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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.

>>> AN 8-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS AIRLIFTED FROM THE SCENE YESTERDAY AFTER FALLING OFF A SKI LIFT CHAIR.

THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT MOUNT SKI GULL IN RURAL NISSWA AROUND 6:25 P.M. DEPUTIES AND RESPONDERS ARRIVED ON SCENE AND LEARNED THAT A BOY HAD FALLEN APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 FEET FROM A SKI LIFT CHAIR.

THE BOY WAS TREATED ON SCENE AND TRANSPORTED TO A TWIN CITIES AREA HOSPITAL VIA HELICOPTER FOR ADDITIONAL CARE.

HIS NAME AND HIS MEDICAL CONDITION HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.

>>> A 65-YEAR-OLD WARROAD MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 21-YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE.

DAVID CORNELIUSEN WAS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS WIFE 65-YEAR-OLD MARY CORNELIUSEN IN THEIR WARROAD AREA HOME ON AUGUST 23RD OF 2023.

HE ENTERED A NORGAARD PLEA WHICH MEANS HE AGREES THE EVIDENCE IS SUFFICIENT FOR A JURY TO FIND HIM GUILTY BUT DOES NOT REMEMBER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE OFFENSE.

CORNELIUSEN WAS SENTENCED TO 261 MONTHS IN PRISON WHICH IS 21 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS.

HE IS CREDITED WITH 476 DAYS SERVED IN JAIL.

>>> A MINNESOTA MAN WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE TUESDAY FOR KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND, WHOSE 2023 DISAPPEARANCE AFTER SHE DROPPED OFF THEIR KIDS AT DAYCARE DREW NATIONAL ATTENTION AND PROMPTED THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS TO JOIN A 69-DAY SEARCH FOR HER.

A JURY HAD FOUND 30-YEAR-OLD ADAM FRAVEL OF MABEL, GUILTY OF PREMEDITATED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER IN NOVEMBER.

HE WAS ARRESTED IN JUNE 2023, DAYS AFTER A DEPUTY FOUND THE BODY OF MADELINE KINGSBURY IN A CULVERT ON A DEAD-END ROAD A FEW MILES AWAY FROM A PROPERTY OWNED BY FRAVEL'S PARENTS.

THE 26-YEAR-OLD KINGSBURY VANISHED IN MARCH 2023 AFTER DROPPING OFF HER AND FRAVEL'S TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AT A DAYCARE IN WINONA, A MYSTERY THAT STUNNED THE SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA CITY OF ABOUT 26,000 RESIDENTS.

FRAVEL'S ATTORNEY, ZACH BAUER, TOLD THE JUDGE TUESDAY THEY WILL APPEAL.

HE SAID IN HIS CLOSING ARGUMENT LAST MONTH THAT THE CASE AGAINST FRAVEL RELIED ON TUNNEL VISION, REVISIONIST HISTORY AND SECRET TRUTHS.

>>> THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING UNITEDHEALTHCARE'S C.E.O.

HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER AS AN ACT OF TERRORISM PROSECUTORS SAID TUESDAY AS THEY WORKED TO BRING HIM TO A NEW YORK COURT FROM FROM A PENNSYLVANIA JAIL.

LUIGI MANGIONE ALREADY WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE DECEMBER 4TH KILLING OF BRIAN THOMPSON, BUT THE TERROR ALLEGATION IS NEW.

UNDER NEW YORK LAW, SUCH A CHARGE CAN BE BROUGHT WHEN AN ALLEGED CRIME IS INTENDED TO INTIMIDATE OR COERCE A CIVILIAN POPULATION, INFLUENCE THE POLICIES OF A UNIT OF GOVERNMENT BY INTIMIDATION OR COERCION, AND AFFECT THE CONDUCT OF A UNIT OF GOVERNMENT BY MURDER, ASSASSINATION OR KIDNAPPING.

