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There was a large house fire near Carlsville Sunday morning. Egg Harbor Fire Chief Justin MacDonald reports that the fire call came in just before 10:00AM for a grass fire on Windsong Bluff Road, just off of Reynolds Road. The grass fire quickly spread to the side of a nearby house and lit the siding on fire. The Egg Harbor Fire Department first arrived at … Continue reading
Earlier this week, the Peninsula Players Theater company announced their Act II Housing Campaign, a fundraising effort to help them provide more adequate housing for some of the personnel essential to the theater’s work. Managing Director Brian Kelsey explains here some of the on-site housing that is in much need of upgrading………. They were very honored to receive a $500,000 lead gift from the Patrick … Continue reading
A cement truck overturned on the highway north of Baileys Harbor Tuesday morning. Shortly after 11:30, a 21 year-old Sturgeon Bay man was northbound on Highway 57 driving a cement mixer truck from a local cement contractor, carrying a load of cement in the mixer. As he crested a small hill just north of Meadow Road he suddenly noticed a line of cars backed up … Continue reading
Over 100 spectators gathered in Sturgeon Bay’s Bay View Park Saturday morning to observe the dedication ceremony for “Wooly”, the wooly mammoth sculpture, which now stands next to the Ice Age Trail where it passes through the park. This piece of public art was brought to the city by the local arts board, and board Chair Helen Bacon shared a story about the how the … Continue reading
We recently reported in our state news how republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels is being challenged by a voter who says only 345 of of his required 2,000 signatures are valid due to an error on the header of several pages of signatures. Now, we have learned of another challenge to the required signatures of a local candidate. Libertarian candidate for US Representative for the … Continue reading
This last Saturday morning was this year’s first farmers market in downtown Sturgeon Bay, and it was also the first market now that the event is managed by Destination Sturgeon Bay. Executive Director Cameryn Ehlers-Kwaterski told us there were some changes to the event, but they were very happy with the results….. The few changes with the location, layout, and vendors brought positive feedback from … Continue reading
Friday morning was the ribbon-cutting ceremony celegrating the opening of Sturgeon Bay’s Graham Park next to the Oregon Street Bridge. Before the ceremony started, local musical group Cathy Grier and the Troublemakers were the first to perform on the park’s new amphitheater stage. Sterling Landscape Services were responsible for much of the work in the park, and owner Lars Braschnewitz offered much thanks for the … Continue reading
