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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.

>>> TWO 17-YEAR-OLD TWIN BROTHERS FROM NEVIS SAVED THREE PEOPLE AND THEIR DOG OUT OF A SINKING BOAT ON A NEVIS AREA LAKE RECENTLY.

THREE PEOPLE HAD GONE OUT DUCK HUNTING ON FIRST CROW WING LAKE WHEN THEIR BOAT SANK AND THERE WAS NO WAY FOR THEM TO SWIM TO SHORE.

ONE FAMILY GOT TOGETHER AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE HUNTERS TO SAFETY BEFORE FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SCENE.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: A RETIRED STATE PATROL OFFICER WAS WORKING ONE NIGHT WHEN SHE RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT A DUCK HUNTING TRIP GONE WRONG NEAR HER HOUSE.

>> THERE WERE THREE HUNTERS IN THE BOAT, NO LIFE JACKETS, AND THEIR BOAT WAS SINKING.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF GEAR AND LOT OF PEOPLE, BOATS DON'T LIKE TO FLOAT VERY WELL.

THEY HAD THE DOG UP FRONT, TAKE A SCOOP IN THE FRONT, THE MOTOR IN THE BACK, AND THE WATER CAME UP FROM THE BACK AND IT SANK.

>> Reporter: NOT ONLY DID THE BOAT SINK, BUT THE PASSENGERS WERE UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO SHORE.

SHE CALLED HER HUSBAND AND TWO 17-YEAR-OLD SONS.

>> WE GOT WOKEN UP BY OUR DAD SAYING THAT SOMEONE WAS SUNKEN IN THE LAKE, DUCK HUNTERS.

THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT BOAT WAS AN HOUR AWAY.

WE WERE THE CLOSEST TO THE SITUATION, SO WE WENT OUT, PUT THE BOAT IN THE WATER, AND TRIED TO RESCUE THESE PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: ONE REASON THE FAMILY KNEW IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO STEP IN IS BECAUSE THE BOYS HAVE BEEN HUNTING ON THIS LAKE FOR YEARS.

THEY KNEW WHERE THE ACCESS POINT WAS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S HARD TO GET TO.

>> IT'S IN A BIG WATERFALL MANAGEMENT AREA.

IT'S NOT REALLY ON THE MAP.

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE ACCESS POINT, TO LOOK AT THE COUNTY MAP AND FIND IT, I DON'T THINK YOU WILL FIND THE TRAIL AND THESE ACCESS POINTS.

>> Reporter: IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN FIRST RESPONDERS 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR TO GET TO THE SITE.

THE BOYS GOT OUT OF BED AND GOT TO WORK.

>> IT'S A SMALL BOAT, SO ONLY ONE BOY WENT WITH IT.

HE GOT THE BOAT, TURNED AROUND, HAD SOME DIFFICULTY WITH THE MUD AND WEEDS, BUT GOT OUT AND GOT STARTED, FOUND THE DUCK HUNTERS.

>> HE GOT THEM IN THE BOAT AND ON TO LAND SAFELY AND UNHARMED.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN NEVIS, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> ONCE THEY MADE IT TO SHORE, THE HUNTERS WERE HANDED OVER TO FIRST RESPONDERS, WHO WERE EVENTUALLY ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SCENE.

NO ONE WAS HARMED DURING THE WHOLE INCIDENT, AND THE BOYS' PAYMENT FOR SAVING EVERYONE?

AS WITH ALL OF THE OTHER 17-YEAR-OLDS, IT WAS SIMPLY TIME TO GO TO SCHOOL.

>>> A GRAND RAPIDS WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF CRIMINAL VEHICULAR HOMICIDE IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF A MAN WHO WAS WALKING ON AN ITASCA COUNTY HIGHWAY IN JULY.

65-YEAR-OLD CYNTHIA ARLENE MARTIN WAS CHARGED TUESDAY IN ITASCA COUNTY COURT WITH CRIMINAL VEHICULAR HOMICIDE, DRIVER WHO CAUSES COLLISION LEAVES SCENE.

MARTIN IS CURRENTLY THE CHAIR FOR THE 8TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT D.F.L.

