Kewaunee County News

The debate sparked this week over new recommendations on mammograms already has shifted the focus away from those with the most to lose: Women in their 40s.

Four of the five suspects arrested last month in the latest sting by the Door-Kewaunee Drug Task Force made their first appearances last week in Kewaunee County Circuit Court.

Four earn-a-buck seasons in the past five years are behind us, and it's time to look ahead to the first "normal" gun deer opener since 2005.

Harold Robert Konieczny, age 71, of E1968 Hwy. BB, Denmark, town of Franklin in Kewaunee County, entered into eternal rest Wednesday evening, Nov.

The Kewaunee County University of Wisconsin-Extension office and the Kewaunee County Economic Development Corp.

The University of Wisconsin-Extensions in Door and Kewaunee counties will offer the 2009-10 Nonprofit Board Development Series beginning Nov.

Reductions in state and federal highway aids seem to be the latest bump in the road as the Kewaunee County Highway Department this year tries to balance its budget.

A proposal for Kewaunee County's Aging Disability Resource Center will coincide with plans for a state-mandated Family Care program that will be established in two years with at least six other Northeastern Wisconsin counties.

Earn-a-buck rules four of the past five years have dramatically thinned the whitetail numbers in Kewaunee and Door counties.

The Algoma Community Band, under the direction of John Nielsen, will present its annual Veterans Day Concert at 7 p.m. Nov.

Kewaunee County residents will see a tax rate of $6.61 next year, after the County Board approved a levy of $9.72 million.

This time last year, Kewaunee County Clerk of Courts Becky Deterville was sifting through about 300 warrants for crimes such as failure to pay a fine or failure to appear for a court hearing.

Kewaunee County Sheriff's Department officers will be working overtime to enforce safety belt usage, thanks to an $18,000 grant from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Safety.

Kewaunee County Supervisor Bob Garfinkel opposes a state Assembly bill that requires nuclear plants to make annual payments of $150,000 to the county and $250,000 to the municipality to compensate for storage of spent nuclear fuel there.

One of those arrested was trafficking firearms. Vogel says the suspects were selling Vicodin, Methadone, Marijuana and Ecstasy.

Authorities say they arrests are a result of an undercover operation which took place over several months.

Sixteen people have been arrested for drug and firearm offenses as a result of an undercover operation spanning several months, the Door County Sheriff's Department said today.

By the end of May, an empty lot at 1510 Meadows Lane in Luxemburg will have been transformed into a 1,700-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bath ranch home worth $189,900. While homes are built on empty lots all the time, the Meadows Lane house isn't being constructed by a professional builder or developer.

Friends for Thanksgiving, a group of four Kewaunee County women, will host a free Thanksgiving dinner to people with financial/social needs.

While violent crimes in Kewaunee County dropped in 2008, the cities of Kewaunee and Algoma saw a dramatic increase in the number of thefts during the year.