NO THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

NO  THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

HAPPY NEW YEAR

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

AFTER 6 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY, MAQUOKETA
LOOKED PRETTY GOOD TODAY.     MOST OF SIDEWALKS AND STREETS
ARE CLEARED.    HAD A LITTLE SUNSHINE TODAY....LITTLE OR NO WIND....
AND IN UPPER 20'S.     COLDER WEATHER COMING.    NEW YEARS EVE...
SINGLE DIGETS...AND SUNNY AND LOW 20'S NEW YEAR DAY.

HAWKEYE FANS TODAY ARE CELEBRATING THE WIN LAST NIGHT OVER 1ST PLACE MICHIGAN STATE AT CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA IN IOWA CITY.

I KNOW THERE ARE MAQUOKETANS GOING TO THE ROSE BOWL, BUT
HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY.

MORE BASKETBALL....IOWA STATE HAS A MEN'S GAME TONIGHT...
 AND
I'LL BE PULLING FOR THE BADGERS IN THE BOWL FOOTBALL GAME
TONIGHT OVER USC.

STILL TICKETS LEFT FOR "THE NEVERLY BROTHERS"

STAR WARS CONTINUES FOR A 3RD BIG WEEK AT THE VOY THEATRE.

STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT, TINA FEY AND AMY POEHLER IN SISTERS...
THE  R-RATED HIT COMEDY. 

TOMORROW....HAVE A GOOD FINAL DAY AND EVENING OF 2015... ALMOST HERE.........................

 DENNIS VOY

 

NO TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

NO TUESDAY DAILY REPORT.

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

NASTY!
THAT WAS TODAY.
STARTED OVERNIGHT.
CONTINUES TONIGHT.
ENDS TOMORROW....THANK GOODNESS.
WE HAD A NICE DECEMBER, UNTIL NOW.
TODAY, WIND, SNOW (SEVERAL INCHES) RAIN, AND SLEET...

A FEW BUSINESS PLACES CLOSED EARLY TODAY.

 I DON'T KNOW WHO THE BOYS ARE, BUT THEY WERE SHOOTING BASKETS IN THE RAIN AND
SNOW IN BRIAN AUNAN'S DRIVEWAY.

RICHARD SAGERS, 80, OF UNIVERSITY PLACE,
WASHINGTON, DIED THURSDAY.    HE WAS BORN
IN MAQUOKETA TO HOWARD AND LULU SAGERS.
GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH IN 1952.
WAS A DENTIST FOR 32 YEARS.   IS SURVIVED
BY HIS WIFE PAT, 2 CHILDREN, 3 GRANDCHILDREN,
AND A SISTER, LINDA HOLMGREN (MAQUOEKTA NATIVE) AND NOW OF DUBUQUE.    THE FUNERAL
WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE.

IF YOU ARE GOING OUT...DRIVE SAFELY...
BUCKLE UP.

DENNIS VOY

CHRISTMAS DAY DAILY REPORT

CLOUDY BUT NICE DAY IN MAQUOKETA.

CHRISTMAS EVE WEATHER WAS ALSO NICE.

BUT, NO SNOW.

NANCY AND I PARTICIPATED IN THE 11 P.M. CANDLE SERVICE AT FIRST
LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA.     NEARLY  FULL CHURCH.

WATCHED A CHRISTMAS PROGRAM ON TV AFTER AND DID NOT GET
TO BED UNTIL 1 THIS MORNING.     LONG DAY FOR ONE MY AGE.

STAR WARS....HAS BEEN A BIG  HIT AT THE VOY THEATRE.    THE MOVIE
IS STILL HERE...AND FOR 2 MORE WEEKS.    ALSO SHOWING NOW  FOR
THE FAMILY, THE NEW CHIPMUNKS MOVIE.    THE THEATRE IS OPEN TODAY, CHRISTMAS DAY.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE KMAQ STAFF...
LEIGHTON HEPKER
LOIS FISCHER
THERESA CELENTANO
RUSTY LIETZ
ASHLEY REITER
DEBRA GERARDY
CODY BARNES
JIM SAUNDERS
ROXANNE CLAUSING
PART TIME ENGINEERING, TOM MESSERLI
PART TIME ANNOUNCER, MARY ROSE RICKERTSEN
AND ME...
DENNIS VOY

CHRISTMAS EVE DAILY REPORT

OVER A HALF INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY...

CLOUDY TODAY....

A LITTLE SNOW IN FORECAST TONIGHT, VERY LITTLE....

