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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…[Audio clip: view full post to listen] The difference between the low bid & … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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…[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Jarosh says the program has been highly successful…[Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Door County Visitor Bureau partners … Continue reading
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 & … Continue reading
There was a day when most everyone tended to a garden of some kind or another. Folks took pride in growing their own & sharing their bounty. That day has returned to Sturgeon Bay in the form of a community garden. For a $30 annual fee, the plot of earth off of South 16th Place, across from Ministry Door County Medical Center, provides space for … Continue reading
