Luxemburg News

There's a new little car in town. Carol Simonar of Luxemburg and her husband, Jerry, received a Smart Fortwo Passion Cabriolet after waiting more than a year for it.

This year, Luxemburg is marking its centennial anniversary. As this milestone approached, the Luxemburg Centennial Committee has been working to make the occasion one to remember through celebratory events and ...

Luxemburg's village board members, business leaders and volunteers have been planning the village's centennial celebration for more than three years.

10 Years Ago Aug. 11-14 , 1998 A family outing in Jacksonport turned tragic Sunday when 10-year-old Pan L. Kong, Green Bay, drowned in the waters of Lake Michigan. The long-held dream of area conservationists and educators to develop a state-of-the-art nature center at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay moved closer with a grant of $10,000 from Miller Brewing Company. The grant launches the $1 million fundraiser. Penny Paye, daughter of Joseph and Robyn Paye of Brussels and a senior at Southern Door High School, competed in the Miss Teen Wisconsin in Stevens Point. Elmer (Red) and Lou (Curran) Fleming, Sturgeon Bay, celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary with an open house at their daughter's house. Tom Utzinger and Bob Ryan were the grand-prize winners with their ship, the USS Pudge, in the quick and dirty boat-building competition during the Wooden Boats Show at the Door County Maritime Museum. Deaths: Marcella Goll, 78, Sturgeon Bay; Irving 'Pete' Peterson, 84, Ogema; Edna Anderson, 80, Ripon; James Fontaine, 67, Sturgeon Bay; Eileen McClure, 43, Sturgeon Bay; Mary Jane von Schrader, 90, summer resident of Fish Creek and St. Louis, Mo.; Fred Routhieaux, 95, formerly of Lincoln, Luxemburg; and Mary S. Kilian, 82, Ellison Bay. Births: Daughters to Troy Frada and Andrea Sargent, Sturgeon Bay, Aug. 8; and Michael and Shannon Naese, Green Bay, Aug. 8. Licensed to wed: Gregory J. Kenney and Amy E. Bleach, July 31; Thomas F. Bahr and Kathryn E. Molitor, Aug. 1; Lawrence R. Slight and Mary E. Busell, Aug. 1; Robert M. Vincent and Shirley M. Hunter, Aug. 6; Peter C. Rock and Ella R. Vining, Aug. 8; John C. Mallien and Nancy M. Schaefer, Aug. 8; Matthew M. Godres and Melissa S. Destaercke, Aug. 8; Anthony J. Trout and Karen K. Moeller, Aug. 8; Jeffery C. Royce and Debra L. Adams, Aug. 14; Thomas a. Melville and Sara E. Massart, Aug. 15; Shane T. Brunette and Crystal M. Pagel, Aug. 15; Jason M. Staats and Jennifer L. Taylor, Aug. 22; Chad J. Howard and Rebeccah M. Oldham, Aug. 22; Robert J. LaViolette and Julia Gattegno, Aug. 25; and Barry N. DeBaker and Leslie C. Albert, Sept. 5. 25 Years Ago Aug. 9-11, 1983 A freak storm with 50 mph winds raged through Door County. More than two dozen boats were torn from their moorings and boat lifts in the Sand Bay area. Mark Jinkins, president of the HELP of Door County Board of Directors, welcomed Dick Haen as the new director of HELP of Door County. Ann Ullman, Sturgeon Bay, will compete for the title of Miss Teen Wisconsin at the state pageant in Eau Claire. Capt. Rod Baudhuin of the Belgian Queen called the Coast Guard station to say he was four miles out on Lake Michigan and in danger of sinking after his boat had sprung a leak. Coast Guard personnel reported to the scene and pumped out the water so the craft was able to enter Sturgeon Bay under its own power. The Rev. Mark Schwarzbauer is the new pastor at the Assembly of God Church, Sturgeon Bay. Deaths: August Paul, 92, Sturgeon Bay; John Tanck, 82, Egg Harbor; William Krauel, 54, rural Sturgeon Bay; Bernadine Andre, 70, Porterfield; Pat Larson, no age listed, Green Bay; Ruth Kastner, 57, Leesburg; Helen Olson, 74, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Olaf Kaminsky, 80, Ephraim; and Stanley 'Smokey' Bley, 67, Egg Harbor. Births: A son to Terry and Carrie Buhr, Brussels, Aug. 8. Daughters to Roger and Karin Newman, Ellison Bay, Aug. 10; Douglas and Carrie Lea Petersilka, rural Sturgeon Bay, Aug. 11; and Luke and Theresa Peters, New Franken, Aug. 11. Licensed to wed: Douglas Ault, Birmingham, Mich., and Elizabeth Gustafson, Western Springs, Ill., Aug. 6; Allen Knudson and Michelle Sanders, both of Brussels, Aug. 6; John Deifel and Madeline Bender, both of Bollingbrook, Ill., Aug. 8; Allen Kolberg, Sevastopol, and Diane Clark, Sturgeon Bay, Aug. 11; Michael Vandenhouten, Brussels, and Terri Bell, Green Bay, Aug. 13; Peter Smith and Valerie Sawyer, both of Chestnut Hills, Mass., Aug. 13; Neale Rass, Brussels, and Mary Schlise, Forestville, Aug. 13; Gregory Ebel and Susan Miller, both of Sturgeon Bay, Aug. 13; and Peter Nehlsen, Hebron, and Leila Hagen, Washington Island, Aug. 13; Gary Olson and Anne Dobrogowski, both of Liberty Grove, Aug. 14; Thomas Vervoren and Kathy Shillin, both of Sturgeon Bay, Aug. 20; Lee Hartwig and Susan Ceasar, both of Sevastopol, Aug. 20; Tom Hickman, Spokane, Wash., and Sherry Demmin, Sturgeon Bay, Aug. 20; Todd Whippermann, Belle Plaine, and Susan Gilford, Sevastopol, Aug. 27; and Willard Schleicher, Jacksonport, and Jean Geisseman, Egg Harbor, Aug. 27. 50 Years Ago Aug. 12-14, 1958 A budget increase of $21,000 would be needed to pay for increased teachers' salaries at Sturgeon Bay schools. Teachers have proposed a $500 per person increase for the 1958-59 year. Beginning teachers would earn $4,200 per year under this plan. Dr. Robert L. Cowles of Horseshoe Bay presided at the unveiling of a statue of Chief Roy Oshkosh, chief of the Menominee Indian Tribe, at Murphy Park. Cowles presented the statue, carved by Ernst Dombrowe, and a plot of land around it to the county. A fire apparently started by lightning leveled the tavern and dance hall of Palmer Rosinsky at Little Sturgeon. The Rosinsky family was asleep upstairs but escaped unharmed. The large barn on the farm of Ralph Franke, in the town of Gibraltar, burned to the ground. The cattle and milking machines were saved. Deaths: Bernard Wilting, 54, West Allis; Charles Luebke, 72, Sturgeon Bay; Mrs. Morris Morrow, 61, Bell Gardens, Calif.; and Leo Larouche Sr., 53, Chicago. Births: Sons to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Denil, Brussels, Aug. 7; M/M Robert Hunt, Sturgeon Bay, Aug. 9; and M/M Norman Frando, rural Sturgeon Bay, Aug. 11. Daughters to Mr. and Mrs. John Pierzchalski, rural Sturgeon Bay, August 7; M/M James Lau, Sturgeon Bay, Aug. 8; M/M Louis Onsager, rural Sturgeon Bay, Aug. 9; M/M Francis Everson, Sturgeon Bay, Aug. 11; and M/M Wayne Gigot, Brussels, Aug. 12.

