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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.

>>> AFTER 50 YEARS IN THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY, THE COMPANY NORTHLAND FISHING TACKLE WILL BE LEAVING THE CITY.

JOHN PETERSON THE FOUNDER OF NORTHLAND FISHING TACKLE SAYS G.S.M.

OUTDOORS HAS PURCHASED NORTHLAND AND PLANS TO MOVE THE COMPANY'S HEADQUARTERS TO IRVING, TEXAS.

PETERSON SAYS G.S.M.

PLANS TO RETAIN A FEW KEY SALES, MARKETING, AND PRODUCT MANAGERS IN A SATELLITE OFFICE IN BEMIDJI BUT THE COMPANY WILL HAVE TO VACATE THEIR 20,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY IN BEMIDJI'S INDUSTRIAL PARK BY JUNE 26TH OF NEXT YEAR.

PETERSON SAYS THEY WORKED HARD TO TRY FIND A BUYER WHO WOULD KEEP THE BUSINESS IN BEMIDJI AND RETAIN THEIR CURRENT EMPLOYEES, BUT IT DID NOT MATERIALIZE.

HE SAYS HE KNOWS THIS ACQUISITION WILL NO DOUBT HAVE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE LOCAL BEMIDJI COMMUNITY BUT THAT HE'S IMMENSELY PROUD OF THE CONTRIBUTION NORTHLAND HAS MADE TO THE COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS.

G.S.M.

OUTDOORS C.E.O.

EDWARD CASTRO SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT NORTHLAND HAS BUILT A STELLAR REPUTATION LARGE PART DUE TO THEIR COMMITMENT TO PRODUCING QUALITY LURES DESIGNED BY FISHERMEN, FOR FISHERMEN AND THAT G.S.M.

LOOKS FORWARD TO CARRYING ON THE NORTHLAND BRAND WITH THE SAME COMMITMENT TO QUALITY AND INNOVATION.

>>> A MAN WHO SERVED AS A HEAD ELECTION JUDGE IN A MINNESOTA TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO FELONY COUNTS FOR ALLEGEDLY LETTING 11 PEOPLE VOTE EVEN THOUGH THEY WEREN'T REGISTERED.

OFFICIALS BEGAN INVESTIGATING AFTER HUBBARD COUNTY AUDITOR KAY RAVE COULD NOT FIND ANY COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORMS IN MATERIALS RETURNED BY THE HEAD ELECTION JUDGE IN THE BADOURA TOWNSHIP PRECINCT WHICH IS JUST EAST OF PARK RAPIDS.

ACCORDING TO THE CHARGES, THAT WAS 64-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY MICHAEL SCOUTON, OF NEVIS.

ANOTHER ELECTION JUDGE TOLD AN INVESTIGATOR FROM THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT SCOUTON DIRECTED THEM NOT TO USE THE REGISTRATION FORMS, THE COMPLAINT SAID, WHILE ANOTHER SAID SCOUTON TOLD THEM THAT NEW VOTERS NEEDED ONLY TO SIGN THE BACK OF A BOOK.

THE COMPLAINT SAID THE INVESTIGATOR THEN MET WITH SCOUTON AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

HE WAS ADVISED OF HIS RIGHTS BUT DECLINED TO MAKE A STATEMENT, AND WAS THEN PUT UNDER ARREST.

THE COMPLAINT DID NOT GIVE A POTENTIAL MOTIVE.

SCOUTON MADE HIS INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE FRIDAY AND WAS RELEASED PENDING HIS NEXT HEARING JANUARY 6TH.

THE CHARGES CARRY MAXIMUM PENALTIES OF FIVE YEARS IN PRISON AND/OR A $10,000 FINE.

>>> NEARLY THREE YEARS AFTER A COUPLE FROM INDIA AND THEIR TWO YOUNG CHILDREN FROZE TO DEATH WHILE TRYING TO CROSS THE BORDER FROM CANADA INTO THE U.S., TWO MEN HAVE GONE ON TRIAL IN MINNESOTA ON HUMAN SMUGGLING CHARGES.

