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

>> MALAAK: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR JOINING US, I'M MALAAK KHATTAB IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> FOR OVER 40 YEARS THE PINE RIVER-BACKUS AREA FOOD SHELF HAS SUPPORTED ITS COMMUNITY BUT IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO RUN INTO HURDLES COME WINTER-TIME.

WITH INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS LIMITING THE FOOD SHELF'S ACCESS TO FRESH FOOD, THE DEMAND CAN QUICKLY EXCEED TO THE AVAILABLE SUPPLIES.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE ON HOW THE FOOD SHELF'S MAKING DUE.

>> Reporter: THE PINE RIVER-BACKUS AREA FOOD SHELF STOOD FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND 20 YEARS IN ITS NEW LOCATION, ALL IN PROVIDING THE COMMUNITY AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE.

>> THIS AREA HAS A VERY LOW INCOME BASE.

SO I KNEW THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE THAT NEEDED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FREE FOOD AND SUCH AND THE PEOPLE WORKING WITH THE VOLUNTEERS THAT JUST CARE SO MU ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE FOOD SHELF BUYS ITS SUPPLIES FROM SECOND HARVEST, LOCAL FARMERS, AND THE PINE RIVER FAMILY MARKET, WHICH DONATES BAKERY ITEMS TO THE FOOD SHELF WEEKLY.

EVEN WITH ALL THE HELP, CONSISTENTLY PROVIDING FOOD FOR PATRONS DURING THE WINTER, WHEN LAYOFFS ARE MORE FREQUENT, CAN BECOME DIFFICULT.

>> ONE WOMAN CAME IN AND SHE SAID SHE GOT FOR THIS YEAR AN ADDITIONAL $40 SOCIAL SECURITY.

THEN HER SNAP BENEFITS WAS REDUCED 40 DOLLARS.

SO, WHERE IS THE GAIN IN THAT.

>> Reporter: KATHLEEN AND THE ENTIRE FOOD SHELF STAFF ARE ALL DEDICATED TOWARDS ENSURING OPTIMAL ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S LESS ABOUT A JOB AND MORE ABOUT FULFILLING A CALLING.

>> MY HUSBAND WORKS WITH ME TOO AND WE GO HOME AND WE JUST FEEL LIKE WE HAD A PURPOSE.

THERE IS A REASON FOR US TO BE THERE.

WE'LL KEEP DOING IT.

A FRIEND OF MINE, AN ELDERLY FRIEND OF MINE SAID WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, AND YOU CAN'T THINK OF ONE PERSON TO HELP, WHY BOTHER GETTING OUT OF BED?

THAT'S THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN PINE RIVER, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING AT THE FOOD SHELF, CONTACT THE FAMILY CENTER AT THE PHONE NUMBER LISTED ON YOUR SCREEN.

>>> TWO ADULTS AND THREE CHILDREN WERE INJURED TODAY AFTER A SCHOOL BUS COLLIDED WITH A VAN NEAR PILLAGER.

THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL REPORTS THAT JUST BEFORE EIGHT THIS MORNING, A SCHOOL BUS CARRYING 34 KIDS WAS TRAVELING WEST ON HIGHWAY 210 AT 37TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST IN SYLVAN TOWNSHIP.

THE BUS TRIED TO TURN SOUTH ONTO CASS COUNTY ROAD 1 AND MADE CONTACT WITH A VAN HEADING EAST ON HIGHWAY 210 THAT WAS HAULING A TRAILER.

THE BUS DRIVER, 73-YEAR-OLD JOHN PETERSON OF CUSHING, AND THE DRIVER OF THE VAN, 45-YEAR-OLD JEREMY TRAYBESH OF PILLAGER, WERE TAKEN TO LAKEWOOD HEALTH.

BOTH HAVE NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

THREE CHILDREN ON THE BUS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.

NONE NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

ROAD CONDITIONS WERE SNOWY AND ICY AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.

>>> THE CITY OF BRAINERD HAS A NEW CITY ADMINISTRATOR.

THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A CONTRACT TO APPOINT NICK BROYLES FOR THE JOB ON MONDAY.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY SAT DOWN WITH BROYLES AND A MEMBER OF THE BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BRAINERD'S NEXT CITY ADMINISTRATOR.

>> Reporter: THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF BEING OFFERED THE POSITION OF CITY ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH INCLUDED A MEET AND GREET WITH THE PUBLIC, NICK BROYLES FELT THAT BEING GENUINE WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HE COULD DO.

>> I WANTED TO BE MYSELF, I WANTED EVERYBODY TO SEE THAT.

SO, IF I WAS THEIR CHOICE, I WANTED THEM TO KNOW WHAT THEY WERE CHOOSING AND IF I WASN'T THEIR CHOICE, I WANTED THEM TO KNOW WHAT THEY WEREN'T CHOOSING.

THAT'S OKAY.

>> Reporter: THE MILITARY HELPED NICK BROYLES IMPROVE HIS LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

>> WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE ON STAFF, RUNNING THE CITY IS NOT REALLY WHAT WE NEED OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO DO.

LEADING WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM DAY-TO-DAY AND INTO THE FUTURE IS PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT.

>> Reporter: HE IS A NATIVE OF FERGUS FALLS, MINNESOTA.

LIKE FERGUS FALL, BRAINERD IS A SMALL TOWN.

IN A SMALL TOWN, EVERYONE SEEMS TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

NICK BROYLES'S GOAL IS TO IMMEDIATELY BUILD UPON THE RELATIONSHIPS IN BRAINERD.

>> SO I UNDERSTAND THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL AND I UNDERSTAND THOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.

I LIKE TO WALK INTO A BANK OR BUSINESS AND KNOW THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE I'M DEALING WITH AND HAVE THEM KNOW MY NAME AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO ESTABLISH IN BRAINERD AS WELL.

WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND HOW DO YOU SERVE THE COMMUNITY IF YOU DON'T GET TO KNOW THEM AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR DESIRES ARE AND THEIR GOALS ARE AND THEIR OBJECTIVES ARE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF WHAT I WILL BE INITIALLY DOING, UNDERSTANDING WHAT PEOPLE IN BRAINERD WANT AND WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR FROM CITY STAFF.

>> Reporter: BECAUSE OF HIS BACKGROUND, BECAUSE OF HIS VALUES, AND BECAUSE OF HIS VISION, NICK BROYLES WAS THE IDEAL MAN FOR THIS POSITION.

>> ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID AS WE WALKED OUT THE NIGHT OF THE INTERVIEWING, GET THIS GUY IN BRAINERD.

I BELIEVED THAT WE WERE UNTIED IN THAT WE WANTED NICK BROYLES.

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

>> BROYLES' FIRST OFFICIAL DAY AS THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR FOR BRAINERD IS ON FEBRUARY 26.

>>> MINNESOTA MIGHT BE ON THE VERGE OF A NORMAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THE HOUSE AND SENATE CONVENE MONDAY WITH A RELATIVELY MODEST AGENDA AFTER A MOMENTOUS 2023 SESSION.

DEMOCRATS USED THEIR NEWFOUND FULL CONTROL OF THE STATEHOUSE LAST YEAR TO ENACT PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING ON THEIR AMBITIOUS WISH LIST FROM EXPANDED ABORTION AND TRANS RIGHTS TO PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE, UNIVERSAL FREE SCHOOL LUNCHES, CHILD CARE CREDITS, AND OTHER AID FOR FAMILIES.

TOP LEADERS SAY THEY EXPECT THE FOCUS THIS YEAR WILL BE A PUBLIC WORKS BORROWING PACKAGE KNOWN AS A BONDING BILL.

THE SESSION MUST END BY MAY 20.

OTHER TOPICS LAWMAKERS WILL CONSIDER INCLUDE AN EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, SPORTS BETTING, IMMIGRATION, LEGALIZING ASSISTED SUICIDE, AND ADJUSTMENTS TO BILLS PASSED LAST SESSION ON THE POWER OF POLICE IN SCHOOLS AND LEGAL CANNABIS USE.

>>> WILD WEATHER THAT PUMMELED THE MIDWEST OVERNIGHT HAS MANY PEOPLE STARTING THE WEEKEND WITH DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS AND CLEANUP AHEAD AND WHILE GRAPPLING WITH SEVERE STORMS IS SOMETHING MANY IN THE MIDWEST ARE USED TO WHAT HAPPENED THURSDAY WAS ANYTHING BUT NORMAL.

LAURA AGUIRRE HAS MORE ON THE UNIQUE CONDITIONS BEHIND A HISTORICAL WEATHER EVENT.

>> THE TORONTO HIT AND EVERYTHING EXPLODED.

>> Reporter: NOT JUST ANY TORNADO, BUT THE FIRST EVER FEBRUARY TORNADO TO TOUCHDOWN IN WISCONSIN SAY WEATHER EXPERTS.

>> THE WINDOWS BLEW OUT.

DOWNSTAIRS, IT WAS RUMBLING LIKE A TRAIN.

>> LOTS OF SHINGLES MISSING.

>> THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE HOUSE IS GONE FOR THE SHINGLES.

>> Reporter: IT WASN'T JUST ONE, BUT THREE TWISTERS WERE CONFIRMED TO HAVE CHURNED THROUGH THE MIDWEST LATE THURSDAY.

THE ONE IN WISCONSIN AND TWO OTHERS IN ILLINOIS.

THEY WERE SPAWNED BY UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION, THE HIGHS IN SOME PLACES REACHING INTO THE 50s AND 60s.

IT'S AS IF WINTER TORNADOS WEREN'T ENOUGH, LARGE HAIL PEPPERED SEVERAL AREAS, THE LARGEST IN WISCONSIN AT 1.5 INCH IN DIAMETER.

>> WE'RE IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM AND THEN WE HEARD THE HAIL.

>> WE HAD SOME GAS LEAKS IN A COUPLE AREAS, AS WELL AS A LOT OF DOWNED POWER LINES, A LOT OF TREES DOWNED.

>> Reporter: AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES MAKE ASSESSING PROPERTY DAMAGE AND CLEAN UP EFFORT MORE CHALLENGING FOR VICTIMS.

THE SAME WARMTH THAT SPURRED THIS SYSTEM IS TRACKING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AND METEOROLOGISTS PREDICT TEMPERATURES THERE ON AVERAGE WILL BE 15 TO 30 DEGREES HIGHER THAN NORMAL ON SATURDAY.

I'M LAURA AGUIRRE REPORTING.

>> MALAAK: DESPITE THE DAMAGE, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED IN THE TORONTO-HIT AREAS.

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

>> Stacy: LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER INTO FLURRIES AND COULD LINGER OVERNIGHT.

QUIET WEATHER AND BIT OF SUNSHINE WILL BE BACK FOR THE WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL AND THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA HELD A JOB EXPLORING POST LAST NIGHT IN ORDER TO GET HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SOME MORE JOB EXPERI >> 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 LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>>> THE BEMIDJI CAREER ACADEMIES, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL, HELPS STUDENTS AGES 14 TO 20 GAIN EXPOSURE TO DIFFERENT CAREER OPTIONS.

RECENTLY HELD A CULINARY EXPLORING POST AT LUEKEN'S VILLAGE FOODS SOUTH.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: INSIDE THIS LUEKEN'S VILLAGE FOOD ARE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EXPLORING PROGRAM FOR BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THE PROGRAM GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONE SKILLS AND ASSESS THEIR TALENTS, WHICH THEY CAN THEN TRANSFER TO THE WORKPLACE.

>> THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE PROGRAM IS SO STUDENTS HAVE AN IDEA OF ALL THE POTENTIAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM.

WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT ALL WAS OUT THERE AND WE WANT THEM TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THEY CAN DO IN THEIR FUTURE.

THROUGHOUT OUR PARTNERS, WE HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE HAVE MEDICAL WITH STANFORD, WE HAVE D.N.R., AND HEALTH COUNTRY GREENHOUSE, OTHER CULL NATION -- CULINARY EXPERIENCES, ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

>> Reporter: THESE KIDS DO WANT TO WORK.

