Rick Swenson thought he'd only have to paddle 8 miles to set a world record for paddling a giant pumpkin Saturday morning as he set out from Grand Forks on his historic Red River voyage. Mark Petersen ...

It took nearly a year and a half, but an Underwood, Minn., man who paddled a giant pumpkin from Grand Forks to Oslo, Minn., in October 2016 officially is the World’s Greatest Pumpkin Paddler. Rick ...

Oslo, Minn. - It's a cross of James and the Giant Peach with Peter, Peter Pumpkin eater, in a true story you can't make up. "A half a mile beforehand, just as you’re getting mentally prepared, it all ...

NOME -- At the end, the storms that had raked the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for days finally died and the sun shone brightly on Lance Mackey as 15 dogs pulled him down Front Street on Wednesday to ...

5-time Iditarod winner Rick Swenson among 26 mushers in event, a new record. Man and beast will become one team as they tackle the grueling 17th annual Race to Sky this month. More teams than ever ...

Sep. 23—The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Committee has announced the inaugural class for its newly formed Iditarod Hall of Fame. The class includes five-time champion Rick Swenson; four-time champions ...

Today we will step back to 1977 and look at Rick Swenson’s first Iditarod win. It was the fifth Iditarod race and Rick’s second Iditarod. By this time mushers were just learning how to really run the ...