What Happened?

• On Feb. 5, the Sturgeon Bay Common Council approved the addition of bicycle lanes to Oregon St. between 1st and 3rd Avenues. The final vote on the matter stood at 5-1 in favor, with Alderman John Lodl casting the dissenting vote and Alderman Dan Wiegand abstaining. The lanes will include a sharrow, or shared lane between bike and car traffic, that runs along the last 125 ft. before 3rd Ave.

• The Washington Island School Board voted unanimously to add 4-year-old kindergarten classes and full day 5-year-old kindergarten classes to the 2013-14 school year. Washington Island Preschool had previously voted to suspend its current 4-year-old classes on Jan. 15.

• The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board renamed a portion of the Baileys Harbor Boreal Forest and Wetlands State Natural Area in honor of Jonathan P. Ela, a Natural Resources Board member who died on Oct. 31. The area includes the shoreline of Lake Michigan where Ela played as a child, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

• The Liberty Grove Town Board accepted a nomination to designate Bluebird Pass as a Heritage Road during its meeting on Feb. 6.