Native North Dakotans Drop Out of Iditarod

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The two North Dakota natives who took part in this year's Iditarod dog sled race in Alaska are no longer running as the leaders cross the finish line in Nome.

Kelly Maixner was in ninth place Monday afternoon but scratched in the last stages of the race. Another North Dakota native, Ellen Halverson, dropped out of the race last week.

Maixner was raised in Golva, and Halverson is formerly of the Thompson area. Both now live in Alaska. It was the fourth Iditarod for Maixner and the fifth for Halverson.

Dallas Seavey of Willow, Alaska, won his second Iditarod early Tuesday.