THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

A LITTLE RAIN THIS MORNING THAN CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH A HIGH
OF 56.
TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 47.    SUNNY BOTH SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY WITH SUNDAY'S HIGH, 58.

A MOTOR VEHICLE-PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT AROUND 4:30  YESTERDAY.
AMANDA LASLEY, AGE 28, OF NORTH MATTESON STREET IN MAQUOKETA
WAS BACKING HER CAR FROM A PARKING SPACE AND FAILED TO SEE
THREE WALKING BEHIND HER CAR, STRIKING 2 OF THEM.    REBECCA BELLINGS, 31, OF GROVE STREET AND PARKER BELLINGS, AGE 2 1/2 WERE
TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEIR CONDITION
WAS NOT AVAILABLE.     THE 3RD WALKER WAS PUSHED OUT OF THE WAY
AND WAS NOT INJURED.    NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AT THIS TIME.

THIS IS WHAT THE NEW CLINTON COUNTY JAIL WILL LOOK LIKE IF THE
BOND ELECTION IS APPROVED IN MAY.

THE ABOVE MOVIE STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE VOY THEATRE.    WE EXPECT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO COME TO IT.

BYE BYE MARCH!

DENNIS VOY

NEW MAQUOKETA BUSINESS

A NEW BUSINESS IS OPENING THIS SATURDAY IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

FORTE IS THE NAME AND FORTE IS LOCATED ON SOUTH MAIN STREET

ACROSS FROM THE THEATRE.   IT IS OWNED BY GRETCHEN MATTOON OF

DUBUQUE.    GRETCHEN IS A MAQUOKETA NATIVE AND GRADUATED FROM

MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1995.   SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF MIKE AND

THE LATE MARY BANOWETZ OF MAQUOKETA.    GRETCHEN'S HUSBAND

WORKS FOR THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE.

THEY HAVE A SON, AGE 15, THAT GOES TO DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD HIGH

SCHOOL.   THEY ALSO HAVE A STEP-SON AGE 15 AND A STEP-DAUGHTER

IN COLLEGE.    GRETCHEN MATTOON  AND HER LATE MOTHER RAN

FLOWER GIRLS FLORAL, LOST NATION, AND IT CLOSED WHEN HER MOTHER

DIED.   SINCE THEN, SHE HAS BEEN TO COLLEGE AND ALSO WORKED AT

AT A RESTAURANT IN MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN.   SHE DECIDED SHE

WANTED TO OWN A BUSINESS OF HER OWN AGAIN AND CHOSE THE

DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA LOCATION.    FORTE WILL OFFER REGULAR

AND SPECIALTY COFFEES, HOT AND COLD, AND A VARIETY OF SWEETS

FROM THE EAST MILL BAKERY IN DUBUQUE.    THE BUSINESS WILL BE

OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 7:00 A.M. UNTIL 3:30 P.M. AND

SATURDAYS FROM 8:00 A.M. UNTIL 3:30 P.M.   IT WILL BE CLOSED ON

SUNDAYS AND MONDAYS.      WELCOME TO THE MAQUOKETA

BUSINESS COMMUNITY GRETCHEN MATTOON!

MORE SEATING IS COMING SOON.






 

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

A SHOWER THIS MORNING, CLOUDY ALL DAY, AND WARM...UP TO 63 FOR THE HIGH.     RAIN TONIGHT, LOW OF 53.    RAIN TOMORROW, HIGH OF 58.
FRIDAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 49.   SUNNY BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
WILL BE A NICE DAY FOR THE IKE'S ANNUAL FISH FRY.

THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA "JAZZ REPORTORY ENSEMBLE" ... 17-PIECE
JAZZ BAND... IS COMING TO THE MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE THURSDAY,
APRIL 7TH, FOR A 7 P.M. CONCERT.   OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.    NO
ADMISSION BUT DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AND APPRECIATED.

AT THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING YESTERDAY,
STEVE TEBBE, OF THE JACKSON COUNTY ATV COMMISSION AND ANOTHER MEMBER, TERRY ROLING, PROPOSED AN OPEN RIDING SEASON THIS
YEAR, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, FROM MAY 1 THROUGH NOVEMBER 15.
INSTEAD OF HAVING SPECIFIC WEEKEND RIDE DATES LIKE  LAST YEAR, THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN  OPEN RIDING SEASON.   THE SUPERVISORS
ARE NOW SEEKING FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC UNTIL APRIL 8TH.

DAVE VOY WENT OUT TO THE NEW "PRAIRIE CREEK PARK" LOCATED AT
THE EAST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AND TOOK A FEW
PICTURES....

 

IT HAS A SMALL CAVE THAT YOU CAN GO INTO....3 OR MORE CAN STAND-UP IN IT.

A NEW BRIDGE OVER THE CREEK.

THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB RECENTLY SPONSORED A BELLEVUE STUDENT, NICOLE GIESEMANN, WHO HAD SENT HER OPTIMIST ESSAY FOR THIS YEAR'S CONTEST DIRECTLY TO THE DISTRICT.     DURING TODAY'S WEEKLY MEETING AT THE EAGLES CLUB, NICOLE READ HER ESSAY AND THEN GLENN SHORT, PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB, PRESENTED HER WITH A
MEDALLION AND AWARDED HER $100.
ALSO DURING THIS MORNING'S MEETING, THE MAQUOKETA FFA AG ISSUES
DEBATE TEAM PRACTICED BEFORE THE OPTIMIST MEMBERS IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR STATE CONFERENCE.

