TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

YESTERDAY, 85 FOR A HIGH.
TODAY, THEY FORECAST 65.
BUT, WE HIT 75.
MORE 70 DEGREE DAYS THIS WEEK,
AND SOME RAIN TOO.

THE CONFERENCE BOARD MEETS TONIGHT AT 7 AT THE COURTHOUSE AND
THE BOARD IS EXPECTED TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION LETTER OF
ASSESSOR DEB LANE.
AND HOW TO FILL HER POSITION WILL BE DISCUSSED.   THE MEETING
IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

SEVERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE SEARCHING TODAY FOR A MAN WHO FLED AFTER HE CRASHED A STOLEN SEMI.....YES SEMI....IN A FIELD
NEAR OTTER CREEK NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.

SHORT REPORT...SORRY.

SEE YOU ON THE RADIO.

DENNIS VOY
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PAPA'S PUMPKIN PATCH

PAPA'S PUMPKIN PATCH IS LOCATED ON THE RICK AND DORY BUDDE FARM ON 360TH AVENUE, 1 MILE NORTH OF SPRINGBROOK.       OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK FROM 10 AM UNTIUL 5 PM THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST.   NO ADMISSION.
SPOOK CAVE, HAYRIDES, PETTING ZOO, AND 5 BOUNCE GAMES.

DENNIS VOY
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MONDAY DAILY REPORT #1

TODAY'S WEATHER COMMENTS IN DAILY REPORT #2 BELOW THIS ONE.

EXCITING NEWS TODAY FOR JACKSON AND JONES COUNTY.

TODAY'S REPORT #2 BELOW

MONDAY DAILY REPORT #2

NICE TODAY...85.
THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE IN THE 70'S, UNTIL FRIDAY.
AND THERE IS SOME RAIN IN FORECAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY.
HOMECOMING  FRIDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 63.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS LOST TO 49 TO 6 FRIDAY NIGHT
AND PLAY MARION FOR THEIR  HOMECOMING THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
DEWITT BEAT MARION FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE HOMECOMING ROYALTY WAS CROWNED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
THE HOMECOMING QUEEN IS JADE KILBURG, DAUGHTER OF CHARLENE
AND JOE KILBURG OF RURAL LAMOTTE.
THE KING IS CALE GENT, SON OF CHRIS AND SKOTT GENT.
THE THEME FOR HOMECOMING IS "DANCING THROUGH THE DECADES, STEP UP FOR A WIN".
A PARADE WILL BE  HELD IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
WINDOWS, INCLUDING KMAQ'S, ARE DECORATED ON MAIN STREET.

 FIND OUT ON TOMORROW'S DAILY, WHERE I TOOK THIS PHOTO YESTERDAY!

SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR 46 YEAR OLD CATHY BANOWETZ OF CLINTON.
SHE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY FRIDAY.    SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER MOTHER, MARY, OF MAQUOKETA AND HER FATHER DELBERT, OF I BELIEVE MISSOURI.

THIS BAND IS COMING TO OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER FOR TWO PERFORMANCES ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17TH.    MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
$1 ALL SEATS.    MORE LATER.
OHWNARD IS ALSO HAVING A TRIVIA NIGHT, OCTOBER 25TH AT 6 P.M.
MORE LATER.

PIONEER DAY IS THIS SUNDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, STARTING AT 9:30 A.M.

THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS DID IT AGAIN....FOR THE 4TH YEAR IN A ROW,
THEY ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS!    THEY PLAY GAME 1 AGAINST THE DODGERS
THIS FRIDAY.

CHECK THE PHOTOS TAKEN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE DEMOCRATIC STEAK FRY AT ST. DONATUS...BELOW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY
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JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS

THE JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS HELD THEIR ANNUAL STEAK FRY
LAST NIGHT AT THE KALMES RESTAURANT AT ST. DONATUS.    WINDY
HIMSELF PREPARED THE RIBEYE STEAKS.   

A FULL HOUSE FOR THE EVENT TO SEE TWO JACKSON COUNTY LONGTIME
DEMOCRATS INDUCTED INTO THE JACKSON COUNTY HALL OF FAME.

ROBERTA ROSHEIM OF MAQUOKETA WAS PRESENTED  HER HALL OF FAME PLAQUE BY FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE BOB OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOEKETA.    ROBERTA, A MAQUOKETA EDUCATOR FOR 36 YEARS, HAS
BEEN A PARTY VOLUNTEER THAT LONG OR LONGER.   SHE IS RETIRED FROM
TEACHING BUT CONTINUES TO BE ACTIVE IN PROMOTING DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.

FORMER STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART OF RURAL MAQUOKETA PRESENTED THE HALL OF FAME PLAQUE TO RICK DICKENSON OF SABULA.
RICK FIRST WAS SABULA MAY0R, THEN CITY COUNCILMAN, THEN JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR, THEN STATE REPRESENTATIVE, THEN CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS (ALMOST WINNING) AND NOW CONTINUES A SUCCESSFUL
CAREER AS CEO OF  THE GREATER DUBUQUE CORPORATION, WHICH HAS
AND CONTINUES TO BRING NEW INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS TO DUBUQUE.

