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  • Local Students Earn Herb Kohl Awards

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    Three Sturgeon Bay High School students were among 187 graduating Wisconsin high school students selected for Student Excellence and Initiative Scholarships of $10,000 from the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation this spring. No other Door County students received the scholarships. Ezra Linnan and Natalia Michalski both received Student Excellence Awards, and Cassandra Rankin received one of […]

  • Clippers Math Team Takes Second At State Meet

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    The Sturgeon Bay High School math team placed second at the 2024 State Math meet for Class B, held at individual schools last month. The team consisted of seniors Gavin Forest, Amelia Langfeldt, Ben Stephens, and Jade Tomberlin and juniors Jack Konop, Julia Michalski, Luke Selle, and Tre Wienke. They finished 11 points behind Edgewood […]

  • 600+ Gather for Partial Eclipse

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    What’s been called the cosmic event of the decade perhaps mustered less enthusiasm in places like Door County that were outside the solar eclipse path of totality, but it still drew hundreds, April 8, to the Door Peninsula Astronomical Society’s (DPAS) Utah Street campus in Sturgeon Bay.  “I think we had possibly about 600 people […]

  • Rogue Theater Holds Shoe Drive

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    Local community-theater troupe Rogue Theater is conducting a shoe drive from April 20 to June 22.  Fundraising organization Funds2Orgs will issue a check for the collected shoes and proceeds will fund technology updates in Rogue’s Sturgeon Bay theater, DC Arts Center. Funds2Orgs will then redistribute the donated shoes to micro-entrepreneurs in developing countries where economic […]

  • The Birdhouse Builder: Woodworker Steve Smith

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    Sturgeon Bay woodworker Steve Smith has devoted his retirement years to making hand-crafted homes for birds. He started building birdhouses in 1995 as a solution to two separate problems. First, his parents moved from Iowa to Door County and were looking for a way to stay occupied in retirement. Second, customers at the Stevenson Pier […]

  • Crossroads Events Surround Sucker Run, Beekeeping

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    White suckers are getting ready for their spawning run up Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay, and they’re the topic of the next Fish Tales lecture series 7 pm Thursday, April 11. To participate via Zoom or Facebook Live, visit doorcountylibrary.org/event or come to Crossroads. • Also, during the 2 pm, April 13 Science Saturdays Family […]

  • Keeping It Simple Sustains the Red Room

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    Classic Sturgeon Bay tavern turns 75 When a three generation, family-owned business celebrates its 75th year, you might expect a lot of hoopla, something splashy, maybe a barrage of social media posts, a well-publicized anniversary event.  But that just wouldn’t be The Red Room.  The beloved Sturgeon Bay tavern, officially named Hoffman’s Red Room Bar, […]

  • Proposal Modified for a West Waterfront Cobblestone Hotel, Hearing Tuesday

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    Sturgeon Bay’s Finance/Purchasing and Building Committee will take another look April 9 at a proposal from Cobblestone Hotels to construct a four-story, 62-room hotel in Tax Increment District (TID) #4 on the West Waterfront. But instead of giving the land to the developer for $1, the proposed terms would require the hotel to purchase the […]

  • City Finalizing New Plan to Manage Water Weeds

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    The City of Sturgeon Bay is finalizing a new five-year aquatic plant management plan after the city’s Aquatic Plant Management Plan Revision Ad Hoc Committee met twice last month with Tim Hoyman, lead aquatic ecologist from Onterra, the firm hired by the city to update the plan. “The goal of putting a plan together like […]

  • PODCAST: Here We Go Again – A New Hotel Proposal for City’s West Waterfront

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    Here we go again. Myles Dannhausen Jr. and Debra Fitzgerald discuss the new proposal to build a hotel on Sturgeon Bay’s west waterfront. Plus, an update on the transfer of operations at Scandia Village, and a brief look at Tuesday’s local elections.

  • Summer Learning Academy 2024

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    On April 8 at sturbay.k12.wi.us, Sturgeon Bay schools will begin inviting students from neighboring districts, private schools and homeschool students to Summer Learning Academy 2024. Eighteen classes for grades K-5 take place at Sunrise Elementary, with 11 middle school classes and sports times, and four high school activities, at the secondary-school campus 8:30-11:30 Monday-Thursday, June […]

  • Webb Telescope Discoveries

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    Door Peninsula Astronomical Society President Dave Lenius will present “Discoveries from the James Webb Telescope” at the monthly meeting of the society at 7 pm Tuesday, April 9. If conditions allow, the observatory will open following the meeting. Visitors are encouraged also to check the Webb Telescope’s recent activities and position, by visiting webb.nasa.gov or […]

  • Container Gardening Live Stream

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    Gardening expert Melinda Myers will appear in a streamed program on year-round container gardening, viewable at 6:30 pm Wednesday, April 10 at the Collins Learning Center, Crossroads, 2041 Michigan St., Sturgeon Bay.

  • Suckers Program In Tributaries

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    Dr. Karen Murchie, Director of Freshwater Research of Shedd Aquarium, will present a program on what has been learned about suckers through tagging and tracking. The Fish Tales lecture will be held at 7 pm Thursday, April 11, at Crossroads at Big Creek Learning Center. Zoom and Facebook Live links will be offered at the […]

  • A Brunch To Crave At Drömhus

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    Drömhus is hosting a special spring brunch with Crave Cuisine on April 14 from 11 am – 1 pm. The menu will feature ingredients from local vendors Marchant’s Meats, Renard’s Cheese and Hatch Distilling Company. Brunch options will include bourbon-and-beet-cured lox, chicken and belgian waffles with bacon and garlic-maple syrup, and a tomato-leek asparagus and […]

  • Discussion On Parkinson’s Disease

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    Carl Grota, physical therapist from Door County Medical Center Rehab, will discuss fall prevention during the Wednesday, April 10 support group meeting at 1 pm at Sturgeon Bay United Methodist Church. Also, Door County offers an exercise class for those with Parkinson’s Disease at the YMCA in Sturgeon Bay. Participation in the exercise class requires […]

  • DCHS Featured Pets: Cotton and Egor

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    Cotton (above) and Egor (not pictured) are 6-year-old rabbits available for adoption at the Wisconsin Humane Society Door County Campus. These two have lived with each other for a very long time and are required to be adopted together. Rabbit pets love to entertain, require hops not walks, and make the best pets in homes […]

  • Residency Rule Abolished For Police

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    Sturgeon Bay’s police officers will no longer have to live within 15 miles of any city limit following action Tuesday by the Common Council. The Sturgeon Bay Police Department’s management team recommended abolishing the residency requirement to help recruit officers from elsewhere. The management team noted law enforcement agencies in Brown County, where Sturgeon Bay’s […]

  • Open Records Request Turns Up Thousands City Spent on Internal Investigation into Fire Chief

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    Investigation showed Tim Dietman did nothing wrong, but may have lost the confidence of his department Documents the Peninsula Pulse obtained with an Open Records request revealed the City of Sturgeon Bay was billed more than $27,000 for legal fees over two and a half months related to an investigation leading up to the retirement […]

  • Step Replacement Favored At Big Hill Park

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    Sturgeon Bay’s Joint Parks and Recreation Committee/Board agreed March 27 to budget for replacing the steps that are now closed entering Big Hill Park at the corner of Jefferson Street and North 8th Avenue. The stairs, which are barricaded off on each end with ropes attached between the barricades, are now considered a hazard following […]