CLOUDY DAY TODAY AND HIGH OF 34.    TOMORROW WILL BE
ABOUT THE SAME.    SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY
BOTH DAYS AND HIGH AROUND 30 BOTH DAYS.

THE HOSPITAL BOARD THIS WEEK APPROVED A TAX ASKING WHICH IS
THE SAME AS LAST YEAR, $950,000,  AND THAT MONEY WILL AGAIN BE
USED FOR THE AMBULANCE AND SOME EMPLOYEE FEES.

LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
APPROVED CHANGING THE ZONING FOR A HOUSE OWNED BY TOM
TIMMERMAN ON WESTERN AVENUE ADJACENT TO ROTMAN MOTORS
NEW AND USED CAR LOT.....FROM RESIDENTIAL TO BUSINESS.
THE ISSUE NOW GOES TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHERE APPROVAL IS EXPECTED.     THIS IS THE FIRST STEP FOR A NEW KWIK STAR CONVENIENCE STORE ON THAT CORNER ACROSS WESTERN AVENUE FROM McDONALDS.
WORD IS...IT WILL BE A BIG STORE  AND THAT IT WOULD OF COURSE HAVE GAS PUMPS...ALSO A CAR WASH AND A BAKERY.  

AROUND 8 YESTERDAY MORNING, A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, CAROL IHRIG,
WSS DRIVING ON THE CAVES ROAD AND LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE
ON THE SNOW.  IT WENT INTO THE DITCH.     THERE WAS LESS THAN
$1,500 DAMAGE TO HER VEHICLE.    SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
FOR UNKNOWN INJURIES.

NOBODY, EXCEPT LISA CLARK, GETS A SOUP SUPPER ADVERTISED  IN THIS DAILY REPORT.   HERE IT IS:

THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS LOST THEIR 2ND STATE TOURNAMENT GAME LAST NIGHT AND ARE OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT.   THEY HAD A GREAT YEAR!    BELLEVUE IS PROUD!

ENJOY THE BETTER WEATHER COMING!
WE MAY GET INTO THE 40'S NEXT WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

WE GOT SOME OVERNIGHT SNOW AND LIGHT SNOW HAS BEEN FALLING ALL DAY, BUT ITS LIKE RAIN..... NOT STAYING ON THE GROUND.  HIGH TODAY, 33.     FLURRIES WILL END BY MIDNIGHT AND TOTAL WILL BE AROUND 4 INCHES.    TOMORROW, SCATTERED FLURRIES AND AGAIN A HIGH OF 33.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND WITH MID 20'S HIGHS.
THE RECORD  HIGH FOR TODAY, 64 IN 1971.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME STARTS A WEEK FROM SUNDAY.

COOTIE SHOTS....AN OFAC CHILDREN'S THEATRE PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY CLARK UNIVERSITY....WILL BE ON THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS STAGE THURSDAY, MARCH 14TH AT 10 A.M. AND 1:30 P.M.    ADMISSION $1 FOR
KIDS AND ADULTS.

BANK ROBBERY THIS MORNING AT THE CITIZEN'S STATE BANK IN OXFORD JUNCTION.    HE OR SHE HAS NOT BEEN CAUGHT,YET.   NO OTHER DETAILS.
THERE WAS ALSO A BANK ROBBERY MONDAY AT THE CLINTON NATIONAL
BANK IN LYONS.    ALSO NOT CAUGHT, YET.

RONNEY SPEERS, AGE 37, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AT 4:20 MONDAY MORNING, ON HIGHWAY 136 IN CLINTON COUNTY.  HE SWERVED TO  MISS A DEER AND WENT INTO THE DITCH.    $4,000 IN DAMAGES TO HIS 98 FORD AND NO INJURIES OR CHARGES.

THE ODD FELLOWS EMPORIUM  (SANDWICH SHOP AND GIFTS)  HAS RE-OPENED ON NORTH MAIN STREET, NEXT TO THE BAKERY.     NEW OWNER AND MANAGEMENT.   NO OTHER DETAILS AT THIS TIME.   SHE HAD A SMALL ADD IN THE SHOPPER  TODAY.

TRUE RESTAURANT AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB WAS NOT OPEN
SUNDAY, BUT WILL BE OPEN AGAIN TONIGHT AND THIS WEEK AT REGULAR HOURS.     TRUE WILL ALSO BE OPEN FOLLOWING THE ARTIE SHAW ORCHESTRA CONCERT AT OHNWARD ON MARCH 10TH.    THERE IS A COMBO TICKET AVAILABLE FOR BOTH THE CONCERT AND DINNER AFTER.

KURT ULLRICH OF RURAL MAQUOKETA TOOK THE ABOVE PHOTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON OF ROLLIE SCHOENHERR AS HE GUIDED HIS TEAM OF HORSES PULLING HIS FARM SLEIGH, D ALONG THE CAVES ROAD.     CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.    THANKS KURT FOR THE NEAT WINTERTIME
PHOTO.

LOWELL CARLSON SPOKE AT ROTARY TODAY.   SEE A PHOTO AND
STORY ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE, THAT YOU GET TO FROM THE KMAQ
HOME PAGE. 

BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT GAME IS ON KMAQ-FM
AT 8:20 TONIGHT.    GO MOHAWKS!

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

IT IS SNOWING IN MAQUOKETA.
HIGH TODAY,  33.
SNOW STARTED THIS AFTERNOON....VERY LITTLE SO FAR.
WILL PROBABLY GET MORE TONIGHT AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO END BY
NOON TOMORROW.     TOTAL FOR THIS STORM....SEVERAL INCHES POSSIBLE.   NO LADIES BOWLING TONIGHT.   NO BINGO AT FAIRGROUNDS TONIGHT.     NO TRAVELOG TONIGHT AT DEWITT.    AND WE ARE AIRING
OTHER CANCELLATIONS.

A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A SPECIAL USE TAX PERMIT FOR A NEW WINERY
NEAR MAQUOKETA IS PLANNED FOR MONDAY, MARCH 11TH.
JIM AND MARY KAY SORENSON HAVE HAD A WINERY NEAR PRESTON FOR A FEW YEARS.    NOW, THEY PLAN TO MOVE TO A PROPERTY AT THE  WEST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA JUST PAST TACO JOHNS ON HIGHWAY 64.    THEY PLAN TO BUILD A BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY AND OPEN A WINERY.

HOBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER DAVE UPDEGRAFF OF DUBUQUE, WHO WORKS
FOR OHNWARD BANKS IN MAQUOKETA, TOOK THIS EAGLE PHOTO LAST SATURDAY NEAR GUTTENBERG AS IT WAS FLYING OVER THE MIGHTY
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.    YEARS AGO, IT WAS HARD TO FINE AN EAGLE
FLYING AROUND BUT NOW THEY ARE EVERYWHERE ON THE RIVER.

A TIRE LAYING ON THE HIGHWAY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT AROUND 6:49 ON  HIGHWAY 61,  A HALF MILE SOUTH OF OTTER CREEK.
JAMES GUNNING, AGE 32, OF MAQUOKETA WAS GOING SOUTH AND HIT THE
TIRE.   HE THEN LOST CONTROL AND WENT INTO THE DITCH AND HIS CAR OVERTURNED AND LANDED ON ITS SIDE.   $7,500 IN DAMAGES TO HIS
95 CHEVY.    AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED, BUT GUNNING WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.    AROUND THE SAME TIME, ANOTHER VEHICLE CLIPPED THAT SAME TIRE, BUT CONTINUED ON.

BENNY SCHNACK, AGE 85, OF GRAND MOUND DIED MONDAY IN A CARE FACILITY IN DAVENPORT.   THE FUNERAL WILL BE FRIDAY MORNING AT THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN GRAND MOUND.  FRIENDS CAN CALL THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE SCHULZ FUNERAL HOME THERE.      HE IS SURVED BY HIS
WIFE AND 4 CHILDREN, INCLUDINGLISA BRIGGS OF MAQUOKETA.

CLICK-ON THIS PHOTO TO ENLARE IT.     THIS WEEK, MEMBERS OF THE JONES, JACKSON AND DUBUQUE COUNTY  FARM BUREAU TRAVELED TO THE IOWA STATE CAPITOL TO BRING THE LEGISLATURE ISSUES FACING FARM  BUREAU MEMBERS OF THE AREA.    THEY MET WITH THEIR  SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE.    LEFT TO RIGHT: JON ZIRKELBACH, DARRICK HALL,
MIKE TURNIS, SENATOR TOD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA, DAN RICKELS, LYLE TRITZ, JOEL DIERICKX, ROB COUSINS, SCOTT HINGTGEN AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE BRIAN MOORE OF ZWINGLE.

AMANDA "MANDY" BOWMAN OF MONTICELLO ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT
TODAY WAS HER LAST DAY IN CONGRESSMAN BRUCE BRALEY'S OFFICE.
MANDY IS A GRANDDAUGHTER OF HUGH BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA AND
ROGER AND JENNIE STEWART OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.    SHE HAS DONE PRESS RELEASES FOR  BRALEY FOR OVER  A YEAR.    THIS FRIDAY, SHE
WILL BE MOVING TO CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND ON A WORK VISA.
HER PARENTS ARE MIKE AND DEB (STEWART) BOWMAN OF MONTICELLO.

"JACK THE GIANT SLAYER" STARTS FRIDAY AT THE VOY 1 THEATRE.

HAVE A GOOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY, GOOD WEATHER OR NOT.

DENNIS VOY

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY WITH A  HIGH OF 37, BEATING YESTERDAY BY
5 DEGREES.   TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A LOW OF 27.
THREE INCHES OF SNOW FORECAST FOR TOMORROW AND AROUND
AN INCH TUESDAY NIGHT.

TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT AT WELLS FARGO ARENA AT DES MOINES AND THE MARQUETTE CATHOLIC GIRLS
OF BELLEVUE ARE THERE AND WON THEIR GAME EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
THEY HAD A BIG LEAD, AND THEN AR-WE-VA TIED THE GAME IN THE LAST 10 SECONDS AND FOULED MARQUETTE.    THE FIRST FREE-THROW WAS MISSED, AND THEN ON PURPOSE, MARQUETTE MISSED THE SECOND, AND GOT THE RE-BOUND AND TIED THE GAME.   THEN,  WON IT IN OVERTIME, 65 TO 57.    QUITE A GAME!  AN UPSET, AS AR-WE-VA WAS RANKED 4TH IN THE
STATE.   SO, THE BELLEVUE GIRLS NOW PLAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 8:30 AGAINST NEWELL-FONDA AND MATT CLARK WILL AGAIN BE THERE TO
BROADCAST THE GAME ON KMAQ.    JIM KETTMAN IS THE MARQUETTE COACH, BROTHER OF JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN.

LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, NORTH CEDAR (HIGH SCHOOL IS IN STANWOOD)  WON THEIR SUB-STATE GAME AND THEY WILL PLAY IN THE BOY'S STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT MONDAY NIGHT AT 6:30, AGAINST M-F-L MAR-MAC.
IT IS THE 3RD STRAIGHT YEAR TO GO TO STATE FOR THE NC KNIGHTS.   MATT
CLARK WILL BE THERE TO BROADCAST THEIR GAME MONDAY NIGHT.

MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATED A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 12:45 A.M
SATURDAY ON HIGHWAY 61.    JULIE BUSCH, AGE 29, MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AFTER DRIVING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 61 WHERE SHE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE.   IT WENT INTO THE MEDIAN SIDEWAYS AND ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES,COMING TO REST ON ITS WHEELS.   NO INJURIES IN THE ACCIDENT.

MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS PUBLISHER DOUG MELVOLD GOT MARRIED
FRIDAY NIGHT IN FLORIDA.   MORE, WITH PHOTO,  ON THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE.    GO TO KMAQ'S HOME PAGE (WWW.KMAQ.COM) AND
CLICK-ON THE BLUE ROTARY WHEEL.    THERE, YOU WILL ALSO SEE
THE SILENT BID ITEM OF THE WEEK AND A PHOTO OF THE ROTARIAN
OF THE WEEK.

