PEANUT BUTTER DRIVE AT KMAQ RADIO

 💥IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!! 💥

KMAQ Radio Station is doing a PEANUT BUTTER COLLECTION DRIVE for Feed The Need!  This is one of Dennis Voy's favorite things all year....since he is unable to be at the station this year to promote the drive himself, let's show him how much we miss hearing him every day on the radio!  You can drop your peanut butter of any size off at KMAQ Monday through Friday!!

ADDED BONUS --- All Hy-Vee or Dollar Fresh BRAND peanut butter purchased at Dollar Fresh Market WILL BE MATCHED by Dollar Fresh!!  

Let's show some support for Dennis AND Feed the Need by filling the KMAQ hallway!!

WEDNESDAY REPORT

 

ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE VOY THEATRE WILL

BE A NEW BUSINESS....THE COPPER CARDINAL PIZZA

PUB AND THE COPPER CARDINAL ICE CREAM SHOPPE.

SIGNS ON THE TWO ENTRANCE DOORS WERE JUST

PUT UP THIS WEEK SO I ASSUME THEY WILL BE  OPENING

SOON.    TJERE IS A WALK-WAY BETWEEN THE TWO.

THE PIZZA PART HAS TWO BARS AND ONE HAS A COPPER TOP. 

  IN THE BACK IS OUTSIDE SEATING AND THERE ARE TWO NEW

PICNIC TABLES PUT THERE THIS WEEK.   TJE  OWNER  ALSO

HAS "HALL OF FAME PIZZA" IN DOWNTOWN DEWITT.

DENNIS VOY

FRIDAY REPORT

 

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY DAILY

 

DAN WITH CEO OF IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES TODD SEYFERT

AND WITH HIS MOTHER JANE DAGUE.

PHOTOES BY LOIS FISCHER.

DENNIS VOY

WEDNESDAY REPORT

 DON SCHWENKER WAS THE WINNER OF THE PRIMARY YESTERDAY FOR JACKSON 

SUPERVISOR AND WILL RUN IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. 

STEVE BRADLEY WAS VOTE  LEADER FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE.

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY REPORT

 

GRADING HAS BEEN COMPLETED FOR THE NEW JAIL AT EAST EDGE OF THE CITY.

TO THE LEFT, THE STORAGE SHED IS DONE.    JAIL WILL BE TO THE RIGHT OF IT.

RIGHT  NEXT TO OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER (EAST OF) IS THE LARGE APARTMENT

COMPLEX.   THE MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION RAISED FUNDS TO BUILD A PLAY

AREA FOR KIDS IN THAT COMPLEX.   NICE.

DENNIS VOY

FRIDAY REPORT

PHOTOS BY LOIS FISCHDER

DENNIS VOY

WEDNESDAY REPORT

 NEW RESTAURANT IN JACKSON COUNTY

WESTY'S PLACE  owned by Dannie Klosterman

 DOWNTOWN PRESTON

Had good pork sandwich last night but did not get to meet owner.  Probably she was in kitchen.

It is a big place.   A couple photos below.

  

THEY ALSO HAVE A BIG DINING ROOM FOR PRIVATE PARTIES.

PHOTOS BY DAVE VOY

DENNIS VOY

MONDAY DAILY REPORT

THE GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY WAS HELD THIS MORNING FOR THENEW JACKSON COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT BUILDING ON THE EAST EDGEOF  MAQUOKETA.   

LEFT TO RIGHT...

AUDITOR ALISA SMITH....LARRY McDEVITT, SUPERVISOR....JACK WILLEY, SUPERVISOR....MIKE STEINES, SUPERVISOR....BRENT KILBURG, SHERIFF.....ANDREW LONG JAIL ADMINISTRATOR....AND JOHN HANSEN, MIDWEST CONTRUCTION CONSULTANT.      AS YOU CAN SEE,  EQUIPMENT ISTHERE TO GET STARTED.

ALSO TODAY, THE GROUND BREAKING WAS HELD FOR THE NEW BUILDING ON THE FAIRGROUNDS FOR THE EXTENSION OFFICE AND FAIR BOARD.     NOT SURE WHY THEY HELD IT A YEAR EARLY AS CONSTRUCTION WON'T START UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

DENNIS VOY

SATURDAY REPORT

 A COUPLE INCHES OF RAIN FRIDAY...

SO..NO STOCK CAR RACES TONIGHT.

BIG PANCAKE BREAKFAST TOMORROW AT CAMP COURAGEOUS.

JOHN DEERE TRAILER FOR SALE HERE AT KMAQ FOR $90

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS OFF TO A GOOD START.

WE DO HAVE SOME TICKETS FOR SALE HERE AT KMAQ FOR THIS SUMMER...

IF INTERESTED CALLL  LOIS HERE AT KMAQ, 652-2426

KMAQ WILL SELL OUR  ENTIRE RECORDS LIBRARY, INCLUDING THE SHELVING

(HOLDING ALL THE LP'S AND 45'S)...FOR $2,000 OR BEST OFFER BY MAY 15TH.

WE START PLAYING  FREE KMAQ RADIO BINGO WITH NEW COLOR...YELLOW...CARDS

MONDAY.    BINGO GOES INTO MID MAY.

WE HAVE AN OPENING FOR A 30 HOUR A WEEK SALES REP HERE AT KMAQ.

SEE OR CALL EITHER ROXANNE OR LOIS OF OUR SALES DEPARTMENT.

PRETTY GOOD JOB.    BOTH LOIS AND ROXANNE HAVE BEEN HERE OVER

20 YEARS.   GET TO BE ON THE AIR NOW AND THEN TOO.    PAY IS BY PERCENT

OF SALES, SO THE MORE YOU SELL,  THE MORE YOU MAKE.    AT LEAST OVER

20-THOUSAND A YEAR.   EASY TO SELL RADIO ADS AS WE  HAVE A VERY GOOD

LISTENERSHIP AND THEREFORE KMAQ IS THE BEST AND LOWEST COST-WAY TO

ADVERTISE A BUSINESS.      FREE MOVIE TICKETS TOO...ANYTIME.

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME......

PLAYED BASEBALL WITH THE RESIDENTS OF CLOVER RIDGE YESTERDAY, INSIDE.

HAD A GOOD TIME.    RED HENTON PLAYED TOO.    VISITED WITH HIM LATER....

LIKES IT THERE AND DOING GOOD.   WILL BE 102 IN SEPTEMBER.   SALLY DAVIES PUT THE NATIONAL BASEBALL DAY EVENT TOGETHER.   SHE DOES SO MANY GOOD, FUN THINGS AT  CLOVER RIDGE....  THANKS FOR INVITING ME SALLY.    AND FOR THE CRACKER JACKS.    LIKE THE SONG SAYS....CRACKER JACKS AT THE OLD BALL GAME. 

HAVE A GOOD WEEK AND START THINKING ABOUT MOTHER'S DAY.

IT IS GETTING CLOSE.    IF SHE'S STILL LIVING, TREAT HER LIKE A QUEEN....

AND MOM'S DAY IS ALSO FOR GRAND-MOMS.

DENNIS VOY

EASTER SUNDAY

 

HAPPY EASTER FROM KMAQ

FRIDAY REPORT

 

"SCOOTERS" OPENS MONDAY....ON CORNER OF WEST PLATT ACROSS FROM "DOLLAR

GENERAL".

THURSDAY MORNING....A PERSON WITH HEALTH ISSUE RAN INTO ONE OF THE

"SCOTTERS" SIGNS.

THE CEMENT BLOCKS AND OHHER DEBRIS .....CLEARED AWAY TODAY AND I'M SURE

NEW SIGN WILL COME SOON.

THE UPPER BLACK AROUND THE TOP OF BUILDING IS LIGHTED AT NIGHT.

COMING DOWN PLATT, YOU CAN'T MISS THE BUILDING.

FIRST STOCK CAR RACES PLANNED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT, CANCELLED.    TRACK

TOO WET.

BLUFF LAKE RESTAURANT WILL BE CLOSED EASTER SUNDAY.

ALSO OSTERHAUS PHARMACY.

ALL 3 MOVIES AT THE VOY 3 WILL BE SHOWN ONCE ON EASTER SUNDAY,

AT 4:30.    MORE INFO...CALL FOR RECORDING.....563-652-3535.

THE 61 DRIVE-IN WILL OPEN NEXT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

DENNIS VOY

WEDNESDAY REPORT

BOB WARNER VISITED KMAQ YESTERDAY.     AND EVERYONE WAS GLAD TO SEE

HIM THAT WORKED WITH HIM HERE AT THE STATION YEARS  AGO.    BOB

WAS THE MORNING ANNOUNCER FROM IN THE 70'S AND FOR ABOUT 35 YEARS.   HE

WAS ALSO OUR PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER FOR MANY OF THOSE.    HE RETIRED

OVER 10 YEARS AGO AND IS NOW A RESIDENT OF CRESTRIDGE CARE CENTER IN  

MAQUOKETA.   AS A VOLUNTEER FOR HOSPICE,  HE WAS BROUGHT TO KMAQ

BY TEDDY CRAWFORD,  IN  PHOTO ABOVE.     WE TOOK PHOTOS,  AND BOB DID  A

WEATHER FORECAST JUST FOR OLD-TIMES-SAKE.    HE IS DIVORCED, HAS A 

DAUGHTER...AND HIS DAD IS IN OHIO AND A BROTHER LIVES DOWN SOUTH.

STILL A CLEVELAND  FOOTBALL  AND BASEBALL FAN.   

DENNIS VOY

 

MONDAY

 

STOCK CAR RACES START THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE SPEEDWAY ON THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.   HOT-LAPS AT 5:30 AND FIRST RACE AT 6.    CHEER FOR THE VOY 3 CAR!

THE COMMUNITY "GOOD FRIDAY" SERVICE  WILL BE AT NOON THIS FRIDAY.    THE SERVICE OF THE MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA.     ALL ARE WELCOME.       SO, FRIDAY, THE MID-DAY LOCAL NEWS WILL BE ON KMAQ AT 11:30 A.M. AND AGAIN AT 1 P.M.

DENNIS VOY

SATURDAY REPORT

ON EAST PLATT, A BLOCK FROM MAIN, WHERE TANDEM TIRE WAS LOCATED,

LOTS OF ACTION GOING ON FOR THE EAST PLATT  RE-CONTRUCTION.

DENNIS VOY

 

TUESDAY REPORT

 ACROSS FROM MY THEATRE DOWNTOWN...

IS  A  FAIRLY NEW BUSINESS...

DOWNTOWN NUTRITION

THE OUT SIDE LARGE SIGN JUST SAYS DOWNTOWN

I SENT LOIS FISCHER THERE THIS MORNING

TO BUY A BEVERAGE FOR BOTH OF US...TWO

OF THEIR MOST POPULAR SELLERS.

MINE, STEP 1  THE PINK DRINK ...BERRY FLAVORED, COLLAGEN,

ENERGY DRINK WITH 15 g PROTEIN.   YOU CAN ADD  STEP  2 TO

ENHANCE AND STEP 3 TO MAKE A COMBO BY ADDING A SHAKE

TO ANY BEVERAGE.    FOR THE PINK DRINK, ONE LARGE SIZE

ONLY AND MINE WAS $9.    IT WAS TASTY.

OTHER BEVERAGES....LIT TEA FOR INSTANCE, STARTS AT $5.

OWNER CORY STILLMUNKES FIXING A BEVERAGE.   

DINE IN OR CARRY OUT.   OPEN M-F FROM 7 AM UNTIL 5 PM AND SATURDAY AND

SUNDAY FROM 8 A.M. UNTIL NOON.

STOP AND AND TRY A BEVERAGE SOON.     CORY WILL HELP YOU SELECT THAT FIRST ONE TO GET YOU ENERGIZED.    JOIN THE MEN, WOMEN AND  STUDENTS THAT ARE VISITING OFTEN.

