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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.

[♪♪♪] >> Matthew: HI EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING, MY NAME IS MATTHEW FREEMAN FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> DUNMIRE'S ON THE LAKES, A LOCAL RESTAURANT IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA, IS FACING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND WILL BE CLOSED INDEFINITELY, AFTER THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WATER FLOODED THE FLOORS OF THE RESTAURANT.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, AN OVERHEAD FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED INSIDE THE RESTAURANT, WHICH RELEASED MORE THAN 15,000 GALLONS OF WATER INTO THE BUILDING.

THE FLOODING CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DESTRUCTION TO BOTH THE MAIN FLOOR AND LOWER LEVEL, FORCING THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF THE RESTAURANT AND LEAVING ITS ENTIRE STAFF WITHOUT WORK DURING REPAIRS.

FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS HAVE LAUNCHED A GO-FUND-ME CAMPAIGN TO HELP OFFSET THE COSTS OF INSURANCE, SUPPORT THE DISPLACED EMPLOYEES, AND GET THE LOCAL RESTAURANT BACK UP.

WE WILL PROVIDE A LINK TO THE CAMPAIGN ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> A HOUSE NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA IN MILTONA TOWNSHIP IS NOW A COMPLETE LOSS, AFTER A FIRE ERUPTED JUST OUTSIDE OF THE HOME OVER THE WEEKEND.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28TH AT AROUND 3:44 P.M., THEIR OFFICE RECEIVED A CALL FROM WAYNE KING OF MILTONA.

REPORTING A HOUSE FIRE ON MILTONA BAY ROAD NORTHEAST.

KING HAD REPORTED SMOKE AND FLAMES, SO THE HOUSE WAS EVACUATED.

ONCE FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, THEY FOUND THE WEST SIDE OF THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE, WITH A CARPORT WITH THE OWNERS' CAR INSIDE, AND A SHED ALREADY DESTROYED.

THE STRUCTURE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS FROM FIRE, SMOKE, AND WATER DAMAGE.

KING HAD REPORTED HAVING PLUGGED AN EXTENSION CORD INTO THE VEHICLES BLOCK HEATER, ABOUT AN HOUR PRIOR TO NOTICING THE FIRE.

THE KINGS WERE ASSISTED ON SCENE BY NEIGHBORS AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.

TWO MINNESOTA D.N.R.

CONSERVATION OFFICERS ALSO ASSISTED ON SCENE, AND A DOUGLAS COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS SNOWPLOW OPERATOR WAS NEARBY, AND CLEARED MILTONA BAY ROAD OF SNOW AND SNOW DRIFTS.

ALLOWING FOR A SAFER RESPONSE FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES.

>>> AT THE END OF EVERY CALENDAR YEAR, VISIT BEMIDJI, THE LOCAL DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION, REPORTS THE TOURISM AND ECONOMY CHANGES THAT THE CITY HAS SEEN.

AT THE LAST BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE GROUP SPOKE ABOUT WHAT 2025 BROUGHT TO BEMIDJI, AND OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS FOR US.

>> Reporter: VISIT BEMIDJI, A NON-PROFIT THAT HAS BEEN IN THE AREA SINCE 1989 MADE THEIR 2025 REPORT ON THE PAST YEAR.

ONE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION WAS ON HOTELS AND THE LODGING TAX FROM 2025.

>> PROJECTED AROUND $560,000, AN INCREASE FROM 2019 TO ABOUT 10 -- $100,000 INCREASE.

WE'RE PROJECTING TO GET WHAT WE RECEIVED IN 2024 AND 2023 BEING THE HIGHEST YEAR WE EVER RECEIVED IN LODGING TAX.

>> Reporter: THIS IS DESPITE THE DEVASTATING WIND STORM IN LATE JUNE.

>> AROUND 44 BUSINESSES AND MADE A TOTAL OF 6 VIDEOS.

WE GAVE THEM FLIP CARDS, 4 DIFFERENT FLIP CARDS SAYING BEMIDJI WELCOMES YOU AND BEMIDJI IS OPEN TO BUSINESS.