FEDERAL PROSECUTORS PLAN TO ARGUE THAT THE TWO MEN WERE PART OF A CRIMINAL NETWORK STRETCHING FROM INDIA TO CANADA THAT SMUGGLED FAMILIES SEEKING BETTER LIVES IN THE UNITED STATES.

ONE COUPLE FROM A VILLAGE IN INDIA FROZE TO DEATH IN JANUARY 2022 WHILE HOLDING THEIR 3-YEAR-OLD SON IN GUSTING SNOW AND BONE-CHILLING TEMPERATURES.

CANADIAN AUTHORITIES FOUND THE FAMILY'S BODIES.

PROSECUTORS SAY INDIAN NATIONAL 29-YEAR-OLD HARSHKUMAR PATEL RAN PART OF THE SCHEME AND RECRUITED 50-YEAR-OLD STEVE SHAND OF FLORIDA, TO SHUTTLE MIGRANTS ACROSS THE BORDER.

BOTH MEN HAVE PLEADED NOT GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT IN MINNESOTA.

THEY'RE STANDING TRIAL BEFORE U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE JOHN TUNHEIM, WITH PROCEEDINGS EXPECTED TO LAST ABOUT FIVE DAYS.

A JURY OF EIGHT MEN AND SIX WOMEN, INCLUDING TWO ALTERNATES, WAS SEATED MONDAY AFTERNOON.

EACH OF THE DEFENDANTS FACES FOUR COUNTS RELATED TO HUMAN SMUGGLING.

>>> A 64-YEAR OLD FOLEY MAN HAS DIED IN A ONE VEHICLE CRASH IN MORRISON COUNTY.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS THE CRASH HAPPENED ABOUT FIVE MILES SOUTH OF HILLMAN AT AROUND 6:45 P.M. ON SATURDAY.

ROBERT ROTHFORK WAS TRAVELING SOUTH OF SAGE ROAD WHEN THE VEHICLE HE WAS DRIVING WENT OFF THE ROAD AND INTO THE DITCH.

WHEN EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARRIVED ROTHFORK WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND NOT BREATHING.

LIFE SAVING EFFORTS WERE PERFORMED AND RESCUE WORKERS WERE ABLE TO GET A PULSE ON THE SCENE BUT ROTHFORK LATER DIED AFTER BEING AIRLIFTED TO A ST.

CLOUD HOSPITAL.

>>> THE YOUTH EMERGENCY SHELTER AND SUPPORTS OR YESS IN PARK RAPIDS HAS OPENED UP A PILOT YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS YO.

YESS PROVIDES A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUTH IN HUBBARD COUNTY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR IN CRISIS AND IN NEED OF A SHELTER.

YOUTH WILL HAVE ACCESS TO ANY CLOTHING, HYGIENE PRODUCTS, OR FOOD THEY MAY NEED FOR THE NIGHT AND ON WEEKENDS.

THE SHELTER PROVIDES GAMES TO PLAY WITH PEERS IN THE SAFE SPACE, ALONG WITH RESOURCES TO ASSIST WITH HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

THOSE IN CHARGE OF THE SHELTER FEEL THAT YOUTH IN THE AREA HAVE NEEDED THIS TYPE OF SUPPORT, AND WOULD'VE HELPED THEM IN THE PAST IF THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM WAS THERE IN THE PAST.

>> GROWING UP WAS DIFFICULT.

WE WERE IN A POVERTY LEVEL AND I WAS A TROUBLED YOUTH.

I RAN AWAY, PROBABLY MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT AND I GOT INTO TROUBLE WITH ALCOHOL AND I JUST LET MY LIFE KIND OF SLIP BY.

WOULD I HAVE TRAVELED THE ROAD I DID?

WOULD I HAVE DONE THOSE DRUGS?

WOULD I HAVE RAN AWAY?

I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD HAVE CHANGED THINGS, BUT I KNOW DEFINITELY THAT I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A KID THAT WOULD BE USING THIS PLACE.

