A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY..HIGH 84.

DR. DALCHOW AND WIFE CELEBRATING THEIR 68TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TODAY. AFTER I MENTIONED IT ON-THE-AIR, MARGARET HAHN CALLED TO HAVE ME TELL THE LISTENERS THAT 49 YEARS AGO, SHE WATCHED DR. DALCHOW
MAKE HER SOME FALSE TEETH AND THAT SHE IS STILL USING THEM TODAY.

NANCY MOORE FROM SUNSHINE SCHOOL CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY TODAY.

ALFRED M. ROCKWELL, AGE 82, DIED YESTERDAY IN LOUISIANA. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, 1 SON, 1 STEP-DAUGHTER, 1 SISTER, NORVA JEAN BEAVER OF MAQUOKETA AND ALSO SISTER-IN-LAW ETHEL ROCKWELL OF MAQUOKETA.

NOTHING MORE TODAY.

DENNIS VOY
 

SON, DAVID VOY IS 31 TODAY. DAUGHTER LONNA VOY WILL BE 29 ON THURSDAY. SHE'S MY YOUNGEST. RED HENTON WILL BE 80 SUNDAY.

NICE DAY..HIGH 85.

DELWOOD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS (K-6 at Delmar)HIRED A RETIRED WISCONSIN SUPERINTENDENT TO FILL IN UNTIL NEXT JUNE. HE REPLACES FRED MAHARRY WHO IS MOVING TO ALTA,IOWA AND A SUPERINTENDENT JOB THERE, CLOSER TO HIS HOME AREA. BOARD MEMBERS HIRED ROBERT BURMEISTER OF MARATHON, WISCONSIN AT $385.00 A DAY, AND TOTAL OF $71,610 FOR THE INTERIM JOB.
NEXT SPRING, THEY WILL LOOK FOR A PERMANENT MAN FOR THE DELWOOD JOB.

TIM AND ANDREA SHERIDAN OF YORK, PA. ARE PARENTS OF A BOY, BORN AUG 18TH AT THE YORK HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE DAVE AND DARLENE HAYES OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE LOLA HAYES, AND MARVIN AND HELEN BRADY OF MAQUOKETA.

ANOTHER SLOW DAY. HEADING DOWN THE STREET TO PICK UP THE 83-WAGON...FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A YEAR, NEEDED TO HAVE A LITTLE WORK DONE ON IT.

DENNIS VOY  

PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY...HIGH AROUND 80.

THE MAQUOKETA IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE HAS A SHOOTING RANGE SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA AND SOME NEIGHBORS ARE COMPLAINING THAT BULLET HOLES HAVE BEEN FOUND ON THEIR PROPERTY...AND THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN AND PETS IN THE AREA. THE POLICE ARE GOING TO CHECK THE AREA MORE WHEN THEY HEAR SHOOTING GOING ON.

MARK BECK REPORTED TO SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES THAT A STIHL CHAINSAW WAS TAKEN FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY TRANSFER STATION NORTH OF MAQUOKETA
WHICH HE IS IN CHARGE OF. AND KEITH KLEIS REPORTED SOMEONE TOOK A 1989 SUSUKI ATV FROM HIS FARM, VALUED AT $1,500.

JUST MENTIONED THIS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE NAUGHTY PEOPLE HERE IN BEAUTIFUL JACKSON COUNTY. THERE'S MORE...

TROY SAMS, AGE 21, WAS CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT AFTER BEING IN A FIGHT ON SOUTH MAIN SUNDAY. AND ZACHARY SCHMIDT, AGE 18, WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT FOR GETTING INTO A FIGHT WITH A JUVENILE MALE, SATURDAY NIGHT. ALSO, DONALD CARLSON, AGE 25, WAS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ASSAULT AFTER HE GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS WIFE, TARA, AT 1 AM THIS MORNING. DURING THEIR ARGUMENT, CARLSON HIT AND CHOKED HIS WIFE. FINIALLY, MAQUOKETA POLICE WERE CALLED TO AN ATTEMPTED BREAK-IN ON SOUTH MAIN STREET EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. MICHAEL HAWKINS, AGE 44, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS WALKING FROM THE APARTMENT WEARING A SHIRT AND UNDERWEAR AND WAS INTOXICATED. THE TENANT SAID HAWKINS WAS ON HIS KNEES BLOWING INTO THE DOOR, CREATING A DISTURBANCE.

MARGARET WANTZ VANDERTUIN, DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND LOLA WANTZ, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, 3 SONS AND SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN.

RICH AND BOBBIE EARLES OF CEDAR FALLS ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SATURDAY. GRANDPARENTS ARE BILL AND MARILYN EARLES AND BOB AND JOAN HEAD, ALL OF MAQUOKETA. BOBBI IS THE 5 AND 10 P.M. NEWS ANCHOR FOR CHANNEL 7 IN WATERLOO....HAS BEEN FOR MANY YEARS.

THAT'S IT FOR TODAY.

DENNIS VOY




 

GOING TO BE A NICE DAY...AROUND 80.

NOT MUCH TO REPORT...

IOWA LOST YESTERDAY, BUT PLAYED A PRETTY GOOD GAME AGAINST THE #8 RATED KANSAS STATE.

NO DEATHS FOR A COUPLE DAYS...AND THAT'S GOOD.

A COUPLE BIRTHS: BOB AND ANN OSTERHAUS ARE GRANDPARENTS AGAIN...
I THINK THEY NOW HAVE 22 OR 23. A GIRL BORN FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO KATE AND MIKE CORRIGAN OF LAGRANGE, ILLINOIS. THAT'S 5 GIRLS FOR THEM AND 1 BOY.

A BOY BORN FRIDAY AT DAVENPORT TO PAUL AND DR. HEIDE HARRINGTON OF THAT CITY. GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE HERBERT AND GERTRUDE WIESE OF MAQUOKETA.

THE OCTOBERFEST OF BANDS PARADE AND COMPETITON THIS YEAR WILL BE THE LAST SATURDAY IN SEPTEMBER. MORE LATER.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY
 

NICE SUMMER DAY TODAY..HIGH OF 89

JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE GAVE (RELEASED) A PUBLIC NOTIFICATION THAT A MAN REGISTERED WITH THE IOWA SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY HAS MOVED TO MONMOUTH, IOWA, WEST OF MAQUOKETA. THE OFFENDER REGISTRY SAYS THE MAN (EDDIE BREWSTER, AGE 30)IS A RISK TO REOFFEND. THIS IS SOMETHING FAIRLY NEW AROUND HER, UNDER NEW STATE LEGISLATION. HE IS LISTED IN THE HIGH RISK LEVEL AND THE NOTIFICATION IS A MEANS FOR THE PUBLIC TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. ALSO, THE PUBLIC CAN NOT TAKE ANY ACTION AGAIST THE PERSON, INCLUDING VANDALISM OF PROPERTY, OR VERBAL OR WRITTEN THREATS AGAINST HIM OR HIS FAMILY.

WADE MOONEY OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 36, WAS SENTENCED TO 2 DAYS IN JAIL.
..ON CHARGES OF DOMESTIC ASSAULT. MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY YVONNE MOONEY SAID HER HUSBAND CHOKED HER AND THREW HER AGAINST A WALL ON JULY 21ST AT 1016 GERMAN STREET, APARTMENT 4.

IOWA OPENS THE FOOTBALL SEASON TOMORROW AT KANSAS CITY, AGAINST KANSAS STATE AND ARE 28-POINT UNDERDOGS. WE WILL BE BROADCASTING BOTH IOWA AND IOWA STATE FOOTBALL THIS YEAR...HAWKEYE GAMES ON FM AND CYCLONE GAMES ON AM. SAGE ROSENFELS AND FAMILY RECEIVED A BIG WRITE-UP TODAY IN THE QUAD CITY TIMES. SAGE, FROM MAQUOKETA, IS THE STARTING QUARTERBACK FOR THE CYCLONES, WHO OPEN THE SEASON NEXT WEEKEND.

THE TIMBER LANES OPENED 10 YEARS AGO, ACCORDING TO THE 'BACK-WHEN' SECTION OF THE NEWSPAPER.

THE MAQUOKETA SWIMMING POOL CLOSES SUNDAY NIGHT AT 6.

SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY IN MAQUOKETA AND THE NEW BUS BARN IS ALMOST DONE.
THE OLD BARN WAS MADE INTO THE 'SHOPS' CLASSROOM. BOTH ARE LOCATED ON SOUTH 5TH STREET, SOUTH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.

DENNIS STARKE OF MAQUOKETA HAD THE FIRST HOLE-IN-ONE LAST WEEK AT THE MAQUOKETA GOLF COURSE...ON HOLD 9 WITH A NUMBER 3 IRON AND THE SHOT WITNESSED BY HIS WIFE DEEDEE.

POP NIGHT IS TOMORROW NIGHT IN MAQUOKETA TO INTRODUCE THE FOOTBALL TEAMS...COME AND WATCH THEM PLAY AND ADMISSION IS 2 CANS OF POP.
COACH MARK HILLEBRAND STARTS HIS 17TH YEAR AS HEAD COACH.

THERE WILL BE HARNESS RACING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON..77 HORSES IN 13 RACES, WITH A PURSE OF $70,000...MONEY THAT COMES FROM THE HORSE TRACK AT DES MOINES.

I MET THE NEW CATHOLIC PRIEST WEDNESDAY...REV. TOM MCDERMOTT OF THE DYERSVILLE AREA. WAS A FARMER FOR 10 YEARS, THEN DECIDED TO BECOME A PRIEST AND HIS FIRST 3 YEARS WERE SPENT UP IN WATERLOO AREA UNTIL HE CAME TO MAQUOKETA THIS SUMMER. NICE GUY. HAPPY TO BE HERE. WENT TO IOWA STATE..AND IS A ST. LOUIS CARDINAL FAN.

ELSIE HAUGER OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, RECENTLY WON THE $6,500 BANKROLL AT THE JACK AND JILL STORE IN MAQUOKETA. HER HUSBAND IS HARRY AND YEARS AGO THEY RAN A POPULAR TAVERN IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. HAVE BEEN IN AREA OVER 52 YEARS AND NOW LIVE ON THE CAVES ROAD.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY  

A SHOWER OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY AND HAZY TODAY WITH A HIGH OF 79.

THE CITY COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT. SPENT MORE TIME ON THE PROPOSED NEW BUILDING CODE ORDINANCE...A 17 PAGE DOCUMENT. MAQUOKETA RESIDENT DAVE BRADY AND MANY CITIZENS ARE OPPOSED TO IT. A PETITION WITH OVER 650 SIGNATURES AGAINST IT WAS PRESENTED AT A PAST COUNCIL MEETING. BRADY AND RESIDENTS WANT IT PUT TO A POPULAR VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE OPPOSED TO THAT KNOWING IT WILL NOT PASS. THE COUNCIL SAYS IT IS ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO PUT THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE TO VOTE....AND BRADY SAYS IT IS NOT. MAYOR ROSENBERG WAS RUDE TO BRADY DURING THE MEETING...AND BRADY FINIALLY SAID HE WOULD HIRE HIS OWN ATTORNEY FOR ANOTHER OPINION. THE COUNCIL TURNED IT BACK TO COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER RECOMENDATION, WITH COUNCILMAN ALVIN BARTEN VOTING NO. SEEMS WHENEVER THE COUNCIL DOESN'T GET ITS WAY...THEY KEEP THEIR HOPES ALIVE BY SENDING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE. MY THOUGHT? MAQUOKETA HAS HAD NO BUILDING CODE FOR 162 YEARS.....AND A 17 PAGE ORDINANCE IS PROBABLY NOT NEEDED NOW. I THINK JUST RE-INFORCING A CURRENT ELECTRICAL CODE IS ALL THAT IS NEEDED...FOR THE SAFETY OF MAQUOKETA.

COUNCILMAN ARE ALSO GETTING CALLS FROM BUSINESS PLACES AND RESIDENTS ON THE HIGHWAY 64-WEST RE-SURFACING PROJECT. SAYING THE PROJECT IS GOING TOO SLOW. I,PERSONALLY, AM GLAD THE STATE IS DOING IT..AND PAYING FOR MOST OF IT...AND NOW HOPE THE JOB WILL BE DONE RIGHT.
I THINK THE PROJECT IS WORTH WAITING FOR AND WILL BE NICE WHEN COMPLETED.

GOSH I'M BEING VOCAL WITH OPINIONS TONIGHT. DOESN'T AN EX-MAYOR AND DOT COMMISSIONER HAVE A RIGHT TO DO THIS??

GUESS WHO WALKED INTO MY OFFICE THIS MORNING? REGULARS TO THIS DAILY REPORT AND GUEST BOOK.....RON AND SHIRLEY MILLER OF PHOENIX AREA...HOME FOR RON'S 50TH CLASS RE-UNION THIS WEEKEND. RON GRADUATED FROM LOST NATION AND THE RE-UNION WILL BE IN LOWDEN..ONLY PLACE THEY COULD FIND AVAILABLE. SHIRLEY GRADUATED....SHE DIDN'T SAY WHEN...FROM MOUNT ST. CLAIR HIGH SCHOOL...ALL GIRL'S SCHOOL..IN CLINTON. RON LOOKS GOOD. SHIRLEY LOOKS EVEN BETTER. THEY LOOK HAPPY AND HOPE THEY HAVE A NICE WEEKEND IN THE GREAT STATE OF IOWA AND COME BACK AGAIN..AND KEEP BRINGING UP THE KMAQ SITE. RON...WAS A CAR SALESMAN IN MAQUOKETA AND THEN LATER, BEFORE RETIRING, WORKED WITH ROSS RIVER.

GOTTA GET HOME FOR DINNER.

PORK'S ON.

DENNIS VOY



 

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND HIGH AROUND 80

TEACHERS WENT BACK TO SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA TODAY...ALSO WORK TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY. THEN REST OF WEEK OFF.... AND SCHOOL OFFICIALLY STARTS NEXT MONDAY.

THE HOSPITAL BOARD IS MEETING NOW AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT.
SO, MIGHT HAVE SOME NEWS FROM THOSE TWO GROUPS TOMORROW.

THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A CHECK FOR $1,000 FROM WAL-MART
IN MAQUOKETA....MATCHING FUNDS FROM THEIR JUNE BREAKFAST. FIREFIGHTERS AL MULHAUSSEN AND JERRY BOWEN ACCEPTED THE CHECK AND
TOLD KMAQ NEWS THE MONEY WILL BE USED FOR TRAINING AIDS.

PEARL MCMURRAY, AGE 79, OF RURAL MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY FROM CANCER.
SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND, FARMED IN PERRY TOWNSHIP. SURVIVORS INCLUDE 3 SONS, INCLUDING LARRY OF MAQUOKETA, AND 2 DAUGHTERS..ALSO A BROTHER AND 3 SISTERS.

BOB THOMAS BOUGHT AN RV. THE CITY MANAGER, BRIAN WAGNER AND WIFE,(SHE TEACHES AT DELWOOD) BOUGHT A HOUSE IN SWAGOSA...THE ONE THE FORREST BUFFINGTON'S MOVED OUT OF. HE WAS THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL UTILITY MANAGER THAT LEFT TOWN. THEY STILL HAVE NOT HIRED A NEW UTIITY MANAGER.

WEST PLATT STREET IS STILL UNDER RE-PAVING PROJECT...DUSTY AND BUMPY.

FARM BUREAU IS SPONSORING A MEET THE CANDIDATES NIGHT IN SEPTEMBER.
BY THE WAY, THEIR NEW BUILDING ON EAST PLATT IS GOING UP FAST.

THEY ARE TUCK-POINTING THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DECKER HOTEL. AFTER THE BUILDING NEXT TO IT WAS TORN DOWN, IT NEEDED IT. LOOKING MUCH BETTER, BUT STILL NOT DONE.

RADIO SHACK STORE IS FOR SALE. I HEARD THAT 7 PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED.

IOWA OPENS THE SEASON SATURDAY AND ARE 4-TOUCHDOWN UNDERDOGS. GOING TO BE ANOTHER LONG SEASON, I BELIEVE.

SO LONG FOR AWHILE. BE SURE TO CHECK THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK FOR SOME NEW ENTRIES.

DENNIS VOY











 

NICE DAY AGAIN.

ERNA L. ALLEN,AGE 81, OF MAQUOKETA DIED LAST NIGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY. SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S.

RUMOR HAS IT..A NEW CASEY'S CONVENIENCE STORE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON EAST PLATT. WE HAVE NOT HAD A CASEY'S SINCE LAST YEAR, WHEN THE MAQUOKETA STORE WAS CHANGED TO A DIFFERENT BRAND.

SLOW, SLOW NEWS DAY.

DENNIS VOY



 

BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY..HIGH OF 76

THE VICE-PRESIDENT AND TIPPER ARE STOPPING OFF AT BELLEVUE TOMORROW AFTERNOON ABOUT 3. KMAQ WILL BE THERE TO COVER IT. I, DOTTIE BAYLES AND SHERI MELVOLD. AND WE GET TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TIPPER. AN ART FESTIVAL ALSO WILL BE GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE AT THE SAME TIME. HE IS STOPPING WHILE ON A BOAT TRIP DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI.

JACKSON COUNTY'S JOBLESS RATE FOR JULY WAS 2.8, DOWN FROM 3.2 IN JUNE.
IOWA WAS 2.1.

KARA FELTEN, AGE 3, DIED FROM ACCIDENTAL DROWING...IN AN OLD HOME SEWER SYSTEM...IN COLFAX, IOWA. SHE DIED AT BLANKS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN DES MOINES. PARENTS ARE KEN AND LYN FELTEN OF COLFAX. GRANDPARENTS ARE REX AND MILDRED FELTEN OF DELMAR.

SCHOOL STARTS A WEEK FROM MONDAY IN MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.  

STILL WARM TODAY, HIGH 84. RAIN IN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND COOLER TOMORROW.

