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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.

>>> A FEDERAL JURY HAS CONVICTED A BEMIDJI MAN FOR ADVERTISING, DISTRIBUTING, AND POSSESSING MATERIAL DEPICTING THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN.

ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS AND EVIDENCE PRESENTED AT TRIAL, 47-YEAR-OLD CRAIG JAMES MYRAN WAS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT ON A WEBSITE ON THE DARK WEB THAT WAS DEDICATED TO DISCUSSING AND TRAFFICKING IN CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL.

FOR YEARS, MYRAN USED AN ACCOUNT WITH A UNIQUE USERNAME TO MAKE OVER A THOUSAND POSTS ON THIS SITE, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE POST IN WHICH HE REQUESTED SPECIFIC FILES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL FROM OTHER USERS, AND ANOTHER POST IN WHICH HE DISTRIBUTED FILES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL TO OTHER USERS.

F.B.I.

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS EXECUTED A WARRANT TO SEARCH MYRAN'S APARTMENT IN BEMIDJI ON DECEMBER 8, 2022 WHERE THEY FOUND NUMEROUS HARD DRIVES AND A CELL PHONE.

A FORENSIC EXAMINATION OF THESE DEVICES UNCOVERED EVIDENCE TYING MYRAN TO HIS UNIQUE ACCOUNT ON THE DARK WEBSITE INCLUDING FILES OF THE CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL THAT HE SHARED AND REQUESTED ON THE WEBSITE, AS WELL AS A MESSAGE DIRECTED TO HIS UNIQUE ALIAS, AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER IMAGES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL.

A FEDERAL JURY FOUND MYRAN GUILTY YESTERDAY AFTER A THREE-DAY TRIAL ON TWO COUNTS OF ADVERTISING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, ONE COUNT OF DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, AND ONE COUNT OF POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.

A SENTENCING HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE.

>>> THE MAIN BUILDING OF THE MINNESOTA EQUESTRIAN CENTER CAUGHT FIRE TODAY IN WINONA, MINNESOTA.

FIRE DEPARTMENTS FROM SEVERAL COMMUNITIES WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AROUND NOON TODAY.

ROADS IN THE AREA WERE BLOCKED OFF AS FIRE CREWS BATTLED THE BLAZE.

NO WORD YET ON WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FIRE.

NO PEOPLE WERE INJURED BUT OFFICIALS ARE STILL DETERMINING WHETHER ANY HORSES WERE INJURED.

>>> A 31-YEAR-OLD BRAINERD MAN HAS DIED IN A ONE VEHICLE CRASH SOUTH OF BRAINERD.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS ROAD CONDITIONS INCLUDED SNOW AND ICE WHEN STEPHEN MORAN WAS DRIVING HIS PICKUP TRUCK NORTH ON HIGHWAY 371 IN FORT RIPLEY TOWNSHIP.

THE STATE PATROL REPORT SAYS MORAN'S TRUCK LEFT THE ROADWAY AND ROLLED INTO THE MEDIAN.

MORAN DIED FOLLOWING THE CRASH.

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

>>> EMOTIONS WERE FLOWING AT BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL EARLIER THIS WEEK AS THE COMMUNITY GATHERED TO SURPRISE AND CELEBRATE LONG-TIME CITY STAPLE WADE HAAPAJOKI BEING NAMED BRAINERD'S 2024 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR.

HAAPAJOKI IS THE LEAD SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AT THE LINCOLN EDUCATION CENTER, AN ASSISTANT COACH FOR WARRIORS FOOTBALL.

COACHES YOUTH SPORTS HELPS OUT WITH THE WALLEYE ALLIANCE AND LOOKS FOR ANY WAY TO GIVE BACK TO HIS COMMUNITY AND HE IMPLORES OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.

>> IT'S TOUGH TO SIT ON THE SIDELINES AND SAY SOMETHING, VERSUS LET'S GET INVOLVED AND TRY TO HAVE GOOD SOLUTIONS AND DO GREAT THINGS FOR OUR KIDS.

I LOVE OUR COMMUNITY AND I CHALLENGE PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED ANY WAY THEY CAN AND FIND THEIR PASSION AND GO GET IT.

AND GO WARRIORS.

>> WADE IS NOW THE THIRD HAAPAJOKI TO RECEIVE BRAINERD CITIZEN OF THE YEAR, JOINING HIS BROTHER ERYK IN 2018 AND HIS FATHER JOHN IN 1994.

>>> THE ONE HUNDRED WOMEN WHO CARE MOVEMENT AIMS TO MONETARILY HELP NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE NATION.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK ATTENDED AN EVENT THEY HELD HERE IN BEMIDJI AND HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: SOMETIMES THE SMALLEST ACTIONS CAN HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT.

LAST THURSDAY, THAT IMPACT WAS FELT BY THE VILLAGE OF HOPE HOMELESS SHELTER IN BEMIDJI, WHEN OVER 100 WOMEN GATHERED TO RAISE $14,000 FOR THEM.

>> HONESTLY, WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE IT.

I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

I AM FEELING AS -- ECSTATIC AND FULL OF GRATITUDE BECAUSE THIS WILL HELP SO MANY FAMILIES.

>> Reporter: IT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, OVER 100 WOMEN GATHER AND DONATE $100 EACH, AND THEN PULL THE MONEY TO DONATE MORE THAN $10,000 TO A LOCAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.

>> IT'S LIKE AN EXERCISE IN SELECTIVE GIVING.

WHEN PEOPLE COME AND CONTRIBUTE THEIR $100, THEY ARE GIVING A TICKET TO VOTE ON AND THE ABILITY TO NOMINATE A LOCAL NON-PROFIT.

>> Reporter: OUT OF THE DOZENS OF NOMINATIONS, FOUR ARE SELECTED.

THE CHOSEN FEW REPRESENTATIVES ARE ABLE TO STATE THEIR CASE ON WHY THEY NEED THE MONEY AND WHAT THEIR ORGANIZATION DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> THEN THE WOMEN GO AND VOTE AND LITERALLY, IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

THE AGENCY THAT GETS THE MOST VOTES GETS THE MONEY FOR THE EVENING.

>> HAVING SO MANY PEOPLE HERE THAT WANT TO COME TOGETHER TO HELP THE COMMUNITY IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

>> THE FIRST EVER FUNDRAISING EVENT, THE GROUP RAISED $11,600, AND THE CHOSEN CHARITY WAS THE EVERGREEN YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES.

ALTHOUGH THEY TOPPED THAT NUMBER FOR THEIR SECOND EVENT, THEY'RE STILL LOOKING TO GROW IN THE FUTURE.

>> SINCE THIS WAS SO BIG THE SECOND TIME, IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER.

IF WE RAISE MORE THAN $20,000, WE WILL SPLIT IT WITH TWO ORGANIZATIONS.

THAT WOULD BE A GREAT GOAL FOR US TO GET 200 WOMEN AND IMPACT TWO ORGANIZATIONS IN ONE NIGHT.

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

>> THE ONE HUNDRED WOMEN WHO CARE EVENTS HAPPEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND THE BEMIDJI GROUP PLANS ON CONTINUING TO DO TWO EVENTS PER YEAR.

THEIR NEXT ONE IS SET TO HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER AND NO MEMBERSHIPS ARE REQUIRED.

ANY WOMAN IS ABLE TO BRING HER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND PARTICIPATE FOR THE GOOD CAUSE.

>>> THE BRAINERD LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HELD THEIR CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE BUSINESS OWNERS WITHIN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

THE SADDLE-UP GATHERING IS THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

OVER 637 GUESTS REGISTERED FOR THE CHAMBER'S CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE DRESSED AS COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS.

THE EVENT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESSES TO REFLECT ON THE PAST YEAR AND THE HARD WORK THEY HAVE PUT INTO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

>> IT'S A GREAT CULMINATION OF LOOKING INTO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND OUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO A LOT OF GOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S A FUN NIGHT TO COME OUT AND NETWORK WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS OWNERS AND IT'S REALLY FUN TO SEE THE HONOREES AND HEAR ABOUT THEIR INSPIRING STORIES AND ALL THE GOOD THEY'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> WEIZENEGGER, ENGEL INSURANCE, WASTE PARTNERS, AND THE QUISBERG FAMILY WERE AWARDED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL HAVE QUIET WEATHER TO END THE WEEK AND SOME OF US MAY SEE SOME SUNSHINE, CHANCES OF RAIN AND SNOW RETURN AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, THE STUFF A TRUCK CAMPAIGN.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL TAKE TO THE SKIES NEXT WEEK TO TRAVEL FOR THANKSGIVING.

THE NATION'S TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PREDICTING IT COULD LIKELY A RECORD BREAKING HOLIDAY TRAVEL SEASON.

BUT AS LAURA AGUIRRE EXPLAINS, PACK YOUR PATIENCE, BECAUSE RECORD TRAVEL MEANS RECORD CROWDS AND ONE AIRLINE IS CRACKING DOWN ON LINE CUTTERS.

>> Reporter: THE NATION'S TOP TRANSPORTATION AND AVIATION CHIEF, GIVING ASSURANCES THAT HOLIDAY TRAVEL NEXT WEEK WILL BE SAFE AND EFFICIENT.

>> WE ARE READY TO ENSURE PASSENGERS CAN COMPLETE THE SCREENING PROCESS WITHIN OUR ESTABLISHED WAIT TIMES OF 30 MINUTES OR LESS FOR A NON-PRE-CHECK PASSENGERS AND 10 MINUTES OR LESS FOR PRE-CHECK PASSENGERS.

>> BILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO HELP AIRPORTS BUILD MORE CHECKPOINT COUNTERS, IMPROVE BAGGAGE CLAIM, MAKE IT EASIER TO FIND YOUR GATE.

>> Reporter: AND THE RUNWAYS, WHERE A CLOSE CALL IN A NUMBER OF CITIES HAVE MADE HEADLINES IN RECENT YEARS.

>> WE INSTALLED APPROACH RUN WAY VERIFICATION SYSTEMS AT MORE THAN 74 AIRPORT TOWERS.

THIS PROVIDES AUDIO AND VISUAL ALERTS TO CONTROLLERS IF AN ARRIVING AIRCRAFT IS LINED UP TO LAND ON THE WRONG AIRPORT SURFACE.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE TESTING NEW SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS AT SOME OF THE BUSIEST AIRFIELDS, DESIGNED TO AWARENESS FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.

>> TUESDAY IS FORECASTED TO BE OUR BUSIEST DAY.

>> Reporter: AROUND 2.8 MILLION PASSENGERS WILL FLY THAT DAY AND HEADS UP, IF YOU TRY TO CUT THE BOARDING LINE, AMERICAN AIRLINES IS UNVEILING NEW TECH THAT WILL SOUND AN ALARM IF A BOARDING PASS IS SCAMMED BEFORE THEIR ASSIGNED GROUP NUMBER IS CALLED AND YOU WILL BE SENT BACK TO YOUR BOARDING GROUP.

>> I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR BAD BEHAVIOR.

>> Reporter: I'M LAURA AGUIRRE REPORTING.

>> TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS SAYS THE NATIONAL AVIATION SYSTEM USES TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES TO ADJUST TO ANY STAFFING SHORTAGES IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE ANY DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS FOR CUSTOMERS.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE NOW.

HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING FOR THE WEEKEND?

>> Stacy: WELL, IT LOOKED LIKE WE'RE GOING TO START WITH DRY AND QUIET WEATHER.

SOME OF US COULD SEE SOME SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE HAVE CHANCES OF RAIN AND SNOW >> 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 HAD CLOUDY SKIES TODAY, A LITTLE BIT ON THE BREEZY SIDE AND THERE WERE A FEW FLURRIES SPRIRNG -- SPRINKLING THE AREA.

WE COULD HAVE SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT.

OTHERWISE, WE WILL SEE MAINLY QUIET AND CLOUDY SKIES.

HEADING INTO TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE.

THE CLOUDS COULD BREAK UP IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, SO VARIABLE CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE AREA, QUIET WEATHER TO END THE WEEK, AND THEN CHANCES OF SNOW ARE BACK NEXT WEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 26 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT, AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE A NORTHWEST WIND AT 13 MILES PER HOUR, THE DEW POINT IS 26.

BAROMETER IS AT 30.15 AND IT IS ON THE RISE.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 34 DEGREES, A DEW POINT OF 28.

79% HUMIDITY, WINDS ARE NORTH AT 15 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, IT IS PRETTY QUIET OUT THERE.

WE HAVE SEEN A FEW FLURRIES HERE AND THERE ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER TODAY AND SOME OF THOSE STILL OCCURRING IN PARTS OF FAR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEEING SOME FLURRIES OR EVEN SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT IN THE FAR NORTHEASTERN PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA OVERNIGHT.

WE SHOULD BE SEEING CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE AREA, HEADING INTO TOMORROW HOWEVER, THOSE CLOUDS COULD START TO BREAK UP, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON AND MAINLY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, PROBABLY GOING TO HANG ON TO THE CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE NORTH.

AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO, IT LOOKS LIKE HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 30s FOR TOMORROW, QUIET WEATHER TO START THE WEEKEND, AND THEN CHANCES OF SNOW RETURN ON SUNDAY.

I'LL HAVE YOUR WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, ARLENE SENDING IN THIS PHOTO SAYING NOT A LOT OF SNOW AND NOT STICKY ENOUGH FOR A SNOWMAN.

THEY HAVE A MINI SNOWMAN IN HER BACKYARD.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE CLOUDS OVER WALKER AND SARAH WITH A GORGEOUS PICTURE OVER LAKE EDWARD.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST SKIES TONIGHT, A HIGH OF 38.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDS TODAY, TOPPING OUT AT 29.

ARLENE REPORTING A HIGH OF 37.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, THE HIGH 34.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC IN BRAINERD, WE TOPPED OUT AT 41, A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE, A LITTLE MILDER TODAY, THE LOW WAS 31.

SUNRISE AT 7:27.

BEMIDJI TODAY, TOPPING OUT AT 31, SO A PRETTY SEASONAL HIGH TEMPERATURE IN BEMIDJI.

LOW IS 26 AND SUNSET AT 4:37.

TAKING A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST, MUCH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL HAVE CLOUD COVER, COULD SEE SOME OF THAT CLOUD COVER BREAKING UP IN THE FOSSTON AND PARK RAPIDS AREA.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 30s, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT COLDER IN THE FOSSTON AREA, TOPPING OUT AT 26.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON, COULD SEE THE CLOUDS IN THE MORNING, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID-30s, SO PRETTY PLEASANT DAY, A LATE NOVEMBER DAY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND A NICE START AS WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY.

FOR TONIGHT, CLOUDY SKIES, THERE IS THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN AND FLURRIES IN NORTHEASTERN LAKELAND COUNTRY.

TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS, 32 FOR THE HIGH AND WINDS WEST AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE'LL BE SEEING QUIET WEATHER THROUGH SATURDAY, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, HIGHS NEAR 30.

HEADING INTO SUNDAY, WE HAVE A DECENT CHANCE OF SEEING LIGHT SNOW, MIXED WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN, HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 33, THAT CHANCE OF SNOW CONTINUES INTO MONDAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ON TUESDAY, AND TEMPERATURES WILL START TO FALL AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORKWEEK, HIGHS ON TUESDAY NEAR 21.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE WITH OUR LOCAL SPORTS.

>> Charlie: YES, BOYS HOCKEY AND GIRLS BASKETBALL.

WE GOT BOTH OF THOSE COMING IN TONIGHT, BRAINERD TAKING ON ROCK RIDGE IN BOYS HOCKEY AND BLACKDUCK AND WARROAD PLAYING IN GIRLS BASKETBALL.

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

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> BRAINERD BOY'S HOCKEY IS STARTING THEIR SEASON TONIGHT.

THEY FINISHED IN THE QUARTER FINAL ROUND OF THE SECTION 8-2A TOURNAMENT.

TONIGHT THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO GET OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT AND WHAT BETTER PLACE THAN TO DO IT ON HOME ICE.

BRAINERD HOSTING ROCK RIDGE, THE WOLVERINES COMING IN WITH A NEW BENCH BOSS MATT NISKANEN, THE FORMER NHL'ER AND STANLEY CUP CHAMP WHO PLAYED AT FOR VIRGINIA IN THE MID 2000'S.

HE MUST HAVE BEEN DOING SOMETHING RIGHT BECAUSE THE WOLVERINES GOT OUT TO A 4-0 LEAD.

THE WARRIORS CUT INTO THE LEAD, JUMP AHEAD TO THE THIRD, WARRIORS ARE TRYING TO CLIMB BACK AS HERRON CUTS INTO THE DEFICIT.

BUT BRAINERD FALLS IN ITS SEASON OPENER 7-3 TO ROCK RIDGE.

HERRON AND ZANDER PETERSON EACH TALLIED A GOAL FOR THE WARRIORS.

SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU, BEMIDJI BEATS ALEXANDRIA IN BOYS HOCKEY.

PROCTOR BLANKS GREEN WAY 8-0.

IN GIRLS HOCKEY, BRAINERD LITTLE FALLS GETS SARTELL SAUK RAPIDS.

>>> NOW EARLY FIRST HALF, STARTING TO HEAT UP, GIVING BLACKDUCK A 10-5 LEAD.

MORE FROM HER LATER.

ON THE OTHER END, WARROAD TRYING TO KEEP PACE, ABLE TO CORRAL THE REBOUND, GETS THE PUT BACK, WARRIORS TRAIL.

LATER, EARNING TWO OF HER 21 ON THE NIGHT, WHERE DID YOU LEARN THAT YOUNG LADY, 15-9, NEARING THE END OF THE HALF, LARSON TRYING TO KEEP WARROAD IN IT, ONE OF HER FOUR THREE'S ON THE NIGHT.

AGAIN, THIS TIME FROM THE OTHER SIDE, SHE FINISHED WITH FIVE TRIPLES AND 23 POINTS TO LEAD ALL SCORERS AS BLACKDUCK COMES OUT ON TOP.

DRAKE IS MAKING A STATEMENT, WARRIORS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO BOUNCE BACK TUESDAY AT WARREN OSLO.

>>> STAPLES MOTLEY WINNING.

GOOD RIDGE BEATS ROSEAU.

MENAHGA AND PINE RIVER-BACKUS, THEY BOTH COLLECTED WINS AS WELL.

DEER RIVER, LITTLE FORK, BIG FALLS COMING AWAY VICTORIOUS.

THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES FALL TO THE TORONTO RAPTORS.

IT'S THEIR TENTH TIME LOSING IN TORONTO IN A ROW.

ROUGH.

MINNESOTA WILD ARE TRYING TO MAKE UP GROUND ON THE JETS, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE LEADING 4-2 IN THE THIRD.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL IS HEADED BACK TO TEXAS FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NCAA PLAYOFFS.

LAST YEAR THE BEAT AN UNFAMILIAR U.T.

PERMIAN BASIN BUT THIS TIME THEY WILL BE PLAYING A SEMI-FAMILIAR ANGELO STATE.

THE BEAVERS PLAYED THE RAMS IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE 2022 POST-SEASON, FALLING 33-7.

ALTHOUGH THE BEAVS ONLY TRAILED 13-7 TO START THE 4TH QUARTER BEFORE THROWING 3-INTERCEPTIONS, INCLUDING A PICK SIX THAT SEALED THE GAME.

COMING INTO SATURDAY'S MATCH-UP, THE BSU DEFENSE RANKS 17TH IN THE NATION, ALLOWING JUST UNDER 16 POINTS PER GAME, WHILE ASU'S D-RANKS 9TH, ALLOWING JUST OVER 12, SETTING THE EXPECTATION FOR A DEFENSIVE BATTLE.

>> WE JUST GOT TO KEEP GOING AFTER THE QUEUE, MAKE HIM UNCOMFORTABLE.

HE HASN'T THROWN ANY PICKS THIS YEAR SO IF WE CAN GET AFTER HIM EARLY, HITTING HIM, PUTTING STUFF IN THE AIR THAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO.

>> I KNOW WE NEED TO STOP THE PASS, COVER OUR GUYS WELL.

THEY LIKE TO DO SCRAMBLE DRILLS, SO BEING ABLE TO PLASTER ON TO OUR GUYS, WE PRACTICED THAT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL YEAR, ATTACK IN THE PASS, JUST DOING OUR JOB UP FRONT.

LET EVERYONE DO THEIR JOB IN THE BACK END.

IT'S JUST THE CONFIDENCE, HEY WE JUST DID THAT TO THE NSIC CHAMPS AND WE'RE GOING TO PLAY THE LONE STAR CHAMPS.

SO IF WE CAN DO THAT TO THE GUYS THAT WON THIS CONFERENCE, WHY NOT ANYBODY ELSE?

>> Charlie: HERE'S A SIDE-BY-SIDE LOOK AT HOW THEY MATCH UP, YARDS ALLOWED, YARDS GAINED, AND POINTS.

IT SHOULD BE A GOOD MATCH UP.

THAT MATCH UP WILL BE SATURDAY, SATURDAY AT 1:00 P.M. YOU CAN STREAM ON ESPN PLUS, AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT ON THE RADIO.

>>> WELL, COMING OFF A BIG WIN ON SATURDAY OVER THIRD RANKED MINNESOTA, BSU MENS HOCKEY RETURNS TO CCHA PLAY THIS WEEKEND WITH A HOME SERIES AGAINST SAINT THOMAS.

MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON, THE BEAVERS ARE 5-6, WITH A 3-4 RECORD VERSUS NATIONALLY RANKED OPPONENTS.

THEY ARE CURRENTLY TIED WITH THE TOMMIES FOR 6TH PLACE IN THE CONFERENCE, SETTING THE TABLE FOR ANOTHER TOUGH SERIES.

>> THE MOST EXPERIENCED TEAM IN OUR LEAGUE, PROBABLY THE MOST TALENTED IN OUR LEAGUE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A TASK.

IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT TASK.

YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE FUN.

IT'S FUN PLAYING AN IN-STATE RIVAL.

AGAIN, VERY CHALLENGING WEEKEND FOR THE BEAVS.

>> Charlie: THIS IS WHAT THE WEEKEND LOOKS LIKE FOR THE BEAVERS.

THEY TAKE ON SAINT THOMAS TOMORROW NIGHT.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF'S STUFF-A-TRUCK CAMPAIGN HAS OFFICIALLY COME TO AN END AS OF YESTERDAY.

THE CAMPAIGN ACCEPTED DONATIONS OF FOOD AND/OR CASH FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND LOCAL AREA SCHOOLS ALSO CONTRIBUTED IN A MAJOR WAY.

FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SPOKE WITH STUDENTS AT BEMIDJI MIDDLE SCHOOL TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY CONTRIBUTED.

>> Reporter: THE BEMIDJI COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF'S STUFF A TRUCK CAMPAIGN IS A COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORT TO RAISE FUNDS AND GENERATE FOOD FOR THE FOOD SHELF BEFORE THE WINTER SEASON.

>> SCHOOLS COLLECT DONATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM.

WE HOPE KIDS ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.

MAYBE THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION ON HUNGER.

WE KNOW THAT HUNGER IS PERVASIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE PROGRAM DOES A COUPLE THINGS, BRING AWARENESS, AND THEN IT ALSO GENERATES FOOD THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE AWAY.

>> Reporter: BEMIDJI MIDDLE SCHOOL GETS INVOLVED WITH THE CAMPAIGN, BUT MAKES THINGS A BIT MORE INTERESTING WITH THE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE CLASSES.

>> WE KIND OF HAVE THIS SCHOOL CHALLENGE WHERE WE TRY TO SEE WHICH POD YOU GET DIVVIED UP INTO, AND WHICH POD CAN RAISE THE MOST MONEY AND FOOD FOR THE STUFF A TRUCK.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE A LIST OF ESSENTIAL ITEMS THAT ARE WORTH MORE POINTS OVERALL, WHICH IS WHAT ONE OF THE STUDENTS DECIDED TO FOCUS ON.

>> WE DID BONUS ITEMS.

SO WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT THE FOOD SHELF NEEDS A LOT OF.

WE DONATE THAT.

WE DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THE POINTS.

>> Reporter: OTHERS BROUGHT IN CASH.

>> I BROUGHT IN MONEY BECAUSE $.50 EQUALS ONE ITEM, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE EASY WAY.

>> Reporter: WHEN THE TRUCK ARRIVED TO PICK UP THE DONATIONS, THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE THE AMOUNT THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE RAISED, WHICH IS JUST OVER 10,000 ITEMS.

>> I AM SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THEM.

WE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY INTO THIS ACTIVITY AND IT'S KIND OF THE BIGGEST COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT THAT STUDENT COUNCIL DOES DURING THE YEAR.

IT'S AWESOME.

I LOVE THE WAY OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY WORKS TOGETHER TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY AT-LARGE.

>> Reporter: IF YOU ARE CURIOUS WITH WHO CAME OUT ON TOP.

>> SEVENTH GRADE WON IN GENERAL, AND THEY HAD A LOT OF PRESENTS.

USUALLY SIXTH GRADERS WIN BUT THIS YEAR THEY GOT SECOND.

FIFTH GRADE DOES THE WORST.

THEY ALWAYS DO THE WORST.

IT'S THE SAME.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, FRUNZ.

-- LAKELAND NEWS.

>> GAMMA POD CAME IN FIRST PLACE IN TERMS OF OVERALL DONATIONS WITHIN BEMIDJI MIDDLE SCHOOL, RAISING CLOSE TO 2,800 ITEMS.

DELTA POD CAME IN 2ND WITH JUST OVER 1,800 ITEMS, AND BETA POD CAME IN 3RD WITH JUST UNDER 1,400 ITEMS.

>>> BACK TO STACY FOR A FINAL LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE COULD BE SEEING SOME FLURRIES OR SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA TONIGHT.

OTHERWISE, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 22, VARIABLE CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW, AND HIGHS NEAR 32.

>> Dennis: AND WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

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

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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