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

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

>>> THREE PEOPLE DIED AFTER A TWO VEHICLE HEAD-ON COLLISION NEAR NORTHHOME YESTERDAY.

THE STATE PATROL REPORTS THE CRASH HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY ONE, WEST OF KOOCHICHING COUNTY ROAD 15 AROUND 11:00 IN THE MORNING.

A PICKUP TRAVELING WEST ON HIGHWAY ONE DRIVEN BY 24-YEAR-OLD RILEY SCHEIDECKER OF BLOOMER, WISCONSIN COLLIDED WITH A PICKUP HEADED EAST ON HIGHWAY ONE THAT WAS PULLING A FISH HOUSE AND WAS DRIVEN BY 27-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH MICHAEL CARLSON OF NORTH BRANCH.

THE STATE PATROL TELLS LAKELAND NEWS THAT FOLLOWING THE CRASH THE PICKUP PULLING THE FISH HOUSE WENT INTO THE EAST BOUND DITCH AND CAUGHT FIRE.

SCHEIDECKER AND CARLSON BOTH DIED AT THE SCENE AS DID 27-YEAR-OLD JOHN CORAZZO OF SHOREVIEW, MINNESOTA.

CORAZZO WAS A PASSENGER IN CARLSON'S VEHICLE.

IN ADDITION, TWO PASSENGERS IN SCHEIDECKER'S VEHICLE SUFFERED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

26-YEAR-OLD DOLTON LEE JOHNSON OF MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN AND 26-YEAR-OLD THOMAS RONALD JOHNSON OF BLOOMER, WISCONSIN.

DOLTON JOHNSON WAS TAKEN TO BEMIDJI SANFORD HOSPITAL.

THOMAS JOHNSON WAS TAKEN TO A FARGO HOSPITAL.

THEIR CONDITIONS ARE NOT KNOWN.

A THIRD PASSENGER IN SCHEIDECKER'S TRUCK.

26-YEAR-OLD LEVI HOLUM OF BLOOMER, WISCONSIN SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

THE PATROL SAYS IT IS UNKNOWN IF ALCOHOL WAS INVOLVED IN THE CRASH.

ROAD CONDITIONS WERE LISTED AS DRY AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION.

>>> BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVED A CONTRACT TONIGHT FOR THEIR NEW CITY ADMINISTRATOR.

THE CONTRACT FOR NICK BROYLES WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED WITH THIS START DATE SET FOR FEBRUARY 26TH.

BROYLES WAS SELECTED BY THE COUNCIL LAST WEEK AS THEIR TOP CHOICE FOR THE POSITION.

BROYLES MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IN SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA.

HE JOINED THE AIR FORCE THIRTY YEARS AGO AND HAS SERVED IN VARIOUS ROLES THROUGHOUT HIS MILITARY CAREER INCLUDING BATTALION EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND SENIOR TACTICAL OFFICER.

HE RETIRED FROM THE AIR FORCE AS A MAJOR.

OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES BROYLES HAS WORKED IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR ROLES INCLUDING OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR FOR NASA.

>>> TODAY IS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORST MINING DISASTER IN MINNESOTA HISTORY.

ON FEBRUARY 5, 1924, 48 MINERS WERE NEAR THE END OF THEIR SHIFT WHEN FOLEY LAKE BROKE THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND MINE.

41 MEN LOST THEIR LIVES AND ONLY SEVEN SURVIVED.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: A CENTURY AGO THE DAY WAS GOING AS ANY OTHER.

THE MINERS WERE NEARING THE END OF THEIR SHIFT, 48 MINERS WERE NEARLY 200 FEET BELOW GROUND AND THEN THE FOLEY LAKE BUST THROUGH THE MINE.

THE LADDER WAS HALF A MILE FROM MOST OF THE MINERS, SOME KNEW WHAT THE GUST OF WIND MEANT.

