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>> Dennis: HI EVERYONE.

THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> AN OVERNIGHT FIRE HAS DESTROYED THE HISTORIC LUTSEN LODGE ON LAKE SUPERIOR IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING.

IT'S BEEN LEVELED BY FIRE TWICE BEFORE ONLY TO RISE FROM THE ASHES AGAIN.

THE OWNERS OF LUTSEN LODGE SAY THEY ARE DETERMINED THAT IT WILL RISE A THIRD TIME.

STEVE GOODSPEED HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: UNDER THE FEBRUARY GRAY SKIES OF LAKE SUPERIOR'S NORTH SHORE WAS THE BLACK AND WHITE AFTERMATH OF WHAT ONCE WAS.

VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS FROM EVERY SMALL COMMUNITY WE DRIVEN THROUGH WERE STILL HERE IN THE MORNING.

LAST NIGHT, BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED FROM UP AND DOWN THE SHORE, THE WOOD AND BEAUTY WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES, A BRIGHT LIGHT AGAINST A BLACK BACKDROP.

>> WE DON'T KNOW THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE YET, IT APPEARED TO COME FROM THE BOILER AND ESCALATED INTO A FULL ENGULFED FIRE BY 1:30 OR SO.

>> FIRST ARRIVING CREW GOT HERE, THERE WAS HEAVY SMOKE.

WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE AN INTERIOR, SO IT WAS A DEFENSIVE FIGHT FROM THE GET GO.

>> Reporter: WHEN HE GOT THE CALL, GENERAL MANAGER DID THE 40 MINUTE DRIVE IN 20.

WHEN HE ARRIVED, THERE WAS NO DOUBT.

>> WE WERE GOING TO LOSE IT.

THERE IS NO WAY THAT FIRE COULD HAVE BEEN PUT OUT AND THE SIZE OF THE FIRE AND THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING AND THE MATERIALS THAT WAS USED IN THE 1950s.

IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE SAVED.

I KNEW WHAT I WAS WATCHING WOULD BE THE FINAL FIRE.

IT'S A DEVASTAING FIRE OF THE BUILDING.

>> Reporter: THIS DEVASTATION IS NOT NEW FOR THE LODGE.

ORIGINALLY BUILT IN THE 1880s, IT BURNED DOWN THE FIRST TIME IN 1949.

THE FAMILY HIRED A FAMOUS ARCHITECT TO REBUILD IN 1950, BUT THEN MORE DEVASTATION.

>> THAT NEW BUILDING BURNED IN 1951, LEAVING THE CHIMNEY AND FIREPLACE THAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME, AND THEN EDWIN BUILT THE BUILDING AGAIN, THE SAME PLANS WERE USED AGAIN AND BUILT THE BUILDING THAT BURNT LAST NIGHT.

>> Reporter: A PIECE OF THEIR HEART REMAINS HERE.

>> WE HEAR IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

PEOPLE MAKE RESERVATIONS MONTHS IN ADVANCE.

THEIR GRANDPARENTS BROUGHT THEM HERE AND THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR GRANDKIDS HERE.

THE AMAZING MEMORIES WE HEAR EVERYDAY.

IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR THAT THE MEMORIES WILL BE JUST A MEMORY.

THEY CAN'T COME BACK TO THE SAME BUILDING, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO REBUILD IT IN THE SAME WAY, USING THE PLANS FROM 1951 AND BUILD IT IN A MODERN WAY WITH NEW BUILDING CODES AND MECHANICALS AND PUT IT BACK AND CREATE NEW MEMORIES FOR SOME OF THOSE SAME PEOPLE.

>> NO GUESTS WERE CHECKED IN AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.

>>> PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER ARE RALLYING TO HELP THE FAMILY OF A 27-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO DIED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION THAT KILLED THREE PEOPLE NEAR NORTHOME ON SUNDAY.

A GOFUNDME SITE HAS NOW BEEN SET UP FOR JOSEPH MICHAEL CARLSON WHO LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE, SADIE, AND A 1-YEAR-OLD SON.

