>> PRODUCTION FUNDING FOR LAKELAND NEWS IS PROVIDED BY: FIRST NATIONAL BANK BEMIDJI; CONTINUING THEIR SECOND CENTURY OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

MEMBER FDIC.

>> C.T.C.

; INTERNET, PHONE, AND T.V.

C.T.C; CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY ONLINE AT GOCTC.COM.

>> SOURCEWELL; BOOSTING STUDENT AND COMMUNITY SUCCESS RIGHT HERE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

MN.SOURCEWELL.ORG.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS OF MINNESOTA.

>> AND BY SANFORD HEALTH WITH PRIMARY CARE LOCATIONS IN BEMIDJI AND ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST.

SANFORD HEALTH IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING CARE CLOSE TO HOME.

LEARN MORE AT SANFORDHEALTH.ORG.

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

>> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, PROVIDING ALL FIBEROPTIC INTERNET SPEEDS UP TO 10 GIGS WITH NO DATA CAPS AND NO SPEED THROTTLING.

>> LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

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 BRAINERD MAN WHO FACED 21-FELONY CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING AND KILLING A MAN, SETTING A HOUSE ON FIRE, AND RAPING A WOMAN AND THEN KIDNAPPING HER AND HER FOUR CHILDREN HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO FIVE OF THE CHARGES.

36-YEAR-OLD CHAD AANERUD PLED GUILTY IN CROW WING COUNTY COURT YESTERDAY TO MURDER-FIRST DEGREE WITH INTENT, WHILE COMMITTING A FELONY, KIDNAPPING TO FACILITATE FELONY OR FLIGHT BURGLARY, FIRST DEGREE-POSSESSION OF A DANGEROUS WEAPON AND TWO COUNTS OF ASSAULT SECOND-DEGREE, DANGEROUS WEAPON THE REST OF THE CHARGES INCLUDING ONES FOR ARSON AND SEXUAL ASSAULT WERE DROPPED AS A PART OF THE PLEA AGREEMENT.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE, AROUND 1:50 A.M.

ON NOVEMBER FIRST OF 2024, AANURUD FORCED A WOMAN TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM, THEN BURNED HER PARENTS HOME DOWN AND STOLE NUMEROUS FIREARMS FROM THE HOME.

AFTER THE WOMAN AND HER CHILDREN FLED TO A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE THE NEIGHBOR, 62-YEAR-OLD LYLE MASKE, CONFRONTED ANERUDE AND ANERUDE SHOT AND KILLED HIM.

AANERUD THEN FORCED THE WOMAN AND HER CHILDREN TO LEAVE AT GUNPOINT AND THEY LEFT THE AREA IN A VAN.

AFTER AN AMBER ALERT WAS SENT OUT AROUND 6:30 A.M., THE VAN WAS SPOTTED NEAR LITTLE FALLS AND OFFICERS ARRESTED AANERUD AND NOTED HE SMELLED STRONGLY OF GASOLINE.

THE CHILDREN WERE IN THE VEHICLE AND UNHARMED.

THE WOMAN SUFFERED NUMEROUS INJURIES CONSISTENT WITH BEING PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED.

AANERUD'S SENTENCING HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 17TH.

>>> THE CITY OF BEMIDJI COULD BE WELCOMING ITS FIRST CANNABIS DISPENSARY WITHIN CITY LIMITS.

SOME RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE VOICED THEIR CONCERN WITH THE LOCATION OF THE POSSIBLE DISPENSARY.

A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD EARLIER TODAY TO POSSIBLY APPROVE A PERMIT FOR THE APPLICANT OF THE DISPENSARY.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THE POSSIBILITY OF A CANNABIS DISPENSARY COMING TO BEMIDJI HAS A LOT OF PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WORRIED, MOST OF THE CONCERN COME FROM THE LOCATION OF THE DISPENSARY, RIGHT ALONGSIDE HIGHWAY 197.

BEHIND SITS THE GYM BIN, A GYMNASTIC FACILITY.

IT'S CLASSIFIED AS A BUSINESS, IT'S NOT A PROTECTED FACILITY UNDER STATE CANNABIS ORDINANCES.

>> OUR REACH IS FAR GREATER THAN MOST OF THE PROTECTED SPACES, SEEMS VERY IRRESPONSIBLE.