THE 50-YEAR-OLD THOMPSON, WHO IS FROM MAPLE GROVE, WAS SHOT DEAD AS HE WALKED TO A MANHATTAN HOTEL WHERE MINNESOTA-BASED UNITEDHEALTHCARE, THE UNITED STATES' BIGGEST MEDICAL INSURER WAS HOLDING AN INVESTOR CONFERENCE.

MANGIONE HAS TWO COURT HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY IN PENNSYLVANIA, INCLUDING AN EXTRADITION HEARING.

>>> PARENTS OF A TEEN WHO WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH IN MAY HAVE FILED A CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DRIVER.

THE DRIVER WAS A STATE TROOPER AT THE TIME AND THE ACCIDENT INVOLVED HIS SQUAD CAR.

AS OLIVIA PRONDZINSKI REPORTS, THE PARENTS CLAIM THEIR DAUGHTER'S 14TH AMENDMENT RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED.

>> IT'S BEEN ALMOST SIX MONTHS SINCE OLIVIA FLORES DIED IN A CAR CRASH INVOLVING A STATE PATROL SQUAD CAR.

BEHIND THE WHEEL, SHANE ROPER WHO SAID HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DO A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP.

ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, HE WAS HITTING SPEEDS UP TO 98 MILES PER HOUR WHEN HE COLLIDED WITH A CAR THAT OLIVIA WAS A PASSENGER IN.

ROPER IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES.

ON TOP OF THE CHARGES, OLIVIA'S PARENTS ARE BRINGING THEIR PERSONAL CLAIMS AGAINST ROPER IN FEDERAL COURT.

>> IT'S ONE THAT THE FAMILY FEELS STRONGLY ABOUT AND WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE THIS TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.

>> Reporter: HELPING TO FILE THE LENGTHY LAWSUIT, ALLEGING THAT HE VIOLATED THE 14TH AMENDMENT U WHICH MEANS HE IGNORED HIS DANGEROUS ACTIONS, CAUSING OLIVIA'S DEATH.

>> THERE WAS A DELIBERATE INDIFFERENCE BY MR. ROPER TO THE DANGER OF CAUSING THAT LOSS TO OLIVIA.

>> Reporter: FURTHER DIGGING INTO HIS PAST, HE HAS A HISTORY OF ON THE JOB CRASHES.

OLIVIA'S PARENTS ARE SEEKING COMPENSATION FOR THE LOSS OF THEIR DAUGHTER, ALTHOUGH IT WON'T BRING HER BACK.

>> THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF UPS AND DOWNS.

THEY MISS HER EVERYDAY.

>> THE FLORES FAMILY IS ASKING FOR A JURY TRIAL.

MEANWHILE, ROPER IS SCHEDULED BACK IN COURT IN FEBRUARY TO FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES RELATED TO THE CRASH.

THAT TRIAL IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH.

>>> THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE A NEW LOOK BEGINNING IN JANUARY AS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2001.

IT WILL NO LONGER INCLUDE LONGTIME BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL MEMBER RON JOHNSON.

AFTER SERVING SIX CONSECUTIVE FOUR-YEAR TERMS REPRESENTING WARD 3, BEMIDJI'S RE DISTRICTING MOVED JOHNSON INTO WARD 1, WHERE HE WAS NOT ELECTED.

AHEAD OF HIS FINAL MEETING AS A COUNCILMAN, JOHNSON LOOKED BACK ON SOME OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN BEMIDJI DURING HIS 24 YEARS ON THE BOARD.

>> PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL DON'T LIKE IT, BUT IT'S DONE WONDERING FOR DEVELOPING THE SOUTH SHORE.

139 ACHERS.

THE MOST DISAPPOINTING, I WAS ON THE LOSING SIDE OF TEARING DOWN THE HIGH SCHOOL.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BEMIDJI AND WE HAD A REUSE PLAN THAT I THOUGHT WOULD WORK.

THE COUNCIL DID NOT SUPPORT IT.

