Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) back issues from November 2006:
Local Detours
Nov 01, 2006 ... West Fifth Street between Delhi and Alpine streets is closed tothrough traffic. Anticipated reopening: Friday. University Avenue is closed to through traffic from the UniversityAvenue connector for 300 feet west toward ...
'Bag Lady' campaign makes its return
Nov 01, 2006 ... Sister Carol Karwoski will once again "beg" for money to supporttwo facilities for women in need. Like last year, Karwoski will solicit donations for Teresa Shelterfor homeless women and children, and the Maria House, transitionalhousing for women and children. She will dress like ...
It's more than 4-H: Vote 'Yes' on extension tax; Though the campaign has had rough spots, programming merits an increase
Nov 01, 2006 ... If you think Iowa State University Extension in Dubuque County isall about agriculture, you are missing out on some great programming. Perhaps, more likely, you've heard about a program and just didn'trealize that it was ISU Extension that brought it to the community. Maybe you ...
Weddings; Verhagen-Droessler
Nov 01, 2006 ... Sarah Jean Verhagen and Nicholas James Droessler were married July29, 2006, at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee. She is the daughter of Carl and Karen Verhagen, of Combined Locks,Wis. He is the son of Thomas and Judy Droessler, of Hazel Green, Wis. Matron of ...
Clayton Ridge's focus on playoffs; Eagles set to face St. Ansgar tonight
Nov 01, 2006; ... Clayton Ridge running back/linebacker Noah Sadewasser says theEagles have put the Edgewood-Colesburg debacle behind them. It's only been five days since the Eagles suffered a 44-6 beatingin a fight for the Iowa Class 1A District 5 title, but Sadewasserbelieves the team's confidence ...
Chloe Marie Vogt
Nov 01, 2006 ... BLOOMINGTON, Wis. - Chloe Marie Vogt, daughter of Matthew andKimberly (Bark) Vogt, of Bloomington, was stillborn on Monday, Oct.30, 2006, at Grant Regional Health Center, Lancaster. Services will be at 1:30 p.m ....
SUV found in Kickapoo River
Nov 01, 2006 ... SOLDIERS GROVE, Wis. - Charges are pending against a SoldiersGrove man accused of operating a vehicle that was found partiallysubmerged in the Kickapoo River Sunday. Authorities identified John Werthwein, no age listed, as thedriver of the sport-utility vehicle. Werthwein was ...
Defense key for Spartans women's soccer; Dubuque looking to upset Norse on road
Nov 01, 2006; ... They have the ammunition, but do they have the defense shield? That's the question facing the University of Dubuque women'ssoccer team tonight at 5 p.m. as it opens the Iowa ConferenceTournament on the road against Luther in Decorah. The Spartans (9-9,3-5 IIAC) scored an IIAC-best ...
Weddings; Haxmeier-Freiburger
Nov 01, 2006 ... Heather Haxmeier and Jesse Freiburger, both of Dubuque, weremarried July 29, 2006, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Bellevue,Iowa. The reception was at Horizon Lanes and Hall, Bellevue. Their parents are Keith and Dena Haxmeier and Willie and JulieFreiburger, all of ...
C.R.-bound Blazers; Beckman returns to state tourney
Nov 01, 2006; ... OELWEIN, Iowa - They were trapeze artists walking a tight rope,cliffwalkers keeping a careful, steady balance. They were playing on the edge, but the Dyersville Beckmanvolleyball team couldn't fall Tuesday night; primarily because theTrailblazers weren't letting much of anything ...
GOVERNMENTAL MEETINGS
Nov 01, 2006 ... Clayton County Board of Supervisors - 10 a.m., supervisorsoffice, 200 E. Bridge St., Elkader, Iowa. Manchester City Council - Noon, Siebert Hall, 508 Quaker MillDrive, Manchester, Iowa. Dubuque County 911 Public Safety Committee - 1 p.m., Dubuque LawEnforcement Center, old ...
Maurice D. Conwell
Nov 01, 2006 ... Maurice D. Conwell, 81, of Arbor Springs Care Center, West DesMoines, Iowa, formerly of 115 Princeton Place, Dubuque, died Sunday,Oct. 29, 2006, at the care center. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph the WorkerCatholic Church, where friends may call after 9 a.m ....
