Category: Business
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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 […]
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Baylake Merges with Nicolet Bankshares
Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. and Baylake Corp. announce the signing of a merger agreement under which Nicolet and Baylake will merge to create the largest community bank north of Milwaukee. Based on the financial results as of June 30, 2015, the combined company would have total assets of $2.2 billion, deposits of $1.8 billion and loans […]
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Congrats to Kewaunee Clerks for Checking IDs
Congratulations to the many clerks and retailers throughout Kewaunee County for consistently requesting and checking IDs. Every year in Wisconsin more than 7,000 new kids below the age of 18 become daily smokers, according to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Re:TH!NK, the Lakeshore Tobacco Prevention Network and Wisconsin WINS, a program working to prevent tobacco […]
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Vendor Spaces Available for Harvest Fest
The Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center currently has booth spaces available for its 15th annual Harvest Festival taking place Sept. 19, 9 am – 5 pm. Artists, crafters and vendors are strongly encouraged to apply. Hosted in partnership with the 2015 Toyota Bassmaster Championship, attractions include live music by Hot Off the Grill from 11:30 am […]
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Consider “She Shed” for Next Home Project
The women’s equivalent of a “man cave” – the “she shed” – is becoming increasingly popular around the country and Arbor Crowne Properties is working to bring them to Door County. Diane Taillon, owner of Arbor Crowne Properties, comments on where the idea came to her: “I first heard of ‘she sheds’ on a luxury […]
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Pre-Fall Fest Meeting for All Vendors
The Sister Bay Advancement Association, annual sponsors of Fall Fest, has scheduled a pre-Fall Fest meeting for Sept. 17 at 7 pm in the Sister Bay Village Hall, for all Fall Fest vendors that sell food and/or beverages. At least one representative from your organization/business must attend this meeting. The Advancement Association will issue the […]
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Maritime Museum is Looking for Tree Decorators
The Door County Maritime Museum is calling all tree decorators for their Merry-Time Festival of Trees. The festival will run from Nov. 14 through Dec. 8 with visitors invited to see what is expected to be an even grander extravaganza of trees during regular museum hours as well at special events planned throughout the nearly […]
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Laddie Chapman Joins Action Realty Team
Action Realty is pleased to announce that Laddie Chapman has joined the Action Team. Chapman attended Missouri University, and graduated from a St. Louis Music Conservatory with a theory major. After playing in, arranging for, and directing local bands and musical theater, he spent several years in the military, including a tour of Vietnam […]
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Baylake to Purchase Sister Bay Trading Building
Baylake Bank CEO Rob Cera and Marilyn Jensen, owner of Sister Bay Trading Company, announce plans for Baylake Bank to purchase the Sister Bay Trading Company building at 2477 S. Bay Shore Drive, Sister Bay. Baylake will move its current operations in Sister Bay from 2438 S. Bay Shore Drive to the new building after […]
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Welcome to the New Home of the Peninsula Pulse and Door County Living
Check it. Read it. Use it. For years that has been the tagline printed on the cover of the Peninsula Pulse. It dates back to the time when the centerpiece of the Pulse was the arts and entertainment listings that guided readers to everything that goes on each day on this amazing peninsula. You really […]
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Citizens Group Plans to Sue City of Sturgeon Bay to Stop Hotel Development
The recently formed Friends of the Sturgeon Bay Public Waterfront has collected more than $41,000 in an estimated $80,000 needed to pursue a lawsuit with the City of Sturgeon Bay regarding the hotel planned for the West Waterfront Redevelopment project. “We are actively looking for 39 additional champions to step forward and pledge $1,000 each […]
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Sister Bay Plan Commission Recommends Allowing Quarries
In a 3-2 vote that drew the attention of a Green Bay television news affiliate, the Sister Bay Plan Commission voted to recommend a change to zoning that would allow quarries under a conditional use permit. The change came at the request of Brandon Small with Door County Custom Stone Inc., which is seeking to […]
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Palmer Johnson to Close Sturgeon Bay Facilities
Palmer Johnson Yachts is closing its manufacturing operations at their facilities in Sturgeon Bay. The boat builder known throughout the world for its luxury yachts has been a major employer and a point of pride in Sturgeon Bay for generations. The closure is expected to eliminate 100 jobs in the city when it takes effect […]
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Natural Delivery: Doula services now available in Sturgeon Bay
When Heidi Kratcha was expecting her first baby 15 years ago, her older sister told her what a good experience she’d had with the Bradley Method of natural childbirth.
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Baileys Harbor’s Spot for Gas and Gatherings
Back in the day, men used to gather ’round the potbelly stove in the general store to drink coffee and share news (and quite likely chew tobacco and spit, which their wives didn’t permit at home).
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Wedding season is in full swing on the Door Peninsula and its beautiful backdrop has already accentuated many of these summer ceremonies. While the county provides nuptial-seekers with the atmosphere and aesthetic for one of history’s oldest institutions, it will soon provide an outlet for planning and preparing for the big day.