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2026 Recycling Calendars Now Available
The 2026 City of Galena recycling magnets are now available at Galena City Hall, 101 Green St. The magnets are free for residents.
Watch the 45th Annual Galena Halloween Parade
The City of Galena provides a video of the 2025 Galena Halloween Parade for public enjoyment. You may access the parade video page on this website by clicking: Video The parade took place at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 25, 2025.
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Galena Country launches new weekly online visitor's guide
New for residents and visitors, Galena Country Tourism has launched "This Week in Galena Country," a weekly visitor's guide feature on it's website, visitgalena.org. The new feature is accessible by scanning the QR code or clicking here.
Benches available for sponsorship
Honor or remember a loved one, a family or a pet by sponsoring a bench. The City of Galena has benches available for sponsorship at Rec Park and Green Street Plaza.
New City of Galena Website Now Live
The City of Galena, Illinois is excited to announce that its new website is now live for the public at www.cityofgalena.org.
View Livestreams of City Meetings
All city meetings may be viewed live on the City of Galena YouTube Channel
Glass Recycling: More Than a Half Million Pounds Since 2020
GALENA—Since January 2020, when the City of Galena instituted its glass recycling program, more than 688,180 pounds of glass have been collected in the purple glass recycling dumpster in the parking lot of Tammy’s Piggly Wiggly. Since glass is not accepted in the city’s curbside recycling program, the city partners...
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