Steve Goldberg slept through the excitement on Wednesday, June 23. The Kewaunee County Sheriff's Department received the report "of a male party slumped over a lawn mower who was not breathing" that day.

The Bank of Luxemburg held a ribbon cutting ceremony on the opening of its new main office building on Saturday afternoon, while the Ralph Kline American Legion Post 262 dedicated theveteran's memorial on the ...

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Beacon of Kewaunee County and Current of Green Bay will host Wine Down Tuscany Style, a joint event for young career-minded adults.

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A Department of Natural Resources Hunter's Education Course will meet from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Mondays and Thursdays at the Luxemburg Sportsman's Club.

Len Lemmens fondly remembers the annual Luxemburg corn roasts that were a favorite event of his youth.

Ryan Luhrs was back home visiting his parents, The Rev. David and Janice Luhrs, this past week.

The columnist knew he might be in for a little bit of a challenge. Experience tells him that his intended subject, a social fellow by nature, tends to get a little squeamish whenever he lays eyes on someone ...

The Village Board postponed a public hearing on proposed water rate increases with the state Public Service Commission that was scheduled to take place Thursday morning.

The Luxemburg Chamber of Commerce will kick off its Farmer's Market 8 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Stodola IGA parking lot, 602 Center Drive.

The artists who participated in the Neville Public Museum's Studio 210: Working Regional Artists program during 2007 are included in a small exhibit titled 'The Artists of Studio 210: 2007,' which is now open ...

Brian Mullen of Seymour padded his points lead, passing Shiocton's Chad Bartel for the lead on Lap 6 and winning the IMCA modified feature at Luxemburg Speedway on Friday night.

Brian Mullen of Seymour padded his points lead, passing Shiocton's Chad Bartel for the lead on Lap 6 and winning the IMCA modified feature at Luxemburg Speedway on Friday night.

With all the orange, passersby can't miss it: A tree-planting project covers 25 of 100 acres at the Department of Transportation Pine Road Wetland Mitigation Site in Brussels.

With all the orange, passersby can't miss it: A tree-planting project covers 25 of 100 acres at the Department of Transportation Pine Road Wetland Mitigation Site in Brussels.