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>> LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

WE ARE HERE FOR YOU WITH LOCAL NEWS FROM BEMIDJI, BRAINERD, AND ALL OF THE LAKES COUNTRY.

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

[♪♪♪] >> HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>>> WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH NEW VIDEO FROM THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A PERSON IN MINNEAPOLIS ON WEDNESDAY.

THE VIDEO IS FROM THE ICE AGENTS PERSPECTIVE ICE AGENT JONATHAN ROSS' CELL PHONE CAMERA SHOWS THE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO WHEN HE SHOT RENEE GOOD.

AT THE START, YOU CAN SEE ROSS IS IN FRONT OF THE STOPPED VEHICLE.

THREE GUNSHOTS ARE HEARD THOUGH THE SHOOTING ISN'T SEEN ON VIDEO AND AN ALERT, THIS VIDEO MAY BE BE DISTURBING FOR SOME TO VIEW.

>> I'M NOT MAD AT YOU.

>> THAT'S OKAY, WE DON'T CHANGE OUR PLATES EVERY MORNING, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

IT WILL BE THE SAME PLATE WHEN YOU TALK TO US LATER.

THAT'S FINE.

U.S.

CITIZEN, FORMER [ BLEEP ] >> YOU WANT TO COME AT US?

I SAY GO GET YOURSELF SOME LUNCH BIG BOY.

>> GET OUT OF THE CAR.

GET OUT OF THE [ BLEEP ] >> Dennis: WHAT YOU CAN'T TELL FROM THE VIDEO IS IF THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY STRIKES ROSS.

VICE PRESIDENT J.D.

VANCE SHARED THE VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING IT PROVES THAT ROSS'S LIFE WAS ENDANGERED AND HE FIRED IN SELF-DEFENSE.

ELECTED OFFICIALS IN MINNESOTA ARE CALLING FOR TRANSPARENCY IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE SHOOTING.

HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MARY MORIARTY ON FRIDAY ASKED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SEND ANY VIDEO OR OTHER EVIDENCE IN THE FATAL SHOOTING OF RENEE GOOD IN MINNEAPOLIS DIRECTLY TO HER OFFICE.

MORIARTY SAID THAT ALTHOUGH HER OFFICE HAS COLLABORATED EFFECTIVELY WITH THE FBI IN PAST CASES, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION TO KEEP THE INVESTIGATION INTO WEDNESDAY'S KILLING OF GOOD BY A U.S.

IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN FEDERAL HANDS CONCERNS HER.

>> OUR ASK IS TO INCLUDE THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION IN THIS PROCESS BECAUSE WE, IN MINNEAPOLIS, WANT A FAIR INVESTIGATION.

>> THE COMMUNITY, THIS COMMUNITY EXPECTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EVIDENCE IS AND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR ANY DECISION THAT MIGHT BE MADE.

TO THAT END, I CANNOT OVERSTATE THE IMPORTANCE OF A LOCAL INVESTIGATION OR AT LEAST ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION BY THE B.C.A.

WITHOUT IT, WE WILL NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE RESULTS OF ANY DECISION THAT MAY COME OF THE REVIEW.

>> DO YOU BELIEVE THE F.B.I.

SHOULD BE SHARING EVIDENCE WITH STATE OFFICIALS IN MINNESOTA?

>> NORMALLY I WOULD BUT THEY ARE CROOKED OFFICIALS.

MINNEAPOLIS AND MINNESOTA, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, BUT IT'S BEING DESTROYED.

THEY HAVE AN INCOMPETENT GOVERNMENT.

HE'S A FOOL, A STUPID PERSON.

>> THE MINNESOTA B.C.A.

RELEASED A STATEMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON CLARIFYING THAT THEY ARE NOT CONDUCTING A USE OF FORCE INCIDENT INVESTIGATION.

THE B.C.A.

SAYS IT WILL PROVIDE LIMITED ASSISTANCE TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WITH THE COLLECTION, CATALOGING AND PRESERVATION OF VIDEO OR OTHER EVIDENCE RELATED TO THE INCIDENT, WITH THE GOAL BEING TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE SO THAT IT IS NOT LOST.

