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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.

[♪♪♪] >> Matthew: HEY EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING, MY NAME IS MATTHEW FREEMAN FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> ONE PERSON SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 94 EARLIER TODAY, WHEN THEIR VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY A BULLET.

THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS THAT AT AROUND 11:45 A.M., THEIR OFFICE AND THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A VEHICLE BEING STRUCK BY A BULLET BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 2 SOUTHEAST AND CLIFFORD LAKE ROAD.

THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING EASTBOUND ON THE INTERSTATE, AND A BULLET ENTERED THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR.

ONE OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED A MINOR INJURY FROM THE BULLET ENTERING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.

NO OTHER DETAILS WERE RELEASED IN REGARDS TO THIS INCIDENT.

THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN HUNTING OR SHOOTING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE.

BETWEEN 11:00 AND 11:45 A.M.

ON NOVEMBER 14TH.

THEIR OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THIS INCIDENT.

>>> AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK VISITED THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF TO SEE HOW THEY WERE AFFECTED BY THE REDUCTION OF FEDERALLY FUNDED FOOD PROGRAMS SUCH AS SNAP.

AT THE TIME, THE FOOD SHELF WAS SEEING RECORD NUMBERS IN PEOPLE VISITING TO GET GROCERIES AND MEALS.

WITH THE RETURN OF BENEFITS TO THOUSANDS OF LOCAL FAMILIES, THE FOOD SHELF HAS SEEN DAILY NUMBERS RETURN TO AN AVERAGE AMOUNT, BUT FOR A WEEK, THEY SAW MORE PEOPLE THAN THEY EVER HAD BEFORE.

>> THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER, WE SAW RECORD NUMBERS AND MONDAY, THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH, WE SET A NEW RECORD OF THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLD VISITS IN ONE DAY, 123.

WE TIED THAT RECORD ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN WE BROKE THAT RECORD.

BREAKING RECORDS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE AND SO WE ENDED UP HAVING 126 HOUSEHOLDS COME THAT DAY.

>> SO JUST IN WEEK ONE OF NOVEMBER, THE FOOD SHELF SERVED 372 HOUSEHOLDS, NEARLY 150 HIGHER THAN AVERAGE.

THIS PAST WEEK, NUMBERS HAVE STARTED TO RETURN BACK TO NORMAL WITH THE RETURN OF SNAP BENEFITS BACK TO MINNESOTANS.

THE BEMIDJI FOOD SHELF HAS RETURNED TO THER IUSUAL 75 HOUSEHOLDS PER DAY, BUT OFFICIALS SAY THEY DON'T FEEL THEY'RE IN THE CLEAR JUST YET.

>> I THINK IT HASN'T HAD A BIG IMPACT.

I THINK PEOPLE HAVE REALIZED THAT IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CARE FOR EACH OTHER.

WE LIVE IN COMMUNITY.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER AND THEY HAVE STEPPED UP TREMENDOUSLY AND I THINK FOR THE FOOD SHELF, WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED.

YES, THEY APPROVE THE SNAP THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF '26, BUT WHAT HAPPENS THEN?

WILL THERE BE ANY OTHER CHANGES THROUGHOUT?

>> EVEN THOUGH NUMBERS OF PEOPLE VISITING THE BEMIDJI FOOD SHELF HAVE GONE DOWN OVER THE PAST WEEK, THE RECENT UPSURGE HAS BROUGHT ABOUT THE NEED FOR CONTINUED PREPARATION.

THAT INCLUDES STILL ACCEPTING NON-PERISHABLE DONATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, AND THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS AS WELL.

FOOD SHELVES ACROSS CROW WING COUNTY ARE FACING SIMILAR ISSUES AS WELL.

THE CROW WING COUNTY FOOD ACCESS COALITION LAUNCHED A STOCK THE SHELVES FOOD DRIVE TO NOT ONLY SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE BUT TO ALSO HELP STOCK UP FOOD SHELVES IN THE AREA.

