MOSTLY CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 60.
SUNNY TOMORROW AND MID 60'S.
THE UNION REPRESENTING 27 JACKSON COUNTY SECONDARY ROAD EMPLOYEES IS ASKING FOR A 6 PERCENT PAY RAISE, ANNUALLY FOR 3 YEARS. THE SUPERVISORS WILL MAKE THEIR COUNTER OFFER OCTOBER 27TH.
THE MAQUOKETA HOSPTIAL HAS A NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, PENNY SOUCI, STARTING OCTOBER 22ND. SHE REPLACES NANCY KOHRT WHO
WILL RETIRE, BUT STAY ON AWHILE TO INSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION.
SOUCI HAS MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE. SHE HAS A BACHELORS DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND IS ALSO A C.P.A.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD HAS APPROVED TWO TRIPS FOR CLUB HOPE STUDENTS. THE 2015 TRIP TO THE AMAZON AND ANOTHER TRIP TO THE SAME AREA IN 2016. ALSO A ONE-DAY TRIP TO MINNEAPOLIS THIS NOVEMBER 11TH.
WAYNE MEYER, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA DIED MONDAY AT A DUBUQUE HOSPITAL. HE FARMED FOR 37 YEARS AT RURAL PRESTON, THEN MOVED TO MAQUOKETA AND WORKED FOR AG VANTAGE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE DORA AND ONE SON AND A DAUGHTER, JULIE TIES OF MAQUOKETA. LAW JONES FUNERAL HOME IN PRESTON IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
ROSA CHRISTIANSEN, AGE 109, FORMERLY OF MILES, DIED MONDAY AT A MORRISON NURSING HOME. SHE AND HER HUSBAND FARMED THEIR ENTIRE MARRIED LIFE NEAR MILES.
LAST WEEK WAS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR SMOKE ALARMS LATELY?
OCTOBER IS PORK MONTH. IOWA IS #1 IN RAISING HOGS. ENJOY PORK
SOON AND OFTEN AND SUPPORT THIS GREAT INDUSTRY.
FOOTBALL....MAQUOKETA PLAYS AT DEWITT FRIDAY NIGHT. HEAR THE GAME AT ABOUT 7:20 ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE.
BAD FARM MACHINERY ACCIDENT THIS MORNING IN JACKSON COUNTY. DETAILS ON TOMORROW'S REPORT.
IF I LIVE TO 109 LIKE ROSA DID, I HAVE A LOT OF DAILY REPORTS TO
STILL DO. AND YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF READING TO DO.
COME BACK TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