THE B.C.A.

SAYS IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE THIS EVIDENCE TO THE FBI, AS THEY ARE LEADING THE INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT.

OFFICIALS SAY THE B.C.A.

REMAINS OPEN TO CONDUCTING A FULL INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT SHOULD THE U.S.

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FBI RECONSIDER THEIR APPROACH.

>>> A 63-YEAR-OLD AITKIN COUNTY MAN WHO SPENT 26-YEARS IN PRISON FOR A 1998 MURDER HAS BEEN RELEASED AND HIS SENTENCE COMMUTED.

PREVIOUSLY, A JURY CONVICTED BRIAN PIPPITT FOR FIRST-DEGREE PRE-MEDITATED MURDER IN THE DEATH OF 84-YEAR-OLD EVELYN MALIN WHO OWNED A CONVIENANCE STORE IN MCGREGOR.

THE MINNESOTA BOARD OF PARDONS VOTED IN SEPTEMBER 2025 TO COMMUTE THE SENTENCE OF PIPPITT.

PRIOR TO THAT IN APRIL OF 2025 THE MINNESOTA CLEMENCY REVIEW COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT PIPPITT'S SENTENCE BE COMMUTED.

IN RECOMMENDING CLEMENCY, THE COMMISSION EMPHASIZED THE COMPELLING PROOF OF PIPPITT'S FACTUAL INNOCENCE.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE GREAT NORTH INNOCENCE PROJECT THERE IS NO FORENSIC OR PHYSICAL EVIDENCE CONNECTING HIM TO THE CRIME, AND HIS CONVICTION RESTED SOLELY ON THE PERJURED TESTIMONY OF TWO WITNESSES.

>>> IN ONLY HIS SECOND YEAR ON THE BOARD, BELTRAMI COUNTY'S DISTRICT THREE COMMISSIONER, SCOTT WINGER, WILL NOW SERVE AS CHAIR ON THE BOARD FOR 2026.

WINGER WAS ELECTED ONTO THE BOARD, SERVING AS VICE-CHAIR OF THE BOARD, AFTER RICHARD ANDERSON RETIRED IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR.

DISTRICT TWO COMMISSIONER, JOE GOULD, MADE THE NOMINATION TO ELECT WINGER AS THE BOARD CHAIR.

GOULD LATER NOMINATED DISTRICT FOUR COMMISSIONER TIM SUMNER AS THE BOARD'S VICE CHAIR.

WINGER GAVE SOME REMARKS DURING THE FINAL BOARD MEETING OF 2025, REFLECTING BACK ON HIS FIRST YEAR AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

>> FINISHING MY FIRST YEAR AND I LEARNED A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD.

I HAVE BEEN ENJOYING A MAJORITY OF IT.

>> THE NOMINATION OF WINGER AND SUMNER IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLES ON THE BOARD WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

>>> AFTER CLOSING FOR LAST YEAR'S SEASON, THE PAUL BUNYAN PLAYHOUSE IS LIFTING THE CURTAIN FOR THE SUMMER OF 2026, AND THEY ARE COMING BACK WITH SOME MAJOR CHANGES.

FOR THEIR 74TH SEASON, PAUL BUNYAN PLAYHOUSE WILL BRING FIVE PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS DURING THE SUMMER SEASON.

THE PLAYHOUSE IS ALSO INTRODUCING A FALL, WINTER, AND SPRING SEASON, BRINGING NINE TOTAL PROFESSIONAL SHOWS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

ALONG WITH THOSE SHOWS, THE PLAYHOUSE WILL BECOME A YEAR-ROUND COMPANY, WITH THEATRE, MOVIES, CONCERTS, AND YOUTH PROGRAMS FOR PERFORMERS UNDER 18-YEARS-OLD FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

WITH SUCH MONUMENTAL CHANGES COMING, THE INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR THE PLAYHOUSE IS ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY'S HELP.

