SR......FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND NOW LIVING IN
A CARE CENTER AT PELLA NEAR WHERE DAUGHTER BARB LIVES.....IS 96
TOMORROW. HE WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS AND THEN WAS A LIFE INSURANCE AGENT UNTIL RETIRING.
HIS SON, JACK, HAS BEEN MANAGER OF THE VOY THEATRES SINCE 1974.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! WASN'T TOO LONG AGO THAT HE HAD FUN SKY-DIVING.
AND, HE STILL ENJOYS SOME TIME UP HERE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AND
KEEPING TRACK OF HIS 3 GRANDCHILDREN, ALL GIRLS.

OH, THE WEATHER OUT SIDE IS..... SING ALONG

GOOD DAY.

DENNIS VOY

THIS MORNING I GOT THIS
EMAIL:
HI THERE,
I JUST WANTED TO DROP YOU A LINE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A NEW BUSINESS OPENING IN TOWN. OUR PET STORE WILL OFFICIALLY BE OPEN ON FRIDAY, DEC 17TH. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE SIGN EXOTIC CRITTER CORNER AND WONDERED WHAT IT WAS, BUT WONDER NO MORE. 109 S. JONES IS THE LOCATION OF THE NEW PET STORE. BRIAN AND KIM RIXEN ARE THE OWNERS AND ARE EXCITED TO OPEN THE STORE AND MEET THE RESIDENTS OF MAQUOKETA. THE STORE HOURS ARE MON-FRI 10-7, SAT 10-6 AND SUN 12-4. OUR PHONE NUMBER IS 652-0738 AND OUR EMAIL IS exoticcrittercorner@hotmail.com.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO A LONG AND PROSPEROUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE OF MAQUOKETA. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. SIGNED: KIM RIXEN.
WE HERE AT KMAQ WELCOME THE NEW BUSINESS TO MAQUOKETA. THE STORE
IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM GILMORE DRY CLEANING. KIM AND BRIAN ARE NOT NEW TO MAQUOKETA. FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THEY HAVE PUT UP A GREAT
HALLOWEEN DISPLAY IN THEIR FRONT YARD AND ON THEIR FRONT PORCH.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NOT A PET STORE ANYWHERE AROUND HERE, SO THEY SHOULD GET CUSTOMERS FROM NOT ONLY MAQUOKETA BUT ALSO FROM
ALL THE SMALL TOWNS IN THE AREA.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

WEST PLATT STREET (HIGHWAY 64 WEST) LOOKING WEST THIS MORNING
AROUND 8 O'CLOCK, AFTER THE FRESH SNOW OF LAST NIGHT. MOST OF THE
TRAFFIC IS IN THE DISTANCE. CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

A TOUCH OF BLING
IS THE NEW STORE IN
DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
PURSES, BILLFOLDS, JEWELRY
AND OTHER GIFTS.
NICE LOOKING WINDOW.
FOR MANY MANY YEARS,THIS
STORE WAS HOME OF JEWELRY
STORES. IT IS THE SECOND
STORE BUILDING SOUTH OF
PLATT STREET ON THE WEST
SIDE OF MAIN.
I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE
OWNER AT THIS TIME.
I'M HAVING SOME PROBLEM
WITH MY CAMERA. ALL 3
PHOTOS I TOOK TODAY ARE
NOT NOT 100% IN FOCUS.
SORRY.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

MOSTLY CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 19 TODAY.
AROUND 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND ANOTHER INCH TOMORROW.

MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A MOBILE HOME FIRE AT 2:45 THIS
AFTERNOON TO A MOBILE HOME AT 44 YALE, OWNED BY DOUG AND HEATHER
SAID. THE COUPLE HAD BEEN GONE A COUPLE HOURS AND WHEN THEY RETURNED,
THEY COULD SEE SMOKE AT THEIR DOOR. THEY DID NOT ENTER THE TRAILER AND CALLED FIREMEN WHO ENTERED THE HOME AND FOUND THE FIRE HAD CHOKED
ITSELF OUT. IT APPARENTLY STARTED IN A GARBAGE CAN NEAR THE SINK, AND THEN BURNED THROUGH A CABINET AND MELTED PLASTIC TUBING AND
THAT CAUSED WATER TO SRRAY OVER THE FIRE AND PUT IT OUT.
LOTS OF SMOKE HAD TO BE CLEARED AND BECAUSE OF SOME ELECTRICAL AND MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, DOUG AND HEATHER SAID WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OCCUPY THE MOBILE HOME UNTIL SOME REPAIRS ARE MADE. FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.

THE MAN WHO LAST SEPTEMBER WAS ACCUSED OF ROBBING THE ANDREW BRANCH OF THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MAQUOKETA
FROM A MILWAUKEE JAIL TO FACE CHARGES. $45,000 WAS TAKEN AND HAS NOT
BEEN RECOVERED. THEY ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR ONE OR TWO OTHERS WHO
MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ROBBERY. NOW, THE MAN, JASON BROWN, AGE 31, IS BEING HELD IN JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER UNDER $150,000 BOND. A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET IN JACKSON COUNTY DECEMBER 23RD.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST BY A LOT OF POINTS LAST NIGHT TO THE 3RD
RANKED DEWITT SABER GIRLS, AT DEWITT. THE CARDINALS ARE NOW 3 AND 4 FOR THE SEASON.

IN THE CARAWAY NEWSLETTER, IT SAYS THAT A GIRAFFE CAN CLEAN HIS EARS WITH A 21-INCH LONG TONGUE. I TALKED TO DALE THIS MORNING AND
HE SAYS TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT SOME OF THE THINGS IN HIS NEWSLETTER
ARE INTERNET ORIGIN...MAY NOT REALLY BE ACCURATE. MY GUESS IS THAT
MOST ARE THOUGH.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT .... GET OUT THE SNOW SHOVEL AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

8 BELOW LAST NIGHT.
15 ABOVE TODAY WITH SUNNY SKIES.
DOWN TO 1 TONIGHT AND
2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW COMING TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT.

IN BOY'S BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT AT DEWITT, MAQUOKETA LOST TO THE
SABERS AND TONIGHT THE GIRLS PLAY THERE AND WE WILL HAVE THE GAME
ON KMAQ-FM AND THE WEB SITE, AT AROUND 7:30. DEWITT IS 6 AND 0 AND
RANKED #3 IN 3-A.
GO CARDINALS.

THERE ARE 13 CANDIDATES FOR THE OPENING FOR A SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
JUDGE, TO REPLACE RETIRING JUDGE DARBYSHIRE. TWO CANDIDATES ARE
FROM MAQUOKETA, STEVE KAHLER AND MARK LAWSON. THE INTERVIEWS
ARE FRIDAY AND A PERSON MAY BE DECIDED ON ALSO FRIDAY.

MARIE KIRCHNER, 57, OF DAVENPORT, DIED MONDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE
A BROTHER, JOHN MCCROY OF MAQUOKETA.

ENID KING, 99, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SUNDAY AT CLOVER RIDGE. HER PRIVATE BURIAL WAS TODAY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER JANE OF CLINTON AND
SON ROSS OF COLORADO. SHE LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN CLINTON. I BELIEVE BOTH JANE AND ROSS GRADUATED FROM MCHS.

SOUP SUPPER AND BASKET AUCTION TONIGHT AT THE CLINTON ENGINES
MUSEUM. HEADED THERE NEXT.

TOMORROW, I GIVE THE PROGRAM ON THE HISTORY OF MAQUOKETA THEATRES, AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.

DALE CARAWAY'S NEWSLETTER SAID THE WORLD'S TERMITES OUTWEIGH THE WORLD'S HUMANS 10 TO 1.

GOOD NIGHT.

DENNIS VOY

THE PAST WEEKEND BROUGHT LOTS OF BAD WEATHER! BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
LAST NIGHT, WE HAD 1 BELOW AND TODAY A HIGH OF 7. TONIGHT, DOWN
TO 10 BELOW AND A LITTLE WARMER TOMORROW. COLD WEATHER WILL
REMAIN WITH US THROUGH THE ENTIRE WEEK.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY AT DEWITT TONIGHT AND WE WILL HAVE THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT AT 7:30 AND ALSO ON OUR WEB SITE, WWW.KMAQ.COM.
MATT CLARK AT THE MIKE.

MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY MANAGER DOUG OWEN IS
RETIRING, EFFECTIVE JUNE 30TH. HE STARTED OFF AS A MMEU BOARD
MEMBER AND BECAME THE MANAGER IN 2000.

QUITE A FEW ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.

A VANDALIZM REPORT MADE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BRUCE HAYLOCK
SAID SOMEONE EGGED HIS HOUSE AND CAR FRIDAY NIGHT AT 505 N. 5TH STREET.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

THIS SNOWBEAR (WITH U.S. FLAG) WAS ENJOYING THE COLD AND SUNNY DAY
IN MAQUOKETA WHEN I TOOK HIS PICTURE THIS AFTERNOON. HE CAME TO MAQUOKETA WITH THE HELP OF JOSH PETERSEN AND NATALIE WESTCOTT AND IS IN THE WOODLAND COURT MOBILE HOME
PARK JUST OFF PERSHING ROAD, BEHIND
NIM'S GARDENS AND ACROSS FROM
UNITED LIVESTOCK'S SALE ARENA.
NICE WORK JOSH AND NATALIE! WITH
THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR THIS WEEK,
HE'LL STAY AROUND FOR AWHILE.
CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

DENNIS VOY

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING....

YES...WE HAVE BEEN HIT BY ANOTHER LATE-FALL WINTER STORM AGAIN.

NOT AS MUCH SNOW AS LAST TIME.....ABOUT HALF.

BUT, COLD AND WINDY.

LOTS OF BUSINESS PLACES CLOSED TODAY....MANY CHURCH SERVICES WERE
CANCELLED TOO.

BUT, THE STORM AND BLIZZARD HAS ENDED.

DRIVING SHOULD BE OKAY THE REST OF TODAY, BUT IT WILL GET COLDER.

IT IS 16 DEGREES NOW AND TONIGHT, DOWN TO 10 BELOW.

TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLEAR AND COLD...A HIGH AROUND 6 AND NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.

TUESDAY...HIGH OF 11 AND WEDNESDAY, ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW AND
HIGH IN THE LOWER 20'S.

THE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT THAT WAS TO BE HOSTED BY MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY WAS POSTPONED.

HAVE A GOOD SUNDAY.

