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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June 1 marks the date for the 6th Pink Classic Golf Tournament held at Horseshoe Bay Golf Club near Egg Harbor. The annual event benefits the Sue Baldwin Fund, supporting breast cancer awareness, screening, treatment and care for Door County men and women who have an economic need.
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New Business Loan Program Launched
The spirit of entrepreneurism that exists in Door County has a new partner called COIN, which stands for Community Opportunity Investment Network.
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Carl Scholz will tell you he has had never had a dull moment in his 86 years of living. He’ll also tell you one of his biggest surprises came on May 1 of this year when he was lured to Sevastopol School on the pretense of discussion about a scholarship in his name, when in reality it was an all-school assembly to honor Carl before he and his son Jon headed out to Washington, D.
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DNR Joins Plastics Recycling Initiative
If you’ve ever driven by a landfill on a windy day, you’ve seen how plastic shopping bags take flight and disperse across the landscape. It’s an environmental nightmare that does not have to be.
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Article posted Thursday, May 22, 2014 2:50pm
Does thinking help one recover from a concussion? A study followed 335 children and young adults (8 to 23 years-old) as they recovered from concussions.
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The Green Fund of the Door County Community Foundation recently awarded Crossroads at Big Creek a Sustainability Grant to support the acquisition of the Ida Bay Preserve.
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Baileys Harbor just became a little more green, as two couples planted trees on their property. Loren and Annie Peil, owners of Orphan Annie’s Schoolhouse Inn, planted two- to four-inch caliper maple trees at their lodging property.
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The Green Fund of the Door County Community Foundation recently awarded The Ridges Sanctuary a Sustainability Grant to support the “Door County Climate Change Forum” program.
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At least 20 Wisconsin counties now harbor Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), the exotic insect that has decimated urban trees and forests in the eastern half of the nation.
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The Forest Recovery Project’s Spring 2014 tree planting was a big success. Thirteen volunteers donated 42.5 hours of their time planting 600 native conifers at the Kangaroo Lake Preserve in Baileys Harbor.
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Renewable Energy Grants, Loans
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is seeking applications from rural small businesses and agricultural producers for funding to make energy efficiency improvements or to install renewable energy systems.
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Refill, Reuse and Re-purpose at Refill-osophy
Bring old containers on down to Refill-osophy and get them refilled with all natural home and body products. This new business buys wholesale organic and all natural home and body products in bulk and sells them back to the customer by ounce or pound.
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Robin Sodd Welcomed Back to Kellstrom Ray
Robin Sodd started her real estate career in 1977 at Kellstrom Ray Agency, and has now returned to the agency. She became a mortgage loan officer at First Northern in Sturgeon Bay in 1985.
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Schoolhouse Artisan Cheese Opens for Season
Egg Harbor’s Schoolhouse Artisan Cheese Shop opened for the 2014 season in Egg Harbor on May 22. After a winter remodeling product, the Schoolhouse has a new look and is ready to serve food and cheese enthusiasts with award-winning Wisconsin artisan cheese and delicious accompaniments.
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Buy Local Mixer Feature “First Year in Business” Panel
Door County Buy Local is holding its next business networking mixer on Wednesday, June 4, 5:30 – 7 pm at Door County Creamery, 10655 Highway 42, Sister Bay.
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Opportunities for Global Outreach
Companies in northeast Wisconsin that wish to expand the scope of their global business have an extraordinary opportunity in a 10-day, three-country trade venture to South America, Sept.
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Door County Visitor Bureau Director Jack Moneypenny watches as Wisconsin Tourism Secretary Stephanie Klett plugs an electric car into one of the DCVB’s two electric car charging stations, which were unveiled May 21 at the Door County Welcome Center, 1015 Green Bay Road, Sturgeon Bay.
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There was no high-fiving, no shouts of joy in the Sturgeon Bay Common Council chambers the night of May 20, yet there was a sense of elation and accomplishment in the room, emanating from the group of skateboarders who attended the meeting as the city deliberated the final piece of the puzzle for the Sturgeon Bay Skatepark Initiative (SBSI), which was to award a contract to build the park on the corner of West Spruce Street and Green Bay Road on Sturgeon Bay’s west side.
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The number of notes in “Taps,” which is played by the military at burial and memorial services, to accompany the lowering of the flag and to signal the “lights out” command at day’s end.
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Memorial Day Services in the County
Sunday, May 25
Southern Door: Members of George W. Goetz American Legion Post 372, Forestville, will visit the following 22 cemeteries: Forestville Town (Maplewood), 7:20 am; Namur (Pit Road), 7:30 am; Brockhausen, 7:40; Miesere, 7:50; Brown, 7:55; Kolberg, 8:05; Brussels, 8:20; White Star, 8:30; Precious Blood, 8:40; Stevenson, 9; Geises, 9:10; Old Catholic (between Maplewood and Forestville), 9:25; Maplewood, 9:55; Carnot, 10:10; Clay Banks, 10:25; Vignes, 10:35; Mount Olive, 10:45; Shoiloh Moravian, 10:55; Schumacher, 11:05; Hainesville, 11:15; Salem-Schulties, 11:35; Forestville, 11:50.