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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Door County Half Marathoners’ Health in Experienced Hands
Dr. Phil Arnold hits the Italian Alps for a turn with the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team.
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In Memoriam: William “Bill” Goettelman
William “Bill” Goettelman
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Amazing Gracie, Door County baby celebrates first birthday
Sheridan Grace Bongle, born three and a half months early, overcame the odds.
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Door County Needs Volunteers to Plant Trees
The Nature Conservancy is seeking volunteers to help plant 19,000 trees on approximately 38 acres in Door County this spring. The tree-planting work is scheduled April 24 through May 2 and will complete a five-year reforestation project.
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New FM Radio Station to Begin Serving Door County
On Saturday, April 26, 2008, at 1:06 pm, Mike and Carrie Mesic, local owners and operators of Case Communications LLC Sturgeon Bay, will be launching the new FM 106.
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Passing motorists called WDOR wondering what was going on at the Door County Visitor Bureau on Monday April 7 according to News Director Roger Levendusky.
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Free Counseling for New and Existing Businesses
The Door County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) and the UW-Green Bay Small Business Development Center will be offering free, one-on-one business counseling sessions on Thursday, May 1, 9 am – 5pm, for any new or existing business owners in Door County.
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Bottom Line Home Inspection Attends WAHI Spring Training Seminar
Bruce Low, Owner/Inspector of Bottom Line Home Inspection of Luxemburg, attended the Spring Seminar of the Wisconsin Association of Home Inspectors (WAHI) on March 15, 2008 in Baraboo, WI.
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Baylake Bank Announces Prize Winner from Home Builder Expo
Baylake Bank Mortgage Loan Officers Vicki Shefchik (left) and Janet Proctor (right) congratulate and are pictured with Carol Moellenberndt, the grand prize winner of a drawing that Baylake Bank sponsored at the recent Door County Home Builder Expo.
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A few Web sites to go deeper.
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Door County has become a “green” hotbed in recent years, used as a pilot community for state programs such as Travel Green Wisconsin and as grounds for research on sourcing products locally.
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Next Round of Study Circles Commence
Sustain Door announces the ninth and tenth in a series of “study circles” centered on the Natural Step framework for sustainability. A Northern Door study circle will be held Thursdays beginning April 24 at 4 pm at The Bridge in Egg Harbor.
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Door County Green Guide Accepting Local Listings
A Door County Green Guide Web site was launched in mid-December of 2007. Created by Sheri Gibbs, owner of White Pines Victorian Lodge B&B – the first Door County business to attain the Travel Green Wisconsin certification – the Web site has a multi-faceted purpose.
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Door County’s Sustainable Classroom
FOG coordinator Vinni Chomeau brings sustainability issues to Gibraltar students.
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Northern Door County’s quaint fields and rolling countryside are home to a new form of agriculture. Natural Meats of Door County has gone back to the land with grass finished beef and pastured poultry.
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Main Street Market re-evaluated aisle by aisle to reduce its footprint.
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Greens N Grains Keeps it Local
Greens N Grains natural food store in Egg Harbor is approaching sustainability in numerous directions, but perhaps the most exciting is the partnering with local producers to drastically reduce the carbon footprint of our food chain.
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“From the Ground to the Glass”
Island Wheat’s growth a study in sustainable business.
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A look at the world in numbers.
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Grandma’s Unintentional Conservation Lesson
Learning to conserve from generations past.