SUNNY THIS MORNING, CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON..HIGH OF 85.

BELLEVUE WON THEIR STATE TOURNAMENT SOFTBALL GAME LAST NIGHT AT FORT DODGE AND PLAY AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 5 P.M. THEY WILL PLAY THE #1 TEAM IN THE STATE.

AT THE MAQUOKETA CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT, THE COUNCIL HIRED AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO DO A WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE STUDY, AT A COST OF $8,900.

IN DISTRICT COURT, BRIAN FURROW, AGE 39, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 120 DAYS IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WITH ALL BUT 7 DAYS SUSPENDED. HE WAS ALSO FINED $250. MAQUOKETA POLICE SAY HE GRABBED HIS GIRLFRIEND BY THE THROAT AND CHOKED HER AT THEIR HOME. HE TIED HER WRISTS TO THE BED WITH DUCT TAPE TO PREVENT HER FROM LEAVING.

THANKS FOR THE VISIT.

DENNIS VOY



 

CLOUDY THIS MORNING..SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON..HIGH TODAY AROUND 80. NICE DAY.

TWO MEN ESCAPED FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, BUT WERE FOUND AT ONE OF THE MEN'S RESIDENCES IN MAQUOKETA ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER. ONE IS FROM BELLEVUE AND OTHER FROM FLORIDA. THEY WERE ASSISTED BY ANOTHER INMATE, DAN DEMOSS OF MAQUOKETA, WHO LIFTED THE FENCE (A BAD SPOT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FENCE) SO THE TWO COULD GET OUT.

A YOUNG MALE ROBBED A PIZZA HUT DELIVERY PERSON LAST NIGHT. BREE FULLERTON OF MAQUOKETA, WAS DELIVERING PIZZA TO 508 S. 5TH STREET, AT THE FLENKER RESIDENCE, ABOUT 9:30 P.M. WHEN SHE GOT OUT OF HER VEHICLE AND WALKED TO THE RESIDENCE, SHE NOTIFIED THE LIGHTS WERE OFF. A YOUNG MALE, DRESSED IN BLACK, RAN UP TO HERE FROM SOME BUSHES, AND STOLE HER MONEY BAG AND TOOK OFF RUNNING TOWARD SUMMIT STREET. FULLERTON WAS NOT INJURED. ABOUT $30 WAS IN THE BAG. POLICE HAVE NOT FOUND THE PERSON WHO ROBBED FULLERTON.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

POLICE BLOTTER: THERESA ANDERSON, AGE 45, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS SENTENCED TO 3 DAYS IN JAIL, 2 DAYS SUSPENED AND CREDIT GIVEN FOR 1 DAY, ON CHARGE OF PUBLIC INTOXICATION.
WILLIAM SIMONS, AGE 23, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS CHARGED SATURDAY NIGHT WITH OWI, 2ND OFFENSE, AND CARELESS DRIVING. HE WAS ARRESTED ON WEST PLATT STREET.

MARIBEL KEMP, AGE 80, OF SPRAGUEVILLE DIED YESTERDAY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, EARL, OF SPRAGUEVILLE.

LOTS OF MAQUOKETA PICTURES AT THIS WEB SITE....www.maquoketastudios.com

CHRIS DAVIS, AGE 17, OF ZWINGLE HAS COMPLETED HIS EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT, LANDSCAPING A NEGLECTED AREA OF LAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN MAQUOKETA.

MAQUOKETA SCHOOL REGISTRATION IS THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

EMILY J. BOLLMAN OF CHICAGO AND FORMERLY OF MAQUOKETA, GRADUATED FROM NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY IN CHICAGO IN MAY. SHE EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF JIM AND JOAN BOLLMAN OF MAQUOKETA.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

DENNIS VOY  

A LIGHT SHOWER AROUND 10 THIS MORNING...THEN SUNNY REST OF TODAY AND HIGH OF 86.

A CAR DRIVEN BY ED HANKEMEIER, AGE 81, OF RURAL MAQUOKETA, WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE DOWNTOWN, AND SUDDENLY WENT OUT OF CONTROL, HITTING A PARKED CAR AND THEN IT SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF THE OSTERHAUS PHARMACY BUILDING.
APPARENTLY, THE ACELERATOR GOT STUCK. HANKEMEIER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES. DAMAGE SO THE BUILDING, ABOUT $5,000 AND TO RON DELLAGARDELLE'S CAR, $1,500.

THE NEEW 2003 JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL AMBULANCE SUSTAINED ABOUT $800 DAMAGE YESTERDAY MORNING WHEN IT STRUCK A LEGALLY PARKED CAR. JEFF MORITZ, AGE 33, WAS DRIVING THE AMBULANCE AND WAS RESPONDING TO A CALL ON JAMES STREET ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE DECKER HOTEL. AS HE PULLED UP TO THE PLACE TO ASSIST SOMEONE HAVING A SEIZURE, HE STRUCK THE CAR. CHARGES ARE PENDING.

BY THE WAY, THE AMBULANCES HAVE A NEW BUILDING TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE HOSPITAL, NEXT TO THE NEW HELIPORT. THEY ARE ALREADY USING IT..AND ITS VERY NICE. THE OLD ONE WAS PURCHASED BY SOMEONE FOR $5,000 AND IS BEING MOVED OFF THE HOSPITAL PROPERTY BY A HOUSE MOVING FIRM.

YESTERDAY WAS FILING DEADLINE DAY FOR SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES. IN MAQUOKETA, JUST ONE OPENING. DAVE TABOR IS NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION AS HE MOVED RECENTLY TO MONTICELLO WHERE IS IS HEADING UP A NEW BANK OWNED BY OHNWARD HOLDING CORP, THE SAME HOLDING FIRM THAT OWNS THE MAQUOKETA STATE BANK AND MANY OTHERS IN THE AREA.
FILING PAPERS YESTERDAY AND SEEKING TABOR'S SEAT ON THE BOARD....HIS BROTHER BRIAN TABOR AND JEAN RIVER.

THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATON BOARD, AT A RECENT MEETING, AWARDED A $5,000 GRANT FOR STARTING UP A HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY. HOSPICE PROVIDES END OF LIFE CARE TO RESIDENTS OF THE AREA. LISA MELLOY,RN, IS THE DIRECTOR OF HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY AND OTHER HOSPICE BOARD MEMBERS ARE: ROCHELLE RAY, JOHN GILROY, JOHN KIES, DON CARSON AND SUSAN HOSTERT.

THE FOUNDATION ALSO GAVE $2,000 TO THE JACKSON COUNTY SENIOR CITIZEN'S CENTER, SO A NEW ENTRY DOOR AT THE CENTER IN MAQUOKETA CAN BE REPLACED.

AND THE FOUNDATION GAVE EAGLE SCOUT CANDIDATE ANDREW STEWART $2,500 FOR HIS PROJECT TO LANDSCAPE AROUND THE THREE BIG WELCOME SIGNS IN MAQUOKETA. CHUCK WOLF, RETIRED HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, IS THE BOARD PRESIDENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAQUOKETA AREA FOUNDATION, OR TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION, CONTACT THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FOUNDATION, KATE CARINDER AT 563-652-4179.

H. JAMES POTTER, AGE 55, DIED YESTERDAY JUST 3 WEEKS AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH PANCREATIC CANCER. HE WAS THE EDITOR OF THE MAQUOKETA SENTINEL-PRESS IN THE 70'S, FOR SIX YEARS.
HE WAS CURRENTLY THE CITY EDITOR OF THE WATERLOO COURIER. FOR A LONG STORY ON HIS CAREER, YOU CAN GO TO THE WATERLOO COURIER WEB SITE.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

DENNIS VOY