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  • Ski for Free at Crossroads…If There’s Enough Snow

    Ski trails at the Crossroads at Big Creek Preserve will be groomed whenever snow is adequate and, where possible, the multi-use trails will be packed. Trails at The Cove and the Ida Bay preserve are open, but will not be groomed nor will the parking areas be plowed. Beginning this week, Ski for Free will […]

  • Door County Snowmobile Trail System: All Sections Open Dec. 22 at Noon

    All four sections of the Door County Snowmobile Trail System will be open as of noon on Dec. 22, 2016. The northern section will open at 12 pm on Dec. 22. The southwest, southeast and central sections of the Door County Snowmobile Trail System remain open at this time. Conditions are listed as: poor to […]

  • Holiday Lights Run in Sturgeon Bay

    The fourth annual Holiday Lights Bridge to Bridge 3-Mile Fun Run/Walk is set for Dec. 27, 6:30 pm, starting and finishing at Kitty O’Reilly’s Irish Pub in Sturgeon Bay. Presented by the not-for-profit Door County Silent Sports Alliance, the free run/walk is designed as a fun way to see the city at night, work off […]

  • Local Prep Sports Standings: Dec. 4

    Girls Basketball Standings – Packerland Conference (School, Conference Record, Overall Record, Conference PCT)   Kewaunee, 3-0, 4-0, 1.000 Southern Door, 2-1, 3-2, .667 Oconto, 2-1, 4-1, .667 Green Bay N.E.W., 2-1, 2-3, .667 Algoma, 2-1, 2-4, .667 Gibraltar, 1-2, 1-3, .333 Sturgeon Bay, 0-3, 0-4, .000 Sevastopol, 0-3, 1-5, .000   Boys Basketball Standings – […]

  • VIDEO: Winter in Door County

    A new video produced by Peninsula Filmworks for the Door County Visitor Bureau answers the question all residents get asked by tourists: “What do you do here in the winter?” A lot more than you think, the video answers with interviews of locals who’ve come to love winter on the peninsula. Ice fishing, hiking, and […]

  • Green Bay and Philadelphia to Meet on Monday Night Football

    The Green Bay Packers will wrap up their three-game road trip in Philadelphia with hopes of snapping a four-game losing streak with a win over the Eagles on Monday Night Football. The Packers are coming off a 42-24 loss to the Washington Redskins on last week’s Sunday Night Football while the Eagles look to recover […]

  • Finding Favre: An Interview with Biographer Jeff Pearlman

    Few athletes have been covered as much or as nauseatingly as former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre. You’d think that would leave little left to be said about the man inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame last summer, but you’d be wrong. In his just-released biography, Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life […]

  • Door County Half Marathon Seeks Runners for Charities

    Do you need more motivation to run this winter? The Door County Half Marathon and Nicolet Bay 5k’s Run For A Cause program is now accepting runners for its 2017 program. Run For A Cause gives runners a free registration to the May 6, 2017, race in Peninsula State Park to any runner who raises […]

  • An Icy Resolve for Whitefish

    On a bitterly cold morning last February, I strolled onto the ice off Frank E. Murphy Park in Egg Harbor to check out a couple of ice shanties that were about a quarter-mile offshore. I was hoping to find someone inside the shanties for a story we have been talking about doing for this publication […]

  • The Winter Whitefish Economy

    The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute has some great information on whitefish on its webpage, but it comes to an abrupt and ultimately unsatisfying end with this sole “Fun Fact:”  “There is a popular ice sport fishery for lake whitefish in Green Bay.” Hmmm. No links to anything to prove such a sweeping statement. […]

  • History and Future of the Lake Whitefish

    It was 1857 when a few New Englanders wanted a taste of lake whitefish. Carl Miller and Henry Brown went to Lake Ontario and took male and female whitefish out of fisherman’s nets. They impregnated an estimated one million eggs and brought them back to Lake Saltonstall in Connecticut. The next year, they brought 10 […]

  • Len Villano, Tony Esposito

    Black Hawk in Baileys Harbor: Hockey Legend Tony Esposito

    The average little boy in the U.S. is probably tossing a baseball with his dad or big brother by age three, so he’ll be ready for T-ball the next year. The timeline is pretty much the same north of the border, except that the sport (and the season it’s played) is different. In Sault Ste. […]

  • Weather Wizard: Lake Michigan Surfing

    With all modesty, I’ve posted many surfing pictures of myself on social media over the last few years. The picture posted from late October with a headline simply reading “Lake Michigan, October 26th,” seemed to garner an unusually high number of comments: “You’re crazy,” “Brrr…,” and my favorite, “So cool, pun intended, but why?” It’s […]

  • Baseball: America’s ‘Beautiful Game’

    By the time you read this baseball will have a new World Series champion. The Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians are tied with three wins apiece as I write this, and game seven on Wednesday night promises to be historic, regardless of who wins. The Indians have not won a World Series since 1948, […]

  • Big Fish, Turkey Trot, Nature Hikes & More Weekend Plans

    Welcome the colder, quieter days of November with a hike through some of the county’s most beautiful areas. Rather spend your time indoors? Catch some live musical theater, a hometown story screening, or a vibrant display of art in Sturgeon Bay. Friday, November 4 Outdoors at Ida Bay Join a naturalist for a gentle hike […]

  • Fall 50 Door County Will Donate $30,000 to Local Charities

    This year’s Fall 50 Door County will send $30,000 to local charities, bringing the total donated to $180,000 over the race’s 11 years.  The race will draw more than 2,000 participants to Door County roads Saturday, Oct. 22. Four hundred fifty relay teams and approximately 120 solo runners will fill hundreds of hotel rooms in […]

  • Registration Opens for Door County Half Marathon Oct. 1

    Registration for the 10th running of the Door County Half Marathon opens Oct. 1. Runners won’t want to miss out on the special running of a race that has been hailed as one of the best in America. “It’s amazing that we’re already talking about the 10th year,” said cofounder David Eliot. “To see it […]

  • New Bike Self-Service Station in Sturgeon Bay

    The Door County Visitor Bureau (DCVB) is excited to announce the opening of a newly installed bicycle self-service station at their Door County Welcome Center in Sturgeon Bay. The station is aimed at keeping bicyclists on the road or trail by providing the tools needed for common repairs or adjustments. The free outdoor station includes […]

  • Match Play: The oldest, simplest and purest form of golf competition

    Golf is perfect for über competitive people. The kind of folks who get upset playing cornhole or beach volleyball, even rock-paper-scissors. In one sense, few other sports allow you to compete against hundreds of other people simultaneously. Then at the same time, there’s the personal competition always lurking, where a number (your handicap) constantly defines […]

  • Golf League Results: Aug. 30 – Sept. 1

    ALPINE   Alpine Women’s Golf League (Aug. 30) Event – Longest Putt on White #9: A Flight – Vivian Metzler; B Flight – Deb Staats; C Flight – Marilyn Cushing; D Flight – Carolyn Tojek. Low Score: A Flight – Mary Aiken 45; B Flight – Sharon DuJardin 47; C Flight – Marge Bricker 55; […]