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[♪♪♪] >> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND FIVE OTHERS INJURED FOLLOWING A HOUSE FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING IN ALEXANDRIA.

THE FIRE WAS REPORTED AROUND 6:30 A.M. AT A HOUSE ON THE 1000 BLOCK OF JEFFERSON AVENUE IN ALEXANDRIA.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE ALEXANDRIA POLICE DEPARTMENT, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS FOUND A MAN DEAD INSIDE THE HOME.

THREE OF THE INJURED WERE AIRLIFTED TO A TWIN CITIES HOSPITAL.

THE OTHER TWO WERE TREATED AND RELEASED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

NAMES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.

ONE ALEXANDRIA POLICE OFFICER AND ONE DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF ALSO SUSTAINED INJURIES BECAUSE OF RESCUE EFFORTS BUT WERE TREATED AND RELEASED.

>>> A 30-YEAR-OLD CLEARBROOK MAN HAS DIED AFTER THE CAR HE WAS DRIVING COLLIDED WITH A SEMI-TRUCK NEAR ORR MINNESOTA.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS JOSHUA ROUDEBUSH WAS DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 53 WHEN HIS VEHICLE CROSSED INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE AND STRUCK THE SEMI HEAD-ON.

ROUDEBUSH WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.

THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI WAS NOT INJURED.

THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 2:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

>>> A HOMETOWN VICTORY CELEBRATION FOR SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS, THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS TOOK A VIOLENT TURN WEDNESDAY AS GUNFIRE RANG OUT IN THE CROWD.

AUTHORITIES SAY ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND AT LEAST 21 OTHERS INJURED IN A SHOOTING AT A CELEBRATION FOR THE TEAM.

EIGHT OF THOSE VICTIMS, ACCORDING TO THE FIRE CHIEF, HAD IMMEDIATE, LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

POLICE SAY THEY'VE DETAINED THREE PEOPLE.

EMILY SCHMIDT HAS MORE ON WHAT WE'RE LEARNING.

>> Reporter: THE THRILL OF BEING PART OF THE CROWD, SUPER BOWL CHAMPS NEARLY CLOSE ENOUGH TO TOUCH TOO QUICKLY BECAME THE FEAR OF BEING PART OF THE CROWD WHEN GUNSHOTS RANG OUT.

>> ALL OF A SUDDEN, PEOPLE STARTED CRUSHING FORWARD.

EVERYBODY STARTED RUNNING.

THERE WAS SCREAMING.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING BUT THIS DAY AND AGE WHEN PEOPLE RUN, YOU RUN.

>> Reporter: IT HAPPENED OUTSIDE UNION STATION.

THE KANSAS CITY CHIEF PLAYERS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE THERE.

WHILE THE PLAYERS AND GOVERNORS WERE SAFE, MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE SHOOTING.

>> WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTED, I LIKE MANY OTHERS, RAN AND RAN FOR SAFETY.

I SAW A NUMBER OF AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, OFFICERS WITH GUNS DRAWN, RUNNING TOWARDS THE DANGER.

>> Reporter: THERE WERE MORE THAN 800 OFFICERS WORKING THE EVENT, MANY HELPED PEOPLE TO SAFETY, HELPED THE INJURED.

NOW AN INVESTIGATION ON WHAT SPARKED THE SHOOTING IS UNDER WAY.

>> WE SAW THE POLICE SWARMING THE STAIRWELL AND WE HEARD ANOTHER POP FROM THERE.

THAT'S WHEN WE WERE GONE.

>> I'M ANGRY AT WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.

>> Reporter: POLICE ARE ASKING WITNESSES FOR VIDEO WHICH MAY SHED LIGHT ON WHAT HAPPENED.

IN A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE TEAM SAID THEY ARE SADDENED BY THE SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE.

QUARTERBACK PATRICK MAHOMES EXPRESSED PRAYERS FOR THE CITY.

>> PARADES, RALLIES, SCHOOLS, MOVIES, IT SEEMS LIKE NOTHING IS SAFE.

WE HAD HUNDREDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE WORKING HARD TODAY.

>> Reporter: KANSAS CITY'S MAYOR SAID HE AND MANY MORE BECAME THE STATISTICS OF TOO MANY AMERICANS THAT EXPERIENCED A MASS SHOOTING.

I'M EMILY SCHMIDT EMILY SCHMIDT REPORTING.

