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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.

>>> SNOW HAS FINALLY ARRIVED IN MINNESOTA AND THE TWIN CITIES GOT A GOOD DOSE OF THE SNOWSTORM WITH 8.2 INCHES MEASURED AT THE MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

ROUGHLY 6 INCHES FELL IN CROW WING COUNTY THIS PAST WEEKEND, FORCING BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS WELL AS CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE TO CANCEL CLASS TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE ON HOW THE COUNTY'S HANDLING ITS FIRST SNOWSTORM IN OVER A MONTH.

>> Reporter: MINNESOTA IS BACK TO LOOKING LIKE MINNESOTA AFTER THIS PAST WEEKEND'S SNOWSTORM.

THE CROW WING COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS URGING RESIDENTS TO STAY OFF THE ROADS.

>> IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE OUT AND ABOUT, STAY HOME IF YOU CAN, DO WORK FROM HOME IF YOU ARE ABLE TO, BUT WE REALIZE THAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE OUT AND ABOUT AND HAVE THINGS TO GET DONE.

>> Reporter: FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T AVOID TRAVEL, HE HAS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE.

>> SLOW DOWN, THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING.

SLOW YOUR SPEEDS DOWN, TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTION WHEN YOU WILL BE STOPPING YOUR VEHICLE, WHEN YOU ARE MAKING THOSE TURNS, SLOW DOWN WAY BEFORE THE TURN AND BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS.

>> Reporter: EXERCISING CAUTION WILL GO A LONG WAY FOR THE CROW WING COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ASTHMA -- AS MANEUVERING AROUND TRAFFIC IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR SNOWPLOW DRIVERS.

>> THE SLOWER THEY GO, THE MORE CONTACT IT MAKES WITH THE ROADWAY AND CAN SCRAPE AND DO A BETTER JOB OF GETTING THE SNOW AND ICE OFF AS POSSIBLE.

>> Reporter: ASKING PATRONS TO EXERCISE CAUTIOUS DRIVING, THE COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING RESIDENTS TO ALLOW SNOWPLOWERS TO DO THEIR JOB.

WITH 5-PLUS INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED BETWEEN TODAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON, THEIR WORK IS FAR FROM FINISHED.

>> WE'RE ANTICIPAING BEING OUT TOMORROW AT 3:00 AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

SNOW IS COVERING UP EVERYTHING AS THE PLOW TAKES IT OFF.

THE GOAL IS TO KEEP THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW OFF THE ROADS AND KEEP TRAFFIC FLOWING AS BEST WE CAN AND JUST KEEPING THAT SAME CYCLE UNTIL THE SNOW DECIDES TO END.

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

>> Dennis: STACY WILL HAVE MORE ON THE WINTER STORM COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES IN WEATHER.

>>> THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL SELECTION ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IT IS RECOMMENDING FIVE CANDIDATES FOR CONSIDERATION TO FILL TWO VACANCIES IN MINNESOTA'S NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

ONE OF THE VACANCIES OCCURRED UPON THE RETIREMENT OF THE HONORABLE SHARI R. SCHLUCHTER, AND THE OTHER VACANCY WILL OCCUR UPON THE RETIREMENT OF THE HONORABLE DARLENE RIVERA SPALLA.

THESE SEATS WILL BE CHAMBERED IN BEMIDJI IN BELTRAMI COUNTY AND MAHNOMEN IN MAHNOMEN COUNTY.

HERE ARE THE FIVE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BEEN RECOMMEND BY THE COMMISSION.

MATTI ADAM IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IN THE ITASCA COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHERE SHE IS THE COUNTY'S CHIEF PROSECUTOR AND LEGAL ADVISOR.

SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY AN ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY IN THE ITASCA COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND A LAW CLERK FOR THE HONORABLE FRED KARASOV AND THE HONORABLE PETER CAHILL IN MINNESOTA'S FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

SEAMUS DUFFY IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IN THE PENNINGTON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

HE WAS PREVIOUSLY AN ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT AND AN ATTORNEY AT DUFFY LAW OFFICE.

TOM KUESEL IS A SOLO PRACTITIONER AT TOM KUESEL, P.A., WHERE HIS PRACTICE FOCUSES ON CRIMINAL DEFENSE AND PERSONAL INJURY MATTERS.

