YESTERDAY...HIGH OF ONLY 53 BUT TODAY WE GOT UP TO 62, WITH SUNNY SKIES.
MAQUOKETA HAD ITS 4TH POWER OUTAGE YETERDAY, WITHIN TH LAST FEW MONTHS.
KMAQ WAS OFF NEARLY 2 HOURS, GETTING BACK ON-THE-AIR JUST BEFORE 6 LAST NIGHT.
A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON ONE OF THE OLD GENERATORS FAILED.
DANIELLE TREYNOR AND ADAM ELKINS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE MAQUOKETA STUDENT COUNCIL TO SERVE AS HOMECOMING QUEEN AND ROYAL ESCORT FOR THE HOMECOMING 2004 THIS WEEK IN MAQUOKETA. DANIELLE IS THE DAUGHTER OF RON AND KATHY MAAS AND ADAM IS THE SON OF TOM AND DIXIE ELKINS AND BOTH WERE CROWNED LAST NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
FIRST LADY OF IOWA CHRISTIE VILSACK WAS IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AS PART OF A WEEK-LONG VISIT TO DRUG STORES AND PHARMACIES ACROSS THE STATE. SHE VISITED OSTERHAUS PHARMACY AND MET WITH ABOUT 20 INTERESTED CITIZENS ON THE TOPIC OF HIGHER DRUG COSTS.
A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS CHARGED IN MAGISTRATE COURT WITH INCEST, SEXUAL ABUSE AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT. THE GIRL WAS AGE 14 AND THE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY. HE WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEK IN DAVENPORT ON A WARRANT AND IS IN THE LOCAL JAIL ON $9,700 CASH BOND.
ALSO IN COURT NEWS, DAVID WILLGUS, AGE 47, OF MAQUOKETA WAS FINED $147 ON CHARGES OF PUBLIC INTOXICATION. HE WAS FOUND DRUNK LAST NIGHT AT CORNER OF JAMES AND 2ND STREETS.
WALT STURTZ, AGE 61, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS FINED $147 ON CHARGES OF PHONE HARASSMENT.
HE WAS ORDERED NOT TO HAVE CONTACT WITH DIXIE MEYER. ON SEPTEMBER 26TH, HE CALLED MEYER AFTER BEING WARNED NOT TO.
IN DISTRICT COURT, DALE WEIMERSKIRCH, 51, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 20 DAYS IN JAIL AND FINED $250 ON AMENDED CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, MARIJUANA.
MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL COACH MARK HILLEBRAND IS THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CITIZEN OF THE WEEK. A PHONE OF THE COACH STANDING NEXT TO THE NEW CAR THAT WILL BE RAFFLED OFF THIS FRIDAY NIGHT DURING HALF-TIME OF THE HOMECOMING GAME, CAN BE FOUND AT THE ROTARY WEB SITE...www.maquoketa-rotary.org.
TWO BIRTHS:
BRIAN AND KELLY PEEBLES OF FRENSNO, CALIFORNIA, ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN MONDAY. GRANDPARENTS ARE CARL AND MAUREEN KILBURG OF MAQUOKETA.
WHITNEY AND NICK ALBER OF CEDAR RAPIDS ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SUNDAY. GRANDMOTHER IS SHARON WHITCHELO OF MAQUOKETA.
STUART W. GRAVES, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SATURDAY AT HIS HOME WHILE RAKING LEAVES.
ALMA SCHROEDER, 90, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. SHE WORKED AT THE CLINTON GARMENT FACTORY FOR 38 YEARS. SHE WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE EAGLES LADIES AUXILIARY IN MAQUOKETA. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 2 CHILDREN, MARILYN EARLES OF MAQUOKETA AND MARLENE YAROLEM OF BALDWIN. ALSO SPEECIAL FRIEND CHARLES LUCAS OF MAQUOKETA.
SIDNEY CURNUTT, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA DIED LAST FRIDAY AT HIS HOME. HE WAS IN THE MILITARY FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND ALSO WORKED AS A TAX PREPARER FOR SCHOENTHALER LAW OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE SANDRA, ONE SON AND FOUR DAUGHTERS, INCLUDING AUDREY WINEGAR OF MAQUOKETA.
THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS WON BIG TODAY, FIRST GAME OF THE PLAYOFFS. ALRIGHT!!
TAKE CARE.
DENNIS VOY
