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

>>> A MINNESOTA STATE TROOPER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE SHOOTING OF BLACK MOTORIST.

THE TROOPER SHOT RICKY COBB THE SECOND AFTER COBB FAILED TO GET OUT OF HIS CAR DURING A JULY TRAFFIC STOP.

THIS IS VIDEO OF THAT TRAFFIC STOP.

WE WANT TO WARN YOU THIS MAY BE DISTURBING TO SEE FOR SOME.

TROOPER RYAN LONDREGAN WHO IS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR IN THIS VIDEO WAS CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE UNINTENTIONAL MURDER, FIRST-DEGREE ASSAULT, AND SECOND-DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER IN THE DEATH OF THE 33-YEAR-OLD COBB.

LONDREGAN WAS ASSISTING AT THE SCENE WHEN TWO OTHERS OFFICERS PULLED OVER COBB FOR HAVING HIS LIGHTS OUT.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, LONDREGAN SHOT COBB TWICE MOMENTS AFTER COBB TOOK HIS FOOT OFF THE BRAKE.

AN ATTORNEY FOR LONDREGAN CALLED HIS CLIENT A HERO SAYING LONDREGAN WAS TRYING TO PROTECT HIMSELF AND A FELLOW TROOPER.

HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MARY MORIARTY SAID HER OFFICE WILL NOT SEEK TO HOLD HIM ON BAIL BUT WILL ASK THE COURT TO REQUIRE HIM TO SURRENDER HIS PASSPORT AND FIREARMS.

SHE EXPECTS HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE TO BE SCHEDULED FOR LATER THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

>>> AN ONAMIA MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO A LITTLE MORE THAN 24 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM FOLLOWING A DOMESTIC ASSAULT.

37-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN LYLE CUTBANK WAS CONVICTED BY A FEDERAL JURY OF ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN MARCH OF 2023 AND WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT TO 292 MONTHS IN PRISON FOLLOWED BY FIVE YEARS PROBATION.

BECAUSE CUTBANK HAD PRIOR FELONY CONVICTIONS HE IS PROHIBITED UNDER FEDERAL LAW FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS AT ANY TIME.

CUTBANK WAS ARRESTED AT A HOME NEAR BENA IN NOVEMBER OF 2020 WHEN LEECH LAKE TRIBAL POLICE INITIALLY RESPONDED TO A REPORT THAT CUTBANK HAD ASSAULTED AND THREATENED A WOMAN WITH A GUN.

LATER AUTHORITIES LOCATED A RIFLE WITH NO SERIAL NUMBER AND A KNIFE.

>>> ALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES DURING THE LAST TEN DAYS OF JANUARY, THE POINT-IN-TIME COUNT TAKES PLACE TO DETERMINE THE HOMELESS POPULATION THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES.

CROW WING COUNTY HAS SEEN A 45 PERCENT INCREASE IN UNHOUSED ADULTS AND CHILDREN SINCE 2022 AND A 63 PERCENT INCREASE SINCE 2019.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IS DONE AT THE END OF JANUARY BECAUSE IT ENSURES CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE U.S. AND ALLOWS PEOPLE THAT CAN ONLY PAY FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH TO BE INCLUDED IN THE COUNT.

GETTING AN ACCURATE NUMBER OF THE HOMELESS IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE.

>> WE WANT TO GET AS MANY NUMBERS AS WE CAN BECAUSE THE IMPACT TO FUNDING AND AGENCIES THAT LOOK AT WHAT THE BARRIERS TO HOUSING AND SUCH ARE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE CHALLENGE WITH OBTAINING AN ACCURATE NUMBER IS THAT THE HOMELESS AND UNHOUSED POPULATION IS NOT NECESSARILY VISIBLE HERE IN CROW WING COUNTY.

>> SO THOSE PEOPLE ARE HARDER TO REACH.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE REACHING OUT WITH PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS TO ATTRACT THOSE PEOPLE TO COME IN AND SHOW UP AND DO THE SURVEYS SO THEIR NUMBERS COUNT.

IT'S HARD TO REACH HOMELESS PEOPLE.

THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUT ON THE STREETS.

>> Reporter: FOR THE COUNT, TWO TYPE OF HOMELESSNESS ARE COUNTED, SHELTERED AND UNSHELTERED.

