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After a majority of Liberty Grove voters supported President Barack Obama in the last election, Robert Tidball decided to resign from the Liberty Grove Town Board, the Fire Board and all committees.

Deer donation programs give Wisconsin hunters an opportunity to give back after filling their freezers. “Most hunters I know, they’re generous people,” Lee Dudek said.

The tourism industry drives a lot of commerce in Door County, but it may also be a driver behind a number of the county’s OWIs. “Door County exceeds the national and state average for per capita arrests for OWIs,” said Door County District Attorney Ray Pelrine.

The Washington Island School District proves true two old adages. The first is it takes a strong community to build a strong school. The second is strength isn’t always measured in numbers.

After the citywide delivery of 9,000 new garbage and recycling cans, Sturgeon Bay’s revamped trash collection system rolled out last week. The city’s two new $200,000 garbage trucks, which come equipped with robotic grabber arms to pick up the new cans, hit the streets for the first time on Nov.

• Hunting and Trapping allowed from Oct. 15 through the Thursday before Memorial Day • Hunting not allowed after 11 pm • Hunters can enter the park an hour before the opening of the season • Target shooting not allowed in parks • Non-hunting visitors allowed in hunting areas, not required to wear blaze orange […]

State parks in Door County are one step closer to implementing the Sporting Heritage Bill, which opens all Wisconsin State Parks to hunting and trapping starting Jan.

The water level’s low, and some climate models predict that it could get almost three feet lower. Other models say the opposite – the lake could bounce back and rise above the long-term average level.

In 2009, Britt Unkefer was looking to expand his Fish Creek restaurant, Wild Tomato, when he found out a surprising piece of information: his property was apparently located in a floodplain, and that meant there weren’t a lot of expansion options open to him.

One man’s legacy will keep Egg Harbor red, white and blue. Jack McCoy, veteran, sailor and longtime Egg Harbor resident, passed away in June. When his daughter Suzy Boerke found a folder of records Jack kept of American flags and flagpoles he had donated throughout his life, she knew how to keep her father’s memory alive.

Dominion Resources Inc. announced plans to decommission the Kewaunee Power Station on Oct. 22, but the process is long from over. After housing a nuclear energy plant for 38 years, it could take over 60 years to get the land back to its original state.

Eighty-two-year-old Jean Brandt of Ellison Bay became the target of a devious, yet common, scam when she received a strange phone call from someone claiming to be close to her.

Door County followed the voting trends of the state and the nation last night, going blue for President Barack Obama and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin but red for Republican incumbents U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin but red for Republican incumbents U.S. Representative Reid Ribble and State Assembly Representative Garey Bies.

Patrick Veeser

Democratic candidate

www.veeserforassembly.com

Age:  56

Previous Political Offices:  None

Education:  Luxumberg-Casco High School; Northeast Wisconsin Technical College.

Jamie Wall

Democratic candidate

www.wallforcongress.com

Age:  41

Previous Political Office: None

Education:  Bachelor’s in history and political science from University of Wisconsin – Madison; masters in philosophy and politics from University of Oxford.

Tammy Baldwin

Democratic candidate

www.tammybaldwin.com

Age:  50

Previous Political Office:  Wisconsin State Assembly, 1993-1999; U.

To register to vote on the day of the election, bring proof of residency to your polling location. A photo identification is not required.

When scientists found high numbers of bacteria at The Ridges Beach in Baileys Harbor in July, they posted signs warning visitors not to swim or they could get sick.

• President of the United States

Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan (Republican)

Barack Obama/Joe Biden (Democratic)

Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer (Constitution)

Gary Johnson/James P.

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