DENNIS VOY

WE HAD LIGHT SNOW LATE THIS MORNING. ONE COULD SWEEP IT WITH BROOM.
MORE IN FORECAST TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. LOW 20'S TODAY.
WINTER LIKE (BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR) WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER WEEK.

JUDY PATASKA HIT A DEER AT ON HIGHWAY 52.

TWO THEFTS: DONNIE WEETS REPORTED THIS MORNING THAT SOMEONE TOOK GAS FROM HIS WIFE'S TOYOTA WHILE PARKED ON NORTH WALNUT. THE THIEVES ALSO TOOK THE GAS CAP.
AND JEANNINE BILLIET REPORTED THAT SOMEONE TOOK CASH FROM HER
HOME ON 8 HARVARD AVENUE.

THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS NEXT PRODUCTION WILL BE "OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS" ON FEBRUARY 11,12 AND 13TH AT THE OHNWARD FINE
ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA. AUDITIONS WILL BE ON JANUARY 4TH AND 5TH.
THE PRODUCTION WILL BE DIRECTED BY RICH HALL, THE OHNWARD EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR. THERE ARE PARTS FOR A 20-30 YEAR OLD MALE, A 20 TO 30 YEAR OLD WOMAN AND FOUR GRANDP

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS HOST CENTER POINT URBANA TONIGHT.

THE CARAWAY NEWS LETTER SAID THIS: 40% OF ALL PEOPLE WHO COME TO A PARTY IN YOUR HOME ....... SNOOP IN YOUR MEDICINE CABINET.

HAVE YOU DECKED YOUR HALLS YET?

DENNIS VOY

HELION #36 A.F. & A.M. OFFICERS FOR 2011 DELIVERED 14 CHRISTMAS FRUIT BASKETS TO THE MASONIC WIDOWS IN MAQUOKETA. FRONT ROW: L-R ROSS MITCHELL,TREASURER....HAL MACHAEL, JUNIOR WARDEN....MIDDLE ROW L-R MASTER, DAVID RICHARDS.....BRUCE KINRADE, JUNIOR DEACON.....DUANE HANSEN, TYLER....
BACK ROW L-R LYNN DISNEY, CHAPLAIN....JERRY SENIOR WARDEN.....MELVIN RANDOLPH, SENIOR STEWART....MIKE FISHER, SENIOR DEACON.
PHOTO BY PM ROBERT E. CHRISTENSEN.
THIS PHOTO WAS EMAILED TO ME.....AND WHY THIS WILL NOT ENLARGE WHEN
YOU CLICK-ON IT IS BEYOND ME. SORRY!! MAYBE SOME OF YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT.

DENNIS VOY

DOWN TO 2 ABOVE LAST NIGHT AND THEN SUNNY AND HIGH
OF 19 TODAY. A LITTLE SNOW IS IN FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

A VANDALISM REPORT: ROICE EARLES REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT SOMETIME IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS ...THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS LOWERED ON THREE TIRES
AND ONE WAS FLAT ON HER CADDILAC WHILE PARKED ON 50TH AVENUE.

A THEFT REPORT TO THE MAQUOKETA POLICE. COLTON GERISHER REPORTED HIS CARHART JACKET WAS TAKEN FROM HIS CAR WHILE PARKED AT TIMBER LANES
LAST NIGHT.

LOCK YOUR CAR ALWAYS!

ON STORK REPORT: JARED DELARM AND AMY LAHEY OF MAQUOKETA ARE
PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN NOVEMBER 25TH AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE RANDY AND LINDA LAHEY OF MAQUOKETA
AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE GARY AND PAM DELARM OF MAQUOKETA.

LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO #2 RATED MOUNT VERNON,
THERE, 50 T O 32.
AND HERE IN MAQUOKETA, THE CARDINAL BOYS ALSO LOST TO MOUNT
VERNON, IN OVERTIME, 42 TO 39.

DALE CARAWAY'S NEWSLETTER SAID RIGHT HANDED PEOPLE LIVE, ON AVERAGE,
9 YEARS LONGER THAN LEFT-HANDED PEOPLE TO.
AHHH...I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT!

A WEB SITE ON UPCOMING SNOWFALL...JOHNDEE.COM....A SITE FOR SNOWMOBILERS.
I HEAR IT IS QUITE ACCURATE!

CHRISTMAS IS TWO WEEKS FROM SATURDAY. SERIOUSLY...TIME TO GET OUT AND DO SOME SHOPPING......OF COURSE, IN MAQUOKETA IF YOU LIVE. AROUND HERE

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY AND COLD AGAIN TODAY....HIGH IN THE TEENS. LAST NIGHT THE
OVERNIGHT LOW WAS 9 AND TONIGHT, DOWN TO ABOUT 2. UNSEASONABLE
TEMPERATURES.

IN SPORTS: SATURDAY THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE IN THE
CASCADE DUALS. THEY WENT 2 AND 3 FOR THE DAY. THEY BEAT
CASCADE 47 TO 30.....LOST TO VINTON 48 TO 34.....#1 RANKED DAVENPORT
ASSUMPTION BEAT THEM 71 TO 3. THEN THEY LOST TO DUBUQUE WAHLERT 52 TO 18 AND THEIR SECOND WIN WAS 37 TO 30 OVER MAQUOKETA VALLEY OF DELHI.
THEY WRESTLE AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AT CENTER POINT URBANA IN A WAMAC
DUAL.
TONIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOY'S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HOST MOUNT VERNON AND THE GIRLS PLAY AT MOUNT VERNON.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: RODNEY HASTING AT 611 S. 4TH STREET REPORTED
MONDAY THAT SOMEONE TOOK JEWELRY AND A COIN COLLECTION FROM HIS
HOME. AND LOIS OSTERT, REPORTED LAST NIGHT THAT SOMEONE TOOK CD'S
FROM HER CAR WHILE IT WAS PARKED AT THE EAGLES CLUB ON EAST PLATT
STREET.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

THE NEW LOOK OF THE
"EL RANCHITO" MEXICAN
RESTAURANT ON THE CORNER
OF MAIN AND PLATT IN
DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
GOOD FOOD...FAST SERVICE...
....PRICES YOU'LL LIKE.
AND A LARGE MENU TO SELECT
FROM. TWO DINING ROOMS AND THE NORTH ONE CAN BE
USED FOR MEETINGS AND
PRIVATE PARTIES.

PHOTO BE DENNIS VOY
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

IT WAS COLD SUNDAY NIGHT
(6 ABOVE) WHEN NANCY AND I
LEFT THE LION'S SOUP SUPPER
AT DELMAR AND HEADED FOR
BELLEVUE TO VIEW THE CANADIAN PACIFIC HOLIDAY TRAIN AS IT PASSED THROUGH
TOWN. ABOUT 20 CARS
LIKE YOU SEE HERE (AND BELOW.)
MUSIC OF COURSE AND ONE BOXCAR HAD A STAGE WITH
A CHRISTMAS MUSIC SHOW
BY PROFESSIONALS RIDING ALONG ON THE TRAIN, WITH
SANTA. IT WAS ABOUT A 30-MINUTE VISIT.
THE RAILROAD HAS HAD THIS
TRAIN FOR MANY YEARS AND IT HAS VISITED HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITIES ALONG ITS TRACKS AND HAS RAISED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THOSE IN NEED AT CHRISTMAS TIME. CLICK-ON BOTH PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
WE ENJOYED THIS SPECIAL TOUCH TO CHRISTMAS HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY.
PHOTOS BY DENNIS VOY

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, IN BELLEVUE, THE RAILROAD RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREA.....MAKING
PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR
VIEWING THE HOLIDAY TRAIN
AS IT MADE A STOP IN BELLEVUE. THE RAILROAD GAVE A $1,000 CHECK
TO THE MAYOR FOR THE BELLEVUE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD.
LOTS OF CARS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ENJOYED THE
HOLIDAY TRAIN VISIT TO
BEAUTIFUL BELLEVUE, ALONG
THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY

THE SNOW CAME OVERNIGHT. DID IT EVER!
OVER 5 INCHES.
AND IT IS STILL SNOWING. WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER INCH BEFORE IT ENDS.
HIGH TODAY WILL BE IN UPPER 20'S. THE SNOW IS ON THE HEAVY SIDE....
NOT EASY SHOVELING.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS BOTH BEAT
WATERLOO COLUMBUS LAST NIGHT.
THE WRESTLERS ARE IN A CASCADE TOURNAMENT TODAY.

IN YESTERDAYS COMMENTS ABOUT MAX MOELLER.... I FORGOT TO MENTION
THAT WHILE IN THE NAVY, HE WAS ALSO A RADIO TECHNICIAN 1ST CLASS
OPERATOR. SORRY I FORGOT THAT MAX! MAX BY THE WAY, DOESN'T TURN 91 UNTIL IN FEBRUARY. AND INTERESTING ALSO TO NOTE THAT HE DESIGNED THE CUSTOM BUILT 28 BY 40 THREE-BEDROOM HOME THIS YEAR THAT HE IS NOW LIVING IN. AND, MAX SAYS THAT AFTER 50 YEARS OF MAQUOKETA SNOW, HE DOESN'T MISS IT AT ALL.

DON'T FORGET, YOU CAN SEE THE MAQUOKETA SNOW AND THE VEHICLES DRIVING
IN IT, BY GOING TO THE HOME PAGE OF KMAQ....WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON
THE UPPER LEFT BUTTON. THEN, SEE WHAT THE WEB CAM IS PICKING UP
OUTSIDE MY OFFICE AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM ALSO.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

NO REPOART MONDAY AS I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN.

