CLOUDY MOST OF TODAY, WITH SUNSHINE ARRIVING LATE IN AFTERNOON.
COLD WEATHER COMING TOMORROW WITH POSSIBLE BELOW-O TEMPS TOMORROW
NIGHT. GOING TO BE TUFF AGAIN ON THE OLD DEVIL DOG. YES,SIR.

A CHARLOTTE MAN WAS CHARGED FOLLOWING A 2 VEHICLE ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT WEST OF MAQUOKETA ON 64. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES CHARGED CLINTON LAMAR, AGE 26, WITH DRIVING LEFT OF CENTER WHEN GOING EAST ON 64. HE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND HIT A CAR DRIVEN BY DEBORAH ROACH, AGE 50, OF MAQUOKETA. DAMAGES WERE LISTED AT $10,000 FOR LAMAR'S 93 PONTIAC AND $15,000 TO ROACH'S 2000 HONDA.

IN MAGISTRATE COURT THIS WEEK, EUGENE FIELDS, AGE 45, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT IN THE 5TH DEGREE...WRITING BAD CHECKS. DENNIS SANGER, AGE 44, OF MAQUOKETA WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH 5TH DEGREE...LEFT CAN CITY WITHOUT PAYING FOR A 2 CANS OF BEER. AND TERRY RICKLEFS, AGE 32, OF MAQUOKETA, FINED $232 ON CHARGES OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT. AFTER AN ACCIDENT BACK IN DECEMBER, IN MAQUOKETA, HE GRABBED THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE AND THREATENED AN ASSAULT.

THE IOWA HAWYEYES PLAY MINNESOTA TONIGHT. GO HAWKS.

THE GOVERNOR WILL VETO THE NEW LEGISLATION TO ALLOW DOVE HUNTING IN IOWA. PIDGEONS THROUGHOUT IOWA ARE ECSTATIC.

HEARD A PRESENTATION AT ROTARY TODAY ON THE NEW PROPOSED 6-MILLION-DOLLAR REC CENTER FOR MAQUOKETA, THAT INCLUDES A BIG INDOOR SWIMMING POOL AND FULLSIZE GYM, PLUS MORE. NICE. IT WOULD BE BUILDT JUST EAST OF GOODENOW FOOTBALL FIELD ON CORNER OF SUMMIT AND MATTESON.
GIVE 2-MILLION AND THEY WILL NAME IT AFTER YOU. OTHER PARTS OF IT WILL BE NAMED AFTER YOU FOR LESS MONEY. THE NURSERY, FOR INSTANCE, CAN BE NAMED AFTER YOU WITH A $50,000 DONATION. E-MAIL ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO SEND YOU A BROCHURE WITH COMPLETE DETAILS, DRAWINGS, ETC.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

DENNIS VOY







 

ONE AND 3/10 INCHES OF RAIN YESTERDAY IN MAQUOKETA....HAD IT BEEN SNOW..IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT A DOZEN INCHES. ROADS, ESPECIALLY COUNTRY ROADS, ARE BAD. SCHOOL DELAYS AGAIN TODAY. MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LET OUT AT 1 TODAY BECAUSE OF A WATER MAIN BREAK IN THE SCHOOL AREA. BOTH GIRLS..AND BOYS...GAMES WITH CASCADE FOR TONIGHT HAVE BEEN CALLED OFF AND WILL BE RE-SCHEDULED. HIGH OF 38 TODAY AND NO SUNSHINE.

THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WILL NEED TO RAISE TAXES IN THE CITY DURING THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR...FIRST INCREASE IN SEVERAL YEARS. THE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE WILL MEET TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO MAKE A DECISION. HIGHER WAGE COSTS, ENERGY, AND HEALTH INSURANCE ARE THE MAIN REASONS.

SCOTT AND MICHELLE DALZIEL OF MAQUOKETA HAD A GIRL SUNDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

DESSEL ROBINSON, AGE 98, DIED YESTERDAY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER DONNA BOLLINGER OF MAQUOKETA AND SONS BILL OF IOWA CITY AND RICHARD OF MAQUOKETA. SHE OWNED A BEAUTY SHOP FOR 17 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1975.

SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON AND SON FOR 94 YEAR OLD ELLEN MARTIN OF MAQUOKETA, WHO DIED THIS MORNING.

GOOD EVENING.

DENNIS VOY.

 

WE STARTED THE MORNING WITH SLEET. MOST SCHOOLS CANCELLED.
THEN THE RAIN STARTED AND IT RAINED ALL AFTERNOON. IF THE RAIN
DOESN'T STOP AND IT GOES BELOW 32 TONIGHT...IT COULD BE A BAD NIGHT AND BAD MORNING AGAIN TOMORROW. VARIETY. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE UP HERE. THE ICE STORM TODAY WAS THE FIRST THIS WINTER.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT...AT MAQUOKTA CITY HALL.

TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN AUTO-BUS ACCIDENT SOUTH OF CASCADE FRIDAY MORNING...BOTH FROM DUBUQUE, AND ENGAGED...A 3RD IN CAR IN SERIOUS CONDITION. THEY LOST CONTROL...CAR SKIDDED..AND INTO THE FRONT OF A TRI-STATE TOURS BUS. BUS DRIVER TRIED TO SWERVE OUT OF PATH. THE BUS WITH 47 KIDS GOING TO A SKING OUTING AT DUBUQUE, WENT INTO DITCH AND A FEW KIDS INJURED....MOSTLY CUTS AND BRUISES. THIS PAST WEEKEND, 17 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN IOWA VEHICLE ACCIDENTS...ONE OF THE DEADLIEST WEEKENDS EVER.

MICHAEL T. NICHOLSON, AGE 21, OF ANDREW, WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AROOUND 6 FRIDAY NIGHT WHILE ON BREAK AT APAC TELEMARKETING FIRM IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. HE ARGUED WITH JENNIFER HAMILTON...THREATENED HER SPIT IN HER FACE.

DESSEL ROBINSON, AGE 98, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT THE
LOCAL HOSPITAL. SERVICES PENDING AT HAYLOCK, O'HARAAND LAHEY FUNERAL HOME.

ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING FOR ERNESTINE PENCE,AGE 85, OF INDIANA AND FORMERLY OF MONMOUTH, IOWA....PENDING AT CARSON'S.

SOME BUSINESS PLACES CLOSED TODAY BECAUSE OF WEATHER AND MEETINGS FOR TONIGHT, CANCELLED.

IF THE RAIN TODAY HAD BEEN SNOW INSTEAD.....WOULD HAVE BEEN A DANDY SNOW STORM...

THE #1 MOVIE IN THE NATION THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS 'THE WEDDING PLANNER' AND WE ARE PLAYING IT HERE IN MAQUOKETA. BEEN TO A MOVIE LATELY?

NOTHING MORE!

DENNIS VOY

 

SUNNY DAY, BUT COLD.

MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO MONTICELLO IN THE FINAL SECONDS LAST NIGHT, BY 2 POINTS. MONTICELLO IS THE ONE TEAM MAQUOKETA BEAT EARLIER THIS SEASON.

MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON OVER MONTICELLO, THERE, LAST NIGHT.

JOHN JACOBS lll....AGE 79...DIED RECENTLY IN CEDAR RAPIDS.
AROUND 40 YEARS AGO, HE WORKED HERE IN TOWN FOR IOWA ELECTRIC...AND THEN..... AND FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE..WAS AN AVID AND GOOD GOLFER.
IOWA AMATEUR CHAMP SEVERAL TIMES. HE SHOT A 29 ON THE OLD MAQUOKETA GOLF COURSE...THE BEST ROUND EVER ON IT.

IOWA HAD A LOUSY FIRST HALF..BUT GREAT SECOND HALF TODAY..AND A COME FROM BEHIND BIG WIN OVER INDIANA AT IOWA CITY.

BALTIMORE SHOULD WIN THE SUPER BOWL TOMORROW.

CHECK THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK.

HAVE A NICE SUNDAY.

DENNIS VOY  

IT SNOWED A LITTLE ALL MORNING, BUT STOPPED IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON,AFTER ABOUT 2 INCHES. OTHER PARTS OF IOWA GOT MORE SNOW.

MAQUOKETA LONGTIME TEACHER ROBERTA ROSHEIM IS ORGANIZING A BUS TRIP TO DES MOINES ON FEBRUARY 3RD TO ATTEND A STATEWIDE TOWN MEETING THAT IS MENT AS A RALLY TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE IOWA TEACHER SHORTAGE CRISIS. BUS WILL LEAVE AT 8 AM AND BE BACK AT 8 PM AND COST PER PERSON IS $20. THE EVENT IS BEING SPONSORED BY THE IOWA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND THE GOVERNOR IS EXPECTED TO BE THERE.

BIG TALK AROUND TOWN....THE GAS BILLS THAT CAME THIS WEEK, FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER...WHICH WAS ONE OF COLDEST MONTHS ON RECORD.
KMAQ'S BILL LAST YEAR WAS $249....SAME BILL THIS TIME WAS $714. MY THEATRE BILL WILL BE JUST UNDER $3,000, OVER DOUBLE A YEAR AGO.
MY HOME BILL WAS $99.00 A YEAR AGO COMPARED TO $231.00 THIS TIME.
IT IS A COMBINATION OF COLDER WEATHER AND HIGHER COST OF GAS.
LEGISLATURE IS PROPOSING LEAVING SALES TAX OFF IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. IN ANY CASE...MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY OR CAN'T PAY BILL....AND THE RESULT IS....THEY ARE SPENDING LESS ON OTHER THINGS TO MAKE UP FOR THE GAS INCREASE. AND,WINTER HAS A LONG WAY TO GO YET.

THIS SUMMER, WHEN YOU COME TO MAQUOKETA, YOU CAN TRY OUT TWO NEW REST ROOMS. ONE ALREADY STARTED AT THE BASEBALL PARK...WILL BE FINISHED THIS SPRING. OTHER WAS ORDERED THIS WEEK FOR THE HORSESHOE POND PARK. THEY ARE STEEL-STRUCTURE REST ROOMS AND THE ASSEMBLY IS BEING DONE LOCALLY BY VOLUNTEERS. TOTAL COST OF BOTH TOGETHER, BETWEEN 75 AND 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

MAXINE SMALLEY, AGE 80,DIED WEDNESDAY. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND GERALD AND 2 SONS, DAVID OF ANAMOSA AND GARY OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

SERVICES FOR MIKE HILL, AGE 85, WILL BE MONDAY AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH. HE IS SURVIVED BY WIFE BERNICE AND 2 DAUGHTERS, AUDREY WILMS OF MAQUOKETA AND BARBARA DUGAN OF MAPLEPLAIN, MINNESOTA.
HE RAN MIKE'S FEED SERVICE FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL RETIRING IN 1977.
NICE GUY. HAD A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR AND A LOUD MOUTH...YOU KNEW WHEN MIKE WAS IN THE ROOM.

HAZEL CORNELIUS, 79, OF ANDREW DIED THIS WEEK. SHE AND HUSBAND WILSON, OWNED HARDWARE STORE AND PHONE COMPANY IN ANDREW.

RAY MERWIN, AGE 76, OF MAQUOKETA AND FORMERLY OF MT. VERNON, DIED THIS WEEK. HAS NO MAQUOKETA SURVIVORS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT HIS CONNECTION TO MAQUOKETA IS.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BEAT DYERSVILLE BECKMAN HERE LAST NIGHT AND THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO DYERSVILLE THERE LAST NIGHT. BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS PLAY MONTICELLO TONIGHT....THE BOYS GAME HERE.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS BEAT BOTH CLINTON AND DEWITT LAST NIGHT IN A DOUBLE-DUAL AT CLINTON.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY


 

I JUST SPENT ABOUT 20 MINUTES TYPING TODAY'S REPORT AND MY COMPUTER CRASHED WHEN I TRIED TO SUBMIT IT.

SO ... DON'T HAVE ANOTHER HALF-HOUR TO RE-DO IT.

SORRY.

MIKE HILL, AGE 85, DIED YESTERDAY IN MESA AND HIS FUNERAL WILL BE MONDAY.

DENNIS VOY

 

SUNNY, BREEZY AND COLD TODAY...HIGH IN LOW 20'S.

MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR, ALI RORAH, OF MAQUOKETA, IS OFFICIALLY MAQUOKETA'S ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER AND REBOUNDER FOR FIVE PLAYER GIRL'S BASKETBALL IN MAQUOKETA. SHE WAS PRESENTED WITH A PLAQUE AFTER MONDAY NIGHT'S GAME WITH MONTICELLO, WHICH MAQUOKETA WON.
SHE NOW HAS 870 POINTS AND 515 REBOUNDS FOR HER CAREER WITH A FEW GAMES LEFT THIS YEAR AND ANOTHER FULL SEASON NEXT YEAR TO ADD TO HER RECORDS. THE RECORDS WERE PREVIOUSLY HELD BY LEANN BOWMAN WHO PLAYED AT MCHS FROM 1992 THRU 1996.

A BURGLARY MONDAY NIGHT AT THE AWESOME CAR WASH ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST MAQUOKETA, OUT BY WALMART. AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF COINS TAKEN.

SHARON KEISTER HIT A DEER ON 150TH STREET, RURAL MAQUOKETA, LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THERE WAS HEAVY DAMAGE TO HER 96 INTREPID.

A MAQUOKETA TEENAGER, CASSIE RONEK, AGE 16, OF MAQUOKETA, HIT A PARKED CAR IN THE JACK AND JILL LOT LAST NIGHT. LITTLE DAMAGE.

JACK POTTER OF MAQUOKETA APPEARED IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT AND WAS SENTENCED TO ONE DAY IN JAIL ...SUSPENDED...ON CHARGES OF PUBLIC INTOXICATION. ARRESTED ON SOUTH VERMONT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AFTER HE WAS FOUND ON A SIDEWALK UNABLE TO WALK.

STEVEN AND BRENDA KLEMME OF MAQUOKETA HAD A GIRL ON MONDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

NO DEATHS TO REPORT.

IOWA PLAYS AT MINNESOTA TONIGHT. GO HAWKS.

KMAQ ALREADY HAS A RECORD NUMBER OF EXHIBITORS SIGNED UP FOR THE KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW FEB 7TH AND 8TH.

THE CATTLE MARKET IS GOOD THESE DAYS....BUT THERE IS FEAR FOR THE HOG MARKET. AND THE DAIRY PRODUCERS HAVE SET MARCH 31ST FOR THE NIGHT OF THEIR ANNUAL DINNER.

DON'T FORGET TO CHECK THE GUEST BOOK OF KMAQ.

DENNIS VOY

 

IT SEEMED LIKE SPRING TODAY...SUNNY AND HIGH OF 31.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BEAT MONTICELLO LAST NIGHT FOR THEIR 8TH WIN AGAINST 7 LOSSES. BY THE WAY, MONTICELLO AND ANAMOSA WOULD LIKE TO FORM AN ALL 2-A CONFERENCE. ABOUT 13 SCHOOLS MET RECENTLY TO TALK ABOUT RE-FORMING SOME CONFERENCES. THE BIG BEND COULD DISAPPEAR ENTIRELY. IT WAS FORMED ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.

THE MAQUOKETA POST OFFICE WAS AWARDED THE 'SERVICE AWARD' TODAY..THE 8TH YEAR IN A ROW TO RECEIVE THE 'MYSTERY SHOPPER' AWARD..THE ONLY CITY IN THE NATION TO RECEIVE IT THAT LONG. QUITE AN HONOR FOR
THE MAQUOKETA POST OFFICE. A DINNER FOR EMPLOYEES WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AND THE AWARD WITH REFRESHMENTS WAS PRESENTED AT THE POST OFFICE AT 9 THIS MORNING. MAYOR JACK ROSENBERG ATTENDED.

MAQUOKETA KMAQ STUDENT ANNOUNCER TIM MELVOLD, AGE 16, WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD AT A THROUGH HIGHWAY FOLLOWING A 2-VEHICLE
ACCIDENT AT 8:20 THIS MORNING. HE STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND DIDN'T SEE A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY RENEE SMALL, AGE 16, OF MAQUOKETA. NO INJURIES. EACH CAR ABOUT $1,500 DAMAGE.

EMILY CAES, AGE 80, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS ALSO IN A MINOR ACCIDENT AT 1 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. SHE WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO STOP IN ASSURED CLEAR DISTANCE. THE OTHER DRIVER WAS FROM DEWITT. NO INURIES.

SHOULD IOWA ALLOW DOVE HUNTING. A BIG TOPIC THESE DAYS IN THE IOWA LEGISLATURE.

WHOOPS...I AM GOING TO BE LATE FOR A DINNER APPOINTMENT.

GOTTA GO.

DENNIS VOY  

STARTED OFF AT 3 ABOVE THIS MORNING...AND UP TO 25.

WEEKEND SPORTS: MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON BOTH GAMES AND ARE NOW 7 AND 7 FOR THE SEASON...5 AND 3 IN THE BIG BEND.

MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST BOTH GAMES AND ARE NOW 2 AND 10 AND 1 AND 7 IN THE BIG BEND.

THE GIRLS PLAY A MAKEUP GAME TONIGHT HERE..HOSTING MONTICELLO.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WON THE BIG BEND SATURDAY WITH 206 POINTS.
WESTERN DUBUQUE WAS 2ND WITH 182. COLE PAPE OF MAQUOKETA, AT 155-POUNDS, WAS NAMED THE OUTSTANDING WRESTLER AND MAQUOKETA COACH JEFF TAMPIR WAS NAMED BY HIS COLLEAGUES AS COACH OF THE YEAR.

SEVERAL ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND INVOLVING MAQUOKETANS. ELAINE EDWARDS OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, AGE 63, WAS GOING WEST ON GROVE AND HIT A LEGALLY PARKED CAR. TOTAL DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES, AROUND 35-HUNDRED DOLLARS. WE HAVE TWO ELAINE EDWARDS IN MAQUOKETA. THE OTHER LIVES IN TOWN AND WORKS AT MAQUOKETA STATE BANK.

TIM LANSING,AGE 16, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH NOT HAVING CONTROL AFTER HE DROVE INTO MCDONALD'S PARKING LOT AND FAILIED TO STOP AND SLID INTO A CAR FROM UP BERNARD WAY. $3,000 DAMAGE.

IN THE FAREWAY PARKING LOT, CLAUDE BECK, AGE 79, BACKED FROM A PARKING SPACE, LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK TWO OTHER VEHICLES. $4,000 TOTAL DAMAGE ESTIMATE.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

BIG HOG MEETING TOMORROW AT THE NEW FARM BUREAU OFFICE,OPEN TO ALL
PORK PRODUCERS.

THE BAPTIST CHURCH ON WEST PLATT STREET...ON THEIR CHANGEABLE
SIGN, EACH WEEK PUTS UP A CUTE SLOGAN. OR THOUGHT.
LAST WEEK IT SAID: "GOD ANSWERS ALL KNEE MAIL".

HAVE YOU ANSWERED ALL YOUR E-MAIL LATELY. YOU PROBABLY OWE SOMEONE A LETTER.

DO IT TONIGHT....OR TOMORROW FOR SURE.

DENNIS VOY



 

LOW LAST NIGHT....0 .. THAT'S ZERO SUNNY TODAY, BUT HIGH ONLY 15. WARMER TOMORROW.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS, HERE AT HOME, LAST NIGHT.....LOST TO DYERSVILLE BECKMAN IN THE FINAL 30-SECONDS OF THE GAME. THEIR LAST TWO GAMES HAVE BEEN CLOSE AND THEY LOST BOTH.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS DEFEATED DYERSVILLE LAST NIGHT.

A MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL 1985 GRADUATE, EDWARD BURROUGHS, IS NOW A CLERK IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN LINN COUNTY AND HAS BEEN NAMED EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR. HE IS THE SON OF NANCY AND BILL RUFF OF ELKHART, INDIANA AND KEN AND SALLY BURROUGHS OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

DR. JIM McCAULLEY, 69, OF LAKE CITY, IOWA, WHO HAD HIS OWN VETERINARY PRIACTICE FOR 41 YEARS, DIED YESTERDAY AT HIS HOME. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND 3 SONS, INCLUDING KURT AND LARRY, BOTH IN MAQUOKETA.

A GIRL WAS BORN THURSDAY AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE TO MITCH AND TARA TRACY MICHEL OF MAQUOKETA. GRANDMOTHER IS MARY ANN MICHEL OF MAQUOKETA AND GRANDPARENTS ALSO ARE GARY AND JOYCE TRACY OF RURAL BALDWIN. GARY THIS PAST MONDAY HAD A 6-BYPASS HEART OPERATION IN DAVENPORT AND CAME HOME YESTERDAY. DOING FINE. THE NEW PROCEDURE THEY USED FOR HIM INVOLVES DOING THE BYPASS OPERATION WITHOUT STOPPING THE HEART. BETTER, IF IT CAN BE DONE THAT WAY...LESS PAIN AFTER.

TOM RAY IS BACK HOME TO THEIR APARTMENT OVER THE STORE, RECUPERATING FROM A BAD STROKE. GLAD TO HEAR HE IS MAKING PROGRESS.

MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY AT DELHI TONIGHT AND GIRLS PLAY AT DAVENPORT NORTH.

DONNA AND KEN RUPP WILL CELEBRATE THIER 40TH TOMORROW. THEY OWN AND OPERATE TRI-STATE UPHOLSTERY IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A NICE SUNDAY.

DENNIS VOY

 

WEATHER....COLD TONIGHT, BELOW ZERO...LOVE IT.

WON'T LOVE THOSE NEXT HEATING BILLS.

MAQUOKETA HOSTS DYERSVILLE TONIGHT IN BOYS PLAY AND GIRLS ARE PLAYING THERE TONIGHT.

BIG BEND WRESTLING MEET IS IN MAQUOKETA TOMORROW.

BRENT NUGENT'S USED CAR BUSINESS HAS GROWN...AND WILL GROW MORE.
HE WANTS TO BUY SOME LAND ACROSS THE STREET FROM CLINTON ENGINES, SOUTH OF HIS PRESENT LOCATION...TO BUILD ANOTHER BUILDING. CITY WILL OWN LAND IN 2 YEARS AND CAN ONLY RENT IT TO HIM NOW, BUT WITH OPTION TO BUY. DETAILS ARE BEING WORKED OUT. BRENT BUYS A LOT OF WRECKED VEHICLES FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES AND RE-BUILDS THEM.

THREE MORE BRAD DEERY TRUCKS WERE HIT BY BB GUNS AGAIN LAST NIGHT..AT DAMAGE ESTIMATE OF $1,300.

ELIZABETH CURRENT, AGE 79, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY.
SHE WORKED AT BEN FRANKLIN STORE, HISTORICAL MUSEUM AND KEY MOTEL, ALL IN MAQUOKETA. SURVIVORS ARE ALL OUT OF STATE.

BOB DAVIS, AGE 76, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED LAST NIGHT. WORKED AT CLINTON ENGINES AND THEN FARMED UNTIL RETIREMENT. SURVIVED BY 2 DAUGHTERS, MONICA IN ARIZONA AND MONA KAYE IN TENNESSEE...ALSO 5 SONS...BOB, JEFF, LARRY AND BOYD IN MAQUOKETA AND TOM IN DELMAR...ALSO 2 BROTHERS, DON AND KEN OF MAQUOKETA...ALSO 3 SISTERS, DARLENE KIRCHOFF, MAXINE EASTON AND JOYCE TIMMINS, ALL OF MAQUOKETAA, ALSO
A SPECIAL FRIEND, GLATHA WINCHIP OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

 

HIGH OF 33 TODAY....WITH SUNNY SKIES UNTIL MID-AFTERNOON...AND COLD WEATHER IN THE WEEKEND FORECAST.

FROSTY WARD, MIDDLE-SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, APPEARED AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THIS WEEK AND SAID MORE COACHES ARE NEEDED AS MORE KIDS ARE GOING OUT FOR BASKETBALL.

JIM HOUSE IS THE SUPT. OF BOTH EAST CENTRAL SCHOOLS OF MILES AND SABULA, AND PRESTON SCHOOLS...A SHARED ARRANGEMENT. RECENTLY, THE PRESTON SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO END THIS ARRANGEMENT AT THE END OR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. THEY WANT THEIR OWN SUPERINTENDANT AGAIN...AND PROPOSE TO HIRE ONE .....AND USE ONE LESS PERSON AS PRINCIPAL. HOUSE COULD RETIRE AFTER THE 2002 SCHOOL YEAR.

DEAN TILTON AND I.....(DEAN AND I ARE STILL PARTNERS IN THE KFC BUILDING AS WE SOLD THE BUSINESS BUT KEPT THE BUILDING AND RENT IT TO THE NEW KFC OWNER)....HAD LUNCH TODAY AND THEN DROVE OUT SOUTH OF SEE THE PROGRESS BEING MADE ON THE NEW GENERAC BUILDING. THERE WERE 4 BIG TRUCKS LINED UP WITH THE 8 FOOT BY 30 FOOT CONCRETE PANELS ON THEM...TWO TO A TRUCK....AND ONE END OF THE BUILDING ALREADY HAS THE PANELS IN PLACE...SO ERECTION OF THE BUILDING IS PROCEEDING NICELY.
AND ACROSS THE NEW STREET, LOTS OF GRADING WORK CONTINUES FOR THE FUTURE LOCATION OF THE FAMILY DOLLAR 20-ACRE-SIZE BUILDING.
A BUSY PLACE OUT THERE...DESPITE COLD WINTER WEATHER.

LEIGHTON HEPKER, KMAQ STATION MANAGER, IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION. HE REPLACES ATTORNEY MARK LAWSON.

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.

SLEEP WELL.

DENNIS VOY  

LOT OF SUNSHINE TODAY, BUT HIGH ONLY OF 27.

HERB FLAMBECK,AGE 92,DIED EARLIER THIS WEEK. WAS A FARM DIRECTOR FOR WMT FOR MANY YEARS. IN WW2 AND VIETNAM, HE WAS AN ARMY CORRESPONDENT. WAS BORN DOWN AROUND ELDRIDGE, AND WILL BE BURRIED
IN ONE OF THE QUAD CITY CEMETERIES ON FRIDAY. HE HAD LOTS OF FRIENDS IN MAQUOKETA, INCLUDING PAUL HAYES, ERGON PENNINGROTH, BOB MELVOLD AND OTHERS. ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO, HE CAME TO MAQUOKETA TO A HISTORICAL SOCITY EVENT ON THE FAIRGROUNDS.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LAST NIGHT, NEARLY UPSET WESTERN DUBUQUE UP THERE......LOOSING BY JUST 3 POINTS. THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ALSO LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE AT THE LOCAL GYM LAST NIGHT.

BARB MILLER AND STEVE FLYNN WILL BE HONORED DURING THE MAQUOKETA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL MEETING TUESDAY NOON AT THE DEPOT.
FLYNN WILL BE PRESENTED THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD. HE IS PART OWNER OF CENTURY CONCRETE, IS A CHAMBER MEMBER AND A CITY COUNCILMAN. HE HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE ON THE 'CONTACT TEAM' THAT HAS WORKED TO GET BOTH THE GENERAC AND FAMILY DOLLAR COMPANIES IN MAQUOKETA'S NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK. AND BARB MILLER WILL RECEIVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S AWARD FROM LINDA STURTZ. SHE HAS BEEN WITH THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK FOR MANY YEARS AND IS FINISHING UP HER YEAR AS PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER.

A BRAD DEERY MOTORS 1998 PICKUP WAS SHOT AT AGAIN LAST NIGHT BY A BB GUN....CAUSING DAMAGE OF $250. THEY ARE OFFERING A $1,000 REWARD TO CATCH THIS PERSON THAT HAS BEEN SHOOTING CARS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

MARY MCDONALD, WHO LIVES OUT BY THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK, WAS AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY NIGHT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NOISE BEING GENERATED OUT THERE UNTIL 2 IN THE MORNING, MOVING DIRT AT THE SITE OF THE HUGE NEW FAMILY DOLLAR BUILDING. COUCILMAN ARE LOOKING INTO MATTER. WORK IS TO BE COMPLETED AROUND FEBRUARY 1ST.

DEWITT VOTERS IN MARCH ARE GOING TO BE ASKED TO APPROVE A 12.8-MILLION-DOLLAR BOND ISSUE TO BUILD SOME NEW BUILDINGS.
WILL NEED 60% APPROVAL.

ITS GOING TO GET COLD IN THE TIMBER CITY AGAIN TONIGHT.

DENNIS VOY  

TODAY'S HIGH WAS 29...WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

THE TRIAL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR FEB 12TH FOR ONE OF THE GIRLS, TARA TALLMAN, AGE 15, ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN SETTING FIRE TO A MAQUOKETA GIRL LAST SEPTEMBER 6TH. THE OTHER GIRL INVOLVED, LYNETTE BODENHOFER, HAS ALREADY BEEN SENTENCED TO A JUVENILE HOME TO COMPLETE A TREATMENT PROGRAM. TALLMAN'S ATTORNEY, BRIAN FARRELL OF MAQUOKETA, HAS ASKED FOR A CHANGE OF VENUE BECAUSE OF ALL THE PRE-
TRIAL PUBLICITY. THE VICTIM OF THE INCIDENT, AMANDA O'MEARA,
HAS RECOVERED FROM THE BURNS AND IS BACK IN SCHOOL AT THE MAQUOEKTA
MIDDLE SCHOOL.

TWO SMALL PARKS IN MAQUOKETA, CRAWFORD PARK, AND LISA PARK, WILL REMAIN AS PARKS IN MAQUOKETA AND WILL NOT BE SOLD. THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MADE THAT DECISION LAST NIGHT.

LAURIE WARNER OF MAQUOKETA IS THE MOTHER OF A GIRL BORN LAST NIGHT AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDFATHER IS BOB WARNER OF MAQUOKETA AND GRANDMOTHER IS LAULEEN KRUMVIEDE OF GREEN ISLAND.

MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY HOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE TONIGHT AND THE MAQUOKETA BOYS PLAY THERE. BOTH WESTERN DUBUQUE TEAMS ARE GOOD.

IOWA AGAINST WISCONSIN TONIGHT AT MADISON.

THAT'S IT FOR ANOTHER DAY.

DENNIS VOY

 

GOT UP TO 37 TODAY, BUT IT WAS WINDY AND CLOUDY. ROBERT CHRISTIANSEN,WHO MEASURES SNOW FOR US AND KCRG-TV, SO FAR THIS MONTH HAS RECORDED 1-INCH OF SNOW FOR JANUARY...WITH THE MONTH NEARLY HALF GONE. LAST YEAR, WE HAD 16-INCHES OF SNOW IN JANUARY.

BRAD DEERY MOTORS HAS PURCHASED ANOTHER HOME THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE TORN DOWN. THERE ARE TWO OLD HOMES DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS ON WEST QUARRY. LAST YEAR, BRAD DEERY'S BOUGHT THE NORTHEAST HOME AND LAST WEEK, THEY BOUGHT THE ONE NEXT DOOR TO THE WEST. BOTH HOMES WILL SOMEDAY BE TORN DOWN AND THE HILL TAKEN DOWN A BIT AND THAT WILL BE ANOTHER MAJOR IMPROVEMENT TO THE AREA, RIGHT BEHIND THE POST OFFICE.
BRAD DEERY HAS DONE A LOT OVER THE YEARS TO IMPROVE MAQUOKETA'S DOWNTOWN AREA. EVERY BUILDING THAT HE HAS PURCHASED AND REMOVED HAS BEEN OLD AND AN EYESORE TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES INVESTIGATED A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE VEHICLE BURNED .. ON FRIDAY NIGHT, AT 11:45. DEPUTIES SAY THE CAR WAS DRIVEN BY JEREMY L. GRIMM, AGE 23, OF MAQUOKETA. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR ON A LEVEL "b" ROAD ON 67TH AVENUE...THE VEHICLE ROLLED ON TO ITS TOP, AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS TOTALLY BURNED. DAMAGE ESTIMATE, $10,000 TO THE 95 TOYOTA.

HEATHER WHITE AND KENNETH BURNELL, JR. ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST TUESDAY AND ANDREA AND BILL RICH...ALSO OF MAQUOKETA..ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST WEDNESDAY...BOTH BOYS BORN AT THE J.C.P.HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA.

NO SIR, BILL...YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS WILL NOT WORK.

CITY COUNCILL MEETING TONIGHT...LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS ON THE AGENDA.

THANKS FOR ANOTHER VISIT.

NOW, DON'T FORGET TO CHECK THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK.

DENNIS VOY

 

LIGHT RAIN COMING DOWN. WE HAVE HAD NO SNOW YET. ARE IN THE MID 30'S.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BLEW A FIRST HALF LEAD AGAIN HERE IN TOWN FRIDAY NIGHT IN A GAME WITH CAMANCHE.....CAMANCHE WENT ON TO WIN IN THE 2ND HALF.

AND THERE...THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS DEFEATED CAMANCHE FRIDAY NIGHT.

YESTERDAY...THE CARDINAL WRESTLERS HOSTED 4 OTHER TEAMS IN A DAY-LONG
EVENT AT THE MCHS GYM....AND MAQUOKETA TOOK FIRST...DEFEATED ALL 4 TEAMS.

MOST OF YOU KNOW BY NOW..THE HAWKS BEAT PURDUE...AND ARE 3 AND 0...IN FIRST PLACE IN THE BIG 10. BILL DOWN IN FLORIDA...HOPE YOU GOT MY E-MAIL...WHEN I SENT IT, IT CAME BACK ..DIDN'T GO THROUGH..BUT MIGHT HAVE LATER.

REX YAROLEM, AGE 65, OB BALDWIN, DIED YESTERDAY MORNING AT HIS HOME
IN BALDWIN, AFTER A SUDDEN ILLNESS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE MARLENE, 4 SONS, INCLUDING STEVE AND MIKE, BOTH IN MAQUOKETA...TIM IN BALDWIN AND PAUL IN ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS....AND 2 DAUGHTERS, REXANNA IN GORIN,MISSOURI AND JODY IN WAYLAND, MISSOURI.

I TOOK A COUPLE HOURS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND VISITED THE DIAMOND JO AT DUBUQUE....THAT'S A MISSISSIPPI RIVER BOAT. CRUISES THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI...NICE PLACE TO RELAX AND ENJOY NATURE. OH,YEAH...IT ALSO HAS SLOT MACHINES ON IT. AND VIDEO GAMES. I LOST QUITE A FEW DOLLARS THE FIRST HOUR...BUT THE 2ND HOUR, I STARTED WINNING. HAD TO LEAVE FOR HOME AT 4:30 THOUGH...AND STILL WAS $45 TO THE REAR. IF ONLY I COULD HAVE STAYED ANOTHER HOUR, I WOULD HAVE COME HOME A WINNER. OH WELL...NEXT TIME I'LL GET IT BACK. I VISIT ONE OF THOSE POPULAR BOATS...EVERY COUPLE MONTHS. VIDEO POKER...WITH THE DOUBLE-UP FEATURE..IS MY GAME. AND..WERE THEY BUSY YESTERDAY. YOU POOR SOULS IN FLORIDA AND ARIZONA...YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO RIDING ON THESE NICE BOATS.

NO SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA MONDAY....BANKS CLOSED, POST OFFICES CLOSED.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY







 

CLOUDY TODAY...AND MID 30'S...

MY 37TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TODAY....GOT MARRIED WHILE HOME ON LEAVE FROM THE US ARMY IN FORT HOOD, TEXAS, NEAR TEMPLE....MARRIED AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH BY REV. KUMPF, WHO DIED LAST YEAR. NANCY THEN WENT BACK TO TEXAS WITH ME. 37 GOOD YEARS....WE'LL GO SOMEWHERE FOR DINNER TONIGHT.

SIX MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS WERE GRANTED EARLY RETIRMENT THIS WEEK...BEGINNING AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. THEY ARE: JUDY SCHEER...FRANK STRATHMAN...MARY HAMANN...BARBARA NELSON....CLAIRE HOYE...AND JAN MUNDT. ALSO SCHOOL SECRETARY GEORGIA ROBINSON.

IOWA BEAT ILLINOIS LAST NIGHT. HAWKEYES ARE GOOD, BUT TOUGH GAME
TOMORROW AGAINST PURDUE.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS CAMANCHE TONIGHT HERE..GIRLS PLAY THERE.

SORRY, BUT LITTLE NEWS TODAY.

DENNIS VOY



 

NO SUN, BUT HIGH OF 40 TODAY. LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET IN FORCAST FOR NEXT FEW DAYS.

31 TEAMS AND 250 INDIVIDUALS HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE 'SHAPE UP JACKSON COUNTY' PROGRAM CO-ORDINATED BY BARB BURMEISTER AT THE J.C.P.HOSPITAL. FUNDED BY A $7,500 GRANT . WEIGH-INS ON MASSIVE SCALES EVERY SO OFTEN THROUGH MARCH, PLUS WEIGHT-LOSS EVENTS.
KMAQ HAS A TEAM. YES, I AM ON IT. I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED.

MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB HAS HIRED A NEW GENERAL MANAGER. HE STARTS MONDAY AND REPLACES ROBIN NIMS WHO RESIGNED LATE LAST YEAR, BUT I BELIEVE STILL WORKS PART-TIME THERE. NEW MANAGER IS FROM CHICAGO AND HAS A BA DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. GRADUATED ALSO FROM CHICAGO CULINARY SCHOOL. HE MOST RECENTLY HAS WORKED IN SEVERAL RESTAURANTS IN THE DUBUQUE AREA AND THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST GOLF CLUB JOB. HE LIVES NEAR DUBUQUE AIRPORT AND FOR TIME BEING, WILL COMMUTE. HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE A 6-YEAR-OLD SON AND BOARD PRESIDENT JERRY NELSON SAID THE BOARD LIKED HIS STRENGTH IN THE AREA OF FOOD AND BAR BUSINESS. HIS NAME IS PAUL HOECKER...NAME PRONOUNCED HECKER. HE HAS A BIG JOB AHEAD OF HIM AS THE CLUB LAST YEAR HAD SOME FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AND THIS SUMMER, A NEW GOLF COURSE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WILL OPEN AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. WITH GOOD MANAGEMENT AND PROMOTION, MAQUOKETA CAN SUPPORT BOTH THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COURSES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BOOMING ECONOMY EXPECTED WITH THE TWO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK SOUTH OF TOWN.

THE SABULA POLICE CHIEF CAN NOT CONTINUE HIS JOB BECAUSE HE DID NOT PASS ALL REQUIREMENTS FROM THE POLICE ACADEMY, SO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL NEEDED TO NAME A NEW CHEIF AND HE WILL BE CHAD GRUVER, WHO HAS BEEN A MAQUOKETA POLICE OFFICER FOR 3 YEARS. HIS DAD IS LONGTIME MAQUOKETA OFFICER, CURT GRUVER. MAQUOKETA CHIEF BOB ANDERSEN HAS TWO ON HIS LIST OF QUALIFIED TO PICK A NEW MEMBER OF THE FORCE.

TAKE CARE WHEREVER YOU ARE. THIS LIST OF THOSE CHECKING THIS DAILY IS GROWING MORE AND MORE EACH MONTH. THANKS FOR SPREADING THE WORD.

DENNIS VOY
 

GOT UP TO 35 TODAY, SEEMED WARMER.

MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO DEWITT HERE LAST NIGHT, BY JUST A FEW POINTS. THE MAQUOKETA SOPHOMORES WON THEIR GAME OVER DEWITT.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS DEFEATED PLEASANT VALLEY LAST NIGHT.

MAQUOKETA TEACHERS AT A MEETING WITH THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD YESTERDAY ASKED FOR A 5.3 PERCENT INCREASE IN PAY FOR NEXT YEAR.
THE BOARD RESPONDED WITH NO RAISE. THE TWO PARTIES WILL MEET AGAIN ABOUT THIS TOPIC ON JANUARY 23RD.

VI YEAGER, .. MRS. RON YEAGER... IS OPENING HER OWN REAL ESTATE OFFICE ON WEST PLATT IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA....AND WILL BE SELLING FOR RUHL AND RUHL...THE LARGE FIRM IN THE QUAD CITES. SHE HAS BEEN WITH KENNEDY REALITY HERE IN TOWN.

DARLENE BLOCK, MAQUOKETA'S #1 LADY BOWLER, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
ROLLED AT 269 AND 702 SERIES. GOOD GOING DARLENE.

DR. MARVIN DALCHOW WAS 90 THIS WEEK. THE DALCHOWS STILL LIVING WHERE THEY HAVE FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS A VERY GOOD DENTIST AND A VERY ACTIVE COMMUNITY AND COUNTY BACKER IN HIS YOUNGER DAYS. HE AND I WERE MEMBERS OF THE MAQUOKETA LIONS CLUB UNTIL IT FOLDED A FEW YEARS AGO. HIS DAUGHTER MARDONNA, AND HUSBAND MARV RICHAEL, HAVE LIVED IN DEWITT FOR MANY YEARS....MARV ALSO A RETIRED DENTIST AND THE TWO HAVE TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY SINCE HIS RETIREMENT.

ERIC STRATHMAN, PHARMACIST AT OSTERHAUS PHARMACY, WAS APPOINTED TO THE JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD YESTERDAY, TO FILL OUT THE TERM OF OLIN QUISSELL, WHO WAS IN THE 4TH YEAR OF THE 5-YEAR TERM AND
DECIDED TO RESIGN FROM THE BOARD. THIS IS A VERY POPULAR BOARD AND SEVERAL EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE APPOINTMENT. QUISSELL OWNS IOWA CONCRETE PRODUCTS AT THE WEST EDGE OF TOWN, A BIG AND GROWING BUSINESS.

AND THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

DENNIS VOY






 

SUNNY AND HIGH OF 22 TODAY...LOOKING FOR A HIGH NEAR 40 TOMMORROW.

TODAY ON THE KMAQ 'JUST TALK' SHOW, AN EXECUTIVE OF THE GENERAC COMPANY WAS ON THE SHOW TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW BUILDING THEY'RE ERECTING ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF MAQUOKETA IN THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK.
THE STEEL WORK IS 69% FINISHED. THE WALLS OF PRE-CAST CONCRETE PANELS WILL START ARRIVING FROM MINNESOTA NEXT WEEK. THEY ARE ABOUT 30 FEET LONG, 8 FEET WIDE AND 16-INCHES THICK. IT WILL TAKE A GROUP ABOUT 12 DAYS TO PUT THEM UP....AND THEN THE ROOF IS NEXT. THEY PLAN TO HAVE PEOPLE WORKING IN THE 150,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING BY APRIL, AND WILL HIRE THOUGHT THE SPRING AND SUMMER AND BE UP TO 200 BY
SOMETIME THIS SUMMER. EVENTUALLY, THEY WILL DOUBLE THAT IF ALL GOES AS EXPECTED.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS AT DEWITT LAST NIGHT, HELD A 3 POINT LEAD AT THE HALF. IN THE 3RD QUARTER, DEWITT OUTSCORED MAQUOKETA 19 TO 1 AND
MAQUOKETA NEVER RECOVERED AND LOST. RYAN RENNER LEAD THE CARDINALS WITH 20 POINTS AND JUSTIN HEPKER HAD 11. IN THE SOPHOMORE GAME, DEWITT CAME FROM BEHIND TO BEAT MAQUOKETA. EARLIER IN THE EVENING, THE MAQUOKETA FRESHMEN BEAT DEWITT AT THE DELMAR GYM, SO MAQUOKETA DID GET ONE WIN YESTERDAY. TONIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HOST DEWITT WITH THE SOPHOMORE GAME AT 6 AND THE VARSITY AT 7:45. WE WILL BROADCAST THE VARSITY GAME ON KMAQ-FM. LOTS OF FANS ARE GOING TO SEE THE NEW SCOREKEEPER'S TABLE PURCHASED FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS BY THE MAQUOKETA ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB. IT ROLLS OUT ON WHEELS AND I'M TOLD IS REALLY NICE. MAQUOKETA NEVER HAS HAD SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEFORE.

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT.

DENNIS VOY  

SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON, BUT A HIGH OF ONLY 25. TOMORROW A LITTLE WARMER AND THEY SAY AROUND 40 ON WEDNESDAY.

JACKSON COUNTY ENGINEER CLARK SCHLOZ IS MAD....AT RURAL RESIDENTS THAT PLOW DRIVEWAY SNOW ON TO COUNTY ROADS.....THERE IS A LAW AGAINST THAT. HE PLANS TO ENFORCE IT IF NECESSARY.

SATURDAY NIGHT, MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT MONTICELLO, AFTER LOOSING TO ANAMOSA FRIDAY NIGHT. THEY PLAY AT DEWITT TONIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ALSO WON ONE AND LOST ONE OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS FINISHED 5TH OUT OF 16 TEAMS AT THE
SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS TOURNAMENT SATURDAY.

THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL HAVE ITS ANNUAL MEETING ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 23RD, 11:30 TO 1:00 AT THE DEPOT. GOING OFF THE BOARD THEN, MARY JO HAINSTOCK, BARB MILLER AND DAVID SYBESMA.
NEW BOARD MEMBERS GOING ON THE BOARD WILL BE KIM HUCKSTADT, MIKE PEARCY AND RUTH SHEETS. NEW CHAMBER MEMBERS ARE: LAURA TRENTS AND HER BUSINESS, AMERICAN TRAVEL, RURAL MAQUOKETA. ALSO, DAN PALMER AND HIS FARM, DARK HOLLOW BISON RANCH ON DARK HOLLOW ROAD, MAQUOKETA.
HE ALSO JOINED FOR HIS BUSINESS IN DAVENPORT, TRI-CITY ELECTRIC COMPANY. THERE WERE 25 NEW MEMBERS IN 2000 AND THE CHAMBER ISSUED OVER $25-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CHAMBER BUCKS.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW...BOB THOMAS AND I ARE GOING DOWN TO DEWITT TO WATCH THE MAQUOKETA-DEWITT GAME.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

DENNIS VOY  

SUNNY AND WARM AGAIN....HIGH IN THE UPPER 30'S.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO ANAMOSA LAST NIGHT, HERE IN TOWN.
HAD THE LEAD THE FIRST HALF, BUT ANAMOSA WAS STRONGER IN THE 2ND HALF AND THE CARDINALS LOST BY ONLY A FEW POINTS. NOW HAVE A 1 AND 5 RECORD.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAYED AT ANAMOSA AND WON.

THE FIRM THAT THIS WEEK STARTED GRADING FOR THE NEW 1-MILLION SQUARE-
FOOT DISTRIBUTION CENTER AT SOUTH EDGE OF TOWN IS WORKING
24 HOURS A DAY, UNDER LIGHTING, AND 7 DAYS A WEEK. THEY HOPE TO FINISH IN 2 TO 3 MORE WEEKS. I HEARD THE GRADING WAS A 3-MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT ALONE.

STAMPS GO UP 1-CENT TOMORROW.

THE IOWA HAWKEYES GOT THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE WIN OF THE SEASON THIS AFTERNOON OVER PENN STATE...THERE. GOOD WIN.

DAVE KENDALL IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPERVISORS THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR THE JOB WAS HANDLED BY JACK WILLEY. TWENTY YEARS AGO, MARSHALLINE
LAMBORN WAS APPOINTED CHAIRMAN.

ROY FRISBY, AGE 94, DIED DEC. 26TH. HE WAS FROM RICH COMMUNITY OF
WILMETTE, ILLINOIS,NEAR CHICAGO, BUT WAS BORN ON A FARM NEAR MAQUOKETA. GRADUATED FORM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL. LEFT MAQUOKETA TO STUDY AT UNIV. OF SO. CALIF...AND THEN WENT FOR FURTHER STUDY AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NEAR CHICAGO. HIS WIFE HELD A MASTERS DEGREE IN MUSIC FROM NORTHWESTERN AND WAS A WELL-KNOWN CHICAGO MUSIC TEACHER. SHE DIED IN 1996. HE WAS WITH HARRIS BANK.THE Y0UNGEST OFFICER IN THE BANK'S HISTORY AND THEN AFTER 20 YEARS, STARTED A BUSINESS CONSULTING FIRM. HIS HOBBY WAS BARBERSHOP SINGING. EVEN SANG WITH BING CROSBY AND DINAH SHORE...AND AT THE AGE OF 86, SANG ON THE STAGE OF THE SUPERDOME IN NEW ORLEANS. HE LIVED IN WILMETTE FOR 55 YEARS. SURVIVED BY A SON, OWEN, A FORMER VP OF CHASE MANHATTAN BANK IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND A DAUGHTER, KARNA BODMAN OF NAPLES, FLORIDA, A FORMER TV ANCHOR AND WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY DURING THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION. HOW ABOUT THAT?
AND HE WAS BORN IN MAQUOKETA AND GRADUATED FROM MHS. BUT...HAS A LOT OF GRAND AND GREAT-GRAND KIDS, SO I'M SURE NONE OF HIS ESTATE WILL WIND UP IN MAQUOKETA. I HAVE BEEN IN MAQUOKETA OVER 42 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE GUY. ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW HIM OR HIS KIDS?

HEARD TODAY FROM BILL UPMEYER. HE SAID ITS COLD IN FLORIDA...COLDEST STRETCH OF WEATHER SINCE 1955. OH, SHUCKS.

AND SO LONG FOR AWILE.

DENNIS VOY






 

SUNNY AND SNOW IS MELTING...AND BLOWING TOO.

A MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS VEHICLE WITH 4 CHEERLEADERS SLID OFF THE MONASTERY ROAD SOUTH OF DUBUQUE LAST NIGHT WHILE ENROUTE TO A WRESTLING MEET IN DYERSVILLE. CHEERLEADER COACH JULIE MCCALLISTER
AND FOUR CHEERLEADERS WERE NOT INJURED, EXCEPT FOR A FEW BUMPS AND BRUISES. VEHICLE HIT A PATCH OF ICE AND SLID INTO THE DITCH. DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $700.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS DEFEATED DYERSVILLE BECKMAN LAST NIGHT, 41 TO 27. MAQUOKETA WINS BY: LUKE GORNEY...LUKE SCHAU...CRIS HAHN...
TRAVIS GERARDY...MIKE TILL...COLE PAPE...SHAMUS VEACH...AND DANE PAPE.
THE CARDINALS ARE IN THE SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS TOURNAMENT TOMORROW.

THE MCHS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM HOSTS ANAMOSA TONIGHT AND THE GIRLS WILL BE AT ANAMOSA. TOMORROW NIGHT, THE CARDINAL BOYS HAVE A
MAKE-UP GAME AT MONTICELLO AND THE GIRLS PLAY AT NORTH SCOTT.
MONDAY NIGHT, THE BOYS PLAY AT DEWITT....THEY HAVE 3 GAMES IN 4 NIGHTS TO OPEN UP THE AFTER-HOLIDAY PLAY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY


 

CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 33 TODAY.

MAQUOKETA POLICE INVESTIGATED A 2-VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 4 YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON. LORAS O'CONNELL, AGE 43, OF MAQUOKETA WAS GOING SOUTH ON JONES AVENUE DRIVING A CAR OWNED BY JACK KUHLMAN OF RURAL MAQUOKETA AND LOST TRACTION, CROSSED THE CENTERLINE AND STRUCK A NORTHBOUND PICKUP DRIVEN BY DON BARTELS, AGE 56, OF BALDWIN. NO INJURIES AND OFFICER DWIGHT WEST FILED NO CHARGES. EACH VEHICLE RECEIVED ABOUT
$2,500 WORTH OF DAMAGE.

A CITY SNOW PLOW WAS PLOWING SNOW AT HORSESHOE POND AND BROKE THRU THE ICE, WHICH IS ONLY ABOUT 8 INCHES THICK. KIDS ARE BEING ADVISED NOT TO ICE SKATE THERE AT THIS TIME.

CHARLES PERSHING, AGE 90, DIED LAST NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. HE RAN THE LYRIC MOVIE THEATRE IN PRESTON FORM 1945 UNTIL 1951 AND THEN WORKED AT CLINTON ENGINES UNTIL RETIRING. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, LYLE IN MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT. THANKS TO JON CORNELIUS FOR HIS E-MAIL
MENTIONING THAT HIS FOLKS, FLOYD AND MARG CORNELIUS OF MAQUOKETA CELEBRATAED THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY JANUARY 1ST.

DENNIS VOY

 

SUNNY AND WARM THIS AFTERNOON..HIGH OF 35. FELT GOOD.

FAMILY DOLLAR HAS NOT ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL BUILD THE MEGA DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN MAQUOKETA....20 ACRES UNDER ONE ROOF...
500 EMPLOYEES AT WAGES AROUND OR ABOVE $10 AN HOUR....BUT...
ALL KINDS OF EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT HAS ARRIVED AT THE COMPANY'S LAND SOUTH OF TOWN AND THEY HAVE STARTED MOVING DIRT....PREPARING THE SITE FOR THE NEW BUILDING. YES...WORK HAS STARTED BY FAMILY DOLLAR....BUT NO OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT YET. ITS EXCITING! AND RIGHT ACROSS THE NEW STREET IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, THE STEEL FRAME-WORK IS GOING UP QUICKLY FOR THE NEW GENERAC GENERATOR PLANT.

ANOTHER STEP WAS TAKEN LAST NIGHT FOR RENOVATIONS AT MAQUOKETA'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCILMEN APPROVED APPLYING FOR A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT WITH THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR A NEARLY $2-MILLION PROJECT. OUR CURRENT PLANT IS NEARLY 10 YEARS BUT HAS NEVER WORKED LIKE IT SHOULD AND TO CAPACITY. THE NEW PROJECT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE METHOD THE PLANT USES IN PROCESSING WASTEWATER. THE UPDATED PLANT WILL TAKE CARE OF MAQUOKETA'S NEEDS...EVEN IF THE TOWN WOULD DOUBLE IN SIZE.

JACKLYN AND ROGER HEISTER OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN MONDAY AT MERCY IN CLINTON AND BECKY SIMONS AND JAMES GIBSON OF
MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SUNDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

FEBRUARY 7TH AND 8TH...THE DATES FOR THE ANNUAL KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

RADIO BINGO STARTS A WEEK FROM MONDAY ON KMAQ...3:30 EVERY WEEKDAY AFTERNOON. VERY POPULAR.

TWO ACCIDENTS IN YESTERDAY. AT 5:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, JONAS KEIM, AGE 36, OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY WHEN HIS HORSE-DRAWN AMISH BUGGY WAS HIT IN THE REAR BY PHILLIP BECKLEY, AGE 35, OF BELLEVUE. ABOUT $1,500 IN DAMAGE TO THE BUGGY....THE HORSE WAS NOT INJURED AND KEIM RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE BUGGY HAD A REAR LIGHT AS REQUIRED BY LAW. NO CHARGES WERE FILED.

ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, ANOTHER TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 61, AT THE INTERSECTION WITH THE BELLEVUE-CASCADE ROAD NEAR OTTER CREEK.
THREE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO DUBUQUE HOSPITALS. ONE OF THE DRIVERS, LISA MCLAUGHLIN OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 35, WAS TREATED AND RELEASED AT FINLEY HOSPITAL. THE OTHER DRIVER, FROM BELLEVUE, AGE 18, AND A PASSENGER FROM BELLEVUE, AGE 15, BOTH TAKEN TO MERCY HEALTH CENTER IN DUBUQUE. ONE WAS RELEASED AND THE OTHER IS IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION.
THE DUBUQUE DRIVER WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD. HE PULLED OUT ONTO HIGHWAY 61 INTO THE PATH OF THE MCLAUGHLIN VEHICLE.

JUST AROUND THE CORNER....THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR PRESIDENT BUSH...THE SUPER BOWL...AND THEN VALENTINES DAY. HANG IN THERE AND SPRING WILL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT.

DENNIS VOY

 

SUNNY BUT COLD TODAY, HIGH OF 13.

BUSINESS NEWS: THE KFC (KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN) RESTAURANT IN MAQUOKETA WAS SOLD TODAY TO WEAVER ENTERPRISES OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.
THE POPULAR RESTAURANT WAS SOLD BY DENNIS VOY (THAT'S ME) AND DEAN
TILTON. THE NEW OWNER BEGINS OPERATION TOMORROW. THE RESTAURANT WAS BUILDT IN 1975 AND DEAN AND I HAVE OWNED IT SINCE 1980...OVER 20 YEARS. THE WEAVER FAMILY STARTED WITH ONE CEDAR RAPIDS KFC IN 1963 AND NOW HAVE 26 KFC RESTAURANTS IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE KFC'S IN DUBUQUE, CLINTON, CEDAR RAPIDS, PEORIA AND OTHER CITIES.
DEAN AND I WERE READY TO SELL AND SO WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THE DEAL AND IT WILL BE GOOD FOR MAQUOKETA TOO, AS THE NEW OWNER WILL PROBABLY BUILD A NEW BUILDING AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION EVENTUALLY. DEAN AND I HAVE HAD A GREAT PARTNERSHIP FOR 20 YEARS-PLUS...AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PARTNERS AS WE DID NOT SELL THE BUILDING AND ARE RENTING IT TO THE WEAVER COMPANY.

AN ACCIDENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA.....A VEHICLE STRUCK AN AMISH BUGGY PULLED BY A HORSE. I'LL HAVE DETAILS TOMORROW.

CHARLES WRIGHT, AGE 72, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED, 3RD OFFENSE. HE GOT HIS VEHICLE STUCK IN THE SNOW BANK ON JONES STREET AT 2:04 A.M. MONDAY. HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL REGISTERED .131 WITH .10 AS THE LEGAL LIMIT.

THELMA MEINKE, AGE 102, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY EVENING AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, LUCILLE AND RICHARD SORENSEN.

LOUIS W.CROCE, 82, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, DORIS VOZENILEK OF MAQUOKETA.

MAURICE MCCLIMON, AGE 80,OF TEMPE, ARIZONA, DIED TUESDAY, DEC. 19TH IN MESA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A BROTHER, PAUL OF LOST NATION AND A SISTER, BERNADETTE, BILLUPS OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE YOU NOTICED...THIS DAILY REPORT HAS GONE OVER 50,000 HITS?

ALSO, SOME NEW ENTRIES IN THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK TO CHECK ON.

THANKS FOR COMING BY....AND NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH ME IN THE NEW YEAR.

DENNIS VOY