Debra Fitzgerald

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News Editor at Peninsula Pulse

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Editor's Note: It’s Time to Change the Closet

21 hours ago | doorcountypulse.com | Debra Fitzgerald

For those of us who work in an office every day, this is the time of year when a wardrobe identity crisis hits. I dress like I have no idea what time of year it is, and that’s essentially accurate. We’re in that awkward transition between winter and summer closets, but I’m not quite ready to commit to either. So for now, it’s linen pants with winter boots, Birkenstocks with a heavy sweater. The odd mix eases me gently into the new season without yanking me out of the last one.
Staffing Shortages Jeopardize Drug Treatment Court - Door County Pulse

1 week ago | doorcountypulse.com | Debra Fitzgerald

The Door County Drug Treatment Court is at risk of shutting down due to an ongoing inability to fill three critical staff positions. Last month, Joe Krebsbach, director of the Door County Health and Human Services department, informed both his oversight committee and the full Door County Board of Supervisors about the staffing crisis.
The Life’s Work and Lasting Legacy of Terrie Cooper

1 week ago | doorcountypulse.com | Debra Fitzgerald

Terrie Cooper. Submitted. Cooper receives lifetime achievement awardIf we’re lucky, the story goes like this: you spend your career doing what you love, 25 of those years with one organization. You retire. Shortly after, you’re honored with a lifetime achievement award recognizing and celebrating your life’s work. That’s the story (so far) of Terrie Cooper. Cooper received the 2025 Harold “Bud” Jordahl Lifetime Achievement Award this week from Gathering Waters, Wisconsin’s Alliance for Land Trusts.
Judge Sentences Bonovich to Three Years in Prison for Possession of Child Pornography

1 week ago | doorcountypulse.com | Debra Fitzgerald

Brian Patrick Bonovich pled guilty to one felony charge of possession of child pornography and was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of extended supervision upon his release. The plea and sentencing hearing were held on May 5 before Door County Circuit Court Judge David Weber, with Bonovich appearing in person.
More Plans Unveiled for Former Alpine Resort

2 weeks ago | doorcountypulse.com | Debra Fitzgerald

This aerial photo shows part of the Alpine Golf Course property. The cabins from the former resort property would be located to the north of Burton’s on the Green (the building in the center) along the fairway. To the south of Burton’s, along that fairway, the owner/developer is proposing a development for up to 50 single family homes. File photo by Brett Kosmider.
A Career in Clean Water

3 weeks ago | doorcountypulse.com | Debra Fitzgerald

John Teichtler, Door County sanitarian, is seen near a property his office inspected during the construction of its septic mound system. The Door County Sanitarian Department was created in the mid-1960s by the county board because of concerns that failing private sewage disposal systems were contaminating drinking water. Teichtler has worked for the department since 1971.
Sevastopol Sells Liquor License for $117,500 for New Fish Creek Restaurant

3 weeks ago | doorcountypulse.com | Debra Fitzgerald

The former Cookery became Skaliwags and will now be a new restaurant, Cut on Main, using a liquor license transferred from the Town of Sevastopol to the Town of Gibraltar. Photo by D.A. Fitzgerald. The Town of Sevastopol will sell its reserve Class B liquor license to restaurateur Matt Sagorac for $117,500 by first transferring the license to the Town of Gibraltar.
Participants Say Climate Migration Tops Risks for Door County

4 weeks ago | doorcountypulse.com | Debra Fitzgerald

Jeff Lutsey, Roy Thilly and Deneen Wiske, all with the Climate Change Coalition of Door County, during a Climate Action Workshop the group hosted earlier this year at The Clearing in Ellison Bay. Photos by D.A. Fitzgerald. Grant would take climate resilience planning to the next levelAround 40 people gathered at a meeting space Jan.
Sustainability 2025: Bending Without Breaking

4 weeks ago | doorcountypulse.com | Debra Fitzgerald

Photo by Remy Carmichael. At our home in Sevastopol, we grow enough food to feed the two of us for fresh eating during the growing season and stored to last nearly a year. Anyone who has fed their family from the garden for years knows the growing seasons are shifting and the weather isn’t what it used to be. The dry southerly winds don’t bring the rain we need, but do carry more pests, and increasingly, new pests.
What’s Our Carbon Footprint, Door County?

4 weeks ago | doorcountypulse.com | Debra Fitzgerald

Artwork by Katie Hohmann. Many individuals have calculated their carbon footprints, or the total amount of greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide and methane) that are generated by their individual or family’s actions. The average carbon footprint for a person in the United States is 16 tons, one of the highest rates in the world, according to The Nature Conservancy (TNC). Globally, the average carbon footprint is closer to 4 tons.