Sunny today and around 60....great. Just talked to Tom Callahan, manager of the Jackson County Fair and Pearson Memorial Center. Said the l5th annual Garage Sale held Saturday was down from a year ago, probably because this year it was on a Saturday, instead of Sunday. Down a few hundred people, bu still a success,says Tom. He also reminded me that Stock Car Racing in Maquoketa starts the last Saturday in April.....and, he said he's pretty sure Darrell Singletary, Country singer, will be one of the key entertainers at this year's Jackson County Fair, the last week of July. Agreement has been reached, but papers still not signed.......Easter Egg hunt was a big success Saturday, put on by the Maquoketa Kiwanis and BradDeeryMotors......The Big Bend Seniors defeated the Big East Seniors in both the girls and boys games held Saturday night in Maquoketa. Girls won by only 2 points. A bit crowd at the gym, so it will now probably be an annual event. KMAQ broadcast both games.....Went to a 4-Course wine tasting dinner last night with Nancy, at the Decker Hotel. Wine served by Paul Tabor, JacksonCounty's wine-maker. We sat at table with Asher Schroeder, Rob and Marilyn Deegan, the VET, the Doc Roeders, and Corey Roeder and wife Penny of Dubuque. Had a nice time. Good food. Four good wines and good conversation. About 40-50 attended. Tabor is doing well with his new winery and it is a good thing for Jackson County too. If you would like to buy some Tabor wine, let me know. I'll get some information to you via e-mail. I think Paul has a WEB SITE,but I don't know what the address is....Son-in-law Charlie Clasen bought a used T-Bird for my granddaughter, who this summer can start practice driving......Charlie did a lot of work on it and it looked pretty sharp..until Saturday night, it was struck while parked in the street...guess it may be a total loss....and my granddaughter isn't too happy.....Charlie, Christy, Sara and Nate live on Angus Court along highway 61......Tom Messerli, KMAQ's Chief Engineer, got out of hospital yesterday and is now back home recuperating from his 5-bypass surgery.......Ruby Short, age 89, of Maquoketa died Saturday at a Dubuque hospital. She is survived byh 5 daughters and 3 sons, including Bill Short of Monmouth, Iowa.....The search is underway for a new hospital adminstrator, but one isn't expected to be hired until June. Eight candidates will be interviewed April 12 and the second round of interviews will be held the week of April 26th. This announced at the last hospital board meeting. The board set June 2nd for the annual JCPH Health Foundation Golf Tournament at the Maquoketa Golf Course. Last year, the event raised $22,000. Also it was announced that the JCPH hospital will be celebrating 50 years with a community event on May 16, 2000...Jackson County's Nude Dancing Art House has been open nearly a month, at rural LaMotte and is doing well. Open Thursday-Saturday nights only...with 6 to 9 dancers....on one stage if a small crowd or on 2 stages if a big crowd. Admission is free, but you have to pay for a parking space. No booze sold, so you have to bring your own. According to the story in today's Dubuque paper, mostly men have been the patrons...with a few girls coming with their date, or husband....The old Goody Pop Maquoketa Bottling Works building has just been torn down next to the baseball field at north edge of Maquoketa....an old building with a long history...but making way now for housing development along the Maquoketa River....And that will have to do it for now.
Dennis Voy
- Monday, March 29, 1999 at 17:31:16 (EST)
Sunny and a high of 49 today....You all have been reading about the VAN accident early yesterday morning near Janesville, Wisconsin....well...now it has a local connection for us.....the driver, was form Clinton and one of the 6 killed is a l6-year-old from DeWitt...Marshall Roberts, son of Albert and DeAnna Roberts of DeWitt. At this time, I have no idea what he was doing with the group.....Tomorrow, the 15th Annual GarageSale at the fairgrouds...80 people have a sale inside and a dozen outside...and the area will be packed from 8 AM until it ends at 3 P.M.....one of the biggest fund rasiers for the fairboard each year.....the foodstand alone does lover a thousand dollars. The Maquoketa State Bank is having Open House today and tomorrow of their newly enlarged and redecorated West Side Office and Drive-Up. It was a $250,000 project......A cow got loose at United Livestock early yesterday morning...and local law enforcment officers tried to steer the animal back where it came from, but were not able to get the animal to obey, so they shot it...6 times before it went down. Have a good weekend.
