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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.

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

>>> THREE ABANDONED BUILDINGS WILL SOON BE DEMOLISHED FOR BEMIDJI'S RAIL CORRIDOR PROJECT.

ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN THE SOURCE OF SOME CONTROVERSY, AS MANY OFFICIALS HAVE DEEMED IT A SAFETY HAZARD, WHILE THE HOMELESS IN THE AREA USE THE BUILDING AS AN UNRESTRICTED SHELTER.

AFTER HEARING COMMENTS FROM CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THE DEMOLITION OF THAT BUILDING, BEMIDJI FIRE CHIEF JUSTIN SHERWOOD INVITED OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, TO TOUR THE BUILDING IN QUESTION TO SHOW THE DANGERS INSIDE.

>> Reporter: AFTER MANY YEARS OF RESPONDING TO FIRE CALLS TO A PARTICULAR BUILDING IN THE RAIL CORRIDOR DISTRICT OF BEMIDJI, FIRE CHIEF JUSTIN SHERWOOD BROUGHT HIS CONCERNS TO CITY OFFICIALS, STATING THE BUILDING NEEDED TO BE CONDEMNED AND DEMOLISHED.

>> HELLO, FIRE DEPARTMENT.

FIRE DEPARTMENT, JUST DOING A WALK THROUGH.

>> Reporter: CHIEF SHERWOOD INVITED ME TO TOUR THE BUILDING TO SHOW OFF THE DANGERS INSIDE.

>> JUST LIKE YOU, IT'S MY FIRST TIME IN HERE TOO.

LET'S CHECK IT OUT.

>> Reporter: A FEW STEPS INTO THE BUILDING AND WE'RE WALKING ON BROKEN GLASS AND SEEING TONS OF GARBAGE IN EVERY ROOM, WHICH SHERWOOD BELIEVES IS NOT JUST A FIRE HAZARD BUT A HEALTH CONDITION.

>> WE CAN SEE IN THE PRODUCTS IN THE AIR, THIS IS NOT A SAFE PLACE, MOLD, MILDEW, WATER.

>> Reporter: AND THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING, AS HIS DEPARTMENT RECEIVES CALLS OF FIRES BREAKING OUT INSIDE.

>> THE WOOD POSTS SUPPORTING THE STORIES ABOVE AND THE CONCRETE CAN BE COMPROMISED.

WHEN WE LOOK OVER HERE, THESE CHASES AND THESE SUPPORT BEAMS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED, SO WHILE THE OUTSIDE ITSELF MAY NOT BE COMBUSTIBLE, IF WE GET INSIDE THESE CHASES, THE FIRE CAN RUN AND IT CAN REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE STRUCTURAL STABILITY.

>> Reporter: IN MANY OF THE ROOMS FILLED WITH BROKEN GLASS, GARBAGE, AND SYRINGES, SIT AS FEW MATTRESSES.

>> WE HAVE PEOPLE SLEEPING IN HERE EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO POWER OR UTILITY.

THEY TAKE EXCESSIVE MEASURES TO STAY WARM AND START A FIRE AND IT CONCERNS ME THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT.

>> Reporter: THOSE CONCERNS BECOME MORE APPARENT AS WE STEP INTO THE BASEMENT.

WITHOUT THE FLASHLIGHT, WE WOULDN'T SEE THE DEBRIS OR SIGNS OF COLLAPSE.

>> INSTALLATION, FOLLOWED BY A CONCRETE BASE, WHICH IS HERE.

>> Reporter: AS WE WRAPPED UP THE TOUR AND STEPPED OUT OF THE BUILDING, CHIEF SHERWOOD AND I REFLECTED ON WHAT WE SAW AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT HIS FIRE CREW FACES WHEN THEY RECEIVE CALLS TO THE BUILDING.

>> I SEE A BUILDING THAT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE BUT FOR FIREFIGHTERS.

>> Reporter: CHIEF SHERWOOD BELIEVES THIS BUILDING IS IN NO CONDITION FOR ANYONE USING IT AS A TEMPORARY RESIDENCE.

PART OF THE SOLUTION FOR SHERWOOD IS THE DEMOLITION OF THIS BUILDING.