>> Reporter: THE GYM BIN WELCOMES 400 YOUTHS WEEKLY FOR CLASSES AND BRINGS IN 2,000 YOUTH ATHLETES YEARLY FROM DAYCARES AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.

>> THIS CONFLICTS WITH BOTH THE SPIRIT AND PURPOSE OF OUR CITY'S CANNABIS BUFFER ZONE ORDINANCE AND UNDERMINE'S THE COMMUNITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT ITS YOUTH.

>> Reporter: THE APPLICANT FOR CITY CANNABIS SAYS SHE SPECIFICALLY CHOSE THIS SITE BECAUSE IT COMPLIES WITH ALL REQUIRED BUFFER ZONES.

>> IT IS NOT WITHIN 750 FEET OF A SCHOOL, 500 FEET OF A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY, 500 FEET OF A LICENSED DAYCARE, OR 500 FEET OF A PUBLIC PARK.

>> Reporter: THE BEMIDJI AREA SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT BELIEVES THAT BECAUSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LEASES SPACE TO THE GYM BIN, IT SHOULD FALL UNDER A PROTECTED SCHOOL ZONE.

>> THIS IS SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY WHILE IT'S BEING LEASED.

I KNOW THERE IS A LEGAL DEFINITION TO BE MET AS WELL.

>> Reporter: THAT BECAME THE SOURCE OF SOME CONFUSION AMONGST THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THEY WEREN'T SURE HOW THE LAWS WERE WRITTEN AND ARE SKEPTICAL ON HOW OFTEN THEY CHANGE.

>> I FORESEE THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE IN THE FUTURE, BUT WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE, WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS TIME.

I THINK, WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHAT OUR POSITION ON THIS IS TO APPLY IT TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR THE CITY, RIGHT OR WRONG.

THAT'S MY THOUGHT.

>> MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH WHERE DO YOU MEASURE.

>> NO ONE KNOWS, EVEN IF THE STATE DOESN'T KNOW, THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: THE PLANNING COMMISSION TABLED THE PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL JANUARY 22nd, TO DEFINE FACTS TO DENY THE APPROVAL OF THE BUSINESS PERMIT.

REPORTING IN BEMIDJI, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN'T MAKE A DECISION BY FEBRUARY 28TH, FIRST CITY CANNABIS WILL BE APPROVED FOR A INTERIM USE PERMIT.

>>> ANOTHER REPUBLICAN HAS JOINED THE RACE TO FILL CURRENT U.S.

SENATOR TINA'S SMITHS SEAT IN CONGRESS.

DAVID HAN ANNOUNCED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HE IS ANNOUNCING A RUN FOR THAT SPOT IN THE SENATE.

HAN SERVED IN THE STATE SENATE FROM 2003 TO 2017 AND WAS CHAIR OF THE MINNESOTA G.O.P.

FROM 2021 TO 2024.

HE IS NOW THE FOURTH REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE TO ANNOUNCE PLANS TO ENTER THE RACE.

SENATOR SMITH IS NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION AND DEMOCRATS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PEGGY FLANAGAN AND CONGRESSWOMAN ANGIE CRAIG HAVE ALSO ANNOUNCED PLANS TO SEEK THAT SEAT.

>>> THE BRAINERD POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CONSTANTLY WORKING TO ENSURE ITS CITIZENS REMAIN SAFE AND INFORMED THROUGH EVENTS AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL WENT TO ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS TO LEARN ABOUT HOW THEY ARE KEEPING THE COMMUNITY SAFE, AND HERE HE IS WITH MORE.

>> Reporter: AT THE CENTER IN BRAINERD, THURSDAYS ARE WIDELY KNOWN AS DONUT DAYS AND THERE IS NOTHING MORE SYNONYMOUS THAN COFFEE AND POLICE OFFICERS.

>> WE'RE AT THE CENTER HERE IN BRAINERD AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING A PRESENTATION TO MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON SCAM AND FRAUD.

I'M TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE THINGS WE'RE SEEING IN THE COMMUNITY AND COMMON TRENDS, AS WELL AS SOME THINGS AND MEASURES THEY CAN TAKE TO PREVENT FALLING VICTIM TO SCAM AND FRAUD.

