ANOTHER WARM AND DRY DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.
FORMER MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN, MAYOR AND BUSINESSMAN, JIM BOLLMAN, AGE 51, DIED SUNDAY EVENING OF AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK AT HIS HOME IN INDEPENDENCE. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE AT 1:30 THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS. FRIENDS MAY CALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE TURNBULL FUNERAL HOME IN THAT CITY. HE CAME TO MAQUOKETA TO BE MANAGER OF THE PAMIDA STORE. LATER, OWNED JIM'S TRUE VALUE HARDWARE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. HE CURRENTLY WAS EMPLOYED IN STORE-DEVELOPMENT FOR SPAHN AND ROSE LUMBER OUT OF DUBUQUE.
HE WAS A MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN FROM 1996 TO 1999 AND AGAIN
FROM 2001 TO 2003. HE SERVED A SHORT TIME AS MAYOR IN 1993. HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB AND SERVED AS A LT.
GOVERNOR. ALSO AS A SOFTBALL COACH IN MAQUOKETA. HE IS SURVIVED BY:
TWO DAUGTHERS, EMILY BOLLMAN OF BOSTON, AND AMANDA BOLLMAN OF MILWAUKEE. ONE SON, MATT OF MAQUOKETA. HIS MOTHER IN MONMOUTH AND ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER.
THAT ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. NOT MUCH MAQUOKETA NEWS.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, July 30, 2007
NICE BUT HOT TODAY...HIGH MID 80'S. WILL BE HOT AND DRY ALL WEEK.
MIGHT HIT 90 BY MID-WEEK.
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR WAS A GOOD ONE. GOOD WEATHER. GOOD ATTENDANCE. TOTAL FOR THE RUN WAS 18,674. THE BEST ATTENDANCE DURING THE LAST 10 YEARS WAS 19,261 IN 2005.
LAST NIGHT, KAREN LANE WON THE $500 ATTENDANCE DRAWING.
ROSE GILMORE WON THE QUILT RAFFLE.
THE GRAND CHAMP STEER WAS SHOWN BY CHANCE DEPPE OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.
GOOD CROWD, BUT NOT FULL HOUSE, FOR THE SAWYER BROWN SHOW. AND THE AUDIENCE LOVED IT.
LANNY SIMPSON, MANAGER OF THE FAIRBOARD, WAS ON TODAY'S "JUST TALK" SHOW ON KMAQ AND REPORTED SHE AND THE BOARD WERE PLEASED WITH THE FAIR.
THE DEADLINE FOR NOMINATION PAPERS TO BE FILED FOR SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION DAY, IS THIS THURSDAY. TROY THEDE HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION, BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINTS. HE WAS APPOINTED LAST YEAR TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF LESLIE LAWSON. MARY BARTELS SAYS SHE WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION. SHE IS COMPLETING HER SECOND TERM ON THE BOARD. MARK PAPE HAS FILED NOMINATION PAPERS AND SO HAS MARTY
HUDRLIK.
A SIOUX CITY MAN WAS JAILED ON DRUNK DRIVING CHARGES AFTER HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS TRUCK EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CRASHED INTO THE FRONT OF PAUL HAHLE'S HOME ON SOUTH PROSPECT. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE FRONT STEPS AND RAILING AND THE ESTIMATE IS $1,500. PAUL'S HOUSE WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE MANY YEARS AGO AND THAT TIME, IT PUT A HOLE IN THE HOUSE.
DR. JOHN BROMAN FELL IN HIS HOME AND CRACKED HIS HIP AND IS A PATIENT
AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.
A WELL-KNOWN FORMER MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN DIED OF AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK YESTERDAY. I'LL HAVE MORE TOMORROW.
THE AUCTION TO DUNK JACKSON COUNTY CITIZENS IN THE SOFTBALL DUNK TANK
LAST NIGHT AT THE FAIR WENT WELL. FOR MY HIGH BID OF $80, I GOT TO DUNK KMAQ ENGINEER-ANNOUNCER AND MAYOR TOM MESSERLI. HIT THE TARGET WITH THE 3RD BALL.
MY ONLY COMPLAINT ABOUT THE FAIR? THE DRUM AND BUGLE CORP FROM DUBUQUE WAS IN THE PARADE, AND LOOKED AND SOUNDED SHARP. OVER 100 TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL AGE KIDS. BUT, THEIR MARCHING WAS DISTRACTED BY TOO MANY ADULTS MARCHING ALONG WITH THE BAND WITH WATER BOTTLES THAT WERE USED TO SQUIRT WATER.....GIVING THE MARCHERS A DRINK. IF THE KIDS REALLY NEED SO MUCH WATER, THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS.
THE FULTON CHURCH HELD A PICNIC YESTERDAY, AND LONGTIME HORSESHOE PITCHER RED HENTON DID SOME PITCHING AND STILL HAS THAT EYE AND HAND FOR PITCHING RINGERS. RED ALSO SOUNDED PRETTY GOOD AS USUAL FRIDAY AFTERNOON ENTERTAINING SENIORS AT THE FAIR WITH 90-MINUTES WORTH OF MUSICAL FAVORITES. NOT SURE HOW IS FISHING SKILLS ARE THESE DAYS THOUGH.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
MIGHT HIT 90 BY MID-WEEK.
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR WAS A GOOD ONE. GOOD WEATHER. GOOD ATTENDANCE. TOTAL FOR THE RUN WAS 18,674. THE BEST ATTENDANCE DURING THE LAST 10 YEARS WAS 19,261 IN 2005.
LAST NIGHT, KAREN LANE WON THE $500 ATTENDANCE DRAWING.
ROSE GILMORE WON THE QUILT RAFFLE.
THE GRAND CHAMP STEER WAS SHOWN BY CHANCE DEPPE OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.
GOOD CROWD, BUT NOT FULL HOUSE, FOR THE SAWYER BROWN SHOW. AND THE AUDIENCE LOVED IT.
LANNY SIMPSON, MANAGER OF THE FAIRBOARD, WAS ON TODAY'S "JUST TALK" SHOW ON KMAQ AND REPORTED SHE AND THE BOARD WERE PLEASED WITH THE FAIR.
THE DEADLINE FOR NOMINATION PAPERS TO BE FILED FOR SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION DAY, IS THIS THURSDAY. TROY THEDE HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION, BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINTS. HE WAS APPOINTED LAST YEAR TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF LESLIE LAWSON. MARY BARTELS SAYS SHE WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION. SHE IS COMPLETING HER SECOND TERM ON THE BOARD. MARK PAPE HAS FILED NOMINATION PAPERS AND SO HAS MARTY
HUDRLIK.
A SIOUX CITY MAN WAS JAILED ON DRUNK DRIVING CHARGES AFTER HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS TRUCK EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CRASHED INTO THE FRONT OF PAUL HAHLE'S HOME ON SOUTH PROSPECT. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE FRONT STEPS AND RAILING AND THE ESTIMATE IS $1,500. PAUL'S HOUSE WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE MANY YEARS AGO AND THAT TIME, IT PUT A HOLE IN THE HOUSE.
DR. JOHN BROMAN FELL IN HIS HOME AND CRACKED HIS HIP AND IS A PATIENT
AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.
A WELL-KNOWN FORMER MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN DIED OF AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK YESTERDAY. I'LL HAVE MORE TOMORROW.
