SUNNY AND COLD..HIGH AROUND 20 TODAY.
LAST DECEMBER, WE GOT 1.94 INCHES OF RAIN AND
26.5 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS DECEMBER, 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN AND 1/4-INCH OF SNOW. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES. THIS INFORMATION GIVEN TO ME BY MR. C....ROBERT CHRISTIANSEN OF MAQUOKETA...ACTIVE RETIRED SENIOR....FORMER BARBER AND OXFORD JUNCTION SCHOOL TEACHER. NOW..ALONG WITH OTHER VOLUNTEER JOBS...HE KEEPS TRACK OF PRECIPITATION FOR CHANNEL 9 IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND KMAQ. HIS WIFE BONNIE...FORMER JC PENNEY STORE EMPLOYEE WHEN WE HAD PENNEYS IN MAQUOKETA...NOW WORKS PARTTIME FOR THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE. THEY LIVE IN THE HOUSE JAY STRONG BUILT ON LAKEHURST ROAD AT THE WEST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA. ANYONE REMEMBER JAY?

HOW ABOUT THE HAWKEYES....AND THEIR BIG BOWL GAME WIN SATURDAY??

ANOTHER BIG WIN FOR THE PACKERS YESTERDAY.

A SEARCH WARRANT FROM A MAQUOKETA MOBILE HOME HAS YIELDED SOME ADDITIONAL CHARGES. MAQUOKETA POLICE SERACHED A MOBILE HOME AT 44 YALE CHRISTMAS EVE AND THEN ARRESTED DANIEL WEBER OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 21, AND CHARGED HIM WITH BURGLARY IN THE 3RD DEGREE AND POSSESSIN OF STOLEN PROPERTY. OFFICERS SAID WEBER HAD ITEMS FROM A BREAK-IN AT THE MAC BUILDING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO ITEMS HE STOLE FROM THE EDWARDS HOME IN RURAL MAQUOKETA. AND THEN...THIS WEEKEND, OFFICERS ARRESTED TERRY KREMER, AGE 19, ALSO FROM 44 YALE...ON A WARRANT. HE WEAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY. POLICE FOUND A BLUE LIGHT REPORTED STOLEN IN NOVEMBER FROM A MAQUOKETA FIRMEN'S VEHICLE. ALSO FOUND, A WOMEN'S ROLEX WATCH TAKEN FROM A RURAL MAQUOKETA HOME. I PUT THIS LONG STORY ON TO LET YOU KNOW THAT NOT ALL CRIMES GET UNSOLVED. A GOOD JOB WELL DONE BY THE MAQUOKETA PD.

BERNICE BREUCH, AGE 96, DIED SATURDAY AT MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE. SERVICES WILL BE IN MADISON, WISCONSIN. SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO CHILDREN, INCLUDING TOM BREUCH, MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY.

MANY OF YOU ARE TOO OLD TO PARTY TONIGHT...SO DON'T.

THE REST OF YOU...DRIVE CAREFULLY.

NANCY AND I PLAN NOTHING SPECIAL TONIGHT...AND
I WILL SKIP DICK CLARK'S THING..AND RETIRE EARLIER...AS I HAVE MY FM SHIFT STARTING AT 6:30 TOMMORROW. IN RADIO..THE SHOW GOES ON.

HOPE YOUR 2001 WAS GOOD (OK).. AND THAT 2002 WILL BE BETTER.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

DENNIS VOY  

SUNSHINE..CLOUDS...SOME LIGHT SNOW...WE HAD IT ALL TODAY...WITH A HIGH OF 26.

TERRY MILLWRIGHT, AGE 52, OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, DIED SUDDENLY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE HAD WORKED THE LAST 2 AND 1/2 YEARS FOR THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA STREET DEPARTMENT.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, DEBRA, TWO DAUGHTERS AT HOME, 1 BROTHER, JERRY MILLWRIGHT OF LAMOTTE AND HIS STEP-MOTHER, BURRIE MILLWRIGHT OF OELWEIN.
HE LATE FATHER WAS LONGTIME MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN AND POSTMASTER, HAROLD MILLWRIGHT. HE WAS BEING TREATED FOR A HEART CONDITION.

LARRY DESPEGHEL, AGE 78, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED THIS MORNING AT A HOSPITAL IN DAVENPORT. HE HAD BEEN IN ILL HEALTH FOR SOME TIME. HE WORKED FOR CLINTON ENGINES FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1984. HE WAS A WORLD WAR II VET AND HE WAS A PAST MAQUOKETA FIREMAN, PAST MAQUOKETA CITY COUNICIL MEMBER AND SERVED ALSO IN THE 70'S AS MAYOR OF MAQUOKETA. HE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER, JULIAN MARA OF SWISHER,IOWA AND A SON, KEITH OF BETTENDORF...ALSO 5 GRANDCHILDREN AND A SISTER, ROSE MARY MILLER OF MAQUOKETA.

IRENE STAHL OF DEWITT AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, WON $500 IN THE MAIN BINGO GAME LAST NIGHT AT THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF THE EAGLES THURSDAY NIGHT BINGO ON EAST PLATT STREET.

IOWA STATE LOST BY INCHES LAST NIGHT IN THE INDEPENDENCE BOWL...GOOD GAME. THE IOWA HAWKS MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM...#9 IN THE NATION, PLAY HOST TO MERCER TONIGHT IN IOWA CITY. THE IOWA HAWKEYE FOOTBALL TEAM IS IN THE ALAMO BOWL GAME TOMORROW IN TEXAS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY  

SUNSHINE THIS MORNING...CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON..IN LOW 20'S.

PASTOR JIM LUCY REPORTED TODAY THAT 67 SAT DOWN FOR THE COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS DINNER TUESDAY AT THE SENIOR CENTER, SPONSORED BY THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF MAQUOKETA. AND THEY HAD 15 DELIVERIES. HE TERMED IT A SUCCESS.

RICK MOWDY, 42, OF RICHLAND, AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY AT UNIVERISITY OF IOWA CLINICS IN IOWA CITY...FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, ROSE MARIE AND STEPFATHER, RON REIF OF RICHLAND AND HIS FATHER, ROGER, OF MISSISSIPPI. SERVICES WILL BE FRIDAY MORNING AT THE METHODIST CHURCH IN
RICHLAND. HIS STEP-FATHER LIVED IN MAQUOKETA WHILE WORKING WITH THE IOWA HIGHWAY COMMISSION, LATER TO BE KNOWN AS THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

THE CITY COUNCIL HAS A SHORT MEETING AT 6 TONIGHT DEALING WITH SOME HOUSING PLANS BY THE CARAWAYS..IN AN AREA ON EAST QUARRY STREET, AND THE BUILDING THAT FOR MANY YEARS WAS THE HOME OF CARAWAY FEED AND SUPPLY.

HAD LUNCH TODAY WITH BOB THOMAS AND HE'S DOING WELL AFTER MAJOR SURGERY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IN IOWA CITY. LOST 20 POUNDS....AND IF ANYONE IS REALLY INTERESTED, HE CAN SHOW YOU ONE HUGE SCAR.
DOESN'T HAVE TO GO BACK FOR CHECK UP FOR 6 MONTHS.
HE'S STILL SELLING LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD INSURANCE IN THIS AREA. AND HIS WIFE... PARTNER IN THE COTTAGE, DOWNTOWN ...IS EAGERLY AWAITING 2002 BECAUSE OF A MILSTONE BIRTHDAY COMING THEN.

MORRIE MORRIS CAME HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL TODAY..A COUPLE DAYS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.....GOOD NEWS.

THE MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB RAISED DUES FOR 2002 AND IT SEEMS TO BE THE TALK OF THE MEMBERSHIP.

BOB OSTERHAUS, OF MAQUOKETA... IS NOT SURE IF HE WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION NEXT YEAR TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ACCORDING TO A STORY IN THE DUBUQUE TH PAPER...IF A GOOD DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE COMES ALONG, BOB MAY BOW OUT. HE'LL BE SERVING HIS 5TH OR 6TH SESSION THIS JANUARY.

THERE'S A BIG SIGN UP ON THE NOW EMPTY LOT
ON NORTHWEST CORNER OF 61 AND 64 ...ANNOUNCING THE FUTURE SITE OF IOWA BANK. THE HOUSE THERE AND A COUPLE OF OUT-BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN TORN DOWN...THE LAND WAS GRADED...AND THE NEW BANK WILL
GO UP NEXT SPRING. IT WILL BE MAQUOKTA'S 3RD BANK, PLUS DUTRAC COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION, WHICH OPERATES IN MANY WAYS...LIKE A BANK. THEIR NEW BUILDING OPENED A COUPLE YEARS AGO ACROSS FROM WAL MART.

HOW ABOUT A BUNCH OF GUEST BOOK ENTRIES OVER THE NEW YEARS HOLIDAY FROM ALL OF YOU .....SHORT,...SAYING...
(LIST YEAR)WAS A GREAT YEAR IN MAQUOKETA BECAUSE....(LIST REASON)...AND NOW..HAPPY NEW YEAR TO (LIST FRIENDS, RELATIVES)...FROM...
(LIST YOUR NAME AND YOUR TOWN).
....AND AGAIN...KEEP IT RATHER SHORT. I HAVE NOTICED LATELY A LOT OF LONG, LONG ENTRIES.

GOTTA GO....ON THE AIR IN 5 MINUTES.

DENNIS VOY







 

DOWN TO 4 ABOVE LAST NIGHT. LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 15 FOR A HIGH TODAY.

JACKSON COUNTY CLERK OF COURT LOIS SCHNOOR AND HER VETERAN DEPUTY CLERK, GLORIA SAGERS, HAVE BOTH RESIGNED THEIR POSITONS, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31ST. BOTH SAID THE CUTS IN THE COUNTY JUDICIAL SYSTEM PUSHED THEM INTO RESIGNING. SCHNOOR HAS BEEN CLERK OF COURT FOR 33 YEARS BUT HAS WORKED IN COUNTY OFFICES FOR 45 YEARS. SAGERS HAS WORKED FOR VARIOUS COUNTY OFFICES FOR 43 YEARS. SCHNOOR SAID SHE WAS TOLD SHE WILL BE THE LAST CLERK OF COURT FOR JACKSON COUNTY. SHE DOESN'T EXPECT TO SEE SOMEONE REPLACE HER LOCALLY. SHE SAID SHE WAS TOLD SOME FILES WILL BE MOVED TO CLINTON COUNTY, BUT NO ONE HAS MADE AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE LOCAL OFFICE. THERE WILL STILL BE 3 PEOPLE WORKING IN THE OFFICE WHEN SCHNOOR AND SAGERS
LEAVE.

A MAQUOKETA MAN, DANIEL WEBER, AGE 21, HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BREAK-IN ATA THE MAC CLASSSROOM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LAST WEEKEND.

CHRISTMAS EVE AT 7:22, DAVID NIEMAN FELL ASLEEP WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 61, ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. THE VEHICLE RAN INTO THE MEDIAN AND THE CAR RECEIVED ABOUT $3,000 DAMAGE. DEPUTY DICK WARD CHARGED HIM WITH FAILAURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. NO INJURIES.

JAMIE TJADEN, AGE 46, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH OWI. HE WAS CHARGED IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA ON CHRISTMAS DAY.

JAY THOMASON, AGE 27, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC ABUSE AFTER THERESA THOMASON SAID JAY THOMASON PULLED HER HAIR AND THREATENED HER AT THE RESIDENCE ON EAST PLATT SATURDAY NIGHT.

DODY GARIEN, 32, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO ONE DAY IN JAIL, SUSPENDED, AFTER JENNIFER THOMAS SAID GARIEN GRABBED HER BY THE HAIR AND THREW HER TO THE GROUND BACK IN EARLY NOVEMBER. AT 801 EAST PLATT STREET.

LONGTIME BUSINESSMAN SLIP HOWELL DIED OF AN APPARAENT HEART ATTACK AT HIS HOME CHRISTMAS EVE.
HE WAS 79. HE AND HIS WIFE RAN SLIPS INN FROM 1959 UNTIL 1989. SINCE HIS RETIREMENT, HE HAS WORKED PARTTIME AS A COURIER FOR THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS. HE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON,
VERL OF MAQUOKETA AND A DAUGHTER, MELODY MILLER OF MAQUOKETA AND A SISTER, VELETA DeMOSS OF MAQUOKETA.

THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONSA WENT DOWN IN MAQUOKETA THIS MORNING. CAN'T EVER RECALL THE MMEU CREW TAKING THEM DOWN THIS EARLY.

DON'T FORGET TO CHEER FOR THE CYCLONES OF IOWA STATE IN THEIR BOWL GAME TOMORROW NIGHT.

IOWA'S BOWL GAME IS SATURDAY.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

DENNIS VOY  

COLD TODAY, ONLY IN THE TEENS...AND WINDY...BUT SUNNY.

THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ARE LOOKING AT THE OLD TRUCK STOP ALONG HIGHWAY 61 AS A SITE FOR A COUNTY BUILDING, THAT MIGHT BE USED BY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL HAVE TO LEAVE THE OLD HOSPITAL BUILDING WHEN IT IS TORN DOWN.
THE GANNON CENTER MENTAL HEALTH....THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES...AND WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICE ARE ALL GOING TO NEED A PLACE TO RELOCATE TO.

A BREAK-IN AT THE MAC CLASSROOM ADJACENT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE MAQUOKETA POLICE. THE BREAK-IN OCCURRED OVER NIGHT FRIDAY...WITH ENTRY GAINED FROM THE WEST DOOR. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO A POP MACHINE, AND A COMPUTER AND A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS.

WE DID GET A LITTLE SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT IT IS ABOUT GONE ALREADY.

ON THE STORK REPORT...RANDY AND JEAN SPRINGER OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN THURSDAY
AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE ELSIE SPRINGER OF MAQUOKETA AND HARVEY AND LAUREL SOENKSEN OF MAQUOKETA. GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS RITA KNOCK OF MAQUOKETA.

NO LOCAL DEATHS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

DENNIS VOY  

SUNNY AND AROUND 40 TODAY.

ALMOST EVERY SONG ON KMAQ IS A CHRISTMAS CAROL THESE DAYS....ITS GETTING CLOSE...CHRISTMAS IS.

THEIVE BROKE INTO THE IOWA BANK IN LAMOTTE EARLY THIS MORNING, BUT APPARENTLY NOTHING TAKEN.

AND...SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE HOME OF MARK AND DEB EDWARDS YESTERDAY...AND TOOK ALL THE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE. ALSO TOOK SOME JEWELRY AND AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF CASH. MARK IS THE OWNER OF BRIDGEPORT AUTO SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.

A BELLEVUE MAN WON $100,000 IN THE IOWA LOTTERY CASH GAME LAST WEEK. HE IS BILL KNUTH...A REGULAR CUSTOMER AT WAGNER'S CONVENIENCE STORE IN BELLEVUE.

JOHN RUFF, AGE 43, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS FINED $250 IN DISTRICT COURT, ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE...METHAMPHETAMINE. HE DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED FOR 90 DAYS.

NO DEATHS.

NO BIRTHS.

SANTA WILL BE ON KMAQ MONDAY MORNING ON THE JUST TALK SHOW.

DROVE AROUND TOWN A LITTLE LAST NIGHT...MAQUOKETA IS DECORATED FOR CHRISTMAS IN ALL AREAS OF TOWN.
REMEMBER THE BIG FEED MILL THAT ROSS RIVER BUILDT.....IT IS VERY HIGH...NOW A HORSE FEED COMPANY....ON TOP OF IT..VISABLE FROM ALL AROUND...A LIGHTED CHRISTMAS TREE....STAR...AND US FLAG.

EAST OF TOWN..A VERY NICE NEW DISPLAY ON A HILL OVERLOOKING HIGHWAY 64.

WELL...NEED TO END THIS...GO ON THE AIR IN A FEW MINUTES.

MORE TOMORROW, HOPEFULLY.

DENNIS VOY  

SUNNY BUT COLD TODAY, HIGH OF 37.

PREDICTION FOR CHRISTMAS DAY, TUESDAY, A HIGH IN THE UPPER TEENS.

BOTH THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS LOST TO CASCADE TUESDAY NIGHT.

LON MYATT OF MAQUOKETA REPORTED HIS 98 CHEVY 4 BY 4 STOLEN LAST NIGHT WHILE HE WAS AT THE QUARTERDECK BAR IN BALDWIN. IT WAS FOUND LATER IN A DITCH NEAR MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA ROTARY'S NEW WEB-SITE...IS UP...MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE OLD..WITH LOTS OF COLOR PICTURES....AT www.maquoketa-rotary.org

J.C. NISSEN,AGE 83, OF ANDREW,DIED TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER AT BELLEVUE.
WELL-KNOWN MAQUOKETA-ANDREW-AREA FARMER.
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MARJORIE...2 DAUGHTERS, BARBARA NISSEN OF MAQUOKETA AND PHYLLIS CRAMER OF MOUNT VERNON AND 1 SON, REV. RICHARD NISSEN OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

HO HO HO...CHRISTMAS IS GETTING CLOSE.

COME BACK TOMORROW.

AND..IF I DON'T HAVE COMPUTER PROBLEMS....LIKE YESTERDAY AFERNOON...I'LL HAVE A REPORT.

DENNIS VOY  

46 AND PARTLY SUNNY....NOT A BAD DAY AGAIN IF YOU HATE SNOW.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT WAS SHORT AND MUCH OF DISCUSSION WAS ON THE CITY'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. THEY AGREED TO MEET AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT TO TALK MORE ABOUT EXPANSION OF IT. THE MEETING WILL BE WITH THE CITY ENGINEERS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

ARLENE DOLCH, AGE 87, OF SEBRING, FLORIDA AND FORMELRY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED TODAY AT A FLORIDA HOSPITAL. SERVICES ARE PENDING DOWN THERE.
SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND, WALT, OPERATED DOLCH'S BAKERY FOR MANY YEARS IN MAQUOKETA. SURVIVORS INCLUDE TWO DAUGHTERS, SYLVIA IN FLORIDA AND CAROLYN HEUERTZ OF MAQUOKETA AND ALSO A SON, WALTER, JR. IN NAPLES, FLORIDA....ALSO EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN AND 12 GREAT.

