IT'S COLD IN MAQUOKETA.
SUNSHINE TODAY, BUT HIGH OF ONLY 6.
TONIGHT, 9 BELOW.
TOMORROW, 9 ABOVE.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, IN THE 20'S.
CHIEF JUDGE BOBBI ALPERS OF MAQUOKETA WILL RETIRE THIS
SPRING.
A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ERICA BARKER, AGE 41, STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN AT WESTERN AND SUMMIT AND STEVEN VAN HECKE, AGE 48, WAS BEHIND AND HIT THE BARKER VEHICLE. NO INJURIES.
TOMORROW NIGHT, AT THE MCHS NEW GYM, THE CARDINAL GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS WILL HOST DEWITT. SOPHOMORE GAME
AT 6 AND VARSITY GAME AT 7:30. BETWEEN GAMES, A BIG CAKE AUCTION
TO BENEFIT BOTH ATHLETICS AND ACADEMICS IN THE MAQUOKETA
SCHOOL DISTRICT. MATT CLARK WILL BROADCAST BOTH GAMES ON
KMAQ-FM AND KMAQ'S WEB SITE.
HAPPY FEBRUARY!
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
WE STARTED THE DAY AT 6 A.M. WITH 32 DEGREES.
THEN SOME LIGHT RAIN STARTED.
THEN SNOW.
THEN A PREDICTION OF 6 INCHES.
THEN SCHOOL CALLED OFF.
THEN LATER IN MORNING, SNOW DIED DOWN.
AND JUST BLOWING SNOW IN AFTERNOON.
NO 6 INCHES.
MORE LIKE 2.
COLD TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
WARMING UP TO THE 30'S BY THE WEEKEND.
THE WAMAC CONFERENCE WILL HAVE A NEW MEMBER WITH THE 2014-2015
SCHOOL YEAR.....SOUTH TAMA.
IN BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, MAQUOKETA BOYS 45, WEST DELAWARE 31.
WEST DELAWARE GIRLS 40, MAQUOKETA 29.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD WILL CONVENE BRIEFLY BETWEEN
THE GIRLS AND BOYS GAMES AGAINST DEWITT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE NEW MCHS GYM. ACCORDING SUPT. HUCKSTADT, THE BOARD
WILL MAKE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCMENT OF INTEREST TO ALL DISTRICT
PATRONS AND SUPPORTERS OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS.
EVERYONE IS WONDERING WHAT'S UP??
MAYBE HUCKSTADT, WITH COACHING EXPERIENCE, IS TAKING A JOB
WITH A PROFESSIONAL TEAM??
I MAY HAVE TO HAVE A SATURDAY MORNING ENTRY HERE TO LET YOU
KNOW WHAT THE MYSTERY IS.
SURE, COULD BE A GIMMICK TO SELL MORE TICKETS FRIDAY NIGHT??
NEVER A DULL MOMENT....ESPECIALLY WEATHER MOMENTS.
GO SHOVEL!
DENNIS VOY
PS: READ ABOUT "MAD" BELOW .. AND THE NEWS RELEASE FROM
THE TED STRAIT, PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB.
THEN SOME LIGHT RAIN STARTED.
THEN SNOW.
THEN A PREDICTION OF 6 INCHES.
THEN SCHOOL CALLED OFF.
THEN LATER IN MORNING, SNOW DIED DOWN.
AND JUST BLOWING SNOW IN AFTERNOON.
NO 6 INCHES.
MORE LIKE 2.
COLD TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
WARMING UP TO THE 30'S BY THE WEEKEND.
THE WAMAC CONFERENCE WILL HAVE A NEW MEMBER WITH THE 2014-2015
SCHOOL YEAR.....SOUTH TAMA.
IN BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, MAQUOKETA BOYS 45, WEST DELAWARE 31.
WEST DELAWARE GIRLS 40, MAQUOKETA 29.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD WILL CONVENE BRIEFLY BETWEEN
THE GIRLS AND BOYS GAMES AGAINST DEWITT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE NEW MCHS GYM. ACCORDING SUPT. HUCKSTADT, THE BOARD
WILL MAKE A SPECIAL ANNOUNCMENT OF INTEREST TO ALL DISTRICT
PATRONS AND SUPPORTERS OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS.
EVERYONE IS WONDERING WHAT'S UP??
MAYBE HUCKSTADT, WITH COACHING EXPERIENCE, IS TAKING A JOB
WITH A PROFESSIONAL TEAM??
I MAY HAVE TO HAVE A SATURDAY MORNING ENTRY HERE TO LET YOU
KNOW WHAT THE MYSTERY IS.
SURE, COULD BE A GIMMICK TO SELL MORE TICKETS FRIDAY NIGHT??
NEVER A DULL MOMENT....ESPECIALLY WEATHER MOMENTS.
GO SHOVEL!
DENNIS VOY
PS: READ ABOUT "MAD" BELOW .. AND THE NEWS RELEASE FROM
THE TED STRAIT, PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING STORM STARTED AT 4 THIS MORNING.
IT HAS BEEN RAINING ON AND OFF MOST OF THE DAY....SOME GOOD RAIN.
THE RECORD FOR THIS DAY WAS 53 DEGREES IN 1914.
IT WAS BROKEN ALREADY AT 9 THIS MORNING.
THE HIGH AND NEW RECORD FOR THIS DAY.....55 DEGREES.
TONIGHT, SNOW...AROUND AN INCH.
TOMORROW, MORE SNOW...AROUND 4 INCHES.
LOW TONIGHT, 29 AND AND FALLING TEMPS TOMORROW TO AROUND
20 BY TOMORROW AT THIS TIME. LOOKING AHEAD A LITTLE...3-BELOW
THURSDAY NIGHT.
AAAHHH THESE IOWA WINTERS.
THREE ATTORNEYS HAVE FILED APPLICATIONS TO BE NAMED A JACKSON COUNTY MAGISTRATE, TO REPLACE MARK LAWSON, WHO IS MOVING UP TO BE A 7TH JUDICIAL JUDGE.
THEY ARE:
SCOTT NELSON OF DUBUQUE...FORMER JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY JOHN KIES OF BELLEVUE AND BRAD BOFFELLI OF DUBUQUE, WHO RECENTLY
PURCHASED LAWSON'S LAW PRACTICE IN MAQUOKETA.
THE MAGISTRATES NOMINATING COMMISSION WILL MEET THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 3 IN THE JURY ROOM OF THE COURTHOUSE IN MAQUOKETA TO RIVIEW THE APPLICATIONS AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
A NEW ASSISTANT JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WORK HERE THE END OF FEBRUARY. JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY SARA
DAVENPORT APPOINTED AMANDA LASSANCE OF DUBUQUE TO THIS
POSITION. SHE REPLACES MATT SPEER WHO RESIGNED TO GO BACK TO HIS HOME COUNTY AS THE ASSISTANT THERE. SHE WILL START AT
$43,000 A YEAR.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TODAY APPOINTED RANDY BENDER OF BELLEVUE TO THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD,
TO REPLACE GERALD MILLRIGHT. THERE WERE SEVEN APPLICANTS.
THE APPOINTMENT IS FOR 5 YEARS.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD HAS CHANGED ITS MIND AND WILL AGAIN THIS YEAR, OFFER EARLY RETIREMENT TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY.
THIS CAN RESULT IN A COST SAVINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED IF THE DISTRICT
WILL NOT GET A $130,000 GRANT THEY HAD BEEN COUNTING ON.
SOME VANDALISM REPORTED MONDAY AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY. SEVERAL STONE TURNED OVER.
MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TONIGHT IS AGAINST WEST DELAWARE, MANCHESTER.
GO CARDS!
IT IS 5:10 P.M. AND STILL RAINING IN MAQUOKETA.
IF YOU LIVE IN IOWA....GET OUT THE SNOW SHOVEL AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
IT HAS BEEN RAINING ON AND OFF MOST OF THE DAY....SOME GOOD RAIN.
THE RECORD FOR THIS DAY WAS 53 DEGREES IN 1914.
IT WAS BROKEN ALREADY AT 9 THIS MORNING.
THE HIGH AND NEW RECORD FOR THIS DAY.....55 DEGREES.
TONIGHT, SNOW...AROUND AN INCH.
TOMORROW, MORE SNOW...AROUND 4 INCHES.
LOW TONIGHT, 29 AND AND FALLING TEMPS TOMORROW TO AROUND
20 BY TOMORROW AT THIS TIME. LOOKING AHEAD A LITTLE...3-BELOW
THURSDAY NIGHT.
AAAHHH THESE IOWA WINTERS.
THREE ATTORNEYS HAVE FILED APPLICATIONS TO BE NAMED A JACKSON COUNTY MAGISTRATE, TO REPLACE MARK LAWSON, WHO IS MOVING UP TO BE A 7TH JUDICIAL JUDGE.
THEY ARE:
SCOTT NELSON OF DUBUQUE...FORMER JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY JOHN KIES OF BELLEVUE AND BRAD BOFFELLI OF DUBUQUE, WHO RECENTLY
PURCHASED LAWSON'S LAW PRACTICE IN MAQUOKETA.
THE MAGISTRATES NOMINATING COMMISSION WILL MEET THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 3 IN THE JURY ROOM OF THE COURTHOUSE IN MAQUOKETA TO RIVIEW THE APPLICATIONS AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
A NEW ASSISTANT JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WORK HERE THE END OF FEBRUARY. JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY SARA
DAVENPORT APPOINTED AMANDA LASSANCE OF DUBUQUE TO THIS
POSITION. SHE REPLACES MATT SPEER WHO RESIGNED TO GO BACK TO HIS HOME COUNTY AS THE ASSISTANT THERE. SHE WILL START AT
$43,000 A YEAR.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TODAY APPOINTED RANDY BENDER OF BELLEVUE TO THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD,
TO REPLACE GERALD MILLRIGHT. THERE WERE SEVEN APPLICANTS.
THE APPOINTMENT IS FOR 5 YEARS.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD HAS CHANGED ITS MIND AND WILL AGAIN THIS YEAR, OFFER EARLY RETIREMENT TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY.
THIS CAN RESULT IN A COST SAVINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED IF THE DISTRICT
WILL NOT GET A $130,000 GRANT THEY HAD BEEN COUNTING ON.
SOME VANDALISM REPORTED MONDAY AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY. SEVERAL STONE TURNED OVER.
MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TONIGHT IS AGAINST WEST DELAWARE, MANCHESTER.
GO CARDS!
IT IS 5:10 P.M. AND STILL RAINING IN MAQUOKETA.
IF YOU LIVE IN IOWA....GET OUT THE SNOW SHOVEL AGAIN.
DENNIS VOY
MAQUOKETA HAS HAD AN NFL (NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE) CONNECTION SINCE 1958!
I TOOK THE ABOVE AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM TODAY. THERE IS SO MUCH HISTORY THERE, INCLUDING MORE ABOUT CLINTON ENGINES
BEING AN EARLY SPONSOR OF NFL GAMES. IT IS A GREAT MUSEUM AND
MANY OF YOU WOULD ENJOY A VISIT!
DENNIS VOY
BEING AN EARLY SPONSOR OF NFL GAMES. IT IS A GREAT MUSEUM AND
MANY OF YOU WOULD ENJOY A VISIT!
DENNIS VOY
Monday, January 28, 2013
YESTERDAY, SUNDAY, WE LIVED IN A WORLD OF ICE!
WOW, WAS IT ICY.
MANY CHURCHES CALLED OFF SERVICES....AND PEOPLE STAYED HOME.
THEN IT GOT WARM OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING, WE HAD FOG.
AND BECAUSE OF ICY RURAL GRAVEL ROADS AND THE FOG, MAQUOKETA
(AND SEVERAL OTHER TOWNS) HAD NO SCHOOL TODAY.
IT HAS BEEN A NICE SUNNY DAY, WITH A HIGH OF 44.
WARMER TOMORROW.
28 ON WEDNESDAY.
IN THE TEENS FOR A HIGH THURSDAY.
IN SPORTS: THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT MT. VERNON FRIDAY NIGHT,
54 TO 39. THE GIRLS LOST 65 TO 44.
SATURDAY, THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE IN THE WAMAC TOURNAMENT OF 16 TEAMS AND ENDED UP IN 14TH PLACE.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BOWLERS HAD A BAD WEEKEND TOO.
IN A 3-TEAM EVENT, THE GIRLS TOOK SECOND PLACE (JORDAN EHLERS HAD THE BEST GAME, 215, CORRECTING AN EARLIER REPORT) AND THE BOYS
TOOK 3RD.
THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL MEETING WAS FRIDAY NIGHT AT TRUE RESTAURANT. NICE TURNOUT OF 135. AWARDS GIVEN:
TOM DEVINE GAVE HIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S AWARD TO LECHTENBERG
DENTAL. BOARD PRESIDENT DAVE UPDEGRAPH HONORED MAQUOKETA
ARTIST ROSE FRANTZEN WITH THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD. SHE RECEIVED
A STANDING OVATION. A NEW AWARD, THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURE
AWARD WENT TO JOY KETELSEN YODER AND HER NATIONWIDE "RAG-A-BABE" BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. THE "ABOVE AND BEYOND" AWARD WENT TO D'AGOSTINE FAMILY DENISTRY AND THE SERVICE AWARD WENT TO KERRY SCHEPERS. THERE WAS THEN A SILENT AND
REGULAR AUCTION AND 50'S MUSIC BY "THE FAST CLYDES".
TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY FOR 46-CENT FIRST CLASS STAMPS.
OUR CONGRESSMAN BRUCE BRALEY (D) IS CONSIDERING A RUN FOR THE SEAT THAT WILL BE VACATED BY U.S. SENATOR TOM HARKIN (D), IOWA.
HARKIN ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THAT HE WILL NOT RUN AGAIN. HE'S 73 AND WILL END UP WITH 40 YEARS IN THE U.S. SENATE. HE SAID HE WANTED TO GIVE A YOUNGER PERSON THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. I SHOULD SAY SO. EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M FOR TERM LIMITS!
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
ONE OBITUARY TODAY IN THE NEWS AND THAT IS A 104 YEAR OLD
WOMAN IN BELLEVUE WHO DIED YESTERDAY.
ONE FINAL SPORTS NOTE. THE TIPTON BOYS LOST 62 GAMES IN A ROW.
BUT SATURDAY NIGHT, THEY BROKE THE STREAK WITH AN OT WIN OVER
MIDLAND, WYOMING.
THE 62 BY THE WAY IS FAR FROM THE STATE RECORD.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE (UPDATED EVERY MONDAY) HAS A PHOTO OF A LOCAL LONGTIME BANKER....
A LOCAL HOSPITAL CEO....AND A NICE LITTLE OLD (WELL NOT REALLY OLD) LADY FROM FULTON.
CHECK IT OUT AT WWW.KMAQ.COM AND PLACE YOUR BID ON THE SILENT
AUCTION ITEM OF THE WEEK.
HAVE A GOOD MONDAY THRU SATURDAY AND MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN
SUNDAY.
DENNIS VOY
WOW, WAS IT ICY.
MANY CHURCHES CALLED OFF SERVICES....AND PEOPLE STAYED HOME.
THEN IT GOT WARM OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING, WE HAD FOG.
AND BECAUSE OF ICY RURAL GRAVEL ROADS AND THE FOG, MAQUOKETA
(AND SEVERAL OTHER TOWNS) HAD NO SCHOOL TODAY.
IT HAS BEEN A NICE SUNNY DAY, WITH A HIGH OF 44.
WARMER TOMORROW.
28 ON WEDNESDAY.
IN THE TEENS FOR A HIGH THURSDAY.
IN SPORTS: THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT MT. VERNON FRIDAY NIGHT,
54 TO 39. THE GIRLS LOST 65 TO 44.
SATURDAY, THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WERE IN THE WAMAC TOURNAMENT OF 16 TEAMS AND ENDED UP IN 14TH PLACE.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BOWLERS HAD A BAD WEEKEND TOO.
IN A 3-TEAM EVENT, THE GIRLS TOOK SECOND PLACE (JORDAN EHLERS HAD THE BEST GAME, 215, CORRECTING AN EARLIER REPORT) AND THE BOYS
TOOK 3RD.
THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL MEETING WAS FRIDAY NIGHT AT TRUE RESTAURANT. NICE TURNOUT OF 135. AWARDS GIVEN:
TOM DEVINE GAVE HIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S AWARD TO LECHTENBERG
DENTAL. BOARD PRESIDENT DAVE UPDEGRAPH HONORED MAQUOKETA
ARTIST ROSE FRANTZEN WITH THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD. SHE RECEIVED
A STANDING OVATION. A NEW AWARD, THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURE
AWARD WENT TO JOY KETELSEN YODER AND HER NATIONWIDE "RAG-A-BABE" BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. THE "ABOVE AND BEYOND" AWARD WENT TO D'AGOSTINE FAMILY DENISTRY AND THE SERVICE AWARD WENT TO KERRY SCHEPERS. THERE WAS THEN A SILENT AND
REGULAR AUCTION AND 50'S MUSIC BY "THE FAST CLYDES".
TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY FOR 46-CENT FIRST CLASS STAMPS.
OUR CONGRESSMAN BRUCE BRALEY (D) IS CONSIDERING A RUN FOR THE SEAT THAT WILL BE VACATED BY U.S. SENATOR TOM HARKIN (D), IOWA.
HARKIN ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THAT HE WILL NOT RUN AGAIN. HE'S 73 AND WILL END UP WITH 40 YEARS IN THE U.S. SENATE. HE SAID HE WANTED TO GIVE A YOUNGER PERSON THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. I SHOULD SAY SO. EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M FOR TERM LIMITS!
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
ONE OBITUARY TODAY IN THE NEWS AND THAT IS A 104 YEAR OLD
WOMAN IN BELLEVUE WHO DIED YESTERDAY.
ONE FINAL SPORTS NOTE. THE TIPTON BOYS LOST 62 GAMES IN A ROW.
BUT SATURDAY NIGHT, THEY BROKE THE STREAK WITH AN OT WIN OVER
MIDLAND, WYOMING.
THE 62 BY THE WAY IS FAR FROM THE STATE RECORD.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE (UPDATED EVERY MONDAY) HAS A PHOTO OF A LOCAL LONGTIME BANKER....
A LOCAL HOSPITAL CEO....AND A NICE LITTLE OLD (WELL NOT REALLY OLD) LADY FROM FULTON.
CHECK IT OUT AT WWW.KMAQ.COM AND PLACE YOUR BID ON THE SILENT
AUCTION ITEM OF THE WEEK.
HAVE A GOOD MONDAY THRU SATURDAY AND MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN
SUNDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, January 25, 2013
SUNNY DAY AND HIGH OF 30....NOT BAD....BUT NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE SUNDAY FORECAST CALLING FOR RAIN AND SLEET WITH MID-30'S TEMPS.
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING LAST NIGHT AT THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL
GYM....
CENTER POINT URBANA, 47
MAQUOKETA 30
AND
MIDLAND WYOMING 37
MAQUOKETA 22
BASKETBALL TONIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HOST MT. VERNON AND
THE CARDINAL BOYS WILL BE AT MT. VERNON.
THE BOY'S GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET
SITE, WITH MATT CLARK DOING THE PLAY-BY-PLAY.
AND THE CARDINAL GIRLS AND BOYS BOWLING TEAMS HOST BELLEVUE
AND DEWITT TONIGHT AT TIMBER LANES.
AT THE LITTLE BEAR PARK MEETING LAST NIGHT, NEARLY ALL OF THE 3RD
GRADE CLASS AT BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY SUGGESTED A TIRE SWING FOR THE NEW LITTLE BEAR PARK. OTHER SUGGESTIONS INCLUDED A CLIMBING
WALL, A PIRATE SHIP, AND TREE FORT. LEATHERS AND ASSOCIATES REPRESENTATIVES LISTENED TO THE KIDS YESTERDAY AND WILL NOW MAKE
A PRELIMINARY DRAWING AND FINALIZE THE DESIGN AND GIVE A COST
ESTIMATE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
PAUL GERLACH OF RURAL MAQUOKETA REPORTED YESTERDAY MORNING
THAT SOMEONE ATTEMPTED TO PRY-OFF THE PADLOCK ON HIS GAS
BARREL. THE ATTEMPTED THEFT HAPPENED WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THE THEVES DID NOT GET THE PADLOCK OFF.
THE MAQUOKETA LIVESTOCK SALES "PAINTING" THAT HUNG INSIDE
McDONALDS IN MAQUOKETA FOR 25 YEARS, WAS SOLD DURING A SILENT-AUCTION HERE AT KMAQ IN OCTOBER FOR $275 TO LARRY AND KIM DEPPE OF RURAL LA MOTTE. AT THE CATTLEMEN'S ANNUAL BANQUET JANUARY 12TH AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, LARRY AND KIM PUT IT ON THE EVENING
AUCTION AND IT WAS PURCHASED FOR $525 BY MARY LOU AND LARRY
JOHNSON OF RURAL MAQUOKETA AND THEN IN TURN THAT SAME NIGHT,
PRESENTED IT TO MYRNA AND BOB LARKEY, LONGTIME OWNERS OF
THE LIVESTOCK BUSINESS. THE $525, LIKE THE FIRST $275 WAS GIVEN
TO THE RONALD McDONALD HOUSE IN IOWA CITY. A DOUBLE SALE OF ONE PAINTING AND $800 TO CHARITY.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING LAST NIGHT AT THE OLD HIGH SCHOOL
GYM....
CENTER POINT URBANA, 47
MAQUOKETA 30
AND
MIDLAND WYOMING 37
MAQUOKETA 22
BASKETBALL TONIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HOST MT. VERNON AND
THE CARDINAL BOYS WILL BE AT MT. VERNON.
THE BOY'S GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET
SITE, WITH MATT CLARK DOING THE PLAY-BY-PLAY.
AND THE CARDINAL GIRLS AND BOYS BOWLING TEAMS HOST BELLEVUE
AND DEWITT TONIGHT AT TIMBER LANES.
AT THE LITTLE BEAR PARK MEETING LAST NIGHT, NEARLY ALL OF THE 3RD
GRADE CLASS AT BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY SUGGESTED A TIRE SWING FOR THE NEW LITTLE BEAR PARK. OTHER SUGGESTIONS INCLUDED A CLIMBING
WALL, A PIRATE SHIP, AND TREE FORT. LEATHERS AND ASSOCIATES REPRESENTATIVES LISTENED TO THE KIDS YESTERDAY AND WILL NOW MAKE
A PRELIMINARY DRAWING AND FINALIZE THE DESIGN AND GIVE A COST
ESTIMATE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
PAUL GERLACH OF RURAL MAQUOKETA REPORTED YESTERDAY MORNING
THAT SOMEONE ATTEMPTED TO PRY-OFF THE PADLOCK ON HIS GAS
BARREL. THE ATTEMPTED THEFT HAPPENED WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THE THEVES DID NOT GET THE PADLOCK OFF.
THE MAQUOKETA LIVESTOCK SALES "PAINTING" THAT HUNG INSIDE
McDONALDS IN MAQUOKETA FOR 25 YEARS, WAS SOLD DURING A SILENT-AUCTION HERE AT KMAQ IN OCTOBER FOR $275 TO LARRY AND KIM DEPPE OF RURAL LA MOTTE. AT THE CATTLEMEN'S ANNUAL BANQUET JANUARY 12TH AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, LARRY AND KIM PUT IT ON THE EVENING
AUCTION AND IT WAS PURCHASED FOR $525 BY MARY LOU AND LARRY
JOHNSON OF RURAL MAQUOKETA AND THEN IN TURN THAT SAME NIGHT,
PRESENTED IT TO MYRNA AND BOB LARKEY, LONGTIME OWNERS OF
THE LIVESTOCK BUSINESS. THE $525, LIKE THE FIRST $275 WAS GIVEN
TO THE RONALD McDONALD HOUSE IN IOWA CITY. A DOUBLE SALE OF ONE PAINTING AND $800 TO CHARITY.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, January 24, 2013
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, AT 7 P.M. TICKETS FOR $25 WILL BE
AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR. HE HAS A BIG FOLLOWING IN THIS AREA.A
COLD AGAIN TODAY.
15
SNOW LATE TONIGHT, LESS THAN AN INCH.
TOMORROW WARMER..26.
THE RECORD IN MAQUOKETA FOR TODAY WAS 55 IN 1909 AND THE RECORD LOW ON THIS DATE, 25-BELOW IN 1936.
THE JOBLESS RATE FOR JACKSON COUNTY WENT UP TO 5.2 PERCENT
IN DECEMBER, COMPARED TO 4.4 IN NOVEMBER.
THE STATE RATE REMAINED THE SAME, AT 4.9
WRESTLING TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE.
PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL GO ON-THE-AIR AT 6 FROM
THE OLD MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GYM. TONIGHT IS PARENTS NIGHT.
GO CARDINALS!