POLICE BLOTTER:     REBECCA ROLING OF 1014 GERMAN STREET (#1) REPORTED SATURDAY NIGHT THAT THE WINDOW WAS BROKEN ON HER
CAR.
AND LENAE OWEN REPORTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THAT SOMEONE BROKE
INTO HER HOME AND THAT NOTHING APPEARED TO BE MISSING.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

BRIG. GEN. (MARINES LAWYER) CHARLES MITCHELL (RETIRED), AGE 75, DIED SATURDAY AT HIS HOME IN MAQUOKETA....AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER.     SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, MAQUOKETA NATIVE BONNIE
(WELLS), WHO IS THE CURATOR OF THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY.    GEN. MITCHELL WAS MY FRIEND AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS, A FELLOW ROTARIAN.   HE WAS A VERY INTELLIGENT MAN WHO SERVED HIS COUNTRY WELL IN THE MARINES AND SERVED MAQUOKETA WELL,  AFTER HE AND BONNIE MOVED TO MAQUOKETA NEARLY 10 YEARS AGO.    HIS MAIN
ENDEAVOR SINCE THEN, WAS TO SELL THE IDEA OF A CLINTON ENGINES
MUSEUM TO MAQUOKETANS, THEN HELP RAISE MONEY TO ESTABLISH IT AND THEN, ALMOST 7 DAYS A WEEK, HELP WITH ITS CONSTRUCTION.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, MAQUOKETA HAS NEVER HAD A RETIRED GENERAL
AS A CITIZEN OF THE CITY.    MORE THAN ONCE, HE SPOKE AT SERVICES FOR MILITARY HOLIDAYS.      GENERAL MITCHELL....PARADE REST!
MY SYMPATHY TO BONNIE AND HER FAMILY.    SERVICES ARE PENDING
AT THE LAHEY FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICES.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK AND DON'T PUT AWAY THAT SHOW SHOVEL YET!

DENNIS VOY

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                                  CLICK-ON THE ABOVE FOR EASIER READING.

TODAY'S FRIDAY "DAILY REPORT" IS BELOW.

DENNIS VOY

MAQUOKETA GOT 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING, LESS THAN PREDICTED.    HIGH TODAY, 28.    TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND A HIGH OF 26.    SUNDAY, PARTLY SUNNY AND A HIGH OF 31.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, MICHAEL HAYES, AGE 55, OF 710 FARMLAND DRIVE,  FACES TWO CHARGES AND IS BEING HELD AT THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.  HE WAS CHARGED YESTERDAY WITH ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COMMITT SEXUAL ABUSE AND COMMITTING SEXUAL ABUSE.
THE INCIDENT OCCURRED JULY 1ST WITH A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
HE WILL APPEAR IN COURT AGAIN MARCH 14TH AND IS BEING HELD ON $15,000 CASH OR SECURITY BOND.

NO ONE WAS HURT IN A TWO CAR ACCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA AROUND 3:45 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.     ZACHARY KUHLMAN, 17, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS PULLING FROM THE MCDONALD'S PARKING LOT AND STRUCK A CAR
ON WESTERN AVENUE DRIVEN BY KALEB FROST, 16, OF MAQUOKETA.
KUHLMAN WAS CHARGED WITH FAILING TO YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 23 AGAIN TODAY.
SNOW IS TO START AROUND 8 TONIGHT AND WE ARE TO EXPECT AROUND 5 INCHES OVERNIGHT AND SNOW SHOWERS AND ANOTHER INCH TOMORROW.

MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATED TWO MINOR ACCIDENTS.

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, GERALD BEAU, 62, OF MAQUOKETA, BACKED HIS VEHICLE OUT OF A PRIVATE DRIVE AND HIT A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY SHEILA URWIN, 43, OF MAQUOKETA.   BEAU WAS CHARGED.    $900 DAMAGE
TO THE BEAU 2005 TOYOTA AND $3,800 TO THE URWIN 2003 BUICK.
AND
MONDAY NIGHT AROUND 8, MELISSA DOSTAL, 54, WAS GOING WEST ON SUMMIT AND LOST CONTROL ON THE ICE AND HIT A VEHICLE DRIVEN
BY DANIEL RINIKER, 32, OF BERNARD.   $4,000 DAMAGES TO RINIKER'S
2003 FORD MUSTANG AND $1,000 TO DOSTAL'S 2004 FORD.
NO INJURIES IN EITHER ACCIDENT.

THE CITY COUNCIL AND  SCHOOL BOARD DISCUSSION CONTINUES
ON THE SALE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THERE IS A DELAY WITH THE COST OF THE ARCHITECTURAL STUDY OF THE  BUILDING.   I WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED.

WE CONTINUE TO PLAY FREE BINGO ON KMAQ AT 3:30 AFTERNOONS,
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.     TODAY'S PRIZES TOTALED $64 IN VALUE.
WE STARTED IN JANUARY AND PLAY INTO MID-MAY.   MAQUOKETA WINNERS SO FAR:  CARL MUHLHAUSEN, IRMA MEYER, BARBARA WEETS,
MICHELLE BURKEY, DEAN PENNINGROTH, MAYNARD KLOFT, PAT O'DONNELL,
CARL MUHLHAUSEN AGAIN, KEN LITTERER, VERA MEDINGER, DOUG WINEGAR, MELISA REUTER, DONNA FELTES AND DONNA GOFF.

GET OUT YOUR SNOW SHOVEL.

DENNIS VOY

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SUNSHINE AND LESS WIND TODAY....NOT TOO BAD....HIGH OF 23.    DOWN
TO 8 TONIGHT....AROUND 30 TOMORROW AND SOME SNOW STARTS LATE IN AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.     AND....WORD THIS AFTERNOON IS THAT
WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET AS MUCH SNOW AS PREDICTED EARLIER.
GOOD NEWS.     WE CAN HANDLE A COUPLE INCHES OR MORE.

MAQUOKETA NATIVE KENT FUGLSANG SPOKE TO ROTARY TODAY ABOUT THE PLANT HE MANAGES IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK.    SEE A PHOTO OF HIM AND STORY ABOUT THAT GROWING INDUSTRY ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE.   GO TO
WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE BLUE ROTARY WHEEL.     THEIR
SILENT AUCTION ITEM THIS WEEK IS A $20 GIFT CARD AND IT RIGHT NOW
IS AT JUST $7.00.       SEE ALSO A PHOTO OF THE ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK
WHO IS ALSO MANAGER OF CLOVER RIDGE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
IN MAQUOKETA.

ELEVEN ATTORNEYS (NONE FROM MAQUOKETA) HAVE FILED AN APPLICATION TO BE APPOINTED A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.     THE PERSON WILL REPLACE JUDGE BOBBI ALPERS OF MAQUOKETA WHO PLANS TO RETIRE THIS SPRING.

EVERY WEEK THEY  HAVE GOOD FREE PROGRAMS AT THE HURSTVILLE
INTERPRETIVE CENTER.   THIS SATURDAYS, AT 6 P.M. THERE WILL BE ONE ON OWLS.

THE ARTIE SHAW BIG BAND IS COMING TO THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA ON MARCH 10TH FOR A 2 P.M. SHOW.

