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  • Door County Board Votes in New Chair, Retains County Administrator Position

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    In its first full meeting since the removal of former Door County Administrator Michael Serpe and the April 3 elections, the Door County Board of Supervisors wasted no time heading into a new era.

  • Election Results: County board sees turnover

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    The Door County Board of Supervisors will get a slightly different look next month as it heads into tumultuous waters. Just days after the board removed Administrator Mike Serpe, three established incumbents – Leroy Liebe, Patrick Olson and Paul DeWitt, lost their bids for re-election.

  • Small community makes for tough calls for county judges Diltz, Ehlers

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    Each morning at coffee counters around the peninsula, locals weigh in with their opinions about cases in the county courthouse – a co-worker appearing in a DUI case, a cousin in a property dispute, a brother facing a drug charge.

  • The Salesman: Remembering the Persistence of Bob Pohl

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    Bob Pohl was never hard to find. A relentless salesman, Pohl roamed the county like clockwork, first as an ad rep for the Door Reminder and finally in his own start-up, Door Guide Publishing.

  • Door County Beer Festival Brews Up A New Story

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    The first Door County Beer Festival is bringing 120 beers, local food, live music, and state brewing experts to the Baileys Harbor Town Hall Park in June.

  • Why Commercial Loans Remain Tough to Get

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    Small business owners are frustrated with struggles to get financing, but banks are under increasing scrutiny of their lending practices. As a result entrepreneurs can’t launch the new businesses the economy needs to thrive.

  • Providing Security in Afghanistan

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    On her 2007-2008 tour of duty in Iraq, National Guardswoman Shannon Doty saw a little girl with the developmental disorder spina bifida. “My brother had a child born with it,” Doty said, and the baby received excellent health care.

  • Southern Door Celebrities

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    Mike and Carol Toneys are the kind of employees that a school principal dreams about: they are generous, loving, and have boundless energy. They come up with new ideas and create lasting relationships with kids and other teachers.

  • Island Incubator Withers

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    It’s not often that a developer takes hundreds of thousands of dollars across Death’s Door with a proposal to invest it in a multi-faceted business development in the middle of Washington Island.

  • Burress Gets Retirement Sendoff

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    Students wave to Dick Burress (in white suburban) as he took his final drive home from his job as Door County’s director of Emergency Services. Burress received an unexpected escort home from members of the Door County Sheriff’s Department and volunteer firefighters in recognition of his 37 years of service.

  • Governor Leases Peninsula State Park for $1.1 Billion

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    EPHRAIM, WI — At a press conference Monday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker announced an agreement to lease Peninsula State Park to a New York-based fund in a 99-year, $1.

  • A Bears Fan in Packerland

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    When you live in Door County and work in retail, as I do, you are invariably asked, “What do you do in the winter?” For most of the summer I fall back on a variety of my stock answers that seem to suffice.

  • Packers Fan in Bearland

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    I am an expatriate Wisconsinite living in Chicago; ergo, I am a Packers fan living behind enemy lines. For about seven months each year, I blend right into the urban scenery.

  • Horseshoe Bay Cave Moves Closer to Public Domain

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    The public may soon get regular access to the second-longest natural cave in Wisconsin. Door County Parks Director George Pinney hopes to complete an agreement for access to the cave at Horseshoe Bay by the end of the year.

  • Hyper Local: Sevastopol’s Public Television

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    Our founding fathers would approve of Public Educational Government (PEG) television. Laddie Chapman, program director of the public-access station that operates from the Sevastopol Town Hall in Institute, says “We’re hyper local,” and that is what a democracy is all about – an informed public with a strong sense of community.

  • Syrup Made Right: Jorn’s Sugar Bush

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    Schools today would call it a work-study program, but when Roland Jorns was at Gibraltar High School there wasn’t a name for the kindness of Principal J.C. Langemak who let his student leave at noon during the maple sap run to tend to his trees. “He was like a second father to me,” said Jorns, […]

  • Sexting: Technology presents new challenges

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    Today cell phones are as much a part of some teens as their arms and legs. Unlike older generations whose first cell phones had only calling capabilities, teenagers today can call, text, email, and even go on Facebook with their phones.

  • Riding with the Pumpkin Snatchers

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    It’s nearing 10 pm on a blustery fall night when Colin, my boyfriend, and I park at Husby’s, looking for the pumpkin snatchers’ car. A truck signals in the dark, flashing its headlights twice, and we take our cue to climb in.

  • Aaron Schneider Doubles Down in Century Pursuit

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    The sun was long gone when Aaron Schneider made the turn into Sunset Park toward the finish line of the Fall 50 Saturday night, just as it was when he started his run in the same spot the night before.

  • Riding For MS: Door County Riders Nearing $1 Million Mark

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    In the late 1980s, a group of Door County snowmobilers participated in their annual weeklong ride in Upper Michigan and along the way ran into another group of riders, and a simple conversation sparked 20 years of fundraising.