SUNNY ALL DAY...BUT HIGH ONLY IN 20'S.

WARMER WEATHER AND SUNSHINE TOMORROW.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD TURNED DOWN A REQUEST FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL GOLF COACH FOR AN ASSISTANT COACH TO HELP WITH THE 37 BOYS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR GOLF. HOW ABOUT THAT? WITH A NEW GOLF COURSE OPENING THIS SUMMER JUST SOUTH OF TOWN....THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
REASON FOR TURN-DOWN..THE BUDGET IS TOO TIGHT TO ALLOW FOR THE EXTRA
$1,865 COST OF ANOTHER COACH.

LAST NIGHT, MARTY SCHECKEL HIT A DEER ON HIGHWAY 62 IN BELLEVUE AND ABOUT THE SAME TIME, JANELLE BENDIXEN HIT A DEER ON HIGHWAY 64 IN MAQUOKETA.

KAREN INTLEKOFER'S (MRS. DR. MARK) MOTHER DIED YESTERDAY IN MONTICELLO. SHE IS JOSEPHINE CRUISE, AGE 89.

EDWARD KILBURG, AGE 77, OF MAQUOKETA, FORMERLY OF BELLEVUE, DIED THIS MORNING AT MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SISTER, ALICE (MRS. RICHARD)DAVIS OF MAQUOKETA.

BOB HAYES OF WATERTOWN, S.D. AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY. HE AND HIS BROTHER HAROLD RAN HAYES BROTHERS DAIRY IN MAQUOKETA FOR MANY YEARS. HE THEN MOVED TO WATERTOWN TO OWN A CAR DEALERSHIP. A COUPLE YEARS AGO, HIS SON MARK, MAQUOKETA'S POLICE CHIEF, RESIGNED THAT POSITION AND WENT OUT TO HELP HIS DAD RUN THE BUSINESS.

MY MANAGER AT THE VOY THEATRE, JACK JONES, HAD A SLIGHT HEART ATTACK LAST NIGHT AND IS IN A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS DOING GOOD AFTER THE "BALLOON" PROCEDURE WAS DONE TO OPEN AN ARTERY LAST NIGHT.
SO...I AM NOW THEATRE MANAGER AT NIGHT.

MARV AND HELEN BRADY WILL BE CELEBRATING THEIR 60TH IN MARCH.
THEY SOON WILL BE OUT WALKING DAILY. BOTH BOWL IN THE SENIOR LEAGUE THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. MARV WAS IN THE FURNITURE STORE BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS AND LATER, UNTIL RETIREMENT, THEY RAN THE SEARS CATALOG STORE. HAVE A DAUGHTER DARLENE, THAT LIVES IN THE ELWOOD-LOST NATION AREA (HER HUSBAND IS DAVE HAYES) AND A DAUGHTER KAY, LIVES IN BRANSON,MISSOURI.

EARTHQUAKE IN SEATTLE.....KMAQ'S PAT WEIRUP HAS A DAUGHTER...BRENDA AND HER HUSBAND..THAT LIVE OUT THERE WITH THEIR 2 OR 3 DOGS...AND
THEY HAD NO DAMAGE TO THEIR NEW HOME. GOOD NEWS.

SO LONG UNTIL TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY

 

ANOTHER MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY..WITH A HIGH OF 26.

158 PEOPLE CHECKED THIS REPORT SINCE 6 LAST NIGHT. THE GROUP IS GROWING. I REMEMBER AT THE START..THE NUMBER WAS AROUND 25 FOR A LONG TIME. THAT WAS OVER 4 YEARS AGO....OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THE 19-YEAR-OLD THAT DIED FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD IN HIS APARTMENT LAST WEEK....DIED AS THE RESULT OF ...AS OFFICIALS SAY IT..
"HORSEPLAY". DEAD IS DOUGLAS HORST, JR. OF SABULA. MICHAEL LEE MILLER, AGE 22, OF MILES, WAS CHARGED TODAY WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. THE TWO, AND ANOTHER, MICHAEL WAINWRIGHT, WERE
TOGETHER....MILLER WAS HANDLING A SMALL CALIBER GUN....AND THOUGHT IT WAS UNLOADED AND THE GUN ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED HITTING HORST IN THE HEAD. THE THREE WERE GOOD FRIENDS AND RELATED. OFFICIALS SAY THEY WERE NOT PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE. HORST WAS RUSHED TO THE CLINTON HOSPITAL BUT WAS APPARENTLY DEAD ON ARRIVAL.

MAQUOKETA LOST THEIR TOURNAMENT BOYS BASKETBALL GAME LAST NIGHT AT DAVENPORT....TO DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION 64 TO 48. DAVENPORT LEAD AT THE HALF BY 10 POINTS...AND MAQUOKETA CAME BACK STRONG AFTER THE HALF AND GOT TO WITHIN ONE POINT IN THE 3RD QUARTER. DEWITT WON LAST NIGHT OVER WASHINGTON AND WILL PLAY DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION THURSDAY NIGHT.

FOR THE 3RD TIME, JACKSON COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL GO TO THE POLLS THIS FALL TO VOTE ON AN ADDITONAL 1 PERCENT SALES TAX INCREASE, FOR SCHOOL BUILDING NEEDS. THIS WAS DECIDED AT THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT. A DATE WILL BE DECIDED ON LATER.

JILL AND DAVID FILES OF CARMI, ILLINOIS, ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN SUNDAY. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE JOE AND JANET ROLLINGER OF MAQUOKETA AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE JACK AND VELMA SHADY OF MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

DENNIS VOY

 

PARTY SUNNY AND WARMER...HIGH 38 TODAY

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

HOSPITAL BOARD MEETING AT 4:15 TOMORROW.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION IN BOY'S TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL TONIGHT..ON THEIR GYM. THE CARDINALS ARE 4 AND 17.

A GIRL BORN SATURDAY TO MR. AND MRS. TERRY RENNER OF ROBINS, IOWA.
MATERNAL GRANDFATHER IS BILL FELDERMAN OF RURAL MAQUOKETA AND MATERNAL GREAT-GRANDMOTHER IS VIVIAN DURKOP OF MAQUOKETA.

VERA HAMMOND, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA DIED FRIDAY AT CRESTRIDGE.
SURVIVED BY A SON IN NORTH CAROLINA.

JIM CUNNINGHAM, AGE 65, OF ELWOOD DIED SATURDAY. TAUGHT SCHOOL IN DELWOOD DISTRICT FOR 30 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1987. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE,ANN....ALSO SON IN DEWITT AND 3 STEP-DAUGHTERS.

ROBERT MANLEY, SR. OF PRESTON, DIED YESTERDAY. HE WAS SUPT. OF SCHOOLS AT PRESTON FROM 1949 TO 1977. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND ONE SON AND ONE DAUGHTER.

NONA TAYLOR, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA DIED FRIDAY. WORKED AT FORST SHOES YEARS AGO...ALSO THE JC PENNEY STORE AND THE HOSPITAL.
SURVIVED BY ONE SON, WALLACE OF MARION.

WILLIAM WERDEN, AGE 63, OF CEDAR RAPIDS AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL IN CEDAR RAPIDS.

ASH WEDNESDAY IS THIS WEDNESDAY. THE VFW WAS GOING TO HAVE AN ASH WEDNESDAY FISH DINNER, BUT THE PARKING LOT NORTH OF MAQUOKETA IS SO ICE COVERED...THEY POSTPONED IT TILL LATER, TO BE ANNOUNCED.

SHROVE TUESDAY IS TOMORROW AND ST. MARK'S CHURCH IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL SHROVE TUESDAY SUPPER AT THE CHURCH TOMORROW NIGHT.

