ANOTHER NICE FALL DAY..HIGH OF 73...10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

BIG DRUG BUST IN MAQUOKETA TODAY. THREE PEOPLE ARE IN JAIL AFTER AN EARLY MORNING RAID IN MAQUOKETA WHERE SOME DRUGS WERE FOUND, AND A POSSIBLE METHAMPETAMINE LAB WAS ALSO FOUND. MARTIN CLASEN, AGE 25,
OF MAQUOKETA AND BARBARA VAN AMBURG, AGE 30,(HOME NOT LISTED) WERE ARRESTED EARLY THIS MORNING AT A MOBILE HOME IN THE HEARTLAND TRAILER COURT. AND ALICIA ANDERSON OF DEWITT AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, WAS ARRESTED AT NOON AFTER SHE ATTEMPTED TO PURCHASE METHAMPETAMINE FROM AN UNDERCOVER BEAR CREEK NARCOTICS TASK FORCE MEMBER IN MAQUOKETA.

TWO MAQUOKETA MEN WERE CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT, FOLLOWING A FIGHT IN THE PARKING LOT AT HOV'S PUB LAST NIGHT. CHARGED WERE WILLIAM GILMORE, AGE 26, AND PAUL SMITH, AGE 28.

LORIN AND VICKIE FELDERMAN OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN MONDAY AT MERCY HEALTH CENTER IN DUBUQUE. GRANDPARENTS ARE SUE AND DAVE FELDERMAN AND DARRELL AND RITA RUSSELL, ALL OF MAQUOKETA. PATERNAL GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS MARY BELLE WESTPHAL OF MAQUOKETA AND THE PATERNAL GREAT GRANDFATHER, NOW DECEASED.... POPULAR LONG-TIME JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF, LORIN FELDERMAN. ANYONE REMEMBER SHRIFF FELDERMAN?

TODD AND JENNY KUHLMAN MERRICK OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN SUNDAY AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE. GRANDPARENTS ARE JACK AND SUE KUHLMAN AND DICK ANDLINDA MERRICK, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.

ITS TRICK OR TREAT NIGHT...I'M GOING OUT AND BE NAUGHTY...MIGHT GO OUT TO BUDDY OLSON'S AND TIP-OVER HIS OUTHOUSE.

DENNIS VOY

 

SIXTY WEATHER IS STILL WITH US. LITTLE RAIN THIS MORNING..AND THE TOTAL RAIN FOR THE MONTH, AROUND 9-TENTHS OF AN INCH.

BUSINESS NEWS....FIRSTAR BANK OF MAQUOKETA HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE BRANCH OFFICE IN ANDREW WILL CLOSE IN NOVEMBER. THREE OTHER BANKS APPLIED TO RE-OPEN A BANK THERE AND TODAY, THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK ANNOUNCED THEY WERE SELECTED FROM THE 3 APPLICANTS TO ESTABLISH A NEW BRANCH BANK IN ANDREW. THEY WILL PUT THE BANK IN THE HARDWARE STORE THERE. AFTER REMODELING PART OF THE HARDWARE STORE FOR THE BANK, THEY HOPE TO OPEN IT BY DECEMBER 1ST. KATHY TILL, LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, AND MAYOR OF ANDREW, WILL BE THE BRANCH MANAGER OF THE NEW BANK IN ANDREW. THE FIRSTAR BUILDING WILL BE SOLD.

FIFE'S BAR ON EAST PLATT, OWNED BY BRIAN KONRARDY, HELD ITS FINAL NIGHT OF BUSINESS LAST SATURDAY NIGHT....AND DID BRIAN HAVE A CROWD!
HE HAS SOLD THE BUILDING AND WILL HAVE AN AUCTION OF EQUIPMENT, ETC.
THAT'S THE BUILDING THAT WAS FOR MANY YEARS THE OK FURNITURE STORE,THEN THE EAGLES CLUB. WHO BOUGHT IT FROM BRIAN? I HAVE HEARD TWO PEOPLE...SO I WILL WAIT UNTIL I KNOW FOR SURE.

A BIRTH..A BOY BORN TO CITY MANAGER AND MRS. BRIAN WAGNER ..BORN OCTOBER 24TH AT DUBUQUE.

MAQUOKETA UPSET VINTON AND WON THEIR FINAL FOOTBALL GAME OF THE SEASON LAST FRIDAY NIGHT...AND FINISHED THE SEASON WITH 5 WINS AND 4 LOSSES...A WINNING SEASON.

HAPPY TRICK OR TREATING TO YOU ALL.

DENNIS VOY
 

JUST A SO-S0 FALL DAY TODAY..HIGH OF 65 AND DROPPING TEMPERATURS TO THE MID 50'S BY LATE AFTERNOON.

FOOTBALL TONIGHT AT GOODENOW FIELD AGAINST VINTON-SHELLSBURG...
WILL BE A CHALLENGE FOR THE CARDINALS.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, KENNETH GENE KELLY, AGE 46, OF YALE AVENUE IN MAQUOKETA (the Mobile Home Court on East side of town)...WAS KILLED IN A CAR-SEMI ACCIDENT AT 5:15 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON JUST SOUTH OF DUBUQUE ON HIGHWAY 61. KELLY WAS DRIVING SOUTH AND CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND HIT THE TRUCK. NO OTHER DETAILS GIVEN.