CARLSON WAS DRIVING A PICKUP HEADED EAST ON HIGHWAY ONE THAT WAS PULLING A FISH HOUSE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER PICKUP HEADED WEST.

ACCORDING TO THE STATE PATROL, CARLSON'S PICKUP WENT INTO THE DITCH AND CAUGHT FIRE.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP THE FAMILY YOU CAN GO TO THE GOFUNDME WEBSITE AND SEARCH JOSEPH MICHAEL CARLSON OR GO TO THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE FOR A LINK.

AS OF THIS EVENING.

OVER $26,000 HAS BEEN RAISED FOR THE FAMILY.

>>> LAST NIGHT, THE CUYUNA IRON RANGE HERITAGE NETWORK HELD A PROGRAM COMMEMORATING THE MILFORD MINE DISASTER.

THE PROGRAM WAS HELD AT CROSBY-IRONTON HIGH SCHOOL.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY WAS IN ATTENDANCE TO PAY RESPECT TO THE 41 MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.

>> Reporter: THE PROGRAM HELD AT CROSBY-IRONTON HIGH SCHOOL WAS WELL ATTENDED.

PEOPLE WERE EAGER TO LEARN THE HISTORY OF THE MILFORD MINE DISASTER.

THAT HISTORY WAS TOLD AND WE HEARD FROM THE DESCENDENTS OF THE MEN THAT WORKED IN THE MINE.

>> IT WAS MY GREAT, GREAT, GRANDPA.

>> Reporter: ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MOMENTS DURING THE PROGRAM OR A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HERE TODAY IF THEIR RELATIVES HAD NOT KNOWN THE DANGERS OF THE MINE.

[INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME] >> JANUARY, MY FATHER BECAUSE HE WAS NOT MARRIED.

>> YOU NOTICE SOME SEEPAGE IN THE MINE AND HE TOLD THE FOREMAN.

THEY BLEW HIM OFF BECAUSE HE WAS JUST A YOUNG ITALIAN IMMIGRANT THEY SAID AND HE QUIT.

MY MOM WAS NOT BORN UNTIL 1932, SO HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE AND I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HERE.

ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL, HER GRANDMA'S FIRST HUSBAND PASSED AWAY AND HER DAD WASN'T HERE YET, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS WITH OUR IRON MINING TRADITION.

>> Reporter: 100 YEARS REMOVED FROM THE DISASTER AND THE PEOPLE OF CROSBY FEEL MINING IS A PART OF THEIR HERITAGE.

>> CROSBY IS NOW TRENDY, BUT TRULY WE ARE STILL THE CUYUNA RANGE AND ANY HISTORY WE NEED TO REMEMBER.

THAT'S WHAT SHAPES THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE.

I THINK WE NEED TO CONNECT THAT PAST WITH THE PRESENT.

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

>> THE SOO LINE DEPOT MUSEUM WILL HAVE AN EXPANDED EXHIBIT HONORING THE MILFORD MINE WHEN THEY OPEN FOR THE YEAR ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

CROW WING COUNTY WILL ALSO EXPAND THE MILFORD MINE MEMORIAL PARK THIS JUNE.

>>> ESSENTIA HEALTH IS FACING PUBLIC OUTRAGE AFTER ANNOUNCING IT WILL END LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES AT THE FOSSTON HOSPITAL OPERATING IN NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

ROUGHLY 40 COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHERED AT FOSSTON CITY HALL LAST TUESDAY, WITH ANOTHER ONE HUNDRED PLUS JOINING ONLINE TO TUNE INTO A VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MATTER.

THE DULUTH-BASED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM SAID DECLINING BIRTHS, INCREASINGLY HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES AND CHALLENGES RECRUITING PROVIDERS SPURRED THE DECISION.

THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO DISAGREED WITH THE DECISION FROM ESSENTIA HEALTH LET THEIR VOICES BE HEARD.

>> AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE PROVIDERS YOU HAVE THERE AND I LOOK AT THEIR VOLUMES.

