I’d like to nominate Nico Kovalec for the good guy reward for picking up the garbage and recycling garbage that blew around on Park Avenue at 1:45 in the morning on Monday, Dec. 6 with those …
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by James Cagney, Galena
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12/13/21
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I would like to thank Jay Graves of Elizabeth, our post office supervisor, who took the time out of his busy mornings to take one of Elizabeth’s homeless four-legged cats, who is known by many …
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by Vickie Kouzmanoff, Elizabeth
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12/13/21
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Jesus dealt quite harshly with those Jewish priests and pharisees who failed to put into practice what they piously preached to others. No doubt he will judge just as severely many of our present day …
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by John Wallanches, Hanover
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12/6/21
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Last Thursday as I drove to morning Mass, a small mountain of leaf bags decorated the corner of my lot. The yard looked good, but now the refuse needed hauling. This month’s budget did not …
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by Jo Ann Turner, Galena
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12/6/21
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The Jo Daviess County for Home and Community Education organization, would like to express our thanks to the teachers in our communities for their continued efforts in educating our children and …
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by Alice Davis, president, Jo Daviess County Home and Community Education
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12/6/21
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Our country as a whole enjoyed economic prosperity and racial harmony during the Reagan presidency. The same can be said of the Trump presidency notwithstanding the relentless efforts of the …
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by John Bernardi, Galena
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11/22/21
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I have a real problem with the medical community’s swing of the pendulum against giving any pain medication to surgical patients because of said doctor’s perceived responsibility to …
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by Lynn Allen, Galena
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11/22/21
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Thank you to Amelia Wilson from Under the Lamplight Dinner Theater and Galena Ghost Tours and Katie Nelson for making five pans of lasagna and bread sticks and taking it over to Dubuque to John Deere …
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by Cathy Nelson, Galena
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11/22/21
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Help during a difficult time
by Katherine Pearson, Galena
The last 20 months of this pandemic have been tough for everyone. We all know of the many problems: rising prices, loss of jobs, …
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by Katherine Pearson, Galena
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11/22/21
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I must confess: Even after 9/11, the waters of patriotism, wrung from the tears of a nation, never washed over me. Sure, I felt horrible for all of those killed and injured, along with the countless …
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by John Jankowski, Stockton
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11/15/21
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Put on a mask!
by Jeff Rice, Galena
Despite not being born in Galena, I am now a resident, am employed here, pay taxes on my property, and have committed my social responsibility to act …
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by Jeff Rice, Galena
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11/15/21
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The Galena schools received $180,000 from the American Rescue Plan program. School administrators used these funds to purchase 680 Chromebooks for students’ use. A big thanks goes out to …
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by Barbara Gack, Galena
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11/9/21
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