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.
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.
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
