FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH OF 32.   IT FELT WARMER.  THAT SUN
HELPS.   LAST NIGHT WE WERE AT 10 FOR A LOW AND
TONIGHT'S LOW WILL BE 23.   TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY WITH
A HIGH OF 40.

BLACK FRIDAY (STARTING LAST NIGHT) WAS QUITE EVIDENT AT THE
WAL MART STORE IN MAQUOKETA.     THE PARKING LOT PROVED IT.

THE COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER AT THE SENIOR CENTER WAS ANOTHER BIG SUCCESS.     ABOUT 125 SERVED THERE AND 75 IN THEIR
HOME.   IT WAS SPONSORED BY MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SERVICES
(THE ORGANIZATION THAT RUNS THE USED CLOTHING STORE IN THE DAC BUILDING ON WEST PLATT) AND THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB.

THE OCTOBER UNEMPLYEMENT RATES WERE ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY.
US:   7.3 PERCENT, UP FROM 7.2 IN SEPTEMBER.
IOWA:    4.6 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 4.7 IN IN SEPTEMBER.
JACKSON COUNTY:   4.1 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 4.3 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER.

THE MCHS CLASS OF 88 TWENTY-FIFTH REUNION IS TOMORROW FROM
4 UNTIL 9 TOMORROW...AT THE EAGLES CLUB IN MAQUOKETA.
NO RESERVATIONS NECESSARY.    THE BAND "JAMMER" WILL
PLAY FROM 9 UNTIL 1.    TOMORROW AFTERNOON  AT THE  MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE (OLD OSTERHAUS BUILDING) FROM NOON 'TIL 4 WILL BE MEET AND GREET EVENT.    SOUP AND CHEESE TRAYS AND  TOURS OF HIGH SCHOOL.   ANY QUESTIONS...CALL 563-5493-0915

TOMORROW, THE 17TH ANNUAL JACK MARLOWE ALUMNI BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WILL BE PLAYED IN THE NEW GYM ON TWO COURTS, STARTING AT NOON.   AND ALSO AT NOON, IN THE OLD GYM, THE 5TH ANNUAL ALUMNI LADIES VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT.  SLIGHT ADMISSION AND THE CONCESSION STAND WILL BE OPEN.

BIG BAND CHRISTMAS SHOW AT 7 TOMORROW NIGHT AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.    A 15 PIECE BAND AND THE CHORAL GROUP ABOVE.
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.

AGAIN,  A BAD ACCIDENT OUT BY HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER ON 61
TODAY....BUT NO INFORMATION YET.    THE STATE PATROL INVESTIGATED AND
AS ALWAYS, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR NEWS FROM THE PATROL.   IF THE  SHERIFF'S OFFICE COVERS THE WRITES-UP THE ACCIDENT, WE GET IT QUICKLY.   THE AIRCARE HELICOPTER WAS CALLED AND ARRIVED WITHIN 30 MINUTES.  

HOW ABOUT THAT HAWKEYE FOOTBALL TEAM WIN TODAY OVER NEBRASKA.

AND, THE BASKETBALL TEAM DOING WELL IN THE BAHAMAS TOURNAMENT
AND PLAY AGAIN TONIGHT.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE

 

ABOVE, KATHLEEN EDWARDS, COMING

DECEMBER 7TH TO MAQUOKETA ARE EXPERIENCE

SEE STORY  BELOW WITH MORE INFORMATION

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

COLD TODAY.
GOT DOWN TO 9 ABOVE OVERNIGHT.
HIT 23 FOR THE HIGH TODAY.
TOMORROW, THANKSGIVING DAY, SUNNY AND 30.
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN MID TO UPPER 30'S.
NO BAD WEATHER TRAVEL PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM LOST THEIR OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON LAST NIGHT AT MT. VERNON.     RATED MT. VERNON
DEFEATED THE CARDINALS 54 TO 41.   AND THE CARDINAL BOWLING
TEAMS HOSTED WESTERN DUBUQUE YESTERDAY AT TIMBER LANES AND
BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS TEAMS LOST.    FOR MORE, GO TO THE
KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON THE CARDINAL.

