CASCADE BEAT MAQUOKETA

CASCADE 39
MAQUOKETA 16

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY AND WARM TODAY....IN THE MID 80'S.    RAIN WAS FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON, BUT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL MISS US.     AN 80% CHANCE OF RAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.     NO RAIN SATURDAY OR SUNDAY...SATURDAY 79 AND SUNDAY 85.    LABOR DAY 60% CHANCE OF
RAIN AND 81 FOR A HIGH.

THE DECKER HOTEL DINING ROOM IS CLOSED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW BECAUSE OF A BIG WEDDING RECEPTION THERE.    IT WILL BE OPEN
SUNDAY MORNING FOR THEIR POPULAR BREAKFAST BUFFET.

WHENEVER YOU HAVE TIME IN MAQUOKETA, TAKE  AN HOUR OR SO AND VISIT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER NORTH OF TOWN.    A COUPLE MORE PHOTOS I TOOK LAST SATURDAY  DURING THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY OPEN  HOUSE AND CELEBRATION.   TOP PHOTO IS THEIR BEEHIVE.  NO ADMISSION CHARGE.   

THE NEW MANAGER OF MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER, TOM GAFFIGAN,  WILL CONDUCT A BOARD GOAL SETTING WORK SESSION NEXT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT CITY HALL WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.   STARTS AT 4:30.     ON KMAQ'S "JUST TALK" SHOW HE SAID HE HAS RECOMMENDED THE PLANT CONTINUE OPERATING FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS AS  OPERATING COSTS ARE LOW ENOUGH TO PROVIDE   WHAT HE
CALLED INSURANCE FOR BACKUP POWER.      THE DISTRIBUTION PART OF MMEU WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE IF THE PLANT CLOSES, AS THERE IS
ALWAYS WORK TO BE DONE AROUND TOWN.

MATT CLARK STARTS YEAR NUMBER 5 AS KMAQ'S PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER FOR CARDINAL FOOTBALL TONIGHT.     THE CARDS OPEN THE
SEASON AT CASCADE, A 2-A SCHOOL THAT HAS LOTS OF TALENT BACK
FROM LAST YEAR'S TEAM THAT HAD A GOOD YEAR.     SHOULD BE A GOOD GAME.    MATT WILL GO ON-THE-AIR AT ABOUT 7:20.    IT WILL BE ON
KMAQ AM, FM AND ON OUR INTERNET SITE....WWW.KMAQ.COM.   THERE ON KMAQ'S HOME PAGE, TURN ON THE RADIO IN LOWER RIGHT CORNER.  
SO, AGAIN THIS  YEAR, ANYONE IN THE COUNTRY CAN LISTEN TO THE GAME.     I WILL PUT THE SCORE HERE TOMORROW MORNING, IN CASE YOU MISS THE BROADCAST.   GO CARDINALS!

HAVE A NICE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY.    DRIVE WITH CARE AND BUCKLE-UP!

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

 

HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

HIGH TODAY, ONLY 71.
SPRINKLES THIS AFTERNOON.
RAIN TONIGHT AND 50% CHANCE OF RAIN TOMORROW.
WEEKEND FORECAST LOOKS LIKE LITTLE OR NO RAIN SATURDAYK,
SUNDAY OR MONDAY.  MAYBE A LITTLE RAIN LABOR DAY.
HIGHS IN THE LOW 80'S NOW THROUGH MONDAY.

MAQUOKETA LANDLORD ROY WARD TOLD KMAQ TODAY HE
WILL  NOT TEAR DOWN EMMA COURT APARTMENTS (AS HE MENTIONED AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING) THIS YEAR, MAYBE NEXT.
HE SAID HE PLANS TO DO SOME MAINTENANCE.

THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL BOARD WAS PRESENTED WITH THE ANNUAL
AUDIT AT TUESDAY'S MEETING.     IT SHOWS A VERY LIQUID BALANCE WITH NO DEBT, THAT'S CORRECT, NO DEBT,  AND CASH ON HAND OF NEARLY $16 MILLION DOLLARS.
KEEP IN MIND, THAT AN ADDITION TO THE PRESENT HOSPITAL WITH REMODELING,  OR A NEW HOSPITAL,  IS IN THE FUTURE AND SOME OF THIS MONEY AND ANY FURTHER PROFITS COULD BE USED FOR THAT.

