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  • Lane Taylor Named Guest Speaker for Sister Bay Lion Club’s Packer Night

    The Sister Bay Lions Club announces Lane Taylor will speak April 9 at Packer Night at the Sister Bay Bowl. Taylor played four years for Oklahoma State and signed with the Packers in 2013. He started all 16 games for the Packers last year playing left guard on offense. He and his wife Casey have […]

  • 2 Bowlers Roll Perfect Games at Sister Bay Bowl

    History was made at the Sister Bay Bowl Thursday, Feb. 1. For the first time ever, two bowlers rolled perfect 300 games on the same night. In game one Mike Snell rolled a 300 in lanes one and two. Then in game 3 Aaron Shepit rolled a 300 on lanes three and four. For Shepit, […]

  • Evolve Physical Therapy Now Offering Fitness Classes at Door County Fitness Studio

    Evolve Physical Therapy now offers small group fitness classes in Sister Bay. Classes are designed to promote general wellness with a link between the medical and fitness opportunities in the community. Licensed physical therapist Kelly Fagundes will lead classes at the newly opened Door County Fitness Studio, across from the Country Walk Shops. “Stretch Zone” […]

  • Johnson Park Solidifies Hold On First in Broomball

    Johnson’s Park shut out the Peninsula Painters 4-0 to put a stranglehold on first place in the Northern Door Broomball League in week four. Griffin Cole scored two goals for Johnson’s Park.  Alexander’s shut out Door County Brewing Co. 11 – 0 as Brian Tourmo notched four goals for Alexander’s. And in the nightcap, e-Tailer […]

  • Obituary: Henry G. Eckert

    Henry G. Eckert, 96, died peacefully at Scandia Village in Sister Bay on Jan. 27, 2018. The family is honoring his wishes and there will be a Memorial Service held in the Spring at Scandia Village with a graveside service with full Military Honors the same day. A complete notice with date and times will be […]

  • Obituary: Lois Harriet Rushton

    Lois Harriet Rushton, 89, of Sister Bay, Wisconsin, died at Aurora Bay Care Medical Center in Green Bay on Jan. 20, 2018. Lois is survived by her children Peggy (Rod) Stewart of Hillsdale, Michigan, Cindy Rushton of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, Sue (Jim) Iverson of Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, and Peter (Carol) Rushton of Crown Point, Indiana; […]

  • Obituary: Evan ‘Shelly’ Kjellenberg

    Evan (Shelly) Kjellenberg, 82, of Sister Bay, died peacefully in his sleep on Jan. 18, 2018. Born in Peoria, Ill. and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shelly earned a full scholarship to Dartmouth College and finished his last year at Tuck School graduating in 1957. He went on to the University of Chicago Law School and earned a J.D. […]

  • Sister Bay Moravian Church Holds Booyah Bash Feb. 8

    The third Annual Booyah Bash will be held Feb. 8, 4:30-6:30 pm at the Sister Bay Moravian Church. The menu includes homemade chicken booyah, bread, salad, dessert and drinks. Bedrock Bluegrass Band will perform during the event and proceeds will benefit Door County Secret Santa, a nonprofit offering heating assistance to local families, and the […]

  • Sister Bay Gets First Look at Proposed 40-Unit Hotel

    The Sister Bay Plan Commission took its first look at plans for a 40-unit hotel and retail space on the remainder of the vacant lot on Bay Shore Drive between CHOP restaurant and the Sister Bay Bowl. Parking and building height stood out as the primary concerns of the commission, both of which came down […]

  • Sister Bay Receives 36 Applications for Administrator

    The Village of Sister Bay received 36 applications for its new village administrator. Village President Dave Lienau and trustees Denise Bhirdo and Pat Duffy narrowed the candidate list and interviewed nine applicants on Jan. 24 and 25. At the Jan. 23 Plan Commission meeting, Bhirdo said the quality of the applications were wide-ranging but the […]

  • Server of the Week: Lyndzi Growt

    Meet this week’s fabulous server, Lyndzi She is outgoing, adventurous and super friendly Ready to set you up with food and a tasty drink And give you a few minutes when you need time to think.   Lyndzi’s a traveling kind with a love for Wisconsin Amber Spent a year of her life living Down […]

  • New Book Club at Tea Thyme

    Tea Thyme invites readers to delve into one British novel a month and discuss the book over tea and scones with friends – new and old – as part of their book club. February’s selection is Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs. In the novel, a man is poisoned by tea, and the protagonist Thea […]

  • Obituary: Morse W. Anderson

    Morse W. Anderson, 87, of Sister Bay, died at his residence in Sister Bay on Jan. 16, 2018. His family is honoring his wish that there be no public service for him. A complete notice will be posted on caspersonfuneralhome.com when it becomes available.

  • Obituary: Esther Ruth Pierzchalski

    Esther Ruth Pierzchalski, 82, of the Town of Egg Harbor, died Tuesday morning, Jan. 16, 2018 at Good Samaritan Society – Scandia Village in Sister Bay. She was born Sept. 24, 1935 in Milwaukee, the daughter of the late Ignatius Jacob Pierzchalski and Irene Eleanor (Kostka) Pierzchalski. The family operated a mink ranch in Fifield, […]

  • Obituary: James Robert Janda

    Sergeant James Robert Janda, 48, of Sister Bay, died at home Monday, January 15, 2018. Jim is survived by the love of his life, his wife, Tracey L. (Schernig) Janda, son Nicholas, daughter Jamie (Anthony), mother Phyllis, father James (Andrea), brother John (Donna). He is also survived by his mother and father-in-law, Sandra and Bruce […]

  • Obituary: Jacqueline Hoekstra

    Jacqueline Betty Crince Hoekstra, 85, born Aug. 6, 1932, in Chicago, died Jan. 15, 2018 in Sister Bay. She was the daughter of Emily and Peter Crince. Jackie grew up in Chicago and graduated from Fenger High School. She was the proud mother of Patrice (Mark) Wagner, Michael (Colleen) Hoekstra, Denise (Don) Huntington, David (Janet) […]

  • DCVB Collects 1,055 Items during Big Bundle Up Campaign

    The Door County tourism industry and local community worked together to collect 1,055 winter clothing items during the 8th annual Big Bundle Up Campaign. The campaign was led by the Wisconsin Department of Tourism and organized locally by the Door County Visitor Bureau. The Door County Visitor Bureau Welcome Center along with community visitor centers […]

  • A Taste of the Food and Poetry of Italy

    Write On, Door County and Door County Poet Laureate Sharon Auberle present the first of a quarterly series of poetry potlucks with an international focus. The first potluck will focus on the food and poetry of Italy and will be held Jan. 19, 6 pm at the Sister Bay Village Hall. Accompanying the poetry and […]

  • 2018 Spring Local Election Candidates

    Millions of women marched in cities and towns around the world Jan. 20 and 21, in part to bring more women into the political process. The results of that effort are visible in Door County, where this spring a woman will be on the ballot in nine of the 10 contested elections at the municipal […]

  • Workshop on Income Inequality Tuesdays through Feb. 13 at Bertschinger Center

    On Jan. 9, 39 people attended the first session of the six-week Shoreline Workshop on Income Inequality. The workshop is presented by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church and Ephraim Moravian Church. The two-hour session involved robust discussions about necessities of life beyond one’s […]