THE AUCTION TO DUNK JACKSON COUNTY CITIZENS IN THE SOFTBALL DUNK TANK
LAST NIGHT AT THE FAIR WENT WELL. FOR MY HIGH BID OF $80, I GOT TO DUNK KMAQ ENGINEER-ANNOUNCER AND MAYOR TOM MESSERLI. HIT THE TARGET WITH THE 3RD BALL.
MY ONLY COMPLAINT ABOUT THE FAIR? THE DRUM AND BUGLE CORP FROM DUBUQUE WAS IN THE PARADE, AND LOOKED AND SOUNDED SHARP. OVER 100 TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL AGE KIDS. BUT, THEIR MARCHING WAS DISTRACTED BY TOO MANY ADULTS MARCHING ALONG WITH THE BAND WITH WATER BOTTLES THAT WERE USED TO SQUIRT WATER.....GIVING THE MARCHERS A DRINK. IF THE KIDS REALLY NEED SO MUCH WATER, THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS.
THE FULTON CHURCH HELD A PICNIC YESTERDAY, AND LONGTIME HORSESHOE PITCHER RED HENTON DID SOME PITCHING AND STILL HAS THAT EYE AND HAND FOR PITCHING RINGERS. RED ALSO SOUNDED PRETTY GOOD AS USUAL FRIDAY AFTERNOON ENTERTAINING SENIORS AT THE FAIR WITH 90-MINUTES WORTH OF MUSICAL FAVORITES. NOT SURE HOW IS FISHING SKILLS ARE THESE DAYS THOUGH.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, July 26, 2007
THERE WERE A LOT OF PICTURES TAKEN BY DAVE VOY, OF THE 2007 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR PARADE LAST (WEDNESDAY) NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA. SEE THEM AT www.maquoketa.com
AND BE SURE TO CHECK BELOW FOR TODAY'S DAILY REPORT, AND OTHER PHOTOS.
DENNIS VOY
AND BE SURE TO CHECK BELOW FOR TODAY'S DAILY REPORT, AND OTHER PHOTOS.
DENNIS VOY
HOT AND HUMID TODAY FOR THE FIRST FULL DAY OF THE FAIR.
BIG CROWD LAST NIGHT AFTER THE 90-MINUTE PARADE, BUT LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. LAST YEAR ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 4,719. LAST NIGHT, 3,994.
TEN PEOPLE WON $50 LAST NIGHT AFTER THE FIREWORKS. THEY HAD TO BE PRESENT TO WIN. WINNERS FROM MAQUOKETA WERE: JUNE WAHL, ....JEREMY KOON....AND....NIN FLAGEL.
STOCK CAR RACING TONIGHT.
NINE COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO BE AUCTIONE OFF AND THEN
DUNKED IN WATER SUNDAY EVENING AT THE FAIR....STARTING AT 6:30.
PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE FAIRBOARD FOR ITS OPERATIONS. THOSE FROM MAQUOKETA: REP. TOM SCHUELLER....MAYOR TOM MESSERLI....FAMOUS BOB L. HEAD....(WON THE NATIONAL CONTEST THIS SUMMER) AND DICK'S SUPER MARKET MANAGER, SALLY DAVIES.
THE TRACTOR PULL IS FRIDAY NIGHT.....SAWYER BROWN SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT, AND STUNT CAR DRIVING SUNDAY NIGHT.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
BIG CROWD LAST NIGHT AFTER THE 90-MINUTE PARADE, BUT LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. LAST YEAR ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 4,719. LAST NIGHT, 3,994.
TEN PEOPLE WON $50 LAST NIGHT AFTER THE FIREWORKS. THEY HAD TO BE PRESENT TO WIN. WINNERS FROM MAQUOKETA WERE: JUNE WAHL, ....JEREMY KOON....AND....NIN FLAGEL.
STOCK CAR RACING TONIGHT.
NINE COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO BE AUCTIONE OFF AND THEN
DUNKED IN WATER SUNDAY EVENING AT THE FAIR....STARTING AT 6:30.
PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE FAIRBOARD FOR ITS OPERATIONS. THOSE FROM MAQUOKETA: REP. TOM SCHUELLER....MAYOR TOM MESSERLI....FAMOUS BOB L. HEAD....(WON THE NATIONAL CONTEST THIS SUMMER) AND DICK'S SUPER MARKET MANAGER, SALLY DAVIES.
THE TRACTOR PULL IS FRIDAY NIGHT.....SAWYER BROWN SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT, AND STUNT CAR DRIVING SUNDAY NIGHT.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
STATION MANAGER LEIGHTON HEPKER IS SHOWN HERE AT THE KMAQ BOOTH AT THE FAIR. STOP BY AND REGISTER FOR 3 PRIZES. 1ST PRIZE, TWO TICKETS TO THE LES BROWN BIG BAND SHOW FROM BRANSON, COMING TO THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON AUGUST 18TH. 2ND PRIZE, AN AM-FM RADIO AND 3RD PRIZE, TOW TICKETS TO THE VOY 3 THEATRE OR THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE. THE DRAWING FOR THE TWO PRIZES WILL BE AT 9:05 MONDAY MORNING ON THE KMAQ JUST TALK SHOW.
KMAQ HAS TWO STAFF OPENINGS. BOB WARNER, HAS RETIRED AFTER 37 GOOD YEARS AT KMAQ AND IS CURRENTLY LIVING IN DUBUQUE. WE WILL REALLY MISS HIM HERE, AND WISH HIM THE BEST IN RETIREMENT. NATE CLASEN, MY GRANDSON, HAS LEFT KMAQ TO DO CONSTRUCTION WORK WITH HIS DAD'S FIRM AND WE NEED TO HIRE A STUDENT OR OLDER PERSON TO WORK SOME OF THE THE EVENING AND WEEKEND SHIFTS AT KMAQ. JOE BRUNO, HOME FROM COLLEGE FOR THE SUMMER, HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB AS AN ANNOUNCER AND SOON WILL BE STARTING HIS JUNIOR YEAR AT CORNELL COLLEGE IN MT. VERNON.
WE WISH HIM THE BEST IN THE YEAR AHEAD. HIS DAD, ROBERT, IS A FULLTIME ANNOUNCER HERE AT KMAQ.
WE WISH HIM THE BEST IN THE YEAR AHEAD. HIS DAD, ROBERT, IS A FULLTIME ANNOUNCER HERE AT KMAQ.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
THERE WAS A REPORT FOR TODAY, WEDNESDAY.
LOOK FOR IT BELOW.
BUT..YOU MAY HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT IT...SO YOU CAN READ IT.
IT IS THERE....IF YOU CAN BRING IT UP ON YOUR COMPUTER.
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR PARADE JUST ENDED. IT LASTED
1 AND A HALF HOURS.
DAVE VOY TOOK LOTS OF PICTURES AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THEM
AT HIS WEB SITE...www.maquoketa.com
DON'T FORGET TO READ THE SHORT WEDNESDAY REPORT BELOW.
LOOK FOR IT BELOW.
BUT..YOU MAY HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT IT...SO YOU CAN READ IT.
IT IS THERE....IF YOU CAN BRING IT UP ON YOUR COMPUTER.