>> AUTHORITIES SAY AT LEAST EIGHT CHILDREN ARE AMONG 22 PEOPLE WHO WERE HIT BY GUNFIRE IN THE SHOOTING.

THREE PEOPLE HAD BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED AT THIS POINT BUT BASED ON VIDEO POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA IT APPEARS ONE PERSON MAY HAVE BEEN TACKLED BY PEOPLE ATTENDING THE PARADE.

>>> THE NORTHWEST CONTINUUM OF CARE RECEIVED $1.7 MILLION FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

THE NWCOC IS A REGIONAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WITH THE HELP OF STAKEHOLDERS.

REPORTER ZY'RIAH SIMMONS HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA REGION HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH HOMELESSNESS FOR MANY YEARS.

THE TOP PRIORITY FOR SOME OF THE PROJECTS UNDER THE NWCOC HAS BEEN TO PROVIDE FOR THOSE IN NEED.

>> IN 2022, OUR REGION HAD NEARLY 5,000 INDIVIDUALS THAT RECEIVED SERVICES TO HELP WITH FINDING HOMES THAT IDENTIFIED AS HOMELESSNESS.

>> Reporter: THE FUNDING AWARDED WOULD SUPPORT NUMEROUS PROJECTS THROUGHOUT NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, INCLUDING MINNESOTA HOMELESSNESS, MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.

VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROJECT AND INTERCOUNTY COMMUNITY COUNCIL, NORTHWEST INDIAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER, AND NMF.

>> THIS FUNDING GOES ALL TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS DOING THE WORK, OUR NON-PROFITS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, THE 1.7 MILLION WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE AGENCIES WHO ARE DOING THE FEET ON THE GROUND WORK.

>> Reporter: JOHNSON PROVIDED BOTH THE GOVERNMENT DEFINITION AND THE DEFINITION SPECIFIC TO MINNESOTA.

>> DEPENDING ON THE DEFINITIONS, BUT FEDERAL FUNDING WOULD SAY SOMEONE WHO IS NOT STAYING IN A SAFE AND HABITABLE PLACE TO LIVE.

IN MINNESOTA, WE LOOK AT IT DIFFERENT IN THAT HOMELESSNESS IS GOING TO BE SOMEONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A PLACE OF THEIR OWN.

IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, PEOPLE AREN'T OUTSIDE IN REALLY COLD TEMPERATURES, VERY SUCCESSFULLY.

SO THEY MIGHT BE STAYING WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY, LIVING OUT OF THEIR CARS.

SO HOMELESSNESS IS NOT HAVING A PLACE OF YOUR OWN.

>> Reporter: HOMELESSNESS IS NOT ALWAYS A CHOICE MADE BY INDIVIDUALS.

BARBARA JOHNSON PROGRAM OFFICER AT NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION BELIEVES THAT HOMELESSNESS DESERVES MORE ATTENTION.

>> HOMELESSNESS IS A REAL ISSUE IN OUR REGION, ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND FOCUSED ON BY MORE THAN JUST THE AGENCIES THAT ARE WORKING WITH THOSE RESOURCES.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI, I'M ZY'RIAH SIMMONS, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE NWCOC.

VISIT THE WEBLINK BELOW.

>>> ASH WEDNESDAY IS A HOLY DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING IN MANY CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS.

IT MARKS THE START OF THE HOLY SEASON OF LENT, WHICH IS A PREPARATION FOR EASTER.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: LENT COMMEMORATES THE 40 DAYS THAT JESUS CHRIST SPENT FASTING IN THE DESERT AND RESISTING THE TEMPTATIONS OF SATAN.

BEFORE BEGINNING HIS TEACHINGS IF MORE DENOMINATIONS OF CHRISTIANITY, ESPECIALLY CATHOLICISM, LENT IS A TIME OF REFLECTION.

>> IT'S OUR TIME WHERE WE PREPARE FOR JESUS' RESURRECTION AT EASTER TO REEXAMINE OUR LIFE AND TO SEE THESE AREAS IN OUR LIFE WHERE WE HAVEN'T GIVEN OVER TO THE LORD, THESE AREAS IN OUR LIFE WHERE WE DON'T LET DISTRACTIONS IMPEDE IN THAT RELATIONSHIP.

