| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Messenger Publishing Group |
| Founder(s) | C. A. Cutting |
| Publisher | Paul V. Scholl |
| Editor | Sean P. Thomas |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 604 N Lincoln Way, Galt, California 95632 |
| Sister newspapers | Elk Grove Citizen |
| OCLC number | 26728201 |
| Website | galtherald |
The Galt Herald is a weekly newspaper published in Galt, California. [1]
On January 7, 1904, C. A. Cutting published the first edition of The Weekly Witness in Galt. [2] The paper was purchased by James Conley and William T. Botzbach in June 1907. [3] The name was changed to The Galt Herald in January 1911. [4] Botzbach published the paper for 13 years before selling it in 1921 to Fred W. Wing. [5]
Wing published the paper for about 26 years. He wrote a column called "Foolin' Around With Fred" [6] and was elected the first mayor of Galt when the town was incorporated in 1946. A year later he sold the paper to A E. Grube and Elmer Wolberd. Grube was a rancher who worked at a hardware store and Wolberd worked at a printing plant in Lodi. [7] Wing resigned as mayor and from the city council shortly after the sale. [8]
Twin brothers Shirley and Wayne Field purchased the paper on October 1, 1948. [9] A few years later the paper was purchased by Henry R. Tweith. [10] Five years later he purchased the Elk Grove Citizen . [11] In 1959, Tweith sold both papers to Roy Herburger. [12] He operated the paper until he retired in 1999. The business was handed over to his son David Herburger. [13] In 2021, Herburger Publications, Inc. sold its papers to Citizen managing editor Bonnie Rodriguez and her company Valley Oak Press. [14] [15] She sold the paper about two years later to Paul V. Scholl, owner of Messenger Publishing Group based in Carmichael. [16]