Sunny, breezy and nice today, high around 69......I had a Root Canal done today in Davenport, expensive and painfull, but all went well. After, more pain as I stopped at the President Casino on way home and lost. I'm a video poker player. Guy next to me won $1,000 with a Royal Flush. Said it was his seocnd this summer. And, as always, they were pretty busy........Murder trial is moving along faster than expected. Jury was seated by noon today an testamony begain after dinner. The first to take the stand was the wife of Marty Budde, who was killed. Also a couple neighbors testified. In his opening statemnt, Peckosh said Joseph Koncel will take the stand on his own behalf and that he will tell he killed no one and didn't hit anyone. Rumor has been that his brother did the actual killing. He will stand trial in December on same charge..........It WAS A MURDER in Clinton County Monday morning. Dead is 41 year old Gene Malone of rural Andover. Killed with a single bullit of a large gun. Was last
seen at 2 Monday monring in a Sabula bar and at 2:30 at a Clinton Convenience Station. A man was with him there. And he was with a woman at Sabula bar. Both the man and woman are not around and law enforcement authorities are looking to question both. Malone was a construction worker and has been back in this area for a couple years, living with his mother. He was a graduate of Sabula High School and is survived by a son and a step-son.......Births: A girl born to David Etringer and Courtnee Pauls of Maquoketa and a boy to Mike and Jackie Crawley of rural Delmar.......The Maquoketa Cardinal football team is now ranked in the top 10 in their class in Iowa........Thanks to Lynn in San Diego for his e-mail and for signing the new guestbook. Glad you enjoy the daily report Lynn. Well..home and some Advil for this tooth. Take it easy wherever you area and keep those comments coming. If you want to tell me your connection to Magquoketa and what you are doing where you live now, fine,just let me know
and I'll mention it briefly here.
Dennis Voy
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HI. A nice, but very windy day in Maquoketa...winds up to 35 MPH and gusty.......Don't know if it was the wind or not, but electricity went off all over town just before 2 this afternoon. Maquoketa's light plant was purchasing power from IES, formerly IE, and as soon as it went down, local diesel generators were started up to produces electricity locally. Within an hour, the city was on full power again using the local generators. But,even though our power was back here at KMAQ DOWNTWON, our transmitters northeast of Maquoketa use IES power out of Andrew and that power wasn't restored until about 4:l5. We went back on the air at 4:28. We were off about 2 and a half hours. Had lots of calls. But,we are back to normal now. The problem was at the IES power substation just West of town on hghway 64 or between there and the Lakehurst Dam generating plant..........The murder trial started this morning at the Court House with lots of specatators and TV crews. Sheri Melvold, who does the daily
talk show, 'JUST TALK' for us, is covering the trial fulltime, exclusively for KMAQ. She said the defendant, Joseph Koncel, arrived wearing what looked like a new shirt, but no coat or tie. Jury selection started and took all day and will continue tomorrow. The defense attorney, Tom Peckosh, is famous for taking lots of time selecting jury members. We'll keep you posted........A possible homicide in Clinton County today. A man, in his 40', from rual Andover, was found, dead, in his car around 4 this morning. Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation was called in and that normally indicates foul play is suspected. The Clinton County Sheriff's office issued a statement early this morning, but had nothing new to say late this afternoon, so we'll have to wait unitl tomorrow for more information........And that will do it for today.
Dennis Voy
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Another beautiful day in Maquoketa.........A little rain last night......Thanks to Stan Hardin in Dubuque for e-mail on this daily being back up. Stan is one of the city's busiest pharmacists, and a GOOD ONE..........Business news: GTE phone store, now open where Mr. T's Music was for many years. Nicely done.......The Attic Needlework and Frameshop has expanded to next door building. A door was cut joining the two and the new front looks great. The new addition was the home of the Western Auto Store for many years and in recent years was a geasy spoon. Good to have this new bigger store......Next door, the still fairly new JACKSON COUNTRY gift store has added its own candy kitchen.....The old railroad depot on East Platt will soon open as a new nice supper club. More about that when it opens. Guess it will seat nearly 200. They will "brick" the parking lot any day now.......Brad Deery Motors is redoing the showroom and it will feature 14 all glass sales offices for thhis fleet of salepersons. Also,
he bought the building next to Decker Hotel and will convert it to a new showroom facing Main. The old Rasmussen Motors showroom was recently torn down and is now a new car lot. The building to the South that was purchased by Brad is now empty. The 3 tenants have moved out, including the Chamber office and Bob's Barber Shop. According to Brad, the status of that building is uncertain. It may be torn down, may not......Happy Joes Pizza, I hear, is looking for new location. They will soon loose their front entrance off of 61 and therefore will loose all highway traffic and would then have to make it on local business only. It is a comlpany story, owned by Joe himself. He visits Maquoketa regularly...a good frient of Maquoketa's famous artist, Pat Costello.....61 Drive-In Theatre still open, Friday and Saturday only, and will stay open until end of October, weather permiting.....The office store across from Voy Theatre, West Office, closed and its manager opened another smaller store next to Dollar
General, so we still have an office supply store......Old office store location was buildt in the 70's for a Bascin Robbins Ice Cream Store that lasted only a couple years....and rumor has it a State Farm Insurance Office will go into it next....A new American Family Insurance office just opened in location next to Bob's Barber Shop, accross from theatre. Just to North is Mike's Bikes, which I hear is doing well. Mike owns that entire building with 4 stores in it now. Mike does local business, but lots of out of town biz too. And soon, will be going full force again with ski equipment. Shudder. I'm not a winter fan.......Have heard litle lately about the drive for nearly 4-million to build a new auditorium up by high school. I've been told they have reached 1-million pledged, including the half-mil from Ed and Grace Tubbs, of Maquoketa banking fame. Will keep you posted.....The new 2 mil Maquoketa Library is near completion. Have moved into part of it and now doing work in old section. No open
house mentioned yet.....The internet server for Maquoketa, out of Clinton, has added more lines here in town and also lhas opened-up Bellevue. And new US West equipment is being installed in mid-October...and this is all supposed to make internet service for Maquoketa better and faster......A Maquoketa woman died recently, never married, and left a rumored l.5 plus million estate with lots of it going to the community. Benifactors include, the library, the historical society, the Maquoketa Foundation, the Methodist Church, a rural Iron Hill Church, and others. More details still to come I beleive...KMAQ celebrated a quiet 39th birthday August 26th. Will have a bigger celebration next year...And that will have to do it for today. Enjoy the week ahead and e-mail comments are always welcome.
Dennis Voy
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Hello, hello, hello. I'm back, thanks to my son Dave, who worked most of last night figuring what was wrong. My WEB server was supposed to fix problem, but never got to it....So, I'll try to get bad into the habit of doing this again every day, or most days.
When I have nothing to report, I'll still type in the day and say so. Pass the word that this report is back.....Homecoming weekend in Maquoketa. The Cardinals won last night over Vinton-Shellsburg by over 3 touchdowns and now the dance is tonight at the gym in Delmar. Maquoketa is now 4 and 0. Can they make it to the playoffs? Maybe so. I'll keep you posted........Iowa Hawkeyes also doing well. Iowa State NOT doing well......Murder trial starts Monday in Maquoketa. Joeseph Koncel is being tried for the murder of Marty Budde of Bellevue last Spring, north of Springbrook. Tom Pekosh will be his attorney and County Attorney Phil Tabor will prosecute. Koncel's brother will be tried later for same crime. I'll keep you posted on the trial.......New
City Manager starts in early October. He's from small town in Minnesota......Nancy and I are taking 2 bus loads of Senior Citizens to Nashville next Tburday, October 2nd for 4 days, so there will not be a daily report those days......Spaldings Footware is going out business after over 50 years. That announcement came as a surprise, but times are changing in small town retail and the store was not profitable. A big sale will continue into October. George Spalding has been working part time the last couple years and will now going on fulltime retirement. His son Scott will be starting a new career but has not said what he will do. That building has been honme for a shoe store over 80 years. Sad to think it will be empty soon.......The Chamber of Commerce has moved to their new office next to Spaldings. The building was given to Chamber by Mr. and Mrs. Red Blayney. It has been completly remodled and looks nice. Oh yes, Chamber Executive Director Deb Newman, also Economic Development Director for the
City, has resigned to go to work in Iowa City. She leaves October31st after 8 years at the job. They are advertising for a new director......Maquoketa will have just one contest in the November city election. Mayor Jack Rosenberg will be opposed by Richard Stimmell, who works for Wal Mart and also does janitor and lawn mowing jobs all over town. Longtime contractor John Cressey is running for the council unopposed. Darrell Rettig elected not to seek reelection.......Well, so much for now. I'll take awhile before I get you caught up on things that happened while we were shut down. If you have any questions, contact me via email and I'll answer here. Iowa just beat Illinois 38 to l0 and are now 4 and 0....Big Osterhaus wedding in Maquoketa today, one of the daughters. Reception at the Decker Hotel....Weather has been nice in September and the corn and soybean crop should be good in this area. Very little harvesting yet, but not far off. A week from today will be the annual Octoberfest of Bands day
in Maquoketa....So long for now. Check back tomorrow.
DENNIS VOY
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Our Daily Report is finally fixed.
Thanks for hanging in there.
Dennis Voy
There were NO August 12-31 Reports Due to problems with script.
THANKS.
DENNIS VOY.
