Area: Washington Island
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Island Lavender to Open Ephraim Location this Spring
Island Lavender, the Washington Island-based lavender farm and market, announced plans to open a spacious new retail location in Ephraim in the spring of 2017. Like the Island Lavender Market at the Historic Island Dairy on Washington Island, the Ephraim store will offer more than 150 products made from locally grown lavender plants. “With the […]
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High School Winter Athletics: Jan. 6-13, 2017
GIBRALTAR Boys Basketball Jan. 6 vs. Southern Door, 7:30 pm Jan. 10 @ Sturgeon Bay, 7:30 pm Girls Basketball Jan. 9 @ Chilton, 7:15 pm Jan. 13 vs. Kewaunee, 7:30 pm SEVASTOPOL Boys Basketball Jan. 6 vs. Sturgeon Bay, 7:30 pm Jan. 10 @ Southern Door, 7:30 pm Jan. 13 vs. NEWCHAA (location TBA), […]
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Washington Island Artists in UU Gallery Exhibit
In January the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County (UUFDC) is featuring artists who are members of the Washington Island Art Association. The WIAA was formed in the early 1960s by a group of artists who gathered on Washington Island at Martha Stelter’s Holiday Inn to paint and make art. The Association has continued to […]
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Nicolet National Bank to Hold Retirement Open House for Larry Gajda
The community is invited to a Retirement Open House for Larry Gajda at the Nicolet National Bank Washington Island Branch on Dec. 30, 1 – 3 pm, at the Sister Bay Branch, 9477 S. Bay Shore Drive, on Jan. 5, 1 – 4 pm, with cake, coffee and conversation. After a quarter of a century […]
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2017 Door County Runs and Rides
We’ve made your planning easy with this guide to getting active with 2017 Door County runs and rides to check out. If you want plan to take on many runs, consider signing up for the Run the Door race series. Door County has become a hotbed for silent sports competition and experiences. Whether you want […]
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Washington Island Ferry Line Posts Near-Record Year
Although Hoyt Purinton, president and general manager of the Washington Island Ferry Service, is careful to call 2016 a record-breaking year for the ferry, “I would lie if I said it wasn’t around the best we’ve had yet.” In the Sept. 9 edition of the Pulse, we reported that the ferry was on track to […]
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Hagen Family Holds Annual TAP Reunion Concert Dec. 17
Join the Hagen family for their annual reunion concert at Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) on Dec. 17 at 7:30 pm. Native Washington Islander Julian Hagan and his family of musicians present a multi-generational celebration of Christmas every year at TAP in Sturgeon Bay. Full of songs and stories, the show features a wide variety of […]
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High School Winter Athletics: Dec. 9-16, 2016
GIBRALTAR Boys Basketball Dec. 9 & 10 @ Kohler, TBD Dec. 13 @ Oconto, 7:30 pm Girls Basketball Dec. 9 & 10 @ Kohler, TBD Dec. 12 vs. Green Bay West, 7:30 pm Dec. 16 vs. Sevastopol, 7:30 pm SEVASTOPOL Boys Basketball Dec. 9 & 10 @ Kohler, TBD Dec. […]
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Obituary: Peter Bjorn Gunnlaugsson
Peter Bjorn Gunnlaugsson, 91, of Sturgeon Bay, was called home early Friday morning, December 2, 2016 at Door County Medical Center. He was born November 27, 1925 on Washington Island, one of sixteen children to Bjorn and Clara Sena (Hanson) Gunnlaugsson. Peter had attended Bay View Lutheran Church with his mother. He was active for […]
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Obituary: Kristin Marie ‘Kris’ (Nikolai) Mutchler
Kristin Marie “Kris” (Nikolai) Mutchler died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016, after a 16-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born February 5, 1965 to Bob and Peg (Andersen) Nikolai in Kenosha. She attended Kenosha grade schools and Mary D. Bradford High School, where she graduated in 1983. She then continued with her education at the University […]
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A Man Named Robert Noble And His Death-Defying Journey Across Death’s Door
On a cold winter morning at the very end of December in the year 1863, a man named Robert Noble pushed a small wooden boat he had borrowed from an 11-year-old boy into the waters off the shore of Washington Island. Little did he or the boy know that that trip — what was expected […]
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Leland J. McDonald (“Lee”), age 88, of Washington Island died on Sunday, October 30, 2016. He was born to Dennis and Marie McDonald on July 28, 1928 on Washington Island, Wisconsin. Lee went to school on Washington Island and in Kenosha, WI. He graduated from Mary D. Bradford High School in Kenosha, WI, and attended […]
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Theodore G. Hansen, 87, died October 24, 2016 in Evanston, Illinois. He was born on May 5, 1929 on Washington Island, Wisconsin to Jens and Josie (Einerson) Hansen. On June 6, 1953, on the Island, Ted married Charlotte (nee Hansen). They were happily married for 63 years. Ted grew up on Washington Island and graduated […]
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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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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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State Designates Rustic Road on Washington Island
The state has designated two new Rustic Roads in the state, including the only island Rustic Road in Wisconsin: Rustic Road 118 in Wabeno, Forest County, and Rustic Road 119 in the Town of Washington, Door County. Rustic Road 119 (R-119) is a 27-mile route comprised of segments of County W, and 14 town roads […]
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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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Book Review: ‘Memories of the American Girl’
Memories of the American Girl, the title of a slim book by Washington Island resident Jim Anderson, might suggest to some mainlanders the memoir of an all-American woman looking back on her life. And in a metaphorical way, that thought would be correct. But in this case the American girl is no lady, rather a […]
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Four-year-old Madelyn Jarosh of Jacksonport visits the Stavkirke on a recent family daytrip of exploring on Washington Island. Submitted by Natalie Jarosh.