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[♪♪♪] >> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> THE AGING REFORMED MOBSTER WHO HAS ADMITTED STEALING A PAIR OF RUBY SLIPPERS THAT JUDY GARLAND WORE IN “THE WIZARD OF OZ ” GAVE INTO THE TEMPTATION OF “ONE LAST SCORE ” AFTER AN OLD MOB ASSOCIATE LED HIM TO BELIEVE THE FAMOUS SHOES WERE ADORNED WITH REAL JEWELS.

TERRY JON MARTIN'S DEFENSE ATTORNEY FINALLY REVEALED THE 76-YEAR-OLD'S MOTIVE FOR THE 2005 THEFT FROM THE JUDY GARLAND MUSEUM IN THE LATE ACTOR'S HOMETOWN OF GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA, IN A NEW MEMO FILED AHEAD OF HIS JANUARY 29TH SENTENCING.

MARTIN SAID HE HAD HOPED TO HARVEST REAL RUBIES FROM THE SHOES AND SELL THEM.

BUT A FENCE, A PERSON WHO DEALS IN STOLEN GOODS, INFORMED HIM THE RUBIES WERE GLASS AND MARTIN GOT RID OF THE SLIPPERS LESS THAN TWO DAYS AFTER HE TOOK THEM.

THE F.B.I.

RECOVERED THE SHOES IN 2018 WHEN SOMEONE ELSE TRIED TO CLAIM AN INSURANCE REWARD ON THEM, BUT MARTIN WASN'T CHARGED WITH STEALING THEM UNTIL LAST YEAR.

MARTIN PLEADED GUILTY IN OCTOBER.

>>> A 45-YEAR OLD BEMIDJI MAN HAS PLEADED GUILTY OF TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 14.

ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS THE VICTIM WAS 9-YEARS-OLD WHEN JEFFREY BOOGE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER TWICE IN AUGUST OF 2023.

BOOGE PLEADED GUILTY TO THE TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT ON JANUARY 9TH.

HE IS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED ON APRIL 2ND.

THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE BOOGE COULD RECEIVE FOR EACH COUNT WOULD BE 25 YEARS OR A $35,000 FINE OR BOTH ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS BOOGE WAS EMPLOYED AS A MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL COACH.

WE REACHED OUT FOR FURTHER COMMENT FROM JEREMY OLSON BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY E-MAIL RESPONSE BACK.

>>> A 37-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM MICHIGAN HAS DIED IN A ONE VEHICLE ROLLOVER NEAR NORTHOME.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS BRYAN CICINELLI WAS A PASSENGER IN AN SUV THAT WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 46 NEAR GRADEL ROAD.

THE SUV LEFT THE ROADWAY TO THE RIGHT, STRUCK A DRIVEWAY APPROACH, BECAME AIRBORNE AND HIT SEVERAL TREES.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS CICINELLI WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT AND HE DIED FOLLOWING THE CRASH.

THE DRIVER, BOBBIE DESMARAIS, ALSO FROM MICHIGAN SUFFERED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

SHE WAS WEARING A SEATBELT.

THE CRASH WAS REPORTED AROUND 5:30 SATURDAY MORNING.

>>> BEMIDJI FIRE FIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A STRUCTURE FIRE FRIDAY EVENING ABOUT TEN MILES NORTH OF BEMIDJI.

UPON ARRIVAL, FIREFIGHTERS FOUND A SINGLE-STORY DETACHED GARAGE FULLY INVOLVED IN FIRE ON BIRCHMONT BEACH ROAD IN TURTLE RIVER TOWNSHIP.

FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON THE SCENE FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS, WITH 21 FIREFIGHTERS AND 9 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.

THE STRUCTURE AND ITS CONTENTS ARE A TOTAL LOSS.

BEMIDJI FIRE CHIEF JUSTIN SHERWOOD SAY THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT APPEARS TO BE ACCIDENTAL.

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

>>> THE BRAINERD FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A STRUCTURE FIRE IN RURAL BRAINERD ON JANUARY 18TH.

