IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AT THE FAIR YESTERDAY. NEARLY A FULL
GRANDSTAND LAST NIGHT FOR THE CRAIG MORGAN COUNTRY SHOW.
ATTENDANCE SATURDAY WAS 4,435, DOWN FROM LAST YEAR ON SATURDAY WHEN
ATTENDANCE WAS 5,396. LOWER ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR BEING BLAMED DAILY
ON THE HOT WEATHER.
THE BEEF SHOW WAS HELD YESTERDAY AND THE TOP TWO WINNERS ARE SHOWN
BELOW.
TYLER MOOTHART OF MILES HAD THE GRAND CHAMPION, A PUREBRED SIMANTHAL
WEIGHING 1296 POUNDS. HE WILL BE A SOPHOMORE AT NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL IN GOOSELAKE. HE IS THE SON OF SHELLY WILSON AND DOUGLAS MOOTHART AND
A MEMBER OF THE MILES MAVERICKS 4-H CLUB. ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NE
FFA. HE IS GOING TO SELL THE STEER AT THE LIVESTOCK AUCTION TODAY.
HE IS SHOWN BEING INTERVIEWED BY ME IN THE PHOTO JUST BELOW.
IN THE SECOND LOWER PHOTO, I INTERVIEWED GARRETT MOELLER, ALSO OF MILES AND ALSO A SOPHOMORE AT NORTHEAST. HIS PARENTS ARE WARREN AND MICHELLE
MOELLER OF MILES AND HE IS THE SECRETARY OF THE PRESTON TRAILBLAZERS
4-H CLUB AND A MEMBER OF THE NE FFA. HIS ANGUS STEER WEIGHED 1318 POUNDS AND HE WILL TAKE THE STEER TO THE GOVERNOR'S STEER SHOW IN DES MOINES
IN AUGUST.
BELOW IS A PHOTO TAKEN SATURDAY LATE-AFTERNOON AT THE FAIR
IN MAQUOKETA. JEANNIE FLAGEL AND HER HUSBAND,SCOTT, WITH COUNTRY SINGER CRAIG MORGAN. JEANNIE FOR YEARS HAS RUN ON HER OWN, A PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATION IN BALDWIN CALLED "RIVER BEND TROOP SUPPORT. EVERY WEEK, WITH THE AID OF FRIENDS, SHE AHD SCOTT SEND ITEMS TO OUR TROOPS IN IRAN AND AFGANISTAN.
SHE KNEW THAT CRAIG MORGAN WAS ALSO A BIG SUPPORTER OF OUR TROOPS AND
WANTED TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT SHE AND MANY OTHERS ARE DOING HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY. LANNY SIMPSON, FAIR MANAGER AND MARK MILLER, A MEMBER OF THE
FAIRBOARD, ARRANGED FOR JEANNIE TO MEET CRAIG AND THAT LED TO THE
PHOTO BELOW. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP JEANNIE AND SCOTT IN THEIR EFFORTS, GIVE
JEANNIE A CALL. SHE'S ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DONATIONS AND HELP.
IN MAQUOKETA. JEANNIE FLAGEL AND HER HUSBAND,SCOTT, WITH COUNTRY SINGER CRAIG MORGAN. JEANNIE FOR YEARS HAS RUN ON HER OWN, A PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATION IN BALDWIN CALLED "RIVER BEND TROOP SUPPORT. EVERY WEEK, WITH THE AID OF FRIENDS, SHE AHD SCOTT SEND ITEMS TO OUR TROOPS IN IRAN AND AFGANISTAN.
SHE KNEW THAT CRAIG MORGAN WAS ALSO A BIG SUPPORTER OF OUR TROOPS AND
WANTED TO LET HIM KNOW WHAT SHE AND MANY OTHERS ARE DOING HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY. LANNY SIMPSON, FAIR MANAGER AND MARK MILLER, A MEMBER OF THE
FAIRBOARD, ARRANGED FOR JEANNIE TO MEET CRAIG AND THAT LED TO THE
PHOTO BELOW. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP JEANNIE AND SCOTT IN THEIR EFFORTS, GIVE
JEANNIE A CALL. SHE'S ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DONATIONS AND HELP.
Friday, July 29, 2011
THE RAIN HAS ENDED IN MAQUOKETA. NO MORE RAIN IN FORECAST FOR THE NEXT
FEW DAYS.
TODAY, SUNNY AND HIGH IN UPPER 80'S.
IT'S SENIOR CITIZEN'S DAY AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR.
AND THE BIG TRUCK AND TRACTOR PULL AT 6 TONIGHT.
WE WILL BE BROADCASTING FROM THE FAIR TODAY AT 1:05, 2:05, 3:05, 4:05,
6:05, 7:05 AND 8:05. SAME TIMES TOMORROW. NOT SUNDAY.
YOU CAN HEAR THE BROADCASTING FROM THE FAIR ON KMAQ-AM-FM AND
ON OUR WEB SITE.
THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 5:10 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, ON EAST PLATT STREET, NEAR THE T-N-T RESTAURANT AND ICECREAM SHOP. ONE OF THE VEHICLES ROLLED OVER.
THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT ALL THREE ARE IN STABLE
CONDITION. TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WERE THE DRIVERS, ALLAN KEIL, AGE 44,
OF BELLEVUE AND BRITINI SHEHORN, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO INJURED WAS
CABELLA HOTLER, AGE 2, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WAS IN A CHILD SEAT IN THE REAR
OF THE SHEHORN VEHICLE. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, BRITINI SHEHORN OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING A 1991 HONDA CIVIC ON PLATT AND SLOWING TO TURN LEFT ON SOUTH MATTESON. ALLAN KEIL OF BELLEVUE WAS DRIVING A 1996 DODGE RAM
PICKUP WEST ON PLATT AND HIT THE REAR OF THE SHEHORN VEHICLE. THE REPORT SAID THE COLLISION HAPPENED FOR "NO APPARENT REASON".
AFTER THE COLLISION,SHEHORN'S VEHICLE ENDED UP IN THE PARKING LOT AT
THE ICECREAM SHOP AND HIT THE CORNER OF A PARKED VEHICLE OWNED BY CHRISTINE
BAKER OF MAQUOKETA. THE REPORT GOES ON TO SAY THAT AFTER THE IMPACT,
KEIL'S VEHICLE ROLLED ONTO ITS ROOF AND SLID A BLOCK ON PLATT STREET TO OTTO WHERE IT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. THE IOWA STATE PATROL AND MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE CONTINUING THE INVESTIGATION.
THE ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN AGAIN YESTERDAY FROM LAST YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE HEAT, HUMIDITY AND STORM THREATS. LAST YEAR, 4,522 AND YESTERDAY,
2,757. THE 4-H HORSE SHOW WAS THE ONLY CANCELLATION AND THE STOCK CAR RACES WERE HELD AS SCHEDULED, FROM 7 UNTIL NEARLY 11. THEN, THE
DRAWING FOR 5 HUNDRED-DOLLAR ATTENDANCE PRIZES. THE WINNERS FROM MAQUOKETA WERE: ZACH SCHEIBE AND ERICA DRAKE.
THE BILL RILEY IOWA STATE FAIR TALENT SHOW IS AT 5 P.M. TOMORROW
AFTERNOON IN JANSEN HALL INSIDE THE PEARSON MEMORIAL CENTER. AGAIN,
A SPROUT AND SENIOR DIVISION AND AGAIN EMCEEING THE SHOW WILL BE KMAQ'S SHERI MELVOLD. THE TWO WINNERS GO TO FURTHER COMPETITION AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR IN DES MOINES NEXT MONTH.
I MAY HAVE AN UPDATE REPORT LATER TODAY AND TOMORROW. SO, CHECK BACK IF YOU LIKE.
KEEP COOL.
DENNIS VOY
FEW DAYS.
TODAY, SUNNY AND HIGH IN UPPER 80'S.
IT'S SENIOR CITIZEN'S DAY AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR.
AND THE BIG TRUCK AND TRACTOR PULL AT 6 TONIGHT.
WE WILL BE BROADCASTING FROM THE FAIR TODAY AT 1:05, 2:05, 3:05, 4:05,
6:05, 7:05 AND 8:05. SAME TIMES TOMORROW. NOT SUNDAY.
YOU CAN HEAR THE BROADCASTING FROM THE FAIR ON KMAQ-AM-FM AND
ON OUR WEB SITE.
THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 5:10 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, ON EAST PLATT STREET, NEAR THE T-N-T RESTAURANT AND ICECREAM SHOP. ONE OF THE VEHICLES ROLLED OVER.
THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT ALL THREE ARE IN STABLE
CONDITION. TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WERE THE DRIVERS, ALLAN KEIL, AGE 44,
OF BELLEVUE AND BRITINI SHEHORN, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO INJURED WAS
CABELLA HOTLER, AGE 2, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO WAS IN A CHILD SEAT IN THE REAR
OF THE SHEHORN VEHICLE. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, BRITINI SHEHORN OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING A 1991 HONDA CIVIC ON PLATT AND SLOWING TO TURN LEFT ON SOUTH MATTESON. ALLAN KEIL OF BELLEVUE WAS DRIVING A 1996 DODGE RAM
PICKUP WEST ON PLATT AND HIT THE REAR OF THE SHEHORN VEHICLE. THE REPORT SAID THE COLLISION HAPPENED FOR "NO APPARENT REASON".
AFTER THE COLLISION,SHEHORN'S VEHICLE ENDED UP IN THE PARKING LOT AT
THE ICECREAM SHOP AND HIT THE CORNER OF A PARKED VEHICLE OWNED BY CHRISTINE
BAKER OF MAQUOKETA. THE REPORT GOES ON TO SAY THAT AFTER THE IMPACT,
KEIL'S VEHICLE ROLLED ONTO ITS ROOF AND SLID A BLOCK ON PLATT STREET TO OTTO WHERE IT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. THE IOWA STATE PATROL AND MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE CONTINUING THE INVESTIGATION.
THE ATTENDANCE WAS DOWN AGAIN YESTERDAY FROM LAST YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE HEAT, HUMIDITY AND STORM THREATS. LAST YEAR, 4,522 AND YESTERDAY,
2,757. THE 4-H HORSE SHOW WAS THE ONLY CANCELLATION AND THE STOCK CAR RACES WERE HELD AS SCHEDULED, FROM 7 UNTIL NEARLY 11. THEN, THE
DRAWING FOR 5 HUNDRED-DOLLAR ATTENDANCE PRIZES. THE WINNERS FROM MAQUOKETA WERE: ZACH SCHEIBE AND ERICA DRAKE.
THE BILL RILEY IOWA STATE FAIR TALENT SHOW IS AT 5 P.M. TOMORROW
AFTERNOON IN JANSEN HALL INSIDE THE PEARSON MEMORIAL CENTER. AGAIN,
A SPROUT AND SENIOR DIVISION AND AGAIN EMCEEING THE SHOW WILL BE KMAQ'S SHERI MELVOLD. THE TWO WINNERS GO TO FURTHER COMPETITION AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR IN DES MOINES NEXT MONTH.
I MAY HAVE AN UPDATE REPORT LATER TODAY AND TOMORROW. SO, CHECK BACK IF YOU LIKE.
KEEP COOL.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Bad accident on Platt Street in Maquoketa.
about 5:10 PM . Red Pickup truck ,driven by a possible bellevue man , traveling high rate of speed , flipped and rolled and landed about a half a block away from the other car. also smashing into a small red honda driven by a 22 year old maquoketa girl and her baby daughter who is 1
So far all have lived and are being treated , medforce was called in, for who we don't know.
bad bad bad accident.
Watch for a complete and confirmed statement and more news to be released soon on KMAQ and from KMAQ News Director Sheri Melvold.
Watch for a complete and confirmed statement and more news to be released soon on KMAQ and from KMAQ News Director Sheri Melvold.
David
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR IS UNDERWAY. A 90-MINUTE PARADE LAST NIGHT,
WITH THREATENING, HOT, HUMID WEATHER. MANY OF YOU WATCHED IT
ON YOUR COMPUTER ON KMAQ'S WEB SITE, USING OUR WEB CAM.
THE FOLLOWING EMAILED ME SAYING THEY ENJOYED WATCHING IT:
BOB AND FLORA FOWLER.....GARY GROTE IN MARSHALL, MISSOURI.....JANET SCOTT IN HOLLAND, IOWA AND DAVID AND NANCY MIDDLEMAN IN ANDREW.
AFTER THE PARADE, ALL WENT ON AS SCHEDULED AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
WITH NO RAIN. THE HOT, MUGGY WEATHER AND THREAT OF STORM HELD
THE ATTENDANCE DOWN LAST NIGHT. ATTENDANCE WAS 1,756,THE LOWEST
SINCE 1992. LAST YEAR IT WAS 2,244 ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE FOLLOWING FROM MAQUOKETA WON $50 AFTER THE GRANDSTAND
SHOW: PENNY PEARCY, BOB SHEETS, AND MARISSA TILL. THERE WERE SEVEN
OTHER OUT-OF-TOWN WINNERS.
RONANN'S FLORAL SHOPPE WON FIRST PLACE IN THE COMMERCIAL FLOAT DIVISION IN THE PARADE. FIRST PLACE IN PATRIOTIC TO BELLEVUE AMERICAN LEGION. CIVIC FLOAT FIRST PLACE WENT TO HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY.
WE HAD RAIN THIS MORNING, BUT NONE SINCE LATE MORNING. WITH
NO ADDITIONAL RAIN THIS AFTERNOON, THEY WILL HAVE THE STOCK CAR
RACES TONIGHT AT THE FAIR, STARTING AT 7.