DENNIS VOY

RYAN DUHME, AT EXTREME
RIGHT, IS MAQUOKETA'S RED-
HOT BOWLER. A WEEK AGO
FRIDAY, HE ROLLED A PERFECT 300 GAME AT TIMBER LANES.
THEN HE ROLLED ANOTHER 300 THIS PAST THURSDAY NIGHT.
TWO 300 GAMES IN LESS THAN
A WEEK. AND LAST NIGHT,
HE WAS HIGH BOWLER AGAIN
WITH A 670 SERIES. LAST YEAR
IN BELLEVUE, HE ROLLED HIS
FIRST 300 AND ALSO HIS FIRST
800 SERIES. HIS DAD RICH (ALSO A GOOD BOWLER) SAID THAT WHEN HE WAS IN SCHOOL,
HE DIDN'T LIKE BOWLING. RYAN
LIVES NEAR LaMOTTE, IN THE HOME HE BOUGHT FROM HIS GRANDPARENTS AND HE IS THE MAINTENANCE MAN
FOR THE ELECTRIC GENERATING DAM AT LAKEHURST, JUST WEST OF MAQUOKETA.
HE IS SINGLE, BUT WILL BE GETTING MARRIED NEXT YEAR. I FORGOT TO ASK
WHO THE LUCKY GIRL IS AND IF SHE IS A BOWLER OR NOT. YES INDEED, HE IS NOW MAQUOKTA'S STAR BOWLER! KEEP IT UP RYAN! LOUIE CLASEN, AT LEFT
ABOVE, THE OWNER OF TIMBER LANES, HAS A PRETTY GOOD LEAD ON RYAN.
LOUIS HAS HAD 22 PERFECT GAMES. RYAN HAS ONLY BEEN LEAGUE BOWLING FOR
ABOUT 8 YEARS, SO HE HAS PLENTY OF TIME TO CATCH LOUIE. CLICK-ON THE
PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT! AND TRY BOWLING SOON....FUN AND GOOD EXERCISE!
TAKE A FRIEND OR THE FAMILY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS FAMILY NIGHT AT TIMBER LANES. MAQUOKETA IS A GOOD BOWLING TOWN, BUT THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR YOU. LOUIE CAN EVEN GET YOU IN A LEAGUE IF YOU LIKE.
PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY

IT IS SNOWING IN MAQUOKETA!
STARTED JUST BEFORE 4 P.M.
UP TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED BETWEEN NOW AND NOON
TOMORROW.

THE MAQUOKETA YMCA WILL BE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER
DIRECTOR. DAVE BAKER HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL
LEAVE THE POSITION AT THE END OF THE MONTH TO BECOME THE NEW YMCA DIRECTOR AT
STONEY POINT IN CEDAR RAPIDS.
HE WILL BE CLOSER TO HIS CHILDREN. HE RECENTLY CAME
TO MAQUOKETA FROM THE YMCA IN OMAHA.

ANOTHER CAR-DEER ACCIDENT. ASHLEE TRAFFORD OF MAQUOKETA HIS A DEAR AT 1:28 A.M. NOVEMBER 27TH ON 170TH AVENUE. $2,000 IN DAMAGES TO HER
CAR. SHE WAS NOT INJURED.

DEWITT, DELMAR, PRESTON, WYOMING, AND LOST NATION ARE ALL HAVING
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EVENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THIS WEEKEND.
PRESTON TONIGHT, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. DEWITT TOMORROW MORNING.
LOST NATION TOMORROW. DELMAR AND WYOMING, SUNDAY.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ARE HOSTING WATERLOO TONIGHT IN BASKETBALL AND
THE CARDINAL BOYS ARE UP AT WATERLOO.

RYAN DUHME OF MAQUOKETA ROLLED ANOTHER PERFECT 300 GAME LAST NIGHT
AT TIMBER LANES, IN THE SUBURBAN LEAGUE. THE SECOND IN A WEEK.
HE HAD ONE LAST FRIDAY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE.

TODAY, FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT MAX MOELLER IS CELEBRATING 65 YEARS SINCE BEING HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A US NAVY RADIO OPERATOR
2ND CLASS. HE IS 91 AND ENJOYING THE NEW HOME HE BUILT THIS
SUMMER IN SAFFORD, ARIZONA. HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS: ljmamtarc@cableone.net
HE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME ON HIS COMPUTER AND IS A REGULAR READER OF
THIS DAILY REPORT. HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY MAX. SORRY YOU, RON,
SHIRLEY, DEAN, KAREN AND OTHERS ARE MISSING TODAY'S BEAUTIFUL
SNOWFALL.

OH....BEFORE I FORGET....MY SNOWBLOWER WOULDN'T WORK AFTER I GASSED IT UP THIS AFTERNOON....SO TO HAL'S PLACE IT WENT!

WILL GIVE YOU A SATURDAY MORNING SHORT REPORT TOMORROW MORNING.

REMEMBER, CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

DENNIS VOY

MAQUOKETA IS READY FOR THE
FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON!
YES...AND THEY ARE
READY AT BRAD DEERY
MOTORS! WHEN IT SNOWS, THE WORK BEGINS AT DEERY'S
BIG-TIME. SHOWN HERE
IS SERVICE MANAGER
DAVE CLARK. YES, THEY
HAVE A SHOVEL FOR THE
HARD TO GET PLACES, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE
3 TRUCKS WITH SNOWPLOWS AND 4 TRUCKS TO HALL AWAY THE
SNOW. NICK McCUTCHEON SAYS THE ONE IN THE PHOTO IS
BRAND NEW AND A SPECIAL KIND....NOTE THE WINGS ON EACH
SIDE. AS SOON AS THE SNOW STOPS, THE BRAD DEERY GUYS GO TO WORK AND GET THE SNOW OFF THE LOTS AND HUNDREDS OF
VEHICLES. AND, BOTH SERVICE AND SALES STAY OPEN WHILE
THE REMOVAL OF SNOW GOES ON. AND...OF COURSE...SOON AFTER THE SNOW STARTS, CITY CREWS ALSO TAKE TO THE STREETS AND WORK HARD TO KEEP TRAVEL GOING IN THE TIMBER CITY. FIVE OR SIX INCHES EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
MORNING. DRIVE CAREFULLY AND BUCKLE-UP.
CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

ANOTHER CLOUDY, COLD DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 29.
SNOW IS IN FORECAST OVERNIGHT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING....
ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES.

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER "MEN WHO COOK" EVENT IN MAQUOKETA.
THE DATE HAS BEEN SET.....FEBRUARY 27 TH. AGAIN THIS YEAR IT WILL
BE SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY, OPTIMIST, LIONS AND
KIWANIS CLUBS, AND ALSO THE DELMAR LIONS.

A CAR-DEER ACCIDENT. DEBBIE GOODENOW REPORTED THAT SHE
HIT A DEER AT 5:02 THIS MORNING AT 15600 HIGHWAY 64.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: AUSTIN KENNEDY SAID SOMEONE BROKE INTO
HIS RESIDENCE ON EAST PLATT STREET TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNINGAND AN IPOD AND XBOX WERE STOLEN.
AND NICK GONNER SAID SOMEONE STOLE HIS WIFE'S PURSE FROM THEIR
CAR SOMETIME SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE MAQUOKETA AREA.

A VEHICLE WAS REPLORTED STOLEN YESTERDAY MORNING. AMANDA KELLER
SAID SOMEONE TOOK A 1998 CHEVY MALIBU FROM 1020 GERMAN STREET. THE VEHICLE IS REGISTERED TO BARRY STARMAN.

THE STINKY MAQUOKETA POLICE UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT MAY BE SALVAGED.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS WITH REMEDIES FOR THE SMELLY EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING AND SOME ARE WORKING.
THE SQUAD CAR IS FREE OF THE SKUNK SMELL AND IS NOW OK AND IT IS
BEING USED.

THE CARAWAY NEWSLETTER ASKS: WHAT OCCURS MORE OFTEN IN
DECEMBER THAN ANY OTHER MONTH?
YOU ARE RIGHT IF YOU SAID "CONCEPTION"!

IF YOU LIVE IN THE SNOW BELT....HAVE YOU TRIED TO START YOUR SNOW
BLOWER YET? BETTER DO SO! I'M GETTING GAS AND WILL DO THAT TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE THE SNOW STARTS. IF IT DOESN'T START......FF TO HAL SPRAGUE'S SHOP.

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW!

DENNIS VOY

PARTY SUNNY TODAY AND COLD...HIGH OF 24.
SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND.
WE HAD NO SNOW IN NOVEMBER AND NONE IN NOVEMBER A YEAR AGO EITHER.
THE FIRST SNOWFALL LAST YEAR WAS A BLIZZARD ON DECEMBER 9TH.

NO NEWS IN THIS REPORT...SORRY.

IN SPORTS, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST THEIR FIRST GAME OF YEAR LAST NIGHT
TO VINTON-SHELLSBURG, 55 TO 49.
THE WRESTLERS LOST TO CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON 39 TO 36 AND
THEN BEAT MARION, 44 TO 30...TO OPEN THE NEW SEASON.

YOU'LL EAT 25,000 COOKIES IN YOUR LIFETIME......ACCORDING TO DALE'S NEWSLETTER.
AND THIS INTERESTING FACT....HONEY IS THE ONLY FOOD THAT DOESN'T SPOIL.
AND THE NEAREST HONEY KING IS DAVE HAYES, MCHS GRAD WAY BACK IN THE 60'S.
CALL HIM IF YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR HONEY SOME HONEY FOR CHRISTMAS.

TAKE IT EASY.

DENNIS VOY

A WINTERY DAY TODAY. SO MUCH FOR THE WEATHER. NO SNOW THOUGH.

SUNDAY, MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER JT THOMPSON WAS SPRAYED BY A SKUNK THAT HE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE KENT AND MARGO SHOUSE GARAGE
IN MAQUOKETA. THE OFFICER THEN USED A SHOVEL TO PUSH IT OUT OF THE GARAGE AND IT WENT UNDER A DECK NEXT DOOR. THOMPSON CHASED IT OUT
FROM UNDER THE DECK AND SHOT IT. HE SAID IT APPEARED TO BE SICK.
IT WILL PROBABLY BE A COSTLY INCIDENT. IF THEY CAN'T GET THE SMELL
OUT OF THE UNIFORM, IT WILL COST AROUND $1,200 FOR AN ENTIRE NEW UNIFORM AND ASSOCIATED LEATHER. THE SQUAD CAR HAS THE ODOR AS THOMPSON DROVE IT BACK TO THE POLICE STATION. THEY ARE USING FEBREZE AND LETTING IT AIR OUT WITH WINDOWS OPEN. IT IS AIR OUT TIME ALSO FOR HIS SHOES. NOW WITH COLDER WEATHER, KEEP YOUR GARAGE DOOR CLOSED AS
KORANDA SAID THERE ARE A LOT OF SKUNKS IN THE CITY. THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN SKUNK REPORTS IN TOWN. KORANDA SAID THE POLICE ARE NOT EXTERMINATORS. HE SAID THE BEST ADVICE IS IF YOU FIND A SKUNK IN YOUR GARAGE, OPEN THE DOOR AND PUT SOME FOOD OUT AS BAIT. THE SKUNK
WILL COME OUT TO EAT.