THE SILENT AUCTION ITEM ON THE ROTARY SITE IS A $20 GIFT CARD.
GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON THE ROTARY BUTTON AND THEN
EMAIL YOUR BID.

TWO MAQUOKETA WOMEN WERE ARRESTED AFTER THEY ALLEGEDLY TOOK
ITEMS FROM WAL MART IN MAQUOKETA LATE LAST NIGHT.  CHARGED, 18 YEAR OLD KRISTY HALL AND 32 YEAR OLD WENDY EYE.     HALL WAS CHARGED WITH ROBBERY,  POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND EYE WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT IN THE 5TH DEGREE AND HAVING NO CAR INSURANCE.  HALL SHOVED THE ASSISTANT MANAGER AND FLED OUT THE DOOR.    HALL  WAS PLACED IN JAIL ON $10,000 CASH BOND AND EYE
WAS RELEASED.

MEDIACOM IS CLOSING THE MAQUOKETA OFFICE THIS FRIDAY.   LITTLE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.    MANAGER MARILYN EVERDING IS RETIRING THIS WEEK AFTER OVER 25 YEARS AS THE LOCAL CABLE TV OFFICE
MANAGER.    A NOTE ON THE DOOR INFORMED CUSTOMERS TO A TOLL-FREE NUMBER TO CALL OR TO CONTACT THEIR CLINTON OFFICE.

NO DAILY REPORT TOMORROW!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

DENNIS VOY

COME TO THE OPEN HOUSE

THE TURKEY WORLD

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

COLD TODAY...
AND... DOWN TO 9 TONIGHT...
MID 20'S TOMORROW.
THANKSGIVING DAY LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.

THE 9TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TREES WINNERS WERE ANNOUNCED THIS AFTERNOON BY RICH HALL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON EAST PLATT STREET IN MAQUOKETA. 
FIRST PLACE, BIG TREE....

THE WINNER IS:   MINOR, GILROY & MEADE CPA FIRM, MAQUOKETA.

FIRST PLACE, SMALL TREE...

THE WINNER IS:   REV. EMMETT & EILENE BUSCH OF MAQUOKETA


FIRST PLACE WREATH....

THE WINNER IS:    MAX RAY JEWELERS IN MAQUOKETA

RICH HALL REMINDS EVERYONE THAT OHNWARD THIS YEAR IS OFFERING
A HOLIDAY FAMILY GIFT PASS.    THE HOLIDAY GIFT PASS IS FOR FOUR TICKETS TO ANY OF THE UPCOMING 2014 SHOWS, FOR ONLY $80.00.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOUP SUPPER

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

IT SNOWED IN MAQUOKETA THIS MORNING....WE PROBABLY GOT AN
INCH.
IT WAS COLD ALSO, WITH A HIGH OF 31.
TOMORROW, PARTY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 29.
WEDNESDAY, SUNNY AND HIGH OF 26
THANKSGIVING DAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 32.

THE KMAQ TRAVEL TRIP TO BRANSON WAS A GOOD ONE.    GO TO
KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK-ON THE BUS FOR SOME PHOTOS I
TOOK THERE.

A COUPLE ACCIDENTS:
DOUGLAS HUTE, AGE 16, OF MAQUOKETA  WAS DRIVING WEST ON 45TH AVENUE AT 3 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND WHEN GOING AROUND A CURVE, HE LOST CONTROL ON LOOSE GRAVEL AND THE TRUCK ROLLED ONTO IT'S TOP.        $8,000 DAMAGE TO THE 2000 CHEVY PICKUP.    HUTE WAS NOT INJURED.

AMY EADS, AGE 25, OF MAQUOKETA, AT 7:40 THIS MORNING, BRAKED TO STOP AT MATTESON AND MAPLE AND SLID INTO THE CURB.    $200 IN DAMAGES TO HER 2003 CHEVY.   NO INJURIES AND NO CHARGES FILED.

THE JACKSON COUNTY HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA WAS HELD SATURDAY  NIGHT AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.
I TOOK SOME PHOTOS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY ARE
BELOW TODAY'S REPORT.    NOT A BAD SHOW, BUT NOT A GOOD
ATTENDANCE.  

