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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Local Thrivent Financial Associate Visits Annual Conference
Jacqueline Szczepanski, FIC, Sturgeon Bay, a financial associate with Thrivent Financial, has qualified to attend the Peak Performers conference as a Sierra Level qualifier by providing outstanding financial guidance and solutions to members of the organization in 2013.
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Martial arts icon Bruce Lee seems a perfect physical specimen in his movies, but in real life his left leg was nearly an inch shorter than his right, and he wore spectacles as a kid and contact lenses later to correct his nearsightedness.
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Delivering a Call to Environmental Activism
“Paralyzing despair is its own refuge from responsibility. So is cynicism. So is denial,” writes Sandra Steingraber in her 2011 book Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis.
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City Celebrates Coast Guard Designation
City Administrator Steve McNeil can pinpoint the day that led to Sturgeon Bay being named one of 16 Coast Guard cities in the nation.
“On Nov 6, 2009, there was a lunch attended by myself, John Asher (president of Roen Salvage Co.
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Egg Harbor Now an Eco-municipality
The Village of Egg Harbor has become the first municipality in Door County to become a certified eco-municipality. It joins 28 governmental entities throughout Wisconsin – including four counties and 24 municipalities – in becoming an eco-municipality.
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A national expert on coping with traumatic loss, compassion fatigue and suicidology will be in Door County next week for a series of meetings with health care professionals and the public as part of Mental Health Awareness Month.
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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) northeast region office in Green Bay recently announced a series of bridge inspections and spring maintenance for May 7 through May 13.
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Tourism Spending Up $10 Million in Door County Last Year
Visitor spending in Door County was up $10 million dollars last year according to a report released today by the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. Visitors spent $299 million in Door County last year, an increase of 3.
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Last week we reported that Door and six other Northeastern Wisconsin counties were approved by Gov. Scott Walker for expansion into the long-term care program for the elderly and disabled known as Family Care.
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Shipbuilding History on Display
Back in the early 1990s the Rotary Club of Sturgeon Bay had a great idea to boost its fundraising efforts for scholarships and other community service programs conducted by Rotary Youth Interact, an international service organization for teenagers ages 14-18 – a walking tour of the Sturgeon Bay shipbuilders.
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Sturgeon Bay Reigns as Bass King
Sturgeon Bay is suddenly on the radar of bass anglers throughout the country after being named by B.A.S.S. as the No. 1 top bass lake in the nation in its 2014 survey of bass fishing spots.
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Last week we reported that Door and six other Northeastern Wisconsin counties were approved by Gov. Scott Walker for expansion into the long-term care program for the elderly and disabled known as Family Care.
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Last year at this time the Door County Bike and Pedestrian Plan was making the rounds at public meetings before it was presented to the Door County Board of Supervisors for its approval, which came at the board’s Jan.
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Grow a Nutritious Garden in a Pot
Don’t let a lack of time or space get in the way of gardening your way to a healthy lifestyle. Include a few planters of nutritious vegetables and herbs on the front porch, back patio or right outside the kitchen door.
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Article posted Thursday, May 1, 2014 1:38pm
Scientists have succeeded in establishing the gene sequence in one of the ugliest and most unusual animals on earth, Heterocephalus glaber, or Naked Mole Rat (aka, Sand Puppy or Desert Mole Rat).
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The Clean Water Action Council of Northeast Wisconsin is hosting a health forum at the Stone Harbor Resort and Conference Center on May 10, 9:30 am – 2:15 pm.
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When the last of Habitat for Humanity’s personnel finally left Sunset Park at 9:30 pm on April 22, the community had recycled 112,000 pounds of electronic waste (five semi-trailers and three box trucks), 56,000 pounds of latex paint (enough to paint the 1,695,000 square feet of Lambeau Field), 25,000 pounds of non-functioning appliances and scrap metal, three pallets of used clothing, two pallets of shoes, more than 750 books, more than 100 expired fire extinguishers, a box of outdated emergency flares, 100 pairs of used eyeglasses, and boxes of cell phones and printer cartridges.
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Three Months of Antarctic Research
Scientific research in Antarctica will be the focus of a presentation by Bruce Smith, Atmospheric Education Resource Agent for the American Meteorological Society (AMS).
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On April 25, Sevastopol elementary students celebrated Arbor Day by recognizing and honoring two Sevastopol residents for their efforts and awareness of protecting and preserving the natural beauty of Door County.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Manufacturers Performance Report that assesses the automobile industry’s progress toward meeting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for cars and light trucks in the 2012 model year – the first year of this 14-year program.