THE IOWA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION HAS INDUCTED MAQUOKETA NATIVE AND NOBEL LAUREATE PHYSICIST ROBERT MILLIKAN INTO THE IOWA INVENTOR'S HALL OF FAME. MAQUOKETA SCHOOL SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT WAS AT THE AWARDS CEREMONY AND ACCEPPTED THE AWARD.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IS NAMED IN HONOR OF MILLIKAN. MILLIKAN'S FAMILY MOVED TO MAQUOKETA WHEN HE WAS 7 AND HE GRADUATED FROM MHS IN 1886. HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS OIL-DROP EXPERIMENT CONDUCTED IN 1909 WHICH MEASURED THE ELEMENTARY CHARGE OR THE CHARGE OF AN ELECTRON. IN 1923, HE RECEIVED THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS. THE PLAQUE PRESENTED TO HUCKSTADT WILL BE PLACED AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.

FROM A MAQUOKETA SKUNK TO A MAQUOKETA NOBEL PRIZE WINNER....I COVER IT ALL HERE ON THE DAILY REPORT.

KEEP WARM!

DENNIS VOY

TOM WATTERS OF FULTON, COMMANDER
OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS,
O'CONNOR-REGENWETHER POST 3633 IN MAQUOKETA, ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THE WINNERS OF THE VFW'S "PATRIOT'S PEN"
MIDDLE SCHOOL ESSAY WRITING CONTEST.
THERE WERE 28 ENTRIES. THE THEME OF THE NATIONAL CONTEST THIS YEAR:
"DOES PATRIOTISM STILL MATTER?"
THE WINNING 300-WORD ESSAY WAS
WRITTEN BY REESE RUPPERT, AGE 13 AND IN 7TH GRADE AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL. HIS PARENTS ARE KENT AND VICKI RUPERT OF MAQUOKETA. HE WILL
RECEIVE A $150 SAVINGS BOND FROM THE
LOCAL VFW CLUB AND HIS ENTRY WILL NOW BE JUDGED IN DISTRICT COMPETITION.
EVENTUALLY, THE STATE WINNER WILL
RECEIVE AN ALL-EXPENSE TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. EARLY NEXT YEAR AND THE CHANCE FOR A NATIONAL PRIZE.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY

IT STARTED RAINING THIS AFTERNOON. YESTERDAY WAS A NICE DAY....48.....
DOWN TO 35 LAST NIGHT AND TODAY'S HIGH, 45. SNOW SHOWERS AND
COLD TOMORROW, WITH A HIGH IN LOW 30'S. EVEN COLDER WEATHER
ON WEDNESDAY.

SPORTS FIRST: THE MAQUOKETA BOYS OPEN THE SEASON TOMORROW
NIGHT, HOSTING VINTON SHELLSBURG. EARLY GAMES. THE SOPHOMORE
AT 5 AND THE VARSITY AT 6:30.
THE WRESTLING SEASON ALSO STARTS WITH A DOUBLE DUAL
AT CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON. MAQUOKETA WILL WRESTLE WASHINGTON AND MARION WITH ACTION STARTING AT 6 TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE COMBINED CLASSES OF 1988 THROUGH 1991 WON THE 14TH ANNUAL
JACK MARLOWE ALUMNI TOURNAMENT SATURDAY. 13 TEAMS WERE
ENTERED. THE WINNING TEAM INCLUDED CHAD SPECHT, CHRIS STREETS,
DAVE McLAUGHLIN, BILL McALEER, DAVE LINDGREN, JON COSTELLO, CARL SMALL,
AND BRAD MANGLER. THEY WON THE TOURNAMENT BY DEFEATING THE CLASSES OF 2004-2005.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER OVER THE WEEKEND. SHANNA KELSEY OF SOUTH
NIAGARA TOLD POLICE THE TIRES ON HER CAR HAD BEEN SLASHED AND THE
VEHICLE PAINT HAD BEEN SCRATCHED. SHE REPORTED THE INCIDENT AT 9:45 YESTERDAY MORNING.
AND PATTY HICKS OF YALE AVENUE REPORTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT A CAMERA AND TOOL BOX HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM HER PROPERTY.

NO ONE WAS INJURED IN A 2-CAR ACCIDENT IN ANDREW FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND
6:30. AMY PECKOSH, AGE 33 OF RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA AND FORMERLY
OF MAQUOKETA, WAS STOPPED AT THE 150TH STREET AND HIGHWAY 62 INTERSECTION. PHILLIP CORNELIUS, AGE 36, OF ANDREW WAS ALSO WEST
BOUND ON 150TH STREET. ACCORDING TO DEPUTY MIKE PETERS' REPORT,
CORNELIUS REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP AN ITEM AND DID NOT SEE THE
PECKOSH DRIVEN CAR. CORNELIUS RAN INTO THE REAR OF THE STOPPED CAR.
CORNELIUS WAS CHARGED WITH FAILING TO STOP IN THE ASSURED CLEAR DISTANCE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO HIS CAR. AMY PECKOSH WAS DRIVING
A CAR REGISTERED TO JERRY HEINZEL OF RURAL MAQUOKETA. DAMAGE TO IT
WAS LISTED AT $2,500.

TROY HOVEY, AGE 28, OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH
SEVERAL RECENT TIRE SLASHING INCIDENTS IN MAQUOKETA. HE WAS
CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE 2ND DEGREE AFTER ALLEGEDLY
SLASHING 16 TIRES, WITH DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $1,250. HE IS FREE
PENDING A COURT APPEARANCE ON DECEMBER 6TH.

IN A FEW MINUTES, I WILL DO THE 5:05 NEWS FINAL, AS I DO EVERY DAY....
ON BOTH KMAQ AM AND FM...AND OUR WEB SITE. AND I WILL BE
READING 16 OBITUARIES! NOT A RECORD, BUT A LOT!

MARILYN MONROE HAD SIX TOES. THAT BIT OF INFORMATION FROM DALE CARAWAY'S LAST NEWSLETTER. ALSO, WHAT DO 100% OF ALL LOTTERY WINNERS DO?...

GAIN WEIGHT!!

WHICH REMINDS ME....AFTER TWO THANKSGIVING DINNERS....THIS WEEK
I NEED TO ...

LOOSE WEIGHT!!

DENNIS VOY

YESTERDAY WAS A NICE BUT COOL DAY FOR THANKSGIVING.

TODAY, PARTLY SUNNY AND COLD. AFTER AN OVERNIGHT LOW OF 17,
WE ARE ONLY IN THE UPPER 20'S TODAY.

THE COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER AT THE SENIOR CENTER WENT
WELL. THEY REPORTED THIS MORNING THAT THEY HAD AROUND 130 AT THE
CENTER FOR DINNER AND DELIVERED ABOUT 65 MEALS. THE EVENT WAS
BIGGER THAN LAST YEAR. IT WAS A RECORD NUMBER. THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SERVICES ASSISTED THE MAQUOKETA MINISTEREAL ASSOCIATION
IN HOSTING THE EVENT. ENOUGH DONATIONS WERE RECEIVED TO PAY FOR
THE MEAL.

IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE JOBLESS RATE WENT UP TO 7 PERCENT IN OCTOBER,
FROM 6.8 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER.

A THEFT IN MAQUOKETA. WANDA CASS OF 111 N. 5TH STREET REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT A STEREO WAS STOLEN FROM HER VEHICLE OVERNIGHT.

TWO MORE DEER ACCIDENTS, BY RONALD ELMEGREEN AND DAWN HARLAND.
BOTH YESERDAY.

NEW MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL COACH MATT UTHOFF SAYS THIS YEAR'S SQUAD WILL BE ONE LACKING A SUPERSTAR BUT INSTEAD WILL BE A VERY
BALANCED TEAM. HE TOLD US THAT RIGHT NOW, CRAIG JOHNSON, JON BOPES, ERIC CALLAHAN AND PEYTON RIVER ARE BATTLING FOR STARTING SPOTS AND
THAT ANDREW HIGH SCHOOL TRANSFER CHASE COAKLEY WILL HELP THE TEAM WHEN HE BECOMES ELIGIBLE IN THE SECOND SEMESTER. THE CARDINALS
OPEN THE SEASON AT HOME NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN THEY HOST
VINTON SHELLSBURG. THE CARDINAL GIRLS WON THEIR OPENER THIS PAST TUESDAY. UTHOFF WAS HEAD COACH AT CENTRAL CITY LAST YEAR.

OLD TIME TURKEY SHOOT WINNERS (OF A TURKEY) ON KMAQ THIS YEAR
INCLUDED THESE LISTENERS IN MAQUOKETA: DIANE GRAVES, EDGAR TURNEY,
DONNA DAVENPORT, VELMA WITT, MONITA EBERSOLE AND LUCILLE BOWMAN.
WE ALSO HAD 6 WINNERS FROM OTHER CITIES.

THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE KMAQ WEB SITE. TOO MANY
ENTRIES BY A FEW (MOSTLY NAMELESS) PEOPLE ON MATTERS THE GUEST BOOK WAS NOT INTENDED FOR. I GAVE SEVERAL WARNINGS THIS PAST YEAR!
NOW....IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO PASS ALONG TO MY READERS, EMAIL ME AND I'LL INCLUDE IT IN A DAILY REPORT.
kmaq@kmaq.com

LOOKS LIKE WE WILL MAKE IT THROUGH NOVEMBER WITHOUT A SNOWFALL.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

DENNIS VOY

ANOTHER EMPTY WINDOW
LOOKING NICE IN DOWNTOWN
MAQUOKETA ON NORTH MAIN STREET. HAVE NO OTHER
INFORMATION ON IT AT THIS
TIME.

DENNIS VOY

CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

NASTY DAY TODAY. COLD AND LIGHT RAIN. MORE TONIGHT. TOMORROW
SHOULD BE BETTER, BUT STILL COLD. SOME SUNSHINE EXPECTED IN THE
AFTERNOON.

THE JACKSON COUNTY (REPLICA OF OLD SCHOOL) WELCOME CENTER AT SABULA IS GETTING A NEW ROOF. THE BUILDING IS 20 YEARS OLD.

THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL IS GETTING A NEW ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEM FOR THE DOCTOR'S OFFICES. THE NEW SYSTEM WILL MAKE THE
HOSPITAL FULLY CONNECTED TO THE TWO CLINICS AND WILL HELP INCREASE
PATIENT SAFETY. BOARD PRESIDENT KEVIN BURNS SAID WHILE IT'S A LARGE
CHUNK OF MONEY ($140,000), THE BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY IS HUGE.

SOME EXCITEMENT AT CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
STUDENTS WERE EVACUATED FOR A HALF HOUR BECAUSE OF CARBON MONOXIDE ISSUE. BLACK HILL ENERGY WAS CALLED TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND THEN STUDENTS DID NOT GO BACK TO THEIR CLASSROOM BECAUSE IT WAS THE END OF SCHOOL FOR THE DAY.

ON POLICE BLOTTER....AMBER BURRIS SAID SOMEONE TOOK HER DYNO GT CHROME BIKE FROM THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY TUESDAY. THE BIKE IS NOT
REGISTERED. POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA URGES PARENTS TO HAVE THEIR
BIKES REGISTERED AT THE POLICE STATION FOR A NOMINAL FEE.

LONGTIME PRESTON BUSINESS WOMAN HAZEL DRISCOLL, AGE 96, DIED
YESTERDAY AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN CLINTON. SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND
RAN THE HARDWARE STORE DOWNTOWN FOR MANY YEARS.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR FIRST BASKETBALL GAME OF THE SEASON LAST NIGHT, HERE, DEFEATING CLEAR CREEK AMANA BY ABOUT 20 POINTS.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

DENNIS VOY

BILL TUBBS WAS THE SPEAKER AT ROTARY
TODAY. ELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL GRAD.
WIFE (40 YEARS THIS WEEK) OF LINDA (LONG) FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. BROTHER OF STEVE OF RURAL MAQUOKETA AND ALAN OF DEWITT. OWNER-EDITOR
OF NORTH SCOTT PRESS IN ELDRIDGE WHERE
HE LIVES. I'D SAY "MR. ELDRIDGE-ROTARIAN". LONGTIME MEMBER THERE AND PAST DISTRICT ROTARY GOVERNOR. FOR OVER 15 MONTHS, HE CAME UP TO ROTARY IN MAQUOKETA EVERY WEDNESDAY, TAKING HIS FATHER, ED, TO THE MEETING.
TODAY, HE AND HIS BROTHERS PRESENTED
THE NEW BANNER YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO
(WHICH SHOWS THE ROTARY FOUR-WAY
TEST) IN MEMORY OF THEIR DAD. ED
IS REMEMBERED IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND
CORNER WORDING THAT IS TOO SMALL TO READ HERE.
CLICK-ON THIS PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT AND
THANKS TO THE TUBBS BROTHERS.

DENNIS VOY

I KNOW YOU ARE ALL HAPPY TO SEE A
PHOTO OF MY NEW ICE MACHINE AT THE
THEATRE. HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY SOME
OF IT'S GREAT TASTING ICE WHEN "HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS". LUCKILY, IT JUST FIT
GOING THROUGH THE DOORWAY WHEN IT ARRIVED YESTERDAY. THANKS LARRY DERGANZ FOR ANOTHER JOB WELL DONE.

DENNIS VOY

NO NEWS REPORT TODAY.

THE MAQUOKETA VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS (VFW) O'CONNOR-REGENWETHER POST 3633 SPONSORED THE LOCAL
"VOICE OF DEMOCRACY RADIO SPEAKING CONTEST" THIS
FALL. THE THEME OF THIS
NATIONAL VFW CONTEST IS
"DOES MY GENERATION HAVE A ROLE IN AMERICA'S FUTURE?"
THE ESSAY WAS RECORDED BY THE STUDENTS AT KMAQ AND
THEN THE JUDGES LISTENED TO THE CDS AND CHOSE THE TOP
3 WINNERS. THE WINNING ESSAY WAS BY ERICA DRAKE (LEFT), AGE 16, A SOPHOMORE
AT ANDREW HIGH SCHOOL AND THE DAUGHTER OF MARK AND LINDA DRAKE OF RURAL MAQUOKETA. ERICA
RECEIVED $150.00 FROM THE LOCAL VFW AND HER ESSAY WILL NOW BE JUDGED
AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL. THE STATE WINNER GOES ON TO A TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. NEXT YEAR AND THE CHANCE TO WIN MORE MONEY FOR COLLEGE. TAKING SECOND PLACE LOCALLY WAS ALYSSA BAUGHMAN, AGE 16, A JUNIOR AT PRESTON HIGH SCHOOL. SHE RECEIVED $100. AND THIRD PLACE WAS
WON BY CAILEY OWEN, AGE 17, AND A JUNIOR AT MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY
HIGH SCHOOL. HER PARENTS ARE MIKE AND TARA OWEN OF MAQUOKETA.
SHE WON $50. SHOWN IN THE PHOTO IS MAQUOKETA VFW COMMANDER TOM
WATTERS PRESENTING THE $150 CHECK TO ERICA. I'M A VFW MEMBER AND IT
WAS MY PLEASURE TO BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS YEAR'S LOCAL CONTEST.

DENNIS VOY PHOTO

WE HAD A WARM SUNNY MORNING AND THE TEMPERATURE GOT UP TO 62 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THEN CAME A TORNADO WATCH, STILL IN EFFECT. AND THE
TEMPERATURE IS DROPPING....NOW IN THE 40'S. HAD A COUPLE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NIGHT. SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL BE A BIT COLD THANKSGIVING DAY,
WITH AFTERNOON SUNSHINE AND HIGHS ONLY IN THE LOW 30'S.

ON THE WEEKEND POLICE BLOTTER: BRITTINI BRONSON REPORTED SATURDAY MORNING THAT A GPS AND FUZZ BUSTER WERE TAKEN FROM HER CAR OVERNIGHT
ON EAST PLATT STREET.
JORDAN PIERCE SAID A CD PLAYER WAS TAKEN FROM HIS CAR SUNDAY WHILE PARKED AT 106 NORTH JONES.
AND, SHERINA PETERSEN SAID YESTERDAY MORNING THAT THE TIRES ON HER
VEHICLE WERE SLASHED OVERNIGHT.

THE JACKSON COUNTY RECOUNT BOARD FINISHED SUNDAY MORNING AND FOUND NO DIFFERENCES IN THE VOTE TOTALS FOR THE STATE SENATE DISTIRCT 13
ELECTION, THAT WAS WON BY TOD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA, BY SOME 70 VOTES.
CLINTON COUNTY. IT TOOK 8 HOURS TO DO THE RECOUNT IN JACKSON COUNTY.
CLINTON COUNTY IS FINISHING UP THE RECOUNT TODAY AND DUBUQUE COUNTY WILL FINISH WEDNESDAY. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THOSE TWO
COUNTIES ALSO. THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THE RECOUNT FROM ALL 3 COUNTIES
WILL BE ANNOUNCED THIS FRIDAY, OR SOONER OR LATER.

THE TATTOO BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA (EVILUTION TATTOOS & BODY PIERCING) THAT HAS BEEN OPEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS, CLOSED OVER THE WEEKEND AND EVERYTHING WAS MOVED OUT. TOM SIMPSON OWNS THE BUILDING AND
APPARENTLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE CLOSING WAS COMING. TOM HAS STARTED
INSIDE REPAINTING ALREADY AND THE BUILDING IS NOW FOR RENT.
MAQUOKETA HAS NO OTHER TATTOO PLACE. CLINTON AS 3 STORES.
A BIG ONE IN SAVANNA IS LOCATED AT "POOPIES". AND I'M SURE THERE ARE
SEVERAL IN DUBUQUE AND THE QUAD CITIES.

HAD A NICE WEEKEND AT THE THEATRE WITH THE NEW HARRY POTTER MOVIE.
BUT....THE PROFITS WILL QUICKLY GO. THE ICE MACHINE GAVE OUT (AFTER
18 YEARS OF USE) AND A NEW ONE COMES TOMORROW. AND THEY ARE NOT
CHEAP.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK. DON'T EAT TOO MUCH BEFORE THE BIG FEAST THURSDAY.
THEN YOU CAN LET YOURSELF GO.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WE WILL BROADCAST THE 7 P.M. THANKSGIVING-EVE SERVICE "LIVE AND DIRECT" FROM THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH ON EAST PLATT STREET
IN MAQUOKETA. IT WILL BE ON BOTH KMAQ AM AND FM AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO IT ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER OR LAPTOP. JUST GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK ON THE ON-THE-AIR BUTTON IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER.
MAKE A NOTE NOW TO BE SURE TO LISTEN.

DENNIS VOY

170 POUNDS OF TURKEY WILL
BE CONSUMED THURSDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING MEAL AT THE
JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR
CENTER, STARTING AT NOON.
THE TURKEY IS BEING PREPARED NOW AT THE METHODIST CHURCH IN THEIR BRAND NEW
KITCHEN. ALL 8 TURKEYS
WILL BE DONE AND MOVED TO THE CENTER THURSDAY MORNING WHERE FINAL MEAL
PREPARATIONS WILL BE MADE
BY VOLUNTEERS. SHOWN HERE,
SHEILA BENTLEY, ON THE
DINNER COMMITTEE AND TO THE RIGHT, CINDY DANIELS, CHIEF COOK. HER REGULAR JOB IS WORKING IN THE DELI AT THE FAREWAY
STORE, BUT SHE'S DONATING HER TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY DINNER. PIES AND SALADS ARE BEING DONATED AND MORE ARE NEEDED. CALL 652-5318 TO FIND
OUT WHAT YOU CAN MAKE. OR CALL TO MAKE A CASH DONATION. THE DINNER
IS FREE, BUT DONATIONS ARE SUGGESTED.
DENNIS VOY

THE 6TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TREES IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL 7 P.M. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA. OVER 30 TREES, AROUND 20 WREATHS AND A WOOD CARVER'S EXHIBIT TOO. ALL BIGGER THAN LAST YEAR. SILENT AUCTION ON ALL THE
TREES AND WREATHS AND THE PROCEEDS GO TO OHNWARD. NO ADMISSION
TO SEE THE FESTIVAL OF TREES. IT IS REALLY NICE.....FILLS UP THE OHNWARD
LOBBY. LOTS OF CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS ALSO IN THE GIFT SHOP AT
OHNWARD. SEE THE WINNERS BELOW. CLICK-ON ALL THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE
THEM.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS VOY

THE WINNING TREE.....FROM MEDICAL
ASSOCIATES OF MAQUOKETA. "Memories
Of Christmas". IT DEPICTS AN OLD
FASHIONED COUNTRY CHRISTMAS. FROM THE SNOWMAN TO THE SANTA ORNAMENTS, THE TREE HOPES TO BRING BACK MEMORIES OF THE PAST.


