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WE ARE HERE FOR YOU WITH LOCAL NEWS FROM BEMIDJI, BRAINERD, AND ALL OF THE LAKES COUNTRY.

DENNIS WEIMANN WITH THE NEWS, STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER AND CHARLIE YAEGER WITH YOUR SPORTS.

[♪♪♪] >> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE NOW SET FOR THE RED LAKE POLICE OFFICER WHO DIED IN A CRASH WHILE ON DUTY LAST WEEK.

RED LAKE OFFICIALS SAY 35-YEAR-OLD JESSE BRANCH WAS RESPONDING TO A CALL LAST WEDNESDAY WHEN HE WAS INVOLVED IN A TWO VEHICLE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 1 EAST OF RED LAKE.

BRANCH AND THE OTHER DRIVER ALAN LUSSIER JUNIOR BOTH DIED TO INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE CRASH.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR BRANCH WILL BE HELD AT 1:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7TH, AT THE HUMANITIES BUILDING IN RED LAKE WITH FATHER JOHN CHRISTIANSON PRESIDING.

VISITATION WILL BE HELD FROM 6:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. AT THE OLSON-SCHWARTZ FUNERAL HOME IN BEMIDJI.

THERE WILL ALSO BE REVIEWAL FOR ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE ON SATURDAY AT THE HUMANITIES CENTER.

>>> A TEENAGER FROM BROWERVILLE HAS DIED IN A ONE-VEHICLE CRASH THAT HAPPENED SOUTH OF LONG PRAIRIE LAST NIGHT.

THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL REPORTS THAT 16-YEAR-OLD AARON CHEADLE'S CAR WAS NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 71 IN LITTLE SAUK TOWNSHIP WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A TREE.

CHEADLE DIED FOLLOWING THE CRASH.

>>> ALSO, A SEBEKA WOMAN DIED IN A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH THAT HAPPENED ON NOVEMBER 27TH IN OTTERTAIL COUNTY.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS 55-YEAR-OLD REBECCA SHAHIN WAS DRIVING A CAR NORTH ON HABERHAN STREET WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A PICKUP TRAVELING EAST ON HIGHWAY TEN NEAR NEW YORK MILLS.

SHAHIN DIED FOLLOWING THE COLLISION.

THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER PICKUP AND TWO PASSENGERS IN THE PICKUP WERE NOT INJURED.

>>> AND IN BELTRAMI COUNTY, A 21-YEAR-OLD MALE SUSTAINED LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES FOLLOWING A CRASH SOUTHEAST OF BEMIDJI.

ON NOVEMBER 30TH, BELTRAMI COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRIVED ON SCENE OF 23RD STREET NEAR TYLER AVENUE SOUTHEAST AND FOUND A CAR HAD ROLLED, STRIKING A POWER LINE AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE DRIVER AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE.

21-YEAR-OLD AUSTIN LAUDERBAUGH WAS EJECTED DURING THE CRASH AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE BEMIDJI SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

>>> A 35-YEAR-OLD AITKIN MAN IS ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND A WOMAN IN HER EARLY 20S AND IS NOW CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT IN CONNECTION WITH THOSE ACCUSATIONS.

MICHAEL THRUGSTAD MADE AN INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE ON THE CHARGES IN CROW WING COUNTY COURT ON NOVEMBER 27TH.

HE IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT ALONG WITH ONE COUNT OF THIRD DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT AND ONE COUNT OF FOURTH DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT.

THRUGSTAD WAS KNOWN TO THE VICTIMS AND IS ACCUSED OF PENETRATION WITH BOTH VICTIMS AND USING FORCE WITH THE ONE IN HER EARLY 20S.

THE 14-YEAR-OLD VICTIM TOLD A RELATIVE WHO REPORTED IT TO POLICE.

INVESTIGATORS THEN VIEWED INTERVIEWS THE VICTIMS GAVE TO A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER AND A NURSE PRACTITIONER ON OCTOBER 28TH AND ARRESTED THRUGSTAD ON NOVEMBER 15TH AT HIS PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.

HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE WITH BE AN OMINBUS HEARING SET FOR DECEMBER 9TH.

BAIL OR BOND WITH CONDITIONS IS SET AT $50,000 AND $250,000 WITHOUT CONDITIONS.