DEBI DURHAM, DIRECTOR OF THE STATE OF IOWA ENCONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WILL BE IN JACKSON COUNTY FOR A NOON
LUNCHEON AT HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER, AT NOON TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 10TH.    SHE WILL TALK ABOUT JACKSON COUNTY'S NEW ECONOMIC ALLIANCE AND ALSO WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE STATE
SCENE.   ANYONE MAY ATTEND, BUT YOU NEED TO RSVP BY DECEMBER
4TH TO 652-4549.    COST, $10.

A REMINDER, THE 3 MAJOR NEWSCASTS ON KMAQ (7:45, 12:15 AND 5:05)
CAN BE HEARD HERE ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE.   JUST TURN-ON
THE RADIO IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER.      YOU CAN ALSO
LISTEN TO INTERVIEWS ON "JUST TALK" AT 9:05 A.M.   
BUT, THIS "STREAMING" AS IT IS CALLED, WILL NOT WORK ON YOUR
I-PAD.

DISNEY'S NEW MOVIE "FROZEN" STARTS TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE.   RATED PG...FOR ALL THE FAMILY.    EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT IS BARGAIN NIGHT...ALL SEATS, $5.    EVERY  WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS FREE POPCORN NIGHT.
AND THE ADMISSION FOR "SENIORS" IS $5 AT ALL TIMES.
ALSO SHOWING NOW, "THE HUNGER GAMES", RATED PG-13 AND
THE COMEDY "DELIVERY MAN" RATED PG-13.
GIFT CARDS ARE AVAILABLE WHENEVER THE THEATRE IS OPEN AND
ALSO WEEKDAYS HERE AT KMAQ.  
FOR FEATURES SHOWING AND SHOW TIMES...24 HOURS A DAY, CALL
563-652-3535.

TIME TO BUY THAT TURKEY!

HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY WEEK!

DENNIS VOY

A MAQUOKETA HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA

SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON

AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER

PRODUCED BY THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS

AND ONWARD

SANTA (RICH HALL) AND ROBYN LANE

 AARON SOENKSEN, SHANNON SOENKSEN, RICH MATZEN AND JULIE MATZEN

FROM GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN DEWITT

 PATRICIA RYAN

RON DELEGARDELLE & JUNE WAHL

 BECKY BENEDIX WITH HAND BELLS

 

SARA VASQUEZ

                         SHANNON SOENKSEN AND JULIE MATZEN OF DEWITT

 

 LORI SCHNOOR

 

THE FESTIVAL OF TREES IN THE OHNWARD LOBBY!

THE WHITE TREE IS THE KMAQ 55TH ANNIVERSARY TREE.

A SILENT AUCTION IS BEING HELD FOR EACH TREE THROUGH

THIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH WHEN THE

TREE FESTIVAL ENDS.   ADMISSION IS FREE TO THE FESTIVAL.

PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE

OF TREES GOES TO OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.

THE EXTRAVAGANZA....

A FUN SHOW!

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

YESTERDAY, FOR A FEW HOURS, JACKSON COUNTY WAS THE ONLY COUNTY IN EASTERN IOWA TO BE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH.   BUT,  THANK GOODNESS, THE BAD WEATHER MOVED EASTERLY AND YOU MAY HAVE
HEARD TODAY THAT WASHINGTON, ILLINOIS WAS THE HARDEST HIT
BY A TORNADO.
TODAY HERE IN MAQUOKETA, SUNNY, WINDY AND COLD...HIGH OF 40.
WE WILL BE IN THE 40'S MOST OF THE WEEK.

ATTORNEY TOM BREUCH OF MAQUOKETA ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT SATURDAY IN A NEWSPAPER AD.   HE SOLD HIS PRACTICE TO A CLINTON FIRM.    HE WILL RETIRE AFTER 42 YEARS, DECEMBER 31ST.   HE SERVED THE COMMUNITY WELL AS AN ATTORNEY, AND WAS A LONGTIME BOARD MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY.

