Category: Door County News
Door County news from the pages of the Peninsula Pulse and Door County Living, the peninsula’s trusted, local sources for information about Door County, Wisconsin.
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Snowbirds By Sea: Sailing South for Winter
There are three bridges connecting the northern half of Door County to the rest of the country by land and there are three waterways that connect the peninsula’s shores to the sea. The St. Lawrence Seaway, Erie Canal and the Twain-esque Western Rivers have all provided passage from Door County to Florida and beyond for […]
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Municipal Meetings: Nov. 9 – 16
DOOR COUNTY City of Sturgeon Bay: The Finance/Purchasing & Building Committee meets at 4 pm Nov. 14. County of Door: The Emergency Services Committee meets at noon Nov. 13. The Museum & Archives Committee meets at 1:30 pm Nov. 13. The Board of Health meets at 4 pm Nov. 13. The county board holds its […]
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State News: Assembly OKs Lifting Mining Moratorium
Assembly OKs Lifting Mining Moratorium The state Assembly has passed a bill lifting Wisconsin’s decades-old moratorium on sulfide mining. The measure passed on a vote of 53-38 on Nov. 2. “Knowing that we can do mining well here in Wisconsin, especially in northern Wisconsin, where we know a significant amount of resources are, we should […]
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Neil Diboll Presents on Savanna Plants for Pollinator Gardens
On Nov. 16, at 7 pm, Wild Ones of the Door Peninsula will bring Neil Diboll to Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay. Neil Diboll…in Door County! Diboll is known internationally as a consulting ecologist and a pioneer in using native plants in contemporary landscapes. He has nearly 40 years of experience in research […]
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Letter to the Editor: Why I Give to United Way of Door County
As part of the great Door County community, we as individuals share a responsibility to safeguard the strength and stability of our society. United Way of Door County brings people and community resources together to address many of the most pressing concerns we face today. Through partnerships with local agencies United Way targets the root […]
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Bill Seeks ‘America’s Dairyland’ License Plate Redesign
Last month we reported on the suggestion by Kurt Bauer, executive director of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, that Wisconsin has outgrown the “America’s Dairyland” slogan seen on state license plates and that perhaps time has come to update the state’s image. He suggested the state motto “Forward” would be better suited to 21st century Wisconsin. […]
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Sister Bay Buzz: Library Happenings, Phone Scams, Capture the Spirit
The Sister Bay Lions Club Halloween Party was held at the Sister Bay-Liberty Grove Fire Station on Oct. 31, and from all accounts a great time was had by all. Many “thank yous” are extended to all the Lions Club members who worked so hard to make the Halloween party a success. This month’s show […]
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23.2 The percentage of U.S. veterans that are minorities. 50 The percentage of U.S. veterans that live in 10 states: California, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Illinois. 2016 The year that Gulf War-era veterans became the largest cohort of veterans, with 7,271,000 individuals. 5,236 The number of veterans age […]
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Sister Bay, Liberty Grove Make Leaps in Wastewater Talks
Two years after the last meeting between officials of Liberty Grove and Sister Bay replete with tension and inflexibility, the two municipalities took major steps toward agreement over ownership and management of the shared wastewater treatment plant. The first step was an explicit recognition that the plant was in fact owned by the Village of […]
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Celebrate the Holiday Season with Tree Planting
Celebrate this year’s holiday season with friends and loved ones while supporting conservation and tree planting with the help of the Arbor Day Foundation. Returning for the eighth season, Give-A-Tree cards from the Arbor Day Foundation offer a unique holiday giving opportunity with conservation benefits that will endure for generations. And again this year, Give-A-Tree […]
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Premier Resort Area Tax Could Pay for City Street Improvements
The committee created last summer to look at transportation infrastructure needs in Sturgeon Bay recently released a draft report and a series of recommendations for the city. The eight-member committee was chaired by District 3 Alderman David Ward. After eight meetings in which the committee gathered 17 comments from the public and five written submissions […]
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Planning Department Preparing for Change in Conditional Use Permits
The Door County Planning Department is beginning to review its zoning code ahead of a possible change in conditional use permits currently going through the legislature. The change, wrapped in with other provisions being called the Homeowners’ Bill of Rights, will make it harder to deny conditional use permits and could make the rest of […]
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Southern Door Seeking $4.5 Million for Energy Efficiency Projects
The Southern Door School Board held a public hearing on Nov. 6 on a resolution authorizing general obligation bonds not to exceed $4,500,000 for energy efficiency purposes, but the public did not show up. Nick Laubusch of the design/build/energy firm McKinstry explained that the schools financials “says to the public you’re fiscally responsible with money […]
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Kewaunee County Passes Manure Drip Ordinance
In a 4½-hour joint meeting of Kewaunee County’s Land and Water Conservation Committee (LCC) and the Public Health Committee on Nov. 2, the members hammered out revisions to what is now known as the Manure and Agricultural Waste Irrigation Ordinance. In separate votes, both committees voiced support for the amended ordinance and passed it on […]
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Crane Art Going Up in Egg Harbor
Iron artist Boleslaw Kochanowski of Junction City was in Egg Harbor on Nov. 5 to work with mason Dave Schleicher to install a concrete base for a sculpture Kochanowksi has been commissioned to create. A family with a long connection to Door County commissioned Kochanowski to create the sculpture in honor of the matriarch of […]
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Reps in the News: Gov. Walker Launches Campaign for Third Term
Governor Scott Walker Gov. Walker is calling for an “army of grass-roots volunteers” to combat what he says will be a coordinated attack against his re-election campaign by “big government” Washington-based special interests. Walker officially kicked off his re-election effort with a rally Sunday before a couple hundred backers at a factory outside of Milwaukee. […]
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Sturgeon Bay Begins Leaf Collection
The City of Sturgeon Bay has begun its fall loose leaf collection and will continue to collect leaves through Nov. 17, weather permitting. During the final week of collection, crews will pick up from residences one last time, so have your leaves raked to the curb by 7 am, Nov. 13. Once crews have picked […]
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New State Directors for FSA, Rural Development.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a slate of Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Rural Development (RD) State Directors, all serving as appointees of President Donald J. Trump. FSA State Directors help implement U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) policies in planning, organizing and administering FSA programs in their respective states. They are also responsible […]
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Fire Chief Chris Hecht Featured in New Book
We were recently contacted by Janet Wilmoth, special projects director for Firehouse magazine, the leading trade publication for the firefighting industry, who wanted to let us know that Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Chief Chris Hecht had been nominated and selected to be featured in American Firefighter, a book created to celebrate the 25th anniversary of […]
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Kewaunee County to Increase Library Awareness After $350,000 in Fines
Might a public library fine of $350,293 throw off your finances a bit? That amount is what Kewaunee County has been billed by other counties for library usage outside of the county between 2011 and 2016. When the Wisconsin Legislature passed Act 420 in 2006, it allowed a consolidated public library system maintained and financed […]