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ARE -- [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> THE HILLTOP SQUARE SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT WAS STARTED IN 2017 TO CONVERT THE EAGLE BEND HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING INTO A SENIOR HOUSING FACILITY.

THE PROJECT HAS HAD APPLICATIONS TO REPURPOSE THE SCHOOL DENIED TWICE, BUT IS STILL HOPEFUL TO RECEIVE THE FUNDING NECESSARY TO BEGIN WORKING.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: WHEN THE EAGLE VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS DISSOLVED, THERE WERE TALKS ON WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THE BUILDING.

FOR THE EAGLE BEND HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, THAT USE BECAME CLEAR QUICKLY.

>> IT CAME TOGETHER PRETTY QUICKLY THAT THERE REALLY WAS ONLY ONE OPTION, WHICH IS HOUSING.

ABOUT THAT TIME IS WHEN THE SENIOR HOUSING REALLY STARTED TO BE A SQUEEZE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THERE ISN'T SENIOR HOUSING AVAILABLE.

>> Reporter: THIS PROJECT COULD NOT ONLY HAVE HUGE BENEFITS FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE ITSELF.

>> THIS IS A CHANCE FOR HILLTOP SQUARE TO BE A PILOT PROJECT TO SHOW OTHER COMMUNITIES HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, SUPPORT THE SENIORS, SUPPORT THE WORKFORCE, AND CREATE A SAFER AND HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT FOR SENIORS TO NURTURE IN.

>> Reporter: THE COMMITTEE PLANS TO MAKE SENIOR VOICES HEARD.

PLANS INCLUDE A LETTER CAMPAIGN TO LEGISLATORS IN ST. PAUL AND BUSING DOWN GROUPS OF SENIORS TO DEMONSTRATE IN FRONT OF THE CAPITAL TO SHOW HOW MUCH SENIOR HOUSING IS NEEDED.

>> WE DO PLAN ON LETTING THEM KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS FOR US AND IT'S NO LONGER AN OPTION TO WAIT AND TO NECESSARILY FOLLOW THE LITTLE PROCESS THAT HASN'T WORKED FOR US IN THE PAST.

WE ARE GOING TO BE ACTIVE.

WE ARE GOING TO BE LOUD.

WE'RE GOING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE THINK, THAT THIS REALLY IS LIFE AND DEATH.

>> Reporter: THE COMMITTEE WILL FILE AGAIN FOR STATE FUNDING, HOPING THE THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM FOR THE APPLICATIONS.

THE APPLICATION IN 2023 MISSED OUT BY TWO POINTS.

REPORTING IN EAGLE BEND, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE HILLTOP SQUARE SENIOR HOUSING COMMITTEE HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH MINNESOTA STATE REPRESENTATIVE MIKE WIENER AND STATE SENATORS PAUL UTKE AND JOHN HOFFMAN ON THE BEST WAY TO GET THE PROJECT STARTED AND COMPLETED.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU AS WE LEARN MORE.

>>> A BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER IS 1 OF 27 SEMIFINALISTS NAMED FOR THE 2024 MINNESOTA TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

AN INITIAL FIELD OF 158 CANDIDATES INCLUDED TEN TEACHERS FROM THE LAKELAND VIEWING AREA BUT JACQUELINE STOFFEL IS THE ONLY ONE TO MAKE IT AS A SEMIFINALIST.

STOFFEL IS AN ADAPTIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER AT BEMIDJI HIGH.

SHE WAS BEMIDJI'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR.

CANDIDATES FOR THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD INCLUDE PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE AND ADULT BASIC EDUCATION TEACHERS, FROM PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

THE 2024 MINNESOTA TEACHER OF THE YEAR WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON MAY 5TH.

OVER THE COMING WEEKS, A PANEL OF COMMUNITY LEADERS WILL NAME A GROUP OF FINALISTS.

