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On the first night of Hanukkah, my son in Israel called. “Mums, I thought you might like to join me for the lighting of the oil for the first night of Hanukkah.”
Michael is an …
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by Lynn Werner
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12/27/22
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We walked up the long hill on our country road. Thomas Burns had a guitar tossed over his shoulder. The polished metal on its shining surface reflected the sunlight filtering between the …
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by Lynn Werner
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5/2/23
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In the past, I regularly used this space to write about the student-athletes in our area and how fortunate we are to be represented by these young men and women. I am now teaching just north of the …
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Brandon Behlke
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2/27/24
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Sarah and Quenten Lee ‘Wally’ Van Raalte are of like mind when it comes to an event at Apple River Stage Coach Event Center on New Year’s Eve this week.
They want people to come, …
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by P. Carter Newton
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12/27/22
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As of August 15, I have officially worked at the Gazette for one year. And my, what a year it has been.
For this being my first reporting job out of college, it was nothing like I expected.
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by Murphy Obershaw
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8/15/23
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I am always amazed at how people are connected. When meeting strangers, it takes just a few questions to find a connection. That’s what I enjoy doing.
Last year during RAGBRAI, the …
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by P. Carter Newton
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5/24/22
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Beth Baranski has a big job ahead of her, a job that few would enjoy. Beth does. She enjoys getting out into all parts of her beloved Jo Daviess County and meeting people.
Beth is somewhat like …
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by P. Carter Newton
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2/21/23
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Who could have imagined that narrow gauge railroads were quite the rage, especially in rural areas, for around seven years in the mid-to-late 19th century?
Galena itself got caught up in both the …
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by Lynn Werner
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8/23/22
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Murphy Obershaw, Gazette reporter, wrote an interesting article featured in the April 19 paper about adulting.
Adulting is a neologism–a newly-coined word. It first popped up …
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by Mike Jones
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5/2/23
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It’s Dry January. Here are some statistics from the Pew Research Center taken from a July 2023 Gallup survey about American adults and alcohol use. All of the following data are from those 2 …
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by Mike Jones
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1/23/24
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Over the course of the last several months, Charles Fach has become a frequent contributor of photos to The Gazette. His photos sharing fall colors were on point.
This photo of Galena Green at …
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by P. Carter Newton
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5/2/23
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“Late at night while you’re sleepin’, poison hemlock comes a-creeping, around….” With apologies to the Coasters and Leiber and Stoller
A frightening plant has …
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by Mike Jones
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4/11/23
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