BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) All four people with North Dakota ties who are in this year's Iditarod in Alaska are still in the sled dog race, though none is near the front of the pack.
Jim Lanier was in 41st place mid-Friday, Kelly Maixner in 54th, Mark Selland in 66th and Ellen Halvorson in 75th.
Seventy-eight mushers started the race earlier this week and three later dropped out, meaning Halvorson was in last place.
Jim Lanier was raised in Fargo, Maixner in the Golva area, Selland in Minot and Halvorson in the Thompson area. All four now live in Alaska.