William G. Schuller
Nov 01, 2006 ... William G. "Bill" Schuller, 71, of Maquoketa, Iowa, formerly ofDubuque, died Sunday, Oct., 29, 2006, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Holy Trinity CatholicChurch. Private family burial will be held at a later date. Friendsmay call from 3 ...
Weddings; Decker-Hess
Nov 01, 2006 ... Sarah Decker and Ryan Hess, both of Dubuque, were married July 22,2006, at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Dubuque. The reception was at ThePalace Ballroom, Farley, Iowa. She is the daughter of Dan and Joan Decker, of Dubuque. He is theson of Wayne and Vicky Hess, of Sherrill, ...
Weather Data
Nov 01, 2006 ... Temperatures High/low Tuesday *41/29 High/low a year ago 56/29 Record high 11/1 78 in 1933 Record low 11/1 16 in 1951 Heating degree days Mon 10 Total since July 1, 2006 761 Cooling degree days Mon 0 Total since Jan. 1, 2006 ...
Johnson guilty in fatal cycle collision; 20-year-old faces up to 30 days in jail for a traffic violation
Nov 01, 2006; ... The driver of a motorcycle involved in a fatal collision inDubuque has been found guilty of a traffic violation. Anthony Johnson, 20, of 1041 Edina St., faces up to 30 days injail for failure to obey an official traffic control device. He will be sentenced at 1 p.m. Nov. 22 in ...
Lucille M. Vanderah
Nov 01, 2006 ... Lucille M. "Lou" Vanderah, 94, of Stonehill Care Center, formerlyof East Dubuque, Ill., died at 6:50 a.m. Monday, Oct. 30, 2006, atthe care center. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's CatholicChurch, East Dubuque, with the Rev. Jim Parker and the Rev ....
Letters to the Editor; Democrats lie to sick people
Nov 01, 2006; ... 716 E. Butler St., Manchester, Iowa Democrats are lying to sick people. The Dems claim that embryonic stem cell (ESC) research has thepotential to cure virtually every disease known, yet there have beenno successful treatments to even make it into a human clinical ...
What's Happening
Nov 01, 2006 ... Today * Senior citizens activities, 8:30-11 a.m., cards; 10-11 a.m.,senior fitness friends exercise; 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., lunch; 12:15p.m., open euchre; 1- 3 p.m., scrapbooking, duplicate bridge, Hillsand Dales Lifetime Center, 3505 Stoneman Road. * Senior citizens ...
Beckman playing with nothing to lose; Trailblazers taking shot at top- ranked North Fayette
Nov 01, 2006; ... The Dyersville Beckman football team is taking a logical approachto drawing Goliath in tonight's first round of the Iowa Class 2Aplayoffs. In the postseason for the first time in five years, theTrailblazers face No. 1-ranked and heretofore-untouchable NorthFayette at 7 in West ...
Corrections
Nov 01, 2006 ... * The first name of Mike Whalen was incorrect in a photo captionon Page 3E of Tuesday's special ...
Groups joining forces to protect popular stream; Platteville, DNR and developers announce 18.4-acre easement
Nov 01, 2006; ... PLATTEVILLE, Wis. - A fragile corridor on a popular Plattevillestream is being protected for future generations. The city of Platteville, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesand commercial developers recently announced plans for an 18.4-acreconservation easement along the ...
Police Beat; Dubuque police reported the following:
Nov 01, 2006 ... * Nicole M. Plumley, 22, 2591/2 Valeria St., was arrested at about1:50 a.m. Tuesday on charges of attempted third-degree burglary andpublic intoxication. Court documents allege that Plumley and another subject beganrunning from the rear of a car early Tuesday morning as ...
Thomas J. Gilloon
Nov 01, 2006 ... DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Thomas J. Gilloon, 57, of 4252 New CastleRoad, Las Vegas, formerly of Dyersville, died Wednesday, Oct. 11,2006, of cancer. Services were held at Palm Mortuary, Las Vegas. Burial will be inAsbury, Iowa, in the spring. He was born on Sept. 11, 1949, in North ...
Funeral services
Nov 01, 2006 ... Compiled from tri-state area obituaries appearing previously inthe Telegraph Herald. Agatha M. Bender, Boscobel, Wis. - Services: 11 a.m. today, St.John's Lutheran Church, Boscobel. Visitation: After 10 a.m. today atthe church. Marian A. Bothmer, Prairie du Chien, Wis., ...
The quest for the next red delicious; Varieties appeal with taste, growing ease
Nov 01, 2006; ... UNION GAP, Wash. - On a crisp, sunny autumn day, two farm workerswound their way through 50 acres of young Jazz apple trees, deftlypicking mature apples from a new orchard. Thousands of acres of apples - Fuji, Granny Smith, Braeburn, amongthe many varieties - await the same ...
Corrections
Nov 01, 2006 ... Headline: Mayhew Eaton Cote Published: 10-31-2006 The last name of Mayhew Eaton Cote' was misspelled in an ...
Mildred M. Henry
Nov 01, 2006 ... Mildred Maxine "Mame" Henry, 88, of 3175 Pennsylvania Ave., diedat 3:35 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30, 2006, at Luther Manor. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Raphael'sCathedral, with Monsignor Wayne Ressler officiating. Burial will bein Resurrection Cemetery. Friends may ...
Internment of German-Americans news to many; Traveling exhibit tells story of 15,000 civilians who were sent to camps during and after World War II
Nov 01, 2006; ... The story of German-Americans who were imprisoned by their owngovernment in their own country during World War II has been all butlost to history. Tuesday, that story was on display in Dubuque andDyersville, Iowa, in a traveling exhibit. "Vanished: German-American Civilian ...
Extension Week runs through Sunday
Nov 01, 2006 ... Everyone is invited to celebrate Extension Week through Sunday.The Dubuque County Extension office, at 14858 Westridge Lane,Dubuque, will be open for visitors Monday through Friday, 8 a.m ....
Weddings; Rapp-Krueger
Nov 01, 2006 ... Jessica Rapp and Andy Krueger, both of Dubuque, were married June24, 2006, at Resurrection Catholic Church, Dubuque. The reception wasin the Wahlert Atrium at Clarke College, Dubuque. She is the daughter of Paula and D.J. Rapp, of La Motte, Iowa. Heis the son of Deb and Allan ...
Marcella M. Davenport
Nov 01, 2006 ... Marcella May Davenport, of 125 W. Ninth St., died Monday, Oct. 30,2006, at The Finley Hospital, Dubuque. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Egelhof, Siegert & CasperWestview ...
League honors Banwarth; Senior's Hawkins named top coach
Nov 01, 2006; ... Kayla Banwarth's last season of Mississippi Valley Conferencedominance was her most dazzling yet. The only relief for her MVC opponents: Banwarth's eligibility isabout to expire. The Dubuque Wahlert senior outside hitter spiked MVC DivisionPlayer of the Year honors for a ...
Tickle the taste buds with ribs; Area man's barbecue recipe starts with rub
Nov 01, 2006; ... Barbecued ribs are a favorite among many meat eaters.Whodoesn't love to tear into a big rack of pork or beef ribs, done toperfection and tender enough that a toothless baby could chew themeat off the bone? Some weeks ago I called for the male barbecuers out there to sendme ...
Rosena L. Winters
Nov 01, 2006 ... WAUKON, Iowa - Rosena L. Winters, 95, of Waukon, died Monday, Oct.30, 2006, at Good Samaritan Center, Waukon. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First PresbyterianChurch, ...
Teen girl's attorney petitions Iowa's high court; In August, a judge pushed aside recommendations that teen involved in fatal stabbing case return to her family
Nov 01, 2006; ... After a court ruling the defense paints as "eye-for-an-eye"punishment, the Iowa Supreme Court could decide whether extendeddetention was the right course of rehabilitation for a 15-year-oldgirl involved in the fatal stabbing of a Dubuque teen. The defense attorney for Jazmin J ....
'Cocktails with Candidates' today
Nov 01, 2006 ... The Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce will host its third annual"Cocktails with the Candidates" reception from 5 to 7 p.m. today atthe Best Western Midway Hotel. Every candidate running for office in 2006 in state of Iowa andlocal elections has been ivnited. Tickets are $10 each, ...
Births
Nov 01, 2006 ... Monday, Oct. 30, 2006 Priest - Todd and Tina Priest, Peosta, Iowa, girl at Mercy MedicalCenter-Dubuque. Digman - Chris and Sandy Digman, Dickeyville, Wis., girl at Mercy. Nauman - Matt and Tammy Nauman, Cascade, Iowa, girl at ...
Weddings; Kluesner-Lansing
Nov 01, 2006 ... Carmen Kluesner, of New Vienna, Iowa, and Steve Lansing, ofDyersville, Iowa, were married July 1, 2006, at St. Boniface CatholicChurch, New Vienna. The reception was at the Dyersville CommercialClub Park Pavilion. She is the daughter of Leon and Zelda Kluesner, of New Vienna ....
Dixie L. Loken
Nov 01, 2006 ... DARLINGTON, Wis. - Dixie L. Loken, 59, of Darlington, died Monday,Oct. 30, 2006, at University Hospitals, Madison, surrounded by herfamily following a brief battle with cancer. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Darlington United ...
Monsignor Robert L. Ferring
Nov 01, 2006 ... Monsignor Robert L. Ferring, 82, of Villa Raphael, 1155 MountLoretta Ave., died Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006, at home. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Patrick's CatholicChurch, with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery, both in Waukon, Iowa.Friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m ....
Letters to the Editor; Attorney endorsement faulty
Nov 01, 2006; ... 440 Livingston Ave., East Dubuque, Ill. The TH Editorial Board did Dubuque County voters a disservice withits Oct. 25 endorsement for Dubuque County attorney. Although theboard certainly appeared star struck by one candidate'squalifications, it barely differentiated between the two ...
Mayhew E. Cote'
Nov 01, 2006 ... WAUKON, Iowa - Mayhew Eaton Cote', 77, of Waukon, died Saturday,Oct. 28, 2006, at Veterans Memorial Hospital, Waukon. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul's UnitedMethodist ...
Vikings setting goals higher this time around; Edgewood-Colesburg not just happy to be invited to playoffs
Nov 01, 2006; ... Reaching the playoffs for the first time was a nifty novelty lastseason, but it's going to take more to satisfy the 2006 Edgewood-Colesburg football team. "This year we really want to do something," said quarterback RyanPutz, whose ninth-ranked Vikings (8-1) will battle Lake Mills ...
Internee recounts youthful trauma; Fuhr and family were held in WWII camp
Nov 01, 2006; ... Eberhard Fuhr was struggling to make it through his senior year inhigh school by himself in 1943. His parents, German resident aliens,had been picked up by the United States government and interned sevenmonths before. The Fuhr family was among 15,000 German-Americans interned ...
Leona Eigenberger
Nov 01, 2006 ... Leona Frances Helen (Wersinger) Eigenberger, 84, of 2000 Pasadena,formerly of 2805 Central Ave., died peacefully Tuesday morning, Oct.31, 2006, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque, surrounded by her lovingand devoted family. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Holy Ghost ...
Robert O'Meara
Nov 01, 2006 ... Robert "Bob" O'Meara, 71, of 311 Highland Ave., Fairfax, Iowa,formerly of 1185 Rockdale Road, Dubuque, died at 12:45 p.m. Monday atMercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Leonard Funeral Home &Crematory, 2595 Rockdale Road, Dubuque, with the ...
Letters to the Editor; Catholics can vote Democrat
Nov 01, 2006; ... 11734 King Arthur Court I presume hyper-Catholic Paul Dolter is American. To Americans,the right to vote is sacrosanct, just as Mr. Dolter (letter Oct. 25)considers the privacy of the Catholic confessional sacrosanct. Yet,Mr. Dolter wants Catholics to take Bishop Doran into the ...
Dubuque County Election Annex certainly garnering popular vote; Off- site elections office is saving voters time and county money
Nov 01, 2006; ... There's a hot new spot down on Central Avenue that has thembeating a path to the door. The "them" are Dubuque County voters and the hot spot is thecounty's Election Annex at 707 Central Ave. It is located just across the street from the Dubuque CountyCourthouse, home of the ...
Corrections
Nov 01, 2006 ... Headline:What's Happening Published: 10-31-2006 * The Fall Wine Tasting event on Wednesday, Nov. 1, at Timmerman'sSupper Club in East Dubuque will raise ...
Clock ticking in TV war; The owner of KGAN threatens to pull the local CBS affiliate and 21 other stations from Mediacom lineup
Nov 02, 2006; ... Cable consumers could be the ultimate casualties in a nastycontract battle between a cable giant and a broadcast TV titan. And the clock is ticking on a peace-ful resolution to a TV warthat could cost Mediacom's Iowa customers a prominent local networkchannel or a bigger monthly ...
Green, Doyle wage battle on economy; Green says state could do better, Doyle asks for specifics
Nov 02, 2006; ... Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Green criticizedDemocratic Gov. Jim Doyle Wednesday for job losses and what hedescribed as Wisconsin's lagging economy. Doyle said Green has putforward few specific proposals to improve it. The two candidates traded digs as they began a blitz ...
Potosi builds on brewery's spark; 500-seat events center would be the latest development in the river town's growth spurt
Nov 01, 2006; ... POTOSI, Wis. - In the community development game, it's all aboutmomentum. And it appears Potosi is beginning to pick up plenty of steam,under the influence of a national brewery museum that is expected todraw thousands of visitors annually to the little river town. Brewery ...
Missing but not forgotten; Army soldier from Key West went missing in Korea 55 years ago
Nov 02, 2006; ... KEY WEST, Iowa - For more than a half-century, a Key West-areafamily has waited for a knock on the door or a telephone call. In early November 1951, U.S. Army Pfc. Harlan Raphael Reuter, ofKey West, was declared missing in action in Korea. Fifty-five yearslater, he remains ...
Northey: Area 'lucky' to have alternative energy projects; Candidate says supply and demand will determine limits of state's ethanol plants
Nov 02, 2006; ... Republican candidate for Iowa secretary of agriculture BillNorthey says Dyersville, Manchester and Farley residents are lucky tobe in cities that have caught the alternative energy fever. "There are a lot of communities that would die to have theseprojects," he said ....
Police Beat; The Dubuque police and sheriff's departments reported the following:
Nov 02, 2006 ... * Michael J. Rohner, 51, 4978 Red Violet Drive, turned himself into police and was arrested shortly before 6 a.m. Wednesday on awarrant charging two counts of third-degree theft and one count offourth-degree theft. * Conrad Rental, 1707 S. Grandview Ave., Apt. 3, reported ...
Olive Moore
Nov 02, 2006 ... SHULLSBURG, Wis. - Olive Moore, 94, of Cedarburg, formerly ofShullsburg, died Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006, at Columbia St. Mary'sHospital, ...
Marcella M. Davenport
Nov 02, 2006 ... Marcella May Davenport, 76, of 125 W. Ninth St., died Monday, Oct.30, 2006, at The Finley Hospital, Dubuque. Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Egelhof, Siegert & CasperWestview Funeral Home, 2659 Kennedy Road, where friends may callafter 10 a.m. Private family burial of her ...
Anniversaries; De Muth
Nov 02, 2006 ... Robert "Bob" and Doris De Muth, of 530 Glen Oak St., celebratedtheir 58th wedding anniversary Sept. 11 with a family dinner. Theyalso celebrated with a trip to Lake Tomahawk in northern Wisconsin. Robert "Bob" De Muth and Doris Husted, both of Prairie du Chien,Wis., were married ...
Letters to the editor; Good challengers in the mix
Nov 02, 2006; ... 16492 Clay Hill Road Regardless of our political-party reference, let's not ignore thequality of candidates who are challengers for elected county officesin the upcoming election. Seldom are voters offered a choice that includes a candidate withthe type of experience and ...
Beckman upended; Top-ranked Hawks oust Trailblazers
Nov 02, 2006; ... WEST UNION, Iowa - North Fayette football coach Ron Wymer saidDyersville Beckman gave his Hawks "probably our biggest challenge sofar this year" on Wednesday night. That he said it after a 53-13 game speaks to how dominant the No.1-ranked Hawks have been and continue to be this ...
Local Detours
Nov 02, 2006 ... (NEW) University Avenue Extension will be closed to all trafficbeginning at 7 a.m. today for street construction. Only ColonialTerrace Animal Hospital and University Car Wash will be accessiblefrom U.S. 20. All other traffic should follow the marked detoursigns. Anticipated reopening: ...
Corrections
Nov 02, 2006 ... Headline: Police Beat Published: 10-29-2006 Fallon A. Murphy, 25, 2214 Hoyt St., was arrested Friday on acharge of ...
Adam L. Knapp
Nov 02, 2006 ... LANCASTER, Wis. - Adam L. Knapp, 26, of Mount Horeb, formerly ofLancaster, died Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006, at Grant Regional HealthCenter, Lancaster, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobileaccident. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Clement's CatholicChurch, ...
Gas consumption not only way to waste money; If you are proactive, you can waste your money much faster than your peers
Nov 02, 2006; ... For my husband, getting the best possible price on gas is acompetitive event. That's why this summer's gas spike was so tough on the guy: It waslike showing up for the Olympics, just to find out that triple axelshad become child's play. No matter what trick he tried - crossing ...