DENNIS VOY
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FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

84 TODAY WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.   HIGH OF 84.
TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 81.
NICE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY TOO.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON COUNTY BOARD.    KERRY SCHEPERS FROM THE MAQUOKETA FINANCIAL GROUP WILL REPLACE VAL HORST OF MAQUOKETA
AS A BOARD MEMBER.   HORST AND HER HUSBAND ARE MOVING FROM
THE AREA.    SCHEPERS HAS BEEN APPOINTED FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.
THE SEVEN MEMBER BOARD IS COMPOSED OF RESIDENTS FROM
THROUGHOUT JACKSON COUNTY.

THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SUNSHINE
PRE-SCHOOL AND DAYCARE HAS NAMED AMANDA BURKEN AS THE
INTERIM DIRECTOR OF SUNSHINE.    SHE HAS BEEN WITH SUNSHINE
FOR 15 YEARS.    SHE WILL CONTINUE HER POSITION AS LEAD TEACHER FOR THE THREE-YEAR OLD PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. 

POLITICAL SIGNS ARE POPPING UP ALL OVER TOWN.    THIS PROPERTY
OWNER APPARENTLY WILL NOT BE VOTING A STRAIGHT TICKET.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO A SMOKE SMELL AT 10:30 THIS MORNING TO 107 S. MAIN STREET, IN THE MAIN CENTER BLOCK DOWNTOWN.
TURNED OUT TO BE A FAULTY LIGHT BALLAST....THANK GOODNESS.

CHECK OUT THE NEW POST 75 AMERICAN LEGION WEB SITE AT  americanlegionpost75.blogspot.com
NOT MUCH ON THERE NOW BUT THE  POST WILL BE ADDING INFORMATION
IN THE NEAR FUTURE.   IT WILL BE FOR THE AUXILARY TOO.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL FOOTBALL GAMES ARE AT CEDER RAPIDS
XAVIER TONIGHT.     THE VARSITY GAME WILL BE RIGHT HERE ON OUR
WEB HOME PAGE STARTING ABOUT 7:20 WITH MATT CLARK AT THE
PLAY-BY-PLAY MIC.    GO CARDINALS!
I WILL POST THE SCORE HERE TOMORROW MORNING.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY
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ANOTHER GREAT SHOW AT OHNWARD

A VERY GOOD SHOW, ONE OF THE BEST I'VE SEEN AT OHNWARD!    THANKS
TO MAQUOKETA STATE BANK FOR PUTTING IT ON.    THE MAIN MAN WAS JIM WITTER...."THE PIANO MAN"....WITH 2 OTHER FINE MUSICIANS.     GOOGLE EITHER JIM WITTER OR THE PIANO MAN FROM CANADA FOR MORE ON THEM.

SEVERAL WERE CALLED UP FROM THE AUDIENCE TO HELP WITH A NUMBER.

THAT'S GENO AND GENIE AT THE MIKE, ALONG WITH SEVERAL MSB

EMPLOYEES....AND THEY WERE ALL A HIT TOO.

MAQUOKETA IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE A NICE THEATRE LIKE OHNWARD AND THE GREAT SHOWS FOR  US TO ENJOY.....LAST NIGHT BRINGING TO IT...

THE GREAT SONGS OF BILLY JOEL AND ELTON JOHN...AND A LOT OF

PHOTOS AND VIDEOS FROM THE 70'S THAT BROUGHT BACK LOTS OF

MEMORIES.   NO WONDER JIM AND ASSOCIATES LAST NIGHT GOT NOT ONE BUT TWO STANDING OVATIONS.

DENNIS VOY

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THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNSHINE AND SEVENTIES...
NOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND!

GOOD NEWS TODAY FOR MAQUOKETA AND JACKSON COUNTY!!
WELLMARK BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ANNOUNCED TODAY THE TEN $7,500 AWARD WINNERS OF ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
AND ONE OF THE WINNERS IS JACKSON COUNTY.     THERE WERE 100 ENTRIES,  ALL AIMED AT IMPROVING OVERALL COMMUNITY HEALTH AND
WELLNESS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.     THE PUBLIC HAD TO CHANCE TO
WEIGH IN ON THEIR FAVORITE PROJECTS.   MORE THAN 84,000 VOTES WERE RECEIVED DURING THE 19 DAY VOTING PERIOD THAT ENDED SEPTEMBER 7TH.     LOCALLY, THE $7,500 GIFT WILL BE FOR A NEW "FOOT AND BIKE BRIDGE" IN THE NEWLY ACQUIRED PRAIRIE CREEK RECREATION AREA JUST
EAST OF MAQUOKETA,  THAT WAS IN THE BOB MARTIN WILL FOR JACKSON COUNTY AND THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED AND MANAGED BY JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION.    BOB MARTIN WAS A LONGTIME AUTO DEALER IN MAQUOKETA IN THE 50'S, 60'S AND 70'S.     THE APPLICATION FOR THE
WELLMARK GIFT WAS A JOINT EFFORT OF THE MAQUOKETA FAMILY YMCA AND THE FRIENDS OF JACKSON COUNTY.      THE APPLICATION WAS PREPARED BY ANN BURNS OF JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION, KERRY SCHEPERS, LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER AND BY SCOTT WARREN DIRECTOR
OF THE YMCA.   THEY ALSO PROMOTED THE "GET ON-LINE AND VOTE" FOR THE PROJECT.     SCHEPERS TOLD KMAQ NEWS TODAY THAT OFFICIALS FROM BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD WILL BE COMING TO MAQUOKETA TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.

