Area: Fish Creek
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The Cat’s Pajamas Visits the DCA on their Music in Schools Tour
The Cat’s Pajamas vocal band, a high energy professional a cappella group based out of Branson, Mo., will perform at Door Community Auditorium Feb. 2, 7 pm, as part of their 11th annual Music in Schools Tour. This tour brings student choral clinics, school assemblies, and evening shows to communities across the nation in an […]
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“Words on Fire” Coffeehouse Concert
On Jan. 20 at 7 pm, Door County musicians and poets will present “Words on Fire” in the Door Community Auditorium Fireside Lobby. Musicians will pair with poets to create a lively coffeehouse atmosphere and a powerful evening of entertainment. This will be the fourth annual “Words on Fire” concert, after previous years’ events proved to […]
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Fireside Coffeehouse Concerts Welcomes Deathfolk
On Jan. 27 at 7 pm, Sturgeon Bay-based duo Deathfolk will perform in the Door Community Auditorium’s cozy fireside lobby. Deathfolk, made up of Jess Holland and Nick Hoover, was initially brought together by the pair’s mutual love of sad songs and murder ballads. Holland and Hoover’s collaboration plumbs those “deathfolk” roots as well as […]
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Town of Gibraltar Bans Food Trucks
The Gibraltar Town Board approved an ordinance Jan. 10 on a 4-0 vote to prohibit food trucks in the town, which includes Fish Creek. Board member Brian Hackbarth abstained from the vote, citing conflict of interest due to his employment in the local restaurant industry. “To ease some people’s minds I’m going to abstain from […]
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Free Lectures & Screenings at Door Community Auditorium
On Jan. 19 at 7 pm, Door Community Auditorium will present an encore screening of June Falling Down. This feature film set in Door County tells the story of a young woman returning home for her best friend’s wedding, which happens to coincide with the one-year anniversary of her father’s death. Created by Rebecca Weaver […]
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Local Educators Lauren Bremer, Aaron Pairolero Earn National Certification
Wisconsin has 126 educators who earned national certification in 2017; two of those teachers are from Door County. Lauren Bremer of Gibraltar High School was newly certified in English Language Arts/Adolescence and Young Adulthood, and Aaron Pairolero of the Sturgeon Bay School District is newly certified in Generalist/Middle Childhood. The state was among seven nationwide […]
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Teams Needed for Peninsula Preschool Trivia Night
The 15th annual Peninsula Preschool Trivia Night is scheduled for Feb. 22 at Alexander’s Restaurant. The doors open 5:30 pm, with trivia beginning at 6:30 pm. Cash prizes will be awarded: $600 for first, $300 for second and $150 for third. The event is limited to 24 teams of six people. The cost is $30 […]
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Gibraltar Elementary School Holds Early Childhood Screening March 5
Gibraltar Elementary School will hold early childhood screening March 5 to residents of Gibraltar School District at no cost to provide parents an informed estimation of their child’s thinking, language and motor skill development. If you have a child who will be at least 3 years of age by Sept. 1, 2018, contact Mari Grenchik […]
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Gibraltar DECA Students Advance to State Career Development Conference
Northern Door County, as a tourism economy, relies on strong hospitality and lodging management skills. Sophomores at Gibraltar High School demonstrated their skills in these areas Jan. 13 at the Northeast Wisconsin DECA District Competitions at Bayport High School. Competitors take a 100 question exam and role play two business scenarios. The top four competitors […]
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Gibraltar Senior Coordinates Self-Defense Class
Gibraltar High School senior Ava Hitzeman coordinated a self-defense class for her and her fellow students with Herb Blue’s Total Self-Defense of Green Bay. The class was held at Gibraltar Jan. 12. Here Hitzeman works on defense moves with instructor Aaron Maternowski. Photo by Len Villano.
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Storm Dumps As Much As 20 Inches of Snow in Door County
All Door County schools were closed Monday due to a snowstorm that dropped as much as 20 inches of snow in parts of the county. Snow began to fall around 10 pm Sunday night, and residents woke Monday to anywhere from 10 inches of snow in Sister Bay, to 18 inches in Baileys Harbor. The […]
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Local Film ‘June Falling Down’ Nears Public Release
Four years after filmmakers Rebecca Weaver and Chris Irwin turned pockets of the peninsula into backdrops for their comedy/drama June Falling Down, the duo is preparing to close the final chapter of the project with its February release. The announcement comes as Weaver and Irwin celebrate the conclusion of a two-year, 15-film fest run that […]
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Saturday Workshops for Teens at PenArt
Peninsula School of Art’s Winter Teen Workshop program is designed to connect local teens with working artists through a series of hands-on experiences. Artist mentorship, peer feedback, and technical and conceptual skillbuilding in a variety of media provide opportunities for young artists to explore their creative potential. Open to 13- to 17-year-olds, an interest in […]
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Gibraltar Senior Leads Self-Defense Service Project
Gibraltar High School Senior Ava Hitzeman took a realistic view of her world when she came up with her senior service project by thinking ahead to when she attends the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the fall. “Going off to college next year and coming from a rural community, I was a little concerned because I […]
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Obituary: Janet Lucille Krause
Janet Lucille Krause, 89, died peacefully at her home in Fish Creek on Jan. 4, 2018. She was born June 19, 1928 in Green Bay and was adopted shortly after by George and Emma (Grovogel) Beyer of Fish Creek. Janet graduated in the Class of 1946 at Gibraltar High School. On January 17, 1948, she […]
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DCA Adds Second Dead Horses Show Jan. 13
On Saturday, Jan. 13, Door Community Auditorium will kick off its Fireside Coffeehouse Concert Series with a concert by Milwaukee-based indie folk band Dead Horses in the intimate DCA Fireside Lobby. No Depression has hailed Dead Horses’ songwriting as “beautiful and fresh,” and the Milwaukee Record raved about the band’s “timeless and downright lovely sound.” […]
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Emergency Preparedness is Next Community Health Program Topic
Northern Door Health & Wellness Ministry will present a Community Health Information Program on the topic of “Emergency Preparedness” on Jan. 28, 4 pm at First Baptist Church of Sister Bay. Aaron LeClair, deputy director of Door County Emergency Services, will lead the discussion and demonstrations for medical emergencies, winter preparedness, severe weather and disaster […]
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Northern Door Y Closed Until 3 pm Jan. 2
The Y’s Northern Door facility in Fish Creek will be closed until 3 pm Tuesday, Jan. 2, due to a water pump failure. The business office at this center will remain open for transactions and questions.
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Framed: Holiday Greetings From A National Guard Member
Aaron Ritchie, a Fish Creek property owner and member of the Wisconsin Air National Guard, takes a moment to pose with the Peninsula Pulse while stationed overseas. Ritchie received a copy of the Pulse as part of a care package from his cousins this month. He said a trip to Door County is at the […]
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Door County Reads Programming Announced
If it’s winter in Door County, it’s time for Door County Reads. The 2018 selection is The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang. Yang is a Hmong-American writer and The Latehomecomer is the winner of the 2009 Minnesota Book Awards in Creative Fiction/Memoir and Reader’s Choice, and a finalist for the PEN […]