IT WAS FOGGY AGAIN THIS MORNING, BUT NO SCHOOL DELAY.
NO SUN TODAY.....DAMP AND HIGH OF 33. THE WEEKEND WILL BE A LITTLE
BETTER.
WESTERN IOWA WILL BE GETTING A LOT OF SNOW!
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON AGAIN LAST NIGHT, AT VAN HORNE....DEFEATING
BENTON COMMUNITY, 76 TI 47. HOT SHOOTING PERCENTAGE BY CARDS!
HERE IN TOWN, THE CARDINAL GIRLS LOST TO #1 RATED BENTON, 69 TO 38.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY AT SOLON TONIGHT AT 7:30 AND WE WILL
AGAIN, BROADCAST THAT GAME ON KMAQ FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE.
MATT CLARK AT THE MIKE.
COULD THIS BE THE YEAR MAQUOKETA GOES TO STATE? MAYBE! THEY
HAVE A COUPLE TOUCH OPPONENTS TO BEAT TO MAKE IT THERE. THE
CARDINALS LAST TIME AT STATE WAS IN 1987.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS OPEN TOURNAMENT PLAY TOMORROW AT
DEWITT. ANY WRESTLER THAT TAKES A 1ST OR 2ND TOMORROW GOES
FURTHER ON THE TOURNAMENT TRAIL.
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON COUNTY (FORMERLY THE
MAQUOKETA FOUNDATION) GAVE OUT $77,930 IN GRANT MONEY LAST
YEAR TO LOCAL GROUPS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT GIVING TO FOUNDATION
OR ASKING FOR A GRANT....TALK TO ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS: LORAS
HERRIG, VAL HORST, LIZ LECHTENBERG, LENKE CARSON, TOM BREUCH,
DARWIN SCHIPPER AND NANCY JOHNSON.
KMAQ TRAVEL IS TAKING A BUS TO THE CHICAGO FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW AGAIN THIS YEAR (OUR 3RD ANNUAL) ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14TH.
FOR DETAILS, GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE BUS.
A FIRE AT A BUSINESS TODAY. THE BELT ON A DRYER MALFUNCTIONED AT THE LAUNDRY MAX ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST, RESULTING IN A MINOR FIRE
AT ABOUT 2 THIS AFTERNOON. FIREMEN PULLED THE CLOTHES OUT OF THE DRYER AND USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT THE MINOR FLAMES.
TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED ON MAIN STREET AT 10:40 YESTERDAY MORNING.
COURTNEY EDENS, AGE 31, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO
STOP IN AN ASSURED CLEAR DISTANCE AND DRIVING WHILE LICENSE
SUSPENDED. HE WAS GOING SOUTH ON MAIN AND FAILED TO STOP AND HIT
A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY VERNON AMBROSY, AGE 68, OF ZWINGLE. NO INJURIES.
MILT CORNELIUS HIT A DEER EARLY THIS MORNING ON HIGHWAY 62.
DOUG DRURY ON 489TH AVENUE REPORTED THIS MORNING THAT SOMEONE
TOOK A LOAD OF WOOD AND HIS POMERANIAN DOG.
STATE SENATOR TOD BOWMAN ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE YESTERDAY, SAYING
THE DNR WILL, YES WILL, OPEN THE CAVES AT THE STATE PARK LATE THIS
SPRING. MORE DETAILS WILL BE FORTHCOMING.
MAQUOKETA HAS HAD A SMALL FARMER'S MARKET ON SATURDAY MORNINGS
FOR MANY YEARS. NOW, A GROUP IS TRYING TO BUILD AND PROMOTE A BIGGER AND BETTER ONE AND IT MAY BE ON TUESDAY EVENINGS INSTEAD.
THE NEXT MEETING ON THE SUBJECT WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 6, AT THE
FAIRGROUNDS, IN THE PEARSON CENTER, WHERE THE KMAQ FARM SHOW WILL ALSO BE GOING ON. THE 6-MEMBER COMMITEE IS LOOKING FOR MORE IDEAS FROM THE PUBLIC,WHO THEY INVITE TO THE MEETING.
ELMER PETERS, 75, OF BETTENDORF, DIED LAST SUNDAY. HIS FUNERAL
IS TOMORROW AT TIPTON. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, LUCILLE DEPPE OF
MAQUOKETA.
THE MEXICAN RESTAURANT, CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT, DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA, CLOSED THIS WEEK. I SAW PEOPLE HAULING OUT EQUIPMENT
YESTERDAY.
I LIKED THE PLACE AND THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING OKAY??
BIG BREAKFAST SUNDAY MORNING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, SPONSORED BY
THE FAIRBOARD.
BIG GAME SUNDAY! DON'T BET ON THE PACK! THEY WON'T BE THERE!
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