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR PARADE JUST ENDED. IT LASTED
1 AND A HALF HOURS.
DAVE VOY TOOK LOTS OF PICTURES AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THEM
AT HIS WEB SITE...www.maquoketa.com
DON'T FORGET TO READ THE SHORT WEDNESDAY REPORT BELOW.
NICE WEATHER....NO RAIN....IN THE 80'S. WILL BE GREAT NIGHT FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR PARADE AND EVENTS AFTER.
TOMORROW, THURSDAY, FIRST FULL DAY OF FAIR. FRIDAY, MAY GET A LITTLE RAIN.
JOBLESS RATE IN JACKSON COUNTY WENT UP A BIT TO 4.4 PERCENT IN JUNE. IN MAY IT WAS 4.1.
MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WILL START ON TIME...THURSDAY, AUGUST 23RD. SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT SAID THERE HAVE BEEN SOME RUMORS CIRCULATING THAT SCHOOL WOULD BE DELAYED BECAUSE OF CONTRUCTION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. HUCKSTADT SAID IT WILL NOT BE DELAYED. HE SAID THE KITCHEN WILL BE FUNCTIONAL, BUT THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM WILL BE USED AS A CAFETERIA FOR AWHILE.'
THERE WERE 22 ENTRIES IN THE BUCKET OF BLOOMS CONTEST SPONSORED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY MASTER GARDNERS AT THE COUNTY FAIR. FIRST PLACE WENT TO DORIS CURRIER OF MAQUOKETA AND SHE WON $35.
QUAD CITY RADIO GROUP AIRS A WEEKLY HOUR RADIO SHOW WEEKENDS ON SEVERAL OF THEIR STATIONS. I WAS INTERVIEWED FOR LAST WEEKEND'S SHOW.
IT CAN BE HEARD ON MY SON DAVE VOY'S BLOGGER....
www.maquoketa.com AND CLICK ON THE WOC LINK TO LISTEN.
DAVE IS ADDING THINGS REGULARLY....HE MAY HAVE THE PARADE ON TOO (TAPED). KEEP CHECKING.
I'LL TRY TO KEEP YOU UPDATED DAILY THE REST OF THIS WEEK ON THE COUNTY FAIR.
COME TO THE FAIR.
KMAQ WILL BE DOING LOTS OF BROADCASTING FROM THE FAIR AGAIN THIS YEAR.
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW, THURSDAY, FIRST FULL DAY OF FAIR. FRIDAY, MAY GET A LITTLE RAIN.
JOBLESS RATE IN JACKSON COUNTY WENT UP A BIT TO 4.4 PERCENT IN JUNE. IN MAY IT WAS 4.1.
MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS WILL START ON TIME...THURSDAY, AUGUST 23RD. SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT SAID THERE HAVE BEEN SOME RUMORS CIRCULATING THAT SCHOOL WOULD BE DELAYED BECAUSE OF CONTRUCTION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. HUCKSTADT SAID IT WILL NOT BE DELAYED. HE SAID THE KITCHEN WILL BE FUNCTIONAL, BUT THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM WILL BE USED AS A CAFETERIA FOR AWHILE.'
THERE WERE 22 ENTRIES IN THE BUCKET OF BLOOMS CONTEST SPONSORED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY MASTER GARDNERS AT THE COUNTY FAIR. FIRST PLACE WENT TO DORIS CURRIER OF MAQUOKETA AND SHE WON $35.
QUAD CITY RADIO GROUP AIRS A WEEKLY HOUR RADIO SHOW WEEKENDS ON SEVERAL OF THEIR STATIONS. I WAS INTERVIEWED FOR LAST WEEKEND'S SHOW.
IT CAN BE HEARD ON MY SON DAVE VOY'S BLOGGER....
www.maquoketa.com AND CLICK ON THE WOC LINK TO LISTEN.
DAVE IS ADDING THINGS REGULARLY....HE MAY HAVE THE PARADE ON TOO (TAPED). KEEP CHECKING.
I'LL TRY TO KEEP YOU UPDATED DAILY THE REST OF THIS WEEK ON THE COUNTY FAIR.
COME TO THE FAIR.
KMAQ WILL BE DOING LOTS OF BROADCASTING FROM THE FAIR AGAIN THIS YEAR.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, July 23, 2007
NICE WEATHER THESE DAYS...BUT MAY GET HOT AT THE START OF THE FAIR
THIS WEDNESDAY.
THE FAIR STARTS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE PARADE.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, KARA TIES, A RECENT BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL GRAD, WAS NAMED THE 2007 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR QUEEN.
MEGAN FLYNN OF MAQUOKETA, LAST YEAR'S QUEEN, AND FIRST RUNNER-UP IN THE STATE CONTEST, SPOKE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES AS QUEEN AT THE AFTERNOON EVENT AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
ALSO DURING THE PROGRAM, ROSS AND VIVIAN RIVER, WHO WILL BE THE GRAND MARSHALS IN THE PARADE, WERE HONORED. THEY RECENTLY SOLD SEVERAL ACRES TO THE FAIRBOARD FOR ADDITIONAL PARKNG AND YESTERDAY, THEY
RECEIVED A STREET SIGN FOR THE AREA WHAT HAS
BEEN NAMED THE RIVER FAMILY FARMS ADDITION
AND LONGTIME FAIR MANAGER, TOM CALLAHAN, WAS HONORED WITH A STREET SIGN, CALLAHAN LANE, TO BE PUT UP AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
DOROTHY GILMORE, AGE 84, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED FRIDAY. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
THE NEW MEXICAN RESTUARANT IS A BIG HIT.
THE ARC, NOW THE MAQUOKETA Y, IS NEARING COMPLETION.....THEY ARE WORKING ON THE PARKING LOT.
WAS IN THE THEISEN'S NEW STORE TODAY FOR FIRST TIME....VERY NICE.
GETTING GOOD COMMENTS ON THE NEW MOVIE...."HAIRSPRAY", SHOWING NOW AT
THE VOY 1 THEATRE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
WESTERN AVENUE IS ALL TORN UP.
THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING IS TAKING SHAPE.
THE ARC....NOW THE MAQUOKETA Y....IS NEARING COMPLETION... THEY ARE WORKING ON PARKING LOT NOW.
THIS WEDNESDAY.
THE FAIR STARTS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE PARADE.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, KARA TIES, A RECENT BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL GRAD, WAS NAMED THE 2007 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR QUEEN.
MEGAN FLYNN OF MAQUOKETA, LAST YEAR'S QUEEN, AND FIRST RUNNER-UP IN THE STATE CONTEST, SPOKE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES AS QUEEN AT THE AFTERNOON EVENT AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA.
ALSO DURING THE PROGRAM, ROSS AND VIVIAN RIVER, WHO WILL BE THE GRAND MARSHALS IN THE PARADE, WERE HONORED. THEY RECENTLY SOLD SEVERAL ACRES TO THE FAIRBOARD FOR ADDITIONAL PARKNG AND YESTERDAY, THEY
RECEIVED A STREET SIGN FOR THE AREA WHAT HAS
BEEN NAMED THE RIVER FAMILY FARMS ADDITIONAND LONGTIME FAIR MANAGER, TOM CALLAHAN, WAS HONORED WITH A STREET SIGN, CALLAHAN LANE, TO BE PUT UP AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
DOROTHY GILMORE, AGE 84, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED FRIDAY. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com
THE NEW MEXICAN RESTUARANT IS A BIG HIT.
