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MARINETTE — A couple of recreational activities are making progress in Marinette. A splashpad that will be located near the Civic Center pool on Alice Lane is getting closer to financial approval and disc golf at City Park is taking off. Splish SplashA splashpad has been talked about at meetings for the past few months. On Monday, Blake Theisen, principal owner and landscape architect for the Madison, Wisconsin-based company Parkitecture...

MENOMINEE — The thirty-eighth annual M&M Great Lakes Sports Fishermen Kids Fishing Derby will take place June 8 at the Menominee Marina. The derby is free of charge and open to all children ages 13 and under. All anglers must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Anglers can compete in five different classes: perch, trout/salmon, panfish/bass, northerns/walleye and all others. Registration begins at 8 a.m. at the Menominee American Legion. The derby takes place from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m., with a free lunch to follow.

In reading the May 17 story in the Peninsula Pulse, “Fish Creek Goose Problem to be Addressed,” I embarked upon research to determine if this drastic and inhumane measure would result in solving the problem. Fish Creek is only one of many communities faced with this challenge. An...

Edgewood Orchard Galleries will host its first reception of the season on May 25, 4-7 pm. Refreshments will be served, and the public is welcome. Featured sculptor Valerie Dunning Edwards, painter Judi Ekholm and painter/glass artist Stephanie Trenchard speak about their artwork after introductions at 5 pm in the gallery courtyard.

Apply now to participate in Egg Harbor’s 2025 Eggstravaganza event. Artists may submit their designs for a large egg sculpture that will be displayed in Egg Harbor for the 2025 summer season, then auctioned off in August to benefit public art promotion. Proceeds from the auction are shared with the artists.

MENOMINEE — Taking over Riverside Country Club was a big swing, but it’s nothing new owners Lexi and Kane Rasner couldn’t handle. “For the community, I feel like we just can’t lose this place,” Lexi said. The club will celebrate its grand opening this Saturday with a ribbon cutting at 11:30 a.m. with the Marinette Menominee Area Chamber of Commerce and a golf scramble at noon. ...

Summer hummers used to be popular as adult beverages, but the pesky flying insects during the past week or two put a whole new meaning to the word. That said, weather has been incredible for May, and the youngsters have been taking full advantage by splashing in the lake, the nearby creek and whatever puddles they can find outdoors. Good for them. A little mud never hurt anybody!

We have a bunch of activities going on this weekend, take a look at a few:. May 26, 2-4 pm, Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Road in Juddville. Read your original writing, or listen as others share theirs. FLOCK TOGETHER. Raptor Talk. May 30, 1-2 pm, Peninsula State Park,...

(WFRV)- Shop for a good cause at two locations with Sunrise on Main. In this segment, Joan Johnson from Sunrise on Main discusses where the funds go when you buy from Sunrise on Main and the new store opening in Egg Harbor. Proceeds from Sunrise on Main help support Reset.Life....

Midsummer’s Music resident ensemble the Griffon String Quartet will perform three two community concerts in Door County featuring Uruguayan composer Miguel Del Aguila, Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz and Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. These shows will mark the end of the quartet’s 2023/2024 season. Acclaimed...

Plum Bottom Gallery’s Egg Harbor location will host its annual outdoor art show May 25-26, 11 am – 3 pm both days. An artist reception will take place May 25, 1-3 pm. Featured artists include glass artists Sue Pruss, Caryn Brown, Sharon Miller Thompson and Rose Kleman; steel artists Curtis Hall and Jeremey Burdette; woodworker David Robinson and ceramic artist Cheryl English.

The Town of Gibraltar took the first step towards controlling Fish Creek’s downtown waterfront goose problem during a May 1 town board meeting. The board voted 4-1 to employ the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Wildlife Services to cull the area’s excess goose population. Fish...

Northern Sky Theater will host Raise the Curtain: Light the Sky, an evening of treats, music and a performance, at the Gould Theater on May 25. The event will start at 5 pm with drinks and heavy hors d’oeuvres by Alexander’s of Door County, accompanied by music around the bonfire by the Water Street Hotshots.

PESHTIGO —In their seventh grade math classes at Peshtigo Middle/High School, students have been working on volume and surface area of multiple shapes. Teacher Trevor Bloch extended his traditional math lessons to have students design their ideal homes, then make models of them with 3D printers. “During class students brought up the evolving three dimensional printer applications. Student dialogue moved into the idea, ‘How big can three dimensional printers be designed?’ Engineers are looking into increasing the scale and applicability of 3D printers,” Bloch explained. ...

MARINETTE — The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Marinette Campus conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this month to celebrate renovations at the Herbert L. Williams Theatre and the Fine Arts Gallery. Renovations were made possible by $600,000 in support from Marinette County and donors for the “Take A Seat” campaign, who were able to see their engraved seat plaques for the first time at the May 5 event. The ribbon cutting took place at the Herbert L. Williams Theatre, 750 W. Bay Shore St. Guests were...

Horticulturist and Fish Creek resident Tom Wolfe, who served as the head gardener and horticulturist at The Art Institute of Chicago for more than 30 years, will lead a program on trees and shrubs of Door County at 10:30 am, Sunday, May 26 at Newport State Park. Weather permitting, the group will spend some time in the woods. The event will be at the Nature Center, Lot 1.

Cappaert Contemporary Gallery is now open for its 10th season. Ceramicist Andryea Natkin, contemporary basket-maker Laura Weber, and jewelry-maker Ruth Ann Harmes, will make their debuts at the gallery, joining a roster of 40 artists from across the midwest working in painting, sculpture, encaustic, fiber, ceramics, glass, jewelry and mixed media.

Green Bay, WI — The UW-Green Bay, Marinette Campus will be buzzing with creative energy at the Youth Theatre Workshop on Monday-Friday, June 17-21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. for students aged 8-17 at Herbert L Williams Theatre. Spots are still available for kids to participate – registration can be found here.

MADISON, WI — Terese Allen grew up near downtown Green Bay in a household of 12. “We lived near Buddha’s meat market, Emmel’s Bakery and Kaap’s Chocolate and had access to great ingredients,” says Allen. “My family was into regional traditions like chicken booyah and Friday night fish fry, but we also got creative with ethnic and international foods. We all love to cook.”