THE CALLER REPORTED THAT A FIRE HAD BROKEN OUT IN THE LOFT AREA OF THEIR HOUSE LOCATED ON THE 1100 BLOCK OF ORO WAY AT 2:18 A.M.

THE DEPUTY CHIEF WAS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE ON THE SCENE AND FOUND FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE SECOND STORY OF THE HOUSE.

THE FIRST AND SECOND STORIES OF THE HOUSE WERE COMPLETELY BURNED AND AN AREA OF THE BASEMENT WHICH WAS USED AS A WORKSHOP FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS HAD SMOKE AND WATER DAMAGE.

THE HUSBAND AND WIFE WHO LIVED IN THE HOME WERE UNHARMED, BUT THEIR TWO CATS AND DOG COULD NOT MAKE IT OUT IN TIME.

THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A GOOD IDEA OF THE CAUSE ALREADY.

>> YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY LIKELY DUE TO SOME ELECTRICAL ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S ELECTRICAL ISSUE IN THE HOUSE, OR THEY WERE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH RODENTS, SQUIRRELS IN THAT AREA OF THE HOUSE.

>> Dennis: THE COUPLE WAS ABLE TO MOVE IN WITH SOME OF THEIR FAMILY THAT MOVED DOWN THE ROAD.

ROBERT LARSEN, THE OWNER OF THE HOME, WISHES TO THANK EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.

>>> THE WADENA-DEER CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT CALLED OFF CLASSES FOR TODAY AFTER RECEIVING A THREAT ON SUNDAY.

ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT FROM THE DISTRICT, SCHOOL WILL RESUME TOMORROW WITH A LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE AT THE SCHOOLS.

SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE WORKED WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THE THREAT HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED AND DEALT WITH APPROPRIATELY.

>>> ON SATURDAY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF BEMIDJI GATHERED AT THE ST. PHILLIP'S CATHOLIC CHURCH TO WALK FOR THE MARCH FOR LIFE EVENT, A MARCH THAT IS MEANT TO SPREAD AWARENESS OF THE ABORTIONS TAKING PLACE IN MINNESOTA.

IT STARTED AT THE BELTRAMI COURT HOUSE, MADE ITS WAY UP BEMIDJI AVENUE, AND ENDED AT THE ST PHILLIPS CATHOLIC CHURCH WHERE INSIDE SOUP, SANDWICHES, AND GUEST SPEAKERS JOINED TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHY THEY HAD ALL GATHERED.

THEY DO THIS MARCH IN JANUARY IN NEAR ZERO-DEGREE WEATHER BECAUSE BACK IN JANUARY OF 1973 ROE V. WADE MADE ABORTIONS LEGAL.

THEN A YEAR AND A HALF AGO IN 2022, ROE V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED, TURNING THE MATTER INTO THE STATE'S HANDS, WHERE HERE IN MINNESOTA ABORTIONS ARE STILL LEGAL.

>> IT IS HEART WARMING THAT SO MANY PEOPLE COME OUT IN JANUARY IN BEMIDJI WHEN, WELL, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ABOVE 0 NOW, BUT IT WAS COLD THIS MORNING, -20 SOMETHING DEPENDING WHERE YOU WERE.

>> IT ORIGINATED FROM THE SUPREME COURT LEGALIZING ABORTION IN THE UNITED STATES BACK IN 1973.

SO IT'S BEEN 51 YEARS NOW, AND WE COME OUT IN JANUARY TO DEFEND LIFE, TO BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS, AND TO SPREAD THE FACT THAT LIFE IS SACRED, ALL LIFE IS SACRED.

>> Dennis: SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IN THE LAKELAND VIEWING AREA HELD SIMILAR MARCHES OVER THE WEEKEND.

AND TODAY IN ST. PAUL, THOUSANDS TURNED OUT FOR A PRO-LIFE RALLY AT THE CAPITOL.