THE ARC, NOW THE MAQUOKETA Y, IS NEARING COMPLETION.....THEY ARE WORKING ON THE PARKING LOT.
WAS IN THE THEISEN'S NEW STORE TODAY FOR FIRST TIME....VERY NICE.
GETTING GOOD COMMENTS ON THE NEW MOVIE...."HAIRSPRAY", SHOWING NOW AT
THE VOY 1 THEATRE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
WESTERN AVENUE IS ALL TORN UP.
THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING IS TAKING SHAPE.
THE ARC....NOW THE MAQUOKETA Y....IS NEARING COMPLETION... THEY ARE WORKING ON PARKING LOT NOW.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
ANOTHER 8/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY.....BUT NONE TODAY AND THE RAIN IS OVER FOR AWHILE....AT LEAST A WEEK. SO FAR IN JULY, OVER 8-INCHES OF RAIN HERE IN MAQUOKETA. BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY WITH HIGH IN THE LOW 80'S.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL IS THINKING OF RAISING THE MAQUOKETA MOTEL-HOTEL TAX FROM 5 TO 7 PERCENT. A FINAL DECISION IS EXPECTED SOON.
THE DANCE HALL CAVE, THE MOST POPULAR, IS NOW AGAIN OPEN AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK. BUT, NO LIGHTS, SO CAVERS ARE REMINDED TO TAKE A FLASHLIGHT WHEN WALKING THROUGH.
CONGRESSMAN BRUCE BRALEY INFORMED KMAQ NEWS THAT MATT OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA, CO-OWNER AND OPERATOR OF OSTERHAUS PHARMACY, TESTIFIED YESTERDAY BEFORE THE HOUSE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITEE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. OSTERHAUS TESTIFIED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF MEDICAID DRUG REIMBURSEMENT POLICIES OR SMALL PHARMACIES.
TERRI AND DAVID CLARK OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN JULY 13TH AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE ADRIAN AND CINDY KOONTZ OF MAQUOKETA. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JOHN AND JANICE CLARK OF MAQUOKETA.
MELISSA BEAN, 58, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY IN DAVENPORT. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
HOWARD KUEHL, 89, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TUESDAY AT THE HOSPITAL
IN MAQUOKETA. HIS FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE SATURDAY AT FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ANDOVER. HE FARMED ALL HIS LIFE AT RURAL ANDOVER AND IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, AND 4 CHILDREN, INCLUDING KATHY GERONZIN OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL IS THINKING OF RAISING THE MAQUOKETA MOTEL-HOTEL TAX FROM 5 TO 7 PERCENT. A FINAL DECISION IS EXPECTED SOON.
THE DANCE HALL CAVE, THE MOST POPULAR, IS NOW AGAIN OPEN AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK. BUT, NO LIGHTS, SO CAVERS ARE REMINDED TO TAKE A FLASHLIGHT WHEN WALKING THROUGH.
CONGRESSMAN BRUCE BRALEY INFORMED KMAQ NEWS THAT MATT OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA, CO-OWNER AND OPERATOR OF OSTERHAUS PHARMACY, TESTIFIED YESTERDAY BEFORE THE HOUSE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITEE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. OSTERHAUS TESTIFIED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF MEDICAID DRUG REIMBURSEMENT POLICIES OR SMALL PHARMACIES.
TERRI AND DAVID CLARK OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN JULY 13TH AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE ADRIAN AND CINDY KOONTZ OF MAQUOKETA. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JOHN AND JANICE CLARK OF MAQUOKETA.
MELISSA BEAN, 58, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY IN DAVENPORT. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT www.laheys.com
HOWARD KUEHL, 89, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TUESDAY AT THE HOSPITAL
IN MAQUOKETA. HIS FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE SATURDAY AT FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ANDOVER. HE FARMED ALL HIS LIFE AT RURAL ANDOVER AND IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, AND 4 CHILDREN, INCLUDING KATHY GERONZIN OF MAQUOKETA.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
IT HAS BEEN RAINING IN MAQUOKETA OFF AND ON SINCE YESTERDAY.
1.86 INCHES SO FAR AND MORE IN FORECAST TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. SO FAR IN JULY, MAQUOKETA HAS RECEIVED NEARLY 7 INCHES OF RAIN. BUT, MANY OTHER EASTERN IOWA NEARBY CITIES HAVE RECEIVED MUCH MORE.
TODAY'S HIGH WAS ONLY 71.
THE CORN LOOKS GREAT IN THE KMAQ AREA.
IN SPORTS...THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASEBALL TEAM LOST THEIR OPENIGN TOURNAMENT GAME TO ANAMOSA .. LOOSING IN THE LAST INNING.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HAVE THIER FIRST TOURNAMENT GAME TONIGHT HERE, AGAINST DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION. THEY BEAT DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION EARLIER THIS SEASON. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HAVE RECORDED OVER 30 WINS.
CONNIE GLASER, AGE 54, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN NOW BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com. SHE HAS A LOT OF LOCAL SURVIVORS.
THE SUPERVISORS HEARD THIS MORNING AT THEIR MEETING,THAT THE OLD TRUCK STOP PROPERTY CLEAN-UP OF THE SOIL IS STILL NOT DONE.
ANOTHER DAY OF HAULING CONTAMINATED DIRT AWAY WILL STILL HAVE TO BE DONE. IT HAS BEEN 10 YEARS OF CLEANUP. ONE OF THESE DAYS, THE SUPERVISORS WILL BE ABLE TO SELL THE BUILDING AND LAND.
AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCI CHANGED ITS MIND ON THE NEW BURNING ORDINANCE. THE COUNCIL VOTED 5 TO 2 TO ALLOW ONE DAY A WEEK FOR BURNING OF PAPER. NO GARBAGE BURNING WILL BE ALLOWED. VOTING AGAINST THE CHANGE TO ONE DAY A WEEK, COUNCIL MEMBERS MARSHA MEYERS AND GALEN SAUNDERS.
THE JONES COUNTY FAIR STARTS TOMORROW IN MONTICELLO.
THE CLINTON COUNTY FAIR STARTS THURSDAY IN DEWITT.
KMAQ WILL BE BROADCASTING DAILY FROM BOTH FAIRS.
IT IS RIDICULOUS DAY IN MAQUOKETA TOMORROW...AN ANNUAL SALES EVENT THAT DATES BACK TO 1958. SIDEWALK SELLING...FOOD...KID'S DINO JUMP AND MORE. MANY STORES WILL OPEN AT 7 A.M.
THE NEW MEXICAN RESTUARANT OPENED YESTERDAY ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. THEY HAVE DONE NO ADVERTISING, SO I CAN GIVE YOU NO FURTHER INFORMATION.
THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB IS ADVERTISING FOR A NEW MANAGER.
THE OLD HOUSE (PHOTO IN THIS REPORT EARLIER THIS MONTH) IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET TO THE EAST OF LOWELL HENRY PHOTOGRAPHY. THE LADY THAT OWNED IT DIED LAST YEAR AND
IT HAS NOT BEEN LIVED-IN FOR YEARS. KEN MOORE BOUGHT IT AND PLANS TO RESTORE IT SOME DAY. I TOURED IT A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IT IS QUITE A HOME, GREAT STAIRWAY, AN UPSTAIRS ALL-SEASONS ROOM, AND NEEDS LOTS OF WORK.
ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH TORE DOWN THE OLD PARSONAGE HOME NEXT DOOR TO THE EAST OF THE CHURCH AND IS BUILDING A NEW
BUILDING ON THE LOT. I ASSUME IT WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY ROOM AND CLASSROOMS. THE BUILDING PERMIT WAS LISTED IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR AROUND $180,000.
JOHN WAGENER IS STILL PLANNING TO BUILD AN ETHANOL PLANT IN THE MAQUOKETA INDUSTRIAL PARK, IN AN EXISTING BUILDING.
THE NEW HARRY POTTER MOVIE IS DOING GOOD BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA.
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR PARADE IS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW...STARTING AT 6 P.M.
WILL TRY TO DO BETTER ON GETTING MORE OF THESE REPORTS....BUT BEING SHORT OF A STAFF MEMBER AND WITH COUNTY FAIRS IN PROGRESS.....WE ARE BUSY AS EVER HERE AT THE STATION.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN REGULARLY.
DENNIS VOY
1.86 INCHES SO FAR AND MORE IN FORECAST TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. SO FAR IN JULY, MAQUOKETA HAS RECEIVED NEARLY 7 INCHES OF RAIN. BUT, MANY OTHER EASTERN IOWA NEARBY CITIES HAVE RECEIVED MUCH MORE.
TODAY'S HIGH WAS ONLY 71.
THE CORN LOOKS GREAT IN THE KMAQ AREA.
IN SPORTS...THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASEBALL TEAM LOST THEIR OPENIGN TOURNAMENT GAME TO ANAMOSA .. LOOSING IN THE LAST INNING.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HAVE THIER FIRST TOURNAMENT GAME TONIGHT HERE, AGAINST DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION. THEY BEAT DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION EARLIER THIS SEASON. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HAVE RECORDED OVER 30 WINS.
CONNIE GLASER, AGE 54, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING. HER FULL OBITUARY CAN NOW BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com. SHE HAS A LOT OF LOCAL SURVIVORS.
THE SUPERVISORS HEARD THIS MORNING AT THEIR MEETING,THAT THE OLD TRUCK STOP PROPERTY CLEAN-UP OF THE SOIL IS STILL NOT DONE.
ANOTHER DAY OF HAULING CONTAMINATED DIRT AWAY WILL STILL HAVE TO BE DONE. IT HAS BEEN 10 YEARS OF CLEANUP. ONE OF THESE DAYS, THE SUPERVISORS WILL BE ABLE TO SELL THE BUILDING AND LAND.
AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCI CHANGED ITS MIND ON THE NEW BURNING ORDINANCE. THE COUNCIL VOTED 5 TO 2 TO ALLOW ONE DAY A WEEK FOR BURNING OF PAPER. NO GARBAGE BURNING WILL BE ALLOWED. VOTING AGAINST THE CHANGE TO ONE DAY A WEEK, COUNCIL MEMBERS MARSHA MEYERS AND GALEN SAUNDERS.
THE JONES COUNTY FAIR STARTS TOMORROW IN MONTICELLO.
THE CLINTON COUNTY FAIR STARTS THURSDAY IN DEWITT.
KMAQ WILL BE BROADCASTING DAILY FROM BOTH FAIRS.
IT IS RIDICULOUS DAY IN MAQUOKETA TOMORROW...AN ANNUAL SALES EVENT THAT DATES BACK TO 1958. SIDEWALK SELLING...FOOD...KID'S DINO JUMP AND MORE. MANY STORES WILL OPEN AT 7 A.M.
THE NEW MEXICAN RESTUARANT OPENED YESTERDAY ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. THEY HAVE DONE NO ADVERTISING, SO I CAN GIVE YOU NO FURTHER INFORMATION.
THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB IS ADVERTISING FOR A NEW MANAGER.
THE OLD HOUSE (PHOTO IN THIS REPORT EARLIER THIS MONTH) IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET TO THE EAST OF LOWELL HENRY PHOTOGRAPHY. THE LADY THAT OWNED IT DIED LAST YEAR AND
IT HAS NOT BEEN LIVED-IN FOR YEARS. KEN MOORE BOUGHT IT AND PLANS TO RESTORE IT SOME DAY. I TOURED IT A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IT IS QUITE A HOME, GREAT STAIRWAY, AN UPSTAIRS ALL-SEASONS ROOM, AND NEEDS LOTS OF WORK.
ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH TORE DOWN THE OLD PARSONAGE HOME NEXT DOOR TO THE EAST OF THE CHURCH AND IS BUILDING A NEW
BUILDING ON THE LOT. I ASSUME IT WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY ROOM AND CLASSROOMS. THE BUILDING PERMIT WAS LISTED IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR AROUND $180,000.
JOHN WAGENER IS STILL PLANNING TO BUILD AN ETHANOL PLANT IN THE MAQUOKETA INDUSTRIAL PARK, IN AN EXISTING BUILDING.
THE NEW HARRY POTTER MOVIE IS DOING GOOD BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA.
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR PARADE IS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW...STARTING AT 6 P.M.
WILL TRY TO DO BETTER ON GETTING MORE OF THESE REPORTS....BUT BEING SHORT OF A STAFF MEMBER AND WITH COUNTY FAIRS IN PROGRESS.....WE ARE BUSY AS EVER HERE AT THE STATION.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN REGULARLY.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, July 12, 2007
HILLARY AND HER HUSBAND BILL, RECENTLY VISITED THE QUAD CITIES.
AND, ON HAND TO HANDLE THE EXPECTED CROWD TO SEE THEM, WERE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM THE AREA, INCLUDING DETECTIVE RICK VOY OF THE DAVENPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT. IN THIS PICTURE, RICK IS STANDING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, WEARING TIE AND SPORTCOAT AND HANDS FOLDED. RICK, GRADUATE OF MCHS,
AND, ON HAND TO HANDLE THE EXPECTED CROWD TO SEE THEM, WERE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM THE AREA, INCLUDING DETECTIVE RICK VOY OF THE DAVENPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT. IN THIS PICTURE, RICK IS STANDING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, WEARING TIE AND SPORTCOAT AND HANDS FOLDED. RICK, GRADUATE OF MCHS,
WAS A US MARINES MP FOR OVER 10 YEARS AND HAS BEEN WITH THE DAVENPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT
OVER 10 YEARS.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
88 DEGREES YESTERDY.
A LOT OF RAIN LAST NIGHT SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA AT DEWITT AND EVEN MORE AT THE QUAD CITIES.
RAIN WAS IN THE FORECAST FOR TODAY, BUT NOTHING. 88 AGAIN TODAY'S HIGH. COOLER WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND, IN THE MID TO UPPER 70'S.
THE BOB L. HEAD BOBBLE HEAD WAS PICTURED TODAY IN THE QUAD CITY TIMES.
GOOD LIKENESS OF BOB L. HEAD OF MAQUOKETA. THE PORTLAND BEAVERS, WHO SPONSORED THE NATIONWIDE BOBBLE HEAD CONTEST, ARE GOING TO PRE-SELL 500 AUTOGRAPHED BOB L. HEAD BOBBLEHEADS AND T-SHIRTS AND A PORTION OF THE SALE OF THESE WILL GO TO THE FUND TO HELP BUILD A HOSPICE HOUSE IN MAQUOEKTA. A FUND HAS BEEN SET UP AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.
