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>> CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF LOCAL NEWS FOR BEMIDJI, BRAINERD, AND ALL OF THE LAKES COUNTRY.

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

DENNIS WEIMANN WITH THE NEWS, STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER AND CHARLIE YAEGER WITH YOUR SPORTS.

>> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> OMNE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS OF THE WINTER, THE BRAINERD JAYCEES ICE FISHING EXTRAVAGANZA'S KICKS OFF TOMORROW MORNING.

THIS YEAR THE FISHING COMPETITION WILL GET UNDERWAY AT 8:00 A.M. AND WILL BE SPREAD ACROSS VARIOUS LAKES IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA UTILIZING THE FISHDONKEY APP BEFORE CULMINATING WITH A CELEBRATION AT FLEET FARM IN BAXTER AND ALTHOUGH ICE DEPTHS AT 9 INCHES PUSHED THE EXTRAVAGANZA HYBRID.

THE ATMOSPHERE WILL STILL FEEL THE SAME.

>> Reporter: HI BRED MEAN -- HYBRID MEANS WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT AND ABOUT.

WE WILL STILL BE THERE AND STILL HAVE AN IN-PERSON FEEL.

IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE SHOULDER TO SHOULDER THIS YEAR.

IT'S THE SAME EXCITEMENT.

WE'RE STILL GIVING AWAY A TRUCK, BUT WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN A SAFE WAY, THAT WE CAN ALL ENJOY THIS FOR THE 34th YEAR.

>> CONTESTANTS CAN PARK AT THE BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY FOR TOMORROW FESTIVITIES WHERE BUSSES WILL RUN FROM 6:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M., SHUTTLING TO VARIOUS ACCESS POINTS ACROSS THE EXTRAVAGANZA'S MAP.

>>> THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

IS WARNING ABOUT THE DANGERS WARM TEMPERATURES ARE CAUSING ON SMALL PONDS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES OFTEN FOUND IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

THESE SMALLER, NEARBY WATER BODIES CAN BE MAGNETS FOR CURIOUS CHILDREN.

THESE PLACES OFTEN ARE OVERLOOKED WHEN IT COMES TO ICE SAFETY BECAUSE THEY GENERALLY DON'T ATTRACT ICE ANGLERS, BUT AT LEAST EIGHT CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 10 HAVE DIED IN THE PAST 25 YEARS AFTER FALLING THROUGH BACKYARD ICE.

>> NOW IS A CRITICAL TIME IN TALKING WITH YOUR KIDS ABOUT WALKING ON ICE.

CHILDREN ARE AT A HIGHER RISK BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DANGER AND THEY DON'T REALIZE THEY'RE WALKING ON ICE WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING NEAR A DRAINAGE DITCH.

IF YOUR KIDS ARE NEAR THE ICE, YOU SHOULD BE NEAR YOUR KIDS.

>> THE D.N.R.

SAYS THE LACK OF SNOW COVER IS CAUSING THE LAND AND WATER BODIES TO WARM UP FASTER THAN THEY WOULD IF THEY HAD SNOW TO REFLECT THE SUNLIGHT AND PROVIDE INSULATION.

>>> TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD FOLLOWING AN EARLY MORNING ONE VEHICLE CRASH NEAR NAYTAWAUSH TODAY.

THE VEHICLE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A TREE.

THE MAHNOMEN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE VICTIMS ARE 22-YEAR-OLD BOBBY WEAVER OF NAYTAHWAUSH AND 19-YEAR-OLD AALIYAH IRONCLOUD OF MAHNOMEN.

A THIRD PERSON IN THE VEHICLE, 22-YEAR-OLD GLEN WEAVER OF NAYTAHWAUSH WALKED TO A NEARBY HOME TO GET HELP.

WEAVER WHO WAS A BACK SEAT PASSENGER SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HEALTH CARE FACILITY BY AMBULANCE.

THE PRESS RELEASE ON THE CRASH DOES NOT STATE WHO THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS.

THE FAMILIES OF THE DECEASED HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS AT THIS TIME IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER ALCOHOL OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES PLAYED A ROLE IN THE CRASH BUT SPEED WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

>>> A MERRIFIELD MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND, HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO TWO MURDER CHARGES.

