YESTERDAY WAS A NICE DAY, WITH HIGH OF 40. GOT DOWN TO 5 LAST NIGHT AND TODAY, AGAIN IN THE MID 30'S. WEATHER SHOULD BE OKAY FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE AND NEW YEAR'S DAY.

A BALDWIN HOME WAS DAMAGED BY FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON....THE HOME OF KERMIT BODENHOFER ON 49TH AVENUE, RURAL BALDWIN. MAQUOKETA FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SAID ONE BEDROOM WAS DESTROYED. BALDWIN FIRST RESPONDERS WERE CALLED AND THEY CALLED MAQUOKETA SOON AFTER AND BY THE TIME MAQUOKETA ARRIVED, THE THREE BALDWIN FIREFIGHTERS HAD THE FIRE NEARLY PUT OUT. BECK SAID THE CAUSE IS NOT KNOWN AND THE FIRE IS NOT SUSPICIOUS.
BODENHOFER DID NOT HAVE INSURANCE. DAMAGES LISTED AT $10,000. FIREMEN SPENT AN HOUR AT THE FIRE.

A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA TEACHER AND GOLFER AND BOWLER DIED SUDDENLY YESTERDAY AT GENESIS EAST IN DAVENPORT. THE FULL OBITUARY OF ALICE BURMAHL, AGE 69, CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

GO HAWKS TOMORROW.

HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR. IF YOU GET A CHANCE, SEE THE HIT MOVIE "MARLEY AND ME". YOU'LL LIKE IT.

CHECK THE NEW PHOTO BELOW.

DENNIS VOY

HERE ARE THE WINNERS OF THE KMAQ 50TH ANNIVERSARY FREE RADIO. THE DRAWING WAS HELD AT ON KMAQ AT 9:05 THIS MORNING AND THE WINNING
ENTRY WAS DRAWN BY JUDY TONDERUM, WHO WAS HERE AT KMAQ TO DO THE
"JUST TALK" SHOW WITH CAROLYN CONDON ON GARDENING. OUR 12TH AND FINAL RADIO WENT TO JERRY AND ESTHER TAYLOR OF MAQUOKETA. THEY,
MARRIED 54 YEARS, HAVE LISTENED TO KMAQ ALL 50 YEARS. THEIR DAUGHTER, DENISE KIRK, IS A SALES REP FOR KMAQ. OUR ELEVEN OTHER WINNERS,
FROM JANUARY THROUGH NOVEMBER, WERE: MARY GREEN, CARL MUHLHAUSEN,
VIOLA WEIMERSKIRCH, JIM ROHL, JUDY PORTZ, ESTHER WEIRUP, JEAN COONS, KEN LITTERER, MILDRED HOFF, CLARA WEIMERSKIRCH, AND HELEN KEENEY.

HERE AT KMAQ, WE HAD FUN CELEBRATING OUR 50TH. THE KMAQ FLOAT WAS
IN 7 AREA PARADES AND WE HAD A BUMPER STICKER PROMOTION TOO. THERE WERE MANY STORIES ABOUT OUR ANNIVERSARY AND WE RECEIVED A LOT OF NICE CARDS, LETTERS OR PERSONAL COMMENTS. ON OUR NEWS STORY ABOUT THE DRAWING TODAY, A THANKS WENT OUT TO OUR LISTENERS FOR MAKING 2008 A MEMORABLE YEAR.
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM EVERYONE HERE AT KMAQ.
DENNIS VOY

HAPPY DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS!

I TRIED TO MAKE A CHRISTMAS DAY ENTRY YESTERDAY, BUT THIS PROGRAM FOR THE DAILY REPORT WAS DOWN.

HOPE YOU HAD A NICE CHRISTMAS.

MANY OF YOU NOW ARE CATCHING THE MAQUOKETA NEWS "LIVE" FROM KMAQ-FM.
THE LOCAL NEWS IS AT... 7:45 A.M.......12:15 P.M........5:05 P.M........AND.... 9:45 P.M.
TO LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM "LIVE".....JUST GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE
www.kmaq.com AND CLICK-IN THE BUTTON IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER.
SOON, WE WILL ALSO BE "STREAMING" KMAQ-AM.

WE GOT 4 AND 1/2 INCHES OF SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS EVE DAY.
NO SNOW CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY. AND..SO FAR THIS MONTH, NEARLY 18 INCHES.

TODAY, LOOKING FOR A HIGH AROUND 40 AFTER AN ICY MORNING. VERY
SLUSHY TODAY. AND TONIGHT, THAT SLUSH WILL FREEZE. TOMORROW,
AGAIN A HIGH CLOSE TO 40 AND SUNDAY, SUNNY AND MID 30'S.

LOTS OF ACCIDENTS, BUT NO SERIOUS INJURIES. A BAD HOUSEFIRE NEAR WYOMING CHRISTMAS MORNING. NO INJURIES.

IN DECEMBER, THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT MISSED TWO DAYS BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER. ONE DAY WILL BE MADE UP ON TUESDAY, APRIL 14TH AND THE SECOND DAY WILL BE MADE UP ON MAY 26TH. ANY ADDITIONAL DAYS MISSED THIS YEAR WILL BE ADDED TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

A JACKSON COUNTY SQUAD CAR WAS HIT WHILE PARKED NEAR THE DEPUTY'S HOME TUESDAY. DEPUTY RUSS LONG'S SQUAD CAR WAS PARKED NEAR MILROSE AND NILES STREETS IN MAQUOKETA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WAS HIT BY MATT BOPES, AGE 18, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A TURN AND HIT THE PARKED SQUAD CAR, WITH NO ONE INSIDE. $1,500 DAMAGE TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT 2006 CHEVY AND NO DAMAGE TO BOPES CAR. NO INJURIES AND NO CHARGES FILED.

A GAS DRIVE-OFF TUESDAY AT CASEY'S ON EAST PLATT. $10 PUMPED IN THE VEHICLE AND NO PAYMENT RECEIVED.

FARM LAND VALUES UP AGAIN THIS YEAR. IN JACKSON COUNTY, 10.9 PERCENT.
AN AVERAGE ACRE IN 2007 WAS WORTH $3,501 AND THIS YEAR, UP TO $3,882.
BEST LAND IN IOWA.....SCOTT COUNTY AND WORTH OVER $6,000 AN ACRE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

TEST

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM KMAQ

ABOUT AN INCH OF NEW SNOW TODAY. WARMER..HIGH OF 27. 3 OR 4 MORE INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, UP TO 4 MORE INCHES. NO SNOW CHRISTMAS EVE, BUT A LOW OF 2 BELOW AND CHRISTMAS DAY, SUNNY, NO SNOW AND A HIGH IN THE LOW 20'S.

COREY MANNING AND JENNY HAIFLEY OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN DEC 11TH AT FINLEY IN DUBUQUE. GRANDPARENTS ARE STEVE AND CHERYL MANNING OF MAQUOKETA.

ROSE FRANTZEN, FAMOUS MAQUOKETA ARTIST, WAS SELECTED BY CONGRESSMAN BRUCE BRALEY TO DESIGN AN ORNAMENT FOR THE WHITE H OUSE CHRISTMAS TREE.
AND SHE WAS INVITED BY FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH TO A TWO HOUR RECEPTION IN THE STATE DINING ROOM BUT HAD TO CANCEL HER TRIP TO THE WHITE HOUSE
BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

SEVEN BELOW THIS MORNING.
FOUR ABOVE TODAY.
SNOW IN FORECAST AGAIN TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY.
CHRISTMAS DAY SHOULD BE OK...NO SNOW AND IN THE 20'S.

MIDLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT CANCELLED SCHOOL TODAY.
BELLEVUE STARTED TWO HOURS LATE.

BAD HOUSE FIRE THIS MORNING AT RURAL ANDREW. STARTED BY WOOD BURNING STOVE. MAQUOKETA CALLED TO ASSIST ANDREW. ALSO HELPING....SPRINGBROOK, LAMOTTE AND BELLEVUE DEPARTMENTS. NO ONE INJURED.

A MARION COUPLE WON A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE LOTTERY OVER THE WEEKEND
AND PICKED UP THE CHECK TODAY. HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A CHRISTMAS
PRESENT.

MAQUOKETA TOOK 4TH IN THE SABER INVITATIONAL WRESTLING MEET AT DEWITT SATURDAY.

REVENUE AT THE HOSPITAL IS DOWN BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY. THE BIG
BUILDING PROJECT, EXCEPT FOR THE NEW PHARMACY, HAS BEEN PUT ON
HOLD. DR. PEDRO ATIENZA WILL BE STAYING AN EXTRA YEAR AS SURGEON,BEFORE RETIRING. BEEN A BUSY MONTH FOR BABIES THOUGH.
ABOUT 10 BORN AND DELIVERED BY DR. KOOB.

DAC, INC. TOLD THE SUPERVISORS THAT RECYCLED PAPER BROUGHT $75 A TON
IN OCTOBER AND NOW JUST $5. THE CHINESE MARKET IS GONE NOW AND
MAY COME BACK. DAC, INC. ASKED SUPERVISORS IF BALES OF PAPER COULD BE STORED IN THE EMPTY S & H BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, OWNED BY THE COUNTY, UNTIL THE MARKET IMPROVES. SINCE THE SUPERVISORS HAVE NO BUYER AT THIS TIME, THEY AGREED.

DR. JIM AND DAWN ABRAHAM OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN DEC. 14TH. MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS MARY BANOWETZ OF MAQUOKETA.

IT IS 6 P.M. AND TWO ABOVE.

KEEP WARM.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

DENNIS VOY

MICHELLE FLAGEL OF OF SOUTH 5TH STREET IN MAQUOKETA BAKED THIS GINGERBREAD HOUSE FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S ANNUAL SOUP SUPPER AND BASKET AUCTION. I WAS THERE AND PURCHASED IT FOR KMAQ.
IT IS ON OUR KMAQ FRONT COUNTER AND GETS MUCH ATTENTION. LOTS OF WORK WENT INTO THIS MASTERPIECE. THANK YOU MICHELLE. TO ENLARGE THE PHOTO,CLICK-ON IT ONCE. TO MAKE IT EVEN LARGER, CLICK-ON A SECOND TIME. THE BASKET AUCTION EVENT WAS HELD AT THE NEW CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM IN MAQUOKETA. ONE OF THE
BIG MOMENTS OF 2008 WAS THE OPENING OF THAT GREAT BUILDING. AND
IF I GAVE A "MAN OF THE YEAR" AWARD, IT WOULD GO TO CHARLES MITCHELL
FOR ALL THE WORK HE DID ....FIRST TO SAVE THE BUILDING FOR THE SOCIETY AND MAQUOKETA ...AND THEN GET IT RESTORED AND CONVERTED TO THE FANTASTIC MUSEUM IT IS. BE SURE AND VISIT IT NEXT TIME YOU COME TO MAQUOKETA. VISIT THE OLD MUSEUM TOO, IN THE PEARSON BUILDING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. THANKS GENERAL MITCHELL!! AND THANKS ALSO TO HIS WIFE, BONNIE WELLS MITCHELL (MUSEUM CURATOR) AND HER STAFF FOR GIVING
JACKSON COUNTY TWO OF THE BEST COUNTY MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTRY.
TO CONTACT THE MUSEUMS, THE EMAIL ADDRESS IS: museum@jciahs.com
FINANCIAL BACKING IS ALWAYS WELCOME OF COURSE. IT TAKES A LOT TO
MAINTAIN THE TWO BUILDINGS, PLUS OTHER EXPENSES. THEY WELCOME YOU TO BECOME A MEMBER....THEY HAVE MEMORY BRICKS FOR SALE....AND DONATIONS OF CASH ARE ALWAYS WELCOME MANY PEOPLE GIVE A MEMORIAL TO THE MUSEUM WHEN A FRIEND DIES.
DENNIS VOY

GOOD MORNING FROM MAQUOKETA! CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE.
DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY TODAY AND IN THE 20'S. TONIGHT, SIX OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS COMING.

SOME RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS PLACES (INCLUDING KMAQ) HAD A COUPLE BRIEF POWER OUTAGES AROUND 2:30 THIS AFTERNOON. ENGINEERS WORKING AT THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL UTILITY PLANT INADVERTENTLY PULLED A FUSE WHICH TRIPPED A CURCUIT. THE FIRST TIME, ONE-THIRD OF THE CITY WAS AFFECTED AND THE SECOND TIME, ONLY A HANDFUL OF CUSTOMERS EXPERIENCED THE BRIEF POWER OUTAGE.

MAQUOKETA MAYOR,AND KMAQ ENGINEER,TOM MESSERLI HAD A LIGHT HEART ATTACK EARLY LAST NIGHT AND WAS TAKEN FROM THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL TO CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE AT
GENESIS EAST IN DAVENPORT WHERE THEY DID A "BALLOON" PROCEDURE AROUND 10 LAST NIGHT, PUTTING IN TWO "STINTS" OF A NEARLY CLOGGED ARTERY. HE'S BACK HOME THIS AFTERNOON
AND FEELING GOOD. HE'S HAD SOME PROBLEMS IN THE PAST. PROBABLY THE "STRESS" OF
BEING MAYOR....OR KEEPING KMAQ ON-THE-AIR. GLAD HE'S DOING GOOD! NOT SURE YET IF HE WILL DO HIS SATURDAY MORNING SHIFT ON KMAQ-FM FROM 6:30 TO 9 A.M.

MARLA SCHWAGER, AGE 60, OF BELLEVUE AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT AT MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE. SERVICES PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME
IN MAQUOKETA.

CHECK OUT THE PHOTO BELOW, THAT I TOOK LAST NIGHT.

NORTHERNERS...DRIVE AND SHOVEL SLOWLY TONIGHT. SOUTHERNERS...BETTER WATER THAT LAWN A LITTLE.

TAKE CARE WHEREVER YOU ARE!

DENNIS VOY

THE SUN IS SHINING IN MAQUOKETA.
IT IS COLD.
FOUR INCHES OF SNOW YESTERDAY. ANOTHER 6 INCHES COMING TOMORROW NIGHT.
JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IN TOWN WAS CANCELLED LAST NIGHT.

BIG FIRE IN DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE SUNDAY NIGHT. ON MAN DIED IN AN UPSTAIRS APARTMENT.

IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION YESTERDAY, GOOD VOTER TURNOUT (151)(15.4%) DESPITE THE WEATHER, AND ED TURNEY IS THE NEW FIRST WARD COUNCILMAN. HE GOT 54 VOTES. HE REPLACES MATT WINEGAR WHO MOVED FROM THE CITY. LORI CROUCH WAS SECOND WITH 32 VOTES.
KIM GALLOWAY, 21. DEB WILHELM, 14. AND DAVE WIERSMA NONE. HE .. AND HIS MOTHER LIVE IN THE WARD, BUT I HEARD BOTH WERE NOT REGISTERED.

GOING TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL SOUP SUPPER AND BASKET AUCTION TONIGHT AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM. IT WAS POSTPONED TWICE BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.

