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

>>> A MINNESOTA STATE TROOPER ACCUSED IN THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A MOTORIST CAN REMAIN FREE WITHOUT BAIL, A JUDGE RULED MONDAY DURING A BRIEF COURT APPEARANCE.

TROOPER RYAN LONDREGAN MUST SURRENDER HIS PASSPORT AND AVOID CONTACT WITH WITNESSES AND THE VICTIM'S RELATIVES.

THE HEARING WAS THE FIRST SINCE HE WAS CHARGED WEDNESDAY WITH SECOND-DEGREE UNINTENTIONAL MURDER, FIRST-DEGREE ASSAULT, AND SECOND-DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER IN THE DEATH OF RICKY COBB II, A 33-YEAR-OLD BLACK MAN.

THIS IS VIDEO OF THAT TRAFFIC STOP.

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

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

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, LONDREGAN WHO IS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE SHOT COBB TWICE, MOMENTS AFTER COBB TRIED TO PULL AWAY WITH LONDREGAN HALFWAY IN THE VEHICLE.

>> MY BROTHER WAS SITTING IN THE CAR.

MY BROTHER IS THE HERO.

I WANT JUSTICE FOR MY BROTHER.

WE DON'T WANT NO DRAMA, NO VIOLENCE, NO NOTHING.

JUSTICE FOR RICKY COBB II.

WE WILL GET THAT.

>> DEFENSE ATTORNEY CHRIS MADEL HAS SAID THAT LONDREGAN WAS ACTING TO PROTECT HIMSELF AND A COLLEAGUE.

AFTER THE HEARING, MADEL SPOKE BRIEFLY TO REPORTERS WHILE SURROUNDED BY DOZENS OF SUPPORTERS INCLUDING CURRENT AND FORMER POLICE OFFICERS.

>> ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2023, THE ATTORNEY STARTED THIS CASE BY SAYING THEY RETAINED A USE OF FORCE, AND THAT USE OF FORCE EXPERT WAS CRITICAL WITH RESPECT TO THE CHARGING DECISION.

LAST WEEK, WE FOUND THAT THE TROOPER'S CHARGE.

STANDING BEHIND ME ARE ABOUT 100 DIFFERENT FORMER POLICE OFFICERS.

HERE'S A BUNCH OF USE OF FORCE EXPERTS.

ALL SHE NEEDS TO DO IS E-MAIL ME AND I WILL HOOK HER UP WITH ONE.

I REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR SHOWING UP HERE, FOR THIS GREAT SHOWING OF SUPPORT FOR THE TROOPER.

>> THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN MINNEAPOLIS, WHERE THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD BY POLICE NEARLY FOUR YEARS AGO SPARKED GLOBAL PROTESTS ON RACIAL JUSTICE.

IN THAT CASE, THEN-OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN WAS SENTENCED TO 22.5 YEARS FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.

>>> THE CLOQUET POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE THE SHOOTING INCIDENT AT A MOTEL THERE ON JANUARY 9TH THAT LEFT THREE PEOPLE DEAD.

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE 32-YEAR-OLD ELLIOT LENIUS OF RAMSEY SHOT AND KILLED PATRICK ROERS OF DEER RIVER AND SHELBY TRETTEL OF CLOQUET BEFORE SHOOTING HIMSELF.

CLOQUET POLICE CHIEF DEREK RANDALL SAID TODAY IN A PRESS RELEASE THAT INVESTIGATORS STILL HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED A CLEAR MOTIVE FOR THE SHOOTINGS, NOR HAVE THEY UNCOVERED ANY CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE SUSPECT AND THE VICTIMS.

RANDALL SAYS THEY ARE CURRENTLY FOCUSING ON EXAMINING DIGITAL EVIDENCE OBTAINED FROM THE SCENE WHICH COULD PROVIDE INSIGHTS INTO THE SHOOTINGS CIRCUMSTANCES.

IN ADDITION, THEY EXPECT AUTOPSY REPORTS AND TOXICOLOGY RESULTS WITHIN THE NEXT 4 TO 6 WEEKS AND THEY EXPECT THOSE FINDINGS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE INCIDENT BETTER.

