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.

DENNIS VOY

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.

DENNIS VOY

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.

DENNIS VOY

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