DENNIS VOY

THE WINNING (SMALL) TREE....FROM
JACKSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU.
"Warm & Cozy". HAS A UNIQUE RUSTIC LOOK
WITH THE WARM COLORS IN THE PLAID GARLAND, TIED WITH SLEIGH BELLS.

DENNIS VOY

HONORABLE MENTION....TO DAC, INC.
FOR THE "Wizard Of Oz". THE TREE IS ADORNED WITH OZ CHARACTERS. TIN MAN (RECYCLED METAL) STANDING BESIDE THE TREE.

DENNIS VOY

THE WINNING WREATH....FROM THE OLD
LUMBER YARD GIFTS AND MORE ON EAST
PLATT IN MAQUOKETA. "T'was The Nigh
Before Christmas". THE LARGE WINDOW
IS ADORNED WITH A LIGHTED 30-INCH
LIGHTED GREENERY WREATH. SITTING
ON THE WREATH, A HANDCRAFTED SANTA.

DENNIS VOY

NOT A WINNER, BUT ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
FROM BRIDGEPORT AUTO, JUST SOUTH OF MQUOKETA. 'Angels We Have Heard On High".

DENNIS VOY

LITTLE SUNSHINE TODAY AND THE RESULT....HIGH OF ONLY 44.

THE RECOUNT FOR IOWA SENATE DISTRICT 13 IN JACKSON COUNTY BEGINS AT 8:30 TOMORROW MORNING IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM OF THE COURTHOUSE IN
MAQUOKETA. REPUBLICAN ANDREW NAEVE ASKED FOR A RECOUNT AFTER THE FINAL TALLY WITH DEMOCRAT TOD BOWMAN SHOWED AT 71 VOTE DIFFERENCE
WITH BOWMAN THE WINNER.
THE RECOUNT ALSO WILL HAVE TO BE DONE FOR PARTS OF CLINTON COUNTY AND WE HAVE LEARNED THAT CLINTON COUNTY WILL START MONDAY MORNING. IN DUBUQUE COUNTY, THE RECOUNT STARTED YESTERDAY MORNING AND STOPPED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE RECOUNT BOARD CAME UP 11 BALLOTS SHORT. THEY DECIDED TO RECESS COUNTING UNTIL WEDNESDAY. THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THE NEW TALLY FROM THE RECOUNT IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH.

THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING A THEFT. SAMANTHA PAULSEN SAID HER BACKPACK AND WALLET WERE STOLEN FROM HER CAR
WHICH WAS PARKED IN THE 300 BLOCK OF NORTH DECKER YESTERDAY MORNING. HER BACKPACK WAS RECOVERED.

CARAWAY REALTY'S RED CHRISTMAS NEWSLETTER CAME IN THE MAIL TODAY,
WITH GREETINGS FROM DALE AND HIS STAFF OF 7. LOTS OF INTERESTING
AND FUNNY THINGS IN IT. I'M SURE HE WON'T MIND IF I INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE
AT THE END OF DAILY REPORTS.

HERE WE GO WITH THE FIRST!

FINGERNAILS GROW NEARLY 4 TIMES FASTER THAN TOENAILS.

MOST PEOPLE IN TOWN KNOW THAT CARAWAY'S PHONE NUMBER IS 652-0000.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

DENNIS VOY

BELLA SOUL DESIGNS
WILL OPEN AT 4 P.M. TODAY,
FRIDAY, AT THE CORNER OF
MAIN AND PLATT STREETS.
NICE TO HAVE THAT EMPTY
BUILDING DECORATED AND
OPEN FOR THE HOLIDAY
SEASON. LENKA CARSON AND
RAEANN THEDE INVITE YOU
TO STOP IN AND BROWSE.
LOTS OF HAND-MADE JEWELRY
AND REGISTER FOR THEIR
CHRISTMAS DRAWING.

SUNNY AFTERNOON, BUT HIGH OF ONLY 38.

THREE WINNERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FROM THE FESTIVAL OF TREES AT
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER. THERE ARE 36 TREES AND 20 WREATHS.
THEY ARE ALL BEING SOLD BY SILENT AUCTION. JUDGES SELECTED MEDICAL ASSOCIATES AS THE WINNER IN THE LARGE TREE CATEGORY.
JACKSON COUNTY FARM BUREA WON THE SMALL TREE CATEGORY.
OLD LUMBER YARD GIFTS AND HOME DECOR WON THE WREATH CATEGORY.
THE JUDGES CHOICE FOR HONORABLE MENTION WENT TO DAC, INC.
THE TREES MAY BE VIEWED FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 7 P.M MONDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY AND 1 UNTIL 7 P.M. ON WEEKENDS. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD
IS THE LAST DAY. THE FESTIVAL IS A FUND RAISER FOR THE OHNWARD
FINE ARTS CENTER.

THE ANNUAL THANKSGIVING DINNER WILL BE AT NOON THANKSGIVING
DAY AT THE JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER. A BIG TURKEY DINNER
WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS. CARRYOUT AND DELIVERY ALSO OFFERED.
FOR HOME DELIVERY OR TO VOLUNTEER...CALL 652-5318. THE MEAL IS FREE TO ANYONE BUT A DONATION IS SUGGESTED.

THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER WILL HOST AN OPEN HOUSE FROM 1 UNTIL 3 THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR SELF-GUIDED TOURS OF THE
NEW REMODELED AND ENLARGED REHABILITAION SERVICES AREA, FORMALLY
THE EXTENDED CARE FOR SENIORS SECTION OF THE HOSPITAL.

JUDGE J. HOBART DARBYSHIRE WILL BE RETIRING AT THE END OF THE
YEAR. HE IS A JUDGE IN THE 7TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES
MAQUOKETA. HE WAS FIRST APPOINTED IN 1979 AND SERVED UNTIL 1985 AND
WAS AGAIN APPOINTED IN 1995.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GIRL'S BASKETBALL SEASON GETS UNDERWAY NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE GIRLS HOST CLEAR CREEK AMANA.
THE BOYS OPEN THE SEASON ALSO AT HOME, HOSTING VINTON SHELLSBURG
ON TUESDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 30TH.

KMAQ LISTENERS ARE AGAIN HAVING FUN TRYING TO SHOOT A THANKSGIVING
TURKEY IN THE ANNUAL KMAQ OLD-TIME TURKEY SHOOT, THAT STARTED ON THE
STATION OVER 50 YEARS AGO. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SHOT A TURKEY IN
ONE OF THE 6 CAGES IN THE PAST. OR, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER YOU WERE A POOR SHOT AND HIT A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. THE GOOD-AIM TURKEY WINNERS SO FAR HAVE BEEN: DIANE GRAVES, DONNA DAVENPORT AND EDGAR TURNEY ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND DAVID EHLERS OF ANDREW.

GOBBLE GOBBLE! HE GOT ME!

DENNIS VOY

A FRONT LAWN ON WEST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA.
AN AGRESSIVE GROUND SQUIRREL?
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO
ENLARGE IT.

DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY AND COOL TODAY...HIGH ONLY 40.

TWO PEOPLE CHOSEN BY CANDIDATES IN THE SENATE DISTRIC 13 RACE TO TAKE PART IN A RECOUNT OF THE NOVEMBER 2ND VOTE IN JACKSON COUNTY WERE UNABLE TO AGREE ON A THIRD PERSON TO SERVE ON THE RECOUNT BOARD. JACKSON COUNTY AUDITOR M. JOELLE DEPPE, WHO IS THE COMMISSIONER OF ELECTIONS, SAID THAT SENATOR ROGER STEWART AND JEAN DAVIDSAVER COULD NOT AGREE ON A THIRD PERSON. STEWART IS DEMOCRAT TOD BOWMAN'S REPRESENTATIVE AND DAVIDSAVER IS SERVING FOR REPUBLICAN ANDREW NAEVE, WHO CALLED FOR THE RECOUNT AS HE LOST BE LESS THAN 100 VOTES. DEPPE SAID THE MATTER HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE CHIEF JUDGE FOR THE 7TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, BOBBI ALPERS AND SHE HAS UNTIL 5 P.M. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 19TH TO NAME THE THIRD PERSON. THE SAME SITUATION HAS HAPPENED IN CLINTON
COUNTY AND THE JUDGE WILL NAME A 3RD PERSON. IN DUBUQUE COUNTY,
WITH ONLY A FEW PRECINCTS IN THE DISTRICT, THE THREE MEMBERS FOR THE RECOUNT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND ARE READY TO BEGIN THE RECOUNT. THE WHO PROCESS MUST BE DONE BY THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.

A CAR- DEER ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED MONDAY NIGHT AROUND 9. ALLEN CLARK, 41, OF MAQUOKETA SAID HE HIT A DEER SUNDAY MORNING ON MAPLE STREET.
DAMAGE OF $1,500 TO HIS CAR. THE DEER RAN OFF.

THE MAQUOKETA POST OFFICE HAS ANNOUNCED SHORTER WINDOW HOURS
STARTING NEXT MONDAY. MONDAY THRU FRIDAY, 9 A.M. UNTIL 4:45 P.M.
SATURDAY, 9 A.M. UNTIL 12 NOON. THE LOBBY WILL REMAIN OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY. STAMPS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED AT THE FAREWAY STORE IN MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

IT WAS VERY FOGGY THIS MORNING AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT MUCH OF THE DAY AND WE GOT UP TO AROUND 50 AGAIN. NICE FALL DAY!!

BECAUSE OF THE FOG THIS MORNING, TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, MIDLAND(WYOMING)
AND WESTERN DUBUQUE, DELAYED THE START OF SCHOOL TWO HOURS.

AND TWO SEMIS COLLIDED IN THE FOG AT 7 THIS MORNING ON HIGHWAY 136
NEAR LOST NATION. ONE DRIVEN BY MITCHELL SCHMITZ (27) OF BALDWIN AND
THE OTHER BY KENT PETERSEN, (61) OF DELMAR. NO INJURIES.