RAIN IS FORECAST OVERNIGHT AND THEN IT WILL SUNNY AND WARM ON
FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY. HIGHS EACH DAY IN THE MID TO UPPER 80'S.
DUBUQUE GOT 9 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT AND NORTHERN JACKSON
COUNTY ALSO GOT A LOT..... IN THE LAMOTTE, BELLEVUE AND ST. DONATUS
AREA. SOME ROADS AND BRIDGE APPROACHES WASHED OUT.
SEVERAL HOMES WERE FLOODED IN BELLEVUE AND SHERIFF RUSS KETTMANN SAID THEY CALLED THE BELLEVUE FIRE DEPARTMENT LAST NIGHT TO
EVACUATE THE CAMPERS AT SPRUCE CREEK BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER.
THE 15 CAMPERS GOT A ROOM AT THE RIVERVIEW HOTEL IN BELLEVUE.
SPRUCE CREEK PARK IS NOW CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER BOARD HAVE HIRED
AN IOWA CITY ENGINEERING FIRM TO CONDUCT A MASTER SITE AND
FACILITY PLANNING REPORT ON THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. TUESDAY NIGHT
THE HOSPITAL BOARD APPROVED PAYING SHIVE HATTERY ENGINEERS $60,475 TO DO A COMPREHHENSIVE STUDY. ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED IS WHETHER TO REPAIR THE EXISTING HOSPITAL OR REPLACE
IT.
JACQUELINE MILLER, AGE 63, OF FLORENCE, COLORADO, DIED NOVEMBER 18TH OF LAST YEAR. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 6 CHILDREN AND 21 GRANDCHILDREN.
ALSO THREE SIBLINGS, INCLUDING HER TWIN SISTER, JILL (MRS. JIM) STREET OF MAQUOKETA. CREMATION HAS TAKEN PLACE. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL
BE HELD ON AUGUST 20TH IN GRAND MESA, COLORADO. MEMORIAL DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO JONI FAIR HOSPICE, 1207 PUEBLO WAY,
PUEBLO, COLORADO, 81004.
BELOW IS A VIDEO TAKEN LAST NIGHT OF THE CARNIVAL, PLUS A VIDEO OF A GOOD PART OF THE FAIR PARADE......AND OVER 400 PARADE STILL
PHOTOS.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
COME TO THE FAIR! I WILL BE ON-THE-AIR FROM THE FAIR FROM 6:05 UNTIL
8:30 TONIGHT. YOU CAN LISTEN ON OUR WEB SITE....WWW.KMAQ.COM
AND THEN CLICK-ON THE LISTEN BUTTON IN LEFT COLUMN.
WHILE LISTENING, SEE CARS GOING BY ON MAIN STREET.
DENNIS VOY
WITH THREATENING, HOT, HUMID WEATHER. MANY OF YOU WATCHED IT
ON YOUR COMPUTER ON KMAQ'S WEB SITE, USING OUR WEB CAM.
THE FOLLOWING EMAILED ME SAYING THEY ENJOYED WATCHING IT:
BOB AND FLORA FOWLER.....GARY GROTE IN MARSHALL, MISSOURI.....JANET SCOTT IN HOLLAND, IOWA AND DAVID AND NANCY MIDDLEMAN IN ANDREW.
AFTER THE PARADE, ALL WENT ON AS SCHEDULED AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
WITH NO RAIN. THE HOT, MUGGY WEATHER AND THREAT OF STORM HELD
THE ATTENDANCE DOWN LAST NIGHT. ATTENDANCE WAS 1,756,THE LOWEST
SINCE 1992. LAST YEAR IT WAS 2,244 ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE FOLLOWING FROM MAQUOKETA WON $50 AFTER THE GRANDSTAND
SHOW: PENNY PEARCY, BOB SHEETS, AND MARISSA TILL. THERE WERE SEVEN
OTHER OUT-OF-TOWN WINNERS.
RONANN'S FLORAL SHOPPE WON FIRST PLACE IN THE COMMERCIAL FLOAT DIVISION IN THE PARADE. FIRST PLACE IN PATRIOTIC TO BELLEVUE AMERICAN LEGION. CIVIC FLOAT FIRST PLACE WENT TO HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY.
WE HAD RAIN THIS MORNING, BUT NONE SINCE LATE MORNING. WITH
NO ADDITIONAL RAIN THIS AFTERNOON, THEY WILL HAVE THE STOCK CAR
RACES TONIGHT AT THE FAIR, STARTING AT 7.
RAIN IS FORECAST OVERNIGHT AND THEN IT WILL SUNNY AND WARM ON
FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY. HIGHS EACH DAY IN THE MID TO UPPER 80'S.
DUBUQUE GOT 9 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT AND NORTHERN JACKSON
COUNTY ALSO GOT A LOT..... IN THE LAMOTTE, BELLEVUE AND ST. DONATUS
AREA. SOME ROADS AND BRIDGE APPROACHES WASHED OUT.
SEVERAL HOMES WERE FLOODED IN BELLEVUE AND SHERIFF RUSS KETTMANN SAID THEY CALLED THE BELLEVUE FIRE DEPARTMENT LAST NIGHT TO
EVACUATE THE CAMPERS AT SPRUCE CREEK BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER.
THE 15 CAMPERS GOT A ROOM AT THE RIVERVIEW HOTEL IN BELLEVUE.
SPRUCE CREEK PARK IS NOW CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER BOARD HAVE HIRED
AN IOWA CITY ENGINEERING FIRM TO CONDUCT A MASTER SITE AND
FACILITY PLANNING REPORT ON THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL. TUESDAY NIGHT
THE HOSPITAL BOARD APPROVED PAYING SHIVE HATTERY ENGINEERS $60,475 TO DO A COMPREHHENSIVE STUDY. ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED IS WHETHER TO REPAIR THE EXISTING HOSPITAL OR REPLACE
IT.
JACQUELINE MILLER, AGE 63, OF FLORENCE, COLORADO, DIED NOVEMBER 18TH OF LAST YEAR. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 6 CHILDREN AND 21 GRANDCHILDREN.
ALSO THREE SIBLINGS, INCLUDING HER TWIN SISTER, JILL (MRS. JIM) STREET OF MAQUOKETA. CREMATION HAS TAKEN PLACE. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL
BE HELD ON AUGUST 20TH IN GRAND MESA, COLORADO. MEMORIAL DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO JONI FAIR HOSPICE, 1207 PUEBLO WAY,
PUEBLO, COLORADO, 81004.
BELOW IS A VIDEO TAKEN LAST NIGHT OF THE CARNIVAL, PLUS A VIDEO OF A GOOD PART OF THE FAIR PARADE......AND OVER 400 PARADE STILL
PHOTOS.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN.
COME TO THE FAIR! I WILL BE ON-THE-AIR FROM THE FAIR FROM 6:05 UNTIL
8:30 TONIGHT. YOU CAN LISTEN ON OUR WEB SITE....WWW.KMAQ.COM
AND THEN CLICK-ON THE LISTEN BUTTON IN LEFT COLUMN.
WHILE LISTENING, SEE CARS GOING BY ON MAIN STREET.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Watch the 2011 Jackson County Fair Parade LIVE on KMAQ's LIVE Stream and hear Dennis and Leighton too.
www.KMAQ.com click LISTEN LIVE
Watch for LIVE Photos to be posted to the web by David Voy at this URL
http://tinyurl.com/3qkbzg7
Instant ly posted photos as he takes them, transfered wirelessly.
www.KMAQ.com click LISTEN LIVE
Watch for LIVE Photos to be posted to the web by David Voy at this URL
http://tinyurl.com/3qkbzg7
Instant ly posted photos as he takes them, transfered wirelessly.
WE GOT 4/10 ON AN INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT, AND A GOOD SHOWER
AROUND 9:30 THIS MORNING. SINCE THEN, HOT AND HUMID TODAY,
WITH HIGH OF 85. MORE RAIN TOMORROW AND FRIDAY, BUT
SHOULD BE GOOD WEATHER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, BUT STILL HOT.
MONDAY, LOOK FOR A HIGH OF 90.
THE PARADE TONIGHT AT 6 P.M. WILL BE ON OUR WEB SITE, USING
OUR WEB CAM, POINTED AS THE PARADE COMES NORTHERLY.
IT SHOULD MATCH UP WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PARADE BY
LEIGHTON AND ME. WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE LISTEN
BUTTON AT LEFT.
A BIG FIRE NEAR DOWNTOWN LAST NIGHT, AT 310 SOUTH MAIN. IT WAS
AN OLD BARN, CONVERTED TO A GARAGE, BEHIND THE HOME, THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. JUST THE SHELL STANDS
TODAY. IT BROKE OUT AT 8 LAST NIGHT AND FIREMEN WERE AT THE
SCENE FOR 2 HOURS. IT WAS HOT AND MUGGY AND THAT MADE FOR DIFFICULT CONDITIONS FOR FIREMEN. THE TWO STORY BUILDING WAS OWNED BY RADD GERRISCHER AND HE SAID IT WAS BUILDT IN 1909. PROBABLY
A HORSE BARN THEN. RADD HAD LOTS OF THINGS STORED IN IT AND
ALL WERE LOST. A CAR AND BOAT IN THE DRIVE-WAY WAS SAVED.
THE CAUSE OF FIRE IS NOT KNOWN AND NO DAMAGE ESTIMATE
WAS GIVEN. NO ONE WAS INJURED.
AFTER THE PARADE, LOTS OF ACTIVITIES TONIGHT AT THE FAIR.
TOMORROW, KMAQ WILL HAVE 25-MINUTE REPORTS EACH HOUR FROM
THE FAIR, IN THE AFTERNOON AND IN THE EVENING UNTIL 8:30.
SAME ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
KEEP TUNED TO KMAQ-FM OR OUR INTERNET SITE TO KEEP INFORMED.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT...AND GOOD THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
AROUND 9:30 THIS MORNING. SINCE THEN, HOT AND HUMID TODAY,
WITH HIGH OF 85. MORE RAIN TOMORROW AND FRIDAY, BUT
SHOULD BE GOOD WEATHER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, BUT STILL HOT.
MONDAY, LOOK FOR A HIGH OF 90.
THE PARADE TONIGHT AT 6 P.M. WILL BE ON OUR WEB SITE, USING
OUR WEB CAM, POINTED AS THE PARADE COMES NORTHERLY.
IT SHOULD MATCH UP WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PARADE BY
LEIGHTON AND ME. WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE LISTEN
BUTTON AT LEFT.
A BIG FIRE NEAR DOWNTOWN LAST NIGHT, AT 310 SOUTH MAIN. IT WAS
AN OLD BARN, CONVERTED TO A GARAGE, BEHIND THE HOME, THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. JUST THE SHELL STANDS
TODAY. IT BROKE OUT AT 8 LAST NIGHT AND FIREMEN WERE AT THE
SCENE FOR 2 HOURS. IT WAS HOT AND MUGGY AND THAT MADE FOR DIFFICULT CONDITIONS FOR FIREMEN. THE TWO STORY BUILDING WAS OWNED BY RADD GERRISCHER AND HE SAID IT WAS BUILDT IN 1909. PROBABLY
A HORSE BARN THEN. RADD HAD LOTS OF THINGS STORED IN IT AND
ALL WERE LOST. A CAR AND BOAT IN THE DRIVE-WAY WAS SAVED.
THE CAUSE OF FIRE IS NOT KNOWN AND NO DAMAGE ESTIMATE
WAS GIVEN. NO ONE WAS INJURED.
AFTER THE PARADE, LOTS OF ACTIVITIES TONIGHT AT THE FAIR.
TOMORROW, KMAQ WILL HAVE 25-MINUTE REPORTS EACH HOUR FROM
THE FAIR, IN THE AFTERNOON AND IN THE EVENING UNTIL 8:30.
SAME ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
KEEP TUNED TO KMAQ-FM OR OUR INTERNET SITE TO KEEP INFORMED.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT...AND GOOD THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
88 THE HIGH TODAY.
LOTS OF RAIN AND MID-80'S TEMPS IN OUR FORECAST THROUGH FRIDAY.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, LOOKING VERY GOOD.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEARD A REPORT
TODAY ABOUT ADDING PANIC BUTTONS TO ALL OFFICES AT THE COURTHOUSE
IN MAQUOKETA. THE COST IS EXPECTED TO BE CLOSE TO $10,000.
THE SUPERVISORS SAID THE MONEY IS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
FUND FOR THE COURTHOUSE.
LITTLE BEAR PARK WAS IN THE NEW AGAIN TODAY. THE COUNCIL
STILL WANTS TO SELL IT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS IT IS NEXT TO
BRIGGS SCHOOL AND IT IS THE FEELING THE SCHOOL KIDS USE IT THE
MOST. IT IS AROUND 20 YEARS OLD AND THE WOOD IS GETTING OLD
AND SOME PARTS OF THE PARK ARE UNSAFE.
FIRST WARD PARK HAS A PLASTIC -TYPE STRUCTURE BUT WHENEVER I
GO PAST THE PARK, OFTEN, IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING LITTLE OR NO
USE.
SHORT REPORT TODAY...SORRY.
DENNIS VOY
LOTS OF RAIN AND MID-80'S TEMPS IN OUR FORECAST THROUGH FRIDAY.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, LOOKING VERY GOOD.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HEARD A REPORT
TODAY ABOUT ADDING PANIC BUTTONS TO ALL OFFICES AT THE COURTHOUSE
IN MAQUOKETA. THE COST IS EXPECTED TO BE CLOSE TO $10,000.
THE SUPERVISORS SAID THE MONEY IS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
FUND FOR THE COURTHOUSE.
LITTLE BEAR PARK WAS IN THE NEW AGAIN TODAY. THE COUNCIL
STILL WANTS TO SELL IT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS IT IS NEXT TO
BRIGGS SCHOOL AND IT IS THE FEELING THE SCHOOL KIDS USE IT THE
MOST. IT IS AROUND 20 YEARS OLD AND THE WOOD IS GETTING OLD
AND SOME PARTS OF THE PARK ARE UNSAFE.
FIRST WARD PARK HAS A PLASTIC -TYPE STRUCTURE BUT WHENEVER I
GO PAST THE PARK, OFTEN, IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING LITTLE OR NO
USE.
SHORT REPORT TODAY...SORRY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, July 25, 2011
SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH OF 84. WE GOT NEARLY 5-INCHES OF RAIN
OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE PRESTON BOYS AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT LOST THEIR GAME
BY A SCORE OF 13 TO 3. THEY ARE NOW OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT.
THE GAME WAS BROADCAST OVER KMAQ TODAY. PRESTON HELD
THE LEAD UNTIL THE FINAL 7TH INNING WHEN THEY GAVE UP 12 RUNS.
THE PRESTON GIRL'S GAME FOR 3RD PLACE FRIDAY NIGHT WAS
CALLED OFF BECAUSE OF WET GROUNDS AND WAS NOT RESCHEDULED.
A BAD ACCIDENT EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, TOOK THE LIFE OF TWO
TEENAGERS. THE DRIVER, ALSO A TEENAGER, IS IN THE HOSPITAL.
DEAD IS KRISTIN HANRAHAN, AGE 18, OF DELMAR. HER OBITUARY IS
ON THE LAHEY FUNERAL HOME WEB SITE. ALSO KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT
WAS JED ROGIS, AGE 19, OF CLINTON AND A 2010 GRAD OF NORTHEAST HIGH
SCHOOL IN GOOSE LAKE. THE DRIVER WAS JUSTIN SPARKS, AGE 19, OF
CHARLOTTE. THE ONE CAR ACCIDENT HAPPENED NEAR MILES IOWA ON 400TH
AVENUE, AT 2:50 IN THE MORNING.
A GIRL WAS BORN JULY 22ND IN CEDAR RAPIDS TO ERIC AND ERICA POTTER
OF MARION. PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS ELAINE DULL OF MAQUOKETA.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, HALEY CASSLER, AGE 29, WAS AIRLIFED TO
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY AFTER SHE FELL 15 FEET OFF THE
BALCONY OF THE KEY MOTEL APARTMENTS IN MAQUOKETA.
THIS HAPPENED AT 7:43 YESTERDAY MORNING. SHE LOST HER BALANCE
AND FELLS HANDS AND FEET FIRST ON TO THE CONCRETE PARKING LOT.
JANELLE JOHNSON WAS NAMED THE 2011 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR
QUEEN DURING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON'S CEREMONIES AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF LARRY AND MARY LOU JOHNSON OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE PRESTON BOYS AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT LOST THEIR GAME
BY A SCORE OF 13 TO 3. THEY ARE NOW OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT.
THE GAME WAS BROADCAST OVER KMAQ TODAY. PRESTON HELD
THE LEAD UNTIL THE FINAL 7TH INNING WHEN THEY GAVE UP 12 RUNS.
THE PRESTON GIRL'S GAME FOR 3RD PLACE FRIDAY NIGHT WAS
CALLED OFF BECAUSE OF WET GROUNDS AND WAS NOT RESCHEDULED.
A BAD ACCIDENT EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, TOOK THE LIFE OF TWO
TEENAGERS. THE DRIVER, ALSO A TEENAGER, IS IN THE HOSPITAL.
DEAD IS KRISTIN HANRAHAN, AGE 18, OF DELMAR. HER OBITUARY IS
ON THE LAHEY FUNERAL HOME WEB SITE. ALSO KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT
WAS JED ROGIS, AGE 19, OF CLINTON AND A 2010 GRAD OF NORTHEAST HIGH
SCHOOL IN GOOSE LAKE. THE DRIVER WAS JUSTIN SPARKS, AGE 19, OF
CHARLOTTE. THE ONE CAR ACCIDENT HAPPENED NEAR MILES IOWA ON 400TH
AVENUE, AT 2:50 IN THE MORNING.
A GIRL WAS BORN JULY 22ND IN CEDAR RAPIDS TO ERIC AND ERICA POTTER
OF MARION. PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS ELAINE DULL OF MAQUOKETA.
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, HALEY CASSLER, AGE 29, WAS AIRLIFED TO
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY AFTER SHE FELL 15 FEET OFF THE
BALCONY OF THE KEY MOTEL APARTMENTS IN MAQUOKETA.
THIS HAPPENED AT 7:43 YESTERDAY MORNING. SHE LOST HER BALANCE
AND FELLS HANDS AND FEET FIRST ON TO THE CONCRETE PARKING LOT.
JANELLE JOHNSON WAS NAMED THE 2011 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR
QUEEN DURING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON'S CEREMONIES AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF LARRY AND MARY LOU JOHNSON OF MAQUOKETA.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
U.S. REP. AND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL MICHELE BACHMANNVISITED MAQUOKETA THIS AFTERNOON. A COUPLE TRUCKS ARRIVED
EARLY IN AFTERNOON TO SET UP AN OUTSIDE STAGE AND SEATING AREA FOR
HER APPEARANCE. THIS IS UNUSUAL! ALMOST ALL THE TIME, A
CANDIDATE WILL ARRIVE AT A PLACE, AND GO INSIDE AND MAKE COMMENTS
UNDER EXISTING CONDITIONS. TODAY, HER BIG BUS ARRIVED AND IT
PULLED IN AND PARKED BEHIND THE STAGE AND SHE IMMEDIATELY (HER
HUSBAND WITH HER) GOT OUT OF THE BUS AND WELCOMED THE AUDIENCE
SEATED NEXT TO THE STAGE. BEFORE SHE STARTED HER CAMPAIGN
TALK, SHE WAS INTRODUCED BY DARLENE BLOCK OF MAQUOKETA, VICE-CHAIR
OF THE JACKSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY.
PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY
Friday, July 22, 2011
OVER AN INCH OF RAIN FOR MAQUOKETA THIS MORNING. SUNNY THIS
AFTERNOON AND HIGH IN THE MID 80'S.
JACKSON COUNTY ENGINEER CLARK SCHLOZ SAID JACKSON COUNTY HAD SOME
PAVEMENT BLOW UPS, BUT NOTHING SEVERE THIS WEEK DURING THE
EXTREME HEAT. THIS WEEK'S HEAT SPELL IS THE BIGGEST IN NEARLY
20 YEARS AROUND HERE. I HEARD YESTERDAY, THAT JACKSON COUNTY
LOST AROUND 100 HEAD OF CATTLE THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF THE HEAT.
COOLER WEATHER IS COMING MONDAY.
THE ROBBERY TRIAL INVOLVING THE ROBBERY LAST YEAR AT THE ANDREW
BANK IS SCHEDULED TO START HERE MONDAY, AUGUST 15TH. A MILWAUKEE
MAN (AGE 31) IS SCHEDULED TO STAND TRIAL. HE REMAINS IN THE JACKSON
COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON $150,000 CASH BOND. HE AND ANOTHER
MAN LAST SEPTEMBER TOOK $45,000, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED.
JACKSON COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE OTHER
MAN WHO APPEARS IN A BANK VIDEO OF THE ROBBERY.
NO ONE HAS FILED PAPERS YET FOR THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD.
THE DEADLINE IS AUGUST 4TH. CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS ANNE HAWKS
AND BILL SCHWENKER SAID THEY WILLL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION. MARK
PAPE SAID HE HAS NOT DECIDED. FIFITY SIGNATURES ARE NEEDED.
THERE WERE SOME FUNDS LEFT OVER AFTER PAYING EXPENSES FOR THE
VIETNAM MOVING WALL WHICH CAME TO MAQUOKETA IN JUNE.
RON HORAN, HEAD ORGANIZER, SAID THEY DECIDED TO DONATE BETWEEN
$400 AND $500 EACH TO TWO WORLD WAR 2 HONOR FLIGHTS OUT OF
DUBUQUE AND DAVENPORT AND THE SAME AMOUNT WILL BE GIVEN TO RIVER
BEND TROOP SUPPORT. JEANNIE FLAGEL OF BALDWIN HAS BEEN SENDING
PACKAGES TO TROOPS OVERSEAS FOR MANY YEARS.
TWO VIDEOS AND STILL PHOTOS OF THE EVENT CAN BEEN SEEN AT THE
MAQUOKETA VFW WEBSITE IN MAQUOKETA AT www.maquoketavfw.webs.com
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: ALICE THOMA ON THE HIGH BRIDGE ROAD REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT SOMEONE HAD DRAINED THE GASOLINE
FROM THEIR BARREL OVERNIGHT.
TOM SCHUELLER ON WEST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA REPORTED YESTERDAY
THAT SOMEONE TOOK A PAN OF FISH AND ALCOHOL FROM HIS RESIDENCE.
RYAN HELTON ON SOUTH VERMONT SAID LAST NIGHT THAT SOMEONE
SHOT HIS VEHICLE WITH A PAINTBALL GUN.
WELL KNOWN RETIRED FARMER AND HISTORIAN ERGON PENNINGROTH
DIED LAST NIGHT AT HIS HOME, AT THE AGE OF 90. STILL HAD A GOOD MIND,
BUT HIS BODY GAVE OUT. WAS A FRIEND FOR MANY YEARS AND GOOD
KMAQ LISTENER. WAS ACTIVE OVER THE YEARS WITH THE JACKSON
COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. FARMED NEAR ELWOOD UNTIL RETIREMENT.
WAS A LOCAL AUTHORITY ON THE HOT HOT SUMMER OF 1936 IN MAQUOKETA.
HAD MANY INTERESTING VISITS WITH HIM. ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING
AT CARSON'S.
THE PRESTON GIRLS LOST THEIR SOFTBALL STATE GAME AT FORT DODGE
LAST NIGHT TO THE #1 RATED TEAM AND WILL PLAY FOR 3RD PLACE TONIGHT.
THE PRESTON BOYS PLAY AT STATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 IN DES MOINES.
BOTH GAMES HERE ON OUR WEB SITE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR STARTS WEDNESDAY. MONDAY, I'LL HAVE THE
NAME OF THE FAIR QUEEN AS SHE WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN A PROGRAM
AT THE FAIRGROUNDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON.'
ONE YEAR AGO....WE HAD THE BIG FLOOD IN EASTERN IOWA THAT BROUGHT
THE JONES COUNTY FAIR TO AN EARLY CLOSE AND RESULTED IN
SANDBAGGING IN MAQUOKETA. THE DAM AT DELHI WAS TAKEN OUT AND
IS STILL OUT.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
AFTERNOON AND HIGH IN THE MID 80'S.
JACKSON COUNTY ENGINEER CLARK SCHLOZ SAID JACKSON COUNTY HAD SOME
PAVEMENT BLOW UPS, BUT NOTHING SEVERE THIS WEEK DURING THE
EXTREME HEAT. THIS WEEK'S HEAT SPELL IS THE BIGGEST IN NEARLY
20 YEARS AROUND HERE. I HEARD YESTERDAY, THAT JACKSON COUNTY
LOST AROUND 100 HEAD OF CATTLE THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF THE HEAT.
COOLER WEATHER IS COMING MONDAY.
THE ROBBERY TRIAL INVOLVING THE ROBBERY LAST YEAR AT THE ANDREW
BANK IS SCHEDULED TO START HERE MONDAY, AUGUST 15TH. A MILWAUKEE
MAN (AGE 31) IS SCHEDULED TO STAND TRIAL. HE REMAINS IN THE JACKSON
COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON $150,000 CASH BOND. HE AND ANOTHER
MAN LAST SEPTEMBER TOOK $45,000, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED.
JACKSON COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE OTHER
MAN WHO APPEARS IN A BANK VIDEO OF THE ROBBERY.
NO ONE HAS FILED PAPERS YET FOR THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD.
THE DEADLINE IS AUGUST 4TH. CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS ANNE HAWKS
AND BILL SCHWENKER SAID THEY WILLL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION. MARK
PAPE SAID HE HAS NOT DECIDED. FIFITY SIGNATURES ARE NEEDED.
THERE WERE SOME FUNDS LEFT OVER AFTER PAYING EXPENSES FOR THE
VIETNAM MOVING WALL WHICH CAME TO MAQUOKETA IN JUNE.
RON HORAN, HEAD ORGANIZER, SAID THEY DECIDED TO DONATE BETWEEN
$400 AND $500 EACH TO TWO WORLD WAR 2 HONOR FLIGHTS OUT OF
DUBUQUE AND DAVENPORT AND THE SAME AMOUNT WILL BE GIVEN TO RIVER
BEND TROOP SUPPORT. JEANNIE FLAGEL OF BALDWIN HAS BEEN SENDING
PACKAGES TO TROOPS OVERSEAS FOR MANY YEARS.
TWO VIDEOS AND STILL PHOTOS OF THE EVENT CAN BEEN SEEN AT THE
MAQUOKETA VFW WEBSITE IN MAQUOKETA AT www.maquoketavfw.webs.com
ON THE POLICE BLOTTER: ALICE THOMA ON THE HIGH BRIDGE ROAD REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT SOMEONE HAD DRAINED THE GASOLINE
FROM THEIR BARREL OVERNIGHT.
TOM SCHUELLER ON WEST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA REPORTED YESTERDAY
THAT SOMEONE TOOK A PAN OF FISH AND ALCOHOL FROM HIS RESIDENCE.
RYAN HELTON ON SOUTH VERMONT SAID LAST NIGHT THAT SOMEONE
SHOT HIS VEHICLE WITH A PAINTBALL GUN.
WELL KNOWN RETIRED FARMER AND HISTORIAN ERGON PENNINGROTH
DIED LAST NIGHT AT HIS HOME, AT THE AGE OF 90. STILL HAD A GOOD MIND,
BUT HIS BODY GAVE OUT. WAS A FRIEND FOR MANY YEARS AND GOOD
KMAQ LISTENER. WAS ACTIVE OVER THE YEARS WITH THE JACKSON
COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. FARMED NEAR ELWOOD UNTIL RETIREMENT.
WAS A LOCAL AUTHORITY ON THE HOT HOT SUMMER OF 1936 IN MAQUOKETA.
HAD MANY INTERESTING VISITS WITH HIM. ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING
AT CARSON'S.
THE PRESTON GIRLS LOST THEIR SOFTBALL STATE GAME AT FORT DODGE
LAST NIGHT TO THE #1 RATED TEAM AND WILL PLAY FOR 3RD PLACE TONIGHT.
THE PRESTON BOYS PLAY AT STATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 IN DES MOINES.
BOTH GAMES HERE ON OUR WEB SITE.
THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR STARTS WEDNESDAY. MONDAY, I'LL HAVE THE
NAME OF THE FAIR QUEEN AS SHE WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN A PROGRAM
AT THE FAIRGROUNDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON.'
ONE YEAR AGO....WE HAD THE BIG FLOOD IN EASTERN IOWA THAT BROUGHT
THE JONES COUNTY FAIR TO AN EARLY CLOSE AND RESULTED IN
SANDBAGGING IN MAQUOKETA. THE DAM AT DELHI WAS TAKEN OUT AND
IS STILL OUT.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, July 21, 2011
10 DEGREES COOLER TODAY AND LESS HUMID....86 THE HIGH.
WE HAVE SOME RAIN IN FORECAST THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL IS GETTING SOME NEW VARSITY COACHES.
MINDY ORRIS WILL BE THE GIRL'S HEAD VARSITY BASKETBALL COACH.
AND LAURA KREMER, WILL BE THE HEAD GIRL'S GOLF COACH.
ORRIS HAS BEEN ON TEACHING STAFF AND KREMER WILL COME TO
MAQUOKETA FROM CORALVILLE.
SARA NELSON WHO HAS BEEN SOFTBALL HEAD COACH, WILL BE HEAD CROSS
COUNTRY COACH.
DARYL SCHEPERS WAS ASSISTANT WRESTLING COACH AND MOVE UP TO
HEAD COACH.
VARSITY BOY TRACK COACH WILL BE DANNY MAYO.
POLICE BLOTTER: JAKE SCHMIDT ON WEST PLEASANT REPORT YESTERDAY
THAT SOMEONE TOOK A PIPE AND BEAT THE GAS TANK ON HIS VEHICLE.
FIRE REPORT: THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED OUT AT 10 THIS MORNING TO A PICKUP FIRE ON HIGHWAY 61 JUST SOUTH OF
MAQUOKETA.
BIG PRESTON GIRL'S GAME TONIGHT HERE ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE....
7 OR LATER. THEY PLAY THE #1 TEAM IN THE STATE THAT HAS BEEN
AT STATE FOR 9 YEARS IN A ROW.
THE PRESTON BOYS STATE GAME IS T 2 NEXT MONDAY AFTERNOON.
THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY.
DENNIS VOY
WE HAVE SOME RAIN IN FORECAST THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL IS GETTING SOME NEW VARSITY COACHES.
MINDY ORRIS WILL BE THE GIRL'S HEAD VARSITY BASKETBALL COACH.
AND LAURA KREMER, WILL BE THE HEAD GIRL'S GOLF COACH.
ORRIS HAS BEEN ON TEACHING STAFF AND KREMER WILL COME TO
MAQUOKETA FROM CORALVILLE.
SARA NELSON WHO HAS BEEN SOFTBALL HEAD COACH, WILL BE HEAD CROSS
COUNTRY COACH.
DARYL SCHEPERS WAS ASSISTANT WRESTLING COACH AND MOVE UP TO
HEAD COACH.
VARSITY BOY TRACK COACH WILL BE DANNY MAYO.
POLICE BLOTTER: JAKE SCHMIDT ON WEST PLEASANT REPORT YESTERDAY
THAT SOMEONE TOOK A PIPE AND BEAT THE GAS TANK ON HIS VEHICLE.
FIRE REPORT: THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED OUT AT 10 THIS MORNING TO A PICKUP FIRE ON HIGHWAY 61 JUST SOUTH OF
MAQUOKETA.
BIG PRESTON GIRL'S GAME TONIGHT HERE ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE....
7 OR LATER. THEY PLAY THE #1 TEAM IN THE STATE THAT HAS BEEN
AT STATE FOR 9 YEARS IN A ROW.
THE PRESTON BOYS STATE GAME IS T 2 NEXT MONDAY AFTERNOON.
THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
HOT AGAIN TODAY, BUT THERE IS A BETTER BREEZE TODAY....
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET CLOSE TO 100 TODAY, BUT INSTEAD, THE HIGH
WAS 96, A DEGREE LOWER THAN YESTERDAY.
TOMORROW, A HIGH OF 93 AND FRIDAY, LOOKING FOR A POSSIBLE HIGH
OF ONLY 89.
WE ARE AIRING SEVERAL PUBLIC SERVICE SPOTS FROM PUBLIC PLACES
THAT ARE STAYING OPEN...OR STAYING OPEN LONGER...THAT INVITE
PEOPLE TO COME IN AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR AIR-CONDITIONING.
WILL IT GET COOLER SOON? RIGHT NOW, THE FORECAST FOR MONDAY
IS FOR MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 85. YES, LOOKS LIKE SOME RELIEF
IS COMING.
BEFORE I FORGET, THE PRESTON BOYS CAME FROM BEHIND LAST NIGHT
AND IN THE FINAL 7TH INNING, WON THEIR GAME ON A 3-RUN WALK-OFF
HOME RUN AND WON 5 TO 4. SO, THE PRESTON BOYS, LIKE THE PRESTON GIRLS, WILL BE IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.....
THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT BOTH TEAMS ARE STATE TOURNAMENT
TEAMS.
THERE ARE 10 CANDIDATES FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR QUEEN.
THE NAME OF THE QUEEN AND HER COURT WILL BE ANNOUNCED DURING
CEREMONIES AT 2 THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE PEARSON MEMORIAL
CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. THE CANDIDATES ARE:
JEANNIE FURROW OF SPRINGBROOK.
ERIN GRANT OF MILES.
JILL HEINRICH OF MAQUOKETA.
LINSEY HEISTER OF MAQUOKETA.
JANELL JOHNSON OF MAQUOKETA.
BROOKE KAHL OF BELLEVUE.
MEGAN REDMOND OF BERNARD.
KAYLA SIEVERING OF BELLEVUE.
KIMBERLY STRAIT OF PRESTON AND
KATELYN TILL OF MAQUOKETA,.
THE NAME OF THE WOMAN INJURED IN EDEN VALLEY PARK MONDAY
NIGHT HAS BEEN RELEASED. SHE IS ALICIA MAXWELL, AGE 22, OF
DUBUQUE. SHE WAS LEADING A CHURCH YOUTH GROUP ON A HIKE WHEN
SHE SLIPPED AND FELL 30 TO 40 FEET TO THE BOTTOM OF A BLUFF.
SHE IS AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND HER CONDITION IS NOT KNOWN.
HOSPITALS DO NOT GIVE OUT CONDITION REPORTS.
THE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT AGREED TO SPEND AN ADDITIONAL
$2,250 TO PAY PAT CALLAHAN (FORMER MAQUOKETA CITY MANAGER) TO HELP
FIND A NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY. THE FEE TO CALLAHAN
WILL NOW COME CLOSE TO $5,000. COUNCILMAN ED TURNEY ASKED
WHY THE MAQUOKETA CITY MANAGER COULD NOT DO THE HIRING AND SAVE THE MONEY. THERE WERE REASONS GIVEN, BUT TURNEY STILL VOTED
NO. I ALSO WOULD HAVE VOTED NO!
MAQUOKETA, IN 1936, HAD WARMER WEATHER THAN WE ARE HAVING
NOW...FOR OVER 10 DAYS. AND THEN, NO FANS OR AIR-CONDITIONERS!
IT WAS MAQUOKETA'S HOTEST SUMMER EVER!
GO AHEAD....RIGHT NOW....GET YOURSELF A COLD ONE FROM THE FRIG.
DENNIS VOY
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET CLOSE TO 100 TODAY, BUT INSTEAD, THE HIGH
WAS 96, A DEGREE LOWER THAN YESTERDAY.
TOMORROW, A HIGH OF 93 AND FRIDAY, LOOKING FOR A POSSIBLE HIGH
OF ONLY 89.
WE ARE AIRING SEVERAL PUBLIC SERVICE SPOTS FROM PUBLIC PLACES
THAT ARE STAYING OPEN...OR STAYING OPEN LONGER...THAT INVITE
PEOPLE TO COME IN AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR AIR-CONDITIONING.
WILL IT GET COOLER SOON? RIGHT NOW, THE FORECAST FOR MONDAY
IS FOR MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 85. YES, LOOKS LIKE SOME RELIEF
IS COMING.
BEFORE I FORGET, THE PRESTON BOYS CAME FROM BEHIND LAST NIGHT
AND IN THE FINAL 7TH INNING, WON THEIR GAME ON A 3-RUN WALK-OFF
HOME RUN AND WON 5 TO 4. SO, THE PRESTON BOYS, LIKE THE PRESTON GIRLS, WILL BE IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.....
THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT BOTH TEAMS ARE STATE TOURNAMENT
TEAMS.
THERE ARE 10 CANDIDATES FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR QUEEN.
THE NAME OF THE QUEEN AND HER COURT WILL BE ANNOUNCED DURING
CEREMONIES AT 2 THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE PEARSON MEMORIAL
CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. THE CANDIDATES ARE:
JEANNIE FURROW OF SPRINGBROOK.
ERIN GRANT OF MILES.
JILL HEINRICH OF MAQUOKETA.
LINSEY HEISTER OF MAQUOKETA.
JANELL JOHNSON OF MAQUOKETA.
BROOKE KAHL OF BELLEVUE.
MEGAN REDMOND OF BERNARD.
KAYLA SIEVERING OF BELLEVUE.
KIMBERLY STRAIT OF PRESTON AND
KATELYN TILL OF MAQUOKETA,.
THE NAME OF THE WOMAN INJURED IN EDEN VALLEY PARK MONDAY
NIGHT HAS BEEN RELEASED. SHE IS ALICIA MAXWELL, AGE 22, OF
DUBUQUE. SHE WAS LEADING A CHURCH YOUTH GROUP ON A HIKE WHEN
SHE SLIPPED AND FELL 30 TO 40 FEET TO THE BOTTOM OF A BLUFF.
SHE IS AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND HER CONDITION IS NOT KNOWN.
HOSPITALS DO NOT GIVE OUT CONDITION REPORTS.
THE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT AGREED TO SPEND AN ADDITIONAL
$2,250 TO PAY PAT CALLAHAN (FORMER MAQUOKETA CITY MANAGER) TO HELP
FIND A NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY. THE FEE TO CALLAHAN
WILL NOW COME CLOSE TO $5,000. COUNCILMAN ED TURNEY ASKED
WHY THE MAQUOKETA CITY MANAGER COULD NOT DO THE HIRING AND SAVE THE MONEY. THERE WERE REASONS GIVEN, BUT TURNEY STILL VOTED
NO. I ALSO WOULD HAVE VOTED NO!
MAQUOKETA, IN 1936, HAD WARMER WEATHER THAN WE ARE HAVING
NOW...FOR OVER 10 DAYS. AND THEN, NO FANS OR AIR-CONDITIONERS!
IT WAS MAQUOKETA'S HOTEST SUMMER EVER!
GO AHEAD....RIGHT NOW....GET YOURSELF A COLD ONE FROM THE FRIG.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
97 TODAY. THE HIGH TIED THE RECORD OF 1940.
TOMORROW, SHOULD BE THE SAME.
SLIGHTLY COOLER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
A YOUNG WOMAN RECEIVED SEVERE INJURIES AFTER SHE FELL BETWEEN 30 AND 40 FEET OFF A CLIFF AT EDEN VALLEY PARK NORTH OF BALDWIN LAST NIGHT.
HER NAME IS NOT KNOWN AND SHE IS IN HER EARLY 20'S. SHE WAS
TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND THEN AIRLIFTED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. DR. BRENT PAULS OF THE MAQUOKETA RESCUE
SQUAD, SAID SHE WAS WITH A GROUP WHO WERE WALKING IN THE PARK
AROUND 9:30 AND SHE FELL AND LANDED HEAD FIRST. THE FALL HAPPENED
NEAR THE POPULAR SWINGING BRIDGE. HER CONDITION IS NOT KNOWN.
TO RESCUE HER, THE SQUAD STAGED GUYS ALONG THE TRAIL TO DO A RELAY
IN CARRYING HER IN A LARGE BASKET.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, BRYAN CLARK, HIT A DEER AT 3:20 AM SUNDAY
ON HIGHWAY 61 NORTH. NO INJURIES. $1,500 IN DAMAGES TO THE 1999
TRUCK.
A NEW DIVERSITY CLUB WILL CAN START AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL
THIS FALL. THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED 4 TO 1 LAST NIGHT TO ALLOW THE
CLUB. BOARD MEMBER ANNE HAWKS VOTED NO. SUPT. HUCKSTADT
SAID THE DISTRICT WAS NOTIFIED IN LATE JUNE THAT FAILURE TO APPROVE
THE CLUB COULD CAUSE THE DISTRICT TO FACE LEGAL ACTION UNDER THE
EQUAL ACCESS ACT OF 1984.
BEL TUBBS OF MAQUOKETA WILL BE PRESENTED THE JACKSON COUNTY
AREA TOURISM ASSOCIATION PROMOTIONAL PARTNER AWARD.
IT IS PRESENTED TO THOSE WHO HAVE CREATED A POSITIVE IMPACT
ON TOURISM IN THE COUNTY. BEL HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN JACKSON
COUNTY TOURISM FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS. SHE WILL RECEIVE THE
AWARD AT 2 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE CEREMONIES WHICH WILL ALSO
FEATURE THE CORONATION OF THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR QUEEN,
AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
REMEMBER HOW COLD IT WAS LAST WINTER, MANY TIMES!!
ENJOY YOURSELF!
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW, SHOULD BE THE SAME.
SLIGHTLY COOLER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
A YOUNG WOMAN RECEIVED SEVERE INJURIES AFTER SHE FELL BETWEEN 30 AND 40 FEET OFF A CLIFF AT EDEN VALLEY PARK NORTH OF BALDWIN LAST NIGHT.
HER NAME IS NOT KNOWN AND SHE IS IN HER EARLY 20'S. SHE WAS
TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND THEN AIRLIFTED TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. DR. BRENT PAULS OF THE MAQUOKETA RESCUE
SQUAD, SAID SHE WAS WITH A GROUP WHO WERE WALKING IN THE PARK
AROUND 9:30 AND SHE FELL AND LANDED HEAD FIRST. THE FALL HAPPENED
NEAR THE POPULAR SWINGING BRIDGE. HER CONDITION IS NOT KNOWN.
TO RESCUE HER, THE SQUAD STAGED GUYS ALONG THE TRAIL TO DO A RELAY
IN CARRYING HER IN A LARGE BASKET.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, BRYAN CLARK, HIT A DEER AT 3:20 AM SUNDAY
ON HIGHWAY 61 NORTH. NO INJURIES. $1,500 IN DAMAGES TO THE 1999
TRUCK.
A NEW DIVERSITY CLUB WILL CAN START AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL
THIS FALL. THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED 4 TO 1 LAST NIGHT TO ALLOW THE
CLUB. BOARD MEMBER ANNE HAWKS VOTED NO. SUPT. HUCKSTADT
SAID THE DISTRICT WAS NOTIFIED IN LATE JUNE THAT FAILURE TO APPROVE
THE CLUB COULD CAUSE THE DISTRICT TO FACE LEGAL ACTION UNDER THE
EQUAL ACCESS ACT OF 1984.
BEL TUBBS OF MAQUOKETA WILL BE PRESENTED THE JACKSON COUNTY
AREA TOURISM ASSOCIATION PROMOTIONAL PARTNER AWARD.
IT IS PRESENTED TO THOSE WHO HAVE CREATED A POSITIVE IMPACT
ON TOURISM IN THE COUNTY. BEL HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN JACKSON
COUNTY TOURISM FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS. SHE WILL RECEIVE THE
AWARD AT 2 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE CEREMONIES WHICH WILL ALSO
FEATURE THE CORONATION OF THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR QUEEN,
AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
REMEMBER HOW COLD IT WAS LAST WINTER, MANY TIMES!!
ENJOY YOURSELF!
DENNIS VOY
Monday, July 18, 2011
95 TODAY
SPORTS:
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO DUBUQUE WAHLERT IN THEIR TOURNAMENT
BASEBALL GAME FRIDAY NIGHT, 12 TO 0.
THE PRESTON GIRLS WON THEIR OPENING STATE TOURNAMENT GAME
THIS AFTERNOON IN FORT DODGE, 7 TO O. FIRST TIME THEY HAVE WON
THEIR OPENING GAME. IT WAS BROADCAST ON KMAQ.
THEIR NEXT GAME IS AT 7 THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.
IF THE PRESTON BOYS WIN TOMORROW NIGHT, THEY ALSO GO TO THE
STATE TOURNAMENT. LAST YEAR, BOTH TEAMS WERE THERE.
ROBERT CHRISTENSEN OF MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW MAQUOKETA WEB
SITE WITH SOME OF HIS PHOTOS ON IT. CHECK IT OUT SOMETIME.
www.listjacksoncountyia.com
THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE FIRED THE
LIBRARY DIRECTOR, LAUREN SIEBERT, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
BOARD PRESIDENT REBECCA LICHTER SAID A CERTIFIED LETTER WAS SENT
TO SIEBERT INFORMING HER OF THE TERMINATION THROUGH THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. LICHTER DECLINED TO SAY WHY THE BOARD
TERMINATED HER. FORMER LIBRARY DIRECTOR KAREN MANNING HAS
RETURNED AS ACTING DIRECTOR TO ASSIST WITH THE LIBRARY'S DAILY
OPERATIONS. MANNING RETIRED LAST FALL AFTER MANY YEARS WITH
THE LIBRARY. SIEBERT WAS HIRED TO REPLACE MANNING LAST OCTOBER.
BOARD MEMBERS PLAN TO BEGIN THE SEARCH FOR A NEW LIBRARY
DIRECTOR RIGHT AWAY.
IN JUNE SIEBERT (WHO HAS BEEN ON TWO-WEEK PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE) WAS CHARGED IN MAQUOKETA WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE
WHILE INTOXICATED, INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS AND HAVING
NO CAR REGISTRATION.
LICHTER TOOK OVER AS NEW BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE LIBRARY ON JULY 1ST, REPLACING CONNIE TJARKS WHOSE TERM AS PRESIDENT ENDED JUNE 30TH.
TREVOR DENMAN, AGE 19, OF MAQUOKETA WS IN A ONE-CAR ACCIDENT
SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON THE LAKEHURST ROAD. HE APPROACHED A SHARP CURVE, HIS VEHICLE FLIPPED AND ROLLED ONCE,COMING TO REST ON
ITS WHEELS. HE WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE
INTOXICATED. $1,500 DAMAGE TO HIS 1998 FORD ESCORT AND
$500 DAMAGE TO A FENCE OWNED BY DON WAITE.
DOUG AND SHIRLEY WINEGAR OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR
60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY JULY20TH. THEY HAVE 4 SONS AND
11 GRANDCHILDREN.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER ACROSS FROM GOODENOW FIELD IS NOW OPEN DAILY FROM SUN-UP TO SUN-DOWN FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO STOP
BY AND ENJOY ITS AIR-CONDITIONING.
THE MUSICAL "ALL SHOOK UP" WAS A HIT AND OVER 1,000 WATCHED IT
THIS PAST WEEKEND. I DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT JAKE BICKFORD TOLD ME
IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS A COMBINED OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER-PEACE PIPE PLAYERS PRODUCTION AND WAS DIRECTED BY RICH HALL, MANAGER OF THE THEATRE.
THE JONES COUNTY FAIR IS THIS WEEK. OUR FIRST BROADCAST FROM
THE FAIR WILL BE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 4:05. FOR ALL THE DETAILS
ON THE GREAT JONES COUNTY FAIR, LISTEN TO THAT BROADCAST WITH
LEIGHTON HEPKER....ON KMAQ AM-FM AND OUR WEB SITE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK. KEEP COOL.
DENNIS VOY
SPORTS:
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO DUBUQUE WAHLERT IN THEIR TOURNAMENT
BASEBALL GAME FRIDAY NIGHT, 12 TO 0.
THE PRESTON GIRLS WON THEIR OPENING STATE TOURNAMENT GAME
THIS AFTERNOON IN FORT DODGE, 7 TO O. FIRST TIME THEY HAVE WON
THEIR OPENING GAME. IT WAS BROADCAST ON KMAQ.
THEIR NEXT GAME IS AT 7 THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.
IF THE PRESTON BOYS WIN TOMORROW NIGHT, THEY ALSO GO TO THE
STATE TOURNAMENT. LAST YEAR, BOTH TEAMS WERE THERE.
ROBERT CHRISTENSEN OF MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW MAQUOKETA WEB
SITE WITH SOME OF HIS PHOTOS ON IT. CHECK IT OUT SOMETIME.
www.listjacksoncountyia.com
THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE FIRED THE
LIBRARY DIRECTOR, LAUREN SIEBERT, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
BOARD PRESIDENT REBECCA LICHTER SAID A CERTIFIED LETTER WAS SENT
TO SIEBERT INFORMING HER OF THE TERMINATION THROUGH THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. LICHTER DECLINED TO SAY WHY THE BOARD
TERMINATED HER. FORMER LIBRARY DIRECTOR KAREN MANNING HAS
RETURNED AS ACTING DIRECTOR TO ASSIST WITH THE LIBRARY'S DAILY
OPERATIONS. MANNING RETIRED LAST FALL AFTER MANY YEARS WITH
THE LIBRARY. SIEBERT WAS HIRED TO REPLACE MANNING LAST OCTOBER.
BOARD MEMBERS PLAN TO BEGIN THE SEARCH FOR A NEW LIBRARY
DIRECTOR RIGHT AWAY.
IN JUNE SIEBERT (WHO HAS BEEN ON TWO-WEEK PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE) WAS CHARGED IN MAQUOKETA WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE
WHILE INTOXICATED, INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS AND HAVING
NO CAR REGISTRATION.
LICHTER TOOK OVER AS NEW BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE LIBRARY ON JULY 1ST, REPLACING CONNIE TJARKS WHOSE TERM AS PRESIDENT ENDED JUNE 30TH.
TREVOR DENMAN, AGE 19, OF MAQUOKETA WS IN A ONE-CAR ACCIDENT
SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON THE LAKEHURST ROAD. HE APPROACHED A SHARP CURVE, HIS VEHICLE FLIPPED AND ROLLED ONCE,COMING TO REST ON
ITS WHEELS. HE WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE
INTOXICATED. $1,500 DAMAGE TO HIS 1998 FORD ESCORT AND
$500 DAMAGE TO A FENCE OWNED BY DON WAITE.
DOUG AND SHIRLEY WINEGAR OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR
60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY JULY20TH. THEY HAVE 4 SONS AND
11 GRANDCHILDREN.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER ACROSS FROM GOODENOW FIELD IS NOW OPEN DAILY FROM SUN-UP TO SUN-DOWN FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO STOP
BY AND ENJOY ITS AIR-CONDITIONING.
THE MUSICAL "ALL SHOOK UP" WAS A HIT AND OVER 1,000 WATCHED IT
THIS PAST WEEKEND. I DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT JAKE BICKFORD TOLD ME
IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS A COMBINED OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER-PEACE PIPE PLAYERS PRODUCTION AND WAS DIRECTED BY RICH HALL, MANAGER OF THE THEATRE.
THE JONES COUNTY FAIR IS THIS WEEK. OUR FIRST BROADCAST FROM
THE FAIR WILL BE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 4:05. FOR ALL THE DETAILS
ON THE GREAT JONES COUNTY FAIR, LISTEN TO THAT BROADCAST WITH
LEIGHTON HEPKER....ON KMAQ AM-FM AND OUR WEB SITE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK. KEEP COOL.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, July 15, 2011
NICE AND WARM TODAY.....87
INTO THE 90'S THE NEXT 5 DAYS OR MORE
GOOD FAIR WEATHER!
THE PRESTON GIRLS ARE GOING TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT
WEEK FOR 2ND YEAR IN A ROW. KMAQ WILL BROADCAST THEIR FIRST
OF THREE GAMES NEXT MONDAY AFTERNOON. GARY DETERMAN AT THE
PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY DUBUQUE WAHLERT TONIGHT AT 7 ON THE
LOCAL DIAMOND, IN 3-A TOURNAMENT PLAY. HEAR THE GAME TONIGHT
ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR WEB SITE WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER AT THE
PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE.
THE NEW HARRY POTTER MOVIE FILLED THE 61 DRIVE-IN LAST NIGHT
AND THIS MORNING! OVER 300 CARS! A WEEKNIGHT RECORD! AND AT MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT, 80 PAID TO SEE IT AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE.
THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JERRY RASMUSSEN, AGE 90, LONGTIME
MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN WILL BE ON JULY 29TH AT 1 P.M....AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME. HE DIED IN WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON ON JUNE 12TH.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
INTO THE 90'S THE NEXT 5 DAYS OR MORE
GOOD FAIR WEATHER!
THE PRESTON GIRLS ARE GOING TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT
WEEK FOR 2ND YEAR IN A ROW. KMAQ WILL BROADCAST THEIR FIRST
OF THREE GAMES NEXT MONDAY AFTERNOON. GARY DETERMAN AT THE
PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY DUBUQUE WAHLERT TONIGHT AT 7 ON THE
LOCAL DIAMOND, IN 3-A TOURNAMENT PLAY. HEAR THE GAME TONIGHT
ON KMAQ-FM AND ON OUR WEB SITE WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER AT THE
PLAY-BY-PLAY MIKE.
THE NEW HARRY POTTER MOVIE FILLED THE 61 DRIVE-IN LAST NIGHT
AND THIS MORNING! OVER 300 CARS! A WEEKNIGHT RECORD! AND AT MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT, 80 PAID TO SEE IT AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE.
THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JERRY RASMUSSEN, AGE 90, LONGTIME
MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN WILL BE ON JULY 29TH AT 1 P.M....AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME. HE DIED IN WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON ON JUNE 12TH.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
77 TODAY....79 TOMORROW....MID 80'S FRIDAY AND IN 90'S SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY.
POLICE BLOTTER: JAMES SCHUELLER ON EAST LOCUST REPORTED THAT
AN AMERICAN FLAG AND IOWA FLAG...AND POLES...WERE TAKEN OVER
THE WEEKEND.
KEVIN FLENKER SAID SOMEONE TOOK GAS OUT OF HIS TRUCK TANK OVER
THE WEEKEND. IT WAS PARKED IN THE 100 BLOCK OF NORTH STREET AND SOMEONE DRILLED A HOLE IN THE TANK AND EMPTIED IT.
KAYLA DELONG ON EAST MAPLE STREET SAID SOMEONE CHALKED HER VEHICLE
TUESDAY NIGHT.
AND BILL COAKLEY ON SOUTH VERMONT SAID SOMEONE CHALKED OR
PUT YOGURT ON HIS CAR LAST NIGHT.
TABOR WINERY OF BALDWIN RECEIVED 3 MEDALS IN THE MID-AMERICAN WINE COMPETITION IN DES MOINES.
THE NEW HARRY POTTER MOVIE STARTS FRIDAY.
THE VOY THEATRE AND THE 61 DRIVE-IN WILL BOTH HAVE A SNEAK
EARLY SHOWING OF IT AT MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT.
MAQUOKETA'S FIRST TOURNAMENT BOY'S BASEBALL GAME IS
FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR
WEB SITE.
HAVE A NICE NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
SUNDAY.
POLICE BLOTTER: JAMES SCHUELLER ON EAST LOCUST REPORTED THAT
AN AMERICAN FLAG AND IOWA FLAG...AND POLES...WERE TAKEN OVER
THE WEEKEND.
KEVIN FLENKER SAID SOMEONE TOOK GAS OUT OF HIS TRUCK TANK OVER
THE WEEKEND. IT WAS PARKED IN THE 100 BLOCK OF NORTH STREET AND SOMEONE DRILLED A HOLE IN THE TANK AND EMPTIED IT.
KAYLA DELONG ON EAST MAPLE STREET SAID SOMEONE CHALKED HER VEHICLE
TUESDAY NIGHT.
AND BILL COAKLEY ON SOUTH VERMONT SAID SOMEONE CHALKED OR
PUT YOGURT ON HIS CAR LAST NIGHT.
TABOR WINERY OF BALDWIN RECEIVED 3 MEDALS IN THE MID-AMERICAN WINE COMPETITION IN DES MOINES.
THE NEW HARRY POTTER MOVIE STARTS FRIDAY.
THE VOY THEATRE AND THE 61 DRIVE-IN WILL BOTH HAVE A SNEAK
EARLY SHOWING OF IT AT MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT.
MAQUOKETA'S FIRST TOURNAMENT BOY'S BASEBALL GAME IS
FRIDAY NIGHT AND WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR
WEB SITE.
HAVE A NICE NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
JUST GOT BACK FROM THE WEEKLY ROTARY CLUB MEETING ABOUT ANHOUR AGO. THE MEETING WAS CONDUCTED BY NEW PRESIDENT CONNIE
TJARKS AND FOLLOWED A DELICIOUS ROAST BEEF DINNER. THE GUEST
SPEAKER AT RIGHT IN PHOTO WAS MIKE NICKESON OF RURAL MAQUOKETA,
THE NEW MANAGER OF MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER.
HE STARTED HIS TALK BY GIVING A DEMONSTRATION ON HOW MUCH ELECTRICTY IS USED TO FOR A REGULAR BULB AND ONE OF THE NEW
CURLY BULBS YOU SEE AT WAL MART OR GASSER'S TRUE VALUE. ROTARIAN
(CPA ) JOHN GILROY READ THE METER WHILE EACH BULB WAS LIT.
THE WINNER, NO SURPRISE, THE NEWER MODEL BY AT LEAST AN 80% SAVINGS.
AND HE GAVE ALL KINDS OF INTERESTING INFORMATION ON ELECTRICITY
AND HOW IT RELATES TO MAQUOKETA'S PROBLEM OF..... "HIGHER COST
ELECTRICITY THAN WE WOULD LIKE". HE HAS LOTS OF IDEAS AND WE
SHOULD SEE LOWER BILLS SOMETIME DOWN THE ROAD. HE WOULD BE
GLAD TO SPEAK TO ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION AND YOU CAN JUST CALL
HIM AT HIS OFFICE IN CITY HALL. SUBSTITUTE WIND POWER FOR THE
CITY? USE THAT CHEAP WIND? COULD BE DONE. BUT WOULD PROBABLY
COST A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO DO IT HERE IN THE TIMBER CITY.
FORGET THAT IDEA! BUT, HE BELIEVES THE PROPOSED WIND TURBINE
AT THE YMCA WILL PAY OFF AND BE GOOD FOR THE CITY.
HE KNOWS THE ELECTRICITY BUSINESS! LEARNED MUCH WHILE WORKING
MANY YEARS FOR ALLIANT ENERGY. HE HAS A BIG CHALLENGE HERE!
BUT, DID NOT KNOW THAT MMEU HAS $6-MILLION DOLLARS IN THE RESERVE
ACCOUNT! INTERESTING MONTHS AHEAD ... AND TRY ONE OF THOSE
NEW CURLY BULBS SOON. BUT, DON'T THROW THEM IN THE TRASH CAN!
AND TRY NOT TO BREAK ONE...THEY HAVE A GAS INSIDE! NOT GOOD FOR
YOU,BUT THE GAS WON'T KILL YOU!
CLICK-ON THREE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY
ROTARIAN KIM HUCKSTADT (LEFT) ASKED ANDY CROZIER TO BE HIS GUESTTODAY AT ROTARY AT THE EAGLES CLUB. ANDY IS THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE ANDREW SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH THIS FALL
WILL BE KINDERGARDEN THROUGH 8TH GRADE. THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS
(LIKE WITH DELWOOD DISTRICT) WILL COME TO MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS IS THE FIRST JOB AS SUPERINTENDENT FOR ANDY. HE IS FROM
DONELSON, IOWA AND GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL THERE. AFTER
COLLEGE, HE WORKED IN CEDAR RAPIDS FOR THE GRANT WOOD MEA.
I FORGOT TO ASK ABOUT HIS FAMILY. HOPE HE LIKED ROTARY AND MAYBE
JOIN THE CLUB. WE NEED SOME MORE MEBERS. ROTARY'S NEW WEB
SITE IS WWW.MAQUOKETAROTARY.ORG. CHECK IT OUT.
CLICK ON ALL THREE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY
ALSO GUESTS AT ROTARY TODAY (HOSTED BY LONGTIME MEMBER ANDCLUB TREASURER, ASHER SCHROEDER).......BILL AND KATE CARINDER
THEY LIVED IN MAQUOKETA MANY YEARS AND ARE HOME FOR THE SATURDAY
WEDDING OF THEIR DAUGHTER, AUBREY, TO STEVE FERGUSON, SON OF JEFF
AND ANNE FERGUSON OF MAQUOKETA. THE CARINDERS MOVED TO IOWA
CITY A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT NOW LIVE IN SAN DIEGO WHERE KATE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION. SHE IS
IN FACT, THE HEAD OF TWO SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONS.
AND BILL IS WITH ACG PRODUCTS OF MILWAUKEE, A WORLD WIDE SALES
ORGANIZATION SELLING SPECIALIZED PRODUCTS, LIKE VOLCANIC ASH FOR
INSTANCE. IN SALES, HE TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD MONTHLY. KATE SAYS HE IS HOME ABOUT ONE WEEK OF EACH MONTH. BOTH ENJOY THEIR
WORK. THEY STILL OWN A RIVER-FRONT LOT IN MAQUOKETA AND THEIR
HOME IN IOWA CITY. ....MANY OF YOU REMEMBER KATE AS THE
4-H LEADER HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY.....AND NOW YOU KNOW HOW HER LIFE HAS CHANGED THE PAST YEARS. NICE TO SEE THEM AT ROTARY. KATE IS
A ROTARIAN IN SAN DIEGO THAT HAS OVER 300 MEMBERS.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
PARTLY SUNNY AND WARM TODAY....NO RAIN....HIGH OF 82.
TOMORROW'S HIGH WILL BE ONLY 78.
BUT LOOKING AHEAD..BACK T0 90 ON SATURDAY.
FATHER JAMES CHAPELL OF SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN
MAQUOKETA WILL RETIRE THIS SUMMER. HE ALSO CELEBRATED ONE MASS
A MONTH AT ANDREW. AND, FATHER PAUL LIPPSTOCK, WHO SERVES THE
CHURCHES IN PRESTON, SABULA AND SPRINGBROOK IS LEAVING TO CONTINUE
HIS MINISTRY WORK IN THE MILITARY. THESE VACANCIES COUPLED WITH
DECLINING ATTENDANCE AND DECLINING FINANCIAL RESOURCES LED TO
THE DECISION TO CLOSE THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN SABULA AND
ANDREW. ANDREW HAD THE LAST SERVICE LAST WEEKEND.
AND IN BELLEVUE, AT THE LARGE ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, THERE WILL BE TWO INSTEAD OF THREE WEEKEND MASSES. THEY HAVE ABOUT
880 AT THREE SERVICES AND SINCE THE CHURCH COMFORTABLY SEATS 645,
IT CAN ACCOMODATE ITS PARISHIONERS IN TWO SERVICES ACCORDING
TO THE ARCHDIOCESE. THE SABULA CHRUCH CLOSED JULY 3RD AND
WILL MERGE WITH THE CHURCH IN PRESTON. ANDREW PEOPLE WILL BE
GOING NOW TO SACRED HEART IN MAQUOKETA.
TIMBER LANES IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL BEACH PARTY JULY 30TH.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THE LATE JERRY MANNING ARE HOSTING A BENEFIT
IN HIS MEMORY ON JULY 16TH AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. HE WAS A LONGTIME
JAILER FOR JACKSON COUNTY AND DIED AT THE AGE OF 69 ON MAY 1ST.
THERE WILL BE MEAL FROM 4 UNTIL 7, A RAFFLE AND A DANCE IN THE
EVENING BY THE POPULAR BAND, "COUNTRY TRADITION".
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW'S HIGH WILL BE ONLY 78.
BUT LOOKING AHEAD..BACK T0 90 ON SATURDAY.
FATHER JAMES CHAPELL OF SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN
MAQUOKETA WILL RETIRE THIS SUMMER. HE ALSO CELEBRATED ONE MASS
A MONTH AT ANDREW. AND, FATHER PAUL LIPPSTOCK, WHO SERVES THE
CHURCHES IN PRESTON, SABULA AND SPRINGBROOK IS LEAVING TO CONTINUE
HIS MINISTRY WORK IN THE MILITARY. THESE VACANCIES COUPLED WITH
DECLINING ATTENDANCE AND DECLINING FINANCIAL RESOURCES LED TO
THE DECISION TO CLOSE THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN SABULA AND
ANDREW. ANDREW HAD THE LAST SERVICE LAST WEEKEND.
AND IN BELLEVUE, AT THE LARGE ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, THERE WILL BE TWO INSTEAD OF THREE WEEKEND MASSES. THEY HAVE ABOUT
880 AT THREE SERVICES AND SINCE THE CHURCH COMFORTABLY SEATS 645,
IT CAN ACCOMODATE ITS PARISHIONERS IN TWO SERVICES ACCORDING
TO THE ARCHDIOCESE. THE SABULA CHRUCH CLOSED JULY 3RD AND
WILL MERGE WITH THE CHURCH IN PRESTON. ANDREW PEOPLE WILL BE
GOING NOW TO SACRED HEART IN MAQUOKETA.
TIMBER LANES IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL BEACH PARTY JULY 30TH.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THE LATE JERRY MANNING ARE HOSTING A BENEFIT
IN HIS MEMORY ON JULY 16TH AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. HE WAS A LONGTIME
JAILER FOR JACKSON COUNTY AND DIED AT THE AGE OF 69 ON MAY 1ST.
THERE WILL BE MEAL FROM 4 UNTIL 7, A RAFFLE AND A DANCE IN THE
EVENING BY THE POPULAR BAND, "COUNTRY TRADITION".
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
DENNIS VOY
THIS BUILDING OFF EAST PLATT STREET (BEHIND THE EAGLES) IS THENEW HOME OF NEW BUSINESS HAIR BY DESIGN (DOOR AT LEFT) AND NEW BUSINESS DESIGN INK (DOOR FAR RIGHT)!
THE BUILDING, PAINTED A NEW BRIGHT YELLOW, WAS FORMERLY THE
LOCATION OF THE AEA (EDUCATION AGENCY ) OFFICES. NOW, THE BUSINESS
HOME OF JACK AND LORA SMITH. THEY LIVE SOUTH OF LOST NATION WITH A WHEATLAND ADDRESS. JACK BOUGHT THE PRINTING BUSINESS FROM
GERALD MILLER, AFTER HE CLOSED HIS STORE DOWNTOWN. GERALD HAS
BEEN TEACHING HIM THE ROPES AND HELPING HIM GET STARTED.
LORA HAS BEEN A BEAUTICIAN SINCE GRADUATING FROM CAPRI COLLEGE
IN CEDAR RAPIDS IN 1998. SHE FIRST WORKED AS A BEAUTICIAN FOR JC PENNY
IN DAVENPORT AND FOR THE LAST 7 YEARS, DID HER WORK AT LISA BARNES'
"HAIR GALLERY" AT RURAL MAQUOKETA. JACK AND LORA HAVE 3 CHILDREN, AUSTIN AGE 11....ALEX AGE 9 AND ALIVIA AGE 6.
TWO MORE PHOTOS BELOW.
DENNIS VOY
LORA STANDS NEXT TO HER RACK OF BEAUTY PRODUCTS. LORA OFFERSHAIR STYLES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY, INCLUDING HAIR CUTS, PERMS
AND MORE. HER PHONE NUMBER IS 652-4867 FOR APPOINTMENTS.
SHE IS OPEN MONDAY-THURSDAY FROM 9 UNTIL 4....FRIDAYS FROM 9 UNTIL
1 AND SATURDAYS BY APPOINTMENT.
ALSO IN THE BUILDING WITH LORA, IS LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST
KAYLA THORDSEN. USE THE SAME PHONE NUMBER, 652-48567 FOR AN
APPOINTMENT.
DENNIS VOY
JACK SMITH STANDS IN FRONT OF THE SCREENING MACHINE. IN ADDITIONTO SCREEN PRINTING, HE DOES EMROIDERY AND CAN DO CUSTOM DECORATING WITH YOUR IDEAS AND DESIGNS. DESIGN INK IS OPEN
MONDAY- FRIDAY FROM 9 UNTIL 5 AND SATURDAY BY APPOINTMENT.
STOP IN FOR A TOUR OR IF ANY QUESTIONS HIS PHONE (DIFFERENT
THAN LORA'S) NUMBER IS 652-4865.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
BEST WISHES TO JACK AND LORA WITH THEIR NEW BUSINESSES!
WE WELCOME THEM TO THE MAQUOKETA BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, July 11, 2011
AT 5:30 THIS MORNING...IT WAS 78...AND 98% HUMIDITY.
AT 6 A.M...A STORM HIT... STRONG WIND AND HEAVY NEEDED RAIN.
LOTS OF TREE LIMBS ..SOME WHOLE TREES..DOWN.
ELECTRICITY OFF IN A COUPLE PLACES IN TOWN.
BUT NO BUILDING DAMAGE.
COOLED DOWN TO 70 QUICKLY.
THEN, HOT AND HUMID REST OF TODAY.
84 THE HIGH.
SLIGHT RAIN CHANCE YET TONIGHT, AND TOMORROW.
REST OF WORK WEEK SHOULD BE GOOD.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME SATURDAY NIGHT
TO DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION, 6 TO 5.
THIS IS THE FIRST DAY TO FILE NOMINATION PAPERS FOR SCHOOL BOARD.
IN MAQUOKETA, THERE ARE 3 POSITIONS AVAILABLE.
AS OF NOON TODAY, NO ONE HAS FILED FOR ANY OF THE POSITIONS
NOW HELD BY BILL SCHWENKER, MARK PAPE AND ANNE HAWKS.
SCHWENKER AND HAWKS HAVE SAID THEY WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION.
PAPE SAID HE HAS NOT DECIDED.
TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE JULY 6TH
THEFT OF A 55-INCH AND 19-INCH TV SET.
POLICE CONDUCTED A SEARCH WARRANT SUNDAY MORNING AT 111 S.
NIAGARA STREET, #2.
CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE SECOND DEGREE
ARE 32-YEAR-OLD SCOTT YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA AND 26 YEAR-OLD
ASHLEY DENHERDER OF MAQUOKETA.
BOTH YAROLEM AND DENHERDER SPENT THE NIGHT IN JAIL.
TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED ON ROCKDALE ROAD JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
ONE DRIVEN BY PAUL LAUGHLIN, 37, OF MAQUOKETA. THE OTHER BY COURTNAY MORTENSON, AGE 19, OF MAQUOKETA. MORTENSON WAS
CHARGED WITH UNSAFE PASSING. $900 DAMAGE TO LAUGHLIN'S LINCOLN
AND $2,500 DAMAGE TO MORTENSON'S PICKUP.
ON MAQUOKETA POLICE BLOTTER: TIM CHAPIN AT 120 N. ELIZA REPORTED
AN AMERICAN FLAG AND POLE WERE TAKEN ON SUNDAY.
COLE HUTE OF 303 S. NIAGARA, REPORTED A GPS TAKEN FROM HIS VEHICLE.
AND TWO BLANKETS WERE REPORTED STOLEN LAST NIGHT FROM T HE
LAUNDRY MAX ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST, MAQUOKETA.
ROSEMARY GORRELL DIED YESTERDAY AT ENNOBLE MANOR IN DUBUQUE.
HER HUSBAND WAS AN OPTOMITRIST IN MAQUOKETA UNTIL 1990 WHEN
HE RETIRED AND THEY MOVED TO DUBUQUE. SHE WAS PRECEDED BY
HER HUSBAND, RICHARD "DICK". SHE IS SURVIVED BY 3 SONS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
AT 6 A.M...A STORM HIT... STRONG WIND AND HEAVY NEEDED RAIN.
LOTS OF TREE LIMBS ..SOME WHOLE TREES..DOWN.
ELECTRICITY OFF IN A COUPLE PLACES IN TOWN.
BUT NO BUILDING DAMAGE.
COOLED DOWN TO 70 QUICKLY.
THEN, HOT AND HUMID REST OF TODAY.
84 THE HIGH.
SLIGHT RAIN CHANCE YET TONIGHT, AND TOMORROW.
REST OF WORK WEEK SHOULD BE GOOD.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME SATURDAY NIGHT
TO DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION, 6 TO 5.
THIS IS THE FIRST DAY TO FILE NOMINATION PAPERS FOR SCHOOL BOARD.
IN MAQUOKETA, THERE ARE 3 POSITIONS AVAILABLE.
AS OF NOON TODAY, NO ONE HAS FILED FOR ANY OF THE POSITIONS
NOW HELD BY BILL SCHWENKER, MARK PAPE AND ANNE HAWKS.
SCHWENKER AND HAWKS HAVE SAID THEY WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION.
PAPE SAID HE HAS NOT DECIDED.
TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE JULY 6TH
THEFT OF A 55-INCH AND 19-INCH TV SET.
POLICE CONDUCTED A SEARCH WARRANT SUNDAY MORNING AT 111 S.
NIAGARA STREET, #2.
CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE SECOND DEGREE
ARE 32-YEAR-OLD SCOTT YAROLEM OF MAQUOKETA AND 26 YEAR-OLD
ASHLEY DENHERDER OF MAQUOKETA.
BOTH YAROLEM AND DENHERDER SPENT THE NIGHT IN JAIL.
TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED ON ROCKDALE ROAD JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.
ONE DRIVEN BY PAUL LAUGHLIN, 37, OF MAQUOKETA. THE OTHER BY COURTNAY MORTENSON, AGE 19, OF MAQUOKETA. MORTENSON WAS
CHARGED WITH UNSAFE PASSING. $900 DAMAGE TO LAUGHLIN'S LINCOLN
AND $2,500 DAMAGE TO MORTENSON'S PICKUP.
ON MAQUOKETA POLICE BLOTTER: TIM CHAPIN AT 120 N. ELIZA REPORTED
AN AMERICAN FLAG AND POLE WERE TAKEN ON SUNDAY.
COLE HUTE OF 303 S. NIAGARA, REPORTED A GPS TAKEN FROM HIS VEHICLE.
AND TWO BLANKETS WERE REPORTED STOLEN LAST NIGHT FROM T HE
LAUNDRY MAX ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST, MAQUOKETA.
ROSEMARY GORRELL DIED YESTERDAY AT ENNOBLE MANOR IN DUBUQUE.
HER HUSBAND WAS AN OPTOMITRIST IN MAQUOKETA UNTIL 1990 WHEN
HE RETIRED AND THEY MOVED TO DUBUQUE. SHE WAS PRECEDED BY
HER HUSBAND, RICHARD "DICK". SHE IS SURVIVED BY 3 SONS.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
BILL BOWMAN WASHING MY WINDSHIELD WINDOW! THE ONLY GAS STATION IN TOWN WHERE THEY STILL PUT THE GAS IN FOR YOU AND WASH THE WINDOW. YEARS AGO, IT WAS KOON AND BOWMAN STANDARD. AND AFTER DALE KOON RETIRED, BILL BOUGHT OUT HIS HALF AND JOINED HIS FATHER, HUGH, AS CO-OWNER. LAST MONTH, WHEN HUGH RETIRED, BILL BOUGHT THE OTHER HALF AND IS NOW SOLE OWNER OF THE STATION ON SOUTH MAINSTREET. BILL AND HIS WIFE BARB ( HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER) HAVE TWO
SONS, ADAM AND A.J. WILL BILL MAKE ANY CHANGES? HE SAID NOTHING
MAJOR IS PLANNED....MAY PAINT AND "SPRUCE-UP" THE STATION A LITTLE.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT. BEST WISHES TO BILL IN HIS NEW
ROLE AS SOLE-OWNER OF THE STATION!
DENNIS VOY
THE "DQ" IN MAQUOKETA ON SOUTH MAIN STREET, IS A SPONSOR OF ST. LOUIS
CARDINALS BASEBALL GAMES ON KMAQ-FM. DOC BIEHL (RETIRED DENTIST)
AND HIS SON DOUG (MANAGES THE DQ) ARE BOTH BIG LONGTIME CARDINAL
FANS. DOC IS ALSO THE MORNING GROUNDSKEEPER FOR DQ. THEY HAVE
A ST. LOUIS CARDINAL SPECIAL.....SEE ABOVE. NOTE, BUILDING AND
SELF-SUPPORT DQ SIGN ARE NEW. THE OLD STILL SAID DAIRY QUEEN. IT IS MID-SEASON TIME FOR BASEBALL (ALL STAR BREAK TIME ) AND THE CARDINALS
AND THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS THIS MORNING ARE TIED FOR FIRST PLACE
IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL. KMAQ HAS A BUS GOING UP TO
MILWAUKEE AUGUST 3RD TO SEE THE CARDS PLAY THE BREWERS. SIGN-UP
AT KMAQ OR GIVE US A CALL AT 1-800-747-0057. GO CARDINALS! THEN
WHEN THEY WIN, GO TO DQ IN MAQUOKETA FOR THE VICTORY SPECIAL.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
PHOTE BY DENNIS VOY
Friday, July 08, 2011
SUNNY AND WARM AGAIN TODAY.
MORE FOR THE WEEKEND.
LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON WITH
A DOUBLE-HEADER AT VAN HORN. THE CARDINALS WON THE FIRST
GAME 9 TO 6 AND LOST THE SECOND GAME, 12 TO 11.
MAQUOKETA'S RECORD NOW IS 17 AND 18 OVERALL AND 11 AND 12 IN THE
CONFERENCE.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S SOFTBALL TEAM STARTS TOURNAMENT PLAY
AT 5:30 TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION.....THERE.
THE CARDS WON AN EARLIER GAME IN JUNE OVER ASSUMPTION. WE
WILL BROADCAST THE GAME ON FM AND ALSO OUR WEB SITE.
THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL BOARD HAS APPROVED A BUDGET FOR NEXT
YEAR THAT INCLUDES AN OVERALL 5 PERCENT INCREASE.....WITH A 6 PERCENT
INCRASE FOR SURGERIES, RADIOLOGY TESTS AND AMBULANCE SERVICES.
THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS CONSIDERING
ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA AFTER 400,000
GALLONS OF UNTREATED WASTEWATER WENT INTO THE MAQUOKETA RIVER
THIS WEEK. A FAILED POWER SUPPLY NEAR A SEWAGE PUMPING STATION NEAR NORTH JONES CAUSED THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS FIXED.'
THE GREAT RIVER THRESHERS 36TH ANNUAL EVENT IS THIS WEEKEND
AT MILES.
AND THE WYOMING , IOWA FAIR IS ALSO THIS WEEKEND.
ALSO CALAMUS FUN DAYS.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
MORE FOR THE WEEKEND.
LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON WITH
A DOUBLE-HEADER AT VAN HORN. THE CARDINALS WON THE FIRST
GAME 9 TO 6 AND LOST THE SECOND GAME, 12 TO 11.
MAQUOKETA'S RECORD NOW IS 17 AND 18 OVERALL AND 11 AND 12 IN THE
CONFERENCE.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S SOFTBALL TEAM STARTS TOURNAMENT PLAY
AT 5:30 TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION.....THERE.
THE CARDS WON AN EARLIER GAME IN JUNE OVER ASSUMPTION. WE
WILL BROADCAST THE GAME ON FM AND ALSO OUR WEB SITE.
THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL BOARD HAS APPROVED A BUDGET FOR NEXT
YEAR THAT INCLUDES AN OVERALL 5 PERCENT INCREASE.....WITH A 6 PERCENT
INCRASE FOR SURGERIES, RADIOLOGY TESTS AND AMBULANCE SERVICES.
THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IS CONSIDERING
ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA AFTER 400,000
GALLONS OF UNTREATED WASTEWATER WENT INTO THE MAQUOKETA RIVER
THIS WEEK. A FAILED POWER SUPPLY NEAR A SEWAGE PUMPING STATION NEAR NORTH JONES CAUSED THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS FIXED.'
THE GREAT RIVER THRESHERS 36TH ANNUAL EVENT IS THIS WEEKEND
AT MILES.
AND THE WYOMING , IOWA FAIR IS ALSO THIS WEEKEND.
ALSO CALAMUS FUN DAYS.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
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
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
IT GOING! MEMORIES! THE MICHEL'S TRUCK STOP BUILDING IS GOING
DOWN! MANY OF YOU ATTENDED MEETINGS THERE. HAD COFFEE BREAKS
THERE. BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR DINNER THERE. BOUGHT GAS THERE.
PURCHASED ITEMS IN THE CONVENIENCE STORE. YOU MIGHT HAVE DONE IT
AT 3 IN THE MORNING AS IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, IT WAS OPEN 24 HOURS
A DAY. THAT WAS AROUND 20 YEARS AGO.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE THIS PHOTO I TOOK THIS AFTERNOON WHERE
THE DEMOLITION IS TAKING PLACE ON THE HIGHWAY 61 BYPASS.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
88 TODAY.
NO RAIN YESTERDAY OR LAST NIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A 30%
CHANCE WE WOULD GET SOME.
NO RAIN IN FORECAST FOR REST OF WEEK.
WE NEED SOME.
THE MAQUOKETA TREE BOARD MET AND WILL BE RECOMMENDING TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL THAT THE CITY SELL "LITTLE BEAR PARK" TO THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND NEEDS NEW
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, IF AND WHEN THE WOODEN PLAYGROUND IS TAKEN OUT BECAUSE OF AGE. IF THE SCHOOL OWNED IT, THEY COULD
BUILD A NEW PLAYGROUND USING LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX FUNDS. THE
TREE BOARD MEMBERS SAID THE SCHOOL IS THE PRIMARY USER OF THE
PARK NOW. THE CITY HAS NO FUNDS FOR A NEW PLAYGROUND, WITH AN
ESTIMATED COST OF $150,000. THE CITY WOULD SELL THE PARK FOR
$1. THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY CONTACTED BY THE
BOARD OR CITY OFFICIALS ABOUT THE IDEA.
IF THIS PLAN WILL NOT HAPPEN, THE TREE BOARD MEMBERS SUGGEST
FUND-RAISING BE STARTED FOR A NEW STRUCTURE, WOOD OR OTHER
TYPE PLAYGROUND.
ALSO AT THE MEETING, CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER SAID HE HAS
DRAWN UP A PROPOSAL FOR DEMOLITION OF ITEMS AT THE OLD POOL SITE.
THAT TOPIC, THE OLD POOL, WILL BE ON THE AGENDA AT A JOINT MEETING
BETWEEN THE TREE BOARD AND THE MUNICIPAL ENTERPRISES COMMITTEE.
HIS PROPOSAL CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF SELECTED STRUCTURES AT THE OLD
POOL SITE SUCH AS THE BATH HOUSE, CHEMICAL BUILDING, FENCING,
CONCESSION STAND BUILDING AND STORAGE SHED. THE POOL ITSELF
WOULD NOT BE DEMOLISHED. ONE PROPOSAL CALLS FOR FILLING IN MOST OF THE POOL AND THEN USING IT FOR ICE SKATING DURING THE WINTER.
THAT'S IT FOR TODAY.
DENNIS VOY
NO RAIN YESTERDAY OR LAST NIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A 30%
CHANCE WE WOULD GET SOME.
NO RAIN IN FORECAST FOR REST OF WEEK.
WE NEED SOME.
THE MAQUOKETA TREE BOARD MET AND WILL BE RECOMMENDING TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL THAT THE CITY SELL "LITTLE BEAR PARK" TO THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND NEEDS NEW
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, IF AND WHEN THE WOODEN PLAYGROUND IS TAKEN OUT BECAUSE OF AGE. IF THE SCHOOL OWNED IT, THEY COULD
BUILD A NEW PLAYGROUND USING LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX FUNDS. THE
TREE BOARD MEMBERS SAID THE SCHOOL IS THE PRIMARY USER OF THE
PARK NOW. THE CITY HAS NO FUNDS FOR A NEW PLAYGROUND, WITH AN
ESTIMATED COST OF $150,000. THE CITY WOULD SELL THE PARK FOR
$1. THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY CONTACTED BY THE
BOARD OR CITY OFFICIALS ABOUT THE IDEA.
IF THIS PLAN WILL NOT HAPPEN, THE TREE BOARD MEMBERS SUGGEST
FUND-RAISING BE STARTED FOR A NEW STRUCTURE, WOOD OR OTHER
TYPE PLAYGROUND.
ALSO AT THE MEETING, CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER SAID HE HAS
DRAWN UP A PROPOSAL FOR DEMOLITION OF ITEMS AT THE OLD POOL SITE.
THAT TOPIC, THE OLD POOL, WILL BE ON THE AGENDA AT A JOINT MEETING
BETWEEN THE TREE BOARD AND THE MUNICIPAL ENTERPRISES COMMITTEE.
HIS PROPOSAL CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF SELECTED STRUCTURES AT THE OLD
POOL SITE SUCH AS THE BATH HOUSE, CHEMICAL BUILDING, FENCING,
CONCESSION STAND BUILDING AND STORAGE SHED. THE POOL ITSELF
WOULD NOT BE DEMOLISHED. ONE PROPOSAL CALLS FOR FILLING IN MOST OF THE POOL AND THEN USING IT FOR ICE SKATING DURING THE WINTER.
THAT'S IT FOR TODAY.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
85 TODAY....NO RAIN...MAYBE SOME RAIN TODAY.
IF NO RAIN TONIGHT...NONE IN FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
WE NEED A LITTLE RAIN.
THE DENNY TABOR BARN JUST NORTH OF BALDWIN BURNED DOWN LAST SATURDAY MORNING.
BRYAN TABOR WAS PUTTING SOME BIG ROUND BALES IN IT AND APPARENTLY A SPARK
FROM EXHAUST STARTED THE FIRE. HE TRIED TO PUT IT OUT, BUT THEN CALLED THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AN ACCIDENT SATURDAY AT THE BRAD DEERY SERVICE GARAGE. A WOMAN FROM CUBA
CITY PULLED INTO THE GARAGE, APPARENTLY HIT THE ACCELERATOR INSTEAD OF
BRAKES AND HER VEHICLE RAN INTO A MILES, IOWA WOMAN WHO WAS AT THE
SERVICE COUNTER. THE WOMAN FROM MILES WAS TAKEN WITH MAJOR INJURIES
TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HER CONDITION IS NOT KNOWN.
THE "HOME INSTEAD" OFFICE HAS MOVED FROM NORTH MAIN STREET TO SOUTH MAIN
STREET JUST NORTH OF THE THEATRE, WHERE THE "BUGS" RESTAURANT WAS LOCATED.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
IF NO RAIN TONIGHT...NONE IN FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
WE NEED A LITTLE RAIN.
THE DENNY TABOR BARN JUST NORTH OF BALDWIN BURNED DOWN LAST SATURDAY MORNING.
BRYAN TABOR WAS PUTTING SOME BIG ROUND BALES IN IT AND APPARENTLY A SPARK
FROM EXHAUST STARTED THE FIRE. HE TRIED TO PUT IT OUT, BUT THEN CALLED THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AN ACCIDENT SATURDAY AT THE BRAD DEERY SERVICE GARAGE. A WOMAN FROM CUBA
CITY PULLED INTO THE GARAGE, APPARENTLY HIT THE ACCELERATOR INSTEAD OF
BRAKES AND HER VEHICLE RAN INTO A MILES, IOWA WOMAN WHO WAS AT THE
SERVICE COUNTER. THE WOMAN FROM MILES WAS TAKEN WITH MAJOR INJURIES
TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HER CONDITION IS NOT KNOWN.
THE "HOME INSTEAD" OFFICE HAS MOVED FROM NORTH MAIN STREET TO SOUTH MAIN
STREET JUST NORTH OF THE THEATRE, WHERE THE "BUGS" RESTAURANT WAS LOCATED.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, July 01, 2011
HOT AND HUMID TODAY....94
THE REST OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WILL BE IN THE 80'S AND NO RAIN.
GOT GAS AT BOWMAN STANDARD TODAY AND TALKED TO HUGH BOWMAN.
HUGH HUNG IT UP! HE HUNG UP THE GAS NOZZLE FOR THE LAST TIME
YESTERDAY. HIS SON BILL, WAS 50% OWNER AND HUGH SOLD THE OTHER HALF OF THE BUSINESS TO BILL. AND SO...HUGH IS NOW OFFICIALLY
RETIRED. HE HAS BEEN PUMPING GAS 52 YEARS. LIKES TO PLAY
CARDS, SO WILL BE DOING MORE OF THAT.
BY THE WAY, GAS IN MAQUOKETA TODAY WAS AT 3.42.9 A GALLON.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL HAS STARTED CONDEMNATION PROCEEDSINGS
FOR LAND NEAR THE AIRPORT TO BE USED TO ALTER 134TH AVENUE SO
THE RUNWAY CAN BE EXTENDED. THE CITY HAS MADE AN OFFER TO THE
OWNERS OF THE LAND, ALLEN AND CAROLYN OLTMANNS, AND THAT OFFER WAS REJECTED. THE AMOUNT OF OFFER HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
FREE FIREWORKS AT THE HOSPITAL AT 9:15 TONIGHT AND FREE WHITEY'S
ICE CREAM TOO. COURTESY OF THE HOSPITAL.
LOTS OF EVENTS IN THE AREA THIS WEEKEND.
BELLEVUE HERITAGE DAYS TOMORROW AND SUNDAY. THE PARADE
AT 10:30 SUNDAY MORNING. IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE THE TRAGIC
ACCIDENT DURING THEIR PARADE IN 2010.
DEWITT HAS A PARADE MONDAY MORNING AT 10.
LAMOTTE HAS A PARADE AND CELEBRATION ALL DAY MONDAY AT THE
DOWNTOWN PARK.
OXFORD JUNCTION WILL HAVE A CELEBRATION MONDAY TOO, WITH
FIREWORKS.
GRAND MOUND HAS A BIG FIREWORKS DISPLAY MONDAY NIGHT.
HAVE A SAFE AND FUN HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
THE REST OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WILL BE IN THE 80'S AND NO RAIN.
GOT GAS AT BOWMAN STANDARD TODAY AND TALKED TO HUGH BOWMAN.
HUGH HUNG IT UP! HE HUNG UP THE GAS NOZZLE FOR THE LAST TIME
YESTERDAY. HIS SON BILL, WAS 50% OWNER AND HUGH SOLD THE OTHER HALF OF THE BUSINESS TO BILL. AND SO...HUGH IS NOW OFFICIALLY
RETIRED. HE HAS BEEN PUMPING GAS 52 YEARS. LIKES TO PLAY
CARDS, SO WILL BE DOING MORE OF THAT.
BY THE WAY, GAS IN MAQUOKETA TODAY WAS AT 3.42.9 A GALLON.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL HAS STARTED CONDEMNATION PROCEEDSINGS
FOR LAND NEAR THE AIRPORT TO BE USED TO ALTER 134TH AVENUE SO
THE RUNWAY CAN BE EXTENDED. THE CITY HAS MADE AN OFFER TO THE
OWNERS OF THE LAND, ALLEN AND CAROLYN OLTMANNS, AND THAT OFFER WAS REJECTED. THE AMOUNT OF OFFER HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
FREE FIREWORKS AT THE HOSPITAL AT 9:15 TONIGHT AND FREE WHITEY'S
ICE CREAM TOO. COURTESY OF THE HOSPITAL.
LOTS OF EVENTS IN THE AREA THIS WEEKEND.
BELLEVUE HERITAGE DAYS TOMORROW AND SUNDAY. THE PARADE
AT 10:30 SUNDAY MORNING. IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE THE TRAGIC
ACCIDENT DURING THEIR PARADE IN 2010.
DEWITT HAS A PARADE MONDAY MORNING AT 10.
LAMOTTE HAS A PARADE AND CELEBRATION ALL DAY MONDAY AT THE
DOWNTOWN PARK.
OXFORD JUNCTION WILL HAVE A CELEBRATION MONDAY TOO, WITH
FIREWORKS.
GRAND MOUND HAS A BIG FIREWORKS DISPLAY MONDAY NIGHT.
HAVE A SAFE AND FUN HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
THE NEW KMAQ-AM TRANSMITTER ARRIVED THIS MORNING! SHOWN WITH ITIN THE FRONT OFFICE, IS
KMAQ ENGINEER TOM MESSERLI. IT'S AN ARMSTRONG (UP TO 1,000 WATS) AND WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE KMAQ TOWER SITE
ACROSS FROM THE BRIDGEPORT CEMETERY A COUPLE MILES NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA. IT WILL BE MOUNTED IN A RACK OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND BY TOM.
THE ONE IT WILL REPLACE, ABOUT 25 YEARS OLD (A HARRIS), IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SIDE-BY-SIDE REFRIGERATOR. QUITE A REDUCTION IN SIZE OVER THE YEARS. THIS ONE
WILL BE MORE ECONOMICAL USING LESS ELECTRICITY. THE SOUND SHOULD
BE BETTER AND IT SHOULD TAKE OUR SIGNAL OUT A LITTLE FARTHER TOO.
THE OLD ONE IS STILL OPERATING, BUT TOUCHY AND HARD TO FIND PARTS FOR.
I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THE NEW ONE GOES "ON-THE-AIR".
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT!
DENNIS VOY
(WILL TOM RUN FOR MAYOR AGAIN? WE SHOULD KNOW BEFORE THE END OF SUMMER! HE SERVED TWO 4 YEAR TERMS. DID A GOOD JOB!)