SNOW AND COLD TODAY
THE YEAR IS GOING OUT LIKE A LION
QUIET THIS AFTERNOON IN MAQUOKETA.
WEST PLATT STREET IS NOT BUSY.
I'M LOOKING FOWARD TO YOUR VISITS OFTEN IN 2014!
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM EVERYONE HERE AT KMAQ!
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
WEDNESDAY 12-31-2013 DAILY REPORT
COLD LAST NIGHT....3 BELOW
SNOW AND COLD TODAY
THE YEAR IS GOING OUT LIKE A LION
QUIET THIS AFTERNOON IN MAQUOKETA.
WEST PLATT STREET IS NOT BUSY.
THANKS FOR KEEPING UP WITH MAQUOKETA ON THIS SITE IN 2013!
I'M LOOKING FOWARD TO YOUR VISITS OFTEN IN 2014!
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM EVERYONE HERE AT KMAQ!
DENNIS VOY
SNOW AND COLD TODAY
THE YEAR IS GOING OUT LIKE A LION
QUIET THIS AFTERNOON IN MAQUOKETA.
WEST PLATT STREET IS NOT BUSY.
I'M LOOKING FOWARD TO YOUR VISITS OFTEN IN 2014!
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM EVERYONE HERE AT KMAQ!
HAPPY NEW YEAR
ENJOY A MOVIE TODAY AT....
THE VOY 3 THEATRE, MAQUOKETA
WHAT'S SHOWING AND SHOW TIMES?
CALL ANYTIME, 563-652-3535
THE MONDAY DAILY REPORT IS BELOW
DENNIS VOY
Monday, December 30, 2013
MONDAY DAILY REPORT
12 BELOW LAST NIGHT.
1 ABOVE FOR THE HIGH TODAY.
IT IS SNOWING NOW IN MAQUOKETA.
WINTER WEATHER WILL STAY AWHILE.
HELLO FROM 4-SEASONS IOWA.
HOW ABOUT THAT PACKER WIN YESTERDAY?
DON'T FORGET THE HAWKEYES BOWL GAME IS AT NOON
WEDNESDAY.
A NEW BUSINESS IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA....GOING INTO A
BUILDING ON EAST PLATT THAT HAS BEEN (MORE LATER)
WELL KNOWN COUPLE SOON CELEBRATING THEIR 50TH (MORE
LATER)
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
1 ABOVE FOR THE HIGH TODAY.
IT IS SNOWING NOW IN MAQUOKETA.
WINTER WEATHER WILL STAY AWHILE.
HELLO FROM 4-SEASONS IOWA.
HOW ABOUT THAT PACKER WIN YESTERDAY?
DON'T FORGET THE HAWKEYES BOWL GAME IS AT NOON
WEDNESDAY.
A NEW BUSINESS IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA....GOING INTO A
BUILDING ON EAST PLATT THAT HAS BEEN (MORE LATER)
WELL KNOWN COUPLE SOON CELEBRATING THEIR 50TH (MORE
LATER)
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
ELVIS FANS .. ATTENTION
NEW YEAR'S EVE AT 7 P.M. AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER
IN MAQUOKETA. $25 ADVANCE TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AT
OHNWARD, OSTERHAUS PHARMACY AND M-S-B. AT THE DOOR TICKETS
WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING AT 6 P.M. TUESDAY AT OHNWARD, FOR $30.
THE BAR ALSO OPENS AT 6.
ROCK AND ROLL WITH THE KING!
Thursday, December 26, 2013
THURSDAY DAILY REPORT
A HIGH OF 28.
TOMORROW AND SATURDAY, A COUPLE 30-PLUS DAYS...
THEN COLD, REALLY COLD, SUNDAY NIGHT, AND MONDAY, TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY, NEW YEAR'S DAY.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS OPENED BIDS FOR RENTING THE 334 ACRE COUNTY FARM NEAR ANDREW. HIGH BID, $109,000 FROM PHIL
AND SHANE STEFFAN, NO ADDRESS LISTED.
THERE WERE 7 BIDS. SECOND HIGH, $83,675.
LAST YEAR THE RENT WAS $75,160.
THE SUPERVISORS AND CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY SHOULD BE HAPPY...
THE HIGH BID IS A VERY GOOD ONE. THE SUPERVISORS WILL TAKE
FORMAL ACTION AT NEXT MONDAY'S MEETING.
THE NOVEMBER JOBLESS RATE IN JACKSON COUNTY WAS 4.3 PERCENT,
UP FROM 4 PERCENT IN OCTOBER.
IOWA'S RATE WAS 4.4....THE LOWEST SINCE 2008. CEDAR COUNTY, THE LOWEST AROUND, 3.2%,
MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATED FOUR MINOR ACCIDENTS WITH
NO INJURIES. THOSE IN THE ACCIDENTS: MATT TAYLOR, AGE 21 OF
GALESBURG....TOM FELLER, AGE 70 OF MAQUOKETA....JAMES MCKENNA OF MAQUOKETA....BENJAMIN HECK....AND LUKE STEPHENSON, 34, OF MAQUOKETA.
JUST 364 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS. NO LEAP YEAR, NEXT YEAR.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
TUESDAY CHRISTMAS EVE DAILY
15 BELOW THIS MORNING.
2 ABOVE TODAY FOR A HIGH.
THE TEMPERATURE WILL GO UP OVERNIGHT TO 19 BY 5 A.M.
A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
TOMORROW, CHRISTMAS DAY, CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SNOW AND
A HIGH OF 25.
THURSDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 18.
FRIDAY, HIGH OF 22.
AND SATURDAY, HIGH OF 33.
A BIRD'S NEST STARTED ON FIRE AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AND THAT RESULTED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BEING CALLED OUT AT
2:35 THIS MORNING. RICH HALL, OHNWARD DIRECTOR, SAID THE NEST STARTED IN THE VENT OFF THE BOILER ROOM. FIREMEN PULLED OUT THE NEST AND WERE AT THE SCENE ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
THE NAMES OF THE TWO INJURED IN A DOMESTIC DISPUTE SATURDAY NIGHT NEAR ST. DONATUS HAVE BEEN RELEASED. THEY ARE ROBERT McLAIN, 44 AND HIS WIFE TERRIE, AGE 51, OF 34600 HIGH BRIDGE ROAD IN NORTHERN
JACKSON COUNTY. BOTH ARE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL AND JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMANN SAID IT APPEARS THE INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE THREATENING AND THE SHERIFF SAYS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
DENNIS VOY
2 ABOVE TODAY FOR A HIGH.
THE TEMPERATURE WILL GO UP OVERNIGHT TO 19 BY 5 A.M.
A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
TOMORROW, CHRISTMAS DAY, CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SNOW AND
A HIGH OF 25.
THURSDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 18.
FRIDAY, HIGH OF 22.
AND SATURDAY, HIGH OF 33.
A BIRD'S NEST STARTED ON FIRE AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AND THAT RESULTED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BEING CALLED OUT AT
2:35 THIS MORNING. RICH HALL, OHNWARD DIRECTOR, SAID THE NEST STARTED IN THE VENT OFF THE BOILER ROOM. FIREMEN PULLED OUT THE NEST AND WERE AT THE SCENE ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
THE NAMES OF THE TWO INJURED IN A DOMESTIC DISPUTE SATURDAY NIGHT NEAR ST. DONATUS HAVE BEEN RELEASED. THEY ARE ROBERT McLAIN, 44 AND HIS WIFE TERRIE, AGE 51, OF 34600 HIGH BRIDGE ROAD IN NORTHERN
JACKSON COUNTY. BOTH ARE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL AND JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMANN SAID IT APPEARS THE INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE THREATENING AND THE SHERIFF SAYS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
DENNIS VOY
Monday, December 23, 2013
MONDAY DAILY REPORT
-6 THIS MORNING
PLUS 2 THE HIGH TODAY
MINUS 13 TONIGHT
CHRISTMAS DAY LOOKING DESCENT
THERE WAS A FIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT IN NORTHERN JACKSON
COUNTY, IN A RENTED HOME. THE WOMAN RECEIVED A WOUND
IN THE BACK FROM A KNIFE AND A GUNSHOT TO THE LEG. THE MAN
IS BEING TREATED FOR A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS
FACE. BOTH IN DUBUQUE HOSPITALS. NO NAMES RELEASED SO
FAR.
SHORT MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
IN THE DEWITT SABER INVITATIONAL WRESTLING MEET SATURDAY, WITH 13 TEAMS, MAQUOKETA FINISHED IN 8TH WITH JUST 8 WRESTLERS.
CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE!
