Dog musher Emily Ford just hoped to finish. Yet, 582 miles and nearly seven days into the 1,000-plus-mile Iditarod across Alaska, the Duluth woman was the top rookie in the standings with her team of ...

A Northland musher will begin her first Iditarod race Monday afternoon. Emily Ford, who is from Duluth, and her partner ...

EAGLE ISLAND, Alaska — Duluth resident Emily Ford was running midpack a week into her debut in the famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Ford was in 13th place overall out of a field of 33 entries ...