THE REV. KENT ANDERSON WILL BE LEAVING AS THE PRIEST FOR ST.
MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA.    HE HAS BEEN WITH THE CHURCH FOR 3 YEARS, COMING FROM DUBUQUE WHERE HE LIVES.
HE HAS WORKED AT THE MAQUOKETA CHURCH THE SECOND AND FOURTH
SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH.     ANDERSON AND HIS WIFE AND THREE
CHILDREN WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE IN DUBUQUE AND HE WILL CONTINUE
TO SERVE AT ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN DUBUQUE.  
HIS REPLACEMENT IN MAQUOKETA WILL BE FATHER BOB NORTH WHO WILL JOIN THE CHURCH NEXT MONTH AND PREACH EACH SUNDAY MORNING.

MARY CLARK OF BELLEVUE, AGE 90, DIED NOVEMBER 12TH AT MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE.    THERE WILL BE PRIVATE FAMILY SERVICES.
SHE WORKED AT CLINTON ENGINES FOR MANY YEARS.   SHE IS
SURVIVED BY TWO SONS, GARY AND LARRY CLARK OF MAQUOKETA....ALSO 3 GRANDCHILDREN.     HACHMANN FUNERAL HOME IN BELLEVUE IS
ASSISTING THE FAMILY.

NANCY AND I LEAVE FOR BRANSON (ESCORTING  THE KMAQ TRAVEL
BUS) EARLY IN THE MORNING AND WILL RETURN FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT DAILY REPORT WILL BE NEXT MONDAY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

MAQUOKETA FESTIVAL OF TREES

THE  FESTIVAL OF TREES  IS AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER ON HIGHWAY 64 EAST MAQUOKETA.    FREE ADMISSION!

               THE ABOVE WREATH FROM THE KIWANIS CLUB IN MAQUOKETA

                         THE KMAQ 55TH ANNIVESARY PATRIOTIC TREE ABOVE

                                 GILROY AND MEAD CPA PC TREE ABOVE

THIS IS BRIANNA AT THE PIANO, A STUDENT OF PAM CRAWFORD.   PIANO
STUDENTS WILL BE ENTERTAINING WITH CHRISTMAS CAROLS DURING THE
PARADE OF TREES.

                                  THE MAQUOKETA YMCA TREE ABOVE

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB  WREATH ABOVE.   BLUE IS ONE OF ROTARY'S COLORS.

ABOVE, NICE WREATH BY GARY AND MARILYN DREW.   REMEMBER, GARY WAS THE KEY PERSON TO GET THE OHNWARD CENTER FOR MAQUOKETA.

                                        JACK & ASSOCIATES TREE ABOVE.

                        JAKE AND JUDY BICKFORD'S HAWKEYE TREE ABOVE.

THERE IS A SILENT AUCTION FOR ALMOST EACH TREE.   BUY A TREE AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO DECORATE ONE THIS YEAR.    PROCEEDS FROM
THE SALE OF THE TREES GOES TO OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.
AND....
THERE ARE MANY HOLIDAY ITEMS FOR DECORATING YOUR HOME OR GIFT GIVING THAT YOU CAN PURCHASE AND TAKE HOME WITH YOU.

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

NICE DAY TODAY....SUNNY AND HIGH OF 54.

INCREASING CLOUDS TONIGHT AND RAIN TOMORROW, TOMORROW NIGHT
AND SUNDAY.   BUT, SUNDAY WE WILL GET UP TO 61.
MONDAY, NO RAIN, SUNNY AND A HIGH OF ONLY 42.

A WISCONSIN MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 14 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON AFTER SWITCHING LABELS ON CONSUMER GOODS IN MAQUOKETA
AND OTHER COMMUNITIES.      JEREMY FISHNICK OF LANCASTER WAS SENTENCED IN CEDAR RAPIDS.   MAQUOKETA POLICE SAID HE SWITCHED
SOME LABELS ON HIGHER PRICED PRODUCTS WITH LOWER PRICED GOODS AT THEISEN'S IN MAQUOKETA.   DID THIS ALSO AT MONTICELLO AND ANAMOSA.

         AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.    TREES AND
         WREATHS AND MOST ARE FOR SALE

THIS IS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY FOR CAMP COURAGEOUS FRUITCAKES.

THEY ARE ON SALE NOW THROUGHOUT EASTERN IOWA.   THESE SCRUMPTIOUS ONE-POUND CAKES SELL FOR $10.   THEY DO NOT CONTAIN

CITRON OR ALCOHOL AND MAKE WONDERFUL HOLIDAY GIFTS.    THEY NEED TO BE STORED, SLICED AND SERVED FROZEN.    HERE ARE A COUPLE PLACES YOU CAN BUY ONE OR TWO OR MORE:   THE FAREWAY STORE IN MAQUOKETA, STEFFEN'S TAP IN CALAMUS, HILL CHIROPRACTIC  IN DE WITT,  AND CITIZEN'S STATE BANK IN WYOMING.   I HAVE NEVER BEEN A FAN

OF FRUITCAKES, BUT I DO LIKE THE CAMP COURAGEOUS ONES.

CAMP COURAGEOUS SEVES 6,500 INDIVIDUALS EVERY YEAR!

THIS WATER COLOR/PASTEL EXHIBITION IS OPEN NOW UNTIL JANUARY 11TH AT MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.   STOP IN! NO ADMISSION.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!
DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD POSTPONED A DECISION WHETHER TO OFFER EARLY RETIREMENT FOR TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS NEXT
YEAR.    THEY WILL DISCUSS IT AGAIN AT THE DECEMBER 9TH MEETING.
EARLY RETIREMENT HAS BEEN OFFERED THE LAST THREE YEARS.

ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, JOHN DAVIS AT 416 1/2 SOUTH CLARK STREET
SAID HIS TV WAS TAKEN.   HE MADE THE REPORT YESTERDAY.

THERE WILL BE A BIRD-FEEDER WORKSHOP AT 1 P.M. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD.   THE COST (PARTICIPANTS WILL BUILD A FEEDER TO KEEP) IS $7 AND THE  DEADLINE TO REGISTER WILL BE NOVEMBER 20TH.    REGISTER BY CALLING THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER AT 652-3783.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1988 WILL HAVE THEIR 25TH YEAR
CLASS REUNION SATURDAY, NOV. 30TH STARTING AT 4 P.M. AT THE EAGLE'S CLUB.    CLASSMATES ARE URGED TO COME EARLY AND STAY LATE.   NO RSVP NECESSARY.    FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL DAVE VOY AT 563-223-8692 OR SEND EMAIL TO  classof88@maquoketa.com
HEATHER GILMORE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.

FIVE NEW HOUSES ARE GOING UP THIS FALL IN MAQUOKETA.    MORE
LATER.

REMEMBER, THE "JUST TALK" SHOW ON KMAQ ON FRIDAYS TAKES CALLS FROM ANYONE ON ANY SUBJECT.    IT CAN GET INTERESTING AT TIMES.
LISTEN IN TOMORROW AT 9:05 A.M.    GO TO KMAQ'S HOME PAGE
(WWW.KMAQ.COM) AND NOT BEFORE 9 A.M., TURN-ON THE RADIO IN
THE  LOWER RIGHT CORNER.

KMAQ WILL NOT HAVE A HOME DECORATING CONTEST THIS YEAR.
LAST YEAR, THE 2ND YEAR WE HAD IT, PARTICIPATION WAS VERY LOW.
PEOPLE DIDN'T BOTHER TO ENTER!  

NOT SURPRISING, HERE IN MAQUOKETA, IT IS ALREADY STARTING TO LOOK LIKE CHRISTMAS IN STORES AND IN HOMES WHERE THE TREE IS VISABLE TO THE OUTSIDE.

HAVE A MERRY.......MERRY FRIDAY AND WEEKEND THAT IS!

DENNIS VOY

NO WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

MEET YOUR POSTMASTER, KIM

KIM MILES WAS ON "JUST TALK" THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT THE MAILING SEASON AHEAD.       THE  PHOTO ABOVE, WITH THE MAQUOKETA POST OFFICE IN THE BACKGROUND, TELLS THE MAIN MESSAGE AGAIN THIS SEASON...."MAIL EARLY".

