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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.

>>> A WRESTLER FROM STEWARTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WAS SHOT THIS MORNING AS THE WRESTLING TEAM WAS BOARDING A BUS IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL TO GO TO A MEET.

THE MAN WHO SHOT HIM THEN TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF.

THE SHOOTING WAS REPORTED AROUND 5:00 A.M.

AND DEPUTIES IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED TO THE SCENE.

>> THE VICTIM WAS LOCATED ON THE GROUND IN THE PARKING LOT.

I MIGHT ADD BY COACHING STAFF, AS OTHER STAFF AND STUDENTS WERE LOOKING AROUND AT THAT MOMENT TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED, THEY HEARD A SECOND SHOT.

AN ADULT MALE WAS LOCATED LAYING ON THE GROUND NEARBY WITH THE RIFLE IN HAND.

THE SUBJECT APPEARED TO HAVE HAD SUFFERED A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND.

THIS SUBJECT WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE SCENE.

>> THE STUDENT WHO WAS SHOT IS IN THE HOSPITAL AND LISTED AS CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION.

HIS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.

A REUNIFICATION CENTER WAS SETUP WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF STEWARTVILLE SCHOOL STAFF AND THE STUDENTS WERE REUNITED WITH FAMILY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

ADDITIONALLY COUNSELORS AND CHAPLAINS WERE ON SCENE TO OFFER ASSISTANCE.

>>> A LAPORTE MAN IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A HANDGUN MULTIPLE TIMES INTO A HOME WHERE A WOMAN WAS SLEEPING.

40-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN OLLIVER PATTERSON IS CHARGED IN HUBBARD COUNTY COURT WITH ASSAULT-2ND DEGREE-DANGEROUS WEAPON THREATS OF VIOLENCE-RECKLESS DISREGARD RISK DANGEROUS WEAPONS-INTENTIONAL DISCHARGE OF FIREARM THAT ENDANGERS SAFETY.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE, PATTERSON IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING INTO THE HOME SEVERAL TIMES ON NOVEMBER 25TH WITH ONE OF THE BULLETS STRIKING THE MATTRESS THE WOMAN WAS SLEEPING ON.

THE WOMAN REPORTED THAT PATTERSON THEN CAME TO THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO KEEP DOING IT UNTIL HE KILLED HER.

PATTERSON'S NEXT COURT HEARING IS AN OMNIBUS HEARING SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 29TH.

>>> FIVE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOLLOWING A DRUG BUST IN NAYTAHWAUSH.

THE WHITE EARTH POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS OFFICERS EXECUTED A NARCOTICS RELATED SEARCH WARRANT ON DECEMBER 11TH AND ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE.

25-YEAR-OLD BRADLEY AUGINAUSH AND 22-YEAR-OLD DANIAH GOODWIN FOR DRUG POSSESSION AND OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.

25-YEAR-OLD SHAYNA KING AND 28-YEAR-OLD DAVID ROY FOR CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND DRUG POSSESSION.

AND 31-YEAR-OLD BRUCE AUGINAUSH FOR FIRST DEGREE DRUG POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO SELL.

AUTHORITIES SAY BRUCE AUGINAUSH HAS BEEN ARRESTED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS FOR DISTRIBUTING NARCOTICS.

THE CASE HAS BEEN SENT TO THE MAHNOMEN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE FOR REVIEW AND OFFICIAL CHARGES.

>>> THE CITY OF FOSSTON HAS FILED A MOTION IN POLK COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, SEEKING THE END OF AN AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH ESSENTIA HEALTH AS THE CITY'S HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FOR THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

IN A RELEASE FROM THE CITY OF FOSSTON'S ATTORNEY, FOSSTON CITY OFFICIALS CLAIM THAT ESSENTIA HAS BROKEN MANY PROMISES THAT WERE A PART OF THE AGREEMENT, AND THAT SERVICES AT THE HOSPITAL HAVE DECLINED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THIS SUIT COMES AFTER ESSENTIA ENDED LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES AT THE HOSPITAL IN 2022.

