CLOUDY, BREEZY, WET DAY TODAY...HIGH 37.
DOTTIE BAYLES, WHO HAS BEEN A KMAQ SALES REP SINCE 1977, WENT TO
GEORGIA FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY TO CELEBRATE WITH HER
3 SISTERS AND THEIR HUSBANDS. DOTTIE TOLD ME BEFORE SHE WENT
THAT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THAT ALL SEVEN WILL BE TOGETHER FOR CHRISTMAS. ONE SISTER AND HUSBAND LIVE IN GEORGIA. THE OTHER SISTER LIVES IN NEW MEXICO AND THE OTHER IN COLORADO. DOTTIE FLEW DOWN. THE COLORADO COUPLE DROVE, PICKING UP THE NEW MEXICO COUPLE. DOTTIE FLEW BACK TO CHICAGO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND THE OTHER FOUR LEFT ABOUT THE SAME TIME FOR NEW MEXICO BY CAR. ON THEIR WAY THROUGH TEXAS, THEIR CAR ON SLIPPERY PAVEMENT, WENT OFF THE ROAD AND OVER TURNED. KILLED INSTANTLY IN THE SINGLE CAR
ACCIDENT WAS DOTTIE'S NEW MEXICO SISTER AND HER COLORADO
BROTHER-IN-LAW. DOTTIE'S COLORADO SISTER IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION
WITH BROKEN NECK AND BACK AND DOTTIE'S NEW MEXICO BROTHER-IN-LAW
RECEIVED VERY BAD, BUT NOT LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. I'LL HAVE
AN UPDATE ON THE HOSPITALIZED NEXT WEEK. VERY SAD.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PLAN TO DO SOME REMODELING AND UPGRADING AT THE COURTHOUSE IN MAQUOKETA,
NEXT YEAR . NEEDS: NEW STEPS ON THE NORTH SIDE.
SMOKE DETECTION AND AIR-CONDITIONED IN THE COMPUTER ROOM
OF THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
ALSO, NEW FANS AND SEATING IN THE COURT ROOM.
BECAUSE OF NO SNOW IN DECEMBER, THE JACKSON COUNTY SECONDARY
ROADS DEPARTMENT HAS SAVED A LOT OF MONEY. OVER 4 MONTHS
LAST YEAR, $600,000 WAS SPENT.
THIS YEAR, IN DECEMBER, $150,000 WAS SAVED BECAUSE CREWS HAVE BEEN
OUT ONCE AND HAVE HARDLY USED ANY MATERIAL. LAST DECEMBER,
THEY USED 40% OF THE MATERIAL ON COUNTRY ROADS IN DECEMBER.
LAST YEAR, JACKSON COUNTY RECEIVED 28 INCHES OF SNOW ALL
WINTER WITH AROUND 12 INCHES ON THE GROUND IN LATE DECEMBER.
IT HAS BEEN A NICE DECEMBER! HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESS PLACES
ALSO HAVE SAVED MONEY ON FUEL AND SNOW REMOVAL.
BUT, THERE ARE LOOSERS WITH THIS KIND OF WEATHER....FUEL DEALERS,
SNOW SHOVELERS, THOSE WHO SELL SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT,
CAR AND TRUCK BATTERIES, SKI RESORTS, SNOWMOBILE DEALERS,
AND MORE.
HAVE A SAFE AND FUN NEW YEAR'S EVE.
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
DENNIS VOY
TODAY, ON MY "DAILY REPORT".....SOMETHING YOU HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TOSEE! THE ROOF OF KMAQ.
THIS IS A BRAND NEW ROOF INSTALLED BY CONNELL SUPPLY COMPANY IN
MAQUOKETA.
HERE YOU SEE THE OWNER OF CONNELL SUPPLY, CLAY ROMER, A FORMER
MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE AND ALSO THESE DAYS, ONE OF THE TOP
REFEREES OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN IOWA.
YES...JUST LIKE THE ROOF HE INSTALLED THIS SUMMER AT THE VOY THEATRE,
IT IS WHITE, PURE WHITE.
DOESN'T IT LOOK NICE?
IT IS A DURO-LAST ROOFING SYSTEM, A SUPERIOR ROOFING SYSTEM
KNOWN IN THE INDUSTRY AS THE WORLD'S BEST ROOF. THE SINGLE-PLY
REINFORCED TPO MEMBRANE MAKES THE ROOF SO GOOD, THERE IS A 15 YEAR NO-DOLLAR-LIMIT WARRANTY. AN INSPECTOR EVEN COMES FROM THE FACTORY TO INSPECT AFTER INSTALLATION! THE KMAQ ROOF PASSED THE
INSPECTION.
HERE AT KMAQ, WE ARE ALL HAPPY ABOUT OUR NEW ROOF! AND HAPPY PEOPLE SOUND GOOD ON THE RADIO.
JUST ANOTHER REASON TO KEEP YOUR DIAL SET, ALL THE TIME, TO KMAQ
IN MAQUOKETA, CELEBRATING YEAR NUMBER 54 IN 2012.
AND CONNELL SUPPLY HAS BEEN A REGULAR ADVERTISER SINCE YEAR ONE.
THANKS CLAY FOR ADVERTISING ON KMAQ AND SELLING THE BEST ROOFS!
CLICK-ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM. THE TOP PHOTO IS LOOKING
WEST AND YOU CAN SEE THE UPPER PART OF THE DECKER HOTEL, RIGHT
ACROSS THE STREET FROM KMAQ'S FRONT DOOR. THE BOTTOM PHOTO
IS LOOKING EAST AND THE BACK DOOR OPENS TO AN ALLEY.
DENNIS VOY
PS: THE ONE PHOTO JUST MAKES IT APPEAR THAT CLAY IS GETTING A LITTLE
HEAVIER.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
NICE DAY TODAY...IN 40'S. TOMORROW SHOULD ALSO BE NICE, BUT
COLDER WEATHER COMING FOR THE WEEKEND.
A.J. SPIEGEL, WHO HAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL MANUFACTURING PLANT
IN HIS HOME TOWN OF PEOSTA AND WHO HAS INVESTED IN THE
CITIES OF DUBUQUE, BELLEVUE AND MAQUOKETA.....HAS OFFERED
$450,000 FOR THE FORMER S & H INDUSTRY BUILDING IN THE MAQUOKETA
INDUSTRIAL PARK, THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE COUNTY AND HAS NOT HAD
A COMPANY IN IT FOR ABOUT A DOZEN YEARS. HE PLANS TO PUT AN
INDUSTRY IN IT. AND THE SUPERVISORS HAVE AGREED TO SELL IT TO HIM,
BUT FIRST MUST HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. THEY HAVE HAD 2 OR 3 OTHER
OFFERS FOR THE BUILDING, BUT THIS IS THE BEST ONE. THEY WOULD LIKE
TO SELL IT, USE THE MONEY WHERE NEEDED AND HAVE THE BUILDING
BACK ON THE TAX ROLES. A.J. IS THE OWNER OF THE NEW RESTAURANT
IN BELLEVUE, CALLED "OFF SHORE", ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. HE ALSO
BUILDT 9 CONDOS ON THE RIVER IN DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE. AND HERE IN
MAQUOKETA, HE ALREADY OWNS AND LEASES THE LARGE HOOF BUILDING
ON THE EAST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA IN THE SAME INDUSTRIAL PARK WHERE
THE S & H BUILDING IS LOCATED. SO, THIS WAS GOOD NEWS FOR MAQUOKETA THIS WEEK AND I HOPE IT ALL GOES AS PLANNED WITH THE SALE.
FOUR PEOPLE HAVE FILED APPLICATION TO BE APPOINTED AS AN AT-LARGE
CITY COUNCILMAN FOR MAQUOKETA. THE COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO
APPOINT SOMEONE AT THEIR JANUARY 3RD MEETING. THIS WILL FILL THE SEAT THAT BECAME OPEN WHEN THE PRESENT MEMBER, DON SCHWENKER , WAS ELECTED MAYOR. APPLICANTS ARE: FORMER 2ND WARD COUNCILMAN, TODD MANG....FORMER AT-LARGE COUNCILMAN TIM CHAPIN....FORMER FIRST
WARD COUNCILMAN ED TURNEY AND TODD GREEN.
AND THERE IS ALSO ONE POSITION OPEN ON THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL
ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD. MEMBER SUSAN CROATT DECIDED NOT TO SEEK THE APPOINTMENT AGAIN. AS OF THIS NOON, ONE PERSON, DAWN PAUL,
HAS FILED AN APPLICATION AT CITY HALL.
A FIRE IN MAQUOKETA AROUND 8 LAST NIGHT AT 402 S. MATTESON.
MOST DAMAGE WAS DONE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. THE HOME IS OWNED BY
EMELIE HARMON. HER PARENTS WERE THE LATE DUANE AND BEVERLY WILLEY. THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL HAS BEEN CALLED-IN
TO INVESTIGATE. FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT.
THE HOUSE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, MASON HUDRLIK, AGE 22, IS IN UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
HOSPITALS AND CLINICS WITH INJURIES SUFFERED IN AN ATV ACCIDENT
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON 269TH AVENUE, WHICH IS A GRAVEL ROAD
ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF MAQUOKETA. THE VEHICLE SLID SIDEWAYS AND WENT OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE. HUDRLIK WAS WEARING A HELMET.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
DENNIS VOY
COLDER WEATHER COMING FOR THE WEEKEND.
A.J. SPIEGEL, WHO HAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL MANUFACTURING PLANT
IN HIS HOME TOWN OF PEOSTA AND WHO HAS INVESTED IN THE
CITIES OF DUBUQUE, BELLEVUE AND MAQUOKETA.....HAS OFFERED
$450,000 FOR THE FORMER S & H INDUSTRY BUILDING IN THE MAQUOKETA
INDUSTRIAL PARK, THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE COUNTY AND HAS NOT HAD
A COMPANY IN IT FOR ABOUT A DOZEN YEARS. HE PLANS TO PUT AN
INDUSTRY IN IT. AND THE SUPERVISORS HAVE AGREED TO SELL IT TO HIM,
BUT FIRST MUST HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. THEY HAVE HAD 2 OR 3 OTHER
OFFERS FOR THE BUILDING, BUT THIS IS THE BEST ONE. THEY WOULD LIKE
TO SELL IT, USE THE MONEY WHERE NEEDED AND HAVE THE BUILDING
BACK ON THE TAX ROLES. A.J. IS THE OWNER OF THE NEW RESTAURANT
IN BELLEVUE, CALLED "OFF SHORE", ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. HE ALSO
BUILDT 9 CONDOS ON THE RIVER IN DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE. AND HERE IN
MAQUOKETA, HE ALREADY OWNS AND LEASES THE LARGE HOOF BUILDING
ON THE EAST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA IN THE SAME INDUSTRIAL PARK WHERE
THE S & H BUILDING IS LOCATED. SO, THIS WAS GOOD NEWS FOR MAQUOKETA THIS WEEK AND I HOPE IT ALL GOES AS PLANNED WITH THE SALE.
