CLOUDY AND AROUND 20 TODAY....SNOW EVERYWHERE..BUT STREETS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.

ANYONE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THIS REPORT ON A REGULAR BASIS, PLEASE E-MAIL ME.

QUIET NIGHT LAST NIGHT...SO NO NEWS TODAY.

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.

MAQUOKETA KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL WEDNESDAY.

SEE ANYONE FROM MAQUOKETA OVER THE HOLIDAYS? IF SO....TELL US...
ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

DENNIS VOY

DE

 

6 NEW INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND....DECEMBER TOTAL JUST UNDER 25 INCHES..A NEW RECORD.

A MAQUOKETA MAN IS BEING HELD IN CLINTON COUNTY JAIL AFTER LEADING OFFICERS ON A TWO-STATE HIGH-SPEED CHASE. HE ENDED UP RAMMING INTO TWO SQUAD CARS THAT RESULTED IN MINOR INJURIES TO AN ILLINOIS OFFICER.
HIS IS JACK JASPER, AGE 44. WHO LIVES ON EAST GROVE. HE IS BEING HELD ON $28,000 CASH BOND AND FACES 6 CHARGES IN CLINTON COUNTY AND OTHERS PENDING IN JACKSON COUNTY. THE CHASE APPARENTLY STARTED IN THOMPSON, ILLINOIS AFTER FAILING TO STOP AFTER HITTING A CAR.

SAGE ROSENFELS OF MAQUOKETA DID A GREAT JOB IN GUIDING IOWA STATE TO THEIR BOWL WIN LAST NIGHT...BEING NAMED THE TOP PLAYER IN THE GAME.
HE COMPLETED 23 OF 34 PASSES FOR OVER 300 YARDS AND SCORED TWO TD'S.
HIS WIFE WAS INTERVIEWED DURING THE GAME. NEXT, HE WILL PLAY IN ABOUT A WEEK IN THE SENIOR BOWL.

BILL FLEMMING WAS IN TODAY. LIVES IN DES MOINES WITH HIS NEW WIFE, WHO IS AN ATTORNEY. HE IS SELLING MEN'S CLOTHES AT A DES MOINES MALL AND WAS THE TOP SALESMAN HIS FIRST WEEK...OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

HAVE A GOOD LONG WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

 

SNOWING IN MAQUOKETA...MAYBE AN INCH THIS AFTERNOON AND A COUPLE MORE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. IOWA HAS HAD A RECORD DECEMBER OF SNOW FALL,
INCLUDING MAQUOKETA...AND THE MONTH ISN'T OVER YET.

THE CENSUS BUREAU ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IOWA'S POPULATION WENT UP JUST OVER 5% DURING THE LAST DECADE...AND THAT WE WILL KEEP OUR CURRENT
ALLOTMENT OF 5 CONGRESSMAN. NO OTHER CENSUS DETAILS ANNOUNCED TODAY.

A STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA NEXT WEEK, THURSDAY, TO TALK ABOUT JACKSON COUNTY'S MOUNT ORDINANCE. FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT, SHIRLEY SCHERMER WILL EXPLAIN THE COUNTY'S INDIAN MOUNDS RESOLUTION AND HOW IT WILL EFFECT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY ZONING.

AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION, THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVORS VOTED TO BUY A NEW FORD EXPEDITION SUV INSTEAD OF A VAN....AT A COST ABOUT $10,000 MORE. THE NEW VEHICLE WILL BE PURCHASED FORM BURNETT-THIEL FORD FOR
$32,427. THE OLD VAN WILL BE KEPT AND USED AS A COUNTY "POOL" VEHICLE.

ROBBIE AND ARNOLD BREWER OF MAQUOKETA HAD A BOY TUESDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE KATHY AND RICHARD GRAHAM OF MAQUOKETA.

JOE BROWN, LONGTIME RURAL CHARLOTTE FARMER, DIED THIS MORNING. HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE HORSE BUSINESS AND AT ONE TIME, RAN FOR SHERIFF.

SORRY, BUT BETWEEN HOLIDAYS, NOT A LOT OF NEWS...WITH SCHOOL CLOSED AND LOTS OF PEOPLE ON VACATION.

I'M GOING HOME TO CHEER-ON THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES IN THE BOWL FOOTBALL GAME AND ALSO CHEER-ON THE HAWKEYE BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYING
IN A TOURNAMENT TONIGHT, TOMORROW LAND SATURDAY.

COME BACK TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY





 

WE ARE AROUND 20 TODAY....BUT THIS VERY WELL MAY BE THE WARMEST DAY THIS WEEK.

ACCORDING TO A STORY OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE DUBUQUE TELEGRAPH HERALD,....BOB AND FRANCIS MELVOLD HAVE SOLD THEIR INTEREST IN THE GALENA NEWSPAPER, TO THEIR PARTNERS SINCE THE 80'S....P. CARTER AND SARAH NEWTON. THEY BOUGHT THE PAPER IN THE EARLY 60'S AND AT THAT TIME WERE PARTNERS WITH SAM BYERS AND HIS WIFE, WHO RETIRED IN THE 80'S. EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE MELVOLDS ALSO SOLD THEIR INTEREST IN THE NORTH SCOTT PAPER, TO BILL TUBBS, SON OF ED TUBBS OF MAQUOKETA. THE MELVOLDS STILL OWN THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS (WED & SATURDAY)... HAVE SINCE THE MID 40'S..AND..BELLEVUE PAPER. PLUS, THEY HAVE TWO PRINTING PLANTS IN MAQUOKETA. FRANCIS IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE PRINTING END AND BOB STILL DOES SOME WRITING AND A WEEKLY COLUMN. THE MELVOLD, EACH AROUND 80, ARE PROBABLY THE OLDEST ACTIVE MAQUOKETA BUSINESS OWNERS STILL WORKING. THREE SONS AND 2 DAUGHTER-IN-LAWS ARE ACTIVE IN THEIR OPERATIONS.

