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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Egg Harbor Gets Aggressive With Grease
Last summer as visitors swarmed the village and restaurants served baskets of cheese curds, french fries and burgers, the pipes beneath Egg Harbor ran thick with grease.
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Free Introduction to Yoga Classes at Junction Center Yoga Studio
People are never too young or too old to reap the health benefits of yoga. From the Sanskrit word for “union,” yoga is a practice that uses posture and breathing techniques to induce relaxation and improve strength.
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Next Fire District Meeting Will Get Down to Business
On Jan. 29, the Northern Door Fire District Exploratory Committee will start getting into the nitty gritty details of what it would take to make a Northern Door Fire District work.
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Gibraltar Ecology Club Builds Bat Condos for Peninsula State Park
The shop room at Gibraltar High School is noisy after the last bell on Thursday, Dec. 6, as Ecology Club members scrape, pound and saw. The students, along with volunteers with Friends of Peninsula State Park, park naturalist Kathleen Harris and volunteer teachers David Tupa and Andy Stimers, are putting together two bat condos to shelter the park’s bats “We’re making the bat condos as a way to give back and make Gibraltar a part of the community,” said sophomore Shelby Kahr.
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What’s Coming Up in Door County?
• The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) warns car shoppers of a potential influx of flood-damaged cars into the used car market, thanks to Hurricane Sandy.
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The Teresa K. Hilander Ice Skating Rink in Sister Bay is open for the season. The rink is open on weekdays from 4 to 9 pm, and on weekends from 10 am to 9 pm, weather permitting.
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For over 85 years, Door County has been able to turn to the Koepsel family for one-on-one help planning for crises and dealing with them afterward. After 39 years, Don Koepsel retired from American Family Insurance.
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Annual Business Planning Course Begins
The Door County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) and the UW-Green Bay Small Business Development Center (SBDC) are once again sponsoring an entrepreneurial training program in Door County.
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Friends of Peninsula State Park Receive State Farm Grant
Thanks to the volunteer efforts of retired insurance agent John Plume, Friends of Peninsula State Park (FPSP) has received a $500 grant from the State Farm Companies Foundation.
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Parallel 44 Introduces New Dessert Wine
Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery introduces the newest addition to their wine offerings, Frontenac Dessert. This dessert wine has an intense garnet color and is made from the Frontenac grapes grown at Parallel 44.
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A winter storm is brewing and expected to hit early Thursday morning, around 3 am. Between 8 and 13 inches are expected to accumulate in Door County.
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What’s Coming Up in Door County?
A change in the fuel used at Door County’s hot mix asphalt plant will save the county’s highway department $124,757 a year and allow the county to provide cheaper paving services.
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Egg Harbor Welcomes New and Expanding Businesses
With an additional 1,000 square feet at Patricia Shoppe, owner Erin Bosman can have her bathroom back. Patricia Shoppe’s two dressing rooms have been getting busier and busier since it opened in 2001 – causing Bosman to convert the front of her bathroom into a space for ladies to try on dresses and tops.
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The City of Sturgeon Bay received a $440,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation that will be used to purchase and begin renovation of the old co-op site on the city’s west waterfront.
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O’Meara’s Irish House Wraps for a Cause
Too busy to wrap presents? All thumbs with Christmas paper and ribbons? O’Meara’s Irish House can help! Drop your presents off at O’Meara’s by Dec. 23, and they will be wrapped for a donation made to the Go Bo! Foundation or the American Red Cross.
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Michelle Rasmusson Hired as DCVB’s Director of Marketing and Sales
The Door County Visitor Bureau (DCVB) announces the hiring of Michelle Rasmusson as their new Director of Marketing and Sales. Rasmusson has been the interim director since the previous director’s departure in June.
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Hot Games & Puzzles Introduces Tetragon2
Hot Games & Puzzles LLC, a new company based in Door County, introduces their first offering, Tetragon2. Tetragon2 is a stimulating, quick game of geometric strategy.
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Unity Staff Members Achieve National Recertification
Unity, leaders in hospice and palliative care, recently announced that two members of its nursing staff achieved national recertification in hospice and palliative care from the National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses.
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Door County Kraut Company Announces New Line of Products
Door County Kraut Company announces a new line of products just in time for holiday entertaining and gift giving. New items include Brandy Alexander, Grasshopper, and Mocha-Vin homemade pies; non-traditional cheesecakes; crispy, fermented crock dill pickles; and sweet-sour chip pickles, vacuum packed and refrigerated to retain flavor.
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Taking the Time to Hear Our Veterans
New steps being taken to employ unemployed veterans, an update on progress at the new Green Bay veterans’ clinic, and finding ways to connect veterans with services were the primary topics of conversation at a veterans’ listening session held at the County Government Center on Dec.