THE SNOW IS REALLY PRETTY! PITY YOU FOLKS DOWN SOUTH.

DENNIS VOY

IT IS THE LAST WEEK OF FALL. YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IT.
COLD .. COLD LAST NIGHT AND TODAY. WE GOT DOWN TO ZERO EARLY THIS MORNING AFTER A HIGH OF 55 YESTERDAY. TONIGHT, DOWN TO 4 BELOW AND SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW
IS FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

BAD FIRE IN DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE OVERNIGHT. SEVEN FIRE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING MAQUOKETA, HAD IT OUT BY 5 THIS MORNING. A DOWNTOWN INSURANCE OFFICE ON NORTH 2ND STREET AND FOUR APARTMENTS IN THE TWO FLOORS ABOVE. ONE PERSON DIED IN AN APARTMENT AND THE NAME HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED YET. NO WORD SO FAR ON CAUSE OF FIRE OR WHERE IT STARTED. DAMAGE ESTIMATE, $400,000.

TOMORROW IS ELECTION DAY FOR THE FIRST WARD IN MAQUOKETA, TO FILL THE FIRST WARD COUNCIL SEAT. POLLS OPEN FROM NOON UNTIL 8 P.M. FIVE CANDIDATES.
WHOMEVER WINS WILL TAKE OFFICE IMMEDIATELY AND WILL SERVE UNTIL JANUARY 2012.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

CASSANDRA STREETS AND ADAM DUWA OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN WEDENSDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. NO RELATIVES LIVE IN MAQUOKETA.

AND, SAVANNAH HADDOCK OF MAQUOKETA IS THE MOTHER OF A BOY BORN THURSDAY MORNING AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS CHRISTI MARKLE OF MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DON'T FORGET TO GO TO YOUR KMAQ HOME PAGE AND LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM AND TAKE A PEAK AT THE 3 WEB CAM SCREENS.

DENNIS VOY

GOOD SUNDAY! HOPE YOUR WEEKEND HAS BEEN GOING WELL. WARM AND CLOUDY IN MAQUOKETA.

BELOW, ARE THREE PHOTOS I TOOK YESTERDAY. PROGRESS IN MAQUOKETA! REMEMBER, TO ENLARGE THE PHOTOS, JUST CLICK-ON THEM.

AND BELOW THE PHOTOS, THE SATURDAY, AND FRIDAY, DAILY REPORTS.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR GAME OVER WEST DELAWARE,MANCHESTER, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM.

GOING TO THE CLOVER RIDGE CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS AFTERNOON. RED HENTON WILL ENTERTAIN.
NANCY'S MOTHER, ELOISE STEWART, AGE 98, IS NOW LIVING UP THERE IN A SMALL APARTMENT, AND IS RECOVERING NICELY AFTER A HIP REPLACEMENT OPERATION.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.

DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY TODAY...BUT AROUND 40.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST AT MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT BY JUST A COUPLE POINTS.
TYLER RUTENBECK LED THE CARDS WITH 12 POINTS.

THE MAQUKETA GIRLS HOST WEST DELAWARE AT 3:30 THIS AFTERNOON AT THE NEW MCHS
GYM.

THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS TOOK 3RD PLACE IN THE DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN INVITATIONAL
LAST NIGHT AT THE NEW GYM. MONTICELLO TOOK FIRST AND CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON, 2ND
PLACE. DAKOTA SNYDER TOOK FIRST AT 135 POUNDS. RYAN FLAGEL TOOK FIRST AT 152.
THOMAS MAYBERRY TOOK FIRST AT 160.

THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT IS SELLING THEIR NEW COOKBOOK CALLED "125 YEARS OF FLAMIN' GOOD COOKIN'"
WIVES NANCY MUHLHAUSEN AND LINDA GONNER WERE CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE COOKBOOK PROJECT.
THE BOOKS ARE $15 EACH...HARD COVER WITH A RING BINDER. OTHERS CAN BE ADDED LATER. THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS WHICH INCLUDE APPETIZERS AND BEVERAGES...SOUPS AND SALADS...VEGETABLES AND SIDE DISHERS...MAIN DISHES...BREADS AND ROLLS...DESSERTS...COOKIES AND CANDY, PLUS MISCELLANEOUS TIPS. ALSO A SECTION FOR CAMPFIRE COOKING AND RECIPES FOR A CROWD. THE BOOK INCLUDES A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS A ROSTER AND PHOTO OF THE FIREFIGHTERS. ALL THE RECIPES HAVE THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO SUBMITTED THE RECIPE. IF YOU WANT ONE, EMAIL ME AND I'LL HAVE NANCY OR LINDA GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU.

THE FRIDAY REPORT IS BELOW.

SO LONG UNTIL NEXT WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

SUNNY TODAY...BREEZY...AROUND 20. AROUND 40 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND THEN
THE HIGH MONDAY WILL BE ONLY 15.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED MONDAY TO APPROVE RAISING THE FAMILY RATE
BY $5 PER MONTH AT THE MAQUOKETA AREA FAMILY YMCA TO HELP OFFSET A POSSIBLE
$50,000 DEFICIT. ALSO, THE Y HAS AGREED TO RECRUIT 100 NEW MEMBERS AND CUT PART-TIME STAFF HOURS BY $13,500. FRANK KLIPSCH OF THE SCOTT COUNTY YMCA, WHICH
OPERATES THE MAQUOKETA Y FOR THE CITY, SAID MAQUOKETA'S Y NEEDS 900 MEMBERSHIPS TO MAKE THE BUDGET WORK. CURRENTLY THERE ARE 750 MEMBERS AND 150 OF THOSE ARE ON
SCHOLARSHIP. KIRPSCH TOLD MEMBERS OF A COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT THEY HAD OVER 900 MEMBERSHIPS WHEN THE Y OPENED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, BUT MEMBERSHIP HAS DROPPED DOWN.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HAVE A HOME GAME SATURDAY AFTERNOON, HOSTING WEST DELAWARE.
A TRIPLE HEADER. FRESHMEN AND JV GAMES AT 2 AND THE VARSITY GAME AROUND 3:30.

I MAY HAVE AN ENTRY HERE SATURDAY.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

WE HAD SUNSHINE THIS MORNING AND CLOUDY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON, WITH A HIGH OF 31.

JUST A REMINDER, LOCAL NEWS IS ON KMAQ AT 7:45 AM....12:15 PM.....5:05 PM
AND 9:45 PM...AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO THOSE NEWSCASTS RIGHT HERE ON YOUR COMPUTER.
JUST GO TO THE HOME PAGE, www.kmaq.com AND CLICK ON THE LIVE BUTTON IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER.

MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS ARE IN ACTION TONIGHT AT 7:30 AT THE NEW MCHS GYM.
HEAR DR. PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER DESCRIBE THE MATCHES ON KMAQ-FM OR
ON YOUR COMPUTER ABOUT 7:20 TONIGHT. THEY WRESTLE CEDAR POINT URBANA. MAQUOKETA IS 5 AND 3 IN DUAL MEETS.

A CATTLE ROUND-UP WAS HELD IN THE CITY LIMITS OF MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
AROUND 3 WHEN THE DOORS OF A LIVESTOCK TRAILER CAME OPEN, FREEING ABOUT 8 HEAD OF CATTLE. THEY ENTERED THE PICKED CORN FIELD ALONG WESTERN AVENUE AND A COUPLE STRAYED INTO THE THOMAS AVENUE AREA. EVENTUALLY, POLICE AND EMPLOYEES OF MAQUOKETA LIVESTOCK SALES WERE ABLE TO ROUND UP THE CATTLE AND RE-LOAD THEM IN THE TRAILER WITHOUT INCIDENT.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLING TEAM WILL HOST THE ANNUAL DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN TOURNAMENT TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM. ACTION ON 4 MATS WILL START AT 5 P.M. TEAMS COMPETING WILL BE: DAVENPORT CENTRAL...DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD...CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON....MIDLAND OF WYOMING....MONTICELLO....CASCADE....AND MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WILL TRAVEL TO MANCHESTER FOR WAMAC ACTION TOMORROW NIGHT.

LOOKING AHEAD....SUNDAY, RAIN AND HIGH IN THE MID 40'S....AND THEN A DAY LATER,
MONDAY, A HIGH OF 15.

I WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE DEWITT NOON LIONS CLUB MEETING TODAY.....THE BIGGEST LION'S CLUB IN IOWA. DEWITT ALSO HAS AN EVENING CLUB. A NEW LIONS CLUB MAY BE FORMED IN MAQUOKETA EARLY NEXT YEAR. MAQUOKETA HAS NOT HAD A LION'S CLUB FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY...IS CHRISTMAS. BETTER GET THOSE CARDS IN THE MAIL.

DENNIS VOY

CLOUDY TODAY....HIGH IN UPPER 20'S...SNOW COMING TOMORROW....A COUPLE INCHES OR MORE.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT INDEPENDENCE FRIDAY NIGHT, 57 TO 45. TONIGHT THEY PLAY AT DEWITT.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ALSO BEAT INDEPENDENCE FRIDAY NIGHT, 62 TO 42 BUT LOST TO
NORTH SCOTT SATURDAY NIGHT. TOMORROW NIGHT, THEY PLAY DEWITT.

THE WRESTLERS WERE IN A TOURNAMENT SATURDAY. THEY BEAT FOUR TEAMS AND THEN LOST
TO DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

MILDRED MYATT OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 94, DIED YESTERDAY.

VICKIE SANDERSON, AGE 51, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED FRIDAY.

CLIFF ULVESTAD,OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 98, DIED YESTERDAY.

MILDRED FRICK, AGE 83, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED FRIDAY.

ALL 34OBITUARIES CAN BE READ AT www.carsonandson.com

LARRY MANDERS, AGE 66, OF MADISON, WISCONSIN, DIED FRIDAY. HE WAS BORN IN
MAQUOKETA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, AMY....5 CHILDREN....A SISTER LOIS
FRANDSEN OF MAQUOKETA AND A BROTHER.

MAQUOKETA NATIVE, TIM RASK, WILL BE ON THE NETWORK TV GAME SHOW, "JEOPARDY"
THIS FRIDAY. ON THE WATERLOO STATION AT, I BELIEVE, 1:30 P.M. AND ON THE
DAVENPORT STATION AT 4:00 P.M. HE IS THE SON OF DR. CLIFF AND CAROL
RASK, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS AND NOW LIVING IN ALBERT LEA, MINNESOTA.
HIS SISTER ALSO LIVES THERE. TIM LIVES IN IOWA CITY AND IS SINGLE.
NO WORD ON HOW WELL HE DID ON THE GAME SHOW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND HIGH OF 22.

MAQUOKETA BOYS, 1 AND 1, HOST INDEPENDENCE TONIGHT. THE GIRLS TRAVEL TO
INDEPENDENCE.

LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE SOUNDLY DEFEATED BY DEWITT AT THE
NEW MCHS GYM.

THE CLUB HOUSE, A NEW BUSINESS, OPENED TODAY. OWNED BY DAVE WIERSMA.
IT IS LOCATED BEHIND THE EAGLES CLUB....1104 EAST PLATT STREET. OPEN
MONDAY THRU FRIDAY FROM 6 A.M. UNTI 2 A.M. HE CALLS IT THE 3 IN 1 PLACE.
LAUNDRY...GAMES...CAR DETAILING. PLAY CARDS THERE TOO. SOON TO COME,
MUSIC AND DANCING OF ALL KINDS. SNACKS AND REFRESHMENTS ARE AVAILABLE.
YEARS AGO, THE BUILDING WAS OWEN'S RADIO AND TV AND LAUNDROMAT. GOOD LUCK TO DAVE, WHO IS ALSO RUNNING FOR THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS HIS ONLY LOCATION IN MAQUOKETA NOW. THIS FALL, HE CLOSED HIS "GOT ER DONE" BUSINESS
ON EAST PLATT AND HE PLANNED TO OPEN A POOL ROOM AND GAME ROOM IN THE CORNER
BUILDING DOWNTOWN THAT WAS DAMAGED BY THE BIG FIRE. BUT, THE BUILDING WAS SOLD AND HE WAS UNABLE TO USE IT AS PLANNED.

REMEMBER TO USE THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK TO GREET FOLKS BACK HERE IN MAQUOKETA....AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE.

LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM BY GOING TO OUR HOME PAGE....www.kmaq.com.....AND CLICK-ON
THE LISTEN BUTTON IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

THE FOUR SEASONS...LIFE WITH EXCITEMENT. 3 ABOVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT!!
CAN'T WAIT. SOON...WE'LL BE TREATED TO BELOW ZERO WEATHER.
LOVE THOSE WIND CHILLS TOO.

DENNIS VOY

OVERNIGHT LOW OF 3 ABOVE IN MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM "LIVE" BY GOING TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE...www.kmaq.com

AND CLICK-ON THE "ON THE AIR" BUTTON IN UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER.

GIVE A LISTEN.

THANKS.

DENNIS VOY

IT GOT DOWN TO 8 ABOVE LAST NIGHT. SUNSHINE THIS MORNING, NOW CLOUDY. LOW
TONIGHT AROUND 3 ABOVE.

MAQUOKETA WILL HOST DEWITT TONIGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA
HIGH SCHOOL GYM. MAQUOKETA IS 1 AND 1 SO FAR THIS SEASON AND DEWITT IS 2 AND 0.

ALVIN "SLIM" CLASEN, AGE 72, OF BELLEVUE, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE MAYO CLINIC. SERVICES WILL BE SATURDAY MORNING AT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BELLEVUE.
AT ONE TIME, HE WORKED FOR THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS IN THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

MAQUOKETA NATIVE ADAM BECK AND HIS CENTERSTAGE VARIETY BAND WILL PERFORM A CONCERT THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 6TH, AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, TO BENEFIT THE 2008 JACKSON COUNTY TOYS FOR TOTS COMPAIGN. THE BAND PLAYS ROCK AND COUNTRY ROCK FROM THE 70'S THROUGH TEH 90'S, COVERING SONGS BY NEIL DIAMOND, THE EAGLES, AND EVEN JOHNNY CASH. CENERSTAGE HAS ENJOYED FOUR YEARS PLAYING CASINOS IN IOWA, MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. ADULT TICKETS ARE $10 WITH A TOY AND $15 WITHOUT A TOY. CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER ADMITTED FREE WITH PAID ADULT.

FOR THE 6TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, THE 1987-88-89 GRADUATES OF MAQUOKETA HIGH WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE 12TH ANNUAL JACK MARLOWE ALUMNI TOURNAMENT LAST SATURDAY AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM. THE BASKETBALL TEAM BEAT THE 2007 GRADS, 75 TO 61. TEAM MEMBERS OF THE WINNING TEAM WERE: NICK WILLEY, DAVID LINDGREN,
CHRIST STREETS, BILL McALEER, DAVID McLAUGHLIN, CHAD SPECHT, JOHN COSTELLO, CRAIG
MUHLHAUSEN AND BOB GAVIN.

