FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

NO RAIN TODAY, BUT COOL.   52 AT KMAQ.
RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
RAIN AGAIN TOMORROW AND 51.
SUNNY SUNDAY AND 63.
67 ON MONDAY AND
70 ON TUESDAY.

BIG HALLOWEEN EVENTS IN

MAQUOKETA AND AREA!


TRUNK OR TRICK NIGHT .. TONIGHT AT THE YMCA PARKING LOT.

TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT, THE JACKSON COUNTY TOURISM
ASSOCIATON IS SPONSORING THEIR 2ND ANNUAL HAUNTED ASYLUM
AND HAUNTED JAIL EVENING.    TOUR EACH OF THESE HISTORIC
BUILDINGS DATING BACK TO THE 18-HUNDREDS.    THERE ARE 
SPIRITS LIVING IN THEM, SO BE PREPARED.    FREE, BUT DONATIONS
ACCEPTED TO DO MORE RESTORATION TO THESE BUILDINGS.
THE ANDREW LIONS WILL HAVE FOOD AVAILABLE BOTH NIGHTS.
THE JAIL IS IN THE ANDREW PARK DOWNTOWN AND THE  ASYLUM
IS A  SHORT MILE OR SO NORTHWEST OF ANDRW ON 62, THEN TURN LEFT
FOR A FEW MILES.    DRESS WARMLY AND BE PREPARED TO STAND IN
LINE FOR AWHILE.   START YOUR NIGHT AT EITHER ANDREW OR
THE ASYLUM BY THE COUNTRY CARE FACILITY.   FREE WAGON RIDES
AT BOTH SITES THROUGH NEARBY CEMETERIES.

DOOR-TO-DOOR TRICK OR TREAT HOURS TOMORROW IN MAQUOKETA,
5  UNTIL 7 P.M.

WATCH OUT FOR THE LITTLE GOULS AND GOBLINS WALKING THE
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.

THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL HERITAGE DINNER
IS THIS SUNDAY FROM 4 UNTIL 7 P.M. AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.    GO EARLY
AND AT 2, A PROGRAM ON THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH THAT INVOLVED
JACKSON COUNTY RUSHERS TOO.    AND AT 3:30, TWO JACKSON COUNTY DECEASED RESIDENTS WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME....
D.C. CLARY OF MAQUOKETA AND NATHANIEL KILBURG OF BELLEVUE.

 THIS IS THE FINAL WEEKEND FOR THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE  SEASON.
AT 7 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT, "THE MARTIAN" RATED PG13 AND AT
9:15, "CRIMSON PEAK" RATED R.   GATE OPENS AT 6:30.

TAMY KADLEC, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL HAS RESIGNED.   SHE HAS HELD THAT POSITON FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS AND WILL BE JOINING GENESIS IN DAVENPORT.   EFFORTS TO
RECRUIT A REPLACEMENT ARE UNDERWAY.

ABOVE, THE ZEPHYR STATION CLOSES FOR GOOD THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AT
6 P.M.    LOCATED ON SOUTH MAIN STREET, IT HAS BEEN THERE  SINCE
THE 50'S.   WHEN I STARTED AT KMAQ IN1958 IT WAS THE DARNELL OIL COMPANY OWNED BY DWIGHT DARNELL.    I SOLD MY FIRST RADIO SPOTS
TO HIM THAT YEAR AND HE WAS MY ACCOUNT MONTH AFTER MONTH UNTIL
HE SOLD IT IN THE MID 70'S.     DUANE AND FRAN SPAIN HAVE OWNED IT
FOR 35 YEARS.   THEY HAVE A BUYER FOR IT AND IT WILL NOT BE A GAS STATION AGAIN.   THE TANKS WILL BE TAKEN OUT OF THE GROUND.
GOING TO SEEM STRANGE NOT TO SEE IT THERE ANYMORE.

MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CHIARA ATIENZA, DAUGHTER OF DR. BUDDY AND MICHELLE ATIENZA, IS THE RECEPIENT OF THE WENDY'S
HIGH SCHOOL HEISMAN AWARD.     SHE IS A  MULTI-SPORT STUDENT ATHLETE.

PUMPKINS ARE ORANGE,
WITCHES ARE BLACK,
THIS HALLOWEEN HAVE FUN...
AND KEEP SAFETY ON TRACK.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

IT WAS COLD LAST NIGHT, 36.
IT WAS COLD TODAY, 45.
TOMORROW, SUNNY AND 53.
RAIN AND 53 SATURDAY.
SUNDAY....STILL LOOKING GOOD....SUNNY AND 62.

IT WAS COLD AT THE FOOTBALL GAME LAST NIGHT.
THAT KEPT THE CROWD DOWN, ON BOTH SIDES OF GOODENOW FIELD.

MAQUOKETA BEAT CLEAR CREEK AMANA 13 TO 7.    ALSO LAST NIGHT,
DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION DEFEATED DUBUQUE WAHLERT 42 TO 21.
MONDAY NIGHT, MAQUOKETA PLAYS ASSUMPTION AT DAVENPORT,
AT 7 P.M.   AGAIN, THE GAME WILL BE ON KMAQ AND OUR WEB HOME
PAGE.

THERE WERE TWO OTHER PLAYOFF GAMES WITH LOCAL TEAMS LAST
NIGHT.    MIDLAND WYOMING LOST TO TURKEY VALLEY  42 TO 26 AND
BELLEVUE LOST TO IOWA CITY REGINA, 41 TO 20.

DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE THREE LARGEST COMMUNITIES IN JACKSON COUNTY ALL HAVE CONTESTED RACES IN NEXT TUESDAY'S MUNICIPAL ELECTION, THERE IS LITTLE INTEREST IN VOTING EARLY.    JOELLE DEPPE, JACKSON COUNTY AUDITOR AND COMMISSIONER OF ELECTIONS SAYS HER OFFICE HAS SEEN ONLY A FEW ABSENTEE VOTERS AND ONLY A FEW MORE
WHO HAVE REQUESTED BALLOTS.    IN MAQUOKETA, 61 BALLOTS  HAVE BEEN RETURNED.

SHORT REPORT TODAY.

COME BACK TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY

Maquoketa won 13 to. 7

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

WINDY AND COLD TODAY....52 THE HIGH.
1.7 INCHES OF RAIN THE PAST 24 HOURS.
TONIGHT, DOWN TO 34.
TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 48.
FRIDAY, SUNNY AND 54.
SATURDAY, RAIN LIKELY AND 53.,
SUNDAY MOSTLY SUNNY AND 66.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT.   BEFORE YOU GO TO BED, SET YOUR WATCH AND CLOCK BACK ONE HOUR.

IT WILL BE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR FANS WATCHING THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS IN THEIR PLAYOFF GAME AT GOODENOW FIELD TONIGHT.
IT WILL BE HERE ON THE KMAQ HOME WEB PAGE STARTING AT 6:45 WITH
MATT CLARK CALLING THE ACTION.    MAQUOKETA HAS A GOOD CHANCE
OF WINNING THE GAME.   HOPE YOU CAN LISTEN TO KMAQ-FM OR ON
YOUR COMPUTER.   I WILL HAVE THE SCORE LATER TONIGHT...HERE...
AFTER 9 P.M.

HOSPITAL NEWS:   A RN AT OUR HOSPITAL, TREVA BOESCH, WAS THE
RECIPIENT OF THE "SAFETY HERO AWARD" FOR THE PAST QUARTER.
SHE WAS DESCRIBED AS SOMEONE WHO IS ATTENTIVE TO DETAIL.   SHE
ALSO SERVES AS SAFETY COACH FOR HTE MEDICAL-SURGERY AREA.  SHE WAS HONORED FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND HER DAILY WORK TO KEEP PATIENTS AND CO-WORKERS SAFE.

TWO "HAUNTED" HOUSES IN MAQUOKETA....TOP ON S. 5TH STREET AND
BOTTOM ON THE NORTH END OF WESTERN AVENUE.

THE THEATRE HAD NEARLY 200 SEE THE ABOVE MOVIE MONDAY AND
SO WE ARE HOLDING IT OVER FOR A 3RD MONDAY.    AGAIN THIS MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 2ND IT WILL BE SHOWN AT 2 P.M. AND 7 P.M.    NANCY AND
I SAW IT MONDAY NIGHT.   IT'S A GOOD MOVIE.   AND THIS WILL DEFINITELY
BE THE LAST "HOLDOVER".

KEEP WARM.

DENNIS VOY

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

IT STARTED RAINING LATE THIS MORNING AND RAINED ALL AFTERNOON
AND MORE RAIN IS FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.
WE WILL NEED TO WAIT UNTIL FRIDAY FOR ANOTHER NICE DAY.

JACKSON COUNTY NATIVE PETER HIRD ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT HE WILL RUN FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE NEXT YEAR IN DISTRICT 58.   THE DISTRICT INCLUDES JACKSON COUNTY AND PARTS OF JONES AND DUBUQUE COUNTIES.   THE CURRENT STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE DISTRICT
IS BRIAN MOORE OF BELLEVUE.    PETER HIRD GREW UP IN THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF LEISURE LAKE (NEAR BERNARD) AND GRADUATED FROM
MAQUOKETA  HIGH SCHOOL.     HE COMPLETED AN ELECTRICAL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS AND HAS A CLASS A JOURNEYMAN LICENSE.
IF ELECTED, HE WILL WORK TO MAKE SURE JOB TRAINING AND HIGHER
EDUCATION IS AFFORDABLE FOR EVERY IOWAN.     IN HIS NEWS RELEASE, HE NOTED THAT SOME TUITION AT IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGES IS THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY.

A TWO CAR ACCIDENT LAST THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.   THE DRIVERS WERE GARY HOLTZ, AGE 75, OF MAQUOKETA AND DON YANDA, AGE 78, OF
MAQUOKETA.    HOLTZ STRUCK THE REAR OF THE YANDA VEHICLE AS YANDA WAS DRIVING NORTH ON OLIVE STREET AND HOLTZ WAS DRIVING EAST ON PLATT.   NO ONE INJURED.   NO CHARGES.  THE HOLTZ 2005 BUICK
RECEIVED ABOUTA $1,500 IN DAMAGES AND THE YANDA 2004 TOYOTA
ABOUT $2,000.