THIS YEAR'S WINNER WILL BE THE 60TH MINNESOTA TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

>>> LEGISLATION THAT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR EXPANDED ACCESS TO HOUSING AND ENABLE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT IN THE BEMIDJI AREA HAS PASSED THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

THE FUNDING WOULD PROVIDE $1 MILLION TO ENGINEER, CONSTRUCT, AND INSTALL A SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM IN NORTHERN TOWNSHIP AND $200,000 TO HELP UPDATE THE NAMELESS COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS SHELTERS IN BELTRAMI COUNTY.

U.S.

SENATORS AMY KLOBUCHAR AND TINA SMITH HAVE WORKED TO GET THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT AND THE BILL WILL NOW GO TO THE SENATE FOR FINAL PASSAGE.

KLOBUCHAR AND SMITH HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SECURING THIS FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PROJECTS BENEFITING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED “CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ”.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, DURING THE C.D.S.

PROCESS, KLOBUCHAR AND SMITH HAVE CONSIDERED PROJECT PROPOSALS AND ADVOCATED FOR FUNDING IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE.

>>> MARCH IS A VERY SPECIAL MONTH FOR FOOD SHELVES ACROSS MINNESOTA.

THE “FOOD SHARE CAMPAIGN ” WAS STARTED IN 1982 TO RESTOCK FOOD SHELVES ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA BUT THE CAMPAIGN WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT ORGANIZERS DECIDED TO TAKE IT STATEWIDE THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND IT'S NOW IN ITS 43RD YEAR.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH, THANKS TO THE GREATER MINNEAPOLIS COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, ANY MONEY OR FOOD THAT IS DONATED TO FOOD SHELVES WILL BE PARTIALLY MATCHED BY THE MINNESOTA FOOD SHARE.

>> IT IS BY FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT MONTH OF THE YEAR FOR THE AREA FOOD SHELVES.

FOR US, WE RECEIVED ENOUGH TO PURCHASE TWO MONTHS WORTH OF FOOD AS OUR PROPORTIONAL MATCH.

IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL HELP.

IF THERE IS EVER A TIME TO DONATE, IT WOULD BE IN THE MONTH OF MARCH.

>> Reporter: FOOD SHELF BUSINESS ROSE 30% IN MINNESOTA.

IN THE CASE OF THE WALKER AREA FOOD SHELF, IT HAS INCREASED BY OVER 70%.

>> FOR US, WE'RE SEEING THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF FAMILIES TRAVELING FROM OUTSIDE IN OTHER CITIES AND THE FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING IS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT FOOD SHELF MAY LIMIT OR RESTRICT HOW MANY TIMES A FAMILY CAN VISIT EACH AND EVERY MONTH.

SOME FOOD SHELVES ONLY HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR A FAMILY TO VISIT ONCE A MONTH, WHICH LEAVES THEIR NEEDS UNMET.

>> Reporter: THE RISE IN FOOD SHELF VISITS IS DUE TO THE INCREASE OF FOOD PRICES THE LAST FEW YEARS.

ANY DONATION RIGHT NOW CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

>> EVERY COUNTY, EVERY CITY, THERE IS A NEED FOR FOOD AND PEOPLE NEEDING ASSISTANCE.

INFLATION IS REAL, THE INCREASES IN COSTS ARE REAL.

YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAKE ENDS HEAT AND THE BEST THING TO DO IS CONTACT YOUR FOOD SHELF AND SEE HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED.

SOME PEOPLE NEED VOLUNTEERS, SOME NEED FUNDING, SOME NEED A NEW BUILDING.

THERE ARE A MILLION DIFFERENT NEEDS.

IT'S JUST GETTING INVOLVED AND SEEING HOW YOU CAN HELP.

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

>> THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN WILL RUN ALL THROUGHOUT MARCH AND END ON APRIL 6TH.

>>> MINNESOTA'S TOP CANNABIS REGULATOR SAYS THE STATE PROBABLY WON'T MEET ITS GOAL OF LAUNCHING FULL-SCALE RETAIL MARIJUANA SALES IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025.

CHARLENE BRINER OF THE OFFICE OF CANNABIS MANAGEMENT CITES THE TIME IT'S STILL EXPECTED TO TAKE TO DRAFT REGULATIONS AND ISSUE LICENSES.