>> POST COVID, WE HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ARE NOT AS INVOLVED AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OUR PARTNERS, THE BUSINESSES, AND THE STUDENTS, AND JUST HELP THEM GET A BETTER PATH OR A GREAT PATH FOR THEMSELVES, EVEN IF THEY'RE ALREADY ON A GREAT PATH.

>> Reporter: THESE STUDENTS TODAY ARE LEARNING THE BASICS ABOUT COOKING, HOW TO PREP THE FOOD AND HOW TO HANDLE CERTAIN EQUIPMENT AND HAVING A GOOD TIME WHILE DOING SO.

>> I WAS LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT ARE CULINARY RELATED.

THIS POPPED UP AND I WAS LIKE OKAY, MIGHT AS WELL GIVE IT A SHOT AND SO FAR, I'VE BEEN IN THIS PROGRAM FOR A COUPLE YEARS.

IT'S SUPER FUN.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I'VE DONE BEFORE BECAUSE IT'S FUN TO TRY ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE MADE.

>> Reporter: AFTER THE LESSONS WERE DONE, A PIZZA COMPETITION WAS HELD.

ANY INGREDIENTS WERE ON THE TABLE AND WHOEVER MADE THE BEST PIZZA, ACCORDING TO THE JUDGE, WHICH JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE REPORTER, WOULD HAVE THEIR CREATION AS LUEKEN'S SPECIAL PIZZA THE NEXT WEEK.

THESE KIDS WERE CREATIVE, A COUPLE CHOOSING PEANUT BUTTER FOR THEIR SAUCE, INCLUDING ONE WITH JALAPENOS ON IT.

THE ALFREDO MEAT LOVER AND THE PEANUT BUTTER S'MORE DESSERT PIZZA.

BETWEEN THE DESSERTS AND THE ALFREDO MEAT LOVER, I THINK THE ALFREDO MEAT LOVER WINS.

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

>> THERE ARE SIX MORE EXPLORING POSTS THIS MONTH.

THE NEXT EXPLORING POST WILL BE HELD AT SANFORD HOSPITAL ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 13 AND ANOTHER ONE TAKING PLACE ON FEBRUARY 15 HERE AT LAKELAND PBS.

>>> NOW HERE IS STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER.

WE FINALLY GOT SOME SNOW FLURRIES AFTER THE WARM WEATHER.

DO YOU THINK THE SNOW IS HERE TO STAY?

>> Stacy: TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO STAY LOWER.

WE WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE 20s, MAYBE SOME 30s AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

WE DO HAVE THAT SNOW CONTINUING TONIGHT, JUST TAPERING INTO FLURRIES IN EASTERN MINNESOTA, BUT OTHERWISE QUIET WEATHER WILL BE BACK FOR THE >> 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 IS FINALLY STARTING TO LOOK AND FEEL A LITTLE MORE LIKE FEBRUARY OUT THERE.

WE HAD COLDER TEMPERATURES TODAY.

WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT SNOW AND ENOUGH WIND THAT WE DO HAVE WINDCHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT.

WE WILL BE SEEING THOSE SNOW SHOWERS TAPERING INTO FLURRIES, QUIET WEATHER WILL BE BACK FOR THE WEEKEND.

WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 20s.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 18 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

THE DEW POINT IS 15 AND HERE AT OUR STUDIO, WE PICKED UP ABOUT A TRACE OF SNOWFALL TODAY.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 20 DEGREES, 13 IS OUR DEW POINT, WE HAVE A RISING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE AND WINDS ARE NORTHWEST AT 9 MILES PER HOUR.

ON THE RADAR, WE CAN SEE THE BIGGER PART OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS NOW INTO NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

WE DO HAVE SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THERE.

WE'RE SEEING A FEW FURTHER TO THE WEST OF THAT.

ALL OF THIS WILL START TO TAPER INTO FLURRIES, COULD LINGER IN EASTERN MINNESOTA AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT AND POSSIBLY IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOMORROW MORNING.

OTHERWISE, IT LOOKS PRETTY QUIET, A LITTLE BIT OF DISAGREEMENT IN THE MODELS ON THE LIGHT SNOW COULD DEVELOP, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE PRETTY QUIET AND SOME OF US COULD SEE SOME SUNSHINE TOMORROW.

ANGELA SENT US THIS PHOTO FROM HIGH 71 HEADING TOWARDS FARGO TODAY.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE NEW SNOW ON THE GROUND.

THANK YOU ANGELA FOR SHARING THAT WITH US.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, A HIGH OF 24.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, A HIGH OF 31, WINDCHILL AT 6.

BOB IN BLUFFTON WITH 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY, THE HIGH WAS 21.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING A HIGH OF 30, BUT THAT WAS EARLIER TODAY.

TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN FALLING, THEY ARE COLDER FOR MOST OF THE DAY.

OUR LOW TEMPERATURE IS OUR CURRENT AT 20, SUNRISE THIS MORNING AT 7:30.

IN BEMIDJI, WE REACHED A HIGH OF 20, SO AGAIN MUCH CLOSER TO OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE, 2 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE TODAY.

17 FOR THE LOW THIS MORNING, SUNSET TONIGHT AT 5:33.

LOOKING AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, IT LOOKS PRETTY QUIET ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WE WILL BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA, WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM 24 IN WAR ROAD, INTO THE UPPER 20s, WE COULD BE CLOSE TO 29 IN THE PARK RAPIDS AREA.

HEADING INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, BUT THERE COULD BE A FEW LINGERING FLURRIES IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, UPPER 20s, MAYBE SOME LOW 30s OUT THERE, SO AGAIN WE'RE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AVERAGE, BUT CLOSER TO THOSE SEASONAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES.

LOOKING AT OUR FORECAST, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, STILL A CHANCE FOR FLURRIES IN EASTERN MINNESOTA, LOWS NEAR 16, WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, A CHANCE OF FLURRIES, IN THE MORNING AND HIGHS NEAR 27.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST AND THE WEEKEND IS PRETTY QUIET, VARIABLE CLOUDS ON SUNDAY, A HIGH OF 29, A LITTLE WARMER ON MONDAY AS CLOUDS INCREASE, AND THEN WE HAVE A SMALL CHANCE OF SOME SNOW SHOWERS AS WE HEAD INTO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

HIGHS ON TUESDAY AT 30, 29 ON WEDNESDAY, AND LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE TEENS.

BACK TO YOU MALAAK.

>> MalaakK: THANKS STACY.

NOW GOING INTO SPORTS, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS ANOTHER WINTER -- >> Charlie: WE HAVE SECTIONS GOING ON.

>> MALAAK: YEP, THAT.

>> Charlie: AND FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, SARTELL HOSTED GIRLS WRESTLING BUT THIS YEAR, BEMIDJI HOSTING GIRLS WRESTLING IN, UP HERE IN BEMIDJI.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND A LOT 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.

[♪♪♪] >> Charlie: TONIGHT, BEMIDJI HOSTED ITS FIRST EVER SECTION MEET FOR GIRLS WRESTLING WELCOMING OVER 340 WRESTLERS FROM ACROSS SECTIONS 5 THROUGH 8, ALL VYING FOR A SPOT AT STATE.

TO DATE IT THE LARGEST GIRLS SECTION MEET HELD IN MINNESOTA.

THE LUMBERJACKS GYMNASIUM PACKED FOR THE EVENT.

FREDRICKSON UPSIDEDOWN, THAT'S NEVER GOOD, GETS THE PIN IN 2 MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS.

SHE'S THROUGH IN THE SEMIS.

BRAINERD'S BROOKLYN BEATS BEMIDJI'S AMBER BY 3 MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS.

THE QUARTER FINALS, SHE WINS BY 1 MINUTE AND 21.

LUMBERJACKS FLIPS ROSEAU, 4 MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS, SHE'S THROUGH TO THE SEMIS.

NOW BEST IN THE STATE WITH HER WEIGHT, SHE GETS THE PIN IN A MINUTE AND 3 SECONDS, SHE IS THROUGH.

WE'LL FINISH UP TOMORROW STARTING AT 9:30 A.M.

IT WILL BE SEMIFINALS AND FINALS MATCHES TO SEE WHO PUNCHES THEIR TICKET TO STATE.

>>> I HAVE SOME HIGH SCHOOL SCORES FROM AROUND THE AREA.

BOYS HOCKEY, WADENA DEER CREEK GETS A WIN.

ROSEAU BEATS DULUTH EAST.

MORRIS BEATS PARK RAPIDS.

>>> IN GIRLS BASKETBALL, BEMIDJI FALLS TO ROCK RIDGE, AND PEQUOT LAKES GETS A WIN.

CASS LAKE BEATS BELL -- BELTRAMI.

>>> IN COLLEGE HOCKEY, BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN AT HOME AGAINST NUMBER TWO RANKED WISCONSIN.

BEAVERS COMING OFF A SERIES AT NUMBER ONE OHIO STATE.

EARLY IN THE FIRST PERIOD, WISCONSIN ON A POWER PLAY, KRISTEN MAKES THE MOST OF IT, GIVING THEM A 1-0 LEAD.

SHE FINISHES WITH A HAT-TRICK.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, COOL AS A CUCUMBER, SLIPPING IT BY.

TWO SHOTS FOR THE BADGERS, THEY SCORE 6 IN THE FIRST PERIOD AND GO ON TO BEAT BEMIDJI STATE 10-0.

THEY WILL HAVE ANOTHER CRACK TOMORROW, GAME STARTS AT 3.

>>> BEMIDJI MEN ARE ON THE ROAD.

THEY ARE TIED FOR FOURTH COMING INTO TONIGHT'S GAME.

WE PICK UP IN THE SECOND PERIOD, TIED AT 1-1.

GRANT GIVES THE WILDCATS A 2-1 LEAD.

LATER, MITCH SNEAKS A PASS TO ERIC MARTIN, WHO BACKDOORS IT.

I MEAN THAT'S A FILTHY PASS, MARTIN'S FIFTH OF THE YEAR, TYING THE GAME AT 2-2.

ADAM RIPS ONE DOWN TO GIVE THE BEAVERS THE LEAD.

THEY TACK ON ONE MORE IN THE THIRD PERIOD AND BEMIDJI STATE PICKS UP 3 POINTS ON THE ROAD AS THEY BEAT NORTHERN MICHIGAN 4-2.

THEY ARE TIED FOR THIRD PLACE IN THE CCHA, ONLY FOUR POINTS BACK OF THE FIRST PLACE ST. THOMAS.

IN THE NHL, THE WILD GET A WIN OVER THE PENGUINS.

>>> WELL, THE BEMIDJI GIRLS HOCKEY TEAM NETTED THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF VICTORY IN 9 YEARS AFTER BEATING ALEXANDRIA 3-0 IN THE SECTION 8-2A SEMIFINALS ON TUESDAY.

TOMORROW THE TEAM WILL HEAD TO NUMBER ONE SEEDED MOORHEAD FOR A CHANCE AT THEIR SECOND.

THE LUMBERJACKS ONLY PLAYED THE SPUDS ONCE THIS SEASON, FALLING 1-0 AT HOME TO THE NOW SEVENTH RANKED TEAM IN CLASS 2A.

WE STOPPED BY THE JACKS PRACTICE AND SPOKE WITH A FEW OF THE PLAYERS TO SEE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO THIS TIME AROUND TO COME AWAY WITH A VICTORY AND MOVE ON TO THE SECTION FINALS.

>> ONE THING THAT WE DID DO GOOD, WE HAD A STRONG DEFENSE.

I FELT LIKE WE LET THEM BRING THE PUCK TO US AND NOT ATTACK IT AS MUCH.

I FEEL LIKE IF WE ATTACKED THEM MORE AND PLAYED MORE ON OUR TOES, I FEEL LIKE THAT WILL HELP.

>> IF YOU HAVE A PUCK IN FRONT OF THE NET, YOU HAVE TO GO HARD UNTIL IT'S IN THE NET OR THE GOALIE STOPS IT.

IT'S JUST NON-STOP.

>> I THINK THE DEFENSE HAS BEEN GOOD AT SUPPORTING THE PLAY AND JUST STAYING BACK AND NOT STEPPING UP TOO HARD.

WE'RE SEEING GOOD PLAYS, PLAYING HARD, WORKING TOGETHER, AND DO WHAT WE DO.

>> THE LAST TIME BEMIDJI BEAT MOORHEAD WAS IN 2019.

THEY'LL HAVE THEIR SHOT TO CHANGE THAT TOMORROW AT 7:00 P.M. WITH A TRIP TO THE SECTION FINALS ON THE LINE.

>> MALAAK: AWESOME.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THE MILLE LACS INDIAN MUSEUM'S "WOMEN OF THE BIG LAKE" EXHIBIT CELEBRATES AND COMMEMORATES THE LIVES, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND LEGACIES OF FOUR MILLE LACS BAND MEMBERS.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY STOPPED BY THE MUSEUM TO LEARN MORE.

>> Reporter: THE FOUR WOMEN WHOSE STORIES ARE BEING TOLD AT THE MY MILLE LACS INDIAN MUSEUM.

THE GOAL OF THE WOMEN WOULD TO PASS THEIR CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THEIR ARTS AND TEACHINGS.

>> TO THE MANY VISITORS WE HAD THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THIS SMALL MUSEUM, WE GET PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THESE WOMEN WOULD BE HERE TO GUIDE THEM, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THEY HAD, TO GIVE THEM TOURS OF THE FOUR SEASONS ROOM.

THEY WOULD ALSO MAKE ARTWORK THAT WE WOULD SELL AT THE TRADING POST, SO PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO BUY PRODUCTS FROM THEM, ARTS AND CRAFTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT REALLY MEANS A LOT BECAUSE OF THE KNOWLEDGE THEY HAD AND THE KNOWLEDGE THEY WERE WILLING TO SHARE WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THE MUSEUM'S GOAL WAS TO PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF THESE WOMEN AND THE ONLY WISH THAT THE MUSEUM HAS IS ALL OF THE WOMEN CAN SEE THEIR LEGACIES LIVE ON.

>> HOPEFULLY WE DID THEM JUSTICE AND TELL THEIR STORY THE WAY THEY WOULD BE PROUD OF THE STORY WE'RE TELLING BECAUSE THEY SHOULD BE PROUD OF WHO THEY ARE AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE BROUGHT THIS EXHIBIT HERE, WE WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PRIDE IN THESE WOMEN.

>> Reporter: WHAT'S EVEN MORE SPECIAL ABOUT THIS EXHIBIT IS THAT IT BRINGS BACK SO MUCH MEMORIES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY THEIR WHOLE LIVES, SEEING THE LEGACY BEING PRESERVED OF WOMEN THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO THEM.

>> SO WE HAD A LOT OF BAND MEMBERS COMING IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, BUT THE EXHIBIT HAS BEEN OPEN, THAT SPECIFICALLY COME IN AND WANT TO SEE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR RELATIVES.

WE'VE ALSO HAD A LOT OF VISITORS COME THAT REMEMBER THESE WOMEN, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER AND FOR THEM, IT'S NOSTALGIC.

IT'S GOOD WHEN YOU HAVE AN EXHIBIT THAT CONNECTS WITH PEOPLE ON DIFFERENT LEVELS.

FOR US, THAT'S THE MAIN REASON WE DO IT.

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

>> NO EXHIBIT IS PERMANENT IN THE MUSEUM WORLD.

SITE MANAGER TRAVIS ZIMMERMAN HOPES TO HAVE THE WOMEN OF THE BIG LAKE EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY FOR A COUPLE MORE YEARS.

>>> NOW LET'S TAKE IT TO STACY WITH ONE LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER FORECAST.

>> WE COULD SEE SOME FLURRIES IN EASTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH LOWS NEAR 16.

VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW, COULD STILL SEE SOME FLURRIES IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA, LOOK FOR HIGHS NEAR 27.

>> Charlie: CONGRATULATIONS TO GABBY FROM PARK RAPIDS GIRLS BASKETBALL, SHE SCORED HER 1,000th POINT TONIGHT.

>> MALAAK: THANKS FOR JOINING US, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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