Area: Door County
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Sign Up for Sister Bay Rummage Sale
It’s time to sign up for the Sister Bay Community Rummage Sale coming on Saturday, May 21. The registration form is available now at the village website or at the Sister Bay Advancement Association office at 10668 N. Bay Shore Drive. That registration form, along with $10, must be dropped off at the SBAA Office […]
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Sturgeon Bay Gives Final Approval to New Apartment Complex
At its April 5 meeting, the Sturgeon Bay Common Council gave approval to the Final Planned Unit Development (PUD) to New Urban Focus, Inc., for its planned four-story, 35-unit apartment building on the site of the former Harbor Square Shoppes at 49 N. Madison Ave. The council also approved a landscaping plan for the site […]
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Server of the Week: Kay Wilson at Loaves and Fishes
On each month’s third Tuesday at St. Rosalia’s Church in Sister Bay People come for meals and good wishes At the volunteer driven Loaves and Fishes. Since the beginning, it’s had one mainstay A wonderful, graceful woman named Kay. More than 7,000 meals she has served with a smile, A woman always willing to […]
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April is National Frog Month. Like a canary in a coal mine, frogs are considered bio-indicators, meaning they can be used to determine the state of health of freshwater habitats. Changes in the abundance and diversity of these amphibians can be used as a measuring tool to determine environmental quality. Did you know that a […]
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Trivia: How Much Did A Model T Cost in 1908?
Question: What was the price of a Ford Model T when it was introduced in 1908? Answer: $850. It was lowered to less than $300 in 1925.
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Work, Play, Earth Day Events at State Parks
The public will have more opportunities than ever to celebrate Earth Day while helping out and enjoying a Wisconsin state park, forest, trail or wildlife property during the eighth annual Work*Play*Earth Day events that will be held around the state. This year there are 29 properties holding events, up from 25 in 2015. Volunteer events […]
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Master Gardeners Highlight Garden Rooms April 12
The April 12 meeting of the Door County Master Gardeners Association will feature a program by Tom Luebker, a certified landscape designer and greenhouse operator. The first half of his presentation will include the history of garden rooms and structures, styles, walls and floors that are used in these rooms, photos of rooms he and […]
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Frog Listeners Needed for Wisconsin Frog and Toad Survey
Volunteers power the Wisconsin Frog and Toad Survey, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this spring as North America’s longest-running frog calling survey, and organizers hope even more people will hop at the chance to listen to frogs at a wetland near them to see if frogs are beginning their calls earlier. “People often wonder how […]
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The Peninsula RePulse’s April 1 cover model, Chris Cote, reveals himself. Submitted.
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Restoring the Ahnapee: Reps Push for River Clean Up
Republican Assemblyman Scott Krug told Kewaunee County residents to be “loud and active” at an informational session he and Rep. Joel Kitchens held on restoring the Ahnapee River. A near-capacity crowd filled the Algoma council chambers on March 31 to hear the two legislators talk about what can be done to remove the river from […]
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Conference on Brown County Water Issues April 16
To mark 2016’s Earth Week, the League of Women Voters of Greater Green Bay will present a mini-conference on Brown County water issues on Saturday, April 16, beginning at 9 am. The event is free and open to the public. The mini-conference will include short programs from Titus Seilheimer, fisheries specialist at UW Sea Grant […]
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Science Snippet: New Treatment Discovered for Migraines
A new treatment may be on the horizon for those who suffer migraine headaches. Researchers discovered that overproduction of a chemical called CGRP may end up sensitizing pain pathways and causing blood vessels to constrict. The combined effect is a migraine headache that lasts until the chemical is cleared from the brain and brainstem. Treatments […]
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The number of trumpeter swans in Wisconsin has zoomed from zero to nearly 4,700 a generation after the Department of Natural Resources and partners launched recovery efforts, national surveys results show. Population estimates from aerial surveys of interior North America peg Wisconsin’s number of adult and “sub-adult” trumpeter swans at 4,695 birds in 2015, more […]
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Gibraltar Kindergarten Registration April 26
Kindergarten registration at Gibraltar School will be held on Tuesday, April 26. If you have a child who will be five years old by Sept. 1, 2016, please call Cindy Phillips at 868.3284 ext. 265 for a registration appointment. Please bring your child’s birth certificate and immunization records. Appointments will be approximately 30-45 minutes. Public […]
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Roy Lukes: Pileated Woodpeckers
Last week I was about to walk into the front yard to fill the bird feeders when a pileated woodpecker produced the most beautiful, loud, resonant “drumroll” from the bottom of the nearby moraine that I’ve ever heard. I paused to listen to his love call two more times before finishing my task. No sooner […]
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City of Sturgeon Bay: A public hearing will be held at noon on April 12 before the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding a petition from Russell Cihlar to use an existing log building as an accessory building at 1623 Clay Banks Road. The Finance/Purchasing & Building Committee meets at 4 pm on April 12. The […]
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Kim M. Austad, 47, of Highland Park, IL, formerly of Sturgeon Bay, died suddenly, Saturday night, April 2, 2016 following a recent illness. Edward Ernest Austad and Donna Lynn (Tess) Austad received their Christmas gift the day after Christmas in 1968 when welcomed their daughter, Kim, into the world in Sturgeon Bay. Kim graduated from […]
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Questions & Authors: Hal Prize Fiction Judge Nicole Helget
This summer, fiction writers who submit to the Peninsula Pulse’s 2016 Hal Prize will have the chance for their creative works to come before the eyes of multi-genre Minnesota writer Nicole Helget. Helget is the author of The Summer of Ordinary Ways, The Turtle Catcher, Stillwater, Horse Camp (co-authored), Wonder at the Edge of the […]
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Obituary: Andrew Rodney Billerbeck
Andrew, age 29, the son of Angela Jo Billerbeck and stepfather Ronald Bochek, was born November 11, 1986, and died April 2, 2016, due to Glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer. He attended Sevastopol Elementary and Middle School, and graduated High School in Gladstone, MI where he enjoyed a successful HS career in Drama, Choir, and Barbershop […]
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Robert ‘Bob’ Graef, 90, of Sturgeon Bay, passed away late Thursday night, March 31, 2016 at Golden Living Center-Dorchester in Sturgeon Bay. He was born Robert John Graef on July 19, 1925, in Chicago, IL, the son of Henry Hubert Graef and Magdalen (Elenz) Graef. Robert attended St. Alphonsus School in the Lakeview neighborhood of […]