>> THROUGHOUT THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE PAST TWO AND A HALF DECADES, JOHNSON HAS SEEN BEMIDJI GO THROUGH A LOT AND DURING HIS COUNCILMEMBER TIME, HE HAS SEEN THE CITY GROW FROM 12,000 PEOPLE TO NEARLY 16,000.

AND NOW, HE'S STARTING TO MAKE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE WITHOUT THE COUNCIL IN THEM.

>> IT'S BEEN SO LONG THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE COUNCIL, THAT I PROBABLY AM GOING TO HAVE TO ENJOY IT.

I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING, I WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL FROM START TO FINISH.

I WANT TO THANK ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTS OF WARD 3.

THEY ELECTED ME SIX TIMES, THE SIX FOUR-YEAR TERMS.

THERE WOULD BE NO DOUBT I WOULD BE ON ANOTHER FOUR.

THANKS TO THEM ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE THE PEOPLE I TALKED WITH AND HAD PHONE CALLS WITH AND DID EVERYTHING.

WHEN YOU'RE A COUNCILMAN, YOU SERVE THE ENTIRE CITY.

YOU REPRESENT A CERTAIN SEGMENT AND MINE WAS WARD 3.

I AM PROUD TO HAVE REPRESENTED THEM FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY.

>> JOHNSON NOT ONLY REPRESENTED BEMIDJI ON THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT ALSO SHOWED GRATITUDE FOR HIS ABILITY TO WORK ON THE STATE LEVEL.

IN HIS 24 YEARS IN OFFICE, JOHNSON WAS ALSO THE ONLY PERSON IN BEMIDJI HISTORY TO BE ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES AND PRESIDENT OF THE COALITION OF GREATER MINNESOTA CITIES.

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

>> Stacy: IT'S GOING TO BE QUIET BUT COLD ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW WITH OUR NEXT ROUND OF SNOW SET TO MOVE IN TOMORROW NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

WE'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, PINE RIVER'S ANNUAL PARADE OF LIGHT CELEBRATION WENT UNDERWAY THIS PAST WEEKEND.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> EXPERIENCING SUMMER ACTIVITIES IN THE WINTER TIME HERE IN MINNESOTA IS NOT COMMON FOR RESIDENTS WITHIN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

OUR NEWS REPORTER, SKYLER BLAINE, GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH RESIDENTS AND GOT TO EXPERIENCE WHAT THEY ARE CALLING THE MINNESOTA DOUBLE, WHERE YOU SKI ON THE WATER AND THE SNOW IN THE SAME DAY.

>> Reporter: IT WAS 41 DEGREES OUTSIDE ON THE 7th OF DECEMBER.

SOME WOULD SAY IT'S A PERFECT DAY FOR A WALK OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRINK SOME COFFEE WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC.

FOR THIS GROUP OF RESIDENTS IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA, IT WAS TIME TO DO THE DOUBLE, MINNESOTA-STYLE.

>> THAT'S WHERE YOU GO WATER SKIING OR SURFING OUT BACK HERE AND THEN ONCE WE'RE DONE, WE'RE GOING TO HEAD TO THE MOUNT SKI GULL AND DO SOME SNOW SKIING.

>> SINCE THEN, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO HIT THE BIG LAKE AND THEN GO SKI AFTERWARDS.

WE'LL CALL IT THE MINNESOTA DOUBLE.

>> Reporter: THE LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY FOR THE MINNESOTA DOUBLE VARIES DEPENDING ON EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON.

TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WATER WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 35, WHICH COULD BE INTIMIDATING FOR ANYONE TO GET BEHIND THE BOAT.

TO CALL IT FUN?

WELL, THAT IS SUBJECTIVE.

>> I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE OUT HERE FOR FUN.

IT'S MORE TO SAY WE DID IT AND IT IS FUN AT THE END OF THE DAY.

IT'S NOT FUN DURING, BUT IT'S FUN AT THE END OF IT.

IT'S COLD.

