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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Haying Opportunities on CRP Acreage
Door County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Tim Siehr recently announced that participants enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) may now request to hay or graze certain acres enrolled in CRP under the program’s managed haying/grazing provisions.
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ALPINE Alpine Men’s Golf League (Aug. 11) • Low Gross: A Flight – Darryl Severson, Pete Hickey & Bob Manson 42; B Flight – Harry Proctor 40; C Flight – Jocko Rader 44; D Flight – Paul Wiesner Sr.
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Sept. 5: Night Golfing, Stonehedge Golf, starts at dusk. $30 per person. Call 920.868.1861. Sept. 27: 2nd Annual Little Eddie Big Cup Scramble, Peninsula State Park Golf Course
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Pro Golf Tips: Make It Routine
What an amazing week of golf we experienced here in Wisconsin at the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. I was fortunate enough to be at the course on Friday watching all of the great players.
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Sturgeon Bay Braces for Bassmasters
The Bassmasters are coming!
That was the message Pam Seiler, executive director of the Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center, delivered to the Sturgeon Bay Common Council at its noon meeting on Aug.
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Our Representatives In the News
Gov. Scott Walker
Republican presidential candidate Walker said he believes the children of undocumented immigrants shouldn’t automatically have a right to American citizenship if they’re born in the United States.
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Range Lights Now a Navigational Aid
On Aug. 18, three members of the Coast Guard station in Two Rivers took the final steps in returning the Range Lights on the Ridges Sanctuary property into working navigational aids by removing the red and white metal directional sign that had been in place for 46 years.
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City of Sturgeon Bay: The Finance/Purchasing & Building Committees meet at 4 pm on Aug. 25. The Parks & Recreation Committee meets at 4 pm on Aug.
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Former Supervisor Hopes Someone Young Applies for His Post
When Ben Meyer went from substitute teacher to being hired as a 4th grade teacher at Sunrise Elementary School in Sturgeon Bay for the coming school year, he thought he might still be able to fulfill his duties as county board supervisor for District 7 in Sturgeon Bay.
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Egg Harbor Chooses New Administrator
Four finalists for the Egg Harbor village administrator position spent the day in the village on Aug. 17.
“It was a long day,” said outgoing Administrator Josh Van Lieshout, who takes up his new job as administrator of the City of Sturgeon Bay on Sept.
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WHAT HAPPENED
• The Door County Sheriff’s Department issued a report on Aug. 18 detailing the results of the investigation into the death of Dr.
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Ginger packs a zesty, spicy punch to many foods in addition to its use as an anti-inflammatory and for gastrointestinal relief. Historically, it has been used to treat nausea and was likely brought aboard ships to treat seasickness.
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Article posted Thursday, August 13, 2015 11:45am
What’s new in the specialty beer market? How about one brewed using coffee beans that have passed through an elephant’s digestive tract? The beans are harvested from fresh feces, washed, dried, and used to create an “elephant beer” that is said to be “earthy in flavor and smooth on the palate.
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Thanks to dedicated conservation efforts, bald eagles are soaring high once again over Wisconsin. Now, motorists can celebrate this accomplishment with a striking, one-of-a-kind license plate featuring an image of an eagle landing on the waters of the Mississippi River.
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Marquette County will become the 38th Wisconsin county to be quarantined for Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), following discovery of the tree-killing beetle in the Town of Montello.
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Friends Gather for Annual Meeting
On Aug. 29 at 11:30 am, Weborg Point in Peninsula State Park will be the setting for the annual meeting of the Friends of Peninsula State Park. A picnic potluck lunch will be followed by a short business meeting, which will include a report from Assistant Park Superintendent Erin Brown.
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During its first five years, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative implemented more than 2,500 projects to improve water quality, clean up contaminated shoreline, protect, and restore native habitat and species, and prevent and control invasive species in the Great Lakes.
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On Aug. 23, 3:30 – 6:30 pm, the Door County Land Trust will hold its Annual Gathering, hosted by JoAnn and Ivan Bissen. Volunteers are still needed to assist with the art raffle, raffle ticket selling, set-up and decorations, desserts, and more.
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A free screening of Climate Refugees, a documentary filmed in Bangladesh, Tuvalu, China, Fiji, Chad, Sudan, Kenya, Maldives, Europe and the US, will be shown at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in north Ephraim on Aug.
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Making Old World Cider in the New World: Island Orchard Cider
Bob Purman was 11 when he made his first bottle-conditioned product, a root beer. “Within three days of bottling, I’d be in bed at night and two floors down in the basement, I could hear the pop and then a geyser hitting the ceiling,” he said.