FOUR PEOPLE HAVE FILED APPLICATION TO BE APPOINTED AS AN AT-LARGE
CITY COUNCILMAN FOR MAQUOKETA. THE COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO
APPOINT SOMEONE AT THEIR JANUARY 3RD MEETING. THIS WILL FILL THE SEAT THAT BECAME OPEN WHEN THE PRESENT MEMBER, DON SCHWENKER , WAS ELECTED MAYOR. APPLICANTS ARE: FORMER 2ND WARD COUNCILMAN, TODD MANG....FORMER AT-LARGE COUNCILMAN TIM CHAPIN....FORMER FIRST
WARD COUNCILMAN ED TURNEY AND TODD GREEN.
AND THERE IS ALSO ONE POSITION OPEN ON THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL
ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD. MEMBER SUSAN CROATT DECIDED NOT TO SEEK THE APPOINTMENT AGAIN. AS OF THIS NOON, ONE PERSON, DAWN PAUL,
HAS FILED AN APPLICATION AT CITY HALL.
A FIRE IN MAQUOKETA AROUND 8 LAST NIGHT AT 402 S. MATTESON.
MOST DAMAGE WAS DONE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. THE HOME IS OWNED BY
EMELIE HARMON. HER PARENTS WERE THE LATE DUANE AND BEVERLY WILLEY. THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL HAS BEEN CALLED-IN
TO INVESTIGATE. FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT.
THE HOUSE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, MASON HUDRLIK, AGE 22, IS IN UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
HOSPITALS AND CLINICS WITH INJURIES SUFFERED IN AN ATV ACCIDENT
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON 269TH AVENUE, WHICH IS A GRAVEL ROAD
ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF MAQUOKETA. THE VEHICLE SLID SIDEWAYS AND WENT OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A TREE. HUDRLIK WAS WEARING A HELMET.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, December 26, 2011
HOPE YOU HAD A NICE CHRISTMAS.
A HOLIDAY FOR MOST PEOPLE TODAY. JUST A SKELETON CREW HERE AT
KMAQ.
THEATRE ....2 PM SHOWS AND 7 TONIGHT .....EVERY DAY THIS WEEK.
"WE BOUGHT A ZOO" HAS THE MOST PEOPLE THIS AFTERNOON.
PARTY SUNNY AND 43 TODAY.
DESCENT WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
A MAQUOKETA RESIDENT WAS INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT SATURDAY
MORNING....IN CEDAR COUNTY. TYLER ZARUBA, AGE 20, WAS WESTBOUND
ON I-80 AROUND 5 A.M. SATURDAY ...WAS IN THE LEFT LAND AND TOLD
TROOPERS THAT A SEMI IN THE RIGHT LANE, DRIFTED INTO HIS LANE....
AND FORCED ZARUBA TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER. HIS CAR CAUGHT THE LIP OF THE ROADWAY AND HE OVER-CORRECTED AND SLAMMED INTO THE CABLE
BARRIER. ZARUBA WAS CHARGED WITH FAILING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND
OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED, FIRST OFFENSE. HE WAS ALONE AND NOT INJURED AND THERE WAS $15,000 DAMAGE TO HIS CAR AND $17,000
DAMAGE TO THE 17 CABLE BARRIER IN THE MEDIAN.
TWO VEHICLE-DEER ACCIDENTS. DEAN POTTER STRUCK ONE EARLY
THIS MORNING JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA AND JOHN WARD HIT ONE
WITH HIS PICK-UP AT 5:15 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF SABULA.
NO INJURIES IN EITHER ACCIDENT AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLES.
AROUND 150 MEALS WERE SERVED YESTERDAY AT THE ANNUAL COMMUNITY
THANKSGIVING DINNER AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA....SLIGHTLY
LESS THAN LAST YEAR. THE EVENT DID DRAW MANY MORE VOLUNTEER
HELPERS. THE DINNER WAS SPONSORED BY THE EAST IRON HILL
CHURCH AND THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF THE EAGLES.
IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASED TO 6.2 PERCENT
IN NOVEMBER, UP FROM 5.7 IN OCTOBER.
IOWA'S STATE RATE DROPPED TO 5.7 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER...THE FIRST
TIME THE RATE HAS BEEN LOWER THAN 6 PERCENT SINCE SEPTEMBER OF
2009.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
A HOLIDAY FOR MOST PEOPLE TODAY. JUST A SKELETON CREW HERE AT
KMAQ.
THEATRE ....2 PM SHOWS AND 7 TONIGHT .....EVERY DAY THIS WEEK.
"WE BOUGHT A ZOO" HAS THE MOST PEOPLE THIS AFTERNOON.
PARTY SUNNY AND 43 TODAY.
DESCENT WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
A MAQUOKETA RESIDENT WAS INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT SATURDAY
MORNING....IN CEDAR COUNTY. TYLER ZARUBA, AGE 20, WAS WESTBOUND
ON I-80 AROUND 5 A.M. SATURDAY ...WAS IN THE LEFT LAND AND TOLD
TROOPERS THAT A SEMI IN THE RIGHT LANE, DRIFTED INTO HIS LANE....
AND FORCED ZARUBA TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER. HIS CAR CAUGHT THE LIP OF THE ROADWAY AND HE OVER-CORRECTED AND SLAMMED INTO THE CABLE
BARRIER. ZARUBA WAS CHARGED WITH FAILING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND
OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED, FIRST OFFENSE. HE WAS ALONE AND NOT INJURED AND THERE WAS $15,000 DAMAGE TO HIS CAR AND $17,000
DAMAGE TO THE 17 CABLE BARRIER IN THE MEDIAN.
TWO VEHICLE-DEER ACCIDENTS. DEAN POTTER STRUCK ONE EARLY
THIS MORNING JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA AND JOHN WARD HIT ONE
WITH HIS PICK-UP AT 5:15 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON SOUTH OF SABULA.
NO INJURIES IN EITHER ACCIDENT AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLES.
AROUND 150 MEALS WERE SERVED YESTERDAY AT THE ANNUAL COMMUNITY
THANKSGIVING DINNER AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA....SLIGHTLY
LESS THAN LAST YEAR. THE EVENT DID DRAW MANY MORE VOLUNTEER
HELPERS. THE DINNER WAS SPONSORED BY THE EAST IRON HILL
CHURCH AND THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF THE EAGLES.
IN JACKSON COUNTY, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASED TO 6.2 PERCENT
IN NOVEMBER, UP FROM 5.7 IN OCTOBER.
IOWA'S STATE RATE DROPPED TO 5.7 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER...THE FIRST
TIME THE RATE HAS BEEN LOWER THAN 6 PERCENT SINCE SEPTEMBER OF
2009.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, December 23, 2011
PARTLY SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH OF 29.
WARMER TOMORROW AND CHRISTMAS DAY.
NO SNOW EXPECTED.
LEONARD DITCH, A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPALL ELECTRIC
UTILITY BOARD WAS VOCAL AT THIS MONTH'S MEETING ABOUT THE
CONTRIBUTION MMEU VOTED TO GIVE THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE. HE WAS NOT AT THE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING WHEN
THE DONATION WAS APPROVED. HE SAID THE CHAMBER HAS DONE
NOTHING FOR MMEU AND THE COMMUNITY AND MADE A MOTION
TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THE DONATION, WHICH WAS $5,671.
HIS MOTION DIED FOR A LACK OF A SECOND.
AT THIS WEEK'S HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING, LOIS MYATT AND WANDA
CORNELIUS GAVE A REPORT ON THE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY. THEY
SAID THE ORGANIZATION DONATED FOUR $500 SCHOLARSHIPS THIS
YEAR TO BENEFIT COLLEGE STUDENTS IN HEALTH RELATED AREAS.
AND THE AUXILIARY DONATED $12,000 LAST YEAR TOWARD THE
REMODELING OF THE REHAB DEPARTMENT AT THE HOSPITAL.
THIS YEAR, NO DONATION TO THE HOSPITAL WAS MADE. THEY
MENTIONED THAT THE GIFT SHOP AT THE HOSPITAL IS OPEN MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 9 AM UNTIL 12 NOON AND FROM 1 UNTIL 4 IN THE
AFTERNOON AND THAT IT EARNED OVER $5,000 THIS YEAR.
STEVE FLYNN, HOSPITAL FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN, REPORTED THAT
THIS YEAR'S GOLF OUTING NETTED $31,146 AND THAT MOST OF THAT
WHEN TO THE AMBULANCE PROGRAM AT THE HOSPITAL.
THE HOSPITAL BOARD DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH THE SAME OFFICERS
FOR 2012. THEY ARE: PRESIDENT, KEVIN BURNS... VP GLORIA JORGENSEN...
TREASURER, DUANE TRENKAMP AND JODY HELME, SECRETARY.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
FROM NANCY AND I AND EVERYONE AT KMAQ AND THE VOY THEATRES!
DENNIS VOY
WARMER TOMORROW AND CHRISTMAS DAY.
NO SNOW EXPECTED.
LEONARD DITCH, A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPALL ELECTRIC
UTILITY BOARD WAS VOCAL AT THIS MONTH'S MEETING ABOUT THE
CONTRIBUTION MMEU VOTED TO GIVE THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE. HE WAS NOT AT THE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING WHEN
THE DONATION WAS APPROVED. HE SAID THE CHAMBER HAS DONE
NOTHING FOR MMEU AND THE COMMUNITY AND MADE A MOTION
TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THE DONATION, WHICH WAS $5,671.
HIS MOTION DIED FOR A LACK OF A SECOND.
AT THIS WEEK'S HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING, LOIS MYATT AND WANDA
CORNELIUS GAVE A REPORT ON THE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY. THEY
SAID THE ORGANIZATION DONATED FOUR $500 SCHOLARSHIPS THIS
YEAR TO BENEFIT COLLEGE STUDENTS IN HEALTH RELATED AREAS.
AND THE AUXILIARY DONATED $12,000 LAST YEAR TOWARD THE
REMODELING OF THE REHAB DEPARTMENT AT THE HOSPITAL.
THIS YEAR, NO DONATION TO THE HOSPITAL WAS MADE. THEY
MENTIONED THAT THE GIFT SHOP AT THE HOSPITAL IS OPEN MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 9 AM UNTIL 12 NOON AND FROM 1 UNTIL 4 IN THE
AFTERNOON AND THAT IT EARNED OVER $5,000 THIS YEAR.
STEVE FLYNN, HOSPITAL FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN, REPORTED THAT
THIS YEAR'S GOLF OUTING NETTED $31,146 AND THAT MOST OF THAT
WHEN TO THE AMBULANCE PROGRAM AT THE HOSPITAL.
THE HOSPITAL BOARD DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH THE SAME OFFICERS
FOR 2012. THEY ARE: PRESIDENT, KEVIN BURNS... VP GLORIA JORGENSEN...
