MY MONDAY AFTER-THE-STORM DAILY REPORT DID NOT MAKE IT UP HERE.
I WROTE IT. SOMETHING HAPPENED. YESTERDAY'S (TUESDAY) REPORT IS RIGHT BELOW THIS. ANYWAY, WE GOT ABOUT 8 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND, HEAVY SNOW, ON TOP OF SLEET AND HAD LOTS OF WIND TO GO WITH IT. IT WAS A BLIZZARD THAT CAUSED MANY CANCELATIONS, MAINLY SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFAST EVENTS AND CHURCH SERVICES.
AND QUITE A FEW BUSINESS PLACES ALSO CLOSED. AND THE ICE ON DOWNED POWER LINES RESULTED IN NO ELECTRICITY FOR LAMOTTE,
ELWOOD, LOST NATION, OXFORD JUNCTION, AND WYOMNG. AND CALAMUS. CALAMUS IS STILL WITHOUT POWER.
NOW...WE HAVE RAIN IN OUR FORCAST FOR TONIGHT, TOMORROW AND
TOMORROW NIGHT. SNOW POSIBLE O FRIDAY AND DRY BUT COLD FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. IT WILL BE NICE TO SEE FEBRUARY LEAVE US.
IT WAS ONE OF THE COLDEST (KMAQ'S GAS BILL WAS $650 LAST FEBRUARY AND JUST OVER $800 THIS YEAR, AS ADDITIONAL PROOF) AND SNOWIEST ON RECORD. WE HAVE HAD AROUND 15 PLUS INCHES OF SNOW. NOW.... LOOKS LIKE MARCH WILL COME IN LIKE A LION.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM PLAY HOST TO MT. VERNON MONDAY NIGHT AND WON THE GAME BY 1 POINT. IT WAS ANOTHER COME FROM BEHIND VICTORY. ALSO MONDAY NIGHT, DEWITT BEAT ANAMOSA AND SO THURSDAY NIGHT, THE CARDINALS AND SABERS GO AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR A 3RD TIME THIS SEASON, AT DUBUQUE SENIOR GYM. MAQUOKETA WON THE FIRST GAME AND DEWITT WON ON THEIR GYM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO....SO IT SHOULD BE A GREAT GAME AND LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL BROADCAST IT ON KMAQ-FM.
THE ANDREW GIRLS ARE IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT (FIRST TIME IN 31 YEARS) AND WILL PLAY THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE STATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AT DES MOINES. LEIGHTON WILL HAVE THAT GAME ALSO ON FM.
IN THET STATE WRESTLING TOURNANMENT WHICH ENDED SATURDAY,
MARCUS BREEDED, MAQUOKETA FRESHMAN TOOK 6TH IN THE STATE AND SENIOR BILLY KIRK TOOK 8TH.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MET FOR 3 AND 1/2 HOURS LAST NIGHT.
THE BOARD WAS TOLD THAT THE TAX RATE WILL NOT LIKELY NEED TO BE RAISED NEXT YEAR.
JOHN SCHURBON, AGE 73, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AREA, AND A COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN IDAHO, DIED LAST THURSDAY AT HIS HOME
IN KOOSKIE, IDAHO, WHERE HE LIVED FOR 40 YEARS. HE AND HIS WIFE WERE MARRIED IN 1955 IN DELMAR. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE (THE FORMER VIRGINIA RAE MILLER) ..TWO DAUGHTERS AND ONE SON. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE SATURDAY IN IDAHO.
WAYNE CLARK, 77, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS WEEK AND HIS FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
THE SCHOOL BELL THAT WAS IN THE 20'S FIRE OF THE MAQUOKETA ACADEMY IS NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.
THE STORY ABOUT THE FIRE AND BELL WAS THE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AT THE TUESDAY "BROWN BAG LUNCH" SESSION AT THE MUSEUM.
THE LITTLE WOOD FRAME ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA IS LISTED FOR SALE. APPARENTLY, THE CONGREGATION HAS CEASED TO EXIST.
WE HAVE WORLD CHAMPION ST. LOUIS CARDINAL BASEBALL ON KMAQ - FM THIS WEEKEND....THE CARDINALS AND THE MARLINS IN WEEKEND EXHIBITION SPRING-TRAINING GAMES. WILL THE CARDINALS GO THE WORLD SERIES AGAIN THIS FALL? OF COURSE!
TAKE CARE...AND BE GOOD.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
41 TODAY'S HIGH, WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS.
NO NEWS REPORT TODAY.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT MT. VERNON LAST NIGHT, IN TOURNAMENT PLAY, 66 TO 65 AND NOW PLAY DEWITT THURSDAY NIGHT AT
DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT SPLIT DURING THE REGULAR SEASON, SO IT SHOULD BE A GREAT GAME.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
NO NEWS REPORT TODAY.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT MT. VERNON LAST NIGHT, IN TOURNAMENT PLAY, 66 TO 65 AND NOW PLAY DEWITT THURSDAY NIGHT AT
DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT SPLIT DURING THE REGULAR SEASON, SO IT SHOULD BE A GREAT GAME.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 22, 2007
ANOTHER NICE DAY. BUT, WEEKEND NOT LOOKING SO GOOD.
THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT CONTINUES TOMORROW (FRIDAY)
IN DES MOINES. KMAQ, WITH DR. PAUL KOOB AT THE MIKE, STARTED OFF COVERING 10 WRESTLERS FROM MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT. FOUR ARE STILL ALIVE IN THE TOURNAMENT. FOR MAQUOKETA, BILLY KIRK AND MARCUS BREEDEN, STILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR 3RD PLACE IN THE STATE.
FOR DEWITT CENTRAL, DANIEL CLARK STILL HAS A CHANCE FOR 3RD AND DEREK BLOCK HAS WON EVERY MATCH OUT THERE SO FAR AND HAS A CHANCE TO BE A 1ST PLACE CHAMPION.
A FLORIDA MAN, AGE 40, TESTED 4 TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT FOR ALCOHOL AFTER HE WAS INVOLVED IN A ONE-CAR ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
HE TESTED .341 AND THE LEGAL LIMIT IS .08. .341 IS REALLY HIGH.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED THREE MILES SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HE WAS NOT INJURED, AND HIS CAR, A 2007 PONTIAC RECEIVED ABOUT $1,800 WORTH OF DAMAGE AND AND HE IS IN JAIL ON CASH BOND OF $9,750.
I MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY THAT THE NEW ASSISTANT JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY IS A WOMAN. CORRECTION. THE NEW ASSISTANT TO COUNTY ATTORNEY PHIL TABOR IS A MAN.
HEATHER BENHART AND DOUG SAID OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARNETS OF A BOY, BORN SUNDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE LARRY AND CINDY BENHART OF MAQUOKETA AND PATERNAL GRANDMOHER IS DONNA SAID OF MAQUOKETA.
SUSIE AND RYAN GERISCHER OF MAQUOKETA ARE PRENTS OF A BOY BORN TUESDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE JERRY AND COLLEEN DOTTERWIECH OF OTTER CREEK, JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE BILL AND LILNDA GERISCHER OF MAQUOKETA.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT CONTINUES TOMORROW (FRIDAY)
IN DES MOINES. KMAQ, WITH DR. PAUL KOOB AT THE MIKE, STARTED OFF COVERING 10 WRESTLERS FROM MAQUOKETA AND DEWITT. FOUR ARE STILL ALIVE IN THE TOURNAMENT. FOR MAQUOKETA, BILLY KIRK AND MARCUS BREEDEN, STILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR 3RD PLACE IN THE STATE.
