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  • Luverne Middle School student Inge Gangestad’s poem will be read Feb. 29 at the Iditarod Mushers Banquet in Willow, Alaska, the start of the 975-mile sled dog race. Her poem will also travel with a musher to Nome, Alaska, where it will be postmarked and mailed back to Luverne. Submitted photo
    Student poem hits the trail with Iditarod mushers
    By Mavis Fodness
    February 21, 2024
    When sled dog racers gather next week for the 2024 Iditarod mushers banquet, a Luverne student’s poem will be front and center. Sixth-grader Inge Gangestad’s words will be used as encouragement for the 40 mushers participating in this year’s 975-mile race from Willow, Alaska, to Nome, Alaska. “I was so touched by the writing you sent for the Trail Mail project,” said Jane Holmes, Iditarod…
  • Harnack shares original poem 'Onto the new fallen snow'
    December 21, 2020
    To the Editor:   ‘Onto the new fallen snow’   A story was told to me, one day how some birds in a blizzard, had lost their way. It was very cold, and snowing outside, and the birds wanted in, before they died.   A man was home alone, counting his worth. While his family were in church, celebrating Christ’s birth. He didn’t see the need, to join his children and wife, for this was just another,…
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