>> THE CURRENT SPACE FOR THE PROGRAM SITS AT AROUND 500 SQUARE FEET BUT THE WORKERS HAVE A GOAL OF EXPANDING IT TO 5,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE FUTURE.

>>> THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HELD A BLOOD DRIVE TODAY AT PEQUOT LAKES HIGH SCHOOL.

THE RED CROSS IS EMPHASIZING THE NEED FOR BLOOD DONORS DUE TO THE IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS ACROSS AMERICA.

TODAY THE BLOOD DRIVE HAD OVER 67 SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS AND THAT WAS NOT INCLUDING WALK-INS.

THE RED CROSS HAS AMPED UP ITS EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN A STEADY BLOOD SUPPLY DUE TO THE RECENT HURRICANE'S EFFECT ON DONORS ACROSS THE NATION.

>> THE BROOD -- BLOOD DRIVE IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE BLOOD CANNOT BE MANUFACTURED.

IT'S NEEDED TO HAVE DONORS COME OUT.

SO WE MAKE SURE OUR MINNESOTA HOSPITALS ARE COVERED FIRST, AND THEN WE SEND BLOOD TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

>> THE MINNESOTA RED CROSS HAS DEPLOYED MORE THAN 120 DISASTER RESPONDERS IN RESPONSE TO THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY HURRICANE HELENE.

>>> THE CAMP CONFIDENCE LIONS CLUB WILL HOST A DANCE AT CRAGUN'S LEGACY ON DECEMBER 9TH THAT IS GEARED TOWARDS ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

THE LIONS CLUB ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO COME SPREAD THE HOLIDAY CHEER THROUGH MUSIC AND DANCE.

ONE OF THE MISSIONS IS TO IMPROVE THOSE WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES.

IT IS TO CREATE MEMORIES FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

>> THE DOORS OPEN AT CRAGUN'S LEGACY.

THE CAMP CONFIDENCE LINES ARE THE HOST.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO THE SPIRIT, COMING UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS, ALL KINDS OF HOLIDAY FUN TO GATHER WITH YOUR FRIENDS.

>> CAMP CONFIDENCE WILL ALSO BE HOSTING A HOLIDAY RENDEZVOUS EVENT ON DECEMBER 13TH AT 5:00 P.M. AT THE CAMP CONFIDENCE LEARNING CENTER.

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

>> Stacy: RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY TOMORROW, BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW AND WE COULD HAVE SOME LIGHT OR EVEN SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IN PARTS OF OUR AREA.

I'LL HAVE MORE ON YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> A $2.3 MILLION GRANT FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WILL HELP THE CITY OF AITKIN WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WATER TOWER AND OTHER WATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES.

REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN PETE STAUBER ANNOUNCED THE GRANT TODAY AND SAID, ”THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE FUNDS ARE A WIN-WIN FOR THE RESIDENTS OF AITKIN AS A RELIABLE WATER SYSTEM IS CRITICAL FOR THIS COMMUNITY'S HEALTH AND ECONOMIC SUCCESS.” AITKIN CITY ADMINISTRATOR JENNIFER THOMPSON SAYS THIS FUNDING, ALONG WITH AN ADDITIONAL $400,000 FROM THE IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND REHABILITATION BOARD AND A LOW-INTEREST LOAN FROM THE MINNESOTA PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY WILL ALLOW THE CITY OF AITKIN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT SHE TERMS A CRITICAL PROJECT.

>>> NOT ONLY HAS THE BEMIDJI FIRST CITY OF LIGHTS FOUNDATION BEEN KNOWN FOR LIGHTING UP THE DOWNTOWN AREA WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF LIGHTS AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS BUT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH OTTER TAIL POWER, THE FOUNDATION HAS HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THEIR CHRISTMAS LIGHT EXCHANGE.

OTTER TAIL POWER HAS PROVIDED THE FIRST CITY OF LIGHTS FOUNDATION WITH COMMERCIAL-GRADE L.E.D.

