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