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
PLUS 2 THE HIGH TODAY
MINUS 13 TONIGHT
CHRISTMAS DAY LOOKING DESCENT
THERE WAS A FIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT IN NORTHERN JACKSON
COUNTY, IN A RENTED HOME. THE WOMAN RECEIVED A WOUND
IN THE BACK FROM A KNIFE AND A GUNSHOT TO THE LEG. THE MAN
IS BEING TREATED FOR A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS
FACE. BOTH IN DUBUQUE HOSPITALS. NO NAMES RELEASED SO
FAR.
SHORT MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
IN THE DEWITT SABER INVITATIONAL WRESTLING MEET SATURDAY, WITH 13 TEAMS, MAQUOKETA FINISHED IN 8TH WITH JUST 8 WRESTLERS.
DEWITT WON THE MEET.
CHECK BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, December 20, 2013
FRIDAY DAILY REPORT
A TERRIBLE DAY IN IOWA.
IT STARTED OFF WITH ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS CANCELLING SCHOOL TODAY
BECAUSE OF THE ICY ROADS AND FORECAST FOR MORE.
THIS MORNING, I COULD NOT MAKE IT UP A LITTLE HILL WITH MY CAR AFTER
SEVERAL TRIES.
FINIALLY MADE IT TO WORK LATE WITH NANCY'S FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE.
RAIN, SLEET AND ICE ALL DAY TODAY.
AT 3:30, HEARD THERE WERE 5 CARS IN THE DITCH BETWEEN MAQUOKETA
AND HIGHWAY 136, PLUS TWO ACCIDENTS.
HIGH TODAY 24.
WINTER STARTS AT 11:11 A.M. TOMORROW.
TOMORROW, FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET.
SATURDAY NIGHT, 4 INCHES OF SNOW. SUNDAY, MORE SNOW!
SUNDAY NIGHT, LOW OF 1 ABOVE.
MONDAY, SUNNY AND COLD, HIGH OF 6.
MONDAY NIGHT, 10 BELOW.
ENOUGH ON THE WEATHER!
GRETCHEN WILSON IS COMING BACK TO THIS SUMMER'S JACKSON COUNTY FAIR, JULY 23-27.
SHE WAS LAST HERE 3 YEARS AGO AND WILL AGAIN HEADLINE THE SATURDAY NIGHT SHOW IN FRONT OF THE GRANDSTAND.
ALSO AT THE FAIR, OPENING NIGHT AFTER THE PARADE, SHOTGUN
RED. STOCK CAR RACES THURSDAY NIGHT, TRUCK AND TRACTOR PULL FRIDAY NIGHT AND NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION SUNDAY NIGHT.
AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL HAVE A FERRIS WHEEL BACK THIS YEAR.
THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY EMPLOYEES WILL GET A 2 1/2 PERCENT PAY INCREASE STARTING JANUARY 1, THE START OF A NEW 3-YEAR CONTRACT. SECOND YEAR, 2 1/4 PERCENT INCREASE AND 2 1/2
THE THIRD YEAR.
IN BUSINESS NEWS, THE ICE CREAM STORE "DJ'S GRILL-N-CHILL"
ON EAST PLATT (LONGTIME KNOWN AS T-N-T ICE CREAM) IS CLOSED AND
THERE IS A FOR SALE SIGN OUT FRONT.
LAST NIGHT IN WRESTLING, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL TEAM (ONE SENIOR) LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE 64 TO 10 AND LATER IN EVENING, LOST TO
DEWITT 48 TO 24. BEAU BOWMAN AND LOGAN MAYBERRY WON BOTH OF
THEIR MATCHES.
THERE WAS MORE EXCITEMENT THAN NORMAL LAST NIGHT AT TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA BECAUSE LEFTHANDED BOWLER JASON GIBSON,
AGE 38, ROLLED A PERFECT 300 GAME IN THE SUBURBAN LEAGUE, ONE OF THE BEST LEAGUES IN TOWN. HE ENDED UP WITH A FANTASTIC 837 SERIES, 140 PINS OVER HIS AVERAGE. HE BOWLS WITH THE "ELWOOD GUTTER
WORKS" TEAM WHICH IS IN FIRST PLACE IN THE LEAGUE, 14 GAMES IN FRONT OF THE 2ND PLACE TEAM.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND! HOPE THE WEATHER WHERE YOU ARE IS MUCH
BETTER THAN OURS.
DENNIS VOY
IT STARTED OFF WITH ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS CANCELLING SCHOOL TODAY
BECAUSE OF THE ICY ROADS AND FORECAST FOR MORE.
THIS MORNING, I COULD NOT MAKE IT UP A LITTLE HILL WITH MY CAR AFTER
SEVERAL TRIES.
FINIALLY MADE IT TO WORK LATE WITH NANCY'S FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE.
RAIN, SLEET AND ICE ALL DAY TODAY.
AT 3:30, HEARD THERE WERE 5 CARS IN THE DITCH BETWEEN MAQUOKETA
AND HIGHWAY 136, PLUS TWO ACCIDENTS.
HIGH TODAY 24.
WINTER STARTS AT 11:11 A.M. TOMORROW.
TOMORROW, FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET.
SATURDAY NIGHT, 4 INCHES OF SNOW. SUNDAY, MORE SNOW!
SUNDAY NIGHT, LOW OF 1 ABOVE.
MONDAY, SUNNY AND COLD, HIGH OF 6.
MONDAY NIGHT, 10 BELOW.
ENOUGH ON THE WEATHER!
GRETCHEN WILSON IS COMING BACK TO THIS SUMMER'S JACKSON COUNTY FAIR, JULY 23-27.
SHE WAS LAST HERE 3 YEARS AGO AND WILL AGAIN HEADLINE THE SATURDAY NIGHT SHOW IN FRONT OF THE GRANDSTAND.
ALSO AT THE FAIR, OPENING NIGHT AFTER THE PARADE, SHOTGUN
RED. STOCK CAR RACES THURSDAY NIGHT, TRUCK AND TRACTOR PULL FRIDAY NIGHT AND NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION SUNDAY NIGHT.
AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL HAVE A FERRIS WHEEL BACK THIS YEAR.
THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY EMPLOYEES WILL GET A 2 1/2 PERCENT PAY INCREASE STARTING JANUARY 1, THE START OF A NEW 3-YEAR CONTRACT. SECOND YEAR, 2 1/4 PERCENT INCREASE AND 2 1/2
THE THIRD YEAR.
IN BUSINESS NEWS, THE ICE CREAM STORE "DJ'S GRILL-N-CHILL"
ON EAST PLATT (LONGTIME KNOWN AS T-N-T ICE CREAM) IS CLOSED AND
THERE IS A FOR SALE SIGN OUT FRONT.
LAST NIGHT IN WRESTLING, THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL TEAM (ONE SENIOR) LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE 64 TO 10 AND LATER IN EVENING, LOST TO
DEWITT 48 TO 24. BEAU BOWMAN AND LOGAN MAYBERRY WON BOTH OF
THEIR MATCHES.
THERE WAS MORE EXCITEMENT THAN NORMAL LAST NIGHT AT TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA BECAUSE LEFTHANDED BOWLER JASON GIBSON,
AGE 38, ROLLED A PERFECT 300 GAME IN THE SUBURBAN LEAGUE, ONE OF THE BEST LEAGUES IN TOWN. HE ENDED UP WITH A FANTASTIC 837 SERIES, 140 PINS OVER HIS AVERAGE. HE BOWLS WITH THE "ELWOOD GUTTER
WORKS" TEAM WHICH IS IN FIRST PLACE IN THE LEAGUE, 14 GAMES IN FRONT OF THE 2ND PLACE TEAM.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND! HOPE THE WEATHER WHERE YOU ARE IS MUCH
BETTER THAN OURS.
DENNIS VOY
MORE MAQUOKETA HOLIDAY HOMES
Thursday, December 19, 2013
THURSDAY DAILY REPORT
APPARENTLY, WE WILL REALLY HAVE A WHITE CHRISTMAS!
TODAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND A HIGH OF 33.
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FROM 6 TONIGHT UNTIL 9 A.M. FRIDAY.
A WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WE COULD GET SEVERAL INCHES!
TOMORROW, HIGH OF 27.
SATURDAY, HIGH OF 30.
SUNDAY, HIGH OF 25.
AND MONDAY, HIGH OF 8...YES 8.
AND MONDAY NIGHT DOWN TO 8 BELOW...YES 8 BELOW.
WRESTLING TONIGHT AT THE MCHS GYM.
6 PM, MAQUOKETA VS. WESTERN DUBUQUE.
7 PM, DEWITT VS. WESTERN DUBUQUE.
8 PM, MAQUOKETA VS. DEWITT
THE 6 PM AND 8 PM MATCHES WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET HOME PAGE, WITH DR. PAUL KOOB AT THE HOLD-BY-HOLD MIC.
TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT 10 A.M. AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK
LOBBY, CHRISTMAS CAROLING BY THE BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
THE MAQUOKETA POWER PLANT WILL NOT BE SHUT DOWN OR MOTHBALLED FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. AND COULD BE OPEN LONGER UNDER A NEW AGREEMENT WITH WPPI, THE WISCONSON COMPANY THAT PROVIDES
SERVICES TO MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY. THIS CAME AS A SURPRISE TO LOCAL OFFICIALS.
JANUARY 10TH IS THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS FOR A NEW MMEU
MANAGER. SO FAR, 3 APPLICATIONS. THE PERSON CHOSEN WILL REPLACE MIKE NICKESON WHO RESIGNED IN OCTOBER TO TAKE ANOTHER
JOB. MIKE REYNOLDS FROM WPPI (LIVING IN BOSCOBEL, WISCONSIN) IS NOW THE PART-TIME INTERIM MANAGER.
WINTER STARTS AT 11:11 A.M. (JUST BEFORE NOON) THIS SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 21ST!
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
TODAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND A HIGH OF 33.
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FROM 6 TONIGHT UNTIL 9 A.M. FRIDAY.
A WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WE COULD GET SEVERAL INCHES!
TOMORROW, HIGH OF 27.
SATURDAY, HIGH OF 30.
SUNDAY, HIGH OF 25.
AND MONDAY, HIGH OF 8...YES 8.
AND MONDAY NIGHT DOWN TO 8 BELOW...YES 8 BELOW.
WRESTLING TONIGHT AT THE MCHS GYM.
6 PM, MAQUOKETA VS. WESTERN DUBUQUE.
7 PM, DEWITT VS. WESTERN DUBUQUE.
8 PM, MAQUOKETA VS. DEWITT
THE 6 PM AND 8 PM MATCHES WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET HOME PAGE, WITH DR. PAUL KOOB AT THE HOLD-BY-HOLD MIC.
TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT 10 A.M. AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK
LOBBY, CHRISTMAS CAROLING BY THE BELLEVUE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
THE MAQUOKETA POWER PLANT WILL NOT BE SHUT DOWN OR MOTHBALLED FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. AND COULD BE OPEN LONGER UNDER A NEW AGREEMENT WITH WPPI, THE WISCONSON COMPANY THAT PROVIDES
SERVICES TO MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY. THIS CAME AS A SURPRISE TO LOCAL OFFICIALS.
JANUARY 10TH IS THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS FOR A NEW MMEU
MANAGER. SO FAR, 3 APPLICATIONS. THE PERSON CHOSEN WILL REPLACE MIKE NICKESON WHO RESIGNED IN OCTOBER TO TAKE ANOTHER
JOB. MIKE REYNOLDS FROM WPPI (LIVING IN BOSCOBEL, WISCONSIN) IS NOW THE PART-TIME INTERIM MANAGER.
WINTER STARTS AT 11:11 A.M. (JUST BEFORE NOON) THIS SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 21ST!
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
THEATRE GIFT CARDS
NOW....BUY A $50 CARD AND GET A $10 CARD FREE. THE CARDS CAN BE
USED FOR ADMISSION TO THE THEATRE AND AT THE CONCESSION STAND.
AVAILABLE AT KMAQ BETWEEN 8 AND 4.. AND AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS
AT THE THEATRE BOXOFFICE. THE CARDS CAN BE USED AT THE VOY 3
THEATRE DOWNTOWN OR THIS SUMMER AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN, FIVE MILES
SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.
THE BEST WAY TO ENJOY A MOVIE....
IS IN A THEATRE ON THE BIG MOVIE SCREEN!
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT
DESCENT TODAY...SUNSHINE AND HIGH OF 35.
RAIN SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE BEFORE THE WEEK IS OVER.
THE HOSPITAL BOARD LEADERSHIP WILL REMAIN THE SAME IN THE NEW YEAR. AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, KEVIN BURNS WAS RE-ELECTED CHAIRMAN...GLORIA JORGENSEN, VICE CHAIRMAN...DUANE TRENKAMP, TREASURER... AND EILENE BUSCH, SECRETARY.
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY PRESIDENT JANET TREKELL GAVE THE BOARD
AN UPDATE ON AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES. THE VOLUNTEERS STAFF THE
GIFT SHOP AT THE HOSPITAL AND THIS YEAR, SALES SURPASSED $13,000.
THE AUXILIARY AWARDED 5 SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALLING $2,600 AND DONATED
$9,000 TOWARD A GURNEY FOR THE HOSPITAL AMBULANCE.
SHORT REPORT, SORRY.
DENNIS VOY
RAIN SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE BEFORE THE WEEK IS OVER.
THE HOSPITAL BOARD LEADERSHIP WILL REMAIN THE SAME IN THE NEW YEAR. AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, KEVIN BURNS WAS RE-ELECTED CHAIRMAN...GLORIA JORGENSEN, VICE CHAIRMAN...DUANE TRENKAMP, TREASURER... AND EILENE BUSCH, SECRETARY.
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY PRESIDENT JANET TREKELL GAVE THE BOARD
AN UPDATE ON AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES. THE VOLUNTEERS STAFF THE
GIFT SHOP AT THE HOSPITAL AND THIS YEAR, SALES SURPASSED $13,000.
THE AUXILIARY AWARDED 5 SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALLING $2,600 AND DONATED
$9,000 TOWARD A GURNEY FOR THE HOSPITAL AMBULANCE.
SHORT REPORT, SORRY.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
TUESDAY DAILY REPORT
THE SUN I SHINNING IN MAQUOKETA AND WE HIT 32. NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, 36.
9 TONIGHT AND 36 TOMORROW AND FREEZING RAIN COMING THURSDAY.
ALLIANCE PIPELINE IN MAQUOKETA RECENTLY MADE A $500 DONATION
TO THE JACKSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY. PRESIDENT SHIRLEY SHOLTES OF BELLEVUE ACCEPTED THE CHRISTMAS GIFT.
AND THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GAVE $2,600 TO THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD. ABOUT 155 FAMILIES ARE HELPED EVERY WEEK
AT THE CUPBOARD.
INDUCTED INTO THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY,
THE FOLLOWING 11 SENIORS: TRENT BOLLMAN, KARI FLATNESS, BRITTANY GOETZINGER, MATTHEW HOTVEDT, JACOB LANGENBERG, KELLY NEWELL,
CARLIE REUTER, CARTER RIVER, AUSTIN SANDERS, BENJAMIN STRATHMAN AND MEAGAN WILLIAMS.
ALSO 13 JUNIORS: BEAU BOWMAN, RACHEL BULLOCK, NICOLE FURNE, ELIZABETH GAVIN, CALE GENT, HANNAH GRUENWALD, JENNA HOLTZ,
MACKENZIE INTLEKOFER, MADISON LAPKE, CASSIE MILLER, JACQUELINE
TABOR, BUCHANAN WALLER AND KALEENA WILKINS.
STUDENT MEMBERS MUST HAVE A MINIMUM GPA OF 3.25.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK APPROVED A 3-YEAR CONTRACT WITH UNION EMPLOYEES AT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE 2.75 PERCENT INCREASE THE FIRST YEAR, 3% THE SECOND YEAR AND 3.5 THE THIRD YEAR.
AND THE COUNCIL APPOINTED DAVE KNOEBEL OF MAQUOKETA TO
THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM, FILLING THE VACANCY OF COUNCILMAN JOSH COLLISTER WHO WAS FORCED TO RESIGN AFTER LEARNING THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN NOT SERVE ON THE MMEU BOARD ALSO. KNOEBEL IS FAMILIAR WITH THE MMEU BOARD AS HE SERVED ON IT IN THE PAST.
DICK TILL, AGE 65, OF SPRINGBROOK DIED LAST SATURDAY. THE FUNERAL WILL BE TOMORROW MORNING. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS MOTHER
MARJORIE OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER, KRISTI FLENKER OF MAQUOKETA.
PAUL HAYLE OF MAQUOKETA ANNOUNCED ON "JUST TALK" THIS MORNING
THAT HE HAS SOLD HIS "OLD LUMBER YARD" FLOOR COVERING BUSINESS
AND THE NEW OWNER (TO BE ANNOUNCED) WILL MOVE IT TO ANOTHER
LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED. PAUL WILL CONTINUE TO OWN THE
EAST PLATT STREET BUILDING AND THE GIFT STORE WILL REMAIN IN
THE BUILDING AND THE OWNERS WILL RENT ADDITIONAL SPACE FROM
HIM TO ENLARGE THE BUSINESS. THIS WILL ALL HAPPEND AFTER THE
FIRST OF THE YEAR. MEANWHILE, BUSINESS CONTINUES AS ALWAYS,
IN FLOOR COVERING AND GIFTS.
CHRISTMAS IS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW... TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT SHOPPING!
