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 ...

Galena Poet Laureate Ted Williams has written both poems and plays but recently his epic poem “A Darkness Lovely” took on a new form as a play.

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.

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 ...