YOU CAN SEE THE BOB L. HEAD OF MAQUOKETA BOBBLEHEAD AT THE PORTLAND BEAVERS WEB SITE...www.portlandbeavers.com INFORMATION ON ORDERING A T-SHIRT OR BOBBLEHEAD IS ALSO ON THE WEB SITE. THE BIG DAY WHEN BOB L. HEAD OF MAQUOKETA WILL BE HONORED IN PORTLAND WILL BE ON AUGUST 18TH.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPRVIORS MET TODAY AND DECIDED TO SEEK AN APPRAISAL FOR BICENTENNIAL PARK. HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY HAS SHOWN INTEREST IN PURCHASING THE SELDOM-USED 7-ACRE PARK ACROSS FROM THE HOSPITAL.
JOHN EDWARDS, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA THIS SATURDAY MORNING AT 10:30 AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON EAST PLATT STREET.
RIDICULOUS DAY IS NEXT WEDNESDAY IN MAQUOKETA.
NFL QUARTERBACK SAGE ROSENFELS WILL RETURN TO HIS HOMETOWN, MAQUOKETA, TO HOST A ONE-DAY CAMP FOR BACKS, QUARTERBACKS, AND RECEIVERS.....ON JULY 21ST, FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 3:30 P.M. IT WILL BE FOR GRADES 7 THROUGH 12. THE COST IF $50 AND THAT INCLUDES A T-SHIRT AND LUNCH AT HAPPY JOE'S. ALL MONEY RAISED WILL GO TO THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL PROGRAM. ROSENFELS CAN BE CONTACTED ABOUT THE CAMP AT sagerosenfelsfootballcamp@yahoo.com
THE CLEANUP IS UNDERWAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK. THE NEARLY 6 INCHES OF RAIN THAT DRENCHED THE MAQUOKETA AREA JULY 3RD
RESULTED IN AN ESTIMATED 300 TONS OF DEBRIS AND ROCK LODGING ITSELF INSIDE DANCE HALL CAVE, THE SIGNATURE ATTRACTION AT THE PARK. THE CAVE IS CLOSED AND WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOR TWO TO FOUR WEEKS WHILE CREWS FROM THE IOWA DNR ASCERTAIN THE EXTEND OF THE DAMAGES, ACCUMULATED DEBRIS AND CLEANUP COSTS. CREWS INITIATED CLEANUP EFFORTS YESTERDAY TO RESTORE THE CAVE AND TRAIL'S SAFETY FOR PUBLIC USE.
BUT...THE PARK IS OPEN. ALL SIX MILES OF TRAILS, ALL CAVES EXCEPT DANCE HALL CAVE, THE PICNIC AREAS, SHELTERS, AND CAMPGROUND ARE OPEN NOW FOR PUBLIC USE.
THE CEDAR COUNTY FAIR AT TIPTON STARTS TOMORROW. THE WYOMING FAIR STARTS FRIDAY AT WYOMING, IOWA AND THE GREAT RIVER THRSHER'S ANNUAL THRESHING DAYS AT MILES, ARE ALSO THIS WEEKEND.
SPENT 4 DAYS IN NAPLES, FLORIDA, ATTENDING A 7-07-07-7 P.M. WEDDING ON THE BEACH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. QUITE A CITY....NAPLES, RICHEST TOWN IN THE U.S. WEATHER NOT BAD.
CHECK THE PHOTO OF WESTERN AVENUE BELOW. LATER THIS YEAR...I'LL TAKE THE SHOT OVER AGAIN, AFTER THE STREET IS REDONE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
A LOT OF RAIN LAST NIGHT SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA AT DEWITT AND EVEN MORE AT THE QUAD CITIES.
RAIN WAS IN THE FORECAST FOR TODAY, BUT NOTHING. 88 AGAIN TODAY'S HIGH. COOLER WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND, IN THE MID TO UPPER 70'S.
THE BOB L. HEAD BOBBLE HEAD WAS PICTURED TODAY IN THE QUAD CITY TIMES.
GOOD LIKENESS OF BOB L. HEAD OF MAQUOKETA. THE PORTLAND BEAVERS, WHO SPONSORED THE NATIONWIDE BOBBLE HEAD CONTEST, ARE GOING TO PRE-SELL 500 AUTOGRAPHED BOB L. HEAD BOBBLEHEADS AND T-SHIRTS AND A PORTION OF THE SALE OF THESE WILL GO TO THE FUND TO HELP BUILD A HOSPICE HOUSE IN MAQUOEKTA. A FUND HAS BEEN SET UP AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.
YOU CAN SEE THE BOB L. HEAD OF MAQUOKETA BOBBLEHEAD AT THE PORTLAND BEAVERS WEB SITE...www.portlandbeavers.com INFORMATION ON ORDERING A T-SHIRT OR BOBBLEHEAD IS ALSO ON THE WEB SITE. THE BIG DAY WHEN BOB L. HEAD OF MAQUOKETA WILL BE HONORED IN PORTLAND WILL BE ON AUGUST 18TH.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPRVIORS MET TODAY AND DECIDED TO SEEK AN APPRAISAL FOR BICENTENNIAL PARK. HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY HAS SHOWN INTEREST IN PURCHASING THE SELDOM-USED 7-ACRE PARK ACROSS FROM THE HOSPITAL.
JOHN EDWARDS, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA THIS SATURDAY MORNING AT 10:30 AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON EAST PLATT STREET.
RIDICULOUS DAY IS NEXT WEDNESDAY IN MAQUOKETA.
NFL QUARTERBACK SAGE ROSENFELS WILL RETURN TO HIS HOMETOWN, MAQUOKETA, TO HOST A ONE-DAY CAMP FOR BACKS, QUARTERBACKS, AND RECEIVERS.....ON JULY 21ST, FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 3:30 P.M. IT WILL BE FOR GRADES 7 THROUGH 12. THE COST IF $50 AND THAT INCLUDES A T-SHIRT AND LUNCH AT HAPPY JOE'S. ALL MONEY RAISED WILL GO TO THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL PROGRAM. ROSENFELS CAN BE CONTACTED ABOUT THE CAMP AT sagerosenfelsfootballcamp@yahoo.com
THE CLEANUP IS UNDERWAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK. THE NEARLY 6 INCHES OF RAIN THAT DRENCHED THE MAQUOKETA AREA JULY 3RD
RESULTED IN AN ESTIMATED 300 TONS OF DEBRIS AND ROCK LODGING ITSELF INSIDE DANCE HALL CAVE, THE SIGNATURE ATTRACTION AT THE PARK. THE CAVE IS CLOSED AND WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOR TWO TO FOUR WEEKS WHILE CREWS FROM THE IOWA DNR ASCERTAIN THE EXTEND OF THE DAMAGES, ACCUMULATED DEBRIS AND CLEANUP COSTS. CREWS INITIATED CLEANUP EFFORTS YESTERDAY TO RESTORE THE CAVE AND TRAIL'S SAFETY FOR PUBLIC USE.
BUT...THE PARK IS OPEN. ALL SIX MILES OF TRAILS, ALL CAVES EXCEPT DANCE HALL CAVE, THE PICNIC AREAS, SHELTERS, AND CAMPGROUND ARE OPEN NOW FOR PUBLIC USE.
