FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

COLD  AGAIN TODAY AND NO SUNSHINE.
SNOW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, A TOTAL OF 4 INCHES EXPECTED.
AND COLD THE ENTIRE WEEKEND. 

THE OHNWARD BANK AND TRUST IN BALDWIN WAS ROBBED SHORTLY AFTER 9 THIS MORNING.    A LONE GUNMAN TOOK MONEY AND HEADED SOUTH
ON 50TH AVENUE.    HE HAS NOT BEEN APPREHENDED.  HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5' 10"  TO 6-FOOT WITH A HEAVY BUILD AND POSSIBLE A FAKE BEARD.   THE AMOUNT OF MONEY TAKEN WAS NOT DISCLOSED.    NO ONE WAS INJURED.

YESTERDAY, I HAD A PHOTO OF DOWNTOWN WHEN THERE WAS ONE TRAFFIC LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MAIN AND PLATT.     BILL LUCKEY OF
WISCONSIN EMAILED AN INTERESTING  SIDE NOTE.    HE SAID THE STOP
LIGHT WAS A RED LIGHT AND WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS REQUIRED
FOR ANY GIVEN SCENARIO, THE RESIDENT NEEDING HELP WOULD CALL THE
TELEPHONE OPERATOR REQUESTING POLICE ASSISTANCE.    THE OPERATOR
WOULD IN TURN TURN THE RED LIGHT ON AND THE POLICE ON FOOT PATROL
WOULD CALL-IN TO GET NECESSARY INFORMATION BEFORE RESPONDING.
AND MAX MOELLER IN  ARIZONA SAID THE ONLY OTHER STOP AND GO
IN MAQUOKETA WAS AT MAIN AND PLEASANT AND ALSO IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE INTERSECTION.     THAT IS....SAID MAX....UNTIL TWO FIREMEN
COLLIDED AND TOOK IT OUT AND CRUSHED HIS DAD'S CHRYSLER THAT WAS PARKED ON THE WEST SIDE OF MAIN STREET, NORTH OF PLEASANT.

FOLLOW-UP ON THE MEN'S CITY BOWLING TOURNAMENT IN MAQUOKETA.
THE TEAM IN FIRST PLACE: BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY.
DOUBLES LEADERS:  JARETT FRANZEN AND TYLER GARIEN.
SINGLES LEADER IS MIKE WILLIAMS WITH AN 830.
ALL-EVENTS, HANDICAP:   MIKE WILLIAMS
SCRATCH ALL-EVENTS, BRAD GEHL.


THE CARDINAL BOWLING TEAMS, BOTH GIRLS AND BOYS, DEFEATED
BELLEVUE LAST NIGHT.    THE BOWLERS ARE IN INDEPENDENCE TODAY FOR A WAMAC DUAL.


THE GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS TAKE ON SOLON TONIGHT.
THE GIRLS HERE AND THE BOYS THERE.  THE BOYS VARSITY GAME
WILL BE ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT AND ALSO OUR WEB HOME PAGE.

LAST NIGHT THE BOYS BEAT WEST DELAWARE 45 TO 44.
THE GIRLS LOST LAST NIGHT, 46 TO 37.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS LAST NIGHT LOST TO CENTER POINT-
URBANA AND MIDLAND.   JACOB KLOFT OF MAQUOKETA DID GET A PIN AND A TECHNICAL FALL LAST NIGHT.

ASHER SCHROEDER OF MAQUOKETA GAVE A TALK AT 9 THIS MORNING
TO MAQUOKETA STATE BANK STAFF MEMBERS ON HIS TIME IN WORLD WAR II
WHEN HE WAS INJURED AND A POW.     THAT WAS IN 1943 AND EARLY 1944.
ABOVE, A PHOTO OF HIM THEN ...AND HIS MEDALS AND AND ID (DOG) TAG.
I DID A VIDEO OF THE SPEECH (ABOUT 45 MINUTES) AND LATER TONIGHT
OR TOMORROW, YOU CAN WATCH AND LISTEN TO IT ON THE MAQUOKETA VFW WEB SITE.    JUST GOOGLE MAQUOKETA VFW FOR IT.    VERY
INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO.    HE GOT A STANDING THANK-YOU HAND
AFTER.  

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

IT HAS BEEN A STRANGE WEATHER DAY.
WE HAD A SNOW STORM AT 11 THIS MORNING.
AND NOW, THE SUN SHINING.   HIGH TODAY WAS 32.

THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT
THEIR BUILDING HAS BEEN SOLD TO DENA DONATSCH WHO IS OWNER
OF HEALING ART THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE ON WEST PLATT.   THAT
BUSINESS WILL MOVE TO THE MAIN STREET LOCATION.     SALE PRICE
WAS $30,000.    THE BUILDING WAS GIFTED TO THE CHAMBER TO THE CHAMBER BY THE LATE JAMES AND VIVIAN BLAYNEY IN MEMORY OF
VIVIAN'S PARENTS, OLIN AND AGNES  FARMER.   THE CHAMBER OFFICE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STREET INTO THE MAQUOKETA ARTS EXPERIENCE BUILDING, OWNED BY BOB OSTERHAUS.   

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.    ON THE AGENDA, A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE NEXT SCHOOL CALENDAR, A PRESENTATION ON THE DISTRICT
PHONE SYSTEM, AND THE BOARD WILL TALK ABOUT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.

COREY BICKFORD, AGE 44, OF MAQUOKETA, WON A $10,000 INSTANT-SCRATCH LOTTERY PRIZE.       HE PURCHASED THE TICKET AT LEN'S BP CONVENIENCE STORE ON WEST PLATT.

AT ONE TIME, THE  STOP AND GO LIGHT AT MAIN AND PLATT WAS IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION.    PROOF IS ABOVE.

IT'S A FACT!    HERBERT HOOVER, A WEST BRANCH NATIVE, WAS THE 31ST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE FIRST ONE BORN WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.   

ENJOY YOURSELF, IT'S LATER THAN YOU THINK!  
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HEARD THAT FAMOUS SAYING?

DENNIS VOY

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY TODAY.
FORECAST WAS FOR  HIGH OF 22.....AND THAT WAS IT, EXACTLY!
22 ABOVE IS SURE A LOT NICER THAN 22 BELOW.
IT FELT LIKE SUMMER THIS AFTERNOON!
DOWN TO 18 TONIGHT.
SNOW AND 30 TOMORROW.

A NEW COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD MEMBER HAS BEEN APPOINTED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS.    KATHY WOSOBA OF MONMOUTH
WILL SERVE A 5-YEAR TERM.   SHE REPLACES RICK SMALL WHO  SERVED FOR 16 YEARS.

THREE PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEIR WAY AROUND A KITCHEN WILL SERVE AS JUDGES FOR THE KMAQ PIE BAKING CONTEST AT THE KMAQ  FARM AND
HOME SHOW.    LAURA PRITCHARD, OWNER OF  "WHISK AWAY CAFE" IN
DEWITT....JOSH COLLISTER, OWNER OF "SWEET THINGS BAKERY" IN
MAQUOKETA AND LEANN KASEMODEL FORM THE DELI AT "THE FAREWAY
STORE" IN MAQUOKETA.   THE CONTEST WILL BE ON DAY TWO OF THE
SHOW.    THERE ARE TWO DIVISIONS, FRUIT PIES A ND CREAM PIES.
FIRST PLACE IN EACH, $30
SECOND PLACE, $20  AND
THREE HONORABLE MENTIONS AT $10 EACH.
WANDA CORNELIUS OF RURAL ANDREW AND THELMA NISSEN OF MAQUOKETA WILL BE  ACCEPTING THE ENTRIES AND ASSISTING THE
JUDGES.

