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>> Matthew: HEY EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN WITH YOUR LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> STAFF MEMBERS FROM U.S.

SENATOR TINA SMITH'S OFFICE MET TODAY WITH REGIONAL LEADERS TO DISCUSS THE RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE CRISIS THAT IS AFFECTING A LOT OF AREAS ACROSS MINNESOTA.

WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH SOME OF THOSE LEADERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY BELIEVE CAN BE A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.

>> E.M.S.

PROVIDERS ARE A CRITICAL PART OF OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.

THEY'RE OFTEN THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR PATIENTS.

DESPITE AN INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR E.M.S., THEY ARE NOT REIMBURSED FOR SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT THEY DELIVER UNLESS THE PATIENT IS DELIVERED TO THE HOSPITAL.

>> THEY ARE ON SCENE AND THEY GET TREATMENT FROM A PARAMEDIC BUT THEY ARE NOT TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL.

THERE ARE MORE AND MORE SENIORS IN THESE SMALL TOWNS AND FEWER CALLS ARE RESULTING IN BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

MORE OF THEM ARE JUST ON SCENE CARE.

>> Reporter: IT LEAVES E.M.S.

PROVIDERS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.

TINA SMITH MAY HAVE FOUND A SOLUTION.

>> THE BIG PIECE WE FOUND TODAY WAS THE E.M.S.

LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT, MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES THAT DON'T TRANSPORT A PATIENT.

THEY GO TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S HOME, GIVE THEM SOME MEDICATIONS, SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS LIFTING THEM UP BECAUSE THEY FALLEN ON THE FLOOR.

RIGHT NOW, AMBULANCE SERVICES THEY CAN CERTAINLY BILL FOR THAT BUT THE MEDICARE WILL NOT COVER IT.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SENATOR SMITH WANTS TO FIX.

>> Reporter: IT WILL BENEFIT MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES.

IT WILL PROVIDE CRUCIAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR E.M.S.

PROVIDERS FOR THEIR ROLE IN BRINGING ESSENTIAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO WHERE PEOPLE NEED IT MOST, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL MINNESOTA WHERE E.M.S.

PROVIDERS SERVICE MORE THAN JUST THEIR SMALL TOWN.

>> NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND MANY PARTS OF THE STATE ARE VERY RURAL.

SOMEONE WAS SAYING THEIR AREA FOR THEIR ONE AGENCY TO COVER WAS THE SAME SIZE AS RHODE ISLAND.

PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA, THESE E.M.S.

AGENCIES ARE LITERALLY PROVIDING SERVICES TO AN ENTIRE STATE AND THEY ARE DOING IT AT A SMALL COMMUNITY LEVEL WITH ONLY THE FUNDS THAT THE SMALL COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO AFFORD AND THAT'S WHERE A HUGE PROBLEM IS HAPPENING.

>> REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL-OVER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WERE AT THE MEETING PRESENTING THEIR ISSUES WITH E.M.S.

REIMBURSEMENT, ALL OF WHICH WILL BE TAKEN TO SENATOR TINA SMITH, WHO WILL TAKE THE ISSUE TO SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, IN HOPES THE E.M.S.

ROCS ACT CAN GO THROUGH TO THE SENATE.

>>> THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS SET OPEN WATER FISHING REGULATIONS FOR BOTH MILLE LACS LAKE AND UPPER RED LAKE.

THIS OPEN-WATER SEASON STARTS ON MAY 11TH.

FOR MILLE LACS LAKE, WALLEYE FISHING WILL BE CATCH-AND-RELEASE DURING THE SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER, WITH THE POTENTIAL TO HARVEST A WALLEYE 21 TO 23 INCHES IN LENGTH OR GREATER THAN 28 INCHES STARTING ON AUGUST 16TH.

FOR UPPER RED LAKE, THEY WILL HAVE A 3 WALL-EYE POSSESSION LIMIT, WITH ONLY ONE WALLEYE LONGER THAN 17 INCHES ALLOWED.