TREASURER, DUANE TRENKAMP AND JODY HELME, SECRETARY.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
FROM NANCY AND I AND EVERYONE AT KMAQ AND THE VOY THEATRES!
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, December 22, 2011
MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND HIGH OF 35.
SUNNY TOMORROW, HIGH OF 36.
CHRISTMAS EVE, CLEAR SKIES AND LOW OF 25.
CHRISTMAS DAY, SUNNY AND BREEZY AND H IGH OF 41.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO EXPEL A STUDENT FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. BECAUSE OF PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS,
NO DETAILS HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC.
TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED ON ANDERSON STREET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
ONE DRIVEN BY ELIZABETH ANDERSON OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 25 AND THE OTHER BY 32 YEAR OLD DANIEL BREWSTER OF MAQUOKETA. NO INJURIES.
NO CHARGES.
THE CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE MQUOKETA CENTER IS PLANNING
AN OPEN HOUSE, NEXT MONTH ON WEST WASHINGTON STREET BY THE
HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS BUILDT IN 2009 AND HAS BEEN A BIG SUCCESS
DURING IT'S FIRST TWO YEARS. CENTER COORDINATOR PENNY PLAUTZ
SAID THE CENTER INVITES THE PUBLIC TO VISIT THE BUILDING AND
TAKE A LOOK.
A FORMER MAQUOKETA MAN, BOB KEELEY, AGE 85, DIED MONDAY WHERE
HE LIVED IN ARIZONA. HE GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL
IN 1944. AFTER ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND SERVING
IN THE NAVY IN WW2, HE OWNED AND OPERATED AN ABSTRACT AND TITLE
BUSINESS HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND OFFERED TAX AND ACCOUNTING
SERVICES ALSO. HE MARRIED EULA MOHR OF MAQUOKETA IN 1955. SHE
DIED AROUND A YEAR OR TWO AGO. THEY LIVED IN BRANSON QUITE A WHILE,
OWNING TWO SMALL MOTELS THERE. HE ALSO OWNED A BRANSON EXCURSION BOAT WITH LANE SAGERS OF MAQUOKETA. AFTER SELLING THE MOTELS AND BOAT, AND LEAVING BRANSON, HE RETIRED AT AGE 60 AND BUILT WITH EULA'S HELP, A HOME IN MONTANA IN THE CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST. THEY SOLD THAT AND MOVED TO ARIZONA. HE AS A BIG HUNTER AND GOLFER AND AN AMATEUR CABINET AND FURNITURE MAKER. ALSO CROSS-STITCHED AND CROCHETED. HE IS SURVIVED BY SISTERS VIVIAN KEELEY AND RACHEL
PORTER AND FOUR CHILDREN.....ANN, RUTH, PAT, AND ROBERT II.
ALSO 8 GRANDCHILDREN AND 13 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. I'M SURE
HE WROTE OR HELPED TO WRITE HIS OBITUARY AND THE CLOSING LINE
OF IT READS..."THE BODY IS TO BE CREMATED AND NO SERVICES ARE PLANNED,
BUT BOB HOPES THAT ALL HIS REMAINING FAMILY, HUNTING AND GOLFING
PALS WILL HOIST A BEER OR A MANHATTAN TO SEND HIM OFF".
CHECK BACK AGAIN TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
SUNNY TOMORROW, HIGH OF 36.
CHRISTMAS EVE, CLEAR SKIES AND LOW OF 25.
CHRISTMAS DAY, SUNNY AND BREEZY AND H IGH OF 41.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO EXPEL A STUDENT FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. BECAUSE OF PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS,
NO DETAILS HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC.
TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED ON ANDERSON STREET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
ONE DRIVEN BY ELIZABETH ANDERSON OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 25 AND THE OTHER BY 32 YEAR OLD DANIEL BREWSTER OF MAQUOKETA. NO INJURIES.
NO CHARGES.
THE CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE MQUOKETA CENTER IS PLANNING
AN OPEN HOUSE, NEXT MONTH ON WEST WASHINGTON STREET BY THE
HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS BUILDT IN 2009 AND HAS BEEN A BIG SUCCESS
DURING IT'S FIRST TWO YEARS. CENTER COORDINATOR PENNY PLAUTZ
SAID THE CENTER INVITES THE PUBLIC TO VISIT THE BUILDING AND
TAKE A LOOK.
A FORMER MAQUOKETA MAN, BOB KEELEY, AGE 85, DIED MONDAY WHERE
HE LIVED IN ARIZONA. HE GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL
IN 1944. AFTER ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND SERVING
IN THE NAVY IN WW2, HE OWNED AND OPERATED AN ABSTRACT AND TITLE
BUSINESS HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND OFFERED TAX AND ACCOUNTING
SERVICES ALSO. HE MARRIED EULA MOHR OF MAQUOKETA IN 1955. SHE
DIED AROUND A YEAR OR TWO AGO. THEY LIVED IN BRANSON QUITE A WHILE,
OWNING TWO SMALL MOTELS THERE. HE ALSO OWNED A BRANSON EXCURSION BOAT WITH LANE SAGERS OF MAQUOKETA. AFTER SELLING THE MOTELS AND BOAT, AND LEAVING BRANSON, HE RETIRED AT AGE 60 AND BUILT WITH EULA'S HELP, A HOME IN MONTANA IN THE CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST. THEY SOLD THAT AND MOVED TO ARIZONA. HE AS A BIG HUNTER AND GOLFER AND AN AMATEUR CABINET AND FURNITURE MAKER. ALSO CROSS-STITCHED AND CROCHETED. HE IS SURVIVED BY SISTERS VIVIAN KEELEY AND RACHEL
PORTER AND FOUR CHILDREN.....ANN, RUTH, PAT, AND ROBERT II.
ALSO 8 GRANDCHILDREN AND 13 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. I'M SURE
HE WROTE OR HELPED TO WRITE HIS OBITUARY AND THE CLOSING LINE
OF IT READS..."THE BODY IS TO BE CREMATED AND NO SERVICES ARE PLANNED,
BUT BOB HOPES THAT ALL HIS REMAINING FAMILY, HUNTING AND GOLFING
PALS WILL HOIST A BEER OR A MANHATTAN TO SEND HIM OFF".
CHECK BACK AGAIN TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
LAST NIGHT AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA, THE MAQUOKETA VFWO'CONNOR-REGENWETHER POST 3633 AND AUXILIARY HELD THEIR
CHRISTMAS DINNER AND AWARDS NIGHT. HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING
WAS THE "VOICE OF DEMOCRACY" RADIO TALK GIVEN BY THE POST 3633
LOCAL WINNER, ERICA DRAKE. ERICA'S 4-MINUTE SPEACH IS NOW
GOING ON THE DISTRICT COMPETITION. LAST NIGHT SHE WAS PRESENTED
A CERTIFICATE BY ROGER SCHNOOR, POST QUARTERMASTER AND A CHECK
FOR $150.00. ERICA IS A JUNIOR AT BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE
DAUGHTER OF MARK AND LINDA DRAKE OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.
THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW FOR HER TO BE THE WINNER.
SHOWN IN PHOTO, LEFT TO RIGHT: ROGER SCHNOOR...LINDA DRAKE...ERICA....
HER FATHER MARK BEHIND HER AND TOM WATTERS, POST COMMANDER.
ALSO LAST NIGHT, THE POST WELCOMED NEW MEMBER OF THE VFW,
ROBERT LAUGHLIN OF MAQUKETAQ. ROBERT WAS IN THE AIRFORCE FOR 4 YEARS AND DID DUTY IN "DESERT STORM" IN 1963. THE VFW POST MEETS THE
THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH, AT 7 P.M. AT THE EAGLES CLUB ON
EAST PLATT STREET. ANYONE WHO SERVED OVERSEAS IN A U.S. WAR CAN
JOIN THE VFW.... VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS.
DENNIS VOY (VFW MEMBER TOO)
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
CLOUDY THIS MORNING AND PARTLY SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON AND
A HIGH OF 40. A CHANCE OF SNOW TOMORROW...MAYBE A HALF INCH,
WITH A HIGH OF 35.
FRIDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 35.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD HIRED A DUBUQUE FIRM TO DESIGN
AND ENGINEER A GEO-THERMAL HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM FOR
BRIGGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE COST WILL BE $125,000. ONE OTHER
BID WAS FOR $160,000, FROM A CEDAR RAPIDS FIRM. BOTH FIRMS
HAVE DONE THIS KIND OF WORK FOR OTHER DISTRICTS.
IT IS HOPED GRANTS CAN BE USED FOR THIS CLOSE TO $2 MILLION PROJECT.
THE PLAN IS FOR THE PROJECT TO BE BID IN FEBRUARY AND BE COMPLETED
BY SEPTEMBER. LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX REVENUE WILL ALSO BE USED
TO PAY FOR THE SYSTEM.
THE HOSPITAL BOARD MET LAST NIGHT AND LOTS OF TALK AGAIN ABOUT
WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE AGING HOSPITAL. TWO OPTIONS...BUILD ON
CURRENT SITE OR PICK ANOTHER. THE HOSPITAL IS OVER 130,000
SQUARE FEET. THE REHAB UNIT (FOUR YEARS OLD) IS 12,000 SQUARE FEET,
WHICH IS JUST 10 PERCENT OF THE OVERALL HOSPITAL BUILDING. THE REST
OF THE HOSPITAL WAS BUILT IN 1979 OR BEFORE THAT.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT DUBUQUE WAHLERT (YES WAHLERT) LAST NIGHT
HERE...IN OVERTIME....BY 3 POINTS.
AT WAHLERT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST.
TAKE CARE UNTIL TOMORROW AT THIS TIME.
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A HIGH OF 40. A CHANCE OF SNOW TOMORROW...MAYBE A HALF INCH,
WITH A HIGH OF 35.
FRIDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 35.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD HIRED A DUBUQUE FIRM TO DESIGN
AND ENGINEER A GEO-THERMAL HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM FOR
BRIGGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE COST WILL BE $125,000. ONE OTHER
BID WAS FOR $160,000, FROM A CEDAR RAPIDS FIRM. BOTH FIRMS
HAVE DONE THIS KIND OF WORK FOR OTHER DISTRICTS.
IT IS HOPED GRANTS CAN BE USED FOR THIS CLOSE TO $2 MILLION PROJECT.
THE PLAN IS FOR THE PROJECT TO BE BID IN FEBRUARY AND BE COMPLETED
BY SEPTEMBER. LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX REVENUE WILL ALSO BE USED
TO PAY FOR THE SYSTEM.
THE HOSPITAL BOARD MET LAST NIGHT AND LOTS OF TALK AGAIN ABOUT
WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE AGING HOSPITAL. TWO OPTIONS...BUILD ON
CURRENT SITE OR PICK ANOTHER. THE HOSPITAL IS OVER 130,000
SQUARE FEET. THE REHAB UNIT (FOUR YEARS OLD) IS 12,000 SQUARE FEET,
WHICH IS JUST 10 PERCENT OF THE OVERALL HOSPITAL BUILDING. THE REST
OF THE HOSPITAL WAS BUILT IN 1979 OR BEFORE THAT.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT DUBUQUE WAHLERT (YES WAHLERT) LAST NIGHT
HERE...IN OVERTIME....BY 3 POINTS.
