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WHAT HAPPENED

• After a three-month investigation involving multiple fraud cases on businesses in Sturgeon Bay, Heather Diamond was apprehended by the United States Marshals Service in the City of Green Bay. Diamond has been charged with 22 counts of felony forgery and uttering and is incarcerated at the Door County Jail. The Sturgeon Bay Police Department would like to thank the United States Marshals Service for their assistance in apprehending Diamond.

 

• The Sturgeon Bay School Board was expected to approve at its Nov. 19 meeting a previously verbal agreement that was already in place between the Sturgeon Bay Police Department and the School District of Sturgeon Bay. The now written policy grants permission to local law enforcement agencies that allow their officers, whether on or off duty, to carry a weapon on school district property and at school district events to provide additional safety and support for any and all students and attendees. Sturgeon Bay School Superintendent Dan Tjernagel has recommended that the board approve the agreement.

 

• With continued wet and wintry weather, officials with the departments of Natural Resources and Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection are reminding farmers to plan ahead and use state and local resources when they spread manure this fall and winter. If the snowy, cold weather continues, that could mean frozen ground conditions and a higher risk for manure runoff. The Department of Natural Resources has contacted large farms with waste discharge permits to notify them of their options. However, livestock farms of any size need to be aware of potential problems, officials note. The online Wisconsin Manure Management Advisory System offers the Runoff Risk Advisory Forecast (manureadvisorysystem.wi.gov), a tool all farmers can use to assess how high the risk of runoff is for their general location before they spread manure. Farmers can also use nutrient management maps included in the MMAS to evaluate which of their own fields are the least or most prone to runoff. Regardless of whether farmers have nutrient management in place, they need to have an emergency plan in case they have a runoff incident, say DNR and DATCP officials. Farmers need to know what steps to take if runoff or a spill occurs, who to call, how to contain it and how to clean it up. If a spill or manure runoff occurs during spreading, farmers need to report the spill immediately by calling the DNR spill emergency hotline at 800.943.0003.

 

COMING UP

• An informal gathering of people concerned about the county’s proposed logging of white ash trees in Door Bluff Headlands County Park will be held at 1:30 pm on Friday, Nov. 21, at The Clearing. Logging is being scheduled for the winter of 2015/2016, followed by more logging the two succeeding winters. The decision to log is based on Emerald Ash Borer being found in Door County this summer. The meeting is meant to be a forum for the exchange of ideas regarding alternatives to logging in the park. If you are interested in this issue, please plan to attend. RSVP (up until noon the day of the meeting) to The Clearing by calling 920.854.4088 or 877.854.3225, by stopping by the office at 12171 Garrett Bay Road between 8 am and 4 pm, Monday through Friday, or by emailing [email protected].