Houghton Fall Fest draws crowds with cider, puppies and pie contest

Residents gathered along the Keweenaw Waterway Saturday to celebrate day three of the Canal Colors Festival at the Houghton ...
NPR

A week-long dog sled race in Wyoming drew a French team to move there

A French dogsledding team is so committed to competing in an annual week long race in Wyoming and Idaho that they moved to the Cowboy state to train. A weeklong sled dog race is currently underway in ...
hometownsource.com

Lakeville woman raises funds for Iditarod entry

Lakeville native Chloe Beatty is training to run in the world’s most famous sled dog race but needs a little help getting to ...
FOX31 Denver

Meet the new dog sled team puppies at Snow Mountain Ranch

DENVER (KDVR) — The YMCA of the Rockies just welcomed six adorable new puppies to its dog sledding family. And on Saturday, you can meet these furry friends. Locals refer to Denver by these nicknames ...
Wall Street Journal

What It Takes to Be an Iditarod Sled Dog

In veterinary school I was taught that dogs are physically incapable of smiling, because they lack the necessary facial muscles. I doubt the veterinarians who determined this ever witnessed the ...
Yahoo

Dog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance race with deep roots in Alaska tradition

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For the past five years, Alaska's annual Iditarod sled dog race has gone off mostly free of controversy, ...