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December winners for the daily drawing
JO DAVIESS COUNTY–The Northwest Illinois Daily Drawing announces its December winners. They include Gail Appel, Galena; Samantha Kempel, Kent; Rose Ertmer, Elizabeth; Melinda Vandigo, … more
Highland Community College Distinguished Alumni Award recipients include, back, from left, Antwon Harris, D. Antonio Cantu, Michael Maher, Brittany Blomberg; and, front, from left, Connie Kraft, Barbara James, Fred Bonnet, Dave Bergemann.
HCC honors Fred Bonnet
FREEPORT–A Galena restaurateur is one of eight people receiving a Distinguished Alumni Award from the Highland Community College Foundation on Nov. 17. This is the 26th year the Foundation … more
Bond referendum to go before ED voters to buy new fire department apparatus
EAST DUBUQUE–East Dubuque voters will be asked to weigh in on the city of East Dubuque’s desire to purchase new fire apparatus for the city’s fire department. The East Dubuque … more
Jo Daviess County Board to fill six vacant positions
GALENA–Despite having six Jo Daviess County Board seat vacancies at the board’s Monday, Dec. 5 organizational meeting, all the vacancies were filled by the Tuesday, Dec. 13 regular … more
Galena Country Tourism received two awards for promotional efforts at the Illinois Governor’s Conference on Tourism held Dec. 5-7 at the Aon Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier. The local tourism bureau received awards in the Best Branding Initiative category for its Forever Original campaign and in the Best Niche Targeting campaign for its LGBT campaign, #AmazingForAll Pride series. Rose Noble, Galena Country Tourism CEO noted, “Two out of the 10 awards given–we’ll take it!” Receiving one of the awards are, from left, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Director Sylvia Garcia, Justin Helle, Kirsten Bell, Big Abe, Rose Noble, Lori Kinnaman and Emily Tepper.
Galena Country Tourism receives awards
Workshop consumer Derrick Vaassen helped ring the bell at Piggly Wiggly for the Red Kettle Campaign.
Red Kettle Campaign in Galena sees change
GALENA–Ding ding ding. The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign is once again bringing red buckets and the sound of ringing bells to Galena, but this year coins are not the only type of … more
Gold and silver: Eagle Ridge receives four Stella Awards for excellence
GALENA–Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa is an award recipient of the sixth annual Stella Awards from Northstar Meetings Group. The resort received four Stella Awards–gold medal as the Best … more
Deer harvest increases
GALENA–Deer harvests are up in Jo Daviess County and in Illinois for the 2022 firearm season. In Jo Daviess County, hunters killed 1,273 deer this year, 843 in the first season and 430 in … more
Hospital projects clear zoning board
GALENA–The Galena Board of Zoning Appeals held three public hearings on Wednesday, Dec. 14 for two Midwest Medical Center (MMC) construction projects. The hospital sought an amendment to … more
Galena Primary School wrapped up its food drive on Friday, Dec. 9. Students brought in nonperishable foods throughout the week for the Galena Food Pantry. Back row from left: Jocelyn O’Neil, Gwen Bradshaw, Colin Berning, Calvin Kaiser, Wyatt Randecker, Levi Laskowski, Hunter Feldmann and Mateo Garcia. Front: Carson Stodden, Garrison Birkicht, Gavin Bradshaw, Olivia King, Lucy Wienen, Fang Fang Alderman Danna, Elliot Sprengelmeyer and Bryce Huttenlocher.
GPS food drive benefits Food Pantry
County participates in housing study
GALENA–Questions about housing in the area will soon be answered by a study recently facilitated by Blackhawk Hills Regional Council. Executive Director of Blackhawk Hills Daniel Payette … more
Arthur Horn, River Ridge FFA chapter historian, and Cora Dittmar, chapter president, deliver food donations to the Elizabeth Food Basket. The chapter hosted its annual food drive the week before Thanksgiving. Students in the elementary and high school donated a large variety of items to help out those in need this holiday season. Elementary students had a grade-level competition in which the second graders collected over 175 items. Paper and food products were used to stock the shelves at the High School “Cat’s Care” pantry and the remainder were delivered to the pantry. In all, over 780 items were collected in this year’s food drive.
FFA delivers food donations
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