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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Free Beginner Yoga Classes at Junction Center
Kathy Navis of Junction Center Yoga Studio teaches and encourages anyone, at any age to begin exploring yoga as a means to better health and wellness. In November, she is offering two free introductory classes at Junction Center Yoga Studio in Jacksonport. They are scheduled for Nov. 10 at 8:30 am and Nov. 14 at […]
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Door County Christmas Returns to Green Bay
Last year John Kugle came up with a great idea to promote Door County businesses in Green Bay during the holiday season – he leased a space at Bay Park Square Mall and invited Door County businesses to sub-lease from him to connect with Green Bay shoppers. He called the idea Door County Christmas. Kugle […]
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Liberty Grove Plans Armed Forces Honor Circle
Liberty Grove residents Bob and Faith Murray have wondered for some time why a community with such a gung-ho name has no memorial or monument to people who have served this country in the armed forces. “So we checked around,” Bob said. The Murrays are members of the Liberty Grove Historical Society, Faith serving as […]
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Fish Creek Student Tours the Arctic with Students on Ice
A snowbird is the term given to Door County’s large population that flees the cold winters for warmer climates. Makayla Swain, Fish Creek native and recent Gibraltar graduate, did just the opposite. This summer, Swain spent two weeks traveling the Arctic Circle by boat with 114 other students from around the world. “It’s to inform […]
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Remembering the ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’
During the last half of the 1980s I was a reporter on the island of Maui. One day while driving my 1966 Pontiac Bonneville to an assignment, which was only equipped with an AM radio, I was listening to an AM station when Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” came on. At the […]
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Nominate a Community Hero for Wulf Brothers/Bryant Heating & Cooling Program
Wulf Brothers Inc., a Door County heating and cooling contractor, and Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems have teamed up to honor a person in the Door County area that does “whatever it takes” to make a difference through the Bryant Community Heroes program. A Bryant Community Hero could be a neighbor, colleague, friend or anyone […]
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Pulse Price Report: Oct. 30, 2015
Crop prices (Oct. 26) Rio Creek Feed Mill – Algoma Commodity Price Basis Corn $3.35/bushel -0.45 Soybeans $8.25/bushel -0.71 Wheat (SRW) $4.30/bushel -0.61 Fox River Valley Ethanol – Green Bay Corn $3.61/bushel -0.19 Basis: The difference between the local cash price for a commodity and the Chicago cash price (where the Board of […]
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Letter to the Editor: Faux Faux Fur
Faux fur…or not! I recently read an article published in All Animals, a publication produced by The Humane Society of The United States (HSUS), that shocked me. According to the article, titled “The Grisly Truth” and written by Karen E. Lange, often what is labeled as faux fur is not. The HSUS has been working […]
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Sevastopol Pioneers Finish Historic Season at 7-2
by Justin Skiba, Sevastopol Pioneers Head Football Coach The Sevastopol Pioneers football team wrapped up their regular season with a 44-8 win over Elkhart Lake on Friday, Oct. 16. The win gave the Pioneers a 7-2 record; the most regular season wins in school history. More importantly, it earned them a spot in the […]
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“Chasing Ice” Screening to Show Time-Lapse Footage of Climate Change
Chasing Ice, the Emmy Award-winning documentary about the world’s vanishing glaciers, will be the Climate Change Coalition of Door County program at 7 pm, Nov. 4, at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay. The program is free and open to the public. Chasing Ice won the 2014 News and Documentary Emmy Award for outstanding […]
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Door County Young Professionals Network Launches with a Pair of Events
The Door County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) announces the launch of the Door County Young Professionals Network (DC YPN) with two events in 2015. On Nov. 12, 6-8 pm, Door County Brewing Company, 2434 County F, Baileys Harbor, will host the inaugural YPN social event. The second event will be Dec. 10 at Starboard Brewing […]
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Bay Shipbuilding Interested in Buying Palmer Johnson Buildings
The City of Sturgeon Bay has received a request from Fincantieri Marine Group, LLC (owner of Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding) to vacate portions of N. 1st Avenue and Jefferson Street. On Oct. 20, the council voted to introduce the resolution and proceed with reviewing the anticipated impacts on the traffic patterns and surrounding area, scrutinizing the […]
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Run For A Cause Will Surpass $100,000 Raised in Year Six
The Door County Half Marathon is seeking participants to Run For A Cause as the program looks to surpass the $100,000 fundraising mark. The program gives runners a free registration to the May 7, 2016, race in Peninsula State Park to any runner who raises at least $250 for local charities. In five years runners […]
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Blood Donation Opportunities throughout Door and Kewaunee Counties
The American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood before the holiday season is in full swing. Donors with all blood types are needed, and especially those with types O negative, B negative, A negative and AB blood. The following are opportunities to donate in Door and Kewaunee County: Nov. 2 – Southern Door […]
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Science Snippet: What’s the World’s Largest Shrimp?
World’s largest shrimp? The record goes to the Asian Tiger Shrimp, which may reach 13 inches in length. Unfortunately, they are invasive, and after escaping from an aquaculture facility in South Carolina, they are now found off the Carolina coasts and in the Gulf of Mexico. The good news is that they are large […]
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Hwy. 42, Forestville Schedule: Aug. 2015 to Oct. 2015 Length: 0.05 Miles Cost: $475,000 Location: Village of Forestville, between County X and County J. Description of project: The project involves removing the existing box culvert and replacing it with a new bridge meeting current design standards for vehicular loading and structure design. Bridge approaches will […]
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A friend passed along a snippet of a story a few weeks ago about a woman from my hometown, Elva Killa, about to celebrate her 100th birthday. I couldn’t get home to Egg Harbor to talk to her, but Giz and Linda Herbst did earlier this month. Their conversation served as a base for this […]
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Woman Completes 270-Mile Walk to The Clearing
“If you are ready to leave father and mother, and brother and sister, and wife and child and friends, and never see them again; if you have paid your debts, and made your will, and settled all your affairs… then you are ready for a walk.” ~ Henry David Thoreau There are few who encapsulate […]
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Municipal News: Oct. 29 – Nov. 6
City of Sturgeon Bay: The Common Council meets at noon on Nov. 3. The city has begun its fall loose leaf collection and will continue through the week of Nov. 16-20, weather permitting. During the final week of collection, have your leaves raked to the curb by 7 am Nov. 16. Once the crews have collected your […]
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Deer Collisions and How to Avoid Them
Beginning in October, deer enter a season called “the rut,” otherwise known as mammalian reproduction. Perhaps this is the reason why deer, especially the male bucks, are more active in their movements, according to the Department of Transportation (DOT). So active, they are likely to leap onto a highway without regard for vehicles traveling down […]