ABOVE, THE FFA DEBATE TEAM:   LEFT TO RIGHT....MEMBERS STRATHMAN,
TUBBS, LAPKE, BECKER AND TABOR.

ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT:  DEB (PORTZ) GIESEMANN...NICOLE GIESEMANN...
AND OPTIMIST PRESIDENT GLENN SHORT.

ON FRIDAY'S  REPORT,  I WILL HAVE A MAJOR ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENT
ABOUT MAQUOKETA, THAT WILL MEAN LOTS OF JOBS.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

NO TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

NO TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

WE HAD SOME RAIN EASTER MORNING AND OVERCAST SKIES THE REST OF THE DAY .
TODAY, SUNNY, NO WIND AND 54 DEGREES.
WEEK AHEAD WEATHER LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
YOU CAN NOW GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND AT THE TOP, THE
CURRENT TEMPERATURE IN MAQUOKETA AND CLICK ON THE TEMP FOR
THE MAQUOKETA FORECAST.

A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS IN AN ACCIDENT SATURDAY MORNING AROUND
8:15.   RICHARD ALLEN, AGE 20, OF 507  SOUTH NIAGARA STREET WAS DRIVING NORTH ON 250TH AVENUE WHEN HE LOST CONTROL, WENT
OFF THE ROAD AND HIT THE DRIVEWAY AT 2911 250TH AVENUE.   HIS
VEHICLE THEN WENT AIRBORNE FOR 125 FEET AND FLIPPED.
HE ENDED  UP FACING EAST IN THE NORTHBOUND LANE.   THE 2011 DODGE TRUCK HAS ESTIMATED DAMAGE OF $17,000.    THE ACCIDENT WAS
INVESTIGATED BY DEPUTY SHERIFF RANDY MANNING OF THE JACKSON
COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

THE SUPERVISORS HAVE THEIR  WEEKLY MEETING TOMORROW MORNING,
WITH A LONG  AGENDA.    IT STARTS AS ALWAYS AT 9 A.M.    CITIZENS
EACH WEEK CAN ADDRESS THE SUPERVISORS AT ABOUT 9:30, FOR NO
LONGER THAN 3 MINUTES.   BY THE WAY, SUPERVISIOR JACK WILLEY
IS IS BACK PARTTIME FOLLOWING HIS OPERATION.

 YES..QUARRY STREET REMAINS CLOSED!

"MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN" STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT
AT THE VOY THEATRE.   THE TWO "LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR" WERE IN TODAY'S QUAD CITY TIMES.

WORK STARTED TODAY ON THE "RonAnn's
Floral Shoppe" NEW BUILDING ON WEST PLATT STREET, RIGHT NEXT TO "TACO JOHNS".   THE BUILDING IS STAKED-OUT JUST BEYOND THE DRIVEWAY. 

 HAVE A GOOD WEEK!

CHECK BELOW ....THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL PRESS FEATURE ON DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA ... YEARS AGO!

DENNIS VOYkmaq@kmaq.com

MONDAY SPECIAL FEATURE

LAST TUESDAY, MARCH 22ND, IF YOU READ MY
DAILY REPORT THAT DAY,  YOU WOULD HAVE READ
ABOUT WAY-BACK UNDERGROUND BUSINESS PLACES IN MAQUOKETA, INCLUDING THE BASEMENT OF MY THREE-STORY BUILDING THAT INCLUDES THE VOY 3 THEATRE IN THE REAR AND THE BEAUTY SHOP "EXPRESSIONS" IN THE FRONT.
IN LAST SATURDAY'S MAQUOKETA SENTINEL PRESS, KELLY GERLACH ALSO DID A GOOD FRONT-PAGE FEATURE ON DOWNTOWN BASEMENTS.   IT INCLUDED A LARGE PHOTO OF ME (MY BACKSIDE) WALKING TOWARD WHERE THE UNDERGROUND, UNDERSIDEWALK  BUSINESS ENTRANCES WERE LOCATED, WITH ACCESS BY A
MAIN STREET STAIRWAY.

WHEN THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN THE 40'S, THE
BUILDING WAS THE HOME OF THE "ORPHEUM" THEATRE.   THE LARGER "PASTIME" THEATRE WAS
OPEN THEN TOO IN THE NEXT BLOCK NORTH.
THE "ORPHEUM" CLOSED AND THEN YEARS LATER, AT SAME LOCATION THE "CHIEF" THEATRE OPENED FOR A COUPLE YEARS.   TODAY, THE "VOY 3" THEATRE IS IN BUILDING,, TO THE REAR.   I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THE ARCHWAYS WERE REMOVED.    NOTE, LOWER LEFT CORNER, THE STAIRWAY.    THAT STAIRWAY WENT INTO BASEMENT WHERE THERE WERE TWO UNDERGROUND BASEMENT BUSINESSES.   I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A BARBER SHOP DOWN  THERE AND (SEE SIGN AT THE STAIRWAY) LOCATED IN BASEMENT, JOLES BROTHERS PLUMBERS.
THANKS TO KELLY FOR THE GOOD STORY AND BROOKE TAYLOR FOR GOOD PHOTOS ALSO.    
THE PHOTO OF BUILDING IS FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
NOW...IF ONLY THE WALLS COULD TALK.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

SUNDAY DAILY REPORT

TWO THINGS REGARDING JACKSON COUNTY..... 

