  Normal galaxies begin to arise from the shadows at high energies, as can be
seen with the discovery of high-energy gamma-ray emission from the Andromeda
galaxy (M 31) by the Fermi /LAT collaboration.
  We present a study on the search for high-energy emission around galaxies of
the Local Group. No significant detection is found from the objects studied
here. Upper limits on the high-energy emission of nearby normal galaxies are
derived, and we discuss them in the context of gamma-ray emission from cosmic
ray interactions with the local interstellar medium in these galaxies.