UNSHELTERED INCLUDES THOSE LIVING IN TENTS, A CAR, TRUCK, CAMPER, ABANDONED BUILDINGS, ICE HOUSES, OR THOSE LIVING ON THE STREETS.

COUCH HOPPING IS ALSO COUNTED, WHICH IS DEFINED AS THOSE WHO ARE TEMPORARILY STAYING WITH FAMILY OR FRIENDS.

>> LAST YEAR WE HAD 173 UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS.

WE SUSPECT THAT THE NUMBER IS GREATER THAN THAT, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACCURATE NUMBER IS, AND WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT.

>> Reporter: HOMELESSNESS IS BECOMING A BIGGER PROBLEM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

THERE ARE MANY DANGERS THAT THE HOMELESS FACE AND IN MINNESOTA, IT'S NOT HARD TO THINK OF ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS THREATS.

>> PEOPLE CAMP OUTSIDE ALL WINTER LONG HERE IN MINNESOTA.

THERE ARE HORROR STORIES OF PEOPLE GETTING INJURIES FROM DOING THAT.

WE'RE TRYING HARD TO GET PEOPLE INTO SAFE HOUSING SO THEY ARE WARM AND SAFE, BUT THAT IS CHALLENGING, BECAUSE THERE IS A LACK OF WOMEN IN HOUSING AVAILABLE.

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

>> THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN CROW WING COUNTY ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY.

THE SURVEY WILL BE TAKING PLACE UNTIL JANUARY 31ST.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE CROW WING COUNTY HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS SPECIALISTS AT THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.

>>> THE BEMIDJI HOCKEY PROGRAM ARE HOSTING THEIR GAME FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE SEASON THIS SATURDAY.

WE'LL GO TO OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN WHO HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH SOME OF THE PLAYERS AND COACHES BEFORE THE EVENT.

>> Reporter: ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 27TH, THE BOYS AND GIRLS HOCKEY TEAMS WILL RAISE MONEY FOR THE JOE LUEKEN CANCER CENTER.

THERE WILL BE RAFFLES, JERSEY AUCTION, AND OTHER PROMOTIONAL ITEMS AT THE COMMUNITY ARENA.

>> WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS AND BRING FUNDS FOR THE CANCER CENTER HERE IN BEMIDJI.

>> I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN HERE.

IT BRINGS AWARENESS TO THE CAUSE AND RAISES MONEY FOR THE CENTER IN BEMIDJI.

>> Reporter: SATURDAY IS HOCKEY DAY IN MINNESOTA AND THE KIDS SEEM EXCITED TO GET ON THE ICE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.

>> SUPER PUMPED.

I HOPE WE WIN FOR ALL THE FANS COMING.

>> I'M VERY EXCITED.

I'M READY TO PLAY AND WIN THIS YEAR.

I DIDN'T GET TO PLAY LAST YEAR, SO THAT MAKES IT MORE EXCITING THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: SOME OF THE COACHES EXPRESSED HOW GREAT IT WAS TO SEE THESE KIDS NOT ONLY WANT TO COMPETE, BUT TO BRING AWARENESS AND RAISE FUNDS FOR A GREAT CAUSE.

>> THESE THINGS ARE BECOMING MORE NORMAL IN OUR COMMUNITY.

HAVING SOME OF THESE YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL KIDS PARTICIPATE IN THESE EVENTS IS GREAT.

IT SHOWS THAT THEY ARE PARTAKING IN OUR COMMUNITIES, TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS AND FUNDS TO BRING SOME JOY TO YOUNG KIDS WHO ARE BATTLING CANCER.

>> Reporter: TO SOME OF THESE PLAYERS AND COACHES, THIS WEEKEND IS MORE THAN JUST A GAME OF HOCKEY.

>> MY SISTER WENT THROUGH SOME TREATMENTS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, SO IT MEANS A LOT TO HAVE THIS HELP.

>> MY MOM HAD BREAST CANCER, SHE BEAT IT.

I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.

I JUST WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND PLAY FOR HER AND SHOW HER WE CAN WIN FOR HER AND EVERYBODY ELSE BATTLING CANCER.

>> I LOST A FORMER HOCKEY PLAYER I COACHED TO BRAIN CANCER.

SHE WAS LIVING IN MINNESOTA AND IT'S VERY SAD.

AT SOME POINT, CANCER WILL IMPACT US ALL, THE OLDER WE GET.

>> Reporter: TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THIS EVENT, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO DO SO.

>> WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING AN ONLINE AUCTION TO SELL SOME OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL JERSEYS THEY WILL BE WEARING IN THE GAMES, THAT YOU WILL SEE IN SOME OF THE PICTURES HERE.

ANY OF THE FUNDS WE RAISE WILL GO DIRECTLY TOWARDS BUILDING THAT LITTLE CENTER FOR THESE KIDS.

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

>> Dennis: THE GIRLS HOST ST.

CLOUD AT 2:00 P.M. AND THE BOYS WILL HOST SARTELL AT 4:00 P.M. >>> REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOSH HEINTZEMAN FROM NISSWA SAYS HE WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION THIS NOVEMBER IN THE RACE FOR HOUSE DISTRICT 6B.

HEINTZEMAN'S DISTRICT INCLUDES MOST OF WESTERN CROW WING COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BRAINERD, BAXTER, PEQUOT LAKES, NISSWA, MERRIFIELD, JENKINS, AND BREEZY POINT.

HEINTZEMAN SERVES AS THE REPUBLICAN-LEAD ON THE HOUSE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.

HE IS CURRENTLY SERVING HIS FIFTH TERM AT THE CAPITOL.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL HAVE AREAS OF WIDESPREAD FOG, AS WELL AS SOME FREEZING FOG AND LIGHT SNOW AND DRIZZLE TONIGHT.

IT COULD MAKE FOR SOME SLIPPERY ROADWAYS.

I'LL HAVE MORE ON THE FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, CHI ST. JOSEPH'S RECEIVED AN >> 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.

>>> EARLIER THIS MONTH, CHI ST. JOSEPH'S HEALTH RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR THE STROKE PROGRAM IN THEIR HOSPITAL.

THE PROGRAM WAS RECOGNIZED FOR ADDRESSING THE COMMUNITY'S NEED FOR A STROKE-DESIGNATED HOSPITAL IN THEIR AREA.

REPORTER ZY'RIAH SIMMONS HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DESIGNATES HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT MINNESOTA TO PREPARE THEM TO PROVIDE THE BEST CARE FOR THEIR PATIENTS AND THEIR COMMUNITY.

THE DEPARTMENT CAME UP WITH CRITERIA THAT HOSPITALS NEEDED TO MEET TO BE DEEMED STROKE READY.

CHI ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL RECEIVED THEIR DESIGNATION IN JUNE 2023.

>> WE HAD SOME FOUNDATION LAID PRIOR TO US INITIATING THE PROGRAM.

SO THE PROCESS HAD ALREADY BEEN STARTED.

WE JUST BUILT UP THAT FOUNDATION AND CLEARLY DEFINED THE ROLES.

WE CAME UP WITH A VERY COMPREHENSIVE STROKE TEAM AND HOW WE DID THAT IS WE INVOLVED ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

WE HAVE MEMBERS ON OUR STROKE TEAM FROM LAB, RADIOLOGY, PHARMACY, PATIENT ACCESS, THE HOSPITAL SERVICE, DATA EXTRACTION AND ALL OF THE GROUP CAME TOGETHER AND HELPED BUILD A STRONG PROGRAM.

>> Reporter: EVERYONE IN THE HOSPITAL PLAYS A ROLE IN KEEPING THE STROKE READY PROGRAM STRONG AND STRIVING.

THERE IS ONE SPECIFIC GROUP IMPLEMENTING NEW PROCESSES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.

>> WE STARTED THE PROGRAM OFF WITH OUR R.N.

NURSE CHAMPIONS.

WE WANTED SOMEONE AVAILABLE TO OUR STAFF AT ALL TIMES, TO GIVE SOME OF THE REALTIME FEEDBACK AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW WITH THAT.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE STARTED OFF STRONG, THOSE NURSE CHAMPIONS KEEP GROWING OUR PROGRAM BY DEVELOPING EDUCATION FOR STAFF.

THEY ARE DEVELOPING EDUCATION FOR PATIENTS AND SO WE ARE EXPANDING ON WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

>> Reporter: CHI ST. JOSEPH HEALTH RECEIVED THE COMMUNITY CHAMPION AWARD.

IT WAS A MEANINGFUL AND LONG TERM IMPROVEMENT END OF STROKE CARE AND THE R.N.

