The Door County Maritime Museum lists more than 270 shipwrecks surrounding the peninsula and nearby islands, but most took place a century ago. That is, said museum director Kevin Osgood, if you don’t count the pleasure boats that strike Dunlap Reef near the shipyard in Sturgeon Bay. The last major shipwreck on Lake Michigan took … Read more
A snow-covered trail at Peninsula State Park. Photo by Rachel Lukas. We’re not there yet – winter, cold weather, snow – but it pays to be prepared. That’s especially true if you plan to camp off-season after the majority of campers have packed away their gear. Many Door County campgrounds, both private and state-run, cater … Read more
Turnout in the village of Ephraim reached 89% in 2020. Photo by Myles Dannhausen Jr. If history repeats and Door County voters have called the presidential election as they have seven times straight since 1996, Kamala Harris will be the next president of the United States. That’s of course not official – there was a … Read more
Fewer hot days, with a wet start and dry finish to the season by the WISCONSIN STATE CLIMATOLOGY OFFICE This year’s meteorological summer (June through August) featured temperatures very close to normal throughout Wisconsin and Door County (where referenced in this summary, Door County climate data are from the Sturgeon Bay observation station). Hot weather was … Read more
Oct. 22, 1931 – Oct. 18, 2024 Margaret Emma (Borgardt) Loving was a longtime, beloved kindergarten teacher’s aide who left an inestimable community legacy by nurturing many hundreds of Northern Door County students in their most formative school years. She died peacefully of natural causes, at age 92, on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Sister … Read more