>>> THE CROW WING COUNTY BOARD LISTENED TO A PRESENTATION FROM NORTH STAR MANGANESE, WITH THE MINING COMPANY UPDATING THE COUNTY ON THEIR PLANS IN EMILY, MINNESOTA REGARDING THE EMILY MANGANESE DEPOSIT.

THE DEPOSIT SITE IS IN EMILY, MINNESOTA, IN CROW WING COUNTY, AND IS A PART OF THE CUYUNA IRON RANGE.

NORTH STAR MANGANESE HAS APPLIED TO THE STATE OF MINNESOTA FOR THE RIGHT TO LEASE MINERAL RIGHTS FOR THE STATE-OWNED LANDS.

THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

MANAGES THE PROCESS, AND THE STATE'S EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DETERMINES IF MINERAL LEASES SHOULD BE GRANTED.

THERE ARE NO PLANS TO BUILD A MINE AS OF YET, AS NORTH STAR MANGANESE IS NOT SURE IF IT IS PRACTICAL FOR THE LAND.

>> THIS IS A VERY EARLY STAGE.

IF THERE WAS A MINE DEVELOPED AT THAT SITE, IT'S A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS OUT.

THIS WOULD BE THE STATE AUTHORIZING LEASES SO THE MINING COMPANY CAN DO MORE EXPLORATION ON HOW MUCH OF A MINERAL BED THERE IS THERE.

>> PER THE NORTH STAR MANGANESE WEBSITE, MINNESOTA HAS THE LARGEST HIGH-GRADE UNMINED DEPOSIT OF MANGANESE IN NORTH AMERICA.

MANGANESE IS USED TO STRENGTHEN STEEL AND IN LITHIUM BATTERY PRODUCTION, AS WELL AS OTHER CHEMICAL USES.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU AS WE LEARN MORE.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL BE SEEING THE AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, AND WE'LL KEEP THE CLOUD COVER AND THE MILDER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, THE GALLERY BRINGS LOCAL ARTISTS OUT OF THEIR SHELLS TO DISPLAY THEIR ARTWORK T >> 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.

>>> THERE IS A NON-PROFIT MARCH ARTS GROUP IN BRAINERD.

BLACK BELTS DON'T QUIT IS CREATED FOR PEOPLE OF ANY AGE AND COUNTRY.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THE GENESIS CAME FROM A RATHER UNLIKELY SOURCE AS ALL IT TOOK WAS A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY TO SPEAK ON A DREAM.

>> MY IDEA WAS I WANTED EVERYONE TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY I COULD HAVE.

I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH MARTIAL ARTS, I FELL IN LOVE WITH BROTHERHOOD, CREED, COMMUNITY, SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER, FAMILY, DISCIPLINE, FOCUS, MANNERS.

I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH THE VALUES.

>> Reporter: BRENT'S DREAM DIDN'T TAKE SHAPE UNTIL A TRIP THEY TOOK TO BARBADOS, WHERE THE TWO BROUGHT MARTIAL ARTS TO THE COUNTRY, BUT ALSO BROUGHT 10 MARTIAL ARTISTS OVER TO THE STATES FOR THE WORLD KARATE AND KICK BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> WE HAD A DREAM AND THEN WE TOOK STEPS.

I THINK THAT DREAMS ARE OFTEN MADE WHEN NO ONE LOOKS AROUND.

WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY ANTICIPATING IT.

I THINK WE WERE JUST LOOKING FOR PLACES TO BE OF SERVICE AND THEN LITTLE BY LITTLE, WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WOULD BE HERE TODAY AND TO BE HONEST, I'M SO BLESSED THAT WE ARE.

>> Reporter: BLACK BELTS DON'T QUIT.

SUPPLIES THE BRAINERD COMMUNITY AND FAR MORE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY THAT FEW CAN PROVIDE THROUGH THEIR NON-PROFIT.

WITH THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, THE PHRASE THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN DESCRIBING THEIR IMPACT IS BRIDGE THE GAP.

