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Apostle Islands National Lakeshore: Mainland Sea Caves
Park Service enacts $5 fee to visit Apostle Islands ice caves
Two months after proposing a fee to visit its ice caves, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore has made it official:
There will be a daily fee of $5.00 per person for those 16 and older and an annual pass of $10 per person for those who plan to visit the ice caves multiple times. The $5.00 fee will be collected onsite at the Meyers Road parking area. The annual permit, however, must be purchased at Park Headquarters in Bayfield. This is a cost recovery fee that will only be collected if there are ice caves and used to support the ice caves event. During the ice caves event, the fee for the Meyers Beach parking area will be waived.
The old ore dock
One of the big questions at the Marquette City Commission meeting on Monday was what to do with the old ore dock.
Bayfield teacher wins award
Bayfield High School teacher Rick Erickson won a prestigious Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence from the National Education Association Foundation.
For more on Rick and an unusual exchange program that helped him win the award, watch for our new issue, mailing to subscribers early next month.
+ Exciting news from the Lake County Historical Society: "I just got off the phone with Carrie Sjoden, curator for the National Museum of the Great Lakes. They have agreed to return the original 4th Order Fresnel lens from the Two Harbors Lighthouse to the Lake County Historical Society."
+ Vicky Crystal, WLUC: “The Marquette Board of Light and Power has released this year's winners in the 2014 Lighting Contest.”
+ WDIO: “Cook Co. receives $829,000 for Poplar River Project.”
+ Paul Sundberg’s latest Photos of the Week: “As I got closer to the top of the ridge, it was an absolute winter wonderland.”
+ TBNewsWatch.com: "Union steps in to try and save iconic Wawa goose statue."
+ Adelle Whitefoot, Two Harbors News Chronicle: "Beargrease moves headquarters to Lake County, looks for volunteers."