THERE WAS NO THURSDAY DAILY REPORT.
WE HAD LOTS OF RAIN.....1.7 INCHES....YESTERDAY.
DESPITE RAIN, WAL MART'S "BLACK FRIDAY" STARTED OUT AT 6 P.M.
WITH A FULL PARKING LOT.
CLOUDY TODAY AND IN MID TO UPPER 30'S.
SHOULD BE NICE FOR TOMORROW'S BIG CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EVENT, "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE" STARTING AT 10 A.M. .....WHICH WILL INCLUDE APPEARANCES BY BOTH MRS. SANTA AT THE LIBRARY AND SANTA AT THE GREEN SPACE DOWNTOWN.
MAQUOKETA CARDINAL FOOTBALL COACH KEVIN BOWMAN IS THE 2015 T.H.
(DUBUQUE TELEGRAPH HERALD) MEDIA COACH OF THE YEAR.
HE GUIDED THE CARDINALS TO A 7 AND 4 RECORD INCLUDING A PLAYOFF
VICTORY. LAST YEAR THE CARDS WERE 1 AND 8. THIS WAS HIS 10TH SEASON AND HIS RECORD OVER THOSE YEARS IS 56 AND 44.
CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH KEVIN.
THE LATEST UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR JACKSON COUNTY, SHOWS THE
RATE HAS FALLEN TO 3.4 PERCENT IN OCTOBER, DOWN FROM 3.5 IN
SEPTEMBER AND BELOW THE 4% OF LAST OCTOBER.
THE BIG TREE AT THE POST OFFICE HAS BEEN DECORATED AND THIS
YEAR THIS IS ANOTHER BIG TREE IN THE GREEN SPACE. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE POST OFFICE ONE AT NIGHT WHEN YOU BRING UP THE
WEB CAM ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE. IN THE GREEN SPACE,THERE ARE
SEVERAL SMALLER TREES TOO AND A SANTA HOUSE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