THAT'S ARTIE ABOVE AND THE CURRENT BAND LEADER BELOW.
IT WILL BE A BIG  HIT AS PAST BIG BAND SHOWS HAVE BEEN BEFORE HERE.
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW AT OHNWARD, OSTERHAUS AND
MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.

THESE DAYS, EVERYWHERE YOU WALK IN MAQUOKETA, THERE IS
DRIED SALT.  

THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ARE DOWN IN MAQUOKETA.....WENT DOWN MONDAY IN 40-DEGREE WEATHER.

NICE!   THE NEW FRONT STEPS AT THE DECKER HOTEL....RE-OPENING
SOON.

IT IS THE LENTEN SEASON.   CHURCH TONIGHT.

DENNIS VOY

WE WERE THERE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.    I WAS ANXIOUS TO SEE
WHAT THE NEW BUILDING LOOKED LIKE INSIDE.    CALKIN SQUARE IS
A BLOCK SQUARE IN DOWNTOWN WYOMING, NAMED AFTER PIONEER DR.
CALKIN.     JUST TO THE NORTH OF THIS COMMUNITY BUILDING IS THE
DOCTOR'S ORIGINAL TINY OFFICE BUILDING, NEXT TO HIS LATER GRAND
OLD HOME.   ALL RESTORED.    ALL GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY BY SOME
KIND OF TRUST.     AND THERE IS NEW MONEY EVERY YEAR AND IT ONLY
CAN BE SPENT INSIDE THE FENCE OF THE COMPLEX.   NEXT YEAR, A
GAZEBO IS PLANNED.    THE MAYO CLINIC FOUNDATION IS ALSO A BIG
BENEFACTOR OF THE ESTATE.    WENT UP TO BUY DINNER FOR NANCY AND  I AND IT WAS FREE.    A BAND FROM DUBUQUE PLAYED IN THE EVENING BUT WE DIDN'T STAY FOR IT.     WHAT A GREAT THING FOR THE SMALL
TOWN OF WYOMING.    TALKED WITH NEW MAYOR KEITH SOMMERVILLE (FORMER 70'S KMAQ SALESMAN) AND HE IS ON THE LOCAL CALKIN BOARD AND SAYS MORE WILL BE COMING EVERY YEAR.     SO, NEXT TIME YOU
DRIVE THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS CITY, TAKE NOTICE.   HOPEFULLY
YOU WILL ALSO TOUR THE HOME SOMETIME.    THE CARRIAGE WAGON
IN THE LOFT OF THE BUILDING I WAS TOLD IS  A VELIE....FROM SAME COMPANY THAT PRODUCED THE FAMOUS CAR LATER.
THANKS TO OUR MANY LISTENERS IN WYOMING, IOWA. 
DENNIS VOY

COLD  COLD  COLD TODAY...AND WINDY...HIGH OF 15.   SNOW STILL COMING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT......MAYBE 5 INCHES.....OR MORE.

IN SPORTS, THE BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS UPSET GRUNDY CENTER LAST  NIGHT AND ARE ON TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT MONDAY.

ALSO LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME TO DUBUQUE WAHLERT....53 TO 33.    SO, A FINE SEASON HAS COME TO AND END FOR THE CARDINALS.

BIG BOYS TOURNAMENT GAME TONIGHT AND IT WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ WITH MATT CLARK.....PRESTON AGAINST BELLEVUE MARQUETTE, AT 7, AT PRESTON.

AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL GAVE CITY MANAGER WAGNER A 2.75 PERCENT PAY RAISE....THE SAME AMOUNT THE COUNCIL IS
GIVING TO ALL OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES.

OUR FIRST ST. LOUIS CARDINALS GAME BROADCAST (EXHIBITION GAME) IS AT 11:55 A.M. THIS SATURDAY ON KMAQ-FM.       THE BASEBALL SEASON IS HERE!

DENNIS VOY

BEEN OUT TO BLUFF LAKE CATFISH FARM LATELY?
NEWCOMERS....DRIVE THROUGH THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK AND TAKE FIRST GRAVEL ROAD TO THE LEFT.
FOR YEARS IT HAS BEEN  ONE OF EASTERN IOWA'S MOST POPULAR RESTAURANTS,  SITUATED OVER A SMALL LAKE,  AT THE END OF A WINDING, HILLY GRAVEL ROAD THAT PASSES THROUGH A FARM YARD.     WE WERE THERE FRIDAY NIGHT.      I HAD THEIR FRIDAY NIGHT PRIME RIB SPECIAL THAT WAS INTRODUCED LAST YEAR.      DELICIOUS AND I COULD NOT EAT IT ALL. 
OF COURSE, THEY HAVE FISH ALL THREE NIGHTS,.   CORY AND HIS MOM, LINDA HAVE MADE SOME NICE IMPROVEMENTS THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, INCLUDING A NICE GIFT SHOP.     JUST LIKE AT CRACKER BARRELL, YOU CAN SHOP BEFORE OR AFTER DINING.     AND NOW, AFTER PASSING THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP, THEY HAVE A NEW LARGE (ACTUALLY ADDED A FEW SQUARE FEET) FAMILY OR RECEPTION ROOM, COMPLETE WITH FIREPLACE AND
THE LARGE BAR YOU SEE ABOVE.    THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH LIGHT
FOR GOOD PHOTO, SORRY.     THEY STILL HAVE A STONE FRONT TO PUT ON THE BAR.    ANYWAY, NOW THERE IS A REALLY NICE ROOM TO WAIT UNTIL YOUR NAME IS CALLED TO COME TO THE ADJACENT DINING ROOM.
QUITE A PLACE.   OPEN FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ONLY.   MOST OF THE TIME YOU "WAIT"....BUT WORTH THE "WAIT".
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

NICE MORNING.....HIGH BY EARLY AFTERNOON, 48 AND THEN THE
LIGHT RAIN CAME AND THE TEMPERATURE STARTED DROPPING.
TONIGHT, SOME SNOW POSSIBLE AND COLD, 11.
TOMORROW, PARTLY SUNNY BUT HIGH ONLY OF 15.
SUNNY WEDNESDAY,  HIGH OF 21.
THURSDAY .. WE COULD GET SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW....AND THEN ICE.

IN SPORTS...BELLEVUE MARQUETTE GIRLS PLAY TONIGHT AND IF THEY
WIN...THEY GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
CASCADE GIRLS WON SATURDAY NIGHT AND ARE GOING TO STATE.