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RAIN RAIN RAIN...3 TENTHS OF AN INCH TODAY AND MORE COMING TONIGHT. WE NEED IT. COLD. HIGH TODAY ONLY 68, 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.....DIGNITARIES FROM OVER 50 NATIONS VISIT MAQUOKETA TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HOSTED BY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES OF THE CITY. ARRANGED BY SEN. GRASSLEY. WEATHER PERMITTING, WILL BE GREETED ON SQUIRES MANOR BED AND BREAKFAST LAWN, WITH BAND CONCERT AND ICE CREAM SOCIAL. WILL BE HERE 90 MINUTES, THEN ON TO DUBUQUE. IF RAINING, IT WILL BE AT FAIRGROUNDS.......SOMETIME FRIDAY NIGHT, SOMEONE STOLE LARRY CAMPBELL'S 1986 FORD TRUCK, THEN RECOVERED BY AUTHORITIES LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT BRIDGEPORT, OUT BY THE KMAQ TOWER......A BIRTH TO REPORT. DR. CORY DIETZ AND DR. KRISTA-BERRYHILL-DIETZ OF KOLONA, IOWA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SATURDAY AT IOWA CITY. GRANDPARENTS ARE MR. AND MRS. CHARLES DIETZ OF MAQUOKETA. TWO MAQUOKETA DEATHS. MARIE ELSNER, AGE 97, DIED THIS MORNING AT HER HOME. NEVER MARRIED. WAS A CHIROPRACTOR YEARS AGO, A PALMER
GRADUATE. AND, BOB FRANKLIN, AGE 43, DIED SATURDAY AT THE HOME OF HIS MOTHER, BETTY FRANKLIN. HE HAS BEEN ILL FOR QUITE SOME TIME. NEVER MARRIED. BACK IN 1950, HIS FOLKS, SINCE DIVORCED, WERE THE ORIGINAL CO-OWNERS AND FOUNDERS OF THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE. BETTY FRANKLIN IN LATER YEARS ALSO OWNED AND OPERATED IOWA CONCRETE PRODUCTS JUST WEST OF MAQUOKETA.....AND THAT'S IT FOR ANOTHER DAY.
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GREETINGS ON A SUNDAY. NOON AND JUST CAME DOWN TO OFFICE WITH MY BICYCLE. NICE MORNING, BUT MOSTLY CLOUDY. WE COULD USE SOME MORE RAIN. ON WAY DOWN, SAW BILL AND MARY LOU RISSER WITH A GRANDCHILD. BILL'S DAD, DOCTOR RISSER, IS 98 THIS WEEK I THINK. LAST I HEARD, HE WAS LIVING INTHE HOSPITAL'S EXTENDED CARE FACILITY. WHAT A CAREER HE'S HAD........THEN SAW DAVE STOCKHAM DOING SOME WORK IN THE GTE NEW STORE HIS FIRM IS REMODELING. IF HE'S WORKING ON SUNDAY, MUST BE BEHIND JUST A BIT.......HAD BUSY WEEKEND AT THE DRIVE-IN THEATRE, A TWO-DAY RECORD. LAST NIGHT, NEARLY 650 ADULTS AND NEARLY THAT MANY KIDS. YOU KNOW ITS A BUSY NIGHT WHEN THE LINE TO THE LADIES REST ROOM IS ALMOST ALWAYS 50 FEET LONG. WE ARER SHOWING THE MOVIE GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE AND ITS A HIT WITH KIDS ESPECIALLY......DAUGHTER CHRISTY AND CHARLIE AND GRANDKIDS NATE AND SARA ARRIVED DOWN IN ALABAMA YESTERDAY TO VISIT MY NEW GRANDDAUGHTER, CASSIE. ON THE WAY DOWN, THEY SAW THE CARDINALS WIN OVER PHILY FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE WERE TWO
BACK TO BACK HOMERS HIT BY THE CARDS AND CHRIS AND SARA WERE AT REST ROOM AT THE TIME. BUMMER. SO ANYWAY, EVERYONE'S GOING TO GET TO SEE CASSIE BEFORE NANCY AND I DO. MY YOUNGEST, LONNA, IS FLYING DOWN IN LATE AUGUST. WE WILL TRY TO GO DOWN SHORTLY AFTER LABOR DAY. I'LL TRY TO HAVE SOMONE FILL IN FOR ME WITH THIS REPORT WHILE I'M AWAY.....WELL, I'M OFF TO A KFC LUNCH. YOU CAN'T HARDLY BEAT THAT. CHECK IN TOMORROW.
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CLOUDY DAY, AROUND 80, WITH NO RAIN BUT POSIBILITY OF SOME TONGIHT LATE.....NOT MUCH NEWS. A GRAVESTONE TIPPED OVER AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY. BOB STREETS REPORTED A $250 BIKE WAS TAKEN FROM HIS PLACE ON EAST GROVE, SOMETIME SINCE AUGUST 1ST. SOMEONE TOOK A BAG WITH OVER $700 FROM THE BAR AREA OF PAPA'S PLACE AT LAMOTTE........SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN RELEASED HIS MONTH OF JULY ACTIVITES REPORT. IT INCLUDED 19 PROPERTY DAMAGE ACCIDENTS, AND NONE WITH PERSONAL INJURIES, WHICH IS RATHER UNUSUAL. NO FATALITIES DURING MONTH AND PATROL CARS LOGGED 13,880 MILES PATROLING JACKSON COUNTY ROADS. CLINTON COUNTY HAS NO FATALITIES EITHER AND THAT COUNTY'S PATROL UNITS COVERED A TOTAL OF 38,029 MILES,MORE THAN DOUBLE IN JACKSON COUNTY. NOT SURE WHY THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2 COUNTIES....THE BIG JACKSON COUNTY PRO-RODEO IS NEXT THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY AT BELLEVUE AND A RODEO KICK-OFF EVENT IS PLANNED TONIGHT IN DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE. AROUND 15,000 WILL ATTEND THE 3-DAY EVENT WHICH IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST AROUND,
WITH PARTICIPANTS COMING IN FROM ALL OVER TO COMPETE. DAVE AND MARLA (FRANDSEN) MOREHEAD OF RURAL MAQUOKETA SUPPLY ALL THE RIGGING AND LIVESTOCK FOR IT. THE MOREHEADS DO RODEO WORK ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.......A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE HIGHWAY 61 BYPASS 4-LANING WORK. IT IS GOING WELL. AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNTY OF DIRT HAS BEEN MOVED AND OVERPASS BRIDGES ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED RIGHT NOW. AND LOTS OF WORK IS BEING DONE WITH EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT NORTH OF TOWN BETWEEN HERE AND FULTON. THIS YEAR, MOSTLY GRADING WITH PAVING NEXT YEAR. THE ONLY PAVING WILL BE ON SUMMITT STREET AND THE NEW SUMMITT STREET OVERPASS OVER THE 4-LANES OF 61. THAT IS TO BE COMPLETED YET THIS FALL. IT IS REALLY SOMETHING TO SEE.....A MOVIE COMPANY IS COMING TO TOWN TO FILM A SHORT-SUBJECT FILM THAT WILL BE ENTERED IN FILM FESTS. THEY HOPE TO HAVE IT COMPLTED IN TIME TO ENTER IT IN THE FAMOUS SUNDANCE FILM FEST OUT WEST. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED......I THINK I'LL GO TO CHURCH TONIGHT. ITS BEEN A FEW WEEKS. HAVE A GOOD SUNDAY.
