CLOUDY AND WINDY AND HIGH OF ONLY 30 TODAY.

BIG STORY TODAY WAS THE ATTEMPTED BURGLARY WITH A SHOTGUN
AT THE FRANZEN FARM-HOME JUST NORTH OF MONMOUTH AT
AROUND 1 THIS MORNING. SEPARATE STORY ON THAT ... BELOW.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. THEY WILL TALK
ABOUT THE COUNCIL AT-LARGE SEAT THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED,
TO REPLACE COUNCILMAN DON SCHWENKER, WHO TAKES OVER AS
MAYOR JANUARY 2ND.
ALSO ON AGENDA, SELLING THE SUNSHINE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
TO SACRED HEART SCHOOL FOR $2,500.
AND, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO ALLOW AN EASEMENT
AT LITTLE BEAR PARK FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DO A TEST FOR
GEO THERMAL HEATING AND COOLING FOR BRIGG'S SCHOOL.
AND THE BROKEN-DOWN-AGAIN TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT MAIN AND PLATT
WILL BE DISCUSSED.

BASKETBALL FRIDAY NIGHT...
CARDINAL BOYS BEAT WATERLOO COLUMBUS 59 TO 49, HERE.
THE GIRLS BEAT COLUMBUS CATHOLIC THERE, 43 TO 40.
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE GIRLS LOST TO NORTH SCOTT, 45 TO 33.

SATURDAY NIGHT, THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS WENT 3 AND 2 ON THE
DAY, BEATING VINTON, CASCADE AND CLAYTON RIDGE AND
LOOSING TO MAQUOKETA VALLEY AND DUBUQUE WAHLERT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

THE KMAQ BUS GOT HOME FROM NASHVILLE AT 7 LAST NIGHT, ENDING THE
FOUR DAY TRIP. THIRTY MADE THE 12-HOUR BUS TRIP WITH BEAUTIFUL FALL
WEATHER. SAW THE ROCKETTES CHRISTMAS SHOW (FABULOUS) , AND THE GRAND OLE OPRY AT THE RYMAN. VISITED PRESIDENT JACKSON'S HOME, AND THE COUNTRY HALL OF FAME MUSEUM. SAW THE HOLIDAY ICE SHOW WEARING PARKAS TO KEEP US WARM IN THE 9-DEGREE BUILDING AT THE OPYRLAND (75 ARTISTS FROM CHINA WERE FLOWN TO OPRYLAND TO CARVE THE DISNEY CHARACTERS IN A PERIOD OF 3-MONTHS). CRUISED THE CUMBERLAND RIVER THAT FLOODED NASHVILLE A YEAR AGO AND CAUSED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS DAMAGE (STILL WORKING THE THE OPRY MALL WHICH RE-OPENS IN APRIL). SAW THE LOUISE MANDREL CHRISTMAS SHOW AND ON BROADWAYS STREET, VISITED MANY OF THE HUNDRED OR SO BARS (MOST WITH "LIVE" MUSIC ) AND HAD A BEER AND SANDWICH AT THE "WILDHORSE", NASHVILLE'S MOST FAMOUS BAR AND RESTAURANT. NIGHTLIFE ON MUSIC ROW IS BUMPER-TO-BUMPER PEOPLE EVERY NIGHT, ALL HAVING A GREAT TIME IN THE MUSIC CAPITOL OF THE WORLD. NASHVILLE IS A FUN, MUSICAL PLACE.
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN A VERY POPULAR, SMALL ICE-CREAM STORE DOWNTOWN. STOPPED THERE AFTER DINNER FOR A CONE AND RAN INTO TWO FELLOW KMAQ TRAVELERS, JANET TREKELL AND ARLENE McCUTCHEON, BOTH
OF MAQUOKETA. JANET AT LEFT, AND ARLENE AT RIGHT. NANCY MOORE
BETWEEN THEM. A YOUNG MAN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND CAME IN TO PAY
FOR SOME ROSES (BEING SOLD OUT FRONT ON THE SIDEWALK) AND WHILE
HE WAS PAYING, JANET SAID...."I'LL HOLD THOSE FOR YOU WHILE YOU PAY
FOR THEM". AND AS THE COUPLE LEFT, THEY HEARD SOME OTHER COMMENTS
ABOUT THE FLOWERS AND SMILED. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE MAN CAME
BACK IN AND HANDS ALL THREE A ROSE. WERE THEY SURPRISED! SO, HAD TO
TAKE THIS PHOTO. MORE ON NASHVILLE COMING UP! IT'S A GREAT
CITY TO VISIT! WE HAD A GOOD TIME!
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK BELOW FOR THE STORY ON THE ROBBERY ATTEMPT
EARLY THIS MORNING AT FRANZEN'S RURAL MONMOUTH FARM HOME.
DENNIS VOY