>> SOME OF THE OTHER MINERS YELLED FOR PEOPLE TO RUN FOR THEIR LIVES, BUT THEY HAD A LONG WAY TO RUN.

PRETTY MUCH THE ONES CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE SHIFT WERE THE ONES THAT GOT OUT AND THE 41 REMAINING MINERS DIED.

>> Reporter: 41 MEN LOST THEIR LIVES THAT DAY.

>> 37 WOMEN LOST THEIR HUSBANDS, 88 CHILDREN LOST THEIR FATHERS, THE YOUNGEST WAS 5 DAYS OLD.

THEY DIDN'T RECOVER ANY OF THE BODIES FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND I THINK IT WAS 9 MONTHS LATER THEY RECOVERED THE LAST BODY.

>> Reporter: NOW PEOPLE CAN SEE THE STORY OF THE MEN THAT LOST THEIR LIVES, THE SITE OF THE DISASTER IS NOW A PARK WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME YEAR ROUND.

>> WITH WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED AT THE ORIGINAL SITE, CROW WING COUNTY AND ESTABLISHING IT AS AN ACTUAL COUNTY PARK NOW AND THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE OUT THERE IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

IF YOU WALK THROUGH IT AND YOU SEE THE MINERS' NAMES ENGRAVED ON THE DOCK, IT BRINGS CHILLS UP YOUR SPINE AND JUST REMEMBERING WHAT A TRAGEDY THAT WAS BACK IN THE DAY.

>> Reporter: 100 YEARS HAS PASSED SINCE THE DISASTER, BUT THE DISASTER ITSELF STILL HAS A PROFOUND IMPACT ON CROSBY.

>> IT'S PART OF OUR HERITAGE.

I MEAN, CROSBY WAS FOUNDED BY MINERS THAT CAME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, A LOT OF THEM FROM AUSTRIA AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.

A LOT OF THEM DIDN'T SPEAK THAT MUCH ENGLISH AT THE TIME, BUT IT'S THE HISTORY OF HOW CROSBY GOT STARTED.

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

>> THERE WAS A COMMEMORATIVE PROGRAM HELD TONIGHT AT CROSBY IRONTON HIGH SCHOOL.

WE WILL HAVE COVERAGE OF THE EVENT TOMORROW NIGHT ON LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> REPUBLICAN STATE REP. BEN DAVIS OF MISSION TOWNSHIP, HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN FOR HOUSE DISTRICT 6A.

DAVIS WAS FIRST ELECTED IN 2022 WINNING BY A 25-POINT MARGIN.

HE CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE ENERGY COMMITTEE, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES COMMITTEE, AND THE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE.

DAVIS IS ALSO IS A MEMBER OF THE IRON RANGE RESOURCE AND REHABILITATION BOARD.

DISTRICT 6A INCLUDES GRAND RAPIDS, LAPRAIRIE, COHASSET, GARRISON, CROSBY, IRONTON, CUYUNA, DEERWOOD, CROSSLAKE, EMILY, OUTING, FIFTY LAKES, AND REMER.

>>> BIG CHANGES COULD BE COMING TO THE U.S. IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IF A LONG-AWAITED SENATE BIPARTISAN BORDER DEAL AND FOREIGN AID PACKAGE BECOMES LAW.

WHILE THE BILL HAS AN UPHILL BATTLE IN CONGRESS, IF PASSED, IT WOULD DRAMATICALLY RESHAPE THE ASYLUM PROCESS AND GRANT NEW POWERS TO THE PRESIDENT.

GLORIA PAZMINO IS IN NEW YORK TO BREAK DOWN THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: AMID AN INTENSIFYING MIGRANT SURGE AT THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER, AND RAGING CONFLICTS OVERSEAS, A BIPARTISAN LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL WAS UNVEILED TO ADDRESS THIS CRISIS AND ADDRESS IMMIGRATION LAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES.

>> THIS BILL IS VITAL TO AMERICA'S INTEREST.