>> Reporter: THOSE WHO OBSERVE ARE GIVEN AN ASH CROSS ON THEIR FOREHEAD.

THAT SYMBOLIZES TWO THINGS, ONE IS OUR MORTALITY.

>> THE SECOND ASPECT THE REPENTANCE, WHICH IS THROUGHOUT ALL OF SCRIPTURE, THEY WOULD PUT THE ASH ON THEIR HEAD, A MOMENT WHERE WE SAY YES, LORD I'LL TAKE A BREAK FROM THINGS IN THIS WORLD AND FOCUS ON YOU FOR THE NEXT 40 DAYS.

>> Reporter: FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT OBSERVE OR ARE RELIGIOUS IS IT CAN BE COMPARABLE TO A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION.

>> EVERY NEW YEAR, PEOPLE SAY THIS IS AN ASPECT IN MY LIFE I WANT TO SEE GROWTH IN, IT'S A BAD HABIT AND I WANT IT TO BE A GOOD HABIT.

IT'S SIMILAR, BUT FOR LENT, IT'S I WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO GROW CLOSER TO THE LORD DURING THIS TIME RATHER THAN I JUST WANT TO LOSE 15 POUNDS, RIGHT?

>> Reporter: TODAY AT SAINT FRANCIS'S CHURCH, THERE IS A BIG TURNOUT FOR MASS, SEEING PEOPLE COME IN AND WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEIR FAITH, LEAVING FATHER SCOTT OPTIMISTIC.

>> IT FILLS ME WITH INCREDIBLE JOY AND HOPE.

FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SEE SOMEONE WHO DESIRES.

ALL THE LORD NEEDS IS THAT DESIRE TO TURN OUR LIVES AROUND, TO SEE THAT DESIRE IN SOMEONE GOES WITH A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ON WHAT THE LORD WANTS TO DO IN THEIR LIVES.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE LENTEN SEASON LASTS SIX WEEKS AND CULMINATES ON EASTER SUNDAY MARCH 31ST.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL HAVE A BRIEF SHOT OF COLD AIR LATE THIS WEEK, BUT WE SHOULD SEE A WARM UP ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, NOT ONLY IS TODAY VALENTINE'S DAY, BUT IT'S NATIONAL ORGAN DONOR DAY, AND SOMEONE IN THE >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

; INTERNET, PHONE, AND T.V.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> ON FEBRUARY 14TH MOST CELEBRATE VALENTINE'S DAY BY BEING WITH THE ONES THEY LOVE BUT MANY DON'T KNOW FEBRUARY 14TH IS ALSO NATIONAL ORGAN DONOR DAY AND SOME SPEND THAT DAY HOPING AND PRAYING THEY CAN HAVE MORE TIME WITH THE ONES THEY LOVE.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: MEET MANNY SMITH, A LOCAL BEMIDJI RESIDENT WHO HAS A PASSION IN COLLECTING CARS, INCLUDING THIS 2004 CADILLAC AND HAS A LOT LEFT HE WANTS TO DO, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ANY OF THAT UNTIL HE GETS A NEW KIDNEY.

>> 2005, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES.

FROM THAT POINT ON, THE PROGRESSION DECREASED.

IT TAKES EFFECT ON YOUR LIVER EVENTUALLY AND THAT IS THE SITUATION I'M IN.

>> Reporter: ONCE HE HEARD THE UNFORTUNATE NEWS, SMITH PLACED HIMSELF ON THE KIDNEY TRANSPLANT LIST, BUT HE WAS REMOVED FROM THAT LIST RECENTLY DUE TO HIS AGE.

>> THE WAITING LIST IS ANYWHERE FROM 4 YEARS TO 5 YEARS.

BY THAT TIME, I WILL BE 80, WHICH I'LL BE TOO OLD FOR THE OPERATION TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

THE RISK IS TOO HIGH.

SO, THEY TOOK ME OFF THEIR LIST.

IT'S VERY DISCOURAGING.

WHAT DO I DO NEXT, JUST ROLL OVER AND DIE?

YOUR LIFE IS PRETTY MUCH OVER AND I'M NOT READY FOR THAT.

>> Reporter: HE NOW HAS TO RELY ON THE KINDNESS OF A COMPLETE STRANGER TO GET HIS KIDNEY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT SMITH SAYS HE HAS TO BELIEVE WILL HAPPEN.