THE DOWNTOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS WENT UP YESTERDAY AND
TODAY. GARLAND AND LIGHTS ON ALL THE LIGHT POLES AND LIGHTS ON
THE TREE AT THE POST OFFICE. NICE! MMEU LIGHT PLANT WORKERS
DID THE JOB AGAIN. MAQUOKETA'S "KICK-OFF" OF THE CHRISTMAS
SEASON IS THIS SATURDAY WITH VARIOUS THINGS PLANNED.

THE VOY THEATRE IS HAVING A MIDNIGHT SHOWING THURSDAY NIGHT OF THE NEW HARRY POTTER MOVIE. MANY THEATRES WILL BE DOING THAT. THE MOVIE
STARTS WITH REGULAR RUNS NATIONWIDE FRIDAY. DOORS OPEN AT
11:30 THURSDAY NIGHT FOR THE SNEAK PREVIEW OF WHAT WILL BE ANOTHER
BIG, BIG HIT.

AUCTION SHOW EACH NIGHT THIS WEEK, THROUGH FRIDAY, ON KMAQ.
STARTING AT 5:45 AND UNTIL 7 P.M. LOTS OF BARGAINS. REMEMBER, YOU
CAN LISTEN TO THE SHOW HER ON THE INTERNET. JUST GO TO OUR HOME
PAGE...WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE BUTTON IN THE UPPER LEFT
HAND CORNER. WHO KNOWS....WE MAY GET SOME BIDS FROM DOWN
SOUTH OR OUT WEST.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING AND WEDNESDAY.

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY TODAY AND A HIGH OF 49.
MORE OF THE SAME TOMORROW.

BOTH CLINTON COUNTY AND JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS TODAY APPROVED A REQUEST FOR A RECOUNT OF VOTES IN THE STATE SENATE DISTRICT 13 RACE.
DEMOCRAT TOD BOWMAN DEFEATED REPUBLICAN ANDREW NAEVE ON NOVEMBER 2ND BY LESS THAN 100 VOTES. NAEVE ASKED FOR THE RECOUNT. FOR THAT SENATE SEAT, HELD BY RETIRING ROGER STEWART, DEMOCRAT, A RECOUNT HAS TO HAPPEN IN ALL 3 COUNTIES, DUBUQUE INCLUDED. DUBUQUE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROVE THE RECOUNT LATER THIS WEEK. A THREE-MEMBER BOARD WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE DETAILS.

THE POPULAR "MANNY'S PIZZA" IN DOWNTOWN SAVANNA WAS GUTTED BY
FIRE AROUND 6 YESTERDAY MORNING. THE BUILDING WAS AROUND 100 YEARS OLD AND THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN IN SAVANNA FOR 36 YEARS. THE OWNER PLANS TO REBUILD IN THE SAME LOCATION. IT EMPLOYS ABOUT 20 PEOPLE. FOUR UPSTAIRS APARTMENTS WERE ALSO IN THE BUILDING.

MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING MORE VANDALIZM INCIDENTS
IN MAQUOKETA. NICOLE MEIER ON THOMAS AVENUE REPORTED SOMEONE
SATURDAY NIGHT SHOT A BB THROUGH A CAR WINDOW
AND BOB STOCKHAM ON BLAIR COURT REPORTED SOMEONE THREW AN EGG ON HIS DOOR.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNICL MEETS TONIGHT A 7.

THE KMAQ TRAVEL TRIP TO BRANSON WENT WELL LAST WEEK AND BRANSON WAS BUSY. WE HAD A GOOD TIME.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

ANOTHER NEW BUSINESS IN
MAQUOKETA, DOWNTOWN, JUST NORTH OF U.S. BANK.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE
IT.
DENNIS VOY

MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL'S "CLUB HOPE" HAD A COAT DRIVE IN MAQUOKETA THIS PAST WEEKEND. THEY ALSO COLLECTED CANNED GOODS FOR THE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD. THE COATS ARE BEING SORTED AT THE SACRED HEART GYM.
ABOVE, OVER 20 TABLES OF DONATED COATS. THANKS TO "CLUB HOPE" FOR
ANOTHER GOOD JOB, WELL DONE.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

THE NORMAL HIGH FOR THIS DATE WOULD BE 48.
TODAY WE HAD 64 FOR A HIGH, WITH SUNSHINE.
MORE GOOD WEATHER COMING THIS WEEK!

THE NEW PAWN SHOP OPENS TOMORROW. MAIN STREET PAWN SHOP.
LOOKS NICE LOOKING IN. WILL GET A PHOTO OF IT SOON.

A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN ANDREW AND MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARDS
WILL BE AT 6 TONIGHT, AT THE MCHS LIBRARY. THE TWO BOARDS WILL
TALK ABOUT A WHOLE GRADE SHARING AGREEMENT. ANDREW PLANS TO
SEND ITS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BOTH MAQUOKETA AND BELLEVUE
NEXT YEAR. THE AGREEMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE SIMILAR TO THAT BETWEEN
MAQUOKETA AND DELWOOD, WHICH HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR MORE THAN
20 YEARS.

TWO VEHICLE THEFTS WERE REPORTED OVER THE WEEKEND. CARL NEMMBERS OF MILL CREEK ROAD SAID SOMEONE TOOK AN OLD WORK CAR. THEN LATER, IT WAS FOUND NEAR HIS HOME, OUT OF GAS.
AND JOSEPH HUNTER OF 5TH STREET IN MAQUOKETA REPORTED SOMEONE
TOK HIS 1998 MERCURY TRACER. THE KEYS HAD BEEN LEFT IN THE VEHICLE.
IT IS STILL MISSING.

MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A GRASS FIRE AT THE LARRY HAYWARD
FIELD ON 182ND AVENUE LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FIREMEN WERE THERE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

SIX VEHICLE-DEER ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND. VEHICLES BELONGING
TO JASON WALMANN....CHRIS SCHUTE....LINDA GROBSTICK.....MITCH EVEN.....
ABBY CORNING.....JENNIFER QUANDT.

IN SPORTS: ADAM HEPKER, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, HAS BEEN NAMED ASSISTANT BASKETBALL COACH AT MID AMERICA NAZARINE UNIVERSITY
IN OLATHE, KANSAS. HE IS A GRAD OF THE UNIVERSITY AND WAS AN ALL AMERICAN POINT GUARD IN THEIR BASKETBALL PROGRAM, STARTING ALL 4 YEARS. AFTER GRADUATION, HE PLAYED PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL IN GERMANY. HE WILL WORK PRIMARILY WITH THE OFFENSE AND GUARDS AND WILL ASSIST WITH RECRUITING. HE AND HIS WIFE AMY, ALSO A TEACHER, LIVE IN OLATHE.

I WILL BE WITH THE KMAQ TRAVEL BUS TO BRANSON THE REST OF THIS
WEEK. MY NEXT REPORT WILL BE THIS SATURDAY.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN GET LOCAL NEWS BY GOING TO THE KMAQ
HOME PAGE AND IN THE LEFT HAND CORNER, CLICK-ON THE ON-AIR BUTTON.
THE LOCAL NEWS IS AT 7:45, 12:15, 5:10 AND 9:45.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

A LOT HAS BEEN DONE IN DOWNTOWN DEWITT THE PAST 3 YEARS, TO MAKE IT
ONE OF THE NICEST DOWNTOWNS IN THE MIDWEST. THE "FINAL TOUCH"
HAPPENED THIS PAST MONDAY WHEN THE JOHN BLOOM SCULPTURES WERE PLACED
DOWNTOWN ON 6TH AVENUE. 6TH AVENUE IS MAIN STREET. ONE SCULPTURE
WAS PLACED ON NORTH 6TH AVENUE ACROSS FROM THE GERMAN HAUS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE AND THE OTHER SCULPTURE WAS PLACED ON
THE SPECIAL LIGHTED PLATFORM ON SOUTH 6TH AVENUE (THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF
STREET FROM THE NORTH ONE) BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM. THE
ABOVE PLAQUE TELLING ABOUT JOHN BLOOM IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE SOUTH
FARMER "SHUCKING" CORN WITH ENCOURAGEMENT FROM HIS DOG. THE TWO
WORKS, TOTALING SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, ARE BEAUTIFUL TOO AT NIGHT WITH SPECIAL LIGHTS IN THE BASE. FUNDING FOR THE TWO ART
DISPLAYS WAS FUNDED BY GRANTS AND DONATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS TO
DEWITT ON THIS GREAT ADDITION TO DOWNTOWN DEWITT.
CLICK-ON THE THREE PHOTOS I TOOK WEDNESDAY TO ENLARGE THEM. CLICK TWICE TO ENLARGE THEM EVEN MORE.
DENNIS VOY

THIS IS THE SCULPTURE ON
SOUTH 6TH AVENUE,
BY THE MUSEUM.
DENNIS VOY

THIS IS THE SCULPTURE ON
NORTH 6TH AVENUE ACROSS FROM THE GERMAN HAUS BUILDING THAT WAS MOVED FROM GERMANY TO DEWITT AND IS LOCATED IN THE
DOWNTOWN LINCOLN PARK
AND IS THE OFFICE FOR THE
DEWITT CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE. IT ALSO HAS
A SMALL GERMAN MUSEUM
ON THE NORTH END OF IT.
DENNIS VOY

ANOTHER COLORFUL SIGN
LIGHTING UP THE MAQUOKETA SKY.....OPEN DAILY FROM 11 A.M. UNTIL 11 P.M.

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY THIS MORNING, MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON AND A HIGH
TODAY OF 49.
WEEKEND WEATHER WILL BE GOOD.

THE CORNER MEXICAN RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA THAT
WAS A BRIGHT YELLOW HAS BEEN REPAINTED THIS WEEK TO A BRIGHT
ORANGE. LOOKS GOOD SO FAR. I WILL TAKE A PICTURE OF IT WHEN
IT IS DONE.

THE CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK AGREED TO SELL THE ALLEY BETWEEN SECOND AND NORTH NIAGARA STREETS TO BRAD DEERY MOTORS. THERE ARE FOUR LOTS MAKING UP THE ALLEY THAT HAS NO PURPOSE AS BRAD DEERY OWNS THE LAND ALL
AROUND THE ALLEY AND THAT LAND IS FOR CAR DISPLAYS. AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, NO ONE SPOKE AND THERE WERE NO PHONE CALLS. THE LAND WAS SOLD FOR $400 AND BRAD DEERY WILL PAY THE LEGAL FEES.

