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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.

>>> SIX PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE AT A STORAGE UNIT JUST NORTH OF BAGLEY ON 370TH STREET.

THE CLEARWATER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS ONE MAN AND FIVE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN THE EXPLOSION AND WERE ALL SUFFERING FROM BURNS.

THE EXPLOSION WAS REPORTED AROUND 12:30 THIS AFTERNOON AND PEOPLE PASSING BY WERE ABLE TO HELP THE BURNED VICTIMS UNTIL FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED.

AMBULANCES FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA WERE CALLED IN FOR MUTUAL AID AND ALL VICTIMS WERE TRANSFERRED TO AREA HOSPITALS FOR TREATMENT OF THEIR BURNS.

CONDITIONS OF ALL INVOLVED ARE NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.

PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE THAT A PROPANE TANK HAD BEEN LEAKING INSIDE THE METAL STORAGE UNIT AND WHEN THE DOORS WERE OPENED THE ADULT MALE LIT A CIGARETTE AND AN EXPLOSION ENSUED.

THE MINNESOTA STATE FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE HAS BEEN CALLED TO THE SCENE TO INVESTIGATE.

THERE IS A GOFUNDME PAGE SET UP FOR THE VICTIMS.

YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO THAT ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

THE MESSAGE ON THAT PAGE SAYS ALL FIVE OF THE BOYS ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT HENNEPIN MEDICAL CENTER.

>>> A BRAINERD MAN WHO IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING A MAN, SETTING A HOUSE ON FIRE AND RAPING A WOMAN AND THEN KIDNAPPING HER AND HER FOUR CHILDREN IS CHARGED WITH 12 FELONIES IN CONNECTION THOSE INCIDENTS.

35-YEAR-OLD CHAD AANERUD FACES TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER, ONE COUNT OF FIRST DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT, FIVE COUNTS OF KIDNAPPING, ONE COUNT OF FIRST DEGREE ARSON, TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT, AND ONE COUNT OF THEFT.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE, EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, AANURUD FORCED A WOMAN TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM, THEN BURNED HER PARENTS HOME DOWN AND STOLE NUMEROUS FIREARMS FROM THE HOME.

AFTER THE WOMAN AND HER CHILDREN FLED TO A NEIGHBORS HOUSE THE NEIGHBOR CONFRONTED ANERUDE AND ANERUDE ADMITTED TO INVESTIGATORS THAT HE SHOT THAT MAN WHO HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 62-YEAR-OLD LYLE MASKE AANERUD THEN FORCED THE WOMAN AND HER CHILDREN TO LEAVE AT GUNPOINT AT LEFT THE AREA IN A VAN.

AFTER AN AMBER ALERT WAS SENT OUT AROUND 6:30 A.M.

THE VAN WAS SPOTTED NEAR LITTLE FALLS AND OFFICERS ARRESTED AANERUD AND NOTED HE SMELLED STRONGLY OF GASOLINE.

THE CHILDREN WERE IN THE VEHICLE AND UNHARMED.

THE VICTIM SUFFERED NUMEROUS INJURIES CONSISTENT WITH BEING PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED.

A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE KIDNAPPED VICTIMS SPOKE TO US TODAY ABOUT THE TRAUMA THEY ARE GOING THROUGH.

>> WE ARE COMING OUT OF SHOCK.

YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORS DOWN THE ROAD, SHE LOST A HUSBAND, HER BREADWINNER.

THIS IS ALL VERY DIFFICULT.

MY DAD AND HER CHILDREN ARE THINKING THE MAN WHO SAVED THEIR LIFE, YOU KNOW, WAS AN ADOPTED GRANDPARENT.

HE WAS A VERY KIND AND LOVING MAN.

HE GAVE HIS LIFE.

YEAH, IT'S VERY HARD BECAUSE SHE SAW HIS EYES WHILE HE DIED.

HE STILL REACHED OUT TRYING TO SAVE HER AS HE PASSED AWAY.

THAT, I FOUND OUT TODAY.

HOW HEARTBREAKING MY DAUGHTER HAS TO TAKE THAT IMAGE TO HER GRAVE KNOWING THIS MAN LOST HIS LIFE FOR HER BECAUSE OF SOME SELFISH MAN, YOU KNOW, DID THIS, DESTROYED SO MANY PEOPLE.