HE WAS PREVIOUSLY AN ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT AND A LAW CLERK FOR SEVERAL JUDGES IN THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN WILLMAR.

KATHRYN LORSBACH IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IN THE CLEARWATER COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHERE SHE HANDLES A BROAD RANGE OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL MATTERS.

SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY AN ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT AND A LAW CLERK FOR THE HONORABLE JONATHAN JASPER IN MINNESOTA'S TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

SYMON SCHINDLER-SYME IS AN ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY IN THE BELTRAMI COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHERE HE HANDLES CRIMINAL AND APPELLATE CASES.

HE WAS PREVIOUSLY AN ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

GOVERNOR WALZ IS NOW TASKED WITH SELECTING THE TWO NEW JUDGES FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

>>> A MURDER TRIAL WILL BEGIN LATER THIS WEEK FOR A BRAINERD MAN ACCUSED OF FATALLY SHOOTING HIS DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND WHO HE SUSPECTED WAS ABUSING HER.

46-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL LAFLEX IS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF PREMEDITATED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND ONE COUNT OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER NOT PREMEDITATED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF 23-YEAR-OLD BRYCE BROGLE.

BROGLE HAD BEEN REPORTED MISSING AFTER GOING TO THE LAFLEX'S STORAGE UNIT ON OCTOBER 26TH ACCORDING TO A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, LAFLEX SHOT BROGLE IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD FROM A DISTANCE AND THEN BURIED HIS BODY IN CROW WING COUNTY.

OFFICERS SEARCHED THE STORAGE UNIT AND LATER FOUND A GRAVE IN CROW WING COUNTY WHERE BROGLE'S BODY WAS DISCOVERED.

LAFLEX HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY IN THE CASE.

JURY SELECTION FOR THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING IN CROW WING COUNTY COURT.

>>> FORMER BEMIDJI STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH DAVE GUNTHER HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 86.

GUNTHER CAME TO BEMIDJI STATE IN 1996 AFTER A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CAREER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA.

GUNTHER COACHED BEMIDJI STATE FOR SIX SEASONS BEGINNING WITH THE 1995-96 TEAM AND ENDING AFTER THE 2000-2001 SEASON.

HE COMPILED AN OVERALL RECORD OF 49-113 BUT IMPROVED THE TEAM FROM FOUR WINS IN HIS FIRST YEAR TO TEN WINS IN HIS FINAL YEAR.

AT UND HE COACHED FOR 18 SEASONS FROM 1971 TO 1988 AND IS STILL RANKED SECOND IN PROGRAM HISTORY WITH 332 WINS THERE.

HE ALSO COACHED WAYNE STATE NEBRASKA, AND BUENA VISTA UNIVERSITY DURING HIS CAREER.

>>> FOR ANIMAL RESCUERS, WHENEVER ANY OF THE ANIMALS IN THE SHELTER ARE ADOPTED, IT'S A SPECIAL DAY.

BUT YOU KNOW YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT, WHEN YOU'VE REACHED 2,000 ADOPTIONS.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE PAWS AND CLAWS ANIMAL RESCUE AND RESORT IN HACKENSACK HAS ACCOMPLISHED.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN GOT TO WITNESS TO 2,000TH ADOPTION, AND TELLS THE STORY OF HOW CHIP GOT ADOPTED.

R -- >> Reporter: WELCOME TO THE PAWS AND CLAWS IN HACKENSACK WHERE THEY REACHED 2,000 ADOPTS AFTER SIX YEARS OF BEING OPEN.

>> WE HAD OVER 1.1 ADOPTIONS PER DAY SINCE WE'VE BEEN OPEN HERE.

WHAT'S REALLY WARMS OUR HEART IS WHEN YOU SEE THESE ANIMALS COME FROM A PRETTY TRAGIC AREA AND THEN THEY GO HOME AND THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE A GREAT LIFE WITH A FAMILY, OTHER CATS OR DOGS IN THE FAMILY, AND KIDS, AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO COMPLETE THAT FAMILY.

>> Reporter: WHEN SOMEONE WALKS INTO A SHELTER LIKE PAWS AND CLAWS, YOU THINK THE PERSON IS THE ONE DOING THE ADOPTING, BUT THE WORKERS AT PAWS AND CLAWS WOULD DISAGREE.

>> WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO ADOPT A SPECIAL CAT OR A DOG, BUT THERE IS AN ANIMAL THAT ENDS UP CHOOSING THEIR OWN OWNER.

>> Reporter: THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH CHIP, THE HOUND MIX AND AN EMPLOYEE AT PAWS AND CLAWS.

>> I FOSTERED HIM FOR FOUR OR FIVE DAYS.

I TAKE DOGS HOME TO GET THEM OUT OF THE RESCUE ATMOSPHERE, GIVE THEM A HOME LIFE.

I BROUGHT HIM HOME AND FOUR OR FIVE DAYS LATER, I JUST ENDED UP ADOPTING HIM.

>> Reporter: THE STORY ABOUT HOW CHIP WAS FOUND AND CAME TO PAWS AND CLAWS TUGS ON THE HEART STRINGS.

>> HE WAS VERY EMACIATED, LETHARGIC, DEFEATED.

HE DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE ANYMORE.

HE WAS VERY SICK, HE DIDN'T FEEL GOOD.

WE HAD TO SEDATE HIM AND THEN WE GOT HIM ON PAIN MEDS, ANTIBIOTICS, AND AS YOU SEE, HE'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.

>> Reporter: PAWS AND CLAWS DECIDED TO HOLD A SPECIAL CELEBRATION ON PATTY AND CHIP FOR BEING THE 2000th ADOPTION.

>> HE CHECKED ALL THE BOXES, HE LOVES MY CATS, AND HE'S MELLOW AND HANGS AROUND THE YARD WITH ME.

THERE WERE SO MANY NEW THINGS HE WASN'T AWARE OF.

I TURNED ON THE TELEVISION AND HE WAS JUST OH MY GOD, LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE.

WHAT IS THAT?

HE ADAPTED WELL AND I LOVE HIM AND HE LOVES ME.

HE'S A SWEETHEART.

VERY, VERY, VERY GOOD BOY.

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

>> PAWS AND CLAWS WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL FUNDRAISER "PURSE NIGHT" ON APRIL 20TH AT THE NORTHERN LIGHTS CASINO IN WALKER, WITH ALL THE PROCEEDS GOING TOWARD THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE RESCUED PETS AT PAWS AND CLAWS.

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

>> Stacy: WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW ACROSS THE AREA.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ON THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, THE BRAINERD LAKES HOME SHO >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> CONWAY'S SANDY BEACH RESORT ON BIG LAKE NEAR BEMIDJI IS COMING UP ON THEIR HUNDRED-YEAR.

IT WAS HOME AND A VACATION RESORT ALL IN ONE FOR THE CONWAY'S AND OTHER FAMILIES.

REPORTER ZY'RIAH SIMMONS HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH PAST OWNERS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RESORT'S HISTORY.

>> Reporter: THE HISTORY BEHIND CONWAY'S SANDY BEACH RESORT DATES BACK TO 1924, JUST FIVE YEARS BEFORE THE GREAT DEPRESSION, A FAMILY LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO CALL HOME.

>> 100 YEARS AGO, THIS SUMMER, MY GRANDFATHER, MY GRANDMOTHER, AND SIX CHILDREN, THEY MADE THE TRIP FROM ST. PAUL, ALL THE WAY UP TO THIS AREA TO LOOK FOR SOME LAND FOR MY GRANDFATHER TO BUY.

HE ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE HIS FAMILY COULD GATHER.

>> Reporter: BILL CONWAY, THE GRANDFATHER OF CHUCK CONWAY HAD VISITED VARIOUS PLACES BEFORE DECIDING THAT BIG LAKE WAS GOING TO BE HOME FOR HIS FAMILY, FOR THE NEXT FOUR GENERATIONS.

>> MY GRANDFATHER LOOKED FOR PLACES FOR LAND TO BUY.

HE FOUND THE LAND ON BIG LAKE.

HE LOOKED AT IT AND DECIDED THIS IS WHAT HE WANTED.

IT WAS NICE LAND, LOWER LAND, CLOSE TO THE LAKE, AND THE SANDY BOTTOM OF THE LAKE, THE CRYSTAL CLEAR WATERS.