WE GOT 2.3 MILLION VIEWS AND OUR LODGING TAX HAD A RECORD INCREASE IN JULY OF 6.4%.

WE SHOWCASED THE COMMUNITY THAT COMES TOGETHER AND KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN DURING TOUGH TIMES.

>> Reporter: INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT EVENTS, NOT ONLY INTENDED TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER BUT BRINGING PEOPLE FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES TO ENJOY THE CITY AS WELL.

>> YOU CAN SEE BIRCHMONT BASS, DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL, BEMIDJI DAYS, THE HIGH SCHOOL REUNION IN JULY AND THE BIRCHMONT GOLF TOURNAMENT, A DESTINATION EVENT FOR BEMIDJI.

>> Reporter: THE TOURIST CENTER GETS MONEY BACK FOR THE CITY.

>> $27,750 IN ADDITION TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS, $8,050 GOES TO THE PAUL BUN JANUARY RESTORATION FUND.

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

>> ALONG WITH THE WE ARE OPEN CAMPAIGN DURING THE BEMIDJI STORM, VISIT BEMIDJI'S OTHER BIGGEST 2025 CAMPAIGN WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BEMIDJI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

THE IDEA WAS TO HELP UNCOVER THE CITY'S HIDDEN GEMS, AND TOOK THE ORCHESTRA ON A TOUR OF THE CITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE SUMMER, FALL, AND WINTER TOURISM SEASONS.

THE WINTER AD CAMPAIGN WILL DEBUT ON FEBRUARY 22ND.

>>> WITH MARIJUANA NOW LEGAL IN MINNESOTA, MORE AND MORE CANNABIS DISPENSARIES AND GROW OPERATIONS ARE POPPING UP ACROSS THE STATE.

QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW SAFE THEY ARE WERE RAISED RECENTLY WHEN ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES IN MAHNOMEN CAUGHT FIRE.

CONCERNS OF AN EXPLOSION PROMPTED EVACUATIONS.

THE MOORHEAD FIRE DEPARTMENT'S HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM HAD TO RESPOND TO THE CALL TO HELP THOSE SMALL TOWN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS EVEN THOUGH MAHNOMEN IS MORE THAN AN HOUR AWAY.

REPORTER MATT HENSON SPOKE WITH THE EXPERTS TO SEE IF THE SAFETY CONCERN IS WARRANTED.

>> Reporter:.

>> THAT ONE RUN IS NOT A TREND.

>> Reporter: THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM THE MOORHEAD FIRE DEPARTMENT.

>> TO BE HONEST, I WOULD BE MORE CONCERNED WITH THINGS THAT ARE TRAVELING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD OR ON THE RAIL, EVEN SOME OF THE STUFF WE HAVE HERE IN TOWN TARGET, WAL-MART, JUST IN GENERAL BULK STORAGE OF CHEMICALS.

>> Reporter: THEY RESPONDED TO LAST WEEK'S FIRE IN MAHNOMEN.

THERE WAS 60 GALLONS OF BUTANE, A FLAMMABLE GAS IN THE EXTRACTION AREA.

>> TRYING TO STRIP T.H.C.

OUT OF THE CANNABIS, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT CAN DO THAT.

SOME OF THOSE PROCESSES INVOLVE FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS OR FLAMMABLE GASES.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS A CANNABIS PLANT DOES NOT HAVE ANYMORE OF A RISK THAN A TOMATO PLANT.

THE PROCESS IS USUALLY DONE FOR QUANTITY, NOT QUALITY.

MANY CANNABIS BUSINESSES, INCLUDING ALL IN MOORHEAD, ARE USING WHAT IS CALLED A COLD PRESS METHOD, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE FLAMMABLE MATERIAL.

>> SO INSTEAD OF USING THOSE THINGS THAT COULD CAUSE US PROBLEMS, THEY'RE JUST FREEZING IT, PUTTING IT UNDER PRESSURE, AND WARMING IT BACK UP.

THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GETTING THE DESIRED COMPOUNDS OUT OF THE PLANT.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE CANNABIS MAY BE NEW, THE MATERIALS AND SIDE IS NOT.

FIREFIGHTERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO UNDERGO ANY NEW TRAINING FOR POSSIBLE SCENARIOS AT THESE FACILITIES.

>> THIS PULLS INTO THE REALM OF THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TEAM, JUST AS A TECHNICIAN.

IT'S IDENTIFY YOUR PROBLEM, WHAT WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE IT.

>> Matthew: OFFICIALS SAY IF BUSINESSES USE SOLVENTS OR FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS AND GASES TO STRIP THE CANNABIS PLANTS THE LOCAL FIRE INSPECTOR DOES PUT MORE SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE THE MOORHEAD HAZMAT TEAMS COVERS ALL OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AS FAR NORTH AND EAST AS INTERNATIONAL FALLS.

>>> WHILE THE WINTER JUST OFFICIALLY BEGUN LAST SUNDAY, MINNESOTA HAS BEEN SEEING PLENTY OF SNOW SINCE THANKSGIVING.

REPORTER MILES WALKER SAT DOWN WITH THE CROW WING COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, TO SEE HOW THE SNOWPLOWERS ARE HANDLING WHAT COULD BE A VERY WHITE WINTER SEASON FOR THE LAND OF TEN THOUSAND LAKES.

>> Reporter: DURING THE 2024-25 WINTER, CROW WING COUNTY RECEIVED BETWEEN 30 AND 40 INCHES OF SNOW.

THIS YEAR, THE COUNTY IS AROUND THE 30-INCH MARK.

>> WE HAD A LOT OF LONG DAYS AND EARLY MORNINGS.

OUR GUYS IN THE LAST 18 DAYS HAD 1,400 HOURS OF SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL.

THAT INCLUDES SALTING, STRIPPING OF PACKED ICE, THINGS LIKE THAT.

EACH CREW HAS 40 OR 50 MILES OF HIGHWAY THEY PLOW.

>> Reporter: THE PAST TWO WINTERS HAS BEEN WITH REGARDS TO SNOW ACCUMULATION, THE CROW WING COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS A SURPLUS OF SUPPLIES, INCLUDING SALT.

THE DEPARTMENT BEGINS PREPPING FOR THE WINTER AS EARLY AS THE PREVIOUS SPRINGS.

>> WE TAKEN DELIVERY A THIRD OF OUR SALT FOR THE YEAR UNDERNEATH OUR CURRENT CONTRACT, TRYING TO UTILIZE SOME 2025 BUDGE THAT HAD EXTRA MONEY IN IT FOR SALT.

WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO OVER 20% OF WHAT WE HAVE RESERVED AND WE HAVE A LOT RESERVED.

>> Reporter: SCHOOLS IN THE AREA HAVE ALREADY STARTED TAPPING INTO THEY'RE SNOW DAYS, LATE STARTS, AND EARLY DEPARTURES AS THE ROADS PROVED TO BE DANGEROUS THROUGH THE FIRST MONTH OF THE SEASON.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO IT FROM A SAFETY ASPECT AND A PLANNING SIDE.

WE'RE OVER THE STATE'S REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL DAYS, SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO PLAY WITH THAT COULD BE A NO SCHOOL DAY AND NO E-LEARNING.

THEY GIVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FIVE E-LEARNING DAYS WE MAY NEED TO TAP INTO LATER THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: THEY WILL STAY IN TUNE WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, ALL IN AN EFFORT TO STAY READY FOR THE NEXT SNOWSTORM AND KEEP THE COMMUTE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.

>> OUR GOAL SYSTEM IS THAT WE REACH A PLOW PASS DOWN THE ROAD AND A PRIORITY ONE WITHIN SIX HOURS OF THE TERMINATION OF THE EVENT.

OUR DRIVERS WORK NOR MORE THAN 16 TO 18 HOUR SHIFTS.

WE'RE MAKING THE ROUTES SAFER FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES, TRAVELING PUBLIC, SCHOOL BUSES, ET CETERA.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE CROW WING COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ASKS THAT THOSE ON THE ROAD GIVE SNOWPLOW DRIVERS ROUGHLY 500 FEET OF SPACE BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND THE TRUCKS.