YOU TALK SO MUCH ABOUT COMPETENCY, WHAT I SEE IS THAT YOU DON'T -- THOSE PROVIDERS AREN'T GETTING THE LEVEL OF COMPETENCY YOU SET AS A GOLD STANDARD FOR FOSSTON PROVIDERS TO GET.

I JUST WANTED TO CALL THOSE OUT BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY AND THE 135 PEOPLE ON THE CALL AND THE 40-PLUS PEOPLE HERE DESERVE TO KNOW THAT.

THANK YOU.

>> ESSENTIA SAYS CENTRALIZING LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES AT ITS DETROIT LAKES HOSPITAL, WHICH IS MORE THAN 60 MILES AWAY, IS A SAFER CARE MODEL FOR PATIENTS.

>>> THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL HELD A PUBLIC HEARING LAST NIGHT REGARDING THE PROPOSED SALE OF A BEMIDJI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY-OWNED PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF BEMIDJI.

THE SALE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY TO VICTORY CAPITOL L.L.C.

WILL FURTHER A PRIORITY AND GOAL OF THE BEDA TO REDEVELOP THE SOUTH EAST LAKE BEMIDJI REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF MIXED-USE PROPERTY WITH A MINIMUM OF 36-UNIT RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT AND/OR CONDO UNITS.

THE BEDA SOLD THE DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY FOR $625,000.

>> IT REALLY WORKED OUT WELL FOR US BECAUSE WE PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY BACK FROM THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPERS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DEVELOP IT IN A TIMELY MANNER.

WE MADE ANOTHER 100,000 IN THE SALE AND WE KEPT THE EARNEST MONEY FROM THE FIRST SALE, SO THAT HELPS THE TAXPAYER AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DEVELOPED AND GET IT ON THE TAX ROLL.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT.

>> THE SESSION ENDED ABRUPTLY WHEN UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING VIRTUALLY INTERRUPTED THE PROCEEDINGS WITH HATE SPEECH AND RACIAL SLURS, LEADING TO THE COUNCIL TO END THE SESSION EARLY.

THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING WILL BE CONTINUED ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL SEE AREAS OF FOG TONIGHT, AND WE WILL HAVE PRECIPITATION AND COOLER TEMPERATURES ARRIVING LATER THIS WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, THE JAYCEES >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE HELD A GRAND OPENING CEREMONY YESTERDAY, FOR THE FIRST WOMEN'S RECOVERY CENTER AT THE A.R.C.

RECOVERY CENTER ON THE LEECH LAKE RESERVATION.

REPORTER ZY'RIAH SIMMONS HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THE A.R.C.

WELCOMED ITS FIRST WOMEN'S RECOVERY PROGRAM.

THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE 2020, BUT DUE TO COVID AND NEEDING MORE FUNDS DURING THAT TIME, IT WAS PUT ON HOLD.

>> IT'S SO AMAZING.

WE'VE BEEN SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A GOOD THREE YEARS, SECURING THE FUNDING THAT WAS NEEDED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND GETTING OUR FACILITY HERE RENOVATED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AS NEEDED, AND IT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING FOR ALL OF US HERE ON LEECH LAKE.

>> Reporter: THE A.R.C.

CENTER IS DESCRIBED AS UNIQUE, MANAGED BY PEOPLE WITH RELATABLE SITUATIONS AS THEIR CLIENTS.

>> I THINK THIS RECOVERY CENTER IS PRETTY UNIQUE.

THIS IS A FACILITY WHERE EACH ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS IS OF LIVED EXPERIENCE AND WHAT THAT MEANS, THEY'RE LIVING SOME TYPE OF RECOVERY PROGRAM, FROM OUR TECHNICIANS, TO OUR SECURITY, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE LADIES UPSTAIRS.

>> Reporter: DOROTHEA, THE MANAGER NAMED SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THEY MAY FACE WHILE RUNNING THE RECOVERY CENTER, BUT WITH THEIR TEAM, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SURPASS THOSE CHALLENGES.