ONE ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND. H.B.PATEL, AGE 67, OF MAQUOKETA DIDN'T YIELD AT THE INTERSECTION AND DROVE THROUGH. HIS CAR WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY TIM ACTON, AGE 31, OF MAQUOKETA. ABOUT $5,000 TOTAL DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. PATEL WAS CHARGED. H.B. IS AN ENGINEER WHO WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES UNTIL IT HAD PROBLEMS IN THE LATE 60'S AND THEN STARTED WORKING IN THE QUAD-CITIES, BUT LIVING
HERE IN MAQUOKETA. STILL WORKING AND COMMUTING BETWEEN THE CITIES.
A BACHELOR, HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB UNTIL THE CLUB FOLDED A FEW YEARS AGO. HIS NATIVE HOME IS IN INDIA. H.B. LOVES MOVIES AND HAS BEEN A FRIEND, FELLOW PAST-LIONS MEMBER AND PATRON OF MY THEATRE FOR MANY YEARS. BET HE ISN'T TOO HAPPY ABOUT THAT CAR ACCIDENT.

ETHYL HARKINS, AGE 87, DIED SATURDAY AT MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE. SHE WORKED AT THE HOSPITAL FOR 30 YEARS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER AND 3 SONS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE THURSDAY MORNING AT HAYLOCK, O'HARA AND LAHEY FUNERAL HOME.

DOUG ROE, WIFE, 2 CHILDREN AND MOTHER WERE AT THE THEATRE LAST NIGHT.
OVER 25 YEARS AGO, DOUG, WHILE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, WORKED FOR ME AT BOTHE THE RADIO STATION AND THE THEATRE. MOTHER STILL LIVES IN MAQUOKETA...AND HER PARENTS WERE FROM WYOMING. HE WORKS FOR A HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING PLANT IN ST. LOUIS. HAS BEEN IN THAT CITY FOR OVER 4-YEARS.

COLE PAPE, MAQUOKETA'S OUTSTANDING WRESTLER, GOT HIS 100TH WIN RECENTLY..ONLY THE 6TH MCHS GRAPPLER TO DO THAT. OTHERS WERE:
LUCAS KLUEVER, MARC JUERGENS, BRIAN HOWELL, CALE WILSON, AND OF COURSE, ERIC JUERGENS, WHO HAD 144.

DAN FLEMING, SON OF BILL, IS A COLLEGE PLAYER AT MID AMERICA NAZARENE AND THE 1997 MCHS GRAD IS AVERAGING 27 POINTS A GAME FOR HIS COACH, FORMER MCHS PLAYER, ROCKY LAMAR.

KENNY GOODENOW, LONGTIME STUDENT ANNOUNCER AT KMAQ, NOW WORKING FOR FORD MOTOR COMPANY IN MINNEAPOLIS, WAS IN SUNDAY, WITH HIS LONGTIME GIRL, KIM TEBBE, ALSO OF MAQUOKETA AREA. HE GAVE HER A DIAMOND AND THEY PLAN TO GET MARRIED IN JULY. SHE GRADUATES THIS SPRING. NICE LOOKING COUPLE. HER BROTHER, JASON, WAS ALSO ALONG. HE WORKED FOR ME AT THEATRE WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IS A JUNIOR NOW AT IOWA STATE IN AMES.

AND...THAT WILL HAVE TO DO IT FOR NOW.

HAVING A LATE CHRISTMAS AT OUR HOUSE TONIGHT.

DENNIS VOY

 

Hope everyone has a Happy Holiday!
 

WARMED UP TODAY INTO THE 20'S...AND ROOFS STARTING LEAKING, INCLUDING
A SMALL LEAK AT THE BACK OF KMAQ BUILDING. TALKED TO BRENT RATHJE AND HE SAID THERE ARE ROOF PROBLEMS AROUND TOWN. BRENT IS THE
SIDING EXPERT FOR CONNELL SUPPLY COMPANY HERE IN TOWN.

FORECAST IS FOR 15-20 BELOW CHRISTMAS EVE AND A HIGH OF 5-BELOW ON CHRISTMAS DAY. SANTA WILL LONG REMEMBER CHRISTMAS 2000.

A BLUE GRASS MAN, RICHARD PORSTMANN, AGE 71, WAS KILLED IN A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 67 AND 64 ABOUT A MILE WEST OF SABULA. MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT T-INTERSECTION. HE WAS DRIVING NORTH ON 67, COULDN'T STOP AND CROSSED 64 AIRBORNE AND INTO THE ROCK CLIF. OTHERS HAVE DIED THERE BEFORE.

A MAQUOKETA WOMAN SLID INTO A PICKUP YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT PLEASANT AND OTTO STREETS. ELIZABETH REID, 19, FAILED TO STOP AND SLID INTO TRUCK DRIVEN BY JOHN MELROY OF MAQUOKETA. $6,000 TOTAL DAMAGE.

DAVE CLARK, 67, DIED YESTERDAY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, HONOR, 3 DAUGHTERS AND 3 SONS. ALSO 4 BROTHERS, INCLUDING 3 THAT LIVE IN MAQUOKETA...ROBERT, RONALD AND JERRY.

HAD A FUN TIME AT THE KMAQ CHRISTMAS DINNER LAST NIGHT. MET FIRST AT LEIGHTON HEPKER'S HOUSE FOR SOME KOOLADE...AND THEN FOR DINNER AT THE DECKER HOTEL AND RESTAURANT. EVERYONE WAS THERE EXCEPT DOTTIE, WHO HAS NOT RETURNED YET FROM HER MOTHER'S FUNERAL IN NEW MEXICO. SHE GETS BACK TOMORROW. IT WAS ALSO THE NIGHT TO SAY FAREWELL TO KEVIN ANDERSEN, WHO HAS BEEN A STUDENT ANNOUNCER AT KMAQ FOR 4 YEARS AND IS GOING WEST, TO SAN FRANCISCO, TO SEEK A GOOD JOB. HE HAS AN AUNT LIVING OUT THERE TO SHOW HIM AROUND. GOOD LUCK TO KEVIN.

ONE MORE DAY OF SHOPPING TOMORROW. SOME MAQUOKETA STORES WILL BE OPEN UNTIL NOON, OR 1 OR 2...SOME EVEN TO 3 BUT FEW AFTER THAT.

MAY NOT HAVE A REPORT TOMORROW....SO....MERRY CHRISTMAS.

DENNIS VOY  

HAVE ONLY A COUPLE MINUTES FOR THIS.

12-BELOW LAST NIGHT AND A HIGH TODAY OF 3 ABOVE...HEADING TO AROUND 10 BELOW TONIGHT AGAIN. BUT, IT WAS SUNNY TODAY AND LIGHTER WINDS MADE FOR A MUCH BETTER DAY.

THE DAY STARTED OFF ON A HECTIC NOTE. MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC POWER WENT OFF AT 6:20 THIS MORNING. TROUBLE AT THE BIG SUB-STATION SOUTH OF TOWN. ABOUT 1/3 OF THE TOWN WAS OFF FOR ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 4 HOURS.

PRESTON FIREMEN HAD A FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING..A SHED BURNED DOWN AT THE TOM FEURBACH FARM HEAR SPRAGUEVILLE.

A BAD ACCIDENT IN JACKSON COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON...ONE PERSON DEAD.
NO DETAILS. HAPPENED NEAR SABULA.

JACKSON COUNTY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WENT UP IN NOVEMBER TO 3.8 PERCENT, FROM 3.1 IN OCTOBER.

DALE L. CLARK, AGE 67, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING. SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD SATURDAY.

DENNIS VOY  

MAQUOKETA HAD 2 AND 1/2 INCHES OF SNOW YESTERDAY....AND TOTAL FOR
DECEMBER IS NOW 18 AND 1/4...VERY CLOSE TO A NEW DECEMBER RECORD.
WE HAD FLURRIES TODAY AND MORE SNOW IS FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, SO,
WE WILL NO DOUBT BREAK THE DECEMBER RECORD DEFINITELY IN THE NEXT 10 DAYS. TODAY, VERY COLD AND WINDY, WITH DRIFTING OUT IN THE COUNTRY AND A COLD, LOW WINDCHILL FACTOR....SO AGAIN TODAY, SCHOOLS LEFT OUT EARLY AND MANY EVENTS SCEDULED FOR TONIGHT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. IN
MANY AREAS, DITCHES ARE SO FULL THAT SNOW IS BLOWING RIGHT BACK OVER THE ROAD AFTER PLOWS GO THROUGH. IT IS LATE AFTERNOON NOW AND WE ARE BACK TO 2 BELOW AFTER A HIGH TODAY OF 3 ABOVE.

NO ONE WAS INJURED IN AN EARLY MORNING BLAZE AT AN APARTMENT IN THE FORMER KEY MOTEL IN MAQUOKETA. FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED THE BLAZE AROUND 2:30 THIS MORNING AND THE APARTMENT WAS "GUTTED" AND RENTED BY CATHY AND JACOB ARTERBERRY. FLAMES WERE SHOOTING OUT OF THE APARTMENT WHEN FIREMEN ARRIVED. ADJACENT APARTMENTS ON EACH SIDE ALSO SUFFERED SMOKE DAMAGE. APARTMENTS ARE SMALL..THE SIZE OF A ROOM WHEN IT WAS A MOTEL. ROY WARD OF MAQUOKETA BOUGHT THE MOTEL WITH THE STIPULATION IT COULD NOT BE USED AGAIN AS A MOTEL, SO HE CONVERTED IT INTO APARTMENTS RENTED BY THE WEEK OR MONTH. CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL NOT KNOWN AND DOLLAR ESTIMATE OF DAMAGE NOT GIVEN.

FARMLAND VALUES HAVE GONE UP IN IOWA BY OVER 4% IN 2000. IN JACKSON COUNTY, LAND IS VALUED AT $1,713 AN ACRE, UP $50 FROM LAST YEAR..UP 3%. CLINTON COUNTY LAND IS VALUED AT $1,939..UP 2.2%.

AMY MANNING AND TIM RABINEAU OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN DECEMBER 9TH AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL.

WELL...GUESS I'LL ENJOY AN ICE-COLD LEMONADE AND GET READY TO DO THE 5 O'CLOCK EVENING REPORT.

IOWA, THE LAND OF 4 SEASONS.

CHRISTMAS TIME IS NEAR...HURRY, HURRY, HURRY.

DENNIS VOY



 

SNOWIN, SNOWIN AND SNOWIN SOME MORE....SUPPOSED TO BE SNOWIN UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT....LOVE IT.

SPORTS: MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO CASCADE LAST NIGHT...RECORD NOW 1 AND 4. MAQUOKETA GIRLS DEFEATED CASCADE LAST NIGHT AND THEY ARE NOW 3 AND 4. THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS LOST THEIR DUAL MEET TO NORTH SCOTT LAST NIGHT. AND, THE IOWA HAWKEYES WON LAST NIGHT AND NOW HAVE A 9 AND 0 RECORD.

SAGE ROSENFELS WAS IN THIS MORNING TO RECORD A "VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS"
SHOW WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER. ALSO DID A PROMO FOR THE BOWL GAME BROADCAST ON KMAQ AND A STATION I-D TO USE DURING THE BOWL GAME.
SAGE IS THE QUARTERBACK FOR THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES, PLAYING IN THE DOT-COM BOWL IN PHOENIX DECEMBER 28TH. IT WILL BE ON ESPN AND WE'LL ALSO BROADCAST IT. THE TEAM PLAYS PITTSBURG, A PRETTY GOOD TEAM THAT HAS ONE LESS WIN THAN THE CYCLONES, BUT IOWA STATE IS THE FAVORITE IN THE GAME. SAGE SAYS AROUND 15-THOUSAND TICKETS HAVE BEEN SOLD TO CYCLONE FANS....BETTER THAN EXPECTED. HE HAS BEEN INVITED TO PLAY IN 2 ALL STAR GAMES, BUT WILL PLAY IN ONLY ONE, THE WELL RESPECTED "SENIOR BOWL". IN THE NFL DRAFT, HE BELIEVES HE HAS A CHANCE TO BE SELECTED IN THE 3RD ROUND. HIS FOLKS ARE JAMIE AND BOB ROSENFELS OF RURAL MAQUOKETA AND HIS WIFE'S PARENTS ARE FLORIAN AND KAREN STEFFEN OF MAQUOKETA. HE AND HIS WIFE BOTH GRADUATE FROM IOWA STATE THIS SPRING AND THEY ARE EXPECTING A CHILD EARLY THIS SUMMER.

TRIP TO WISCONSIN YESTERDAY WENT WELL. LEFT AT 6 YESTERDAY MORNING AND GOT BACK AT 10 LAST NIGHT. ROADS NOT BAD, EXCEPT THROUGH THE CITY OF MADISON. WISCONSIN HASD MORE SNOW THAN IOWA YESTERDAY.. A LITTLE OVER 9 INCHES. HERE IN MAQUOKETA, WE HAD AROUND 2. THEY HAVE HAD ABOUT 5 MORE INCHES OF SNOW THAN WE HAVE HAD.

