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The Sturgeon Bay Police Department has released photographs of the teenage male suspected of setting a fire at St. Peter’s Church on June 9. The photos come from the surveillance footage that captured the suspect walking into the church parking lot around 1:57 am.

The Door County Coastal Byway (DCCB) committee is one step closer to developing a master plan that will shape how visitors experience the 66-mile loop along Highway 42/57 after hearing residents personal stories and anecdotes.

Firefighters from Egg Harbor responded at 11:20 am on June 8 to a silage fire at Schopf’s Hilltop Dairy in the Town of Sturgeon Bay.

About twenty Baileys Harbor residents walked, biked, and drove down to Anclam Park on June 7 to express concern with how the renovations at the park’s beach are proceeding.

Recently re-elected Gov. Scott Walker stopped at Pro Products, Inc. in Sturgeon Bay June 7, where he gave a speech which focused on moving Wisconsin past the recall election and strengthening small businesses.

As the last ballots slipped into the box on June 5, Wisconsin municipal clerks and poll workers – who organized and staffed the recall elections – let out a collective sigh.

When Cy Turnbladh and Karon Ohm took their usual evening walk through their Fish Creek property on May 29, they never thought they’d discover something as unusual as the theft of bark from their birch trees.

Door County North may have broken from the Top of the Thumb brand, but the group is still committed to making sure that visitors to the county cast their eyes, and their wallets, northward.

At its meeting June 4 at the Ephraim Administrative Office, the Ephraim Planning Committee voted down a motion to allow open air painting as part of the Ephraim Business Council’s Evenings in Ephraim.

Changes to the Summer Work Travel Program that supplies many Door County businesses with international student workers in the fall could leave businesses short-handed come October.

While the problem that caused a suspension of services at the Sister Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant May 14 is now under control, there’s still a need to inform the public about what they can and can’t put down their drains, says Utilities Manager Steve Jacobson.

Three for, two against. That’s the breakdown of where the Northern Door fire chiefs stand on the issue of creating a Northern Door Fire District heading into the next discussion of the concept on May 29 at the Gibraltar Fire Department.

The Sevastopol School Board has selected Linda Underwood Schweigert as the district’s new superintendent.

The Dunes Lake Watershed is in danger of being overrun with algae and duckweed, according to the preliminary findings of a study conducted by the Door County Soil and Water Conservation Department (SWCD).

Randy Morrow of the Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center (SBVC) laid out exactly what he hopes can come from the Highway 42/57 bridge closure next year: more tourists stopping, and staying, in Sturgeon Bay.

For most Packer fans, a chance to see some of their favorite players in-person is a near irresistible draw. But when you couple that chance with the chance to support a worthy cause, well, Wisconsinites should be lining up in droves.

Pat Hockers is re-working his plans for a campground in Liberty Grove on County Road ZZ, about three and a half miles east of Sister Bay. In March, Hockers proposed a campground of up to 400 sites on the property where he owns a gravel pit and excavating operation on the west side of County Highway ZZ, near Appleport Road, but he has since scaled back his plans.

When Scandia Village opened its doors in 1981, it was able to do so only because the Door County community championed the idea. The first funds for the assisted living facility were raised in the middle of a cherry orchard, where founders met to pass a hat around and give whatever change they had in their pockets.

After a long stint observing county government, Susan Kohout recently became one of five new additions to the Door County Board of Supervisors. I sat down with the mother of two and retired special education teacher to discuss what she plans to do now that she’s been elected.