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Sturgeon Bay Tornado Warning Notification Changes

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Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (April 5, 2021) – Due to technological advancements, new information on effectiveness and high costs of maintenance of tornado sirens, the City of Sturgeon Bay will no longer maintain its tornado sirens and they will be removed.  Sturgeon Bay Fire Department has carefully weighed the costs, advantages and disadvantages of maintaining the six […]

Southern Door School District Announces Selection of New District Administrator

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Southern Door, Wis. (April 1, 2021) – Southern Door School District School Board President Penny Price announced today that Christopher Peterson has been selected as the new District Administrator of the Southern Door School District, effective July 1, 2021. Mr. Peterson’s contract will be acted on by the Board of Education on April 19, 2021, pending […]

Woodwalk Gallery’s Ohana Dinner Series is Set for 2021 Season

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Egg Harbor, Wis. (April 1, 2021) – Woodwalk Gallery’s Ohana Dinner Series is back this season with four delicious offerings. Announcing the 2021 Ohana dinner themes: June 30 – Asian FusionJuly 21 – Hawaiian LuauAugust 18 – JamaicanSeptember 1 – Mexican Fiesta  Ohana’s duo, Robby and Gigi, bring their Mexican cuisine training and Hawaiian experiences to […]

Celebrate National Poetry Month with WODC

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Juddville, Wis. (April 1, 2021) – April Fools’ Day is observed throughout the Western world. Many send loved ones on a  “fool’s errand,” looking for things that don’t exist. Others try to get friends to believe ridiculous stories. Newspapers are notorious for printing false stories on April 1, such as The Guardian’s “special report” in 1977 about […]

BHCA Easter Egg Hunt at Waseda Farms

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Baileys Harbor, Wis. (March 30, 2021) – Join in on a new tradition of Egg Hunts at Waseda Farms on Logerquist Road in Baileys Harbor. Get out into the wide open spaces, hike the trails and reconnect with nature! Waseda Farms is giving away a dozen eggs for every family that attends. Ages 10 and under […]

Griffon String Quartet Awarded Green Bay Grant

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Award covers the full 2021 year. Egg Harbor, Wis. (March 31, 2021) – Midsummer’s Music’s resident string quartet, the Griffon, was recently awarded a generous grant from the Irene Daniell Kress Fund of the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation for its work with older adults and B Double Sharp program recipients for the 2021 grant period. The […]

Peninsula Players Theatre Awarded Raibrook Foundation Grant

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Fish Creek, Wis. (March 25, 2021) –  Peninsula Players Theatre is pleased to announce it is the recipient of a grant from the Raibrook Foundation to assist the theater in replacing and improving its outdoor scenic construction area. “We are incredibly grateful to the Raibrook Foundation and are thrilled to have their support for this important […]

Christkindlmarkt Brings Holiday Cheer to Door County in 2021 with Help from Department of Tourism Grant

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Sister Bay, Wis. (March 23, 2021) – This holiday season, the Sister Bay Historical Society will host Door County’s first ever Christkindlmarkt, or Christmas market, with help from a $22,838 Joint Effort Marketing (JEM) Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. Starting the last weekend in November, Christkindlmarkt will showcase vendors selling handcrafted, made-in-Door County goods, […]

Midsummer’s Music Announces Emerging Composers Initiative

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Composer-in-Residence Program Expands. Sister Bay, Wis. (March 22, 2021) –Midsummer’s Music announces a new program designed to provide a platform for more talented young composers that expands on its Composer-in-Residence Program instituted in 2016 with the appointment of Jacob Beranek. The Emerging Composers Initiative adds two Program Fellows to its Composer-in-Residence position. All three appointees will present […]