BRINER DIDN'T RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME RETAILERS OPENING EARLY NEXT YEAR BUT SHE CONCEDED THAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE UNTIL LEGAL MARIJUANA IS WIDELY SOLD ACROSS THE STATE.

>>> THE CROW WING COUNTY BOARD APPROVED A LAND USE CHANGE IN LONG LAKE TOWNSHIP LAST MONTH.

RESIDENT DENA ALBEE REQUESTED FOR NEARLY 80 ACRES OF LAND, ORIGINALLY LABELLED AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY WITH SHORELAND, BE RE-ZONED TO RURAL RESIDENTIAL FOR TEN ACRE PARCELS AND AFTER DELIBERATING, BOTH THE BOARD AND PLANNING COMMISSION WERE HAPPY TO OBLIGE.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LANDING MAPS ITSELF, THERE IS A PROVISION THAT SAYS IS THERE A CHANGE IN LAND USE?

IS THERE A DIFFERENT NEED FOR THE LAND THAN BEFORE?

I THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR.

I THINK THE COUNTY BOARD RESPONDED BY SAYING THAT MAKES SENSE, THAT THESE LOTS COULD BE MOVED TO SMALL LOTS.

>> ANYONE LOOKING TO RECLASSIFY THEIR LAND IN THE COUNTY AND SUBMIT THE REQUEST BY CONTACTING THE COUNTY BOARD.

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

>> Stacy: TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE A BIT COOL TOMORROW, BUT EXPECT A WARM UP NEXT WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK WITH THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE.

BSU HOSTED THEIR 71st ANNUAL NORTHERN MINNESOTA REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> BRAINERD LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT, MATT KILIAN, RECENTLY RECEIVED A LEGACY AWARD FROM THE MINNESOTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVES.

THE AWARD IS PRESENTED ANNUALLY TO A CHAMBER LEADER WHO HAS MADE A LASTING IMPACT WITH TEN OR MORE YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY.

KILIAN'S GOAL WITH THE CHAMBER IS TO GROW SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WILL PROVIDE JOBS AND HELP THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE BRAINERD LAKES THRIVE, RECEIVING RECOGNITION FROM FELLOW CHAMBER EXECUTIVES IS WHAT MAKES THIS AWARD SPECIAL IN KILIAN'S EYES.

>> WHEN YOU ARE RECOGNIZED BY YOUR PEERS IN THE STATE, IT'S A THRILL.

IT WAS A HUGE SURPRISE TO ME.

I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I WOULD RECEIVE THE AWARD A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

IT'S ALWAYS SPECIAL.

IT'S A SPECIAL RECOGNITION.

IT WAS A SPECIAL MOMENT FOR ME.

IT'S ONE THAT I PROBABLY WOULD NEVER FORGET.

>> SINCE KILIAN BECAME CHAMBER PRESIDENT IN 2014, HE HAS HELPED THE BRAINERD LAKES CHAMBER GROW TO OVER 1,100 MEMBERS.

>>> TIME TO TALK WEATHER, LET'S HEAR FROM WEATHERCASTER DAY -- STACY CHRISTENSON.

DEFINITELY A COOLER DAY TODAY THAN WHAT WE HAD SOME OF THESE DAYS.

>> Stacy: RIGHT, IT WAS COOLER.

IT'S GOING TO STAY COOLER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

A FEW FLURRIES COULD BE LINGERING IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMING UP NEXT WEEK AND OVERALL, IT LOOKS QUIET THROUGHOUT O >> 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, SOME OF US WOKE UP TO SOME FRESH SNOW ON THE GROUND THIS MORNING, BUT OVERALL IT'S BEEN A QUIET DAY TODAY, A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN WE HAVE BEEN SEEING.

WE DO HAVE A FEW FLURRIES OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA TONIGHT.

IT COULD LINGER OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING, BUT OTHERWISE QUIET WEATHER RETURNS, STILL A BIT ON THE COOL SIDE TOMORROW, BUT WE'RE EXPECTING A WARM UP NEXT WEEK.

