I’ll be leaving The Galena Gazette at the end of this year. It’s time for goodbye and, especially, a heartfelt thank you.
Thank you, Gazette readers and advertisers. Your belief in …
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by Mike Jones
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12/27/22
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The story of Dave and Pat Casper’s relationship with the Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation and Casper Bluff Land & Water Reserve has been well chronicled in The Galena Gazette. . .ever …
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by P. Carter Newton
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12/20/22
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Lawrence Dillon suffered. It was not just the discomfort; it was that he knew that folks looked away. It was sometimes awkward, for there was not just the pain but also some shame. He had that …
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by Lynn Werner
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12/20/22
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There is no better experience when biking in and around The Galena Territory than finding Bob Rivoire doing the same. Bob’s an interesting guy and one could do a multitude of feature stories on …
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by P. Carter Newton
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12/13/22
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It is my fault. My rear molar started hurting before COVID. Once total isolation hit, I learned to live with its flare-ups. Then last month it got worse. Really bad. I ached. My face was swollen. I …
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by Lynn Werner
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12/13/22
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Publisher’s note: This is a letter which Elizabeth Village President Mike Dittmar mailed to Elizabeth residents recently. The letter raises important issues such as community members running …
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by Mike Dittmar, Elizabeth village president
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12/13/22
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Mike Meyer can often be seen at East Dubuque City Council meetings on the first and third Mondays of the month keeping track of community decision-making. Many times he’s advocating for a …
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by P. Carter Newton
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12/6/22
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Sister here. Our human Lynn has a toothache. She asked me if I could possibly write the column this week. I agreed but asked if I could write a bit about the worldwide struggles of donkeys.
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by Lynn Werner
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12/6/22
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There is something compelling about the story behind this Saturday’s Holidaze event, which the story, starting on the front page, shares.
It’s a story about a dream, teamwork and how …
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by P. Carter Newton
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11/29/22
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I have just had the great gift of interviewing a man with an open soul who knows a bit about life. I had no idea what Rod Moyer’s full story was when I first asked if I could write about him …
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by Lynn Werner
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11/29/22
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It isn’t often that I read something and find myself crying like some blithering, emotional other self. But that’s what happened while editing a written-from-the-heart column by Keri …
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by P. Carter Newton
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11/22/22
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In 2007, a story circulated that a 30-pound squash had been grown from indigenous seeds hidden in a clay pot for 800 years. The story turned out to be a hoax. The story of the size of the squash …
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by Lynn Werner
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11/22/22
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