Monday, July 11, 2011

AT 5:30 THIS MORNING...IT WAS 78...AND 98% HUMIDITY.
AT 6 A.M...A STORM HIT... STRONG WIND AND HEAVY NEEDED RAIN.
LOTS OF TREE LIMBS ..SOME WHOLE TREES..DOWN.
ELECTRICITY OFF IN A COUPLE PLACES IN TOWN.
BUT NO BUILDING DAMAGE.
COOLED DOWN TO 70 QUICKLY.
THEN, HOT AND HUMID REST OF TODAY.
84 THE HIGH.
SLIGHT RAIN CHANCE YET TONIGHT, AND TOMORROW.
REST OF WORK WEEK SHOULD BE GOOD.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME SATURDAY NIGHT
TO DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION, 6 TO 5.

THIS IS THE FIRST DAY TO FILE NOMINATION PAPERS FOR SCHOOL BOARD.
IN MAQUOKETA, THERE ARE 3 POSITIONS AVAILABLE.
AS OF NOON TODAY, NO ONE HAS FILED FOR ANY OF THE POSITIONS
NOW HELD BY BILL SCHWENKER, MARK PAPE AND ANNE HAWKS.
SCHWENKER AND HAWKS HAVE SAID THEY WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION.
PAPE SAID HE HAS NOT DECIDED.

TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE JULY 6TH
THEFT OF A 55-INCH AND 19-INCH TV SET.
POLICE CONDUCTED A SEARCH WARRANT SUNDAY MORNING AT 111 S.
NIAGARA STREET, #2.
CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE SECOND DEGREE
ARE 32-YEAR-OLD SCOTT YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA AND 26 YEAR-OLD
ASHLEY DENHERDER OF MAQUOKETA.
BOTH YAROLEM AND DENHERDER SPENT THE NIGHT IN JAIL.

TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED ON ROCKDALE ROAD JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
ONE DRIVEN BY PAUL LAUGHLIN, 37, OF MAQUOKETA. THE OTHER BY COURTNAY MORTENSON, AGE 19, OF MAQUOKETA. MORTENSON WAS
CHARGED WITH UNSAFE PASSING. $900 DAMAGE TO LAUGHLIN'S LINCOLN
AND $2,500 DAMAGE TO MORTENSON'S PICKUP.

ON MAQUOKETA POLICE BLOTTER: TIM CHAPIN AT 120 N. ELIZA REPORTED
AN AMERICAN FLAG AND POLE WERE TAKEN ON SUNDAY.
COLE HUTE OF 303 S. NIAGARA, REPORTED A GPS TAKEN FROM HIS VEHICLE.
AND TWO BLANKETS WERE REPORTED STOLEN LAST NIGHT FROM T HE
LAUNDRY MAX ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST, MAQUOKETA.

ROSEMARY GORRELL DIED YESTERDAY AT ENNOBLE MANOR IN DUBUQUE.
HER HUSBAND WAS AN OPTOMITRIST IN MAQUOKETA UNTIL 1990 WHEN
HE RETIRED AND THEY MOVED TO DUBUQUE. SHE WAS PRECEDED BY
HER HUSBAND, RICHARD "DICK". SHE IS SURVIVED BY 3 SONS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY
BILL BOWMAN WASHING MY WINDSHIELD WINDOW! THE ONLY GAS STATION IN TOWN WHERE THEY STILL PUT THE GAS IN FOR YOU AND WASH THE WINDOW. YEARS AGO, IT WAS KOON AND BOWMAN STANDARD. AND AFTER DALE KOON RETIRED, BILL BOUGHT OUT HIS HALF AND JOINED HIS FATHER, HUGH, AS CO-OWNER. LAST MONTH, WHEN HUGH RETIRED, BILL BOUGHT THE OTHER HALF AND IS NOW SOLE OWNER OF THE STATION ON SOUTH MAIN
STREET. BILL AND HIS WIFE BARB ( HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER) HAVE TWO
SONS, ADAM AND A.J. WILL BILL MAKE ANY CHANGES? HE SAID NOTHING
MAJOR IS PLANNED....MAY PAINT AND "SPRUCE-UP" THE STATION A LITTLE.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT. BEST WISHES TO BILL IN HIS NEW
ROLE AS SOLE-OWNER OF THE STATION!
DENNIS VOY

THE "DQ" IN MAQUOKETA ON SOUTH MAIN STREET, IS A SPONSOR OF ST. LOUIS
CARDINALS BASEBALL GAMES ON KMAQ-FM. DOC BIEHL (RETIRED DENTIST)
AND HIS SON DOUG (MANAGES THE DQ) ARE BOTH BIG LONGTIME CARDINAL
FANS. DOC IS ALSO THE MORNING GROUNDSKEEPER FOR DQ. THEY HAVE
A ST. LOUIS CARDINAL SPECIAL.....SEE ABOVE. NOTE, BUILDING AND
SELF-SUPPORT DQ SIGN ARE NEW. THE OLD STILL SAID DAIRY QUEEN. IT IS MID-SEASON TIME FOR BASEBALL (ALL STAR BREAK TIME ) AND THE CARDINALS
AND THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS THIS MORNING ARE TIED FOR FIRST PLACE
IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL. KMAQ HAS A BUS GOING UP TO
MILWAUKEE AUGUST 3RD TO SEE THE CARDS PLAY THE BREWERS. SIGN-UP
AT KMAQ OR GIVE US A CALL AT 1-800-747-0057. GO CARDINALS! THEN
WHEN THEY WIN, GO TO DQ IN MAQUOKETA FOR THE VICTORY SPECIAL.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
PHOTE BY DENNIS VOY