Tuesday, March 05, 2013

SNOW LAST NIGHT AND MOST OF TODAY..... AROUND 5 OR 6 INCHES.
WILL END TONIGHT AND THEN BE NICE, WITH SUNSHINE, FOR REST OF WEEK
IN THE 40'S THIS WEEKEND.  NO SCHOOL TODAY FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE AREA.    

IN SPORTS, NORTH CEDAR (STANWOOD) BOYS LOST THEIR OPENING GAME AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT LAST NIGHT BY 3 POINTS.   THEY TOOK A 3-POINT SHOW WITH SECONDS LEFT AND MISSED.   KMAQ DID THE GAME.

JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE THEFT
OF COPPER FROM SEVERAL AREA CELL PHONE TOWERS.   DEPUTIES SAY THEY ARE GETTING SMALL AMOUNTS OF COPPER AND DOING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.

MAQUOKETA POLICE STOPPED A VEHICLE LAST NIGHT WHICH HAD ITEMS USED TO MAKE METH.    THEY CHARGED CALEB STODDARD, AGE 22, OF
MAQUOKETA AND JONATHAN BOLLINGER, AGE 22, OF MAQUOKETA.

A TWO CAR WAL MART PARKING LOT ACCIDENT, INVOLVING CARS DRIVEN
BY JOYCE MILLER, 68, OF MAQUOKETA AND KIMBERLY HOCKEMEYER OF MAQUOKETA.     TWO PASSENGERS IN THE MILLER VEHICLE WERE TAKEN
TO THE HOSPITAL.   ABOUT $2,000 IN DAMAGES TO EACH CAR AND
NO CHARGES FILED.

A DOZEN MAQUOKETA-AREA GOLFERS HAVE BEEN IN ORLANDO SINCE
MONDAY ON AN ANNUAL WEEK-LONG GOLF EXCURSION.    THEY ARE
NO DOUBT HAPPY THEY ARE MISSING THE SNOW UP HERE.  
THEIR WIVES ARE UP HERE THINKING OF THEM.

THE ARTE SHOW BIG BAND COMES TO MAQUOKETA FOR A CONCERT AT
2 THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT OHNWARD.   ARTE'S HITS INCLUDED
DANCING IN THE DARK, MOONGLOW AND BEGIN THE BEGUINE.   NO ARTE OF COURSE, BUT MATT KOZA, CLARINETIST, DIRECTING.   $30 TICKETS OR $25 IN ADVANCE.

DISNEY NEW MOVIE, "OZ:  THE GREAT AND POWERFUL" STARTS FRIDAY,
IN THE DIGITAL VOY 1 THEATRE.

IOWA PLAYS TONIGHT ... GO HAWKS!

DENNIS VOY