TOOK THE ABOVE PHOTO SUNDAY AT A NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN DESOTA, WISCONSIN (WHERE MCHS GRAD DARON FUGLSANG TEACHES AND COACHES WRESTLING) OF A NEW WATER FOUNTAIN THAT HAS A PLACE TO FILL YOUR WATER BOTTLE.    DRINKING WATER HAS COME A LONG WAY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS....MUCH OF IT AT A DOLLAR OR TWO OR MORE.    I STILL

HAVE NO PROBLEM DRINKING COOL MAQUOKETA WATER OUT OF A FAUCET.

HAD NEVER SEEN ONE OF THE ABOVE, SO TOOK THE PHOTO.

THIS WEEKEND, RESIDENTS CAN GET RID OF PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER DRUGS NOT BEING USED DURING A "CLEAN-OUT OUR MEDICINE CABINET EVENT".    JACKSON COUNTY PREVENTION COALITION IS HOSTING THE EVENT AT THE JACKSON COUNTY  SENIOR  CENTER ON EAST QUARRY 

STREET, NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE FAIRGROUNDS.    DROP THE OLD MEDICINE OFF BETWEEN 10 A.M. AND 2 P.M.    THERE IS ALSO A DROP-OFF

AT THE LOBBY OF THE MAQUOKETA POLICE STATION.

NANCY ROLING REMINDS PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THE DEADLINE TO

PAY THE FIRST HALF OF PROPERTY TAXES IS NEXT WEEK.   THEY MUST

BE PAID OR POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30TH.

A MINOR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.   BROOKLYN MANDERS, AGE 16, WAS DRIVING NORTH ON SOUTH MAIN AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN LEFT ONTO SUMMIT.   POLICE SAY SHE DID NOT YIELD TO AN ONCOMING CAR DRIVEN BY WENDY DUNNE, AGE 40, OF BELLEVUE AND THE TWO CARS

COLLIDED.     DAMAGES OF $2,500 TO THE MANDERS 2003 CHEVY AND 

$1,000 DAMAGE TO DUNNE'S 2002 CHRYSLER.   NO INJURIES AND MANDERS WAS CHARGED.

I FOUND THE BELOW YESTERDAY WHILE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING IN ONE OF MY MANY THEATRE FILES.   OLD AND YELLOWED.

BACK IN 1925, BOTH OXFORD JUNCTION AND PRESTON HAD A THEATRE AND THEY WERE OWNED BY THE SAME COMPANY THAT OWNED MAQUOKETA'S PASTIME THEATRE, WHICH WAS LOCATED WHERE THE DENTAL OFFICE IS

NOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MAIN BLOCK.     

LOST NATION AND BELLEVUE ALSO HAD A THEATRE.

NOTE, A DIFFERENT SILENT MOVIE EACH WEEKEND DAY IN THOSE TWO

SMALL TOWNS.  SOUND CAME A FEW YEARS LATER.     IN MAQUOKETA, 

THEY HAD TWO, SOMETIMES THREE, DIFFERENT MOVIES EACH WEEK.

SUNDAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY....WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY....AND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.   IN 1925, I SOLD TICKETS FOR THE "WILD WILD SUSAN" MOVIE AND USHERED AT THE "BROKEN HEARTS OF BROADWAY"  

MOVIE.    THAT'S HOW I GOT STARTED IN THE THEATRE BUSINESS!

DROP BY TOMORROW....AND I'LL BE HERE WITH MORE BS AND THE FRIDAY REPORT.

DENNIS VOY

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RUSS LONG USED TIRES

                   
               URGENT  UPDATE

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

NOT A LOT OF SUNSHINE TODAY, BUT GOT UP TO 79...WARMER THAN
EXPECTED.
TOMORROW, PARTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 77.
77 ALSO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.  SUNDAY 78.
NO RAIN IN THE FORECAST.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WAS THE ANNUAL
RE-ORGANZATIONAL MEETING AND MIKE HAYWARD WAS RE-ELECTED
PRESIDENT.     DAVID SYBESMA WAS ELECTED VP AND BARB McKEON
WAS APPOINTED BOARD SECRETARY-TREASURER.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING QUEEN AND KING CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED.
QUEEN:   NICOLE FURNE, LIZ GAVIN, JADE KILBURG, CASSIE MILLER,
McKENNA OWEN, SARA SKLADZIEN, JACQUELINE TABOR, AND COLLEENA WILKINS.
FOR KING:   BEAU BOWMAN,LUKE BOWMAN, THOMAS CLARK, CALE GENT,
BEN KILBURG, MITCHELL SCHNEDEN, MING WU AND TONY ZHANG.
THE CORNATION WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 4:30 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
THE HOMECOMING GAME IS A WEEK FROM THIS FRIDAY.
THE THEME:  "DANCING THROUGH THE DECADES, STOP UP FOR A WIN"