>> WE HAVE A $50,000 GOAL EACH YEAR, WHICH THEN MAKES IT SO THAT WE MEET OUR MINIMUMS TO BE ABLE TO GET OUR GRANT MONEY FOR THE YEAR.

EACH GRANT WANTS 10% TO 20% OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TO PUT ON EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING FROM JUST SUMMER TO YEAR-ROUND, IT WILL TAKE MORE MONEY BUT IT WILL BE EASIER TO GET GRANTS AS WELL BECAUSE OUR OVERALL BUDGET WILL GO UP AND HOW MUCH THEY WANT AS A PERCENTAGE IS ACTUALLY GOING DOWN.

SO, THAT 50,000 COVERS BOTH OUR OLD, WHAT WE NEEDED, AND WILL COVER THE NEW STUFF AS WELL.

>> THE PLAYHOUSE WILL BE HOLDING LOCAL AUDITIONS AT THE CHIEF THEATER FOR ONE OF THEIR NINE UPCOMING SHOWS.

THE PLAYHOUSE IS ASKING THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED TO SHOW UP ON JANUARY 31ST PREPARED TO SING CAPPELLA, A PREPARED SONG.

AND A SHORT-PREPARED MONOLOGUE.

>>> THE PILLSBURY PLAYERS COMMUNITY THEATRE WILL BE SHOWCASING THE PLAY ON GOLDEN POND THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND.

REPORTER MILES WALKER STOPPED BY DRESS REHEARSAL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S IN STORE FOR THE PERFORMANCE.

>> Reporter: ON GOLDEN POND MADE ITS FIRST APPEARANCE AT THE NEW APOLLO THEATER ON BROADWAY IN 1979.

IN 2026, THE MOST RECENT ADAPTATION IS COMING TO THE C.T.C.

CENTER IN PILLAGER.

>> IT'S A SHOW THAT CARRIES THROUGH THE AGES.

EVERYBODY IS DEALING WITH AGING PARENTS OR AGING RELATIVES IN THEIR LIVES AND RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN FAMILIES AND THE DYNAMICS AS WELL.

>> Reporter: THE PLAY IS SET AT A VACATION HOME IN MAINE WHERE AN ELDERLY MARRIED COUPLE SPEND THEIR SUMMER AND EARLY FALL FOR THE 48th TIME.

>> THEY GIVE EACH OVER A LOT OF GRIEF.

NORMAN IS NOT AN EASY PERSON TO LIVE WITH.

ETHEL IS HIS OPPOSITE IN TERMS OF ENERGY AND MOOD BUT AT THE END ESPECIALLY, YOU GET TO SEE THE RELATIONSHIP PEEL BACK TO THE BARE BONES OF THEIR LOVE AND THEIR CARE FOR EACH OTHER.

>> Reporter: THE PLAY EVOLVES AND TAKES ON NEW FORMS WITH LONG TIME FRIENDS AND FAMILY MAKING VISITS TO THE HOME.

>> THEY DO HAVE THEIR DAUGHTER COMING BACK WHO HASN'T VISITED THEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

SHE DOES BRING A NEW RELATIONSHIP.

THIS RELATIONSHIP ALSO HAS A SON AND DEVELOPING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH A 13-YEAR-OLD AND WITH NORMAN, WHO HASN'T HAD KIDS AROUND HIM FOR MANY YEARS.

>> Reporter: IT'S A GROUP OF PASSIONATE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITHIN PILLAGER THAT CAME TOGETHER WITH A MISSION OF ENRICHING, ENTERTAINING, AND EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY.

THE CAST AND PRODUCTION TEAM ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THE LONGTIME SUMMERTIME PEACE TO THE TOWN.

>> SOME OF THEM HAVE WORKED TOGETHER AND OTHERS HAVE NEVER BEEN ON THE STAGE HERE AT C.T.C.

SEEING THEM DEVELOP THE RELATIONSHIPS TOGETHER AND DEVELOP THESE CHARACTERS, BREATHING LIFE INTO THEM AND INTO THE STORY HAS BEEN SO FUN TO BE A PART OF AND TO LEAD THAT ADVENTURE.

