BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE!
MAQUOKETA POLICE AND JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT A WESTERN AVENUE APARTMENT IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT AND TWO PEOPLE FACE SIX CHARGES EACH AS A RESULT. HEATHER SAMS, AGE 21 AND ROBERT SAMS, AGE 51, ARE BOTH CHARGED WITH POSESSION OF A CONTROLED SUBSTANCE AND OTHER CHARGES, INCLUDING CHILD ENDANGERMENT, AS HEATHER SAMS' TWO MONTH OLD CHILD WAS IN THE APARTMENT AT THE TIME. BOTH APPEARED IN MAGISTRATE COURT THIS MORNING AND WERE RELEASED ON $10,000 UNSECURED BOND.
AL MUHLHAUSEN, MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIREMAN, WAS ON KMAQ JUST TALK SHOW THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT THE STATE FIREMEN'S CONVENTION THAT WILL BE HELD IN MAQUOKETA NEXT SEPTEMBER 3-7. IT WILL BE HEADQUARTERED AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND MUHLHAUSEN, KEITH BURNS AND RICK SCHMIDT ARE CO-CHAIRING THE EVENT. THE LOCAL FIREMEN ARE HOPING TO SEE AROUND 2,500 FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN MAQUOKETA FOR THE CONVENTION.
FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE BOB OSTERHAUS AND HIS WIFE ANN, OF MAQUOKETA, ANNOUNCED TODAY THEIR SUPPORT OF BARACK OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT, CITING HIS COMMITMENT TO CHANGING POLITICS IN WASHINGTON, DC. TO BRING ABOUT A REAL CHANGE.
BOB SERVED IN THE IOWA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AS A DEMOCRAT FROM 1996 THROUGH 2004.
TO DATE, SENATOR OBAMA HAS RECEIVED 15 ENDORSEMENTS FROM CURRENT IOWA STATE LEGISLATORS.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM LAST NIGHT, DEFEATED DEWITT 3 TO 2 AND NOW ADVANCE IN TOURNAMENT PLAY. THEY WILL PLAY DUBUQUE WAHLERT UP AT THEIR GYM TOMORROW NIGHT. WAHLERT IS RANKED 11TH IN THE STATE.
THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS GETTING A NEW WEB SITE AND IT WILL ALSO BE JOINED WITH THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA. JUST ONE ADDRESS FOR BOTH. I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS DONE SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MORRIE MORRIS....86 TODAY AND STILL PLAYING A GOOD GAME OF GOLF. WIFE DOROTHY, LONGTIME BOOKKEEPER HERE AT KMAQ, WAS 84 YESTERDAY AND SHE NOW PLAYS VERY LITTLE GOLF, BUT STILL LIKES TO WATCH THE GOLFERS LOOKING OUT OVER THE GOLF COURSE FROM THEIR HOME. SON LEON IS RETIRED IN LIVING IN DALLAS AND DAUGHTER CHERYL IS RETIRED AND LIVING IN ARIZONA.
LEON IS STILL BUILDING A PLANE IN HIS GARAGE. HE'S BEEN A PILOT SINCE HIGH SCHOOL DAYS.
AND I'M FLYING OUT OF HERE.
DENNIS VOY
