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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ALPINE Alpine Women’s Golf League (Sept. 9) • Event (Most 6s): A Flight – Peggy Losee; B Flight – Barb Cammack; C Flight – Diane Miller & Joan Pleuss. • Low Score: A Flight – Mary Aiken 44; B Flight – Jane Mastrangelo 52; C Flight – Diane Miller & Mary Junion 60. • Fewest […]
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Oct. 5: Little Eddie Big Cup, Peninsula State Park Golf Course, 9 am – 1 pm, 18-holes, four-person team scramble, fundraiser for the Ed Strege Family Memorial, food to follow at Husby’s in Sister Bay.
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Tax records going back to the 19th century were among the historical documents salvaged from the flooded basement office of Baileys Harbor Town Hall after the deluge of Sept.
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Town of Baileys Harbor: Due to the recent severe weather, the Baileys Harbor Town Office on the lower level of the town hall was flooded.
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Groundwater Ordinance Supported
Joe Musial of the Town of Lincoln summed up the tenor of the Sept. 9 public hearing held on Kewaunee County’s proposed groundwater ordinance: “We cannot have business at any cost.
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With a partnership between Case IH of Racine, Service Motor Co. of Green Bay and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) of Sturgeon Bay, students in the diesel technology programs at NWTC will now have the very latest in diesel technology to study and work on.
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WHAT HAPPENED
• The Board of Directors of the Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center announced that they have hired Pam Seiler as the new executive director.
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Public WisDOT Meeting Scheduled
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Northeast Region in Green Bay announced a public involvement meeting has been scheduled for Sept. 16 from 5 – 7 pm for the proposed reconstruction of WIS 42/57 between Michigan Street and Egg Harbor Road in Door County.
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Door County Emergency Services is investigating the scope of loss and damages within the Door County business community from the Sept. 4 storm to determine eligibility, if any, for disaster assistance.
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The cucumbers have filled the vegetable drawer, you’ve run out of cabbage recipes and your family is refusing to eat one more BLT. Or maybe you just couldn’t resist that special deal on a bushel of tomatoes, potatoes or apples at the farmers market.
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A new study by researchers at NASA and the University of California-Irvine finds a rapidly melting section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appears to be in an irreversible state of decline, with nothing to stop the glaciers in this area from melting into the sea.
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The Door County Community Foundation (DCCF) recently awarded the Door County Master Gardener Association a Sustainability Grant from the Children & Youth Fund to support the Youth Spring Planting Program.
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Article posted Wednesday, September 10, 2014 11:48am
Should pregnant women take Tylenol (acetaminophen)? Perhaps not, if a recent survey of 41,000 pairs of mothers and children is to be believed. A Danish birth registry with medical files was the source of the investigation.
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Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters is calling on DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp to reject the application for Green Tier status by Smart Sand, Inc. During the official comment period, nearly 2,000 citizens submitted their opposition to the prospect of awarding Green Tier status to Smart Sand Inc.
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has closed on a loan guarantee to Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels, LLC to build a bio-refinery to produce jet fuel from municipal solid waste.
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Riding Circles around Youngsters
If you’re driving off the main highways in Door County on a Tuesday or Friday between mid-May and mid-October and meet a group of a dozen or so jolly bicyclists – most with grey hair – you’ve likely encountered the BBC.
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Changing Roles at Maritime Museum
The Door County Maritime Museum recently began soliciting for a new executive director. The present director, Bob Desh, will retire in late November, transitioning to a less time-intensive volunteer role.
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Unity, leader in hospice and palliative care, announced the addition of Patricia Angelucci, MS, RN, NE-BC, GNP-BC, Postmasters, to its medical team as a full- time nurse practitioner.
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Craft Cottage Features Decorative Tables
The Jacksonport Craft Cottage, open daily from 9 am to 5 pm, showcases many gifted area craftsmen and has a variety of handcrafted gifts in fiber, wood and glass.
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Curves Hosts National Open House Week
Curves of Sturgeon Bay will offer a free workout and tour of the “all new” Curves during Curves National Open House Week Sept. 15 – 20. Curves International, Inc.