THE CEDAR COUNTY FAIR AT TIPTON STARTS TOMORROW. THE WYOMING FAIR STARTS FRIDAY AT WYOMING, IOWA AND THE GREAT RIVER THRSHER'S ANNUAL THRESHING DAYS AT MILES, ARE ALSO THIS WEEKEND.
SPENT 4 DAYS IN NAPLES, FLORIDA, ATTENDING A 7-07-07-7 P.M. WEDDING ON THE BEACH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. QUITE A CITY....NAPLES, RICHEST TOWN IN THE U.S. WEATHER NOT BAD.
CHECK THE PHOTO OF WESTERN AVENUE BELOW. LATER THIS YEAR...I'LL TAKE THE SHOT OVER AGAIN, AFTER THE STREET IS REDONE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, July 05, 2007
A HOT DAY TODAY...
AND HOT AND DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
HIGHS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN THE 90'S.
MAQUOKETA GOT 5 INCHES OF RAIN EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.
THE PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE IS UNDER WATER. HALF THE TRAILS AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK ARE CLOSED.
LONGTIME MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY TOM BREUCH GOT A HOLE-IN-ONE
AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB LAST THURSDAY, USING A CLUB HE BOUGHT FOR $5 AT A RUMMAGE SALE. IT HAPPENED ON THE 9TH HOLE.
AN AD IS RUNNING FOR 4 POSITIONS FOR THE NEW ARC OPENING SOON.
FOR: A DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATRIVE SERVICES...
FOR A DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM SERVICES....FOR A YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR....AND FOR A BUILDING AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR.
TONY AND ALLISON BOCK OF BALDWIN HAS A BOY LAST THURSDAY AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE. GRANDMOTHER IS GENIE NEISS OF MAQUOKETA ND LORI AND RANDY CROUCH AND DOUG AND ALICE BOCK OF MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASEBALL TEAM HAS A 13 AND 11 RECORD AND THE GIRL'S SOFTBALL TEAM, A 23 AMD 14 RECORD.
THE NEXT REPORT WILL BE TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
CHECK THE PHOTOS BELOW.
DENNIS VOY
AND HOT AND DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
HIGHS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN THE 90'S.
MAQUOKETA GOT 5 INCHES OF RAIN EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.
THE PRAIRIE CREEK GOLF COURSE IS UNDER WATER. HALF THE TRAILS AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK ARE CLOSED.
LONGTIME MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY TOM BREUCH GOT A HOLE-IN-ONE
AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB LAST THURSDAY, USING A CLUB HE BOUGHT FOR $5 AT A RUMMAGE SALE. IT HAPPENED ON THE 9TH HOLE.
AN AD IS RUNNING FOR 4 POSITIONS FOR THE NEW ARC OPENING SOON.
FOR: A DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATRIVE SERVICES...
FOR A DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM SERVICES....FOR A YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR....AND FOR A BUILDING AND GROUNDS DIRECTOR.
TONY AND ALLISON BOCK OF BALDWIN HAS A BOY LAST THURSDAY AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE. GRANDMOTHER IS GENIE NEISS OF MAQUOKETA ND LORI AND RANDY CROUCH AND DOUG AND ALICE BOCK OF MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASEBALL TEAM HAS A 13 AND 11 RECORD AND THE GIRL'S SOFTBALL TEAM, A 23 AMD 14 RECORD.
THE NEXT REPORT WILL BE TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
CHECK THE PHOTOS BELOW.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Monday, July 02, 2007
ANOTHER NICE DAY TODAY.
MAY GET SOME RAIN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
A DAVENPORT MAN LEAD POLICE ON A CHASE ON HIGHWAY 61 SATURDAY NIGHT, AND THE CHASE ENDED JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA WITH THE GUY'S VAN CATCHING ON FIRE AND THE CLINTON COUNTY K-9 UNIT TAKING HIM TO THE GROUND. AT ONE TIME, THERE WERE ABOUT 8 PATROL CARS THAT CAME TO THE SCENE, ABOUT 6 P.M, JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 136 AND NOT FAR FROM THE DRIVE-IN THEATRE. LOTS OF EXCITMENT FOR AWHILE.
THE MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A WHITE HEAVY DUTY TRUCK WHICH ALLEGEDLY
HIT A CAR IN FRON OF PERXACTLY'S BAR AND GRILL (FORMERLY HOV'S) IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE DAMAGED VEHICLE BELONGS TO PAUL DAGUE.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO A MINOR FIRE SUNDAY NIGHT TO THE PRAIRIE QUAIL FARM.
AND..THEY ARE POURING FOOTINGS TODAY FOR THE NEW FIRE STATION ADDITION.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA SWIM TEAM HAS A MEET TONIGHT AT 6 AT THE MAQUOKETA POOL.
MAQUOKETA'S POOL IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND BEING USED DAILY. OVER 30 WORK PART TIME AT IT.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
MAY GET SOME RAIN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
A DAVENPORT MAN LEAD POLICE ON A CHASE ON HIGHWAY 61 SATURDAY NIGHT, AND THE CHASE ENDED JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA WITH THE GUY'S VAN CATCHING ON FIRE AND THE CLINTON COUNTY K-9 UNIT TAKING HIM TO THE GROUND. AT ONE TIME, THERE WERE ABOUT 8 PATROL CARS THAT CAME TO THE SCENE, ABOUT 6 P.M, JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 136 AND NOT FAR FROM THE DRIVE-IN THEATRE. LOTS OF EXCITMENT FOR AWHILE.
THE MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A WHITE HEAVY DUTY TRUCK WHICH ALLEGEDLY
HIT A CAR IN FRON OF PERXACTLY'S BAR AND GRILL (FORMERLY HOV'S) IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE DAMAGED VEHICLE BELONGS TO PAUL DAGUE.
THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO A MINOR FIRE SUNDAY NIGHT TO THE PRAIRIE QUAIL FARM.
AND..THEY ARE POURING FOOTINGS TODAY FOR THE NEW FIRE STATION ADDITION.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
THE MAQUOKETA SWIM TEAM HAS A MEET TONIGHT AT 6 AT THE MAQUOKETA POOL.
MAQUOKETA'S POOL IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND BEING USED DAILY. OVER 30 WORK PART TIME AT IT.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Sunday, July 01, 2007
A BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY.
SORRY THE PRINT IS SMALL TODAY. DON'T KNOW WHY.
BELLEVUE'S HERITAGE DAYS THIS WEEKEND, INSTEAD OF JULY 3 AND 4 LIKE MOST YEARS.
LEIGHTON HEPKER BROADCASTING THE PARADE ON KMAQ-AM NOW. SOMEONE WILL WIN A NEW SPORTS CAR LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE ANNUAL NEW CAR RAFFLE SPONSORED BY THE BELLEVUE.CHAMBER.
DEWITT WILL HAVE THEIR PARADE ON JULY 4TH AND I'LL BE BROADCASTING IT AGAIN THIS
YEAR. CLINTON COUNTY FIREWORKS THAT NIGHT IN GRAND MOUND. THE DEWITT CHAMBER AND DEWITT POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE HAVING A RAFFLE FOR A NEW HARLEY AND THAT DRAWING
IS COMING UP THIS WEEK.