HE DOESN'T CARE.

>> AANERUD MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE ON THE CHARGES TODAY IN FRONT OF CROW WING COUNTY JUDGE CHARLES HALVERSON.

HALVERSON ORDERED AANERUD HELD ON $3 MILLION BAIL WITHOUT CONDITIONS.

AANERUD'S NEXT COURT APPEARANCE WILL BE AN OMNIBUS HEARING SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 12TH.

THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN HELP THE VICTIMS.

TWO DIFFERENT GOFUNDME PAGES HAVE BEEN SET UP FOR THE VICTIMS.

YOU SEE THOSE ON THE SCREEN.

WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE LINKS ALONG WITH THE STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> A D.N.R.

OFFICER IS BEING CREDITED FOR HIS QUICK RESPONSE AND RESCUE EFFORTS THAT SAVED SIX BOYS WHO CAPSIZED THEIR BOAT WHILE DUCK HUNTING ON LEECH LAKE ON SUNDAY MORNING.

THE BOYS WERE NOT WEARING LIFE JACKETS.

THE WATER TEMPERATURE WAS AROUND 40-DEGREES AND CONDITIONS WERE DARK AND WINDY AT THE TIME OF THE RESCUE.

ACCORDING TO THE CASS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE, THE BOYS HAD LEFT THE BATTLE POINT BOAT ACCESS AND HAD TRAVELED ABOUT 3 MILES WHEN THEIR SMALL DUCK BOAT CAPSIZED.

ONE OF THE BOYS WAS ABLE TO CALL FOR 9-1-1 AROUND 5:20 A.M. AND BY USING MAPPING TECHNOLOGY THEIR LOCATION WAS IDENTIFIED.

CONSERVATION OFFICER PAT MCGOWAN WAS IN THE LEECH LAKE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED, LAUNCHING HIS WATERCRAFT TO THE AREA OF THE INCIDENT.

HE FIRST WAS ABLE TO RESCUE FOUR OF THE BOYS AND TAKE THEM TO SHORE AND THEN RETURNED FOR A SECOND TRIP AND TOOK THE OTHER TWO TO SHORE AROUND 7:00 A.M. ALL SIX BOYS WERE TREATED AT THE SCENE FOR EXPOSURE AND MILD HYPOTHERMIA WITH NONE REQUIRING ADDITIONAL TRANSPORT OR TREATMENT.

CASS COUNTY SHERIFF BRYAN WELK CREDITS THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF THE RESCUE TO CONSERVATION OFFICER MCGOWANS QUICK RESPONSE AND RESCUE EFFORTS.

>>> THE CROW WING COUNTY D.F.L.

OFFICE HOSTED THE RALLY FOR RICK IN HONOR OF FORMER MINNESOTA CONGRESSMAN RICK NOLAN ON SATURDAY.

LOCALS IN CROW WING COUNTY GATHERED TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO NOLAN, WHO PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 18TH AT 80.

DURING THE TRIBUTE, PEOPLE EXCHANGED STORIES OF THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH NOLAN.

NOLAN'S WIFE, MARY, WAS IN ATTENDANCE.

THE STORIES THROUGHOUT RECEIVED LAUGHS AND TEARS, BUT ALL THE STORIES WERE ONES THAT HELPED THE NOLAN FAMILY IN THEIR TIME OF GRIEF.

>> IT'S JOYFUL BECAUSE HE DID BRING JOY TO SO MANY PEOPLE.

IT'S FUNNY AND IT'S TENDER AND I THINK THEIR STORIES HELP POINT TO THE KIND OF PERSON HE WAS, WHICH WAS FULL OF LIFE, FULL OF LOVE, FULL OF PASSION, FULL OF THE CAUSES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO SO MANY, AND IT'S ALSO HELPS HEAL MY HEART WITH THE STORIES AND PEOPLE SO WILLING TO REACH OUT.

>> AFTER THE PROGRAM CONCLUDED, A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WHO ATTENDED TOOK TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN BRAINERD AND BEGAN DOOR-KNOCKING FOR CANDIDATES, WHICH NOLAN DID THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE UNTIL HIS PASSING.

>>> ABOUT 70 WORKERS AT ESSENTIA WENT ON STRIKE THIS MORNING.