THE MAQUOKETA  CARDINAL BOYS (13 AND 8)  PLAY DUBUQUE WAHLERT TONIGHT AT 7 AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM.     MATT CLARK WILL HAVE THE GAME ON KMAQ-FM.       WE NO LONGER  HAVE KMAQ ON OUR
WEB SITE.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW LITTLE BEAR PARK HAS BEEN SCHEDULED
FOR SEPTEMBER....11TH THRU 15TH.
THE WORK WILL BE DONE BY VOLUNTEERS.
THE COMMITTEE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT $25,000 HAS BEEN DONATED
FROM MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SERVICES TO BUILD WHAT IS BEING
CALLED A "TOT LOT" FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.
AND MIKE AND SHERYL HAYES HAVE DONATED $500 TOWARD THE PARK, IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON, BRANDON.    OTHER DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT  THE MAQUOKETA CITY  HALL.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7 TONIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO AN ELECTRICAL FIRE AT 6:22 A.M. YESTERDAY TO THE KENNY MOORE HOME AT 816 VINE STREET.
THERE WAS NO FIRE.    THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE BLOWER ON THE FURNACE, THAT PRODUCED SMOKE.

THE NEW OWNER OF THE DECKER HOTEL SAYS IT WILL RE-OPEN IN
EARLY MARCH.     SOME PAINTING HAS BEEN DONE AND WORK STARTED THIS MORNING ON NEW STEPS LEADING TO THE FRONT DOOR.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

NICE SATURDAY AFTERNOON YESTERDAY AND SO NANCY AND I DECIDED TO
DRIVE UP TO NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY.     JULIE DELANEY GAVE A
TALK AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW ABOUT THEIR (HUSBAND, MIKE)
ALPACA FARM AND AS I LISTENED, I KNEW I HAD TO VISIT IT.     ABOVE, THE RESTORED 3-STORY 1860 BARN WHERE WE SPENT MOST OF THE HOUR.
AS  YOU'LL SEE BLOW, IT IS NEAT AND FILLED WITH ALPACA PRODUCTS.
IT IS OPEN FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS, BUT IF PLANNING A VISIT, CALL AHEAD
FOR THE HOURS YOU HAD IN MIND:   563-543-1375.      MIKE AND JULIE
(McANDRWS) ARE ANDREW NATIVES, GOT INTO THE ALPAC BUSINESS ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO AND ALREADY, THEIR "IRISH MEADOWS ALPACA FARM"
IS WELL KNOW THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY FOR TOP BREED ALPACAS.
THE ABOVE BUILDING IS ONE OF SEVERAL ON THE BEAUTIFUL FARM,
INCLUDING THEIR LARGE HOME FOR THE FAMILY, WHICH INCLUDES 3 CHILDREN.    THE FARM IS ON 23477 BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD.    AT THE OTTER CREEK CONVENIENCE STATION ON 4-LANE 61, TURN EAST AND GO ABOUT 3 MILES  AND  YOU WILL COME UPON THE FARM ON THE RIGHT.    IT IS A RURAL LAMOTTE  ADDRESS.     WE BOUGHT SOME APALCA SOCKS  AND TOOK A FINAL PICTURE OF SOME ALPACAS NEAR THEIR BARN AND LEFT THINKING..."ANOTHER GREAT FEATURE OF BEAUTIFUL JACKSON COUNTY".
OH YES...THEY HAVE A GREAT WEB SITE!   GOOGLE IRISH MEADOWS, LAMOTTE !
(CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM)

THAT IS JULIE IN THE GRAY ALPACA SWEATER ABOUT 5 PHOTOS UP.   BABY ALPACAS ARE BORN ON THEIR FARM  EVERY MONTH EXCEPT DECEMBER,
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY....TOO COLD AT IRISH MEADOWS THEN AND THIS IS INTERESTING....JULIE SAYS THE ALPACA MOM, UNLIKE OTHER MOTHER ANIMALS, DOES NOT LICK HER NEW BORN BABY.    ONE MORE THING, THE ONLY TIME VISITORS CAN GO VIEW THE ALPACAS DOWN IN THEIR BARN
IS IN THE FALL, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.     AND YES...FOR THE KIDS
THEY HAVE ALPACA TEDDY BEARS!

IT'S A GIRL!

GRANDPA LEIGHTON HEPKER IS SHOW ABOVE WITH HIS FIRST GRAND
CHILD.
AND BELOW, GRANDMA  CINDY WITH BRENLEY.
AND JUST ABOVE,WITH THE BIG SMILE, DAD ADAM.
CONGRATULATIONS TO LEIGHTON AND CINDY AND ADAM AND AMY.
SORRY, NO PHOTO OF AMY YET.  
LEIGHTON AND CINDY ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL A COUPLE HOURS BEFORE BRENLEY WAS BORN.
BRENLEY ELIZABETH WAS BORN AT 12:49 THIS MORNING AT A HOSPITAL
IN OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS.
19 AND1/2 INCHES LONG AND 6 POUNDS, 15 OUNCES.
ADAM AND AMY LIVE AND TEACH IN OLATHE, KANSAS.
CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
          DENNIS VOY AND NANCY MOORE

WE SAW "GODSPELL" LAST NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
THERE WAS A GOOD TURN-OUT WITH MAYBE OVER 500.
THE SHOW WAS EXCELLENT!
ONE OF THE BEST EVER BY THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS!
IT WILL BE PRESENTED AGAIN AT 7 TONIGHT.
AND TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON AT 2.
TRY AND SEE IT!
DENNIS VOY

PARTLY SUNNY AND WINDY AND HIGH OF ONLY 26 TODAY.

THE MAQUOKETA TRAP TEAM STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EARN A VARSITY LETTER THROUGH MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.   THEIR  COACH, SCOTT KIRK, TOLD THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD LAST WEEK THAT THERE ARE
17 STUDENTS IN THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM.

THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY HAD THE APPRECIATION
DINNER.      JAMES CONNOLLY WAS PRESENTED WITH THE 2012 MAQUOKETA FIREFIGHTERS MEMORIAL AWARD.     THE AWARD IS GIVEN TO AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT.    THE HONOREE IS CHOSEN
BY DEPARTMENT MEMBERS. 
THREE FIREFIGHTERS RECEIVED SERVICE AWARDS.    THEY ARE:   BOB
LANE, 25 YEARS......DAVID NEUMANN AND MATT TRAVEL WHO BOTH HAVE
COMPLETED 10 YEARS OF SERVICE.
IN A REVIEW OF THE YEAR, FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SAID THE DEPARTMENT
RESPONDED TO 78 FIRE CALLS LAST YEAR, AN INCREASE FROM 53 CALLS IN 2011 AND A SIMILAR NUMBER IN 2010.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

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SOME SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON AND A HIGH OF  37.
COOLER TOMORROW.

TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT, THE
MAQUOKETA CARDINAL GIRLS TRAILED BY JUST A POINT AT THE HALF BUT THEN LOST 53 TO 34.   THEY ENDED THE SEASON AT 4 WINS AND 18 LOSSES.

THE 3 MIDLAND OF WYOMING WRESTLERS THIS MORNING AT THE STATE
TOURNAMENT IN DES MOINES, ALL WON THEIR OPENING MATCH AND
WRESTLE AGAIN TOMORROW.     THE 4 DEWITT WRESTLERS HAVE THEIR FIRST MATCH TONIGHT.   DR. PAUL KOOB IS DOING THE BROADCASTS
AGAIN THIS YEAR ON KMAQ AND AS USUAL, DOING A GREAT JOB.

THE MAQUOKETA BOWLING TEAMS, GIRLS AND BOYS, BOWL TODAY
AT CHERRY LANES IN DUBUQUE  FOR THE RIGHT TO GO TO THE STATE
HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING TOURNAMENT AT PLAZA LANES IN DES MOINES ON FEBRUARY 21 AND 22.

THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS WAS  HELD YESTERDAY AND TWO PROMOTIONS WERE ANNOUNCED.    AMY MOORE (A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER) WAS PROMOTED TO VICE-PRESIDENT, LOAN OPERATIONS MANAGER.     AND TANYA ROEDER WAS PROMOTED TO VICE-PRESIDENT, CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER.   CO-PRESIDENTS OF
M-S-B, FLORIAN STEFFEN AND BARB MILLER REPORTED ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL FINANCIAL YEAR FOR MAQUOKETA STATE BANK WITH TOTAL ASSETS GROWING TO NEARLY $315 MILLION.   BANK CEO AL TUBBS REFLECTED AT THE MEETING ON STATE AND NATIONAL TRENDS IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY.   HE REPORTED THAT OVERALL THE BANKING INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO RECOVER FROM THE FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT BEGAN IN 2008.

EDMUND STEFFEN, 95, OF DELHI, DIED MONDAY AT SHADY REST CARE CENTER IN CASCADE.      FRIENDS MAY CALL FROM 3 - 7 P.M. FRIDAY AT ST. JOHN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN DELHI AND THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE AT THE CHURCH AT 10:30 SATURDAY MORNING.    HE FARMED NEAR EARLVILLE FOR 40 YEARS AND ALSO OWNED STEFFEN'S LIVESTOCK IN DELHI.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS 4 CHILDREN, INCLUDING FLORIAN STEFFEN IN
MAQUOKETA.   KRAMER FUNERAL HOME IN DYERSVILLE IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

AGAIN...HAPPY VALENTINE DAY!

DENNIS VOY

A HOME ON WEST SUMMIT STREET AND A BUSINESS WINDOW ON WEST PLATT STREET.   CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM!

DENNIS VOY PHOTOS

THE WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT IS BELOW!

WE DIDN'T MAKE IT TO 40 TODAY, BUT CAME CLOSE, WITH SUNNY SKIES.

MAQUOKETA'S NEW POLICE OFFICER HAS STARTED WORK.
JAYSON HEIAR, AGE 34, ATTENDED THE IOWA LAW ENFORCMENT ACADEMY IN 2010, AND THEREFORE WAS ALREADY QUALIFIED.   HE PRVEIOUSLY WORKED PART TIME IN PRESTON FOR 2 YEARS.  HE IS MARRIED WITH 3 CHILDREN AND LIVES IN HIS NATIVE BELLEVUE.      CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID HE IS  ALLOWING HEIAR TO CONTINUE LIVING IN BELLEVUE AT THIS TIME.   HE REPLACED BRAD KRAUSE WHO LEFT TO WORK FOR THE
DUBUQUE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.'

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT IN TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL TONIGHT AT 7.      MATT CLARK WILL HAVE THE GAME
AT 6:50 TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR HOME WEB PAGE BUTTON.
WWW.KMAQ.COM

GODSPELL WILL BE PRESENTED THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AT 7 AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AND AT 2 SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS-OHNWARD PRODUCTION STARS:   JOEL RHODE, DUNCAN MARSHALL, LEVI BURZLAFF, KAITLIN LUETT, BRIAN AUNAN, LACIE HEISERMAN, LAURI KNRICKREHM AND JOEL HAGEN.    TICKETS AT THE DOOR $18.

HAVE A HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!
DENNIS VOY

THE FISHING ROD WORKSHOP APRIL 13TH AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER, FEATURING THE MAN ABOVE,  IS NOW FULL.

ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH  "SHROVE TUESDAY"  SUPPER WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT THE CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL IN MAQUOKETA AND AFTER , AT 7 P.M., THE ANNUAL QUILT RAFFLE DRAWING  DRAWING WAS HELD.      THE QUILT IS SHOWN HERE, ALONG WITH JEAN HEISTER WHO MADE IT.   JEAN,  A LONGTIME EXPERT QUILT MAKER HAS BEEN DOING ONE ANNUALLY AS A FUND RAISER PROJECT FOR THE CHURCH.    SHE SPENT ABOUT 10 WEEKS DOING IT.    THIS ONE HAD EXTRA SPECIAL MEANING AS THE QUILT WAS MADE  IN HONOR OF THE MEMORY OF BOBBIE WHITMER.    THE QUILT WAS NAMED "BOBBIE'S BASKET".    IT  WAS MADE WITH LEFT OVER MATERIAL THAT BOBBIE (DECEASED) HAD NOT USED FOR  HER QUILTING AND HER HUSBAND,
FORMER PASTOR AT ST. MARK'S (NOW LIVING IN DEWITT) DONATED THE MATERIAL FOR THIS  YEAR'S QUILT MADE BY JEAN.
AND HERE'S THE WINNER:     BETH SAGERS OF STANTON, MINNESOTA.
PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY

TODAY'S TUESDAY DAILY REPORT IS BELOW!
  

CLOUDY THIS MORNING....SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON...HIGH OF 35.
IN THE 40'S TOMORROW.

