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High schoolers, from left, Victoria Wall, Weston Ballantine, Avery Miller, Brayden Metz and Alex Osterkamp get hands on during their tour of Signcraft learning how to make a screen from employee Renee Reddington. Not pictured, Derek Engle.
East Dubuque students tour Signcraft Screenprint
GALENA–On Wednesday, March 15, six students from East Dubuque High School visited Signcraft Screenprint in Galena. The tour was part of Manufacturing and Trades Day, put on by Northwest … more
Galena Middle School seventh graders, from left, Jacob Loso, Lucy Heller, Achillies Morales, Leah Vincent, Myla Norman, Seven Smith, and Ella White inspect a topographical map of the Galena area at the Galena & Grant History Museum. The schools seventh graders visited the museum and Galena Public Library thanks to funding from the Galena Foundation. The seventh graders are beginning their yearly report on Galena history and are now busy researching various buildings, people, and events.
Museum, library tour
Jo Daviess County residents can apply now for the Wills Family County Scholarship
SCALES MOUND–The Wills Family, longtime residents and philanthropic members of the area, have established a scholarship program for Jo Daviess County residents through the family trust. The … more
School board approves next year’s school calendar
GALENA–The Galena School Board had a quick 14-minute meeting on Monday, Feb. 27 before people headed off to watch the girl’s basketball playoff game. The board approved all the items on … more
Cooper Einsweiler
Einsweiler advances to FFA districts in public speaking
Cooper Einsweiler placed second in the Section FFA extemporaneous speaking competition on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at River Ridge High School. In this contest, he drew a topic, biotechnology, out of a hat; … more
DAR honors five area high school students
The Carroll Jo Daviess Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has awarded its DAR Good Citizens Award to five area high school seniors. The students are: •Wil Quinn, East … more
On Friday, Feb. 17, the Rotary Club of Galena hosted its Paul Kindig Student of the Quarter luncheon for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The four students honored included Camila Moncada, Warren; Maggie Carter, Stockton; Jose Hernandez, Galena; and Derrick Distler, Scales Mound. The student of the quarter is given quarterly to a sophomore student in each of the county’s school districts who has put forward effort to improve. The student of the quarter honorees from East Dubuque and River Ridge will be honored in April.
Rotary hosts Student of the Quarter luncheon
On Saturday, Feb. 11, Galena High School students Julia Dominaik, left, and Emma Blaum competed in sectional speech competition at DeKalb. Blaum advanced to state competition.
Blaum, Dominiak compete at speech sectionals
GALENA–Emma Blaum and Julia Dominiak traveled to DeKalb for sectional speech competition on Saturday, Feb. 11. Blaum placed third in oratorical declamation and advanced to the state tournament … more
Sergeant Keith Brandel and Officer Emma Johnson visited the Galena Primary School 4th grade classes on Friday, Feb. 3 to read “Officer Buckle and Gloria.” Johnson read to Todd Birkholz’s class and answered students’ questions. From left: Evelyn Miller, Amairany Garcia-Hernandez, Gretchen Sauerberg, Harper Berning, Brinley Berning, Avery Connor and Johnson.
GPD reads to GPS
School desk
Honor rolls Southwestern Middle School Named to the first semester honor roll, 3.00-3.49: •eighth grade: Jayden Bandy, Katie Craugh, Mercedes Hernandez, Luke Kieler, Cloey Reuter, … more
Members of the River Ridge FFA poultry team include back, from left, Ian Wachter, Arthur Horn, Izzy Haring, Avery Engle, Brook Bradbury; and front, from left, Brynn Fry, Laiken Haas, Gracie Vanderheyden, Bindi Boop and Katie Cobine.
River Ridge FFA wins Poultry CDE
HANOVER–River Ridge FFA came out on top at the Poultry Career Development Event which the club hosted on Jan. 31. FFA members from across the section learned all about egg and poultry … more
Galena Middle School Principal Ben Soat won Middle School Principal of the Year for the Northwest Region.
Principal of the Year: The Illinois Principals Association names Galena principal Ben Soat as Middle School Principal of the Year for the northwest region.
GALENA–The Illinois Principals Association recently recognized Galena Middle School Principal Ben Soat as the Middle School Principal of the Year for the northwest region. Middle school … more
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