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Sturgeon Bay 4th Avenue Project

Roger Levendusky — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:40:27 +0000

The city of Sturgeon Bay will pay just under $608,000 to upgrade North 4th Avenue, beginning in April. City engineer Tony Depies told the city council Tuesday that the low bidder for the project to install sewer & water services, sidewalk, curbs & the road deck was Peter’s Concrete of Green Bay…
The difference between the low bid & the final bid agreed to was an additional $10,500 to cover an error in the bid specifications related to gravel. The city could also have saved $82,000 by having an asphalt road bed rather than concrete, but Depies felt that asphalt had a shorter life expectancy & requires more intermittent maintenance. The city engineer also noted road projects in Door County tend to cost more…
Of the total cost of the street project, Sturgeon Bay Utilities will pick up a little less than $186,524.

Ice Fishing Tournament This Saturday

Chad Michaels — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:44:09 +0000

The Door County Chapter of Walleyes for Tomorrow will host the 10th Annual Dave Pagels Memorial Ice Fishing Tournament at Wave Point Marina in Little Sturgeon this Saturday. Dan Farah says that the tournament will go on this weekend….Farah says that caution should be used by those planning to fish the tournament this weekend….
Fisherman are allowed to fish from 4AM – 2PM this Saturday, and there’s prizes for perch, walleye, northern pike and whitefish. Tickets are available at Howie’s Tackle, DePrey’s Kwik Stop, Hol’N One Mobil, Stevenson Pier Mini Mart and Birmingham’s Quarry Stop.

The public is invited to enjoy raffles, food and resfreshments starting at 12:00 and there’s live music with Rocker at 6:00PM.

All proceeds from the event support fish stocking, habitat improvements and the Kids Fishing program with Sunshine House Door County.

WDOR will be broadcasting live from 11AM – 1PM this Saturday.

Local Primaries

Roger Levendusky — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:38:59 +0000

Sturgeon Bay City Council
Alderman John Lodl finished with 70 votes in primary balloting Tuesday, but was defeated in his attempt to be elected to a seat on the Sturgeon Bay city council in the 2nd aldermanic district. District 2 incumbent Ron Vandertie led the way with 147 votes, followed by Cindy Weber who picked up 86 votes & will challenge Vandertie in the April election. Lodl, who will represent the city in the 3rd aldermanic district into April of next year, was placed in the position of finishing out his current term on the city council or running for the district 2 seat when his home was redistricted out of the 3rd aldermanic district. A total of 304 votes were cast during the election Tuesday.

Southern Door School Board
A newcomer, a former school board president & two incumbents will vie for two seats on the Southern Door board of education as a result of primary election voting Tuesday. Polly Alberts led the slate of five candidates in balloting, picking up a total of 413 votes. Chuck Bretl, who was a Southern Door school board member for a dozen years & served as its president, came in second with 320 votes. The two incumbents, Dawn Starr & Lori Sampo finished within 12 votes of each other to round out the list of candidates who will be on the ballot in the spring election. Starr had 273 votes & Sampo 261. Former board member Perry Degrave’s 128 votes were not enough to allow him to continue on to the election in April.

Spartans Get Non-Conference Win Over Eagles

WDOR Staff — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:55:24 +0000

The Luxemburg-Casco girls basketball team rallied from a 16 point first half deficit to defeat Southern Door 53-46 on Tuesday Night. The Spartans were led by Hailey Kinnard’s 13 points while Breanna Suess scored 12. Cheyenne McFarlin led the Eagles with 15 points and Cora Baudhuin added 14.

Boys Scoreboard

Green Bay West 67 Two Rivers 75 Bonduel 65 Southern Door 60 Kewaunee 40 Oconto 50

Sturgeon Bay Skatepark

Roger Levendusky — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:07:05 +0000

It didn’t just happen that the Sturgeon Bay Skatepark Initiative selected Grindline Skatepark Design & Construction to develop plans for a new skatepark on the west side of the city. Matt Young, co-chairman of the local organization, says the group wanted to get a nationally known design company. He says a lot of research was done & the group was impressed with Grindline’s creativity, professionalism & integrity & their commitment to working with all stakeholders. During a special open house at Sturgeon Bay city hall last week, Micah Shapiro, Grindline’s lead designer talked with WDOR news about his company’s track record…
Grindline has also designed & built award winning parks from Orcas Island to Okinawa, Japan to Copenhagen, Denmark. The hope is that, if all goes well, work on the skatepark near the westside field in Sturgeon Bay can be constructed during the summer of 2013.

Martinez Pleads Innocent

Roger Levendusky — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:36:57 +0000

Innocent pleas have been entered for a Brussels woman accused of causing the death of her child by leaving her unattended in an overheated SUV for several hours. Thirty three year old Melissa Martinez stood mute during a Door County circuit court appearance Monday while her defense counsel, Green Bay attorney Jefrey Jazgar, entered pleas for her to felony counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle & a charge of child neglect. Judge D. Todd Ehlers set a motions hearing for April 9th. Eight month old Elena Martinez died last October after spending hours in the heated & running vehicle. An autopsy indicated that Elena was a healthy child & died from the effects of environmental hyperthermia. Melissa Martinez is currently living at a halfway house, on $25,000 bail, following inpatient treatment for alcohol abuse

Eagles travel to L-C

Chad Michaels — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:01:03 +0000

The Southern Door girls basketball team will play at Luxemburg-Casco tonight on 93.9FM and wdor.com The Eagles (9-10) and Spartans (8-11) have identical three game winning streaks.

Girls Schedule

Gibraltar at Valley Christian

Boys Schedule

Green Bay West at Southern Door
Algoma at Manawa
Kewaunee at Two Rivers
Oconto at Bonduel

Door County Media Marketing

Roger Levendusky — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:18:28 +0000

The media marketing program of the Door County Visitor Bureau kicks off a new season Thursday with a press trip throughout the county. Jon Jarosh says a minimum of seventy journalists will take advantage of the program in 2012… Jarosh says the program has been highly successful… The Door County Visitor Bureau partners with the firm of Geiger & Associates to bring travel journalists to … Continue reading →

Trailer Fire

Roger Levendusky — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:57:19 +0000

Six units from the Sturgeon Bay fire department, with mutual aid provided by Southern Door firefighters, fought a fire in a mobile home at 5861 Cedar Creek Road, in the Town of Sturgeon Bay, late Friday evening. The Alvin Grovogal home is considered a total loss. More than two dozen firemen were involved in the firefighting operation. The fire call came in at 11:32PM & the first units on the scene found the mobile home & an attached garage fully engulfed in flames. Southern Door provided tankers & men & a fill site was set up near County Trunk U & Tacoma Beach Road. In all, 16,000 gallons of water was used to put out the blaze. At this point, the cause of the fire is being listed as “undetermined” & no dollar value for the loss is available. The occupants were alerted by a barking dog & smoke detector. We’re told, Alvin Grovogal was taken to a Milwaukee hospital for treatment. Fire crews were back at the Sturgeon Bay fire station at 3:39AM Saturday.

Badgers Win 20th

Nick Olson — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:09:39 +0000

The 15th ranked Wisconsin men beat Penn State at the Kohl Center Sunday, 65-55. The Badgers led by twenty early in the second half, but the Nittany Lions got back into the game with a 17-2 run which cut their deficit to five. However, that’s as close as the game would get as Wisconsin beat Penn State for a fifteenth straight time in Madison. The Badgers are now 9-5 in the Big Ten and 20-7 overall. Its the sixth straight season and ninth time that Wisconsin has won at least 20 games with Bo Ryan as head coach. Prior to Ryan’s arrival, the U-W men hit the 20 win mark only four times.

Josh Gasser led Wisconsin with 15 points, while Jared Berggren added 13 and both Jordan Taylor and Ryan Evans chipped in 11. Mike Bruesewitz pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds. Next up for the Wisconsin men, is a trip to Iowa Thursday night.