FIBBER MCGEE AND MOLLY'S 1942 CHRISTMAS RADIO SHOW IS ON THE AIR RIGHT NOW ON KMAQ. EVERY YEAR, WE PLAY SOME OLD TIME CHRISTMAS RADIO SHOWS FOR A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS. EACH ARE 30-MINUTES LONG. TOMORROW, THE JACK BENNEY SHOW.
YES..WE HAVE 2001 SPONSORS OF THE SHOW.

CLIF LAMBORN GOES INTO HOSPITAL TOMORROW FOR A KNEE REPLACEMENT. WAS IN AT BILL MOLER'S TODAY AND SAYS HE HOPES TO GET OUT ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

MAQUOKETA GIRLS HOST CASCADE TONIGHT IN BASKETBALL AND THE BOYS PLAY THERE. THE CASCADE GIRLS ARE 8 AND 0.

THE KMAQ CHRISTMAS PARTY IS THIS SATURDAY. YOU ARE ALL INVITED. I'LL TRY AND REMEMBER TO TELL YOU LATER THIS WEEK, WHERE IT WILL BE.

"LORD OF THE RINGS" STARTS TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE. WILL IT BE THE #1 CHRISTMAS SEASON MOVIE? I SURE HOPE SO.

COME BACK TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY



 

A YEAR AGO TODAY, WE HAD SNOW ON THE GROUND AND A HIGH OF 7. TODAY, WE HAVE SUNSHINE AND ARE IN THE MID 30'S. NO SNOW YET. ERGON PENNINGROTH SAID WE HAD A WARMER DECEMBER WITH NO SNOW 3 YEARS AGO.

THE SUNSHINE SCHOOL HAD A RAFFLE THIS FALL AND TODAY DREW OUT THE WINNING NAMES. THE NAME DRAWN FOR ONE OF THE PRIZES....A RIDE IN A HOT AIR BALLOON...WAS DENNIS VOY. I CAN TAKE SOMEONE WITH ME...AND NANCY SAYS, NOT HER. SO, IT MAY BE MY GRANDSON. ANYONE EVER TAKE ONE OF THOSE RIDES?

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS TOOK FIRST PLACE IN THE SABER INVITATIONAL SATURDAY IN DEWITT. THE WRESTLING TEAM IF OFF TO A GOOD START UNDER NEW COACH BOWMAN. NORTH SCOTT WAS 2ND...WILTON 3RD AND DEWITT 4TH. MAQUOKETA HAD FOUR 1ST PLACE CHAMPS....JON POLL AT 112....DEREK FUGLSANG AT 119...LUKE GORNEY AT 130....AND DANE PAPE AT 215.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM...2 AND 2 IN THE BIG BEND...HOST CASCADE TOMORROW NIGHT.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN JONES IN ARIZONA...BIG 87.
YOU CAN SEND HIM A BIRTHDAY WISH E-MAIL TO johnmert@webtv.net HIS SON JACK HAS BEEN MY THEATRE MANAGER SINCE 1974. MERT IS HIS LOVELY WIFE.

THREE VEHICLES WERE STOLEN FROM BRIDGEPORT AUTO SALES JUST SOUTH OF TOWN OVER WEEKEND AND ALL 3 HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. ONE WAS FOUND NEAR DELMAR...ANOTHER IN ANOTHER PART OF BRIDGEPORT'S LOT AND ANOTHER IN THE PARKING LOT OF AN INDUSTRY ACROSS THE STREET....ALL THE CARS WERE FAIRLY NEW AND ALL HAD SOME DAMAGE DONE TO THEM. MONEY FROM A POP MACHINE WAS ALSO TAKEN. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARMENTS IS ASKING HELP THROUGH CRIME STOPPERS.

CITY COUNCILL MEETING TONIGHT.

TWO FIRE CALLS THIS MORNING BY MAQUOKETA FIREMEN...TO A COUCH ON FIRE ON WEST PLATT AND A CHIMNEY FIRE NEAR FULTON. MINOR FIRES.

RED HENTON CHECKED HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE LAST WEEK AND DISCOVERED IT HAD EXPIRED. SO, HE WENT IN FOR A NEW ONE..AND FLUNKED THE TEST. NOW HAS TO TAKE IT OVER AGAIN THIS WEEK. ITS THE TALK OF THE TOWN.

MILDRED RALSTON, AGE 93, DIED YESTERDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SHE WAS A NURSE AT THE HOSPITAL FOR MANY YEARS AND IS SURVIVED BY NEICES AND NEPHEWS.

IOWA HAD AN AWESOME WIN OVER #2 MISSOURI SATURDAY NIGHT...

AND..THE PACKERS LOST YESTERDAY.

CHRISTMAS EVE IS ONE WEEK FROM TODAY.

THANKS TO BUDDY OLSON FOR CONTRIBUTING $1 TO THE FATHER-OF-THE-BRIDE ACCOUNT.....THAT I MENTIONED HERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. THE ACCOUNT NOW STANDS AT......$1

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY


 

MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND IN LOW 40'S. FOG TONIGHT. NO SNOW IN MAQUOKETA YET...AND WE ARE HALF-WAY THROUGH DECEMBER. THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 6 DAYS CALLS FOR ONLY FLURRIES AND WITH CHRISTMAS JUST 10 DAYS OFF....IT IS NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR A WHITE CHRISTMAS. BUT...TOO SOON TO GIVE UP. VERY COLD WEATHER IS BEING FORCAST FOR LAST WEEK OF DECEMBER.

BRANSON TRIP WENT WELL...NO PROBLEMS...ONLY A LITTLE RAIN NOW AND THEN TO COPE WITH. GOT HOME EARLY..AT 7 LAST NIGHT. BRANSON WAS NOT BUSY... AS MANY OF THE SHOWS HAD ALREADY CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS. THE TOWN IS DOING OKAY...BUT STILL A PROBLEM OF TOO MANY THEATRES AND MOTELS. A BIG CONVENTION COMPLEX IS NEARLY CERTAIN FOR DOWNTOWN ALONG THE LAKE AND EVERYONE IS EXCITED ABOUT IT.
CONVENTION BUSINESS IS SOMETHING THEY DON'T GET NOW.

REALLY...NOT A LOT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS GONE..
SO THIS REPORT WILL BE DISAPPOINTING TO YOU.

THE CHARLENE AND LEROY JOHNSON FAMILY HAVE BEEN HONORED AS THE 4-H FAMILY OF THE YEAR. WELL DESERVED.

THE KIWANIS CLUB MET THIS WEEK TO START PLANNING THE APRIL AFTER-PROM EVENT. IT WILL BE APRIL 28...AND THAT IS SAME NIGHT AS MIDLAND OF WYOMING PROM...AND MIDLAND HAD ALREADY RESERVED THE TIMBER LANES FOR THEIR AFTER-PROM PARTY..SO THE LOCAL ONE WILL HAVE TO BE AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION. WENDY SCOTT...LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE KIWANIS... SAYS VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED... AND ALSO SUGGESTIONS FOR A DIFFERENT SITE. WENDY AND MOTHER, ANN, STILL RUN RON-ANN'S FLORAL SHOPPE...WEST EDGE OF MAQUOKETA AND IT IS ONE OF MAQUOKETA OLDEST ACTIVE BUSINESS PLACES..IN MID-TO-UPPER 40'S IN YEARS OF OPERATION.

DURWARD AND IREN GOHLMAN WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY DECEMBER 23RD..WITH A FAMILY DINNER. THEY STILL LIVE AT 214 THOMAS AVENUE. SEND THEM A CARD. A FINE COUPLE. FARMERS FIRST..THEN FARM BUREAU INSURANCE FOR DURWARD LATER..THEN BANKING UNTIL RETIRING...ALONG WITH BEING A POPULAR GOOD CHEAP AUCTIONEER. VERY ACTIVE IN LUTHERAN CHURCH AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. DURWARD ONE OF THE BEST STORY TELLERS AROUND TOO. HAVE 5 KIDS...PLUS ONE OTHER WAS KILLED IN A FARM ACCIDENT MANY YEARS AGO. I WAS IN THE LIONS CLUB WITH DURWARD FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL THE CLUB FOLDED.

DOROTHY LIPPENS HART, AGE 76, DIED LAST NIGHT AFTER A LONG ILLNESS AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME.
HER FIRST HUSBAND DIED IN 1991 AND SHE MARRIED DON HART IN 1992. THEY GOT ENGAGED WHILE ON ONE OF MY BRANSON TRIPS. SHE WAS GOOD AT BAKING..AND LOVED MUSIC. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND DON, SON DAVID OF MAQUOKETA AND DAUGHTER CAROL OF WEST DES MOINES.

THE MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TUESDAY NIGHT, BUT LAST NIGHT, WON THEIR 2ND GAME OF THE SEASON, BEATING A PRETTY GOOD MONTICELLO TEAM, HERE IN TOWN.
AND THE SOPHOMORES REMAIN UNDEFEATED.

THE WRESTLERS ARE IN A TOURNAMENT IN DEWITT TODAY.

IOWA PLAYS #2 MISSOURI TONIGHT..THERE.

THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS STAR PROGRAM WAS BIGGER THAN LAST YEAR...WITH 575 NEEDED INDIVIDUALS GETTING A GIFT THIS YEAR.

ROBERT AND HILDA CRIST OF DELMAR WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 60TH DECEMBER 27TH. HE WAS A CARPENTER AND FEED DEALER AND THEY HAVE 4 CHILDREN, INCLUDING ROBERT JR. OF MAQUOKETA...WELL KNOWN CONTRACTOR.
GOOD CONTRACTOR TOO..BUILT MY HOME IN 1970.

MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO DYERSVILLE TUESDAY NIGHT..AND PLAYED MONTICELLO LAST NIGHT AND I HAVE NOT HEARD THE SCORE OF THAT GAME..SORRY.

MARIYN GALLUP OF MAQUOKETA...WON $2,500 IN A SCRATCH-OFF LOTTERY GAME. SAW HER NAME IN A LOTTERY NEWSPAPER AD.

A BIG DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA BUILDING HAS BEEN SOLD.
MORE LATER.

THE LIGHT POLES ARE UP ON THE HUGE FAMILY DOLLAR PARKING LOT SOUTH OF TOWN....WOW...YOU CAN SEE THAT PLANT A LONG WAY OFF.

PICTURE OF BUDDY OLSON IN THE PAPER THIS WEEK.
WISH YOU COULD ALL SEE IT. FROM THE PICTURE..
YOU WOULD NEVER BELIEVE HE IS AS OLD AS HE IS.

WELL..GOTTA GO. STILL GETTING CAUGHT-UP HERE AT THE OFFICE...AFTER THE TRIP. HAD 128 E-MAILS TO READ TODAY. AND..A BUNCH OF GUEST BOOK ENTRIES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT GUEST BOOK??? THANKS, JACQUE IN ALASKA..FOR A CUTE CHRISTMAS STORY ABOUT ME HELPING OUT OLE ST. NICK. PRINTED THAT TO SHOW TO THE GRAND KIDS...AND NANCY. GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK ON LINE
JACQUE.

HAVE A GOOD SUNDAY.

DENNIS VOY











 

47 THE HIGH TODAY....WITH SUNSHINE...AND TOMORROW, THE SAME.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

7 MORE DEER ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH NO INJURIES. THOSE HITTING A DEER: SUE CORLIS...
DOUG GRAVERT...CAROL LUCKE...MARK EHLERS...BOB SIGWORTH...DON MCDONALD...AND GARY RIX.

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS OVER THE WEEKEND...

AND A SLOW WEEKEND FOR NEWS.

SORRY.

MY NEXT REPORT WILL BE SOMETIME SATURDAY.

DENNIS VOY  

SUNNY BUT COLD...MAY HIT 40 TODAY.

MAQUOKETA BOYS LOST TO WESTERN DUBUQUE FRIDAY NIGHT, THERE. THE SOPHOMORES WON AND REMAIN UNDEFEATED.

MAQUOKETA GIRLS HERE, BEAT WESTERN DUBUQUE.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS YESTERDAY TOOK 2ND PLACE IN THE ANNUAL DWIGHT ZIMMERMAN TOURNAMENT AT THE MCHS GYM.

I WILL BE LEADING, ESCORTING, A KMAQ-TRAVEL BUSLOAD TO BRANSON THIS COMING TUESDAY THRU FRIDAY...SO NO REPORT THOSE 4 DAYS. TEN OF THOSE GOING ARE FROM MAQUOKETA..ALL WOMEN. COUNTING ME THERE WILL BE 14 MEN ON THE BUS..AND 42 LADIES. WE WILL SEE 7 MUSIC SHOWS, INCLUDING ANDY WILLIAMS AND SHOJI TABUCHI.

REGARDING THE KMAQ CHRISTMAS PICTURE....SEVERAL GUESSED THE PROBLEM....TWO PICTURES OF JIM SAUNDERS. MISSING IN THE PICTURE...AND TO GO IN ONE OF THOSE SLOTS...IS A PICTURE OF CHUCK
BAGUSS, PARTTIME ANNOUNCER. ALSO MISSING IN THE PICTURE IS DAUGHTER CHRISTY CLASEN AND GRANDDAUGHTER SARA CLASEN, BOTH ALSO ON THE KMAQ PAYROLL FOR PARTTIME WORK. SON DAVID VOY, IN PICTURE, DID THE HOLIDAY SHOT ON HIS COMPUTER.

DON'T FORGET....USE THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK TO WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRITMAS. I HAVE AROUND 250-300 THAT CHECK THIS DAILY REPORT WEEKLY! HOW ABOUT 250 SHORT CHRISTMAS GREETING LETTERS FROM ALL OF YOU. THEN..ON A DAILY BASIS, I'LL URGE KMAQ LISTENERS TO CHECK THE GUEST BOOK FOR ALL THE INTERNET CHRISTMAS CARDS.

NOW..BACK TO WORK...HAVE LOTS OF THINGS TO GET DONE BEFORE LEAVING AT 4 A.M. TUESDAY FOR THE TRIP TO BRANSON.

HAVE A NICE WEEK.

DENNIS VOY  

HIGH WAS 49 TODAY.

AGAIN THIS YEAR, THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS DINNER AT THE SENIOR CENTER ON DECEMBER 25TH, STARTING AND NOON AND SPONSORED AGAIN THIS YEAR BY THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF MAQUOKETA, PASTOR, JIM LUCEY.

JASON CUMMINGS OF MAQUOKETA WAS GOING TO BUILD AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP ON LAND HE WAS GOING TO BUY FROM BRENT NUGENT, NEAR NUGENT'S BUSINESS AND ASKED THAT IT BE RE-ZONED TO ALLOW FOR THIS. BUT, NEIGHBORS OBJECTED AND THE CHANGE WAS VOTED DOWN, SO HE WILL HAVE TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION. HIS MOTHER, JUDY CUMMINGS, WAS GOING TO BE A PARTNER IN THE NEW BUSINESS.

JOHN OLSON, AGE 65, DIED YESTERDAY MORNING SUDDENLY FROM AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, SHIRLEY, AND 2 DAUGHTERS, DEB OLSON OF MAQUOKETA AND DAWN HARE OF MAQUOKETA, ALSO 1 GRANDDAUGHTER AND TWO BROTHERS, BUDDY OF MAQUOKETA AND JIM OF FLORIDA. HE WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR 30 YEARS...15 OF THOSE AS THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY.

LAURA BRUSE, AGE 86, DIED YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SHE WAS THE MAQUOKETA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SECRETARY IN THE 70'S. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 2 DAUGHTERS, GAIL BECK OF DELMAR AND LINDA ROTMAN OF MAQUOKETA AND ALSO TWO SONS, LARRY BRUSE OF IOWA CITY AND STEVE BRUSE OF DUBUQUE.

DONALD MAXEY, AGE 71, OF CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI,
DIED LAST SUNDAY. HE WAS THE BASKETBALL COACH HERE IN THE LATE 50'S AND HIS WIFE IS THE FORMER BONNIE BULLOCK OF MAQUOKETA. DONALD DIED THE SAME DAY AS BONNIE'S MOTHER.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS EASILY DEFEATED ANAMOSA HERE LAST NIGHT. THE MAQUOKETA BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY AT WESTERN DUBUQUE TONIGHT AND THE GIRLS TEAMS HOST WESTERN DUBUQUE. THE GIRLS LOST THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE GAME THIS PAST TUESDAY NIGHT TO CAMMANCHE.

LUCKE BROTHERS SHOE STORE IN BELLEVUE...A FAMOUS STORE DATING BACK TO THE EARLY 1900'S...WAS SOLD TO RENAE AND RANDY STILMUNKES OF LAMOTTE. THEY WILL OPEN IT AND LEAVE IT JUST AS IT HAS LOOKED OVER ALL THESE YEARS. A CHANGE WOULD BE A MISTAKE AS IT HAS THAT UNIQUE LOOK OF THE OLD DAYS, YET SELLS MANY CURRENT NAME BRANDS.

ADAM HARTMAN OF CLINTON COUNTY ROLLED A 300 GAME LAST NIGHT AT TIMBER LANES...AND HIS SERIES WAS OVER 700.

THE DECKER HOTEL IS GETTING A NEW RAMPED ENTRANCE-WAY AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF BUILDING TO ALLOW FOR WHEEL CHAIR ACCESS. THAT WILL BE ANOTHER PLUS TO THE HOTEL BUILT IN 1876. IT HAS HAD AN ELEVATOR FOR MANY YEARS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

 

50 YESTERDAY...SUNNY THIS MORNING...AND COLDER TODAY.

MISSED ME, I SUPPOSE!

WAS IN HOSPITAL ONE DAY THIS WEEK FOR A ROUTINE TEST..NO PROBLEM...

