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  • Hailey Jorgenson Is Washington Island Basketball Standout

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    Washington Island Junior Hailey Jorgenson recently finished her basketball season for the Washington Island Bucks. She scored 272 points in 17 games, making her career total 521. Submitted.

  • Make Plans Now for Island Bird Festival

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    Washington Island’s 10th annual Island Bird Festival is scheduled for June 3 – 5, 2016. Explore the wild nature of Washington and Rock Islands during festival weekend. Help to locate, identify and enjoy the common as well as unusual birds, and learn about the miracle of bird migration. Also, help raise funds toward the Door […]

  • In Search of Ice in El Niño Winter

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    By Tim Sweet Immediately after work on Friday, Feb. 12, I hightailed it for The Sweet Retreat in Sturgeon Bay. I was Washington Island-bound for the Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands (FOPPI) winter board meeting. The weekend forecast called for the coldest weather of the winter. When I arrived at the Retreat the National […]

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    Birds of Chicago Releases Second Studio Album

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    Just minutes before Birds of Chicago cofounder JT Nero answered his phone for our interview, he found out that National Public Radio had picked up the band’s brand new album Real Midnight for its Feb. 10 First Listen series. It was nine days before the album’s official release date and just one more example of […]

  • 2015 Local Producers Guide

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  • Washington Island Featured in Feb. 20 “Discover Wisconsin” Episode

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    The long-running tourism TV show Discover Wisconsin, along with former host Stephanie Klett, are shining the spotlight on Washington Island. Premiering Feb. 20-21, “Washington Island: A Magical Place” was produced in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Tourism and Wisconsin Coastal Management, and airs locally Feb. 20, at 6:30 pm on WFRV TV 5. It […]

  • Municipal News: Feb. 12 – 18

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    City of Sturgeon Bay: The Parking & Traffic Committee meets at 4 pm on Feb. 15. The Common Council meets at 7 pm on Feb. 16. The Plan Commission meets at 7 pm on Feb. 17. County of Door: The Highway Committee meets at 10 am on Feb. 15. The Airport & Parks Committee meets […]

  • Washington Island Art and Nature Center Receives $4,000 Grant

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    Thanks to a generous $4,000 grant from the Clifford and Clara Herlache Heritage Foundation of the Door County Community Foundation, Inc., the nature room at The Art and Nature Center on Washington Island will receive a number of enhancements. A honey extractor was acquired from Dadant, a major bee equipment supplier, along with the other […]

  • Winter Festivals, Pond Hockey, Super Bowl & More Weekend Plans

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    It’s a weekend of celebrating the quiet season in Door County! Head to the lake side to celebrate Baileys Harbor’s Winter Carnival and the 3rd Annual Pond Hockey tournament or head to the bay side for Fish Creek’s 29th annual Winter Festival. No matter where you spend the weekend, you’re sure to stow away some […]

  • Book Club Spotlight: Washington Island Book Club

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    Club: In the year 2000, Janet Wilson began an informal book group, inviting 12 women identified by the Washington Island librarian as avid users of the library. Janet, an author, did not want the group to be called a club. She stated strongly that she would not belong to a group that did not discuss […]

  • Door County Reads ‘American Dervish’

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    At this time of controversy when some presidential candidates advocate closing U.S. borders to Muslims and carpet-bombing areas in the Mideast held by Islamic extremists, Door County Read’s choice of Ayad Akhtar’s novel American Dervish seems especially appropriate. Akhtar, like his 12-year-old protagonist Hayat Shah, was raised in Milwaukee by Pakistani parents. “I can’t tell […]

  • Washington Island Whitefish Heading to IL for Fish Boil Fest

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    The second annual Washington Island Fish Boil Festival (WIFF) at FitzGerald’s in Berwyn, Ill., is scheduled for Feb. 6. Ken Koyen (KK), Julian Hagen, boil helpers, kettles, firewood, Whitefish with trimmings, Jerry Mann’s brats, and guitars will be leaving the Island for a journey to Berwyn. Fisherman KK will come ashore to conduct one of […]

  • Washington Island Artists Featured in UU Gallery

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    The Washington Island Art Association (WIAA) kicks off the New Year in the UU Gallery with a two-month long exhibit. This second annual WIAA show at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County features artists who are members of the Association. The group formed in the early 1960s when artists gathered at Martha Stelter’s Holiday […]

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  • Obituary: Randall Paul Cihlar

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    Randall Paul Cihlar, 58, of Sturgeon Bay, passed away unexpectedly in his sleep at home on Monday, December 14, 2015. He had been dealing with heart issues in recent years. Randy was born September 6, 1957, in Sturgeon Bay, the son of the late Paul Francis Cihlar and Dorla Marie (Quam) Cihlar. He was the […]

  • Washington Island Matching Challenge Funds Closes In On Its Goal

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    As of Oct. 31, the Washington Island Matching Challenge fund was 89 percent of the way to its $200,000 goal and the Washington Island Foundation, Inc. (the REC) had virtually attained 100 percent of its $100,000 goal.

  • Celebrate Native American Heritage Month

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    Hanging above a desk at the Door County Land Trust is a bumper sticker that reads “Great Minds Think A Hike.” In 1990, by presidential decree, November was declared Native American Heritage Month and taking a hike is a fitting way to note and appreciate an important, less visible and often forgotten chapter in Door […]

  • Christmas by the Bay, Hunters Stew, Ladies Weekend & More Weekend Plans

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    Hunting and holidays dominate the upcoming weekend on the peninsula! Check out our top picks for the weekend ahead. Friday, November 20 Celebrate the Holidays in Sturgeon Bay Christmas by the Bay begins with the annual tree lighting ceremony on Friday night and continues throughout the weekend with live music, wagon rides, a Santa parade […]

  • The Early Days of the Washington Island Ferry

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    When you live on an island that requires traversing a stretch of water known as Death’s Door, it’s a balm to the mind to know there is a “lifeline” to get you back and forth safely. The word “lifeline” was invoked several times by speakers at a fall ceremony to honor the Washington Island Ferry […]