1 AND 3/4 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT.
BUT IT IS MELTING FAST.
COLD TODAY...IN THE 20'S...BUT NEAR 40 TOMORROW.
IN TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, MAQUOKETA LOST TO DEWITT
50 TO 39 TO END THE SEASON. DEWITT PLAYS AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE CATHOLIC GIRL'S TEAM WON IN OVERTIME
LAST NIGHT....AN UPSET....AND PLAY NEXT WEEK IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
THEIR FIRST TRIP TO STATE SINCE 2005. WE WILL BROADCAST THE MONDAY AFTERNOON GAME.
THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOL TEAM IN BELLEVUE, THE BELLEVUE COMMUNITY
HIGH SCHOOL COMETS, LOST. CLOSE FOR THE FIRST 3 QUARTERS, BUT
MONTICELLO PULLED AWAY IN THE FINAL PERIOD.
DEWITT PLAYS TONIGHT AND IF THEY WIN, THEY WILL ALSO BE IN NEXT WEEK'S GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT AT DES MOINES.
BIDS WERE OPENED THIS MORNING FOR THE FORMER TRUCK STOP PROPERTY
OWNED BY JACKSON COUNTY, ON THE HIGHWAY 61 BYPASS. IT WAS APPRAISED
FOR $113,500. THE HIGH BID ($160,005) CAME FROM BRAD DEERY MOTORS.
THEY HAVE LEASED THE 4.3 ACRES THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS FOR NEW CAR
STORAGE. THERE WERE 3 OTHER LOWER BIDS. THE SECOND HIGHEST, BY
STEVE MOORE, WAS FOR $71,000.
BIDS FOR THE NEARLY 3 ACRES OF LAND ALSO OWNED BY THE COUNTY, ACROSS FROM SUNSHINE, WERE ALSO OPENED THIS MORNING. THAT PROPERTY ON
CRESLANE AND GERMAN STREET IS APPLRAISED FOR $56,300. STEVE MOORE
OF MAQUOKETA HAD THE HIGH BID OF $21,000. THERE WERE 2 OTHERS. THE
2ND HIGHEST WAS FOR $7,501. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE SUPERVISORS.
THEY CAN ACCEPT OR REFUSE BIDS.
MINOR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY SHORTLY AFTER NOON. DONNA SAID, 74, STOPPED AT THE LIGHT ON CARLISLE AND A CAR BEHIND, DRIVEN BY GERI STERBANZ, AGE 20, STOPPED BEHIND SAID BUT THEN PULLED AHEAD AND HIT SAID'S VEHICLE.
STERBENZ WAS CHARGED. $750 DAMAGE TO SAID'S 99 PONTIAC AND $750 DAMAGE ALSO TO STERBENZ'S 2005 FORD. NO INJUREIES.
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, A THEFT REPORT. SOMEONE TOOK A LAPTOP AND BACKPACK WITH CLOTHES FROM A VEHICLE OWNED BY WILL RENNER WHILE IT WAS PARKED AT FLAPJACK RESTAURANT.
ANNA MAREK-KNAKE, AGE 97, OF OXFORD JUNCTION DIED YESTERDAY.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, LYDIA YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA.
ROB ROTMAN SAYS NATALIE PORTMAN IN "THE KINGS SPEECH"
WILL WIN THE OSCAR FOR BEST ACTRESS. AND FOR BEST ACTOR, COLIN FIRTH
FROM THE SAME MOVIE (HE PLAYED THE KING) WILL WIN THE OSCAR. THE MOVIE IS SHOWING NOW IN MAQUOKETA. VERY GOOD MOVIE!
HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. NO REPORT TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
THIS IS FFA WEEK.THESE COOKIES ARRIVED
THIS AFTERNOON FOR
THE STAFF TO ENJOY.
AND WE WILL!
THANKS TO ALL THE
FINE MEMBERS OF THE
MAQUOKETA FFA....
AND THANKS TO ALL FFA
MEMBERS IN THE KMAQ
AREA....
A GREAT, AND VERY NECESSARY
ORGANIZATION ... TO MAKE SURE AMERICA AND THE WORLD WILL ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED THEIR FAMILY.
DENNIS VOY
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