IN CROW WING COUNTY, ABOUT 8.5 PERCENT OF RESIDENTS LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.

MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE, EXPERIENCE FOOD INSECURITY, WHICH MEANS THEY DO NOT ALWAYS KNOW WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL WILL COME FROM.

MANY WITHIN THE AREA ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES.

>> GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY, THE ADDED NEED, JUST THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN THAT IS AN INCREASE FOR OUR FOOD SHELVES, THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO DO THIS TOGETHER.

>> WE WORKED HARD THROUGHOUT THE FOOD SHELF TO CREATE A DIGNIFIED EXPERIENCE.

OUR ABILITY TO GET FOOD FROM OUR NORMAL SOURCES IS LESSER THAN IT WAS IN THE PAST, SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE STOCK THE SHELVES FOOD DRIVE IS COMING IN KEY.

>> THE STOCK THE SHELVES FOOD DRIVE WILL GO THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER.

WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE MOST NEEDED ITEMS AND WHERE YOU CAN DONATE WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> A MAN LOST CONTROL OF HIS TRACTOR AND COLLIDED WITH A PASSING TRAIN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NORTHWEST OF HENNING.

ACCORDING TO AN INCIDENT REPORT FROM THE OTTER TAIL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY RECEIVED A REPORT OF A 67-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM HENNING TRAVELING EAST ON 290TH STREET ON HIS TRACTOR, AND WAS APPROACHING THE C.P.

RAILROAD.

THE MAN SAW THE TRAIN APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE TRACTOR.

THE TRACTOR AND THE TRAIN COLLIDED AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING.

THE DRIVER OF THE TRACTOR SUFFERED SOME MINOR INJURIES, WHILE THE TRAIN CREW REMAINED UNINJURED.

THE TRACTOR WAS TOTALED, AND THE TRAIN SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGES.

THE INCIDENT REPORT ALSO STATES THAT SEVERAL NEIGHBORS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE TO ASSIST WITH CLEARING THE MACHINERY OFF THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

>>> THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL HOST AN OPEN HOUSE FOR THE HIGHWAY 34 CORRIDOR STUDY NEXT WEEK.

THE OPEN HOUSE IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH FROM 4:00 TO 6:00 P.M.

AT PARK RAPIDS CITY HALL PROJECT STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SHARE STUDY INFORMATION, ANSWER QUESTIONS AND GATHER PUBLIC INPUT.

THERE IS NO FORMAL PRESENTATION; ATTENDEES MAY ARRIVE ANYTIME.

THE STUDY FOCUSES ON HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN WESTERN AVENUE SOUTH, AND EAST OF HUBBARD COUNTY ROAD 4.

SEPARATE FROM THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR STUDY, THIS VISIONING EFFORT WILL IDENTIFY LONGER-TERM GOALS AND OTHER POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS LIKE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING NEEDS.

A RESURFACING PROJECT ON HIGHWAY 34 IS ANTICIPATED IN THE NEXT 7 TO 10 YEARS.

>>> THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN MAY BE OVER, BUT THE CONGRESSIONAL BATTLE OVER HEALTH CARE IS NOT, AND INSURANCE COSTS FOR TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE ON THE LINE.

KARIN IS IN WASHINGTON WITH A LOOK AT CAPITOL HILL'S NEXT BATTLEFRONT AND THEIR DEADLINE.

>> Reporter: DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE LONGEST GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN U.S.

HISTORY, DEMOCRATS STILL NOT GIVING UP ON THEIR KEY DEMAND.

>> THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT TAX CREDITS ARE SCHEDULED TO LAPSE ON DECEMBER 31ST.

SO, WE HAVE ABOUT 45 DAYS TO GET THIS DONE.

>> Reporter: IN EXCHANGE FOR SOME DEMOCRATIC VOTES TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT, SENATE REPUBLICANS AGREED TO HOLD A SEPARATE VOTE ON EXTENDING EXISTING FEDERAL SUBSIDIES FOR SOME AFFORDABLE CARE ACT INSURANCE PLANS BEYOND THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT BILL WILL SUCCEED OR HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP WILL ACT ON IT.