BILL LUCKEY EMAILED ME AND SAID THE CLINTON MOTOR BIKE AND
ATV WERE PROBABLY MANUFACTURED IN THE 70'S...LONG AFTER HE
LEFT THE PLANT.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
23 TODAY... -5 TONIGHT
HIGH TOMORROW 15
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, JOEY REID, AGE 42, WON $30,000 IN AN INSTANT-
SCRATCH GAME. SHE BOUGHT THE TICKET IN DUBUQUE.
LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BEAT DYERSVILLE BECKMAN 40 TO 33....PICKING UP THEIR 4TH WIN. THE CARDINAL BOYS LOST 62 TO 48
AT DYERSVILLE.
AND AT TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA, THE HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING TEAMS TOOK 3RD PLACE AGAINST WEST DELAWARE AND CAMANCHE.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE JODY ELMGREEN FARM AT RURAL MONMOUTH AT 4:24 THIS MORNING. A SHED WAS A ON FIRE AND WAS ALREADY DOWN WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED. A COUPLE LAMBS
DIED IN THE FIRE AND OTHERS GOT OUT SAFELY. THE OWNER
SUSPECTED A HEAT LAMP STARTED THE FIRE. FIREMEN WERE THERE ABOUT AN HOUR, POURING WATER ON HOT SPOTS.
KEEP WARM.
DENNIS VOY
HIGH TOMORROW 15
A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, JOEY REID, AGE 42, WON $30,000 IN AN INSTANT-
SCRATCH GAME. SHE BOUGHT THE TICKET IN DUBUQUE.
LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BEAT DYERSVILLE BECKMAN 40 TO 33....PICKING UP THEIR 4TH WIN. THE CARDINAL BOYS LOST 62 TO 48
AT DYERSVILLE.
AND AT TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA, THE HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING TEAMS TOOK 3RD PLACE AGAINST WEST DELAWARE AND CAMANCHE.
THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE JODY ELMGREEN FARM AT RURAL MONMOUTH AT 4:24 THIS MORNING. A SHED WAS A ON FIRE AND WAS ALREADY DOWN WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED. A COUPLE LAMBS
DIED IN THE FIRE AND OTHERS GOT OUT SAFELY. THE OWNER
SUSPECTED A HEAT LAMP STARTED THE FIRE. FIREMEN WERE THERE ABOUT AN HOUR, POURING WATER ON HOT SPOTS.
KEEP WARM.
DENNIS VOY
BROWN BAG LUNCH PROGRAM BY LOWELL CARLSON ABOUT THE
THE FAMOUS MAQUOKETA PAINTER (CARSON) AND TOOK THIS PHOTO OF
A CLINTON ENGINES MOTORBIKE.
NOTE, IT IS ON A TRACK. WONDER IF IT WORKED?
HOPEFULLY BILL LUCKEY WILL FILL US IN.
NOTE, UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER, LARRY HAGER PAINTING NAME ON
CLINTON ENGINES VEHICLE. LARRY, NOW 90+ LIVES IN MARSHALLTOWN.
IT IS SUPER BOWL TIME.
CLINTON ENGINES WAS A FOOTBALL SPONSOR BACK IN THE EARLY TV DAYS.
IN 1958, IT SPONSORED THE ENTIRE 2ND QUARTER OF A PLAYOFF-GAME.
GOOGLE CLINTON ENGINES NETWORK TV FOOTBALL COMMERCIAL AND YOU CAN SEE AND HEAR THE COMMERCIAL. SOME SAY CLINTON ENGINES
WAS A SPONSOR OF THE FIRST SUPER BOWL GAME. I'M NOT SURE THAT
IS RIGHT? ANYONE KNOW? I HAVE ALSO HEARD THAT OWNER DON THOMAS DID THE COMMERCIAL AND IT COST THE COMPANY $250,000.
SO, FILL ME IN CLINTON ENGINES HISTORIANS!
DENNIS VOY kmaq@kmaq.com
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
4 BELOW EARLY THIS MORNING....9 FOR A HIGH TODAY.
TONIGHT, 6 AND TOMORROW A CHANCE OF SNOW AND 24 FOR A HIGH.
AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL RENEWED A SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR "SWEET THINGS BAKERY".
COUNCILMAN JOSH COLLISTER, WHO OWNS THE BAKERY, APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT TO AGAIN PUT A GRILL ON THE SIDEWALK FRIDAYS THIS SUMMER. PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR ANY BUSINESS THAT WANTS TO PUT ANYTHING ON THE CITY SIDEWALKS. MAYOR DON SCHWENKER SAID THEY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM STEVE AND ROXANNE McAFEE OPPOSING THE RENEWAL. THEY OWN THE NEXT DOOR TO THE BAKERY "ODDFELLOWS EMPORIUM" AND THEIR COMPLAINT WAS THAT THE SMOKE SMELL FROM
THE GRILL PERMEATES THEIR BUILDING. THE CITY ALSO RECEIVED PETITIONS SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION AND COLLISTER SAID 90% OF THE BUSINESSES ON MAIN STREET SIGNED PETITIONS IN FAVOR OF THE
GRILLING. COLLISTER SAID HE PLANS TO GRILL BRATS AND BURGERS IN FRONT OF THE BAKERY AND PLANS TO BUY AN OPEN GRILL WHICH WILL NOT CAUSE AS MUCH SMOKE AS THE HOUSEHOLD GRILL WITH A LID.
COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVED THE APPLICATION WITH COLLISTER VOTING
ABSTAIN. THE MAYOR ASKED COLLISTER TO TRY TO KEEP THE SMOKE AWAY FROM THE McAFEE'S BUSINESS. COLLISTER SAID HE MOVED THE GRILL TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK WHEN McAFEES COMPLAINED TO HIM LAST YEAR.
SPORTS: BOTH THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS TEAMS LOST TO
DUBUQUE WAHLERT LAST NIGHT. UP THERE, THE BOYS SCORE,
61 TO 52 AND HERE, THE GIRL'S SCORE, 58 TO 30.
TONIGHT, DYERSVILLE BECKMAN. AGAIN, GIRLS HERE AND BOYS UP THERE.
CHECK THE ROTARY WEB SITE FOR THE NEW CITIZEN OF WEEK,
ROTARIAN OF WEEK AND SILENT AUCTION ITEM OF WEEK.
WE NEED SOME SNOW....AND THERE IS SOME IN THE FORECAST THIS
WEEK. EVERYONE IS WORRIED ABOUT ANOTHER DRY YEAR.
DENNIS VOY
TONIGHT, 6 AND TOMORROW A CHANCE OF SNOW AND 24 FOR A HIGH.
AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL RENEWED A SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR "SWEET THINGS BAKERY".
COUNCILMAN JOSH COLLISTER, WHO OWNS THE BAKERY, APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT TO AGAIN PUT A GRILL ON THE SIDEWALK FRIDAYS THIS SUMMER. PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR ANY BUSINESS THAT WANTS TO PUT ANYTHING ON THE CITY SIDEWALKS. MAYOR DON SCHWENKER SAID THEY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM STEVE AND ROXANNE McAFEE OPPOSING THE RENEWAL. THEY OWN THE NEXT DOOR TO THE BAKERY "ODDFELLOWS EMPORIUM" AND THEIR COMPLAINT WAS THAT THE SMOKE SMELL FROM
THE GRILL PERMEATES THEIR BUILDING. THE CITY ALSO RECEIVED PETITIONS SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION AND COLLISTER SAID 90% OF THE BUSINESSES ON MAIN STREET SIGNED PETITIONS IN FAVOR OF THE
GRILLING. COLLISTER SAID HE PLANS TO GRILL BRATS AND BURGERS IN FRONT OF THE BAKERY AND PLANS TO BUY AN OPEN GRILL WHICH WILL NOT CAUSE AS MUCH SMOKE AS THE HOUSEHOLD GRILL WITH A LID.
COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVED THE APPLICATION WITH COLLISTER VOTING
ABSTAIN. THE MAYOR ASKED COLLISTER TO TRY TO KEEP THE SMOKE AWAY FROM THE McAFEE'S BUSINESS. COLLISTER SAID HE MOVED THE GRILL TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK WHEN McAFEES COMPLAINED TO HIM LAST YEAR.
SPORTS: BOTH THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS TEAMS LOST TO
DUBUQUE WAHLERT LAST NIGHT. UP THERE, THE BOYS SCORE,
61 TO 52 AND HERE, THE GIRL'S SCORE, 58 TO 30.
TONIGHT, DYERSVILLE BECKMAN. AGAIN, GIRLS HERE AND BOYS UP THERE.
CHECK THE ROTARY WEB SITE FOR THE NEW CITIZEN OF WEEK,
ROTARIAN OF WEEK AND SILENT AUCTION ITEM OF WEEK.
WE NEED SOME SNOW....AND THERE IS SOME IN THE FORECAST THIS
WEEK. EVERYONE IS WORRIED ABOUT ANOTHER DRY YEAR.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, January 21, 2013
THREE BELOW EARLY THIS MORNING.
7 ABOVE THE HIGH TODAY.
WINDY TOO.
BACK INTO THE 20'S WEDNESDAY.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7 TONIGHT.
SUPERVISORS MEETING AT 8:30 TOMORROW MORNING.
HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING AT 4:30 TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
I WILL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS OF THESE MEETINGS LATER IN WEEK.
THE MCHS GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY
DUBUQUE WAHLERT TONIGHT.....GIRLS HERE, BOYS THERE.
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, THE BOYS AVENGED AN EARLIER SEASON LOSS
BY BEATING RANKED SOLON ON THE ROAD, 63 TO 38.
THE GIRLS, HERE, LOST TO SOLON, 46 TO 33.
SATURDAY, THE WRESTLERS WERE IN THE 11 TEAM TOURNAMENT AT WYOMING AND PLACED 4TH. LOGAN MAYBERRY WAS THE LONE
CHAMPION FOR THE CARDINALS, GOING 3 AND 0 AT 145 POUNDS.
CHRISTIAN FLENKER AND DALLAS DURKOP EACH PLACED 2ND IN THE
TOURNAMENT.
THE DEWITT SABERS HOSTED THE CARDINAL BOWLERS FRIDAY NIGHT
AND WON BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS COMPETITION. HIGH MCHS
GIRLS GAME WAS 188 BY KAISEE SCHNOOR AND THE BEST BOYS GAME
WAS A 233 BY LUKE QUINLAN.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
7 ABOVE THE HIGH TODAY.
WINDY TOO.
BACK INTO THE 20'S WEDNESDAY.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 7 TONIGHT.
SUPERVISORS MEETING AT 8:30 TOMORROW MORNING.
HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING AT 4:30 TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
I WILL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS OF THESE MEETINGS LATER IN WEEK.
THE MCHS GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY
DUBUQUE WAHLERT TONIGHT.....GIRLS HERE, BOYS THERE.
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, THE BOYS AVENGED AN EARLIER SEASON LOSS
BY BEATING RANKED SOLON ON THE ROAD, 63 TO 38.
THE GIRLS, HERE, LOST TO SOLON, 46 TO 33.
SATURDAY, THE WRESTLERS WERE IN THE 11 TEAM TOURNAMENT AT WYOMING AND PLACED 4TH. LOGAN MAYBERRY WAS THE LONE
CHAMPION FOR THE CARDINALS, GOING 3 AND 0 AT 145 POUNDS.
CHRISTIAN FLENKER AND DALLAS DURKOP EACH PLACED 2ND IN THE
TOURNAMENT.
THE DEWITT SABERS HOSTED THE CARDINAL BOWLERS FRIDAY NIGHT
AND WON BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS COMPETITION. HIGH MCHS
GIRLS GAME WAS 188 BY KAISEE SCHNOOR AND THE BEST BOYS GAME
WAS A 233 BY LUKE QUINLAN.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Sunday, January 20, 2013
ONE EVENING LATE LAST SUMMER, I GOT A CALL TO COME OUT TO MY 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE TO MEET SOME CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO WERE
ON A ONE-WEEK TOUR OF THIS AREA, TAKING PHOTOS FOR THEIR 2013
PRINTED CALENDAR.
WHEN NANCY AND I ARRIVED, THEY WERE ALREADY TAKING PHOTOS AND IT WAS QUITE APPARENT, THEY WERE PROFESSIONALS. THEY TOOK HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS AND AS IT TURNED OUT, USED FOUR ON THEIR WEB SITE AND ONE FOR "OCTOBER" ON THEIR CALENDAR.
