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  • Gibraltar DECA Students Win at State Conference

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    Gibraltar DECA, the Association of Marketing, Management and Entrepreneurship Students, returned from the State Career Development Conference with several awards. The chapter earned a state award for general contributions to charities and community service work. The team of Andras Szakala and Ryan Kropuenske earned first place in the Virtual Business Challenge, an online business simulation […]

  • Summer Job Fair at Gibraltar High School April 4

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    Gibraltar Secondary Schools will host a summer job fair from 12 to 2 pm, April 4. The event will provide students an opportunity to meet with local employers to explore work opportunities. Businesses interested in participating need to register by emailing Mary Witteborg at [email protected]. Email should include contact name, business and a telephone number. […]

  • Door County Students Join National Walkout

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    Hundreds of Door County students joined in the nationwide walkout March 14 to protest gun violence and memorialize the victims of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas School in Parkland, Florida. Students at Sturgeon Bay, Gibraltar, Sevastopol and Southern Door took part. At Gibraltar approximately 130 students in grades 7 – 12th grade […]

  • Southern Door Grad Chosen as University Innovation Fellow

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    Southern Door High School graduate Michaela Thiry has been identified as a change agent for her current school, the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). Last week it was announced that she and three other MSOE students were chosen to join 254 students from 69 schools around the world to take part in University Innovation Fellows […]

  • Door-Kewaunee County Retired Educators’ Association Hosts Wisconsin Retirement System Seminar

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    The Door-Kewaunee County Retired Educators’ Association (DKREA) will host a free seminar for participants of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) March 14, 6-7:30 pm, in the Southern Door High School Auditorium. The focus will be on the Wisconsin Retirement System benefits and options. The seminar is geared toward all WRS participants who are planning to […]

  • Regan Norton, Benjamin Kielar Selected as Southern Door’s Badger State Delegates

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    Southern Door High School announces its Badger State delegates for 2018. The nominees participate in a weeklong program that teaches the principles of democracy in a representative government. The delegates are sponsored by the Forestville American Legion Auxiliary Post 372 and the Forestville American Legion Post 372. Regan Norton has been selected to represent Southern […]

  • Southern Door School Holds 4K, 5K Registration March 14 & 15

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    The Southern Door County School District will hold registration for 4K and new 5K students March 14 and 15. Any child that will turn four on or before Sept. 1, 2018, is eligible for 4-year-old kindergarten (4K) and anyone who will turn five on or before Sept. 1, 2018, is eligible for all-day 5-year-old kindergarten […]

  • Screenings and Discussions to Highlight Early Childhood Issues

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    A pair of screenings and discussions of the film The Raising of America will be held in Door County. The film looks beyond parenting to explore how social conditions, public policies and inequities impact our youngest children. Screenings will be held March 20, 5-7:30 pm at the Door County Government Center – Peninsula Room, 421 […]

  • Schools Canceled Due to Weather Tuesday, March 6

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    Southern Door, Closed Gibraltar, Closed Kewaunee, Closed (career night cancelled) Sevastopol, Closed Sturgeon Bay, Closed Saint Peter’s Lutheran, Closed Zion Lutheran, Closed NWTC, Closed Northern Door Children’s Center, Closed Adventures Child Care, Closed Door County Y classes are cancelled until 3 pm  

  • Southern Door Dominates Packerland All-conference Basketball Honors

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    Southern Door’s girls and boys basketball teams dominated conference play all year, so it’s fitting that they dominate the postseason honor rolls as well. The Packerland Conference released its all-conference teams Friday, March 2, and the Eagles placed two players on the girls first team and three on the boys side. Sara Dax of Kewaunee […]

  • Fish Creek Mother-Daughter Duo Spreads Message of Kindness after Tragedy

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    In the eight days between receiving an email from Lara Bush-Pensy about a “feel good story” and sitting down with her outside her office at Little Sweden Resort in Fish Creek, a gunman opened fire in a Florida school, killing 17 students and adults. The act gave Bush-Pensy’s story new impact. The story was about […]

  • Sturgeon Bay Hosts Regional Destination Imagination Tourney March 3

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    The BayLake Destination Imagination Regional Tournament is March 3 at the Sturgeon Bay Middle/High School. This year 41 teams are showcasing their creative talents, including teams from Gibraltar, Sevastopol, Sturgeon Bay, St. Peter’s Lutheran, Algoma, Denmark, Southern Door, St. Mary’s, Luxemburg-Casco, St. Paul’s and Pacelli. The competition starts at 8 am. There is no admission […]

  • Southern Door High School Names 2017-18 Valedictorian, Salutatorian

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    Southern Door High School has named Deseree Dufek as Valedictorian and Zoey Kohler as Salutatorian for the 2017-18 school year. Dufek, granddaughter of Roy and Mary Rae Dufek, participated in Math Team for four years, in Model United Nations for three years and the National Honor Society for two years. She was also on the […]

  • Sturgeon Bay Applicants Sought for Thomas J. Webb Memorial Scholarships

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    The Thomas J. Webb Memorial Scholarship Trust has announced a total of $15,000 in scholarships to be awarded to Sturgeon Bay High School 2018 graduates at the annual Honor Assembly in June. These awards will consist of three $5,000 scholarships. Sturgeon Bay graduating seniors who meet the following criteria – a participant in varsity sports, […]

  • Door County YMCA Puts ‘Character Development Learning Institute’ into Practice

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    “If not you now, when? And if not you, who?” These questions were posed by Dr. Tasha Nicole Johnson to a captive audience at the YMCA annual Community Breakfast, held Feb. 14 at Stone Harbor Resort. Dr. Johnson, Senior Director for the Character Development Learning Institute (CDLI) for the YMCA of the USA, raised these […]

  • Sheriff’s Dept. Presenting Social Media Session for Parents Feb. 27

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    In light of the impact of social media on continuing events both locally and nationally, Officer Chris Neuville, Juvenile Investigator from the Door County Sheriff’s Dept., will present information gained from a national training he attended. The presentation will be held from 6-7 pm on Tuesday, Feb. 27 in the Southern Door High School Library. […]

  • Politics Aside: Youth in Government Students Excel

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    In the politically charged times we live in today, it’s hard to imagine a group of Americans in a capitol building debating civilly without a personal agenda and coming up with solutions through compromise. Last weekend, the state capitol in Madison was just that: students from around the state met in Madison to participate in […]

  • Rep. Kitchens Welcomes Emily Pinkert to Wisconsin Senate Scholar Program

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    Representative Joel Kitchens welcomed Emily Pinkert, from Sturgeon Bay, to Madison for the Wisconsin Senate Scholar program. He said, “I was proud to welcome Sturgeon Bay High School student Emily Pinkert to Madison as part of the Wisconsin Senate Scholar program this week. Her selection for admittance to this intensive week-long crash course on our […]

  • DCMC Auxiliary Accepting Applications for 2018 Medical Scholarships

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    The Door County Medical Center (DCMC) Auxiliary is accepting applications for its 2018 medical scholarship program. Three types of scholarships are available for those pursuing or continuing their education in medical fields. They include those for graduating high school seniors from Door County and Algoma high schools and home school programs; previous Door County high […]

  • NWTC Students Working to Develop New Antibiotics

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    Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) is teaming up with more than 160 colleges and universities around the world to develop new antibiotics in order to keep new resistance from developing and to prevent the resistance that already exists from spreading. One-hundred twenty Microbiology students at the NWTC are currently looking for new bacteria in soil. […]