>>> A DYING THIEF WHO CONFESSED TO STEALING RUBY SLIPPERS THAT JUDY GARLAND WORE IN “THE WIZARD OF OZ ” RECEIVED NO PRISON TIME WHEN HE WAS SENTENCED TODAY.

76-YEAR-OLD TERRY MARTIN STOLE THE SLIPPERS IN 2005 FROM THE JUDY GARLAND MUSEUM IN THE LATE ACTOR'S HOMETOWN OF GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA.

MARTIN'S ATTORNEY SAYS HE HAD GONE STRAIGHT BUT WANTED TO PULL OFF ONE LAST SCORE.

THE ATTORNEY SAYS MARTIN GAVE INTO TEMPTATION AFTER AN OLD ASSOCIATE WITH CONNECTIONS TO THE MOB PERSUADED HIM THAT THE FAMOUS SHOES WERE ADORNED WITH REAL RUBIES BUT THEY WEREN'T REAL RUBIES.

BOTH SIDES RECOMMENDED MARTIN BE SENTENCED TO TIME SERVED BECAUSE HE HAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS TO LIVE.

MARTIN SHOWED LITTLE EMOTION AS THE JUDGE HANDED DOWN THE SENTENCE AND WAS PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO FULLY RISE FROM HIS CHAIR AS THE JUDGE ADJOURNED THE HEARING.

HE DECLINED TO ADDRESS THE COURT.

>>> THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS CONFIRMED EMERALD ASH BORER IN CROW WING COUNTY FOR THE FIRST TIME.

A SUSPECTED INFESTATION WAS DISCOVERED NEAR BRAINERD.

E.A.B.

LARVAE WAS LATER FOUND, AND SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED BY M.D.A.

STAFF.

FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION CONFIRMED THE SAMPLES AS EMERALD ASH BORER.

THERE ARE NOW 48 COUNTIES IN THE STATE, INCLUDING CROW WING, WITH E.A.B.

E.A.B.

WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN MINNESOTA IN 2009.

THE INSECT LARVAE KILL ASH TREES BY TUNNELING UNDER THE BARK AND FEEDING ON THE PART OF THE TREE THAT MOVES NUTRIENTS UP AND DOWN THE TRUNK.

BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME E.A.B.

HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN CROW WING COUNTY, THE M.D.A.

IS ENACTING AN EMERGENCY QUARANTINE OF THE COUNTY.

THE QUARANTINE LIMITS THE MOVEMENT OF FIREWOOD AND ASH MATERIAL OUT OF THE AREA.

THE M.D.A.

ISSUES QUARANTINES FOR ALL AREAS KNOWN TO HAVE E.A.B.

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FURTHER SPREADING THE TREE-KILLING INSECT.

A VIRTUAL INFORMATIONAL MEETING FOR RESIDENTS AND TREE CARE PROFESSIONALS IN CROW WING COUNTY WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH FROM 10:00 TO 11:00 A.M.

EXPERTS FROM THE M.D.A.

WILL GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOLLOWED BY A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION.

YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THAT MEETING BY GOING TO THE WEB ADDRESS ON THE SCREEN THE PUBLIC WILL ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THE PROPOSAL TO ADD MORRISON COUNTY'S EMERGENCY QUARANTINE TO THE STATE'S FORMAL QUARANTINE.

>>> LAST THURSDAY THE BRAINERD FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED FOR MUTUAL AID BY THE GARRISON FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR A HOUSE FIRE IN SOUTH BRAINERD.

ACCORDING TO CROW WING COUNTY SHERIFF ERIC KLANG, THE FIRE OCCURRED ON THE 9000 BLOCK OF ZALLAR ROAD.

IT STARTED FROM AN A.T.V.

LEAKING GAS IN THE GARAGE AND WAS IGNITED BY SOME SORT OF LIGHT, FOLLOWING THAT THE GARAGE BECAME FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES BEFORE EVENTUALLY SPREADING TO THE HOUSE.

KLANG SAYS THE OWNER SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL BURNS FROM THE INCIDENT AND WAS HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING THE EVENTS.

>>> ANOTHER BIG WINTER EVENT IN THE AREA HAS BEEN FORCED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.

I.C.E.