KENT HOFFMAN, 40, OF GALENA, HAS BEEN FOUND NOT GUILITY ON BOTH CHARGES RELATED TO THE DEATH OF JAMES SUTTON, 45, OF MAQUOKETA,
IN A BOATING ACCIDENT BACK ON SEPTEMER 1ST,  2011 AT DUBUQUE.
THE TRIAL LASTED 8 DAYS.      ALTHOUGH EVERYONE AGREES THAT HOFFMAN'S  BOAT LAUNCHED OVER SUTTON'S, THE EXACT LOCATION
OF THE ACCIDENT, HOFFMAN'S SPEED AND INTOXICATION LEVEL, AND WHETHER SUTTON'S STERN LIGHT WAS FUNCTIONING, WERE UNDER
SCRUTINY.

THE MAQUOKETA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION IS ASKING FOR A WAGE
INCREASE OF $1,850 TO THE BASE TEACHER SALARY FOR NEXT  YEAR,
WHICH WOULD INCREASE IT TO $28,319.   ALL OTHER TEACHER SALARIES
ARE BASED ON YEARS OF SERVICE, EDUCATION AND ARE A  PERCENTAGE
OF THE BASE PAY.      THIS REQUEST CAME LAST NIGHT AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND NOW THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL PRESENT ITS PROPOSAL AT 4:30 P.M. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE.

JUST AFTER 5:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON SHERIFF DEPUTY RUSS LONG
ATTEMPTED TO STOP A VEHICLE FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION THAT WAS
GOING WEST ON HIGHWAY 64, ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF MAQUOKETA.
THE DRIVER WOULD NOT STOP.   A CHASE STARTED AND ENDED  UP
WITH THE MAN HITTING A DIFFERENT COUNTY SQUAD CAR AT THE EAST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.    HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVAULATION,
THEN TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL IN AMES, NEAR WEST UNION WHERE HE LIVED.      SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN SAID THE 68 YEAR MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE AMES HOSPITAL, NOT BECAUSE OF INJURIES FROM HE ACCIDENT, BUT FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.

TODAY, SHROVE TUESDAY AND HEADING NOW FOR SUPPER AT ST. MARK'S CHURCH, FOR THEIR ANNUAL SHROVE TUESDAY CHICKEN/DUMPLINGS SUPPER.
TOMORROW IS ASH WEDNESDAY.     I'M SURE YOU KNOW THAT.

SLEEP WELL!   

DENNIS VOY

CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
THURSDAY, FEB 7TH, MIKE NICKESON OF MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY TRAVELED TO DES MOINES TO TALK WITH LAWMAKERS ABOUT ISSUES AFFECTING LOCAL UTILITIES.    CONSUMER-OWNED UTILITIES PROVIDE IOWANS WITH LOW-COST WATER, SEWER AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES.   NICKESON WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE MAQUOKETA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE  TO ENCOURAGE EXPANSION
BY EXISTING BUSINESS AND TO RECRUIT NEW BUSINESSES TO THE MAQUOKETA AREA.     WHILE IN DES MOINES, HE DISCUSSED SOME OF THESE ISSUES WTIH STATE SENATOR TOD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA, THE VICE CHAIR OF THE SENATE ECONOMIC GROWTH COMMITTEE.
PHOTO:  BY JOHN BURNETT, IOWA ASSOC. OF MUNICIPAL UTILITIES

                            CLICK-ON THE NEWS RELEASE TO READ IT!

IT WAS A CLOUDY, BLUSTERY DAY TODAY, WITH A HIGH OF 35.

BETTER WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR US DURING THE REST OF THE WEEK.

ALL 3 MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS FAILED TO MAKE IT TO THE STATE
WRESTLING TOURNAMENT AT THE DISTRICT LAST SATURDAY.
FOR THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW, THERE WILL BE NO MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS AT DES MOINES.   THE TOURNAMENT STARTS THURSDAY AND DR. PAUL
KOOB FROM MAQUOKETA WILL BE THERE TO BROADCAST THE MATCHES
OF 4 DEWITT WRESTLERS AND 3 MIDLAND WYOMING WRESTLERS.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS WON THEIR 6TH STRAIGHT GAME FRIDAY
NIGHT, BEATING CENTER POINT URBANA, 46  TO 38.
THEY NOW GET READY FOR TOURNAMENT PLAY HOSTING DUBUQUE WAHLERT NEXT MONDAY NIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY WAHLERT THERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THAT TOURNAMENT GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM
STARTING AT 6:50 WITH MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE.
IT WILL ALSO BE ON OUR WEB SITE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

NEW WINDOW SIGN ON WEST PLATT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.   TWO
NEW ATTORNEYS NOW SERVING MAQUOKETA AND THE SURRONDING AREA.
DENNIS VOY

THIS PHOTO IS MAINLY FOR MANY OF YOU THAT HAVE KNOWN "DOC" FOR
MANY YEARS.    OWNER BRAD ASBY ABOVE IS SHOWN  WITH HIS LAB "DOC"
AT HIS HOME AT THE HORSEBARN AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.     BRAD AND LAURIE OF EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA  HAVE OWNED "DOC" FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS AND HE STILL, SLOWLY, GETS AROUND.
HE WON'T CHAISE BALLS LIKE IN THE OLD DAYS.    AND BRAD CONTINUES TO TRAIN HARNESS RACE HORSES, WHICH HAS BEEN ALMOST A LIFETIME JOB.  
DENNIS VOY

                                         CLICK-ON THE ABOVE TO READ IT!

FRIDAY NIGHT....

CARDINAL BASKETBALL

MAQUOKETA BOYS 46
CENTER POINT URBANA 38

SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON AND A HIGH OF 29
10 DEGREES WARMER TOMORROW.

THE ILLINOIS D.O.T. NEEDS TO TRY AND SELL OR GIVE-AWAY THE
SAVANNA-SABULA BRIDGE, CONSTRUCTED IN 1932 AND STARTING
TO WEAR OUT.    A NEW BRIDGE IS PLANNED FOR 2015 AND 2016.
THE OLD BRIDGE IS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND  IT CAN NOT BE DEMOLISHED BEFORE THE ILLINOIS D.O.T. OFFERS IT FOR
SALE AND THE NEW OWNER THEN HAS TO MOVE IT TO A NEW LOCATION THAT WILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE ILLINOIS D.O.T.

TOMORROW WE WILL FIND OUT HOW MANY KMAQ-AREA WRESTLERS
WILL GO TO THE IOWA HIGH SCHOOL STATE TOURNAMENT STARTING
NEXT THURSDAY IN DES MOINES.      DR. PAUL KOOB IS LOOKING FORWARD
AGAIN TO BROADCASTING THEIR MATCHES ON KMAQ.