AND YESTERDAY, WAS IN HOMETOWN HORICON, WISCONSIN TO ATTEND FUNERAL OF MY UNCLE, CARL VOY, AGE 83.
CARL WAS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN AND A FINE MAN.
WORKED 43 YEARS FOR THE JOHN DEERE PLANT IN THE TOWN IN ADDITION TO TAKING CARE OF HIS BED-RIDDEN WIFE RUTH, WHO PASSED AWAY ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.
HE IS SURVIVED BY 2 CHILDREN AND 2 GRANDCHILDREN.
HIS FUNERAL WAS THE FIRST IN THE NEW LUTHERAN CHURCH IN HORICON. THE OLD ONE, THAT I ATTENDED FOR 18 YEARS, WAS OLD AND SMALL AND THE NEW ONE IS BIG AND BEAUTIFUL, NEXT TO THE PAROCHIAL SCHOOL ALSO RUN BY THE CHURCH. SAW QUITE A FEW PEOPLE I HAD NOT SEEN FOR AWHILE. AND..I AM NOW THE 'OLD MAN" VOY...THE OLDEST OF THE SURVIVING VOYS.

CHECK OUR THE KMAQ WEB SITE...SEE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS..AND A STAFF PICTURE. CLICK ON THE SMALL PICTURE OF THE KMAQ STAFF AND IT WILL THEN FILL THE SCREEN. ONE THING WRONG WITH PICTURE....LET ME KNOW IF YOU CATCH IT...AND YOU WIN A FREE $6 THEATRE TICKET.

CHECK THE GUEST BOOK...A COUPLE RECENT ENTRIES...INCLUDING ONE FROM DARCY BENTON WHO LIVED IN ELWOOD AND WAS OUR MISS IOWA ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO.

I AM HAVING PROBLEM LATE IN AFTERNOON WITH GETTING ON.... TO DO THIS REPORT....ANOTHER REASON WHY I HAVE NOT HAD ONE FOR A COUPLE DAYS. I MAY HAVE TO TRY EACH DAY TO DO THIS EARLIER IN AFTERNOON, BEFORE ALL THE SCHOOL KIDS AND WORKERS GET HOME AND HIT THE INTERNET.

THE 1-CENT EXTRA SALES TAX FOR JACKSON COUNTY SCHOOLS PASSED TUESDAY, WITH 51% IN FAVOR.

JOHN OLSON, AGE 65, OF MAQUOKETA DIED OF AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK YESTERDAY.
LAURA BRUSE, OF MAQUOKETA, IN 80'S, DIED YESTERDAY
AND I WILL HAVE MORE ON BOTH IN A LATER REPORT TODAY.

THANKS TO RICHARD AND BETTY MILLER OF MAQUOKETA..FOR SENDING THE E-MAIL...THEY ARE NOW BACK DOWN IN SUNNY ARIZONA FOR THE WINTER MONTHS.

MORE LATER TODAY, HOPEFULLY.

DENNIS VOY

 

WARM OVERNIGHT...WARM TODAY...63...25 DEGREES OVER NORMAL...WARM ONE MORE DAY..THEN BACK TO NEAR NORMAL.

JACKSON COUNTY CLERK OF COURT WILL BE CUTTING HOURS AND POSSIBLY SERVICES BECAUSE OF OVERALL BUDGET CUTS IN THE COURT SYSTEM IN IOWA. CLERK OF COURT LOIS SCHNOOR SAID JACKSON COUNTY WAS HIT HARDEST BY THE CUTS IN THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES CLINTON, SCOTT, AND MUSCATINE COUNTIES. JACKSON COUNTY LOST 1 AND 1/2 POSITIONS. LET GO, APRIL DELARM OF WYOMING, A VETERAN OF 13 YEARS IN THE OFFICE...THE LEAST SENIOR EMPLOYEE AND SHIRLEY DANIELS OF MILES, A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE, WAS ALSO LET GO. ALOS BEING EFFECTED AND WILL MAKE LESS MONEY IN THE OFFICE, PAT DIESING OF MAQUOKETA AND GLORIA SAGERS OF BELLEVUE.

A RADIATOR ON THE HEATING AND AIR SYSTEM AT CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA BROKE THIS MORNING AND WATER POURED INTO A PORTION OF THE BUILDING, DOING SOME DAMAGE TO COMPUTERS.
NO DOLLAR ESTIMATE ON DAMAGE IS AVAILABLE YET. THE SCHOOL MAINTENANCE STAFF REPLACED THE BROKEN UNIT WITH A USED ONE ON HAND. SCHOOL REMAINED IN SESSION.

THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT PASSED THE 3RD AND FINAL READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR A NEW BUILDING CODE FOR THE CITY, BUT IT WON'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL NEXT JULY. AND, A COUPLE COUNCILMAN PROMISED THE OPPOSITION, THAT THEY WOULD VOTE TO RECIND IT NEXT YEAR, IF A WAY TO PAY FOR THE INSPECTOR IS NOT DETERMINED BY THEN.
ALL ALONG,IT HAS BEEN PROMISED THAT TAX MONEY WOULD NOT BE USED FOR INSPECTION WORK.

VETERAN JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY ALLEN BARKER RECEIVED INJURIES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FROM BEING HIT BY A TRUCK. THIS HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS DIRECTING TRAFFIC NEAR BELLEVUE. CHARGED IN THE ACCIDENT WAS A SAVANNA, ILLINOIS MAN, CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO HAVE CONTROL. BARKER WAS TAKEN TO THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR LEG INJURIES AND RELEASED. SINCE HE READS THIS REPORT...I'LL JUST HAVE TO ADD THAT
APPARENTLY DEPUTY BARKER IS GETTING SLOWER ON HIS FEET IN HIS LATER YEARS.

MAQUOKETA POSTMASTER MIKE MILDER IS RETIRING. HE HAS BEEN IN MAQUOKETA 3 YEARS AND WILL MOVE BACK TO IOWA CITY. HIS LAST DAY OF WORK WILL BE DECEMBER 14TH....AFTER 33 YEARS WITH THE POSTAL SERVICE. DOUG SWANSON, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, SON OF MR. AND MRS. HAROLD SWANSON, WILL BE ACTING POSTMASTER UNTIL A PERMANENT ONE IS NAMED. HE IS CURRENTLY POSTMASTER IN ELDRIDGE.

POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL 8 TONIGHT. YESTERDAY, I SAID THE ISSUE FOR 1 EXTRA PENNY ON SALES TAX WAS DEFEATED 3 TIMES BEFORE HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY....SHOULD HAVE SAID 2 TIMES BEFORE.

IOWA PLAYS UNI TONIGHT. ALSO IN BASKETBALL, MAQUOKETA PLAYS AT MANCHESTER.

COME BACK SOON.

DENNIS VOY



 

PARTLY SUNNY AND IN THE 50'S TODAY.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY HALL.

ELECTION DAY TOMORROW IN JACKSON COUNTY. YES OR NO...SHOULD THE COUNTY COLLECT ANOTHER 1% SALES TAX WITH THE MONEY TO BE USED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF THE COUNTY. THE LAST 3 TIMES IT FAILED...BUT THERE HAS BEEN A BIG PUSH TO GET IT PASSED THIS TIME. ON KMAQ'S JUST TALK SHOW LAST FRIDAY...LEIGHTON HEPKER, THE HOST, DID A 25-MINUTE POLL AND GOT AROUND 90 CALLS, WITH OVER 60 SAYING THEY WOULD VOTE YES.

VANDALISM OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE TIMBER CITY.
MRS. JIM KIRK SAID SOMEONE THREW A CLAY FLOWER POT AT THEIR MAILBOX.
JESSICA MEIER SAID SOMEONE BROKE A CLAY FLOWER POT LAWN ORNAMENT AND THREW THE FLOWERS OUT.
ROY WILHELM SAID HIS HOUSE AND VEHICLE WERE BOTH EGGED.
AND MARA NISSEN SAID A STRING OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WAS CUT.

A COUPLE ACCIDENTS ALSO OVER THE WEEKEND. WENDY HULLINGER, AGE 23, OF MAQUOKETA WAS THE DRIVER OF A CAR THAT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THAT ALSO INCLUDED THE CAR DRIVEN BY LARRY ARENSDORF, AGE 55, OF MAQUOKETA. NEARLY $6,000 TOTAL DAMAGE TO THE TWO CARS AND NO INJURIES.

DOUGLAS SUTTON, AGE 20, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED IN ANOTHER SATURDAY MORNING ACCIDENT THAT ALSO INVOVLED A CAR DRIVEN BY BARB BOWMAN, AGE 58, OF MAQUOKETA. NO INJURIES. DAMAGES OF $1,500 TO SUTTON'S 75 DODGE AND $2,500 DAMAGE TO BOWMAN'S 98 FORD.

PAULINE BULLOCK, AGE 84, DIED SATURDAY AT HER HOME. SHE WAS A CO-FOUNDER AND PARTNER IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS, BULLOCK'S, INC. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 10 CHILDREN. BONNIE IN MISSOURI..BILL IN LAMOTTE..CONNIE IN PRESTON..
JUDY IN MICHIGAN..JERRY OF MAQUOKETA..LINDA IN LONG GROVE..NANCY IN COLORADO..JOE IN MAQUOKETA..BARBARA IN DAVENPORT..AND MARY IN EAST MOLINE. ALSO, 2 BROTHERS, INCLUDING GALE HARDIN OF MAQUOKETA. PLUS, 23 GRAND AND 35 GREAD-GRAND-CHILDREN.

MAQUOKETA BOYS BEAT BENTON IN BASKETBALL SATURDAY NIGHT...BOTH THE SOPHOMORE AND VARSITY GAMES.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY


 

BACK UP TO 40'S TODAY AND MAYBE 60 BY TUESDAY.

MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS OPENED THE SEASON LAST NIGHT HERE IN TOWN, HOSTING DUBUQUE SENIOR.
THE SOPHOMORES WON BY ABOUT 15 POINTS AND THE VARSITY LOST BY 3. THEY PLAY AGAIN TONIGHT, HOSTING BENTON.

MAXINE SCHEIBE, AGE 82, OF MAQUOKETA DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.
SHE WAS EMPLOYED AS A SECRETARY FOR THE BUCKHORN CREAMERY AND LATER SWISS VALLEY FARMS IN MAQUOKETA FOR 40 YEARS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 4 SISTERS AND SEVERAL NEICES AND NEPHEWS....NO SURVIVORS IN THIS AREA.

VIRGINIA RASMUSSEN, AGE 83, DIED THURSDAY AT MARSHALL, MICHIGAN. SHE GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1935 AND WAS A TEACHER IN DEWITT FROM 1961 TO 1985. HER LATE HUSBAND WAS CHARLES. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A SISTER IN FLORIDA AND A DAUGHTER AND SON IN MICHIGAN.

STARTING TOMORROW...IF YOU CALL SOMEONE THAT HAS A 319 PHONE PREFIX....THE CALL WON'T GO THROUGH UNLESS YOU DIAL 563 INSTEAD OF 319.

JERRY AND CLEO MANNING WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW. JERRY IS HEAD OF THE LOCAL JAIL AND CLEO WORKS AT HER DAUGHTER'S PIZZA RESTAURANT AT CORNER OF MAIN AND PLATT.

BOB THOMAS IS RECOVERING FROM A SERIOUS OPERATION THIS PAST MONDAY IN IOWA CITY. KAREN HAS BEEN WITH HIM ALL WEEK AND SAYS SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN HE WILL BE ABLE TO COME HOME.

MAYOR JACK AND WIFE PAM ROSENBERG RETURN MONDAY FROM VISITING THEIR ATTORNEY DAUGHTER IN JAPAN.

THE LITTLE BLUE HOUSE NEXT TO THE LAZY J MOTEL MOVED OUT OF MAQUOKETA THIS WEEK....NOT SURE WHERE THE TRUCK TOOK IT.

DELMAR, WYOMING AND PRESTON...ALL 3 TOWNS ARE HAVING SPEICIAL HOLIDAY EVENTS THIS WEEKEND.

ANDY MCKEAN OF ANAMOSA WILL NOT RUN FOR REELECTION TO THE IOWA SENATE NEXT YEAR. HE HAS BEEN A STATE REP AND STATE SENATOR FOR AROUND 24 YEARS. HIS FIRST YEARS, HIS DISTRICT INCLUDED MAQUOKETA.

NEW TV CHANNELS WERE ADDED TO THE LOCAL CABLE TV SYSTEM YESTERDAY....MANY MORE TO CHOOSE FROM NOW.

HAVE A GOOD SUNDAY AND WEEK.

DENNIS VOY  

NEARLY 2-TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT...NONE TODAY...SO OUR MONTHLY TOTAL WILL BE JUST OVER 2 1/2 INCHES...AN INCH MORE THAN LAST NOVEMBER....AND NO...NOT EVEN A FLURRY...OF SNOW IN NOVEMBER.

THE NEW TIMBER CITY GOLF COURSE WAS SOLD BY RICH AND MARY JO HAINSTOCK. THE COURSE IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA. THE NEW OWNER, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 15TH, WILL BE JIM HOLST OF BETTENDORF...WHO HAS BEEN IN THE GOLF COURSE BUSINESS AROUND 20 YEARS AMD OWNS A COURSE IN BETTENDORF, PLUS RUNS TWO OTHERS. THERE IS A 17-LOT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON THE COURSE AND A DRIVING RANGE. HOLST BOUGHT 4 OF THOSE BUILDING LOTS ALONG WITH THE GOLF COURSE. HAINSTOCKS KEPT 13 HOUSING LOTS AND THE DRIVING RANGE. THE 9-HOLE COURSE WAS BUILT LAST YEAR AND OPENED THIS PAST SUMMER.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS BEAT DYERSVILLE BECKMAN LAST NIGHT BUT LOST TO WEST DELEWARE OF MANCHESTER.

A MONTH AFTER THE ELECTION, MONMOUTH RESIDENTS HAVE A NEW MAYOR. RODGER SCHNOOR WILL TAKE THE POSITON RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE CURRENT MAYOR JAMES MILLER RESIGNED. IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, SCHNOOR AND WILLIAM KRAMER EACH RECEIVED 18 WRITE-IN VOTES. EARLIER THIS WEEK, BOTH NAMES WERE TOSSED INTO A HAT DURING A JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVIORS MEETING AND SCHNOOR'S NAME WAS DRAWN.

FRED C. ADAM, 65, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, DIED IN WASOLA, MISSOURI WEDNESDAY OF A HEART ATTACK.
HE HAD WORKED AT CLINTON ENGINES FOR MANY YEARS HERE IN MAQUOKETA AND SURVIVORS INCLUDE 2 DAUGHTERS AND 2 SONS, INCLUDING VIRGIL ADAM OF MAQUJOKETA.

SANTA CLAUS COMES TO MAQUOKETA TONIGHT. HE WILL HELP LIGHT THE COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE NEXT TO THE POST OFFICE. THEN THERE WILL BE A SOUP SUPPER DOWNTOWN AND A SNOWMAN JUDGING CONTEST.
THE BIG CHRISTMAS KICK-OFF IN MAQUOKETA TONIGHT.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

 

SORRY, NO REPORT TODAY  

CLOUDY AND COLD..IN MID 30'S

A NEW SERVICE WILL BE OFFERED WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL...RENAL DIALYSIS....SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED IN OUR AREA. THIS WEEK, BOARD MEMBERS APPROVED A PLAN TO RENOVATE A PORTION OF THE EXISTING HOSPITAL TO INCLUDE A DIALYSIS UNIT. THE COST TO BRING THIS SERVICE TO MAQUOKETA WILL BE CLOSE TO $300,000. THE BOARD ALSO DISCUSSED AT LENGTH PLANS TO MAKE MAJOR EXPANSIONS AND CHANGES AT THE HOSPITAL IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, COSTING AT LEAST $4-MILLION DOLLARS AND MAYBE AS MUCH AS 10 OR 12. AND, NO TAX MONEY WILL BE USED.
MORE LATER. I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED.

LAST NIGHT, A MALE JUVINILE WAS SHOT IN THE EYE WITH A PELLET GUN, WHILE WALKING DOWN WEST PLATT.
IT WAS ABOUT 10:30 AND THE YOUTH WAS WALKING IN AREA OF JACK AND JILL AND THOUGHT HE WAS HIT BY A FLYING ROCK. WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL,IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A PELLET HAD PENETRATED HIS EYE LID. INVESTIGATION CONTINUES BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

RONALD JAMES KELLER, AGE 60, OF 1009 KATHEY DRIVE IN MAQUOKETA (NOT THE RON KELLER THAT LIVES ON GROVE STREET AND IS OLDER) WAS CHARGED THIS WEEK WITH 28 COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF OBSCENE MATERIALS OF MINORS. MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY KELLER WAS IN POSSESSION OF COMPUTER GENERATED PHOTOGRAPHS OF FEMALES UNDER THE AGE OF 18, IN THE NUDE AND INVOLVED IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY. THE MATERIALS WERE SEIZED ON OCTOBER 20TH FROM HIS HOME AND CHARGES FILED THIS WEEK.

A MAQUOKETA BUSINESS WAS SOLD THIS WEEK...DETAILS IN A FEW DAYS. NOT AN OLD BUSINESS.
AND..THE BIKE AND SKI SHOP ON THE CORNER, ACROSS FROM THE THEATRE, IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ROAST BEEF AND PEA SOUP?

ANYONE CAN ROAST BEEF!

JUST 26 DAYS 'TIL CHRISTMAS.

DENNIS VOY



 

CLOUDY AND COLD...IN THE 30'S.