JASON STANER, A RESIDENT OF BELLEVUE, HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
HE WAS APPOINTED AT THE HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING TUESDAY AND WILL BEGIN SERVING JANUARY 1ST.    HE REPLACES MIKE NICKESON OR RURAL
MAQUOKETA WHO RESIGNED EARLIER THIS YEAR.     HE IS A VOLUNTEER PARAMEDIC WITH THE BELLEVUE AMBULANCE AND IS SECRETARY OF
THE AMBULANCE BOARD.     HE IS A CRITICAL CARE PARAMEDIC AND WORKS OUT OF MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.  
OFFICERS OF THE HOSPITAL BOARD WERE RE-ELECTED FOR ONE YEAR
TERMS.    KEVIN BURNS, PRESIDENT....GLORIA JORGENSEN, VP....EILENE BUSCH, SECRETARY AND DUANE TRENKAMP TREASURER.
IN PERSONELL MATTERS....HOLLY ROMER OF MAQUOKETA IS RETURNING
TO WORK AT THE HOSPITAL AND WILL BECOME THE DIETICIAN AND DIABETIC
EDUCATOR.     CURRENT DIETICIAN KARA DEMOSS RESIGNED.
ALSO, TERRY HUTCHROFT WILL BE RETIRING DECEMBER 31ST AS THE
HOSPITAL ANESTHESIA CARE PERSON.  A SEARCH IS UNDERWAY FOR
HIS REPLACEMENT AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS.
AND RHONA MILLER, A 30-YEAR EMPLOYEE, WILL RETIRE AT THE END
OF THE YEAR.
THE BOARD ALSO HEARD THE ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE HOSPITAL
AUXILIARY, CELEBRATING THEIR 60TH YEAR IN 2016.     THERE ARE 69 ACTIVE MEMBERS.

JENNIFER HAYWARD WHITE, AGE 48, OF FORTH WORTH DIED DECEMBER 15TH.      SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER PARENTS, JIM AND JANICE HOVEY-HAYWARD OF MAQUOKETA,  AND A BROTHER, JEFF HAYWARD, IN MAQUOKETA.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

DENNIS VOY

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

A COLD DAY TODAY....NO SUNSHINE...38 DEGREES.
TOMORROW, RAIN AND 51.
THURSDAY, PARTLY SUNNY AND 38.
CHRISTMAS EVE, CLOUDY AND 28.
CHRISTMAS DAY, PARTLY SUNNY AND 41.
NO WHITE CHRISTMAS.

WRESTLING TONIGHT ON THE KMAQ HOME PAGE.    MR. T AND
LEIGHTON WILL DESCRIBE ALL THE MAQUOKETA MATCHES STARTING
AT 6 TONIGHT.    CLICK-ON THE LITTLE RADIO ON THE HOME PAGE.
ALSO ON KMAQ AND FM OF COURSE.   GO CARDINALS  AGAINST PLEASANT
VALLEY AND CLINTON.

THE CARDINAL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM IS RANKED #9 THIS WEEK
IN CLASS  3-A WITH THEIR 6 AND 1 RECORD.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT VOTED TO LET THE
CONTRACT FOR THE 3-PLUS-MILLION-DOLLAR DOWNTOWN PROJECT,
FOR 3 BLOCKS OF MAIN STREET AND QUARRY STREET.     NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, NEW PAVING, SIDEWALKS, NEW STREET LIGHTS, ETC...ALL TO BE DONE IN ONE YEAR, 2016.     FINANCING STILL NEED TO BE
WORKED OUT AND THERE MAY HAVE TO BE A TAX INCREASE TO DO THE
WORK.
ALSO LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL PASSED THE NEW RENTAL ORDINANCE,
THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON OVER 900 RENTAL UNITS IN MAQUOKETA.
ECIA WILL DO THE INSPECTIONS.   COST TO TENANT OWNER, $30 PER UNIT PER YEAR.

FORMER MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT KIM HUCKSTADT
WAS ON "JUST TALK" ON KMAQ YESTERDAY TO TALK ABOUT HIS NEW POSITION WITH UNI IN CEDAR FALLS AND PRESENTED KMAQ STATION MANAGER WITH A UNI T-SHIRT.    NOTICE THE GRAY HAIR ON BOTH.