NANCY AND I ENJOYED THE VISIT WITH THE THREE. READING THEIR WEB SITE STORY, (THEY ASSUMED WE WERE MARRIED) YOU CAN TELL THEY
HAD A GOOD TIME VISITING THE DRIVE-IN. THEY SENT ME A COUPLE OF
THE CALENDARS THEY DISTRIBUTE TO THEIR CLIENTS. ALONG CAME A THANK-YOU NOTE SAYING THANKS FOR THE "SLUSHIES" AND SAYING THEY
WILL REMEMBER THE FIREFLIES.
THE SITE IS AT: www.rothandramberg.com
Dennis Voy kmaq@kmaq.com
ON A ONE-WEEK TOUR OF THIS AREA, TAKING PHOTOS FOR THEIR 2013
PRINTED CALENDAR.
WHEN NANCY AND I ARRIVED, THEY WERE ALREADY TAKING PHOTOS AND IT WAS QUITE APPARENT, THEY WERE PROFESSIONALS. THEY TOOK HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS AND AS IT TURNED OUT, USED FOUR ON THEIR WEB SITE AND ONE FOR "OCTOBER" ON THEIR CALENDAR.
NANCY AND I ENJOYED THE VISIT WITH THE THREE. READING THEIR WEB SITE STORY, (THEY ASSUMED WE WERE MARRIED) YOU CAN TELL THEY
HAD A GOOD TIME VISITING THE DRIVE-IN. THEY SENT ME A COUPLE OF
THE CALENDARS THEY DISTRIBUTE TO THEIR CLIENTS. ALONG CAME A THANK-YOU NOTE SAYING THANKS FOR THE "SLUSHIES" AND SAYING THEY
WILL REMEMBER THE FIREFLIES.
THE SITE IS AT: www.rothandramberg.com
Dennis Voy kmaq@kmaq.com
Friday, January 18, 2013
48 DEGREES TODAY. HOW ABOUT THAT?
ABOUT THE SAME TOMORROW.
BUT...IN THE TEENS FOR A HIGH SUNDAY.
SPORTS:
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY AT SOLON TONIGHT. MATT CLARK WILL
HAVE THE PLAY-BY-PLAY JUST BEFORE 7:30 ON KMAQ-FM AND ON
OUR INTERNET SITE.
THE GIRLS HOST SOLON TONIGHT.
IN WRESTLING, LAST NIGHT THE CARDINAL LOST TO 15TH RATED INDEPENDENCE, 69 TO 6. MAQUOKETA WON ONLY 2 MATCHES AND GAVE UP 5 FORFEITS.
DEWITT GRAPPLERS ARE HAVING A GOOD SEASON. THEY ARE RANKED
16TH IN THE STATE AND LAST NIGHT, BEAT ANAMOSA 75 T0 6
AND SOLON, 52 TO 25.
THE CARDINAL BOWLING TEAMS ARE AT DEWITT THIS AFTERNOON.'
A MAQUOKETA HOME RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER A FIRE STARTED IN THE ATTIC INSULATION THIS MORNING. LEE DECKER WAS REMODELING HIS BATHROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND SAW SMOKE.
HE TRIED TO PUT OUT THE ATTIC FIRE WITH AN EXTINGUISHER BUT THAT DID NOT WORK. FIREMEN WERE CALLED AT 7:26 A.M. AND SPENT A COUPLE HOURS AT THE HOME. THERE WAS SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE
ATTIC. THE HOME IS OWNED BY ROSIE GILMORE.
THREE MAQUOKETANS HAVFE BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH
THE BREAK-IN AND THEFT AT THE ANDREW COUNTRY MART, ON JAN. 9TH.
ALEX WRIGHT, AGE 18....ZACHARY FARNHAM, AGE 18 AND DAVID
OSTRANDER, AGE 18. THE THREE THREW AN OBJECT THROUGH THE
GLASS DOOR OF THE CONVENIENCE STORE AND TOOK CARTONS OF
CIGARETTESS AND MONSTER DRINKS. THE VALUE OF THAT TAKEN, ABOUT $700 AND THERE WAS $1,000 DAMAGE TO THE DOOR.
ATTORNEY MARK LAWSON HAS SOLD HIS BUSINESS TO KURT LAW OFFICE
IN DUBUQUE. ATTORNEY BRAD BOFFELLI WILL BE THE MAIN ATTORNEY IN THE MAQUOKETA OFFICE AT 114 WEST PLATT STREET. DARLA LAWSON, WIFE OF MARK, WILL CONTINUE PART TIME WORKING FOR BOFFELLI.
THE OFFICE WILL BE OPEN MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY.
BOFFELLI HAS BEEN A LAWYER SINCE 2009. HE LIVES IN CASCADE WITH HIS WIFE AND ONE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. A NEW SIGN WILL BE GOING UP SOON.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
ABOUT THE SAME TOMORROW.
BUT...IN THE TEENS FOR A HIGH SUNDAY.
SPORTS:
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY AT SOLON TONIGHT. MATT CLARK WILL
HAVE THE PLAY-BY-PLAY JUST BEFORE 7:30 ON KMAQ-FM AND ON
OUR INTERNET SITE.
THE GIRLS HOST SOLON TONIGHT.
IN WRESTLING, LAST NIGHT THE CARDINAL LOST TO 15TH RATED INDEPENDENCE, 69 TO 6. MAQUOKETA WON ONLY 2 MATCHES AND GAVE UP 5 FORFEITS.
DEWITT GRAPPLERS ARE HAVING A GOOD SEASON. THEY ARE RANKED
16TH IN THE STATE AND LAST NIGHT, BEAT ANAMOSA 75 T0 6
AND SOLON, 52 TO 25.
THE CARDINAL BOWLING TEAMS ARE AT DEWITT THIS AFTERNOON.'
A MAQUOKETA HOME RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AFTER A FIRE STARTED IN THE ATTIC INSULATION THIS MORNING. LEE DECKER WAS REMODELING HIS BATHROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND SAW SMOKE.
HE TRIED TO PUT OUT THE ATTIC FIRE WITH AN EXTINGUISHER BUT THAT DID NOT WORK. FIREMEN WERE CALLED AT 7:26 A.M. AND SPENT A COUPLE HOURS AT THE HOME. THERE WAS SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE
ATTIC. THE HOME IS OWNED BY ROSIE GILMORE.
THREE MAQUOKETANS HAVFE BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH
THE BREAK-IN AND THEFT AT THE ANDREW COUNTRY MART, ON JAN. 9TH.
ALEX WRIGHT, AGE 18....ZACHARY FARNHAM, AGE 18 AND DAVID
OSTRANDER, AGE 18. THE THREE THREW AN OBJECT THROUGH THE
GLASS DOOR OF THE CONVENIENCE STORE AND TOOK CARTONS OF
CIGARETTESS AND MONSTER DRINKS. THE VALUE OF THAT TAKEN, ABOUT $700 AND THERE WAS $1,000 DAMAGE TO THE DOOR.
ATTORNEY MARK LAWSON HAS SOLD HIS BUSINESS TO KURT LAW OFFICE
IN DUBUQUE. ATTORNEY BRAD BOFFELLI WILL BE THE MAIN ATTORNEY IN THE MAQUOKETA OFFICE AT 114 WEST PLATT STREET. DARLA LAWSON, WIFE OF MARK, WILL CONTINUE PART TIME WORKING FOR BOFFELLI.
THE OFFICE WILL BE OPEN MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY.
BOFFELLI HAS BEEN A LAWYER SINCE 2009. HE LIVES IN CASCADE WITH HIS WIFE AND ONE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. A NEW SIGN WILL BE GOING UP SOON.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, January 17, 2013
TODAY. YOU WILL NOTE ON THE NETWORK NEWS AND OTHER TV SHOWS THAT MANY, MANY MEN TODAY, IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND IN OTHER FIELDS AND CITIES.....NO TIE. THE MEN WEAR A DRESS SHIRT, SUIT COAT, SPORT
COAT, BUT NO TIE...JUST OPEN SHIRT LIKE ABOVE. I GUESS IT IS THE WAY TO LOOK DRESSED UP, BUT STILL LOOK CASUAL.
SUNNY AND COOL TODAY...28 THE HIGH.
TOMORROW 46.
SUNDAY, 17 FOR A HIGH.
THE NEW MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DRAFT CALENDAR HAS BEEN APPROVED.
SCHOOL STARTS AUG 15.
ENDS MAY 20, 2014.
GRADUATION DAY, MAY 18, 2014.
THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL IS HAVING THEIR GOAL SETTING
SESSION RIGHT NOW.
MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY MARK LAWSON (APPOINTED A NEW JUDGE FOR THIS AREA) HAS SOLD HIS PRACTICE TO A DUBUQUE ATTORNEY, BRADLEY ROFFELI. MORE LATER.
THANKS FOR CHECKING MY REPORT.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
COLD LAST NIGHT....THEN PT. SUNNY AND NICE TODAY...HIGH OF 35.
A COLD WEATHER SPELL IS COMING, STARTING SUNDAY, WHEN THE
HIGH WILL ONLY BE 18. THEN COLD WEATHER ALL NEXT WEEK.
GENESIS HEALTH SYSTEM SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT FLORENCE SPYROW
TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT CURT COLEMAN HAS BEEN NAMED ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE GENESIS MEDICAL CENTER IN DEWITT.
HAS AS SERVED AS INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR THERE SINCE JULY 1.
HE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE GENESIS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
AIR FORCE AIRMAN TRAVIS WILSON GRADUATED FROM BASIC MILITARY TRAINING AT LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE IN SAN ANTONIO.
HE IS A 2007 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND THE
SON OF WANDA AND ROBERT WILSON OF PERSHING ROAD, MAQUOKETA.
BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT...
BOY'S GAME....HERE....WESTERN DUBUQUE 66, MAQUOKETA 53.
THE BOBCATS ARE 11 AND 0.
GIRL'S GAME....THERE....WESTERN DUBUQUE 37, MAQUOKETA 29.
MAQUOKETA HAD THE LEAD LATE IN THE GAME.
HAVE A NICE NIGHT AND GOOD THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
A COLD WEATHER SPELL IS COMING, STARTING SUNDAY, WHEN THE
HIGH WILL ONLY BE 18. THEN COLD WEATHER ALL NEXT WEEK.
GENESIS HEALTH SYSTEM SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT FLORENCE SPYROW
TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT CURT COLEMAN HAS BEEN NAMED ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE GENESIS MEDICAL CENTER IN DEWITT.
HAS AS SERVED AS INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR THERE SINCE JULY 1.
HE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE GENESIS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
AIR FORCE AIRMAN TRAVIS WILSON GRADUATED FROM BASIC MILITARY TRAINING AT LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE IN SAN ANTONIO.
HE IS A 2007 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND THE
SON OF WANDA AND ROBERT WILSON OF PERSHING ROAD, MAQUOKETA.
BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT...
BOY'S GAME....HERE....WESTERN DUBUQUE 66, MAQUOKETA 53.
THE BOBCATS ARE 11 AND 0.
GIRL'S GAME....THERE....WESTERN DUBUQUE 37, MAQUOKETA 29.
MAQUOKETA HAD THE LEAD LATE IN THE GAME.
HAVE A NICE NIGHT AND GOOD THURSDAY.
DENNIS VOY
COFFEE/CAKE GET-TOGETHER FOR HIM AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY
CLUB THIS MORNING, HOSTED BY MANAGER MARY IRWIN. HE CAME
TO MAQUOKETA IN 1950 AND STARTED HIS BUSINESS. MANY OF YOU GOT YOUR GLASSES FROM HIM. HE'S WAY IN THE BACK WITH THE LIGHT BLUE SHIRT. ANOTHER PHOTO OF HIM WITH HIS FELLOW ROTARIANS (THE OLDEST MEMBER OF ROTARY) TAKEN AT NOON TODAY CAN BE SEEN BY GOING TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICKING-ON THE BLUE ROTARY WHEEL. CLICK-ON THIS PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT. DUCK HUNTING WAS HIS BIG HOBBY. HE STILL HUNTS A LITTLE. HIS WIFE DIED A FEW YEARS AGO AND HE
STILL LIVES ALONE OVERLOOKING THE GOLF COURSE. HIS KIDS LIVE IN DUBUQUE AND GALENA. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUD!
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
13 LAST NIGHT....SUNNY AND 30 TODAY.
TOMORROW....38 AND FRIDAY 41.
SATURDAY WILL BE NICE BUT IT WILL BE COLD SUNDAY.
BASKETBALL GAME ON KMAQ TONIGHT.....FROM EPWORTH.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS WILL PLAY WESTERN DUBUQUE.
MAQUOKETA, WITH A NEW COACH, HAS WON A COUPLE
GAMES IN A ROW. MATT CLARK WILL HAVE THE GAME
AT 7:20 TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND ON YOUR LAPTOP OR
IPAD.