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND THE FOUNDATION IS ASKING FOR DONATIONS OF NEW, UNWRAPPED TOYS OR A GROCERY BAG OF NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS.

ALL OF WHICH TO BE VALUED AT $20 OR MORE.

IN EXCHANGE, YOU WILL RECEIVE FIVE STRANDS OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WITH THE COLORS OF YOUR CHOOSING.

TOYS THAT ARE COLLECTED FROM THE EXCHANGE WILL GO TOWARDS UNITED WAY OF BEMIDJI'S HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR KIDS CAMPAIGN, WHILE FOOD DONATIONS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF.

>> THE LIGHT EXCHANGE HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM WE RUN THE PAST FEW YEARS.

EVER SINCE WE DID THE EXPANSION OF THE SANTA'S WORKSHOP, IT'S BACK THIS YEAR.

WE DIDN'T HAVE IT LAST YEAR, BUT IT'S BACK THIS YEAR.

IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM TO HELP DRIVE ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT AND IT'S THE SEASON OF GIVING, EMPHASIS ON THE GIVING FACTOR OF THE HOLIDAYS.

>> THE CHRISTMAS LIGHT EXCHANGE COMES TO AN END ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30TH.

YOU CAN DROP OFF ANY DONATIONS AT THE TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER.

>>> WE BRING BACK STACY TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE POTENTIAL SNOW WE COULD SEE FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.

>> Stacy: YES, WE HAVE A PRETTY LARGE SYSTEM THAT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

WE HAVE RAIN MOVING IN TONIGHT AND IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY TOMORROW, BUT AS COLDER AIR WRAPS INTO THE SYSTEM, WE COULD SEE THE RAIN TRANSITIONING TO SNOW WITH SNOWFALL POSSIBLE AS WE HEAD >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS OF MINNESOTA AND THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DEAF, DEAF/BLIND, AND HARD OF HEARING STATE SERVICES DIVISION.

>> 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, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, LAND SURVEYORS SERVING MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SINCE 1975.

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE DO HAVE RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY TOMORROW.

WE'LL ALSO SEE SOME STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING WITHIN THE SYSTEM.

TEMPERATURES COOL TOMORROW NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY, THAT RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW, AND SOME OF US COULD SEE SOME ACCUMULATION AND SOME MORE THAN OTHERS, BUT QUIET AND CLOUDY WEATHER RETURNS LATER THIS WEEK.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 46 AT THE AIRPORT.

EAST WINDS ARE AT 12 MILES PER HOUR, BUT WE HAVE GUSTS UP TO 17.

THE DEW POINT IS 32.

I HEAR RAIN ON THE ROOFTOP, BUT AS OF LAST CHECK, NO MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION AT OUR STUDIO.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE SOME LIGHT RAIN, IT'S 44 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 39.

WINDS ARE EAST AT 14 MILES PER HOUR, WITH GUSTS UP TO 23.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, WE CAN SEE THIS LARGE SYSTEM IS MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUES TO SPREAD THAT PRECIPITATION NORTHWARD.

WE ARE LOOKING AT MAINLY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT WE WILL BE SEEING THOSE WINDS PICKING UP, LOOKING AT 10 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR, WITH SOME STRONGER GUSTS WITHIN THAT.

RAIN CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW EVENING, WE WILL SEE COLDER AIR WRAPPING SOUTHWARD.

SO WE WILL SEE THAT TRANSITION OVER TO THE AREAS OF SNOW TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND THEN TOMORROW NIGHT, IT CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA, WE COULD SEE SOME SNOW AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY.

AS FAR AS ACCUMULATIONS, IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF US, LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE MOST PART, BUT AS WE HEAD FURTHER TO THE WEST, THE POET ESSENTIAL -- POTENTIAL TO SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL INCREASES.

AS FAR AS EAGLE EYE PICTURES, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL BUT FROSTY MORNING FROM RYAN AT RED LAKE, DEBRA AT LAKE ADA WITH THE CALM SUNRISE THIS MORNING.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE WITH THE MORNING SKIES AND THE SUNRISE FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

WE HAVE A PHOTO OF SOME HOODED -- I THINK I'M PRONOUNCING IT WRONG.

