Area: Fish Creek
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Expect Stax Hits from Booker T. Jones
The year is 1962. Booker T. & the M.G.’s are a sensation with “Green Onions,” recorded on the Stax label in Memphis. The record is climbing both the pop charts (ultimately reaching No. 3) and R&B (a code word of the time for black) charts, so, naturally, the upstart label wants to take advantage now […]
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Charlie Musselwhite Says Bring Your Dancing Shoes
One of the many outstanding moments in the Memphis music documentary Take Me to the River is when the great blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite is teamed up with a Memphis band called The City Champs to do a blues tune, and Charlie picks up the guitar to show guitarist Joe Restivo how the song […]
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Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Releases General State Aid Amounts
As required by state statute on or by Oct. 15 of each year, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction provides the certified amount each public school district will receive from the $4.584 billion appropriated for general state aid for the 2016-17 school year, an increase of $108.1 million from the prior year’s appropriation. The actual […]
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Upcoming Blood Drives at Southern Door and Gibraltar High Schools
The American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood to help stock the shelves before the busy holiday season. There’s sometimes a drop in donors between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day because of holiday activities, so more donations are needed in the weeks leading up to the holidays to help ensure the blood supply […]
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North Mississippi Allstars Will Take You to the River
There is an incredible moment in the movie Take Me to the River when guitarist Luther Dickinson listens to a recording of the late, great Pops Staples, writes down each note and then figures out how to recreate Pops’ guitar sounds with his daughter Mavis Staples looking on. And when Luther nails the sound in […]
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2016 Door County Local Producers Guide
Looking for local food in Door County? Find resources for local produce, meats, cheese, canned goods, and much more in our updated guide. Algoma Blueberry Corner 856 S. Shiloh Road 224.760.8962 Blueberries in season (mid-July to Aug.), free range eggs Cherry Lane Orchards 7525 Cherry Lane 920.856.6864 Products: Cherries and apples Renard’s Cheese Inc. 248 […]
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Baileys Harbor Trick or treating, Oct. 31 from 5-8 pm. Halloween party in the town hall, Oct. 31 from 5:30-7 pm. Kids’ costume contest at 6:30 pm. Food and drinks, spooky sensory table, haunted house and scavenger hunt. Egg Harbor Halloween Safe Walk through Egg Harbor Shops, Oct. 29 from 2-4 pm. Fish […]
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2016 Jack O’Lantern Days Schedule
It’s a hometown Halloween celebration at Fish Creek’s annual Jack-O-Lantern Days, Oct. 28-29, 2016. This family-friendly weekend highlights mask making for kids, a “haunting” Halloween costume parade and party, trick-or-treating and more! Friday 6pm: Door County Trolley Ghost Tours 6:30 – 10pm: Halloween Adult Art Night at Hands On Art Studio Saturday 9am – […]
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Edgewood Orchard Galleries Host Season Closing Reception
Edgewood Orchard Galleries will close for the 2016 season on Oct. 30 at 5 pm. A “Thank You Reception” will be held Oct. 29 and 30, 10 am – 5 pm daily. Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be served and the public is welcome. The gallery appreciates all the visitors who have helped make Edgewood […]
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Jack O’Lantern Days, Dark Songs & More Halloween Weekend Happenings
October’s final weekend is nearly upon us and with it comes Halloween celebrations and the final days of some of the peninsula’s seasonal galleries and shops. Head out to enjoy these businesses while the lights are on and when the sun begins to set, enjoy one of the haunted Halloween offerings with our guide to […]
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Closing Date For Gibraltar Beach Expansion Purchase
The closing date for Gibraltar’s purchase of the York property to expand the beach is set for Dec. 31. Before then, the town board and the Parks and Lands Committee hope to walk through the property and building with builders from Peninsula Building Systems to review possibilities to repurpose the building that is currently on […]
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Northern Door Once Had 26 Rural Schools
Nyla Wickman Small, a product of a rural school in northern Door County and now a docent at the Door County Historical Museum, presented a program on the history of rural schools in Northern Door at a recent meeting of the Baileys Harbor Historical Society. Small and the other museum docents have also compiled histories […]
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Halloween 2016 Events & Trick or Treat Hours
Baileys Harbor Trick or treating, Oct. 31 from 5-8 pm. Halloween party in the town hall, Oct. 31 from 5:30-7 pm. Kids’ costume contest at 6:30 pm. Food and drinks, spooky sensory table, haunted house and scavenger hunt. Egg Harbor Halloween Safe Walk through Egg Harbor Shops, Oct. 29 from 2-4 pm. Fish Creek Jack […]
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Cross Country Packerland Conference Championship Results
Boys 5K Varsity Results Jacob Wahlers, Algoma, 16:22 Caleb House, Gibraltar, 17:12 Evan Henry, Gibraltar, 17:26 Lucas Stenzel, Sevastopol, 17:45 Michael Bertrand, Southern Door, 17:50 Derek Huber, Southern Door, 17:57 Isaac Ballone, Algoma, 17:59 Karl Meier, Southern Door, 18:01 Kyle Stoll, Oconto, 18:08 Riley Skarda, Oconto, 18:14 Girls 5K Varsity Results Hannah Lamack, Kewaunee, […]
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High School Fall Athletics: Oct. 21-28, 2016
GIBRALTAR Cross Country Oct. 22 – Sectionals @ Manitowoc Lutheran, TBD Soccer (Boys) Oct. 22 – Regional, TBD SEVASTOPOL Cross Country Oct. 22 – Sectionals @ Manitowoc Lutheran, TBD Soccer (Boys) Oct. 22 – Regional, TBD Volleyball Oct. 22 – Regional, TBD, 7 pm SOUTHERN DOOR Cross […]
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Local Prep Sports Standings: Oct. 16, 2016
Football Standings – Great 8 North Conference (Final) (8-Player) (School, Conference Record, Overall Record, Conference PCT) Green Bay NEW, 5-1, 7-3, .833 Lena/St. Thomas, 5-1, 5-4, .833 Sevastopol, 5-2, 6-3, .714 Gibraltar, 3-3, 4-5, .500 Menominee Indian, 3-4, 4-5, .429 Oneida Nation, 1-5, 1-8, .167 Bowler-Gresham, 0-6, 0-9, .000 Football Standings – Packerland […]
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Gibraltar High School Students Earn AP Scholar Awards
Eighteen students at Gibraltar High School have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams for the 2015-16 school year. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college […]
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Door County Art League Disbands after 30 Years
At the Sept. 26 Door County Art League (DCAL) meeting, the Board of Directors recommended and approved the dissolution of the art league and gallery, and will proceed with this action prior to the end of 2016. DCAL was organized in 1986 for the purpose of developing active community interest in the creative arts of […]
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Baileys Harbor Trick or Treating, Oct. 31 from 5-8 pm. Halloween party in the town hall, Oct. 31 from 5:30-7 pm. Kids’ costume contest at 6:30 pm. Food and drinks, spooky sensory table, haunted house and scavenger hunt. Egg Harbor Halloween Safe Walk through Egg Harbor Shops, Oct. 29 from 2-4 pm. Fish […]