DENNIS VOY

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

A SUNNY, COOL DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20'S.
FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, EACH DAY WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, BACK IN THE 50'S.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPT. DR. KIM HUCKSTADT AT THE BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION,  EFFECTIVE AT THE END OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.      SOME WERE SURPRISED, BUT OTHERS KNEW HE HAS BEEN THINKING OF DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.    NO PLANS FOR THE FUTURE WERE GIVEN HOWEVER.    HE SAID HE ENJOYS HIS WORK BUT FEELS A CHANGE WOULD BE GOOD.     HUCKSTADT, WHO IS 58 (WILL BE 59 NEXT MAY) HAS BEEN A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE FOR A LONG TIME.    TEACHER, COACH AND PRINCIPAL BEFORE THE TOP JOB.    HE COACHED BASKETBALL FOR 15 YEARS FROM 1977 TO 1986  AND AGAIN FROM 1990 TO 1995.   HE WAS ASSOCIATE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND ACTIVITY DIRECTOR FROM 1990 TO 1995 AND THEN MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINICPAL FROM 1995 TO 2001.    HIS CURRENT POSITION BEGAN IN 2001,
A DOZEN YEARS AGO.     A LOT OF CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED DURING THAT TIME AT ALL FOUR ATTENDANCE CENTERS.     DECLINING ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN A FRUSTRATING PROBLEM BUDGET-WISE AND HE CAME UP WITH THE ANSWERS EVERY YEAR.
OUTSIDE OF EDUCATION, HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY TOO.
HE'S A FELLOW ROTARIAN AND (ITS THE CHRISTMAS SEASON) HE TAKES TIME TO DECORATE HIS HOME FOR CHRISTMAS EACH YEAR.   SINCE HE ALSO IS A ST. LOUIS CARDINAL FAN, WE HAVE TALKED BASEBALL A LOT OVER THE YEARS.     HIS WIFE LUANNE TEACHES AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE A SON TATE WHO IS A SOPHOMORE IN COLLEGE.   IT WILL TAKE A GOOD MAN TO FILL HIS SHOES.    THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO START LOOKING
SOON AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.

THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED OUT EARLY THIS MORNING TO A HOUSE FIRE AT IRON HILL, NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA.
FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK SAID THERE WAS MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE HOME AT 10928 CAVES ROAD.   THE TENANT, LISA BRINNAN GOT OUT OF THE  HOUSE
WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THE HOME IS OWNED BY SOMEONE IN THE
DES MOINES AREA.    BECK SAYS HE SUSPECTS AN ELECTRIC HEATER IN A BATHROOM WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.    A CAT AND TWO PARROTS DID NOT SURVIVE.

WE HAVE HAD SOME LISTENERS MENTION THAT THEY CAN NOT GET
KMAQ-FM WITH THE "STREAMING" BUTTON ON OUR WEB SITE.  
WE "STREAM" KMAQ-FM FOR THE MAJOR NEWSCASTS, JUST TALK SHOW,
AND LOCAL BALL GAMES.   OTHER PROGRAMS AND MUSIC WE DO NOT
"STREAM".    FOR SOME REASON, "STREAMING" IS NOT POSSIBLE USING
AN APPLE I-PAD, NATION-WIDE.  

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN TODAY.

SEE YOU ON THE RADIO!

DENNIS VOY

 

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

A WINTER-LIKE DAY TODAY.    STARTED OFF AT 42 THIS MORNING AND
WE HAD BLOWING SNOW A LOT TODAY AND THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED
DURING THE DAY AND WAS AT 28 BY 4:30, HEADING FOR AN OVERNIGHT
LOW TONIGHT OF 15.
TOMORROW SUNNY AND 32 AND THE WEATHER WILL GET BETTER 
EVERY DAY UNTIL 50 ON FRIDAY.

