Lundgren finds her place on cross country team

REARDAN – Like many high school students, Kerstin Lundgren enjoys running with her friends on the cross country team, plays the flute, wants to travel the world after high school and was able to finish every race this season. However, Lundgren had to and will have to overcome an unusual hurdle to achieve these goals.

The freshman at Reardan High School is hard of hearing and wears hearing aids.

"I can hear just fine without hearing aids, but my ears take everything in all at once, so I have hearing aids to help channel me in," Lundgren said.

The partial loss of hearing was borne from Lundgren'...