McGrath News

From left, students Mary Brock, 12; Nigel Hilgert, 11; Daiza Revels, 8; Tate Sumpter, 8; Evan Jensen, 14, in sled; Piper Batton, 8, in front of sled; and, Ashlynn Pohlman, 6, stand around a dogsled with the basket of books for McGrath and the map of the Iditarod behind them on the wall.

The eyes of the world turned to Nome last week when Dallas Seavey won this year's Iditarod Race in fine form.

The 40th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race came to an end earlier this week in Nome, Alaska.

The women's open, one foot high kick has a new world record holder, 18-year-old, Alice Strick of McGrath, Alaska.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Mansfield native and rookie musher Matt Failor, 30, was in 62nd place out of the 66 participating in the Iditarod, a 1,049-mile trek across Alaska to Nome, as of late Thursday.