BEMIDJI IS 21 AT THE AIRPORT, AT OUR STUDIO WE HAVE A WEST WIND AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 27 DEGREES, 14 IS OUR DEW POINT, PRESSURE IS RISING AND WINDS ARE NORTHWEST AT 12 MILES PER HOUR.

ALL IS QUIET ON THE RADAR.

WE HAVE A FEW LIGHT FLURRIES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN PARTS OF THE VIEWING AREA.

THEY COULD LINGER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

OTHER THAN THAT, IT LOOKS FAIRLY QUIET, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, TEMPERATURES ARE A BIT CHILLY.

WE ARE LOOKING AT LOW TO MID-TEENS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE REST OF THE AREA.

HEADING INTO TOMORROW, MAYBE SOME LINGERING FLURRIES IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING.

OTHERWISE, IT LOOKS QUIET OUT THERE.

WE SHOULD BE SEEING A RETURN TO PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, BUT ON THE CHILLY SIDE.

IF WE'RE PATIENT, WE WILL BE SEEING WARMER TEMPERATURES BY SUNDAY.

TAKING A LOOK AT THE WEATHER SHOTS SENT IN FROM OUR EAGLE EYES, AND SOME FRESH SNOW FROM ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, AND DEAN AT RED LAKE WITH SOME OF THE NEW SNOW THIS MORNING.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MORNING FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

THE MOON AND THE MORNING SKY.

THIS IS A PRETTY SUNSET OVER LAKE EDWARD.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, DEAN IN RED LAKE REPORTING 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT.

STEPHANIE IN BRAID -- BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNSHINE WITH A HIGH OF 40.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A HIGH OF 33.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING 42 TODAY, WARMER IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

SUNSET AT 6:12.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 27, SO WE DID FALL SHORT, OR A LITTLE BIT SHY OF THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

WE HAD A LOW OF 12 THIS MORNING, 6:14 THE SUNSET.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

A FEW FLURRIES ARE LINGERING IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF OUR VIEWING AREA TOMORROW MORNING, OTHERWISE SKIES BECOME PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY, HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM THE MID-20s TO LOW 30s ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND WE ARE LOOKING AT HIGHS, MAINLY IN THE MID-30s.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST.

TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AGAIN SOME SCATTERED FLURRIES IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA WITH LOWS NEAR 13.

TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY WITH SOME SCATTERED FLURRIES IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING AND HIGHS NEAR 30.

HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, A LOT OF SUNSHINE IN STORE.

WE START TO SEE A WARM UP THERE ON SATURDAY.

38 FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE, BUT WE'RE INTO THE 40s ON SUNDAY WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM EVEN MORE WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID-50s.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: TIME FOR SPORTS NOW.

IT'S THAT FUN TIME OF THE YEAR FOR THE PREP SPORTS.

>> Charlie: A LOT OF PLAYOFF ACTION GOING ON.

WE HAVE BOYS SECTIONS AND THEY'RE KICKING IT INTO HIGH GEAR TONIGHT.

WE HAVE A BUNCH OF HIGHLIGHTS, FOUR OF THEM FOR YOU COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >> Charlie: AFTER A SHAKY START TO THE SEASON, CASS LAKE BEE THAT BOYS BASKETBALL IS RIDING A 16-GAME WIN STREAK INTO THE SECTION 8A TOURNAMENT.

THE PANTHERS FINISHED 7th IN THE STATE RANKINGS AND EARNED THE TOP SEED.

THE MUSTANGS EARNED THEIR SPOT IN TONIGHT'S QUARTERFINAL BY WAY OF A 78-67 WIN OVER RIVAL BLACKDUCK IN THEIR PLAY-IN GAME ON MONDAY.

>>> CLASS LAKE-BENA HOSTING NORTHOME-KELLIER.

THE PANTHERS WON BOTH REGULAR SEASON CONTESTS AGAINST THE MUSTANGS BY AN AVERAGE OF 48 POINTS.

IN THE EARLY GOING, TIED AT 2-2.

FAIRBANKS DOING WHAT HE DOES.

HE HIT SIX THREE'S AND PANTHERS LEAD.

ON THE OTHER END, MUSTANGS TRAIL.