>> Reporter: AMONG THE CHANGES, NEW EMERGENCY AUTHORITIES FOR THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO RESTRICT BORDER CROSSINGS IF CERTAIN NUMBERS ARE REACHED, RAISING THE LEGAL STANDARD OF PROOF TO PASS THE INITIAL SCREENING FOR ASYLUM, EXPEDIING IT FROM YEARS TO SIX MONTHS.

IN A NEW PROCESS FOR CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES TO DECIDE ASYLUM CLAIMS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE COURT.

>> ALL THE THINGS THAT WE BILLED INTO THIS TO MAKE THIS A STRONGER SYSTEM GETS THERE IN THE LAW GETS CLOSE IN THIS STRUCTURE.

>> Reporter: THE $118.2 BILLION PACKAGE ALSO PROVIDES CRITICAL AID TO KEY U.S.

ALLIES ABROAD, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE, SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR CIVILIANS IN GAZA AND THE WEST BANK.

WHILE SENATE LEADERSHIP IS PUSHING FOR PASSAGE.

>> WE HAVE TO PERSIST BECAUSE THIS LEGISLATION IS TOO IMPORTANT TO THE COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: THE COMPROMISE FACES AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.

G.O.P.

HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON CALLING IT DEAD ON ARRIVAL.

DESPITE DEMANDS FROM REPUBLICANS TO CONTEND WITH THE BORDER CRISIS.

>> WE HAVE TO DECIDE AS REPUBLICANS WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE BORDER.

>> Reporter: IN NEW YORK, I'M GLORIA PAZMINO.

>> THE BILL ALSO INCLUDES PROVISIONS PRESERVING PRESIDENTIAL POWER TO GRANT HUMANITARIAN PAROLE, A FIVE-YEAR EXPANSION OF IMMIGRANT VISAS, AND A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR AFGHANS PAROLED INTO THE U.S., AMONG OTHER ITEMS.

REPUBLICAN SENATORS WERE SET TO MEET TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE WAY FORWARD, ACCORDING TO A G.O.P.

AIDE WITH A SENATE FLOOR TEST VOTE SLATED TO TAKE PLACE NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL HAVE AREAS OF FOG AND FREEZING FOG TONIGHT AND THAT COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, BEMIDJI JAYCEES HELD THEIR FIRST BEMIDJI DAYS EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND, FEATURING THE PLUNGE.

I HAVE ALL THE DETAILS REGARDING THAT TRADITIONAL EVENT.

[♪♪♪ >> 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.

>>> BEMIDJI JAYCEES HELD THE FIRST BRRR-MIDJI DAYS EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND.

FEATURING THE 20TH ANNUAL BRR-MIDJI PLUNGE, WHERE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY RAISED MONEY TO JUMP INTO THE FROZEN WATERS OF LAKE BEMIDJI.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: WELCOME THE JAYCEES BEMIDJI DAYS, A WEEKEND EVENT THAT FEATURES MANY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT BEMIDJI HAS TO OFFER IN THE WINTER, WITH THE FEATURE EVENT BEING THE 20th ANNUAL PLUNGE.

BUT FIRST, THE DAY STARTED WITH A FROZEN 5K RUN, WITH MANY TURNING OUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ONE OF THE MOST MILD WINTERS IN MINNESOTA'S HISTORY.

>> THIS YEAR WE'RE PROBABLY AT OUR LARGEST AMOUNT, AROUND 45 RUNNERS.

PEOPLE JUST LOVE COMING OUT AND THEY LOVE THE CHALLENGE.

>> IT'S AWESOME OUT TODAY COMPARED TO OTHER YEARS.

I RAN IT WHEN IT WAS -10 AND I ENJOY GETTING OUT AND DOING SOMETHING IN THE WINTER, AND IT MOTIVATES ME TO BE ACTIVE AND GET THROUGH THE COLDER PARTS OF THE YEAR.

