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FISH CREEK - This year s Peninsula State Park visitors can experience the park s face lift with new and upgraded amenities, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday.
Campers will be able to see most of the upgrades, with new grills and fire rings at the campsites and new drinking fountains throughout the campgrounds. A total of 400 campsites were resurfaced, and 23 were upgraded to offer electrical service.
South Nicolet campground now has a new shower facility, as well as restroom upgrades. The restrooms at Weborg Point campground were also updated.
The rest of the park has gotten 11 new waterless vault toilet restrooms, a new sanitary dump and fill station, and a new restroom at Northern Sky Theater.
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FOND DU LAC - Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation recently recognized Fond du Lac County businesses in the 30th Wisconsin Main Street Awards for revitalization, COVID-19 response and exemplary service.
Downtown Ripon took home two awards in the virtual ceremony held April 21: Best Volunteer Engagement and Best Historic Restoration.
Best Volunteer Engagement went to Rotary Square Beautification Project, for which volunteers raised funds and helped lay pavers, assemble pergola shades and install string lights in the 100 block of Watson Street, according to the Ripon Rotary Club Facebook page.
Mapes Hotel, at 300 Watson St. in Ripon, earned the city Best Historic Restoration for last year s renovation. The hotel was originally built in 1853 by Timothy Mapes, the son of Ripon s co-founder David Mapes, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society.
FORESTVILLE - Nearly a year and a half into the drawdown of the Forestville Millpond, residents frustrations since last summer have not been lessened.
The drawdown started November 2019 as a way to improve water quality, reduce the invasive carp population and encourage native plant diversity, according to a Door County Facilities and Parks Department fact sheet on the county website.
The county opened the gate at the Forestville dam on the Ahnapee River to lower the water level by no more than three inches a day. This would allow the sediment at the bottom composed of solid materials like rocks, minerals and plants to encrust and compact, which would also improve the pond s depth.
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