FEST 2024 IN LITTLE FALLS WILL NOT ONLY GO BY BEACH FEST 2024 THIS YEAR BUT THE ANNUAL EVENT WILL ALSO BE HELD AT A DIFFERENT VENUE AS WELL.

DUE TO POOR ICE CONDITIONS, I.C.E.

FEST WILL BE HELD AT THE PARK NEXT DOOR TO THE BUILDING AT DARLING & GREEN PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP PARK, BUT EVEN WITH THE CHANGE LESS THAN THREE WEEKS OUT, FOUNDER CHUCK ZWILLING SEES THE MAJORITY OF THE EVENTS STILL FINDING THEIR WAY INTO THE FESTIVAL.

>> BASICALLY THE SAME KIND OF THING, THERE WILL BE LOTS OF KID FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES GOING ON.

I'M PRETTY SURE, I'M PROBABLY 80% SURE WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE HOCKEY AND CURLING.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO IT ON THE SHORE OF THE LAKE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE ARE 10 INCHES OR 8 INCHES, PLENTY OF ICE FOR PEOPLE TO WALK ON.

YEAH, ALL THE OTHER ACTIVITIES, AND THE WARMING TENT, THE FOOD TENT, THOSE WILL ALL BE ON THE PARKLAND THERE.

>> BEACH FEST IS STILL SLATED FOR FEBRUARY 17TH FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. AND THE 18TH FROM 10:00 A.M TO 4:00 P.M. [♪♪♪] >> STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION IN NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA TONIGHT, OTHERWISE, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BUT WARM CONDITIONS WILL BE BACK TOMORROW.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ON THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, DRAGON GAMES GIVES LOCALS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH NUMEROUS TABLE TOP GAMES.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE EAGLE SCOUT IS THE HIGHEST RANK ATTAINABLE IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA PROGRAM.

SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1911, ONLY 4 PERCENT OF SCOUTS HAVE EARNED THIS RANK AFTER A LENGTHY REVIEW PROCESS INCLUDING THE NEWEST EAGLE SCOUT RIGHT HERE IN BEMIDJI.

FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, WE WILL GO TO OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN WHO GOT A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE NEWEST EAGLE SCOUT.

>> Reporter: A MEMBER OF SCOUTS B.S.A.

TROOP 4025 IN BEMIDJI AFTER 11 HARD FOUGHT YEARS HAS DONE WHAT LITTLE SCOUTS WHO SIGNED UP HAS ACHIEVED AND REACHED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT.

A COURT OF HONOR CEREMONY TOOK PLACE TO CELEBRATE THIS RARE ACHIEVEMENT.

>> IT WAS DEFINITELY A GREAT FINISH TO THE ALMOST 7 YEAR JOURNEY OF ME JUST GOING THROUGH A HAND FULL OF WHAT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO RIGHT NOW, WHERE I CAN FLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH NOTHING BUT ME AND MY FRIENDS, AND STAFF VOLUNTEER EVERY WEEK AT THE NATIONAL JAMBOREE.

>> Reporter: IT'S NO EASY FEAT AS MANY PART OF THE SCOUTS WILL TELL YOU.

>> IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK AND TIME.

THERE ARE A LOT OF SERVICE HOURS, LOTS OF REQUIREMENTS, STARTING A CAMPFIRE, TO SETTING UP A TENT, TO LEARNING ABOUT STOCKS, BONDS, SAVINGS, AND KEEPING YOURSELF SAFE, KEEPING OTHER PEOPLE SAFE, HIKING, SWIMMING, AND CAMPING, AND BICYCLING, AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

>> Reporter: THESE BADGES ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH THE SCOUTS, BUT THEY REPRESENT A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN JUST A PATCH ON THEIR SASH.

>> THE POINT OF HAVING A MERIT BADGE IS NOT THAT YOU LEARNED HOW TO DO IT, IT'S THAT IF YOU'RE WEARING THE BADGE, IF YOU ASK ME TO DO THIS, I CAN DO IT RIGHT HERE AND NOW.

TO BE AN EAGLE SCOUT, YOU HAVE TO EARN 14 BADGES AND 7 OR 8 MORE ON TOP OF THAT, ELECTIVES IS WHAT WE CALL THEM.