GENERAC, THE GENERATOR COMPANY, HAS TENTATIVELY SET AUGUST 28TH FOR THE DAY FOR GROUNDBREAKING AND ALSO THE DEDICATION OF NEW STREET TO THE SITE WILL BE DEDICATED ON THAT DAY. THE COMPANY PLANS TO HIRE UP TO 400 PEOPLE IN THE NEXT 2 YEARS. THE FACTORY IS EXPECTED TO OPEN THE FIRST PART OF NEXT YEAR. THE NEW PLANT IS BEING BUILT
IN THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA, JUST EAST OF BURNETT-THEIL FORD AND BETWEEN OLD HIGHWAY 61 AND NEW 4-LANE HIGHWAY 61.

FAMILY DOLLAR, A RETAIL DISCOUNT STORE CHAIN, BASED IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, IS THE COMPANY I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT IS SERIOUSLY LOOKING AT MAQUOKETA FOR THE PLACE TO BUILD A 900,000 SQUARE-FOOT DISTRIBUTION CENTER. ALSO BEING CONSIDERED, MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS. BUT EVERYTHING WE HAVE HEARD IS THAT MAQUOKETA IS ON TOP OF THE 2-TOWN LIST. THE DECISION IS EXPECTED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
IF THEY COME, THEY WILL BUILD A $29-MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY WITH AN OVERALL PROJECT COST OF 55-MILLION. IT WOULD BE LOCATED ON 100 ACRES JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE NEW GENERAC BUILDING AND WOULD GO TO THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE JACKSON COUNTY LINE, BUT NOT INTO CLINTON COUNTY. THE COMPANY WOULD EMPLOY 500, IN THE 8 TO 10-DOLLAR AREA RANGE. THERE IS A FAMILY DOLLAR STORE IN DAVENPORT AND DUBUQUE,BUT NOT IN MAQUOKETA.

DR. ROBERT HEPKER OF MAQUOKETA HAS SOLD HIS CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE IN MAQUOKETA TO DR. MICHAEL HEINRICH. THE PRACTICE WAS STARTED IN 1948 BY HIS FATHER, LEROY(AND HIS MOTHER), NOW BOTH DECEASED. HE JOINED HIS FATHER AT THE OFFICE IN 1975 AND PURCHASED THE BUSINESS FROM HIS FATHER IN 1987. HE WILL MOVE TO BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, WHERE TWO DAUGHTERS AND GRANDSONS LIVE. HE PLANS TO RETIRE, BUT MAY GET INTO ANOTHER VENTURE IN HIS NEW STATE. THE NEW OWNER IS THE SON OF JOHN AND CONNIE HEINRICH OF ZWINGLE AND HE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA. HE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH HEPKER IN THE MAQUOKETA OFFICE THE LAST 2 YEARS. ROBERT HAS A BROTHER, DONALD, THAT ALSO LIVES IN MAQUOKETA AND OWNS A BODY SHOP.

SO MUCH FOR TODAY.

DENNIS VOY
 

IT HAS BEEN HOT AND HUMID IN MAQUOKETA THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.
YESTERDAY, HIGH OF 94. 3-TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN AT MID-MORNING
TODAY. TODAY, HIGH OF 88. COOLER WEATHER IS COMING TOMORROW AND WILL LAST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

I WENT TO PASTOR HAROLD KUMPF'S FUNERAL TODAY...AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH. SERVICE LASTED OVER AN HOUR. HIS DAUGHTER, BARBARA, SPOKE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES ABOUT HER DAD...AND DID A NICE JOB....MIXED SERIOUS THOUGHTS WITH HUMOR. TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS SANG AND 3 BROMANS SANG...THEIR PARENTS DR. AND MRS. J. A. BROMANL. THE CHURCH WAS FULL.
ALSO WAS AT THE FUNERAL HOME LAST NIGHT. RAN INTO BEN HULSEN OF EAST MOLINE. HIS SON CURT IS MARRIED TO COOKIE KUMPF. BEN IS STILL SELLING LIGHT BULBS....WHEN HE WANTS TO. HE'S 72. HE WAS A LONGTIME CAR SALESMAN IN MAQUOKETA FOR JOHN WAGENER FORD BEFORE MOVING TO THE QUAD CITIES YEARS AGO. I SAW HIS WIFE SHIRLEY, BUT DID NOT TALK TO HER.

VICE-PRESIDENT AL GORE IS BOATING DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER (BIG BOAT) THIS SATURDAY AND WILL STOP IN BELLEVUE, COME ON SHORE AND TALK TO RESIDENTS ON RIVERVIEW DRIVE IN BELLEVUE. THIS WILL BE ABOUT 2:30 SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

NOLA HINTZ, AGE 74, OF MAQUOKETA DIED TODAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, OWEN OF MAQUOKETA...A DAUGHTER, NOLA HEPKER OF MAQUOKETA...A BROTHER, DANA WIDEL OF MAQUOKETA..AND 2 SISTERS IN MAQUOKETA, NEDA WAGONER AND WAIVE BAILEY.

SORRY I AM NOT DOING A BANG-UP JOB ON THESE REPORTS LATELY..BUT I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY. WILL TRY TO DO BETTER SOON.

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT.

DENNIS VOY



 

Yesterday...a beautiful day..
rain this morning...
will be hot and humid this afternoon...

Pastor Harold Kumpf died early this morning at a Davenport hospital.
He had a "stroke" last Wednesday. He was 84. Was Pastor of the First Lutheran Church in Maquoketa from 1947 to 1980, when he retired. He has lived in Maquoketa throughout his retirement.
He is survived by his wife Eleanor, a daughter Barbara from Loveland,Colorado...a daughter Carolyn in Eldridge, and a son Mike in Valparaiso, Indiana. Also 7 grandchildren and a half-sister from Pella. Services will be at 10:30 Tuesday morning at the First Lutheran Church and friends may can from 4-8 P.M. tomorrow at the Haylock-O'Hara and Lahey Funeral Home in Maquoketa. Harold was a good friend, as well as my Pastor. He married Nancy and I in 1964.
He was in my morning coffee group at the Decker, and was at coffee a last time this past Monday. Then, he told about his 60th Wedding Anniversary get-together with the entire family last week at Galena. He and Eleanor had a great time. He was a St. Louis Cardinal baseball fan so we often talked about the Cardinals. Also a loyal supporter of Maquoketa Cardinal sports. And, he was in the Maquoketa Rotary Club with me also. Many times, giving the noon blessing. A really fine man....and he will be missed.

Fire in Maquoketa this morning destroyed a home. More tomorrow.

Have a GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY.
 

A FEW MOMENTS AGO, I ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED SOMETHING ON COMPUTER THAT WIPED OUT MY DAILY REPORT, AFTER SPENDING OVER 20 MINUTES WRITING IT.
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO WRITE A CLOSING SENTENCE. THIS HAPPENS TOO OFTEN AND IS ONE REASON I AM SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING GIVING THIS UP.
SOME TIMES I HATE COMPUTERS WITH A PASSION.

SO...HERE WE GO AGAIN.

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY IN IOWA....AND THE NEXT FEW DAYS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE GREAT TOO.

REASON I HAVE BEEN ABSENT A FEW DAYS...THE COMPUTER GAVE OUT AND I HAD TO ORDER A NEW POWER SUPPLY, WHICH CAME YESTERDAY.....$65.

AND, FINDING TIME TO DO THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD ANYWAY, AS I HAVE 2 FULLTIME STAFF MEMBERS ON VACATION THIS WEEK.

NOT A LOT HAS HAPPENED THE LAST FEW DAYS.

REV. KUMPF (retired) SUFFERED A STROKE YESTERDAY OR THIS MORNING...AND I HAVE HAD NO REPORT ON HOW HE IS DOING. I'LL LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS I HEAR SOMETHING.

SHIRLEY BICKFORD GOVANG, AGE 58, OF CONCORD, CALIFORNIA, DIED LAST THURSDAY IN CONCORD. SHE GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1961 AND MOVED TO CALIFORNIA IN 1967 WHERE SHE WAS A DENTAL TECHNICIAN. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND RON....AND SURVIVORS ALSO INCLUDE A SISTER, JUDY WOODS OF MAQUOKETA.

DONNA ALLEN, AGE 67, DIED SATURDAY. SERVICES WERE YESTERDAY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, GALEN 'SHORTY' ALLEN. SURVIVORS ALSO INCLUDE 2 DAUGHTERS, JENNIFER COLLISTER AND CINDY TURNEY, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.

THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW THROUGH THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK...A ONE WEEK CELEBRATION. I PURCHASED IT IN 1972 FROM THE LATE BUD MCKINSEY, WHO HAD IT FOR AROUND 10 YEARS. IT WAS OPENED IN AUGUST OF 1950 BY WALT ALLEN AND RICHARD FRANKLIN OF MAQUOKETA. A COUPLE NIGHTS AGO, IT WAS FEATURED ON THE TV 40 NEWS IN DUBUQUE. THIS MORNING, I WAS ON THE KMAQ 'JUST TALK' SHOW FOR THE ENTIRE HOUR, TALKNG ABOUT IT. I SPOKE ON THE PHONE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES WITH TOM GOODALL OF ELDRIDGE,AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA WHO WORKED ON AND OFF AT THE DRIVE-IN FOR MCKINSEY FROM 1963 UNTIL I BOUGHT IT... AND THEN HE WORKED FOR ME A COUPLE YEARS. HE IS A TEACHER FOR NORTH SCOTT SCHOOL SYSTEM IN ELDRIDGE...HAS BEEN OVER 30 YEARS. THIS WEEKEND, THE TELEGRAPH HERALD WILL HAVE A WRITE-UP ON IT.
I KNOW VERY LITTLE OF ITS EARLY DAYS, BETWEEN 1950 AND 1960. THE ORIGINAL SCREEN WAS OF WOOD AND IT WAS TUMBLED BY A STORM IN 1960. THE NEXT(STEEL) SCREEN LASTED UNTIL IT WENT DOWN ON ME IN MAY OF 1995.
NOW DAYS, IT IS THE ONLY ONE AROUND AND IS VERY POPULAR. ABOUT 70-PERCENT OF THE PATRONS COME FROM THE QUAD CITIES, WHICH HAS A
COMBINED POPULATION OF OVER 400,000. AT ONE TIME, THE QUAD CITIES HAD 5 OF THEIR OWN DRIVE-INS AND EACH WAS BIGGER THAN THE 61.
CEDAR RAPIDS HAD 3... DUBUQUE 2 AND CLINTON 1. NOW, WE SHOW MOSTLY FAMILY MOVIES.

THE JACKSON COUNTY PRO RODEO STARTS TONIGHT AND PERFORMANCES ALSO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT, AT RURAL BELLEVUE. BRAD DEERY MOTORS IN MAQUOKETA IS A PRIME SPONSOR. IT IS A VERY GOOD RODEO, AND WITH GOOD WEATHER, THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS CROWDS. IT IS RUN BY DAVE MOREHEAD AND HIS WIFE OF RURAL MAQUOKETA,WHO SUPPLY THE LIVESTOCK TOO.

FOOTBALL PRACTICE STARTS MONDAY IN MAQUOKETA.

THE STARTING QUARTERBACK FOR THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES, SAGE ROSENFELS, OF MAQUOKETA, IS GETTING A LOT OF PRESS THESE DAYS.
HE IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE TOP 3 QUARTERBACKS IN THE NATION AND HAS THE PROS WATCHING HIM CLOSELY. HE IS A SENIOR.

FLORIDINO'S PIZZA ON THE CORNER IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA IS NOW,
KRISTINO'S PIZZERIA...SAME OWNERS, NEW NAME.

KATHY AND VERL BANOWETZ CELEBRATED THEIR 30TH ANNIVERSARY IN BUSINESS THIS WEEK.....ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR "ANTIQUES" BUSINESS PLACES IN THE MIDWEST. THEY ALSO HAVE THE POPULAR 'SQUIRES MANOR BED AND BREAKFAST' IN MAQUOKETA.

BOB OSTERHAUS LEAVES THIS WEEKEND FOR LOS ANGELES TO BE AN ALTERNATE IN THE DEMOCRATS NATIONAL CONVENTION. HE IS STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS AREA AND WILL BE WITH THE 2ND DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES AT THE CONVENTION. FIRST TIME FOR HIM TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL CONVENTION AND AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER, THE ONLY MAQUOKETA PERSON TO BE EITHER A DELEGATE OR ALTERNATE. SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING, FUN TIME FOR BOB.

YESTERDAY, THEY POURED THE NEW STREET IN MAQUOKETA'S NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. THE NEW INDUSTRY, GENERAC,IS EXPECTED TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR BUILDING ANY DAY. WE ARE STILL VERY CLOSE TO GETTING THE HUGE WAREHOUSING INDUSTRY FOR THE NEW PARK. THOSE TWO COMBINED WOULD EMPLOY OVER 1,000 WITHIN 5 YEARS.

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT.

DENNIS VOY




 

NICE WEATHER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS..HIGHS IN THE LOW 80'S. RAIN IN FORECAST FOR PART OF WEEKEND.

THE DEWITT MAN, AGE 20, THAT WAS BURNED OVER 60% OF HIS BODY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE DEMOLITION DERBY AT THE DEWITT FAIR, IS GOING TO MAKE IT. HE SAYS HE WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR.

PASTOR HAROLD AND ELEANOR KUMPF TODAY CELEBRATED THEIR 60TH. KIDS ARE HERE.
COOKIE FROM ELDRIDGE, BARB FROM COLORADO AND MIKE FROM INDIANNA.

YESTERDAY WAS SCHOOL BOARD FILING DEADLINE DAY. MAQUOKETA HAS TWO OPENINGS TO FILL IN THE SEPTEMBER ELECTION. DAVE TABOR WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION UNOPPOSED. PASTOR BRAD MILLER WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION AND WILL HAVE OPOSITION FROM ZOE MCMAHON.

FRED MAHARRY, SCHOOL SUPT. AT DELWOOD SINCE 1994 QUIT THIS WEEK TO TAKE SUPT. JOB IN WESTERN IOWA....IN A BIGGER DISTRICT AND CLOSER FAMILY.

DARRELL FREEMAN OF MAQUOKETA HIT A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY JOSEPH MCCARTHY,AGE 63, OF MAQUOKETA....YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. FREEMAN REFUSED TREATMENT FOR MINOR INJURIES. DAMAGES CAME TO OVER $10,000 TO BOTH CARS. FREEMAN, AGE 21, WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING LEFT OF CENTER.

JAY THOMASON, JR., AGE 26, WAS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ASSULT. HIS WIFE SAID HE SHOVED HER DOWN AND HIT HER IN THE FACE EARLY THIS MORNING AT THEIR RESIDENCE AT 111 S. MATTESON. OFFICERS FOUND JAY THOMASON HIDING IN THE GARAGE NEXT TO THE HOUSE.

ALVIN JORGENSEN, AGE 82, DIED WEDNESDAY AT HIS HOME. HE WAS A LONGTIME BUILDING CONTRCTOR IN MAQUOKETA..BUILDING HOMES. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE ARLENE, A SON GARY IN BELLEVUE AND 2 DAUGHTERS, LINDA IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND BONNIE IN FAIRFAX.

A POWER FAILURE NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA KEPT KMAQ OFF THE AIR ALL AFTERNOON TODAY.

THAT ALL FOR NOW.

DENNIS VOY  

BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA AGAIN...SUNSHINE,A LITTLE BREEZE AND A HIGH OF 83.

THE GRAND CHAMP STEER AT THE CLINTON COUNTY FAIR...CHOSEN TODAY, WAS SHOWN BY JARRET MUHLHOLLAND OF ELVIRA AND A MEMBER OF THE ELVIRA RUSTLERS CLUB. HIS GRANDFATHER IS THE SHERIFF. THE STEER WAS A CROSSBRED. THE RESERVE CHAMP, A SIMANTAL, WAS SHOWN BY JAMIE BORMAN, SON OF RON AND JEAN. HE BELONGS TO THE GOOSE LAKE 4-H CLUB.

JOLENE STARR REPORTED SOMEONE ENTERED HER APARTMENT AND TOOK A SMALL AMOUNT OF CASH. THE DOOR WAS DAMAGED.

WE HAD A SHORT STORM PASS THROUGH MAQUOKETA LAST NIGHT AROUND 8:30, AND THE WINDS DOWNED A TREE WHICH FELL ON LISA EARLES CAR ON SOUTH 2ND STREET. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE CAR.

HELEN LARY OF DELMAR DIED MONDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HUSBAND WILMAR, ALSO A RESIDENT OF CRESTRIDGE. FOR MANY YEARS, THE COUPLE RAN THE FARMERS SUPPLY BUSINESS IN DELMAR, NOW OPERATED BY SON JOHN. GENE LARY OF DELMAR IS ANOTHER SON AND SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER, JOAN TRENTZ OF MAQUOKETA.

REV. JOHN PERBOOM, 64, OF LEWISTOWN,ILLINOIS DIED YESTERDAY AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, THE FORMER JUDY WOODS OF MAQUOKETA...ALSO 2 DAUGHTERS AND 1 SON.

AND GOOD NIGHT TO YOU ALL. THANKS FOR ALL THE GUEST BOOK ENTRIES.

DENNIS VOY

 

BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA.

AN IOWA CITY MAN WAS KILLED AND A VINTON FAMILY IN ANOTHER VEHICLE RECEIVED INJURIES IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AT 10:32 A.M. YESTERDAY IN JONES COUNTY BETWEEN MONTICELLO AND CASCADE. THE HIGHWAS WAS CLOSED OVER 2 HOURS BECAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.

THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR HAD ANOTHER GOOD DAY YESTERDAY. THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE ANTIQUE SHOW.....PEOPLE COULD BRING NO MORE THAN 2 ITEMS TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY WERE WORTH. AND THE BULL RIDING SHOW LAST NIGHT WAS ANOTHER BIG HIT, WITH A FULL GRANDSTAND.
TOTAL ATTENDANCE FOR THE 5-DAYS....16,981....1K,852 MORE THAN LAST YEAR. IT WAS THE 3RD HIGHEST OVERALL ATTENDANCE.

TODAY, WE GOT OUR FIRST OBITUARY IN SEVERAL DAYS.....PATRICIA GALLAGHER, FORMERLY OF BELLEVUE, AGE 74, DIED YESTERDAY AT A DUBUQUE HOSPITAL. YEARS AGO, SHE AND HER HUSBAND, RAY, OWNED A FUNERAL HOME IN BELLEVUE.

HAVE TO CLOSE THIS FOR NOW...BE BACK TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY  

RAIN ON AND OFF IN THE AREA TODAY....AND HIGHS AROUND 75-80

LAST NIGHT(SATURDAY NIGHT), RAIN AROUND 6:30....AND ENOUGH OF IT...TO CAUSE THE STOCK CAR RACES TO BE CANCELLED AT THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR.
BUT, THEN IT CLEARED AND THE REST OF THE NIGHT WAS FINE. QUITE A FEW RACING FANS WENT AWAY MAD (no refunds)....BUT...NO ONE CAN CONTROL THE WEATHER.

I JUST GOT BACK FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS A FEW MINUTES AGO...WENT OUT TO
CLEAR OUT THE KMAQ BOOTH AND BRING EQUIPMENT BACK TO THE STATION.
THE GRANDSTAND SHOW....BULL RIDING..WAS STILL ON AND THE GRANDSTAND WAS FULL.

SO..THE 2000 FAIR IN MAQUOKETA IS HISTORY..AND I'LL HAVE SOME CLOSING COMMENTS ABOUT THE FAIR ON UPCOMING DAILY REPORTS....LIKE FINAL
ATTENDANCE FIGURES.

IN THE TALENT SEARCH SHOW LAST NIGHT....IN THE KIDS SPROUT DIVISION,
JOHNORA CAVEN, AGE 12, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS NAMED THE OUTSTANDING AREA ACT AND REBEKAH ENGSTROM, AGE 11,OF MAQUOKETA WAS GIVEN THE BEST FIRST TIME PERFORMANCE AWARD. FIRST PLACE AND $75 WENT TO MIRANDA WAHL, AGE 11, OF ZWINGLE AND SHE WILL GO ON TO STATE FAIR COMPETITION. IN THE SENIOR DIVISION, FIRST PLACE AND $100 WENT TO THERESE KROGMAN OF MAQUOKETA, WHO PERFORMED A VIOLIN SOLO. SHE ALSO WILL REPRESENT JACKSON COUNTY AT STATE FAIR.

TONY KILBURG,OF BELLEVUE, A 5TH GRADER, SHOWED THE GRAND CHAMPION STEER AT THE FAIR. THE SENIOR SHOWMANSHIP WINNER WAS MISS SHANNON JOHNSON OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, A 2000 GRAD AT MCHS.

BAD ACCIDENT BEFORE NOON TODAY BETWEEN MONTICELLO AND CASCADE.
THEY CLOSED THE HIGHWAY FOR AWHILE AND I HEARD 3 HELICOPTERS WERE
BROUGHT IN. HOPEFULLY, I'LL REMEMBER TO TELL YOU MORE TOMORROW.

GOT AN E-MAIL THIS WEEKEND FROM A PERSON THAT LEFT MAQUOKETA IN THE 50'S AND NOW IS ENJOYING THIS DAILY REPORT....AND WHO ALSO TOLD
OF SOME MEMORIES OF THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR BACK IN THE 50'S....
TELLING ABOUT GENE AUTRY AND TEX RITTER AT THE FAIR...AND ALSO
FINDING MARCUCCI'S TAVERN A POPULAR PLACE. TROUBLE IS..WHEN YOU SEND ME AN E-MAIL, ONLY I GET TO READ IT AND ENJOY IT. THIS PERSON
SHOULD HAVE ENTERED THE STORIES IN THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE....THEN EVERYONE COULD HAVE ENJOYED THE COMMENTS. THIS
HAPPENS QUITE FREQUENTLY.....THAT SOME OF YOU GUYS AND GALS E-MAIL ME (WHICH IS FINE, I LIKE HEARING FROM YOU THAT WAY) BUT FORGET TO ENTER A MESSAGE OR TWO OR THREE ALSO ON THE GUEST BOOK. SO...PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND IN THE FUTURE.

REMINDS ME...WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO RON REIF?? HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HIM IN A LONG LONG TIME. HE HAS GOOD STORIES ABOUT OLD MAQUOKETA AND WE MISS HIS COMMENTS. HOPE HE IS OKAY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY



 

BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY TODAY, WITH HIGH OF 85.

THE RAIN STOPPED ABOUT 5 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR PARADE WENT ON AS SCHEDULED AT 6:30. AND LASTED OVER AN HOUR AND A HALF, WITHOUT A SPRINKLE. THEN...GOOD NIGHT ON THE GROUNDS AFTER THE PARADE WITH ATTENDANCE BETTER THAN LAST YEAR ON WEDNESDAY.

NANCY AND I ENJOYED OUR RIDE IN A CORVETTE....THE GRAND MARSHALL CAR DONATED FOR THE PARADE BY JOHN MANSON AND DRIVEN BY HIS LOVELY DAUGHTER, ERIN. THE CAR MOVED SWIFTLY AND WE WERE WELL RECEIVED ALONG THE ROUTE. YES .. DID A LOT OF WAVING. WE SAT UP HIGH ON THE BACK OF THE CAR. NOBODY THREW A TOMATO.

THE BEST OVERALL PARADE ENTRY AWARD WENT TO THE ANDREW FIRE DEPARTMENT...A WIZARD OF OZ FLOAT. MY KIDS SURPRISED ME...ESPECIALLY CHRISTY AND HUSBAND CHARLIE...AND ENTERED A FLOAT IN RECOGNITION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMING IN AUGUST OF MY 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE. WELL DONE TOO. HAD A SCREEN AND KIDDIE CARS SITTING ON THE IMITATION GRASS.... WATCHING THE MOVIE.

STEVIE HUDRLIK OF ANDREW WAS NAMED THE FAIR QUEEN. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF STEVEN AND MARY LOU. SHE GRADUATED IN JUNE FROM ANDREW HIGH SCHOOL WITH A 4-PLUS GRADE-POINT AVERAGE. SHE'S GOING TO UNIVERSITY OF IOWA TO BE A PHARMACIST. FIRST RUNNERUP WAS CARLA JEAN WOSOBA OF MONMOUTH AND SECOND RUNNERUP WAS JULI WHARTON OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MHS CLASS OF 55 IS HAVING THEIR REUNION THIS SATURDAY IN MAQUOKETA.

A LADY CAME UP TO ME AT THE FAIR TODAY, AT THE KMAQ BOOTH, FROM TEXAS...A FORMER MAQUOKETAN....AND SHE SAYS SHE CHECKS THIS SITE EVERY DAY. FORGOT TO GET HER NAME. BUT BELIEVE SHE SAID SHE IS RELATED TO JOHN AND MONA EASTMAN MAQUOKETA.

LEIGHTON HEPKER INTERVIEWED LEROY VAN DYKE ON PHONE FROM MAQUOKETA MOTEL THIS MORNING...NICE GUY....AND I INTERVIEWED HIS WIFE ON THE GROUNDS THIS AFTERNOON....NICE LADY. HE STARTED IN THE BUSINESS NEARLY 44 YEARS AGO. HIS FIRST HIT...THE AUCTIONEER SONG...AND HE WROTE IT WHILE SERVING IN KOREA.

AND SO MUCH FOR TODAY....MORE ABOUT THE FAIR TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY  

IT HAS BEEN RAINING IN MAQUOKETA ALL AFTERNOON. WILL IT CLEAR BY 6 TONIGHT SO WE CAN HAVE THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR PARADE? THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION! I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ON TOMORROW'S REPORT.

SOME TIME PERIODS OF THE DAY, THE TRAFFIC ON WEST PLATT STREET
IS A LITTLE BUSY. THIS WEEK, A MEETING WAS HELD BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS AND THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REGARDING THE PROBLEM OR POTENTIAL PROBLEM DOWN THE ROAD. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A TRAFFIC STUDY ...AND TALKING 2 TO 4-HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE STUDY. HARD TO BELIEVE A STUDY WOULD COST THAT MUCH.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM YET, BUT THERE COULD BE IN A FEW YEARS, ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS MORE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT OUT IN THAT AREA.

PRECISION METAL WORKS OF MAQUOKTA IS PLANNING A MAJOR EXPANSION OF THEIR INDUSTRY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BUILD PARTS FOR THE NEW GENERAC PLANT COMING TO TOWN. THE COMPANY WAS RECENTLY APPROVED FOR A COUNTY REVOLVING LOAN FUND LOAN. OF OVER $200,000. TOTAL COST OF THE EXPANSION, $79O,000. THE EXPANSION WOULD BE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THEIR PRESENT BUILDINGS AND WOULD BE 18,000 SQUARE FEET. IT WOULD
RESULT IN 14 NEW JOBS. THEY ARE GOING TO PRODUCE FUEL TANKS FOR THE NEW GENERATORS THAT WILL COME OFF THE GENERAC MANUFACTURING LINE.
GENERAC IS SET TO START CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR NEW BUILDING IN AUGUST.
THE LAST WORD ON THE NEW WAREHOUSING INDUSTRY IS THAT THE OWNER IS PLANNING ANOTHER VISIT NEXT WEE AND A DECISIION IS EXPECTED TO BE MADE IN AUGUST. IT WOULD EVENTUALLY EMPLOY 500.

IS THERE A NURSE SHORTAGE AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL?
NOT AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD WAS TOLD THIS WEEK. THE HOSPITAL WILL HAVE A BOOTH AT THE FAIR THIS WEEK IN MAQUOKETA.

WONDER WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO RON REIF....NO WORD FROM HIM IN A LONG TIME.

OFFICIALLY, AS OF TODAY, JACKSON COUNTY HAS A NEW COUNTY ATTORNEY...
JOHN KIES. HE HAS BEEN ACTING ATTORNEY SINCE JULY 1ST WHEN PHIL TABOR LEFT THE OFFICE. HE COULD NOT TAKE OVER JULY 1ST BECAUSE HE NEEDED TO MEET THE 60-DAY RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FIRST. HE WAS SWORN IN BY COUNTY BOARD CHAIRMAN JACK WILLEY THIS MORNING.

ON THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S BLOTTER....ELIZABETH GASKIN OF ANDREW REPORTED HER VEHICLE WAS BOMBED WITH EGGS YESTERDAY.

JIM AND CAROL SUMMERS DAUGHTER WAS MARRIED SATURDAY..ALSO ....
SO WAS A DAUGHTER OF TOM AND PAM PEKOSH.

AROUND 70 ATTENDED THE CHAMBER DINNER MEETING LAST NIGHT AT BLUFF LAKE CATFISH FARM.....INLCLUDING NANCY AND I. GOOD FOOD...SHRIMP AND COD....AND CAKE FOR DESSERT. RICH HAINSTOCK TALKED ABOUT HIS NEW GOLF COURSE, WHICH IS WAY AHEAD OF CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE.
SEEDING WILL BE DONE IN SEPTEMBER AND HE HAS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, 2001, AS THE TARGET TIME TO OPEN. HE SAID IT WILL BE A CHALLENGE TO PLAY.

BURNETT-THEIL FORD WILL HAVE IN THE PARADE TONIGHT....THE NEW FORD HARLEY DAVIDSON TRUCK...A BLACK PICKUP THAT SELLS FOR OVER 35-THOUSAND. JUST A CERTAIN NUMBER WERE MADE AND THE LOCAL FORD GUYS, RON AND BOB, GOT TWO.

THE LOCAL PAPER DID A BIG FRONT PAGE STORY ON ME THIS WEEK, BECAUSE I AM THE GRAND MARSHALL FOR THE PARADE TONIGHT..COMPLETE WITH A PICTURE STANDING IN FRONT OF KMAQ BUILDING WITH THE CALL LETTERS BEHIND ME...AND ALSO A 1966 PICTURE OF ME DOING AN INTERVIEW AT THE FAIR THAT SUMMER WITH THE TV DOG, LASSIE AND HIS OWNER-TRAINER, NOW DECEASED. IF THERE IS NOW PARADE TODAY, IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME IT HAD TO BE CALLED OFF. BUT, AS I LOOK OUT MY OFFICE WINDOW, LOOKS LIKE THE RAIN HAS STOPPED AND IT IS GETTING LIGHTER OUT.

SO...ON TO THE PARADE...

HOPEFULLY...

SEE YOU TOMORROW...

DENNIS VOY



 

82 YESTERDAY, 82 FOR HIGH TODAY...TOMORROW, HIGH AROUND 80.....
ITS LIKE HEAVEN HERE IN MAQUOKETA. COME BACK TO IOWA AND LIVE.

SLOW NEWS WEEKEND. NO ACCIDENTS IN EITHER CLINTON OR JACKSON COUNTY OVER WEEKEND....VERY UNUSUAL.

HOT ISSUE THESE DAYS....SHOULD MAQUOKETA ADOPT A BUILDING CODE?
BIG MEETING TONIGHT AT CITY HALL TO DISCUSS IT. MAQUOKETA IS 162 YEARS OLD....AND HAS NEVER HAD ONE. WHY FIX IT? IT AIN'T BROKE! THAT'S MY COMMENT TO PEOPLE WHO ASK. I'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED.

TONI MARCUS, JENNIFER SHALLER AND HAROLD STANER,JR....ALL 3 HIT A DEER OVER THE WEEKEND.

WADE MOONEY, AGE 36, OF MAQUOKETA, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ASSAULT. LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON, IN THE GERMAN STREET APARTMENTS, HE GRABBED HIS WIFE BY THE NECK, CHOCKED HER AND PUSHED HE AGAISNTTHE WALL.

MICHAEL BERG, AGE 38, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICTION AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT. LATE SATURDAY NIGHT, THE POLICE WERE CALLED TO TIMBER LANES. THE REPORT WAS THAT THERE WAS A FIGHT THERE. SECURITY OFFICERS SAID THEY HAD KICKED BERG OUT 3 TIMES BUT HE KEPT COMING BACK TO THE LANES. HE THEN RESISTED ARREST FOR INTOXICATION AND RESISTING ARREST. HE FOUGHT SGT. BRAD KORANDA KICKED HIM IN THE KNEE DURING THE ARREST AROUND MIDNIGHT. TIMBER LANES WAS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL OUTDOOR BEACH PARTY, WITH MUSIC OF COURSE AND I HEARD TODAY, THEY HAD A GOOD TURNOUT.

LEO CROCE, AGE 85, DIED SATURDAY AT HIS HOME IN MAQUOKETA. HE WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES FOR MANY YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY 2 SONS, BILLY CROCE OF MAQUOKETA AND BUTCH CROCE OF TORONTO,IOWA. ALSO 5 DAUGHTERS, INCLUDING MONA CLEARY IN LOST NATION, DONNA CAMP IN ALABAMA, MAXINE FLOCK OF MAQUOKETA, JANIS SCAY OF MAQUOKETA AND WENDY HAINSTOCK OF DELMAR. ALSO A BROTHER, LOUIS OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER DORIS VOZENILEK OF MAQUOKETA.

BETTY SNYDER, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA,FORMERLY OF BALDWIN, DIED SATURDAY MORNING AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA.

THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR STARTS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WITH THE PARADE AT 6:30. THE CARNIVAL IS ALREADY STARTING TO ARRIVE.

I HEAR BUSINESS IS SLOW AND MEMBERSHIP IS DOWN AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB AND THE NEW GOLF COURSE ISN'T EVEN OPEN YET...NOT UNTIL NEXT YEAR. LOT OF THE MEMBERSHIP IS ALSO GETTING UP IN YEARS.
COULD BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM DEVELOPING. SPEAKING OF GOLF, THE DEERE RUN GOLF COURSE, NEW IN THE COAL VALLEY AREA, IN THE QUAD CITES, WILL BE THE LOCATION FOR THE ANNUAL JOHN DEERE GOLF TOURNAMENT. YEARS AGO, IT STARTED OFF IN THE QUAD CITIES, AS THE HARDIES INVITATIONAL.
THE BIX RUN WAS HELD OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE QUAD CITIES AND THE NUMBER OF RUNNERS WAS DOWN ABOUT 5,000, DESPITE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.

STOCK CAR RACING SATURDAY NIGHT....MAQUOKETA DRIVERS DID AS FOLLOWS:
CRAIG WALDORF, 4TH IN TROPHY TRUCKS FEATURE....WILLIE HANSEN CAME IN 5TH......IN HOBBY STOCK, DALE WEEKS, 6TH AND MIKE SHADY, 9TH.....IN THE B-MODIFIEDS, JEFF BAKER, 1ST, DUSTIN EDWARDS, 3RD AND RICH DUHME, 7TH. IN THE STREET STOCK DIVISION, BOB GARIEN, 6TH AND BRENT NUGENT 9TH. IN THE PRO STOCK, LLOYD NABB, 1ST, FOR THE 4TH TIME THIS YEAR. SCOTT SCHURBON, 5TH. IN THE V-8 MODIFIEDS, SCOTT BARTEN 7TH AND GARY ANDERSON, 8TH. AND IN THE LATE MODEL FEATURE,
DOUG NIGH, THE ONLY MAQUOKETAN RACING IN THAT CLASS, TOOK A 3RD.

ANY MEMORIES OF THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR? THIS WOULD BE A GOOD WEEK TO TELL THEM IN THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY  

TERRIFIC DAY IN MAQUOKETA..76

JUNE US EMPLOYMEMT RATE....4.0
JUNE IA EMPLOYMENT RATE....2.2
JACKSON COUNTY JUNE RATE...3.2

NO BIRTHS..NO DEATHS..

SLOW NEWS DAY...

SORRY..

DENNIS VOY  

PARTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING AND PARTLY SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON..A HIGH OF 78.

