HOT HOT HOT....NEAR 90 TODAY.
A FORMER MAQUOKETA MAN IS IN JAIL AFTER POLICE FOUND HIM HIDING IN A HOUSE HE WAS APPARENTLY BURGLARIZING EARLY THIS MORNING. DENNIS DIDOMINICUS, 34, NOW OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. HE ALLEGEDLY BROKE INTO A RESIDENCE AT 310 N. ELIZA AT 3:51 THIS MORNING AND OFFICERS FOUND HIM LYING IN A CLOSIT WHILE THEY WERE SEARCHING THE HOME. OFFICERS ALSO FOUND TWO BOOK BAGS FILLED WITH ITEMS FROM THE HOUSE. HE TOLD OFFICERS THE BOOK BAGS WERE HIS.
THE SEARCH FOR A NEW POLICE CHEIF WILL PROBABLY START ALL OVER AGAIN, AND WILL CONSIDER ALL OF THE ORIGINAL 11 CANDIDATES. THIS COMES OUT OF THE MEETING LAST NIGHT OF THE CITY PERSONNEL COMMITTEE AND THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. WHAT A PROCESS THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE.
FOR MOST PEOPLE, MONDAY WILL BE A HOLIDAY HERE IN TOWN. MOST PLACES WILL BE CLOSED.
MAQUOKETA WILL AGAIN HAVE FIREWORKS SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 3RD, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, AFTER THE STOCK CAR RACES.
COURT NEWS: A LOST NATION MAN, WILLIAM R. BENTON, AGE 44, WHO IN FEBRUARY STABBED TWO MAQUOKETA MEN (DANIEL RINIKER AND RYAN RENFROW) DURING A FIGHT AT 1205 E. PLATT STREET, HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 365 DAYS IN JAIL, 245 DAYS SUSPENDED, LEAVING 120 DAYS IN JAIL ON AMENDED CHARGES OF ASSAULT.
BENJAMIN J. SCHUELLER, 24, OF MAQUOKETA RECEIVED A DEFERRED JUDGEMENT ON CHARGES OF OMVI. HE WAS ARRESTED IN APRIL IN BELLEVUE.
A PICTURE OF ME POINTING OUT THE HOLE IN KMAQ'S BUILDING, IS ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS....YOU CAN CLICK ON TO IT FROM KMAQ'S HOME PAGE.
SCHMIDT CONSTRUCTION PLANS TO FILL IN THE HOLE NEXT WEEK.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT THE LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR SAVERNA A. CLARK, AGE 82, OF MAQUOKETA WHO DIED THIS MORNING AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR DANIEL (DANNY) LYONS, AGE 49, OF THORNTON, COLORADO, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. HE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY AT HIS HOME. AMONG SURVIVORS ARE HIS FATHER AND STEP-MOTHER, ROBERT AND DONNA LYONS OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO A BROTHER, DON, WHO LIVES IN WESTERN IOWA AND IS A COACH THERE.
BANOWETZ ANTIQUES IS HAVING THEIR 34TH ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY SALE, THRU MONDAY. THEY COME HERE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 50,000 SQUARE FEET OF ANTIQUES IN TWO BUILDINGS. SACRED HEART CHURCH YOUTH CLUB IS OPERATING A FOOD STAND.
HAD FRESH GREEN BEANS YESTERDAY FROM NIM'S GARDEN ON PERSHING ROAD....NEXT UP...FRESH GARDEN PEAS. MIX THOSE IN WITH HOME GROWN POTATOES AND YOU HAVE A DELICACY.
FIREWORKS MONDAY NIGHT AT BOTH BELLEVUE AND LAMOTTE. ALSO GRAND MOUND AND CLINTON IN CLINTON COUNTY AND I BELIEVE ALSO IN OXFORD JUNCTION.
BILL MOLER'S MEN'S WEAR JULY WALL TO WALL SALE STARTS NEXT WEEK...LIKE CLOCKWORK EVERY JULY. AND RIDICULOUS DAY IS ALSO JUST AROUND THE CORNER IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE HANDY.
PAT COSTELLO IS HAVING HIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS POPULAR OLD RESTORED GRAIN MILL JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA...THIS WEEKEND. COSTELLO'S OLD MILL GALERY HAS BEEN A POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION ALL THESE YEARS.
HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
A FORMER MAQUOKETA MAN IS IN JAIL AFTER POLICE FOUND HIM HIDING IN A HOUSE HE WAS APPARENTLY BURGLARIZING EARLY THIS MORNING. DENNIS DIDOMINICUS, 34, NOW OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. HE ALLEGEDLY BROKE INTO A RESIDENCE AT 310 N. ELIZA AT 3:51 THIS MORNING AND OFFICERS FOUND HIM LYING IN A CLOSIT WHILE THEY WERE SEARCHING THE HOME. OFFICERS ALSO FOUND TWO BOOK BAGS FILLED WITH ITEMS FROM THE HOUSE. HE TOLD OFFICERS THE BOOK BAGS WERE HIS.
THE SEARCH FOR A NEW POLICE CHEIF WILL PROBABLY START ALL OVER AGAIN, AND WILL CONSIDER ALL OF THE ORIGINAL 11 CANDIDATES. THIS COMES OUT OF THE MEETING LAST NIGHT OF THE CITY PERSONNEL COMMITTEE AND THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. WHAT A PROCESS THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE.
FOR MOST PEOPLE, MONDAY WILL BE A HOLIDAY HERE IN TOWN. MOST PLACES WILL BE CLOSED.
MAQUOKETA WILL AGAIN HAVE FIREWORKS SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 3RD, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, AFTER THE STOCK CAR RACES.
COURT NEWS: A LOST NATION MAN, WILLIAM R. BENTON, AGE 44, WHO IN FEBRUARY STABBED TWO MAQUOKETA MEN (DANIEL RINIKER AND RYAN RENFROW) DURING A FIGHT AT 1205 E. PLATT STREET, HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 365 DAYS IN JAIL, 245 DAYS SUSPENDED, LEAVING 120 DAYS IN JAIL ON AMENDED CHARGES OF ASSAULT.
BENJAMIN J. SCHUELLER, 24, OF MAQUOKETA RECEIVED A DEFERRED JUDGEMENT ON CHARGES OF OMVI. HE WAS ARRESTED IN APRIL IN BELLEVUE.
A PICTURE OF ME POINTING OUT THE HOLE IN KMAQ'S BUILDING, IS ON DENNIS' DAILY PHOTOS....YOU CAN CLICK ON TO IT FROM KMAQ'S HOME PAGE.
SCHMIDT CONSTRUCTION PLANS TO FILL IN THE HOLE NEXT WEEK.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT THE LAHEY FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR SAVERNA A. CLARK, AGE 82, OF MAQUOKETA WHO DIED THIS MORNING AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR DANIEL (DANNY) LYONS, AGE 49, OF THORNTON, COLORADO, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. HE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY AT HIS HOME. AMONG SURVIVORS ARE HIS FATHER AND STEP-MOTHER, ROBERT AND DONNA LYONS OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO A BROTHER, DON, WHO LIVES IN WESTERN IOWA AND IS A COACH THERE.
BANOWETZ ANTIQUES IS HAVING THEIR 34TH ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY SALE, THRU MONDAY. THEY COME HERE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 50,000 SQUARE FEET OF ANTIQUES IN TWO BUILDINGS. SACRED HEART CHURCH YOUTH CLUB IS OPERATING A FOOD STAND.
HAD FRESH GREEN BEANS YESTERDAY FROM NIM'S GARDEN ON PERSHING ROAD....NEXT UP...FRESH GARDEN PEAS. MIX THOSE IN WITH HOME GROWN POTATOES AND YOU HAVE A DELICACY.
FIREWORKS MONDAY NIGHT AT BOTH BELLEVUE AND LAMOTTE. ALSO GRAND MOUND AND CLINTON IN CLINTON COUNTY AND I BELIEVE ALSO IN OXFORD JUNCTION.
BILL MOLER'S MEN'S WEAR JULY WALL TO WALL SALE STARTS NEXT WEEK...LIKE CLOCKWORK EVERY JULY. AND RIDICULOUS DAY IS ALSO JUST AROUND THE CORNER IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE HANDY.
PAT COSTELLO IS HAVING HIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS POPULAR OLD RESTORED GRAIN MILL JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA...THIS WEEKEND. COSTELLO'S OLD MILL GALERY HAS BEEN A POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION ALL THESE YEARS.
HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY