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an aerial view of the Great Lakes freighters, Manitoulin (699 feet) and Edgar B. Speer (1,004 feet), tugging toward Fincantieri Ship Building (FBS) in Sturgeon Bay for winter layup on jan. 18. They join the James R. Barker, the first to arrive on jan. 5. jeff Frank, FBS vice president and general manager, told the Peninsula Pulse back in mid December that only two ships were under contract for winter layup this season, though the yard expected to procure a few more. The number of ships overwintering in Sturgeon Bay fluctuates from year-to-year, Frank said – the yard worked on at least nine ships during the 2024-25 season. Photo by Paul Hahn.
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Door County Trails, a volunteer-led citizens group promoting a bicycle and pedestrian trail network on the Door County Peninsula, accepts a donation from the Door County Community Foundation to fund a countywide Strategic Master Plan. (From left) Greg De Tennis, Amanda Accardi and Susan Stauber.
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HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF TRAILS IN DOOR COUNTY Door County – Door County Trails, a volunteer-led citizens’ nonprofit organization, has launched its first countywide Strategic Master Plan, an initiative designed to guide the future of multi-use bicycle and pedestrian trails development, community connectivity, accessibility and outdoor recreation throughout the peninsula. as part of the plan’s rollout, the public is invited to participate in a community survey to help identify priorities and shape long-term trail planning. The Strategic Master Plan brings together municipalities, community organizations, businesses, and residents to develop a unified vision for a connected multi-use bicycle
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and pedestrian trail network that supports transportation, wellness, environmental stewardship, and recreation. The plan aims to align resources, identify highpriority corridors, and promote consistent, collaborative trail development across the county. Funding for the Strategic Master Plan is generously provided by the Door County Community Foundation, the raibrook Foundation, and individual donors whose support has made it possible for Door County Trails to undertake this countywide planning effort. “This is a milestone moment for Door County,” said Susan Stauber, Door County Trails board president. “The community has been clear: people want more multi-use trails, better connections, and safe places to walk, bike, and explore. This planning effort will ensure that growth is intentional, coordinated, and reflective of what our Door County community values most.” residents, businesses, property owners and trail users are encouraged to complete the survey at forms.office.com/r/DCMPLzqrWQ. The survey takes approximately five minutes and will inform recommendations related to trail routes, funding, and community priorities. a draft of the Strategic Master Plan will be presented in early 2026, followed by additional opportunities for public feedback before final adoption. “Trails are central to Door County’s quality of life,” said Stauber. “With community collaboration, this plan will help us build a multi-use trail network that serves generations to come.” To learn more about Door County Trails and the Strategic Master Plan, visit doorcountytrails.org.
MEET AND GREET WITH NEW SISTER BAY ADMINISTRATOR Sister Bay – The Village of Sister Bay is hosting a Meet and Greet with the newly appointed Sister Bay Village administrator,
State Senator André Jacque 608.266.3512 room 7 South State Capitol P.O. Box 7882 Madison, WI 53707 Sen.jacque@legis.wisconsin.gov Governor Tony Evers 608.266.1212 Office of Governor Tony Evers 115 East Capitol Madison, WI 53702 EversInfo@wisconsin.gov
Benjamin “Ben” andrews. The event will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 3, from 5-7 pm at the Sister Bay Liberty Grove Fire Station, 2258 Mill road in Sister Bay. residents are encouraged to stop by to welcome the new administrator, ask questions about village operations and initiatives, share ideas or bring up any issues of importance. Ben andrews brings a background in municipal management and community engagement, and is eager to work collaboratively with residents, businesses and local organizations to continue building a vibrant and sustainable Sister Bay. For more information, visit sisterbaywi.gov or call 920.854.4118.
COUNCIL FINALIZES NEW SALES TAX Sturgeon Bay – The Sturgeon Bay Common Council gave final approval to a half-percent Premier resort area Tax (PraT), jan. 20. The new sales tax, effective july 1, is expected to generate around $400,000 during the six months it will be collected this year. The revenue will be used for road improvement projects. In addition, the ordinance states that 50% of the PraT proceeds from the previous year “shall be used to reduce the levy in the current year.” City Finance Director Val Clarizio said the PraT ordinance will be forwarded to the Wisconsin Department of revenue (DOr), which will inform Sturgeon Bay retailers and begin implementing the tax. The PraT revenue has already been factored into Sturgeon Bay’s 2026 budget. The only other Door County municipalities with a PraT are the villages of Ephraim and Sister Bay. Sister Bay’s tax took effect july 1, 2018, and Ephraim began imposing the PraT on jan. 1, 2022. Sturgeon Bay is allowed to enact a PraT after a provision to do so was included in the 2025-27 biennial state budget signed last summer by Gov. Tony Evers.
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The mural panels of the Baileys Harbor Range Light this crew is shown removing on Aug. 30, 2022, are now the panels installed at The Ridges Sanctuary Nature Center. FILE D.a. FITZGEraLD
Baileys Harbor Mural Spreads its Story as its Pieces Find New Homes by DEBRA FITZGERALD debra.fitz@ppulse.com
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he mural that once filled an exterior wall of the former Nelson’s Hardware building in downtown Baileys Harbor will continue to tell its stories across multiple sites, indoors and out, throughout Door
County. The Baileys Harbor Historical Society (BHHS) has gifted portions of the mural’s 67 laminated panels to The Ridges Sanctuary, the Door County Maritime Museum (DCMM) and the Nelson Shopping Center Ace Hardware in Fish Creek. Painted by artist Ram Rojas and completed in 2013 after a summer and a half of work, the mural celebrated Baileys Harbor’s history and people. Its original inspiration, however, was more poetic: Fort Atkinson poet Lorine Niedecker and her poem “Wintergreen Ridge,” written after a visit to The Ridges Sanctuary in the 1960s. “I hid pieces of the poem around the mural in the corners,” said the muralist, artist Ram Rojas. “I hid them all over the place, just for fun.” Six 4 x 8-foot panels gifted to DCMM include excerpts from Niedecker’s poem. The panels depict the Cana Island lighthouse – which DCMM operates and manages – along with surrounding waters and an image of a fish tug the museum is still working to identify, said Kevin Osgood, DCMM president and CEO. The museum has not yet finalized where the panels will be installed. Possible locations include the front of DCMM’s main museum in Sturgeon Bay, the side of the interpretive center on Cana Island or the exterior of the Death’s Door Maritime Museum at Gills Rock. The Sturgeon Bay site is currently the leading option. “But we have some work to do to see if that is possible and/ or even allowed,” Osgood said. Finding any single site large enough for the mural proved impossible, said Katherine Jones, president of the BHHS board. At approximately 2,200 square feet, reinstalling the mural intact would have classified it as a billboard – prohibited under county regulations. Nor could BHHS locate a building with sufficient space to mount it.
Former mural panels depicting the Baileys Harbor Range Light are already installed at the Cook-Albert Fuller Nature Center. The artist, Ram Rojas, will create small panels to fill in the spaces on the right where the panels were cut around a window on the original installation. KaTIE KrOuSE
“It not only makes sense, because it fits, but also feels true to home,” Krouse said. “It’s as though this piece was always meant to be here.” The Ridges also accepted panels portraying Emma Toft , who co-established the Ridges, seated on the rocks at Toft Point. Those panels are slated for installation on a new storage structure planned near the Nature Center. The mural was removed in 2022 after the Town of Baileys Harbor purchased the Nelson’s Hardware property to create a waterfront green space, now Sunrise Park. Peil Construction of Baileys Harbor carefully unscrewed the stainless-steel, Phillips-head screws, lowered each panel, numbered and ordered them, and transported them to secure storage. BHHS has covered the cost of long-term storage since then. Numerous panels remain in storage, depicting elements such as sky, rock formations and wooded areas. Because BHHS does not collect or store artifacts long-term, Jones said the organization cannot continue paying storage fees indefinitely and is inviting interested parties to come forward. “We are going to have to get them out of storage because the shed is being paid for and we don’t want to incur those expenses anymore,” she said. Rojas said he understands the society’s efforts to keep the mural intact and considers the preservation of its fragments a success in itself. “In the back of my mind, I’m going to dream that somehow it’s going to be put The mural, created by artist Ram Rojas and completed in 2013 – shown the day it was back together,” he said. “It was painted dedicated on Sept. 28, 2013. PEnInSuLa PuLSE FILE for that particular space, and it fit there really well. But on the other hand, it’s After exhausting all possible suggestions and ideas for kind of a miracle it was protected and saved. I’ve seen a lot of keeping the mural together, it was time to change course. really valuable murals disappear.” “We decided it was time to take the panels out of storage and Seeing portions of the mural installed at The Ridges, Rojas distribute them, gift them,” she said. said, almost feels as if they were painted specifically for that The Gary Nelson family has also accepted panels depicting space. He has already heard that visitors have been moved by their family’s history on what had been their former building. the work. While family members were unavailable before the story’s “That’s what happens with art in general,” he said. “You deadline, Jones said she understands the panels will be never know who has been touched.” installed somewhere within their Fish Creek store. Ann Marie Ott, a BHHS board director and past president, The Ridges Sanctuary not only accepted panels that depict said the organization hopes to document the mural’s the Baileys Harbor Range Light – an iconic feature of the history and evolution on the organization’s website, at Sanctuary – but has already installed them at the Cook-Albert baileysharborhistory.org, preserving its story even as its Fuller Nature Center. Executive Director Katie Krous said it’s panels take on new lives. an honor to be entrusted with pieces of a work that allows visitors to experience the familiar landscape through the perspective of a local artist.
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New Reflective Fire Signs Rolling Out Across Door County Why those signs are changing by DEBRA FITZGERALD debra.fitz@ppulse.com
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hose familiar green-and-white fire number signs posted along rural Door County roads are quietly becoming artifacts of the past. In their place are smaller, blue-and-white address signs made of highly reflective material and mounted perpendicular to the roadway to improve visibility for emergency responders. County officials said the upgrade is about one thing: shaving precious seconds off response times when every moment matters. After completing installations in Southern Door communities, the five-person crew began moving northward Jan. 17, starting in the Town of Sevastopol just north of the City of Sturgeon Bay. The project spans every town in the county. The villages of Egg Harbor, Ephraim and Sister Bay will receive new signs, but are responsible for installing them independently. Both the City of Sturgeon Bay and the Village of Forestville do their own addressing completely independent of the county. Door County Emergency Management director Jeb Saelens is overseeing the in-house effort, which began in August 2025 in the Town of Sturgeon Bay and headed south from there. As of Jan. 19, the crews had installed 4,496 signs – about 23% of the total – covering the towns of Brussels, Clay Banks, Forestville, Gardner, Nasewaupee and Union. The total number of signs to be replaced is 19,009, and includes fire signs on 10 islands in Door County waters. The current stage of the project is considered Phase 1, which focuses on replacing signs that are already mounted correctly. “If the post the sign is on is in a good place, within 20 feet of the driveway, is in good condition, and can be seen from the road, we just put a simple bracket on it, and we’re good to go,” Saelens said. Property owners who notice neighboring homes with new signs while theirs remain unchanged are slated for Phase II. In those cases, the existing sign may be mounted improperly – on a tree, on a wooden post, or set too far from the driveway and roadway. Guided by Chapter 10 of the county’s ordinances, known as the Uniform Addressing System, installers will leave those green-and-white signs in place until the spring thaw. At that point, crews will return to relocate the post to the correct position before installing the new blue sign.
Tyson Wickman is one of five sign installers the county has hired out of the Emergency Management department to install the new fire signs. Wickman reminded people that if they want to keep their old green and white signs, write “Save” on a note in Sharpie on the back, and the installers will leave the sign. D.A. FITZGERALD
“We’re going to put it in the right corner of the driveway,” Saelens said. “We may put it on the left for visibility issues.” While the county is handling installation, property owners are responsible for Having completed Southern ensuring the sign Door communities, sign remains visible installers employed by the from the road. That county are making their way includes trimming north, as can be seen here on any trees, brush or Bay Shore Drive in Sevastopol shrubs that may obstruct just north of the city. D.A. the view. Installers are FITZGERALD logging visibility issues as they go, and affected property owners will receive a letter outlining what needs to be addressed. The decision to replace the signs was driven by safety concerns. Many of the existing signs are faded, rusted or no longer legible – an issue that can slow emergency responders during 911 calls. “It’s a safety issue,” said Saelens, who also serves as a firefighter for the Sister Bay-Liberty Grove fire department and has previous experience driving an ambulance. “On the worst day of your life, this is going to get us to your house that much quicker.” Property owners who wish to keep their old greenand-white sign may do so. Saelens recalled one military
family who had moved frequently and called Emergency Management to see if they could retrieve their old sign, which had sentimental reasons, as it was their first house after settling permanently in Door County. “We dug through and we were able to find it,” Saelens said. Preferably, the sign can be saved on the front end of the install. If a property owner wants to save the sign, they’re asked to write SAVE on the back, either directly or on a piece of paper, before the installer arrives. While many may rely on GPS for navigation, Saelens said those systems are not always reliable for emergency response. “Sometimes it sends us to the wrong address,” he said. “The public expects us to be there as soon as possible.” The project is expected to wrap up in the fall of 2027. The county has discussed the project for years – it was originally intended to be funded with American Rescue Plan Act dollars back in 2022 – and sent it out to bid a couple of times before the final request for bids for replacement signs, posts and associated fasteners went out in the summer of 2025. County Administrator Ken Pabich said the signs themselves cost $197,582, with another $6.85 per post where replacements are needed, plus fasteners. Labor costs for the five installers are projected at $315,000. “The labor budget will depend on how much rock we hit as we go north and the effort required for this part of the project,” Pabich said.
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valve adjustments and repaving. The city’s estimated cost for that Utah Street project is $344,000. The city also expects he City of Sturgeon to receive a Local Road Bay is planning Improvement Project grant capital roadway of around $27,000 to improvement help fund work on South projects for this year with Lansing Avenue between an estimated total cost of Green Bay Road and $1,810,130. Hwy 42/57. That $140,000 The Common Council met project includes milling on Jan. 6 as the Board of Public and repaving, relocation Works and authorized the of the east curb line and preparation of bid documents installation of a new 6-footSenior Engineering for 17 roadway projects after wide sidewalk connecting Technician Brian Spetz hearing a presentation about to Willow Drive. speaks Jan. 6 before the them from Senior Engineering Sturgeon Bay Common Spetz said a safety Technician Brian Spetz. The Council, which met as the railing will be installed Board of Public Works to work would cover around 2.76 along the southern portion consider road improvement miles of city streets. of the new sidewalk, KEVIn projects for this year. Spetz said the city’s 2026 adjacent to a steep side BOnESKE budget includes $1,783,000 for slope, to allow pedestrians the projects, and if bids come to access Sawyer School in favorably, all planned improvements from the paved trail on Green Bay Road. could be completed this year. He noted that As the city seeks to acquire right-of-way to favorable bids last year allowed the city to extend South 18th add the repaving of the Egg Harbor Road Avenue to connect with Memorial Drive, and 14th Avenue intersection. If the bids plans also call for pulverizing and paving aren’t higher than expected, modifications to 875 feet of 18th Avenue north of Memorial the roadway plan may be needed to remain Drive. within budget. In addition, the council approved a storm Among the larger projects, Huron Street sewer utility drainage improvement project will be reconstructed between 5th and 7th in the Woodruff Place area, estimated at avenues. The project includes replacement $171,888, and authorized proceeding with of sanitary sewer and water mains, curb and the city’s annual crack fill and micro fill/ gutter, roadway gravel base and pavement, chip seal program, budgeted at $200,000. along with sidewalk replacement from 6th Including these items, the total fiscal impact to 7th avenues to connect with the existing is estimated at $2,182,018. sidewalk south along 6th Avenue. Spetz noted the road improvement “It’s about half the size of the Delaware projects are separate from planned Street [project] that we did last year,” he improvements along South Duluth Avenue said. “The city portion is estimated at (County S). That project includes a $166,000, and Sturgeon Bay Utilities’ [share new urban design with curb and gutter, is] $315,000, so a total of $481,000.” sidewalks, bike lanes and repaving for that Improvements on Utah Street between section of Duluth Avenue from south of Hwy 12th and 15th avenues will vary by section. 42/57 to the Justice Center. The western two-thirds of that roadway will The city was previously awarded a federal be reconstructed, including storm sewer Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) grant reconfiguration, replacement of curb and administered by the Wisconsin Department gutter and road gravel base, manhole and of Transportation to fund 80% of the design water valve adjustments and pavement and construction costs for the South Duluth replacement. The eastern one-third will Avenue project, with the city and county involve pavement milling, spot curb and splitting the remaining 20%. gutter replacement, manhole and water by KEVIN BONESKE kevin@ppulse.com
screenings. We’ve had an alarming rate of cancer lately on a small turgeon Bay department, so officials will we want to kind take firefighter of address that contract talks now [rather] to mediation after than later.” negotiations stalled over Among the city pay parity and health firefighters, they protections, leaving the note that former city’s fire union working Fire Chief Tim Sturgeon Bay firefighter under an expired Herlache dealt with Dean Gordon reads a contract, while members cancer and passed prepared statement press for city-funded in support of the city away last year at cancer screenings. firefighters union’s contract age 66. concerns during the Jan. After meeting in Firefighter union 20 Common Council closed session for nearly members, who have KEVIn BOnESKE meeting. 90 minutes on Jan. 20, expressed concerns the Common Council about being at decided to go to mediation to reach higher risk of having cancer because an agreement on a new three-year of their firefighting duties, want the contract, said Mayor David Ward. city to pay the cost of annual cancer Sturgeon Bay’s firefighters’ union screenings, which they estimate will continue to work under the would total close to $5,000 per year terms of the previous contract that for all the members combined. expired Dec. 31. When asked what Firefighter Richard Soukup issues would need to be resolved to said a “handshake agreement” to finalize a new contract, Ward said include the cancer screenings in a “all the issues would be on the table,” new contract fell through, and he adding, “that’s what a negotiation is.” asked the council during the public Ward said the mediator would be comment period before the closed selected by the State of Wisconsin, session to “please help us by finding while the council would work with its money to keep us alive.” attorney to schedule the mediation. “Our health insurance does Union members in the Sturgeon not cover the cost of these cancer Bay Fire Department were on hand screenings,” he said. “There are for the council’s meeting and urged companies that specialize in these approval of provisions favored by the cancer screenings, specifically for firefighters, rather than having to go firefighters, because firefighters face to arbitration. significantly higher cancer risks The city’s Professional Police due to the job that we do. These Officers Union has a new three-year screenings are proven to detect contract in effect this year through cancer earlier when it’s the most 2028, which received final approval treatable and survivable.” by the council last August. Soukup said screening for cancer “We’re just trying to get a deal is personal for him because his done to match parity with the cops,” cousin, John Soukup, who was a said firefighter Austin Gulley, one Sturgeon Bay firefighter for 14 years, of 12 union members in the fire had a cancer-related death at age 42. department. “We also want to look out for our members via the cancer by KEVIN BONESKE kevin@ppulse.com
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n 1986, a couple of bright-eyed girls met, and a lasting friendship began. Who knew it would lead to 40 years this spring of hairdressing and friendship. We found ourselves likeminded in the type of environment we wanted to create for ourselves, our staff and our guests. Details Hair Innovations was born! We both are passionate about the world we live in, the need for clean water, caring for our planet and its people. It was natural for us to become an Aveda Concept salon – an exceptional company that aligns with our goals. We have dedicated ourselves to the challenge of creating openness in our hearts and further expansion of our
The hardest part about moving on is, no question, the relationships we have with our staff and clients. We thank each and every one of you for the best time ever. We will continue business as usual for now. After 40 years of creating, with openness in our hearts, we look forward to our encore of expanding our minds for what our future holds.