KMAQ IS SPONSORING A BUS MAY 8TH TO THE CUBS-BREWERS GAME AT THE NEW MILLER PARK IN MILWAUKEE...AND ALSO A BUS FOR THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS-VERSUS BREWERS GAME ON MAY 24TH AT MILWAUKEE. $44.00 PER PERSON FOR THE BUS AND A GOOD LOWER LEVEL TICKET.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN AGAIN TODAY.

DENNIS VOY

 

WINDY TODAY...IN THE 30'S....

JIM CUNNINGHAM, AGE 65, OF ELWOOD, DIED YESTERDAY. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON'S.

COLE PAPE DID IT AGAIN....HE'S THE STATE CHAMP AT 152 POUNDS.
WON LAST NIGHT 6 TO 3. HIS OTHER 3 MATCHES AT STATE, HE PINNED HIS MAN. HE WAS STATE CHAMP AS A FRESHMAN....SOPHOMORE...AND LAST YEAR, AS A JUNIOR, HAD KNEE PROBLEM AND FINISHED 3RD....NOW ...THIS YEAR, AGAIN THE CHAMP AS A SENIOR.

HIS BROTHER DANE, A FRESHMEN, FINISHED WITH A 4TH AT STATE AT 215 POUNDS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK...

DENNIS VOY  

IT HAS BEEN RAINING ALL DAY.

SUNDAY, MAYBE SNOW AND COLDER.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION LAST NIGHT AT CLINTON AND WILL NOT BE GOING ON TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
DAVENPORT LED ALL THE WAY.

DANE PAPE, A SOPHOMORE WRESTLER IN MAQUOKETA, WON A MATCH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN LOST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TOOK A 4TH PLACE AT STATE. HE WRESTLES AT 215 POUNDS.

HIS BROTHER COLE, WRESTLES FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT 152 POUNDS
TONIGHT FOR HIS 3RD STRAIGHT TITLE.

SO..OUT OF THE 6 WRESTLERS THAT WENT TO STATE FROM MAQUOKETA...
THESE TWO WERE THE ONLY ONES TO GO INTO THE FINALS. THERE WILL BE A WELCOME HOME EVENT FOR THE SIX...AT 3 TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT THE
MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM.

BOB AND KAREN THOMAS OF MAQUOKETA....TOOK OFF TO VISIT THEIR DAUGHTER AT MONTICELLO THIS MORNING IN BOB'S LATE-MODEL PICKUP. ON THE CAVES ROAD..GOING ABOUT 45 MPH....THEY HIT AN ICE SPOT AND THE PICK-UP ROLLED AND LANDED ON ITS SIDE. BOTH HAD SEAT BELTS. WITH CELLULAR PHONE, BOB CALLED 911 WHILE STILL STRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE. SOON, A COUPLE CAME BY AND FREED KAREN, BUT COULD NOT GET BOB OUT. TWO TROOPERS ARRIVED IN A FEW MINUTES, AND THEY GOT BOB OUT. NEITHER HURT. LUCKY. GLAD THEY WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DAMAGE THE TRUCK SUFFERED.

MR. MARION BURKEY, AGE 77, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE WORKED AS A CLINTON ENGINES MACHINIST FOR OVER 25 YEARS. SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER, ROSE ANNA OF WELTON AND 3 SONS, RICHARD, DAVID, AND RANDY ALL OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO A BROTHER, GALEN OF MAQUOKETA.

AS I TYPE THIS REPORT..IN THE 2ND HALF..THE PRESTON GIRLS ARE
RUNNING AWAY WITH THEIR GAME AT CEDAR RAPIDS...AND ARE ON THEIR WAY TO A WIN AND ANOTHER APPEARANCE AT THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT.
THEY ARE #1 IN THE STATE NOW...UNDEFEATED IN OVER 50 GAMES...AND
WON THE STATE CHAMPTIONSHIP LAST YEAR. THESE GIRLS ARE THE TALK OF THE STATE. IT WILL BE FUN BROADCASTING THEIR GAMES AGAIN THIS YEAR AT DES MOINES. THEY WILL BE ON SHERI MELVOLD'S "JUST TALK" SHOW NEXT WEEK.

NONA TAYLOR, AGE 83, DIED YESTERDAY AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME.
ALSO..VERA HAMMOND, ALSO OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 88, DIED LAST NIGHT
AT CRESTRIDGE. I'LL HAVE SURVIVORS TOMORROW.

SO MUCH FOR TODAY.

I'LL HAVE A SUNDAY REPORT.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

DENNIS VOY

 

SUNNY THIS MORNING, CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON...HIGH AGAIN OF 29.
NASTY WEATHER...RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW FOR THE WEEKEND.

ANOTHER FIRE EAST OF MAQUOKETA, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MAJOR.

YESTERDAY, THE WOODPRODUCTS FIRE...SEE YESTERDAY'S REPORT...

TODAY..AT 2:15 THIS AFTERNOON....FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO THE WELL-KNOWN COSTELLO'S OLD MILL GALLERY. THE COSTELLO'S WERE NOT HOME.
AN EMPLOYEE DRIVING INTO PARKING LOT, NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM ROOF AND CALLED 911. FIREMEN ARRIVED AND WITH THE HELP OF ANDREW FIREMEN, PUT THE FIRE OUT IN ABOUT A HALF-HOUR. THEY CONFINED IT TO THE LIVING-QUARTERS MAIN BEDROOM. IT WENT ALONG THE CHIMNEY. THEY DO HAVE A WOOD-BURNING STOVE, BUT FIRE CHEIF MARK BECK SAYS HE DOES NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT STARTED AND HAS CALLED IN THE FIRE MARSHALL TO ASSIST IN THE INVESTIGATION. THE COSTELLO'S CAME HOME DURING THE FIRE AND THREW ITEMS FROM THEIR BEDROOM, BUT MOST OF THEIR CLOTHING WAS LOST. WATER RAN INTO THE STORE, BUT NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO PRINTS AND PAINTINGS. FIREMEN DID HAVE TO CHOP A HOLE IN THE ROOF ALSO. NO DAMAGE ESTIMATE MADE AT THIS TIME. THE COSTELLO'S WILL BE ABLE TO STAY THERE TONIGHT IN A SECOND BEDROOM.

THREE PEOPLE WERE AT THE APARTMENT IN SABULA WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN WHICH 19-YEAR-OLD DOUGLAS HORST,JR. WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD AND DIED LATER AT THE CLINTON HOSPITAL. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED. OFFICIALS DECLINED TO TALK FURTHER ABOUT THE SHOOTING INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED
WEDNESDAY NIGHT ABOUT 8:50 AT 312 N. RIVER STREET, APARTMENT A, IN SABULA. JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY STEVE SCHROEDER SAID THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. AN AUTOPSY WAS CONDUCTED IN DES MOINES AND RESULTS ARE DUE NEXT WEEK. HOW AND WHY DID HORST DIE? KEEP CHECKING THIS REPORT.

A BRAD DEERY MOTORS 2000 JEEP RECEIVED $500 DAMAGE LAST NIGHT.
..FROM WHO? ONE OF THESE DAYS THEY'LL CATCH THE CULPRIT.

IRMA CLARK, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA DIED THIS MORNING AT THE MAQUOKETA CARE CENTER. SHE AND HER HUSBAND FARMED FOR 45 YEARS NEAR DELMAR AND RETIRED TO MAQUOKETA IN 1977. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, ORVILLE AND 3 DAUGHTERS, INCLUDING BARB MAYBERRY OF MAQUOKETA AND ELEANOR BLIZEK OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LED AT THE HALF LAST NIGHT, BUT LOST TO DEWITT BY ABOUT 10 POINTS....HERE....IN THEIR LAST REGULAR GAME OF THE SEASON.
THE MAQUOKETA SOPHOMORES WON BY 2 POINTS. THEY HAVE WON QUITE A FEW GAMES THIS YEAR AND THE FRESHMEN WERE UNDEFEATED, SO WE DO HAVE SOME GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYERS COMING UP HERE AT MCHS.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS DAVENPORT ASUMPTION TONIGHT AT CLINTON AND THE WINNER GOES ON TO THE GIRL'S STATE TOURNAMENT. IT WILL TAKE ANOTHER UPSET FOR MAQUOKETA TO WIN.

