Bulletin

WHAT HAPPENED

• In the only contested race in the county, incumbent Sturgeon Bay 1^st District Alderman Dan Wiegand and challenger Kelly Catarozoli advance to the April 7 general election after winning the three-way primary on Feb. 17. Catarozoli was the top vote-getter with 53. Weigand was second with 40 votes, and Gerald Pelrine was eliminated from the race with 31 votes.

• The Sturgeon Bay Common Council unanimously approved on Feb. 17 the second reading of the Planned Unit Development zoning for the proposed four-story waterfront hotel that is part of the city’s Westside Waterfront Redevelopment plan. First District aldermanic candidate Kelly Catarozoli, an opponent of the hotel, spoke at the meeting and asked the council to apply term limits to the Waterfront Redevelopment Authority (WRA) in order to get new voices on that seven-member board. “The real culprits here are the WRA, in my opinion,” she said.

• The Legal Aid Society of Door County, Inc. (LASDC), has created a website at legalaiddoorcounty.org. The Legal Aid Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing civil legal services for low income residents of Door County in the areas of family law, landlord tenant issues, entitlements, wills and other financial concerns. Since beginning operation in 1989 more than 3,600  individual clients and their families and have been served by LASDC. It is hoped the addition of the website will help reach potential clients and provide other organizations with ready information about the LASDC and a link to their services.

• A group of stakeholders met in Forestville on Feb. 16 to discuss what is wanted in the county’s next agriculture educator with the University of Wisconsin-Extension in Door County. The position is currently vacant after Dean Volenberg left that position in January to become the extension specialist for both viticulture and enology for the University of Missouri.

• Two new communities have been added to the Emerald Ash Borer quarantine:  Jefferson County, the towns of Koshkonong and Sullivan; Outagamie County, which was already under quarantine because of the proximity of an infestation in neighboring Calumet County. The confirmation was in the city of Appleton. The complete list is available at http://datcpservices.wisconsin.gov/eab/articleassets/ConfirmedEABFindsInWisconsin.pdf.

COMING UP

• The first of a number of deadlines for ice anglers to remove ice fishing shelters from inland and boundary waters is this week. All ice fishing shelters must be removed from Wisconsin-Iowa boundary waters by Friday, Feb. 20. The deadlines for the other two boundary waters are March 1 for Wisconsin-Minnesota boundary waters and March 15 for Wisconsin-Michigan boundary waters. For inland Wisconsin waters, ice fishing shelters must be removed daily and when not occupied after the following dates:

Sunday, March 8, for waters south of Hwy. 64. Sunday, March 15, for waters north of Hwy. 64, along with Lake Michigan, Superior and the Bay of Green Bay. After these dates for removing ice fishing shelters from a frozen lake or river, an angler may continue to use a portable shelter but must remove it daily and when it is not occupied or actively being used.