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blessed to have been able to do so for so long. Our instinctive blend of ideas and thoughts gave Details Salon a seamless and strong foundation. Even after the final curtain, our love and admiration for each other will continue. Our friendship is not about who you spend the most time with; it’s about who you have the best time with. We are each other’s favorite person, and that will continue to be the case until the end of time.
The DCEDC, serving the community since 1989, is a nonprofit public-private partnership dedicated to strengthening the economic vitality of Door County’s businesses and residents. To learn more about DCEDC’s mission, vision, values and priorities, view the organization’s newly released 2026–2028 Strategic Plan at livedoorcounty.org/strategic-plan. Contact Michelle Lawrie with questions or more information at michelle@doorcountybusiness.com.
DCEDC TRANSFERS BUSINESS CENTER AND OPERATIONS Sturgeon Bay – The Door County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) announced a change in ownership of the business center located at 185 E. Walnut St. in Sturgeon Bay. Previously owned and operated by DCEDC, the building is now owned by Lawe Street Sanctuary, LLC, which will continue operating the facility as a multi-tenant business center, ensuring continuity for the organizations currently located in the building. “as the economic development needs of our community have evolved over the past several years, DCEDC’s energy and resources must evolve as well,” said Michelle Lawrie, DCEDC executive director. “Today, Door County businesses are increasingly seeking support with workforce attraction and retention, as well as programs and policies that foster long-term sustainability and growth. Further, as demand for second-stage business space has increased, demand for traditional incubator space at the business center has declined.” The business center is currently home to second-stage businesses that have moved beyond the incubation stage, as well as distributors, nonprofit organizations, and professional service providers. While DCEDC will no longer manage the center, the organization will remain a tenant and looks forward to continuing to use the facility to deliver programs and services that support entrepreneurs and businesses of all sizes throughout Door County. “We are grateful to Lawe Street Sanctuary for their investment in our community and their commitment to continuing the use of the facility as a home for local businesses and organizations,” said ryan Hoernke, DCEDC board chair. “By adapting to change and aligning our efforts with the evolving needs of entrepreneurs, businesses, and communities, DCEDC is well-positioned to further strengthen Door County’s economy.”
Polly Swagel & Tina George of Details Salon, 7828 Hwy 42 in the Main Street Shops in Egg Harbor, which is currently on the market
The nicolet national Foundation is a public charity directed by the employees of nicolet Bank, founded as a way for employees to pool resources and give back to the neighborhoods where they work and live. The yoga Womb offers membership scholarships, behavioral health prescription programs and yoga in the Park. Free weekly classes include Foundations in Meditation on Sundays at 10 am, yoga for Trauma Survivors on Mondays at 10 am and Soul Powered Sobriety Circle on Mondays at 5:15 pm. a free class for caregivers will be available soon. The yoga Womb is located at 58 Maple St. in Sturgeon Bay. Visit theyogawomb.org to learn more.
The Peninsula Aquatics Center is now offering kids swim lessons and training for adult swimmers in Sister Bay. HannaH PauLuS
OPEN HOUSE AT PENINSULA ACQUATICS CENTER Sister Bay’s new home for swim training is now open. Peninsula aquatics Center will host an open house on Saturday, jan. 24 from 10 am to 4 pm at 10464 Hwy 57, Sister Bay. The center features two training pools with simulated currents powered by motors, underwater treadmills and a sauna. Stop by to learn more about training, rehab, and swim school opportunities, or learn more at northerndoorsportsandrec.org/peninsula-aquatics-center.
THE YOGA WOMB AWARDED NICOLET GRANT The yoga Womb, a nonprofit wellness studio in Sturgeon Bay, received a $1,000 grant from the nicolet national Foundation, Inc. on jan. 10. The grant will support The yoga Womb’s efforts to share the practices of yoga and meditation with as many people as possible.
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throughout the farmland zones. It will be entirely up to the counties to determine whether they will participate.” If the bill becomes law, Kitchens said he’s confident the program will be successful in Door County, which has strong leaders and infrastructure in place. He hopes that other counties would then see the success and try it in their own area. No Fee at B&C A long-time Lifetime Associate and benefactor has provided the Boone and Crockett Club the opportunity to waive the usual $40 entry processing fees into the organization’s records program this year. The hope is that by reducing a potential barrier, more trophies will be added to the 64,000-plus records from the last century of hunting conservation. The B&C Club has been measuring antlers, horns, skulls, and tusks of North American big game since 1895, with the original vision of creating a record of what was thought to be the vanishing wildlife in the country. The organization’s Records of North American Big Game was first published in 1932. Now in its 15th edition, it serves as a vital record of biological, spatial, and harvest data and trends from hunter-taken and picked up big game species. The records dataset is based on the principle that the existence of mature, male specimens is an indicator of overall population and habitat health. The data allows wildlife managers to evaluate herd and habitat health. Director of Big Game Records Kyle Lehr said the hope is that anyone who would like to have their animal officially scored – even if it was picked up or harvested many years ago – will take advantage of the opportunity to enter it into and strengthen the database. B&C remains steadfast in its requirement that only native, wild, and free-ranging big game are eligible for entry. They have more than 1,600 official measurers located throughout North America, including Tom Karl and Bucky Ihlenfeldt of Kewaunee. Bears by County A total of 3,836 black bears were killed by Wisconsin hunters last fall, including 51 on ag damage tags, 34 during Learn to Hunt events and 27 by Ojibwe tribal members off reservation land. While the vast majority of bears were taken in the northern and central forest regions, there were some individuals shot as far south as Lacrosse, Monroe, Juneau, Marquette and Fond du Lac counties. Forty-two of the state’s 72 counties saw bears registered. Marinette County was No. 1 with 275 harvested. Rusk (255), Sawyer (241), Price (215) and Bayfield (185) rounded out the top five. Oconto was next with 181, followed by Langlade (169), Washburn (167), Burnett (164) and Oneida (151).
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• Feb. 3: Supporting Economic and Water Quality Opportunities Through Expanded Dairy Heifer Grazing • Feb. 10: Diving Deeper into Tile Drainage: Installation and Conservation Practice Considerations • Feb. 17: reducing Phosphorus Losses by Pushing Beyond the Basics • Feb. 24: a Bird’s Eye View of On-Farm Conservation • March 3: Finding the right n-rate Balancing yield, Profitability and Water Quality • March 10: understanding nitrogen Leaching and Water Budget Measurements • March 17: Impacts of Cereal rye as a Cover Crop Depending on Farm Goals • March 24: Discovery Farms 2026 MultiState Webinar Continuing Education unit credits will be available for each webinar. registration is required at agwater.extension.wisc.edu/ webinars.
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NEW MEMBERS ON SUSTAINABLE FOOD BOARD Farmers for Sustainable Food, a farmer-led, industry-supported organization empowering farmers to lead in sustainable farming practices, elected three directors to its board during the group’s annual meeting at the 2026 Dairy Strong conference on jan. 14. Paul Cornette of Cornette Dairy in Luxemburg was re-elected
to the board as a farmer-led group director and continues to serve as board president. He represents Peninsula Pride Farms, a farmerled watershed conservation group in Door and Kewaunee counties. Bryan Stanek, managing director at Compeer Financial, was re-elected to the board as a general member director. He has over 26 years of experience in the farm credit system and has been involved in the dairy industry throughout his career. Stanek will serve as board treasurer. jeremy Heim of Heim’s Hillcrest Dairy and Heim Brothers Custom in algoma was elected to his first term on the board as a farmer member director. Heim has served as a board member for his local farmer-led watershed conservation group, Peninsula Pride Farms, and for the Professional nutrient applicators association of Wisconsin. Lee Kinnard of Kinnard Farms was recognized as an outgoing board member.
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Stand with Minnesota all but two of the people I love most in this world live in Minneapolis. These loved ones are now experiencing terror and fear of being safe in their own community. They are daily sending us live videos documenting the cruelty and lawlessness of ICE: car windows smashed and people being dragged out of their cars, schools being attacked by masked ICE agents who are tackling students and teachers to the ground, innocent folks in cars driving on local streets being shot with tear gas in a car putting three children in the hospital, uS citizens as well as legal immigrants arrested and put in jail with no phone call to their families – they just disappear. This lawless, cruel execution of violence is forcing small businesses and schools to close. The death of renee Good was tragic and if you watched any of the videos, it was avoidable! Others have been shot and this violence will continue unless we stop it. Is this the america you want? Is this what you voted for? Do you want this for Wisconsin? We must all say ‘no’ to this violence against our citizens, our loved ones, our neighbors, our workers and against our children. republicans defending this violence are complicit – we must all join together and say ‘no’ – only then will it stop. judy Brodd Sister Bay, Wisconsin
ICE: A Simple Solution? If local officials would honor ICE detainers and turn over illegals already in custody for crimes committed, ICE would not have to go into the communities, inadvertently endangering others. Instead, local officials release these criminals back into their neighborhoods, thereby endangering their very own people. Some of these people in custody, according to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security, are very bad hombrés, such as rapists, pedophiles, aggravated assaulters, murderers, and sex traffickers. These are the people ICE is after. Who could be against that? These are the people protesters are trying to protect? I don’t get it. The abuse ICE is subjected to for doing the job they were hired to do, enforcing laws on the books enacted by Congress, is outrageous and dangerous to all involved. I think you have the wrong target. If you don’t like the law, contact your representative and prompt them to do their job. Work within the system instead of destroying it. Have them come up with solutions instead of promoting defiance and civil unrest. What is taking place in our street is very destructive and not leading to a resolution, and may very well have unintended consequences, and not to the good. We are so divided, fighting battles on all fronts, of all kinds. Could it be that we are so focused on these individual fights that we do not see a seemingly greater threat? Can we not come together to work things out? above all, should we not be united as americans and work together for the common good?
There may be those who disagree with this letter. That is fine with me. Let’s talk. If my take on things is wrong, change my mind; I am open to the possibility. If we don’t start talking, there will certainly not be a solution. How will this end? Barbara Daniels Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
What Is Your Red Line? as people of faith, as american citizens, we each need to identify our personal red line. What is it that could occur in our country to make you say, “Enough!”? I reached mine many months ago. I honestly can’t tell you the one thing, for me, it was many things that this administration has achieved or threatened. In less than one year in office, Trump authorized military actions in seven different countries (Venezuela, Syria, nigeria, Iran, yemen, Somalia, and Iraq). He dismantled uSaID. Boston university found that the agency’s demise had “already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.” He called for the bombings and killing of dozens of people in boats off the coast of Venezuela. Were they all transporting drugs? We don’t know. He sent an invasion force to abduct Venezuelan President Maduro and 100 people, mostly citizens, were killed. attorney General Bondi asserted that this was simply fulfilling an arrest warrant. almost simultaneously to that announcement, Trump declared that “we will be running Venezuela.” On the domestic front, Trump has ordered armed u.S. troops into six american cities. He hailed their entry into Chicago as Operation Midway Blitz and told military personnel that this would serve as “training grounds for our military.” We are talking about military training in Chicago. The Supreme Court has been asked to overturn the landmark same-sex marriage ruling. Trump froze $10 billion in childcare and family assistance in five Democratically led states (no republican states). He pardoned over 1,500 people, many violent, who attacked the Capitol on jan. 6. and then there is ICE. according to its own website, ICE should target those “who present a danger to our national security, are a threat to public safety, or who otherwise undermine the integrity of our immigration system.” I have no issue with ICE doing its job as intended and stated. I do not want masked, armed military in our streets threatening, intimidating, or killing our neighbors. We are being asked to justify the unjustifiable. I’ve had enough. What is your red line? nora Flood Sister Bay, Wisconsin
Public Protests, Public Consequences for Door County I value Door County deeply, which is why I am concerned about how recent, highly visible political events are affecting our community and tourism-based economy. In recent months, incidents such as the no Kings protest in juddville, the alleged Charlie Kirk shirt-burning in Sister Bay, and the Indivisible rally in Egg Harbor have drawn attention far beyond our county. These events generated hostile social media commentary and even coverage on Milwaukeearea news radio, portraying Door County not as a peaceful destination, but as a place of political confrontation. Our county depends on tourism. Visitors come to relax, enjoy our natural beauty, and escape political tensions elsewhere. Frequent, highly visible demonstrations, especially when they favor one political perspective, risk making visitors uncomfortable and undermining the welcoming reputation we have worked hard to build. Public actions have public consequences. While people have the right to protest, others also have the right to take their business elsewhere. Honest conversations about the impact of political activism on our community are long overdue. Dawn McGinnis Village of Egg Harbor, Wisconsin
Our Voice in Washington, DC How well do you know Mr. Tony Wied, your representative to Congress? I emailed representative Tony Wied, asking him not to support the campaign to annex Greenland, simply because it is not right. Laws, both national and international, oppose this action. Mr. Wied’s response to me was that he supported “the President’s efforts to strengthen national
security and put the american people first” through the annexation of Greenland. This decision was justified because the acquisition of Greenland would significantly expand u.S. strategic influence in the arctic, secure travel routes, and improve military assets to better protect north america. also, Greenland has untapped reserves of rare earth materials. I do not want to be represented by anyone who would feel that unilaterally taking over a sovereign nation is appropriate for whatever reason. Greenland and its people are their own country; we have no right to take what is theirs. The hostile acquisition of Greenland is the criminal behavior of a bully and a thug. If you are concerned, contact Mr. Wied and let him know. We already have military bases on Greenland that provide needed security. We do not need to own what belongs to our Greenlandic friends. I stand for an america that is free and just – and I hope you do, too. Barbara Meyer Sister Bay, Wisconsin
Who Will Be the Margaret Chase Smith of 2026? Where is Margaret Chase Smith when you need her? In 1950, as a republican and the only woman in the uS Senate, she challenged joe McCarthy and his war against american citizens. you can read her entire 15-minute speech online. But let me share some highlights – in her words, not mine. “Those of us who shout the loudest about americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of americanism: The right to criticize. The right to hold unpopular beliefs. The right to protest. The right of independent thought. The exercise of these rights should not cost one single american citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood, nor should he be in danger of losing his reputation or livelihood merely because he happens to know someone who holds unpopular beliefs.” “It is high time that we stopped thinking politically as republicans and Democrats about elections and started thinking patriotically as americans about national security based on individual freedom. It is high time that we all stopped being tools and victims of totalitarian techniques – techniques that, if continued here unchecked, will surely end what we have come to cherish as the american way of life.” These words and those of her entire speech were given 76 years ago. Today, we again sit with someone willing to hurt the american people by asserting that only he knows what patriotism is. Only he knows which americans should live freely. We, as a nation, must stop “being tools and victims of totalitarian techniques.” Dear Senators, which one of you will be the Margaret Chase Smith of 2026? Which one of you will stand up for “The right to criticize. The right to hold unpopular beliefs. The right to protest. The right of independent thought.” Which one of you will “stop thinking politically as republicans and Democrats about elections and start thinking patriotically as americans”? Cindy nelson Ephraim, Wisconsin
A Report Card on Trump’s Second Term It is just over a year since Donald Trump returned to power in the 2024 election. now seems like a good time to issue a report card on how well Trump’s america is doing. Here’s mine: •Terrorizing american cities and shooting their residents in the street: a •Bombing small, failed countries and threatening our naTO allies: a •abandoning ukraine to Putin: a •Creating a justice Department that only prosecutes the president’s enemies: a •Giving billionaires and corporations a massive tax cut while exploding the deficit: a •Helping american families get affordable health care: F •Creating good-paying jobs for american workers: F •Making life more affordable: F •Supporting our public schools: F •Preserving a healthy environment vital to Wisconsin’s agriculture and tourism: F I don’t think this is the kind of report card anyone wants. This is not america. We should all be outraged. It is time for everyone who believes in democracy and decency to demand that Congress, especially republicans in Congress, rein in this increasingly unfit and dangerous president and hold him and his enablers accountable. Mark Fermanich Sister Bay, Wisconsin
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STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, DOOR COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES DANHAUSER Order Setting Time to Hear Petition for Administration and Deadline for Filing Claims (Formal Administration) Case No. 25-PR-102 A Petition for Formal Administration was filed. THE COURT FINDS: The decedent, with date of birth 02/09/1926 and date of death 11/28/1986 was domiciled in Racine County, State of Wisconsin. THE COURT ORDERS: 1. The Petition be heard at the Door County Justice Center, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, 1209 S. Duluth Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Room C256, before Circuit Court Judge/Circuit Court Commissioner Regan Hendrickson, on January 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM. You do not need to appear unless you object. The petition may be granted if there is no objection. 2. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is March 27, 2026. 3. A claim may be filed at the Door County Justice Center, 1209 S. Duluth Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Room C256. 4. Heirship will be determined at the hearing on petition for final judgment. 5. Publication of this notice is notice to any persons whose names or addresses are unknown. If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in the court process, please call 920-746-2482 prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation. BY THE COURT: /s/ Regan Hendrickson Court Commissioner 12/29/25 Catherine J. Ludin Husch Blackwell 511 North Broadway, Suite 1100 Milwaukee, WI 53202 414-978-5673 Bar Number 1130013 Run: January 9, 16, 23 2026 WNAXLP STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, DOOR COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BARBARA J. LAWRIE Order Limiting Time for Filing Claims (Formal Administration) Case No. 26 PR 01 A Petition for Formal Administration was filed. THE COURT FINDS: The decedent, with date of birth May 17, 1942 and date of death December 31, 2025 was domiciled in Door County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 200 N. 7th Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235. 2. All interested persons waived notice. THE COURT ORDERS: 1. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is April 13, 2026. 2. A claim must be filed at the Door County Justice Center, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Room C258. BY THE COURT: /s/ Regan Hendrickson Court Commissioner 01/09/26 Pinkert Law Firm LLP 454 Kentucky Street, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 920-743-6505 Bar Number 1082283 Run: Jan 16, 23, 20, 2026 WNAXLP STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, DOOR COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE NAME CHANGE OF