AT WAHLERT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST.
TAKE CARE UNTIL TOMORROW AT THIS TIME.
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MORE PROGRESS IN MAQUOKETA....,THIS IS QUARRY STREET AND THIS BUILDING IS ACROSS FROM THE HOSPITAL.
THIS BUILDING WAS FOR MANY YEARS, THE OFFICE OF DR. FRED SWIFT. THEN IT BECAME MAQUOKETA MEDICAL ASSOCIATES FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL
THEY MOVED TO WEST PLATT STREET IN THE FORMER JACK AND JILL
BUILDING. HERE, TO THE SOUTH, THE DOCTORS HAD PURCHASED A LITTLE
HOUSE AND CONNECTED IT TO THE CORNER BUILDING AND THE DOCTORS
ALSO ADDED A SECOND STORY TO PART OF THE CORNER BUILDING.
THIS YEAR, IT CONTINUED TO BE THE RENTAL HOME OF "HOSPICE OF JACKSON
COUNTY" AND WAS FOR SALE BY THE DOCTORS. WELL, THEY SOLD IT
TO MIKE OWEN AND SCOTT HANSEN. "HOSPICE" WILL BE MOVING AND
MIKE AND SCOTT ARE CONVERTING IT TO APARTMENTS. BUT FIRST,
THIS DISCONNECTED THE LITTLE HOUSE AND IT IS NOW "FOR SALE" AS
A LITTLE HOUSE AGAIN, WITH ATTACHED GARAGE. NEXT, THE CORNER
BUILDING. ALL SHOULD SELL/RENT OKAY AS BRIGGS SCHOOL IS NOT FAR
AWAY.
CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
CLOUDY AND COLD TODAY....SLIGHT SNOW FLURRIES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FOR A FEW MINUTES....HIGH TODAY 34. SUNNY AND WARMER TOMORROW.
FOUR MEN WHERE CHARGED WITH "EGGING" OF SEVERAL VEHICLES AND
HOUSES. EACH CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN
THE THIRD DEGREE. CHARGED WERE: TRAVIS WALSH,19....ERIC EYE, 23....
DEVIN SHADY, 20 AND DAMON McFARLANE, 21.....ALL OF MAQUOKETA.
COURT DOCUMENTS FILED BY MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER KEENAN
MEINEKE AID THE FOUR WERE SEEN ON VIDEO AT WALMART BUYING A
LARGE NUMBER OF EGGS ON OCTOBER 19TH.
CLUB HOPE RAISED MORE THAN $8,000 DURING A MINI-DANCE MARATHON
SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE IOWA CITY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
DR. PAUL AND DORIS BROWN, OF FORT DODGE AND FORMERLY OF
MAQUOKETA, WILL OBSERVE THEIR 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
TOMORROW.
FORMER MCHS GRAD DON DAVIS, JR. OF ELDRIDGE THINKS THAT AN
MCHS SPORTS HALL OF FAME SHOULD BE ESTBLISHED.
I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA.
IN HIS LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR IN THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS, HE
LISTED SOME OF THE CARDINAL ATHLETES THAT COULD BE INDUCTED....
ED WHITCHELO, RON STEIN, RON SAGERS, SAGE ROSENFELS, JOE
BULLOCKK, GARY STARR AND RICH O'HARA, TO NAME A FEW.
BASKETBALL TONIGHT....THE BOYS HOSTING WESTERN DUBUQUE AND
THE GIRLS UP THERE. GO CARDINALS.
SAW "SMILEY" OUT AT WAL MART TODAY. STILL LIVING IN IOWA CITY.
HE'S 65. HE'S A ST. LOUIS CARDINAL FAN AND SAYS HE'LL MISS ALBERT
AND TONY. AND OF COURSE HE'S HAPPY THE HAWKS ARE IN ANOTHER
BOWL GAME.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
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FOUR MEN WHERE CHARGED WITH "EGGING" OF SEVERAL VEHICLES AND
HOUSES. EACH CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN
THE THIRD DEGREE. CHARGED WERE: TRAVIS WALSH,19....ERIC EYE, 23....
DEVIN SHADY, 20 AND DAMON McFARLANE, 21.....ALL OF MAQUOKETA.
COURT DOCUMENTS FILED BY MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER KEENAN
MEINEKE AID THE FOUR WERE SEEN ON VIDEO AT WALMART BUYING A
LARGE NUMBER OF EGGS ON OCTOBER 19TH.
CLUB HOPE RAISED MORE THAN $8,000 DURING A MINI-DANCE MARATHON
SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE IOWA CITY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
DR. PAUL AND DORIS BROWN, OF FORT DODGE AND FORMERLY OF
MAQUOKETA, WILL OBSERVE THEIR 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
TOMORROW.
FORMER MCHS GRAD DON DAVIS, JR. OF ELDRIDGE THINKS THAT AN
MCHS SPORTS HALL OF FAME SHOULD BE ESTBLISHED.
I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA.
IN HIS LETTER-TO-THE-EDITOR IN THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS, HE
LISTED SOME OF THE CARDINAL ATHLETES THAT COULD BE INDUCTED....
ED WHITCHELO, RON STEIN, RON SAGERS, SAGE ROSENFELS, JOE
BULLOCKK, GARY STARR AND RICH O'HARA, TO NAME A FEW.
BASKETBALL TONIGHT....THE BOYS HOSTING WESTERN DUBUQUE AND
THE GIRLS UP THERE. GO CARDINALS.
SAW "SMILEY" OUT AT WAL MART TODAY. STILL LIVING IN IOWA CITY.
HE'S 65. HE'S A ST. LOUIS CARDINAL FAN AND SAYS HE'LL MISS ALBERT
AND TONY. AND OF COURSE HE'S HAPPY THE HAWKS ARE IN ANOTHER
BOWL GAME.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
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TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY, CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, SPENT ONEHOUR IN MAQUOKETA TODAY. THERE WERE TWO BUSES, ONE FOR THE PRESS AND THE OTHER FOR GOV PERRY AND HIS FRIEND, GOV BOBBY JINDAL OF
LOUISIANA, CAMPAIGNING FOR PERRY IN EASTERN IOWA TODAY. THE
EVENT TOOK PLACE AT THE DECKER HOTEL, ACROSS FROM KMAQ.....IN
THE SMALL LOBBY. IT WAS PACKED. TOP PHOTO, GOV PERRY INTRODUCES
GOV JINDAL.
NEXT PHOTO, GOV JINDAL ADDRESSES THE CROWD OF MAQUOKETA AND
JACKSON COUNTY REPUBLICANS.
NEXT TWO PHOTOS, OF PERRY'S BUS BEHIND THE BUS THAT ARRIVED WITH THE
PRESS CORPS TEN MINUTES EARLIER. THE BOTTOM PHOTO IS GOV PERRY
TALKING TO THE GROUP.
I DID A 'LIVE" REPORT OVER KMAQ-FM WITH MY CELL PHONE AND SAID TO GOV PERRY....'WELCOME TO MAQUOKETA", AND HE RESPONDED THAT HE WAS GLAD TO BE HERE.
SO, IF HE IS ELECTED PRESIDENT, WE CAN ALWAYS SAY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WAS INTERVIEWED ON KMAQ. THERE WERE 6 OR 7 MAQUOKETA COLLEGE STUDENTS ON-BREAK, PROTESTING WITH 3 SIGNS
....ONE SAYING TO CONTINUE CHURCH/RELIGION SEPARATION... AND
ANOTHER READ...."NOT AGAIN" AND THE YOUNG MAN SAID THAT MENT
NOT ANOTHER TEXAN FOR PRESIDENT.
A LITTLE EXCITEMENT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA TODAY.
AFTER JANUARY 3RD, THE HAWKEYE STATE GOES BACK TO NORMAL.
THE POLLS SAY THAT IF THE CAUCUS WAS TODAY, CONG RON PAUL WOULD
BE THE WINNER.
OH YES....I SAW STATE SENATOR TOD BOWMAN (D) OF MAQUOKETA AT THE
EVENT THIS MORNING.
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Monday, December 19, 2011
44 THE HIGH TODAY, WITH SOME SUNSHINE.
RAIN AND SNOW THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, BUT VERY LITTLE.
NO WHITE CHRISTMAS FOR MAQUOKETA.
THERE WILL AGAIN BE STOCK CAR RACING IN MAQUOKETA THIS SUMMER.
AND THE NEW PROMOTORS WILL BE RYAN DUHME AND TIM CURRENT.
BOTH ARE STOCK CAR RACERS, BUT WILL NOT RACE IN MAQUOKETA.
FIRST RACE, APRIL 7TH. THEY REPLACE BOB WAGNER, WHO WAS THE RACE PROMOTOR THE PAST 19 YEARS AND ANNOUNCED LAST FALL HE IS
RETIRING.
RAINA COSTELLO OF MAQUOKETA WAS IN A DEER-VEHICLE ACCIDENT
LAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NO INJURIES AND $4,500 DAMAGE TO
HER 2002 FORD FOCUS. THE CAR IS REGISTERED TO TIFFANY BIEHL
OF MAQUOKETA.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
A BIRTH: SETH AND JENNA WEER OF MARION ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL
BORN DECEMBER 9TH IN A CEDAR RAPIDS HOSPITAL.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE TOM AND SUE FULLER OF MAQUOKETA.
ROBERT "R.B." BURNETT, AGE 64, OF MARION AND FORMERLY OF LISBON
DIED THIS MORNING. HE IS SURVIVED BY A BROTHER, RON BURNETT
IN MAQUOKETA.
HELEN PETERSEN, 101, DIED THIS MORNING AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE
CENTER. MYRNA OLSON OF MAQUOKETA IS HER DAUGHTER.
HELEN'S OBITUARY IS ON THE CARSON AND SON WEB SITE.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS FINISHED LAST IN THE SABER
INVITATIONAL SATURDAY AT DEWITT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
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RAIN AND SNOW THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, BUT VERY LITTLE.
NO WHITE CHRISTMAS FOR MAQUOKETA.
THERE WILL AGAIN BE STOCK CAR RACING IN MAQUOKETA THIS SUMMER.
AND THE NEW PROMOTORS WILL BE RYAN DUHME AND TIM CURRENT.
BOTH ARE STOCK CAR RACERS, BUT WILL NOT RACE IN MAQUOKETA.
FIRST RACE, APRIL 7TH. THEY REPLACE BOB WAGNER, WHO WAS THE RACE PROMOTOR THE PAST 19 YEARS AND ANNOUNCED LAST FALL HE IS
RETIRING.
RAINA COSTELLO OF MAQUOKETA WAS IN A DEER-VEHICLE ACCIDENT
LAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NO INJURIES AND $4,500 DAMAGE TO
HER 2002 FORD FOCUS. THE CAR IS REGISTERED TO TIFFANY BIEHL
OF MAQUOKETA.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
A BIRTH: SETH AND JENNA WEER OF MARION ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL
BORN DECEMBER 9TH IN A CEDAR RAPIDS HOSPITAL.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE TOM AND SUE FULLER OF MAQUOKETA.
ROBERT "R.B." BURNETT, AGE 64, OF MARION AND FORMERLY OF LISBON
DIED THIS MORNING. HE IS SURVIVED BY A BROTHER, RON BURNETT
IN MAQUOKETA.
HELEN PETERSEN, 101, DIED THIS MORNING AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE
CENTER. MYRNA OLSON OF MAQUOKETA IS HER DAUGHTER.
HELEN'S OBITUARY IS ON THE CARSON AND SON WEB SITE.
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS FINISHED LAST IN THE SABER
INVITATIONAL SATURDAY AT DEWITT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
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Sunday, December 18, 2011
A NEW MAQUOKETA BUSINESS...."FULL-THROTTLE POWERSPORTS".....LOCATED BEHIND THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA, AND OWNED
BY SUE FELDERMAN. KURT AND LORIN FELDERMAN ARE CO-MANAGERS.
IN OTHER BUSINESS NEWS:
THE NEW VERIZON CELL PHONE STORE IS LOCATED AT 101 WESTGATE
DRIVE AND THE MANAGER IS CHAD SULLIVAN.
ANOTHER NEW BUSINESS, DOWNTOWN IS:
"RAGA BABE, INC.".....THEY MANUFACTURE AND SELL CLOTH DIAPERS.
YOU MIGHT GOOGLE THEIR WEB SITE FOR MORE INFORMATION. IT IS
OWNED BY JOY YODER AND CAROL KETELSEN. THEIR LOCATION IS THE
FORMER BILL MOLER'S CLOTHING STORE.
JOSH COLLISTER OF MAQUOKETA HAS PURCHASED "SWEET THINGS BAKERY"
DOWNTOWN. FORMER COOK AT THE DECKER HOTEL (STILL FILLS IN THERE
WHEN NEEDED) AND NOW QUICKLY LEARNING THE BAKING BUSINESS AND
DOING A GREAT JOB. HAS NEW ITEMS AND STORE FEATURES. AS ALWAYS,
YOU CAN ENJOY A CUP OF COFFEE AND SWEAT BREAKFAST PASTRY THERE
AT THE STORE OR CARRY OUT.
THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK THIS MONTH DONATED $1,500 TO THE
MAQUOKETA FOOD PANTRY. THE PANTRY SERVES UP TO 120 PEOPLE
EVERY WEEK. GARY EGGERS IS IN CHARGE. SOON, IT WILL MOVE FROM
THE METHODIST CHURCH TO THE FORMER ALDI'S STORE ON WEST
PLATT STREET, NOW OWNED BY DAC, INC.
OHNWARD BANCSHARES AND MAQUOKETA STATE BANK PRESENTED
AN IOWA BANKERS ASSOCIATION PLAQUE TO BRADLEY WALLER.
IT WAS THE STUDENT ATHLETE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, FOR PLAY IN
3A FOOTBALL HERE IN MAQUOKETA, AS A CARDINAL PLAYER. HIS
PARENTS ARE DR. ROGER AND TRACY WALLER OF MAQUOKETA.
ALL THE BUSINESS NEWS FOR NOW.
HAVE A GOOD MONDAY.
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
LAST NIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS
BASKETBALL TEAMS BOTH BEAT WEST DELAWARE, MANCHESTER.
AND THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS BOWLING TEAM LAST NIGHT BEAT MARION BY SEVERAL HUNDRED PINS. THE GIRLS LOST TO MARION BY ONLY
ABOUT 100 PINS.
GOV. RICK PERRY OF TEXAS IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA NEXT TUESDAY,
AT 11:45 A.M. WITH HIM WILL BE GOV. BOBBY JINDAL OF LOUISIANA.
THE MEET-AND-GREET WILL BE AT THE DECKER HOTEL
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BASKETBALL TEAMS BOTH BEAT WEST DELAWARE, MANCHESTER.
AND THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS BOWLING TEAM LAST NIGHT BEAT MARION BY SEVERAL HUNDRED PINS. THE GIRLS LOST TO MARION BY ONLY
ABOUT 100 PINS.
GOV. RICK PERRY OF TEXAS IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA NEXT TUESDAY,
AT 11:45 A.M. WITH HIM WILL BE GOV. BOBBY JINDAL OF LOUISIANA.
THE MEET-AND-GREET WILL BE AT THE DECKER HOTEL
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TOP PHOTO IS OF THE PRESENT BANOWETZ ANTIQUES IN MAQUOKETA.THE BUILDING HAS BEEN SOLD TO MARK EDWARDS AND NO WORD ON
WHAT WILL GO INTO THAT BUILDING.
MIDDLE PHOTO...ADVERTISING THE SALE BEFORE THE MOVE.
BOTTOM PHOTO...ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE MAIN BUILDING IS THIS
SMALLER BUILDING THAT IS OWNED BY KATHY AND VERL AND WILL BE
USED BY THEM STARTING IN JANUARY AS THEIR LOCATION FOR
BANOWETZ ANTIQUES. THEY WILL ALSO DO BUSINESS FROM THEIR
ORIGINAL LOCATION MANY YEARS AGO (BEHIND THEIR HOME) JUST NORTH
OF MAQUOKETA ABOUT A MILE. THEIR REPAIR AND REFURNISHING WORK
WILL BE DONE THERE, WHICH IS ALSO THEIR WAREHOUSE.
GLAD TO HAVE KATHY AND VERL STAYING IN BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA. THEY
HAVE BROUGHT THOUSANDS TO MAQUOKETA ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR
AROUND 40 YEARS. THEY KNOW THE ANTIQUE BUSINESS LIKE NO ONE ELSE.
AND THEY CONTINUE TO OWN AND OPERATE SQUIRE'S MANOR BED AND
BREAKFAST IN MAQUOKETA, ONE OF THE FINEST IN THE MIDWEST.
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Friday, December 16, 2011
SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH OF ONLY 32. WARMER TOMORROW AND SUNDAY.
A YEAR AGO, WE HAD A LOT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE EAST IRON HILL CHURCH AND THE EAGLES CLUB
ARE COMBINING TO HOST THE COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS DINNER.
THE TURKEY AND HAM DINNER WILL BE AT THE EAGLES ON CHRISTMAS
DAY FROM 11:30 A.M. UNTIL 1 P.M. ANY QUESTIONS, CALL 652-6626.
DONATIONS OF CASH, PIES AND SALADS WILL BE APPRECIATED.
IN THE WAMAC CONFERENCE DOUBLE-DUAL WRESTLING MEET YESTERDAY
AT DEWITT...
CENTRAL DEWITT SABERS 60, MAQUOKETA CARDINALS 18
WESTERN DUBUQUE BOBCATS 72, MAQUOKETA 6
THE MCHS BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY TONIGHT....THE GIRLS AT
WEST DELAWARE, MANCHESTER AND THE BOYS HOST WEST DELAWARE
AT THE NEW GYM.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
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A YEAR AGO, WE HAD A LOT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE EAST IRON HILL CHURCH AND THE EAGLES CLUB
ARE COMBINING TO HOST THE COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS DINNER.
THE TURKEY AND HAM DINNER WILL BE AT THE EAGLES ON CHRISTMAS
DAY FROM 11:30 A.M. UNTIL 1 P.M. ANY QUESTIONS, CALL 652-6626.
DONATIONS OF CASH, PIES AND SALADS WILL BE APPRECIATED.
IN THE WAMAC CONFERENCE DOUBLE-DUAL WRESTLING MEET YESTERDAY
AT DEWITT...
CENTRAL DEWITT SABERS 60, MAQUOKETA CARDINALS 18
WESTERN DUBUQUE BOBCATS 72, MAQUOKETA 6
THE MCHS BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY TONIGHT....THE GIRLS AT
WEST DELAWARE, MANCHESTER AND THE BOYS HOST WEST DELAWARE
AT THE NEW GYM.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
LOW LAST NIGHT, 41.
HIGH TODAY, 41.
THE TEMPERATURE WENT DOWN HOURLY TODAY WITH A STRONG WIND...
AND DOWN TO LOW 30'S BY LATE AFTERNOON. SUNSHINE WAS IN FORECAST
THIS AFTERNOON, BUT WE GOT NONE. TOMORROW, SUNNY AND HIGH OF
34.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS ARE IN A DOUBLE-DUAL TONIGHT AT DEWITT
AGAINST DEWITT AND WESTERN DUBUQUE.
BOB BRINKER HIT A DEER TUESDAY ON THE DARK HOLLOW ROAD.
A BOY BORN DECEMBER 10TH TO LANCE AND WHITNEY RICHARDSON
IN BUHL, IDAHO. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE TOM AND DEONA CASEL OF MAQUOKETA AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE LYLE AND ETHEL
RICHARDSON OF MAQUOKETA.
AND...ZACH JAMISON AND MALLORY CASEL OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS
OF A GIRL. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE TOM AND DEONA CASEL
OF MAQUOKETA. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS LIVE IN CLINTON.
TAKE CARE.
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HIGH TODAY, 41.
THE TEMPERATURE WENT DOWN HOURLY TODAY WITH A STRONG WIND...
AND DOWN TO LOW 30'S BY LATE AFTERNOON. SUNSHINE WAS IN FORECAST
THIS AFTERNOON, BUT WE GOT NONE. TOMORROW, SUNNY AND HIGH OF
34.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS ARE IN A DOUBLE-DUAL TONIGHT AT DEWITT
AGAINST DEWITT AND WESTERN DUBUQUE.
BOB BRINKER HIT A DEER TUESDAY ON THE DARK HOLLOW ROAD.
A BOY BORN DECEMBER 10TH TO LANCE AND WHITNEY RICHARDSON
IN BUHL, IDAHO. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE TOM AND DEONA CASEL OF MAQUOKETA AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE LYLE AND ETHEL
RICHARDSON OF MAQUOKETA.
AND...ZACH JAMISON AND MALLORY CASEL OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS
OF A GIRL. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE TOM AND DEONA CASEL
OF MAQUOKETA. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS LIVE IN CLINTON.
TAKE CARE.
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THE CHRISTMAS "REACH FOR A STAR" PROGRAM HAS AGAIN BEEN A BIGSUCCESS, AS THE PHOTO ABOVE SHOWS. THESE ARE THE GIFTS AROUND
THE TREE AT U.S. BANK IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. THE OTHER TREE
IS AT MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, ALSO DOWNTOWN. FOR MANY, MANY YEARS....
DUANE TRENKAMP AT U.S. BANK AND BARB MILLER AT MSB HAVE CO-CHAIRED
THIS CHRISTMAS GIVING PROGRAM FOR SENIORS AND KIDS. EACH GIFT
HAS A VALUE OF AT LEAST $20 AND ANSWERS THE WISH BY THE PERSON WHO SIGNED UP TO HAVE A STAR ON THE TREE. THANKS TO ALL YOU GAVE!
THANKS TO DUANE AND BARB FOR HEADING IT UP AGAIN. QUITE
A PICTURE ISN'T IT!
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WENT WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER SARA TO VISIT THE "EXOTIC PET STORE"ON SOUTH JONES AVENUE THE OTHER NIGHT. IT IS OWNED BY BRIAN AND
KIM RIXEN AND THEY WERE THERE, BUSY CARING FOR ALL THE PETS.
WHAT A SELECTION...THE STORE IS FULL...FROM SNAKES TO BIRDS TO
FISH AND MORE. NOTE THE CORAL TANK ABOVE. CORAL, ANIMALS, NOT
PLANTS. THEY ARE HAND-FED BY BRIAN. BRIAN SAID THEY HAVE THE
LARGEST DISPLAY OF CORAL IN JACKSON AND DUBUQUE COUNTIES.
THEY HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS A YEAR AND BUSY SEVEN DAYS
A WEEK. OPEN DAILY AT 11 AND SUNDAYS AT NOON AND THEY DON'T CLOSE
UNTIL 6 OR AFTER. GOOD PLACE TO TAKE THE KIDS FOR A VISIT DURING
THE HOLIDAY.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
NOT A BAD DAY TODAY......SUNSHINE FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND A HIGH
OF 43.....BUT.....RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
TWO MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH ON-GOING BURGLARIES
OF BEER FROM THE TOM SCHUELLER HOME ON WEST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA.
THEY ARE SCOTT FILLOON, AGE 24, OF MAQUOKETA AND DAMON McFARLANE,
AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA. THE ADMITTED TAKING FOUR 30-PACKS OF
BEER FROM SCHUELLER'S GARAGE.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD AT THEIR MEETING YESTERDAY LEARNED
THAT A GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM FOR BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COULD
COST ABOUT $1.8 MILLION. THE BOARD POSTPONED A DECISION TO HIRE
AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO DESIGN A SYSTEM. WHETHER THE IDEA WILL
GO FORWARD WILL DEPEND ON SOIL BORINGS TO SEE IF AN UNDERGROUND
SYSTEM IS WORKABLE IN THE AREA OF BRIGG'S SCHOOL. THREE TEST BORINGS AT A COST OF $2,950 WILL BE DONE NEXT WEEK. THEN A MEETING
WILL BE HELD SOON AFTER TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON THE ENERGY SAVING PROJECT. AND IF THEY DECIDE TO GO AHEAD, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE WORK COMPLETED BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS NEXT YEAR.
K MOTORSPORTS, MAQUOKETA, OWNER COLE KROMMINGA OF MONTICELLO, HAS PURCHASED THE OLD THEISEN'S STORE ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA AND PLANS TO MOVE HIS BUSINESS FROM JUST OFF SOUTH MAIN STREET TO THE LARGER BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
THEISEN'S LEFT THAT BUILDING AND MOVED TO THE FORMER WAL MART
BUILDING ON WEST PLATT STREET. THEIR CURRENT BUILDING, BEHIND
FS, IS NOW FOR SALE. THEY WILL HAVE FOUR TIMES THE SPACE.
KROMMINGA SAID THEY WILLL CONTINUE TO SELL AND REPAIR ATV'S...
FOUR WHEELERS...DIRT BIKES, ETC. THEY ARE THE DEALER FOR ARTIC
CAT, KAWASAKI, SUZUKI AND POLARIS. HE SAID EMPLOYEES ARE RE-DOING
THE FLOOR OF THE FORMER THEISEN'S BUILDING AND OTHER REMODELLING
IS ALSO PLANNED. WILL BE NICE TO SEE THAT EMPTY BUILDING
USED FOR A BUSINESS AGAIN.
MAQUOKETA HOSTS DEWITT IN A GIRL - BOY DOUBLHEADER TONIGHT AT THE NEW MCHS GYM. GIRL'S GAME AT 6 AND BOY'S AT 7:30. BOTH GAMES
WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ AM AND FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE,
STARTING AROUND 5:50 TONIGHT. MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY
MIC.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
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OF 43.....BUT.....RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
TWO MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH ON-GOING BURGLARIES
OF BEER FROM THE TOM SCHUELLER HOME ON WEST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA.
THEY ARE SCOTT FILLOON, AGE 24, OF MAQUOKETA AND DAMON McFARLANE,
AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA. THE ADMITTED TAKING FOUR 30-PACKS OF
BEER FROM SCHUELLER'S GARAGE.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD AT THEIR MEETING YESTERDAY LEARNED
THAT A GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM FOR BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COULD
COST ABOUT $1.8 MILLION. THE BOARD POSTPONED A DECISION TO HIRE
AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO DESIGN A SYSTEM. WHETHER THE IDEA WILL
GO FORWARD WILL DEPEND ON SOIL BORINGS TO SEE IF AN UNDERGROUND
SYSTEM IS WORKABLE IN THE AREA OF BRIGG'S SCHOOL. THREE TEST BORINGS AT A COST OF $2,950 WILL BE DONE NEXT WEEK. THEN A MEETING
WILL BE HELD SOON AFTER TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON THE ENERGY SAVING PROJECT. AND IF THEY DECIDE TO GO AHEAD, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE WORK COMPLETED BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS NEXT YEAR.
K MOTORSPORTS, MAQUOKETA, OWNER COLE KROMMINGA OF MONTICELLO, HAS PURCHASED THE OLD THEISEN'S STORE ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA AND PLANS TO MOVE HIS BUSINESS FROM JUST OFF SOUTH MAIN STREET TO THE LARGER BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
THEISEN'S LEFT THAT BUILDING AND MOVED TO THE FORMER WAL MART
BUILDING ON WEST PLATT STREET. THEIR CURRENT BUILDING, BEHIND
FS, IS NOW FOR SALE. THEY WILL HAVE FOUR TIMES THE SPACE.
KROMMINGA SAID THEY WILLL CONTINUE TO SELL AND REPAIR ATV'S...
FOUR WHEELERS...DIRT BIKES, ETC. THEY ARE THE DEALER FOR ARTIC
CAT, KAWASAKI, SUZUKI AND POLARIS. HE SAID EMPLOYEES ARE RE-DOING
THE FLOOR OF THE FORMER THEISEN'S BUILDING AND OTHER REMODELLING
IS ALSO PLANNED. WILL BE NICE TO SEE THAT EMPTY BUILDING
USED FOR A BUSINESS AGAIN.
MAQUOKETA HOSTS DEWITT IN A GIRL - BOY DOUBLHEADER TONIGHT AT THE NEW MCHS GYM. GIRL'S GAME AT 6 AND BOY'S AT 7:30. BOTH GAMES
WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ AM AND FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE,
STARTING AROUND 5:50 TONIGHT. MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY
MIC.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
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THIS PHOTO OF SANTA (THE REAL SANTA) WAS TAKEN SUNDAY NIGHT AT"BEAR CREEK" (FORMER KFC BUILDING NEXT TO PIZZA HUT) AT THE
MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB CHRISTMAS DINNER AND PARTY. AFTER
A DELICIOUS MEAL SERVED BY AMBER EDWARDS AND STAFF, SANTA CAME TO
FIND OUT WHICH ROTARIANS HAVE BEEN NAUGHTY OR NICE. HERE WE
SEE CONNIE TJARKS, PRESIDENT OF THE ROTARY CLUB ALONG WITH
RETIRED HUSBAND, DAVE. HE'S ALSO HER "Go For" AT HER INTERNET
BUSINESS, "KNOT ENOUGH THYME" knotenoughtyme.com AND SHE REMINDED
ME THAT SHE IS HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE AT HER BARN SHOP THIS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17TH FROM 9 AM UNTIL 4 PM FOR CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING. FOR YOUR GPS, THAT ADDRESS IS 12201 - 288TH AVENUE,
MAQUOKETA.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY IS MAQUOKETA'S OLDEST SERVICE CLUB (NEARLY 75) AND MEETS WEDNESDAY NOON AT THE EAGLES CLUB ON EAST PLATT
STREET. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER FOR OVER 40 YEARS. ANY MAN OR WOMAN
IS WELCOME TO COME ANY WEDNESDAY AND SIT-IN (HAVE DINNER WITH
US) AND SEE WHAT ROTARY MEETINGS ARE LIKE. THE MAQUOKETA
ROTARY ALSO HAS A WEB SIT. JUST GOOGLE MAQUOKETA ROTARY.
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM PRESIDENT CONNIE TJARKS AND THE 30 MEMBERS
OF MAQUOKETA ROTARY.
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Monday, December 12, 2011
41 DEGREES TODAY.
RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS....THEN LOOKS LIKE THE
WEEKEND WILL BE DRY AND COOLER.
SPORTS FIRST: MAQUOKETA PLACED THIRD IN THEIR ZIMMERMAN
TOURNAMENT SATURDAY. DUBUQUE SENIOR FINISHED 1ST.
TWO CARDINALS TOOK SECOND PLACE....ALEX EGGERS AND EVAN SUTTON.
OTHER CARDINAL WRESTLERS SATURDAY WERE: BEAU BOWMAN....
CHRISTIAN FLENKER....LOGAN MAYBERRY....DALLAS DURKOP....JOSH KIRK....
TY THEDE....AND TANNER MOREHEAD.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED DYERSVILLE FRIDAY
NIGHT, 71 TO 39......AND THEY ARE NOW 3 AND 3.
THE BOY PLAYED AT DYERSVILLE AND LOST BY 2 POINTS. THE BOYS
ARE N OW 1 AND 3.
THE BOWLING TEAM FRIDAY NIGHT SAW THE CARDINALS LOOSE TO
DUBUQUE ..BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS LOST.
TODAY, THE BOWLING TEAMS ARE IN CAMANCHE.
AND...IN ADULT BOWLING OVER THE WEEKEND, TOM QUINLAN OF MAQUOKETA
ROLLED A 300. IT WAS NOT HIS FIRST...BELIEVE HE HAS HAD SEVERAL.
THREE MEN WERE ARRESTED AFTER A FIGHT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
AT THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER, AROUND 1:15 A.M.
ALL THREE ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND
INTOXICATION. THE CENTER HAD BEEN RENTED FROM THE YMCA
AND THE THREE APPARENTLY DID NOT LEAVE AFTER THE PARTY AND
WERE STAYING OVERNIGHT THERE. BLOOD HAD TO BE CLEANED UP
IN THE MORNING BEFORE A WEEKLY CHURCH SERVICE. THE THREE
WERE: DANIEL SAHN, AGE 28....LEROY JOSE, AGE 24 AND KEN WILLIAM,AGE
29 AND ALL OF MAQUOKETA.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, BILL HARE, AGE 62, WAS IN A HEAD-ON ACCIDENT
AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF DUBUQUE AROUND 2:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
THE OTHER DRIVER, JORDAN TIMMERMAN, AGE 19, OF DUBUQUE.
HE CROSSED THE CENTERLINE AND CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. HARE
WAS INJURED AND IS STILL A PATIENT AT FINLEY HOSPITAL. THE HIGHWAY
WAS SHUT DOWN AND TRAFFIC WAS RE-ROUTED UNTIL AFTER 7 P.M.
THERE WILL BE A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
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RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS....THEN LOOKS LIKE THE
WEEKEND WILL BE DRY AND COOLER.
SPORTS FIRST: MAQUOKETA PLACED THIRD IN THEIR ZIMMERMAN
TOURNAMENT SATURDAY. DUBUQUE SENIOR FINISHED 1ST.
TWO CARDINALS TOOK SECOND PLACE....ALEX EGGERS AND EVAN SUTTON.
OTHER CARDINAL WRESTLERS SATURDAY WERE: BEAU BOWMAN....
CHRISTIAN FLENKER....LOGAN MAYBERRY....DALLAS DURKOP....JOSH KIRK....
TY THEDE....AND TANNER MOREHEAD.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED DYERSVILLE FRIDAY
NIGHT, 71 TO 39......AND THEY ARE NOW 3 AND 3.
THE BOY PLAYED AT DYERSVILLE AND LOST BY 2 POINTS. THE BOYS
ARE N OW 1 AND 3.
THE BOWLING TEAM FRIDAY NIGHT SAW THE CARDINALS LOOSE TO
DUBUQUE ..BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS LOST.
TODAY, THE BOWLING TEAMS ARE IN CAMANCHE.
AND...IN ADULT BOWLING OVER THE WEEKEND, TOM QUINLAN OF MAQUOKETA
ROLLED A 300. IT WAS NOT HIS FIRST...BELIEVE HE HAS HAD SEVERAL.
THREE MEN WERE ARRESTED AFTER A FIGHT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
AT THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER, AROUND 1:15 A.M.
ALL THREE ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND
INTOXICATION. THE CENTER HAD BEEN RENTED FROM THE YMCA
AND THE THREE APPARENTLY DID NOT LEAVE AFTER THE PARTY AND
WERE STAYING OVERNIGHT THERE. BLOOD HAD TO BE CLEANED UP
IN THE MORNING BEFORE A WEEKLY CHURCH SERVICE. THE THREE
WERE: DANIEL SAHN, AGE 28....LEROY JOSE, AGE 24 AND KEN WILLIAM,AGE
29 AND ALL OF MAQUOKETA.
A MAQUOKETA MAN, BILL HARE, AGE 62, WAS IN A HEAD-ON ACCIDENT
AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF DUBUQUE AROUND 2:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
THE OTHER DRIVER, JORDAN TIMMERMAN, AGE 19, OF DUBUQUE.
HE CROSSED THE CENTERLINE AND CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. HARE
WAS INJURED AND IS STILL A PATIENT AT FINLEY HOSPITAL. THE HIGHWAY
WAS SHUT DOWN AND TRAFFIC WAS RE-ROUTED UNTIL AFTER 7 P.M.
THERE WILL BE A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
THE "SCHOENTHALER ,ROBERG,BARTELT & KAHLER" LAW OFFICES BUILDINGJUST NORTH OF KMAQ IS GETTING A "FACELIFTING" BY "G.L. STOCKHAM
AND SON, CONTRACTORS" IN MAQUOKETA. IN THE HEATED SPACE BEHIND
THE PLASTIC, MAGIC IS HAPPENING AND SOON THE PLASTIC COMES DOWN
TO REVEAL THE NEW LOOK. I CAN'T WAIT! I'LL HAVE A PHOTO OF COURSE.
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Friday, December 09, 2011
THIS MORNING, IT WAS 15 DEGREES AND THE HIGH TODAY, ONLY 22.
TONIGHT DOWN TO 3 ABOVE AND TOMORROW BACK UP TO MID 20'S.
AN 18 YEAR OLD YOUTH WAS CHARGED BY MAQUOKETA POLICE WITH HAVING
TWO BAGS OF MARIJUANA AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY.
JACOB LOPP WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DRUG
PARAPHERNALIA.
JOE HEINRICH, RURAL MAQUOKETA FARMER, WAS ELECTED VICE-PRESIDENT
OF THE IOWA FARM BUREAU AT THE ANNUAL CONVENTION IN DES MOINES
THIS WEEK. HE HAS BEEN REPRESENTING DISTRICT 6, WHICH INCLUDES
JACKSON COUNTY AND 10 OTHER COUNTIES. HE AND HIS WIFE SHELLEY
HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS. A BIG HONOR FOR JOE AND OUR CONGRATULATIONS
TO HIM.
ON POLICE BLOTTER....MIKE WING OF NORTH 5TH STREET REPORTED
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT TOOLS WERE STOLEN FROM HIS GARAGE.
LOCK YOUR GARAGE EVERYBODY!
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS LAST NIGHT, HERE IN MAQUOKETA,
DEFEATED ANAMOSA 40 TO 36 AND LOST TO DYERSVILLE, 37 TO 24.
TONIGHT, THE CARDINAL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM HOSTS DYERSVILLE,
AND THE BOYS PLAY AT DYERSVILLE.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
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TONIGHT DOWN TO 3 ABOVE AND TOMORROW BACK UP TO MID 20'S.
AN 18 YEAR OLD YOUTH WAS CHARGED BY MAQUOKETA POLICE WITH HAVING
TWO BAGS OF MARIJUANA AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL YESTERDAY.
JACOB LOPP WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DRUG
PARAPHERNALIA.
JOE HEINRICH, RURAL MAQUOKETA FARMER, WAS ELECTED VICE-PRESIDENT
OF THE IOWA FARM BUREAU AT THE ANNUAL CONVENTION IN DES MOINES
THIS WEEK. HE HAS BEEN REPRESENTING DISTRICT 6, WHICH INCLUDES
JACKSON COUNTY AND 10 OTHER COUNTIES. HE AND HIS WIFE SHELLEY
HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS. A BIG HONOR FOR JOE AND OUR CONGRATULATIONS
TO HIM.
ON POLICE BLOTTER....MIKE WING OF NORTH 5TH STREET REPORTED
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT TOOLS WERE STOLEN FROM HIS GARAGE.
LOCK YOUR GARAGE EVERYBODY!
THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL WRESTLERS LAST NIGHT, HERE IN MAQUOKETA,
DEFEATED ANAMOSA 40 TO 36 AND LOST TO DYERSVILLE, 37 TO 24.
TONIGHT, THE CARDINAL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM HOSTS DYERSVILLE,
AND THE BOYS PLAY AT DYERSVILLE.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
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Thursday, December 08, 2011
I GOOFED!
TODAY (THURSDAY) THE NEW "DAILY REPORT" FOR TODAY
WAS INCORRECTLY POSTED ON KMAQ"S HOME LIGHTING
WEB SITE.
SO, FOR TODAY'S DAILY REPORT....GO TO THE HOME PAGE.....WWW.KMAQ.COM
AND CLICK-ON THE HOME LIGHTING BUTTON.
YOU WILL THEN BE ABLE TO READ TODAY'S "DAILY" AND THEN LOOK AT THE
HOMES THAT ARE ENTERED IN KMAQ'S LIGHTING CONTEST.
SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
DENNIS VOY
TODAY (THURSDAY) THE NEW "DAILY REPORT" FOR TODAY
WAS INCORRECTLY POSTED ON KMAQ"S HOME LIGHTING
WEB SITE.
SO, FOR TODAY'S DAILY REPORT....GO TO THE HOME PAGE.....WWW.KMAQ.COM
AND CLICK-ON THE HOME LIGHTING BUTTON.
YOU WILL THEN BE ABLE TO READ TODAY'S "DAILY" AND THEN LOOK AT THE
HOMES THAT ARE ENTERED IN KMAQ'S LIGHTING CONTEST.
SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, December 05, 2011
CLOUDY AND WINDY AND HIGH OF ONLY 30 TODAY.
BIG STORY TODAY WAS THE ATTEMPTED BURGLARY WITH A SHOTGUN
AT THE FRANZEN FARM-HOME JUST NORTH OF MONMOUTH AT
AROUND 1 THIS MORNING. SEPARATE STORY ON THAT ... BELOW.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. THEY WILL TALK
ABOUT THE COUNCIL AT-LARGE SEAT THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED,
TO REPLACE COUNCILMAN DON SCHWENKER, WHO TAKES OVER AS
MAYOR JANUARY 2ND.
ALSO ON AGENDA, SELLING THE SUNSHINE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
TO SACRED HEART SCHOOL FOR $2,500.
AND, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO ALLOW AN EASEMENT
AT LITTLE BEAR PARK FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DO A TEST FOR
GEO THERMAL HEATING AND COOLING FOR BRIGG'S SCHOOL.
AND THE BROKEN-DOWN-AGAIN TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT MAIN AND PLATT
WILL BE DISCUSSED.
BASKETBALL FRIDAY NIGHT...
CARDINAL BOYS BEAT WATERLOO COLUMBUS 59 TO 49, HERE.
THE GIRLS BEAT COLUMBUS CATHOLIC THERE, 43 TO 40.
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE GIRLS LOST TO NORTH SCOTT, 45 TO 33.
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS WENT 3 AND 2 ON THE
DAY, BEATING VINTON, CASCADE AND CLAYTON RIDGE AND
LOOSING TO MAQUOKETA VALLEY AND DUBUQUE WAHLERT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
BIG STORY TODAY WAS THE ATTEMPTED BURGLARY WITH A SHOTGUN
AT THE FRANZEN FARM-HOME JUST NORTH OF MONMOUTH AT
AROUND 1 THIS MORNING. SEPARATE STORY ON THAT ... BELOW.
MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. THEY WILL TALK
ABOUT THE COUNCIL AT-LARGE SEAT THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED,
TO REPLACE COUNCILMAN DON SCHWENKER, WHO TAKES OVER AS
MAYOR JANUARY 2ND.
ALSO ON AGENDA, SELLING THE SUNSHINE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
TO SACRED HEART SCHOOL FOR $2,500.
AND, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO ALLOW AN EASEMENT
AT LITTLE BEAR PARK FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DO A TEST FOR
GEO THERMAL HEATING AND COOLING FOR BRIGG'S SCHOOL.
AND THE BROKEN-DOWN-AGAIN TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT MAIN AND PLATT
WILL BE DISCUSSED.
BASKETBALL FRIDAY NIGHT...
CARDINAL BOYS BEAT WATERLOO COLUMBUS 59 TO 49, HERE.
THE GIRLS BEAT COLUMBUS CATHOLIC THERE, 43 TO 40.
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE GIRLS LOST TO NORTH SCOTT, 45 TO 33.
