Category: Features

A dozen eaglets were hatched by their nesting Bald Eagle parents in Door County this spring, according to Steve Easterly, an Oshkosh-based wildlife management specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

The name may not have been officially bestowed on him, but Gary Jobson is the ambassador of sailing.

Since January 2005 when he was declared cancer-free after being diagnosed with the blood cancer lymphoma in 2003, Jobson has spoken to hundreds of groups about sailing.

When Harold Thorpe retired in 1997 after seven years as a teacher, four as a school psychologist and a quarter-century as a college professor, he wasn’t planning on a second career – certainly not one for which he had no training or experience.

Following in the tradition of the early farmers who scattered seeds in hopes of a bountiful harvest, the founders of Heritage Village at Big Creek planted the idea of a historical village.

There is a power in music that Nancy Feld can’t explain. “Just the sound by itself I think is something,” Feld said. “In my experience it touches inside like words don’t, and whether there’s a scientific explanation for it, I don’t know.

They called him Tugboat long before he stood watch on a Great Lakes ship.

Tom Brey was nicknamed after his favorite childhood toy. It just happens to still fit.

“Every move we make and every action we take, matters not just for us, but for all of us…and for all time.” Andy Andrews, The Butterfly Effect Bo Johnson believed in the pay-it-forward philosophy of The Butterfly Effect.

Jeff Johnson’s entire life has been full of garbage, but he doesn’t seem to mind. In fact, picking up other people’s trash has become a passion for the man who rose from trash thrower to owner of his family’s business, Going Garbage and Recycling, which was started by his mother Dorothea on April 1, 1963.

Most people come to the Kimberley House with a few belongings in a trash bag. They leave with communication skills, healthier relationships, and a new, sober life.

Karin Kopischke, Patti Podgers and Paul Burton researched and depicted notable Door County women in history in Garments of our Foundation. Read about Mary Ann Walker Claflin’s story below.

Sho-Nay-Bagga-Ma, or “young lady who comes home with her canoe full of wild rice,” was a Potawatomi Indian and granddaughter of a chief. She befriended a white family and attended school with their children.

Karin Kopischke, Patti Podgers and Paul Burton researched and depicted notable Door County women in history in Garments of our Foundation. Read about Mary Ann Walker Claflin’s story below.

Half of Door County’s history has been mostly ignored, if not forgotten. It’s been told through the tales of the founding fathers, the men who first settled, built churches and schools.

After a whirlwind which has lasted almost a year, 14 (almost 15) year-old Christopher Mateo Loroٌa, or “Teo” as his friends call him, is ready to get back to a normal life.

In winter, Door County largely takes a break from being Door County, the vacation destination that everybody and their rich uncle is dying to get to. There are visitors, there are people, there is most definitely life.

In the late 1800s, northeastern Wisconsin farmers were wheat raisers. The grain was ground into flour for their personal use, and any extra provided income.

Not many 94 year olds have a work history of more than 80 years, but then there aren’t many gentlemen still alive with the experiences Joe LeClair of Jacksonport has had – or the excellent memory to recall all of them in detail.