NO FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

NO FRIDAY DAILY REPORT.
SORRY, SHORT OF STAFF TODAY.

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

NASTY DAY TODAY....WET,WINDY AND COLD...HIGH OF 35.
TOMORROW, GOOD FRIDAY, SUNNY AND 47 WITH CALM WIND.
SATURDAY, MORE RAIN BUT WARMER, 53.
EASTER SUNDAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 46.
MONDAY, SUNNY AND 53.

AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS WEEK, THE LOW BID WAS ACCEPTED
IN THE AMOUNT OF $258,479 TO RELOCATE THE GRAVEL ROAD FROM
HIGHWAY 64 TO THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT.    THE F.A.A. WILL PAY 90%.
ANOTHER $95,000 WILL BE SPEND TO BURY OR LOWER POWER LINES
IN THE AREA, ALSO COVERED BY THE F.A.A.
THE COUNCIL ALSO AGREED TO SPEND $2,000 FOR A LARGE SIGN ON THE CITY INDUSTRIAL PARK SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.   THE SIGN WILL SAY
THAT 60 ACRES ARE FOR SALE FOR A NEW INDUSTRY FOR MAQUOKETA.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, BRIAN FRANZEN REPORTED HITTING A DEER ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF MAQUOKETA.  
AND JAMES GREGORY OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED THAT HE HAD SOME
CHECK STOLEN AND ONE HAD BEEN CASHED AT THE GAS STATION IN
BALDWIN.

ELLY McKEAN, AGE 99, OF ANAMOSA, DIED MONDAY AT HER HOME.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE FORMER STATE SENATOR FOR THIS AREA,
ANDY McKEAN.   THE FUNERAL WILL BE  HELD SATURDAY AT THE GOETTSCH
FUNERAL HOME IN ANAMOSA.A

MARY KOOS, AGE 91, OF LAMOTTE DIED TUESDAY AT MILL VALLEY CARE
IN BELLEVUE.    THE FUNERAL WILL BE TUESDAY AT 10:30 A.M. AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BELLEVUE.   VISITATION MONDAY AT HACHMANN FUNERAL HOME IN BELLEVUE.   SURVIVORS INCLUDE 8 CHILDREN,
INCLUDING BRIDGET COSTELLO OF DELMAR, LINDA KOOS OF MAQUOKETA,
AND JOYCE KOHRT OF MAQUOKETA.

MILT GONNER DIED WEDNESDAY AT MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE.    SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE AND 7 CHILDREN, INCLUDING
DOUG GONNER OF MAQUOKETA AND GARY GONNER OF MAQUOKETA.

A NOTE ABOUT THE BASEMENT BUSINESS THAT WAS LOCATED IN
MY 3-STORY BUILDING NEXT TO THE VOY THEATRE.    A PHOTO FROM
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY SHOWS A STAIRS AT THE FRONT OF THE
BUILDING ON MAIN STREET, GOING DOWN TO THE BASEMENT AND
A SIGN SAYING THE  BUSINESS DOWN THERE  WAS JOLES PLUMBING.    IT
IS BELIEVED HE WAS THE FATHER OF HILMA JOLES, WHO WORKED FOR
MANY YEARS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

THE COMMUNITY GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE TOMORROW WILL BE AT NOON
AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH.

EASTER LILLIE TIME...AND EASTER BASKET TIME.  

DENNIS VOY

NO WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

NO WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

WARM TODAY, 60.
COOL AND WET TOMORROW AND THURSDAY.
NOT TOO BAND FOR EASTER WEEKEND.

AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL VOTED TO
SPEND $12,500 ON TWENTY NEW STREET BANNERS TO BE PLACED ON THE 20 NEW LIGHT POLES COMING TO DOWNTOWN LATER THIS YEAR.    THE PRICE INCLUDES TWO SETS OF BANNERS, ONE FOR YEAR AROUND WELCOME MESSAGE AND THE OTHER FOR CHRISTMAS.    THEY WILL HAVE LIGHTS AROUND THEM TOO.

