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Racers take to Wolverine for 8th annual Yooperbeiner

By MEGAN HUGHES

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IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The eighth annual Yooperbeiner snowshoe race/walk was held Saturday at the Wolverine Nordic Ski Trails.

Prior to the race, lead organizer Sue Spaete said the kids races - which started at 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning - followed a course that looped back around and ended at the starting line.

The kids were divided into age groups, which included: the Pups, for kids 3 and under; Kits, for kids from four to six years in age; Cubs, which were seven to nine years in age; and the oldest group were the Wolverines, age ten to twelve.

The kids r...