BEGINNING ON JUNE 15TH, THE LIMIT WILL CHANGE TO A FOUR WALLEYE POSSESSION LIMIT, WITH AGAIN ONLY ONE WALLEYE LONGER THAN 17 INCHES ALLOWED.

WINTER HARVEST REGULATIONS FOR 2024 THROUGH 2025 WILL BE DETERMINED AFTER THE SUMMER FISHING SEASON AND COMPLETION OF FALL ASSESSMENT NETTING.

>>> U.S.

SENATORS TINA SMITH, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE SENATE INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH AMY KLOBUCHAR ANNOUNCED RED LAKE NATION WILL RECEIVE $600,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING, TO CONNECT RED LAKE NATION HOMES TO CLEAN ELECTRICITY, INCLUDING HOMES PREVIOUSLY NOT CONNECTED TO ELECTRICITY AT ALL.

THE GRANT, CALLED THE TRIBAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM, WILL HELP THE RED LAKE COMMUNITY DEVELOP A ROBUST PLANNING PROCESS TO COORDINATE ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THOUGH A NUMBER OF WAYS.

BY INCREASING THE RELIABILITY OF THE ELECTRIC POWER GRID ON THE RESERVATION, REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF THE COMMUNITY, REDUCING THE COST OF CLEAN ENERGY, AND GROWING A CORE GROUP OF CLEAN POWER AND ENERGY CONSERVATION PRACTITIONERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

ALONG WITH RED LAKE NATION, PRAIRIE ISLAND INDIAN RESERVATION WILL RECEIVE $500,000 AND THE BOIS FORTE BAND WILL RECEIVE $295,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING.

>>> A BILL MODIFYING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS' GROUNDS FOR USE OF REASONABLE FORCE WAS PASSED AGAIN IN THE MINNESOTA HOUSE FOLLOWING AN ATTEMPT TO ADD AN AMENDMENT IN THE SENATE.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE ON HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT FEELS THIS WILL IMPACT THEIR POSITIONS IN MINNESOTA SCHOOLS.

>> Reporter: LEGISLATORS HAVE BEEN WORKING QUICKLY THIS SESSION TO TRY TO GET S.R.O.s BACK IN SCHOOLS.

AFTER THE SENATE PASSED THE BILL WITH AN AMENDMENT ON MONDAY, THE BILL WAS REPASSED IN THE HOUSE TODAY.

THE BILL WAS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE FOR LEGISLATORS TO MAKE SCHOOLS MORE SECURE.

>> SO WE COULD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE GET OUR S.R.O.s, OUR POLICE OFFICERS BACK IN SCHOOLS, BACK TO WHAT THEY DO BEST, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND BEING A PRESENCE THERE SO THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFER.

>> Reporter: WITH THE NEW BILL, POLICE DEPARTMENTS BELIEVE THAT THE CLEAR LANGUAGE WILL PROVIDE MORE CONSISTENCY AND GET OFFICERS BACK IN SCHOOLS.

>> THE NEW BILL WILL HELP GET THE OFFICERS BACK IN THAT MUCH SOONER BECAUSE WITH THE PREVIOUS BILL THAT WENT INTO EFFECT LAST AUGUST, THERE WAS ONE FOR THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AND ONE FOR EVERY OTHER OFFICER.

THE S.R.O.s COULDN'T GO HANDS ON THE SOMETHING HAPPENED.

THEY COULDN'T GO HANDS ON TOO SOON AND IF THEY WAITED TOO LONG, THERE COULD BE LIABILITY THERE AS WELL.

>> Reporter: THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THE ABSENCE OF S.R.O.s HAD BEEN NOTICED.