TOMORROW (FRIDAY) NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS HOST INDEPENDENCE AND THE MCHS GIRLS
PLAY AT INDENENCENCE.

THIS MONTH, LAHEY FUNERAL HOME AND McDONALDS ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN MAQUOKETA.

THE NEW JUMERS $150 MILLION DOLLAR CASINO AND HOTEL OPENED THIS WEEK AT ROCK ISLAND, ON I-280. THE WORD IS....IT IS FABULOUS, AS CLOSE TO LAS VEGAS AS YOU CAN GET. IT REPLACES THE CASINO ON THE MISSISSIPPI AT ROCK ISLAND.
THE SECOND LAND-BASED CASINO TO OPEN THIS YEAR. CLINTON'S OPENED ON HIGHWAY 30, WEST OF CLINTON, REPLACING THE MISSISSIPPI BELLE ON THE RIVER. DUBUQUE'S NEW LAND CASINO OPENS NEXT WEEK ON LAND IN THE HARBOR, A SHORT DISTANCE FROM WHERE THE
CASINO BOAT WILL CLOSE. IT FEATURES A 30-LANE BOWLING FACILITY.
AND OF COURSE, WINNING MONEY AT ALL THESE CASINOS IS LIKING TAKING CANDY FROM A BABY.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM "LIVE" AT..... http://12.217.165.44:8000/KMAQ-FM.m3u ...
KEY-IN THIS ADDRESS.....WAIT A FEW SECONDS....AND THEN ENJOY KMAQ-FM.

TAKE CARE. YES..CHRISTMAS IS 3 WEEKS FROM TODAY.

DENNIS VOY

ABOUT 3 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY IN MAQUOKETA. IT STARTED EARLIER THAN PREDICTED, ABOUT MID-MORNING AND ENDED MID-AFTERNOON. DOWN TO AROUND 9 TONIGHT AND TOMORROW COLD AND TOMORROW NIGHT, EVEN COLDER THAN TONIGHT. REAL LATE-FALL WINTER WEATHER.
AHH...THE FOUR SEASON.

THOUGH IT WAS A MILD SNOWSTORM, SCHOOL KIDS WERE LET OUT EARLY AND WE HAVE HAD OODLES OF CANCELATIONS OF EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT.

BOTH THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS WON THEIR GAME LAST NIGHT.

CHECK THE NEW PHOTO BELOW AND HAVE A NICE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

WE ARE WORKING ON STILL ANOTHER WEB CAM AND STREAMING PROGRAM. BOTH COMING SOON.

DENNIS VOY

SHOWN HERE IS HELEN KAY KEENEY OF 307 NORTH PROSPECT STREET IN MAQUOKETA.
SHE IS THE WINNER OF OUR NOVEMBER FREE 50TH ANNIVERSARY RADIO.
SHE HAS BEEN A LONGTIME GOOD LISTENER OF KMAQ, DATING BACK TO WHEN WE WENT ON THE AIR IN AUGUST OF 1958. WE NOW HAVE ONE MORE RADIO TO GIVE AWAY....FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. THE DRAWING WILL BE ON DECEMBER 31, 2008.

BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA...IN THE UPPER 30'S. BUT, DOWN INTO THE TEENS TONIGHT AND SNOW AGAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

AT THEIR MEETING THIS MORNING, THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEARD A REPORT ON MONDAY NIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE JACKSON COUNTY ZONING BOARDD CONCERNING A PROPOSED EXPANSION OF A BIODIESEL PLANT IN MAQUOKETA TOWNSHIP. OWNER GARY
DREW (HE WAS KEY PERSON IN BUILDING THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA)
IS ASKING FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM AGRICULTURE TO M-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
HE HAS A SMALL PLANT NOW, BUT WANTS TO EXPAND THE OPERATION ON 8 ACRES AT 92ND STREE AND 233RD AVENUE, NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA. THE PLANT WILL BE LOCATED INSIDE THREE BUILDINGS. DREW USES USED RESTAURANT OILS AND METHANOL TO MAKE THE BIODIESEL FUEL.

A CANDIDATES FORUM IS SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT FOR THE 5 PEOPLE SEEKING THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL FIRST WARD SEAT. THE EVENT STARTS AT 7 P.M. AT CITY HALL. THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR FIRST WARD RESIDENTS ONLY WILL BE ON DECEMBER 16TH.

MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO INCIDENTS. PRECISION METAL WORKS ON EAST PLATT REPORTED THAT THEIR POP MACHINE WAS BROKEN INTO. AND THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BUSES WERE UNPLUGGED MONDAY NIGHT LATE.

SAGE ROSENFELS DID A GOOD JOB IN GETTING ANOTHER WIN FOR THE HOUSTON TEXANS LAST NIGHT.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

TWO INCHES OF SNOW SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN MAQUOKETA.
TODAY, COLD AND NO MORE SNOW. TOMORROW, IN THE MID 30'S WITH NO SNOW AND
WEDNESDAY, COLDER AND MORE SNOW. TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEK
WEATHERWISE.

A BUNCH OF ACCIDENTS IN THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, BUT
NO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY HALL AT 7 P.M.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN. SORRY THERE IS LITTLE TO REPORT OF INTEREST.

DENNIS VOY

IT IS SNOWING LIGHTLY IN MAQUOKETA. JUST A LITTLE FELL OVERNIGHT AND 2-3 INCHES FORECAST FOR TODAY AND ANOTHER COUPLE INCHES POSSIBLE TONIGHT AGAIN. I DID MY FIRST SHOVELING OF THE NEW WINTER SEASON A FEW MINUTES AGO.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY.

NICE AND SUNNY DAY TODAY IN IOWA...AROUND 40. TOMORROW AND THANKSGIVING DAY WILL ALSO BE NICE, AS WILL THE BIG SHOPPING DAY FRIDAY. MAQUOKETA STORES ARE READY FOR THE SHOPPERS. SANTA CAME SATURDAY AND THE BIG TREE NEXT TO THE POST OFFICE IS
LOADED WITH WHITE LIGHTS AND THE WHITE LITES ARE ALSO UP ON THE TREES DOWNTOWN.
HOPE THE PROJECTED FORECAST FOR SPENDING WILL NOT BE AS BAD AS THE MEDIA IS REPORTING.

WEATHER WAS NICE IN BRANSON ALSO LAST WEEK....WARMER THAN UP HERE, BUT WINDY A COUPLE DAYS. TRIP WENT WELL AND BRANSON WAS PRETTY BUSY. ALL 7 SHOWS THAT WE SAW WERE VERY GOOD. BRANSON CONTINUES TO GET BIGGER, AS A TOURIST AND RETIREMENT CENTER.

RiverPointBallet PRESENTS "SNOW QUEEN" TONIGHT AT 7 AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS
CENTER. IT IS A WINTRY TALE OF YOUNG FRIENDS KAY AND GERDA BATTLING AGAINST
THE EVEN SNOW QUEEN AND HER MAGIC MIRROR. TICKETS AT THE DOOR, $18.

MAQUOKETA NOW HAS A PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB THAT MEETS THE 4TH WEDNESDAY EACH MONTH
AT THE NEWSPAPER OFFICE. BROOKE TAYLOR AND MIKE EARLES HAVE STARTED IT.
IT IS FOR BEGINNER TO PRO.

MAQUOKETA'S THANKSGIVING DINNER IS AT NOON THURSDAY AT THE SENIOR CENTER.

IT WILL BE OLE FASHION CHRISTMAS AT COSTELLO'S OLD MILL THIS FRIDAY FROM 10 AM UNTIL 4 PM. HOT APPLE CIDER, COOKIES AND DOOR PRIZES AND ALL ARE WELCOME.

THE FIRST MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE HOLIDAY ART WALK WILL BE THIS FRIDAY IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA FROM 5 P.M. UNTIL 9 P.M. THE DOWNTOWN GALLERIES AND STUDIOS WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WINE TASTING TOO BY BRUSH CREEK WINERY AND MUSIC BY SCOTT DALZIEL.
DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT ALL 5 LOCATIONS. MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO REVIVING DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA BY BRINGING SKILLED ARTISTS TO MAQUOKETA FOR SHORT ADN LONG TERM RESIDENCIES.
THE WEB SITE IS: www.maquoketa-arts.org

THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE THEIR ANNUAL 7 P.M. THANKSGIVING EVE SERVICE TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE CHURCH UP ON THE HILL ON WESLEY DRIVE. THE SERVICE WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM AT 7.

ADAM HEPKER, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, IS PLAYING WITH THE COOCOON BASKETS WEIDEN PRO BASKETBALL TEAM ABOUT AN HOUR FROM MUNICH, GERMANY. THEY PLAY EVERY SATURDAY. HIS FIRST SATURDAY, HE SCORED 47 POINTS AND LAST SATURDAY, 32. BUT, THEY LOST BOTH GAMES. HIS WIFE IS JOINING HIM THIS WEEK. GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH.

SAGE ROSENFELS AND HIS HOUSTON TEXANS GOT A BIG ROAD WIN SATURDAY AND WILL PLAY
THE MONDAY NIGHT GAME NEXT MONDAY NIGHT.

HOW ABOUT THOSE HAWKEYES AND THEIR 35 TO 0 WIN SATURDAY. AND THE BASKETBALL TEAM IS OFF TO A 4 AND 0 START.

THE U.S.MARINE CORPS RESERVE "TOYS FOR TOTS" PROGRAM IS UNDERWAY IN JACKSON COUNTY, WITH NEW LEADERSHIP. THANKS TO RON SCHAEFFER AND MARISA WEIS FOR VOLUNTEERING.
TOYS CAN BE DROPPED OFF UNTIL DECEMBER 12TH AT FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN MAQUOKETA:
MAQUOKETA STATE BANK...THE COMFORT INN...HAPPY JOES....WAL-MART....THE HOSPITAL...
THEISEN'S...THE YMCA AND IOWA BANK. APPLICATIONS FOR TOYS CAN BE MADE BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND THE FORM IS AVAILABLE AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY HALL. APPLICATIONS
MUST BE FILLED OUT AND MAILED TO P.O. BOX 1245, MAQUOKETA BY 5 P.M. DECEMBER 6TH.

THE JACK MARLOWE 12TH ANNUAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT IS THIS SATURDAY AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM. ALL DAY WITH CHAMP GAME AT 5. JACK RECENTLY HAD A STINT PUT IN HIS HEART AND I UNDERSTAND IS DOING WELL.

BOY SCOUT TROOP 68 OF MAQUOKETA PAINTED BIRD HOUSES AT CLOVER RIDGE RECENTLY...THEY ADORN THE GARDENS AND COURT YARD AT THE RETIREMENT CENTER. I HEAR CLOVER RIDGE IS PLANNING AN ADDITION NEXT YEAR.

CALLIE COATS, A FRESHMEN AT IOWA STATE, IS THE WINNER OF A $1,000 SWISS VALLEY FARMS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FOR AN AG MAJOR. PARENTS ARE DAIRY FARMERS ROBERT AND LISA COATES.

A FEW MAQUOKETANS HAD A BRIEF POWER BLIP THIS AFTERNOON. M.M.E.U. MANAGER DOUG OWEN SAID A SQUIRREL CAME IN CONTACT WITH A POWER LINE AND CAUSED THE PROBLEM.

THE JACKSON COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WENT UP SLIGHTLY IN OCTOBER, TO 4.5 PERCENT.

JUDITH SCHMIDT, AGE 53, OF MAQUOKETA, SUFFERED MAJOR INJURIES AFTER SHE ROLLED HER VEHICLE AT 6 A.M. EARLY THIS MORNING ON HIGHWAY 61 JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. SHE SWERVED TO MISS AN ANIMAL AND LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE. DAMAGE TO 2005 FORD FOCUS, ABOUT $8,000.

FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT KAREN WENDL, AGE 69, DIED OCTOBER 26TH IN A HASTINGS, NEBRASKA HOSPITAL. SHE WAS A COSMOTOLOGIST AND IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND
MARK AND FOUR CHILDREN.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

DENNIS VOY

2 Web Cams in process of Setup.

May be up or down at random times.

http://www.kmaq.com/webcam/webcampopup.html

They will be automated and change pic every 60 seconds.

Soon to be mounted outside on roof for a wide angles.
Pointing Downtown North and South.

David Voy

KMAQ Web Admin G33K

Hi All,
I have just installed IceCast2 to stream our KMAQ FM 95.1 audio.
When you click on the link, or the NEW Button that I am going to add to the KMAQ Website,
it will open a window asking you what to use to listen to this audio. Many programs are able to
play this, mainly Windows Media Player, which majority of you already have on your computer, so just click any option that comes up and make it open with windows media player.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

email Dennis to let him know how its working and how you like it.

David Voy
KMAQ Web Admin - G33K

NO REPORTS THIS WEEK!

WINDY AND COLD TODAY.....HIGH OF 38. TOMORROW, HIGH OF 35 AND TOMORROW NIGHT, DOWN TO 15 ABOVE.

IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, EILEEN BUSCH OF MAQUOKETA WAS RE-ELECTED TO THE HOSPITAL BOARD HERE IN MAQUOKETA. HER NAME WAS ON THE BALLOT.
ALSO RE-ELECTED TO THE BOARD, WAS BOB SPECHT. HE DID NOT GET HIS PAPERS FILED IN TIME FOR HIS NAME TO BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT, SO WAS RE-ELECTED WITH WRITE-IN VOTES.

THERE IS A NEW PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE MAQUOKETA POST OFFICE FOR A FEW MONTHS. POSTMASTER SARAH MORSE HAS BEEN SENT TO THE POST OFFICE PLANT IN CEDAR RAPIDS TO FILL IN UNTIL MARCH. THE OFFICER IN CHARGE IN MAQUOKETA IS NOW KIM MILE, WHO IS ALSO THE POSTMASTER IN FARLEY.

A GIRL WAS BORN NOVEMBER 10TH TO AMANDA KELLER AND DAMIAN HUNTER OF MAQUOKETA. GRANDFATHER IS RON KELLER OF MAQUOKETA.

THE OWNERS OF THE PICKLE BARREL BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA REPORTED TO MAQUOKETA POLICE THURSDAY THAT $20,000 WORTH OF
RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM THE BUILDING.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY....THERE MAY BE ONE SATURDAY

SUNSHINE AND IN THE 50'S TODAY. BUT WINTER WEATHER COMES BACK TOMORROW.

CHECK THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR "STREAMING" OF KMAQ-FM AND OUR WEB CAM. YES...NOW ANYONE CAN LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM.... ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD ON A DESKTOP COMPUTER OR LAPTOP. BUT....
IT MAY DROP OFF NOW AND THEN, SO IT WON'T BE THERE ALL THE TIME, BUT
HOPEFULLY MOST OF THE TIME. AND...COSTS YOU NOTHING. YOUR
COMMENTS ARE WELCOME AND CAN BE ENTERED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE WEB CAM SCREEN OR EMAIL ME.

MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE STARTED A CLUB THROUGH THE OPRAH WINFREY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. CLUB HOPE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED BY
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER MELINDA ORRIS. IT IS TO HELP STUDENTS BECOME GLOBAL CITIZENS WHO ARE AWARE OF PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES OTHER KIDS ARE FACING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. CLUB HOPE IN MAQUOKETA HAS
BEEN GIVEN THE ....CORE AREA OF FOCUS....OF EAST AFRICA. THEIR FIRST LOCAL PROJECT WILL BE A DOOR TO DOOR EVENT THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON COLLECTING NON-PERISHABLE GOODS AND PAPER PRODUCTS FOR THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD. AND MANY OTHER PROJECTS ARE PLANNED.

THE 26TH ANNUAL MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER WILL BE SERVED TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY , AT 12 NOON, AT THE SENIOR MEAL SITE.
LAST YEAR, OVER 160 MEALS WERE SERVED. MARILYN RANKIN AND SHEILA BENTLY ARE CO-CHAIR. NO COST, BUT FREE WILL DONATION WILL BE ACCEPTED.

HARVEST SEASON...AND MATING SEASON...AND DEER ARE EVERYWHERE AND ARE BEING HIT IN NEAR RECORD NUMBERS. JOHN DAGUE OF MAQUOKETA RAN INTO ONE MONDAY AFTERNOON. DON'T SWERVE TO MISS ONE AND HAVE A MAJOR ACCIDENT.....HOLD ON TIGHT TO YOUR STEERING WHEEL AND KEEP ON THE ROAD.
STRIKING AND KILLING THE DEER, WITH DAMAGE TO YOUR CAR....IS BETTER
THAN POSSIBLY LOOSING YOUR LIFE IF YOUR CAR GOES OUT OF CONTROL.
I'LL HAVE TO ASK SHIRLEY IF THEY HAVE DEER IN ARIZONA.

THE JACKSON COUNTY CREWS ARE READY WITH SALT AND PLOWS FOR THE FIRST
BIG SNOWFALL. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 610 MILES OF GRAVEL ROADS IN JACKSON COUNTY AND 175 MILES OF SECONDARY PAVED ROADS.

HOUSE FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE JULIE SCHVIEGER RESIDENCE AT 509 WEST QUARRY STREET. THE STOVE RANGE HOOD CAUGHT ON FIRE AND
JULIE PUT IT OUT BEFORE FIREMEN ARRIVED, USING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
THE HOOD WAD DESTROYED.

SO FAR, FOUR PEOPLE HAVE FILED PAPERS TO BE ON THE BALLOT FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR A FIRST WARD COUNCIL MEMBER IN MAQUOKETA. THEY ARE:
LORI CROUCH, ED TURNEY, DAVE WIERSMA AND DEB WILHELM. THE ELECTION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16TH AND ONLY FIRST WARD RESIDENTS WILL VOTE. STILL TIME FOR MORE TO FILE PAPERS. THE DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 20.

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT LAST JANUARY 19TH, THAT THE DOWNTOWN FIRE MESS WOULD STILL BE AROUND FOR CHRISTMAS. DOWNTOWN CITY
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ARE GOING UP ON THE BIG TREES, BEING PUT UP AGAIN
THIS YEAR BY MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY WORKERS.
THE LIGHTS WILL HELP ... SO WILL SOME SNOW ... BUT.....
THERE ARE PEOPLE TO BLAME...BUT WHY.....IT'S HOLIDAY TIME...TIME TO BE
JOLLY. AND TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY...TIME TO BE THANKFUL...THANKFUL FOR THE GREAT COMMUNITY OF MAQUOKETA. MY HOME FOR 50 YEARS. FOR OME OF YOU MORE YEARS...SOME LESS. AND MANY, YOUR HOME OF PLEASANT MEMORIES.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN!

HEAR THE ENTIRE 5:05 P.M. NEWS TONIGHT....OR AT 7:45 A.M. FRIDAY, BY
GOING TO www.kmaq.com AND CLICK OVER "ON THE AIR".

ALSOK CHECK MY NEW PHOTO BELOW. CLICK-ON IT TO ENLARGE IT.

DENNIS VOY

JUST SOME THE TREES FOR THE "FESTIVAL OF TREES" ......OPEN TO THE PUBLIC STARTING AT 1 P.M. THIS SATURDAY. NO ADMISSION. KMAQ HAS A 50TH
ANNIVERARY TREE THERE. THE TREES ARE FOR SALE USING THE SILENT BID
SYSTEM OF BIDDING.
A REMINDER, IF YOU HAVE A PHOTO THAT WE MIGHT LIKE TO USE HERE ON THIS DAILY REPORT....MAYBE A HOLIDAY PHOTO....EMAIL IT TO ME AND I'LL CONSIDER
PUTTING IT UP HERE.
DENNIS VOY

RAINY AND COLD TODAY...AND MORE OF THE SAME FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. NO SUNSHINE THE REST OF THE WEEK AND NO
CHANCE OF GETTING UP INTO THE 50'S THIS WEEK.

WE GOT A NEW WEB CAM TODAY....CHECK LATER WHEN IT HOPEFULLY WILL BE WORKING. GO FIRST TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE.

HELEN SHADY, AGE 95, DIED TODAY. READ HER OBITUARY AT www.carsonandson.com

NEW SCHOOL BUS SECURITY CAMERAS WERE APPROVED LAST NIGHT BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AT A COST OF $12,000. THE ARE AN UPGRADE FROM THE OLD ONES.

THE BOARD HIRED FORMER COACH AND TEACHER DENNIS STREETS TO BE THE ASSISTANT VARSITY BASKETBALL COACH AT A SALARY OF $3,026.

THE JACKSON COUNTY CATTLEMEN'S BANQUET IS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA. OPEN TO ANYONE AND TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE AT THE DOOR FOR THE STEAK DINNER.

THE SUPERVISORS DID NOT HAVE A MEETING TODAY BECAUSE OF VETERAN'S DAY.
THEY WILL MEET TOMORROW.

NO FIRST SNOWFALL YET IN MAQUOKETA.

NOTHING LIKE THE FOUR SEASONS SHIRLEY.

DENNIS VOY

WINTERY WEEKEND, BUT TODAY WAS SUNNY AND NICE, BUT ON THE COOL SIDE.
GOT DOWN TO 22 LAST NIGHT. GOING TO BE WET AND COLD TOMORROW FOR
VETERAN'S DAY.

MAQUOKETA'S VETERAN'S DAY PROGRAM WILL BE AT 8:45 TOMORROW MORNING
AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM. THE 8TH GRADE BAND WILL PLAY AND THE 8TH GRADE CHORUS WILL SING. THE VETERAN'S DAY ADDRESS WILL BE GIVEN BY IOWA STATE SENATOR ROGER STEWART. IN DELMAR, THE PROGRAM WILL BE AT 10:30 IN THE SCHOOL GYM AND BOB OSTERHAUS WILL BE THE GUEST SPEAKER.

MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS. OFFICERS SAY CHARGES ARE PENDING IN AN INCIDENT LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 4:53 P.M. AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL. THERE WERE NINE STUDENTS IN A FIGHT.
NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
AND MEGAN BALLIU OF N. MATTESON IN MAQUOKETA REPORTED TO POLICE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THAT A TOOL BOX WAS TAKEN FROM THEIR SHED.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT. ONE OF THE AGENDA
ITEMS IS THE HIRING OF FORMER LONGTIME COACH DENNIS STREETS AS THE ASSISTANT VARSITY BASKETBALL COACH.

HOW ABOUT THE LAST SECOND IOWA WIN SATURDAY OVER #3 PENN STATE?

THE FESTIVAL OF TREE OPENS THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA. THE TREES WILL BE ON DISPLAY THROUGH NOVEMBER 25TH FROM 1 UNTIL 7 P.M. DAILY INCLUDING WEEKENDS. NO ADMISSION. KMAQ WILL HAVE A TREE THERE THIS YEAR.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

CHECK THE PHOTO BELOW.

DENNIS VOY

CHRISTMAS 2008 FOR KMAQ SALES DEPARTMENT STARTED YESTERDAY. HERE, 3 OF OUR 4 SALESWOMEN HAD A TABLE AT THE HOLIDAY EXPO AT DEWITT FROM 11 A.M. UNTIL 2 P.M. DOTTIE BAYLES AT LEFT, ROXANNE CLAUSING IN MIDDLE AND
DENISE KIRK AT RIGHT. LOIS FISCHER COULDN'T MAKE IT. THEY HAD A GOOD TURNOUT. KMAQ IS A DEWITT CHAMBER MEMBER AND HAS HAD A TABLE AT THIS ANNUAL EVENT FOR MANY YEARS. WE HAD A DRAWING FOR A $50 BILL IN HONOR OF OUR 50TH BIRTHDAY AND ALSO GAVE AWAY A HOLIDAY CENTERPIECE.
DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

WARM AGAIN TODAY....72.....TYING THE RECORD AGAIN. BUT, THE WARM SPELL IS OVER. COOLER TOMORROW AND COLD THIS WEEKEND.

BUCK KOOS WAS RE-ELECTED JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR YESTERDAY.
HE DEFEATED REPUBLICAN DAVE KENDALL OF BELLEVUE BY FIFTEEN HUNDRED VOTES. ALL THE DEMOCRATS WON IN JACKSON COUNTY. THE TOTAL VOTE
WAS SLIGHTLY UNDER 10,000 (67%) AND SHORT OF A RECORD. ABSENTEE BALLOTS WERE A RECORD THOUGH, AND COUNTING OF THOSE TOOK UNTIL 11:30 LAST NIGHT.

TWO FIRES TODAY. MAQUOKETA FIREMEN HAD A BUSY MORNING. AT 7:30 A.M. THE CALL WAS FOR A BALER ON FIRE AT THE BRIAN WATTERS FARM AND AT 9 THIS MORNNG, A GRAIN DRYER CAUGHT ON FIRE AT THE MIKE MCLAUGHLIN FARM.

MAQUOKETA VOTERS IN THE FIRST WARD WILL GO TO THE POLLS AGAIN....ON DECEMBER 16TH, TO ELECT A NEW COUNCIL PERSON FROM THAT WARD.
THE HOURS WILL BE FROM NOON UNTIL 8 P.M. A PETITION WAS FILED REQUESTING THE SPECIAL ELECTION. SO FAR, NO ONE HAS OFFICIALLY FILED.
THE DEADLINE TO FILE IS NOVEMBER 20TH.

THE PRESTON GIRLS LOST TO SPRINGVILLE LAST NIGHT AND WILL NOT BE GOING TO THE STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT.'

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

I TOOK THIS PHOTO THE OTHER DAY WEST OF MAQUOKETA ON HIGHWAY 64,
NEAR SOME FARM BUILDINGS. THE CENTER TREE IS NOT BEHIND THE OLD SILO, BUT GREW UP INSIDE THE SILO. HOW ABOUT THAT?
DENNIS VOY

SUNNY, BREEZY AND MATCHED RECORD HIGH OF 72 TODAY. NICE DAY FOR AN ELECTION.

POLLING PLACES IN JACKSON COUNTY REPORTED EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY IN TODAY'S GENERAL ELECTION. THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY FLOW OF VOTERS.
JACKSON COUNTY HAD A RECORD 4,074 PEOPLE VOTE EARLY. THERE ARE 14,955 REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE COUNTY, MEANING ABOUT 27 PERCENT HAD ALREADY VOTED BY THE TIME THE POLLS OPENED AT 7 A.M. THE POLLS WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 9 TONIGHT. WE WILL HAVE LOCAL ELECTION COVERAGE JUST AFTER 9 ON BOTH KMAQ AM AND FM...AND ON INTERNET, ON THE KMAQ PAGE.

WORD HAS BEEN RECEIVED OF THE DEATH OF FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT RICHARD "DICK" TEMPLETON. HE DIED IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON OVER THE WEEKEND. HE LIVED IN PUYALLUP, NEAR SEATTLE. HE GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND WORKED FOR THE GOVERNMENT. HE IS SURVIVED LOCALLY BY A SISTER, HELEN TRABERT OF MAQUOKETA, AND ALSO A TWIN BROTHER, BOB, IN INDIANA AND A STEP-DAUGHTER IN TEXAS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD IN WASHINGTON.

REMEMBER, IF WE ARE "STREAMING" KMAQ-FM, YOU CAN HEAR THE LOCAL NEWS AT 7:45 A.M....12:L5 P.M.....AND 5:05 P.M. JUST GO TO www.kmaq.com HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON THE "LIVE KMAQ" BUTTON IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER.
TROUBLE IS, SOMETIMES IT WILL DROP DOWN AND WE DON'T KNOW IT RIGHT AWAY AND SOMEONE HAS TO RELOAD THE PROGRAM FOR IT. THE WEB CAM SHOWING DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA IS ALSO DOWN NOW.....WE'LL TRY TO GET IT UP SOON.

VOTE!

DENNIS VOY

THE WEATHER WAS NICE OVER THE WEEKEND IN MAQUOKETA. THE RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY, 73, WAS SET IN 1978. WE TIED IT TODAY.
AND, IT WILL BE WARM AGAIN TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY. A LITTLE COOLER ON
THURSDAY AND COLD, BELOW NORMAL, THIS COMING FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY.

TRISHA MILLER, OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL, A SENIOR, PLACED SECOND IN THE STATE IN THE CLASS 3-A CROSS COUNTRY STATE MEET SATURDAY IN FORT DODGE.
HER TIME WAS 14:48, ABOUT 30 SECONDS BEHIND THE WINNER. MILLER WENT TO STATE ALL FOUR YEARS. HER FINISH SATURDAY WAS HER BEST. SHE WAS 4TH LAST YEAR. ANNE BRUNO OF MAQUOKETA AND A JUNIOR AT ANDREW HIGH SCHOOL, HAD HER BEST TIME OF THE YEAR, 15:51 AND FINISHED 17TH AT THE STATE MEET.

THE PRESTON GIRLS NEED ONE MORE VICTORY AND THEY WILL BE IN THE STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT. THEY MEET SPRINGVILLE TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE GYM IN WYOMING.

SAGE ROSENFELS , FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, PLAYED THE 2ND HALF OF THE GAME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE NFL TEXANS PLAYED THE VIKINGS. HE REPLACED 1ST STRING QUARTERBACK MATT SCHAUB WHO WAS INJURED IN THE FIRST HALF. SAGE HAS DECENT NUMBERS GOING 21 FOR 29 AND 224 YARDS, INCLUDING ONE TOUCHDOWN AND ALSO ONE COSTLY INTERCEPTION. THE TEXANS LOST 28 TO 21 AND NOW HAVE A 3 AND 5 RECORD.

A GAS DRIVE-OFF AT CASEY'S SUNDAY....$14.55 AND A BIKE STOLEN OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, REPORTED BY MATTHEW PADAVICH.