>> Reporter: OFFICERS FROM THE BRAINERD POLICE DEPARTMENT SPOKE ON SOME OF THE COMMON SCAM AND FRAUD CASES SEEN IN THE AREA, WITH THE MOST PREVALENT BEING CRYPTOCURRENCY AND CATFISHING SCAMS.

>> IF SOMEONE TELLS YOU TO PAY IN BITCOIN OR GIFT CARDS, IT'S A SCAM.

THERE IS NO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT TAKES BITCOIN OR CRYPTOCURRENCY, NO ONE ACCEPTS GIFT CARDS.

IF THERE IS A DOUBT, COME TO A SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND WE CAN PROVIDE THE INSIGHT AND VET IT FOR YOU.

>> Reporter: THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WORK WITH CHILDREN DURING OUTREACH EVENTS, THERE IS NO AGE LIMIT IN KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE DIGITALLY AND IN REAL LIFE.

>> WE TALK ABOUT STRANGER DANGER TO KIDS AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCAM AND FRAUD AND THAT CAN BE COMMON IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS AND A WIDE VARIETY OF THOSE AGES.

>> Reporter: IT ALLOWS THE POLICE TO NOT ONLY INFORM THE COMMUNITY BUT CREATE BONDS WITH THEM AS WELL.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET OUT AND BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND GET TO TALK TO MORE PEOPLE, MEET MORE PEOPLE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY ENJOY DOING.

IT'S SOMETHING I LOVE ABOUT MY JOB AND WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING LIKE AN EVENT LIKE THIS OR GOING OUT TO SCHOOLS, DOING EVENTS LIKE SHOP WITH A COP AND SOME OF THOSE SIMILAR EVENTS.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT IS REALLY FUN TO BE A PART OF AND BE ABLE TO MEET PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> FOR ANYONE THAT MAY THINK THEY ARE BEING TARGETED BY SCAMMERS, CALL YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S NON-EMERGENCY LINE BEFORE TAKING ANY OTHER ACTIONS.

>>> IN THE MIDST OF THE WINTER HOLIDAY SEASON, AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM, AN AFFORDABILITY PROBLEM.

AND THE LATEST JOBS REPORT TUESDAY SHOWS THINGS MAY NOT BE GETTING MUCH BETTER.

ALTHOUGH, NEW FEDERAL DATA FOUND INFLATION UNEXPECTEDLY COOLED IN NOVEMBER, PEOPLE ARE STILL FEELING THE PINCH OF HIGH PRICES.

LEIGH WALDMAN IS LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY, LEIGH WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS MEAN FOR THE EVERYDAY HOUSEHOLD.

>> Reporter: THIS WEEK'S NOVEMBER JOBS REPORT REVEALED AMERICANS GOT A RAISE IN THE PAST YEAR.

WAGES ARE UP 3.5%, BUT MANY PEOPLE JUST AREN'T FEELING IT.

>> PEOPLE JUST DON'T FEEL AS CONFIDENT AS THEY USED TO, WHICH IS SORT OF A SCARY PLACE FOR AN ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH THURSDAY'S CONSUMER PRICE INDEX SHOWS THE RATE OF INFLATION SLOWED IN NOVEMBER TO 2.7%, THAT READING MAY BE INCOMPLETE DUE TO A DISRUPTION IN DATA COLLECTION DURING THE SHUTDOWN.

THERE IS NOT A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM IN PEOPLE'S WALLETS.

>> WHETHER WE'RE EATING AT RESTAURANTS, FILLING OUR GAS TANK, PAYING FOR OUR ENERGY BILL, IT WIPES AWAY THE INCOME GAINS.

>> Reporter: IT'S NOT HITTING ALL EARNERS EQUALLY.

HOUSEHOLDS WITH HIGHER INCOMES SAW 4% BUMP IN PAY AND MIDDLE INCOME WERE SEEING 2%.

AN ECONOMIST SAYS IT IMPACTS HOW PAY GAINS ARE FELT.

>> WEALTHY AMERICANS DON'T SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON GROCERIES.

LOW-INCOME AMERICANS WHO ARE SPENDING A LOT ON GROCERIES, IF THAT GOES UP BY 2%, THAT'S A LARGER INCREASE IN THEIR INCOME.

>> Reporter: WITH SOFTENING LABOR MARKETS, THE FUTURE SEEMS UNCERTAIN.