FOR DEWITT CENTRAL, DANIEL CLARK STILL HAS A CHANCE FOR 3RD AND DEREK BLOCK HAS WON EVERY MATCH OUT THERE SO FAR AND HAS A CHANCE TO BE A 1ST PLACE CHAMPION.
A FLORIDA MAN, AGE 40, TESTED 4 TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT FOR ALCOHOL AFTER HE WAS INVOLVED IN A ONE-CAR ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
HE TESTED .341 AND THE LEGAL LIMIT IS .08. .341 IS REALLY HIGH.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED THREE MILES SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HE WAS NOT INJURED, AND HIS CAR, A 2007 PONTIAC RECEIVED ABOUT $1,800 WORTH OF DAMAGE AND AND HE IS IN JAIL ON CASH BOND OF $9,750.
I MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY THAT THE NEW ASSISTANT JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY IS A WOMAN. CORRECTION. THE NEW ASSISTANT TO COUNTY ATTORNEY PHIL TABOR IS A MAN.
HEATHER BENHART AND DOUG SAID OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARNETS OF A BOY, BORN SUNDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE LARRY AND CINDY BENHART OF MAQUOKETA AND PATERNAL GRANDMOHER IS DONNA SAID OF MAQUOKETA.
SUSIE AND RYAN GERISCHER OF MAQUOKETA ARE PRENTS OF A BOY BORN TUESDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE JERRY AND COLLEEN DOTTERWIECH OF OTTER CREEK, JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE BILL AND LILNDA GERISCHER OF MAQUOKETA.
TAKE IT EASY.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
SUNSHINE AND 51 TODAY.
THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT IS UNDERWAY AT DES MOINES.
DR. PAUL KOOB HAS BEEN ON-THE-AIR ALL AFTERNOON ON KMAQ-FM,
BROADCASTING THE 3 MAQUOKETA AND 7 DEWITT MATCHES.
BILLY KIRK WON HIS OPENING MATCH AND WRESTLES AGAIN TOMORROW.
MARV BREEDEN LOST HIS FIRST MATCH, BUT WON HIS WRESTLE-BACK
MATCH AND WRESTLES AGAIN TOMORROW. BILLY IS A SENIOR AND MARV IS A FRESHMAN. FRESHMAN TIM O'CONNELL LOST BOTH OF HIS MATCHES THIS AFTERNOON AND HAS NOW FINISHED HIS WRESTLING IN THE TOURNAMENT.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE SPEED LIMIT ON SOUTH MAIN STREET THIS WEEK,.....AND THEY CHANGED THE SPEED LIMIT AGAIN. THIS TIME, THE 35 MPH STAYS FROM HORSESHOE POND PARK TO THE SOUTH ON-OFF RAMPS FOR HIGHWAY 61. FROM THE RAMPS TO THE CITY LIMITS, COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOW SUGGESTING 50 MPH. PREVIOUSLY, THEY HAD SUGGESTED 55 IN THAT AREA. CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER SAID CHIEF BRAD KORANDA AND SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN ARE PROPOSING THE 50 MPH SPEED LIMIT ON THE HIGHWAY NEAR GENERAC AND FAMILY DOLLAR. THE COUNCIL SAID THEY WOULD GO ALONG WITH THE OFFICERS RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, STILL MORE TO COME.
AND..MORE DISCUSSION TOO ON THE STOP SIGNS (4-WAY STOP) AT SOUTH MAIN AND QUARRY STREET. SOME PEOPLE (INCLUDING A MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN) STILL THINK IT IS BAD THE WAY IT IS FOR KIDS CROSSING THE INTERSECTION.
SPEAKING OF GENERAC. THE COMPANY, INCLUDING THE MAQUOKETA PLANT, HAS BEEN SOLD AS REPORTED RECENTLY HERE....SOLD FOR A BILLION DOLLARS. THIS WEEK, AN INSERT IN THE PAPER IS CALLING FOR APPLICANTS FOR JOB OPENINGS AT THE PLANT. GOOD NEWS FOR MAQUOKETA.
HELEN DICK, 86, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY. HER FULL OBITUARY IS NOW AT www.carsonandson.com
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FOR ERNESTNE OWEN, AGE 93, OF MAQUOKETA AND FOR JOSH MENDEL, AGE 21, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA.
THE BUREAUCATS, A BAND FEATURING MAQUOKETA AND OTHER LOCAL MUSICIANS, WILL BE PLAYING FOR A DANCE IN MAQUOKETA ON SATURDAY, MARCH 24TH AT THE COMFORT INN, ON MAQUOKETA'S SOUTH SIDE.
IT WILL BE FROM 6 UNTIL 11 P.M. AND IT WILL BE A FUND-RAISING DANCE (PLUS AUCTION) FOR THE CARDIAC REHAB UNIT AT THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (HOSPITAL) HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
YOUNG DANCERS 10 AND UNDER FREE. STUDENT DANCERS 11-18, $5.00 AND SLIGHTLY OLDER DANCERS, 19-99, $10.00. THERE WILL BE FOOD
AVAILABLE AT A LOW COST, INCLUDING PIZZA FOR THE KIDS. ONLY 300 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD FOR THIS EVENT AND THEY ARE ON SALE NOW
AT MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, OSTERHAUS PHARMACY, THE HOSPITAL, AND KMAQ. ANY QUESTIONS, CALL ROCHELLE RAY OR KENDRA BECK.
SEE YOU THERE. IF YOU ARE LIKE ME....NOT MUCH OF A DANCER.... COME ANYWAY AND ENJOY LISTENING TO THE MUSIC AND SUPPORT THE HOSPITAL.
THE ANDREW GIRLS ARE ONE WIN AWAY FROM GOING TO THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT. THEY BEAT CALAMUS-WHEATLAND IN DOUBLE-OVERTIME LAST NIGHT.
IT IS ASH WEDNESDAY TODAY.....AND MANY LIKE ME WILL VISIT THEIR CHURCH FOR AN ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE.
HAVE A NICE NIGHT AND GOOD THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT IS UNDERWAY AT DES MOINES.
DR. PAUL KOOB HAS BEEN ON-THE-AIR ALL AFTERNOON ON KMAQ-FM,
BROADCASTING THE 3 MAQUOKETA AND 7 DEWITT MATCHES.
BILLY KIRK WON HIS OPENING MATCH AND WRESTLES AGAIN TOMORROW.
MARV BREEDEN LOST HIS FIRST MATCH, BUT WON HIS WRESTLE-BACK
MATCH AND WRESTLES AGAIN TOMORROW. BILLY IS A SENIOR AND MARV IS A FRESHMAN. FRESHMAN TIM O'CONNELL LOST BOTH OF HIS MATCHES THIS AFTERNOON AND HAS NOW FINISHED HIS WRESTLING IN THE TOURNAMENT.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE SPEED LIMIT ON SOUTH MAIN STREET THIS WEEK,.....AND THEY CHANGED THE SPEED LIMIT AGAIN. THIS TIME, THE 35 MPH STAYS FROM HORSESHOE POND PARK TO THE SOUTH ON-OFF RAMPS FOR HIGHWAY 61. FROM THE RAMPS TO THE CITY LIMITS, COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOW SUGGESTING 50 MPH. PREVIOUSLY, THEY HAD SUGGESTED 55 IN THAT AREA. CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER SAID CHIEF BRAD KORANDA AND SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN ARE PROPOSING THE 50 MPH SPEED LIMIT ON THE HIGHWAY NEAR GENERAC AND FAMILY DOLLAR. THE COUNCIL SAID THEY WOULD GO ALONG WITH THE OFFICERS RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, STILL MORE TO COME.
AND..MORE DISCUSSION TOO ON THE STOP SIGNS (4-WAY STOP) AT SOUTH MAIN AND QUARRY STREET. SOME PEOPLE (INCLUDING A MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN) STILL THINK IT IS BAD THE WAY IT IS FOR KIDS CROSSING THE INTERSECTION.
SPEAKING OF GENERAC. THE COMPANY, INCLUDING THE MAQUOKETA PLANT, HAS BEEN SOLD AS REPORTED RECENTLY HERE....SOLD FOR A BILLION DOLLARS. THIS WEEK, AN INSERT IN THE PAPER IS CALLING FOR APPLICANTS FOR JOB OPENINGS AT THE PLANT. GOOD NEWS FOR MAQUOKETA.
HELEN DICK, 86, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY. HER FULL OBITUARY IS NOW AT www.carsonandson.com
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FOR ERNESTNE OWEN, AGE 93, OF MAQUOKETA AND FOR JOSH MENDEL, AGE 21, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA.
THE BUREAUCATS, A BAND FEATURING MAQUOKETA AND OTHER LOCAL MUSICIANS, WILL BE PLAYING FOR A DANCE IN MAQUOKETA ON SATURDAY, MARCH 24TH AT THE COMFORT INN, ON MAQUOKETA'S SOUTH SIDE.
IT WILL BE FROM 6 UNTIL 11 P.M. AND IT WILL BE A FUND-RAISING DANCE (PLUS AUCTION) FOR THE CARDIAC REHAB UNIT AT THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (HOSPITAL) HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
YOUNG DANCERS 10 AND UNDER FREE. STUDENT DANCERS 11-18, $5.00 AND SLIGHTLY OLDER DANCERS, 19-99, $10.00. THERE WILL BE FOOD
AVAILABLE AT A LOW COST, INCLUDING PIZZA FOR THE KIDS. ONLY 300 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD FOR THIS EVENT AND THEY ARE ON SALE NOW
AT MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, OSTERHAUS PHARMACY, THE HOSPITAL, AND KMAQ. ANY QUESTIONS, CALL ROCHELLE RAY OR KENDRA BECK.
SEE YOU THERE. IF YOU ARE LIKE ME....NOT MUCH OF A DANCER.... COME ANYWAY AND ENJOY LISTENING TO THE MUSIC AND SUPPORT THE HOSPITAL.
THE ANDREW GIRLS ARE ONE WIN AWAY FROM GOING TO THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT. THEY BEAT CALAMUS-WHEATLAND IN DOUBLE-OVERTIME LAST NIGHT.
IT IS ASH WEDNESDAY TODAY.....AND MANY LIKE ME WILL VISIT THEIR CHURCH FOR AN ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE.
HAVE A NICE NIGHT AND GOOD THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
ANOTHER NICE SUNNY DAY, HIGH OF 44.
TRAGIC STORY TODAY. JOSH MENDEL, 22, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA,
KILLED TWO WOMEN AND TOOK HIS OWN LIFE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AT TEMPE, ARIZONA, WHERE HE HAD BEEN LIVING. HE IS THE SON OF CHARLIE, WHO HAD A HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING BUSINESS HERE IN MAQUOKETA YEARS AGO AND NOW HAS THAT SAME KIND OF BUSINESS IN ILLINOIS. HIS MOTHER IS LINDA DAVIDSON OF MAQUOKETA, WHO IS DIVORCED FROM CHARLIE AND WORKS AT CARDINAL SCHOOL. A SISTER, CARRIE MENDEL LIVES IN DAVENPORT. POLICE SAY THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED IN RAGE. MENDEL KILLED A GIRLFRIEND, AND A FRIEND OF THE GIRLFRIEND. TESTS WERE TAKEN TO DETERMINE IF HE WAS DRUNK OR UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS. RESULTS OF THE TESTS WILL COME LATER. WEEKS BEFORE THE INCIDENT, HE TOLD HIS FAMILY HE WAS SUICIDAL. SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR JOSH MENDEL AT THE CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
JACKSON COUNTY HAS A NEW ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY. THE SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE HIRING OF CHRIS RAKER OF EMMETSBURG, WHERE SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING IN THAT COUNTY ATTORNEY OFFICE.
SHE WILL START APRIL 9TH. JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY PHIL TABOR
SAID RAKER WILL BE A FULL TIME PROSECUTOR IN HIS OFFICE.
THAT'S ALL TIME I HAVE ......AND NEWS FOR TODAY.
WILL HAVE SOME WRESTLING RESULTS TOMORROW.'
DENNIS VOY
TRAGIC STORY TODAY. JOSH MENDEL, 22, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA,
KILLED TWO WOMEN AND TOOK HIS OWN LIFE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AT TEMPE, ARIZONA, WHERE HE HAD BEEN LIVING. HE IS THE SON OF CHARLIE, WHO HAD A HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING BUSINESS HERE IN MAQUOKETA YEARS AGO AND NOW HAS THAT SAME KIND OF BUSINESS IN ILLINOIS. HIS MOTHER IS LINDA DAVIDSON OF MAQUOKETA, WHO IS DIVORCED FROM CHARLIE AND WORKS AT CARDINAL SCHOOL. A SISTER, CARRIE MENDEL LIVES IN DAVENPORT. POLICE SAY THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED IN RAGE. MENDEL KILLED A GIRLFRIEND, AND A FRIEND OF THE GIRLFRIEND. TESTS WERE TAKEN TO DETERMINE IF HE WAS DRUNK OR UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS. RESULTS OF THE TESTS WILL COME LATER. WEEKS BEFORE THE INCIDENT, HE TOLD HIS FAMILY HE WAS SUICIDAL. SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR JOSH MENDEL AT THE CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
JACKSON COUNTY HAS A NEW ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY. THE SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE HIRING OF CHRIS RAKER OF EMMETSBURG, WHERE SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING IN THAT COUNTY ATTORNEY OFFICE.
SHE WILL START APRIL 9TH. JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY PHIL TABOR
SAID RAKER WILL BE A FULL TIME PROSECUTOR IN HIS OFFICE.
THAT'S ALL TIME I HAVE ......AND NEWS FOR TODAY.
WILL HAVE SOME WRESTLING RESULTS TOMORROW.'
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 19, 2007
PARTY SUNNY AND 48 DEGREES TODAY. WOW...HEAT WAVE.
PERXACTLY .. NAME OF THE NEW BAR AND GRILL IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. FORMERLY HOV'S PUB.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ADAM HEPKER, SON OF LEIGHTON AND CINDY HEPKER OF MAQUOKETA. HE WAS NAMED SUNDAY AS THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN THE CONFERENCE OF HIS COLLEGE TEAM, MID AMERICA
NAZARINE. HE'S A JUNIOR.
THERE WILL BE 3 MAQUOKETA CARDINALS AT THE STATE WRESTLING MEET, STARTING THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT DES MOINES.
AT 103 POUNDS, FRESHMAN MARCU BREEDEN WILL MEET ANOTHER FRESHMAN WRESTLER FROM DENVER-TRIPOLI, WITH A 40 AND 0 RECORD.
AT 112 POUNDS, CARDINAL FRESHMAN TIM O'CONNELL GOES AGAINST A SOPHOMORE FROM ROLAND STORY. AND, AT 145 POUNDS, MAQUOKETA SENIOR BILLY KIRK WILL WRESTLE A JUNIOR FROM OSAGE.