AS OF THIS EVENING THRUGSTAD WAS STILL LISTED ON THE CROW WING COUNTY JAIL IN-CUSTODY LIST.

>>> HEALTHCARE WORKERS AT DEER RIVER ESSENTIA HEALTH HAVE FILED NOTICE THAT AN OPEN-ENDED UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES STRIKE COULD BEGIN ON DECEMBER 9TH IF A LABOR AGREEMENT IS NOT REACHED BY THEN.

THE WORK STOPPAGE WOULD INVOLVE AROUND SEVENTY WORKERS FROM THE HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME WHO ARE PART OF THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION.

UNION MEMBERS SAID IN A PRESS RELEASE TODAY THAT DESPITE MANY BARGAINING SESSIONS, THEY ARE STILL NOT CLOSE TO GETTING THE COMPETITIVE WAGES THEY ARE SEEKING.

THE GROUP HELD A FIVE DAY UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE STRIKE IN EARLY NOVEMBER BUT THE UNION SAYS SUBSEQUENT BARGAINING HAS SEEN THE EMPLOYER REFUSING TO BACK OFF KEY ISSUES INCLUDING A PROPOSAL FROM MANAGEMENT TO ALLOW NON-UNIT WORKERS TO FLOAT IN TO DO WORK IN A MANNER THE UNION FEELS WOULD UNDERMINE LONGTIME UNION WORKERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND SUB-STANDARD WAGE PROPOSALS.

THE UNION SAYS THE EMPLOYER'S PROPOSALS ARE 5 PERCENT LESS ON AVERAGE THAN WHAT HAS BEEN AGREED TO BY ALL OTHER MINNESOTA HEALTH SYSTEMS THAT REACHED AGREEMENTS THIS YEAR.

ESSENTIA SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED THE UNION CONTINUES TO PURSUE WORK STOPPAGES INSTEAD OF MAKING MEANINGFUL PROGRESS TOWARD A RESOLUTION AND THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEGOTIATING SESSION WITH A FEDERAL MEDIATOR SET FOR WEDNESDAY.

ESSENTIA SAYS FOCUSING ON SOLUTIONS AT THE BARGAINING TABLE AND NOT THE PICKET LINE IS THE MOST PRODUCTIVE APPROACH FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED AND THAT THEY ARE COMMITTED TO REACHING AN AGREEMENT THAT RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THEIR COLLEAGUES IN DEER RIVER WHILE ALSO PRESERVING ACCESS TO EXCELLENT HEALTH CARE CLOSE TO HOME FOR THEIR PATIENTS.

>>> BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A ROUNDABOUT PROJECT AT THE INTERSECTION OF WILLOW AND SOUTH SIXTH STREET DURING LAST MONTH'S MEETING.

TRAFFIC CONTROL OPTIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AMONGST COUNCIL MEMBERS SINCE 2022 AFTER REPORTS FROM THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL SHOWED MORE THAN 60 CRASHES OCCURRING AT THE INTERSECTION OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS AND AFTER BRIEF TALKS ON ADDING AN TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE IN 2023, THE COUNCIL DEEMED A ROUNDABOUT THE BEST OPTION.

>> SOUTH 6th STREET, WHICH IS PART OF THE CITY OF BRAINERD, IS ALSO ON HIGHWAY 371 BUSINESS, SO REALLY IT'S A STATE HIGHWAY.

IT'S BUSY.

>> WE HAVE A FEW ROUNDABOUTS AND THEY SEEM REAL SUCCESSFUL WITH KEEPING PEOPLE MOVING BUT SLOWING THEM DOWN AND NOT ELIMINATING BUT REDUCES ACCIDENTS.

>> THE ROUNDABOUT PROJECT WILL NOW GO OUT FOR BIDS WITH CONSTRUCTION PLANNED TO BEGIN IN 2025.

>>> MINNESOTA REPUBLICANS ARE SUING TO TRY TO FORCE A RERUN OF A STATE HOUSE RACE WHERE THE INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT WON BY 14 VOTES BUT INVESTIGATORS CONCLUDED THAT ELECTION WORKERS PROBABLY DESTROYED 20 VALID ABSENTEE BALLOTS AFTER FAILING TO COUNT THEM.

DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE BRAD TABKE WAS DECLARED THE WINNER LAST WEEK OF THE SWING SUBURBAN SHAKOPEE-AREA DISTRICT 54A RACE BY 14 VOTES AFTER A RECOUNT AND THE OFFICIAL CANVASS, BUT SCOTT COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIALS HAD SAID EARLIER, AFTER A POST-ELECTION AUDIT, THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR 21 ABSENTEE BALLOTS.

IT'S A RACE THAT COULD DETERMINE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE MINNESOTA HOUSE, WHERE LEADERS FROM BOTH SIDES ARE WORKING OUT THE DETAILS OF A POWER-SHARING AGREEMENT THAT PRESUMES A 67-67 TIE WHEN THE LEGISLATURE CONVENES NEXT MONTH.

A REPUBLICAN VICTORY IN A SPECIAL ELECTION COULD SHIFT THAT BALANCE TO A ONE-VOTE GOP MAJORITY.

[♪♪♪] >> STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE HAVE SOME CHANCES OF SNOW OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND SOME WINDY CONDITIONS SHOULD DEVELOP AROUND MIDWEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, CELEBRATING THEIR 75th ANNIVE >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> STAPLES-MOTLEY HIGH SCHOOL UNVEILED ITS NEWLY RENOVATED GYMNASIUM AT THE NEST TODAY IN FRONT OF FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

OUR NEWS REPORTER, SKYLER BLAINE, WAS AT THE NEST TO SEE A PLAN THAT TOOK PLACE YEARS AGO FINALLY BECAME A REALITY.

>> Reporter: DECADES AGO, STAPLES MOTLEY HIGH HAD PLANS TO RENOVATE A NEW GYMNASIUM FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE PROUD OF.

TODAY, THEY WERE ABLE TO UNVEIL A NEW GYM TO THE STUDENTS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> SO IT WAS A HISTORIC EVENT IN STAPLES MOTLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT HISTORY.

IT'S BEEN ALMOST 40 YEARS SINCE WE'VE UNVEILED A NEW SPACE LIKE THIS.

>> A SCHOOL THAT IS AS OLD AS OURS IS AND HAD DIFFERENT UPDATES THROUGHOUT, YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET THAT WIDE EYED EXPERIENCE BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THAT TODAY.

>> Reporter: SHANE AND LISA WERE KEY PLAYERS IN TAKING AN IDEA THAT WAS MANIFESTED OVER 30 YEARS AGO AND IMPLEMENTING A NEW PLAN OF ACTION THAT LED TO THE GRAND OPENING TODAY.

>> YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO SHANE, OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND LISA, NOW THE PRESIDENT AND CEO AT LAKEWOOD GOT TOGETHER AND STARTED THINKING AND REIMAGING THIS SPACE AND THROUGH THEIR VISION, WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE A PROJECT THAT COMPLETED THE PROJECT FROM 30 YEARS AGO.

>> Reporter: THE ADMINISTRATION AT STAPLES MOTLEY PUTS THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENT BODY AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERY DECISION THEY MADE.

IT WAS A WAY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SHOW HOW COMMITTED THEY ARE TO CARDINAL PRIDE AND TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN STAPLES AND MOTLEY.

>> IT'S ANOTHER THING TO BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: DECADES AGO.

>> Dennis: WELL, WE'RE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH THAT STORY.

LISA BJERGA, LAKEWOOD PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

SAID, “THIS PROJECT CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRIGHTER FUTURES AND A STRONGER COMMUNITY, BENEFITING GENERATIONS TO COME.” WE'LL HAVE THAT FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE FOR YOU.

WE GOT MOST OF IT ON THERE TONIGHT.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, WE WILL BRING IN STACY.

NO PROBLEMS WITH WEATHER AS WE WARMED UP A LITTLE BIT FROM THE REALLY COLD END OF THE WEEK LAST WEEK.

>> Stacy: YES, IT WAS VERY COLD THIS WEEKEND.

WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW, ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT AND SCATTERED FLURRIES TODAY.

WE COULD SEE A FEW CHANCES OF SNOW.

WHAT WE WILL NOTICE IS STRONG WIND DEVELOPING OVER MIDWEEK AND COLDER >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS OF MINNESOTA AND THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DEAF, DEAF/BLIND, AND HARD OF HEARING STATE SERVICES DIVISION.

>> SANFORD HEALTH; HERE FOR ALL, HERE FOR GOOD.

DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SERVICES IN THE BEMIDJI AREA IS AVAILABLE AT SANFORDHEALTH.ORG.

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>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW, ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT.

WE HAVE MORE CHANCES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, ESPECIALLY AROUND LAKE OF THE WOODS TOMORROW, WE COULD SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.

NOW AROUND MIDWEEK, A STRONG FRONT WILL BE MOVING IN THE AREA.

IT WILL USHER IN COLDER TEMPERATURES AND IT WILL CREATE SOME STRONG WINDS.

WE COULD SEE BLOWING SNOW ON WEDNESDAY.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 13 DEGREES.

SINCE LAST NIGHT, WE PICKED UP ABOUT 0.8-INCH OF SNOWFALL.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 18 DEGREES, DEW POINT IS 13, PRESSURE IS FALLING AND WE HAVE A LIGHT WESTERLY WIND.

ON THE RADAR, WE HAVE A FEW AREAS OF POSSIBLY SOME LIGHT SNOWFALL IN FORTH H -- NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, A FEW FLURRIES TONIGHT, BUT THAT SHOULD TAPER OFF.

WE SHOULD SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT AND WE WILL START TO SEE TEMPERATURES WARMING UP A LITTLE BIT FROM EARLY LOWS.

NOW AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND TOMORROW NIGHT, WE COULD SEE FREEZING RAIN IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WE WILL START TO SEE THE WINDS PICKING UP TOMORROW, AND EXPECT SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY.

A COUPLE OF WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO AND THE COLD TEMPERATURES ARE FORMING A LITTLE BIT OF ICE ON THE SURFACE OF THE LAKE.

ARLENE SENDING US THIS PICTURE OF A WOODPECKER VISITING THE FEEDER AT HER YARD IN MENAHGA.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 10 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, A FEW PEEKS OF SUNSHINE TODAY.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, REPORTING 0.5-INCH OF SNOW.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 21 TODAY, A FULL 10 DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

THE LOW IS AVERAGE AT 13.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 17, SO AGAIN VERY CLOSE TO 10 DEGREES BELOW THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE, 6 WAS OUR LOW THIS MORNING, SO IT WAS ON THE COLD SIDE, AND SUNSET AT 430 CLOOEK.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, ESPECIALLY AROUND LAKE OF THE WOODS.

WE COULD BE SEEING 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION THERE, UP TO AN INCH ELSEWHERE.

HIGHS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA SHOULD BE IN THE LOW 20s.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE ARE LOOKING AT LOW TO MID-20s.

SLIGHT CHANCES OF SNOW AROUND THE WADENA AREA.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY, LOWS DOWN TO 8, WITH WEST WINDS 5 TO 15.

TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY, SNOW NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS, COULD SEE THAT ACCUMULATION AS ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL, HIGHS AT 22, AND SOUTH WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, THE WINDS PICK UP AROUND MIDWEEK.

EXPECT TO SEE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

WE COULD SEE ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

21 IS THE HIGH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A COOL DOWN ON THURSDAY, LOWS NEAR -1.

TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, BUT WE HAVE SOME SMALL CHANCES OF SNOW FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, AND THEN ON SUNDAY, SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN, HIGHS NEAR 32.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANK YOU STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SPORT SCENE?

>> Charlie: BAGLEY AND FOSSTON ARE GOING AT EACH OTHER AND WHAT COULD YOU ASK FOR BETTER THAN A RIVALRY TO START THINGS OFF.

WE HAVE A RECAP OF THE WEEKEND THAT WAS FOR BSU SPORTS.

WE HAD SOME BIG WINS OVER THE WEEKEND.

WE'LL GET TO THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS; NORTHERN MINNESOTA'S CERTIFIED APPLE SERVICE CENTER, OFFERING REPAIR SERVICES ON APPLE PRODUCTS AND P.C.S.

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# [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORT WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >> Charlie: HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL SEASON TIPPED OFF TONIGHT AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO START IT OFF THAN WITH A RIVALRY GAME.

BAGLEY AND FOSSTON DID JUST THAT.

TWO SCHOOLS SEPARATED BY 18 MILES, ON THE HARDWOOD, THEY ARE RIVALS.

THE FLYERS WERE HOSTING THE GREYHOUNDS.

DATING BACK TO 2021, THE HOUNDS HAVE WON SIX STRAIGHT MORE THAN THEIR NEIGHBORS TO THE EAST.