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS WENT 3 AND 2 ON THE
DAY, BEATING VINTON, CASCADE AND CLAYTON RIDGE AND
LOOSING TO MAQUOKETA VALLEY AND DUBUQUE WAHLERT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
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THE KMAQ BUS GOT HOME FROM NASHVILLE AT 7 LAST NIGHT, ENDING THEFOUR DAY TRIP. THIRTY MADE THE 12-HOUR BUS TRIP WITH BEAUTIFUL FALL
WEATHER. SAW THE ROCKETTES CHRISTMAS SHOW (FABULOUS) , AND THE GRAND OLE OPRY AT THE RYMAN. VISITED PRESIDENT JACKSON'S HOME, AND THE COUNTRY HALL OF FAME MUSEUM. SAW THE HOLIDAY ICE SHOW WEARING PARKAS TO KEEP US WARM IN THE 9-DEGREE BUILDING AT THE OPYRLAND (75 ARTISTS FROM CHINA WERE FLOWN TO OPRYLAND TO CARVE THE DISNEY CHARACTERS IN A PERIOD OF 3-MONTHS). CRUISED THE CUMBERLAND RIVER THAT FLOODED NASHVILLE A YEAR AGO AND CAUSED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS DAMAGE (STILL WORKING THE THE OPRY MALL WHICH RE-OPENS IN APRIL). SAW THE LOUISE MANDREL CHRISTMAS SHOW AND ON BROADWAYS STREET, VISITED MANY OF THE HUNDRED OR SO BARS (MOST WITH "LIVE" MUSIC ) AND HAD A BEER AND SANDWICH AT THE "WILDHORSE", NASHVILLE'S MOST FAMOUS BAR AND RESTAURANT. NIGHTLIFE ON MUSIC ROW IS BUMPER-TO-BUMPER PEOPLE EVERY NIGHT, ALL HAVING A GREAT TIME IN THE MUSIC CAPITOL OF THE WORLD. NASHVILLE IS A FUN, MUSICAL PLACE.
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN A VERY POPULAR, SMALL ICE-CREAM STORE DOWNTOWN. STOPPED THERE AFTER DINNER FOR A CONE AND RAN INTO TWO FELLOW KMAQ TRAVELERS, JANET TREKELL AND ARLENE McCUTCHEON, BOTH
OF MAQUOKETA. JANET AT LEFT, AND ARLENE AT RIGHT. NANCY MOORE
BETWEEN THEM. A YOUNG MAN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND CAME IN TO PAY
FOR SOME ROSES (BEING SOLD OUT FRONT ON THE SIDEWALK) AND WHILE
HE WAS PAYING, JANET SAID...."I'LL HOLD THOSE FOR YOU WHILE YOU PAY
FOR THEM". AND AS THE COUPLE LEFT, THEY HEARD SOME OTHER COMMENTS
ABOUT THE FLOWERS AND SMILED. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE MAN CAME
BACK IN AND HANDS ALL THREE A ROSE. WERE THEY SURPRISED! SO, HAD TO
TAKE THIS PHOTO. MORE ON NASHVILLE COMING UP! IT'S A GREAT
CITY TO VISIT! WE HAD A GOOD TIME!
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK BELOW FOR THE STORY ON THE ROBBERY ATTEMPT
EARLY THIS MORNING AT FRANZEN'S RURAL MONMOUTH FARM HOME.
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FLOYD CRAMER, DIED DECEMBER 31, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 64. "GOOGLE"HIM FOR HIS LIFE AS A FAMOUS, BUSY, NASHVILLE MUSICIAN. ON
THE KMAQ-TRAVEL TRIP TO NASHVILLE LAST WEEK, WE TOOK A GREAT
TOUR OF "STUDIO B" ON MUSIC ROW, AND THIS PIANO WAS THE ONE USED TO
RECORD FLOYD'S MEGA HIT "LAST DATE" IN 1960. COULD NOT RESIST SITTING
AT IT FOR THIS PHOTO. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE PLAYED
THAT SONG ON KMAQ. NASHVILLE WAS GREAT....YOU HAVE TO VISIT
IT SOMETIME AND VISIT DOWNTOWN (WITH ALL THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS-
MOST WITH "LIVE" MUSIC) AND 20-MINUTES AWAY, THE HUGE OPRYLAND
COMPLEX. SOME PEOPLE GO TO NASHVILLE AND SPEND THEIR ENTIRE
TIME AT OPRYLAND, BUT YOU SHOULD SEE MUSIC ROW (BROADWAY STREET)
TOO, HOME OF THE FAMOUS RESTORED "RYMAN AUDITORIUM" WHERE
IT ALL STARTED WITH THE GRAND OLE OPRY SATURDAY NIGHT SHOW,
BROADCAST TO 38 STATES ON RADIO STATION WSM. I'LL HAVE A COUPLE
OTHER PHOTOS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
DON'T FORGET TO READ BELOW TODAY'S BIG STORY ON THE INCIDENT
EARLY THIS MORNING JUST NORTH OF MONMOUTH.
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MAQUOKETA GOT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS
WEEK, WE WILL HAVE 30-PLUS WEATHER UNTIL THURSDAY AND
IN THE MID 20'S FRIDAY. TODAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND SUNNY TOMORROW.
BIG STORY THIS MORNING! JUST BEFORE 1 THIS MORNING, MIKE AND KANDY
FRANZEN , WHO LIVE NORTH OF MONMOUTH, CAME CLOSE TO BEING KILLED
BY AN APPARENT ROBBER. KANDY HEARD A NOISE, AWOKE MIKE AND
SAID SOMEONE IS AT THE DOOR. THE DOOR BELL HAD RUNG. MIKE WENT
TO FRONT DOOR AND NO ONE WAS THERE. SINCE THEY ALSO HAVE A DOORBELL FOR THE BACK GARAGE DOOR, SHE SAID SOMEONE MUST BE AT THAT DOOR. MIKE OPENED IT AND THEN THE GARAGE DOOR AND THERE
A MAN STOOD WEARING A SKI MASK AND WITH A SHOTGUN IN HIS HAND. HE WAS JUST A FEW FEET FROM MIKE AND AIMED THE GUN AT HIS CHEST AND
MIKE VERY QUICKLY SLAMMED THE DOOR AND THE GUN WENT OFF
AND HIT THE STEEL DOOR. A COUPLE BEE-BEES GOT THROUGH AND
ONE HIT HIS HAND. HIS ONLY INJURY IS THE SLIGHT ONE TO HIS HAND. HE,
IN T-SHIRT AND UNDERWEAR, QUICKLY GOT KANDY (WHO HEARD
THE GUN SHOT AND THOUGHT MIKE WAS SHOT) AND THEY WENT OUTSIDE
AND STOOD BEHIND A TREE, LOOKING TO SEE IF THE MAN WAS STILL AROUND. AFTER A SHORT TIME, WHEN NOTHING COULD BE HEARD, MIKE TOLD KANDY WAS GOING INSIDE FOR A CELL PHONE. WHEN HE GOT THE CELL PHONE, HE WENT INTO THE BEDROOM AS HE DIDN'T WANT THE LIGHT ON THE CELL PHONE TO MAKE HIM A TARGET. HE CALLED FOR HELP AND SHERIFF DEPUTIES, AND A MAQUOKETA POLICEMAN WHERE ON THE SCENE IN 10 OR MORE MINUTES. SHORTLY AFTER, JOINED BY JONES COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES, THE OFFICERS SEARCHED THE MAIN HOUSE, THE OLDER HOME ON THE PROPERTY, OTHER OUT BUILDINGS AND FOUND NO ONE. FROM THE START, MIKE HAD SEEN ONLY ONE MAN AND HE WAS DESCRIBED AS WEARING BLUE JEANS, A GREEN SHIRT AND A BLACK SKI MASK. HE DIDN'T NOTICE IF HE WORE GLOVES. MIKE TOLD KMAQ NEWS THIS MORNING THAT HE FELT LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AND WAS GLAD THAT THE DOOR BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND GARAGE IS A STEEL DOOR. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE APPARENT ROBBER IS ASKED TO CALL THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 563-652-3312.
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WEEK, WE WILL HAVE 30-PLUS WEATHER UNTIL THURSDAY AND
IN THE MID 20'S FRIDAY. TODAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND SUNNY TOMORROW.
BIG STORY THIS MORNING! JUST BEFORE 1 THIS MORNING, MIKE AND KANDY
FRANZEN , WHO LIVE NORTH OF MONMOUTH, CAME CLOSE TO BEING KILLED
BY AN APPARENT ROBBER. KANDY HEARD A NOISE, AWOKE MIKE AND
SAID SOMEONE IS AT THE DOOR. THE DOOR BELL HAD RUNG. MIKE WENT
TO FRONT DOOR AND NO ONE WAS THERE. SINCE THEY ALSO HAVE A DOORBELL FOR THE BACK GARAGE DOOR, SHE SAID SOMEONE MUST BE AT THAT DOOR. MIKE OPENED IT AND THEN THE GARAGE DOOR AND THERE
A MAN STOOD WEARING A SKI MASK AND WITH A SHOTGUN IN HIS HAND. HE WAS JUST A FEW FEET FROM MIKE AND AIMED THE GUN AT HIS CHEST AND
MIKE VERY QUICKLY SLAMMED THE DOOR AND THE GUN WENT OFF
AND HIT THE STEEL DOOR. A COUPLE BEE-BEES GOT THROUGH AND
ONE HIT HIS HAND. HIS ONLY INJURY IS THE SLIGHT ONE TO HIS HAND. HE,
IN T-SHIRT AND UNDERWEAR, QUICKLY GOT KANDY (WHO HEARD
THE GUN SHOT AND THOUGHT MIKE WAS SHOT) AND THEY WENT OUTSIDE
AND STOOD BEHIND A TREE, LOOKING TO SEE IF THE MAN WAS STILL AROUND. AFTER A SHORT TIME, WHEN NOTHING COULD BE HEARD, MIKE TOLD KANDY WAS GOING INSIDE FOR A CELL PHONE. WHEN HE GOT THE CELL PHONE, HE WENT INTO THE BEDROOM AS HE DIDN'T WANT THE LIGHT ON THE CELL PHONE TO MAKE HIM A TARGET. HE CALLED FOR HELP AND SHERIFF DEPUTIES, AND A MAQUOKETA POLICEMAN WHERE ON THE SCENE IN 10 OR MORE MINUTES. SHORTLY AFTER, JOINED BY JONES COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES, THE OFFICERS SEARCHED THE MAIN HOUSE, THE OLDER HOME ON THE PROPERTY, OTHER OUT BUILDINGS AND FOUND NO ONE. FROM THE START, MIKE HAD SEEN ONLY ONE MAN AND HE WAS DESCRIBED AS WEARING BLUE JEANS, A GREEN SHIRT AND A BLACK SKI MASK. HE DIDN'T NOTICE IF HE WORE GLOVES. MIKE TOLD KMAQ NEWS THIS MORNING THAT HE FELT LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AND WAS GLAD THAT THE DOOR BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND GARAGE IS A STEEL DOOR. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE APPARENT ROBBER IS ASKED TO CALL THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 563-652-3312.
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