THE HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES THIS WEEK APPROVED AN ADDENDUM TO THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GENESIS  HEALTH
SYSTEM.    UNDER THE PROPOSAL, THE HOSPITAL WILL PAY GENESIS AN ADDITIONAL 3-PER-CENT PER MONTH FOR MANAGEMENT SERVICES.  THE HOSPITAL COST RETROACTIVE TO JULY 1ST WILL INCREASE TO $15,985
A MONTH.   THE INCREASE IS INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S HOSPITAL BUDGET.
THERE WAS NO INCREASE TO GENESIS LAST YEAR.

CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SUMMER PRESIDENT'S AND DEAN'S LIST
NAMES WERE RELEASED THIS WEEK.
PRESIDENT LIST REQUIRES 6 CREDIT HOURS AND A 4.0 GPA DURING THE
TERM.    MAKING THE PRESIDENT LIST FROM MAQUOKETA, MEGAN MANDERSHEID AND FROM DELMAR, MITCHELL BUDDE AND DAWN McDERMOTT.
MAKING THE DEAN'S LIST FROM MAQUOKETA, LESLEY OTTEN.

ENJOY THIS NICE EARLY FALL WEATHER.

DENNIS VOY
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FARM SAFETY DAY AT FAIRGROUNDS

EVERY YEAR, THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL FFA SPONSORS FARM SAFETY DAY FOR 3RD GRADERS FROM MAQUOKETA, SACRED HEART, ANDREW AND
DELWOOD.   THEY HAD NICE WEATHER TODAY.   HERE WE SEE THE LINE TO
GO UP AND SIT IN THE BIG JOHN DEERE FOR P & K MIDWEST JOHN DEERE
SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.

FOR NOON LUNCH, THE FFA MEMBERS PREPARED ....  PLUMP HOTDOGS OFF
THE PORK PRODUCERS GRILL.    THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GAVE SAFETY TIPS ALSO BUT HAD LEFT WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.    A GOOD DAY-LONG PROJECT.... SO, THANK YOU GARY BRUNS AND YOUR FFA CHAPTER.

DENNIS VOY

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

BEAUTIFUL DAY....76 THE HIGH.
TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 72.
THURSDAY, SUNNY AND HIGH OF 75.
FRIDAY, MAY BE THE WARMEST DAY THIS WEEK, AT 77.

SHOULD BE A NICE WEEKEND FOR THE CLASS OF 1954 WHEN THEY
CELEBRATE THEIR 60TH CLASS REUNION.   IT STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT
AT THE DECKER HOTEL LOBBY WITH A LIGHT BUFFET IN THE LOBBY.
THE 53 AND 55 CLASS MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO THE CASUAL GET-
TOGETHER.   THE BANQUET IS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE DECKER
AND A FAREWELL BRUNCH WILL BE HELD AT 9:30 SUNDAY MORNING AT
THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER.      ANN WILCOX EDELEMAN
AND HER COMMITEE HAS MET MONTHLY FOR A YEAR, MAKING PLANS.
CLASS MEMBER WAYNE WELLS IS COMING  UP FROM FLORIDA TO BE
THE EMCEE.    WHERE WERE YOU IN '54?
ABOUT 1954:    DWIGHT EISENHOWER WAS PRESIDENT.   THE AVERAGE HOME COST $10,250.   GAS WAS 22 CENTS A GALLON.   A NEW CAR COST $1,700.
A MOVIE TICKET WAS 70 CENTS.    BIG MOVIES THAT  YEAR WERE 
ON THE WATER FRONT, WHITE CHRISTMAS AND THE GLEN MILLER STORY.
THE BIG SONG WAS ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK WITH BILL HALEY.
MARILYN MONROE MARRIED JOE DeMAGGIO.     THE WORDS "UNDER GOD" WERE ADDED TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.     MEN'S SUITS WERE
$29.95.    AND I WAS A FRESHMAN AT HORICON (WISCONSIN) HIGH SCHOOL.

