With up to 95% of U.S. teens and between 38% and 64% of preteens on social media, Miss Door County Kaylee Griep wants to help them separate the good from the bad.

Nearly six years after capturing the Miss Door County Teen crown, Griep returned to the Southern Door Auditorium stage last month to earn the title of Miss Door County.

A senior at UW-Madison, she is studying journalism, mass communication and criminal justice on a pre-law track. Her community service initiative that she will promote throughout the year is called “Behind the Headlines: Bringing Clarity to Our Communities.”

Griep’s goal is to help young people find news sources they can trust and recognize the trouble that can happen if they follow a story down the wrong path.

Griep will join Miss Cherryland Paige Nikodem, Miss Cherryland Teen Elise Jackson, and Miss Door County Teen Mia Glocke as they travel across the county over the next year promoting their community service initiatives, which will be highlighted individually this week. The quartet also will compete in the Miss Wisconsin and Miss Wisconsin’s Teen competitions, scheduled for June 16-20, 2026, in New Berlin.

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