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. He sold the paper the following year 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]