Area: Door County
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Egg Harbor Enhancement Details Tax Increase, Highway Resurface
A public meeting to discuss the Enhance Egg Harbor project on Aug. 23 filled the village’s Bertschinger Center with a standing-room-only crowd. Ed Freer, landscape architect and urban designer with Minnesota-based Short Elliott Hendrickson, and Mike Simon from McMahon Engineering answered questions from residents following a presentation on the plans and funding for the project. […]
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Gibraltar Votes: What is a Town Elector?
Electors in the Town of Gibraltar will vote on the purchase of a $1.4 million property to expand the Fish Creek Beach on Aug. 31 at 7 pm at a special town meeting. After U.S. District Judge James Peterson ruled 2011 changes to voter ID law unconstitutional at the end of July 2016, the Pulse […]
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Cheers!: What’s Wrong With Flying Monkies?
I reached into the magic fridge recently and pulled out a can of beer that felt like something else in the fridge had dripped on it, which is entirely possible due to the preponderance of beer. Other things have to be jammed in, and sometimes they leak because of the awkward angle that makes them […]
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Sturgeon Bay Fire Department Promotes Car Seat Safety
The Sturgeon Bay Fire Department (SBFD) is looking to reduce accidental injury by offering free inspections and installations of child car seats. The department started providing the service about two years ago after seeing a need in the community. “There really wasn’t a technician in this area,” Assistant Fire Chief Kalin Montevideo explained. “The only […]
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Roy & Charlotte Lukes: The Distelfink
Editor’s note: While Roy Lukes died at the age of 86 on June 26, his nature columns will continue to live on in the Pulse with the help of Roy’s wife, Charlotte, who has agreed to continue providing work from Roy’s extensive archives. For that reason, the column includes both their names. The golden wanderers are finally […]
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Sturgeon Bay School Board Seeking Candidates
Candidates interested in interviewing with the School District of Sturgeon Bay Board of Education regarding the vacant board seat previously held by Jacob Schulz should express their interest in writing to Superintendent of Schools Dan Tjernagel no later than 4 pm Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. The Board of Education currently plans to interview each interested […]
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A County-Wide Request to All Eligible Voters
With a very controversial election coming in November all polling locations are expecting to be very busy. Most poll workers are there from 6:30 am until ballots are tallied, sometime after 8:30 pm. In a Presidential year they may be there as late as 9:30 or 10 pm. That is a long day. What adds […]
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Fred Weber: The Far-reaching, Left-handed First Baseman
“Eat. Sleep. Play ball.” Those were the words Frederick J. Weber lived by for more than a decade. Now living in Door County, Weber was born in Sheboygan, Wis., during the height of baseball season in July of 1929. It’s no coincidence he fell in love with the sport at an early age. Weber’s fascination […]
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I recall 4th of July parades in Door County where teams of horses are pulling wagons and because marching bands followed the horses it was necessary for people with shovels to clean up what the horses left behind. That scenario is much like the Trump campaign where people need to follow him and clean up […]
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Looking Back in Packers History
The 2016 Green Bay Packers regular season will kick off on Sept. 11 in Jacksonville, Florida. The Packers will begin their journey against the Jacksonville Jaguars with hopes of finishing the season in Houston, Texas, the site of Super Bowl LI. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers will lead a Packers team that welcomes the return of Jordy […]
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County Posting Job for New Conservationist
At its first monthly meeting since the July retirement of County Conservationist Bill Schuster, the Land Conservation Committee announced at the Aug. 18 meeting that Schuster’s position will be posted for three weeks, and in the interim the department will continue to be co-managed by Greg Coulthurst and Dale Konkol. It was also announced that an […]
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Christ Child Society Gives Thanks
On behalf of the little ones of Door County who are recipients of diapers, clothing, cribs, car seats and blankets, we thank our major donor Ministry Door County Medical Center and the many businesses and organizations who donated to the Christ Child Society fundraiser on August 10, 2016. As a small nonprofit, we are continually […]
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Kewaunee County to Consider Increase in Sales Tax
Kewaunee County is asking residents to share their thoughts on addressing the 2017 budget, including the potential implementation of a 0.5 percent County Sales & Use Tax. This will be done at a public forum that will discuss spending cuts that have been made and additional cuts under consideration, an increase in county sales and […]
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Road Crew’s Work is Appreciated in Liberty Grove
The Liberty Grove Property Owners’ Protective Association extends its thanks to the Town Road Committee and the road crew for their service on behalf of town residents and especially for their willingness to hear our concerns about the 2015-16 Beach Road repaving project. In particular, we’re grateful for the attention the committee and crew gave […]
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Overheard and Obsessions: Sept. 2, 2016
OVERHEARD Are there tid-bits of conversations you’ve heard while standing in line at the grocery store, serving a table, or walking down the sidewalk that make you smile, cringe or laugh out loud? “They look like they have people in their basement, but they treat them really well.” “Can you do me a […]
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Walker Creates Position to Aid in Student Debt Education
Representative Joel Kitchens Kitchens announced that the Wisconsin Farm Bureau endorsed him for the 1st District Assembly against challenger Lynn Utesch. “The Farm Bureau is a very reasonable group that understands that our agricultural community must be good stewards of the land in order to be sustainable in the future. They support the rule-making process […]
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Sister Bay Seeks Two More Liquor Licenses
The Village of Sister Bay will try to take advantage of some new legislation that changed the quota for liquor licenses within municipalities. Wisconsin Act 286, published on March 30 but effective on June 1, made it harder for restaurants to acquire liquor licenses while giving municipalities the ability to increase their liquor license quota. […]
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Manners Matter: Audience Members Are Too Noisy
Dear Mary Pat, You have probably addressed the issue of noisy audiences in previous columns, but I have to vent. We attended The Full Monty on Aug. 9 and left fuming over the continuous and loud talking from three nearby ladies. The play was absolutely outstanding but we missed much of the dialogue because […]
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The weekend before last, I came up to the Door for a bit of camping along with my sister-in-law, Elinor. It was a short visit: one day of travel, one day of fun, and one day to return home. The first evening after the tents were set, we walked The Ridges Sanctuary. We walked the […]
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Municipal News: Sturgeon Bay Municipal Spending Report
City of Sturgeon Bay: The Finance/Purchasing & Building Committee meets at 4 pm on Aug. 30. Sturgeon Bay municipal spending: Total operational spending in Wisconsin’s cities and villages with populations of more than 2,000 saw modest increases for a second straight year in 2014, rising 1.8 percent from $841 to $856 per resident, according to […]