BILLY SPLASHES A LEE -- THREE TO CUT THE LEAD.

NOW IT WILL LEAD TO KAIDEN WITH AUTHORITY.

HE PUT UP 21.

CASS LAKE-BENA WOULD PUT UP 115 ON NORTHOME-KELLIHER.

THEY MOVE ON TO THE SUBSECTION SEMIFINALS ON SATURDAY AND THEY WILL PLAY MA -- FOSSTON.

WIN MAC GETS A WIN AND THEY WILL PLAY RED LAKE WHICH BEATS BAGLEY 105-66.

>>> AND PICKING IT UP IN THE SECOND HALF.

ZANE SPOT UP, THEY TAKE A 50-43 LEAD.

ZACHARY GETS THE STEAL, EASY LAY IN, AND HEWITT IS DOWN BY 10.

TOO MUCH, LOGAN GETS THE LOOSE BALL, KISS OFF THE GLASS AND HE GOES ON TO UPSET BERTHA HEWITT, ADVANCING TO THE 5A SUBSECTION SEMIS AND THEY WILL FACE THE WINNER OF THE NEXT 5A SUBSECTION MATCH UP.

THE BATTLE OF THE TIGERS.

2-SEED BROWERVILLE AT HOME AGAINST 7-SEED PINE RIVER-BACKUS.

IT'S BLAKE'S TURN, FROM DEEP, HE CASHES IT.

THEY EXTEND IT TO 8-0.

MALONEY GETS THE OUTLET AND YOU KNOW THE REST.

THEIR FIRST FIELD GOAL CAME JUST OVER 5 MINUTES IN AS BROKERVILLE ADVANCES TO THE SEMIS.

>>> ALSO IN THE 5-A WEST SUBSECTION, 5-SEED SEBEKA AT 4-SEED WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY.

WOLVES BEAT THE TROJANS IN THEIR LONE MEETING THIS SEASON.

IN THE SECOND HALF, WALKER UP BY 2, BLAKE WATSON IN THE PAINT, TWO OF HIS 10 POINTS AND THE WOLVES ARE UP 44-40.

LATER JOE ONLY HIT TWO THREES TONIGHT BUT THEY WERE BIG ONES.

THEY EXTEND THEIR LEAD.

ON THE OTHER END TROJANS ARE TRYING TO KEEP THINGS CLOSE.

HE HAD 16, BROUGHT THE GAME TO WITHIN 10.

SEBEKA WILL GET NO CLOSER.

JASPER LED THE SCORERS WITH 22.

PARKER HAD 18.

BENNY HAD 17 FOR THE WOLVES.

THEY WILL PLAY NEVIS IN THE NEXT ROUND.

THEY BEAT GREY EAGLE TONIGHT.

>>> DEER RIVER GETS THE WIN OVER LITTLE FORK BIG FALLS.

HOLLY GETS A WIN OVER ROSEAU.

BARNSVILLE BEATS MENAHGA.

IN 6-2A, ROYALTON FALLS AND LEGACY CHRISTIAN.

UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T GIVE YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS BECAUSE THE GAME IS STILL ONGOING.

GRAND RAPIDS LEADS LATE IN THE THIRD PERIOD 1-0 OVER WHITE BEAR LAKE IN THE CLASS 2A STATE QUARTER FINAL GAMES.

IN THE NHL THE WILD ARE LEADING THE COYOTES.

THEY COULD GET THEIR SECOND WIN IN A ROW IF THEY CAN HOLD ON.

IN THE NBA, THE TIMBERWOLVES WON 113-111.

>> Dennis: VERY GOOD.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY HOSTED THE 71ST NORTHERN MINNESOTA REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR LAST MONTH.

STUDENTS FROM GRADES 6 TO 12 ALL OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT AND SHOWCASED THEIR SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS, HOPING TO MAKE IT TO THE STATE SCIENCE FAIR.

REPORTER ZY'RIAH SIMMON HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THE NORTHERN MINNESOTA REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR IS A STAPLE TO THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY.