THE BOYS WILL HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE TONIGHT AT THE NEW GYM.
GO CARDINALS!
ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOTTER:
THE ANDREW COUNTRY MART REPORTED A GAS DRIVE-OF....BIG ONE,
$56.91.
AND MATT POTTER SAID SOMEONE BROKE INTO HIS TRAILER AND NO INDICATION WHAT HAD BEEN TAKEN.
THE CONVENIENCE STORE AT CANTON, NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY, HAS BEEN SOLD AND WILL BE TURNED INTO A STEAK HOUSE. IT WAS THAT YEARS AGO. CANTON WAS A BOOMING TOWN AND THEN HAVING NO RAILROAD STOPPED THE BOOM.
BINGO TONIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS....BINGO THERE EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER JUST BEFORE THE MAIN GATE FAIR ENTRANCE IN MAQUOKETA SERVES BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING, MONDAY THRU FRIDAY FROM 7:30 UNTIL 9:30. LOW COST.
PLUS...THERE IS THE NOON MEAL ALL 5 DAYS TOO, AT LOW COST.
IOWA STATE INCOME IS UP A BILLION DOLLARS. FINANCIALLY THE HAWKEYE
STATE IS DOING OKAY.
TAX REFORM IS AN ISSUE.
I CONTINUE TO AVERAGE 800 HITS A DAY HERE. AND MOST HITS ARE
READ BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON. NOT GROWING, BUT HOLDING
IN THERE. WE HAVE LOTS OF REGULARS LIKE CARL SCHROEDER IN COLD ARIZONA.
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW....38 AND FRIDAY 41.
SATURDAY WILL BE NICE BUT IT WILL BE COLD SUNDAY.
BASKETBALL GAME ON KMAQ TONIGHT.....FROM EPWORTH.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS WILL PLAY WESTERN DUBUQUE.
MAQUOKETA, WITH A NEW COACH, HAS WON A COUPLE
GAMES IN A ROW. MATT CLARK WILL HAVE THE GAME
AT 7:20 TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND ON YOUR LAPTOP OR
IPAD.
THE BOYS WILL HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE TONIGHT AT THE NEW GYM.
GO CARDINALS!
ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOTTER:
THE ANDREW COUNTRY MART REPORTED A GAS DRIVE-OF....BIG ONE,
$56.91.
AND MATT POTTER SAID SOMEONE BROKE INTO HIS TRAILER AND NO INDICATION WHAT HAD BEEN TAKEN.
THE CONVENIENCE STORE AT CANTON, NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY, HAS BEEN SOLD AND WILL BE TURNED INTO A STEAK HOUSE. IT WAS THAT YEARS AGO. CANTON WAS A BOOMING TOWN AND THEN HAVING NO RAILROAD STOPPED THE BOOM.
BINGO TONIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS....BINGO THERE EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR CENTER JUST BEFORE THE MAIN GATE FAIR ENTRANCE IN MAQUOKETA SERVES BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING, MONDAY THRU FRIDAY FROM 7:30 UNTIL 9:30. LOW COST.
PLUS...THERE IS THE NOON MEAL ALL 5 DAYS TOO, AT LOW COST.
IOWA STATE INCOME IS UP A BILLION DOLLARS. FINANCIALLY THE HAWKEYE
STATE IS DOING OKAY.
TAX REFORM IS AN ISSUE.
I CONTINUE TO AVERAGE 800 HITS A DAY HERE. AND MOST HITS ARE
READ BY MORE THAN ONE PERSON. NOT GROWING, BUT HOLDING
IN THERE. WE HAVE LOTS OF REGULARS LIKE CARL SCHROEDER IN COLD ARIZONA.
SEE YOU TOMORROW.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, January 14, 2013
SUNDAY WAS A COLD DAY...HIGH OF 17 AFTER SOME LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. LAST NIGHT, DOWN TO 6 AND TODAY, WITH SUNNY SKIES, A HIGH
OF 25. SUNNY AND WARMER TOMORROW, WITH A HIGH OF 29.
WEDNESDAY, UP TO 39 AND WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK.
DUE TO THE INCREASE IN INFLUENZA IN MAQUOKETA, THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER WILL BE IMPLEMENTING VISITATION
RESTRICTIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
VISITORS SHOULD NOT COME TO THE HOSPITAL IF THEY HAVE A SORE
THROAT, CHILLS, HEADACHE, RUNNY NOSE, COUGH, FEVER OR BODY ACHES. IF THEY MUST VISIT, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK
AND MUST CLEAN THEIR HANDS BEFORE ENTERING A PATIENT'S ROOM.
ALSO, NO MORE THAN 2 VISITORS PER PATIENT AT A TIME.
CHILDREN UNDER 18 SHOULD NOT VISIT THE HOSPITAL, INCLUDING
SIBLINGS.
OFFICIALS WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON COUNTY
HAVE ANNOUNCED AFFILIATION WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
OF GREATER DUBUQUE. THE AFFILIATION BECAME EFFECTIVE
DECEMBER 27TH. LINKE CARSON OF MAQUOKETA, A MEMBER OF THE
BOARD, SAYS THE GREATER DUBUQUE FOUNDATION HAS DEMONSTRATED
SUSTAINED SUCCESS IN GROWING PHILANTROPIC COMMUNITIES.
BECAUSE OF THIS RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT, CARSON SAID THE COMMUNITY OF JACKSON COUNTY WILL BE WELL SERVED BY PARTNERING
WITH THEM. THE DECISION TO PARTNER WITH THEM CAME AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF STUDY AND DISCUSSION. JACKSON COUNTY HAS HAD
ITS OWN FOUNDATION FOR 30 YEARS. IT BEGAN AS THE MAQUOKETA
AREA FOUNDATION.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WON THEIR 2ND GAME IN A ROW
OVER THE WEEKEND AND THE BOYS THEIR 3RD IN A ROW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
OF 25. SUNNY AND WARMER TOMORROW, WITH A HIGH OF 29.
WEDNESDAY, UP TO 39 AND WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK.
DUE TO THE INCREASE IN INFLUENZA IN MAQUOKETA, THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER WILL BE IMPLEMENTING VISITATION
RESTRICTIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
VISITORS SHOULD NOT COME TO THE HOSPITAL IF THEY HAVE A SORE
THROAT, CHILLS, HEADACHE, RUNNY NOSE, COUGH, FEVER OR BODY ACHES. IF THEY MUST VISIT, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK
AND MUST CLEAN THEIR HANDS BEFORE ENTERING A PATIENT'S ROOM.
ALSO, NO MORE THAN 2 VISITORS PER PATIENT AT A TIME.
CHILDREN UNDER 18 SHOULD NOT VISIT THE HOSPITAL, INCLUDING
SIBLINGS.
OFFICIALS WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON COUNTY
HAVE ANNOUNCED AFFILIATION WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
OF GREATER DUBUQUE. THE AFFILIATION BECAME EFFECTIVE
DECEMBER 27TH. LINKE CARSON OF MAQUOKETA, A MEMBER OF THE
BOARD, SAYS THE GREATER DUBUQUE FOUNDATION HAS DEMONSTRATED
SUSTAINED SUCCESS IN GROWING PHILANTROPIC COMMUNITIES.
BECAUSE OF THIS RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT, CARSON SAID THE COMMUNITY OF JACKSON COUNTY WILL BE WELL SERVED BY PARTNERING
WITH THEM. THE DECISION TO PARTNER WITH THEM CAME AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF STUDY AND DISCUSSION. JACKSON COUNTY HAS HAD
ITS OWN FOUNDATION FOR 30 YEARS. IT BEGAN AS THE MAQUOKETA
AREA FOUNDATION.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WON THEIR 2ND GAME IN A ROW
OVER THE WEEKEND AND THE BOYS THEIR 3RD IN A ROW.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Friday, January 11, 2013
WE HAD LIGHT RAIN AND FOG MOST OF THIS MORNING. THIS AFTERNOON IT WAS CLOUDY AND WE REACHED 41 DEGREES.
TOMORROW, THE TEMPERATURE WILL FALL DURING THE DAY.
SUNDAY'S HIGH WILL BE ONLY IN THE 20'S. BUT, LOOKING AHEAD, WE
WILL BE BACK TO THE MID-THIRTIES BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
WE HAVE BASKETBALL ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT (AND HERE ON OUR WEB SITE TOO) AT AROUND 7:20. MATT CLARK WILL BROADCAST THE MAQUOKETA
BOY'S GAME FROM ANAMOSA.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS HOST ANAMOSA TONIGHT.
A MAQUOKETA MAN REPORTED TO MAQUOKETA POLICE THIS MORNING THAT HIS CAR WAS RANSACKED OVERNIGHT. CECIL BENTLEY AT 720 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE TOLD POLICE THIS MORNING THAT HIS UNLOCKED CAR HAD BEEN GONE THROUGH BUT NOTHING WAS APPARENTLY
TAKEN.
ROBERT D. FULTON, AGE 66, OF MAQUOKETA AND FORMERLY OF
DAVENPORT, DIED WEDNESDAY AT GENESIS MEDICAL CENTER-EAST
IN DAVENPORT. ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING AT THE McGINNIS-
CHAMBERS FUNERAL HOME IN BETTENDORF.
BILL FLEMMING, NOW OF BETTENDORF, WAS IN THIS WEEK AND HE
IS STILL WORKING ON HIS BOOK ABOUT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL WHILE HE WAS THE LONGTIME COACH. HE FIRST HOPED TO GET IT DOWN LAST LAST YEAR BUT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. NO COMPLETION DATE WAS MENTIONED THIS WEEK.
THE DECKER HOTEL AND RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA IS STILL OPEN
AND BEING RUN BY THE MILLEN'S, WHO HAVE OWNED IT FOR NEARLY
3 YEARS. SOME MEDIA COVERAGE HAS MENTIONED IT IS CLOSED.
THERE WILL BE A ONE-HOUR HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM TOMORROW
NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLERS LAST NIGHT DEFEATED
CLEAR CREEK AMANA, 34 TO 25.
BUT...THEY ALSO LOST TO MOUNT VERNON, 53 TO 15.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW, THE TEMPERATURE WILL FALL DURING THE DAY.
SUNDAY'S HIGH WILL BE ONLY IN THE 20'S. BUT, LOOKING AHEAD, WE
WILL BE BACK TO THE MID-THIRTIES BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
WE HAVE BASKETBALL ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT (AND HERE ON OUR WEB SITE TOO) AT AROUND 7:20. MATT CLARK WILL BROADCAST THE MAQUOKETA
BOY'S GAME FROM ANAMOSA.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS HOST ANAMOSA TONIGHT.
A MAQUOKETA MAN REPORTED TO MAQUOKETA POLICE THIS MORNING THAT HIS CAR WAS RANSACKED OVERNIGHT. CECIL BENTLEY AT 720 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE TOLD POLICE THIS MORNING THAT HIS UNLOCKED CAR HAD BEEN GONE THROUGH BUT NOTHING WAS APPARENTLY
TAKEN.
ROBERT D. FULTON, AGE 66, OF MAQUOKETA AND FORMERLY OF
DAVENPORT, DIED WEDNESDAY AT GENESIS MEDICAL CENTER-EAST
IN DAVENPORT. ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING AT THE McGINNIS-
CHAMBERS FUNERAL HOME IN BETTENDORF.
BILL FLEMMING, NOW OF BETTENDORF, WAS IN THIS WEEK AND HE
IS STILL WORKING ON HIS BOOK ABOUT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL WHILE HE WAS THE LONGTIME COACH. HE FIRST HOPED TO GET IT DOWN LAST LAST YEAR BUT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. NO COMPLETION DATE WAS MENTIONED THIS WEEK.
THE DECKER HOTEL AND RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA IS STILL OPEN
AND BEING RUN BY THE MILLEN'S, WHO HAVE OWNED IT FOR NEARLY
3 YEARS. SOME MEDIA COVERAGE HAS MENTIONED IT IS CLOSED.
THERE WILL BE A ONE-HOUR HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM TOMORROW
NIGHT AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLERS LAST NIGHT DEFEATED
CLEAR CREEK AMANA, 34 TO 25.
BUT...THEY ALSO LOST TO MOUNT VERNON, 53 TO 15.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
NEW OWNERS
NEW NAME
NEW LOOK
NEW MENU
DJ'S GRILL-N-CHILL ON E. PLATT IN MAQUOKETA. (FORMERLY T-N-T CONE SHOPPE)
DEB AND JAKE HUESSMAN, OWNERS
OPEN FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER 7 DAYS A WEEK. THEY ALSO DELIVER IN MAQUOKETA.... NOON AND EVENING MEALS. JUST CALL.