DENNIS VOY
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NO REPORT TODAY
DENNIS VOY
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HELLO AGAIN. GET FIRST PICTURES TODAY OF MY NEW GRANDDAUGHTER IN ALABAMA. CASSIE. WOULD YOU BELEIVE...SHE'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BABY IN THE WORLD. CAN'T WAIT TO HOLD HER IN SEPTEMBER WHEN WE GO DOWN.....BEAUTIFUL DAY AGAIN, HIGH 80.....NOT MUCH NEWS. THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVIORS MEETING INCLUDED A REQUEST TO ESTABLISH A BIKE TRAIL BETWEEN DELMAR AND MAQUOKETA, ON THE OLD HIGHWAY 61. SUPERVISORS AGREED TO STUDY IT AND IT WOULD HAVE TO A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN BOTH JACKSON AND CLINTON COUNTIES.....CONNIE HENSLEY, FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, ARRIVED IN TOWN TODAY FOR A WEEKEND VISIT. WILL BE STAYING AT OUR HOUSE. SHE WORKS FOR PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE IN WATERLOO......NO NEW BABIES THIS REPORT. NO OBITUARIES EITHER.......THE MAQUOKETA JAYCEES MET LAST NIGHT AND THIS FAIRLY NEW CLUB HAD A NICE TURN-OUT FOR THE MEETING, ABOUT A DOZEN....BOTH GUYS AND GALS. THEY VOTED TO GIVE $250 TO THE JULY FIREWORKS FUND. THEY MEET ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH AT FLORIDINO'S PIZZA ON THE CORNER IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.
MAQUOKETA HAD A VERY ACTIVE JAYCEES CLUB FOR MANY YEARS, MEN ONLY. BUT IT CEASED IN THE 80'S. GOOD TO HAVE IT UP AND RUNNING AGAIN.......THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THEY ARE SPONSORING THE APPEARANCE OF A CIRCUS IN MAQUOKETA IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. ...WELL..GOTTA GO...GOING TO EAT OUT TONIGHT IN THE GREAT TOWN OF PRESTON. SEE YOU LATER.
DENNIS VOY
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A mostly cloudy day with a high of 79. More sunshine expected tomorrow.........A minor accident yesterday in the Wal-Mart parking lot. No one injured. One car driven by Genevieve Ames of Maquoketa and other parked vehicle owned by Lori Weets of Maquoketa.......Mount Hope cemetery in Maquoketa needs more money. The city gave $5,000 to help out for now but more is needed and the Cemetery Association will bring a financial plan to the council by October 1st......Ken and Tracy Lane of Maquoketa are parents of a girl born yesterday at the hospital in Maquoketa.......Maquoketa's first day of school will be Monday, August 25th......Maquoketa's Socker program signup is underway and starts in September at the fairgrounds and sponsored by the Kiwanis Club. Like in many communities, it is a popular sport in Maquoketa. Come back tomorrow. Thanks.