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

>> Dennis: PERFORMANCES FOR ON THE GOLDEN POND WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 15th, 16th, 17th, AND 18th.

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

>> Stacy: WE MAY SEE A BIT OF SNOW MOVING ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER TOMORROW, BUT EXPECT A WARM UP NEXT WEEK.

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

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, THE WATERMARK ART CENTER IS OPENING UP THEIR GOOD STORY ART EXHIBIT [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> RADIO STATION COOL 103.5 OUT OF BRAINERD HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE MINNESOTA TWINS WITH THE JOHN GORDON AWARD AS THE RADIO AFFILIATE OF THE YEAR, AS A RESULT OF THEIR RECOGNITION, THE STATION WAS GIVEN $5,000 TO DONATE TO AN ORGANIZATION OF THEIR CHOICE.

THE STATION SURPRISED THEIR CHOSEN ORGANIZATION, THE BRAINERD BAXTER BASEBALL ASSOCIATION, AT THE ASSOCIATION'S PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE THIS PAST WEDNESDAY.

>> WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE OUR BRAINERD PARKS BETTER FOR OUR BASEBALL PROGRAM, OUR SOFTBALL PROGRAMS.

WE TOOK ON A BIG PROJECT THIS YEAR OF UPDATING THE BATTING CAGES AND THE PARK.

BEFORE THEY ONLY HAD A SINGLE TUNNEL SO NOW ALL FOUR TEAMS, THEY WILL HAVE TWO TUNNELS WE CAN SPLIT IN HALF AND IT WILL HAVE ALL FOUR TEAMS BE ABLE TO TAKE BATTING PRACTICE AFTER EVERY GAME.

>> Dennis: THEY WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THE AWARD FOR THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTION TO YOUTH BASEBALL IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

>>> CONFIDENCE LEARNING CENTER IS GETTING READY TO HOST ITS 45TH ANNUAL REGION FIVE SPECIAL OLYMPICS WINTER CARNIVAL.

THE EVENT PARTNERS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS TO PUT ON THE ALL INCLUSIVE EVENT, BRINGING CHILDREN WITH COGNITIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS TOGETHER WITH THEIR PEERS FOR A DAY FILLED WITH FUN WINTER ACTIVITIES, TO HELP EVERYONE INVOLVED BUILD CONFIDENCE AND SELF ESTEEM.

>> IT'S A DAY OF OUTDOOR WINTER FUN.

WE HAVE SNOW TUBING, ICE FISHING, OUR ANIMAL SANCTUARY IS OPEN, HAY RIDES, BONFIRES, HOT COCOA.

THEY GET TO DO ACTIVITIES THEIR PEERS MAY NOT DO.

IT'S A DAY OF INCLUSION AND THEY GET TO ENJOY IT TOGETHER.

>> REGISTRATION FOR THE EVENT IS OPEN THROUGH FEBRUARY FIRST.

ANYONE INTERESTED IN REGISTERING SHOULD SPEAK TO YOUR SCHOOL'S SPECIAL OLYMPICS ORGANIZATION, OR CONTACT CONFIDENCE LEARNING CENTER.

>>> STACY JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

WE ARE COOLING DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR THE WEEKEND.

>> Stacy: AT LEAST TO START THE WEEKEND.

WE WILL BE SEEING AREAS OF SNOW IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA TOMORROW.

A LITTLE BIT COOLER TOMORROW, WE WILL START TO SEE THE TEMPERATURES RECOVERING ON SUNDAY AND BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY, WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAVE SEEN INCREASING CLOUDS AND SOME SNOW MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA, MAINLY CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE SOME CHANCE OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, IT'S GOING TO BE COOLER THAN WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE PAST FEW DAYS.

HIGHS IN THE TEEN TOMORROW, BUT WE WILL START TO SEE THE TEMPERATURES WARMING UP FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND.

BY MONDAY, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 30s.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 22 DEGREES.

WINDS OUT OF THE STUDIO ARE AT THE WEST AT 16 MILES PER HOUR, AND GUSTS ARE AT 26.

