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The Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (JDCF) will host its first-ever mothing party at Casper Bluff on Friday, June 3, 9 p.m. to midnight. The free event will be co-led by three insect enthusiasts who will share their knowledge of moths. Bring a lawn chair. JDCF will set up drop sheets, black lights, and sugar-bait the moths to the viewing party, where a variety of moths will be seen. Ethan Brown will point out notable species and explain their critical role in the web of life at Casper Bluff. RSVPs are not needed. There is no fee but donations are accepted. Rain date is Saturday, June 4 at this trap and release event.
JDCF mothing party
The hard and painstaking work which Daniel and Sandra Hurt have put into restoring the U.S. Grant Pre-Civil War House has been recognized by the city of Galena. On Wednesday, Oct. 5 the Hurts, front, from left, received the 2022 Galena Historic Preservation Award from Mayor Terry Renner with, back, from left, Craig Brown, Galena Historic Preservation Commission chair; Pam Bernstein and Marc McCoy, Galena City Council members; and Jonathon Miller, Galena zoning administrator. Renner told the couple that the city appreciates the care they have taken restoring the home and that it is an important community asset.
Historic home restoration recognized
The participants in the Galena Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Outing in June.
Chamber news
Chamber Golf Outing a Success! Thank you to all our sponsors, silent auction donators, photographers and golfers! Special thanks to Tammy’s Piggy Wiggly for donating the delicious luncheon … more
A 2008 mission to downtown Mosul, Iraq.
The Gazette-Ricker partnership
Galena is the home of the Gazette newspaper, a weekly publication that is unique among community publications. I found that out when owner and publisher, Carter Newton, and then-editor, Jay … more
Honoring Galena’s fallen: Joseph Hissem
Herman Fickbohm and Joseph Hissem, two Galena lads, were separated by world wars just a generation apart. Fickbohm was Catholic; Hissem, Presbyterian. One labored with skilled hands; the other … more
Rylan Nicolin donned a T-Rex costume for the Halloween parade.
River Ridge celebrates Halloween
River Ridge’s preschool and elementary students celebrated Halloween on Monday, Oct. 31, by parading around the high school in their costumes. Members of the elementary staff dressed as … more
Students depart a school bus in the fall of 1963 at Galena High School. In the background, the newly-constructed Franklin Street water tower begins to take form.
Ode to Galena’s water tower: Galena landmark to be razed soon
GALENA–Next week, a Galena landmark will cease to exist and be just a memory in the minds of those who saw the beacon nearly every day. The Galena water tower on Franklin Street has been … more
From the pages of The Galena Gazette: 1972: Schwirtz seeks annexation in Elizabeth
10 years ago July 12, 2012 It has been nearly two years since the Elizabeth Village Board first announced plans to renovate West Side Park and the community building. Over the last 23 … more
Around 100 Elizabeth High School alumni sang their school song, reminisced, and crowned a king and queen at a gathering at Cajun Jack’s on Saturday, July 23. Margaret Wurster (Class of 1951) and Stan Backenkeller (Class of 1962) served as Queen and King. Julie Wilson Nesbitt traveled the farthest, coming from the Seattle, Wash. area. This event has become an annual summer must-do for all Terrapins.
Elizabeth royalty
Midwest Medical Fitness Center employees (from left) Samantha Stoffregen, Natalie Gibbins, Katelyn Leiden and Marty Soat get the opportunity to work with and be around Ken Boyd (front) when he comes in to work out three times a week.
Local fitness fanatic turn 102 years old
GALENA–There’s a saying: Use it or lose it. Ken Boyd is certainly using it. Boyd, a Galena resident who turned 102 years old on Saturday, Feb 18, has been a member of Midwest Medical … more
More photos from the Fire in the Sky fireworks...
The barber shop.
One day in the barber shop
A story from the Galena Daily Gazette of October 4, 1901…. A man who had the reputation of always being in debt, sat one day in the barber shop waiting to be shaved. He was lathered, … more
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