46-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL LAFLEX IS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF PREMEDITATED MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE AND ONE COUNT OF 2ND DEGREE MURDER WITH INTENT BUT NOT PREMEDITATED.

HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THOSE CHARGES ON TUESDAY IN CROW WING COUNTY COURT.

COURT DOCUMENTS ALLEGE LAFLEX KILLED HIS DAUGHTER BOYFRIEND BRYCE BROGLE IN OCTOBER OF 2022 BECAUSE HE THOUGHT BROGLE WAS ABUSING LAFLEX'S DAUGHTER.

LAFLEX IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING BROGLE AT A STORAGE LOCKER EAST OF BREEZY POINT ON OCTOBER 26TH OF 2022 AND THEN BURYING BROGLE'S BODY ON PUBLIC LAND IN CROW WING COUNTY.

BROGLE'S BURIED BODY WAS LOCATED ON OCTOBER 30TH OF 2022.

THE NEXT COURT HEARING FOR LAFLEX IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 22ND.

>>> A FEDERAL JURY FOUND A WHITE EARTH MAN GUILTY OF PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON THE RED LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION.

ACCORDING TO THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED AT TRIAL, IN DECEMBER 2020, 24-YEAR-OLD RYAN EDWARD THOMPSON, A.K.A.

“RYAN EDWARD WAYNE TOWNSEND, ” KNOWINGLY USED A MINOR IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT ACTIVITY TO PRODUCE PORNOGRAPHY IMAGES.

COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THE 13-YEAR-OLD VICTIM USED HER SCHOOL-ISSUED LAPTOP TO MESSAGE THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE.

SHE DISCLOSED THAT THOMOPSON, WHOM SHE HAD RECENTLY MOVED IN WITH, BEGAN SLEEPING IN HER ROOM AT NIGHT AND SEXUALLY ABUSING HER.

LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONDED AND LATER DISCOVERED PHOTOGRAPHS OF A SEXUAL NATURE HAD BEEN TAKEN WITH THE VICTIM'S OWN CELL PHONE.

FOLLOWING A THREE-DAY TRIAL IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT, THOMPSON WAS FOUND GUILTY YESTERDAY ON TWO COUNTS OF PRODUCTION AND ATTEMPTED PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.

A SENTENCING HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE GOOD ON HIS PROMISE TODAY TO RETALIATE FOR ATTACKS ON U.S.

TROOPS BY IRAN-LINKED MILITANT GROUPS.

THE U.S.

LAUNCHED MAJOR AIR STRIKES ON 85 TARGETS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA, THE START OF WHAT WILL LIKELY BE A SERIES OF LARGE STRIKES ON IRANIAN-BACKED MILITIAS.

IT'S IN RESPONSE TO A DRONE STRIKE ON A U.S. MILITARY OUTPOST IN JORDAN SUNDAY THAT KILLED THREE U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS AND WOUNDED MORE THAN 40 OTHERS.

THE U.S. MILITARY SAYS FRIDAY'S STRIKES TARGETED THE QUDS FORCE, A BRANCH OF IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS, AND AFFILIATED MILITIA GROUPS.

PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THE U.S. MILITARY RESPONSE, “WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES AND PLACES OF OUR CHOOSING.

” THE ADMINISTRATION IS THREADING A NEEDLE, TRYING TO DETER FURTHER ATTACKS ON U.S.

TROOPS WHILE AVOIDING A FULL-SCALE CONFLICT WITH IRAN AMID GROWING TENSIONS IN THE BROADER MIDDLE EAST.

>>> CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE'S BUSINESS, ACCOUNTING, AND COMPUTERS PROGRAMS HOSTED A SPEED NETWORKING EVENT TODAY INTRODUCING AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE INDUSTRY.

STUDENTS FROM SEVEN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS LIKE VERNDALE, PILLAGER, AND MORE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK THE BRAINS OF INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS AND ALSO TOUR THE COLLEGE, GIVING THE NEXT GENERATION AN INFORMED LOOK OF WHAT COULD LIE AHEAD.

>> WE AT THIS EVENT INVITED 9th THROUGH 12th GRADE STUDENTS TO TAKE PART.