AND FOSSTON TOOK A LEAD INTO THE BREAK.

IN THE SECOND, BAGLEY TRYING TO KEEP THINGS CLOSE.

JACKSON COMES OUT FIRING, AND THEN THE EXTRA EFFORT GETS HIM TWO, CLOSING THE GAP TO 7.

THE FLYERS WILL GET NO CLOSER AS THE GREYHOUNDS KEEP RUNNING.

HE FINISHED WITH 13, FOSSTON FINISHED WITH 67, BAGLEY WITH 46.

THE HOUNDS EXTEND THEIR WINNING STREAK OVER THE FLYERS.

THEY WILL MEET IN FOSSTON ON JANUARY 9TH.

>>> SOME OTHER SCORES, FISHER BEATS BLACKDUCK.

ALSO PLAYING TONIGHT, GREEN WAY AND BAGLEY, THEY BOTH FELL AS WELL.

FOSSTON IN GIRLS GETS A WIN.

IN THE NBA, THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES BEAT THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS.

>>> THREE TIMES BEFORE, BSU FOOTBALL HAS MADE IT TO THE 2ND ROUND OF THE NCAA PLAYOFFS AND 3-TIMES THEY HAVE LOST.

THIS PAST SATURDAY THEY MADE THEIR 4TH CONSECUTIVE TRIP TO THE 2ND ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS AND THIS TIME THEY FINALLY BROKE THROUGH.

HERE'S HOW IT WENT DOWN IN GUNNISON.

BEMIDJI STATE TAKING ON WESTERN COLORADO.

THE TWO TEAMS HAD NEVER PLAYED UNTIL SATURDAY.

IT WAS 7-DEGREES AT KICKOFF.

THE BEAVERS ARE USE TO THE COLD AND BEING DOWN.

SAM FINDS BUBBA PETERS, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SAID THAT?

13 TIMES.

IT WAS 7-3.

THEN THE MOUNTAINEERS GAIN SOME MOMENTUM.

DREW GIVES THEM THE LEAD HERE.

THEY SCORE 16 UNANSWERED.

LATE IN THE THIRD, BEAVERS ARE TRYING TO CUT THE LEAD.

HIS 6th TOUCHDOWN OF THE YEAR, BRINGS THEM TO 5.

THIS IS WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE THE GAME WAS OVER.

MY DAD TOLD ME HE TURNED OFF THE GAME BECAUSE JOSIAH TAKES 30 YARDS TO THE HOUSE, BUT WAIT.

IT GETS CALLED BACK FOR HOLDING AND TWO PLAYS LATER, IN A SEASON THAT HAS BEEN IMPROBABLE, THE IMPOSSIBLE HAPPENS.

75 YARDS, ONLY FITTING THE DEFENSE THAT HAS BEEN THE BACKBONE OF THIS TEAM ALL YEAR LONG MAKES THE PLAY THAT ULTIMATELY WINS THE GAME, 20-19.

BEMIDJI STATE OVER WESTERN COLORADO, WHAT A GAME.

THE BEAVERS, THEIR BIGGEST WIN IN PROGRAM HISTORY COMES ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN.

THEY VENTURE INTO UNCHARTED TERRITORY, THE QUARTER FINALS, BUT IT WILL BE AGAINST A FAMILIAR RIVAL MINNESOTA STATE.

I KNOW YOU CAN STREAM IT AND WATCH IT ON THE RADIO, BUT I PREFER TO WATCH IT IN PERSON.

THEY HAVE FAN BUS GOING TO MANKATO ON THE 7th.

YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE INFORMATION AT THE WEBSITE THERE AT THE BOTTOM.

>>> IT WAS A BIG WEEKEND FOR BSU MEN'S HOCKEY AS WELL.

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THEY HOSTED NORTH DAKOTA AT A PACKED SANFORD CENTER.

IT WAS SCORELESS UNTIL LATE IN THE SECOND PERIOD.

BSU IS UP 1-0.

THEN HIS SECOND GOAL AND THIRD POINT IN THREE GAMES, BEMIDJI STATE HELD ON TO WIN 2-1 ON FRIDAY.

ON SATURDAY, IT SHIFTED TO GRAND PORT.

THE FIRST PERIOD, ADAM GETTING IT DONE FOR THE BEAVERS, GIVING THEM A 1-0 LEAD.

THEY TRAIL 2-1 AT THE BREAK.

THEN IN THE SECOND, IT'S RILEY WHO HAS A FUNKY TAP IN AND THERE ARE THE BSU FANS AGAIN.

I THINK THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES IN THE STAND.

THE BEAVERS TIED IT.

THEN NOAH GETS HIS FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON TO GIVE BSU A 3-2 LEAD.

THEY END UP TYING 3-3 WITH NORTH DAKOTA.

WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE WEEKEND IT WAS FOR BSU SPORTS.

>> Dennis: IT REALLY WAS, BOTH OF THOSE TEAMS EXCELLING.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THE BUENA VISTA SKI AREA HAS BEEN A STAPLE OF THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME, FOR 75 YEARS IN-FACT.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN STOPPED BY THE SKI AREA DURING THEIR ANNUAL SKI PATROL FUNDRAISER TO GET THE OWNERS AND WORKERS REACTIONS TO THE ANNIVERSARY FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: IN 1949, LEONARD OFFICIALLY OPENED THE BUENA VISTA SKI RESORT.

SINCE THEN, THE SKI AREA HAS GROWN INTO ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOURIST ATTRACTIONS FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

2024 IS THEIR 75th ANNIVERSARY.

FOR THEIR SKI PATROL FUNDRAISER HELD BEFORE THE OFFICIAL OPENING, THE CURRENT OWNER WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE AREA'S HISTORY.

>> WE HAVE SO MANY SPECIAL PHOTOS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW AND DISPLAY, COLLECTING STORIES FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE SKIED HERE IN THE PAST, AND JUST WANTING THEM TO SHOW WHAT THE GENERATIONS BEFORE BROUGHT FOR US.

>> Reporter: EVERY YEAR BEFORE BUENA VISTA OFFICIALLY OPENS TO THE PUBLIC, THEY HOLD A SKI SALE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON.

>> WE GET 15% OF ALL THE SALES THAT COME THROUGH.

THAT TYPICALLY GOES TO OUR MEDICAL SUPPLIES, OUR MEDICAL TRAINING WE DO HERE EACH WINTER.

ALL OF THEM VOLUNTEER, AND PATRONS GET SIZED UP FOR SKIS, SNOWBOARDS, AND WE HAVE CROSS COUNTRY SKI GEAR THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: HE GAVE THE SKI AREA TO HIS DAUGHTER, WHO CAN BE FOUND AROUND BUENA VISTA TODAY, MOST LIKELY PLAYING THE PIANO.

ONCE SHE CANNOT RUN THE PLACE, SHE WILL PASS IT ON TO HER DAUGHTER SUZANNE WHO RUNS IT TODAY.

>> IT'S SPECIAL THAT WE CAN CALL THIS PLACE OUR HOME.

IT'S A HOME FOR EVERYONE IN THE WINTER.

WE HAVE THREE GRANDCHILDREN AND THEY'RE ALL PART OF IT.

WE'RE JUST SO BLESSED TO HAVE MANY WONDERFUL EMPLOYEES, THE SKI PATROL, AND OUR GUESTS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> TO CELEBRATE 75 YEARS, BUENA VISTA WILL BRING A NEW EVENT TO THE AREA CALLED THE CHRISTMAS VILLAGE OF LIGHTS, A SELF-GUIDED TOUR THROUGH A CHRISTMAS LIGHT DISPLAY IN THE BUENA VISTA SKI VILLAGE.

ADMISSION IS FREE, AND IS HELD EVERY SATURDAY THROUGHOUT THE CHRISTMAS SEASON.

EXACT DATES AND TIMES CAN BE FOUND ON THE BUENA VISTA FACEBOOK PAGE.

>>> WE HAVE TIME FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

LET'S GO BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE AREA, WE COULD SEE THE TEMPS WARMING UP OVERNIGHT.

NOW FOR TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, SNOW NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS RESULTING TO 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.

HIGHS ARE NEAR 22.

A COLD FRONT IN THE WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY, BRINGING US STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND COOLER TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY, HIGHS NEAR 9, LOW TEMPERATURES NEAR -1.

>> Charlie: I FORGOT TO MENTION IT WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT BSU HOCKEY, BUT THEY ARE 6-0-2 IN SCORES FIRST AND THAT'S WHAT LED TO THEM BEATING THE THUNDER HAWKS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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