A BIRTH:
TROY AND ANESSA PETERSEN OF RURAL MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL,  BORN TUESDAY AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE MARK AND JULIE  MILLER OF MAQUOKETA.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE DON AND KATHY KUNDE OF MAQUOKETA
AND RICK PETERSEN OF DEWITT.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

PIONEER DAY

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

PT. SUNNY AND 76 TODAY.
RAIN TONIGHT.
RAIN TOMORROW.   HIGH OF 77.
FRIDAY, 85.

JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN HAS PROMOTED TWO OF HIS
DEPUTIES TO NEW POSITIONS.     DEPUTY STEVE SCHROEDER HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE NEW CHIEF DEPUTY, CREATED WHEN DEPUTY ED CLARK
RETIRED THIS SUMMER.    AND DEPUTY BRANDON BECK HAS BEEN
NAMED THE NEW LEAD INVESTIGATOR, THE POSITION FORMERLY HELD
BY SCHROEDER.

YESTERDAY MORNING, MICHAEL JONES REPORTED TO THE MAQUOKETA POLICE THAT A MO-PED WAS TAKEN FROM HIS APARTMENT PARKING LOT ON WESTERN AVENUE.
ALSO ON WESTERN AVENUE, GENE RONNFELDT REPORTED THAT HIS BILLFOLD WAS TAKEN FROM HIS APARTMENT.
KELLY DARR ON SOUTH 4TH STREET REPORTED A WINDOW HAD BEEN
BROKEN OUT AT HER HOME.    IT WAS LEARNED LATER THAT 4 OTHER WINDOWS HAD BEEN BROKEN IN THE AREA.

THIS MAQUOKETA WOMAN KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THE DRUG PROBLEM IN
JACKSON COUNTY.     GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY
BLUE WHEEL FOR MORE.    SHE WOULD BE HAPPY TO GIVE A PROGRAM FOR  YOUR CLUB.

BIRTHS:  BOY BORN TO COLE AND TRISHA WILSON OF DAVENPORT.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE BOB AND  JOLENE BERGGREN OF
MAQUOKETA.    PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE CHUCK AND PATI WILSON
OF MAQUOKETA.
BOY BORN TO BRENDAN AND ALICE DRISCOLL OF PRESTON.   MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JERRY AND MELINDA STERBENZ OF MAQUOKETA.
BOY BORN TO ROBERT AND ELIZABETH GUINN OF OMAHA.   MATERNAL
GRANDPARENTS ARE DAVE AND KRIS HOVEY OF MAQUOKETA.

CHECKED OUT OUR  WEB CAM IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA?  WORKING
24 HOURS A DAY.     WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE WEB CAM.

MEMBER, YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE HALF-HOUR LOCAL NEWS, SPORTS AND WEATHER REPORTS EVERY DAY AT 7:45 A.M. (BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES ARE JUST BEFORE)AND AT 12:15 P.M. AND AT 5:10 P.M.
JUST GO TO KMAQ HOME PAGE (WWW.KMAQ.COM) AND TURN-ON THE
RADIO.    BUT, WE WON'T BE THERE UNTIL A MINUTE OR TWO BEFORE THE
NEWS STARTS.   TRY TOO EARLY AND YOU WILL GET NOTHING.
THIS IS CALLED "STREAMING" AND WE DO IT ONLY FOR THE MAJOR NEWS
REPORTS AND THE 9:05 JUST TALK SHOW AND FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAMES.

HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

BENEFIT FOR KENNY BOWMAN

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

80 TODAY.   NICE THIS AFTERNOON.
78 TOMORROW.    DESCENT FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WITH
SOME RAIN.

HE'S COMING BACK TO MAQUOKETA.   THIS SATURDAY DURING THE RACES
AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.   DR DANGER!     HE WAS THE GUY THAT MADE
NATIONAL HEADLINES DURING THE 2013 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR FOR
CRASHING HIS CAR INTO A SEMI STANDING ON ITS END.   THINGS DIDN'T
GO AS PLANNED AND HE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER THE
NEAR FATAL STUNT ACCIDENT.    HIS ACCIDENT WAS AIRED ON THE
HISTORY CHANNEL.    HE WON'T DO A STUNT THIS TIME AND HAS PLANNED
THE TRIP TO MEET THE PEOPLE AND SEE THE PLACES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THAT YEAR-AGO GRANDSTAND SHOW.    WHILE IN MAQUOKETA THIS
WEEK,  HE (GREGORY CARPENTER) WILL BE CELEBRATING HIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN THE STUNT BUSINESS.

