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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Thrivent Financial Holds Workshop to Help with College Planning
Thrivent Financial is hosting an educational workshop to help parents of high school students with their college planning. Called “College Planning Strategies,” the 90-minute workshop will be held at 5:30 pm on Sept. 28 at Gibraltar Area Schools in Fish Creek. The workshop is hosted by Casey St. Henry, FIC, CLTC, local Thrivent Financial Representative. […]
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Helen Rose Walther died September 9, 2015, at Hearthside CBRF, in Sister Bay, Wis. She was born November 20, 1921, in Dubuque, Iowa, to Elmer and Laura Collins. She married the love of her life, Robert Blair Walther, on June 7, 1941, in Chicago, IL. Helen and Bob raised their family in Chicago, but vacationed […]
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Jerry Apps Details the Facts and Figures of Farming in New Book
Discover the rich and diverse history of farming in Wisconsin – from the story of cranberry growers and Christmas tree farmers to the harvesters of honey and hops – with celebrated rural historian Jerry Apps in his new Wisconsin Historical Society Press book Wisconsin Agriculture: A History. Wisconsin has been a farming state from its […]
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Pet Talk: How to Curb Cat Scratching
By Sally Salopek Q. How can I get my cat Boris to quit scratching my furniture? A. The best approach is not to try and get Boris to stop scratching your furniture, but instead to teach him where to scratch. Scratching inanimate objects is normal, natural cat behavior. Scratching objects serves multiple purposes for your feline. […]
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Auditions Coming Up for Peninsula Singers
Do you sing in your church choir? Did you sing in a high school or college chorus? Maybe you’re a veteran performer. Whatever your experience, if you love choral music, can sing in harmony, have a good sense of rhythm and the ability to learn words and music – you are invited to sing with […]
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In the early morning of September 11, 2015, in the arms of her daughter, Kathy, Dorothy Ann Gerl, age 92, of Sturgeon Bay, went to her eternal home. Dorothy was born on March 25, 1923, on a farm in Cato, WI, to the late Mr. Charles and Mrs. Ginny (Brennan) McCulley. Dorothy and her twin […]
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Construction Update, Sept. 18 – 25
Hwy. 57 and County Road C Schedule: Sept. 2015 to Nov. 2015 Length: 0.5 Miles Cost: $932,686 Location: Pine Road Mitigation Site and County C and Hwy. 57 intersection. Description of project: The project involves mitigation site maintenance at the Pine Road Mitigation Site and constructing J-turns at the intersection of County C and […]
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Sturgeon Bay’s Schedule of Events for Homecoming 2015
Sturgeon Bay High School is pleased to announce the schedule of events for Homecoming 2015. On Sept. 23 there will be a powder puff football game at Memorial Field at 8 pm. Admission is $3 or three non-perishable food items. Non-perishable food items will be donated to Feed My People. Cash donations will go to […]
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Walter J. Popp died at his home in Baileys Harbor on Sept. 14, 2015. The family is honoring his wishes and there will be no formal services at this time. A private family service will be held at a future date.
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Great Glass Escape Funds Mind Music at Scandia Village
From Sept. 11 – 13, the K. Allen Gallery in Sister Bay hosted The Great Glass Escape, an all-glass event of exhibitions, demos, artist lectures, food and music, to raise money for Mind Music, a fundraiser that will bring musicians and other music programs to Scandia Village for the benefit of individuals with Alzheimer’s and […]
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Science Snippet: Wide Gap in Opinion between Scientists and Public
A recent poll covering a variety of topics reveals a wide gap between the opinions of scientists and those of the general public. Two thousand adults participated in a poll conducted by the Pew Research Foundation and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The adults were selected to be representative of the public […]
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Ray Stonecipher, a great advocate for the Door County environment – terrestrial and celestial – died of cancer on Aug. 27, 2015.
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Baileys Harbor Town Cemetery: Many Plots, Many More Stories
Susie Bauldry has deep roots in Baileys Harbor. Her great-grandfather, Karl Peil, planted the avenue of trees leading out of town on County Road F. Her grandmother, Hedwig Peil, was the mail-order bride from Germany who worked with Winifred Boynton to plant the wonderful gardens at Björklunden. And Susie’s dad, Rollie Peil, was for years […]
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Historic Ownership Maps for Sale at Liberty Grove’s Vintage Market
Historic Ownership Maps of Door County will be on sale at Liberty Grove Historical Society’s final 2015 Vintage Market Day on Sept. 12. As usual, the market will open at Century Farm barn atop the Grand View grade in Ellison Bay at 10 am. Liberty Grove historian Karen Moran will be on hand to help […]
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Door County Board of Realtors Holds Home Buyer Education Program
Door County Board of Realtors presents the Home Buyer Education Grant Program on Oct. 7 at Stone Harbor Resort and Conference Center in Sturgeon Bay. Home buyers: this is an opportunity to learn about all the available programs for purchasing a new home or rehabbing your current home. Presenters include: Leann Nguyen, Bank of Luxemburg; […]
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Eleven-Week-Old Puppies Up for Adoption at Humane Society
Puppy love anyone? This week the Door County Humane Society (DCHS) is proud to introduce not one featured animal, but eight featured animals. Currently in house there are eight 11-week-old puppies that are German Shepherd and Plott Hound mixes. All of the adorable puppies have black coats and some of them have white markings or […]
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HELP of Door County Introduces New Campaign, Purple Light Nights
HELP of Door County is excited to announce a new campaign for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. The purpose of this campaign, Purple Light Nights, is to provide a greater awareness of domestic violence issues, while we remember the victims and continue to spread the message that “Domestic Violence Has No Place In Our […]
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UUF Offers New Nature Programs for All Ages
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County will offer three programs for children during the school year based on the theme Our Natural World. Every Monday (except when Gibraltar Area Schools are closed) infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their caregivers from the entire community are invited for stories, songs, crafts and social time. Preschool story time […]
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Obituary for Joan Lucile Isaksen
Joan Lucile Isaksen, 58, formerly of Sturgeon Bay, recently passed away at her home in St. Nazianz. She had been battling cancer the past four years. She was born October 2, 1956, in Sturgeon Bay, the daughter of the late Harold Asbjorn and Lucile (Shorter) Isaksen. Joan attended Sturgeon Bay High School through her junior […]
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Andy and Lana Alger, Sturgeon Bay, are the parents of a daughter born on Aug. 31, 2015, at Ministry Door County Medical Center, Sturgeon Bay. Maternal grandparents are Kathie and Bryan Burwell, Sturgeon Bay, and Dave Alger, Sparta, Wis. Paternal grandparents are Frank and Toni Mclain, Sturgeon Bay, and Nancy Mclain, Berlin, Wis.