Ryan Redington of Skagway, Alaska, picked up his second John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon victory on Tuesday, January 28 when he crossed the line 15 minutes up on Keith Aili, of Ray, Minnesota. Ryan’s winning time was 29:08:19. His team averaged 10.1 miles per hour over the rigorous course. Ryan, who won the Beargrease long distance race in 2018, is […]

Keith Aili was hot on his buddy Ryan Redington’s tail when he left the Mineral Center checkpoint on Tuesday afternoon. Aili, who had retired from mushing and sled dog racing in 2018, was talked into racing a team of dogs selected from Redington’s kennel. If the race had gone much longer, Aili might well have beaten Redington.

Relocating to small town America from a Caribbean island—known for sun-saturated shores, t-shirt and shorts weather, and endless tourism—isn’t a common Cook County experience. For Jason Franklyn of Saint Catherine, Jamaica, passing up an H2-B visa for work in the U.S. was foolish. He couldn’t let go of the moment. Combining summers at Bluefin Bay and winters at Lutsen Mountain, […]

The North Shore Health hospital board held a reorganizational meeting on January 23 with the election of officers, committee assignments, and reimbursement amounts set for mileage and meetings. Following a short discussion and vote, the entire slate of officers was voted back in. Kay Olson will remain the chair, Sharon Bloomquist, the clerk, and Randy Wiitala, the treasurer for 2020. […]