GOOD FOOD....FRIENDLY SERVICE....LOW PRICES AND FREE PARKING! OH YES...A NEW AND VERY CONVENIENT REST ROOM!
VERY POPULAR....THEIR FAMOUS SOFT-SERVE ICE CREAM! CONES, DISHES AND SHAKES!
KMAQ SAYS "GOOD LUCK" TO DEB AND JACK....
NOT NEW TO THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS BUT NEW TO MAQUOKETA
(CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS AND MENUS TO ENLARGE THEM)
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NEW NAME
NEW LOOK
NEW MENU
VERY POPULAR....THEIR FAMOUS SOFT-SERVE ICE CREAM! CONES, DISHES AND SHAKES!
KMAQ SAYS "GOOD LUCK" TO DEB AND JACK....
NOT NEW TO THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS BUT NEW TO MAQUOKETA
(CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS AND MENUS TO ENLARGE THEM)
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, January 10, 2013
RIGHT ACCORDING TO FORECAST, IT STARTED RAINING LIGHTLY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TEMP WENT UP TO 40.
DRIZZLE AND FOG TONIGHT AND MOSTLY CLOUDY AND NEAR 50 TOMORROW.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BEEF BANQUET IS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SERVING OF RIBEYE DINNER FROM 5 UNTIL 6:30. PROGRAM AFTER. ENTERTAINMENT FOLLOWS BY
A MAGICIAN AND COMEDIAN, KEITH WEST. TICKETS AT THE DOOR, $15.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS ARR AT MOUNT VERNON TONIGHT.
DAC, INC. IN MAQUOKETA RECEIVED AN UNUSUAL BOX IN THEIR RECYCLING BIN THIS WEEK......IT CONTAINED HUMAN REMAINS.
THE BOX LABEL INDICATED THERE WERE CREMAINS INSIDE.
OFFICER CRAIG JACKSON DID SOME CHECKING. HE DISCOVERED THAT A YOUNG MAN DIED IN 1997 AND SOME OF HIS CREMATED REMAINS WERE BURIED IN ILLINOIS. THE REST WERE SENT TO HIS MOTHER. HIS MOTHER, WHO LIVES IN MAQUOKETA (HAS NOT BEEN NAMED) TOSSED OUT THE
BOX RECENTLY AND DID NOT KNOW THERE WERE ADDITIONAL PACKAGES OF ASHES STILL IN THE BOX. OFFICER JACKSON SAID THE ASHES WERE GIVEN TO THE WOMAN YESTERDAY.
THE DECKER HOTEL AND RESTAURANT IS STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
OWNER MATT ALSO SAID HE HAS SOME ROOM RESERVATIONS FOR
LATER THIS MONTH, WHEN A BIG TRIAL WILL BE HELD IN MAQUOKETA.
THE NEW OWNER WILL TAKE OVER IN EARLY FEBRUARY AFTER THE
"CLOSING PAPERWORK" IS DONE.
BOB STOCKHAM IS 90 TOMORROW. HIS BUSINESS, STOCKHAM AND
SON, IS ONE OF THE OLDEST IN TOWN, OVER ONE-HUNDRED-TEN YEARS.
(A 4TH GENERATION BUSINESS). THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WAS STARTED BY HIS GRANDFATHER, G.L.... THEN RUN BY HIS FATHER, THE LATE "PUNCH" STOCKHAM, AND IS RUN NOW BY HIS SON DAVE. KMAQ'S FIRST STUDIOS WERE BUILDT BY THE FIRM AND THEN OUR CURRENT STUDIOS AND OFFICES ALSO.... IN 1970 ....AND THE VOY THEATRE WAS BUILDT BY STOCKHAM'S 40 YEARS AGO THIS WINTER. BOB AND I WERE PARTNERS IN A COUPLE BUILDINGS MANY YEARS AGO. GOOD GUY, BOB IS! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOB! HE SERVED IN WORLD WAR TWO AND RECEIVED THE
PURPLE HEART. WIFE MIM DIED LAST YEAR. WHEN YOU CALLED THE
OFFICE YEARS AGO, "PUNCH" WOULD OFTEN ANSWER THE PHONE.
I WOULD ASK FOR BOB.... AND IF BOB WASN'T IN....HE WOULD SAY.....HE'S NOT HERE AND INSTANTLY HANG UP. NO TIME FOR ANYTHING ELSE....HE WAS BUSY. ONCE WHEN I WAS DOWN AT THE SHOP....TALKING TO BOB....
"PUNCH" YELLED OUT......BOB, TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL! HE HAD JUST
CUT A FINGER OFF. I PICKED IT UP, WRAPPED IT IN PAPER AND UP TO
JCPH WE WENT. THE FINGER COULD NOT BE SAVED. "PUNCH" LOST A COUPLE FINGERS WITH A POWER SAW DURING HIS CAREER. HIS LIFE
CAME TO AN END ABRUPTLY WHEN HE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE
STREET FOR COFFEE AND GOT HIT BY A CAR.
HAVE A GOOD FRIDAY ... GET SET FOR A COLD SPELL STARTING SUNDAY.
DENNIS VOY
DRIZZLE AND FOG TONIGHT AND MOSTLY CLOUDY AND NEAR 50 TOMORROW.
THE JACKSON COUNTY BEEF BANQUET IS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SERVING OF RIBEYE DINNER FROM 5 UNTIL 6:30. PROGRAM AFTER. ENTERTAINMENT FOLLOWS BY
A MAGICIAN AND COMEDIAN, KEITH WEST. TICKETS AT THE DOOR, $15.
THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS ARR AT MOUNT VERNON TONIGHT.
DAC, INC. IN MAQUOKETA RECEIVED AN UNUSUAL BOX IN THEIR RECYCLING BIN THIS WEEK......IT CONTAINED HUMAN REMAINS.
THE BOX LABEL INDICATED THERE WERE CREMAINS INSIDE.
OFFICER CRAIG JACKSON DID SOME CHECKING. HE DISCOVERED THAT A YOUNG MAN DIED IN 1997 AND SOME OF HIS CREMATED REMAINS WERE BURIED IN ILLINOIS. THE REST WERE SENT TO HIS MOTHER. HIS MOTHER, WHO LIVES IN MAQUOKETA (HAS NOT BEEN NAMED) TOSSED OUT THE
BOX RECENTLY AND DID NOT KNOW THERE WERE ADDITIONAL PACKAGES OF ASHES STILL IN THE BOX. OFFICER JACKSON SAID THE ASHES WERE GIVEN TO THE WOMAN YESTERDAY.
THE DECKER HOTEL AND RESTAURANT IS STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
OWNER MATT ALSO SAID HE HAS SOME ROOM RESERVATIONS FOR
LATER THIS MONTH, WHEN A BIG TRIAL WILL BE HELD IN MAQUOKETA.
THE NEW OWNER WILL TAKE OVER IN EARLY FEBRUARY AFTER THE
"CLOSING PAPERWORK" IS DONE.
BOB STOCKHAM IS 90 TOMORROW. HIS BUSINESS, STOCKHAM AND
SON, IS ONE OF THE OLDEST IN TOWN, OVER ONE-HUNDRED-TEN YEARS.
(A 4TH GENERATION BUSINESS). THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WAS STARTED BY HIS GRANDFATHER, G.L.... THEN RUN BY HIS FATHER, THE LATE "PUNCH" STOCKHAM, AND IS RUN NOW BY HIS SON DAVE. KMAQ'S FIRST STUDIOS WERE BUILDT BY THE FIRM AND THEN OUR CURRENT STUDIOS AND OFFICES ALSO.... IN 1970 ....AND THE VOY THEATRE WAS BUILDT BY STOCKHAM'S 40 YEARS AGO THIS WINTER. BOB AND I WERE PARTNERS IN A COUPLE BUILDINGS MANY YEARS AGO. GOOD GUY, BOB IS! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOB! HE SERVED IN WORLD WAR TWO AND RECEIVED THE
PURPLE HEART. WIFE MIM DIED LAST YEAR. WHEN YOU CALLED THE
OFFICE YEARS AGO, "PUNCH" WOULD OFTEN ANSWER THE PHONE.
I WOULD ASK FOR BOB.... AND IF BOB WASN'T IN....HE WOULD SAY.....HE'S NOT HERE AND INSTANTLY HANG UP. NO TIME FOR ANYTHING ELSE....HE WAS BUSY. ONCE WHEN I WAS DOWN AT THE SHOP....TALKING TO BOB....
"PUNCH" YELLED OUT......BOB, TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL! HE HAD JUST
CUT A FINGER OFF. I PICKED IT UP, WRAPPED IT IN PAPER AND UP TO
JCPH WE WENT. THE FINGER COULD NOT BE SAVED. "PUNCH" LOST A COUPLE FINGERS WITH A POWER SAW DURING HIS CAREER. HIS LIFE
CAME TO AN END ABRUPTLY WHEN HE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE
STREET FOR COFFEE AND GOT HIT BY A CAR.
HAVE A GOOD FRIDAY ... GET SET FOR A COLD SPELL STARTING SUNDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
SUNNY AND 37 TODAY.
STILL AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IN FORECAST FOR TOMORROW AND
TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE DESIGN FOR THE NEW LITTLE BEAR PARK WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 24TH IN MAQUOKETA. THE COMPANY THAT DESIGNED
THE ORIGINAL PARK WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA TO DESIGN THE NEW
PLAYGROUND. THE TEAM WILL GET IDEAS FROM STUDENTS, TEACHERS,
AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
JACKSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU WILL AGAIN BE SPONSORING
SATURDAY LEGISLATIVE FORUMS AT CITY HALL WITH SEN. BOWMAN
AND REP. MOORE. THE FIRST ONE WILL BE ON JANUARY 19TH.
AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL SPONSOR THE THREE AG AWARDS AT THE
KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW, FEBRUARY 6TH AND 7TH.
NOMINATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE HERE AT KMAQ.
LAST YEAR'S WINNERS WERE:
PAUL AND SANDRA GERLACH, FARMERS OF THE YEAR.
JUDY TONDERUM, PUBLIC SERVICE PERSON OF THE YEAR.
AND FARRELL'S INC., AGRI-BUSINESS OF THE YEAR, OWNED BY
GARY AND BETTY FARRELL.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR 2ND GAME OF THE SEASON
LAST NIGHT, DEFEATING WEST DELAWARE, HERE, 56 TO 49.
IT WAS THE FIRST GAME FOR NEW INTERIM COACH, TRACY WILCOX
THE BOYS, AT MANCHESTER, BEAT WEST DELAWARE, 66 TO 47.
THE WRESTLERS, AT DURANT, LOST THREE TIMES LAST NIGHT....
39 TO 35 TO MONTICELLO....42 TO 28 TO NORTHEAST AND
45 TO 33 TO DURANT.
SLEEP WELL!
DENNIS VOY
STILL AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IN FORECAST FOR TOMORROW AND
TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE DESIGN FOR THE NEW LITTLE BEAR PARK WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 24TH IN MAQUOKETA. THE COMPANY THAT DESIGNED
THE ORIGINAL PARK WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA TO DESIGN THE NEW
PLAYGROUND. THE TEAM WILL GET IDEAS FROM STUDENTS, TEACHERS,
AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
JACKSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU WILL AGAIN BE SPONSORING
SATURDAY LEGISLATIVE FORUMS AT CITY HALL WITH SEN. BOWMAN
AND REP. MOORE. THE FIRST ONE WILL BE ON JANUARY 19TH.
AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB AND THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL SPONSOR THE THREE AG AWARDS AT THE
KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW, FEBRUARY 6TH AND 7TH.
NOMINATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE HERE AT KMAQ.
LAST YEAR'S WINNERS WERE:
PAUL AND SANDRA GERLACH, FARMERS OF THE YEAR.
JUDY TONDERUM, PUBLIC SERVICE PERSON OF THE YEAR.
AND FARRELL'S INC., AGRI-BUSINESS OF THE YEAR, OWNED BY
GARY AND BETTY FARRELL.
THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON THEIR 2ND GAME OF THE SEASON
LAST NIGHT, DEFEATING WEST DELAWARE, HERE, 56 TO 49.
IT WAS THE FIRST GAME FOR NEW INTERIM COACH, TRACY WILCOX
THE BOYS, AT MANCHESTER, BEAT WEST DELAWARE, 66 TO 47.
THE WRESTLERS, AT DURANT, LOST THREE TIMES LAST NIGHT....
39 TO 35 TO MONTICELLO....42 TO 28 TO NORTHEAST AND
45 TO 33 TO DURANT.
SLEEP WELL!