DENNIS VOY

PHOTOS BY LOIS FISCHER

MONDAY REPORT

 (MONDAY) TODAY, MARCH 21, 2122.... WORK STARTED ON RE-BUILDING EAST

PLATT STREET FROM MAIN STREET TO THE CORNER WITH HIGHWAY 62 AT TJE

FAIRGRO;UNDS.

THE ENTIRE OLD SURFACE WILL BE GROUND DOWN ABOUT 5 INCHES WITH THE MACHINE UP AND RIGHT AND THE ASPHALT HAULED AWAY.

74   TODAY.   NICE.

NEEDED RAIN COMING THIS WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

SATURDAY REPORT

 

THEY HAVE REALLY HAD A BUSY WEEK WORKING ON GETTING THE LAND  READY FOR THE NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN MAQUOKETA, ON THE CORNER OF WESTERN AVENUE AND WEST SUMMIT, WHICH WAS ONCE  PART OF THE BIG TUBBS APPLE ORCHARD.    TO THE LEFT STOOD A HOME AND HUNDREDS OF TREES HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT BEHIND THE MIDDLE TREE AND TO THE NORTH FOR ABOUT 2 BLOCKS.    ON THIS BIG PARCEL, A MONTICELLO PERSON OR FIRM WILL SELL LOTS OR BUILD HOMES.    CLOSE TO 30 MODERATELY PRICED HOMES.     A STREET, CURBS AND GUTTERS AND WATER AND SEWER PIPES COME FIRST.

DECIDED TO GO FOR DINNER LAST NIGHGT AT BLUFF  LAKE, BUT

SINCE THEY WERE SO BUSY, AND ONLY PARKING SPACES OPEN WERE UP

THE HILL (TOO MUCH OF A WALK FOR US) WE DECIDED TO COME

BACK ANOTHER TIME AND SEE THE NEW LOOK AND EXPANSION.

WOULD BE NICE OF BLUFF LAKE HAD A GOLF CART TO TAKE OLD FOLKS

LIKE US DOWN AND  UP THE HILL TO THE FRONT DOOR.

SO..HEARD THERE WAS A NEW MEXICAN RESTAURANT IN

WYOMING AND HEADED THAT WAY ON HIWAY 136.

IT IS ON THE CORNER, DOWNTOWN, AND TWO BUILDINGS

REMODELED TO ESTABLISH IT.   OPENED LAST THANKSGIVING.

TWO PHOTOS ABOVE.    THE MAIN KITCHEN, BAR AND DINING

ROOM ABOVE AND THE SECOND ROOM (BELOW) FOR BUSY NIGHTS

OVERFLOW AND PARTIES.    A WIDE DOORWAY BETWEEN.     

NAME:    LALOS

CO-OWNERS RACHEL AND ISAI (PRONOUNCED EE-SIE-EE) WERE HOSTING

AND HELPING IN KITCHEN....AND VISITED WITH US A FEW MINUTES.

THEY ARE OPEN 11 TO 9 EVERY DAY, AND UNTIL 10 ON FRIDAY AND

SATURDAY.   LARGE MEXICAN MENU, INCLUDING 3 MEXICAN DESERTS.

GOOD FOOD.   GOOD DESERTS.    

GREAT CLASSICAL BLAST IRISH CONCERT SATURDAY

NIGHT (MAR 19)   ONE OF THE BEST I  HAVE

SEEN AT OHNWARD.     LOW TURN OUT SORRY TO

SAY.     MAQUOKETA IS SO LUCKY TO HAVE A GREAT

THEATRE LIKE OHNWARD.

DENNIS VOY

THURSDAY REPORT

BAD HOUSE FIRE MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY 

A NEW SUPT. OF SCHOOLS FOR MAQUOKETA ANNOUNCED THIS AFTERNOON.

CENTRAL OF DEWITT SABER EASITY DEFEATED DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION

THIS AFTERNOON AT THE STATE BOYS

TOURNAMENT IN DES MOINES, 70 TO

46.   THEY  PLAY TOMORROW (FRI) AT 5

FOR THE 3 A STATE CHAMPTIONSHIP 

AGAINST DALLAS CENTER.  THEY ARE

COACHED BY MCHS GRAD MARTY MARSHALL, HIS FIRST YEAR AS A HEAD

COACH.

