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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Egg Harbor Continues With Redevelopment Plans
Ryan Heise is the Egg Harbor Village Administrator The Parks and Public Works Committee continues to make thoughtful and measured progress on the Enhance Egg Harbor road improvement project. With a few major decisions behind the committee – no to traffic light, yes on multi-use path on east side of Hwy. 42, and with the […]
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Dancin’ on the Door in Egg Harbor is offering restorative yoga classes, beginning Jan. 8 at 9:15 am. Classes will be led by Rebecca Sheesley. Restorative yoga is intended to take the mindfulness that is found in all forms of yoga to the next level. It is the centering of your breath and body – […]
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News Bulletin: Continued Investigation into Bay Ship Fire
WHAT HAPPENED Sturgeon Bay Fire Chief Tim Herlache said the investigation into what caused the Dec. 11 fire aboard the 519-foot cement carrier Alpena continues. Sturgeon Bay firefighters were joined by crews from six other departments throughout the county. “My gut on this through experience, it could be a long time before we find out the […]
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City of Sturgeon Bay: As the weather permits, city crews will be trimming trees in order to maintain the desired clearance to all roadways, sidewalks and alleys. Property owners who prefer to trim their own trees may contact the Public Works Dept. at 746.2912. Trimming by the city will include brush removal. However, property owners […]
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Door County North Welcomes Mickie Rasch as New Coordinator
Door County North, the business association for the Liberty Grove-Ellison Bay-Gills Rock region, and their Board of Directors are happy to introduce Mickie Rasch as their new Community Coordinator. Rasch brings extensive experience in tourism, marketing and volunteering. Her last experience comes from the Driftless Region in Western Wisconsin, which was as the Eco Tourism […]
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Sen. Lasee Weighs In On Sturgeon Bay Waterfront Redevelopment
By Sen. Frank Lasee Certain groups with their own agenda have claimed I’m trying to influence the ongoing court battle over the approved hotel project in Sturgeon Bay, this is my response. In reality, I have been working on legislation to clarify the treatment of filled lakebed in Wisconsin long before this project in Sturgeon […]
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Fire Aboard Carrier at Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay
Emergency crews from northern and southern Door responded to an emergency at Bay Shipbuilding at about 6 pm Friday.
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While the Door County Job Center is best prepared to handle high levels of unemployment, the labor shortage seen in 2015 has highlighted a different issue that the center is now faced with. “If we’re at 3.4 percent in the entire region, that’s effectively full employment,” said Sam Perlman, economic development manager at the Door […]
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High School Winter Athletics: Dec. 11, 2015
GIBRALTAR Boys Basketball Dec. 11 & 12 @ Kohler, 6:45 pm Dec. 15 vs. Oconto, 7:30 pm Girls Basketball Dec. 11 & 12 @ Kohler, 8:30 pm Dec. 14 vs. Brillion, 7:30 pm Dec. 17 @ Sevastopol, 7:30 pm SEVASTOPOL Boys Basketball Dec. 11 & 12 @ Kohler, TBD Dec. 15 vs. Kewaunee, 7:30 […]
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Buy Peppermint Mocha to Benefit United Way
For every Peppermint Bark Mocha sold at Door County Coffee & Tea in December, 50 cents will be donated to the United Way. The donated funds will go toward meeting United Way’s Annual Campaign need for 2015. United Way of Door County’s mission is to empower people to build better lives. They focus their efforts […]
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Door Shakespeare Holds Holiday Sale on Merchandise
Door Shakespeare recently announced that their 2016 season will feature Julius Caesar, directed by James Pickering, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Joseph Hanreddy. Audiences are invited to explore and experience these two iconic tales filled with passion, politics, love, conspiracy, humor and heart. Auditions and interviews for all 2016 summer season company positions […]
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WHAT HAPPENED Sturgeon Bay High School History teacher Barry Mellen has won a fellowship with the Center for the Study of the American Constitution at UW-Madison. Mellen, one of eight Wisconsin teachers chosen for this honor, will be studying historical documents from the era of the Articles of Confederation, the subsequent Philadelphia Constitutional Convention, and […]
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Sevastopol Fitness Center Upgrades
By Justin Skiba The Sevastopol School district’s recent upgrades to its fitness center have proven to be a success. The updates to the facility, which are the first major improvements since 1992, were sponsored solely on donations from various donors. Sevastopol students, staff and community members have had the opportunity this year to use the […]
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Alvarez Featured at Sports Conference
Wisconsin Badgers athletics director Barry Alvarez will be one of the featured speakers at the Sport and Society Conference hosted by St. Norbert College and the Green Bay Packers, May 23-25, 2016. The theme of the conference is “The Business of College Sports.” Alvarez will speak May 24, from 9 to 10:15 am at the […]
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Wisconsin Bipartisan Support for Milk Hauling Amendment
Area lawmakers and agriculture organizations applauded the inclusion of a Milk Hauling Amendment to the Transportation Bill. The National Milk Producers Federation and International Dairy Foods Association praised Congress for its Dec. 1 decision to include in a conference report a dairy-specific amendment that would benefit producers, processors and consumers. The bipartisan amendment, sponsored […]
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Egg Harbor’s Parade Captain, Christine Tierney
For Christine Tierney, originality came in the form of Egg Harbor’s parade captain.
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Egg Harbor Library Design Based on Rock Island Boathouse
The Dec. 3 meeting of the Village of Egg Harbor’s Ad Hoc Library Committee began with a video presentation by village administrator Ryan Heise, who went up 19 feet in a lift to get an idea of what the view would be should the village decide to build a two-story library/community center off of Church […]
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Pulse Price Report: Dec. 11, 2015
Crop prices (Dec. 7) Rio Creek Feed Mill – Algoma Commodity Price Basis Corn $3.39/bushel -0.43 Soybeans $8.46/bushel -0.60 Wheat (SRW) $4.29/bushel -0.56 New-Crop Wheat (SRW) $4.32/bushel -0.66 Fox River Valley Ethanol – Green Bay Corn $3.46/bushel -0.36 Basis: The difference between the local cash price for a commodity and the Chicago cash […]
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Going Native: A Golden Opportunity
by Dale Goodner There’s good news, and more good news. Native plants are gaining in popularity, and December happens to be a good time to plant. Seeds can be sown right over the ground or snow (that’s what the wind does, after all). Moisture, freezing and thawing will soften the seed coats and help germination […]
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Sturgeon Bay Breakfast Rotary Club Gives Grants to Local Nonprofits
The Sturgeon Bay Breakfast Rotary Club gave $500 each to six local nonprofit organizations in November, bringing the Club’s donation total for the year to $7,000. The recent grants were made to: Sunshine House, Feed My People, Crossroads at Big Creek, United Way, HELP of Door County, and the Sail Training Foundation. “Rotary members voted […]