SANDY SENDING US THE PHOTO OF THE SWANS.

AND SOME DEER WERE SPOTTED IN THE AREA.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 26 AND FROSTY THIS MORNING.

RYAN AT RED LAKE, 34 AND FROSTY AS WELL.

STEPHANIE IN BRINERD CLOUDY SKIES, WITH A HIGH OF 56.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, FUN WITH SOME CLOUDS, WE HAD A HIGH OF 53.

SANDY IN BLACKDUCK, SUNSHINE WITH CLOUDS ROLLING IN LATE, 45 THIS EVENING.

NOW IN BRAINERD, WE TOPPED OUT AT 57, WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

WE HAD A LOW OF 29.

BEMIDJI TODAY TOPPING OUT AT 49, SO VERY MILD AND OUR LOW TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING WAS 24.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, AREAS OF RAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING SOME STRONG WINDS, CLOUDY SKIES, AND SOME SNOW IN THE FOSSTON AREA.

HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO UPPER 40s, BUT EXPECT TO SEE COOLING TEMPERATURES AS WELL.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, CLOUDY WITH RAINFALL, GUSTY WINDS AS WELL IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, EARLY HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40s TO LOW 50s, EXPECTING THE TEMPS TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

LOWS NEAR 40 WITH EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR.

FOR TOMORROW, RAIN CONTINUES, AND WE MAY SEE SOME SCATTERED SNOWFALL IN WESTERN MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS NEAR 46, STILL LOOKING AT VARIABLE WINDS AT 10 TO 25.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST.

WE WILL SEE THE RAIN TRANSITION TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY, HIGHS NEAR 30.

QUIETER BUT CLOUDY WEATHER CONTINUES AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK AND THE WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE COOLER THAN WHAT WE'RE USE TO, HIGHS MAINLY IN THE MID-20s TO MID-30s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH A LOT OF LOCAL SPORTS.

>> Charlie: YEAH, WE HAD EVERY SPORT THIS WEEKEND, BUT BSU IN PARTICULAR HAD SOME BIG WINS OVER THE WEEKEND.

THEN A COUPLE OF STATE TOURNAMENT AND STATE MEET RESULTS FOR YOU AS WELL.

IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF SPORTS LIKE DENNIS SAID.

WE HAVE THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪ >> 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.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL KNEW THE ASSIGNMENT HEADING INTO SATURDAY'S SHOWDOWN WITH 15TH RANKED AUGUSTANA, WIN AND YOU'RE IN THE PLAYOFFS.

LOSE AND YOU GET A PAT ON THE SHOULDER WITH A THANKS FOR PLAYING.

SO HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED.

BSU HOSTING AUGIE ON A BLUSTERY NOVEMBER AFTERNOON.

BEAVERS CAME IN 4-0 AT THE CHET THIS SEASON, A CHANCE TO FINISH UNDEFEATED AT HOME.

SECOND QUARTER, STILL NO SCORE.

SAM FINDS A WIDE OPEN DRAYTON.

A TOUCHDOWN, BEAVERS LED 7-3 AT THE HALF.

THEN THE VIKINGS FIND THE END ZONE.

AUGUSTANA IS IN FRONT.

NOW WE MENTIONED IT WAS BLUSTERY, 20-PLUS MILES PER HOUR OFF THE LAKE, HELPS CONNOR WITH HIS 47-YARD FIELD GOAL.

THAT'S EARLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

THEN A FEW DRIVES LATER, BEAVERS ARE TRYING TO TAKE THE LEAD.

McGAFFE TO HIS ROOMMATE.

THERE HE GOES.

29 YARDS, AND A FEW PLAYS LATER, HE HAD 85 YARDS ON THE GROUND, CALLS HIS NUMBER, FIGHTS HIS WAY FOR THE GO AHEAD SCORE AND THE DEFENSE, THEY NEED TO COME UP BIG.

