Door County News

The Door County YMCA has exceeded its goal of $375,000 for the Strong Kids Campaign by raising $400,450. The Door County YMCA Volunteers of the Year also were announced.

U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold is scheduled to hold July 11 listening sessions in Kewaunee and Door counties.

Drug agents in Door and Kewaunee counties seized nearly 8 pounds of high-grade marijuana, numerous marijuana plants and nearly $16,000 in cash from a Sturgeon Bay resident this week.

Sturgeon Bay police say a drug bust turned up "high grade" marijuana and nearly $16,000 in cash.

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.

What a difference a year makes for growing cherries. After an almost total crop loss last year, Wisconsin - one of the nation's largest tart cherry growers - is expected to produce more than 8 million pounds of cherries this year.

If it seems like Harbor Fish Market & Grille has occupied a picturesque perch on Nicolet Drive longer than one summer, it's not your imagination running wild.

Investigators from Northeast Wisconsin responded to an underwater crime scene in Door County Friday as part of a training exercise.

The Door County Economic Development Corp. and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Small Business Development Center is offering free, one-on-one business counseling sessions from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 2 for any new or existing business owners in Door County.

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.

MADISON - Spring drumming counts for ruffed grouse continue to climb statewide, reports the Department of Natural Resources, indicating the species' 10-year population peak has not yet been reached.

The following are recent accidents involving injury, according to reports filed with the Door County Sheriff's Department: At 3:08 p.m. June 10 in the town of Nasewaupee, Jana M. Suriano, 14, Sturgeon Bay, was transported to the hospital with injuries she received as a passenger in a car driven by Justin G. Suriano, 17, Forestville.

OSHKOSH - Two contestants have been named preliminary winners after the first night of the Miss Wisconsin Scholarship pageant.

Fox Valley folk group The 5 Milers are in Door County for two concerts this weekend.

Twenty-six young women from around the state arrived Sunday for the start of the 2009 Miss Wisconsin pageant week of activities and competitions in Oshkosh.

The 16th annual Door County Lighthouse Walk takes place Saturday and Sunday, June 13-14. The popular event, which draws lighthouse enthusiasts from across the country, has moved from its traditional mid-May dates to the second weekend in June.

Work is scheduled to begin Thursday for the reconstruction of a portion of Wisconsin Street near City Hall.

Some might see that Steel Bridge Songfest does not have the superstar headline act it's had its first four years and call it a bad thing.

16. Sponsored by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, This event is designed to challenge the recreational cyclist and simultaneously incorporate a timed event for the professional cyclist with a $10,000 prize money purse plus $4,000 in bonus prizes.

The Algoma Area Chamber of Commerce Shanty Days Committee has announced this year's Shanty Days Theme: "Pumped Up for Shanty Days!" The dates for the 2009 festival are Aug.