WRESTLING THIS AFTERNO0N AT DES MOINES. JUST BRIEFLY....ABE DOSTAL LOST TODAY AND IS OUT OF TOURNAMENT. LUKE SCHAU LOST TODAY ALSO AND IS OUT.
TRAVIS GERARDY LOST TWICE YESTERDAY AND IS OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT.
THE OTHER 3 MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS ARE STILL ALIVE IN THE TOURNAMENT AND COLE PAPE REMAINS IN THERE ....GOING FOR CHAMPIONSHIP.

CHECK BACK TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY

 

HIGH OF 29 TODAY....MOSTLY CLOUDY. A HALF INCH OF SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING.

FIRE OVER THE NOON HOUR TODAY AT WOODPRODUCTS COMPANY OUT IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. THANKS TO GOOD THINKING BY EMPLOYEES, IT WAS HELD TO JUST ONE SMALL ROOM. EMPLOYEES QUICKLY TURNED OFF ELECTRICITY IN THAT ROOM AND CLOSED A FIRE DOOR. FIREMEN WERE AT THE SCENE ABOUT 2 HOURS. THE PLANT WILL KEEP WORKING BUT WILL HAVE TO RE-BUILD THE "FINISHING" BUILDING.

A GUNSHOT TO THE HEAD LAST NIGHT RESULTED IN DEATH OF DOUGLAS J. HORST, JR., AGE 19, OF SABULA. THE BCI WAS CALLED IN BUT ARE SO FAR GIVING FEW DETAILS. IT HAPPENED SOMEWHERE IN SABULA. COULD
HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTAL OR SUICIDE.

I AM RUNNING WAY LATE...NOT MUCH ELSE TO REPORT ANYWAY.

TOMORROW, WILL HAVE LOTS OF SPORTS RESULTS FOR YOU.

DENNIS VOY  

SOME SUNSHINE TODAY AND A HIGH OF 21. WAS 1 ABOVE AT 6 THIS MORNING.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS WON AGAIN .. ANOTHER UPSET ..BEATING WESTERN DUBUQUE LAST NIGHT 55 T0 42. THEY NOW PLAY DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE YOURD GYM IN CLINTON AND IF THEY WIN .. THEY GO ON TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. DAVENPORT HAS A 15 AND 8 RECORD AND IS RATED #12.

THE PRESTON GIRLS WON BIG AGAIN LAST NIGHT...NOW 24 AND 0....AND NOW PLAY HLV VICTOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 4:30 AT CEDAR RAPIDS....THEY ALSO 24 AND 0...AND THE WINNER GOES TO STATE.

THE 6 MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS GO TO DES MOINES TOMORROW AND WRESTLE TOMORROW NIGHT.

A 20-YEAR-OLD MAQUOKETA MAN, TYLER KUHLMAN, WAS TAKEN BY DEWITT AMBULANCE TO GENESIS HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT AFTER A 4:20 FREAK ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 61, NORTH OF WELTON. HE WAS GOING SOUTH AND HIT A HORSE ON THE HIGHWAY. HIS VEHICLE FLIPPED ON ITS TOP AND THE MAQUOKETA RESCUE SQUAD HAD TO USE THE JAWS OF LIFE TO GET HIM OUT OF VEHICLE. A FEW MINUTES AFTER HE HIT THE HORSE, A WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN SEMI-TRUCK DEALER CAME ALONG...AND HIT ANOTHER HORSE AND JUST BARELY SCRAPED KUHLMAN'S VEHICLE. KUHLMAN WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. EACH HORSE, VALUED AT $6,000, OWNED BY KAY JOHNSON OF DELMAR, DIED IN THE ACCIDENTS. KUHLMAN'S CAR, $15,000 IN DAMAGE AND THE SEMI...$4,500 WORTH OF DAMAGE. JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU. YOU CAN BE A GOOD DRIVER...DRIVING ON A NEW GOOD 4-LANE HIGHWAY...AND CAN BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.

THE SUPERVISORS RAISED COUNTY SALARIES ABOUT 4% THIS WEEK.

WANDA CORNELIUS HIT A DEER LAST NIGHT ON 250TH AVENUE. NO DAMAGE ESTIMATE GIVEN FOR HER 99 BUICK.

TWO NEW VEHICLES SHOT WITH BB-GUNS AT BRAD DEERY MOTORS AGAIN LAST NIGHT...$700 DAMAGE.

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS TO REPORT.

CHECK BACK TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY  

LOTS OF SUNSHINE..HIGH OF 29...AND WINDY TODAY. DOWN TO AROUND 0 TONIGHT.

A TRIAL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR MAY 14TH FOR LINDSEY WEBER MORGAN, AGE 18, OF BELLEVUE, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITH INTENT TO DELIVER COCAINE AND VIOLATE THE IOWA DRUG TAX STAMP LAW. SHE, HER MOTHER PEGGY WEBER AND ONE OTHER PERSON, WERE CHARGED LAST WEEK. HER MOTHER WAS THE SHELTER MANAGER OF THE HUMAINE SOCIETY. THE TEENAGER IS BEING HELD AT THE CLINTON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.

THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA WILL HAVE A NEW OPERATOR FOR ITS WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. AT LAST NIGHT'S MEETING, THE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY IN FAVOR OF HIRING ALLIANCE WATER RESOURCES TO REPLACE PEOPLE SERVICE,THE COMPANY THAT HAS HAD THE CONTRACT FOR 14 YEARS. IT WAS BACK THEN THAT THE CITY DECIDED TO GET OUT OF THE MANAGING OF ITS OWN SYSTEM. THE NEW FIRM WILL COST THE CITY LESS.

AARON AND BETH FIER OF MAQUOKETA ARAE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

THE OLD CATERPILLAR PLANT BUILDING AT THE NORTH EDGE OF DAVENPORT CAUGHT ON FIRE THIS MORNING. STARTED IN AN AREA USED BY JOHN DEERE.
BIG BUILDING. BIG FIRE. FIREMEN THERE MOST OF THE DAY.

MAQUOKETA GIRLS HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE TONIGHT....TOURNAMENT GAME...SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE IN A PACKED GYM.

THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS STARTED BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING TODAY.
THIS WILL BE OUR 17TH YEAR OF BROADCASTING THEIR GAMES, STARTING IN ABOUT 5 WEEKS.

THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES BASKETBALL TEAM IS #6 IN THE NATION.

AND MAQUOKETA GOLFERS ARE GETTING ANXIOUS.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY  

SOME SUNSHINE TODAY AND INTO THE 40'S. BUT IT IS GOING TO BE COLD THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK...BELOW ZERO A COUPLE EVENINGS.

THE MAQUOKETA INDUSTRIAL TRADE SHOW AT THE FAIRGROUNDS WAS A HUGH SUCCESS SUNDAY. DURING THE 4-HOUR PERIOD, ABOUT 800 ATTENDED THE OPEN HOUSE, FREE, AND THERE WERE 29 EXHIBITOR BOOTHS, INCLUDING ONE BY GENERAC,THE NEW COMPANY THAT IS BUILDING ITS PLANT NOW. VIRGINIA YOCUM AND PAM BOWMAN EACH WON A $50 SESQUICENTENNIAL PRINT AND THE RAFFLE WINNER OF THE MAQUOKETA VALLEY PRODUCERS BASKET WAS BOB OSTERHAUS.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

THE BARBER SHOP MUSIC SHOW AT THE LUTHERAN CHURCH YESTERDAY, SPONSORED BY THE ARTS COMMITTEE...WAS A FULL HOUSE.

THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING SOME MAILBOX VANDALISM
OVER THE WEEKEND..TO THOSE OWNED BY PAUL PORTZ...PAUL HARTEL...
BOB DORSEY...AND OTHERS ON THE CODFISH HOLLOW ROAD.

JOEL ALLEN, AGE 82, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY MORNING AT A CEDAR RAPIDS HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A BRIEF ILLNESS. HE IS SURVIVED BY A SON LARRY, IN IOWA CITY AND A SISTER IN CEDAR RAPIDS. HE WAS THE MAQUOKETA RAILROAD DEPOT AGENT FROM 1952 TO 1973 WHEN HE RETIRED.

BOB BROCKHAGE, 79, OF BELLEVUE,DIED SUNDAY. HE WAS THE BELLEVUE LOCKMASTER FOR MANY YEARS.

6 MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS ARE GOING TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT....A GREAT SHOWING. THEY ARE: COLE PAPE....DANE PAPE....DEREK FUGLSANG...
LUKE SCHAU...TRAVIS GERARDY...AND ABE DOSTAL. DR. PAUL KOOB WILL BROADCAST THE STATE MATCHES FOR KMAQ AGAIN AND WILL ALSO COVER 4 DEWITT WRESTLERS AT STATE AND 2 FROM NORTHEAST,GOOSELAKE. HE WILL BE VERY BUSY OUT THERE.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN VARSITY BASKETBALL AND HAVE ONE REGULAR SEASON MAKE-UP GAME LEFT..THIS THURSDAY NIGHT..HOSTING DEWITT.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY THEIR 2ND TOURNAMENT GAME TOMORROW NIGHT, HOSTING WESTERN DUBUQUE.

THAT'S IT FOR A MONDAY, PRESIDENT'S DAY. SOME OF YOU LUCKY GUYS AND GALS HAD THE DAY OFF.

TILL TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY SIGNING OFF AGAIN.


 

SOME SUNSHINE TODAY AND INTO THE 40'S. BUT IT IS GOING TO BE COLD THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK...BELOW ZERO A COUPLE EVENINGS.

THE MAQUOKETA INDUSTRIAL TRADE SHOW AT THE FAIRGROUNDS WAS A HUGH SUCCESS SUNDAY. DURING THE 4-HOUR PERIOD, ABOUT 800 ATTENDED THE OPEN HOUSE, FREE, AND THERE WERE 29 EXHIBITOR BOOTHS, INCLUDING ONE BY GENERAC,THE NEW COMPANY THAT IS BUILDING ITS PLANT NOW. VIRGINIA YOCUM AND PAM BOWMAN EACH WON A $50 SESQUICENTENNIAL PRINT AND THE RAFFLE WINNER  

SUNNY BUT COLD. ZERO LAST NIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO CAMANCHE LAST NIGHT. IT HAS BEEN A LONG YEAR FOR THE CARDINALS. THEY PLAY AT BETTENDORF TONIGHT..AND HAVE A MAKE-UP GAME EARLY NEXT WEEK AND THEN IT WILL BE TIME FOR THEIR OPENING TOURNAMENT GAME.

FOUR MAQUOKETA TEACHERS HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR RESIGNATION LETTERS FOR EARLY RETIREMENT AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED EARLY RETIREMENT FOR JUDY SCHEER, MARY HAMANN, BARBARA NELSON AND FRANK STRATHMAN. AND THREE TEACHERS WITHDREW THEIR RETIREMENT REQUESTS.....CLAIRE HOYE, JAN MUNDT AND WARREN ROBERTS.

TRAVIS ECKELBERG, AGE 24, SON OF FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENTS GARY AND GENELL ECKELBERG, DIED YESTERDAY AT ESTERVILLE, IOWA, FOLLOWING A
FARM ACCIDENT WITH A STEER OR BULL. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS AND A SISTER. HIS DAD MANY YEARS AGO WORKED FOR G. L. STOCKHAM AND SON CONTRACTOR, AND HIS MOTHER WORKED FOR DR. J.A. BROMAN AT THAT TIME. HIS AUNT IS KAREN SCHNOOR OF MAQUOKETA AND HIS GRANDFATHER IS DON ECKELBERG OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A PLEASANT SUNDAY.

DENNIS VOY  

SUNSHINE,BUT COLD TODAY, WITH WIND. COLD WEEKENDD AHEAD.

MAQUOKETA GIRLS UPSET #7 RATED DEWITT LAST NIGHT IN TOURNAMENT PLAY AT DEWITT. THEY NEVER TAILED AND WON BY 10 OR SO POINTS AND NOW PLAY GAME TWO NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT HERE IN MAQUOKETA.

THE FIRE WEST OF DEWITT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT TOOK THE LIFE A 5-YEAR OLD BOY. HIS MOM AND HER FRIEND AND A SISTER ESCAPED THE BURNING TRAILER HOUSE, BUT THEY COULD NOT GET BACK IN TO GET HIM, DESPITE HIS CRIES FOR HELP. THE BOY IS JERALD "J.T." YAROLEM, AGE 5, THE SON OF JERALD "J.R." YAROLEM OF RURAL DEWITT AND SYLVIA BROWN OF DEWITT. SERVICES ARE PENDING AT THE CARSON FUNERAL HOME IN MAQUOKETA. LATER, I'LL REPORT IF THERE IS ANY MAQUOKETA CONNECTION.

THE FORMER SHELTER MANAGER OF THE JACKSON COUNTY HUMAINE SOCIETY AND HER BOYFRIEND, HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH DEALING A LARGE QUANTITY OF DRUGS, EVEN WHILE LIVING AND WORKING AT THE HUMAINE SOCIETY HOME NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA. PEGGY WEBER, AGE 47, AND PAUL LUTHER BACA, AGE 42, EACH HAVE PLEADED GUILTY TO NUMEROUS DRUG TRAFFICING CHARGES.
SHE LEFT THE HUMAINE SOCIETY IN LATE 1999 AND MOVED TO A MOBILE HOME NEAR BELLEVUE. AND HER DAUGHTER, LINDSAY WEBER MORGAN, WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH DELIVERY OF COACAINE IN JOHNSON COUNTY.

ALBERT N. KILBURG, AGE 80, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE CRESTRIGE NURSING HOME IN MAQUOKETA. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE MARY, OF MAQUOKETA AND 4 SONS AND 4 DAUGHTERS.

TOMORROW, THE DISTRICT WRESTLING AT MONTICELLO ....AND WE FIND OUT WHICH MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS WILL GO TO STATE NEXT WEEK.

THE CARDINAL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WILL PLAY AT CAMANCHE TONIGHT...A REGULAR SEASON GAME.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY












 

HIGH OF 35 TODAY WITH CLOUDY SKIES ALL DAY. COLD WEATHER IS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

A BAD FIRE AT A MOBIL HOME AROUND MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT...BETWEEN DEWITT AND GRAND MOUND. A 5-YEAR-BOY KILLED. NO OTHER DETAILS AVAILABLE NOW. IT MIGHT HAVE A MAQUOKETA CONNECTION.

THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION THIS MORNING GAVE $200,000 TO THE MAQUOKETA SWIMMING POOL AND RECREATION CENTER FUND DRIVE....TO BE SPREAD OVER 5 YEARS. IT WAS THE FOUNDATIONS LARGEST GRANT. LAST WEEK, THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK GAVE $150,000. GOOD START....I GUESS...BUT IT IS A 6-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT..AND 350-THOUSAND IS A LONG WAY FROM 6-MILLION.

NOTHING MORE TODAY.

DENNIS VOY  

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY. ROSES ARE RED...VIOLETS ARE BLUE...YES ALL YOU GUYS AND GALS...I DO LOVE YOU.

NOT A NICE DAY HERE...SOME RAIN, SLEET AND THEN SNOW...HIGH OF 34..
BUT SNOW HAS STOPPED AND DRIVING WASN'T A PROBLEM.

I HAD A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT AT DUBUQUE THIS MORING...MINOR, ALL IS WELL..HAD TO WAIT 75-MINUTES PAST MY APPOINTMENT. THEN LEAVING HOSPITAL...SOMETHING GRABBED MY WHEEL AND STEERED MY CAR RIGHT TO THE RIVERBOAT CASINO. MADE ME MAD. SO, I HAD TO TRY MY LUCK AT VIDEO POKER FOR AWHILE. I LOST $22. END OF STORY. HAD TO DRIVE WITH CARE UP AND BACK..BUT NEW 4-LANE 61 MAKES THE TRIP TO DUBUQUE A LOT EASIER THAN BEFORE.

MY YOUNGEST...DAUGHTER LONNA, AGE 29.....GOT ENGAGED TODAY....SHAWN PROPOSED IN THE CURTAIN DEPARTMENT AT PENNEYS IN DUBUQUE. THERE'S A STORY THERE, BUT PERSONAL. SHAWN IS A DUBUQUE POLICEMAN.....AND A GOOD ONE. LONNA HAS WORKED FOR MAQUOKETA STATE BANK SINCE COLLEGE DAYS. NANCY AND I ARE QUITE HAPPY...AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE WEDDING, ..THE DATE STILL TO BE CHOSEN.

MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW POLICEMAN. BRENDAN ZEIMET, AGE 20, OF SPRINGBROOK. HE REPLACES CHAD GRUVER WHO HAS TAKEN JOB OF POLICE CHIEF AT SABULA. BRENDAN WAS A PRESTON GRAD...AND GOT HIS CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEGREE FROM CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE. HE HAS BEEN A MAQUOKETA RESERVE OFFICER FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

THE ADDITIONAL 1-PERCENT SALES TAX ELECTION WAS PASSED IM CLINTON COUNTY YESTERDAY, BY A GOOD MARGIN. TWO YEARS AGO,IT FAILED. THE EXTRA 1 PERCENT WILL GENERATE ABOUT OVER A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY. THEY CAN ONLY USE IT FOR BUILDNGS,NEW OR REPAIRS, OR FOR RETIREMENT OF BONDS. DEWITT WILL GET AROUND 660-THOUSAND A YEAR, AND PLANS TO BUILD A NEW HIGH SCHOOL.
DELWOOD WILL GET AROUND 115-THOUSAND A YEAR AND IT WILL BE USED TO ADD ON TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DELMAR.

ACCIDENT ON ICE ALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING IN MAQUOKETA. SUSAN WAGNER, AGE 30, LOST CONTROL OF HER CAR IN ALLEY BEHIND M-S-B BANK AND HIT A POLE, CAUSING $4,000 DAMAGE TO HER 93 CHRYSLER.

RUSS AND LORI HOUSTON OF MAQUOKETA HAS A BOY FEBRUARY 8TH AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST THEIR NON-CONFERENCE GAME AT HOME LAST NIGHT, LOOSING TO NORTH CEDAR....A DISTRIC THAT INCLUDES CLARENCE, LOWDEN AND STANDWOOD. THEY HAVE JUST 4 WINS THIS YEAR.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS PLAY THEIR TOURNAMENT GAME AGAINST DEWITT, THERE, TOMORROW NIGHT.

Have a LOVE-ly night tonight.

DENNIS VOY

 

NO REPORT TODAY  

NICE BRIGHT AND SHINY DAY TODAY WITH NEAR 40 TEMPS.

EIGHT MAQUOKETA HIGH WRESTLERS QUALIFIED FOR THE DISTRICT MEET AT LAST SATURDAY'S SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT HERE IN MAQUOKETA. MOVING ON TO THE DISTRICT AT MONTICELLO THIS SATURDAY: DEREK FULGSANG...LUKE SHAU...COLE PAPE...NIC HAHN AND DANE PAPE...ALL TOOK CHAMPION SATURDAY. THESE TOOK 2ND PLACE AND ALSO QUALIFIED FOR DISTRICT:
CHRIS HAHN...TRAVIS GERARDY AND ABE DOSTAL. AS A MAQUOKETA TEAM, THE CARDINALS PLACED 2ND TO DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION...JUST 10 POINTS BEHIND.
THE FIRST AND 2ND PLACE FINISHED THIS SATURDAY ADVANCE TO THE STATE MEET NEXT WEEK IN DES MOINES.

GARY BENNIS,AGE 57, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
HE HAS BEEN ILL FOR SOME TIME AND WAS FORCED, BECAUSE OF HEALTH, TO RETIRE EARLY....FROM THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, WHERE HE WAS A LOAN OFFICER FOR MANY YEARS. SERVICES PENDING AT HAYLOCK, O'HARA AND LAHEY FUNERAL HOME.

A FEW NEW ENTRIES IN THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK..CHECK THEM OUT.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ENTER TOURNAMENT GIRLS BASKETBALL COMPETITION THIS THURSDAY NIGHT...PLAYING DEWITT, BIG BEND CHAMPION THIS YEAR..SO THE CARDINALS WILL BE UNDERDOGS.

IRISH SHOW YESTERDAY WAS GREAT...AT THE FIRESIDE IN FORT ATKINSON...........ALL ON KMAQ BUS ENJOYED THE SHOW, ESPECIALLY THE RIVERDANCE TYPE DANCING. OUR NEXT TRIP UP THERE WILL BE IN APRIL TO
SEE 'THE MAN OF LaMANCHA".

BEIDLER'S ARE HAVING THEIR BIG JOHN DEERE DAY SHOW AND LUNCH TOMORROW AT THE FAIRGRONDS.

THE CHORDBUSTERS BARBER SHOP GROUP FROM DAVENPORT WILL ENTERTAIN AT THE FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH THIS COMING SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SPONSORED BY THE ARTS COMMITTEE OF THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON, THE INDUSTRIAL SHOW WILL BE HELD AT THE FAIRGOUNDS, SPONSORED BY THE CHAMBER AND SPOTLIGHTING MAQUOKETA'S INDUSTRIES.

AND THAT'S IT FOR A MONDAY.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY








 

SUNNY AND BRITE TODAY...AND HIGH OF 19.

IOWA JUST LOST ANOTHER...AN UPSET LOSS AT NORTHWESTERN....TWO GAMES IN A ROW THEY LOST THIS WEEK THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE WON.

SECTIONAL WRESTLING IS GOING ON IN MAQUOKETA TODAY. WINNERS GO ON TO DISTRICT AND THEN STATE. BIG ARTICLE ON COLE PAPE...MAQUOKETA SENIOR WRESTLER.... IN TODAY'S DES MOINES REGISTER SPORTS SECTION.

BIRTH: BRANDI AND BRIAN SLATTERY ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN THURSDAY AT MERCY IN IOWA CITY. MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IS JUDY NEIS OF MAQUOKETA. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS ARE KAREN AND TERRY SLATTERY.
MATERNAL GREAT-GRANDMOTHER IS KAY ROHLING AND PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE JOHN AND EVELYN FAGERLAND.

NANCY AND I....CHRISTY AND CHARLIE AND TWO GRANDKIDS..GOING TO GENO'S PIZZA IN PRESTON TONIGHT. VERY POPULAR...BIG PLACE...AND GREAT PIZZA. TOMORROW, I AND GRANDDAUGHTER SARA, WILL BE HOSTING THE BUS TRIP TO THE FIRESIDE THEATRE IN FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN, TO SEE A MUSIC AND DANCE IRISH SHOW. NANCY WANTED TO STAY HOME AND CATCH UP ON WORK AT HOME.

HAVE A NICE SUNDAY AND A GREAT NEW WEEK.

DENNIS VOY



 

WEATHER, WEATHER, WEATHER......ITS THE TOPIC OF THE DAY AGAIN.
NO SCHOOL FOR ALL DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA TODAY. NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT. THEN SLEET THIS MORNING, THEN LIGHT SNOW...LATE THIS AFTERNOON HEAVIER SNOW..... AND WIND. COLD TONIGHT, LOW BELOW ZERO. SUNNY BUT COLD TOMORROW AND NEW SNOW FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND.

KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW YESTERDAY.....WAS VERY GOOD....ALMOST AS MANY PEOPLE AS FIRST DAY WEDNESDAY...TOTAL ATTENDANCE....AROUND 3,000....ABOUT SAME AS LAST YEAR'S RECORD YEAR. FREDDIE STEENBOCK OF DAVENPORT PLAYED POLKAS OVER THE NOON HOUR. ENTERTAINMENT FROM 4 TIL 6 WAS BY MCHS GRADS, DAN CARAWAY AND AUSTIN SNELL....AND WELL RECEIVED. THEY SING ONCE IN AWHILE AT THE LOFT. THEN AT 6, BRO0KE BYAM, WAS A BIG HIT. RED AND BERNICE HENTON'S GRANDDAUGHTER ...MOTHER IS JUDY...AND SHE IS MISS CLINTON COUNTY AND WILL BE IN THE MISS IOWA PAGEANT IN JUNE. AGE 19...AND VERY PRETTY AND A HECK OF A GOOD SINGER. WE HAD, DESPITE THE WEATHER, A FULLHOUSE TO SEE HER SHOW LAST NIGHT. SHE CALLED GRANDPA RED AND HER MOTHER UP ON STAGE AND THEY SANG...FOR THE GOOD TIMES...AND IT WAS A HIT ALSO. SORRY YOU MISSED IT. WE HAD OVER 50 ENTRIES FOR OUR COOKIE-BAKING CONTEST AND THE WINNERS WERE: CHOCOLATE DIVISION, LIZ HEINS OF MAQUOKETA TOOK FIRST AND $25. AND OTHER DIVISION FIRST WAS WON BY JOYCE OSTERT OF RURAL MAQUOKETA.

WOW..IS THE WIND BLOWIN' OUT THERE NOW.

A MAQUOKETA MAN IS IN JAIL AND ACCUSED OF OPERATING A METH LAB NEAR THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE IS THOMAS CLASEN, AGE 31, OF 305 S. OLIVE. OFFICERS RAIDED HIS HOME AFTER 6 LAST NIGHT AND FOUND NUMEROUS CHEMICALS AND CONTAINERS USED TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE. HE IS BEING HELD ON $130,000 CASH BOND. THE MAGISTRATE APPOINTED ATTORNEY MARK LAWSON TO BE HIS ATTORNEY.

SEVEN MCHS BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYERS WILL MISS THE REST OF THE SEASON FOR VIOLATING THE SCHOOL'S CODE OF CONDUCT POLICY. MAQUOKETA DEAN OF STUDENTS DENNIS STREETS SAID 4 SOPHOMORES AND 3 SENIORS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REMAINING GAMES AFTER AN INCIDENT AT ANAMOSA HIGH SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 2ND. THE BOYS WERE ACCUSED OF TAKING ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT FROM A LOCKER ROOM WHERE THEY WERE DRESSING DURING BALL GAMES. THE INCIDENT IS BEING HANDLED WITHIN THE SCHOOL AND WILL NOT INVOLVE CRIMINAL CHARGES. BUT..NEEDLESS TO SAY..IT IS A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION TODAY. THEIR NAMES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. TWO WERE STARTERS ON THE VARSITY TEAM.

GOV. TOM VILSACK WILL VISIT MAQUOKETA ON SATURDAY, FEB 17TH, VISITING THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY....AS PART OF HIS COMMUNITY CHATS PROGRAM.

HELEN BATTLES, AGE 85, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
SHE FARMED WITH HER HUSBAND, LYNN, FOR 50 YEARS. HER LATE HUSBAND WAS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND THEY WERE BOTH VERY ACTIVE IN THE JACKSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY. SURVIVERS INCLUDE A SON, GARY IN KANSAS AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, LINDA POWLISTHA OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY  

CLOUDY DAY TODAY AND RAIN STARTED IN AFTERNOON AND NOW MISTY AND ICY.

KMAQ FARM AND HOME SHOW HAD A RECORD NOON-HOUR PERIOD AND WAS UP OVER LAST YEAR FOR THE DAY, DESPITE NOT THE BEST WEATHER LATE IN AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WE ARE HAPPY WITH THE BETTER THAN 15-HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THE EVENT TODAY. TOMORROW, WEATHER WILL BE A FACTOR. WE WILL PROBABLY BE DOWN QUITE A BIT TOMORROW.

THE FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE AWARD WINNERS WERE:
FARMERS OF THE YEAR: JEANETTE AND LELAND LANE OF RURAL PRESTON.
PUBLIC SERVICE: DAVID AND DURENE TABOR OF RURAL BALDWIN.
AGRI-BUSINESS PERSON: DR. DON YANDA OF MAQUOKETA.

A BOY BORN TO DALE AND TERESA SCOTT OF GREELEY, COLORADO...YESTERDAY.
GRANDPARENTS ARE THE LATE DALE SCOTT AND KRIS AND BOB EATON OF
MAQUOKETA. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE DOROTHY KELCHNER OF MAQUOKETA AND DALE AND LUJEAN SCOTT OF MAQUOKETA.

WHEN I MENTIONED THE PASSING OF JAMES PHILLIPS IN MY DAILY REPORT YESTERDAY, I FAILED TO MENTION THAT HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER, TERESA ANDERSON OF MUSCATINE.

JAMES RALSTON, AGE 62, OF MONMOUTH, DIED YESTERDAY AT HIS HOME FOLLOWING A SUDDEN ILLNESS.

RAIN, MAYBE EVEN A THUNDERSTORM, EXPECTED TOMORROW. CATCH MY REPORT TOMORROW TO SEE IF THE THUNDER CAME.

DENNIS VOY


 

A LITTLE SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON AND HIGH IN THE MID 30'S.

THE CITY COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT. THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK INTO FORMING A WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION FOR THE CITY (SIMILAR TO THE CITY'S CABLE COMMISSION)... WHICH WOULD REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED AN UPDATED ORDINANCE TO REGULATE TAXI SERVICE IN MAQUOKETA, BUT THE COUNCIL TOOK OUT ANY REFERENCE TO RATES A TAXIE SERVICE COULD CHARGE. LAST MONTH, DAVID FELDERMAN APPROACHED THE COUNCIL AND SAID THE RATE IN THE ORDINACE WAS TOO LOW IF SOMEONE ...LIKE HIMSELF... WOULD START A TAXI SERVICE AND MAKE IT A FINANCIAL SUCCESS. THE FULL COUNCIL AGREED THAT THE CITY SHOULDN'T DICTATE RATES TO PRIVATE COMPANIES. IT IS NOW KNOW IF FELDERMAN WOULD START A TAXIE SERVICE NOW.....MAQUOKETA HAS NO TAXI NOW AND HAS NOT HAD ONE FOR YEARS.

IN OTHER COUNCIL BUSINESS, MONEY ALLOCATED FOR THE MAQUOKETA GIRL'S SOFTBALL FIELD RESTROOMS WILL STAY IN THAT FUND. MAYOR ROSENBERG HAD SUGGESTED THE $10,500 BE MOVED TO THE FUND FOR IMPROVING HORSESHOE POND PARK. SOME SOFTBALL FANS CALLED KMAQ TALK SHOWS SAYING THEY WANTED TO MONEY TO STAY WHERE IT IS...FOR THE GIRLS RESTROOMS.

MAQUOKETA IS GOING TO HAVE AN INDUSTRIAL TRADE SHOW ON SUNDAY, FEB. 18TH AT THE FAIRGROUNDS...FROM 4 TIL 8 PM. ADMISSION FREE, WITH A FOOD STAND AVAILABLE. IT WILL FOCUS ON 27 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYS BY MAQUOKETA COMPANIES.
A GET TO KNOW YOUR INDUSTRIES DAY, SPONSORED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THEY HAD A ONE-DAY EVENT LIKE THIS MANY YEARS AGO, BUT
IT STOPPED..... AND NOW IS BEING BROUGHT BACK.

PAUL G. CLARK, AGE 73, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY EVENING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE WORKED AT CLINTON ENGINES AT ONE TIME, FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND ALSO OWNED HIS OWN LOGGING BUSINESS. HE RETIRED IN 1993. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, NELLIE AND 1 SON, MARK OF HAMPTON, ILLINOIS AND A DAUGHTER, MARIA OF PINE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA.

JAMES G. PHILLIPS, AGE 77,, OF MUSCATINE AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA,
DIED YESTERDAY MORNING AT A HOSPITAL IN MUSCATINE. HE WAS A WW2
VETERAN AND WORKED AS AN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER FOR SEVERAL COMPANIES, INCLUDING CLINTON ENGINES. HE RETIRED IN 1991 FROM SEARS
MANUFACTURING. HE IS SURVIVED BY A SON, JAMES, OF DES MOINES, AND ALSO 3 SISTERS, INCLUDING VIVIAN MILLER, DOROTHY KOEHN AND MILDRED HENEKE, ALL OF MAQUOKETA.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS ARE IN A DOUBLE-DUAL TONIGHT AT CAMANCHE AGAINST CAMANCHE AND NORTH CEDAR.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HOST CASCADE TONIGHT AND THE BOYS PLAY THERE.

LAST NIGHT, THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES WON ANOTHER BIG BASKETBALL GAME AND ARE LEADING THE BIG 12. AND TOMORROW NIGHT, THE RATED IOWA HAWKEYES PLAY THEIR NEXT GAME. IT IS REALLY SOMETHING THESE DAYS TO HAVE OUR TWO BIGGEST COLLEGES, BOTH IN THE TOP TWENTY IN THE NATION IN BASKETBALL.

HOPE YOU FOLKS FROM IOWA LIVING OUT OF STATE DO A LITTLE BRAGGING.

AND THAT WILL DO IT FOR ANOTHER DAY.

DENNIS VOY








 

CLOUDY TODAY..HIGH OF 34.

ONLY 1 ACCIDENT...A MINOR ONE...OVER THE WEEKEND, BETWEEN A VEHICLE FROM WATERLOO AND ONE DRIVEN BY JOHNNY GALLOWAY, AGE 38, OF MAQUKETA, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND NO PROOF OF INSURANCE. IT HAPPENED ON CORNER OF LOCUST AND NIAGARA.

BIG CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT..A LOT ON THE AGENDA.

THE PUBLIC HEARD LAST WEEK, BECAUSE OF A MAQUOKETA FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, THAT THE MAQUOKETA PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS AN
ENDOWMENT FUND WITH ABOUT $750,000 IN IT. THIS MONEY CAME FROM NUMEROUS BEQUESTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. ONLY THE INTEREST CAN BE SPENT.

THE MAQUOKETA FINE ARTS COMMITTEE IS BUILDING THE BIG AUDITORIUM ON EAST PLATT STREET AND LAST WEEK, RECEIVED A $25,000 DONATION FROM THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK. IT HAS RAISED $355,000 THUS FAR. IT WILL BE BUILDT MAINLY BY VOLUNTEERS. THIS PAST YEAR, THEY PUT IN THE FOOTINGS FOR THE BUILDING. THEY HOPE TO RAISE $1-MILLION DOLLARS, OF WHICH $668,000 WOULD GO FOR THE BUILDING AND FURNISHINGS, AND THE REST WOULD BE PUT IN A PERMANENT ENDOWMENT, WITH THE INTEREST MONEY USED TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDING AND OPERATE IT. THE COMMITTEE IS APPLYING FOR A $350,000 STATE GRANT FROM THE VISION IOWA FOUNDATION AND HAS A GOOD CHANCE AT GETTING IT. GARY DREW IF THE
MAIN PERSON ON THIS COMMITTEE.

TOM McNAMARA ROLLED A 299 GAME LAST NIGHT IN THE SUNDAY NIGHT LEAGUE.

THE MEN'S CITY TOURNAMENT CAME TO AN END YESTERDAY....THE 56TH ANNUAL.
CHRIS DAVIS WAS THE SINGLES WINNER....JOHN SKINNER AND BRIAN ANDERSON TOOK THE DOUBLES....THE TEAM EVENT WON BY ROCKWELL CLEANUP.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS HAD A ONE-POINT LEAD OVER #1 PRESTON AT THE HALF SATURDAY HERE IN TOWN, BUT PRESTON WENT ON TO WIN BY 15 POINTS.
THE MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT PRESTON IN THE SECOND GAME.

THE IOWA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM WON ITS 4TH IN A ROW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE MEN PLAY AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THE IOWA GOVERNOR SIGNED A BILL TODAY THAT WOULD EXCLUDE HEATING
ENERGY FORM BEING SALES TAXED...SAVING IOWANS OVER 90-MILLION A YEAR.

CHECK THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK.

COME BACK TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY




 

SUNNY THIS MORNING, CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON WITH FLURRIES...AND A HIGH OF 28.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS FINIALLY WON ANOTHER GAME LAST NIGHT, BEATING ANAMOSA THERE..BY ABOUT 8 POINTS.

THE GIRLS, HERE, ALSO WON OVER ANAMOSA BY A BUNCH OF POINTS.

MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS HOST PRESTON IN NON-CONFERENCE ACTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. BOTH GAMES ON KMAQ....DONE BY KMAQ'S BOB WARNER, CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY TODAY. PRESTON GIRLS ARE NUMBER 1 IN THE STATE AND LAST YEAR WERE THE STATE CHAMPIONS IN THEIR CLASS.

MORE VADALISM AT BRAD DEERY MOTORS....THIS TIME..TO A WINDSHIELD AND TO ANOTHER CAR'S DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR..TOTAL DAMAGE ESTIMATE, $300.
DONE LAST NIGHT.

THAT IS IT....

SLEEP-IN TOMORROW!

BUT, GET UP IN TIME FOR CHURCH! NANCY AND I ARE GOING TO 6 P.M. CHURCH TONIGHT, THEN WITH SOME FRIENDS TO BLUFFLAKE CATFISH FARM AND THEIR FISH SPECIAL. IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE...HOPE THE WAIT WON'T BE TOO LONG.
AS LONG AS IT IS LESS THAN AN HOUR.

DENNIS VOY  

COLD LAST NIGHT...9 BELOW. TODAY'S HIGH, 11 ABOVE. WARMER TOMORROW, WITH A HIGH AROUND 30.

BIG DAY FOR MAQUOKETA...TV STATIONS WERE IN TO DO THEIR REPORT ON
MAQUOKETA'S NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK ADDITION....THE FAMILY DOLLAR
DISTRIBUTION CENTER. THE COMPANY BASED IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, SAID TODAY THEY EXPECT TO BE OPERATIONAL BY THE SPRING OF 2002. THEIR WEB SITE IS www.familydollar.com AND IT HAS THE BIG NEWS STORE ON IT, PLUS LOTS OF OTHER THINGS. THE FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK COMES ALMOST A YEAR FROM THE TIME THE FIRST DISCUSSIONS BEGAN WITH FAMILY DOLLAR. LINDA STURTZ, MAQUOKETA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, SAID THE STATE PROVIDED THE FIRM AS A CONTACT FOR THE CITY. IN MAY, A SITE CONSULTANT WAS SENT BY FAMILY DOLLAR,TO MAQUOKETA AND STURTZ SAID HE MADE THE MOST THOROUGH INVESTIGATION SHE'S EVER SEEN. THE CONSULTANT LIKED THE SITE AND WORK BEGAN ON WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A 180 PAGE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN ON THE 74 ACRE SITE. THEY PLAN TO BUILD A 907,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND PLAN TO HIRE ABOUT 500 PEOPLE FOR THE FULLY AUTOMATED FACILITY AND THEY WILL BE INVESTING $50-MILLION DOLLARS IN THE PROJECT. WORKERS WILL BE PAID AROUND $10 AN HOUR.
THEY HAVE 3,875 STORES AND LAST YEAR,STARTED UP 406. THERE IS ONE IN DUBUQUE.

KEEP IN MIND...THE GENERAC PLANT WILL OPEN THIS SUMMER RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THE FAMILY DOLLAR BUILDING IS GOING UP...AND THEY WILL START OFF WITH 200 WORKERS AND GO UP TO 400 AND MORE. THAT'S 700 TO 900 NEWS JOBS IN MAQUOKETA IN THE NEXT 2 OR 3 YEARS.

TARA TALLMAN, AGE 15, OF MAQUOKETA, PLEADED GUILTY THIS MORNING IN JACKSON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT TO SETTING AMANDA O'MEARA ON FIRE IN MAQUOKETA LAST SEPTEMBER. SHE HAD BEEN SCHEDULED FOR TRIAL FEB 12TH.
THE GUILTY PLEA ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR A TRIAL. SHE WILL BE SENTENCED BY JUVENILE COURT IN JACKSON COUNTY FEB 12TH AT 1:30 P.M. THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE WOULD BE THAT TALLMAN IS ORDERED TO THE STATE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN TOLEDO UNTIL SHE'S 18. AT THAT TIME, CRIMINAL CHARGES COULD BE FILED AND SHE COULD GO TO PRISON. THIS MORNING, SHE APPEARED WITH HER MOTHER AND COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY BRIAN FARRELL OF MAQUOKETA. SHE PLEADED GUILTY TO WILLFUL INJURY, A CLASS C FELONY. LYNETTE BODENHOFER LATE LAST YEAR PLEADED GUILTY TO THE SAME CHARGE FOR HER PART IN THE INCIDENT. THIS MORNING, TALLMAN TOLD THE JUDGE THAT SHE AND LYNETTE PLANNED TO BURN AMANDA'S HAIR. TALLMAN CRIED AS SHE SAID BODENHOFER TOSSED GAS ON AMANDA AND THAT SHE LIT THE LIGHTER TO START THE FIRE. TALLMAN TODAY RETURNED TO THE IOWA JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER IN MONTROSE, IOWA, WHERE SHE HAS BEEN HELD FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

A FIRE LAST NIGHT AROUND 7 DAMAGED A MAINTENANCE SHED AT HAWKEYE DISPOSAL (FORMERLY CAMPBELL CLEANUP) ON SOUTH OTTO. A WOODBURNER STOVE WAS THE CULPRIT. DAMAGE ESTIMATE, $5,000...TO ROOF AND RAFTERS. IT WAS BITTER COLD FOR THE FIREMEN WHO WERE AT THE SCENE ABOUT AN HOUR.

THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK PLEDGED $150,000 TO THE PROPOSED NEW $6-MILLION DOLLAR REC CENTER WITH SWIMMING POOL FOR MAQUOKETA. THE PLEDGE CAME AT A KICK-OFF FUND RAISING EVENT LAST NIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY CENTER. THE FUND RAISER WILL GO ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND THE GOAL IS TO RAISE HALF FROM DONATIONS AND GET THE OTHER FROM GRANTS AND SALES TAX AND MAYBE HOTEL TAX SOURCES.

ALBERT HANKEMEIER, AGE 83, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED YESTERDAY AT HIS HOME.
HE FARMED FOR MANY YEARS AND THEN MOVED TO MAQUOKETA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE THERESA, 3 DAUGHTERS, INCLUDING DIANE HAYLOCK OF MAQUOKETA AND 3 SONS.

MAQUOKETA GIRLS HOST ANAMOSA TONIGHT AND BOYS PLAY THERE. TOMORROW NIGHT, MAQUOKETA BOYS AND GIRLS HOST PRESTON IN A GIRL-BOY DOUBLEHEADER. PRESTON GIRLS ARE #1 IN THE STATE.

LAST NIGHT, THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS DEFEATED CASCADE 60 TO 9 AT THE LOCAL GYM. THEY HAVE ONE MORE MEET NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT, THEN START TOURNAMENT ACTION A WEEK FROM TOMORROW.

SORRY THIS WAS A LITTLE LONG TODAY.

MAQUOKETA IS THE TALK OF IOWA THESE DAYS...A BOOMING COMMUNITY.

IT IS SAFE TO SAY....BOTH NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO THE SOUTH EDGE OF TOWN WOULD NEVER HAVE COME ABOUT IF THE NEW 4-LANE HIGHWAY HAD NOT BEEN BUILDT...HIGHWAY 61.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

 

IT IS 5 BELOW NOW, HEADING FOR 10 BELOW,WITH STRONG WINDS.
COLD TOMMORROW. BUT WARMING UP TO 30 AGAIN ON SATURDAY.

THE DECKER HOTEL AND RESTAURANT 125TH ANNIVERSARY WAS CELEBRATED TONIGHT. IT WAS ALSO TROY AND RAEANN THEIDE'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF OWNING THE DECKER. THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB BRINGING IT TO WHERE IT IS TODAY. A REAL ASSET TO MAQUOKETA. A FEW THINGS STILL LEFT TO DO, INCLUDING REDECORATING THE DINING ROOM. REFRESHMENTS SERVED IN THE LOBBY AND LIVE MUSIC BY BRIAN MARCEAU. A SPECIAL IN THE DINING ROOM AND TOURS OF THE 2ND AND 3RD FLOOR COMPLETELY-NEW ROOMS.
NANCY AND I HAD SOME WINE, THEN TO THE DINING ROOM FOR A SANDWICH AND I WAS OFF A SHORT TIME LATER TO BROADCAST WITH DOC KOOB, THE WRESTLING DUAL MEET WITH CASCADE.

MAQUOKETA WON THE DUAL MEET, 60 TO 9. FALLS(PINS)BY MAQUOKETA'S
JACE KUHLMAN....DEREK FUGLSANG...CHRIS HAHN...COLE PAPE...AND NIC HAHN.

DEB TAYLOR STAMM, AGE 46, OF PLAINS,MONTANA, DIED YESTERDAY AT PLAINS FOLLOWING A BATTLE WITH CANCER. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD
FOLLOWING CREAMATION. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER PARENTS, GERALD AND ESTHER TAYLOR OF MAQUOKETA. ALSO HER HUSBAND AND 3 CHILDREN, 2 SISTERS, DIAN LUETT AND DENISE KIRK, BOTH OF MAQUOKETA AND 2 BROTHERS, TOM TAYLOR OF DELMAR AND TIM OF WISCONSIN.

THE FINAL PAPERS WERE SIGNED THIS WEEK BY THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVIORS FOR THE NEW FAMILY DOLLAR DISTRIBUTION CENTER. THE
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE COMPANY WITH DETAILS OF THEIR PLANS FOR
MAQUOKETA'S NEW CENTER SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED ANY DAY. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO HIRE 500 TO WORK IN THEIR 20-ACRES UNDER ONE-ROOF
BUILDING JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA, ACROSS FROM BURNETT-THEIR FORD.

SORRY ABOUT THE LATE REPORT.

SEE YOU TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY