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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 JOINING US.

>>> A SMILE, EYE CONTACT, AND A SMALL WAVE, ALL ENCOURAGING SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENTS FROM FIVE YOUNG BOYS RECOVERING AT A TWIN CITIES BURN UNIT.

THEY, ALONG WITH THEIR FATHER, SUFFERED LIFE-THREATENING BURNS AFTER A PROPANE TANK EXPLOSION NEAR BAGLEY.

THE BOYS AND THEIR FATHER WILL GET TO REST THIS WEEKEND AFTER TWO DAYS OF SURGERY.

TODAY NEWS REPORTER MATT HENSON CAUGHT UP WITH THE GOOD SAMARITAN WHO STOPPED TO HELP THAT DAY UNTIL FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED AND WHY THIS GOOD DEED RUNS IN THE FAMILY.

>> YOU KNOW, YOU CAN STILL SEE THEIR FACES.

>> Reporter: THIS IS A PICTURE MANY PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY HEAR ABOUT THE RICHEY BROTHERS, AGES 6 TO 14.

FOR DALLAS, IT'S A DIFFERENT PICTURE.

>> THOSE KIDS WERE SCREAMING.

THOSE KIDS WERE SCREAMING REALLY LOUD.

>> Reporter: ON MONDAY, DALLAS WAS HEADED HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE NORTH OF BAGLEY WHEN HE STOPPED AT THIS STOP SIGN.

USUALLY, HE GOES STRAIGHT.

DALLAS REALIZED HE NEEDED TO TURN RIGHT.

>> A FIRE COMING FROM THE STORAGE UNIT.

>> Reporter: A LEAKING PROPANE UNIT INSIDE THE STORAGE EXPLODED.

THE BLAST WAS SO STRONG, YOU CAN SEE IT POPPED THE ROOF OFF.

TO PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF THE FAMILY, DALLAS DID NOT WANT TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF WHAT HE FIRST SAW.

>> NOT ONLY EXTREME DANGER BUT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TROUBLE AS WELL.

THERE WAS NO MISTAKING THE FACT THAT THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED BY WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

>> Reporter: DALLAS COMMENDED TO PULL HIS SON FROM THE STORAGE UNIT.

>> THEY WERE SPREAD OUT ON THE GRASS HERE, ALMOST IN A LINE.

>> Reporter: DESPITE HIS ON INJURIES.

>> GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT FATHER WAS FACING, HE WAS DOING HIS ABSOLUTE BEST TO MAKE SURE THOSE KIDS WERE TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE ANYONE ELSE WAS HERE.

>> Reporter: DALLAS MADE SURE NO ONE WAS IN THE STORAGE UNIT BEFORE HE MOVED THE FAMILY'S PICKUP FURTHER AWAY FROM THE GROWING FIRE.

HE THEN MOVED THE FATHER AND BOYS FURTHER AWAY UNTIL HELP ARRIVED.

>> PRETTY SIGNIFICANT WHEN IT'S ONE PERSON BUT WHEN IT'S SIX PEOPLE, YOU REALLY HAVE TO DIG DEEP AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOCKED IN TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE THE BEST YOU CAN.

>> Reporter: THE OLDER BROTHERS OF THE FIVE BOYS SAY THEY'RE FOREVER GRATEFUL OF DALLAS, WHO STOPPED TO PLAY THE ROLE OF BIG BROTHER THAT DAY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU PROBABLY CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO ENSURING WE STILL HAVE BROTHERS.

>> IT'S JUST OVERWHELMING, GRATEFULNESS FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE, AND WHO WERE ABLE TO HELP OUR BROTHERS IN TIME.

SO WE WEREN'T THERE.

AS A BIG BROTHER, YOU WANT TO BE THERE.

>> Reporter: THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE FROM THE LEE FAMILY HAD TO RUSH INTO ACTION TO SAVE A LIFE.

>> I JUST WANTED TO KEEP HIM ALIVE LONG ENOUGH TO GET SOMEONE THERE.

>> Reporter: WE INTERVIEWED DALLAS'S MOTHER.