SAM GRUENWALD, AGE 50, DIED SUDDENLY LAST NIGHT AT THE JACKSON COUNTY
PUBLIC HOSPITAL HERE IN TOWN. HE HAS HAD HEART PROBLEMS FOR A COUPLE YEARS. ACCORDING TO HIS WISHES, THERE WILL BE NO FUNERAL SERVICE,BUT FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME TOMORROW FROM 4 UNTIL 8 P.M. SAM OWNED AND OPERATED THE RADIO SHACK STORE IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA...FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS AND PRIOR TO THAT WAS IN THE APPLIANCE BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE DIANE, HIS MOTHER, THELMA,"PAT" GRUENWALD, TWO DAUGHTERS, AMANDA GRUENWALD IN SPRINGFIELD,ILLINOIS AND SAMANTHA GRUENWALD HERE IN TOWN.
ALSO SURVIVED BY 1 BROTHER, CHUCK, IN SPIRIT LAKE, IDAHO AND 1 SISTER, ONALEE STEEGE OF CEDAR FALLS, IOWA. SAM RAN A GOOD RADIO SHACK STORE AND WILL BE MISSED. I WAS IN HIS STORE QUITE OFTEN.
IT WAS A SHOCK TO MANY IN MAQUOKETA THIS MORNING TO HEAR OF HIS DEATH.

HAVE TO RUN..

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT.

DENNIS VOY  

COOL WEATHER CONTINUED TODAY. THE 2ND DAY IN A ROW WITH A HIGH OF ONLY 75. THIS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THRU THE WEEKEND.

GOOD WEATHER FOR THE 148TH GREAT JONES COUNTY FAIR IN MONTICELLO.
IT STARTED TODAY. WE DID OUR FIRST BROADCAST THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE FAIR AND HAVE OUR NEXT EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT STILL IS NOT ONLY THE OLDEST COUNTY FAIR IN THE STATE, BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST.
TOMORROW NIGHT, ALABAMA WILL ENTERTAIN AND FRIDAY NIGHT, SAWYER BROWN.
IT IS FAMOUS ALSO FOR ITS VARIETY OF FOOD AVAILABLEON THE GROUNDS.

TODAY WAS RIDICULOUS DAY IN MAQUOKETA AND FROM WHAT I OBSERVED AND HEARD, IT WAS A GOOD DAY FOR MAQUOKETA MERCHANTS. MANY STARTED THEIR SALES AT 7 THIS MORNING. MOST CLOSED UP AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON AND HAD A LITTLE POST PARTY AT THE LOFT.

WORK HAS STARTED IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA ON THE NEW FARM BUREAU BUILDING. THE BUILDING PERMIT SAID IT IS TO COST OVER $200,000.
I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT FARM BUREAU MEMBERS WILL HELP WITH THE CONSTRUCTION.

THE NEW MISSISSIPPI BLOOD MOBILE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE PUBLIC AT THE HOSPITAL TODAY. IN THE PAST, THE HOSPITAL WAS WITH RED CROSS, BUT NOW GETS BLOOD FROM MISSISSIPPI. A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY WAS HELD AT NOON TODAY, THEN EVERYONE COULD TOUR THE LARGE BUS FACILITY, EQUIPPED WITH ALL THAT IS NEEDED FOR TAKING BLOOD FROM DONARS, INCLUDING 4 VERY COMFORTABLE-LOOKING CHAIR-BEDS. SO, WHEREAS IN THE PAST, PEOPLE WENT INTO A MAQUOKETA BUILDING TO GIVE BLOOD,... NOW...THEY GO INTO THE SPECIAL VEHICLE. THEY THEN HELD A BLOOD DRIVE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE COACH AND HAD A GOAL OF 50 UNITS. I HAVE NOT HEARD HOW IT WENT. HAVE YOU GIVEN BLOOD LATELY? I HAVE NOT, BUT THINK I'LL GET STARTED AGAIN.

DAVE JOHNSON IS DOING OK AFTER HIS HEART SURGERY AND IS COMING HOME SOON, SO I HEARD THIS MORNING. ALSO IN BANKING....NORLAN HINKE
WILL BE LEAVING THE 1ST CENTRAL STATE BANK IN DEWITT AFTER OVER 20 YEARS. HE HAS BEEN TOP MAN THERE FOR QUITE AWHILE. I DON'T KNOW
REASON HE IS LEAVING...NOR HAVE I HEARD WHAT HIS PLANS ARE. HE WORKED HERE IN MAQUOKETA BEFORE DEWITT. HIS WIFE CINDY, IS THE FORMER CINDY BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA. THE 1ST CENTRAL STATE BANK HAS HAD TREMENDOUS GROWTH AND JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED AN ADDITION TO THE BUILDING, ALONG WITH A COMPLETE NEW LOOK, AT A COST OF AROUND 2-MILLION. THE BANK IS OWNED BY THE SAME HOLDING COMPANY THAT OWNS THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, THE CASCADE BANK, AND A BANK IN CLINTON.

THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE MAY GET $5,000 FROM THE CITY FOR LAND THEY SAY THEY OWN IN HORSESHOE POND PARK. AN ENGINEERING FIRM, AT A COST OF $3,000 IS DOING RESEARCH ON THE MATTER, TRYING TO COME UP WITH DOCUMENTS THAT SHOW OWNERSHIP OF A SMALL STRIP. THE STRIP IS NEEDED FOR SEWER AND WATER EXPANSION IN THE AREA. THE LAND AT ONE TIME BELONGED TO THE NARROW GUAGE RAILROAD THAT WENT THROUGH THE AREA MANY MOONS AGO. THEY GAVE THE LAND TO THE CITY? THE IKES? WHO?

DEWITT'S NEW POST OFFICE OPENED MONDAY. A BEAUTY. TWICE THE SIZE OF THE OLD.

NICK MEYER AT DARK HOLLOW ROAD REPORTED TO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THAT $200 IN CHANGE AND SEVEN GUNS WERE TAKEN FROM HIS RESIDENCE, WHICH IS THE HOME OWNED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY HUMAINE SOCIETY. NICK IS THE
NEW MANAGER OF THE SOCIETY SHELTER. HE HAS BEEN ACTIVE ON THE BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS...AND ALSO CONTINUES HIS INSURANCE BUSINESS.

KEN AND SHARI HANSEN OF EAST MOLINE HAD A BOY LAST FRIDAY. GRANDPARENTS ARE VIRGIL AND MELITA HANSEN OF MAQUOKETA.

RALPH AND LORETTA KNICKREHM OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 45TH ON JULY 29TH. ANNIVERSARY WAS BACK IN MAY, BUT THE PARTY IS COMING NOW.

I DROVE OUT TO THE NEW GOLF COURSE THE OTHER DAY....BULLDOZERS ALL OVER THE PLACE. PRETTY AREA. THE DRIVING RANGE...ALREADY OPEN..WAS BUSY.

LEIGHTON HEPKER OF KMAQ HIT A DEER YESTERDAY WHILE TAKING SON ADAM TO A BASKETBALL CAMP AT LOWDEN....JUST BEFORE MASSILON. IT POPPED BOTH AIR BAGS...AND ADAMS BAG GOT HIM IN THE FACE. HE HAS BLACK,SORE EYE AND SORE NOSE....LEIGHTON, NOT HURT. HIS BAG HIT HIM IN THE CHEST. CAR RECEIVED NEARLY $6,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE.

A BIGGER FM TRANSMITTER FOR KMAQ HAS ARRIVED AND SHOULD BE IN OPERATION IN A WEEK OR SO. WILL DOUBLE OUR FM POWER FROM 3 TO 6 THOUSAND WATTS. THAT WILL HELP IN THE FRINGE AND HILLY AREAS, INCLUDING BELLEVUE.

THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER DOOR ON MY 83 OLDS WAGON WON'T OPEN
ANYMORE. BUT THEN, I NEVER TAKE PASSENGERS ANYWAY. NOBODY WILL RIDE IN THE THING. STILL RUNS GOOD THO. GETS ME BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN HOME AND OFFICE...AND OCCASSIONALLY THE DRIVE-IN THEATRE. DURING THIS COOL WEATHER, I DON'T EVEN NEED THE WINDOW AIR-CONDITIONERS. THE AIR-CONDITIONER THAT CAME WITH THE CAR WENT OUT WITH THE SPEEDOMETER YEARS AGO. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY MILES IT HAS. NANCY LETS ME USE HER CAR FOR LONG HAULS.

HAVE YOU TRIED THE NEW KFC BAR-B-Q STRIPS. PRETTY TASTY.

I'LL TRY TO HAVE REPORT TOMORROW...BUT ..NO GUARANTEE. ITS A BUSY TIME OF YEAR HERE AT KMAQ-LAND.

IN CASE YOU HAVN'T NOTICED, SUMMER IS GOING BY QUICKLY AND IS HALF
OVER ALREADY.

DENNIS VOY




 

NO REPORT TODAY  

ANOTHER NICE SUMMER DAY...IN THE 80'S.

IF YOU BROUGHT UP THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK LATELY, YOU NOTICED I LOST 3-4 MONTHS WORTH OF ENTRIES. DARN IT. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED THIS. OUR WEB HOST WILL BRING IT BACK FOR $195.....BE WE
PASSED ON THAT.

ARCHIE RALSTON OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 51, WAS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY? IN THE 1ST DEGREE. JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES SAY RALSTON FORCED HIS WAY INTO CAROLYN POTTER'S HOME AT 9:30 P.M. JULY 5TH AND THREW HER ACROSS THE ROOM, ASSAULTED HER, THEN DRUG HER OUTSIDE CAUSING MORE INJURIES.

MAQUOKETA HOUSING ACROSS FROM CITY HALL IS CONSTRUCTING 18 ELDERLY HOUSING UNITS. FOOTINGS AND FLOOR DONE....COMPLETION THIS FALL.

MAQUOKETA IHA HOUSING AT THE SOUTH END OF MYATT DRIVE, SOUTH OF OLD TRUCK STOP, IS BUILDING 24 ELDERLY HOUSING UNITS....FOOTINGS DONE..WITH COMPLETION THIS FALL ALSO.

B & J REALTY, (BRAD DEERY AND JOHN DEERY) IS BUILDING 48 SINGLE FAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEX, TO BE COMPLETED MARCH 2001.

ROIAL SUBDIVISION HAS BEGUN GRADING LOTS NORTH OF FARMLAND DRIVE, OR JUST SOUTH OF SUMMIT STREET NEW 61 OVERPASS.

SHORLINE SUBDIVISIION HAS OVER 20 LOTS, SOME OVERLOOKING MAQUOKETA RIVER.

DEERBROOK ESTATES IS NEW SUBDIVISION ON CAVES ROAD AND 13 WOODED LOTS
AVAILABLE.
TIMBER CITY GOLF AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT HAS 17 LOTS OVERLOOKING THE NEW GOLF COURSE.

COME BACK TO MAQUOKETA..LOTS OF PLACES TO LIVE OR BUILD A HOUSE.
BUILDING LOTS RANGE FROM 20-50-THOUSAND.

BRENDA'S FLOWERS AND GIFTS IS MOVING DOWNTOWN ON NORTH MAIN WHERE JULIE'S KOUNTRY KRAFT STORE WAS FOR MANY YEARS.

GILMORE DRY CLEANERS WILL USE ALL OF THEIR BUILDING WHEN BRENDA MOVES OUT.

ALLIANCE PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY IN INDUSTRIAL PARK, WITH FOOTINGS DONE.

THE T.I. AUTOMOTIVE BUILDING HAS BEEN LEASED BY PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY. THEY USE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WAREHOUSING SPACE IN MAQUOKETA FOR THEIR 2 FACTORIES HERE IN TOWN.

GENERAC POWER (the Generator firm from Wisconsin) WILL START
LETTING BIDS ON THEIR HUGE NEW BUILDING IN THE NEW SOUTH INDUSTRIAL PARK.....ON JULY 15 AND CONSTRUCTION WILL START AROUND AUGUST 15TH, WITH PRODUCTION IN THE PLANT TO START IN JANUARY 2001. THAT FIRM IS EXPECTED TO START WITH 200 EMPLOYEES AND EVENTUALLY GROW TO 600 IN A FEW YEARS.

WESTGATE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT HELD A SALE OF THE TRACY BUILDINGS THIS MORNING ON THEIR NEWLY ACQUIRED PROPERTY ON THE CORNER OF HIGHWAY 61 AND PLATT STREET. THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF INTEREST IN THEIR 10 ACRE PRIME LOCATION, BUT NOTHING ANNOUNCED YET.

YESTERDAY, A CHICAGO COUPLE WITH GRANDKIDS VISITED NANCY'S PLACE...THE COTTAGE...AND WERE HERE FOR A COUPLE DAYS. STAYED AT THE DECKER HOTEL...VISITED THE MAQUOKETA CAVES AND ENJOYED THAT VISIT..BUT THEY SAID WHAT MAQUOKETA LACKED WAS A MOTEL WITH INDOOR SWIMMING POOL. THERE'S TALK BY AN INDIVIDUAL HERE ABOUT GETTING SOME INVESTORS AND BUILDING ONE. HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO INVEST IN MAQUOKETA.

SUPER $ is the name of the NEW STORE THAT WILL OPEN IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA WHERE DOLLAR GENERAL WAS....AND WHERE YEARS AGO, THE COAST TO COAST STORE WAS.

BRUCE RUCHOTZKE, PHOTOGRAPHER, PURCHASED THE BUILDING DOWNTOWN THAT WAS THE ATTIC. THE ATTIC MOVED INTO THE BUILDING TO THE NORTH, WHICH THEY ALSO OWNED. THE ATTIC IS NO LONGER A NEEDLE WORK SHOP AND THEREFORE DIDN'T NEED THE TWO STOREFRONTS ANYMORE AND BRUCE BOUGHT THE BUILDING AND MOVED INTO IT FOR HIS PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS.
LOOKS NICE. DOES GREAT WORK, ESPECIALLY WEDDINGS.

THEY POURED A LOT OF CONCRETE YESTERDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. THE
STREET ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE GRANDSTAND, RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE GRANDSTAND WAS VERY BADLY BROKEN UP AND WHEN IT RAINED, WATER
STOOD FOR HOURS. THIS WILL BE A FINE IMPROVEMENT DURING THE FAIR
DURING OTHER EVENTS. THE FAIRGROUNDS IS REALLY LOOKING NICE WITH MANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS. INCLUDING LOTS OF FLOWERS PLANTED AROUND THE GROUNDS. WE REALLY HAVE ONE OF THE FINEST FAIRGROUNDS IN THE STATE. COME TO THE FAIR...IT STARTS JULY 26TH FOR 5 DAYS.

LEONARD DODDS, AGE 75, DIED SUDDENLY YESTERDAY. HE WAS A FARM IMPLEMENT MECHANIC MOST OF HIS LIFE....WORKED FOR DOSTAL AND WATTERS, MILLWRIGHT, FUHRMAN AND GORDON AND KUNAU ..ALL IMPLEMENT BUSINESS
PLACES IN MAQUOKETA OR AREA. SERVICES TUESDAY AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH. SURVIVED BY WIFE EVELYN, 3 DAUGHTERS, DENYSE IN
BETTENDORF, DIANE IN DEWITT, AND DAWN IN LAPLACE,LA. ALSO A SON, DENNIS IN MAQUOKETA AND 2 SISTERS, INCLUDING BETTY MYATT IN MAQUOKETA.

I'M OFF TO WISCONSIN TOMORROW FOR JUST A DAY.

BE BACK HERE WITH A REPORT MONDAY AFTERNOON

HAVE A GOOD WEEK WHERE EVER YOU ARE.

DENNIS VOY  

WEATHER HAS BEEN JUST BEAUTIFUL THE LAST 2 DAYS.

I HAVE BEEN BROADCASTING WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER, "LIVE" FROM THE CEDAR COUNTY FAIR.....HAVE HAD LITTLE TIME LATELY ON THE COMPUTER.

THE KMAQ TOWER PAINTING PROJECT WAS FINISHED UP YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND TOWER LOOKS MUCH BETTER. 3-4-THOUSAND WELL SPENT.

"MAC" McCAUSLAND, AGE 81, DIED WEDNEDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
HE WAS A PARTNER IN THE SAGERS AND McCAUSLAND INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE AGENCY IN MAQUOKETA, WITH THE LATE BLAIR SAGERS. HE RETIRED IN 1980. HE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER, SUSAN McCAUSLAND IN ROCKFORD,ILLINOIS AND A SON, "MAC" IN WATERLOO. ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I MET WHEN I CAME TO MAQUOKETA IN 1958. NICE GUY.

IMELDA MARTIN, AGE 80, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. WORKED AT CLINTON ENGINES HERE IN TOWN FOR 22 YEARS AND WAS A HOMEMAKER AFTER. SURVIVED BY NIECES AND NEPHEWS....NONE IN MAQUOKETA.

AT THE FAIR IN TIPTON YESTERDAY, RAN INTO BILL TREVATHAN, WHO WORKED FOR FARM BUREAU HERE IN MAQUOKETA IN THE 70'S AND EARLY 80'S. HIS WIFE WAS MARY ANN TREVATHAN WHO WORKED FOR MAQUOKETA STATE BANK MANY YEARS AND WAS KILLED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT IN MID 80'S. HE THEN LATER REMARRIED AND MOVED TO TIPTON. HIS SECOND WIFE ALSO DIED A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT HE STILL LIVES RETIRED IN TIPTON AND IS MEMBER OF THE TIPTON LIONS CLUB. HE HAS A SON, STAN, THAT LIVES IN HOUSTON,TEXAS AREA. WAS WORKING AT THE LIONS FOOD STAND YESTERDAY.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY  

NICE DAY....HIGH 85....AND NOW A FEW SPRINKLES.

MIKE MANDERS, WHO RENTS AN APARTMENT IN THE FORMER KEY MOTEL IN
MAQUOKETA, REPORTED TO MAQUOKETA POLICE THAT HIS 87 BUICK SKYLARK
WAS TAKEN FROM THE PARKING LOT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. COULD BE CONNECTED WITH SOME THEFTS IN DUBUQUE COUNTY. CAR STILL MISSING,
BUT JACKSON COUNTY IS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT WITH DUBUQUE
COUNTY.