HERE'S TODAY'S BIG COURTHOUSE STORY.     DEB LANE HAS RESIGNED AS JACKSON COUNTY ASSESSOR.     SHE GAVE HER WRITTEN RESIGNATIONTO SUPERVISOR CHAIRMAN JACK WILLEY FRIDAY NIGHT.   SHE ALSOSENT A LETTER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY CONFERENCE BOARD THAT HIRES THE ASSESSOR.   IT IS NOT AN ELECTED POSITION.   TWOWEEKS AGO TODAY SHE WAS IN THE SUPERVISORS OFFICE WHEN GUS GLASER SHOT AT HER, AND THEN SHOT HIMSELF.    LANE HAS
HELD THE ASSESSOR POSITON FOR OVER 7 YEARS AND HAS WORKED IN THE OFFICE OVER 20.    HER LETTER SAID SHE WAS RESIGNING
IMMEDIATELY, BUT THE ACTUAL DATE WILL BE JANUARY 2ND.   SHE WILL BE USING ACCUMULATED COMP TIME AND VACATION TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.      LANE SAID IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE AS COUNTY ASSESSOR.   THE CONFERENCE BOARD WILL MEET AT 7 P.M. TUESDAY AT THE COMMUNITY ROOM AT THE COURTHOUSE AND THE MEETING WILL BE
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.     BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, SUPERVISORS WILL
CHECK WITH THE COUNTY'S PERSONNEL OFFICE ON THE ACTUAL NUMBER
OF DAYS LANE HAS ACCUMULATED.    LANE'S HUSBAND IS BOB,  AND HE FOR MANY YEARS HAS BEEN THE DISPATCHING SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY-COUNTY AT THE LAW CENTER.     HE AND OTHERS IN THAT DEPARTMENT
WORK 24-7 AT THE TWO-WAY RADIO SYSTEM THERE, KEEPING IN TOUCH
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND AMBULANCE PERSONNEL.

AS FOR THE BIG LOCAL SPORTS STORY....YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT A FEW MORE DAYS FOR IT.

AT MAQUOKETA'S FAMOUS  "LITTLE BEAR PARK"  NEW GRASS WAS MOWED FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST WEEK AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT LOOKS PRETTY SHARP IN THAT AREA BETWEEN THE PARK, AND THE SHELTER.   NEW LOW RETAINING WALLS AND NEW SIDEWALKS MAKE IT EASY TO WALK IN AND
OUT OF THE PARK.   THE SAME FOR THE OTHER WEST ENTRY FROM BRIGG'S
SCHOOL.   AND I SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY AT THE PARK!     PARENTS...GRAND PARENTS...TAKE THE KIDS THERE REGULARLY FOR AN HOUR OF FUN.

A LOT OF ITEMS HAVE BEEN DONATED FOR THE ABOVE AUCTION AND
ARE ON DISPLAY IN THE CORNER BUILDING JUST SOUTH OF TANDEM TIRE
WHERE KENNY HAS WORKED ALL HIS LIFE.

CHECK BACK TOMORROW AND DON'T FORGET THE CARDINALS-CUBS
GAME TONIGHT.
GO CARDINALS!

DENNIS VOY
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MONDAY DAILY REPORT

NICE DAY....SUNNY AND HIGH OF 75.
THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE JUST LIKE IT.
FALL ARRIVES TONIGHT.

IN FOOTBALL, MAQUOKETA LOST TO DUBUQUE WAHLERT FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE CARDINALS ARE NOW 0 AND 4.

TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED YESERDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WALMART PARKING LOT.      PAULA MILLER, 46, OF MAQUOKETA WAS BACKING OUT
OF A PARKING SPOT AND HIT A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY STEFANIE BAAS, 23,
OF MAQUOKETA.   NO INJURIES OR CHARGES FILED.

AN RTA BUS HIT THE BACK OF A MANURE SPREADER FRIDAY AFTERNOON NEAR BELLEVUE.     NO INJURIES.    GERALD MILLER, 60, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING THE BUS AND MET A TRACTOR PULLING A WAGON AND AS THE
TRACTOR PASSED THE BUS, IT CREATED A CLOUD OF DUST.    THEREFORE,
MILLER DID NOT SEE THE SPREADER AND THE BUS HIT THE BACK OF IT,
DRIVEN BY AUSTIN BLASER, AGE 16, OF BELLEVUE.    NO CHARGES AND
NO INUJURIES.   $4,500 DAMAGES TO THE RTA BUS OWNED BY DELAWARE
COUNTY.   $500 IN DAMAGES TO THE  SPREADER, OWNED BY HOLDGRAFER
DAIRY FARMS.

A NEW FUNERAL HOME WILL OPEN IN THE FORMER OWL FURNITURE
BUILDING ON NORTH MAIN STREET, VACANT FOR MANY YEARS.
THE OWNER WILL BE COURTNEY DAWSON, WHO IS A LICENSED FUNERAL
PERSON AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.
RANDY LAHEY TOLD  KMAQ NEWS THE LAHEY FAMILY FULLY SUPPORTS
DAWSON. 

THE PET STORE IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS ON SOUTH JONES AVENUE.
I NOTICED THIS WHEN DRIVING PAST IT YESTERDAY. 

A BIG COURTHOUSE STORY IS COMING SOON AND ALSO  A BIG LOCAL SPORTS STORY.

KEEP CHECKING THIS REPORT AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY
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VOICE OF DEMOCRACY CONTEST

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

NICE TODAY,  HIGH OF 78.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND 75.
SATURDAY, SUNNY AND 81.
SUNDAY, SUNNY AND 72.