>> I'M GOING TO GUARANTEE A VOTE, UNREFORM COVID ERA SUBSIDIES, THAT ROBS THE TAXPAYER?

WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON THAT.

>> Reporter: SOME HOUSEHOLD FACE A SPIKE IN PREMIUMS AFTER DECEMBER 31ST.

>> THE INCREASE IN THE HEALTH PREMIUMS WOULD BE HALF OF MY INCOME.

>> Reporter: HOUSE G.O.P.

LEADERSHIP SAYS THEY ARE EYEING A PACKAGE UNLIKELY TO EXTEND THE SUBSIDY BUT WILL USE OTHER WAYS TO REDUCE COST.

SOME HOUSE REPUBLICANS DON'T BELIEVE IT WILL COME TOGETHER IN TIME AND A DOZEN ARE CALLING FOR AN EXTENSION FOR NOW.

>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE MAJOR FIXES BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST.

I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE LOWER CLASS AND AROUND THE MIDDLE CLASS TO EXTEND THESE TAX CREDITS, MAYBE WITH SOME REFORMS.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 24 MILLION AMERICANS RELY ON THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT MARKETPLACES FOR HEALTH INSURANCE.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M KARIN CAIFA.

>> Matthew: SOME HOUSE DEMOCRATS RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER SHUTDOWN IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO END CONCESSIONS ON HEALTH CARE.

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

>> WE MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA.

SUNSHINE WILL BE BACK THIS WEEKEND, TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE MUCH COLDER.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, STUDENTS FROM PEQUOT LAKES MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL CAME TOGETHER TO PUT ON PERCY JACKSON, >> AND NOW LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >>> MOST MOMS NEVER FORGET THEIR BIRTH STORIES.

ONE WOMAN IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA IS SHARING HER VERY UNIQUE DELIVERY.

HAPPENING MINUTES AWAY FROM THE HOSPITAL.

IT'S ONE SHE CERTAINLY NEVER EXPECTED.

AALIYAH DEMRY HAS THE STORY.

>> SHE IS SO CUTE, ISN'T SHE?

BABY SADIE OLSON ONLY A FEW DAYS OLD AND IS ALREADY TRENDING.

>> SHE IS 6-7.

>> AND HER MOTHER MEANS THAT LITERALLY.

THE MOTHER OF FOUR IS FAMILIAR WITH THE BIRTH CENTER.

>> I HAD ALL OF OUR KIDS THERE AND WONDERFUL CARE, YOU KNOW, OVERALL, JUST A GREAT PLACE TO GIVE BIRTH.

>> Reporter: BUT TECHNICALLY NOT ALL OF THEM.

BABY SADIE WAS BORN A COUPLE MINUTES AWAY FROM THE HOSPITAL.

IN FACT, ERIN GAVE BIRTH TO SADIE IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THEIR FAMILY'S MINI VAN NEAR MAYO HIGH SCHOOL.

>> I WAS HOLDING THE HEAD REST.

MY HUSBAND, BLESS HIM, WAS VERY CALM, BUT ALSO LIKE WHAT DO I DO?

HE WAS DRIVING VERY FAST.

SHE JUST CAME RIGHT OUT.

>> Reporter: IT WAS CERTAINLY NOT A PART OF ERIN'S BIRTH PLAN.

SADIE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE BORN UNTIL NOVEMBER 18TH, '10 DAYS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8TH, A MOTHER'S INTUITION WAS KICKING RIGHT ON ERIN'S DOORSTEP.

>> I KNEW TODAY WAS THE DAY.

I HAD CONTRACTIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

>> Reporter: SO THE PARENTS HEADED TO THE HOSPITAL.

UPON ARRIVAL, SHE WENT THROUGH A NON-STRESS TEST TO DETERMINE THE BABY'S ACTIVITY.

THE RESULTS SHOWED HER CONTRACTIONS WERE 6 MINUTES APART AND SHE WAS 3 CENTIMETERS DILATED.

SHE WAS SENT BACK HOME AFTER DOCTORS SAID SHE WAS NOT IN ACTIVE LABOR.

BACK AT HOME, ERIN'S PAIN CONTINUED TO INCREASE.

>> CONTRACTIONS WERE VERY STRONG.

I WAS MAKING LABORIOUS GRUNTING NOISES AND MY HUSBAND WAS LIKE WE NEED TO GO.

>> Reporter: THE COUPLE NEEDED TO MOVE FAST BECAUSE BABY SADIE WAS ON THE WAY.

>> SO WE GOT IN THE CAR, CALLED THE BIRTH CENTER, THE TIME STAMP WAS 10:27.

>> THE MIDWIFE WE MET WITH THAT ULTIMATELY TURNED US AWAY, SHE SAID TO LISTEN TO YOUR BODY.

THAT IS WHAT I WAS DOING AND THAT'S WHAT I DID.

I WAS LIKE MY WATER BROKE.

THEN SHE CAME OUT LIKE 2 SECONDS LATER.

>> Reporter: ERIN WAS ABLE TO PAT AND RUB SADIE DRY AND EVEN HEARD HER FIRST CRY.

>> HER CORD WAS AROUND HER NECK, SO I DID ONE LITTLE LOOP TO REMOVE THAT.

I AM PROUD OF MYSELF AND OBVIOUSLY PROUD OF HER BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SHE WAS HEALTHY COMING OUT.

>> Reporter: THE PARENTS DID EVENTUALLY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE HOSPITAL TO FINISH THE BIRTH PROCESS AND IT'S A MEMORY THAT THE FAMILY WILL NEVER FORGET.

>> Matthew: THAT IS A STORY SHE WILL TELL FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

WE HAVE STACY WITH US, TIME FOR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: YES, WE HAVE A COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA, VERY WARM TEMPERATURES TODAY, A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS AND SUNSHINE IS BACK TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES, HIGHS WILL BE IN [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: IT HAS BEEN A VERY WARM DAY ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AS HIGHS FOR MANY OF US CLIMBING INTO THE 60s AND WE ENJOYED A NICE SUNNY DAY TO GO WITH IT.

NOW AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.

IT'S ALREADY TRIGGERING SOME LIGHT RAIN IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, WE COULD SEE MORE OF THAT AS IT CROSSES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

IT SHOULD CLEAR OUT BY TOMORROW, SUNSHINE IS BACK, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE 40s FOR MOST OF US TOMORROW AND 30s BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, 42 AT THE AIRPORT.

36 IS OUR DEW POINT AND HUMIDITY IS AT 77%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLOUDY SKIES, IT'S 48 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS AT 40, PRESSURE IS FALLING, AND WINDS ARE SOUTHWEST AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

NOW ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE SEEN THE CLOUDS INCREASING THIS EVENING, WE ARE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE AS IT IS MOVING INTO THE AREA.

WE WILL EXPECT TO SEE THAT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA, NOT A GREAT CHANCE OF SEEING THE RAIN REACH THE GROUND, BUT ABOUT A 20% TO 30% CHANCE OF SOME RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THAT WILL CLEAR OUT TONIGHT, SUNSHINE RETURNS TO THE AREA TOMORROW, BUT WE WILL BE SEEING THAT COOL DOWN IN OUR TEMPERATURES.

A COUPLE OF WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, WE HAVE ONE MORE LOOK AT THE NORTHERN LIGHTS THIS WEEK FROM GARY AND ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE IN CASS LAKE THIS MORNING.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING YOUR PICTURES TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, BOB IN BLUFFTON REPORTING SUNNY SKIES, A HIGH OF 59.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNNY AND 63.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, THE HIGH WAS 61.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 66, THAT IS WELL ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE AND 1 DEGREE SHY FROM THE RECORD, WHICH WAS SET BACK IN 1953.

OUR LOW THIS MORNING WAS AT 29 AND WE HAD SUNSET AT 4:45.