MIDWEST FARM MANAGEMENT SERVICES, THE FULL SERVICE FARM
MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION OF OHNWARD BANCSHARES, ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT STEVE TUBBS HAS RETIRED AS HEAD OF THE FARM
DEPARTMENT AT OHNWARD'S MAQUOKETA STATE BANK AND THAT
GREG BOPES WILL SUCCEED HIM.    STEVE IS THE SON OF THE LATE
CO-FOUNDER OF OHNWARD, ED TUBBS, AND GREG IS A MAQUOKETA NATIVE
AND 2010 GRADUATE OF MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.  MIDWEST FARM
MANAGEMENT WAS FOUNDED BY HARLAN TONDERUM, ED TUBBS AND JOHN FAGERLAND (ALL 3 DECEASED) IN 1972 AND TONDERUM SERVED AS THE FIRST FARM MANAGER.

A BIRTH TO ANNOUNCE.   MR. AND MRS. MATT SCHLAPIA OF MOLINE
ARE THE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN AT GENESIS HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT YESTERDAY.    PATERNAL GRANDPARENT IS GARY SCHLAPIA OF MAQUOKETA AND PATERNAL GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS LUELLA SCHLALPIA ALSO
OF MAQUOKETA.

CHRISTMAS CAROLING HAS BEEN GOING ON THE PAST TWO WEEKS AT
M-S-B.   TOOK THIS PHOTO WHEN PASSING THROUGH YESTERDAY.

HAD A CHRISTMAS HOUSE PARTY LAST NIGHT FOR 3 GREAT GRANDKIDS (MOM IS SARA CLASEN) AND RED WAS AN INVITED GUEST AND LANDON
AND TRENTON GOT A NEW GUITAR.     RED IMMEDIATELY GAVE A LESSON
WHILE CORA LOOKED ON WITH TRENTON.  THIS IS RED'S 95TH CHRISTMAS  IN JACKSON COUNTY AND HE IS GOING TO BE DOING A COUPLE CAROLS, IN PERSON, THURSDAY HERE AT KMAQ.

NO DAILY REPORT TOMORROW, BUT THERE WILL BE ONE THURSDAY.

DENNIS VOY

LOCAL CHRISTMAS PIECE

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

4/10 INCH OF RAIN THIS MORNING.
MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY, AND HIGH OF 46.
TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 43.
WEDNESDAY, RAIN AND HIGH OF 50.
CHRISTMAS EVE, PARTLY CLOUDY AND 28.
CHRISTMAS DAY, SUNNY AND 42.
NO WHITE CHRISTMAS.

MAQUOKETA POLICE WERE CALLED TODAY TO THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE
SCHOOL AFTER AMMUNITION AS DISCOVERED IN THE GARBAGE
DUMPSTER.    ACCORDING THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT CHRIS
HOOVER, POLICE SEARCHED THE SCHOOL BUILDING AS A PRECAUSTION,
BUT NOTHING WAS FOUND.    MAQUOKETA POLICE REMOVED THE
AMMUNITION.   HOW IT GOT THERE REMAINS A MYSTERY.

A MAQUOKETA FARMER WAS HONORED BY THE IOWA CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIAITON.   EVERY YEAR, THE ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES AN
OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL PRODUCER WHO CONTINUALLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE THE BEEF INDUSTRY THE BEST IT CAN BE.
LARRY JOHNSON AND HIS WIFE MARY OPERATE JOHNSON FAMILY FARMS EAST OF MAQUOKETA.    LARRY HAS SERVED A BOARD MEMBER AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE JACKSON COUNTY CATTLEMEN AND AS THE NORTHEAST REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT FOR THE IOWA CATTLEMEN'S
ASSOCIATION.

MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW CHURCH, THE CORNERSTONE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN THE CITADEL BUILDING AT HORSESHOE  POND PARK.   IT HELD ITS FIRST SERVICE ON SATURDAY, DEC. 5TH AT 6 P.M.   IT WILL HAVE
A SERVICE EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT AT 6.    IT IS BEING SPONSORED BY
THE DEWITT CHURCH AND ITS PASTOR CURTIS GIROD.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.   CHECK OUT THE PHOTO AND VIDEOS BELOW,
TAKEN BY ME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

DENNIS VOY

THE TIMBER CITY BELLS

THE TIMBER CITY BELLS PRESENTED A HALF-HOUR CHRISTMAS CONCERT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN
CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA.     SEVERAL OF THE 11 HANDBELL PLAYERS ARE FROM FIRST LUTHERAN AND THE OTHERS ARE FROM OTHER CHURCHES IN THE TIMBER CITY.   THIS WAS THEIR 3RD CONCERT
THIS YEAR.