THE GAME TOMORROW ON KMAQ AND

HERE AT 4:45.

DENNIS VOY

WEDNESDAY REPORT

 AT MAQUOKETA ROTARY TODAY...

GUEST SPEAKER WAS JOSH BOLDT, NEW MAQUOKETA CITY MANAGER.

THE NEW SHOWROOM AT NEW LOCATION ON CORNER ON EAST PLATT

STREET OF "APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS".

VERY NICE.  STOP IN AND TAKE A LOOK.

"DOG" HAS BEEN A BIG HIT AT THE VOY

3 THEATRE.    STILL THIS WEEKEND TO SEE IT.    FOR ALL THE FAMILY.

"BATMAN" IS BEING HELD OVER FOR A 2ND WEEK.   A THREE-HOUR MOVIE.  THIS IS NOW THE BIGGEST MOVIE OF 2022 NATIONWIDE.

DENNIS VOY

MONDAY DAILY

 

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS  LOST THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME SATURDAY NIGHT 

TO DEWITT.    IT WAS A CLOSE GAME.  

THE  CARDINAL BOYS PLAY AT DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION TONIGHT.    LISTEN

TO THE GAME AT WWW.KMAQ.COM AND CLICK-ON THE RADIO ON THE

BOTTOM OF THE HOME PAGE.    GO CARDINALS!

A HOUSE GOES DOWN IN MAQUOKETA TODAY!

THIS HOUSE WAS TAKEN DOWN TODAY,  AT THE CORNER OF WESTERN AVENUE

AMD WEST SUMMIT STREET.    THE RANCH HOME HAS NOT BEEN LIVED IN

FOR YEARS.   WHEN I CAME TO TOWN IN 1958 IT WAS THE  HOME OF RAY KROEGER

AND HIS WIFE AND SON.     TO THE NORTH IS WHERE PART OF THE  BIG TUBB'S APPLE ORCHARD WAS LOCATED.    THE HOUSE AND PROPERTY,  OWNED BY THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA, WILL BE THE LOCATION OF A NEW STREET.      AN OUT OF TOWN FIRM

IS  BUYING THE PROPERTY FROM THE CITY AND NEARLY 30 BUILDING LOTS WILL

BE AVAILABLE.  

MY MEMORY IS NOT PERFECT ON THE KROEGER'S BUT I THINK RAY OWNED

A SALE BARN,  MAYBE OWNED SOME RACE HORSES AND WAS ACTIVE FOR MANY

YEARS ON THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR BOARD.

CLICK-ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT.

AND THANKS TO THE NEARLY 500 PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT UP THIS WEB SITE OVER THE

WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

FRIDAY REPORT

MAQUOKETA CARDINALS 

TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL

ON KMAQ WITH MIKE KELLY AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIC

SATURDAY NIGHT MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY DEWITT AT DEWITT AT 7

MONDAY NIGHT, MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION THERE AT 7

PRE GAME SHOW EACH NIGHT AT 6:45 P.M.

GO CARDINALS!

LAST NIGHT, AN OPEN  HOUSE WAS HELD AT KUNAU IMPLEMENT JUST SOUTH

OF DEWITT  OFF 4-LANE 61.

THEY RECENTLY  EXPANDED THE BUILDING AND IT WAS A CHANCE FOR ANYONE

TO STOP BY AND TAKE A LOOK.

WHEN NANCY AND I STEPPED IN, WE COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW NICE IT WAS.

WAY MORE THAN I EXPECTED.    

THE BUSINESS STARTED IN 1936

THERE IS ALSO A STORE IN PRESTON

TODD KUNAU IS THE OWNER (LIVED IN MAQUOKETA IN THE LATE 90"S)

IT HAS TO BE THE FINEST IMPLEMENT STORE IN IOWA 

HAPPY IT IS IN THE KMAQ AREA

DENNIS VOY