HE -- SHE STOPPED TO HELP A BOY AFTER HE WAS HIT BY A DRUNK DRIVER.

>> Reporter: DALLAS SAYS HE THINKS OF THE FATHER AND THE BOYS EVERYDAY.

HE HOPES THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THEM.

>> WHEN YOU GO TO THE GoFundMe PAGE, YOU SEE THEM IN THE WOODS, HUNKERED TOGETHER, A BIG SMILE ON THEIR FACES AND MY BIGGEST HOPE IS THAT ONE DAY THEY CAN GET BACK TO THAT, GET BACK TO NORMAL ONE DAY, HEAL AS A FAMILY AND INDIVIDUALS.

>> YOU CAN TRACK THE BOY'S PROGRESS THROUGH A CARINGBRIDGE SITE THAT HAS BEEN SETUP FOR THE COMMUNITY TO FOLLOW.

A GOFUNDME HAS ALSO BEEN CREATED TO HELP THE FAMILY WITH MEDICAL EXPENSES.

BOTH LINKS CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING ON THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND THE RELATIONSHIP SAFETY ALLIANCE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE R.S.A., IS HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING.

R.S.A.

HAS ORGANIZED PROGRAMS TO HELP FAMILIES WHO SUFFER FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND COULD USE A LITTLE HELP DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

PINTS FOR A PURPOSE HAS STEPPED IN TO HELP RUN A FUNDRAISER IN WHICH ALL THE PROCEEDS GO BACK INTO R.S.A.

OPERATIONS.

ADOPT A FAMILY AND GIVING TREE ARE PROGRAMS ORCHESTRATED BY R.S.A.

THAT RECEIVE DONATIONS AND CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

R.S.A.

STRIVES TO BRING LIGHT TO OTHERS IN NEED.

>> AT THE RELATIONSHIP SAFETY ALLIANCE, REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS GIVE A LITTLE JOY TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE HAD TRAUMATIC TIMES WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

GIVE THEM A LITTLE NORMALCY AND SOME JOY THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS SEASON.

>> IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE RELATIONSHIP SAFETY ALLIANCE HAS SERVED 222 FAMILIES WHO ARE RECOVERING FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE.

>>> THE WALKER AREA COMMUNITY CENTER, HOME TO MANY DIFFERENT YOUTH PROGRAMS, IS HOLDING THEIR NOVEMBER FUNDRAISER.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK VISITED THE CENTER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE CENTER DOES, WHAT IT MEANS TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WHY THEY NEED THE FUNDS.

>> Reporter: THE WALKER AREA COMMUNITY CENTER HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 17 YEARS AND IS A HUB FOR YOUTH SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS SERVING AS A PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET TOGETHER.

>> WALKER COMMUNITY CENTER IS TRULY A REMARKABLE FACILITY AND COMMUNITY ASSET HERE.

THE IDEA HERE IS TO BRING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TOGETHER AND OFFER THEM SOME HEALTH AND WELLNESS INITIATIVES, THINGS TO HELP STRENGTHEN THEIR SKILLS.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS LIKE THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB, TAE KWON DO, THE ROTARY CLUB, AND MORE.

THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON, THERE IS A LOT MORE TO IT THAN JUST A PLACE FOR KIDS TO PLAY.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY LIFE LESSONS TOO.

LEARNING TO BE PART OF A TEAM AND JUST REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE KIDS ARE HAVING FUN.

>> THEY LOVE IT.

IT KEEPS THEM HAPPY AND THAT'S WHAT WE ALL STRIVE FOR AS PARENTS.

>> Reporter: THE CENTER HELPS BUILD THESE LIFE SKILLS BUT ALSO MAKES LIFE EASIER FOR WALKER AREA PARENTS.

>> I'M NOT DRIVING AROUND FROM A LOT OF THESE ACTIVITIES.

WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO DRIVE TO PARK RAPIDS OR BEMIDJI, WHICH IS 30 OR 40 MINUTES AWAY.

HAVING THE COMMUNITY CENTER HERE IS VERY ESSENTIAL.

>> Reporter: RUNNING A FACILITY OF THIS SIZE IS NOT CHEAP.

