Beautiful day in Maquoketa.......BOOOH Rockies...there, take that Chris McNeely in Colorado Springs....one PLAYER on the team, not the TEAM beat my Cardinals 2 games in a row...but, Cardinals are still in 1st place.....The city of Preston has a new downtown combined City Hall, Police Station and Library...and moving time into the library is this weekend...a beautiful building for a "going" town...same town that opens a new Golf Course July 1st.....A Maquoketa teenager reported the theft of a gun. Chris Hoerschleman said while camping near Andrew over the weekend, someonme took a pump shotgunsd......Two Maquoketans received minor injuries in a 2-car accident yesterday afternoon in Maquoketa. Joan Mendel, age 41, pulled out of a parking place and hit Marv Brady, age 79. She was charged. Both cars received a couple thousand dollars damage. Marv is a retired Maquoketa businessman. When I came to town nearly 41 years ago and KMAQ went on-the-air, Marv owned the House of Brady Furniture where the bakery is now. He later went partners with Don Hoffman, new deceased, and formed Don-Marvin Furniture right in the middle of downtown Maquoketa. Then, when that closed or was sold, we and wife Helen ran a Motel out of State. Then back to Maquoketa to run the Sears Catalog Store. Helen and Marv are out for a walk everyday and went to the Fireside Theatre with the KMAQ BUS last Sunday. He was one of our first advertisers on KMAQ in 1958 and the first spot he ever ran was recorded byh KMAQ's first manager, Bob Brown, now retired from WMAQ in Chicago and living in Fort Atkinson,Wisconsin. Best boss I ever had...but then...I havn't had a lot.......Did you know that the Horse Auction last Saturday night in Maquoketa didn't get over until 2 in the morning?? Here's a tip....look for THREE RING to win tomorrow's Kentucky Derby...KIMBERLY PIPE has a chance also....Working the drive-in tonight...have a big Mothers Day and Graduation Auction Show on KMAQ tomorrow morning....and I'll be tending the coke bar at the downtown theatre Sunday, when manager Jack Jones takes a day off.......HAPPY MAY DAY!
Dennis Voy
- Friday, April 30, 1999 at 15:28:33 (EDT)
Nice, but windy today.......At the Board of Superviors meeting this week, Ergon Penningroth was there and told the Supervisors that famous retired farm reporter Herb Plambeck was in Maquoketa last November for a historical society event and wrote a story about Jackson Countyh which appears in this month's Wallace's Farmer Magazine......Patrick Hurley has been named President of Mercantile Bank in Maquoketa....which years ago was known as Hawkeye Bank, and before that, the Jackson State Savings Bank. He has 24 years of banking experience and come to Maquoketa from Puducah, Kentucky. Wife is Sonja and he has four children, all still in school. He replaces Gary Grote who left the bank in February and is still living in Maquoketa......Lloyd Busch, age 86, of Maquoketa, died this morning at Sterling House in Clinton and services are pending at Carson & Son in Maquoketa....sorry, little short again today. Maybe more tomorrow.
Dennis Voy
- Thursday, April 29, 1999 at 16:04:30 (EDT)
Sprinkles this morning and nice this afternoon...Ritch Skrivseth, MCHS grad and now Preston banker, sposke at Rotary today about the new Preston Golf Course opening July 1...golfers are excited and he especially.......JCPH Hospital Board will interview for candidates next week (one woman) for the CEO job at hospital and another person from Florida later. Cheryl Shireman and Donna Raider will be acting CEO's after current CEO Harry Geller leaves this week....A new doctor Joel Snyder begins with Maquoketa Family Clinic in August...a Maquoketa couple are suing a Clinton Convenience Store for burns she suffered when she spillled hot capuccino on her legs in 1997. They are Mark and Glenda Walker and their attorney is Maquoketa lawyer Steve Kahler. No damages listed in the lawsuit.......Have you noticed...the St. Louis Cardinals are HOT.....AND GOODBYE FROM MAQUOKETA.