REMEMBER ANDY McKEAN?   HE WAS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR
PART OF THE KMAQ AREA AND THEN A STATE SENATOR.   THAT WAS MANY YEARS AGO.     HE THEN LIVED IN MORLEY BUT LATER, HE MOVED TO ANAMOSA AND OPERATED A BED AND BREAKFAST.    ALSO DID ENTERTAINING...SINGING OLD FASHIONED COUNTRY MUSIC, GOSPEL MUSIC AND CALLING SQUARE DANCES.     HE WILL NOW RUN FOR THE IOWA HOUSE DISTRICT #58 AS A REPUBLICAN, SEEKING THE SEAT OF REP. BRIAN MOORE WHO IS NOT GOING TO RUN AGAIN AND ENDS HIS TERM DECEMBER 31ST.    ANDY IS 66 AND HIS WIFE IS CONNIE WHO CURRENTLY SERVES AS PRESIDENT OF THE ANAMOSA SCHOOL BOARD AND THEY HAVE FOUR ADULT CHILDREN AND RECENTLY BECAME GRANDPARENTS.       THE RETIRED ATTORNEY WAS A JONES COUNTY SUPERVISOR AND SAYS IF ELECTED HE WILL HIT THE GROUND RUNNING TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE STATE.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I PURCHASED THE 3-STORY BUILDING TO THE NORTH OF THE THEATRE.    IT WAS OWNED BY ATTORNEY TOM PECKOSH WHO NOW LIVES IN SOUTH DAKOTA.   THE FRONT IS HOME OF "EXPRESSIONS" BEAUTY SALON AND THE BACK IS THE VOY 3 SMALL THEATRE.    THE TOP FLOOR
IS A LARGE LODGE ROOM AND LOOKS JUST LIKE IT DID IN THE 40'S AND
50'S.    ON THE SECOND FLOOR, THREE NEWLY REDONE APARTMENTS.
THIS PHOTO I TOOK THIS MORNING IN THE BASEMENT.     IN THE 40'S AND 50'S, MAQUOKETA HAD BASEMENTS THAT WERE OCCUPIED BY A BUSINESS.
THERE WERE STAIRWAYS FROM THE MAINSTREET SIDEWALK DOWN TO THE
BUSINESS.    MOST ARE GONE!   NOT MINE.    MY BASEMENT HAD A DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES (MAYBE TWO)  UNDER THE SIDEWALK WITH A FRONT DOOR TO THE BUSINESS.      AND THERE WERE TWO BIG DISPLAY WINDOWS AND SMALL WINDOWS AT THE FRONT AND ELSEWHERE.    IN PHOTO ABOVE, ABOUT HALF-WAY DOWN, NOTICE THE WINDOW TO THE RIGHT AND THE DOORWAY TO ANOTHER SECTION.    NOW, WITH STREET REBUILDING  DOWNTOWN, THE PLAN IS TO FILL IN THIS  UNDERGROUND AREA UNDER THE MAIN STREET NEW SIDEWALK.    AND THAT'S WHY I TOOK THE PHOTOS AND THE NEWSPAPER AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL TOO.   ANYONE KNOW WHAT BUSINESS (OR TWO) WAS DOWN THERE?
MORE PICTURES....

ONE OF THE TWO LARGE WINDOWS FACING THE AREA WHERE THE
STAIRS CAME DOWN FROM THE MAINSTREET SIDEWALK.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

NO MONDAY DAILY REPORT

NO MONDAY DAILY  REPORT

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

A SUNNY BUT COOL DAY.
SAME  FOR THE WEEKEND.
BUT 50'S WEATHER COMING BACK NEXT WEEK.

HEATHER MOORE HAS RESIGNED HER POSITION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF SUNSHINE LEARNING CENTER (SUNSHINE SCHOOL) EFFECTIVE
MARCH 10TH.    SHE WAS ON THE BOARD FOR 4 YEARS AND THE LAST
YEAR, THE  MANAGER.   SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE EXPECTING THEIR THIRD CHILD AND ARE BOTH INVOLVED IN THEIR LARGE FARMING OPERATION.
A SEARCH FOR A REPLACEMENT IS UNDERWAY.

STARTS TONIGHT NATIONWIDE AND IN MAQUOKETA.

ZOOTOPIA IS BEING HELD OVER FOR A 3RD WEEK AT THE VOY THEATRE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY WINDY AND 55 TODAY.
BACK TO 40 DEGREE WEATHER THROUGH MONDAY.
TUESDAY, BACK TO THE 50'S.

THE IOWA CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION HAS ANNOUNCED THE TOP 10 BURGERS IN IOWA.    THE BURGERS AT PERXACTLY BAR AND GRILL
IN MAQUOKETA ARE IN THE TOP 10.   NOW, EACH OF THE 10 RESTAURANTS
WILL BE VISITED BY ANONYMOUS JUDGES AND THEY WILL PICK
#1.    THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED MAY 2ND.

AN UPDATE MEETING ON THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT WAS HELD AGAIN
THIS MORNING AT CITY HALL.     IN SHORT...ALL IS GOING WELL...AND
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.    THE BRICKS THAT
ARE BEING DUG UP UNDER THE PAVEMENT MAY OR MAY NOT BE
USED AGAIN.   IF THEY HAVE TO BE CLEANED INDIVIDUALLY OF ATTACHED
CEMENT, IT WOULD BE TO COSTLY TIME-CONSUMING TO SAVE THEM.

SHORT REPORT...SORRY.

DENNIS VOY

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

WILD WEATHER NIGHT LAST NIGHT.     TORNADO WARNINGS.    AROUND 8
SPOTTED SOUTH OF US ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
CLINTON TRAILER PARK HIT AND 5 INJURED.  IN MAQUOKETA, JUST
THUNDER, RAIN AND WIND, NO DAMAGE.    SOME HAIL.   FULTON IOWA
GOT 10 MINUTES OF HAIL.
TODAY, 56, SUNNY AND VERY WINDY.
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, COOLER AND WINDS STAYING.
TODAY, OUR LAST 50'S DAY FOR AWHILE....IN MID 40'S REST OF WEEK.

AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING MONDAY NIGHT, PRINCIPAL MARK VERVECK SAID THE DANCE MARATHON  HELD RECENTLY RAISED $17,183.
A RECORD AMOUNT.   LAST YEAR'S OLD RECORD WAS $15,100.
CLUB HOPE IS THE SPONSOR AND IN THE 5-YEAR HISTORY OF THE
MARATHON, THE CLUB HAS RAISED OVER $60,000.

THE WAFFLE DINNER LAST NIGHT AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM WAS A BIG SUCCESS.   THEY WERE HOPING FOR 300 AND SOLD 372.  
THE MONEY RAISED WILL BE USED TO HELP BUILD A REPLICA NARROW GUAGE COMBINAITION CAR TO SIT ON A TRACK NEXT TO THE DEPOT THAT
WAS MOVED NEXT TO THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM PARKING LOT,
FROM  LaMOTTE, LAST SUMMER.    THE WAFFLES WERE GOOD....DONE BY DAN'S FAMOUS WAFFLES OF ALGONA.

THIS IS THE YEAR THE GRAVEL ROAD LEADING TO THE MAQUOKETA
AIRPORT WILL BE MOVED SLIGHTLY (TO COMPLETE A RUNWAY PROTECTION ZONE) AT A COST OF OVER $250,000......90 PERCENT PAID FOR BY FEDERAL FUNDING AND 10 PERCENT BY THE CITY.     HOPEFULLY THEY WILL ALSO PAVE THE ROAD  (134TH AVENUE) OUT TO HIGHWAY 64.   THE CITY
WILL VOTE ON THE LOW BID AT THEIR NEXT MEETING, THE LOW BID BEING
$258,479, FROM DUNN CONSTRUCTION OF BELLEVUE.     THE ENGINEER
HAD ESTIMATED THE FINAL COST OF THE PROJECT TO BE AROUND $600,000.
IT WILL BE WAY LOWER, EVEN WITH POWER LINES THAT NEED TO BE MOVED.
THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT IS A GOOD 5 MINUTES FROM THE CITY LIMITS.   THE  BIG DUBUQUE AIRPORT IS ABOUT 20 MINUTES FROM THE MAQUOKETA
CITY LIMITS.    BUT, NICE TO HAVE OUR OWN!

THREE PHOTOS TAKEN TODAY OF WORK BEING DONE ON MAIN STREET
JUST NORTH OF KMAQ.   NOTE, ONE PHOTO OF BRICKS THAT LONG AGO PAVED THE STREET.

YOU CAN WATCH THE WORK BEING DONE ALL DAY LONG ON YOUR COMPUTER BY SIMPLY GOING TO THE KMAQ  HOME PAGE (WWW.KMAQ.COM)
AND CLICK-ON OUR WEB CAM POINTED NORTH ON MAIN STREET.

FREE VIEWING OF COURSE.

DENNIS VOY

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

WE HAVE HAD  RAIN ON-AND-OFF TODAY....MOST OF THE TIME LIGHT, WITH
SOME HEAVY A COUPLE TIMES.   SUNNY TOMORROW.    BUT WARM
WEATHER IS OVER FOR AWHILE, WITH MID-40-DEGREE WEATHER THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND.

SEMI DRIVER BOBBY SPIDLE, JR. AGE 50, OF DELMAR DIED MONDAY MORNING OFF U.S. 30 IN CLINTON COUNTY.    STATE TROOPERS FOUND HIM AT ABOUT 10:30 UNRESPONSIVE IN A CORNFIELD.    HE WAS TRAVELING WEST WHEN HE VEERED NORTH OFF THE ROADWAY AND INTO A DITCH.       SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS MOTHER MARILYN, SISTER RACHEL YEAGER OF MAQUOKETA, A BROTHER RANDY IN LOST NATION AND A BROTHER-IN-LAW JIM SHADY OF MAQUOKETA.

BRENT KILBURG ANNOUNCED TODAY HE HAS WITHDRAWN AS A CANDIDATE
FOR JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF.   HE CITED SEVERAL REASONS, INCLUDING BEING ACTIVE IN THE IOWA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AND WEEKEND DRILLS.
SO, THERE WILL NOT BE A PRIMARY RACE ON THE REPUBLICAN BALLOT.
NOW, TWO ARE RUNNING, REPUBLICAN BUD SCHROEDER AND INCUMBENT
DEMOCRAT RUSS KETTMANN.

AT THE SUPERVISORS MEETING AT THE COURTHOUSE THIS MORNING,
DARRYL PARKER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION AND TRAVIS RIES OF DESIGN ENGINEERING TALKED ABOUT
THE PRAIRIE CREEK PARK AT EAST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.     CHIP SEALED
ROADS WILL BE ESTABLISHED, PLUS SOME PICNIC AREAS, FISHING PIERS,
PARKING SPOTS, AND POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE, A CAMPGROUND. 
THE ENGINEER  MENTIONED AN ESTIMATED COST OF $550,000.   GETTING BIDS WILL BE THE NEXT STEP IN DEVELOPING THE PARK.

