First-time Beargrease volunteer dives deep into learning more about sled dog race
Noelle Roberts and Kirk Weber each volunteered with the recent 400-mile Minnesota sled dog race. Written By: John Sievers | × Noelle Roberts helped mushers and dogs at a checkpoint in the 2021 John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. (Contributed photo) ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Some people think working like a dog is a good time. One of those people is Rochester resident Noelle Roberts. Roberts recently volunteered at the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. The race, which spans about 400 miles in Minnesota, is the longest and most difficult of its kind in the lower 48 states. It's a qualifier for the...