Dennis Voy
- Wednesday, April 28, 1999 at 17:21:49 (EDT)
Half an in of rain last night and now rainy and cool today....Highlights of this year's Jackson County Fair were announced today by Fair Manager Tom Calahan. Famous country music singer Darrell Singletary will entertain on Thursday night. This year, the fair will celebrate 50 years at the present location, and the 5-day event will begin with the parade on Wednesday night, July 28th. An interesting program for the final night, Sunday night, will be the Bull Riding Event. Harness Horse Racing Friday afternoon and Tractor Pull in the evening and Stock Car races Saturday night......The Maquoketa school board took no action last night on making cuts for next year....to save over $253,000 in the 1999-2000 budget...but the Board said they would make final decisions at the May 10th meeeting. The delay will give the District's teachers time to appeal any decisions. One not very popular idea is to eleminate one Social Studies teacher and someone among the 35 attending last night's meeting asked if cuts in athletics were looked at and the board said "no" but would look into that possibility.......Maquoketa...ALWAYS a quiet peaceful town...in today's Court News on KMAQ...."Three women were charged with disorderly conduct following a fight Monday night in Maquoketa. Charged were 21-year-old Loretta Marie Green of Maquoketa....18-year-old Jolene Flaherty of Dubuque...and 29 year-old Barbara Schultz of Maquoketa. According to court documents filed by Maquoketa Police, the three were fighting at 8:47 P.M. Monday night at Summit and Main Street in Makquoketa"........Jane Dague is a grandma and her son Danny Dague is an uncle...both for the first time and both very happy. Paul and Anna Dague of Monticello are parents of a girl born yesterday afternoon at a Cedar Rapids hosptial. Maternal grandparents are Jack and Becky McDermott of Maquoket and paternal grandparents are Jane Dague of Maquoketa and Darrell Dague of Maquoketa.....Nellie Willgus of Maquoketa, age 84, died yesterday afternoon at Mercy in Dubuque. Survivors include a son, David Willgus of Maquoketa.....Rev. Kumpf is 83 today, retired Pastor of First Lutheran Church....in pretty good health yet and so is his wife.....and that does it for another day.
Dennis Voy
- Tuesday, April 27, 1999 at 14:54:04 (EDT)
73 Today, but rain in forecast for tomorrow.....I writing this late today, at home, on my WEB-TV. WEB-TV is connected to the TV...allows access to the internet without owning a computer. If you know of someone that would like to be on the internet, have e-mail too...and doesn't want to spend the money for a computer...suggest to them WEB-TV....cost is just around $200 and I like the fact that you can cruise the net from an easy chair....Had a good time yesterday at the Fireside in Fort Atkinson...great weather and great show.....they had a full house....Ross and Vivian River were along. The main song of course was OLD MAN RIVER...so you can imagine the ribbing Ross took about the song. Ate too much as usual..a nice place. KMAQ travel will take a bus or two up again in late June to see THE COAT OF MANY COLORS......When we got back home last night,the big talk in town was the bad accident Sunday afternoon just North of town. A Moline lady, age 69, was killed and a couple from Dubuque, in other car...they in their 50's...were badly injured. One way traffic for an hour while they cleaned up the mess....Carl Barb, age 76, died at his home in Maquoketa Saturday night. Services are pending at Carson & Son Funeral Home in Maquoketa......A boy was born early this morning to Ryan and Susie Gerisher of Maquoketa. Susie was Colleen Doterwich of Otter Creek. Three years ago they had a boy born under a pound and he made it....one of smallest to survive. His brother born today weighs over8 pounds...grandparents in town are Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gerisher.....Heard today that Dick and Alice Davis sold their new home in Maquoketa and are looking at buying a new mobile home. I talked to them recently and they liked wintering in the South. He will coach the Maquoketa High School girls softball team again this year....School Board meeting tonight and big budget cuts are being proposed..and many are not happy about them....And so it is time to end another report. Sleep well.
Dennis Voy
- Monday, April 26, 1999 at 22:11:01 (EDT)
Finially, a spring day......did you hear (ON RADIO OF COURSE)
about the St. Louis Cardinal hitting TWO GRAND SLAM home runs in ONE INNING last night at Los Angeles?? Never been done before. I was listening at the drive-in last night when it happened...Had a bulb go out last night and result was a 25-minute delay in getting movie on screen...we had an old used one for standby and it worked ok...now have to order a new one....about $1,200....but they should last around 3 years...Thanks to following for recent e-mails saying they enjoy this report....Ron and Shirley Miller...Bill Schroeder (both his dad Asher and he just found out this daily report)...Charlie Mitchell..and right here in town, Arlene Shanahan. Yes, now all of you are from out of town. Asher Schroeder is a retired attorney..and was a darn good one...and now is enjoying his retirement in Maquoketa...along with his brother Karl...Asher is in Rotary with me.....I don't know where son Bill lives...maybe he'll give us an entry on the Guest Page soon...NO BIG NEWS to report today....have a good Sunday. I'll be in Wisconsin with a busload of theatre goers..so will report to you hopefully on Monday.