THE WEEKLY TUESDAY NIGHT CLEAN-UP NIGHT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR THE REST OF THIS FALL AND WINTER.

THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SEASON CAME TO AN END LAST NIGHT WHEN THE CARDINALS LOST 3 GAMES TO 0 AGAINST
WESTERN DUBUQUE.

THE COMEDY "THE INTERN" IS SHOWING NOW AT THE VOY THEATRE
AND WILL BE HELD OVER FOR A SECOND BIG WEEK.    IT HAS DONE WELL
IN MAQUOKETA WITH LOTS OF GOOD REPORTS ON HOW FUNNY AND
GOOD IT IS.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

NO MONDAY DAILY REPORT

NO  MONDAY DAILY REPORT

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS

LAST NIGHT INDEPENDENCE DEFEATED MAQUOKETA  21 to 0

MAQUOKETA (6 and 3) PLAYS CLEAR CREEK AMANA (5 and 4) WEDNESDAY
NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA.

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

COLD RAINY DAY TODAY, HIGH OF 57.
NO RAIN TOMORROW OR SUNDAY, BUT STILL ON THE COOL SIDE.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS AT INDEPENDENCE TONIGHT AND THAT FOOTBALL GAME WILL BE HERE ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE HOME PAGE AT 7:15.   MATT CLARK
WITH THE PLAY-BY-PLAY.
TOMORROW MORNING, I WILL HAVE THE SCORE HERE....AND I ALSO WILL
HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAMES NEXT WEEK,
INCLUDING WHO MAQUOKETA WILL PLAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT GOODENOW
FIELD.

AT THE IOWA TOURISM BANQUET THIS WEEK, BLUFF LAKE CATFISH
FARM, THE LONGTIME VERY POPULAR RESTAURANT NORTHWEST OF MAQUOKETA, WAS NAMED AS THE OUTSTANDING DINING BUSINESS IN THE STATE FOR THE RURAL CATEGORY.    THE AWARD AT OTTUMWA WAS PRESENTED TO OWNERS COREY KUHLMAN AND HIS MOTHER LINDA WELLS.
COREY AND LINDA WERE THERE WITH OVER 300 OTHERS.    

DARYL CASIDY, AGE 85, DIED AT HIS HOME SUNDAY MORNING AT CONROE,
TEXAS.    HE SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE DURING THE BERLIN AIRLIFT AFTER WORLD WAR TWO AND WAS WOUNDED WHILE FLYING FROM KOREA TO
JAPAN IN THE KOREAN CONFLICT.   HE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA
AND  IN 1954 RAN HIS OWN SPORTING GOODS STORE DOWNTOWN.
IN 1986 HE MOVED TO TEXAS TO BE CLOSE TO SONS AND GRANDCHIDLREN.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SON JOE IN  HOUSTON AND A SON JOHN IN
VERGINIAF, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN  AND HIS SISTER SANDRA KINRADE IN MAQUOKETA.   HIS FUNERAL WAS TODAY  AT THE KLEIN FUNERAL HOME
IN HOUSTON AND BURIAL TOMORROW WILL BE AT THE VETERAN'S
NATIONAL CEMETERY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND AND CHECK BACK HERE AROUND 11 TOMORROW
MORNING.

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY AND 65 TODAY.
RAIN TOMORROW.
NO RAIN AND IN 60'S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

THE MAQUOKETA OPTISTM CLUB  HELD THEIR ANNUAL FIREMEN'S APPRECIATION BANQUET TUESDAY AT THE EAGLES CLUB.
THE SPEAKER WAS BILL MUELLER, OF DEWITT, DRIVER'S EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR AND FORMER TEACHER IN MAQUOKETA WHO HAS WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT BEING A DRIVER'S ED INSTRUCTOR.   CARL MUHLHAUSEN INTRODUCED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS AND PETE SCHUELLER
TALKED ABOUT THE RESCUE SQUAD, WHICH HAS 18 VOLUNTEERS.
THE OPTIMIST CLUB PRESENTED  THE ANNUAL  APPRECIATION AWARD TO THEM.  THE MEMBERS ARE:    BJORN BECK....GREGORY BOPES....JERRY
BOWEN....JAMES CONNOLLY....BRYAN HAFNER....ROBERT LANE....ROBERT
MITCHELL....JEFF MORITZ....CARL MUHLHAUSEN..,.,.CRAIG MUHLHAUSEN....
DAVID NEUMANN....BRENT PAULS....TERRY RUBEL...PETE SCHUELLER...
MICHAEL SNYDER....CHAD STEFFEN....MATT TRANEL AND BRANDON  VORBECK.  

ABOVE, MR. AND MRS. MUELLER AND PRESIDENT OF OPTIMIST, GALENN
SHORT.

A FORMER MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN IN THE 50'S AND 60'S, DARYL
CASIDY, DIED SUNDAY IN THE DALLAS AREA.    DARYL, AGE 85, OWNED
CASIDY SPORTING GOODS IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS.
HIS FUNERAL WILL BE IN TEXAS LATER THIS WEEK.   AMONG SURVIVORS
IS  A SISTER, SANDRA KINRADE IN MAQUOKETA.

