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Rain fails to dampen GRRRR on Iron Belle

IRONWOOD - Even though it wasn't the warm, sunny day organizers hoped for; a decent crowd gathered in the wet weather Sunday to participate in the ninth annual Go Ride R Range Ride bike ride.

"We had 55 (riders). Some started the ride, some bailed out, some came to eat," organizer Jim Mildren joked. "But it was 55 riders on a pretty wet day."

The ride started at Ironwood's Depot Park, using Aurora and Hurley's Silver Street to get the non-motorized trailhead at the Montreal River in Hurley before getting on the Iron Belle Trail. Once on the trail, riders biked to Bessemer before turning aro...