🌱 A dog-walking trail guide includes Algoma’s own Ahnapee
Algoma, Wisconsin Patch AM: a 4 min readHey there, Algoma! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- A dog-walking trail guide includes Algoma’s own Ahnapee
- Remembering Jim Lenius, an educator who trained in Algoma
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Cooler with a few showers, with a high of 51 and low of 36 degrees.
- Thursday: Cooler with a few showers, temps: high: 40, low: 32.
- Friday: Windy; an afternoon shower, with a high of 40 and low of 33 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 17 Wisconsin Rail Trails For Long Dog Walks Through Farm And Forest Country (newsbreak.com) — Algoma’s Ahnapee State Trail is among 17 Wisconsin rail trails highlighted for walks with leashed dogs. The roughly 50-mile route links Casco Junction, Algoma and Sturgeon Bay, passing rivers and wetlands on crushed limestone. Portions overlap with the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. 
• Obituary: James (Jim) Frank Lenius (doorcountypulse.com) — James “Jim” Frank Lenius, whose teaching career began with training at Door-Kewaunee County Teachers College in Algoma, died Nov. 4 at 84. The Hartland resident taught mostly fourth grade and spent two years as a headmaster in Cameroon. His funeral is Nov. 14 at Forbes Funeral Home in Sturgeon Bay.
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Saturday November 14
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High School Play
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Boys 7th Basketball @ Sturgeon Bay High School - T.J. Walker Middle
Kewaunee Hi, 19 N 14th Ave, Sturgeon Bay
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Kewaunee Hi, 138 Wilson St, Valders
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Girls JV Basketball @ Valders High School
Kewaunee Hi, 138 Wilson St, Valders
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Girls Varsity Basketball @ Valders High School
Kewaunee Hi, 138 Wilson St, Valders
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Coed Varsity Bowling
Kewaunee Mid, 216 Ellis Street, Kewaunee
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Violence Intervention Project: Fundraising Mystery Dinner Theater →
Northbrook Golf & Grill, 407 Northbrook Rd, Luxemburg
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Coed Varsity Bowling @ Southern Door High School
Kewaunee Hi, E896 County Highway N, Luxemburg
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Girls JV Basketball @ Denmark High School
Kewaunee Hi, 450 N Wall St, Denmark
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Girls Varsity Basketball @ Denmark High School
Kewaunee Hi, 450 N Wall St, Denmark
7:15 pm
Wednesday November 11
Thursday November 12
Saturday November 14
Tuesday November 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- FEMA and the Federal Communications Commission will test the Emergency Alert System nationwide on Tuesday, Nov.
17, 2026, around 1:20 p.m. CST. What to expect: • Radio and TV programs will pause for about 1 minute to show the test message. • You may hear the… (Nextdoor )
- VollRath posted a job opening for Assembler in Kewaunee. Apply here.
- ABridge Care Concepts, LLC posted a job opening for NOC Shift Caregiver/Med Passer in Kewaunee. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Algoma here.
🗞 Nearby News
Luxemburg
- WPS Foundation awards $25,000 to local students through technical college scholarships (wisconsinpublicservice.com)
Sturgeon Bay
- Add 'A Glimpse of Christmas Past' to your Holiday Festivities (doorcounty.net)
- Starr family sets the table for Christmas Eve tradition (doorcountydailynews.com)
- Superintendents hopeful for renewed discussion on school funding (doorcountydailynews.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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