>> AND WHAT IF WE WERE ABLE TO SINGLE MOMS IN PARTICULAR, SINGLE DADS FILE ALL THE PAPERWORK, IF THEY NEEDED HELP FROM THE COUNTY?

WHAT IF IT WAS NOT ONLY YOU NEEDED COUNTY HELP, YOU WOULDN'T QUALIFY FOR IT, BUT YOUR DEBT TO INCOME IS SO EXORBITANT THAT YOU CAN'T AFFORD THE EXTRACURRICULARS YOU WOULD LIKE TO FOR YOUR CHILDREN?

I THINK ALL OF THAT REQUIRES ADDRESSING.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> SATURDAY WAS CURLING DAY ACROSS MINNESOTA AND THE BEMIDJI CURLING CLUB WOULD CELEBRATE OVER THE WEEKEND BY HOLDING ITS ANNUAL BLUE OX BONSPIEL.

THE BONSPIEL IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE CURLING CLUB BUT IS ALSO A WAY TO WELCOME TEAMS AND PLAYERS FROM ALL OVER TO CURL AT THE CLUB AND COMPETE.

THE EVENT IS MEANT TO CELEBRATE THE LOVE OF CURLING AND GET AS MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED AS POSSIBLE.

WHETHER YOU HAVE A TON OF EXPERIENCE OR VERY LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPORT, MEMBERS OF THE CLUB SPEAK VERY HIGHLY OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THEY CAN TO JOIN.

>> I'VE BEEN TO A FEW DIFFERENT CLUBS AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST WELCOMING CLUB I EVER BEEN TO.

I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING WE STRIVE FOR AND EVERY NIGHT, WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO DROP IN AND SEE WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.

>> I REALLY FOUND IT WAY MORE WORTHWHILE IN MY LATER YEARS THAN MY YOUNGER YEARS.

NOW WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS, AND HAVE LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS, AND A GREAT GAME TO PLAY.

>> Dennis: FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN VISIT THE BEMIDJI CURLING CLUB WEBSITE FOR FUTURE EVENTS AND WHERE TO SIGN UP.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY JOINS US NOW.

WE HAD ONE WEEK OF COLD AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE A WARM SPELL FOR THE NEXT 10 DAYS.

>> Stacy: IT'S AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, INTO AT LEAST NEXT MONTH BY ALL INDICATIONS.

WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE MILD TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

WE HAD A LOT OF 20s AND 30s THIS WEEK, WE COULD SEE SOME SNOW TONIGHT AND ANOTHER CHANCE >> 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, WE'VE BEEN SEEING SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES FINALLY IN THE AREA AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE MILD AS WE HEAD INTO THE REST OF THIS WEEK.

WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRY ACTIVITY MOVING ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT, MOST OF THAT SHOULD TAPER OFTEN OVERNIGHT, SOME AREAS COULD SEE MIXED PRECIPITATION TOMORROW.

OVERALL, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE CLOUD COVER, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE WARMER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHS SHOULD BE MAINLY IN THE 30s AS WE HEAD INTO LATER THIS WEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, 20 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE A NORTHEAST WIND AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, THE DEW POINT IS 19, WE PICKED UP 0.5-INCH OF SNOW SO FAR TONIGHT.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, A RISING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE AND WINDS ARE CALM.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, WE HAVE SEEN SOME AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND MOST OF THAT IS NOW MOVING INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA AND FOR MOST OF US, WE WILL SEE ALL OF THAT SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY TAPERING OFF INTO THE OVERNIGHT.

IT WILL STILL BE CLOUDY AND THE CLOUDS WILL STICK AROUND TOMORROW.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE, JUST A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE THAT WE COULD SEE SOME AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW IN THE FAR EASTERN PARTS OF THE VIEWING AREA.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA, THE AITKIN AREA, JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THAT.

IT WILL BE CLOUDY, TEMPERATURES ARE STILL ABOVE AVERAGE, WITH EVEN WARMER TEMPERATURES FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

ANDREA SENDING US THIS PHOTO.

