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  • Hardy Gallery Begins 56th Season with Wall-to-Wall Salon

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    The Hardy Gallery continues tradition with their annual kick-off May 26, 5:30 – 7 pm, for the annual Wall-to-Wall Salon. Guests get a sneak peek at all submissions for the Annual Juried Show. Now a two-week long exhibition, Wall-to-Wall features all artwork submitted for the juried exhibit prior to the jury selection. The public is […]

  • Master Gardners to Hold Annual Plant Sale

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    The Door County Master Gardeners Association will hold its annual plant sale at the UW Peninsular Agricultural Research Station on May 26, 9 am to 12 pm. Enthusiasts should arrive early as the best sell out quickly. The sale has been known to open a bit before 9 am if lines are long. Featured this […]

  • 2018 Door County Folk Festival Registration Now Open

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    Registration is now open for the 2018 Door County Folk Festival (DCFF), held July 11-15 in Baileys Harbor. There are a number of changes to this year’s festival:  workshops and parties will all be held in Baileys Harbor; there’s a new group of regional dance instructors; Jim Stoynoff’s band will provide live music for the […]

  • Republican Senate Primary Candidate Q&A

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    Republican voters in the 1st Senate district have a difficult choice ahead of them on Tuesday, May 15. Two conservative candidates are vying for the Senate seat that was vacated at the end of the year when the highly vulnerable former Senator Frank Lasee took a position in Gov. Scott Walker’s administration. Walker was forced […]

  • Obituary: Yolanda “Londa” Doney

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    Yolanda “Londa” Doney found eternal peace on April 20, 2018 at the age of 83. Preceded in death by her beloved husband, Allen; parents, Consuelo & Luciano Benavides, Sr.; brother, Lou Benavides, Jr. She was a devoted, loving mother to her 6 children: Deborah (Pat) Hellen, Kevin (Rachel), Russell, Walt (Sherry) of Casper, WY, Philip […]

  • Door County Medical Center Births: May 1

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    Nathan and Alana Hadley, Sturgeon Bay, are the parents of a daughter born May 1, 2018. Carrie and David Herlache, Sturgeon Bay, are the maternal grandparents. Melissa Maedke and Josh Hadley, Sturgeon Bay, are the paternal grandparents.

  • Gibraltar Facing Litigation Over Food Truck Ban

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    The owners of the food truck at White Cottage Red Door may pursue litigation against the Town of Gibraltar if the town board does not rescind a town ordinance that was modified last year to prohibit food trucks throughout the town. Meanwhile, the town may be pursuing legal action against the Door County Planning Department […]

  • Letter to the Editor: A Poem for Mother’s Day

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    This Mothers Day I’d like to send out this poem to honor all mothers, written by my mother, Kathleen Kerscher, who passed away 20 years ago. MOM Whether our Moms are living or dead, I know there’s one thing can be said. No matter how old we might be, Her loving ways we’ll always see. […]

  • Letter to the Editor: A Chicken in Every Pot, Election Year Phenomena

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    Often erroneously attributed to Herbert Hoover in 1928 as he was running for re-election, a Republican operative wrote an ad for the New York Times, “Under lower taxation America has … stabilized employment …  Republican efficiency has filled the workingman’s dinner pail … Republican prosperity has … put the proverbial ‘chicken in every pot,’ And […]

  • Door County Visitor Spending Up $11 Million in 2017

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    Visitor spending in Door County was up $11 million dollars last year according to a report from the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. The publication of the state’s tourism economic impact report for 2017 coincides with National Travel and Tourism Week, which runs from May 6-12, 2018. Door County visitors spent $358.7 million in 2017, an […]

  • Door to Nature: Garlic Mustard

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    Strong southwest winds are blowing today and this first day of May is the warmest one of spring, a season we thought would never arrive. I’ve lived up here in northern Door County for nearly 46 years and this was the coldest, snowiest and latest spring I ever experienced. The dry brown woodlands are finally […]

  • Pulse Price Report: May 8

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    Crop prices (May 8) Rio Creek Feed Mill – Algoma Commodity Price (per bushel) Basis Last Year Corn $3.53 -0.50 $3.26 Soybeans $9.42 -0.79 $9.52 Wheat $4.42 -0.73 $3.63 Oats $2.36 1.00 N/A   United Cooperative – Denmark Corn $3.53/bushel -0.40 New-Crop Corn $3.71/bushel -0.48 Wheat $4.40/bushel -0.75   Basis:  The difference between the local […]

  • A Man of Another Era: Ellsworth Peterson Dies at 94

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    For six decades, Peterson Builders Inc. pumped oxygen into the lifeblood of the Sturgeon Bay economy. The shipyard known for building Navy vessels employed more than 1,000 people at its peak, and when profits soared, they were proudly shared with employees. The revenue that trickled up went to executives who lived down the street, and […]

  • Great Lakes Water Height Well Above Average

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    Following 15 years of generally dry weather, the four upper Great Lakes – Superior, Huron, Michigan and Erie – are all well above average. Lakes Huron, Michigan and Erie are at their highest levels for this time of year since 1998. Water levels on the Great Lakes rise and fall in response to natural water […]

  • By the Numbers: National Nurses Week

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    15 The projected percent change in registered nursing employment from 2016 to 2026. The average growth rate for all occupations is 7 percent. 1954 The year the 100th anniversary of nurse Florence Nightingale’s famous mission to the Crimea in 1854 was recognized with a National Nurse Week that was observed Oct. 11-16. A bill to […]

  • Schneider Wins Door County Half Marathon for 3rd Time

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    Rodee Schneider won the Door County Half Marathon for the third time Saturday on a warm day in Peninsula State Park. Schneider, of Madison, finished in 1:16:25, 15 seconds ahead of Jake Erschen. Katelynn Williams fought her way through the heat to pace the women with a time of 1:28:43. The Madison resident finished more […]

  • PODCAST: Half Marathon, Celebrate Water, and the Future of Potawatomi Tower

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    Andrew Kliedon talks to Pulse writers and editors about the stories in this week’s Peninsula Pulse, including the future of Potawatomi Tower, the new Celebrate Water initiative, and the 11th Door County Half Marathon.

  • Server of the Week: Dawn

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    Aurora Health Care is where this gal will be. She’s got a friendly face and loads of “TLC.”   Her name is Dawn, She’s one of the best. When it comes to reception, She’s ahead of the rest.   – Submitted by Dorothy Lindsey

  • Doulagivers Discuss Home Funerals May 8

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    Doulagivers of Door County will hold their next meeting May 8, 6-7:30 pm at the Sturgeon Bay Library. Each month the group holds a short educational presentation, followed by open discussion. At this meeting, the discussion focuses on home wakes and home funerals. Since this is a newly evolving specialty, all present will be invited […]

  • Science, Economics and Politics of Water Management

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    After working 32 years for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Bob Martini is far from retiring from advocating for Wisconsin’s waters. Employed as a Water Resource Scientist with the DNR, Martini was instrumental in employing the Clean Water Act in his home state by cleaning up the polluted Wisconsin River. Martini will be the […]