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  • Samuel Mueller Receives 2015’s DAR Good Citizen Award

    Samuel Mueller, senior at Southern Door High School, has been selected by the faculty and members of his class as this year’s recipient of the DAR Good Citizen Award. Each year a senior who best exemplifies outstanding qualities of leadership, dependability, service and patriotism in his/her school, home and community is nominated for this award. […]

  • Local Artist Immortalizes Saint Paul in Church Carving

    It is a crisp, sunny October morning and artist Jeff Olson is easing a tile cutter into a 5,000-pound slab of limestone in the parking area of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Juddville. A half-face respirator covers his mouth and nose, protecting his lungs from the cloud of white-gray dust coming off the large piece […]

  • Fish Creek Student Tours the Arctic with Students on Ice

    A snowbird is the term given to Door County’s large population that flees the cold winters for warmer climates. Makayla Swain, Fish Creek native and recent Gibraltar graduate, did just the opposite. This summer, Swain spent two weeks traveling the Arctic Circle by boat with 114 other students from around the world. “It’s to inform […]

  • Remembering the ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’

    During the last half of the 1980s I was a reporter on the island of Maui. One day while driving my 1966 Pontiac Bonneville to an assignment, which was only equipped with an AM radio, I was listening to an AM station when Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” came on. At the […]

  • Nominate a Community Hero for Wulf Brothers/Bryant Heating & Cooling Program

    Wulf Brothers Inc., a Door County heating and cooling contractor, and Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems have teamed up to honor a person in the Door County area that does “whatever it takes” to make a difference through the Bryant Community Heroes program. A Bryant Community Hero could be a neighbor, colleague, friend or anyone […]

  • Obituary: Ralph Berg

    Ralph John Berg, age 95, of Sturgeon Bay, passed away early Tuesday morning, October 27, 2015, at Golden Living Center-Dorchester. He was born on October 7, 1920, to Rudolph and Ella (Polkow) Berg in Sturgeon Bay.  Ralph graduated from Wilson Grade School, Sturgeon Bay High School, and Manitowoc Business College. He enlisted in the United […]

  • Obituary: Kazimiera “Kazia” Katarzyna Drabowicz

    Kazimiera “Kazia” Katarzyna Drabowicz, 88, of Sturgeon Bay, died Oct. 24, 2015, at Cardinal Ridge CBRF in Sturgeon Bay. Kazia was born in Beremiany, Poland. At the start of WWII at age 14 she was put into a forced labor camp. She would never see her family again. After the war Kazia was placed in […]

  • Carol Newman Honored by Kiwanis Club of Northern Door

    The Kiwanis Club of Northern Door recently honored Carol Newman with their 2015 Outstanding Citizen award at their annual fall banquet at The Fireside Restaurant in Ellison Bay. The award is presented in recognition of the contributions and dedication of an individual who has consistently demonstrated their selfless leadership and volunteered their time and skills […]

  • Julie Davis Named Executive Director of the Year for the Midwest Region

    Julie Davis, chief professional officer at the Boys & Girls Club of Door County, has been named the Executive Director of the Year for the Midwest Region by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Davis accepted the award at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Midwest Regional Conference held in Schaumberg, Ill., on […]

  • The Education of Elva Killa

    A friend passed along a snippet of a story a few weeks ago about a woman from my hometown, Elva Killa, about to celebrate her 100th birthday. I couldn’t get home to Egg Harbor to talk to her, but Giz and Linda Herbst did earlier this month. Their conversation served as a base for this […]

  • Obituary: Barbara Boatner Benson

    Barbara Boatner Benson, 78, passed away in Sturgeon Bay on October 21, 2015. She was born May 2, 1937, in McAlester, OK to Roy J. and Lillie Opal Boatner. She lived in Pensacola, FL for 22 years before moving to Schweinfurt Germany. She taught school in Schweinfurt with the Department of Defense for 20 years […]

  • Dale Kumbalek: Door County’s Local Luthier

    When Dale Kumbalek was a kid, one of his favorite trees served a dual purpose as a jungle gym and mini-maple syrup factory. Little did he know that as an adult in Door County, pieces of that tree would make their way into his woodworking shop and leave as a beautiful, one-of-a-kind, hand-built guitar. It […]

  • Obituary: Robert E. Cregan Sr.

    Robert E. Cregan Sr., 78, of Sturgeon Bay, passed away at Aurora Bay Care Medical Center in Green Bay on October 18, 2015.  He was born June 6, 1937, in Chicago to Cecil and Margaret Cregan.  He graduated from St. George High School in Chicago and earned his bachelor’s degree at Marquette University in Milwaukee. […]

  • Obituary: Tom “Bergy” Bergsland

    Tom “Bergy” Bergsland, 53, of Sturgeon Bay, passed away at home on October 19, 2015, after a brief battle with cancer.  He was born on September 16, 1962, in Sturgeon Bay to George and Kathleen (Karas) Bergsland.  Tom graduated from Southern Door High School in 1981 and attended technical college for HVAC.  He worked for […]

  • Obituary: Donold Sydney Johnson

    Donald Sydney Johnson, 89 of Ellison Bay died at Scandia Village in Sister Bay on October 15, 2015. He was born to Axel Samuel Johnson and Mary Hulda (Rosengren) March 30, 1926 on a farm in Liberty Grove, Wisconsin. Donald grew up in a family of nine children living on a farm where he assisted […]

  • Obituary: Constance Marie Meyer

    Constance Marie Meyer, 59, passed away Sunday, October 18, 2015 at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay. She was born Sandra Marie Meyer on March 9, 1956, in Sturgeon Bay, the daughter of the late Herman Frederick and Bernice Louise (Gunderson) Meyer. Following her graduation from Sevastopol High School, Connie continued her schooling to become […]

  • Obituary: Earl Otto Philipp

    Earl Otto Philipp, 83, of Sturgeon Bay, died Saturday, October 10, 2015, at his home after a fight with cancer. He was born March 3, 1932, in Sturgeon Bay, the son of the late Rev. Otto and Luella (Moellenkamp) Philipp. Earl graduated from Sturgeon Bay High School in 1950. He started his career in auto mechanics […]

  • Obituary: Anita Rowley

    After a long battle with dementia, Anita Rowley quietly passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2015. She was born in La Crosse on May 30, 1936 to Emil and Anna Henke. Anita was preceded in death by her parents, her daughter, Linnea Wiersgalla, her sister, Marcella Schied and her brothers Roger and Norman (Cynthia) Henke. […]

  • Obituary: Donn T. Denman

    Donn T. Denman, 64, Green Bay, died peacefully at a local hospital on October 17, 2015. Born on June 12, 1951, in Waukegan, IL, he is the son of Donald and the late Gail (Crary) Denman. He married the former Vicki Goldbrand, and she preceded him in death on February 21, 1996. Donn was the […]

  • Obituary: Elaine Marie Evenson

    Elaine Marie Evenson, 89, of Las Vegas, NV, passed away October 3, 2015,  at her home in Summerlin, NV. She was born September 20, 1926, in Sturgeon Bay, the daughter of William and Lucy Evenson. Elaine grew up in Sturgeon Bay, and at the age of 19, she started her career with Wisconsin Telephone Company. […]