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Video from Iron River’s pie-eating contest

The annual Iron River Lions Club Blueberry Festival features a pie-eating contest. Spoiler alert: it gets messy.

In its series The Slice, WDSE-TV presents short “slices of life” that capture the events and experiences that bring people together and speak to what it means to live up north.

Below are the names of the 2019 Blueberry Festival champion pie eaters.

Saturday
Girls 12 and under: Kaitlyn Forester
Boys 12 and under: Forest Hartl
13 and up: Michael Lee

Sunday
Girls 12 and under: Briella Traaholt
Boys 12 and under: David Sample
13 and up: Aaron Ehlers