THE WACC DOES NOT RECEIVE MUNICIPAL FUNDING AND MOSTLY RELIES ON THE REVENUE THAT THE PROGRAMS BRING IN, AS WELL AS FUNDRAISING.

THEY ARE CURRENTLY DOING THEIR NOVEMBER FUNDRAISER TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR NECESSARY RENOVATIONS.

>> YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A HAND FULL OF ITEMS, WHETHER IT'S FROM BASKETBALLS THAT ARE OLD AND NEED REPLACING, TO MORE SERIOUS REPAIRS IN THE BUILDING THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE WINDOWS, THE REALLY DRAFTY, WE HAVE WATER DAMAGE THROUGH THE WINDOWS, AND THERE ARE THINGS OVER THE COURSE OF TIME THAT HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED, REALLY FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT.

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

>> DONATIONS FOR THE WACC CAN BE MADE ON THEIR WEBSITE, WALKERAREACOMMUNITYCENTER.COM OR ON GIVEMN.COM, AND THEN SEARCH FOR THE WALKER AREA COMMUNITY CENTER.

THE FUNDRAISER WILL LAST THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.

>>> IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF BEMIDJI AND HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO DRIVE BY PAUL BUNYAN PARK, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN BEMIDJI'S FIRST CITY OF LIGHTS FOUNDATION HARD AT WORK CONSTRUCTING CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS BY THE LAKEFRONT OF LAKE BEMIDJI.

EARLIER THIS MORNING, THE FOUNDATION BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR NEWEST, RECORD-BREAKING DISPLAY CALLED THE GREATEST GIFT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BEMIDJI STEEL AND LIGHT UP THE NIGHT PRODUCTIONS.

WORKERS FROM BEMIDJI STEEL ALONG WITH FIRST CITY OF LIGHTS MEMBERS WORKED ALL HOURS OF THE DAY TO CONSTRUCT A 20-FOOT, BY 20-FOOT, BY 30-FOOT, IMMERSIVE, WALK-THOUGH, ILLUMINATED DIGITAL DISPLAY.

THE GREATEST GIFT WILL SHOWCASE 14,000 PIXELS AND FEATURE 16-FOOT DOORWAYS.

IT RUMORED TO BE ABLE TO FIT A FIRE TRUCK UNDERNEATH, AND THE BOW ON TOP OF THE GIFT IS ANOTHER 10 FEET ON ITS OWN.

THE ESTIMATED 850,000 LIGHTS WILL BE ILLUMINATED DURING THE 28TH ANNUAL FIRST CITY OF LIGHTS: NIGHT WE LIGHT CELEBRATION ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH.

>>> THE BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL PASSED TWO ORDINANCES AT ITS LATEST MEETING.

ONE ORDINANCE LAID OUT A FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE CITY WHICH SAW SEVERAL CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE.

THE SECOND ORDINANCE SET REGULATIONS ON BURNING RESTRICTIONS WITHIN THE CITY.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: TWO ORDINANCES WERE PASSED AT THE LAST BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THE FIRST ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED UPDATED THE CITY'S FEE SCHEDULE, WHICH INCLUDED ADDING FIRE DEPARTMENT FEES.

SOME FEES INCREASED AND SOME DECREASED.

COUNCIL MEMBER ASKED WHY STAFF WAS RECOMMENDING SOME INCREASES.

>> BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TAKES ONE OF OUR INSPECTORS FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, WE LOOKED AT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ON WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING.

I WOULD SAY WE'RE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR SOME OF THESE INSPECTIONS.

SOME DO IT BY STRAIGHT EVALUATION, WHICH WOULD BE MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE CHARGING RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, THE FOOD TRUCKS, AGAIN, LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, YOU KNOW, HAVE CHARGED, AS WELL AS HEARING FROM FOOD TRUCKS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN COMING BUT WERE HESITANT WITH THE $300, ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS OVER ONE WEEKEND.

>> Reporter: NO COUNCIL MEMBER HAD ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE FEE SCHEDULE AND IT WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

THE MAYOR HAD MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THE FOOD TRUCK CHANGES TO THE FEE SCHEDULE.

