TWO INCHES OF SNOW THIS MORNING, BUT DISAPPEARING QUICKLY.

MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS LAST NIGHT,IN A DOUBLE-DUAL MEET AT MANCHESTER, LOST TO WEST DELAWARE, BUT IT WAS CLOSE....THEN BOMBED MONTICELLO.

MAQUOKETA BASKETBALL TEAM OPENS THE SEASON TONIGHT UNDER NEW HEAD COACH JEFF HERKLEMAN. HIS DAD IS TERRY, OF LAS VEGAS, AND HE HAS
A BROTHER THAT COACHES JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL, IN KANSAS,I BELIEVE.
CARDINALS PLAY AT DUBUQUE SENIOR TONIGHT AND AT BENTON COMMUNITY TOMORROW. FOUR SENIORS WILL START AND ONE JUNIOR. TWO RENNER BROTHERS, ONE A SENIOR AND THE OTHER IS THE JUNIOR. FIRST TIME SINCE THE LATE 60'S THAT BILL FLEMMING WILL NOT BE THE COACH. MANY ARE HAPPY THAT A CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE...OTHERS ARE UNHAPPY.

BLOOD DRIVE IN MAQUOKETA YESTERDAY RESULTED IN 67 UNITS....DISAPPOINTING TO DELORES KLEIN WHO WAS IN CHARGE.

THE MAJOR WATER BREAK REPAIR WAS COMPLETED AT 10:30 LAST NIGHT.
A 3 BY 4-INCH CHUNK OF STEEL CAME OUT OF AN OLD 100-YEAR-OLD PIPE.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT APPROVED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH FAMILY DOLLAR. BUT, WE STILL AWAIT THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN MAQUOKETA.

CARLYLE STENDER'S 99-MODEL CAR WAS STOLEN YESTERDAY MORNING, BY A DEWITT MAN. DEWITT POLICE RECOVERED THE VEHICLE AT 9:20 LAST NIGHT.

ARLO CURRENT, AGE 79, OF BALDWIN, DIED YESTERDAY.

SANTA COMES TO MAQUOKETA TONIGHT AT 5:30. THE SNOW-MAN CONTEST WINDOW-WALK JUDGING IS TONIGHT AND LOTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES ARE PLANNED BY MAQUOKETA MERCHANTS THIS WEEK. THE COTTAGE SOUP AND SANDWICH SHOP AND GIFT STORE (OWNED BY MY WIFE NANCY AND HER FRIEND KAREN THOMAS) IS CELEBRATING THEIR 1ST ANNIVERSARY TODAY AND TOMORROW. AND SUNDAY, THE HISTORICAL SOCITY TOUR OF HOMES WILL BE HELD. A BUSY WEEK IN THE OLD TIMBER CITY.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

 

TEST  

CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 40 TODAY.

MAJOR WATER BREAK AT CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT AROUND NOON...
WATER SPURTING OUT THREW THE PAVEMENT CRACKS....THEY WORKED ON IT ALL AFTERNOON AND I'M NOT SURE PROBLEM IS STILL SOLVED. SOME OF THOSE PIPES ARE OVER 100 YEARS OLD.

TWO NEW GENERATORS WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA NEXT YEAR...AT A COST OF OVER 1.3 MILLION DOLLARS.
MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC BOARD MEMBERS APPROVED THE LOW BID THIS WEEK. LIKE ALL MMEU GENERATORS...THEY WILL ONLY BE USED WHEN NEEDED..WHEN REGULAR POWER INTO MAQUOKETA IS NOT AVAILABLE. THIS BACK-UP CAPABILITY RESULTS IN LOWER ELECTRIC RATES. THE TWO GENERATORS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR GENERATING POWER FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, AS WELL AS FOR THE INDUSTRIES OUT THERE...IN OTHER WORDS ..THEY WILL BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM. MMEU HAS MONEY TO BUY THEM FROM THEIR EXISTING EQUIPMENT FUND.

A "FRIENDS OF JACKSON COUNTY CONVERSATION" ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN FORMED. ITS SECOND MEET, WITH 30 ATTENDING, WAS HELD TUESDAY
NIGHT. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WAS ELECTED AT THE MEETING. MEET
THE BOARD: PRESIDENT, CHRIS CORNELIUS OF ANDREW....VP, CLAYTON PEDERSON, WHO LIVES IN BELLEVUE....SECRETARY, R.B. MELVOLD OF MAQUOKETA, AND TREASURER KAY MANUEL OF MAQUOKETA. OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE ROGER SCHLADETZKY, BELLEVUE....TOM STEWART, PRESTON,...
AND ANN BURNS, MAQUOKETA. NEXT MEETING, JAN. 23RD AT THE COMMUNITY ROOM IN THE COURTHOUSE.

RAY HANCHAR, 85, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER IN DUBUQUE. HE OWNED HANCHAR PHARMACY IN THE 50'S AND 60'S, SELLING OUT TO OSTERHAUS PHARMACY IN 1969. HE CONTINUED AS A PHARMACIST UNTIL HE RETIRED IN 1988. IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, RUTH, DAUGHTER KAREN IN BILLINGS, MONTANA....SONS, PAUL IN HIGHLAND VILLAGE, TEXAS AND MARK IN HARRISONVILLE,MISSOURI.

I'M OFF TO A "PALS PROGRAM" CHRISTMAS DINNER AT THE DECKER. MY WIFE IS ON THEIR BOARD. CHARLIE EASTERLY IS PRESIDENT. A GROUP OF ADULTS WHO KIND OF ADOPT A KID AND BECOME A PAL OF THE CHILD....GENERALLY CHILDREN WHO NEED SUPPORT AND A LOOK AT LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE. SMALL GROUP, BUT HAS BEEN AROUND MANY YEARS AND THEREFORE HAS TOUCHED THE LIFE OF MANY KIDS OVER THE YEARS. I CONTRIBUTE A LOT OF FREE THEATRE TICKETS EACH YEAR FOR THE VOLUNTEER AND HIS/HER KID PAL.

HAPPY DECEMBER.

DENNIS VOY

 

YESTERDAY, WE WERE FORECASTING 2-4 INCHES OF SNOW BY LATE THIS MORNING. RESULT? NOTHING. FOR THE 2ND TIME THIS MONTH, A FORECAST FOR SNOW FIZZLED OUT. SHUCKS. DID GET SOME RAIN..
AND SOME SNOW, BUT MOSTLY FLURRIES AND IT MELTED QUICKLY.

NO REPORT YESTERDAY, BECAUSE I TOOK A FEW HOURS OFF. BOB OSTERHAUS INVITED ME TO GO WITH HIM T0 THE IOWA GAME LAST NIGHT, AGAINST GEORGIA TECH. I WAS 2ND CHOICE...HIS WIFE,ANN,DECIDED TO STAY IN
MAQUOKETA AND PLAY CARDS WITH SOME FRIENDS. WE LEFT SHORTLY AFTER 4:30 (IN BOB'S BRAND NEW LINCOLN-NICE) IN THE RAIN AND GOT TO THE
ATHLETIC CLUB IN IOWA CITY SHORTLY AFTER 6. BOB, WHO GRADUATED
FROM IOWA NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO, HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE CLUB SINCE THE 70'S. NICE PLACE. GOOD FOOD. WE WAITED FOR TWO CATHOLIC
PREISTS TO JOIN US FOR DINNER. THEY BOTH ARRIVED SHORTLY, BUT IN IOWA GARB, MINUS THE CLERGY COLLARS. ONE WAS FATHER MARK OSTERHAUS, BOB'S OLDEST SON AND THE OTHER WAS MARK'S LONGTIME FRIEND,
FATHER DAVE AMBROSY. THEY WENT TO HOLY COLLEGE TOGETHER. DAVE IS SON OF LAVERN AND MARIE AMBROSY, FORMERLY OF OTTER CREEK AREA, NOW OF DUBUQUE. FATHER MARK IS THE PRIEST (HE'S IT, NO ASSISTANT) FOR ST. MATTHEWS CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND FATHER DAVE IS THE PRIEST FOR MOUNT MERCY COLLEGE IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND ALSO MERCY HOSPITAL THERE. AFTER DINNER...WE TOOK A SHUTTLE BUS TO THE CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA TO WATCH THE GAME...WHICH IOWA EASILY WON. IOWA IS NOW 3 AND 0 FOR THE SEASON. GOT HOME AROUND 1 THIS MORNING..AND UP A FEW HOURS LATER...SHORT NIGHT...BUT FUN AND GOOD TO SEE THE HAWKS WIN ANOTHER ONE.

THERE WERE 90 FOR THE COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER THURSDAY AT THE SENIOR CENTER...ACTUALLY, 20 OF THOSE WERE CARRYOUTS. THEY SET UP FOR AND WERE EXPECTING AROUND 120. TODAY,I ATTENDED A NOON DINNER AT THE CENTER, CELEBRATING ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY. NICE TURN-OUT, GOOD FOOD (BEEF DINNER)AND SHORT PROGRAM, ALONG WITH MUSIC BY THE OLD MASTER, RED HENTON. DARLIS CROCE IS NOW THE HEAD COOK AT THE CENTER. SENIORS CAN HAVE BREAKFAST THERE 5 MORNINGS A WEEK AT 25-CENTS AN ENTREE.....AND NOON DINNER MONDAY THRU FRIDAY AT $2.25.
GOOD DEAL. FOR GUESTS, THE DINNER IS $4.40. THE RTA BUS SERVICE ALSO IS IN THE BUILDING AND WE HAVE 6 COACHES RUNNING AROUND THE AREA EVERY DAY.

LAST WEEK, STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARISHIONERS OF SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA HONORED SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SISTER RITA GREEN FOR HER 11 YEARS OF SERIVE AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL. GREEN, A NATIVE OF CASCADE, IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE CHURCH,SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY. SACRED HEART SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN 1961 AND CURRENTLY HAS 153 STUDENTS IN GRADES PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH 6TH GRADE. THE SCHOOL IS LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY.

THE NEW SENIOR HOUSING COMPLEX BEING CONSTRUCTED OUT ON MYATT DRIVE, NEAR THE MAIN ENTRY TO SWAGOSA SUBDIVISION, IS CALLED WHITETAIL RIDGE SENIOR HOUSING. IT IS NEARLY DONE...WITH OCCUPANCY TO START AROUND FEBRUARY 1, 2001. RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE.

BUTCH WINCHIP DIED YESTERDAY AT HIS HOME IN WASHINGTON, IOWA, AT AGE 61. HE HAS LIVED THERE SINCE 1981. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, VERA, AGE 97, OF MAQUOKETA, WHO I HEARD TODAY ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN MEALS AND ACTIVITIES AT THE SENIOR CENTER.

FOUR AREA YOUTH WERE ARRESTED LAST NIGHT FOR SHOOTING PAINT BALLS AT VEHICLES AND HOMES IN MAQUOKETA. CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN THE 5TH DEGREE, DAVID STREETS, JR. OF SPRINGBROOK, AGE 20.....CORY HOOVER, AGE 18, OF MAQUOKETA....AND TWO JUVINILES,SEAN HAYLOCK AND ANDREW ROBERTS, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA.

SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT LOOKING INTO....4 BREAKINS AT ARNOLD WEIRUP'S PLACE, RURAL MAQUOKETA.....AND WRITING REPORT ON A DEER ACCIDENT, ON THE CAVES ROAD...THE VEHICLE INVOLVED OWNED BY KATHY KONIG...AND ANOTHER VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVOLVING A HORSE OWNED BY GEORGE RONEK AND A VEHICLE DRIVIN BY LOUIS JESS. DEPUTIES ALSO CHARGED STUART LYNN MOREHEAD, AGE 41, WITH ASSAULT FOR HITTING RICK LARKEY IN THE EYE, RESULTING 8 STITCHES....THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED SUNDAY AT THE MIDWAY CONVENIENCE STORE IN ANDREW.

KELON,'CHICK' KETELSEN, AGE 84, DIED YESTERDAY AT CRESTRIDGE.
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, EVELYNE AND A DAUGHTER, KARIS, (Mrs.CHARLIE DIETZ) OF MAQUOKETA AND 2 SONS, DAVID OF MAQUOKETA AND LANE OF CHICAGO, ALSO A SISTER, EMOGENE WITTE OF MAQUOKETA.

THIS FALL, KENT MCCAULEY BET TOMMIE MOORE THAT IOWA STATE WOULD NOT WIN 7 GAMES THIS YEAR..OR MAYBE IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND. WRONG, GUIDED AT QUARTERBACK BY SAGE ROSENFELS OF MAQUOKETA, THEY WENT 8 AND 3 AND WILL BE GOING TO A BOWL GAME. THE BET PAYOFF....IF TEAM WON 7 OR MORE..THE TWO GUYS WOULD HAVE TO RUN DOWN THOMAS AVENUE IN UNDERWEAR. THE UNDERWEAR RUN WAS THIS PAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BOTH GUYS LIVE ON THOMAS. SAGE WAS THERE AND AUTOGRAPHED THE BOXER SHORTS. QUITE A FEW OTHER SPECTATORS TOO.

MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST THEIR BASKETBALL GAME AGAIN LAST NIGHT, IN OVERTIME. THEIR RECORD IS NOW 1 AND 3.

AND SO IT GOES FOR ANOTHER DAY.

BETTER GET SOME CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DONE......DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE...

DENNIS VOY



 

LITTLE SUNSHINE TODAY, BUT COOL, IN UPPER 30'S.

TWO MEN ALLEGEDLY BROKE INTO THE TIMBER LANES EARLY THIS MORNING. ONE IS IN JAIL AND THE OTHER FLED ON FOOT. ROBERT A. WILLIAMS, AGE 26, OF MUSCATINE, IS BEING HELD AT THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON $250,000 CASH BOND, ON CHARGES OR BURGLARY IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
MAQUOKETA POLICE WERE CALLED TO AN ALARM AT THE BOWLING ALLEY AT 3:30 THIS MORNING. OFFICERS FOUND A WINDOW BROKEN BESIDE THE GLASS ENTRY DOOR. A PRY BAR WAS USED TO ENTER THE BUILDING. TWO MEN WERE SEEN OUTSIDE THE BOWLING ALLEY. ONE STOPPED WHEN OFFICERS CALLED OUT AND THE OTHER FLED AND JUMPED OVER A FENCE. HE WAS NOT APPREHENDED.
POLICE SAY THE PAIR HAD GONE THROUGH THE BAR, OFFICE AND BACK ROOM. THERE WAS NO INDICATIOIN WHETHER ANYTHING WAS TAKEN OR DAMAGED. WILLIAMS IS BEING HELD BECAUSE OF PROBATION VIOLATION IN MUSCATINE. TOM PECKOSH WAS APPOINTED HIS ATTORNEY.

BENJAMIN QUICK OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE.
MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY CARRIE FADALE SAID QUICK GRABBED HER BY THE NECK, THREW HER TO THE FLOOR AND BIT THE TIP OF HER NOSE AT 3:45 THIS PAST SATURDAY MORNING AT 3:45 A.M. AT 208 S. ELIZA STREET.

CRAIG ROBINSON, AGE 60, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED SATURDAY FROM A 6-MONTH BOUT WITH CANCER. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE GEORGIA. HER DAD OWNED AND OPERATED THE FAMOUS GREEN MILL RESTAURANT IN THE 50'S AND 60'S AND 70'S. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY 1 DAUGHTER IN DES MOINES AND A SON IN MAQUOKETA, ALSO 1 GRANDSON. HE WORKED AS A CUSTODIAN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN DEWITT FOR 22 YEARS UNTIL THE PRESENT.

BEULAH DOUGLAS, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA DIED LAST NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A BROTHER, DONALD BEEDLE OF FLORIDA. SHE WAS A BOOKKEEPER FOR SEVERAL AREA BUSINESSES.

ROB SEIVERDING, OF BELLEVUE, THE STAR OF THE NORTHERN IOWA BASKETBALL TEAM, HURT HIS KNEE LAST WEEK AND WILL BE LOST FOR THE SEASON.
REALLY A FINE PLAYER.

SANTA COMES TO MAQUOKETA AT 5:30 THIS FRIDAY.

WAS TO A WEDDING FRIDAY NIGHT AT LOST NATION. AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE LOST NATION COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE IS SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MAIN DOWNTOWN INTERSECTION. DECORATED OF COURSE...NEAT.

SEE YOU LATER.

DENNIS VOY




 

NICE DAY...SUNNY, HIGH OF 46.

MAQUOKETA MERCHANTS SEEMED BUSY TODAY.

HAD AN APPOINTMENT IN DUBUQUE THIS MORNING....THEN, COULD NOT RESIST JUST DRIVING BY THE RIVERBOAT CASINO WITHOUT STOPPING. JUST KNEW THEY WOULD EXPECT A PAYMENT FROM ME. GUESS WHAT, THEY MADE A PAYMENT TO ME!

TIM AND SUSAN GAVIN MEIER OF SALEM, IOWA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN WEDNESDAY AT MOUNT PLEASANT. GRANDPARENTS ARE JACK ANAD BEATRICE GAVIN OF MAQUOKETA.

PAUL NIMS, AGE 86, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. SURVIVED ONLY BY NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

WILLIAM 'BILL' HAYWARD OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 76,DIED THIS MORNING AT THE HOSPITAL HERE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY  

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

NICE DAY IN MAQUOKETA...SUNNY AND WE'LL BE IN THE 40'S.

13 TURKEYS WERE GIVEN AWAY IN THE 40TH ANNUAL OLD TIME TURKEY SHOOT
ON KMAQ. WINNERS WERE: JUDY BELLER, MAQUOKETA....BETTY BENHART,
MAQUOKETA....BEATRICE GAVIN, MAQUOKETA....LORI HEISTER, PRESTON....
DARLENE STREETS, BALDWIN....GEORGIA FRITCHER, OXFORD JUNCTION...
LULABELLE KOCH, MAQUOKETA...MARY WITT, CHARLOTTE...LOIS EADS, MAQUOKETA...SUE DOERR, BERNARD...CHARLENE JOHNSON, MAQUOKETA....LORRAINE OWEN, MAQUOKETA AND GLORIA WILLIAMS, OXFORD JUNCTION.

MAQUOKETA IS GOING TO DO A SURVEY ASKING CITIZENS WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN TELEPHONE, CABLE AND INTERNET SERVICE FOR THE CITY IN THE FUTURE. A CEDAR FALLS COMPANY WILL PREPARE THE SURVEY AND THE CITY WILL PAY COST OF NEARLY $6,000. NO DATE WAS SET FOR THE SURVEY TO BE SENT OUT.

A FORMER MAQUOKETA BANKER IS NOW THE VICE-PRESIDENT AND MANAGER OF CENTRAL CREDIT ADMINISTRATION FOR WOOD AND HUSTON BANK IN MARSHALL, MISSOURI. GARY GROTE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMERCIAL AND CONSUMER LOAN ACTIVITY. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF FIRSTAR BANK IN MAQUOKETA FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND LEFT MAQUOKETA A FEW MONTHS AGO TO TAKE THE NEW MISSOUR POSITION.

THE IOWA WRESTLING TEAM COMES TO MAQUOKETA FRIDAY NIGHT, FOR A MEET WITH TWO OTHER TEAMS....ALL AMERICAN ERIC JUERGENS OF MAQUOKETA
IS NOW A SENIOR WITH THE TEAM. MONDAY, 750 TICKETS WERE SOLD IN A COUPLE HOURS AND 200 TICKETS GO ON SALE AT 4:30 TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
EVERYONE IS EXCITED ABOUT THE APPEARANCE TOMORROW OF THE HAWKS TO MAQUOKETA....THEY HAVE BEEN PICKED #1 IN THE PRE-SEASON NATIONAL COLLEGE WRESTLING POLL.

SATURDAY, THE 4TH ANNUAL MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL THANKSGIVING ALUMNI BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AT BOTH THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL GYMS.
KMAQ-FM WILL BROADCAST THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT 5:30 SATURDAY
NIGHT.

PLAYED 2 OR 3 CHRISTMAS SONGS ON KMAQ THIS MORNING. THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IS HERE.

HAVE A NICE DAY.

DENNIS VOY


 

NICE DAY TODAY...HIGH AROUND 30. WARMER WEATHER FOR T-DAY TOMORROW.

SLOW NEWS DAY...A FENDER BENDER ACCIDENT...STORY ON THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT BANQUET LAST NIGHT...AND ONE ABOUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSION. THEY WANT TO BUILD SOME NEW BALL PARKS NEXT YEAR.
AND TO RAISE MONEY TO DO THIS...THEY ARE WONDERING IF THE CITY WOULD SELL CRAWFORD PARK ON WALNUT STREET AND USE THAT MONEY, SINCE THEY SAY THE PARK IS USED LITTLE. IT BORDERS ON TWO STREETS, SO THERE MIGHT BE FOUR BUILDING LOTS TO SELL. NO DECISION MADE.

ON THE STORK REPORT....STACY AND CARISSA BROWN OF MAQUOKETA PARENTS
OF A BOY BORN MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDFATHER IS LONNIE MYATT OF MAQUOKETA.

ONE FUNERAL NOTICE BEING AIRED...AN OXFORD JUNCTION RESIDENT.

SO...WILL END THIS SHORT REPORT. I WORK MUCH OF TOMORROW! WE
ARE HAVING THE VOY FAMILY DINNER AT OUR HOUSE TONIGHT...AND THEREFORE
I ELECTED TO WORK TOMORROW AND LET MORE STAFF MEMBERS HAVE THE DAY OFF.

SO..I SUPPOSE I'LL EAT TIL IT HURTS AND THEN HAVE DESSERT.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TOMORROW, I'LL HAVE A REPORT.

DENNIS VOY

 

8 ABOVE THE LOW THIS MORNING. THAT'S COLD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
ERGON PENNINGROTH WAS IN TODAY AND SAID THAT WAS THE COLDEST MORNING SINCE BACK IN FEBRUARY. SUNNY TODAY AND WARMED UP TO 26.

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HELD A PUBLIC HEARING LAST NIGHT TO HEAR COMMENTS ON A PROPOSAL TO BUY THE MACHERY NEEDED FOR THE PROPOSED FAMILY DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION CENTER....WITH REVENUE BONDS...AND THEN LEASE THE EQUIPMENT BACK TO FAMILY DOLLAR. THE AMOUNT, NOT MORE THAN 22-MILLION-DOLLARS. DOING IT THIS WAY...FAMILY DOLLAR WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY A SALES TAX ON MACHINERY AND WOULD SAVE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK WOULD BUY THE BONDS, AND THERE WOULD BE NO RISK FOR THE COUNTY. SINCE THIS WOULD BE A FIRST TIME MATTER IN THE STATE OF IOWA (DONE IN OTHER STATES)..THE SUPERVIORS PLAN TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE WITH BONDING ATTORNEYS AND THEN DECIDE IN ABOUT 2-3 WEEKS. THE BUILDING WOULD BE 20 ACRES UNDER ONE ROOF. 500 WOULD BE EMPLOYED. WAGES WOULD START AT OVER $10 AN HOUR. THIS ... ON TOP OF GENERAC ..ALREADY BUILDING THEIR PLANT IN THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK. NEEDLESS TO SAY....IT IS THE TALK OF THE TOWN EVERY DAY. WILL MAQUOKETA GET IT? THOSE WHO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN ME...SAY YES. SHOULDN'T BE TOO MUCH LONGER FOR THE ANSWER.

VANDALISM CONTINUES AT BRAD DEERY MOTORS....LAST NIGHT AGAIN..SOMEONE SHOT A HOLE IN A 98 CHEVY PICKUP WINDSHIELD....DAMAGES ESTIMATED AT $500. DEERY'S ARE OFFERING A $1,000 REWARD.

TOMMY DEARTH OF MAQUOKETA HIT JESSICA POPE IN THE BACK OF HER HEAD, AS SHE WAS RIDING IN HIS VEHICLE THE NIGHT OF OCT 16TH..ON ELIZA STREET. THAT'S A NO NO. HE WAS FINED $90.

TROY WILHELM OF SABULA GRABBED HEIDI MICHELS BY THE THROAT AND THREW HER TO THE GROUND THE NIGHT OF SEPT. 10TH IN SABULA. A NO NO.
HE WAS FINED $350.

TWO BELLEVUE RESIDENTS WERE ARGUING IN AN ALLEY IN BELLEVUE ON NOV. 7TH. PROBABLY ON HOW EACH VOTED. ANYWAY....IN BELLEVUE..DO NO ARGUE IN PUBLIC. BOTH WERE EACH FINED $90.

A BIRTH...JOHN AND AMY EGANHOUSE OF MALTA, ILLINOIS, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN YESTERDAY AT ROCKFORD. GRANDPARENTS ARE LOWELL AND ARLENE TILL OF MAQUOKETA AND LEE AND JANE EGANHOUSE OF MONMOUTH.

AND..MAQUOKETA'S MOST FAMOUS FOOTBALL PLAYER AND HIS WIFE...ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY. YOU SAW IT FIRST..HERE.

THE KMAQ CHRISTMAS TREE IS UP...A BEAUTY.

THEY'RE COMING TO MAQUOKETA TOMORROW. 102 DAMATIONS.

SWEET DREAMS.

DENNIS VOY

 

COLD AND WINDY TODAY.

NO NEWS REPORT TODAY...A SLOW WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY  

A FEW MINUTES OF SUNSHINE THIS MORNING AND CLOUDY SINCE...HIGH IN THE
30'S. THEY'RE PREDICTING WARMER WEATHER FOR T-DAY NEXT THURSDAY.

IOWA LOST A CLOSE ONE TO MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND IOWA STATE GETS ANOTHER WIN, WITH MAQUOKETA'S SAGE ROSENFELS GETTING MORE TOUCHDOWNS. THIS WEEK.....WE MAY FIND OUT WHAT BOWL GAME THE CYCLONES WILL BE IN.

ELWIN HERKELMANN WILL BE 100 TUESDAY. HE IS LIVING AT CRESTRIDE NOW AND ENJOYS HEARING FROM HIS MANY FRIENDS. HAS 3 DAUGHTERS LOOKING OVER HIM....HELEN KINRADE IN MAQUOKETA, ZELDA DOSTAL IN ELWOOD AND MARY WEETS IN MECHANICSVILLE. HE WAS IN THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB WITH ME UNTIL THE CLUB FOLDED A COUPLE YEARS AGO....WAS A GOOD MEMBER.

AIR FORCE STAFF SGT. KIRK ANDERSON HAS ARRIVED FOR DUTY AT THE YOKOTA AIR FORCE BASE IN TOKYO, JAPAN. HE IS A FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST. HIS MOTHER IS KAY TRACY OF MAQUOKETA AND HE'S A 1987 GRADUATE OF MCHS.

THE GRINCH MOVIE IS DOING BIG BUSINESS AT THE VOY THEATRE. FULL HOUSE LAST NIGHT AND THIS AFTERNOON. THAT DOESN'T HAPPY OFTEN. MANAGER JACK JONES AND THE CONCESSION GALS ARE SELLING A LOT OF POPCORN AND POP TOO. THE MOVIE OPENED NATION-WIDE YESTERDAY....AND I'M PREDICTING THE WEEKEND GROSS OF THIS MOVIE IN THE UNITED STATES WILL BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST, IF NOT THE BIGGEST, EVER. PEOPLE LIKE THE MOVIE, SO THE WORD OF MOUTH WILL ALSO BE GOOD. NEXT WEEK, WE OPEN THE NEW DISNEY MOVIE, 102 DALMATIONS....AND IT SHOULD DO WELL.

WE FORGOT TO SET THE ALARM THIS MORNING....AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 40 YEARS, I WAS LATE FOR WORK. KMAQ DID NOT SIGN-ON THE AIR AT 5:55 THIS MORNING. BUT, TOM MESSERLI, THE FM-SIDE ANNOUNCER, GOT US ON-THE-AIR AROUND 6:20 (WHEN HE NORMALLY COMES IN SATURDAY MORNINGS) AND I ARRIVED TO TAKE OVER THE AM-SIDE AROUND 6:50.
..IT WAS CATCH-UP FOR THE NEXT HOUR. I HATE 2-MINUTE SHOWERS.

SOON, CHECK THE KMAQ HOME PAGE FOR NEW FEATURES! WE ARE GOING TO
ESTABLISH AN "ADD-A-LINK" ....THAT WILL FEATURE MAQUOKETA-AREA WEB SITES. ALSO, WE ARE GOING TO ESTABLISH A "FORMER KMAQ EMPLOYEE"
LINK, THAT WE HOPE WILL ALSO GROW OVER WITH TIME. FORMER KMAQ EMPLOYEES WILL BE INVITED TO ENTER THE SITE, TELL WHEN THEY WORKED FOR KMAQ, WHAT POSITION THEY HELD, AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW, ALONG WITH FAMILY INFORMATION. IN 42-PLUS YEARS, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK AT KMAQ, FULL AND PART TIME. AND...IT WILL ALSO BE FUN TO FIND OUT HOW MANY WEB SITES ARE IN MAQUOKETA OR THE MAQUOKETA AREA.

HAVE A THANKFULL WEEK AHEAD.

DENNIS VOY
 

COLD BUT DRY TODAY, SOME SUNSHINE..HIGH OF 34.

BEFORE I FORGET, DUB ROMER IS 81 SUNDAY. TREATED OUR COFFEE BUNCH TODAY TO COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS. STILL ACTIVE IN ROOFING, SIDING AND WINDOW BUSINESS WITH SON. LOOKS AND FEELS GOOD. HE AND MADALINE
STILL DOING A LITTLE TRAVELING EVERY YEAR...LAST TRIP WAS TO VEGAS.
DUB AND HIS CONNELL SUPPLY BUSINESS WAS ONE OF KMAQ'S FIRST ADVERTISERS 42 YEARS AGO AND IS STILL WITH US. DUB IS A LIKEABLE GUY....I GIVE HIM A HARD TIME A LOT...AND WE HAVE LOTS OF LAUGHS. HE HAS BEEN A LIFETIME HAWKEYE FAN TOO.. AND A GOOD COMMUNITY SUPPORTER.

JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR OCTOBER WAS UP A LITTLE,TO 3.1 PERCENT. SEPTEMBER WAS 2.9 AND A YEAR AGO, THE RATE WAS AN EVEN 3.

DEL SCHAEFER, AGE 72, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT HIS HOME AFTER A 3-YEAR BATTLE WITH CANCER. LAST WORKED FOR SWISS VALLEY..RETIRING IN 1990. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, PHYLLIS, 2 SONS, AND 1 DAUGHTER.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND MATES.

DENNIS VOY
 

YUK. SO MUCH FOR THE WEATHER. NO SNOW LAST NIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD, AT THEIR MEETING MONDAY NIGHT, LISTED 2.6-MILLION-DOLLARS WORTH OF NEEDS...NEW BUILDINGS, CLASSROOMS, ETC.
MORE LATER. MONEY WOULD COME FROM AN ADDITIONAL 1% SALES TAX FOR THE COUNTY.

3 MORE DEER ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY...BANGED UP VEHICLES FOR CARL MCNAMEE, VICKI ALDEN AND MARY HOLLAND.

FORMER SHERIFF BOB LYONS WAS IN AN ACCIDENT LAST MONTH AND TODAY, WAS FINED $41 ON CHARGES OF FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. HIS PICKUP HIT THE REAR END OF A TRACTOR. HE'S DOING PRETTY GOOD THESE DAYS, FOLLOWING HEART BYPASS SURGERY AND THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSON THAT WAS THE DRIVER OF THE TRACTOR ALSO IS DOING OKAY, SO I'VE BEEN TOLD.
IN FACT, I SAW HIM AT THE BANK TODAY.

HAPPY TGIF DAY TOMORROW.

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PRETTY NICE DAY TODAY...SUNNY AND HIGH OF 43. SNOW IN THE FORECAST FOR AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...1 TO 2 INCHES.

MORE DEER ACCIDENTS, BY KENNETH BROWN, TIM MILLER AND GERALD HAXMEIER.

KEN EHLINGER REPORTED TO THE SHRIFF'S OFFICE THAT YESTERDAY SOMEONE
SCRATCHED THE TRUNK OF HIS VEHICLE WHILE AT THE 'QUARTERDECK' ON HIGHWAY 64 IN BALDWIN. REMEMBER KEN? HE WAS A LONGTIME INSURANCE MAN IN MAQUOKETA.

'THE ARC'...WINNING NAME FOR THE NEW REC CENTER IN MAQUOKTA, STANDING FOR AREA RECREATION CENTER. SLOAN FELTEN, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT, SUBMITTED THE NAME AND RECEIVE A $30 PRIZE. DONATE A MILLION BUCKS TO THE CENTER AND THEY WILL PUT YOUR NAME AHEAD OF THE ARC.

BOY BORN TO TRY AND BARB COAKLEY OF DUBUQUE. GRANDPARENTS ARE DAVE AND ELAINE LUETT OF MAQUOKETA.

GREG AND CAROLYN MARTIN OF MAQUOKETA ..A GIRL..BORN LAST THURSDAY AT DUBUQUE HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE RAYMOND AND JO MARTIN OF MAQUOKETA.

E. B. STAMAN, AGE 105, OF SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA, DIED MONDAY AT A NURSING HOME. LOCALLY, HE IS SURVIVED BY A SISTER, THELMA MEINKE OF MAQUOKETA, MOTHER OF LUCILLE SORRENSEN AND BONNIE WINCHIP OF MAQUOKETA. THELMA IS 101 YEARS OLD.

MORE ON MANLEY BICKFORD OBIT. HIS FUNERAL WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HE WAS IN THE MILITARY MOST OF HIS LIFE.
HE HAS NO SURVIVORS.

ALVIN AND VERA BARTEN ARE MOVING THEIR BARTEN AUTO SALES EAST A BIT, TO WHERE THE NAPA STORE WAS, ON THE CORNER, JUST WEST OF THE DEPOT RESTAURANT. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, NAPA MOVED ACROSS THE STREET WHERE DAGUE EQUIPMENT WAS...BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS A NAPA STORE ANYMORE. DOUG MILLER SOLD THE BUILDING TO BARTEN AND STILL RUNS THE WHATEVER STORE ACROSS THE STREET. WHEN PEOPLE DO LITTLE OR NO ADVERTISING, ESPECIALLY ON KMAQ, I LOOSE TRACK OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THEM. IN THAT LOCATION NOW THAT WAS SOLD TO BARTEN, IS BURKEY'S TRADING POST...DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WILL GO. BARTEN SOLD HIS PRESENT BUILDING TO A COUPLE MECHANICS WHO WILL OPEN A SERVICE GARAGE.

I'M PLANNING TO GET UP AROUND 3 THIS MORNING AND WALK BAREFOOT THROUGH THE FRESH SNOW....NOTHING LIKE THAT FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON. I'LL BE THINKING OF PEOPLE I KNOW THAT LIVE WHERE A WALK AT 3 AM WOULD PUT DIRTY, DRY SAND BETWEEN THEIR TOES.

BE GOOD.

DENNIS VOY
 

CLOUDY AND COOL AND WINDY TODAY, HIGH OF 35. THE SNOW LAST NIGHT DIDN'T AMOUNT TO MUCH....AND WHAT DID COME DOWN, MELTED SOON.
THERE WERE 5 ACCIDENTS IN CLINTON COUNTY DURING THE ONE HOUR IT SNOWED THE MOST.

MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMEN ARE CONSIDERING REMOVING THE 'NO RIGHT TURN'ON RED SIGNS AT CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT. HOPE THEY DO.

A PUBLIC FORUM TONIGHT AT CITY HALL WILL BE HOSTED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN MEETING FOR 2 YEARS PLANNING A NEW INDOOR POOL AND
RECREATION CENTER. THE BUILDING WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A BASKETBALL COURT, WALKING TRACK, WEIGHT ROOM, EXERCISE ROOM, COMMUNITY ROOM AND RACQUETBALL COURTS. IT WOULD BE LOCATED EAST OF GOODENOW FOOTBALL FIELD AND WOULD COST NEARLY 6-MILLION DOLLARS. A COMBINATION OF FUND-RAISING, GRANTS, SALES TAX 1-CENT INCREASE AND MOTEL TAX WOULD BE USED AND MAYBE A BOND ISSUE. THERE IS TALK ALSO ABOUT A NEW TAX...THAT WOULD TAX ANYONE WHO HAS EVER LIVED IN MAQUOKETA AND NOW LIVES SOMEWHERE ELSE.....I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA, BUT PROBABLY
WON'T FLY.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MET LAST NIGHT AND VOTED NOT TO RENEW A 5-YEAR CONTRACT FOR THE SHARING AGREEMENT WITH DELWOOD. THE MOTION SIMPLY SETS IN MOTION A CHANGE IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT. STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO COME TO MAQUOKETA FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS BUT AFTER LAST NIGHT'S VOTE, THE CONTRACT NOW WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY RENEW AND SETS INTO MOTION OPTIONS FOR CHANGE. A COMMITTEE OF 4...2 FROM EACH SIDE, WILL TALK ABOUT THE MATTER FURTHER. CURRENTLY THERE ARE 112 STUDENTS FROM DELWOOD IN GRADES 7 THRU 12 WHO COME TO MAQUOKETA.

A GIRL BORN TO CHRIS BANOWETZ AND ANGELA FRAZIER IN LOVES PARK, ILLINOIS..BORN SUNDAY. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE MICHAEL AND EDNA RYDER AND RITA BANOWITZ...ALL OF MAQUOKETA.

MANLEY BICKFORD, AGE 72, OF MAQUOKETA AND CANTON DIED LAST THURSDAY AT THE US SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN'S HOME WHERE HE WAS LIVING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

MORE SNOW COMING THURSDAY.

COME BACK TOMORROW.

DENNIS

 

LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES IN MAQUOKETA RIGHT NOW....AND ITS 25 DEGREES.

TARA TALLMAN, AGE 15, WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT IN JACKSON COUNTRY
DISTRICT COURT FOR HER ROLE IN ALLEGEDLY DOUSING HER FRIEND WITH
GASOLINE AND SETTING HER ON FIRE. NO TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET.
IF TALLMAN S FOUND GUILTY, HER DISPOSITION WOULD BE RAMANDED BACK
TO JUVENILE COURT UNTIL SHE'S AGE 18.

AT THE JACKSON COUNTY CATTLEMAN'S BANQUET SATURDAY NIGHT (BIGGER THAN EXPECTED TURN-OUT OF OVER 500)...THE NEW QUEEN WAS CROWNED. THE NEW
JACKSON COUNTY BEEF QUEEN 2001 IS EMILY SCHWAGER. THE NEW BEEF
PRINCESS,IS ANDRIA POLL. SPECIAL HONORS PRESENTED TO THE KALMES RESTAURANT IN ST.DONATUS, FOR BEEF-BACKER OF THE YEAR...TO KUNAU IMPLEMENT, BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AND TO ROSS RIVER, INDUCTED INTO THE JACKSON COUNTY HALL OF FAME. WINDY KALMES HAS OPRATED HIS RESTAURANT SINCE THE MID 50'S AND USES AN AVERAGE OF 2,000 BEEF A WEEK. THE KUNAU IMPLEMENT STORE HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE MID 30'S AND ROSS RIVER HAS BEEN A AG BUSINESSMAN AND CATTLEMAN FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

TOM SCHUELLER, AGE 45 (CITY COUNCILMAN) WAS INVOLVED IN A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN MAQUOKETA. OTHER VEHICLE DRIVEN BY DAVE EARLES, AGE 35. NO INJURIES.

EIGHT DEER ACCIDENTS IN JACKSON COUNTY OVER THE WEEKEND. THOSE INVOLVED: DICK LANGE, JEFFREY HULING, DUSTIN DEMOSS, RONALD ROGERS,
DOUG LANE, RODNEY FURROW, WALTER NIMS AND ERIC MEYER. ALSO LAST FRIDAY AN ILLINOIS MAN HIT A DEER NEAR THE PIZZA HUT.

DONALD MOHR, AGE 71, OF ARIZON CITY, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED FRIDAY AT HIS HOME. SERVICES WILL BE HERE THURSDAY.
HE WORKED FOR 32 YEARS FOR WESTERN ELECTRIC. SURVIVORS INCLUDE
6 SISTERS...EVELYN AND VIVIAN IN MESA....EULA IN MONTANA, VIRGINA IN DELMAR, JANE IN OREGON AND MARGO IN OHIO. ALSO 2 BROTHERS, JAN OF OVERLAND,KANSAS AND JUAN OF LOVELAND, COLORADO.

WALTER MILLER, AGE 77, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY. HE WORKED FOR DUBUQUE PACK FOR 33 YEARS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE PHYLLIS,
A STEPDAUGHTER, PATRICIA WILSON OF MAQUOKETA.

DORIS HAYWARD, AGE 64, DIED THIS MORNING AT HER HOME IN MAQUOKETA FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 1 SISTER IN CALIFORNIA.

TOM RAY IS BACK IN DUBUQUE HOSPITAL FOR MORE EXTENSIVE TREATMENT FOLLOWING THE STROKE HE SUFFERED IN OCTOBER.

DEWITT DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE FINALS IN STATE VOLLEYBALL. THE WON THE OPENING MATCH TO PELLA AND LOST NEXT TO DYERSVILLE BECKMAN.

IOWA WON SATURDAY OVER NORTHWESTERN AND IOWA STATE ALSO PULLED AN UPSET OVER COLORADO, WITH SAGE ROSENFELS HAVING A BIG AFTERNOON AGAIN,IN RUNNING, PASSING AND SCORING.

THE OLD TIME TURKEY SHOOTS START THURSDAY ON KMAQ.

HAD DINNER LAST NIGHT AT TIMMERMAN'S IN EAST DUBUQUE...STILL A GREAT PLACE TO DINE.

HAD CHICKEN THIS NOON AT KFC IN MAQUOKETA...ALSO STILL A GREAT PLACE TO DINE.

NANCY SAYS I'M HAVING POTATO SOUP AT HOME TONIGHT....STILL A GREAT PLACE TO DINE...MOST OF THE TIME.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK MY FRIENDS.

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CLOUDY AND COOL....NO SNOW YET.

DEWITT BEAT PELLA IN STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT LAST NIGHT AND TAKE ON DYERSVILLE BECKMAN TONIGHT.

MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING SERVICE AGAIN THIS YEAR...AT THE SENIOR CENTER..ON THANKSGIVING DAY, SPONSORED BY THE MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION.

LYDA HAGY, AGE 92, DIED TUESDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, GENE HAGY OF MAQUOKETA.

JOHN HEIM,SR., AGE 85, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, AUDREY, 4 DAUGHTERS, JOAN HEAD,AND ROSIE SCHWAGER, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA AND 2 SISTERS IN BELLEVUE.
ALSO 3 SONS.

THE PRE-CHRISTMAS SALE STARTED YESTERDAY AT BILL MOLER'S MEN'S WEAR.

SCOOTERS ARE AVAILABLE IN MAQUOKETA. EXPECTED TO BE A BIG SELLER FOR CHRISTMAS.

CITY WORKERS STARTED PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS THIS WEEK.

I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS.

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW.

DENNIS VOY
 

ANOTHER WINTERY DAY. NO SNOW OR ICE THO.

CLINTON COUNTY ENGINEER BILL BELZER HAS RESIGNED TO TAKE SAME JOB IN HENRY COUNTY, CLOSE TO HIS HOMETOWN.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL HAS APPOINTED MARGO POWERS SHOUSE AND DALE YODER TO THE CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. AND KEN ALTHOFF HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE AIRPORT COMMISSION.

MAQUOKETA POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A TIRE SLASHER. HIT WERE 4 CARS THIS WEEK.

GREG KROGMAN OF MAQUOKETA HIT A DEER ON HIGHWAY 61 NEAR FULTON, IOWA AND DEB BRODERICK OF CLINTON HIT A SOW....YES SOW...NORTH OF DEWITT.

CHRIS AND STACY IHRIG OF CAMMANCHE HAD A GIRL MONDAY AT DAVENPORT. JIM IHRIG OF MAQUOKETA IS GRANDFATHER AND WALTER AND MONICA IHRIG ARE GREAT-GRANDPARENTS. THEY ALSO LIVE IN MAQUOKETA.

DAM IT...I HAVE A BAD COLD. SORRY, BUT THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.
NOT A VERY GOOD RADIO VOICE EITHER..BUT THE SHOW GOES ON. OH WELL, BETTER NOW, THAN DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

DO PEOPLE GET COLDS IN FLORIDA AND ARIZONA...OR ALASKA??

GOOD THING GERMS CAN'T BE PICKED UP OFF THE INTERNET....ABOUT THE ONLY THING YOU CAN'T GET ON THE WWW.

PEACE

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WINTERY DAY TODAY..HIGH 43...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT....FEATURING FREEZING RAIN.

67-PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS WENT TO POLLS IN JACKSON COUNTY YESTERDAY. GOOD TURN-OUT.

JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF RUSS KETTMANN EASILY WON RE-ELECTION, DEFEATING HIS OPPONENT, CARL SELZER, REPUBLICAN, BY A 2 TO 1 MARGIN.

DAVID KENDALL WAS RE-ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DEFEATING HIS OPPONENT, DON EVEN, BY ABOUT A THOUSAND VOTES.

CLOSE RACE FOR AUDITOR BETWEEN MIKE COTTON, INC-R, WHO WON OVER
DEMOCRAT (DEPPE) BY ONLY 320 VOTES.

JACKSON COUNTY WENT WITH GORE....AND CONGRESSMAN JIM NUSTLE WAS RE-ELECTED AGAIN. THE MANCHESTER REPUBLICAN DEFEATED DONNA SMITH, FROM DUBUQUE.

IN CLINTON COUNTY, THE NEW SHERIFF IS RICK LINCOLN, NOW A SGT. IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

MAQUOKETA'S VETERANS DAY PROGRAM IS TOMORROW MORNING AT 9...AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. GUEST SPEAKER, BURTON ROMER OF THE VFW.

NO SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA FRIDAY.

NO DEATHS OR BIRTHS.

WORKED HARD AGAIN TODAY, BUT DID HAVE A 45-MINUTE BREAK FOR TEETH CLEANING....20-MINUTE BREAK FOR A MASSAGE (hey..they're great)..and 45-MINUTE BREAK AT NOON TIME FOR ROTARY MEETING.

YOU GUYS DOWN SOUTH...WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD THE THRILL OF DRIVING ON AN ICE-COATED SLIPERY STREET??

GO NORTH YOUNG MAN.

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WINTER ARRIVED IN MAQUOKETA. LAST NIGHT'S LOW, 43. TODAY'S HIGH, JUST 44. LOW TONIGHT IN THE UPPER 20'S. BRRRRRR.

HEAVY VOTING IN MAQUOKETA TODAY.

AT A MOCK ELECTION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TODAY IN MAQUOKETA....537 STUDENTS VOTED.....282 FOR GORE....234 FOR BUSH AND 18 FOR NADER.

THE CITY IS GOING AHEAD WITH THE PLAN TO WIPE-OUT CLINTON ENGINES BUILDINGS. THE CITY LAST NIGHT VOTED TO ACCEPT OWNER MARTIN HOFFINGER'S OFFER....HE WILL GIVE THE BUILDINGS AND LAND TO THE CITY AS A TAX WRITE-OFF...ALSO GIVE THE CITY $10,000 TOWARD CLEAN-UP.
DEAL INCLUDES ALL BUILDINGS AND LAND ON SOUTH SIDE OF MAPLE AND THE LAND BEHIND THE OLD CLINTON ENGINES CAFETERIA BUILDING AND TO THE NORTH. THE CAFE BUILDING AND ITS PARKING LOT, THE CITY MAY ALSO GET AS A GIFT IN 5 YEARS. THE CURRENT OFFICE BUILDING AND AN ADJACENT MANUFACTURING BUILDING NOW USED BY SEEPCO WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED BY THAT COMPANY, MANAGED BY BILL MAYBERRY, AT A RENT TO THE CITY OF $1,560 A MONTH, FOR TWO YEARS. THE CITY WILL START GROUND CLEAN-UP AND BUILDING DEMOLITION SOON. THE SEEPCO BUILDINGS WILL BE TORN DOWN IN TWO YEARS AND THE CAFETERIA MAYBE IN 5 YEARS. SO, WITHIN OR AROUND A 5-YEAR PERIOD, CLINTON ENGINES WILL BE COMPLETELY GONE AND A NEW INDUSTRY MAY LOCATE ON THE 12 ACRES OR LAND. THE
COST TO THE CITY TO DO THIS PROJECT, NEARLY A HALF-MILLIN DOLLARS.
NO TAX MONEY. THE MONEY WILL COME FROM T-I-F FUNDS FROM THE INDUSTRIAL PARK ACCOUNT, THE RENT MONEY AND THE MONEY FORM HOFFINGER.
WHAT WAS THE OPTION? DO NOTHING, HOFFINGER COULD REFUSE TO PAY TAXES AND THE COUNTY WOULD TAKE OVER THE PROPERTY DOWN THE ROAD...AND HAVE A LONG DRAWN-OUT PROCESS TO ACCOMPLISH. JUST LIKE THE PROBLEM THEY HAVE HAD FOR YEARS WITH THE OLD TRUCK STOP BUILDING AND TAINTED LAND ALONG HIGHWAY 61 BYPASS. SO, I COMMEND THE CITY FOR FINDING A WAY TO SOLVE THE CLINTON ENGINES MATTER...IT WAS THE BEST ROUTE TO GO. CITY MANAGER BRIAN WAGNER MASTERMINDED MUCH OF THE PLAN I JUST REPORTED TO YOU.

JIM AND BRENDA LUETT MOSHER OF CONRAD ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN MONDAY IN AMES HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE DAVE AND ELAINE LUETT OF MAQUOKETA.

LINDA ECKELBERG, 47, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS. SHE WAS A BEAUTICIAN AT PRESTON FOR 26 YEARS, BUT SHE ALSO WAS EMPLOYED AT ONE TIME AT RONANN'S FLORAL IN MAQUOKETA AND AT JACKSON INDUSTRIES. SURVIVED BY HER MOTHER, CAROL, OF SPRAGUEVILLE,
A BROTHER AND 3 SISTERS.

I MAY...MAY...HAVE AN ELECTION REPORT HERE...AT AROUND 10 TONIGHT.

DENNIS VOY  

NICE DAY YESTERDAY....RAINY DAY TODAY..AND COLD. YUK.
BUT,WE NEED THE RAIN.

POLLS OPEN AT 7 A.M. TOMORROW. IN JACKSON, JONES AND CLINTON COUNTIES, ABSENTEE BALLOTS HAVE SET RECORDS. IN JACKSON COUNTY,
20 PERCENT OF THE VOTERS HAVE ALREADY VOTED ABSENTEE BALLOTS. THERE HAVE SO FAR BEEN 2,338 CAST ..COMPARED TO 1,443 THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION.

THE BOOSTER CLUB BREAKFAST YESTERDAY WAS WELL ATTENDED.

AND..THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY DINNER LAST NIGHT AT THE FAIRGROUNDS WAS ALSO VERY WELL ATTENDED. THE DRAWING WAS HELD IN THE QUILT RAFFLE. A QUILT WAS MADE WITH BLOCKS OF JACKSON COUNTY BARN PAINTINGS DONE BY JEAN BUCHNER OF MAQUOKETA. A REALLY NICE QUILT.
AND THE WINNER WAS....DAVID CRAWFORD. HE IS SON OF MOOSE AND WIFE IS PAM, THE VOCAL MUSIC TEACHER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. I'M NOT SURE WHERE DAVE WORKS. ANYWAY, THEY WILL ENJOY THE QUILT I'M SURE.

LONG AGENDA FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

ABOUT A DOZEN LEAF FIRES WERE PUT OUT BY THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OVER THE WEEKEND. APPARENTLY STARTED BY SOME KIDS.
POLICE WANT ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CALL THE CRIME STOPPERS NUMBER.

NO DEATHS OVER WEEKEND AND NO BIRTHS EITHER.

BE SURE AND VOTE TOMORROW.

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COOL TODAY..HIGH OF 57....HIGHS ONLY IN THE MID 40'S ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR MID WEEK.

IOWA WON OVER PENN STATE TODAY, IN DOUBLE-OVERTIME, 26-23...FOR WIN
NUMBER 2 THIS SEASON. IOWA STATE LOST TO KANSAS STATE, WITH ONLY TOUCHDOWN BEING SCORED BY MAQUOKETA'S SAGE ROSENFELS.

TOM MESSERLI IS 40 TODAY....HE'S KMAQ'S ENGINEER AND SATURDAY MORNING DJ ON KMAQ-FM. HAS A TV REPAIR SHOP IN BOTH DUBUQUE AND MAQUOKETA AND IS A LONGTIME MAQUOKETA FIREMEN. HE DATES KMAQ'S NEWS DIRECTOR, SHERI MELVOLD. HAS A DAUGHTER IN COLLEGE IN TEXAS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM.

THE NEW FARM BUREAU BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA IS NOW ALL BRICKED...AND OUTSIDE LIGHTING IS COMPLETE...LOOKING GOOD.

LOTS OF POLITICAL SPOTS ARE RUNNING THESE DAYS ON BOTH KMAQ AM AND FM.
BIGGEST SPENDED ON KMAQ HAS BEEN THE BUSH CAMPAIGN. WE WILL BE ON THE AIR TUESDAY NIGHT WITH ELECTION RETURNS.

DON'T FORGET TO CHECK THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK...SOME NEW ENTRIES.

HAVE A BIG WEEK.

DENNIS VOY  

SUNNY, COOLER AND BREEZY TODAY...HIGH OF 55.

BRAD DEERY MOTORS IS OFFERING A $1,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF THE PARTY THAT THIS WEEK HAS BEEN SHOOTING INTO THE SIDES OF NEW CARS IN THEIR LOT, WITH A PELLET GUN.

WORK HAS STARTED ON THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS NEW 2,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, JUST EAST OF THEIR CURRENT BUILDING, ON WEST QUARRY. THE CURRENT BUILDING WILL BE USED ENTIRLY BY TRI-STATE GRAPHICS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY GET A NEW LARGE PRESS AND NEED THE EXTRA ROOM.
TRI-STATE, WITH SAME OWNERS AS THE NEWSPAPER, HAVE BEEN USING JUST A PORTION OF THE BUILDING BUT WILL USE IT ALL AFTER NEWSPAPER OFFICES MOVE INTO THEIR NEW BUILDING LATE IN YEAR, OR EARLY JANUARY.

THE CENTRAL OF DEWITT GIRL'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM DEFEATED CAMANCHE LAST NIGHT AND WILL NOW BE IN THE STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK AT CEDAR RAPIDS. THEIR FIRST EVER STATE APPEARANCE. KMAQ WILL BROADCAST THEIR STATE MATCHES NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT.

LOIS MOELLER SCHEPERS' BIG BROTHER LIVES IN BALTIMORE...WORKS FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND I'M TOLD BY HER,IS ONE WHO CHECKS THIS DAILY REPORT REGULARLY. GLAD TO HEAR THAT. YESTERDAY, I HAD 135 CHECK IN...IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD..A PRETTY GOOD DAY. FAY MOELLER, FATHER OF LOIS, IS 91....WAS ON SHERI MELVOLD'S LOCAL TALK SHOW AND DID A NEAT JOB OF TALKING ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES. REAL SHARP FOR IS AGE.

NO BIRTHS. NO DEATHS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY


OVER THE YEARS.  

FROM 79 YESTERDAY TO 65 TODAY..BUT STILL NICE.

BELLEVUE LOST THEIR PLAY-OFF FOOTBALL GAME LAST NIGHT.

A PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE HELD TONIGHT REGARDING THE PROPOSED
$800,000, TWO LEVEL, 4,700 SQUARE FOOT, INTERPRETIVE CENTER AT
HURSTVILLE, JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. THE PROJECT IS BEING
SPONSORED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS GIVEN THE COUNTY 38 ACRES ALONG NEW 4-LANE 61. THE AWARD OF LAND WAS PART OF A MITIGATION FOR THE
COUNTY'S MARSH WHICH WAS DISPLACED BECAUSE OF THE NEW HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION. THE MARSH WAS RE-LOCATED TO THE EAST AND THAT IS WHERE THE PROPOSED NEW CENTER WOULD BE LOCATED. IT WOULD HOUSE OFFICES FOR THE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT, THAT ARE NOW LOCATED AT THE COURTHOUSE. IT WOULD HAVE DISPLAYS, A MEETING ROOM, WORK ROOM, ETC.
POSSIBLY A WELCOME CENTER. IT IS HOPED THEY CAN RAISE $250,000 AND GET THE REST OF THE MONEY FROM GRANTS. IT WOULD BE QUITE AN ATTRACTION VISABLE FROM FOUR-LANE 61 NORTH OF TOWN. ANN BURNS OF MAQUOKETA, JACKSON COUNTY NATURALIST, SAID THE CENTER WOULD BE A GREAT AREA TO SHOW THE PRAIRIE IN THE AREA. A WALKWAY THROUGH THE PRAIRIE AND WETLAND AROUND THE BUILDING WOULD BE FEATURED, ALONG
WITH THE LIMESTONE KILNS, THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN RESTORED NEARBY.

A BIRTH. CHRIS AND LORI KNOEBEL OF DES MOINES ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN YESTERDAY. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS WARREN AND ROSEANN ROBERTS OF MAQUOKETA AND PATERNATAL GRANDPARENTS ARE DAVE KNOEBEL OF MAQUOKETA AND JEAN KNOEBEL OF WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN.

REMEMBER MR. AND MRS. RICHARD STARRY THAT LIVED IN MAQUOKETA QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO? HE WORKED AT FAREWAY. THEY NOW LIVE IN GARNER.
THEIR DAUGHTER, NANCY LEWIS, AGE 43, DIED TUESDAY AT YANKTON, S.D. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, STEVEN LEWIS, TWO STEPSONS AND HER PARENTS. ALSO A SISTER BARBARA KRUSER OF MAQUOKETA AND TWO BROTHERS.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

DENNIS VOY

 

RECORD HIGH FOR NOV 1 IN MAQUOKETA TODAY...OF 79.....BREAKING OLD RECORD OF 78 IN 1933.

BELLEVUE PLAYS FOOTBALL IN THE PLAYOFFS TONIGHT....GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON KMAQ-FM. THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF GAME SINCE 1988. THEY WENT 9 AND 0 FOR THE SEASON AND THE TEAM THEY PLAY TONIGHT WENT 7 AND 2 AND ONE OF THOSE 2 LOSSES WAS TO BELLEVUE.

TWO VOLLEYBALL TEAMS FROM THE KMAQ AREA HAVE A CHANCE FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT THE WEEKEND AFTER NEXT IN CEDAR RAPIDS. NORTH CEDAR AND CENTRAL OF DEWITT...NEED TO WIN TOMORROW NIGHT OVER THEIR OPPONENT AND THEY GO TO STATE. KMAQ BROADCASTS STATE VOLLEY BALL.

SO FAR, 1,443 ABSENTEE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN CAST FOR THE NOV 7TH ELECTION...A NEW RECORD FOR JACKSON COUNTY...AND AUDITOR MIKE COTTON ESTIMATES THE NUMBER WILL GO OVER 2,000. LOTS OF INTEREST IN THE ELECTION.

BIGGEST BATTLE GOING ON IN JACKSON COUNTY IS FOR SHERIFF...LOTS OF ADVERTISING BY BOTH SHERIFF KETTMANN, OF BELLEVUE AND HIS OPPONENT, REPUBLICAN CARL SELZER OF LAMOTTE. SELZER WAS A POLICE CHIEF FOR A FEW YEARS AT LAMOTTE. HIS BIG PLATFORM IS TO WORK HARDER ON THE DRUG PROBLEM IN THE COUNTY.

THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB IS HAVING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. A SPECIAL MEETING WAS HELD LAST NIGHT...WITH A BIG ATTENDANCE. MEMBERS VOTED TO ASSESS EACH MEMBER $100 IMMEDIATELY, TO USE TO PAY BILLS. THE CLUB IS LOOKING FOR A NEW MANAGER. THEY HAVE NONE NOW. THINGS COULD GET WORSE AS A NEW GOLF COURSE WILL BE OPENING IN MAQUOKETA NEXT MAY.

HAVE A HAPPY NOVEMBER. TEMPERATURES IN IOWA IN OCTOBER WERE THE WARMEST IN 28 YEARS. NOVEMBER IS OFF THE A WARM START.

DENNIS VOY


SELZER