
November 5, 2025 - Lakeland News Full Episode
Season 2025 Episode 221 | 29m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
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Lakeland News brings you local news, weather, and sports 5 days a week. Hosted by News Director Dennis Weimann, Weather Anchor Stacy Christenson, and Sports Director Charlie Yaeger. The Lakeland News Team serves Minnesota communities from as far south as Little Falls, as far north as the Canadian border, as far west as Fosston and east to Bovey and every community in between.
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November 5, 2025 - Lakeland News Full Episode
Season 2025 Episode 221 | 29m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
Lakeland News brings you local news, weather, and sports 5 days a week. Hosted by News Director Dennis Weimann, Weather Anchor Stacy Christenson, and Sports Director Charlie Yaeger. The Lakeland News Team serves Minnesota communities from as far south as Little Falls, as far north as the Canadian border, as far west as Fosston and east to Bovey and every community in between.
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>> LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.
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.
>>> THE FATE OF A ROSEAU PILOTS PLANE WHICH WAS IMPOUNDED BY RED LAKE NATION AUTHORITIES REMAINS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME.
ROSEAU'S DARRIN SMEDSMO LANDED HIS PLANE ON A ROAD ON RED LAKE NATION LAND ON OCTOBER 15TH AFTER THE ENGINE ON THE PLANE FAILED.
THE PLANE WAS IMPOUNDED BECAUSE RED LAKE OFFICIALS SAID HE LANDED ON RESERVATION LAND WITHOUT PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OR REQUIRED COORDINATION WITH TRIBAL AUTHORITIES AND THAT THE LANDING CREATED IMMEDIATE SAFETY, LIABILITY, AND RESOURCE PROTECTION CONCERNS FOR THE TRIBE.
SMEDSMO WAS ORIGINALLY SLATED TO APPEAR IN RED LAKE TRIBAL COURT THIS WEEK BUT THAT WAS CANCELLED AND HE TOLD US TODAY THAT HE IS NOT SURE WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS.
RED LAKE OFFICIALS SAID EARLIER THIS WEEK IN A PRESS RELEASE THAT THE MATTER IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION AND ONCE THAT INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE COURT PROCEEDINGS WILL COMMENCE AND THAT THOSE PROCEEDINGS WILL PROVIDE SMEDSMO WITH DUE PROCESS UNDER TRIBAL LAW.
>>> THE BELTRAMI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS REQUESTING THE PUBLIC'S ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING A 68-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS LAST KNOWN TO BE AT HIS HOME NORTH OF KELLIHER ON APRIL 24TH.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS REPORTED NOT SEEING OR HEARING FROM RUSSELL ANTHONY COYLE AFTER HE MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH A FRIEND TO WATCH HIS DOG ON THE SAME DAY.
COYLE IS DESCRIBED AS FIVE FEET SEVEN INCHES TALL AND WEIGHS ABOUT 200 POUNDS.
HE IS A CAUCASIAN MALE WITH BLUE EYES.
COYLE COMMONLY HAS A BEARD, WEARS GLASSES, AND CARRIED A PLIER'S HOLDER ON HIS BELT.
HE DOES NOT COMMONLY DRIVE AND IS KNOWN TO RELY ON FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR TRANSPORTATION.
COYLE'S EXACT CLOTHING AT THE TIME OF HIS DISAPPEARANCE IS NOT KNOWN, BUT HE WAS KNOWN TO COMMONLY WEAR CHECKERED/FLANNEL SHIRTS AND BLUE JEANS.
THE BELTRAMI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS FRIENDS AND FAMILY, HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE SEARCHES OF THE AREA WITH DRONES AND K-9 UNITS.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONTINUES THE INVESTIGATION AND SEARCH FOR COYLE AND IS REQUESTING THE PUBLIC CHECK YOUR LAND, OUTBUILDINGS, AND ABANDONED VEHICLES IN THE AREA.
AS HUNTERS HEAD BACK TO HUNTING CABINS, LAND AND DEER STANDS, YOU ARE ASKED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ANY SIGNS OF COYE OR ANY OF THE CLOTHING HE MAY HAVE BEEN WEARING AT THE TIME OF HIS DISAPPEARANCE.
IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW HAS SEEN OR HEARD FROM COYLE OR KNOW HIS CURRENT WHEREABOUTS, PLEASE CALL THE BELTRAMI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
>>> THE KITCHIGAMI REGIONAL LIBRARY DIRECTOR PROPOSED A MEET ME HALFWAY OPTION TO THE BELTRAMI COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DURING THEIR LAST WORK SESSION, AFTER THE BOARD VOTED IN SEPTEMBER TO CUT ALL OF ITS ALLOCATED FUNDING TO BOTH THE BEMIDJI AND BLACKDUCK PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, ATTENDED THE WORK SESSION AND HAS MORE DETAILS.
>> Reporter: THE DIRECTOR OF THE KITCHIGAMI REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM HAS TO MAKE SOME PRETTY BIG BUDGE ADJUSTMENTS AFTER THE BOARD VOTED TO CUT 42% OF THE BEMIDJI AND BLACKDUCK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S OPERATING BUDGET.
DURING THE WORK SESSION, NO CUTS CAN BE MADE TO THE LIBRARY IN BLACKDUCK OR THEY WOULD LOSE STATE FUNDING.
THE BEMIDJI LIBRARY COULD SEE A 40% REDUCTION IN LIBRARY HOURS.
>> THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY SIGNIFICANT CUT AND IT WILL IMPACT THE COMMUNITY IN SEVERAL WAYS.
>> Reporter: THEY PROPOSED A MEET ME HALFWAY OPTION, SAYING THEY ARE WILLING TO USE DOLLARS MARKED FOR 2027'S OPERATING BUDGET TO MAKE THE MEET ME HALFWAY OPTION WORK.
>> MAKING LOCAL REDUCTIONS, SO WE WOULD BE ASKING FOR $81,000 ADDITIONALLY FROM BELTRAMI COUNTY, TO MAKE THE OPTION WORK.
>> Reporter: QUESTIONING THE COMMISSIONERS WHY THEY MADE SUCH A DRASTIC CUT TO BEGIN WITH.
>> WHY WOULD IT BE SO SIGNIFICANTLY CUT?
THAT'S A QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR THE COUNTY.
IS THERE A 40% LEVEL OF ISSUES YOU NEED TO SEE SOLVED?
WHAT IS THIS 40% COMING FROM?
>> THIS IS THE LOWEST IF WE WANTED.
>> Reporter: TOM BARRY SAID THAT THE FUNDING CUTS IS LARGELY DUE TO THE $1.4 MILLION COST SHIFT PLACED ON BELTRAMI COUNTY AND THE PRICE COULD INCREASE UP TO $5 MILLION.
>> COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ARE IMPORTANT THINGS TO HAVE IN A COMMUNITY BUT WHEN OUR COUNTY IS FACING A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL OF UP TO $5 MILLION OF BUDGET REDUCTIONS AT THE HAND OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, WE HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
>> Reporter: THE COUNTY BUDGET COMMITTEE ADOPTED A FEW PRINCIPALS TO PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGETS WITH THE COST SHIFTS IN MIND.
BARRY SAYS CONCERNED RESIDENTS SHOULD TURN TO STATE LEADERS FOR ANSWERS.
>> IF FOLKS DON'T LIKE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE, THEY NEED TO DIRECT THEIR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THE STATE AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE DRIVING THE BUDGET DECISIONS THE COUNTY BOARD IS HAVING TO FACE RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.
>> SINCE THIS WAS A WORK SESSION, THE BOARD DID NOT MAKE A DECISION ON THE PROPOSED ‘MEET ME HALFWAY' OPTION.
AROUND 40 RESIDENTS GATHERED YESTERDAY BEFORE THE MEETING TO PROTEST AGAINST THE FUNDING CUTS.
>>> THE D.F.L.
PARTY WILL RETAIN CONTROL IN THE MINNESOTA SENATE FOLLOWING TWO SPECIAL ELECTIONS FOR SENATE SEATS YESTERDAY.
DEMOCRATS HELD A 33-32 ADVANTAGE IN THE SENATE PRIOR TO THE ELECTIONS AND AFTER A SPLIT OF THE TWO RACES NOW HOLD A 34-33 ADVANTAGE.
