Category: Municipal News
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Liberty Grove Outsources STR Compliance
What’s Granicus? Ulrik Binzer founded a company called Host Compliance in 2015 to help municipalities and taxing authorities track short-term-rental (STR) property compliance with local and state regulations. About 18 months ago, a larger software company named Granicus purchased Binzer’s company. Binzer now works for Granicus as the general manager of its compliance services. Granicus […]
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Liberty Grove Approves Short-Term-Rental Ordinance
Town has also outsourced compliance monitoring The Town of Liberty Grove has approved a short-term-rental (STR) ordinance and hired a company to help monitor compliance with it. The ordinance is designed, according to its purpose statement, to “balance the interests of property owners to use their property as short-term rentals (STRs) with the interests of […]
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Sevastopol Poised to Act on STR Ordinance
After more than a year of work, public input, deliberation and much contention, the Town of Sevastopol’s short-term-rental (STR) property ordinance will be up for a vote during the town board’s July 19 meeting. “It has to be reviewed one last time by our attorney, and I’ll bring it back for action in July,” said […]
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Town of Gibraltar Assessment Policy under Review
After receiving substantial backlash from residents during a February meeting, the Gibraltar Town Board decided to postpone finalizing the special assessments it plans to use to pay for the Highway 42 streetscape project until it had hired an administrator. Now that Travis Thyssen is in place as administrator, he’s picking up the project and aims […]
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A fundraiser is underway to move Woolly to Sturgeon Bay Close by the City of Sturgeon Bay lies the eastern terminus of the Ice Age Trail in Potawatomi State Park. The trail heads west from there, through the city, and then some 1,200 miles to the trail’s terminus on Wisconsin’s western border. Sturgeon Bay became […]
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Foul Play Not Suspected in Clark Lake Drowning
A 24-year-old Madison man died from what appeared to be an accidental drowning on Saturday, June 26, at Clark Lake in the Town of Sevastopol. Foul play is not suspected in the death of Yeltsin C. Jean-Pierre, according to the Door County Sheriff’s Office. An autopsy was conducted June 27, but the results were not […]
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Zoning Permit Issued for Brussels Dollar General
The Town of Brussels has issued a zoning permit to a developer that clears the way for the construction of a Dollar General store. JoAnn Neinas, Brussels’ town clerk and zoning administrator, said she issued the permit June 11. The discount retail chain store will be built next to the Brussels general store and gas […]
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Informational Meetings Coming for Egg Harbor Highway Project
The Village of Egg Harbor approved $5.375 million in borrowing during its June 14 meeting to cover the cost of a host of road and streetscaping projects it is set to embark on in the coming years. The borrowing is primarily for Church Street reconstruction. The Department of Transportation (DOT) is slated to repave the […]
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Free Well Testing for Private-Well Owners
Kewaunee County – The Kewaunee County Land and Water Conservation Department (LWCD) is offering free well testing for up to 300 private-well owners as part of a comprehensive study of groundwater quality in Kewaunee County. “We hope that Kewaunee County residents and businesses with private wells will agree to assist this study as we continue […]
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Sturgeon Bay – Indivisible Door County is sponsoring a rally in support of American democracy on Monday, June 28, 6 pm, at Martin Park in Sturgeon Bay. Speakers will read “farewell to democracy” letters; then marchers will cross both bridges and return to the park for a wrap-up. The point of the rally is to […]
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New Hire Puts Gibraltar Administrative Team in Place
Fish Creek – Gibraltar school officials took quick action this month to replace the principals who resigned or took jobs elsewhere earlier this spring. One week after promoting Lisa Wing to interim elementary principal and director of learning, the school board approved on June 21 hiring James DeBroux as the new secondary-school principal. DeBroux has […]
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Nominations for County Board Vacancy Due July 14
Door County – Supervisor Laura Vlies Wotachek’s resignation, effective June 17, has created a vacancy on the Door County Board. Wotachek’s District 9 encompasses portions of the City of Sturgeon Bay’s east and west sides, Wards 5-6 and 22-24. Those wishing to be considered for appointment to the vacant seat must submit a letter of […]
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One Final Round of Bricks for Graham Park
Sturgeon Bay – Destination Sturgeon Bay is doing one last sale of brick pavers for the new Graham Park, a privately funded, public green space below 1st Avenue at the foot of the Oregon Street Bridge on Sturgeon Bay’s east waterfront. The park is nearly complete, with Rob Soukup’s water-feature centerpiece, “Confluence,” scheduled for completion […]
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Sister Bay Shuttle Bus Service Begins
Sister Bay – The Sister Bay village shuttle bus is back for the 2021 season, June 24 – Sept. 5. It will run every 30 minutes, Thursday – Saturday, 5 pm – 2 am, with the last pickup at 1:30 am at JJ’s La Puerta. After Labor Day through mid-October, the service will run Friday […]
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New Hire Puts Gibraltar Administrative Team in Place Fish Creek – Gibraltar school officials took quick action this month to replace the principals who resigned or took jobs elsewhere earlier this spring. One week after promoting Lisa Wing to interim elementary principal and director of learning, the school board approved on June 21 hiring James […]
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Celebrating Pride in Sister Bay
The first Northern Door Pride event at the Sister Bay village hall drew hundreds of people to celebrate Pride Month on June 22. Raffles and donations brought in an estimated $5,000 that will be donated to Open Door Pride and Courage Milwaukee, a movement to provide housing and resources for LGBTQIA+ youth who are displaced […]
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Town Denies Village’s Request to Change Dog Park Boundaries
On Monday, the Egg Harbor Town Board denied the Village of Egg Harbor’s request to reconfigure Harbor Hounds Dog Park and extend the dog park into a portion of town-owned land. Town Clerk Pam Kraul said the main reason for denying the request was preserving the historical significance of the property. “It’s one of the […]
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Mariner’s Park Plans Coming into Focus
A vision for Mariner’s Park is taking shape in Gills Rock. An ad hoc committee has been formulating improvement ideas for the new park, which was created when the Town of Liberty Grove purchased three shoreline parcels in 2018. Work on the property has been limited because the purchase included a stipulation that Betty Weborg […]
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Former Nicolet Bank building sold Chad and Jan Ladick have purchased the former Nicolet Bank building at 217 N. 4th Ave. in downtown Sturgeon Bay. The 24,000-plus-square-foot property has been vacant for more than two years since Nicolet Bank moved to a new branch building across the street. Jacinda Duffin of True North Real Estate […]
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Egg Harbor Wants to Change Dog Park Boundaries
Village asks for permission to push into town property; local historical society objects to new configuration. The Town of Egg Harbor has decided that further discussion is needed before it can weigh in on the Village of Egg Harbor’s proposal to reconfigure Harbor Hounds Dog Park to extend into a portion of town-owned land. Lisa […]