HE HAD HIS HEART SET, THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED.

>> Stacy: -- >> Reporter: THE RESORT HAD MANY MEMORIES.

>> WE HAD AN ICE HOUSE.

THEY WOULD CUT ICE IN THE WINTER AND PUT IT IN AN ICE HOUSE.

THEN WE WOULD TAKE THE WHEELBARROW AND PUT A BUNCH OF ICE IN IT AND WE WOULD GO CABIN TO CABIN AND ASK PEOPLE IF THEY NEEDED ICE FOR THEIR ICEBOX.

>> Reporter: THE RESORT WAS PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

AFTER RUNNING THE RESORT FOR 18 YEARS, CHUCK DECIDED TO SELL AND FOCUS ON RETIREMENT.

>> PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

WE COULD SELL OFF DIFFERENT UNITS.

WE COULD SELL OFF AS MANY AS 10 UNITS AND THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GREAT DEAL.

MY DAD WAS COMPLETELY IN AGREEMENT WITH IT AND WE SET IT UP AND DID IT.

2002 WAS THE LAST YEAR TO RUN THE RESORT.

>> Reporter: THE RESORT WAS A FAMILY STAPLE, SOMETHING THAT BILL CONWAY HAD ALWAYS WANTED.

>> IT ENDED UP BEING WHAT MY GRANDFATHER HAD ALWAYS WANTED.

IT WAS A PLACE WHERE THE FAMILY AND EXTENDED FAMILY TO GATHER.

>> Reporter: REPORTING NEAR BIG LAKE, I'M ZY'RIAH SIMMONS, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE CONWAY'S SANDY BEACH RESORT WILL BE TURNING 100 YEARS OLD THIS SUMMER.

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

STACY, I WENT FROM WHITE SAND BEACHES FOR TWO WEEKS, I COME BACK AND IT'S WHITE COVERED ROADS.

WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND HERE?

>> WELL, IT IS STILL MARCH IN MINNESOTA AND AGAIN WE HAVE A HISTORY OF BIG SNOWSTORMS IN THE MONTH OF MARCH.

THIS IS NO EXCEPTION.

WE PROBABLY GOTTEN MORE SNOW OUT OF THE LAST FEW DAYS THAN ALL WINTER LONG.

WE'RE NOT DONE YET, WE HAVE WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVIS >> 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: WELL, WE HAVE SEEN SNOW IN THE AREA YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND THERE IS MORE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EVEN INTO TOMORROW AS THE LARGE WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS THE AREA.

WE STILL HAVE WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR THE AREA, SO WE'LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT.

WE SHOULD BE SEEING QUIETER WEATHER AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE SEEING WARMER TEMPERATURES AS WELL.

IN BEMIDJI, 22 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

WE HAVE A WIND FROM THE NORTH AT 9 MILES PER HOUR, AND WE PICKED UP 3.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL.

IN BRAINERD, LIGHT SNOW WITH SOME FOG, DEW POINT OF 30, AND WINDS ARE FROM THE NORTH AT 12 MILES PER HOUR.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.

THIS WILL EXPIRE AS THE STORM BEGINS TO TAPER OFF THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW.

SO 7:00 A.M.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, 10:00 A.M.

IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, 1:00 P.M. FOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA, AND 7:00 P.M. FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE VIEWING AREA.

WITHIN THIS LOCATION, WE'RE EXPECTING HEAVY SNOW WITH POSSIBLY HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION IN MINNESOTA, 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MILES PER HOUR.

IN NORTHWEST AND EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA, A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10:00 A.M. ON TUESDAY, KNOW WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE, AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MILES PER HOUR.

NOW WE'VE ALREADY SEEN QUITE A BIT OF SNOW IN THE AREA.

EAST GULL LAKE REPORTING 13.5 INCHES OF SNOW.

THAT REPORT WAS MADE THIS MORNING SO THE TOTAL HAS PROBABLY GONE UP SINCE THEN.

10.5 INCHES IN BRAINERD, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHER SNOWFALL TOTALS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF THE SNOW IS FALLING IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA TODAY.