AND THE VICE-CHAIR FOR THE ITASCA COUNTY D.F.L.

SHE ALSO PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS CHAIR FOR THE ITASCA COUNTY D.F.L.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE, AUTHORITIES BELIEVE MARTIN WAS DRIVING WEST ON HIGHWAY 169 NEAR NASHWAUK WHEN SHE STRUCK 19-YEAR-OLD CARTER HAITHCOCK OF GOODLAND.

AROUND 6:00 A.M.

THE NEXT DAY, MARTIN CALLED 9-1-1 TO REPORT SHE MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR NASHWAUK AND LATER TOLD LAW ENFORCEMENT SHE THOUGHT SHE MAY HAVE HIT AN OWL OR TURKEY.

INVESTIGATORS FOUND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF MARTIN'S VEHICLE AND A PIECE OF FABRIC WAS IN THE HOOD THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE SWEATSHIRT WORN BY HAITHCOCK.

THEY ALSO FOUND SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM A GAS STATION THAT SHOWED A VEHICLE SIMILAR TO THE ONE SHE WAS DRIVING THAT PULLED OVER AT THE LOCATION HAITHCOCK WAS HIT AND NEAR THE TIME THEY BELIEVE THE COLLISION OCCURRED.

THE NEXT HEARING IN THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 26TH.

>>> THE VOTE FOR THE PLANNED STATE HIGHWAY 197 PROJECT HAS FAILED AFTER MULTIPLE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCILORS VOTED NO ON THE PLANS AT THEIR MEETING ON MONDAY.

THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF PROPOSED ROUNDABOUTS ON HIGHWAY 197 ON THE INTERSECTIONS OF HANNAH AVENUE AND AT THE ENTRANCE TO MENARDS.

COUNCILORS JOSH PETERSON, AUDREY THAYER, AND MAYOR JORGE PRINCE WERE THE ONES WHO VOTED NO ON THE PROJECT.

ALL OF WHOM EXPRESSED CONCERNS OVER CERTAIN DESIGN CHOICES FOR THE INTERSECTION OF HANNAH AVENUE AND HIGHWAY 197 THAT MAY IMPACT SOME OF THE BUILDINGS IN THAT AREA AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

>> I REACHED OUT TO MULTIPLE BUSINESSES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

I HAD CONSTITUENTS LITERALLY STOP AT MY HOUSE TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THEY DON'T WANT IT.

OUR PRIMARY CONCERN IS ONE ROUNDABOUT AT HANNAH AVENUE.

I CAN'T KNOWINGLY SUPPORT SOMETHING WHEN I HAD THE BUSINESSES ALONG THE STRETCH OF THE CORRIDOR AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONTACTED ME, EITHER STOP TO SEE ME OR CALLED ME OR E-MAILED ME.

THIS IS MY WORK AND I NEED TO DO WHAT I BELIEVE I SHOULD DO BY REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE THAT REACHED OUT TO ME IN MY WARD SO I WILL BE VOTING NO.

>> WARD ONE COUNCILOR GWENIA FISKEVOLD GOULD ORIGINALLY VOTED NO, BUT MADE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE PROPOSAL BUT THE COUNCIL COULD NOT COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND THE VOTE WOULD FAIL.

BECAUSE WARD THREE COUNCILOR, RON JOHNSON, WAS NOT PRESENT AT THAT MEETING, THE COUNCIL WILL REVISIT THE PLANS AT THEIR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

>>> NEWLY ELECTED HOUSE 2A STATE REPRESENTATIVE BIDAL DURAN HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR A LEADERSHIP POSITION FOR THE HOUSE G.0.P.

DURAN WAS ONE OF NINE STATE REPS SELECTED TO SERVE AS ASSISTANT CAUCUS LEADERS FOR THE 2025-26 HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP TEAM.

DURAN IS THE ONLY NEWLY ELECTED STATE REPRESENTATIVE TO BE SELECTED FOR THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.

DURAN DEFEATED REED OLSON IN THE 2A ELECTION EARLIER THIS MONTH AND WILL BE SWORN IN AS STATE REP FOR THE DISTRICT WHEN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION BEGINS IN JANUARY.