>> Reporter: NOW THAT THE RUN IS COMPLETE, THE NEXT EVENT TO TAKE PLACE IS THE PLUNGE.

MANY RESIDENTS AROUND THE AREA DIDN'T KNOW IF THE EVENT WOULD TAKE PLACE BECAUSE OF THE MILD WINTER, BUT THAT BROUGHT IN MORE JUMPERS TO THE PLUNGE.

>> WITH THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS WITH IT BEING 50 DEGREES IN FEBRUARY, IT'S GOOD FOR US, BAD FOR THE JUMPERS.

>> WE HAD OVER 60 PREREGISTER BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR REGISTERS COME FROM THE DAY OF.

BECAUSE OF THE WARM WEATHER, IT WORKED OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT EVENT THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: IT BROUGHT OUT OVER 100 PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN THE PLUNGE, WITH 100% OF THE PLEDGES DONATED TO THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

EVEN IN THE WARM WEATHER, THE WATER IS STILL VERY CLOSE TO FREEZING, SO WHY DO PEOPLE COME OUT AND TAKE THE PLUNGE?

>> IT'S A WAY TO GET PEOPLE OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY IN THE DEAD OF WINTER.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON IN BEMIDJI.

THERE ARE A LOT OF HEALTH BENEFITS FROM JUMPING IN COLD WATER FROM TIME TO TIME.

INSTEAD OF JUST THE DONATIONS AND RAISING FUNDS, THEY ALSO DO IT FOR FUN.

>> I ENJOY PUSHING MY BODY TO WHAT IT IS CAPABLE OF AND WHAT WE CAN DO AS HUMANS IS INCREDIBLE.

GETTING OUTSIDE THE COMFORT ZONE, JUST REALLY LIVING IN THAT MOMENT.

>> Reporter: AS TRADITION HERE AT THE BEMIDJI PLUNGE, IT'S TIME FOR THE REPORTER TO DO THE PLUNGE.

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

>> THE NEXT EVENT FROM BEMIDJI JAYCEES WILL BE THE WATER CARNIVAL EVENT COMING AROUND THE FOURTH OF JULY.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAD A REPORTER DO A PLUNGE AS PART OF THE STORY.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE MATTHEW JUMP IN AND GET A TASTE.

HE'S FROM FLORIDA, SO THIS IS AWFUL COLD FOR HIM.

>> Stacy: YEAH, IT IS.

IT WAS VERY MILD AND IT IS STILL VERY MILD OUT THERE, SO NOT TYPICAL WINTER, BUT AGAIN THAT WATER IS STILL VERY COLD.

WE HAVE AREAS OF FOG AND FREEZING FOG ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND WE COULD SEE SOME DENSE FOG IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, THERE IS A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN THE REGION THROUGH NOON TOMORROW.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE MILD WEATHER THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK, BUT EXPECT A >> 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 DID HAVE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER IN MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY.

TODAY WE ARE EXPECTING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AND WE WILL HAVE AREAS OF FOG, SOME DENSE FOG IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME CLOUDS IN MUCH OF THE AREA.

TEMPERATURES STAY MILD THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK.

WE ARE EXPECTING A COOL DOWN LATE THIS WEEK AND LITTLE BIT OF SNOW.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, 28 AT THE AIRPORT.

WINDS ARE CALM, THE DEW POINT IS 28.

HUMIDITY IS UP TO 100%.

IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY AND 32, 28 IS OUR DEW POINT, PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY AND WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 7 MILES PER HOUR.

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS OUT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL NOON ON TUESDAY.

WE'LL SEE VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITHIN THE DENSE FOG, SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING AS YOU HEAD OFF TO WORK AND SCHOOL.

ON THE RADAR, WE HAVE SOME UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND IN FACT, WE COULD SEE PATCHY DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT IN NORTHWEST AND WESTERN MINNESOTA, OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WITH SOME AREAS OF FOG AND FREEZING FOG, AND ALL OF THAT LINGERS INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

OTHER THAN THAT, FAIRLY QUIET, IT'S GOING TO BE MILD.

WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE MILD TEMPERATURES THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK, BUT THERE IS A COOL DOWN AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, DEBRA SENDING US THIS PHOTO FROM LAKE ADA.

SOME OF THE FROSTY TREES OUT THERE.

ANGELA WITH THIS PICTURE OF A PURPLE SKY, A LITTLE BIT OF FOG THIS MORNING, RIGHT AROUND SUNRISE.

THAT WAS FROM CASS LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PICTURES WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, DEBRA IN PINE RIVER, 19 DEGREES THIS MORNING.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 25 WITH FOG THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, PARTLY CLOUDY AND 38.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLEAR WITH FOG AND MIST TONIGHT.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, FOGGY CONDITIONS WITH A HIGH OF 38.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, 44 IS THE HIGH TODAY IN BRAINERD, A FULL 20 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

THE LOW THIS MORNING WAS 18, SUNSET AT 5:27.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 32, SO AGAIN WELL ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 20.

24 WAS OUR LOW, AND SUNRISE AT 7:41.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE'LL BE SEEING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, AND AGAIN THERE COULD BE SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA, MAYBE SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING.

HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB INTO THE MID-30s ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTH, MAYBE CLOSE TO 40 DEGREES AND GRAND RAPIDS.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE OR SOME MORNING FREEZING DRIZZLE AROUND THE WADENA AREA.

HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 37 IN WADENA TO THE LOW 40s IN LITTLE FALLS.

MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, AREAS OF FOG AND FREEZING FOG, AND WE COULD SEE SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE IN WESTERN MINNESOTA, LOWS NEAR 28.

IN THE MORNING, WE COULD SEE AREAS OF FOG AND FREEZING FOG ALONG WITH THE DRIZZLE AND MORNING FREEZING DRIZZLE IN WESTERN MINNESOTA, 38 FOR OUR HIGH TEMP.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, A LITTLE MORE ACTIVE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK, JUST SOME ISOLATED AFTERNOON RAIN WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS NEAR 45 AND THEN WE START TO SEE THE COOL DOWN.

WE WILL SEE RAINFALL ON THURSDAY AND THAT WILL BECOME A MIXTURE ON FRIDAY, AND POSSIBLY EVEN SOME SNOW ON SATURDAY AS HIGHS ONLY REACH 29.

BY SUNDAY, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME SUNSHINE ONCE AGAIN, WITH HIGHS NEAR 30.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARILY IS -- CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH A STORY ABOUT LITTLE FALLS.

>> Charlie: THEY'RE RANKED TOP 20 IN CLASS A AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE TEAM AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THEM AND SOME OF THE WEEKEND THAT WAS IN 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.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> LITTLE FALLS BOYS HOCKEY'S WON SEVEN OF THEIR LAST TEN GAMES AND THE FLYERS ARE NOW RANKED 14TH IN THE STATE IN CLASS A.

THIS SEASON THE TEAM UPPED THE ANTE BY SCHEDULING RANKED OPPONENTS IN NEARLY HALF OF THEIR TOTAL GAMES.

REPORTER MILES WALKER TELLS US HOW THE BUMP IN COMPETITION, AMONG OTHER THINGS, IS HELPING TO PREP THE TEAM FOR A RUN AT A SECTION TITLE AND A RETURN TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2020.

>> Reporter: WHEN -- ONE OF THE MAIN KEYS TO THEIR RECENT SUCCESS IS A SHIFT IN MINDSET.

>> THERE WAS A LOT OF NEGATIVITY EARLIER IN THE YEAR AND NOW WE'RE MORE POSITIVE ON THE BENCH AND YOU CAN TELL HOW WE'RE IMPROVING.

WE MAKE SURE WE HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND ON THE CONTRARY, MAKING SURE WE PICK PEOPLE UP WHEN THEY'RE NOT DOING TOO GOOD OR WHEN THEY'RE DOING GOOD, TELL THEM THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.

>> Reporter: EXCEPTIONAL GOALTENDER AND FORWARD PLAY AS THEY ALLOWED TWO OR LESS GOALS IN THE LAST 13 CONTESTS.

>> I THINK OUR GOALTENDING IS THE BEST STAT ALL YEAR.

THE FORWARDS ARE GOOD, AND I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF NEW KIDS RIGHT AWAY AND THEY HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

>> Reporter: THINGS HAVE KICKED UP A NOTCH AS THEY HAVE RANKED OPPONENTS IN 10 OF THEIR 21 GAMES PLAYED, INCLUDING 4 OF THEIR LAST 5 GAMES.

THE TEST IN THE REGULAR SEASON WILL BEST PREPARE THEM FOR WHAT'S TO COME IN THE POST-SEASON.

>> YEAH, FOR SURE.

WE HOPE THAT'S THE PLAN.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A CONFERENCE HERE.

WE TRY TO HAVE A CONFERENCE THIS YEAR, BUT WE GET INDEPENDENT CANCELS, SO WE GET A LOT OF GOOD TEAMS THAT WANT TO PLAY US.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT US.

>> Reporter: IF THE FLYERS WANT TO HANG WITH THE BIG BOYS, THEY WILL ALSO TAKE THE RIGHT ATTITUDE.

>> WE HAVE TO PLAY GRITTY HOCKEY.

WE HAVE A NORTHERN TEAM, I WANT TO SAY WE HAVE TO BUY INTO OUR SYSTEM AND PLAY GRITTY.

WE NEED TO HIT MORE.

WE'RE NOT THE BIGGEST HITTING TEAM, SO WE HAVE TO BE MORE GRITTY AND BE AWARE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN LITTLE FALLS, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Charlie: LITTLE FALLS IS RIDING A TWO GAME WIN STREAK INTO TOMORROW'S RANKED REMATCH WITH NORTHERN LAKES.

THE FLYERS BEAT THEM EARLIER THIS YEAR.

>>> WELL, IN GIRLS HOCKEY, SOME SECTION PAIRINGS WERE ANNOUNCED OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE TWO TIME REIGNING CHAMPS WARROAD EARNED A SEAT AND BYE.

SOME OF THE OTHER PAIRINGS FOR YOU, ROSEAU HOSTING SARTELL SAUK RAPIDS.

BEMIDJI WILL HAVE TO GO ON THE ROAD AND PLAY AT ALEXANDRIA.

GREENWAY HOSTING NORTHERN TIER, AND PRAIRIE CENTER.

WELL, BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WAS ABLE TO GET OVER THE HUMP ON THURSDAY AND GET THEIR FIRST NSIC VICTORY OF THE SEASON ON THE ROAD AT MINOT STATE.

ON SATURDAY, THE LADY BEAVERS RETURNED HOME WITH A CHANCE TO DO ANOTHER FIRST THIS SEASON, WIN BACK TO BACK GAMES.

BSU HOSTING MINNESOTA STATE MOORHEAD.

THEY LOST TO THE DRAGONS 69-46 IN DECEMBER.

LATE THIRD QUARTER, IT'S A TIE GAME.

ASH LYNN IS GOING TO DRIVE THE SHOOTER'S TOUCH AND FINISHED WITH 9 AS THE BEAVERS TAKE THE LEAD.

NOW SAM TAKES IT TO THE HOLE, SHE FINISHED WITH 14 AS BEMIDJI STATE EXTENDS THE LEAD.

47-41.

NOW AMY IS OPEN OUTSIDE, NOTHING BUT NET, AND SHE DROPS 15 ON THE DRAGONS, BEMIDJI STATE WINS THEIR SECOND IN A ROW, BEATING MOORHEAD.

THEY GO FOR THREE IN A ROW AS THEY PLAY NORTHERN STATE AT HOME TOMORROW.

THE MEN PLAYED ON SATURDAY, BUT THEY FELL TO MINNESOTA STATE MOORHEAD.

IN COLLEGE HOCKEY, BEMIDJI STATE HOSTING AUGUSTANA.

A CHANCE TO SWEEP THE WEEKEND SERIES.

THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN A HOLE LATE IN THE SECOND.

ERIC MARTIN CUTS INTO THE LEAD WITH 3.7 SECONDS LEFT IN THE PERIOD.

IN THE THIRD, VIKINGS SHOT NO GOOD AND HE GETS THE REBOUND AND FINDS RYAN, WHO PUTS IT AWAY AND THE LEAD IS BACK TO 3.

PATRICK PUTS THE BISCUIT IN THE BASKET.

HIS FIRST CAREER GOAL FOR THE BEAVERS.

THEY CUT THE LEAD, BUT BEMIDJI STATE FALL TO AUGUSTANA 5-2.

THEY HIT THE ROAD AGAIN NEXT WEEK AND THEY HEAD TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND THE WOMEN WRAPPED UP THEIR SERIES AGAINST NUMBER ONE RANKED OHIO STATE AS WELL, FALLING 9-1.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

NOW HERE IS REPORTER ZY'RIAH SIMMONS WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS REPORT.

>> Reporter: PLANNING AHEAD, SAMANTHA IS ONE OF FOUR PROFESSIONALS IN THE REGION HELPING PEOPLE IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS WITH LIFE INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE PLANNING, AND COLLEGE PLANNING.

>> MY GOAL BASICALLY IS EDUCATE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, MY CLIENTS, TO HELP THEM BE FINALLY SECURE.

SO, WE LIKE TO OFFER WORKSHOPS TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY PLANNING, MEDICARE PLANNING, JUST RETIREMENT PLANNING.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

SO, MY GOAL IS TO GET IN FRONT OF MORE PEOPLE AND TO HELP THEM, SO THEY KNOW HOW TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL RETIREMENT.

>> Reporter: STARTING UNDER HER PARENTS' GUIDANCE IS WHAT PUSHED HER TO CREATE HER OWN BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: MY PARENTS AND I MOVED HERE ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO AND THEY STARTED IN THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY.

I STARTED WITH THEM 15 YEARS AGO AS THEIR ASSISTANCE.

I LOVE WHAT THEY DID.

SO, I WANTED TO BRANCH OUT AND HAVE MY OWN BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: WORKING FOR PRUDENTIAL HAS MOTIVATED THE MARKING -- MARKETING ASSISTANT.

>> I LEARNED HOW TO MANAGE MY OWN MONEY BY LOOKING AT ALL MY BUDGETING AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

I LEARNED HOW TO DO THAT HERE IN THE OFFICE.

I ALSO STARTED MY FIRST RETIREMENT HERE.

SAM IS VERY GREAT ON EXPLAINING HOW ALL OF THAT WORKS, LIKE DISCUSSING ALL THE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS FOR RETIREMENT, AND WHICH PRODUCT WOULD BE BEST FOR ME.

>> Reporter: SAMANTHA WANTS HER CLIENTS TO BE PREPARED WHEN IT COMES TO ANY FORM OF INSURANCE.

>> FORGETTING ABOUT PLANNING FOR INSURANCE.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT LIFE INSURANCE, DISABILITY, BUT THEY DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE LONG-TERM CARE PLAN AND SO, I AM CERTIFIED IN LONG-TERM CARE PLANNING, AND THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF MY JOB BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S THE INSURANCE OR JUST THE PLAN, I REALLY TRY TO ENCOURAGE MY CLIENTS TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF PLAN.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M ZY'RIAH SIMMONS, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: AND WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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