CITY OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE FOSSTON COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CLEAR AND CONSISTENT, THAT THEY NO LONGER WISH TO HAVE ESSENTIA IN CHARGE OF THEIR HEALTHCARE.

>> WE MET WITH ESSENTIA IN SOME PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS AND THEN WENT THROUGH MEDIATION WITH THEM, AND THEN AT THE POINT WHERE ARBITRATION SHOULD OCCUR, THEY HAVE NOT AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN ARBITRATION.

SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE WAITING FOR SCHEDULING FOR THE HEARING AND DISTRICT COURT AND THE HEARING WILL BE HELD AND WE EXPECT THE COURT TO COMPEL ARBITRATION.

>> THE CITY OF FOSSTON PURSUED ARBITRATION LAST YEAR TO END THEIR AGREEMENT WITH ESSENTIA HEALTH, BUT ARBITRATORS FOUND NO BREACH OF CONTRACT WITH ESSENTIA ENDING LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES AT THE HOSPITAL IN A SPLIT DECISION.

ESSENTIA CLAIMS THAT FOSSTON OFFICIALS ARE REFUSING TO ACCEPT THE RULING, AND ARE MISLEADING THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF FOSSTON.

>> JUST LAST YEAR, AN INDEPENDENT ARBITRATION PANEL RULED IN FAVOR OF ESSENTIA HEALTH AND THAT PANEL PLAINLY SAID WE'RE MEETING THE TERMS OF OUR AFFILIATION AGREEMENT AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO HONOR OUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF FOSSTON.

THE CITY ALSO NOTED THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE AFFILIATION AGREEMENT AND THAT COME FROM THE INDEPENDENT VOICE THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF THIS DISCUSSION SINCE IT'S BEEN GOING ON.

SO, OUR FOCUS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ON MOVING FORWARD, INVESTING IN OUR CARE TEAMS HERE IN FOSSTON, OUR CAMPUS, AND THIS COMMUNITY, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OUR PATIENTS WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.

>>> CESSENTIA HEALTH ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT THEY PLAN ON INVESTING $12 MILLION INTO RENOVATING FOSSTON'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, AND JUST SIGNED A 10-YEAR SPORTS MEDICINE AGREEMENT WITH FOSSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

>>> BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DISCUSSED THE 2026 BUDGET EARLIER THIS WEEK.

WHILE THE CITY STILL HAS UNTIL DECEMBER 30TH TO AGREE ON A FINAL BUDGET, FINANCE DIRECTOR CONNIE HILLMAN OUTLINED HOW DIFFERING LEVY INCREASES WOULD IMPACT THE CITY.

HILLMAN GAVE CONTEXT ON HOW AN EIGHT PERCENT LEVY INCREASE WOULD LEAD TO A 57.449-PERCENT TAX INCREASE IN 2026.

HILLMAN ALSO DISCUSSED HOW A 4.75-PERCENT LEVY INCREASE WOULD RESULT IN A 55.718 TAX RATE NEXT YEAR.

>> SINCE SEPTEMBER, WE REVIEWED EVERY LINE ITEM AND WE CHANGED SOME INITIAL ASSUMPTIONS.

WE GOT OUR POLICE AND FIRE STATE AID PAYMENT, THAT IS ADDITIONAL INCOME WE RECEIVED, SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE SINCE SENT TO GET TO THAT 4.75%.

>> CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS THE BUDGET ONCE AGAIN ON DECEMBER 15TH.

>>> ESSENTIA HEALTH WILL BE HOSTING WHAT THEY ARE CALLING THE “TREE OF LIFE” CEREMONY AT ST JOSEPH'S IN BRAINERD NEXT TUESDAY.

THE EVENT AIMS TO HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECENTLY LOST THEIR LOVED ONES, THE EVENT IS A PART OF THE VARIOUS FREE, GRIEF SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT THE HOSPITAL OFFERS TO THE COMMUNITY.

AT THE EVENT PEOPLE WILL HONOR THEIR LOVED ONES THROUGH HANGING MEMORIAL ORNAMENTS AND HEARING FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ON THEIR OWN GRIEF JOURNEYS.

>> SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH GRIEF, THEY ISOLATE.

THEY THINK THAT MAYBE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT ANYMORE.

ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT WHEN YOU LOSE SOMEBODY, YOU WANT TO HEAR THEIR NAME AGAIN.

SO WE DO A CEREMONY WHERE WE PUT THE BULB ON THE TREE AND WE NAME THAT PERSON.

IT HONORS THAT PERSON IN A SPECIAL WAY.

>> THE EVENT WILL START NEXT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, AT 4:00 P.M.

THERE IS NO COST TO ATTEND THE EVENT, BUT DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED.

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

>> Stacy: WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND AFTER THAT, BLUSTERY WINDS AND WE COULD SEE COLD AND DANGEROUS WINDCHILLS ACROSS THE AREA AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, THE BELTRAMI HISTORY CENTER MEMORIALIZED THE MID 1900s [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE NORTHLAND ARBORETUM IN BAXTER OFFERS A VARIETY OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND NOW THEY ARE INTRODUCING THEIR NEWEST WINTER ACTIVITY.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ARBORETUM WILL HAVE A FOREST ICE SKATING TRAIL THAT RUNS THROUGH THE PARK.

THE TRAIL IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE AREA AND JOINS A LAUNDRY LIST OF OTHER WINTER ACTIVITIES THAT THE PARK HAS TO OFFER, INCLUDING OVER 10 MILES OF SNOWSHOE AND CROSS COUNTRY SKIING TRAILS AND A SLEDDING HILL.

>> SO IN 2023, WE DID A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

IT WAS A SURVEY THAT WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED.

ONE OF THE RESPONSES THAT KEPT COMING UP IN THE SURVEY WAS FOREST ICE SKATING.

SO, YEAH.

WE'RE OUT THERE MAKING ICE.

WE'RE ZAMBONIING, WE'RE GETTING IT SMOOTH.

>> THE ARBORETUM IS HOPING TO OPEN THE ICE SKATING TRAIL TO THE PUBLIC ON DECEMBER 21ST, TICKETS ARE $10 OR $5 FOR CHILDREN 14 YEARS OLD AND UNDER, VETERANS, AND SENIOR CITIZENS.

CERTAINLY IT WON'T BE A PROBLEM MAKING ICE STACY AS WE HEAD INTO THIS WEEKEND.

>>> I PREFER TO HAVE THE REAL COLD WEATHER HOLD OFF UNTIL JANUARY.

ACTUALLY, I PREFER TO HOLD IT OFF FOREVER, BUT USUALLY JANUARY WORKS.

WE'RE GETTING IT EARLY THIS YEAR.

>> Stacy: WE ARE.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE COLD ACTUAL TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY TOMORROW.

MOST OF US WILL SEE THE TEMPERATURES STAYING BELOW 0 ALL DAY LONG.

YOU ADD TO THAT SOME WIND, SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE WINDCHILLS IN THE COLD CATEGORY AND DANGEROUSLY COLD OVERNIGHT AND TO [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE STARTED OUT WITH SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES AND SNOW THIS MORNING, BUT THE TEMPS HAVE BEEN FALLING THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

TOMORROW, HIGHS WILL STAY BELOW ZERO AND WE WILL HAVE SOME WIND OUT THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE COLD AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WINDCHILLS TONIGHT AND THROUGH TOMORROW.

IN FACT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE COLD WEATHER THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S -14 WITH A NORTHWEST WIND AT 10.

THAT IS GIVING US A WINDCHILL OF -35 AND WE PICKED UP OVER AN INCH OF SNOW EARLIER TODAY.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, -10 FOR OUR CURRENT TEMPERATURE, DEW POINT IS -17, WINDS WEST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, WITH A WINDCHILL OF -23.

EXTREME COLD WARNING IS OUT FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH NOON ON SATURDAY.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE WINDCHILLS INTO THE -45 RANGE.

ONCE THAT EXPIRES, IT WILL JOIN THE REST OF THE AREA IN A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES IN PLACE AND THEN YOU ADD THE WIND AND THE WINDCHILLS WILL BE FROM 35 TO 40 BELOW 0.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, IT'S QUIET OUT THERE.

WE WILL SEE CLOUDS INCREASE OVERNIGHT, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP THE TEMPERATURES FROM DROPPING.

THEY ARE ALREADY BELOW 0, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DROP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, AND REALLY WON'T RECOVER MUCH TOMORROW.

WE WILL START TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF FROM THE COLD AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK AND BY TUESDAY, WE COULD SEE HIGHS RIGHT AROUND 40.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE PICTURES.

WE HAVE THE WINDY CONDITIONS AND THE SNOW THIS MORNING.

JAMIE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SNOWY VIEWS.

THE SUNSHINE DID MAKE A RETURN THIS AFTERNOON AND WE GOT PICTURES OF THAT CHRISSY IN DEER WOOD.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, BOB IN BLUFFTON REPORTING PARTLY SUNNY AND WINDY.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, THE WINDCHILL WAS -20 TONIGHT.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN AND WINDY TODAY.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE WITH A WIND CHILL OF -24.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 15.

THAT WAS EARLY TODAY.

THE TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN FALLING.

OUR LOW TEMPERATURE IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW AT -10.

SO LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE WILL BE SEEING A LOT OF CLEAR SKIES IN THE VIEWING AREA.

WE HAVE THE CLOUDS MOVING OUT.

VERY COLD TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW 0.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT WITH WINDCHILLS AT -35 AND -45.

PARTLY SUNNY TOMORROW BUT THE COLD WINDCHILLS IN THE MORNING IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND HIGHS NEAR -6.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF THE WEEKEND FORECAST, STARTING TO WARM UP AFTER A VERY COLD START ON SUNDAY MORNING AND AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK, A BIG WARM UP IN STORE, 41 FOR THE HIGH ON TUESDAY, COULD SEE SOME LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW ON WEDNESDAY, WITH A HIGH OF 34.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

A BIG SHOWDOWN TONIGHT IN GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY.

>> Charlie: YEAH, THE NUMBER ONE TEAM AND THE NUMBER SIX TEAM.

WHAT A GAME IT WAS.

GREAT TEST FOR BOTH TEAMS.

I HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> NICK SABAN ONCE SAID, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU'RE RANKED UNTIL THE END, AND THATS TRUE, ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY GOINGS WHEN NO ONES REALLY PROVED THEMSELVES YET.

BUT IT FEELS LIKE BEMIDJI GIRLS' HOCKEY HAS PROVED AT LEAST SOMETHING, AND EARNED THEIR NUMBER 6 RANKING AFTER STARTING THE SEASON 7-0, FOUR OF THOSE WINS COMING AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS.

AND ALTHOUGH NOBODY IS GOING TO BE CROWNED TONIGHT, ITS ALWAYS FUN TO SEE HOW A COUPLE OF TOP SIX UNBEATENS STACK UP.

LUMBERJACKS HOSTING NUMBER ONE RANKED HOLY FAMILY, THE FIRE ATOP THE POLLS IN CLASS 2-A FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR 8-YEAR EXISTENCE.

THEY LOOKED IT OUT THE GATE.

LIGHTS THE LAMP, JUST 35 SECONDS IN TO GIVE THEM A 1-0 LEAD.

NOT LONG AFTER, FINISHING TO MAKE IT 2-0.

JUST 2.5 MINUTES IN.

JACKS LOOKED ALL OUT OF SORTS, TRYING TO SETTLE HIM DOWN, SHE COMES WITH AN ANSWER, BUT THEY TRAIL 3-1 AFTER 1.

NO SCORING IN THE SECOND AND MIDWAY THROUGH THE THIRD, NAOMI PICKS UP THE LOOSE PUCK AND THE GOALIE NEVER SAW IT UNTIL IT WAS IN THE NET.

BEMIDJI IS WITHIN 1, AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANOTHER AS A LATE EMPTY NETTER FOR HOLY FAMILY.

28-23 IN FAVOR OF THE FIRE.

TOUGH LOSS, BUT A GOODS TEST FOR THE JACKS.

PINE CITY BEATS NORTHERN LAKES.

MOORHEAD BEATS ROSEAU.

ON THE BOY'S SIDE, SARTELL TOPS ROSEAU THERE.

ROSEMOUNT BEATS GRAND RAPIDS.

WARROAD GETS THE WIN.

BAGLEY FOSSTON GETS THE WIN OVER MOOSE LAKE AREA.

I-FALLS GETS THE WIN AND LAKE OF THE WOODS FALLS.

>>> IN GIRLS BASKETBALL, CLASS 2-A SECOND RANKED CROSBY-IRONTON TRYING TO EXTNED THEIR WIN STREAK TO FOUR, THEY'RE HOSTING BRAHAM.

FIRST HALF, RANGERS DOWN 10-7, TORI OEHRLEIN, REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING, SHE HAD THE FIRST 18 OF C-I'S 20 POINTS.

JUMPING AHEAD, C-I TRAILING 22-20, SOPHIA STROM DOWN LOW, TIES IT UP, THINGS STAYED CLOSE BUT RANGERS LED BY ONE AT THE HALF.

IN THE SECOND FRAME, SAMMIE HACHEY CAME TO LIFE, MID RANGE JUMPER, NO ONE DOES THAT ANYMORE, ALL TEN OF HER POINTS CAME IN THE SECOND HALF.

HELPED TO BOOST CROSBY-IRONTON TO A 75-47 VICTORY OVER BRAHAM, OEHRLEIN LED THE WAY WITH 32 POINTS AS THE RANGERS IMPROVE TO 4-1.

A BUNCH OF SCORES IN BASKETBALL, MONTICELLO BEATS BRAINERD.

LITTLE FALLS DROPS ALBANY.

GRAND RAPIDS PICKS UP A WIN.

ALSO IN GIRL'S BASKETBALL, PERHAM GETTING THE WIN.

PEQUOT LAKES GETS A WIN OVER ST.

CLOUD CATHEDRAL.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS STAYS IN THEIR WINNING WAYS.

NORTHOME-KELLIHER GETS THE WIN.

BAGLEY GETS THE WIN OVER WIN-E-MAC.

ON THE BOY'S SIDE OF THINGS, PERHAM BEATS PARK RAPIDS.

BROWERVILLE AND NEVIS BOTH COLLECTING WINS TONIGHT.

FOSSTON FALLS IN THE BOY'S SIDE AS WELL.

WIN-E-MAC BEATS BAGLEY.

IN HALFTIME, THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS ARE AHEAD OF THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES BY 2 AND THE WILD ARE PUTTING ALL THEIR CHIPS IN THE MIDDLE TONIGHT, PULLING OFF A BLOCKBUSTER TRADE.

MINNESOTA HAS PICKED UP QUINN HUGHES FROM THE VANCOUVER CANNUCKS IN EXCHANGE FOR FORWARDS LIAM OHGREN AND MARCO ROSSI, DEFENSEMAN ZEEV BUIUM, AND A THIER 2026 FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK.

HE WAS THE 7th OVERALL DRAFT PICK IN 2018, WIDELY CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST DEFENSE MEN IN THE NFL.

HE RANKED SECOND IN POINTS SINCE HIS NHL DEBUT IN 2019.

YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THE WILD ARE GIVING UP, BUT HE HAS BEEN A CAPTAIN FOR THE CANUCKS, THE SAME YEAR HE WON THE JAMES MORRIS MEMORIAL TROPHY.

THEY'RE GETTING A PRETTY GOOD PLAYER.

>> Dennis: ANOTHER STAR PLAYER.

>> Charlie: YEAH, YOU LOVE TO SEE THAT STUFF.

AGAIN, I KNOW A COUPLE OF WILD FANS AND THEY ARE ON CLOUD 9 RIGHT NOW, FLOATING.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET SLEEP TONIGHT.

>> Dennis: IT'S STILL A TOUGH CENTRAL DIVISION.

THEY ARE STILL BEHIND DALLAS AND THE AVALANCHE.

THEY GAVE UP A LOT.

>> Charlie: HOPEFULLY THEY ARE READY TO PUSH FOR A STANLEY CUP.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

MORE THAN 80 FILM REELS WERE DONATED TO THE BELTRAMI COUNTY HISTORY CENTER BY A BEMIDJI RESIDENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, EACH CONTAINING RECORDINGS FROM BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS GAMES FROM THE 1940S TO THE 80S.

THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TOOK THOSE REELS AND HAS SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS DIGITIZING AND LOGGING THEM, AND NOW HAVE A FULL DVD OR OLD SPORTS GAMES.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS.

>> Reporter: FOOTBALL, HOCKEY, BASKETBALL, AND OTHER SPORTS LOOK DIFFERENT TODAY THAN THEY DID 80-PLUS YEARS AGO AND THE BELTRAMI COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS HAD A PROJECT SHOWING THOSE DIFFERENCES, DIGITIZING 77 FILMS FROM THE MID TO LATE 1900s.

>> WE SENT THEM OFF TO A FILM SCANNING LAB IN COLORADO THAT HAD DONE WORK WITH THE ACADEMY FILM ARCHIVE AND LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

>> Reporter: THEY WERE USED FROM THE 1940s TO THE 1980s, SO THIS ONE PROJECT WAS ABLE TO PRESERVE 40 YEARS WORTH OF BEMIDJI SPORTS HISTORY.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS NOTED HERE IS HOW POPULAR THOSE GAMES WERE.

ONE OF THE BASKETBALL GAMES, THERE WERE 1,300 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

THAT SHOWS HOW MUCH THESE SPORTS HAVE CONTINUED TO BE A PART OF BEMIDJI AND BELTRAMI COUNTY CULTURE.

>> I THINK IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE THAT WE HAVE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE IMPACT THAT THESE ATHLETES AND COACHES HAD ON LUMBERJACK ATHLETICS AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO HAVE PLAYED A PART IN PRESERVING THAT HISTORY.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN SHOWCASING SEVERAL YEARS WORTH OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THE PROJECT, COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME TO THE SHOWING TO SEE THEIR OWN PERSONAL CONNECTIONS WITH THE HIGHLIGHTS.

>> I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SHOWING PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE FILMS ACTUALLY PLAYING AND THE REACTIONS I GOTTEN HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.

I WAS ABLE TO SHOW THE FILM OF GEORGE PLAYING FOOTBALL TO HIS PARENTS AND THAT WAS PROBABLY THE HIGHLIGHT.

>> Reporter: PHYSICAL REELS OF FILM DETERIORATE OVERTIME, BUT NOW DIGITIZING THE GAME IT CAN BE PART OF HISTORY LONGER THAN BEFORE.

>> IT HAS A DIFFERENT MEANING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND FOR MANY PEOPLE, SEEING THESE SPORTS FILMS, IT'S NOT ONLY A RECOLLECTION OF MEMORY, THESE ARE FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THESE GAMES, WHO WERE ATHLETES AT THAT TIME.

IT BRINGS BACK MEMOIES OF THE TIME WHEN YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE EXPERIENCE YOU HAD WATCHING THE GAME, BEING IN THE GAME, ALL OF THE CULTURE AND EXPERIENCE THAT SURROUNDS THAT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> COPIES OF THE D.V.D.

CONTAINING THE FILMS CAN BE PURCHASED FROM THE BELTRAMI COUNTY HISTORY CENTER.

>>> WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COLD NIGHT TONIGHT AND STACY IS HERE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT.

>> Stacy: COLD NIGHT AND A COLD WEEKEND AHEAD OF US.

FOR TONIGHT, WE HAVE THIS EXTREME COLD WARNING IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WITH WINDCHILLS FROM -35 TO -45.

AND THEN THE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW AND THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING, WHERE THE WINDCHILLS ARE ABOUT -35.

>> Charlie: THE HERMANTOWN BOYS BASKETBALL GAME JUST WRAPPED UP, BEMIDJI WINS THERE.

>> Dennis: THAT WILL DO IT FOR US, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE ON MONDAY NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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