>> WELL, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE, ONE THAT THE CHAIRMAN MENTIONED IS PEOPLE COMING TO VISIT SOMETIMES.

THEY DON'T ALWAYS FOLLOW THE RULES.

THEY MAY BE THINKING THEY AREN'T SUPPOSED TO, SO WE HAVE TO BE ON HEIGHTENED ALERT AT ALL TIME.

AND WOMEN AND MEN, THERE IS THE AGE OLD WANTING TO GET TOGETHER WHILE THEY'RE IN TREATMENT, SO WE HAVE TO BE REALLY AWARE OF THAT.

SO WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES IN OUR PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO COVER ALL THE AREAS.

>> Reporter: BEING CLOSE TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS WAS CONSTANTLY REPEATED.

THE RECOVERY CENTER GAVE THE WOMEN THAT ATTEND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE CLOSE TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO INSPIRE A LOT OF THE LADIES TO WANT TO GET THE SERVICES THEY DESIRE BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

OUR RELATIVES GO TO A DIFFERENT FACILITY AND SOMETIMES THEY STAY, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.

BEING CONNECTED TO HOME AND BEING BACK HOME IS REALLY WHERE THEY WANT TO BE.

I DO BELIEVE THAT OFFERING THESE SERVICES HERE, WE ARE GOING TO SEE MORE SUCCESS.

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

>> THE RECOVERY CENTER HAD ITS FIRST CLIENT VISIT YESTERDAY.

>>> FINAL -- TIME FOR WEATHER AND HERE IS STACY.

>> Stacy: MILD TEMPERATURES IN THE SHORT-TERM, COOLER TEMPS AND A CHANCE OF SNOW LATER THIS WEEK >> 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 STILL PRETTY MILD OUT THERE TODAY AND IN FACT, WE WILL HAVE MORE MILD WEATHER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING A COOL DOWN LATER THIS WEEK.

WE WILL START WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN ON THURSDAY, AND THAT RAIN COULD BE CHANGED INTO SNOW ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

BEMIDJI, 32 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WINDS NORTHEAST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, AND THE DEW POINT IS AT 32.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH AREAS OF FOG, 29 DEGREES.

27 IS OUR DEW POINT.

WINDS ARE CALM.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, WE ARE NOT SEEING PRECIPITATION.

WE HAVE SOME MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE AREA AND WE DO EXPECT TO SEE AREAS OF FOG ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT.

THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME LIGHT DRIZZLE, A LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THAT CONTINUES INTO TOMORROW.

FOG WILL BE OUT THERE IN THE BEGINNING AND WE WILL SEE AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IN WESTERN MINNESOTA.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW NIGHT, WE WILL SEE RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPING WITH RAIN LIKELY AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY AND THEN SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES BY THE END OF THE WEEK COULD CHANGE THAT RAIN OVER TO SNOW.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, IT WAS A GORGEOUS SUNRISE OUT THERE THIS MORNING AND TERRY, ANGELA, ARLENE, AND DAVE CAPTURING THAT BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE FOR US.

ANDREA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE FROST YESTERDAY IN ELMSDALE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, ARLENE REPORTING 32 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

PAUL IN BEMIDJI, MOST CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 36.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDY SKIES, BUT BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY WITH A BIT OF SUNSHINE.

AND STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLEAR WITH SOME FOG AND MIST, WITH A HIGH OF 42.

ON OUR ALMANAC, WARM TEMPERATURES OUT THERE, 24 IS OUR AVERAGE, 29 WAS OUR LOW TEMPERATURE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.

BEMIDJI TODAY REACHING A HIGH OF 36, SO AGAIN WELL ABOVE THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

29 FOR THE LOW, 5:28 IS THE SUNSET.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, COULD SEE SOME FOG IN THE MORNING, AND THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME DRIZZLE AND MAYBE IN THE MORNING, FREEZING DRIZZLE IN WESTERN MINNESOTA, HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 36 IN WARROAD, INTO THE LOW 40s ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE WILL BE SEEING MID-40s, TO CLOSE TO 50, BUT CLOUDY SKIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THERE IS THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE WADENA AREA.