THE SENATE DISTRICT 29 ELECTION WAS NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF REPUBLICAN SENATOR BRUCE ANDERSON.
AND IT WAS ANOTHER REPUBLICAN, MICHAEL HOLMSTROM JUNIOR WHO PICKED UP THE WIN THERE.
BUT IN SENATE DISTRICT 47, THE WINNER WAS A DEMOCRAT, AMANDA HEMMINGSEN-JAEGER.
THAT IS THE SEAT FORMER D.F.L.
SENATOR NICOLE MITCHELL HELD BEFORE RESIGNING THIS YEAR AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY OF BURGLARY.
>>> IN THE MINNEAPOLIS MAYORS RACE, MINNEAPOLIS DEMOCRATIC MAYOR JACOB FREY DEFEATED DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST OMAR FATEH AND 13 OTHER CHALLENGERS DURING THE FINAL ROUND OF COUNTING IN THE CITY'S RANKED-CHOICE VOTING ELECTION.
THE RESULTS WERE NOT CONFIRMED UNTIL TODAY.
>> FINALLY 10 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN LAKELAND COUNTRY WITH REFERENDUM VOTES YESTERDAY, REAL QUICKLY HERE'S HOW THOSE FINISHED UP.
IN THE AITKIN DISTRICT BOTH REFERENDUM QUESTIONS FAILED.
THE REFERENDUM IN THE CLEARBROOK-GONVICK DISTRICT ALSO FAILED.
BETTER NEWS FOR THE CROSBY-IRONTON SCHOOL DISTRICT AS THEIR REFEREDUM PASSED WITH MORE THAN TWO-THRIDS OF VOTERS IN FAVOR OF T.I.
BOTH QUESTIONS FOR DEER RIVERS SCHOOL REFERENDUM FAILED.
THE LAKE OF THE WOODS SCHOOL DISTRICT PASSED THEIR REFERENDUM VOTERS IN ROSEAU ALSO PASSED A REFERENDUM FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THERE.
WHILE VOTERS IN THE WADENA DEER-CREEK DISTRICT VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST THE REFERENDUM THE DISTRICT HAD PROPOSED.
A FEW MORE HERE, 69-PERCENT OF WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY VOTERS SAID YES TO THE REFERENDUM IN THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
VOTERS IN WARROAD DEFEATED A REFERENDUM THERE AND THE WIN-E-MAC SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENDUM PASSES.
>>> EYES WERE GLUED TO TV SETS ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA LAST NIGHT TO SEE THE RESULTS OF LOCAL AND STATE-WIDE ELECTIONS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME ONE BRAINERD NATIVE WAS GRACING THE AIR WAVES AS A CONTESTANT ON WHEEL OF FORTUNE.
DELINDA RUDE, WHO GREW UP IN BRAINERD, FULFILLED HER LIFE LONG DREAM OF BEING ON THE GAME SHOW.
AFTER NEARLY THREE YEARS OF APPLYING SHE FINALLY GOT THE CALL TO APPEAR ON THE PROGRAM, BUT SHE NEARLY MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE SHOW AFTER A HEALTH SCARE WITH HER MOTHER IN LAW.
DESPITE THE CHALLENGES, RUDE MADE IT TO L.A.
TO MAKE HER TELEVISION DEBUT, AND EVEN GOT TO SHOUT OUT HER MOTHER IN LAW AS SHE SOLVED THE FINAL PUZZLE.
SHE PICKED UP SOME PRIZE MONEY.
>> FOR MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, WARM QUILT.
>> YEAH.
>> THANK GOODNESS TO HER BEING AN AVID QUILTER, IT'S NOT FARM BUILT, IT'S NOT DARK VAULT, IT'S WARM QUILT.
SO THANKS TO HER.
>> RUDE BROUGHT HOME OVER $60,000 IN PRIZES.
SHE PLANS ON USING PART OF THE MONEY TO TAKE A VACATION WITH HER FAMILY.
[♪♪♪] >> STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.
[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: CLOUDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND WE COULD SEE SOME RAIN OR SNOW TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT.
I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.
>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE MUSIC DEPARTMENT IS PREPARING FOR THEIR UPCOMING [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.