>>> THE UNITED WAY OF BEMIDJI AREA HAS A NUMBER OF FUNDRAISING AND DONATION CAMPAIGNS THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

ONE LOCAL BEMIDJI SMALL BUSINESS HAS DECIDED TO PARTNER WITH THE UNITED WAY TO HELP IN THEIR EFFORTS WITH A SHOP SMALL, GIVE BIG CAMPAIGN.

THIS WEEK, IF YOU DECIDE TO SHOP AT MERRY PIGLETS IN DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI, YOU'LL NOT ONLY BE SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES BUT YOU'LL ALSO BE CONTRIBUTING A SMALL AMOUNT TO THE UNITED WAY OF BEMIDJI AREA.

FOR EVERY SALE, MERRY PIGLETS WILL DONATE $1 TO THE UNITED WAY, WHICH WILL GO TOWARDS INITIATIVES THAT STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY AND SPREAD HOLIDAY CHEER TO THOSE WHO NEED IT THE MOST.

>> I GREW UP AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE BACK WHEN YOU CAN.

>> WE WILL BE DONATING $1 TO BEMIDJI UNITED WAY.

THE DOLLAR STAYS LOCAL AND GOES TO THE AGENCY THAT NEEDS IT THE MOST.

THEY SUPPORT ALL SORTS OF AGENCIES THROUGH FUNDING AND THROUGH SUPPORT AND I BELIEVE IN GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> THE CAMPAIGN COMES TO AN END AFTER THE STORE CLOSES ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD.

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

>> Stacy: LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE WRAPPING UP BUT TEMPERATURES WILL STAY COOL AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, A SMALL TOWN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND THEIR ABILITY TO UNITE A COMMUNITY.

[♪♪♪] >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> STAPLES-MOTLEY HIGH SCHOOL IS HEADING TO THE CLASS 2A STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

NEWS REPORTER SKYLER BLAINE WAS IN BOTH TOWNS AND WAS ABLE TO SEE HOW HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CAN IMPACT A COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE TOWN OF STAPLES MOTLEY IS WITNESSING ONE OF THE BEST SEASONS PUT TOGETHER BY THEIR CARDINALS IN OVER THREE DECADES.

>> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED.

BOTH COMMUNITIES STAPLE AND MOTLEY ARE PRETTY EXCITED.

I CAME HERE IN '93, SO WE HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED THIS IN 31 YEARS.

>> IT'S A FRENZY THAT IS REAL AND IT HAS AN EFFECT AND IMPACT ON THE HOW THE COMMUNITY LOOKS AT EACH OTHER.

>> Reporter: THE PEOPLE HAVE RALLIED AROUND THE CARDINALS DURING THIS GREAT RUN, AN EXPERIENCE THAT HAS CREATED A SENSE OF EXCITEMENT, UNITY, AND PRIDE.

>> THERE IS GOING TO BE EXCITEMENT, RIGHT?

THERE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT WILL COME UP BEHIND THIS TEAM AND THE PARENTS AND EVERYTHING.

I THINK STAPLES IS NO DIFFERENT.

ANY TIME A COMMUNITY CAN GET EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING POSITIVE, BOY, MYSELF AS A MAYOR, I'M GOING TO JUMP ALL OVER THAT.

>> Reporter: FOR A TOWN OF OVERrd -- ONLY 3,000 PEOPLE TO HAVE A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS RARELY.

IT WILL LAST FOR YEARS TO COME.

>> I HOPE EVERYONE REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THIS TIME IS.

MOMENTS LIKE THIS IN A SMALL TOWN IS WONDERFUL, BUT THEY DON'T COME AROUND EVERYDAY.

YOU HAVE TO GRAB IT AND LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.

IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC FOR THIS TOWN.

>> Reporter: AND THE LAST MESSAGE FOR THE STAPLES MOTLEY COMMUNITY TO CARDINALS FOOTBALL.

>> MAKE THE BEST MEMORIES EVER, HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE, AND GO CARDINALS.

