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    January 23, 2019
    April and Kendra Randrup of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., are framed by an archway covered by icicles during a visit to the Apostle Island sea caves near Cornucopia, Jan. 16, 2015. Although the caves are not accessible so far this year, caves on the Red Cliff reservation on the other side of the peninsula are accessible for guided tours. Forum News Service file photo.
    Adventure business offering guided tours to Lake Superior tribal land ice caves
    BAYFIELD, Wis. -- The now famous Apostle Island National Lakeshore ice caves may be stranded in open Lake Superior water so far this winter and...
    sports/outdoorsJanuary 23, 2019 - 7:13pm
    August 31, 2018
    Father, 3 children die after capsizing in Apostle Islands on Lake Superior
    APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE --A mother is the sole survivor after her husband and their three children died when their kayak capsized...
    news/accidentsAugust 31, 2018 - 2:13pm
    August 5, 2018
    A photo of the Antelope after masts were added and she was converted into a schooner. The Antelope sank in the waters of Lake Superior in 1897 off the coast of Michigan Island. courtesy / Wisconsin Historical Society
    The 'Greyhound bus' at the bottom of Lake Superior: 19th century shipwreck added to national register
    ASHLAND, Wis. — It was built in 1861, sank in 1897 and is now memorialized on the historic register. One of the latest shipwrecks to be...
    news/science-and-natureAugust 5, 2018 - 6:05am
    April 11, 2018
    The new Apostle Islands quarter features a visitor kayaking in the park with a backdrop of the Devils Island sea caves and lighthouse. Bob King / Forum News Service
    Apostle Islands quarter released
    RED CLIFF, Wis. — Surveying the design of newly minted U.S. quarters featuring the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Rick Peterson suggested...
    business/tourismApril 11, 2018 - 6:15pm
    March 4, 2018
    Fishing in the Apostle Islands near Bayfield on Monday, Feb. 26, John Darwin of Iron River caught this 42-inch lake trout in 120 feet of water. It was one of several lake trout that he and friends Josh Teigen and Acorn Armagost, also of Iron River, caught that day. (Sam Cook / Forum News Service)play button
    'Best lake trout day ever': Out among the Apostle Islands, Josh Teigen and friends find lakers of all size
    RED CLIFF, Wis. — Already, this February day in the Apostle Islands had provided a lot of lake trout action. Four- and five-pounders, plus...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 4, 2018 - 6:05am
    January 16, 2018
    Visitors explore and photograph large ice columns in one of the main sea caves along the Lake Superior shore east of Cornucopia, Wisc., on Feb. 28, 2015. (News Tribune file photo)
    Apostle Islands sea caves remain closed
    BAYFIELD, Wisc.—This month's frigid weather hasn't pushed the needle toward opening the popular, ice-coated Apostle Islands mainland sea...
    news/weatherJanuary 16, 2018 - 6:23pm
    August 19, 2017
    Last day for lake trout: Season closes in Apostle Islands area as quota reached
    BAYFIELD, Wis. — After a slow start to the lake trout season in Wisconsin waters of Lake Superior, especially in the Apostle Islands area,...
    newsAugust 19, 2017 - 10:00pm
    February 24, 2016
    The Lake Superior pack ice jumbled against the shore at the Apostle Islands mainland sea caves east of Cornucopia broke up in just a few hours on Sunday morning, as seen from a webcam on the cliffs above. The pack was fairly solid at 9 a.m., but had split apart by 11 a.m. and was just broken chunks of ice by 1 p.m. As of Tuesday morning, there was just open water. (Photos courtesy of Apostle Islands National Lakeshore / Sea Caves Watch, wavesatseacaves.cee.wisc.edu)
    Minimal lake ice at Apostle Islands caves; prospects dim for foot access this winter
    What may have been the last chance to get foot access to the popular, ice-coated Apostle Islands sea caves this winter drifted away last weekend....
    newsFebruary 24, 2016 - 4:32pm
    February 5, 2011
    Anglers rescued after two ATVs break through ice in Apostle Islands
    newsFebruary 5, 2011 - 8:27pm
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