AT THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HERITAGE DINNER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS IN MAQUOKETA,
DON THOMAS, FOUNDER OF CLINTON ENGINES, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME. HE DIED IN 1995. ALSO RECOGNIZED SUNDAY, THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE RESIDENT SCHOLAR ARTIST BOARD: KEN WRIGHT, MARK STREFF, LOUANN
GOACKE, JOANN WENTORTH AND BETTY MILLER.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

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MEET CLARA WEIMERSKIRCH, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA....WITH THE KMAQ FREE RADIO FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. WE HAD THE DRAWING JUST BEFORE THE EVENING NEWS AT 5:10 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ANNOUNCER JIMMY SAUNDERS DREW OUT CLARA'S NAME. CLARA LIVES IN ONE OF THE NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN, AT 202 SOUTH OLIVE STREET. SHE HAS LISTENED TO KMAQ FROM THE START. HAS GONE ON A COUPLE KMAQ TRAVEL BRANSON TRIPS TOO.
STILL DRIVES HER OWN CAR. HER SISTER-IN-LAW WON THE MARCH RADIO.
THIS RADIO ALSO HAS A CD PLAYER AND SINCE SHE HAD NO CD'S, I GAVE HER A
RED HENTON CD TO TRY OUT THE CD PLAYER. THANKS CLARA FOR BEING A GOOD KMAQ LISTENER OVER THE YEARS. THE RADIO FOR NOVEMBER IS PICTURED BELOW. REMEMBER, TO ENLARGE ANY PHOTO ON THIS DAILY REPORT, JUST CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO MAKE IT BIGGER.
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THIS SONY RADIO IS THE KMAQ 50TH ANNIVERSARY RADIO FOR THE MONTH OF
NOVEMBER 2008. SOMEONE WILL WIN IT NOVEMBER 30TH, OUR 11TH FREE RADIO THIS YEAR IN CELEBRATION OF OUR 50TH BIRTHDAY. IF YOU HAVE REGISTERED, FINE...BUT IF NOT, WE'LL NEED YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER AND ABOUT WHEN YOU STARTED LISTENING TO KMAQ. TWO MORE RADIOS TO GIVE AWAY...THIS ONE AND THE ONE FOR DECEMBER, WHICH STILL NEEDS TO BE PURCHASED.
DENNIS VOY

TERRIFIC DAY TODAY...SUNNY AND IN 60'S.

ELECTRIC BILLS FOR THE AVERAGE MAQUOKETA RESIDENT WILL GO UP ABOUT
$20 PER MONTH STARTING NEXT YEAR. THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC BOARD APPROVED THE RATE INCREASE AND LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT EXPLAINING THE RATE INCREASE. THE RATES ARE GOING UP BECAUSE THE WISCONSIN BASED COMPANY THAT MAQUOKETA BUYS WHOLESALE ELECTRIC POWER FROM WILL BE RAISING THEIR RATES. FUEL COSTS ARE ONE REASON FOR THE INCREASE. FOR MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS, THIS WILL BE THEIR FIRST INCREASE
IN ABOUT 5 YEARS.

LOUISE McALLISTER, AGE 78, OF DUBUQUE DIED TUESDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE
3 BROTHERS, JOHN AND GEORGE RONEK OF MAQUOKETA AND DALE KENNICKER OF DELMAR.

PHIL KONRARDY, AGE 44, OF TYLER, TEXAS AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED WEDNESDAY FROM INJURIES IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT ON OCTOBER 18TH.
SERVICES AND BURIAL WILL BE IN TYLER.

MAQUOKETA HAD JUST UNDER 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN OCTOBER.
LAST NOVEMBER, WE HAD NO RAIN, BUT AN INCH OF SNOW ON NOVEMBER 21ST.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

NICE SUNNY DAY AGAIN IN MAQUOKETA. LITTLE BREEZY. EVEN BETTER DAY ON TAP FOR TOMORROW.

ALL 3 OF THE AREA FOOTBALL TEAMS LOST THEIR OPENING PLAYOFF GAME
LAST NIGHT....DEWITT (AN UPSET FOR SURE), PRESTON AND NORTHEAST(GOOSE LAKE). ALL 3 SCORES WERE PRETTY CLOSE THOUGH.

THE CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THE NAME OF THE WOMAN FOUND DEAD LAST WEEK NEAR CAMANCHE. SHE IS ALYSIA KAY MARBURGER, AGE 27, OF SABULA. SHE (AND 10 MONTH OLD CHILD) LIVED
WITH HER PARENTS AND HER PARENTS REPORTED HER MISSING BACK ON
OCTOBER 10TH. SHE ATTENED CLINTON COMMUNTY COLLEGE. AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING, HER DEATH WAS CLASSIFIED AS SUSPICIOUS.
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

SEE THE NEW PHOTO BELOW.

HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH KEEPING THE WEB CAM AND STREAMING OF KMAQ-FM ON...SO ARE WORKING ON IT.

THANKS .. AND DON'T FORGET TO CHECK THE GUEST BOOK WEEKLY AT LEAST AND MAKE AN ENTRY NOW AND THEN.

DENNIS VOY

THIS IS A NEW NEON SIGN IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. I LIKE IT! THIS IS THE LIQUOR STORE THAT WAS J-R WINE AND SPIRITS, OWNED BY THE ROSENBERGS.
IT IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE BUILDING THAT FOR MANY YEARS WAS ROSENBERG AUTO SUPPLY. CLICK-ON THIS PHOTO TO ENLARGE, OR TWICE TO MAKE IT EVEN LARGER. THE BUSINESS IS NOW OWNED AND OPERATED BY RON READ OF
MAQUOKETA. HIS MANAGER IS TAMMY KIRGAN. NICE STORE! OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK AND EVENINGS AND HAS A DRIVE-UP WINDOW TOO. THE SIGN REALLY SHOWS UP AT NIGHT. DRIVE BY SOMETIME AND TAKE A LOOK. GOOD TO HAVE
SOMETHING ADDED AND POSITIVE DOWNTOWN FOR A CHANGE. IT IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM PERXACTLY BAR AND GRILL, WHERE A LOT OF
REDECORATING HAS TAKEN PLACE RECENTLY , INSIDE AND OUT. I HAD A GREAT CHEESEBURGER THERE LAST NIGHT. X MARKS THE SPOT.
DENNIS VOY

SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH IN MID 50'S TODAY. TOMORROW, IN THE 60'S.

AN 8 YEAR OLD MAQUOKETA YOUTH HAS BEEN CHARGED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY HIT THE PRINCIPAL AND A TEACHER AT BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HE HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO JUVENILE AUTHORITIES AND HIS NAME WAS NOT RELEASED. HE STOMPED ON THE FOOT OF A TEACHER AND PUNCHED HER IN THE ARM AND ALSO PUNCHED THE PRINCIPAL IN THE ARM. THE BOY ALSO THREW A CHAIR INTO A CABINET.

THE HOSPITAL HERE IN MAQUOKETA HAS ANOTHER SURGEON CONSIDERING
COMING TO MAQUOKETA. HE IS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.
BUT, HE IS CONSIDERING SEVERAL HOSPITALS. AND,THERE IS ONE OTHER
ALSO LOOKING AT MAQUOKETA. OUR HOSPITAL WILL BE NEEDING A SURGEON AS DR. PEDRO ATIENZA WILL BE RETIRING SOON.
CAROL GORNEY, A NURSE PRACTIONER AT MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, IS LEAVING HER PRACTICE IN MAQUOKETA AT THE END OF THIS WEEK TO TAKE A POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. MEDICAL ASSOCIATES IS NOW PLANNING TO RECRUIT A PRACTIONER WHO WILL DELIVER BABIES. OTHER HOSPITAL NEWS: RENEE BRUNO WILL ASSUME THE ROLE OF SURGICAL NURSE MANAGER AND TRICIA STEINES WILL BE THE EMERGENCY SERVICES NURSE MANAGER. AND VIKI WING HAS RETIRED FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER 35 YEARS AS A HOME HEALTH NURSE.

THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BE PICKING UP LEAVES BEGINNING THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 10TH.

JAY YEAGER, AGE 45, DIED MONDAY AT HIS HOME IN RURAL MAQUOKETA.
HIS OBITUARY IS AT www.carsonandson.com

DEWITT, PRESTON AND NORTHEAST(GOOSELAKE) ALL HAVE DISTRICT FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAMES TONIGHT. KMAQ WILL BROADCAST THE DEWITT-NEW HAMPTON GAME STARTING AT 6:50 P.M.

THE MAQUOKETA YMCA OPENED ONE YEAR AGO TODAY. MEMBERSHIP IS AROUND 1,000.

ENJOY THE FALL WEATHER!

DENNIS VOY

NICE SUNNY DAY, BUT COOL....IN 40'S. DOWN TO 27 LAST NIGHT.
TOMORROW, IN THE 50'S AND THURSDAY IN THE 60'S.

KMAQ WEB CAM AND FM PROGRAMS ARE BACK ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE....www.kmaq.com CLICK ON THE LIVE BUTTON IN UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER.

MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE A DAY ARE VOTING AT THE JACKSON COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE. SO FAR, 3,300 HAVE VOTED.

NOTHING NEW ON THE WOMAN FOUND DEAD NEAR CAMANCHE, AND FROM SABULA.

MATTHEW AND BRIDGET WATTERS OF NORTH LIBERTY ARE THE PARENTS OF TWIN DAUGHTERS BORN LAST FRIDAY AT 10:09 AND 10:10 A.M. AT THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITIAL IN IOWA CITY. BOTH WEIGHED OVER 6 POUNDS. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JOHN AND DIANE RUFF OF MAQUOKETA. MATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE DON AND JEANETT HEATH AND CLARENCE AND VELENE RUFF OF MAQUOKETA. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE BARRY AND KAREN WATTERS OF BALDWIN. PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE CARLYLE AND NELLIE STENDER OF MAQUOKETA.

SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S FOR RON HOVEY, AGE 69, OF MAQUOKETA
WHO DIED YESTERDAY AT THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA. RON AND SUE RAN
HOV'S PUB IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA UNTIL RETIRING A COUPLE YEARS
AGO.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

COLD AND WINDY YESTERDAY.....COLD TODAY AGAIN...BUT NICER WEATHER COMING
LATER IN THE WEEK.

MAQUOKETA LOST FRIDAY NIGHT....THE FOOTBALL SEASON IS OVER FOR THE
CARDINALS. THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM HAS TOURNAMENT PLAY TONIGHT.
DEWITT, PRESTON AND NORTHEAST(GOOSE LAKE) ARE IN THE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DEWITT (9 AND 0) PLAYS NEW HAMPTON (6 AND 3) AND WE WILL BROADCAST THEIR GAME AT 7 WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

INVESTIGATORS ARE AWAITING THE RESULTS OF AN AUTOPSY PERFORMED ON A WOMAN WHO WAS FOUND DEAD FRIDAY NIGHT IN A PRIVATELY-OWNED CABIN NEAR ROCK CREEK PARK NEAR CAMANCHE. THERE IS SPECULATION SHE COULD BE THE WOMAN MISSING FROM THE SABULA AREA. POSSIBLE FOUL PLAY.

THE SPECIAL MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO TRY AGAIN TO APPOINT A FIRST WARD COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LOOKS LIKE THE COUNCIL WILL LET THE ISSUE GO TO A SPECIAL ELECTION.

A BIRTH: LAURI AND CLAYTON HELM OF LAKEWOOD, WASHINGTON, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN AT 2 A.M. TUESDAY IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON. MATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE DON AND BETTY MILLER OF MAQUOKETA.

WE HAVE NO OBITUARIES TODAY, LOCAL OR OTHERWISE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

A RAINY DAY. COLD. IN UPPER 40'S.

WILL BE WET NIGHT FOR FANS AT GOODENOW FIELD, WHERE THE CARDINALS HOPE TO WIN AND GO TO THE PLAYOFFS.

SUNDAY, A HIGH IN THE 40'S. AND IT WILL BE TRICK OR TREAT DAY IN MAQUOKETA.
SOUNDS LIKE OCTOBER 31ST WILL BE A PRETTY GOOD DAY, BUT MAQUOKETA
KIDS WON'T BE TRICK OR TREATING. TOO BAD. BUT, FROM WHAT I HEAR, NEXT YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT.

THE NEW KMAQ WEB CAM IS ON A LOT NOW....SHOWING THE DECKER HOTEL ACROSS THE STREET. AND SHOWING CARS GO BY AND OCCASSIONALLY SOMEONE WALKING.
AND WHENEVER THE WEB CAM IS WORKING, YOU CAN ALSO HEAR KMAQ-FM
"LIVE". JUST GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE...www.kmaq.com...AND CLICK ON THE
"LIVE" BUTTON IN THE LEFT CORNER. HEAR THE GAME TONIGHT!

THE JACKSON COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION HAS UPHELD THE FIRING OF JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY KEVIN SCOTT. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, IT WAS A UNANIMOUS DECISION BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, BOB HEAD, CLAY ROMER AND HAROLD MILLER. SCOTT HAS 30 DAYS TO APPEAL TO THE JACKSON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT. HE WAS FIRED BY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN ON SEPTEMBER 10TH.

BREITBACH'S COUNTRY DINING BURNED TO THE GROUND EARLY THIS MORNING.
THE ORIGINAL HISTORIC (IOWA'S OLDEST RESTAURANT, BUILT IN 1853) BALLTOWN RESTAURANT (A KMAQ ADVERTISER) BURNED TO THE GROUND LAST CHRISTMAS EVE AND THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDING OPENED IN JUNE. THEY WERE DOING GREAT BUSINESS. I HEARD THEY SERVED OVER 3,000 DINNERS THIS PAST SUNDAY. IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT STARTED THE FIRE. WE WERE UP THERE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND IT WAS A GREAT (BIG) PLACE, AND GREAT FOOD TOO.
NOW, WILL CINDY AND MIKE BREITBACH RE-BUILD AGAIN? I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.

TWO MORE DEER ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY....VICKY FELDERMAN HIT ONE AND SO
DID TRACI LOTT.

THE JACKSON COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY FROM 8:30 UNTIL 1:30 SO EMPLOYEES CAN ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF TREASURER AL TEBBE'S FATHER. RETIRED FARMER AL TEBBE ,SR. WAS 92. IT WAS MENTIONED IN HIS OBITUARY THAT HE OFTEN ENJOYED A STIFF DRINK. DID THOSE HELP HIM TO LIVE TO BE 92? THERE ARE STUDIES TO BACK THAT NOTION.

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA HAS THEIR BIG ANNUAL
CHURCH DINNER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS THIS SUNDAY, LATE MORNING TO EARLY
AFTERNOON. EVERYONE IS INVITED. AND TOMORROW, AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL, FROM 8 A.M. UNTIL NOON, FREE WINTER CLOTHING WILL BE GIVEN
FREE TO THOSE IN NEED.

TRICIA MILLER, MCHS CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER, WILL BE GOING TO STATE IN NOVEMBER FOR THE 4TH YEAR IN A ROW. HER PARENTS ARE ADAM AND
KAREN MILLER OF RURAL MAQUOKETA. TRICIA IS HOME-SCHOOLED AND A SENIOR. CONGRATULATIONS TRICIA! ALSO GOING TO STATE, ANNE BRUNO OF
ANDREW HIGH SCHOOL, FOR THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW. HER PROUD DAD, ROBERT, IS KMAQ-FM'S ANNOUNCER. ANNE IS A JUNIOR. CONGRATULATIONS ANNE!