THAT AGE IS A VERY CRITICAL AGE IN WHICH PEOPLE EXPLORE WHO AM I?

WHERE AM I GOING?

WHAT DO I WANT TO DO?

THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO TALK TO PEOPLE IN THE CAREER THAT HAVE STEPPED FOOT IN THOSE SHOES AND KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE AND GIVE THEM ADVICE ON WHAT EDUCATION I NEED, WHAT IS THE FIELD OF WORK GOING TO BE LIKE, AND TO SEE THEMSELVES IN A ROLE LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

>> ROUGHLY 150 STUDENTS WERE IN ATTENDANCE FOR TODAY'S EVENT.

>>> THE BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI & FOUNDATION HAS LAUNCHED “HISTORY IN THE PINES, ” AN INTERACTIVE, DIGITAL MUSEUM OF BSU HISTORY.

THE WEBSITE WAS CREATED TO BRING HISTORY FROM THE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND A PRIVATE COLLECTION TO STUDENTS AND ALUMNI ACROSS THE WORLD.

REPORTER ZY'RIAH SIMMONS HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI AND NOW ALUMNI AND FOUNDATION COMMUNICATION COORDINATOR.

MICHAEL FREEZE CREATED A DIGITAL MUSEUM, GIVING ACCESS TO THE HISTORY OF BSU AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MEMORIES ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY THAT WAS LEFT OUT.

>> I FELT A LOT OF PRIDE IN TERMS OF PRESERVING LOCAL HISTORY AND HELPING FOLKS REMEMBER IT, OR JUST FEEL THAT NOSTALGIA AGAIN.

THIS WAS A PASSION PROJECT, YOU KNOW, HISTORY IN THE PINES IS THE PRODUCT OF ME JUST WANTING TO EXPLORE A LOT OF THAT LOCAL HISTORY AND DIG UP, JUST STUFF THAT PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN OR CHERISH TOO.

>> Reporter: BSU HAS OVER 50,000 ALUMNI.

SOME CAN COME BACK AND RETURN AS THEY PLEASE, BECAUSE THEY NEVER LEFT THE AREA.

THEN SOME LEFT RIGHT AFTER COLLEGE TO EXPLORE MORE THAN JUST BEMIDJI.

THE WEBSITE GIVES THEM ACCESS TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED WHILE THEY WERE THERE, BEFORE THEM, OR EVEN AFTER THEY LEFT.

>> THE IDEA WAS TO CREATE SOMETHING SIMILAR, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LOT OF THAT HISTORY THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY EXIST PUBLICLY OR DOESN'T EXIST AND THAT IS EASY TO FIND, SO THE IDEA WAS TO JUST HAVE EVERYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKES BEMIDJI STATE WHAT IT IS.

I LIKE TO THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THERE FOR EVERYBODY, WHETHER YOU ARE IN SPORTS OR MUSIC OR WHEREVER YOUR INTEREST WERE WHEN YOU WERE IN SCHOOL.

THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO DISCOVER, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.

>> Reporter: KNOWING THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY IS WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU MAY THINK IT IS.

IT GIVES PEOPLE THE CHANCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE BEFORE THEM.

>> I CAPTURED A TON.

I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE SITE AND HAVE SEEN IT, BUT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GO IN AND TO RECORD THEIR OWN HISTORY AND TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, MORE TIDBITS AROUND PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS, FACULTY THEY ENGAGED WITH.

THOSE ARE ALL PIECES THAT HELP US WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR ALUMNI AND DONORS.

THAT'S WHAT DRAWS THEM BACK.

THAT'S WHAT TUGS AT THEIR HEART STRINGS, MAKING THEM RE-INVEST IN THEIR ALMA MATER.

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

>> TO VIEW THE WEBSITE, FOLLOW THE WEB LINK DOWN BELOW.

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

>> Stacy: WE COULD SEE SOME AREAS OF FOG AND FREEZING FOG IN THE AREA TONIGHT.

THAT SHOULD LIFT TOMORROW AND SUNSHINE RETURNS AT LEAST FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, RIGGS IS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE GRAND RAPIDS AND DOES A LOT FOR THE RESIDENTS A >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

; INTERNET, PHONE, AND T.V.

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

>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE NEWEST RESIDENT AT THE PILLARS ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IN GRAND RAPIDS IS A GOLDEN RETRIEVER NAMED RIGGS.

A THERAPY DOG MEANT TO HELP THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN MEMORY CARE.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE.

OOFRMGS.

>> Reporter: MEET RIGGS, A FLUFFY GOLDEN RETRIEVER WHO CALLS THE PILLARS IN GRAND RAPIDS HIS NEW HOME.

HE IS A THERAPY DOG.

>> IT'S OUR OWNERSHIP GROUP, THEY DEVELOPED OUR BUILDING AND THIS IS THEIR PASSION.

THEY PUT PUPS IN ALL OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.

WE CALL THEM THE PILLARS PUPS AND THEY'RE THERAPY DOGS.

THEY'RE COMPASSIONATE ANIMALS THAT OFFER A THERAPEUTIC BENEFIT TO OUR RESIDENTS.

>> Reporter: OTHER THAN BEING CUTE AND FLUFFY, HOW DOES HE HELP THE RESIDENTS HERE?

>> HE IS HERE AS A COMPANION TO THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE HOUSED IN THE MEMORY CARE UNIT.

HE IS THERE TO HELP THEM THROUGH ANY MOMENTS THEY MAY NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.

>> Reporter: NOW HE MAY JUST BE A DOG, BUT HE HAS A WORKING SCHEDULE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PERSON OUT THERE.

>> HE GOES TO WORK EVERYDAY.

HE HAS A LONGER WORKDAY THAN WE DO.

HE WORKS FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 9:00 P.M., BUT HE HAS SCHEDULED BREAKS.

SO RIGHT NOW AT NOON, THIS IS HIS BREAK TIME WHERE HE USUALLY TAKES A NAP IN MY OFFICE.

>> Reporter: AS MUCH AS HE HELPS AROUND THE FACILITY, THE RESIDENTS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN LOVE WITH RIGGS IN THE SHORT TIME HE'S BEEN HERE.

>> I LOVE HIM SO MUCH.

I AM USE TO HAVING A DOG AROUND ALL THE TIME, BUT NOW I CAN'T.

HE'S MAKING UP FOR IT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HIM JUMP ON THEIR LAP, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HE IS HERE FOR.

HE IS CALM.

BEAUTIFUL DOG, WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE RIGGS.

>> Reporter: HE DOES AN AWFUL LOT FOR THE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO THE STAFF.

>> IF THEY'RE HAVING A BAD DAY OR JUST NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HUG, HE IS THERE TO HELP THEM WITH THAT.

>> HE IS PROTECTIVE.

IF HE DOESN'T KNOW YOU RIGHT OUT OF THE GET GO, HE WILL WANT TO SMELL YOU, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DOG, TO GET TO KNOW YOU.

IF YOU SEE THAT ATTENTION TO MAKING SURE YOU'RE SAFE, IT'S BECAUSE HE'S CARING AND DOING THE JOB HE WAS HIRED TO DO.

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

>> RIGGS, WHO IS 18 MONTHS OLD, WILL BE WITH THE PILLARS UNTIL HE'S ABOUT 10, WHEN HE IS ABLE TO RETIRE.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE HE GOES AFTER HE IS 10, MAYBE DOWN TO FLORIDA.

>> Stacy: MAYBE.

>> Dennis: CERTAINLY NOT NORTHERN MINNESOTA WEATHER TO START FEBRUARY.

>> Stacy: NO, NOT FOR FEBRUARY.

TEMPERATURES ARE A LITTLE COOLER TODAY THAN WE HAVE BEEN SEEING, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO RETURN BACK INTO THE LOW 40s FOR MOST OF US AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW.

TONIGHT, THERE MAY BE SOME AREAS OF FOG AND FREEZING FOG AND PATCHY DRIZZLE IN PARTS OF THE AREA TOMORROW, OTHER THAN THAT, IT LOOKS UNEVENTFUL FOR THE REST >> 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: TEMPERATURES ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT COOLER TODAY ACROSS THE AREA, HIGHS WERE MAINLY IN THE LOWER 30s AS WE HAD QUITE A BIT MORE CLOUD COVER.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING AREAS OF FOG AND FREEZING FOG TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA, COULD SEE EVEN SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE IN THE NORTHWEST TOMORROW.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, A PRETTY UNEVENTFUL WEATHER PICTURE FOR THE WEEKEND.