ON THE RADAR, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND THE PRECIPITATION CIRCLING AROUND THAT AS THE LOW MOVES TO THE EAST, WE WILL SEE MORE SNOW IN THE AREA, MAYBE SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION IN PARTS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THE SNOW CONTINUES INTO TOMORROW.

THE MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD MOVE OUT SO WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE MOSTLY SNOW IN THE VIEWING AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW AND WE WILL BE SEEING THE STRONG WINDS SO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE A CONCERN THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU.

THERE WAS A FRESH COAT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND FROM ARLENE IN LONGVILLE AND SARAH FROM LAKE EDWARD.

WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE TRYING TO PEEK THROUGH THE CLOUDS THIS EVENING, ANGELA AT CASS LAKE WITH THAT PICTURE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, BOB IN BLUFFTON, 7 INCHES OF SNOW.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD WAS -- ALSO REPORTING 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND IT WAS STILL SNOWING WHEN SHE MADE THE REPORT.

IN BRAINERD WE HAD A LOW OF 29.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 25, AND THAT LOW TEMPERATURE IS 22.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE HAVE AREAS OF SNOW IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, STRONG WINDS, CLOUDY SKIES, AND AGAIN HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID-20s AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, THAT SNOW CONTINUES WITH THE CLOUDY SKIES, WITH THE WINDS, AND WE'LL BE SEEING THE HIGH TEMPERATURES AGAIN, LOW TO MID-20s.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT, 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION AND MIXED PRECIPITATION IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, 14 FOR THE LOW AND TOMORROW, SNOW IS LIKELY IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, A LITTLE BIT OF A SMALLER CHANCE IN THE NORTHWEST, BUT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND HIGHS NEAR 22.

WE WILL SEE QUIETER WEATHER AND WARMER WEATHER AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY WITH A HIGH OF 33.

WE COULD SEE SOME RAIN AND SNOW AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK AND THE WEEKEND, TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30s.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

YOU WANT TO CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING PLANS FOR TOMORROW.

WE HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF DISTRICTS TONIGHT WITH UPDATES.

THEY INCLUDE BEMIDJI AND BRAINERD.

BOTH WILL BE TWO HOURS LATE ON TUESDAY.

IN BRAINERD, NO EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSES.

FULL DAY PRESCHOOL IS 2 HOURS LATE AND PRE K PLUS OPENS AT 10:00 A.M.

I NEED MY READING GLASSES FOR THIS.

CHARLIE IS HERE.

I TOLD YOU AS SOON AS SPRING SPORTS IS STARTING, WE GET A SNOWSTORM.

>> Charlie: AND WE HAVE WINTER SPORTS TO WRAP UP, NEVIS TAKING ON WEST CENTRAL AREA IN THE BOYS CLASS A STATE TOURNAMENT.

THEN WE ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM ANOTHER SPORT WE DON'T OFTEN HEAR FROM, CURLING.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF GIRLS CURLING TEAMS IN EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN COMPETING AND WE HAVE TO HEAR FROM THEM B >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS; NORTHERN MINNESOTA'S CERTIFIED APPLE SERVICE CENTER, OFFERING REPAIR SERVICES ON APPLE PRODUCTS AND P.C.S.

PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS IN BEMIDJI AND GRAND RAPIDS, IT'S RIGHT HERE.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> NEVIS BOYS BASKETBALL MADE HISTORY LAST THURSDAY WHEN THEY WON THEIR FIRST QUARTERFINAL IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

THEIR BID FOR A CLASS A STATE TITLE WAS CUT SHORT ON FRIDAY THOUGH AFTER FALLING TO CHERRY 76-58 IN THE SEMIFINAL GAME.

HOWEVER, IT DID NOT END THEIR SEASON AS THE TIGERS STILL HAD THE THIRD-PLACE GAME AT THE GANGELHOFF CENTER ON SATURDAY.

A CHANCE FOR NEVIS TO END THEIR 2024 CAMPAIGN WITH A WIN, TAKING ON THE TOURNAMENTS TWO-SEED WEST CENTRAL AREA FROM SECTION 6A.

>> JOHN PAUL IS RAINING THREES ON THE NIGHT.

HE FINISHED WITH 20.

LATER, TRAILING 25-17, HE LED HIS TEAM WITH 15 POINTS, CUTS THE LEAD TO 5.

AND THEN KNIGHTS WITH A CHANCE TO TAKE THE LEAD.

THEY DO BY MITCHELL, THE TIGERS TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE GAME.

TIGERS ARE DOWN BY 4.

ELI LEWIS WITH THE PICK ME UP, TO BRING IT WITHIN 1.

THEN ON THE NEXT POSSESSION, BENSON IS ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE LEAD.

AFTER ANOTHER STOP ON DEFENSE, LEWIS FINDS A.J.

WIDE OPEN IN TRANSITION.

HE ADDED 14 IN A DOUBLE-DOUBLE.

NEVIS IS UP.

NOW ALEX SNAGS ONE OF 14 REBOUNDS, GETS THE AND 1 AND HE FINISHES WITH A DOUBLE-DOUBLE AS WELL.

NEVIS GOES ON TO WIN WEST CENTRAL, IT'S THE BEST FINISH FOR NEVIS AS THEY TAKE THIRD PLACE.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAMS.

THOSE ARE THE FOLKS FROM THE AREA THAT MADE THE A TOURNAMENT TEAMS.

>>> THE JUNIOR U-21 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS OF CURLING IS RESERVED FOR THE BEST OF THE BEST, COMPRISED OF THE TOP EIGHT MEN'S AND TOP EIGHT WOMEN'S CURLING TEAMS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND THIS YEAR TWO WOMEN'S TEAM FROM BEMIDJI QUALIFIED TO COMPETE FOR THE TITLE IN OH CLAIRE WISCONSIN.

WE HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH A FEW OF THE CURLERS TO SEE WHAT IT MEANS TO REPRESENT THE BEMIDJI CURLING CLUB AND THE COMMUNITY ON SUCH A BIG STAGE.

>> Reporter: THE BEMIDJI CURLING CLUB HAS SEEN THEIR FAIR SHARE OF STATE CHAMPIONS TO NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, AND OLYMPIC MEDALISTS HAVE CALLED IT THEIR HOME.

>> YOU LOOK AT THE LIST OF NAMES ACROSS THE CLUB.

IT'S AMAZING.

THERE ARE EIGHT WOMEN'S TEAMS AT NATIONAL AND TWO OF THEM ARE FROM BEMIDJI.

IT GOES TO SHOW RIGHT THERE THAT THERE IS GREAT CURLING RIGHT HERE IN BEMIDJI.

>> Reporter: THIS WEEK, THOSE TWO TEAMS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO MAKE THEIR MARK ON BEMIDJI CURLING WHILE COMPETING AT THE JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

>> IT'S A REALLY AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY AGAINST THE BEST U21 CURLERS.

WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER SO IT'S FUN TO PLAY AGAINST THEM AND DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS AGAINST THEM.

>> COMPRISED OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND FOR THEM, IT'S A CHANCE FOR THEM TO FINISH WHAT COULD BE THEIR LAST SEASON TOGETHER ON A HIGH NOTE.

[APPLAUSE] >> THE LAST HURRAH I GUESS FOR ALL OF US TOGETHER.

IT'S BEEN SUPER FUN TO SEE HOW WE'VE GROWN THE PAST SIX YEARS AND ACCOMPLISH MORE AND MORE TOGETHER.

WE HAVE GROWN AS FRIENDS AND AS TEAMMATES, AND TO PLAY OUR BEST.

>> Reporter: TEAM N BERG IS THE YOUNGER TEAM, ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IS IN FRONT OF THEM.

>> I DIDN'T THINK THAT I WOULD HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY SO YOUNG AND IT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING.

>> I LIKE THE CHALLENGE AND ALSO BEING WITH FRIENDS.

THEY'RE JUST SO MUCH FUN AND I JUST HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH THEM.

>> Reporter: IT'S A GOOD THING TOO BECAUSE THESE TEAMS HAVE SPENT HOURS AND HOURS TOGETHER ON THE ICE TO REACH A STAGE THIS BIG.

>> THEY COME OUT HERE AND CURL ANY CHANCE THEY GOT.

THE CURLING CLUB HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD TO US.

THEY LET US COME ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN NO ONE IS HERE.

THEY'RE WATCHING CURLING AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.

THEY LOVE CURLING, THAT'S THE THING.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO DO, THEY LOVE DOING IT.

