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Riders finish iron butt trek

By Alexander Chettiath | July 6, 2015

The Smokin’ Guns, a police motorcycle organization based in Denver, made a 965 mile trip to DeKalb in a day to meet 10-year-old Tyler Neppl, who was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis (NF) at 9 months old.The trip to visit Tyler was the second taken by...

Club rides 900 miles for ‘hero’

By Satta Kendor | June 22, 2015

Corrections: The Northern Star incorrectly reported Tyler Neppl has the rarest form of neurofibromatosis. Tyler has NF1, the most common form. The Northern Star incorrectly reported Shaun Neppl said, “Cancer alone itself has pretty much ... taken...