>> PEOPLE ARE LIVING HERE AS THEY FEEL THEY HAVE NO OTHER OPTION.

I HOPE TO BE PART OF THAT SOLUTION, NOT ONLY AS YOUR FIRE CHIEF AND EMERGENCY MANAGER, BUT AS A CITY EMPLOYEE.

WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER WITH STATE AND COUNTY RESOURCES TO TRY TO FIND A BETTER SOLUTION AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

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

>> BEFORE DEMOLITION IS SET TO TAKE PLACE, WE WILL HAVE A STORY ON THE HISTORY OF THOSE BUILDINGS, AND HOW ONE OF THEM PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE DURING THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF THE CITY OF BEMIDJI.

>>> A 56-YEAR-OLD BRAINERD MAN DIED IN A ONE VEHICLE CRASH IN CROW WING COUNTY ON FRIDAY.

THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL SAYS WILLIAM JAMES GARDNER WAS DRIVING A CAR WESTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 18 IN OAK LAWN TOWNSHIP WHEN THE CAR LEFT THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A TREE.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS ALCOHOL WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE CRASH AND GARDNER WAS WEARING HIS SEATBELT.

A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN ESCAPED OUT A WINDOW DURING A HOUSE FIRE IN WADENA COUNTY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

THE FIRE WAS REPORTED AT 3:40 P.M.

IN SECTION 15 OF MEADOW TOWNSHIP WHICH IS SOUTHEAST OF MENAHGA.

THE MAN WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO ST.

JOSEPH'S HEALTH CARE IN PARK RAPIDS TO BE TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION.

NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

FIRE DEPARTMENTS FROM SEBEKA, MENAHGA, AND VERNDALE ALL RESPONDED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.

THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE WADENA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND STATE FIRE MARSHAL.

>>> MINNESOTA STATE LAWMAKERS AND MINNESOTA CITIZENS FOR THE ARTS REPRESENTATIVES RECENTLY HIGHLIGHTED NEW DATA ON ARTS AND CULTURE'S POWERFUL ROLE IN THE STATE'S ECONOMY.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE STORY FROM BRAINERD.

>> Reporter: FOR THE MINNESOTA CITIZENS FOR THE ARTS, THE MISSION IS SIMPLE BUT CRITICAL, IMPROVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THE ARTS FOR ALL MINNESOTANS.

>> WHAT MINNESOTA CITIZENS FOR THE ARTS DOES IS DEFENDING THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A DIFFERENTIATOR FOR US.

>> THE ARTS IS NOT JUST A SOLO EXPERIENCE THAT ONE PERSON HAS.

IT CONNECTS A PERSON TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROGRAM OR PROJECT WITH THEM.

>> Reporter: THE CREATIVE MINNESOTA ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE ARTS 2025 REPORT SHOWS THAT LAST YEAR, THE NON-PROFIT ARTS AND CULTURE SECTOR GENERATED 1 -- $1.6 BILLION, SUPPORTED OVER 100,000 CREATIVE WORKERS, AND DREW ATTENDEES TO EVENTS.

>> ART IS SO DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S HYPER LOCAL.

PEOPLE ARE GOING OUT FOR DINNER BEFORE THEY GO TO A SHOW.

THEY'RE GOING OUT FOR COFFEE.

PEOPLE WHO ARE PUTTING UP PRODUCTIONS OR THEY ARE CREATING ART ARE BUYING PAINT LOCALLY, THEY ARE HIRING PHOTOGRAPHERS LOCALLY.

>> Reporter: NON-PROFIT AND FOR PROFIT ART IS A $13.8 BILLION INDUSTRY IN MINNESOTA, THE FOURTH LARGEST INDUSTRY SECTOR BY IMPACT IN THE STATE AND IS LARGER OF EACH OF THEIR MIDWEST CONTEMPORARIES INCLUDING WISCONSIN, IOWA, NEBRASKA, AND BOTH THE DAKOTAS.

>> Reporter: YES, WE HAVE A LOT OF INVESTMENTS BUT WHAT WE CAN SEE FROM THESE NUMBERS IS THAT THE ARTS LOVE THE ECONOMY BACK.

