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>> 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.

>>> THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IS HAS REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH ENBRIDGE TO ADDRESS AN AQUIFIER BREACH, THE SETTLEMENT IS RELATED TO THE LINE THREE REPLACEMENT PROJECT AT THE MOOSE LAKE SITE NEAR SWARTA IN AITKIN COUNTY.

ENBRIDGE REPORTED THE UPWELLING OF GROUNDWATER AT THE MOOSE LAKE SITE IN AUGUST OF 2022.

FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION, THE D.N.R.

DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A CONFINED AQUIFER BREACH AT THE SITE.

THE GROUNDWATER FLOW AT THE SURFACE FROM THE MOOSE LAKE BREACH WAS ESTIMATED AT 10 TO 15 GALLONS PER MINUTE, CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN THE 100-TO-300-PLUS GALLONS PER MINUTE AT THE THREE OTHER CONFIRMED AQUIFER BREACH SITES PREVIOUSLY INVESTIGATED BY THE D.N.R.

FROM THE FALL OF 2022 THROUGH 2023 ENBRIDGE PERFORMED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS DESIGNED TO STABILIZE THE SITE UNDER D.N.R.

OVERSIGHT.

THE D.N.R.

ALSO ESTABLISHED LONG-TERM MONITORING LOCATIONS AND PROTOCOLS FOR THE SITE AND WILL USE FUNDS FROM THIS SETTLEMENT TO PERFORM MONITORING.

AS PART OF THE RESOLUTION ENBRIDGE HAS AGREED TO FUND $1.2 MILLION IN SUPPLEMENTAL PROJECTS, TO BE SELECTED BY THE D.N.R.

TO BENEFIT NATURAL RESOURCES, PAY $300,000 IN CIVIL PENALTIES TO ADDRESS VIOLATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AQUIFER BREACH, FUND $100,000 FOR THE CONTINUED D.N.R.

OVERSIGHT OF THE MOOSEL AKE SITE.

AND PROVIDE $1.2 MILLION IN FINANCIAL ASSURANCE FOR MITIGATION OF ANY POTENTIAL FUTURE IMPACTS THAT THE BREACH MAY HAVE ON MOOSE LAKE OR OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE AREA.

THE COMPLETION OF THIS AGREEMENT CLOSES THE D.N.R.

'S ENFORCEMENT RELATED TO THE MOOSE LAKE SITE.

>>> ABOUT A MONTH AGO, ON NOVEMBER 19TH, THE HEMP-GROWING FARMHOUSE OF ENVIRNMENTALIST AND WRITER WINONA LADUKE WAS SHOT AT.

LADUKE WHO RAN AS VICE PRESIDENT ON THE RALPH NADER GREEN PARTY TICKET IN 1996 AND 2000 WAS NOT HOME AT THE TIME BUT THREE OF HER GRANDCHILDREN WERE INSIDE AT THE TIME.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS AN UPDATE, AS LADUKE IS CALLING FOR MORE INVESTIGATION, AND BETTER COMMUNICATION, FROM THE BECKER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

>> THIS SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE A BIG CONCERN.

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO SHOOT UP YOUR FARMHOUSE.

>> Reporter: ON NOVEMBER 18TH, AN UNIDENTIFIED SHOOTER FIRED BETWEEN 10 TO 20 SHOTS INTO THE FARMHOUSE OF ENVIRONMENTALIST WINONA LADUKE.

SHE WAS NOT HOME AT THE TIME BUT THREE OF HER GRANDCHILDREN WERE.

NONE OF THEM WERE INJURED DURING THE ATTACK.

>> THEY ARE TRAUMATIZED.

WE HAVE ANIMALS.

WE LIVE THERE.

I DON'T LIVE THERE ALL THE TIME BUT MY POINT IS THAT IS TRAUMATIC.

>> Reporter: LADUKE IS KNOWN FOR HER ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM WITH HONOR THE EARTH, AND PROTESTING THE ENBRIDGE LINE 3 PIPELINE PROJECT.

AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT YET DETERMINED IF THIS IS A TARGETED OR RANDOM ATTACK.

>> IN AN ERA WHERE YOU KNOW, STATE SENATORS ARE KILLED IN THEIR HOUSE BY GUNMEN, YOU KNOW, IS THIS A POLITICAL CRIME?

I DON'T THINK -- KNOW.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN TARGETED, WHICH IS A HATE CRIME, WHICH IS A BIG PROBLEM.

IT COULD BE TARGETED OR RANDOM JERKS.

THAT'S A LOT OF SHOTS TO FIRE AT A FARMHOUSE FULL OF KIDS.

>> Reporter: WHEN ASKED FOR AN UPDATE, TODD SAID TO LAKELAND PBS THAT IT'S AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION BUT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND OTHER AUTHORITIES ARE DILIGENTLY LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECT AND THE SITUATION IS NOT SOMETHING TO TAKE LIGHTLY.

>> I KNOW IT'S AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION BUT IT'S A PRETTY DEAL CONCERN THAT WE HAVE THAT IS TAKING SO LONG.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO WONDER, IF I WAS A WHITE PERSON AND SOMEONE HAD SHOT AT MY FARM, IF THINGS WOULD HAVE MOVED FASTER.

THAT'S A LONG TIME TO WAIT.

>> Reporter: LADUKE, HER FAMILY, AND THE BECKER COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE ASKING FOR ANYONE WHO SEEN ANYTHING FOR THEIR HELP.

>> THEY COULD SHOOT UP SOMEONE ELSE'S FARMHOUSE NEXT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> IF YOU WERE IN THIS AREA ON NOVEMBER 18TH, AT AROUND 6:00 P.M, AND NOTICED ANY SUSPICIOUS OR UNUSUAL ACTIVITY, PLEASE CONTACT THE BECKER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

>>> LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE SECRETARY-TREASURER LEONARD FINEDAY IS RESIGNING FROM HIS POSITION WITH THE BAND.

FINEDAY HAS SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2ND 2026.

THE BAND ANNOUNCED THE VACANCY TODAY.

THERE WILL NOT BE A SPECIAL ELECTION BECAUSE THE NEXT REGULAR ELECTION FOR THAT POSITION IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 31ST, SO THE BAND WILL LEAVE THE POSITION VACANT UNTIL THEN.

THE TRIBAL COUNCIL HAS DESIGNATED DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE LEON STAPLES TO ASSUME SIGNATURE AUTHORITY AND PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER AT BOTH THE RESERVATION BUSINESS COMMITTEE LEVEL AND ON THE MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA TRIBE TRIBAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE UNTIL THE REGULAR ELECTION PROCESS IS COMPLETE AND A NEW SECRETARY-TREASURER IS ELECTED AND SEATED.

>>> DUE TO A RECENT RISE IN RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES, HOSPITALS AND CLINICS IN THE SANFORD HEALTH BEMIDJI REGION WILL IMPLEMENT VISITOR RESTRICTIONS TO PROTECT PATIENTS AND EMPLOYEES FROM POTENTIALLY CATCHING AND SPREADING ILLNESS.

VISITOR RESTRICTIONS WILL BEGIN AT 7:00 A.M.

ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23RD.

THE RESTRICTIONS AT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING.

FOUR VISITORS ARE ALLOWED TO VISIT PER DAY, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ONLY TWO VISITORS ARE IN THE ROOM AT A TIME.

ALL MINOR VISITORS 15 YEARS OR YOUNGER MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT.

ONE VISITOR MAY SPEND THE NIGHT AS AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT PERSON.

PEOPLE WHO ARE ILL OR SHOWING SYMPTOMS SHOULD NOT VISIT FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ALL PATIENTS AND STAFF.

VISITING HOURS ARE 7:00 A.M, TO:00 8 P.M.

MASKS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED FOR PATIENTS AND VISITORS AT ALL LOCATIONS.

VISITORS RECENTLY EXPOSED TO A RESPIRATORY ILLNESS AND/OR VISITING A PATIENT WITH A RESPIRATORY ILLNESS MUST WEAR A MASK AT ALL TIMES.

