July 30
Wes Vork-NSO

  CARLTON - Running a 50 mile ultra-marathon is a brutal undertaking when the runners know the course well. Having little knowledge and no experience on the course makes the task all the more difficult. Those challenges were little more than speed bumps for first time course runner Sam Jurek, who won the 2011 Voyageur Trail Run 50 mile marathon in Carlton on Saturday with a winning time of 7:27.35.

May 7
Wes Vork-NSO

  CLOQUET - Under a rare sunny sky in Cloquet, runners, walkers, young folks in strollers and dogs all got together for the annual Hooterz Fun Run on Saturday morning. A total of 230 people participated in the event to support breast cancer.

July 4
Wes Vork-NSO

  CLOQUET - Most local businesspeople are huge believers in giving back to the community. The thing that makes Jeff Leno different is that he began planning a 5k race as a way to give back to the community before he moved back to the area or started his business. That planning culminated Saturday morning with a hugely successful 1st annual Sawdust 5k race.