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

I have an affinity for sensory (sometimes referred to as fidget) toys, and so does my 22-year-old son. I started out buying them for him mainly because he loves the ...

During discussions at the Jo Daviess County Executive Committee meeting on March 3, it was recommended that two cemeteries, Miners Chapel Cemetery and County Poor Farm Cemetery, that have been ...

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Background: Wife Deb, three children, seven grandchildren, retired educator, Alice T. Virtue pool committee, West Galena Youth Committee, first AYSO Soccer Commissioner, worked on four referendum ...

Hi everyone, my name is Arlee Stodden and I would greatly appreciate your support as I seek reelection for the Galena School Board. I am a lifelong resident, born and raised on a family farm. I ...

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

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.

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 I’m almost certain you can go home and feel ...

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.