THE JURY TRIAL WAS HELD YESTERDAY IN THE LIBEL CASE OF TABOR VERSUS WILLEY. FORMER COUNTY ATTORNEY PHIL TABOR, NOW FARMING NEAR BALDWIN, TWO YEARS AGO FILED THE LAWSUIT AGAINST WILLEY FOR LIBEL IN HIS INTERNET NEWSPAPER. DAVID VOY WAS ALSO IN LAWSUIT BECAUSE TABOR SAID VOY'S SERVER HOSTED THE NEWSPAPER. THAT WAS NOT THE CASE AT THE TIME THE OCTOBER 1999 INTERNET PAPER WAS PUBLISHED. BOTH VOY AND WILLEY DID NOT HAVE AN ATTORNEY, WITH WILLEY DOING THE DEFENSE FOR THE TWO. AN ATTORNEY RELATIVE OF TABOR'S WAS HIS ATTORNEY. THE JUDGE WAS FROM CEDAR RAPIDS, OUT OF THIS DISTRICT, AS TABOR'S WIFE IS A JUDGE IN OUR DISTRICT. THE OUT OF DISTRICT JUDGE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE CASE TO AVOID A CONFLICT. THE JURY OF 8 WAS SELECTED BY LATE MORNING AND THE TRIAL BEGAN IMMEDIATELY AND ENDED LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THE JUDGE ORDERED A DIRECTED VERDICT INSTEAD OF LEAVING THE JURY DECIDE. HE DID THIS BECAUSE HE SAID TABOR HAD NOT PROVEN ACTUAL DAMAGES, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT IN A LIBEL SUIT. SO...BOTH SIDES ARE CLAIMING VICTORY.
THE LONG AWAITED TRIAL, TAPED BY THE LOCAL ACCESS TV CHANNEL, WAS A SHORT ONE. VOY (MY YOUNGEST SON) OWNS A COMPUTER SOFTWARE COMPANY HERE IN TOWN AND WILLEY IS A WRITER, HAVING JUST COMPLETED A BOOK ABOUT PEARL HARBOR THIS SPRING.
HE CONTINUES TO PUBLISH HIS INTERNET NEWSPAPER.

VELMA WAITE, AGE 88, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SUNDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND FARMED FOR MANY YEARS IN THE IRON HILL AREA. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 1 DAUGHTER, NANCY BRUMMITT OF MAQUOKETA.

MARIAN ELWOOD, AGE 104, OF CRESCO, DIED MONDAY AT ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL IN ROCHESTER, FOLLOWING SURGERY FOR A HIP FRACTURE. HER DAUGHTER IS FRANCES MELVOLD OF MAQUOKETA. MARIAN'S FATHER OR GRANDFATHER WAS THE FOUNDER OF ELWOOD, IOWA, JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA.

DOCK, "JACK" DAGUE, AGE 74, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY AFTERNOON AT A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, GRACE....6 SONS,INCLUDING REX, JAMES, AND BRUCE, ALL OF MAQUOKETA AND 2 DAUGHTERS, INCLUDING JANICE HAMILTON OF MAQUOKETA.

IOWA PLAYS #1 DUKE TONIGHT IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL.

MAQUOKETA GIRLS HAVE NO BASKETBALL GAME THIS WEEK.
THEY HAVE 2 WINS AND 1 LOSS SO FAR, ALL NON-CONFERENCE GAMES.

MAQUOKETA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYED A HALF OF A GAME LAST NIGHT IN THE 8-TEAM JAMBOREE AT CLINTON AND LOST TO THE CLINTON RIVER KINGS, BY, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, A 37 TO 15 SCORE. THEIR FIRST FULL GAME IS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE MAQUOKETA WRESTLERS HAVE NOT HAD A MEET YET, BUT SOON.

KMAQ'S ROOF IS REPAIRED...THE STINKY TWO-DAY JOB DONE BY CONNELL SUPPLY COMPANY...HOT TAR...AND IT WAS NOTICEABLE WHILE THE WORK WAS BEING DONE.
DID BOTH THEATRE ROOFS TOO. A NICE END OF YEAR WRITE-OFF...AND NO WORRY ABOUT LEAKS FOR ANOTHER FEW YEARS. CONNELL SUPPLY HAS BEEN IN THE ROOFING BUSINESS A LONG TIME. OWNER CLAY ROMER IS IN CHARGE, BUT STILL GETS A LITTLE HELP FROM DAD,CO-OWNER DUB.

FOUR INCHES OF SNOW YESTERDAY IN WESTERN IOWA, BUT ALL WE GOT WAS A LITTLE RAIN. NO SNOW YET, BUT FLURRIES POSSIBLE LATER THIS WEEK.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY



 

ACCIDENTALLY PUSHED THE SIGN-LOG BUTTON...

SAW IN TH PAPER ..THAT TOM PECKOSH (JUNIOR) WAS APPOINTED TO HEAD EQUITY MANAGEMENT FOR DUBUQUE BANK AND TRUST....TRUST AND INVESTMENT SERVICES DIVISION. SON OF TOM AND PAM, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA. YES, THEY MOVED TO BELLEVUE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, BUT BOTH COME TO MAQUOKETA DAILY TO RUN HIS LOCAL ATTORNEY OFFICE JUST NORTH OF THE VOY THEATRE. THEY ALSO STILL OWN THE LAZY J MOTEL IN MAQUOKETA AND A MOTEL IN SOUTH DAKOTA. AND HE AND PAM ALSO OWN THE PACIFIC FEATHER WAREHOUSE BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK THAT ORIGINALLY WAS THE HOME OF THE HIDE-CO COMPANY. THEY RENT THEIR MAQUOKETA HOME OUT BY LAKEHURST DAM.

BIG BEAUTIFUL WEDDING YESTERDAY IN MAQUOKETA.
LOIS ANN HANSEN AND KEVIN FISCHER WERE MARRIED AT
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH. LOIS IS A MEMBER OF THE KMAQ SALES STAFF. THIS WAS HER SECOND MARRIAGE. SHE WAS BROUGHT DOWN THE AISLE BY HER SMILIN' SON MATT (ABOUT 7 YEARS OLD). RECEPTION FOLLOWED AT MICHEL'S CATERING HALL ON THE SOUTH END OF MYATT DRIVE. UNCLE BOB HEAD, DEACON WITH SACRED HEART, CONDUCTED MUCH OF THE WEDDING.
DAD DONALD ROLLING WAS ONE OF THE READERS. (HER MOTHER AND KEVIN'S FATHER ARE NO LONGER LIVING)
ONE OF THE BRIDESMAIDS WAS JANE GALLANT OF KANSAS, SISTER OF THE GROOM. AND...A REGULAR VISITOR TO THIS DAILY REPORT AND OCCASIONAL GUEST BOOK SIGNER. NICE VISITING BRIEFLY WITH HER.
SAW HER COUSIN BOBBIE HEAD EARLES, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA AND NEWS ANCHOR FOR MANY YEARS TO POPULAR CHANNEL 7 TV NEWS IN WATERLOO. SHE HAS TWO CHILDREN AND DAD AND THE KIDS WERE PRESENT.
ONE SUMMER SHE WORKED FOR KMAQ WHILE ON COLLEGE BREAK. KEVIN WORKS AT THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL AND THEY WILL LIVE IN A COMPLETELY REBUILT RURAL HOME ON THE AIRPORT ROAD WEST OF MAQUOKETA. WE AT KMAQ WISH THEM ALL THE BEST...AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVE LOIS FISCHER BACK IN HER SALES OFFICE TUESDAY FOR THE BUSY CHRISTMAS ADVERTISING SEASON AHEAD.

I'M OFF TO SEE HARRY POTTER MOVIE. WILL LET YOU KNOW TOMORROW WHAT I THOUGHT OF THE MEGA MOVIE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK AND SEND US SOME SNOW CONNIE.

DENNIS VOY
 

RAIN YESTERDAY...NEARLY AN INCH...AND CLOUDY, WINDY AND COLD TODAY...HIGH CLOSE TO 40.
SKI SLOPES NEED THIS WEATHER. CLOTHING STORES NEED THIS WEATHER....AND MANY OTHERS.

GREAT IOWA-IOWA STATE GAME YESTERDAY....HOPEFULLY BOTH TEAMS WILL GET A BOWL BID.

CHRISTMAS TREES ARE GOING UP TODAY AT OUR HOUSE..AND AT KMAQ. AND BOTH SNOWBLOWERS WERE TESTED TODAY AND READY.

SAW IN THE TELEGRAPH HERALD (DUBUQUE)  

PARTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 57. WE SHOULD STAY IN THE 50'S THRU MONDAY AND COLD WEATHER STARTING
TUESDAY. FIFTY-ONE YEARS AGO TODAY....IT WAS 4 ABOVE IN MAQUOKETA FOR A HIGH.

THE COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING SERVICE WAS A SUCCESS YESTERDAY AT THE SENIOR CENTER, WITH 90 SITTING DOWN TO THE TURKEY DINNER AND 50 CARRYOUT ORDERS.
SHEILA BENTLY SAID THE NUMBERS WERE DOUBLE FROM LAST YEAR.

FIFTY-EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LAID OFF AT THE ROCKWELL PLANT IN BELLEVUE....MORE THAN THE ORIGINAL 40 ESTIMATE.

A THEFT REPORTED BY RICHARD CORNELIUS AT 109 E. JEFFERSON .. ITEMS TAKEN FROM HIS CAR YESTERDAY WERE VALUED AT AROUND $223.

SORRY...BUT NEWS IS SCARCE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY  

SUNNY AND NICE...HIGH OF 55.

THE JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL BY THE STATE...EFFECTIVE THIS PAST NOVEMBER 1ST.
NOTHING AT THE HOSPITAL CHANGES,BUT...AN IMPORTANT BUT...IT WILL ALLOW THE HOSPITAL TO RECEIVE INCREASED FUNDING FOR ITS MEDICARE SERVICES. IT WAS A LONG PROCESS GETTING THIS DESIGNATION.

TWO MORE DEER ACCIDENTS IN JACKSON COUNTY..HITTING ONE...GEORGE HOFF AND MATT DIERCKS.

ROBERT WYLIE OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 68, WAS FINED $155 ON CHARGES OF ILLEGAL DUMPING. JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SAY WYLIE DUMPED 5 TO 8 GALLONS OF OIL ON ROCKDALE ROAD NORTH OF MAQUOKETA, ON NOVEMBER 9TH.

JEFF AND RONELLE CLARK OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL, BORN MONDAY MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. GRANDPARENTS ARE RON AND SUE HOVEY OF MAQUOKETA AND LUCKY CLARK OF MAQUOKETA. RON AND SUE...OWNERS OF HOV'S PUB, POPULAR BAR AND GRILL IN DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. BEST CHEESEBURGERS IN TOWN.

TED MAZE IS 80 TOMORROW, THANKGIVING DAY. RETIRED OWNER OF MAQUOKETA LUMBER COMPANY...AND A FELLOW GOOD MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB.
YES..HIS WIFE IS STILL ONE OF BEST ORGANISTS IN TOWN.

OLIVE KENDALL, AGE 96, LONGTIME INSURANCE AGENT IN MAQUOKETA BEFORE RETIREMENT, DIED YESTERDAY AT FINLEY HOSPITAL IN DUBUQUE. WAS STILL LIVING IN HER HOME ON WEST PLATT STREET. WAS ONE OF I BELIEVE 11 CHILDREN. JUST ONE SISTER SURVIVES...SYLVIA WITZKE, OF RENO, NEVADA.
SHE NEVER MARRIED. ALSO SURVIVED BY NIECES AND NEPHEWS. MEMORIALS TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCITY.
SHE SOLD ME A NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE POLICY MANY YEARS AGO..AND I STILL HAVE IT.

HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

DENNIS VOY



 

CLOUDY AND HIGH OF 46

VANDALS KNOCKED OVER NUMEROUS GRAVE STONES AND TRIED TO GET INTO THE MAUSOLEUM AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY OVER THE WEEKEND. CARETAKER RANDY MCCUTCHEON TOLD POLICE SOMEONE THREW A VASE AT THE DOOR OF THE MAUSOLEUM IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET IN. THEY DID NOT GAIN ENTRY. ALSO, NEARLY 20 GRAVE STONES WERE DAMAGED WHEN THEY WERE TOPPLED BY THE VANDALS.

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED IN AN ACCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA MONDAY MORNING ON MATTESON. MAQUOKETA POLICE CHARGED JOYCE REISDORPH, AGE 73, WITH STRIKING AN UNATTENDED VEHICLE, REGISTERED TO DOUGLAS SAMS OF MAQUOKETA. THE IMPACT PUSHED THE SAMS VEHICLE 10 FEET INTO A PRIVATE DRIVE. DAMAGE TO REISDORPH'S CAR, ABOUT $3,000 AND $2,500 TO SAM'S CAR.

LONNA, MY YOUNGEST, IS GETTING MARRIED IN JANUARY AND TONIGHT..HER SISTER AND BROTHERS ARE HAVING A SHOWER FOR HER AT THE SUPER 8 MEETING ROOM....
IN MAQUOKETA. SO...JUST TO WARN YOU...YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THE WEDDING IN WEEKS TO COME PRIOR TO JAN 12TH. CHECKS, NOT TAX DEDUCTIBLE, CAN BE SENT TO THE FATHER'S SPECIAL.... HELP DAD PAY FOR THE WEDDING FUND, BOX 940, MAQUOKETA, IOWA.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

DENNIS VOY.
 

A LITTLE RAIN OVERNIGHT AND COLD, BREEZY TODAY WITH A HIGH OF 46.

FIFTEEN VEHICLE-DEER ACCIDENTS THIS PAST WEEKEND IN JACKSON COUNTY. NO APPARENT INJURIES.

LOTS OF VANDALISM AT MT. HOPE CEMETERY OVER THE WEEKEND. MORE ON THAT LATER.

LOTS OF POLICE BLOTTER ITEMS..BUT NOTHING BEYOND THE NORMAL.

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.

DUB ROMER WAS 82 TODAY. STILL GOING STRONG.
HELPS HIS SON, CLAY, RUN THE FAMILY ROOFING AND SIDING BUSINESS AND PLAYS GOLF REGULARLY. CLAY AND WIFE OWN THE BAKERY AND HE DOESN'T GET INVOLVED IN THAT BUSINESS, OTHER THAN BEING ONE OF THEIR GOOD CUSTOMERS. HE'S BRINGING DONUTS TO COFFEE TOMORROW.

SORRY FOR THE SHORT REPORT.

THE KMAQ WEB SITE NOW HAS OUR UP-TO-DATE SUNDAY THRU SATURDAY AM AND FM PROGRAM SCHEDULE.

CHECK BACK TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY  

70 TODAY AND NEW RECORD HIGH..UNDER SUNNY SKIES.

IOWA AND IOWA STATE BOTH WON THEIR FOOTBALL GAMES TODAY...HAPPY DAY FOR IOWA FOOTBALL FANS...AS ALWAYS, WE BROADCAST BOTH GAMES...CYCLONES ON AM AND HAWKS ON FM.

GRANDDAUGHTER SARA CLASEN AND I HAD LUNCH TODAY...OBIES FAMOUS TACOS...AT OBIES ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST....IN THE OLD DAYS...THE TANGO. VERY BUSY....A 45-MINUTE WAIT. BIG TACOS...$1.50 EACH....LUNCH FOR TWO FOR 8-BUCKS. OUT THERE, SAW HAROLD PENROSE...EARL & EVA SAUNDERS...RALPH SAUNDERS...HELEN SCHROEDER...WILMA REICHLING...
DARWIN POLK AND FAMILY...DAVE AND BRENDA GOMBERT...AND CAN'T REMEMBER SOME OF OTHERS.

FAY MOELLER WAS 92 THURSDAY. THE LONGTIME LOCAL MUSICIAN STARTED HIS FIRST BAND IN THE 40'S..FAY AND HIS PALS...LATER RENAMED THE TIMBER CITY COWBOYS AND THEN LATER, THE OKLOHOMA COWBOYS.
STILL ENTERTAINS ONCE A MONTH AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME...STILL DRIVES HIS CAR DAILY..TRIM AND FIT AT 92...LIVES...LIVES IN HIS HOME OF MANY YEARS ON EAST PLATT.

WAYNE WELLS, OF MAQUOKETA, 90 TODAY. OWNER OF GIBSON AND WELLS PLUMBING AND HEATING...NOW OWNED BY SON BRENT. ED GIBSON WAS HIS FATHER-IN-LAW.
HE WAS A GREAT FISHERMAN AND INVENTED, PRODUCED AND MARKETED THE MORNING GLORY CATFISH BAIT..POPULAR FOR 50 YEARS. HIS DAUGHTER, BONNIE AND SON-IN-LAW RETIRED GENERAL CHARLES MITCHELL HAVE LIVED WITH HIM THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. HIS WIFE HAZIL DIED IN 1993. BRENT LIVES RIGHT NEXT TO THE BLUFFLAKE CATFISH FARM, OWNED AND OPERATED BY HIS WIFE LINDA.

ORVA MAE MICHELS, AGE 67, DIED THIS MORNING AT DUBUQUE HOSPITAL. LIVED IN SPRINGBROOK WITH HUSBAND KENNY. SHE WORKED FOR 29 YEARS AT THE BRONCO INN AT BELLEVUE, RETIRING THIS YEAR.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER HUSBAND, A DAUGHTER, SANDY KLOCKE OF DELMAR, A DAUGHTER, ROXY RAY...A DAUGHTER KRISTY MICHELS AND A DAUGHTER JODI NEIBER ALL OF MAQUOKETA....10 CHILDREN TOTAL...7 DAUGHTERS AND 3 SONS.

JACKSON COUNTY EMPLOYEES HIT THE SUPERVISORS FOR AN 8-PERCENT RAISE THIS WEEK. SUPERVIORS WILL RESPOND AT THEIR MEETING THIS MONDAY.

A TEA PARTY TOMORROW AT THE DR. CLIFF AND CAROL RASK HOME, HOSTED BY CAROL AND ANOTHER DOCTOR'S WIFE, CLAUDIA GIESHWEIN...WITH PROCEEDS TO GO TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. $10 A TICKET. MAXIMUM OF 25 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD. DOUBT IF ANY MEN WILL BE THERE.

DARN IT...COULD HAVE KEPT THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE OPEN AN ADDITIONAL MONTH THIS YEAR.

HARRY POTTER IS DOING WELL AT THE VOY THEATRE. DESPITE HEAVY FOG LAST NIGHT..HAD A NEAR FULL HOUSE.

HAVE INSTALLED A GAS LOG IN OUR WOODBURNING STOVE.
NO MORE WOOD BUYING...NO MORE STOVE CLEANING..GIVES OUT A LOT OF HEAT TOO. TODAY, HAD TERRY HAHN FROM OVER CHARLOTTE WAY .. CLEAN THE CHIMNEY. SO..WE ARE ALL SET FOR SOME COLD WINTER WEATHER AND COZY NIGHTS IN THE FAMILY ROOM. JUST $105 FOR A CHIMNEY SWEEP...AND INVESTED ALSO IN A WIRE CAGE TYPE TOP FOR THE CHIMNEY TO KEEP BIRDS OUT. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD YOUR CHIMNEY CLEANED??

