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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Kewaunee County Ranks as One of Healthiest in State
Kewaunee County recently learned it placed second among the 72 counties in the state in health outcomes in the seventh annual County Health Rankings. “Kewaunee County has consistently ranked well over the last few years in the statewide county health rankings. Within recent years, we have seen a strong push from our communities to work […]
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Door County Coffee Recipe Contest Winner to be Featured at the World Food Championships
Door County Coffee is excited to announce the winner of their Annual Recipe Contest will qualify to be a featured representative at the World Food Championships in Alabama as well as receive a year’s worth of Door County Coffee – delivered to their home monthly. Door County Coffee and Tea Co. is seeking recipes made […]
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Gibraltar Schools Counselors Honored
During the Wisconsin School Counselor Association (WSCA) conference, Gibraltar School District was honored for the school counselors’ dedication and commitment to the school counseling field and her students. This year, 10 school counseling programs received the Program of Promise award at the annual WSCA conference in Madison. The Program of Promise award is the highest […]
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Celebrity Golf Outing June 6th
The 8th Annual Celebrity Golf Outing presented by Jim Olson Motors exists to ensure great futures for Boys & Girls Club members in Door County. The date is Tuesday, June 6, at Horseshoe Bay Golf Club in Egg Harbor at noon. Cost for a single golfer is $225, including greens fees, cart, range balls, lunch, a golf-themed gift, […]
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National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help to be Featured on New Episode of “Discover Wisconsin”
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help will be featured on the next episode of Discover Wisconsin. Titled “Spiritual Wisconsin – Wisconsin’s Marian Shrines,” the program highlights Wisconsin’s three Marian Shrines including the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse and the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Help of […]
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Southern Door School to Host National Camp Invention Program
The Southern Door School District has again been chosen as the host for the National Camp Invention Program during the week of June 12-16, 2017 from 9 am to 3:30 pm. The program is open to any entering kindergarten through fifth grade student in Door and Kewaunee County. Check out this year’s program at LAUNCH: […]
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Sister Bay Lions Club Donates to “Adopt A Soldier”
The Forestville American Legion Women’s Auxilliary Post 372 sponsors the “Adopt A Soldier” program here in Door County. Their mission is to send care packages eight times per year to 177 local soldiers and local Coast Guard personnel who are serving stateside and overseas. In addition they have included Coast Guard personnel who are away […]
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Richard D. Bergwin, 78, of Sturgeon Bay, died at Aurora Baycare Hospital in Green Bay. He was born in Sturgeon Bay to Raymond and Zetta Bergwin. He worked for Paschke Drilling and Blasting for many years. Dick served in the U.S. Army before returning live in Door County. He is survived by his two sons […]
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Open Meeting to Organize Door County Pride Event
On March 21, a small group met to envision creating a first Pride Event in Door County. The group’s mission is to celebrate our community’s diversity, inclusion and integration with a fun summer gathering for all. For those interested in helping to plan this event, the next meeting will be held Tuesday, April 4, at […]
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Creating Awareness of Sexual Assault
By Kelly Thyes, Door County Coordinator, Sexual Assault Center Many people are taught when they are young to watch out for “stranger danger.” Strangers are portrayed as being dangerous, scary-looking monsters waiting behind bushes and in dark alleyways waiting to grab people and do what they want with them. This image is also what people […]
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Drop Off Items for Humane Society Rummage Sale April 27 and 28
The Door County Humane Society (DCHS) is making plans for their annual rummage sale set for April 27, 28 and 29. Drop off items to donate to the sale April 27 from 5pm – 8pm and April 28 from 9am – 5pm at the Jaycee Clubhouse located at 340 Jaycee Ct, Sturgeon Bay. Items should […]
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Alice Volden, 85, of Sister Bay, died peacefully at Hearthside Assisted Living. Alice was born to Carl and Emelia Carlson. She met Marvin Volden at Young Adult Fellowship at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Chicago and they were married there on May 14, 1955. Alice and Marvin retired to Sister Bay in 1989 where they built […]
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DNR Asks Students to Design 2018 Fish Stamps
Students in grades 9 through 12 who have artistic talent or just really like to fish will want to check out the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources inland trout stamp and Great Lakes salmon and trout stamp design contests for the 2018 year stamps. The 2018 stamp year contests aim to get a new generation […]
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Liberty Grove/Sister Bay Fire Dept. to Offer Classes on First Aid
The Sister Bay & Liberty Grove Fire Department is partnering with the American Safety & Health Institute to offer classes to educate the community in basic first aid. All classes are being offered at the Sister Bay Fire Station on Mill Road. The first aid class focuses on Wisconsin EMS State standards for early emergency interventions […]
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Boys and Girls Club Hosts “Raising a Thinking Child” Series
A new program for parent of children ages 4-7 empowers parents to help their children learn how not what to think. The program will be held on Mondays from April 3 to May 22 from 6 to 8 pm at the Boys and Girls Club of Door County. Interested in working together to practice and […]
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2017 April 4 Door County Candidate List
STATEWIDE ELECTIONS State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers (I) Lowell E. Holtz Justice of the Supreme Court Anette Ziegler DOOR COUNTY ELECTIONS Door County Circuit Court Judge Branch 2 David L. Weber CITY OF STURGEON BAY Common Council District 1 Kelly Catarozoli (I) Dan Wiegand District 3 David Ward (I) Martha Scully-Beller District 5 […]
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Obituary: Philip Joel Hendrickson
Phil Hendrickson, 97, died peacefully at his Green Bay home. He married Elizabeth Brann, a descendant of early Baileys Harbor settlers, June 14, 1947. He was the retired chair of Krueger, Inc, Green Bay, as well as treasurer and director emeritus of the Green Bay Packers. He also served as a University of Wisconsin Regent, […]
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Obituary: Wayne Frederick Werkheiser
Wayne F. Werkheiser, 81, of Sturgeon Bay, died at his home. He was born in Sturgeon Bay to the late Fred and Mary (Mielke) Werkheiser. Wayne graduated from Sevastopol High School in 1953. After high school, he served his country for two years in the U.S. Army. On July 14, 1956, Wayne was united in […]
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Applications Now Available for United Way Endowment Fund Grants
Applications are now available for the 2017 United Way of Door County Endowment Fund Grants. They are pleased to announce that the amount of money available for Endowment Fund Grants for the calendar year 2017 is $4,233. Proposals are awarded based on grant application criteria. Door County’s Impact Areas and Goals (to be facilitated by […]
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Hello, Door County! My name is William. I am a one-year and seven-month-old feline. I came to DCHS as a surrender in January with my siblings. Now that all of my brothers and sisters have found their forever homes I too want to find a family to call my own. As you can see by […]