DENNIS VOY
9 TONIGHT AND 36 TOMORROW AND FREEZING RAIN COMING THURSDAY.
ALLIANCE PIPELINE IN MAQUOKETA RECENTLY MADE A $500 DONATION
TO THE JACKSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY. PRESIDENT SHIRLEY SHOLTES OF BELLEVUE ACCEPTED THE CHRISTMAS GIFT.
AND THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GAVE $2,600 TO THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD. ABOUT 155 FAMILIES ARE HELPED EVERY WEEK
AT THE CUPBOARD.
INDUCTED INTO THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY,
THE FOLLOWING 11 SENIORS: TRENT BOLLMAN, KARI FLATNESS, BRITTANY GOETZINGER, MATTHEW HOTVEDT, JACOB LANGENBERG, KELLY NEWELL,
CARLIE REUTER, CARTER RIVER, AUSTIN SANDERS, BENJAMIN STRATHMAN AND MEAGAN WILLIAMS.
ALSO 13 JUNIORS: BEAU BOWMAN, RACHEL BULLOCK, NICOLE FURNE, ELIZABETH GAVIN, CALE GENT, HANNAH GRUENWALD, JENNA HOLTZ,
MACKENZIE INTLEKOFER, MADISON LAPKE, CASSIE MILLER, JACQUELINE
TABOR, BUCHANAN WALLER AND KALEENA WILKINS.
STUDENT MEMBERS MUST HAVE A MINIMUM GPA OF 3.25.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK APPROVED A 3-YEAR CONTRACT WITH UNION EMPLOYEES AT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE 2.75 PERCENT INCREASE THE FIRST YEAR, 3% THE SECOND YEAR AND 3.5 THE THIRD YEAR.
AND THE COUNCIL APPOINTED DAVE KNOEBEL OF MAQUOKETA TO
THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM, FILLING THE VACANCY OF COUNCILMAN JOSH COLLISTER WHO WAS FORCED TO RESIGN AFTER LEARNING THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN NOT SERVE ON THE MMEU BOARD ALSO. KNOEBEL IS FAMILIAR WITH THE MMEU BOARD AS HE SERVED ON IT IN THE PAST.
DICK TILL, AGE 65, OF SPRINGBROOK DIED LAST SATURDAY. THE FUNERAL WILL BE TOMORROW MORNING. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS MOTHER
MARJORIE OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER, KRISTI FLENKER OF MAQUOKETA.
PAUL HAYLE OF MAQUOKETA ANNOUNCED ON "JUST TALK" THIS MORNING
THAT HE HAS SOLD HIS "OLD LUMBER YARD" FLOOR COVERING BUSINESS
AND THE NEW OWNER (TO BE ANNOUNCED) WILL MOVE IT TO ANOTHER
LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED. PAUL WILL CONTINUE TO OWN THE
EAST PLATT STREET BUILDING AND THE GIFT STORE WILL REMAIN IN
THE BUILDING AND THE OWNERS WILL RENT ADDITIONAL SPACE FROM
HIM TO ENLARGE THE BUSINESS. THIS WILL ALL HAPPEND AFTER THE
FIRST OF THE YEAR. MEANWHILE, BUSINESS CONTINUES AS ALWAYS,
IN FLOOR COVERING AND GIFTS.
CHRISTMAS IS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW... TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT SHOPPING!
DENNIS VOY
FIRST MEETING OF SANTA AND BABY
WHAT IS SHE THINKING? WAS TOLD SHE
DID NOT CRY MEETING SANTA FOR FIRST TIME.
Monday, December 16, 2013
MONDAY DAILY REPORT
ANOTHER COLD WEEKEND IS OVER. HIGH YESTERDAY OF 13. TODAY,
AFTER 8 ABOVE LAST NIGHT, TODAY'S HIGH WAS AGAIN 13.
TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 30. WEDNESDAY 36 AND
THURSDAY, RAIN AND 38.
SOME ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND. A ONE-VEHICLE YESTERDAY
MORNING AROUND 3:30 WEST OF FULTON, IOWA. JESSICA HAYWARD, AGE
21, OF MAQUOKETA WAS NORTHBOUND AND LOST CONTROL ON A CURVE.
HER VEHICLE WENT INTO THE DITCH, AND ROLLED ON ITS TOP.
DEPUTY ED CLARK ARRIVED AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE A SHORT TIME
LATER AND HAYWARD AND A PASSENGER HAS ALREADY LEFT THE SCENE.
$6,000 DAMAGE TO THE GMC "JIMMY".
MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATED A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT AROUND 2 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT INTERSECTION OF WEST PLATT AND VERMONT
STREETS. DEAN STEFFEN, 48, OF MAQUOKETA WAS EASTBOUND ON PLATT AND FAILED TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT. HE STRUCK A SOUTHBOUND CAR
DRIVEN BY LAURA HINER, 59, OF MAQUOKETA. BOTH WERE ALONE IN THEIR
VEHICLE. NO INJURIES. STEFFEN WAS CHARGED. DAMAGE TO HIS PICK-UP, $1,500 AND $3,000 DAMAGE TO THE HINER CAR.
LOUELLA SCHLAPIA OF MAQUOKETA STRUCK A DEER LAST NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 64 WITH DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $6,000 TO HER CAR.
IN BUSINESS NEWS, LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON....
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK, TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ANNE PRAMAGGIORE, CEO OF COM ED OF CHICAGO AND ABRAM TUBBS OF DEWITT. BOTH WILL
BEGIN A 3-YEAR TERM JANUARY 1ST. ABE IS CO-PRESIDENT (WITH HIS
BROTHER BRIG) OF OHNWARD BANK SHARES, INC. HEADQUARTERED IN
MAQUOKETA. HE IS ALSO CEO OF OHNWARD BANK AND TRUST WITH
OFFICES IN BALDWIN, MARION, CEDAR RAPIDS, ONSLOW, MONTICELLO AND
CASCADE. HIS FATHER, ALLEN TUBBS OF DEWITT SERVED ON THE
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD FOR TWO TERMS, FROM 1998 TO 2004.
ABE ATTENDED CORNELL COLLEGE AND RECEIVED HIS MBA AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. THE FEDEAL RESERVE BOARD OF CHICAGO IS
ONE OF 12 REGIONAL RESERVE BANKS THAT, ALONG WITH THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MAKE UP THE NATION'S CENTRAL
BANK. ABE WILL ATTEND 7 MEETINGS A YEAR IN CHICAGO PLUS
MONTHLY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE MEETINGS.
A CAR WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE SATURDAY MORNING ON WEST PLATT
STREET. SOMEONE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR THAT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR AWHILE AND WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES
WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED. THE CAR WAS OWNED BY GREG CAMP AND WAS INSURED.
SOME VANDALISM OVER THE WEEKEND. THE MAQ-TOWN DINER ON EAST PLATT REPORTED A WINDOW BROKEN SUNDAY OR LAST NIGHT.
SATURDAY, THE POLICE WERE INFORMED THAT TWO SECTIONS OF FENCE AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY HAD BEEN DAMAGED.
AND A MAILBOX WAS DAMAGED ON MILL CREEK ROAD.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN MAQUOKETA TONIGHT AT 7.
IN THE MAQUOKETA INVITATIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT SATURDAY,
MAQUOKETA FINISHED 4TH IN THE 7 TEAM FIELD.
THE ABOVE, HAND MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE "TIMBER CITY COWGIRLS" IN MAQUOKETA, PRESENTED TO KMAQ FOR HELP WE GIVE THEM IN
PROMOTING THEIR HORSEMANSHIP SHOWS EACH SUMMER.
IT IS ON DISPLAY IN OUR FRONT LOBBY. NEAT!
MARK HUGHES OF MAQUOKETA CAME ACROSS THIS 40'S PHOTO OF WHAT IS NOW BOWMAN OIL ON NORTH MAIN STREET. THERE ARE 8 STATIONS IN
MAQUOKETA, AND BOWMAN OIL (LIKE THEN) IS ONLY ONE THAT STILL
WASHES YOUR WINDSHIELD.
TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT MAQUOKETA STATE BANK MAIN LOCATION,
MORE CAROLING.
9:30 TOMORROW MORNING: SUNSHINE SCHOOL A.M. PRE-K KIDS.
12:30 P.M. SUNSHINE P.M. PRE-K KIDS
AND AT 2 P.M. TOMORROW, BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY 5TH GRADE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK!!
DENNIS VOY
AFTER 8 ABOVE LAST NIGHT, TODAY'S HIGH WAS AGAIN 13.
TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 30. WEDNESDAY 36 AND
THURSDAY, RAIN AND 38.
SOME ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND. A ONE-VEHICLE YESTERDAY
MORNING AROUND 3:30 WEST OF FULTON, IOWA. JESSICA HAYWARD, AGE
21, OF MAQUOKETA WAS NORTHBOUND AND LOST CONTROL ON A CURVE.
HER VEHICLE WENT INTO THE DITCH, AND ROLLED ON ITS TOP.