MORE PROGRESS IN MAQUOKETA....A NEW "DETAILING" SHOP HAS BEEN OPENED ON NORTH STREET, AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, BY BRAD
DEERY MOTORS FOR DETAILING THEIR TRADE-IN VEHICLES.   IT OPENED IN SEPTEMBER.    

THE ABOVE MOVIE FOR ALL THE FAMILY IS BEING HELD OVER FOR A 2ND BIG WEEK AT BOTH THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA AND
THE VOY THEATRE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY

NO WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

TODAY....SUNNY AND SEVENTY...NOT BAD.
WE DO HAVE SOME RAIN IN OUR FORECAST AND WE SURE COULD USE SOME.   

JACKSON COUNTY NOW IS ALSO UNDER A BURNING BAN.   CLINTON
COUNTY WAS PUT ON IT A WEEK AGO.

THE JACKSON COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS DOWN FROM THE 3.6%
IN AUGUST TO 3.5% IN SEPTEMBER.    LAST YEAR IT WAS 4.2.
IOWA IS AT 3.6%. 

A SURPRISE TODAY TO FIND OUT THAT JACKSON COUNTY ASSESSOR
TROY PATZNER HAS ACCEPED THE DEPUTY ASSESSOR POSITION FOR THE
CITY OF DUBUQUE, STARTING NOVEMBER 16TH.    $75,000 A YEAR.
HE WAS APPOINTED JACKSON COUNTY ASSESSOR IN DECEMBER, REPLACING DEB LANE AND AT A SALARY OF $56,560.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS AT INDEPENDENCE FOR THEIR FINAL REGULAR SEASON FOOTBALL GAME THIS FRIDAY.     THEY HAVE A GOOD TEAM, AND WILL HAVE
HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE.      HOWEVER, MAQUOKETA DOES NOT NEED A VICTORY TO GO TO THE PLAYOFFS.   THE CARDINALS WILL PLAY THEIR
FIRST DISTRICT GAME NEXT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, HERE AT
GOODENOW FIELD.    THE OPPONENT WON'T BE KNOWN UNTIL THIS
SATURDAY.

"INTERN" STARTS THIS FRIDAY AT THE VOY THEATRE.   DON'T MISS THIS HIT COMEDY.

"WAR ROOM" WAS A BIG HIT YESTERDAY AT THE VOY THEATRE....NEARLY A HUNDRED SAW IT.
IT WILL BE ON THE BIG SCREEN AGAIN NEXT MONDAY AT 2 P.M. AND 7  P.M.

TAKE IT EASY....ENJOY THIS FALL WEATHER.

DENNIS VOY

SUNDAY PHOTO FOLLOW-UP

I  FOUND OUT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAN WHO WAS MURDERED AND BURIED IN CLINTON COUNTY'S UNION CEMETERY IN 1887, JOHN H. RIGGS.     HE WAS BORN IN THE STATE OF NEW YOUR IN 1830 AND WAS ONE OF 8 CHILDREN.     HIS FATHER BROUGHT HIS FAMILY WEST TO IOWA IN 1837  WHEN JOHN WAS 7 YEARS OLD.    THERE HAD BEEN OTHER RIGG'S THAT HAD MOVED TO THE MIDWEST EARLIER.    THE OLDEST BROTHER ANDREW J. BECAME THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY WHEN THE FATHER DIED WHEN HE WAS 17.    ANDREW WENT ON TO BECOME A VERY SUCCESSFUL MAN OWNING OVER TWO THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND IN IOWA AND MINNESOTA.   IN 1896, HE RETIRED AND BOUGHT A MODERN HOME IN MAQUOKETA.    HIS BROTHER JOHN H. SPENT HIS ADULT LIFE IN WESTERN IOWA WHERE HE FARMED AT EUREKA, EIGHT MILES NORTH OF CORNING, IOWA.    HIS FARM NEIGHBOR WAS JOHN McKENZIE.   ONE DAY THE TWO "JOHNS" QUARRELED OVER CORN STALKS FOR FEED AND THE MURDER OF JOHN H. RIGGS WAS COMMITTED.      THE MURDERER, JOHN McKENZIE, GAVE HIMSELF UP, SAYING HE DID NOT INTEND TO KILL HIS NEIGHBOR WHEN HE FIRED HIS GUN ONLY TO SCARE HIM.   THIS HAPPENED IN MARCH 1887.  HE WAS ARRAIGNED 3 WEEKS LATER AND THE TRIAL WAS SET FOR THE MAY TERM OF COURT.    ON APRIL 3RD, McKENZIE WAS TAKEN FROM THE JAIL BY A PARTY OF MASKED MEN AND HANGED ON A TREE IN FRONT OF THE JAIL AT CORNING.    APPARENTLY THE MOB WAS UNHAPPY WITH COURT PROCEEDINGS AND THE LYNCHING WAS LABELED AS NOTHING SHORT OF COLD BLOODED MURDER.   JOHN H. RIGGS BODY WAS BROUGHT BACK TO CLINTON COUNTY AND BURIED AT THE UNION CEMETERY A FEW MILES SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA   I COULD FIND NOTHING ABOUT A FAMILY, IF HE HAD A WIFE OR CHILDREN.    BARB MAYBERRY GAVE ME THE INFORMATION TO WRITE THIS, BUT MOST OF IT WAS ABOUT HIS BROTHER WHO RETIRED IN MAQUOKETA.     THERE ARE STILL RIGGS
LIVING IN THIS AREA.

NOW....CONCERNING THE GRAND OLD HOME I TOOK THE PHOTO OF SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.   JIM DEUTMEYER REMINDED ME THAT THE  HOME WAS MOVED MANY YEARS AGO FROM WEST SUMMIT STREET, WHERE IT HAD BEEN THE HOME OF FAMOUS MAQUOKETA CATTLEMAN, OTTO BATTLES.    BATTLES OWNED ROSEMERE FARM AND RAISED ANGUS CATTLE THAT
WERE SHOWN AROUND THE COUNTRY AND EVEN WORLD WIDE. 
THE HEAD OF HIS CATTLE OPERATION (MAYBE EVEN A PARTNER) WAS ROLAND EHLERS AND HE AND HIS WIFE LIVED IN THE HOME FOR MANY YEARS.   ROLAND RETIRED IN 1970 AND FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, IN RETIREMENT, WORKED FOR H.L. "JR." BOWMAN AT HIS SALE BARN OFF PERSHING ROAD, THAT WILL SOON RE-OPEN FOR LIVESTOCK SALES BY TOM LINCOLN.

THANKS BARB AND JIM FOR GIVING ME INFORMATION ON TWO OF MY
SUNDAY PHOTOS.

DENNIS VOY

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

NO DAILY  REPORT TODAY

SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN JACKSON COUNTY

THE ANNUAL "HAND" CORN PICKING CONTEST AT TE CORN FIELD NEXT TO THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM.       RULES....

A FATHER-SON PICKING TEAM ABOVE....PHIL GENT OF MONMOUTH GUIDING THE WAGON  WITH TWO OF HIS HORSES AND SON SCOTT PICKING THE CORN.   GOOD TURN-OUT FOR THE EVENT YESTERDAY.

KEVIN BROWN OF BELLEVUE, A VOLUNTEER WORKING EVERY DAY PUTTING
WOOD SHINGLES ON THE DEPOT ADJACENT TO THE CLINTON ENGINES
MUSEUM.    SPREAD THE WORD....HE NEEDS SOME HELP.    AS THE PHOTO
BELOW SHOWS, HE HAS ABOUT 1/4 DONE.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE STOPPED TO MEET TOM LINCOLN AT HIS NEW
STOCKYARDS SALE BARN AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, 
FORMERLY UNITED LIVESTOCK.    IT  HAS BEEN PAINTED OUTSIDE
AND INSIDE, WITH PURPLE ACCENT, INCLUDING THE RESTAURANT WHICH
SOON BE OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK.   THE FIRST SALE IN THE SALE RING ABOVE WILL BE IN TWO OR THREE WEEKS, AND THERE WILL BE NUMEROUS SALES
MONTHLY.

STANDING ABOVE IN THE AUDITORIUM, TWO LONGTIME AG LEADERS
IN JACKSON COUNTY.    PROBABLY TODAY'S  OLDEST BUSINESSMAN, ROSS
RIVER AND PROBABLY THE OLDEST ACTIVE FARMER, GENE STILMUNKES.
THERE ARE 436 SEATS.

GENE (HIS FARMS ARE LOCATED ON HIGHWAY 61 IN NORTHERN JACKSON
COUNTY) IS 90 AND ROSS IS A FEW YEARS YOUNGER.  

DROVE THROUGH THE UNION CEMETERY SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.

CAME ACROSS THIS INTERESTING STONE FOR JOHN RIGGS.    ANYONE KNOW DETAILS OF THE MURDER?

DROVE PAST A GRAND OLD FARM HOME SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA....VISABLE FOR MILES.

AND A GRAND NEW HOME GOING UP NORTH OF MAQUOKETA.

AND ANOTHER GRAND NEW HOME GOING UP IN MAQUOKETA, AT THE
SOUTH EDGE.

AND A GRAND VIEW OF A MAQUOKETA NEIGHBORHOOD SHOWING THE COLORS OF FALL.

ENDED UP WATCHING THE REST OF ANOTHER  GRAND VICTORY FOR THE GREEN BAY PACKERS.

A GRAND SUNDAY, SUNNY AND COOL, IN MAQUOKETA.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS VOY

MAQUOKETA 31 DEWITT 7

MAQUOKETA  31   DEWITT  7

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY AND COOL TODAY...ONLY IN THE 50'S.
WARMER DURING THE WEEKEND AND 70 ON MONDAY.

THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB IS NOT HAPPY WITH THE
MONEY THEY NEED TO PAY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR USING THE
GYM FOR YOUTH BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS.   THE TOURNAMENTS
PROVIDE NEARLY $25,000 TO THE CLUB WHICH IN TURN IS TURNED
OVER TO THE DISTRICT FOR ATHLETIC NEEDS.    LAST YEAR THE RENT
WAS OVER $2,000 AND THIS YEAR IT WILL BE $1,000 MORE.    BOARD MEMBER TRACY WALLER WHO APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD THIS WEEK WAS TOLD THAT THE RENT MONEYU IS USED TO PAY FOR A CUSTODIAN THAT WORKS THE 3-DAY TOURNAMENTS.   THE LIABILITY ISSUE WAS ALSO MENTIONED AS A FACTOR FOR THE FEE.    SINCE THE ISSUE WAS NOT AN AGENDA
ITEM, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN BUT THE BOARD SAID THE ISSUE WILL BE
ON THE AGENDA AT THE NEXT MEETING.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OPENED BIDS FOR A NEW "BAT WING" MOWER TO MOW COUNTY DITCHES.    THE BOARD WAS
HAPPY AND SURPRISED AT THE LOWEST BID, JUST OVER $8,000, FROM KUNAU IMPLEMENT.    THE HIGHEST BID WAS $22,000.   THE KUNAU BID
WAS ACCEPTED.

A TWO CAR ACCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED OCTOBER 9TH AT 4 IN THE AFTERNOON ON WESTERN AVENUE.    ONE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BY
SABRYNN DAGUE, AGE 26, OF MAQUOKETA AND THE OTHER BY EDGAR
TURNEY, AGE 81.   DAGUE WAS GOING NORTH AND  TURNING ON TO WEST PLATT AND FAILED TO YIELD TO TURNEY, GOING SOUTH ON WESTERN
AVENUE AND ABOUT TO TURN WEST ONTO WEST PLATT.   $1,000 DAMAGE
TO DAGUE'S 2000 JEEP AND $3,000 DAMAGE TO TURNEY'S 2006 CHEVY.
NO INJURIES AND DAGUE WAS CHARGED FOR FAILURE TO YIELD UPON
MAKING A LEFT TURN.

WAIT 'TIL NEXT YEAR.   THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS OPEN THE SEASON APRIL 4TH AT PITTSBURG.

CHECK BACK HERE  TOMORROW MORNING FOR THE MAQUOKETA-DEWITT
FOOTBALL SCORE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

ANOTHER GOOD DAY.  
SUN AND SIXTIES.

GOOD NEWS FOR MAQUOKETA!

THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION OF IOWA DNR APPROVED
REAP GRANTS TO 24 CITIES DURING THEIR OCTOBER MEETING, AWARDING
OVER $2 MILLION.    MAQUOKETA GETS $100,000 FOR MAQUOKETA TRAIL PHASE 1.   IT CONSISTS OF ERECTING A PEDESTRIAN/BIKE BRIDGE OVER THE MAQUOKETA RIVER AS PART OF THE LARGER $4.6 MILLION PRAIRIE CREEK CONNECTION INITIATIVE.    THE PROJECT WILL CREATE A TRAIL LOOP FROM PRAIRIE CREEK THROUGH DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA TO HURSTVILLE INTERPRETIVE CENTER AND ON TO THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK.  THE BRIDGE WILL SPAN 220 FEET AND BE PLACED ON EXISTING PILINGS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF US BUSINESS 61.

IT IS DRY AROUND HERE.   CLINTON COUNTY IS UNDER A "BURN BAN" UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

 PUT ABOVE ON YOUR CALENDAR.   

SHORT REPORT TODAY .. SORRY.

CHECK THE "HEAD START"  STORY BELOW THAT  I PUT UP HERE THIS MORNING.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY

HEAD START...50TH ANNIVERSARY

HEAD START CLASSES ARE 50 YEARS OLD THIS MONTH.    AND MAQUOKETA CELEBRATED WITH A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE YESTERDAY AT THE CLASSROOM ON EAST QUARRY STREET.  
    I TOOK MY CAMERA ALONG.....

HERE IS THE MAIN CLASSROOM BUT THERE ARE 3 OTHER AREAS WHERE KIDS HAVE CLASSES OR
FUN. HEAD START OFFERS SOCIAL, ACADEMIC, AND MOTION ACTIVITIES.

THERE ARE 20 STUDENTS IN MAQUOKETA, WITH ROOM FOR A COUPLE MORE.    NOT LONG AGO, THERE WERE 2 CLASSROOMS IN MAQUOKETA AND
ONE IN PRESTON.   THIS CHANGED WHEN PRE-SCHOOL CLASSES WERE STARTED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS.
THERE ARE INCOME GUIDELINES FOR FAMILIES WITH KIDS AGE 3 AND 4.   

THE KITCHEN FOR PREPARING BREAKFAST AND
LUNCH.   HEAD START CLASSES ARE TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8:30 A.M. UNTIL 2:30 P.M.

WEATHER PERMITTING, THERE IS DAILY FUN FOR THE KIDS AT THE OUTSIDE PLAYGROUND.

THE HEAD START OFFICE IS IN DUBUQUE AND SERVES DELAWARE, DUBUQUE AND JACKSON COUNTIES.    THIS FEDERAL PROGRAM WAS 
STARTED BY PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON 50 YEARS AGO AND JACKSON COUNTY STARTED THEN ALSO.    THE STAFF HAS MANY YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE.    LEFT TO RIGHT:   WHITNEY REKEMEYER, COOK, 5 YEARS.   RENEE GERARDY, TEACHER ASSOCIATE, 5 YEARS.    BEV DIRKS,
WHO WAS THE 2ND CLASSROOM TEACHER AND NOW IS AN ASSOCIATE TO SUE.   SHE HAS BEEN 
WITH HEAD START FOR 23 YEARS.   AND FAR RIGHT,
SUE DEMOSS, TEACHER, AND IN HER 25TH YEAR.
THERE ARE KIDS IN JACKSON COUNTY THAT 
QUALIFY FOR HEAD START, ESPECIALLY 3 YEAR-OLDS.   STOP IN AND TAKE A TOUR AND
DISCUSS HEAD START WITH BEV OR SUE.
THE CLASS ROOM IS LOCATED ON EAST QUARRY
STREET, RIGHT NEXT TO THE SENIOR CENTER,
AND NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE FAIRGROUNDS.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com


 

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

COOL MORNING AND THEN A SUNNY NICE DAY WITH 66 THE HIGH.
TOMORROW WILL BE THE SAME.    THE ENTIRE WEEK AHEAD FORECAST
LOOK PRETTY GOOD.

JACKSON COUNTY HAS A NEW EMPLOYEE.   THE SUPERVISORS HAVE HIRED RYAN CONLEY OF DELMAR FOR THE NEW POSITION OF EMS SYSTEMS
COORDINATOR.     WITH STATE RULES BECOMING MORE COMPLICATED, THIS
POSITION WAS CREATED TO HELP WITH MAINTAINING THE TRAINING
FOR EMS SERVICES THROUGHOUT JACKSON COUNTY.   CONLEY FORMERLY
WORKED FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER AMBULANCE SERVICE.

CLINTON COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF MATT OWENS INVESTIGATED A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT THAT INVOLVED THE DRIVER, CARLENE PAUL, AGE 14, OF
MAQUOKETA AND A PASSENGER, DAWN PAUL, AGE 51, OF MAQUOKETA.
CARLENE PAUL WAS NORTHBOUND IN THE 11-HUNDRED BLOCK OF 220TH
AVENUE WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL AND AFTER OVER CORRECTING,
SHE ENTERED THE WEST DITCH, JUMPING A CULVERT AND  THE VEHICLE
THEN CAME TO REST IN A DRY WATERWAY.      BOTH PASSENGERS WERE
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA FOR SUSPECTED MINOR
INJURIES.    BOTH WERE WEARING SEATBELTS.    DAMAGES WERE LISTED
AT $5,000 TO THE 2011 FOR FUSION.    CARLENE PAUL HAS BEEN CITED
FOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.

THE UNITED LIVESTOCK AUCTION BUILDING OFF PERSHING ROAD AT THE
NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN SOLD.   IT HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR
A LONG TIME.

NOTICE, IT HAS BEEN PAINTED AND A VERY GOOD FENCE HAS BEEN
PUT UP AROUND THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.    THE NEW OWNER IS TOM LINCOLN FORM GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.    HE WILL OPERATE THE
BUSINESS AS "MAQUOKETA REGIONAL STOCKYARDS" AND IS PLANNING
TO HOLD A COUPLE OF SALES EACH WEEK, SELLING FAT CATTLE,
BULLS AND HORSES.      AND HE WILL ALSO HAVE HAY SALES.   

HE HAS WORKED IN THE PAST FOR SUPERIOR LIVESTOCK.    THE
MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AMBASSADORS VISITED THE BUSINESS TODAY AND AN OPEN HOUSE IS PLANNED FOR THIS SUNDAY FROM 2 UNTIL 8 P.M.

THE OFFICIAL ADDRESS FOR THE BUSINESS IS:   610 NORTH MATTESON STREET, MAQUOKETA.      WE WELCOME TOM, STANDING IN THE SALE
RING ABOVE, TO THE MAQUOKETA BUSINESS COMMUNITY.    THE RE-OPENING OF THE FACILITY SHOULD BRING MANY PEOPLE TO MAQUOKETA EVERY WEEK.,

THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION STAFF FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS HAS BEEN DOING PROJECTS AT THE NEW PRAIRIE CREEK RECREATION
AREA AT THE EAST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA.   ACCORDING TO CONSERVATION EDUCATION COORDINATOR JESS WAGNER, A LOT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
LAST MONDAY, ABOUT 14 VOLUNTEERS REMOVED ABOUT 3,000 FEET OF FENCE AROUND THE SOUTHWEST FIELD.     WAGNER SAYS THEY PLAN TO
CONTINUE WORK EVENINGS AS LONG AS THERE IS INTEREST FROM THE
COMMUNITY.

THE FORMER KELLAMS AND BERTSCH BUILDING ON EAST QUARRY STREET DOWNTOWN WAS SOLD TO MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.    THE HEATING
AND AIR-CONDITIONING BUSINESS IS NOW LOCATED ON PERSHING ROAD.
BELOW....THE BUILDING AFTER BEING VACATED THIS SUMMER.   THEN
A PHOTO ON WORK TEARING IT DOWN AND TODAY, A PHOTO OF THE SAME
AREA AS IT LOOKS TODAY.

TOMORROW (THURSDAY) IS "PAINT THE TOWN BLUE" DAY.

