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The story of Dave and Pat Casper’s relationship with the Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation and Casper Bluff Land & Water Reserve has been well chronicled in The Galena Gazette. . .ever …
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by P. Carter Newton
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12/20/22
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It has been awhile since I have taken the time to write a column here, and I have definitely missed the opportunity to use this space to provide historical tidbits and information to the community. …
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by Brandon Behlke
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9/13/22
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Though I have been writing a series of columns on Galena’s railroads, I still don’t have a real understanding of the conditions for the workers who did the dangerous work of constructing …
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by Lynn Werner
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9/13/22
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Radio has its “Vault of Treasured Music.” Newspapers have archives. Staffers Kevin Engler and Mike Jones donned helmets, hazmat gear, and night-vision goggles to explore deep into the …
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by Kevin Engler and Mike Jones
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9/13/22
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In 2007, a story circulated that a 30-pound squash had been grown from indigenous seeds hidden in a clay pot for 800 years. The story turned out to be a hoax. The story of the size of the squash …
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by Lynn Werner
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11/22/22
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Just prior to Friday night’s Galena-Le-Win football game, the rising moon stole the show for anyone looking at that direction. What a view.
Author Avijeet Das writes, “The moon …
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by P. Carter Newton
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9/13/22
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It isn’t often that I read something and find myself crying like some blithering, emotional other self. But that’s what happened while editing a written-from-the-heart column by Keri …
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by P. Carter Newton
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11/22/22
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My day started out like every other. After the typical morning activities, I took my Akita, Kia, into town for a stroll on the levee, which I often did. I love the view overlooking the river on one …
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Theresa Severin
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1/16/24
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Now that it’s been a little over six months since we bought the Gazette from Carter and Sarah, I thought I’d take a little time to share some of the investments and updates we’ve …
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Bob Woodward
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11/7/23
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While researching the native groups in our region before settlement for what I had planned on being this week’s column, I took a long slow walk on my land. It was early morning. Smoke was …
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by Lynn Werner
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7/18/23
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On August 26, 1970, a group of French women tried to lay wreaths on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with the message, “There is something more unknown than the unknown soldier–his …
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by Lynn Werner
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1/24/23
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This next week marks a very special week here in Galena as the area hosts Special Olympics Illinois Winter Games. This is the 42nd edition, Jan. 31 to Feb. 2. Imagine that. I was around for the very …
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by P. Carter Newton
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1/24/23
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