DEWITT WILL HAVE 7 WRESTLERS AT STATE. AGAIN THIS YEAR, DR. PAUL KOOB WILL BROADCAST THE MATCHES "LIVE" FROM DES MOINES. HE WILL FOLLOW ALL 10 WRESTLERS STARTING JUST BEFORE 1 P.M. WEDNESDAY ON KMAQ FM, 95.1.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYS A NON-CONFERENCE GAME AT DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THEIR 2ND TOURNAMENT GAME SATURDAY NIGHT TO CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER AND FINISHED THEIR SEASON.
THE 2ND ANNUAL "MEN WHO COOK" DINNER WAS A BIG SUCCESS YESTERDAY LATE AFTERNOON AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. OVER 500 ATTENDED. IT WAS SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY, MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST AND THE DELMAR LIONS.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
WARREN BOWMAN , 82, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY. HIS COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
LOIS DONATSCH, 74, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY. HER FULL OBITURARY IS ALSO AT THE ABOVE WEB SITE.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DENNIS VOY
PERXACTLY .. NAME OF THE NEW BAR AND GRILL IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. FORMERLY HOV'S PUB.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ADAM HEPKER, SON OF LEIGHTON AND CINDY HEPKER OF MAQUOKETA. HE WAS NAMED SUNDAY AS THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN THE CONFERENCE OF HIS COLLEGE TEAM, MID AMERICA
NAZARINE. HE'S A JUNIOR.
THERE WILL BE 3 MAQUOKETA CARDINALS AT THE STATE WRESTLING MEET, STARTING THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT DES MOINES.
AT 103 POUNDS, FRESHMAN MARCU BREEDEN WILL MEET ANOTHER FRESHMAN WRESTLER FROM DENVER-TRIPOLI, WITH A 40 AND 0 RECORD.
AT 112 POUNDS, CARDINAL FRESHMAN TIM O'CONNELL GOES AGAINST A SOPHOMORE FROM ROLAND STORY. AND, AT 145 POUNDS, MAQUOKETA SENIOR BILLY KIRK WILL WRESTLE A JUNIOR FROM OSAGE.
DEWITT WILL HAVE 7 WRESTLERS AT STATE. AGAIN THIS YEAR, DR. PAUL KOOB WILL BROADCAST THE MATCHES "LIVE" FROM DES MOINES. HE WILL FOLLOW ALL 10 WRESTLERS STARTING JUST BEFORE 1 P.M. WEDNESDAY ON KMAQ FM, 95.1.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYS A NON-CONFERENCE GAME AT DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THEIR 2ND TOURNAMENT GAME SATURDAY NIGHT TO CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER AND FINISHED THEIR SEASON.
THE 2ND ANNUAL "MEN WHO COOK" DINNER WAS A BIG SUCCESS YESTERDAY LATE AFTERNOON AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. OVER 500 ATTENDED. IT WAS SPONSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY, MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST AND THE DELMAR LIONS.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
WARREN BOWMAN , 82, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY. HIS COMPLETE OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
LOIS DONATSCH, 74, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY. HER FULL OBITURARY IS ALSO AT THE ABOVE WEB SITE.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 16, 2007
SUNNY TODAY....IN THE 20'S....AND HEADING FOR THE MID 30'S EARLY NEXT WEEK. ABOUT TIME.
I, LEIGHTON HEPKER, RON BURNETT, JEFF FERGUSON AND WOODY
SPAIN WENT DOWN TO LAMONI YESTERDAY TO WATCH ADAM HEPKER'S BASKETBALL TEAM (MID AMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY) PLAY GRACELAND. ADAM IS A JUNIOR POINT GUARD (HAS BEEN A STARTER SINCE A FRESHMAN) AND THE TEAM WON ITS 25TH GAME LAST NIGHT, AGAINST 2 LOSSES, GOOD ENOUGH TO RANK THEM (PIONEERS) 2ND IN THE NATION. AND LAST NIGHT WAS ANOTHER EASY WIN. LONG TRIP, BUT FUN. LEIGHTON DID ALL THE DRIVING. WE ALL (EXCEPT LEIGHTON OF COURSE) SLEPT QUITE A BIT ON THE WAY HOME. THE PIONEERS HAVE 1 MORE REGULAR SEASON GAME, THEN TOURNAMENT TIME. ROCKY LAMAR IS THE COACH (NEARING 500 WINS, ALL THERE) AND GRADUATED FROM MCHS. FORMER MCHS COACH BILL FLEMMING IS HIS ASSISTANT AND I TALKED TO BILL A MINUTE OR SO. LITTLE PUDGY WITH WHITE HAIR. WE HAD A COOL REFRESHING BEVERAGE ON THE WAY DOWN AT WILLILAMSBURG (NICE LITTLE "SQUARE" MAIN STREET) AND DINNER AT OSCEOLA. OUR ONLY TREAT ON WAY HOME.... SOME C SUCKERS JEFF BROUGHT ALONG. I KNOW, MORE THAN YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT
THE TRIP.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME LAST NIGHT, OVER ANAMOSA. THEIR NEXT GAME IS SATURDAY NIGHT AT CEDAR RAPIDS AGAINST CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER. THE CARDINAL BOYS START TOURNAMENT PLAY FEBRURY 26TH, AT HOME, AGAINST MT. VERNON.
AND, FOUR WRESTLERS WILL BE IN THE DISTRICT TOMORROW AT SOLON.
NEW BUSINESS GOING INTO THE DOWNTOWN BUILDING THAT WAS THE "WHOLLY SCRAP" STORE, AND FOR MANY YEARS, WAS BEN JACOBSEN'S HARDWARE STORE AND THEN KENDALL MEN'S WEAR AND THEN THE BOOK DEPOT. NO OFFICIAL WORD ON IT, BUT HEARD IT IS A SUB SANDWICH PLACE.
SOME PROMOTIONS AT MAQUOKETA STATE BANK'S ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER'S MEETING THIS PAST TUESDAY. BOB GAVIN PROMOTED TO 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT, PERSONAL BANKING CENTER MANAGER.
LONNA CLAUSSEN (MY DAUGHTER) PROMOTED TO 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT, TELLER/BRANCH OPERATIONS MANAGER, MANAGING TELLER OPERATIONS AT ALL FOUR MSB LOCATIONS. KATHY KUNDE PROMOTED TO VICE-PRESIDENT, PERSONAL BANKING AND HEATHER WAACK PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT VICE-PRESIDENT. CEO AL TUBBS REVIEWED THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2006, SITING CONTINUED GROWTH WITH TOTAL ASSETS LAST YEAR GOING UP TO NEARLY $250 MILLION.
I REMEMBER WHEN ED TUBBS AND THE LATE JOHN FAGERLAND BOUGHT THE BANK IN 1965 AND IT HA $1 MILLION IN ASSETS.
STARTING TONIGHT NATIONWIDE AND HERE IN MAQUOKTA AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE, THE NEW MOVIE "GHOST RIDER", RATED PG-13 AND STARRING NICHOLAS CAGE.
GOT AN ORDER TODAY FOR RED HENTON'S NEW CD, FROM HARVEY PETERSON IN PHOENIX, ALONG WITH A NICE LETTER. HE MOVED FROM MAQUOKETA TO PHOENIX IN 1955, AND STILL HAS GOOD MEMORIES OF CLINTON AND JACKSON COUNTIES. GRADUATED FROM MHS IN 1941 AND ATTENDED MAQUOKETA'S JUNIOR COLLEGE. REMEMBERS GOING TO WALT MERRIMAN'S AG CLASS AT MHS. RED WILL SEND HIM THE CD NEXT WEEK AND HARVEY, CONTINUE TO READ THIS DAILY REPORT WHEN YOU CAN. SORRY YOU CAN'T GET THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK ON YOUR COMPUTER, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU'LL FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS SOON AS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME GOOD MAQUOKETA HISTORY ENTRIES THE LAST FEW WEEKS ON THE GUEST BOOK.