CHAMPIONS WITH THE PROGRAM.

>> IT'S A GOOD FEELING TO RECEIVE THAT AWARD.

WE PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO THIS PROGRAM AND THE R.N.

NURSE CHAMPIONS THAT BROUGHT THAT ADDITIONAL PIECE TO THIS PROGRAM REALLY DESERVE THAT RECOGNITION.

SO, TO RECEIVE THAT AWARD, IT JUST EMPHASIZED HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE TO OUR PROGRAM.

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

>> CHI ST.JOSEPH'S WAS ONE OF SEVEN FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING QUALITY STROKE CARE AT THE MINNESOTA STATEWIDE STROKE CONFERENCE.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER.

WE BRING IN WEATHERCASTER STACY CHRISTENSON NOW.

IT'S THE END OF JANUARY AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE END OF MARCH-TYPE WEATHER WE'RE HAVING.

>> Stacy: IT FEELS LIKE SPRING-LIKE TEMPERATURES.

TEMPERATURES ARE WARM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

WE HAVE SOME AREAS OF FOG, AND WIDESPREAD FOG ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT, AND WE'LL BE SEEING SOME FREEZING FOG, LIGHT SNOW, FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE, AND WE COULD SEE SOME SLICK ROADWAYS >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ACCESS MINNESOTA.

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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 HAD CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG THROUGHOUT THE AREA, BUT TEMPERATURES WERE VERY MILD AND AGAIN WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING MILD TEMPERATURES CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING SOME WIDESPREAD FOG TONIGHT AND WE COULD SEE SOME FREEZING FOG AS THE TEMPERATURES FALL ON THE OVERNIGHT, AND COMBINE THAT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE, SOME FLURRIES, AND SOME SLICK ROADWAYS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE THAT MOVES OUT.

RIGHT NOW, 29 AT THE AIRPORT IN BEMIDJI, WINDS CALM AT THE STUDIO, DEW POINT IS 29, AND THE HUMIDITY IS UP TO 100%.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 33 DEGREES, 30 IS OUR DEW POINT, WE HAVE A STEADY BAROMETRIC PRESSURE WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 7 MILES PER HOUR.

THE RADAR PICTURE LOOKS QUIET OUT THERE.

WE DO HAVE SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION.

WE ARE SEEING SOME LIGHT FLURRIES, AS WELL AS SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION IN PARTS OF THE AREA AND THAT WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

CLOUDY SKIES, WIDESPREAD FOG AND WE COULD SEE SOME FREEZING FOG AS THE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW THAT FREEZING POINT.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, IT LOOKS LIKE THE AREAS OF MIXED PRECIPITATION COULD CONTINUE MAINLY IN EASTERN MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, BEFORE THAT COMES TO AN END.

WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE PATCHY FOG THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND CLOUD COVER AS WELL, BUT THE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO STAY VERY WARM.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

ANGELA SPOTTING SOME BALD EAGLES OUT THERE ENJOYING THE WEATHER.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA SPOTTING A DEER IN THE FIELD THIS MORNING.

DEBRA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE FOG AT LAKE ADA.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, DEBRA IN PINE RIVER, FOGGY AND 31 THIS EVENING.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST AND FOG AND MIST TONIGHT.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 32.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY, TOPPING OUT AT 33.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 34 WAS THE HIGH TODAY IN BRAINERD.

SO AGAIN, IT'S VERY MILD TEMPERATURES OUT THERE, AVERAGE HIGH IS 21.

29 WAS OUR LOW, WE HAD SUNSET AT 5:09.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 31, WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THE TEMPERATURES AROUND 18.

SO IT'S VERY WARM TEMPS, 28 FOR THE LOW, 7:55 WAS OUR SUNRISE.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, CLOUDY CONDITIONS, WE'LL HAVE WIDESPREAD FOG AND FREEZING FOG IN THE MORNING, PATCHY FOG CONTINUING IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION IN EASTERN MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE IN THE LOW 30s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, PRETTY MUCH MORE OF THE SAME, HIGHS IN THE MID-30s, BUT WE ARE GOING TO SEE CLOUDS.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE FOG THROUGHOUT THE DAY, SOME FREEZING FOG IN THE MORNING AND AGAIN IN THE AITKIN AREA, MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, CLOUDY WITH SOME FOG AND FREEZING FOG, OVERNIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE AREA, LOWS NEAR 28.