IT ALLOWS STUDENTS WHO ENJOY SCIENCE TO COME UP WITH MANY CREATIVE IDEAS ON INNOVATION THAT THEY BELIEVE CAN IMPACT THE WORLD AROUND THEM.

>> IT'S GOOD TO INTERACT WITH FACULTY MEMBERS THAT JUDGE THEIR PROJECTS, THEY WIN AWARDS AND THEY CAN SEE SCIENCE DEMONSTRATIONS.

AFTER COVID WHEN WE COME BACK TO CAMPUS, WE NOTICE A DECREASE IN PARTICIPATION.

THIS YEAR WE'RE SEEING TWICE AS MANY PARTICIPANTS THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR.

WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE ALL THESE STUDENTS COME BACK.

>> Reporter: THE STUDENTS ENJOYED COMING TOGETHER TO EXPLORE AND LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO SHOW OFF THEIR SKILLS IN THE SCIENCE FIELD.

>> WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WE LOVE THE SCIENCE FAIR.

IT'S AN EVERY YEAR THING FOR US.

WE GET TO TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT OUR PROJECTS AND LEARN WHAT EVERYONE IS DOING AND THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT.

>> Reporter: SOME OF THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SCIENCE FAIR HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER COMPLETE THE PROJECT OR DO THEIR SCIENCE FINAL EXAM.

>> IT'S REALLY GOOD BECAUSE WE GET TO DO SOMETHING FUN INSTEAD OF TAKING A LARGE TEST.

>> THIS WAY YOU CAN CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND THE SCIENCE FINAL IS LIKE A TEST THAT YOU DON'T GET TO CHOOSE WHAT'S ON IT.

>> Reporter: THE SCIENCE FAIR HAD A VARIETY OF PROJECTS, NEW STUDENTS AND RETURNING ONES.

THERE WERE A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT HAD BEEN DOING THE SCIENCE FAIR FOR MORE THAN SIX YEARS AND THE ANNUAL NORTHERN MINNESOTA REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO KEEP IT GOING.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING.

I'VE BEEN TO THE STATE SCIENCE FAIR SIX YEARS SO EVERY YEAR I COULD GO.

THANK YOU TO THE SCIENCE FAIR FOR PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER.

THANK YOU TO BSU.

WE KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND WE REALLY LOVE IT.

WE APPRECIATE THEY PUT IN SO MUCH WORK TO MAKE THIS DAY SO GREAT FOR SO MANY KIDS.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI WITH THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, I'M ZY'RIAH SIMMONS, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE TOP PROJECTS FROM THE SCIENCE FAIR WERE PROMOTED TO COMPETE IN THE MINNESOTA STATE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR IN SAINT PAUL ON MARCH 22.

BACK TO STACY WE GO FOR MORE WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING A FEW SCATTERED FLURRIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

OTHERWISE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, LOWS NEAR 13.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, THERE MAY BE SOME LINGERING FLURRIES IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

OTHER THAN THAT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, TEMPERATURES A BIT CHILLY, HIGHS NEAR 30 WITH NORTH WINDS 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AHEAD, SUNNY SKIES ON SATURDAY, TEMPS WARMING TO 38.

WE'RE LOOKING AT PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES INTO NEXT WEEK, BUT LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES WARMING UP, 47 ON SUNDAY, WE COULD SEE LOW TO MID-50s AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

OUR OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE WARMER AS WELL AND TUESDAY OUR LOW TEMPERATURE SHOULD BE NEAR 34.

>> Charlie: GIRLS BASKETBALL, SOME OF THE SECTION TOURNAMENTS WILL FINISH UP TOMORROW INCLUDING 7-2A AS PEQUOT LAKES ANNOUNCED THEY WILL PLAY AT BRAINERD TOMORROW AT 6:00 P.M. >> Dennis: THAT SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE.

IT SHOULD BE A PACKED HOUSE.

>> Charlie: IT WAS A GREAT ONE LAST YEAR AND IT'S A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIP.

PEQUOT LAKES WAS THE REIGNING CHAMPION THE YEAR BEFORE.

>> Dennis: HIGHLIGHTS TOMORROW.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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