>> THIS IS OUR TIME.

THIS IS OUR TIME AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE KIDS WILL EARN.

THEY HAVE EARNED IT TO GET HERE BUT THIS IS OUR TIME.

>> Reporter: IN STAPLES, I'M SKYLER BLAINE, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> STAPLES-MOTLEY HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY.

THE FAN BUS WILL LEAVE AT 12:45 P.M. FROM THE SCHOOL.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE STAPLES-MOTLEY FOOTBALL TEAM LATER ON IN SPORTS.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER.

STACY FORECASTED SOME SNOW LAST NIGHT AND WE CERTAINLY GOT SOME AROUND THE AREA.

>> Stacy: WE SAW LIGHT AMOUNTS THROUGH OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A FEW OF THE SNOW SHOWERING LINGERING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, BUT THEY SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP OVERNIGHT.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CLOUD COVER AND THESE COOLER >> 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 ARE NOW SEEING A MORE WINTERY LANDSCAPE.

YOU CAN SEE THIS HERE BEHIND ME FROM BEMIDJI TODAY, BUT WE HAD SOME LIGHT SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME OF THAT LIGHT SNOW THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

THE SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT, BUT WE WILL HAVE THE CLOUD COVER THROUGH TOMORROW, AND COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

WE HAVE A CHANCE OF SEEING SOME SUNSHINE IN PARTS OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT IS 28 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT, AT THE STUDIO WE HAVE A WEST WIND AT 7 MILES PER HOUR, AND WE PICKED UP ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF SNOW TODAY AND OUR HUMIDITY IS AT 99%.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 30 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 23, PRESSURE IS RISING AND WINDS ARE NORTHWEST AT 9 MILES PER HOUR.

ON THE RADAR, WE CAN SEE THAT THERE IS STILL SOME MOISTURE IN THE AIR.

WE ARE STILL SEEING LIGHT SNOWFALL AND FLURRIES.

BUT THAT WILL BE COMING TO AN END AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE OFF TO THE SOUTH AND EAST.

WE SHOULD HAVE CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CLOUD COVER INTO TOMORROW.

WE WILL SEE WINDS PICK UP, SO BREEZY ONCE AGAIN.

THE WINDS ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR, MAINLY QUIET AS WE HEAD THREW THE END OF THE WEEK AND ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, OUR EAGLE EYES WERE TAKING A LOOK AT THE WINTERY LANDSCAPE.

SAMROSE OVER UPPER RED LAKE, DEBRA WITH THE SHORES OF LAKE ADA AND ARLENE WITH THE SNOW COVERED GROUND THERE IN LONGVILLE.

RALPH ALSO SENT US SOME PICTURES OF THE NEW SNOW.

ARLENE NOT JUST CAPTURING THE NEW SNOW BUT A BEAR ON HER GAME CAM THIS MORNING.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, OVERNIGHT FLURRIES.

DEBRA AT PINE RIVER, 29 THIS MORNING.

RALPH IN JENKINS REPORTING LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION.

BOB IN BLUFFTON WITH AN INCH OF SNOW, THE HIGH WAS 25.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY AND WINDY, A DUSTING OF SNOW TODAY.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, A HIGH OF 32.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING A HIGH OF 36, VERY SEASONAL HIGH TEMPERATURE.

WE HAD A LOW OF 28 AND SUNRISE AT 7:26.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 29, A LITTLE BIT BELOW THAT AVERAGE AND NOT MUCH WARMER THAN OUR LOW, WHICH WAS 27 AND SUNSET AT 4:38.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, IT LOOKS DRY, BREEZY, AND WE WILL HAVE THE CLOUD COVER THROUGHOUT NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE FROM 30 IN FOSSTON TO UPPER 30s, CLOSE TO 40 IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, LOOKING AT THE CLOUDY SKIES, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 30s, LOW 30s, SOME MID-30s OUT THERE, UPPER 30s MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST.

WE COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE FRIDAY, BUT OVERALL, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF CLOUDS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH THE COLDER TEMPERATURES STICKING AROUND.

MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, LOWS NEAR 28, NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20, STILL MOSTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW, HIGHS IN THE MID-30s, AND NORTHWEST WINDS PICKING UP 10 TO 25.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, VARIABLE CLOUDS ON FRIDAY, SOME OF US WILL BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE SOME SUNSHINE, BUT THE CLOUDS ROLL BACK IN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND AND BY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY, WE COULD SEE SOME SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE AREA AND THE SNOW COULD CONTINUE ON MONDAY.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

I HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH SOME OF THE STAPLES MOTLEY SEMIFINALS.

THEY'RE AN ENTERTAINING TEAM TO WATCH.

>> Charlie: THEY ARE DYNAMIC BOTH ON THE GROUND AND THROUGH THE AIR, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING YOU SEE OUT OF A CLASS 2A SCHOOL.

THERE IS A GREAT PASS RIGHT THERE.

STAPLES MOTLEY JUST ABSOLUTELY STOKED TO BE PLAYING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE PREP BOWL AND WE GOT THE STORY FROM MILES WALKER COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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>> HEALTH MINUTE IS SPONSORED IN PART BY EMPLOYEE-OWNED LUEKEN'S VILLAGE FOODS, FEATURING THE AREA'S LARGEST SELECTION OF SEAFOOD AND HIGHEST QUALITY MEATS.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> STAPLES-MOTLEY FOOTBALL WILL BE PLAYING IN THE PREP BOWL FOR JUST THE SECOND TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

OF THEIR THREE APPEARANCES IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT, THE CARDINALS ONLY MADE IT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1988 BUT THAT ALL CHANGES THIS FRIDAY.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE CARDINALS FOOTBALL LAST PLAY IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

36 YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE LAST APPEARING IN THE PREP BOWL, BUT THEY ARE FINALLY BACK AND LOOKING FOR THE SCHOOL'S FIRST EVER PREP BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> I THINK IT MEANS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL.

WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO BE GOOD, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF MANY OF US KNEW WE WERE GOING TO BE THIS GOOD.

WE ARE DOING WHAT COACHES HAVE IMPLEMENTED INTO THE PROGRAM HERE.

IT'S A PRETTY SPECIAL THING.

>> Reporter: THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN KIND, GOING FROM WINLESS JUST TWO YEARS AGO, TO NOW BEING 12-0 AND ON THE PRECIPICE OF PERFECTION.

>> WE GAVE ALL THE EFFORT WE COULD AND PLAYED AS HARD AS WE COULD.

IT DID NOTHING.

I WOULD GO AS HARD AS I CAN AND I HIT A GUY AS HARD AS I COULD AND HE WOULDN'T GO TO THE GROUND.

NOW ALL THAT EXPERIENCE AGAINST THE BIG GUYS, WE WANT TO BE THE BIG GUYS SO WE CAN PLAY THE GAME THEY PLAYED.

>> Reporter: AND THE TURNAROUND IS A COMPLETE TEAM EFFORT, DOMINATING LINE PRESENCE, AND A HIGH FLYING OFFENSE, AVERAGING 41 POINTS A GAME IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

>> OFFENSIVELY, NO TEAM CAN STOP US.

DEFENSE, WE STOP THEM WHEN IT MATTERS.

>> POTTER DOES A GREAT JOB AT HALFTIME.

CHATFIELD THREW THE BALL MORE THAN WE WERE EXPECTING.

WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND GIVE IDEAS ON HOW TO STOP IT AND SHUT THEM OUT IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> Reporter: AND THE TOUGHEST TEST YET WITH JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL STANDING AS THE LAST OBSTACLE FROM REACHING IMMORTALITY.

>> THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE DREAMS ABOUT, TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE BEST IN THE STATE, IN YOUR RESPECTIVE CLASS.

WE HOPE TO PROVE THAT WE'RE THE BEST FOOTBALL TEAM THAT STAPLES MOTLEY EVER HAD.

>> Reporter: MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Charlie: IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN FOR FRIDAY.

IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE GAME, THEY WILL BE AIRING IT ON 45 TV.

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH IT THERE.