THE DECKER HOTEL FEATURE BY FRAN RILEY WAS ON KWQC.   GOOGLE
THE STATION...CLICK-ON FRAN RILEY FEATURES AND TAKE A LOOK.
NICE 4 MINUTE FEATURE, WITH MANAGER CAROL CAES AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY CURATOR BONNIE MITCHELL ON THE FEATURE.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS DUBUQUE WAHLERT TOMORROW NIGHT AT LORAS
COLLEGE FOOTBALL FIELD.   HEAR THE GAME WITH MATT CLARK HERE
ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE.

JOAN ARENSDORF, 90, OF ZWINGLE DIED WEDNESDAY AT HOME.
THE FUNERAL WILL BE SATURDAY AT 10 A.M.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER SON LARRY ARENSDORF OF MAQUOKETA.

SCOTT AND VICKI HANSEN OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A DAUGHTER BORN JULY 16TH.   MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE MIKE AND CONNIE
YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA AND PATERNARL GRANDPARENTS ARE
DOUG AND TINA  HANSEN OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK 56TH ANNIVERSARY IS THIS MONTH.
THEY ARE HAVING A FREE CONCERT NEXT WEEK AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.      FREE TICKETS AT THE TWO M-S-B LOCATIONS IN MAQUOKETA AND AT ANDREW AND PRESTON.

SEE YOU ON THE RADIO.

DENNIS VOY
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JUST TALK GUEST TODAY

SUE OSTERT OF MAQUOKETA (FORMERLY OF BELLEVUE) WAS ON JUST
TALK TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE 16TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RED HATS.   SHE BELONGS TO THE BELLEVUE RED HAT CHAPTER.    KMAQ IS NOT TV, BUT SUE WAS DRESSED FOR THE OCCASSION ANYWAY AND SHE ALSO BAKED SOME RED GOODIES FOR THE STAFF TO ENJOY...WHICH THEY DID.     WOULD BE NICE IF ALL JUST TALK GUESTS WERE LIKE SUE.   

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

NICE DAY AGAIN...HIGH OF 74.    TOMORROW,  MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 71.  FRIDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND 75.

JACKSON COUNTY AUDITOR M. JOELL DEPPE SAID THEIR OFFICE HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 800  REQUESTS FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR THE
NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.    ABSENTEE BALLOTS MAY BE CAST
BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 25TH.
THE RACES LOCALLY:
STATE SENATOR TOD BOWMAN(D) AND CHALLENGER JAMES BUDDE(R)
STATE REPRESENTATIVE BRIAN MOORE(R) AND CHALLENGER KIM HUCKSTADT(D)
COUNTY SUPERVISOR JACK WILLEY (R) AND NO CHALLENGER
COUNTY SUPERVISOR STEVE FLYNN IS NOT RUNNING AND ON THE
BALLOT, LARRY McDEVITT(D) AND CHALLENGER TOM DEVINE(R) AND
JEFF HOLTZ(I)

JACKSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU WILL HOST A "MEET THE CANDIDATES"
NIGHT OCTOBER 14TH AT 7 P.M. AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY  HALL.
IT WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ AND OUR WEB SITE.

TWO CAR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY ON 200TH AVENUE.   ANTHONY HOEFELMEYER, AGE 35, OF ANDREW WAS REAR-ENDED BY A CAR
DRIVEN BY LINDA MANNING, AGE 54, OF MAQUOKETA. MINOR INJURIES TO BOTH DRIVERS.     MANNING'S TRUCK, $3,000 IN DAMAGES AND HOEFELMEYER'S TRUCK, $7,000.  

STONES WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN MT. HOPE CEMETERY ON THE FAR
WEST ROW.   AND,
THE ANDREW COUNTRY MART REPORTED A $38 GAS DRIVE-OFF.

DONALD SCHLOTFELT, AGE 82, DIED SATURDAY IN DURANGO, COLORADO.
HE WAS MAQUOKETA'S HEAD BASKETBALL COACH IN THE LATE 50'S AND
EARLY 60'S.   HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE   SHIRLIE, TWO DAUGHTERS, ONE SON AND A SISTER.   THE FUNERAL WILL BE FRIDAY AND THE ERTEL             FUNERAL HOME IN CORTEZ, COLORADO, IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

THE JACKSON COUNTY FARM BUREU IS CELEBRATING ITS 96TH ANNIVERSARY IN SEPTEMBER.

IN VOLLEYBALL LAST NIGHT, SOLON (#1 IN THE STATE, 3-A) DEFEATED
MAQUOKETA 3-0.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

DENNIS VOY
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BUILD WINDOW PLANTER BOX

NEW CLINTON COUNTY SATELLITE OFFICE BUILDING

RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AT 4 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN DEWITT.
THE LOCATION IS WHERE FOR MANY YEARS THE CANDLE LIGHT RESTAURANT WAS LOCATED.      THE FOUR WITH THE SCISSORS:  SUPERVISOR JOHN STASZEWSKI, DEWITT MAYOR DON THILTGEN, SUPERVISOR JILL DAVISSON AND SUPERVISOR BRIAN SCHMIDT.