>> PEOPLE WHO ARE CRIMINALS OR KIDS EVEN ARE GOING TO NOTICE THAT AND PROBABLY THINK THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH MORE OR START DOING STUFF THEY WEREN'T DOING BEFORE, YOU KNOW, BREAKING SCHOOL RULES, WHATEVER THOSE MAY BE OR BREAKING LAWS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.

SO NOT HAVING A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER IN THE SCHOOLS IS GOING TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON THAT.

>> Reporter: IT CAN LEAVE PARENTS ASSURED KNOWING THERE IS MORE PROTECTION FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

>> THIS GIVES PARENTS THE ASSURANCE THAT YEP, WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE SCHOOL AND YOU KNOW, WHEREAS IT'S PRETTY MUCH PUBLIC A LOT OF SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE OFFICERS THERE.

THIS REASSURES THEM WE ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS SCHOOL AND JUST MAKE THE SCHOOL THAT MUCH SAFER THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN PEQUOT LAKES, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE BILL PASSED BY A COUNT OF 119-9.

GOVERNOR WALZ SAYS HE WILL SIGN THE BILL WHEN IT GETS TO HIS DESK.

>>> THE HOUSE PASSED A BILL WEDNESDAY TO BAN TIKTOK IN THE U.S.

IF ITS CHINESE OWNER BYTE DANCE DOESN'T SELL.

THE BILL PASSED BY A VOTE OF 352-65 STILL FACES AN UNCERTAIN PATH IN THE U.S. SENATE.

IF PASSED, IT WOULD LEAD TO A NATIONWIDE BAN OF THE VIDEO APP.

TIKTOK'S PARENT COMPANY, BYTE DANCE WOULD HAVE FIVE MONTHS TO SELL THE CHINA-LINKED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IF THE BILL IS ENACTED.

THE NEW OWNER OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA APP WOULD HAVE TO MEET WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

IF BYTE DANCE DOES NOT DO THAT, THE BILL WOULD PROHIBIT TIKTOK FROM BEING AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD IN APP STORES.

PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE WOULD SIGN IT INTO LAW IF IT MAKES IT TO HIS DESK.

REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON IS URGING THE SENATE TO TAKE THE MEASURE UP DESPITE THE FACT THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AGAINST IT.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL HAVE VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW WITH CHANCES OF SOME SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WORKWEEK AND THEN ANOTHER COOL DOWN IS IN STORE FOR US THIS WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL BECOMES ONE OF THREE FI >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> JASON LUKSIK, THE PRINCIPAL OF LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BEMIDJI, HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE TOP THREE FINALISTS FOR THE MINNESOTA 2024 NATIONAL DISTINGUISHED PRINCIPAL AWARD.

REPORTER ZY'RIAH SIMMONS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH HIM REGARDING HIS SELECTION AS A FINALIST.

>> Reporter: THE NATIONAL DISTINGUISHED PRINCIPAL AWARD HONORS OUTSTANDING ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WHO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF INSTRUCTION, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, AND A POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

JASON WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE THREE FINALISTS FOR HIS WORK AS A PRINCIPAL.

>> IT WAS GREAT TO BE NOMINATED AND TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT MINNESOTA.

NOT ONLY BEMIDJI BUT MINNESOTA AS WELL IN THIS POSITION, AS WELL AS REPRESENTING THE PRINCIPALS ACROSS THE STATE AND GETTING THAT RECOGNITION AS A PRINCIPAL AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT ALL THE PRINCIPALS, AS WELL AS MY SCHOOL AND SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> Reporter: JASON HAD BEEN IN THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY FOR OVER 11 YEARS.

WITHIN THOSE YEARS, HE HAD BEEN THE PRINCIPAL IN LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND HE HAS GAINED NEW RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH HIS WORKING COMMUNITY.

>> IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

I REALLY ENJOYED BEING A PRINCIPAL AT LINCOLN ELEMENTARY.

I STARTED OUT AS A K-5 PRINCIPAL AND NOW WE'RE K-3.

THAT IS JUST A WONDERFUL AGE GROUP TO WORK WITH AS FAR AS STUDENTS, TO BE ABLE TO REALLY TOUCH BASE, GET TO KNOW THE STUDENTS, GET TO KNOW THE FAMILIES.

IT'S REALLY BEEN WONDERFUL BEING PART OF THAT LEARNING COMMUNITY.

THE OTHER PIECE IS BEING HERE 11 YEARS, MY STAFF HAVE BEEN WITH ME DURING THAT TIME GROWING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY.

IT REALLY HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL AND IT'S AWESOME TO WORK AT LINCOLN ELEMENTARY.

>> Reporter: IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE AWARD FOR PRINCIPAL LUKSIK BUT SHOWING WHAT HIS COMMUNITY DOES FOR THE STUDENTS THAT SUCCEED.

>> IT WILL BE ONE PART OF RECEIVING THAT AWARD, BUT THEN AS A SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S NOT JUST ME GETTING THAT AWARD, BUT IT'S OUR LEARNING COMMUNITY AND THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF DO, AND OUR STUDENTS, AND OUR PARENT INVOLVEMENT THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST 11 YEARS.

SO THEY WILL BE RECOGNIZED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.

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

>> THE AWARD COMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDES LAST YEAR'S WINNER, WILL INTERVIEW THE FINALISTS ON MAY 3RD.

THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER THAT MONTH.

>>> IT'S TIME TO HEAD TO STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER.

>> Stacy: YES, WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING QUIET WEATHER THROUGH TOMORROW.

SOME CHANCES OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL RETURN TO PARTS OF THE AREA AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK AND COOLER TEMPERATURES, WINDY CONDITIONS ARE BACK FOR >> 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: WE DID HAVE SOME SUNSHINE, AS WELL AS SOME CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, WE'RE STILL PRETTY MILD.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE COOLING TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK, QUIET WEATHER TOMORROW, AND CHANCES OF RAIN IS LOW.

HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER AND WINTER-LIKE BY THE TIME WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

IN BEMIDJI, 33 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT, DEW POINT IS 28 AND HUMIDITY IS AT 83%.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 51 DEGREES, 24 IS OUR DEW POINT, PRESSURE IS FALLING AND WINDS ARE NORTHEAST AT 8 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, WE HAVE HAD SOME SCATTERED SPRINKLES AND SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS IN PARTS OF THE AREA THIS EVENING.

THOSE WILL BE TAPERING OFF AND WE SHOULD HAVE QUIET WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.

WE WILL SEE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE ONCE AGAIN.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, MILD TOMORROW, WE WON'T BE SEEING THAT COOL DOWN, BUT EXPECT TO SEE MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND THE COOL DOWN AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

BEAUTIFUL MORNING SKY COLOR FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

YOLANDA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SOUTH SHORE OF LOWER RED LAKE EARLIER TODAY.

ANGELA SPOTTING A COUPLE OF BALD EAGLE THIS EVENING AND SAM SENDING US THIS PICTURE OF THE INTERESTING FORMATIONS OF THE ICE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE PHOTOS WITH US.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS.

DEBRA AT PINE RIVER, 33 AND CLOUDY THIS MORNING.

ARLENE, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 59.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY SKIES, SOME SCATTERED EVENING SHOWERS.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST SKIES, 59 DEGREES.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDS AND THEN SOME SUNSHINE TODAY, PAUL IN BEMIDJI, PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 52.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING 59 TODAY.

38 IS THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

LOW TEMP OF 28 AND SUNSET AT 7:21.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 51, SO AGAIN WELL ABOVE THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

27 IS THE LOW AND 7:35 WAS OUR SUNRISE.

OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE'LL SEE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA AND TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE FAIRLY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD TODAY, COLDER IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

WE SHOULD BE SEEING SOME MID TO UPPER 40s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE'RE LOOKING AT 50 DEGREES, MAYBE SOME LOW 50s FOR OUR HIGHS, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, EXPECT TO SEE SOME COLDER TEMPERATURES RETURNING LATE THIS WEEK AND ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

OUR FORECAST, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, 30 FOR THE LOW, NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15.

TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, 46 FOR OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE, NORTH WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT THE WEEKEND FORECAST, WE HAVE A CHANCE OF SOME RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FRIDAY AND THEN IN THE REST OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA ON SATURDAY.

WE CAN SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE STARTING TO COOL OFF FROM ALMOST 10 DEGREES COLDER ON SATURDAY AND DROPPING ANOTHER 10 DEGREES AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 28.

ON MONDAY, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE LOW 30s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU STACY.

WE HAVE CHARLIE HERE WITH US AND HE HAS A LOT OF BASKETBALL TO TALK ABOUT.

>> Charlie: WE HAVE A LOT OF BASKETBALL.

WE WILL START WITH THE GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT.

WE HAVE A TEAM TRYING TO GET THEIR FIRST WIN AT STATE IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME BOYS ACTION GOING ON, SOME OF THE SUBSECTION GAMES GETTING PLAYED IN THE SEMIFINAL GAMES.

WE'LL HAVE THE SCORES FROM THAT COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] >> 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.

>> 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.

[♪♪♪] >> Charlie: CROSBY-IRONTON GIRLS BASKETBALL IS BACK FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON, THE THIRD TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

THIS YEAR THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS ELUDED THEM IN THE PREVIOUS TRIPS.

WELL, THAT'S A WIN.

THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM TONIGHT.

RANGERS FELL TO THE WILDCATS BY 24 POINTS IN JANUARY, DIDN'T PHASE THEM TONIGHT.

FIRST HALF, THEY ARE DOWN BY 3.

YOU CAN'T LEAVE TORY THAT WIDE OPEN, BANGS HER FIRST SHOT, IT'S TIED AT 8-8 EARLY.

MARGARET SHOWING OFF HER SKILLS IN THE PAINT, NO FOUL, BUT GETS IT TO GO.

THIS IS WHEN THEY START TO PULL AWAY, THEY GET THE FOUL, THIS TIME SHE FINISHED WITH 11.

SHE WOULD MISS THE FREE THROW AND SHE GETS THE OFFENSIVE REBOUND AND WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?

WELL, YOU SHOULD.

SHE DROPS 33 ON THE WILDCATS TONIGHT.

CROSBY-IRONTON LOCKS UP THEIR FIRST STATE TOURNAMENT WIN IN GIRLS BASKETBALL.

63-50 OVER A VERY GOOD SQUAD.

THEY MOVE ON TO THE SEMIFINALS ON FRIDAY AGAINST PROVIDENCE ACADEMY.

THEY HAVE MADDEN GREENWAY.

THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT GAME.

>>> WELL, THE BOY'S BASKETBALL SECTION TOURNAMENT CONTINUES TODAY AND A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR'S 5A SUBSECTION CHAMPIONSHIP, A GAME WHICH NEVIS WON 49-35.

FUN FACT, BOTH OF THEIR MASCOTS ARE TIGERS AND THEY WERE DUKING IT FOR MORE THAN JUST MASCOT NAMING RIGHTS.

2 MINUTES IN, HE EYES IT UP AND KNOCKS IT DOWN.

MOMENTS LATER, SAME SCORE, RYAN BURIES ONE OF THE THREES, AND THEY LEAD 9-4.

MIDWAY THROUGH THE HALF, NEVIS UP BY 2.

COLLECTING A PAIR OF HIS 14 POINTS.

THEY EXTEND THEIR LEAD 18-14.

MINUTES LATER, CHRISTIAN LETS IT GO, LED ALL SCORERS WITH 25.

HE TOOK AN 18 POINT LEAD TO THE HALF.

THEY DID NOT LOOK BACK.

NEVIS TRIUMPHS IN THE BATTLE OF THE TIGERS, 76 TO 55, ADVANCING TO THE TITLE GAME.

THEY WILL TRY TO MAKE IT FOUR STRAIGHT TRIPS TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

IN THE SECTION 8-2A SEMIFINALS, NECK AND NECK INTO THE SECOND HALF.

THEY GET THE TAKEAWAY, PUTS IT AWAY AND WHAT A NIGHT FOR LANDON STRASBURG.

22 POINTS, THAT'S ONE OF THEM THERE.

PARK RAPIDS HAD JUST FIVE WINS LAST SEASON.

NOW THEY ARE A WIN AWAY FROM STATE.

THEY BEAT WADENA DEER CREEK.

THEY WILL PLAY PELICAN RAPIDS ON FRIDAY.

A FEW MORE SCORES FOR YOU.

PEQUOT LAKES WILL TAKE ON ESKO.

IN SUBSECTION 8-A EAST IN THAT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, RED LAKE IS MOVING ON TO THE SECTION 8 CHAMPIONSHIP WHERE THEY WILL PLAY BELTRAMI.

>>> IN THE SECTION 5A GIRLS BASKETBALL TITLE GAME WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY SQUARED OFF AGAINST BRAHAM, A TEAM THAT HAD BEATEN THEM BY TEN IN MID-JANUARY.

BUT THE WOLVES WERE ABLE TO AVENGE THEIR LOSS TO THE BOMBERS AND PUNCH THEIR TICKET TO THE CLASS A STATE TOURNAMENT.

NOW SEVEN OTHER TEAMS ALSO PUNCHED THEIR TICKETS LAST FRIDAY BUT THIS TICKET WAS DIFFERENT.

>> IF ALL THE TEAMS IN THE CLASS A GIRLS BASKETBALL STATE TOURNAMENT LOOKED FAMILIAR, THAT'S BECAUSE THEY ALL BEEN THERE AT LEAST ONCE IN THE PAST DECADE, EXCEPT FOR ONE.

WALKER HACKENSACK.

IT'S NOT THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IN A WHILE, THEY JUST NEVER BEEN.

>> WE WANTED THIS FOR SO LONG.

IT'S FUN TO MAKE HISTORY FOR OUR SCHOOL.

>> WE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THE SUMMER THINKING AND WANTING TO GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT FOR SO LONG.

NOW THAT WE FINALLY HAVE, IT'S GREAT.

>> THESE KIDS SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THE GYM SHOOTING AND WORKING ON THEIR SKILLS.

I'M SO PROUD OF THEM.

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH.

>> Reporter: WHAT THEY CAN SAY IS THAT THEY FINALLY MADE THE STATE TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS NOT EASY.

>> IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN FOR ME.

I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 45 YEARS AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN THERE.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR, THEY GOT OVER THE HUMP AND THEY DID IT AS A PACK.

>> WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING TOGETHER SINCE WE WERE YOUNG AND WE ARE BEST FRIENDS.

WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER.

SO JUST LIKE OUR CHEMISTRY OVERALL, I WOULD SAY, IT'S REALLY GOOD.

>> Reporter: NOW THIS PACK GETS TO PLAY ONE MORE WEEK TOGETHER AND THEY ARE PLANNING TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT BOTH ON AND OFF THE COURT.

>> JUST ENJOYING THE EXPERIENCE OF IT ALL.

I'M COMPETING AGAINST SOME OF THE TOP TEAMS.

WE WANTED TO DO THAT FOREVER, SO I THINK THAT WILL BE THE MOST FUN AND JUST THE ENVIRONMENT.

I THINK IT WILL BE SO COOL TO PLAY IN BECAUSE IT'S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.

I MEAN MAYBE MORE.

>> Reporter: MAYBE MORE IS RIGHT.

THE WOLVES DON'T HAVE A SINGLE SENIOR ON THE ROSTER, MEANING THIS EXACT TEAM COULD MAKE A RETURN TRIP.

>> WE COULD, BUT JUST TO SOAK IT ALL IN AND WANT TO GET BACK THERE HOPEFULLY.

YOU KNOW, GOT TO LIVE IT UP WHILE YOU'RE THERE.

>> Charlie: WHILE THEY ARE THERE, THEY WILL BE PLAYING MOUNTAIN IRON BUHL.

THEY BEAT THE WOLVES IN DECEMBER, BUT THEY AVENGED THE ONE LOSS THEY GOT WITH BRAHAM.

IT'S TOURNEY TIME SO ANYONE COULD WIN.

>> Matthew: AND IT'S THEIR FIRST TIME SO A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.

>> Charlie: ABSOLUTELY IT IS.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO MUCH CHARLIE.

>>> NEW CASES OF COLORECTAL CANCER IN PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 50 HAVE BEEN RISING IN THE U.S. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES, AND NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHY IN OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF NATIONAL COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE ON WHAT THE WIFE OF LATE ACTOR CHADWICK BOSEMAN IS NOW ADVOCATING FOR AND SHARES THE FOUR SIGNS MOST COMMONLY SEEN IN YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE DIAGNOSED WITH THIS DISEASE, IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE.

>> Reporter: 27,400 BLUE FLAGS IN WASHINGTON D.C.

REPRESENTING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 50 WHO ARE PROJECTED TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH COLORECTAL CANCER IN 2030.

>> IT MAKES ME ANGRY THAT A DISEASE SO TREATABLE TOOK HIM FROM ME WHEN ALL WE NEEDED TO START OUT WITH WAS KNOWLEDGE.

>> Reporter: ACTOR CHADWICK BOSEMAN DIED AT THE AGE OF 43.

HIS WIFE SIMONE JOINED OTHER ADVOCATES TO RALLY FOR MORE RESEARCH, TREATMENT OPTIONS, AND FUNDING TO BATTLE THIS DISEASE.

>> IT MAKES ME ANGRY THAT COLORECTAL CANCER HAS BEEN RISING IN YOUNG PEOPLE, IN YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR FOR 15 YEARS BEFORE HE WAS DIAGNOSED AND WE STILL KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT.

IT MAKES ME ANGRY WE DON'T TALK ABOUT COLORECTAL CANCER THE WAY WE TALK ABOUT OTHER CANCERS AND CHRONIC DISEASES.

IT MAKES ME ANGRY WE STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHY IT'S HAPPENING.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE CAUSE OF THE ALARMING RISE OF COLORECTAL CANCER IN YOUNG ADULTS IS STILL UNKNOWN, RESEARCHERS SAY THE FOUR MOST COMMON WARNING SIGNS IN EARLY ONSET CASES OF THE DISEASE IS DIARRHEA, RECTAL BLEEDING, ABDOMINAL PAIN, AND IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA.

DOCTORS HOPE AWARENESS OF THESE SYMPTOMS WILL ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO HAVE THEM TO SEEK MEDICAL CARE SO THE DISEASE CAN BE CAUGHT EARLIER WHEN IT'S MORE TREATABLE.

>> TURNING PAIN INTO PURPOSE IS GREAT, BUT WE DESERVE MORE.

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

>> ADVOCATES WHO ORGANIZED THE RALLY PLAN TO MEET WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO FIGHT FOR WHAT THEY CALL MORE URGENCY, MORE EQUITY AND MORE FUNDING FOR COLORECTAL CANCER RESEARCH.

>>> AND CARLY HAS SOME EXTRA SPORTS FOR US.

>> Charlie: YES, TOMORROW WE HAVE MORE OF THE CLASS A STATE QUARTER FINALS.

THEY START UP TOMORROW.

WE WILL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS AND HEAR FROM THE TEAMS AFTER THE GAME.

>> Matthew: YES WE WILL, THAT IS ALL FOR US TONIGHT.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW AT 10:00.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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