For her 34th birthday, Jessica Lofrano-Larson challenged herself to run 34 miles on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Lofrano-Larson was photographed at mile 32.5 on the Buffalo Hills Trail in Brainerd, surrounded with a hint of fall color. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
I was raised on a farm in western Minnesota where I participated in 4-H, high school sports, and everything that farm kids do for fun after chores. Graduated from Ridgewater Community College with an AA degree and my first taste of newspapering. I worked a summer on the Ortonville Independent as a reporter and photographer.