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT IN PARTICULAR.

I WOULD BE OPEN TO SEEING WHERE IT GOES.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO OPEN THE FLOODGATES TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BRING A FOOD TRUCK OUT.

YOU KNOW, BLOCKING ALL PEOPLE FROM BRINGING FOOD TRUCKS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE I STAND ON THIS.

>> Reporter: THE SECOND ORDINANCE WAS TO PASS RESTRICTIONS ON BURNING WITHIN THE CITY.

THE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AND WITHOUT COMMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.

BECAUSE THE REGULATIONS ON BURNING IN THE CITY WAS NOT CODIFIED, IT MADE ENFORCEMENT MORE DIFFICULT IF A CITIZEN DID NOT COMPLY.

>> THE LANGUAGE DRAFT IN THE ORDINANCE WAS TAKEN FROM THE RECREATIONAL FIRE REGULATIONS FOUND ON THE PDF WITHIN THE CITY OF BRAINERD WEBSITE, BUT MUST BE CODIFIED IN ORDER TO BE MORE STRICT AND BE ABLE TO APPLY THE CITY CODE TO IT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE FULL FEE SCHEDULE CAN BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND THAT IS REPORTER SAMMY HOLLIDAY'S FINAL STORY WITH LAKELAND NEWS.

SAMMY COMPLETED HIS CONTRACT WITH US AND HAS HEADED BACK WEST TO CALIFORNIA WHERE HE IS FROM TO PURSUE SOME DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.

I'D LIKE TO THANK SAMMY FOR ALL HIS CONTRIBUTIONS THIS PAST YEAR AND WISH HIM WELL FOR THE FUTURE.

SAMMY WAS A KEY MEMBER OF OUR TEAM AND PROVIDED SOME STELLAR NEWS COVERAGE FOR US FROM THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

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

>> Stacy: TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN MILD, BUT WE WILL SEE SOME RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, A PREVIEW OF BEMIDJI CHORALE >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

; INTERNET, PHONE, AND T.V.

C.T.C; CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY ONLINE AT GOCTC.COM.

>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> BLAZE ORANGE WILL BE THE COLOR OF THE DAY OR THE WEEKEND FOR THAT MATTER HERE IN THE LAKELAND COUNTRY.

IT'S THE 2024 FIREARMS DEER HUNTING OPENER.

ALTHOUGH DEER LICENSE SALES ARE DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR MORE THAN 160,000 LICENSES WERE PURCHASED AS OF LAST WEEK AND 400,000 HUNTERS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE PART DURING THIS YEARS HUNTING SEASON.

AND THOSE HUNTERS WILL MAKE AN IMPACT BEYOND THEIR EFFORTS IN THE WOODS.

>> THIS IS SO POPULAR THAT ACTUALLY WE CAN MEASURE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF DEER HUNTING.

IT GENERATES $1 BILLION A YEAR FOR MINNESOTA.

ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT DEER SEASON, AND YOU CAN VISIT -- VISIBLY SEE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT WHEN YOU SEE SMALL COMMUNITIES ACROSS MINNESOTA FILLED WITH HUNTERS AND THEIR BLAZE ORANGE, AND THE IMPACTS IN RESTAURANTS AND GAS STATIONS AND PLACES AROUND THE COMMUNITY.

>> AND CHARLIE WILL HAVE MORE ON THE DEER HUNTING OUTLOOK FOR HUNTERS THIS YEAR LATER ON IN SPORTS.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, HOW IS THE WEATHER FOR THE DEER OPENING?

>> Stacy: WE MAY HAVE TO DODGE SOME RAIN SHOWERS.

OTHERWISE, A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS T >> 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, WHAT DOES A GORGEOUS FALL DAY OUT THERE TODAY WITH THE SUNSHINE ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE MILD WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WE WILL SEE CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS RETURNING TO THE AREA, THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE TOMORROW NIGHT, BUT SOME COULD LINGER INTO SUNDAY.

OTHERWISE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE SOME PRETTY QUIET WEATHER AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORKWEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT IS 35 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 4 MILES PER HOUR.

THE DEW POINT IS 24 AND HUMIDITY IS AT 64%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, IT'S 33 WITH A DEW POINT OF 27.

PRESSURE IS FALLING AND WINDS ARE CALM.

ON THE RADAR, IT IS ALL QUIET OUT THERE.

WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE A QUIET NIGHT OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH A CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKY.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, WE START OUT WITH A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.

WE WILL SEE CLOUDS INCREASING IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THEN MOVING TO THE NORTH.

THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE RAINFALL MOVING IN, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON, WE'RE GOING TO SEE CHANCES OF RAIN MOVING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGHOUT THE VIEWING AREA.

THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE TOMORROW EVENING AND TOMORROW NIGHT, AND THEN SOME OF THE RAIN SHOWERS COULD LINGER, ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN MINNESOTA TOMORROW MORNING.

OTHER THAN THAT, TEMPERATURES SHOULD STAY MILD THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU FOR TONIGHT, BEAUTIFUL MORNING SKIES FROM TODD AND ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

ANGELA CAPTURING A PICTURE OF A BALD EAGLE IN THE TREE.

THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT CASS LAKE.

AND NOW THE EVENING SKIES IN WALKER, THAT WAS AT STEAMBOAT BAY.

WE ALSO HAVE GORGEOUS SUNSET SHOTS TONIGHT FROM DAVID AND LAURIE AND SARAH.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 46 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 50.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, CLEAR, REPORTING 42 THIS EVENING.

WE HEARD FROM ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNSHINE TODAY, HIGH OF 57.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE REPORTING CLEAR SKIES AND A HIGH OF 50.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, MILD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.

BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 56, WHICH IS MORE THAN 10 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

WE HAD A LOW THIS MORNING OF 30 AND SUNSET AT 4:51.

BEMIDJI, 51 FOR THE HIGH TEMPERATURE, AVERAGE IS 39, SO WE ARE WELL ABOVE THAT, 26 FOR THE LOW AND SUNRISE AT 7:15.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE INCREASING CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH SHOWERS DEVELOPING MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

WE'LL SEE THOSE HIGH TEMPERATURES BACK IN UPPER 40s TO LOW 50s ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, INCREASING CLOUDS, EVENTUALLY SKIES WILL BECOME CLOUDY AND CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS MOVING IN, HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 40s.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 32 FOR THE LOW, SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 20.

THEN LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, SKIES WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY AND WE HAVE A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 49.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE REST OF OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE RAIN SHOWERS TOMORROW NIGHT AND MAINLY IN EASTERN MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY MORNING, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40s.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORKWEEK, MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH SMALL CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS ON TUESDAY, AND THEN SCATTERED RAIN ON WEDNESDAY, HIGHS AS WE HEAD INTO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE IN THE LOW TO MID-40s.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

STATE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT, A COUPLE OF LAKELAND AREA TEAMS FACING OFF.

>> Charlie: YEAH, PERENNIAL POWERHOUSES, DEER RIVER AND MAHNOMEN SHOWING UP AT BECKER HIGH SCHOOL TONIGHT IN THE CLASS A STATE QUARTER FINALS, WHO GETS TO MOVE THE BANK AND WHOSE SEASON WILL END?

WE'LL HAVE THAT AND MORE >> 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.

>>> THE STATE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT IS A PLACE ONLY THE ELITE PROGRAMS MAKE IT TO.

TWO POWERS ARE PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER IN THE QUARTER FINAL ROUNDS.

TWO TEAMS FIND THEMSELVES IN THAT SCENARIO TONIGHT.

THE CLASS A STATE QUARTER FINALS, THE WARRIORS MAKING THEIR 16th STATE APPEARANCE, AND THE THUNDERBIRDS HAVE 35 STATE APPEARANCES.

THUNDERBIRDS IN THE RED ZONE, AND THEN INTO THE PAINTED AREA, AND THEY ARE UP 8-0 AFTER A TWO POINT CONVERSION.

THE WARRIORS FIGHT BACK, THEY'RE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, AND KAIDEN SNEAKS IT IN BUT CAN'T CONVERT.