CLUB SHAKERS, THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT LAMOTTE, IS OWNED BY A DUBUQUE MAN AND IS STILL IN OPERATION AFTER MORE THAN 2 YEARS.
IT FEATURES LADIES, PERFORMING DANCING, WITH CLOTHING THAT WOULD KEEP THEM PLENTY COOL ON A HOT SUMMER DAY. NO ADMISSION TO THE CENTER, BUT YOU DO NEED TO PAY A PARKING FEE. AND YOU CAN BRING YOUR OWN KOOLADE OR OTHER LIQUID REFRESHMENTS WITH YOU. THE OWNER IS THINKING ABOUT BUILDING A CONVENIENCE STORE NEXT DOOR, THAT WOULD SELL BEER AND HE DISCUSSED THE MATTER THIS WEEK AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVIORS MEETING IN MAQUOKETA. HE WAS CHECKING TO SEE WHAT THE SUPERVISORS THOUGHT OF HIS NEW STORE IDEA. THEY SAID IF WHAT HE PLANS IS LEGAL, THEY HAVE NO OBJECTIONS AND THEY WILL DECIDE ON A PERMIT AT THEIR MEETING NEXT TUESDAY. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN LESS CALLS FOR DEPUTIES SINCE IT STARTED AS A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THAN WHEN IT WAS A TAVERN BEFORE THAT. I REALLY NEED TO CHECK THIS PLACE OUT SOON AND THEN I WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A BETTER REPORT ON ONE OF JACKSON COUNTY'S POPULAR BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS.
I HEAR THAT MOST OF THE CUSTOMERS COME FROM DUBUQUE COUNTY TO THE NORTH, LESS THAN 15 MILES AWAY.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

 

FOGGY AGAIN THIS MORNING..AND CLOUDY AND WARM TODAY..HIGH OF 73.

FORMER SHERIFF BOB LYONS, DRIVING HIS 90-MODEL PICKUP, RAN INTO THE
REAR OF AN ANTIQUE FARM TRACTOR ON HIGHWAY 62 NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA BY THE BRIDGEPORT CEMETERY, AT JUST BEFORE 4 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
LYONS, AGE 70, IS IN GOOD CONDITION AT THE JCPHOSPITAL HERE IN MAQUOKETA. THE DRIVER OF THE TRACTOR, JACK BENTON, AGE 53, OF
MAQUOKETA. HE WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY WHERE HE IS LISTED IN FAIR CONDITION. THE IOWA STATE PATROL IS INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDENT AND CHARGES ARE PENDING. LYONS RECENTLY UNDERWENT TRIPLE-BYPASS SURGERY.

SHORT REPORT TODAY...SORRY.

DENNIS VOY  

HEAVY FOG THIS MORNING...SO MOST SCHOOL HAS 2-HOUR DELAY.
CLOUDY TODAY, BUT WARM..HIGH OF 70.

THE C-MART CONVENIENCE STORE ON EAST PLATT WAS ROBBED NEAR CLOSING TIME LAST NIGHT. JUST AS THE ATTENDANT WAS ABOUT TO LOCK-UP, A WOMAN WEARING A SCARFF AND SUNGLASSES CAME THROUGH THE DOOR AND DEMANDED MONEY. NO WEAPON WAS SHOWN, BUT SHE HAD A HAND IN HER POCKET AND MAY HAVE HAD A GUN. SHE FLED ON FOOT AND HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. 5 TO 5-FIVE, A BLONDE, WEARING A SWEATSHIRT. IT HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED HOW MUCH MONEY SHE GOT.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD LAST NIGHT TALKED ABOUT ANOTHER ELECTION (3RD) FOR A 1% LOCAL SALES TAX HIKE,JUST FOR SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE.
HAS TWICE BEEN DEFEATED...WHOLE COUNTY MUST GO. LOCALLY IT WOULD RAISE $150,000 A YEAR FOR BUILDINGS. MAQUOKETA BOARD HAS A 2.1-MILLION DOLLAR WISH LIST. NEXT STEP....TO CHECK WITH OFFICIALS WHEN AN ELECTION COULD BE HELD....PROBABLY SOMETIME THIS WINTER.

A BAD ACCIDENT....THIS AFTERNOON AT ANDREW...BETWEEN PICKUP AND TRACTOR...I DO NOT BELIEVE A FATALITY...AND INVOLVED, A WELL-KNOWN JACKSON COUNTY RESIDENT. I CAN'T RELEASE NAME .. SO WILL HAVE A COMPLETE STORY FOR YOU TOMORROW.

A BIRTH...GIRL, BORN AT LOCAL HOSPITAL SUNDAY TO BRIAN AND JULIE
GOETZINGER OF MAQUOKETA.

WARREN WATERMAN, AGE 77, OF ATKINS, IOWA, DIED MONDAY. SURVIVORS
INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, KAREN TIMMERMAN OF MAQUOKETA.

MARIA OSTERHAUS, DAUGHTER OF MATT AND MARILYN, WILL BE ONLY MAQUOKETA RUNNER TO BE IN STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET IN FORT DODGE THIS SATURDAY.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

DENNIS VOYH

 

NEARLY A HALF-INCH OF RAIN THIS MORNING...CLOUDY AND COOL THIS AFTERNOON, WITH A HIGH OF 63.

FRIDAY NIGHT, THE SOCIAL EVENT WAS THE HUMAINE SOCIETY DINNER AND MUSIC BY RED...AND AROUND $3,000 WAS RAISED. AN IOWA STATE AUTOGRAPHED FOOTBALL AT THE AUCTION WENT FOR $400...AND A SAGE ROSENFELS PRACTICE JERSEY WENT FOR $385....BOTH ITEMS BOUGHT BY BOB NEVANS OF BELLEVUE. THE HAMAINE SOCIETY BOARD WAS HAPPY ABOUT THE EVENT AND PLAN TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

SUNDAY NIGHT, THE SOCIAL EVENT WAS THE FORMER SALVATION ARMY CITADEL
RESTORATION COMMITTEE'S DINNER AND DANCE. WHEREAS THE FRIDAY NIGHT
EVENT WAS AT THE EAGLES, LAST NIGHT IT WAS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. OVER 400 FOR DINNER, MORE THAN EXPECTED...AND THEIR AUCTION RAISED AROUND
$2,000. TOTAL FOR THE NIGHT WAS WELL OVER $3,000 I'M GUESSING.
RED PLAYED FOR A 2ND NIGHT IN A ROW....AND THE 90% SENIORS HAD A GOOD TIME.

NOTHING ELSE HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND.

SEE YOU TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY

 

A PICTURE-PERFECT DAY AGAIN.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS LOST LAST NIGTH TO BENTON COMMUNITY, IN THE LAST 3 SECONDS. THAT'S RIGHT..BENTON SCORED THEIR WINNING TD WITH ONLY SECONDS LEFT, AND NEEDED A FIELD GOAL TO WIN........THE KICK WAS PERFECT..AND THE SCORE WAS 15 TO 14.

JIM SCHROEDER, AGE 68, OF BELLEVUE DIED SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME LAST NIGHT FROM AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK. HE OWNED A ROAD AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND AT ONE TIME, WAS A JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISOR.

AT THE HUMAINE SOCIETY DINNER LAST NIGHT, THE SAGE ROSENFELS PRACTICE JERSEY SOLD AT THE AUCTION FOR $385.00...TO A BELLEVUE MAN, WHO DATES A FAMOUS MAQUOKETA ARTIST.

THE FAMILY DOLLAR PEOPLE ARE COMING TO MAQUOKETA FOR MORE DISCUSSION MONDAY, REGARDING THE HUGE DISTRIBUTION CENTER THEY MAY BUILD IN MAQUOKETA, TO EMPLOY 500 PEOPLE.

50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, WILBUR CORNELIUS OPENED HIS NEW CORNELIUS FARM STORE BUILDING ON EAST PLATT STREET. WILBUR, WHO SUFFERED A STROKE A FEW YEARS AGO, NOW LIVES IN THE MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER AT BELLEVUE. JOHN DAGUE BOUGHT OUT WILBUR AND NOW DAGUE EQUIPMENT IS LOCATED SOUTH OF MAQUOKETAA.

RELAX THIS WEEKEND AND START DREAMING OF SNOW.

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SUNNY AND 79 AND NICE....WIND BLOWING LEAVES ALL OVER TOWN.

AT LAST MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, MEMBER DAVE TABOR SUGGESTED DELWOOD JOIN WITH MAQUOKETA. RIGHT NOW, DELWOOD PAYS MAQUOKETA TO EDUCATE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND THEY STILL HAVE THE GRADE SCHOOL IN DELMAR. TODAY, DELWOOD BOARD PRESIDENT PAUL MILLER OF DELMAR (HAS AN INSURANCE OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA, IN BUILDING THAT FOR MANY YEARS WAS THE A & W RESTAURANT) SAID TODAY THAT HIS BOARD MET THIS WEEK AND THEY ARE NOT AT ALL INTERESTED IN THE MERGING PROPOSAL.

A BIRTH....LAVERN AND EUNICE ROBERG ARE GRANDPARENTS AGAIN. A GIRL BORN TODAY TO MIKE AND LISA MENDEL OF ST. CHARLES, ILLINOIS.

BERNIE ROSENBERG, AGE 88, DIED TODAY IN A CLEVELAND, OHIO HOSPITAL.
HE HAD BEEN LIVING IN THAT AREA, WHICH IS WHERE HIS DAUGHTER AND FAMILY LIVE. HE WAS OWNER OF ROSENBERG AUTO SUPPLY FOR MANY, MAMY YEARS, UNTIL RETIRING IN 1983. HE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER LIBBY CIRCELLI OF HUDSON, OHIO AND SON MAYOR JACK ROSENBERG OF MAQUOKETA, ALSO 1 BROTHER AND 2 SISTERS, AND 6 GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS A FOUNDER AND BOARD MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK...AND ALSO A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE TIMBER CITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WAS A ROTARY MEMBER FOR MANY YEARS AND A BIG IOWA HAWKEYE SUPPORTER...AN AVID GOLFER TOO. FUNERAL SERVICES MONDAY HERE IN TOWN AT CARSON'S AND BURIAL WILL BE IN DAVENPORT CEMETERY. I LIKED BERNIE AND APPRECIATED THE MANY THINGS HE DID FOR MAQUOKETA.

JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPOYMENT RATE IN SEPTEMBER WAS 2.9...DOWN FROM 3.0 IN AUGUST.

SHERRI MOLER MARCEAU IS 40 TODAY.

I'LL BE BACK TOMORROW WITH A MAQUOKETA FOOTBALL SCORE, OF NOTHING MORE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

 

TERRIFIC TODAY..HIGH OF 79 WITH ALL SUNSHINE....ON THOSE BEAUTIFUL FALL LEAVES.

SHORT REPORT TODAY.

RON AND STACY MERRICK DRISCOLL ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN YESTERDAY AT CEDAR RAPIDS HOSPITAL. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE DICK AND LINDA MERRICK OF MAQUOKETA.

MORE ABOUT VERNE SOCKS, WHO DIED TUESDAY. HE STARTED WITH CLINTON ENGINES IN CLINTON, MICHIGAN AND IN 1951 WHEN THE COMPANY MOVED TO MAQUOKETA, HE MOVED ALSO AND WORKED FOR DON THOMAS, THE OWNER, AS VICE-PRESIDENT OF MANUFACTURING. IN 1959, HE MOVED TO WISCONSIN AND JOINED BRIGGS AND STRATTON. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, SARAH, 3 DAUGHTERS AND TWO SONS. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE SATURDAY AT THE CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME AND BURIAL WILL BE IN MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY IN MAQUOKETA.

LOWEL HOFFMAN, AGE 85, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT HIS HOME.
HE STARTED HIS POULTRY, CREAM AND EGGS BUSINESS IN OHIO.....LATER DEALING IN EGGS ONLY. NEEDED AN AREA FOR MORE EGGS AND THEREFORE MOVED HIS COMPANY TO MAQUOKETA IN 1959. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE...HIS DAUGHTER, SHARON (MRS. DARREL)RETTIG OF MAQUOKETA AND A SON IN GEORGIA. BOUGHT HIS FIRST BUSINESS PLANE IN 1960 AND ENJOYED FLYING.

THANKS AGAIN FOR STOPPING BY.

DENNIS VOY

 

MARVELOUS DAY IN MAQUOKETA. HOPE YOUR WEATHER IS AS GOOD.

TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...NORTH OF MAQUOKETA...A MAQUOKETA TRUCK AND AN OKLAHOMA CAR. MINOR INJURIES TO ALL 4 PEOPLE, INCLUDING CARLYLE SHADY, AGE 82 AND WIFE VELMA, AGE 82. SHADY CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD. $4,000 IN DAMAGES TO THE TRUCK AND $16,000 TO THE 2000 MODEL CAR.

VERN SOCKS, AGE 82, DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN BROOKFIELD, WISCONSIN.
HE WAS CEO OF CLINTON ENGINES BACK ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO. HIS DAUGHTER, BEV, IS MARRIED TO ROD CARSON, OWNER OF CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME. HE WILL BE BURIED HERE. I'LL TRY TO HAVE MORE TOMORROW.

MARV HENEKE, AGE 82, OF MAQUOKETA DIED TODAY AT HIS HOME.
HE HAD FARMED AND WAS A CATTLE FEEDER ALL OF HIS LIFE.
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JO ANN, A DAUGHTER, SHERRI WOOD OF MAQUOKETA,
AND A STEP DAUGHTER AND 3 STEP SONS.

JEANNIE HOLTZ HAD A STROKE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND IS DOING BETTER. I HEARD SHE IS NOW GETTING THERAPY AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL.
ALSO HEARD TODAY THAT TOM RAY WILL BE COMING BACK TO MAQUOKETA HOSPITAL FOR THERAPY.

THEY'RE 'BRICKING' THE NEW FARM BUREAU BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

THE DEPOT NIGHT CLUB NOW HAS A SPORTS BAR IN THE SOUTH ROOM.

MAQUOKETA IS ON THE ROAD IN FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT..AT BENTON COMMUNITY.

CHECK BACK TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY

 

NOT A BAD DAY...NOT A LOT OF SUNSHINE THO...AND HIGH OF 63. REAL FOGGY THIS MORNING BUT NO SCHOOL DELAYS.

TWO ACCIDENTS IN THE FOG THIS MORNING. AT 8:50, A SEMI HIT A CAR BROAD-SIDE ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA AND THE LONE PASSENGER IN THE CAR WAS KILLED. DEAD IS MADGE L. BOWLING, AGE 80, OF MAQUOKETA.
SHE WAS HIT AS SHE WAS CROSSING HIGHWAY 61. THE SEMI DRIVER FROM DUBUQUE WAS NOT INJURED. THE OTHER ACCIDENT HAPPENED A MILE EAST OF MAQUOKETA ON HIGHWAY 64, AT 8:10 THIS MORNING. DEPUTY ED CLARK CHARGED JEFFREY LYNN HOLST, AGE 34, WITH FAILURE TO YIELD WHEN ENTERING A THROUGH HIGHWAY. HE WAS HIT BY A SIMI. NO ONE WAS INJURED.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT. A COUPLE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FAMILY DOLLAR PROSPECT FOR THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK.

JAMES E. WILLIAMS, AGE 53, OF MAQUOKETA DIED SATURDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS IN IOWA CITY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MARY JO...2 DAUGHTERS AND 3 SONS AND 3 GRANDCHILDREN.

TOM RAY IS BEING TREATED AFTER SUFFERING A STROKE. HE IS IN A DUBUQUE HOSPITAL AND I HAVE NOT HEARD HOW SERIOUS IT WAS. ALL STROKES ARE SERIOUS!

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH HAD A SUCCESSFUL 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OVER THE WEEKEND.....A DINNER SATURDAY NIGHT AND SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICE SUNDAY MORNING....BOTH EVENTS AT THE PEARSON CENTER ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. THE ENTIRE KUMPF FAMILY WAS ON HAND TO ACCEPT A PLAQUE HONORING HUSBAND AND FATHER, PASTOR HAROLD KUMPF WHO DIED THIS SUMMER AND WHO WAS A LONGTIME PASTOR FOR FIRST LUTHERAN.

I WENT UP TO BELLEVUE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND TOOK THE INTERESTING TOUR OF THE LOCK AND DAM. GOOD TURNOUT.

WINNEBAGO IS BUILDING A NEW RV FACTORY IN CHARLES CITY...50,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE 150 WORKERS...THE FIRST PLANT OUTSIDE OF FORREST CITY.

THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES WON THEIR GAME SATURDAY NIGHT OVER OKLAHOMA STATE...IN THE LAST MINUTE...THANKS TO A GREAT PASS THROWN BY
MAQUOKETA'S SAGE ROSENFELS. THE CYCLONES ARE NOW 5 AND 1.

WELL..I'M ON MY WAY HOME...TO CHEER FOR THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS...THEY HAVE TO WIN TONIGHT...OR THEIR SEASON IS OVER...AND NO WORLD SERIES FOR THEM.

IF THEY LOOSE, EVERYONE AT KMAQ WILL BE IN MOURNING TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY

 

ANOTHER SUPER DAY IN KMAQ-LAND.....IN THE UPPER 70'S....AND COLORFUL LEAVES EVERYWHERE.

MAQUOKETA CARDINALS LOST LAST NIGHT, HERE, TO WESTERN DUBUQUE...26 TO 0. WE WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO LOOSE THAT BADLY. MAYBE....WE NEED A NEW COACH. I SAID, MAYBE.

AT A COST OF 42-MILLION-DOLLARS, THEY ARE RE-BUILDING...OVER A 4-YEAR PERIOD, THE LOCK AND DAM AT BELLEVUE. ALL THIS AFTER 71 YEARS OF USE. TOMORROW, THEY HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE WITH TOURS, TO EXPLAIN THE NEXT PHASE, COSTING 16-MIL. I MAY GO OVER FOR A TOUR. I GUESS THEY WILL ALSO LET VISITORS WALK OVER THE DAM, WHICH MIGHT BE NEAT.

JUNIOR MICHELS, AGE 71, OF SPRAGUEVILLE, DIED YESTERDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, GLADYS DEPPE-WALLACE, OF MAQUOKETA.

ANYONE REMEMBER LARRY LOWARY WHO WORKED IN MAQUOKETA ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO FOR THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS? GOT A LONG LETTER FROM HIM TODAY, TELLING WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING SINCE LEAVING MAQUOKETA. LIVES NOW IN SEATTLE. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MORE...E-MAIL ME.

GOOD TURN-OUT LAST NIGHT FOR THE SPOOK SALE FOR FRIDAY THE 13TH...IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

FAY MOELLER, AGE 91, WAS ON KMAQ'S JUST TALK SHOW THURSDAY. TALKING ABOUT HIS YEARS IN THIS AREA, AS A POSTMAN, MUSICIAN, SCHOOL BUS DRIVER..ETC. LOOKS ABOUT 71...AND IS VERY SHARP. STILL PLAYS AND SINGS ONCE A MONTH AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME.

SAW GIB MARCUCCI THE OTHER NIGHT...STILL TRAINING, SHOWING AND BOARDING PONIES. THIS HAS BEEN A LIFTIME VOCATION FOR HIM...A GOOD AND PROFITABLE ONE.

JUST HEARD THAT TOM RAY IS IN THE DUBUQUE HOSPITAL. I'll LET YOU KNOW WHEN I HEAR ANYTHING MORE.

ROBIN NIMS IS LEAVING THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB WHERE SHE HAS BEEN THE MANAGER. GOING BACK TO WORKING FOR FAMILIES OF NORTHEAST IOWA, WITH AN OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA. HER HUSBAND IS STILL THE KING OF PRODUCE IN MAQUOKETA.

GAYLON GOHLMAN, AND RHONDA DISNEY, GOT MARRIED TODAY IN GRINNELL...WHERE HE IS MANAGER OF THE COUNTRY CLUB THERE. HIS SECOND MARRIAGE. HE WAS MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB MANAGER FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO GRINNELL.

TALKED TO MARGO POWERS SHOUSE THE OTHER DAY. SHE WORKED FOR THE NEWSPAPER 35 YEARS AGO....AND SINCE, HAS LIVED MANY PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH HER HUSBAND, KENT. THEY RECENTLY BOUGHT A HOME IN MAQUOKETA OUT ON SWAGOSA DRIVE BY THE GOLF COURSE AND KENT IS STILL
WORKING AND COMMUTING.

SLEEP IN TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY





 

BEAUTIFUL FRIDAY...HIGH OF 79.

MAQUOKETA HAS A TOUGH FOE IN WESTERN DUBUQUE TONIGHT IN FOOTBALL AT GOODENOW FIELD...BUT THEY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF WINNING.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, ROLAND E. KLOSSNER, AGE 40, IS BEING HELD IN THE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY HELD HIS WIFE AT GUNPOINT OVER NIGHT.

DOUG OWEN OF MAQUOKETA, A MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD FOR 8 YEARS, HAS RESIGNED TO BECOME INTERIM MANAGER OF THE UTILITY. HE WILL BE PAID $42,500. THE BOARD HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR A NEW MANAGER SINCE FEBRUARY WHEN THEIR MANAGER RESIGNED.
THERE APPARENTLY IS A LACK OF QUALIFIED APPLICANTS, ESPECIALLY AT THE $55,000 SALARY LIMIT. SO NOW, HE WILL SERVE UNTIL THEY RE-ADVERTISE IN ABOUT 5 MONTHS. OWEN SAYS HE WILL OFFICIALLY APPLY FOR THE PERMANENT JOB AT THAT TIME. OWEN WAS OWNER OF CAMPBELL CLEAN-UP UNTIL HE SOLD OUT EARLIER THIS YEAR. HE STILL HAS A LAUNDROMAT AND APARTMENTS IN MAQUOKETA.

THE MEEU BOARD IS ALSO PLANNING TO BUY A COUPLE MORE NEW GENERATORS TO REPLACE TWO THAT ARE OVER 50 YEARS OLD. THEY WILL COST OVER ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND THEY HAVE THE MONE TO BUY THEM. THEY ALSO ARE BUILDING A NEEDED BUILDING AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS AT THE NORTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. MEEU IS DOING WELL AND IS GOING TO BE A BIG FACTOR IN MAQUOKETA'S GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN THE FUTURE YEARS.
MOST CITIES DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN UTILITY.

CHRIS ENGSTROM, AGE 46, OF MAQUOKETA, CHARGED THIS MORNING WITH OPERATING A VEHILCE WHILE INTOXICATED, 2ND OFFENSE. ARRESTED AT 1:48 THIS MORNING AT ELIZA AND PLEASANT STREETS.

HARLAN DAVISON, OF MAQUOKETA, CHARGED WITH BURGLARY IN THE FIRST DEGREE, DOMESTIC ABUSE ASSAULT AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE 4TH DEGREE. POLICE SAY HE WENT TO THE RESIDENCE OF HIS ESTRANGED GIRLFRIEND, KELLI CRIST, THURSDAY....ENTERED THE MOBILE HOME WITHOUT PERMISSION,GRABBED HER AND THREW HER AGAINST THE WALL.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY  

TERRIFIC DAY IN MAQUOKETA..SUNNY AND HIGH OF 67.

ON TODAY'S GUESTBOOK, GLAD TO HEAR FROM JACQUELINE IN ALASKA...LUCKY HER...SHE HAS SNOW ALREADY. WE HAVE TO WAIT A MONTH OR TWO LONGER.

A BIRTH...RANDY AND AMY DEESING OF MAQUOKETA HAD A GIRL YESTERDAY AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE. GRANDPARENTS ARE STEVE AND PENNY SCHNOOR AND PAT DEESING...ALL OF MAQUOKETA. PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, ALLENE SCHNOOR OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, NORMA DEHOOT OF MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA MERCHANTS ARE HAVING A SPOOK-SALE THIS FRIDAY THE 13TH..FROM 4 TIL 8 P.M.

THE FIRST TWO-STORY "BRAD & JOHN DEERY APARTMENT BUILDING" IS UP ALONG 4-LANE HIGHWAY 61, SOUTH OF HAPPY JOES. WEICK HOMES APARTMENTS, THAT COME IN PRE-BUIDT. BELIEVE THE INITIAL BUILDING WILL HAVE 12 APARTMENTS. ROSS RIVER IS THE WEICK SALES REP IN THIS AREA AND WORKING WITH THE DEERY'S...AS HE DID FOR THE BRAD DEERY
SERVICE BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN. ROSS AND VIVIAN RIVER HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA SINCE THE EARLY 50'S.

HEARD TODAY THAT THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS WILL BE GETTING A NEW HOME SOON, JUST EAST OF THE PRESENT BUILDING, WHERE A FORMER GAS STATION BUILDING NOW STANDS. GUESS TRI-STATE GRAPHICS, NOW IN PART OF THE NEWSPAPER BUILDING, NEEDS THE ENTIRE BUILDING AND THAT'S WHY A NEW BUILDING WILL BE BUILDT FOR JUST THE NEWSPAPER OFFICES.

THE DEPOT IS AGAIN OPENING, AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR 2 WEEKS TO MAKE SOME CHANGES. I HEAR THEY ARE ADDING A SALAD BAR....RE-DOING THE MENU...AND HAVE ADDED A SPORTS BAR. MORE AFTER I HAVE A CHANCE TO VISIT IT.

NOTHING NEW TO REPORT ON THE CLOSED RADIO SHACK STORE ON THE CORNER IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

BIG GAME TONIGHT...CARDS VERSUS METS.

C-U LATER.

DENNIS VOY



 

SUNNY AND WARMER TODAY..HIGH OF 55. TOMORROW AROUND 60.

A MAQUOKETA TEENAGER, WHO JUST GOT HIS LICENSE, WAS
CRUISING AROUND MAQUOKETA WITH A GIRL FRIEND SATURDAY NIGHT AND LOST CONTROL OF HIS CAR NEAR THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLEASANT STREET AND THE RESULT...HIS CAR AND 3 OTHERS DAMAGED. JOSHUA RIORDAN OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 16, AND MYRA CLARK, AGE 15, HAD QUITE AN EXPERIENCE.
SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY HER MOTHER TO BE TREATED FOR A MINOR INJURY. TOTAL DAMAGE ESTIMATE... TO ALL 4 VEHICLES....AROUND $14,000.

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.

THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH WILL CELEBRATE ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY THIS SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A BIG DINNER AT THE FAIRGROUNDS AND THE SUNDAY ANNIVERSARY SERVICE WILL ALSO BE AT THE PEARSON CENTER SUNDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. LOTS OF PEOPLE COMING HOME FOR THE EVENT.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON, THE FAMILY OF DR. J. A. BROMAN, IS HOSTING A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR DR. BROMAN. HIS 80TH. HE FIRST CAME TO MAQUOKETA TO START PRACTICE IN THE EARLY 40'S. THEN SERVED IN WORLD WAR 2 FOR AWHILE AND THEN RESUMED HIS PRACTICE AFTER THE WAR WITH DR. PAUL BROWN, WHO ALSO IS RETIRED. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SERVED OVER THE YEARS BY BROMAN AND BROWN. BOTH ARE IN GOOD HEALTH....I SEE BOTH WEEKLY AT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB MEETING. I DON'T THINK PAUL IS 80 YET....HIS BIRTHDAY IS IN MAY SO I ASSUME HIS BIG DAY WILL BE IN MAY, 2001.

ITS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK...CHECK THE BATTERIES IN YOUR SMOKE ALARMS.

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COLD LAST NIGHT..LOW OF 25....PARTY SUNNY TODAY, HIGH OF 45.

THE MAQUOKETA CARDINALS WON THEIR FOOTBALL GAME LAST NIGHT, 40 TO 6.

THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS WON THE PLAYOFF AGAINST THE ATLANTA BRAVES THIS AFTERNOON...SWEEPING THE SERIES, 3 GAMES TO 0.

SORRY, BUT THAT WILL HAVE TO DO IT FOR NOW.

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PARTY SUNNY THIS MORNING...LITTLE SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON...HIGH TODAY OF 45. WILL BE COLD FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WITH A RECORD LOW POSSIBLE TONIGHT, BUT THEN WARMING TO THE 60'S BY NEXT TUESDAY.

IT WILL BE A COLD NIGHT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT AT MY 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE. BUT, NO RAIN,THANK GOODNESS.

IT WILL BE COLD WATCHING MAQUOKETA PLAY UNION TONIGHT UP THERE...SOUTH OF WATERLOO. MAQUOKETA SHOULD WIN EASILY.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL STILL DEBATING WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE CLINTON ENGINES SITUATION. THE OWNER, MARTY HOFFINGER OF FLORIDA, WANTS TO GIVE IT TO THE CITY FOR A TAX WRITE-OFF. HE WILL EVEN GIVE THE CITY $10,000 TOWARD THE CLEAN-UP OF THE SOIL. BUT, THE ESTIMATE TO DO THE CLEAN-UP IS OVER $600,000. AND, BILL MAYBERRY STILL OPERATES A BUSINESS THERE AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH IT FOR ANOTHER 2 YEARS...USING PART OF THE BUILDINGS. THE CITY SOMEDAY WOULD LIKE TO SEE CLINTON ENGINES BUILDINGS DISAPPEAR AND THE EMPTY LAND THEN USED FOR ANOTHER INDUSTRY. THAT WOULD BE NICE AS MUCH OF THE OLD PLANT IS A REAL EYESORE NOW. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THE CITY IS CRAZY TO SPEND SO MUCH MONEY TO CORRECT THE MESS. BUT, IF THE CITY DROPS THE ISSUE....AND HOFFINGER STOPS PAYING TAXES ....THE WHOLE MESS WILL GO TO THE COUNTY AND THEY'LL HAVE TO SPEND BIG DOLLARS TO CLEAN UP THE LAND SO SOMEONE ELSE CAN USE IT.....AND THAT COULD BE YEARS FROM NOW...AND, MEANWHILE, THE EYESORE GETS WORSE. SOME OF YOU READING THIS PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THAT IN THE 50'S...CLINTON ENGINES WAS THE WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURE OF SMALL ENGINES FOR LAWNMOWERS, ETC...THAT OVER 2,000 PEOPLE WORKED HERE AT THE PLANT AND THAT THEY AT ONE TIME PRODUCED 10,000 ENGINES A DAY. THE COMPANY WENT BANKRUPT IN 1966...AND IT WENT DOWNHILL FAST....BUT CONTINUED FOR MANY YEARS UNDER LEADERSHIP OF MARTY HOFFINGER.

THE MAQUOKETA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO A COMBINE FIRE THIS AFTERNOON...AT NASHVILLE, WEST OF TOWN...THE COMBINE OWNED BY HARVEY FRANDSEN...LITTLE DAMAGE..AND FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE ABOUT A HALF HOUR.

IN COURT NEWS...JOE YAROLEM, JR., AGE 19, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT IN THE 5TH DEGREE FOR DRIVING AWAY FROM KJ'S AND NOT PAYING FOR $13 WORTH OF GAS. A LOT OF THAT GOING ON NOW AND THE FINE IS HIGH.

ALSO, IN DISTRICT COURT, BRADLEY CARSON, AGE 24, OF MAQUOKETA WAS SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS IN JAIL AND FINED $1,000 FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED..BACK ON MAY 6TH.

A DEMOLITION DERBY AND STOCK CAR RACING PROGRAM WILL BE HELD THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AT THE LOCAL TRACK. TWO EVENTS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. THE PROMOTER, BOB WAGENER...WHO ALSO RUNS THE SUMMER STOCK CAR RACING PROGRAM HERE IN TOWN. WILL BE COLD FOR THE EVENT IF THE FORECAST HOLDS.

IOWA AND IOWA STATE BOTH HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM TOMORROW IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. IOWA AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE...AND THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES AGAINST NEBRASKA. WINS WOULD BE UPSETS.

BILL FLEMMING CALLED KMAQ'S VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS PROGRAM TODAY TO TELL LISTENERS ABOUT HIS TRIPLE-BYPASS SURGERY ONE WEEK AGO.
SAID HE IS FEELING GREAT.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

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CLOUDY AND COOL TODAY....HIGH OF 60...TEMPERATURE NOW DROPPING IN LATE AFTERNOON AND WE ARE GETTING LIGHT RAIN NOW.

MAQUOKETA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH MINISTER CLARE ODELL HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL BE A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE FOR THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL BOARD. THERE ARE 3 OPENINGS. ONLY TWO NAMES ARE ON THE BALLOT..... INCUMBENTS DWAIN TRENKAMP AND KEVIN BURNS, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA. ODELL SAID HE HAD BEEN ASKED TO CONSIDER THE POSITION AND DECIDED TO ANNOUNCE AS A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE. HE SAID HE IS VERY INTERESTED IN THE HOSPITAL AND BELIEVES ITS IMPORTANT TO THE AREA.
UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE BECOMES A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE, HE WILL BECOME THE 2ND MINISTER ON THE BOARD. THE OTHER IS PASTOR GERALD GJERDE OF THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA. ODELL HAS LIVED IN MAQUOKETA 8 YEARS.

THREE PEOPLE WERE INDUCTED INTO THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HALL OF FAME SUNDAY. AL BURLINGAME, MATTHIAS FRITZ AND SCOTT GERMAN. BURLINGAME DIED IN 1984 AND WAS KNOWN FOR HIS WORK IN MAQUOKETA RECREATION, PARTICULARLY GIRLS SOFTBALL AND TENNIS.
HE WAS PASTOR OF THE ST. MARK'S CHURCH AND HIS WIFE MARY STILL LIVES IN MAQUOKETA. GERMAN WAS BORN AND EDUCATED IN MAQUOKETA AND THEN BECAME A PROMINENT NEW JERSEY ATTORNEY. AFTER HIS DEATH AROUND 40 YEARS AGO, HE DONATED NEARLY $500,000 TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND THE GERMAN WING WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH THAT MONEY. AND FRITZ MOVED TO TETES DE MORTS TOWNSHIP OUTSIDE OF BELLEVUE FROM FRANCE IN THE EARLY 1840'S. HE BUILT A CHAPEL IN SPRUCE CREEK VALLEY AND ASISTED WITH THE BUILDING OF ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH. FAMILY MEMBERS STILL TAKE CARE OF THE FRITZ CHAPEL.

AMBER AND KENNETH DOTY OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN TUESDAY AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL.

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT ONCE AGAIN.

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THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS DID IT....WON THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE PLAYOFFS.

LOTS OF CLOUDS, WITH SOME SUNSHINE TODAY, AND A HIGH OF 75. RAIN IN FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND COOLER WEATHER.

THE BIG STORY YESTERDAY.....STARTED WITH A HEAD-ON ACCIDENT SOON AFTER 12 NOON ON EAST PLATT STREET. THE DRIVER OF ONE OF THE CARS AND THE GUY WHO CAUSED THE LATER PROBLEMS IS FRED FERGUSON, AGE 26, OF SAVANNA. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR WAS ANDREA SOMMERS, AGE 24, OF MAQUOKETA. UNLIKE FERGUSON, SHE HAD A PASSENGER, CHRIS WALKER, AGE 32. BOTH WERE TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES. THE SAVANNA DRIVER WAS GOING WEST ON PLATT...PASSED ONE VEHICLE...WENT AROUND ANOTHER AND FINALLY COLLIDED NEARLY HEAD-ON WITH THE SOMMERS VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO USE THE JAWS FOR LIFE TO RELEASE SOMMERS FROM HER CAR. FERGUSON, CRAWLED OUT OF THE PASSENGER WINDOW AND WENT TO THE HEARTLAND TRAILER COURT NEARBY WHERE HE TOOK OVER THE MOBILE HOME FOR OVER 6 HOURS. BOTH THE 99 PONTIAC DRIVEN BY SOMMERS AND THE 95 MITSUBISHI DRIVEN BY FERGUSON WERE TOTALED OUT. POLICE CHIEF ROBERT ANDERSEN STILL DOESN'T KNOW WHY FERGUSON WAS IN MAQUOKETA AT ALL. HE
APPARENTLY DROPPED HIS MOTHER OFF AT SAVANNA OR SABULA AND THEN CAME TO MAQUOKETA. HE WAS ON DRUGS, SAID ANDERSEN. FERGUSON HELD OUT FOR THE 6 HOURS AT THE JEFF AND GWEN JORDAN MOBILE HOME. HE TOLD GWEN TO LEAVE...AND THEN POLICE WERE CALLED AND THEY ENTERED THE TRAILER, BUT WERE TOLD TO STAY BACK OR FERGUSON WOULD USE ONE OF TWO BUTCHER KNIVES TO KILL HIMSELF. THE OFFICERS TRIED TO TALK HIM OUT BUT TO NO AVAIL UNTIL AFTER 6, WHEN IT WAS GETTING DARK AND THEY DECIDED TO SEND IN A TACTICAL TEAM AND A CANINE UNIT. IN THE QUICK CAPTURE, FERGUSON SRATCHED HIS HAND AND WAS TREATED AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE MENTAL HEALTH WARD AT MERCY IN DUBUQUE, WHERE HE REMAINS TONIGHT. SHERIFF RUSS KETTMAN AND DEPUTY STEVE SCHROEDER WERE IN THE MOBILE HOME MOST OF THE AFTERNOON...IN FACT, SCHROEDER WAS IN IT ALL 6 AND A HALF HOURS. LOTS OF EXCITEMENT. CHANNEL 6 T V CAME AT 6 AND STAYED UNTIL 10 WHEN THEY WITH THEIR SATALITE TRUCK, OPENED THEIR 10 P.M. NEWS WITH THE LIVE BROADCAST FROM THE TRAILER PARK.

A MAQUOKETA MAN IS IN SATISFACTORY CONDITIION AT A DUBUQUE HOSPITAL TONIGHT AFTER A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.
JOE ALAN CLARY,AGE 37, WAS GOING EAST ON HIGHWAY 62 AT 4 A.M. YESTERDAY ..ONE MILE WEST OF ANDREW...AND HE LOST CONTROL OF THE CYCLE. IT WENT INTO THE DITCH, THEN WENT 147 FEET ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND THEN INTO THE DITCH AGAIN...AND THEN ANOTHER 322 FEET BEFORE TIPPING AND TOSSING CLARY 30 FEET FROM WHERE THE CYCLE STOPPED. HE WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET. HE WAS FOUND 3 HOURS AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND THEN TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE.

ROGER HOHNECKER, SR. AGE 83, DIED SUNDAY IN DUBUQUE, WHERE HE LIVED.
HE IS SURVIVED BY SON, JAMES HOHNECKER, OF MAQUOKETA...ALSO 4 OTHER SONS AND A DAUGHTER.

GENE SMITH, AGE 77, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT HIS HOME.
SERVICES PENDING AT THE CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME.

MRS. CARL (DONNA HOWELL, AGE 68, OF DUBUQUE, DIED MONDAY. I ASSUME SHE WAS FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. THE FUNERAL HOME GAVE FEW DETAILS.

AND THAT'S IT FOR TODAY.

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CLOUDY AND WARM THIS MORNING AND SUNNY AND WARMER THIS AFTERNOON..HIGH TODAY OF 75. WARM AGAIN TOMORROW BUT A COLD SPELL STARTING WEDNESDAY.

AN ILLINOIS MAN WAS IN AN ACCIDENT ON EAST PLATT AROUND NOON TODAY...TWO CARS...TWO IN ONE CAR TAKEN TO HOSPITAL...BUT THE ILLINOIS MAN RAN TO THE HEARTLAND MOBILE HOME COURT NEARBY...ASKED TO USE THE REST ROOM AT THE HOME OCCUPIED BY JEFF AND GWEN GORDEN...THEN TOLD GWEN TO GET ANY KIDS OUT OF HOUSE AND HERSELF.
JEFF WAS NOT HOME...SO SHE WENT TO NEIGHBORS AND CALLED POLICE.
THE ILLINOIS MAN IS INSIDE YET,HAS TWO KNIVES AND IS THREATENING TO KILL HIMSELF. ALSO IN MOBILE HOME WITH HIM, A JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY AND A MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER...BOTH TRYING TO TALK HIM OUT OF SUICIDE. THE AREA IS ROPED OFF. I'LL HAVE THE OUTCOME AND MORE DETAILS TOMORROW.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT, WITH LONG AGENDA, SO SHOULD HAVE CITY COUNCIL NEWS ALSO TOMORROW.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS BEGIN PLAYOFF ACTION AT JUST AFTER NOON TOMORROW AND KMAQ-FM WILL BROADCAST THE PLAYOFF GAMES WITH ATLANTA.

ARTHUR LEE GIBSON, AGE 34, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY IN THE 1ST DEGREE....VIOLATING RESTRAINING ORDER...INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS AND SERIOUS DOMESTIC ASSAULT. MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY BRENDA KOOB (NO RELATION TO DR.PAUL KOOB OR HIS WIFE, ALSO NAMED BRENDA) CALLED AT 11:14 SATURDAY MORNING AT 307 S. OLIVE SAYING ARTHUR GIBSON WAS AT THE RESIDENCE IN VIOLATION OF A RESTRAINING ORDER. WITNESSES SAID GIBSON BROKE A WINDOW ON THE DOOR TO GET INTO THE HOUSE. HE BARRICADED HIMSELF IN AN UPSTAIRS ROOM AND REFUSED TO OPEN THE DOOR. POLICE OFFICERS FORCED THE DOOR OPEN AND GIBSON DOVE HEAD FIRST OUT OF A CLOSED WINDOW AND ONTO THE PORCH ROOF. HE THEN DROPPED TO THE GROUND AND ATTEMPTED TO FLEE. OFFICERS APPREHENDED HIM WITHOUT INCIDENT WITHIN THE BLOCK. BRENDA KOOB SAID GIBSON GRABBED HER BY THE NECK WHILE SHE WAS HOLDING A CHILD.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE TOMORROW FOR APRIL S. DELARM OF CLINTON AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 19....WHO DIED SATURDAY OF NATURAL CAUSES.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER MOTHER, PEGGY HAYLOCK AND HER STEP-FATHER, JIM, OF MAQUOKETA.

NO MORE TIME TODAY, SORRY.

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