IN BRAINERD, LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING, 28 DEGREES, 26 IS OUR DEW POINT, PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY AND WINDS ARE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 8.

ON THE SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE AREAS OF SNOW MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CHANCES OF SNOW THIS EVENING BUT THROUGHOUT THAT REGION, WE DO HAVE MORE SNOW SET TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE'LL SEE MORE CHANCES OF SNOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, COOLER, HIGHS IN THE TEENS.

TOMORROW, WE WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TOMORROW NIGHT, AND THEN WE WILL START TO SEE TEMPERATURES WARMING UP AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, CHRISSY SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE AND A GORGEOUS SUNRISE FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

GARY SPOTTING A COYOTE IN DEERWOOD.

CHRISSY WITH SOME NICE SUNSHINE AS WELL.

SAMROSE HAS THE HALO OVER THE SUN AT UPPER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 11 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD, HIGH OF 32.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUN BUT CLOUDS ROLLING IN LATE TODAY.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, SNOW THIS EVENING, OTHERWISE CLOUDY AND WINDY.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 30 DEGREES WAS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE IN BRAINERD TODAY, SO WE HAVE BEEN SEEING MILD TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

THAT CONTINUED TODAY.

OUR AVERAGE IS 21.

15 FOR THE LOW AND SUNRISE AT 7:59.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 34.

SO AGAIN, THE AVERAGE IS 18, SO WE'RE WELL ABOVE THAT.

6 WAS OUR LOW THIS MORNING, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT CHILLY, AND WE HAD SUNSET AT 4:48.

SO LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, THERE IS A CHANCE OF SOME SNOW TOMORROW MORNING, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

THAT WILL BE MOVING OUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HOLD ON TO THE CLOUD COVER.

IT COULD BE BREEZY IN THE AREA.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER TEENS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

THEN AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, LOOK FOR HIGHS ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 20.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WE MAY SEE SOME ISOLATED RAIN OR SNOW IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE WITH LOWS NEAR 12.

THEN TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A CHANCE FOR SNOW IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, HIGHS SHOULD REACH 16.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, TEMPS START TO RECOVER ON SUNDAY, THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE ON SUNDAY.

HIGHS NEAR 24.

WE'RE IN THE 30s ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, BUT A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW ON TUESDAY, AND THEN TEMPERATURES START TO COOL ONCE AGAIN BY MIDWEEK.

BACK TO YOU.

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

BSU MEN'S HOCKEY BACK IN CONFERENCE ACTION.

>> Charlie: THEY WERE BACK IN ACTION WITH MICHIGAN TECH.

IT'S THE 2-1-8 SHOWCASE GOING ON AT THE SANFORD CENTER.

THE FEATURED GAME WAS MICHIGAN TECH AND BSU.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME BASKETBALL, ALL THAT AND SCORES FROM TONIGHT COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Charlie: WHENEVER BSU AND MICHIGAN TECH TAKE THE ICE, SOMETHING CRAZY ALWAYS HAPPENS, WHETHER IT'S BEMIDJI STATE COMING BACK TO WIN AFTER TRAILING 4-0, OR 4-3 IN THE THIRD ONLY TO LOSE.

NOW THE BEAVERS WERE HOSTING THE HUSKIES TONIGHT IN THE FEATURED GAME IN WHAT PROVED TO BE ANOTHER WILD ONE.

TECH IS UP 1-0.

TOM SQUEAKS ONE PAST ROBBINS FOR THE 2-GOAL ADVANTAGE.

IN THE SECOND, HERE COMES THE BEAVS, CONNOR A LITTLE TAP, TAP, HIS NINTH GOAL OF THE SEASON, MAKING IT 3-1.

NOW RILEY, A DEEP PASS AND HIS THIRD GAME OF THE YEAR BRINGS THE BEAVS WITHIN 1.

THEN TEAM'S LEADING SCORER, INTERCEPTION AND CHANCE TO TIE, BUT CAN'T COMPLETE THE PLAY.

BEMIDJI CANNOT COMPLETE THE COMEBACK.

5-2 IN THIS ONE, THEY ARE TIED FOR THIRD PLACE IN THE CCHA STANDINGS AFTER THAT GAME.

THEY WILL FACE OFF AGAINST TOMORROW AT 6:00 P.M.

>>> HEARTBREAKER FOR THE WOMEN'S TEAM.

THEY GAVE UP A GOAL WITH 55 SECONDS LEFT TO FALL TO ST.

THOMAS 2-1.

MEN'S BASKETBALL, THEY STARTED A GAME ON A 10-2 RUN.

SHANNON CUTS TO THE LEAD.

DOMINIC FAIRBANKS FROM CASS LAKE, KNOCKS DOWN A THREE IN THE FIRST HALF AS WELL.

THE MUSTANG'S DEFENSE WAS SUFFOCATING FROM TIP OFF TO THE BREAK, THEY FORCED 10, BEMIDJI STATE TURNOVERS, AND THEY LEAD TO FAST BREAKS, JUST LIKE THIS ONE AND WE GET SOME SHADES OF VINCE CARTER.

BSU ROLLED BY SOUTHWEST, 85-55, DESPITE THE 28 POINT NIGHT.

LADY BEAVS DO A LITTLE BETTER, BUT A 30-POINT THIRD QUARTER WILL SINK THEM AS WELL, 75-69.

>>> WELL, EVERYTHING WAS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR BEMIDJI BOYS HOCKEY WHEN THEY BEAT THE REIGNING STATE CHAMPS 2-0 IN MID-DECEMBER.

THEY EXTENDED THE WIN STREAK TO 4 AND PROVED THEY COULD HANG WITH THE BEST OF THEM.

THE GOOD TIMES DIDN'T LAST WITH THE JACKS GOING 1-3-1 SINCE AND THEY ARE NOW BACK ON THE ICE WITH EAST GRAND FORKS TODAY, TRYING TO REGAIN SOME OF THE EARLY SEASON MOMENTUM.

THE GAME AT THE SANFORD CENTER IS PART OF THE 2-1-8 SHOWCASE.

IN THE OPENING PERIOD, THEY WOULD GET ON THE BOARD FIRST.

PICKING UP THE TRASH, HIS FIFTH GOAL OF THE SEASON AND THEY TIE IT BEFORE THE BREAK.

TUCKER SNIPER FROM THE DOT, GIVES E.G.F.

THE 2-1 LEAD.

IT STAYS THAT WAY UNTIL THE THIRD.

THAT'S WHEN COAL GIVES IT TO CHASE, AND THE TURNOVER TURNS INTO A GOAL.

THAT IS HIS FIRST GOAL OF THE YEAR.

LUMBERJACKS TIE IT AT 2.

THEN ELI, CLEARS THE TRAFFIC, FINDS NYLON, JACKS TAKE THE LEAD, AND IT WOULD BE ENOUGH.

3-2 THE FINAL THERE, THE LAST TIME BEMIDJI BEAT THEM TWICE IN THE SAME SEASON, 2011 AND 2012.

>>> AND SOME OTHER SCORES, BOYS HOCKEY, WARROAD A TIGHT ONE BUT FALLS TO CLOQUET-ESKO-CARLTON.

ON THE GIRL'S SIDE OF THINGS, GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY, A BIG WIN OVER ELK RIVER AND SARTELL BEATS DETROIT LAKES.

IN BOYS BASKETBALL, PIERZ GETTING THE WIN OVER LITTLE FALLS.

ROYALTON FALLS TO MELROSE AREA.

PEQUOT LAKES PICKING UP THE WIN OVER ALBANY.

DEER RIVER PICKING UP THE WIN.

STAPLES MOTLEY LOSS TO BRECKENRIDGE.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS COLLECTING A WIN TONIGHT.

NEVIS HANDLES LAPORTE NO PROBLEM, SEBEKA GETS THE WIN OVER BERTHA-HEWITT.

CROSBY-IRONTON, THEY WIN OVER CLOQUET BY 30 POINTS.

GRAND RAPIDS AND LITTLE FALLS GETTING WINS TONIGHT ON THE GIRL'S SIDE OF THINGS.

ROSEAU GETTING A WIN.

CASS LAKE-BENA ON THIS SIDE OF THE RIVALRY BEATS RED LAKE.

MENAHGA, THEY STAY UNDEFEATED.

PEQUOT LAKES, THEY ALSO BEAT ALBANY ON THE GIRL'S SIDE.

DEER RIVER DROPS CLEARBROOK-GONVICK.

BERTHA-HEWITT OVER MILLE LACS.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

ONE NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY MEMBER FROM THE WHITE EARTH RESERVATION HAS BEEN CURATING PHOTOS AND DIFFERENT PIECES OF ARTWORK FROM THE AREA FOR SEVERAL DECADES, TO PUT TOGETHER ONE LARGE EXHIBIT.

THE COLLECTION MADE ITS DEBUT EARLIER TODAY AT THE WATERMARK ART CENTER IN BEMIDJI.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK SPOKE TO THE EXHIBIT CURATOR ABOUT THE WORK BEHIND THE GALLERY PIECES, AND WHY SHARING THOSE GOOD STORIES CAN BE IMPORTANT FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES.

>> ITS FOCUS IS ON THE COMMUNITY, THEIR ARTISTS, THEIR STORIES, AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE THIS COMMUNITY IN THIS REGION TO OUR LITTLE TOWN.

>> Reporter: WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN 500, THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE WHITE EARTH RESERVATION.

HE HAS BEEN LIVING THERE HIS WHOLE LIFE AND THE IDEA OF CREATING AN ART EXHIBIT FOR HIS COMMUNITY CAME TO HIM SEVERAL DECADES AGO, COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHS AND INTERVIEWING ELDERS SINCE THE MID 1980s.

>> WE HEARD ANOTHER STORY, ANOTHER TRAGEDY ON OUR RESERVATION, IN OUR LITTLE TOWN OF NAYTAHWAUSH, ANOTHER TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE.

I SAID YOU KNOW, I AM GETTING SO TIRED OF JUST HEARING BAD NEWS.

I KNOW THERE IS SO MUCH MORE.

>> Reporter: AND WITH THE FOCUS ON THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, RATHER THAN JUST ONE ARTIST, MORE THAN 30 INDIVIDUALS' ARTWORKS ARE FEATURED IN THE GOOD STORIES EXHIBIT.

>> WE LIVE BACK IN THE WOODS AND YOU DON'T KNOW THESE ARTISTS BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN CREATING -- THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING BLANKETS, THEY HAVE BEEN PAINTING, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING BEADWORK, REGAREGALI YOU NEVER HEAR ABOUT THEM.

LET'S BRING THEM OUT IN THE OPEN.

LET'S BRING THESE ARTISTS FORWARD.

SO I HEARD THESE STORIES AND SEEN THESE FACES, AND LOOKED AT THIS ARTISTRY MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I THOUGHT, THIS DESERVES TO BE SHOWN.

>> Reporter: BUT ON TOP OF REPRESENTING THE NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY, HE HOPES THIS IDEA WILL SPREAD.

>> I HOPE OTHER COMMUNITIES WILL DO THIS.

WHY COULDN'T WE DO THIS FOR FOSSTON, BAGLEY, OR WADENA.

MAYBE THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE EXHIBIT'S RECEPTION WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH, WITH SEVERAL GUEST MUSICIANS IN ATTENDANCE PUTTING ON A PERFORMANCE.

THE ARTWORKS WILL STAY ON DISPLAY THROUGH MARCH 28TH.

>>> BACK TO STACY FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

>> WE COULD BE SEEING SOME SNOW MOVING THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH LOWS NEAR 12.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, MAYBE SOME LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, HIGHS NEAR 16, AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING UP, BACK IN THE 30s ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, COOLING OFF BY MIDWEEK.

>> Dennis: THAT'S GOING TO WRAP IT UP FOR US, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK ON MONDAY NIGHT.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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