Category: Headlines
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Waterfront Park Takes Shape in Sister Bay
A new wooden boardwalk has been put in place along the waterfront where Al Johnson’s Butik used to stand in Sister Bay. Demolition work at the site is complete, and the village is now landscaping the area to complete the expanded Waterfront Park.
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Sister Bay Modifies Sign Ordinances
The Village of Sister Bay has modified its sign ordinance to relax restrictions on businesses, including changes that give owners of large buildings much greater flexibility in designing signage.
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The Hereafter Now: A Digital Vault for Storing Memories
“When I first came up with the idea seven or eight years ago,” said Leif Erickson, “I started with my grandfather’s pictures of Horseshoe Bay Farms.” Among them was a black and white 16-mm home movie documenting the 1931 burial of Chief Kahquados (last hereditary chief of the Potawatomi nation) near the memorial totem-type pole in Peninsula Park, footage that included the ceremony, the audience, and the automobiles.
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County’s Most Famous Roof Gets a Facelift
The famous grass on the roof of Al Johnson’s is coming off – temporarily. After 38 years, the roof has sprung a few leaks and needs replacing, but as co-owner Rolf Johnson discovered, this isn’t your normal roofing job.
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Visitor Spending Up 1 Percent in 2010
In spite of the still sputtering national economy, tourism spending in Door County held steady in 2010, according to the state’s annual economic impact survey.
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Inside the RePulse
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RePulse: Ask A Fish Creek Party Legend
In each issue, we get solutions to the state’s biggest problems from a Fish Creek Party Legend.
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RePulse: Invisible Fish Creek Man Not Actually Invisible
A 47 year-old Fish Creek man was shocked by friends Tuesday when they broke the news to him that he’s not invisible. Since he was 15, Jason Swarthson believed he had the ability to cloak himself with invisibility after watching the 1992 movie Memoirs of an Invisible Man.
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RePulse: Sister Bay Welcomes Young Couple
Sister Bay, Wisconsin’s oldest community, welcomed a new young couple to the community Saturday. The Kroenkes recently moved to Sister Bay from Iowa, where John, 58, and Sarah, 61, were professors at Drake University.
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RePulse: Door County News Briefs
Coffee Shop Hipster Thinks He’s Better Than You EPHRAIM, WI—Area hipster Nicholas Easton, whose tussled blond hair, disarming sense of humor, and nonconformist worldview are all completely ironic, totally thinks he’s better than you are.
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RePulse: Governor Leases Peninsula State Park for $1.1 Billion
EPHRAIM, WI — At a press conference Monday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker announced an agreement to lease Peninsula State Park to a New York-based fund in a 99-year, $1.1 billion deal. The lease is aimed at helping to close the state’s projected $3.6 billion budget deficit for 2012-13. Luxury-Tech LLC, an infrastructure investment fund managed […]
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In Memoriam: John W. “Jack” Bunda
John W. “Jack” Bunda, a longtime Northern Door County businessman and community leader, died March 29 at age 76.
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Great Lakes Study Commission Looks Into Water Level Fixes
The International Joint Commission will return to Door County in July to present findings of the latest stage in its study of declining water levels on Lake Michigan.
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April 5 Door County Election Results
Southern Door voters say no to referendum.
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Washington Island School District Referendum
Shall the School Board of the District of Washington be authorized to exceed the revenue limit under Section 121.91(2m) of the Wisconsin Statutes for the 2011-12 school year on a nonrecurring basis by an amount of $346,700 for the purpose of paying the cost of the district operating expenses as provided in the foregoing resolution.
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The Pulse has compiled information for the April 5th election, including surveys from local candidates and the wording of referendums.
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Baileys Harbor Core District Expansion Advisory Referendum
Baileys Harbor voters will have the chance to voice their opinion on the proposed town core expansion at the ballot box April 5. The non-binding referendum question will appear on the ballot as follows: Shall the Town of Baileys Harbor amend the Town Core designation in its Smart Growth Comprehensive Plan by extending the existing Town Core south to CTH.
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The School Districts of Sevastopol and Southern Door are asking voters to approve referenda to over-ride the state-imposed revenue caps for the next biennium.
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Gibraltar School Board Candidates
Two incumbents and one challenger fight for two seats.