>> YOUR FAITH IS WHAT HELPS KEEP YOU GOING, KNOWING THAT THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT CARES FOR SOMEONE ELSE BESIDES THEMSELVES THAT WILL GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO HELP SOMEONE, HELP SOMEONE ELSE.

I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT.

I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT.

>> Reporter: SMITH SAYS BECAUSE OF HIS KIDNEY, HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE ANY OF HIS FAMILY FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE WOULD DO IF HE WERE TO FIND A DONOR.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I WANT TO DO, ESPECIALLY I WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH MY KIDS.

I HAVE TWO IN CALIFORNIA, AND I HAVE ONE IN COLORADO I WOULD LIKE TO GET ALL THE FAMILY TOGETHER AND HAVE A REUNION.

WE NEVER HAD A REUNION WITH ALL THE FAMILY.

THAT'S MY DREAM.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> MANNY SMITH HAS A BLOOD TYPE OF B-POSITIVE AND THE BLOOD TYPE OF A POTENTIAL KIDNEY DONOR NEEDS TO BE COMPATIBLE IN ORDER TO DONATE.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS TO BE B-POSITIVE.

YOU CAN CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR TO FIND OUT IF YOU'RE A MATCH.

IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU MAY KNOW WISH TO HELP SMITH.

YOU CAN CONTACT US OVER AT OUR WEBSITE.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, WE BRING IN WEATHERCASTER STACY CHRISTENSON NOW WITH OUR FORECAST.

>> Stacy: WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES MOVING BACK INTO THE AREA AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.

IT'S A BRIEF COOL DOWN AND WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE HIGHS BACK IN THE 30s AS WE HEAD INTO >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ACCESS MINNESOTA.

>> AND BY 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, LAND SURVEYORS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS SERVING MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SINCE 1975.

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE HAVE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA TODAY AND AS WE HEAD NOW INTO THE OVERNIGHT, WE WILL START TO SEE SOME COLDER AIR MOVING INTO OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE ARE EXPECTING A BRIEF COOL DOWN WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WARMER TEMPERATURES, THEY SHOULD BE BACK PRETTY QUICKLY, PROBABLY STARTING BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, 23 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT, WINDS OUT OF THE WEST AT 17 MILES PER HOUR.

15 IS OUR DEW POINT, 72% IS OUR RELATIVE HUMIDITY.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 28 DEGREES.

18 IS OUR DEW POINT, WE HAVE A RISING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE WITH WEST WINDS AT 9 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, PRETTY QUIET ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE DID HAVE SOME SNOW MOVING ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT THAT IS MOVING OUT.

WE SHOULD HAVE QUIET WEATHER ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA TONIGHT AND IN FACT, SOME OF US COULD SEE CLEARING SKIES.

WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE THAT MIX OF CLEAR SKIES AND CLOUD COVER AND THAT WILL BE THE CASE AGAIN TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS FOR THE MOST PART, MOST OF US SHOULD SEE THE SKIES RETURNING TO PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

WE WILL START TO SEE COLDER AIR MOVING IN, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND 20s AND SOME COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE BACK IN THE AREA FOR OUR LOWS TOMORROW NIGHT.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING, IT WAS A NICE PINK SKY FOR THIS VALENTINE'S DAY THIS MORNING.

IN MENAHGA, ARLENE SENDING US THAT PHOTO.

THE EVENING SKIES ARE NOT DISAPPOINTING, ANGELA SENDING US THAT PHOTO FROM CASS LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, DEBRA AT PINE RIVER, 25 AND SUNNY THIS MORNING.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY SKIES, A HIGH OF 30.

STEPHANIE IN BRAID NERD, OVERCAST, TOPPING OUT AT 33.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, A MIX OF SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS TODAY, 35 FOR THE HIGH.

PAUL IN BEMIDJI, MOST SUNNY SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 29.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 34 FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN BRAINERD TODAY, SO WE ARE STILL SEEING SOME MILD TEMPERATURES IN THE AREA, 28 IS OUR LOW, WHICH IS ALSO OUR CURRENT.

IN BEMIDJI, 28 DEGREES FOR OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE, A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE AVERAGE AND THE LOW TODAY WAS AT 23.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA, BUT COLDER TEMPERATURES, 14 IN WARROAD, CLOSE TO 20 AROUND MUCH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA, AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, PARTLY TO MOST SUNNY SKIES WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID-20s.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST.

FOR TONIGHT, VARIABLE CLOUDS, LOWS NEAR 10 WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

THEN FOR TOMORROW, STILL LOOKING AT VARIABLE CLOUDS, HIGHS NEAR 19, WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20.

LOOKING AT THE WEEKEND FORECAST, WE'LL START TO SEE SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES MOVING IN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, BUT STILL PRETTY COLD.

SUNNY, HIGH TEMPERATURES BACK NEAR 30, AND WE SHOULD BE IN THE LOW 30s AS WE START THE WORKWEEK.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: HERE'S CHARLIE WITH OUR SPORTS NOW.

>> Charlie: WE WILL HEAR FROM BRAINERD BASKETBALL AND WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM ROSEAU AND MOORHEAD AND THEIR SECTION 8 CHAMPIONSHIP AND OTHER SECTION CHAMPIONSHIPS AROUND THE AREA AS WELL AND THE STATE TOURNAMENT HIGHLIGHTS COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

>> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE GIGAZONE GAMING CHAMPIONSHIP AND TECH EXPO SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH WITH SPECIAL GUEST DANIELLE FEINBERG, PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS.

EXHIBITOR APPLICATIONS ONLINE AT GIGAZONETECHXPO.COM.

>> HEALTH MINUTE IS SPONSORED IN PART BY EMPLOYEE-OWNED LUEKEN'S VILLAGE FOODS, FEATURING THE AREA'S LARGEST SELECTION OF SEAFOOD AND HIGHEST QUALITY MEATS.

MORE INFO AT LUEKENS.COM.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> AFTER A DISAPPOINTING 9-17 FINISH LAST SEASON, BRAINERD GIRLS BASKETBALL'S ALREADY DOUBLED ITS WIN TOTAL THIS YEAR, SITTING AT 18-4.

THEY HAVE A 12-1 RECORD SINCE THE START OF THE NEW YEAR AND ARE POISED TO CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR SEASON STRONG AHEAD OF THEIR SECTION TOURNAMENT.

REPORTER MILES WALKER MET WITH THE TEAM AND TELLS US WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE WARRIORS TURNAROUND FROM A SEASON AGO.

>> Reporter: FROM LAST SEASON UNTIL NOW, IT'S BEEN A COMPLETE 180 FOR THE WARRIORS AND IT STARTS WITH THEIR DEFENSE, SURRENDERING 37 POINTS PER GAME.

>> THAT HAS HELPED US A LOT WITH WINNING GAMES.

WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON CLEANING UP ERRORS OR MISCOMMUNICATIONS, WE HAVE BEEN CLEANING THAT UP.

>> WE'RE DOING GOOD, AND WE'RE LOVING THAT.

WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB COMMUNICATING AND HUSTLING BACK.

>> THE TEAM'S HUSTLE HAS BEEN A CATALYST, ALONG WITH A FASTER TEMPO, COURTESY OF THE SHOT CLOCK.

>> I THINK NOT HAVING A SHOT CLOCK LAST YEAR, IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY HURT US, BUT IT ALLOWED OTHER TEAMS TO DRAG ON THE THEY WERE UP BY A LITTLE BIT.

ANY GOOD TEAM WILL WANT TO PUSH THE BALL AND GET OUT FAST.

THAT'S WHAT WE STRIVE TO LOOK FOR.

WE WANT TO GET EVERYTHING OUT FRONT THERE.

I THINK THAT THE SHOT CLOCK HELPS US A LOT BECAUSE WE LIKE TO GO FAST, WE LIKE TO PUSH THE BALL.

>> Reporter: BRAINERD GIRLS BASKETBALL HAVE SET A NEW STANDARD, DOUBLING THEIR WIN TOTAL FROM 9 TO 18.

THEY ALSO SCORED 50 POINTS IN ALL BUT THREE CONTESTS.

THEY BELIEVE CONFIDENCE IS PLAYING THE BIGGEST PART IN THEIR OFFENSIVE PROFICIENCY.

>> WE PLAY A LOT OF YOUNGER GIRLS AND WE WANT THEM TO BE CONFIDENT WHEN THEY STEP ON THE FLOOR.

ALL OF OUR CAPTAINS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF THAT.

WE JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE FEELS LIKE THEY'RE AT HOME WHEN THEY COME HERE.

WE REALLY LOVE OUR TEAM AND WE GET ALONG REALLY GOOD AND THAT HELPS A LOT.

>> Reporter: AND THE GIRLS BELIEVE THAT UNITY IS CRUCIAL AS THEY CONTINUE PREPPING FOR THE SECTION 8-4A GAUNTLET.

>> WE JUST HAVE TO GIVE IT OUR ALL.

WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH OAK RIVER, THEY WILL BE UP THERE AS WELL.

WE PLAY THEM THIS SATURDAY AND WE THINK WE CAN BEAT THEM.

THEY'RE A GOOD TEAM, THEY'RE IN THE METRO.

THAT PROGRAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOOD.

WE KNOW THEY'RE GOOD, BUT WE THINK WE'RE BETTER.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Charlie: THEY HAVE FOUR GAMES LEFT, THEY WILL BE CHASING THEIR FIRST STATE TOURNAMENT SINCE 1997.

THEY PLAY AT SAINT CLOUD ON THURSDAY.

>> THE STATE SKI MEETS AT GIANTS RIDGE CONTINUED TODAY WITH NORDIC SKI, SPECIFICALLY THE COMBINED PURSUIT OF CLASSICAL AND FREESTYLE.

IN THE BOYS PURSUIT, BRAINERD HAD A COUPLE A SKIERS FINISH IN THE TOP 30.

GABE HALLGREN IN BIB 25 FINISHED 24TH OVERALL WITH A 25 AND 42.1 AND NOT LONG AFTER, TEAMMATE ELI KNAPP CROSSING THE FINISH LINE FOR THE WARRIORS.

HE FINISHED 29TH OVERALL IN 26 MINUTES AND 6.5 SECONDS.

HERE ARE THE TOP FIVE AREA FINISHERS FOR THE BOYS.

EDWARD SOBIECH FROM LITTLE FALLS FINISHING 34TH OVERALL, SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE GROUP OF BRAINERD BOYS.

ON THE GIRLS SIDE, ANNELISE BAIRD OF BRAINERD WAS THE BEST OF OUR AREA SKIERS FINISHING IN 14TH, FOLLOWED BY A FEW OF THE GIRLS FROM GRAND RAPIDS AND BEMIDJI.

>>> A REMATCH FROM A SEASON AGO, MOORHEAD VERSUS ROSEAU IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

MIDDLE FRAME, LEADING 2-1, MADDIE WITH A QUICK WRISTER, MAKING IT A 2-GOAL LEAD.

THEN RAMS COMING ON, A SNIPE SHORT SIDE TO MAKE IT A ONE GOAL GAME.

ONE WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE STAND OUT SOPHOMORE.

WATCH THE DEFENSE, TOP SHELF, TIES THE GAME, AND ABOUT A MINUTE LATER, THE COMEBACK IS COMPLETE.

KARINA CHRISTENSEN TIPS IT IN.

AFTER THE GAME, WE GOT TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THE PLAYERS.

>> THEIR COACH WENT UP TO MY DAD AND SAID THERE IS 0% CHANCE WE'RE GOING TO STATE AND BEATING THAT 0% AND 100% GOING TO STATE IS A CHALLENGE WE WANTED TO BEAT.

>> THEY MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME.

THEY'RE MY FAMILY.

I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER TO DO IT WITH THEM.

>> Charlie: SO ROSEAU PUNCHES THEIR TICKET TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 2019-2020 SEASON.

>>> IN BOYS WRESTLING, THE TOURNAMENT STARTED TONIGHT.

BEMIDJI HOSTING SARTELL.

GAVIN UP FOR THE JACKS.

QUICK WORK WITH A WIN AT 1 MINUTE AND 33 SECONDS.

THEN RANKED 10th IN HIS WEIGHT, UPSIDEDOWN, GETS THE PIN IN A MINUTE AND 42.

NEXT UP, NICK IS FOURTH IN THE STATE AT 139, HE HAS NATHAN IN A POSITION THAT CANNOT FEEL GOOD, WINS, AND JUST 56 SECONDS AND BEMIDJI RUNS AWAY WITH THIS ONE.

THEY BEAT SARTELL AND THEY ADVANCE TO THE SEMIFINALS, FRIDAY AT WILMER AND THEY WILL FACE BRAINERD WHO WON THEIR MATCH AGAINST MONTICELLO.