SUNSHINE SHOULD BE BACK ON SUNDAY AND HIGHS CLIMBING INTO THE MIDDLE 40s.

IN BEMIDJI, 28 AT THE AIRPORT, AT OUR STUDIO, WINDS ARE SOUTHEAST AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

HUMIDITY IS AT 100%.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, 30 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 24.

WE HAVE A STEADY BAROMETRIC PRESSURE.

IT'S ALL QUIET ON THE RADAR, NO PRECIPITATION OUT THERE TONIGHT.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND THERE MAY BE SOME AREAS OF FOG AND FREEZING FOG, ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND INTO EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA, AND THAT COULD CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT LOOKS FAIRLY QUIET.

WE ARE LOOKING AT PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT WE COULD SEE SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

WE SHOULD HAVE MORE SUNSHINE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND, WITH MILD TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

SO SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, A BEAUTIFUL MORNING OUT THERE, SOME CLOUDS REFLECTING THAT SUNRISE IN MENAHGA.

ARLENE WITH THAT PICTURE.

WE HAVE THIS PHOTO OF SOME OF THE CLOUDS IN THE SKY AND IT WAS A NICE SUNSET, WITH A PHOTO FROM YOLANDA.

SAMROSE SENDING US THIS PICTURE FROM LOWER RED LAKE AND ANGELA WITH A PICTURE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PICTURES WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 34.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, HIGH OF 33, WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TODAY.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLEAR, HIGH OF 35.

PAUL IN BED -- BEMIDJI, 31.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING A HIGH OF 36, STILL WELL ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 23.

WE HAD A LOW TODAY OF 24.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 30, STILL 10 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE, A LITTLE BIT OF A COOL DOWN FROM THE TEMPERATURES WE HAVE BEEN SEEING.

OUR LOW TODAY IS 24.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

MOSTLY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS MINNESOTA, AND A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR PATCHY DRIZZLE IN THE NORTHWEST, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM BACK UP, UPPER 30s TO LOW 40s FOR OUR HIGHS IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE VIEWING AREA.

HEADING INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, SOME FOG OR FREEZING FOG IN THE MORNING, WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID-40s.

OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WITH SOME AREAS OF FOG AND FREEZING FOG, 27 FOR THE LOW, AND THEN TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WITH SOME FOG OR FREEZING FOG IN THE MORNING, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON, WE COULD SEE PATCHY DRIZZLE IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, HIGHS NEAR 41.

LOOKING AT THE WEEKEND FORECAST, SHOULD HAVE MORE SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY, AND TEMPERATURES NEAR 43.

44 ON MONDAY, AND HIGH TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY NEAR 46.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN ON WEDNESDAY, BUT STILL MILD, HIGHS NEAR 43.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: TIME FOR SPORTS.

CHARLIE IS HERE.

A NEW OPPONENT FOR THE BSU HOCKEY TEAM.

>> Charlie: YEAH, AUGUSTANA HAS JOINED THE CCHA IN MEN'S HOCKEY AND THEY WERE TAKING ON BEMIDJI STATE TONIGHT, AT HOME AFTER 35 DAYS GONE.

WE'LL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND MORE 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.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> BEMIDJI STATE MEN'S HOCKEY RETURNED TO THE SANFORD CENTER TONIGHT AFTER A 35-DAY HIATUS AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER WOULD FACE OFF AGAINST AUGUSTANA, THE CCHA'S NEWEST MEMBER SCHOOL.

THE BEAVERS COME INTO THE GAME SITTING IN 4TH PLACE IN THE CONFERENCE STANDINGS, BUT ARE ONLY THREE POINTS BEHIND FIRST PLACE TEAMS ST. THOMAS AND MINNESOTA STATE.

UNFORTUNATELY THE AUGIES ARE STILL IN THEIR PROBATIONARY PERIOD, SO NO POINTS WOULD BE AT STAKE THIS WEEKEND.

BEMIDJI STATE HOSTING AUGUSTANA.

