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Getting outside in Door County is a must! While you can always explore a trail or lake shore on your own, the calendar is dotted with guided hikes, wildlife tours, bird watching treks, and cross-country skiing meetups. Find a group bicycle ride, a naturalist session, or paddleboard tour and explore Door County’s natural wonders.

  • The Boys of Northern Sky

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    While most young boys in Door County will celebrate the end of the school year by sleeping in on weekday mornings or spending long days just messing around outdoors, two of them are putting in long hours – 35 to 40 a week – in a rehearsal hall. Ben Martin, 10, just completed fourth grade […]

  • Door County’s Toughest Holes: The Orchards, No. 16

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    Golf is supposed to be relaxing, right? Being outside and enjoying the beauty that Door County provides is very soothing. However, there comes a time when a hole just has your number. No matter how many times you play it you feel deflated and wonder why you play this game. Throughout the season the Peninsula […]

  • Fyr Bal Festival Returns

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    The 54th annual Fyr Bal Festival returns June 16 to the shoreline of Eagle Harbor. Ephraim’s Scandinavian heritage is embraced as the transition of spring into summer is celebrated after the long winter. The day-long event starts off with a yoga class at Anderson Dock, the Ephraim Yacht Club annual pancake breakfast, and a used […]

  • Sail Training Foundation Celebrates 60 Years

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    Sail Training Foundation celebrates 60 years of teaching sailing to Sturgeon Bay youth and adults. The Sail Training Foundation started out as a separate nonprofit corporation under the umbrella of the Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club, to provide affordable sailing classes for everyone in the community. The youngest students start out sailing in eight-foot Optimist Prams. […]

  • Peninsula Gun Club Offers Hunter Education Course

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    The Peninsula Gun Club of Fish Creek is offering a DNR certified Wisconsin Basic Hunter Education Course. Classes will be held in the evening from 5:30 – 8 pm on July 24, 26, 31 and Aug. 2, 7, & 9 at the Peninsula Gun Club (3702 Juddville Road, Fish Creek). The course will be taught […]

  • ‘Green’ Prize for Crossroads Trail Run Finishers

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    All run and walk 2k, 5k, 10k participants of the 9th annual Crossroads Trail Run, June 23, at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay will receive a native shrub, Blue Muffin viburnum, thanks to Evergreen Nursery. Reflecting the Crossroads Trail Run’s mission of promoting green living in our community, viburnum was chosen this year […]

  • Hike Peninsula State Park with a Naturalist June 9, 10

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    Take a hike with a Peninsula State Park naturalist on the park’s most spectacular trail, Eagle Trail, Saturday, June 9, from 1 to 3 pm. You will learn how the bluffs formed as well as some of the park’s history. Trees and flowers will be identified along the way. It is considered a difficult hike. […]

  • Goats on Parade: Annual Roofing of the Goats is June 9

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    Sister Bay invites people to join their village mascot, Sven the Goat, for the annual Roofing of the Goats Parade June 9 at 10:30 am. The parade begins at the corner of Mill Road and Highway 42 in downtown Sister Bay, and goes down the road to Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant. The parade culminates with […]

  • PODCAST: Weekend Primer: Goat Fest, Door Kinetic Arts Festival, The Beach Boys

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    Andrew Kleidon and Matthew Marcon discuss the events for the weekend of June 8th, 2018, including the Sister Bay Goat Fest and Parade, The Door Kinetic Arts Festival with Rainn Wilson and Holiday Reinhorn, and The Beach Boys performing at Door Community Auditorium.

  • Hey Hey 5k Early-bird Registration Ends Saturday

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    Early-bird registration for September’s Hey Hey 5k ends Saturday. Lock in your spot for this fun fall race now for just $30. Runners get an awesome Hey Hey 5k race shirt, pint glass from Door County Brewing Co. Music Hall, and their first fill-up free. The race starts and ends at the taproom and features […]

  • New Bobcat Exhibit

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    A new home for the bobcats at Bruemmer Park Zoo in Kewaunee County is officially complete and the Zoological Society of Kewaunee County (ZSKC) invites all to celebrate. The zoo is open to the public as Baxter and Isabella have been moved into their new exhibit that’s nearly twice the size of their former space. […]

  • Crossroads at Big Creek Nature Hike

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    Crossroads at Big Creek is taking advantage of the nice weather ahead with a nature hike. Join the naturalists in a gentle ramble through the Big Creek Preserve on June 3 at 4 pm. The wetland flowers should be in bloom. The hike is free and open to the public, and hikers should meet at […]

  • Winery Hosts Summer Class Every Other Thursday

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    Vinyasa in the Vines, with guest instructor Mandy Buntin, includes an hour of yoga and and a glass of wine at Harbor Ridge Winery. Bring your own mat, a limited number are available. The class will be held every other Thursday starting June 14. All classes begin at 4 pm and are $20. Participants can […]

  • Master Gardeners Host Educational Program

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    The Door County Master Gardeners Association announces the first in a series of summertime educational events celebrating their free public display garden, The Garden Door. The garden is located on Highway 42 just north of the Highway 42-57 split, on the grounds of the UW Peninsular Agricultural Research Station. Join the Master Gardeners in the […]

  • DNR Fish Tank

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    Want to get up close and personal with a smallmouth bass or bowfin? Visit the Peninsula State Park Nature Center on June 2 & 3, 10 am to 4 pm. Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologists have stocked and set up a 600-gallon fish tank. Professional natural resources educators will be on hand to share […]

  • DNR Responds to Criticism About Master Plan

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    More than 30 people filtered into Stone Harbor Resort as soon as the doors opened on the public comment open house held by the Department of Natural Resources regarding the proposed master plan for northeast Wisconsin properties. In the three weeks since the release of the draft master plan, which includes Door County’s five state […]

  • Door to Nature: The Intensely Blue Indigo Bunting

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    My feeders in the front yard have been well populated with indigo buntings this spring. You can tell them apart by the brilliance of their plumage, at least the young males from the mature. Male indigos that hatched last year will still have some brown in their body and head feathers. Older birds are entirely […]

  • Golf League Results: May 23, 2018

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    MAXWELTON BRAES Nor-Dor Men’s League 2018 Season Opening Scramble Score 32 – Team #6 (Carlson, Shine, Weisensel, Weborg, Berg) Score 33 – Team #7 (Michalowski, Siegel, Fitzgibbons, Naleway, O’Brien) Score 34 – Team #4 (Stolley, Gaggiano, Musiel, Dwonch, McArdle) Score 34 – Team #1 (Podlasek, Skogsbakken, Whiteman, Steele, Quinn)

  • Celebrated Door County Horseman Rides in Extreme Mustang Makeover

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    by Cindy Germain Stay away, thinks the horse, I do not know you. The horseman comes closer and whispers “It is OK, I will not hurt you. Soon we will become very good friends.” And so it begins, the relationship between the man and the horse that will lead to many days of training and […]

  • Time to Report Turtle Sightings and Crossings

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    With turtle nesting season beginning for many Wisconsin turtle species, Department of Natural Resources conservation biologists are asking citizens to submit their turtle sightings, with an emphasis on road crossing hot spots, to DNR’s Wisconsin Turtle Conservation Program. “Citizen reports in past years have been very important for turtle conservation,” said Andrew Badje, who coordinates […]