A CANDIDATE FOR JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR, WHO LOST IN THE JUNE PRIMARY TO TOM DEVINE, WILL MAKE A BID FOR THE JOB AS AN INDEPENDENT.    JEFF HOLTZ OF RURAL MAQUOKETA LOST BY 58 VOTES
TO TOM DEVINE AND TOLD KMAQ NEWS THAT HE HAS BEEN ENCOURAGED BY VOTERS TO RUN AGAIN.     SO,THERE WILL BE A 3-WAY RACE IN DISTRICT 3.        TOM DEVINE, REPUBLICAN....LARRY McDEVITT, DEMOCRAT AND
JEFF HOLTZ, INDEPENDENT.

THE LABOR DAY FORECAST IS FOR A CHANCE OF RAIN, PARTLY SUNNY AND A HIGH OF 81.

LAST SATURDAY MORNING, A BASEBALL BAT WAS USED TO  HIT A MAN
NEAR BALDWIN, AT 4 A.M.     THE MAN BEING HIT WAS JOESEPH WESCOTT.
WHEN DEPUTY COREY KETTMAN ARRIVED, WESTCOTT WAS IN THE BACK YARD AT 5168 - 47TH STREET, ON HIS BACK AND BLEEDING FROM HIS
HEAD.   HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.   AT LEAST
FIVE OTHER PEOPLE WERE AT THE RESIDENCE AND WERE DRINKING BEER WITH GROVER QUINN OF OXFORD JUNCTION.   QUINN WAS INVOLVED IN A CONFRONTATION WITH ONE OF THE WITNESSES, ROBER WALKER, AND WAS ASKED BY WESTCOTT TO LEAVE.    QUINN ALLEDGEDLY WENT TO HIS CAR AND GOT A BASEBALL BAT AND USED IT TO HIT WESTCOTT IN THE HEAD.
QUINN WAS DETAINED FOR A SHORT TIME, BUT

RETRIEVED HIS CAR KEYS AND LEFT THE SCENE,  BUT  NOT BEFORE STRIKING WALKER WITH THE
BAT.    WALKER REFUSED TREATMENT.     QUINN LATER TOLD DEPUTIES
THE FIGHT STARTED IN OXFORD JUNCTION JUST AFTER 2 A.M. AND THAT
HE WAS JUMPED.   HE DENIED GOING TO THE RURAL BALDWIN RESIDENCE.
THE CHARGES ARE PENDING.

DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA AT MIDNIGHT.

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT JUST BEFORE 6 P.M. AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61 AND HURSTVILLE ROAD, JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.    TWO RURAL MAQUOKETA WOMEN WERE THE DRIVERS AND A TOTAL OF 7 PEOPLE WERE INJURED.    BRENDA HUFFMAN, 38, OF RURAL MAQUOKETA  WAS SOUTHBOUND IN THE RIGHT LANE OF 4-LANE 61.
KIM CORNELIUS, AGE 59, OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, WAS CROSSING OVER HIGHWAY 61 ON THE HURSTVILLE ROAD.    SHE SAID SHE DID NOT SEE
THE HUFFMAN VEHICLE AND THE TWO COLLIDED.   CORNELIUS WAS
CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY.   BOTH DRIVERS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF THEIR INJURIES.
PASSENGER IN THE CORNELIUS VEHICLE WERE TRISHA PICKETT, 38, AND   RYLIE PICKETT, AGE 11 AND LINCOLN PICKETT, AGE 19 MONTHS.
RIDING IN THE HUFFMAN VEHICLE, REIGHGAN HUFFMAN, AGE 12 AND ALEXA
HUFFMAN, AGE 9.    AND DRIVERS AND THE PASSENGERS WERE ALL
TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL AND RELEASED.     DAMAGE TO THE HUFFMAN
VAN, $5,000 AND THE CORNELIUS S.U.V., $10,000.

KMAQ IS 56 YEARS OLD TODAY.    OUR FIRST FULL DAY OF BROADCASTING
WAS ON AUGUST 26, 1958.   I WAS  HERE AND IT WAS A FUN DAY.
LOTS OF GREAT MEMORIES OVER THE YEARS.    FOR A PICTORAL HISTORY OF KMAQ, GO TO OUR WEB SITE, WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE
HISTORY BUTTON.    

AND SO IT GOES.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD WEDNESDAY.

THANKS FOR BEING A LISTENER OF KMAQ AND READER OF THIS DAILY
REPORT!!     HOPE YOU WILL KEEP WITH US THE NEXT 365 DAYS.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
HAVE LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT SINCE 58!    LOL


 

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

ABOUT 2 INCHES OF NEEDED RAIN THIS PAST WEEKEND.
TODAY, A LITTLE MORE THIS MORNING.    SUNNY AND HOT THIS AFTERNOON.
TODAY'S HIGH, 81.    TONIGHT, MORE RAIN FORECAST AND LOW IN UPPER 60'S.   TOMORROW, MORE RAIN AND COOLER, HIGH OF 79.

