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Jim Trewartha of the Hazel Green Rescue Squad is one of the last Farm Medic instructors in the area. In April, Trewartha led the Hazel Green Fire Department and Hazel Green Area Rescue Squad through a training exercise on an individual trapped in a grain auger.
One of the last in the area: Jim Trewartha is one of the last FarmMedic instructors, enjoys teaching the skills
HAZEL GREEN, Wis.–Earlier this spring, a group of 38 paramedics and firefighters from the Hazel Green Fire Department, Hazel Green Area Rescue Squad and Benton First Responders gathered in … more
Joseph Wickler
Missing in Action and the Great Influenza: Pvt. Joseph Wickler immortalized by Warren American Legion
WARREN–Privates Joseph T. Wickler and Glenn L. Copeland fought and died in the Great War–World War I. The Warren American Legion Post is named for them: Wickler-Copeland Post 464. The … more
Scales Mound gears up for music festival
SCALES MOUND–Scales Mound is gearing up a year early for its 170th anniversary with the free Mound Music Festival to be held on Saturday, June 11 at the park in the middle of Scales … more
Solstice event at Sinsinawa
SINSINAWA, Wis.–Inspired by Celtic tradition and the Wild Church movement, Sacred Land-Wild Church: Summer Solstice will be held June 21, 6:30-8 p.m. at Sinsinawa Mound Center led by Eric … more
A hot air balloon landed along the banks of the Galena River on Thursday, June 2.
Balloon landing near Galena River
Discovering a forgotten pioneer: Life of Dr. Thomas Killion discovered at Apple River Fort
ELIZABETH–Apple River Fort director Elizabeth Papp has brought to light information on a forgotten early pioneer that called Apple River Fort home. Dr. Thomas Killion lived a life that is … more
One of the minutes that Guilford Township clerk Claire Bersbach has transcribed in recent years as part of a project to get all of the minutes from Guilford Township online.
Transcribing Guilford’s past: Bersbach digitizes records of Guilford meetings
ELIZABETH–When Claire Bersbach was elected as Guilford Township Clerk in 2009, one of her goals was for the Township to have a website. She began to type from the original hand-written … more
A team from Third Coast Restorations has been working on restoring the fireplaces at the Galena Public Library. The tiles date to the building’s construction in 1908.
Galena library fireplaces being restored
GALENA–The fireplaces at Galena Public Library are getting a facelift through the work of Third Coast Restorations. Children’s librarian Rachel Lenstra said that many years ago a cart … more
Jim and Suzanne Sproule stand with their one-in-a-million find, a Civil War pistol owned by Suzanne’s great-grandfather, John Rodden.
‘Like winning the lottery’: Jim Sproule finds Civil War firearm belonging to wife’s great-grandfather
GALENA–It was a one-in-a-million find for Galena resident Jim Sproule as he was directed by an antique dealer to a Civil War-era pistol while Sproule was looking for Galena pottery. The pistol … more
Classical Blast teams up with Safe Haven for summer concert benefit on July 29
GALENA–Classical Blast will perform its unique style of classical and rock music at Galena’s Turner Hall at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 29 in a fund-raising benefit for Safe Haven Humane … 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
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
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