LISTENED TO SOME WISCONSIN RADIO STATIONS. HEARD THE "HOMER" SPORTS CALL-IN SHOW. HOSTED BY QUITE A SPORTS AND PACKERS NUT, NAMED HOMER.
NEVER HEARD HIM BEFORE.

CLAYTON BICKFORD, AGE 64, OF DELMAR, DIED SUDDENLY MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, PHYLIS. 3 DAUGHTERS, INCLUDING CINDY(MRS. CINDY PAPE) OF MAQUOKETA AND 3 SONS, INCLUDING
TERRY BICKFORD OF MAQUOKETA.

SERVICES ARE PENDING FOR MAURICE McCLIMON, AGE 80, OF TEMPE, ARIZONA, AND FORNERLY OF MAQUOKETA...SURVIVORS INCLUDE 5 SONS, ONE SON, PAUL, IN LOST NATION AND 1 SISTER, BERNADETTE BILLIPS OF MAQUOKETA.

HAD A FAREWELL PARTY MONDAY NIGHT FOR NANCY JACOBS, LEAVING OUR KFC RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA AFTER 19 YEARS, MOST OF THOSE AS MANAGER, SHE AND MARV WILL LOCK UP THEIR SPRINGBROOK FARM HOME AND HEAD FOR APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA, THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS AND STAY DOWN THERE UNTIL APRIL. STAYING IN A MOBILE HOME COURT. SHELLY RUSSELL IS TAKING OVER ASA KFC MANAGER.

THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB MET AT NOON TODAY AND HAS ONE MORE MEETING, NEXT WEDNESDAY, AT THE FLAPJACK RESTAURANT....AND THEN, THE WEEK AFTER, THE CLUB STARTS HAVING THEIR WEEKLY MEETINGS AT THE DEPOT..WHICH HAS NO STEPS.

SAT ACCROSS FROM BOB MELVOLD TODAY AT ROTARY...AND HE AND FRANCIS PLAN TO GO DOWN TO FLORIDA FOR SOME TIME...SOON. THEY SOLD THEIR ISLAND WINTER HOME ON THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA LAST YEAR AND WILL BE LIVING MORE INLAND THIS WINTER.

SCHOOLS ARE NOW CALLING IN TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY WILL DISMISS CLASSES EARLY AGAIN TODAY.

FLAPJACK RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA HAS ADDED PIZZA TO ITS MENU.

GENO'S PIZZA IN PRESTON, NOW HAS A MORNING BAKERY. SENT UP SOME DONUTS FOT THE STAFF TODAY...VERY GOOD.

WAL-MART IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY FROM NOW UNTIL CHRISTMAS.

GM HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL NO LONGER BUILD OLDSMOBILES.
THAT MEANS, MY '83 KMAQ OLDS WAGON IS WORTH MORE. RIGHT?

LOTS OF GUEST BOOK ENTRIES LATELY...TAKE A LOOK.

AND COME BACK AGAIN SOON.

DENNIS VOY








 

ANOTHER WINTERY DAY IN MAQUOKETA...LIGHT SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND IT IS TO CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WILL PROBABLY END UP WITH AROUND 4-5 INCHES.

MOST SCHOOLS HAD EARLY OUT TODAY BECAUSE OF THE SNOW. AND MOST SCHOOL ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA FOR TONIGHT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL AND MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD WILL MEET TONIGHT. STATION MANAGER LEIGHTON HEPKER WILL COVER ONE MEETING FOR KMAQ NEWS AND NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD WILL COVER THE OTHER.

OVER THE WEEKEND, JOHN SHADY HIT A DEER WITH HIS TRUCK....
WILLIAM LUNA'S CAR WINDOW WAS BROKEN...
ALVIN ROGIS, AGE 21, WAS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ASSAULT...
LEE RICKLEFS, AGE 32, WAS CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT..
MERLE KLOSSNER, AGE 38, WAS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ASSAULT..AND..
KEVIN OSTRANDER, AGE 31, WAS CHARGED WITH OWI.

FORMER GOVERNOR TERRY BRANSTAD HAD A HEART ATTACK TODAY...DID BALLOON ON ONE ARTERRY AND HE'S DOING OKAY.

E.E. ANDREWS, AGE 92, DIED AT BOONE, IOWA AND THE SERVICES WILL BE WEDNESDAY. HE WAS A FORMER SUPT. OF ELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.

FERN J. BENNETT, AGE 81, DIED SUNDAY AT ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A DAUGHTER, DOTTIE BAYLES, OF MAQUOKETA...A MEMBER OF KMAQ'S SALES STAFF. MRS. BENNETT LIVED IN NEW MEXICO 27 YEARS AND SERVICES WILL BE WEDNESDAY AT THE HARRIS-HANLON MORTUARY IN MORIARTY, NEW MEXICO. SHE VISITED US HERE AT KMAQ EVERY TIME SHE CAME TO MAQUOKETA TO VISIT DOTTIE. A NICE LADY. HER LATE HUSBAND WAS A MILITARY MAN.

I MAY PAY A ONE-DAY VISIT TO MY DAD'S PLACE IN HORICON, WISCONSIN, TOMORROW, IF WEATHER STARTS GETTING BETTER. IF SO, NO REPORT TOMORROW.

A WEEK FROM TODAY IS CHRISTMAS. THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER.

NEED TO START THINKING SPRING. FOUR MONTHS TODAY, THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE OPENS FOR THE SEASON SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.

DENNIS VOY




 

1 1/2-INCHES OF NEW SNOW THIS MORNING...WARM THIS MORNING, BUT NOW IN LATE AFTERNOON, GETTING VERY COLD. BURRRRRR.

A MAQUOKETA MAN WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY FOR STEALING A VEHICLE OWNED BY BRYAN BOWLING OF MAQUOKETA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WHEN NOAH BENJAMIN MOSES WAS ARRESTED HE ALSO HAD SOME DRUGS ON HIM, SO WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENLIA. MOSES TOOK THE VEHICLE AT BARRON AUTO SUPPLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND IT WAS FOUND PARKED LATER IN THE DAY AT ROSENBERG AUTO SUPPLY.