>> THE OPTIMISM IS THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE INFLATION RATE CONTINUES TO COME DOWN AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE LEVELS OFF AND COMES DOWN.

>> Reporter: IN NEW YORK, I'M LEIGH WALDMAN.

>> THE INFLATION REPORT WAS DELAYED EIGHT DAYS BY THE SHUTDOWN, WHICH ALSO PREVENTED THE LABOR DEPARTMENT FROM COMPILING OVERALL NUMBERS FOR CONSUMER PRICES AND CORE INFLATION IN OCTOBER AND DISRUPTED THE USUAL DATA-COLLECTING PROCESS.

THURSDAY'S REPORT GAVE INVESTORS, BUSINESSES AND POLICYMAKERS THEIR FIRST LOOK AT C.P.I.

SINCE THE SEPTEMBER NUMBERS WERE RELEASED ON OCTOBER 24TH.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL SEE COLD TEMPERATURES AND COLD WINDCHILLS IN THE AREA TONIGHT AND A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IS OUT FOR A PORTION OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, THE SCHOOL CRAFT COMMUNITY IS [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> BRIDGES OF HOPE, A FAITH-BASED NONPROFIT THAT CONNECTS PEOPLE IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA TO VITAL RESOURCES, OFFERING SUPPORT FOR FOOD, HOUSING, AND UTILITIES, IS HOPING TO RAISE $100,000 THROUGH ITS END-OF-YEAR CAMPAIGN BY DECEMBER 31ST.

FUNDS WILL SUPPORT MULTIPLE PROGRAMS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION INCLUDING RESOURCE CONNECTION SERVICES, OPERATION SANDWICH, AND THE BRIDGE ON SEVENTH OVERNIGHT SHELTER.

WITH WINTER RAMPING UP, MANY IN THE AREA ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP FOOD ON THE TABLE, MAINTAIN HOUSING, AND STAY WARM.

THANKS TO LOCAL DONORS, BRIDGES OF HOPE CAN CONTINUE RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR HELP WITH COMPASSION AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT.

>> WE GOT AN EXCITING PHONE CALL THIS WEEK FROM THE FAMILY OF CHARLES AT THE BRAINERD LAKES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

IF SOMEONE MAKE AS DONATION, IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT FAMILY IS GOING TO MATCH THAT GIFT UP TO 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO THEY'RE DOING THAT IN MEMORY OF THEIR BROTHER AND IN MEMORY OF THEIR PARENTS.

THEY WANT TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE FEEL THEIR GENEROSITY.

>> BRIDGES OF HOPE'S PROGRAMS SERVE THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EACH YEAR IN CROW WING COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

SOME PRETTY SEVERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN PARTS OF THE STATE TODAY.

>> Stacy: RIGHT, WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH THE MUCH OF THE DAY WITH THE SNOW ON THE GROUND AND STRONG WINDS.

WE HAD GUSTS 60 TO 65 MILES PER HOUR IN WESTERN MINNESOTA.

MOST OF IT HAS MOVED OUT, BUT WE HAVE SEEN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES EXPIRE OR COME TO AN END.

WE HAVE A COLD WEATHER [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAVE SEEN SOME VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY, ALONG WITH A LITTLE BIT OF FALLING SNOW, AND SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION AND RAIN EARLY ON TODAY.

THE TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN FALLING AND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES, WINTER STORM WARNINGS, BLIZZARD WARNINGS HAVE COME TO AN END.

WE STILL HAVE A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY AS WE SEE THE WINDCHILLS DROPPING TO -40 OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.

IT'S -5 AT THE AIRPORT.

WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH AT 14 MILES PER HOUR, AND OUR WINDCHILL IS AT -25.

HARD TO MEASURE THE SNOW WITH ALL THE WIND BLOWING IT AROUND, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A TRACE OF ACCUMULATION IN BEMIDJI.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 3 ABOVE, THE DEW POINT IS -7, 24 IS OUR WIND SPEED, THAT IS OUT OF THE NORTH.

WE HAVE GUSTS UP TO 38 AND THE WINDCHILL IS AT -20.

A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON ON FRIDAY FOR THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER OF MINNESOTA.

WE'LL SEE THE VERY COLD WINDCHILLS DROPPING TO AS LOW AS -38.

