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Sharing the wonder of the natural world
“You can go fishing with me when you can cast a fishing line into the circle,” my father told me as he laid out a string circle on the grass. I wanted to make him proud of me. I … more
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Learning to live in balance with creation
My urban neighbor loved them. They terrified me. She adored how they came to drink together at night. I could only imagine them falling into the open skylight over the loft where I slept. She … more
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Joseph Weis and Anna Altfillisch were married in the 1880s at St. Mary’s Church in Galena.
Everyone knows your name
Some say that it is hard for news to not travel far in a small town. Whether it is a wedding, a birth, a death or illness, it seems that everyone in town will know in a matter of hours. They also … more
Partnership: East Dubuque Scouts plan food drive Saturday to benefit food pantry
In a normal year, East Dubuque residents would by now have received a hanger with two notes. One note shared the story of the East Dubuque Boy Scouts and the other provided the necessary details … more
Galena Foundation President Ken Robb stands in front of the home at 348 Gear St. which The Galena Foundation has purchased, is restoring and eventually will sell for private ownership as a residence.
Galena Foundation remains active during COVID
Not withstanding the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic in the past year, The Galena Foundation, through precautions to ensure everyone’s safety, has continued to advance its mission to … more
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This photo, dated Dec. 30, 1948, captured the construction of sewers and drainage structures as well as the flood gates on Main Street in Galena.
‘Galena doesn’t owe us anything’
I am grateful for having the opportunity to continue to live in the community I have called home for 28 years. It is an area and county that many of us who have been lifelong residents have taken … more
Resting in the ‘peace of the wild things’
Cindi Martinovic looked out across the prairie she had restored as if she heard it waking up to the calls of spring. A young oak that Martinovic had planted as a seedling was ready for spring … more
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Small world: Part II: Here are four stories from Australia, Colorado and Atlanta
Here it is. . .small world stories version two. These come from David Kies of Gold Canyon, Ariz.; Scott Ettleman, Galena; and my wife, Sarah, who jogged my memory. David shared this … more
Small world: What stories might you have to share with Gazette readers
What are your favorite small-world stories? I’ve been thinking about this over the past week after seeing a couple of Galenians at an unexpected place. I chauffeured Sarah down to Iowa … more
The Galena High School class of 1946, top row: Mary Lapp, Joanne Piquette, Phil Greibe, Alvin Breed, Madgalen Roth, Joyce Hunzelman; Second row: Dexter Rasmussen, Joyce Stovall, Paula Miller, Edwin Cole; Third row: Jack Adams, Ingrid Glanman, Greta Glanman, Ernest Wieters; Fourth row: Leo Hanft, Florence Engel, Jean Bautsch, Rosemary Anger, Kathleen Smith, Harold Muchow; Fifth row: Russell Anschultz, Delores Ganshirt, Dorean Smart, Violet Green, Elaine Dinsmore, Joyce Horsley, Jeannine Kraehmer, Elmo Welp; Sixth row: Terry O’Neill, Meredith Johnson, Jackie Einsweiler, Jean Norman, Jean Muchow, Jane Oldenburg, Jane Vincent, Tom Westemeier; Seventh row: Ralph Muchow, Marcella Berlage, Donald Schlichting, Donald Schubert, Jack Schnerre, Paul Muehleip, Doris Temperly, Richard Knautz; Bottom row: Orville Heim, Robert Allen, LeRoy Heim, Eldon Glick, Bill Stoewer, Donald Foecking and Donald Beadle.
Lessons about resiliency from the Class of 1946
The life of a high school student over the past couple years vastly changed to those just the year prior. Prom was cancelled, graduation looked like a drive-in movie theater (which some high school … more
Hard-working women with hearts of gold
Jill Smith and Sarah O’Steen do a variety of jobs at Tammy’s Piggly Wiggly. I met them both when I arranged to have pick-ups there last spring. I was cheered by Sarah’s warm … more
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It’s time to sychronize our heartbeats
Oscar and Aiken were parallel dogs. Oscar was the saddest dog anyone had ever seen when I adopted him. Aiken was a street dog from a shelter in Aiken, Ga., when my son adopted him. Aiken was … more
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