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The University of Wisconsin-Platteville announces its dean’s list, honoring those full-time students who earned high honors in the spring 2020 semester.
Carl and Norma (Kennedy) Zurborg of Davenport will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary Aug. 20, 2020.
Jaimaca and Matt Rayburn of Maquoketa and children Rhiot, 6, and Brooklyn, 3, have kept busy this summer in their backyard garden.
John and Kathleyn Manson of Maquoketa will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Aug. 8, 2020, with a family dinner.
The family of Vincent Medinger is requesting a card shower in honor of his upcoming 90th birthday Aug. 18. Wishes may be sent to:
• Dallas Menke of Grand Mound has been named to the spring 2020 trimester Dean’s List at Palmer College of Chiropractic’s Main campus in Davenport.
The Farmers Market will be open every Tuesdays from 4-6:30 p.m. through Oct. 13 at the Ohnward Fine Arts Center parking lot, located on East Platt St., Maquoketa.
Oliver and Elizabeth Mesch of Hazel Green, Wisconsin, will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on Aug. 21, 2020.
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Rodney and Lola Wilson of Miles, Iowa, will celebrate 65 years of marriage on Aug. 7, 2020. They were married at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Preston.
Roses are popular garden plants that provide season-long beauty. Various varieties of roses are now in bloom. Their many colors – red, pink, white, yellow, orange, burgundy, purple – grace many landscapes while their fragrances can add a whole new dimension in the area.
The modified 71st annual Hankemeier family reunion will be held Sunday, Aug. 2. Family members do not want the annual event disrupted, so they created a new plan for 2020 — a road trip!
nMore than 7,500 undergraduate students at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, earned honor roll distinction for the spring 2020 semester.
The family of Eugene Andresen of DeWitt has requested a card shower to celebrate his 95th birthday on Aug. 7, 2020, by sending cards to him at:
Molly Coakley, daughter of Billy and Tina Coakley of Maquoketa, celebrated her first birthday May 31, 2020.
The Maquoketa Farmers Market season is under way in Maquoketa.
“Weeds are just flowers in the wrong place.” “Weeds are in the eyes of the beholder.” I bet all of us at one time or another have heard these two quotations or facsimiles.
• Clarke University, Dubuque, has announced the names of students named on the spring 2020 semester dean’s list.
Cooking, baking and living on a farm have always been in Jennifer Stender’s life.
Edwin and Norma Smith of Maquoketa celebrated their 77th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, July 14, 2020.
Miranda Peters, daughter of Jennifer and Charlie Peters of Bellevue, has been named the Iowa Society Daughters of the American Revolution (ISDAR) Female Good Citizen of the Year.
Dave and Penny Swanton of Goose Lake celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on July 12, 2020.
Genesis VNA/Community Health at the Jackson County Regional Health Center, Maquoketa, announced the toenail/foot care clinics planned for 2020.
More than 12,500 Iowa State University, Ames, students have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the spring semester 2020 dean’s list.
George Bronson of Baldwin, son of Jace Bronson and Kendra Branham, will celebrate his first birthday on July 21, 2020, with a family gathering to enjoy grilled food, birthday cake and splashing in the pool.
Please help the family of Elizabeth “Elsie” Moellers celebrate her 90th birthday on July 24, 2020, with a card shower.
Charli Bowman, daughter of Ara and Kristin Bowman of Maquoketa celebrated her first birthday on Sunday, June 28, 2020.
• Claire Sybesma from Maquoketa graduated with a bachelor of science degree, while majoring in health science, from Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, in May.
Rodger and Pat Schnoor of Monmouth are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary July 4, 2020.
The Eugenia Washington Traveling Tray Award for Service to America has been awarded to the Lawrence Van Hook Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Maquoketa, by the Iowa Society Daughters of the American Revolution. During 2019, the chapter recorded 130.26 hours per chapter …
Gray Elizabeth Hansen Frett celebrated her first birthday May 31, 2020.
Iowa’s 99 counties will participate in courthouse prayer and Bible reading.
Bellevue Arts Council Event will be holding a virtual art show, a mini spring art event, that can be viewed on the local Bellevue cable TV channel 40 every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday through July 4, at 2 p.m.
Grant Beeler, Baldwin, is a new member of the American Angus Association®, reports Mark McCully, CEO of the national breed organization headquartered in Saint Joseph, Missouri.
Come experience Iowa’s rich natural heritage with a walk at Codfish Hollow Prairie at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, or if it rains at 6 p.m. July 8.
I have been enjoying my flower beds immensely the past couple of weeks. Everything seemed to bloom in succession. And it was/is beautiful!
• Caroline White of LaMotte has been named to the dean’s list for the spring 2020 semester at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Ray and Susen LeBlanc of Maquoketa will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 27, 2020.
The Maquoketa Farmers Market season is under way in Maquoketa.
Adeline “Addie” Kilburg and Bernard “Red” Kutsch will celebrate 70 years of marriage on June 24, 2020.
• Amy Wirth of Maquoketa graduated Summa Cum Laude, receiving her bachelor of science degree in nursing from Allen College, Waterloo.
LeeRoy and Karen Proesch, of Wheatland, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 20. A family dinner is being planned.
Ardo “Rocky” and Kathy Junk of Dubuque celebrated 50 years of marriage on June 13, 2020. Ardo Junk and Kathy Michel were married on June 13, 1970, at Assumption Catholic Church in Zwingle.
How nice to see a brother and sister who like to cook together!
Maquoketa senior Mary Holtz was recently awarded the Tubbs 4-H Scholarship through the Iowa 4-H Foundation.
Jeff and Cherie Tampir of Maquoketa will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 13, 2020. A family dinner will be held to celebrate the occasion.
The regular meeting of the Monmouth Co-Ed 4-H Club was held via Zoom on April 13, 2020.
Emily Rubel of Bernard graduated with a bachelor of arts in political science (legal studies track) from Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, in the spring of 2020.
Claire Sybesma of Maquoketa is one of 2600 students who was named to Bradley’s dean’s list for the Spring 2020 semester.
Jada Merrick, a 2017 Maquoketa High School Graduates, was one of four recipients of Molony Foundation Scholarships.
• Clinton Community College hosted an induction ceremony of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society on March 10.
Midland Middle/High School has released its 2019-2020 Semester 2 honor rolls:
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