Washington Island News

More than 2,000 bird counts are conducted in North and Central America in early winter each year, and Washington Island conducted its count on Dec.

Washington Island's community newspaper is under new ownership. A group of local investors has agreed to purchase the assets of the Washington Island Observer newspaper.

Washington Island High School students will be dancing in a Winter Wonderland at the school's first semiformal Saturday despite the Peninsula's warmer than average winter.

Washington Island's community newspaper is under new ownership. A group of local investors has agreed to purchase the assets of the Washington Island Observer newspaper.

Superintendent Tim Raymond spoke to the Washington Island School Board and community about forming a charter school exploratory committee during Thursday's meeting.

Geraldine K. Regnier, 72, of Washington Island, Wis., formerly of Waltham Township, died Sunday, Jan.

Laura Kayacan, adult services librarian from the main branch of the Door County Library in Sturgeon Bay, will visit Washington Island to lead a discussion of the 1940 novel, 'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter,' by Carson McCullers.

Joseph Harris Sr. was a father of 10 children, a freedom fighter, one of the founders of Door County and the city of Sturgeon Bay, a state senator and longtime activist for building the shipping canal that linked Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan.

Washington Island Superintendent Tim Raymond will broach the subject of starting a charter school on the island during Thursday's regular school board meeting.

Nearly all of the images in our online collections are available for purchase as archival pigment prints or digital files and many may be licensed for reproduction .

As one of its major initiatives for 2012, the Door County Economic Development Corp.

The 2011 numbers are in for the Door County Humane Society, and they are down. Most businesses would not find that a reason for celebration, but DCHS Executive Director Carrie Counihan said she is delighted.

The Washington Island School Board unanimously approved a resolution to exceed the state imposed revenue cap for the 2012-13 school year by $380,000 during Thursday's special board meeting.