JOYCE REESE, 78, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY. SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND DON OWNED THE FAMOUS BLUFF LAKE CATFISH FARM RESTAURANT, NEAR THE CAVES STATE PARK, FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS AND THEN SOLD IT TO HER DAUGHTER LINDA. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
FAYE HAMMER, 81, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED WEDNESDAY. HER OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
VERNE BRADY, 86, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON'S.
DOROTHY JONES BAKED THE KMAQ STAFF A NUTBREAD AND BROUGHT IT IN TODAY. UMMGOOD. SHE KNOWS HOW TO BAKE.
SOME MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OFFERED SINGING VALENTINES TUESDAY. 80 CUSTOMERS. REGINA SAGERS TOLD US ON THE "JUST TALK" SHOW THIS MORNING HOW NICE THEY WERE.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
I, LEIGHTON HEPKER, RON BURNETT, JEFF FERGUSON AND WOODY
SPAIN WENT DOWN TO LAMONI YESTERDAY TO WATCH ADAM HEPKER'S BASKETBALL TEAM (MID AMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY) PLAY GRACELAND. ADAM IS A JUNIOR POINT GUARD (HAS BEEN A STARTER SINCE A FRESHMAN) AND THE TEAM WON ITS 25TH GAME LAST NIGHT, AGAINST 2 LOSSES, GOOD ENOUGH TO RANK THEM (PIONEERS) 2ND IN THE NATION. AND LAST NIGHT WAS ANOTHER EASY WIN. LONG TRIP, BUT FUN. LEIGHTON DID ALL THE DRIVING. WE ALL (EXCEPT LEIGHTON OF COURSE) SLEPT QUITE A BIT ON THE WAY HOME. THE PIONEERS HAVE 1 MORE REGULAR SEASON GAME, THEN TOURNAMENT TIME. ROCKY LAMAR IS THE COACH (NEARING 500 WINS, ALL THERE) AND GRADUATED FROM MCHS. FORMER MCHS COACH BILL FLEMMING IS HIS ASSISTANT AND I TALKED TO BILL A MINUTE OR SO. LITTLE PUDGY WITH WHITE HAIR. WE HAD A COOL REFRESHING BEVERAGE ON THE WAY DOWN AT WILLILAMSBURG (NICE LITTLE "SQUARE" MAIN STREET) AND DINNER AT OSCEOLA. OUR ONLY TREAT ON WAY HOME.... SOME C SUCKERS JEFF BROUGHT ALONG. I KNOW, MORE THAN YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT
THE TRIP.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME LAST NIGHT, OVER ANAMOSA. THEIR NEXT GAME IS SATURDAY NIGHT AT CEDAR RAPIDS AGAINST CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER. THE CARDINAL BOYS START TOURNAMENT PLAY FEBRURY 26TH, AT HOME, AGAINST MT. VERNON.
AND, FOUR WRESTLERS WILL BE IN THE DISTRICT TOMORROW AT SOLON.
NEW BUSINESS GOING INTO THE DOWNTOWN BUILDING THAT WAS THE "WHOLLY SCRAP" STORE, AND FOR MANY YEARS, WAS BEN JACOBSEN'S HARDWARE STORE AND THEN KENDALL MEN'S WEAR AND THEN THE BOOK DEPOT. NO OFFICIAL WORD ON IT, BUT HEARD IT IS A SUB SANDWICH PLACE.
SOME PROMOTIONS AT MAQUOKETA STATE BANK'S ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER'S MEETING THIS PAST TUESDAY. BOB GAVIN PROMOTED TO 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT, PERSONAL BANKING CENTER MANAGER.
LONNA CLAUSSEN (MY DAUGHTER) PROMOTED TO 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT, TELLER/BRANCH OPERATIONS MANAGER, MANAGING TELLER OPERATIONS AT ALL FOUR MSB LOCATIONS. KATHY KUNDE PROMOTED TO VICE-PRESIDENT, PERSONAL BANKING AND HEATHER WAACK PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT VICE-PRESIDENT. CEO AL TUBBS REVIEWED THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2006, SITING CONTINUED GROWTH WITH TOTAL ASSETS LAST YEAR GOING UP TO NEARLY $250 MILLION.
I REMEMBER WHEN ED TUBBS AND THE LATE JOHN FAGERLAND BOUGHT THE BANK IN 1965 AND IT HA $1 MILLION IN ASSETS.
STARTING TONIGHT NATIONWIDE AND HERE IN MAQUOKTA AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE, THE NEW MOVIE "GHOST RIDER", RATED PG-13 AND STARRING NICHOLAS CAGE.
GOT AN ORDER TODAY FOR RED HENTON'S NEW CD, FROM HARVEY PETERSON IN PHOENIX, ALONG WITH A NICE LETTER. HE MOVED FROM MAQUOKETA TO PHOENIX IN 1955, AND STILL HAS GOOD MEMORIES OF CLINTON AND JACKSON COUNTIES. GRADUATED FROM MHS IN 1941 AND ATTENDED MAQUOKETA'S JUNIOR COLLEGE. REMEMBERS GOING TO WALT MERRIMAN'S AG CLASS AT MHS. RED WILL SEND HIM THE CD NEXT WEEK AND HARVEY, CONTINUE TO READ THIS DAILY REPORT WHEN YOU CAN. SORRY YOU CAN'T GET THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK ON YOUR COMPUTER, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU'LL FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS SOON AS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME GOOD MAQUOKETA HISTORY ENTRIES THE LAST FEW WEEKS ON THE GUEST BOOK.
JOYCE REESE, 78, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY. SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND DON OWNED THE FAMOUS BLUFF LAKE CATFISH FARM RESTAURANT, NEAR THE CAVES STATE PARK, FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS AND THEN SOLD IT TO HER DAUGHTER LINDA. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
FAYE HAMMER, 81, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED WEDNESDAY. HER OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
VERNE BRADY, 86, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON'S.
DOROTHY JONES BAKED THE KMAQ STAFF A NUTBREAD AND BROUGHT IT IN TODAY. UMMGOOD. SHE KNOWS HOW TO BAKE.
SOME MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OFFERED SINGING VALENTINES TUESDAY. 80 CUSTOMERS. REGINA SAGERS TOLD US ON THE "JUST TALK" SHOW THIS MORNING HOW NICE THEY WERE.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
HORIBLE DAY IN MAQUOKTA.
SNOWED LAST NIGHT.
SNOWED TODAY.
WINDS CAUSED BLOWING SNOW.
IT WAS COLD.
ALL SCHOOLS CLOSED TODAY.
THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKING BETTER.
COMMECIAL (NOT RESIDENTIAL) PROPERTY LAST YEAR IN JACKSON COUNTY, WAS REAPPRAISED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 18 YEARS.
A CEDAR RAPIDS FIRM, VANGUARD, WAS HIRED LAST YEAR TO DO THE JOB.
I REMEMBER THE GUY VISITING KMAQ AND THE THEATRE.
I DID NOT MEET WITH HIM AT THE KMAQ TOWER SITE.