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
SUNNY AND 36 TODAY.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND 41.
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT, RAIN.
THE NEW OWNER OF THE DECKER HOTEL AND RESTAURANT TOLD KMAQ NEWS THIS MORNING HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO OPERATING THE FACILITY
AND PLANS TO KEEP IT AS IT IS. CHRIS QUILTY OF THE QUAD CITIES
PURCHASED THE HISTORIC HOTEL FROM DUPACO CREDIT UNION YESTERDAY. HE SAID HIS LONGTIME FRIEND MARK EDWARDS OF MAQUOKETA TOLD HIM ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF THE HOTEL.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCILMAN JOSH COLLISTER GAVE HIM
A TOUR OF THE THREE STORY BUILDING AND HE MET WITH DUPACO OFFICIALS MONDAY AND BOUGHT IT. HE TAKES POSSESSION FEBRUARY 4TH. GETTING THE ELEVATOR FIXED AND OPENING THE RESTAURANT ARE TWO OF HIS IMMEDIATE GOALS. THE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT BUSINESS WILL BE NEW TO HIM, BUT HE'S DONE RONOVATIONS AND HAD AN
INDUSTRIALA PAINTING BUSINESS IN THE QUAD CITIES FOR MANY YEARS.
HIS COMPANY IS CALLED CLASSIC DEVELOPMENT. QUILTY ALSO SAID HE PLANS TO HOST AN OPEN HOUSE WHEN HE HAS COMPLETED SOME WORK
ON THE BUILDING. HE SAID HE THINKS THE FACILITY WILL BE NICE ONCE HE IS DONE AND HOPES THE COMMUNITY WILL BE HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME.
LAST NIGHT, AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL APPROVED UP TO $50,000 IN A FORGIVABLE LOAN TO HELP PAY FOR
ELEVATOR REPAIRS. THE MONEY WILL COME FROM THE CITY'S ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FUND.
MAQUOKETA HAS SOME GOOD BOWLERS. JUST LAST NIGHT IN THE
B & P LEAGUE, DAVID SCHNOOR HAD A 791. MIKE VARNER, A 683.
JAY SMITH A 692.
THE MCHS GIRLS HOST WEST DELAWARE IN BASKETBALL TONIGHT....
THE BOYS PLAY AT WD MANCHESTER AND THE WRESTLERS ARE IN
A QUAD AT DURANT HIGH SCHOOL.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND 41.
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT, RAIN.
THE NEW OWNER OF THE DECKER HOTEL AND RESTAURANT TOLD KMAQ NEWS THIS MORNING HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO OPERATING THE FACILITY
AND PLANS TO KEEP IT AS IT IS. CHRIS QUILTY OF THE QUAD CITIES
PURCHASED THE HISTORIC HOTEL FROM DUPACO CREDIT UNION YESTERDAY. HE SAID HIS LONGTIME FRIEND MARK EDWARDS OF MAQUOKETA TOLD HIM ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF THE HOTEL.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCILMAN JOSH COLLISTER GAVE HIM
A TOUR OF THE THREE STORY BUILDING AND HE MET WITH DUPACO OFFICIALS MONDAY AND BOUGHT IT. HE TAKES POSSESSION FEBRUARY 4TH. GETTING THE ELEVATOR FIXED AND OPENING THE RESTAURANT ARE TWO OF HIS IMMEDIATE GOALS. THE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT BUSINESS WILL BE NEW TO HIM, BUT HE'S DONE RONOVATIONS AND HAD AN
INDUSTRIALA PAINTING BUSINESS IN THE QUAD CITIES FOR MANY YEARS.
HIS COMPANY IS CALLED CLASSIC DEVELOPMENT. QUILTY ALSO SAID HE PLANS TO HOST AN OPEN HOUSE WHEN HE HAS COMPLETED SOME WORK
ON THE BUILDING. HE SAID HE THINKS THE FACILITY WILL BE NICE ONCE HE IS DONE AND HOPES THE COMMUNITY WILL BE HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME.
LAST NIGHT, AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL APPROVED UP TO $50,000 IN A FORGIVABLE LOAN TO HELP PAY FOR
ELEVATOR REPAIRS. THE MONEY WILL COME FROM THE CITY'S ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FUND.
MAQUOKETA HAS SOME GOOD BOWLERS. JUST LAST NIGHT IN THE
B & P LEAGUE, DAVID SCHNOOR HAD A 791. MIKE VARNER, A 683.
JAY SMITH A 692.
THE MCHS GIRLS HOST WEST DELAWARE IN BASKETBALL TONIGHT....
THE BOYS PLAY AT WD MANCHESTER AND THE WRESTLERS ARE IN
A QUAD AT DURANT HIGH SCHOOL.
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.
DENNIS VOY
Monday, January 07, 2013
SUNNY AND 37 TODAY.
TOMORROW SHOULD BE SAME.
WEDNESDAY, SAME.
THURSDAY, 50% CHANCE OF RAIN AND 41.
FRIDAY, CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 44.
SATURDAY, BACK TO 39.
A JANUARY THAW!
THE DECKER HOTEL MAY BE SOLD. WILL FIND OUT MORE AT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
MCHS GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH TOM BARNES HAS RESIGNED,
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. SUPT. DR. KIM HUCKSTADT ACCEPTED HIS
RESIGNATION LAST NIGHT. THE CARDINAL GIRLS HAVE WON JUST
ONE GAME SO FAR THIS SEASON. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TRACT WILKINS WILL NOW SERVE AS INTERIM COACH FOR REST OF THE
SEASON.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS LOST FRIDAY NIGHT AT INDEPENDENCE, 45 TO 27 AND
SATURDAY NIGHT, LOST TO MONTICELLO 36 TO 20, AT THE LOCAL GYM.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS FRIDAY NIGHT, DEFEATED INDEPENDENCE IN
WAMAC PLAY, 75 TI 39 AND SATURDAY NIGHT, NON-CONFERENCE PLAY,
BEAT MONTICELLO 49 TO 42.
SATURDAY, IN THE BENTON WRESTLING TOURNAMENT AT VAN HORNE,
THE CARDINALS FINISHED 16TH OUT OF 18 TEAMS. ONLY 5 CARDINAL
TOOK PART IN THE VARSITY COMPETITION.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR ANOTHER
WEEK WITH NEW CITIZENS OF THE WEEK....ANOTHER ROTARIAN OF THE
WEEK AND A SILENT AUCTION ITEM OF WEEK. GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM
AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
TOMORROW SHOULD BE SAME.
WEDNESDAY, SAME.
THURSDAY, 50% CHANCE OF RAIN AND 41.
FRIDAY, CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 44.
SATURDAY, BACK TO 39.
A JANUARY THAW!
THE DECKER HOTEL MAY BE SOLD. WILL FIND OUT MORE AT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
MCHS GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH TOM BARNES HAS RESIGNED,
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. SUPT. DR. KIM HUCKSTADT ACCEPTED HIS
RESIGNATION LAST NIGHT. THE CARDINAL GIRLS HAVE WON JUST
ONE GAME SO FAR THIS SEASON. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TRACT WILKINS WILL NOW SERVE AS INTERIM COACH FOR REST OF THE
SEASON.
THE CARDINAL GIRLS LOST FRIDAY NIGHT AT INDEPENDENCE, 45 TO 27 AND
SATURDAY NIGHT, LOST TO MONTICELLO 36 TO 20, AT THE LOCAL GYM.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS FRIDAY NIGHT, DEFEATED INDEPENDENCE IN
WAMAC PLAY, 75 TI 39 AND SATURDAY NIGHT, NON-CONFERENCE PLAY,
BEAT MONTICELLO 49 TO 42.
SATURDAY, IN THE BENTON WRESTLING TOURNAMENT AT VAN HORNE,
THE CARDINALS FINISHED 16TH OUT OF 18 TEAMS. ONLY 5 CARDINAL
TOOK PART IN THE VARSITY COMPETITION.
THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY WEB SITE HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR ANOTHER
WEEK WITH NEW CITIZENS OF THE WEEK....ANOTHER ROTARIAN OF THE
WEEK AND A SILENT AUCTION ITEM OF WEEK. GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM
AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
Sunday, January 06, 2013
Friday, January 04, 2013
29 TODAY....IN THE 30'S TOMORROW.
GOV. TERRY BRANSTAD HAS APPOINTED JACKSON COUNTY MAGISTRATE
MARK LAWSON AS A JUDGE FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
HE REPLACES CHARLES PELTON IN CLINTON WHO RETIRED LAST YEAR.
LAWSON, WHO LIVES IN BELLEVUE AND HAS A LAW OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA,
SAID HE WILL RESIGN HIS MAGISTRATE'S POSITION AND EXPECTS TO START HIS NEW JOB IN EARLY FEBRUARY. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME HE
WAS A FINALIST. LAWSON SAID HE HOPES TO SELL HIS PRIVATE LAW PRACTICE ON WEST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK WAS RE-ELECTED AS CHIEF LAST NIGHT AND STARTS HIS 16TH YEAR AS CHIEF WITH NEARLY 30 YEARS
ON THE DEPARTMENT. BECK SAID 2011 WAS A FAIRLY NORMAL YEAR WITH 78 FIRE CALLS. THERE ARE 3 OPENINGS IN THE DEPARTMENT NOW.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RETIRED MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LYNN
DISNEY....80 TODAY.
WRESTLING LAST NIGHT HERE ..
WEST DELAWARE 63, MAQUOKETA 10.
WEST DELAWARE ALSO DEFEATED SOLON 82 TO 0.
MAQUOKETA DEFEATED SOLON 39 TO 33.
THE CARDINALS HOST INDEPENDENCE IN BOYS PLAY TONIGHT
AND THE GIRLS PLAY AT INDEPENDENCE. MATT CLARK WILL
BROADCAST THE GIRL'S GAME AROUND 7:30 ON KMAQ-FM AND
OUR WEB SITE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
GOV. TERRY BRANSTAD HAS APPOINTED JACKSON COUNTY MAGISTRATE
MARK LAWSON AS A JUDGE FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
HE REPLACES CHARLES PELTON IN CLINTON WHO RETIRED LAST YEAR.
LAWSON, WHO LIVES IN BELLEVUE AND HAS A LAW OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA,
SAID HE WILL RESIGN HIS MAGISTRATE'S POSITION AND EXPECTS TO START HIS NEW JOB IN EARLY FEBRUARY. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME HE
WAS A FINALIST. LAWSON SAID HE HOPES TO SELL HIS PRIVATE LAW PRACTICE ON WEST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK WAS RE-ELECTED AS CHIEF LAST NIGHT AND STARTS HIS 16TH YEAR AS CHIEF WITH NEARLY 30 YEARS
ON THE DEPARTMENT. BECK SAID 2011 WAS A FAIRLY NORMAL YEAR WITH 78 FIRE CALLS. THERE ARE 3 OPENINGS IN THE DEPARTMENT NOW.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RETIRED MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LYNN
DISNEY....80 TODAY.
WRESTLING LAST NIGHT HERE ..
WEST DELAWARE 63, MAQUOKETA 10.
WEST DELAWARE ALSO DEFEATED SOLON 82 TO 0.
MAQUOKETA DEFEATED SOLON 39 TO 33.
THE CARDINALS HOST INDEPENDENCE IN BOYS PLAY TONIGHT
AND THE GIRLS PLAY AT INDEPENDENCE. MATT CLARK WILL
BROADCAST THE GIRL'S GAME AROUND 7:30 ON KMAQ-FM AND
OUR WEB SITE.
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
DENNIS VOY
Thursday, January 03, 2013
COLD...IN TEENS THIS AFTERNOON.
BUT...NEAR 30 PREDICTED FOR SATURDAY.
JACK WILLEY OF MAQUOKETA WAS ELECTED TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE
JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 2011.
HE HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD 23 YEARS AND HAS BEEN CHAIRMAN
SEVERAL TIMES.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WILL NOT BUY THE DECKER HOTEL AFTER ALL.
BUT...THE PUBLICITY THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS HAS LED TO SEVERAL BUYERS. THE LATEST PRICE, CONSIDERED BARGAIN, IS AT $205,000.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING A THEFT FROM CLARK'S SALES SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA....A 1995 LEXUS. IT WAS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS AND IS OWNED BY A DUBUQUE MAN.
WRESTLING TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM...AND OUR WEB SITE..."LIVE" FROM THE MCHS GYM. MAQUOKETA IS HOSTING WESTERN DUBUQUE AND
SOLON. COVERAGE BY PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER BEGINS AROUND 7.
THIS IS MAQUOKETA'S 175TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR!
