Washington Island News

Browse for bargains. Proceeds benefit all Door County libraries. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Sturgeon Bay library: 'Sing Me A Story' is the theme for Mother Goose Story Time for babies, toddlers and preschoolers and their parents.

It's still three weeks away, but more than 2,000 anglers expected to fish the Kewaunee/Door County Salmon Tournament are already gearing up.

Larry Schaefer, 43, a lineman for Sturgeon Bay Combined Utilities, was electrocuted Monday when he came in contact with a live power line while doing routine work on Jefferson Street.

Nationally known jeweler Elizabeth Garvin holds a trunk show from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Sunday, July 3-5, at Edgewood Orchard Galleries.

A teenager was injured as a result of a traffic accident June 21 on Washington Island.

Egg Harbor pounded out 25 hits and seven home runs en route to a 16-10 victory over Maplewood on Sunday in a game between co-leaders in Door County League baseball.

STURGEON BAY - The 27th annual Kewaunee/ Door County Salmon Tournament will take place over nine days - July 25-Aug. 2 - with a first-place cash prize of $10,000 for the largest chinook salmon registered.

Marcia Carr, librarian at the Washington Island branch of the Door County Library, will start up this summer's family program at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Rutledge Room with rubber stamping.

The Fourth of July celebration is always the biggest event of the year in Baileys Harbor.

Host Sister Bay upset league-leading Maplewood 6-3 on Sunday to create a four-way logjam at the top of the Door County Baseball League.

Paddlers from near and far are visiting Washington Island this weekend. The most experienced paddlers will enter the strenuous 22-mile marathon race circumnavigating Washington Island.

The longer I live in Door County, the more I love it, and the more I love it, the less I see of it.

The Liberty Grove Town Board will retain its road crew, after a Door County supervisor suggested the town consider contracting with the county highway department for snow removal.

In early May, the Door County Sheriff's Department and the Door County Alcohol and Other Drug Coalition sent a locally produced DVD dealing with drinking and driving to 1,500 families in the county.

Bob Fellner's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning drove in the winning run as host Egg Harbor edged Kolberg 6-5 on Sunday in Door County League baseball.

AS MORE travellers show an interest in local cuisines, a Milwaukee chef is taking the trend a bit further with a cooking school that travels to the food's origins.

MANITOWOC - This weekend's "Thunder on the Lakeshore" air show isn't the only noteworthy aviation event coming to town.

The Family Centers breakfast social is for folks 50 or older who want to socialize and learn about topics of interest to seniors.

Jeff Sperber had five hits, including two solo home runs, and drove in six runs as unbeaten Maplewood outslugged host Washington Island 18-17 on Sunday in Door County League baseball.

Summer arrived on Washington Island on a beautiful Memorial Day weekend. At 10:30 a.m. Monday, residents and visitors filled the Bethel Evangelical Free Church for the traditional Memorial Day service organized by American Legion Post No.