>> Reporter: THEY ENJOY IT FOR REASONS ON THE ICE AS WELL.

>> THE RELATIONSHIPS YOU MAKE, THE CURLING RELATIONSHIPS, AND THE FAMILY, WE CALL IT OUR BEMIDJI CURLING FAMILY.

IT'S SO FUN.

>>> TEAM G-BERG, THE OLDER TEAM, QUALIFIED IN JANUARY AFTER SWEEPING THE JUNIOR QUALIFIER IN FARGO.

THERE IS A LOOK AT THAT TEAM.

TEAM N-BERG, THE YOUNGER SQUAD, QUALIFIED BY GOING A PERFECT 6-0 AT THE BLAINE QUALIFIER TWO WEEKS AGO BEATING THE U-18 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS FROM BOSTON 6-2 IN THE PROCESS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, WE WISH THEM WELL.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THE WORLD'S FIRST RECOGNIZED TRADE SHOW WAS HOSTED BY QUEEN VICTORIA IN LONDON, ENGLAND IN 1851.

SINCE THEN, TRADE SHOWS HAVE BEEN CRUCIAL FOR BUSINESSES TO SHOWCASE THEIR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO CONSUMERS.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS, REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY STOPPED BY BRAINERD'S BIGGEST TRADESHOW, THE “BRAINERD LAKES HOME SHOW & EXPO.

” >> Reporter: THIS PAST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT THE ESSENTIA HEALTH SPORTS CENTER IN BRAINERD, BUSINESSES AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES SHOWCASED THEIR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE.

MANY BUSINESSES TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF BEING ABLE TO SEE A LOT OF NEW FACES AND ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS WITH POSSIBLE CLIENTS.

>> WELL, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET TO MEET THE CUSTOMERS IN PERSON.

YOU KNOW, WE GET TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE DO AND IT KEEPS ALL OUR GUYS BUSY IN THE SHOP.

>> Reporter: THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CUSTOMER BASE IS WHAT SMALL BUSINESSES RELY ON AND BEING ABLE TO TELL THE COMMUNITY YOUR BUSINESS'S ENTIRE STORY IS THE PURPOSE OF THESE EVENTS.

>> ABSOLUTELY VITAL FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS TO BE ABLE TO REALLY CONNECT WITH THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE ARE THE BIG STORES AND THE OTHER PLACES AROUND THAT IS THE ONE SIZE FITS NO BODY.

THERE ARE SPECIALIZED PEOPLE THAT CAN CURTAIL OPTIONS TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND IT'S HUGE TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT THERE.

IT'S VITAL TO GET YOUR WHOLE STORY OUT INTO ONE EASY AND NON-PRESSURING PLACE BECAUSE IT'S JUST A FUN WELCOMING PLACE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE YOUR MESSAGE.

>> Reporter: NOT ONLY DO TRADE SHOWS ALLOW BUSINESS OWNERS TO MEET THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE, BUT IT PROVIDES A CHANCE TO NETWORK WITH OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS.

>> IT'S NICE AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER TO CONNECT WITH A LOT OF THE OTHER SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF COLLABORATION WE CAN DO WITH EACH OTHER.

IT'S VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR BUSINESSES.

>> Reporter: THE BRAINERD LAKES HOME SHOW AND EXPO IS DWARFED WHEN IT COMES TO TRADE SHOWS IN LAS VEGAS.

WHAT YOU GET IN BRAINERD AS OPPOSED TO LAS VEGAS IS A TIGHTER SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

>> IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THE COMMUNITY GET TOGETHER, CONSUMERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, EVERYBODY ALIKE.

LET'S BE HONEST, THERE IS NOT MUCH ELSE TO DO AT THE END OF MARBLE AND THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO DO SOMETHING IN MARCH, BUT IT'S ALSO WONDERFUL TO SEE THE COMMUNITY GET TOGETHER.

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

>> Dennis: MORE THAN 160 BUSINESSES SHOWCASED THEIR PRODUCTS AND BUSINESSES AT THAT SHOWCASE.

BACK TO STACY FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES INTO TOMORROW THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

WE'LL SEE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

WE COULD SEE MIXED PRECIPITATION TONIGHT.

>> Dennis: THAT'S IT FOR US EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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