READ ALL ABOUT THE TORQUE FEST COMING TO MAQUOKETA NEXT APRIL
BY GOING TO: www.vintagetorquefest.com

WE HAVE ONE AREA FOOTBALL TEAM STILL IN THE PLAYOFFS. NORTH CEDAR OF
STANWOOD WILL PLAY THEIR NEXT GAME MONDAY NIGHT.

WENT PAST THE TRUCK STOP LAST NIGHT AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY TRUCKS IN MAQUOKETA AT ONE PLACE. MAQUOKETA'S TRUCK STOP
AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF TOWN ACROSS FROM WAL MART IS A VERY POPULAR
PLACE WITH TRUCKERS.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TRUCK OUT OF HERE FOR NOW.

DENNIS VOY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY
TO
KMAQ'S
TOM MESSERLI...

THE BIG 5-0

THERE'S A LITTLE MORE
OF LITTLE TOM NOW...
THAN IN THIS '88 PHOTO

HAVE A GOOD DAY!! ...

FROM THE KMAQ STAFF

NICE, SUNNY AND 60 FOR A HIGH.

THE IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE IS DECLARING BRIAN MOORE, (R) FROM
ZWINGLE, AS THE WINNER IN THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE RACE, DEFEATING
INCUMBANT TOM SCHUELLER.(D) OF MAQUOKETA. THE STATE'S OFFICIAL COUNT GIVES 5,473 VOTE S FOR MOORE AND 5,324 FOR SCHUELLER, MAKING IT A 149 VOTE DIFFERENCE.

AND, THE STATE SAYS TOD BOWMAN (D) HAS EDGED HIS OPPONENT ANDREW NAEVE (R) BY 38 VOTES. THE STATE SHOWS 9,960 FOR BOWMAN AND 9,922 FOR NAEVE.

JACKSON COUNTY AUDITOR M. JOELLE DEPPE SAID THERE ARE STILL POSSIBLE ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND PROVISIONAL BALLOTS TO COUNT WHICH COULD EFFECT THE CLOSE MARGINS. PROVISIONAL BALLOTS ARE THOSE WHICH MAY BE CHALLENGED DUE TO VOTER REGISTRATION OR OTHER ISSUES. DEPPE SAID THERE HAD BEEN NO CALLS TO HER OFFICE FOR A RECOUNT THIS MORNING.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE SCHEDULED TO CANVAS THE VOTE
NEXT TUESDAY TO MAKE THE TOTALS OFFICIAL. BOTH DUBUQUE AND CLINTON
COUNTY SUPERVISORS HAVE TO CANVAS THE VOTE TOO, AS WELL AS THE STATE BECAUSE IT IS A STATE OFFICE.

BOTH RACES WERE CLOSE AND FOR THAT REASON, THE OUTCOME COULD CHANGE.
BUT RIGHT NOW, MOORE AND BOWMAN ARE THE WINNERS.

ALL THE CANDIDATE'S RADIO AND TV SPOTS ARE DONE, THE NEWSPAPER ADS
HAVE ENDED AND THE YARD SIGNS ARE DISAPPEARING. ANOTHER ELECTION
IS OVER! LET'S HOPE THAT YESTERDAY'S ELECTION MAKES FOR A BETTER COUNTY,
STATE AND NATION IN 2011!

DENNIS VOY

THE NEW CHINA CAFE OPENED TODAY IN THE STRIP MALL
ON THE STREET TO THE
FAREWAY STORE AND ACROSS
FROM CASEY'S. BEHIND TO
THE LEFT IS McDONALDS AND
BEHIND TO THE RIGHT, IS THE SUPER 8 MOTEL. IT IS A FAST- FOOD PLACE, WHERE JUST LIKE
AT McDONALDS, YOU LOOK UP TO A MENU BOARD WITH
DIFFERENT DISHES AND CHOOSE
WHAT YOU WANT. THEN, EAT-IN OR CARRY-OUT. THERE ARE 8 BOOTHS.
GO IN THE FRONT DOOR AND TURN RIGHT. TURN LEFT FOR
ANOTHER POTENTIAL BUSINESS.
DENNIS VOY

HERE'S THE TEAM WITH THE WINNING THEME AT THE HALLOWEEN TRIVIA CONTEST AT MICHEL HALL IN MAQUOKETA. TEAM PROGRESS THROUGH SCIENCE: DAVID
AND ROBERTA ROSHEIM....
ZACK AND BILL McCLINTOCK....
DARWIN AND LINDA POLK....FRED AND NANCY STARK....SARA ANHALT, BEN SHEARER.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO.
DENNIS VOY

HOLD EVERYTHING!

THE TWO CLOSE RACES HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY (WITH DUBUQUE AND CLINTON COUNTY BALLOTS INCLUDED) ARE STILL QUESTIONABLE!

THE STATE AUDITOR'S TOTAL DOES NOT MATCH THE LOCAL TOTAL!
PLUS, BALLOTS POSTMARKED BY MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT MAY STILL COME IN AND CHANGE THINGS MORE.

WE MAY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE THREE SUPERVISOR BOARDS (OF EACH COUNTY) DO THEIR MANDATED CANVASS OF THE
VOTES.

M. JOELLE DEPPE, JACKSON COUNTY AUDITOR, TOLD KMAQ
NEWS THAT A WINNER IN THE TWO RACES CAN NOT AT THIS
TIME CAN NOT BE DECLARED.

ON KMAQ NEWS AT 12:15 (ALSO AT THAT TIME HERE ON OUR WEB SITE) WE MAY HAVE MORE INFORMATION.

DENNIS VOY

A QUICK REPORT ON THE ELECTION YESTERDAY!

FORMER GOVERNOR TERRY BRANSTAD (R) WON OVER GOVERNOR CULVER.

SEN. GRASSLEY (R) EASILY WON AGAIN OVER ROXANN CONLIN.

CONG. BRALEY (D) WON, BUT BY ONLY A SMALL MARGIN.

TOD BOWMAN, MAQUOKETA, (D) WON BY 25 VOTES FOR IOWA SENATE TO REPLACE RETIRING DEMOCRAT ROGER STEWART. BOWMAN CARRIED JACKSON COUNTY BUT
ANDREW NAEVE CARRIED CLINTON AND DUBUQUE COUNTY PRECINCTS.

ST. REP. TOM SCHUELLER, MAQUOKETA, (D) LOST (BY 224 VOTES). WINNER BRIAN MOORE, ZWINGLE FARMER AND NEWCOMER TO POLITICS. AGAIN. SCHUELLER
CARRIED JACKSON COUNTY BUT MOORE DID BETTER IN CLINTON AND
DUBUQUE COUNTIES.

THE BIGGEST SURPRISE IS THAT SCHUELLER LOST.

AND THE TWO RACES (SENATE AND ST. REP) WERE AS CLOSE AS I CAN EVER RECALL HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY.

WILL A RE-COUNT BE CALLED-FOR IN THE SENATE RACE? SINCE THE OUTCOME
IS SO CLOSE, THAT COULD HAPPEN.,

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY AND 51 FOR A HIGH TODAY.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT APPROVED A PARADE
NEXT YEAR FOR THE BIG "VINTAGE TORQUE FEST" THAT WILL BE IN
MAQUOKETA THE LAST WEEKEND IN APRIL.
JOHN WELLS, BETTENDORF, ORGANIZER OF THE EVENT SAID THE TORQUE FEST WILL
BE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND HE WANTS TO HAVE A SHORT PARADE FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON SOUTH MAIN STREET, ON
SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH, FROM 5:30 UNTIL 6:30 P.M. HE ASKED FOR TRAFFIC
CONTROL FROM THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE COUNCIL APPROVED HIS REQUEST. THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE WILL BE PART OF THE EVENT AND
WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC THAT WEEKEND. IT WILL BE A BIG EVENT FOR
MAQUOKETA AND YOU WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT IT IN THE MONTHS TO COME.

THE JACKSON COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPPED TO 6.7 PERCENT
IN SEPTEMBER, FROM 7 PERCENT IN AUGUST.

MAQUOKETA POLICE RECEIVED A THEFT REPORT. MICHAEL HAWKS OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED AT 10:48 A.M. YESTERDAY THAT SOMONE TOOK THREE
ANDREW NAEVE POLITICAL SIGNS FROM THE TACO JOHNS PROPERTY JUST OFF WEST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA.

THE POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL 9 TONIGHT IN MAQUOKETA. ELECTION RETURNS
FROM THE COURT HOUSE IN MAQUOKETA BEGIN AT 9. THEY WILL BE ON BOTH KMAQ AM AND FM...AND ON KMAQ'S WEB SITE....WWW.KMAQ.COM.'

HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT.

DENNIS VOY

BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY....HIGH OF 51.

POLLS WILL BE OPEN IN MAQUOKETA FROM 7 A.M. UNTIL 9 P.M. TOMORROW.
TWO MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN CAMPAIGNING HARD.
WILL TOD BOWMAN, DEMOCRAT, BE THE STATE SENATOR TO REPLACE
ROGER STEWART?
AND, WILL TOM SCHUELLER, DEMOCRAT, BE RE-ELECTED STATE REPRESENTATIVE?
I WILL HAVE THE RESULTS FOR YOU AT 9:30 TOMORROW NIGHT AT THIS
SITE. AND,YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE ELECTION RESULTS "LIVE" FROM THE
JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN MAQUOKETA AT 9 TOMORROW NIGHT.
VOTE TOMORROW.

FIVE CAR - DEER ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND IN JACKSON COUNTY.
IT IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR FOR MORE OF THESE.

THE JACKSON SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT WILL HAVE ITS
ANNUAL CONSERVATION AWARDS BANQUET ON MONDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 15TH, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. THIS YEAR'S CONSERVATION AWARDS GO TO KENT AND SHARON MARSHALL OF SABULA AND ROGER AND TOM STEWART WHO FARM ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF MAQUOKETA. LANNY SIMPSON OF MAQUOKETA WILL BE AWARDED THE FRIEND OF CONSERVATION AWARD.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7 TONIGHT.

HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING AT 12:35 TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN THE HOSPITAL BOARD ROOM. BOTH MEETINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

PRESTON PLAY-OFF FOOTBALL ON KMAQ-FM AT 7 TONIGHT WITH MATT CLARK OF
MAQUOKETA AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE. ALSO ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE TONIGHT. THE GAME WILL BE PLAYED AT PRESTON. THE TROJANS ARE UNDEFEATED.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY