Stephen Keeffer will retire from his last six-year term as Jo Daviess County engineer. “My first term started on March 15, ...

Background: Wife Deb, three children, seven grandchildren, retired educator, Alice T. Virtue pool committee, West Galena ...

A pair of gymnasts from the Southwestern Co-Op competed at the state meet on March 8. Riley Lewerke-Hosch tied her personal ...

I have lived in Galena for 33 years. I worked for the City of Galena for 24 years, four as the economic development director ...

Although I was born and raised in Jo Daviess County, this is the first time I have written a letter to the editor of the Galena Gazette. It is also ...

I am a lifelong resident of Galena. Elly and I have been married for 56 years. We have three children, eight grandchildren ...

There’s a saying, “You can never go home again.” I’m not sure it’s accurate. I know the intent was to explain how you can’t revisit a moment in time, but ...

Honorable mentions are Galena’s Ell Law and Megan Koenigs, and West Carroll’s Caitlyn Stingley and Domynique Lego.

Galena, IL (61036) Today Cloudy with snow showers developing after midnight. Low 26F. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 40%. Snow accumulations less than one inch..

I am Jim Stoewer. My wife and I live on a small farm in Scales Mound Schools’ most western district. I am currently employed at Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa, in maintenance. I run Stoewer Services ...

The décor isn’t finished, nor is the plumbing. But that could change at any moment as Joy Heller and her crew are fast at work at their new coffee shop, The Wired Rabbit, in downtown Galena.