WHEN YOU INVEST IN THE ARTS, YOU GET TWO, THREE, FOUR FOLD, SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET FROM ALL THE OTHER INDUSTRIES.

>> Reporter: THE MINNESOTA CITIZENS FOR THE ARTS FIGHTS FOR ARTS FUNDING, TAX POLICY, AND ART EDUCATION, AS REPRESENTATIVES NOT ONLY BELIEVE THAT ARTS AND CULTURE IS A PROVEN DRIVER OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN MINNESOTA BUT ARE ALSO CENTRAL TO THE STATE'S IDENTITY AND VIBRANCY.

>> IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT BUT WHEN WE HEAR THE STORIES FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IMPACTED, WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE FEELING SEEN, IT COMBATS ISOLATION.

IT BRINGS COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE SEEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE, THAT ART IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

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

>> ACCORDING TO THE CREATIVE MINNESOTA ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE ARTS 2025 REPORT, ARTS IS A BIGGER INDUSTRY SECTOR THAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY IN THE STATE.

>>> A HALF CENTURY AGO, THE LARGEST FREIGHTER ON THE GREAT LAKES AT THE TIME, THE S.S.

EDMUND FITZGERALD, SANK IN A STORM ON LAKE SUPERIOR.

THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THAT TRAGEDY, WHICH KILLED 29 PEOPLE, IS BEING MARKED TODAY.

THE FITZGERALD WAS THE LARGEST SHIP EVER TO SINK ON THE GREAT LAKES WHEN IT WENT DOWN IN LAKE SUPERIOR ON NOVEMBER 10, 1975.

ALL 29 MEN ON BOARD DIED.

ON ITS FINAL VOYAGE, THE FITZGERALD DEPARTED SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN CARRYING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF IRON ORE ALONG A FAMILIAR ROUTE TO ZUG ISLAND IN DETROIT.

THERE ARE MANY THEORIES AS TO WHAT CAUSED THE FITZGERALD TO SINK SO RAPIDLY THAT THERE WAS NO DISTRESS CALL, BUT THE EXACT REASON REMAINS UNKNOWN.

THE FITZGERALD SITS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BIG LAKE, OUT FROM WHITEFISH POINT, MICHIGAN.

NO BODIES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED THE WRECKAGE OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A GRAVE SITE BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT.

>>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, NOW IN ITS 41ST DAY, IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO ENDING.

ON MONDAY NIGHT, THE SENATE APPROVED A BILL TO RE-OPEN THE GOVERNMENT UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY.

EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS VOTED WITH THE REPUBLICANS TO PASS THE BILL.

THEY WORKED OUT A DEAL WITH REPUBLICAN LEADERS TO BRING A VOTE ON HEALTH CARE SUBSIDIES TO THE FLOOR.

EXTENDING SUBSIDIES TO KEEP AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PREMIUMS FROM SKYROCKETING WAS THE MAIN ISSUE FOR DEMOCRATS DURING THE SHUTDOWN.

THE LEGISLATION NOW MOVES BACK TO THE HOUSE.

A VOTE IN THAT CHAMBER MAY NOT HAPPEN UNTIL WEDNESDAY.

IF THE HOUSE APPROVES THE BILL, IT WILL HEAD TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S DESK FOR HIS SIGNATURE.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE'RE GOING TO SETTLE INTO A QUIET WEATHER PATTERN AS TEMPERATURES START TO WARM UP AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, THE LEECH LAKE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS HOLDING A RAFFLE TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.

[♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> BRAINERD COMMUNITY ACTION RECOGNIZED LONGTIME COMMUNITY MEMBER MARK CROSS TODAY AS THIS YEAR'S COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR.

CROSS WAS RECOGNIZED FOR THE VARIOUS WORK HE HAS DONE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

FROM SERVING AS A SKI PATROL ON MOUNT SKI GULL TO COACHING LITTLE LEAGUE SOCCER, AND EVEN ACTING AS EMERGENCY DRIVER FOR INJURED BIRDS OF PREY.

BUT FOR CROSS, PUTTING IN THE LONG HOURS IS FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN TO HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED.