DENNIS VOY

THE CARDINAL BOYS WIN AGAIN

MAQUOKETA 64
DEWITT 57
CLOSE GAME ALL THE WAY
PACKED GYM AT DEWITT
JONATHAN ERNST, 22 POINTS
NOW 6 AND 0 IN THE WAMAC

DEWITT GIRLS DEFEAT
MAQUOKETA 44 TO 33

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

NO NEWS OR WEATHER...

MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS PLAY A  BOY-GIRL DOUBLE-HEADER
AT DEWITT TONIGHT.

BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ-FM TONIGHT AND ON OUR HOME PAGE.
MATT CLARK WILL GO ON THE AIR AT ABOUT 5:50 TONIGHT FOR THE
FIRST (GIRLS) GAME.   HOPE YOU CAN LISTEN HERE ON THE WORLD
WIDE WEB.

TOMORROW  MORNING, I WILL HAVE BOTH SCORES HERE
ON THE SATURDAY DAILY REPORT.

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON AND A HIGH OF 33.
TONIGHT, 19.
TOMORROW, PARTLY SUNNY AND 31.
SATURDAY, SUNNY AND 32.
SUNDAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 45.

THERE ARE 58 MEMBERS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY MASTER GARDNERS AND MANY OF THEM ALONG WITH SPOUSES, ATTENDED THE ANNUAL
CHRISTMAS DINNER MONDAY NIGHT AT THE DECKER HOTEL.   AMONG
THE 58 ARE 14 INTERNS WHO TOOK THE MASTER GARDNER CLASS THIS
FALL.     THE JACKSON COUNTY ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED IN 1998.
MONDAY NIGHT, CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION WERE PRESENTED TO
DORIS CURRIER, VIOLA KILBURG, MARY JO WEIS, NORMA ROUND, AND JUDY BOWLING.    HONORED FOR 500  HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE WORK WERE LESLIE HAYES, MARY LOU  JOHNSON AND DORIS CURRIER.
KMAQ STATION MANAGER LEIGHTON HEPKER WAS PRESENTED WITH THE
"FRIEND OF MASTER GARDNER AWARD" FOR 2015.    A COLLECTION WAS TAKEN MONDAY NIGHT AND $165 IN CASH WAS RAISED AND THE MONEY
WILL BE DONATED TO THE JACKSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY.
JUDY TONDERUM IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL MASTER GARDNER
ORGANIZATION.

THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR HELD EVERY SUMMER IN MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN AWARDED THE 2015 "BLUE RIBBON FAIR" BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF IOWA FAIRS.    THE AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO THE FAIRBOARD AT THE ANNUAL IOWA FAIR ASSOCIATION
CONVENTION EARLIER THIS MONTH IN DES MOINES.     THE FAIRS THAT
RECEIVE THIS AWARD MUST HAVE SHOWN PROGRESS IN PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE YOUTH PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTY.     LANNY SIMPSON,
FAIR MANAGER, IS SHOWN HOLDING THE  PLAQUE ABOVE.

IN ITS FOURTH AND  FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2015, THE CARNEGIE HERO FUND COMMISSION HAS AWARDED 24 CARNEGIE MEDALS IN RECOGNITION
OF CIVILIAN HEROISM  THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND CANADA.    THE MEDAL
IS GIVEN TO THOSE WHO RISK THEIR LIVES TO AN EXTRAORDINARY DEGREE WHILE SAVING THE LIFE OR ATTEMPTING TO SAVE A LIFE.     THE 24 HEROES
ANNOUNCED LAST THURSDAY BRING TO 84 THE NUMBER OF AWARDS THIS
YEAR.     OF THE 24, TWO WERE FROM MAQUOKETA.    MATT TRANEL AND
CORY SIMONSON, WHO SAVED HARVEY UNTIEDT FROM HIS BURNING HOME
IN MAQUOKETA LAST DECEMBLER.    THEY WERE NOMINATED FOR THE
AWARD BY MAQUOKETA FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK.

IN SPORTS, MAQUOKETA TUESDAY NIGHT DEFEATED WEST DELAWARE IN BOYS BASKETBAL, 72 TO 60.   THE CARDINALS ARE NOW 5 AND 0 IN THE
WAMAC CONFERENCE.

THE UNIQUE TREE AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK  WESTSIDE OFFICE.

HOW WILL THE NEW "STAR WARS" MOVIE DO
TONIGHT?   CHECK BACK HERE TOMORROW FOR
THE ANSWER.