THE DECKER HOTEL AND RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED AND ALL ARE HOPING THE NEW OWNER WILL OPEN IT UP AGAIN, SOON.

THE ODD FELLOWS EMPORIUM GIFT SHOP AND COFFEE AND SANDWICH SHOP THAT OPENED LATE LAST  YEAR  HAS CLOSED (LOCATED NEXT TO
THE BAKERY) AND WILL NOT RE-OPEN.    OWNERS MOVING BACK TO
ARIZONA.

THE QUICK TRIP CONVENIENCE STORE IS STILL IN THE WORKS FOR
WEST PLATT STREET, ACROSS THE STREET FROM McDONALDS.

MAQUOKETA'S DOWNTOWN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS (AND BIG TREE) ARE STILL UP AND LIGHTED AT NIGHT.      AND VALENTINES DAY IS THURSDAY!

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

IT HAS BEEN A WET DAY IN MAQUOKETA.
LIGHT RAIN ALMOST ALL DAY LONG.
NOW, LIGHT SNOW.
NO ROAD PROBLEMS HOWEVER, AS WE HAVE BEEN ABOVE FREEZING
ALL DAY.
TOMORROW IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MUCH NICER DAY.

TODAY'S WEATHER HAS CUT DOWN A LITTLE,  THE ATTENDANCE AT THE
KMAQ FARM AND  HOME SHOW.

SEE BELOW, THE PHOTOS OF THE  AWARD WINNERS TODAY, AND A FEW
OTHER PHOTOS I TOOK OUT THERE.

ALSO, ON KMAQ'S  HOME PAGE, CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL AND
SEE A FEW OTHER PHOTOS AT THE FARM SHOW ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE.

THE COMPENSATION BOARD MET YESTERDAY AND WILL RECOMMEND TO THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS THAT A PAY RAISE OF 4% BE GIVEN TO
COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS.    THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS MAKE THE
FINAL DECISION.

AND THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

AT NOON TODAY, THE ANNUAL "FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE" AWARDS WERE PRESENTED ON STAGE AT THE ANNUAL KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW.   THE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.      THE FIRST AWARDS WERE PRESENTED IN 1990 WHEN THEN ROTARY SECRETARY, THE LATE BILL STEWART,  SUGGESTED THE AWARDS BE GIVEN ANNUALLY AND CONVINCED THE ROTARY AND CHAMBER TO SPONSOR THEM DURING THE FARM SHOW.  THE FARM SHOW ACTUALLY STARTED IN 1977.    THEN WE ALSO HAD A SEPARATE HOME SHOW AND YEARS LATER, COMBINED THE TWO.   PHOTOS OF TODAY'S WINNERS BELOW.   CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO
ENLARGE THEM.

THE AGRI-PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD WENT TO STEVE SCHROEDER OF BELLEVUE, AG TEACHER AND FFA ADVISOR AT BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL.
ROTARY PRESIDENT SCOTT WARREN SHAKES  HAND WITH STEVE.
TO THE LEFT, COUNTY AUDITOR JOELLE DELPPE, WHO READ THE INTRODUCTION TO THE AUDIENCE.   FAR RIGHT, FROM THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE, SCOTT GENT.

THE AGRI-BUSINESS AWARD  WENT TO TERRY AND NANCY KIEFFER OF PRESTON, FARMERS, AND OWNERS OF THE "PLASTICS UNLIMITED" INDUSTRY IN PRESTON.    THEIR COMPANY EMPLOYS 60 AND THEY MANUFACTURE PLASTIC  ITEMS FOR MANY FARM PRODUCTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.  AT FAR RIGHT, BRIAN NABB OF MAQUOKETA STATE BANK AND THE CHAMBER COMMITTEE,  AND THE PERSON THAT READ THE FACTS ABOUT THE KIEFFER'S OVER THE PA MIKE.

CALLIE COATES (FAR LEFT)  READ THE INTRODUCTION OF HER PARENTS....BOB AND LISA COATES OF RURAL DELMAR.....THE FARMERS OF THE YEAR.    THE COATES HAVE HAD A VERY LARGE DAIRY FARM EAST
OF MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS.    BUT, THEY ARE CHANGING!  THEY
SOLD THEIR DAIRY HERD IN JANUARY AND WILL TURN THE FARM INTO
A BEEF OPERATION.    AT FAR RIGHT IS TOM DEVINE,  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

KMAQ CONGRATULATES ALL THE AG AWARD WINNERS TODAY!

THE FARM SHOW ENDS AT 7:30 TONIGHT (THURSDAY)!

THANK YOU FOR COMING!   AND THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY TO MAKING THIS YEAR'S SHOW ANOTHER BIG
SUCCESS!

DENNIS VOY

PHOTOS TAKEN TODAY (THURSDAY) AT THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW.
THE FIRST FARM SHOW WAS IN 1975.    RAINING TODAY, BUT STILL A GOOD
TURNOUT FOR THE NOON HAMBURGER LUNCH, FEATURING BURGERS OFF THE JACKSON COUNTY CATTLEMEN'S GRILL THAT WAS PUT  UNDER A LIVESTOCK SHELTER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS TO GET OUT OF THE RAIN.
IN PHOTOS BELOW, YOU WILL SEE MIKE FRANZEN AT HIS FARM TRACTOR
BOOTH....DAVE STEFFENS IN THE WHEATLAND INSURANCE BOOTH AND
TOM SCHUELELR IN HIS CONSTRUCTION BOOTH.     ALSO ON STAGE, A PHOTO OF KMAQ STATION MANAGER LEIGHTON HEPKER INTRODUCING
THE NOON HOUR GUEST SPEAKER, JULIE DELANEY.    JULIE AND HER HUSBAND OWN THE "IRISH MEADOWS ALPACA FARM AND STORE" LOCATED
IN NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY, ON THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD.
THIER FARM IS A COUPLE MILES EAST OF 4-LANE HIGHWAY 61 AND IS OPEN
TO VISITORS.     SHE GAVE A VERY NICE PRESENTATION ON ALPACAS AND
HAD AN ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE.   SHE WILL BE ON AN UPCOMING KMAQ "JUST TALK" SHOW SOON.

CLICK-ON THESE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
THE FARM SHOW COMES TO AN END AT 7:30 TONIGHT (THURSDAY).
THANKS FOR ATTENDING AND THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT HAS HELPED MAKE THE SHOW ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS.
DENNIS VOY