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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Tee Up for Workforce Readiness
The Door Kewaunee Business & Education Partnership (DKBEP) announces the details of their 7th annual Golf Challenge fundraiser. The Orchards Golf Course in Egg Harbor will once again host the event on July 16 with registration and free use of the driving range beginning at 10:30 am and a shotgun start at 12 pm.
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League results from around the county.
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Don’t let a sore back, bad knees or lousy soil stop you from gardening. Elevate your garden for easier access and better gardening results. The simple act of creating a raised bed improves drainage in heavy clay soil.
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Article posted Thursday, June 12, 2014 12:21pm
One of the fastest retreating glaciers is Jakobshavn Isbrae in West Greenland, which has been in retreat since the mid-1990s. Here’s a little quiz to test your knowledge of Greenland’s glaciers.
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Volunteers from the Newport Wilderness Society will be working to control Garlic Mustard through the month of June every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday morning at Newport State Park from 9 am until noon.
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On June 2, despite fog and imminent rain, the Door County Master Gardeners (DCMG) hosted 56 third graders from area schools for their annual youth program.
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The 20-mile an hour northerly winds on Sunday, June 8, may have kept some pilots away, but the Bay Flyers put on quite an aerial display anyway at its first of four public flying exhibitions of radio-controlled aircraft planned for this summer at its airfield behind the Peninsular Agricultural Station just north of Sturgeon Bay on Hwy 42.
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The Savory Spoon Cooking School announces they have partnered with Cornucopia Kitchen Shop in Sturgeon Bay to expand their offerings in the Savory Spoon Marketplace.
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Grant Awarded to Bay Shipbuilding
Governor Scott Walker recently approved a $2,309,022 Harbor Assistance Program grant award to Bay Shipbuilding for construction of a new dock wall to allow for the docking of large vessels for maintenance and construction.
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Orchard Country Winery & Market will release the seventh edition of its Door County Lighthouse wine series on June 13. The new release features the Sturgeon Bay Canal Pierhead Lighthouse and local photographer Daniel Anderson.
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SkipperBud’s Boat Show at Harbor Club Marina
From June 20 through 22, the Harbor Club Marina, at 133 North Madison Ave., Sturgeon Bay, will host the annual SkipperBud’s Sturgeon Bay Boat Show. This boat show has more than $10 million in new, used and brokerage inventory on display.
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Women in Business To Discuss Gun Safety
Door County Women in Business will meet on June 26 at 5:30 pm at the Peninsula Gun Club, 3702 Juddville Road, Fish Creek. The topic of meeting is Gun Safety, Living with Guns in Our Society.
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Robert Cera Elected to WBA Chair
Robert J. Cera, president and CEO of Baylake Bank, Sturgeon Bay was elected to serve as the 2014-2015 chair of the Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA).
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Schoolhouse Artisan Cheese is open for business in Egg Harbor, and at their online cheese store, schoolhouseartisancheese.com. Choose from a variety of Wisconsin artisan cheeses that are hand selected by their cheesemongers.
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Harbor Ridge Winery Wins Wine Medals
During the last three years, Harbor Ridge Winery has continued to achieve recognition at the Tasters Guild International Competition. At this year’s event, all four of their entries earned medals.
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The Peninsula Room of the Door County Government Center looked like a Baileys Harbor reunion the night of June 4 when a public hearing was held by the Door County Board of Adjustment (BOA) on a proposed zip line for Baileys Harbor.
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Ann Rifenberg’s daughter was crying when she called her mother from Ohio late in the afternoon of Friday, June 6.
“She was sobbing.
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Emerald Ash Borer Infestation Confirmed
A certified arborist was doing right-of-way work on Cottage Row south of Fish Creek on May 28 when he saw the tell-tale D-shaped exit holes of the dreaded Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) in ash trees on private property.
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Golf can be an expensive hobby. Just about any way you slice it, pun intended, weekly trips to the fairways can rack up quite the bill. This has become the fretful realization of my first few weeks in New York.