DEPUTY ED CLARK ARRIVED AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE A SHORT TIME
LATER AND HAYWARD AND A PASSENGER HAS ALREADY LEFT THE SCENE.
$6,000 DAMAGE TO THE GMC "JIMMY".
MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATED A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT AROUND 2 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT INTERSECTION OF WEST PLATT AND VERMONT
STREETS. DEAN STEFFEN, 48, OF MAQUOKETA WAS EASTBOUND ON PLATT AND FAILED TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT. HE STRUCK A SOUTHBOUND CAR
DRIVEN BY LAURA HINER, 59, OF MAQUOKETA. BOTH WERE ALONE IN THEIR
VEHICLE. NO INJURIES. STEFFEN WAS CHARGED. DAMAGE TO HIS PICK-UP, $1,500 AND $3,000 DAMAGE TO THE HINER CAR.
LOUELLA SCHLAPIA OF MAQUOKETA STRUCK A DEER LAST NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 64 WITH DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $6,000 TO HER CAR.
IN BUSINESS NEWS, LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON....
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK, TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ANNE PRAMAGGIORE, CEO OF COM ED OF CHICAGO AND ABRAM TUBBS OF DEWITT. BOTH WILL
BEGIN A 3-YEAR TERM JANUARY 1ST. ABE IS CO-PRESIDENT (WITH HIS
BROTHER BRIG) OF OHNWARD BANK SHARES, INC. HEADQUARTERED IN
MAQUOKETA. HE IS ALSO CEO OF OHNWARD BANK AND TRUST WITH
OFFICES IN BALDWIN, MARION, CEDAR RAPIDS, ONSLOW, MONTICELLO AND
CASCADE. HIS FATHER, ALLEN TUBBS OF DEWITT SERVED ON THE
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD FOR TWO TERMS, FROM 1998 TO 2004.
ABE ATTENDED CORNELL COLLEGE AND RECEIVED HIS MBA AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. THE FEDEAL RESERVE BOARD OF CHICAGO IS
ONE OF 12 REGIONAL RESERVE BANKS THAT, ALONG WITH THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MAKE UP THE NATION'S CENTRAL
BANK. ABE WILL ATTEND 7 MEETINGS A YEAR IN CHICAGO PLUS
MONTHLY TELEPHONE CONFERENCE MEETINGS.
A CAR WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE SATURDAY MORNING ON WEST PLATT
STREET. SOMEONE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR THAT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR AWHILE AND WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES
WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED. THE CAR WAS OWNED BY GREG CAMP AND WAS INSURED.
SOME VANDALISM OVER THE WEEKEND. THE MAQ-TOWN DINER ON EAST PLATT REPORTED A WINDOW BROKEN SUNDAY OR LAST NIGHT.
SATURDAY, THE POLICE WERE INFORMED THAT TWO SECTIONS OF FENCE AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY HAD BEEN DAMAGED.
AND A MAILBOX WAS DAMAGED ON MILL CREEK ROAD.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN MAQUOKETA TONIGHT AT 7.
IN THE MAQUOKETA INVITATIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT SATURDAY,
MAQUOKETA FINISHED 4TH IN THE 7 TEAM FIELD.
PROMOTING THEIR HORSEMANSHIP SHOWS EACH SUMMER.
IT IS ON DISPLAY IN OUR FRONT LOBBY. NEAT!
MAQUOKETA, AND BOWMAN OIL (LIKE THEN) IS ONLY ONE THAT STILL
WASHES YOUR WINDSHIELD.
TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT MAQUOKETA STATE BANK MAIN LOCATION,
MORE CAROLING.
9:30 TOMORROW MORNING: SUNSHINE SCHOOL A.M. PRE-K KIDS.
12:30 P.M. SUNSHINE P.M. PRE-K KIDS
AND AT 2 P.M. TOMORROW, BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY 5TH GRADE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK!!DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA HOLIDAY HOMES
Friday, December 13, 2013
FRIDAY DAILY REPORT
PRETTY NICE DAY TODAY, HIGH OF 26. SOME SNOW IS STILL FORECAST
FOR OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. NOT MUCH
EXPECTED.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SHARING AGREEMENT WITH CLINTON COMMUNITY
COLLEGE FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROGRAMMING CLASSES.
THE HIGH SCHOOL WANTS TO OFFER TWO SECTIONS OF THE CLASS AT THE SCHOOL FOR DUAL CREDIT BEGINNING WITH THE SECOND SEMESTER IN
JANUARY. NO INSTRUCTOR AT THIS TIME, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
ONE.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL HOSA GROUP HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE SURGEON GENERAL'S OFFICE TO BE THE FIRST IOWA JUNIOR MEDICAL
RESERVE CORPS. THE MISSION IS TO PREPARE HOSA MEMBERS TO SUCESSFULLY PURSUE A CAREER IN HEALTH CARE AND BECOME
RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY. PAULETTE HORNER IS THE HOSA COORDINATOR AND TOLD KMAQ NEWS THERE ARE 25 MEMBERS OF THE FUTURE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS GROUP AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE SAID SHE IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF OFFICIALLY FORMING
PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH OUT THE LOCAL HEALTH COMMUNITY.
MAQUOKETA-ANAMOSA BOY'S BASKETBALL GAME ON KMAQ TONIGHT (AND OUR WEB SITE) AT 7:30...."LIVE AND DIRECT FROM ANAMOSA", WITH MATT
CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE.
THE NEAT LITTLE SANTA ABOVE, 6-INCHES TALL STUFFED WITH RICE,
WAS MADE BY BARBER STEVE STUCKEL'S LITTLE GIRL LINDA.
SHE GAVE IT TO ME THIS WEEK WHILE I WAS HAVING COFFEE AT McDONALD'S.
ANYONE SEE THIS RARE JET STREAM THIS MORNING LOOKING SOUTH FROM MAQUOKETA?
I HAVE NO INFO ON IT.
PHOTO TAKEN BY EMOGENE SMITH
AGAIN THIS YEAR, STARTING MONDAY, CAROLING WILL BEGIN AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK "MAIN" BANK, DOWNTOWN.
THIS MONDAY, 10:45 A.M., THE CAROLING WILL BE DONE BY THE CARDINAL
SCHOOL 2ND GRADERS, MRS. EVANS AND MRS. ALDEMAN'S CLASSES.
AND AT 3:30 P.M. MONDAY, CAROLS BY THE "LONG DRAWN SILVER" FLUTE
ENSEMBLE.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
FOR OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. NOT MUCH
EXPECTED.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SHARING AGREEMENT WITH CLINTON COMMUNITY
COLLEGE FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROGRAMMING CLASSES.
THE HIGH SCHOOL WANTS TO OFFER TWO SECTIONS OF THE CLASS AT THE SCHOOL FOR DUAL CREDIT BEGINNING WITH THE SECOND SEMESTER IN
JANUARY. NO INSTRUCTOR AT THIS TIME, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
ONE.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL HOSA GROUP HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE SURGEON GENERAL'S OFFICE TO BE THE FIRST IOWA JUNIOR MEDICAL
RESERVE CORPS. THE MISSION IS TO PREPARE HOSA MEMBERS TO SUCESSFULLY PURSUE A CAREER IN HEALTH CARE AND BECOME
RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY. PAULETTE HORNER IS THE HOSA COORDINATOR AND TOLD KMAQ NEWS THERE ARE 25 MEMBERS OF THE FUTURE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS GROUP AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE SAID SHE IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF OFFICIALLY FORMING
PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH OUT THE LOCAL HEALTH COMMUNITY.
MAQUOKETA-ANAMOSA BOY'S BASKETBALL GAME ON KMAQ TONIGHT (AND OUR WEB SITE) AT 7:30...."LIVE AND DIRECT FROM ANAMOSA", WITH MATT
CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE.
WAS MADE BY BARBER STEVE STUCKEL'S LITTLE GIRL LINDA.
SHE GAVE IT TO ME THIS WEEK WHILE I WAS HAVING COFFEE AT McDONALD'S.
I HAVE NO INFO ON IT.
PHOTO TAKEN BY EMOGENE SMITH
AGAIN THIS YEAR, STARTING MONDAY, CAROLING WILL BEGIN AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK "MAIN" BANK, DOWNTOWN.
THIS MONDAY, 10:45 A.M., THE CAROLING WILL BE DONE BY THE CARDINAL
SCHOOL 2ND GRADERS, MRS. EVANS AND MRS. ALDEMAN'S CLASSES.
AND AT 3:30 P.M. MONDAY, CAROLS BY THE "LONG DRAWN SILVER" FLUTE
ENSEMBLE.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
NEAT BIG AND LITTLE PHOTO
Thursday, December 12, 2013
THURSDAY DAILY REPORT
WE DID NOT HAVE -14 FOR AN OVERNIGHT LOW, BUT CAME CLOSE AROUND
MIDNIGHT. IT WAS ZERO WHEN I CHECKED IN THIS MORNING AT 6:30 AND
ALL SCHOOLS STARTED CLASSES TWO HOURS LATE TODAY.
WITH SUNNY SKIES, WE GOT UP TO 15 TODAY AND MORE SNOW IS COMING THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
AN HONOR FOR MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL COACH KEVIN BOWMAN. THE CARDINAL HEAD COACH HAS BEEN SELECTE
D TO SERVE ON THE COACHING STAFF OF THE NORTH SQUAD FOR NEXT YEAR'S "SHRINER'S" FOOTBALL GAME. THE GAME WILL BE PLAYED SATURDAY JULY 26TH AT THE UNI DOME IN CEDAR FALLS. KEVIN HAS BEEN THE HEAD COACH FOR 8 YEARS AND PRIOR TO THAT, SERVED AS CARDINAL SOPHOMORE COACH FOR 17 SEASONS.
SHORT REPORT TODAY, BUT BETTER THAN NONE.
THANKS FOR BEING A "REGULAR" READER HERE.
DENNIS VOY
MIDNIGHT. IT WAS ZERO WHEN I CHECKED IN THIS MORNING AT 6:30 AND
ALL SCHOOLS STARTED CLASSES TWO HOURS LATE TODAY.
WITH SUNNY SKIES, WE GOT UP TO 15 TODAY AND MORE SNOW IS COMING THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
AN HONOR FOR MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL COACH KEVIN BOWMAN. THE CARDINAL HEAD COACH HAS BEEN SELECTE
THANKS FOR BEING A "REGULAR" READER HERE.
DENNIS VOY
NEW KWIK STAR (TWO)
THE NEW (OPEN 24-7) "KWIK STAR" OPENED THE EAST AND WEST
DOORS EARLY THIS MORNING, AT THE SAME LOCATION WHERE THE TIMBER PLAZA TRUCK STOP WAS LOCATED. THE TRUCK STOP BUILDING WAS
USED, BUT ONLY AFTER MAJOR CHANGES INSIDE AND OUT. I TOOK A QUICK WALK THROUGH IT AND IT IS (LIKE THE WEST PLATT STORE THAT
OPENED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO) BIG AND VERY NICE AND COLORFUL.
I WAS THERE AT 1:30 AND IT WAS NOT VERY BUSY AT THAT TIME. THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE (IF ANY) ADVERTISING ABOUT IT'S OPENING. AND UNLIKE
WHEN THE SISTER STORE OPENED, FREEBIES WERE MISSING AS FAR AS I COULD TELL. A LADY DID OFFER FREE SANDWHICH SAMPLES.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE PLATT STREET STORE.
TWO MAJOR DIFFERENCES. THE NORTH MAIN STORE (RIGHT ACROSS
FROM WAL MART) DOES NOT HAVE A CAR WASH, BUT IT DOES HAVE
ON THE WEST SIDE, BAYS AND PUMPS FOR TRUCKS, WITH A PARKING SPACE FOR 12 SEMI'S. INSIDE, A SHOWER ROOM FOR TRUCKERS AND A SMALL AREA WITH A COUPLE TABLES WHERE TRUCKERS CAN EAT. CAR CUSTOMERS WILL USE THE EAST DOOR AND FILL THEIR TANK ON THAT
SIDE OF BUILDING.
THINK ABOUT THIS:
MAQUOKETA NOW HAS 7 BAKERIES....EAST AND WEST CASEY'S...SOUTH AND WEST KWIK STAR'S....WAL MART....FAREWAY AND SWEET THINGS.
AND GAS? EIGHT PLACES TO FILL THE TANK OF YOUR CAR.
ALL HERE IN MAQUOKETA....THE "ONE OF A KIND" CITY WE ALL LOVE
DENNIS VOY
DOORS EARLY THIS MORNING, AT THE SAME LOCATION WHERE THE TIMBER PLAZA TRUCK STOP WAS LOCATED. THE TRUCK STOP BUILDING WAS
USED, BUT ONLY AFTER MAJOR CHANGES INSIDE AND OUT. I TOOK A QUICK WALK THROUGH IT AND IT IS (LIKE THE WEST PLATT STORE THAT
OPENED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO) BIG AND VERY NICE AND COLORFUL.
I WAS THERE AT 1:30 AND IT WAS NOT VERY BUSY AT THAT TIME. THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE (IF ANY) ADVERTISING ABOUT IT'S OPENING. AND UNLIKE
WHEN THE SISTER STORE OPENED, FREEBIES WERE MISSING AS FAR AS I COULD TELL. A LADY DID OFFER FREE SANDWHICH SAMPLES.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE PLATT STREET STORE.
TWO MAJOR DIFFERENCES. THE NORTH MAIN STORE (RIGHT ACROSS
FROM WAL MART) DOES NOT HAVE A CAR WASH, BUT IT DOES HAVE
ON THE WEST SIDE, BAYS AND PUMPS FOR TRUCKS, WITH A PARKING SPACE FOR 12 SEMI'S. INSIDE, A SHOWER ROOM FOR TRUCKERS AND A SMALL AREA WITH A COUPLE TABLES WHERE TRUCKERS CAN EAT. CAR CUSTOMERS WILL USE THE EAST DOOR AND FILL THEIR TANK ON THAT
SIDE OF BUILDING.
MAQUOKETA NOW HAS 7 BAKERIES....EAST AND WEST CASEY'S...SOUTH AND WEST KWIK STAR'S....WAL MART....FAREWAY AND SWEET THINGS.
AND GAS? EIGHT PLACES TO FILL THE TANK OF YOUR CAR.
ALL HERE IN MAQUOKETA....THE "ONE OF A KIND" CITY WE ALL LOVE
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT
MAQUOKETA (AND JACKSON COUNTY) IS RECUPERATING AFTER A 4-INCH SNOW FALL LAST NIGHT. WE STARTED THE MORNING AT 14 DEGREES
AND THE TEMP HAS BEEN DROPPING UNDER SUNNY SKIES ALL DAY.
LATE THIS AFTERNOON, WE EXPECT TO BE DOWN TO 2 ABOVE.
TONIGHT DOWN TO 9 BELOW! TOMORROW, SUNNY WITH A
HIGH OF 20.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT. THERE WERE "PERSONELL" MATTERS DEALT WITH. ROBERT EVERDING WILL CONTINUE TO TEACH
PHYSICS PART TIME UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. HE IS RETIRED FROM THE ANDREW SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE BOARD ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF STEVEN KOOS AS INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECH. HE HAS BEEN BASED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
KATHY ANDERSON WHO WORKS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AS TEMPORARY HELP TO REPLACE KOOS UNTIL A NEW PERSON IS HIRED HOPEFULLY IN JANUARY.
CHUCK FARNUM RESIGNED AS 7TH GRADE VOLLEYBALL COACH AND
CHANCE JENKINS RESIGNED AS AN ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH.
ON A 4 TO 1 VOTE, THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO NOT OFFER EARLY
RETIREMENT TO DISTRICT EMPLOYEES THIS YEAR.
AN ACCIDENT IN TOWN. LEVI LANGER, AGE 18, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS NORTH BOUND, APPLIED HIS BRAKES AND LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK
A LEGALLY PARKED CAR OWNED BY DIANE ALBERT. AND THAT CAR
PUSHED ANOTHER LEGALLY PARKED CAR OWNED BY ALBERT. LANGER
WAS CHARGED. $1,000 DAMAGE TO HIS VEHICLE. $3,000 IN DAMAGES TO ONE OF ALBERT'S VEHICLES AND $500 DAMAGE TO THE OTHER. NO ONE WAS HURT IN THIS 11 A.M. ACCIDENT YESTERDAY.
A JACKSON COUNTY COWBOY WON A MAJOR AWARD LAST NIGHT
AT THE NATIONAL FINALS RODEO COMPETITION IN LAS VEGAS.
TIM O'CONNELL WON THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD IN BAREBACK
RIDING. HE WON THE AWARD DESPITE BEING INJURED DURING THE
SEASON. HE IS UNABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE FINALS GOING ON NOW.
THE MCHS GRAD IS THE SON OF RAY AND JOANN O'CONNELL OF RURAL
ZWINGLE.
KAISEE SCHNOOR, A SENIOR AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL (ON THE
HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING TEAM) BOWLED IN A FAMILY EVENT WITH
HER FATHER, DAVE, SATURDAY AT THE BOWLMORE LANES IN DAVENPORT.
AND...ROLLED 275, 224, AND 205 FOR A FANTASTIC 704 SCRATCH SERIES.
WOW!
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY.
AND THE TEMP HAS BEEN DROPPING UNDER SUNNY SKIES ALL DAY.
LATE THIS AFTERNOON, WE EXPECT TO BE DOWN TO 2 ABOVE.