GLAD TO SEE THE WARMER TEMPERATURES.

SAMROSE SAYING IT WAS A BIT WINDY OVER AT LOWER RED LAKE.

WE HAVE A PICTURE FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA, SPOTTING A DEER CROSSING THE PATH ON HER WALK.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF SOME OF THE SNOW FALLING IN CASS LAKE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PICTURES.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, ARLENE REPORTING 26 AND OVERCAST, AND WINDS CALM THIS AFTERNOON.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, A HIGH OF 22.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, OVERCAST SKIES, TOPPING OUT AT 28.

PAUL IN BEMIDJI, CLOUDY WITH A FEW FLURRIES THIS EVENING, THE HIGH WAS 23.

ANDREA IN ELMSDALE 15 DEGREES THIS MORNING.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 27 TODAY, SO WE'RE SEEING ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.

THAT COLD FROM LAST WEEK IS GONE.

17 FOR THE LOW, WE HAD SUNSET AT 5:06.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 23, SO WE ARE ABOVE AVERAGE, 18 FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE, ANSON -- AND SUNSET AT 5:05.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, LOOKING AT CLOUDY SKIES, A CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE, AS WELL AS LIGHT SNOW AROUND THE AITKIN AREA.

HIGH TEMPERATURES, UPPER 20s, MAYBE CLOSE TO 30.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WITH A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES THAT WILL TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT.

TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF THE WEEK, CLOUD COVER CONTINUES, THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN, FREEZING RAIN, OR SNOW ON THURSDAY, BUT TEMPERATURE-WISE, EVEN WARMER.

HIGHS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE LOW TO MID-30s ACROSS THE VIEWING AREA.

THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WHEN WE MAY SEE A GLIMPSE OF SOME SUNSHINE ON SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD, WARROAD.

WE HAVE COVERAGE COMING UP, RIGHT?

>> Charlie: THE SNOW IS REAL, I SAW IT ALL ON THE ROAD.

WE DID HAVE SOME OTHER STUFF GOING ON TODAY.

WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL BSU COMMIT THAT WAS NEARING 2,000 POINTS IN HIS BASKETBALL CAREER.

WE HAVE THAT AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT BRAINERD BOYS BASKETBALL AS WELL AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS; NORTHERN MINNESOTA'S CERTIFIED APPLE SERVICE CENTER, OFFERING REPAIR SERVICES ON APPLE PRODUCTS AND P.C.S.

PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS IN BEMIDJI AND GRAND RAPIDS, IT'S RIGHT HERE.

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

>> Charlie: MARTIN, JAREL, THE CASS LAKE BOYS PLAYERS TO GET TO 2,000.

NOW FAIRBANKS HAD THE CHANCE TO GET TO THE THIRD.

7-6 CASS LAKE BATTLING MOUNTAIN IRON BUHL.

FAIRBANKS WORKING THE FAST BREAK, CASHES HIS FIRST BUCKET, GIVING THEM AN 8-6 LEAD.

NOW HE IS AT THE BUCKET, SHY OF 2,000, WITH A HIGHLIGHT REEL, HE'S THE THIRD PLAYER OF CLB BOYS BASKETBALL TO DO SO.

HE WILL FINISH WITH 33 POINTS, LEADING ALL SCORERS.

IN THE SECOND HALF, WITH A DAGGER DOWN THE STRETCH, THEY GO ON TO WIN 83-72 OVER MOUNTAIN IRON BUHL.

ROSEAU FALLS TO G.G.G.

IN GIRLS BASKETBALL, CROSBY-IRONTON BEATS AITKIN, MOUNTAIN IRON BUHL BEATS CASS LAKE.

AND GRAND RAPIDS AND ROSEAU GETS WINS IN BASKETBALL AS WELL.

AT MICHIGAN TECH, TRYING TO SWEEP THE SERIES AFTER FALLING ON FRIDAY.

ADAM IS GOING TO BLOCK A SHOT AND PICK UP A LOOSE PUCK, AND NOW HE BURIES IT.

BEAVERS TAKE A 1-0 LEAD.

LATE THIRD PERIOD, AN EXTRA SKATE ON THE POWER PLAY.

MATTHEW IS ABLE TO TIE THE GAME WITH LESS THAN 5 SECONDS LEFT.

A SHOOTOUT NOW, ERIC BEATS BLAKE, SO THEY ARE UP 2-1 IN THE SHOOTOUT.

THEY COULD WIN, MORGAN CANNOT GET A SHOT OFF.

BEMIDJI STATE GETS TWO POINTS FROM THE SHOOTOUT VICTORY.

MICHIGAN TECH GETS THE OTHER ONE BECAUSE OF THE TIE.

IN WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL -- OR WOMEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY, BEMIDJI STATE TOOK AN EARLY LEAD, BUT MINNESOTA ENDS UP WINNING 3-1.

IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, BEMIDJI STATE MEN FALL AND SO DO THE WOMEN TO WAYNE STATE.

IN THE NBA, THE HORNETS BEAT THE TIMBERWOLVES.

>>> A DOUBLE-DOUBLE IN BASKETBALL NORMALLY CONSISTS OF DOUBLE DIGIT POINTS AND REBOUNDS.

BRAINERD BOYS BASKETBALL SENIOR GUARD IS AVERAGING A DOUBLE-DOUBLE THIS SEASON BY SWAPPING REBOUNDS FOR ASSISTS.

THE WARRIORS HOPE IT WILL PROPEL THE TEAM THROUGH THE BACK HALF OF THEIR SEASON AND INTO THE SECTION PLAYOFFS.

MILES WALKER HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, IT STARS WITH ELI, WHICH IS NOT JUST A PASSER IN THE FALL, BUT THE WINNER.

>> I AM THE CATALYST FOR THE OFFENSE, SO I KNOW IN ORDER TO SHARE THE BALL, IT STARTS WITH ME.

THAT'S ONE AREA I CAN GET THE TEAM GOING.

I THINK THE TEAM WILL FALL IN THAT AREA FOR SURE.

>> Reporter: HE SET THE STANDARD, AVERAGING 10.5 ASSISTS PER GAME, AMASSING 30 MORE TOTAL ASSISTS.

>> YOU LOOK AT THE ASSIST NUMBERS AND IT'S EASY TO SAY IT'S JUST PASSING AND THE GUY IS SHOOTING.

IN ORDER FOR THAT GUY TO MAKE THE SHOT, HE HAS TO PUT IT IN A GOOD SPOT.

SO NOT JUST FINDING THE OPEN GUYS, BUT PUTTING THEM IN POSITION TO SCORE IS OUTSTANDING.

>> Reporter: HE IS LEADING THE CHARGE WHEN IT COMES TO DISTRIBUTION, THE TEAM PRIORITIZES THE EXCEPTIONAL BALL MOVEMENT.

FOR THE WARRIORS TO REACH THE PROMISE LAND, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2013, THEY KNOW THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM TO IMPROVE ON BOTH ENDS OF THE COURT.

>> I THINK WE NEED TO PLAY MORE DEFENSE.

THAT'S THE MAIN THING.

THEN STAYING TOGETHER AND THE END GAME, JUST MAKING LITTLE MISTAKE FROM A PHILOSOPHY STANDPOINT.

THERE ARE TWO KEYS FOR US, AND THAT'S TAKING CARE OF THE BASKETBALL AND DEFENSIVE REBOUNDING, NOT GIVING UP THE SECOND CHANCE POINTS.

THEY TIE INTO GIVING MORE OR LESS POSSESSIONS TO YOUR TEAM.

I THINK IT'S WINNING EACH SMALL BATTLE THROUGHOUT THE GAME IS WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON.

>> Reporter: WHILE THEY'RE GIVING 100% EFFORT, HE BELIEVES THE KEY TO THE WARRIORS' SUCCESS LIES IN THEIR LOVE FOR THE GAME.

>> I THINK JUST HAVING FUN EVERY TIME YOU GO OUT THERE.

JUST HAVE FUN AND MAKING SURE WE'RE CRACKING DOWN THE DEFENSE, GRABBING OUR REBOUNDS.

>> I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS HAVING FUN AND PLAYING LOOSE.

YOU KNOW, NO ONE PLAYS WELL WHEN THEY'RE TENSE.

I THINK JUST KEEPING THAT JOY IN THE GAME.

IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO PLAY OUR BEST GAME.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Charlie: THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY DULUTH EAST TOMORROW AT 7:00 P.M. THAT WILL KICK OFF.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> IN PARK RAPIDS, THERE IS A RETAIL STORE AND GALLERY SHOWCASE THAT GOES BY “THE TIN CEILING GALLERY.

” THE GALLERY SHOWS ARTWORK BY EMERGING AND MID-CAREER ARTISTS OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, EXPERIENCES, AND ALL ABILITIES.

PROGRAMS SUCH AS HUBBARD COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT CENTER PARTNER WITH “THE TIN CEILING GALLERY ” TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND MENTAL ILLNESS.

REPORTER ZY'RIAH SIMMONS SPOKE WITH THE DIRECTOR AND SOME ARTISTS FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE TIN CEILING GALLERY.

IT WAS ONCE AN ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES STORE, THAT SOON BECAME AN ART GALLERY THAT DISPLAYED ART FROM DIFFERENT ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY THE MISSION OF OUR AGENCY, AND WE HAVE SUCH AAL -- A TALENTED GROUP OF ARTISTS AND ART HAS BECOME A GREAT PART OF OUR PROGRAM BECAUSE IT OFFERS PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND GROW AND A WAY TO MAKE MONEY.

>> Reporter: ARTISTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD WITHIN THE GALLERY, BY ALLOWING THEM TO GROW CONFIDENT AND CREATE CONNECTIONS INSIDE THE GALLERY, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.

>> WHEN I HEARD THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TURN THIS INTO A GALLERY, I WAS LIKE OH, THAT'S REALLY COOL.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THAT.

IT BROUGHT ME A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AND MADE ME REALIZE I COULD BE A STRONGER ARTIST THAN I THOUGHT I COULD.

>> MY WORK IS ABOUT MEDITATION.

I CONSIDER EACH BEAD A PRAYER.

SO, IT'S A PRAYER AND MEDITATION TO ME.

>> Reporter: PROVIDING SPECIALIZED SERVICES WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND MENTAL ILLNESS, IT HELPS THE ARTISTS AND THE GALLERY.

>> WE HAVE AN ART STUDIO WITH A FULL TIME ARTIST THAT WORKS WITH OUR CLIENTS, THE OPPORTUNITIES WE PRESENT THERE ARE EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITIES, TO GET TO KNOW DIFFERENT MEDIUMS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART, WHAT THEY LIKE, WHAT THEY DON'T LIKE, AND THEN WE CAN EXPAND UPON THEIR ABILITIES AND JUST CREATE CONFIDENCE IN THAT LEARNING ATMOSPHERE.

>> Reporter: EVERY ARTIST HAS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AT THE TIN CEILING GALLERY, WHETHER YOU SUFFER FROM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OR DISABILITY.

THIS GALLERY GIVES ARTISTS TO BLOCK THEM WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> THAT'S THE MISSION OF OUR AGENCY, TO HELP OPEN THE EYES OF THE COMMUNITY THAT DISABILITY IS NOT A DRAW BACK.

IN MANY CASES, I THINK OUR EMPLOYEES ARE BETTER EMPLOYEES BECAUSE WE TAKE THE TIME TO HELP THEM LEARN SKILLS AND TO LEARN TO LOOK AT THEIR ABILITIES AND NOT THEIR DISABILITIES.

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

>> Dennis: THAT'S IT FOR US TONIGHT.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU