Thursday, July 07, 2011

82 THE HIGH ON ANOTHER SUNNY DAY. A BRIEF SHOWER WAS REPORTED
AROUND 8:30 THIS MORNING SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA ALONG HIGHWAY
61, BY THE DRIVE-IN THEATRE.

A FIRE THIS MORNING AROUND 7 A.M. ON 98TH STREET, PAST THE
CAVES STATE PARK AND ON THE WAY TO BLUFF LAKE CATFISH FARM.
IF YOU HAVE DRIVEN THE ROAD (AND MOST OF YOU HAVE)...WHEN
YOU CAME CLOSE TO THE RESTAURANT, ON THE HILL ON RIGHT YOU
MIGHT REMEMBER SEEING A FAIRLY NEW METAL BUILDING ALL ALONE
ON THE HILL. THIS SMALL BUILDING OWNED BY JIM VON MAUR OF BETTENDORF, WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SPECULATED THE BUILDING MAY HAVE BURNED ALL NIGHT. THERE WAS NO WATER AND NO ELECTRICITY TO THE BUILDING. THE CAUSE OF FIRE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THERE WERE TWO UTILITY VEHICLES INSIDE THE BUILDING. MAQUOKETA FIREMEN ANSWERED THE CALL AND BALDWIN FIREMEN WAS CALLED, BUT TURNED BACK BEFORE THEY ARRIVED.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL, IN A SPLIT VOTE, APPROVED TAKING THE
NEXT STEPS IN BUILDING A WIND TURBINE NEAR SUMMIT STREET, TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY FOR THE YMCA. THE COUNCIL VOTED 4 TO 3 TO SPEND UP TO $15,000 TO LOOK AT A SITE AND GET A SITE PLAN TO INSTALLTHE WIND
TURBINE. COUNCIL MEMBERS AMY MOORE, ED TURNEY AND NICK SIMONSON VOTED NO.

THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD LAST NIGHT PLACED ITS DIRECTOR, LAURN SIEBERT, ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR TWO WEEKS.
SIEBERT WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED,
INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS AND NO CAR REGISTRATION WHEN
ARRESTED LAST MONTH. THE LIBRARY BOARD SAID THE SUSPENSION
GOES UNTIL JULY 20TH WHILE THEY COMPLETE AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.

A BURGLARY AND VEHICLE THEFT WAS REPORTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
BOYD SCHOENTHALER OF 306 SOUTH SECOND STREET REPORTED THAT SOME ONE TOOK A 55-INCH AND 19-INCH FLAT SCREEN TV FROM HIS HOME SOMETIME AFTER MIDNIGHT.
AND THERESA HOFFMAN SAID HER RED FORD TRUCK WAS TAKEN SOMETIME
AFTER 11:30 A.M WEDNESDAY FROM SOUTH PROSPECT STREET .
ALSO, TOM FELLER REPORT ED HIS VEHICLE AT 307 S. VERMONT HAD BEEN
GONE THROUGH, BUT NOTHING APPEARED MISSING.

WORD IS...A NEW TATTOO STORE IS COMING TO DOWNTOWN! WE HAD
ONE FOR QUITE AWHILE UNTIL IT CLOSED LAST YEAR.

MY GOSH..TOMORROW IS FRIDAY ALREADY.

CHECK BACK THEN.

DENNIS VOY

2 comments:

  1. THE CITY HAS NO FUNDS FOR A NEW PLAYGROUND, WITH AN
    ESTIMATED COST OF $150,000. but they want that stupid wind turbine i just don't get how this town is operating! you wonder why people are putting there house up for sale and moving out, perfect example i may consider it too! I thought that stupid ymca was going to be self supported, but tax money from people who didn't want that dumb thing have to pay for it, stupid just stupid

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  2. If you need any boxes i can get them to you, i'd love to..... along with about 3000 other maquoketians...most of you are a bunch of old dired up, tight ass cry babies....

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