SUNNY BUT COLD TODAY....HIGH ONLY IN THE TEENS.
YESTERDAY IN THE 7-TEAM WRESTLING TOURNAMENT HERE IN MAQUOKETA,
THE CARDINALS TOOK 4TH PLACE. TAKING FIRST PLACE, DUBUQUE HEMSTEAD.
TONIGHT, IT IS CARDINAL BASKETBALL, THE GIRLS HOST ANAMOSA AND THE
BOYS PLAYER THERE. THE BOY'S GAME WILL BE ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT, AND
ON OUR WEB SITE, AT AROUND 7:30. MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIC.
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES SAY THEY WILL PROSECUTE ANYONE
WHO IS DUMPING GARBAGE IN THE DITCHES. DEPUTY RANDY MANNING
SAID HE INVESTIGATED AN INCIDENT TODAY ON 85TH STREET NEAR ESGATE
ROAD. THERE, TRASH WAS DUMPED IN THE DITCH. HE SAID IT IS THE FOURTH
SUCH EVENT IN THE COUNTY IN THE LAST WEEK.
AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, COUNCILMAN NEIL MOREHEAD
BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF HAVING A SKATING RINK ON HORSESHOE POND
AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. THE CITY MANAGER AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WAS INSTRUCTED TO LOOK INTO THE PROPOSAL.
AFTER THE MEETING, THE CITY MANAGER WAS ASKED WHY THE ICE RINK
WILL NOT BE PUT DOWNTOWN AS PROPOSED EARLIER. THE CHAMBER
WAS GOING TO SPONSOR IT BUT DECIDED THAT THERE WOULD BE TOO MANY
RESTRICTIONS, INCLUDING SPECIAL LIGHTING AND FENCING THE AREA.
MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A CHIMNEY FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO 13734 BERNARD ROAD. FIREMEN CONTAINED IT QUICKLY.
MORE VANDALISM REPORTED IN MAQUOKETA. DUSTIN EDWARDS SAID WINDOWS WERE BROKEN OUT OF A SCHOOL BUS AND VEHICLE PARKED AT JACONSEN
DRIVE AND MAPLE STREETS.
BRENDA GREGORY REPORTED THE MIRROR ON HER VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED OVER
THE WEEKEND.
AND GRACIE HESSONG ON BUTTERNUT STREET REPORTED THIS MORNING THAT HER WINDOWS WERE EGGED ABOUT MIDNIGHT.
AN UPDATE TODAY ON THE 2006 DODGE CHARGER THAT WAS STOLEN IN LATE
DECEMBER AT BRAD DEERY MOTORS IN MAQUOKETA. FIRST, A CORRECTION
ON MY STORY ABOUT IT HERE ON THE DAILY REPORT. IT WAS NOT TAKEN
ON A TEST DRIVE BY A POTENTIAL BUYER. IT WAS STOLEN SUNDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27TH SOMETIME AFTER 11:58 P.M. AND BEFORE 1:09 A.M. MONDAY MORNING, THE 28TH.....AND THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA SHOWS IT WAS STOLEN BY 2 PEOPLE, ONE FOR SURE WAS A MALE, AND ALSO STOLEN WAS A LICENSE PLATE OFF A CUSTOMER VEHICLE PARKED OUTSIDE TO BE SERVICED MONDAY MORNING.
ALL WAS RECORDED BY SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. THE CAR IS STILL MISSING.
SORRY TO REPORT THAT TIMBER CITY TROPHY IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA
IS QUITTING BUSINESS. OWNER GERALD MILLER HAS AN AD IN TODAY'S SHOPPER ANNOUNCING THE SALE AND SAYING THE DOORS WILL BE CLOSING JANUARY 28TH.
ON SALE IS SHIRTS, CAPS, JACKETS AND FIXTURES. HE HAS BEEN A GOOD DOWNTOWN BUSINESSNMAN A LONG TIME.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER!
HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
GO CARDINALS! GO HAWKEYES TONIGHT! TOUGHT GAME COMING UP AGAINST UNDEFEATED OHIO STATE.
DENNIS VOY