>> MARK IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE EPITOME OF SOMEONE WHO CONTINUALLY GIVES BACK TO HIS COMMUNITY, NOT FOR RECOGNITION, BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT IS WHO HE IS.

>> I WAS SURPRISED.

IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU EXPECT, TOTALLY OUT OF THE BLUE.

IT STARTS OUT WITH MY KIDS AND THEN I GOT THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICES THROUGH THE LION'S CLUB.

>> CROSS DESCRIBED THE FEELING OF RECEIVING THE RECOGNITION IN JUST ONE WORD: HUMBLING.

>>> LAKELAND PBS IS LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ABOUT OUR CLOSED CAPTIONING SERVICES.

LAKELAND PBS PROVIDES REALTIME, CLOSED CAPTIONING OF LAKELAND NEWS.

THIS SERVICE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY A GRANT FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DEAF, DEAF-BLIND, AND HARD OF HEARING SERVICES DIVISION.

YOU CAN ACCESS CLOSED CAPTIONING BY PUSHING THE C.C.

BUTTON ON YOUR REMOTE OR BY CLICKING ON THE MENU BUTTON OF YOUR REMOTE.

IF YOU ARE HAVING DIFFICULTIES ACCESSING THIS FEATURE YOU CAN CONTACT OUR ENGINEERING TEAM HERE AT EITHER THE PHONE NUMBER OR EMAIL ADDRESS ON THE SCREEN.

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION ABOUT OUR CAPTIONING SERVICE.

WE'VE SET UP A SHORT SURVEY ON OUR WEBSITE THAT SHOULDN'T TAKE MORE THAN ABOUT A MINUTE TO COMPLETE.

YOU CAN ACCESS IT BY FOLLOWING THE LINK YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.

LPTV.ORG/CAPTIONSURVEY >>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

BRISK OVER THE WEEKEND BUT A WARM UP THIS WEEK.

>> Stacy: WE WILL SEE MODERATING TEMPERATURES, HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE 40s OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, AND WE COULD SEE SOME 50s BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK.

[♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: THERE ARE SOME COLD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA AND SOME LIGHT SNOW IN PARTS OF THE VIEWING AREA THIS WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES ARE STILL VERY COLD TODAY.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE A WARM UP AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.

MANY SHOULD SEE HIGHS IN THE 40s TOMORROW AND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, HIGHS COULD CLIMB INTO THE 50s.

OVERALL, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY QUIET AND WE COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT RAIN AS WE START THE WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 29 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE SOUTH WINDS AT 10 MILES PER HOUR, OUR DEW POINT IS 21, AND HUMIDITY IS AT 70%.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 30 DEGREES, OUR DEW POINT IS AT 20, PRESSURE IS FALLING AND WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 14 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE DO HAVE SOME UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA.

PRECIPITATION IS REACHING THE GROUND BUT WE MAY SEE SOME FLURRIES OR SPRINKLES OUT THERE THIS EVENING.

IT WILL ALL BE MOVING OUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, QUIETER WEATHER WILL RETURN AND IT LOOKS QUIET TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, SOME MODELS SUGGESTING A LITTLE, BUT IT LOOKS QUIET AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.

HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE 40s FOR MOST OF US TOMORROW, BUT EXPECT WARMER TEMPERATURES LATE THIS WEEK.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, SAMROSE SENDING US THIS PHOTO AND SHE IS SAYING THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF ICE FORMING ON THE EDGES OF LOWER RED LAKE TODAY.

ANGELA WITH THE LAYERS OF CLOUDS OVER CASS LAKE AND GARY SENDING US THE PHOTO OF COLORS FROM THE FALL.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST AND 30.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY SKIES, A HIGH OF 31.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, REPORTING A HIGH OF 30.

TAKING A LOOK AT OUR ALMANAC IN BRAINERD TODAY, WE TOPPED OUT AT 31.

WE ARE MORE THAN 10 DEGREES BELOW OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

WE HAD A LOW OF 24, WHICH IS ON TARGET, SUNSET TONIGHT AT 4:49.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 30, SO AGAIN A LITTLE BIT ON THE COOL SIDE, 21 WAS OUR LOW TEMPERATURE, SUNRISE THIS MORNING AT 17 MINUTES AFTER 7:00.