GUESS WHO, THE NSIC DEFENDER OF THE WEEK, 1.5 SACKS, AND BEMIDJI STATE WOULD STOP THEM ON DEFENSE.

BEMIDJI STATE WOULD BEAT AUGUSTANA 17-10.

NOW WE FIGURED THEY WERE PROBABLY IN, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TO FIND OUT IF THEIR NAME WAS CALLED.

SO ON SUNDAY, THE TEAM GATHERED TO WATCH THE SELECTION SHOW AND FIND OUT THEIR FATE.

FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, THEY WILL BE HEADED TO TEXAS FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS, THIS TIME TO PLAY 3-SEED ANGELO STATE.

>> YEAH, IT FEELS GREAT.

THIS WHOLE LAST WEEK, WE WERE JUST HARPING ON IT.

PLAY OUR STYLE OF FOOTBALL AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET A SHOT TO MAKE A NAME FOR OURSELVES IN THE PLAYOFFS AND I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB.

>> IT'S GRATIFYING TO GET BACK IN.

THINGS STACKED UP WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR SCHEDULE.

IT WORKED OUT.

WE'RE EXCITED AND WE DIDN'T HAVE GREAT SUCCESS DOWN THERE LAST TIME, BUT WE WERE IN POSITION THE FOURTH QUARTER, AND THEY ENDED UP GETTING A LATE INTERCEPTION TO MAKE THE SCORE MORE LOPSIDED.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT GOING DOWN THERE AND SEE HOW WE STACK UP AGAINST THOSE GUYS.

>> ANGELO STATE WAS THE SAME TEAM THAT ENDED BEMIDJI STATE'S SEASON IN THE 2ND ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS IN 2022.

THE BEAVERS HAVE NOW MADE THE NCAA PLAYOFFS 4-YEARS RUNNING AND MADE IT TO THE 2ND ROUND IN THEIR PREVIOUS 3 APPEARANCES.

>>> SINCE BSU AND MINNESOTA FIRST PLAYED IN MEN'S HOCKEY IN 2000, THE BEAVERS HAVE ONLY BEATEN THE GOLDEN GOPHERS TWICE IN 24 MEETINGS AND THE BEAVS HAVE NEVER BEATEN THEM IN BEMIDJI BUT THAT ALL CHANGED SATURDAY NIGHT.

BEMIDJI STATE HOSTING 3RD RANKED MINNESOTA IN FRONT OF A SOLD-OUT CROWD AT THE SANFORD CENTER AND THE BEAVERS GAVE THEM SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT RIGHT AWAY.

KIRKLAN IREY SCORES JUST 21 SECONDS INTO THE GAME NETS HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE SERIES.

BSU WITH A 1-0 LEAD.

MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST, MINNESOTA CAN'T CLEAR THE PUCK AND IT'S IREY AGAIN, MAKES THEM PAY AS THE BEAVS TAKE A 2-0 LEAD.

NOW THE GOPHERS CAME INTO THE NIGHT AVERAGING OVER 4-GOALS A GAME BUT MATTIAS SHOLL STOOD ON HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE PIPES FOR THE BEAVERS, HOLDING MINNESOTA SCORELESS UNTIL 2:12 LEFT IN REGULATION.

BEMIDJI STATE WOULD SNAG AN EMPTY NETTER LATE AS THEY UPSET MINNESOTA 3-1.

SHOLL HAD 38 SAVES IN THE VICTORY EARNING HIM CCHA GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK.

HERE'S WHAT THE TEAM HAD TO SAY ABOUT HIS EFFORT AFTER THE GAME.

>> HE IS UNREAL.

I MEAN THAT'S SELF-EXPLANATORY.

HE KEPT US IN THE GAME THE WHOLE TIME.

WE HAD TO GRAB THE REBOUND AND HEAD OUT OF THE ZONE.

I THINK THAT'S BIG TIME.

AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP, WE BELIEVE IN HIM.

>> THEY'RE A HIGH SKILLED TEAM SO THEY CAN MAKE PLAYS ANY MOMENT.

YOU BUILD CONFIDENCE WHEN YOU SEE THE GUYS IN FRONT OF YOU SACRIFICING EVERYTHING LIKE WE DID TONIGHT.

IT'S A GREAT FEELING BEATING THESE GUYS.

IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.

>> HERE'S HOW SHOLL FARED ACROSS BOTH GAMES AGAINST ONE OF THE BEST FORWARD GROUPS IN THE COUNTRY AND IT EARNED HIM HIS 6TH CAREER CCHA GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK AWARD, HIS FIRST THIS SEASON.

>>> BSU WOMAN'S HOCKEY HOSTING SAINT THOMAS.

BEAVERS GOT THEIR FIRST WCHA WIN OF THE SEASON ON FRIDAY, TRIED TO GET THEIR FIRST SWEEP SATURDAY.

NOW IF YOU THOUGHT KIRKLAN IREY'S 21-SECOND GOAL WAS FAST, HOW ABOUT HAILEY ARMSTRONG.

ONLY TAKES HER 20-SECONDS AND BEMIDJI STATE LEADS 1-0.

LATER.

MYA HEADRICK, WHERE GRANDMA KEEPS THE GOOD STUFF, HER FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON PUTS THE BEAVS UP 2-0.

THEN STILL IN THE FIRST, KATE JOHNSON WALKS RIGHT UP AND RINGS THE DOOR-BELL, HER FIRST GOAL OF THE YEAR, HER 4TH POINT OF THE WEEKEND.

BEMIDJI STATE LED 3-0 AT THE FIRST INTERMISSION.

THEY'D HOLD OFF THE SAINT THOMAS DOWN THE STRETCH TO WIN 4-3.

BEAVERS SWEEP THEIR FIRST WCHA SERIES SINCE 2022.

ALSO AGAINST THE TOMMIES, BSU GOALTENDER KAILTIN GROESS SAVED 56 OF 60 SHOTS IN THE SERIES, EARNING HER CONFERENCE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HONORS.

>>> A COUPLE SCORES, BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FALLS ON SATURDAY.

CONCORDIA STATE SWEEPS IN VOLLEYBALL.

>>> AT U.S. BANK STADIUM ON SATURDAY, THE CLASS 3A FOOTBALL STATE SEMIFINAL.

PEQUOT LAKES VERSUS DASSEL-COKATO.

PATS TRYING TO GET TO THEIR FIRST EVER PREP BOWL GAME BUT SECOND QUARTER.

THEY'RE DOWN 7-6.

MICHAEL OSSLAND FINDS LANDON BRILL UP THE SEAM FOR 44-YARDS, SET UP A PATRIOTS TOUCHDOWN.

THEY TO LEAD 14-7.

LATER IN THE QUARTER, PATS IN THE RED ZONE.

OSELAND SPINNING IT TO ETHAN ARELLANO.

12-YARD T.D.

CONNECTION.

PEQUOT LED 20-7 AT THE HALF.

BUT IT WAS A TALE OF TWO HALVES, DASSEL-COKATO FUELED BY THIER RUNNING ATTCK HAD 335 YARDS ON THE GROUND.

CALEB SMOCK HERE WITH 30 OF THEM FOR THE SCORE.

THEY WOULD STORM BACK TO BEAT PEQUOT LAKES, 29-26.

BRYAR NORDBY STOOD OUT FOR PEQUOT, AMASSING 154 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS AND IN THE CLASS A SEMIFINAL, MAHNOMEN-WAUBUN WOULD SUFFER A SIMILAR FATE, TAKING A 16-0 LEAD AT HALF BUT SURRENDERING 30 IN THE SECOND HALF TO FALL TO SPRINGFIELD IN THE SEMIS FOR THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW.

>>> AND WRAPPING UP SATURDAY, THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVING MEET HELD AT THE AQUATIC CENTER, MAYA CAME AWAY WITH GOLD WINNING AN INDIVIDUAL STATE TITLE, FINISHING IN A SCHOOL RECORD.

EARNING HER AN ALL AMERICAN HONOR AS WELL.

AFTERWARDS, THE SENIOR WARRIOR TOLD US HOW SHE GOT IT DONE.

>> I FEEL LIKE MY MOST IMPORTANT WAS MY TURN.

I FEEL LIKE IT GOT ME GOING INTO THE NEXT 25 OF THE RACE.

THEN MY FINISH WAS PRETTY GOOD TOO.

I LIKE TO MAKE MY PARENTS PROUD BECAUSE THEY PUT A LOT OF TIME IN.

I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT MY TEAMMATES.

WE WORK SUPER HARD.

I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT BOTH OF MY COACHES.

>> Charlie: SHE BECOME IT IS SECOND GIRL STATE CHAMP, AND THE OTHER WAS RACHEL IN 1975, WHO DID IT IN THE 50-FREE.

HERE'S HOW BRAINERD DID OVER THE WEEKEND.

>> Dennis: WOW, WHAT A GREAT HONOR FOR HER.

>> Charlie: ABSOLUTELY, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE GET TO DO THAT.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THE YARN CABIN, A LOCAL YARN AND CRAFT SHOP IN DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI, OPENED IN MAY.

LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER OPENING THE LOCATION, THEY ALREADY HAVE TO MOVE TO A BIGGER SPACE.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: IN HOUSE DYE YARN, HOMEMADE JEWELRY, THEY HAVE IT ALL, AND MAYBE THEY HAVE TOO MUCH AS THE SHOP JUST OPENED IN MAY THIS YEAR IS MAKING ITS WAY TO A NEW LOCATION, MOVING TO 2nd STREET DOWNTOWN.

>> I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE MOVE.

WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT COME ON THURSDAY NIGHTS TO NET, CROCHET, OR VISIT.

IT RANGES IN AGES FROM COLLEGE ALL THE WAY TO RETIRED AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO MOVE FURNITURE, BRING IN OTHER CHAIRS, AND MAKE SPACE.

WE EVEN HAVE PEOPLE THAT SIT ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE THEY JUST WANT TO BE HERE.

>> Reporter: EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING, THE YARN CABIN IS OPEN FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND KNIT OR CROCHET.

THIS IS NOT MEANT FOR TEACHING BUT TO PROVIDE A SPACE FOR LIKE-MINDED INDIVIDUALS TO PRACTICE THEIR CRAFT.

>> MEN TOO, BUT I THINK ESPECIALLY WOMEN ARE LOOKING FOR AN OUTLET AND OTHER WOMEN TO TALK TO AND TO ENJOY BEING TOGETHER.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A SPACE FOR THE LONG WINTERS TO COME AND HAVE SOMETHING TO DO AND BE CREATIVE AND HAVE THAT TIME WITH OTHER PEOPLE, NOT JUST GOING HOME AND COZYING IN AND HIBERNATING FOR THE WINTER.

>> Reporter: ALONG WITH THE MEETING CORNER, INSIDE THE STORE ARE HUNDREDS OF KINDS OF YARN AND MORE THAN JUST SELLING YARN, SHE DYES IT HERSELF AT THE BACK.

>> AFTER I SAID I NEVER WANT TO DYE YARN, I STARTED DYEING YARN.

I ENDED UP REALLY LIKING IT AND PEOPLE REALLY SEEM TO LIKE IT.

SO I SELL HERE AT THE YARN CABIN.

I ALSO SELL ONLINE, AT THE YARNCABIN.COM AND I SELL TO OTHER SHOPS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

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

>> THE NEW LOCATION IS STILL UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS, BUT THE YARN CABIN IS HOPING TO BE SET UP IN THEIR NEW SPACE BY THE END OF JANUARY.

>>> ONE MORE QUICK LOOK AT WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WINDS WILL BE PICKING UP, IT COULD BE GUSTY WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR.

>> Dennis: AND THAT IS GOING TO DO IT FOR US.

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

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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