40 AT 6 THIS MORNING. 0 NOW AT 5:20 P.M. 6 BELOW TONIGHT WITH WINDS GIVING A WIND CHILL ABOUT 35 BELOW TONIGHT. JUST ABOUT EVERY EVENT IN THE KMAQ AREA CANCELLED TONIGHT. COLD BUT BETTER TOMORROW.

A MAQUOKETA COUPLE IS IN JAIL AFTER MAQUOKETA POLIC OFFICERS FOUND 202 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA AT THEIR HOME AT 209 WEST GROVE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. CHARGED ... 40 YEAR OLD CHRISTINA EDWARDS AND 37 YEAR OLD DWAYNE EDWARDS.

NEW CALENDAR FOR THE 2008-2009 SCHOOL YEAR IN MAQUOKETA WAS APPROVED LAST NIGHT. SCHOOL WILL START AUGUST 18TH, A MONDAY, AND THE FIRST SEMESTER WILL END DECEMBER 19TH. THEN THE TWO WEEK CHRISTMAS VACATION. THREE DAYS OF EASTER VACATION AND THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
WILL BE MAY 22ND 2009. THE REASON FOR THE EARLIER DATES IS THAT THE OLD CALENDAR MADE IT HARD FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE CHRISTMAS VACATION AND THEN COME BACK FOR SEMESTER TESTS.

THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL BREAKFAST WAS HELD
THIS MORNING AT THE DECKER HOTEL. THE MEETING WAS CONDUCTED BY PRESIDENT DON SCHWENKER. HE JUST FINISHED HIS TERM AND AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD, WILL BE PRESIDENT FOR A 2ND YEAR. AMY MITCHELL, FINISHING HER TERM ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WAS PRESENTED WITH A PLAQUE.
SCHWENKER PRESENTED THE ANNUAL PRESIDENT'S AWARD TO PAUL HAHLE, OWNER OF THE OLD LUMBER YARD AND LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESS OWNER AND PAST MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL. STACY DRISCOLL, THE CHAMBER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GAVE HER ANNUAL AWARD TO ERIN REDDEL, WHO WAS THE INTERN AT THE CHAMBER THIS PAST YEAR AND WAS THE LEAD PERSON IN DEVELOPING A NEW WEB SITE THAT SERVES BOTH THE CHAMBER AND THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA.

LORI BECKER-DUNNE, 43, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. VISITATION WILL BE SATURDAY FROM 10:30 A.M. UNTIL SERVICE TIME AT 1 P.M. AT THE RUNGE MORTUARY IN DAVENPORT.
SHE WORKED AS A SEWER AT PACIFIC COAST FEATHER IN MAQUOKETA AND FOR GENERAC IN MAQUOKETA UNTIL HER PASSING. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE EAGLES CLUB. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, MARK, AND TWO DAUGHTERS AND FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, HER MOTHER, AND A BROTHER.

STAY WARM.

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BIG OMELET BREAKFAST SUNDAY MORNING IN MAQUOKETA. READ MORE ABOUT IT UNDER THE PHOTO BELOW. HERE, FIXIN' A DELICIOUS OMELET, FLORIAN
STEFFAN OF MAQUOKETA AND MAQUOKETA STATE BANK. AT HIS LEFT, JACK WILLEY OF JACK AND ASSOCIATES BEAUTY SALON IN MAQUOKETA AND A LONGTIME JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR USES HIS TOUCH TO COMPLETE ANOTHER OMELET. CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
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THE MAQUOKETA COUNCIL 8269 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AND S.H.A.F.F.
HELD A BIG HAM AND CHEESE OMELET BREAKFAST LAST SUNDAY IN THE SACRED HEART CAFETERIA IN MAQUOKETA. LOTS OF PEOPLE! GOOD OMELETS. AND I ENJOYED THE SWEET ROLL TOO. SHOWN HERE, IN THE BACKGROUND, ST. REP. TOM SCHUELLER MAKING AN OMELET AND UPFRONT IN PHOTO, THE BIG GUY, JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR STEVE FLYNN FINISHING ANOTHER OMELET. I DON'T KNOW WHO THE MIDDLE WORKER IS OR WHO THE YOUNG LADY TO THE LEFT IN PICTURE IS. SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND..THERE WAS ANOTHER POPULAR BREAKFAST..A WAFFLE BREAKFAST SUNDAY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, IN THE NEW BIG CAFETERIA, PUT ON BY THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTER'S CLUB. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE KMAQ AREA SUNDAY HAD WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE EVERY MORNING....A GOOD BREAKFAST. YOU ARE GOING TO LIKE THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA.
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WE GOT UP TO 43 YESTERDAY. LOTS OF SNOW MELTED. IT WAS WARM LAST NIGHT, 40 THE OVERNIGHT LOW. BUT, NOW A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT, WITH VERY COLD WEATHER MOVING IN THIS AFTERNOON, ALONG WITH SNOW AND HIGH WINDS. THE SAME FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, WITH A COUPLE MORE INCHES. ALREADY, NOW AT 9 THIS MORNIG, THE PHONES ARE RINGING HERE AT KMAQ WITH REQUESTS FOR US TO ANNOUNCE
EARLY OUTS OR CANCELLATIONS. THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS WILL DISMISS AT 1 THIS AFTERNOON. I JUST GOT BACK FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL BREAKFAST AT THE DECKER HOTEL ACROSS THE STREET. GOOD BREAKFAST AND MEETING AFTER. I'LL HAVE SOME PICTURES TAKEN THERE LATER TODAY AND SOME PICTURES TAKEN SUNDAY AT THE SACRED HEART OMELET BREAKFAST.
SO,CHECK BACK FOR MORE ON THE DAILY REPORT TODAY. AND THERE WAS A MONDAY REPORT, SO IF YOU HAVE NOT YET READ IT, DO SO NEXT.

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