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A deadline looms for hotels, campgrounds and other places with swimming pools to comply with requirements from the 2010 American Disabilities Act (ADA).

As I head towards Sturgeon Bay to interview Sevastopol High School alumna and recent Stanford graduate Sadie Weber, I’m prepared to talk archaeology. I’ve done some research and drafted some questions for Sadie, who has worked on archaeological digs in exotic locales such as Jordan, Turkey, and Peru.
What I’m not prepared for, is cake.

The body of missing diver Dirk Kann, of Guttenberg, Iowa, was recovered last weekend almost 13 years after his death in 1999.

The victim of an alleged homicide was found at a resort in the town of Nasewaupee on Sunday, Aug. 19 around noon. Police were notified of the incident by a man that said he had killed his girlfriend.

Ten years ago Roberto Gonzales began investigating what life is like for the more than one million people who came to the United States as children. Particularly, the Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago wanted to know when these children recognized what their different status would mean for their lives.

The weird spring weather that devastated the local cherry crop didn’t hit apples with the same force. Although apple trees saw a lot of blossom damage, as much as 30 to 60 percent, they’re still in pretty good shape according to Matt Stasiak, superintendent at the Peninsular Agricultural Research Station.

For three weekends in a row, the Door County Visitor Bureau had to tell vacationers that the county was full – there were no more rooms in the inns. “We usually have two or three weekends like that,” said Jack Moneypenny, president of the Door County Visitor Bureau.

A crowd of about 40 residents and representatives came together at Sevastopol Town Hall on Aug. 13 to begin answering one question: What should be done with Dunes Lake? In 2008, amid anecdotal evidence that the Town of Sevastopol lake was aging more quickly than normal, the Door County Soil and Water Conservation Department (SWCD) began a scientific study of Dunes Lake and the area which contributes water to it, which is known as a watershed.

The August 14 primary election revealed a close race for the democratic nomination for the Wisconsin 1st Assembly District to face republican incumbent Garey Bies in November.

More campers will be able to plug in at Peninsula State Park next season, when the park upgrades and installs electric service to more campsites. “We do have a lot of people that really utilize and require electric service for their camping units,” said Kelli Bruns, Peninsula State Park superintendent.

As of July 2014, low-income developmentally disabled, physically disabled, and elderly frail adults in 57 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties will be able to receive instant entrance into Family Care, the state system created in 1998 to increase access to long-term, non-nursing home care.

Consider this: according to the Northeast Wisconsin Manufacturers Alliance, one out of every two northeastern Wisconsin manufacturing companies is going to have trouble finding skilled workers in 2012.

Get ready to cast your ballots on Aug. 14 for the primary elections for state and federal seats.

Voters can vote in only one party’s races but are able to write-in candidates in every category.

Sturgeon Bay is known as the Shipbuilding Capital of the Great Lakes, and the creation of a new maritime-themed shadow box display aims to preserve and present that history.

The Sister Bay Village Board passed a motion to re-route State Highway 57 at a special board meeting on August 6. At the meeting, two alternatives were presented to the board by Jeremy Ashauer, project manager from the Department of Transportation (DOT).

There’s reason to believe lakeshore property in Jacksonport is currently overvalued, according to Troy Zacharias of Action Appraisers and Consultants.

Joan Traver has never been just an internal medicine doctor. Since she opened her practice in a little house in Sister Bay she’s delivered 16 babies, pulled porcupine quills out of whimpering dogs, and treated kittens for conjunctivitis.

Despite arguments from three citizens and two council members, the Sturgeon Bay Common Council voted Aug. 7 to take down stop signs on Egg Harbor Road at Georgia St.

Due to the late arrival of a representative from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center’s most recent Bayview Bridge Closure Opportunity Meeting didn’t go quite as planned.