LAMOTTE WILL HAVE THEIR JULY 4TH EVENT AGAIN THIS YEAR IN THE DOWNTOWN PARK AND
FIREWORKS THAT NIGHT.
AGAIN THIS YEAR, MAQUOKETA HAS NOTHING SCHEDULED FOR JULY 4TH. NO FIREWORKS.
THERE WILL BE FIREWORKS SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 7TH, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AFTER THE STOCK CAR RACES.
IN CASE YOU HAVE NOT HEARD, THE ROTARY DUCK RACE IN MAQUOKETA WAS WON BY SYNDEY CLARK OF MAQUOKETA AND SHE WINS $1,000. $100 WINNERS: KATHY ANDERSON OF WEBSTER CITY...MICKEY PEARSON-ROSENBERG OF MAQUOKETA...JANE DIEOR OF DUBUQUE AND RYAN BECK OF PEORIA. OVER 1000 DUCKS IN THE RACE AND YOU CAN WATCH IT AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
SORRY I'VE MISSED A LOT OF REPORTS LATELY. MANY REASONS. I HAVE BEEN THE ESCORT ON TWO KMAQ TRAVEL TRIPS....A 4-DAY TO NASHVILLE AND A 1-DAY TO SPRINGFIELD.
ALSO, KMAQ WAS HIT BY LIGHTNING OVER A WEEK AGO, KNOCKING OUT OUR PHONES, SOME COMPUTERS, OUR SAT DISH AND MORE. NEW PHONE SYSTEM GETS INSTALLED NEXT WEEK.
WE ARE JUST ABOUT BACK TO NORMAL, BUT IT WAS HECTIC FOR A FEW DAYS AND LISTNERS
COULD TELL IT. PLUS, BOB WARNER, KMAQ-AM ANNOUNCER HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL
OVER A WEEK AND SO WE ALL HAVE HAD TO FILL IN FOR HIM. TALKED TO HIM YESTERDAY AND HE HOPES TO BE BACK SOON.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASEBALL TEAM IS 12 AND 10 THESE DAYS. 5 AND 7 IN THE WAMAC.
THE OTHER NIGHT, LUKE PATTERSON, WHO JUST GRADUATED, HIT A GRAND SLAM HOME RUN AGAINST NORTHEAST AND IT WAS HIS 27TH HOME RUN IN HIS CAREER AS A CARDINAL, ESTABLSING A NEW HOME RUN RECORD FOR MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
MELISSA AND NOAH NUSBAUM OF MAQUOKETA HAD A BOY THIS PAST MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
KARISA AND STACY BROWN OF BALDWIN HAS A GIRL THIS PAST TUESDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
GRAND PARENTS ARE LON MYATT OF BALDWIN AND VICKI CARTER OF MAQUOKETA.
JUST CHECKED AND ON JUNE 9TH, I FINISHED 10 YEARS OF DOING THIS REPORT. NOW IN YEAR NUBER 11. TIME GOES BY. YOU CAN LOOK AT ANY OF THOSE REPORTS....THEY ARE STILL UP HERE ON THE WEB.
THEISEN'S MOVED TO THE FORMER WAL MART STORE THIS WEEK. NICE NEW, BIG STORE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.'
DENNIS VOY
SORRY THE PRINT IS SMALL TODAY. DON'T KNOW WHY.
BELLEVUE'S HERITAGE DAYS THIS WEEKEND, INSTEAD OF JULY 3 AND 4 LIKE MOST YEARS.
LEIGHTON HEPKER BROADCASTING THE PARADE ON KMAQ-AM NOW. SOMEONE WILL WIN A NEW SPORTS CAR LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE ANNUAL NEW CAR RAFFLE SPONSORED BY THE BELLEVUE.CHAMBER.
DEWITT WILL HAVE THEIR PARADE ON JULY 4TH AND I'LL BE BROADCASTING IT AGAIN THIS
YEAR. CLINTON COUNTY FIREWORKS THAT NIGHT IN GRAND MOUND. THE DEWITT CHAMBER AND DEWITT POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE HAVING A RAFFLE FOR A NEW HARLEY AND THAT DRAWING
IS COMING UP THIS WEEK.
LAMOTTE WILL HAVE THEIR JULY 4TH EVENT AGAIN THIS YEAR IN THE DOWNTOWN PARK AND
FIREWORKS THAT NIGHT.
AGAIN THIS YEAR, MAQUOKETA HAS NOTHING SCHEDULED FOR JULY 4TH. NO FIREWORKS.
THERE WILL BE FIREWORKS SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY 7TH, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AFTER THE STOCK CAR RACES.
IN CASE YOU HAVE NOT HEARD, THE ROTARY DUCK RACE IN MAQUOKETA WAS WON BY SYNDEY CLARK OF MAQUOKETA AND SHE WINS $1,000. $100 WINNERS: KATHY ANDERSON OF WEBSTER CITY...MICKEY PEARSON-ROSENBERG OF MAQUOKETA...JANE DIEOR OF DUBUQUE AND RYAN BECK OF PEORIA. OVER 1000 DUCKS IN THE RACE AND YOU CAN WATCH IT AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org
SORRY I'VE MISSED A LOT OF REPORTS LATELY. MANY REASONS. I HAVE BEEN THE ESCORT ON TWO KMAQ TRAVEL TRIPS....A 4-DAY TO NASHVILLE AND A 1-DAY TO SPRINGFIELD.
ALSO, KMAQ WAS HIT BY LIGHTNING OVER A WEEK AGO, KNOCKING OUT OUR PHONES, SOME COMPUTERS, OUR SAT DISH AND MORE. NEW PHONE SYSTEM GETS INSTALLED NEXT WEEK.
WE ARE JUST ABOUT BACK TO NORMAL, BUT IT WAS HECTIC FOR A FEW DAYS AND LISTNERS
COULD TELL IT. PLUS, BOB WARNER, KMAQ-AM ANNOUNCER HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL
OVER A WEEK AND SO WE ALL HAVE HAD TO FILL IN FOR HIM. TALKED TO HIM YESTERDAY AND HE HOPES TO BE BACK SOON.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASEBALL TEAM IS 12 AND 10 THESE DAYS. 5 AND 7 IN THE WAMAC.
THE OTHER NIGHT, LUKE PATTERSON, WHO JUST GRADUATED, HIT A GRAND SLAM HOME RUN AGAINST NORTHEAST AND IT WAS HIS 27TH HOME RUN IN HIS CAREER AS A CARDINAL, ESTABLSING A NEW HOME RUN RECORD FOR MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
MELISSA AND NOAH NUSBAUM OF MAQUOKETA HAD A BOY THIS PAST MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
KARISA AND STACY BROWN OF BALDWIN HAS A GIRL THIS PAST TUESDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
GRAND PARENTS ARE LON MYATT OF BALDWIN AND VICKI CARTER OF MAQUOKETA.
JUST CHECKED AND ON JUNE 9TH, I FINISHED 10 YEARS OF DOING THIS REPORT. NOW IN YEAR NUBER 11. TIME GOES BY. YOU CAN LOOK AT ANY OF THOSE REPORTS....THEY ARE STILL UP HERE ON THE WEB.
THEISEN'S MOVED TO THE FORMER WAL MART STORE THIS WEEK. NICE NEW, BIG STORE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.'
DENNIS VOY