WILLIAM 'HUCK' HUCKSTADT OF BENNETT DIED MONDAY AT DAVENPORT HOSPITAL.
WELL KNOWN EASTERN IOWA COACH AND SON OF KIM OF MAQUOKETA.

THE SUNSHINE SCHOOL GOLF TOURNAMENT IS GOING ON THIS AFTERNOON AT THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB. A GOOD FUND RAISER FOR THE POPULAR PRE-SCHOOL
AND DAYCARE CENTER. $45 A PERSON AND THAT INCLUDES DINNER TONIGHT.

RIDICULOUS DAY IS A WEEK FROM TODAY IN MAQUOKETA, WITH A 50'S THEME.
SIDEWALK BARGAINS GALORE.

NOTHING MORE TODAY.

DENNIS VOY

 

ANOTHER HOT, HUMID DAY...IN THE 80'S.

BOB AND MIM STOCKHAM ARE BACK FROM AN RV TRIP IN COLORADO.

HAD COFFEE TODAY WITH JUAN MOHR OF DENVER AREA....WAS WITH HIS
FATHER-IN-LAW, HAROLD KUMPF...HERE FOR A WEEK. ONE MORE YEAR OF
TEACHING FOR HIM.

FLORENCE BARESEL, AGE 79, DIED YESTERDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN IOWA CITY. SHE AND HUSBAND FARMED UNTIL RETIRING AND MOVING TO MAQUOKETA IN 1968. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER HUSBAND, CECIL...A DAUGHTER JANET IN MARION AND 2 SISTERS, VELDA POTTER AND EDNA HANS, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.

HARLAN RUFF, OF MAQUOKTA, FORMERLY OF FULTON-AREA, DIED THIS MORNING AT HIS HOME. HE AND HIS WIFE, HELENE, HAD JUST MOVED INTO THE NEW CLOVER RIDGE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IN MAQUOKETA A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

TOWER CREW HAS BEEN WORKING ON KMAQ TOWER SINCE 6 THIS MORNING.
REPLACING SOME GUYS, AND CORRECTING TENSION ON ALL THE WIRES.
TOMORROW, THEY START PAINTING.

CEDAR COUNTY FAIR IN TIPTON IS THIS WEEK AND FOR THE 16TH YEAR IN A ROW, WE'LL BE BROADCASTING 'LIVE' FROM THE FAIR ON BOTH KMAQ AM AND FM. JONES COUNTY FAIR IS NEXT WEEK AND JACKSON COUNTY THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH.

GOING TO THE OSTERHAUS FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE DINNER TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE KALMES RESTAURANT AT ST. DONATUS.

AND SO MUCH FOR TODAY.

DENNIS VOY  

RAIN THIS MORNING, AND PARTY CLOUDY SINCE. NOT ABLE TO PAINT THE KMAQ TOWER TODAY.

A CARNIVAL WORKER WAS FOUND DEAD AT 8 AM YESTERDAY AT THE WYOMING,
IOWA FAIRGROUNDS...UNDER A FARM TRACTOR. NO DETAILS YET ON WHY AND HOW ......AND WHO HE IS. I DID HEAR ALSO THAT HE WAS DRUNK.

A FEW MINOR AUTO ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND...

AND THE NEWS AT NOON HAD ABOUT A DOZEN COURT CASES...

NO DEATHS (JUST ONE OBIT OVER WEEKEND,AN ELDERLY WYOMING MAN)...

NO NEW BABIES...

AND SO...NOW YOU KNOW WHY THIS REPORT IS SHORT AND BORING..

SORRY..

HAVE A NICE WEEK.

DENNIS VOY

 

GREETINGS ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

SLOW NEWS DAYS YESTERDAY AND TODAY....MOST CHATTER IS ABOUT THE
HEAT.

AGAIN TODAY, AROUND 90 AND HUMIDITY THAT HIGH.

IT WILL BE A HOT TIME AT THE RACES TONIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.....GO KMAQ CAR.
DRIVEN BY DAVE KOOB.

SPEAKING OF FAIRGROUNDS...LOOKING NICE DOWN THERE. LOTS OF
FLOWERS HAVE BEEN PLANTED.

NO BIRTHS...NO DEATHS.

KEEP COOL AND HAVE A GOOD SUNDAY.

DENNIS VOY

 

ANOTHER WARM AND HUMID DAY IN MAQUOKETA...NEAR 90.

A POWER SURGE AT 10:50 THIS MORNING AT ALLIANT ENERGY'S MAQUOKETA
SUBSTATION CAUSED A POWER OUTAGE FOR NEARLY 2,000 CUSTOMERS, UNTIL AFTER 11:30 A.M. THE CITY'S GENERATORS WERE TURNED ON AND
MAQUOKETA'S POWER WAS RESTORED FIRST. KMAQ WAS OFF THE AIR UNTIL
JUST BEFORE NOON. POWER WAS ALSO OFF AT ANDREW, SPRAGUEVILLE, CHARLOTTE AND FOR SOME REC CUSTOMERS AS WELL.

BRAD DEERY IS GOING AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR A 48-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE BYPASS SOUTH OF HAPPY JOE'S. CONSTRUCTION ON A STREET FOR THE FACILITY COULD START YET THIS MONTH OR BY AUGUST.

DAVE JOHNSON'S HEART VALVE SURGERY HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
I WAS TOLD THAT HE MADE A SHORT VISIT TO SEE FELLOW WORKERS AT THE BANK THIS MORNING.

MAQUOKETA IS DEFINITELY IN THE RUNNING FOR THE NEW INDUSTRY AT THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK...THE ONE THAT WOULD BUILD A 1-MILLION SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. AND THE DECISION IS EXPECTED TO BE MADE WITHIN A
MONTH. MAQUOKETA WOULD HAVE TO BUY ADDITIONAL LAND NEXT TO THE INDUSTRIAL PARK.

FIFE'S BAR AND GRILL ON EAST PLATT WANTS TO HAVE AN OUTDOOR CONCERT AGAIN THIS YEAR IN LATE AUGUST, BUT ONE NEIGHBOR THAT MOVED TO THE AREA RECENTLY IS COMPLAINING AND A COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL IS MEETING TONIGHT ABOUT THE MATTER.

IT WAS SO FOGGY LAST NIGHT, THE DRIVE-IN THEATRE SCREEN COULD NOT BE SEEN....AND A MAN HIT A COW IN THE ROAD NEAR ANDOVER THAT HE DID NOT SEE AT ALL .....AND THE 2ND HIGH SCHOOL BALL GAME BETWEEN MAQUOKETA BOYS AND DEWITT HAD TO BE CALLED. MAQUOKETA LOST BOTH GAMES.

KIM DOTTERWEICH ADN BRIAN EDWARDS OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN JULY 1 AT IOWA CITY....GRANDPARENTS JERRY AND COLLEEN
DOTTERWICH OF OTTER CREEK.

KEVIN AND CHRISTY FROST OF CEDAR RAPIDS HAS A BOY MONDAY AT ST.LUKE'S IN CEDAR RAPIDS.....GRANDMOTHER IS LENORA FROST OF MAQUOKTA.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY







 

OVERCAST DAY TODAY, NO RAIN.

RUSS LONG OF MAQUOKETA (Wife is daughter of Don and Connie McDonald)
IS THE NEW POLICE CHIEF OF PRESTON, REPLACING MELISSA UNKE (her dad is Ritch Skrivseth,formerly of Maquoketa) WHO RECENTLY COMPLETED HER COLLEGE DEGREE AND RESIGNED, BUT IS STAYING ON AS A PART-TIME
OFFICER. LONG HAS ALSO WORKED WITH THE MAQUOKTA AND IOWA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.

NOTHING MORE TODAY,SORRY.

DENNIS VOY  

CLOUDY THIS MORNING...NICE THIS AFTERNOON.

THEY ARE DRAGGING THE MISSISSIPPI TODAY NEAR BELLEVUE FOR A 42-YEAR OLD MENDOTA, ILLINOIS, PRESUMED DROWNED. HIS BOAT WAS FOUND FLOATING
SATURDAY.

MAQUOKETA'S SPEICAL ... FESTIVAL OF FLAGS ... SATURDAY, WENT WELL.
THE ADVENTURE RACE...CANOE,BIKE, RUNNING....HAD OVER 125 ENTRIES..
THE PARADE WAS NICE,BUT SMALL...MURIEL ALLEN THE PARADE MARSHALL..
AND THE FIREWORKS SATURDAY....THE REPORT I GOT....VERY GOOD.

BELLEVUE HAD A GOOD WEEKEND EVENT AGAIN...RAINED NEAR THE END OF THE PARADE..AND THE FIREWORKS HAD TO BE CANCELLED LAST NIGHT BECAUSE THE HEAVY RAIN CAME JUST ABOUT SET-OFF TIME.

WE HAD JUST OVER AN INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY MORNING AND LAST NIGHT..MOST OF IT AROUND 9-10 LAST NIGHT.

A GARBAGE TRUCK TIPPED OVER AFTER MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT...DRIVEN BY
PATRICK BRONSON OF MAQUOKETA...DRIVING A HAWKEYE DISPOSAL TRUCK...
FORMERLY CAMPBELL CLEAN-UP. OUT BY THE COUNTRY CLUB...TIRES OF TRUCK
HIT SOFT SHOULDER FROM RAIN AND TRUCK SLID INTO DITCH AND ON ITS SIDE. DAMAGES.... ABOUT $1,0OO TO THE 87 MACK TRUCK.

BIRTH: A BOY BORN FRIDAY AT DAVENPORT HOSPITAL TO DAVID AND CHRISTA
McLAUGHLIN OF DAVENPORT. GRANDPARENTS ARE CHUCK AND MARY ANN
LINDGREN OF MAQUOKETA. AND LORAS AND MARY ANN McLAUGHLIN OF MAQUOKETA.

THE CORNER PROPERTY ACROSS FROM FLAPJACK RESTAURANT.....TO THE SOUTH....THE METHODIST CHURCH IS UP ON THE HILL TO THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE PROPERTY...ABOUT 10 ACRES WAS FOR SALE...AND
WAS OFFICIALLY PURCHASED LAST WEEK. THE OLD FARM HOUSE (THE TRACY HOUSE) WILL BE TORN DOWN SOON AND GRADING WILL START FOR A BIG RETAIL DEVELOPMENT ON THAT CORNER. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.

HAVE A HAPPY 4TH OF JULY.

DENNIS VOY





 

WE HAD A LITTLE RAIN THIS MORNING AND THEN HOT AND HUMID THIS AFTERNOON...THE HIGH 85.

LEROY EHLINGER OF OTTER CREEK, AGE 71, RETIRED FARMER, BUT STILL HELPING OUT IN FIELD WORK, WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT IN A TRACTOR ACCIDENT. PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE BY DR. PAUL KOOB. HE WAS FOUND NEAR THE TRACTOR AND HOW EXACTLY THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE DOROTHY AND IN MAQUOKETA, BY A BROTHER, KENNETH.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS WON A DOUBLE HEADER OVER ANAMOSA LAST NIGHT TO IMPROVE THEIR RECORD TO 8 AND 14.

TOMORROW, DAYLONG ACTIVITIES IN MAQUOKETA FOR THE 2ND ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF FLAGS. THE CANOE-BIKE-WALK EVENT STARTS AT 8 A.M. AND THE DAY ENDS
AT 10:30 P.M. AFTER THE FIREWORKS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

BROOKE BYAM, 18, OF CLINTON, GRANDDAUGHTER OF RED AND BERNICE HENTON OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CROWNED MISS CLINTON COUNTY LAST NIGHT IN CLINTON.

LENA BENT, AGE 87, DIED IN KANSAS CITY WEDNESDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, ANNE McNAMEE OF DELMAR, WHO MANAGES THE H & R BLOCK IN MAQUOKETA.

NORMA SHIRLEY, AGE 79, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT HER HOME IN MAQUOKETA. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON'S.

THERE WILL BE FIREWORKS IN MAQUOKETA SATURDAY NIGHT, IN BELLEVUE SUNDAY NIGHT, AND IN GRAND MOUND AND LAMOTTE TUESDAY NIGHT.

DAVE JOHNSON (M.S. BANK) WILL HAVE A HEART VALVE OPERATION NEXT WEDNESDAY AT IOWA CITY.

THE WORD IS, THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK CAMPING SITES ARE ALL TAKEN FOR THE WEEKEND. AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW UP THERE.

THE OLD KOON AND BOWMAN CAR WAS ...ROBO WASH.. ON EAST PLATT, IS COMING DOWN. IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE EAGLES CLUB TO THE WEST AND FIFE'S BAR TO THE EAST....EACH WILL USE HALF OF THE PROPERTY TO EXPAND THEIR PARKING LOT. THAT CAR WASH HAS BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.
DALE KOON IS RETIRED BUT HUGH BOWMAN AND SON, BILL, STILL OPERATE THE AMOCO STATION N SOUTH MAIN AND TANK WAGON DELIVERY.

THE KMAQ TOWER WILL BE PAINTED IN MID-JULY, BY A MONROE, WISCONSIN
FIRM. AND..KMAQ-FM IS GETTING A DIFFERENT TRANSMITTER NEXT WEEK.

HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY.

DENNIS VOY  

GORGEOUS DAY IN MAQUOKETA...WISH YOU WERE HERE.

SLOW NEWS DAY.

THE SHERIFF TOLD KMAQ TO URGE LISTENERS TO BEWARE OF A TELEPHONE
SCAM,GOING ON IN THE ANDREW AREA. RESIDENTS GET A COLLECT CALL...
ACCEPT IT..AND THEN THEIR PHONE NUMBER IS USED FOR LONG DISTANCE SERVICE.

NO BABIES BORN. NO DEATHS. NOTHING MORE.

THE DELMAR METHODIST CHURCH LAWN SOCIAL IS TONIGHT....GUESS WE'LL BE GOING...HEAR IT IS A NICE AFFAIR.

ROTARY ICE CREAM SOCIAL WAS A SUCCESS LAST NIGHT.....AT THE 1ST WARD
PARK. JAY KAHN HAD 58 PLAYING IN HIS COMMUNITY BAND.

THE BUILDING ON THE CORNER OF PLATT AND S. OLIVE IS DOWN. THE CORNER SURE LOOKS DIFFERENT. IT IS WHERE FARM BUREAU WILL BE PUTTING UP A NEW OFFICE BUILDING. THE AMISH CAME IN FIRST AND TOOK OUT ALL THE LUMBER....THEN THE RED BRICK WALLS WERE PUSHED-IN.

KEEP COOL.

DENNIS VOY  

CLOUDY AND RAINY MOST OF TODAY AND COOL...NOT NICE FOR THE 25TH
ANNUAL MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB ICE CREAM SOCIAL AND BAND CONCERT IN THE FIRST WARD PARK. I AM HEADING THERE IN A HALF-HOUR. SUN HAS BEEN OUT A LITTLE THE LAST HOUR.

THE BOOMIN' CITY OF DEWITT, IS GETTING ANOTHER NEW INDUSTRY...G.I. PLASTEK, INC. OF OHIO...BUILDING AN 11-MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY IN DEWITT TO EMPLOY AROUND 80 WORKERS. $10 AN HOUR JOBS.
HOPE TO BE IN FULL PRODUCTION THE 2ND QTR. OF 2001. SERVING CUSTOMERS SUCH AS JOHN DEERE.

BRIAN AND KIM MOORE OF ZWINGLE ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. I THINK THIS WAS THEIR 7TH OR 8TH CHILD.
HE OWNS A FEED STORE IN ZWINGLE AND ELWOOD AND A CASH ADVANCE OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA.

A BOY WAS BORN IN SHENANDOAH,IOWA, TO WESS AND JANET GILBERT.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE RON AND CHERYL HEINRICH OF MAQUOKETA GREAT GRAND-MOTHERS ARE ETHELYN HOERSCHELMAN AND MAXINE HEINRICH BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.

AND THAT'S IT FOR ANOTHER DAY.

DENNIS VOY

 

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY .. HIGH OF 79.

1/ WORK HAS STARTED ON THE NEW ALLIANT BUILDING IN THE MAQUOKETA'S
OLD INDUSTRIAL PARK, NOW FILLED UP.
2/ CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED ON THE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE
BYPASS, SOUTH OF THE OLD TRUCK STOP.
3/ CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN ON THE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX ACROSS THE
STREET FROM CITY HALL, DOWNTOWN.
4/ CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA ON THE WATER AND
SEWER LINES TO MAQUOKETA'S NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK.
5/ THEY STARTED TEARING DOWN THE CORNER BUILDING ON EAST PLATT
ACROSS FROM TANDEM TIRE, WHERE THE NEW FARM BUREAU BUILDING
WILL BE BUILDT THIS SUMMER.
6/ CONSTRUCTION STARTS SOON ON THE NEW GENERAC PLANT.
7/ RECONSTRUCTION OF SOME SEGMENTS AND REPAVING OF OTHERS ON
WEST PLATT WAS APPROVED LAST NIGHT AT A COST OF $330,000.
8/ MAQUOKETA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEMBERS ARE TALKING TO A HOT
PROSPECT FOR THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK...AND THEY WOULD BUILD
A ONE-MILLION SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING (LIKE COVERING 20 ACRES)
FOR WAREHOUSING...AND EMPLOY 150.
9/ A BIG NEW RETAIL STORE OPENS SOON IN THE BIG BUILDING NOW VACANT
ON SOUTH MAIN, THAT WAS THE FORMER LOCATION OF THE DOLLAR GENERAL
STORE.
10/ THE NEW GOLF COURSE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION....A COUPLE BRIDGES
COMPLETED AND THE DRIVING RANGE IS OPEN.
11/ A NEW SUBDIVISION IS PLANNED ALONG THE MAQUOKETA RIVER.
12/ I KNOW OF 5 NEW HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
MAQUOKETA IS DOING WELL THESE DAYS. COME AND SEE US SOMETIME.

THE MISS CLINTON COUNTY PAGEANT IS THURSDAY NIGHT AND BROOKE BYAM
OF CLINTON IS ONE OF THE CONTESTANTS. HER MOTHER IS THE FORMER
JUDY HENTON AND GRANDPARENTS ARE RED AND BERNICE.

PAM HAMMER, AGE 46, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS FINED $90 ON CHARGES OF
PUBLIC INTOXICATION.

A BOY BORN JUNE 22ND IN ARIZONA TO BRETT AND ALICIA BOOKER. GRANDPARENTS ARE LENORA FROST, AND GLADYS BOWEN, MAQUOKETA.

DAVE JOHNSON (OF MAQUOKETA STATE BANK) IS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH A HEART PROBLEM.

BETTY SHADY, AGE 67, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON'S.

ALL WENT WELL WITH THE TRACTOR CADE SLEEP-OVER IN MAQUOKETA
LAST NIGHT. A 4-H CLUB HAD BREAKFAST AVAILABLE FOR THEM AT
$4.00 PER PERSON.

WENT TO THE DEMOCRATRIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING LAST NIGHT IN DUBUQUE. CHAIRMAN JIM RALSTON WAS ABSENT AND CONDUCTING THE MEETING IN HIS PLACE, WAS DAVE KUNZWEILER OF BELLEVUE. DAVE DID A NICE JOB SITTING IN FOR JIM. THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ALL SPOKE BRIEFLY,
INCLUDING DONNA SMITH OF DUBUQUE, RUNNING FOR CONGRESS, AND BOB OSTERHAUS OF MAQUOKETA, RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION, UNOPPOSED, FOR STATE
REPRESENTATIVE. DONNA SMITH RAN 2 YEARS AGO AND CAME CLOSE TO UPSETTING REPUBLICAN JIM NUSSLE.

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MONTHLY MEETING WAS HELD AT THE DEPOT THIS NOON AND ST. REP. BOB OSTERHAUS WAS GUEST SPEAKER. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE FARM TOUR SUNDAY OF THE TABOR WINERY AND TABOR MEAT MARKET WAS A BIG SUCCESS. ALSO, CHRIS NISSEN REPORTS THE BIKE-CANOE-WALK
EVENT HIS SATURDAY MORNING IN MAQUOKETA HAS WELL OVER 100
PARTICIPANTS SIGNED UP...WHICH IS GOOD FOR THE FIRST TIME EVENT.
SATURDAY WILL BE FILLED WITH EVENTS FOR THE 2ND ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF FLAGS IN MAQUOKETA, ENDING WITH FIREWORKS AT NIGHT RIGHT AFTER THE STOCK CAR RACES.

COME BACK AGAIN SOON AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE TIMBER CITY.

DENNIS VOY





 

BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY..AND MORE COMING THIS WEEK.

SATURDAY, IT RAINED ALL DAY...STOPPED AT 6:30 AND NICE WEATHER SATURDAY NIGHT. WE ARE UP TO 9 AND 95/100 INCHES OF RAIN FOR JUNE.

THE CANCER SOCIETY RELAY FOR LIFE STARTED IN THE RAIN AT 5 SATURDAY, AND WENT ON ALL NIGHT UNDER PRETTY GOOD WEATHER. A RECORD $40,000 WAS RAISED. HOW ABOUT THAT!

164 FARM TRACTORS ARRIVED IN MAQUOKETA THIS AFTERNOON, IN THE FIRST-EVER TRACTOR CADE....SPONSORED BY ...WMT. THAT LITTLE STATION IN CEDAR RAPIDS. THEY ARE STAYING OVERNIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. LOTS OF RV'S OUT THERE. THE PORK PRODUCERS ARE SERVING DINNER WITH THE HELP OF THE CATERERS OF THE HOMETOWN CAFE IN PRESTON. THERE RE 6 LADY DRIVERS. THE OLDEST DRIVER IS 87 AND THE YOUNGEST, 16.
THEY START LEAVING THE FAIRGROUNDS AT 6 TOMORROW MORNING AND ALL SHOULD BE OUT OF TOWN BY 10....AND THEY WILL HAVE LUNCH TOMORROW NOON AT THE FAMOUS LEGIONAIRE BALLROOM AT OJ...OXFORD JUNCTION.

A 23 YEAR OLD EPWORTH MAN WAS KILLED IN A 2-CAR ACCIDENT IN JACKSON COUNTY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR COTTONVILLE. A MILES MAN WAS THE DRIVER OF OTHER CAR. TWO PASSENGERS IN THE EPWORTH CAR, INCLUDING A BABY, ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION TODAY.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL HAS A SHORT SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT. AN INTERESTING ITEM ON AGENDA. JOHN MANSON WANTS TO ESTABLISH A HOUSING SUBDIVSION ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MAQUOKETA RIVER.

A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT EAST OF TOWN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. CONNIE CLARK OF MONMOUTH, AGE 38, ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY. SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY VIRGINIA BROWN, AGE 71, OF MAQUOKETA.

GRACE DOLAK, AGE 90, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED FRIDAY AT MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER, MARILYN, OF MAQUOKETA.
THE NAME IS NEW TO ME.

THE NORTH JONES BLOCK PARTY WAS HELD AT MY HOUSE YESTERDAY. ABOUT 30 IN ATTENDANCE....HAD FUN...GOOD FOOD. THE 4TH IN THE 30-YEAR-HISTORY OF THE STREET.

ALSO YESTERDAY, ATTENDED THE WEDDING RECEPTION FOR COACH BILL FLEMING. NICE EVENT.

OFF TO THE DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING TONIGHT WITH REP. BOB OSTERHAUS...AT BELLEVUE.

SO LONG FOR AWHILE.

DENNIS VOY










 

IT STARTED RAINING YESTERDAY AT 3:15 AND WE HAVE HAD 1 OR 2 INCHES SINCE. RAINING RIGHT NOW.

I WAS ATTENDING THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY ON THE LAWN AT CLOVER RIDGE ASSISTED LIVING ...WHEN THE RAIN BEGAN...JUST AS THE SPEAKERS WERE FINISHING UP. MAYOR JACK CUT THE RIBBON AND INSIDE WE WENT. WHAT A NICE PLACE. A 7-PIECE BIG BAND ENTERTAINED DURING THE OPEN HOUSE THAT FOLLOWED, UNTIL 8 P.M. A SHUTTLE BUS TOOK GUESTS FROM THE WAL-MART PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET TO THE COMPLEX AND BACK. KMAQ BROADCAST 'LIVE' FROM THE OPEN HOUE FROM 3 TIL 6.
GOOD REFRESHMENTS TOO. 40 UNITS, WITH 6 OCCUPIED NOW. AROUND $3,000 A MONTH TO LIVE THERE.

STOCK CAR RACING CANCELLED FOR TONIGHT.

BILL FLEMMING AND HIS BRIDE OF TWO WEEKS, HAVING A RECEPTION TOMORROW AFTERNOON. I WILL ATTEND AND REPORT ON IT.

THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL FARM TOUR IS TOMORROW FROM 11 TO 2....TO TABOR MEATS AND TABOR VINERY NORTH OF BALDWIN. I HOPE TO ATTEND. FREE WINE SAMPLES...PROBABLY FREE MEAT SAMPLES TOO.

RYAN BECK, SON OF DENNIS AND MARY AND A 1993 MCHS GRAD AND CLARK COLLEGE GRAD, GRADUATED FROM THE EAST PEORIA FIRE ACADEMY IN APRIL.
HE CONTINUES HIS PARAMEDIC TRAINING IN THE FALL.

WMT RADIO IN CEDAR RAPIDS IS SPONSORING THE FIRST EVER TRACTOR-CADE
THIS COMING MONDAY AND TUESDAY. TRACTORS WILL START OFF MONDAY MORNING FROM DYERSVILLE AND HEAD FOR MAQUOKETA. THEN STAY OVERNIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND ON TO OXFORD JUNCTION TUESDAY AND TO THE AMANA COLONY WEDNESDAY, WERE THE TRACTORS WILL MEET UP WITH A GROUP COMING FROM THE WEST, SPONSORED BY WHO RADIO IN DES MOINES. SO, SHOULD BE LOTS OF ACTIVITY AROUND MAQUOKETA MONDAY NIGHT, AND TUESDAY MORNING.
HUNDREDS OF TRACTORS ARE GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING.

THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA HAS RECEIVED A $257,000 GRANT FROM THE IOWA DEPT OF ECONOMIC DEV TO PROVIDE HOME OWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE TO LOWER INCOME HOME BUYERS. IT WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE THE REHABILITATION OF 9 EXISTING PROPERTIES.

IN A DES MOINES REGISTER STORY THIS WEEK, JACKSON COUNTY IS 2ND FROM THE BOTTOM WHEN IT COMES TO AVERAGE INCOME. WE ARE CONSIDERED A POOR COUNTY.

VI YEAGER, A BROKER WITH KENNEDY REALTY, WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE IOWA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN THE SIVER CATEGORY...FOR THE 5TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR. GOOD GOING VI.

AT OPEN HOUSE YESTERDAY, TALKED BRIEFLY TO CAROL AND RICH KENDAL, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. THEY WERE OWNERS OF THE LAND WHERE CLOVER RIDGE STANDS AND INSTEAD OF SELLING IT ...THEY TOOK STOCK IN THE PLACE. THEY AND MR. AND MRS. BRAD LOHAUS (FORMER NBA BASKETBALL STAR AND FORMER HAWKEYE BEFORE THAT)ARE PARTNERS IN THE CULVER RESTAURANT IN WEST CEDAR RAPIDS AND THE NEW ONE TO OPEN IN AUGUST IN NORTH CEDAR RAPIDS. THEN, ON TO IOWA CITY AND THAT ONE THEY HOPE TO HAVE OPEN IN ABOUT A YEAR. HOT RESTAURANT CHAIN. AND UPSCALE, UPSCALE MCDONALDS. BIGGER MENU, AND THEY DELIVER ORDER TO YOUR TABLE. FAMOUS FOR BUTTER BURGERS AND CUSTARD ICE CREAM. EACH RESTAURANT COSTS OVER A MILLION. SOME BROTHERS FROM DELMAR HAVE THE CULVERS AT NORTH EDGE OF DAVENPORT.

THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBUQUE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT JOAN HEAD (MRS. BOB)OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN APPOINTED PASTORAL ADMINISTRATOR OF ST. PETER PARISH AT SABULA...EFFECTIVE JULY 1. SHE HAS HAD YEARS OF TRAINING. BOB WAS ORDAINED A DEACON IN 1997 AND IS WITH SACRED HEART HERE IN MAQUOKETA. THIS PROGRAM CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE SHORTAGE OF PRIESTS.

A 200 YEAR HISTORY OF FARM MACHINERY PROGRAM WILL BE PRESENTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FARM MACHINERY MUSEUM AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. ERGON PENNINGROTH WILL PUT IT ON.

THIS WEEK, THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION OF THE SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE HALF-BLOCK AREA JUST WEST OF CITY HALL. AND CONTRACTORS ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE BYPASS, TO THE SOUTH OF HAPPY JOES PIZZA.

HAVE A NICE SUNDAY.

DENNIS VOY
 

FOR 2 DAYS IN A ROW...BEAUTIFUL, BREEZY WEATHER. TODAY, HIGH OF 84.

TWO MINOR ACCIDENTS IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY, NO INJURIES. INVOLVED, DAVID EARLES OF MAQUOKTA,AGE 35.....ALAN BURKEY, OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 25 AND DENNIS RUBEL OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 45.

SHANNON CLARK, AGE 23, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH SERIOUS ASSAULT LAST NIGHT FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT AT THE GERMAN STREET APARTMENTS. CLARK WAS CHARGED WITH BITING JOEL FRANDSEN.

SUSAN EADS, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH SIMPLE ASSAULT AROUND 10 TUESDAY NIGHT. SHE WAS CHARGED AFTER BITING AND HITTING HER HUSBAND,WHO NO LONGER IS LIVING WITH HER. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE EADS HOME AT 1016 KATHY DRIVE.

BERNICE HENTON IS IN THE CLINTON HOSPITAL, NOT DOING WELL. YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEND HER A CARD.

THREE INDUSTRIAL PROSPECTS HAVE VISITED MAQUOKETA'S NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK THIS SPRING. TWO HAVE BEEN BACK A 2ND TIME AND THE OTHER IS ALSO PLANNING A RE-VISIT SOON.

A BOY WAS BORN TO RICK AND MICHELLE PRULL OF MAQUOKETA...THEIR FIRST CHILD. RICK IS A LOAN OFFICER AT MSB AND MICHELLE A PHARMACIST AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY.

HELEN WYRICK DIED TODAY AT THE HOSPITAL, AGE 94. WELL KNOWN COUNTRY SCHOOL TEACHER. ONE OF THE SCHOOLS SHE TAUGHT AT WAS THE FAMOUS LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE JUST WEST OF MAQUOKETA, WHICH IS NO LONGER THERE. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A NEPHEW IN SAN DIEGO AND SEVERAL COUSINS.
SERVICES WILL BE AT 11 SATURDAY MORNING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME. FRIENDS MAY CALL FROM 9 TIL SERVICE TIME SATURDAY MORNING.

KEVIN MCAREAVY WAS AT COFFEE TODAY WITH HIS DAD, DOC. HE WILL BE HERE UNTIL JULY 4TH. LIVES IN FLORIDA.

THANKS FOR PAYING A VISIT AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY

 

RAIN LAST NIGHT...AND EARLY THIS MORNING...ABOUT A HALF-INCH. MORE IN FORECAST TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, THEN REST OF THE WEEK SHOULD BE DRY.
WE HAVE HAD 8.2 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR IN JUNE.

THE CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT HEARD A REPORT THAT WORK WILL START IN JULY ON WEST PLATT STREET, AND CONTINUE THE REST OF SUMMER, WITH ONE LANE TRAFFIC WHILE WORK IS BEING DONE. THE ASPHALT WILL BE REPLACED AND SOME ADDITIONAL SHORT LANES WILL BE ADDED IN TWO OR THREE PLACES.
THEY START OFF BY GRINDING DOWN THE OLD ASPHALT. SO, IT WILL
PROBABLY CAUSE SOME DELAYS, BUT IT NEEDED TO BE DONE. THE COST IF PAID BY THE STATE SINCE WEST PLATT IS IOWA HIGHWAY 64.

THE MAQUOKETA KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HELD THEIR AWARDS DINNER LAST NIGHT AT THE PYTHIAN HALL ON SOUTH JONES. TWO 25-YEAR AND SIX 50-YEAR
MEMBERSHIP AWARDS WERE GIVEN OUT. DALE CARAWAY AND FRANK GOODENOW RECEIVED THE 25 YEAR CERTIFICATAES AND THE 50-YEAR CERTIFICATE WENT
TO RICHARD MILLLELR, GALE STICKLEY, DR. M.L. BERNARD, DON NISSEN, CARL
BARTELS, AND GEORGE OWEN.

BRENT JAMES CLARK, AGE 21, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.
MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY WITNESSES SAID CLARK KICKED CARLA CLARK WHILE SHE WAS ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF HIS TRAILER ON NORTH MATTESON STREET LAST NIGHT.

WILLIAM MICHAEL KOONTZ, OF BERNARD, WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SAY DON EDWARDS SAID KOONTZ HIT HIM AT 6:15 LAST NIGHT IN GARRYOWEN.

SUMMER STARTS TONIGHT AT 8:45. HAVE A NICE COOL SUMMER.

DENNIS VOY

 

WEATHER WAS GREAT FOR FATHER'S DAY...AND TODAY IS TERRIFIC TOO...BUT RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST TONIGHT, TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW NIGHT.
WE ARE IN THE 80'S TODAY

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD IS TRYING TO SOLVE THE PARKING PROBLEM AT CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY HAVE A PLAN TO ESTABLISH A LOT OFF OF MEADOWDALE, BUT THE FOLKS OUT THERE AREN'T HAPPY AND ARE
CIRCULATING A PETITON AGAINST IT. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.

FOUR OR FIVE VANDALISM REPORTS OVER THE WEEK HERE IN TOWN. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AND ASKING THE PUBLIC TO CALL THE CRIME STOPPERS NUMNBER IF THEY HAVE INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP.

ROBERT DENLINGER, AGE 48, OF ROBBINS, IOWA, DIED FRIDAY EVENING AT ROBBINS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS, AL AND MARILYN DENLINGER OF MAQUOKETA.

A CIRCUS IS COMING TO TOWN TOMORROW. SEEMS WE GET ONE OR TWO OF THOSE PASSING THROUGH EACH YEAR.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY
 

BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA.

THE BIG STORY IN THE LOCAL NEWS TODAY....THE MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL IS GETTING A NEW $7,000 WRESTLING MAT. IT WILL REPLACE ONE OF THE OLD ONES AND ANOTHER $1,500 WILL BE SPENT TO REPAIR THE OTHER.

THAT'S IT.

DENNIS VOY  

A LITTLE RAINY THIS MORNING, BUT THE REST OF THE DAY HAS BEEN NICE.

A BIRTH.....BRIAN AND CINDY BICKFORD ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN THIS PAST TUESDAY AT KOKOMO, INDIANA. GRANDPARENTS ARE JAKE AND JUDY BICKFORD. JAKE OWNS AND OPERATES BILL MOLER'S MEN'S WEAR, A BUSY STORE THIS WEEK WITH FATHER'S DAY THIS SUNDAY. JAKE HAS WORKED IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA SINCE HIS HIGH SCHOOL DAYS IN THE LATE 50'S. HIS FIRST JOB WAS AT NIC JACOB'S MEAT MARKET. JUDY IS STILL TEACHING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. THEY HAVE 2 DAUGHTERS, ONE IN OMAHA AND ANOTHER IN IOWA CITY, BOTH MARRIED AND THE NEWEST GRANDCHILD FOR JUDY AND JAKE, I BELEIVE IS THEIR 6TH.

THE JACKSON COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR MAY WAS 2.9...DOWN FROM 3.4 IN MAY AND COMPARED TO 2.1 A YEAR AGO. IOWA WAS 2.3 IN MAY...ONE OF THE LOWEST STATE RATES IN THE COUNTRY. IT IS HARD TO FIND HELP IN MAQUOKETA, JACKSON COUNTY AND IOWA THESE DAYS. WE HAVE AN OPENING FOR A SALESPERSON AND AFTER A WEEK OF EXTENSIVE ADVERTISING, WE HAVE SO FAR, JUST 4 APPLICATIONS.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY
 

FINIALLY, A DRY, SUNSHINE DAY IN MAQUOKETA...AROUND 80. BUT, MORE RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST.

A GRADUATE OF MCHS AND FORMER TEACHER IN MAQUOKETA, SHERRI MARCEAU,IS THE NEW CURRICULUM DIRECTOR (AT 8-TENTHS POSITION) FOR THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. HER SALARY WILL BE $45,000.
SHE IS THE FORMER SHERRI MOLER AND GRADUATED FROM MCHS IN THE LATE 70'S. SHE LIVES IN MAQUOKETA AND HAS BEEN AN ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL FOR THE MIDLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT CENTER IN OXFORD JUNCTION. SHE REPLACES MARY JO HAINSTOCK, WHO LEFT THIS PAST SPRING TO TAKE A JOB WITH CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

ON AN EARLIER REPORT, I SAID NEW BASKETBALL COACH TERRY HERKLEMAN WAS AN MCHS GRAD. I WAS WRONG. HE GRADUATED FROM CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL
AND DID HIS STUDENT TEACHING IN MAQUOKETA IN 1984-85. HIS DAD AND HIS STEPMOTHER (THE FORMER JUDY GJERSTAD) LIVE IN LAS VEGAS.

ETTA KOON TELLS ME THE 60TH CLASS REUNION OF THE MHS CLASS OF 1940
WILL BE ON JUNE 24TH, AT MICHEL'S CATERING HALL IN MAQUOKETA.
SHE SAYS THE CLASSES OF 41-42 AND 43 ARE ALSO WELCOME. YES, THE PLACE HAS A BAR. AND MARY ANN FIXES GREAT FOOD.

LOTS OF NEW TEACHERS WERE HIRED THIS WEEK, OR SOME CHANGED JOBS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. TWO NURSES RESIGNED. JANE BENTROTT IS LEAVING CARDINAL ELEMENTARY AFTER 11 YEARS AND JANE WOLD IS LEAVING BRIGGS
ELEMENTARY AFTER FOUR YEARS. NOT SURE WHY JANE BENTROTT IS LEAVING, BUT JANE WOLD IS MOVING TO DECORAH.

WE LEARNED TODAY THAT DALE THARP, FORMER STATE TROOPER IN THIS AREA, DIED MAY 22ND IN GREELEY COLORADO, AT AGE 66, FOLLOWING A LONG BOUT WITH CANCER. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE JOANNE, 3 DAUGHTERS AND ONE SON. THE THARPS HAVE BEEN LIVING IN COLORADO SINCE 1985.

THANKS FOR COMING BY.

DENNIS VOY

 

IT IS JUST A LITTLE AFTER 8 A.M. AND WE HAVE HAD RAIN FOR OVER AN HOUR, NOT HEAVY, BUT STEADY. THIS GOES WITH THE NEARLY 4 INCHES YESTERDAY AND RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF TODAY, TONIGHT, TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE DRY STARTING THIS THURSDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL SUPT. ROD MONTANG TOLD KMAQ NEWS LAST NIGHT THAT HE WILL SIGN A CONTRACT FOR THE NEXT YEAR. HOWEVER, HE IS LOOKING FOR A NEW SUPT. JOB, IN THE SOUTHWEST IOWA AREA, CLOSER TO HIS HOMETOWN AREA, AND THE MAQUOKETA BOARD HAS AGREED TO RELEASE HIM FROM HIS
CONTRACT IF HE SHOULD FIND A NEW JOB. IF HE DOES NOT FIND A NEW JOB THIS SUMMER, HE WILL BE STAYING IN MAQUOKETA FOR THE ENTIRE
2000-2001 SCHOOL YEAR.

JEFF HERKLEMAN WILL BE THE NEW HEAD BASKETBALL COACH AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL, REPLACING BILL FLEMMING, WHO HAS RETIRED. HERKLEMAN
IS A MCHS GRADUATE...AND FOR THE LAST 5 OR 6 YEARS, HAS BEEN THE
HEAD BOY'S COACH AT EAST CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN MILES, IOWA.
HE IS A LIKABLE GUY AND I'M SURE WILL BE ACCEPTED WELL HERE AND WILL
DO A GOOD JOB. FLEMMING, BY THE WAY, GOT MARRIED OUT WEST LAST SATURDAY, TO A DES MOINES LAWYER, AND A WEDDING RECEPTION WILL BE HELD HERE IN MAQUOKETA IN A COUPLE WEEKS. HE WILL BE LIVING WITH HIS NEW BRIDE IN DES MOINES. THIS WAS HIS 3RD MARRIAGE. HE HAS TWO SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER FROM HIS FIRST MARRIAGE.

SEE YOU LATER.

DENNIS VOY  

I WAS TYPING TO0 FAST..HIT A WRONG BUTTON...

...ANYWAY..THE PLANE KITS ARE SHIPPED IN 4 LARGE CONTAINERS FROM
UP IN WISCONSIN AND IT TAKES HIM ABOUT 3 MONTHS TO ASSEMBLE IT.

THE HOSPITAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION WAS HELD YESTERDAY AND I ATTENDED IT. NICE PROGRAM ON THE LAWN....THEN TOURS AND REFRESHMENTS. IT WAS HOT ON THE LAWN...BUT ENJOYED LISTENING TO DR. J.A. BROMAN, RETIRED, TALKING ABOUT THE OLD DAYS AT THE HOSPITAL.

WE HAD A COOK OUT AT MY HOUSE FOR LEIGHTON HEPKER, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, IN THE BACKYARD, UNTIL THE RAIN CAME. LEIGHTON TODAY STARTED HIS 26TH YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT AT KMAQ. HAD A NICE TIME.
AND..ENJOYED SOME GREAT IOWA STEAKS. LEIGHTON AND HIS WIFE CINDY,
HOSTED THE KMAQ BUS TRIP TO BRANSON LAST TUESDAY THRU FRIDAY..THEIR FIRST TRIP TO BRANSON...AND KMAQ TRAVEL'S 21ST TRIP. ALL WENT WELL WITH THE NEARLY FULL BUS AND CINDY AND LEIGHTON HAS A GOOD TIME ACTING AS ESCORTS.

MY BROTHER, FROM WISCONSIN, ARRIVED FOR A 3-DAY VACATION VISIT THIS AFTERNOON. CHUCK, YOUNGEST BROTHER, LIVES AND WORKS IN MILWAUKEE.
WE'LL TRY TO GET IN A ROUND OF GOLF TOMORROW, IF WEATHER PERMITS.
CHUCK, DIVORCED, IS HERE ALONE.

TOMORROW, I'LL TELL YOU WHO OUR NEW CARDINAL BASKETBALL COACH WILL BE FOR THE COMING SEASON, TO REPLACE BILL FLEMMING. HE SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT. HE'S AN MCHS GRAD, NOW COACHING IN A SMALLER SCHOOL.

AND THAT IS IT FOR A MONDAY...

DENNIS VOY




 

CLOUDY, RAINY AND COLD TODAY, HIGH OF 63. YESTERDAY WAS WARM..AND THEN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, THE RAIN CAME AND CAME AND CAME AND BY 9 THIS MORNING, WE HAD WELL OVER 3 INCHES. AND RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

BUSY WEEKEND IN MAQUOKETA. THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS PRODUCTION WAS A SUCCESS, WITH LOTS OF NICE COMMENTS ABOUT RON DELLAGARDELLE WHO HAD A MAJOR PART. GOOD CROWDS, INCLUDING A FULL HOUSE OF 175 ON SATURDAY NIGHT. SORRY TO SAY, I DIDN'T GET TO SEE IT.

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH HAD A SPECIAL DAY SATURDAY, CELEBRATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHURCH. ABOUT 300 ENJOYED A PORK DINNER IN THE FIRST WARD PARK OVER THE NOON HOUR SATURDAY AND THEN AT 6 THAT NIGHT, THE POLKA SERVICE WAS A BIG SUCCESS, WITH A FULL HOUSE.
NANCY AND I MADE BOTH THE DINNER AND THE POLKA SERVICE. THE POLKA SERVICE WAS AT THE CHURCH. LATER, THIS FALL, THEY WILL HAVE ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY EVENT...A BANQUET AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. MORE ON THAT LATER.

THE OPTIMIST FLY-IN, DRIVE-IN BREAKFAST AT THE AIRPORT WAS A SUCCESS. BECAUSE OF CLOUDS, NOT A LOT OF FLY IN ACTIVITY, BUT LOTS OF LOCAL SUPPORT. I AND GRANDSON NATE ATTENDED THE BREAKFAST.
INTERESTING NOTE. THERE IS A MAN RUNNING A BUSINESS AT THE AIRPORT...HE ASSEMBLES ULTRA-LITE 2-SEATER PLANES. NEAT PLANES.
VERY COLORFUL. THEY COST ABOUT $15,000 SHIPPED DOWN HERE FROM


 

HOT TODAY...93.

THE PLACES DISCOUNT STORE CHAIN HAS BEEN SOLD TO SHOPCO, WHO IN TURN OWN PAMIDA. THE PLACES STORE IN BELLEVUE WILL CLOSE THIS SUMMER AND RE-OPEN AS A PAMIDA STORE THIS FALL.

AN ATTEMPTED BREAK-IN MONDAY MORNING AT OBIE'S BAR AND GRILL, HIGHWAY 64 WEST, MAQUOKETA...STILL KNOWN FOR ITS TACOS..AND RUN BY SHARON OBERBROCKLING. THE BACK DOOR WAS RIPPED PARTLY OFF, BUT NO ENTRY WAS MADE.

DON TAYLOR, 303 S. NIAGARA, REPORTED THAT OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY, HIS 1994 FORD TAURUS WAS TAKEN FROM HIS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE IS OWNED BY ANDREW MEATS AND HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED.

NO OBITS OR BIRTHS.

SO, THAT'S IT.

DENNIS VOY  

YESTERDAY AND TODAY, BEAUTIFUL DAYS...HI YESTERDAY,77, TODAY 83 AND TOMORROW,UPPER 80'S.

THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR LINE-UP HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. THE FAIR WILL BE JULY 26-30. WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE PARADE, FOLLOWED BY THE QUEEN CONTEST. THURSDAY NIGHT, 3 LONGTIME COUNTRY GREATS WILL DO A GRANDSTAND SHOW.....JANIE FRICKE, LEROY VAN DYKE AND REX ALLEN, JR.
FRIDAY NIGHT A TRUCK AND TRACTOR PULL....SATURDAY NIGHT, STOCK CAR RACES AND SUNDAY NIGHT, A BULL RODEO. ADMISSION,$5.00 OR ANYONE WIL BE ABLE TO BUY A SEASON PASS FOR $9.00.

SATURDAY, JULY 1, WILL BE A SPECIAL DAY IN MAQUOKETA. THE 1ST ANNUAL TIMBER CITY ADVENTURE RACE WILL BE HELD. IT WILL START WITH AN 8-MILE CANOE FLOAT DOWN THE MAQUOKETA RIVER, STARTING AT CANTON.
THEN, THE PERSON WILL GET ON A BIKE AND BIKE 14 MILES TO HURSTVILLE..AND THEN THE FINAL PART OF THE RACE....WILL BE RUNNING TO THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO
www.chamber.maquoketa.net (under current events).

The Maquoketa boys baseball team lost both games of a double-header against Benton Community Monday night...and the Maquoketa girls softball team last night won both games of a DH and now have a 2 and 5 record. They play a non-conference game tonight here at home.

In the Primary Election yesterday in Jackson County...just one
contest on the ballot....two running for Sheriff on the Democratic ticket. Sheriff Russ Kettman won in a landslide, over Police Policeman Bud Schroder, 2,169 to 441 for Schroeder.

THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY HAS 15 APPLICANTS SO FOR FOR THE JOB AS MANAGER, TO REPLACE FORREST BUFFINGTON, WHO RESIGNED IN APRIL. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS JUNE 15TH AND THEN THE INTERVIEWING BEGINS.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY





 

HAD ALMOST FINISHED A REPORT FOR TODAY, BUT BELIEVE I LOST IT. SORRY. IF IT IS LOST, I HAVE NO TIME TO RE-DO IT.  

SATURDAY WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY...YESTERDAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY, AND TODAY
CLOUDY AND COOL UNTIL MID-AFTERNOON WHEN THE SUN CAME OUT AND NOW AT 5:30, ITS BEAUTIFUL OUT.

THE FIREMEN'S BREAKFAST IN MAQUOKETA SUNDAY WAS ANOTHER HUGE SUCCESS..OVER 11-HUNDRED (NOT A RECORD) WERE FED PANCAKES, SAUSAGE,EGGS, JUICE AND COFFEE. VERY GOOD BREAKFAST.

THIS COMING SUNDAY, THE ANNUAL FLY-IN, DRIVE-IN BREAKFAST AT THE MAQUOKETA AIRPORT, SPONSORED BY THE OPTIMIST CLUB.

THIS SATURDAY, THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, CELEBRATING ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, WILL HAVE A DINNER IN THE FIRST WARD PARK DURING THE DAY, WITH KID'S ACTIVITIES, AND AT 6 P.M. a POLKA CHURCH SERVICE, CONDUCTED BY A CLINTON CHRISTIAN POLKA BAND. THE CHURCH IS ALSO PLANNING A BIG ANNIVERSARY DINNER THIS FALL AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
FIRST LUTHERAN IS SERVED BY TWO PASTORS, PASTOR JERRY GJERDE AND PASTOR PAM SCHROEDER.

PRIMARY ELECTION DAY TOMORROW IN IOWA. VOTERS CAN VOTE ALL DEMOCRATIC OR ALL REPUBLICAN....AND IN OUR COUNTY, WE HAVE ONE RACE, FOR DEMOCRATIC SHERIFF. INCUMBANT SHERIFF RUSS KETTMANN IS OPPOSING CHALLENGER BUD SCHROEDER, A BELLEVUE POLICE OFFICER. SO, BECAUSE OF ONLY ONE RACE, AND MANY BELIEVING THE INCUMBANT WILL EASILY WIN, THE VOTER TURN-OUT SHOULD BE LOW. BUT, YOU NEVER KNOW. IT IS LOW VOTER TURN-OUTS THAT MANY TIMES RESULT IN UPSETS.

GOOD NEWS FOR MAQUOKETA. THE MAUSOLEUM AT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY...DATING BACK TO THE 1920'S..IN BAD CONDITION AND IN NEED OF LOTS OF REPAIRS....WILL GET A NEW FACELIFT,INSIDE AND OUT. AN
ANONYMOUS DONOR HAS GIVEN THE CEMETERY BOARD WELL OVER $100,000 WORTH OF MICROSOFT STOCK TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE MAUSOLEUM. WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN ON NEW GLASS, A NEW ROOF, NEW STUCCO ON THE OUTSIDE AND LATER, INTERIOR WORK. THERE WILL BE MONEY LEFT OVER FOR FUTURE WORK, AND ADMINISTERED BY THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION. CHARLIE DIETZ,
GAVE DETAILS OF THE GIFT TO KMAQ NEWS TODAY. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION. WHAT A WELCOME GIFT FOR MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH STUDENTS AND CHAPERONES WILL LEAVE FOR SPAIN TOMORROW. ONE STUDENT, NAME NOT RELEASED, WON'T GO AFTERALL BECAUSE HE OR SHE VIOLATED A GOOD CONDUCT CODE LAST WEEK INVOLVING TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL. THE SCHOOL BOARD MET EARLY THIS MORING AND AFFIRMED THE POLICY AND SAID THE STUDENT HAD TO COMPLY AND COULD NOT MAKE THE TRIP.

NEIL AND MOLLY ENGEL HAD A BOY LAST THURSDY AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE NORLAN AND CINDY HINKE OF DEWITT AND J.C. AND ARLENE ENGEL OF MAQUOKETA.

MR. AND MRS. HEATH SCHORK OF MAQUOKETA HAD A GIRL YESTERDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. GRANDPARENTS ARE KOREEN AND TONY SCHORK OF MAQUOKETA.

RANDY AND MEGHAN STEINES OF MT. PLEASANT HAD A BOY SATURDAY IN BURLINGTON'S HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE JUNIOR AND LAURA STEINES OF RURAL SPRINGBROOK.

NINA SPRECKELMEYER , AGE 91, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

IF YOU LIVE IN IOWA..VOTE TOMORROW.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

DENNIS VOY  

BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA..HIGH OF 74.

BUT, NO MAJOR NEWS.

A BIRTH. TOM AND ROBIN LANE OF MT. PLEASANT HAD A GIRL YESTERDAY.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE RICHARD AND KAREN DAVISON OF MAQUOKETA AND PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE LELAND AND JEANETTE LANE OF PRESTON.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINAL BOYS BASEBALL TEAM, WITH A 1 AND 1 RECORD, PLAY A DOUBLEHEADER HERE TONIGHT. THEY HAVE BEEN RAINED OUT 3 TIMES, BUT NO PROBLEM WITH THE WEATHER TONIGHT. THE DH TONIGHT IS A BIG BEND ONE AGAINST CAMANCHE. MAQUOKETA IS COACHED THIS YEAR BY PAT BOLLMAN, WHO WAS THE ASSISTANT TO COACH CURT NELSON, WHO RETIRED FROM THE POSITION. AND THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ALSO PLAY TONIGHT, UNDER NEW COACH JULIE MCCALISTER. THEIR GAME IS ALSO HERE TONIGHT. BOTH BALL DIAMONDS ARE SIDE-BY-SIDE JUST SOUTH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. FANS CAN GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN BOTH DIAMONDS AND KEEP TRACK OF ACTION AT BOTH.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY  

93-DEGREES IN THE TIMBER CITY TODAY...NOW, STORM WARNINGS UNTIL 10 TONIGHT.

TWO MAQUOKETA MEN AND TWO FROM ANDREW ARE IN THE LOCAL JAIL FOR
BREAKING INTO THE CLINTON ENGINES CORPORATION ABOUT 7 WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN JAIL ON BOND: GARY BROOKS, JR, AGE 19....CHRIS LEE SLATER, AGE 25....BOTH FROM MAQUOKETA...AND JACOB HUSEMAN OF ANDREW, AGE 18 AND ALLAN TALLMAN, AGE 17, OF ANDREW. NEIGHBORS SAW THEM GO
INTO BUILDING...AND IT WAS AN EASY ARREST.

LOLA KNACKSTEDT, AGE 87, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED WEDNESDAY AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. SERVICES WILL BE SATURDAY. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER, ELAINE EDWARDS, LONGTIME EMPLOYEE AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK...ALSO A DAUGHTER, MARGIE IN PORTLAND AND A SON, LARRY "BUD" KNACKSTEDT IN AUSTRALIA.

JUNE IS DAIRY MONTH....ENJOY AN ICE CREAM CONE TONIGHT.

DENNIS VOY  

After only so-so weather during the 3-day Holiday weekend...
(a little Sunshine Monday)...weather has been mostly cloudy and wet ever since. Over and inch of rain today with storms, tornado warnings, all around us. More rain tonight, and flooding possible.
The feared DROUGHT has passed...and this weekend..nice forecast.

Not a lot of news the last few days...really!

The new County Attorney TO BE.. started work yesterday as the Assistant County Attorney ..(FULL TITLE LATER)...after Phil Tabor's last day June 30th. His name, John Kies (Pronounced KEYS). Bob Osterhaus and I had lunch at Obie's yesterday and we ran into him (Kies) and Phil. Seems glad to be back in his home area (folks farm near LaMotte)....tall, regular build..and like a lot of you..a little thin on the top.

Iowa Primary Election Day is next Tuesday and in Jackson County, just one contest...Democrat Sheriff Russ Kettman versus Democrat Bellevue Police Officer Dennis "Bud" Schroeder. Both have reported spending around $5,000 so far on their compaign. In Jackson County, an incumbent generally is the favorite...but nothing if guaranteed. Kettman has the backing of former longtime Sheriff, Bob Lyons, which also helps him.

Josephine Nelson, age 86, of Maquoketa, died Tuesday at the Maquoketa Care Center. She lived most of her life in South Dakota before moving to Maquoketa in 1981. She was the great-granddaughter and last direct descendant living in Maquoketa of W.C. Swigart, the first editor and publisher of the Jackson (later called Maquoketa) Sentinel Press.

The JCPHospital 50th Anniversary Celebration is getting closer...Sunday, June 11th, starting at 1 P.M. A cake and punch reception and open house and tours to follow. There will be some opening remarks on the South lawn too. The JCPH opened its doors on May 16, 1950. Cost, $575,000. Had 61 beds at start.

Rumor has it that moved out and left his wife and also that has left her husband.

Thanks for checking in again today.

DENNIS VOY  

THE DAY STARTED OFF AT 59....NO SUN...NO RAIN THIS MORNING..THEN RAIN STARTED THIS AFTERNOON AND HAS BASICALLY NEVER STOPPED AND AFTER A HIGH OF 73 AROUND NOON, WE ARE NOW BACK DOWN TO 59.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, JOEL WHITING, AGE 32, ESCAPED INJURY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN HE ROLLED HIS VEHICLE ON ITS TOP. HE WAS ALONE.

WHITNEY MILLER IS THE NEW MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA POOL FOR THIS SUMMER. SHE IS A COLLEGE STUDENT FROM DEWITT. SHE AND HER LIFEGUARDS HAVE BEEN WORKING,PAINTING AND GETTING THE POOL READY TO OPEN THIS MONDAY AT 1 P.M.

MERLYN J. BAUER, AGE 73,OF MAQUOKETA,DIED YESTERDAY AT A DUBUQUE HOSPITAL. HE WAS A PAINTER MOST OF HIS LIFE IN CEDAR RAPIDS.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, BETTY...AND...A SISTER, JOYCE MITCHELL OF MAQUOKETA.

IN DISTRICT JUDGE BOBBI ALPERS COURT TODAY IN MAQUOKETA, AMY PETERSON, AGE 28, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED ON A CHARGE OF DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, NAMELY MARIJUANA, WITHIN 1,000 FEET OF PUBLIC SCHOOL. THE CHARGE WAS FILED AFTER AN INCIDENT IN MAY OF LAST YEAR. A 5-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE WAS SUSPENDED AS WAS A $1,000 FINE. HER DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS REVOKED FOR 180 DAYS. IN A RELATED CASE, WILLIAM ROBERTS, AGE 23, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS ALSO SENTENCED ON THE SAME CHARGES AND HIS 5-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE AND $1,000 FINE WERE ALSO SUSPENED. HIS DRIVERS LICENSE ALSO REVOKED FOR 180 DAYS.

FORMER MAQUOKETA TEACHER FRANK RANDALL WAS IN DISTRICT COURT TODAY ON AN OMVI 2ND OFFENSE CHARGE, AND INTERFERRING WITH OFFICIAL ACTS.
HE WAS SENTENCED TO A TOTAL OF 150 DAYS IN JAIL AND FINED $1,500. HE WAS GIVEN CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED IN AN INPATIENT FACILITY AND REMAIANING JAIL TIME WILL BE SERVED BEGINNING JUNE 16TH. A THIRD CHARGE OF THEFT IN THE SECOND DEGREE WAS DISMISSED. ALL 3 CHARGES WERE FILED IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. DRIVE CAREFULLY.

DENNIS VOY





 

BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA....HIGH OF 79

THE DUBUQUE RACING ASSOCIATION (DOG TRACK AND BOAT)BY LAW MUST DISH OUT EXCESS PROFITS EACH YEAR. THIS WEEK, THEY DID IT. GIVING OVER 2-MILLION-DOLLARS TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE TRI-STATE AREA. OVER 200-THOUSAND WENT TO THE KMAQ AREA. HERE IN MAQUOKETA.....BRIGG'S SCHOOL, $6,000 FOR BOOKS.....CARDINAL SCHOOL, $4,000 FOR BOOKS....THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM, $2,000 FOR A READER/PRINTER....THE HOSPITAL, $8,000 FOR SOFTWARE FOR COMPUTER.....and....MAQUOKETA POLICE DEPT, $1,700 FOR STOP STICKS (whatever they are)...PLUS, TO MANY OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTY.
I WANT YOU ALSO TO KNOW THAT I CONTRIBUTED A LITTLE TO THERE EXCESS PROFITS.

KEVIN BURNS, LONGTIME LOAN OFFICER AT THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, IS A NEW BOARD MEMBER ON THE HOSPITAL BOARD, REPLACING MIKE KANE WHO MOVED TO COLORADO. HE WILL SERVE UNTIL THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. I SUSPECT HE WILL THEN RUN FOR A FULL 6-YEAR TERM. HE SHOULD BE A GOOD MEMBER.

WALLY TAYLOR, AGE 93, DIED YESTERDAY AT ST. LUKES IN CEDAR RAPIDS FROM CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. HE OWNED AND OPERATED AN UPHOLSTERY BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA FOR 60 YEARS, FROM 1931-1991. IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, NONA, AND 1 SON, WALLY, JR. OF MARION, PLUS 2 GRANDKIDS.
ALSO SURVIVED BY SISTER-IN-LAW BERTHA TAYLOR OF MAQUOKETA.

7 FULLTIMERS WERE ABSENT FROM WORK TODAY..FOR GOOD REASON...SO IT HAS BEEN A BUSY ONE...BUT ALL WENT WELL. MY 14 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER, SARA, WORKED THIS AFTERNOON HERE....AND THAT HELPED A LOT. SHE WORKS HERE, THE VIDEO STORE, THE DOWNTOWN THEATRE, AND THE DRIVE-IN.
I COULD LEAVE TOWN AND PUT HER IN CHARGE. TODAY WAS HER LAST DAY OF SCHOOL..AT MIDDLE SCHOOL. SHE BECOMES A FRESHMAN THIS FALL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. NOT A PERFECT A STUDENT, BUT CLOSE. SMARTER THAN ME OR BUDDY OLSON. SAW BUDDY TODAY AND WAS WONDERING HOW I COULD WORK HIS NAME INTO REPORT TODAY. GOOD TALKING TO YOU BUDDY! WHILE I WAS MAQUOKETA MAYOR, THE BEST POLICE CHIEF I EVER HAD.

DOCTOR (Dentist) DON ROEDER OF MAQUOKETA WILL GIVE THE MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS THIS MONDAY. MORE ABOUT SERVICE LATER.

MY 12 HOURS ARE AGAIN UP FOR TODAY....SEE YOU TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY
 

SORRY,NO REPORT TODAY  

ANOTHER HOT DAY...85.

SUPT. ROD MONTANG LAST NIGHT WAS OFFERED A 1-YEAR CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH NO RAISE. (2ND OR 3RD YEAR IN A ROW WITH NO RAISE) HE HAS 20 DAYS TO DECIDE IF HE WILL ACCEPT THE CONTRACT OR NOT. HE HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 1994. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.

MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN ASSAULT AT MAQUOKETA PARK APARTMENTS ON YESTERDAY. LEVONNE MOODY, 1016 GERMAN STREET, TOLD POLICE AN UNKNOWN FEMALE CAME TO HER DOOR MONDAY AND ASKED TO TALK TO HER OUTSIDE. THE WOMAN THEN HIT HER FOUR OR FIVE TIMES IN THE HEAD. MOODY GOT AWAY, WENT INSIDE AND LOCKED THE DOOR. A NEIGHBOR CALLED POLICE. THE ASSAILANT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED AND POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT.

ALSO ON THE POLICE BLOTTER, PAM HAMMER, AGE 46, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION LAST NIGHT....IN THE 400 BLOCK OF NORTH DEARBORN STREET.

NO DEATHS AGAIN TODAY....FOR THE 3RD DAY IN A ROW.

AND SO LONG FOR AWHILE.

DENNIS VOY

 

Nice and warm today..high of 86

139 MCHS Seniors received their diploma yesterday afternoon in a
cool, breezy and overcast outdoor service. Jolene Hermes (her parents own Hermes Auto on East Platt) was Validectorian with a perfect 4.0 GPA.

Short report. Sorry.

DENNIS VOY  

BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA...SUNNY AND AROUND 70.

A FIRE THIS MORNING AT THE KEVIN BOWMAN RESIDENCE AT 412 N. 5TH STREET. KEVIN WAS NOT AT HOME. HIS WIFE AND 3 YEAR-OLD SON WERE THERE. THE BOY CLIMBED ONTO A CUPBOARD AND GOT A GRILL LIGHTER FROM A TOP SHELF WHILE HIS MOM WAS IN THE SHOWER. THE CHILD SET THE COUCH ON FIRE. HE RAN TO TELL HIS MOME AND BY THAT TIME, THE SMOKE ALARM HAD GONE OFF. SHE TRIED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT BUT COULD NOT AND BOTH GOT OUT OF HOME AT 9:15. WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED, THERE WERE FLAMES SHOOTING OUT THE FRONT AND SIDE WINDOWS. THE ENTIRE FIRST FLOOR WAS DESTROYED BY SMOKE, WATER AND HEAT. NO DOLLAR ESTIMATE GIVEN. THE FAMILY CAT DIED IN THE FIRE. THERE WERE 18 VOLUNTEER FIREMEN AT THE SCENE.

A PRESTON MAN WAS KILLED IN A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT AROUND 2 THIS MORNING A COUPLE MILES EAST OF PRESTON ON HIGHWAY 64. HE IS KENNETH MERLE RATHJE, AGE 52. HE WAS ALONE IN HIS 99 PICKUP WHICH ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES. NO ONE TRAVELING WITH HIM.

FUNERAL SERVICES ARE PENDING AT THE HAYLOCK, O'HARA AND LAHEY FUNERAL
HOME FOR MARGARET ALES OF MAQUOKETA, WHO DIED THIS MORNING AT THE HOSPITAL HERE IN TOWN. THE LAST NAME IS ALES, NOT EHLS. AND I THINK SHE WAS FORMERLY FROM LOST NATION. I BELIEVE THERE WAS (or IS) A MARGARET EHLS ALSO.

HAVE A GOOD SUNDAY.

DENNIS VOY
 

SUNNY, AND 65 THE HIGH TODAY.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ONE OF 7 IN THE STATE THAT WILL
RECEIVE FUNDS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION....ACCORDING TO AN ANNOUNCMENT BY SENATOR TOM HARKIN. MAQUOKETA WILL RECEIVE $353,000
FOR THE FIRST OF 3 YEARS UNDER THE 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING PROJECT. HOW MUCH MONEY WILL BE RECEIVED THE 2ND AND 3RD YEAR IS NOT KNOWN. HELEN SNELL FROM THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOLS, HELPED WRITE THE GRANT. THE MONEY IS TO BE USED, ACCORDING TO HELEN, TO ESTABLISH AFTER-SCHOOL, WEEKEND AND SUMMER PROGRAMS.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MET IN CLOSED SESSION AGAIN THIS MORNING EARLY AND AGAIN MADE NO DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO RENEW THE CONTRACT OF SUPT. RODNEY MONTANG, WHICH EXPIRES JULY 1ST. THEY MEET AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AT 6 P.M. AND A DECISION WILL PROBABLY BE MADE THEN. MANY GUESS HE WILL EITHER RESIGN OR BE FIRED.

FUNERAL SERVICES ARE PENDING AT THE HAYLOCK, O'HARA AND LAHEY FUNERAL
HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOR 82-YEAR-OLD RALPH BURLESON OF MAQUOKETA, WHO DIED THIS MORNING IN WINTER HAVEN,FLORIDA. AMONG SURVIVORS IS HIS WIFE, HELEN.

RUMOR ON THE STREET TODAY IS THAT 'RAY'S FASHIONS' IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA WILL BE CLOSING. IT IS THE ONLY REMAINING LADIES WEAR STORE IN MAQUOKETA, OWNED AND OPERATED FOR MANY YEARS BY ROCHELLE RAY.
I'LL HAVE MORE ABOUT THIS NEXT WEEK.

RUMOR ALSO HAS IT THAT THE RESTAURANT, 'KATHY'S COFFEE CORNER' LOCATED INSIDE BANOWETZ ANTIQUE MALL, WILL BE CLOSING SOON, BECAUSE OF A HELP (getting help) PROBLEM. VERL AND KATHY BANOWETZ ARE OWNERS. BY THE WAY, THEY WILL CELELBRATE IN AUGUST, THEIR 30TH ANNIVERSARY IN BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA. THEY HAVE WORKED HARD,HAVE DONE WELL IN MAQUOKETA AND HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR MAQUOKETA. THEY OWN BOTH THE ANTIQUE BUSINESS AND 'SQUIERS MANOR BED AND BREAKFAST'.

JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMEMT RATE IN APRIL WAS 3.4 PERCENT, DOWN FROM 4.3 PERCENT IN MARCH AND DOWN FROM 3.7 PERCENT LAST APRIL.
IOWA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN APRIL WAS 2.2 PERCENT. HOW ABOUT THAT/
CEDAR COUNTY,CLOSE TO US, WAS 1.9 PERCENT IN APRIL.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY  

NO SUNSHINE TODAY....THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS, BUT HERE IN MAQUOKETA,
NOT MUCH HAPPENED THIS MORNING, HOWEVER, IT IS NOW ONLY 1:20 IN THE AFTERNOON AND BAD WEATHER COULD HAPPEND YET TODAY. ALL OF EASTERN IOWA IS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 5 THIS AFTERNOON.

WENT TO JUDGE ARTHUR JANSSEN'S FUNERAL THIS MORNING, IN THE JANSSEN HALL, IN THE PEARSON BUILDING, ON THE FAIRGROUNDS, HERE IN MAQUOKETA. LOTS OF OLDER MEN THERE I DID NOT KNOW, PROBABLY JUDGES OR FORMER JUDGES IN THIS AREA.
JUDGE DAVID SCHOENTHALER, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, WAS A PALLBEARER.
SO WAS TOM CALLAHAN, BOB MELVOLD, ERWIN STAMP, AND TWO MEN I DID NOT KNOW. THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT 20 MAQUOKETA CITIZENS LIKE MYSELF AT THE FUNERAL. HIS DAUGHTER, JUDY POOLER, OF BELLEVUE, WROTE AND SANG A SONG, THAT WAS DONE VERY WELL BY HER. AND A TAPE RECORDING OF THE JUDGE DOING 'HOW GREAT THOU ART' WITH HIS TROMBONE, WAS PLAYED. IT WAS A RECORDING MADE AT THE LUTHERAN CHURCH IN 1983. PASTOR GJERDE OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH CONDUCTED THIS MORNING'S 10 A.M. SERVICE.

THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION MET THIS MORNING AND PLEDGED $50,000 TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAQUOKETA FINE ARTS CENTER ON EAST PLATT STREET. GARY DREW, ARTS CENTER COORDINATOR, SAID THE PLEDGE
PUTS THEM OVER $300,000 RAISED, FOR THE 700 SEAT CENTER. CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING HAS BEGUN, ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. MOST OF THE WORK WILL BE DONE BY VOLUNTEERS AND DREW ANTICIPATES THE CENTER WILL BE OPENED IN THREE YEARS. THE GOAL IS TO RAISE $1-MILLION FOR THE PROJECT. OF THAT, $470,000 WILL GO TOWARD CONSTRUCTION AND THE REST WILL BE SET UP AS AN INDOWMENT FOR MAINTENACE