SO AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE WILL BE SEEING SOME CLOUD COVER, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING AS I MENTIONED SOME MODELS SUGGESTING FLURRIES, SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE, BUT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, IT LOOKS QUIET, WE WILL SEE MORE SUNSHINE ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

AS FAR AS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES GO, IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT WARMER, HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE LOW 40s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA HEADING INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB INTO THE MID-40s.

OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR 27, SOUTH WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

FOR TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, 42 FOR OUR HIGH TEMP, AND WEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, VERY QUIET AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK, A LOT OF SUNSHINE ON WEDNESDAY, WITH HIGHS NEAR 43 AND WE'RE IN THE MID-40s ON THURSDAY.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB INTO THE 50s ACROSS MOST OF OUR VIEWING AREA BUT THINGS START TO BECOME MORE UNSETTLED THIS WEEKEND.

WE MAY SEE SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS ON SATURDAY, STILL SMALL CHANCE THERE ON SUNDAY, AND TEMPERATURES WILL COOL DOWN ONCE IT GETS SEASONAL TO END THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS NEAR 40.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE WITH OUR SPORTS.

SOME PLAYOFF SOCCER, COLLEGE WOMEN ON A MONDAY.

>> Charlie: WELL, THEY TYPICALLY PLAY ON A MONDAY AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE BIGGER WEEKEND COMING UP ON FRIDAY, BUT TO GET TO THE BIGGER WEEKEND, WHICH IS THE SEMIFINALS AND THE FINALS, YOU HAVE TO WIN TONIGHT.

THEY WERE TAKING ON NORTHERN STATE, A TEAM THEY BEAT 1-0 EARLIER THIS SEASON AND TONIGHT WAS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHY THE BEAVERS ARE DOING SO WELL IN THE NSIC.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND THE WEEKEND THAT WAS COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> SEPTEMBER 28TH, THAT WAS THE LAST TIME BSU WOMEN'S SOCCER LAST LOST A MATCH, SINCE THEN THEY'VE PLAYED 11-GAMES AND WON 7STRAIGHT HEADING INTO THE POSTSEASON WHICH STARTS TONIGHT.

BEMIDJI STATE, THE 2-SEED, HOSTING 7-SEED NORTHERN STATE IN THE NSIC QUARTERFINALS, WINNER HEADS TO MANKATO FOR THE SEMI'S.

JUST 30-SECONDS INTO THIS ONE, MADISEN FRITEL GIVES THE BEAVERS A 1-0 LEAD, HER 3RD GOAL THIS SEASON AND 2ND AGAINST THE WOLVES.

LATER IN THE FIRST HALF, NOTHERN TRIES TO COUNTER-PUNCH, SONIA WAS DIALED IN, SCORE AT THE BREAK WAS 1-0 BEMIDJI STATE.

MID SECOND HALF, BEAVERS LOOKING TO PUT THE WOLVES TO BED, MEGAN COE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO PASS TO, DECIDES TO TAKE IT HERSELF, CURTAINS.

THE JUNIOR CAPTAINS FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN AS BSU KNOCKS OFF NORTHERN STATE TO ADVANCE IN THE CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS.

AFTER THE MATCH WE HEARD FROM BEAVER'S TWO GOAL SCORERS.

>> IT WAS AWESOME, JUST LIKE A GOOD CONFIDENCE BOOST.

GET A GOAL RIGHT AWAY, PUTS YOU IN A GOOD PLACE.

JUST HAVE TO PLAY GOOD THE REST OF THE GAME.

THEY'RE A GREAT TEAM, SO WE HAVE TO DEFEND STRONG.

WE COMMITTED TO DEFENDING, SO THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO SHUT THEM OUT.

>> IT'S AN AWESOME FEELING.

WE HAD BEEN WORKING HARD FOR IT ALL GAME AND TO GET ANOTHER ONE AND SOLIDIFY OUR LEAD, THAT WAS GREAT.

>> I WAS LOOKING FOR A PASS, I WASN'T PLANNING TO TAKE IT MYSELF, SO I'M GLAD IT HIT THE BACK OF THE NET.

>> BSU WILL NOW PLAY 3-SEED SAINT CLOUD STATE ON FRIDAY IN MANKATO, A REMATCH FROM THE NSIC SEMIFINALS 2 YEARS AGO, BEAVERS BEAT UPSET THE HUSKIES 2-0 IN THAT GAME, THEY BEAT THEM EARLIER THIS SEASON AS WELL 2-1.

>>> ON SATURDAY, BSU MEN'S HOCKEY, UNBEATEN IN CCHA PLAY, TRYING TO COMPLETE THE SWEEP OF LAKE SUPERIOR STATE.

FIRST PERIOD, BEAVERS GET THE SCORING GOING, ADAM FLAMMANG FROM POINT, BLANK, RANGE, HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE WEEKEND MAKES IT 1-0.

JUMPING AHEAD TO THE THIRD PERIOD, TIED AT ONE, MITCH WOLFE THREADS THE NEEDLE FOR WHAT HE THINKS IS A GOAL, BUT NO SIGNAL FROM THE OFFICIALS, THEY'D PLAY FOR ANOTHER 2-MINUTES BEFORE A STOPPAGE AND REVIEW IT AND THEY WOULD AWARD THE GOAL TO MAKE IT 2-1 BEMIDJI STATE.

BUT WITH JUST OVER 2-MINUTES LEFT, LAKERS GET THE EQUALIZER ON A POWER PLAY, WILLIAM ALHRIK THE SCORER, SENDS THE GAME TO OVERTIME.

IN THE EXTRA FRAME, OLIVER PEER, FOR THE 2ND TIME THIS SEASON, ENDS IT FOR THE BEAVERS WITH A 3-ON-3 GOAL.

3-2 THE FINAL IN OVERTIME TO CAP A 5-POINT WEEKEND, BEMIDJI STATE REMAINS UNDEFEATED IN CONFERENCE AND THEY TOP THE CCHA STANDINGS WITH 14-POINTS, THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND WILL BE A TOUGH TEST THOUGH, ON THE ROAD AT 2ND PLACE MICHIGAN TECH.

>>> EARLY ON SATURDAY, BSU WOMEN'S HOCKEY HOSTING ST.

THOMAS.

MUCH LIKE FRIDAY'S LOSS, BEMIDJI STATE HAD AN EARLY GOAL IN THIS ONE.

UNLIKE FRIDAY, THIS WAS NOT OVERTURNED.

A SHORTHANDED SCORE, SHE MADE IT 1-0.

SKIP AHEAD TO THE THIRD.

SHELBY WITH A CHANCE TO DOUBLE THE LEAD, DOES NOT MISS, MADE IT 2-0.

BEAVERS HOLD ON TO WIN 2-1 OVER THE TOMMIES, THEIR FIRST WIN THIS SEASON.

>>> AND FINALLY ON SATURDAY, BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL AT NUMBER 13, MINNESOTA DULUTH, BULLDOGS SHOOT FIRST ON THE OPENING DRIVE.

BEAVERS WOULD ANSWER ON THEIR FIRST POSSESSION, CARVER NOT MISSING A STEP, TYING THINGS AT 7-7.

LATER, UMD UP 14-7.

JASPER AGAIN, 2 RUSHING, 2 PASSING TOUCHDOWNS, A 2-SCORE LEAD.

CARVER CONNECTS WITH DRAYTON FOR THE TOUCHDOWN, MAKING IT 21-14.

THEY TRADE BLOWS THE REST OF THE GAME BUT DULUTH WAS ABLE TO KEEP BSU AT ARM'S LENGTH.

BEAVERS WILL TAKE ON U-MARY FOR THAT FINAL GAME OF THE 2025 SEASON.

>>> A FEW MORE SCORES, ST.

CLOUD STATE BEATS BEMIDJI STATE.

IN AN EXHIBITION GAME, BEMIDJI STATE WINS, AND CURRENTLY TIMBERWOLVES WITH A HEALTHY LEAD OVER THE UTAH JAZZ IN THE FOURTH QUARTER BUT I HAVE SEEN THEM BLOW LEADS LIKE THAT BEFORE.

