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La Pointe
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Yesterday evening, I received a cellphone call from a fellow who wanted information on one of our listings. He was calling me from Madeline Island, using a Blackberry with Verizon service.
He was having obvious trouble gettinga decentcellular phone signal in downtown LaPointe. We were able tochat for about ten orfifteen
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This evening, I was delighted toreceive a call from a fellow who was interested in purchasing one of our listings. Unfortunately, he was attempting to call from a cellphone from downtown LaPointe, on Madeline Island.
Our Island has poor cellular service thatis almostlegendary. Unless you have Alltel local service (from Chequamegon
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Madeline Island will be hosting the fifth annual "Big Ice Golf" Tournament in LaPointe, Wisconsin, on February 21.
The event willtake place from Noon to 4 p.m. on the 21st. Proceeds from the event will be donated to theLa PointeVolunteer Fire Department. Local businesses have chipped in to sponsor the nine-hole
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Google Earth is a fun and useful utility, but it's far from perfect.
I found myself searching for the town of LaPointe, Wisconsin on Google Earth yesterday evening. And depending on how you type the town's name, you get entirely different results.
LaPointe is the commercial zone on Madeline Island, located
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Today, I was delighted to learn that I've been appointed to the Wisconsin REALTORS Association (WRA) Equal Housing Opportunity Committee!
The purpose ofour state'sEOC is to monitor and evaluate "legislative, legal and regulatory trends with respect to equal opportunity in housing". The EOC works with our WRA Public Policy Committee
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According to information provided by some friends (and verified on the Web), the ice caves at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore are now open and accessible.
Park rangers have reportedly cored the ice between the caves and Meyers Beach, and have found the ice thick enough to accomodate tourist traffic.
The
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Here's an update on the currentcondition of the ice road between Bayfield, Wisconsin and Madeline Island.
According to the ice road "Hotline", the road was plowed last Thursday. I'm told the ice is nowsafe for cars and light trucks and the ice thickness will increase now that some of the snow
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I spoke with my friend Steve McHugh (owner of the new Bell Street Gallery) around Noon today and he informed me that the "ice road" between Bayfield, Wisconsin and Madeline Island opened this morning.
Steve said the ice road is currently open to "cars and light trucks".
Aft view of
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Winter has arrived in a big way on Madeline Island.
Approach to the ice road on Madeline Island
On New Year's Day, the Madeline Island Ferry Line made its last trip before freeze-up, slogging through the slushy passageway which threaded through the forming ice between Bayfield and La Pointe,
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A recent University of Minnesota Duluth study claims that Lake Superior is a prime example of global warming and its effects.
The "ice road" to Madeline Island begins to break up in Spring of each year.
According to a recentarticle in the Duluth News-Tribune, the Lake Superior winter ice
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Yesterday, the Madeline Island Ferry Line shut down service between Madeline Island and the Bayfield mainland.
Cars and trucks on the Lake Superior ice, just off the Bayfield, Wisconsin shoreline
This weekend, there will be "limited" windsled service across the two miles of Chequamegon Bayice, with Saturday trips departing
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The summer of 2009 will bring the opening of a new art gallery on Madeline Island.
The Bell Street Gallery is the creation of Steve McHugh, a well-known professional photographer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Steve has been a MadelineIsland summer resident for nearly two years now.
Steve saw one of our
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Rumor has it thatthe Madeline Island Ferry Linemay be shutting down in the next few days, in preparation for the formation of an ice road.
Lake Superior at dawn, Canal Park, Duluth, Minnesota
As of this evening, the Ferry Line recorded message informs Islanders that they shouldmove vehicles over
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It's a bit chilly here tonight.
The temperature right now is 49 degrees. The sky is clear and a low of 37 to 42 is predicted for tonight.
Today it seemed like tourists switched suddenly from t-shirts and shorts to thick sweaters and fall jackets. A couple of guys walked into
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Thanks in part to the Wisconsin State Bureau of Aeronautics, Madeline Island is receiving nearly four million dollars worth of gravel.
The Madeline Island Ferry dock is a beehive of activity, with bargeloads full of gravel for road and sanitation and airport projects being delivered daily. Every time the crane swings
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On Saturday, July 19th, I attended a real estate auction on Madeline Island. To my knowledge, this was the first time a Madeline Island residential property had ever been offered at public auction.
The auction of the Campbell estate on Equaysayway Lane seemed more like a social event than a real
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A friend and client of mine is making arun for United States Senatorfrom Minnesota.
AttorneyPriscilla Lord Faris, daughter of retired Minnesota Attorney General and Federal CourtJudgeMiles Lord, announced her candidacy for U. S. Senate in Minnesota on July 15. Faris will be opposing incumbent Senator Norm Coleman and DFL-endorsed challenger Al
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VISIT OUR MADELINE ISLAND BLOG
WWW.ACTIVERAIN.COM/BLOGS/MADELINEBROKER
You'll find
Valuable Real estate information for buyers and sellers
Up-to-date information on what's going on in La Pointe Township
Madeline Island news
Bayfield, Washburn, Ashland area updates
Weather information
Ferry schedule changes
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An Alternative EnergyCommittee has been formed by former Town Chairman Burke Henry, along with Larry Bean and Alan Fischlowitz, to study the feasibility of using wind, solar or other alternate energy sources on Madeline Island. The committee will research the possible future use of these technologies by individual Island homeowners, as
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It's just a couple of days away!
The upcoming Fourth of July weekend on Madeline Island is one of the most popular Independence Day celebrations in the upper Midwest. Here's a list of events associated with the upcoming holiday and tips on how to enjoy it to the fullest!
July 2
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As of mid-June, the Madeline Island Community Fireworks Fund had raised only $2750. That is just over one-third of the total amount needed to produce the Island's annual Fourth of July fireworks display in downtown La Pointe.
Each Fourth of July, an estimated five thousand people attend the Madeline Island community
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From now through the end of June, expect to see road closures in portions of downtown La Pointe, on Madeline Island.
Various roads in downtown will be "intermittently closed" during the next several weeks. Last week, a section of Big Bay Road from the intersection of Colonel Woods Avenue and Main
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The Madeline Island Chamber of Commerce will present itsMembership Dinner, tobe held on Thursday June 26 atthe "Lightkeeper's Lodge" in La Pointe, Wisconsin.
Situated next to The Pub Restaurant & Wine Bar, the "Lightkeeper's Lodge" is a new lodging and special events facility. The Lodge is scheduledto open officially on July
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Thenineteenth annual Chequamegon Chefs Exhibition will take placeat the Bell Street Tavern on June 19, 2008 from 6:30-8:30pm.
The Chefs Exhibition features several of theApostle Islands area'sbest-known restaurants. This year's native Madeline Island participating restaurantswillinclude the Bell Street Tavern, The Beach Club, Lotta's Lakeside Café, and The Pub Restaurant & Wine
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I found myself on the 11 p.m. trip, the last of the day, from Bayfield to La Pointe this evening.
If you were trying to determine whether or not tourism is down this year, you'd get the impression thingsare slow this year by riding the last ferry of the day to
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