This article was featured in the Superior Telegram on June 27, 2024. Click Read More to view the article…

There was a send-off for Keldi on Saturday, Jan. 6, at the Beach Club from noon to 3 p.m. Those who were able stopped by to thank her for her good work at the museum, and to wish her well at her new job at Bayfield County in tourism promotion. Lois Carlson read and presented a tribute to Keldi in honor of her service. Keldi has been an enthusiastic and effective site director at the museum for seven years and we will miss her! If you weren’t able to make the send-off, feel free to send her a message at klmerton@hotmail.com.

Click image to read the tribute, and watch the video of her response…

From an Island Gazette Article By Linda Mack. It is going to be an exciting year for the Madeline Island Museum! The stockade fence was removed in September, 2023. Now that the stockade fence has been removed, there is an opportunity to make the museum’s exterior space more welcoming. The Friends of the Madeline Island Museum will be helping to engage the community in that process. On Saturday, September 30 a new historic marker describing the Ojibwe migration story was dedicated at the museum. This year the Wisconsin Historical Society will be developing a second historic marker to cover other aspects of the island’s history. Feel free to share your ideas by clicking here to fill out a form which will go to Janet Seymour, WHS Director of Outreach.

On Monday August 27, Sid Levitsky, Paul DeMain, Leslie Mack and I visited the archives at the visitor center near Ashland. It is #14 in the Wisconsin Historical Society's statewide network of Area Research Centers, and preserves the records of eight northern Wisconsin counties, including Ashland and Bayfield Counties. The materials are extensive and include court records, city directories, area newspapers and genealogical records. We were, of course, most interested in materials relating to Madeline Island and within the brief time we were there discovered some exciting materials…

The Wisconsin Historical Society has determined it is necessary to remove the existing stockade fence at the Madeline Island Museum. Several factors contributed to this decision…