GARY TRAFFORD, AGE 49, LONG TIME AGO A MAQUOKETA POLICEMAN, THIS WEEK ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL LEAVE HIS JOB AS A CLINTON COUNTY MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICER, NEXT JUNE. SAID HE JUST WANTS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. HE HAS HAD THE JOB PATROLLING SMALL TOWNS SINCE 1981.

JERAMIE TRACY, AGE 27, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 20 DAYS IN THE DETENTION CENTER FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE ASSAULT ENHANCED. MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY TONY TRACY SAID JARAMIE PUNCHED HER AND HIT HER WITH A BOTTLE OF BEER, THEN CHOKED HER ...BACK ON JULY 24TH AT THE GERMAN STREET APARTMENTS.

ALL WEEKEND, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, LOCAL SPORTS EVENTS WERE CALLED OFF BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.

KEEP WARM..OR KEEP COOL...WHEREVER YOU ARE.

DENNIS VOY

 

WEATHER MAKES THE NEWS AGAIN. IT IS SNOWING NOW IN MAQUOKETA AND 2 INCHES IS PREDICTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. MAQUOKETA BASKETBALL GAMES AT MONTICELLO AND HERE HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. TOMORROW, SNOW, COLD, HIGH WINDS CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW NIGHT. SUNDAY, COLD AND SUNNY.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS LAST NIGHT DEFEATED WESTERN DUBUQUE 50 TO 18. SEVEN MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS PINNED THEIR MAN. THE CARDINALS WERE SCHEDULED TO WRESTLER IN THE SABER INVITATIONAL TOMORROW, BUT THAT TOURNAMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.

RON KRUMVIEDE, AGE 37, OF MAQUOKETA, IS BEING HELD IN THE JACKSON COUNTY JAIL ON A CASH BOND OF $50,000. YESTERDAY, HE ALLEGEDLY STOLE A CAR, HIT FOUR VEHICLES, TRIED TO RUN OVER SOME POLICE OFFICERS AND LEAD THEM ON A HIGH SPEED CHASE. HE PLEADED NOT GUILITY TO CHARGES OF OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED, 3RD OFFENSE, ELUDING POLICE OFFICERS, ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER, THEFT IN THE 2ND DEGREE AND FOUR COUNTS OF STIKING UNATTENDED VEHICLES. THE INCIDENT STARTED AT 7:30 LAST NIGHT. KRUMVIEDE HAS HAD A LONG LIST OF RUN-INS WITH THE LAW, SINCE HE WAS A TEENAGER.

JEFF CAVEN, AGE 25, OF IOWA CITY AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT HIS HOME. HE WAS A FORMAN FOR WICK BUILDINGS IN IOWA CITY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER MELANIE, MRS. ROBERT KIRK, OF MAQUOKETA AND FATHER, JOHN CAVEN OF MAQUOKETA. TWO SISTERS, EMILY CAVEN OF CEDAR RAPIDS, AND JOHNORA CAVEN IN MAQUOKETA....4 BROTHERS, ROBERT KIRK, WILLIAM KIRK AND DANIEL CAVEN ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND DAVID VAN VORS OF URBANA, IOWA. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, JIM AND NANCY BELLMORE OF MAQUOKETA AND STEP-GRANDPARENTS, JIM AND MARY ELLEN KIRK OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

 

CLOUDY AND COOL...IN UPPER TEENS.

NEW STONE "Welcome" SIGNS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED AT THE SOUTH AND WEST EDGES OF MAQUOKETA. THE SIGNS ARE MADE OF NATIVE LIMESTONE AND COST AROUND $20,000 FOR TWO. WHEN ADDITIONAL MONEY IS RAISED, TWO MORE WILL BE PUT UP AT THE EAST AND NORTH SIDE, VISABLE WHEN ENTERING THE CITY. ANYONE WISHING TO DONATE MONEY FOR THE SIGN PROJECT, CAN DO SO AT THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE. I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I STILL HAVE NOT SEEN THEM, BUT I HEAR THEY ARE NICE.

MAQUOKTA CITY COUNCILMEN MET FOR 3 HOURS LAST NIGHT TO TALK ABOUT FUTURE NEEDS FOR THE CITY. THE COUNCIL CAME UP WITH 18 POTENTIAL GOALS FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND SETTLED ON FIVE. THEY ARE: PURCHASING A NEW AERIAL TRUCK FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK INDUSTRIES WILL REQUIRE THAT ONE BE AVAILABLE WHEN NEEDED. GOAL TWO...TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT A BUILDING CODE FOR THE CITY. THREE...IMPROVING THE GIRL'S SOFTBALL FIELDS....FOUR, FINISH THE
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AT HORSESHOW POND AND FIVE, COMPLETE THE LAST
TWO WELCOME SIGNS.

NANCY JACOBS OF SPRINGBROOK HAS RESIGNED AS MANAGER OF KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN IN MAQUOKETA, EFFECTIVE LATE DECEMBER. SHE HAS BEEN WITH THE LOCAL RESTAURANT FOR NEARLY 19 YEARS. SHE AND HER HUSBAND PLAN TO "winter" IN FLORIDA. HUSBAND MARV HAS HAD QUITE A FEW HEART PROBLEMS THIS YEAR, BUT IS DOING WELL NOW. NANCY WILL BE REPLACED BY ASSISTANT MANAGER SHELLY RUSSELL WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE KFC STORE FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. SO, AT KFC..EVEN AFTER NANCY IS GONE...SHELLY AND THE STAFF WILL JUST KEEP "plucking" AWAY. FREIND DEAN TILTON AND I HAVE OWNED KFC SINCE JULY 1980. BOUGHT IT FROM 2 GUYS IN ILLINOIS, WHO BUILDT IS IN 1975. WE STILL KEEP THOSE 11 ERBS AND SPICES A SECRET.

AND THEN THERE'S CHICKEN PASTA! EVER HAVE IT? HAD IT TUESDAY NIGHT AT A DINNER PARTY IN DUBUQUE....VERY TASTY. HARD TO BELIEVE AN EX-MARINE NOW DUBUQUE POLICEMAN WAS THE CHEF. BUT HE WAS! WHAT TALENT! NANCY, MY WIFE, WILL BE GLAD TO CONFIRM THAT I CAN'T BOIL WATER. ABOUT ALL I CAN DO IS TOAST, CEREAL AND OCCASSIONALLY A PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH. THANKS SHAWN AND LONNA....GOOD DESSERT TOO.

DOWN IN ARIZONA AND FLORIDA...AND OTHER POINTS SOUTH....DO YOU REALLY HAVE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT SNOW???

I'M...sob sob sob...CRYING FOR YOU. SO SORRY!

DENNIS VOY



 

THIS IS TRY TWO AT TODAY'S REPORT. FINISHED #1 AND GOT CARELESS...PUSHING BUTTONS TOO FAST AND LOST IT. FRUSTRATING.

BELOW ZERO LAST NIGHT AND COLD TODAY WITH LIGHT SNOW...MAYBE 2 MORE INCHES BY TONIGHT.

CHECK THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK FOR NEW ENTRIES.

THE PROPOSED "INTERPRETIVE CENTER" LOCAL FUND DRIVE IS AT $200,000.
$250-THOUSAND NEEDS TO BE RAISED LOCALLY WITH THE OTHER HALF-MIL- PLUS TO BE RECEIVED THROUGH GRANTS. IT WILL BE BUILT JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA NEAR THE NEW 'WET SPACE' ESTABLISHED DURING CONSTRUCTION OF NEW 4-LANE 61. THE CENTER WILL BE RUN BY THE CONSERVATION BOARD.

SOME WEATHER RE-LATED ACCIDENTS MONDAY. ANDY BELLENDIER, AGE 72,
BACKED INTO A PARKED TRUCK OWNED BY LARRY BAKER OF MAQUOKETA. LITTLE DAMAGE. NO CHARGES. ANDY, YOU WILL RECALL, WAS AT ONE TIME THE MANAGER OF THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB...A GOOD ONE TOO. FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, HE AND SON MIKE HAVE OWNED AND OPERATED A TIRE RE-FURBISHING BUSINESS HERE IN TOWN.

THE PHIL HARRIS-ALICE FAYE "CHRISTMAS" OLD-TIME RADIO SHOW STARTED OFF OUR SERIES OF OLD RADIO SHOWS AGAIN THIS YEAR ON KMAQ...EVERY AFTERNOON AT 3:30. FUN TO LISTEN TOO.

BACK TO ACCIDENTS. BOB STOCKHAM, AGE 77, OF MAQUOKETA, SLID INTO THE CAR OF WILMA REICHLING, ALSO 77. SHE DIDN'T SEE BOB'S VEHICLE AND CROSSED INTO HIS LANE. MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES OR CHARGES.

JUST EAST OF MAQUOKETA, ANOTHER TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT MONDAY AFTERNOON.
SANDRA PITTS, AGE 42, OF SPRINGBROOK SLID INTO VEHICLE DRIVEN BY MARY RUPP, AGE 37, OF MAQUOKETA. ABOUT $1,500 DAMAGE TO EACH VEHICLE AND NO INJURIES.

IONA HAYWARD, AGE 85, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUDDENLY MONDAY AT HER HOME.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, WALTER. 3 DAUGHTERS...MARY KAY FLENKER OF MAQUOKETA....JANICE OF DAVENPORT AND DEANNA OF ELDRIDGE...ALSO 2 SONS, LARRY AND RICHARD,BOTH OF MAQUOKETA...PLUS 1 BROTHER, CLIFFORD TRACY OF MAQUOKETA. MARY KAY'S MOTHER-IN-LAW, FLORENCE FLENKER DIED SUNDAY AND THEN HER MOTHER THE NEXT DAY.

KENNETH MARLOWE,AGE 89, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED THIS MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE AND WIFE FARMED IN RURAL MAQUOKETA UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1976. HE IS SURVIVED BY 3 SONS, TERRY OF BLUE GRASS, TOM OF MAQUOKETA AND CRAIG OF OREGON,WISCONSIN.

MIKE RETALLIC OF MAQUOKETA HAS RESIGNED AS VO-AC INSTRUCTOR AND FFA ADVISOR AT MCHS. HE HAS ACCEPTED A POSITION AT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY AT AMES, STARTING IN JANUARY. A JOB HE COULD NOT REFUSE AS IT WILL ALSO ALLOW HIM TO GET HIS MA DEGREE. HE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB HERE IN MAQUOKETA. HIS WIFE, DAWN, HAS BEEN SELLING REAL ESTATE. THEY HAVE 2 KIDS. HATE TO LOOSE NICE YOUNG FAMILES....HARD TO REPLACE IN A SMALL RURAL TOWN.

A SMALL CHURCH HERE IN TOWN IS AGAIN GOING TO SPONSOR A FREE DINNER ON CHRISTMAS DAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NO ONE TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH.
THE PASTOR IS JIM LUCEY. THE CHURCH MEETS WEEKLY AT THE KP HALL ON JONES AVENUE AND THAT'S WHERE THE DINNER WILL BE.

THERE..I DID IT! NOW, I'LL CAREFULLY PUSH THE RIGHT BUTTON SO THIS ONE YOU'LL GET.

JUST 11 DAYS 'TIL CHRISTMAS.

DENNIS VOY









 

HO HO HO
WHAT A DAY IN YEE OLE TOWN OF MAQUOKETA. I GOT TO THE STATION AT 5:55 THIS MORNING...AND EXCEPT FOR A QUICK VISIT TO THE BANK NEXT DOOR, HAVE BEEN HERE ALL DAY....ON-THE-AIR MOSTLY. I HOPE TO LEAVE BY 6 TONIGHT. IT STARTED SNOWING AND BLOWING EARLY THIS MORNING AND HAS NOT STOPPED. NORTHERLY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...AND A HIGH TODAY OF ONLY 12, WITH A WIND-CHILL WELL BELOW ZERO. ALL SCHOOLS CANCELLED EARLY THIS MORNING AND SOME HAVE ALREADY CALLED CANCELLING FOR TOMORROW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END AROUND MIDNIGHT. WE HAVE 8 INCHES SO FAR (AT 4 P.M.)...AND EXPECT THE FINAL TOTAL WILL BE AROUND 10. MANY BUSINESS PLACES DID NOT OPEN..OTHERS CLOSED AT VARIOUS TIMES TODAY AND NOT MUCH WILL BE GOING ON TONIGHT. COUNTY PLOWS...ABOUT 25 OF THEM ....WENT OUT AT 5 THIS MORNING AND WILL
CALL IT A DAY AT 5 THIS AFTERNOON AND BE BACK ON THE ROAD AT 5 AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING. TOMORROW WILL PROBABLY BE ANOTHER HECTIC DAY, BUT SHOULD START GETTING BACK TO NORMAL BY SOMETIME IN THE AFTERNOON.
AND IT IS STILL FALL....WINTER STARTS A WEEK FROM THURSDAY.
I FEEL SOOOO SORRY FOR YOU SOUTHERNERS...MISSING ALL THIS IOWA FUN.
HOW WAS YOUR BORING DAY TODAY???

ONLY KIDDING!

STEVE REYNER DIED NOVEMBER 30TH. AGE 59. GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL IN THE LATE 50'S AND WAS ON MAQUOKETA'S WINNING FOOTBALL TEAMS THOSE YEARS. THEN AFTER GRADUATION, WORKED FOR JOE MARTIN AUTO SALES AS A SALESMAN...AND A GOOD ONE. HAD A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR. MOVED FROM MAQUOKETA A LONG TIME AGO. WAS LIVING IN CALIFORNIA AND DIED FROM CANCER. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE...NO CHILDREN...AND AN AUNT IN MAQUOKETA...MRS. CLAUDE, NADINE, BECK.

FLORENCE FLENKER, AGE 86, DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. HER LATE HUSBAND RAN WOODY'S GAS STATION FOR MANY YEARS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 2 DAUGHTERS....DARLENE COOK OF MAQUOKETA AND DORIS HAZER OF ZWINGLE. A SON RICHARD OF MAQUOKETA AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW MARY KAY FLENKER OF MAQUOKETA.

A BIRTH...SHELLY AND JOE KELLY OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST THURSDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

AND A SHOVELING WE WILL GO....

DENNIS VOY

 

I'M BACK. DID YOU MISS ME?

THE BRANSON TRIP WENT WELL. HAD 44 GREAT GUESTS ON THE BUS...SAW SOME REALLY GOOD BRANSON CHRISTMAS SHOWS...ATE TOO MUCH...HAD A FEW LAUGHS...AND DIDN'T PICK UP A TELEPHONE FOR 3 DAYS. GOT HOME LAST NIGHT A LITTLE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. BRANSON HAD ITS FIRST SNOW FALL OF THE SEASON WEDNESDAY, SO IT WAS LIKE A BLIZZARD TO THEM. NEXT DAY, HIGHS IN THE 50'S. BRANSON WAS BUSY, BUT STARTING TO WIND DOWN THE CHRISTMAS RUSH. NEXT WEEK WILL BE THE FINAL WEEK OF CHRISTMAS SHOWS. QUITE A TOWN. TOO MANY THEATRES AND HOTEL ROOMS TO KEEP FULL THOUGH...BUT ALL ARE ANXIOUS FOR A NEW CONVENTION CENTER TO BE BUILDT ...AND... HOPEFULLY CONVENTIONS TO FOLLOW. OUR BUS DRIVER WAS GARY CORDING OF DUBUQUE, ONE OF THE BEST. HE DROVE THE 10-DAY KMAQ LAS VEGAS BUS NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO.

TODAY, SATURDAY, A BUSY DAY SORTING SNAIL MAIL AND DUMPING TRASH E-MAIL...OVER 100 TO DELETE.

CLOUDY DAY TODAY AND COLD, WITH A WIND TO BOOT...AND SNOW IN THE FORECAST THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. BELOW ZERO WEATHER IN THE FORECAST FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

EVENTS WHILE I WAS GONE..

DELWOOD MAY PULL OUT THEIR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTENDING MAQUOKETA, AS EARLY AS NEXT FALL....IF THEY CAN HOOK UP WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY'RE SEEKING SHARING ARRANGEMENT PROPOSALS FROM OTHER NEARBY DISTRICTS. DELWOOD IS HAVING A PUBLIC MEETING DECEMBER THE 18TH TO SEE COMMENTS FROM THEIR PATRONS. IT ISN'T THAT MAQUOKETA DOESN'T WANT THEM....BUT WANT A BETTER DEAL.

JOHN WAGENER, LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN, HAS PURCHASED THE RADIO SHACK STORE IN MAQUOKETA. IT HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE OWNER SAM GRUENWALD DIED THIS SUMMER. IT IS LOCATED IN THE BUILDING OWNED BY THE AMERICAN LEGION ON THE CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT. A SPECIAL SALE STARTED THIS WEEK WHILE I WAS GONE. BIG BANNERS IN THE WINDOW. AT THIS TIME I HAVE NO FURTHER DETAILS. NICE TO HAVE THE STORE OPEN AGAIN. WAGENER WAS A FORD CAR DEALER IN TOWN FOR MANY YEARS...AND
CURRENTLY IS RUNNING A CAN REDEMPTION BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA, DEWITT AND ONE OTHER CITY..I THINK ELDRIDGE. JOHN IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT WOULD BE LOST IN RETIREMENT. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON-THE-GO.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS DEFEATED MARION TUESDAY NIGHT, 44 TO 42 IN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL AND LAST NIGHT, LOST BY 2 POINTS, SO THEY ARE NOW 2 AND 3 FOR THE YOUNG SEASON. THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST LAST NIGHT TO THE WESTERN DUBUQUE BOBCATS, THERE, BY 15 POINTS AND ARE 1 AND 3 FOR THE SEASON. THE BOYS PLAY AT DYERSVILLE BECKMAN TUESDAY NIGHT AND THE GIRLS HOST BECKMAN TUESDAY NIGHT.

ROY PAULSEN DIED WEDNESDAY AT AGE 89 AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME.
HE WAS A FARMER EAST OF ELWOOD FOR 30 YEARS AND IN 1963 WENT WITH THE PRODUCTION CREDIT (PCA)OFFICE IN TOWN AND WAS THERE UNTIL RETIRING IN 1976. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, A DAUGHTER, ONALEE KEENEY OF MAQUOKETA AND A SON, ALLEN, OF DELMAR. WAS A NICE FELLOW.

SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EVENTS THIS WEEKEND AT OXFORD JUNTION, LOST NATION AND AT THE WELCOME CENTER AT SABULA.

IOWA PLAYS IOWA STATE TONIGHT...SHOULD BE A GREAT COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAME. WE'LL BROADCAST IT ON KMAQ-FM. IOWA IS OFF TO A 6 AND 0 START, THE BEST IN A COUPLE YEARS...AND IOWA STATE HAS A GOOD TEAM.

HAVE A GOOD SUNDAY AND AN EVEN BETTER WEEK. YOU GUYS DOWN SOUTH, DON'T CATCH THE SNIFFLES IN THAT CHANGING WEATHER.

DALE AND ETTA KOON WERE ON THE BUS TRIP WITH ME. YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THOSE 2 DANCE UP A STORM TO THE MUSIC OF THE GLEN MILLER ORCHESTRA AT THE BOBBY VINTON THEATRE.

WHO HAD THE MOST FUN ON THE TRIP. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT..THIS FEARLESS FOURSOME...SHIRLEY CURRENT, JANET WOOD, BARB GARTMAN AND CONNIE BONNIE. BLAYNE AND JUDY KEENEY FROM DAVENPORT WERE WITH US...HE PLAYED BASKETBALL FOR MAQUOKETA IN THE 50'S...AND RETIRED FROM ALCOHA.

AND BOB FOWLER WAS FUN TO HAVE ALONG. HE WAS ALONE ON THE TRIP, BUT SAT ON THE BUS WITH 3 LADIES WHO KEPT HIM OUT OF TROUBLE. STILL FARMING JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. IF INDUSTRY KEEPS COMING TO MAQUOKETA, HIS FARM IS UNDER OPTION FOR FUTURE INDUSTRIAL PARK EXPANSION.

WHO TOOK THE MOST PICTURES ON THE TRIP? ED AND ELAINE TUBBS.
NICE TO HAVE THEM ALONG ALSO.

IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO BRANSON, YOU SHOULD GO. ITS QUITE A CITY.
MOTOR COACHES EVERYWHERE....A SENIOR CITIZENS HAVEN AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. AROUND 40 THEATRES AND 6-MILLION VISITORS A YEAR.

WILL CATCH UP ON MORE NEWS FOR YOU TOMORROW OR MONDAY FOR SURE.

GET YOURSELF TO CHURCH ON TIME.

DENNIS VOY



 

PARTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 38 TODAY. DOWN TO AROUND 10 TONIGHT.

MAQUOKETA LOST SATURDAY NIGHT IN BOYS BASKETBALL AT VAN HORNE, TO BENTON COMMUNITY. NOW HAVE A 1 AND 1 RECORD. THEY PLAY WEST DELAWARE AT HOME TONIGHT.

MAQUOKETA'S ERIC JUERGENS, NATIONAL 133-POUND WRESTLING CHAMP, LOST OVER THE WEEKEND TO AN OKLAHOMA WRESTLER AND THE HAWKS, RANKED #1, LOST AS A TEAM TOO.

SAGE ROSENFELS, QB FOR IOWA STATE,AND FROM MAQUOKETA, WAS LAST NIGHT NAMED THE CO-WINNER OF BEST CYCLONE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. AND THE CYCLONES HAVE ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO PLAY IN A NEW BOWL GAME IN LATE DECEMBER, DOWN IN PHOENIX. THERE WILL BE SOME MAQUOKETA PEOPLE COMING DOWN FOR THE GAME. TICKETS ARE $48 EACH AND IOWA STATE HAS BEEN ALLOTTED 10,000.

NO BIG NEWS STORIES OVER THE WEEKEND.

NO MAQUOKETA DEATHS OR BIRTHS.

I'M OFF TO BRANSON FOR KMAQ TRAVEL TOMORROW. NANCY AND I WILL PLAY ESCORT FOR 44 PEOPLE ON THE TRI-STATE TOURS COACH AND WE WILL BE BACK FRIDAY NIGHT. SO, NEXT REPORT HERE WILL BE SATURDAY OR SUNDAY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY


 

SUNNY AND COLD TODAY, HIGH OF 30.

MAQUOKETA BOYS WON THEIR FIRST BASKETBALL GAME OF THE SEASON LAST NIGHT OVER DUBUQUE SENIOR, UP THERE..A COME FROM BEHIND VICTORY.
FIRST MAQUOKETA WIN TOO FOR NEW HEAD COACH HERKLEMAN.

MORE ON ARLO CURRENT OBIT. HE DIED YESTERDAY AT AGE 79. WORKED AT CLINTON ENGINES FOR 28 YEARS. SURVIVED BY WIFE, WINIFRED...DAUGHTER JOYCE HOUSTON OF MAQUOKETA...DAUGHTER SHARON IN ILLINOIS...SON DARWIN OF MILWAUKEE AND SON BOB OF MOMNOUTH AND SON-IN-LAW JERRY WILLEY OF MAQUOKETA.

CY STASKAL, AGE 71, OF BALDWIN, DIED YESTERDAY, SUDDENLY, AT LOCAL HOSPITAL. WORKED AT KARTRIDGE PAK IN DAVENPORT FOR 21 YEARS UNTIL RETIRING IN 1990. SURVIVED BY WIFE, MARACELLA...DAUGHTER SUSAN STASKAL OF BALDWIN...DAUGHTER NANCY DEVORE OF MAQUOKETA...3 SONS..PAUL IN MAQUOKETA...ALAN IN OXFORD JUNCTION AND DAVID IN JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS.

THE PEACE PIPE PLAYERS ARE DOING A HALF-HOUR CHRISTMAS RADIO SHOW FOR KMAQ. I WILL PUT THE RECORDING OF THE ENTIRE SHOW ON THE KMAQ WEB SITE LATER THIS MONTH. NEXT YEAR, I MAY PUT A TAPE FROM KMAQ ON THE SITE ONCE A WEEK. I COULD SEND YOUR WAY A VIEWS AND INTERVIEW SHOW HOSTED BY LEIGHTON HEPKER...OR A JUST TALK SHOW,HOSTED BY SHERI MELVOLD...MAYBE ONE OF THE WEEKLY COACHES SHOWS. LOTS OF POSSIBILITIES. ANYTHING SPECIAL YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR?

DON'T FORGET TO USE THE GUEST BOOK FOR A SHORT CHRISTMAS GREETING TO
THE FOLKS BACK HERE.

HO HO HO

DENNIS VOY