ADDITIONS TO THE KMAQ WEB SITE...

AT WWW.KMAQ.COM....

UNDER THE KMAQ STAFF BUTTON....A PHOTO OF TERESA HOSCH, OUR NEW
NEWS DIRECTOR....

ALSO,  A NEW PHOTO OF SALES REP LOIS FISCHER....

AND ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE, THE KMAQ-AREA WEATHER FORECAST,
24 HOURS A DAY.    FIRST YOU SEE THE TEMPERATURE AND THEN CLICK-ON
IT FOR THE COMPLETE FORECAST.

AN IRISH MUSIC SHOW....DIRECT FROM IRELAND....THIS SATURDAY NIGHT
AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON EAST PLATT MAQUOKETA.
"GOOGLE" OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER FOR PHOTO AND COMPLETE
INFORMATION.

RUSTY LIETZ IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL BUT COMING  HOME SOON.

THEY ARE STARTING TO DIG UP AND HAUL AWAY THE OLD PAVEMENT (NEARLY) IN FRONT OF KMAQ, AND WORKING SOUTH.      DIRECTION SIGNS ALL OVER DOWNTOWN.      DESPITE THE RAIN, THEY KEPT WORKING TODAY.

C  U  ON THE RADIO.

DENNIS VOY

NO MONDAY DAILY REPORT

NO MONDAY DAILY REPORT

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

SUPER DAY....SUNNY, LITTLE WIND AND 62.
40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN TONIGHT.
70 PERCENT CHANCE TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT.
AND WARM WEATHER CONTINUES.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME STARTS SUNDAY MORNING....SET YOUR
WATCH AND CLOCK AHEAD WHEN YOU GO TO BED SATURDAY NIGHT.

LEIGHTON HEPKER IS GRANDPA FOR A SECOND TIME....AND CINDY
HEPKER IS GRANDMA FOR A SECOND TIME.    ADAM AND AMY ARE
THE PARENTS OF BRYSON,  BORN THIS AFTERNOON.   AND SISTER BRENLEY
LOVES HER 7 POUND 5 OUNCE BROTHER, BORN AT A DES MOINES
HOSPITAL.     CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EXPANDED ADAM HEPKER FAMILY OF ANKENY, IOWA.     WILL HE BE A GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYER SOME
DAY?    OF COURSE!

SPEAKING OF BASKETBALL, ANAMOSA LOST THEIR GAME TODAY AT THE
STATE TOURNAMENT, FINISHING 4TH IN THE STATE.    BUT, CASCADE PLAYS TONIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. 

SEE A MOVIE THIS WEEKEND AT THE VOY THEATRE....WHERE THE #1 AND #2 MOVIES IN THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN HELD OVER FOR A 2ND WEEK.

I'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE AND I AM  NOT A FAN OF ANIMATED MOVIE, BUT THIS ONE I REALLY LIKED AND YOUR FAMILY WILL TOO.

CHEROKEE DASHER ROLLED HIS FIRST 300 GAME LAST NIGHT AT TIMBER LANES! 

ON KMAQ FREE RADIO BINGO, WE HAD TWO MAQUOKETA WINNERS THIS WEEK.....ROSIE MILLER ON WEDNESDAY AND JODENE BERGGREN TODAY.

A GRASS FIRE AROUND NOON TODAY, ON THE CAVES ROAD JUST NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA.
FIREMEN AT THE SCENE ABOUT A HALF  HOUR.

JUDITH HEISTER GARDNER, AGE 74, DIED LAST SATURDAY AT NORTH CAROLINA.    SHE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA TO LOUIS AND WILMA HEISTER.
THE FUNERAL WAS TUESDAY MORNING AT NORTH CAROLINA AND GRAVESIDE SERVICES WERE THIS MORNING AT HICKORY GROVE CEMETERY IN
MONMOUTH.

MAQUOKETA CITY HALL TODAY ISSUED THE NEWS RELEASE BELOW AND A MAP WITH IT, ALL CONCERNING THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION DOWNTOWN....

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY TODAY,  LIGHT WIND, 56 FOR THE HIGH.
TOMORROW, SHOULD BE ABOUT THE SAME OR A LITTLE NICER.
BUT, RAIN IS STILL IN FORECAST FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, WITH HIGHS
IN THE LOW 60'S.
THE ADVANCE OUTLOOK....NEXT WEEK WILL BE ANOTHER SPRING-LIKE
WEEK AND MAYBE ANOTHER 70-DEGREE DAY NEXT WEEK.

