Area: Fish Creek
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Wisconsin State Parks and Recreation Areas
Wisconsin’s State Parks and Recreation Areas Amnicon Falls State Park, Douglas County, 825 acres, established 1961. Aztalan State Park, Jefferson County, 172 acres, established 1947. Belmont Mound State Park, Lafayette County, established 1961. Big Bay State Park, on Madeline Island, Ashland County, 2,418 acres, established 1963. Big Foot Beach State Park, Walworth County, 272 […]
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Master Planning Backlog Stalls Improvements at State Parks
Door County’s state parks have not gotten a bureaucratic facelift in a long time. Master plans outline the long-term goals for state-owned land, from state parks to one-acre boat launches. But the most recent completed master plan in Door County was completed 30 years ago at Potawatomi State Park. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) […]
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Northern Sky Theater Offers Free Tickets to Door County Students
Northern Sky Theater will once again invite all Door County students to a complimentary evening of entertainment under the stars. Northern Sky will distribute nearly 4,000 free tickets to every elementary, middle and high school student at all five Door County schools as well as area homeschooling students. “We always try to foster an inviting, […]
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Much of State Parks Built by 1930s Federal Work Program
Almost 75 years after the enormous labor of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) finished, their efforts still provide the base of some of Wisconsin’s most cherished attractions. Peninsula State Park was just 23 years old in 1933, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the CCC as one of the first New Deal programs. As the […]
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Annual Student Salon Returns to Miller Art Museum
Once a year, the main gallery of the Miller Art Museum is transformed into an exhibition space for the students of the Door Peninsula. A keystone of the museum’s exhibit calendar, the 43rd Annual Salon of Door County High School Art opens April 22 with a public reception scheduled for April 24, 7 – 8:30 […]
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2017 Sustainability Issue: How Sustainable Are Our State Parks?
In no region of Wisconsin is the state parks system as important to its people and economy as it is to Door County. With five state parks, including one often referred to as the prize of the system – Peninsula – Door County has more state parks than any other county in Wisconsin. They draw […]
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Sue Jarosh Releases First Children’s Book of New Series
The first in a series of children’s books about Door County’s legendary lighthouses has been released. Door County’s Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Mouse, written and illustrated by Sue Steckart Jarosh, is now available in a number of Door County shops. It can also be found in locations in Green Bay, De Pere and in Dubuque, Iowa. […]
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YMCA to Hold Free Community Event for Families
On April 22, 10 am – 1 pm, the Northern Door YMCA Program Center is holding a free community event to inspire parents and kids to stay physically and intellectually active all summer long. The same event will be offered April 29, 10 am – 1 pm, at the Sturgeon Bay YMCA Program Center. Both […]
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Restoring Fish Creek’s Watershed
At the opening of a special Gibraltar Plan Commission meeting on April 10 to discuss the Fish Creek watershed, one thing was clear: the creek just isn’t what it used to be. Residents recalled decades ago when the creek was teeming with spawning fish and a strong current while others expressed disappointment that few people […]
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The Play’s the Thing 2017 Series Ends on a Positive Note
Peninsula Players Theatre presented a reading of Miss Holmes by Christopher M. Walsh before a crowd of more than 125 at Björklunden on April 3. Miss Holmes was produced as part of The Play’s the Thing, a winter series of play readings organized by Peninsula Players Theatre. Audience members enjoyed the evening’s performance by Peninsula […]
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Gibraltar to Hold Kindergarten Registration on May 2
Kindergarten registration at Gibraltar Elementary School will be held on May 2. If you have a child who will be five years old by Sept. 1, 2017, call Cindy Phillips at 920.868.3284 ext. 265 for a registration appointment. Bring your child’s birth certificate and immunization records. Appointments will be approximately 30-45 minutes. Public health nurses […]
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The Edge Welcomes New Stylist Kari Bolton
The Edge Salon welcomes stylist Kari Bolton to their staff. Bolton, a Door County native, and her husband Cody will relocate from Brookfield to Door County in April. Bolton received her Barber/Cosmetology training at VICI Aveda Institute in Milwaukee. For the last 10 years she has been a successful stylist in the Brookfield/Delafield area and […]
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Register for the 2017 YMCA Day Camp
The Door County YMCA is giving kids their best summer ever through a day camp experience with activities to help them learn and master skills, make friends and feel welcome. Through the Y’s day camp program, kids participate in fun and educational activities that will help them: learn and master skills that help them realize […]
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Server of the Week: Holly Somerhalder
If a literary enthusiast is who you seek May I suggest Holly Somerhalder in Fish Creek? The library branch manager for 45 years There’s no doubt it’s a place she holds very dear. Authors who make this bookworm eager? Kent Haruf and William Kent Krueger. But if you’re looking for the source of the […]
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Peninsula Players Receives Grant from Community Foundation
The Door County Community Foundation recently awarded Peninsula Players a Sustainability Grant from the Arts Fund to support the program, The Play’s the Thing. Components of the program involve offering free, off-season play readings to the public and also provides opportunities for students to receive playwriting instruction that culminates in a playwriting contest. The free […]
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Take that, winter! Max Spiegel enjoys the first day of April at Weborg Point in Peninsula State Park. Photo by Tim Sweet.
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Peninsula State Park Launches its 17th Annual Like to Hike Program
Peninsula State Park is launching its 17th annual Like to Hike program with an easy mile-and-a-half hike on April 8, 2 – 3 pm. The hike begins at the Nicolet Beach Shelter. The shelter faces Nicolet Bay, once called Shanty Bay for the fishing and camping shanties that once lined the shore. Participants will walk […]
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Gibraltar Schools Counselors Honored
During the Wisconsin School Counselor Association (WSCA) conference, Gibraltar School District was honored for the school counselors’ dedication and commitment to the school counseling field and her students. This year, 10 school counseling programs received the Program of Promise award at the annual WSCA conference in Madison. The Program of Promise award is the highest […]
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Northern Sky 2017 Summer Season Tickets Now Available
Northern Sky Theater announces ticket sales and casting for their 2017 summer season. Northern Sky’s lineup includes four musical comedies playing in rotating repertory from June 14 to Aug. 26 at their amphitheater in Peninsula State Park. This summer will see the return of familiar faces as well as a new troupe of interns. “Our […]