FINGERS CROSSED THEY CAN HOLD ON TO THAT ONE.

>> Dennis: LET'S HOPE SO.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> AS CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IS GETTING INTO FULL SWING, THE LEECH LAKE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS URGING MINNESOTANS TO SHOP LOCAL AND SUPPORT SMALL-TOWN BUSINESSES AS THEY FILL UP STOCKINGS AND GET PRESENTS FOR UNDER THEIR TREES.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS, OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE ON THE GIVEAWAYS AND CHRISTMAS SHOPPING INCENTIVE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN WALKER UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.

>> Reporter: BELLS ARE RINGING AND CHILDREN ARE SINGING IN WALKER AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON, HOPING FOR AN INFLUX OF CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES.

THEY WILL SOON START THE CITY'S ANNUAL RED TICKET GREAT GIFT CARD GIVE AWAY, WHERE SPENDING $10 OR MORE AT CERTAIN WALKER STORES WILL ENTER SHOPPERS TO A DRAWING OF HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF LOCAL GIFT CARDS.

>> THIS TOWN TURNS INTO A HALLMARK MOVER I HAVE IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

THIS IS AN INCENTIVE TO CHECK IT OUT, TO CHECK OUT WHAT IS ALREADY HERE.

WE'RE ALWAYS HERE.

>> Reporter: THE RAFFLE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MANY YEARS BUT HAS BECOME MORE IMPORTANT TO LOCAL BUSINESSES SINCE ONLINE SHOPPING HAS BEEN ON THE RISE SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

>> YOU'RE SUPPORTING SOMEBODY'S DREAM AND YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING A BIG BOX STORE.

SUPPORTING LOCAL IS SO I ESSENTIAL TO KEEPING SMALL TOWNS LIKE WALKER GOING.

>> AS FAR AS THE SHOPS GO, I THINK YOU WILL FIND A LOT MORE UNIQUE-TYPE GIFTS.

LIKE IF YOU ARE SHOPPING FOR CHRISTMAS, YOU WON'T FIND IT EVERYWHERE ELSE.

>> Reporter: AND THE SMALL TOWN VIBES CREATE A MORE PERSONAL OVERALL EXPERIENCE.

>> I ENJOY GETTING TO KNOW AND GETTING TO MEET NEW PEOPLE.

I MEAN LEARNING WHY THEY COME TO WALKER, WHY PEOPLE JUST DROVE THROUGH AND STOPPED IN WALKER, AND HOW THEY ENDED UP HERE.

>> Reporter: AND THE FULL LIST OF STORES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING CAN BE FOUND ON THE LEECH LAKE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEBSITE.

SHOPPING LOCAL CAN BE VITAL TO KEEPING SMALL TOWNS ALIVE, NOT JUST FOR TOURISTS PASSING THROUGH BUT FOR THOSE WHO LIVE THERE AS WELL.

>> THE MAJORITY OF MY PROFITS GO RIGHT BACK INTO THE TOWN.

I AM VERY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY EVENTS WITH THE CHAMBER, BUT I ALSO SPEND A HUGE AMOUNT OF MY PROFITS LOCALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE AMAZING SHOPS IN THIS TOWN.

THE MORE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE NEED TO BE OUT AND EXPERIENCING THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE FANTASTIC.

WE HAVE REALLY UNIQUE OFFERINGS IN THIS TOWN.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN WALKER WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY IS SET TO START NEXT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, AND GO THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST.

THE GRAND DRAWING FOR MORE THAN $1,000 WORTH OF LOCAL GIFT CARDS WILL BE ON JANUARY 9TH.

>>> WELL, WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER, WE GO OVER TO STACY.

>> Stacy: OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WE WILL BE SEEING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS SHOULD DROP TO 27 WITH SOUTH WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, HIGHS NEAR 42, WEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

THEN LOOKING EVEN FARTHER AHEAD, WE WILL BE SEEING MILDER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE 50s BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION ARRIVES THIS WEEKEND.

>> Charlie: BSU'S CROSS COUNTRY MAGGIE McCARTHY SET A SCHOOL RECORD.

>> Dennis: VERY GOOD.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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