BACK TO FOOTBALL..BOTH THE CYCLONES AND THE HAWKS ARE NOW CANDIDATES TO BE INVITED TO A BOWL GAME.

SCOOTER MANNING HAD A 300 GAME THIS WEEK.
LAST NIGHT,KATHY QUINLAN ROLLED A 269 AND 673 SERIES. ALL AT THE TIMBER LANES IN MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A NICE SUNDAY.

DENNIS VOY







 

FOG AND MORE FOG...HIGH TODAY WITH NO SUNSHINE, 60.

DENSE FOG THIS MORNING AND MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING MAQUOKETA...WENT ON TWO HOUR DELAY. THEN LATER, WESTERN DUBUQUE AND PRESTON EXTENDED TO THREE HOUR DELAY...AND THEN LATER YET..WESTERN DUBUQUE CALLED SCHOOL COMPLETELY...BECAUSE..THE FOG NEVER REALLY LIFTED....HUNG AROUND ALL DAY AND IT IS VERY FOGGY NOW AND IS EXPECTED TO BE SO UNTIL SOMETIME TOMORROW.

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ARE GOING UP IN MAQUOKETA.

A CAR THAT WAS STOLEN MONDAY NIGHT, BELONGING TO DALE HULING OF MAQUOKETA...STOLEN FROM CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME PARKING LOT IN MAQUOKETA...WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE LATE YESTERDAY MORNING. THE 89 MERCURY WAS ENGULVED IN FLAMES WHEN MAQUOKETA FIREMEN ARRIVED AND THE JACKSON COUNTY CRIMESTOPPERS IS SEEKING HELP IN FINDING OUT WHO STOLE THE CAR AND SET IT ON FIRE.

THE COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER THIS YEAR AGAIN WILL BE HELD ON T DAY...NOVEMBER 22ND..STARTING AT NOON AT THE SENIOR CENTER IN MAQUOKETA.
$3.00 A PERSON AND RESERVATIONS CAN BE MADE BY CALLING MARILYN RANKIN. SPONOSORED BY THE MAQUOKETA MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION. MONEY, PIE AND HELP IS NEEDED BY ANYONE INTERESTED IN HELPING.

THE FLU VACCINE FOR JACKSON COUNTY HAS ARRIVED AND CLINICS WILL START NEXT MONDAY. $10 COST..OR FREE FOR THOSE WITH MEDICARE.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY

 

WARM AGAIN TODAY..HIGH OF 68...1 DEGREE SHORT OF THE RECORD.

A MAQUOKETA TEENAGER, MICHAEL FELLHOWER, AGE 17, WAS CAUGHT BY MAQUOKETA POLICE COMING OUT OF WAUGH TIRE STORE TUESDAY EVENING, AFTER IT WAS CLOSED FOR THE DAY. HE RAN, WAS APPREHENDED AND INJURED THE OFFICER. THE OFFICER INJURED WAS BRENDAN ZEIMET. FELLHOWER SCUFFLED AND THE YOUTH TRIED TO DAMAGE THE OFFICER'S RADIO AND UNIFORM AND THE OFFICER RECEIVED INJURY TO HIS HAND WAS WAS TREATED AND RELEASED AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

J.E. GOODENOW, RETIRED MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY, IS SELLING 5 ACRES OF LAND TO THE CITY FOR THE PROPOSED RECREATION CENTER...FOR $137,000. THE COUNCIL VOTED 5 TO 2 TO BUY THE LAND INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO OPTION IT. THE OPTION MONEY PAID SO FAR WILL NOT GO TOWARD THE PURCHASE PRICE. THE 6-MILLION-DOLLAR FACILITY WON'T BE BUILT ON THE LAND FOR QUITE AWHILE (IF EVER) AS THE AMOUNT RAISED SO FAR IS ONLY AROUND 500-THOUSAND-DOLLARS.

RONNIE SPEERS AND RETTA CROSE OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN MONDAY MORNING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

NO DEATHS.

A NEW CREDIT UNION HAD GRAND OPENING IN DEWITT TODAY. THEY PUT UP A BEAUTIFUL NEW FACILITY OUT BY MCDONALDS. DEWITT NOW HAS 3 BANKS AND THE NEW CREDIT UNION, WHICH OPERATES VERY MUCH LIKE A BANK, OFFERING MOST OF THE SAME SERVICES THAT BANKS DO.

CHECK BACK AGAIN SOON.

DENNIS VOY



 

RAIN AGAIN EARLY THIS MORNING....NOW UP TO 1 AND 1/4-INCHES FOR MONTH SO FAR....THEN...SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON AND IN THE MID-60'S. EVERYONE IS HAPPY WITH THE WEATHER AROUND HERE..EXCEPT THOSE WHO SELL COLD-WEATHER NEEDS OF COURSE.

LIGHTNING STRUCK THE HERMAN BARTEN RESIDENCE NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA AROUND 1:30 THIS MORNING ON 35TH STREET...BUT IT DID NOT RESULT IN FIRE.
FIREMEN WERE CALLED JUST TO BE SAFE. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE HOME PHONE AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

COUPLE OF MINOR ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY IN TOWN.
CHRIS GOODALL, AGE 18 OF DELMAR COLLIDED WITH A CAR DRIVEN BY NAOMI IHRIG, AGE 68, OF MAQUOKETA.
GOODALL WAS CHARGED. ABOUT $1,500 DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS.

DEBRA BURKEY, AGE 20, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED AFTER A TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 4:15 P.M. AT CORNER OF ELIZA AND MAPLE. OTHER CAR DRIVEN BY CHRISTINA EHLINGER, AGE 19, OF MAQUOKETA. AGAIN..BOTH CARS RECEIVED ABOUT $1,500 IN DAMAGES.

A 1980 MERCURY, OWNED BY DALE HULING, WAS STOLEN LAST NIGHT FROM THE CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME PARKNG LOT. STILL NOT RECOVERED.

FROSTY WARD OF MAQUOKETA, ASST. MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, WAS IN AN ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND DOWN IN THE QUAD-CITIES AND IS STILL IN A DAVENPORT HOSPITAL. BUT, WE STILL HAVE NO DETAILS.

TWO MORE DEER ACCIDENTS....ADAM KOPPES SWERVED TO MISS ONE AND ENDED UP IN THE DITCH ON THE CAVES ROAD LAST NIGHT....AND SANDRA DANIELSON HIT ONE LAST NIGHT ON HIGHWAY 61. IN CLINTON COUNTY,
PATRICIA MERGEN OF MAQUOKETA HIT ONE NORTH OF WELTON A FEW DAYS AGO.

AT ROTARY TODAY, WE HAD CREAMY CHICKEN WITH PEAS AND RICE...AND BOB OSTERHAUS HAD THE PROGRAM...A GUEST FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. AN INTERESTING PROGRAM ON THE UNIVERSITY'S NEW NADS PROJECT....NADS STANDING FOR NATIONAL ADVANCED DRIVING SIMULATOR. A 40,000 SQ. FT. BUILDING WAS BUILT FOR THE SIMULATOR...AND IS NOW THE WORLD'S...YES WORLD'S, LARGEST AND MOST TECHNICALLY SOPHISTICATED GROUND VEHICLE SIMULATOR. DR. L.D. CHEN, THE DIRECTOR OF IT, WAS HERE TO GIVE THE PROGRAM. MORE THAN 3 MILLION INJURIES OCCUR IN THE USA EACH YEAR...AND 42,000 LIVES ARE LOST ON THE NATION'S HIGHWAYS EACH YEAR. THE PURPOSE OF NADS IS TO INVESTIGATE WAYS TO ACHIEVE SAFER DRIVING, SAFER HIGHWAY DESIGN AND SAFER AND IMPROVED VEHICLES.
SOMEONE IS INJURED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT EVERY 10 SECONDS AND EVERY 13 MINUTES, SOMEONE IS KILLED.
MORE THAN 85% OF THESE CRASHES INVOLVES HUMAN ERROR. SO..NADS IS GOING TO BE COUNTED ON TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO TRIM THESES FIGURES. JUST THOUGHT YOU GUYS AROUND THE WORLD WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT IOWA IS DOING MORE THAN JUST GROWING CORN, SOYBEANS AND HOGS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON NADS, GO TO ITS OWN WEB SITE...www.nads-sc.uiowa.edu

BOB OSTERHAUS.. AND LOTS OF HAWKEYE SUPPORTERS LIKE HIM...IS COUNTING ON THE IOWA FOOTBALL TEAM TO WIN THEIR FINAL TWO GAMES THIS SEASON..OVER MINNESOTA AND IOWA STATE..AND GETTING A BOWL BID.
AND....HAWKEYE FANS ARE EXCITED ABOUT THEIR RANKED BASETBALL TEAM..WHICH WON ITS FIRST REGULAR GAME OF THE SEASON LAST NIGHT..A LOP-SIDED VICTORY IN IOWA CITY.

THE MAQUOKETA GIRLS ARE IN THEIR SECOND WEEK OF BASKETBALL WORKOUTS THIS WEEK AND THE COACH IS LOOKING FOR A BETTER YEAR THAN LAST YEAR...WHICH WAS A WINNING YEAR. FIRST GAME IS NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT.

AND FINIALLY..ANOTHER SIGN OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON..CAMP COURAGEOUS FRUIT CAKES ARE BEING SOLD IN MAQUOKETA....MADE RIGHT AT THE CAMP. DUE TO THE RICHNESS OF THSE CAKES.THEY MUST BE STORED AND SLICED FROZEN. NO ALOCOHOL AND NO CITRON IN THEM....THEY'RE GOOD...AND $7.
MURIEL ALLAN IS HEADING UP THE SALE OF THEM AGAIN THIS YEAR.

JAKE BICKFORD...FOR THE OPTIMIST CLUB ..ORDERED 125 CHRISTMAS TREES THIS WEEK FORM UP NORTH AND SO THEY'LL BE SELLING THEM AT THE WELCOME CENTER NEAR MCDONALD'S LATER IN MONTH.

YES...YOU ARE RIGHT...THANKSGIVING COMES FIRST.
A WEEK FROM TOMORROW.

THEN...THE DAY AFTER..WE START A FEW CHRISTMAS SONGS ON KMAQ.

AND SO IT GOES FOR ANOTHER DAY...

COME BACK TOMORROW IF YOU CAN.

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS BY THE WAY.

PEACE

DENNIS VOY



 

NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN FELL THIS MORNING...THEN DRY THIS AFTERNOON AND A HIGH OF 60.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE INVESTIGATED
10 DEER ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE HIT A DEER: DENISE PARROT...JASON DRURY...PATRICK HURLEY...NANCY UPDEGRAFF...MELISSA SCHORK...AMY WEBER...ALCINDA CRAFT...KARIE HOSCH...BUDDY OLSON AND CHRISTINA HOLDGRAFER.

AT THE SCHOOL BAORD MEETING LAST NIGHT, SUPT.
KIM HUCKSTADT REPORTED THAT THE DISTRICT HAS 45 FEWER STUDENTS THIS YEAR THAN LAST. HE SAID THE DROP IS POSSIBLY THE LARGEST DECLINE IN ONE YEAR..IN MANY YEARS. AND THIS DROP WILL HAVE AN ADVERSE AFFECT ON THE AMOUNT OF STATE AID THAT THE DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE NEXT YEAR. BUT, MAQUOKETA IS NOT ALONGE. STATE-WIDE..72-PERCENT OF THE IOWA DISTRICTS HAD A DROP THIS FALL.

IN DISTRICT COURT...JASON PATRICK RALSTON, AGE 28, OF MAQUOKETA WAS SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON ON CHARGES OF ASSAULT CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. HE WAS FOUND GUILTY BY JURY. POLICE SAID RALSTON HIT JOE CLARY ON AUGUST 2ND AND THE HIT CAUSED A SKULL FRACTURE. JUDGE DAVID SCHOENTHALER, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, ORDERED RALSTON TO PAY A $750 FINE AND RESTITUTION TO JOE CLARY IN THE AMOUNT OF $35,740.

A WELL KNOWN RETIRED FARMER DIED YESTERDAY. FLOYD CORNELIUS, AGE 82, DIED YESTERDAY AT HIS HOME. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MARJORIE...
AND 4 SONS...CRAIG FROM CALIFORNIA...SIGMUND FROM HOUSTON...JOEL FROM MAQUOKETA...AND JON FROM FORSYTH,ILLINOIS. ALSO SURVIVED BY 7 GRANDCHILDREN AND A BROTHER, WILBUR OF MAQUOKETA.

THE OLD TIME TURKEY SHOOT STARTS ON KMAQ TOMORROW. ITS A POPULAR TURKEY GIVE-AWAY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE RUN SINCE THE LATE 50'S.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY  

NICE DAY AGAIN...SUNNY AND IN UPPER 50'S. WEEKEND WAS NICE TOO....ABOVE AVERAGE WEATHER FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. GOLFERS WERE EVEN OUT OVER THE WEEKEND.

MY BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW FROM HORICON, WISCONSIN DOWN OVER THE WEEKEND. TRIED TO TAKE THEM TO BLUFF LAKE CATFISH FARM FOR DINNER SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT AT 6 P.M. THERE WAS OVER AND HOUR WAIT AND STANDING ROOM ONLY IN THE OUT FRONT WAITING ROOM AND BAR. STILL ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR RESTAURANTS IN IOWA...AND JUST BEYOND THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK.

THEY, BIG PACKER FANS...WATCHED THE PACK-BEAR GAME WITH ME...AND NEEDLESS TO SEE...WE WERE ALL HAPPY WITH OUTCOME. AND HOW ABOUT THAT BIG MARGIN WIN OVER NORTHWESTERN FOR THE IOWA HAWKS?

LOCAL HOSPITAL IS HOSTING A FLU VACCINE CLINIC NEXT MONDAY IN MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.

RICHARD ALLEN, AGE 32, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 60 DAYS IN JAIL FOR ASSAULTING A PEACE OFFICER. OFFICER TERRANCE PROHASKA SAID ALLEN HIT HIM IN THE CHEST AS OFFICERS TRIED TO ARREST HIM FOR DOMESTIC ASSAULT OCTOBER 2ND.

FLORENCE L. BOWMAN, AGE 91, DIED AT FT.MYERS HOSPICE HOME LAST FRIDAY. SERVICES WEDNESDAY HERE IN MAQUOKETA. WHEN SHE LIVED HERE, SHE WORKED AS A CLERK AT HOFFMAN'S GROCERY STORE, THE RJ MANN STORE AND JC PENNY STORE. SHE IS SURVIVED BY 2 SONS, HUGH BOWMAN OF MAQUOKETA AND DONALD OF NORTH FT. MYERS....ALSO A DAUGHTER, LOIS IN WESLACO, TEXAS.

LUELLA RUBEL, AGE 88, FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA...DIED YESTERDAY AT MILL VALLY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, JACK RUBEL OF MAQUOKETA.

GOTTA RUN...TIME TO DO THE NEWS FINAL ON AM AND FM.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY  

NICE SUNNY DAY WITH HIGH OF 53.

A GROUP OF IOWA STATE ALUMNI AND CYCLONE BOOSTERS ..HEADED BY SAGE ROSENFELS...HAS MADE A MAJOR COMMITMENT TO ARC...THE AREA RECREATION CENTER. THEY HAVE PLEDGED $25,000. THE 6-MILLION-DOLLAR CENTER WOULD BE BUILT NEAR GOODENOW FOOTBALL FIELD. THE GROUP HAS SO FAR RAISED NEARLY $600,000.

THE MQUOKETA FINE ARTS CENTER, BEING BUILT ON EAST PLATT STREET...HAS RECEIVED A LARGE DONATION FOR ITS ENDOWMENT FUNDD...FROM ONE OF ITS CREATORS. GARY DREW ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT HE AND HIS WIFE MARILYN, WERE PLEDGING $250,000 TOWARD THE ENDOWMENT. ALSO...IT WAS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT THE FIRST STAR BANK OF MAQUOKETA IS GIVING $5,000. THE CENTER WILL FEATURE A 700 SEAT AUDITORIUM.
SO FAR, OVER $950,000 HAS BEEN RAISED IN CASH AND PLEDGES. THE ENDOWMENT FUND IS PHASE TWO OF THE PROJECT AND IT IS HOPED THAT IN THE NEXT 30 MONTHS, $620,000 CAN BE RAISED...AND THIS MONEY WOULD BE INVESTED AND NEVER SPENT OVER THE YEARS. THE INTEREST ON THIS MONEY WOULD BE USED TO RUN THE CENTER AND FOR ITS UPKEEP. COMING UP SOON, A PLAN TO HAVE PEOPLE BUY SEATS FOR THE AUDITORIUM....AND THE DONOR'S NAME WOULD BE ON A PLAQUE AND ATTACHED TO THE SEAT. IT IS HOPED THE SEAT SELLING ALONE WILL RAISE AROUND $130,000.
GARY DREW IS A COLLEGE PROFESSOR AND HIS WIFE WORKS FOR DR. SKELLLY, O.D....IN HIS MAQUOKETA OFFICE. GARY AND HIS VOLUNTEERS HAVE DONE MUCH OVER THE YEARS AND HAVE COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO FINSIHING THE BUILDING IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
I HAVE LIVED IN THIS CITY OVER 43 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE INDIVIDUAL WORK SO HARD ON ONE PROJECT FOR THE GOOD OF MAQUOEKTA...AS GARY HAS.
HE WILL BE ONE VERY PROUD PERSON SOME DAY AT THE CENTER'S DEDICATION AND THEN FIRST PERFORMANCE.

FOUR DEER ACCIDENTS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NEAR HERE. ONE INVOLVED A MAQUOKETA RESIDENT. CAROL MCCRADY, AGE 56, HIT A DEER WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND WAS TREATED AFTER THE ACCIDENT FOR MINOR INJURIES AT THE J.C.P.HOSPITAL IN MAQUOKETA. DAMAGE TO HER CAR WAS ESTIMATED AT $2,500.

THE DEWITT GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM BEAT DYERSVILLE LAST NIGHT AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND WILL PLAY AGAIN TONIGHT AGAINST THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE STATE. AGAIN..WE WILL BROADCAST THE MATCHES. DEWITT WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME TONIGHT.

NOT EVERYONE STAYS IN ALASKA. GERI SHAFER HAS BEEN NAMED DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AT THE DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART. SHE HAS BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ANCHORAGE OPERA.
ANCHORAGE HAS A CITY OPERA??? EVER BEEN TO IT JACQUE? DUBUQUE DID THE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE...GOT SOMEONE TO MOVE FROM ALASKA!

DELORES KLEIN HAS BEEN NAMED VOLUNTEER OF THE WEEK IN MAQUOKETA. WORKS ON LOTS OF PROJECTS..AND HEADS UP THE BLOOD DRIVE A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR. GOOD CHOICE!

CHARLIE DIETZ WAS IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK. HE HAS BEEN THE HEAD OF THE MT. HOPE CEMETERY BOARD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND NOW..IS ASKING FOR DONATIONS FOR THE CEMETERY...MONEY NEEDED FOR LOTS OF THINGS. MORE ABOUT THIS LATER.

RYAN BECK, SON OF DENNIS AND MARY BECK, IS A FIREMEN AT EAST PEORIA. HAS BEEN FOR 2 YEARS.
IS MARRIED TO AMY (FROM THAT AREA) AND BOTH STOPPED IN TODAY WITH MOM MARY. STOPPED IN TO TELL ME ABOUT THE BUS TRIP THAT HE AND 37 OTHER ILLINOIS FIREMEN TOOK THIS PAST WEEK TO NEW YORK CITY. THERE, THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE FUNERAL OF TWO NEW YORK FIREMEN WHO LOST THEIR LIFE ON SEPTEMBER 11TH. HAD QUITE A STORY TO TELL MY LISTENERS BETWEEN 4 AND 5 THIS AFTERNOON. RYAN AND AMY (NO KIDS) ARE HEADING HOME TO EAST PEORIA SATURDAY AND HE WORKS AGAIN SUNDAY AFTER THE WEEK OFF. HE HAS A BROTHER ADAM AND ADAM IS A MUSICIAN AT DUBUQUE. BOTH WORKED FOR ME AT THE THEATRE WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL. RYAN WAS A 1993 MCHS GRAD. THEIR DAD...DENNIS IS GETTING PRETTY OLD..BUT STILL WORKING.

IOWA PLAYS AT NORTHWESTERN IN EVANSTON TOMORROW...AND THEY NEED A WIN.

IOWA STATE HOSTS COLORADO...AND THEY NEED A WIN TOO.

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. TAKE TIME SUNDAY TO THINK ABOUT OUR VETERANS.

BUDDY OLSON SAYS "I AM" IS REPORTEDLY THE SHORTEST SENTENCE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
BUT HE ALSO THINKS..."I DO" MIGHT REALLY BE THE
LONGEST "SENTENCE".

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

DENNIS VOY

 

CLOUDY THIS MORNING AND WINDY....SUNNY AND LESS WIND THIS AFTERNOON...HIGH 51.

BANOWETZ ANTIQUES GRAND OPENING OPEN-HOUSE FOR THEIR NEW SHOWROOM ACROSS THE STREET FROM MAIN MALL...IS NOW THRU REST OF WEEK. A NICE ADDITION.

WE HAVE THE DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL GIRL'S VOLLEYBALL MATCHES FROM THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN CEDAR RAPIDS ON THE AIR TONIGHT ON BOTH AM AND FM.

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, DONALD MILLER WAS BACKING FROM A PARKING SPACE AT MAQUOKETA LIVESTOCK SALES...AND HIT THE ACCELERATOR INSTEAD OF BRAKE...AND SLAMMED INTO THE HOUSE ACROSS THE ROAD, OWNED BY STEVE BREUER. NO DAMAGE ESTIMATE TO HOME WAS GIVEN AND LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE CAR.

JOHN MAROUSIS, STOPPED IN TO SEE ME FOR A FEW MINUTES THIS AFTERNOON. THE FORMER MAQUOKETA BUSINESSMAN IS RETIRED AND HE AND WIFE LIVE IN FLORIDA. LOOKS GOOD AND FEELS GOOD. VISITING SOME FRIENDS FOR A COUPLE DAYS.

NO BIRTHS, OR DEATHS.

NEW BUSINESS FOR DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA. RUMOR HAS IT ...IT WILL BE SOME KIND OF MORTGAGE COMPANY.
MORE WHEN I GET BETTER INFORMATION.

FIRST OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS IN MAQUOKETA..PUT UP BY NANCY "SUNSHINE SCHOOL" MOORE.

SHOULD HAVE A BETTER AND LONGER REPORT TOMMORROW SO DON'T FORGET TO CHECK BACK THEN.

DENNIS VOY







 

NICE AGAIN TODAY....HIGH 72

DEWITT POLICE CHIEF PEASLEY IS RETIRING AFTER 21 YEARS AS CHIEF.

CORRECTION FROM LAST NIGHT'S ELECTION STORY. TOM MESSERLI DID NOT CARRY ALL 5 WARDS. JACK ROSENBERG
CARRIED THE 5TH WARD.

JACK WAS ON KMAQ'S JUST TALK SHOW THIS MORNING AND FEELING PRETTY
BLUE....SO I HAVE BEEN TOLD. I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO LISTEN.

CHARLIE CLASEN IS NOW OUT OF THE CATTLE BUSINESS. TOO MUCH WORK FOR CHRISTY, SAID CHARLIE. HE SAID HE WILL GIVE HER A REST FROM FARMING DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.

GERTRUDE HAAG, 99, OF WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA DIED MONDAY THERE. WILL BE BURRIED HERE FRIDAY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY A NIECE, BONNIE HAYES OF WATERTOWN AND ALSO FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA.

BIRTH: CHRISTOPHER AND SHARON BENTROTT ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN LAST THURSDAY AT ST. LOUISE PARK, MINNESOTA. GRANDPARENTS ARE CRAIG AND JANE BENTROTT OF MAQUOKETA.

CHECK OUT THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY NEW WEB SITE....www.maquoketa-rotary.org
PICTURES OF MEMBERS.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY  

BEAUTIFUL AGAIN TODAY...IN THE 70'S..BUT COLD WEATHER OOMING TOMORROW

RICHARD PEASLY, AGE 55, DEWITT POLICE CHIEF FOR 21 YEARS, RETIRED THIS WEEK.

A CORRECTION: TOM MESSERLI DID NOT CARRY ALL 5 WARDS. MAYOR JACK ROSENBERG CARRIED THE 5TH WARD.

BIRTH: CHRISTOPHER AND SHARON BENTROTT ARE PARENTS OF A BOY BORN THURSDAY, NOV 1, ST. LOUISE PARK, MINNESOTA. GRANDPARENTS ARE CRAIG AND JANE BENTROTT OF MAQUOKETA.

FARMER CHARLIE CLASEN IS OUT OF THE CATTLE BUSINESS. FARMING HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK FOR MOSTLY CHRISTY, SAID CHARLIE. DECIDED TO GIVE HER A LITTLE REST THIS WINTER.

GERTRUDE HAAG, AGE 99, OF WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA, DIED MONDAY. SHE WAS FORMALLY FROM MAQUOKETA. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER NIECE, BONNIE HAYES OF WATERTOWN AND FORMERLLY OF MAQUOKETA.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY  

NICE DAY..HIGH IN MID 60'S.

MAQUOKETA HAS A NEW MAYOR...WHO WILL TAKE OFFICE JANUARY 1ST.

TOM MESSERLI DEFEATED MAYOR JACK ROSENBERG, 609 TO 469...CARRYING ALL 5 WARDS AND ABSENTEE VOTES TOO. MESSERLI HAS LIVED IN MAQUOKETA ABOUT 15 YEARS AND OWNS A TV REPAIR STORE IN MAQUOKETA AND DUBUQUE. HE ALSO IS BROADCAST ENGINEER FOR KMAQ.
WHEN SOMETHING AT KMAQ NEEDS FIXING..HE DOES IT. DOES THIS ALSO FOR A COUPLE OTHER STATIONS. HE ALSO IS THE SATURDAY MORNING DJ ON KMAQ-FM FROM 6:30 UNTIL 9 A.M. EVERY SATURDAY. NOT MARRIED, BUT HAS DATED KMAQ'S NEWS DIRECTOR SHERI MELVOLD FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE HAS A DAUGHTER IN COLLEGE FROM A PREVIOUS MARRIAGE. HERE IN TOWN, HE ALSO WORKS AT THE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER ONE OR TWO NIGHTS A WEEK AS A DISPATCHER...SAYS HE LIKES DOING THAT. HE ALSO IS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT...IS CHAIRMAN OF THE MAQUOKETA CABLE COMMISSION AND IS A MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH. VOTED ON THE THEME..MAQUOKETA NEEDS A CHANGE. IT WAS A LOW KEY CAMPAIGN WITH YARD SIGNS, EACH HAVING ONE NEWSPAPER AD AND EACH RUNNING SOME RADIO SPOTS THE LAST COUPLE DAYS. CONGRATULATIONS TO TOM MESSERLI.

NICK FRANCOIS TRIED IN A WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT BILL POTTER FOR 2ND WARD COUNCIL, BUT FAILED. POTTER GOT 85 VOTES AND FRANCOIS GOT 32 WRITE-IN VOTES.

LAST NIGHT, THE CITY DID NOT VOTE FOR A 3RD READING OF THE NEW BUILDING CODE ORDINACE. FORMER MAYOR HOWARD ELKINS PRESENTED A NEW PETITION WITH OVER 11-HUNDRED NAMES ON IT..OPPOSING THE CODE...ANY KIND OF CODE. A FEW PEOPLE SPOKE FOR THE CODE, INCLUDING FIRE CHIEF MARK BECK AND RETIRED COUNTY ENGINEER BILL UPMEYER. THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO CHECK OVER THE NEW PETITION AND TO VOTE THE 3RD READING IN DECEMBER.

MAQUOKETA'S VETERANS DAY PROGRAM WILL BE HELD THIS YEAR ON MONDAY, NOV. 12TH...AT 8:45 A.M. AT THE MAQUOKETA MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE VETERAN'S DAY ADDRESS WILL BE GIVEN BY MARINE RETIRED BRIG. GEN. CHARLES MITCHELL OF MAQUOKETA. HE IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER BONNIE WELLS AND THEY HAVE BEEN BACK HERE IN MAQUOKETA FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

ERIN BURNS OF MAQUOKETA IS THE MOTHER OF A BOY BORN AT 4:52 THIS MORNING. GRANDPARENTS ARE MARY PAT AND MIKE BURNS OF MAQUOKETA.

ALVIN WOOD, AGE 90, DIED THIS MORNING AT THE MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER IN BELLEVUE. HE HAD A WELL DRILLING FIRM IN MAQUOKETA FROM 1965 UNTIL RETIRING IN 1984. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, DOLORES, ALSO OF THE MILL VALLEY CARE CENTER...ALSO 2 SONS, BILL OF DES MOINES AND DICK OF KNOXVILLE, IOWA, AND 5 GRANDCHILDREN AND 6 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS A WORLD WAR 2 VET.

WHAT DO YOU THINK BUDDY? DO LIPTON TEA EMPLOYEES TAKE COFFEE BREAKS?

LATE REPORT...BUT BETTER LATE THAN NOT.

CHECK BACK TOMORROW.

tommy@caves.net is the email address of new Mayor Tom Messerli. Send him a note if you get a chance. He would be thrilled to get greetings from around the world.

Thanks.

DENNIS VOY  

NICE TODAY..HIGH OF 61.

DID THE YANKEES WIN?

THE PACKERS DID! IOWA STATE GOT BOMBED AND
IOWA LOST BY A JUST A TOUCHDOWN.

TOMMY MESSERLI IS RUNNING SPOTS ON KMAQ....WHICH STARTS OFF WITH THE OLD POP HIT...HIT THE ROAD, JACK. HE'S RUNNING AGAINST JACK FOR MAYOR.
NICK FRANCOIS ANNOUNCED A WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN
FOR 2ND WARD COUNCIL...TO DEFEAT BILL POTTER, THE INCUMBANT. HE IS DOING IT AT THE URGING OF FRIENDS AND BECAUSE HE DISLIKES THE WAY THE COUNCIL HAS HANDLED THE NEW BUILDING CODE ISSUE.
NICK IS A TOOL MAKER FOR JACKSON INDUSTRIES AND LIVES ON WEST PLATT STREET.

COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT...AND A NEW PETITION WILL BE PRESENTED TONIGHT AGIANST BUILDING CODE. COUNCIL COULD DO THE 3RD AND FINAL READING TONIGHT AND IT WILL BECOME LAW. I'LL HAVE THE OUTCOME FOR YOU TOMORROW.

500 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS BOOSTERS BREAKFAST YESTERDAY...AND IT WAS GOOD.
AND 600 ATTENDED THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S DINNER LAST NIGHT..AND IT ALSO WAS GOOD. THE MAIN RAFFLE PRIZE WAS WON BY SHARON WHITCHELO.

MATT BAKER REPORTED 6 TIRES AT CAR QUEST ON EAST PLATT WERE SLIT ...DAMAGES TOTALING $750.

YES..I KNOW THE DIAMONDBACKS WON...GREAT 9TH INNING. THE WIN WAS GOOD FOR BASEBALL.
AND I DON'T THINK NEW YORK WAS READY FOR A TICKER-TAPE PARADE JUST YET.

IT RAINED IN PHOENIX! DOES THAT MEAN EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO MOW THEIR LAWNS THIS WEEK? THEY DO HAVE LAWNS DOWN THERE, DON'T THEY?

NO BIRTHS OR DEATHS.

MONSTERS,INC. DID BIG BUSINESS AT THE VOY 3 THEATRE OVER THE WEEKEND.

HEY BUDDY, DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN A PIG LOSES ITS VOICE, IT IS DISGRUNTLED?

VOTE TOMORROW IF YOU LIVE IN IOWA.

DENNIS VOY


 

TERRIFIC DAY IN MAQUOKETA...SUNNY AND IN 60'S.
AND TOMORROW SAME.

DEWITT GIRLS WON LAST NIGHT AND FOR THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW...GO TO THE STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK IN CEDAR RAPIDS. KMAQ WILL BROADCAST THEIR MATCHES.

FRAN ULMER IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF ALASKA.
SHE'S A 2ND OR 3RD COUSIN OF MINE. HER SISTER, SARAH, GRADUATED THE SAME YEAR (1957) FROM HIGH SCHOOL WITH ME IN HORICON, WISCONSIN. I DID LAWN WORK FOR HER DAD WHILE GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL AND HE WAS THE FRIENDLY....REALLY...FRIENDLY UNDERTAKER IN HORICON. FRAN IS NOW LT. GOVERNOR...WAS JUNEAU, ALASKA MAYOR..AND IS MARRIED TO A JUNEAU LAWYER....AND THEY HAVE 2 KIDS IN COLLEGE. I'M HAPPY ABOUT THIS HOME-TOWN GIRL THAT HAS MADE GOOD IN A BIG WAY...AND HOPE SHE GOES ON TO WIN. JACQUE, OUR BUDDY IN ALASKA, IS VERY AWARE OF HER AND HOPEFULLY WILL CAMPAIGN FOR HER, ESPECIALLY SINCE FRAN, LIKE HER, IS A BIG GREEN BAY PACKER FAN. FRAN'S WEB SITE ADDRESS IS www.franulmer.com

HAD PIZZA FOR LUNCH TODAY WITH DAUGHTER LONNA AT THE PIZZA HUT. CAROLYN LAUGHLIN IS STILL THE MANAGER..FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS...AND HAD SHORT VISIT WITH HER. ASKED HER IF THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ARE UP YET AT HER HOUSE. SHE AND HUSBAND, GERALD, ALWAYS HAVE A VERY NICE OUTDOOR DISPLAY. SHE SAYS SHE HAS A THANKSGIVING DISPLAY TO GO UP FIRST. NICE GAL...DOES GREAT JOB OF RUNNING THE POPULAR RESTAURANT.

MARVIN SCHMITZ, AGE 55, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS IN A TWO-CAR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT NORTH OLIVE AND QUARRY. OTHER DRIVER WAS A BALDWIN MAN, AND HE WAS CHARGED. SCHMITZ WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL BY PRIVATE VEHICLE FOR MINOR INJURIES AND HIS CAR RECEIVED $3,000 IN DAMAGES.

THE OTHER DAY, I MENTIONED THE DEATH OF BILL ALES...SHOULD HAVE BEEN, JOHN.

NO DEATHS OR BIRTHS.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TODAY TO BUDDY AND MYRNA OLSEN OF RURAL MAQUOKETA. I DECIDED....NO SMART REMARKS AT THIS TIME.

MYRNA...WHO LIKE MY WIFE...STILL SMOKES. SAW HER HAVING A CIG AT MCAFFEE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT THE OTHER DAY. JAKE BICKFORD, HAVING COFFEE WITH ME OBSERVED: "ISN'T MAKING A SMOKING SECTION IN A RESTAURANT A LOT LIKE MAKING A PEEING SECTION IN A SWIMMING POOL?"

IOWA PLAYS WISCONSIN TOMORROW AT MADISON. I CHEER FOR IOWA WHEN THESE TWO TEAMS PLAY...BUT
...SINCE I ATTENDED THE UNIV. OF WISCONSIN...IF THE BADGERS WIN...I DON'T FEEL REAL BAD.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND EVERYONE.

DENNIS VOY










 

SUNNY AND 70.

AND......NO SIGNIFICANT NEWS TODAY.


SO...NO REPORT TODAY...SORRY.

DENNIS VOY  

PARTY SUNNY TODAY..HIGH OF 63.

I DID A FAIRLY LONG REPORT AT MID-AFTERNOON...
AND NOW DISCOVERED IT DID NOT GO UP ON THE NET.

SO...SORRY..NO REPORT TODAY AS I DON'T HAVE TIME
TO DO IT OVER.

WELL...ONE THING I REMEMBER...

BILL ALES, AGE 67, OF PEKIN, ILLINOIS DIED OF A HEART ATTACK. GRADUATED FROM MAQUOKETA HIGH
SCHOOL. SURVIVED BY MOTHER ESTHER ALES OF MAQUOKETA AND SISTER, JOLENE STARR OF BELLEVUE, WHO HAS AN INVESTMENT BUSINESS IN MAQUOKETA.

DENNIS VOY

 

RAIN THIS MORNING...THEN CLOUDY MOST OF THE DAY..WITH A LITTLE SUNSHINE LATE IN AFTERNOON AND A HIGH TODAY OF 49.

DARLENE BLOCK WAS JUST IN....ONE OF TOP BOWLERS IN THE CITY. LAST WEEK, SHE HAD A SPARE TO OPEN A NEW GAME...THEN THREW 11 IN A ROW AND ENDED UP WITH A 290....HER BEST EVER.

FIVE DEER ACCIDENTS IN JACKSON COUNTY OVERNIGHT.
....FROM MAQUOKETA...STEVE KLOCKE HIT ONE ON ROCKDALE ROAD.

BRIAN EDWARDS....STORING A 1976 JEEP FOR BARRY MOORE ON ROCKDALE ROAD....AND THE JEEP IS NOW GONE AND SOME ROWS OF CORN HAVE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN IN AREA. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING.

THE NEW SIDEWALKS COMMITTEE HELD ITS FIRST MEETING LAST NIGHT...5 OF 7 PRESENT..AND SHORT MEETING WITH BASICALLY NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED.
THIS..IN MY OPINION...IS A COMMITTEE THAT WAS NOT NECESSARY.

JESSICA BRINKER AND RYAN EICHORN OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN OCT 18TH AT LOCAL HOSPITAL.

RON AND RUTH IRWIN OF MAQUOKETA...PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN OCT 22ND AT LOCAL HOSPITAL.

SLOW NEWS WEEK SO FAR.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

TALK TO YOU TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY  

BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY IN MAQUOKETA...61 THE HIGH.

YESTERDAY WAS TRICK-OR-TREAT DAY IN MAQUOKETA.
FROM 4 TO 6. TOO EARLY ON CALENDAR AND TOO EARLY IN DAY. AND I MENTIONED MY DISLIKE ON THE AIR A COUPLE TIMES TODAY. I BELIEVE CITIES SHOULD HAVE HALLOWEEN EITHER THE NIGHT BEFORE..THE 30TH...OR THE 31ST. NOT 4 DAYS EARLY LIKE MAQUOKETA AND A FEW OTHER CITIES THIS YEAR. MANY OTHER CITIES ARE DOING HALLOWEEN TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY. AND...I THINK THE HOURS SHOULD BE 5 TIL 7. FIVE TO 6 IS STILL LIGHT ENOUGH FOR THOSE WHO PREFER LIGHT...BUT 6 TO 7 IS DARK FOR THOSE PREFERRING THE DARK. NO SPEICIAL PARTIES OR PARADE THIS YEAR EITHER BY CITY, SCHOOL OR CLUBS.

SOME HAVE ASKED HOW THE ARC IS COMING IN MAQUOKETA. ARC..AREA RECREATION CENTER. NOT WELL,IN MY OPINION. BAD NAME TO START OFF WITH....AS IT WILL BE JUST MAQUOKETA...NOT AREA.
CENTER. THREE YEARS THE COMMITTEE HAS MET...SOME EVEN HAVE LEFT IT...AND THEY ARE STILL SPINNING THEIR WHEELS, AS THEIR RECENT TELEVISED MEETING SHOWED. TOO BAD! THEY HAVE RAISED AROUND $600,000 SO FAR...WITH GOAL OF OVER $6-MILLION.
MINUS FACTORS...AGAIN, IN MY OPINION.. ARE... THAT IT WILL NOT COME CLOSE TO SATISFYING YOUNG PEOPLE NEEDS OF THE TOWN...AND POOR LOCATION. I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED.

OVER THE WEEKEND...A FEW MINOR ACCIDENTS...
WITH NO OR MINOR INJURIES. ALSO, 3 CAR-DEER ACCIDENTS IN THE COUNTY AND 1 CAR-COW ACCIDENT.
ALSO, A COUPLE THEFTS....LIKE A VCR AND CASSETTE PLAYER BEING TAKEN FROM THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA.

DEBRA NOWACHECK OF MAQUOKETA WON $100,000 IN THE IOWA LOTTO POWERBALL DRAWING ON OCTOBER 10TH AND PICKED UP HER CHECK IN CEDAR RAPIDS LAST FRIDAY.
SHE GOT THE 5 NUMBERS RIGHT, BUT NOT THE POWER BALL NUMBER ITSELF. I HEARD HER CHECK AFTER TAXES WAS AROUND 67-THOUSAND.

JOSH MEIER HAS BEEN HIRED AS THE ASSISTANT VARSITY WRESTLING COACH FOR MAQUOKETA THIS SEASON. HE WILL RECEIVE $2,544 EXTRA FOR THE COACHING POSITION.

BEN MILLER, AGE 94, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED SATURDAY MORNING AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME. HE FARMED EAST OF MAQUOKETA UNTIL RETIREMENT. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, DOUGLAS, OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK WHEREVER YOU ARE.

THANKS FOR CHECKING IN.

DENNIS VOY






 

NICE FALL DAY IN MAQUOKETA...HIGH OF 47.

MAQUOKETA LOST TO VINTON LAST NIGHT.

IOWA ALMOST BEAT MICHIGAN TODAY.

I WAS AT GAME....WITH 70,000 OTHERS,

DENNIS VOY  

NICE FALL DAY TODAY.

MAQUOKETA LOST THEIR FINAL FOOTBALL GAME OF THE SEASON LAST NIGHT AT VINTON.

DENNIS VOY  

CLOUDY, WINDY, WINDY AGAIN..AND COOL..HIGH OF 41.
SUNNY AND WARMER TOMORROW.

THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA IS OFFERING A 3 PERCENT PAY RAISE FOR POLICE OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR...ALONG WITH A REDUCED PAY SCALE ASKED FOR BY THE BARGAINING UNIT THIS WEEK. THE CITY'S PROPOSED BASE SALARY FOR NEXT YEAR WOULD BE $27,840..A $3,00O INCREASE...BUT STILL LOWER THAN COMPARABLE
POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN AREA, INCLUDING DEWITT WHICH HAS A BASE STARTING SALARY OF $31,070.
CLOSED SESSION NEGOTIATING SESSIONS BEGIN MONDAY.

ON KMAQ'S "Just Talk" CALL-IN SHOW THIS MORNING, A BUNCH OF CALLERS ANGRY THAT TOM CLASEN WILL BE GETTING OUT OF JAIL AFTER 4 MONTHS. SEE YESTERDAY'S STORY ON THIS REPORT.

MAQUOKETA FINISHES THE FOOTBALL SEASON TONIGHT AT VINTON...SHOULD BE AN EASY GAME TO WIN AND IF THEY DO...THEY WILL IMPROVE THEIR RECORD BY 1 WIN OVER LAST YEAR.

NO DEATHS OR BIRTHS.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY





 

WINDY...VERY WINDY..AND COLD TODAY...LITTLE SUNSHINE AND A HIGH OF 40.

FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A CHIMNEY FIRE THIS MORING AROUND 8:15 TO THE RURAL HOME OF ALBERT SCHROCK NORTH OF MAQUOKETA. THE FIRE HAS BEEN PUT OUT JUST AS FIREMEN ARRIVED.

TOM CLASEN, OF MAQUOKETA, CONVICTED DRUG DEALER, IS BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER SERVING ABOUT 4 MONTHS OF HIS 10 YEAR SENTENCE. THE JUDGE SAID HE WILL HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING AND AFTERCARE TREATMENT AND STILL MUST PAY A $50,000 FINE. COURT RECORDS INDICATE HE HAS PAID NOTHING SO FAR. HE WAS ARRESTED BACK IN FEBRUARY AT HIS HOME, AT 305 SOUTH OLIVE....WITHIN 1,000 FEET OF A SCHOOL.
HE GOT LETTERS ENCOURAGING RELEASE FROM JAIL BY SEVERAL PEOPLE.

IN MAGISTRATE COURT NEWS: CURTIS COOPER, AGE 30, OF MAQUOKETA WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING JAMES GIBSON THIS PAST TUESDAY AT THE RESIDENCE OF TINA COOPER ON EAST PLATT. COOPER WAS UNDER A PROTECTIVE ORDER NOT TO BE AT THE HOME.

MORE ON TWO LOCAL DEATHS. YESTERDAY, I GAVE PENDING ONLY.

CLYDE WILSON, AGE 93, DIED MONDAY EVENING AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, vIRGINIA, AND 3 SONS...TERRY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE, IOWA....BERRY OF OSSINING, NEW YORK AND CURTIS OF CEDAR RAPIDS...ALSO 2 GRANDSONS AND 1 BROTHER.
HE WAS A MACHINIST FOR J.I. CASE AND LATER WORKED IN THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE J.C.P. HOSPITAL.

LORETTA CAMPBELL, AGE 56, DIED TUESDAY MORNING AT HER HOME. SHE WORKED AT CRESTRIDGE NURSING HOME FORT 15 YEARS AS ACTIVITY DIRECTOR AND THEN WORKED AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, EARL, 2 DAUGHTERS, SHELLY OF DAVENPORT AND RENEE OF DEWITT AND A SON, TREVOR KETELSEN OF BETTENDORF AND 3 STEP-SONS, JOHN CAMPBELL OF MAQUOKETA AND BILL AND ALLEN OF OXFORD JUNCTION.

FREE HOTDOGS TOMORROW AT MAQUOKETA STATE BANK...IN OBSERVANCE OF PORK MONTH.

LOTS OF ENTRIES ON THE GUEST BOOK THE LAST COUPLE DAY...CHECK IT OUT.

PEACE.

DENNIS VOY

 

RAIN THIS MORNING..AND COOL TODAY...WITH HIGH AROUND 50 AND COLDER WEATHER PREDICTED FOR THE WEEKEND.

GOT BACK LAST NIGHT FROM THE TRIP TO HAYWARD,
WISCONSIN. NANCY AND I HAD A GOOD TIME....REALLY NICE WEATHER AND BEAUTIFUL SCENERY.
CAME BACK HOME ALONG THE GREAT RIVER ROAD.
HER INLAWS HAVE A NEAT LITTLE HOUSE ALONG NELSON LAKE UP THERE...WITH A GREAT VIEW. HAYWARD IS
A TYPICAL TOURIST CITY WITH LOTS OF PLACES TO EAT AND SHOP....HOME ALSO OF THE LUMBERJACK COMPETITOIN EACH YEAR ON ESPN.

BUT TODAY, BACK TO 85 E-MAILS AND TWO PILES OF SNAIL MAIL...AND RAIN. STILL TRYING TO CATCH UP ON THINGS TO GET DONE.

THIS WILL BE SHORT.

THE FIRST GENERATOR AT GENERAC JUST SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA HAS BEEN SHIPPED FROM THE NEW PLANT...SHIPPED TO FLORIDA. EMPLOYEES HAVING A HAND IN PRODUCING THE FIRST UNIT WERE: STEVE SCOTT, ARON BURKEY, DWAYNE BROWN, MIKE DONLEY,
ANDREW BARNEY, TIM MULLINS, DOUG SAID, TOBY MULLINS AND BOB DAVIS.

THE CLASS OF 41 HAD A SUCCESSFUL 60TH CLASS REUNION RECENTLY AT THE VFW, WITH 23 MEMBERS PRESENT. MEMBERS PRESENT: GENEVIEVE FRANK BROOKS....DOROTHY GREGORE MORRIS....GERTRUDE EASTON WIERSMA....DOROTHY BROWN DURKOP....IDA MAE RUGGER CALDWELL....VIRGINIA SCHNOOR WILSON....DONALD HENNINGSEN....RUTH IHRIG CASTEEL....KEITH FRANCOIS....DARRELL HENRY....JIM RANKIN...ROY MOREHEAD....EVA WILCOX WESTPHAL...WALLACE PARMER...DILLON DENNIS....MARGARET DAVIS GREGOIRE...GEORGE BRADY...MERLE REYNOLDS...GEORGE ANACKER....LARRY COOK...WILMA WIERUP REICHLING....RUTH CONNELL TEMPLETON...AND....ROSEMARY MYATT FRANCOIS.

NANCY ROCKWELL HAS COMPLETED 35 YEARS OF SERVICE AT THE MAQUOKETA NEWSPAPERS AND WILL CONTINUE.

ALI RORAH AND MEGAN BENTON WERE NAMED TO THE BIG BEND CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL FIRST TEAM.

CLYDE WILSON, AGE 93, OF MAQUOKETA, DIED MONDAY NIGHT AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. SERVICES WILL BE AT CARSON'S.

LORETTA CAMPBELL, AGE 56, OF MAQUOKETA,DIED YESTERDAY MORNING AT HER HOME. SERVICES PENDING AT CARSON'S.

LUCKE BROTHERS SHOE STORE IN BELLEVUE, WILL CLOSE AFTER MORE THAN 144 YEARS. CURRENT OWNER HAS IT LISTED FOR SALE AS HIS HEALTH WILL NOT ALLOW HIM TO CONTINUE OPERATING THE SHOE AND CLOTHING STORE.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

DENNIS VOY  

NICE FALL DAY IN MAQUOKETA. SUNNY AND AROUND 60.

MAQUOKETA LOST LAST NIGHT TO BENTON COMMUNITY...20 TO 0. ONE MORE GAME LEFT, NEXT FRIDAY. NO PLAYOFF GAME FOR THE CARDS THIS YEAR.

WILL BE UP IN NORTHERN WISCONSON FOR A FEW DAYS...
MY NEXT REPORT WON'T BE UNTIL MAYBE WEDNESDAY, BUT PROBABLY NOT UNTIL THURSDAY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY


 

SUNNY AND HIGH TODAY AROUND 60.

WEEKEND LOOKING GOOD.

MAQUOKETA NEEDS A WIN TONIGHT...BENTON COMMUNITY...HERE...AND THEY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE
TOO. I'LL LET YOU KNOW TOMORROW MORNING.

MAQUOKETA GIRLS LOST TO DEWITT LAST NIGHT, IN TOURNAMENT VOLLEYBALL...BUT IT TOOK DEWITT 3 OUT OF 5 TO BEAT THEM. DEWITT HAD THE HOME COURT ADVANTAGE. MAQUOKETA FINISHED THE SEASON WITH THE BEST SEASON EVER FOR VOLLEYBALL AT MCHS.

FRED HARE, MCHS SENIOR, YESTERDAY IN CROSS COUNTRY DISTRICT MEET QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE MEET THE WEEKEND AFTER THIS.

MORE MAIL BOX VANDALISM IN JACKSON COUNTY WEDNESDAY.

BOB JORGENSEN, AGE 73, OF MAQUOKETA DIED LAST NIGHT AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE WORKED FOR IOWA ELECTRIC IN MAQUOKETA FOR 20 YEARS. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE RITA, 3 BROTHERS, INCLUDING CARL IN MAQUOKETA AND 3 SISTERS, INCLUDING HELEN KNIGHT OF MAQUOKETA.

HAD LUNCH WITH DAUGHTER LONNA TODAY AT OBIE'S...HOME OF THE FAMOUS TACOS. SHE HAD A TACO..I WENT FOR GRILLED PORK TENDERLOIN.
POPULAR PLACE. RAN INTO FRANCIS WILLEY....OUT THERE WITH HER BROTHER KENNY WIDEL (AND WIFE ALICE) OF CANTON, CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY.
MANY OF YOU KNOW THE WILLEY'S. FRANCIS IN HER YOUNGER DAYS WAS ONE OF MAQUOKETA'S BEST COOKS AND PIE BAKERS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NANCY AND I TOOK LONNA AND HER HUSBAND-TO-BE, SHAWN, TO BREITBACH'S IN BALLTOWN...IOWA'S OLDEST RESTAURANT AND BAR. GOOD FOOD. BUSY PLACE.
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE UP THERE. LOTS OF PEOPLE FROM MAQUOKETA FREQUENT THE PLACE. IT IS LOADED WITH ANQIQUES....SEATS OVER 200 AND KNOWN FOR THEIR BIG, BIG PIES. I...WATCHING MY EATING AGAIN...SKIPPED THE PIE. SHAWN AND LONNA BUSY PLANNING THEIR WEDDING....JANUARY 12TH. SURE HOPE I CAN GET OFF WORK THAT DAY.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY  

62 TODAY, WITH PARTY SUNNY SKIES.

LEO MAYNARD OF DEWITT DIED YESTERDAY. AGE 83.
FOR YEARS, KNOWN AS MR. DEWITT. MAYOR FOR 22 YEARS. BIG LEGIONAIRE. BIG WITH BOY SCOUTS.
CREDITED WITH GETTING LOTS OF INDUSTRY FOR TOWN.
HAD A STROKE OVER A YEAR AGO. HAS NOT BEEN MAYOR FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS. NICE GUY.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS HAVE TAKEN SOME STEPS FOR ADDITIONAL SECURITY AT THE COURTHOUSE IN THE WAKE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING NATIONALLY.

DALE KLOFT ROLLED A 289 AND 707 SERIES THE OTHER NIGHT...NOT BAD FOR A GUY WHO HAS BEEN BOWLING
SINCE THEY INVENTED THE GAME.....WELL .. SINCE THE LATE 50'S.

HOME MADE BEAN AND HAM SOUP....WITH CORN MUFFIN...HAD IT THE OTHER DAY AT HOV'S PUB, DOWNTOWN MAQUOKETA....IN THE OLD WELDING SHOP.
BECKY IS THE COOK AND A GOOD ONE. $1.75 PLUS TAX...AND WHILE EATING...WATCHED THE LATEST FROM NEW YORK ON CNN ON THE BIG TV OVER THE BAR. THEY HAVE THE BEST CHEESEBURGERS IN TOWN TOO....EAT AT THE BAR OR A TABLE. POPULAR PLACE. RON AND SUE HOVEY, OWNERS....FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

ANDY BELLENDIER'S TIRE RECAPPING PLACE HAS CLOSED AFTER MANY YEARS. DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED..BUT SUPPOSE HE'S RETIRING. SOME OF YOU WILL REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS A GOOD MANAGER OF THE LOCAL MAQUOKETA COUNTRY CLUB.

KEN MOORE'S TWO NEW DUPLEXES ARE ALMOST DONE ON SOUTH MYATT DRIVE...ONE ALREADY RENTED. IN THAT AREA, HE HAS PUT UP 6 OR 7 APARTMENT BUILDINGS WITH A TOTAL OF AROUND 25 APARTMENTS. THEY RENT FOR SOMEWHERE OVER $600 A MONTH, I BELIEVE...MAYBE EVEN $700 FOR SOME. ALL ATTRACTIVE AND WITH ONE OR TWO CAR GARAGE.

BOTH DAIRY QUEEN AND TNT CONE SHOPPE HAVE CLOSED FOR THE SEASON. ALSO, THE WEEKEND JACK AND JILL OUTDOOR BRAT STAND.

BOTH FUNERAL HOME ARE EMPTY THESE DAYS.

AND WITH THAT GOOD NOTE....ADIOS FOR ANOTHER DAY.

DENNIS VOY





 

I DID A REPORT..GOOD ONE...LAST NIGHT...AND NOW THIS MORNING..DISCOVERED IT DID NOT GO UP ON THE NET.

DAM IT..........EXCUSE ME...DARN IT.

IF I REMEMBER CORRRECTLY...A FEW THINGS I MENTIONED ON IT....

DEWITT'S BOND ISSUE TUESDAY WENT DOWN TO DEFEAT..A 50-50% VOTE...ISSUE NEEDED 60%.

MAQUOKETA BEAT ANAMOSA TUESDAY NIGHT IN VOLLEYBALL...THE CARDS ARE RANKED 18TH IN THE STATE. THEIR WORK IS CUT OUT FOR THEM THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN THEY GO TO DEWITT TO TAKE ON #10 DEWITT CENTRAL.

THE THURSDAY REPORT...LOOK FOR IT LATER TODAY.
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW.....I SOMETIMES DO THE DAILY REPORT IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON....SOMETIMES BETWEEN 4 AND 5 P.M. AND MANY TIMES, DO IT BETWEEN 5:30 AND 6. IF I DON'T GET IT DONE BY 6 P.M....IT MOST LIKELY WON'T BE ON AT ALL.
ONCE IN A WHILE...I DO ONE LATER AT NIGHT...HERE AT KMAQ OR AT MY HOME.

NO DEATHS.

SUN IS SHINING NOW...BUT LIGHT RAIN LATER TODAY.

THE BRAD DEERY MOTORS BIG "SLASHER SALE" SPOT IS RUNNING RIGHT NOW ON KMAQ....ITS THIS WEEKEND.

"THE DEPOT" SALE MONDAY NIGHT...WAS HELD...AND I HEARD EVERYTHING WAS SOLD...BUT THE BUILDING.
BUILDING IS EMPTY NOW....AND SO ONCE AGAIN .. MAQUOKETA IS IN NEED OF A NICE RESTAURANT.
THE DEPOT WAS THE SUPPER CLUB, WITH A BAR, LOCATED IN THE OLD MAQUOKETA RAILROAD DEPOT ON EAST PLATT STREET.

WORK HARD TODAY...OR IF YOU'RE LUCKY, PLAY HARD.

DENNIS VOY

 

COLD, BLUSTERY TODAY. NORTHERN IOWA.... UP BY STRAWBERRY POINT...HAD SNOW ON GROUND THIS MORNING.

BUT, WE STILL HAVE NOT HAD INDIAN SUMMER.

THREE DEWITT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES WERE EXPOSED TO A SUSPICIOUS SUBSTANCE YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON. A CLOSE-BY A scare??? THE SUBSTANCE..IN AN ENVELOPE-LETTER BUT NOT MAILED IN..IS BEING ANALYZED BY THE STATE HYGENICS LAB IN IOWA CITY. I'LL LET YOU KNOW LATER.

IT WAS A HOT TIME IN THE OLD COUNCIL CHAMBERS AGAIN LAST NIGHT...PRIOR TO THE 2ND READING FOR THE NEW BUILDING CODE ORDINACE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ...MANY, MANY.. ARE OPPOSED TO THE CODE. SPEAKING AGINST IT, LARRY DERGANZ, DAVE BRADY,
FORMER MAYOR HOWARD ELKINS AND LARRY KUHLMAN. BUT, MOST COUNCILMEN ARE GOING TO PUT IT IN REGARDLESS..AND THE 2ND READING PASSED.

A NEW COMPUTER STORE OPENED YESTERDAY AT 111 EAST PLATT STREET....RCS COMPUTER SALES AND SERVICE....OWNED AND OPERATED BY JOHN REGAN OF MAQUOKETA. JOHN WAS RECENTLY THE COMPUTER SPECIALIST FOR ONWARD BANKS. HE CARRIES IN-STOCK... A LINE OF COMPUTERS ....AND WILL DO INSTALLATIONS, REPAIRS AND COMPUTER TRAINING. NICE LITTLE STORE...AND JOHN REALLY KNOWS HIS COMPUTERS.

LOTS OF ENTRIES ON THE KMAQ GUEST BOOK LATELY...
BE SURE TO CHECK IT DAILY.

THANKS FOR ANOTHER VISIT.

DENNIS VOY



 

CLOUDY TODAY...AND COOL.

SAD, SAD DAY HERE AT KMAQ. THE CARDINALS LOST LAST NIGHT. SHIRLEY...I'M SURE YOU ARE HAPPY!
AND YOU KNOW WHAT...IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN COACH, WE MIGHT HAVE WON. AND..LOCAL CARDINALS ALSO LOST THEIR FOOTBALL GAME FRIDAY NIGHT....AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN A WIN. BUT...GREEN BAY WON AND THEY WERE DANCING IN THE SNOW IN ALASKA. JACQUE...PLEASE E-MAIL US A PHOTO OF YOUR PACKER HOME.

DEWITT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A BIG 12.9-MILLION-DOLLAR BOND ISSUE ELECTION TOMORROW. THE LAST TIME IT FAILED...IT FELL SHORT 4%...NEEDS 60% FOR APPROVAL. LOTS OF OPPOSITION FROM WELTON AND AND GRAND MOUND...BECAUSE IF IT PASSES...THE TWO TOWNS WILL LOOSE THEIR SCHOOL.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

A MEET THE MAYOR CANDIDATES FORUM IS THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON LOCAL CHANNEL 22, HOSTED BY KMAQ'S LEIGHTON HEPKER....BETWEEN MAYOR JACK ROSENBERG AND CHALLENGER TOM MESSERLI. LOTS OF YARD SIGNS ARE APPEARING ALL OVER TOWN FOR BOTH CANDIDATES.

TWO ONE-CAR ACCIDENTS OVER WEEKEND...ONE BY MARK FITCH, AGE 34, OF MAQUOKETA, NO INJURIES. AND THE OTHER BY STEPHEN CRIST, AGE 31, OF MAQUOKETA..NO INJURIES.

WALTER EDWARDS OF MAQUOKETA IS MISSING TWO WALKER COON HOUNDS

ON POLICE BLOTTER...PAUL DAGUE OF N. OLIVE REPORTED A TIRE SLASHED AND ROB MANNING SAID 3 WINDOWS WERE BROKEN ON S. NIAGARA.

JONATHAN SEYFERT OF MAQUOKETA, AGE 23, APPEARED IN MAGISTRATE COURT OVER WEEKEND FOR ATTEMPTED BURGLARY. HE USED A BUTCHER KNIFE TO PRY OPEN A DOOR ON KATHEY DRIVE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. HE ATTEMPTED TO GET INTO THE HOME THERE. THERE IS A PROTECTIVE ORDER PREVENTING HIM FROM BEING AT THE RESIDENCE. AND RYAN RENFROW, AGE 22, OF MAQUOKETA, APPEARED ON AN OCTOBER 10TH CHARGE OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHENALIA.

NO DEATHS.

SORRY THERE IS'NT MORE NEWS.

CHECK BACK TOMORROW.

DENNIS VOY




 

RAINY DAY TODAY

MAQUOKETA LOST IN OVERTIME LAST NIGHT AT EPWORTH TO WESTERN DUBUQUE 20 TO 19.

IN OVERTIME, THEY SCORED FIRST.

WE THEN SCORED...AND HAD CHOICE OF
KICKING TO TIE ....OR GOING FOR 2 TO WIN
FROM THE 6 YARD LINE.

SOME MIGHT HAVE WENT FOR ANOTHER SURE TIE AND THEN 2ND OVERTIME...BUT...

GOOD GAME ANYWAY..AND MAQUOKETA CONTROLLED IT RIGHT UP UNTIL NEAR THE END WHEN THEY TIED IT AND FORCED THE OVERTIME.

JOHN AND HELEN CASAD OF MAQUOKETA WILL CELEBRATE THEIR 60TH ..WITH FAMILY..OCTOBER 18TH. THEY WERE LIFETIME FARMERS, RETIRING IN 1982. THEY HAVE 2 DAUGHTERS....LINDA CASAD OF SPRING HILL, FLORIDA AND SHEILA JONES OF MAPLE GROVE,MINNESOTA.
ALSO 2 GRANDDAUGHTERS AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

ALL FOR NOW.

DENNIS VOY

 

BEAUTIFUL DAY IN MAQUOKETA. BUT...SOUNDS LIKE SUNDAY WILL BE WET, WINDY AND COLD...A HIGH IN THE UPPER 40'S.

MAQUOKETA PLAYS WESTERN DUBUQUE AT EPWORTH TONIGHT....THEY ARE RATED #10 IN THE STATE...AND IT IS THEIR HOMECOMING. MAQUOKETA NEEDS THE WIN TONIGHT IF THEY WANT TO STAY IN THE RUNNING FOR THE PLAYOFFS. I'LL HAVE THE SCORE FOR YOU TOMORROW MORNING.

ROGER STEWART IS GOING TO CELEBRATE HIS BIG 7-0
SUNDAY. RETIRED FROM MAQUOKETA STATE BANK, BUT STILL WORKS PART TIME FOR THEM...AND IS STILL
VERY ACTIVE IN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MAQUOKETA. GUYS LIKE ROGER HAVE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN GETTING THE TWO NEW INDUSTRIES TO LOCATE IN MAQUOKETA. HE IS ALSO IN ROTARY..SO I SEE HIM WEEKLY THERE.

A BUNCH OF PEOPLE FROM FAMILY DOLLAR WILL BE IN MAQUOKETA NEXT WEEK WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR BIG JOB-INTERVIEW BLITZ.

THE IOWA DOT HAS ANNOUNED A "PUT THE BRAKES ON FATALITIES" CAMPAIGN. OVER 40-THOUSAND AMERICANS DIE ANNUALLY IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT...AN AVERAGE OF 115 A DAY AND ANOTHER 85,000 WERE INJURED. SINCE THE WORLD TRADE TOWERS TRAGEDY JUST OVER A MONTH AGO...AROUND 3,500 HAVE DIED ON OUR NATION'S HIGHWAYS.

THE H & R BLOCK OFFICE IN MAQUOKETA HAS CHANGED OWNERSHIP. RITA SCHNOOR, FORMER OFFICE MANAGER, AND 16-YEAR VETERAN OF THE TAX BUSINESS, HAS PURCHASED THE FRANCHISE, AS OF OCTOBER 1ST...FROM ANNE McNAMEE. ANNE ESTABLISHED THE OFFICE 24 YEARS AGO AND WILL CONTINUE TO HELP OUT DURING THE TAX SEASON. THE OFFICE IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE VOY THEATRE.

A THEFT IN MAQUOKETA. RITA HUGHES SAID HER PURSE WAS TAKEN FROM A VEHICLE PARKED AT DYNAMIC METAL FORMING IN MAQUOKETA. THE VALUE, $10.

BACK TO FAMILY DOLLAR....YOU WON'T BELIEVE THE SIZE OF THEIR BUILDING. THE ROOF ALONE WILL COST 1.8 MILLION DOLLARS. WHEN YOU COME TO VISIT MAQUOKETA...VISITING THE SOUTH SIDE WILL BE A "MUST".

BOB AND MIM STOCKHAM FINIALLY GOT HOME FROM THE EXTENDED RV TRIP OUT WEST....SO I HAVE BEEN TOLD. HAVE NOT SEEN THEM YET, BUT I HEAR THEY PUT ON NEARLY 8,000 MILES.

THE NEW BUILDING CODE FOR MAQUOKETA...STILL NOT VERY POPULAR. FINAL READING YET TO COME, SO IT IS NOT LAW YET.

NEW COMPUTER STORE OPENS NEXT WEEK. MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY



 

NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN YESTERDAY.

TODAY...SUNNY AND HIGH OF 68.

COLD WEATHER COMING EARLY NEXT WEEK.

6 WEEKS FROM TODAY IS THANKSGIVING.

IN MAGISTRATES COURT .. JANICE BELL, AGE 42, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. JACKSON COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF TERRY ROLLING SAID BELL WAS AT THE QUARTERDECK IN BALDWIN SUNDAY AND SHE HIT TODD WIESE IN THE SIDE OF HIS FACE.

JEFF AND LISA HOLTZ OF MAQUOKETA ARE PARENTS OF A GIRL BORN LAST FRIDAY AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

THE ANNUAL MONMOUTH SCHOOL HAUNTED HOUSE OPENS FOR THE HALLOWEEN SEASON FRIDY, OCTOBER 19TH.
A POPULAR ONE. $5.00 ADMISSION FOR AGE 13 AND OVER AND KIDS 12 AND UNDER, $3.

THELMA AND HOWARD GISEL HAVE SOLD THEIR HOUSE IN MAQUOKETA...JUST LAST WEEK...AND LAST SATURDAY, HAD A PUBLIC AUCTION AND THIS WEEK, MOVED TO SAVANNAH,GEORGIA TO LIVE IN THE RIVER'S EDGE
SENIORS COMPLEX...AND WILL BE NEAR THEIR DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW. HOPE THEY LIKE IT THERE...WINTER WEATHER WILL BE WARMER THAN UP HERE I'M SURE. GOOD PEOPLE AND MAQUOKETA WILL MISS THEM. HOWARD AND I WERE IN THE VFW AND LIONS CLUBS TOGETER. HE'S PUSHING 88 BY THE WAY.

AND FINIALLY...BAD NEWS TO REPORT. THE STATE OF IOWA SOMEHOW FOUND A MISTAKE IN MY 1998 TAX RETURN AND SENT ME A NOTICE ABOUT IT M0NDAY.
I FAXED THE LETTER TO MY CPA FIRM. CAROLE, THE CPA THAT DOES MY WORK, CALLED THIS AFTERNOON.
THE GOOD NEWS....THEIR (IOWA'S) FIGURES WERE HIGH. THE BAD NEWS...THERE WAS A MISTAKE AND I'LL BE BILLED FOR AROUND $800. I SURE HOPE NANCY WILL ENJOY WITH ME THE PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHS TONIGHT. AND IF YOU GUYS OUT THERE CARE TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY CAUSE....SEND YOUR CHECK HERE TO THE KMAQ OFFICE. PARDON ME WHILE I BLOW MY NOSE....I'M STILL SOBBING A LITTLE.

NO DEATHS FOR COUPLE DAYS.

GOTTA GO....COME BACK AGAIN.

DENNIS VOY  

TRACE OF RAIN OVERNIGHT...AND MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TODAY, WITH HIGH OF 70.

AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE BOARD VOTED TO PUT IN AN ALARM SYSTEM AT ALL 4 ATTENDANCE CENTERS. THE COMPLETE SYSTEM WILL COST $5,296 AND WILL BE PURCHASED FROM BUDDY OLSON SECURITY SYSTEMS AND THE SCHOOL WILL ALSO THEN PAY A MONTHLY FEE TO OLSON SECURITY TO MONITOR THE ALARMS. THERE HAS BEEN SOME VANDALISM LATELY AND IT IS HOPED THIS WILL HELP.
IT SHOULD HELP! TV CAMERAS MAY BE NEXT, BUT AT A HIGHER COST.

YES..THAT IS THE SAME BUDDY OLSON THAT WAS POLICE CHEIF IN MAQUOKETA WAY BACK IN THE 60'S.
YES..HE IS GETTING UP THERE IN AGE. HE IS BACKED-UP IN HIS BUSINESS BY HIS YOUNGER WIFE, MYRNA......AND BY HIS SON.

THE TOP THREE APPLE PIES IN THE PIE BAKING CONTEST LAST SUNDAY AT THE FAIRGROUNDS ..WERE ALL FROM MAQUOKETA. JR. DIVISION 1ST PLACE WENT TO ELLA LINDSTROM OF MAQUOKETA....ONE-CRUST PIE, 1ST PLACE TO JEREMY STOWE OF MAQUOKETA AND TWO-CRUST PIE, FIRST PLACE TO LINDA DRAKE OF MAQUOKETA.
EACH FIRST PLACE PIE WAS GOOD FOR $10. ONE OF T HE 3 JUDGES WAS ALSO FROM MAQUOKETA....DAVID HANKEMEIER. ALL ENTRIES WERE AUCTIONED-OFF BY AUCTIONEER REX FELTON AND $236 WAS GENERATED BY THE AUCTION WITH THE MONEY GOING TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

RON...DOES SHIRLEY EVER BAKE YOU A PIE? DO
RETIRED HOUSEWIVES EVER BAKE....PERIOD??

JUDITH A LEE, AGE 70, DIED SUNDAY IN EVANSTON,ILLINOIS. SHE WORKED AT THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS FOR MANY YEARS.
HER DAD WAS THE LATE, WELL-KNOWN MAQUOKETA ATTORNEY, HILLIS LEE. SHE NEVER MARRIED AND IS SURVIVED BY SOME COUSINS.

WILL ST. LOUIS BEAT ARIZONA TONIGHT......??
OF COURSE.

SLEEP TIGHT.

DENNIS VOY