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

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

>>> BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SELECTED A PERSON THEY HOPE WILL SOON BECOME THE CITY'S NEXT CITY ADMINISTRATOR.

AFTER A TWO-DAY PROCESS, THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY DECIDED TO OFFER THE POSITION TO NICK BROYLES.

BROYLES MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IN SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA.

BROYLES BEAT OUT FOUR OTHER CANDIDATES.

THE COUNCIL INTERVIEWED ALL FIVE CANDIDATES MONDAY, WHILE ALSO TAKING INFORMATION FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS OF THE CITY AS WELL AS CITIZENS WHO ATTENDED THE MEET-AND-GREET ON SUNDAY INTO ACCOUNT.

THE COUNCIL ASSIGNED PRESIDENT KELLY BEVANS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS MIKE O'DAY AND GABE JOHNSON TO NEGOTIATE THE TERMS OF BROYLES' CONTRACT.

>> THE DECISION WILL BE MADE BY CITY COUNCIL AT THE FEBRUARY 5TH REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

AT THAT TIME, THAT'S WHEN THE DOCUMENTS WILL BE READY TO BE AUTHORIZED.

WE ANTICIPATE THERE WON'T BE ANY PROBLEMS.

>> SHOULD BROYLES DECLINE THE OFFER FROM THE CITY OF BRAINERD, CROSBY CITY ADMINISTRATOR MATTHEW HILL IS THE COUNCIL'S SECOND CHOICE TO FILL THE POSITION.

>>> U.S. NAVY VETERAN AND POLITICAL NEWCOMER JOE FRASER HAS LAUNCHED A LONGSHOT REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN TO OUST THREE-TERM DEMOCRATIC U.S.

SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR.

THE 50-YEAR-OLD FROM THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE TWIN CITIES AREA KICKED OFF HIS CAMPAIGN WITH A MEDIA TOUR THAT INCLUDES STOPS IN DULUTH, MOORHEAD, ROCHESTER AND MANKATO.

FRASER LISTS HIS TOP ISSUES AS BORDERS, CONSUMER PRICES, THE NATIONAL DEBT AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

HE SERVED 26 YEARS IN THE NAVY.

>>> THE BEMIDJI FIRE DEPARTMENT IS URGING EVERYONE TO START THE NEW YEAR BY MAKING IT ABOUT FIRE SAFETY.

REPORTER ZY'RIAH SIMMONS HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK WITH FIRE CHIEF JUSTIN SHERWOOD ABOUT KEEPING BEMIDJI PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE.

>> Reporter: COMING INTO THE 2024 YEAR, THE BEMIDJI FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS RESPONDED TO MORE FIRES THAN USUAL.

MOST OF THE FIRES HAD BEEN STRUCTURE FIRES, VEHICLE FIRES, AND COOKING RESPONSE FIRES.

FIRE CHIEF JUSTIN SHERWOOD BROKE DOWN WHAT ARE THE LOOKS OF BEING PROACTIVE.

>> RIGHT NOW IS A REALLY GOOD TIME TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SMOKE DETECTORS AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS, AND ALSO IF WE'RE USING WOOD BURNING APPLIANCES, TO ENSURE THAT THE CHIMNEY HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND CLEANED.

WE ASK RESIDENTS TO PAY ATTENTION TO COOKING AND COOKING ACTIVITIES IN YOUR HOME AND IN YOUR APARTMENT.

BE AWARE OF YOUR CHILDREN AND EVEN YOUR PETS WHEN YOU'RE IN THOSE KITCHEN AREAS AND IF YOU LEAVE THE AREA, TURN DOWN OR OFF THE APPLIANCE.

>> Reporter: WITH THE BEMIDJI FIRE DEPARTMENT AIMING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE WORK WITH THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE TO CREATE A WEBSITE TO GIVE ACCESS TO FIRE CHIEFS TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT PREDICTS HOTSPOTS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> SO USING URBAN LOGIC IN BEMIDJI, THERE ARE TWO REALLY HIGH RISK AREAS.

THESE ARE AREAS CONSISTING OF THE AREA BETWEEN THIRD STREET AND TENTH STREET IN DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI, KIND OF OLD BEMIDJI.