TONIGHT DOWN TO 9 BELOW! TOMORROW, SUNNY WITH A
HIGH OF 20.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT. THERE WERE "PERSONELL" MATTERS DEALT WITH. ROBERT EVERDING WILL CONTINUE TO TEACH
PHYSICS PART TIME UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. HE IS RETIRED FROM THE ANDREW SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE BOARD ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF STEVEN KOOS AS INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECH. HE HAS BEEN BASED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
KATHY ANDERSON WHO WORKS AT MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AS TEMPORARY HELP TO REPLACE KOOS UNTIL A NEW PERSON IS HIRED HOPEFULLY IN JANUARY.
CHUCK FARNUM RESIGNED AS 7TH GRADE VOLLEYBALL COACH AND
CHANCE JENKINS RESIGNED AS AN ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH.
ON A 4 TO 1 VOTE, THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO NOT OFFER EARLY
RETIREMENT TO DISTRICT EMPLOYEES THIS YEAR.
AN ACCIDENT IN TOWN. LEVI LANGER, AGE 18, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS NORTH BOUND, APPLIED HIS BRAKES AND LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK
A LEGALLY PARKED CAR OWNED BY DIANE ALBERT. AND THAT CAR
PUSHED ANOTHER LEGALLY PARKED CAR OWNED BY ALBERT. LANGER
WAS CHARGED. $1,000 DAMAGE TO HIS VEHICLE. $3,000 IN DAMAGES TO ONE OF ALBERT'S VEHICLES AND $500 DAMAGE TO THE OTHER. NO ONE WAS HURT IN THIS 11 A.M. ACCIDENT YESTERDAY.
A JACKSON COUNTY COWBOY WON A MAJOR AWARD LAST NIGHT
AT THE NATIONAL FINALS RODEO COMPETITION IN LAS VEGAS.
TIM O'CONNELL WON THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD IN BAREBACK
RIDING. HE WON THE AWARD DESPITE BEING INJURED DURING THE
SEASON. HE IS UNABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE FINALS GOING ON NOW.
THE MCHS GRAD IS THE SON OF RAY AND JOANN O'CONNELL OF RURAL
ZWINGLE.
KAISEE SCHNOOR, A SENIOR AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL (ON THE
HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING TEAM) BOWLED IN A FAMILY EVENT WITH
HER FATHER, DAVE, SATURDAY AT THE BOWLMORE LANES IN DAVENPORT.
AND...ROLLED 275, 224, AND 205 FOR A FANTASTIC 704 SCRATCH SERIES.
WOW!
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY.
GOOD HOT SOUP SUPPER
THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HELD THEIR ANNUAL SOUP SUPPER AND BASKET AUCTION AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM LAST NIGHT. GOOD SOUP, GOOD TURNOUT.
A FEW PHOTOS I TOOK, BELOW:
GRANDMA JUDY GANZER PLAYED THE PIANO WHILE HER PRESTON GRAND KIDS SANG CHRISTMAS CAROLS. LEFT TO RIGHT: SHERRI JUNGE, JENNA JUNGE, ANDREA JUNGE AND BUDDY JUNGE.
AND ALSO LAST NIGHT AT THE MCHS GYM, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST IN OVERTIME TO DEWITT AND THEN THE SABER BOYS ALSO DEFEATED THE CARDINAL BOYS.
4 INCHES OF SNOW THIS MORNING TO SHOVEL. GOING TO GET COLD
TODAY. NOW 15 BUT DOWN TO 3 BY FIVE THIS (WED) AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT, DOWN TO 9 BELOW. THAT'S RIGHT, 9 BELOW.
DENNIS VOY
A FEW PHOTOS I TOOK, BELOW:
AND ALSO LAST NIGHT AT THE MCHS GYM, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST IN OVERTIME TO DEWITT AND THEN THE SABER BOYS ALSO DEFEATED THE CARDINAL BOYS.
4 INCHES OF SNOW THIS MORNING TO SHOVEL. GOING TO GET COLD
TODAY. NOW 15 BUT DOWN TO 3 BY FIVE THIS (WED) AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT, DOWN TO 9 BELOW. THAT'S RIGHT, 9 BELOW.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
TUESDAY DAILY REPORT
ANOTHER COLD DAY.
SNOW TONIGHT.
ENOUGH ABOUT THE WEATHER!!
THE SUPERVISORS MET THIS MORNING FOR THEIR REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING. UNUSUAL IN THAT IT WAS ONLY 45 MINUTES LONG.
THEY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL OPEN BIDS FOR 3-YEAR RENTAL
OF THE COUNTY FARM AT 1 P.M. DECEMBER 23RD. BIDS ARE DUE THAT DAY AT 12:30. AFTER BIDS ARE OPENED, THOSE WHO SUBMITTED BIDS
WILL THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THEIR BID.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE HURST HOTEL AT 9 THIS MORNING. FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SAID FIREMEN DISCOVERED SOME OVER-COOKED FOOD IN A MICROWAVE IN THE "COMMONS" AREA ON THE 4TH FLOOR. THERE WAS NO FIRE BUT SMOKE AND VOLUNTEERS HELPED CLEAR BY OPENING SOME WINDOWS. THAT BUILDING HAD A
COMPLETE $4 MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION LESS 10 YEARS AGO.
IN 2015 (NOT NEXT YEAR)... THE MAQUOKETA PROM WILL BE ON THE "CELEBRATION BELLE" RIVERBOAT. PERMISSION WAS GIVEN LAST NIGHT BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. ESTIMATED COST FOR ABOUT 200 STUDENTS, $8,975. SCHOOL BUSES WILL BE USED INSTEAD OF CHARTER BUSES.
MAQUOKETA WILL HOST DEWITT IN A GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL
DOUBLEHEADER TONIGHT, WITH THE GIRLS GAME AT 6. MATT CLARK
WILL BROADCAST BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ AND OUR INTERNET SITE.
KEEP WARM.
DENNIS VOY
SNOW TONIGHT.
ENOUGH ABOUT THE WEATHER!!
THE SUPERVISORS MET THIS MORNING FOR THEIR REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING. UNUSUAL IN THAT IT WAS ONLY 45 MINUTES LONG.
THEY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL OPEN BIDS FOR 3-YEAR RENTAL
OF THE COUNTY FARM AT 1 P.M. DECEMBER 23RD. BIDS ARE DUE THAT DAY AT 12:30. AFTER BIDS ARE OPENED, THOSE WHO SUBMITTED BIDS
WILL THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THEIR BID.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE HURST HOTEL AT 9 THIS MORNING. FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SAID FIREMEN DISCOVERED SOME OVER-COOKED FOOD IN A MICROWAVE IN THE "COMMONS" AREA ON THE 4TH FLOOR. THERE WAS NO FIRE BUT SMOKE AND VOLUNTEERS HELPED CLEAR BY OPENING SOME WINDOWS. THAT BUILDING HAD A
COMPLETE $4 MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION LESS 10 YEARS AGO.
IN 2015 (NOT NEXT YEAR)... THE MAQUOKETA PROM WILL BE ON THE "CELEBRATION BELLE" RIVERBOAT. PERMISSION WAS GIVEN LAST NIGHT BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. ESTIMATED COST FOR ABOUT 200 STUDENTS, $8,975. SCHOOL BUSES WILL BE USED INSTEAD OF CHARTER BUSES.
MAQUOKETA WILL HOST DEWITT IN A GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL
DOUBLEHEADER TONIGHT, WITH THE GIRLS GAME AT 6. MATT CLARK
WILL BROADCAST BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ AND OUR INTERNET SITE.
KEEP WARM.
DENNIS VOY
NEW HOMES FOR MAQUOKETA
FOUR HOMES ARE GOING UP IN MAQUOKETA....
THE ABOVE TWO ON WEST FARMLAND DRIVE....
THE TWO ABOVE (JUST THE BASEMENTS SO FAR) ARE ON SHORELINE DRIVE AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, NEAR THE MAQUOKETA RIVER.
RICH HAINSTOCK IS BUILDING ALL 4 "SPEC" HOMES. YOU WILL RECALL, RICH BUILDT THE "PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE" AND SOME "SPEC" HOMES AROUND IT ABOUT 9 OR 10 YEARS AGO.
DR. PETE ATIENZA (RETIRED SURGEON) IS BUILDING A "SPEC" HOME NEAR BRIGG'S SCHOOL AND IT IS ALMOST FINISHED.
THREE OR FOUR OTHER HOMES WERE FINISHED EARLIER THIS YEAR IN MAQUOKETA AND SEVERAL IN THE RURAL AREA.
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RICH HAINSTOCK IS BUILDING ALL 4 "SPEC" HOMES. YOU WILL RECALL, RICH BUILDT THE "PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE" AND SOME "SPEC" HOMES AROUND IT ABOUT 9 OR 10 YEARS AGO.