 SUPERVISOR BRIAN SCHMIDT OF DELMAR AND THE SHERIFF

OF CLINTON COUNTY RICK LINCOLN STAND AT THE ENTRANCE.

 IT WAS A 3 PHASE, 3 YEAR PROJECT.   THE LARGE GARAGE ABOVE, BASICALLY FOR SHERIFF'S  DEPARTMENT SQUAD CARS,  STILL NEEDS TO BE FINISHED.    SHEETS CONSTRUCTION OF MAQUOKETA

WAS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE ENTIRE COMPLEX.    A REAL

ASSET FOR DEWITT AND A REAL CONVENIENCE FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF

CLINTON COUNTY RESIDENT.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS VOY

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TUESDAY DAILEY REPORT

LINDA COOKS IS THE FILM CRETIC FOR THE QUAD CITY TIMES.    THE MOVIE
IS SHOWING NOW AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE AND WILL BE  HELD OVER FOR A
SECOND WEEK STARTING THIS FRIDAY AND ALSO AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.    EVERY  TUESDAY NIGHT IS BARGAIN
NIGHT ($5 ALL SEATS) AND EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS FREE POPCORN
NIGHT.    FOR SENIORS, THE ADMISSION IS ALWAYS $5.   

TODAY'S DAILY REPORT....
COOL LAST NIGHT, NEAR 40 AND TODAY IN THE 60'S.     WE ARE HEADING FOR THE 70'S LATER THIS WEEK. 

KMAQ WAS OFF THE AIR ABOUT AN HOUR THIS AFTERNOON TO PUT NEW
LIGHT  BULBS ON THE TOWER.     TWO BIG ONES AT THE TOP (404 FEET) AND
4 SMALLER BULBS BETWEEN THE BASE AND THE TOP.    A TOWER CREW
HAS TO DO THIS EVERY FEW YEARS.    THE TWO TRANSMITTERS OUT THERE AND THE TOWER LIGHTS  MAKE FOR A MONTHLY BILL AROUND $1,000.
THE STUDIO BUILDING DOWNTOWN IS ABOUT HALF THAT, EXCEPT FOR THE
HOT AIR-CONDITIONING MONTHS.

TWO VEHICLES WERE STOLEN FROM MAQUOKETA EARLY TODAY AND FOUND IN CLINTON COUNTY.   AROUND 5:30 THIS MORNING, CRAIG MARKLE OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED HIS UNLOCKED VEHICLE WITH THE KEYS
INSIDE WAS TAKEN OVERNIGHT AND WAS FOUND IN CLINTON COUNTY.
IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THERE.    ANOTHER VEHICLE OWNED BY
MAKE TRENKAMP WAS TAKEN FROM EHLERS LAINE BEHIND CLOVER RIDGE
PLACE.     CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY STEVE CONDIFF SAID SETH SIMONIN OF MAQUOKETA WAS FOUND IN THE MARKLE VEHICLE.    HE HAS
BEEN CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE WITHOUT OWNER'S CONSENT.
LAW INFORCEMENT IS WORKING ON ARRESTING  ANOTHER PERSON THAT TOOK THE TRENKAMP VEHICLE, WHICH WAS ALSO PARTFOF THE ACCIDENT.
TRENKAMP'S VEHICLE WAS FOUND IN A DITCH.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS MET THIS MORNING IN THEIR REGULAR MEETING PLACE EVEN THOUGH THE CARPET HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING LAST TUESDAY.    THE ENTIRE ROOM WILL BE RE-CARPETED.    THE SHATTERED GLASS DOOR HAS BEEN REPAIRED.
SUPERVISOR CHAIRMAN JACK WILLEY READ A STATEMENT PRAISING
THOSE AT THE COURTHOUSE LAST  WEEK FOR THEIR ACTIONS AFTER THE SHOOTING.    HE BECAME EMOTIONAL AS HE MENTIONED THE CALLS AND LETTERS FORM RESIDENTS AND SAID THE SUPERVISORS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COUNTY.    THE OTHER TWO SUPERVISORS SAID THEY AGREED WITH WILLEY'S COMMENTS.
THERE WERE 3 STUDENTS AT THE MEETING TODAY.    SHERIFF RUSS KETTMANN WAS PRESENT FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING.

THE LOCAL WALK TO END ALZHEIMERS HELD IN MAQUOKETA WAS A  HUGE
SUCCESS ACCORDING TO COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON  KERRY SHEETS.
THE WALK NETTED $13,200.   THERE WERE 18 TEAMS, PLUS INDIVIDUALS AND OVER 200 WALKERS TOOK PART.

DAVID REDERER, 72, OF CLINTON, DIED FRIDAY AND  HIS FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE TOMORROW MORNING.   SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, MICHAEL OF MAQUOEKETA.

