Category: Business
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Baylake Bank Locations Will Remain Open After Merger Closing
Nicolet National Bank (Nicolet) and Baylake Bank (Baylake) announce that the Door County branch locations will remain open after the closing of the merger. On Sept. 8, Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. and Baylake Corp. announced the signing of a definitive agreement to merge. The Door County locations include Brussels, Egg Harbor, Ellison Bay, Fish Creek, Sister […]
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Promote Your Business in Fall Fest Ping Pong Ball Drop
Want to promote your business in the annual Fall Fest Ping Pong Ball Drop? Sister Bay Advancement Association is opening the ball drop up to businesses outside of the Sister Bay area for the first time in decades. Here are the basic details: this offer is available until Oct. 4. First, decide how many prizes, […]
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2015 Cow of the Year Produces 56,780 Pounds of Milk
Excellent-95 Gold Medal Dam, Siemers Dundee Hilda, has been selected as the 2015 Cow of the Year by the Wisconsin Holstein Association. Hilda was bred and developed by Siemers Holsteins located in Newton, Wis., and is owned by Jordan Siemers. Each year, the Wisconsin Purebred Cattle Association selects a cow to represent her breed as […]
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Door County Brewing Co.’s Silurian Stout with Vanilla Available Oct. 1
Door County Brewing Company is excited to announce the award-winning Silurian Stout with Vanilla will be available Oct. 1. Head brewer Danny McMahon’s milk stout recipe took home the St. Paul’s People’s Choice Award at this year’s St. Paul Summer Beer Fest. “We were very happy to announce Door County Brewing Co. as this year’s […]
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Celebrating Stinky Cheese: Wisconsin Cheese Masters Holds Inaugural Stinkfest
Stinkfest is the name Jim Pionkoski of Wisconsin Cheese Masters in Egg Harbor is calling a special cheese tasting he will host on Saturday. This will be the first time in five years of business that he will provide samples to customers of Limburger and its cousin, aged brick, but it will be outdoors instead […]
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Grape Harvesters Needed at Parallel 44
Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery has announced a call for harvesters. This opportunity is a lot of fun and only happens once a year. This year, Parallel 44 will harvest on Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 5 & 10. They’re looking for about 15 to 20 people to help on each of the three days. Harvesting […]
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An Outlook: County Sales Tax Figures Show Strong Growth
Last week we received word from the Door County Visitor Bureau (DCVB) that room tax collections for July of this year were 6.2 percent up from July of 2014. The DCVB went on to report that, for the first seven months of this year, room tax collections are up 7.1 percent above the same […]
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Pulse Price Report, Sept. 25 – Oct. 2
Crop prices (Sept. 22) Rio Creek Feed Mill – Algoma Commodity Price Basis Corn $3.44/bushel -0.41 Soybeans $7.99/bushel -0.75 Wheat (SRW) $4.42/bushel -0.55 Fox River Valley Ethanol – Green Bay Corn $3.56/bushel -0.29 New-Corn Crop $3.50/bushel -0.35 Basis: The difference between the local cash price for a commodity and the Chicago cash price (where […]
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FSA Encourages Farmers to Enroll for ARC, PLC and MPP-Dairy
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Val Dolcini reminds farmers and ranchers that they have until Sept. 30 to enroll in several key Farm Bill safety net programs – Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy). “These programs provide important risk protection […]
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Lasee Upholstery Celebrates 65 Years in Business
Bernice and Wally Lasee were more than married partners. “We were a team,” Bernice said. That team at Lasee Upholstery on Maple Street in Sturgeon Bay came to an end when Wally died on Jan. 24, 2002, but the business regrouped with the introduction of grandson Kale to help take Lasee Upholstery into what is […]
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Meet Vera Bradley Co-Founder at Wilkins & Olander
Wilkins & Olander welcomes Vera Bradley co-founder Barbara Bradley Baekgaard and Vera Bradley Brand Ambassador Joan Bradley Reedy on Oct. 17, 11 am – 3 pm, for an afternoon of sips, sweets and stories. This is a rare opportunity to meet the women behind Vera Bradley, hear their stories, sample fabulous food and raise funds […]
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Employers Lining Up for Palmer Johnson Workers
While it is hard to imagine a silver lining to last week’s announcement that Palmer Johnson Yachts is closing its Sturgeon Bay facilities and letting 105 workers go, there is considering they are entering a robust economy. “They are going to have job offers up the wazoo,” said James Golembeski, executive director of the Bay […]
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Pulse Gas and Commodities Price Report, Sept. 11
Crop prices (Sept. 7) Rio Creek Feed Mill – Algoma Commodity Price Basis Corn $3.23/bushel -0.40 Soybeans $8.36/bushel -0.31 Wheat (SRW) $4.13/bushel -0.55 Fox River Valley Ethanol – Green Bay Corn $3.34/bushel -0.29 New-Corn Crop $3.28/bushel -0.35 Basis: The difference between the local cash price for a commodity and the Chicago cash price (where the […]
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Service Industry Night at Mr. G’s
Mr. G’s Logan Creek Grille and Ballroom, two miles south of Jacksonport on Hwy. 57, is sponsoring their inaugural S.I.N. night on Sept. 19. This S.I.N. (service industry night) features the music of WIFEE and the HUZz BAND. Ruby James and Stephen Cooper front this 10-piece band. Their story begins with the chance meeting of […]
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Palmer Johnson Closure Means More Empty Buildings in Sturgeon Bay
News of the impending closure of Palmer Johnson Yachts’ Sturgeon Bay facilities arrived via a Sept. 2 email from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. Attached to that announcement was a letter to Bill Zillmer, rapid response coordinator with the Department of Workforce Development, from Timur Mohamed, the former cricket player who bought Palmer Johnson […]
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Charlie’s Smokehouse Turns Whitefish into Gold
Chris Voight’s workday begins at six o’clock in the morning. He pulls three to four hundred pounds of whitefish, salmon and trout out of cold briny water, and prepares them for smoking; it is the same one his grandfather used when he started the family business, Charlie’s Smokehouse, in 1932. Chris began working in the […]
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Door County Coffee & Tea Seeks Your Recipes
For the second consecutive year, Door County Coffee and Tea Co. is seeking recipes made with Door County Coffee from the public with their 2nd Annual Door County Coffee Recipe contest. Anyone who has a recipe creation of their own that uses at least one of the more than 100 varieties of Door County Coffee […]
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New Fall Quilts at Jacksonport Craft Cottage
Fall Amish quilt designs have arrived at Jacksonport Craft Cottage Gifts. Owners Sue and Joe Jarosh are pleased to feature more than 90 new Amish-made quilts, many with rich fall colors and themes. Amish-made wall hangings, table runners, rugs and placemats are also featured. More than 100 local artists are also featured. Most styles of […]
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Baylake Bank Moving to Sister Bay Trading Company Building
The rumor mill is a bit like playing a game of telephone, where someone whispers a sentence to one person and that whispered message is passed around a group. Inevitably, the message is badly mangled by the time it gets to the last person. Such was the case with last week’s announcement that Baylake Bank […]
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Harbor Ridge Winery Releases 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon
Harbor Ridge Winery in Egg Harbor has released its 2013 vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon. This medium-bodied wine has been aged 16 months in young French and weathered American oak barrels. It has a toasty soft tannin and smooth finish, sure to delight any red wine aficionado. Come in for a complementary wine tasting Monday through […]