DR. PETE ATIENZA (RETIRED SURGEON) IS BUILDING A "SPEC" HOME NEAR BRIGG'S SCHOOL AND IT IS ALMOST FINISHED.
THREE OR FOUR OTHER HOMES WERE FINISHED EARLIER THIS YEAR IN MAQUOKETA AND SEVERAL IN THE RURAL AREA.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, December 09, 2013
MONDAY DAILY REPORT
THE WEEKEND HERE WAS SNOWY AND COLD FOR THE MOST PART.
THIS MORNING AT 5 A.M. WE HAD 11 DEGREES.
AND SINCE THEN, THE TEMP HAS BEEN DROPPING ALL DAY.
LOOKS LIKE WE WILL GO DOWN TO AROUND 3 BELOW TONIGHT.
ELVIS IS COMING TO THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER NEW YEAR'S EVE!
SUNDAY'S SNOWFALL CREATED SLIPPERY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS AND
MANY MINOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.
JUST BEFORE 7 THIS MORNING, A CAR SLID INTO THE DITCH NORTH OF
ANDREW. NO ONE HURT.
LAST NIGHT, A CAR SLID INTO A GAS METER AT THE TIMBER CITY TRAILER COURT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED, ALONG WITH WORKERS
FROM BLACK RIVER HILLS ENERGY. HOWEVER, NO GAS LEAK AND
NO ONE HURT.
ALSO LAST NIGHT, A CAR SLID IN THE DITCH ON HIGHWAY 61 AND NO ONE
HURT.
ALSO LAST NIGHT, A CAR WENT INTO THE DITCH SOUTHWEST OF BELLEVUE.
NOBODY HURT.
AT 5:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, A PICKUP WENT INTO THE DITCH NEAR THE CORNER OF 61 AND 63RD. THE DRIVER WAS JOSEPH WALKER, AGE 22,
OF RURAL MAQUOKETA. HE LOST CONTROL ON THE ICE AND ROLLED THE
VEHICLE WITH $5,000 DAMAGE DONE. NO INJURIES.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT AT 5 P.M. SUNDAY ON 61 SENT THE DRIVER TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES. NAME NOT GIVEN ON REPORT.
AT 3 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, A CAR WENT INTO THE DITCH SOUTH OF
BELLEVUE...NO ONE HURT.
DURING THE NOON HOUR SUNDAY, AT S. JONES AND W. PLATT, SUSAN KUHLMAN OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, AGE 57, WAS NORTHBOUND ON JONES, STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION AND A DUBUQUE CAR WAS ALSO NORTHBOUND AND BECAUSE OF SLIPPERY CONDITIONS, WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND STRUCK THE REAR OF KUHLMAN'S CAR. THE DUBUQUE MAN WAS CHARGED. NO INJURIES. EACH CAR RECEIVED ABOUT $2,000 IN DAMAGES.
I HEARD THIS MORNING THAT THE 2ND KWIK STAR CONVENIENCE STORE
ON SOUTH MAIN (FORMERLY TIMBER CITY TRAVEL PLAZA TRUCK STOP) WILL OPEN THIS THURSDAY. IT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REDONE, INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE.
MAQUOKETA POLICE HAVE FILED CHARGES AGAINST TODD CLARK, AGE 39, OF MAQUOKETA, IN CONNECTION WITH A TWO YEAR OLD CASE. HE WAS CHARGED WITH COMMITTING WILLFUL INJURY RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY. THE POLICE REPORT INDICATED CLARK USED A KNIFE WHEN HE ATTACKED RICHARD ALLEN ON JANUARY 13TH, 2011. ALLEN'S NECK AND CHEEK WERE CUT AND HE WAS TREATED AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS. CLARK WILL HAVE A COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY AND WAS RELEASED ON $10,000 UNSECURED BOND.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
CHARLES BURKE, 79, OF DEWITT DIED THURSDAY AT TRINITY HOSPITAL
ROCK ISLAND THE FUNERAL WILL BE FRIDAY AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, FOUR CHILDREN, 13 GRANDCHILDREN
AND 2 SISTERS, INCLUDING KAREN STEFFEN OF MAQUOKETA.
THIS MORNING AT 5 A.M. WE HAD 11 DEGREES.
AND SINCE THEN, THE TEMP HAS BEEN DROPPING ALL DAY.
LOOKS LIKE WE WILL GO DOWN TO AROUND 3 BELOW TONIGHT.
SUNDAY'S SNOWFALL CREATED SLIPPERY STREETS AND HIGHWAYS AND
MANY MINOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.
JUST BEFORE 7 THIS MORNING, A CAR SLID INTO THE DITCH NORTH OF
ANDREW. NO ONE HURT.
LAST NIGHT, A CAR SLID INTO A GAS METER AT THE TIMBER CITY TRAILER COURT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED, ALONG WITH WORKERS
FROM BLACK RIVER HILLS ENERGY. HOWEVER, NO GAS LEAK AND
NO ONE HURT.
ALSO LAST NIGHT, A CAR SLID IN THE DITCH ON HIGHWAY 61 AND NO ONE
HURT.
ALSO LAST NIGHT, A CAR WENT INTO THE DITCH SOUTHWEST OF BELLEVUE.
NOBODY HURT.
AT 5:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, A PICKUP WENT INTO THE DITCH NEAR THE CORNER OF 61 AND 63RD. THE DRIVER WAS JOSEPH WALKER, AGE 22,
OF RURAL MAQUOKETA. HE LOST CONTROL ON THE ICE AND ROLLED THE
VEHICLE WITH $5,000 DAMAGE DONE. NO INJURIES.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT AT 5 P.M. SUNDAY ON 61 SENT THE DRIVER TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES. NAME NOT GIVEN ON REPORT.
AT 3 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, A CAR WENT INTO THE DITCH SOUTH OF
BELLEVUE...NO ONE HURT.
DURING THE NOON HOUR SUNDAY, AT S. JONES AND W. PLATT, SUSAN KUHLMAN OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, AGE 57, WAS NORTHBOUND ON JONES, STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION AND A DUBUQUE CAR WAS ALSO NORTHBOUND AND BECAUSE OF SLIPPERY CONDITIONS, WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND STRUCK THE REAR OF KUHLMAN'S CAR. THE DUBUQUE MAN WAS CHARGED. NO INJURIES. EACH CAR RECEIVED ABOUT $2,000 IN DAMAGES.
I HEARD THIS MORNING THAT THE 2ND KWIK STAR CONVENIENCE STORE
ON SOUTH MAIN (FORMERLY TIMBER CITY TRAVEL PLAZA TRUCK STOP) WILL OPEN THIS THURSDAY. IT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REDONE, INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE.
MAQUOKETA POLICE HAVE FILED CHARGES AGAINST TODD CLARK, AGE 39, OF MAQUOKETA, IN CONNECTION WITH A TWO YEAR OLD CASE. HE WAS CHARGED WITH COMMITTING WILLFUL INJURY RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY. THE POLICE REPORT INDICATED CLARK USED A KNIFE WHEN HE ATTACKED RICHARD ALLEN ON JANUARY 13TH, 2011. ALLEN'S NECK AND CHEEK WERE CUT AND HE WAS TREATED AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS. CLARK WILL HAVE A COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY AND WAS RELEASED ON $10,000 UNSECURED BOND.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
CHARLES BURKE, 79, OF DEWITT DIED THURSDAY AT TRINITY HOSPITAL
ROCK ISLAND THE FUNERAL WILL BE FRIDAY AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, FOUR CHILDREN, 13 GRANDCHILDREN
AND 2 SISTERS, INCLUDING KAREN STEFFEN OF MAQUOKETA.
VOLUNTEERS ARE RINGING THE BELL DAILY IN MAQUOKETA FOR THE SALVATION ARMY CHRISTMAS EFFORT. AT THE FAREWAY STORE
VOLUNTEERS CAN RING INSIDE THE ENTRY WAY BUT WAL MART DOES NOT ALLOW FUND RAISING INSIDE THE STORE, SO THIS YEAR, SOMEONE
BUILDT THIS LITTLE HOUSE. IT LOOKS NICE AND REALLY HELPS.
SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE CHRISTMAS FUNDS ASSIST AREA RESIDENTS
DURING THE HOLIDAY AND DURING A CRISIS ANYTIME OF THE YEAR.
KEEP WARM.
ENJOY SOUP OFTEN.
AND DON'T THINK ABOUT THOSE FRIENDS OF YOURS DOWN SOUTH
WHO HAVE NO FOUR-SEASONS AND WILL HAVE NO WHITE CHRISTMAS!
DENNIS VOY
CHECK BELOW ONE THE HOLIDAY HOMES IN MAQUOKETA AND
INFO ON SATURDAY'S BIG KIWANIS HOLIDAY EVENT.
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