ALSO WEARING A MASK IS REQUIRED FOR ALL VISITORS TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.

THE SPECIAL CARE NURSERY AND THE SANFORD JOE LUEKEN CANCER CENTER, PATIENTS SHOULD ALSO MASK AT THIS LOCATION.

>>> THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL HAS ACCEPTED THE FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR THEIR 2026 STREET RENEWAL DATE, AND HAS SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE TO BE HELD IN LATE JANUARY.

JEANETTE AVENUE, ALONG WITH 10TH AND 11TH STREET NORTHWEST WILL BE A PART OF THE PROJECT.

THE FEASIBILITY REPORTS CLAIMS THAT ALL THREE OF THOSE ROADS ARE OLDER, DETERIORATED, BITUMINOUS PAVED STREETS, THAT ARE IN NEED OF NEW SANITARY AND SEWER DRAINAGE.

THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE TOTAL STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS A LITTLE OVER $1.53 MILLION.

THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED POSSIBLY PUSHING THE PROJECT ANOTHER YEAR, BEFORE UNANIMOUSLY VOTING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.

>> WITH ALL OF THESE STREET SEGMENTS, THERE ARE MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES THAT WILL BE MADE TO THE UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, SOME OLD SANITARY SEWERS, WATER MAINS IN SOME PLACES GOING FROM CAST IRON PIPES AND UPDATING IT TO A MATERIAL THAT WE USE, AND SOME SEGMENTS OF STORM SEWER THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO THESE SECTIONS.

WE'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE ALL OF THESE SECTIONS CURB AND GUTTER.

>> A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 20TH BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

ALL OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE ASSESSED WILL BE MAILED A SEPARATE NOTICE INFORMING THEM OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT WOULD BEGIN IN MAY AND IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED SOMETIME IN OCTOBER 2026.

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

>> Stacy: PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AND END ACROSS THE AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND WE SHOULD ENJOY SUNSHINE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BUT A WEATHER SYSTEM BRINGS THE CHANCE OF MIXED PRECIPITATION STARTING ON CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, THE MED SPA IN PEQUOT LAKES HAS MERGED .

>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE ASSOCIATION.

BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MILLION CHRISTMAS TREES ARE PURCHASED IN THE UNITED STATES EVERY YEAR.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL CAUGHT UP WITH ONE CHRISTMAS TREE FARM TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES.

>> Reporter: CHRISTMAS TREES ARE A STAPLE OF THE HOLIDAY AND AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE FARM, THEY WANT THE SELECTION TO BE A FAMILY AFFAIR.

>> THE REASON THAT KATHY AND I HAVE THIS FARM AND HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS IS THAT WE WANTED A PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO GO AND ENJOY AND CELEBRATE THIS WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL HOLIDAY THAT SHOULD BE DONE AND WITH THE ENTIRE FAMILY.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS WITH THE FARM SAY THEY ARE A FULL-SERVICE CHRISTMAS TREE FARM AS THEY TRY TO PROVIDE THE BEST EXPERIENCE TO EVERYONE WHO DRIVES ON TO THE PROPERTY.

>> IF YOU COME OUT HERE AND YOU WANT TO GO ON THE COLDEST DAY TO CUT THE BIGGEST TREE ON THE FARTHEST CORNER, IF YOU WANT THAT TYPE OF EXPERIENCE OR YOU WANT TO SIT IN THE WAGON AND SAY CUT THAT ONE FOR ME CHUCK OR CALL ME AND SAY CUT A 9.5 FOOT TREE FOR ME CHUCK, I'LL BE THERE IN A COUPLE OF HOURS TO PICK IT UP, FULL-SERVICE.

WE'LL DO IT FOR YOU.

>> Reporter: THEIR BUSY SEASON RUNS FROM THANKSGIVING TO THE SECOND WEEK OF DECEMBER, THEY ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING ON FUTURE HARVESTS AS TREES CAN TAKE UP TO 10 YEARS TO GROW TO THE CORRECT SIZE.

>> I HAVE OUR SEEDLINGS TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE.

THAT'S DONE.

USUALLY IT'S IN THE COUPLE THOUSANDS WE PUT IN, 2,000 TO 3,000 WE PUT IN.

SO WE KNOW THEY ARE COMING AND THAT'S THE NEXT THING WE LOOK FOR SPRING TO BE PLANTING THOSE.

>> Reporter: THE HARD WORK HAS PAID OFF AS FAMILIES LEAVE THE FARM WITH NOT JUST A NEW CHRISTMAS TREE BUT SMILES ON THEIR FACES AS WELL.

>> IT'S FUN.

THESE SIX OR FIVE WEEKS THAT WE HAVE IS THE FUN TIME OF THE YEAR.

OUR EMPLOYEES, A LOT OF THEM HAVE COMMENTED HOW FUN IT IS TO WORK HERE BECAUSE EVERYBODY THAT IS COMING HERE IS HAPPY.

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

>> Dennis: CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE STACY AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WHITE ONE THIS YEAR.

>> Stacy: IT LOOKS THAT WAY.

WE HAD MILES PER HOURED -- MILD TEMPERATURES TODAY AND WE WILL SEE MORE SUNSHINE.

THERE IS A WEATHER SYSTEM THAT COULD IMPACT THE AREA AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH ABOUT FRIDAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE THAT COULD BRING US SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION, RAIN, FREEZING RAIN, OR SNOW [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

>> Stacy: WE SAW A LOT OF CLOUD COVER TODAY BUT TEMPERATURES WERE VERY MILD.

WE HAD HIGHS IN THE 20s AND 30s IN OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE WILL START TO SEE SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION THAT DEVELOPED TODAY TAPERING OFF OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

SO IT LOOKS DRY, IT LOOKS LIKE SOME SUNSHINE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING TOMORROW.

IT WILL BE COLDER.

THEN WE ARE WATCHING A WEATHER SYSTEM THAT HAS A SMALL CHANCE OF BRINGING US SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION AROUND CHRISTMAS.

AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE SOUTH WINDS AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, WITH A DEW POINT OF 23, AND HUMIDITY AT 81%.

IN BRAINERD, A DEW POINT OF 24, 74% HUMIDITY, VARIABLE WINDS AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, THERE HAS BEEN MIXED PRECIPITATION MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING.

WE SHOULD SEE IT MOVE OUT OF THE VIEWING AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, A FEW SNOW SHOWERS COULD LINGER IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE.

IT LOOKS LIKE QUIET WEATHER TOMORROW, SOME SUNSHINE, AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING.

EARLY HIGHS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, NATALIA SENDING US THE PHOTO OF LAST NIGHT'S SUNSET.

A LOT OF CLOUD COVER BUT SOME BEAUTIFUL SCENES FROM AROUND THE AREA TODAY.

SONYA WITH A PHOTO FROM TURTLE RIVER LAKE, ARLENE FROM MENAHGA AND CHRISSY FROM DEER WOOD.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, SONYA AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE REPORTING 17 THIS MORNING.

CHRISSY IN DEER WOOD, TOPPING OUT AT 34.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, A MIX OF SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS AND AN EARLY LOW OF 3.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, A HIGH OF 30.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 32 WAS OUR HIGH IN BRAINERD TODAY.

MILD TEMPERATURES TODAY.

5 WAS OUR LOW THIS MORNING, SUNRISE AT 7:58.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 29, SO IT'S ABOVE AVERAGE.

WE ARE USUALLY EXPECTING THE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 20s.

4 WAS OUR LOW AND WE HAD SUNRISE AT 8:05.

SO AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE WILL BE SEEING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, THESE CLOUDS WILL BE MOVING OUT QUICKLY AND OVERALL, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE GETTING COLDER AND THESE HIGHS WILL PROBABLY BE EARLY IN THE DAY AND THEN TEMPS WILL START TO FALL.

WE'RE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR HIGHS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, BUT 12 IN BEMIDJI, OVER TO GRAND RAPIDS, WHICH SHOULD TOP OUT AT 22 EARLY IN THE DAY WITH 20 TO 25 IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

AGAIN, THESE ARE EARLY TEMPERATURES WE WILL BE SEEING, COOLER TEMPERATURES, AND FALLING TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, EVEN SOME FREEZING FOG IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

LOWS DOWN TO 5.

PARTLY SUNNY TOMORROW, 13 FOR A HIGH, BUT ANY TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

WEDNESDAY, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY, AND TEMPERATURES ARE BACK UP IN THE UPPER 20s AND LOW 30s.

AS WE HEAD INTO MAINLY CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON, CLOUDS ARE BACK, WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN, FREEZING RAIN, OR SNOW THAT WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AND MIXED PRECIPITATION EARLY THIS WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD, HIGHS IN THE LOW 30s, AND THEN A COOL DOWN EXPECTED AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: OKAY, THANKS STACY.

WELL CHARLIE HAS TONIGHT OFF BUT I WILL BE BACK WITH A LOOK AT YOUR SPORTS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>> WELL CHARLIE HAS TONIGHT OFF BUT I'LL BE BACK AFTER THIS BREAK WITH A LOOK AT YOUR LOCAL SPORTS.

WE BEGIN WITH BOYS HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY AND BEMIDJI HOSTING ROSEAU.

BEMIDJI STARTED THE SEASON SLOW WITH A 1-2 START BUT HAVE WON FOUR STRAIGHT, AND HAVE SEEMED TO FIND THEIR DEFENSIVE IDENTITY AS OF LATE, ONLY ALLOWING TWO GOALS IN THEIR LAST THREE GAMES.

MEANWHILE ROSEAU, LEGENDARY PROGRAM WITH A STATE RECORD 34 STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES AND SEVEN STATE TITLES, BUT THIS YEARS SQUAD HASN'T RESEMBLED THOSE STORIED TEAMS SO FAR THIS YEAR.

ROSEAU JUST 2-6 ENTERING TONIGHTS GAME AGAINST THE JACKS.

IN THE FIRST PERIOD, BEMIDJI STRIKES FIRST.

ON THE WRISTER, MATFIELD WITH THE SCORE, 1-0 JACKS.

ROSEAU TIES IT ON THIS GOAL BY SOPHOMORE ANTOINE.

BEMIDJI COMES RIGHT BACK.

CAM BENTFIELD PUTS THE JACKS BACK IN FRONT WITH THAT GOAL.

BEMIDJI BUILDS A 3-1 LEAD, BUT ROSEAU RALLIES TO TIE AND THEN LATE IN OVERTIME, A SCORE TO WIN IT FOR THE RAMS, FINAL SCORE ROSEAU 4, BEMIDJI 3 IN OVERTIME.

>>> MEANWHILE, SAME TWO SCHOOLS WENT AT IT TONIGHT IN GIRLS HOCKEY, THIS ONE TAKING PLACE IN ROSEAU THOUGH PRE-TOURNAMENT WORLD JUNIOR HOCKEY ACTION CONTINUED TONIGHT AT THE SANFORD CENTER.

21 ON THE SEASON, LOOK AT NAOMI, SHE FIRES IT IN AND 2 GOALS AS WELL.

BEMIDJI GOES ON TO WIN IT EASILY, 6-1 THE FINAL SCORE.

THEY IMPROVE TO 9-1 ON THE YEAR.

>>> ALSO TONIGHT, MOORHEAD HANDLES BRAINERD, 9-1 IN GIRLS HOCKEY.

>> THE LAST OF THREE GAMES IN BEMIDJI MATCHED UP SLOVAKIA AND CZECHIA.

CZECHIA FEATURES A TEAM WITH 13 NHL DRAFT PICKS INCLUDING THIS GUY, MINNESOTA WILD DRAFT PICK ADAM BENAK.

BENAK A FOURTH ROUND PICK OF THE MINNESOTA WILD IN LAST SPRINGS DRAFT.

DESPITE STANDING JUST 5-8, BENAK TURNED HEADS AT THE WILDS PROSPECT SHOWCASE THIS PAST SEPTEMBER AND HE'S HOPING TO HELP CZECHIA MEDAL FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR.

TONIGHT IT WAS 67KZ -- THEM WINNING 3-1, THE WORLD JUNIOR TOURNAMENT BEGINS ON FRIDAY IN ST.

PAUL.

>>> IT'S BEEN A GOOD START TO THE SEASON FOR THE BEMIDJI HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM, THE LUMBERJACKS ARE 7-2 ON THE YEAR BUT A STIFF TEST TONIGHT WITH ST.

MICHEAL-ALBERTVILLE IN TOWN.

KNIGHTS JUST 3-3 SO FAR THIS YEAR, BUT LAST WINTER THEY BEAT THE JACKS BY 24-POINTS TO END THE JACKS SEASON IN THE PLAYOFFS.

COULD TODAY BE ANY DIFFERENT?

PICK IT UP, EARLY ON, JACKS PLAYED WELL.

CARLY GOING UP STRONG FOR TWO, SHE HAD 11.

BIG NIGHT FOR BEMIDJI'S FORWARD, THREE POINTER THERE, AND SHE LED THE JACKS WITH 24.

IT WAS 17-ALL WITH 6 MINUTES LEFT TO GO AND DIVISION 1 PROSPECT TAKES OVER, SHE HAD 27, SHE IS HEADED TO COLORADO AND SAINT MICHAEL ALBERTVILLE BEATS BEMIDJI, THE FINAL 75-52.

>>> IT'S BEEN A COMPLETE 180 FOR BEMIDJI BOYS BASKETBALL, WHO DROPPED THEIR FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE SEASON BEFORE WINNING THEIR LAST FOUR IN A ROW.

SPORTS DIRECTOR CHARLIE STOPPED BY PRACTICE TO GET THE INSIDE SCOOP ON THE LUMBERJACKS TURNAROUND.

>> Reporter: EXPECTATIONS WERE HIGH FOR BEMIDJI BOYS BASKETBALL COMING INTO THE SEASON.

AFTER LOSING THEIR FIRST TWO GAMES, EXPECTATIONS WEREN'T MATCHING REALITY.

>> WE WERE DEFINITELY FRUSTRATED, WE TOOK IT OUT AT PRACTICE.

WE HAD FOUR PRACTICES BEFORE WE PLAYED AND I THINK THAT REALLY HELPED US, TO GET OUT THE FRUSTRATION AND GET BETTER AND WE DID.

>> Reporter: IT WAS THE DEFENSE THAT SAW THE MOST IMPROVEMENT AFTER ALLOWING 99 AND 76 POINTS IN THEIR FIRST TWO LOSSES, THEY WON THEIR NEXT TWO CONTESTS.

>> I THOUGHT WE ARE IN GOOD SPIRITS RIGHT NOW.

COMING OFF THE TWO WINS HELPED THE TEAM'S CONFIDENCE.

WE NEED TO FINISH THE DEFENSE POSSESSION.

>> Reporter: THE LUMBERJACKS ARE EXPECTED TO SCORE AND SCORE A LOT.

THIS SEASON, THEY'RE AVERAGING OVER 80 POINTS A GAME, UP FROM THEIR 70-POINT AVERAGE A YEAR AGO.

JACKSON IS THE TEAM'S LEADING SCORER WITH THE ABILITY TO HIT A THREE FROM ALMOST ANYWHERE ON THE COURT BUT THE IMPROVEMENT DOESN'T JUST LIE WITH HIM.

>> WE MOVE THE BALL BETTER, JUST AS A TEAM, MAKING THE EXTRA PASS, THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE EASIEST THING TO DO.

JUST GIVING UP THAT EXTRA PASS FOR A BETTER SHOT.

>> Reporter: A MATURE ANSWER FROM A MATURE SENIOR.

IN FACT, 10 OF THE 11 BOYS ON THE ROSTER ARE SENIORS AND IT'S EXPECTED THEY USE THEIR LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE TO KEEP THE TEAM HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> I THINK WE'RE GETTING CLOSE, STILL NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

I THINK WE STILL NEED TO CLEAN UP REBOUNDING.

OUR TRANSITION DEFENSE ISN'T GREAT, BUT IT'S GETTING BETTER.

I THINK THOSE ARE THE BIG THINGS OF -- >> JUST TO PLAY OUR BEST AND KEEP GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY SO WE'RE READY FOR THE SECTION TOURNAMENT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI, CHARLIE YAEGER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: AND THAT'S IT FOR SPORTS.

I'LL BE >> THE CRYO PNEUMA MED SPA IN PEQUOT LAKES HAS MERGED WITH THE RECOVERY ROOM AND ADOPTED THE NAME.

REPORTER MILES WALKER LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE NEW ADDITIONS AND WHAT'S IN STORE FOR THE RECOVERY ROOM IN THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: SINCE JOINING THE BRAINERD LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, STACY AND MIKE HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK LOOKING FOR A WAY TO ENHANCE THE MED SPA, HOWEVER THAT ANSWER STOOD RIGHT BESIDE THEIR SPACE THE ENTIRE TIME.

>> IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN THE WORKS, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF EXPANDING AND FINDING THE RIGHT TIME.

WE STARTED WITH CRYO THERAPY.

>> I WAS THINKING OF WAYS TO CALM THEIR NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THIS IS A REALLY GOOD AVENUE FOR THAT.

>> Reporter: SINCE MERGING WITH THE RECOVERY ROOM, THEY HAVE SINCE IMPLEMENTED MANY OPTIONS THAT THOSE WHO WALK THROUGH THE DOOR CAN EXPERIENCE, FROM PLUNGES, TO SAU -- SAUNAS.

>> WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE RECOVER FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

WE WANTED TO OFFER SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY AND MULTIPLE THINGS FOR MANY PEOPLE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN COME IN AND HAVE A WHOLE TRANSFORMATION AND ONE STOP SHOP.

>> Reporter: THE RECOVERY ROOM'S MISSION IS TO WELCOME THE HERO WITHIN AS THE WELLNESS SPACE BELIEVES THAT TRUE RECOVERY BEGINS WHEN THE BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT ARE BROUGHT BACK INTO HARMONY, ALL COINCIDING WITH THE BASIS.

>> OUR BODIES ARE INCREDIBLE AND THEY WANT TO HEAL THEMSELVES.

PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE TOOLS THAT CAN DO THAT FOR THEM.

THAT'S OUR PURPOSE.

>> COMING BACK FROM OVERSEAS, I HAD TWO TO THREE YEARS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT PHYSICAL AILMENTS THAT STARTED WITH MENTAL AILMENTS.

I HAD TO INCORPORATE EVERYTHING TO START MY JOURNEY.

IT STARTS FROM WITHIN.

>> Reporter: THEY SPENT A YEAR WORKING IN NURSING WHERE SHE GAINED THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE SHE DRAWS FROM.

SHE INSPIRES TO UPLIFT AND TOUCH AS MANY SOULS AS POSSIBLE THROUGH HER WORK.

>> I HAVE GONE THROUGH MY OWN STRUGGLES AND FAMILY STRUGGLES AND I FOUND NEW WAYS TO RESTORE BALANCE WITHIN MYSELF.

I WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT EQUIP OR HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN PEQUOT LAKES WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE CLOSING IN ON CHRISTMAS AND SOME MILD TEMPERATURES IT LOOKS LIKE FOR MIDWEEK AS WE HIT CHRISTMAS.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING A WARM UP BUT IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COLDER AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

SUNSHINE AND HIGHS WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOW 20s.

TOMORROW, EXPECT THE TEMPERATURES TO FALL.

THE CHANGE IS GOING TO COME AS WE HEAD INTO CHRISTMAS DAY AND THE AFTERNOON, WE HAVE THE CHANCE FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY AND A CHANCE ON SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE TIME PERIOD AND EXPECT TO SEE COLDER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS FOR WATCHING EVERYBODY.

WE ARE DONE AND WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

GOOD NIGHT.

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