THAT'S WHAT I WILL BE DOING AS WELL.

>>> BSU WOMEN'S HOCKEY IS FRESH OFF A SWEEP OF WCHA OPPONENT SAINT THOMAS AND THEIR REWARD IS A DATE WITH RIVAL MINNESOTA DULUTH.

THE BEAVERS WILL BE ON THE ROAD AGAINST THE NUMBER FOUR RANKED BULLDOGS, WHO ARE COMING OFF THE WRONG SIDE OF A SWEEP AT HOME VERSUS MINNESOTA BUT FOR THEIR PART, BEMIDJI STATE HOPES THEY CAN BUILD OFF THIS PAST WEEKEND'S SUCCESSES.

>> IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE ALL OUR LINES CONTRIBUTING, EITHER DEFENSIVELY OR OFFENSIVELY.

PEOPLE PLAYED WELL AND OVERALL, OUR COMPETE LEVEL AND OUR INDIVIDUAL ONE-ON-ONE BATTLE.

THAT WAS AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR US AND I THOUGHT WE EXECUTED THAT VERY WELL.

I WAS PROUD OF OUR TEAM'S EFFORT, BOTH GAMES.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PLAY AN WCHA OPPONENT AND RANKED OPPONENT.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGE.

WE KNOW THEY'RE A GOOD TEAM, THEY'RE WELL COACHED.

FOR US, IT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE IN A COLLEGE HOCKEY ENVIRONMENT.

>> BSU HAS LOST 13 STRAIGHT TO UMD HEADING INTO THIS WEEKEND SERIES, THEIR LAST WIN, A 1-0 OVERTIME VICTORY ON JANUARY OF 2021 IN BEMIDJI BUT THEIR LAST ROAD WIN AT DULUTH CAME IN FEBRUARY OF 2020 IT WAS A 2-1-4 OVERTIME VICTORY.

>>> WELL, IT WAS THE FINAL DAY OF THE EARLY SIGNING PERIOD FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES AND BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATED THEIR EARLY SIGNEES THIS AFTERNOON WITH 7-LUMBERJACKS HEADED TO PLAY SPORTS AT THE NEXT LEVEL.

JACK LUNDQUIST AND WESTON SEITZ ARE BOTH HEADED TO ALEXANDRIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE.

LUNDQUIST TO PLAY BASEBALL AND SEITZ FOR GOLF.

STONEWALL GESSNER CHOSE TO PLAY BASEBALL AT CONCORDIA-MOORHEAD AND JOINING HIM WILL BE KATE CORRADI WHO WILL BE PLAYING SOCCER FOR THE COBBERS NEXT SEASON.

SOCCER STANDOUT ISAAC STONE SIGNED TO PLAY FOR SAINT CLOUD STATE, WHILE STELLAR VOLLEYBALLER MOLLIE ROOP SIGNED WITH MINNESOTA DULUTH AND KENNEDY OLSON, FRESH OFF A DIVING APPEARANCE AT THE STATE MEET, SIGNED WITH MINNESOTA STATE MOORHEAD.

>> WE HAD A REALLY NICE COACH AND THE ENVIRONMENT WAS REALLY NICE.

I LIKE THEIR TEAM THAT IS THERE AND STUFF.

OVER THE FIVE YEARS, I THINK THE MAIN THING WAS I NEEDED TO HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE WHEN I DOVE.

I THINK GOING ON THE 3-METER NOW, YOU NEED A LOT OF CONFIDENCE GOING OFF OF THAT.

I LOVE THE FACILITY AND THE CAMPUS AND THE TOWN IS BEAUTIFUL.

MOSTLY, I LOVE THE COACH AND THE COACHING STAFF.

I THINK THEIR COACHING STYLE IS ONE I WILL THRIVE UNDER.

>> I'M SO EXCITED TO GET COACHED AT THAT LEVEL AND ALL THE FEEDBACK AND SEE WHERE I CAN GROW AS A PLAYER.

>> IT'S A GOOD FEELING, BUT IT'S ALSO A SAD FEELING KNOWING THAT I WILL NEVER GET TO PLAY WITH MY BOYS AGAIN, BUT IT'S COOL AND I'M HONORED FOR SURE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD MEMOIES BUT NUMBER ONE IS THE SECTION TITLE.

THERE IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE IT.

>> Charlie: CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE ATHLETES THAT HAD A CHANCE TO SIGN.

YOU CAN FIND THEIR INTERVIEWS ON TWITTER AT MY TWITTER.

IT WILL BE UP AFTER THE SHOW.

>> Dennis: VERY GOOD.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> IT'S A VIRAL RESPIRATORY DISEASE CAUSING MULTISTATE OUTBREAKS IN WILD BIRDS, POULTRY AND OTHER ANIMALS.

BIRD FLU HAS ALSO NOW LED TO MORE THAN FOUR-DOZEN INFECTIONS IN U.S.

HUMANS, WHILE MOST HUMAN CASES ARE MILD.

HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE TO THE NORTH AS A CANADIAN TEENAGER WAS HOSPITALIZED IN CRITICAL CONDITION WITH A CONFIRMED H5N1 INFECTION.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER LOOKS AT THE LATEST U.S. DATA AND HOW YOU CAN HELP PREVENT AN INFECTION.

>> Reporter: SPORADIC CASES OF H5N1 SPREADING FROM ANIMALS TO HUMANS HAVE PROMPTED CONCERNS FROM U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS.

THE LATEST C.D.C.

DATA CONFIRMING 52 CASES OF BIRD FLU IN PEOPLE SINCE APRIL.

>> AS WE THINK OF A VIRUS THAT MAY MOVE FROM ANIMALS TO HUMANS AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE THE NEXT PANDEMIC, IT CERTAINLY HAS EVERYONE'S GUARD UP.

>> Reporter: OHIO STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST ANDREW BOWMAN SAYS THIS LATEST STRAIN OF THE VIRUS CAME TO THE U.S.

IN 2021 AND HAS SPREAD THROUGH WILD BIRDS IN NORTH AMERICA.

SO FAR IN THE U.S., THOSE WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE HAVE HAD MILD SYMPTOMS SUCH AS EYE REDNESS AND DISCHARGE AND UPPER RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS.

THE C.D.C.

SAYS THOSE WHO TESTED POSITIVE HAVE RECOVERED AFTER TREATMENT WITH ANTIVIRAL MEDICATIONS.

>> WHEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE VIRUS TO MOVE ACROSS SPECIES, THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEGATIVE HEALTH OUTCOME.

>> Reporter: TO REDUCE RISK, THE C.D.C.

RECOMMENDS AVOIDING EXPOSURE TO SICK OR DEAD ANIMALS, INCLUDING WILD BIRDS, POULTRY, OTHER DOMESTICATED BIRDS, AND UNNECESSARY EXPOSURE TO WILD OR DOMESTICATED ANIMALS LIKE COWS.

THEY ADVISE AGAINST DRINKING RAW MILK.

PASTEURIZED MILK IS SAFE TO DRINK.

AVOID EXPOSURE TO ANIMAL WASTE OR BEDDING.

AND WEAR PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

>> I THINK IT'S HEIGHTENED AWARENESS.

THERE IS NO NEED TO PANIC.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>> BOWMAN SAYS THE FOOD SUPPLY IN THE U.S. REMAINS SAFE.

HE SAYS MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO CONTROL THE VIRUS AND SAYS NORMAL FOOD HANDLING PRACTICES OF COOKING MEAT TO PROPER TEMPERATURES, WASHING HANDS, AND SANITIZING KITCHENS WILL ALSO KILL THE VIRUS.

>>> OKAY, WE HAVE TIME FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

WE GO BACK OVER TO STACY.

>> Stacy: ANY LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD COME TO AN END, LEAVING MOST LIE -- MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WE COULD SOME SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY.

>> Charlie: BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL IS PLAYING THIS WEEKEND AND THEY'RE HEADED DOWN TO TEXAS WHERE THE WEATHER IS NICE.

WE WILL HEAR FROM THEM TOMORROW.

>> Dennis: OKAY, THAT'S IT FOR US.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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