A giant ice sculpture is rising again, like an icy valentine, on the Wisconsin shoreline.

The original six-story sculpture came crashing down two weeks ago, crushing the city of Superior's hopes for a record breaking tourist attraction.

But the sculptor vowed to rebuild, and the city vowed not to let the crash cancel plans for its ice-sculpture-themed Valentine's Day bash.

On Saturday evening, right on schedule, the city is planning an evening of fireworks, light shows, food vendors and community activities on Barker's Island beside the Superior Ice Project, which Minnesota sculptor "Iceman" Roger Hanson has already rebuilt to about a third of its original height.

"I'm not a quitter," Hanson, a self-taught sculptor and engineer from Big Lake, Minn., told the Star Tribune on Feb. 3, after his 66-foot-tall sculpture collapsed in heap of ice cubes following weeks of freeze-and-thaw weather during an unseasonably warm January. The Duluth News Tribune reported Saturday that the rebuilt sculpture stands about 23 feet tall.

The $30,000 public ice project was supposed to anchor weekend festivities on Barker's Island through the end of February. Hanson, who has spent the past seven years building towering ice sculptures in his back yard.

The Superior Ice Project rises on the rubble of the first statue's collapse. (Photo from icemanroger.com)

Every Saturday through the end of February, Hanson will hold "Meet the Iceman" talks on Barker's Island. And every Saturday evening, the city will host light shows and fireworks shows around the rising sculpture.

On Feb. 21, there will be light shows at 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. and on Feb. 28, the light shows start at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., followed by fireworks.

Hanson told the News Tribune the sculpture could top 40 feet by the end of the month. The current record for world's tallest ice sculpture is held by a 53-foot-tall sculpture that rose above the city of Yichin, China.