In today’s edition: Sister Bay land use map and future administration building, road closures due to flooding, and Southern Door school staff cuts.

The Agenda 

Upcoming items at local government meetings, sorted by issue

🏫 Education – Southern Door School District (Monday, 5:30 pm)

The Southern Door School Board will go into closed session Monday to discuss a preliminary notice of teacher contract non-renewals and layoffs. The school district’s $3.15 million operational referendum failed earlier this month. Prior to the vote, the district had said that if the referendum did not pass, it would have to eliminate 10 teacher positions and 6 associate positions, as well as freezing pay for all other employees and reducing options for extra-curricular activities. Also at Monday’s meeting, newly elected members of the school board will be sworn in. Read the agenda | Download the agenda packet

🗺️ Housing – Village of Sister Bay (Tuesday, 6 p.m.)

The Sister Bay Village Board will consider updates to the village’s future land use map as part of an annual review of its 20-year comprehensive plan. The proposed ordinance would correct parcel classifications and revise easement and property boundary details along the Highway 57 corridor to better align the map with future developments. The Plan Commission voted to recommend the plan to the Village Board on March 31. Read the agenda | Download the agenda packet

🏘️ Development – Village of Sister Bay (Tuesday, 6 p.m.)

The Sister Bay Village Board will discuss whether to approve a request for proposals for architecture and engineering services for the Village’s future administration building. The project would move forward at the Mill Road site, the former Parks Building location, following months of committee review and public input over the building design’s needs. Read the agenda | Download the agenda packet

Around Town 

What’s going on in your neck of the woods

🔊Announcements 

  • The Door County Sheriff’s Office issued a reminder from the Door County Highway Department on its Facebook page on April 15 regarding current road closures throughout the county due to areas experiencing flooding. According to the post, water levels remain high and road closure locations are changing as conditions shift, with some areas worsening and others beginning to recede. One of the closures listed was County Highway T in Valmy, though the post said it is not the only area of concern. Because roads remain underwater, crews have not yet been able to assess the full extent of the damage. The Door County Highway Department said their main concern was that people do not drive or walk in the areas where roads are closed as they may be “extremely dangerous” and “unpredictable.”

🎉 Community & Non-Profit Events

  • The Donald & Carol Kress Pavilion and Egg Harbor Library will host its 9th Annual Every Day is Earth Day Festival on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. This year’s theme is “Healing Power of Plants: Herbs, Flowers, Mushrooms and Trees” to celebrate how connecting with the land restores people and plants. 
  • Third Avenue Playworks in Sturgeon Bay is staging “Heroes,” a comedy about three aging World War I veterans who plot an escape from their retirement home. Directed by Jacob Janssen and Dan Klarer, the production runs through May 10, with an evening performance on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. 
  • The Door County Folk Alliance will hold a public barn dance at the Kress Pavilion on Saturday at 7 p.m. The Folk Alliance recommends children be at least 7-years-old to follow dance instructions on their own.

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