THIS IS CORNER OF QUARRY AND MAIN IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA  AND
HOW IT MAY LOOK IN A COUPLE YEARS.   AND EVENTUALLY, THE TWO
INTERSECTIONS TO THE SOUTH COULD  LOOK THE SAME.    PLUS,
THE CONNECTING STREETS.    IF THE ABOVE GETS FINAL APPROVAL IN
FEBRUARY OR MARCH, THE NEW LOOK PROJECT FOR DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA WOULD GET UNDERWAY.      LIKE IT?

JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WENT UP TO 4.9% IN DECEMBER, FROM 4.3 IN NOVEMBER.     THE STATE RATE WAS 4.2%, DOWN FROM 4.3 IN
NOVEMBER.

THE ABOVE BEING SPONSORED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY SNOWMOBILE CLUB.

STATE SENATOR TODD BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA MET MONDAY WITH GOV. BRANSTAD TO DISCUSS IOWA'S PRESSING TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING, BOWMAN AND OTHERS MEETING WITH BRANSTAD AGREED TO CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER TO FIND A SOLUTION TO IOWA'S ROAD FUNDING NEEDS.   SENATOR BOWMAN IS CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE TRANSPORTION COMMITTEE.


DENNIS VOY BIDDING YOU GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD THURSDAY.  

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

-15 EARLY THIS MORNING.
1 ABOVE TODAY'S HIGH, WITH SUNSHINE.
10 BELOW TONIGHT.
INTO 20'S TOMORROW.
NO SCHOOL AGAIN TODAY.

IN IOWA, HARRY HILLAKER, STATE CLIMATOLOGIST, REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT TEMPERATURES  BETWEEN OCTOBER 1 AND JAN 23 REPRESENT
THE NINTH COLDEST FOR THAT PERIOD IN THE PAST 121 YEARS.   THE AVERAGE STATEWIDE TEMPERATURE WAS 30.1 DEGREES OVER THE 115 DAYS, COMPARED WITH THE NORMAL 34.2 DEGREES.     AND, HE SAYS RECORDS SHOW ABOUT 2/3 RDS OF THE WINTERS THAT STARTED OUT COLDER THAN NORMAL FINISHED COLDER THAN NORMAL.    APPARENTLY
FEBRUARY AND MARCH WILL BE DISAPPOINTING TOO.    THE COLDEST DAY IN IOWA THIS WINTER, SO FAR, WAS 27 BELOW AT ADEL ON DECEMBER 24TH.

KMAQ'S GAS BILL FOR HEAT A YEAR AGO WAS $534 FOR THE MONTH.
THIS YEAR, IT IS UP TO $702.   
THE MONTH BEFORE, $196 LAST YEAR VERSUS $234 THIS YEAR.    
THAT'S $2O6 MORE THIS YEAR FOR JUST 2 MONTHS.

CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE  ANNOUNCED TODAY THE  RECIPIENT OF THE 2013 CONNIE CAMPBELL MEMORIAL CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD.   THE
AWARD HONORS A COLLEGE EMPLOYEE WHOSE WORK REFLECTS THAT
CUSTOMER CARE THAT CONNIE CAMPBELL DEMONSTRATED DAILY.
SHE WAS EMPLOYED BY CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE  AND DIED IN JUNE OF 2006.   ANTHONY BIELSKI IS THE RECEPIENT.      CCC PRESIDENT KAREN VICKERS COMMENTED THAT IT IS SUCH A WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION
FOR ANTHONY.   THAT HE IS ALWAYS AMONG THE FIRST TO VOLUNTEER
FOR PROJECTS.   HE IS 38 YEARS OLD AND LIVES IN THE QUAD CITIES.
HE SPENDS MUCH OF HIS TIME AT THE COLLEGE CAMPUS NEXT TO THE
MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.

DID YOU KNOW CORNELL COLLEGE IS THE ONLY  SCHOOL IN THE NATION TO HAVE ITS ENTIRE CAMPUS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF
HISTORIC PLACES?    MANY OF YOU WENT THERE.

THE MAQUOKETA 69TH ANNUAL MEN'S BOWLING TOURNAMENT STARTED
SUNDAY AT TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA.  LEADERS AT THIS TIME:
TEAM:   BARRON MOTOR SUPPLY (3,607)
              CLARK FENCING
              H.M. ENTERPRISE
DOUBLES:    JARETT FRANZEN AND TYLER GARIEN (1,555)
                       LUKE KONRARDY AND TYLER NIENKARK
                       CHAD CHRISTIANSEN AND GARY DIETZEL
SINGLES:   MIKE WILLIAMS (830)
                    NICK KIES
                    CHAD WEIRUP

RANDY McCUTCHEON AND SON KURT ARE NOW MAQUOKETA'S NEWEST
MUSIC DUO.   THEY WILL BE ENTERTAINING THIS SUNDAY NOON AT THE TRADING POST NEXT TO THE BAKERY IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.   SNACKS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE.    STOP IN AND  GIVE A LISTEN!
NICE STORE TO GO "BROWSING" ALSO.    RANDY HAS BEEN IN THE MAQUOKETA MUSIC WORLD FOR A LONG TIME.    HE'S GOOD!
HAVE NOT HEARD KURT.

CHECK BACK TOMORROW.

STAY WARM!

DENNIS VOY

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

LOTS OF SUNSHINE TODAY...BUT THAT DID NOT WARM THINGS
UP.
HIGH TODAY,  (-6)
22-BELOW TONIGHT.
STILL COLD TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT AND
THEN FINIALLY SOME WARMER WEATHER WEDNESDAY.  

FLAPJACK RESTAURANT CLOSED AT 2 THIS AFTERNOON.
McDONALDS CLOSING AT 9 TONIGHT.
THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT HAS BEEN POSTPONED.

JIM ARNSDORF OF MAQUOKETA WAS  OUR BINGO WINNER TODAY ON KMAQ...OUR FIRST MALE WINNER.

RED HENTON ENTERTAINS AT HIS KEYBOARD FROM 11 A.M. UNTIL 3 P.M.
THURSDAY, FEB 6TH,  DURING THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW.

ROXANA RICHEY, 85, OF ILLINOIS DIED SATURDAY.    SHE IS SURVIVED BY 3 DAUGHTERS, INCLUDING JOAN BOLLMAN OF MAQUOKETA.  THE FUNERAL
WILL BE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT THE BANKS AND BEALS FUNERAL HOME IN STRONGHURST, ILLINOIS.

DID YOU KNOW THAT QUACKER OATS IN CEDAR RAPIDS IS THE LARGEST
CEREAL COMPANY IN THE WORLD?     AND THAT SWEET SMELL IS ALWAYS
THERE.
ANOTHER IOWA FACT:   DUBUQUE IS THE HOME OF THE ONLY COUNTY
SEAT COURTHOUSE WITH A GOLD DOME.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

CHECK THE MONDAY MORNING CHATTER BELOW, WRITTEN THIS MORNING!

DENNIS VOY

MONDAY MORNING CHATTER

GOOD MORNING...
NO SCHOOL TODAY...ANYWHERE AROUND HERE.
FOR MAQUOKETA, THE 6TH DAY OF NO-SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.
RIGHT NOW, 10 BELOW HERE IN MAQUOKETA.
6 BELOW WILL BE OUR HIGH TODAY.
20 BELOW TONIGHT.
COLD AGAIN TOMORROW.
WEDNESDAY, THE WEATHER STARTS TO IMPROVE.
PROBLEM LAST NIGHT .. THE BLOWING SNOW.    MANY CARS IN THE DITCH BECAUSE OF DRIFTING.
IT WILL BE NICE TO SEE JANUARY END THIS SATURDAY.