Dennis Voy
- Saturday, April 24, 1999 at 18:35:49 (EDT)
An inch of rain last night and more expected this afternoon....Downtown Maquoketa has a parking problem...not enough places... and no answers...but yesterday, committee decided to extended time LIMITS in the city's parking lots form 5 until 7 P.M........Sacred Heart school in Maquoketa will start a pre-school this fall and the cost is expected to be $ 10,000 for equipment, furniture and supplies. The Maquokta Area FOUNDATION has decided to donate $3,500.....the Arch Diocese of Dubuque has also given $3,500. Sign-up for the 3-day program is underway now.....Funeral services will be Saturday for 66-year-old Evelyn Shimanek of Nevis, Minnesota and formerly of Maquoketa.....she is surived by a brother, William Baresel of Maquoketa...Not much golf being played in Maquoketa these days...everyone waiting for some good weather.....dry, sunny and in the 70's. Spring has been a disappointment thus far. We have had nearly 6-inches of rain in Maquoketa already in April....The JCPH Board doesn't expect to have a new CEO WORKING until July 1 or August 1....the current CEO leaves for his new job with the Princeton, Illinois hospital May 1st...and so the Baord will be soon naming a temporary CEO.....John Cressey Construction and Paint Store on West Platt is doing some extensive rebuilding to the front of the building...should be nice.....A well-know Maquoketa restaurant may have to cut hours because of being unable to find cooks. In some areas...finding employees these days is not easy....Ken Moore has just finished his 3rd four-unit apartement building out in Swagosa .. the sub-division around the golf course and all 14 units are rented. They are nice...and rent for around $600 or more a month....This week, he laid out the digging lines for a 4th Unit...they are all in a row and there will be room for 4 more behind the present, but facing Myatt Drive instead of the golf course road......I hear that Ken will be constructing a new home for his mother, Nancy, sometime this year. She, is busy as ever with the expansion of the Sunshine Pre-School that she has run (NOT OWNED BY HER BUY MANAGED BY A CORPORATION AND BOARD) for over 25 years...and located behind the Jack and Jill Grocery Store....Now mid afternoon and the rain has started.....so long until tomorrow.
Dennis Voy
- Thursday, April 22, 1999 at 15:16:23 (EDT)
Party sunny and in the 50's today......The Maquokta doctors told JCPH Board members yesterday that they don't want to work weekends anymore. For some time now, the hospital has contracted with a Waterloo firm to cover the Emergency Room Sundays until Monday morning...at $63.00 an hour, with local doctors covering the rest of the weekend. Now, local doctors would like to see contracted "emergency room" coverage from Friday night until Monday morning. Hospital CEO Harry Geller, said under the proposal, the hospital would probably break-even under the proposal. However, the hospital could LOOSE money under the plan, IF the emergency room NUMBERS should drop-off. The Board will vote on the matter at their next meeting, next week. Apparently, mamy small hospitals already use "contracted" service over the entire weekend. I'll keep you posted.......Mary Jo Smith, formerly Mary Jo McCarthy, age 56, died at her Thompson, Illinois home yesterday after a 6-month battle with cancer. Her parents were the late Walt and Helen McCarthy and in the late 50's, she was Miss Maquoketa for a year. She was an English Teacher and retired in 1994. She and husband Randy own the l8-hole Morrison golf course. She is survived also by a son and daughter......Paula and Carry Johnson had a girl yesterday in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Maternal grandparents are Frank and Jane Goodenow of Maquoketa....and so much for Wednesday.
Dennis Voy
- Wednesday, April 21, 1999 at 18:29:07 (EDT)
Wet, cloudy and cool today, but the sun made its appearance around 6 tonight.....Thanks to you guys who e-mailed me at my new home e-mail address..... thevoys@webtv.net At the city council meeting last night...JR'S received a liquor permit...JR'S...Jack Rosenberg's new store...JR'S WINE AND SPIRITS...I believe is the full name...opening in May......sorry, but must cut this short today.
