Area: Washington Island
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Want to spend a day on Plum Island? Join the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Friends of Plum & Pilot Islands (FOPPI) on Aug. 13 for a guided, interpretive tour of the island’s natural habitat and historical maritime structures. Visitors will learn about the Green Bay Wildlife Refuge, hike Plum Island trails, climb […]
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New Author Joins Washington Island Literary Festival
Award-winning nature writer Lyanda Lynn Haupt to replace Marie Mutsuki Mockett Award-winning author, naturalist, ecophilosopher and speaker Lyanda Lynn Haupt will join the roster of presenters at the 2022 Washington Island Literary Festival, presented by Write On, Door County. She’ll replace Marie Mutsuki Mockett, the author of American Harvest, who received a Fulbright Award that […]
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Stavkirke Honors Washington Islanders’ Heritage
Embellished with a dark wood stain, scalloped shingles and intricate carvings, one destination on Washington Island looks like a structure from another era. The Stavkirke honors Washington Island heritage — not as an original structure built by Scandinavian settlers, but as a modern creation inspired by history. A sense of community drove the idea for […]
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Gathering Ground: Connecting People to the Land
During the winter of 2016-17, five local residents who were interested in sustainable living wanted to form an organization at the same time that two vineyard owners, Tim and Julie Lyons, were looking to donate their land. This created Gathering Ground, a nonprofit that ties Washington Island and sustainable agriculture together. Alessandra Rolffs and her […]
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Book Recommendation: ‘A Psalm for the Wild-Built’ by Becky Chambers
Recommended by ADAM WAYMAN, Bookseller, Fair Isle Books In our family book club – an idea we copied from Washington Island’s Hansen family – we’re often torn between wanting to read something unusual and thought-provoking, and picking something more comfortable and fun. Especially when looking at the news seems depressing (like now) and you’ve stressed out […]
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PLEIN AIR CLASS AT ISLAND’S ART & NATURE CENTER
The Washington Island Art & Nature Center will host a three-day plein air art class with Doug Clarke, who will discuss his method of working small to develop skill sets quickly, the necessity of being ready to paint at a moment’s notice, and how to take a fresh look at the plein air approach and […]
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GET TO KNOW THE WELL-KNOWN STRANGERS AT TPAC
Betsy Ade & the Well-Known Strangers (BAWKS) will take the stage June 25 at the Trueblood Performing Arts Center, 870 Main Road on Washington Island. The doors will open at 6:30 pm, and the show will start at 7:30 pm. BAWKS has been entertaining Midwest audiences with its cello-infused alternative pop/rock sound since 2015 and […]
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Tiny School Makes Big Splash: Washington Island SeaPerch Team Earns 14th Place in World Competition
Four students from one of Wisconsin’s tiniest schools can forever say that their underwater robot finished 14th in a world competition. After finishing first in the state in a challenge to engineer, build and operate the best remotely operated vehicle (ROV), a Washington Island middle school squad this month finished among the top 6% of […]
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Nursing Students Provide Fluoride, Foot Care
NWTC nursing students from the Sturgeon Bay campus – in conjunction with Door County Medical Center’s Dental Clinic and the Washington Island Community Health Program – provided free fluoride teeth varnishing for Washington Island children and adults, as well as foot care for adults last month. The Washington Island School coordinated fluoride permission slips and […]
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After a Washington Island business fell victim to the passing of a fake $100 bill last Friday, Police Chief Tyler McGrane put the word out to businesses across Door County to beware. “It has the right size, the right colors, but the paper does not feel the same,” McGrane said. Such bills are not counterfeit […]
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Sól Grass Delivers Bluegrass to Washington Island
Mention bluegrass music and thoughts of Appalachia, where the genre of American roots music began in the 1940s, may come to mind. Bluegrass music is a prominent piece of the cultural landscape there and, during the summer, bluegrass music festivals abound in the region. But you don’t have to plan a 1,000-mile road trip to […]
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Island Farm and Field Bike Tour
Gathering Ground is hosting its second annual Farm and Field bike tour June 26, 9:30 am – 2 pm. The tour will feature an approximately 10-mile route to seven farms on Washington Island: Island Harvest Farm, Gathering Ground, Riola Shorthorn, Hoot Blossom Farm, Sweet Mountain Farm, Island Cider and Birchwood. The farm owners or volunteers […]
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Rock Island Opening Memorial Day Weekend
The Friends of Rock Island helped Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources staff members May 20-22 with preparations for opening the park for Memorial Day weekend. Photos by Tim Sweet.
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Sievers Opens for 44th Year of Teaching
Sievers School of Fiber Arts is marking its 44th year of teaching classes in weaving, knitting, quilting, basketry, surface design, beadwork and more starting June 2. Sievers’ classes – more than 35 scheduled through October – welcome all levels of adult students to spend uninterrupted time learning from knowledgeable, encouraging instructors in a remote, tranquil setting. The […]
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Island School District Demonstrates 21st-Century Excellence
School earns two awards for integrating environmental best practices into everyday projects, solutions and learning “The island can limit their elective opportunities, but not their opportunities to connect and make a difference in their own community.” — Miranda Dahlke, middle school math and science teacher, Washington Island School District Students and leaders at the tiny […]
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Island Principal Job Stirs Interest
Washington Island newcomer jumps at the chance to lead The finalists who submitted applications to serve as the next principal of the Washington Island School District had a wide range of experiences and areas of expertise, but they had one thing in common: Two extremely challenging years of the pandemic caused candidates to reassess their […]
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Washington Island Author Publishes Memoir
RoseDog Books has released Some Notable Bahá’ís of Zwide, a new book by Robert Mazibuko about how he, a friend and his former wife struggled to establish the Bahá’í faith and its local administration within the challenging environment of apartheid South Africa. It also chronicles the growth of the faith in the township of Zwide […]
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Washington Island School Earns Green Ribbon Honor
The U.S. Department of Education has selected the Washington Island School District as one of its Green Ribbon Schools awardees for 2022. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources nominated the school district for the honor. To qualify, nominations must include examples that demonstrate how a school has upheld the […]
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Gathering Ground Seeks Partners for USDA Grant Program
Gathering Ground, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on Washington Island, is applying for the second round of the USDA’s Climate Smart Agriculture Grant and is looking for Door County farms to participate in the grant. It’s an opportunity to fund implementation of a climate-smart practice on your farm. By “climate smart,” the USDA is referring to practices […]
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TPAC OPENS SEASON MAY 22, SEEKS VOLUNTEERS
The Trueblood Performing Arts Center (TPAC), 870 Main Road on Washington Island, will present Mac Powell in concert May 22, 6 pm. The former lead singer for the Christian rock band Third Day began his musical career while still in high school, and his early influences were the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Within […]