THE LETTERS LISTING THE NEW PROPERTY VALUES WERE MAILED LAST WEEK TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS THROUGHOUT JACKSON COUNTY.
BIG INCREASES!! KMAQ STUDIO BUILDING, NOT TO MUCH OF AN INCREASE. VOY THEATRE, A HEFTY INCRESE. AND THE KMAQ TOWER AND SITE, A HUGE INCREASE. AND .. THE INCREASES ARE THE TALK OF THE COUNTY AND WERE A MAJOR CONCERN AT TODAY SUPERVISOR'S MEETING. THERE WILL BE A TIME FOR HEARINGS AND APPEALS, BETWEEN APRIL 16 AND MAY 5. I MAY SEE A REALTOR INSTEAD.
ALTABELLE DRAKE, 83, OF BETTENDORF, DIED SUNDAY AT A HOSPICE HOUSE IN THAT CITY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, MARK DRAKE OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER, MYRTLE MANNING OF MAQUOKETA.
SHE WILL BE BURIED AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY IN MAQUOKETA.
KEEP WARM. DRIVE CAREFULLY.
DENNIS VOY
SNOWED LAST NIGHT.
SNOWED TODAY.
WINDS CAUSED BLOWING SNOW.
IT WAS COLD.
ALL SCHOOLS CLOSED TODAY.
THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKING BETTER.
COMMECIAL (NOT RESIDENTIAL) PROPERTY LAST YEAR IN JACKSON COUNTY, WAS REAPPRAISED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 18 YEARS.
A CEDAR RAPIDS FIRM, VANGUARD, WAS HIRED LAST YEAR TO DO THE JOB.
I REMEMBER THE GUY VISITING KMAQ AND THE THEATRE.
I DID NOT MEET WITH HIM AT THE KMAQ TOWER SITE.
THE LETTERS LISTING THE NEW PROPERTY VALUES WERE MAILED LAST WEEK TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS THROUGHOUT JACKSON COUNTY.
BIG INCREASES!! KMAQ STUDIO BUILDING, NOT TO MUCH OF AN INCREASE. VOY THEATRE, A HEFTY INCRESE. AND THE KMAQ TOWER AND SITE, A HUGE INCREASE. AND .. THE INCREASES ARE THE TALK OF THE COUNTY AND WERE A MAJOR CONCERN AT TODAY SUPERVISOR'S MEETING. THERE WILL BE A TIME FOR HEARINGS AND APPEALS, BETWEEN APRIL 16 AND MAY 5. I MAY SEE A REALTOR INSTEAD.
ALTABELLE DRAKE, 83, OF BETTENDORF, DIED SUNDAY AT A HOSPICE HOUSE IN THAT CITY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, MARK DRAKE OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER, MYRTLE MANNING OF MAQUOKETA.
SHE WILL BE BURIED AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY IN MAQUOKETA.
KEEP WARM. DRIVE CAREFULLY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 12, 2007
WINTER, WINTER,WINTER.....CONTINUES.
2 1/2 INCHES OF SNOW LAST NIGHT.
SNOW IN FORECAST TONIGHt.
SNOW IN FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.
BY THIS TIME TOMORROW, WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER 5 INCHES OF SNOW.
HIGH TODAY. 29
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS BOTH DEFEATED INDEPENDENCE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT IN BASKETBALL.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST DYERSVILLE BECKMAN TOMORROW NIGHT.
AND THE GIRLS PLAY AT ANAMOSA, AGAINST ANAMOSA, IN TOURNAMENT ACTION THURSDAY NIGHT.
THREE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE WINNERS SATURDAY IN THE SECTIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT AND WILL BE IN THE DISTRICT
THIS SATURDAY. THEY ARE: FRESHMAN MARCUS BREEDEN, A RECORD THIS YEAR OF 24 AND 2....TIM O'CONNELL, ALSO A FRESHMEAN, 22 AND 18.
SENIOR BILLY KIRK, 26 AND 11 AND FRESHMAN THOMAS MAYBERRY,
20 AND 18.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
RAY SELLNAU, 89, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY AND HIS FULL OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW ENDED UP AROUND 300 SHORT IN ATTENDACE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE COLDER WEATHER. THE PRIZE WINNER OF THE $200 VALENTINE BASKET
WAS ELAINE WATTERS OF SOUTH MAIN, MAQUOKETA.
THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED AND TO ALL WHO HELPED IN ANY WAY TO MAKE IT ANOTHER SUCCESSFULL EVENT. WE ALREADY HAVE PLANS AND NEW IDEAS FOR NEXT YEAR.
GOT AN EMAIL FROM CAROL AND GARY GROTE. THEY READ THIS DAILY REPORT. GARY WAS A BANKER IN MAQUOKETA, LEFT MAQUOKETA A FEW YEARS AGO, AND RETIRED JANUARY 1ST AFTER 41 YEARS IN BANKING. I'M NOT SURE OF WHERE THEY ARE LIVING, BUT BELIEVE IT IS AT MARSHALL, MISSOURI.
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM IN MAQUOKETA IS COMPOSING A LIST OF ANYONE THAT EVER WORKED AT CLINTON ENGINES. THE LIST HAS NEARLY 2,000 NAMES ON IT ALREADY. IF YOU WORKED THERE, YOU
CAN ADD YOUR NAME BY EMAILING THE MUSEUM AT: museum@jciahs.com
AND, CHECK THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK ALSO FOR A RECENT ENTRY THAT TELLS ALL ABOUT THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES CLUB THAT HAS BEEN FORMED.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
2 1/2 INCHES OF SNOW LAST NIGHT.
SNOW IN FORECAST TONIGHt.
SNOW IN FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.
BY THIS TIME TOMORROW, WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER 5 INCHES OF SNOW.
HIGH TODAY. 29
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS BOTH DEFEATED INDEPENDENCE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT IN BASKETBALL.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST DYERSVILLE BECKMAN TOMORROW NIGHT.
AND THE GIRLS PLAY AT ANAMOSA, AGAINST ANAMOSA, IN TOURNAMENT ACTION THURSDAY NIGHT.
THREE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE WINNERS SATURDAY IN THE SECTIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT AND WILL BE IN THE DISTRICT
THIS SATURDAY. THEY ARE: FRESHMAN MARCUS BREEDEN, A RECORD THIS YEAR OF 24 AND 2....TIM O'CONNELL, ALSO A FRESHMEAN, 22 AND 18.
SENIOR BILLY KIRK, 26 AND 11 AND FRESHMAN THOMAS MAYBERRY,
20 AND 18.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
RAY SELLNAU, 89, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY AND HIS FULL OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com
THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW ENDED UP AROUND 300 SHORT IN ATTENDACE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE COLDER WEATHER. THE PRIZE WINNER OF THE $200 VALENTINE BASKET
WAS ELAINE WATTERS OF SOUTH MAIN, MAQUOKETA.
THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED AND TO ALL WHO HELPED IN ANY WAY TO MAKE IT ANOTHER SUCCESSFULL EVENT. WE ALREADY HAVE PLANS AND NEW IDEAS FOR NEXT YEAR.
GOT AN EMAIL FROM CAROL AND GARY GROTE. THEY READ THIS DAILY REPORT. GARY WAS A BANKER IN MAQUOKETA, LEFT MAQUOKETA A FEW YEARS AGO, AND RETIRED JANUARY 1ST AFTER 41 YEARS IN BANKING. I'M NOT SURE OF WHERE THEY ARE LIVING, BUT BELIEVE IT IS AT MARSHALL, MISSOURI.
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM IN MAQUOKETA IS COMPOSING A LIST OF ANYONE THAT EVER WORKED AT CLINTON ENGINES. THE LIST HAS NEARLY 2,000 NAMES ON IT ALREADY. IF YOU WORKED THERE, YOU
CAN ADD YOUR NAME BY EMAILING THE MUSEUM AT: museum@jciahs.com
AND, CHECK THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK ALSO FOR A RECENT ENTRY THAT TELLS ALL ABOUT THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES CLUB THAT HAS BEEN FORMED.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 09, 2007
HAVE NOT HAD A REPORT SINCE MONDAY BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY AND ALSO BECAUSE THE "BLOG" THAT DOES THIS WAS NOT WORKING.
WE HAD 3 1/2 INCHES OF SNOW EARLIER IN WEEK AND YESTERDAY, SUNNY AND HIGH OF 12 AND TODAY, SHOULD BE SUNNY AND HIGH OF 15 TODAY....AND INTO THE 20'S EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR A SHORT WHILE.
BUSY OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF OUR 10TH ANNUAL FARM AND HOME SHOW.
YESTERDAY AND TODAY. OVER 15-HUNDRED PEOPLE YESTERDAY, PORK DAY, AND TODAY, BEEF DAY, SHOULD BE GOOD ALSO. DURING THE NOON HOUR YESTERDAY, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HANDED OUT THEIR 3 AG AWARDS. THE AGRI-INDUSTRY BUSINESS AWARD WENT TO KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER, WHO HAS BEEN WITH KMAQ, FIRST AS NEWS DIRECTOR AND THEN STATION MANAGER, FOR 32 YEARS. THE PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD WENT TO JACKSON COUNTY'S KEITH KLEIS, WHO HAS BEEN THE AG INSTRUCTOR AT MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN WYOMING FOR 11 YEARS. FARMERS OF THE YEAR, 54 YEARS OF FARMING AND MARRIED 54 YEARS, RICHARD AND DELORES EGGERS OF RURAL
ANDREW.
RED HENTON WAS ENJOYED FOR SEVERAL HOURS YESTERDAY AND HE NOW HAS A BRAND NEW CD OUT, WITH ABOUT 15 DIFFERENT SONGS AND IT AGAIN FOR SALE FOR ONLY $5 ....HERE AT KMAQ. SEND $6 IF YOU WANT IT TO BE SENT TO YOU.
THE EAGLES CLUB, VERY ACTIVE IN TOWN WITH THEIR OWN BAR AND RESTAURANT, TONIGHT IS HAVING A SWEETHEART DINNER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, TO BENEFIT
OPERATION NEW VIEW'S HEAD START PROGRAM AND THE JUNIOR EAGLE'S CLUB.
A WINE-TASTING EVENT TO BENIFIT JACKSON COUNTY HOSPICE WILL BE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 2 UNTIL 5 AT SQUIRES MANOR BED AND BREAKFAST.
ANYONE IS WELCOME. SPONSORED BY THE CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAS.
ROB HOHMANN, LONGTIME MANAGER OF THE FORMER OWL'S FURNITURE STORE IN MAQUOKETA, WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO FLOOR MANAGER OF THE FLOOR SHOW FURNITURE AND FLOORING IN DUBUQUE.
AD IN PAPER... SWISS STEAK WEDNESDAY IS BACK AT FLAPLACK FAMILY RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA.
THE JACKSON AND CLINTON COUNTY AREA REUNION WILL BE SUNDAY, MARCH 4TH AT THE LAHACIENDA RV RESORT IN APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA.
RICKY CLARK, 55, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, MARRIED DENISE MALLAS, 47, WHO ALSO ONCE LIVED IN MAQUOKETA, ON FEBRUARY 5TH. IN INDIANOLA, IOWA AND ARE NOW HAPPILY RESIDING IN PROLE, IOWA. CONGRATULATIONS.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS GAME TUESDAY NIGHT AGAINST WARTERLOO,
WERE POSTPONED UNTIL LAST NIGHT AND BOTH TEAMS LOST TO WATERLOO.
BETWEEN BOYS GAMES LAST NIGHT, DENNIS STREETS, WHO GOT VICTORY 501 LAST NIGHT, WAS HONORED OFFICIALLY FOR REACHING THE 500 MARK.
THE BOYS AND GIRLS PLAY INDEPENDENCE TONIGHT. AND THE WRESTLERS WILL BE IN SECTIONAL COMPETITION TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
WE HAD 3 1/2 INCHES OF SNOW EARLIER IN WEEK AND YESTERDAY, SUNNY AND HIGH OF 12 AND TODAY, SHOULD BE SUNNY AND HIGH OF 15 TODAY....AND INTO THE 20'S EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR A SHORT WHILE.
BUSY OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF OUR 10TH ANNUAL FARM AND HOME SHOW.
YESTERDAY AND TODAY. OVER 15-HUNDRED PEOPLE YESTERDAY, PORK DAY, AND TODAY, BEEF DAY, SHOULD BE GOOD ALSO. DURING THE NOON HOUR YESTERDAY, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HANDED OUT THEIR 3 AG AWARDS. THE AGRI-INDUSTRY BUSINESS AWARD WENT TO KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER, WHO HAS BEEN WITH KMAQ, FIRST AS NEWS DIRECTOR AND THEN STATION MANAGER, FOR 32 YEARS. THE PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD WENT TO JACKSON COUNTY'S KEITH KLEIS, WHO HAS BEEN THE AG INSTRUCTOR AT MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN WYOMING FOR 11 YEARS. FARMERS OF THE YEAR, 54 YEARS OF FARMING AND MARRIED 54 YEARS, RICHARD AND DELORES EGGERS OF RURAL
ANDREW.
RED HENTON WAS ENJOYED FOR SEVERAL HOURS YESTERDAY AND HE NOW HAS A BRAND NEW CD OUT, WITH ABOUT 15 DIFFERENT SONGS AND IT AGAIN FOR SALE FOR ONLY $5 ....HERE AT KMAQ. SEND $6 IF YOU WANT IT TO BE SENT TO YOU.
THE EAGLES CLUB, VERY ACTIVE IN TOWN WITH THEIR OWN BAR AND RESTAURANT, TONIGHT IS HAVING A SWEETHEART DINNER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, TO BENEFIT
OPERATION NEW VIEW'S HEAD START PROGRAM AND THE JUNIOR EAGLE'S CLUB.
A WINE-TASTING EVENT TO BENIFIT JACKSON COUNTY HOSPICE WILL BE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON FROM 2 UNTIL 5 AT SQUIRES MANOR BED AND BREAKFAST.
ANYONE IS WELCOME. SPONSORED BY THE CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAS.
ROB HOHMANN, LONGTIME MANAGER OF THE FORMER OWL'S FURNITURE STORE IN MAQUOKETA, WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO FLOOR MANAGER OF THE FLOOR SHOW FURNITURE AND FLOORING IN DUBUQUE.
AD IN PAPER... SWISS STEAK WEDNESDAY IS BACK AT FLAPLACK FAMILY RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA.
THE JACKSON AND CLINTON COUNTY AREA REUNION WILL BE SUNDAY, MARCH 4TH AT THE LAHACIENDA RV RESORT IN APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA.
RICKY CLARK, 55, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, MARRIED DENISE MALLAS, 47, WHO ALSO ONCE LIVED IN MAQUOKETA, ON FEBRUARY 5TH. IN INDIANOLA, IOWA AND ARE NOW HAPPILY RESIDING IN PROLE, IOWA. CONGRATULATIONS.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS GAME TUESDAY NIGHT AGAINST WARTERLOO,
WERE POSTPONED UNTIL LAST NIGHT AND BOTH TEAMS LOST TO WATERLOO.
BETWEEN BOYS GAMES LAST NIGHT, DENNIS STREETS, WHO GOT VICTORY 501 LAST NIGHT, WAS HONORED OFFICIALLY FOR REACHING THE 500 MARK.
THE BOYS AND GIRLS PLAY INDEPENDENCE TONIGHT. AND THE WRESTLERS WILL BE IN SECTIONAL COMPETITION TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, February 05, 2007
15 BELOW THIS MORNING.
COLD TODAY. SCHOOL STARTED 2 HOURS LATE THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER.
WARMER WEATHER COMING THURSDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR BASKETBALL GAME FRIDAY NIGHT OVER DEWITT AND GAVE THEIR COACH, TRACY WILKINS, HIS 100TH CAREER WIN.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO DEWITT, THERE, FRIDAY NIGHT, BY 3 POINTS, BUT THE SOPHOMORE GAME WAS WON BY MAQUOKETA AND
COACH DENNIS STREETS GOT HIS 500TH WIN. ALL 500 HAVE BEEN AS MAQUOKETA SOPHOMORE COACH.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS DIDN'T WRESTLE OVER THE WEEKEND AND WRESTLE IN THE TOURNAMENT THIS SATURDAY.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW IS THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
RICH DUHME ROLLED A 300 GAME IN THE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON LEAGUE AT TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA. HE ENDED UP WITH A 728 SERIES.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
COLD TODAY. SCHOOL STARTED 2 HOURS LATE THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER.
WARMER WEATHER COMING THURSDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR BASKETBALL GAME FRIDAY NIGHT OVER DEWITT AND GAVE THEIR COACH, TRACY WILKINS, HIS 100TH CAREER WIN.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO DEWITT, THERE, FRIDAY NIGHT, BY 3 POINTS, BUT THE SOPHOMORE GAME WAS WON BY MAQUOKETA AND
COACH DENNIS STREETS GOT HIS 500TH WIN. ALL 500 HAVE BEEN AS MAQUOKETA SOPHOMORE COACH.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS DIDN'T WRESTLE OVER THE WEEKEND AND WRESTLE IN THE TOURNAMENT THIS SATURDAY.
NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW IS THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
RICH DUHME ROLLED A 300 GAME IN THE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON LEAGUE AT TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA. HE ENDED UP WITH A 728 SERIES.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, February 02, 2007
IT IS COLD IN MAQUOKETA. 10 DEGREES, BUT SUNNY.
AND WILL BE COLD ALL WEEKEND.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS LOST AT HOME TO DEWITT LAST NIGHT, 58 TO 13.
JUST THREE WINS, BY MARCUS BREEDEN, TIM O'CONNELL AND BILLY KIRK.
NEXT WILL BE DISTRICT ACTION A WEEK FROM SATURDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY HOME AGAINST DEWITT TONIGHT (GAME ON KMAQ-FM) AND THE CARDINAL BOYS PLAY AT DEWITT. SHOULD BE A GOOD, CLOSE GAME. AND...IF THE MAQUOKETA SOPHOMORES WIN, IT WILL BE COACH DENNIS STREET'S 500TH WIN. I'LL BE THERE TO SEE.
BOB STRATTON, AGE 78, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SUDDENLY YESTERDAY. HIS FULL OBITUARY CAN BE VIEWED AT www.carsonandson.com
DEAN BOWMAN, AGE 80, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. HIS FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
HOPE YOUR TEAM WINS SUNDAY.
DENNIS VOY
AND WILL BE COLD ALL WEEKEND.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS LOST AT HOME TO DEWITT LAST NIGHT, 58 TO 13.
JUST THREE WINS, BY MARCUS BREEDEN, TIM O'CONNELL AND BILLY KIRK.
NEXT WILL BE DISTRICT ACTION A WEEK FROM SATURDAY.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY HOME AGAINST DEWITT TONIGHT (GAME ON KMAQ-FM) AND THE CARDINAL BOYS PLAY AT DEWITT. SHOULD BE A GOOD, CLOSE GAME. AND...IF THE MAQUOKETA SOPHOMORES WIN, IT WILL BE COACH DENNIS STREET'S 500TH WIN. I'LL BE THERE TO SEE.
BOB STRATTON, AGE 78, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SUDDENLY YESTERDAY. HIS FULL OBITUARY CAN BE VIEWED AT www.carsonandson.com
DEAN BOWMAN, AGE 80, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. HIS FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
HOPE YOUR TEAM WINS SUNDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, February 01, 2007
SUNNY AND COLD TODAY.
NOTHING NEW ON THE DELMAR BANK ROBBERY. PICTURE OF HIM TAKEN BY BANK SECURITY CAMERA IS IN NEWSPAPERS AND TV.
SHERRY J. SOKOL, 71, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER POLICE FOUND METH AND MARIJUANA IN HIS HOME AT 310 SOUTH VERMONT. THOMAS JOSLIN,
AGE 45, WAS CHARGED AND RELEASED ON AN UNSECURED BOND OF $9,750.
SLOW NEWS DAY...
COME VISIT MAQUOKETA THIS WEEKEND AND ENJOY WINTER WEATHER LIKE IT SHOULD BE.....COLD.
DENNIS VOY
NOTHING NEW ON THE DELMAR BANK ROBBERY. PICTURE OF HIM TAKEN BY BANK SECURITY CAMERA IS IN NEWSPAPERS AND TV.
SHERRY J. SOKOL, 71, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER POLICE FOUND METH AND MARIJUANA IN HIS HOME AT 310 SOUTH VERMONT. THOMAS JOSLIN,
AGE 45, WAS CHARGED AND RELEASED ON AN UNSECURED BOND OF $9,750.
SLOW NEWS DAY...
COME VISIT MAQUOKETA THIS WEEKEND AND ENJOY WINTER WEATHER LIKE IT SHOULD BE.....COLD.
DENNIS VOY
SUNNY AND COLD TODAY.
A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER POLICE FOUND METH AND MARIJUANA IN HIS HOME TUESDAY. THOMAS JOSLIN, 45, OF 310 SOUTH VERMONT, WAS CHARGED AND RELEASED ON AN UNSECURED BOND OF $9,750.
NOTHING NEW ON THE DEMAR BANK ROBBERY. HIS PICTURE, TAKEN OFF THE BANK SECURITY CAMERA, IS BEING SHOWN IN NEWSPAPERS AND ON TV.
SHERRY J. SOKOL, AGE 71, OF MAQUOKTA,DIED THIS MORNING. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
SLOW NEWS DAY TODAY.
COME TO MAQUOKETA THIS WEEKEND AND ENJOY THE BLUSTERY WEATHER.
DENNIS VOY
A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER POLICE FOUND METH AND MARIJUANA IN HIS HOME TUESDAY. THOMAS JOSLIN, 45, OF 310 SOUTH VERMONT, WAS CHARGED AND RELEASED ON AN UNSECURED BOND OF $9,750.
NOTHING NEW ON THE DEMAR BANK ROBBERY. HIS PICTURE, TAKEN OFF THE BANK SECURITY CAMERA, IS BEING SHOWN IN NEWSPAPERS AND ON TV.
SHERRY J. SOKOL, AGE 71, OF MAQUOKTA,DIED THIS MORNING. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
SLOW NEWS DAY TODAY.
COME TO MAQUOKETA THIS WEEKEND AND ENJOY THE BLUSTERY WEATHER.
DENNIS VOY
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