IN SPORTS, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS
WON OVER CLEAR CREEK AMANA FRIDAY NIGHT.   THE GIRLS ALSO PLAYED SATURDAY NIGHT AND LOST UP AT DUBUQUE WAHLERT.   THE BOYS RECORD NOW IS 5 AND 9.  THE GIRLS ARE 5 AND 10.
THE CARDINAL BOYS AND GIRLS  BOWLING TEAM BEAT CASCADE FRIDAY
NIGHT AT TIMBER LANES.
AND THE WRESTLERS IN THE WYOMING TOURNAMENT SATURDAY, HAD TWO CHAMPIONS, DALLAS DURKOP AND LOGAN MAYBERRY. 

ROY MOREHEAD DIED OVER THE WEEKEND DOWN IN ARIZONA WHERE HE HAS LIVED A LONG TIME.   HE WAS 91.   I HAVE GOOD MEMORIES OF ROY.
WHEN KMAQ WENT ON THE AIR IN 1958, THE HARRIS PENROSE COMPANY ON THE CORNER OF EAST PLATT WAS ONE OF OUR EARLY ADVERTISERS.
HAROLD PENROSE RAN THE GOODYEAR TIRE STORE AND ROY IN SAME BUILDING (HAROLD HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW) RAN THE HARDWARE AND APPLIANCE STORE....GE APPLIANCES.    I CALLED ON HIM HUNDREDS OF TIMES TO SELL RADIO SPOTS OR TO CHANGE COPY.   HE WAS ALWAYS BUSY...ALWAYS UPBEAT.     WE WERE IN LIONS TOGETHER.    I REMEMBER ONE NIGHT THE LIONS HAD A BROOM SALE IN THE CITY AND I SOLD WITH ROY.   IT WAS AROUND 7 P.M. AND WE WERE NEAR THE LIBRARY AND ROY POINTED TO A BIG HOUSE AND SAID, THE GUY THERE IS ALREADY PROBABLY IN BED BUT WE ARE GOING UP TO THIS ROOM AND SELL HIM  A BROOM.    WE DID.....AND THE  GUY BOUGHT ONE.   ROY'S BRICK HOME WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM SQUIERS MANOR BED AND BREAKFAST AND HIS LAWN WAS ALWAYS PERFECT, NO WEEDS.    HE LIKED KEEPING IT LOOKING LIKE THAT.    ONE OF LAST HOMES HE LIVED IN WAS ONE UP BY BLUFF LAKE ON CAVES ROAD.    I DON'T KNOW WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM.....AT LEAST 10 YEARS AGO, MAYBE MORE.    I DON'T THINK HE MADE MANY VISITS UP HERE IN HIS LATE YEARS.    QUITE A GUY.    SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S.

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, WENT TO SEE THE MOVIE "THE LONE SURVIVOR".
IT IS ONE OF THE TOP 2 MOVIES IN THE COUNTRY, BASED ON A TRUE
STORY ABOUT 4 NAVY SEALS ON A HORRIBLE MISSION IN AFGANISTAN.
THE RICK VOY FAMILY CAME UP FROM BETTENDORF AND LIKE US, THEY
LIKED IT.  
THEN, UP TO PIZZA HUT AS IT WAS JUST STARTING TO SNOW AGAIN.

IN THE BOOTH NEXT TO US... THE MAYBERRY'S (BILL & SUE) ENJOYING PIZZA TOO.    THEY FINISHED IT BEFORE THEY LEFT.

BILL HAD A LONG GOOD CAREER WITH CLINTON ENGINES.   THE MAYBERRY FAMILY PROVIDED LOTS OF WRESTLING THRILLS OVER THE YEARS.
IN MY STORY HERE TODAY, A MAYBERRY A CHAMPION SATURDAY.   ANYWAY,
GOOD TO SEE WE WERE NOT THE ONLY ONES LEAVING THE HOUSE DURING
A NASTY WINTER AFTERNOON.
RICK AND FAMILY TOOK OFF FOR BETTENDORF SOON AFTER THE ABOVE GROUP PHOTO AND HAD A SLOW TRIP BACK THROUGH THE HOWLING WIND STORM.   IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THEM FOR A SHORT VISIT.

CHECK LATER TODAY FOR THE REGULAR MONDAY DAILY REPORT.
STAY WARM.   DRESS WARMLY AND IF GOING SOME WHERE, BUCKLE UP
AND DRIVE WITH CARE.

DENNIS VOY.

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

WE WERE LOOKING TO HIT UPPER 20'S TODAY, BUT 25 WAS IT.
AND WITH THE WIND, FELT MUCH COLDER.
TONIGHT, MAYBE AN INCH OF SNOW.
TOMORROW, THE TEMP WILL DROP TO 11 BY LATE AFTERNOON.
THEN, 4 INCHES OF SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT.
SUNDAY, 28 AND SUNDAY NIGHT, DOWN TO (-12).
MONDAY, THE HIGH WILL BE (-10).
THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA HAS DECLARED A SNOW REMOVAL EMERGENY
FOR THE WEEKEND.

SERIOUS PLANS WERE DISCUSSED THIS WEEK BY THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL CONCERNING  A RE-DO DOWNTOWN PROJECT CALLED
 "STREETSCAPE".     MANY CITIES HAVE DOWN IT....SIDEWALKS, NEW
SEWER AND WATER LINES,  LIGHTING, CROSSWALKS, BUMPOUTS, TREES AND SO FORTH.    MAQUOKETA PLANS TO START WITH QUARRY STREET (IN NEED OF WORK) AND THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH MAIN AND QUARRY, THE
CORNER WITH THE POST OFFICE.      THIS FIRST PHASE PROJECTED TO COST $391,000.    FEDERAL FUNDING WILL PAY SOME PART.   LOCAL FUNDING
WILL PAY THE REST, AND COULD MEAN NEW TAX MONEY.    AFTER QUARRY AND MAIN IS COMPLETED (DESIGN PHOTOS LOOK SHARP), THE PROJECT
WILL PROBABLY MOVE SOUTH ON MAIN STREET AND EVENTUALLY COULD BE 3 BLOCKS LONG, INCLUDING  TWO MORE INTERSECTIONS.  THIS "STREETSCAPE"  WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE IN STAGES AND WILL THEREFORE  TAKE YEARS TO COMPLETE.    THE COMPANY DOING THE DESIGN WILL BE BACK TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY AND HAVE
A FINAL DESIGN FOR QUARRY AND MAIN FOR APPROVAL.

THE MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPARTMENTS FIRST-EVER PICK-UP....AND
I HEAR THEY LIKE IT.

BOY'S BASKETBALL ON KMAQ TONIGHT....MAQUOKETA AT TIFFIN TO PLAY
CLEAR CREEK AMANA....7:30 ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE.

KAREN CHRIST OF MAQUOKETA WAS OUR BINGO WINNER ON KMAQ
TODAY.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

8 BELOW LAST NIGHT.
0 FOR THE HIGH TODAY.
DOWN TO 12 BELOW LATER THIS EVENING AND THEN WARMING
A LITTLE TOWARD MORNING.  
TOMORROW, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, IN THE 20'S.
THEN VERY COLD WEATHER COMES OUR WAY SUNDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SUN SHINING NOW.