MANY OF YOU PROBABLY HAD BILL
MUELLER AS A TEACHER IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OR AS YOUR DRIVERS ED TEACHER.    THAT'S WHAT HE DOES NOW AFTER OVER 30 YEARS IN THE
DISTRICT.   HE WAS AT ROTARY TODAY AND GAVE A PROGRAM ON DRIVERS ED AND HAD WITH HIM, HIS NEW BOOK.   GO TO WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.  HE WILL ALSO BE ON "JUST TALK" TOMORROW ON KMAQ WHICH IS ON MONDAY-FRIDAY FROM 9 TO 10 A.M.     AND IT IS ALSO "STREAMED", SO YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE SHOW EACH DAY ON YOUR COMPUTER.   ALSO ON ROTARY BLOG, YOU CAN BID THE SILENT AUCTION FOR TICKETS TO
THE MOVIE BELOW....

HAVE A GOOD WEEK!

MAQUOKETA HOSTS DEWITT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT GOODENOW FIELD AND THE GAME WILL BE HERE ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE.

MAQUOKETA NATIVE BOB YOCUM IS HERE IN
IOWA ON A TRIP WITH HIS RV.    I WOULD LIKE
TO TALK TO HIM, SO IF YOU SEE HIM, TELL HIM
TO CALL OR STOP IN AT KMAQ.    HIS LATE DAD RAN THE "WESTERN AUTO" STORE IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS IN THE 50'S AND 60'S.

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com
 

OSTERHAUS PHARMACY 50TH ANNIVERSARY

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

PARTLY SUNNY AND COOLER TODAY, WITH HIGHS IN THE 60'S....10 DEGREES
COOLER THAN YESTERDAY.
CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT AND 39.
SUNNY AND WARMER TOMORROW...66.

THE JACKSON COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE MOVED FROM CRAMPED QUARTERS IN THE  COURTHOUSEM BASEMENT  TO THE MAIN FLOOR  AND INTO TWO SPACIOUS OFFICES.   AN OPEN HOUSE WAS HELD TODAY.    THE ENTRY IS IN A CORNER NEAR THE LARGE FRONT ENTRACE OFF OF PLATT
STREET.

TERRY CREEGAN OF MAQUOKETA, DIRECTOR,  AT HIS DESK.    NOTE ALL OF HAS UNIFORMS UP ON WALL.    HE IS ONE OF THOSE WHO CAN STILL FIT
INTO HIS MILITARY  CLOTHES.  

DEBBIE SCHROEDER OF BELLEVUE, VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER, AT HER
DESK.   SHE ALSO SERVED IN THE MILITARY AND SOME OF HER UNIFORMS
ARE ON DISPLAY, AS WELL AS OTHERS FROM HER FAMILY.
IF YOU ARE A VETERAN, TERRY AND DEBBIE ARE THERE TO SERVE YOUR
EVERY NEED.

ON THE WAY WALKING TO THE COURTHOUSE, I TOOK THE PHOTO BELOW,
OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL BY THE COURTHOUSE, ON THE CORNER OF PLATT AND 2ND.    YOU HAVE PASSED  IT HUNDREDS OF TIMES, BUT, LIKE ME, WONDERED WHAT IT SAID.

WALKED PAST ONE OF MANY DOWNTOWN STORES WITH A HARVEST
TOUCH  OUTSIDE THE STORE, LIKE BELOW....

AND....ACROSS (EAST) OF THE COURTHOUSE, A NEARLY FILLED PARKING
LOT....

WENT PAST BRIGG'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL....
TOOK PHOTO OF THE NEW SIGN....

THE OLD WORN-OUT SIGN IS STILL ON THE CORNER, WAITING TO BE TAKEN
DOWN.     AND ON THE OPPOSITE CORNER ON QUARRY STREET, WANTED,
SOMEONE TO DONATE A NEW "LITTLE BEAR PARK" SIGN.    THE OLD BELOW
JUST DOESN'T DO IT.

GO NORTH ON MAIN STREET AND RIGHT NEXT (SOUTH) OF THE FORMER
OWL FURNITURE STORE, A NEW LOOK TO......

FRESH PAINT JOB, NEW SIGNS AND NEW PAVED PARKING IN FRONT.
GOOD JOB CHARLIE SAGERS!       CHARLIE DOES GOOD (VERY GOOD) WORK!

WILL HAVE MORE GOOD BUSINESS NEWS BEFORE THE WEEK IS OVER!

THE VERY BIG MOVIE ABOVE OPENS FRIDAY NIGHT AT BOTH THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA AND THE VOY THEATRE IN DOWNTOWN
MAQUOKETA.     A MOVIE FOR ALL THE FAMILY.    BECAUSE THERE IS
NO SCHOOL FRIDAY, THERE WILL BE A BARGAIN MATINEE AT 2 FRIDAY AFTERNOON.   AND THEN OF COURSE, BARGAIN MATINEE ALSO AT 2
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON.    OR...TUESDAY NIGHT IS BARGAIN
NIGHT AND EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS FREE POPCORN NIGHT.

CHECK BACK TOMORROW FOR MORE EXCITING THINGS FROM
MAQUOKETA.

DENNIS VOY