MONDAY AND MORE.....MORE SNOW. FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW IN FORECAST FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAINING NOW, BUT TEMP WILL BE DROPPING AND SNOW WILL START.
CANCELLATIONS ARE STARTING TO COME IN TO KMAQ ALREADY...
AND SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DISMISSING EARLY....MAQUOKETA AT 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON.
SORRY ABOUT FEW DAILY REPORTS LATELY.
TWO BIG STORIES LAST WEEK. THE FIRST....I FELL ON ICE IN KMAQ GARAGE
WHILE LEIGHTON AND I WERE TRYING TO GET AN OVERHEAD DOOR TO OPEN. TWO SECONDS AND PAIN. SMALL FRACTURE ON OUTSIDE BONE CONNECTING TO ANKLE...PLUS A BRUISED ANKLE IN GENERAL. PROBABLY FELL RIGHT ON IT. NO SURGERY.....NO CAST.....A SPECIAL BOOT IS WHAT I HAVE TO WEAR AND IT COULD BE WEEKS FOR IT. AND NOW THE OLD SAYING.."COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE". ON TOP OF IT ALL.... IT HAPPENED LAST TUESDAY, THE DAY BEFORE WE WERE GOING ON SHORT VISIT TO FLORIDA. FOR ME, ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE WINTER OF 07-08. SO, IF WE HAD MADE IT TO FLORIDA, THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A DAILY REPORT ANYWAY UNTIL TOMORROW.
THE OTHER STORY....LAST WENESDAY, A MAN AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WERE FOUND DEAD IN THEIR GARAGE ON A GRAVEL ROAD BETWEEN LAMOTTE AND
ST. DONATUS. THE MAN WAS DIVORCED AND HAD THE KIDS FOR THE WEEKEND.
WHEN HE DIDN'T GET THEM BACK IN TIME, HIS WIFE ASKED THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO DO A WELFARE CHECK AND THE BODIES WERE THEN DISCOVERED. ONE CHILD WAS 19 MONTHS OLD AND OTHER 3 YEARS OLD. AUTOPSY SAID DEATH WAS CAUSED BY CO2 FROM TRUCK RUNNING. THEY ARE NOT SAYING FOR SURE IF IT WAS MURDER-SUICIDE OR NOT. THE FATHER WAS A DIABETIC AND COULD HAVE PASSED OUT IN THE GARAGE, ESPECIALLY SINCE HE WAS SEEN DURING THE WEEKEND WITH THE KIDS AND ALL SEEMED FINE WITH HIM. THE STORY WAS COVERED EXTENSIVELY BY THE MEDIA.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, WE HAVE NO KMAQ AREA BASKETBALL TEAMS
GOING TO EITHER THE GIRL'S OR BOY'S STATE TOURNAMENT.
THE OLD CLINTON ENGINES CAFETERIA BUILDING, ACROSS FROM THE MAIN
OFFICE, WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED BY BRENT NUGENT, WHO HAS A BUSINESS
ADJACENT TO IT. HE WAS GOING TO TEAR IT DOWN AND USE THE LAND.
THAT JOB HAS STARTED. THE ROOFED CAVED IN OVER THE WEEKEND.
MAYBE ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE WINTER SNOW??
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
AND CAREFUL WHEN WALKING ON THE ICE!!!
DENNIS VOY
