Craig Sterrett

2 weeks ago | doorcountypulse.com | Craig Sterrett

(From left) Sam Higginbotham of Sister Bay and Mark Helscher of Fish Creek putt before the May 18 Gibraltar Boosters golf outing. The 96 golfers in the fundraiser were greeted by a gray 45-degree morning, but a new view of Eagle Harbor and Ephraim from the clubhouse. Photo by Craig Sterrett. Golfers will get some new views of greens and surrounding scenery at the Door Peninsula’s northernmost and southernmost golf courses this season.

3 weeks ago | doorcountypulse.com | Craig Sterrett

Despite herculean efforts by grounds crews, early-spring golf course conditions sometimes fall short of pristine. Therefore, there’s no better time than the present to learn the rules of taking relief from damaged turf, aka “ground under repair.”Golfers at many Door County courses certainly should not expect perfection this May, as a major April ice storm necessitated the use of motorized equipment to efficiently remove tons of broken branches and trees.

Feb 20, 2025 | doorcountypulse.com | Craig Sterrett

File photo by Craig Sterrett. For customers of the Sturgeon Bay Post Office, it’s a familiar scene. The “Fruits of Sturgeon Bay” mural up high on the wall has greeted people since 1940. But those people may not know that the scene was created by Santos Zingale, one of Wisconsin’s masters of social realism. The painting was commissioned as part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal, one of 3,000 installed in post offices throughout the United States.

Nov 14, 2024 | doorcountypulse.com | Craig Sterrett

Members of the Bonnie Braes Women’s Golf League play. File photo by Katie Sikora. The Bonnie Braes Thursday-night league has been putt-putting along for 40 years now, building a community of women who have fun while also raising funds for Door County causes. The league continues to welcome newcomers and players of all abilities. It has attracted players from golf enthusiasts like Sharon Koessl to Stephanie Heald-Fisher, granddaughter of longtime past Maxwelton Braes owners Harry and Lois Ridings.

Nov 11, 2024 | doorcountypulse.com | Craig Sterrett

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 place in fog and snow in November of 1960, when the Liberian freighter Francisco Morazan ran over the wreck of another freighter, the Walter Frost.