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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.

>>> AUTHORITIES IN MINNESOTA ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE KILLINGS OF TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND A FIREFIGHTER WHO RESPONDED TO A DOMESTIC INCIDENT AT HOME IN BURNSVILLE ON SUNDAY.

KILLED EARLY SUNDAY WERE BURNSVILLE POLICE OFFICERS PAUL ELMSTRAND AND MATTHEW RUGE, BOTH 27 AND 40-YEAR OLD ADAM FINSETH, A FIREFIGHTER AND PARAMEDIC WHO WAS ASSIGNED TO THE CITY'S SWAT TEAM.

A THIRD OFFICER, SARGENT ADAM MEDLICOTT, WAS ALSO SHOT BUT SURVIVED AND IS RECOVERING AT HOME.

THE HENNEPIN MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE CONFIRMED TODAY THAT MAN WHO FATALLY SHOT THOSE THREE DURING A STANDOFF OVER THE WEEKEND KILLED HIMSELF.

ACCORDING TO A NEW RELEASE, SHANNON CORTEZ GOODEN DIED BY SUICIDE WITH A SINGLE GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD.

COURT RECORDS SHOW THAT GOODEN WASN'T LEGALLY ALLOWED TO HAVE GUNS AND HAD BEEN ENTANGLED IN A YEARS LONG DISPUTE OVER THE CUSTODY AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF HIS THREE OLDEST CHILDREN.

AUTHORITIES ALSO HAVEN'T SAID HOW GOODEN OBTAINED THE GUNS.

COMPLETE SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE VICTIMS HAVE NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED.

SARA ELMSTEAD SAID HER SON'S FUNERAL WILL BE SATURDAY AT WOODRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH IN LONG LAKE AND THAT SHE BELIEVED A LARGER POLICE FUNERAL FOR ALL THE OFFICERS WOULD BE SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK.

THE CITY IS STEERING PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES TO A SITE RUN BY THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS BURNSVILLE OFFICERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT LABOR SERVICES.

YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO THAT SITE ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

THE CITY IS WARNING RESIDENTS TO BEWARE OF SCAM FUNDRAISERS SEEKING TO EXPLOIT THE TRAGEDY.

>>> LAST SUMMER, THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE FOUND AN ERROR IN THE 2023 TAX LAW THAT INADVERTENTLY SHRUNK THE AMOUNT OF THE INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX STANDARD DEDUCTION TO 2019 LEVELS, OMITTING FOUR YEARS OF INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS.

LEGISLATORS ARE WORKING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND CORRECT THE RATES ON THE TAX TABLES FILERS ARE USING FOR THIS YEAR'S TAX FORMS.

YESTERDAY ON A 128-2 VOTE, THE HOUSE PASSED A BILL THAT WOULD CORRECT THE ERROR BY ADJUSTING THE STANDARD DEDUCTION AMOUNTS FOR TAX YEAR 2023.

HOUSE FILE 2757 NOW GOES TO THE SENATE.

THE BILL WOULD ALSO ALIGN THE DEFINITION OF TRIBAL NATION IN STATEWIDE LOCAL HOUSING AID WITH THE WORDING IN THE TRIBAL NATION AID PROGRAM.

THE BILL WOULD ALSO ALLOW A 0.625 PERCENT LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX AUTHORIZATION FOR BELTRAMI COUNTY APPROVED BY 97 PERCENT OF COUNTY VOTERS LAST NOVEMBER.

>>> IN 2022 MINNESOTA SAW A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE VISIT FOOD SHELVES IN THE STATE, REACHING MORE THAN 5 MILLION NEW CLIENTS.

IN 2023 THAT RECORD WAS BROKEN AGAIN, THIS TIME 7.5 MILLION NEW CLIENTS VISITED FOOD SHELVES IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THE NUMBER OF MINNESOTANS GETS HELP FROM FOOD SHELVES HAS SHOT UP, BREAKING RECORDS ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING IN BEMIDJI.

>> WITH THE COVID SUPPORT GOING AWAY, THAT NEXT MONTH, WE WENT FROM 700 FAMILIES A MONTH TO OVER 1,000 FAMILY AS MONTH.

THAT HAS BEEN EVERY MONTH SINCE THEN, SO WE'RE COMING UP ALMOST ON A YEAR NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN SUCH AN INCREASE.