THIS IS VOY THEATRE'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR!
THIS IS KMAQ'S 55TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR!
I'LL BE 39 IN MAY.
HAVE A GOOD THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
DENNIS VOY
BUT...NEAR 30 PREDICTED FOR SATURDAY.
JACK WILLEY OF MAQUOKETA WAS ELECTED TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE
JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 2011.
HE HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD 23 YEARS AND HAS BEEN CHAIRMAN
SEVERAL TIMES.
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WILL NOT BUY THE DECKER HOTEL AFTER ALL.
BUT...THE PUBLICITY THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS HAS LED TO SEVERAL BUYERS. THE LATEST PRICE, CONSIDERED BARGAIN, IS AT $205,000.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING A THEFT FROM CLARK'S SALES SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA....A 1995 LEXUS. IT WAS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS AND IS OWNED BY A DUBUQUE MAN.
WRESTLING TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM...AND OUR WEB SITE..."LIVE" FROM THE MCHS GYM. MAQUOKETA IS HOSTING WESTERN DUBUQUE AND
SOLON. COVERAGE BY PAUL KOOB AND LEIGHTON HEPKER BEGINS AROUND 7.
THIS IS MAQUOKETA'S 175TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR!
THIS IS VOY THEATRE'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR!
THIS IS KMAQ'S 55TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR!
I'LL BE 39 IN MAY.
HAVE A GOOD THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
DENNIS VOY
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
THE DAY STARTED AT 5 ABOVE.
WE HAD LOTS OF SUNSHINE AND GOT UP TO 21 TODAY.
THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER.
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE DECKER HOTEL.
THE CITY HAS VOTED TO BUY IT TO KEEP IT FROM BEING AN APARTMENT
BUILDING AND WILL RE-SELL IT TO A PERSON THAT WOULD KEEP IT
AS A HOTEL AND RESTAURANT. I HEARD TODAY THAT THERE IS AN
INTERESTED BUY IN DUBUQUE AND MINNESOTA. IT IS "BARGAIN" PRICED. IT HAS REMAINED OPEN. IT IS OF COURSE OUR NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE
STREET AND SO WE HOPE IT WILL CONTINUE AS A HOTEL-RESTAURANT.
JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY SARA DAVENPORT IS AGAIN LOOKING FOR A NEW ASSISTANT. MATTHEW SPEERS HAS RESIGNED AFTER TWO MONTHS
ON THE JOB. HE HAS TAKEN THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY POSITION
IN BUENA VISTA WHICH IS HIS "HOME" COUNTY. SARA DAVENPORT IS
SEEKING APPLICANTS AND HOPES TO HAVE SOMEONE HIRED BEFORE SPEERS LEAVES JANUARY 25TH.
DALE PETERS, AGE 76, OF MAQUOKETA AND FORMERLY OF GRAND MOUND DIED TUESDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE AND A DAUGHTER,
JILL FRANZEN OF MAQUOKETA.
MARY MOREHEAD, 61, OF CALAMUS DIED MONDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE
HER HUSBAND AND A SISTER, BONNIE GRAU OF MAQUOKETA.
SCHULTZ FUNERAL HOME IN DEWITT IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR
BOTH PETERS AND MOREHEAD.
MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW BAND, THAT PLAYS ROCK MUSIC OF THE 50' AND 60'S AND BLUE GRASS MUSIC TOO. "THE IGNIGHTERS"....DAVE KLOFT,
SHAWN HENTLEMAN AND RANDY McCUTCHEON. THEY WILL PLAY THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT TIMBER LANES.
GARY EGGERS, THE DIRECTOR OF THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD, HAS PRESENTED A CHALLENGE TO THE CHURCHES OF THE MAQUOKETA AREA. GARY HAS CHALLENGED CHURCH MEMBERS TO COLLECT 12,400 CANS OF FOOD BEFORE FEBRUARY 3RD...SUPER BOWL SUNDAY.
EACH MONTH THE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD DISTRIBUTES MORE THAN THIS
NUMBER OF FOOD ITEMS. IF TOGETHER, THE CHURCHES COLLECT 12,400 CANS OF FOOD, GARY WILL HAVE HIS HEAD SHAVED! THE KICKOFF
IS JANUARY 6TH.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
WE HAD LOTS OF SUNSHINE AND GOT UP TO 21 TODAY.
THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER.
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE DECKER HOTEL.
THE CITY HAS VOTED TO BUY IT TO KEEP IT FROM BEING AN APARTMENT
BUILDING AND WILL RE-SELL IT TO A PERSON THAT WOULD KEEP IT
AS A HOTEL AND RESTAURANT. I HEARD TODAY THAT THERE IS AN
INTERESTED BUY IN DUBUQUE AND MINNESOTA. IT IS "BARGAIN" PRICED. IT HAS REMAINED OPEN. IT IS OF COURSE OUR NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE
STREET AND SO WE HOPE IT WILL CONTINUE AS A HOTEL-RESTAURANT.
JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY SARA DAVENPORT IS AGAIN LOOKING FOR A NEW ASSISTANT. MATTHEW SPEERS HAS RESIGNED AFTER TWO MONTHS
ON THE JOB. HE HAS TAKEN THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY POSITION
IN BUENA VISTA WHICH IS HIS "HOME" COUNTY. SARA DAVENPORT IS
SEEKING APPLICANTS AND HOPES TO HAVE SOMEONE HIRED BEFORE SPEERS LEAVES JANUARY 25TH.
DALE PETERS, AGE 76, OF MAQUOKETA AND FORMERLY OF GRAND MOUND DIED TUESDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE AND A DAUGHTER,
JILL FRANZEN OF MAQUOKETA.
MARY MOREHEAD, 61, OF CALAMUS DIED MONDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE
HER HUSBAND AND A SISTER, BONNIE GRAU OF MAQUOKETA.
SCHULTZ FUNERAL HOME IN DEWITT IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR
BOTH PETERS AND MOREHEAD.
MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW BAND, THAT PLAYS ROCK MUSIC OF THE 50' AND 60'S AND BLUE GRASS MUSIC TOO. "THE IGNIGHTERS"....DAVE KLOFT,
SHAWN HENTLEMAN AND RANDY McCUTCHEON. THEY WILL PLAY THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT TIMBER LANES.
GARY EGGERS, THE DIRECTOR OF THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD, HAS PRESENTED A CHALLENGE TO THE CHURCHES OF THE MAQUOKETA AREA. GARY HAS CHALLENGED CHURCH MEMBERS TO COLLECT 12,400 CANS OF FOOD BEFORE FEBRUARY 3RD...SUPER BOWL SUNDAY.
EACH MONTH THE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD DISTRIBUTES MORE THAN THIS
NUMBER OF FOOD ITEMS. IF TOGETHER, THE CHURCHES COLLECT 12,400 CANS OF FOOD, GARY WILL HAVE HIS HEAD SHAVED! THE KICKOFF
IS JANUARY 6TH.
THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
DENNIS VOY
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
IT IS A SUNNY AND COLD NEW YEAR'S DAY IN MAQUOKETA.
THE OVERNIGHT LOW WAS 5.
TODAY, HIGH OF 12 AND
TONIGHT, DOWN TO 0.
TOMORROW, BACK UP TO AROUND 20.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
NANCY AND I WENT TO TRUE FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE DINNER (ENJOYED DINING WITH BOB AND MYRNA LARKEY) AND THEN WE WENT TO THE
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER FOR A GREAT MUSIC SHOW.
TRUE IS AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB AND THEY HAD A FULL HOUSE
OF 200. VERY GOOD BUFFET OF CHICKEN AND BEEF AND CHEESECAKE
FOR DESSERT. AT OHNWARD....A TRIBUTE TO THE LEGENDS BY
DENNY & THE DC DRIFTERS. THE 5 PIECE BAND (4 OF WHICH
SANG) PRESENTED A GREAT, UPBEAT, NEARLY 3-HOUR SHOW OF 50'S AND
60'S HITS. AND I'D SAY THERE WERE OVER 700 THERE AND ALL HAD GOOD
TIME.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD RECENTLY HIRED TWO PART-TIME
TEACHERS. GENE SCHAUL AS A PART-TIME MATH TEACHER AT THE
HIGH SCHOOL AND KEVIN FUSS AS A 4/10TH TIME LANGUAGE ARTS
INSTRUCTOR AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE SUPERVISORS ARE SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR A JACKSON COUNTY
CONSERVATION BOARD MEMBER. GERALD MILLWRIGHT ANNOUNCED HE
WILL NOT SEEK RE-APPOINTMENT TO THE FIVE-YEAR POSITION.
HE HAS SERVED 5 YEARS. ANYONE INTERESTED SHOULD APPLY SOON
AT THE SUPERVISORS OFFICE. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A POPULAR BOARD AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE APPLICANTS.
THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB HAD A BUSY DECEMBER.
THEY HOSTED A BREAKFAST FOR THE JOOI/CARDS CLUB AT THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL. SELECTED PRESENTS FOR EIGHT CHILDREN IN THE
MAQUOKETA CHRISTMAS STAR PROGRAM, DONATED $250 AND PROVIDED COOKIES, PLUS BAGGED TOYS AND HELPED WITH DISTRIBUTION FOR
CHRISTMAS TOYS FOR TOTS, RANG THE SALVATION ARMY BELL, WRAPPED GIFTS AT THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT'S SHOP WITH A COP EVENT AND SUPPLIED $250 FOR TREATS FOR THE BREAKFAST WITH SANTA EVENT AT THE MAQUOKETA YMCA. NICE GOING OPTIMISTS.
THEY MEET AT 7 A.M. WEDNESDAYS AT THE EAGLES CLUB. NEW MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. VISIT A MEETING SOME WEDNESDAY MORNING.
TED STRAIT IS THE PRESIDENT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
THE OVERNIGHT LOW WAS 5.
TODAY, HIGH OF 12 AND
TONIGHT, DOWN TO 0.
TOMORROW, BACK UP TO AROUND 20.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
NANCY AND I WENT TO TRUE FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE DINNER (ENJOYED DINING WITH BOB AND MYRNA LARKEY) AND THEN WE WENT TO THE
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER FOR A GREAT MUSIC SHOW.
TRUE IS AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB AND THEY HAD A FULL HOUSE
OF 200. VERY GOOD BUFFET OF CHICKEN AND BEEF AND CHEESECAKE
FOR DESSERT. AT OHNWARD....A TRIBUTE TO THE LEGENDS BY
DENNY & THE DC DRIFTERS. THE 5 PIECE BAND (4 OF WHICH
SANG) PRESENTED A GREAT, UPBEAT, NEARLY 3-HOUR SHOW OF 50'S AND
60'S HITS. AND I'D SAY THERE WERE OVER 700 THERE AND ALL HAD GOOD
TIME.
THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD RECENTLY HIRED TWO PART-TIME
TEACHERS. GENE SCHAUL AS A PART-TIME MATH TEACHER AT THE
HIGH SCHOOL AND KEVIN FUSS AS A 4/10TH TIME LANGUAGE ARTS
INSTRUCTOR AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE SUPERVISORS ARE SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR A JACKSON COUNTY
CONSERVATION BOARD MEMBER. GERALD MILLWRIGHT ANNOUNCED HE
WILL NOT SEEK RE-APPOINTMENT TO THE FIVE-YEAR POSITION.
HE HAS SERVED 5 YEARS. ANYONE INTERESTED SHOULD APPLY SOON
AT THE SUPERVISORS OFFICE. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A POPULAR BOARD AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE APPLICANTS.
THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB HAD A BUSY DECEMBER.
THEY HOSTED A BREAKFAST FOR THE JOOI/CARDS CLUB AT THE MIDDLE
SCHOOL. SELECTED PRESENTS FOR EIGHT CHILDREN IN THE
MAQUOKETA CHRISTMAS STAR PROGRAM, DONATED $250 AND PROVIDED COOKIES, PLUS BAGGED TOYS AND HELPED WITH DISTRIBUTION FOR
CHRISTMAS TOYS FOR TOTS, RANG THE SALVATION ARMY BELL, WRAPPED GIFTS AT THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENT'S SHOP WITH A COP EVENT AND SUPPLIED $250 FOR TREATS FOR THE BREAKFAST WITH SANTA EVENT AT THE MAQUOKETA YMCA. NICE GOING OPTIMISTS.
THEY MEET AT 7 A.M. WEDNESDAYS AT THE EAGLES CLUB. NEW MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. VISIT A MEETING SOME WEDNESDAY MORNING.
TED STRAIT IS THE PRESIDENT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
DENNIS VOY
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