Dean Barry Falkinburg By (Petitioner) Dean Barry Falkinburg By (Co-Petitioner) Notice of Name Change Hearing Case No. 26CV6 NOTICE IS GIVEN: A Petition was filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From: [First] Dean [Middle] Barry [Last] Falkinburg To: [First] Connor [Middle] Lifeglade [Last] O’Thalyn Birth Certificate: [First] Dean [Middle] Barry [Last] Falkinburg This Petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Door County, State of Wisconsin: Judge’s Name David Weber Place Door County Justice Center, 1209 S. Duluth Ave, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Date 2/18/26 Time 9:30 am If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in the court process, please call prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation. Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice for three weeks in a row prior to the date of the hearing in the Peninsula Pulse, a newspaper published in Door County, State of Wisconsin. Run: Jan 23, 30, Feb 6, 2026 WNAXLP STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, DOOR COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE NAME CHANGE OF Jesse Dean Ronnebaum By (Petitioner) By (Co-Petitioner) Notice of Name Change Hearing Case No. 26CV7 NOTICE IS GIVEN: A Petition was filed asking to change the name of the person listed above: From: [First] Jesse [Middle] Dean [Last] Ronnebaum To: [First] Jesse [Middle] Dean [Last] Egeland Birth Certificate: [First] Jesse [Middle] Dean [Last] Ronnebaum This Petition will be heard in the Circuit Court of Door County, State of Wisconsin: Judge’s Name David L. Weber Place Door County Justice Center, 1209 S. Duluth Ave, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Date 2/18/2026 Time 11:30 am If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate in the court process, please call 920-746-2280 prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation. Clerk of Circuit Court 1/20/26 Notice of this hearing shall be given by publication as a Class 3 notice for three (3) weeks in a row prior to the date of the hearing in the Peninsula Pulse, a newspaper published in Door County, State of Wisconsin. Run: Jan 23, 30, Feb 6 WNAXLP STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, DOOR COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Roger W. Schopf Notice to Creditors (Informal Administration) Case No. 26PR03 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for informal administration was filed. 2. The decedent, with date of birth November 30, 1935 and date of death November 27, 2025 was domiciled in Door County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 5125 County Highway I, Egg Harbor, WI 3. All interested persons waived notice. 4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is 4/20/2026. 5. A claim may be filed at the Door County Courthouse, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin,
Room C253. BY THE COURT: /s/ Regan Hendrickson Register in Probate 1/20/26 Herbert C. Liebmann IV 218 N 14th Ave, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 920-743-9117 Bar Number 1064291 Run: Jan 23, 30, Feb 6, 2026 WNAXLP
BID REQUESTS INVITATION TO BID DOOR COUNTY Door County Facilities & Parks Department – Chaudoir’s Dock County Park Dredging Project Door County is seeking sealed bids for the above-referenced project. Bid documents may be obtained from QuestCDN website. info@ questcdn.com Bids shall be in strict conformance with the instructions, specifications and drawings and must be submitted to and received by the, Facilities & Parks Office, Door County Government Center, 421 Nebraska Street, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, 54235 not later than 11:00 a.m. CST on February 17th, 2026, and will be publicly opened at the Government Center, Woodlands Conference Room #B339 on February 17th, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. CST. WNAXLP
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE DOOR COUNTY, WI RESOURCE PLANNING COMMITTEE DOOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER 421 NEBRASKA ST. STURGEON BAY, WI 54235 A public hearing and subsequent business meeting will be held by the Door County Resource Planning Committee (RPC) on Thursday, February 5, 2026, in the Door County Government Center Chambers Room (C102, 1st Floor). Applicants and others who wish to offer oral testimony must attend in person. Members of the public who wish to simply monitor/observe the hearing and meeting may attend in person, or do so remotely by computer using the link below, or via the Zoom smartphone app, or by calling (312) 626-6799. Link: https://us02web.zoom. us/j/85015154400?pwd=hnfk eVMHgvQj2n7AxD7oaEkdAd SYig.1 Zoom Webinar ID: 850 1515 4400 Passcode: 577057 The hearing will begin at 3:00 p.m. to give consideration to the application below for a Conditional Use Permit, as specified in the Door County Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. CLAY BANKS Joseph Maggle requests a Conditional Use Permit to create a 2.76-acre non-farm residential lot to contain a residence and accessory buildings. The parcel is zoned Exclusive Agricultural (EA) and is located at 1840 CTH U. The purpose of a hearing is to allow parties to explain how their interests are affected, how the public is affected, and to bring out any facts pertinent to the case related to public health, safety, convenience, and general welfare. Written testimony will be accepted on 8 1/2” x 11” paper, or by email to LUSdepartment@co.door. wi.us, and must be received 48 hours prior to the day of the hearing. Anonymous correspondence will not be accepted. Letters are available for inspection upon request. Letters are entered into hearing records, but are not read aloud. Please note: Correspondence or testimony submitted for town-level proceedings does NOT get forwarded to the county. All application materials may be viewed on-line approximately four business
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VILLAGE OF EGG HARBOR ORDINANCE NO. 2026-01 AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 96 PEACE AND ORDER SECTION 96.02 LOUD AND UNNECESSARY NOISE PROHIBITED OF THE VILLAGE OF EGG HARBOR MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Egg Harbor have reviewed the amendments, and WHEREAS, the Board has found it to be beneficial to amend chapter 96, section 96.02 (A)(3) of the municipal code to better serve our residents and visitors of the Village of Egg Harbor. NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Egg Harbor, that, Chapter 96, Section 96.02(A)(3) of the Code of Ordinances be amended as follows, § 96.02 LOUD AND UNNESSARY NOISE PROHIBITED (A) It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue, or cause to be made or continued, any loud and unnecessary noise. (3) No noise shall produce a sound level that when measured from the adjacent property line of the noise making premise by two independent individuals and two independent devices results in a decibel level over 90 decibels from 7:00 AM to 9:59 PM. After 10:00 PM, amplified noise is prohibited and noise should not be heard by the naked ear beyond
REQUESTS FOR BIDS The Town of Gardner, Door County is accepting bid proposals for the 2026 mowing of 49.57 miles of town roads ditches. Mowing should include the cutting of small saplings and cattails to fence line. For more information contact Glenn Dart, Gardner Town Supervisor at 920-559-8889. Sealed Bid proposals must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. February 6th, 2026, to, Amy Sacotte, Town Clerk, 2026 Cty Rd DK, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235. The Town of Gardner reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or accept the proposal deemed most advantageous to the Town of Gardner. Dated the 18th day of January 2026 Amy Sacotte, Clerk WNAXLP
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TOWN OF BAILEYS HARBOR Resolution No. 2026-01 A Resolution Designating a Temporary Polling Location. WHEREAS, the Town of Baileys Harbor is responsible for establishing and maintaining polling locations for elections in accordance with Wisconsin Statutes; and WHEREAS, Wisconsin Stat. § 5.25 permits a municipality to designate a temporary polling place when the regular polling place is unavailable or unsuitable; and WHEREAS, the regularly designated polling location at 2392 County Road F (Town Hall) will be unavailable or unsuitable for use for the election to be held on February 17, 2026; and WHEREAS, the Town Board finds it necessary and in the best interest of voters to temporarily designate an alternative polling location to ensure safe, accessible, and orderly voting; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Town Board of the Town of Baileys Harbor, that the polling location for the election to be held on February 17, 2026, is hereby temporarily designated as follows: Temporary Polling Location: Name of Facility: Baileys Harbor Fire Station Address: 2404 Park Road, Town of Baileys Harbor BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this designation applies only to the election(s) specified above and does not permanently alter the municipality’s regular polling place; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Municipal Clerk is directed to provide all required public notice, notify the Wisconsin Elections Commission, update election systems as required, and take any additional actions necessary to implement this temporary. polling location in compliance with state law. Passed and adopted this 12th day of January 2026. David Eliot - Town Chairman Attest: Haley Adams Votes: Aye 5 Nays 0 WNAXLP
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Southern Door County School District 2073 County Highway DK, Brussels, WI 54204 Approved at the Regular Board meeting - January 19, 2026 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2025 – 5:30 PM SOUTHERN DOOR HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY President Starr called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. Members present: Kim Starr, Janel Veeser, Tina Nellis, Adam Schopf, Marissa Norton, Hannah Delwiche. Absent: Sam Counard. Also Present: Dr. Kevin Krutzik, Sue Ann Hubbard, Heather Kraeuter, Dan Viste, Marc Vandenhouten, Steve Bousley, Ben Kline, Files, Jeff Walters (CESA 7). Student Representative: Portia Hah. Motion Counard/Nellis properly called/convened/proper notice given; carried. Pledge of Allegiance recited; Board Commitment read by Adam Schopf. Student Highlight: High School Musical (Madeline Wilkins) Staff Highlight: Technical Education (Walker De Jager & Ron Clark) - Contributions to the metals program of long-time volunteer, Ron Clark. - Certificate of Appreciation to Mr. Clark from the Southern
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Town of Baileys Harbor Public Notice is hereby given that the Town of Baileys Harbor will hold a public hearing at the Baileys Harbor Fire Department, located at 2404 Park Road, WI 54202, on Monday February 9, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. The hearing will consider the conclusions
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Public Notices continued from page 2 Door High School Staff & Students Public Forum – None. Athletic Director’s Quarterly Report - Fall Sports Wrap-Up - Winter Sports Update - Talon Community Fitness Center Update Student Representative’s Reports (Portia Hah, Junior Class Representative) Superintendent’s Report (Dr. Kevin Krutzik) Link to the Superintendent’s Report. Potential referendum planning update - Need (Heather Kraeuter & Jeff Walters) - Recommended amount related to priority areas. (Dr. Krutzik) - Necessary spending cuts if referendum doesn’t happen, or doesn’t pass. Administrators’ Reports Director of Pupil Services Report (Dave Desmond) High School Principal’s Report (Steve Bousley) Elementary/Middle School Principal’s Report (Marc Vandenhouten) - Middle School Washington, D.C. Trip Update President Starr read the Consent Agenda. Motion Counard/Delwiche to approve Consent Agenda Items. Roll call; all aye. Motion carried. I. Past Minutes: November 17, 2025 Regular Meeting. II. Expenditure/Revenue Reports & Current Bills Payable – Check Register. III. Donations: Hainesville Lutheran Church Women; Forestville American Legion Auxiliary #372; Altrusa of Door County; Brent Claflin; Mauricio’s Food Trailer;
january 23-30/2026 PUBLIC NOTICES & CLASSIFIEDS | 3 Anonymous Donor. IV. Application for Early Start Waiver for the 2027-28 School Year V. Public Notice of Educational Options Individually Considered Items from the Consent Agenda: None. Requests for Future Agenda Items: None. President’s Comments (Kim Starr) ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION Motion Norton/Counard to waive reading of Closed Session wording. Voice vote; all aye. Motion carried. Motion Norton/Veeser to Convene in Closed Session Pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes §19.85(1)(b) (c); 118.125; 120.13. Consideration to convene in closed session to consider employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility, and consider financial, medical, social or personal histories or disciplinary data of specific persons, preliminary consideration of specific personnel problems or the investigation of charges against specific persons except where par. (b) applies. Voice vote; all aye. Motion carried at 7:51 pm. a. Closed Minutes: October 20, 2025 Regular Meeting. b. Employee Request for Unpaid Leave of Absence. c. Review of Superintendent Evaluation Process. d. Request to Reduce Liquidation Fees (NonPrecedent Setting). e. Discussion Regarding
Internal Investigation of Professional Staff Member. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION The Board may take any necessary action on items that were discussed in Closed Session, as appropriate. The Board returned to Open Session at 8:24 pm. Motion Delwiche/Nellis to adjourn the meeting. Voice vote; all aye. Meeting adjourned at 8:25 pm. WNAXLP Southern Door County School District 2073 County Highway DK, Brussels, WI 54204 Approved at the Regular Board meeting - January 19, 2026 SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2025 – 5:30 PM DISTRICT OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOM President Kim Starr called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm. Members present: Marissa Norton, Kim Starr, Adam Schopf, Hannah Delwiche, Tina Nellis, Sam Counard. Janel Veeser arrived at 5:34 pm after roll call was taken. Absent: See above. Also Present: Dr. Kevin Krutzik, Heather Kraeuter. Virtual attendees: Allison Buchanan (Quarles & Brady), Erik Kass (PTMA). Roll call. A quorum was present. Motion Counard/Schopf that the meeting was properly called/convened/proper notice given; voice vote; all aye. Motion carried. Pledge of Allegiance recited. Potential Operational Referendum Detailed Discussion - Allison Buchanan presented options on ballot question and
specific wording. - Questions asked and answered about referendum wording. - Erik Kass reviewed wording from the last referendum. Ms. Buchanan and Mr. Kass left the meeting at 5:51 pm. - Dr. Krutzik presented the updated Four Pillars document that was revised after board feedback from the regular meeting on December 15, 2025. Motion Veeser/Schopf to adjourn. Voice vote, all aye. Meeting adjourned at 6:54 pm. WNAXLP
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Published pursuant to Section 704.90 of the Wisconsin state statutes: Apple Storage will hold lien sales at the following locations and times for several items in storage units in default of their owner’s lease: 1427 Green Bay Rd. Sturgeon Bay 10 a.m. Friday 2/13/26 Owners of property may contact Apple Storage by 5p.m. 2/12/26. To redeem personal property by paying overdue rent and late fees in full as described in their lease and recent letter. Send payment to Apple Storage, P.O. Box 11623, Green Bay, WI 54307, or call (920) 7341478. Money Order, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Amex, will be accepted. ITEMS FOR SALE Nick Stanek food warmer, torpedo heater, snow blower, tree stand Cheyenne Welch ladder, fishing net, lamp, boxes WNAXLP
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920.421.1090 Southern Door County School District Join Our Team as a Substitute Teacher or Support Staff The Southern Door County School District is seeking applicants who hold an associate degree or higher, and have an interest in being a Substitute Teacher in day-to-day or long-term positions. We also have a need for Substitute Support Staff (Associates and Special Education Associates) who step in to help keep our classrooms running smoothly.
WE OFFER COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION & SUPPORT • Substitute Teachers: $140 per day ($150 per day for retired Southern Door teachers). v DPI License Required • Substitute Support Staff: $15 per hour (includes both Associate roles). v No License Required • New Substitute Training Incentive: The district will provide paid onsite training and onboarding for all new substitute staff to ensure they are fully prepared.
WHY BE A SUBSTITUTE WITH US? • Preferred parking in the staff parking lot. • Free lunch via our hot lunch program. • Free coffee, cocoa or tea from our student coffee cart. • A Family Athletic Pass to Southern Door athletics for the current school year. ** • A Talon Community Fitness Center Membership Pass for the current school year. ** **To qualify for these incentives, a substitute must work a minimum of 10 days in the current school year.
If you are interested in gaining valuable career-enhancing experience and supporting our mission to ensure that all children learn, then Southern Door is a great fit for you!
Please visit our website at www.southerndoor.k12.wi.us and click on “Employment” for more information or call the District Office at 920-825-7311
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Chris Hecht in action as chief of the Sister Bay-Liberty Grove Fire Department, a position he held for nearly 25 years.
Remembering Fire Chief Chris Hecht March 5, 1966 – Jan. 19, 2026
be able to repay them.” But it’s the by MYLES DANNHAUSEN JR. community that will myles@ppulse.com forever be in debt to a man whose impact was Chris felt far beyond the walls of Hecht as n the nine months since Chris the Sister Bay/ Liberty Grove president of the Hecht suffered a ruptured brain Fire Station, where he served Door County aneurysm while attending the Fire Chiefs as Fire Chief for nearly 25 Fire Department Instructor’s Association. years. Conference in Indianapolis, the Door TAD DUKEHART Chris Hecht was County community rallied for their everywhere. friend and his family. If you needed someone to direct traffic They raised money, sold T-shirts and at sunrise for an event, he showed up. wristbands, and held benefits to help If you needed someone to flip burgers offset the family’s medical bills and refit for a fundraiser, he was there. When the his home so Chris could return home to Sister Bay Advancement Association the community he adopted 35 years ago. brought back the Fall Fest Derby for the And they shared stories – so many stories kids in 2021, Chris not only volunteered – of the times Chris had helped them in to drive the derby cars back up the hill moments of crisis. For his wife Liz, the between heats, but opened the firehouse to response was overwhelming. serve the kids a special pre-race pancake “To find out how many people he breakfast. impacted was hard to believe,” she said It would be shorter to list the Monday afternoon, a day after Hecht died community projects he wasn’t a part of. from the ongoing effects of the aneurysm “He loved it,” Liz said. “I would say, at age 59. “We’re just so grateful. It’s hard ‘Can’t you say no?’ And he just couldn’t. to understand that he affected that many He never said no to anyone because he just people. I don’t know how we will ever loved helping.”
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hen I decided to commit to volunteering as a first responder for Door County, my first stop in that process was the office of Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Chief Chris Hecht. This was that introductory get-together that begins all new ventures in life. And before that meeting was over, I knew exactly what I wanted to be. I wanted to be just like this dude. And there wasn’t one move he made or thing he said since that first day that made me want to be any less like him. In fact, just way more. And not so long after I made that initial pledge to be like Chris, I learned I was not alone. I’ve lost count of how many fellow firefighters and emergency medical responders I’ve encountered who have embraced that same, unattainable goal. WWCHD? What would Chief Hecht do? His knowledge and experience made us better first responders. His passion and authenticity made us better people. And his legacy includes all of us who will continue to strive to be more like him on each and every precious day. Thank you for everything, Chief Hecht! We have the watch from here.
TAD DUKEHART It was a natural inclination that was apparent in childhood, Liz said. He graduated from Pardeeville High School near Madison and embarked on a career in helping people as an emergency responder and firefighter, eventually finding a job in Sturgeon Bay. He met Liz in EMT school, and they’ve been together ever since. That instinct to help was matched by his instinct to lead. He became a full-time paramedic for Door County Emergency Services, and in 1992, Hecht joined the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Department. In 2001, he was named Fire Chief, just in time to lead the department through a controversial effort to build a new fire station on Mill Road.
A Calm Voice and a Steady Hand When Chris spoke at village board, plan committee, or parks meetings, people listened, even if they disagreed. He spoke deliberately, carrying himself with a calm confidence that reassured those in crisis and those following his lead, and he rarely needed to raise his voice to make a point. For Chris, the job was community safety, and there was no clock to punch in and
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n the presence of professionals, student musicians rise to the challenge, according to Sturgeon Bay High School band instructor Heidi Hintz. “It makes them [students] sit a little taller and go, ‘They can do that? I can try to do that,’” she said. “It’s exciting to see them pique their own curiosity.” For the third consecutive year, students will have that opportunity again on Jan. 24, as members of the middle and high school jazz bands, along with the high school jazz band from Southern Door High School, work with
a renowned jazz clinician as part of the annual Sturgeon Bay Jazz Festival. Before hosting their own festival, Sturgeon Bay jazz bands attended clinics at high schools across the state. The combined costs of transportation, fees to attend these workshops, and the challenge of coordinating schedules made it difficult to regularly access professional instruction. By bringing a clinician to Sturgeon Bay instead, the
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school is able to maintain consistent programming while offering students the experience of working closely with a professional musician. This year’s clinician is Jose L. Encarnacion, associate professor of music and director of jazz studies at Lawrence University. A graduate of Berklee College of Music with a master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music, Encarnacion has performed with the Wisconsin Jazz Orchestra and the symphony orchestras of Milwaukee and Green Sturgeon Bay High School jazz band members practice together. SUBMITTED
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outhern Door and Kewaunee have battled for Packerland supremacy in recent years, but the two squads found themselves on opposite ends of the league standings when they faced each other Saturday in the Eagle Gym. The Eagles entered the game without a win in Packerland play this season and couldn’t hang with the undefeated Storm, losing 67-34. After Southern Door’s Eli Jadin made a field goal to cut Kewaunee’s lead to 10-8 in the first half’s opening minutes, the Storm outscored the Eagles 20-9 to close out the half, leading 30-17 at the break. Kewaunee, which worked the ball inside and scored only two baskets behind the three-point arc, continued to outscore Southern Door in the final 18 minutes, 37-17. Lauden Berg led the Eagles with nine points, followed by Jadin with seven. Dane Harrell led three Storm players in double figures with a game-high 16 points. Connor Kilgore added 14 points, with Baylor Elliott scoring 10 more. Blazers Keep Eagles Out of Win Column Southern Door nearly got its first conference win of the season Jan. 16 but couldn’t get over the hump against NEW Lutheran, falling 60-59 in a long-range battle. Both teams scored more than half their points behind the arc with 11 three-pointers apiece. Berg led the Eagles with 14 points. Ryker Lohrey added 13 points, with Jadin and Talon Mueller tallying nine points apiece. The Blazers had three players score in double figures, led by Hayden Schultz with a gamehigh 22 points, including five threes, followed by Kenji Lange with 16 points, including four threes, and Brett Gajeski tallying 13 points. Jerabek Leads Storm Past Clippers Avery Jerabek’s game-high 24 points led Kewaunee in a 73-45 drubbing of Sturgeon Bay on Jan. 16. The Clippers trailed by just six points at halftime before the Storm pulled away.
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(From left) Kewaunee’s Evan Maccaux and Southern Door’s Lauden Berg battle for a loose ball during Saturday’s Packerland Conference boys basketball game in the Eagle Gym. KEVIN BONESKE
The Clippers were led by Ben Ash with 17 points. Sam Fruzyna added 12 points. Connor Kilgore added 14 points for the Storm. Pioneers Fall at Oconto Two Sevastopol players scored at least 20 points Jan. 16, but it wasn’t enough when the Pioneers lost their Packerland contest at Oconto, 77-63. Andrew Wiesner led Sevastopol with 22 points, which included three three-pointers. Cash Kuehn added 20 points with a pair of threes. Bo Tanck also scored in double figures with 11. Mason Colvin led the Blue Devils with a game-high 32 points, including five baskets from three-point range. Hayden Petersen added 16 points, with Davis Knoll scoring 14 more. Wolves Zone Stalls Vikings Gibraltar’s defense kept them in striking distance of Algoma for most of the night Jan. 16, but Algoma’s 1-3-1 zone stifled the Vikings offense until late in the second half on the way to a 52-37 Algoma victory at Gibraltar. Aaron Brey led Gibraltar with 15 points on a barrage of second-half threes, followed by Wyatt Bultman with 10 and Kayin Jackson with eight. Parker Lischka led the Wolves with a gamehigh 22 points. Charlie Prokash and Lane Cochart added nine points apiece.
outhern Door led for most of the game against Peshtigo Jan. 17, but turnovers proved too much to overcome down the stretch as the Eagles fell, 59-49 in a Packerland Conference home contest. “Fouls hurt us, and turnovers [were] way too many,” said Eagles head coach Dawn Thorson. Southern Door committed 34 turnovers, compared to 22 for the Bulldogs. The Eagles tied the game at 11-11 around midway through the first half on a layup by Chelsie Jacquet, then the lead see-sawed for the remainder of the half. A three-pointer by Chelsie Claflin gave Southern Door its biggest lead at 25-20. The half ended with the Eagles in front, 28-25. Much of the second half remained close with the lead continuing to change hands. After a field goal by Kyleigh Claflin gave Southern Door a 47-44 lead, the Bulldogs closed out the game by outscoring the Eagles, 15-2. Southern Door’s leading scorers included Alanah Kaye, Chelsie Claflin, Kyleigh Claflin and Alyssa Bouche with nine points apiece. Emma Vista scored more than 20 points to lead Peshtigo.
Vikings Walloped by Storm Gibraltar fell behind 63-8 at halftime and lost Saturday’s conference home game to leagueleading Kewaunee, 86-17. Megan Schar led the Vikings with five points. Jade Kroll led four Storm players scoring in double figures with 28 points, followed by Braelyn Chevalier with 14, Gabby Stangel with 12 and Summer Walechka with 10. Clippers Fall to Algoma, Oconto Sturgeon Bay dropped a pair of Packerland games last weekend. The Clippers lost Saturday’s matchup at Algoma, 71-19. Reen Walker led Sturgeon Bay with five points. The Clippers fell in their Jan. 16 home game against Oconto, 52-40. Regan Kasten led Sturgeon Bay with 12 points, followed by Makenna Coyhis with 11. Pioneers Repelled by Rebels Sevastopol lost its Jan. 16 nonconference game at home against Wabeno/Laona, 59-27. Sienna Cain led the Pioneers with 10 points.
Southern Door’s Alanah Kaye (1) dribbles down the court with Peshtigo’s Mya Boettcher (3) in pursuit during Saturday’s game in the Eagle Gym. KEVIN BONESKE
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))sports SB/S BOYS WRESTLERS SECOND AT FVL SCRAMBLE The Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol boys wrestling team recorded 10 top-five finishes and placed second at Saturday’s Fox Valley Lutheran Scramble. SB/S’s Spencer Madsen won the championship at 175 pounds and improved his season match record to 35-0 with five victories, which included four pins and winning the title match on a technical fall. He was also named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler. The three wrestlers placing second for SB/S included Nate Hasenjager (106), Patrick Shefchik (126) and Ray Johnson (138).
Mason Haen-Lauder (132) and Julian Langer (190) finished third. Leatham Vogel (120) and Drew Propsom (150) placed fourth. Nathan Sansom (144) and Wesley Whitley (157) came in fifth.
all five of his victories on pins in less than five minutes of total mat time. Clark LeFevre won the title at 126 pounds. He won his five matches with two pins, two technical falls and one medical forfeit.
LEMIEUX WINS WARRIOR WOMEN’S CHALLENGE
MONFILS PLACES FIRST TWICE AT MANITOWOC INVITE
Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol girls wrestler Tiani LeMieux won the championship at 165 pounds in Saturday’s Warrior Women’s Challenge hosted by Wausau West High School. LeMieux won all four of her matches on pins while wrestling for less than three minutes. She improved her season match record to 31-2.
SHEILA SABREYSAPERSTEIN
Dec. 4, 1940 - Jan. 11, 2026
Sheila Sabrey-Saperstein, 85, of Fish Creek, passed away peacefully at Door County Medical Center in Sturgeon Bay on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at 9:03 a.m. after a long illness. Sheila was born Dec. 4, 1940, and became the beloved adoptive daughter of John D. Sabrey and Marguerite E. Sabrey. She graduated from a parochial Catholic high school in Toledo and also attended Catholic college in Ohio, receiving her BA in Theatre. She went on to receive her PhD in Theater in 1988 from Northwestern University and was a lifelong lover and practitioner of all things thespian. She taught Theater at Northwestern for many years until she moved to Door County with her husband Phil in the late nineties. John Sabrey, Sheila’s father, was a resident hotel manager in Chicago, and later in Toledo, Ohio, and Sheila spent her childhood in the busy and stimulating world of Great Lakes urban hotels. Her scrapbooks are full of autographed photos of celebrities of the day – Liberace and Gene Autry among them, and her father’s scrapbooks are full of signed photos of Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, John Kennedy (a hero of heroes in Irish Catholic communities of the time), Lyndon Johnson, and others, and he attended the Kennedy inauguration and ball in 1961; following in her parents’ footsteps, Sheila was a lifelong Democrat. She was a creative soul right out of the gate – drawings, poems, humorous pieces, and especially high grades in speech, theater, and anything involving words and creativity characterize all of her memorabilia and every season of her long life. Sheila married Zalman (Phil) Saperstein, the love of her life, in 1978 and they shared a rich life and marriage for 43 years until Phil’s death at their Fish Creek home in 2021. They retired to Door County in the late nineties and became regular fixtures of the community. Sheila was deeply involved in Door County theater – in the Peninsula Players and in Isadoora Theater Company of Sturgeon Bay, which she co-founded. She played a part in the 2010 film, Feed the Fish, alongside many other Door County actors and the prominent actor Tony Shalhoub. She was a member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County and was active for decades in AA. A trained photographer, the walls of her home are filled with many of her own Door County photographs, award-winning photos among them. Sheila will be deeply missed by the many people in Door County and beyond who loved her and remember her energy, her humor, her commitment to social justice, the environment, and her devoted circle of fans and intimate friends. Sheila is survived by her loving stepchildren Andy (Kathryn), Tina, and David (Susan Lee), by 7 grandchildren, 8 (soon to be 10) great grandchildren, as well as by a cousin, Tom Sabrey. She is preceded in death by her parents, John and Marguerite, by her beloved husband, Phil, and by many other dear family and friends. In honor of Sheila’s wishes, no services will be held at this time. A private gathering in her honor will be planned in Door County in the spring or summer. Sincere thanks to Door County Medical Center, who provided competent and compassionate care to Sheila for many years, to Serenity Springs in Sister Bay during her rehabilitation after a recent hip fracture, and to Huehn’s Funeral Home in Sturgeon Bay (Casperson Funeral Home in Sister Bay) for handling the funeral arrangements. Special thanks are also due Marta Volkman of Fish Creek, who provided jack-of-all-trades care to Sheila and to Phil beginning with Phil’s final illness many years ago, and more recently as Sheila’s care needs became greater. Marta and Sheila were dear friends, as evidenced by Marta now adopting Sheila’s beloved 5ish pound dog, Rosie, who is now in a household with Marta’s 165-pound dog, Chance – quite the pair, and Sheila will indeed keep her loving gaze on them both. Special thanks are also due to Suzanne Rose of Sturgeon Bay, a beloved friend, fellow photographer, and “chosen family” to Sheila, along with Suzanne’s daughter, Delilah – Suzanne has also played a major part in loving Sheila over the years in personal and practical ways. Jeep Pagel and Michelle Durflinger, also of Door County, have also been faithful friends and chosen family to Sheila for many years, along with many others far too numerous to mention. Sheila will be sorely missed, and her loss will be felt for many years to come in Door County and beyond. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in Sheila’s honor to Isadoora Theater Company, Sturgeon Bay – P.O. Box 772in Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235. Expressions of sympathy, memories, and photos of Sheila may be shared with her family through her tribute page at HuehnsFuneralHome.com and CaspersonFuneralHome.com
VEESER, LEFEVRE FIRST AT PESHTIGO INVITE Two Southern Door boys wrestlers placed first at Saturday’s Peshtigo Invite. Lance Veeser, who won the championship at 165 pounds, received the tournament’s Pinners Award after recording
Southern Door senior swimmer Jack Monfils placed first in two events at Saturday’s Manitowoc Invitational. Jack Monfils, who is a member of the Green Bay Notre Dame/Southern Door cooperative boys swimming team, won both the 100-yard freestyle (51.6 seconds) and 100 breaststroke (1:04.43). Monfils was also part of the team’s 200 medley relay that finished third in 1:54.59 and the 200 freestyle relay that placed fourth in 1:45.42. Southern Door Athletic Director Ben Kline said this is the first of two seasons the school has entered into a boys swimming co-op with Notre Dame. “After next year we will have to file with the WIAA to renew the co-op,” Kline said. “Jack is our only swimmer participating from Southern Door. We had several others who had said they were interested in swimming
life NOTES As a free public service to our readers, the Peninsula Pulse presents Life Notes, devoted to the notable milestones in life, from birth to significant birthdays to engagements, weddings and obituaries. The deadline for submissions is noon on Friday. Send submissions to lifenotes@ppulse. com. The Pulse reserves the right to edit submissions to conform to space. Call 920.839.2121 for details. Birth notices are from Door County Medical Center in Sturgeon Bay unless otherwise noted.
when we applied for the co-op, but ended up deciding not to go out.” Monfils previously was a member of the Door County United cooperative boys swimming team, which included Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay and Sevastopol, but that cooperative team discontinued after the 2023-24 season due to low participation. In his sophomore year with Door County United, Monfils closed out the season placing ninth in the 200 individual medley and 11th in the 100 breaststroke at the WIAA Division 2 state boys swimming meet.
YELTYSHEVA SEEING MULTIPLE MINUTES AT MARIAN UNIVERSITY Dasha Yeltysheva, a 2025 Sturgeon Bay High School graduate and the leading scorer on the Clippers’ girls basketball team last season, has earned playing time this season as a freshman for the NCAA Division III Marian University women’s basketball team. As of Saturday, Yeltysheva appeared in 13 of the Sabres’ 16 games this season for 144 minutes on the court. She has scored 42 points, hauled in 16 rebounds and made nine assists. She led the team in scoring with 14 points off the bench on Dec. 16 when Marian defeated Maranatha Baptist, 93-23.
Melvin John Klatt May 19, 1929 - January 14, 2026 Melvin John Klatt, 96, died on Jan. 14, 2026 at Serenity Springs at Scandia Village in Sister Bay. He was born May 19, 1929 in Milwaukee, the son of John Edward and Marie Klatt (Palkowski). In 1957, he married Shirley Ryan. Melvin and Shirley lived in Milwaukee; Denver; Bloomington, Indiana; and Wheaton, Illinois before retiring in Ellison Bay in 1996. Melvin worked as a faculty member and Director of the A.C. Buehler Library at Elmhurst College from 1974-1996. Melvin’s life will be honored with a Mass of Christian Burial 11 am on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026 at Stella Maris Parish, 2410 S Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay. He will be laid to rest in St. Rosalia Catholic Cemetery in Sister Bay. Friends may call from 9:30 to 11 am Tuesday at the church.
DEATHS See full obituaries. Sheila Sabrey-Saperstein Dec. 4, 1940 - Jan. 11, 2026 Edward James Regnier, Sr. Nov. 18, 1937 - Jan. 4, 2026 Ione Lorraine Anderegg June 24, 1928 - Jan. 1, 2026
OBITUARIES Christopher C. Hecht d. Jan. 19, 2026 Christopher C. Hecht, 59, passed away peacefully surrounded by family, on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 at Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay. A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, at 11 am at Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church, 11836 Hwy 42, Ellison Bay. A visitation for family and friends will be held at the church on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026 from 3 to 7 pm and again Friday before service from 9 to 10:45 am. A complete obituary will be available soon at caspersonfuneralhome.com
IONE LORRAINE ANDEREGG
June 24, 1928 - Jan. 1, 2026
Ione Lorraine Anderegg, 97, a longtime pillar of the Algoma community, passed away on Jan. 1, 2026. Born on June 24, 1928, in Mayville, Wisconsin, to Al and Edna (Bruder) Rohr, Ione moved to Algoma in 1941. She was a proud graduate of Algoma High School and spent the following eight decades building a life defined by family, service, and creativity. Ione’s faith and her love of music were major cornerstones of her life. A devoted member of the Algoma United Methodist Church, she lent her voice to the church choir for over 60 years and served on numerous committees. Her hands were rarely still; as a member of the “Sweater Makers,” she helped to hand-knit well over 500 sweaters for the “Knit for Kids” program, sending warmth to children in need across the globe. She was a woman of diverse interests and sharp intellect. After the passing of her husband, Harold, in 1986, Ione became a founding member and past president of the Algoma Money Bags Investment Club, where she enjoyed the challenges of the stock market alongside her friends. She was also a Past Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star (Crescent Beach Chapter 169) and a member of the Kewaunee-Algoma Chapter 229. An avid traveler, Ione delighted in exploring the world with her grandson, Jeffrey, and she relished attending the symphony regularly. Above all, Ione was the heart of her family. She is survived by her grandchildren, Jeffrey (Greg) Tarnoff, Alycia (Ryan) Clutterbuck, and Jenny Anderegg; her children-in-law, Howard Tarnoff and Debbie Anderegg; and her beloved great-grandchildren, who called her “GG,” Kendall, Morgan, London, and Carter Clutterbuck. The family wishes to extend their deepest, heartfelt gratitude to Ione’s devoted caregiver, Sherri Borboa, for her tireless, around-the-clock care, love, and devotion over the last six years of Ione’s life. Ione was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harold Anderegg; her children, Wanda Tarnoff, Peggy Seiler, and Bradley Anderegg; her grandson, Jon Seiler; and her siblings, Richard “Bud” and Vernon “Tim” Rohr. A private burial service was held at Evergreen Cemetery in Algoma. A Celebration of Life will be announced at a later date. The Schinderle Funeral Home was entrusted with the arrangements for Ione and her family.
Audrey Herlache Dec. 9, 1929 - Jan. 12, 2026 Audrey Herlache, 96, of Sturgeon Bay, died on Jan. 12, 2026. She was born Dec. 9, 1929, in Brussels to Harold and Evelyn (Gilson) Herlache. On April 7, 1951, she married Donald Herlache. He preceded her in death on July 22, 2020. They farmed in Brussels for the first six years of married life. In 1957, they moved to Sturgeon Bay. In 1972, they established their own business, Herlache Small Engine. Audrey was an integral part of the business, as Don sold and repaired small engines. Her love and care for children continued after her own children were grown, as she provided day care for her grandchildren and other children in the community. Funeral services will be 11:30 am Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at Corpus Christi Church with burial at Bayside Cemetery. Visitation will be at Forbes Funeral Home on Saturday from 9:30 am until 11 am. William Jerome Koessl May 2, 1967 - Jan. 12, 2026 William Jerome Koessl, 58, of Ellison Bay, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026 at his residence after an apparent heart attack. He was born May 2, 1967, in Algoma, the son of Jerome and Patricia (Witalison) Koessl. Bill attended Gibraltar High School and graduated with the class of 1985. On Sept. 22, 1990, he married Sheila Voight and lived in Ellison Bay. William worked as a truck driver for several local businesses, most recently, Septic Maintenance. He was a member of Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church. William had a great interest in tractors, especially Oliver tractors, and the history of Oar Boats. William’s life will be honored with a Celebration of Life in the spring. Memorials may be given in his name to the Door County Maritime Museum, 120 N Madison Ave, Sturgeon Bay WI 54235; dcmm. org
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EDWARD JAMES REGNIER, SR.