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

>> Stacy: AND WE MAY SEE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, A POTENTIAL OF MORE TOMORROW EVENING AND THE NEXT NIGHT.

COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE HERE TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, HOW BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE AFFECTING CENTRAL AND EASTERN UNITED STATES.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >>> IN THE MIDST OF ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL STRETCHES OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON, A POWERFUL, RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING WINTER STORM IS SWEEPING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S.

IT'S PACKING A PUNCH, BLIZZARD CONDITIONS, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES.

LEIGH WALDMAN BRINGS US THE LATEST ON THE STORMS IMPACT.

>> Reporter: A VAST WIDE-RANGING STORM IS BRINGING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS, STRONG WINDS, ICE STORMS, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, AND EXTREME TEMPERATURE DROPS TO MILLIONS ACROSS THE U.S.

WITH MORE THAN 100 MILLION PEOPLE EXPECTING TO HIT THE ROAD FOR END OF YEAR TRIPS, THE STORM IS ADDING TO AN ALREADY CHALLENGING TRAVEL PERIOD.

>> WE'RE TRYING TO BEAT IT.

>> I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE THROUGH THAT.

>> DRIVE SLOWER, PAY ATTENTION WHEN THERE IS A BRIDGE COMING, SNOW DOWN BECAUSE THOSE MAY GET ICY.

>> TRUST IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.

IF NOT, IT WILL BE OVER.

>> Reporter: FROM IOWA TO THE MINNESOTA BORDER HAS BEEN CLOSED OR DEEMED UNSAFE.

DOZENS OF CRASHES WERE REPORTED ON SUNDAY, INCLUDING A 14-VEHICLE CRASH ON I-35 ACCORDING TO IOWA STATE PATROL.

>> THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WITH YOU IF YOU WERE UNEXPECTEDLY GOING TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN THE CROWD.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 330,000 CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT POWER, MOST IN MICHIGAN.

MEANWHILE, IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY AIR TRAVEL SEASON, FLIGHTS ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THE WEATHER.

THOUSANDS WERE DELAYED OR CANCELED SUNDAY, INCLUDING DISRUPTIONS AT CHICAGO'S O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHERE A THUNDERSTORM PROMPTED A TEMPORARY GROUND STOP.

IT ALSO SPARKED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY, BRINGING DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOS REPORTED IN PARTS OF ILLINOIS.

IN NEW YORK, I'M LEE LEE.

FORECASTERS SAID THE STORM INTENSIFIED QUICKLY ENOUGH TO MEET THE CRITERIA OF A BOMB CYCLONE, A SYSTEM THAT RAPIDLY STRENGTHENS AS PRESSURE DROPS.

THE SHARP COLD FRONT LEFT PARTS OF THE CENTRAL U.S.

WAKING UP MONDAY, TO TEMPERATURES AS MUCH AS 50 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT COLDER THAN THE DAY BEFORE.

>> Matthew: WELL, THAT STORM CAUSED SOME DELAYS AT LAKELAND, BUT LUCKILY EVERYONE IS HERE AND HOPEFULLY NO MORE STORMS THE REST OF THE WEEK.

>> Stacy: NO STORMS, BUT WE COULD SEE MORE SNOW TONIGHT, TOMORROW NIGHT, AND WEDNESDAY MORNING, THERE COULD BE MORE.

LOOKS LIKE NOTHING IS GOING TO CAUSE MUCH IN THE WAY OF ACCUMULATION.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME COLD TEMPERATURES AS WE START THE NEW [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE DID GET TO ENJOY SOME SUNSHINE TODAY BUT TEMPERATURES STAYED A LITTLE BIT COLD.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE A WARM UP TOMORROW.

HOWEVER, THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, MAYBE SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATION OUT OF THAT.

ANOTHER POTENTIAL SYSTEM COULD BE MOVING IN TOMORROW NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, AGAIN NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF ACCUMULATION.

IT IS GOING TO USHER IN SOME COLDER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEW YEAR.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 0 AT THE AIRPORT WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

THAT IS GIVING US A WINDCHILL OF -10.

