Henriksen Fisheries is a step closer to offering you more products right outside a new processing facility. The Town of Liberty Grove Board approved a rezoning request for Henriksen’s land near Old Stage Road in Ellison Bay from light industrial to mixed-use commercial. Five years ago, the business purchased the property in hopes of replacing its current building that used to be a part of a cherry plant into a modern processing facility. The building will also have an area for its retail operations when it is built. Neighbors located near the parcel voiced their support for rezoning with one saying it will be an asset to the neighborhood. Town Board Chairperson John Lowry says the final decision is in the county’s hands.

The board also granted an extension to move a house on the future Mariners Park property until the beginning of May. Lowry admitted it was not properly communicated that a water line for the home was connected to another nearby building. Until that issue was solved, it made moving the home before the December 31st deadline set by the town nearly impossible. The new deadline will also give extra time to get the necessary approvals from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to move the home from the property in Gills Rock to its new land.