NO ONE HURT IN A 2-VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA AROUND 7 LAST NIGHT.    LUCAS PATTERSON, AGE 25, OF ELWOOD WAS CHARGED FOR FAILING TO YIELD WHEN ENTERING A THROUGH HIGHWAY.   HE PULLED FROM A STOP SIGN ON 17TH STREET BUT
DID  NOT SEE A NORTH BOUND AUTO ON 200TH AVENUE DRIVIN BY RACHEL EHLINGER, AGE 30, OF MAQUOKETA.   DAMAGE TO THE PATTERSON PICKUP WAS $800 AND DAMAGE TO EHLINGER'S CAR, $4,000.

POLICE BLOTTER:
THOMAS DUNHAM OF EDNA STREET, MAQUOKETA, REPORTED SUNDAY THAT SOME GAS CANS WERE STOLEN.
A LIGHT ON THE CHURCH OF CHRIST BUILDING WAS REPORTED BROKEN
OVER THE WEEKEND.
A THEFT SATURDAY MORNING FROM WAL MART, A NEW SAMSUNG GALAXY
NOTEBOOK COMPUTER.
A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT AT THE MAQUOKETA INN BEHIND MCDONALDS.

ANYONE MAY ATTEND THE RAFFLE EVENT ABOVE.   TICKETS ARE ON SALE
BY ANY MEMBER OF ROTARY.     GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON
THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL TO SEE THE LIST OF MEMBERS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

NO MORE SHADE FROM ME

LOOKING SOUTH ON SOUTH 4TH STREET

LOOKING NORTH ON SOUTH 4TH STREET

NO WIND, JUST A HEART ATTACK AT 10:30 LAST NIGHT AT 311 SOUTH 4TH
STREET.

CHECK  BELOW SOME PHOTOS FROM YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER 10TH ANNIVERSARY OPEN HOUSE. 
DENNIS VOY

HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER 10TH ANIVERSARY TODAY

 OPEN HOUSE WAS FUN FOR ALL AGES.

 THE FAMOUS STEPS LEADING TO FRONT DOOR

 THE GAZEBO CLASSROOM

 UNIVERSITY OF IOWA MOBILE MUSEUM FOR TODAY ONLY

THE OUTDOOR SMALL POND.   THERE IS ALSO A FISHING POND ACROSS THE
HIGHWAY OWNED BY THE CENTER.

 THE HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER IS BOTH  INDOORS & OUTDOORS

 2  NEW 2014 WALL MURALS BY UPSTAIRS & DOWNSTAIRS WATER FOUNTAINS.

PAINTED BY BLAKE ROSS OF THE QUAD CITIES.

DARYL PARKER, JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION DIRECTOR.   IT WAS HIS EFFORTS WITH  A HARD WORKING BOARD THAT RAISED THE MONEY (GRANTS AND GIFTS) TO BUILD THE CENTER.    NOT TO FORGET ANN BURNS, A KEY FIGURE FOR ITS EARLY AND ONGOING SUCCESS.

WHAT AN AMAZING PLACE!    A JACKSON COUNTY WONDER!    FREE ADMISSION AND A NICE GIFT SHOP TOO.    MORE PHOTOS COMING ON FUTURE DAILY REPORTS.

DENNIS VOY

NO FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

VOTE FOR MAQUOKETA

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

TODAY...,.A DIFFERENT DAY THAN WAS FORECAST.
WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE RAIN ON AND OFF AND NO SUNSHINE AND
SO INSTEAD OF UPPER 80'S...WE ARE ABOUT 10 DEGREES COOLER.
A LITTLE MORE RAIN IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, SUNNY
AND A HIGH OF 90.

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON COUNTY HAS ANNOUNCED A NEW BOARD MEMBER.
SHE IS LUCY ZEIMET.    SHE GREW UP IN BELLEVUE AND WAS INSPIRED
TO SERVE BY HER MOTHER, A FORMER BOARD MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION, THE OLD NAME OF THE FOUNDATION.    THE FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1982 BY RETIRED BUSINESSMAN
BOB OSTERHAUS.

THE SUPERVISORS WERE TOLD THIS WEEK THAT WORK ON THE PENROSE HOUSE WHICH WILL BECOME COUNTY OFFICES,  IS PROGRESSING.   
COUNTY MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR SAID WORKERS ARE SPRAYING INSULATION INSIDE AND THE FURNACE WORK IS ALMOST DONE.
THE INSIDE WALLS ARE READY FOR SHEETROCK.   HE TOLD THE BOARD THAT IT WILL BE NICE BUILDING WHEN DONE.    IT IS TO BE FINISHED
IN DECEMBER ACCORDING TO CONTRACT.    IT IS LOCATED JUST WEST
OF THE LAW CENTER.

THE OLD BARN ON WEST PLATT STREET IS ALMOST COMPLETELY DOWN.

THE CLASS OF 1954 REUNION IS NEXT MONTH.    ANY QUESTIONS,
CALL 563-590-8837.

STILL ONE MORE MONTH OF SUMMER...ENJOY IT.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

MAQUOKETA NEEDS YOUR VOTE

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

FOR THE 3RD DAY IN A ROW, THE HIGH IN MAQUOKETA WAS 83.
TONIGHT, 70% CHANCE OF RAIN.
TOMORROW, 60% CHANCE AND A HIGH OF 87.
FRIDAY,  NO RAIN, HIGH OF 90.
SATURDAY, 89.
SUNDAY, 89.
NO WEEKEND RAIN.
MONDAY, COOLING DOWN TO 85.

MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATED A MINOR ACCIDENT LATE YESTERDAY MORNING.    DARWIN LYON, AGE 80, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS DRIVING NORTH ON  ELIZA AND HIS PASSENGER MIRROR HIT THE MIRROR OF A PARKED
VEHICLE, REGISTERED TO JRE ENTERPRISES OF MAQUOKETA.
NO CHARGES, MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.

IN CITY COUNCIL NEWS:
A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD SEPT. 2ND AT 7 P.M. FOR THE PROPOSED SALE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO DR. ROGER WALLER OF MAQUOKETA, FOR $26,215.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE ON TUESDAY, SEPT. 2ND, THE DAY AFTER LABOR DAY.
THE COUNCIL APPROVED A BILL OF $2,860 TO CHUCK FEY CONCRETE
FOR WORK DONE AT LITTLE BEAR PARK.
AND THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE PURHCASE OF 7 NEW COMPUTERS FOR THE YMCA AT A COST OF$7,345.
THE COUNCIL ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF REBECCA TUBBS LICHTER FROM THE LIBRARY BOARD.  SHE HAS SERVED ON THAT BOARD FOR 20 YEARS  AND IS PLANNING TO MOVE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
MAYOR DON SCHWENKER APPOINTED JEANNIE JORGENSEN OF MAQUOKETA TO REPLACE HER ON THE LIBRARY BOARD.

A THEFT REPORTED TO THE MAQUOKETA POLICE.
LORETTA GREEN OF SOUTH SECOND STREET REPORTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT $55 WAS TAKEN FROM HER APARTRMENT.

TOM GRUENWALD IS THE NEW ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR FOR MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT, GRADES 7-12.    HE SPOKE AT ROTARY THIS NOON.
A PHOTO AND MORE IS ON THE  ROTARY WEB SITE.   GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BLUE WHEEL.

THE MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL TEAMS....FRESHMEN,  SOPHOMORE AND
VARSITY.....WILL  HOST A SCRIMMAGE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT GOODENOW FIELD, STARTING AT 3 P.M.     THEY WILL SCRIMMAGE NORTHEAST OF GOOSE LAKE.    ADMISSION WILL BE A GATORADE DRINK AND THOSE CAN BE USED THROUGH OUT THE SEASON AHEAD.
THE CARDINALS OPEN THE SEASON   AUG. 29TH AT CASCADE.
MATT CLARK WILL BROADCAST THE GAME ON KMAQ AM-FM AND ON
OUR INTERNET SITE.

HAPPY LEMONADE DAY!

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

FOR THE 2ND DAY IN A ROW....83.
70% CHANCE OF RAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.
89 FOR A HIGH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

JACKSON COUNTY ENGINEER CLARK SCHOLZ AT THE SUPERVISOR'S MEETING THIS MORNING SAID THE COUNTY ROADS ARE ROUGH RIGHT
NOW WITH WHAT'S CALLED "A WASHBOARD EFFECT".
THE REASON HE SAID..."LACK OF RAIN".
RESIDENTS ARE COMPLAINING.  

AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, OVER 50 PEOPLE WHO RECENTLY SIGNED A PETITION COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF THE EMMA COURT APARTMENTS, WERE AT THE MEETING.   THEY WANT THE CITY TO TAKE SOME ACTION AGAINST THE OWNER ROY WARD.
THEY ASKED THAT WARD BE FORCED TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDING, MOW THE GRASS, AND WEEDS AND GET THE GARBAGE CLEANED UP REGULARLY.
COUNCILMAN TROY THEDE  SAID THE CITY NEEDS A LANDLORD ORDINANCE.
WARD WAS THERE AND SAID HE PLANS TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING, BUT
NEEDS TO GIVE 30 DAYS NOTICE.    HE SAID HE HAS ALREADY EVICTED
THE BAD RENTERS AND HAS  HIRED A MANAGER TO OVERSEE THE COMPLEX.   THERE WAS SOME EXCHANGE OF WORDS BETWEEN WARD
AND SOME PETTIONERS AND THAT CARRIED OVER TO THE LOBBY ONCE
THE COUNCIL SPENT 50 MINUTES DISCUSSING THE ISSUE AND
DECIDED TO TURN THE MATTER OVER TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
POLICE CHIEF BRAD KORANDA WENT TO THE LOBBY TO MAKE SURE THE DISCUSSIONS THERE DID NOT ESCALATE ANY FURTHER.
WARD, A MAQUOKETA NATIVE WHO SPENT MUCH OF HIS LIFE IN CALIFORNIA,
MOVED BACK TO MAQUOKETA ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO AND OWNS OTHER PROPERTY BESIDES THE EMMA COURT APARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE
FORMER KEY MOTEL AND THE DOLLAR GENERAL STORE BUILDING.

IN A PUBLIC NOTICE AD, DR. PAUL HORST HAS ANNOUNCED TO RESIDENTS OF MAQUOKETA AND JACKSON COUNTY THAT HE WILL CLOSE HIS
CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE AT 123 SOUTH 2ND STREET.   THE LAST DAY WILL BE SEPTEMBER 28TH.      HE AND HIS FAMILY WILL RELOCATE TO ANOTHER AREA TO BE CLOSER TO THEIR FAMILY.    HE AND HIS WIFE VALERIE MOVED TO
MAQUOKETA IN 1989.   HE URGED HIS PATIENTS TO USE THE SERVICES OF OTHER MAQUOKETA CHIROPRACTORS.     THEY ARE URGED TO VISIT HIS OFFICE TO PICK-UP RECORDS OR HAVE THEM TRANSFERRED.   IF I COUNTED RIGHT, MAQUOKETA HAS 7 CHIRORPACTORS.      I HAVE ENJOYED DR.
HORST ACTING IN PEACE PIPE PLAYER PRODUCTIONS.

A HOME ON ARCADE STREET, THAT HAD A BAD FIRE EARLIER THIS MONTH,
WAS TAKEN DOWN TODAY AND HAULED AWAY.    IT WAS OWNED BY ROY WARD.

MY FEET ACHE....YUP IT'S AFTER 5....TIME TO CALL IT ANOTHER DAY.

TAKE CARE.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

IT CONTINUES TO BE "DRY" IN KMAQ-LAND.
LAST RAIN WAS A SHOWER EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
TODAY, HIGH OF83.    WE  HAVE A COUPLE TIMES THIS WEEK A CHANCE
OF RAIN.   AND LATER IN THE WEEK, HOT WEATHER, UPPER 80'S, RETURNS.

TILL'S FLOORING AND CARPENTRY WAS SET TO  OPEN IN A FEW DAYS,
FOLLOWING MONTHS OF WORK REDOING THE FORMER T-N-T CONE SHOP.
AT 11:30 LAST NIGHT, FIRE IN THE BUILDING WAS REPORTED BY A PASSING
MOTORIST ON EAST PLATT STREET.     EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO
THE BUILDING OWNED BY TODD AND RACHEL TILL.    THEY  HAVE HAD A
FLOOR COVERING BUSINESS FOR A LONG TIME, OPERATING OUT OF THEIR
HOUSE.    THIS BUILDING WAS TO GET THEM IN THE CARPETING BUSINESS ALSO, WITH A RETAIL SHOWROOM.     IN THE STOREROOM, $30,000 WORTH
OF CARPET WAS  RUINED.      THE LEFT SIDE OF BUILDING SUFFERED THE LEAST DAMAGE.    FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE UNTIL 2 A.M. AND THEN WERE CALLED BACK AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON TO EXTIGUISH A "HOT" SPOT.
TODD SAYS THE BUSINESS WAS COVERED BY INSURANCE.    THE FIRE MARSHALL WAS CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE THE FIRE AND SO FAR HAS NOT
DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.     PRIOR TO THE CONE SHOP, THIS
WAS THE LOCATION AND BUILDING FOR DUDE'S (REICHLING) 66 SERVICE
STATION.

FIRE DESTROYED A POPULAR RESTAURANT IN MONTICELLO SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.   IT STARTED AROUND 3 P.M. AT "THE WAGON WHEEL".

THE 5TH STREET BOAT RAMP WAS CLOSED FOR AWHILE SATURDAY
AFTER A VEHICLE AND BOAT TRAILER BACKED DOWN THE RAMP TO
UNLOAD A BOAT AND BECAUSE OF A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ON THE S.U.V......THE S.U.V. AND TRAILER WENT INTO THE MAQUOKETA RIVER AND WERE COMPLETELY SUBMERGED.      DIVERS FROM THE QUAD CITIES
WERE CALLED TO PINPOINT THE LOCATION OF BOTH WHICH WERE OWNED BY A LOST NATION MAN.    ONCE FOUND IN THE RIVER BY DIVERS, A CREW
FROM  B & G AUTO PULLED THE VEHICLE AND TRAILER FROM THE RIVER.
THE S.U.V. WAS DESCRIBED AS A TOTAL LOSS.

ON THE  WEEKEND POLICE BLOTTER:
OFFICIALS OF THE CENTERSTONE INN (MOTEL ON S. MAIN) REPORTED
A GUEST'S CAR HAD SOME GASOLINE  SIPHONED FROM IT OVERNIGHT.
AND MERLYN YEAGER, 7TH STREET RURAL MAQUOKETA, REPORTED SUNDAY THAT SOMEONE STOLE SOME COPPER FROM HIS PROPERTY.

ROCHELLE RAY, AGE 76, OF MAQUOKETA, OWNER OF MAX RAY JEWELER
IN MAQUOKETA,  DIED SATURDAY NIGHT AT HER APARTMENT ABOVE THE
STORE.   SHE HAS BEEN TREATED FOR MEDICAL PROBLEMS THE PAST
YEAR.   HER JEWELRY STORE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST BUSINESS PLACES
IN  MAQUOKETA.    SERVICES ARE PENDING AT LAHEY FUNERAL HOME.
HER HUSBAND TOM DIED ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO.     SHE IS SURVIVED BY
A DAUGHTER HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND A SON IN OKLAHOMA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com

MAQUOKETA METHODIST CHURCH

TABOR WINERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON

DAVID ZOLLO FROM IOWA CITY WAS THE GUEST ENTERTAINER.   AUGUST 31ST, JOE AND VICKI PRICE.

PHOTOS:  DENNIS VOY

Expressions Salon & Spa

A NEW BUSINESS BEGINS IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA TUESDAY.IT IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE VOY THEATRE.
THE OWNER IS JANIE FITZPATRICK.WORKING WITH HER, JILL CLARK. 

CLICK HERE TO SEE SOME COLOR PHOTOS AND WATCH A SHORT VIDEO....

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

JUST TIME FOR WEATHER TODAY..,.

SUNNY TODAY WITH A HIGH OF 73.
A 40% CHANCE OF RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
TOMORROW, WARMER WITH A HIGH OF 80.
SUNDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY WITH HIGH OF 78.
MONDAY, PARTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 81.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

OLD, OLD BARN COMING DOWN

THE OLD BARN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 61 AND 64 IS COMING DOWN.   FOR MANY YEARS, THE NAME "HAMILTON" WAS PAINTED ON IT.    NOT SURE WHY?   IT HAS BEEN AND IS OWNED BY THE MESSERLI FAMILY.    BRANDENBERG CONSTRUCTION IS TAKING IT DOWN AND THE 3 EMPLOYEES ON THE ROOF ARE:   JOSH FITE,  DEVIN CLARK  AND ANDREW STAMPE.     THE OLD BOARDS I'M SURE ARE WORTH A LOT.

PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY
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WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY AND 83 TODAY.
WE WILL STAY IN THE 80'S THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WITH LITTLE RAIN.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AGREED TO ALLOW THE DISTRICT
TO ADVERTISE FOR A FRESHMAN VOLLEYBALL COACH.     ATHLETIC
DIRECTOR TOM GRUENWALD SAID THERE ARE FIVE LEVELS OF VOLLEYBALL
AND THEY HAVE THREE COACHES FOR 48 KIDS.  HE SAID THAT'S A LOT
OF ATHLETES FOR 3 COACHES.

