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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The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) has several reminders and deadlines to announce for area producers. Producers are reminded that nine-month low interest commodity loans are available.
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Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center Considers Name Change
The Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center (SBVC) is contemplating the merit of changing their name, and the organization is soliciting input from residents and visitors.
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Timeline
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Timeline 2010 March 23, 2010 – President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law.
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2012 U.S. House of Representatives Candidates on Healthcare
Reid Ribble
Republican incumbent
Rep. Reid Ribble advocates repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and replacing it with a plan that uses the market, rather than state-run health insurance exchanges, to drive the cost of healthcare down.
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2012 Assembly District Candidates on Healthcare
Garey Bies Republican incumbent Garey Bies declined to comment to the Peninsula Pulse, and there is no information about his healthcare policy preferences on his website.
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Good Samaritan Society Receives “McKnight’s” Excellence in Technology Award
The Good Samaritan Society was recently awarded the Bronze Award in Quality in the first annual McKnight’s Excellence In Technology Awards – Connect Our World.
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WEP, Inc. Presents the 4th Annual Home Energy Fair
“Live Green…Save Green,” is the theme for the 2012 Home Energy Fair presented by WEP, Inc. Oct. 13, 9 am – 2 pm, at the Cherry Point Mall. Participants can meet energy experts during demonstrations and presentations concerning plumbing, heating and electrical alternatives; insulation, sealing and indoor air quality; benefits of a home energy audit and energy efficiency.
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2012 U.S. Senate Candidates on Healthcare
Tommy Thompson
Republican candidate
Former Wisconsin Gov. and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson says his immediate priority, providing he’s elected to the Senate, would be to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and start over from a clean slate.
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Mike Stapleton Joins PBS Staff
Peninsula Building Systems of Sturgeon Bay announces Mike Stapleton has joined their staff in the position of Project Development. Stapleton will be responsible for field operations in Door and Kewaunee Counties for PBS.
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2012 Presidential Candidates on Healthcare
Mitt Romney
Republican candidate
Former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says on his campaign website he would repeal the full Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), or “Obamacare,” as quickly as possible.
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Lola May’s Celebrates First Anniversary
Jefferson Street’s newest retailer, Lola May’s, celebrated the first anniversary of being in business on Oct. 8. Owner, Becky May, wants to send a personal thank you to all the people who have taken time out of their busy days to shop Lola May’s.
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Renard’s Cheese Holds Grand Opening for New Location
On Oct. 1 Renard’s Cheese opened their new retail location in the red building next to the old location on County Trunk DK, south of Sturgeon Bay. In the new building, Renard’s will serve sandwiches, pizzas, and specialty drinks in a new deli and seating area.
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2012 Election Coverage – Healthcare
No matter who gets voted into office this November, America’s healthcare system is going to change.
The system as it exists now is unsustainable. The costs of healthcare keep rising at a rate that far outpaces inflation. Millions of uninsured Americans put off care until it’s too late for anything but extreme, and expensive, action that’s subsidized by those who have insurance. America spends more per person on healthcare than any other country does, but our system doesn’t produce better results. -
• The Town of Baileys Harbor voted to provisionally allow a prospective Wisconsin State Football League team to use the Baileys Harbor Recreational Park as its home field.
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What’s Coming Up in Door County?
• The Sturgeon Bay School District is considering shopping out its bussing service. Superintendent Joe Stutting says the move is a cost-cutting measure to help the district manage the $1.
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Cellcom Coverage Expands through Northern Door
Cellcom’s 4G LTE coverage recently expanded to northern Door County with sites in Baileys Harbor, Egg Harbor, Ellison Bay, Ephraim, Fish Creek, Jacksonport, Sister Bay and Valmy.
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DCVB Unveils Official Winter Guide
The 2012-13 Official Winter Guide will soon be available for visitors. Designed as a supplement to the Door County Visitor Bureau’s Official Visitor Guide, the winter guide provides visitors with winter activity ideas, maps, winter hours for area businesses, and events for Nov. through April.
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SBSI Hosts Recycling Fundraiser
On Oct. 20, 8 am – 12 pm, the Sturgeon Bay Skatepark Initiative are joining with Cyber Green at the Baylake Bank parking lot on the corner of 3rd Avenue and Jefferson Street for a recycling fundraiser.
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Sturgeon Bay Skatepark Initiative Hosts Recycling Day
Now that designs for the 10,000 sq. ft. skatepark to be built on Sturgeon Bay’s West Side are in, fundraising efforts from the Sturgeon Bay Skatepark Initiative (SBSI) are going to ramp up.
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When Southern Door Schools bus driver Ted Chaudoir decided to clean out the books in his daughter’s old bedroom, he had no idea what kind of impact it would have.