TWO MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS ARE IN JAILY ON $100,000 CASH BOND ON DRUG CHARGES.       MAQUOKETA POLICE FOUND A METH LAB AT THEIR
APPARTMENT AT 213 E. PLATT STREET, APT. 4, OVER THE WEEKEND.
IN JAIL, STACY WEIDNER, AGE 36 AND JAYSON AGAN, AGE 33.

MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATED A MINOR ACCIDENT  LATE FRIDAY MORNING AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE FLAPJACK RESTAURANT.   KAREN WATTERS, AGE 64, OF MAQUOKETA PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND INTO THE PATH OF A CAR DRIVEN BY DOUGLAS KLEINSMITH, AGE 67, OF
MAQUOKETA.   WATTERS WAS CHARGED.   EACH VEHICLE RECEIVED
ABOUT $2,000 DAMAGE.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

A BIRTH:    SHAWN AND SHERRY (SUMMERS) HOWELL OF AMES ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, AT MARY GREELY HOSPITAL
IN AMES.    MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JIM AND CAROL SUMMERS OF
MAQUOKETA.   PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE DR. JOHN  AND JUDY HOWELL OF URBANDALE AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA.  

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

COMING SOON TO OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER, MAQUOKETA

                   NO ADMISSION....OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

PARTLY SUNNY TODAY AND HIGH OF 42.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND HIGH OF 48.
SATURDAY, SUNNY AND HIGH OF 55.
SUNDAY, SUNNY AND HIGH OF 48.
MONDAY, VETERANS DAY, PARTY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 48.

SUSAN HEFEL, AGE 59, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS DRIVING NORTH ON HIGHWAY
61 AT 7:30 LAST NIGHT AND EXPERIENCED A MEDICAL CONDITION.   HER CAR HIT THE GUARD RAIL ON THE BRIDGE WHICH CROSSES THE NORTH FORK
OF THE MAQUOKETA RIVER AND THEN CONTINUED ON AND WAS STOPPED BY DEPUTIES ABOUT A HALF-MILE NORTH OF THE BRIDGE.  SHE WAS
NOT INJURED.   $2,000 DAMAGE TO HER 1997 CHEVY.

THREE SNOWMOBILES WERE STOLEN THIS WEEK FROM K-MOTOR SPORTS
ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA.   THE THEFT WAS REPORTED YESTERDAY.

SHORT REPORT, SORRY.

DENNIS VOY

MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE RUSSIAN MUSICAL

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

IT STARTED OUT WITH RAIN THIS MORNING AND NOW WE HAVE SUNSHINE.
COOL...IN 40'S.     REST OF WEEK WILL BE EVEN BETTER.

A HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN DONE IN MAQUOKETA AND THE
HOSPITAL BOARD TODAY WAS GIVEN A PRESENTATION ON THE NEEDS AND APPROVED A PLAN TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.     THIS BOARD ACTION TODAY WAS NEEDED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE ACT.    NOW, EVERY THREE YEARS, A HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT
MUST BE CONDUCTED BY THE 14 COMMUNITIES SERVED BY MAQUOKETA'S HOSPITAL.    IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR EACH AREA WILL BE PUT ON THE HOSPITAL'S WEBSITE.

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED WHEN A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, EILENE BUSCH, AGE 81, PUT HER  VEHICLE INTO THE DITCH YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
ON HIGHWAY 62 THREE MILES NORTH OF ANDREW.      SHE WAS DRIVING
SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 62 WHEN HER VEHICLE DROPPED OF THE ROAD, SLID SIDEWAYS AND WENT INTO THE DITCH.   IT THEN ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE.
BUSCH WAS NOT INJURED AND DAMAGE TO  HER PONTIAC VAN WAS
ESTIMATED AT $8,500.

SOME MAILBOXES WERE HIT AND LAWNS DRIVEN  THROUGH ON CARDINAL DRIVE IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY.     POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR AN OLDER FORD PICKUP SEEN BY NEIGHBORS.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

NEW SCULPTURE AT HURSTVILLE CENTER

 

SARAH DEPPE AND HER FATHER LOREN DEPPE PUT THE SCULPURE IN PLACE.

PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED

DENNIS VOY