IN THESE PARTICULAR AREAS, THEY'RE HIGH FIRE RISK DUE TO THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF BEMIDJI HAD FIVE FIRES COMING INTO THE 2024 YEAR.

FIRE CHIEF SHERWOOD WANTS TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ON PROMOTING FIRE SAFETY AND BEING MORE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE.

>> ON THE OTHER SIDE, BEMIDJI FIRE WANTS TO WORK CLOSELY WITH BUSINESS OWNERS AND APARTMENT OWNERS TO HELP THEM PROVIDE A SAFER SPACE FOR THEIR TENANTS OR CUSTOMERS.

WE DO THAT THROUGH FIRE SAFETY INSPECTIONS AND EDUCATION.

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

>> CHIEF SHERWOOD WANTS THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY TO PRACTICE PROACTIVE, AND STAY UP TO DATE WITH FIRES SAFETY TIPS.

>>> DAKOTA LEADERS IN MINNESOTA SAY THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT A TREASURE HUNT MEDALLION WAS HIDDEN IN A SANCTUARY THEY CONSIDER TO BE SACRED GROUNDS.

THE ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS HOSTS THE ANNUAL PIONEER PRESS TREASURE HUNT.

THIS YEAR, HUNTERS FOUND THE MEDALLION SATURDAY AT BRUCE VENTO NATURE SANCTUARY IN ST. PAUL.

THOUGH IT'S DESIGNATED AS A PUBLIC PARK, A NONPROFIT HAS PARTNERED WITH THE CITY TO HAVE THE AREA RECOGNIZED AS A SACRED SPACE.

A MARKETING CONSULTANT WHO DIRECTS THE PIONEER PRESS TREASURE HUNT SAYS THE NATURE SANCTUARY WILL BE OFF LIMITS FOR FUTURE HUNTS.

>>> CROW WING COUNTY'S ALLOCATED OVER $500,000 TOWARDS INSPECTING AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES THIS YEAR.

EVERY YEAR SINCE 2014, THE STATE'S PROVIDED $450,000 TO THE COUNTY FOR DEVELOPING AN A.I.S.

PREVENTION PLAN, BUT DUE $100,000 BEING LEFT ON THE TABLE IN 2022, THE COUNTY DECIDED TO ROLL THAT LEFTOVER MONEY INTO THIS YEAR'S PLAN AND ON TOP OF THAT, THE COUNTY'S SET ASIDE AN ADDITIONAL PORTION FROM THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.

>> HERE WE STARTED DOING THE SET ASIDE FUNDS AND THE MAIN PURPOSE BEHIND THAT, WHAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR WAS A RESERVE, SO INVASIVE SPECIES WE DON'T HAVE IN CROW WING COUNTY RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T WANT IT HERE, BUT TO HAVE SOME FUNDS SET ASIDE IN CASE IT DOES COME TO CROW WING COUNTY.

WE STARTED THAT YEAR WITH 5,000 AND THEN WE ADDED ANOTHER 5,000 THIS YEAR.

WE WILL HAVE 10,000 THAT BUCKET AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY PUTTING MORE ASIDE AND IT WON'T BE SO RESTRICTED TO JUST STARRY STONE WORK, CAN WE USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE, MAYBE THERE IS ANOTHER INVASIVE SPECIES THAT COMES AROUND AND INVADES OUR LAKES THAT WE NEED TO GET RID OF.

>> YOU CAN VIEW CROW WING COUNTY A.I.S.

PLAN FOR 2024 ON THE WEBSITE BELOW.

>>> NISSWA'S MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE SPIRITS OF NISSWA MAY PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN SCHAEFER'S FOODS' DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SOON.

AFTER THE NISSWA CITY COUNCIL AGREED TO ALLOW THE CITY'S LIQUOR COMMITTEE TO SPEAK WITH SCHAEFER'S FOODS ANDY SCHAEFER ABOUT AN EXPANSION OF THE LIQUOR STORE.

THE EXPANSION WOULD ROUGHLY DOUBLE THE SIZE OF SPIRITS, WHICH WAS MET WITH PUSHBACK FROM THE COUNCIL, AS WHILE COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREE AN EXPANSION IS NEEDED, DOUBLING ITS CURRENT SIZE IS NOT IDEAL.

SCHAEFER'S FOODS OWNS THE BUILDING THAT HOUSES SPIRITS OF NISSWA JUST SOUTH OF THE GROCERY STORE AND ITS PARKING LOT.

THE LIQUOR COMMITTEE WILL TALK TO SCHAEFER REGARDING EXPANSION SPECIFICS.

>>> THE CONFIDENCE LEARNING CENTER IN BRAINERD WILL BE HOSTING THE 44TH ANNUAL SPECIAL OLYMPICS WINTER CARNIVAL ON FEBRUARY 15TH.

THE EVENT WILL BE RUN BY THE REGION FIVE SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA.

OVER 300 STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE PART IN THE FESTIVITIES WHICH WILL INCLUDE SEVERAL WINTER ACTIVITIES.

THE WINTER CARNIVAL HAS TAKEN PLACE FOR OVER FOUR DECADES AND THE FEELINGS AROUND THE EVENT REMAIN THE SAME OVER TIME.

>> IT'S VERY HEARTWARMING TO SEE ALL THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER AND THE VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT US, HELP WITH THE PROGRAM FOR THE STUDENTS AND ATHLETES.

THE KIDS ARE EXCITED, HAPPY, LOTS OF SMILE, AND THEY GET TO EXPERIENCE THINGS THAT MAYBE THEIR TYPICAL PEERS WOULD NOT.

>> THANKS TO SUPPORT FROM BUSINESSES, VOLUNTEERS, AND DONORS, THE EVENT WILL BE FREE OF CHARGE.

SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES FROM REGION FIVE OF SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA WILL BE ATTENDING.

REGION FIVE INCLUDES AITKIN, CASS, CROW WING, MORRISON, TODD, AND WADENA COUNTIES.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL SEE PATCHY FOG IN THE AREA TONIGHT AND SOME OF THE FOG COULD BE DAMP IN WESTERN MINNESOTA.

WE'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, BEMIDJI PARKS AND REC S OFFERS A WARM HOUSE AND >> 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.

>>> OVER THE WEEKEND BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATED HOCKEY DAY MINNESOTA BY RAISING FUNDS FOR AN EXCELLENT CAUSE.

BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL HONORED THOSE CLOSE TO THE HOCKEY COMMUNITY AND THOSE ACTIVELY FIGHTING CANCER WITH THEIR SECOND ANNUAL HOCKEY FIGHTS CANCER EVENT.

THE LUMBERJACKS RAISED FUNDS FOR THE JOE LUEKEN CANCER CENTER TO HELP RENOVATE A TREATMENT ROOM FOR PEDIATRIC CARE SO LOCAL CHILDREN CAN STAY IN THE BEMIDJI AREA FOR CHECKUPS AND HOPEFULLY TREATMENT, IN THE FUTURE.

PRIOR TO EXPENSES, THEY WERE ABLE TO RAISE JUST UNDER $9,000 FOR THE CANCER CENTER WITH RAFFLES, CHUCK-A-PUCK, AND AN ONLINE JERSEY AUCTION FOR SPECIAL EDITION LUMBERJACK JERSEYS.

>> I FEEL LIKE IT'S A GREAT TURNOUT.

PEOPLE WERE EXCITED ABOUT DONATING AND THE CAUSE.

THE GIRLS GAME WAS A HIT AND SO FAR, THE BOYS, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ROLLING THROUGH HERE.

>> THE BOYS TEAM WOULD LOSE THEIR GAME AGAINST SARTELL 1-2, WHILE THE GIRLS TEAM WOULD BEAT SAINT CLOUD 8-1.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GAME COMING UP LATER IN SPORTS.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITIES BALLROOM AND SWING DANCE CLUBS HELD THE SNOW BALL DANCE EVENT ON SATURDAY EVENING AT SUZY AND HONDO'S SCHOOL OF DANCE IN HOPES TO RAISE SOME FUNDS TOWARDS HELPING OUT THE CLUBS.

THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE EVENT WERE ABLE TO ENJOY FINE FOOD, SOCIALIZING, AND PERFORMANCES BY BSU'S BALLROOM, SWING CLUB AND DANCE TEAM.

THIS EVENT WAS ABLE TO RAISE $2,400 TO HELP THE CLUBS WITH EXPENSES RELATED TO TRAVEL, CLUB APPAREL, AND MORE!

MEMBERS OF THE CLUB WERE VERY THANKFUL TO SUZY AND HONDO FOR LENDING THEIR STUDIO FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT.

>> SUDZ SUZY AND HONDO HAVE DONE WAY MORE THAN THEY HAD TO DO MAKE THIS A REALITY FOR US.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

>> SUZY AND HONDO INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN ANY OF THEIR DANCE CLUBS.

THEY DO HOST A MIDNIGHT RAMBLE ON FRIDAY NIGHTS AT THE SUZY AND HONDO SCHOOL OF DANCE FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN JOINING.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, WE BRING IN WEATHERCASTER STACY CHRISTENSON NOW, AND ANOTHER WARM DAY TODAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK.

>> Stacy: IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE AND IN FACT, IT IS GOING TO BE WARMER TOMORROW.

WE COULD BE SEEING RECORD OR NEAR RECORD HIGHS ACROSS THE AREA.

WE DO HAVE SOME AREAS OF FOG TONIGHT AND WE COULD SEE SOME DENSE FOG IN WESTERN MINNESOTA, WHERE WE HAVE A DENSE FOG ADVISORY INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

WE'LL >> 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: WE HAD CLOUDS FOR MOST OF THE DAY, ALTHOUGH SOME SUNSHINE WAS STARTING TO RETURN LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

NOW AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO SEE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE PATCHY FOG AND IT COULD BE DENSE IN MINNESOTA, WHERE AN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.

WE WILL HAVE WARM TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK AND WE COULD HAVE NEAR RECORD HIGHS ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW.

MORE ON THAT IN A SECOND.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, 32 AT THE AIRPORT IN BEMIDJI, SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 7 MILES PER HOUR, 30 IS OUR DEW POINT, AND HUMIDITY IS AT 92%.

CLOUDY WITH SOME FOG IN BRAINERD, 31 DEGREES, 29 IS OUR DEW POINT, WINDS ARE SOUTHWEST AT 8 MILES PER HOUR.

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA AND THIS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8:00 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY.

VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE IN THE DENSE FOG.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, IT IS QUIET OUT THERE, NO PRECIPITATION, BUT WE HAVE THE PATCHY FOG IN THE AREA.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AREAS OF FOG OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AND MILD TEMPERATURES, AND WE ARE EXPECTING A WARM DAY TOMORROW.

WE WILL BE SEEING SOME PATCHY FOG LINGERING IN THE MORNING, BUT ONCE IT LIFTS, LOOK FOR A LOT OF SUNSHINE AND TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE 40s, MID TO UPPER 40s IN SOME PARTS OF THE VIEWING AREA, AND WE CAN'T RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME READINGS NEAR 50 DEGREES.

A FEW WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, THE SUNSET WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND OUR EAGLE EYES WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO SHARE SOME PICTURES OF THAT SUNSET.

LINDA, DEAN, AND JULIE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, JULIE REPORTING 36 THIS EVENING, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, 39 FOR THE HIGH, DEAN IN RED LAKE, 36 DEGREES TONIGHT.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY BUT DID HAVE SOME SUNSHINE TODAY, 41 FOR THE HIGH.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDY SKIES, REPORTING A HIGH OF 36.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 40 WAS THE HIGH TODAY IN BRAINERD, WAY ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

33 WAS OUR LOW AND SUNSET AT 5:18.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 37, SO AGAIN WELL ABOVE OUR AVERAGE.

WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THOSE HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 19.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING, ONCE IT LIFTS, SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY SUNNY.

LOOK AT THOSE TEMPERATURES, 40s IN WARROAD, LOOKING AT 46 IN BEMIDJI.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE WILL HAVE SUNNY SKIES ONCE THAT FOG LIFTS, AND TEMPERATURES 43 IN WADENA, BUT UPPER 40s, MAYBE 50 DEGREES IN THE LITTLE FALLS AREA.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WITH SOME PATCHY FOG, AND WE COULD SEE DENSE FOG IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA, LOWS NEAR 29, AND THEN FOR TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, STILL COULD SEE SOME PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING, HIGHS NEAR 45 AND WEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, MORE CLOUD COVER AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.

TEMPERATURES STAY VERY MILD, WE COULD BE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE FAR WESTERN PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA ON SATURDAY, OTHERWISE IT LOOKS QUIET AND CLOUDY, HIGHS WILL BE RIGHT AROUND 40.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH BIG NEWS INVOLVING A CROSBY-IRONTON GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER.

>> Charlie: YES, WHEN WE LEFT ON FRIDAY, SHE WAS 1 POINT SHY OF 3,000 POINTS.

TONIGHT AT PROVIDENCE ACADEMY, ALL SHE NEEDED WAS ONE BUCKET AND SPOILER ALERT, SHE GETS IT.

SEE HOW THE TEAM DID AGAINST THE NUMBER ONE RANKED TEAM IN >> 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.

[♪♪♪] IS.

>>> A BIG NIGHT FOR GIRLS BASKETBALL, AS THEY TAKE ON PROVIDENCE ACADEMY.

THAT'S NOT ALL.

TORY COMES INTO THE GAME, ONLY ONE POINT SHY OF 3,000 CAREER POINTS.

CROSBY-IRONTON TAKING ON PROVIDENCE ACADEMY.

THE SECOND TOP TEN MATCH UP OF THE SEASON.

A LAY UP, AND SHE IS THE FASTEST GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER IN STATE HISTORY TO ECLIPSE THE 3,000 POINT MILESTONE, DOING SO IN JUST 101 CAREER GAMES.

SHE IS NOT JUST A GOOD SHOOTER, SHE IS A GREAT PASSER TOO.

HITS MARGARET FOR THE THREE, AND THREE MINUTES IN THE FIRST HALF.

GREENWAY, SHE PROVED TO BE TOO MUCH TONIGHT, HITS A THREE IN THE FINAL MINUTE.

PROVIDENCE IS UP.

C.I.

WINS.

>> IT WAS EXCITING AND I AM SO GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO CELEBRATE WITH MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I WANTED 1,000 POINTS.

I WAS HOPEFULLY I CAN GET IT FOR MY SENIOR YEAR.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I GONE THIS FAR.

AREN'T CANADIANS GREAT?

THEY SUPPORTED ME EVER SINCE FIFTH GRADE.

THEY'RE SO LOVING AND CARING.

THEY HELPED ME WITH EVERYTHING I NEED AND ESPECIALLY MY FAMILY.

I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT THEM.

THEY TRAINED WITH ME SO I WOULDN'T BE WHERE I AM WITHOUT THEM.

>> Charlie: THERE'S A LOOK AT THE FINAL SCORE.

PROVIDENCE BEAT CROSBY-IRONTON, SNAPPING THE FIVE GAME WIN STREAK, BUT WHAT AN INCREDIBLE NIGHT FOR TORY, GRABBING THE 3,000 POINTS IN THE FASTEST TO THAT 3,000.

>>> AND PEQUOT LAKES GETS A WIN, 38-34.

IN BOYS BASKETBALL, PEQUOT LAKES COMING IN RANKED SIXTH, HOSTING 11-5 LITTLE FALLS.

FIRST HALF, HARRISON KENNEN GETS THE FEED, RISES UP, AND SINKS IT FROM DEEP.

PEQUOT LAKES GO UP 17-8.

FEW POSSESSIONS LATER, JAXON JANSKI SPOTS UP, KNOCKS DOWN THE ELBOW JUMPER.

LITTLE FALLS NOW DOWN 17-16 BUT THE PATRIOTS WERE HAVING NONE OF IT.

USING THE SKY HOOK, THERE IS NO DEFENSE IN THAT.

HE FINISHES WITH 18.

PEQUOT LAKES GOES ON TO WIN OVER LITTLE FALLS.

THEY HAVE A 7-GAME WINNING STREAK.

A COUPLE MORE BOYS SCORES FOR YOU.

ALEXANDRIA BEATS BRAINERD.

CROSBY-IRONTON GETS A WIN OVER PARK RAPIDS.

CASS LAKE GETS A BIG WIN OVER NEVIS, BOTH RANKED IN CLASS A.

>>> NOW THE JACKS DECIDED THEY HAD ENOUGH, 44 SECONDS INTO THE GAME, A SMOOTH BREAK, AND THEY HAVE A 1-0 LEAD.

LUMBERJACKS UP NOW, A SHORTHANDED BREAK AWAY, PUTTING THE JACKS UP 3-1.

THE THIRD PERIOD WOULD BELONG TO THE WARRIORS, ANTHONY DOMINIC PUTS THE LOOSE PUCK HOME AND GET MAKES THE GAME 3-2.

THEN HE FINDS CARSON, AND HIS SECOND OF THE GAME, TIED AT 3-3.

THE GAME WOULD GO TO OVERTIME.

RYAN LUND, THE CAPTAIN DEFENSEMAN, ALSO FINDS THE BACK OF THE NET AND WARROAD COMES AWAY WITH AN OVERTIME WIN IN AN ABSOLUTELY THRILLING GAME, 4-3 IN BEMIDJI.

THEY NOW WON 5 STRAIGHT.

THE WARRIORS HAVE 8 STRAIGHT OVER BEMIDJI.

IN BOYS HOCKEY, BRAINERD FALLS TO DULUTH DENFELD.

ST.

CLOUD GETS THE BETTER OF NORTHERN LAKES.

LITTLE FALLS AND RED LAKE FALLS GET WINS.

IN GIRLS HOCKEY, MOORHEAD BLANKS BRAINERD.

LITTLE FALLS AND GREENWAY GETS THE WIN OVER DULUTH.

NORTHERN LAKES FALLS IN OVERTIME, 1-0 TO PRINCETON.

>>> WELL, THE WEATHER HASN'T EXACTLY COOPERATED FOR NORDIC SKI CONDITIONS THIS WINTER, FORCING BEMIDJI TO CANCEL MULTIPLE RACES SEASON AND TODAY THE CONDITIONS WERE LESS THAN IDEAL BUT THE SNOW HELD.

AND THE LUMBERJACKS WERE ABLE TO CO-HOST THE NORTHSTAR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH TREK-NORTH.

LITTLE FALLS AND WADENA-DEER CREEK ALSO COMPETING TODAY.

WE START WITH THE GIRLS IN FREESTYLE DISTANCE SKIING.

ANNIKA SPICER FOR THE WOLVERINES FINISHED IN 22 MINUTES AND 27 SECONDS.

SHE FINISHED 28TH OVERALL.

AINSLEY KRESHA FINISHED FIRST AMONG THE FLYERS, CROSSING THE FINISH LINE IN 18 MINUTES AND 11 SECONDS.

ELLYSE YOREK OF LITTLE FALLS FINISHED IN 5TH AND IT WAS BEMIDJI'S MIA HOFFMAN WHO STARTED IN THE SECOND WAVE, FINISHING FIRST OVERALL IN 18 MINUTES 4 SECONDS.

ISABEL RENN FINISHED 4TH FOR THE JACKS.

LITTLE FALLS WOULD WIN OVERALL AS A TEAM THOUGH, FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY MOORHEAD AND THEN BEMIDJI.

ON THE BOYS SIDE OF THINGS, BEMIDJI, WADENA-DEER CREEK, LITTLE FALLS, AND TREK-NORTH ALL COMPETING IN FREESTYLE.

LEADING THE WOLVERINES ON THE DAY WAS TAYTON LEHMANN.

HE FINISHED 28TH OVERALL IN 21 MINUTES FLAT.

HANK SPANGLER WAS THE TOP FINISHER FOR THE TREK-NORTH SUNDOGS, MAKING HIS WAY TO THE FINISH LINE IN 19 MINUTES AND 37 SECONDS.

CROSSING THE FINISH LINE FIRST OVERALL WAS THE FLYERS EDWARDS SOBIECH.

THE ONLY SKIER TO POST A SUB 16 TIME.

HE CAME IN JUST UNDER IN 15 MINUTES 58 SECONDS.

REED KUZEL WAS NOT TOO FAR BEHIND FOR THE LUMBERJACKS FINISHING SECOND OVERALL WITH A TIME OF 16 MINUTES AND 22 SECONDS.

LEO MCKEON FINISHED FOURTH OVERALL FOR BEMIDJI AS WELL.

AND THE JACKS WOULD FINISH FIRST OVERALL AS A TEAM, EDGING MOORHEAD BY THREE POINTS, AND LITTLE FALLS BY 9 WHO FINISHED IN THIRD.

>> Dennis: I'M GLAD THEY GOT IT IN WHILE THE SNOW IS STILL AND.

>> Charlie: WHAT'S LEFT OF IT.

>> Dennis: EXACTLY.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> BEMIDJI PARKS & RECREATION WELCOMES THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND ENJOY THEMSELVES ON THE ICE.

WITH THE CHANGE IN WEATHER THIS MONTH, THE PARKS HAVE CONSTANTLY HAD TO FLOOD THE PARKS TO GET ICE ON THE GROUND.

REPORTER ZY'RIAH SIMMONS WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: THIS WINTER SEASON STARTED LATE, BUT THAT DID NOT STOP BEMIDJI PARKS AND RECREATION FROM OPENING UP ALL THREE OF THEIR LOCATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY TO GO OUT AND SKATE.

WITH THE DEMAND FOR SNOW AND ICE, THE RECREATION HAS FOUND OTHER WAYS TO GET ICE AT THE RINKS.

>> SO WE HAVE THREE ICE RINKS THAT WE DO MAINTAIN.

WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A LATE START THIS YEAR DUE TO THE WARMER TEMPERATURES, SO THEY DO FLOODING EARLY IN THE MORNING TO GET WATER ON THE ICE, SO IT WILL FREEZE.

THEN WE JUST HAVE TO WATCH THE WEATHER, IF IT GETS ABOVE FREEZING, WE'RE UNABLE TO FLOOD.

SO IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING TO TAKE THE DAYS THAT WE CAN FLOOD, VERSUS THE DAYS WE CAN'T.

>> Reporter: THE PARKS AND RECREATIONS SUPERVISOR GAVE TIPS TO THE COMMUNITY BEFORE HEADING OUT TO THE ICE RINK.

>> IF YOU'RE COMING OUT TO SKATE, YOU WANT TO CHECK THE TEMPERATURES.

IF IT GETS TOO COLD, WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE WARMING HOUSES, SO MAKE SURE YOU ARE KEEPING TRACK OF WHEN THE WARMING HOUSES ARE OPEN.

IF YOU ARE UNEXPERIENCED, WE SUGGEST WEARING A HELMET, A BIKE HELMET OR HOCKEY HELMET, JUST WHEN YOU'RE STARTING OUT AND WE HAVE ICE PUSHERS TO HELP YOU BE STABLE ON THE ICE.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR, THEY EXPANDED FROM JUST THREE LOCATIONS TO ADDING A NEW LOCATION DOWNTOWN, WITH THE HELP OF BEMIDJI DOWNTOWN ALLIANCES.

>> WE PARTNERED THIS YEAR WITH THE BEMIDJI DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE AND THEY PROVIDED FUNDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL RINK THIS YEAR IN PAUL BUNYAN PARK.

WE PUT IN A SMALL RINK AND HOPE TO EXPAND IT NEXT YEAR.

WE WILL BE DOING SOME ADDITIONAL WORK THERE AND ADD SOME MORE BOARDS AND SO NEXT YEAR, WE WILL HAVE A BIGGER RINK.

IT WAS THROUGH A GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION.

SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED TO ADD THAT TO THE DOWNTOWN.

>> Reporter: IT'S A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES COME TO ENJOY THE ICE DURING THE WINTERTIME AND WARM HOUSE TO KEEP WARM AND SNACKED UP.

>> IT'S A FUN FAMILY ACTIVITY, IT'S FREE IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN SKATES.

PEOPLE FROM ALL ABILITIES CAN COME OUT AND SKATE.

WE DO HAVE THE ICE PUSHERS FOR YOUTHS AND ADULTS.

IF YOU'RE NOT EXPERIENCED, YOU CAN STILL COME OUT HERE AND HAVE FUN.

>> THE RINKS ARE GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S A FUN THING TO DO IN THE WINTER TO GET PEOPLE OUTSIDE AND ACTIVE.

THERE IS NO COST TO THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND SKATE.

WE PROVIDE REALLY NICE ICE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

I'M ZY'RIAH SIMMONS, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Stacy: WE COULD SEE NEAR RECORD HIGHS TOMORROW.

TONIGHT, WE HAVE A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA, WHICH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 8:00 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY.

WE COULD SEE VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS.

PARTLY CLOUDY WITH PATCHY FOG, LOWS NEAR 29, HIGHS IN THE 40s IN THE AREA TOMORROW.

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

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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