I'LL HAVE THE FOOTBALL SCORE FOR YOU TOMORROW, RIGHT HERE.
SO, COME BACK TOMORROW. STAY DRY. STAY WARM.
YOU FOLKS DOWN SOUTH.....SORRY THAT YOU AGAIN ARE MISSING THE SEASONS.

CHECK OUT THE NEW KMAQ WEB CAM WITH "LIVE" KMAQ-FM RADIO! AT
www.kmaq.com BUT, DON'T GET MAD IF IT IS NOT THERE ALL THE TIME,
OR NOT THERE WHEN YOU WANT TO LISTEN FOR SOMETHING. WE
DON'T PLAN TO HAVE IT ON ALL THE TIME.

DENNIS VOY

A COLD AND RAINY DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA.....RAINING NOW.

NO NEWS REPORT TODAY.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE 5:05 P.M. NEWS TODAY, THE LOCAL NEWS FINAL,
BY GOING TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON THE "LIVE KMAQ" BUTTON,
ABOVE THE PHOTO OF THE KMAQ 50TH FLOAT.

COLD AND WINDY TODAY.
JUST A LITTLE SUNSHINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGH TODAY, 54

MAQUOKETA STILL HAS A CHANCE TO GET INTO THE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS, BECAUSE THIS YEAR, THE NUMBER OF TEAMS THAT COULD GO IN EACH DISTRICT WAS INCREASED TO 4.

THREE MORE DEER ACCIDENTS IN JACKSON COUNTY YESTERDAY.....VEHICLES DRIVEN BY JIM EVILSIZER, ROGER EGGERS, AND KATIE DONLINGER.

THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMISTS ANNUAL APPRECIATION DINNER WAS LAST NIGHT AND GIVEN SPECIAL RECOGNITION WAS MAQUOKETA FIREMAN RICK SCHMIDT.
HE HAS BEEN A FIREMEN FOR 10 YEARS, IS THE FIRE PREVENTION OFFICER,
AND WAS ONE OF THREE CO-CHAIRMAN FOR THE FIREMEN'S CONVENTION
IN MAQUOKETA THIS PAST SEPTEMBER.

ERIN HOFFMAN AND SCOTT FOUST OF ZWINGLE ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN LAST THURSDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. LOCAL GRANDPARENTS ARE DAN AND TERRI SELZER OF MAQUOKETA AND GREATGRANDPARENTS ARE LIONEL AND KAROL KEENEY OF MAQUOKETA.

DOROTHY MORRIS WAS 86 TODAY AND MORRIE MORRIS WILL BE 87 TOMORROW.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BOTH. DOROTHY WAS LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF KMAQ
AND MORRIE IS IN OUR MORNING COFFEE GROUP. STILL PLAYS GOLF.

YOU CAN LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM "LIVE" ON YOUR COMPUTER. JUST GO TO www.kmaq.com AND CLICK-ON THE "LIVE RADIO" BUTTON RIGHT ABOVE THE STAFF PHOTO.

HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

IF THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS WERE IN THE WORLD SERIES TONIGHT, OF COURSE, THEY WOULD WIN.

DENNIS VOY

TODAY'S (TUESDAY'S) DAILY REPORT IS BELOW.

TUNE-IN KMAQ-FM "LIVE"

GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE...

AND "CLICK-ON" THE BUTTON RIGHT ABOVE THE KMAQ STAFF PHOTO AND
PHOTO OF THE KMAQ FLOAT.

IF THE BUTTON IS NOT THERE....HIT "REFRESH"

EMAIL ME WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
kmaq@kmaq.com

DENNIS VOY

NEW STREAMING LIVE FEATURE.
KMAQ Front Page has a Button to link to the new Streaming Page.

Enjoy!
David Voy
KMAQ G33K &
Web Admin

NICE FALL DAY IN MAQUOKETA.

SUNNY AND 54.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL COULD NOT AGREE ON WHO TO APPOINT AS THE FIRST WARD COUNCIL MEMBER AT THEIR MEETING LAST NIGHT. THERE WERE 5 PEOPLE WHO PUT IN THEIR NAME.
FOUR GAVE A SHORT SPEECH. ED TURNEY DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK. FIRST, A VOTE WAS MADE TO APPOINT KIM GALLOWAY AND IT ENDED UP A 3 TO 3 TIE. THEN, A MOTION WAS MADE TO APPOINT LORI CROUCH AND IT ALSO RESULTED IN A 3 TO 3 TIE. THERE WERE NO OTHER MOTIONS MADE. THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING AT 5 NEXT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND IF THEY CAN'T AGREE ON A PERSON THEN, IT MAY END UP GOING TO A SPECIAL
ELECTION WHICH WILL COST SOME MONEY, AND MAY NOT HAPPEN FOR MONTHS. DELAYS.
THE COUNCIL'S MIDDLE NAME?

NEW UNEMLOYMENT FIGURES RELEASED TODAY: IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE JOBLESS RATE
DROPPED TO 4.2 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER. IN AUGUST,IT WAS 4.6 PERCENT.

SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S FOR HELEN ALDEN, AGE 94, OF MAQUOKETA.

SERVICES ARE PENDING AT LAHEY'S FOR JONI KILBURG, AGE 46, OF MAQUOKETA.

BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE VOY 1 THEATRE. PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR IT. THE DRIVE-IN IS OPEN FOR TWO MORE WEEKENDS.

CNN RADIO NEWS SOUNDS GOOD ON KMAQ.

CHARLIE DIETZ IS HAVING ANOTHER BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK.

THE CORN AND SOYBEAN CROP IS GOOD IN IOWA. MOST CORN STILL NEEDS TO BE PICKED.

THIS YEAR'S JACKSON COUNTY BEEF BANQUET IS NOVEMBER 15TH.

CENTRAL STANDARD TIME STARTS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND. SPRING AHEAD, FALL BACK.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST, FALL BACK YOUR WATCH.

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY.

IT WAS VERY FOGGY THIS MORNING, UNTIL 10 A.M. OR SO...AND COLD, ABOUT 39.
THEN THE SUN CAME OUT AND NOW IT IS A BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY, WITH THE HIGH EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 50'S AND TOMORROW, EVEN NICER.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS PLAYED A GOOD GAME LAST NIGHT AGAINST
RATED MARION, BUT ENDED UP LOOSING 36 TO 22.

SORRY TO REPORT THAT A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESS IS CLOSING.
JAKE BICKFORD HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE AND WILL START A "QUITTING
BUSINESS" SALE NEXT THURSDAY. THE SIGN WENT UP IN THE WINDOW
AT NOON TODAY. AT ONE TIME, THERE WERE 3 MEN'S CLOTHING STORES.
JACK HAS WORKED AT THE STORE ABOUT 50 YEARS AND BOUGHT IT FROM
BILL MOLER ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO. BILL MOLER (WHO DIED LAST YEAR) BOUGHT THE B & B CLOTHING STORE AT THAT LOCATION IN 1958, SHORTLY BEFORE KMAQ WENT ON THE AIR. I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG IT HAD BEEN A CLOTHING STORE
BEFORE MOLER BOUGHT IT. SO...I'M GUESSING THERE HAS BEEN A MEN'S STORE AT THAT LOCATION A GOOD 60 YEARS. JAKE IS A YEAR YOUNGER THAN ME ( HE'S 68) AND IS NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO RETIREMENT. HIS WIFE, JUDY, RETIRED FROM TEACHING 4 YEARS AGO. THEY HAVE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN IN INDIANA,WISCONSIN AND IOWA CITY AND WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE MORE TRIPS TO SEE THEM. AND JAKE LOVES SPORTS, AND PARTICIPATES IN BOWLING AND GOLF.
JAKE GOES BACK EVEN LONGER THAN 50 YEARS DOWNTOWN. WHILE IN HIGH
SCHOOL, HE WORKED FOR NIC JACOB'S POPULAR MEAT MARKET AND GROCERY STORE. AGAIN THE BIG SALE STARTS NEXT WEEK AND WILL PROBABLY
RUN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THERE IS A BIG INVENTORY TO SELL, AS JAKE ALWAYS KEPT A WELL-STOCKED STORE. SO, AFTER CHRISTMAS, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER EMPTY STOREFRONT DOWNTOWN. BUT, SOMEONE IN DOING SOME PAINTING
IN AN EMPTY STORE RIGHT NOW, SO MAYBE A NEW ONE WILL OPEN SOON.
THE BUILDING JAKE'S STORE IS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN IS OWNED BY DARLENE
KIRCHOFF. IN THE MONTHS AHEAD, I AND A LOT OF OTHER MEN IN MAQUOKETA WILL BE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER PLACE TO BUY SUITS, SPORTCOATS, SHIRTS AND TIES, ETC. I'VE BOUGHT MOST OF MY CLOTHES OVER THE YEARS THERE. AND
BILL MOLER'S WAS A KMAQ ADVERTISER 50 YEARS AGO WHEN WE WENT ON-THE-AIR AND HAS BEEN A WEEKLY ADVERTISER EVER SINCE. GOOD LUCK TO JAKE!
HOPE HE AND JUDY HAVE A LONG, HAPPY RETIREMENT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND AND WEEK AHEAD.

DENNIS VOY

RAINY AND COLD TODAY...HIGH IN 40'S.
TOMORROW SHOULD BE MUCH NICER...AND SUNDAY TOO.

ANOTHER PERSON HAS INDICATED INTEREST IN THE OPENING ON THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL FROM THE FIRST WARD. KIM GALLOWAY. THAT BRINGS TO FIVE,THE NUMBER SO FAR ASKING TO BE CONSIDERED. THE APPOINTMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE MADE AT NEXT MONDAY'S MEETING.

THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM IS DOING VERY WELL.
JERRY NELSON, DIRECTOR OF SUPPORT SERVICES, TOLD THE BOARD THIS WEEK
THEY SERVED 700 MEALS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN TWO SEPARATE DAYS LAST MONTH. HE SAID THAT IS QUITE A FEAT CONSIDERING THERE ARE 608 STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. NELSON SAID NO OTHER HIGH SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY IS SUPPORTED BY OVER 90 PERCENT USE. HE ATTRIBUTES SOME OF IT TO A CLOSED CAMPUS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND A NEW LARGER CAFETERIA. HE SAID THE STUDENTS EAT IN FOUR SHIFTS AND IT HAS BECOME MORE OF A SOCIAL ATMOSPHER BECAUSE THERE'S MORE ROOM.

AS OF MID WEEK THIS WEEK, THE JACKSON COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE HAD SEEN 2,060 ABSENTEE BALLOT REQUESTS. THEY ARE AVERAGING ABOUT 100 A DAY IN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. THERE WERE 3,000 ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION. SO, THIS YEAR SHOULD BEAT THAT.'

SERVICES ARE PENDING AT THE CARSON AND SOON FUNERAL HOME FOR EULANE L. WALKER, AGE 92, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO DIED THIS MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

WILL HAVE A REPORT TOMORROW MORNING ON THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL SCORE TONIGHT.

DENNIS VOY

4/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY.

TODAY....SUNNY, NICE AND IN MID 50'S.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MET FOR A SHORT MEETING LAST NIGHT AND
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED SPENDING $7,700 FOR A STUDY THAT WILL NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE THE CITY CAN APPLY FOR A BROWNFIELD GRANT TO HELP CLEAN-UP
THE DEBRIS FROM THE DOWNTOWN FIRE. THE NEWS RELEASE DID NOT SAY WHAT THE STUDY WILL CONSIST OF AND WHO WILL DO IT, AND HOW MUCH WILL BE
ASKED FOR IN THE GRANT. AND, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT A BROWNFIELD GRANT IT.
BUT, GUESS WE'LL LEARN MORE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE.
MEANWHILE, WE'LL CROSS OUR FINGERS.

THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY.

DENNIS VOY

A LITTLE RAIN THIS MORNING AND CLOUDY, BREEZY AND COOL TODAY WITH TEMPERATURERS ONLY IN THE 40'S.

FOUR PEOPLE HAVE FILED PAPERS AT MAQUOKETA CITY HALL TO BE APPOINTED
THIS MONDAY NIGHT AS FIRST WARD COUNCIL MEMBER.
THE COUNCIL HAS INDICATED THEY PLAN TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT MONDAY NIGHT TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF MATT WINEGAR WHO RESIGNED LAST MONTH BECAUSE HE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED OUT OF THE CITY.
THOSE INDICATING INTEREST ARE: ED TURNEY, LORI CROUCH, DAVE WIERSMA,
AND DEB WILHELM. THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT YOUR NAME IS THIS FRIDAY AT 4 P.M.

NICK McCUTCHEON, JUST NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT SOMEONE TRIED TO BREAK INTO HIS NEW HOME. HE SAID TWO PEOPLE KICKED IN THE DOOR AND TOOK OFF. NO ONE WAS APPREHENDED.

MIKE STEWART OF MINNEAPOLIS SPOKE AT ROTARY TODAY. HE IS PART OWNER OF A LARGE LAW FIRM AND HIS WORK INVOLVES WORKING WITH FINANCIAL AND BANKING INTERESTS AND TALKED ABOUT THE CURRENT STOCK MARKET PROBLEMS.
HE IS THE SON OF ROGER AND JENNIE STEWART EAST OF MAQUOKETA AND HIS FATHER-IN-LAW IS RALPH KNICKREHM OF MAQUOKETA.

MIDAS OF MAQUKETA, A CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
(3 COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ON THE BOARD) HAS VOTED TO PURCHASE THE BUILDING ON SOUTH MAIN THAT BARELY ESCAPED BURNING TO THE GROUND DURING THE MAJOR FIRE. IT WAS GOING TO BE HOME TO THE SUB SANDWICH RESTAURANT. SOME DAMAGE FROM THE FIRE PREVENTED THAT FROM HAPPENING. COUNCILMAN NEIL MOREHEAD, ON CHANNEL 6 TV NEWS THE OTHER NIGHT, SAID IT WILL NOW BE TORN DOWN. DAVE WIERSMA WAS GOING TO OPEN A POOL HALL THERE. HE THOUGHT HE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TWO DUBUQUE OWNERS TO USE THE BUILDING FOR THAT PURPOSE. HE'S VERY DISAPPOINTED AND THERE WILL BE NO POOL HALL FOR KIDS. THE BUILDING DOES LOOK STRANGE ALL ALONE ON THAT CORNER AND IT HAS AN UGLY SLANTED SECOND ROOF (METAL) THAT WAS PUT OVER THE EXISTING ROOF THAT LEAKED BADLY. SO....ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE BLEAK DOWNTOWN AREA. AND, MORE BAD NEWS IS COMING SOON. KEEP CHECKING HERE.
DON'T WORRY.....MAQUOKETA IS DOING WELL.....THE CRISIS IS ONLY IN PARTS OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AND WE HAVE SOME STREETS THAT NEED A LOT OF
WORK.

AND JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR, ROTARIAN STEVE FLYNN, HAS A BAD TOOTH.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, TEETH INCLUDED.

DENNIS VOY

PRETTY NICE TODAY...HIGH OF 64.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD LAST NIGHT SAID THEY WILL NOT OFFER AN EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVE THIS YEAR.

JACKSON COUNTY HAS A NEW ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY. HIRED TODAY WAS SARAH DAVENPORT, A RECENT GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.
SHE WILL START NOVEMBER 3RD AT $38,500. COUNTY ATTORNEY CHRIS RAKER SAID THERE IS MORE WORK THAN ONE ATTORNEY CAN HANDLE.

SHORT REPORT TODAY...SORRY.

DENNIS VOY

BEAUTIFUL DAY YESTERDAY...81 THE HIGH.
BREEZY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER TODAY.

MAQUOKETA LOST THEIR FOOTBALL GAME FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE LAST 5 SECONDS OF THE GAME.

JACKSON COUNTY HAS A NEW WINERY....BRUSH CREEK WINERY....LOCATED
NORTH OF ANDREW, A SHORT DISTANCE OFF OF HIGHWAY 62. IT IS OWNED BY KEITH AND SHERRY WEUSTE OF ANDREW. KEITH IS THE ASSISTANT LOCKMASTER AT THE DUBUQUE LOCK AND DAM AND SHERRY WORKS FOR A REAL ESTATE OFFICE IN DUBUQUE. THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING GRAPES FOR ABOUT 8 YEARS AND THIS SUMMER STARTED THE WINERY, INSTEAD OF SELLING TO OTHER WINERIES. THEY BROUGHT THEIR WINE SELECTION TO THE ANNUAL MAQUOKETA AND BELLEVUE ROTARY CLUB DINNER LAST NIGHT AT THE YMCA. LOTS OF TASTING AND LOTS OF GOOD COMMENTS BY ROTARIANS. I MUST HAVE TASTED
6 OR 7 KINDS AND BOUGHT A BOTTLE OF TWO FAVORITES. SOME I TASTED:
IRON BRIDGE RED, RAZZY RED, CHERRY-CHERRY, BY THE DAM GOOD WINE, SUMMER DAZE, BLUFF MILLS RED, HOOK-LINE & SINKER, AND BLUE HERON. IF YOU LIKE WINE (WINE IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH) YOU WILL WANT TO VISIT THE NEW WINERY SOON. JACKSON COUNTY'S OTHER WINERY IS THE TABOR WINERY NORTH OF BALDWIN, NOW A GOOD 10 YEARS OLD AND GROWING.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

DARREN AND ASHLEY STEFFEN OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN WEDNESDAY AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.

SEE THE NEW PHOTO BELOW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

THE "HURSTVILLE FISHING POND" IS ON THE SAME COUNTY CONVERSATION LAND
THAT THE HURSTVILLE INTREPRETIVE CENTER IS ON. IT IS LOCATED ACROSS
4-LANE HIGHWAY 61 FROM THE INTREPRETIVE CENTER. YOU GET TO THE POND (FORMED DURING THE BUILDING OF HIGHWAY 61 AND CALLED A BORROW-PIT BY THE D.O.T.) BY TAKING THE FIRST COUNTY ROAD (PAVED) TO THE SOUTH OF POND, AND THEN GO A SHORT DISTANCE ON THAT ROAD AND TURN RIGHT ON THE GRAVEL ROAD AND THAT ROAD WILL TAKE YOU TO A PARKING LOT AT THE EDGE OF THE POND. A NEW DOCK WAS DEDICATED LAST WEEK. STANDING ON THAT
DOCK (ABOVE PHOTO) ARE THOSE REPRESENTING INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE DOCK FUND. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: ROB WAACK FROM THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB....GREG, TATE, CAROLYN AND JASMINE MARTIN, IN MEMORY OF CARTER MARTIN....JEANNE AND JOHN HOESLEY, FROM FRIENDS OF JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION....DR. DAVID SYBESMA FROM THE MAQUOKETA
KIWANIS CLUB....AND, ATTORNEY TOM BREUCH FROM THE MAQUOKETA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. NOT PICTURED, SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE GREAT RIVER ROAD. IT IS A NICE LITTLE POND AND I UNDERSTAND THE FISHING IS GOOD. CLICK-ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE...CLICK AGAIN AND IT WILL ENLARGE MORE. OR...IF THAT WON'T WORK, YOU CAN "ZOOM-IN" ON THE PHOTO, ONCE...OR TWICE. NOW...3 FISHING HOLES IN THE TIMBER CITY....YES, MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS AND VISITORS CAN NOW FISH THE MAQUOKETA RIVER, HORSESHOE POND AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF
MAQUOKETA AND AT THE HURSTVILLE FISHING POND.
DENNIS VOY

AGAIN THIS YEAR, KIM AND BRIAN RIXEN HAVE A GREAT FRONT PORCH AND
YARD HALLOWEEN DISPLAY AT THEIR HOME ON 212 SOUTH 5TH STREET.....UP THE STREET (SOUTH) FROM CARSON FUNERAL HOME. YOU CAN'T MISS IT. THE THREE PHOTOS I HAVE HERE ARE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IN FRONT OF HOME, STARTING WITH THIS PHOTO (ABOVE) AT THE SOUTHERN MOST PART OF THE DISPLAY.
THIS YEAR NEW, ARE TWO COFFINS. ONE ON THE PORCH THE OTHER ON THE LAWN.
ALSO NEW, THE CLOWNS ABOVE. LOTS OF MOVING ITEMS AND FLASHING LIGHTS AND CREEPY SOUNDS TOO. IT IS SCARY LIKE YOU WANT IT TO BE. TAKE THE KIDS AND GRANDKIDS. THE STREET IS NARROW SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO PARK
A BLOCK OR SO AWAY AND WALK TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THE DISPLAY AS LONG AS YOU WISH. IF YOU DRIVE TO LOOK WITH YOUR CAR,
AND STOP TO ADMIRE, YOU MIGHT END UP WITH A CAR BEHIND YOU AND THEN
YOU WOULD NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING TOO MUCH TIME TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING. CLICK ON THE 3 PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM. CLICK A SECOND TIME TO ENLARGE EVEN MORE. THERE IS NO CHARGE TO SEE THE DISPLAY WHICH
WILL BE LIGHTED AND RUNNING THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST.
DENNIS VOY

DAVID AND KIM HAVE A GARAGE FULL OF HALLOWEEN ITEMS FROM PAST YEARS.
THEY CHANGE THE LAWN AND PORCH DISPLAY EVERY YEAR, BUT THEY SAVE THE OLD AND MAY USE IT AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY

THANKS TO KIM AND BRIAN RIXEN FOR THIS GREAT HALLOWEEN DISPLAY AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY

77 TODAY FOR A HIGH.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS AT MT. VERNON TONIGHT AND A WIN WILL GET THEM IN THE PLAYOFFS.

MAQUOKETA CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER SAID ON KMAQ'S JUST TALK SHOW THIS MORNING THAT HE HAS AN ESTIMATE OF $335,000 FOR THE CLEAN-UP OF THE THREE BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY FIRE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA BACK IN JANUARY.
THIS CLEAN-UP WILL INCLUDE PROPER ASBESTOS REMOVAL. AND HE SAID
HE HAS LEARNED ABOUT TWO POTENTIAL GRANTS THAT COULD BE APPLIED FOR BY THE CITY. THERE MAY BE A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK ON THIS LATEST INFORMATION.

BOB OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO SERVE ON THE MEDICAL HOME SYSTEM ADVISORY COUNCIL. THE PANEL WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR A STATEWIDE MEDICAL HOME SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES PATIENT-CENTERED
HEALTH CARE FOR ALL IOWANS. THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
ANNOUNCED THE APPOINT OF MAQUOKETA LONGTIME BUSINESSMAN AND
FORMER IOWA STATE REPRESENTATIVE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

NICE DAY AGAIN....IN THE UPPER 60'S.
MORE GOOD WEATHER COMING.

A TRACTOR WAS DAMAGED BY FIRE IN RURAL MAQUOKETA THIS AFTERNOON.
FIREMEN WERE CALLED OUT AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON TO THE DONALD SCHEIBE
RESIDENCE AT 13738 HIGHWAY 64 WEST. BALDWIN FIREMEN WERE CALLED ALSO, BUT NOT NEEDED. A TRACTOR INSIDE THE SHED CAUGHT ON FIRE. MAQUOKETA FIREMEN SAY THE TRACTOR WAS DAMAGED BUT NOT THE SHED. FIREMEN QUICKLY PUT OUT THE FIRE AND WERE AT THE SCENE FOR LESS THAN AN HOUR.
FIREMEN SAID SHEIBE WAS WORKING ON THE TRACTOR WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER SOME CHANGES AT THE CORNER OF MAIN AND SUMMIT, TO SPEED UP TRAFFIC, BUT NOT NOW AS THERE IS NO FUNDING FOR A PROJECT. AT MONDAY NIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING, JULIE NEBEL FROM IIW
ENGINEERS PROVIDED SOME OPTIONS, WITH THE LOWEST OPTION COSTING $9,400 AND THE BIGGEST OPTION, $351,000. SHE SAID THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ENOUGH ACCIDENTS AT THE INTERSECTION FOR THE CITY TO QUALIFY FOR A SAFETY GRANT. THE HIGH PROPOSAL WOULD BE A "ROUND ABOUT".....A TYPE OF INTERSECTION FOUND NO WHERE IN MAQUOKETA. BOWMAN GAS STATION IS ON THAT CORNER AND COULD BE EFFECTED IF SOMETHING IS DONE.
BUSY TIME IS IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON WHEN SCHOOL
STARTS OR LETS OUT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. MANY PEOPLE KNOW BETTER AND AVOID THE INTERSECTION. THE WAITING TIME IS SOMETIMES LONG FOR MAQUOKETA, BUT SHORT WHEN COMPARING THE TIME TO A BUSY INTERSECTION IN A LARGE CITY. MANY BELIEVE THEY HAVE MORE IMPORTANT PLACES TO
SPEND MONEY THESE DAYS, LIKE CLEANING UP THE DOWNTOWN FIRE MESS OR
MAKING MORE NEEDED STREET REPAIRS.

THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA HAS APPLIED FOR A $474,186 GRANT TO REHABILITATE
14 HOMES IN MAQUOKETA. IF THE CITY RECEIVES THE GRANT, IT WOULD
HAVE TO PROVIDE A $10,000 MATCH. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO HELP REHABILITATE HOMES FOR HOME OWNERS WHO MEET CERTAIN
INCOME GUIDELINES. THE TARGET AREA THIS TIME (WE HAVE HAD THESE GRANTS IN THE PAST) IS NORTH OF PLATT AND BETWEEN ARCADE AND WALNUT.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

WE HAD 1 AND 33/100 INCHES OF RAIN YESTERDAY AND IT WAS COOL....A HIGH OF 59.
TODAY, SUNNY AND WARMER AND THE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND LOOKS GREAT.

MAQUOKETA POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA WILL COLLECT EVIDENCE AND INTERVIEW THREE STUDENTS BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE VANDALISM LAST THURSDAY NIGHT AT GOODENOW FIELD IN MAQUOEKETA. THEN DECIDE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO PRESS CHARGES. DEWITT SCHOOL OFFICIALS IDENTIFIED THREE STUDENTS BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED AND HAVE TAKEN ACTION AGAINST THEM. NO NAMES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED.

THE EXPANDED MAQUOKETA FIRE STATION WILL BE HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE THIS SATURDAY FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 1 P.M. FIREFIGHTERS WILL GIVE GUIDED TOURS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED. MANY TOOK A TOUR DURING THEIR
SUMMER BREAKFAST, BUT MANY STILL HAVE NOT HAD A TOUR.

PLANS ARE GOING AHEAD FOR A $10 MILLION CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION PROJECT AT THE LOCAL MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. THE BOARD HAS VOTED 5 TO 0 TO AUTHORIZE ARCHITECTS TO DEVELOP DETAILED PLANS AND DOCUMENTS IN PREPARATION FOR SEEKING CONSTRUCTION BIDS. ONE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT WILL BE A SEPARATE AREA FOR THE VISITING PHYSICIAN CLINICS. THESE DOCTORS NOW COME TO THE HOSPITAL AND SHARE THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
THE HOSPITAL OFFERS CLINICS IN 11 SPECIALTY AREAS. ALSO...THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE HOSPITAL WILL BE MOVED FROM THE NORHEAST SIDE OF THE HOSPITAL FROM GROVE STREET TO THE EAST SIDE SIDE WITH ACCESS FROM WEST QUARRY STREET. THE DRIVE AND PARKING AREAS WILL BE RECONFIGURED TO ADD PARKING NEAR THE NEW ENTRANCE. ALSO, THE BUSINESS OFFICE, AND THE RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT WILL BE REDESIGNED. CEO CURT COLEMAN SAID THE PROJECT IS NECESSARY FOR THE HOSPITAL TO KEEP ITS FACILITY MODERN AND TO CONTINUE TO ATTACT PATIENTS AND DOCTORS. THE HOSPITAL NOW HAS $4 MILLON OF CASH ON HAND AND WILL BE TAKING ON ABOUT $7 MILLION OF DEBT.
THE 18 MONTH PROJECT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT JULY OR AUGUST OF 2010.

A MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL STAFF MEMBER, BILL COOEY, DIED YESTERDAY IN HONOLULU WHERE HE WAS VISITING HIS SON WHO IS SERVING IN THE MILITARY.
HE HAD REQUESTED TIME OFF TO BE WITH HIS SON BEFORE HE WAS DEPLOYED AND LEFT IOWA FOR HAWAII LAST FRIDAY. HE APPARENTLY HAD BEEN IN A FREAK ACCIDENT EARLIER THIS WEEK. HE WAS IN HIS 11TH YEAR WITH THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TAUGHT SPECIAL EDUCATION AND WAS THE YEARBOOK ADVISOR. HE LIVED IN DUBUQUE. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED 5 TO 1 (NOW SHORT 1 MEMBER WHO RESIGNED) TO CLOSE THE OLD SWIMMING POOL PERMANENTLY.

THE PAY PHONE AT THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE LOBBY, A VICTIM OF CELL PHONES. IT AVERAGED LESS THAN ONE CALL
A DAY. MY HOME PHONE AVERAGED ABOUT A CALL OR TWO A WEEK, SO I ALSO
DISCONNECTED IT. IF YOU NEED MY CELL PHONE NUMBER, JUST CALL KMAQ
OR EMAIL ME.

ANOTHER ($15.01) GAS DRIVE OFF AT TIMBER CITY PLAZA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

GAS IN MAQUOKETA IS AS LOW AS AROUND $3 A GALLON TODAY.

KMAQ GOES WITH THE CNN RADIO NETWORK OCTOBER 20TH. WE ARE ALL EXCITED ABOUT SWITCHING TO THE NEW NETWORK FOR NEWS AND SPORTS.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS AT MT. VERNON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT. MT. VERNON IS 1 AND 5 FOR THE SEASON.

A UKRAINIAN ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS IS COMING TO THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA FOR A 7 PM CONCERT THURSDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 16TH.
OHNWARD IS SEEKING HOUSING FOR THE 160 MUSICIANS. TICKETS FOR THE
KYIV SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS CONCERT ARE $20 IN ADVANCE.
ONLY 840 SEATS AVAILABLE AND TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY AND THE OHNWARD BOXOFFICE.

THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD IS IN DIRE NEED OF MONEY TO BUY GROCERIES FOR THOSE WHO USE THE FACILITY AT THE UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH. LEAVE YOUR CHECK HERE AT KMAQ AND WE WILL GET THE CHECKS UP TO THE CUPBOARD.

CHECK THE PHOTOS BELOW.

AND HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

DENNIS VOY

HERE IS MILDRED HOFF OF LaMOTTE, IOWA, OUR KMAQ 50TH ANNIVERSARY RADIO WINNER FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. SHE HAS LISTENED TO KMAQ FOR 25 YEARS OR MORE. HAS ALSO GONE ON SOME KMAQ TRAVEL BUS TRIPS.
THE OCTOBER RADIO IS PICTURED BELOW. THERE WILL ALSO BE A FREE RADIO FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. CLICK-IN THE RADIO TO ENLARGE IT.
DENNIS VOY

HERE IS THE KMAQ 50TH ANNIVERSARY FREE RADIO FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. IT IS AN EMERSON PORTABLE AM/FM STEREO RADIO AND CD PLAYER. THE DRAWING FOR IT WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 1ST. AROUND 500 PEOPLE HAVE REGISTERED FOR OUR MONTHLY DRAWING AND DO NOT HAVE TO REGISTER AGAIN. ANYONE THAT HAS NOT
REGISTERED YET, NEEDS TO MAIL THEIR NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER TO KMAQ, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA 52060 AND INDICATE ABOUT WHEN YOU STARTED LISTENING TO KMAQ.....
OR EMAIL THE INFORMATION TO kmaq@kmaq.com .....OR DROP OFF THE SHEET HERE AT KMAQ. OUR SEPTEMBER WINNER WAS MILDRED HOFF OF LAMOTTE AND SHE HAS BEEN LISTENING FOR 25 YEARS OR MORE. CLICK-ON THE RADIO TO ENLARGE
IT.
DENNIS VOY

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BRIGHT AND SHINY SATURDAY MORNING!

MAQUOKETA LOST THEIR HOMECOMING GAME TO DEWITT LAST NIGHT,
42 TO 20. IT WAS 42 TO 0 AT THE HALF. THE SABERS REALLY LOOKED
GOOD AS THEY IMPROVED THEIR RECORD TO 6 AND 0. THEY WERE RANKED
3RD IN THE STATE THIS WEEK AND WILL PROBABLY MOVE UP NEXT WEEK.
GOOD WEATHER AND A GOOD CROWD FOR THE GAME.

THURSDAY NIGHT, SOME DEWITT STUDENTS DID SOME VANDALISM AT GOODENOW FIELD....ESTIMATED ABOUT $700 IN DAMAGES. THEY TEEPEED THE FIELD AND
PAINTED "SABERS" A COUPLE TIMES ON THE CONCESSION BUILDING.
THE MESS WAS QUICKLY CLEANED UP FRIDAY MORNING AND THE BUILDING WALL WAS REPAINTED, BUT MAY REQUIRE NEW SIDING. THEY ALSO DID A COUPLE THINGS AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL. DEWITT SCHOOL OFFICIALS
ALREADY KNOW WHO DID IT AND ARE COOPERATING WITH MAQUOKETA POLICE WHO MAKE SOME ARRESTS AFTER INTERVIEWS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

THE MAQUOKETA HOMECOMING DANCE IS TONIGHT.

BOTH THE MAQUOKETA CLASS OF 1958 AND THE CLASS OF 1988 ARE HAVING THEIR CLASS REUNION THIS WEEKEND. DAVE VOY HAS LOTS OF PHOTOS UP ON HIS BLOG OF THE PARADE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON (NANCY AND I RODE IN A JOHNSON (DELMAR) HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE) AND HE ALSO HAS SOME PHOTOS OF THE CLASS OF '88. IF YOU CAN'T FIND THEM, EMAIL DAVE AT dvoy@maquoketa.com AND HE
WILL GLADY EMAIL YOU BACK WITH INFORMATION YOU NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PHOTOS.

PIONEER DAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS TOMORROW...THE BIG ANNUAL EVENT SPONSORED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

MCHS Homecoming Parade Photos taken by David Voy.
Link to his pics on his blog. www.DavidVoy.com

COOL BUT SUNNY AND NICE TODAY.

TOMORROW SHOULD BE NICE FOR HOMECOMING.

THE CLASS OF 1958 IS HAVING THEIR REUNION THIS WEEKEND. THAT CLASS
INCLUDED THE FALL OF 1957 UNDEFEATED WAMAC CHAMPION FOOTBALL TEAM, COACHED BY HARRIS. SEVEN OF THE TEAM MEMBERS ARE EATING WITH THE 2008 TEAM TONIGHT, TOMORROW NIGHT THEY WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT THE GAME, AND AFTER THE GAME WILL MEET AT THE DECKER HOTEL PUB AND SATURDAY NIGHT, THE CLASS REUNION DINNER, AND BREAKFAST SUNDAY MORNING. LEN MOREHEAD IS ALREADY UP FROM FLORIDA, DAVE SCHOENTHALER IS COMING UP, JAKE BICKFORD IS HERE OF COURSE......IT WILL BE A FUN WEEKEND FOR ONE OF THE BEST MHS FOOTBALL TEAMS EVER TO PLAY AT GOODENOW FIELD.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE CONSIDERING TAKING OUT THE PUBLIC PHONE IN THE LOBBY OF THE COURTHOUSE. IT IS COSTING THE COUNTY $550 A YEAR TO HAVE IT AND THEY TAKE IN AROUND $135 A YEAR FROM ITS USE.
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE ANY PAY PHONES ARE IN USE TODAY, WITH NEARLY EVERYONE HAVING A CELL PHONE.

THE SAVANNA - SABULA BRIDGE RE-OPENED YESTERDAY NOON, FOLLOWING A FEW WEEKS OF BEING CLOSED TO REPLACE THE DECK.

IOWA AG SECRETARY BILL NORTHEY (R) OF SPIRIT LAKE WAS IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY. HE IS OUT TO VISIT ALL 99 COUNTIES AGAIN THIS YEAR.
JACKSON COUNTY WAS 85TH. HE HELD A ONE-HOUR SESSION AT THE FARM BUREAU BUILDING. NICE GUY. GOOD SPEAKER. INTERESTING TALK.
ANSWERED QUESTIONS AFTER. BUT....GET THIS. ONLY 5 FARMERS PRESENT.

A LOST NATION WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY PROVIDED DRUGS TO A YOUTH IN A PARK IN LOST NATION.
SHE IS BEING HELD IN THE CLINTON COUNTY JAIL UNDER A $25,000 BOND.

BRAD AND CASEY WEIMERSKIRCH OF DAVENPORT ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN YESTERDAY IN DAVENPORT. MATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE RAY AND MAXINE BERNER, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. GREAT-GREAT GRANDMOTHER
IS CLARA WEIMERSKIRCH OF MAQUOKETA.

DONALD HAYWARD, 77, OF MAQUOKETA DIED WEDNESDAY AT HIS HOME AND SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S.

GO BREWERS!
GO MAQUOKETA CARDS!
GO TO A MOVIE SOON!
AND NEVER STOP LISTENING TO RADIO!

DENNIS VOY

NO REPORT TODAY

NICE DAY TODAY...AND COOL...AROUND 60.

SUPT. KIM HUCKSTADT WAS A NOMINEE FOR THE 2008-2009 IOWA SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD SPONSORED BY THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OF IOWA.
"WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE SCHOOL LEADERS WHO REPRESENT EXCELLENCE IN
EDUCATION," SAID DAN SMITH, SAI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. HIS PEERS IN THE MISSISSIPPI BEND AREA EDUCATION AGENCY REGION NOMINATED HUCKSTADT AND HE WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT SAI'S ANNUAL BANQUET IN AUGUST 2009.
DR. LANE PLUGGE, SUPT. OF IOWA CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WAS SELECTED AS THIS YEAR'S AWARD RECIPIENT.

RUTH HANCHAR, 92, OF MAQUOKETA DIED MONDAY AT A DUBUQUE HOSPITAL.
HER LATE HUSBAND HAD A PHARMACY IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA IN THE 50'S AND 60'S. HER OBITUARY CAN BE READ AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME'S WEB SITE.

THE JACKSON COUNTY ANNUAL ALZHEIMERS MEMORY WALK RAISED OVER $8,000 SATURDAY IN BELLEVUE. RON AND JOAN DELEGARDELLE OF MAQUOKETA
WERE ON THE WALK COMMITTEE AGAIN THIS YEAR. RON TERMED IT A BIG SUCCESS.

THE SAVANNA-SABULA BRIDGE MAY REOPEN THIS SATURDAY. THEY ARE DOING FINAL WORK ON A NEW DECK FOR IT.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

IT IS HOMECOMING WEEK IN MAQUOKETA. KMAQ'S WINDOWN WAS PAINTED-UP YESTERDAY AFTERNOON BY SOME TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL ARTISTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE....THEY DID A NICE JOB! THE THEME IS "MARDI GRAS MADNESS".
MAQUOKETA PLAYS DEWITT. THIS MORNING, THE RADIO IOWA SPORTSCAST
MENTIONED THE SABERS ARE RANKED 6TH IN THE STATE THIS WEEK IN THE LATEST POLL. THE ALUMNI GET-TOGETHER WILL BE HELD AFTER THE GAME FRIDAY
NIGHT AT THE DECKER HOTEL BAR DOWNSTAIRS. IF YOU ARE COMING TO THE GAME, BE SURE TO STOP BY AFTER. KMAQ WILL BROADCAST THE HOMECOMING GAME AT 7:30 ON BOTH KMAQ AM & FM, IF YOU CAN NOT MAKE IT IN PERSON.
THE WEATHERMAN FORECAST FOR FRIDAY IS GOOD.
CLICK ON THIS PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT. CLICK TWICE TO ENLARGE IT EVEN MORE. GO CARDS!!
DENNIS VOY

NICE WEEKEND WEATHER!
THUNDERSTORM WITH GOOD RAIN AROUND 6 THIS MORNING.
NOW SUNSHINE.

THIS IS HOMECOMING WEEK FOR MAQUOKETA. THE THEME IS "MARDI GRASS MADNESS".

THE CARDINALS PLAY DEWITT FRIDAY NIGHT AT GOODENOW FIELD.

THE CARDINALS DEFEATED ANAMOSA THERE FRIDAY NIGHT, 31 TO 13.
DEWITT PLAYED BENTON COMMUNITY FRIDAY NIGHT, AND WON BY ONLY A FEW POINTS. MAQUOKETA ALSO HAS DEFEATED BENTON COMMUNITY.
SO...THE HOMECOMING GAME SHOULD BE A DANDY AND MAQUOKETA SHOULD HAVE A GOOD CHANCE FOR A WIN, EVEN THOUGH DEWITT IS A RATED TEAM.

HOMECOMING WEEK GOT UNDERWAY YESTERDAY WITH THE JERSEY AUCTION.

AND THE HOMECOMING KING AND QUEEN WERE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY, SELECTED
BY THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS. THE QUEEN IS JENI SCHURBON, DAUGHTER OF SCOTT AND JOAN SCHURBON. AND THE KING IS JOEY EVANS, SON OF JO ANN AND TOM EVANS.

WILL PROBABLY HAVE THE MONDAY NEWS DAILY REPORT LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.

CHECK IN AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

HOT AGAIN TODAY...82.
COOL WEATHER COMING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

A MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMAN RESIGNED THIS WEEK. MATT WINEGAR, FIRST WARD COUNCILMAN, AND HIS FAMILY, HAVE MOVED TO A NEW HOME EAST OF MAQUOKETA. HE HAS SERVED ONE FULL TERM.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY IN MAQUOKETA. LITTLE WARM, AROUND 80.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL HOMECOMING WILL KICK-OFF SUNDAY WITH THE ANNUAL JERSEY AUCTION AND CORONATION OF THE HOMECOMING
ROYALTY.
THE THEME FOR HOMECOMING THIS YEAR..."MARDI GRAS MADNESS".
THE HOMECOMING COURT: DILLON O'CONNELL, AUSTIN DIETZEL, DANIEL
HOLMES, DYLAN BARTELS, MATT BOPES, BRANDON ROOT, JOEY EVANS,
ERIC BENTON, BRIANNA BAKER, JESSICA OLSON, KATIE DIRKS, STEPHANIE
DAVISON, JENI SCHURBON, HANNA THORSON, JESSA GOMBERT AND HANNAH
DAVISON.
THE HOMECOMING PARADE WILL BE THROUGH DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA AT 2 P.M. ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3. I'M HONORED TO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO BE PARADE MARSHAL.
EACH DAY NEXT WEEK HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A SPECIAL DAY WITH MONDAY AS DRESS-UP MARDI GRAS DAY. WINDOWN PAINTING IS PLANNED DOWNTOWN
STARTING MONDAY.
TUESDAY WILL BE CROSS DRESS DAY AND CARDINAL VOLLEYBALL GAMES AT HOME STARTING AT 4:30.
WEDNESDAY IS DRESS-UP FOR THE DECADES WITH EACH CLASS AND THE FACULTY DRESSING UP.
DRESS-UP IN DIFFERENT COLORS IS SCHEDULED THURSDAY WITH EACH CLASS WEARING A SPECIFIC COLOR.
FRIDAY IS SPIRIT DAY WITH DRESSING IN RED AND WHITE. THE HOMECOMING
VARSITY ATHLETE BREAKFAST WILL BE AT 7 A.M. FRIDAY AND THE PEP
RALLY IS AT 1 P.M. AND THE PARADE AFTER.
THE MAQUOKETA-DEWITT SOPHOMORE FOOTBALL GAME WILL START
AT 5:15 FRIDAY AND THE VARSITY GAME AT 7:30. THE DEWITT SABERS ARE RANKED AGAIN THIS WEEK WITH THEIR 4 AND 0 RECORD. KMAQ AM & FM WILL
BROADCAST THE GAME FOR THOSE UNABLE TO GET UP TO GOODENOW FIELD
TO WATCH IT. LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL DO THE PLAY-BY-PLAY WITH FORMER HEAD COACH MARK HILLEBRAND DOING COLOR COMENTARY.
THE HOMECOMING DANCE WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT FROM 9 UNTIL MIDNIGHT
IN THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL COMMONS AREA.
GO CARDINALS!

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY