1,158 RESIDENTS WENT TO THE POLLS IN MAQUOKETA TODAY, ABOUT 25% OF THE ELIGIBLE
VOTERS. LOWER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN!
MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW MAYOR. DON SCHWENKER, CHIROPRACTOR, DEFEATED LORI CROUCH
864 TO 264. IN JANUARY, HE WILL SUCCEED ONE-TERM MAYOR JASON HUTE WHO DID NOT
SEEK RE-ELECTION. SCHWENKER IS CURRENTLY A COUNCILMAN AND SOMEONE WILL HAVE
TO BE APPOINTED TO HIS POSITION IN JANUARY. SCHWENKER HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE
IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING BEING A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE. IN SEPTEMBER, HE ORGANIZED THE "MUSCLE ON MAIN STREET" VINTAGE CAR
EVENT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. HE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA AND GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA
HIGH SCHOOL.
AND, MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE FOUR NEW COUNCILMEN AS A RESULT OF TONIGHT'S ELECTION.
THREE WINNING THE ELECTION TONIGHT AND THE TOTAL GOES TO 4 IN JANUARY WHEN A REPLACEMENT FOR SCHENKER ON THE COUNCIL IS SELECTED. THAT MEANS 4 OF THE 7
WILL BE NEW NEXT JANUARY. LONGTIME COUNCILMAN NEAL MOREHEAD LOST TONIGHT,
DEFEATED BY TROY THEDE, FORMER OWNER OF THE DECKER HOTEL AND STILL PART-OWNER
OF THE COMFORT INN. THEDE 347 VOTES AND MOREHEAD 80. COUNCILMAN ED TURNEY
WAS ALSO DEFEATED FOR RE-ELECTION TO THE COUNCIL, LOOSING TO CHAD STEFFEN, 123 TO
71. AND ANOTHER NEW COUNCILMAN WILL BE JERRY BOWEN, WHO WAS ELECTED TONIGHT
WITH NO OPPOSITION. HE GOT 82 VOTES. CORY SIMONS0N HAS BEEN ON THE COUNCIL
A SHORT TIME AFTER BEING APPOINTED EARLIER THIS YEAR TO FILL A TERM UNTIL TONIGHT'S ELECTION. HE WAS UNOPPOSED AND GOT A FULL TERM WITH 137 VOTES. ERIC PAPE WAS RE-ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL UNOPPOSED AND RECEIVED 114 VOTES.
IN THE VOTE ON TURNING OVER OPERATION OF THE LIGHT PLANT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT VOTED YES, AND THE TOTAL WAS 184. BUT, 954 VOTED NO...IN FAVOR OF HAVING THE LIGHT PLANT CONTINUE TO BE RUN BY THE SPECIAL MMEU BOARD.
AMY MOORE, A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL THE PAST TWO YEARS, WAS NOT UP FOR RE-ELECTION AND
HAS TWO MORE YEARS LEFT ON HER TERM. SHE WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON THE COUNCIL WITH
NO WORRY ABOUT TONIGHT'S ELECTION. SHE COULD RELAX AND LISTEN TO THE ELECTION RESULTS ON KMAQ LIKE MANY OTHER CITIZENS. NICE JOB AGAIN TONIGHT BY KMAQ
STATION MANAGER LEIGHTON HEPKER AND KMAQ NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD, WHO GAVE THE
COUNTY CITY RETURNS "LIVE" FROM THE COURT HOUSE AS THEY WERE GIVEN THE TOTALS
BY THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
GOOD NIGHT OR GOOD WEDNESDAY!
DENNIS VOY

NOT VERY NICE TODAY....RAIN THIS MORNING, WINDY, CLOUDY, COLD..HIGH
IN 40'S AND MORE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT REJECTED THE BIDS FOR THE SOUTH MAIN STREET TRAIL. THE BIDS CAME IN AT ABOUT $450,000 TO PAVE A SIDEWALK
AND PUT IN A BRIDGE ACROSS THE CREEK AND GO FROM HORSESHOE POND PARK TO
WALMART. THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS. A BID EARLY
THIS SPRING WAS ALSO THOUGHT TO BE TOO HIGH AND THE COUNCIL ASKED TO
RE-BID IT. THIS TIME IT WAS HIGHER. WITH A $250,000 GRAND FROM THE STATE, THE CITY'S SHARE WOULD STILL BE ABOUT $250,000 WITH ENGINEERING
COSTS. THE CITY HAS SPENT OVER $45,000 ALREADY ON ENGINEERING COSTS
TO DESIGN THE PROJECT.
NOW..THE COUNCIL WILL BE LOOKING AT A LOWER COST ALTERNATE. SO,DISCUSSIONS
WILL GO ON.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN'S VEHICLE RAN INTO A PARKED CAR AT 5 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
AT SOUTH JONES AND THOMAS. CHERYL CAVANAGH, 24, WAS DRIVING NORTH
AND REACHED INTO THE BACK SEAT AND HIT THE PARKED VEHICLE REGISTERED TO
EVELYN SMITH OF MAQUOKETA. NO INJURIES. $3,800 DAMAGE TO CAVANAGH'S 2008 CHEVY AND $4,000 DAMAGE TO SMITH'S 2000 JEEP.

AND YESTERDAY MORNING AROUND 9, FRANK ELLENZ, NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, WAS DRIVING A CITY TRUCK AT CLARK AND PLATT AND MOVED IN THE INTERSECTION,
THEN STOPPED AND BACKED UP TO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND HIT A CAR DRIVEN
BY CRAIG THINES, 40, OF PRESTON WHO WAS BEHIND HIM. NO DAMAGE TO THE CITY TRUCK AND $1,000 DAMAGE TO THE THINES CAR, A 99 PONTIAC. NO CHARGES FILED.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL FOOTBALL TEAM HAD 3 TURNOVERS, MISSED AN EXTRA POINT
AND A FIELD GOAL IN ITS LOSS LAST NIGHT. MAQUOKETA WON THE STATISTICAL BATTLE...FOR INSTANCE, THEY HAD 21 FIRST DOWNS AND UNION HAD 13. MAQUOKETA RACKED UP 422 YARDS OF OFFENSE AND THE KNIGHTS HAD 295. THREE TIMES
THE CARDINALS DROVE THE BALL INSIDE UNION'S FIVE YARD LINE AND EACH
TIME A CRITICAL ERROR KEPT THE CARDINALS FROM SCORING. THE DISTRICT CHAMPION MAQUOKETA CARDINALS FINISHED THEIR OUTSTANDING SEASON AT 11 AND 2, BUT A GAME SHORT OF THEIR GOAL OF PLAYING IN THE UNI-DOME IN THE SEMI-FINAL ROUND.

POLLS OPEN UNTIL 8 TONIGHT. KMAQ'S ELECTION COVERAGE STARTS SHORTLY AFTER WITH REPORTING FROM THE COURT HOUSE. ALSO ON OUR WEB SITE.
WHO WILL BE THE NEW MAYOR? AND ANY NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS? LISTEN TONIGHT OR
COME BACK HER FOR THE RESULTS LATER TONIGHT.

42 THE HIGH TODAY. KEEP WARM.

DENNIS VOY