THEN FOR TOMORROW, CLOUDY AND LOOKING AT AREAS OF FOG AND THAT MIXED PRECIPITATION COULD CONTINUE IN EASTERN MINNESOTA, IN THE MORNING, HIGHS NEAR 33.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE'LL BE SEEING A LOT OF CLOUD COVER.

SOME OF US MAY BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE SOME GLIMPSES OF THE SUN ON SATURDAY, BUT IT LOOKS CLOUDY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

HIGH TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE IN THE LOW TO MID-30s THROUGH SUNDAY AND IN FACT, THAT CONTINUES INTO THE WORKWEEK ON MONDAY WITH A HIGH OF 35.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: WELL, A BIG WEEK IN HOCKEY TOWN THE END OF THIS WEEK AND SATURDAY.

>> Charlie: YEAH, IT STARTED TODAY A LITTLE BIT.

THEY HAVE SOME OF THE J.V.

GAMES GOING ON, BUT IT'S HOCKEY DAY IN WARROAD.

THEY GOT STUFF STARTING TOMORROW.

THEY HAVE SOME GAMES TOMORROW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARQUEE MATCH UP, THE RIVALRY BETWEEN ROSEAU AND WARROAD.

THAT'S WHAT WE WILL HAVE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY THE GAMING.

EXHIBITER APPLICATIONS ARE ONLINE.

>> HEALTH MINUTE IS SPONSORED IN PART BY EMPLOYEE-OWNED LUEKEN'S VILLAGE FOODS, FEATURING THE AREA'S LARGEST SELECTION OF SEAFOOD AND HIGHEST QUALITY MEATS.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> THE SECOND WORLD WAR ENDED IN 1945.

THAT SAME YEAR A DIFFERENT WAR WAS JUST BEGINNING IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

A FEUD WAGED ON THE ICE THAT HAS ARGUABLY BECOME THE BIGGEST RIVALRY IN THE STATE OF HOCKEY.

ROSEAU AND WARROAD AND THE TWO HOCKEY TEAMS WILL DO BATTLE FOR THE 185TH TIME ON ONE OF HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY'S BIGGEST STAGES, HOCKEY DAY MINNESOTA.

BUT WHAT MAKES THIS RIVALRY UNIQUE ISN'T JUST THE ABSURD NUMBER OF TIMES THE TEAMS HAVE FACED OFF OR THE SPOTLIGHTS THEY'VE PLAYED UNDER.

NO, IT'S SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY.

>> TWO STORIED HOCKEY TOWNS.

>> HOCKEY IS ROSEAU, ROSEAU IS HOCKEY.

>> IT'S JUST EVERYDAY LIFE HERE, I THINK.

>> Reporter: WITH TWO STORIED HOCKEY TEAMS.

>> THE ROSEAU RAMS.

>> SCORE.

WARROAD, THE PERFECT SEASON.

>> Reporter: THAT MAKE UP ONE STORIED RIVALRY.

>> IT'S A GAME THAT YOU CIRCLE ON YOUR CALENDAR EVERY YEAR AND YOU WANT TO WIN NO MATTER WHAT.

>> Reporter: WHILE MOST RIVALRIES ARE FORGED BY THEIR DIFFERENCES, WARROAD AND ROSEAU ARE BUILT ON THEIR SIMILARITIES, STARTING WITH THEIR LOVE OF THE GAME, AND THEIR TEAMS.

>> WE'LL GO TO THE COFFEE SHOPS AT 6:30 A.M., AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR RAMS HOCKEY TEAM.

>> EVERYONE IN TOWN IS ASKING WHEN IS THE NEXT GAME, WHO ARE YOU PLAYING AND HOW DID THE LAST GAME GO.

>> IT'S KIND OF LIKE A BIG FAMILY.

>> EVERYBODY IN WARROAD, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THEM AT THE RINK, YOU SEE THEM AT SCHOOL, AT THE GROCERY STORE.

YOU GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE AND THE TOWN BY BEING AT THE RINK.

SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD WAY TO BRING EVERYBODY TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: BOTH TOWNS TOUT HISTORIC BARNS.

THE WARROAD GARDENS, AND THE MEMORIAL ARENA, BOTH HOUSING DISPLAY CASES OVERFLOWING WITH TROPHIES AND WALLS COVER WITH PHOTOS OF THE GREATEST SKATERS TO TAKE THE ICE.

>> WE HAD SO MANY GREAT PLAYERS THAT PLAYED HERE AND WENT ON TO THE NHL AND THE OLYMPICS AND COLLEGE AND I THINK JUST THE LONG STANDING TRADITION THAT WE'VE HAD OF GREAT HOCKEY PLAYERS AND GREAT HOCKEY TEAMS THAT IT BUILDS YEAR AFTER YEAR, YOU KNOW, FROM A LONG TIME AGO, UP UNTIL NOW.

>> Reporter: THE TWO TEAMS COMBINED FOR 11 STATE TITLES, PRODUCED MULTIPLE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS, AND SEEN HUNDREDS MORE PLAY IN THE JUNIOR AND COLLEGIATE RANKS.

>> I THINK THAT A BIG PART OF HOW WE STAY COMPETITIVE, COMPETING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER, AND COMPARING EACH OTHER, AND YOU KNOW, PLAYERS GET TO PLAY AGAINST EACH OTHER ALL THE WAY GOING UP, AND YOU KNOW WHO IS GOOD THERE AND THEY KNOW WHO IS GOOD HERE.

>> Reporter: HIGHWAY 11 IS SOMETHING ELSE SHARED BY THE TOWNS, AND A 20 MINUTE DRIVE BETWEEN THEM, THEY FEEL HOURS APART FROM THE REST OF THE NORTH STAR STATE, ALMOST AS THE RIVALRY GREW OUT OF NECESSITY FROM PROXIMITY, IT COMES FROM A PLACE OF RESPECT FROM WHAT THEY SHARE.

>> IT USE TO BE A HATE THING, BUT IT HAS TURNED MORE INTO A RESPECT THING NOW.

>> BUT WHEN THE PUCK DROPS -- >> YEAH, THEN THAT RESPECT GOES OUT THE WINDOW.

>> Reporter: WELL, MAYBE NOT COMPLETELY OUT THE WINDOW, BUT IT'S STILL A RIVALRY AND IT WILL STILL MOVE THE COMPETITIVE NEEDLE.

>> IT DOESN'T MATTER IN TERMS OF WHAT TEAMS ARE UP OR DOWN FOR THE YEAR.

WHEN THE TWO TEAMS PLAY, IT'S GOING TO BE A BATTLE.

>> IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DAY.

WHEN YOU WAKE UP, THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE SPECIAL ABOUT THAT DAY EVERY YEAR.

>> IT'S CRAZY TO THINK I'VE BEEN WATCHING IT ALL THE WAY UP AND JUST LIKE DREAMING OF THEM PLAYING IN IT.

NOW THAT I HAVE BEEN, IT TRULY LIVES UP TO THE HYPE.

>> THERE ARE PEOPLE EVERY YEAR THAT MAKE A SPECIAL TRIP TO WARROAD OR ROSEAU, JUST TO SEE, SO THEY CAN CROSS IT OFF THEIR BUCKET LIST TO SAY THEY BEEN TO THE GAME AND THERE AREN'T MANY HOCKEY GAMES YOU CAN SAY REACHED THAT LEVEL.

>> Reporter: MAKING IT THE PERFECT MARQUEE MATCH UP FOR HOCKEY DAY MINNESOTA, HOSTED BY HOCKEY TOWN U.S.A., BACKDROP BY A WATER TOWER WITH HOCKEY STICKS, A FITTING SETTING TO ADD TO THE CHAPTER OF THE GREATEST RIVALRY IN HOCKEY.

>> WE GOT LUCKY WE GOT TO SHOWCASE OUR TEAM AND OUR TOWN.

>> I THINK IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A REALLY FUN EXPERIENCE.

NONE OF US HAVE DONE IT BEFORE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE, BUT I THINK WE'RE UP TO FACE IT.

>> THIS WILL BE OUR LAST TIME PLAYING ROSEAU AS A SENIOR.

>> IT'S SO SPECIAL.

I'VE WATCHED THESE GROWING UP AND IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE COOLEST EXPERIENCES THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN TO PLAY ON.

>> AS A LITTLE KID, YOU ALWAYS DREAM PLAYING AN OUTDOOR GAME AND GETTING TO DO THIS IS REALLY A DREAM COME TRUE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

>> Charlie: THERE IS A LOOK AT SATURDAY'S GAME.

THERE WILL BE A FEW GAMES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, BUT THE MARQUEE GAMES ARE SATURDAY, THE WARROAD GIRLS PLAY AT 9:30 A.M., AND THEN MOORHEAD, AND THEN WARROAD AT 4:30.

>> Dennis: IT'S GOING TO BE FANTASTIC.

YOU WILL BE UP THERE.

>> Charlie: YEAH, I CAN'T WAIT, I'M SUPER EXCITED.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> CANCER CASES ARE IN THE RISE AMONG U.S.

ADULTS UNDER 50 ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT BY THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

THE RESEARCH SAYS CANCER PATIENTS ARE INCREASINGLY SHIFTING FROM OLDER TO MIDDLE-AGED INDIVIDUALS.

NO MATTER THE AGE WHEN CANCER STRIKES, EARLY DETECTION IS CRITICAL AS IT IMPROVES CHANCES OF SURVIVAL.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER HAS A LOOK AT NEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY BEING TESTED AT A U.S. HOSPITAL THAT MAY HELP TO QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY DIAGNOSIS CANCER.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO CANCER DETECTION, PATHOLOGISTS TYPICALLY REVIEW SLIDES UNDER A MICROSCOPE TO HELP DETERMINE A DIAGNOSIS.

>> AT OUR INSTITUTE, WE LAUNCHED A DIGITAL PATHOLOGY PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS US TO CONVERT THE SLIDE INTO MILLIONS OF PIXELS, WHICH CAN BE REVIEWED REMOTELY.

>> Reporter: THE DOCTOR SAYS THEY'RE NOW TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGY INVOLVING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, USING ALGORITHMS TO DETECT AND GRADE CANCER.

>> WHEN WE'RE DETECTING CANCER USING GLASS SLIDES UNDER THE MICROSCOPE, WE'RE LIMITED TO HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN SEE IT, HOW MANY PEOPLE I CAN CONSULT WITH.

ONCE IT'S IN A DIGITAL FORMAT, AN EXPERT CAN REVIEW IT AND WE CAN APPLY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ALGORITHMS TO DETECT CANCER.

>> Reporter: THE ALGORITHMS CAN BE TRAINED TO DETECT SPECIFIC TYPES OF THE DISEASE LIKE PROSTATE OR BREAST CANCER, AND NOT ONLY CATCH THE CANCER, BUT ALSO DETERMINE HOW MUCH CANCER IS PRESENT IN THE BIOPSY AND POTENTIALLY MAY PROVIDE INFORMATION TO HELP WITH THE PROGNOSIS OF THE DISEASE.

>> SO, WE ARE IN A REALLY EXCITING TIME IN DIAGNOSTIC PATHOLOGY.

WE HAVE ALL THESE NEW TOOLS AVAILABLE TO US, WHICH CAN HELP ONCOLOGISTS, WHICH CAN HELP CANCER PATIENTS LIKE NEVER BEFORE.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>> Dennis: THE DOCTOR SAYS THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY WILL CONTINUE TO BE TESTED IN CLINICAL TRIALS AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER AND IT MAY TAKE UP TO THREE YEARS TO FULLY IMPLEMENT IT THERE.

HE SAYS IT WILL NOT REPLACE DOCTORS BECAUSE HE SAYS HUMANS ARE NEEDED TO MAKE THE FINAL CALL ON A CANCER DIAGNOSIS.

>>> WE HAVE TIME FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

LET'S GO BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING CLOUDY SKIES, ALONG WITH FOG AND FREEZING FOG OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THERE MAY BE AREAS OF MIXED PRECIPITATION, LOWS NEAR 28.

AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE AREAS OF CLOUDS AND FOG COVER, BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO SEE THE SLIGHT CHANCE FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE MORNING.

>> Charlie: A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW I'M A HOCKEY GUY ALTHOUGH I'M FROM CALIFORNIA AND I CAN'T EXPRESS MY THANKS TO THE FOLKS AT ROSEAU AND WARROAD BECAUSE IT WAS A TREAT TO LEARN ALL THAT STUFF ABOUT THE HOCKEY TOWNS.

>> Dennis: GREAT STORY, LOOKING FORWARD TO SATURDAY.

THAT'S IT FOR US.

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

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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