NO SCHOOL TODAY.

SPORTS:   MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BOWLERS TUESDAY NIGHT BOWLED
VINTON-SHELLSBURG.
THE BOYS LOST BUT THE GIRLS WON.   BEST BOYS GAME WAS A 201 BY
DALTON WAUGH.      BEST GIRLS GAME WAS A 161 BY AMANDA BRUNDAGE.

MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC BOARD MEMBERS PLAN TO INTERVIEW
SEVEN APPLICANTS FOR THE MMEU MANAGER JOB.    THEY RECEIVED
A TOTAL OF 12 APPLICATIONS.   THREE TO BE INTERVIEWED ARE INTERNAL APPLICANTS AND THEIR NAMES WERE NOT RELEASED.
THE BOARD, AT THEIR MEETING THIS WEEK, ELECTED DAWN PAUL AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.     DAVE KNOEBEL, VICE-CHAIRMAN AND CAROLINE BYBEE SECRETARY.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

POLICE BLOTTER:
PATTY HICKS REPORTED SOMEONE TOOK FOOD FROM HER HOME
TUESDAY NIGHT.
SPAIN OIL REPORT A GAS DRIVE-OFF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
AND SOME TABLETS AND COMPUTERS TAKEN FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

CHRISTIAN DUNDEE, AGE 21,OF MAQUOKETA AND KEHPAS FRANK,
AGE 25, OF MAQUOKETA WERE IN A TWO CAR ACCIDENT AROUND 9 LAST NIGHT AT DEARBORN AND APPLE STREETS.     DUNDEE WAS CHARGED WITH STOP-SIGN VIOLATION.      $1,500 DAMAGE TO EACH VEHICLE.   NO
INJURIES.

PROPAN HAS GONE UP 10 CENTS AGAIN AND IS UP TO NEARLY $3.00 A GALLON.    THE BIGGEST JUMP SINCE JANUARY 2010.     THERE IS A SHORTAGE.    HERE IN THE MIDWEST, PROPANE IS USED MORE THAN ANY OTHER REGION FOR HOME HEATING AND DRYING CROPS.

LOOSE BRICKS ARE BEING REPLACED ON THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING DOWNTOWN.    THE CHAMBER OWNS THE BUILDING.
WHEN I SAW THE SCAFFOLDING, I THOUGHT THEY WERE REPLACING WINDOWS.     NO, THE WINDOWS ARE GOOD!

THE LONE SURVIVOR STARTS TOMORROW AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE.
BASED ON A TRUE STORY, IT HAS BEEN DOING BIG BUSINESS.

I AM GOING TO BE ENDING THE DAILY SOME NIGHTS WITH AN INTERESTING FACT OR TWO ABOUT IOWA.
FRANCIS DRAKE WAS 66 YEARS AT HIS INAUGURATION AND IOWA'S OLDEST
GOVENOR.
THE CEDAR RAPIDS MUSEUM OF ART HOUSES THE LARGEST COLLECTION
OF GRANT WOOD ARTWORK.

GETTING A COLD?   GET PLENTY OF REST AND ENJOY SOME SOUP
TONIGHT.

DENNIS VOY

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

11 ABOVE TODAY       AND WINDY
-9 TONIGHT
TOMORROW, HIGH OF -2
TOMORROW NIGHT -12
FRIDAY, +26

RUTH CASTEEL WON AT KMAQ BINGO TODAY.   SHE LIVES AT "CLOVER RIDGE
PLACE" AND THERE WERE 16 RESIDENTS PLAYING BINGO UP THERE TODAY.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN, ANNETTE RADTKE, AGE 41, WAS CHARGED AFTER PUTTING HER VEHICLE IN THE DITCH MONDAY AFTERNOON ON MYATT
DRIVE.   SHE WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.
NO VEHICLE DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.

BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT,  THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BROKE A 6-GAME
LOOSING STREAK AT MARION, WINNING 54 TO 42.
HERE IN TOWN, THE BOYS LOST TO MARION 35 TO 33.

THE KMAQ LUCKY TELEPHONE NUMBER JACKPOT WAS WORTH $199 TODAY AND WAS WON BY LINDA WOOD OF BALDWIN.

IOWA AT MICHIGAN TONIGHT.   GO HAWKS.    HAWKEYES ARE RATED 10TH IN THE NATION.

AT KMAQ'S FARM AND HOME SHOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 5TH, THE MUSIC FROM 5 UNTIL 7 P.M. WILL BE BY "BRICK YARD ROAD" FROM MAQUOKETA.    J.P. AND MITCH PAULSON WILL SING AND PLAY YOUR FAVORITES.

TWO IOWANS DIED THIS WEEK FROM CARBON MONOXIDE IN THEIR HOME.
GOT STATEWIDE NEWS COVERAGE.    I WENT TO GASSERS AND BOUGHT
A DETECTOR FOR ABOUT $35.        DURING WINTER EXTREME COLD DAYS AND NIGHTS,  HOMES ARE KEPT TIGHTLY CLOSED, WITH LITTLE OR NO
FRESH AIR.

HARD TO BELIEVE LENO HAS BEEN ON TV 22 YEARS...AND JOHNNY
WENT OFF THAT LONG AGO.   

WE GETTING OLD?    NO!
GETTING TOO COLD?   YES!

GOOD NIGHT!    GOOD THURSDAY!

DENNIS VOY

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

5 BELOW THIS MORNING...
SLIGHTLY ABOVE ZERO TODAY.
LATE AFTERNOON SUNSHINE TODAY.
WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR SOME WARMER
WEATHER.

THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AND PEACE PIPE PLAYERS  WILL PRESENT THE ABOVE COMEDY FEBRUARY 14, 15 AND 16.    ADVANCE TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW FOR $15 AND STUDENTS $10.  
THE CAST:     KAITLIN LUETT....LEVI BURZLAFF....TOM LANE....WILLIAM DAVISON....WILLIAM H. OTTEMAN....FLOYD SPINNER....,SHAWN VASQUEZ....
HANNAH GRUENWALD....CONNIE STINEMATES....HERB STINEMATES.
THE SHOW WILL BE DIRECTED BY RICHARD HALL WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AND HIS ASSISTANT WILL
BE DAWN HALL.

BASKETBALL TONIGHT ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE....AT 7:30....THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS VERSUS MARION, THERE.   MATT CLARK AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY.      THE BOYS "HOST" MARION TONIGHT AT THE NEW MCHS
GYM.

THE CARDINAL BOWLING TEAMS ARE BOWLING IN VINTON TODAY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE "FARMER'S MARKET" BUSINESS, THE IOWA FRUIT AND
VEGETABLE GROWER'S ASSOCIATOIN CONVENTION IS THIS THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY IN ANKENY.

TWO CAR ACCIDENT THIS MORNING JUST AFTER 7.        JOSEPH WALKER, AGE 22, OF MAQUOKETA WAS DRIVING EAST ON GROVE AND CORY MEIER, AGE 23 OF MAQUOKETA SLID THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OF KATHEY DRIVE AND GROVE AND WALKER HIT THE MEIER VEHICLE.    NO INJURIES AND NO  CHARGES FILED.    

KWIK STAR HAD A $20 NO-PAYMENT GAS DRIVE-OFF YESTERDAY.

GOING OUT TONIGHT?   WEAR A SCARF!

DENNIS VOY

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

33 DEGREES TODAY, FELT LIKE 50...
IT IS SNOWING NOW.
CHECK OUR WEB CAM ON KMAQ HOME PAGE.   PUSH F-5 ON YOUR KEYBOARD OFTEN TO REFRESH.
AN INCH POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
AND,  NO MORE WARMER WEATHER.
6 BELOW TONIGHT.
1 ABOVE TOMORROW.
4 BELOW TOMORROW NIGHT.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 6 BELOW.
THURSDAY NIGHT, 8 BELOW.
BACK IN 1994, MAQUOKETA THIS DAY GOT DOWN TO 23 BELOW.

POLICE BLOTTER:
LOU ANN REITER, RURAL MAQUOKETA, REPORTED A CAMERA HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM A BARN ON HER PROPERTY.
AND A MAQUOKETA RESIDENT TOLD POLICE SOME PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM 115 NORTH OTTO.

YESTERDAY, A FEATURE STORY IN THE DUBUQUE TH TOLD OF SAME-
SEX MARRIAGES IN IOWA THE LAST 5 YEARS.
JACKSON COUNTY, 131 LAST YEAR.    A TOTAL OF  624 IN JACKSON COUNTY THE LAST 5 YEARS.     I HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE THAT MANY LOCALLY.

NOT A GOOD WEEKEND FOR CARDINAL SPORTS:
THE BOWLING TEAMS HOSTED  MARION AT TIMBER LANES FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE BOYS WON, WITH JACE CLARK LEADING THE CARDINALS WITH A 432 TWO GAME SERIES.    THE GIRLS LOST.
THE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED MAQUOKETA FOR THEIR 5TH STRAIGHT LOSS.    AND THE BOYS LOST TO MOUNT VERNON ALSO FALLING TO 4 AND 8 OVEALL.
TONIGHT, THE CARDINAL GIRLS HAVE MAKE-UP GAMES , HOSTING
VINTON-SHELLSBURG.

DR.  CORY DIETZ, DUBUQUE, (FATHER IS CHARLIE HERE IN MAQUOKETA) ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THE OPENING OF HIS INDEPENDENT PRACTICE OF FAMILY MEDICINE.    HE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE REHAB AND NEUROLOGY BUILDING AT ASBURY SQUARE.     HE IS A BOARD-CERTIFIED FAMILY PHYSICIAN AND HE HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE DUBUQUE AREA FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS.

IF YOU HAVE AN HD TV SET, TO GET THE HD SIGNAL, YOU NEED A SET-TOP
BOX.     I  READ OVER THE WEEKEND THAT THERE IS A MOVE UNDERWAY
TO MAKE THESE BOXES MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT.     CURRENTLY, THE
BOXES (WHICH ARE ON 24 HOURS A DAY ) ARE USING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS....YES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS....WORTH OF ELECTRICITY EACH YEAR.    THINK ABOUT IT...A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY WERE NOT AROUND.
MAYBE WE SHOULD ALL TURN-IN OUR BOX AND LISTEN MORE TO RADIO.

THE IOWA HAWKEYE BASKETBALL TEAM MADE THE TOP 10 ON BOTH POLLS TODAY....FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS.    GO HAWKS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

NO FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

AN OLD BUILDING LIVES ON

I CUT THIS PHOTO FROM THIS WEEK'S BELLEVUE HERALD-LEADER.    MAQUOKETA IS THE COUNTY SEAT OF JACKSON COUNTY, BUT WAY BACK,
IT WAS  ALSO AT BELLEVUE AND ANDREW.    THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1848.     A PORTION WAS FOR THE COURTHOUSE AND ANOTHER PORTION FOR A SCHOOL.    IT IS STILL IN USE TODAY.    IT PROBABLY IS THE OLDEST SCHOOL BUILDING IN IOWA.    AS YOU DRIVE IN TO TOWN FROM MAQUOKETA, SLOW DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK.     166 YEARS OLD AND STILL IN  USE.    WHEN CONSTRUCTED, IT DID HAVE A CUPOLA AND IT WAS REMOVED AROUND 1950.    IT ANNUALLY NEEDS REPAIRS OF COURSE, BUT THERE  ARE NO PLANS TO DISCONTINUE USING IT.    DAVID NAMANNY,
THE NEW EDITOR OF THE PAPER, HAS A GOOD STORY WITH THE PHOTO.  HE HAS BEEN DOING LOTS OF INTERESTING STORIES SINCE HE ARRIVED. 
GOOD PAPER!

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY,  HIGH OF 34.
COLD TONIGHT, 2 ABOVE.
COLD TOMORROW, 12 ABOVE.

TIDAY, THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON COUNTY AWARDED A TOTAL OF $26,650 IN GRANTS TO EIGHT RECIPIENTS.
MAQUOKETA, CHRISTMAS STAR PROGRAM, $2,500, TO EXPAND THE KIDS ELIGIBLE FOR GIFTS TO AGE 15.
BELLEVUE LIBRARY, $3,300 FOR DOLLY PARTON BOOK PROGRAM.
PROJECT CONCERN, SERVING JACKSON COUNTY, $4,000 FOR THE 2-1-1 INFORMATION REFERR4AL HOTLINE.
YMCA, MAQUOKETA, FOR THEIR LIVESTRONG PROGRAM.
PRESTON MANNA CENTER, $1,000.
MAQUOKETA CARDINAL SCHOOL BACK PACK CLUB, $4,850, NOW FIVE YEARS OLD THAT HELPS NEEDY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER MAQUOKETA FOR STAGE PLATFORMS.
JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION, $8,000 FOR NEW "MY COMMUNITY-MY
FUTURE" PROGRAM, WHICH WILL SELECT 6 AT-RISK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO WORK IN A SUMMER PROGRAM.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS NEXT WEEK WILL MEET AT 9 A.M. MONDAY INSTEAD OF USUAL TUESDAY 9 A.M. TIME.
IT IS TO ALLOW SUPERVISOR JACK WILLEY TIME TUESDAY TO
BE AT THE MOLINE AIRPORT TO SEE HIS SON, JASON, OFF TO DUTY
IN AFGHANISTAN, WHERE HE WILL BE FOR AROUND 400 DAYS.
HIS REGULAR JOB, THAT HE WILL RETURN TO, IS WITH THE DAVENPORT
POLICE DEPARTMENT.    HE WILL BE DOING MP WORK WITH THE RESERVE UNIT.

BIRTH:   DR. NICK KANE AND DR ADRIENNE D'AGOSTINO-KANE OF MAQUOKETA ARE THE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN  YESTERDAY.

THERE IS A TICKET TO THE JIM WAND SHOW ON THE ROTARY WEB SITE
SILENT AUCTION, WITH NO BID YET.    GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND
CLICK ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING TEAMS AND THE WRESTLERS
ARE IN ACTION TONIGHT.

HELEN BARTELS WAS OUR BINGO WINNER ON KMAQ TODAY.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

THE SUN IS SHINING.
BUT HIGH OF ONLY 11 TODAY.
THE TEMP WILL GO UP OVERNIGHT.
TOMORROW 32.
FRIDAY 13.
SATURDAY 22.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS SIGNED A TWO YEAR CONTRACT
TO LEASE THE COUNTY FARM TO PHIL AND SHANE STEFFAN OF JACKSON
COUNTY.    THE BROTHERS WILL BE PAYING $109,000 EACH YEAR FOR THE 334 ACRE FARM, LOCATED NORTH OF ANDREW.

THE DEADLINE FOR CANDIDATES TO APPLY FOR THE SUPERINTENDANTS
JOB AT MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 23.   ELEVEN
APPLICATIONS SO FAR.   THE BOARD HOPES TO HAVE A THE JOB
FILLED BY THE END OF FEBRUARY.