BEAVERS SEARCHING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN SINCE TOPPING FERRIS STATE 4-1 BACK ON JANUARY 5TH.

MIDWAY TRUE THE FIRST, NO SCORE.

THE BEAVERS GET A 1-0 LEAD.

A FEW MOMENTS LATER, BSU ON THE POWER PLAY, ERIC THREADS THE NEEDLE TO LAY TON, THE TEAM LEADER IN GOAL.

BEMIDJI STATE IS UP 2-0.

SECOND PERIOD, BEAVERS ARE PRESSING THE ISSUE, AND HIS FOURTH GOAL THIS YEAR, AND THE BEAVERS LEAD 3-0.

ON THE OTHER END, SOLID ON THE NET, TURNING PUCKS AWAY ALL NIGHT.

THE SHUTOUT.

BEMIDJI STATE BLANKS AUGUSTANA 5-0.

THE BEAVERS WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TOMORROW, AND THE WOMEN WERE AT OHIO STATE, FALLING TO THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE COUNTRY.

>>> WE HEAD TO THE MAT.

THEIR FIRST DUAL OF THE NIGHT.

AND HE HAS MARK IN A HEAD LOCKE AND HE'S NOT LETTING GO.

WEIGHT CLASS 160, RICKY GETS HUNTER ON THE GROUND AND WORKS HIM FOR THE FALL, COMING AT 3 MINUTES AND 4 SECONDS.

FINALLY THE HEAVYWEIGHT, DON'T LET THE SIZE FOOL YOU.

PARKER IS QUICK, BODY SLAMS CONNOR, AND HE GETS THE PIN IN ONE MINUTE AND 24.

BEMIDJI FALLS SHORT IN THE DUEL.

LUMBERJACKS WON'T FAIR BETTER AGAINST STILL WATER, LOSING 31-19.

LITTLE FALLS BOYS WRESTLING ATTENDED THE TRIANGULAR TODAY, BEATING THE CARDINALS.

>>> BEMIDJI GIRLS WRESTLING WITH THEIR OWN TRIANGULAR.

THEY ARE RANKED SECOND IN THE STATE AND ALSO TAKING ON HASTINGS IN THEIR FIRST DUAL AT 1-14.

TAYLOR MERSCHMAN WORKING TRINITY YATES, GETS HER TO ROLL OVER AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

MERSCHMAN WINS BY FALL IN 56 SECONDS.

KIERA HAGMAN AT 1-21, GOING FOR HER 50TH CAREER WIN, HAS DARRIYANAH KELLY ALL LOCKED UP, FINALLY GETS THE PIN IN A MINUTE AND 18 SECONDS AND CONGRATS ON HITTING THAT MILESTONE.

UP TO 1-27.

JASMINE FRENZEL GETS THE TAKE DOWN ON ELLIE LEVINE, EVENTUALLY GETS HER PINNED.

IT ONLY TOOK 37 SECONDS AND AT 1-39.

TORI BAHR RANKED FOURTH IN THE STATE AT HER WEIGHT, SQUARING UP WITH FIONA MYERS.

THE SENIOR CAPTAIN MAKING IT LOOK EASY.

THE FALL COMES AT 42 SECONDS.

AND BEMIDJI ROLLS HASTINGS, WINNING 60 TO 17.

THE LUMBERJACKS HAD NINE PINS IN THE DUAL.

JACKS ALSO BREEZED THROUGH THEIR OTHER DUALS, BEATING MOORHEAD 66-9 AND STILL WATER 42-26 FOR THE SWEEP.

>>> SOME OTHER SCHOOLS IN BOYS BASKETBALL.

BRAINERD BEATS WILMER, 93-51.

PARK RAPIDS GETS THE WIN IN OVERTIME OVER EAST GRAND FORKS.

NEVIS GETS A WIN OVER MOUNTAIN IRON BUHL.

PARK RAPIDS GETS A W. IN MENAHGA, THEY ONLY HAVE ONE LOSS THIS SEASON.

ON THE BOY'S SIDE IN HOCKEY, GRAND RAPIDS GETS A 1-0 WIN.

AND WADENA DEER CREEKS FALLS.

WARROAD GETS THE WIN.

NORTHERN LAKES GETS A WIN 4-2.

ROSEAU BEATS ALEXANDRIA 7-4.

AND WARROAD 3-1 OVER GENTRY ACADEMY.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THE DEAR REDHEAD EXHIBIT AT THE CHARLES A WEYERHAEUSER MUSEUM IN LITTLE FALLS DISPLAYS SOME OF THE WORK OF WES SOD.

WHILE SOD'S NAME MIGHT NOT BE IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZABLE, MANY IN MORRISON COUNTY ARE FAMILIAR WITH HIS ART.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY MADE HIS WAY TO THE WEYERHAEUSER MUSEUM TO OBSERVE THE LATE SOD'S WORK.

>> Reporter: WES'S WORK IS AS VERSATILE AS IT GETS.

HE USES MULTIPLE TOOLS AND WAYS TO EXPRESS HIMSELF THROUGH HIS ART, SOME OF HIS MOST POPULAR WORK ARE OLD BUILDINGS AND LANDMARKS IN MORRISON COUNTY.

>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE RECOGNIZE WES BECAUSE OH, I HAVE SEEN HIS PORTRAITS.

IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO PUT THIS OUT HERE BECAUSE WE'RE THE REPOSITORY OF MEMORY IN MORRISON COUNTY AND WE WANT TO KEEP THOSE MEMORIES ALIVE.

>> Reporter: HE WOULD MAKE PERSONALIZED HOLIDAY CARDS, WHICH HE WOULD DISTRIBUTE TO HIS FRIENDS.

MANY OF THESE CARDS WERE ONLY SEEN BY SOD AND THE PERSON HE SENT THEM TO, THANKS TO THE EXTENDED FAMILY OF ONE OF HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS, WE COULD SEE SOME OF THE CARDS, AND IT'S ALSO HOW THE EXHIBIT GOT THE NAME DEER REDHEAD.

>> THE REDHEAD WAS A CLASSMATE OF HIS NAMED LARSON.

SHE HAD RED HAIR.

THAT WAS ONE OF HIS PERSONALIZED GREETING CARDS HE MADE FOR HER.

THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THE TITLE.

>> Reporter: SOD CHRONICLED MORRISON COUNTY IN A WAY THAT GIVES PEOPLE PRIDE IN THE BEAUTY THEIR HOME HAS TO OFFER.

>> IT'S NICE TO FEEL THAT YOU'RE A PART OF SOMETHING AND SEE THAT SOMEONE WHO WAS INCREDIIAL -- INCREDIBLY TALENTED WANT TO PRESERVE PARTS OF YOUR LIFE.

IT PUTS THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE LIKE OH, WE'RE IMPORTANT TOO.

>> Reporter: HE LIVED THERE FOR 58 YEARS BEFORE HE RELOCATED TO CALIFORNIA.

MANY LOCALS IN THE AREA STILL REMEMBER HIS WORK AND OWN SOME HIMSELF.

>> IT'S NOT JUST LIKE ISN'T THIS COOL, WES DID THIS FOR THE COUNTY.

IT'S I KNEW WES, HE DID SOMETHING FOR ME.

THAT'S A STRONG BONDED CONNECTION THAT YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE WITH ARTISTS, BUT WES MADE THAT CONNECTION WITH SO MANY PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN LITTLE FALLS WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE DEAR REDHEAD EXHIBIT WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE WEYERHAEUSER MUSEUM THROUGH LABOR DAY WEEKEND OF THIS YEAR.

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>>> WE GO TACK BACK TO STACY AS WE HEAD INTO OUR WEEKEND.

>> Stacy: IT'S A MILD WEEKEND, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, SOME AREAS OF FOG OR FREEZING FOG, WITH LOWS NEAR 27.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, FOG OR FREEZING FOG LINGERING IN THE MORNING, WE MAY SEE PATCHY DRIZZLE IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, HIGHS NEAR 41.

>> Charlie: SOMETHING OUT OF THE NSHL, TENNIS IS GOING TO ADD A THIRD CLASS IN 2025, SO THEY WILL HAVE THREE CLASSES INSTEAD OF TWO.

>> Dennis: THAT'S IT FOR US, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU MONDAY NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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