AS WE LOOK AT BEMIDJI, 63, WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

WE DIDN'T QUITE SET A NEW RECORD, FALLING 3 DEGREES SHORT OF THAT.

31 FOR THE LOW TEMP AND WE HAD SUNRISE AT 7:22.

SO AS YOU LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING SUNSHINE RETURN TO THE AREA AS THAT AREA OF PRECIPITATION MOVES OUT.

IT LOOKS LIKE SUNNY SKIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO, NOT GOING TO BE WHAT WE HAD TODAY.

WE ARE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE MID-30s IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, RIGHT AROUND THE 40 DEGREE MARK ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTH, AND 43 IN PARK RAPIDS AND GRAND RAPIDS.

THEN AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, LOOK FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 40s, BUT AGAIN WE WILL BE SEEING SOME COLDER AIR RETURNING TO THE AREA, SO BY THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND, WE SHOULD BE SEEING HIGHS IN THE 30s ACROSS THE VIEWING AREA.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR US TONIGHT, A CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH WITH LOWS NEAR 36.

TOMORROW, SUNNY SKIES, 41 FOR THE HIGH, AND NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS PICKING UP AT 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE WILL BE SEEING MORE SUNSHINE ON SUNDAY, HIGHS NEAR 39.

37 ON MONDAY WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

OTHER THAN A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS, RAIN SHOWERS, AND SNOW SHOWERS ON TUESDAY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, IT LOOKS QUIET THROUGH MIDWEEK.

MORE CLOUDS AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY, HIGHS WILL CONTINUE TO REACH THE UPPER 30s AND INTO THE LOW 40s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO MUCH STACY.

CHARLIE, I KNOW YOU HAD FUN COVERING GRAND RAPIDS FOOTBALL, IT'S TIME TO SEE IF THEY CAN WIN THE BIG ONE.

>> Charlie: YES, THEY ARE AT U.S.

BANK STADIUM PLAYING IN THE SEMIFINALS AGAINST A TEAM FROM THE SOUTH AND IT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY WILD GAME.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND WE ALSO HAVE BSU MEN'S HOCKEY HIGHLIGHTS ON THE ROAD TAKING ON ANOTHER UNBEATEN IN THE CONFERENCE.

ALL THAT COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> U.S.

BANK STADIUM HAS COME TO BE THE HOME OF SOME MAGICAL FOOTBALL FINISHES OVER THE YEARS.

WHETHER IT BE THE MINNEAPOLIS MIRACLE, THE HAIL MARY BETWEEN NEW LONDON-SPICER AND D.G.F, OR EVEN YESTERDAY'S CLASS 4-A SEMIFINAL BETWEEN MARSHALL AND ORONO, THE MOMENTS SEEM TO NEVER CEASE.

GRAND RAPIDS WAS HOPING TO FEED OFF SOME OF THAT MYSTICAL ENERGY TO PROPEL THEM TO THEIR FIRST PREP-BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

TODAY, AT THE BANK, THEY WERE TAKING ON TAKING ON KASSON MANTORVILLE IN THE OTHER CLASS 4-A SEMIFINAL, WINNER TO PLAY ORONO NEXT FRIDAY.

THE THUNDERHAWKS CAME INTO THIS ONE AVERAGING 46-POINTS A GAME, HERE ON THE FIRST DRIVE, NEAR THE RED-ZONE THEY GO FOR IT ON 4TH AND 8, BUT CAN'T CONVERT AND IT REMAINS SCORELESS.

DEFENSIVELY, RAPIDS HAD ONLY ALLOWED ONE TOUCHDOWN ALL POST-SEASON, HERE IN THE 2ND QUARTER, THEY GIVE UP ANOTHER, JEREMIAH PETERSON GIVES THE KOMETS A 7-0 LEAD.

THUNDERHAWKS LOOKING TO RESPOND ON THE NEXT DRIVE BUT ON THE FIRST SNAP, FUMBLE, KOMETS RECOVER, LED TO FIELD GOAL, AND KASSON LED 10-0 AT THE HALF.