STEDMAN GRAHAM OF CHICAGO WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA MONDAY TO SPEAK IN THE SCHOOLS AS WELL AS PROVIDE A COMMUNITY PROGRAM.
HE IS AN AUTHOR, EDUCATOR, AND ENTREPRENEUR AND IS KNOWN AS
OPRAH WINFREY'S PARTNER.
THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM IS PLANNED FROM 5:30 UNTIL 7:30 P.M. MONDAY AT THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER.  NO CHARGE.


A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 7:51 LAST NIGHT ON THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD AND 183RD AVENUE.    JACQUELYNN SMITH, AGE 36, OF MAQUOKETA,
WAS DRIVING NORTH ON  183RD AND DID NOT STOP AT THE STOP SIGN.
SHE SLID THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND HIT A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY
ADAM REUTER, AGE 26, OF ZWINGLE, WHO WAS ON THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD.   NO INJURIES.   SMITH WAS CHARGED.   $3000 DAMAGE TO HER
CAR AND $5,000 DAMAGE TO THE REUTER  2013 GMC TRUCK.

SEVERAL CARE WERE RANSACKED ON ANGUS COURT ON SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT, TWO ADDITIONAL VEHICLES WERE ENTERED.
PATRICIA KIMMER ON S. PROSPECT STREET REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT HER CAR WAS RANSACKED AND NOTHING MISSING.
COLE HUTE OF 303 S. NIAGARAA REPORTED TUESDAY THAT A GARMIN
WAS STOLEN FROM HIS VEHICLE.
KEEP YOU VEHICLES LOCKED!!

TIFFANY BIEHL WITH R.E.M MEMBERS WHO GAVE CONCERT LAST NIGHT
AT CODFISH HOLLOW BARNSTORMERS.    NEARLY PERFECT WEATHER NIGHT AND I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A GOOD CROWD.   PHOTO CONTRIBUTED.

LAST NIGHT, WE SAW THE "AMERICAN QUEEN" GO THROUGH THE LOCK AND DAM AT BELLEVUE.   SEE PHOTOS BELOW THIS DAILY REPORT.

I THOUGHT THE ABOVE WAS NEAT.    MY DAUGHTER LONNA CLAUSSEN OF
BETTENDORF (COMMUTES TO MAQUOKETA WHERE SHE WORKS AT M-S-B)
TOOK THE  TOP PHOTO IN 2008 WHEN GRANDSON JACOB WALKED TO SCHOOL FOR FIRST TIME (WITH HIS DAD)  AND THIS MORNING, SHE TOOK THE BOTTOM PHOTO AS HE STARTED HIS WALK TO SCHOOL AGAIN WITH HIS DAD, SHAWN.   

BACK TO MAQUOKETA STATE BANK....NEXT MONDAY, THE 18TH, LONGTIME
LOAN OFFICER DAVE JOHNSON WILL BE 75.    HE STILL WORKS ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS.      NO, HE HASN'T CHANGED A BIT, JUST A LITTLE SLOWER.

HAVE A NICE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.  

NO REPORT TOMORROW.

BACK ON FRIDAY.

DENNIS VOY
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THE AMERICAN QUEEN

WE WERE HAVING A SANDWICH LAST NIGHT AT "OFFSHORE" AT BELLEVUE AND AS WE WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE, WE SAW THE "AMERICAN QUEEN"
RIVERBOAT COMING DOWN RIVER.     SO, WITH CAMERA IN HAND, WE HEADED FOR THE LOCK AND DAM TO SEE  HER COME THROUGH.    SHE
WAS THE FIRST SHIP CONSTRUCTED JUST FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
LUXURY ALL OVER!    FIRST PHOTO, COMING INTO THE LOCK STILL A
DISTANCE AWAY.     AND SLOWLY IT GOT CLOSER AND CLOSER.    WE
TALKED TO A FEW PASSENGERS (ALL SENIORS) AND THEY WERE HAVING A GOOD TIME AFTER A  PRIME-RIB DINNER.    THEY STARTED AT ST. PAUL
AND WILL END  UP 7 DAYS LATER AT ST. LOUIS.   THEN FLY BACK TO ST. PAUL.

THERE WAS NO PADDLEWHEEL AS THE ONE FOR THE QUEEN HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT FOR AWHILE FOR REPAIRS.    IT BASICALLY IS "FOR SHOW"
ANYWAY AND DOES NOT MOVE THE SHIP ON THE RIVER.

THROUGH THE LOCK AND NOW READY AGAIN TO MOVE ON DOWN THE RIVER.    WAS STARTING TO GET PRETTY DARK.   IT WAS "PROM" NIGHT WITH
A DANCE PLANNED.

GUESS I WILL PUT A CRUISE ON IT..... ON MY BUCKET LIST.

DENNIS VOY
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