FLOYD CRAMER, DIED DECEMBER 31, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 64. "GOOGLE"
HIM FOR HIS LIFE AS A FAMOUS, BUSY, NASHVILLE MUSICIAN. ON
THE KMAQ-TRAVEL TRIP TO NASHVILLE LAST WEEK, WE TOOK A GREAT
TOUR OF "STUDIO B" ON MUSIC ROW, AND THIS PIANO WAS THE ONE USED TO
RECORD FLOYD'S MEGA HIT "LAST DATE" IN 1960. COULD NOT RESIST SITTING
AT IT FOR THIS PHOTO. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE PLAYED
THAT SONG ON KMAQ. NASHVILLE WAS GREAT....YOU HAVE TO VISIT
IT SOMETIME AND VISIT DOWNTOWN (WITH ALL THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS-
MOST WITH "LIVE" MUSIC) AND 20-MINUTES AWAY, THE HUGE OPRYLAND
COMPLEX. SOME PEOPLE GO TO NASHVILLE AND SPEND THEIR ENTIRE
TIME AT OPRYLAND, BUT YOU SHOULD SEE MUSIC ROW (BROADWAY STREET)
TOO, HOME OF THE FAMOUS RESTORED "RYMAN AUDITORIUM" WHERE
IT ALL STARTED WITH THE GRAND OLE OPRY SATURDAY NIGHT SHOW,
BROADCAST TO 38 STATES ON RADIO STATION WSM. I'LL HAVE A COUPLE
OTHER PHOTOS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
DON'T FORGET TO READ BELOW TODAY'S BIG STORY ON THE INCIDENT
EARLY THIS MORNING JUST NORTH OF MONMOUTH.
DENNIS VOY

MAQUOKETA GOT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS
WEEK, WE WILL HAVE 30-PLUS WEATHER UNTIL THURSDAY AND
IN THE MID 20'S FRIDAY. TODAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND SUNNY TOMORROW.

BIG STORY THIS MORNING! JUST BEFORE 1 THIS MORNING, MIKE AND KANDY
FRANZEN , WHO LIVE NORTH OF MONMOUTH, CAME CLOSE TO BEING KILLED
BY AN APPARENT ROBBER. KANDY HEARD A NOISE, AWOKE MIKE AND
SAID SOMEONE IS AT THE DOOR. THE DOOR BELL HAD RUNG. MIKE WENT
TO FRONT DOOR AND NO ONE WAS THERE. SINCE THEY ALSO HAVE A DOORBELL FOR THE BACK GARAGE DOOR, SHE SAID SOMEONE MUST BE AT THAT DOOR. MIKE OPENED IT AND THEN THE GARAGE DOOR AND THERE
A MAN STOOD WEARING A SKI MASK AND WITH A SHOTGUN IN HIS HAND. HE WAS JUST A FEW FEET FROM MIKE AND AIMED THE GUN AT HIS CHEST AND
MIKE VERY QUICKLY SLAMMED THE DOOR AND THE GUN WENT OFF
AND HIT THE STEEL DOOR. A COUPLE BEE-BEES GOT THROUGH AND
ONE HIT HIS HAND. HIS ONLY INJURY IS THE SLIGHT ONE TO HIS HAND. HE,
IN T-SHIRT AND UNDERWEAR, QUICKLY GOT KANDY (WHO HEARD
THE GUN SHOT AND THOUGHT MIKE WAS SHOT) AND THEY WENT OUTSIDE
AND STOOD BEHIND A TREE, LOOKING TO SEE IF THE MAN WAS STILL AROUND. AFTER A SHORT TIME, WHEN NOTHING COULD BE HEARD, MIKE TOLD KANDY WAS GOING INSIDE FOR A CELL PHONE. WHEN HE GOT THE CELL PHONE, HE WENT INTO THE BEDROOM AS HE DIDN'T WANT THE LIGHT ON THE CELL PHONE TO MAKE HIM A TARGET. HE CALLED FOR HELP AND SHERIFF DEPUTIES, AND A MAQUOKETA POLICEMAN WHERE ON THE SCENE IN 10 OR MORE MINUTES. SHORTLY AFTER, JOINED BY JONES COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES, THE OFFICERS SEARCHED THE MAIN HOUSE, THE OLDER HOME ON THE PROPERTY, OTHER OUT BUILDINGS AND FOUND NO ONE. FROM THE START, MIKE HAD SEEN ONLY ONE MAN AND HE WAS DESCRIBED AS WEARING BLUE JEANS, A GREEN SHIRT AND A BLACK SKI MASK. HE DIDN'T NOTICE IF HE WORE GLOVES. MIKE TOLD KMAQ NEWS THIS MORNING THAT HE FELT LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AND WAS GLAD THAT THE DOOR BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND GARAGE IS A STEEL DOOR. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE APPARENT ROBBER IS ASKED TO CALL THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 563-652-3312.

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