MARY EHLINGER, 91, OF LAMOTTE DIED YESTERDAY.    THE FUNERAL WILL BE FRIDAY MORNING.   SURVIVORS INCLUDE 19 CHILDREN INCLUDING
MARY ANN KNIGHT AND MARGIE BRINKER, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.

DAVENPORT WEST HIGH SCHOOL HAS A PUBLICATION CALLED "BEAK 'n'
EYE"  AND IT WAS AN INSERT IN TODAY'S QUAD CITY TIMES.    ON THE
COVER, MY 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE SCREEN SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.
THE DRIVE-IN HAS GOTTEN LOTS AND LOTS OF FREE PUBLICITY OVER THE
YEARS.    THE OLD SAYING..."IT MAKES GOOD COPY".

 THANKS AGAIN FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY
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NO MONDAY DAILY REPORT

NO MONDAY DAILY REPORT

HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

RAIN AND COLD TODAY.
DRY AND WARMER,  IN 60'S, TOMORROW AND SUNDAY.

AUDREY PALMQUIST, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SEPTEMBER 9TH AT THE JONES HARRISON ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IN ALEXANDRIA,
MINNESOTA, FOLLOWING A STROKE.    SHE WAS A MUSIC TEACHER, CHOIR DIRECTOR, PIANIST AND CHURCH ORGANIST.    HER HUSBAND WAS REV.
WILLIAM PALMQUIST AND HE WAS PASTOR OF FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH
IN MAQUOKETA YEARS AGO.    HER SECOND HUSBAND WAS BRUCE AGA AND
HE DIED IN 2011.      SHE IS SURVIVED BY 4 CHILDREN AND 7 GRANDCHILDREN.   A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE THIS SATURDAY IN
ST. LUKE'S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN GARFIELD, MINNESOTA.    THE
ANDERSON FUNERAL HOME IN ALEXANDRIAA, MINNESOTA IS IN CHARGE
OF ARRANGEMENTS.

THESE TWO MAQUOKETA CITIZENS ARE EACH $1,000 RICHER TODAY AFTER
A DINNER LAST NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA.    FOR MORE ON THE EVENT AND
MANY PHOTOS, GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY
BLUE WHEEL.

DON'T FORGET THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL GAME AT 7:20 TONIGHT
ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE.     

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY
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THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

COOL WEATHER HAS ARRIVED AND WILL STAY HERE FOR THE
REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND.    ONLY IN THE 50'S TODAY.

JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMANN TODAY SAID A DOCUMENT
WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY GUS GLASER SHOWED HIS INTENT TO
COMMIT SUICIDE TUESDAY, THE DAY HE DIED.     THE SHERIFF DID NOT
CALL IT A SUICIDE NOTE.    KETTMANN DECLINED FURTHER COMMENT.

MAQUOKETA POLICE ARRESTED TWO ADULTS AND ONE JUVENILE FOLLOWING AN ALTERCATION SATURDAY AT 602 EAST GROVE
STREET.     CHIEF BRAD KORANDA SAID SOME CLINTON YOUTH CAME UP TO MAQUOKETA AND THERE WAS A FIGHT CONCERNING AN EX-GIRLFRIEND.
MAQUOKETA POLICE FOLLOWED ONE OF THE CARS AND THE ARRESTS
WERE MADE.   TWO ARRESTED WERE FROM CLINTON AND ONE FROM
FULTON, ILLINOIS.    THE YOUTH HAD THREATENED THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOME AND WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING INTO THE HOME.
NO MAQUOKETA NAMES WERE LISTED ON THE REPORT.   THERE WERE ABOUT 14 INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT.

THERE HAVE BEEN MORE VEHICLE BREAKINS AND WINDOWS SHOT OUT 
THE LAST FEW DAYS.     NOT ONLY IN MAQUOKETA BUT IN ANDREW AND
BELLEVUE ALSO.     POLICE CHIEF KORANDA URGED RESIDENTS TO   CONTACT POLICE IMMEDIATELY IF THEY ARE THE VICTIMS OF VANDALISM AND ALSO URGED PEOPLE TO CALL THE POLICE IF THEY SEE A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE.    AND HE FURTHER  URGED RESIDENTS TO KEEP THEIR CARS, GARAGES AND HOME LOCKED.

TWO NEW TANNING BED OFFICES ARE OPENING SOON IN MAQUOKETA.
ONE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA AND ONE ON WEST PLATT STREET.
MORE ON THESE LATER.

RAIN KEPT THE CROWD DOWN LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AT GOODENOW FIELD
AND  NOW RAIN IS FORECAST AGAIN FOR TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN THE
CARDINALS  HOST WESTERN  DUBUQUE.     THE GAME WILL BE BROADCAST
ON KMAQ-FM AND HERE ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE.    MATT CLARK WILL
BE AT THE KMAQ MIKE AT 7:20 OR SOON AFTER.     IT WILL BE THE CARDS
FIRST DISTRICT GAME.

TIME TO GET OUT THOSE FALL  COATS.

DENNIS VOY
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