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MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 66 THE HIGH TODAY.
RAIN LIKELY THE NEXT 2 DAYS AND LOOKING GOOD FOR THE WEEKEND.

THIS PHOTO I TOOK THIS AFTERNOON AT THE NEW LITTLE BEAR PARK,
LOOKING NORTH FROM QUARRY STREET.    A FEW MEN WERE WORKING
THIS AFTERNOON.    GO TO KWQC-TV FOR A FEATURE ON THE PARK DONE
BY FRAN RILEY.   IT WAS AIRED YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING.   
PLANS ARE STILL FIRM FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF THE PARK ON
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 29TH.

GO TO THE KMAQ WEB SITE AND CLICK-ON THE HISTORY PHOTO BUTTON FOR NEARLY 50 PHOTOS.    TODAY, ADDED, A PHOTO OF GEORGE PETAROS
AND ALSO ONE OF SOPHIE PETAROS, THE LONGTIME OWNERS OF
MAQUOKETA'S  FAMOUS CAFE OF THE PAST, THE GREEN MILL.

MAQUOKETA ONCE HAD 4 FULLTIME VIDEO STORES.   THE LAST ONE
IS CLOSING AND THE BUILDING IS FOR SALE, ON WEST QUARRY STREET.
NETFLEX, RED BOX AND THE INTERNET....THE POPULAR WAY NOW TO
SELECT MOVIES FOR  HOME VIEWING.    THOUSANDS OF VIDEO STORES
LIKE ABOVE  HAVE CLOSED DURING THE PAST 5 YEARS.   I HAD 9 VIDEO
STORES MYSELF IN THE MID 80'S AND EARLY 90'S.    NONE NOW.

MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY MANAGER MIKE NICKESON HAS RESIGNED.  HIS LAST DAY OF WORK WILL BE OCTOBER 11TH.   HE HAS BEEN MANAGER SINCE JUNE, 2011 AND WILL BECOME MANAGER OF  FACILITIES AND  MAINTENANCE AT EAGLE WINDOWS AND DOORS IN DUBUQUE.

A RURAL MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN, MICK CLARK, WAS AIRLIFTED TO UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITAL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A TREE FELL ON HIM ON HIS PROPERTY.      THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ABOUT 4:30.  
HIS SON CHECKED ON HIM A COUPLE HOURS LATER  AND DISCOVERED WHAT HAD HAPPENED.    SHERIFF RUSS KETTMANN SAID HIS INJURIES ARE SEVERE, BUT NO CONDITION REPORT WAS AVAILABLE TODAY.

THE SIGN IS UP, MOST CONCRETE HAS BEEN POURED, A RETAINING WALL IS GOING UP AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF PROPERTY....IT WON'T BE LONG AND
THE KWIK STAR WILL BE OPEN, SOMETIME IN EARLY OCTOBER.

TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT SUNDAY MORNING.    RONALD HORAN, 51, OF MAQUOKETA WAS STOPPED AT THE LIGHT AT PLATT AND WESTERN AVENUE WHEN JOSHUA HARPOLE, AGE 24 OF MAQUOKETA, DRIVING BEHIND, COULD
NOT GET STOPPED.     $3,000 DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES AND NO
INJURIES.

DEWITT'S FIRST TWO WINS IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL MAY HAVE TO BE
FORFIETED, AS THEY USED A PLAYER MORE THAN 4 QUARTERS IN
SOPHOMORE AND VARSITY GAMES THE SAME NIGHT.   IF SO, MAQUOKETA WOULD PICK UP A WIN.    THE DECISION IS EXPECTED SOON.  
DEWITT FOUND OUT IT HAPPENED AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE BOY'S ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.    I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.

LOTS OF WORKERS ARE AT THE FORMER  TRUCK STOP ACROSS FROM WAL MART, REMODELING IT INTO THE OTHER KWIK STAR FOR MAQUOKETA.
NO INDICATION AS TO WHEN IT WOULD OPEN.   YESTERDAY, THEY  POURED
CONCRETE ON THE NORTH SIDE,  ENLARGING THE PARKING LOT THERE.

MAQUOKETA IS A BUSY CITY THESE DAYS!

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY!

DENNIS VOY