Nov. 18, 1937 - Jan. 4, 2026
Edward James Regnier, Sr., age 88, of Washington Island, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, surrounded by the love of his family. Ed was born on Nov. 18, 1937, in Chicago, to the late Elmer and Eileen Regnier. After graduating from high school, he proudly served his country in the United States Army. Ed was united in marriage to Geraldine Wenzel, and together they shared many years of love and devotion. They were blessed with two sons, Edward Jr. and Ken. A fourth-generation stagehand, Ed spent much of his career in television production. He worked for WGN, where he had the opportunity to work alongside beloved television personalities such as Bozo the Clown and Frazier Thomas, and on classic programs including Family Classics and Garfield Goose and Friends. After leaving WGN, Ed continued his career at Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, where he worked until his retirement in 1999. Following retirement, Ed and Geraldine fulfilled their dream of moving to Washington Island. Ed found great joy in life’s simple pleasures. He loved golfing, fishing for salmon on the lake, tending to his flower garden, and enjoying a well-made martini. Above all else, Ed cherished time spent with his family. Ed is survived by his sons, Edward (Sandra) Regnier, Jr., and Ken Regnier; his grandchildren, Brennen (Kristin) Regnier and Kailey Regnier; his sister, Sue Hayes; and his sister-in-law, Judy Schulte. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Geraldine. A memorial service will be held in the spring of 2026. Casperson Funeral Home of Sister Bay is assisting the family. Expressions of sympathy, memories, and photos of Ed may be shared with his family through his tribute page at capsersonfuneralhome.com
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CONNECTION THROUGH COOKING
A special meal packs the house at Scandia in Sister Bay.
HEATHER ANDERSEN
The Grassroots Effort Bringing Back Community at Scandia Village by PEGGY REINECK
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very so often, someone does something so simple – and so full of heart – that it reminds you how change really happens. I thought of this when my friend, Heather Andersen, called me early in 2025 with an idea. Her in-laws were about to move into Serenity Springs Senior Living at Scandia Village (known to many as simply ‘Scand’), and after walking the halls, she said she thought, “I’d love to make this place feel more homey.” If you know Heather, you know she moves fast. She is a do-er. Not a talk-about-it-er. A gather-the-friends, buy-thesupplies, and start-painting-the-hallway kind of woman. So she rallied a few friends – including her sister-inlaw, Kim Andersen, who agreed the dated wallpaper border had to go – bought paint, and teamed up with Tena from Reclaimed and Heidi Pentchoff from Bargains Unlimited, who donated décor. Before long, she had an enthusiastic crew who bought into her vision. That’s when she called me, knowing I previously owned and operated a senior community. “Peggy,” she said, “I think we’re just going to freshen it up and surprise everyone!” And I said, “Hold on. You have to talk to the residents first.” I asked her to imagine younger women walking into her own home, moving things around, repainting walls, making decisions – all with the best intentions, but without asking if she wanted it. “This is their home,” I told her. “Start with a town-hall meeting.” So she did. And something unexpected happened. The residents filled the room. They had something to say, something many of us forget about aging communities. The community feel had already shifted when ownership changed, and the dining experience changed with it. Residents could still purchase meals, but after management consolidated all food preparation into a single kitchen, the menu had to meet broader dietary standards. With fewer options and more restrictions, the meals simply became less appealing to independent residents.
As the dining experience changed, participation naturally dwindled. What had once been a lively mealtime for 20-30 residents dropped to between five and seven. Then COVID-19 hit, pushing people into further isolation as volunteers and visitors could no longer come in. Neighbors who once shared meals now quietly shut their doors. At the town-hall meeting, several residents. women and men, shared something heartfelt: “We just miss the community we used to have.” That stayed with Heather. She coordinated the effort to refresh the halls and common areas. But the deeper need lingered long after the decorating project. Later that year, after spending more time with the residents, Heather realized she couldn’t walk away. “They don’t just need nicer hallways and sitting areas,” she told me. “They need the feeling of community they used to have.” And that sparked an idea. What if we cooked a meal? What if connection could be rebuilt the old-fashioned way – around a table? She rallied her friends again and asked them to help prepare lasagna, bread and a simple salad. Kriss Schoer stepped in, too, offering her church kitchen at Stella Maris for prep and staying through the entire event to make dessert. They spread the invitation – and 32 residents RSVP’d yes. The night of the dinner was magic, but not in a grand way. It was the kind of magic that comes from chairs scraping across the floor and neighbors sharing a meal. Seeing 32 people gathered again in a dining room that had recently seen only five to seven was a powerful reminder of what community can restore. One daughter reached out afterward and wrote: “It was absolutely wonderful! The food was amazing! My mom has lived at the Meadows for a year, and she said this was the best event ever since she arrived. I heard nothing but overwhelmingly positive comments and thank-yous.” That’s when we knew this was more than a meal – it was a spark. After the dinner, Heather told me, “Seeing the joy on their faces – I don’t need anything else this Christmas.” And she meant it.
Now, her goal is to make this a monthly gathering – not a one-time burst of goodwill, but a catalyst for connection. She is looking for: • Volunteers to cook, bake, or help serve; • Funds to cover simple ingredients; and • Basic supplies (because although Heather set the tables with real linens, plates, glassware and silverware, it had to be borrowed from Stella Maris Church). People volunteer for all kinds of reasons, and one of those is caring about our aging Door County residents who are eating alone. And the truth is, volunteering is good for everyone. Research shows that people who volunteer have lower stress levels, reduced loneliness and even longer life expectancy. According to a national study by UnitedHealth Group, 76% of volunteers felt healthier and 94% reported improved mood. Whether your reason is social, emotional, spiritual, or practical, there’s room for you at the table. I have always believed in the power of small groups – the kind where connection doesn’t need to be orchestrated, only invited. As Margaret Mead famously said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Heather has shown us exactly that. What began as a hallway-painting project became a spark of community building. A simple meal turned into a movement toward belonging. And now, that movement needs more hands and hearts. If you’d like to help keep this going, call Heather at 847.420.3978 or visit DoorCountyHiddenKitchen.com to sign up for a Cooking for a Cause night supporting Serenity Springs, and say, “I’ll help.” Peggy Reineck is a community builder, leadership coach and culinary educator based in Door County. She co-created Theo’s American Bistro: The Dishes That Defined Us in Door County cookbook and leads the “Cook the Book” movement, inspired by her training at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and mentorship with Austrian chef Theo Engassner. Her work blends classic technique with a deeper purpose: using food as a catalyst for connection, small group experiences and making a difference in the community.
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he Southern Door County School District is seeking financial support through an operational referendum in the upcoming April 2026 election. At its Jan. 19 meeting, the Board of Education voted unanimously to place a referendum question on the ballot asking voters to allow the district to exceed its state-set revenue limits by $3.15 million for the next three school years (2026-27, 2027-28 and 2028-29). Voters approved the current $975,000 operating referendum in 2022. Now in its final year, this funding will expire in June 2026.
Obituaries continued from page 2 Charles Edward Sorenson Oct. 21, 1929 - Jan. 11, 2026 Charles Edward Sorenson, age 96, formerly of Sturgeon Bay, died on Jan. 11, 2026, at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay. Charles was born on Oct. 21, 1929, to Martha Henrietta (Knudson) Sorenson and Clarence Howard Sorenson. He graduated from Sturgeon Bay High School in 1947 and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. On Dec. 13, 1958, Charles married Marilyn Jean Jackson at the Sturgeon Bay Moravian Church. They shared 63 years of marriage until Marilyn’s passing. Charles devoted much of his career to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, serving as a tugboat captain and holding a pilot’s license on lake freighters. Following his retirement, he worked at Petersen Builders and Bay Shipbuilding. Charles’ life was honored with a funeral service at 1 pm on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 at Huehns Funeral Home. He was laid to rest in Bayside Cemetery in the Town of Sevastopol, beside his wife, Marilyn.
The additional revenue would fund operational expenses for teachers and staff compensation, safety and security, maintaining school facilities and daily operations and continuing educational programs and services. If approved, the operating referendum would maintain the current tax/mill rate of $6.99 over the next three years, ensuring sustainable and predictable funding. An operational referendum asks voter permission to exceed the state-imposed revenue limit for the purpose of funding annual school
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operations. It is not a referendum to incur debt for any construction projects, including new construction or remodeling. Wisconsin public schools are funded through local property taxes, along with state and federal aid. Under a 1993 state law, there is a cap, or limit, on the amount a school district can collect from local property taxes and general state aid. The only ways to generate revenue beyond the limit are to increase overall district student enrollment or to ask local taxpayers to approve an operating referendum that exceeds the district’s revenue cap.
creative and collaborative programming provided by teachers, lunchroom staff, educational aids, club leaders, and other school personnel to enhance educational opportunities for area students. To learn more about applying for an Educational Mini-Grant or establishing a fund at the Door County Community Foundation, contact the philanthropic services team at 920.746.1786 or donorservices@givedoorcounty.org.
L-C HEARS FROM RESIDENTS THROUGH SURVEY The Door County Community Foundation awarded mini-grants to school personnel to fund projects around the county. SUBMITTED
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AWARDS MINI-GRANTS The Door County Community Foundation’s Educational Mini-Grant program has awarded 11 grants totaling $6,498 to schools throughout Door County for the 2025-2026 school year. The Educational Mini-Grants provided by the Max and Gayle Laird Educational Fund, a component Fund of the Door County Community Foundation, assist school personnel seeking ways to improve and enhance the educational experience of Door County students. Projects are intended to engage students in activities that are innovative, creative, supplemental to the regular school curriculum and that are not currently funded through school budgets. The four Door County school districts receiving grants for the current school year include Gibraltar, Sevastopol, Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay, and St. Peter’s Lutheran School. Max and Gayle Laird, both former educators, established the Max and Gayle Laird Educational Fund to support school programming throughout Door County. In perpetuity, the Laird family will help fund
The Luxemburg-Casco (L-C) School District is undertaking a comprehensive strategic planning process designed to chart the future direction of its schools. In conjunction with a community engagement session, a community survey was conducted from Nov. 10 to Dec. 7, 2025. The survey was administered by the Donovan Group, which serves school districts nationwide through stakeholder engagement. Survey results comprised 602 respondents. When respondents were asked, on a scale of 0 to 10, how likely they would be to recommend the Luxemburg-Casco School District to a friend, colleague or family member, 84.7% gave a score of 7 or higher, with 32.9% answering 10 and 21.1% answering 9. Survey respondents indicated that the core values that should most guide the L-C School District are academic excellence (78.9%), communication (76.4%), respect (71.1%), safety (70.3%) and character development (70.1%). The next core piece of the process is the strategic planning workgroup, which will comprise parents and guardians, teachers and staff, and community members. The group will meet on three Saturdays – Jan. 17, Feb. 7 and March 7 – from 9 am to 12 pm in the Heritage Room of L-C High School, 512 Center Dr. in Luxemburg. Individuals interested in participating in the workgroup can contact jfairbanks@luxcasco. k12.wi.us for more information.
Nearly 86% of all Wisconsin school districts have pursued operating referendums to exceed revenue caps. For the past several years, voters have given the Southern Door County School District the authority to exceed the revenue limits in an operating referendum. If the April 7 referendum does not pass, the District will be forced to make significant cuts to employees, programs, and services to reduce its budget shortfall, according to the district. For more information, visit the district website at: southerndoor.k12.wi.us/operational_ referendum_information
Student Jazz Musicians Learn from a Pro for a Night of Music continued from page 3 Bay. He also previously served as the jazz ensemble conductor at the Rochester, New York School of the Arts. Hintz first saw Encarnacion perform about a decade ago at another student jazz festival, and was immediately impressed. “The kids’ jaws just hit the floor,” she said. Encarnacion also stood out as an instructor, she added, connecting easily with students and fine-tuning his teaching to individual needs. “He can articulate something in 10 different ways to make sure that every kid, within their learning style, gets it,” Hintz said. Each jazz band will receive a full-hour workshop with Encarnacion on the day of the festival, focusing on pieces they will perform during a 7 pm concert in the school auditorium. Tickets cost $10, with proceeds supporting visiting clinicians and the Robert H. Nickel Auditorium Fund. Following student performances, Swingin’ Door Big Band – Door County’s resident 1940’s style jazz band – will close the show. Featuring community groups aligns with Hintz’s goal of teaching what she calls “musicianship for life.” “We have so many adults who play instruments right in our community, with Swingin’ Door Big Band, with our community bands and many of the other local musicians,” she said. “Our kids see that if they choose to go into any major [in college], they can still be a part of music.” For the first time this year, an optional social hour will precede the concert from 6-7 pm. For an extra $10 donation, attendees can enjoy a selection of mocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Tickets will be available for purchase at the auditorium on the day of the event, Saturday, Jan. 24, beginning at 5:45 pm.
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))community Always There continued from page 1 out – just action required to get the job done. He became a pillar of the village and a sounding board for trustees, school board members and business owners, often one of the first calls for people forming a crucial committee or taking on an important project. Hecht once spoke about why he gave all the time he did, and it had nothing to do with plaques or awards. “The reward is going into somebody’s home, and you walk in the door, and you know them by name, and you see them in the grocery store or hardware store, and they thank you for what you have done,” he said. “Those are the rewards that really mean the most. You’re not going to get that in the big city.” And Chris wanted to pass that particular reward on to those who came before him. When he saw retired firefighters and emergency responders, he made a point to thank them for their work in building the base he now stood on. I saw the pride it gave those veterans as they walked through a park, to their restaurant table or out of a meeting. In 2021, he set out to collect the stories of his predecessors to create an authoritative history of volunteer firefighting and emergency responders in northern Door County, gathering decades of veteran firefighters together to make sure they knew their work was valued and remembered. “We’re watching the history of the department fading before our eyes,” Chris said as he looked at a room full of the graying hair of several dozen retired firefighters. He was choked up as he spoke, unafraid to wear his heart on his sleeve. It was a room full of a wealth of information about the history not just of the department, but of a community. “Preserving our history goes way beyond collection and documentation,” Chris said. “This project honors the people of our community and gives life to the links between our past and present.” Nobody then knew the urgency of collecting Chris’s own stories. ‘We Have to Solve Our Own Problems’ Door County was a remote outpost when local residents formed the first fire departments, and it was
When Door County declared a state of emergency in response to COVID-19, Door County’s fire chiefs immediately formed the Door County Emergency Support Coalition. Shown (from left) in the Peninsula Pulse office in 2020 to discuss how to meet the needs of residents during a potential shelter-in-place order is Sister Bay/ Liberty Grove chief Chris Hecht, coalition volunteer Donna Scattergood, Peninsula Pulse publisher David Eliot (standing), Gibraltar Fire Department member Beth Neu, and Gibraltar Chief Andy Bertges. MYLES
still remote when the first EMT program was created in the 1970s. Chris admired and channeled the mindset of those pioneers with a DANNHAUSEN JR. mantra that “we have to solve our own problems.” In 2022, Chris led the Defibs for Door County campaign, which placed AEDs in scores of public venues, patrol cars and ballparks throughout the peninsula, putting vital life-saving tools in the places they could do the most good. Chris was the one I called in March of 2020, when COVID-19 was tearing through Italy, resulting in one small paper publishing 13 pages of obituaries in a single issue. I feared we might be in the same position in our elderly community, so I called Chris to gauge the temperature. In a world where everyone, including our elected leaders, seemed to be waiting for someone to tell them what to do, Chris wouldn’t. The phrase “someone should do something about that” wasn’t one he understood. In the early days of the pandemic – a time hard to remember now – we hoped we could close our doors for a couple of weeks, let the doctors do their jobs, and return to normalcy. “We can figure out child care for the health care workers,” Chris told me. “We can figure out food for people.” And he did. Within hours, Chris was leading the Door County Fire Chiefs’ Association in forming the Door County Emergency Support Coalition, helping to deliver meals to the elderly and others at risk, create a website with resources and information, and build a network to check in on our most-vulnerable neighbors.
‘We’ll Take Care of Him’ It wasn’t the first time I turned to Chris. Early in my time coaching high school basketball, one of my players went down with an injury, writhing on the floor. I ran out to check on him, but almost as soon as I got there, I felt a tap on the shoulder. It was Chris, who had come down from the stands. “You take care of them,” he said, motioning to a huddle of my players’ concerned teammates. “We’ll take care of him.” And he did, countless times in gyms and on playing fields throughout northern Door County, putting players, coaches and parents at ease in moments of panic. There are countless stories like this. A friend teared up recalling the comfort Chris provided the night before that friend’s father died. Others will tell you how Chris’ appearance at the scene of an accident, or a house fire, or as they were loaded into an ambulance, reassured them that things were going to be OK. Held Up by the Community He Served His ordeal over the last nine months was brutal. He tried to regain his ability to walk and communicate, but it was incredibly hard for the helper to need help. However, the long struggle meant that he learned what he meant to people. On Nov. 29 hundreds of friends, colleagues and community members flooded into the Sister Bay Bowl for a benefit for Hecht and his family. Liz said Chris didn’t want to go because he wasn’t himself and didn’t want all that attention, but he stuck it out. “I think he knew how much people cared, because he would get so choked up that night,” Liz said. He loved being the Fire Chief, but the title never encompassed all that Chris Hecht was. His absence leaves an immeasurable hole in the fabric of a community, one it will take a village to fill.
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Beloved Author Visit Returns to Door County This February by BETH LOKKEN, Door County Library, a partner member of the Door County Partnership for Children and Families
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ach year, Door County’s mainland school districts partner with the Door County Library to bring a children’s author to the community – and each year, students talk about the experience for months afterward. This winter will be no exception. Award-winning picture book author and illustrator Bethany Barton will visit Door County Feb. 10-14, sharing her enthusiasm for science, creativity and curiosity with students and families alike. During the week, Barton will meet with students at Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay, Sevastopol, and Gibraltar school districts, inspiring young minds through lively school programs. Families and community members are also invited
to attend several free public events on Saturday, Feb. 14. Family Programs at the Libraries Egg Harbor Library, 10 am Sturgeon Bay Library, 3 pm Bethany Barton’s family presentations are anything but ordinary. They include a live book reading with props, videos, interactive demonstrations, surprising science experiments (yes – sometimes she drinks “liquid toast”), a toilet paper cannon (it’s educational!), and lots of laughter. The program wraps up with a Q&A that kids love. Evening Program for Parents & Adults Crossroads at Big Creek, 6 pm That evening, Barton will also present a special adult program through her project DopaMind, focused on helping families navigate technology in the digital age. This engaging and practical talk will help parents understand the brain science behind screen use and emotional wellbeing. Attendees will:
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Learn how screen technology affects children’s brains and big emotions Gain tools to confidently manage screen time challenges Understand dopamine’s role in technology use and meltdowns Get science-based tips for navigating video games and social media About the Author Bethany Barton is an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books published by Penguin Random House. Her colorful, humorous picture books blend storytelling with science communication, making STEAM topics exciting and approachable for young readers. Bethany describes her mission this way: “I seek out STEM topics that scare, intimidate, or even bore people – and inspire kids to face those subjects using superpowers like facts, humor, empathy, and critical thinking.When we learn more about something we’d normally turn away from, we often end up loving it.”
Saturday, Feb. 14, promises to be a fun, free, and educational day for all ages. Everyone is welcome! For more information about Bethany Barton – and to enjoy some truly fun videos – visit bethanybarton.com The Door County Partnership for Children and Families is a program of United Way of Door County that builds collaboration and coordination among dozens of child and family-serving organizations in the community. Staff of the Partnership offer free and confidential support for those caring for children and students enrolled in K-12 schooling. Services include resource referrals, parent peer support, access to infant basic needs, parenting classes, structured play opportunities, café-style discussion groups, Dolly Parton Imagination Library, and more. Contact them at 920.421.3145 or visit doorcountyparents.com.
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fter shoveling out from another snowstorm in early January, the musician Paul Taylor posted about the warning he received from Eric Lewis in 2020 when Taylor told his friend he was thinking of moving to Door County.
“Well Paul,” Eric said, “you’ve gotta be really determined to make it through a Door County winter.” It was good advice. But winter in the Door isn’t all bad. Once you accept that you’ll be shoveling a lot, that you’ll likely get stuck in a drift at least once, and get your outerwear lineup
set, you’ll find there’s a lot to love about winter. Here are a few of the things our staff and readers said help them get them through the winter months. If you have more to add to the list, please email them to pr@ppulse.com with the subject line “winter.”
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gg Harbor just gained one more entertainment venue to make a Door County winter vacation – or staycation – even more alluring. Just before Christmas Stone Hedge Golf and Pub owner Kevin Wehrenberg opened his two big, beautiful golf simulator bays to the public. Egg
Harbor had an indoor golf business two winters ago, but the Trackman graphics and accuracy and the spaciousness of his facility mark a major upgrade. “It’s one of the best simulators in the world,” Wehrenberg said of the equipment he acquired. Trackman’s representative for Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula told Wehrenberg he loves the huge bays and the way Stone Hedge set up the place to feel luxurious and comfortable. He said the Stone Hedge facility and The Stony Club near Green Bay in New
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GROUNDHOG DAY LIVE RADIO PLAY Bayside Radio Theatre invites audiences to experience the story Groundhog Day in a fresh and delightfully theatrical way with a live radio adaptation, performed before an audience at Dromhus. Based on the iconic film, Groundhog Day follows cynical weatherman Phil Connors as he finds himself mysteriously reliving the same day over and over again. This live radio play brings the story to life using actors at microphones, live sound effects, and periodstyle radio techniques – capturing the magic, humor, and heart of classic radio drama. Audience members will watch the show being “made” in real time, as performers create characters and soundscapes right before their eyes. The performance takes place Saturday, Jan. 31, at 7 pm at Dromhus, 611 Jefferson Street in Sturgeon Bay. Tickets are $25.00. For more information visit dromhusdoorcounty.com/ events.
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shows such as Hamilton, Suffs, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Rent and more. Performers include the same cast as last year’s Cabaret: Logan and Devin Thomas, Katie Helscher, Anna Snell, Sophie Widman and Owen Alabado. Samantha Radosevich will be back as emcee and Kate Hussey is returning as Musical Director. Also returning will be Dan Smrz on percussion. After each performance, there will be a free mixer held in the lobby of the Gould Theater where guests can socialize with the performers, as well as learn more about the scholarships. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students (18 and under). Tickets are available at tinyurl.com/muezzp2z or by calling our box office at 920.845.6117. Remaining tickets will be available at the door the night of the event.
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Peninsula Players Theatre has announced the cast for the Feb. 2 reading of the play Rosenberg by David Meyers, the first presentation of The Play’s the Thing series. Artistic Director Linda Fortunato directs an ensemble of PRIDE PRESENTS actors that includes Ayanna 2026 CABARET Bria Bakari, Jordan Golding, Northern Door Pride’s Emma Rosenthal, and Noah Cabaret benefit show returns Simon. on Feb. 22 at Northern Sky’s After prosecuting Julius Gould Theater. and Ethel Rosenberg in the The 5th Annual Cabaret, trial of the century, Sam Owen Alabado performs at the 2024 cabaret show. “HISstory, HERStory, Goodstein and his wife, FILE RACHEL LUKAS THEIRStory: A Cabaret” Judith, rise to success and supports the Northern Door notoriety, until new questions Pride Scholarships and will force them to confront be held on Friday, Feb. 20 at 7 pm and Saturday, Feb. 22 at the moral cost of their ambition. Set in Washington, D.C., 2 pm. Rosenberg explores power, compromise, and political Each year, the Cabaret features a unifying theme, and courage, asking what has changed, and what hasn’t, since this year’s focus is historical musicals. The ensemble 1953. This reading is presented in coordination with Door has selected songs inspired by real events, time periods, County Reads and will be performed Monday, Feb. 2, 7 pm historical figures, and literature, featuring music from at Björklunden, 7590 Boynton Lane, Baileys Harbor.
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f you are into movies, you know this is the time when critics summarize the year past with lists of films, many of which you’ve probably never heard of let alone seen playing at your friendly neighborhood movie theater. Often these lists are filled with art films and foreign films that only play in big cities. There’s likely some fun to be had tracking down a venue showing the Brazilian film The Secret Agent, for example, which topped many of those aforementioned lists. It seems like a definite contender this awards season, but I’m not sure I want to spend the time or money just to say I saw it before the Academy nominates it for best this or that. What I offer in this article, then, is my very limited summary of the films I saw in 2025, either at one of the Marcus theaters in Green Bay, the good ol’ Suick 6 in Sturgeon Bay, or streaming into my home via the internet. If my selections don’t align with yours, that’s okay. Arguing the merits of one movie against another is as time-honored a tradition here in Door County as mistletoe and New Year’s Eve noise makers–or chanting “the Bears still suck” even as Chicago runs off the field in victory. BEST STUPID MOVIE: The Minecraft Movie My granddaughters urged me to see this one, just to prove that I can still relate to people more than a half-century younger than I. I had my doubts going in, but watching Jack Black, one of my favorite comedians, ride a chicken in a cockfight–well, I might not know the internet game this movie is based upon, but I do know what makes me laugh, and this film did that. BEST RIDICULOUS STUNTFILLED THRILLER: Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning I almost went with The Running Man remake in this category, with Glen Powell at the center of so much frenetic action it was nearly impossible to keep up with the story, which–no surprise–doesn’t make a lick of sense. But Tom Cruise climbing all over a bi-plane in flight in his last stint (reportedly) doing stunts as Ethan Hunt deserves some mention. Besides, if you’re looking for stories that don’t make much
sense, your mission begins here… or in Mission Impossible–Dead Reckoning: Part One, the prelude to this head-scratcher. BEST UNNECESSARY SEQUEL TO A HIT FRANCHISE: Jurassic World: Rebirth Universal Studios spent over $200 million dollars making Scarlett Johansson into an action heroine fighting tooth-and-claw against CGI dinosaurs. The film’s $850 million dollar return means some other young star will get similar treatment a couple years from now in the next unnecessary sequel to the franchise Steven Spielberg started way back in 1993. BEST SPINOFF TO A HIT FRANCHISE: From the World of John Wick: Ballerina Since the titular character of this Keanu Reeves’ franchise is no longer with us, the only way we get to see him dispatch dozens of assassins with his unique skills is by watching him, in flashback, join forces with some other assassin in the world of Wick–in this case, lovely Ana de Armas, taking out an entire mountain resort of assassins in true baba yaga style. BEST SUPERHERO EXTRAVAGANZA: The Thunderbolts* There wasn’t an inspired Marvel movie like Deadpool & Wolverine this past year, or an insane DC opus like Joker: Folie a Deux, either. Much of the year was spent waiting the ballyhooed return of Superman and the reboot of The Fantastic Four, so the best of this genre, The Thunderbolts*, is both a bit of a surprise and a letdown: fun, sure, but not “I-can’t-wait-to-see-it again” fun. Maybe Marvel and DC should take a time out? BEST FILM STREAMING ON NETFLIX: Train Dreams This lovely gem of a frontier drama stars Joel Edgerton as a logger working and wandering the Great Northwest in the early years of the 20th century. Director Clint Bentley mixes detailed imagery and evocative cinematography to create a lyrical fable of one man’s life set against a world in flux, as change rapidly transforms America into something he couldn’t imagine. The film co-stars Felicity Jones, William H. Macy, and Kerry Condon. THE BEST FILM STREAMING ON APPLE: The Lost Bus This recreation of the 2018 Camp Fire in northern California
stars Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey in the role of a school bus driver who finds himself with a bus load of kids trapped in the midst of a raging inferno. Director Paul Greengrass is a master at crafting realistic suspense without overdoing it, and this film plays like a disaster movie made real. THE BEST DOOR COUNTY FILM: Green and Gold A Cherry Pie Christmas (aka A Wisconsin Christmas Pie) has grabbed the spotlight lately with its very folksy story of romance renewed in our own slice of paradise, but the best film made in the county is this early 2025 feature, starring Craig T. Nelson as a crusty old farmer trying to save the family homestead from foreclosure by betting everything on his beloved Packers. THE TWO BEST FILMS OF 2025: Sinners and One Battle After Another There were a number of fine films that I enjoyed over the past year (Avatar: Fire and Ash, Black Bag, Bugonia, Caught Stealing, Eddington, Elio, F1, Good Fortune, The Housemaid, How to Train Your Dragon, Marty Supreme, Rental Family, The Roses, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Weapons, Wicked: For Good), but only two that I consider great: Ryan Coogler’s totally original mashup of Depression Era crime drama and vampire horror film Sinners, with a great performance by Michael B. Jordan playing twin brothers at the center of all the blood-letting and blood-sucking; and Paul Thomas Anderson’s raucous opus of American social revolution One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, and Regina Hall, along with newcomers Teyana Taylor and Chase Infiniti. In recreating the revolutionary subculture of twenty years ago, Anderson succeeds in telling a story that perceptively comments on social conditions today. In another lifetime, Mike Orlock wrote film reviews for the Reporter/Progress newspapers in the western suburbs of Chicago. He has also taught high school English, coached basketball and authored five books of poetry. He finished his two-year term as Door County’s poet laureate in early 2023.
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ne of my daily chores is to make sure the wild birds have adequate food. Some days it takes an extreme effort to shovel all the snow that has fallen during the night from the path to the feeders and then clean the feeders. I have two platform feeders which Roy made years ago. Both are high enough from the ground and far away from tree branches to keep animals from getting to them. However, the larger one is so high that I have trouble keeping it clean and must use a step-stool and a longhandled scraper-brush to clean it. The common year-round resident birds enjoy the food and share it with winter visitors that have arrived from the far north. The residents are the mourning dove, red-bellied, downy, hairy and pileated woodpeckers, blue jay, American crow, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted and red-breasted nuthatches, American goldfinch and northern cardinal. Cardinals are not always easy to see. They often eat on the ground and come here during the low light of early morning or at dusk. I think it may be the safest time for them; after the hawks are gone and before the owls come out. Years ago, friends who lived in the country east of Sturgeon Bay enjoyed all the cardinals that came to their feeders. Then one winter a northern shrike set up its territory and caught several of those beautiful red birds. An occasional wild turkey may show up to eat the cracked corn that I scatter on the ground near the cedar trees. The habitat here isn’t as good for these huge birds as it is at other homes.
I scatter cracked corn on the ground for the squirrels. It is also eaten by several cottontails, tree sparrows and the dark-eyed juncos who spend the winter here. When the winter is harsh with newly fallen heavy snow, I put lots of cracked corn on the big platform. It is eaten by the doves, jays and a couple of crows. The favorite food for most smaller birds is the black oil sunflower seeds. Mourning doves and blue jays gobble up a lot of them too, so I place most of the seeds on the smaller platform which has a cage over it with a large flat wooden cover. It keeps the snow off the seeds inside. The cage is another “work of art” that Roy made and it does the job of allowing better feeding safety for the goldfinches, chickadees and other small birds. Blue jays are more frequently here in the first half of the day. At about 3 pm I sweep away most of the sunflower seed hulls and scatter fresh seeds on one end of the small platform and put a pile of clean, shelled peanut halves on the other end. It’s fun to go inside and watch the chickadees and nuthatches find the peanuts. They land on the wire cage, hop onto the platform, quickly take a peanut and fly away with it as if they were stealing a treasure. The nuthatch likes to wedge the peanut into a crevice in the bark of a tree and hack away at it with its beak. The method works and perhaps is why they were given that name. I don’t see the American tree sparrows here every winter. They are misnamed due to European settlers who compared them to the Eurasian tree sparrow. Our tree sparrows spend more time on the ground than in trees.
In fact, those that I watched in early January were foraging for food on top of the snow behind the feeders. I was calling them snow sparrows! Two field marks make them easy to identify. Their lower beak is yellow and most of them will sport a black dot in the middle of their gray breast. They are about the same size as the dark-eyed juncos, which are more common winter residents in my yard. The juncos spend the night hiding under the deck behind the native bush honeysuckle plants. One reason American tree sparrows are not here as often may be that they nest farther north in Canada, closer to the Arctic regions. Juncos nest in northern Wisconsin and all across Canada so, don’t have as long a journey to get here. My resident woodpeckers feast on the marvel meal that I make. When that feeder is empty, they will go to the nutty-butter suet cakes in a special feeder nearby. I also keep a heated bird bath as good clean water is another important item the birds and squirrels enjoy. Get to know the winter birds in your yard and enjoy their antics as they search for their favorite food and try to evade predators.
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FISH TALES LECTURES KICK OFF WITH SUCKERS Dr. Karen Murchie, a freshwater fish biologist and Director of Freshwater Research at Shedd Aquarium, will present the kickoff lecture for the popular Fish Tales Lecture Series, titled “Where Suckers Swim.” On Thursday, Jan. 22 at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay. Dr. Murchie launched a regional project that engages volunteer scientists in monitoring sucker migrations at dozens of stream sites around Lakes Michigan and Superior. Crossroads at Big Creek has proudly participated in this effort for many years, along with volunteers from other Door County environmental organizations. During the Fish Tales lecture, Dr. Murchie will share early results from this work. A livestream link will be available through the Door County Library event listing. Science Saturday is back Jan. 24 at 2 pm with “Meet the Otter.” The interactive activity is geared toward elementary-aged students, but learners of all ages are welcome. The program will begin indoors, and if weather permits, participants will hike to Big Creek and The Cove in hopes of spotting otters or finding their tracks and slides. The Monday Matinee program this
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week offers a look at the impact of trees on the state of Wisconsin. This pre-recorded webinar, part of the University Place program, will begin at 1:30 pm on Jan. 26. The afterschool Environmental Exploration program“Seeps in Winter,” will take participants on a hike to places where melting snow, having traveled through fractures in the bedrock, slowly emerges and flows into Big Creek. That program begins at 3:30 pm. On Tuesday, Jan. 27, Crossroads will host a Wild Ones/Master Gardener lecture titled “Planting Trees in the Time of Climate Change.” Representatives from The Ridges Sanctuary, the Climate Change Coalition of Door County will discuss a collaborative project focused on improving community tree-planting and resilient ecological restoration. Crossroads at Big Creek is located at 2041 Michigan Street in Sturgeon Bay.
STUDY: BIKE TRAILS CONTRIBUTED $1.3 MILLION The Wisconsin Office of Outdoor Recreation and Peninsula State Park partners released a preliminary report detailing how outdoor recreation at Peninsula State Park’s new mountain bike trails contributed $1.3 million to the local economy. The mountain bike trails were one of just five outdoor destinations examined last year as part of the office’s Do-ItYourself (DIY) Economic Impact Program. The report details outdoor recreation at Peninsula’s mountain bike trails results in a range of benefits, from economic contributions to quality-of-life improvements for area residents. View the news release for additional details about the DIY Economic Impact Report program at tinyurl. com/rfrtna9y.
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This winter sowing technique was taught by veteran gardener Karen Kidd at the Crossroads at Big Creek on Jan. 12. Supplies: • A translucent (not clear or opaque) gallon jug • Scissors/box cutter/ something to cut the jug • Sharpie/marker • Soil • Seeds • Water • Tape (packing or duct, preferably) Instructions: 1. Poke holes in the top and bottom of the gallon for rain and drainage. (People have a few different strategies for doing this. Kidd uses a screwdriving she heated over the
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clear and the pace slows enough to allow time to catch up. Seeing spaces anew. The winter freeze allows you to hike through landscapes too wet or soft in summer, or see familiar spots in a new frame. Clearing snow. “I love being the first on the block to get out to clear the snow,” says Trent Snyder. “It feels good to just turn left out of my front walk and snow plow half the block and turn around to do the other end. It feels good to know my neighbors can stay inside and enjoy the white beauty and a clear sidewalk.” Thinking you’re going to become a skier. The snow comes, and you get caught up in the winter glory. You go out and buy that set of cross-country skis, or snowshoes, or studded tires for the bike – thus guaranteeing the
snow will melt the next day and the rest of the winter will be mild. But it sure feels good to think you’re going to do it for a few hours. 8. Soup. There’s a simple joy in taking the time to make soup and warming the whole house. 9. Silent woods. No rustling leaves, just the unique silence of a forest covered in snow. 10. Reading. Catching up on that stack that piled up all summer is incredibly satisfying. 11. Quiet. Whether it’s found walking along an empty beach, a cozy coffee shop corner or alone in a shanty on the ice. 12. Re-entry. Taking that time for yourself makes coming out of hibernation in February for Fish Creek Winter Fest or Fire & Ice weekend in Sturgeon Bay invigorating as you
realize you actually did miss seeing people. 13. Local days. In summer the bars and coffee shops are filled with tourists passing in and out of our lives. But a few times each winter you’ll stumble into a morning at the coffee shop or happy hour at the watering hole and find it full of neighbors. Before you know it, your quick stop becomes an impromptu reunion spent in a room where you know everyone. 14. The white sand beach. When the bay freezes, the shoreline – and beyond – becomes available to everyone. A walk on thick ice gives you a new perspective on the peninsula. 15. Winter biking. Fat tires and hard-crusted snow opens winter excursions to new places on your bike. Then there’s the rare chance to ride over the ice-covered harbors. 16. Candlelight skis. If the snow cooperates, the opportunity to explore a
trail lit by candlelight is a special experience. 17. Finding new muscles. Broomball is a beloved, goofy sport that sends players flailing on the ice in sponge-like shoes. It’s an incredible workout that really gets you the next day, when muscles you didn’t know you had are sore from your feeble fight to stay upright on the ice. The Northern Door Broomball League plays Wednesday nights at the Teresa K. Hilander Community Ice Rink in Sister Bay. 18. Ice shoves. When the ice of the bay of Green Bay comes crashing to shore at the end of winter, the mountains of shards create a scene reminiscent of Superman’s Fortress of Solitude. 19. Thinking 45 and sunny sure feels warm. When they come in October, the first chilly days bring a sense of dread. When it comes on a random February or March day, 45 feels like a good
excuse for a patio beer and a BBQ. 20. The Winter Fleet. Even if you’ve seen it all your life, the sight of the massive lakers making their way in and out of Sturgeon Bay for winter layup inspires awe. 21. Busting out the sleds. That goes for the snowmobiles (on the few days we can ride), but more often, flying down Hill 17, Big Hill or the Sister Bay Sports Complex hill on toboggans and sleighs. Whether you’re a kid or just want to feel like one again, the hills bring a thrill. 22. Ice Fishing. A few hours or a day time in the shanty is a great way to find some brain space. It’s even better if you catch something. 23. The Ridges after a big dumping of snow. The trails are beautiful all year, but particularly the morning after a storm covers the bows in snow.
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n the left side of my stove sits the new centerpiece of my fairly standard apartment kitchen – a warm yellow and red quilted foursquare pot rest that I took home from the Dec. 11 meeting of the Trillium Quilt Guild. For Lisa Lohr, the woman who made this particular pot rest, this project is simple in comparison to some of her other undertakings. She showed me pictures of her current work-in-progress, a collection of colorful flower appliques made using the “English paper piecing” technique which will eventually come together on a larger quilt. “You take a little piece of fabric and a little paper shape, and wrap the fabric around the shape then kind of tack it down,” she explained. Where my pot rest gets daily use as part of my dinner-making routine, Lohr plans to hang this quilt on the wall as a decoration. Hand-made, quilted pot Members of the Trillium rests from the Trillium Quilt Quilt Guild, who meet twice Guild.
a month in Sister Bay, showcase the dual artistry and utility of quilted goods, with projects ranging from dense blankets for those in need to delicate works displayed in gallery settings. The Guild, established in 1998, grew out of quilting classes taught by Judy Turner at The Clearing Folk School in Ellison Bay. Quilting technically refers to the process of stitching together three layers of fabric – a top, a backing and a padded middle – though the term also generally encompasses the preparation process, like piecing together the top layer. Trillium members represent a wide range of skills and experience levels. Sheila Retzinger, who started quilting when she joined the group with a friend in 2009, said she considers herself the “low man on the quilting totem pole” in comparison to other members like current president Susan Melarvie, who has been quilting for nearly 50 years. Melarvie’s work has been displayed in galleries and shows like The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, as has the work of other members. Pulling from the wealth of experience amongst them, the Guild’s programming committee plans instructional sessions for each meeting to help increase the group’s collective knowledge, ranging from easy, no-sew projects to specific techniques, like quilting along curved edges.
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ages and experience levels, from first-time artists to experienced practitioners looking to refine their craft or explore new directions. Programs are led by practicing artists and emphasize experimentation, skill-building, and personal creative growth in a supportive environment. The new name reflects the art center’s open and inviting spaces that are filled with all types of creative energy every day. “You don’t need credentials to be creative,” said Erickson. “You only need curiosity and the desire to explore – and PenArt is here to support that.” Registration for winter and spring workshops is now open. Summer and fall registration will open for all non-members on January 29th. Learn more and register at penart.org/workshops.
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Maker Mondays is a way of offering the community a space to discover, learn, and connect while creating one-of-a-kind artwork. No experience is necessary, as each class has an instructor to walk participants through every step of the creative process. The series is ongoing through the end of May, with class times varying by offering. Reservations are required, as space is limited. Register at handsonartstudio.com or by calling the studio at 920.868.9311. Hands On Art Studio is located at 3655 Peninsula Players Road in Fish Creek.
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Maker Mondays, a new class series designed for Door County’s quiet season, is now offered through May at Hands On Art Studio. Rotating classes in clay, jewelry, and fused glass provide a unique opportunity for individuals to explore various mediums.
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the Wisconsin Visual Artists, and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters – recognize educators, writers, visual artists, exhibitions, and advocates in our creative communities. Every two years, a nine-person nominations committee convenes to select winners in the following categories: • Legacy Artists • Educator | K–12 • Educator | College/University • Exhibition • Community Arts Advocate • Arts Writing • Emerging Artist Anyone can submit a nomination at wisconsinart.org/wvaaa-26. These awards honor visual artists, arts educators, arts writers, exhibitions, and arts advocates in our creative communities. The awards committee relies on nominations from the public to guide selection of each year’s honorees. Deadline for nominations is March 2.
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ALGOMA Clay on Steele Pottery Studio 221 Steele St. (920) 487-8076 Equilibrium Fine Arts and Creative Workshops 314 Steele St. (920) 404-0483 Fishline Studios Art Collective 213 Steele St. (920) 473-0415 Ladybug Glass Studio & Gallery 219 Steele St. (920) 591-2883 Robert Ray Gallery 520 Parkway St. (920) 495-6677 Steele Street Trading Co 300 Steele St. (920) 487-3840 The Pottery CO-OP 610 Fourth Street (847) 772.0401 Yonder 321 Steele St. (906) 295-0993 BAILEYS HARBOR Bazyli Studio Wearable and Textile Art 2551 Ahrens Road (847) 347-3562 Chez Cheryl Art Space 8360 High Plateau Road off EE (920)421-1690 Call to schedule a studio visit EGG HARBOR Angela Lensch Gallery 7653 Hwy 42 (920) 868-5088 By appt. only
Cappaert Contemporary Gallery 7901 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3987 By appt. only Mike Judy Studio & Gallery 6252 Bay Shore Dr. (920) 743-2614 mikejudyart.com Open by Appt. Plum Bottom Gallery (Downtown) 7813 Hwy 42 (920) 743-2819 Plum Bottom Gallery (Plum Bottom Road) 4999 Plum Bottom Road (920) 743-2819 ELLISON BAY Clay Bay Pottery 11650 Hwy 42 (920) 854-5027 Gills Rock Pottery 12020 Lakeview Road (920) 854-2774 K Wilder Fine Art 12495 Door Bluff Road kwilderart.com (773) 636-6289 Open by Appt. Lynn’s Pottery 12030 Garrett Bay Road (920) 421-4384 Rob Williams Studio/Gallery 753 Isle View Rd (920) 854-9823 Turtle Ridge Gallery 11736 Mink River Road (920) 854-4839 EPHRAIM Blue Dolphin House and BDH Studio 10320 N. Water St. (920) 854-4413 George Burr Gallery 10325 Hwy 42 (920) 854-7877 UU Gallery 10341 Water St. (920) 854-7559 FISH CREEK Haven Studio In Settlement Shops, 9110 Hwy 42 (920) 207-0171 Gallery of Gold 4091 Main St. (920) 868-9020 Open by Appt.
Interfibers Studio Gallery 9204 Silk Road (920) 868-3580 Link Gallery 3942 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2728 Peninsula School of Art and Guenzel Gallery 3906 Cty F (920) 868-3455 Plum Bottom (Fish Creek) 4175 Main St. (920) 393-7885 Quarry House Gallery 8896 Spring Rd. (414) 322-0617 JACKSONPORT Idea Gallery 6551 Cty T (West Jacksonport) (920) 655-1340 JUDDVILLE Deanna Clayton Glass 8499 Hwy 42 Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 421-1604 SISTER BAY Earth Art Studio Country Walk Shops – Garden Level (920) 854-1912 Frykman Studio Gallery 2566 S. Bayshore Dr. (920) 854-7351 Hartmann Sign Studio and Art Gallery 10673 Sumac Lane (920) 854-5378 Meadows Art Gallery 10560 Applewood Road (920) 854-2317 Mill Road Gallery 2328 Mill Road (920) 854-4416 STURGEON BAY Andrea Naylor Studio + Gallery 45 S. 3rd. Ave. andreanaylor.com ARTicipation Studio & Gallery 10 E. Oak Street (920) 857-8544 Audrey M. Off Gallery & Framery 40 N. 3rd Ave. (920) 743-2259
Avenue Art on 3rd 39 S. 3rd Ave. avenuearton3rd@gmail.com Blue Moon Framery & Gallery 185 Walnut St., in the Door County Economic Development Center by appt: bluemoonframery. com Brian Pier Gallery/ Forever Grateful 20 S. Madison (920) 818-0366 Community Foundation Gallery 222 N. 3rd Ave. (920) 746-1786 Hope Church Gallery 141 S. 12th Ave. (920) 743-2701 Lily Bay Pottery 3450 N. Lake Michigan Dr. (920) 412-4872 M Anderson Gallery 44 S. 2nd Ave. (920) 765-1332 Margaret Lockwood Gallery 7 S. 2nd Ave. (920) 493-3635 Miller Art Museum 107 S. 4th Ave. (920) 746-0707 Mona Lucy Gallery 626 Jefferson St. (920) 495-0651 Plum Bottom Gallery (Sturgeon Bay) 231 N. 3rd Ave. (920) 393-7885 Popelka Trenchard Glass Studio 64 S. 2nd Ave. (920) 743-7287 Ranly Maritime Gallery 1009 Egg Harbor Road (920) 559-6194 Reclaimed & Co. Jewelry 24 N. 3rd Ave. reclaimedcojewelry.com Shan BryanHanson Studio 242 Michigan St. shanbryan-hanson.com Studio 1865 22 E. Pine St. TAP Lobby Gallery 239 N. 3rd Ave. (920) 743-2206 Two Bridges Studio and Gallery 22 S. 3rd Ave.
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Write On, Door County offers a variety of events for writers and readers in February. Fun and Games will be hosted on Sunday, Feb. 1, from 12-2 pm. Drop in with family and friends to play word games such as Pun Intended, Tacocat, and more. On Tuesday, Feb. 3, from 10 am to 12 pm, join Larissa Antonioni for Echoes in the Story, a Door County Reads writing workshop about using writing as a tool for healing from grief. On Tuesday, Feb 10, 10 am, join for a discussion of Kate Quinn’s Briar Club. On Saturday, Feb 14, 9 am to 12 pm, Rachel Gabriel will host a workshop on revision titled Read. Write. Repeat. Participation costs $60. On Tuesday, Feb 17 at 10 am, M.L. Rio will host an author talk titled Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Writing Place, Space, and Setting, discussing setting and place in her work and the work of other authors. On Saturday, Feb 28 at 10 am Award-winning poets Cathryn Cofell, Bruce Dethlefsen and C. Kubasta provide a delicious meal and offer tips and advice for sharing your work with others at the Poets’ Brunch. For more information visit writeondoorcounty.org. Write On, Door County is located at 4210 Juddville Road in Fish Creek.
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FRI 1/23 LIVE MUSIC SMALL FOREST Nightingale Supper Club, 1541 Egg Harbor Road, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.5593. 5-8pm. Mother-daughter duo offering a variety of musical flavors, from folk and ballads to indie-pop. ZEPHYR CIESAR Sway Brewing & Blending, 2434 County Road F, Baileys Harbor. 5-7pm. Soulful singersongwriter.
MUSE presents a packed weekend of jazz and improv on Jan. 30 and 31. The weekend starts Friday, Jan. 30 with a double bill, when Cool Bay Jazz Quintet opens for the contemporary improv quartet, DADDIO. DADDIO is a contemporary improvisational group, composed of some of the most experienced players in Wisconsin and drawing inspiration from artists like Yellowjackets, Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan and David Sanborn. Members include: drummer Tony Wagner, bassist Charlie Sauter, saxophonist/ keyboardist/flautist and melodica player Warren Wiegratz, and guitarist/guitarsynthesizer player Scott Dercks. The following evening, Saturday, Jan. 31, MUSE presents jazz-funk fusion powerhouse, John McClane and the DC Players. Doors open at 6 pm for the 7 pm show. Hailing from the enigmatic eastern hemisphere of Wisconsin, John McClane and the DC Players are the region’s premier purveyors of smooth grooves and electrifying rhythms. This jazz-funk fusion powerhouse blends the deep-pocket funk of Jamiroquai with the exploratory soul of John Scofield, creating a sound that’s equally at home in a high-energy party or a swanky martini lounge. John McClane and the DC Players is: guitarist Jason Goessl, organist Adam Haste, bassist Greg Roteik, flutist and MUSE Executive Director Kaira Rouer and drummer Chris Pollack.
SKALECKI, GATHERER & WAIT Peach Barn Brewing, 2450 S. Bay Shore Dr., Sister Bay. 920.944.2393. 5-7pm. Two singer-songwriters pair with a harmonica wizard for a night of original storytelling, spotlight-sharing and three harmonicas at once. BEN LARSEN Brygga Plates & Pours, 107 N. 1st Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.0700. 6-10pm. Amusing Americana.
After a five-year hiatus, the Steel Bridge Creative Foundation will once again host Love on Holiday: Songs of Love and Love Gone Away, its annual mid-winter celebration of original music and visual art. The event takes place Friday, Feb. 13, at MUSE Sturgeon Bay. Headliners this year are Genevieve Heyward, Caitlin Cannon, Leah Brooke Conway. and pat mAcdonald. Doors open at 6 pm, with the event beginning at 7 pm. Guests are invited to enjoy drinks and finger foods while exploring the space, viewing artwork, meeting participating artists and songwriters, and experiencing the premiere of brand-new original music. Tickets are $20+ (pay-what-you-can), with all proceeds benefiting the Steel Bridge Creative Foundation. Love on Holiday is built around collaboration and chance. Songwriters first “spin the bottle” to form co-writing teams, then spin again to be paired with original visual artworks that serve as inspiration for new songs. These songs are written exclusively for the event and performed live, with the artwork projected during each performance, creating a deeply immersive experience. This year’s return also highlights the Tambourine Collaboratory, a collective of artists, musicians, and songwriters based at The Tambourine Lounge dedicated to collaboration, experimentation, and creative exchange. For tickets and more information, follow the Steel Bridge Creative Foundation online at steelbridgecreativefoundation.org.
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THE MUSICAL MUSEUM MUSE Sturgeon Bay, 330 Jefferson Street, Sturgeon Bay. 920.333.2859. 1pm. Live Midsummer’s Music performance paired with neuroscience, poetry & conversation.
GRAND OPENING Andrea Naylor Studio & Gallery, 45 S. 3rd St., Sturgeon Bay. 6-8pm. Explore fine art, ceramics & prints.
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Originally made famous by LaVern Baker in the mid-1950s, Ruby James reclaims the song “Bumble Bee” with grit, groove and modern swagger, transforming a vintage rhythm-andblues burner into high-voltage rock and roll. Bassist Harmoni Kelley helped drive the track’s pulse, pushing the low end into fuzzedout territory, while baritone guitar from David Jimenez added weight and shadow. The track truly took flight when guitar legend Rosie Flores stepped in. Flores brings a sonic sting into the groove and kicks the song into overdrive, earning her the nickname “The Red Hornet” inside Ruby’s inner circle. “There’s a sweet and sexy playfulness to ‘Bumble Bee,’ but there’s also a real sting,” James said. “It’s an empowerment tale of a woman drawing a line. She gives her love sweetly and freely, but don’t double-cross her. Once you betray her, she knows how to cut clean and walk away with her power fully intact.” As the lead single from Call It Rock & Roll, “Bumble Bee” sets the tone for Ruby James’ return, rooted in tradition, alive with risk, and powered by chemistry earned over years of shared stages. The single is accompanied by an equally bold and playful music video, featuring animated alter egos of Ruby as the Queen Bee and Rosie as the Red Hornet. Blending live action with animation, the video channels the irreverent spirit of classic pop visuals while celebrating the chemistry, humor, and power shared between two artists who know exactly who they are. The video will debut on YouTube on Feb. 6.
9am. Cardio drumming (independent); poker; chess. 11am. Zumba Gold. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME Forestville Library, 123 Hwy 42, Forestville. 920.856.6886. 9:30am. Participants learn a number & letter each week through reading, singing & dancing. EARLY FIREFIGHTING IN STURGEON BAY Door County Historical Museum, 18 N. 4th Ave.,
INDOOR ADRC ACTIVITIES Aging & Disability Resource Center of Door County, 916 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.2372.
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RUBY JAMES RECREATES “BUMBLE BEE”
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Friday continued from page 1 MAGIC COMMANDER NIGHT The Gnoshery, 23 N. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0727. 3-9pm. Play Magic the Gathering in Commander format. SURVEY SLAM TRIVIA Cherry Lanes Arcade Bar, 127 N 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0093. 6pm. Like Family Feud with real-world data. ’50S DANCE LESSON & SOCIAL DANCE Old Gibraltar Town Hall, 4176 Maple St, Fish Creek. 920.743.6578. 7-9pm. Learn some ’50s dance moves & enjoy music spun on vintage vinyl by DJ David Watkins. Part of Door County Reads.
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WINTER GUIDED HIKE Ridges Sanctuary – Cook-Albert Fuller Center, 8166 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.2802. 1:30pm. Snowshoes available for $5/pair. $10/public, $7/ member, free/16 & younger. Register at ridgessanctuary.org.
SAT 1/24 LIVE MUSIC FUN AT CADILLAC JAX Cadillac Jax BBQ & Brew, 530 4th St., Algoma. 920.487.8115. 2-6pm. Meat & gun raffle to benefit Algoma Snowriders Snowmobile Club. 7-11pm. Rapid Transit. Rock and country classics and modern hits. BEN LARSEN Harbor Ridge Winery, 4690 Rainbow Ridge Rd, Egg Harbor. 920.868.4321. 1-4pm. Amusing Americana. ANDY BRAUN Door 44 Winery, 5464 County Hwy P, Sevastopol. 1-4pm. Folk-rock favorites & singer-songwriter selections. JEREMIAH SHOEN Red’s Pub & Grill, N6318 Hwy 42, Algoma. 920.677.8499. 2-6pm. Country, rock and acoustic favorites. DA TRIO Drömhus Door County, 611 Jefferson St., Sturgeon Bay. 608.333.4553. 3-5pm. Featuring Mike Judy, George Sawyn & Bruce Newbern. GUITAROLA Twelve Eleven Wine Bar, 10339 Hwy 57, Sister Bay. 920.421.9463. 5-7pm. Jazz duo. TOM AND CRISTY Hitching Post, 4849 Glidden Drive, Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.1114. 5-7pm. Americana. COFFEEHOUSE CONCERT Door Community Auditorium, 3924 Hwy 42, Fish Creek. 920.868.2728.
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7pm. Songwriting team Rob Roy Campbell & Vinni Hancock perform in the lobby after an opening set by a local student. $20/person. Refreshments available for purchase. ACOUSTIC MAYHEM Cherry Lanes Arcade Bar, 127 N 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0093. 7-10pm. Acoustic covers.
Overheard
Are there tidbits of conversations you’ve heard while standing in line at the grocery store, serving a table or walking down the sidewalk that make you smile, cringe or laugh out loud?
You know what they say, don’t drive and zoom.
INDOOR POKÉMON CLUB The Gnoshery, 23 N. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0727. 9-11 am. A fun-filled morning of battles, trades and more whether you’re a Pokémon master or just starting your journey. BEGINNING BEEKEEPING CLASS Peninsular Agricultural Research Station, 4312 Hwy 42, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.5406. 8am-12pm. Learn the basics of beekeeping from the Door County Beekeeper’s Club. $25 per individual or $40 per family. A TABLE AT BRIARWOOD HOUSE Door County YMCA – Sturgeon Bay Program Center, 1900 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.4949. 9am. Step into the 2026 Door County Reads pick, Kate Quinn’s “The Briar Club,” with themed cooking demonstrations, a curated soundtrack & book discussion. BLUE ZONES LECTURE Door Community Auditorium, 3924 Hwy 42, Fish Creek. 920.868.2728. 10am. “Social Connection” with Paul Salm. Part of the free Door County Talks series. Refreshments available for purchase. “FAR FROM HEAVEN” Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion, 7845 Church St., Egg Harbor. 920.868.3334. 1-4pm. A panel discussion of the movie & its cultural & artistic themes. Part of Door County Reads. SEVASTOPOL HISTORY TOUR Sevastopol Town Hall, 4528 Hwy 57, Institute. 920.746.1230. 1pm. Learn the history of Sevastopol through a recorded tour of the township with the late historian George Evenson. This lunch and learn event includes soups and sweets. Email lindadwait@gmail. com for more information. BARN DANCE MUSE Sturgeon Bay, 330 Jefferson Street, Sturgeon Bay. 920.333.2859. 7-9pm. Join the Folk Alliance for a family-friendly community dance with Sugar On the Floor dance band.
LITERATURE BOOK SALE Sturgeon Bay Library, 107 S 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.6578. 9:30am-12pm. Shop from thousands of books, audiobooks & DVDs. Proceeds support the library.
Every time someone walks into the office they just get reindeer butt.
Musings Shout-outs, pet peeves, thought-provoking questions and whatever else you were thinking about in the shower this morning.
SHOUT-OUT To the Los Angeles Rams.
I wonder, do really tall people just notice all the dust? BOOK DISCUSSION Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd, Juddville. 920.868.1457. 2pm. Write On, Fair Isle Books & Gathering Ground collaborate on a hybrid discussion of Barbara Kingsolver’s “Prodigal Summer.”
OUTDOOR WINTER GUIDED HIKE Ridges Sanctuary – Cook-Albert Fuller Center, 8166 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.2802. 10:30am & 1:30pm. Snowshoes available for $5/pair. $10/public, $7/member, free/16 & younger. Register at ridgessanctuary.org. SCIENCE SATURDAY – MEET THE OTTER Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.5895. 2pm. Learn how, in winter, otters slide through life on land and in water. Intended for elementary students, but learners of all ages are welcome.
SUN 1/25 LIVE MUSIC OPEN MIC The Gnoshery, 23 N. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0727. 12:30pm signup starts, 1-4pm open mic for musicians, poets & storytellers hosted by musician Jeanne Kuhns. Food, drinks & games for sale. COOL BAY JAZZ Drömhus Door County, 611 Jefferson St., Sturgeon Bay. 608.333.4553. 5-7pm. World-class professional musicians.
INDOOR YOGA SESSION Door County Brewing Co. and Music Hall, 8099 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.1515. 9-10am. Free, all-level session led by a professional instructor. OPEN KNIT & CROCHET The Naked Sheep, 31 S. Madison Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.1166. 12-3pm. Open knitting & crochet.
LITERATURE PROSE OPEN MIC Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd, Juddville. 920.868.1457. 2-4pm. Share your fiction, essays or memoir excerpts.
OUTDOOR ALGOMA FARMERS MARKET Algoma Elementary School, 514 Fremont St, Algoma. 920.487.7001. 10am-2pm. QIGONG IN THE PARK Cherry Blossom Park, 919 S Lansing Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 11am. Build your energetic life force through movement and breath.
MON 1/26 LIVE MUSIC PAUL TAYLOR Osteria Tre Tassi, 11976 Mink River Road, Ellison Bay. 920.309.8390. 6:30-9:30pm. Solo jazz guitar during dinner.
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INDOOR TRIVIA & TACOS Thirsty Cow Taphouse, 7899 Co Rd A, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.9991. 5-6pm team signup, 6pm start. ADRC ACTIVITIES Aging & Disability Resource Center of Door County, 916 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.2372. 8:30am. Foot clinic. 9am. Artists in Making. 10am. DVD Fitness. 11am. Zumba Gold. 12:30pm. Poker; bridge. SOCIAL CRIBBAGE Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Learning and Innovation Center, 2438 S Bay Shore Drive, Sister Bay. 920.746.4970. 10am-12pm. For knowledgeable players. Bring your cribbage board and cards. UKULELE SOCIETY OF DOOR COUNTY JAM Door County YMCA – Steve & Jackie Kane Program Center, 3866 Gibraltar Road, Fish Creek. 920.868.3660. 1-2:45pm. Open to all players & skill levels. Email dcukesociety@ gmail.com for more info. JOB CLUB We Are HOPE, in the Cherry Point Mall, 1300 Egg Harbor Rd, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.7273. 1-2pm. Job seekers discuss new job opportunities, employment search techniques, challenges & leads. MOVIE MATINEE – “HOW TREES BUILT THE MIDWEST” Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.5895. 1:30pm. This University of the Air pre-recorded lecture explores Wisconsin’s Trees: A Living Legacy. Discover how ash, pine, sugar maple, white birch, and apple trees have shaped Wisconsin’s landscapes, culture, and communities. MAGIC COMMANDER NIGHT The Gnoshery, 23 N. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0727. 3-9pm. Play Magic the Gathering in Commander format. LEGO CLUB Washington Island Library, 910 Main Rd, Washington Island. 920.847.2323. 3:30-5pm. All ages welcome; adult supervision required for kids 8 & younger. 100+ WOMEN GIVING CIRCLE Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion, 7845 Church St., Egg Harbor. 920.868.3334 ext. 3. 5:30pm. The organization will award over $35,000 to three nonprofits in their quarterly giving event.
LITERATURE MEMOIR MONDAY Hope United Church of Christ, 141 S 12th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.868.1457. 10-11am. Write part of your life story at this Write On, Door County creative lab geared towards seniors. “THE BRIAR CLUB” BOOK DISCUSSION Door County Fire Company, 38 S 3rd Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.856.6886. 5:30pm. Discuss the Door County Reads 2026 title, “The Briar Club” by Kate Quinn. BOOK CLUB Stone Harbor Resort, 107 N 1st Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.0700. 6-8pm. Discuss “The Housemaid” in a laidback book group.
TUE 1/27 LIVE MUSIC OPEN MIC NIGHT Waterfront Mary’s Bar & Grill, 3662 N Duluth Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.3191. 9pm-1am. Hosted by Adam Haste.
PERFORMANCE FIREHOUSE COMEDY CLUB Door County Fire Company, 38 S 3rd Ave, Sturgeon Bay. (229) 269-5908. 7pm. Standup by regional comedians. $15/ person at the door.
january 23-30/2026 EVENTS | 3 Grandchild safety presentation. 1pm. Watercolor painting. CURRENT EVENTS GROUP Calvary United Methodist Church, 4650 Cty E, Egg Harbor. 920.868.3112. 9-10:30am. Discuss local, state, national & world news. Participants may bring an article, listen & share ideas. No church affiliation. Meet in the library. ALGOMA BLOOD DRIVE Algoma Community Wellness Center, 1715 Division St., Algoma. 920.487.7001. 9am-1pm. For details, visit tinyurl.com/3hcn6269. TECH TUESDAY We Are HOPE, in the Cherry Point Mall, 1300 Egg Harbor Rd, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.7273. 10am-2pm. Free, dropin technology support & computer skills training. TODDLER STORYTIME Algoma Public Library, 406 Fremont St, Algoma. 920.487.2295. 10:30am. STORYTIME WITH MISS BETH Sturgeon Bay Library, 107 S 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.6578. 10:30-11:15am. Themed storytime for babies, toddlers & preschoolers, followed by free play. MAKING MEANINGFUL MEMORIES Door County Government Center Peninsula Room, 421 Nebraska St. in Sturgeon Bay 1pm. A University of Wisconsin human development & relationships educator presents “Making Meaningful Memories for Healthy Brains.” SIP & STITCH The Gnoshery, 23 N. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0727. 4-7pm. Knit, sew, crochet, embroider or work on another craft. ATOMIC BINGO Brygga Plates & Pours, 107 N. 1st Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.0700. 6-8pm. 10 free rounds with prizes. 11th round supports a local charity. FOUNDATIONS IN MEDITATION The Yoga Womb, 58 W. Maple Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 7pm. Cultivate meditative tranquility & insight together through classical mindfulness foundations. All experience levels welcome.
PUZZLES AND GAMES The Gnoshery, 23 N. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0727. 12-3pm. Puzzle club. 5:50-9pm. Magic the Gathering standard showdown. TECH TALK Door County YMCA – Steve & Jackie Kane Program Center, 3866 Gibraltar Road, Fish Creek. 920.868.3660. 11am. Learn basic technology & security concepts. MUSIC JAM Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion, 7845 Church St., Egg Harbor. 920.868.3334. 1pm. Open to all instruments and skill levels. Listeners welcome. FIREHOUSE KNITTERS Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Station, 2258 Mill Rd, Sister Bay. 920.600.5086. 1-4pm. All knitters, crocheters & needleworkers are welcome. GENEALOGY DISCUSSION Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library, 2323 Mill Rd, Sister Bay. 920.854.2721. 1:30pm. Group discussion on genealogy research. New & experienced participants welcome. AFTERNOON FREE BUILD Algoma Public Library, 406 Fremont St, Algoma. 920.487.2295. 3-4pm. For ages 6-12. LEGO PARTY Sturgeon Bay Library, 107 S 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.6578. 3:30-4:30pm. For elementaryaged kids & their families. TALK OF THE TOWN Lake Fire Winery, 8054 Hwy 57 in Baileys Harbor 5:30pm. Food & socializing, followed by a presentation & Q&A session by Door County Trails.
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BRIAR CLUB MUSIC HOUR Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Library, 2323 Mill Rd, Sister Bay. 920.854.2721. 5:30-6:30pm. David Watkins spins ’50s-themed music based on the Door County Reads book “The Briar Club.”
OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION: SEEPS IN WINTER Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.5895. 3:30-4:30pm. This afterschool program, geared toward elementary students but open to all ages, explores winter seeps—water that travels through bedrock before emerging and flowing into Big Creek. Weather permitting, this will be a hike, so dress for the weather.
SPORTS PICK-UP BASKETBALL Door County YMCA – Sturgeon Bay Program Center, 1900 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.4949. 6-8pm. Drop-in pickup basketball in Gym C.
WED 1/28 LIVE MUSIC ELLIS PAUL White Gull Inn, 4225 Main St, Fish Creek. 920.868.3517. 5:30pm optional pre-concert dinner, 7:30pm show. A Maine-born singer-songwriter whose lyrics weave together personal experiences with social issues. $35/person.
FOOD & DRINK
CRAFT NIGHT Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion, 7845 Church St., Egg Harbor. 920.868.3334. 6-7pm. Make a different craft in the MakerSpace every month.
LUMBERJACK SUPPER Sturgeon Bay United Methodist Church, 836 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.3241. 4:30-6:30pm. 90th annual dinner of pork, corned beef, mashed potatoes, beans, cabbage and rutabagas. Dine-in or carryout available. $20 per adult, $5 for kids 5-12. Kids under 5 are free.
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ADRC ACTIVITIES Aging & Disability Resource Center of Door County, 916 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.2372. 8:30am. Strong Bodies (independent). 9am. Euchre; chess; cardmaking workshop. 12:30pm. Golf card game;
ADRC ACTIVITIES Aging & Disability Resource Center of Door County, 916 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.2372. 9am. Pinochle. 10am. DVD Fitness. 10:30am. Chair Yoga. 12:30pm. Sheepshead; poker. 1pm. Trivia challenge.
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OUTDOOR VOLUNTEER WEDNESDAY Potawatomi State Park, 3740 Cty PD, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.2890. 9am-12pm. Multiple volunteer opportunities available. Meet at the park’s maintenance shed (first driveway after the park entrance). State park vehicle sticker required. WANDERING WEDNESDAY Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.5895. 1:30pm. Naturalist-guided hike.
LIVE MUSIC BILLY DAVE SHERMAN Twelve Eleven Wine Bar, 10339 Hwy 57, Sister Bay. 920.421.9463. 5-7pm. Indie folk with mellifluous vocals. WRITERS’ NIGHT Tambourine Lounge, 59 N. 2nd Avenue, Sturgeon Bay. 920.333.1723. 7-9pm. Share original songs, stories & poetry. OPEN MIC Drömhus Door County, 611 Jefferson St., Sturgeon Bay. 608.333.4553. 7-10pm. For musicians & listeners.
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Matt Mahoney @ Poh’s Corner Pub When hunting season hits, Matt gets hungry for some quackers. If he misses all the ducks, he’ll have Poh’s chili and some crackers. He gives credit for his bar skills to a guy everyone knows. George is Matt’s instructor – and keeps him on his toes. Afternoons are often quiet at this cozy bar on Third. But if a Bears fan enters – prepare for dirty words. Matt’s second act is a world away from selling pharmaceuticals. Ask him how he likes it here – he’ll tell you “life is beautiful.”
Want to nominate someone for Server of the Week? Email info@ppulse.com. 5-7pm. Open knitting & crochet. CYBERSECURITY FOR BUSINESS OWNERS Empowering and Supporting Individuals, 813 Rabas St., Algoma. 920.487.3541. 5-6pm. Free presentation by Quantum Technologies. THIRSTY THURSDAY TRIVIA Brygga Plates & Pours, 107 N. 1st Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.0700. 6-8pm. Free to play. Groups of all sizes welcome. FRANCESCA HONG MEET & GREET Peach Barn Brewing, 2450 S. Bay Shore Dr., Sister Bay. contact@ northerndooractivism.com. 6-8pm. Francesca Hong, a candidate for governor, will speak and meet voters in this event hosted by Northern Door Activism. KARAOKE Cherry Lanes Arcade Bar, 127 N 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0093. 7-11pm. Hosted by Sound Expressions.
gardening, planting & farm chores. Volunteers get a small share of the day’s harvest, plus free use of the disc golf course & nature trails after.
FRI 1/30 LIVE MUSIC RAMONA & THE FLOWERS Cherry Lanes Arcade Bar, 127 N 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0093. 7-10pm. Green Bay acoustic duo.
PERFORMANCE DARCI LYNNE & FRIENDS Southern Door Auditorium, 2073 Cty DK, Brussels. 920.676.1920. 7:30pm. A one-woman variety show by an actor, singer & ventriloquist. Visit southerndoorauditorium. org for tickets.
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LITERATURE PAGE TURNERS BOOK CLUB Door County YMCA – Sturgeon Bay Program Center, 1900 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.4949. 11:45am. Foods, friends & conversation.
OUTDOOR FARM VOLUNTEER DAY The Aquarian Acres, N8282 Cty D, Algoma. 920.471.9728. 9am-12pm. All ages are invited to help with hands-on
ADRC ACTIVITIES Aging & Disability Resource Center of Door County, 916 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.2372. 9am. Cardio drumming (independent); poker; chess. 10am. DVD Fitness. 11am. Zumba Gold. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME Forestville Library, 123 Hwy 42, Forestville. 920.856.6886. 9:30am. Participants learn a number & letter each
week through reading, singing & dancing. HOW GLACIERS SHAPED THE PENINSULA Door County Historical Museum, 18 N. 4th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.5809. 10am-12pm. Examine LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) maps to see how glaciers shaped the peninsula. MAGIC COMMANDER NIGHT The Gnoshery, 23 N. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0727. 3-9pm. Play Magic the Gathering in Commander format. SURVEY SLAM TRIVIA Cherry Lanes Arcade Bar, 127 N 4th Ave, Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0093. 6pm. Like Family Feud with real-world data.
OUTDOOR WINTER GUIDED HIKE Ridges Sanctuary – Cook-Albert Fuller Center, 8166 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor. 920.839.2802. 1:30pm. Snowshoes available for $5/pair. $10/public, $7/ member, free/16 & younger. Register at ridgessanctuary.org.
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INDOOR ADRC ACTIVITIES Aging & Disability Resource Center of Door County, 916 N. 14th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.746.2372. 8:30am. Strong Bodies (independent); Somatics. 9am. Friendly Crafters. 10am. Cribbage; Stress-busting for caregivers. 1pm. Dementia 201; Woodcarving. BELGIAN LIFE ON THE DOOR PENINSULA The Clearing, 12171 Garrett Bay Rd, Ellison Bay. 920.854.4088. 9am-12pm. Learn about the Belgians who first settled on the peninsula in 1853 & the Great Fire of 1871. $25/person. ENERGY ASSISTANCE ENROLLMENT Algoma Utilities, 1407 Flora Ave., Algoma. 920.388.7108. 9:30am-1:30pm. Energy Services Inc. helps visitors enroll in the Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program (WHEAP). Bring verification of income, plus household, utility & landlord information (if applicable). THE COLD WAR’S IMPACT ON DOOR COUNTY Door County Historical Museum, 18 N. 4th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.743.5809. 11am-12pm. Learn how locals responded to the uncertainties of the Cold War through civil defense efforts, youth training programs & community vigilance. MINIATURE PAINT NIGHT The Gnoshery, 23 N. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.0727. 4-9pm. Work on your minis. Limited paints & brushes available. OPEN KNIT & CROCHET The Naked Sheep, 31 S. Madison Ave., Sturgeon Bay. 920.818.1166.
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