SUNNY AND ABOUT 50 TODAY.
TOMORROW SHOULD BE THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEK...WITH A HIGH IN THE 60'S.
RAIN ON WEDNESDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TODAY IN SPECIAL SESSION FOR PUBLIC
HEARINGS CONCERNING POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OF TWO STUDENTS.
SEVERAL VANDALISM REPORTS OVER THE WEEKEND. JENNIFER CHRISTENSEN AT 307 SOUTH MAIN SAID SOMEONE HIT THE SIDE OF HER HOME AND THE SATELLITE DISH.
TIM KELLY ON SOUTH VERMONT SAID SOMEONE TRIED TO BREAK IN THE HOUSE AND
DAMAGED THE FRONT DOOR.
AND JORDAN FEUSS SAID WHILE HIS TRUCK WAS PARKED AT WALMART SATURDAY NIGHT,
SOMEONE SPRAY PAINTED THE DRIVER'S DOOR.
A REMINDER THAT THE MAQUOKETA VS GRINNELL PLAYOFF FOOTBALL GAME IS TONIGHT
AT GOODENOW FIELD AND WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ AM, FM AND INTERNET
SITE STARTING AT 6:50.
I WILL HAVE THE SCORE LATER THIS EVENING RIGHT HERE.
BUSY AROUND HERE ON NORTH MAIN STREET TODAY. CONNELL SUPPLY COMPANY IS INSTALLING KMAQ'S NEW RUBBER ROOF AND G.L. STOCKHAM AND SON CONTRACTOR IS GIVING A NEW LOOK TO THE SCHOENTHALER, ROBERG, BARTELT AND KAHLER LAW OFFICE
BUILDING NEXT DOOR. NEW WINDOWS INSTALLED TODAY. WHEN IT IS DONE,
I'LL POST A PHOTO HERE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY!
DENNIS VOY
Monday, October 31, 2011
WE SPENT 2 OR 3 HOURS IN CHICAGO'S LOOP YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,
VISITING ONE OF NANCY'S GRANDAUGHTERS WHO HAS A SMALL 27TH FLOOR APARTMENT RIGHT IN THE HEART OF IT. NICE AFTERNOON FOR DINNER AND WALKING UP AND DOWN FAMOUS STREETS LIKE STATE AND RUSH AND MICHIGAN AVENUE. SUNNY AND WARM WEATHER AND THE LOOP WAS VERY BUSY! DITKA'S IS QUITE BIG...HAD A BEER THERE. THE APPLE STORE WAS ALSO BUSY WITH COMPUTER FANS ...AND ANOTHER INTERESTING PLACE WAS HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE STORE. FUN TO VISIT THE WINDY CITY....ONE OF THE GREATEST CITIES OF THE WORLD AND JUST A FEW HOURS AWAY.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, October 28, 2011
LAST NIGHT AT TIFFIN...
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL VOLLEYBALL TEAM DID IT....
WON AGAIN!
MAQUOKETA 25 - 25 AND 25
WASHINGTON 9 - 10 AND 8
MAQUOKETA'S RECORD NOW 31 AND 5
ALSO LAST NIGHT, DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION EASILY DEFEATED KEOKUK
SO...
NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7, AT THE GYM IN DEWITT...
MAQUOKETA TAKES ON DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION
AND THE WINNER GOES TO THE STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT IN CEDAR RAPIDS!
MAQUOKETA HAS ALREADY BEATEN ASSUMPTION 3 TIMES THIS YEAR.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL VOLLEYBALL TEAM DID IT....
WON AGAIN!
MAQUOKETA 25 - 25 AND 25
WASHINGTON 9 - 10 AND 8
MAQUOKETA'S RECORD NOW 31 AND 5
ALSO LAST NIGHT, DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION EASILY DEFEATED KEOKUK
SO...
NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7, AT THE GYM IN DEWITT...
MAQUOKETA TAKES ON DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION
AND THE WINNER GOES TO THE STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT IN CEDAR RAPIDS!
MAQUOKETA HAS ALREADY BEATEN ASSUMPTION 3 TIMES THIS YEAR.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, October 27, 2011
PARTLY SUNNY AND COOLER TODAY...IN THE 50'S. MORE OF THE SAME FOR THE
REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND.
NO ONE WAS INJURED IN A TWO-CAR ACCIDENT ON SOUTH MAIN JUST BEFORE 6 LAST NIGHT. SUE VORBECK, 58, OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, PULLED OUT OF A PRIVATE
DRIVEWAY AND BROADSIDED THE PASSENGER SIDE OF A SOUTHBOUND CAR ON MAIN STREET DRIVEN BY KATHERINE TRENKAMP, AGE 62, OF MAQUOKETA. BOTH
DRIVERS WERE ALONE. BOTH CARS SUSTAINED AN ESTIMATED $2,000 IN DAMAGES AND NO CHARGES WERE FILED.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, RICK WILLIAMS, HIT A DEER WITH HIS PICKUP ON HIGHWAY 62 JUST WEST OF BELLEVUE. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DONE TO THE TRUCK AND NO
INJURIES.
A MAQUOKETA RESIDENT CALLED POLICE JUST BEFORE 6:30 LAST NIGHT TO SAY SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO BREAK INTO HER RESIDENCE AT 1012 GERMAN STREET.
PAULEEN PAGE TOLD POLICE A COUPLE OF MALE SUBJECTS KICKED HER DOOR BUT
DID NOT GAIN ENTRY.
JUST AFTER 9:30 LAST NIGHT, MAQUOKETA POLICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF A BURGLARY. MICHELLE WILLIAMS ON NORTH DEARBORN TOLD AUTHORITIES HER HOME
HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO. THE HOME WAS RANSACKED BUT WILLIAMS WAS UNSURE
IF ANYTHING HAD BEEN TAKEN.
LOCK YOUR DOORS...EVEN WHEN YOU ARE HOME!!
THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB HONORED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT A DINNER
MONDAY NIGHT AT THE EAGLES CLUB. THIS HAS BEEN AN ANNUAL BANQUET.
TWO VOLUNTEERS WERE HONORED BY THE OPTIMIST....FOR THEIR WORK IN THE
AREA OF MAINTENANCE AND TRAINING FOR THE DEPARTMENT. THEY WERE
AL MUHLHAUSEN AND JERRY BOWEN. KEITH AND SHERRY WUESTE FROM BRUSH
CREEK WINERY OF RURAL ANDREW WERE THE GUEST SPEAKERS AND THEY TALKED
ABOUT THEIR WINERY AND PROVIDED EVERYONE WITH FREE SAMPLES.
BRENT NUGENT WHO HAS OWNED AND OPERATED NUGENT AUTO SALES IN MAQUOKETA FOR MORE THAN 23 YEARS, HAS ASSUMED THE ROLE OF PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA
AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLERS. HIS LARGE OPERATION IS LOCATED IN THE AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM AND INCLUDES A SALVAGE YARD. HE STARTED THE USED CAR DEALERSHIP IN 1988 AND ADDED THE SALVAGE YARD 10 YEARS LATER. HE NOW REBUILDS TRUCKS AND SELLS AUTO PARTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. HE HAS 4 EMPLOYEES. GOT THIS INFORMATION FROM A STORY BY KELLY GERLACH IN THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS. CONGRATULATIONS TO BRENT
AND SHEILA ON THE GREAT BUSINESS THEY HAVE HERE IN TOWN AND TO
BRENT ON HIS STATE OFFICE.
BECAUSE OF HEALTH PROBLEMS, SAGE ROSENFELS WILL NOT BE A QUARTERBACK
WITH THE MIAMI DOLPHINS AFTER ALL. HE HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE TEAM'S NON-FOOTBALL ILLNESS LIST. A BLOOD DISORDER SENT SAGE TO THE HOSPITAL TWICE IN AUGUST AND EVEN THOUGH HE FELT BETTER RECENTLY, EVENTUALLY
RETURNING TO THE NFL WITH THE DOLPHINS, HE ACKNOWLEDGED HE HASN'T FULLY
RECOVERED. WHEN HE FIRST JOINED THE DOLPHINS, ALL TESTS SHOWED
THAT HE WAS HEALTHY AND READY TO GO. BUT AFTER PRACTICING FOR A FEW WEEKS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE HEAT, SOME NEW INDICATIONS MADE IT OBVIOUS, HE SAID,
THAT HE NEEDED REST TO ALLOW HIS BODY TO REGAIN HIS FULL STRENGTH.
HE WAS A QB FOR THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS, THEN THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES AND
THIS WAS HIS 11TH SEASON IN THE NFL. WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO SAGE
PLAYING AGAIN IN THE 2011-2012 NFL SEASON.
AGAIN THIS YEAR, MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A "TOYS FOR TOTS" DRIVE AND AGAIN
THIS YEAR, THE CHAIRMAN WILL BE RON SCHAEFER. FOR MORE INFORMATION,
CALL HIM AT 652-6065.
YESTERDAY, THE WEB SITE ADDRESS FOR ROBERT CHRISTENSEN'S PHOTO SITE
WAS NOT COMPLETE. IT IS:..www.listjacksoncountyia.com
CHECK IT OUT...LOTS OF NEW PHOTOS JUST PUT UP, AS I MENTIONED
YESTERDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TEAM, 7TH RATED IN THE STATE,
HAS ANOTHER TOURNAMENT MATCH-UP TONIGHT AT 7, AT TIFFIN, AGAINST
WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON IS NOT RATED. THE GOAL OF COURSE, IS TO
BEAT A COUPLE MORE TEAMS AND GET TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN
CEDAR RAPIDS. TOMORROW MORNING, I WILL HAVE THEIR SCORES HERE.
GO CARDINALS!
WATCH THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS BEAT TEXAS TONIGHT!
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND.
NO ONE WAS INJURED IN A TWO-CAR ACCIDENT ON SOUTH MAIN JUST BEFORE 6 LAST NIGHT. SUE VORBECK, 58, OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, PULLED OUT OF A PRIVATE
DRIVEWAY AND BROADSIDED THE PASSENGER SIDE OF A SOUTHBOUND CAR ON MAIN STREET DRIVEN BY KATHERINE TRENKAMP, AGE 62, OF MAQUOKETA. BOTH
DRIVERS WERE ALONE. BOTH CARS SUSTAINED AN ESTIMATED $2,000 IN DAMAGES AND NO CHARGES WERE FILED.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, RICK WILLIAMS, HIT A DEER WITH HIS PICKUP ON HIGHWAY 62 JUST WEST OF BELLEVUE. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DONE TO THE TRUCK AND NO
INJURIES.
A MAQUOKETA RESIDENT CALLED POLICE JUST BEFORE 6:30 LAST NIGHT TO SAY SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO BREAK INTO HER RESIDENCE AT 1012 GERMAN STREET.
PAULEEN PAGE TOLD POLICE A COUPLE OF MALE SUBJECTS KICKED HER DOOR BUT
DID NOT GAIN ENTRY.
JUST AFTER 9:30 LAST NIGHT, MAQUOKETA POLICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF A BURGLARY. MICHELLE WILLIAMS ON NORTH DEARBORN TOLD AUTHORITIES HER HOME
HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO. THE HOME WAS RANSACKED BUT WILLIAMS WAS UNSURE
IF ANYTHING HAD BEEN TAKEN.
LOCK YOUR DOORS...EVEN WHEN YOU ARE HOME!!
THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB HONORED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT A DINNER
MONDAY NIGHT AT THE EAGLES CLUB. THIS HAS BEEN AN ANNUAL BANQUET.
TWO VOLUNTEERS WERE HONORED BY THE OPTIMIST....FOR THEIR WORK IN THE
AREA OF MAINTENANCE AND TRAINING FOR THE DEPARTMENT. THEY WERE
AL MUHLHAUSEN AND JERRY BOWEN. KEITH AND SHERRY WUESTE FROM BRUSH
CREEK WINERY OF RURAL ANDREW WERE THE GUEST SPEAKERS AND THEY TALKED
ABOUT THEIR WINERY AND PROVIDED EVERYONE WITH FREE SAMPLES.
BRENT NUGENT WHO HAS OWNED AND OPERATED NUGENT AUTO SALES IN MAQUOKETA FOR MORE THAN 23 YEARS, HAS ASSUMED THE ROLE OF PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA
AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLERS. HIS LARGE OPERATION IS LOCATED IN THE AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM AND INCLUDES A SALVAGE YARD. HE STARTED THE USED CAR DEALERSHIP IN 1988 AND ADDED THE SALVAGE YARD 10 YEARS LATER. HE NOW REBUILDS TRUCKS AND SELLS AUTO PARTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. HE HAS 4 EMPLOYEES. GOT THIS INFORMATION FROM A STORY BY KELLY GERLACH IN THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS. CONGRATULATIONS TO BRENT
AND SHEILA ON THE GREAT BUSINESS THEY HAVE HERE IN TOWN AND TO
BRENT ON HIS STATE OFFICE.
BECAUSE OF HEALTH PROBLEMS, SAGE ROSENFELS WILL NOT BE A QUARTERBACK
WITH THE MIAMI DOLPHINS AFTER ALL. HE HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE TEAM'S NON-FOOTBALL ILLNESS LIST. A BLOOD DISORDER SENT SAGE TO THE HOSPITAL TWICE IN AUGUST AND EVEN THOUGH HE FELT BETTER RECENTLY, EVENTUALLY
RETURNING TO THE NFL WITH THE DOLPHINS, HE ACKNOWLEDGED HE HASN'T FULLY
RECOVERED. WHEN HE FIRST JOINED THE DOLPHINS, ALL TESTS SHOWED
THAT HE WAS HEALTHY AND READY TO GO. BUT AFTER PRACTICING FOR A FEW WEEKS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE HEAT, SOME NEW INDICATIONS MADE IT OBVIOUS, HE SAID,
THAT HE NEEDED REST TO ALLOW HIS BODY TO REGAIN HIS FULL STRENGTH.
HE WAS A QB FOR THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS, THEN THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES AND
THIS WAS HIS 11TH SEASON IN THE NFL. WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO SAGE
PLAYING AGAIN IN THE 2011-2012 NFL SEASON.
AGAIN THIS YEAR, MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A "TOYS FOR TOTS" DRIVE AND AGAIN
THIS YEAR, THE CHAIRMAN WILL BE RON SCHAEFER. FOR MORE INFORMATION,
CALL HIM AT 652-6065.
YESTERDAY, THE WEB SITE ADDRESS FOR ROBERT CHRISTENSEN'S PHOTO SITE
WAS NOT COMPLETE. IT IS:..www.listjacksoncountyia.com
CHECK IT OUT...LOTS OF NEW PHOTOS JUST PUT UP, AS I MENTIONED
YESTERDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TEAM, 7TH RATED IN THE STATE,
HAS ANOTHER TOURNAMENT MATCH-UP TONIGHT AT 7, AT TIFFIN, AGAINST
WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON IS NOT RATED. THE GOAL OF COURSE, IS TO
BEAT A COUPLE MORE TEAMS AND GET TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN
CEDAR RAPIDS. TOMORROW MORNING, I WILL HAVE THEIR SCORES HERE.
GO CARDINALS!
WATCH THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS BEAT TEXAS TONIGHT!
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
EVERY WEEK, THE MESSAGE ON THE CHAIN LINK FENCE ON WEST PLATT STREET
HAS BEEN CHANGED AFTER ANOTHER FOOTBALL WIN FOR THE CARDS. THE
CHANGE WAS MADE AGAIN THIS MORNING..... TO 9 AND 1. NEXT UP, GRINNELL....THIS COMING MONDAY NIGHT AT GOODENOW FIELD. GRINNELL BEAT
WESTERN DUBUQUE LAST NIGHT, 52 TO 27. MAQUOKETA'S LONE LOSS, WAS
A NON-DISTRICT LOSS TO WEST DELAWARE OF MANCHESTER, UP THERE, ON
AUGUST 26TH. IT WAS THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON.
MANCHESTER CAME FROM BEHIND TO BEAT THE CARDINALS, 24 TO 21.
THE GAME MONDAY NIGHT WILL AGAIN BE BROADCAST BY MATT CLARK ON
KMAQ AM-FM AND ON OUR INTERNET SITE, WWW.KMAQ.COM. LAST NIGHT,
WE HAD OVER 90 LISTENING TO THE GAME ON THEIR COMPUTER OR LAPTOP.
AS ALWAYS, TO ENLARGE THIS PHOTO AND THE ONES BELOW IT, YOU HAVE TO CLICK-ON
EACH PHOTO A COUPLE OF TIMES.
DENNIS VOY
SUNDAY, WHILE OUT FOR A DRIVE IN BEAUTIFUL JACKSON COUNTY, WE TOOK SOME GRAVEL SIDEROADS AND ON 85TH STREET OFF THE CAVES ROAD,
AFTER GOING A SHORT DISTANCE, TO THE LEFT, WE JUST HAD TO STOP
AND ADMIRE THE YARD DISPLAYS AT THE BRIAN AND KAREN WATTERS FARM. GRABBED MY CAMERA AND HERE THEY ARE. PRETTY NEAT! BOTH BRIAN AND KAREN WORK
ON THESE 3 PLOTS. NICE JOB!
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
WINDY AND COOL TODAY IN THE UPPER 40'S.
GOING TO BE COLD WATCHING THE GAME TONIGHT AT GOODENOW FIELD BETWEEN
MAQUOKETA AND WILLIAMSBURG. BUT, IT SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME!
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT....LISTEN TO KMAQ AM OR FM....OR ON YOUR COMPUTER
OR LAP TOP AS THE GAME WILL BE ON AT WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE
LISTEN BUTTON IN LEFT COLUMN. MATT CLARK WILL HAVE THE GAME STARTING
AT 6:50 TONIGHT.
THE CARDINALS HAVE BEEN GETTING GOOD PUBLICITY ON THE GAME TONIGHT,
ON RADIO, TV AND NEWSPAPERS.
GO CARDINALS!
GO ST. LOUIS CARDINALS TOO! TONIGHT'S GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED
BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER....TO TOMORROW NIGHT, 7:05.
BAD WEATHER AT ST. LOUIS AND BETTER FORECAST FOR TOMORROW NIGHT
AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE CARDINALS NEED TO WIN TOMORROW NIGHT TO
EVEN THE SERIES. AND THEN THE FINAL GAME WOULD BE FRIDAY NIGHT.
A RURAL MAQUOKETA MAN, ZACH SCHUELLER, TOLD DEPUTIES THAT SOMETIME
SATURDAY NIGHT HIS HOUSE AND MACHINE SHED ON 233RD AVENUE WERE ENTERED
AND TAKEN...A WEED EATER, CHAIN SAW, TOOL CHEST, AIR-COMPRESSOR AND
OTHER THINGS, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
TUESDAY, TWO WOMEN'S BOWLING LEAGUES SCATTER THE PINS AT TIMBER LANES.
AN AFTERNOON LEAGUE AND THE EVENING ONE. WHO ARE SOME OF MAQUOKETA'S
BEST WOMEN BOWLERS? YESTERDAY, THESE TOOK THE HONORS: WENDY
WINEGAR, MARY IRWIN, LINDA HOUSE, MAXINE SUTTON, JACKIE CLASEN, KATHY
SEYFERT, MARGARET BONNEY, CARRIE WOOD AND SANDY KLOCKE. SANDY IS
PROBABLY IN THE TOP 5. LAST NIGHT, SHE ROLLED A 235 GAME AND A
540 SERIES.
WHO IS THE FASTEST PIN SETTER? SOME OF YOU WILL REMEMBER THOSE DAYS.
IN THE 24-HOUR PERIOD FROM YESTERDAY UNTIL TODAY, AROUND 900 CHECKED
THIS DAILY REPORT. AND IN MANY CASES, PROBABLY 2 READ IT WHEN IT
WAS BROUGHT UP. SO TO YOU 1500 TO 2000 LAP-TOPPERS....THANKS FOR
VISIT THEN...AND NOW... AND COME BACK TOMORROW MORNING...I WILL HAVE
THE FOOTBALL SCORE FOR YOU.
DENNIS VOY
GOING TO BE COLD WATCHING THE GAME TONIGHT AT GOODENOW FIELD BETWEEN
MAQUOKETA AND WILLIAMSBURG. BUT, IT SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME!
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT....LISTEN TO KMAQ AM OR FM....OR ON YOUR COMPUTER
OR LAP TOP AS THE GAME WILL BE ON AT WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE
LISTEN BUTTON IN LEFT COLUMN. MATT CLARK WILL HAVE THE GAME STARTING
AT 6:50 TONIGHT.
THE CARDINALS HAVE BEEN GETTING GOOD PUBLICITY ON THE GAME TONIGHT,
ON RADIO, TV AND NEWSPAPERS.
GO CARDINALS!
GO ST. LOUIS CARDINALS TOO! TONIGHT'S GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED
BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER....TO TOMORROW NIGHT, 7:05.
BAD WEATHER AT ST. LOUIS AND BETTER FORECAST FOR TOMORROW NIGHT
AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE CARDINALS NEED TO WIN TOMORROW NIGHT TO
EVEN THE SERIES. AND THEN THE FINAL GAME WOULD BE FRIDAY NIGHT.
A RURAL MAQUOKETA MAN, ZACH SCHUELLER, TOLD DEPUTIES THAT SOMETIME
SATURDAY NIGHT HIS HOUSE AND MACHINE SHED ON 233RD AVENUE WERE ENTERED
AND TAKEN...A WEED EATER, CHAIN SAW, TOOL CHEST, AIR-COMPRESSOR AND
OTHER THINGS, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
TUESDAY, TWO WOMEN'S BOWLING LEAGUES SCATTER THE PINS AT TIMBER LANES.
AN AFTERNOON LEAGUE AND THE EVENING ONE. WHO ARE SOME OF MAQUOKETA'S
BEST WOMEN BOWLERS? YESTERDAY, THESE TOOK THE HONORS: WENDY
WINEGAR, MARY IRWIN, LINDA HOUSE, MAXINE SUTTON, JACKIE CLASEN, KATHY
SEYFERT, MARGARET BONNEY, CARRIE WOOD AND SANDY KLOCKE. SANDY IS
PROBABLY IN THE TOP 5. LAST NIGHT, SHE ROLLED A 235 GAME AND A
540 SERIES.
WHO IS THE FASTEST PIN SETTER? SOME OF YOU WILL REMEMBER THOSE DAYS.
IN THE 24-HOUR PERIOD FROM YESTERDAY UNTIL TODAY, AROUND 900 CHECKED
THIS DAILY REPORT. AND IN MANY CASES, PROBABLY 2 READ IT WHEN IT
WAS BROUGHT UP. SO TO YOU 1500 TO 2000 LAP-TOPPERS....THANKS FOR
VISIT THEN...AND NOW... AND COME BACK TOMORROW MORNING...I WILL HAVE
THE FOOTBALL SCORE FOR YOU.
DENNIS VOY
IS THIS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT?
MAYBE IT IS A GREETER AT A HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE!
LIKE TO SEE A BUNCH OF NEW JACKSON COUNTY PHOTOS?
GO TO... listjacksoncounty.com
THERE, YOU WILL SEE SOME FULTON FUN DAY PICTURES
AND A LOOK AT THE LOCK AND DAM IN BELLEVUE AND
SIX PHOTOS TAKEN AT GIB MARCUCCI'S STABLES AT MONMOUTH.
SOME BEAUTIFUL PICTURES TOO OF JACKSON COUNTY FALL COLORFUL TREES
AND YOU WILL LIKE THE VISIT TO THE LUXUMBURG TOWN OF ST. DONATUS IN
NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY AND EVEN SEE A PHOTO OF FAMOUS CITIZENS WINDY
AND HELEN KALMES. OH YES, CHECK THE 15 PHOTOS OF HARVESTING ON THE
FARMS OF JACKSON COUNTY.
PHOTOS BY ROBERT CHRISTENSEN
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
SUNNY AND WARM TODAY...COOLER WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
A SEMI LOADED WITH CORN ENDED UP IN THE DITCH AROUND 1 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
A MILE FROM HIGHWAY 62 ON THE IRON BRIDGE ROAD. IT WAS DRIVEN BY RICHARD ALLEN, AGE 42, OF MAQUOKETA. AS HE ROUNDED THE CURVE, THE FRONT RIGHT
WHEEL DROPPED ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AND INTO THE DITCH.
LESS THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO THE SEMI OWNED BY BULLOCK'S IN
LAMOTTE. ALLEN WAS TAKEN TO HIS PHYSICIAN BY PRIVATE VEHICLE TO
BE CHECKED FOR A BACK PAIN. THE ACCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, NEWT GINGRICH WAS IN MAQUOKETA
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND SPOKE AT OBIE'S RESTAURANT ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST.
HIS STOPS YESTERDAY ALSO WERE MADE IN DUBUQUE AND DAVENPORT. YESTERDAY,
HE PREDICTED HE COULD FINISH IN THE TOP 3 IN THE JANUARY 3RD IOWA
CAUCUSES. HE'S TRAILING FURTHER DOWN IN THE POLLS.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLLEYBALL TEAM DEFEATED CLEAR CREEK AMANA LAST NIGHT
IN 3-A TOURNAMENT PLAY AT THE MCHS GYM HERE IN MAQUOKETA...3 TO 1.
MAQUOKETA LOST THE FIRST MATCH AND WON THE NEXT 3. THEY NEXT PLAY
THURSDAY NIGHT AT TIFFIN AT 7 P.M. AGAINST WASHINGTON.
HAVE A NICE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
DENNIS VOY
A SEMI LOADED WITH CORN ENDED UP IN THE DITCH AROUND 1 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
A MILE FROM HIGHWAY 62 ON THE IRON BRIDGE ROAD. IT WAS DRIVEN BY RICHARD ALLEN, AGE 42, OF MAQUOKETA. AS HE ROUNDED THE CURVE, THE FRONT RIGHT
WHEEL DROPPED ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AND INTO THE DITCH.
LESS THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO THE SEMI OWNED BY BULLOCK'S IN
LAMOTTE. ALLEN WAS TAKEN TO HIS PHYSICIAN BY PRIVATE VEHICLE TO
BE CHECKED FOR A BACK PAIN. THE ACCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, NEWT GINGRICH WAS IN MAQUOKETA
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND SPOKE AT OBIE'S RESTAURANT ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST.
HIS STOPS YESTERDAY ALSO WERE MADE IN DUBUQUE AND DAVENPORT. YESTERDAY,
HE PREDICTED HE COULD FINISH IN THE TOP 3 IN THE JANUARY 3RD IOWA
CAUCUSES. HE'S TRAILING FURTHER DOWN IN THE POLLS.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLLEYBALL TEAM DEFEATED CLEAR CREEK AMANA LAST NIGHT
IN 3-A TOURNAMENT PLAY AT THE MCHS GYM HERE IN MAQUOKETA...3 TO 1.
MAQUOKETA LOST THE FIRST MATCH AND WON THE NEXT 3. THEY NEXT PLAY
THURSDAY NIGHT AT TIFFIN AT 7 P.M. AGAINST WASHINGTON.
HAVE A NICE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MONTHLY MEETING WAS HELD AT THE COMFORT
INN OVER THE NOON HOUR TODAY. CHAMBER PRESIDENT TOM DEVINE CONDUCTED THE MEETING AND AFTER SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS, INTRODUCED THE GUEST SPEAKER SHOWN
HERE. HE IS SCOTT BOWER, PLANT MANAGER OF THE HUSCO INTERNATIONAL
PLANT IN THE SOUTH INDUSTRIAL PARK. THE COMPANY IS MAQUOKETA'S NEWEST
INDUSTRY AND IS LOCATED IN THE LARGE GENERAC BUILDING. GENERAC STILL OWNS
THE BUILDING AND USES A PORTION OF IT FOR WAREHOUSING AND THE OTHER PART,
ABOUT 85,000 SQUARE FEET, IS LEASED TO HUSCO. HUSCO, LIKE GENERAC, IS
OUT OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THEY HAVE A PLANT IN WAUKESHA AND WHITEWATER
AND ALSO ABROAD IN CHINA AND A SMALL OPERATION IN INDIA. ALSO A SALES
OFFICE IN BRAZIL. IN MAQUOKETA, THEY EMPLOY AROUND 100. THEY MANUFACTURE
HYDRAULIC CONTROL VALUES FOR TRUCKS AND TRACTORS AND ARE A BUSY, GOING
INDUSTRY. HERE IN MAQUOKETA, IN NOVEMBER, THEY WILL START UP THEIR 7TH
LINE AND WILL THEN BE AT NEAR CAPACITY IN THEIR BUILDING. BOWER'S MAIN
MESSAGE WAS HOW THE MAQUOKETA PLANT IS DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM THEY HAD
WITH EMPLOYEE TURNOVER. IT WAS AT A HIGH 78% LAST YEAR AND WITH THEIR
NEW POINT-SYSTEM, THEY HAVE REDUCED THAT TO 27% THIS YEAR, A MAJOR DROP
BUT STILL HIGHER THAN THEY WANT IT TO BE. I WON'T GO INTO MORE DETAIL
BUT ONLY WRITE THAT I WAS IMPRESSED WITH BOWER AND WHAT HIS COMPANY IS
DOING AND AM CONFIDENT WE HAVE A GOOD, GROWING INDUSTRY HERE FOR YEARS TO COME!
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT. IF IT DOES NOT ENLARGE RIGHT AWAY, MESS WITH
IT A LITTLE MORE AND THE PHOTO WILL ENLARGE. NOT SURE WHY THIS IS NOW
HAPPENING AND WILL HAVE DAVE CHECK INTO IT.
PHOTO AND CAPTION BY DENNIS VOY
Monday, October 24, 2011
SUNNY AND MID 60'S TODAY.
2/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT, WITH THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
TOMORROW, ANOTHER NICE DAY.
JUST BEFORE 7:30 THIS MORNING, AN UNKNOWN MALE ENTERED AN UNLOCKED
HOUSE ON WEST MAPLE STREET. POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA BELIEVES ROBBERY
WAS A POTENTIAL MOTIVE. KORANDA BELIEVES THE MAN THOUGHT HE WAS
ENTERING A VACANT HOME. HOWEVER, A YOUNG TEENAGE GIRL WAS INSIDE AND SHE CALLED HER DAD WHO THEN CALLED 9-1-1. THE MALE THEN TOOK OFF ON FOOT BEFORE AN OFFICER ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. THE GIRL TOLD POLICE HE HAD A KNIFE. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE, AROUND 6-FEET TALL AND ABOUT 200 POUNDS. HE HAD A BROWN OR WHITE MUSTACHE. HE APPEARED TO BE ABOUT 40 ACCORDING TO THE GIRL AND WAS WEARING A BLACK HOOD AND OLIVE GREEN COAT. CHIEF KORANDA IS ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERSON OR WHO MIGHT HAVE SEE SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY IN THE AREA AROUND 7:30 THIS MORNING, TO
CALL THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
LONGTIME WRESTLING COACH,JEFF TAMPIR, WILL CONDUCT A WRESTLING CAMP
IN MAQUOKETA THIS WEEKEND. IT WILL START AT 6 THIS FRIDAY NIGHT
AND END SATURDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 3. THE FEE IS $45 AND FOR MORE
INFORMATION OR TO SIGN-UP, CALL MR. T EVENINGS AT 652-5297.
TOURNAMENT VOLLEYBALL IN MAQUOKETA TONIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
MAQUOKETA, 7TH RANKED, WILL PLAY CLEAR CREEK AMANA AT 7 P.M. IN THE
CLASS 3-A REGIONAL MATCHUP. IF THE CARDINALS WIN TONIGHT, THEY WILL PLAY
AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AT TIFFIN AGAINST THE WINNER OF TONIGHT'S FORT MADISON-WASHINGTON MATCHUP.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, IN PLAYOFF FOOTBALL AT GOODENOW FIELD HERE IN MAQUOKETA,
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS (8 AND 1) WILL PLAY WILLIAMSBURG (6 AND 3) AT
7 P.M. THE GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE.
MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
2/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT, WITH THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
TOMORROW, ANOTHER NICE DAY.
JUST BEFORE 7:30 THIS MORNING, AN UNKNOWN MALE ENTERED AN UNLOCKED
HOUSE ON WEST MAPLE STREET. POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA BELIEVES ROBBERY
WAS A POTENTIAL MOTIVE. KORANDA BELIEVES THE MAN THOUGHT HE WAS
ENTERING A VACANT HOME. HOWEVER, A YOUNG TEENAGE GIRL WAS INSIDE AND SHE CALLED HER DAD WHO THEN CALLED 9-1-1. THE MALE THEN TOOK OFF ON FOOT BEFORE AN OFFICER ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. THE GIRL TOLD POLICE HE HAD A KNIFE. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE, AROUND 6-FEET TALL AND ABOUT 200 POUNDS. HE HAD A BROWN OR WHITE MUSTACHE. HE APPEARED TO BE ABOUT 40 ACCORDING TO THE GIRL AND WAS WEARING A BLACK HOOD AND OLIVE GREEN COAT. CHIEF KORANDA IS ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERSON OR WHO MIGHT HAVE SEE SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY IN THE AREA AROUND 7:30 THIS MORNING, TO
CALL THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
LONGTIME WRESTLING COACH,JEFF TAMPIR, WILL CONDUCT A WRESTLING CAMP
IN MAQUOKETA THIS WEEKEND. IT WILL START AT 6 THIS FRIDAY NIGHT
AND END SATURDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 3. THE FEE IS $45 AND FOR MORE
INFORMATION OR TO SIGN-UP, CALL MR. T EVENINGS AT 652-5297.
TOURNAMENT VOLLEYBALL IN MAQUOKETA TONIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
MAQUOKETA, 7TH RANKED, WILL PLAY CLEAR CREEK AMANA AT 7 P.M. IN THE
CLASS 3-A REGIONAL MATCHUP. IF THE CARDINALS WIN TONIGHT, THEY WILL PLAY
AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AT TIFFIN AGAINST THE WINNER OF TONIGHT'S FORT MADISON-WASHINGTON MATCHUP.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, IN PLAYOFF FOOTBALL AT GOODENOW FIELD HERE IN MAQUOKETA,
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS (8 AND 1) WILL PLAY WILLIAMSBURG (6 AND 3) AT
7 P.M. THE GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE.
MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
THESE "NO" SIGNS ARE ON YARDS ALL OVER TOWN. THE MESSAGE IS....
VOTE NO....NOVEMBER 8TH IN THE MAQUOKETA CITY ELECTION. A "VOTE NO"
MAJORITY WILL KEEP THE CITY COUNCIL FROM TAKING OVER DAY-TO-DAY
MANAGEMENT OF MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY.
I DEFINITELY WILL VOTE "NO" AS THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALL THEY CAN HANDLE
WITH OTHER CITY MATTERS AND SHOULD NOT TAKE ON EXTRA RESPONSIBILITIES OF
RUNNING THE LIGHT PLANT AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. DO NOT VOTE "YES"...AND
WE WILL KEEP THE CURRENT MMEU BOARD. VOTE "NO"!
DENNIS VOY
MORRIE MORRIS OF MAQUOKETA CELEBRATED HIS 90TH BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY.
MORRIE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT BUS FLEET
UNTIL RETIRING. HE HAS BEEN ONE OF MAQUOKETA'S BEST GOLFERS FOR OVER 50 YEARS. HAS EVEN HAD 3 HOLES-IN-ONE. HIS WIFE DOROTHY WAS 88 SATURDAY
AND WAS A LONGTIME BOOKKEEPER FOR KMAQ. SHE ALSO WAS ONE OF MAQUOKETA'S BEST GOLFERS AND THE COUPLE LIVES IN A HOME THEY BUILDT OVERLOOKING THE
MAQUOKETA GOLF COURSE. THEY HAVE A SON IN TEXAS AND A DAUGHTER IN
ARIZONA. BOTH HAVE PUT AWAY THEIR GOLF CLUBS AND NOW JUST ENJOY THE
VIEW OF THE COURSE. MORRIE IS A MEMBER OF OUR MORNING COFFEE GROUP
AT THE DECKER HOTEL. ON DECEMBER 7TH WE TALK ABOUT PEARL HARBOR AT COFFEE BECAUSE MORRIE WAS THERE THAT DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY.
BOTH MORRIE AND DORTHY WERE U.S. MARINES DURING WORLD WAR II.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DOROTHY AND MORRIE.
PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY.... TAKEN AT A SURPRISE 90TH BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR MORRIE LAST THURSDAY AT THE DECKER, ATTENDED BY NEARLY 20 OF HIS GOOD FRIENDS.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
LAST NIGHT AT MARION....
MAQUOKETA 31
MARION 7
MAQUOKETA ENDS UP THE REGULAR SEASON AT 7 AND 0 IN THE DISTRICT
THE CARDINALS WILL BE IN THE PLAY-OFFS
NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THEY PLAY WILLIAMSBURG AT GOODENOW FIELD HERE IN MAQUOKETA
LAST YEAR, WILLIAMSBURG WAS #1 SEED AND MAQUOKETA #4
AND WILLIAMSBURG BEAT MAQUOKETA
THIS YEAR, THE SEEDS ARE JUST THE OPPOSITE
IT IS REVENGE TIME
WE WILL BROADCAST THE GAME AT 7 NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON
KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE
WITH MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA 31
MARION 7
MAQUOKETA ENDS UP THE REGULAR SEASON AT 7 AND 0 IN THE DISTRICT
THE CARDINALS WILL BE IN THE PLAY-OFFS
NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THEY PLAY WILLIAMSBURG AT GOODENOW FIELD HERE IN MAQUOKETA
LAST YEAR, WILLIAMSBURG WAS #1 SEED AND MAQUOKETA #4
AND WILLIAMSBURG BEAT MAQUOKETA
THIS YEAR, THE SEEDS ARE JUST THE OPPOSITE
IT IS REVENGE TIME
WE WILL BROADCAST THE GAME AT 7 NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON
KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE
WITH MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE
DENNIS VOY
Friday, October 21, 2011
SUNNY TODAY, HIGH IN MID 50'S.
WARMER TOMORROW AND SUNDAY.
NEARLY 30 VEHICLES AND A FEW BUILDINGS AND HOMES WERE EGGED OVERNIGHT
WEDNESDAY IN AND AROUND MAQUOKETA. THE REPORTS STARTED COMING IN TO
THE LAW CENTER YESTERDAY MORNING. POLICE SAY THE INVESTIGATION INTO
WHO PURCHASED A LARGE AMOUNT OF EGGS IS CONTINUING.
JACKSON COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS WILL PAY UP TO $1,000 TO PERSONS FURNISHING
INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF ANYONE INVOLVED IN
THE INCIDENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN SOMEONE SHOT AT AN RTA BUS NEAR
THE REESEVILLE CEMETERY ON HIGHWAY 52. THE SHOT CAME FROM A PELLET
GUN SHOT FROM THE CEMETERY. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL
CRIME STOPPER'S NUMBER, 563-652-2212. CALLERS DO NOT HAVE TO REVEAL
THEIR IDENTITY.
MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC'S HELP IN LOCATING A MEDIUM-SIZED
GRAY CAT WHICH BIT A BRIGGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
THE YOUTH WILL HAVE TO UNDERGO RABIES SHOTS IF THEY DON'T FIND THE CAT.
POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID THEY CAUGHT THE CAT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON BUT IT GOT AWAY FROM POLICE OFFICERS WHEN THEY TRIED TO PUT IT INTO THE CAT CARRIER. THE CAT HAS A PURPLE COLLAR AND GOLD BELL AROUND ITS NECK.
THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE LOOKING AT USING GEO
THERMAL FOR HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING AT SOME SCHOOLS.
A NEW LIBRARY DIRECTOR FOR MAQUOKETA STILL HAS NOT BEEN HIRED.
TWO MORE INTERVIEWS ARE SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW MORNING.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLLEYBALL TEAM, RATED 7TH IN THE STATE, LAST NIGHT
HAD THEIR FINAL REGULAR SEASON MATCH.... WITH DAVENPORT NORTH.... AND WON
3 TO 0. MAQUOKETA'S FINAL RECORD IS NOW 29 WINS AND 5 LOSSES.
I WILL HAVE THE MAQUOKETA - MARION FOOTBALL SCORE HERE TOMORROW MORNING.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
WARMER TOMORROW AND SUNDAY.
NEARLY 30 VEHICLES AND A FEW BUILDINGS AND HOMES WERE EGGED OVERNIGHT
WEDNESDAY IN AND AROUND MAQUOKETA. THE REPORTS STARTED COMING IN TO
THE LAW CENTER YESTERDAY MORNING. POLICE SAY THE INVESTIGATION INTO
WHO PURCHASED A LARGE AMOUNT OF EGGS IS CONTINUING.
JACKSON COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS WILL PAY UP TO $1,000 TO PERSONS FURNISHING
INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF ANYONE INVOLVED IN
THE INCIDENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN SOMEONE SHOT AT AN RTA BUS NEAR
THE REESEVILLE CEMETERY ON HIGHWAY 52. THE SHOT CAME FROM A PELLET
GUN SHOT FROM THE CEMETERY. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL
CRIME STOPPER'S NUMBER, 563-652-2212. CALLERS DO NOT HAVE TO REVEAL
THEIR IDENTITY.
MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC'S HELP IN LOCATING A MEDIUM-SIZED
GRAY CAT WHICH BIT A BRIGGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
THE YOUTH WILL HAVE TO UNDERGO RABIES SHOTS IF THEY DON'T FIND THE CAT.
POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID THEY CAUGHT THE CAT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON BUT IT GOT AWAY FROM POLICE OFFICERS WHEN THEY TRIED TO PUT IT INTO THE CAT CARRIER. THE CAT HAS A PURPLE COLLAR AND GOLD BELL AROUND ITS NECK.
THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE LOOKING AT USING GEO
THERMAL FOR HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING AT SOME SCHOOLS.
A NEW LIBRARY DIRECTOR FOR MAQUOKETA STILL HAS NOT BEEN HIRED.
TWO MORE INTERVIEWS ARE SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW MORNING.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLLEYBALL TEAM, RATED 7TH IN THE STATE, LAST NIGHT
HAD THEIR FINAL REGULAR SEASON MATCH.... WITH DAVENPORT NORTH.... AND WON
3 TO 0. MAQUOKETA'S FINAL RECORD IS NOW 29 WINS AND 5 LOSSES.
I WILL HAVE THE MAQUOKETA - MARION FOOTBALL SCORE HERE TOMORROW MORNING.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, October 20, 2011
A LITTLE MORE SUNSHINE TODAY, BUT STILL COOL.
DOWN TO 27 OVERNIGHT TONIGHT BUT WEEKEND, FRI-SUN, STILL LOOKING GOOD.
THE WAMAC EAST "ALL CONFERENCE" VOLLEYBALL TEAM WAS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY.
MAKING FIRST TEAM, DEVON O'CONNELL OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
ON SECOND TEAM, HALEIGH DAURELLE AND MARLEE LINDSTROM OF MAQUOKETA HIGH.
RECEIVING HONORABLE MENTION FROM MAQUOKETA....NICOLE SNYDER AND ALLISON
VANDEMORE.
DELMAR, CHARLOTTE AND MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A FIRE IN A GRAIN
DRYING BIN THIS MORNING IN DELMAR, AT THE AG ADVANTAGE ELEVATOR.
FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND AG ADVANTAGE DRAINED
THE CORN OUT OF THE BOTTOM AND HAULED THE BURNT CORN AWAY.
FRIENDS OF JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION ANNOUNCED ON KMAQ'S "JUST TALK"
SHOW THIS MORNING THAT PLANS ARE UNDERWAY FOR A $50,000 PROJECT
AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER, THAT WILL INCLUDE AN OUTDOOR
AMPHITHEATER. FUND RAISING HAS STARTED. IT WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR
ADDITION TO THE CENTER SINCE IN OPENED IN AUGUST OF 2004. ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE VISIT THE CENTER EACH YEAR. JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION HAS
ITS OFFICE THERE AND MANAGE THE FACILITY AND THE OUTDOOR GROUNDS AND
WATERFOWL AREA. IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS TO HAPPEN TO MAQUOKETA AND
JACKSON COUNTY AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THEY ARE GOING TO ENHANCE IT. THE FUND
RAISING WILL INCLUDE 4 DINNER THEATER PROGRAMS THERE. THE FIRST WILL
BE BY KEVIN BURNS WHO WILL TALK ABOUT HIKING THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. IT
WILL BE AT 4 P.M. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH AND TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW
AT THE CENTER AND MUST BE PURCHASED BY NOVEMBER 4TH. TICKETS ARE JUST
$9.00 FOR THE PROGRAM AND MEAL.
AN RTA BUS DRIVER REPORTED DAMAGE TO THE WINDSHIELD OF HIS BUS WHILE HE
WAS TRANSPORTING STUDENTS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. GERALD MILLER TOLD THE
SHERIFF DEPUTY THAT HE WAS STOPPED AT 500TH AVENUE AND HIGHWAY 52 AT 3:45 P.M. WITH SOME STUDENTS ON THE BUS. MILLER SAID AN UNKNOWN PERSON SHOT WHAT APPEARED TO BE A PELLET AT THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING SOME DAMAGE. DEPUTY RUSS LONG IS INVESTIGATING THE MATTER. OTHER INCIDENTS WITH RTA BUSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SINCE THEY BEGAN TRANSPORTING STUDENTS FROM THE MILES AREA TO PRESTON SCHOOLS THIS FALL. NO ONE WAS HURT IN YESTERDAY'S INCIDENT.
THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD MONDAY NIGHT GAVE APPROVAL TO THE
HIGH SCHOOL "CLUB HOPE" REQUEST TO GO TO KENYA IN THE SUMMER OF 2013.
CLUB MEMBERS WENT ON THE FIRST TRIP THERE DURING THE SUMMER OF 2010.
THE COST OF THE TRIP WILL BE AROUND $3,000 EACH AND THE ENTIRE CLUB WILL DO FUND-RAISERS TO OFFSET THE COSTS. SO FAR, 17 STUDENTS AND
10 ADULTS HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN GOING TO KENYA ON THE NEXT TRIP.
THREE MORE DEER ACCIDENTS. THOSE REPORTING THE ACCIDENT WERE: WEAVER
CROUCH, KATHLEEN POLING AND RON KASEMODEL. NO INJURIES IN ANY OF THE
ACCIDENTS.
THE MAQUOKETA VFW WILL SPONSOR A DANCE ON FRIDAY NIGHT, VETERAN'S DAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, FROM 7 UNTIL 11, AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA. JACKSON COUNTY'S POPULAR BAND "COUNTRY TRADITION" WILL SUPPLY THE MUSIC. EVERYONE IS INVITED, ACCORDING TO TOM WATTERS OF FULTON, VFW COMMANDER. THE TICKET PRICE IS $7.00.
DENNIS VOY
DOWN TO 27 OVERNIGHT TONIGHT BUT WEEKEND, FRI-SUN, STILL LOOKING GOOD.
THE WAMAC EAST "ALL CONFERENCE" VOLLEYBALL TEAM WAS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY.
MAKING FIRST TEAM, DEVON O'CONNELL OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
ON SECOND TEAM, HALEIGH DAURELLE AND MARLEE LINDSTROM OF MAQUOKETA HIGH.
RECEIVING HONORABLE MENTION FROM MAQUOKETA....NICOLE SNYDER AND ALLISON
VANDEMORE.
DELMAR, CHARLOTTE AND MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A FIRE IN A GRAIN
DRYING BIN THIS MORNING IN DELMAR, AT THE AG ADVANTAGE ELEVATOR.
FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND AG ADVANTAGE DRAINED
THE CORN OUT OF THE BOTTOM AND HAULED THE BURNT CORN AWAY.
FRIENDS OF JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION ANNOUNCED ON KMAQ'S "JUST TALK"
SHOW THIS MORNING THAT PLANS ARE UNDERWAY FOR A $50,000 PROJECT
AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER, THAT WILL INCLUDE AN OUTDOOR
AMPHITHEATER. FUND RAISING HAS STARTED. IT WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR
ADDITION TO THE CENTER SINCE IN OPENED IN AUGUST OF 2004. ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE VISIT THE CENTER EACH YEAR. JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION HAS
ITS OFFICE THERE AND MANAGE THE FACILITY AND THE OUTDOOR GROUNDS AND
WATERFOWL AREA. IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS TO HAPPEN TO MAQUOKETA AND
JACKSON COUNTY AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THEY ARE GOING TO ENHANCE IT. THE FUND
RAISING WILL INCLUDE 4 DINNER THEATER PROGRAMS THERE. THE FIRST WILL
BE BY KEVIN BURNS WHO WILL TALK ABOUT HIKING THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. IT
WILL BE AT 4 P.M. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH AND TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW
AT THE CENTER AND MUST BE PURCHASED BY NOVEMBER 4TH. TICKETS ARE JUST
$9.00 FOR THE PROGRAM AND MEAL.
AN RTA BUS DRIVER REPORTED DAMAGE TO THE WINDSHIELD OF HIS BUS WHILE HE
WAS TRANSPORTING STUDENTS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. GERALD MILLER TOLD THE
SHERIFF DEPUTY THAT HE WAS STOPPED AT 500TH AVENUE AND HIGHWAY 52 AT 3:45 P.M. WITH SOME STUDENTS ON THE BUS. MILLER SAID AN UNKNOWN PERSON SHOT WHAT APPEARED TO BE A PELLET AT THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING SOME DAMAGE. DEPUTY RUSS LONG IS INVESTIGATING THE MATTER. OTHER INCIDENTS WITH RTA BUSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SINCE THEY BEGAN TRANSPORTING STUDENTS FROM THE MILES AREA TO PRESTON SCHOOLS THIS FALL. NO ONE WAS HURT IN YESTERDAY'S INCIDENT.
THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD MONDAY NIGHT GAVE APPROVAL TO THE
HIGH SCHOOL "CLUB HOPE" REQUEST TO GO TO KENYA IN THE SUMMER OF 2013.
CLUB MEMBERS WENT ON THE FIRST TRIP THERE DURING THE SUMMER OF 2010.
THE COST OF THE TRIP WILL BE AROUND $3,000 EACH AND THE ENTIRE CLUB WILL DO FUND-RAISERS TO OFFSET THE COSTS. SO FAR, 17 STUDENTS AND
10 ADULTS HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN GOING TO KENYA ON THE NEXT TRIP.
THREE MORE DEER ACCIDENTS. THOSE REPORTING THE ACCIDENT WERE: WEAVER
CROUCH, KATHLEEN POLING AND RON KASEMODEL. NO INJURIES IN ANY OF THE
ACCIDENTS.
THE MAQUOKETA VFW WILL SPONSOR A DANCE ON FRIDAY NIGHT, VETERAN'S DAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, FROM 7 UNTIL 11, AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA. JACKSON COUNTY'S POPULAR BAND "COUNTRY TRADITION" WILL SUPPLY THE MUSIC. EVERYONE IS INVITED, ACCORDING TO TOM WATTERS OF FULTON, VFW COMMANDER. THE TICKET PRICE IS $7.00.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
WINDY AND COLD TODAY....NO SUN....48 TODAY.
ANOTHER DAY OF SAME COMING AND THEN FRIDAY-SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SHOULD BE
NICE AGAIN.
DES MOINES AREA HAD SOME SNOW THIS MORNING.
JOHN PORTER, OWNER OF CAVES ROAD ANTIQUES FOR MANY YEARS, HAS DONATED HIS
ANTIQUE STORE INVENTORY TO THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SOME
OF THE ITEMS WILL GO INTO THEIR TWO MAQUOKETA MUSEUMS AND THE REST WILL
BE SOLD AT AUCTION WITH THE PROCEEDS GOING TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
JOHN'S A GOOD GUY! HE WAS MY KMAQ MORNING ANNOUNCER AND CHIEF ENGINEER
BACK IN 60'S. KMAQ-FM WENT ON THE AIR IN THE FALL OF 1967 (JUST IN
TIME FOR MHS FOOTBALL SEASON) AND JOHN HOOKED UP THAT FIRST FM TRANSMITTER. WE WERE AM-ONLY UNTIL THEN AND COULD NOT BE ON-THE-AIR
AT NIGHT, SO WHEN FM CAME, IT WAS A BIG DEAL AS WE COULD THEN BROADCAST
THE GAMES "LIVE" AT NIGHT. FM STATIONS COULD BROADCAST AT NIGHT. NO MORE TAPING THE GAME AND PLAYING IT BACK THE NEXT MORNING.
MANY OF YOU WILL REMEMBER GLEE PORTER, JOHN'S MOTHER, WHO WORKED AS A WRITER
FOR BOB MELVOLD AT THE NEWSPAPER OFFICE.
ANOTHER ANNOUNCER FROM THE PAST AT KMAQ, JIM DOYNE, WAS IN TOWN TODAY WITH
HIS WIFE OF 50 YEARS, JOYCE. NANCY AND I HAD LUNCH WITH THEM AT THE
DECKER. I HIRED JIM IN THE EARLY 60'S (HAD WORKED AT KROS IN CLINTON) AND
HE STAYED FOR NEARLY A YEAR AND THEN B.M. JACOBSON, OWNER OF KROS, CAME
TO TOWN ONE DAY AND HIRED HIM BACK. HE AND JOYCE GOT
MARRIED WHILE JIM WAS WORKING AT KMAQ AND THEY HAD THEIR FIRST UPSTAIRS APARTMENT IN THE HOUSE JUST NORTH OF THE WINCE O'CONNOR USED CAR BUILDING ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN MAQUOKETA. JIM IS RETIRED AFTER 35 YEARS WITH WMT BUT STILL DOES HIS POPULAR OLDIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOW AT 600 RADIO, FROM 2 UNTIL 7 P.M. THEY HAVE 2 KIDS AND 3 GRANDKIDS. ONE OF THE 3 GRANDKIDS GRADUATES FROM IOWA NEXT YEAR AND THE OTHER TWO ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL...A JUNIOR AND A SENIOR AND THEY PLAN TO GO TO IOWA OR IOWA STATE. NICE TO TALK OVER THE OLD DAYS OF RADIO WITH JIM TODAY.
AT THE LIONS CLUB MEETING LAST THURSDAY NIGHT, VERL AND KATHY BANOWETZ
TOLD ME THEY SOLD THEIR LARGE BANOWETZ ANTIQUES BUILDING NEAR THE 61 AND 64 INTERSECTION TO MARK EDWARDS. THE SMALLER BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET WILL BE KEPT BY THEM AND THEY WILL USE IT FOR A SCALED-DOWN BANOWETZ ANTIQUES. THEY SAID MARK AND SON DUSTIN ARE GIVING SOME THOUGHT TO HAVING THEIR OWN ANTIQUE BUSINESS IN THE OLD LARGE BUILDING. WHEN I HEAR FURTHER PLANS,
I WILL LET YOU KNOW.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
ANOTHER DAY OF SAME COMING AND THEN FRIDAY-SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SHOULD BE
NICE AGAIN.
DES MOINES AREA HAD SOME SNOW THIS MORNING.
JOHN PORTER, OWNER OF CAVES ROAD ANTIQUES FOR MANY YEARS, HAS DONATED HIS
ANTIQUE STORE INVENTORY TO THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SOME
OF THE ITEMS WILL GO INTO THEIR TWO MAQUOKETA MUSEUMS AND THE REST WILL
BE SOLD AT AUCTION WITH THE PROCEEDS GOING TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
JOHN'S A GOOD GUY! HE WAS MY KMAQ MORNING ANNOUNCER AND CHIEF ENGINEER
BACK IN 60'S. KMAQ-FM WENT ON THE AIR IN THE FALL OF 1967 (JUST IN
TIME FOR MHS FOOTBALL SEASON) AND JOHN HOOKED UP THAT FIRST FM TRANSMITTER. WE WERE AM-ONLY UNTIL THEN AND COULD NOT BE ON-THE-AIR
AT NIGHT, SO WHEN FM CAME, IT WAS A BIG DEAL AS WE COULD THEN BROADCAST
THE GAMES "LIVE" AT NIGHT. FM STATIONS COULD BROADCAST AT NIGHT. NO MORE TAPING THE GAME AND PLAYING IT BACK THE NEXT MORNING.
MANY OF YOU WILL REMEMBER GLEE PORTER, JOHN'S MOTHER, WHO WORKED AS A WRITER
FOR BOB MELVOLD AT THE NEWSPAPER OFFICE.
ANOTHER ANNOUNCER FROM THE PAST AT KMAQ, JIM DOYNE, WAS IN TOWN TODAY WITH
HIS WIFE OF 50 YEARS, JOYCE. NANCY AND I HAD LUNCH WITH THEM AT THE
DECKER. I HIRED JIM IN THE EARLY 60'S (HAD WORKED AT KROS IN CLINTON) AND
HE STAYED FOR NEARLY A YEAR AND THEN B.M. JACOBSON, OWNER OF KROS, CAME
TO TOWN ONE DAY AND HIRED HIM BACK. HE AND JOYCE GOT
MARRIED WHILE JIM WAS WORKING AT KMAQ AND THEY HAD THEIR FIRST UPSTAIRS APARTMENT IN THE HOUSE JUST NORTH OF THE WINCE O'CONNOR USED CAR BUILDING ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN MAQUOKETA. JIM IS RETIRED AFTER 35 YEARS WITH WMT BUT STILL DOES HIS POPULAR OLDIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOW AT 600 RADIO, FROM 2 UNTIL 7 P.M. THEY HAVE 2 KIDS AND 3 GRANDKIDS. ONE OF THE 3 GRANDKIDS GRADUATES FROM IOWA NEXT YEAR AND THE OTHER TWO ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL...A JUNIOR AND A SENIOR AND THEY PLAN TO GO TO IOWA OR IOWA STATE. NICE TO TALK OVER THE OLD DAYS OF RADIO WITH JIM TODAY.
AT THE LIONS CLUB MEETING LAST THURSDAY NIGHT, VERL AND KATHY BANOWETZ
TOLD ME THEY SOLD THEIR LARGE BANOWETZ ANTIQUES BUILDING NEAR THE 61 AND 64 INTERSECTION TO MARK EDWARDS. THE SMALLER BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET WILL BE KEPT BY THEM AND THEY WILL USE IT FOR A SCALED-DOWN BANOWETZ ANTIQUES. THEY SAID MARK AND SON DUSTIN ARE GIVING SOME THOUGHT TO HAVING THEIR OWN ANTIQUE BUSINESS IN THE OLD LARGE BUILDING. WHEN I HEAR FURTHER PLANS,
I WILL LET YOU KNOW.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, October 17, 2011
PARTLY SUNNY TODAY....HIGH OF 54.
DAILY HIGHS WILL BE IN 50'S UNTIL THE LOW 60'S SATURDAY.
TODAY, MAQUOKETA MOVED UP TO 7TH PLACE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL POLL.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
PRISCILLA RILEY CAVANAGH, AGE 83, OF DAVENPORT AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA,
DIED LAST WEDNESDAY AT HER HOME. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 5 CHILDREN:
DR. TIMOTHY CAVANAGH, JOHN CAVANAGH, DANIELLE SPAETE, CYNTHIA CAVANAGH AND
KEITH CAVANAGH.
SHORT REPORT...SORRY.
DENNIS VOY
DAILY HIGHS WILL BE IN 50'S UNTIL THE LOW 60'S SATURDAY.
TODAY, MAQUOKETA MOVED UP TO 7TH PLACE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL POLL.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
PRISCILLA RILEY CAVANAGH, AGE 83, OF DAVENPORT AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA,
DIED LAST WEDNESDAY AT HER HOME. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 5 CHILDREN:
DR. TIMOTHY CAVANAGH, JOHN CAVANAGH, DANIELLE SPAETE, CYNTHIA CAVANAGH AND
KEITH CAVANAGH.
SHORT REPORT...SORRY.
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
SUNNY MORNING IN MAQUOKETA...
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS LAST NIGHT WON THEIR FIRST DISTRICT FOOTBALL TITLE...
MAQUOKETA 28
WESTERN DUBUQUE 14
THEY ARE NOW 6 AND 0 IN THE DISTRICT
NEXT FRIDAY, THEY END THE REGULAR SEASON AT MARION
THEN TOURNAMENT PLAY
THE MAQUOKETA SOPHS ALSO WON LAST NIGHT AGAIN. THEY ALSO ARE
HAVING A GOOD SEASON, LOOSING ONLY 1 GAME
HAVE A NICE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
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THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS LAST NIGHT WON THEIR FIRST DISTRICT FOOTBALL TITLE...
MAQUOKETA 28
WESTERN DUBUQUE 14
THEY ARE NOW 6 AND 0 IN THE DISTRICT
NEXT FRIDAY, THEY END THE REGULAR SEASON AT MARION
THEN TOURNAMENT PLAY
THE MAQUOKETA SOPHS ALSO WON LAST NIGHT AGAIN. THEY ALSO ARE
HAVING A GOOD SEASON, LOOSING ONLY 1 GAME
HAVE A NICE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
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Friday, October 14, 2011
WINDY AND COOL TODAY...IN THE LOW 60'S. PARTLY SUNNY SKIES.
A LOCAL BUSINESS WAS ROBBED TODAY OF MORE THAN $500 IN CASH. THE ALLEGED ROBBER WAS CAUGHT AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. AT 9:51 THIS MORNING, A MAN
WALKED INTO SPAIN OIL COMPANY ON SOUTH MAIN AND TOLD THE CLERK HE PLANNED TO ROB THE BUSINESS. THE CLERK, NOT IDENTIFIED, LEFT THE STORE AND SAT IN
HER CAR AND CALLED 9-1-1. THE MAN OPENED THE CASH REGISTER AND EMPTIED IT. THE CLERK TOLD SOMEONE OUTSIDE THAT THE STATION WAS BEEN ROBBED AND ASKED HIM TO FOLLOW THE CAR. HE DID. THE SHERIFF DEPUTIES AND MAQUOKETA POLICE FOUND THE MAN ON THE COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF TOWN, A SHORT TIME LATER.
STEVE CULLETT,AGE 28, OF DAVENPORT WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE ROBBERY AND IS BEING HELD IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID MORE THAN
$500 WAS TAKEN AND IT WAS ALL RECOVERED. HE SAID NO WEAPONS WERE SHOWN AND
NO ONE WAS INJURED.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: MARY RUPP AT 917 CARDINAL DRIVE REPORTED THIS MORNING THAT SOMEONE HAD EGGED THE FRONT OF THEIR HOME.
SARA MARBURGER SAID SHE HIT A DEER THURSDAY NIGHT AT 116TH STREET AND
435TH AVENUE. NO INJURIES REPORTED.
MARY GODDARD, AGE 94, OF CLINTON AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS
MORNING AT THE MERCY NORTH HOSPITAL IN CLINTON. ARRANGEMENTS ARE
PENDING AT THE CLINTON CHAPEL OF SNELL-ZORNIG FUNERAL HOME AND
CREMATORY IN CLINTON.
MAQUOKETA TOOK THIRD PLACE IN THE WAMAC VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT YESTERDAY.
MAQUOKETA WILL HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE TONIGHT IN FOOTBALL. THE CARDINALS
ARE 6 AND 0 AND WESTERN DUBUQUE IS 5 AND 1. THE GAME WILL BE ON KMAQ-FM
TONIGHT AND ALSO ON OUR WEB SITE.
I WILL HAVE THE SCORE OF THE GAME HERE TOMORROW MORNING.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
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A LOCAL BUSINESS WAS ROBBED TODAY OF MORE THAN $500 IN CASH. THE ALLEGED ROBBER WAS CAUGHT AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. AT 9:51 THIS MORNING, A MAN
WALKED INTO SPAIN OIL COMPANY ON SOUTH MAIN AND TOLD THE CLERK HE PLANNED TO ROB THE BUSINESS. THE CLERK, NOT IDENTIFIED, LEFT THE STORE AND SAT IN
HER CAR AND CALLED 9-1-1. THE MAN OPENED THE CASH REGISTER AND EMPTIED IT. THE CLERK TOLD SOMEONE OUTSIDE THAT THE STATION WAS BEEN ROBBED AND ASKED HIM TO FOLLOW THE CAR. HE DID. THE SHERIFF DEPUTIES AND MAQUOKETA POLICE FOUND THE MAN ON THE COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF TOWN, A SHORT TIME LATER.
STEVE CULLETT,AGE 28, OF DAVENPORT WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE ROBBERY AND IS BEING HELD IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID MORE THAN
$500 WAS TAKEN AND IT WAS ALL RECOVERED. HE SAID NO WEAPONS WERE SHOWN AND
NO ONE WAS INJURED.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: MARY RUPP AT 917 CARDINAL DRIVE REPORTED THIS MORNING THAT SOMEONE HAD EGGED THE FRONT OF THEIR HOME.
SARA MARBURGER SAID SHE HIT A DEER THURSDAY NIGHT AT 116TH STREET AND
435TH AVENUE. NO INJURIES REPORTED.
MARY GODDARD, AGE 94, OF CLINTON AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS
MORNING AT THE MERCY NORTH HOSPITAL IN CLINTON. ARRANGEMENTS ARE
PENDING AT THE CLINTON CHAPEL OF SNELL-ZORNIG FUNERAL HOME AND
CREMATORY IN CLINTON.
MAQUOKETA TOOK THIRD PLACE IN THE WAMAC VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT YESTERDAY.
MAQUOKETA WILL HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE TONIGHT IN FOOTBALL. THE CARDINALS
ARE 6 AND 0 AND WESTERN DUBUQUE IS 5 AND 1. THE GAME WILL BE ON KMAQ-FM
TONIGHT AND ALSO ON OUR WEB SITE.
I WILL HAVE THE SCORE OF THE GAME HERE TOMORROW MORNING.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, October 13, 2011
NICE DAY TODAY....HIGH OF 66.
COUNTY ROAD E-17 BETWEEN ANDREW AND SPRINGBROOK WAS CLOSED JUST
AFTER MEMORIAL DAY FOR A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND TODAY WAS RE-OPENED.
GOOD NEWS FOR A LOT OF MOTORISTS. JIM SCHROEDER CONSTRUCTION OF
BELLEVUE DID THE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT OVER BRUSH CREEK AT A COST
OF $780,000.
STARTING WITH THE NOVEMBER USAGE,MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY
CUSTOMERS WILL SEE A DECREASE IN THEIR BILLS. LAST NIGHT, THE MMEU
BOARD DROPPED THE RATES. RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS WILL SEE
A 5-PERCENT REDUCTION AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS WILL GET A 15-PERCENT
REDUCTION. THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT ELECTRIC RATES
IN MAQUOKETA AND THIS WAS GOOD NEWS TODAY.
THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL TEAM IS RATED 8TH IN THE STATE.
WESTERN DUBUQUE COMES TO TOWN TOMORROW NIGHT.
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COUNTY ROAD E-17 BETWEEN ANDREW AND SPRINGBROOK WAS CLOSED JUST
AFTER MEMORIAL DAY FOR A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND TODAY WAS RE-OPENED.
GOOD NEWS FOR A LOT OF MOTORISTS. JIM SCHROEDER CONSTRUCTION OF
BELLEVUE DID THE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT OVER BRUSH CREEK AT A COST
OF $780,000.
STARTING WITH THE NOVEMBER USAGE,MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY
CUSTOMERS WILL SEE A DECREASE IN THEIR BILLS. LAST NIGHT, THE MMEU
BOARD DROPPED THE RATES. RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS WILL SEE
A 5-PERCENT REDUCTION AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS WILL GET A 15-PERCENT
REDUCTION. THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT ELECTRIC RATES
IN MAQUOKETA AND THIS WAS GOOD NEWS TODAY.
THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL TEAM IS RATED 8TH IN THE STATE.
WESTERN DUBUQUE COMES TO TOWN TOMORROW NIGHT.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
NOT A VERY GOOD DAY TODAY, BUT GUESS THERE HAS TO BE ONE OF THESE
ONCE IN AWHILE. BESIDES, WE NEEDED MORE RAIN. 21/100 OF AN INCH
LAST NIGHT. MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOL TODAY, HIGH LOW 60'S. THE
REST OF THE WEEK SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BAND PARTICIPATED IN STATE COMPETITION
LAST SATURDAY IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND GOT A #1 RATING.
THE CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHARAR FOUNDATION ELECTED NEW OFFICERS.
NEW PRESIDENT IS RUTH ANN PAPKE OF CLINTON. RETIRING FROM THE
BOARD, JOHN FRAMPTON, OF CLINTON AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND
ATTORNEY STEVE KAHLER OF MAQUOKETA. TAMI PETSCHE FROM DEWITT IS
NOW A BOARD MEMBER.
THIS IS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK AND THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT IS
URGING FAMILIES TO PARTICIPATE IN OPERATION EDITH AGAIN AT 6 TONIGHT.
SIRENS WILL SOUND AT 6 AND FAMILIES SHOULD THEN PRACTICE EXIT DRILLS
FROM THE HOME. FIREMEN WILL DRIVE AROUND TOWN WITH FIRE TRUCKS
COUNTING HOW MANY HOMES PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION EDITH.
IN TOURNAMENT VOLLEYBALL LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA TEAM DID WELL AGAIN, BEATING ANAMOSA 2 - 0....DEFEATING VINTON 2 - 0 AND THEN MARION, 2 - 0.
THAT WAS AT CLEAR CREEK AMANA. THE CARDINAL GIRLS NOW ADVANCE TO
THE CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET OF THE WAMAC TOURNAMENT TOMORROW NIGHT AT MARION.
IF THE CARDINALS PLAY IN THE WORLD SERIES...GAME TICKETS WILL BE AT LEAST
$200 EACH. I'LL BE LISTENING TO THE RADIO.
DUCK HUNTING STARTS THIS WEEKEND. DR. MELVIN BERNARD(RETIRED OPTOMETRIST) WILL JOIN THE HUNT, AT AGE 88. BEEN HUNTING ALL OF HIS LIFE AND ONE OF MAQUOKETA'S MOST AVID DUCK HUNTERS. THE LIMIT IS 3 DUCKS. HE CALLED OUR COFFEE GROUP TO ORDER THIS MORNING AT THE DECKER WITH HIS DUCK CALL. WE KID HIM....THE DUCKS NEVER HAVE A CHANCE WITH HIM. GREEN ISLAND, ALONG
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IS STILL THE MOST POPULAR PLACE TO HUNT. GO DUCKS!
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ONCE IN AWHILE. BESIDES, WE NEEDED MORE RAIN. 21/100 OF AN INCH
LAST NIGHT. MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOL TODAY, HIGH LOW 60'S. THE
REST OF THE WEEK SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BAND PARTICIPATED IN STATE COMPETITION
LAST SATURDAY IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND GOT A #1 RATING.
THE CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHARAR FOUNDATION ELECTED NEW OFFICERS.
NEW PRESIDENT IS RUTH ANN PAPKE OF CLINTON. RETIRING FROM THE
BOARD, JOHN FRAMPTON, OF CLINTON AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND
ATTORNEY STEVE KAHLER OF MAQUOKETA. TAMI PETSCHE FROM DEWITT IS
NOW A BOARD MEMBER.
THIS IS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK AND THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT IS
URGING FAMILIES TO PARTICIPATE IN OPERATION EDITH AGAIN AT 6 TONIGHT.
SIRENS WILL SOUND AT 6 AND FAMILIES SHOULD THEN PRACTICE EXIT DRILLS
FROM THE HOME. FIREMEN WILL DRIVE AROUND TOWN WITH FIRE TRUCKS
COUNTING HOW MANY HOMES PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION EDITH.
IN TOURNAMENT VOLLEYBALL LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA TEAM DID WELL AGAIN, BEATING ANAMOSA 2 - 0....DEFEATING VINTON 2 - 0 AND THEN MARION, 2 - 0.
THAT WAS AT CLEAR CREEK AMANA. THE CARDINAL GIRLS NOW ADVANCE TO
THE CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET OF THE WAMAC TOURNAMENT TOMORROW NIGHT AT MARION.
IF THE CARDINALS PLAY IN THE WORLD SERIES...GAME TICKETS WILL BE AT LEAST
$200 EACH. I'LL BE LISTENING TO THE RADIO.
DUCK HUNTING STARTS THIS WEEKEND. DR. MELVIN BERNARD(RETIRED OPTOMETRIST) WILL JOIN THE HUNT, AT AGE 88. BEEN HUNTING ALL OF HIS LIFE AND ONE OF MAQUOKETA'S MOST AVID DUCK HUNTERS. THE LIMIT IS 3 DUCKS. HE CALLED OUR COFFEE GROUP TO ORDER THIS MORNING AT THE DECKER WITH HIS DUCK CALL. WE KID HIM....THE DUCKS NEVER HAVE A CHANCE WITH HIM. GREEN ISLAND, ALONG
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IS STILL THE MOST POPULAR PLACE TO HUNT. GO DUCKS!
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
IT STARTED RAINING OVERNIGHT.
AND MORE THIS MORNING...A GOOD RAIN AT TIMES.
WE NEEDED IT.
PARTLY SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON AND IN LOW 70'S.
MORE RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
WEEKEND LOOKING GOOD.
IN BUSINESS NEWS, MARK MAZE, OWNER OF MAQUOKETA LUMBER COMPANY,
HAS PURCHASED BELLEVUE BUILDING SUPPLIES (LUMBER COMPANY) IN
BELLEVUE.
DAN GREEN IS A YOUNG MAN WRITING A BOOK ABOUT HURSTVILLE. WANTS
INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION THAT COULD BE USED
IN THE BOOK, CALL HIM AT 319-215-2919.
A NEW EMERGENCY SERVICES MANAGER HAS BEEN HIRED AT THE MAQUOKETA
HOSPITAL. RHONDA JOHNSON STARTED LAST MONTY. THE POSITION HAS
BEEN OPEN FOR 9 MONTHS. JOHNSON AS 19 YEARS OF EMERGENCY NURSING
EXPERIENCE AT TRINITY IN BETTENDORF. SHE WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE
TOP 100 NURSES IN IOWA IN 2008.
OTHER HOSPITAL NEWS: THE FORMER NURSERY HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO AN
ACTIVITIES AREA FOR SWING BED SKILLED PATIENTS. PAM SCHOENTHALER IS
IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING CERTIFIED TO FILL THE ROLE OF ACTIVITIES
COORDINATOR IN ADDITION TO HER DUTIES IN CLINICAL EDUCATION AND PATIENT
OUTCOMES.
A MINOR FARM ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES.
MARTY HUDRLIK SAID HE ROLLED HIS COMBINE AT 69TH STREET AND THE
MAQUOKETA CAVES ROAD AT 4:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HUDRLIK WAS NOT
INJURED.
