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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Pulse Price Report: Media Merger Raises Antitrust Questions
This week, AT&T offered to buy Time Warner for $85.4 billion, a merger between the major media distributor with a major media producer. The deal is being heavily scrutinized for its monopolization of media and presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are even in agreement about it. AT&T is claiming that by merging their […]
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County Plans Ahnapee Trail Extension
The County Airport and Parks Committee forwarded the plan for a half-mile extension of the Ahnapee State Trail on to the county board for final approval on Oct. 25. Federal, state and local grants are expected to cover the entire cost of the project, estimated at $204,500. The extension will take the end of the […]
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Eagle Tower Wood Analysis Shows Severe Decay
“This is really scary,” was a common refrain by Bob Ross, a wood expert with the U.S. Forest Service, reviewing pictures of the deteriorated wood that was once Eagle Tower. Ross presented his team’s findings to the public on Oct. 18 after running hundreds of tests on each piece of wood from the dismantled Eagle […]
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Closing Date For Gibraltar Beach Expansion Purchase
The closing date for Gibraltar’s purchase of the York property to expand the beach is set for Dec. 31. Before then, the town board and the Parks and Lands Committee hope to walk through the property and building with builders from Peninsula Building Systems to review possibilities to repurpose the building that is currently on […]
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Municipal Meetings: Oct. 21 – 28
DOOR COUNTY City of Sturgeon Bay: A public hearing will be held at noon on Oct. 25 by the Zoning Board of Appeals on a request from Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding for a variance from the Municipal Code on maximum building height in a heavy industrial zone. The current height limitation is 45 feet, and the […]
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Feingold, Johnson Debate for Final Time
If this had been a boxing match rather than a political debate, the referee would have been busy most of the night pulling the two opponents apart as they clutched each other and jabbed at the other’s perceived weaknesses. But, ultimately, the second and final debate between incumbent Republican Senator Ron Johnson and former Democratic […]
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State Designates Rustic Road on Washington Island
The state has designated two new Rustic Roads in the state, including the only island Rustic Road in Wisconsin: Rustic Road 118 in Wabeno, Forest County, and Rustic Road 119 in the Town of Washington, Door County. Rustic Road 119 (R-119) is a 27-mile route comprised of segments of County W, and 14 town roads […]
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Breadmaking Workshop with UW-Extension Nov. 5
The Door Association for Home and Community Education invites you to a fun Educational Day to learn how to make bread and decorate cookies. The program will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5, 1-4 pm at the Jacksonport Town Hall, 3365 County V. There is a fee of $5/person, which will be collected at the […]
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Pulse Price Report: What is the TPP?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed trade agreement with 12 nations that border the Pacific Ocean, including the United States. President Obama hails it as a cornerstone of his administration, should Congress approve it. Donald Trump would rip up the trade agreement if elected, while Hillary Clinton has withdrawn her support for the TPP […]
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Science Snippet: Bad News about Bumblebees
Now for some breaking bad news about bumblebees. In some areas, bumblebee populations are declining, and a “…large number of fruits and vegetables would be missing from our plates had a bumblebee not done its job” (Dr. Ben M. Sadd). A groundbreaking study by 25 international scientists undertook a detailed analysis of the genes […]
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Protest Against CAFOs at Madison Capitol Oct. 22
The second Annual “Stink-In” Comes to the Capitol steps in Madison at 10 am Saturday, Oct. 22. More than 20 local, state and national groups plan to gather to oppose the impact of industrial animal operations and call for change. The coalition of community, environmental and agricultural groups includes Sustain Rural Wisconsin Network, Socially Responsible […]
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Tuesday Means Pot Pie at Coyote Roadhouse
One of the first lessons future journalists learned at J-School at the University of Missouri many decades ago was: “Keep yourself out of the story. It’s not about you.” I’m still old school, but – just this once – I’m going to make an exception. On a Tuesday night in Oct. 2013, I was at […]
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Northern Door Once Had 26 Rural Schools
Nyla Wickman Small, a product of a rural school in northern Door County and now a docent at the Door County Historical Museum, presented a program on the history of rural schools in Northern Door at a recent meeting of the Baileys Harbor Historical Society. Small and the other museum docents have also compiled histories […]
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Voter Fraud as an Election Strategy
While Donald Trump’s repeated claims of a rigged election may seem unprecedented for the nominee of a major political party running for president, it appears such claims are essential to Republican election strategy. A recent report in Political Science Quarterly argued that concerns of voter fraud, which is strongly associated with membership in the Republican […]
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Man, was Tiger Woods fun. The riveting amateur career, his multiple peaks of absolute dominance and global stardom and injection of vigor into an old, fussy, white man’s game. All of it happened over an über-fun span of more than 20 years. And sure, he still can produce the fun, just never like before, which […]
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by Peter Sigmann This is the story of a former lawn that was replaced by delightful wilderness. The setting is a sloping and shady section of a Door County shore lot between house and road, away from the beach. A lawn had been maintained in that location for about six decades controlling weeds, water and […]
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Decorate the State Capitol Christmas Tree
Governor Scott Walker The Governor invites all teachers, parents, youth and others across Wisconsin to help decorate the 2016 State Capitol Christmas tree. This year’s theme is Wisconsin Wildlife. “One of the many reasons Wisconsin remains a popular tourism destination is our magnificent wildlife,” Governor Walker said. “With the help of our students, we want […]
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Packers-Bears: Old Foes Meet Once Again
This week’s Thursday Night Football features one of the oldest and certainly most well known rivalries in the history of the National Football League. The Green Bay Packers hosted the Chicago Bears in the 191st regular season meeting between the two teams who first met in 1921. Chicago held a slim advantage going into Thursday night’s matchup […]
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Participants in the Fall 50 will have a backdrop of peak fall colors when they take to Door County roads on Oct. 22. The course starts at the northern tip of the Door Peninsula at Gills Rock. The course travels south primarily on back roads along the western shoreline and passes through many villages and […]
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Preliminary registration numbers indicate a strong 2016 bear hunt, with 4,643 bears registered. “This was another successful season for Wisconsin bear hunters. The preliminary harvest of 4,643 is very close to the 2016 quota of 4,750,” said David MacFarland, DNR large carnivore specialist. “Wisconsin continues to have a healthy bear population, which provides more […]