There are a lot of Iowans who would have been happy to have a vehicle just like Lyle Wendland’s as roads turned slick and snowy this winter. That’s because the favored mode of transportation for Wendland, a farmer/insurance agent in northeast Iowa, is mushing along in a dogsled, complete with a team of eager and ready Alaskan hounds.

Yes, a dogsledder in Iowa. You can read all about Wendland’s unusual hobby in...