[♪♪♪] >>> THE CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE MUSIC DEPARTMENT IS PREPARING FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE ENTITLED ELUCIDATION THAT WILL FEATURE BOTH STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL AND PERFORMERS FROM AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
ELUCIDATION MEANS TO MAKE CLEAR, AND ACCORDING TO C.L.C.
MUSIC INSTRUCTOR PRESTON WEBER, THE PERFORMANCE WILL COMBINE A VARIETY OF STYLES OF MUSIC.
BUT THERE WILL BE A CLEAR DISTINCTION AS THEY TRANSITION BETWEEN SONG TO SONG, AND GENERATION TO GENERATION.
WITH THE PERFORMANCE SET TO INCLUDE SOME SONGS 500 YEARS OLD, ALL THE WAY TO TODAYS HITS.
>> THE MUSIC THAT YOU'LL HEAR AT THIS CONCERT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE MUSIC YOU HEAR AROUND THE BRAINERD AREA OR IN THE CITY, THERE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS THIS MUCH VARIETY AND FOR SOMETHING THIS LOCAL, IT'S REALLY HIGH QUALITY.
OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB AND OUR BANDS ARE PLAYING AT A VERY HIGH-LEVEL.
>> THE PERFORMANCE WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 10TH AT 7:00 P.M.
AT BRAINERD'S CHALBERG THEATRE.
>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.
COOLER WEATHER COMING UP FOR THE DEER HUNTING OPENER.
>> Stacy: YES, IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL BE TOPPING OUT IN THE LOW 30s, NOT AS COLD TOMORROW, BUT WE WILL SEE CLOUD COVER AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, EVEN INTO THE OVERNIGHT, THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN OR POSSIBLY SOME [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.
>> Stacy: WELL, WE WERE ABLE TO ENJOY SOME GORGEOUS SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
TEMPERATURE-WISE, COOLER THAN YESTERDAY, BUT STILL PLEASANT OUT THERE AND THE CLEAR SKIES ARE REALLY MAKING FOR SOME BEAUTIFUL NATURE SCENES TONIGHT.
WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN OUR EAGLE EYE SEGMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE INCREASING CLOUDS IN THE OVERNIGHT AND WE WILL BE SEEING A LOT OF CLOUD COVER.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR RAIN OR SNOW, ESPECIALLY LATE TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT, AND THEN WE WILL SEE SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES TO END THE WEEK.
IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 30 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.
AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE A LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND, HUMIDITY IS AT 89%.
IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLEAR SKIES AND 32 DEGREES, PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY, AND WINDS ARE CALM.
LOOKING AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN ENJOYING A LOT OF CLEAR SKIES ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND EVEN TONIGHT, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, WE'LL START TO SEE CLOUDS INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA AND EVENTUALLY BECOMING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
A LOT OF CLOUD COVER EXPECTED TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.
WE COULD SEE SOME RAIN SHOWER THIS NORTHERN MINNESOTA WITH RAIN OR SNOW POSSIBLE LATE TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT.
NOW A LOT OF WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
WE HAD SOME EXTRAORDINARY BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND BEAUTIFUL SKIES OUT THERE.
BARBARA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE INTERESTING FROST PATTERNS THIS MORNING.
A PICTURE OF THE MOON OVER RED LAKE.
ARLENE FROM MENAHGA, BRANDON AT RED LAKE, ALL WITH THE BEAUTIFUL MOON.
JOAN SPOTTING A BEAR IN LAPORTE AND GARY WITH THE RECENT CLOUD COVER.
EVENING SKIES WERE SPECTACULAR WITH THE BEAVER MOON.
SANDY FROM RABIDEAU LAKE, ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, ANGELA FROM LEECH LAKE SENDING US THOSE PHOTOS AND WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO SPOT THE NORTHERN LIGHTS OUT THERE AS WELL.
SONYA IS SENDING US THIS PHOTO FROM TURTLE RIVER LAKE, AND JANICE SENDING US THIS PHOTO.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.
OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, DEAN IN RED LAKE, 24 WITH LOTS OF FROST THIS MORNING.
DEBRA AT PINE RIVER, CALM AND 33 THIS MORNING.
