FRIDAY JULY 9 DAILY

ALL IS WELL IN MAQUOKETA.

WORK IS GOING ON DAILY ON WEST PLATT.

WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT IT IS GOING TO BE.

"BASH ON THE ASH"...THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ANNUAL CONCERT IS TOMORROW NIGHT, STARTING AT 5 A $5.00.

WYOMING FAIR IS THIS WEEKEND.

STEAM SHOW THIS WEEKEND AT GRAND MOUND.

HUGE LAWN SOCIAL AND DINNER AT SUGAR CREEK SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.    GREAT  PIE SELECTION.

CATTLE SHOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT MILES.

VOY 3 DOWNTOWN IS SHOWING....

"BLACK WIDOW" RATED PG-13

"BOSS BABY" RATED PG

AND HITMAN'S WIFE'S" RATED R

REMEMBER .....NOW AT VOY THEATRE ALL  EVENING SHOWS START

AT 6:30....AND THAT'S  FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND SUDAY.

AT THE DRIVE-IN NOW SHOWING...

"PETER RABBIT" RATED PG

AND "IN THE HEIGHTS"  RATED PG-13

DENNIS VOY

SUNDAY DAILY

 WE HAVE RECEIVED THE RAIN WE NEEDED IN THE MAQUOKETA AREA.

THE CORN WILL NOW BE KNEE-HIGH ON THE 4TH.

THE  VOY THEATRE OPENS FRIDAY, JULY 2ND.

BIG CHANGE THIS YEAR....ALL EVEING SHOWS WILL 

START AT 6:30 P.M.

DOORS OPEN AT 6 P.M.

WE WILL HAVE JUST 5 SHOWS A WEEK IN EACH THEATRE

FRIDAY NIGHT AT 6:30

SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT  2

SATURDAY NIGHT AT 6:30

SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT  2

AND

SUNDAY NIGHT AT  6:30

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MONDAY DAILY

WE NEEDED RAIN AND LAST NIGHT GOT 2.96 INCHES IN MAQUOKETA.

        THE VOY 3 DOWNTOWN THEATRE OPENS SOON.

RIDING PONIES AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN RECENTLY.

DENNIS VOY

FRIDAY JUNE 11 DAILY

 YES...MAQUOKETA CONTINUES TO HAVE HOT WEATHER EVERY DAY...

GOING ON WEEKS...AND LOOKS LIKE INTO NEXT WEEK TOO.

AND LITTLE RAIN.     FARMERS ARE GETTING WORRIED.   WE NEED RAIN.

 STILL HAVE THREE E-COLI CASES...RUMOR OF 4TH...BUT NOT SO.

WORK GOING GOOD ON WEST PLATT AND ALL SEEM TO BE DEALING

WITH DETOURES.

MAQUOKETA SALES COMPANY  WAS SOLD AT AUCTION THIS WEEK.

NO DETAILS....OR WHO MADE PURCHASE.    IT INCLUDED 2 HOMES AND

30 ACRES OF IN-CITY LAND.

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SUNDAY DAILY

 COVID 19 CASES HAVE SLOWED TO ABOUT 1  A  DAY.

CONSTRUCTION ON WEST PLATT IS GOING WELL WITH DETOURS.     A  NEW 4-WAY STOP AT  SOUTH MAIN AND SUMMIT STREET (BY BOWMAN GAS STATION)  IS HELPING, BUT THERE STILL WERE 2 ACCIDENTS THERE THIS WEEK.

THE LT. GOV. OF IOWA,  ADAM GREGG,  CAME WITH FAMILY FRIDAY TO VISIT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK AND STOPPED AT KMAQ.      I DID AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM AT 4:30.     NICE GUY....THINK WE WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT HIM  IN THE FUTURE.

THESE TWO MOVIES SHOWING NOW AT 61.      THEY WILL BE HELD OVER FOR  A  2ND WEEK,  STARTING JUNE 4TH...ONLY DURING THAT WEEK,  "RAVE" WILL THE  FIRST MOVIE AND  "CRUELLA" WILL BE THE 2ND MOVIE.    TWO GREAT DISNEY MOVIES.

THE NEW BAR AT  "OFFSHORE"  RESTAURANT IN BELLEVUE.     WHERE OLD BAR WAS LOCATED, THERE ARE MORE DINING TABLES OVERLOOKING THE  RIVER.    GOOD MOVE.

"RIVER RIDGE BREWING" MOVED DOWN ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.    ANOTHER GOOD MOVE.

THE EVENT  BARN JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA ON OLD HIWAY 61.    THIS WAS

A CHURCH SERVICE LAST SUMMER BY FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA AND THE CHURCH ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT THERE WILL BE 3 MORE THERE THIS

SUMMER, STARTING SATURDAY, JUNE 5TH.   ALL WELCOME. 

THEY DON'T HAVE  THE NAME ON THE BARN SO I CAN'T THINK OF NAME NOW.

NEAT PLACE TO HAVE AN EVENT.  

FREE TRAIN RIDES MOST NIGHTS AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN...

AND YES WE HAVE A BASKETBALL COURT..

MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM MONDAY MORNING AT 10:30 AT THE NEW

VETERANS MEMORIAL BY THE TWO CEMETERIES.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

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SUNDAY DAILY

TODAY IS GRADUATION DAY FOR MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS.

 THIS PAST THURSDAY, MAY 20TH, THE MAQUOKETA OPTIMIST CLUB HELD IT'S ANNUAL "RESPECT FOR THE LAW" BANQUET AT THE EAGLES CLUB.   THIS YEAR APPRECIATION PLAQUES WERE PRESENTED TO RETIREES FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.      SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN.   DEPUTY STEVE SCHROEDER AND RANDY MANNING.   ALSO ROSIE SCHWAGER  WHO  HAD WORKED  FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BEFORE MOVING TO THE JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.    GUEST SPEAKERS WERE  SHERIFF BRENT KILBURG,   KAREN WELLS AND COUNTY ATTORNEY SARA DAVENPORT RIORDAN.

ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT:   OPTIMIST PRESIDENT BETH WOLD....SHERIFF BRENT KILBURG....KAREN WELLS....RANDY MANNING....ROSIE SCHWAGER....STEVE SCHROEDER.....RUSS KETTMAN AND SARA DAVENPORT RIORDAN.

ANOTHER  PHOTO  JUST OF THE 4 HONORED....

THESE TWO DISNEY MOVIES WILL BE THE DOUBLE FEATURE THIS COMING

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE.    CRUELLA  IS

BRAND NEW AND OPENING NATIONWIDE THIS FRIDAY.    IT  IS RATED PG-13.   RAYA 

THE LAST DRAGON IS RATED PG...A PAST DISNEY HIT.

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TUESDAY (18TH) DAILY

 THE DAILY POSITIVE TEST NUMBER IS GOING UP ONLY A  COUPLE A DAY.

 GARY AND MARILN DREW PRESENTED THEIR CHECK FOR $20,000

TO THE OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER AFTER THE FRIENDS OF

OHNWARD RAISED THE MATCHING AMOUNT.   

FRONT ROW:  LUANNE HUCKSTADT, RICHARD SHERRARD, GARY

DREW, VIVKI WING, MARILYN DREW AND JAN MUNDT.

BACK ROW:   ROBERT WINIGAR, KATHY KLOCKE, RICHARD HAIL AND   JOHN FRANZEN.

THE TWO PG FAMILY MOVIES THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

THE PERFECT GIVE FOR A  BIRTHDAY.    CARDS ON SALE HERE AT KMAQ...$10...$15

$20...$25 AND $30

OUR DAILY KMAQ  JOB BANK SHOW IS THE LONGEST EVER RIGHT NOW....SO MANY JOBS AVAILABLE  IN AREA.     JOB BANK  IS ON-THE-AIR DAILY AT 8:10 A.M.    1:05  P.M.  AND  ABOUT 5:20 P.M. AFTER THE  NEWS.

WORK STARTED YESTERDAY ON THE TWO-YEAR RECONSTRUCTION OF PLATT STREET THROUGH MAQUOKETA.     PROJECT INCLUDES THE STREET, CURBS  AND GUTTERS,  SIDEWALKS, WATER AND SEWER LINES PLUS MUCH MORE.    DETOURS ARE CLEARLY MARKED. 

 

MCHS GRADUATION IS THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2 AT THE BIG HIGH SCHOOL

GYM.    IT WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ.

LOTS OF RAIN THIS WEEK IN OUR AREA AND HOT 80-PLUS WEATHER COMING

THIS WEEKEND.

THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ARE IN 1ST PLACE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE

CENTRAL DIVISION.

NEW BODY SHOP OPENS THIS WEEK IN THE FORMER TANDEM TIRE BUILDING

DOWNTOWN.

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TUESDAY MY BIRTHDAY DAILY

 TODAY I AM 82 HERE AT KMAQ.

NICE BIRTHDAY.

LUNCH WITH THE KIDS.

BUT BUSY BUSY AS ALWAYS.

GETTING READY TO OPEN THE DRIVE-IN FRIDAY.

WILL GET BACK  TO DOING MORE "DAILYS" SOON.

DENNIS

SUNDAY, 25TH, DAILY

BEEB A LONG TIME.

BEEN VERY BUSY.

SORRY.

 

UP 7 SINCE FRIDAY....

Not much new...

However, Maquoketa is busy with lots of projects.

Good turn out last night for stock car racing.

Pretty good turn out last night for the music show at OHNWARD Fine Arts.

Platt St. project still set to begin May 1st.

Good turn out Friday at vacination event at the fairgrounds organized by Osterhaus Pharmacy.

Not sure I put this up before...new home of this church next the the cleaners.

THE PARK IS GETTING BUSIER EVERY WEEK.

HAD  A GREAT LUNCH AT TIMBER LANES

THE OTHER DAY AND A  SCHOOL CLASS 

WAS THERE BOWLING AND HAVING GREAT

TIME.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAI LY

 

UP 1  IS ALL

 

BACK BAR AT THE MAQUOKETA BREWERY.    NEAT ROUND SIGN.

MENU AT THE BREWERY.   CLICK-ON TO ENLARGE A LITTLE

THE BREWERY HAS A NICE NEW BACK DOOR FROM THE LARGE PARKNG LOT.

DAVE GOT THIS PHOTO OF A  BABY FOX  TODAY AT A MAQUOKETA,  NEAR A PARK WOODED AREA.

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WEDNESDAY DAILY

 

UP 1 FROM TUESDAY

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY HELD THEIR MEETING TODAY AT THE NEW MAQUOKETA

BREWERY IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.    SHOWN IS OWNER MARK LION.

MARK IS A MEMBER OF ROTARY.

A COUPLE MORE PHOTOS TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY

TUESDAY DAILY

IT WAS 2282 YESTERDAY....STILL GOING UP A LITTLE EACH DAY.     AGE 18 AND OVER

CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR VACCINE NOW.

BUILDING ON WEST PLEASANT COMING DOWN...

THE BUILDING WITH THE SLANTED GLASS FRONT

HAS BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.   I GUESS THAT AREA

IS GOING TO BE AN OUTSIDE SEATING AREA FOR

THE BUILDING TO LEFT WHICH FACES MAIN STREET

ACROSS FROM THE THEATRE.    THE BUSINESS WILL

BE CALLED "CARDINAL COPPER" AND HAVE BEEN

TOLD IT WILL FEATURE PIZZA AND MORE.   THE

COUNTER IS OF COPPER.

YEARS AGO, THE "GRAHAMS" BUILDING, MORE

RECENT, "TIMBER CITY SHIRT WORKS AND

PENNEYS CATALOG".    AROUND A MILLION

DOLLARS SPENT TO MAKE IT ALMOST NEW

AGAIN, INCLUDING APARTMENTS UPSTAIRS.

APARTMENTS RENTED, LOWER RIGHT, IS

THE BREWERY AND LAST  NIGHT AT COUNCIL

MEETING, WE LEARNED THAT THE LOWER

LEFT HAS BEEN RENTED FOR "THE

HUMMING ARROW BOUTIQUE",  RELOCATING

FROM PRESTON.   THEN WILL BE

NO MORE VACANCIES IN THE BUILDING

THAT IS OWNED BY A COUPLE FROM DUBUQUE.

NEW FRONT FOR THIS BUILDING NOW.     IT IS OWNED BY A PERSON IN

CEDAR RAPIDS.    NO BUSINESS IN THERE FOR 15 YEARS.    IN UPPER

RIGHT HAND CORNER, THERE WAS ONCE AN OFFICE FOR A RADIO STATION...

IN FACT KMAQ.     OUR LOCATION FROM 1958 TO 1970.    

DENNIS VOY

SUNDAY, EASTER SUNDAY, DAILY

 

DENNIS VOY AND NANCY MOORE

WEDNESDAY DAILY

 

HAPPY WEDNESDAY

WE ARE GOING UP JUST 1 OR 2 OR 3 A DAY IN JACKSON COUNTY.

AT OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 7 P.M.    TICKETS IN ADVANCE, $22, ARE ON SALE MORNINGS AT THE BOXOFFICE ON EAST PLATT IN MAQUOKETA.

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