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What does Bea’s Homade Products of Gills Rock have in common with Kraft? Not much, on the surface, but a bill passed by the House of Representatives July 30 slated for Senate consideration this fall would treat them nearly the same.

Construction on the Village of Egg Harbor water quality improvement project begins on Tuesday, September 8. The municipal beach will close for the season immediately after the Labor Day weekend.

The Door County Highway Department released its report on an incident that garnered national attention last month on the Maple to Oregon Street bridge in Sturgeon Bay.

Education isn’t static, and at Gibraltar this fall, students and teachers will delve deeper into the next evolution in learning.

Baileys Harbor hasn’t been so quiet of late.

Many residents and business owners are concerned that the new map of the town’s “core” commercial district, which has gained visibility as the Door County Planning Department works to incorporate it into its comprehensive plan, will lead to sprawl and change the character of the town.

The Aug. 7 fire that destroyed the kitchen at JJ’s La Puerta was caused by the spontaneous combustion of kitchen rags that were bundled together while still hot from a dryer, according to Sister Bay/ Liberty Grove Fire Chief Chris Hecht.

The young woman who got stuck in her car on the Maple-Oregon Street bridge Aug. 13 has befuddled investigators from the Sturgeon Bay Police Department (SBPD) and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

Television news has fallen in love with the angry white male again, flooding the airwaves with clips of men shouting angrily at town hall meetings about health care reform across the country.

This summer’s temporary conversion to a two-way traffic pattern on 3rd Avenue in Sturgeon Bay has eased the concerns of at least one important voice in the debate over a permanent switch on the thoroughfare.

By now, you’ve probably already had this photo forwarded to you by about a dozen friends.

There’s nothing like the rush of pulling on your goggles and diving into the water. As a high school swimmer I thought that training and executing the 200-meter Individual Medley (50 yards of fly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle) was a stiff challenge, but Margaret Carroll has made me think otherwise.

The gears of the Wal-Mart machine are grinding again in the City of Sturgeon Bay.
Engineers for Wal-Mart from McClure Engineering Associates of Milwaukee submitted preliminary plans in mid-July for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) for a Wal-Mart Superstore.

The Century Farm honorary awards program began in 1948, the centennial of Wisconsin’s statehood. Now nearly 8,000 farms have been cited, 125 of them in Door County.

Families are tightening their vacation budgets, and it appears Wisconsin’s state parks are benefitting. Advance reservations at Wisconsin State Parks were up 12 percent through July 27.

The Door County Planning Department will host a series of open houses to gather input and answer questions about the draft Door County Comprehensive Plan 2030.

Luhr Bros. of Columbia, Ill. was chosen for Phase I of construction on the new Egg Harbor marina Aug. 5. Luhr Bros. won with a bid of $4,572,068 for the stone work.

The Town of Gibraltar gathered input from citizens for a Comprehensive Bike Plan Aug. 11. Kevin Luecke, Lead Planner with the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin, said the first step is to gather input and expertise from community members on gaps in infrastructure and problem areas for riders.

One of Door County’s most popular restaurants remains closed after a fire charred the kitchen of JJ’s La Puerta in Sister Bay Friday, Aug. 7.
Investigator Randall Tassoul said state fire marshalls from the Division of Criminal Investigations are still working to pinpoint the cause of the blaze.