RED HENTON'S NEW CHRISTMAS CD IS OUT. ELEVEN SONGS. COST $5 HERE
AT KMAQ. ADD $2.00 FOR SHIPPING AND HANDLING. PRODUCED BY "MATT
WALKER RECORDINGS COMPANY" ON JONES AVENUE IN MAQUOKETA. THE CAROLS ARE:
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS....THE CARD....JINGLE BELLS....MARY'S
LITTLE DONKEY....OH HOLY NIGHT....THE NIGHT HIS STAR WAS SHINING....
THE FIRST NOEL....LET IT SNOW....RUDOLPH....IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR....AND....WHITE CHRISTMAS. RED DOES A LITTLE NARRATION ON THE CD TOO.
CHRISTMAS IS ONLY 75 DAYS AWAY.
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AND MORE THIS MORNING...A GOOD RAIN AT TIMES.
WE NEEDED IT.
PARTLY SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON AND IN LOW 70'S.
MORE RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
WEEKEND LOOKING GOOD.
IN BUSINESS NEWS, MARK MAZE, OWNER OF MAQUOKETA LUMBER COMPANY,
HAS PURCHASED BELLEVUE BUILDING SUPPLIES (LUMBER COMPANY) IN
BELLEVUE.
DAN GREEN IS A YOUNG MAN WRITING A BOOK ABOUT HURSTVILLE. WANTS
INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION THAT COULD BE USED
IN THE BOOK, CALL HIM AT 319-215-2919.
A NEW EMERGENCY SERVICES MANAGER HAS BEEN HIRED AT THE MAQUOKETA
HOSPITAL. RHONDA JOHNSON STARTED LAST MONTY. THE POSITION HAS
BEEN OPEN FOR 9 MONTHS. JOHNSON AS 19 YEARS OF EMERGENCY NURSING
EXPERIENCE AT TRINITY IN BETTENDORF. SHE WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE
TOP 100 NURSES IN IOWA IN 2008.
OTHER HOSPITAL NEWS: THE FORMER NURSERY HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO AN
ACTIVITIES AREA FOR SWING BED SKILLED PATIENTS. PAM SCHOENTHALER IS
IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING CERTIFIED TO FILL THE ROLE OF ACTIVITIES
COORDINATOR IN ADDITION TO HER DUTIES IN CLINICAL EDUCATION AND PATIENT
OUTCOMES.
A MINOR FARM ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES.
MARTY HUDRLIK SAID HE ROLLED HIS COMBINE AT 69TH STREET AND THE
MAQUOKETA CAVES ROAD AT 4:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HUDRLIK WAS NOT
INJURED.
RED HENTON'S NEW CHRISTMAS CD IS OUT. ELEVEN SONGS. COST $5 HERE
AT KMAQ. ADD $2.00 FOR SHIPPING AND HANDLING. PRODUCED BY "MATT
WALKER RECORDINGS COMPANY" ON JONES AVENUE IN MAQUOKETA. THE CAROLS ARE:
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS....THE CARD....JINGLE BELLS....MARY'S
LITTLE DONKEY....OH HOLY NIGHT....THE NIGHT HIS STAR WAS SHINING....
THE FIRST NOEL....LET IT SNOW....RUDOLPH....IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR....AND....WHITE CHRISTMAS. RED DOES A LITTLE NARRATION ON THE CD TOO.
CHRISTMAS IS ONLY 75 DAYS AWAY.
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Friday, October 07, 2011
THE NORMAL HIGH HERE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, IS 70. TODAY, 82.
LOTS OF PREDICTIONS, THE LATEST IS THAT THE MIDWEST WILL HAVE
A MILD WINTER. ANOTHER IS THAT IT WILL BE A BAD WINTER FOR CHICAGO.
THE LAKE (AND WIND) MAKES FOR DIFFERENT CHICAGO WEATHER THAN THE REST OF THE MIDWEST.
ALSO, WE ARE NOT NOW HAVING "INDIAN SUMMER". IT DOES NOT COME UNTIL
AFTER A SHARP FREEZE, WHICH WE HAVE NOT HAD YET.
THE JACKSON COUNTY DISPOSAL AGENCY EMPLOYEES ARE ASKING FOR A 10%
WAGE INCREASE IN THE FIRST OF A PROPOSED 3 YEAR CONTRACT. THEY ARE
ASKING FOR 8% INCREASE THE SECOND YEAR AND 7% THE THIRD YEAR.
AT LEASE 60 PEOPLE SPORTING SPECIAL T-SHIRTS WALKED AROUND MAQUKETA OVER THE
NOON HOUR TODAY. THE T-SHIRTS SAID "START SOMEWHERE WALK". THE
WALK WAS PART OF THE STATE OF IOWA HEALTHIEST STATE INITIATIVE.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND WILL TAKE PART IN THE STATE MARCHING BAND COMPETITION AT KINGSTON STADIUM IN CEDAR RAPIDS, STARTING
AT 1:15 P.M. TEH BAND'S THEME IS "STAR" AND BAND DIRECTOR KENT CRAWFORD
SAYS THE BAND HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD AND IS READY FOR THEIR COMPETITION.
THE PAUL SAGER'S COLLECTION, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST SIGNIFICANT
ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS IN EASTERN IOWA, WILL BE SHOWCASED AT AN OPEN
HOUSE FROM 1 UNTIL 3 P.M. TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN THE OFFICE OF THE
STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ON CLINTON STREET IN IOWA CITY. MANY OF YOU WILL REMEMBER THE PAUL SAGER'S MUSEUM AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK, THAT WAS OPEN UNTIL 1988. MUCH OF WHAT
WAS LOCATED THERE WAS THEN GIVEN TO THE STATE. AN HONOR TOMORROW FOR
THE PAUL SAGERS MAQUOKETA FAMILY. MANY OF YOU KNOW BEST, HIS DAUGHTER, JO ANN (MRS.BOS) CAVIN OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA (5 AND 1) PLAYS ANAMOSA (1 AND 5) TONIGHT FOR HOMECOMING
AT ANAMOSA. HEAR THE GAME TONIGHT AT 7:30 ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR
INTERNET SITE. MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE. GO CARDINALS!
I WILL HAVE THE SCORE OF THE GAME TOMORROW MORNING...RIGHT HERE.
DENNIS VOY
LOTS OF PREDICTIONS, THE LATEST IS THAT THE MIDWEST WILL HAVE
A MILD WINTER. ANOTHER IS THAT IT WILL BE A BAD WINTER FOR CHICAGO.
THE LAKE (AND WIND) MAKES FOR DIFFERENT CHICAGO WEATHER THAN THE REST OF THE MIDWEST.
ALSO, WE ARE NOT NOW HAVING "INDIAN SUMMER". IT DOES NOT COME UNTIL
AFTER A SHARP FREEZE, WHICH WE HAVE NOT HAD YET.
THE JACKSON COUNTY DISPOSAL AGENCY EMPLOYEES ARE ASKING FOR A 10%
WAGE INCREASE IN THE FIRST OF A PROPOSED 3 YEAR CONTRACT. THEY ARE
ASKING FOR 8% INCREASE THE SECOND YEAR AND 7% THE THIRD YEAR.
AT LEASE 60 PEOPLE SPORTING SPECIAL T-SHIRTS WALKED AROUND MAQUKETA OVER THE
NOON HOUR TODAY. THE T-SHIRTS SAID "START SOMEWHERE WALK". THE
WALK WAS PART OF THE STATE OF IOWA HEALTHIEST STATE INITIATIVE.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND WILL TAKE PART IN THE STATE MARCHING BAND COMPETITION AT KINGSTON STADIUM IN CEDAR RAPIDS, STARTING
AT 1:15 P.M. TEH BAND'S THEME IS "STAR" AND BAND DIRECTOR KENT CRAWFORD
SAYS THE BAND HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD AND IS READY FOR THEIR COMPETITION.
THE PAUL SAGER'S COLLECTION, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST SIGNIFICANT
ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS IN EASTERN IOWA, WILL BE SHOWCASED AT AN OPEN
HOUSE FROM 1 UNTIL 3 P.M. TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN THE OFFICE OF THE
STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA ON CLINTON STREET IN IOWA CITY. MANY OF YOU WILL REMEMBER THE PAUL SAGER'S MUSEUM AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK, THAT WAS OPEN UNTIL 1988. MUCH OF WHAT
WAS LOCATED THERE WAS THEN GIVEN TO THE STATE. AN HONOR TOMORROW FOR
THE PAUL SAGERS MAQUOKETA FAMILY. MANY OF YOU KNOW BEST, HIS DAUGHTER, JO ANN (MRS.BOS) CAVIN OF MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA (5 AND 1) PLAYS ANAMOSA (1 AND 5) TONIGHT FOR HOMECOMING
AT ANAMOSA. HEAR THE GAME TONIGHT AT 7:30 ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR
INTERNET SITE. MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE. GO CARDINALS!
I WILL HAVE THE SCORE OF THE GAME TOMORROW MORNING...RIGHT HERE.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, October 06, 2011
YES, ANOTHER NICE DAY.
THE 17TH STREET PAVING WILL BE DONE NEXT SPRING. THAT'S THE STREET
BEHIND WALMART LEADING TO THE PRAIRIE CREEK SUBDIVISION. THE LOW
BID OUT OF FOUR BIDDERS (9 CONTRACTORS TOOK OUT PLANS) WAS $217,858. THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE WAS $258,000.
MINOR TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT PLATT AND JONES.
ONE CAR DRIVEN BY STUART ANDERSON OF MAQUOKETA AND THE OTHER BY DARLENE HOERSCHELMAN OF MAQUOKETA. HOERSCHELMAN'S 1996 VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND $2,000 DAMAGE TO ANDERSON'S 2003 FORD. BOTH DRIVERS HAD MINOR INJURIES AND
DID NOT GO TO HOSPITAL.
DENNIS VOY
THE 17TH STREET PAVING WILL BE DONE NEXT SPRING. THAT'S THE STREET
BEHIND WALMART LEADING TO THE PRAIRIE CREEK SUBDIVISION. THE LOW
BID OUT OF FOUR BIDDERS (9 CONTRACTORS TOOK OUT PLANS) WAS $217,858. THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE WAS $258,000.
MINOR TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT PLATT AND JONES.
ONE CAR DRIVEN BY STUART ANDERSON OF MAQUOKETA AND THE OTHER BY DARLENE HOERSCHELMAN OF MAQUOKETA. HOERSCHELMAN'S 1996 VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND $2,000 DAMAGE TO ANDERSON'S 2003 FORD. BOTH DRIVERS HAD MINOR INJURIES AND
DID NOT GO TO HOSPITAL.
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Wednesday, October 05, 2011
EVERY DAY IS AS GOOD AS THE DAY BEFORE. AND THIS WEATHER WILL
CONTINUE.
THE MAQUOKETA Y HAS A SWIMMING COORDINATOR AND HER NAME IS MARCY CAIN.
AND SHE IS SIGNING UP PEOPLE NOW FOR THE MAQUOKETA Y SWIM TEAM.
IT IS FOR CHILDREN UP TO 21 AND ABLE TO SWIM THE LENGTH OF THE POOL.
THE SEASON STARTS OCTOBER 31ST. THERE WILL BE AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING
ON MONDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 17TH AT THE Y. OR IF YOU CAN'T ATTEND,
CALL MARCY AT THE Y AT 563-652-6566.
MCHS VOCAL MUSIC DIRECTOR JOEL HAGEN INFORMED KMAQ TODAY THAT THE
UPCOMING VOCAL CONCERT WILL BE ON TUES, OCTOBER 18TH AT 7:30 P.M. AT THE
FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH. ADMISSION, $5.O0. PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
THE BELLEVUE ROTARY'S ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARADE WILL BE AT 3:30 SUNDAY
AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 30TH. PARADE CHAIRMAN IS LINDA O'BRIEN NUDD (FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT) AND SHE REMINDS KIDS IN JACKSON COUNTY THAT THERE
IS PRIZE MONEY FOR TEAMS AND INDIVIDUALS.
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL LAST NIGHT AT DEWITT, THE 9TH RATED MAQUOKETA
GIRLS DEFEATED THE 10TH RATED DEWITT GIRLS, 3 GAMES TO 2
ALLISON VANDEMORE HAD 17 KILLS AND MARLEE LINDSTROM HAD 47 ASSISTS.
NICOLE SNYDER HAD 20 DIGS. ACES BY DEVON O'CONNELL, NICOLE SNYDER AND
AUBREE TAYLOR.
AREA RESIDENTS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES LATER THIS MONTH. THE LOCAL KIWANIS CLUB IS
SPONSORING THE EVENT, CALLED "GAME NIGHT WITH FCA" AND GIVING THE PROGRAM
WILL BE DAN PEARSON, FORMER CHANNEL 6 SPORTS ANCHOR AND NOW AN AREA
DIRECTOR FOR F.C.A. ALSO ON THE PROGRAM WILL BE FELLOW AREA DIRECTOR
TIM SCHNECKLOTH. THE EVENT WILL BE A FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH STARTING
AT 7 P.M. ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 17TH. THE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
ESPECIALLY WELCOME OF COURSE WILL BE AREA STUDENT ATHLETES.
FLASH....THIS WEEK'S WEATHER WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MARCH 30TH. FORGET
FLORIDA AND ARIZONA THIS WINTER.
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CONTINUE.
THE MAQUOKETA Y HAS A SWIMMING COORDINATOR AND HER NAME IS MARCY CAIN.
AND SHE IS SIGNING UP PEOPLE NOW FOR THE MAQUOKETA Y SWIM TEAM.
IT IS FOR CHILDREN UP TO 21 AND ABLE TO SWIM THE LENGTH OF THE POOL.
THE SEASON STARTS OCTOBER 31ST. THERE WILL BE AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING
ON MONDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 17TH AT THE Y. OR IF YOU CAN'T ATTEND,
CALL MARCY AT THE Y AT 563-652-6566.
MCHS VOCAL MUSIC DIRECTOR JOEL HAGEN INFORMED KMAQ TODAY THAT THE
UPCOMING VOCAL CONCERT WILL BE ON TUES, OCTOBER 18TH AT 7:30 P.M. AT THE
FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH. ADMISSION, $5.O0. PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
THE BELLEVUE ROTARY'S ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARADE WILL BE AT 3:30 SUNDAY
AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 30TH. PARADE CHAIRMAN IS LINDA O'BRIEN NUDD (FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT) AND SHE REMINDS KIDS IN JACKSON COUNTY THAT THERE
IS PRIZE MONEY FOR TEAMS AND INDIVIDUALS.
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL LAST NIGHT AT DEWITT, THE 9TH RATED MAQUOKETA
GIRLS DEFEATED THE 10TH RATED DEWITT GIRLS, 3 GAMES TO 2
ALLISON VANDEMORE HAD 17 KILLS AND MARLEE LINDSTROM HAD 47 ASSISTS.
NICOLE SNYDER HAD 20 DIGS. ACES BY DEVON O'CONNELL, NICOLE SNYDER AND
AUBREE TAYLOR.
AREA RESIDENTS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES LATER THIS MONTH. THE LOCAL KIWANIS CLUB IS
SPONSORING THE EVENT, CALLED "GAME NIGHT WITH FCA" AND GIVING THE PROGRAM
WILL BE DAN PEARSON, FORMER CHANNEL 6 SPORTS ANCHOR AND NOW AN AREA
DIRECTOR FOR F.C.A. ALSO ON THE PROGRAM WILL BE FELLOW AREA DIRECTOR
TIM SCHNECKLOTH. THE EVENT WILL BE A FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH STARTING
AT 7 P.M. ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 17TH. THE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
ESPECIALLY WELCOME OF COURSE WILL BE AREA STUDENT ATHLETES.
FLASH....THIS WEEK'S WEATHER WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MARCH 30TH. FORGET
FLORIDA AND ARIZONA THIS WINTER.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY...HIGH OF 77.
SAME FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
NOW, WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED FOR INCREASED FIRE DANGER BECAUSE OF
DRIED VEGETATION.
LONGTIME JACKSON COUNTY TREASURER OFFICE EMPLOYEE NANCY ROLING OF
BELLEVUE, HAS BEEN NAMED THE JACKSON COUNTY TREASURER. SHE TAKES
OVER THE JOB IMMEDIATELY. SHE HAS WORKED IN THE OFFICE FOR 43 YEARS.
JACKSON TREASURED AL TEBBE,JR DIED LAST MONTH.
POLICE BLOTTER: WALTER JORDAN SAID A CELL PHONE WAS TAKEN FROM
HIS UNLOCKED VEHICLE WHILE PARKED IN THE LOT AT FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH YESTERDAY MORNING.
AND,STEVE KROGAN REPORTED LAST NIGHT THAT SOMEONE TOOK AN IPOD
FROM HIS TRUCK AT 911 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE.
GEORGE SCHMIDT SR., AGE 75, OF CAMANCHE,DIED SUNDAY.
SURVIVERS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, ROSALIE AND SEVEN CHILDREN, INCLUDING
AL SCHMIDT OF MAQUOKETA. PAPE FUNERAL HOME IN CLINTON IS IN
CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
TOM QUINLAN ROLLED A PERFECT 300 GAME LAST NIGHT IN THE BUSINESS
AND PROFESSIONAL MILLER LITE LEAGUE AT TIMBER LANES. HE ALSO HAD
HIGH SERIES, 740.
ROBERT CHRISTENSEN HAS MORE PHOTOS AT HIS POPULAR WEB SITE...
www.listjacksoncountyia.com
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND TOMORROW TOO.
DENNIS VOY
SAME FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
NOW, WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED FOR INCREASED FIRE DANGER BECAUSE OF
DRIED VEGETATION.
LONGTIME JACKSON COUNTY TREASURER OFFICE EMPLOYEE NANCY ROLING OF
BELLEVUE, HAS BEEN NAMED THE JACKSON COUNTY TREASURER. SHE TAKES
OVER THE JOB IMMEDIATELY. SHE HAS WORKED IN THE OFFICE FOR 43 YEARS.
JACKSON TREASURED AL TEBBE,JR DIED LAST MONTH.
POLICE BLOTTER: WALTER JORDAN SAID A CELL PHONE WAS TAKEN FROM
HIS UNLOCKED VEHICLE WHILE PARKED IN THE LOT AT FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH YESTERDAY MORNING.
AND,STEVE KROGAN REPORTED LAST NIGHT THAT SOMEONE TOOK AN IPOD
FROM HIS TRUCK AT 911 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE.
GEORGE SCHMIDT SR., AGE 75, OF CAMANCHE,DIED SUNDAY.
SURVIVERS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, ROSALIE AND SEVEN CHILDREN, INCLUDING
AL SCHMIDT OF MAQUOKETA. PAPE FUNERAL HOME IN CLINTON IS IN
CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
TOM QUINLAN ROLLED A PERFECT 300 GAME LAST NIGHT IN THE BUSINESS
AND PROFESSIONAL MILLER LITE LEAGUE AT TIMBER LANES. HE ALSO HAD
HIGH SERIES, 740.
ROBERT CHRISTENSEN HAS MORE PHOTOS AT HIS POPULAR WEB SITE...
www.listjacksoncountyia.com
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND TOMORROW TOO.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, October 03, 2011
BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY...HIGH OF 75. AND IT WILL BE LIKE THIS EVERY
DAY THIS WEEK, THROUGH SATURDAY.
SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
JONES COUNTY IS HAVING A SPECIAL ELECTION TOMORROW TO ELECT A NEW
SHERIFF, TO FILL POSITION AS THEIR SHERIFF RETIRED EARLIER THIS
YEAR. THERE ARE 4 CANDIDATES.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TEAM WON THE NORTHEAST
INVATATIONAL AT GOOSE LAKE SATURDAY. IN THE FINALS, THEY
DEFEATED DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION, 25 TO 22 AND 25 TO 20.
THE CURRENT TEAM IS PROBABLY THE BEST MCHS TEAM EVER.
THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYS AT ANAMOSA THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
MAQUOKETA IS 5 AND 1 AND ANAMOSA IS 1 AND 5.
THREE DEER ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND IN JACKSON COUNTY. HITTING
DEER...BONNIE WALLER, DARYL CLAUSSEN, AND DOUG ZEIMET.
ENJOY THE WEATHER AND CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
DAY THIS WEEK, THROUGH SATURDAY.
SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
JONES COUNTY IS HAVING A SPECIAL ELECTION TOMORROW TO ELECT A NEW
SHERIFF, TO FILL POSITION AS THEIR SHERIFF RETIRED EARLIER THIS
YEAR. THERE ARE 4 CANDIDATES.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TEAM WON THE NORTHEAST
INVATATIONAL AT GOOSE LAKE SATURDAY. IN THE FINALS, THEY
DEFEATED DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION, 25 TO 22 AND 25 TO 20.
THE CURRENT TEAM IS PROBABLY THE BEST MCHS TEAM EVER.
THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYS AT ANAMOSA THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
MAQUOKETA IS 5 AND 1 AND ANAMOSA IS 1 AND 5.
THREE DEER ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND IN JACKSON COUNTY. HITTING
DEER...BONNIE WALLER, DARYL CLAUSSEN, AND DOUG ZEIMET.
ENJOY THE WEATHER AND CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
EVERY WEEK, WINDOW CARDS FOR A COMMUNITY EVENT ARE BROUGHT TO KMAQ,
TO USE ON OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR ....AND TO PUT IN OUR FRONT
WINDOW. WE PUT THE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON-THE-AIR FOR 3 DAYS PRIOR TO
AND INCLUDING THE DAY OF THE EVENT. THE CALENDAR IS ON-THE-AIR ON
BOTH KMAQ AM AND FM SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.....ALL AT NO CHARGE TO THE
CHURCH OR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. AND THE WINDOW CARD IS PUT IN
EVERY MONDAY, ONLY IN THE KMAQ DOOR WINDOW, AND STAYS THERE FOR THE
REST OF THE WEEK. THIS IS A BUSY TIME OF THE YEAR AS YOU CAN SEE.
THIS WEEK, THE DOOR IS FILLED WITH EVENTS FOR THE WEEK. CLICK-ON
THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ ABOUT SOME OF
THE THINGS HAPPENING THIS BUSY WEEKEND AHEAD. CLICK TWICE AND IT WILL
BE EVEN LARGER AND EASIER TO READ. SORRY FOR THE GLARE.
DENNIS VOY
FORREST MILLER IS BACK AT IT...GIVING WAGON RIDES AT COMMUNITY EVENTS.
I TOOK THIS PHOTO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT "PIONEER DAY" AT THE FAIRGROUNDS,
SPONSORED EVERY OCTOBER BY THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR THE EVENT AND A GOOD CROWD... THAT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN LARGER. MOSTLY SENIORS....NOT ENOUGH FAMILIES! GREAT PLACE FOR
KIDS TO LEARN HOW THINGS WERE DOWN IN THE GOOD OLE DAYS. THANKS TO
BONNIE MITCHELL AND HER STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS FOR PUTTING ON ANOTHER
GREAT PIONEER DAY. THE FOOD WAS AS ALWAYS, GOOD, AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE BAKE SALE SELECTION....WILL BE ENJOYING THIS WEEK A PECAN PIE I
PURCHASED AND ALSO BREAD IN A JAR. WE ARE SO LUCKY IN JACKSON COUNTY
TO HAVE A VERY ACTIVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND NOT ONE, BUT TWO, GREAT
MUSEUMS, PLUS ONE OF THE BEST OLD FARM EQUIPMENT DISPLAYS IN THE
COUNTRY, IN A SPECIAL, SEPARATE BUILDING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY
Sunday, October 02, 2011
ANAMOSA HELD IT'S ANNUAL "PUMPKINFEST" YESTERDAY IN DOWNTOWN ANAMOSA AND
NANCY AND I GOT THERE IN TIME FOR THE 2 P.M. PARADE. A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND
THERE WAS A VERY BIG CROWD. FOUR BLOCKS OF MAIN STREET WERE BLOCKED-OFF AND THERE WERE FOOD STANDS AND CRAFT STANDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. THE BIGGEST PUMPKIN CONTEST WEIGH-IN WAS HELD IN THE MORNING IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER DOWNTOWN AND ALL 33 ENTRIES WERE ON DISPLAY THERE.
THE BIGGEST PUMPKIN WAS IN THE PARADE AND I GOT THE PHOTO OF IT FOR THIS DAILY REPORT AFTER THE PARADE. THE PARADE LASTED JUST UNDER AN HOUR
AND FEATURED THREE BANDS, THE ANAMOSA HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL BANDS,
AND THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND DIRECTED BY JAY KAHN. THEY LOOKED
AND SOUNDED GOOD AS ALWAYS AND GOT APPLAUS AS THEY MARCHED IN THE PARADE.
AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE EVENT WAS AGAIN THIS YEAR ADVERTISED ALL WEEK ON KMAQ AM AND FM AND WE SAW QUITE A FEW JACKSON COUNTY PEOPLE THERE.
HOPE YOU CAN ATTEND NEXT YEAR.
AS ALWAYS, CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
PHOTOS BY DENNIS VOY
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