Area youth ski, bike team to form

By RICHARD JENKINS

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IRONWOOD — A small group met in the Ironwood Memorial Building Monday to continue their effort to form a youth ski and biking team in the area.

One of the driving forces behind the creation of the team was to get kids more active on the area’s trail system year-round.

“(The hope) is to get kids out and involved in the things that are available to them in Iron and Gogebic counties,” said Neil Klemme, one of the organizers. “We didn’t have a (cross-country) ski program here, and we’re in the snow belt. We should have a ski program f...