ARLENE IN MENAHGA REPORTING 39 THIS EVENING.
BOB IN BLUFFTON REPORTING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.
ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNSHINE.
ANGELA IN CASS LAKE, CLEAR AND WINDY TODAY.
JOAN IN LAPORTE, MOSTLY SUNNY.
STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD REPORTING A HIGH OF 50.
ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 51, SO WE ARE STILL ABOVE AVERAGE.
WE HAD A LOW OF 32 AND SUNRISE AT 7:06.
BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 45, SO CLOSER TO WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
WE HAD SUNSET AT 4:54.
SO AS WE LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA AND THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.
IN THE AFTERNOON, WE COULD SEE SHOWER ACTIVITY IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA WITH THAT PICKING UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT WITH CHANCES OF RAIN OR SNOW.
HIGHS TOMORROW SHOULD RANGE FROM THE LOW 40s IN THE FAR NORTH, TO MID TO UPPER 40s IN THE REST OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE SEEING UPPER 40, CLOSE TO 50N CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, 56.
CLOUDY TOMORROW, HIGHS NEAR 46.
OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE'LL BE SEEING JUST A FEW FLURRIES HERE AND THERE, ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN MINNESOTA, BUT COLD TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO LOW 30s THIS WEEKEND, 33 ON MONDAY.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Dennis: THANK YOU STACY.
CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US TONIGHT?
>> Charlie: WELL, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF GRAND RAPIDS HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL.
THEY'RE PLAYING AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE A COOL STORY FROM A LOCAL FROM BEMIDJI WHO LIKES TO PLAY TENNIS.
WE GOT A CHANCE TO HEAR WHAT HE ENJOYS MOST ABOUT THE SPORT AND HOW WELL HE DID IN THE TOURNAMENT EARLIER THIS SPRING.
THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.
[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.
[♪♪♪] >>> GRAND RAPIDS GIRL'S VOLLEYBALL IS BACK AT THE CLASS 3-A STATE TOURNAMENT FOR THE 4TH TIME IN 5-YEARS, BUT THEY ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THAT ELUSIVE TITLE.
THE THUNDERHAWKS ENTER AS THE 7-SEED, THEY'RE MATCHED UP WITH 2-SEED BENILDE-SAINT MARAGRETS.
SECOND SET, COLBY LA PLANT OFF THE LEFT SIDE, ABLE TO TIE THE MATCH FOR GRAND RAPIDS, BUT THEY LOST SET NUMBER 2.
IN THE THIRD, GRAND RAPIDS IS UP 21-20, BUT SAINT MARGARETS WAS TOO MUCH.
THEIR HITTERS ARE A LOT TO HANDLE.
GRAND RAPIDS WILL NOW MOVE TO CONSOLATION BRACKET WHERE THEY WILL PLAY TOMORROW AT 11:00 A.M.
>>> ALSO IN THE NBA, THE NEW YORK KNICKS TOPPLED THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES.
>>> WELL OVER THE WEEKEND WAS THE INAUGURAL PATHWAYS TO WELLNESS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT HOSTED BY THE LEECH LAKE AREA BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND LEECH LAKE HAPPY, HEALTHY, SAFE YOUTH.
THE EVENT, HELD AT THE CASS LAKE-BENA SCHOOLS, WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MERGE THE AREAS PASSION OF BASKETBALL WITH THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY.
>> WE'VE BEEN DOING BABY STEPS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS TO TRY TO IMPROVE SPORTSMANSHIP, BUILDING A BORDER AROUND OUR KIDS AND TEACHING THEM TO BE GOOD TO ONE ANOTHER.
THE TEAM IS ALL BORN AND RAISED RIGHT HERE.
WE WANT TO SHOWCASE THE SCHOOL'S SPACE, THE COMMUNITY, TO INVITE PEOPLE INTO OUR AREA AND HOLD SOMETHING GREAT FOR THEM WHERE THEY CAN TAKE HOME MEMORIES.
>> IT FEELS GOOD BECAUSE WE CAN GET THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND WE CAN HAVE FUN AND PLAY MORE BASKETBALL.
IT'S BEEN FUN, IT'S JUST BEEN COMPETITIVE.
ALL THE TEAMS ARE PLAYING, IT'S BASICALLY ALL THE TEAMS PLAYING IN THE SEASON.
SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO PLAY.
>> Charlie: WHEN ALL WAS SAID AND DONE, IT WAS NEVIS BASKETBALL THAT WOULD WIN THE BOY'S HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER CHAMPIONS AS WELL.
THEY'RE BOTH FROM CASS LAKE, CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY THAT WENT OUT AND WAS ABLE TO COME AWAY WITH THE VICTORY.
>>> AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 35, I FEEL TIRED JUST GETTING OUT OF BED.
BUT NOT DAN MOEN & HIS SON RICH WHO HAVE MADE SEVERAL MORE TRIPS AROUND THE SUN THAN I HAVE.
AND IT HASN'T STOPPED THEM FROM NOT ONLY ENJOYING THE ACTIVITIES THEY LOVE, BUT EXCELLING AT THEM AS WELL.
>> YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, BUT YOU GET TO SERVE TWICE.
GOOD NEWS FOR BEMIDJI'S DAN MOAN WHO SPENT HALF A LIFETIME BEFORE STEPPING ON TO A TENNIS COURT.
>> ABOUT 42 AT THE TIME BECAUSE MY OLDEST DAUGHTER WANTED TO PLAY IN EIGHTH GRADE.
SO WE GOT A COUPLE OF RACKETS AND THAT'S WHEN I PICKED IT UP.
>> Reporter: NOW AT THE AGE OF 85, DAN COMPETES COMPETITIVELY.
THIS PAST FALL, HE TOOK HOME A SILVER MEDAL AT THE HUNTS MAN WORLD SENIORS GAME IN UTAH.
>> I WANTED THE GOLD ONE BUT I'M PLANNING ON THAT ONE NEXT YEAR.
>> Reporter: JOKES ASIDE, DAN KNOWS HOW STIFF THE COMPETITION CAN BE.
>> IT'S FUN AND IT'S SURPRISING HOW GOOD SOME OLDER PEOPLE ARE.
AS LONG AS YOU CAN MOVE, THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT.
>> Reporter: THE APPLE DIDN'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE IN THE MOAN FAMILY.
HIS SON RICH WON A GOLD MEDAL IN THE 60 TO 64 AGE GROUP.
HE IS NOT SURE IF HE WILL PICK UP A RACKET AT HIS FATHER'S AGE.
>> I DON'T KNOW, HE SET THE BAR PRETTY HIGH.
IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE WENT WATER SKIING OUT AT MY SISTER'S.
I THOUGHT, HE IS SETTING THE BAR PRETTY HIGH FOR THE REST OF US.
>> Reporter: FOR NOW, RICH IS JUST ENJOYING THE TIME HE IS SPENDING WITH HIS DAD.
>> ONE OF THE BEST THINGS, I'VE BEEN PLAYING WITH MY DAD AND ALL HIS FRIENDS, EVERYBODY IS COMPETITIVE, BUT YOU CAN SIT AND CHUCKLE AND SMIRK IF SOMEONE MAKES A GOOFY SHOT.
>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH THEY RESPECT DAN AS THEIR ELDER, HE IS NOT IMMUNE FROM THE JOKES.
>> HIS HEAD GETS SO BIG.
HE SAID HE WOULD LET ME WEAR THE MEDALS BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM YET.
YEAH, HE'S A GOOD PLAYER, GOOD MAN, AND GOOD GUY.
>> Reporter: FOR ALL THE MEDALS HE HAS WON, IT'S PLAYING RECREATIONALLY WITH HIS FRIENDS THAT DAN APPRECIATES THE MOST.
>> IT'S A GREAT GAME AND I ENJOY THE PEOPLE.
THAT'S REALLY A BIG PART OF IT.
YOU CAN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
IT'S BEEN FUN.
>> Charlie: ALL I CAN SAY DENNIS, I HOPE IN 50 YEARS, I HOPE I AM ABLE TO BE AS SPRY AS DAN IS AND CONTINUE TO DO WHAT I LOVE.
>> Dennis: YEAH, I PLAYED WITH THOSE GUYS A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK AND I AM JUST SURPRISED THERE IS AN 85-YEAR-OLD THAT CAN BEAT DAN.
I THINK NEXT YEAR, HE IS GOING TO COME BACK WITH THE GOLD.
>> Charlie: THAT WOULD BE AWESOME TO SEE.
HOW DO YOU DO WHEN YOU PLAY AGAINST DAN?
>> Dennis: HE IS REALLY GOOD.
AMAZING.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS A LOT CHARLIE.
NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL EPILEPSY AWARENESS MONTH.
ALMOST 3 MILLION ADULTS AND NEARLY HALF A MILLION CHILDREN IN THE U.S.
LIVE WITH EPILEPSY.
THE EPILEPSY FOUNDATION SAYS KNOWING HOW TO HELP SOMEONE DURING A SEIZURE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND SAVE A LIFE.
IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER EXPLAINS HOW REMEMBERING THE THREE S'S CAN HELP.
>> Reporter: IT'S A BRAIN DISORDER THAT CAUSES REOCCURRING UNPROVOKED SEIZURES AND AN EPILEPSY DIAGNOSIS CAN HELP TO ANYONE AT ANY AGE.
>> PEOPLE THINK OF EPILEPSY IS A DISEASE AKIN TO AN ELECTRICAL STORM IN THE BRAIN.
>> Reporter: THAT DISTURBANCE IN THE BRAIN'S ELECTRICAL SIGNALING PRESENTS AS A SEIZURE.
IT CAN MANIFEST IN DIFFERENT WAYS IN A PERSON WITH EPILEPSY.
>> THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF SEIZURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF ARE THE CHRONIC SEIZURES OR IT USE TO BE CALLED THE GRANDMA TYPE SEIZURES WHERE PEOPLE CAN FALL AND HAVE A STIFFENING OF THEIR BODY AND JERKING MOVEMENTS.
>> Reporter: REMEMBER THE THREE S'S FOR SEIZURE CARE.
THE FIRST IS STAY, REMAIN CALM AND STAY WITH THE PERSON HAVING THE SEIZURE.
LOOK AT YOUR WATCH AND TIME IT FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.
>> IF IT LASTS LONGER THAN 3 TO 5 MINUTES, THAT'S CONSIDERED A LONG SEIZURE AND YOU SHOULD CALL 9-1-1 RIGHT AWAY.
>> Reporter: THE SECOND S IS FOR SAFE, KEEP THE PERSON SAFE BY MOVING THEM AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT COULD BE HARMFUL LIKE SHARP OBJECTS.
>> THERE IS NO NEED TO PUT ANYTHING IN THEIR MOUTH.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SWALLOW THEIR TONGUE.
THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY OCCUR.
>> Reporter: AND FINALLY THE THIRD S IS FOR SIDE, IF THE PERSON IS NOT ALERT AND AWARE, TURN THEM TO THEIR SIDE.
>> SO IF THERE IS ANY VOMIT OR SPIT, IT COMES OUT OF THEIR MOUTH, RATHER THAN MAKING IT BACK INTO THEIR LUNGS.
>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.
>> THE DOCTOR SAYS THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREATMENTS NOW AVAILABLE TO HELP A PATIENT WITH EPILEPSY.
BUT HE SAYS IT'S CRITICAL THAT A PERSON WITH THIS DISEASE SEEK CARE AT A CENTER THAT SPECIALIZES IN IT, THAT CAN GIVE YOU THE MOST UP-TO-DATE TREATMENT OPTIONS.
>>> OKAY, WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.
WE GO BACK OVER TO STACY.
>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING INCREASING CLOUDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
EVENTUALLY IT BECOMES PARTLY CLOUDY, LOWS NEAR 26.
LOOKING AT TOMORROW, CLOUDY SKIES, THERE IS A CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN OR SPRINKLES IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS NEAR 46.
NOW WE COULD SEE RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AREA LATE TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT, AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE A FEW SPRINKLES OR FLURRIES IN EASTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.
WE WILL BE SEEING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES BY THE WEEKEND.
>> Charlie: AND REAL QUICK, ALEX BECAME THE FIRST EVER IN THE NHL TO SCORE 900 CAREER GOALS.
>> Dennis: OKAY, THAT WILL DO IT FOR US.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.
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