OUR DEW POINT IS AT -5.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 3 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS -5, WINDS ARE WEST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, WITH A WIND CHILL OF -8.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MOISTURE MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE STATE.

THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW REPORTS OF FLURRIES AND LIGHT SNOW IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE THAT SOME OF THE SNOW COULD BE DEVELOPING ACROSS MOST OF OUR VIEWING AREA, THE EXCEPTION BEING FAR CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT THAT WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE EXITING AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THAT NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM BRINGING SOME SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE TO NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

WE HAVE THE SUN DOGS SPOTTED IN MENAHGA BY ARLENE.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE THIS MORNING IN DEER WOOD.

GARY SPOTTING THE MOON IN THE BLUE SKY, WITH BEAUTIFUL SHOTS FROM THIS EVENING FROM ANGELA IN CASS LAKE AND SONYA AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE, LABELING THAT ONE MOON DOG.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, 1 INCH OF TOTAL SNOW BUT SUNNY AND BREEZY TODAY.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, PARTLY CLOUDY, HIGH WAS 8.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW YESTERDAY.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, 4 INCHES OF SNOW YESTERDAY WITH SUNSHINE TODAY.

SONYA AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE REPORTING 4 DEGREES THIS EVENING.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 23 IS OUR AVERAGE HIGH, THE LOW WAS 3, AND WE HAD SUNRISE THIS MORNING AT 8:00.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 6, SO AGAIN VERY COLD, 19 IS OUR AVERAGE, WE STARTED OUT WITH A LOW OF -9, AND SUNSET THIS EVENING AT 4:37.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, AGAIN WE WILL LIKELY BE SEEING SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, MOST OF THOSE WILL BE EXITING.

THERE IS A CHANCE, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, THAT WE COULD START TO SEE SOME SNOW OR SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IN FAR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, IT WILL BE WARMER.

WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE 20s ACROSS THE VIEWING AREA.

WE WILL BE SEEING LOW 20s IN THE FAR NORTH, A LOT OF MID TO UPPER 20s IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WITH UPPER 20s AND LOW 30s IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY FOR MOST OF THE AREA.

LOWS SHOULD FALL TO -3.

SNOW IS LIKELY TOMORROW MORNING, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON IN WESTERN MINNESOTA, HIGHS SHOULD REACH 26.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, THAT NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM DOES BRING A CHANCE OF SNOW TO THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, BUT WE ARE GOING TO SEE COLDER TEMPERATURES AND THAT IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START THE NEW YEAR, WITH A LOW ON FRIDAY MORNING OF -5.

WE'RE LOOKING AT 7 FOR OUR HIGH ON FRIDAY.

TEMPERATURES DO START TO MODERATE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND AND THERE IS ANOTHER SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO MUCH STACY.

AFTER A LONG DAY OF TRAVELING, SPORTS DIRECTOR CHARLIE YAEGER IS HERE.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US?

>> Charlie: I WAS IN MINNEAPOLIS AT 5:00 THIS AFTERNOON BUT HERE I AM AND ALSO GOING ON IN MINNEAPOLIS, I COULD HAVE STOPPED BY TO WATCH THE START OF THE GAME BECAUSE I WAS THERE.

THE U.S.

IS TAKING ON SLOVAKIA IN WORLD JUNIORS HOCKEY.

SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW TEAM SLOVAKIA BECAUSE THEY WERE PLAYING HERE IN BEMIDJI.

THIS IS HOW THEY FAIRED AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.

THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> IT'S DAY FOUR OF THE WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP OF HOCKEY AND THERE'S ALREADY BEEN PLENTY OF ACTION IN POOL PLAY.

IN GROUP A, THE U.S.A.

REMAINED UNBEATEN AFTER HANDLING GERMANY 6-3 ON FRIDAY, AND HOLDING OFF SWITZERLAND 2-1 IN A DEFENSIVE BATTLE SATURDAY.

EARLIER TODAY, SWEDEN COLLECTED THEIR THIRD WIN IN GROUP A, SO THE STARS AND STRIPES WOULD NEED A WIN AGAINST SLOVAKIA TONIGHT TO KEEP PACE.

THE UNITED STATES IS 15-5-1 ALL TIME AGAINST SLOVAKIA COMING INTO THIS ONE, BUT THEY WERE DOWN 1-0 MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST.

TOMAS WILL ADD ANOTHER FOR SLOVAKIA AND IT WAS 2-0.

THEN THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE FINALLY GET ON THE BOARD.

ONE HANDED FOR HIS FIRST GOAL, CUTS THE LEAD TO 1.

AFTER SWAPPING GOALS, U.S.

STILL TRAILS BY 1.

LEE TIES THE GAME.

SLOVAKIA Y, THEY SCORE AGAIN.

THE U.S.

NEEDS AN ANSWER WITH 44 SECONDS LEFT IN THE PERIOD.

TIED AT 4-4 HEADING INTO THE THIRD, 18 SECONDS INTO THE FRAME, GIVING THE U.S.

THE LEAD.

AND THEN ZELLERS SCORES, AND THE U.S.

HANGS ON TO WIN 6-5 OVER SLOVAKIA.

THEY WILL PLAY SWEDEN TO SEE WHO WINS GROUP A.

>>> WELL, THE WILD ARE TAKING A 7-GAME ROAD TRIP WHILE THE WORLD JUNIORS ARE IN TOWN, AND THEY STARTED IT OFF WITH 4-3 OVERTIME WIN OVER THE JETS ON SATURDAY, THANKS TO SOME SOME LATE GAME HEROICS, INCLUDING A MATTS ZUCHARELLO GOAL WITH JUST 22 SECONDS LEFT TO FORCE O.T.

MINNESOTA HOPING THEIR LUCK CONTINUES TONIGHT WHERE LUCK BE A LADY LAS VEGAS, THEY TAKE ON THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS.

WE WILL PICK UP IN THE FIRST PERIOD AND IT'S GOING TO BE MARCUS JOHANSON WITH THE GOAL TO HELP THE WILD STRIKE FIRST.

THEN, MATT, HIS THIRD GOAL IN TWO GAMES, AND THE WILD ARE JUST POURING IT ON VEGAS RIGHT NOW.

2-0 AFTER THE FIRST PERIOD AND IN THE SECOND PERIOD, THEY ADDED 3 MORE.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO LET THIS ONE GO TONIGHT, A GOOD WAY TO GET THE SECOND GAME IN THEIR ROAD TRIP.

>>> WELL, THE TIMBERWOLVES DID NOT HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS, FAILING TO SHUT DOWN THE BEST SCORING TEAM IN THE NBA, THE DENVER NUGGETS, SURRENDERING 142-POINTS IN THEIR OVERTIME LOSS.

MINNESOTA'S DEFENSIVE WOES CONTINUED THROUGH THE WEEKEND, FALLING AT HOME ON SATURDAY TO THE LOWLY BROOKLYN NETS 123-107.

THEY HIT THE ROAD TONIGHT, HOPING TO REBOUND AGAINST THE CHICAGO BULLS.

WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP IN THE SECOND QUARTER WHERE THEY'RE TRAILING BUT ANTHONY EDWARDS, THIS IS WHERE HE GETS HOT.

PART OF AN 8-0 RUN.

HE HAD 23 POINTS, AND THE T-WOLVES GETTING CLOSER.

ON THE OTHER END, RUDY, WE TALKED ABOUT NEEDING DEFENSE, HE GETS THE BLOCK AND WHY DON'T YOU FEED THE BIG MAN HERE.

THE FRENCHMAN PUTS THE WOLVES UP.

THEY TAKE A LEAD AT THE HALF.

THEN IN THE THIRD, THAT'S WHEN THEY PULL AWAY.

THE LAY IN, THE HOOP AND THE HARM, HE HAD 12 POINTS FOR THE NIGHT.

THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES RUN AWAY WITH THIS ONE, DEFENSE COMING IN BIG, 136-101 OVER THE CHICAGO BULLS BACK IN THE W COLUMN FOR THEM.

>>> A COUPLE MORE SCORES, ROSEAU WINS 8-0.

WARROAD FALLS TO GRAND FORKS RED RIVER.

RIVER LAKES DROPS BRAINERD 3-2 IN A CLOSE ONE.

IN GIRLS HOCKEY, GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY GETS THE WIN OVER ROSEAU.

WARROAD, 7-0 OVER CROOKSTON.

OVER IN BOYS BASKETBALL, DEER RIVER GETS A WIN OVER PROCTOR.

PEQUOT LAKES GETTING THE WIN OVER WARROAD.

BRAINERD FALLS.

DEER RIVER WINS AGAINST EAST-CENTRAL.

>> Matthew: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU CHARLIE.

MELGRAM JEWELERS HAS BEEN SERVING THE LITTLE FALLS COMMUNITY FOR THREE GENERATIONS, AND THIS WEEKEND THEY ARE CELEBRATING A MAJOR MILESTONE.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE WITH THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: DOWNTOWN LITTLE FALLS HAS A BUSTLING RETAIL AREA LIKE A BOUTIQUE AND MOVIE THEATER BUT ONE HAS BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR 50 YEARS.

>> THIS IS MY FAMILY'S JEWELRY STORE.

I AM OUR THIRD GENERATION OWNER.

I BOUGHT THE STORE FROM MY DAD ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO ON NOVEMBER 1ST.

AND NOVEMBER 1ST IS ALSO OUR 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

>> Reporter: IT'S A THIRD GENERATION JEWELRY STORE.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE OPERATING THEIR BUSINESS THE SAME WAY THEY DID WHEN THEY OPENED THEIR DOORS NEARLY FIVE DECADES AGO.

>> MY GRANDPA WAS A WATCH MAKER, JEWELER, AND MY GRANDMA BROUGHT IN A LOT OF COLLECTIBLES AND GIFT THINGS THAT STUCK WITH US AND THEN WE WHITTLED IT AWAY.

MY DAD WOULD JOKE THAT IF HE COULD BRING ANY ONE PRODUCT AT THEIR FULL POPULARITY, IT WOULD BE BEANIE BABIES.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE NEW BLOOD CALLING THE SHOTS, THEY UPDATED TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THEIR CUSTOMERS.

>> IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING TIME TO BE FRESH BLOOD IN THE STORE, IN THE INDUSTRY, LIKE THE CUSTOM WORLD REALLY DEVELOPED JEWELRY THAT USE TO TAKE HOURS OF ONE PERSON HAND CARVING AND A SINGLE WAX MODEL.

THAT COULD BE DONE ON SOFTWARE AND SENT TO A 3-D PRINTER WHILE A DESIGNER MAKES ANOTHER PIECE, MAKING CUSTOM JEWELRY ACCESSIBLE FOR ANYONE SHOPPING IN THE STORE.

>> Reporter: THE STORE ORIGINALLY OPEN IN 1975 AND HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY EVER SINCE.

OFFICIALS RECOGNIZE THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE NOT JUST STRANGERS BUT MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY AS WELL.

>> IT SOUNDS SILLY, I DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WE'RE A FAMILY HERE, BUT A LOT OF OUR CUSTOMERS FEEL LIKE IT.

MY DAD AND GRANDPA SOLD ENGAGEMENT RINGS AND JEWELRY TO PEOPLE WHOSE KIDS ARE NOW GRANDKIDS ARE BUYING ENGAGEMENT RINGS FROM ME.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN LITTLE FALLS WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> MELGRAM JEWLERS IS OPEN EVERY TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 10:00 A.M.

TO 5:30 P.M, AND SATURDAYS FROM 9:00 A.M.

TO 2:00 P.M.

>>> WE HAVE MORE TIME SO WE'LL GO OVER TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE COULD SEE SNOW MOVING IN OVERNIGHT, OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND LOWS NEAR -3.

SNOW CONTINUES TOMORROW MORNING ACROSS THE AREA, MOVING OUT IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON IN FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA, HIGHS NEAR 26.

>> Matthew: THAT'S OUR SHOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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