THURSDAY DAILY

                       LOOKING A LITTLE BETTER DAILY IN JACKSON COUNTY.
 

IF  YOU MAKE SOME TODAY...HOPE YOU INCLUDE VISITS TO THE DRIVE-IN.

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WEDNESDAY DAILY

11.5 INCHES !

THE SNOWFALL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND LAST NIGHT.

BIGGEST SNOWFALL IN EASTERN IOWA.

BIGGEST IN MAQUOKETA IN SEVERAL YEARS OR MORE. 

 

2 T0 3 MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS 

FORECAST FOR MAQUOKETA FRIDAY,

NEW YEAR DAY.

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TUESDAY DAILY

 

IT IS 5 P.M. AND IT'S SNOWING IN MAQUOKETA.

UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) MORNING.

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SATURDAY DAILY

 

WYOMING, IOWA MAIN STREET

FAMOUS ACTRESS ANN REINKING DIED  IN HER SLEEP A COUPLE WEEK AGO AT THE AGE OF 71.     SHE WAS AT A MOVIE CONVENTION I ATTENDED 

IN THE MID TO LATE 70'S.    REMEMBER HER IN THE MOVIE "ANNIE"? 

A COUPLE MORE CEMETERY STONES...

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THURSDAY DAILY

 

FROM THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA, OPENING FOR 2021 SEASON IN APRIL. 

FROM ALL OF  US HERE AT KMAQ

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WEDNESDAY DAILY

 

SHERI MELVOLD, WITH OTHER HALF,  KMAQ TECH MASTER, TOM MESSERLI, DID HER FINAL "JUST TALK" SHOW THIS MORNING.    TOM CONDUCTED THE FINAL SHOW AND INTERVIEWED HER.    THIS WAS A SECOND RETIREMENT.    SHE STARTED AT KMAQ 24 YEARS AGO, RETIRED FROM FULL TIME WORK ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO, THEN CAME BACK TO DO ONLY THE "JUST TALK" SHOW.     NOT SURE I GOT THIS EXACT, BUT ANYWAY,  SHE DID GREAT JOB AND WE WILL MISS HERE.   BELOW ON HER LAP IS ONE REASON FOR RETIREMENT.......

SHE HAS TWO GRANDCHILDREN.   THIS LITTLE GUY IS THE OLDEST.    FATHER IS

TIM MELVOLD,  A KMAQ STUDENT ANNOUNCER ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO 

AND LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE.

HAPPY RETIREMENT SHERI!     WE WILL SHORTEN THE SHOW TO HALF-HOUR AND I WILL HOST IT, WITH TELEPHONE GUESTS AND DAILY LISTENER PHONE CALLS IF TIME PERMITS AND IF NO GUEST AT ALL.     

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TUESDAY, DEC 22 DAILY

 

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SATURDAY DECEMBER 12 DAILY

AROUND THREE-PLUS INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT AND STILL SNOWING AT 9 A.M. 

FLURRIES MAY CONTINUE ON AND OFF TODAY.    SNOW ENDING TONIGHT FOR SURE.   BACK- DECK PHOTO BELOW.....

TWO BOYS PLAYING IN THE SNOW THIS MORNING....XANDER AND CASH,  SONS OF

ANGELA AND JOSH O'CONNOR.

LAST NIGHT, THE CARDINAL BOYS BEAT

CENTER POINT URBANA AND ARE NOW 2 AND 1.     HERE IN TOWN, THE MAQUOKETA

GIRLS LOST TO CENTER POINT URBANA.

 

AT EXTREME SOUTH EDGE OFF LONGVIEW ADDITION, OFF WEST SUMMIT

PASTOR JUDY HEINRICH OF FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA RETIRES

AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.    SHE HAS SERVED THE CONGREGATION FOR 14 YEARS.

SHE WILL BE HONORED VIA FACEBOOK AND ON KMAQ DURING THE 9 A.M. SERVICE

ON  DECEMBER 20TH.    THE BISHOP WILL BE HERE TO PREACH THE SERMON AND 

AT 10, THERE WILL BE A RETIREMENT PROGRAM ON FACEBOOK AND ON KMAQ AND THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A HAPPPY RETIREMENT AND APPRECIATION CAR

PARADE BEGINNING IN THE PARKING LOT AT 10:30.     PASTOR HEINRICH WAS BAPTISED AND LATER CONFIRMED AT FIRST LUTHERAN.      HER LATE PARENTS WERE

VERY ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION.   HER SON JOSEPH LIVES IN

DES MOINES AND DAUGHTER KAT AND HUSBAND RESIDE IN EAST MOLINE.

SHE HAS A GRANDSON AND TWO BROTHERS, PAUL AND JOE HEINRICH.

THIS IS JUST ONE...THERE ARE TWO SIDE-BY-SIDE DECORATED HOUSES.... ON THE CORNER ....SOUTH OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOSPITAL.    YOU CAN'T MISS THEM.
DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK.

BELOW IS HOW THE DRIVE-IN LOOKED THIS MORNING.....

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FRIDAY DAILY

 

THE HOME WAS  HERE MONDAY.    ON EAST QUARRY, JUST A BLOCK EAST OF

MAIN.  AND ITS DAYS WERE NUMBERED.

TODAY, THE GRAVEL SHOWS WHERE IT WAS.     SOON, IT WILL BE A PARKING LOT FOR

OHNWARD BANK SHARES.

MAQUOKETA'S OFFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE...IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GREEN SPACE.

THAT IS THE MITCHELL-MASKREY MILL BEHIND IT, SOON TO BE REMODELED.

A VIEW OF THE NEW HOSPITAL AS YOU APPROACH MAQUOKETA FROM THE

SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 61.       NOTE THE LARGE NEW SIGN INSTALLED THIS WEEK.

CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

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THURSDAY DAILY

 

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