EPHRAIM, WI (WTAQ) – The Door County Village of Ephraim is entering into a new chapter in its history.
Businesses will start selling beer and wine July 1st, now that doing so is legal.
Voters approved the change in April.
The referendum had two questions on the ballot:
Should businesses be allowed to sell beer?
Yes: 127
No: 98
Should restaurants be allowed to sell wine?
Yes: 152
No: 73
Restaurant owners claimed they were losing business because potential customers, wanting a beer or glass of wine, found other places to go.
Twice before, both many years ago, voters had refused to allow alcohol sales.
Ephraim has been dry since it was founded in 1853.