LOOKING AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE SEEN THE SNOW PUSH TO THE EAST.

WE'RE STARTING TO SEE CLEARING SKIES BEHIND IT, BUT AGAIN PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE DAY WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

SO WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME COLD ACTUAL TEMPERATURES AND OUR WINDCHILLS WILL BE IN THE 20s AND 30s BELOW ZERO, CLOSE TO -40 IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, IT LOOKS LIKE AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, WE HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS FROM AROUND THE AREA, ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SUN TRYING TO PEEK THROUGH THE CLOUDS.

BLOWING SNOW FROM SAMROSE IN PONEMAH.

GARY WITH THAT PHOTO OF A LITTLE BIT OF CLEARING IN THE CLOUDS IN DEER WOOD, AND CHRISSY WITH THE OVERCAST SKIES.

THIS WAS BEFORE THE SNOW AND THE WIND PICKED UP IN DEER WOOD.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, A HIGH OF 33 THIS MORNING.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, WINDY, PICKING UP AN INCH OF SNOW.

THE LOW IS AT 1.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, BLOWING SNOW, WINDY CONDITIONS.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST, A WINDCHILL OF -18, THE LOW IS OUR CURRENT TEMPERATURE AT 3.

IN BRAINERD, ON OUR ALMANAC, 38 WAS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE.

THAT WAS EARLY TODAY.

WE HAD BEEN SEEING THOSE TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

OUR LOW TEMPERATURE IS OUR CURRENT AT 3 AND WE HAD SUNRISE AT 7:56.

SIMILAR STORY IN BEMIDJI, EARLY HIGH TEMPERATURE IN THE MID-30s, WE SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES DROPPING, SO OUR LOW IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW AT -54:30 WAS OUR SUNSET.

TOMORROW WE WILL START WITH SOME SUNSHINE IN EASTERN MINNESOTA, BUT CLOUDS WILL START TO INCREASE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BEGIN BRINGING SOME LIGHT SNOW TO THE AREA.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, IT LOOKS LIKE HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID-TEENS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE SHOULD BE SEEING MID-TEENS FOR OUR HIGHS.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, BECOMING CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT, WITH LOWS DROPPING TO -14, BUT AGAIN WINDCHILLS IN THE -20 AND -30.

A CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON, SOME BLOWING SNOW IN THE NORTHWEST WITH HIGHS NEAR 14.

LOOKING AT THE WEEKEND FORECAST, WE WILL BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THIS WEEKEND, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE COLD WITH LOWS IN THE LOW TEENS.

WE COULD BE SEEING AN EARLY MORNING LOW ON SUNDAY OF -11.

THEN TEMPERATURES MODERATE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORKWEEK AND HIGHS COULD BE IN THE UPPER 20s ON MONDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: TIME FOR SPORTS NOW.

CHARLIE IS HERE AND THE WEATHER FORCED A LOT OF CANCELATIONS TODAY BUT BSU BASKETBALL STILL PLAYED ON.

>> U-MARY WAS IN TOWN AND THEY CAME IN BEFORE THE BAD WEATHER, IT'S LIKE THE WORST WINTER I'VE SEEN FOR CANCELING GAMES.

LUCKILY AGAIN, BSU GOT TO PLAY.

THEY HAVEN'T WON TWO GAMES IN A ROW ALL SEASON.

THEY WERE TRYING TO DO IT TONIGHT AGAINST U-MARY.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> THE SEASON'S BEEN AN EVEN SPLIT SO FAR FOR BSU MEN'S BASKETBALL.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY 5-5 OVERALL, 2-3 IN NSIC PLAY, AND HAVE YET TO REMAIN IN THE WIN COLUMN FOR MORE THAN A GAME.

THE BEAVERS SNATCHED A VICTORY FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY AT NORTHERN STATE LAST SATURDAY, ENDING THE GAME ON AN 8-0 RUN.

AND TONIGHT THEY GO FOR THEIR SECOND WIN IN-A-ROW AT HOME TAKING ON U-MARY.

10-MINUTES IN, FORMER BEMIDJI LUMBERJACK ISAAC SEVERTS, FROM DOWNTOWN, 7 OF HIS 9 CAME IN THE FIRST HALF, GAVE THE BEAVS A 29-24 LEAD.

BUT THE MAURADERS WOULD TIE AT 33, THEN TEE-SHAWN BOIS WOULD GIVE THEM THE LEAD WITH UNDER FIVE TO PLAY IN THE HALF.

LATER, BSU TRAILS BY ONE, JOHN PECARICH, LEADS THE LEAGUE AND TEAM FROM BEYOND THE ARC, BUT THIS TIME GOES INSIDE, THE HOOP AND THE HARM, HE HAD A GAME HIGH 33-POINTS AS BEAVERS GO BACK ON TOP.

30-SECONDS TO THE BREAK, DOM FAIRBANKS, BANG!, HE ADDED 10, BEMIDJI STATE LED 45-38 AT THE HALF.

AND THEY GET THEIR FIRST WINNING STREAK OF THE YEAR, 89-77 THE FINAL OVER U-MARY, OTHER BEAVERS IN DOUBLE DIGITS WERE AUSTIN JOSEPHSON WITH 16 AND HENRY SHANNON THE 3RD WITH 12.

>>> BSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ARE 6-3 OVERALL COMING INTO THEIR 10TH GAME OF THE SEASON, THEIR BEST START SINCE 2013.

THE BEAVERS HAVE YET TO DROP TWO GAMES IN A ROW AND HAD RUN UP A 3-GAME WIN STREAK UNTIL THEY STUMBLED THIS PAST SATURDAY AT NORTHERN STATE.

THEY ARE HOSTING U-MARY.

THEY WERE DOWN 5 EARLY.

EARLY SECOND QUARTER, KENDRA, FINDS THE REVERSE LAY.

SHE HAD 12 POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF.

LATER, BACK TO A 5-POINT GAME, BETH GETTING THE SHOOTER'S BOUNCE, HELPS BSU TO PULL WITHIN 2.

THEN MIDWAY, CASSANDRA, A GROWN WOMAN MOVES FOR THE DEUCE AND THEN THE AND ONE, MAKING IT 36.

NOW U-MIRTH -- MARY WINS, AND THE BEAVERS SUFFER A SECOND LOSS.

THEY HAVE MINOT STATE ON SATURDAY.

>>> IN BOYS BASKETBALL, LITTLE FALLS TRYING TO SNAP A THREE-GAME SKID, HOSTING CROSBY-IRONTON LOOKING FOR THEIR SECOND WIN AS WELL.

IT WAS A GAME OF RUNS EARLY TONIGHT, THREE MINUTES IN, OWEN GAUTHIER BANKS OPEN, FLYERS OPENED ON A 13-3 RUN.

THEN IT WAS C.I.

'S TURN, JACK KOVATOVICH LED ALL SCORING WITH 22 POINTS, RANGERS USE A 18-5 RUN TO TAKE A 21-18 LEAD.

FOUR MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF, TAY HEIER LACES ONE FROM THE CORNER, HE WAS THE FLIER'S TOP SCORER WITH 16 POINTS, LITTLE FALLS TOOK A 32-23 LEAD INTO HALFTIME.

THEY GO ON TO TAKE DOWN CROSBY-IRONTON, 63-53, EIGHTH GRADER JUDAH SCHULTZ ADDED 13 POINTS FOR THE FLYERS TONIGHT.

A FEW OTHER SCORES FROM GAMES THAT WERE NOT CANCELLED TONIGHT.

PILLAGER BEATS VERNDALE.

CASS LAKE-BENA GETS THE WIN OVER LAPORTE.

CASS LAKE-BENA GETS THE WIN OVER NEVIS.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS, 5 OVER PARK RAPIDS AND PILLAGER.

IN BOYS HOCKEY RIGHT NOW IN THE THIRD PERIOD, EDINA LEADS GRAND RAPIDS.

>>> NOW THE WILD ARE ON A FIVE GAME WIN STREAK, TWO OF THOSE WITH THEIR NEW SHINY TOY HUGHES.

LATE IN THE SECOND PERIOD, RYAN WITH THE EQUALIZER ON THE POWER PLAY, HIS 7th OF THE SEASON.

WILD WITH A CHANCE TO TAKE THE LEAD, TICK TACK, AND VLADIMIR 6th GOAL OF THE YEAR, MAKING IT 2-1.

THEN MIDWAY THROUGH THE THIRD, THIS GOAL, GREASIER THAN A COSTCO HOT DOG, HARRISON GIVE IT IS WILD THE LEAD AND THEY NEVER LOOK BACK.

5-2 THE FINAL, THEY WIN THEIR SIXTH STRAIGHT.

WALLSTAD IS 9-1-2, HOLDING OPPONENTS TO UNDER 2 GOALS A GAME.

>> Dennis: THEY'RE PLAYING VERY WELL.

>> Charlie: THEY ARE, LET'S KEEP IT AT THAT.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> SCHOOLCRAFT LEARNING COMMUNITY, A PUBLIC K THROUGH 8 CHARTER SCHOOL IN BEMIDJI, IS CELEBRATING THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK STOPPED BY FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, TO SEE WHY THE MILESTONE IS A BIG DEAL FOR THE SCHOOL, AND WHAT ACADEMIC FOCUSES MAKE THEM DIFFERENT FROM OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.

>> Reporter: SCHOOL CAT -- CRAFT LEARNING COMMUNITY STARTED AS A CHARTER SCHOOL IN BEMIDJI IN 2000.

THEY SPENT 18 YEARS AT THAT LOCATION AND IN 2018, MOVED TO THE OLD DEER LAKE SCHOOL IN BEMIDJI.

NOW, THEY ARE CELEBRATING 25 YEARS AS A SCHOOL.

>> THE IDEA WAS TO KIND OF BE ABLE TO BE INNOVATIVE IN THOSE SETTINGS, HAVE SPECIFIC FOCUSES, AND STILL MEETING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT COME IN BEING A PUBLIC SCHOOL.

>> WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THE NAME SCHOOLCRAFT, THEY THINK OF A SCHOOL THAT INVESTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND WANTS TO TAKE PART IN THE COMMUNITY IN A MEANINGFUL WAY AND THAT WE ARE A SCHOOL THAT LOVES OUR KIDS.

>> Reporter: BEING A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, SCHOOLCRAFT IS STILL HELD TO DISTRICT, CLASS, AND TESTING STANDARDS, BUT ALONG WITH THE GENERAL MATH AND SCIENCE CLASSES, THEY ARE ABLE TO OFFER MORE TO THEIR STUDENTS LIKE A FOREST CLASS AND BIANNUAL EXPEDITIONARY PROJECT FOR ALL GRADES.

>> THE IDEA OF CHARTER SCHOOLS IS NOT TO COMPETE WITH TRADITIONAL DISTRICTS BUT TO OVERALL PROVIDE MORE OPTIONS AND IMPROVE THE OVERALL EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY.

HERE WE HAVE 26 ACRES OF WOODS, WE BUILT OUT 5 CLASSROOMS IN THE WOODS THAT CAN BE USED BY THE FOREST PROGRAM OR ANY CLASS CAN GO OUT.

IF THEY WANT MASS IN THE WOODS, IT'S SET UP FOR THAT.

>> Reporter: KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST ARE ON THEIR OWN, AND THEN SECOND AND THIRD, AND THEN THEY ARE SPLIT UP.

WITH A CAPSIZE OF 22 STUDENTS, THEY HAVE AN EMPHASIS ON ONE-ON-ONE TEACHER STUDENT TIME.

>> I LOVE HAVING SMALL CLASSES.

IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN MAKING MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH THE STUDENTS AND BEING ABLE TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.

>> WE DO PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THE COMMUNITY AND THE CULTURE WE HAVE HERE, MORE OF THOSE CONNECTIONS AND REALLY CONNECTING STAFF TO STUDENTS PLAYS A VERY BIG PART IN THAT.

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

>> SCHOOL OFFICIALS ALSO SAY THAT ONE OF THE OTHER BIGGEST REASONS THAT SCHOOLCRAFT LEARNING COMMUNITY IS PROUD TO HIT THE QUARTER-OF-A-CENTURY MARK IS BECAUSE THEY WERE THE FIRST CHARTER SCHOOL IN BEMIDJI.

>>> CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM AND STACY HAS HAD A BUSY DAY WITH THIS WINTER WEATHER.

WE'LL GO BACK TO HER.

>> Stacy: MOST OF THE SNOW HAS MOVED OUT.

THE WINDS ARE STARTING TO DIMINISH.

WE DO HAVE A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON ON FRIDAY.

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

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

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

[♪♪♪]