Dennis Voy
- Friday, March 26, 1999 at 19:44:09 (EST)
Sunny and in 40's...busy day at KMAQ...two employees off today...Pat Wierup is out East attending a funeral of her aunt...and Sheri was at bedside today of Tom Messerli, her close friend and our radio engineer, who had 5 bypass heart surgery last night and is doing well....young...only 38....so whenever someone is gone, it taxes eveyone else a little......DeWitt will not get a new high school...the ll.8 million-dollar bond issue didn't pass yesterday....it needed a 60% yes vote, but got only 48%....They started digging the foundation today for Maquoketa's newest business...a liquor store being buildt by Mayor Jack Rosenberg....no official announcment has been made, so I know very little about his plans. Maquoketa has one liquor store now, plus it can be purchased at the Jack and Jill Grocery Store.....and that will do it for now.
Dennis Voy
- Wednesday, March 24, 1999 at 18:56:04 (EST)
Sunny and a high of 55 today......Maquoketa School Supt. Rod Montang attened today's Jackson County Board of Superviors meeting to talk about a proposed 1% sales tax increase in the County for School infrastures and repairs, as allowed under a new Iowa Law...The Maquoketa Comunity Schools would realize between 3 and 4-hundred thousand dollars a year, for the maximum 10 year period. Other Jackson County School districts would also benefit. The issue recently passed in Scott County but lost in Clinton and Polk Counties. Today, Supt. Montang just discussed the issue with the Supervisors, but at the April 6th meeting, a formal request will be made to place the issue on the ballot for June 29th, when election is already scheduled regarding a different issue. So, as I always say, I'll keep you posted.....Today, Central of DeWitt voters are going to the polls and voting on an ll-million-dollar Bond Issue to build a new High School inDeWitt and remodel all other attendance centers in the district. DeWitt is growing and the current buildings are becoming overcrowded. I'll have results of the election on tomorrow's daily report.....Maquoketa girls softball coach Dick Davis became a grandfather for the first time....a boy, born yesterday in Des Plaines, Illinois to son Tom and his wife Dawn....
And so much for today.
Dennis Voy
- Tuesday, March 23, 1999 at 18:44:42 (EST)
Sunny and in 40s today.....A Maquoketa man faces charges of Domestic Abuse after he was involved in a standoff with police for several hours last night. Police were called lto the home of Dr. Mark Intelkofer on Country Club Drive around 8 last night. The Domestic Abuse complaint was filed by his wife, Karen. She and her children fled the house after he physically and verbally abused her. She went to a neighbors home to report the incident to police. When they arrived, Mark Intelkofer refused to answer the door of the home. Later police made phone contact with him and he eventually surrendered to police aroound around 2 a.m. He was placed in jail overnight here in town on a Domestic Assault charge. Chief Bob Anderson said has a precautionary measure, several neighboring homes were evacuated during the standoff. In court this morning, Intelkofer pled not guilty and was released on unsecured bond. A restraining order was issued which prohibits him from having contact with his wife Karen. Last month, Intelkofer, age 44, was sentenced to five months in prison on each of 25 counts of overcharging the govenment for treatment of elderly patients. Intelkofer is awaiting the start of his prison sentence on the overcharging Medicare court ruling.......Winifred Clapp, age 103, of Maquoketa and formerly of Preston, died Friday. Surviors include a daughter, Dorothy Nabb of Monmouth. Until she was 99, she lived-in and kept up her home in Maquoketa.....Thanks for your visit...check back again soon.
Dennis Voy
- Monday, March 22, 1999 at 14:33:05 (EST)
Sunny and high in mid 50's today..the last day of Winter....
Gary Mohl of Maquoketa, longtime High School principal in this area, earlier this year decided to retire....has been Principal the last few years at Midland, also before that at Calamus, Wheatland and Lost Nation...this week as asked to reconsider and stay another year...and he accepted. Midland had chosen a replacement, but that guy changed his mind, and no one could agree on another person....they wanted Gary back. He always has been a popular administrataor.....There have been l6 applications so far for the Principal Job at MCHS now that Dick Wold has decided to retire. There are some qualified from within theDistrict, but it was not disclsoed if any of the l6 include local applicants.....They hope to name his replacement by April 1st.....A week ago, we had 13 obits in the news one day...today, none.....The Maquoketa State Bank is having open house next Friday and Saturday of its newly expanded and remodeled WEST side office. It was a quarter of a million project with John Cressey the main contractor......Stan Hardin is new Pharmacist at WalMart and stopped in at KMAQ other day to report he bought a home on West Platt Street....he and Jacque will move in a couple weeks....he was former KMAQ announcer twice before, once while in High School in the 60's and later in the 1980's....MANPOWER has moved their office to downtown Maquoketa, where Chamber office was on North Main Street....John Paulsen, of Maquoketa, country singer brought in his new CD today and so we'll give it a few plays....and so much for now...have a good weekend and a great Spring.
Dennis Voy
- Saturday, March 20, 1999 at 15:25:18 (EST)
Sunny today, high of 45.....Preston Boys lost in overtime this afternoon and now play for 3rd place at l0 tomorrow morning agaisnt Rock Valley....Tom Bates, age 78, died early this week in Florida. He was owner of the Bellevue Herald-Leader from the 50's until 1972 when Bob andFrancis Melvold purchased it from him. He was then the first Executive Secretary for the County Board of Superviors. Because of polio in the 40s, he had to walk with a crutch, but that dind't stop him from getting involved in local and state matters. He was on the State Conservation Board for a few years.....is survived by his wife Jean and 3 sons......The new MaquoketaRiver bridge construction is going well on old highway 61 north of Maquoketa and work will start soon again on the new highway 61 work through Maquoketa.....Sorry, but nothing more today.
Dennis Voy
- Thursday, March 18, 1999 at 18:44:26 (EST)
2nd Report for TODAY.
Sunny today, high of 55......Maquoketa is getting a new subdivision along the Maquoketa River at the North edge of town. The developers purchased the Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church Building and have converted it to apartments and they have plans to develop housing Easterly all the way to the Maquoketa baseball park area.......Someone did about $300 damage to the Lazy J Motel last night. The motel is owned by Attorney Tom Peckosh......Marion Sino died yesterday, age 75. She is survived by a son, Dave in Fort Madison and 2 daughters, Karen Reed of Maquoketa and Diane Henderson in Shreveport. She worked as a bookkeeper for many years for Hoffman Eggs in the late 70's and 80's. Her husband was in the dairy business.......Margaret Glaser, age 88, died Sunday at the local hospital. She is survived by son Gus Glaser of Maquoketa, a brother Bob Nims of Maquoketa and 2 sisters, Doris and Julia Nims of Maquoketa....Nathan True died at his home last week, at age l7, a MCHS student...Steve Howel, age 47, a l969 MCHS Grad, died last week in New York State, following a length illness. He is survived by his mother, Shirley Wood of Davenport and formerly of Maquoketa. Also survived by a son in New York...Brock Borman, a Senior at Preston, has been the team manager for the basketball team for 4 years. Was a player but a heart condition prevented him from playing. The Preston team is now in the State Tournament and Coach Dan Beck got the idea that if at State, the time was right, he would put Brock in the game. This decision wasn't final until the Team Members met and approved of the idea and until Brock's doctor gave permission. Well, yesterday, Preston, on their way to a win at Des Moines and Coach Beck put Brock in the game and he scored 3 points. Today, a speical story in the Quad City Times about him. A good story about a good boy. He was in my daughter Christy's wedding quite a few years ago, as the alter boy. He folks are Butch and Madonna Bormann of Preston. Preston plays their 2nd game Thursday afternoon against the #1 team in the State in their classification...and of course, we'll be there to broadcast it on KMAQ.....Time to call it a day.
Dennis Voy
- Tuesday, March 16, 1999 at 18:59:17 (EST)
Well, we made it back....got to Maquoketa at 5 Sunday afternoon after nearly 4,000 miles in the bus. All of us had a good time and all went well. Did run into a snowstorm in Oklahoma on the way home that wasn't fun to travel in, but we had a good driver and no problem with the storm. Yes, I lost a few dollars in Vegas, but that is to be expected. The mountains were beautiful and Vegas is something else. Sure, I'd go back, but proably wait a year or more.......I noticed that Dave did not enter any new while I was gone...and I didn't have a chance to do so yesterday....too busy opening my mail and getting somewhat caught up.....Maquoketa also had a bad snow storm while I was gone, but much of that is already gone.....Today, sunny and bright and looking for a high in the 50's.....Just got a fax a moment ago that Kent Ploog of rural Charlotte was killled in a near headon accident yesterday afternoon in Clinton County......In sports, at the Girl's State Tournament last week, both Preston and Bellevue participated and did well, but both lost their opening game. Preston lost by only 2 points and Bellevue lost to the team that later in the week took the Championship......This week, the Boy's Tournament is underway and our only area team out there is Preston. First time for them to be there since 1983. They have just lost one game this year. Yesterday, the won their opener and now play again Thursday, against the number one rated team. In yesterday's game, the Skriveseth boy was the leading scorer. His dad is Rich, Preston banker, and an MCHS graduate back in the early 60's.....His grandmother, Rich's mother, Marion Skrivseth, died last week in Cedar Rapids. Her husband, was Bud, who died a few years ago. A nice lady....one of the first I met when I moved to Maquoketa as she was a daughter of the lady that I rented a room from when I came to town in 1958. She was in her 80's and was apparently living with her daughter, and son and law, the Rich Kendalls who are building a new Culver's Restaurant in Cedar Rapids....Joe Manning also died last week, a longtime Maquoketa businessman. He operated a meat market for many years, then ran the jukebox business for Jackson County until he retired. He is survived by a son and a couple daughters and also his wife.....Melvin Foster died last week. He ran a stone quarry for many years. Age 83. Surived by his wife and four daughters and four sons. Glen Dosland, age 86, died last week. Former Calamus-area farmer who moved to Maquoketa at retirement and I knew him well because he was in the Maquoketa Lions Club when it was still active....Fern Lehmkuhl died, age 82. She is survived by a son Bill in Fort Dodge and a daughter Julie in
Bellevue. She worked at Mann's Jewelry and Drews Ready To Wear many years ago......Gladys Hinke Hildebrand Goepfert, age 80 died last week. Survived by her husband Alvin and a son and daughter. Her son is DeWitt banker Norlan Hinke.....You will recall that recently the airport manager here resigned. Well, two have been hired to replace him in part-time positions. Frank Goodenow and Brian Jensen are the new fixed-based operators. Both have a business out at airport and will take on the extra responsiblities. Frank has had an airplane upholstery business out there for many years......Rumor has it, Mayor Jack Rosenberg is going to open a new Liquor Store in town. I'll keep you posted.....Well..so much for now. Thanks for the Guest Book entries saying you missed my daily report....Check back again real soon.
Dennis Voy
- Tuesday, March 16, 1999 at 11:41:09 (EST)
Maquoketa boys just lost their tournament game to Davenport Assumption by about a dozen points.....I"m off to Las Vegas tomorrow and while I'm gone, my son Dave said he might put some late=breaking news items here in my place, maybe on a daily basis...so you might continue to check this report daily anyway...but, I'm making no predictions as to how much will be here. So....heading West and my next report will be in about 10 days...but check here anyway for what Dave has to say.
Dennis Voy
- Thursday, March 04, 1999 at 22:29:39 (EST)
Some sunshine today and high of 48.....Oh, by the way, in case you hadn't guessed, Nancy Jacabs of KFC was borning on Feb. 29th....Not much on the newsfront today. LeRoy Arnsdorf, Jr. was in a bad single-car accident over the weekend and is in fair condition at Iowa City University Hospitals....Golda Ray, age 94, died today at Crestridge and services will be Thursday. Surivivors include a sister, Camilla Bock of Maquoketa.....Sorry, but that's it for today.
Dennis Voy
- Monday, March 01, 1999 at 18:51:27 (EST)