Samantha LaLonde from Farmington Hills finished the annual 1,000-plus-mile dog sled race in Alaska in 12 days and 14 hours.

arriving at the finish line in Nome at 1:30 p.m. on March 16. Loebrich finished about 11 hours after the top rookie, Samantha LaLonde, and about 2 1/2 days after the overall winner, Jessie Holmes.

Rainess Holmes, now 40, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to serve 100% of a 20-year prison sentence, plus a combined nine years for three separate burglary cases.

The race ends in Nome. Veteran musher Jessie Holmes, an Alabama native, won his first championship this year, completing the route in 10 days.

The race ends in Nome. Veteran musher Jessie Holmes, an Alabama native, won his first championship this year, completing the route in 10 days.

Jessie Holmes, had crossed under the Burled Arch, and about 2 1/2 days later than the Red Lantern. Mountain didn’t mush the whole race course between Grayling and Nome. After he was withdrawn ...

Several Nenana locals have mushed in the Iditarod over the years, like red headed Jessie Holmes ... but will continue on to Nome regardless; Holmes, of Life Below Zero fame, will take first ...

Mar. 14—NOME — Jessie Holmes, a 43-year-old who came to Alaska from Alabama more than 20 years ago, earned his first victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Friday.

Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, who won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, crossing the finish line on Friday in the northern town of Nome after a record 1,129-mile ...