TONIGHT, THE FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE, WITH LOWS NEAR 32.

TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH FOG IN THE MORNING AND THE CHANCE FOR DRIZZLE IN THE WEST, HIGHS NEAR 43.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, RAIN MOVES IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY, HIGHS NEAR 42, BUT THE TEMPERATURES START TO FALL AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK, SO WE'LL SEE MORE OF THAT RAIN BECOMING SNOW FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY.

ON SUNDAY, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, HIGHS NEAR 28.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: TIME FOR SPORTS.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW AND THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS HOCKEY PLAYOFFS ARE UNDER WAY.

>>> 16 TEAMS ARE GOING TO WIN SECTION TITLES AND HEAD TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL.

WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM ONE OF THEM, BRAINERD AND ST.

CLOUD AND THE SCORES FROM THE OTHERS 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.

>>> THE TREK TO THE EX BEGINS TONIGHT WITH THE START OF SECTION PLAYOFFS IN GIRLS HOCKEY WITH MULTIPLE AREA TEAMS FACING OFF IN THEIR RESPECTIVE QUARTERFINAL MATCHUPS INCLUDING BRAINERD-LITTLE FALLS, WHO FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON AT 14-10, EARNING THE THREE SEED IN SECTION 8-2A AND A HOME GAME IN AT LEAST THE FIRST ROUND.

WARRIORS HOSTING ST.

CLOUD WHO ENTER TONIGHT WITH A 7 AND 17 RECORD.

THEY BEAT CRUSH IN BOTH THEIR MEETINGS EARLIER THIS YEAR.

PICKING IT UP IN THE SECOND PERIOD, BREAKING THE ICE, THE WARRIORS ARE TAKING A 1-0 LEAD.

NOW LOOKING FOR MORE, BUT IT STOPS SHORT OF BRAINERD'S SECOND GOAL.

IT DID NOT MATTER TONIGHT AS ERICA WAS NAILED IN THE NET, TALLYING 21 SAVES FOR THE WARRIORS AS BRAINERD LITTLE FALLS ADVANCING TO THE SEMIFINALS.

NEXT UP FOR THE WARRIORS WILL BE THE WINNER OF ROSEAU AND SARTELL SAUK RAPIDS.

THERE IT IS, ROSEAU WINS 9-1.

THEY WILL HOST.

BEMIDJI GETS A 3-0 WIN OVER ALEXANDRIA.

THEY WILL PLAY MORE THAN LIKELY MOORHEAD?

-- MOORHEAD.

>>> LITTLE FALLS BEATS NORTHERN LAKES FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON, A RANKED MATCH UP THERE, 5-0.

EAST GRAND FORKS BEATS WARROAD.

>>> TO THE HARDWOOD, BEMIDJI BOYS BASKETBALL AT HOME AGAINST PERHAM.

THE LUMBERJACKS TRYING TO END A TWO GAME SKID.

THOSE ARE SOME GREAT PANTS THERE.

NOW A KISS OFF THE GLASS, GIVING THE JACKS A LEAD.

JUST OVER 1 MINUTE TO THE HALF NOW AND JACKSON WILL TAKE OVER, GETTING A FADE AWAY, MAKING IT 36-29.

THEN IN THE WANING SECONDS, HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING, NO, HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS DOING.

22 POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF, HE FINISHED WITH A CAREER HIGH OF 44, AND BEMIDJI BEATS PERHAM.

THEY GET BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN.

>>> SOME OTHER HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCORES IN BOYS, GRAND RAPIDS FALLS TO CLOQUET, DETROIT LAKES BEATS LITTLE FALLS.

ESKO, PEQUOT LAKES A RARE LOSS FOR THEM.

CROSBY-IRONTON GETS A WIN OVER WILLOW RIVER.

ON THE GIRL'S SIDE OF THINGS, NEVIS BEATS RED LAKE.

>>> IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, BEMIDJI STATE MEN TAKING ON NORTHERN STATE AT HOME.

BEAVERS TRYING TO AVENGE A LOSS TO THE WOLVES IN ABERDEEN BACK IN DECEMBER.

PICKING UP IN THE SECOND HALF.

EARNING A DOUBLE-DOUBLE RIGHT THERE, ONE OF HIS 10 REBOUNDS AND 28 POINTS.

NEXT POSSESSION, THEY ARE WORKING TO PERFECTION, DOWN LOW.

THE BEAVERS EXTEND THEIR LEAD.

LATER, BSU WOULD GET OUT AND RUN TO JOHNNY, HE FINISHES WITH 6 POINTS IN JUST 15 MINUTES PLAYED AND DALTON ADDED 26.

BEMIDJI STATE GOES ON TO WIN 86-70 OVER NORTHERN STATE AND AVENGES THAT LOSS FROM EARLIER IN THE SEASON.

>>> THE BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN ALSO TIPPED OFF AGAINST NORTHERN STATE.

THE BEAVERS RIDING A TWO GAME WIN STREAK INTO TONIGHT'S GAME.

FIRST QUARTER, SAM POGATCHNIK WORKING THE PICK AND ROLL WITH ALYSSA HILL, WORKS TO PERFECTION.

IS -- HILL FINISHES WITH 13.

BEAVERS TAKE A 4-0 LEAD.

LATER, GAMES TIED AT 8-8.

THE RED SEA PARTS FOR POGATCHNIK.

SHE TAKES IT ALL THE WAY AND BSU IS UP 10-8 MIDWAY THROUGH THE MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST.

IN THE SECOND QUARTER WOLVES WOULD FIND THEIR STRIDE.

RIANNA FILLIPI DISHES TO ALAYNA BENIKE, KNOCKS DOWN THE THREE, PART OF A 17-0 RUN.

AND BEMIDJI STATE WOULD NEVER RECOVER.

THEY FALL TO NORTHERN STATE 64-50 AND THE BEAVERS DROP THEIR SECOND GAME TO THE WOLVES THIS SEASON.

IN THE NBA, THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES FELL IN OVERTIME 38 POINTS.

>> Dennis: ODD TO HAVE COLLEGE HOOPS ON A TUESDAY NIGHT.

>> Charlie: YEAH, NOT NORMALLY.

IT'S USUALLY A FRIDAY, SATURDAY, OR THURSDAY.

NORMALLY YOU DO BACK TO BACK, IT'S A HOME AND HOME, BACK TO BACK, BUT THEY HAVE DONE SOME HOME AWAY, HOME AWAY, AND THURSDAY THEY WILL TRAVEL AGAIN.

>> Dennis: THE BEMIDJI HIGH GIRLS TEAM WERE THE UNDERDOGS TONIGHT?

>> Charlie: YES, SEATING-WISE AND A LOT HAD TO DO WITH HOW THEY ARE HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCH UPS, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT THEY WERE THE BETTER TEAM AND THEY CAME OUT WITH THE WIN TONIGHT.

>> Dennis: VERY GOOD, THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THE 34TH ANNUAL BRAINERD JAYCEES ICE FISHING EXTRAVAGANZA HYBRID EDITION TOOK PLACE THIS PAST SATURDAY.

DUE TO LOW ICE DEPTHS, THE EVENT, WHICH TYPICALLY RUNS ON GULL LAKE —SPANNED OVER THE ENTIRE BRAINERD LAKES AREA, WHERE THOUSANDS TOOK PART IN THE COMPETITION WHILE ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO BRAINERD-AREA CHARITIES LIKE THE CONFIDENCE LEARNING CENTER.

REPORTER MILES WALKER CAPTURED THE TOURNAMENT IN THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOOD'S EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE PARTICIPANTS ENJOYED THE COMPETITIVE ASPECTS TO THE ICE FISHING EXTRAVAGANZA, WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL IS HAVING LIKE-MINDED INDIVIDUALS GATHER FOR A GREAT CAUSE.

THEY RAISED $4.5 MILLION IN DONATION SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1991.

>> MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT THE JAYCEES IS HOW IT BECOME QUITE THE FAMILY OF PEOPLE, LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE, GATHERING TOGETHER TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: ASHLEY IS TAKING IN HER FIRST EXPERIENCE IN THE EXTRAVAGANZA, IMMERSED HERSELF.

>> I LIKE TO FISH, SO IT'S PART OF THE CULTURE, RIGHT?

I DON'T KNOW, IT'S KIND OF NICE TO GET EVERYBODY WITH THE SAME HOBBY IN ONE PLACE.

WE'RE ALL JUST GETTING ALONG AND CHEERING WHEN SOMEONE GETS A FISH.

IT'S JUST EXCITING.

PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW, COMPLETE STRANGERS, AND YOU'RE LIKE ROCK ON, THAT'S GREAT.

EVEN LITTLE KIDS ARE GETTING INTO IT.

>> I LOVE IT.

>> Reporter: THE ICE FISHING EXTRAVAGANZA 34th EDITION MAY BE A HYBRID IN 2024, BUT MANY SAID IT FELT LIKE PREVIOUS YEARS.

MANY COMING OUT TO ENJOY A DAY OF ICE FISHING.

>> WHEN PEOPLE SEE THE PICTURES WE POST WITH 10,000 PEOPLE OUT ON THE ICE, ERECTING THEIR OWN VILLAGE FOR THE DAY, PEOPLE'S SPECIALLY FROM THE SOUTH, WHO DON'T GET ICE ON THEIR LAKES OR ANYTHING, THEY WANT TO EXPERIENCE THAT.

EVEN PEOPLE IN THE MIDWEST SEE THAT, AND IT'S SOMETHING TO EXPERIENCE.

SO WE HAVE PEOPLE TRAVELLING NEAR AND FAR AWAY BECAUSE IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT SORT OF COMRADERY WHEN YOU SEE EVERYONE OUT THERE ON THE ICE.

>> Reporter: AND THAT COMRADERY IS WHAT KEEPS LONG TIME PARTICIPANTS COMING BACK, AS WELL AS THE NEWBIES.

>> THIS YEAR WAS THE HYBRID AND IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE ICE CONDITIONS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT IT IS NEXT YEAR.

HOPEFULLY WE GET ENOUGH ICE SO WE CAN DO THE FULL REAL TOURNAMENT, NOT THAT THIS WASN'T REAL.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE IT IN ITS FULL GLORY.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, I'M MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THERE WERE 3,856 CONTESTANTS ENTERED INTO SATURDAY'S TOURNAMENT.

CHHORN CHHANG TOOK FIRST PLACE, REELING IN A 14.5 INCH PERCH.

>>> ALL RIGHT, GLAD TO SEE THAT EVENT GOT OFF AS IT SHOULD.

THE ICE CONDITIONS, YOU NEVER KNOW.

IT WORKED OUT GOOD, SO THAT'S GREAT.

LET'S HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE SNOW COMING IN.

>> Stacy: WELL, IT IS GOING TO BE COLDER AND THERE MAY BE SOME SNOW LATER THIS WEEK.

TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY, AREAS OF FOG, AND SOME DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IN WESTERN MINNESOTA, 32 FOR THE LOW.

TOMORROW MOSTLY CLOUDY, AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING, AND AGAIN IN WESTERN MINNESOTA, THERE MAY BE SOME DRIZZLE OR SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING.

THAT IS IN THE WESTERN PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

SNOW LATER THIS WEEK.

>> Charlie: WE HAD SOME NORDIC SKI SESSION MEETS HAPPENING TODAY.

I HEARD FROM BEMIDJI, THEY DID PRETTY WELL.

AS THE RESULTS COME IN, WE'LL HAVE THOSE TOMORROW AND I'LL TELL YOU WHO MADE STATE AND WHO DIDN'T.

>> Dennis: HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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