DEER RIVER TRAILS 8-6.

THAT'S IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

MAHNOMEN WITH A CHANCE TO TAKE THE LEAD.

THEY ARE UP FOR GOOD, MAHNOMEN-WAUBUN IN A GRINDER.

T BIRDS ADVANCE TO THE CLASS 1A SEMIFINALS NEXT SATURDAY WHERE THEY WILL FACE SPRINGFIELD.

>>> IN GIRLS HOCKEY, THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPS OPENING THEIR SEASON AT PROCTOR HERMANTOWN, A REMATCH OF THE QUARTER FINAL GAMES.

THIS WAS SCORELESS TONIGHT WITHLESS THAN 60 SECONDS IN THE FIRST.

NOW IT'S 1-0.

SECOND PERIOD, FLOODGATES OPEN, AND LESS THAN A MINUTE IN, 2-0.

THEN SHE MAKES IT 3-0.

LATER IN THE PERIOD, FRENCH AGAIN, SHE FINISHED WITH A HAT-TRICK AS WARROAD GOES ON TO WIN BIG OVER PROCTOR HERMANTOWN, 7-1.

THE WARRIORS ARE PICKING UP RIGHT WHERE THEY LEFT OFF.

A FEW OTHER GIRLS HOCKEY SCORES FOR YOU, ROSEAU BLANKS SAUK RAPIDS.

>>> IN COLLEGE HOCKEY, BEMIDJI STATE AND SIOUX FALLS TAKING ON AUGUSTANA, THEIR FIRST TIME OUT IN SIOUX FALLS.

THEIR NEW ARENA.

BSU TRYING TO GET THAT EARLY GOAL AND LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE GOT IT.

IT'S RILEY WHO DEFLECTED IT.

THIRD PERIOD NOW, SCORE IS TIED, THE CAPTAIN WITH HIS THIRD GOAL OF THE SEASON, PUTS THE BEAVERS UP, BUT WAIT A FEW MINUTES LATER, AUGUSTANA WITH AN OPPORTUNITY, TYLER WRISTER, TOP CORNER, TIES THE GAME.

WE GO TO OVERTIME.

THAT'S WHERE VINCE, GOOD TIME FOR HIS FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON, KNOCKS ONE PAST THE GOALIE AND BEMIDJI STATE COMES OUT WITH A 4-3 OVERTIME WIN ON THE ROAD, A HUGE WIN AT AUGUSTANA FOR THEM.

>>> IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, BSU MEN KICKED OFF THEIR SEASON TONIGHT.

THEY FALL TO CENTRAL MISSOURI.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL, WINONA STATE WINS 3-0.

IN THE NBA, MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES GET A WIN OVER THE TRAILBLAZERS.

AND THE WILD ARE LEADING THE DUCKS IN ANAHEIM.

>>> WE ARE LESS THAN TWO HOURS FROM THE FIREARMS DEER HUNTING SEASON AND WHILE THE OVERALL DEER POPULATION HAS BEEN GROWING.

THE OUTLOOK IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE ARE MIXED.

DEER NUMBERS HAVE BEEN DOWN IN THE NORTHEAST AND BAG LIMIT DESIGNATIONS WILL BE EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE IN THAT REGION.

IN CONTRAST, THE WARM WINTER HELPED NUMBERS IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE STATE WITH SEVERAL D.P.A.

'S ALLOWING A 2-DEER OR MORE LIMIT AND IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, THE D.N.R.

IS ACTUALLY ENCOURAGING HUNTERS TO BAG EXTRA ANTLERLESS DEER IN SOME OF THE OVERPOPULATED AREAS WHERE THEY ARE DAMAGING NATIVE VEGETATION.

REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU'RE HUNTING TOMORROW THOUGH, HERE'S A LAST-MINUTE TIP BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT.

>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES FROM LAST YEAR IS THAT THERE IS NOT A HUGE ACORN CROP, WE'RE NOT HAVING A RECORD YEAR, SO THE DEER MOVEMENTS WILL CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.

SO MAYBE LAST YEAR WHERE DEER WERE MORE SCATTERED AND SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE, EATING UP A LOT OF THE HARD MASS IN THE HARD WOODS, THIS YEAR IF YOU CAN FIND SOME LEFTOVER ACORNS OR MAYBE SOME TREES THAT ARE PRODUCING ACORNS, TO KEY IN ON THOSE AND FOCUS ON WHERE THOSE DEER PATTERNS ARE CHANGING.

SO THEY MIGHT BE MORE PREDICTABLE THIS YEAR.

>> Charlie: I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I HAVE BEEN DRIVING ACROSS THE STATE.

I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF DEER IN THE DITCH.

>> Dennis: EVERY NIGHT HOME.

HOPEFULLY THEY STAY IN THE DITCH HERE.

>> Charlie: THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING FOR TOO.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THE BEMIDJI CHORALE IS PREPARING FOR ITS FALL CONCERT AT BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY THIS WEEKEND, WITH A SPECIAL “AMERICANA” THEME TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE CHORALE.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN ATTENDED ONE OF THE FINAL PRACTICES THE CHORALE HAD BEFORE THEIR BIG CONCERT, FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-FOCUS.

OF -- [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> Reporter: THE BEMIDJI CHORALE HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE THE LATE 1970s.

>> WE WILL BE PERFORMING THE MASS AND G, WHICH FEATURES FOUR SOLOISTS FROM THE CHOIR.

[♪♪♪] >> AND THE CONCERT WILL END WITH A SET OF THREE AMERICAN, ARRANGED BY MATT.

THE ACCOMPANIMENT WILL BE WITH ORGAN AND A STRING TRIO.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR THEY HAVE A THEME UNLIKE PREVIOUS YEARS.

>> WE'RE DOING SOME AMERICANA PIECES, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PIE AUCTION AND TRY TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE EVENT AND SEE WHO CAN RAISE THE MOST.

>> Reporter: THE CHOIR HAS BEEN WELCOMING.

>> WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS, BUT WE GO ALL THE WAY UP TO RETIREMENT AGE AND WELCOME ANY VOICES WITHOUT AUDITION.

>> Reporter: WHICH MAY BE ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE GROWTH SINCE DR. BOWER HAS BEEN INVOLVED.

>> WHEN I START WITH THE CHOIR FOUR SEMESTERS AGO, WE HAD 27 PERFORMING AND NOW WE ARE WELL OVER 50 IN THE CHOIR.

SO JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO THE HIGH QUALITY MUSIC.

>> THEY HAVE GATHERED AND REHEARSED IN THE LAST TEN WEEKS TO MAKE THIS CONCERT AS PERFECT AS POSSIBLE.

DR. BOWER SAID THOSE WEEKS IS THE MOST MEANINGFUL THE WHOLE YEAR.

>> I CONDUCT STUDENT ENSEMBLES AND KEEP CHOIR STUDIES, BUT THIS IS MY MUSICAL OUTLET.

IT'S PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL TO ME AND THIS CONCERT ESPECIALLY IS FULL OF BEAUTIFUL MUSIC.

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

[♪♪♪] >> THE CONCERT IS THIS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH IN BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY'S BANGBERG FINE ARTS BUILDING AT 3:00 P.M.

ADMISSION IS COMPLETELY FREE.

>>> ONE LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER, WE GO TO STACY.

>> Stacy: IT'S CLEAR OVERNIGHT, SOUTH WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

WE'LL SEE INCREASING CLOUDS IN THE AREA TOMORROW AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS NEAR 49.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE RAIN SHOWERS TOMORROW NIGHT INTO SUNDAY, TEMPERATURES SHOULD STAY MILD AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

>> Charlie: AND CROSBY-IRONTON'S STAND OUT TORY ORLINE MADE HER COMMITMENT.

SHE WILL BE PLAYING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IN TWO YEARS.

SHE WAS THE FASTEST GIRL IN THE STATE TO 3,000 POINTS EVER AND SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE COULD BREAK THE STATE'S SCORING RECORD.

>> Dennis: GOOD FOR HER.

THAT'S IT FOR US, HAVE A GRADE WEEKEND EVERYBODY AND WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE ON MONDAY.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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