ESSENTIA HEALTH SAYS IT IS CONTINUING TO PROVIDE SAFE, HIGH-QUALITY CARE TO PATIENTS AFTER MEMBERS OF THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION WENT OUT ON STRIKE AT ESSENTIA HEALTH-DEER RIVER THIS MORNING.

ESSENTIA SAID IN A PRESS RELEASE THAT THERE WILL BE NO INTERRUPTION TO EMERGENCY SERVICES, SURGICAL CARE, OUTPATIENT CLINIC CARE OR LONG-TERM CARE AT ESSENTIA HEALTH-HOMESTEAD.

BUT THEY ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO ACCEPT NEW INPATIENT HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS.

THE UNION SAID IN A PRESS RELEASE LAST WEEK THAT THE TWO SIDES HAVE BEEN BARGAINING SINCE AUGUST, YET REMAIN DISTANT ON BIG ISSUES LIKE WAGES.

THE DEMAND FOR ADDITIONAL P.T.O.

OR SHIFT BONUSES AND ENSURING THAT HOSPITAL WORKERS GET THE SAME HOLIDAY PAY THAT NURSING HOME WORKERS WILL NOW GET AS PART OF RECENT CHANGES MADE BY THE NURSING HOME WORKFORCE STANDARDS BOARD.

ESSENTIA SAYS THE UNION IS CALLING FOR UNREALISTIC WAGE INCREASES AND THAT WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR IS NOT REALISTIC NOR SUSTAINABLE.

ESSENTIA HEALTH AND THE UNION BARGAINING COMMITTEE MET ON LAST THURSDAY WITHOUT COMING TO A NEW AGREEMENT.

ANOTHER BARGAINING SESSION IS SCHEDULED WITH A FEDERAL MEDIATOR FOR THIS WEDNESDAY.

THE TWO SIDES ARE NEGOTIATING A NEW THREE-YEAR CONTRACT FOR ABOUT 70 UNIT MEMBERS AT ESSENTIA'S HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME FACILITIES IN DEER RIVER.

>>> THE CUYUNA LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RECOGNIZED THE CUYUNA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN CROSBY AS THE 2024 BUSINESS OF THE YEAR.

THIS HONOR CELEBRATES THE MEDICAL FACILITIES FOR ONGOING DEVOTION TO PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL HEALTHCARE TO THE CUYUNA RANGE AND FOR MAKING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY'S WELL BEING.

CRMC'S SAYS THEIR COMMITMENT TO QUALITY CARE, WHICH IS SUPPORTED THROUGH THE CRMC FOUNDATION HAS BEEN VITAL IN RAISING FUNDS TO DIRECTLY HELP PATIENTS IN NEED, ADVANCING MEDICAL INNOVATION AND EXPANDING ACCESS TO CRITICAL HEALTH RESOURCES.

>> PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM MILES AWAY OR STATES AWAY TO GET CARE HERE AND THAT JUST SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE TO DO IT EVERY SINGLE DAY BUT THEN ALSO RECOGNIZING THE PEOPLE THAT YOU RUB SHOULDERS WITH IN THE COMMUNITY DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

>> CRMC SAYS ITS MISSION IS TO DELIVER EXCEPTIONAL CARE AND COMPASSION BY DEDICATING THEMSELVES TO ONE'S WELL-BEING EVERYDAY.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL SEE AREAS OF FOG OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND PARTS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL LIKELY SEE RAIN SHOWERS TOMORROW, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE QUIET WEATHER FOR MOST OF THE WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, THE GRAND OPENING FOR THEIR NEW MINISTRY BRANCH.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> FIRE IN THE VILLAGE, A MUSIC, CULTURE, AND ARTS COLLECTIVE BASED IN MINNESOTA, IS GOING ON A TOUR.

THEY HAVE 12 STOPS PLANNED ACROSS MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, AND IOWA.

THIS PAST WEEKEND OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WENT TO THEIR POP-UP AT THE HEADWATERS MUSIC AND ARTS SCHOOL IN BEMIDJI.

THERE ARE SIX STOPS LEFT ON THE >> Reporter: A GROUP OF ARTISTS IN RURAL MINNESOTA DECIDED TO BAND TOGETHER AND CREATE A MUSIC CULTURE, AND ARTS COLLECTIVE KNOWN AS FIRE IN THE VILLAGE.