>> Reporter: DURING 2023, THEY HAVE SEEN A 20% INCREASE OF PEOPLE SEEKING HELP, 11,000 FAMILIES CONSISTING OF 37,000 PEOPLE, WITH ALMOST 900 OF THE FAMILIES BEING NEW CLIENTS RECEIVING OVER 750,000 POUNDS OF FOOD.

>> IF YOU WERE TO TAKE EVERY FOOD SHELF AND OPEN THEM UP SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 24 HOURS A DAY, AND EVERY FOOD SHELF, THERE WOULD BE 10 PEOPLE AT ANY MOMENT GETTING FOOD.

THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AND ONE THAT IF YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT, IS AN INCREDIBLE STATISTIC.

>> Reporter: IT'S AN ESSENTIAL WAY OF DEALING WITH THE MAJOR INCREASE, SO MORE VOLUNTEERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.

>> AT ONE POINT, WE WERE UP TO 1,000 VOLUNTEERS AND THEN COVID HIT.

THAT JUST TOOK A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF OUR -- DECIDED NOT TO COME BACK.

SO THE 300 WE HAVE, YEAH, THEY'RE CRITICAL TO WHAT WE DO AND ONE THAT WE LOOK, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED.

>> Reporter: WITH MARCH APPROACHING AROUND THE CORNER, THESE FOOD SHELVES CAN USE ANY DONATION POSSIBLE.

>> SO MARCH IS FOOD SHARE MONTH FOR THE STATE AND ONE OF OUR LARGE DONATIONS, AND PART OF IT IS THAT THERE IS A MATCH THAT GOES ON, THE GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CHURCHES PROVIDES A MATCH TO ALL DONATIONS TO THE FOOD SHELF DURING MARCH.

WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT GOING OUT, IT'S AN IMPORTANT TIME FOR US TO BUILD UP OUR RESERVES, TO GET US THROUGH THE NEXT YEAR.

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

>> FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF OR IF YOU WISH TO BECOME A VOLUNTEER, YOU CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE THAT IS ON THE SCREEN.

>>> THE BRAINERD COMMUNITY THEATRE AND CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER PREMIERED PUFFS THE PLAY BY MATT COX LAST WEEKEND.

THE PLAY'S DIRECTED BY TRAVIS CHAPUT AND PRESENTS A COMEDIC TAKE ON A POPULAR WIZARDING UNIVERSE THAT HIGHLIGHTS ITS LESS ACCLAIMED CHARACTERS AND THEIR STORIES, A STORY THAT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER DIRECTOR JOEY YOW EXPECTS TO RESONATE WITH ALL AGES.

>> I THINK THIS PLAY WILL RESONATE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GREW UP READING THE BOOKS WHEN IT CAME OUT.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE LOOK BACK WITH A LOT OF NOSTALGIA AND ARE ABLE TO LAUGH AT SOME OF THE, AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE STORY, THAT MATT AND HIS TEAM PULLED OUT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLAY.

>> Dennis: THE PLAY WILL BE SHOWN AT THE CHALBERG THEATRE ONCE AGAIN THIS WEEKEND FROM THIS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

>>> AROUND CHRISTMAS YOU MAY REMEMBER A STORY WE BROUGHT YOU ABOUT AN AMAZING 12-YEAR SELF TAUGHT PIANIST FROM NAYTAWAUSH.

BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT THEY SAW ON TV, A BEMIDJI NURSING HOME WANTED TO CLAIM THEY WERE THE FIRST TO GIVE THE 6TH GRADER HIS FIRST BIG GIG.

REPORTER MATT HENSON SHOWS US HOW HE WOWED THE CROWD.

>> SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU, I WILL SEND IT OVER.

>> Reporter: FROM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FROM THE CROWD, JAYME WASTED NO TIME MAKING MUSIC WITH HIS HANDS.

[♪♪♪] >> Reporter: GRACING THE CROWD AT THE NURSING HOME IN BEMIDJI.

>> STRUCK BY HIS COOLNESS UNDER PRESSURE.

[♪♪♪] >> Reporter: THE PRE-TEEN TAUGHT HIMSELF OUT TO PLAY THE PIANO IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS BY WATCHING YOUTUBE VIDEOS.

>> WE EXPECTED SOME LESSON BOOK MUSIC COMING OUT OF HIM, THE STARTER SONGS, BUT WE DID NOT EXPECT CLASSICAL MUSIC COMING FROM HIM.