DENNIS VOY

NO WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

NO WEDNESDAY DAILY  REPORT

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

NO NEWS SPORTS OR WEATHER REPORT TODAY

THE NEW WOOD SHINGLE  LONG-LASTING ROOF IS ON (THANKS TO GOOD
WEATHER) THE FORMER LaMOTTE NARROW GUAGE RAILROAD DEPOT
THAT WAS MOVED THIS SUMMER TO A SPOT NEAR THE CLINTON ENGINES
MUSEUM IN MAQUOKETA.     THE MASTERMIND AND DRIVING FORCE BEHIND
NOT ONLY SHINGLING, BUT REMOVING THE ROOF FOR TRANSPORT, THE
MOVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY, ETC. WAS KEVIN BROWN OF BELLEVUE.
HE PUT DOWN EVERY SHINGLE WITH THE HELP OF THE OTHER "DEPOT
GUYS", HAROLD LUBBEN, RICH ROCKROHR, PHIL GENT, TOM SCHWENKER,
MARK STREFF,  AND DAVID KENDELL.    KEVIN BROWN IS ALSO ON THE
JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOARD AND IS THE SOCIETY'S
TREASURER.     NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME, THOUSANDS WILL HAVE TOURED
THE DEPOT (AFTER RESTORATION WORK IS COMPLETED) AND IT WILL BE
DECORATED FOR CHRISTMAS.   

THE FORMER FAMILY DOLLAR STORE WILL SOON COME ALIVE AS A
"DOLLAR TREE" STORE NEAR THE HIGHWAYS 61 AND 64 INTERSECTION.

THE HOUSE ABOVE, ON WEST PLATT NEAR DOWNTOWN, LOOKS GOOD
DURING DAYTIME HOURS AND ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS VOY

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

1  AND 1/2  INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND IN MAQUOKETA.
TODAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY, WINDY AND HIGH OF 50, WITH THE TEMP
GOING DOWN THE DURING THE  AFTERNOON, TO 42 AT 4 P.M.
THEN DOWN TO 35 TONIGHT.
TOMORROW...MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 46.
THEN COLDER EVERY DAY THIS WEEK.    FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THE
HIGH EACH DAY WILL ONLY BE 28.

IT STARTS THURSDAY AT THE VOY THEATRE....

THE MAQUOKETA AG DEPARTMENT ANNOUNED TODAY THAT IS HAS BEEN
NAMED THE STATE WINNER FOR IOWA IN THE SAMSUNG SOLVE FOR TOMORROW CONTEST,  A NATIONWIDE COMPETITION TO INCREASE INTEREST IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH.    THE AG DEPARTMENT WILL RECEIVE $20,000 IN SAMSUNG TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS.
THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE AG DEPARTMENT SAID AG INTRUCTOR
GARY BRUNS.       THERE MAY BE MORE COMING.    IF THE MAQUOKETA AS
STATE WINNER  IS SELECTED AS A NATIONAL FINIALIST, THEY WILL SEE
THEIR STATE WINNINGS DOUBLE AND WILL BE AWARDED $40,000 IN
SAMSUNG TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS.    THIS IS THE MAQUOKETA
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS FIRST TIME AS A STATE WINNER IN THE
SAMSUNG SOLVE FOR TOMORROW CONTEST.     NATONAL FINALISTS
WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN LATE FEBRUARY.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

THE CHRISTMAS TREE AT THE MAQUOKETA POST OFFICE LOOKING
EAST.

IN SPORTS:
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WON ANOTHER GAME
FRIDAY NIGHT OVER DYERSVILLE.
AND THE GIRLS ALSO BEAT DYERSVILLE BECKMAN FOR THEIR FIRST
WIN OF THE SEASON.
THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS CROWNED FOUR CHAMPIONS TO WIN THE
MAQUOKETA SEVEN-TEAM INVITATIONAL SATURDAY AT THE MCHS
GYMS.     JACOB KLOFT WAS 4 AND 0 WITH FOUR PINS.   OTHER TITLES
WERE WON BY TREVOR SHADY, LUCAS DAVISION AND BRYAN SOLOMON.
MAQUOKETA HAS 185 POINTS AND SECOND PLACE DAVENPORT CENTRAL
HAD 154 POINTS.
THE NATIONAL PRO RODEO FINALS WRAPPED UP SATURDAY AT LAS VEGAS AND MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GRAD TIM O'CONNELL, OF  ZWINGLE,  DID WELL AND ENDED UP EARNING OVER $200,000 DURING THE NATIONAL FINALS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

SOME SUNSHINE TODAY AND HIGH OF 47....A DOZEN DEGREES WARMER
THAN USUAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
TONIGHT,    CLOUDY AND LOW OF 42.
TOMORROW, 90% CHANCE OF RAIN AND  HIGH OF 55.
SUNDAY, RAIN AND HIGH OF 60.   YES 60.
MONDAY, ONLY 44.