EARLY 3RD QUARTER, CAMRYN TOTTINGHAM WOULD HELP THEM EXTEND THEIR LEAD EVEN FURTHER, 77-YARD TOUCHDOWN CONNECTION FROM GRADY BABCOCK, KOMETS ONLY THREW 6 PASSES BUT THEY WERE EFFICIENT, 5-FOR-6 FOR 145-YARDS, 16-0 KOMETS.

4TH QUARTER, JUST OVER 2 MINUTES TO PLAY, T-HAWKS IN DESPERATION MODE, LOGAN MCNEAR FINDS JAXON RABBERS BEHIND THE DEFENSE, 72-YARD STRIKE BREATHS A LITTLE LIFE INTO THE THUNDERHAWKS, IT WAS 16-8 AFTER THE 2-POINT CONVERSION.

BUT THEY'D NEED THE ONSIDE KICK TO STAY ALIVE, AND CONNOR KEITH RECOVERS IT FOR RAPIDS, SO NOT DONE JUST YET.

A FEW PLAYS LATER, 4TH DOWN WITH A MINUTE TO GO, THEY WERE JUST 1-FOR-7 ON 4TH DOWN BEFORE THIS, HOLY SMOKES, MARCUS THIEL COMES DOWN WITH IT.

THEN, WITH 25-TICKS LEFT ON THE CLOCK, GOODNESS GRACIOUS SAKES ALIVE, JAMESON DUELL, CONCENTRATION, BRINGS THE T-HAWKS TO WITHIN TWO.

ON THE 2-POINT TRY, GOTTA HAVE IT TO FORCE OVERTIME, NO, GAME SAVING I.N.T, THIS ONE'S OVER RIGHT.

WRONG, THEY'D ONSIDE KICK AGAIN, AND ARE YOU KIDDING ME, KADEN SWEENY RECOVERS, ANOTHER GREAT KICK BY MARCO ROLLE, AND RAPIDS HAS A CHANCE.

THEY DRIVE DOWN TO THE 31, THOUGHT THEY MIGHT SPIKE IT WITH 2-SECONDS LEFT, INSTEAD MAIL -- HAIL MARY, FULL OF GRACE COLLECTIVE BREATH HOLDS, OHHHH, THAT CLOSE.

TO PULLING OFF THE UNLIKELIEST OF COMEBACKS, GRAND RAPIDS FALLS TO KASSON MANTORVILLE 16-14, ENDING WHAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE SEASON FOR THE THUNDERHAWKS WHO NEVER GAVE UP, FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL UNTIL THE BITTER END.

>> THE GAME KNOWS, RIGHT?

THE GAME KNOWS WHAT EVERYBODY PUTS IN AND IT OFTENTIMES, THOSE THINGS BREAK YOUR WAY.

WHEN YOU MAKE THAT, WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR LUCK AND TODAY THEY DID.

THAT'S LIFE, RIGHT?

THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES IN LIFE WHERE YOU WILL GET DOWN AND IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK THAT GOOD AND THE WAY YOU GET OUT OF IT, YOU JUST KEEP SWINGING, YOU KEEP FIGHTING AND THAT'S WHAT THESE GUYS DID.

>> WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT, WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE THE ONLY PEOPLE TO BEAT OURSELVES AND WE MADE SOME MISTAKES AND THEY CAPITALIZED, WE DIDN'T.

>> STORY OF THE GAME, THE 3RD-4TH DOWN CONVERSIONS AND THE KOMETS CASHING IN FOR 3-POINTS ON THE TURNOVER RIGHT BEFORE THE HALF THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS ONE.

STILL, 2025 GRAND RAPIDS FOOTBALL WITH THEIR 5TH STATE TOURNEY APPEARANCE AND SECTION TITLE, PLUS A 10-WIN SEASON, WHAT A RUN THEY HAD, NOTHING TO HANG THEIR HEADS ABOUT.

>>> BRAINERD-LITTLE FALLS GIRLS' HOCKEY IS OFF TO A 1-0-1 START TO THEIR SEASON, IT'S THEIR HOME OPENER TONIGHT AGAINST BLOOMINGTON JEFFERSON.

FIVE MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST PERIOD, STILL SCORELESS, ELSIE HAAKONSON FROM THE BLUE LINE, HER FOURTH GOAL ON THE YEAR, PUTS BRAINERD UP 1-0.

FINAL 30 SECONDS OF THE FIRST, STILL 1-0 WARRIORS, LEXI LEBLANC, RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME, BRAINERD IN FRONT 2-0.

THIRD PERIOD, WARRIORS UP 2-1, JAGUARS LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER, BUT SYDNEY AYLWARD SHUTTING THEM DOWN, SHE HAD 27 SAVES.

AS BRAINERD, GOES ON TO BEAT BLOOMINGTON JEFFERSON IN A 3-1 VICTORY.

LEVI LEMIEUR ADDED ANOTHER GOAL LATE IN THE THIRD PERIOD.

>>> AND ANOTHER HOCKEY SCORE, GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY COLLECTING ANOTHER WIN, BEATING EDEN PRAIRIE, 1-0.

>>> WELL, BSU MEN'S HOCKEY AT MICHIGAN TECH, FOR A BATTLE OF CCHA UNBEATENS, THEY'RE RESPECTIVELY THE TOP TWO TEAMS IN THE CONFERENCE STANDINGS.

FIRST PERIOD, NO SCORE, COLLECTING TRASH AND DISPOSING OF IT IN THE PROPER RECEPTACLE.

HUSKIES WOULD TIE IT BEFORE THE BREAK.

THEN EARLY IN THE THIRD, STILL TIED, THE GO AHEAD GOAL, 2-1.

THE BEAVERS WITH A LATE GAME POWER PLAY, EVENS THE SCORE, THIS ONE WOULD END IN A TIE.

BSU COLLECTING THE EXTRA POINT BY WINNING THE SHOOTOUT, 2-1.

BOTH TEAMS REMAIN UNBEATEN, SO WE WILL GET ANOTHER BATTLE OF THE UNBEATENS TOMORROW NIGHT.

THE WOMEN WERE TIED WITH MINNESOTA AT THE END OF THE SECOND PERIOD AND THEY FALL 6-2.

>>> AND, BSU WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL BEGINS THEIR FINAL HOMESTAND OF THE REGULAR SEASON, HOSTING 6TH RANKED CONCORDIA-SAINT PAUL.

BEAVERS ARE TIED AT 5.

AVA ONE OF HER 7 KILLS, GIVES THEM THE LEAD.

THE GOLDEN BEARS WOULD BOUNCE BACK WITH SOME STELLAR NET PLAY AND THE KILL THERE.

THEN ON THIS VERY NEXT ONE COMING UP WITH THE BIG BLOCK AS WELL.

LATER IN THE SET, BEAVERS ARE TRYING TO DIG THEIR WAY OUT OF IT, GRACE UP THE MIDDLE, SHE ALSO HAD 7 KILLS, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE 6th RANKED TEAM IN THE COUNTRY, CONCORDIA ST.

PAUL WINS IT IN STRAIGHT SETS.

A COUPLE MORE SCORES, MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM FOR BEMIDJI STATE OPENED THEIR SEASON WITH THE CENTRAL REGION CHALLENGE.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GOT A WIN OVER VALLEY CITY STATE FROM NORTH DAKOTA.

IN WOMEN'S COLLEGE SOCCER, THIS IS AN INTERESTING ONE.

BEMIDJI STATE TIED ST.

CLOUD STATE THROUGH TO OVERTIME.

ST.

CLOUD STATE ADVANCES ON P.K.

'S 3-2.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ENDED IN A TIE BECAUSE BEMIDJI STATE IS RANKED AHEAD OF ST.

CLOUD STATE.

THAT TEAM WAS A TIE, THEY TECHNICALLY DIDN'T LOSE TO THEM.

WE'LL SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT.

BEMIDJI STATE IS PROBABLY GOING TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT, BUT MAYBE NOT GETTING THE HOME GAMES THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD.

>> Matthew: WELL, AT LEAST THEY MAKE THE TOURNAMENT, RIGHT?

>> Charlie: THAT WOULD BE THE HOPE.

WE'LL FIND OUT THIS WEEKEND.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU CHARLIE.

THIS WEEKEND, PEQUOT LAKES HIGH SCHOOL IS DEBUTING THEIR FALL MUSICAL, PERCY JACKSON AND THE LIGHTNING THIEF, BASED ON THE BEST SELLING YOUNG ADULT SERIES OF THE SAME NAME.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL WAS AT THE FIRST PERFORMANCE, HERE HE IS WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS.

>> Reporter: MOST STUDENTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR NEXT TEST OR THEIR WEEKEND PLANS BUT IN PEQUOT LAKES HIGH SCHOOL THEATER'S LATEST PRODUCTION, STUDENTS WILL TRADE THEIR STRUGGLES OF GEOMETRY HOMEWORK TO GRAPPLE WITH THE GREEK GODS.

>> I WOULD CONSIDER IT THE NEW THING GETTING KIDS INTO READING.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OLD AND 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO IT WAS NEW.

THE TV SHOW HAS BEEN COMING OUT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, SO THAT HAS RENEWED THAT INTEREST IN THE BOOK.

THEY FIND OUT THAT HE IS A DEMIGOD, HALF GOD, HALF HUMAN, AND THE STORY IS ABOUT WHO HE IS AND WHERE HE FALLS IN THE WORLD.

>> Reporter: NORMALLY THE STUDENTS INVOLVED ARE THE UPPERCLASSMEN, BUT DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF THE BOOK SERIES, THE THEATER DEPARTMENT DECIDED TO CAST MIDDLE SCHOOLERS IN THE SHOW AS WELL, GOING AS FAR AS CASTING A MIDDLE SCHOOLER AS ONE OF THE THREE LEADS IN THE SHOW.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT LOVE PERCY JACKSON AND IT SHOWS ON STAGE.

EVERYONE GOT A CHANCE TO BE ON THE SHOW.

EVERY PERCY JACKSON FAN WERE LET IN.

A LOT OF THE SHOWS, THEY DON'T LET EVERYONE IN.

IT'S NICE THAT EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO BE IN CAN BE IN.

>> Reporter: THE REST OF THE CAST HAS EMBRACED THE YOUNGSTERS AND WORKED WITH THEM TO CREATE A FAMILIAL ENVIRONMENT.

>> I CAN HELP THE YOUNGER KIDS AND THE OLDER KIDS HELP ME.

WE'RE LIKE A FAMILY.

I LIKE THEATER BECAUSE I GET TO FIND THE PEOPLE I AM MEANT TO BE WITH.

>> Reporter: FOR FANS OF THE BOOK SERIES OR TV SHOW, THEY BELIEVE IT RESPECTS THE SOURCE MATERIAL AND PRESENTS IT IN A BRAND NEW WAY.

>> A LOT OF THE STUFF WE HAVE DONE WITH BLOCKING, WE HAVE TAKEN FROM THE SHOW TO GIVE US SOME IDEAS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

IT'S A LOT OF DANCING AND MOVEMENT AND SINGING.

IT'S MUCH MORE ENGAGING WHEN THEY'RE SINGING AND DANCING.

>> Reporter: I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Matthew: THE SHOW WILL RUN THROUGH THIS WEEKEND WITH SHOWS TOMORROW AT 7:00 P.M.

AND SUNDAY AT 2:00 P.M.

>>> WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAD TO STACY FOR DETAILS ON THE WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT, COULD BRING US A FEW RAIN SHOWERS OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR 36.

TOMORROW, SUNNY SKIES ARE BACK BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER.

HIGHS WILL BE AROUND 41 WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

THINGS GET COOLER NEXT WEEK AND WE HAVE PRETTY QUIET WEATHER, JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW ON TUESDAY.

>> Matthew: THAT'S OUR SHOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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