Category: Community
Door County community news from the Peninsula Pulse. Find information about health programs, fundraisers, announcements, and more to keep you in the loop in your community.
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MOPS Meetings Start Again at Sturgeon Bay Community Church
MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) is starting up again at Sturgeon Bay Community Church in Sturgeon Bay. MOPS is an international organization that provides an opportunity for mothers to come together and celebrate motherhood. MOPS strives to encourage, equip, and develop mothers to understand their potential as women, mothers and leaders through strengthening their relationship with […]
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National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help Celebrates ‘National Novena’
A special line-up of speakers will be featured as the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help celebrates its second National Novena, Oct. 1-9. The National Novena offers nine days of reflection and prayer and brings hundreds of pilgrims to the National Shrine in Champion, Wis. “The National Novena to Our Lady of Good […]
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Southern Door Schools Hosts Child Development Day, Oct. 5
The Southern Door County School District will hold Child Development Day on Oct. 5, from 8 am to 6 pm. This is a free community service to provide information and assessment on how children are developing. Parents with young children ages 2 years 8 months and 4 years 6 months are invited to attend. If […]
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Jerome E. Koessl, 82 of Baileys Harbor, WI died in Sturgeon Bay, WI on September 11, 2017. He was born in Kewaunee, WI on May 31, 1935 to Edward & Olive (Bhirdo) Koessl. Jerry attended Sister Bay Grade School and Gibraltar High School. He was a lifelong resident of Northern Door County. He drove truck for […]
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Wayne A. Lemburg, age 92, of Sister Bay, died with his family by his side at Scandia Village in Sister Bay on September 9, 2017. The family is honoring his wish and there will be a private family service and he will be interred at the Baileys Harbor Cemetery.
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Obituary: Shirley M. Rosenquist
Shirley M. Rosenquist, 89, of Sister Bay, WI passed away at Bellin Hospital In Green Bay WI on September 9, 2017. There will be a Memorial Service at Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church in Ellison Bay, WI on Saturday September 16, 2017 at 11:00 A.M. A Luncheon and time of fellowship will follow the […]
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Obituary: Bethany Ann VanDreese
Bethany Ann VanDreese, 48, of Sturgeon Bay, passed away Friday, September 8, 2017 at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay. She had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June. Beth was born June 7, 1969 in Elpaso, TX, the daughter of Richard Sr. and Linda (Wilda) VanDreese. She graduated from Southern Door High School in […]
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Karl S. May, age 75, Sturgeon Bay, died Thursday evening, September 7, 2017, following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born to Bernard E. and Dorothy May on July 12, 1942. Karl attended St. Joseph’s Grade School, graduated from Sturgeon Bay High School (1960), and graduated from St. Norbert College (1965) with a […]
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Ellen Juanita Rohde, 80, of Brussels, passed away at the Sturgeon Bay Health Center on September 6, 2017. She was born on February 7, 1937, in Door County, to Henry and Mathilda (Klansky) Rohde. Ellen was a bookkeeper at Palmer Johnson, Inc. for 44 years. She also was a bookkeeper for Raymond Dix Magneto in […]
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Jim (Jamie) Mineau, 59, left behind his HD-ravaged warrior body on Sept 5th, 2017. His soul is now at peace in the universe as he begins his next journey free of the pain and burdens inflicted on him by this terrible disease. Jamie was born in Sturgeon Bay, where he lived all his life. Among […]
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Door County Medical Center Birth: Aug. 28, 2017
Makayla and Jacob Isaacson, Sturgeon Bay, are the parents of a son born on Aug. 28, 2017. Maternal grandmother is Kim Clouthier, Calumet, Mich. Paternal grandparents are Cindy Maki, Calumet, Mich., and Dale Isaacson, Calumet, Mich.
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Wendt Family History Presented at Jacksonport Historical Society Meeting
Join the Jacksonport Historical Society Sept. 20, 7 pm, at the Jacksonport Town Hall on County V as they present “The Wendt Family.” Ervin and Clara Wendt moved to West Jacksonport from Milwaukee where Ervin worked for International Harvester. In 1927 they purchased the Henry and Martha Spille farm. It is here where they raised […]
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Korey Mallien Joins DCEDC as Business & Education Partnership Manager
The Door County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) announced that Korey Mallien has been hired as its Business & Education Partnership Manager from a strong pool of candidates. Mallien began work with DCEDC Sept. 11. Mallien is a Door County native, having graduated from Southern Door High School, which is where his two children also graduated. […]
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Amy Goyette Joins Pinkert Law Firm
Pinkert Law Firm LLP announces the addition of Amy Goyette as an associate attorney in the litigation and general practice groups. While Goyette was raised in southeastern Wisconsin, she frequently visited her parents’ home in Baileys Harbor. She and her family feel blessed to now make Sturgeon Bay their home and call themselves permanent residents. […]
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Business Sponsors, Tree Decorators Needed for Merry-Time Festival of Trees
The Door County Maritime Museum’s engaging and family fun “Merry-Time Festival of Trees” returns in 2017, and the museum is looking for businesses, organizations or individuals to sponsor or decorate a Christmas tree. Coinciding with Sturgeon Bay’s Christmas by the Bay activities, the festival runs Nov. 11 – Dec. 12. Businesses, organizations and individuals have […]
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Dairy Producers Can Now Enroll for Margin Protection Program Coverage
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that dairy producers can now (as of Sept. 1) enroll for 2018 coverage in the Margin Protection Program (MPP-Dairy). Secretary Sonny Perdue has used additional flexibility this year by providing dairy producers the option of opting out of the program for 2018. “Secretary Perdue […]
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New Playground at St. John Bosco
Fr. Carl Schmitt sprays some students with holy water while blessing the new Creative Spirits Creative Souls Playground during a ceremony at St. John Bosco Catholic School on Sept. 8. Photo by Jim Lundstrom.
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AleFest, Dark Knight & More Weekend Plans
It’s your last weekend to soak up summertime in Door County, as the autumnal equinox arrives next Friday! Enjoy an evening of laughter with a 1940s-inspired murder-mystery, celebrate the upcoming grape harvest with a winey celebration at von Stiehl, or tip back a cold one at Egg Harbor AleFest. Friday, September 15 …And Then There […]
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The Brann Family: An Integral Part of Baileys Harbor’s History
The four Brann brothers – Andrew, John, August and Will – arrived in Baileys Harbor one by one between 1872 and 1880. They left Jakobstad, Finland, because of a famine so catastrophic that people resorted to making bread with lichen scraped from trees. As Leann Despotes, a great-granddaughter of Jacob Brann, told the family’s story […]
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Turnover Plagues Local Tourism Associations
As tourism in the county grows, local business associations are struggling to retain the staff that sustains marketing and events within communities. While local officials say a lack of competitive compensation is the cause for turnover, former coordinators cited politics between boards and business members as the toughest part of the gig. Room tax revenues […]