Dennis Voy
- Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at 18:53:22 (EDT)
Partly cloudy and mid 60's today.....Dallas had a JR...now Maquoketa is to have a JR's....can you guess?.....Imogene Despeghel, age 68, of Maquoketa had a stroke over the weekend and died yesterday at University Hospitals in Iowa City....The Despeghel's are well known in the town, especially for their volunteer works. She is survived by her husband, Larry, (an ex-Maquoketa Mayor).. a daughter Julie from Swisher and a son Keith from Bettendorf...the couple had planned to go on KMAQ trip this coming Sunday to the Fireside Theatre in Wisconsin.......Jackson Couty's unemployment rate dropped from 5.7% in February to 5.2% in March. The State of Iowa is at 2.7%. Jackson County's is the highest in the area.....Jeannie Mannning and Steve Bohannon of Maquoketa are parents of a girl born last Friday at the JCPH.....And that will do it for today.
Dennis Voy
- Monday, April 19, 1999 at 17:54:52 (EDT)
Mostly cloudy today, but did get up to 50......Drive-in opened for the season Friday and Saturday night, but business slow because of weather....Not much new....Eric and Kristin Garien of Maquoketa are parents of a girl, born Froday at the JCPH.....There were 62 Garage Sales in Maquoketa yesterday and business was brisk throughout the town, I've been told.....Walked to the station an hour ago...now will pump up the tires (at nearby gas station) and bicycle home....I have updated e-mail address at home.....at..... thevoys@webtv.net ....to make sure new address is working, how about everyone checking in to this report...send an e-mail to this address and if nothing else, let me know what you did today....I'm off to the bicycle...have a good week everyone.
Dennis Voy
- Sunday, April 18, 1999 at 20:34:36 (EDT)
Today started out windy,cold and rainy...1.1 inch of rain overnight..and today was supposed to be lousy..but things started getting better in late afternoon and by 4:30..sun shining and inthe 50's....won't too bad a night for the opening tonight of my 61 Drive-In Theatre just south of Maquoketa. Also exciting to re-open the drive-in. New tile floor in concession stand just finished this afternoon...with restrooms next......Drive-In WEB SITE is www.maquoketa.com/61drivein....and it now has a new Guest Book...so if anyone out there has some fond memories of the 6l, leave them on the Guest Book for others to enjoy......Maquoketa's School Board has selected a new High School Principal. This interviewed 4 finalists, and Thursday night, decided on Lorene Dykstra, Principal the last nine years at Griswold High School, a smaller high school than Maquoketa...and located in Southwestern Iowa. She is the first-ever woman High School Principal for Maquoketa, I beleive. In my 41 years in town, the Principals have been Marv Maire, Bill Brooks, Bill Lamb, Bob Hammond, and Dick Wold, the last 14 years...and I'm not sure I have them in the correct order. Wold has taken the early-retirement option. The Board will officially hire Dykstra at their next regular meeting and she will probably start in August.....60 people attended a City Council Ccmittee Meeting last night to object to a proposal to set up an inspection and fees ordinance for landowners who rent properties. Those in attendance and their petition represented 700 of the 800 rental units in town. I didn't realize there were that many. Anyway, the people were quite vocal last night and I'm sure there will be a lot more dicussion on this idea in the weeks to come.....David and JudyCarpenter had a girl last night at the local hospital....the four 4-H Basketball championship games will be played Sunday afernoon at the Bellevue High SChool gym and will be broadcast on KMAQ-AM...and tomorrow afternoon we broadcast the Spring intra-squad game from Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City...a sneak prevue of the 99-Hawkeyes and their new Coach....50 some garage sales in Maquoketa tomorrow, so come on home for some bargains....have a nice weekend.
Dennis Voy
- Friday, April 16, 1999 at 17:35:54 (EDT)
Not too bad a day, partly sunny and in mid 60's....Carolyn Waite, at the school board meeting this week, annouunced her retirement from the position of Secretary at Brigg's Elementary School...a position she's held for 26 years.....Willie Dague, age 62, of Maquoketa died today and services are pending at the Carson and Son Funeral Home in Maquoketa.....Mark McGuire hit 2 homers last night and already has 4 ..GO CARDINALS.....Mayor Jack Rosenberg's new liquor store building is going up...went past it today and the walls are up and they have started on the roof...it is right next to his auto business..and Dale Schmidt is the General Contractor. Talked to Jack the other day and along witn liquor .. he plans to sell GOOD CIGARS.....Gotta go, it is almost 5:50 and I have to hit the FM board, to bring in the Cardinal game....come back again.
Dennis Voy
- Wednesday, April 14, 1999 at 18:38:43 (EDT)
Sunny and warmer, high today in 60's.......A rural Bellevue man, Curt Kass, age 30, is being held in the jail here in Maquoketa on a charge of indecent exposure. He was arrested after an incident at noon Sunday on Main Street in Preston. He is accused of exposing himself to two 12 year old girls who were walking on the street.....Last night, the Maquoketa school board approved the 1999-2000 school year budget and it includes a nearly 3-cent per thousand dollar increase in tax rate compared to the present. The tax asking will be about $15.07 per thousand dollars valuation..........Maquoketa Reserve officers will be able to carry guns while they assist regular police officers, but the question of PAYING them was postponed. Maquoketa City Council members approved allowing the volunteer officers to carry hand guns by a vote of 6 to 1 with Councilman Neil Morehead voting against. Maquoketa Police Chief Bob Andersen had requested that the reserves receive some compensation. Now they receive $1 a year for their services. They are also required to provide most of their equipment, but training is provided by the city. Regarding the guns, theChief said the guns would only be used when reserves are worthing WITH certified officers and they would not be allowed to take them home......Some Maquoeketa residents will be getting a survey form in the mail, asking their opinion on a new swimming pool for Maquoketa...what type and where it should be located....800 forms were mailed..and the form was also printed in the newspaper for others that want to complete the survey. The old swimming pool, going back to the mid 40's, won't be opening this summer because it will cost too much to repair.
The newer pool, over 20 years old, will be available for swiming and lessons....Maquoketa's new street sweeper has arrived and is being used....thank goodness....streets need a sweeping.....and I think I'll just sweep myself out of this office and head dowt the street for a cup of coffee. Take it easy.
Dennis Voy
- Tuesday, April 13, 1999 at 15:10:23 (EDT)
Partly sunny and cool.......A Bellevue man faces at least 8 charges of leading authorities on a high speed chase from Bellevue to Green Island Sunday morning...at speeds up to 100 MPH. Mark Jones, age 21, was charged with OWI and spent the night in jail here in Maquoketa and was released today on a $925 unsecured bond......Work still continues on Horseshoe Pond where l1 campsites are being developed....Maquoketa's Historic District...the Street where Carson Funeral Home is on...and Squiers Manor Bed & Breakfast....it has a lot of nice older homes on it....will be getting new old-fashion light poles, with the city donating $15,000 to the project....Alvin Feller, age 82, died after a sudden illness Saturday night at the hospital here in town. He is survived by his son, Tom, and several grandchildren and sisters and brothers...and thats it for a Monday.
Dennis Voy
- Monday, April 12, 1999 at 18:38:48 (EDT)
Cool, cloudy today..windy also..what happened to Spring. We needed rain and got some Thursday and Friday...and many parts of Iowa also got tornados. Vince Kilburg has a farm between Andrew and Springbrook and heavy winds last week caused about $12,000 worth of damage to some farm buildings he owns.....Ed Lamson died this past week at his home in Webster City. He was 81 and for a few years in teh 70's, owned and operated the Decker Hotel in Maquoketa. He has a daughter, Mrs. Randy Ferguson, and grandkids in Maquoketa. When he left Maquoketa, he became the Chamber manager in Webster City. Survived by his wife Jan, kids and grandkids......The walls started going up this week for the addition to Sunshine Pre-School....Billy Rae Cyrus will be one of the big attractions at this year's Jones County Fair at Monticello...on another night,Martina McBride.....Not much has been announced yet about the Jackson County Fair. It will be the 50th fair at the present site......Maquoketa is having a Spring Spectacular Event this coming weekend,including a city-wide Garage Sale, sponsored by the Maquoketa Chamber of Commerce. Friday, as a part of celebration there will be a lunchbox social and style show at the former Dollar General Store downtown.....The 61 Drive-In Theatre opens this coming Friday andSaturday night. The drive-in celebrates its 50th anniversary next summer. Speaking of anniversaries...First LutheranChurch in Maquoketa celebrates its 75th this year....The TimeWarp Store across from KMAQ will be moving from present location (many years the home of Rotman Motors) and move to East Platt Street in former Simpson Plumbing location and years ago, Marcucci's Tavern. The reason Time WarpGames and Toys is having to move is that Deery Motors owns their building and still plans to tear it down this year for new-car displays. When that building is gone, the Decker Hotel will stand out all alone on its own......New to Maquoketa...a large big drop-off box next to Post Office, to replace the 3 that were there...now all mail..for Maquoketa and outside Maquoketa goes into same box. You mail a letter to someone in Maquoketa and put it into that box, it goes to Cedar Rapids and then back to Maquoketa.....The famous Briggs and Cardinal Elementary music programs are this week at the fairgrounds.....they have been doing them there for nearly 30 years. Some of you may have marched up to the stage when you were a kid to sing with your class.....Have a good week.
Dennis Voy
- Sunday, April 11, 1999 at 16:58:28 (EDT)
Cool, cloudy today..windy also..what happened to Spring. We needed rain and got some Thursday and Friday...and many parts of Iowa also got tornados. Vince Kilburg has a farm between Andrew and Springbrook and heavy winds last week caused about $12,000 worth of damage to some farm buildings he owns.....Ed Lamson died this past week at his home in Webster City. He was 81 and for a few years in teh 70's, owned and operated the Decker Hotel in Maquoketa. He has a daughter, Mrs. Randy Ferguson, and grandkids in Maquoketa. When he left Maquoketa, he became the Chamber manager in Webster City. Survived by his wife Jan, kids and grandkids......The walls started going up this week for the addition to Sunshine Pre-School....Billy Rae Cyrus will be one of the big attractions at this year's Jones County Fair at Monticello...on another night,Martina McBride.....Not much has been announced yet about the Jackson County Fair. It will be the 50th fair at the present site......Maquoketa is having a Spring Spectacular Event this coming weekend,including a city-wide Garage Sale, sponsored by the Maquoketa Chamber of Commerce. Friday, as a part of celebration there will be a lunchbox social and style show at the former Dollar General Store downtown.....The 61 Drive-In Theatre opens this coming Friday andSaturday night. The drive-in celebrates its 50th anniversary next summer. Speaking of anniversaries...First LutheranChurch in Maquoketa celebrates its 75th this year....The TimeWarp Store across from KMAQ will be moving from present location (many years the home of Rotman Motors) and move to East Platt Street in former Simpson Plumbing location and years ago, Marcucci's Tavern. The reason Time WarpGames and Toys is having to move is that Deery Motors owns their building and still plans to tear it down this year for new-car displays. When that building is gone, the Decker Hotel will stand out all alone on its own......New to Maquoketa...a large big drop-off box next to Post Office, to replace the 3 that were there...now all mail..for Maquoketa and outside Maquoketa goes into same box. You mail a letter to someone in Maquoketa and put it into that box, it goes to Cedar Rapids and then back to Maquoketa.....The famous Briggs and Cardinal Elementary music programs are this week at the fairgrounds.....they have been doing them there for nearly 30 years. Some of you may have marched up to the stage when you were a kid to sing with your class.....Have a good week.
Dennis Voy
- Sunday, April 11, 1999 at 16:58:26 (EDT)
Sunny and windy and high of 75......At Maquoketa Rotary meeting today, five people from Australia were guest speakers....they are on Rotary Exchange program and will be here for about 3 days, touring the County..all in the mid 20's to mid 40'...being hosted in town by Rotarian Steve Flynn and will stay at 5 Rotary homes for 2 nights......Jackson County Board of Superviors met this week and authorized use of a County grader to be used to get the stock car racing track in condition and tabled an application for a liquor permit for the former Leisure Lake Inn, heretofore to be known as Rumors.....Sheri Melvold's dad died yesterday in Mesa, Arizona. Had been ill for some time. She is News Director of KMAQ and left with her son Tim for Arizona last night. She is divorced form Doug Melvold, Publisher of the Maquoketa Newspapers......Big event this Saturday night at the fairgrounds, the annual Clinton-Jackson Dairy Association Banquet. After a beef and pork dinner, entertainment by Hypnotist Jim Want of Dubuque, quite popular in this area.....Rain is in the forecast for tomorrow's opening day of the KMAQ Senior Fair.....and so much for today.
Dennis Voy
- Wednesday, April 07, 1999 at 18:19:53 (EDT)
Windy and rain last night, cloudy and windy this morning and sunshine this afternoon with wind..got up to 57 and tomorrow, up in 60's.....Broadcast the first, season opener, for the St. Louis Cardinals last night...and the Cardinals lost, 10 to 8. Mark McGuire got a home run though. We went on the air at 4:50 in the afternoon with the pre-game show and didn't leave the air until after midnight, following the post-game show....quite a start for the l999 season......Long Maquoketa City Council meeting last night. Some time spent deciding that the new city dump site for trees, branches and leaves will be out in the Industrial Park, south of the Woodform Plant. The old site at the end of North Main had to be closed because of the new Maquoketa River Bridge going up in that immediate area....Noisy stock are also discussed last night and it was decided that nothing will be done to quiet them, other than they be forced to use a special muffler that cuts down the noise somewhate. Stock car racing will be starting later this month again, on Saturday nights out at the fairgrounds on the East edge of twon. Bob Wagener will again be the race promoter....The Superviors voted today at their County Board meeting to put on the late June ballot the yes or no question....should Jackson County raise the sales tax to 7% for a ten-year period? The extra 1-percent would be used by all the school districts of the County for infrastructure use ONLY. Petitions were presented at this mornings meeting by enough people that the Superivors by law have to put the issue on the ballott that already has a couple other State issues to be voted on. More on this as we get closer to the election date of June 29th....Allied Electric, formerly Iowa Electric, had a power failure at l0:l5 this morning and didn't get it repaired until around ll:50...and therefore KMAQ was off the air during that time......Never did find out what the problem was.....I'll try and have another report tomorrow, so please check back.
Dennis Voy
- Tuesday, April 06, 1999 at 19:03:55 (EDT)
Sunny, windy and high in mid 70s. It has really been a slow news week in Maquoketa. The new car wash opened Wednesday....called AWESOME CAR WASH...on West Platt Street at the Wal Mart entrance...in fact, they purchased the land from Wal Mart...they being Tony and Kim from Dubuque...nice young couple...she is daughter of Pat O'Hara, MCHS grad and long-time part owner of the very successful Happy Joe's Pizza place inDubuqe. Tony and Kim have 2 small kids..he also in construction work. It is a very nice ... has 3 bays where you wash the car yourself, at l.75 and the other 2 bays are automataic drive-thru. Maquoketa has a single-bay drive-thru at KJ's Convenience Store....a 4-bay wash yourself out on East Platt by Casey's...and the old Robo-Wash on East Platt owned for many years by Hugh Bowman and Dale Koon. There is also a place on East Platt where you can drop your car off and have it cleaned inside and out. So, big question, can Maquoketa support that many car wash places.......Work has again begun on highway 61 four-lane through town....to be completed in August........One of the girls at the nude dance art club at LaMotte, fell off the stage last night...and an ambulance was summoned...so I heard....Maybe I should check out that place one of these days and give you a report...Today's community Good Friday Service was at Faith Community Church on Summitt Street......The Ike's 69th Annual Fish Fry is tomorrow a the Ike's Clubhouse at the South edge of Maquoketa....Maquoketa's new, badly needed Street Sweeper arrives in a couple weeks......Longtime sweeper operator Bobby Graves is doing very well after a brain tumor opeation a few weeks ago....should be going back to work soon.....St. Louise Cardinal baseball broadcasts begin Monday afternoon on KMAQ-FM...our 15th year as a Cardinal station. KMAQ has a record number of exhibitors for the 2-day Senior Fair next week at the fairgrounds.....Dick Specht, MCHS grad, and two friends have purchased TIMERLINE GOLF COURSE at Peosta. All 3 have been working at Thunderhills Golf Course at rural Dubuque. Dick has been the PRO at Thunderhill for quite a few years....have a HAPPY EASTER.
Dennis Voy
- Friday, April 02, 1999 at 16:52:24 (EST)