ANOTHER MEETING THIS MORNING OF ALL INTERESTED IN THE PROGRESS
OF THE DOWNTOWN STREET PROJECT.     THE REPORT WAS GOOD WITH
A GOOD START THE FIRST WEEK.    THE CONTRACTOR SAID THEY MAY
MOVE UP ON NORTH MAIN EARLIER THAN PLANNED AND IT WAS MENTIONED
THAT BRAD DEERY MOTORS EMPLOYEES WHO NORMALLY PARK JUST
WEST OF THE POST OFFICE WILL BE PARKING ELSEWHERE FREEING THOSE SPACES FOR POST OFFICE PATRONS.     LUCAS KLUEVER GREW UP IN RURAL DELMAR AND GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL IS  ON THE
CREW FOR THE CONTRACTOR AND SAID WORK WENT WELL THIS WEEK AND HE HIS HAPPY TO BE PART OF HIS HOME AREA PROJECT.   THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PROGRESS REPORT NEXT THURSDAY.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, A RURAL MAQUOKETA RESIDENT REPORTED AN
ACT OF VANDALISM AT HIS HOME ON 21ST STREET.    EINAR JOHNSON SAID DAMAGE WAS DONE TO HIS GARAGE SIDING.   THERE ARE NUMEROUS HOLES IN THE SIDING WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE FROM SHOTGUN
PELLETS.   NO DOLLAR AMOUNT OF DAMGE WAS MENTIONED.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEET LAST NIGHT AND APPROVED THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, WITH TAX ASKING SLIGHTLY MORE THAN LAST YEAR.    IT WILL BE $12.65 PER $1,000 ASSESSED VALUATION, UP 53 CENTS FROM THE CURRENT YEAR.     AN EARLIER LARGER ASKING WAS TALKED ABOUT BUT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MET, FOUND SOME WAYS TO LOWER,
AND SUGGESTED THE $12.65 RATE WHICH AS APPROVED TODAY.    THE VOTE WAS 6 TO 1 WITH NEW COUNCILMAN CHUCK CURRENT VOTING NO AND TELLING KMAQ NEWS HE VOTED NO BECAUSE HE WAS IN FAVOR OF
A HIGHER RATE FOR NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HE FEELS
SHOULD BE DEALT WITH AND NOT POSTPONED.

NO, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY LAWN RAKING YET!

DENNIS VOY

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

A LOT OF SUNSHINE TODAY (NOT ALL THE TIME) AND A HIGH OF 56.  
TOMORROW, PARTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 57.
FRIDAY, SUNNY AND 60.
SATURDAY,   SUNNY AND SOME RAIN, HIGH OF 60.
SUNDAY, GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN AND CLOUDY, HIGH OF 61.

AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY NIGHT, NEW STOCK CAR RACING DIRECTOR SCOTT SCHURBON ANNOUNCED THAT THE FIRST RACE WILL BE ON APRIL 16TH.    AND THE SPECIAL DEERY BROTHERS RACE WILL BE ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MAY 18TH.   THIS YEAR, HE SAID SATURDAY NIGHT
RACES WILL START ONE-HALF HOUR EARLIER THAN LAST YEAR, AT
6:00 P.M.

MAQUOKETA NATIVE MICK MICHEL GOT A NEW CONTRACT THIS WEEK
AS CITY MANAGER OF DYERSVILLE....THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 2019.
LATE LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A MOVEMENT BY SOME CITY OFFICIALS
TO REPLACE HIM.    HIS ANNUAL SALARY WILL BE $96,500 WITH A 2-PERCENT RAISE ON JULY 1ST OF 2017 AND 2018 AND 4 WEEKS OF VACATION AND $500 A MONTH FOR CAR ALLOWANCE AND GENERAL EXPENSES.

KMAQ NEWS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION TO A STORY WE
AIRED YESTERDAY ABOUT RAISES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THE COMPENSATION BOARD HAD RECOMMENDED 3.5 PERCENT FOR
THE SHERIFF AND COUNTY ATTORNEY AND 3 PERCENT FOR THE AUDITOR, RECORDER, TREASURER AND THE 3 SUPERVISORS.   BY LAW, THE
SUPERVISORS CAN NOT GO OVER THAT RECOMMENDATIONS BUT CAN
GO UNDER.     YESTERDAY, SUPERVISORS DID NOT FOLLOW THE
RECOMMENDATIONS BUT INSTEAD DID LOWER THE RECOMENDATIONS FOR ALL, TO 2.5 FOR THE SHERIFF AND ATTORNEY AND 2% FOR THE OTHERS.
JACKSON COUNTY'S HIGHEST PAID COUNTY EMPLOYEE IS COUNTY ATTORNEY SARA DAVENPORT WHO WILL BE PAID $88,900.

LEFT TO RIGHT, GLENN SHORT, OPTIMIST CLUB PRESIDENT...JODI COAKLEY, OPTIMIST MEMBER AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DIRECTOR FOR THE
MAQUOKETA YMCA....SCOTT WARREN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE Y....
AND SCOTTIE MOLER, NEW YOUTH PROGRAM SPORTS DIRECTOR OF THE
MAQUOKETA AREA FAMILY YMCA.
AT THIS MORNING'S MEETING AT THE EAGLES CLUB, GLEN SHORT  PRESENTED A $2,000 CHECK TO THE YMCA.   THIS MONEY WILL HELP SPONSOR THE 12-WEEK YMCA SUMMER CAMP FOR KIDS IN GRADES
KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 5TH GRADE.  THE OPTIMIST MEET EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 7 A.M. AT THE EAGLES AND NEW MEMBERS ARE WELCOME.
ABOVE PHOTO BY LOIS FISCHER, OPTIMIST MEMBER AND KMAQ SALES REP.

I HAVE A DAIRY PRODUCT EVERY DAY....MILK ON CEREAL....CHEESE ON A
SANDWICH AND ICE CREAM ALMOST DAILY.  

