The 7:07-a.m. report from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

w/Kate Olson.

LaVon Eblen visits with Cass County Wellness Coordinator Brigham Hoegh about local food issues.

More State and area news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

Jim Field visits with Cass County Pork Queen Paige Jensen and Cass County Pork Ambassador Emily Plagman.

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.

The area's latest and/or top news stories at 7:07-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

Atlantic senior Haley Rasmussen announced early last month that she will be headed to Simpson College in Indianola to continue her basketball career and education. Since then Rasmussen has wrapped up her high school career as Atlantic's All-Time 5v5 leading scorer with 1,259 points and also broke the single-season scoring mark with 482 points. KJAN Sports had a chance to catch up with Rasmussen prior to Atlantic's tournament run and she said it was last spring that she really settled in on playing basketball at the next level. She said missing out on the track season when the pandemic set in really made her think about the time she has put in playing hoops over the years.

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Rasmussen looked at a number of small schools in the area but ultimately felt Simpson was the best fit.

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Rasmussen talked about the style the Storm play with and why she thinks that matches with her game.

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Simpson recently earned their 13th American Rivers Conference title with an 89-84 overtime win over Coe College. They completed a shortened season at 12-0. Listen to the full interview with Rasmussen below.

With Ric Hanson.

With Jim Field.