Willa Cather's novel, 'My Antonia,' has prompted county residents to curl up and read a good book, as well as to get out and participate in a number of Big Read-themed events.

The Door County Board supported a delay on implementing a Farmland Preservation rezoning conversion fee because it could cost property owners in one town thousands of dollars to rezone their acreage.

Eight Peninsula teens will compete for the title of the sixth annual "Door County Idol" at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb.

On Jan. 28, the Washington Island School Board approved two of its April referendum questions, one of which will allow the school to exceed the revenue cap by $292,700. The $292,700 includes the $37,700 in stimulus money that school received this year.

Note to readers: This is the second of a two-part series. "F resh Lawyers" proclaims a sign in the front window of KK Fiske, a locally popular restaurant on Washington Island, Wis.

For the first time, two Washington Islanders are participating in the Door County Idol Competition.

The falling water table in Door County is resulting in calls from Brussels all the way to Washington Island looking for solutions to their problems.

The Washington Island School Board met Jan. 14 to discuss the results of a referendum advisory survey that was sent to Washington Island residents.

Robert Cornell, manager of the Washington Island Electric Co-op, traveled to Washington, D.C., last month to participate in a panel on strategies for bringing broadband to rural parts of the United States.

Every once in a while, usually on a cold winter night, I like to take a trip back in time to Rock Island, that fascinating bit of land at the far northern end of Door County.

Interactive television classes and driver's education keep Washington Island students connected with the mainland.

At 1:15 p.m. Jan. 8, a fireman was injured on his way to a fire call on Washington Island.

Mike Gillespie, a 2007 graduate of Washington Island High School, visited his parents in December while he was on break from Carthage College in Kenosha.

The changing demand of town government prompted Washington Island to hire Gordon Jaeger, 68, an eight-year island resident, as the first town administrator.

The Common Council last Thursday authorized issuing a check for $4,950 for the purchase of the former Goodrich dock property.

As routine falls into a normal pace again after the hustle and bustle of holiday festivities, I encourage fellow Door County residents to take a moment of time today to take inventory on the many reasons to be thankful.

A change in the A&W railroad schedule went into effect Tuesday, giving Sturgeon Bay but one train a day.

Island Players, Washington Island's nonprofit community theater, has been presenting Center Stage - informal afternoons of play readings - on the first Sunday of the winter and spring months for the past nine years.

Austin Hanlin, son of David and Jeannette Hanlin of Washington Island, announced his engagement to Rebecca Ruiz of New Milford, Conn.

Jens Hansen, aka Papa Bear, is planning another New Year's Day plunge into the waters of Schoolhouse Beach on the north shore of Washington Island.