>> Reporter: RESIDENTS ARE CALLING HIS [♪♪♪] -- [♪♪♪] MUSIC SOOTHING.

>> A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY WITHOUT BACKGROUND IN MUSIC CAN DO THIS.

>> Reporter: NO SHEET MUSIC FOR THIS UP AND COMING PIANO STAR, JUST A PLAY LIST OF 15 SONGS.

HE LEARNED FOUR NEW SONGS FOR HIS FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE.

>> IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.

IT MAKES YOU KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR ME.

>> Reporter: I POSTED THE ORIGINAL STORY TO MY FACEBOOK PAGE AND IT WAS WATCHED 18,000 TIMES.

JAYME HAS SINCE CREATED HIS OWN FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE PAGES.

>> I WAS AMAZED THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING IT.

PEOPLE KNEW THE SONGS.

[♪♪♪] >> Reporter: JAYME SAID HE WAS ONLY A LITTLE NERVOUS FOR THIS DAY, NOT WANTING TO "MESS UP".

WE DIDN'T HEAR ONE BAD NOTE DURING THE 45 MINUTE PERFORMANCE.

JAYME SAID HE JUST KEPT HIS EYES ON THE KEYS.

HIS PRACTICE LITERALLY PAYING OFF.

>> GREAT JOB.

>> Reporter: EARNING $112 IN TIPS THAT HE PLANS TO USE TO BUY L.E.D.

LIGHTS FOR HIS GRAND PIANO AT HOME, WITH HIS FIRST PERFORMANCE ENDING ON A HIGH NOTE, HIS CAREER ON THE PIANO BENCH IS JUST BEGINNING.

>> IT MAKES ME WANT TO KEEP DOING IT AND JUST KEEP GOING ON AND ON.

[♪♪♪] >> IF YOU'D LIKE TO CHECK OUT JAYME'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL, YOU CAN DO SO BY GOING TO THE LINK ON THE SCREEN.

THAT'S YOUTUBE.COM/ @GRANDPIANOMASTER AND @GRANDPIANOMASTER IS ALL ONE WORD WITHOUT SPACES.

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

>> Stacy: SOME OF US MAY SEE SOME FLURRIES TOMORROW MORNING, BUT OTHERWISE SUNSHINE AND MILD TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

THE HISTORY CENTER HOSTED THEIR ANNUAL >> 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.

>>> I.C.E.

FEST TOOK PLACE OVER THE WEEKEND AT GREEN PRAIRIE FISH LAKE IN LITTLE FALLS.

THE ANNUAL EVENT RAISES FUNDS FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN.

ICE CONDITIONS CAUSED A DIFFERENT LOOK TO THIS YEAR'S EDITION.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: WHILE THIS YEAR'S ICE FEST DID NOT GO TO PLAN, IT ACHIEVED THE GOAL THEY HAD EVERY YEAR, BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER HAS BEEN A CORE VALUE FOR ICE FEST AND THIS YEAR, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER THROUGH THEIR LOVE AND INTEREST IN ICE CAROUSELS.

>> FROM THE BEGINNING, HE SAID IT'S ALL ABOUT CONNECTING PEOPLE.

I LEARNED THAT TO BE MORE AND MORE TRUE.

THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE, WE HAVE BEEN TO FINLAND, WE HAVE BEEN TO MAINE, THE GUYS FROM QUEBEC HAVE BEEN TO OUR EVENTS.

THIS IS THEIR SECOND OR THIRD TIME NOW.

IT'S FUN TO GO THERE AND HAVE THEM COME HERE.

IT'S LOTS OF FUN.

>> Reporter: CURRENT AND FORMER WORLD RECORD HOLDERS WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

THEY SPENT SIX YEARS BREAKING EACH OTHER'S RECORDS, IT'S ALL LOVE BETWEEN THESE GROUPS.

>> WE HAVE DONE FRIENDLY BANTER, FRIENDLY COMPETITIONS FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, BUT TO BRING US ALL-IN-ONE SPOT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S TRULY AMAZING.

THAT SHOWS YOU HOW FRIENDLY OF A COMPETITION IT IS AND THE COMRADERY THAT HAS COME OF IT.

>> Reporter: IT CAN'T BE UNDERSTATED.

IF ABLE, THEY WOULD HELP EACH OTHER OUT IN ANY WAY THEY CAN.

>> WHEN WE CUT OUR WORLD RECORD LAST YEAR, CHUCK WAS PART OF IT.

HE FLEW OUT AND HELPED US CUT IT.

YEAH, WE HAVE THE CREDIT FOR IT BECAUSE IT WAS CUT IN MAINE, THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT BRINGS TOGETHER NOT JUST OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALL THE OTHER WORLD RECORD HOLDERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN A DECADE SINCE THEY CARVED THEIR FIRST ICE CAROUSEL AND NOW LOOKING BACK AT WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT THE FUTURE HAS IN STORE CAN BE REALLY PROFOUND.

>> WHAT STARTED OUT AS JUST A LITTLE FAMILY ACTIVITY WITH JUST MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, AND TO THINK IT WOULD HAVE GROWN TO THIS WAS NEVER OUR INTENTION, BUT IT SURE HAS BEEN FUN LETTING IT COME ALONG.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM FISH LAKE IN LITTLE FALLS, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: THE EVENT HAS RAISED OVER 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR FLYER PRIDE PACK AND KARE KLOSET.

>>> WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND TEMPERATURES UP IN THE 40s.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE MORE ON THE WAY.

THE EXCEPTION IS TOMORROW MORNING WHEN SOME O >> 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: WELL, IT'S BEEN MILD AND SUNNY OUT THERE TODAY AND WE DO HAVE MORE OF THE SAME THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK.

WE COULD BE SEEING A FEW FLURRIES IN PARTS OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, QUIET WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEK AND A COOL DOWN AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY.

28 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT, AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE A WEST WIND AT 3 MILES PER HOUR, AND OUR DEW POINT IS AT 24.

IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY, 34, WITH A DEW POINT OF 23.

WINDS ARE OUT OF THE WEST AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, IT IS FAIRLY QUIET.

WE HAVE A LITTLE UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE AND THAT COULD RESULT IN A FEW FLURRIES DEVELOPING, MAINLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES HEADED INTO TOMORROW, A FEW OF THE FLURRIES COULD LINGER IN THE MORNING, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT LOOKS QUIET.

WE SHOULD BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND MOST OF US WILL HAVE MILD TEMPERATURES, AND A LITTLE COLDER IN THE FAR NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE.

BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE THIS MORNING FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA, DEBRA AT LAKE ADA AND SAMROSE IN UPPER RED LAKE.

THIS IS OF THE ICE ON THE LAKE THERE.

WE HAVE AN EAGLE IN FLIGHT FROM ANGELA IN CASS LAKE.

A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET SHOT FROM DAN.

DAVE SENT US THIS PHOTO OF THE MOON OVER BRAINERD THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, SAMROSE, 23 THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON REPORTING SUNSHINE WITH A HIGH OF 39.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, 48 FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT.

ANGELA IN CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 43.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNSHINE WITH A HIGH OF 48.

AND OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING A HIGH OF 48, WELL ABOVE OUR AVERAGE.

22 WAS OUR LOW THIS MORNING, SUNSET AT 5:49.

WE ARE NEARLY 20 DEGREES ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE, 15 FOR THE LOW, 7:17 FOR THE SUNRISE.

HERE'S A LOOK AT YOU ARE OF FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, AS I MENTIONED, SOME LINGERING FLURRIES IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, SKIES SHOULD BE PARTLY SUNNY THROUGH THE DAY.

VERY WARM FOR MOST OF US, COLDER IN THE FAR NORTH, MUCH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA SHOULD SEE HIGHS IN THE 40s, POSSIBLY 48 IN PARK RAPIDS, AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, MILD TEMPERATURES WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 40s.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, A CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA, LOWS NEAR 21.

TOMORROW, SKIES BECOMING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, VERY QUIET AND FOR THE MOST PART, VERY WARM.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A LITTLE BIT OF A COOL DOWN ON FRIDAY, WITH HIGHS NEAR 27, BUT WE'RE BACK IN THE 40s ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THE MILD WEATHER CONTINUES.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH OUR SPORTS.

BIG NIGHT TONIGHT.

>> Charlie: YES, A HUGE NIGHT TONIGHT.

WE HAD THE START OF BOYS SECTION HOCKEY AND A COUPLE OF RANKED MATCH UPS IN GIRLS BASKETBALL WITH SECTION IMPLICATIONS.

WE HAVE ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM >> 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.

[♪♪♪] >>> GRAND RAPIDS BOYS HOCKEY BEGINS THEIR TREK TO THE EX AS THE TOP SEED IN THE SECTION 7-2A TOURNAMENT, TRYING TO RETURN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WINNING THE CLASS 2A TITLE IN 2017.

THE THUNDERHAWKS FINISHED THIS SEASON 14 AND 11 AND RANKED 17TH IN THE STATE.

TONIGHT THEY ARE HOSTING NINE SEED CAMBRIDGE-ISANTI IN THE SECTION QUARTERFINALS.

T-HAWKS HAVE NOT PLAYED THE BLUEJACKETS SINCE THE 2018 QUARTERFINALS.

7 MINUTES INTO THE GAME, NO SCORE.

GAVIN USES A LOW ANGLE, NOW THE THUNDER HAWKS TAKE THE LEAD.

BLUE JACKETS LOOKING TO CLEAR, KYLER GETS THE STEAL.

T-HAWKS EXTEND THE LEAD TO 3.

NOW SETH DENIED THE FIRST TIME, KICKS IT IN THE BACKDOOR.

THUNDER HAWKS WERE DOMINANT.

THEY WILL GO ON TO WIN BIG AS GRAND RAPIDS WINS 9-0.

THE T-HAWKS WILL PLAY THE WINNER OF ROCK RIDGE IN THE SEMIFINALS IN DULUTH ON SATURDAY.

>>> AND IN SECTION 5A, THIRD SEEDED LITTLE FALLS HOSTING SIXTH-SEEDED PRINCETON.

FIRST PERIOD, STILL SCORELESS AND IT'S CARTER OOTHOUDT BREAKING THE ICE.

LITTLE FALLS GO UP 1-0.

SECOND PERIOD, LUKE AVERY ON THE BREAKAWAY, SLAPS IT TOP SHELF.

LITTLE FALLS UP 2-0.

LATER IN THE SECOND, RYAN OOTHOUDT GETS THE FEED AND FINDS PAYDIRT.

LITTLE FALLS OUST PRINCETON 7-2, ADVANCING TO THE SEMI-FINALS.

FLYERS WILL FACE THE WINNER OF THE GAME, MONTICELLO ON SATURDAY.

>>> BEMIDJI ALSO FALL TO ELK RIVER AND ST.

CLOUD GETS A HUGE UPSET AT THE MEMORIAL OVER ROSEAU, 2-1.

ROSEAU OUT SHOT THEM 43-10.

LAKE OF THE WOODS BEATS BAGLEY FOSSTON.

NORTHERN LAKES GETS THE WIN OVER WADENA DEER CREEK.

THEY WILL HEAD TO THE SEMIFINALS OVER FERGUS FALLS.

>>> IN GIRLS BASKETBALL, CLASS A, FOSSTON HOSTING.

GABBY FOR THE PANTHERS, SHE HAD 31 POINTS TONIGHT.

HOUNDS TRYING TO CLIMB BACK IN.

LEXI WITH A RUNNER.

SHE LED FOSSTON WITH 12.

IN THE SECOND HALF, MORE OF THE SAME FOR THE PANTHERS.

SHE ADDED 8 POINTS AND CASS LAKE GETS A BIG WIN OVER FOSSTON.

PANTHERS ALSO HELD THEM TO THEIR LOWEST POINT TOTAL OF THE SEASON.

HERE'S MORE BASKETBALL SCORES FOR YOU.

CROSBY-IRONTON BEATS STAPLES MOTLEY.

MENAHGA, THEY FINISH OUT THE SEASON WITH THAT RECORD, HAVING ONLY LOST THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON.

WALKER HACKENSACK BEAT BROWERVILLE.

FOSSTON WAS ALSO AT HOME AGAINST CASS LAKE-BENA IN BOYS BASKETBALL.

PANTHERS ARE RANKED 13 IN CLASS A. HUDSON TAKES IT RIGHT TO THE RACK FOR THE FIRST POINTS OF THE GAME.

HE LED THE GREYHOUNDS.

PANTHERS ARE DOWN 5-4.

DROPPING THE TRAY, ONE OF THE THREE OF THE NIGHT.

CLB TAKES THE LEAD.

THEY WILL NOT LOOK BACK.

HE FINISHED WITH 15.

CASS LAKE-BENA, THEY RUN AWAY WITH THIS ONE, 83-52 OVER FOSSTON.

PANTHERS HAVE NOW WON 13 IN A ROW AND HERE'S A COUPLE MORE SCORES FOR YOU.

>>> PEQUOT LAKES BEAT BEMIDJI 53-49.

BRAINERD GETS A WIN.

ESKO, THEY BEAT CROSBY-IRONTON.

NEVIS PUTS UP TRIPLE DIGITS.

SACRED HEARTS WINS.

GRAND RAPIDS GETS A WIN TONIGHT 74-62.

IN THE NHL, THE WINNIPEG JETS AFTER MINNESOTA PUT UP 10 GOALS YESTERDAY, THEY MUSTERED 3 TODAY AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO BEAT THE JETS.

>> Dennis: COULD HAVE SAVED A FEW OF THOSE GOALS FOR TODAY.

>> Charlie: WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY, ESPECIALLY IN THIS MILD WINTER, TO HAVE SOME FUN QUALITY FAMILY TIME OUTDOORS.

REPORTER ZY'RIAH SIMMONS HAD THE CHANCE TO ENJOY WINTER ADVENTURE FAMILY FUN DAY AT THE FOREST HISTORY CENTER WITH A COUPLE OF MEMBERS AND FAMILIES FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOOD EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: THE WINTER ADVENTURE FAMILY FUN DAY BEGAN WITH A SHOW WHERE FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO SEE AND EVEN TOUCH THE WINGS OF THESE BIRDS, FOLLOWED BY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY.

>> IT GIVES PEOPLE SOMETHING TO DO.

IT'S USUALLY MID-FEBRUARY, AND BY MID-FEBRUARY, PEOPLE ARE GETTING SICK OF WINTER.

SO THIS EVENT GIVES PEOPLE SOMETHING TO DO, GETS THE KIDS OUTSIDE AGAIN AND HAVE FUN AS A FAMILY OUT IN THE WOODS.

>> Reporter: WITH THE MILD WEATHER AFFECTING MINNESOTA THIS YEAR, IT HAS SHINED A LIGHT ON OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT PEOPLE USUALLY DON'T PARTICIPATE IN.

>> WELL, WE HAVE THE UNIQUE FEATURE OF OUR LOGGING CAMP SO THAT'S IN THE BACKDROP, BUT THIS GIVES A CHANCE TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT NOT ALWAYS DO, LIKE HATCHET THROWING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SEEING LIVE RAPTORS.

>> Reporter: SOME PARTICIPANTS COMMENDED THE HISTORY CENTER FOR ORGANIZING A GREAT EVENT, APPRECIATING THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL.

>> I LIKE, I JUST LIKE ALL OF THE DETAIL, LIKE THEY PUT IN ALL THESE PLACES.

LIKE ALL OF THE STUFF THAT THEY JUST PUT IN HERE, THAT JUST SITS HERE.

>> I LIKE THE HORSE.

I LIKE GETTING THE WOOD DROPPED OFF AND DOING THE BOW THING, WHERE YOU THROW IT.

I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT THAT THOUGH.

>> Reporter: NOT HAVING ANY SNOW DID NOT STOP THE PEOPLE FROM ENJOYING THEIR WINTER FAMILY FUND -- FUN DAY.

>> IT'S NOT AN IDEAL WINTER SITUATION.

WE USUALLY HAVE 2 OR 3 FEET OF SNOW AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT, AND PEOPLE LIKE TO SKI, SNOW SHOE, OR SLED, AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR, BUT THIS IS A WAY TO GET OUTSIDE AND DO SOMETHING FUN WITH YOUR FAMILY.

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

>> FOREST HISTORY CENTER NEXT EVENT IS THEIR ANNUAL MAPLE, MUSIC, & PHENOLOGY DAY ON APRIL 6TH.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE WEBSITE LINK BELOW.

>>> BACK TO STACY WE GO FOR MORE ON WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE COULD BE SEEING A FEW FLURRIES DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT.

OTHERWISE, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR 21.

A FEW FLURRIES IN THE MORNING, THEN SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY AGAIN, 43 FOR THE HIGH, VARIABLE WINDS AT 10 MILES PER HOUR, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF THE WEEK AND FRIDAY WE WILL COOL DOWN TO A HIGH OF 27, BUT BACK TO THE 40s ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

>> Charlie: HE GOT THE FORWARD OF THE WEEK, TWO GOALS, ONE ASSIST, WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM HIM AS THEY GET READY FOR THE SERIES AGAINST ST. THOMAS.

>> Dennis: THAT IS IT FOR US TONIGHT.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'RE BACK AT 10:00 TOMORROW.

WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US THEN.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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