>> Reporter: HE BELIEVES THAT THE SCOUTS IS WHAT MADE HIM WHO HE IS TODAY AND IT'S A GREAT OPTION FOR ANYONE CONSIDERING TO JOIN.

>> SCOUTING HAS BEEN AN AMAZING PROGRAM FOR ME, IT'S AN AMAZING PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE MISTAKES AND LEARN FROM THEM AND HAVE THE BEST TEACHERS THAT CAN HELP THEM ALONG THE WAY.

IT INTRODUCES GOOD SETS OF MORALS, HOW TO BE A GOOD CHARACTER IN YOUR COMMUNITY, NATION, COUNTRY, AND HOW TO BOND WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND WORK IN TEAMS EFFECTIVELY WAY, SO THAT ONE DAY IF THEY WANT TO GET TO THIS POINT WHERE THEY GET THEIR EAGLE CIRCUIT COURT -- SCOUT AND COURT OF HONOR CELEBRATION.

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

>> THE SCOUTS TYPICALLY MEET ONCE A WEEK AND MAY HOLD SPECIAL ACTIVITIES.

ANY BOY OR GIRL CAN SIGN UP.

SCOUT B.S.A.

SIGNUPS START AT 11 YEARS OLD, WHILE WITH CUB SCOUTING YOU CAN SIGN UP ONCE YOU REACH KINDERGARTEN.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, WE BRING IN OUR WEATHERCASTER STACY CHRISTENSON NOW.

WE'RE NEARING THE END OF JANUARY AND IT FEELS LIKE THE END OF MARCH RIGHT NOW.

>> Stacy: I ALMOST CAN'T TELL, TEMPERATURES ARE VERY WARM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

WE MISSED THE RECORD HIGH IN BRAINERD BY A COUPLE OF DEGREES.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE WARM TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO THE REST OF THE WEEK, A LOT OF HIGHS IN THE 30s, COULD SEE SOME >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ACCESS MINNESOTA.

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>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THOSE CLOUDS ROLLING IN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION HERE AND THERE, AND WE COULD CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME AREAS OF PRECIPITATION, ESPECIALLY IN NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

HEADING INTO TOMORROW, THAT IS GOING TO COME TO AN END.

IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF US WILL KEEP CLOUD COVER THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE MILD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

RIGHT NOW, BEMIDJI, STILL 33 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT, WE HAVE A NORTHWEST WIND AT 12 MILES PER HOUR, BUT THERE ARE GUSTS UP TO 20, AND OUR DEW POINT IS AT 33.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 37 DEGREES, 30 IS OUR DEW POINT.

WE HAVE A RISING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE WITH WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH WIST AT 12 MILES PER HOUR.

THE RADAR PICTURE LOOKS QUIET.

WE HAVE SOME PATCHY AREAS OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION, MAINLY IN THE FORM OF DRIZZLE, FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE, AND SOME LIGHT SNOW IN EASTERN MINNESOTA.

NOW THAT COULD CONTINUE.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEEING THAT CONTINUED PRECIPITATION THROUGH NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

OTHERWISE, EXPECT TO SEE CLOUDY SKIES, A LITTLE BIT BREEZY, ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, THE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END, MOST OF US WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CLOUDY SKIES, COULD SEE SOME PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE VIEWING AREA.

ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO SEE VARYING TEMPERATURES AND THE WARM AIR WILL IMPACT THE AREA AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE THIS MORNING, ANGELA IN CASS LAKE, CARRY FROM WALKER SENDING US THIS PICTURES OF THE MORNING SKIES.

NICE SUNSHINE, ARLENE WITH THAT PICTURE, AND A PINK SKY RIGHT AROUND SUNSET.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PICTURES WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORT, DEBRA IN PINE RIVER, 25 THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDY AND SOME SUNSHINE TODAY, A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH, WE HAD A HIGH OF 39.

STEPHANIE IN BRAID -- BRAINERD, OVERCAST.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY SKIES, THE HIGH WAS 41.

ON OUR ALMANAC, WE TOPPED OUT AT 42 IN BRAINERD, THAT'S 20 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE AND 2 DEGREES SHY OF THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR TODAY.

THE LOW IS 29 AND SUNSET WAS AT 5:16.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 38, SO WE ARE NEARLY 20 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

23 WAS OUR LOW, AND WE HAD SUNRISE AT 7:50.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

WE WILL SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO START THE DAY, HEADING INTO THE AFTERNOON, WE COULD SEE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

TEMPERATURES ARE VERY WARM ONCE AGAIN, MID TO UPPER 30s IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, COULD SEE CLOSE TO 37 IN BEMIDJI.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, LOOKING AT THE CLOUDY SKIES TO START THE DAY, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AROUND BRA I NERD -- BRAINERD HEADING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

MID TO UPPER 30s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, SO AGAIN VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE IN THE AREA TOMORROW.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR DRIZZLE, FREEZING DRIZZLE, OR SNOW IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, LOWS NEAR 28, AND BIT BREEZY OVERNIGHT.

TOMORROW PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, 35 FOR THE HIGH WITH WEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, WE HAVE IS A LOT OF SUNSHINE AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY, HIGHS NEAR 42, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.

TEMPERATURES WILL STAY MILD THROUGH THE WEEK AS WELL, WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30s RIGHT ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: AND CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH OUR SPORTS.

HOW WAS HOCKEY DAY IN WARROAD?

>> Charlie: IT WAS WARMER THAN I GUESS IT WAS WHEN IT WAS HERE IN BEMIDJI.

STILL GOT COLD, BUT A GREAT COUPLE OF GAMES, ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC ATMOSPHERE.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> WARROAD AND ROSEAU BOYS HOCKEY CLASHED FOR THE 185TH TIME ON SATURDAY IN FRONT OF A CAPACITY CROWD ON ONE OF HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY'S BIGGEST STAGES.

HOCKEY DAY MINNESOTA HOSTED BY WARROAD.

IT WAS THE SECOND TIME THE TWO TEAMS FACED-OFF THIS SEASON WITH THE RAMS EDGING THE WARRIORS 3-2 IN OVERTIME IN THEIR FIRST MEETING.

THE GENERATIONS OLD RIVALRY WAS THE MARQUEE MATCH-UP FOR THE WEEKEND.

THE OUTDOOR VENUE WAS QUITE THE SETTING WITH AN UNBELIEVABLY AN ELECTRIC ATMOSPHERE.

FIRST PEER, WARRIORS PRESSURING EARLY.

SCORE IS 13th GOAL OF THE SEASON.

THEY WILL TACK ON 2 MORE, OR 1 MORE.

THEN RYAN CAN'T GET IT PASSED, AND IT'S 3-0 WARRIORS.

EARLY THIRD PERIOD, ALEX WEAVES HIS WAY THROUGH THE TRAFFIC, FINALLY GETS IT FOR ROSEAU, AND THE EVENING BELONGED TO HOCKEY TOWN U.S.A. AS MARVIN FINDS JAMES ALL BY HIMSELF.

THAT'S HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE NIGHT.

HE FINISHED WITH A HAT-TRICK.

THE WARRIORS WILL GO ON TO WIN 6-2 OVER ROSEAU.

THEY WON FOUR STRAIGHT SINCE FALLING IN ROSEAU THREE WEEKS AGO.

WE HEARD FROM JAMES.

>> NO BETTER DAY THAN HOCKEY DAY IN YOUR HOMETOWN.

I WAS EXCITED.

EARLIER IN THE YEAR WE LOST TO ROSEAU, SO WE OWED THEM ONE.

IT WAS JUST ANOTHER GAME, SO YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE THE MINDSET IT'S ANOTHER GAME.

IT WAS SWEET SEEING ALL THOSE PEOPLE UP THERE AND SEEING HOW MUCH THEY CARE.

IT MEANS A LOT TO ME AND ALL MY TEAMMATES.

>> I HAVE SEEN SOME GAMES HERE, COACHED SOME GAMES, PLAYED SOME GAMES HERE WHERE IT'S BEEN ELECTRIC LIKE THAT.

FOR IT TO BE HOCKEY DAY IN MINNESOTA, IT'S ROSEAU, I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE BIG.

I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GOING TO BE THAT BIG, BUT JUST ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE STORY OF ROSEAU AND WARROAD AND I'M GLAD WE CAME OUT ON THE RIGHT END.

>> WARRIORS HAVE SIX GAMES LEFT THIS SEASON.

THEY BEGIN A THREE GAME ROAD TRIP TOMORROW AT BEMIDJI, FOLLOWED BY A THREE GAME HOMESTAND HEADING INTO THE SECTION 8A TOURNAMENT.

>>> THE GIRLS PLAYING THEIR GAME AGAINST NORTH.

JUST A MINUTE INTO THE FIRST PERIOD, WARROAD WERE ABLE TO STRIKE FIRST.

UP THE CENTER, IT'S 1-0.

SECOND PERIOD NOW, TIED AT 1-1, PANTHERS ON THE PROWL, HANSON GOES TOP SHELF.

WARRIORS DOWN 2, LATE IN THE THIRD PERIOD, THE HAT-TRICK, BRINGING WARROAD WITHIN 1, WITH JUST 30 SECONDS LEFT, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO SCORE AGAIN.

WE GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE GIRLS TO GET THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE GAME AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO MOVING FORWARD.

>> WE GOT GOOD WEATHER, THE TEAM WAS REALLY EXCITED.

WE ALL GOT ALONG.

WE SCORED, WE DID WELL.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

IT WAS SO FUN.

I HOPE WE GET TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN.

IT'S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME THING.

>> IT WAS A BIG DEAL.

IT WAS ON THE BIGGEST STAGE AGAINST A GOOD TEAM.

IT WAS FUN.

>> WE ARE A REALLY HARD WORKING TEAM.

WE NEED TO KEEP IT UP.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

YEP, WE NEED TO FOCUS, WORK HARD, AND WE'LL BE FINE.

>> THE GIRLS HAVE JUST THREE GAMES LEFT BEFORE THE SECTION TOURNAMENT BEGINS, ALL AT HOME, BEGINNING TOMORROW WITH RIVAL ROSEAU WHO THE WARRIORS BEAT 5-3 BACK ON JANUARY 9TH.

>>> WELL, BETWEEN SOME OF THE GAMES THERE WAS PLENTY GOING ON IN THE HOCKEY VILLAGE WITH THE CROWDS AMASSING AS THE DAY WENT ON AND WHILE THERE WERE LOTS OF LOCAL FOLKS, SOME HAD TRAVELLED QUITE A LONG WAY TO CELEBRATE HOCKEY DAY IN WARROAD, INCLUDING THOSE WHO GREW UP THERE.

>> THIS IS AWESOME.

I MEAN WE COME HERE A LOT OF TIMES DURING THE YEAR FOR FISHING, SKATING, HOCKEY, TO BE WITH FAMILY, ALL OF IT.

IT IS GREAT.

IT'S FUN.

THE KIDS ARE LOVING IT.

WE CAME FIVE HOURS AWAY TODAY AND THEY HAVE BEEN SLEDDING.

THEY WILL GO SKATING.

WE ARE GOING TO WATCH THE WARRIORS BEAT THE RAMS AND IT'S A CRAZY ATMOSPHERE.

IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

>> MANY ROSEAU FANS ALSO MADE THE 21 MILE JOURNEY TO SUPPORT THEIR TEAM INCLUDING ONE WHO IS CONNECTED THE ORIGINAL HOCKEY DAY IN BAUDETTE AND NOW GETS TO WATCH HIS SON ALEX BALLARD PLAY IN IT.

>> SUPPLYING THE SHOP TRAILERS, I PULLED THEM OVER THERE AND HELP SET UP.

I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE SET UP.

WHEN IT WAS COLD AND NOW BEING HERE TO WATCH HIM PLAY, IT'S GREAT.

>>> AS HAS BECOME THE TRADITION, THE WILD ANNOUNCED THE SITE FOR HOCKEY DAY TWO YEARS FROM NOW.

HASTINGS HAS BEEN SELECTED TO HOST IN 2026.

NEXT YEAR HOCKEY DAY WILL BE AT VALLEYFAIR IN SHOCKOPEE.

THEY WILL ANNOUNCE THE PARTICIPANTS THIS SUMMER.

>>> IN WOMEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY, BSU HOSTING ST. THOMAS, SECOND GAME OF A TWO GAME SERIES OVER THE WEEKEND.

ST. THOMAS WON THAT ONE IN OVERTIME.

SECOND PERIOD, TIED GAME.

ALYSSA WATKINS, ABLE TO BEAT THE NET, TOP SHELF.

GIVING BSU A 2-1 LEAD.

HAILEY FOR ST. THOMAS, ABLE TO ANSWER BACK, TIE THINGS UP IN THE THIRD, BUT ALYSSA WATKINS WITH HER SECOND GOAL OF THE GAME, ABLE TO PUT THE BEAVERS UP FOR GOOD.

THEY END UP WINNING 4-2 OVER ST. THOMAS.

WE GOT 4 POINTS THIS WEEKEND.

>>> ALSO WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL, BEMIDJI STATE FELL TO MINNESOTA DULUTH.

ON THE MEN'S SIDE, THEY FELL 90-71.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.

LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.

>> Charlie: IT WAS.

THAT MIST CAME OVER JUST IN TIME FOR THE GAME AND IT WAS SOMETHING MYTHICAL.

IT WAS GREAT.

>> Dennis: PRETTY COOL.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THE ORIGINS OF BOARD GAMES CAN BE TRACED BACK OVER FIVE THOUSAND YEARS TO ANCIENT EGYPT.

BOARD GAMES HAVE BEEN ENJOYED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS EVER SINCE.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS, REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY STOPPED BY DRAGON FORGE GAMES, A LOCAL SHOP IN BRAINERD THAT FOCUSES ON BOARD GAMES AS WELL AS OTHER TABLETOP GAMES.

>> Reporter: DRAGON FORGE GAMES TELLS TABLE TOP GAMES.

THE BOARD GAME INDUSTRY HAS BECOME A BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY AND CAN BE OVERWHELMING TO DIVE INTO.

FOR NINE YEARS, DRAGON FORGE GAMES HAS DONE THEIR BEST TO HELP FIND SOMETHING THAT BEST SUITS ITS CUSTOMERS.

>> IT'S A PRETTY HUGE WORLD ONCE YOU KIND OF DIVE INTO IT.

BEING ABLE TO JUST SIT DOWN WITH PEOPLE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEIR INTERESTS ARE, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND BEING ABLE TO DIVE IN AND LOOK AT SOME THINGS, IT'S JUST REALLY COOL ASPECT OF WHAT WE CAN DO.

>> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO THE RETAIL SPACE, DRAGON FORGE GAMES HAS SEVERAL SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN TO HAVE A GOOD TIME WHILE ENJOYING THEIR FAVORITE GAMES.

>> WE ALSO HAVE A VERY LARGE GAMING ROOM FULL OF TABLES, WHERE PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO COME IN AND PLAY ALL VARIETIES OF GAMES.

THEY CAN BRING GAMES FROM HOME.

WE ALSO HAVE A PRETTY EXTENSIVE LIBRARY OF BOARD GAMES THAT PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE FROM GAMES HERE TO PLAY, AND IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A PRIVATE ROOM THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR MORE R.P.G.

GROUPS.

THEY WILL BE THINGS LIKE DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO COME HERE AND PLAY TOO.

>> IT HELPS YOU MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AT DRAGON FORGE GAMES, THEY FEEL THEY HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE LIVES OF SO MANY IN THIS COMMUNITY.

>> WE'VE BEEN OPEN LONG ENOUGH NOW WHERE I'VE WATCHED SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS' KIDS GROW UP, FROM REALLY YOUNG AGE, TO NOW HIGH SCHOOL OR EVEN BEYOND, WHICH IS A REALLY COOL THING TO BE A PART OF.

WE HAVE SOME REGULAR CUSTOMERS, REGULAR FAMILIES THAT AT A CERTAIN POINT, YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU'RE PART OF THE FAMILY.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS SAM MY.

WE GO BACK TO STACY FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> Stacy: MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT, BREEZY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA, AND A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR DRIZZLE, AND LIGHT SNOW IN NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

LOWS NEAR 28.

TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, HIGHS NEAR 35.

>> Charlie: TOMORROW WE WILL SEE IF TORY, SHE IS 1 POINT AWAY FROM 3,000.

WE'LL SEE IF SHE CAN GET IT.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS FOR WATCHING EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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