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE.
RATED R

JOHN FRAMPTON, 74, OF CLINTON, DIED MONDAY.   HE WORKED IN MAQUOKETA FOR DYNAGEAR INDUSTRY ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO
AND WAS ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.
GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL
FOR HIS OBITUARY.

A GAS SMELL AT THE LIBRARY THIS MORNING.   FIREMEN AND BLACK HILLS ENERGY CALLED AND FOUND IT COMING FROM THE FURNACE AREA.

WHAT IS IT?    FIND OUT AT WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.

IN BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT INDEPENDENCE HERE AND THE GIRLS LOST UP THERE.

TOMORROW, BUD BERNARD, RETIRED OPTOMITRIST, IS 91.   

SAY GOODNIGHT GEORGE.
SAY GOODNIGHT GRACIE.
NOTHING LIKE OLD TIME TV!

DENNIS VOY

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

IT WAS SNOWING WHEN I CAME TO WORK THIS MORNING AT 6:30.

IT HAS BEEN BLOWING ALL DAY.

DOWN TO 9 DEGREES TONIGHT.

REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE A GOOD OLD WINTER WEEK.

BASKETBALL ON KMAQ TONIGHT AT 7:30....THE CARDINAL GIRLS
WILL BE PLAYING INDEPENDENCE THERE AND MATT CLARK WILL
HAVE IT ON KMAQ-FM AND OUR INTERNET SITE...WWW.KMAQ.COM

"THE NUT JOB" STARTS  FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE VOY THEATRE.     ALSO HAPPY
THAT WE GOT "AUGUST:  OSAGE COUNTY"  STARTING FRIDAY.    AND WE WILL HOLD OVER "SAVING MR. BANKS".   WE SAW IT FRIDAY NIGHT...VERY GOOD
MOVIE.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE LOW BID FROM SCHUELLER AND SONS OF MAQUOKETA TO REMODEL THE FORMER
PENROSE HOME NEXT TO THE LAW CENTER.   THE BID WAS $306,547.
THIS WAS THE ALTERNATE LOW BID THAT INCLUDES SIDING NOT BRICK ON A PORTION OF THE HOME.     THE BUILDING WILL BE USED FOR ADDITIONAL
COUNTY OFFICES.

CLUB HOPE STUDENTS MIGHT GO TO ECUADOR IN SOUTH AMERICA NEXT SUMMER, INSTEAD OF AFRICA.    I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THIS.

MINOR ACCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  MOLLY SHANAHAN, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA,  HAD STOPPED AT 17TH STREET AND  DROVE
ACROSS 200TH AVENUE TO DAVID STREET.    SHE DID NOT SEE A VEHICLE
DRIVEN BY JAMES BEALER, AGE 74, OF MAQUOKETA AND THE TWO
COLLIDED AND WENT INTO THE DITCH.   NO INURIES.   SHANAHAN WAS CHARGED.    HER CAR RECEIVED ABOUT $4,000 IN DAMAGES AND BEALER'S CAR, $2,000.

THE  FIRST FARM BUREAU LEGISLATIVE FORUM WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, JAN. 25TH AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY  HALL, AT 8 A.M.    BOTH SEN. TOD BOWMAN AND REP. BRIAN MOORE WILL BE THERE  TO DISCUSS ISSUES
BEING DEBATED AT DES MOINES.     COUNTY SUPERVISOR "BUCK" KOOS
WILL ALSO BE THERE TO DISCUSS COUNTY ISSUES.

KEEP WARM...OR COOL...WHEREVER YOU ARE.

DENNIS VOY 

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

YESTERDAY, SUNNY AND 52
TODAY, SUNNY AND 37
TOMORROW, SNOW AND 25
WEDNESDAY, SUNNY AND 18
THURSDAY, SUNNY AND 33
FRIDAY, SUNNY AND 13

THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL DINNER WAS HELD SATURDAY NIGHT.
SEVERAL AWARDS WERE PRESENTED.
KEITH BURNS AND AL MUHLHAUSEN FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE.
JEFF MORITZ, 20 YEARS.
ROBERT EDWARDS AND JEFF BAKER FOR 10 YEARS.
CHIEF MARK BECK SAID DEPUTY CHIEF BOB LANE, JR. WAS GIVEN
THE FIREFIGHTER MEMORIAL AWARD, VOTED ON BY OTHER FIREMEN.
OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR:    SAME AS LAST YEAR.     BECK AS CHIEF,
AL MUHLHAUSEN, ASSISTANT CHIEF,  BOB LANE, JR. DEPUTY CHIEF,
JAMES CONNOLLY, CRAIG MUHLHAUSEN AND PETE SCHUELLER AS CAPTAINS, MATT TRANEL AS LIEUTENANT, ROBERT EDWARDS AS SAFETY OFFICER AND BRIAN HAFNER AS FIRE PREVETION OFFICER.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

TAMMY KADLEC OF BETTENDORF,  IS THE NEW HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR AT THE HOSPITAL HERE IN MAQUOKETA.     SHE HAS WORKED
THE LAST 23 YEARS AT THE WILD ROSE CASINO IN CLINTON AND REPLACES
DEB SULLIVAN WHO RESIGNED TO TAKE A JOB WITH EASTERN IOWA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT.

IN SPORTS....

MAQUOKETA WAS IN THE BENTON COMMUNITY INVITATIONAL WRESTLING

TOURNAMENT SATURDAY, ENTERING 5 VARSITY WRESTLERS.   THE CARDINALS FINISHED 14TH IN THE 16 TEAM FIELD.

THE CARDINAL BOY'S BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEATED WILLIAMSBURG

FRIDAY NIGHT 51 TO 42 AND LOST TO CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSON 

SATURDAY NIGHT, 71 TO 37.   

THE GIRLS PLAYED FRIDAY NIGHT AND LOST TO WILLIAMSBURG, 58 TO

49.

FOR RENT, EXCELLENT LOCATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS OR OFFICE NEXT

TO THEATRE.  $375 A MONTH, WATER INCLUDED.   NO LEASE REQUIRED.

NEWLY  PAINTED  AND NEW CARPET.    CALL 563-212-3286

SHIRLEY WINEGAR OF MAQUOKETA WAS OUR FIRST KMAQ RADIO BINGO

WINNER THIS SEASON.....THIS AFTERNOON ON KMAQ

HAVE A GOOD WEEK!

DENNIS VOY

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

NOT A NICE DAY TODAY.
RAIN, SLEET, AND ONLY 33 FOR A HIGH...NOT 36 AS HAD BEEN FORECAST.
TONIGHT LATE, SOME SNOW.
TOMORROW, MORE PRECIPITATION AND COLDER.
SUNDAY, HOPEFULLY SOME SUNSHINE AND WARMER...IN 30'S.

A HOME IN BALDWIN WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
BALDWIN AND MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO THE HOME
AT HIWAY 64 AND 52ND AVENUE JUST AFTER 2:30.   THE HOME WAS
FORMERLY THE "QUARTERDECK BAR" IN BALDWIN.   KEVIN EHLINGER
WAS LIVING THERE.    HE WAS ASLEEP AT THE TIME AND AWOKE TO  HEAVY SMOKE.    WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED, SMOKE AND FLAMES WERE COMING
FROM THE HOME AND FIREMEN BELIEVE IT STARTED IN THE AREA OF
A WOOD BURNING STOVE.    THE BUILDING HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A TOTAL LOSS.    NO ONE HURT.   FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE A COUPLE HOURS.

POLICE BLOTTER:   A MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, EARL CHERRY, TOLD POLICE THAT SOMONE VANDALIZED HIS APARTMENT AT 119 NORTH MAIN.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS RE-APPOINTED JACK WILLEY AS CHAIRMAN.     BUCK KOOS WAS RE-ELECTED VICE-CHAIRMAN.

THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AG COMMITTEE AND THE
MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB WILL AGAIN CO-SPONSOR THE "FRIENDS OF
AGRICULTURE" AWARDS DURING THE FEBRUARY KMAQ FARM AND
HOME SHOW.      FARMER OF THE YEAR...AGRI-BUSINESS PERSON 
OF THE YEAR....AND AG PUBLIC SERVICE PERSON OF THE YEAR.
THEY ARE SEEKING NOMINATIONS NOW.      GO TO WWW.MAQUOKETA CHAMBER.COM  FOR A NOMINATION FORM AND THEY MUST BE TURNED
IN AT THE CHAMBER OFFICE NO LATER THAN FRIDAY,  JANUARY 24TH.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL GIRLS PLAY AT WILLIAMSBURG IN WAMAC
ACTION TONIGHT AND
THE BOYS HOST WILLIAMSBURG AT THE MCHS GYM.

THE CARDINAL GIRLS AND BOYS BOWLING TEAMS WERE SCHEDULED
TO BOWL AT INDEPENDENCE TODAY, BUT THAT MEET WAS POSTPONED.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY
 

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

6 BELOW LAST NIGHT.
14 ABOVE TODAY.
TEMPS WILL RISE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
TOMORROW, FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING, RAIN IN AFTERNOON
AND SNOW TOMORROW NIGHT, AFTER  A HIGH OF 35.
SATURDAY, HIGH OF 29 AND SUNDAY, SUNNY AND  HIGH OF 36.

THE JACKSON COUNTY COMPENSATION BOARD IS PROPOSING A 4% WAGE INCREASE FOR ELECTED COUNTY EMPLOYEES.    THAT WILL MEAN AROUND $2,000 INCREASES FOR MANY COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
THE SUPERVISORS MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.

 ON THE KMAQ TRAVEL PAGE (GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE, WWW.KMAQ.COM
AND CLICK-ON-BUS) IS A PHOTO I FOUND TODAY OF 47 FROM KMAQ-LAND
THAT WERE ON THE DECEMBER 1996 CHRISTMAS TRIP TO BRANSON.
CHECK IT OUT AND SEE HOW MANY YOU CAN FIND IN PHOTO.   JUST A FEW ON THE BUS:    DELBERT, LEONARD, NITA, MILO, FLOYD, ROSS, ELSIE,
CLARA, ARMILLA, VIOLA, GENEVA, DON, WENDY, DENNIS AND NANCY.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS TRAVEL TO MANCHESTER TODY TO
WRESTLE WEST DELAWARE AND SOLON IN A WAMAC DOUBLE DUAL.

THE CATTLEMEN'S BANQUET IS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE PEARSON
CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.    $20 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR STARTING AT 6  P.M.    BROOKE BYAM, RED HENTON'S GRANDDAUGHER FROM NASHVILLE WILL ENTERTAIN WITH FRIENDS FROM NASHVILLE.

ENJOY THE WARMER WEATHER.

DENNIS VOY

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNSHINE TODAY AND HIGH OF 9.    NOT WINDY.
ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAD CLASSES TODAY.
TOMORROW, WARMER.
FRIDAY COULD BE BAD WITH RAIN AND SLEET IN FORECAST, BUT IN 30'S.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY LOOKING GOOD....SUNNY AND MID 30'S.

MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY IS WARNING RESIDENTS OF A POSSIBLE EMAIL SCAM.     SOME RESIDENTS HAVE CALLED IN TO THE OFFICE TO SAY THEY RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM   ATMOST  ENERGY AND PG AND E.
SOME GOT EMAIL ENERGY BILLS OF MORE THAN $300.   MMEU BOARD
SECRETARY NANCY BUCK SAID MMEU DOES NOT SEND OUT EMAILS FOR
BILLS.   SHE SAID ATMOS ENERGY HAS POSTED A WARNING ON ITS WEB
SITE SAYING THERE IS A SCAM GOING ON USING THEIR NAME.

POLICE BLOTTER:   A WINDOW BROKEN LAST NIGHT AT MAQ-TOWN
DINER ON EAST PLATT.

COUNTY BLOTTER:   VANDALISM AT THE ST. DONATUS CITY HALL,
DONE BY SPRAY PAINTING.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT 4:30 THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT THE
DISTRICT OFFICE  (HAD BEEN SCHEDULED MONDAY AND POSTPONED
BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER)  DEALING WITH THE SEARCH FOR A NEW
SUPERINTENDENT.    OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

WE ARE CURRENTLY AIRING 14 OBITUARIES FROM THE KMAQ AREA.

"SAVING MR. BANKS" STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE THEATRE.
TOM HANKS AS WALT DISNEY.     LOTS OF GOOD COMMENTS ON IT.
SOME GOOD MOVIES COMING OUT WEEKLY NATIONWIDE.   AT LEAST,
WE HOPE THEY WILL BE GOOD.

 

HAVE A GOOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY!

DENNIS VOY

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

NOT AS COLD THIS MORNING...ONLY 15 BELOW.
NOT 20 BELOW AS FORECAST.
SUN SHINING THIS AFTERNOON.
ONE MORE COLD NIGHT AND DAY.

AT THE SHORT CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, TWO  PEOPLE WERE
APPOINTED TO THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD
BY MAYOR DON SCHWENKER.    TODD SEIFERT, THE DAC, INC. ADMINISTRATOR AND MAQUOKETA STATE BANK EMPLOYEE JAN KAHLER.
BOTH WILL SERVE A 6-YEAR TERM.
THE COUNCIL WILL MEET AT 5 P.M. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15TH FOR
THEIR ANNUAL GOAL  SETTING SESSION.

THE NEXT SHOW AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER IN MAQUOKETA WILL FEATURE FAMOUS IOWA HYPNOTIST, JIM WAND.    IT WILL BE AN ADULT SHOW AND ONLY THOSE AGE 18 AND OVER WILL BE ADMITTED.   IT WILL BE
ON SATURDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 25TH.   COCKTAILS AT 6 P.M. AND THE  SHOW
AT 7.    ADVANCE TICKETS $22 AND AT THE DOOR $25.
THE ELVIS SHOW NEW YEARS EVE WAS A SUCCESS WITH AROUND 500
IN ATTENDANCE.

BINGO STARTS MONDAY AFTERNOON ON KMAQ AM AND FM ... 3:30 UNTIL 4 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.        BINGO PLAYERS ARE OUT VISITING
SPONSORS FOR A FREE  GREEN BINGO CARD.  

TUESDAY NIGHT BINGO AT THE FAIRGROUNDS CANCELLED TONIGHT
BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.   

NEXT IN THE KMAQ FORECAST...THIS WEEKEND...RAIN!

DENNIS VOY

IOWA HIGH TEMPS FOR REST OF MONTH---PRINT

 

NOT TOO BAD

DENNIS VOY

TUESDAY IS WARMER

HERE IN MACOLDKETA, IT IS WARMER THAN YESTERDAY.
LOOKING TO GO TO 7 ABOVE TODAY, VERSUS -13 THE HIGH YESTERDAY.

DENNIS VOY

MANY  YEARS AGO, THE LATE CADY PHILLIPS WHO WORKED AT THE
MAQUOKETA POST OFFICE, KEPT TRACK OF INCORRECT SPELLINGS OF MAQUOKETA AND THE LIST WENT WELL OVER A THOUSAND.
I THINK IT IS SOMEWHERE AT THE MUSEUM AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
NOW I WONDER IF "MACOLDKETA" IS ON IT.

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

20 BELOW THIS MORNING.
NO SCHOOL.
HIGH OF 13 BELOW TODAY.
20 BELOW AGAIN TONIGHT.
NO SCHOOL TOMORROW.
GOOD NEWS...THIS FRIDAY, SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOWER 30'S
ALL THREE DAYS.

TONIGHT'S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT WAS CANCELED.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET.

LEIGHTON HEPKER, KMAQ MANAGER, ANNOUNED TODAY THAT THE
17TH ANNUAL COMBINED KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW THIS YEAR
WILL BE AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH AND 6TH.     IT WILL BE A LITTLE SHORTER
THIS YEAR, ENDING UP T 4:30 P.M. ON THURSDAY LATE AFTERNOON.
MORE ABOUT IT ON FUTURE DAILY REPORTS.

IN SPORTS:    FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA BOYS
LOST  THEIR GAME.   FRIDAY NIGHT TO SOLON IN DOUBLE OVERTIME,
52 TO 51.
SATURDAY NIGHT, THEY  LOST TO DUBUQUE SENIOR 78 TO 25.
THE GIRLS FRIDAY NIGHT LOST TO SOLON, 37  TO 31.

BUNDLE UP!

DENNIS VOY

EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT, CALL
AMANDA  AT 563-556-5130, EXTENSION 14.... OR TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT OPERATION NEW VIEW IN MAQUOKETA, CALL 563-652-5197.

GOOD COLD MONDAY MORNING FROM MAQUOKETA

WE HAVE 20 BELOW HERE AT KMAQ.
NO SCHOOL TODAY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.
THEY ARE REPORTING THIS MORNING THAT IOWA IS HAVING THE COLDEST WEATHER SINCE 1996.

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

TODAY'S DEEPFREEZE REPORT
SUNSHINE TODAY, BUT COLD.   HIGH WAS 13.
TOMORROW, 23 EARLY THEN DOWNHILL DURING THE DAY.
SUNDAY, 1 FOR THE HIGH.
SUNDAY NIGHT, 22 BELOW.
MONDAY, HIGH OF 12  BELOW.
MONDAY NIGHT, LOW OF 20 BELOW.

PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING IS COMING TO THE FAIRGROUNDS IN
MAQUOKETA JANUARY 18TH, SPONSORED BY THE FAIRBOARD.
TICKETS WILL BE $10.

THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD WILL MEET IN
SPECIAL SESSION AT 5 P.M. MONDAY AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT HIRING A NEW SUPERINTENDENT.  A FIRM HAS BEEN HIRED
TO ASSIST THE BOARD.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WILL HOST SOLON TONIGHT AND THE CARDINAL GIRLS WILL BE AT SOLON.

 77 DAYS 'TIL SPRING!
  
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

BEAUTIFUL BELLEVUE

NEW POST CARDS FOR BELLEVUE!

IN 2014, VISIT JACKSON COUNTY'S 2ND LARGEST CITY!

ALONG THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER!

FEATURING THE GREAT BELLEVUE RIVERSIDE PARK, VOTED ONE OF BEST ALONG THE RIVER, THE RIVER THAT BORDERS 10 STATES AND IS KNOWN
WORLD WIDE!

AND NOW, ALONG THE RIVER IN BELLEVUE, A NEW HOTEL, RESTAUANT AND CONVENTION CENTER!

DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE HAS BEEN "STREET-SCAPED" !   NEW SIDEWALKS AND BUSINESS PLACES!

TWO...YES TWO... PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH 12TH GRADE SCHOOL DISTRICTS!

ONE OF THE NEW POST CARDS WITH A SCENE OF THE FAMOUS BELLEVUE
WAR.

WELL OVER 1,000 WILL VIEW THESE PHOTOS IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO! ENJOY!!          AND FOR MORE ABOUT BELLEVUE, VISIT THEIR WEB SITE!

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

C O L D

YESTERDAY, 8 ABOVE.
LAST  NIGHT, 6 ABOVE.
TODAY, 11 ABOVE.
TONIGHT, 18 BELOW.
LOOKING AHEAD.....
SUNDAY (-17)
MONDAY..THE HIGH MONDAY WILL BE (-12)
MONDAY NIGHT, 20 BELOW

SO, WHAT ELSE IS NEW?

CHERYL CURL HAS INFORMED THE HOSPITAL BOARD THAT
SHE WILL RETIRE (NO DATE GIVEN)  AS CHIEF NURSING OFFICER.
SHE'S BEEN A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE.
ALSO, ROSE KAMMEYER IN THE MEDICAL RECORDS DEPARTMENT
RETIRED DECEMBER 31ST.   SHE WAS WITH THE HOSPITAL 23 YEARS.
AND DEB SULLIVAN HAS RESIGNED AS HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR.

PAT AND JOAN COSTELLO WILL OBSERVE THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY
ON JANUARY 18TH.    THEIR DAUGHTER TRACY HOPES FRIENDS
WILL SEND A CARD TO THEM:    P.O. BOX 1423, CAREFREE, AZ 85377-1423
LEIGHTON AND CINDY HEPKER, AT A FAMILY GET-TOGETHER  LAST WEEK,
DROVE PAST WHERE THEY LIVE, NOTICED THEIR NAME AT ENTRANCE
OF DRIVEWAY AND STOPPED.      PAT, 73, WAS IN HIS GARAGE....YES....
PAINTING.   LEIGHTON GOT THIS PHOTO OF HIM.   

RECOGNIZE HIS TRUCK THAT USED TO BE PARKED AT HIS ART STUDIO EAST OF MAQUOKETA.   THE CITY NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED.   THEY ALSO
WENT INSIDE AND VISITED WITH JOAN.   BOTH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BIG ANNIVERSARY.   FOR MANY YEARS, THE COSTELLO'S AND TOM AND PAM PECKOSH (THE FOUR SITTING TOGETHER) WERE MY #1 THEATRE GOERS AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE.    AND MOST OF THE TIME, THEY WOULD SPEND TIME AFTER THE MOVIE, PICKING IT APART OR PRAISING IT.   PAT AND JOAN RETIRED AND LIVING NEAR PHOENIX AND TOM AND PAM SEMI-RETIRED AND
LIVING AT RAPID CITY, WHERE THEY OWN A MOTEL.

ALLIANCE WATER RESOURCES RANG IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A WATER MAIN BREAK AT PLATT AND SOUTH JONES.   THE CALL CAME IN JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TUESDAY.   NEW YEARS DAY THEY STARTED THE REPAIR JOB
AT 8 A.M. AND WORKED A GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY.   IN COLD WEATHER.
COLD WEATHER CAUSES BREAK.    THERE HAVE BEEN 3 IN THE LAST TWO
WEEKS.

MAQUOKETA FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A REPORT OF SMOKE AT 12:02 A.M.
NEW YEAR'S EVE..... TO 201 1/2 SOUTH MAIN STREET (UPSTAIRS OVER WHAT
WAS THE TOM PECKOSH LAW OFFICE FOR MANY YEARS) AND UPON ARRIVAL
FOUND A BURN SPOT BEHIND A WATER HEATER IN A UTILITY CLOSIT.
THERE WAS NO FIRE.   FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE DOWNTOWN FOR
ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

KEEP WARM!   DRESS WARMLY!

DENNIS VOY