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  • The College Debt Conundrum

    Sandy Duckett believes it is time for young people to forget the romantic notion that college is the place to find themselves before moving on to the real world. “It’s too expensive these days. There are better ways to find themselves,” said the CEO of Sturgeon Bay-based We Are HOPE, Inc. Duckett and her team […]

  • COIN: Investing Small and Thinking Big

    COIN: Community Opportunity Investment Network A few years ago, the Door County Community Foundation (DCCF) convened a small group of people to talk about the future of employment and the wellbeing of employees in Door County. DCCF CEO Bret Bicoy recalls, “It was summer. We were sitting outside around a picnic table. With a couple […]

  • Bay Area Workforce Development Board: The Future Comes

    One might be excused for expecting a dry conversation with the director of an organization called the Bay Area Workforce Development Board (BAWDB), but one would be wrong. Talking with Jim Golembeski is a little like talking with a college professor; the discussion is riveting, wide-ranging and thought provoking. Golembeski is a self-described “resigned Catholic […]

  • Employment and the Philanthropic Community

    The question of employment — too much or too little — is multi-faceted and complex with a plethora of moving parts. It’s affected by really large, global forces (think the retirement of Baby Boomers) and smaller local forces (like the success of the Door County Visitor Bureau in growing our tourist economy or the newly […]

  • Len Villano

    The Summer Workforce: J-1 Visa Students

    Leading up to the summer of 2007, Nataliya Vasilyeva spent $1,000 and dozens of hours applying for the opportunity to clean hotel rooms for near minimum wage. In Ukraine, the cost to apply would equal one family’s annual salary, not including a plane ticket across the world and back. “You gain work experience, language experience, […]

  • Len Villano

    Where are the Workers?

    Similar to anywhere else in the world, the number of people in the Door County workforce is cyclical. Even looking outside of seasonality, the Door County economy functions in relation to the national economy, and workers ebb and flow along with the work. Despite facing a labor shortage in 2015, with businesses struggling to find […]

  • Suzi Hass

    An Inspired Move: Kit & Elizabeth Butz

    When Kit and Elizabeth Butz took a weekend trip to Door County for Fall Fest weekend in 2013, they didn’t think it would end with a life-changing decision.

  • Judith Kalb: Growing a Living Out of Stone

    Judith Kalb first visited Door County on a rainy May weekend in 1980. She decided then and there that the place she lived was going to play a more important role in her life than the career she pursued. “Door County felt immediately like home,” she recalls, “but I knew I was going to have […]

  • Owls, A Story Slam, Cornhole & More Weekend Plans

    The events calendar is getting fuller as spring approaches. Looking for some fun on the peninsula this weekend? From local benefits to a celebration of owls, we’ve got our top picks for the weekend ahead. Friday, March 4 Owl-O-Rama Celebrate the fantastic raptor during The Ridges’ Owl-O-Rama weekend celebration, March 4-5. Highlights include crafts, owl […]

  • Outdoors with Coggin Heeringa: Leap Year

    Leap Year is a rather awkward solution to an astronomical conundrum. But the current solution is nowhere near as awkward as it was in the ancient Roman Empire. Back then, different regions of the empire had different calendars. For example, in Rome the calendar had a 355-day year, which really didn’t work because the Earth […]

  • Great Lakes Fishery Commission to Hold “State of Lake”

    Fisheries biologists from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will be among those presenting information at the upcoming Upper Lake Committees Meeting sponsored annually by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. The Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron Committees meet to assess the status of fish communities, discuss Great Lakes issues and plan future management […]

  • Habitat for Humanity Hosts 4th Annual Bowl-A-Thon

    On Feb. 13, nearly 50 bowlers turned out at Apple Valley Lanes for the 4th Annual Door County Habitat for Humanity Bowl-A-Thon. The bowlers raised more than $17,000 in support of their 39th home build for the Miller family. Susan Miller, head of the Miller family, and her daughters participated in the bowl-a-thon. Susan and […]

  • Southern Door High School Hosting April 13 Job Fair

    Southern Door High School students will have an opportunity to meet local businesses and explore summer work opportunities on April 13, between 11 am and 12:15 pm. Students will be able to use their lunch period to meet with businesses, talk with perspective employers, and explore summer employment opportunities. Each business will have one table […]

  • Ship Captains Daughter

    Book Review: ‘Ship Captain’s Daughter: Growing Up on the Great Lakes’

    The jacket of Ann Lewis’ memoir Ship Captain’s Daughter features a photograph of a little girl standing on a dock waving at a Great Lakes cargo ship, an appropriate image to capture the life of a daughter whose father, Willis Michler, each year spent the season from early spring through late fall sailing on a […]

  • By the Numbers: Leap Year

    1/10th of 1 percent The percentage of the population born on leap day (Feb. 29). 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds The amount the calendar would be off each year without adding a day to February in leap years. In 100 years without leap years, seasons would be off by 25 days. 29 The day […]

  • Roy Lukes: The Mallard Duck

    Perhaps it’s the beautiful snowfall continuing throughout the day that got me thinking about the last glacier and its incredible benefits to mankind in the Midwest. Undoubtedly the glacial till, eventually resulting in some of the best farming country in the world, can be listed as the number-one benefit. Ask the average person to name […]

  • Julia Englebert Named 2016 Southern Door Valedictorian

    Julia Englebert has been named Valedictorian of the Class of 2016 at Southern Door High School. She is the daughter of Jerry and Tara Englebert. She plans to pursue Arabic language and linguistics in college. Nathan Coulthurst has been named Salutatorian of the Class of 2016. He is the son of Greg and Christine Coulthurst. […]

  • Reps in the News: Feb. 26 – March 4

    Governor Scott Walker Walker announced nominations are being sought for the 33rd annual Virginia Hart Special Recognition Award. The award is administered by the Department of Administration Division of Personnel Management to honor women who are making a difference in Wisconsin state government. “The award recognizes the service of women whose contributions to client, co-workers, […]

  • Joe Paquet

    Questions & Artists: Joe Paquet (Part II of II)

    We, living in Door County, are fortunate to have a large number of great artists living and working in the Midwest. This two-part Q&A is with one of these accomplished painters, Joe Paquet. Click here to read part one. Those readers who remember some of my previous interviews will perhaps remember Derek Davis and recently, […]

  • 2016 Door County Silent Sports Events

    We’ve made your planning easy with this guide to getting active in Door County in 2016, whether you want to do it on foot, by pedal or by paddle.