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Angie Winter, center, addresses a crowd of Hornet supporters during the 2010 Hornet volleyball state run. Winter, the head coach of the team, passed away on May 22 at the age of 53, after a 23-year battle with cancer.
Remembering Coach Winter
Each school has someone who defines who they are, embodies its characteristics, shapes future generations, molds future leaders and rallies a community. Angie Winter was that person for Scales Mound. … more
Matt and Natalie Berning, of Menominee, have opened their farm up for farm camps that are offered to kids during the summer.
Inviting kids to the farm: Berning Acres hosts summer farm camp for youth
MENOMINEE–Last week, a group of students gathered at Berning Acres in Menominee for the first session of Farm Camp, a program in its second year and hosted by Matt and Natalie Berning and their … more
Honoring one of Warren’s fallen heroes
WARREN–Glenn L. Copeland is one of the two World War I veterans whose names grace Wickler-Copeland American Legion Post 464 in Warren, Illinois. Glenn Lynden Copeland was born 13 September … more
From the pages of The Galena Gazette: 1972: ARC to sponsor wrestling program
10 years ago June 13, 2012 Bill Longmore will be taking the reins as the campus pastor for the Galena campus of Crossroads Community Church, filling the shoes of Todd Brewer, who left the … more
Brothers Jim, of Rockford, and Larry and George Anderson, both of Scales Mound, were able to share the Honor Flight experience together on Monday, May 23.
A band of brothers: Anderson brothers of Scales Mound take part in Honor Flight together
SCALES MOUND–Larry, George and Jim Anderson had a trip of a lifetime on Monday, May 23 as they took part in the Honor Flight of Dubuque’s trip to Washington, DC. “It was a … more
From the pages of The Galena Gazette: 1947: Einsweiler takes lease on property
10 years ago June 6, 2012 The Jo Daviess County Relay for Life turned in $67,000 to the American Cancer Society on Friday, June 1. The event was moved to the Elizabeth Community Building … more
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
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 … more
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