LOUIE CLASEN ROLLED A 300 LAST NIGHT IN THAT VERY GOOD THURSDAY
NIGHT LEAGUE AT TIMBER LANES.    LOUIE, OWNER OF TIMBER LANES,
HAS HAD QUITE A FEW 300'S.    HE AND TWO OTHERS ALSO  HAD A 700+
SERIES LAST NIGHT AND THERE WERE OVER 40 TWO-HUNDRED GAMES.
LOUIE IS BOWLING REAL WELL THESE DAYS, CONSIDERING HE HAD
A HIP-REPLACEMENT THIS SUMMER.    HE'S ALSO THE COACH FOR
THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING TEAMS AND LAST NIGHT,
AT TIMBER, THE BOYS TOOK FIRST PLACE OVER LOUISA MUSCATINE
AND CENTRAL DEWITT.    ZACH LANNING PACED THE CARDS WITH A
TWO-GAME HIGH SERIES, 463.    THE CARDINAL GIRLS FINISHED SECOND
BEHIND LOUISA MUSCATINE.    ASHLEY WELLS HAD BEST SCORE FOR THE
CARDS, A TWO GAME SERIES OF 353.

TONIGHT IN SPORTS...

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HOST DYERSVILLE CATHOLIC AT THE MCHS GYM 
AND
THE BOYS PLAY AT DYERSVILLE.

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH HAS THEIR ANNUAL
HOLIDAY COOKIE WALK TOMORROW MORNING
IN THE BASEMENT COMMUNITY ROOM.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY REPORT

NO LOCAL NEWS, SPORTS OR WEATHER TODAY!

METHODIST YOUTH FUND DRIVE

WHEN RUSTY GOT TO WORK THIS MORNING....HE NOTICED BELOW...
ON THE KMAQ FRONT SIDEWALK....

AND A POEM CAME ALONG WITH THE COLORFUL TOILETS...WRITTEN BY MAQUOKETAN ERIC
PROSHUTO.....

I'M GOING TO SOLVE MY "PLUMBING" PROBLEM VERY SOON AND SEND THESE TOILETS ON .. AND PAY MY "PLUMBING" FEE...TO U.M.C.

WANT TO HELP OUT...PARTICIPATE...CALL EITHER
PASTOR DADISMAN (652-4420) OR LISA BARNES
(652-2278) 
I'M SURE THERE IS A FRONT YARD YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM DROP-OFF A TOILET SO
THEY CAN GET "FLUSHED" BY YOU.

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY MORNING ON NORTH MAIN

NEXT DOOR TO KMAQ....MAQUOKETA STATE BANK GOT A NEW FURNACE DELIVERED THIS MORNING....QUITE A PROJECT....FIRST THEY HAD
TO HOIST DOWN THE OLD....THEN HOIST UP THE NEW....

WEDNESDAY DAILY REPORT

IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A SPRING DAY TODAY....SUNNY AND 49.
PEOPLE LOVED IT.

A GOOD KMAQ LONGTIME LISTENER SUNDAY WON $10,000 IN THE IOWA
LOTTERY.    VIRGIL WEIMERSKIRCH, RETIRED, LIVES WITH WIFE VERLA
ON THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD BETWEEN LAMOTTE AND BELLEVUE.
HE BOUGHT THE $2.00 "POLAR PAYOUT" TICKET AT CASEY'S IN BELLEVUE,
AT THE SUGGESTION OF THE CLERK THERE.

GOOD NEWS YESTERDAY, AT A BIDS OPENING, FOR THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA.
$3,649,412.48....IS THE LOW BID FOR THE DOWNTOWN STREET IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT FOR MAQUOKETA.     THAT BID WAS OVER ONE-MILLION DOLLARS
BELOW THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE.    THERE WERE 7 BIDS.   THE NEXT
LOWEST WAS FOR 4.65 MILLION DOLLARS...ABOUT A MILLION MORE THAN
THE LOWEST.    THE LOW BID WAS FROM AN ELDRIDGE COMPANY, K.E. FLATWORK,INC. OWNED BY ROD KLUEVER OR RURAL DELMAR.  HIS SON LUCAS IS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE BUSINESS.    MANY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES HAVE "TIES" TO THIS AREA.      ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY WEBSITE, K-E FLATWORK, INC. HAS PROVIDED OUTSTANDING SERVICE ANDA
RELIABLE WORKMANSHIP FOR ALL TYPES OF PROJECTS FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL STUDY THE BIDS AND VOTE ON THE MATTER.
THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE DONE IN JUST ONE YEAR, 2016.

I TOOK SOME CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS AROUND MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT.....

 ABOVE, BONNIE BORMAN'S HOUSE AT 805 GRANT STREET

ABOVE, THE HOME OF RUSS AND JANE LONG ON NILES STREET.

 ABOVE, THE DARLENE KIRCHOFF HOME OVER BY GOODENOW FIELD.

 DON'T KNOW THE OWNERS OF ABOVE HOME.

ABOVE,THE TREES IN "THE GREEN SPACE" IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

DR. MICHAEL RETALLICK, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE IOWA STATE
UNIVERSITY DEPARMENT OF EDUCATION AND STUDIES WAS RECENTLY
RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF SIX INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE NATION TO RECEIVE
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURE-EDUCATORS TEACHER-MENTOR AWARD.     RETALLICK IS A FORMER VO-AG INSTRUCTOR AND
FFA ADVISOR AT THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL.

BIG NIGHT COMING  UP FOR THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB....

WE WENT TO THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOY'S GAME AT MCHS GMY LAST NIGHT AND SAW THE CARDS WIN OVER ANAMOSA 81  TO 71.   THEIR RECORD NOW IS 3 AND 1.       ALSO LAST NIGHT, AT ANAMOSA, THE CARDINAL GIRLS

LOST A CLOSE ONE, 34 TO 32.   THEIR RECORD IS NOW 0 AND 5.

THE CARDINAL BOWLING TEAMS HOSTED BELLEVUE AND CAMANCHE AT TIMEBER LANES.     THE CARDINAL BOYS CAME UP ON TOP AND THE GIRLS

TOOK SECOND PLACE BEHIND CAMANCHE.

KMAQ-AM  HAS HAD THE 11:30 A.M.  POLKA PARTY SINCE GOING ON THE AIR

IN 1958.   WE ALSO HAVE A 2-HOUR MIDWEST-ORIGIN POLKA SHOW AT 3:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOONS.    POLKA MUSIC IS VERY POPULAR AND WE HAVE MANY AVID LISTENERS.    THERE ARE LOTS OF CHRISTMAS POLKAS TOO.

SEE YOU ON THE RADIO.

DENNIS VOY

TUESDAY DAILY REPORT

ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY IN THE TIMBER CITY.    HIGH OF 45.    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND A LOW OF 36.    TOMORROW,
MOSTLY SUNNY AND 48.     THURSDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND 56.

BASKETBALL TONIGHT ON KMAQ AND OUR WEB HOME PAGE.   THE
CARDINAL GIRLS (0 AND 4) AT ANAMOSA.   MATT CLARK WILL HAVE
THE GAME AT 7:20 TONIGHT.
THE BOYS HOST ANAMOSA AT THE MCHS GYM.

AND THE HIGH SCHOOL BOWLERS ARE HOSTING BELLEVUE AND
CAMANCHE AT TIMBER LANES TODAY.

THE BIG STORY TODAY.....

YESTERDAY, I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE HEPKER WEDDING (Justin is my godson)
IN CHICAGO SATURDAY THAT NANCY AND I ATTENDEDD.   BUT, YESTERDAY,
I HAD NO PHOTO OF THE BRIDE AND GROOM.   TODAY I DO.....

BIG MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME THURSDAY NIGHT BETWEEN THE IOWA
HAWKEYES AND THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES.    TRY TO WATCH IT.

DENNIS VOY

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

CLOUDY TODAY AND A HIGH OF 40.
CLOUDY AND WARMER TOMORROW, LOOKING AT 48 FOR A HIGH.
AND...LATER THIS WEEK, INTO THE 50'S FOR A FEW DAYS.

MAQUOKETA  POLICE OFFICER KEENAN MEINEKE INVESTIGATEDED A 2-CAR
ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING AROUND 8:30 THAT INVOLVED DEBRA LANE,
AGE 54, OF MAQUOKETA AND TERRY NIMS, AGE 42, OF MAQUOKETA.    NIMS
WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON WESTERN AVENUE AND LANE WAS ALSO GOING NORTH AND BOTH VEHICLES WERE IN THE TURNING LANE TO TURN LEFT ONTO WEST PLATT STREET WHEN LANE REAR-ENDED NIMS WHO WAS
STOPPED FOR THE RED LIGHT.   NO INJURIES.   NO CITATION.  $1,500 DAMAGE TOP LANE'S 2010 FORD AND $1,000 DAMAGE TO NIM'S 2012 FORD F-150.

TWO REPORTS OF BURGLARIES THIS WEEKEND TO MAQUOKETA POLICE.
SUNDAY, PER MAR SECURITY INFORMED THE MAQUOKETA PD THAT THE ALARMS WERE GOING OFF AT K-MOTORSPORTS ON EAST PLATT STREET.
THE REPORT STARTED OFF AS A FALSE ALARM BUT WAS LATER CHANGED
TO A BURGLARY.     THE REPORT IS UNCLEAR AS TO WHAT, IF ANYTHING,
WAS TAKEN AND  THE  INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
THE OTHER BURGLARY WAS AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE AT 111 NORTH ELIZA.
THERE, THE SUSPECT KICKED IN A WINDOW AND 6 A.M. SUNDAY AND POLICE ARE ALSO UNCLEAR WHAT, IF ANYTHING, WAS TAKEN.    THE REPORT SAID
THAT THE SUSPECT DROVE AWAY IN A RED CAR.    THE PERSON THAT
MADE THE CALL TO THE PD KNEW THE SUSPECT AND THE INVESTIGATION
CONTINUES.

IN SPORTS:    FRIDAY HIGH SCHOOL BOWLING AT MACHESTER, THE CARDINAL BOYS WON OVER WEST DELAWARE  BY 32 PINS, WITH CONNOR SCHNOOR LEADING THE WAY WITH A TWO-GAME SERIES OF 479.
THE GIRLS LOST TO WEST DELAWARE AND KELSEY DODDS HAD THE CARDINAL'S BEST TWO-GAME SERIES OF 332.

IN FRIDAY WRESTLING, AT THE CASCADE DUALS, MAQUOKETA OPENED
THE SEASON WITH 2 WINS AND 3 LOSSES.

IN BASKETBALL, THE CARDINAL GIRLS PLAYED TWICE OVER THE WEEKEND AND LOST BOTH GAMES, TO SOUTH TAMA AND DAVENPORT WEST AND NOW AE 0 AND 4 FOR THE SEASON.
THE CARDINAL BOYS PLAYED THE SAME TWO TEAMS AND DEFEATED SOUTH TAMA ON THE ROAD 64 TO 57 AND AT  HOME TO DAVENPORT WEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 68 TO 63.    THE BOYS ARE NOW 2 AND 1.

DR. JUSTIN HEPKER (SON OF LEIGHTON AND CINDY OF MAQUOKETA)
AND DR. LAUREN COYNE (DAUGHTER OF DR. AND MRS. EDMUND COYNE)
OF THE QUAD CITIES) WERE MARRIED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT THE 
HISTORIC ST. MICHAEL CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OLD TOWN CHICAGO.
IT SURVIVED THE CHICAGO FIRE.   BEAUTIFUL LARGE CHURCH.

AFTER THE WEDDING, THE RECEPTION WAS AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY.
JUSTIN AND LAUREN WERE BOTH MD'S IN CHICAGO WHEN THEY BECAME
ENGAGED BUT NOW WILL LIVE IN IOWA CITY WHERE LAUREN IS WITH
UNIVERSITY HOPITALS AND JUSTIN WITH MERCY IN CEDAR RAPIDS.
NANCY AND I HAD A FUN TIME, WITH ADDITIONAL TIME TO WATCH CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS NEAR OUR HOTEL ON MICHIGAN AVENUE.   BECAUSE OF THE GOOD WEATHER, THERE WERE SHOPPERS EVERYWHERE, MORNING,
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.   THE DISNEY STORE WAS PACKED AND WE ALSO
SHOPPED NIEMAN-MARCUS WHERE I SPOTTED A NICE WINTER COAT BUT
PASSED ON BUYING IT WHEN I SAW THE $6,000+ PRICE TAG ON IT.
WE WANTED A BETTER VIEW OF THE LOOP, SO TOOK A HORSE AND BUGGY RIDE.   LITTLE CHILLY BUT FUN.

ANYWAY, TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING AND A  FUN WEEKEND AND WE SEND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWLYWEDS ON THEIR HONEYMOON THIS WEEK.    NOW, I WILL BE WATCHING THE MAIL FOR A LETTER FROM THE ILLINOIS TOLLWAY AUTHORITY.   I DROVE PAST A TOLL PAY BOOTH....COULDN'T GET OVER TO IT QUICK ENOUGH.
YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING...."NICE CITY TO VISIT BUT I WOULD NEVER
WANT TO LIVE THERE".

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY