The Sturgeon Bay Police Department is investigating a fatal motor vehicle accident that happened shortly before noon Thursday on West Spruce Street, just west of Madison Avenue. First responders found the driver, who was the lone occupant of the vehicle, without a pulse or breathing. Attempts at resuscitating the driver proved unsuccessful. Preliminary findings indicate the driver likely suffered a medical condition while behind the … Continue reading →

Two people are dead after a small aircraft crashed on Sunday night in northern Door County. The Door County Sheriff’s Department says 69-year old Ralph Keller of Sister Bay and Lagrange Park, Illinois and 16-year old Olivia Dahl of Sister Bay died when the aircraft went down in an area of Peninsula State Park near Highland Road. The plane was on its way to the … Continue reading →

The Door County Sheriff’s Department has released the name of the 40-year old Washington Island man who sustained serious injuries in a boating accident late Friday evening on the shore near Door Bluff Road, in the Town of Liberty Grove. Frank Gibson sustained a leg injury and was transported to Saint Vincent Hospital in Green Bay. The owner and operator of the 23-foot Powercrest boat, … Continue reading →

A 15-year old northern Door County youth sustained a serious head injury in a tubing accident Sunday afternoon, about a mile out on the bay of Green Bay, near Fish Creek. The teen was part of a group of four county juveniles tubing near the number six buoy around 5PM. According to a report filed at the Door County Sheriff’s Department, the tube apparently started … Continue reading →

The Sturgeon Bay Police Department has released the name of the 65-year old man who died Thursday afternoon after the car he was driving plunged into the water near the Centerpointe Marina in Sturgeon Bay. Michael William Little of Kalamazoo, Michigan was pronounced dead at Ministry Door County Medical Center. He had been in the submerged vehicle for about an hour before divers were able … Continue reading →

A runaway car collided with two vehicles, a sign and a building off Highway 42, near Orchard Road, in the Town of Gibraltar, Wednesday afternoon. Luckily, no one was injured. According to the accident report, a Nissan Pathfinder driven by a 19 year old of Cedar Grove, woman was heading north on 42 when her flip-flops got caught on the gas pedal and she lost … Continue reading →

A two-vehicle accident on Highway 42/57, at Gordon Road, the so called “Culvers intersection” tied up traffic on the busy highway Tuesday afternoon. For a period of time, both lanes of highway were blocked and traffic was backed up for some distance in either direction. The initial details indicated that both vehicles sustained significant damage and there were unknown injuries. Two ambulance crews and a … Continue reading →