DENNIS VOY
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Maquoketa has a new Police Chief. Mayor Rosenberg appointed Bob Andersen to the position at the city council meeting last night and the council approved. He has been acting chief since Mark Brooks left town late in Spring. Bob has been member of the Police Department for many years, and was Chief once before. He is in his late 50's.....Now, we need to wait about another month to find out who will be the new Maquoketa City Manager......Maquoketa is getting a new bike path. More on that later.....Accident news, 16-year old Kevin Bybee, son of Dr. Bybee, had an accident with the family van. Received minor injuries......A Maquoketa man had $1,500 taken from his pick-up. A toolbox filled with tools. Another person south of Maquoketa had his home broken into and $800 worth of household itms taken..TV, VCR, Microwave, etc. Yes, Maquoketa is a nice town, but like all others, we have our share of crime......Nice day today, in the 70's......Business spotlight. Where can you buy furniture locally? Just 2
furniture stores in Jackson County. Owl Furniture on South Main where Better Homes Furniture was for many years. Owl also has a store in Dubuque and in Wisconsin. Our store is run by Rob Hohman, one of the owners. Lives East of Maquoketa with wife and 2 small kids. Nice family and a nice store. Other store is Jackson County Home Furnishings in downtown Maquoketa in the two buildings that once were home to JC Penney Store and to Beaty's Ben Franklin Store. Buildings and business owned by Chuck Gregwoire of Grand Mound, who also owns the WaterBed Creations stores in this area with its manufacturing plant in Grand Mound. There is also a furniture store run by Tom McNeil in Preston, known as T.M. Woodworks. All of furniture in it is hand made by Tom's craftsmen in Preston. Excellent quality. And that's it...kind of strange for an entire county to have just 2 full compliment furniture stores and one speciality wooden furniture store.......MTV was taken off the local cable TV earlier this year and
some kids are mad. Can't blame them. Our cable system, owned by giant TCI, is under capacity and I guess they don't want to spend the money to upgrade it.......It's 5 P.M. and time to head for home. Like always, been here since 6:30 and its been a long but good day. Hope it has for you too.
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WE GOT SOME WELCOME RAIN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND TODAY, IT WAS NICE, LESS HUMID AND COOLER. SOUNDS LIKE THE ENTIRE WEEK WILL BE GOOD.....JACK JONES, MANAGER OF MY THEATRE, BOUGHT A NEW JEEP CHEROKEE IN JULY AND LAST NIGHT, SOMEONE BACKED INTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE, DOWN BY THE THEATRE. SAD WHEN THIS HAPPENDS TO A BEAUTIFUL NEW CAR. DAMAGE ESTIMATE, $3,000. THE GUY WHO DID THE BACKING INTO IT WAS CHARGED WITH OWI,1ST OFFENSE, AND UNSAFE BACKING......GREETINGS TODAY TO TIM IN CHICAGO, A FORMER ANDREW RESIDENT WHO CHECKS OUT THIS DAILY REPORT QUITE OFTEN......BUDDY AND MICHELLE ATIENZA HAD A GIRL LATE THIS MORNING AT THE MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL, THEIR FIRST CHILD. HE'S A DENTIST JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM KMAQ, AND HIS DAD IS A SURGEON HERE IN TOWN. MICHELLE IS A DENTAL HYGIENIST.....SORRY, BUT I HAVE TO CUT THIS SHORT AGAIN TODAY.
DENNIS VOY
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SORRY, NO REPORT TODAY.
DENNIS VOY
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HOT AND HUMID TODAY, NEAR 90 BUT COOLER WEATHER AGAIN JUST AROUND THE BEND.....A CHICAGO AREA WOMAN WAS INJURED IN A FALL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AT THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK. INJURIES BELIEVED TO BEMINOR. THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT RESCUE SQUAD WAS CALLED THE THE "ICE CAVE" AT THE REAR OF PARK WHERE SHE FELL. SHE COMPLAINED OF NECK INJURIES. ABOUT ONCE OR TWICE A SUMMER, A CALL IS RECEIVED FROM THE PARK BECAUSE OF A FALL OF SOME SORT. THE CAVES PARK IS REALLY USED A LOT, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS EXPANDED A COUPLE YEARS AGO. AND IN JUNE, THE NEW VISITORS CENTER WAS OPENED, IN THE FORMER SAGERS MUSEUM BUILDING. OVER $100,000 WAS SPENT TO REMODLE THE ENTERIOR. QUITE IMPRESSIVE. NEXT TRIP HOME, HOPE YOU CAN TAKE SOME TIME TO VISIT THE PARK......THE MCHS CLASS OF 67 IS HAVING A REUNION TONIGHT IN MAQUOKETA, AT THE LOFT. ..BERNICE HAMMERAND OF RURAL MAQUOKETA DIED THURSDAY, AT AGE 81. SHE WORKED AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL FOR OVER 20 YEARS.......A GAS LEAK NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA TODAY
CLOSED HIGHWAY E-17 FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS. A FARMER HIT A REGULATOR WITH HIS MOWER......A SABULA MAN IS IN JAIL HERE IN MAQUOKETA TODAY AFTER A DOMESTIC ABUSE INCIDENT AT 1:30 THIS MORNING AT SABULA. AUTHORITIES HAD TO USE MACE TO SUBDUE STEVEN THAYER, AGE 40. THEY ALSO CONFISCATED LL SHOTGUNS FROM HIS HOUSE. THREE WERE LOADED. HIS WIFE RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES FROM THE ASSAULT BY HER HUSBAND. POLICE CHIEF RUSS LONG WAS ASSISTED BY PRESTON AND SAVANNA POLICE, AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT......JIM STREETS OF NORTH MATTESON STREET HAS A TACKLE BOX AND OTHER FISHING GEAR STOLEN FROM HIS BOAT PARKED NEAR HIS RESIDENCE SOMETIME IN LATE JULY. CRYSTAL MANNING HAD A NEARLY NEW 10 SPEED BIKE TAKEN FROM HER RERSIDENCE IN A MOBILE HOME PARK HERE IN TOWN.....THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN JACKSON COUNTY WAS DOWN IN JUNE, TO 4.2%, DOWN FROM 4.65 IN MAY AND 6% A YEAR AGO JUNE. THE STATE OF IOWA IN JUNE HAD THE 4TH LOWEST RATE IN THE COUNTRY AT 3%. TIMES ARE PRETTY GOOD IN IOWA THESE DAYS. TOMORROW, A QUICK TRIP TO
HORICON, WISCONSIN TO VISIT MY FOLKS. NANCY AND GRANDDAUGHTER SARA GOING ALONG, SO I DON'T KNOW IF II
I'LL HAVE A REPORT. IF SO, IT'LL BE LATER IN THE DAY. PEACE.
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F.L.A.S.H........IT'S A GIRL......BORN AT 4:55 THIS AFTERNOON.....AT ANNISTON, ALABAMA.....TO MARINE SGT. RICK AND SHERI VOY.....7 POUNDS EVEN....18 INCHES LONG.....BLACK HAIR.....THEIR FIRST CHILD....THIRD GRANDCHILD FOR NANCY AND I.....FIRST GRANDCHILD FOR KENNY AND ALICE FITZGERALD,FORMERLY OF CALAMUS AND NOW OF LECLAIRE.....WE WELCOME LITTLE CASANDRA "CASSIE" TO THE FAMILY. CONGRATULATIONS RICK AND SHERI........HEY, HOW ABOUT THAT. ITS MY WEB PAGE REPORT, SO HOPE YOU DON'T MIND THAT I GIVE THE NEWS WORLDWIDE AROUND 30 MINUTES AFTER THE BIRTH. MY OTHER TWO GRANDKIDS, TO CHRISTY AND CHARLIE, ARE 8 AND 12 YEARS OLD, SO IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE THE LAST ONE. RICK AND SHERRI ARE ON THE INTERNET AND CHECK OUT THIS REPORT ALMOST DAILY AND BOTH HOPE I KEEP IT GOING. NANCY AND I WILL BE VISITING THEM SOON.....NOW, ON TO OTHER LESS IMPORTANT THINGS......A WARMER DAY TODAY, SOME CLOUDS AND IN THE 80'S.....THE DEADLINE FOR FILING FOR SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS WAS YESTERDAY IN IOWA AND HERE IN MAQUOKETA, WE WILL
BE HAVING TWO NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. ELAINE LUETT, A MEMBER FOR AROUND 20 YEARS, DECIDED NOT TO RUN AGAIN. AND RITCH KENDALL, MEMBER FOR 2 TERMS, ALSO DECIDED NOT TO RUN. TWO PEOPLE DID FILE FOR BOARD, AND WILL BE ELECTED IN THE SEPTEMBER ELECTION. THEY ARE, DAVE TABOR OF BALDWIN AND FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE. OTHER CANDIDATE IS LINDA HICKS OF MAQUOKETA. I DO NOT KNOW HER.....THE MAQUOKETA KIWANIS CLUB HAD A RAFFLE TO RAISE MONEY FOR THEIR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. $500 CASH WAS WON BY BANKER DAVID JOHNSON, $200 BY DR. DAVID SYBESMA, OPTOMITRIST IN MAQUOKETA, $150 CASH WON BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND MAQUOKETA LONG TIME PHARMACIST BOB OSTERHOUS AND THERE WERER A COUPLE OTHER WINNERS....LEROY "PERK" GUYER, A LONGTIME FARMER IN THIS AREA, AGE 91, DIED THURSDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA. NICE GUY. YEARS AGO, I BOWLED IN THE SAME LEAGUE WITH HIM. HE REALLY ENJOYED BOWLING.....YES, I KNOW, I MAKE A LOT OF TYPO ERRORS,AND SPELLING MISTAKES IN THESE REPORTS. THAT'S BECAUSE IS DO THIS AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. HOPE YOU DON'T MIND TOO MUCH. IN RADIO, WE NEVER WORRY ABOUT SPELLING AND TYPING ACCURACY BECAUSE, UNLIKE NEWSPAPERS, IT DOEN'T REALLY MATTER. ONLY WHAT COMES OUT OVER THE RADIO SPEAKERS IS IMPORTANT....TIME TO WRAP THIS ONE. HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.
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ITS GETTING TO SOUND LIKE A STUCK RECORD...ANOTHER GREAT DAY IN MAQUOKETA, WITH AN 82 HIGH....GOT 3 REPLIES ABOUT THE DAILY REPORT, ON E-MAIL, AND ALL 3 LIKE IT, AND HOPE IT CONTINUE.....THANKS TO BUDDY OLSON, RURAL MAQUOKETA, FOR THE NICE COMMENTS. AND THANKS TO A FORMER KMAQ STUDENT ANNOUNCER (and a good one too)KERRY McANDREW FOR HER NICE RESPONSE. SHE DIDN'T MENTION WHERE SHE LIVES NOW. DID LEAVE IN ANDREW.....AND THANKS TOO TO LYNN WINK IN SAN DIEGO, WHO ONCE LIVED IN ANAMOSA AND OXFORD JUNCTION, NEAR HERE. SO, YES, I DO HAVE SOME WEB-ERS OUT THERE, BUT NOT SURE HOW MANY. I'LL KEEP GOING AWHILE LONGER AND KEEP HOPING THAT THE 'HIT" COUNTER STARTS GOING UP A LITTLE. AGAIN, THANKS TO YOU THREE FOR YOUR COMMENTS.....TODAY, ANOTHER SLOW NEWS DAY. NO NEW BABIES..NO NEW OBITS...AND A STRANGE THEFT. SOMEONE TOOK A D.O.T. TRAFFIC RECORDING DEVICE WORTH $3,000 AND TAKEN ON HIGHWAY 64 EAST OF ANDREW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON YESTERDAY. NOW WHAT WOULD SOMEONE DO WITH IT???.......RUMOR HAS IT, THE
BAKERY MAY CLOSE. RUMOR HAS IT, A NEW PIZZA PLACE IS COMING TO MAQUOKETA. RUMOR HAS IT, STATE FARM INSURANCE IS MOVING TO DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. GOOD THINK I DON'T BELIEVE IN RUMORS. SO LONG FOR AWHILE.
DENNIS VOY
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Sunny, breezy and nice today, high around 69......I had a Root Canal done today in Davenport, expensive and painfull, but all went well. After, more pain as I stopped at the President Casino on way home and lost. I'm a video poker player. Guy next to me won $1,000 with a Royal Flush. Said it was his seocnd this summer. And, as always, they were pretty busy........Murder trial is moving along faster than expected. Jury was seated by noon today an testamony begain after dinner. The first to take the stand was the wife of Marty Budde, who was killed. Also a couple neighbors testified. In his opening statemnt, Peckosh said Joseph Koncel will take the stand on his own behalf and that he will tell he killed no one and didn't hit anyone. Rumor has been that his brother did the actual killing. He will stand trial in December on same charge..........It WAS A MURDER in Clinton County Monday morning. Dead is 41 year old Gene Malone of rural Andover. Killed with a single bullit of a large gun. Was last
seen at 2 Monday monring in a Sabula bar and at 2:30 at a Clinton Convenience Station. A man was with him there. And he was with a woman at Sabula bar. Both the man and woman are not around and law enforcement authorities are looking to question both. Malone was a construction worker and has been back in this area for a couple years, living with his mother. He was a graduate of Sabula High School and is survived by a son and a step-son.......Births: A girl born to David Etringer and Courtnee Pauls of Maquoketa and a boy to Mike and Jackie Crawley of rural Delmar.......The Maquoketa Cardinal football team is now ranked in the top 10 in their class in Iowa........Thanks to Lynn in San Diego for his e-mail and for signing the new guestbook. Glad you enjoy the daily report Lynn. Well..home and some Advil for this tooth. Take it easy wherever you area and keep those comments coming. If you want to tell me your connection to Magquoketa and what you are doing where you live now, fine,just let me know
and I'll mention it briefly here.
Dennis Voy
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HI. A nice, but very windy day in Maquoketa...winds up to 35 MPH and gusty.......Don't know if it was the wind or not, but electricity went off all over town just before 2 this afternoon. Maquoketa's light plant was purchasing power from IES, formerly IE, and as soon as it went down, local diesel generators were started up to produces electricity locally. Within an hour, the city was on full power again using the local generators. But,even though our power was back here at KMAQ DOWNTWON, our transmitters northeast of Maquoketa use IES power out of Andrew and that power wasn't restored until about 4:l5. We went back on the air at 4:28. We were off about 2 and a half hours. Had lots of calls. But,we are back to normal now. The problem was at the IES power substation just West of town on hghway 64 or between there and the Lakehurst Dam generating plant..........The murder trial started this morning at the Court House with lots of specatators and TV crews. Sheri Melvold, who does the daily
talk show, 'JUST TALK' for us, is covering the trial fulltime, exclusively for KMAQ. She said the defendant, Joseph Koncel, arrived wearing what looked like a new shirt, but no coat or tie. Jury selection started and took all day and will continue tomorrow. The defense attorney, Tom Peckosh, is famous for taking lots of time selecting jury members. We'll keep you posted........A possible homicide in Clinton County today. A man, in his 40', from rual Andover, was found, dead, in his car around 4 this morning. Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation was called in and that normally indicates foul play is suspected. The Clinton County Sheriff's office issued a statement early this morning, but had nothing new to say late this afternoon, so we'll have to wait unitl tomorrow for more information........And that will do it for today.
Dennis Voy
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Another beautiful day in Maquoketa.........A little rain last night......Thanks to Stan Hardin in Dubuque for e-mail on this daily being back up. Stan is one of the city's busiest pharmacists, and a GOOD ONE..........Business news: GTE phone store, now open where Mr. T's Music was for many years. Nicely done.......The Attic Needlework and Frameshop has expanded to next door building. A door was cut joining the two and the new front looks great. The new addition was the home of the Western Auto Store for many years and in recent years was a geasy spoon. Good to have this new bigger store......Next door, the still fairly new JACKSON COUNTRY gift store has added its own candy kitchen.....The old railroad depot on East Platt will soon open as a new nice supper club. More about that when it opens. Guess it will seat nearly 200. They will "brick" the parking lot any day now.......Brad Deery Motors is redoing the showroom and it will feature 14 all glass sales offices for thhis fleet of salepersons. Also,
he bought the building next to Decker Hotel and will convert it to a new showroom facing Main. The old Rasmussen Motors showroom was recently torn down and is now a new car lot. The building to the South that was purchased by Brad is now empty. The 3 tenants have moved out, including the Chamber office and Bob's Barber Shop. According to Brad, the status of that building is uncertain. It may be torn down, may not......Happy Joes Pizza, I hear, is looking for new location. They will soon loose their front entrance off of 61 and therefore will loose all highway traffic and would then have to make it on local business only. It is a comlpany story, owned by Joe himself. He visits Maquoketa regularly...a good frient of Maquoketa's famous artist, Pat Costello.....61 Drive-In Theatre still open, Friday and Saturday only, and will stay open until end of October, weather permiting.....The office store across from Voy Theatre, West Office, closed and its manager opened another smaller store next to Dollar
General, so we still have an office supply store......Old office store location was buildt in the 70's for a Bascin Robbins Ice Cream Store that lasted only a couple years....and rumor has it a State Farm Insurance Office will go into it next....A new American Family Insurance office just opened in location next to Bob's Barber Shop, accross from theatre. Just to North is Mike's Bikes, which I hear is doing well. Mike owns that entire building with 4 stores in it now. Mike does local business, but lots of out of town biz too. And soon, will be going full force again with ski equipment. Shudder. I'm not a winter fan.......Have heard litle lately about the drive for nearly 4-million to build a new auditorium up by high school. I've been told they have reached 1-million pledged, including the half-mil from Ed and Grace Tubbs, of Maquoketa banking fame. Will keep you posted.....The new 2 mil Maquoketa Library is near completion. Have moved into part of it and now doing work in old section. No open
house mentioned yet.....The internet server for Maquoketa, out of Clinton, has added more lines here in town and also lhas opened-up Bellevue. And new US West equipment is being installed in mid-October...and this is all supposed to make internet service for Maquoketa better and faster......A Maquoketa woman died recently, never married, and left a rumored l.5 plus million estate with lots of it going to the community. Benifactors include, the library, the historical society, the Maquoketa Foundation, the Methodist Church, a rural Iron Hill Church, and others. More details still to come I beleive...KMAQ celebrated a quiet 39th birthday August 26th. Will have a bigger celebration next year...And that will have to do it for today. Enjoy the week ahead and e-mail comments are always welcome.
Dennis Voy
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Hello, hello, hello. I'm back, thanks to my son Dave, who worked most of last night figuring what was wrong. My WEB server was supposed to fix problem, but never got to it....So, I'll try to get bad into the habit of doing this again every day, or most days.
When I have nothing to report, I'll still type in the day and say so. Pass the word that this report is back.....Homecoming weekend in Maquoketa. The Cardinals won last night over Vinton-Shellsburg by over 3 touchdowns and now the dance is tonight at the gym in Delmar. Maquoketa is now 4 and 0. Can they make it to the playoffs? Maybe so. I'll keep you posted........Iowa Hawkeyes also doing well. Iowa State NOT doing well......Murder trial starts Monday in Maquoketa. Joeseph Koncel is being tried for the murder of Marty Budde of Bellevue last Spring, north of Springbrook. Tom Pekosh will be his attorney and County Attorney Phil Tabor will prosecute. Koncel's brother will be tried later for same crime. I'll keep you posted on the trial.......New
City Manager starts in early October. He's from small town in Minnesota......Nancy and I are taking 2 bus loads of Senior Citizens to Nashville next Tburday, October 2nd for 4 days, so there will not be a daily report those days......Spaldings Footware is going out business after over 50 years. That announcement came as a surprise, but times are changing in small town retail and the store was not profitable. A big sale will continue into October. George Spalding has been working part time the last couple years and will now going on fulltime retirement. His son Scott will be starting a new career but has not said what he will do. That building has been honme for a shoe store over 80 years. Sad to think it will be empty soon.......The Chamber of Commerce has moved to their new office next to Spaldings. The building was given to Chamber by Mr. and Mrs. Red Blayney. It has been completly remodled and looks nice. Oh yes, Chamber Executive Director Deb Newman, also Economic Development Director for the
City, has resigned to go to work in Iowa City. She leaves October31st after 8 years at the job. They are advertising for a new director......Maquoketa will have just one contest in the November city election. Mayor Jack Rosenberg will be opposed by Richard Stimmell, who works for Wal Mart and also does janitor and lawn mowing jobs all over town. Longtime contractor John Cressey is running for the council unopposed. Darrell Rettig elected not to seek reelection.......Well, so much for now. I'll take awhile before I get you caught up on things that happened while we were shut down. If you have any questions, contact me via email and I'll answer here. Iowa just beat Illinois 38 to l0 and are now 4 and 0....Big Osterhaus wedding in Maquoketa today, one of the daughters. Reception at the Decker Hotel....Weather has been nice in September and the corn and soybean crop should be good in this area. Very little harvesting yet, but not far off. A week from today will be the annual Octoberfest of Bands day
in Maquoketa....So long for now. Check back tomorrow.
DENNIS VOY
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Our Daily Report is finally fixed.
Thanks for hanging in there.
Dennis Voy