>> FIRE IN THE VILLAGE IS A RESPONSE TO A LONELINESS EPIDEMIC, THE DISCONNECTION FACILITATED BY SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE POLITICS OF THE PRESENT MOMENT.

>> OUR FACES ARE STUCK ON SCREENS WAY TOO MUCH.

YOU DON'T NEED TO BE CREATIVE AND YOU DON'T NEED TO GO EXPERIENCE THINGS BECAUSE YOU CAN JUST LOOK IN YOUR PALM.

IT HAS BECOME A COMFORTABLE DISEASE.

>> Reporter: THE GROUP WAS IN BEMIDJI OVER THE PAST WEEKEND HOSTING A PRINT MAKING POP-UP AT THE HEADWATERS MUSIC AND ARTS SCHOOL.

>> WE TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO MAKE BLOCK PRINT ON FABRIC.

WE USE THE IMAGE OF THE CROW, THE EMBLEM FOR FIRE IN THE VILLAGE.

RATHER IT BEING PRESCRIPTIVE, PEOPLE CAN COLLAGE THEIR OWN IMAGE AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE DIFFERENT WAYS PEOPLE EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN A SQUARE PIECE OF FABRIC.

>> Reporter: THERE IS SO MUCH MORE MEANING BEHIND DOING THESE POP-UPS THAN JUST PUTTING TOGETHER SOME CRAFTS.

>> IT WAS ELDERS AND PARENTS AND LITTLE CHILDREN AND THEY'RE ALL LIKE CREATING AND HAVING FUN AND TALKING AND THAT IS THE SPACE THAT WE WANT TO CREATE.

WE WANT TO CREATE THAT KIND OF PLACE WHERE WE HAVE A GENERATIONAL SHARING AND CREATIVITY AND INSPIRATION.

IT'S NOT ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE BUT THAT.

>> Reporter: IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY DON'T REACH A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, ONLY THAT THEY CAN MAKE AN ACTUAL DIFFERENCE TO A FEW.

>> YOU CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR TOWN AND YOUR REGION, SO THIS ORGANIZATION IS ROOTED IN THE UPPER MIDWEST, WITH THESE SMALL FIRES AND SMALL VILLAGES ARE WE CAN HEAR OURSELVES THINK AND YOU CAN HEAR WHAT WE'RE SAYING AND THE SONGS.

WE ALL PRACTICE LISTENING TOGETHER AROUND THE FIRE.

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

>> THERE ARE SIX STOPS LEFT ON THE TOUR, WITH THE NEXT ONE HAPPENING IN BRAINERD AT THE GICHI-ZIIBI CENTER FOR THE ARTS >>> NOW STACY JOINS US.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> IT'S BEEN A GLOOMY DAY THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, SOME DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN.

WE WILL SEE AREAS OF FOG OVERNIGHT AND SHOWERS ARE LIKELY IN A PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA TOMORROW.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE WILL SEE A BIT MORE SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK >> 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, IT HAS BEEN A GLOOMY DAY, A LOT OF CLOUD COVER AND WE HAVE SEEN AREAS OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE AS WE MOVED THROUGH THE DAY.

MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

AREAS OF FOG WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE VIEWING AREA AND LINGER INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

MOST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SEE SOME RAIN SHOWERS TOMORROW, DRIER AND MORE SUNSHINE IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

BY WEDNESDAY, WE SHOULD SEE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES RETURNING TO THE REST OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 40.

AT THE STUDIO, WE HAVE A SOUTHWEST WIND AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

40 IS THE DEW POINT THAT IS GIVING US HUMIDITY AT 100%.

WE HAVE PICKED A TENTH OF INCH OF RAINFALL.

PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY AND WINDS ARE CALM.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME PATCHY RAIN, SOME LIGHT DRIZZLE OUT THERE, NONE OF THAT ENOUGH TO SHOW UP ON THE RADAR.

IF WE'RE SEEING ANY TONIGHT, IT SHOULD BE COMING TO AN END AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT.

IT LOOKS LIKE FOR MOST OF US, IT WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY, BUT WE COULD SEE AREAS OF FOG DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, AND SOME OF THAT COULD LINGER INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

THEN AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE WILL SEE SOME SUNSHINE, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

AS WE MOVE TO NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, WE HAVE A CHANCE OF RAINFALL AND RAIN ACTUALLY APPEARS LIKELY IN THOSE AREAS, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE MORE SUNSHINE ACROSS OUR ENTIRE VIEWING AREA AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, THE GRAY GLOOMY START AT LAKE ADA.

DEBRA SENDING US THAT PHOTO.

LAURIE SAYING IT'S A CLOUDY DAY OVER LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

ARLENE BRIGHTENING THINGS UP WITH A POP OF COLOR.

JUDY AND BILL SAYING IT'S RAW OUT THERE TODAY NEAR UPPER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTOS WITH US.

DEBRA IN PINE RIVER, RAIN, GLOOMY THIS MORNING.

ARLENE REPORTING 46 WITH OVERCAST SKIES AND DRIZZLE THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, THE HIGH WAS 47.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, 0.25-INCH OF RAIN LAST NIGHT, TODAY THE HIGH WAS 53.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY SKIES WITH 0.02-INCH OF RAINFALL AND A HIGH OF 51.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TODAY TOPPING OUT AT 54, SO IT IS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD THE CLOUD COVER, IT WAS WARMER THAN AVERAGE, 46 IS OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE, AND WE ACTUALLY STAYED ABOVE THAT, THE LOW IS OUR CURRENT AT 47.

SIMILAR STORY IN BEMIDJI, WE HAD A MILD HIGH TEMPERATURE, WITH THE HIGH OF 47, 5 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE AND THE LOW IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW AT 40.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, NORTHWEST MINNESOTA SHOULD STAY QUIET WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, WE'LL START TO SEE MORE CLOUD COVER AS WE MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING RAINFALL AROUND GRAND RAPIDS, HIGHS IN THE MID-40s AND IN FACT MID-40s WILL BE THE HIGH ACROSS THE ENTIRE VIEWING AREA, BUT CLOUD COVER WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING SHOWERS AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AREAS OF FOG, LOWS NEAR 31.

THEN FOR TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, MORE SUNSHINE TO THE NORTHWEST AND CLOUDS AND AREAS OF RAIN AS WE MOVE INTO EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS IN THE MID-40s.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, QUIETER WEATHER, A BIT MORE SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY.

STILL LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE MID-40s THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE ARE SMALL CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS WEEKEND, BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE RIGHT AROUND THE 50 DEGREE MARK.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

A BUSY WEEKEND OF HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE SPORTS, RIGHT?

>> Charlie: YEAH, IT WAS.

THERE WAS SOME STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS GOING ON, AS WELL AS BSU HAD EVERY SPORT AT HOME THIS WEEKEND.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU, WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ALL OF THEM BUT WE'LL GET YOU THE SCORES AS WELL.

ALL 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.

>>> BSU FOOTBALL'S PLAYOFF HOPES ARE HANGING BY A THREAD, SITTING AT 4-3 IN NSIC PLAY.

THEY ARE NOT IN CONTROL OF THEIR OWN DESTINY AND THEY WILL NEED A FEW OF THE TEAMS AT THE TOP OF THE STANDINGS TO GET TRIPPED UP BUT THE BEAVERS WILL ALSO HAVE TO WIN OUT.

AND THAT STARTED SATURDAY AS BEMIDJI STATE HOSTED WAYNE STATE.

THE WILDCATS CAME INTO THE MATCHUP IN A 3-WAY TIE FOR 2ND PLACE IN THE CONFERENCE AND THEY GOT OFF TO A GOOD START ON DEFENSE.

MARZION COSBY INTERCEPTS SAM MCGATH ON THE BEAVERS FIRST DRIVE.

WILDCATS WITH A QUICK 7-0 LEAD.

ENSUING DRIVE, BSU TRYING TO DIG THEMSELVES OUT OF THE HOLE.

JAYDEN WASHINGTON SAYS I GOTCHU.

HE FINISHED WITH 91-YARDS, EVENS THINGS AT 7, AND MOM COULD NOT BE PROUDER.

SECOND QUARTER, SAME SCORE.

IT'S JARRETT GRONSKI CARRYING THE ROCK AND LAYING THE LUMBER, JUST LIKE HIS BSU HALL OF FAME FATHER JOHN DID 35-YEARS AGO, SET UP A BSU FIELD GOAL AND JOHN GORNSKI IN THE GREEN JACKET, LOVING EVERY SECOND OF IT.

AFTER A WAYNE STATE TURNOVER, BEMIDJI STATE TAKES ADVANTAGE.

MCGATH TO BUBBA PETERS FOR THE SCORE, THEIR 9TH TOUCHDOWN CONNECTION OF THE SEASON PUTS THE BEAVS UP 17-7.

THEN ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, BEAVERS GO TO THE AIR AGAIN BUT THIS TIME IT'S DRAY GRIFFIN.

41-YARDS FOR HIS 2ND TOUCHDOWN IN AS MANY GAMES, BEMIDJI STATE IS NOW 5-3 ON CONFERENCE AND SITTING IN 4TH PLACE IN THE NSIC STANDINGS AFTER TOPPLING WAYNE STATE 37-20, A SOLID PERFORMANCE COMING OFF LAST WEEK'S DIFFICULT LOSS AT WINONA STATE.

>> WE TOLD OURSELVES, WE HAVE A LOT TO PLAY FOR.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

TAKE IT ONE GAME AT A TIME.

>> I FEEL LIKE IT'S A NEXT WEEK MINDSET.

MOST DEFINITELY, IT HAD US DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT NEXT PRACTICE MENTALITY.

IT'S NOT ABOUT LAST WEEK, BUT THE NEXT ONE.

WHEN WE FACE ADVERSITY, THAT'S WHEN WE DO OUR BEST.

WE HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE AND OVERALL, MAKING SURE WE KEEP ON MOVING, KEEP ON MARCHING.

AND IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT SPECIAL TEAMS IS ONE-THIRD OF THE GAME.

AND BSU PUNTER AND NOW PLACE KICKER CONNOR MANTELLI WON NSIC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK.

THE DELTA STATE TRANSFER WAS EXCLUSIVELY PUNTING FOR THE BEAVERS UNTIL LAST WEEK AND NOW AGAINST WAYNE STATE, CAME UP BIG GOING A PERFECT 3-FOR-3 ON FIELD GOALS AND 4-FOR-4 ON P.A.T.

'S AND DROPPED TWO PUNTS INSIDE THE WILDCATS 20.

>>> ALSO ON SATURDAY, BSU MEN'S HOCKEY WRAPPING UP THEIR SERIES AT HOME AGAINST MINNESOTA STATE, GOING FOR THE SWEEP AFTER BEATING THEIR RIVAL FRIDAY.

IT WAS A DEFENSIVE BATTLE, STILL 0-0 LATE IN THE SECOND PERIOD BEFORE HE GOES DOWN FOR THEIR FIRST GOAL.

THAT WAS THE FIRST IN 623 DAYS, MAYBE A CONFIDENCE BUILDER.

THE MAVS GET THEIR SECOND, THEY MADE IT 2-0.

IN THE THIRD, BEAVERS WITH THE POWER PLAY, THE FRESHMAN NETS THE FIRST COLLEGE GOAL OF HIS CAREER, UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS BEMIDJI STATE'S ONLY GOAL AS THEY FALL 2-1, TO SPLIT WITH MINNESOTA STATE.

THEY HAVE SPLIT THEIR TWO CCHA SERIES FOR THE SEASON.

BEMIDJI FALLS TO MINNESOTA, 4-1.

BEMIDJI STATE IN WOMEN'S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL GETS A WIN OVER MOORHEAD IN FIVE SETS.

BEMIDJI STATE GETS SWEPT OVER THE WEEKEND.

TIMBERWOLVES IMPROVE 4-3 OVERALL.

STAPLES MOTLEY JUNIOR AUDREY, SHE IS THE INDIVIDUAL CROSS COUNTRY CLASS A STATE CHAMPION, AFTER FINISHING THE CHAMPIONSHIP ON SATURDAY, HER FIRST CROSS COUNTRY STATE TITLE, FOURTH CAREER STATE TITLE, WITH THE OTHER THREE COMING IN TRACK AND FIELD LAST YEAR AS SHE FINISHED STATE RUNNER UP.

SHE IS THE FIRST GIRL TO WIN INDIVIDUAL CROSS COUNTRY FOR THE CARDINALS AND FOURTH OVERALL.

UNITED NORTH-CENTRAL FINISHED FOURTH OVERALL AND BRAINERD WAS THERE IN CLASS 3A, THEY FINISHED 12th.

>> Dennis: THANKS FOR ALL THE SPORTS CHARLIE.

>>> A NEW NON-PROFIT MINISTRY RANCH CALLED “UNBRIDLED RANCH” HELD ITS GRAND-OPENING OVER THE WEEKEND.

WHERE THOSE WHO FEEL THEY ARE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING TRAUMATIC, CAN COME TO THE RANCH AND BE OFFERED FAITH-BASED HEALING, WITH THE HELP OF A HORSE.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN ATTENDED THE GRAND-OPENING CEREMONY TO SEE WHAT THIS NEW PLACE FOR HEALING HAS TO OFFER.

>> Reporter: FORMER FIRST RESPONDERS ERIC AND JESSICA HAVE BEEN WANTING TO HELP THEIR COMMUNITY AS LONG AS THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING IN IT.

THEY GOT THE IDEA TO OPEN THEIR OWN MINISTRY IN THE AREA IN ORDER TO HELP THOSE SUFFERING WITH TRAUMATIC EVENTS, TO ESTABLISH TRUST, RESTORE HOPE, AND BUILD CONFIDENCE, ALL THROUGH LEARNING HOW TO CARE FOR A HORSE.

>> IT'S A YOUTH RANCH WHERE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH A TRAUMATIC TIME CAN COME AND WORK WITH A MENTOR AND WORK TOWARDS RESTORATION THROUGH THE LOVE OF JESUS AND THROUGH WORKING WITH A HORSE.

>> Reporter: PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN THE BASIC GROUND WORK, THE BASICS OF WRITING, AND HOW TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP AND TRUST FOR THE HORSE.

THEY ARE USED FOR MULTIPLE REASONS AT THIS RANCH BUT ONE THING THEY ARE MASTERS AT IS MATCHING THEIR RIDER'S EMOTION.

>> IF SOMEONE IS CALM, THE HORSE WILL CALM DOWN.

THERE IS THIS SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A RIDER AND A HORSE.

THEY KIND OF CREATE THIS BOND WHERE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE HORSE CARES ABOUT THEM AND CARES ABOUT HOW THEY ARE FEELING, AND THEN WE CAN IN TURN TEACH THEM THAT THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE LOVE OF THE FATHER.

>> Reporter: THE MAIN GOAL OF UNBRIDLED RANCH IS TO HELP YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS STRUGGLING FROM TOUGH TIMES OR FACING SOMETHING TRAUMATIC.

THEY WANT TO HELP FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE AREA WHO ARE EXPERIENCING FORMS OF PTSD.

>> WE'RE FORMERS FIREFIGHTERS, I'M A FORMER POLICE OFFICER, AND PEOPLE SEE STUFF THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SEE, THEY GO THROUGH STUFF THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO.

PTSD DEVELOPS A LOT OF THE TIME.

ANYONE STRUGGLING, PLEASE REACH OUT.

>> Reporter: IF YOU FEEL YOU MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE, UNBRIDLED BRANCH WANTS YOU TO KNOW THEIR DOORS ARE ALWAYS OPEN.

>> WE WANTED TO PROVIDE AN OPTION OR RESOURCE TO FAMILIES THAT HAVE A KID STRUGGLING OR AN ADULT STRUGGLING, TO SIGN UP, COME OUT, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: AND TO CELEBRATE THE GRAND OPENING, ERIC AND JESSICA RAMSDELL HOSTED A SILENT AUCTION WITH ITS DONORS WHO DONATED EITHER SUPPLIES TO BUILD THE RANCH, OR THOSE WHO DEDICATED THERE TIME TO MAKING UNBRIDLED RANCH A REALITY.

>>> WELL, WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

WE GO BACK OVER TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE WILL SEE AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WITH OTHERWISE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, DOWN TO 31.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, MORE SUNSHINE IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE SHOWERS LIKELY, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON, HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 45 AND WINDS ARE VARIABLE UP TO 10 MILES PER HOUR, QUIETER WEATHER AS WE HEAD INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK AND THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS RETURNING THIS WEEKEND.

>> Charlie: AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FOOTBALL TEAMS HEADING TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT STARTING THIS WEEKEND WITH THE QUARTER FINALS AND WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM MAHNOMEN TOMORROW.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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