YEAH, IT'S COLD, A LITTLE SHOCKED, BUT WE'RE WEARING WET SUITS AND DRY SUITS.

WE'LL BE ALRIGHT.

>> Reporter: I SAID -- ASIDE FROM THE TEMPERATURES, TIMES LIKE THESE IS WHEN FRIENDS CAN LOOK BACK AT THE FEAT AND SAY THEY DID IT.

>> EVERYONE THINKS YOU RUN INTO PEOPLE IN TOWN AND THEY SAY YOU'RE DOING IT AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, THE COOL PART IS TO DO THE TWO KINDS OF SKIING.

IT'S FUN.

IT'S GOOD TO HIGHLIGHT THE MOUNT SKI GULL, WHICH IS A GOOD PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO SKI.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN NISSWA, I'M SKYLER BLAINE, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE GROUP SPENT MORE THAN 2.5 HOURS SKIING IN WATER THAT WAS 34 DEGREES.

>>> STACY, I WILL TAKE A PASS ON THAT, IF ASKED TO PARTICIPATE.

>> Stacy: I THINK I AM WITH YOU ON THAT ONE TOO.

YEAH, THAT IS A LITTLE TOO COLD FOR MY BLOOD.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING COLDER TEMPERATURES MOVE INTO THE AREA TOMORROW, EXPECT TO SEE SOME NICE SUNSHINE OUT THERE.

TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE THE NEXT ROUND OF SNOW MOVING IN AND THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THUR >> 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.

>> THE WEATHER IS SPONSORED BY WIDSETH; ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, LAND SURVEYORS SERVING MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SINCE 1975.

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE DID EXPERIENCE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER TODAY AND A FEW HIT AND MISS FLURRIES OUT THERE.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, THINGS WILL QUIET DOWN.

WE WILL HAVE SOME SUNSHINE FOR US TOMORROW, ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL STAY PRETTY COLD WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOW TEENS.

TOMORROW NIGHT, THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES IN, COULD BRING SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE AREA AS IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY.

NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT IS 17 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO WE HAVE A WEST WIND AT 7 MILES PER HOUR, THE DEW POINT IS 12, HUMIDITY IS 81%.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 24 DEGREES, 16 IS OUR DEW POINT, AND WE HAVE A RISING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 10.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, IT HAS BEEN FAIRLY QUIET.

WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND AS WE MENTIONED, A FEW HIT AND MISS FLURRIES HERE AND THERE.

OTHER THAN MAYBE A FEW LINGERING FLURRIES IN PARTS OF THE AREA, IT LOOKS QUIET OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, AND AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, EXPECT TO SEE SOME SUNSHINE, ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL.

WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO POSSIBLY LOW TEENS.

AS WE HEAD INTO LATE TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT, THIS NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO PUSH INTO THE AREA, BRINGING WHAT LOOKS LIKE SNOW TO OUR VIEWING AREA.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR ABOUT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW FOR MOST OF US.

AS WE HEAD FURTHER TO THE WEST, THERE COULD BE HIGHER TOTALS AND THERE IS A WINTER STORM WATCH OUT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA.

SOME EAGLE EYE PHOTOS TO SHARE WITH YOU.

WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL SKIES FROM MENAHGA THIS MORNING.

DEBRA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE GRAY MORNING IN LAKE ADA.

IT WAS A CHILLY DAY AT LOWER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 21 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

DEBRA AT PINE RIVER REPORTING 23 WITH NO WIND THIS MORNING.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST SKIES, A HIGH OF 27.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDS AND CALM.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, PARTLY CLOUDY, WITH FLURRIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND HIGHS OF 22.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, 28 ASK THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN BRAINERD TODAY.

ACTUALLY, IT'S A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE BUT SEASONAL HIGH TEMPERATURE.

24 FOR THE LOW, SO WE'RE SEEING CONSISTENT TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

SUNRISE IS AT 7:55.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 20, THAT IS 2 DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGE AND 3 DEGREES ABOVE THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 17.

8:02 WAS OUR SUNRISE.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

IT'S GOING TO BE QUIET BUT IT IS GOING TO BE COLD.

WE ARE LOOKING AT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A FEW FLURRIES IN THE MORNING.

AGAIN, HIGH TEMPERATURES, SINGLE DIGITS IN THE NORTHWEST, CLOSE TO 10 IN THE PARK RAPIDS AREA, 12 IN GRAND RAPIDS, AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD REACH THE MID-TEENS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT FLURRIES AND NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

TOMORROW, SCATTERED FLURRIES IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, HIGHS ONLY NEAR 8.

TAKING A LOOK AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, SNOW BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUES INTO THURSDAY.

WE COULD SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OUT OF THAT SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY AS WE MOVE FURTHER TO THE WEST.

HIGHS ON THURSDAY NEAR 14.

ON FRIDAY, WE WILL SEE QUIETER WEATHER WITH VARIABLE CLOUDS AND HIGHS NEAR 10.

ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON SATURDAY, OTHERWISE QUIET FOR THE WEEKEND AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD MODERATE WITH HIGHS ON SUNDAY NEAR 22.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE AS YOU MAY HAVE GATHERED A COUPLE SECONDS AGO.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL.

>> Charlie: AND BOYS BASKETBALL.

WE HAVE THREE TEAMS THAT WERE RANKED TODAY.

WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW THOSE TEAMS ARE DOING EARLY ON IN THE SEASON, PLUS A LITTLE BIT OF GIR >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, BRINGING NORTHERN MINNESOTA THE GIGAZONE.

INTERNET SPEEDS UP TO 10 GIGABITS PER SECONDS, BOTH UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD.

IT'S THE GIGAZONE FROM PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS AND IT'S RIGHT HERE.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> PILLAGER GIRLS BASKETBALL HAS STARTED THEIR SEASON BY BOOKENDING A 3-GAME LOSING STREAK WITH A PAIR OF WINS BUT TONIGHT THE HUSKIES WILL HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL WITH THE 2ND RANKED TEAM IN CLASS 2A, CROSBY-IRONTON.

C.I.

IS OFF TO A 7-0 START FOLLOWING AN 84-59 WIN OVER EDINA ON SATURDAY, A GAME IN WHICH STANDOUT JUNIOR TORI OEHRLEIN RECORDED HER 2ND QUADRUPLE DOUBLE OF THE SEASON.

IT'S A SECTION 7-2A SHOWDOWN, CROSBY-IRONTON AT PILLAGER.

RANGERS HAVE WON THE LAST 4 MEETINGS WITH THE HUSKIES.

C.I.

GOT AFTER IT EARLY.

LUCY LACES ONE FROM DEEP.

RANGERS ARE UP BIG.

GRACIE BOTTOMS THE MID, AND PILLAGER CUTS INTO THE LEAD.

THE RANGERS WERE JUST TOO MUCH.

THERE IS SOME GREAT BALL MOVEMENT AND THEY FIND TORI AND SHE'S NOT THE ONE THAT YOU WANT TO LEAVE OPEN.

THREE OF HER GAME HIGH 28 POINTS AS THE RANGERS HANDLE BUSINESS AGAINST PILLAGER IN A VICTORY.

C.I.

IS LIGHTNING OPPOSING DEFENSE IS UP EARLY AVERAGING A TOUCH OVER 80 POINTS PER GAME.

>>> WELL, WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY IS UNDEFEATED AND RANKED NUMBER TWO IN CLASS A.

THEY ARE HOSTING NEVIS.

WE PICK UP IN THE SECOND HALF.

THE WOLVES BUILT A DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD.

AUBREY FINISHED THE NIGHT WITH 19.

AND SHE DRAWS THE FOUL AND SHE LED NEVIS IN SCORING WITH 14.

WHA TOO MUCH TO HANDLE, ESPECIALLY DOWN LOW.

SCORING DOUBLE DIGITS WITH 16.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY GOES ON TO BEAT NEVIS, 67-36.

THEY IMPROVE TO 7-0 ON FOR THE SEASON.

>>> BRAINERD GETTING A BIG WIN TONIGHT, PEQUOT LAKES WINS OVER GRAND RAPIDS, BIG AS WELL.

CASS LAKE-BENA TAKING CARE OF FINLAYSON.

WADENA DEER CREEK GETS THE WIN OVER BERTHA HEWITT.

MENAHGA STAYS UNDEFEATED, NORTHOME BEATS BLACKDUCK AND BIG FORK, THEY'RE HAVING A GOOD SEASON.

THEY'RE 6-1.

THEY BEAT INTERNATIONAL FALLS.

>>> IN BOYS BASKETBALL, NEVIS, THE 5th RANKED TEAM COMES IN UNDEFEATED.

THEY FOUND THEMSELVES DOWN 5 EARLY AND ISAIAH MISSES AND TATE FINISHED WITH 14.

NEXT POSSESSION, IT'S FROM THE CORNER FOR A 3, HE DROPS 8 OF THEM, LEADING ALL SCORERS.

ISAAC GOT HOT FROM 3 AS WELL, HE HAD SIX TRADES AND FINISHED WITH 22 POINTS.

NEVIS IS ABLE TO WORK IT DOWN IN THE PAINT, ALEX FINISHED WITH 23 POINTS, MAKING IT LOOK EASY FROM THE BLOCK.

NEVIS WINS THE BATTLE OVER PINE RIVER-BACKUS, 94-70 THE FINAL.

THEY ARE 3-0 TO START THE YEAR.

P.R.B.

DROPS TO 3-2.

>>> MOORHEAD COMES AWAY, IT WAS CLOSE UNTIL THE END.

MOORHEAD COMES AWAY.

BRAINERD GETS THE WIN OVER WILMER.

PEQUOT LAKES COLLECTING A WIN TONIGHT.

WARROAD, THEY WILL UNDEFEATED IN BOYS BASKETBALL.

YOU EXPECT THAT FROM THE HOCKEY TEAM, NOT THE BASKETBALL TEAM, AND THEY DID IT BIG TONIGHT OVER LAKE OF THE WOODS.

THIEF RIVER FALLS BEATS BAGLEY.

>>> BRAINERD GIRLS WRESTLING HOSTING TONIGHT.

WARRIORS TOOK ON MOORHEAD FIRST.

EMILY JUST THROWING HER OPPONENT AROUND.

10-0 BY M.D.

THE LUMBERJACKS HAD EMMA FLIPS THE SCRIPT IN A HURRY.

SHE WENT 3-0 FOR THE NIGHT.

THEY HAD MELROSE PLAYING THE WARRIORS FIRST.

EITHER WAY, BEMIDJI, THEY GET THE SWEEP TODAY AND BRAINERD, THEY DEFEAT MOORHEAD AND MELROSE.

A COUPLE MORE SCORES IN HOCKEY.

GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY GETS A 1-GOAL WIN OVER DULUTH.

NORTHERN LAKES FALLS TO HIBBING-CHISHOLM.

AND ON THE BOYS SHE' -- SIDE, BRAINERD GETS A WIN.

BAGLEY FOSSTON GETS A WIN.

PARK RAPIDS FALLS TO I-FALLS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS CHARLIE.

>> Charlie: YEP.

>> Dennis: THE PINE RIVER COMMUNITY BRAVED THE MINNESOTA COLD FOR THE ANNUAL PARADE OF LIGHTS CELEBRATION THIS PAST WEEKEND, HOSTED THROUGH THE P.R.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

RESIDENTS IN THE AREA HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH FLOAT AFTER FLOAT, TAKE THE STREETS, AND SPREAD SOME HOLIDAY CHEER.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: PINE RIVER'S ANNUAL PARADE OF LIGHTS CELEBRATION HAS BEEN A STAPLE IN THE TOWN FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND YET WATCHING THE FLOATS SURROUNDED BY THE ENTIRE PINE RIVER COMMUNITY NEVER GETS OLD FOR THE SPECTATORS.

>> THAT FEEL OF BEING ON MAIN STREET U.S.A.

I MEAN THAT'S IMPORTANT.

IT'S NOT LIKE BEING IN NEW YORK CITY OR THE MACY DAY PARADE.

IT'S THIS HOMETOWN, HOMEGROWN FEELING AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE YOU SEE ACROSS THE STREET OR NEXT TO YOU, YOU KNOW.

I THINK THERE ARE AROUND 900 PEOPLE IN PINE RIVER.

I BELIEVE ALL 900 OF THEM COME HERE.

>> Reporter: PREPARATIONS BEGIN FOUR MONTHS PRIOR TO GAME TIME, THE PARADE ITSELF LASTS FOR ROUGHLY 15 MINUTES AND YET THE SHORT RUN TIME DOES LITTLE TO QUELL THE EXCITEMENT FOR THOSE TAKING PART.

>> IT HAS ANTICIPATED A LOT.

IT'S A LINE UP.

THEY'RE ALL IN GREAT MOODS AND THEY'RE SO HAPPY TO BE DOING IT.

THEY'RE EXCITED FOR THE PARADE, ESPECIALLY TO BE IN IT.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF KIDS THAT THEY HAVE WITH THEM.

THE KIDS ARE EXCITED TO BE IN THE PARADE.

>> Reporter: THE FESTIVITIES DOESN'T STOP THERE.

THE PINE RIVER COMMUNITY FLOODS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR REFRESHMENTS BEFORE ENJOYING A BOND FIRE AND CAPPING THE NIGHT OFF WITH FIREWORKS.

>> JUST HOARDS OF PEOPLE COMING INTO HERE TO GET THE BAKED GOODS FROM OUR LOCAL PINE RIVER BAKERY THEY DONATE.

THE BONFIRE GIVES THE BIG DRAW.

I WAS TAKING PICTURES JUST TO HAVE IT, JUST TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE SURROUNDED THERE.

THEN THE FIREWORKS, I MEAN THE KIDS OUT THERE WERE LIKE OH, IT'S JUST AMAZING.

>> Reporter: THE PINE RIVER COMMUNITY HAS OCCUPIED MAIN STREET FOR THE PARADE OF LIGHT CELEBRATION FOR ROUGHLY 20 YEARS NOW.

WHILE THE PARADE FLOATS, BONFIRE, HOT COCOA AND FIREWORKS ARE THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS, THE REAL HIGHLIGHTS IS THE MEMORIES MADE ALL ALONG THE WAY.

>> I THINK IT'S A FEELING IN YOUR HEART, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE THINKING OF YOUR FAMILY AND ALL THE FUN YOU HAD AND THAT INTERNAL FEELING.

PEOPLE KNOW WHY WE'RE CELEBRATING AND ENJOY THE CELEBRATION.

IT IS ALL ABOUT FAMILY AND WHAT WE KNOW, FAMILY AND MEMORIES.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN PINE RIVER WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: OKAY, WE HAVE A LITTLE SNOW MOVING INTO THE AREA AND TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT, HERE'S STACY.

>> Stacy: WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLY ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.

OTHERWISE, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH LOWS NEAR 2.

TOMORROW LOOKS QUIET, WE SHOULD ENJOY SOME SUNSHINE AND A FEW SCATTERED FLURRIES IN THE MORNING IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA WITH HIGHS NEAR 8.

NOW TOMORROW NIGHT, LATE TOMORROW, INTO THURSDAY, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE SNOW SYSTEM MOVE THROUGH AND WE COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OUT OF THAT SYSTEM.

WE COULD SEE SOME STRONG WINDS BLOWING THE SNOW AROUND.

QUIETER WEATHER RETURNS TO END THE WEEK.

>> Dennis: THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR US.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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