Sturgeon Bay News

The utility division of public works is asking City Attorney C.H. Herlache and Superintendent Jess B. Johnson to contact the U.S. War Department in regard to a permit for a coal dock on the city property adjoining the Sturgeon Bay Boat Works on the south.

From the beginning, the founder of the Door County Advocate made no bones about where the new newspaper would stand regarding the Civil War that had begun in April 1861, about 11 months before the first edition: Establishment of the Confederacy was nothing short of treason.

During these quieter times of the year, folks may have some time to spend at the computer.

Roger Dewey Haskell, 81, Sturgeon Bay, passed into eternal life on Feb. 8, 2012, in Sturgeon Bay at Ministry Door County Medical Center.

The self-unloading Great Lakes bulk carrier Joseph L. Block arrived in Sturgeon Bay for its winter layup around 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Disposing of trash and recyclables will get easier for city residents and easier on garbage collectors' backs this summer after the Sturgeon Bay Common Council voted Tuesday to automate trash pickups.

Five alleys in the city of Sturgeon Bay will change from one-way to two-way by mid-April. The Common Council on Tuesday also approved reconstruction plans for Fourth Avenue, weaving it into the downtown business district with plans similar to Third Avenue.

New details on the triple murder and suicide in De Pere one week ago. Police released the 911 transcript of the call that came from inside the home.

Bay family memorial service in Sturgeon Bay: Rev. Paul Graf speaks before a memorial service for Michelle Bay and her two children at Sturgeon Bay Moravian Church.

Visitation was held Thursday morning for Denis Bay. He's the father who police say shot and killed his wife Michelle and two kids on Friday, before turning the gun on himself.

Ministry Health Care has strengthened the breadth and depth of its services by acquiring all of Affinity Health Care in Wisconsin.

Billowing smoke that could be seen 10 miles away drew curious passersby Wednesday, but what they found was a controlled burn of excess brush at the Sturgeon Bay compost site.

Five alleys in the city of Sturgeon Bay will change from one way to two-way by mid-April. The Common Council also decided Tuesday to approve reconstruction plans for Fourth Avenue, weaving it into the downtown business district with plans similar to Third Avenue.

She was also featured on her dad's new track "Glory," as the sounds of her cries can be heard during the end of the song.

A memorial service will be held Thursday for a mother and her two children killed in a murder-suicide outside of Green Bay.

Cecelia M. Gruetzmacher, 91, Green Bay, died Monday morning, Feb. 6, 2012. She was born on Nov.

Two new faces appeared Monday night in a League of Women Voters of Door County candidates forum at Sturgeon Bay City Hall.

Michelle, 44, Andrea, 14, and Daniel, 10, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at their home in DePere.

Marilyn Ann Penny, 68, Sturgeon Bay, passed on to the next adventure in her spiritual journey on Thursday afternoon, Feb.

The Pioneer Credit Union holiday fundraiser raised more than $1,300 to benefit Door County Head Start and Door CANcer.