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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Become A Weather Spotter: Training Offered April 6
“In ‘language’ not difficult to read, the vast face of the sky tells us what the weather is going to be.” – Louis D. Rubin Sr., The Weather Wizard’s Cloud Book The late Mr. Rubin, known as the Weather Wizard, published his book on reading the clouds in 1970, with the acknowledged purpose of […]
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Door County YMCA Strivers Gymnastics Team Brings Home Gold
The Door County YMCA Strivers gymnastics team had a very successful YMCA State Meet in Monroe, Wis., this past weekend. The X-cel Gold team brought home the State Champion Title. In total the Strivers brought home 50 individual medals, five all-around trophies and 2 team trophies. Below are the results from the state meet. Level […]
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Science Snippet: Planarian Worms
Planarian worms are carnivorous little flatworms that live in dark places in ponds and streams. Cute little creatures 3-15 mm long with crossed eyes, they glide around on their undersides searching out large protozoa, tiny snails, and other small worms. Students in biology labs often get to see these little creatures, where they learn that […]
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Spring Migration Has Begun in Wisconsin
Submitted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources With the warm weather and south winds there has been a significant increase in spring migrants sighted this week, including Red-winged Blackbirds, Killdeer, robins, Song Sparrows, Swamp Sparrows, bluebirds, Turkey Vultures and more. Other early migrants returning to breeding territories include American Woodcock, Great Blue Herons and […]
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Tree Beautification Program Returns to Jacksonport
The Jacksonport Women’s Club (JWC) will continue their Tree Beautification Program again in 2016. The successful first year blooms of the trees planted from the past three years’ sales have already captured the attention of residents and visitors along scenic byways, backroads and small lakes with their beautiful late-May blooms. The Prairifire Crabapple was developed […]
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Nominate Environmental Educator for EPA Innovation Award
Applications are now being accepted for the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), administers this award to honor, support and encourage educators who incorporate environmental education in their classrooms and teaching methods. This program recognizes outstanding K-12 teachers […]
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Woodwalk Gallery Enters New Hands
Andrew Seefeldt jokes that the first change people will see at Woodwalk Gallery when the season opens May 1 will be a billboard in front of the rustic gallery-venue-concert space: “Answer to the first question: We’re not changing anything.” It has been a well-rehearsed line for Seefeldt and his wife, Jillaine Burton, since the couple […]
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Play in Sheepshead Tournament to Raise Funds for Tree Plantings
The Forest Recovery Project is once again hosting a tree planting fundraiser in the form of a sheepshead tournament at Door County Brewing Company in Baileys Harbor. Cards for Trees is scheduled for March 20 at 1 pm. This event is raising money to buy trees for a collaborative “Dig Door County” public tree planting […]
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Nominate A Lake Michigan Champion of Conservation
It’s time to nominate a favorite Lake Michigan Champion of Conservation for the annual 2016 Lake Michigan Champions of Conservation Awards, sponsored by the Lake Michigan Stakeholders. This environmental award program recognizes and honors the outstanding achievements in four categories: individuals, businesses, community organizations and policymakers. Nominations are open to any group, program, organization, business, […]
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Ecology to Reopen in New Location April 15
Along with streamlining its name to Ecology, Ecology Sports begins a new chapter in its 44-year history on April 2, when the retail store closes its doors for business at its historic Sister Bay Old Town Hall location to reopen them on April 15 at 10740 North Bay Shore Drive, also in Sister Bay. Base […]
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Build Your Brand with Lott Communications
Lott Communications, LLC is open for business. The new Sturgeon Bay company, led by Katie Lott, principal, provides public relations, marketing and communications services to help local businesses build their brands. Lott brings her diverse experience, proven writing skills and love of people and their stories to her work. “I’m excited to bring a fresh, […]
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Chris Milligan Named SBAA Coordinator
The Sister Bay Advancement Association (SBAA) and their Board of Directors are pleased to introduce Christopher Milligan as their new coordinator. A resident of Sister Bay, Milligan is a past board member of the SBAA, has worked in the Sister Bay information center and has also served on the Sister Bay Economic Development Committee. Milligan, […]
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Dan Ariens Keynotes DCEDC’s Annual Investors Meeting
The Door County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) announces Dan Ariens will be the keynote speaker for their annual investors meeting and luncheon on April 7 at the Stone Harbor Resort and Conference Center in Sturgeon Bay. Ariens is president and CEO of Ariens Company. His remarks will address “Growing a Workforce in Rural Wisconsin.” He […]
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Sister Bay Board Approves Purchase of Quarry
After closed session at the March 15 Sister Bay village board meeting, the board voted to purchase the quarry property operated by Brandon Small of Door County Custom Stone. The resolution authorizing the purchase, dated March 15, offers a purchase price of $650,000, which can be borrowed or drawn from other unassigned funds. The village […]
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Sturgeon Bay Plan Commission to Review Apartment, Retail Building Application
Tonight the Sturgeon Bay Plan Commission will review the Planned Unit Development (PUD) application for The Bay Lofts, an apartment and retail building along Madison Avenue at the former Harbor Place Shoppes. The Bay Lofts project is a proposed 35-unit, four-story building with one-, two- and three-bedroom options and 3,200 sq. ft. of commercial space […]
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Björklunden May Workshop Focuses on Literature’s Key Themes
From May 9 – 13, Lawrence University’s Björklunden is offering “Reading – and Writing – About Five Key Themes in Literature” with instructor Paul McComas. The workshop is open to readers and working/aspiring writers alike. Love and loss. The working life. Coming of age. Struggle and hope. Life and death. In literature, just as in […]
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WIS 42/57 Reconstruction Project Website Now Available
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Northeast Region is announcing a project website for the WIS 42/57 reconstruction project in Sturgeon Bay, Door County, is now available to the public at http://projects.511wi.gov/wis57-42/. The project is scheduled to start in late March and finish before the July 4th holiday weekend. This project will address safety and […]
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Groundwater, Crop Prices Affecting Conservation Reserve Program Demand
The application deadline for landowners to enroll in the Conservation Reserve Program passed on Feb. 26 and it was one of the most competitive years in the program’s 30-year history. The program, led by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Farm Service Agency (FSA), pays landowners for taking land out of agriculture […]
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Body Found at Northport Pier Identified
According to Door County Sheriff Steven G. Delarwelle, the Dane County Medical Examiner has positively identified the body recovered from the submerged vehicle at the Northport Pier in Door County Friday, March 11. Earnest H. Moore, 87, of Northlake, Ill., was identified as the occupant of the vehicle. Further tests to determine if the death […]
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$2.8 Million BUG Fire Dept. Referendum Meeting March 16
A public discussion of the $2.8 million Brussels-Union-Gardner (BUG) Fire Dept. referendum will be held for residents of all three communities at 7 pm on March 16 at the Southern Door High School Auditorium. The April 5 advisory referendum requests authorization to borrow funds to build a new south Brussels, Union Gardner fire station on County C […]