TOMORROW, MORE WIND, CLOUDY AND 36.
FRIDAY, SUNNY AND 37.
SATURDAY, SUNNY AND 52.
SUNDAY, SUNNY AND 53.
IN SPORTS:
IN THE KMAQ LISTENING AREA, THERE ARE ABOUT 20 GIRLS AND BOYS
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAMS AND TODAY, JUST ONE STILL HAS A CHANCE TO GET TO THE STATE TOURNENT. ALL THE OTHER TEAMS HAVE
BEEN ELIMINATED. LAST NIGHT, EASTON VALLEY (THE NEW DISTRICT
WITH HIGH SCHOOL IN MILES) WON LAST NIGHT AND THEIR NEXT GAME
WILL BE TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST LISBON. LONGTIME SUCCESSFUL COACH DAN BECK IS THEIR COACH.
THE WARTBURG COLLEGE 4 BY 400 METER RELAY TEAM HAS BEEN NAMED THE IOWA CONFERENCE TRACK PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK AND MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AUBREE TAYLOR, A SOPHOMORE,
IS A MEMBER OF THAT TEAM.
FIRE THIS MORNING DID EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO A MAQUOKETA HOME,
AT 400 BUTTERNUT. IT STARTED IN THE KITCHEN AND A MAN AND
WOMAN WHO WERE NOT IDENTIFIED WERE IN THE HOME AT THE TIME.
THE RENTERS SAID THEY WERE COOKING OIL IN A PAN ON THE STOVE WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE AND SPREAD THROUGH THE KITCHEN. EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE WAS DONE. THE HOME IS INHABITABLE AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS WAS CALLED IN TO ASSIST THE FAMILY. NO ONE INJURED.
THERE WERE NO WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS IN THE RENTED HOME.
THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL BOARD MET YESTERDAY AND HAD A PUBLIC
HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX LEVY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2017.
TEH LEVY IS 1.041 PER $1,000 ASSESSED VALUATION AND WILL GENERATE
$1,032,062, DOWN FROM LAST YEAR'S LEVY OF 1.056. NO ONE SPOKE
AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE BOARD APPROVED THE LEVY.
WHO IS HE AND WHOSE DOG IS IT?
TO FIND OUT...GO TO THE KMAQ HOME PAGE AND CLICK-ON THE ROTARY BUTTON.
A PHOTO FROM THE PAST....
THE SHIELD'S BROTHERS BAND.
LEFT TO RIGHT: SHORTY ALLEN, RAY SHIELDS, RED SHIELDS HENTON, JIM SHIELDS, AND CHIP COLLINS.
THE ABOVE TRIP IS BEING ORGANIZED BY THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SEE YOU ON THE RADIO.
I'M ON AT 5:38 EVERY MORNING FILLING IN FOR RUSTY LIETZ WHO IS
RECOVERING FROM A BROKEN LEG AFTER A FALL AT HIS HOME.
HE IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT.
DENNIS VOY