THE WINNER WILL PLAY IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH, FACING THE WINNER OF WILMER AND MOORHEAD.

>> Dennis: WILMER IS A STRONG FOE.

>> Charlie: AND IT'S COME DOWN TO THE WIRE, BUT THIS YEAR ONLY A ONE POINT LOSS FROM BEMIDJI TO WILMER.

THEY THINK THAT CAN DO IT.

>> Dennis: WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> IT'S A COMMON NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER THAT AFFECTS MILLIONS OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN THE U.S. EPILEPSY CAUSES RECURRING, UNPROVOKED SEIZURES AND CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON A PERSON'S LIFE, BUT IT'S A CONDITION THAT'S NOT ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD BY THOSE NOT AFFECTED BY IT.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER HAS FIVE THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EPILEPSY.

>> Reporter: IT'S A DISORDER OF THE BRAIN, GENERALLY PEOPLE ARE DIAGNOSED WITH EPILEPSY WHEN THEY HAD TWO OR MORE UNPROVOKED SEIZURES, BUT NOT ALL SEIZURES LOOK-ALIKE.

>> IT'S A BIG MISCONCEPTION THAT EPILEPSY IS ONLY CONVULSIVE SEIZURES.

>> Reporter: THE DIRECTOR OF THE EPILEPSY CENTER AT CLEVELAND CLINIC SAYS THE FIRST THING TO KNOW ABOUT EPILEPSY IS THAT SEIZURES ARE NOT ALWAYS ASSOCIATE WITH MUSCLE JERKS OR SPASMS.

THERE COULD BE A STARING SPELL, TEMPORARY CONFUSION, STIFF MUSCLES, CHEWING MOVEMENTS WITH THE MOUTH OR PICKING MOVEMENTS WITH THE HAND.

MANY TIMES, EPILEPSY CAN BE CONTROLLED.

>> MAYBE TWO-THIRDS OF THE PATIENTS, IF THE SEIZURES ARE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE DIAGNOSIS OF EPILEPSY, AND MEDICAL HELP AND APPROPRIATE MEDICAL HELP IS PROVIDED.

>> Reporter: THIRD, ANTISEIZURE MEDICATION CAN HELP AND THE GOAL IS FOR A COMPLETE SEIZURE CONTROL.

NEXT, DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY ARE COMMON IN THOSE LIVING WITH EPILEPSY.

LOVED ONES SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR SIGNS AND FINALLY, SEIZURES CAN BE RELATED TO GENETICS OR FROM A BRAIN INJURY, BUT THE CAUSE IS OFTEN UNKNOWN AND EPILEPSY NEEDS TO BE DIAGNOSED AND TREATED.

>> THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT THE SEIZURES WOULD BECOME UNDER CONTROL AND THE PERSON WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE THEIR LIFE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>> THE C.D.C.

SAYS A SEIZURE IS AN EMERGENCY IF IT LASTS MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES.

THE AGENCY SAYS YOU SHOULD ALSO CALL 9-1-1 IF THE PERSON WHO JUST HAD A SEIZURE HASN'T HAD ONE BEFORE.

IF THE PERSON IS HURT OR HAS DIFFICULTLY WAKING UP OR BREATHING AFTERWARDS.

IF THE SEIZURE HAPPENS IN WATER OR IF THERE'S A SECOND ONE SOON AFTER THE FIRST.

YOU SHOULD ALSO CALL IF THE PERSON HAVING A SEIZURE HAS A HEALTH CONDITION LIKE HEART DISEASE OR IS PREGNANT.

>>> OKAY, WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

WE GO BACK OVER TO STACY.

>> Stacy: VARIABLE CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE AREA TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO 10, NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS, BUT MOST OF US SHOULD SEE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

A LITTLE BIT COLDER, HIGHS NEAR 19, NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUING AT 10 TO 20.

OVERALL, IT'S QUIET.

IT WILL COOL DOWN LATE THIS WEEK, SO A HIGH OF 13 ON FRIDAY, BUT WE WARM UP BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND BY THE TIME WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK, HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE LOW 30s.

>> Charlie: TOMORROW, BSU HOCKEY WITH A RARE HOME THURSDAY GAME.

THEY WILL BE PLAYING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THIS WEEK.

>> Dennis: VERY INTERESTING.

ALL RIGHT, THAT WILL DO IT FOR US.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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