Category: Municipal News
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Schools Putting Masking Orders in Place
Concerns about statistics, positive COVID cases causing local schools to revise pandemic-protocols A growing proportion of Door County students will be required to wear masks inside school buildings starting Monday morning, Sept. 20. The Sturgeon Bay School District was the first to revise its masking requirements through a decision made with a 5-4 vote that […]
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Sturgeon Bay – Snug up against the Oregon Street bridge, just below 1st Avenue, a bare, weedy lot has been transformed into a public green space with gardens, seating and free amenities for artistic activities and community games. Sturgeon Bay’s newest green space, Graham Park, announces itself gateway-style to provide what Destination Sturgeon Bay describes […]
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Parks Committee Denies Tree-Removal Request
The Sister Bay Parks Committee issued a resounding “no” Monday to a request made by David Van Gemert on behalf of Marina View Condominium owners to remove four trees from Waterfront Park. Van Gemert asked the village to remove four trees that line the road in front of the marina and appear in the view […]
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Bill Introduced to fund Potawatomi Tower Repair
Political shell game stalling action on ailing structure Rep. Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay) has introduced a bill that would fund the repair of the Potawatomi State Park Observation Tower. LRG-4689 would direct the governor to use up to $750,000 in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to restore the historical structure. Kitchens introduced the […]
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Nature-themed Playground, Green-energy Efforts in the Works
Baileys Harbor’s town board took steps toward more inclusive and greener practices Monday. GameTime Playground Design Parks Committee member Kari Baumann and Baileys Harbor Community Association (BHCA) coordinator Ellie Soderberg received board approval to begin fundraising to replace the old playground equipment in Kendall Weisgerber Memorial Park behind the town hall. The new playground equipment […]
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Sturgeon Bay – A link between environmental justice and social justice is an increasingly direct one, said Matt Luders, president of the Crossroads at Big Creek board. “No hiding behind the argument that our mission doesn’t include this,” he said. “A healthy Earth should be an equally distributed right, and we need everyone’s voice, everyone’s […]
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Village Adopts Parking-Ordinance Change
The members of the Egg Harbor Village Board hope a new ordinance will help ease parking complaints in the downtown area. The new parking ordinance approved Sept. 13 increases the Fee in Lieu of Parking (FILOP) from $50 per space per year to $250 per space per year and puts a cap of 30 on […]
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Steve Jenkins of the Door County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) hopes that insulated concrete forms could provide a solution for the county’s housing shortage on a larger scale. Jenkins is exploring a concept to build a facility in the City of Sturgeon Bay that would manufacture concrete forms to produce affordable, modular housing units to […]
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Two K-9 Units Authorized for Sheriff’s Office
Fundraising has begun Fundraisers are being held for the two new K-9 deputies that were authorized last month for the Door County Sheriff’s Office. One of the dogs will be a dual-purpose patrol dog trained in detection, apprehension and subduing a suspect if necessary, like Deputy Odinn, the Door County Sheriff’s Office K-9 who died […]
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Sister Bay on Hunt for New Administrator After Bernhoft Takes Little Chute Position
Beau Bernhoft resigned as Sister Bay Village Administrator Friday to take a new position as administrator in Little Chute, Wisconsin. “As an administrator, Little Chute is the logical next step to growing in my professional career,” Bernhoft said in a statement sent to Peninsula Pulse. “The community is growing exponentially and is in a very […]
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Tourists Leave, Construction Resumes
Baileys Harbor, Jacksonport, Sevastopol – Now that Labor Day weekend has passed, signaling the end of Door County’s peak tourist season, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) will resume the Highway 57 construction project. WisDOT began the $6.4 million resurfacing project on May 3, but the department suspended it June 29 for the duration of […]
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Ephraim Postpones Community Survey Review
The Village of Ephraim has postponed meetings originally scheduled for Sept. 8 to review the results of a community survey to help determine village priorities. A survey was distributed to residents in July and August and has garnered 111 responses so far. The village board is working on a 5 and 10-year plan to define […]
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WELL OWNERS NEEDED FOR GROUNDWATER STUDY
Door County – UW-Oshkosh’s Environmental Research and Innovation Center is conducting a groundwater study in Door County as a continuation of the studies it undertook in fall 2019 and 2020. The goals are to build a database of groundwater quality in Door County and to educate property owners about the importance of testing well water. […]
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Sturgeon Bay – The goal has been accomplished to rehome Woolly by Labor Day. The March of the Mammoth began early Tuesday morning from Edgewood Orchard Galleries in Fish Creek to Bayview Park on Sturgeon Bay’s west side. Gallery owner J.R. Jarosh said the convoy left Edgewood around 6 am and arrived in Sturgeon Bay […]
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Housing and Retail Project Coming to Baileys Harbor
Some positive news for housing in northern Door County is on the horizon as a Baileys Harbor business owner is set to take a big swing in the center of town. Todd Haleen, owner of Lakeshore Adventures, will break ground Sept. 13 on a redevelopment of his property next to Cornerstone Pub to create three […]
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Gibraltar school district looking into ban on tree nuts and peanuts Discussion of turning Gibraltar into a “nut-free school” appeared on the school board’s agenda this month, and it sounds unusual if taken out of context. But it’s a topic the school officials were not taking lightly. Neither were parents of students with severe allergies […]
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Washington Island’s school district has joined Gibraltar’s in issuing orders for all students and school employees to wear face coverings as a COVID-19 prevention protocol, at least for the beginning of the school year. Door County Medical Center’s Dr. Amy Fogarty, a pediatric adviser for Door County schools, said that as of Aug. 20, she […]
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The red line shows the boundary of what would be Tax Incremental District (TID) #5 within the City of Sturgeon Bay. Two different residential apartment buildings with a total of 36 units between them have been proposed for the area: one at the former Sunset School property, the other in the parking lot across the street. The TID would help the city finance incentives to the developers, public improvements and fix-up grants for the property owners. Source: City of Sturgeon Bay.
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Sturgeon Bay – The three-story Plaza project being planned for the West Waterfront by One Barrel Brewing owners Jennifer and Peter Gentry has made additional steps forward toward development. First, the Sturgeon Bay Aesthetic Design and Site Plan Review Board approved the design and materials last month for the proposed building at 100 E. Maple […]
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Captain Dan Brinkman First Assistant Police Chief
Sturgeon Bay – Captain Dan Brinkman of the Sturgeon Bay Police Department has become the department’s first assistant chief of police, while Sergeant Investigator Chad Hougaard has been promoted to the captain position. The promotions follow the change the department made to its administrative ranks in June to be in better alignment with statewide command […]