GO COWS!
DENNIS VOY

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

WEATHER WAS FINE AGAIN TODAY.
71 TODAY
76 IN DAVENPORT
59 TOMORROW

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE FISCAL YEAR 2016-2017 COUNTY BUDGET TODAY.   THE RATES (URBAN AND RURAL) ARE SAME AS LAST YEAR.  
ELECTED EMPLOYEES WERE GIVE A RAISE ALSO TODAY.    THE SHERIFF
AND COUNTY ATTORNEY GOT A 3.5 PERCENT INCREASE AND THE OTHER
SIX ELECTED OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE SUPERVISORS, GOT A 3 PERCENT RAISE.

MAQUOKETA'S DOWNTOWN GREEN SPACE WILL BE THE SITE FOR A SUMMER
CONCERT SERIES.    THE SERIES WILL START ON SUNDAY, MAY 8TH, MOTHER'S DAY, AND WILL THERE WILL BE A CONCERT EVERY SECOND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH THROUGH SEPTEMBER.   DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC WILL BE FEATURED.

WORK  HAS STARTED.....

ABOVE... EAST QUARRY STREET

 ABOVE...WEST QUARRY STREET

JAYSON HOSCH ROLLED ANOTHER 300 LAST NIGHT AT TIMBER LANES.
HIS SERIES WAS WAY OVER 700 TOO.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT!!!

DENNIS VOY




 

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

THIS WILL BE ANOTHER GOOD-WEATHER WEEK, BUT WET.

CLOUDY TODAY AND 64 FOR A HIGH.
RAIN TONIGHT, TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW NIGHT.
HIGH TOMORROW, 65.   HIGH WEDNESDAY, 58.
IN THE HIGH 50'S THE REST OF THE WEEK.  
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SHOULD BE SUNNY AND CLOSE TO 60.

JOSHUA SUNDSTROM, 35, OF RURAL JONES COUNTY IS THE 3RD PERSON
TO FILE AS A REPUBLICAN FOR THE SEAT THAT WILL BE VACATED BY
REP. BRIAN MOORE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.    THE OTHER TWO
ARE  RANDY FORREST AND ALLEN ERNST.   SUNSTROM ANNOUNED
FRIDAY.    HE OWNS 3 CONVENIENCE STORES, IS MARRIED AND HAS 5 CHILDREN.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT WITH LOTS OF THINGS ON THE AGENDA.

KAREN JOHNSON, AGE 76, DIED FRIDAY IN MISSOURI.   AMONG HER SURVIVORS, ARE TWO BROTHERS, JOHN ZISMER AND TED NIMS, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.

CHLOE LUETT PAHIGIANIS, AGE 74, OF KILDEER, ILLINOIS DIED MARCH 3RD.
AMONG HER SURVIVORS ARE HER BROTHER, DAVE LUETT OF MAQUOKETA.

MARTIN POWERS, 74, OF TENNESSEE DIED SATURDAY.    HE WAS BORN
IN DELMAR.    AMONG HIS SURVIVORS IS MARGO SHOUSE OF
MAQUOKETA.

THE TWO TOP MOVIES THIS PAST WEEKEND IN THE U.S.A. ARE BOTH
SHOWING IN MAQUOKETA AND DID VERY WELL OVER THE WEEKEND
AT THE VOY THEATRES.

TERESA HOSCH OF MAQUOKETA STARTED TODAY AS KMAQ'S
NEWS DIRECTOR.     SHE DID HER FIRST NEWSCAST AT 12:15 AND
IT WENT WELL!
LISTEN TO HER TOMORROW AT SAME TIME ON KMAQ AM AND FM...OR ON OUR WEB SITE HOME PAGE, WWW.KMAQ.COM AND TURN-ON
THE LITTLE RADIO ON THE HOME PAGE.
WELCOME ABOARD TERESA!   PHOTO LATER.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

A HALF-INCH OF SNOW LAST NIGHT.
MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND HIGH OF 35.
MOSTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW AND HIGH OF 41.
SAME FOR SATURDAY.
SUNDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND 53.
MONDAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 59.
TUESDAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 64.

DON POWLISTHA WAS OUR BINGO WINNER TODAY, A RESIDENT OF CLOVER RIDGE PLACE.

PART OF QUARRY STREET CLOSED TODAY IN PREPARATION FOR THE
RECONSTRUCTION.... BELOW..LOOKING TO EAST...

BELOW, LOOKING TO WEST...

ABOVE, THE BLACK VELVET BAND, ENTERTAINING FOR 2 HOURS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE....LEFT TO RIGHT....DALE KILBURG (HIS WIFE HIS MANAGER OF MAE), DAVID MANNING, CHUCK JORGENSEN, DAN CARAWAY, AND CURT LICHTER.    ENJOYABLE MUSIC!

ABOVE, WHEN I CAME TO TOWN IN 1958, THEY WERE THE CONNELL APARTMENTS.   THEN LATER RENAMED THE EMMA COURT APARTMENTS.
NOW THE 12 APARTMENTS......ARE GONE.    DISAPPEARED THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.   THEY WERE IN BAD SHAPE.

ABOVE .....ANOTHER AD FROM THE 1897 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR BOOK.

C U  TOMORROW!
DENNIS VOY