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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.

>>> TIM WALZ AND J.D.

VANCE MET FOR THEIR FIRST AND POSSIBLY ONLY VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE TONIGHT.

IT MAY ALSO BE THE LAST DEBATE FOR BOTH CAMPAIGNS TO ARGUE THEIR CASE BEFORE THE ELECTION.

THE DEBATE IN NEW YORK HOSTED BY CBS NEWS GAVE VANCE, A REPUBLICAN FRESHMAN SENATOR FROM OHIO, AND WALZ, A DEMOCRATIC FORMER CONGRESSMAN AND TWO-TERM GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA, A CHANCE TO MAKE THE CASE FOR THEIR RUNNING MATES, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS.

ONE TOPIC THEY DISCUSSED WAS GUN VIOLENCE.

>> IF WE WANT TO SOLVE THIS, WE HAVE FOLKS THAT WON'T ALLOW RESEARCH TO BE DONE ON GUN VIOLENCE.

THIS IDEA THAT WE SHOULD JUST LIVE WITH IT AND HERE'S WHAT I DO THINK, THIS IS A GOOD START TO THE CONVERSATION.

I 100% BELIEVE THAT SENATOR VANCE HATES IT AND IT'S ABHORRENT AND IT BREAKS YOUR HEART BUT THAT'S NOT FAR ENOUGH WHEN WE KNOW THERE ARE THINGS THAT WORK.

I SPENT TIME IN FINLAND.

THEY DON'T HAVE THIS HAPPEN.

ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE A HIGH GUN OWNERSHIP RATE IN THE COUNTRY, THERE ARE REASONABLE THINGS WE CAN DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

IT'S NOT INFRINGING ON YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT.

THE IDEA TO HAVE SOME OF THESE WEAPONS OUT THERE, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

>> I APPRECIATE WHAT TIM SAID ABOUT FINLAND BECAUSE I THINK IT ILLUSTRATES THE WEIRD DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OUR COUNTRY'S GUN VIOLENCE PROBLEM AND FINLAND.

FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE WAY HIGHER RATES OF MENTAL HEALTH ABUSE OR MENTAL HEALTH SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

WE HAVE WAY HIGHER RATES OF DEPRESSION, WAY HIGHER RATES OF ANXIETY.

WE UNFORTUNATELY HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN THIS COUNTRY THAT I THINK WE NEED TO GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF.

I THINK IT'S A BIG PIECE OF IT.

ANOTHER DRIVER OF THE GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC, IT DOESN'T EARN AS MANY HEADLINES, BUT THE GUN VIOLENCE PROBLEM IN A LOT OF OUR BIG CITIES.

THAT'S WHY WE MUST EMPOWER LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ARREST THE BAD GUYS AND TAKE GUN OFFENDERS OFF THE STREET.

I THINK THERE ARE A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS WE CAN DO HERE BUT IN SCHOOLS, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MORE SECURITY.

>> Dennis: THE MATCH UP HAD SELDOM IMPACT ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE BUT POLLS ARE SO TIGHT THAT POLITICAL EXPERTS SAY THAT TONIGHT'S DEBATE COULD SWAY VOTERS ON THE MARGINS.

>>> WADENA COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY FIVE PEOPLE ARE FACING FEDERAL FELONY DRUG CHARGES AFTER A DRUG INVESTIGATION THAT NETTED DRUGS WITH A STREET VALUE OF MORE THAN $1 MILLION.

THE DRUGS INCLUDED 25 POUNDS OF METHAMPHETAMINES, 3 POUNDS OF COCAINE AND 2.5 POUNDS OF HEROIN.

62-YEAR OLD BILL RUDE OF WADENA, 38-YEAR OLD ROBERT ANDERSON OF WADENA, 28-YEAR OLD AARON HEIFERT OF CLITHERALL, 27-YEAR OLD CARLOS VALDOVINOS-TREJO OF ST. PAUL, AND 41-YEAR OLD JESUS VALDOVINOS ARE ALL CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE AND CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE.

THE ST. PAUL MEN ARE ALSO CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE HEROIN.

ALL HAVE BEEN INDICTED EXCEPT FOR JESUS VALDOVINOS.

THERE IS A FEDERAL WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM WADENA COUNTY SHERIFF MICHAEL CARR THE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED BY HIS OFFICE IN COOPERATION WITH THE WEST CENTRAL DRUG TASK FORCE, THE MINNESOTA B.C.A.

AND THE D.E.A.

THE DRUGS WERE SEIZED FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION THAT STARTED IN WADENA COUNTY AND ENDED IN ST. PAUL.

>>> THE STATE PATROL HAS RELEASED A PHOTO OF THE PLANE THAT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING YESTERDAY ON A MORRISON COUNTY ROAD.

ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE 53-YEAR-OLD AARON CASPER OF EDEN PRAIRIE WAS TRAVELING FROM THE BRAINERD AREA TO EDEN PRAIRIE WHEN HE LOST ENGINE POWER AT 3,500 FEET IN THE AIR.

CASPER LANDING HIS PLANE ON HIGHWAY 27 ABOUT FOUR MILES WEST OF PIERZ AND THEN DROVE THE PLANE INTO THE DITCH TO AVOID TRAFFIC.

CASPER WAS NOT INJURED.

>>> SEPTEMBER 30TH, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS NATIONAL ORANGE SHIRT DAY, IS NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION.

THE EVERY CHILD MATTERS WALK WAS HELD BY THE MMIW218 ORGANIZATION IN BEMIDJI.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE ON THE GROUP THAT ORGANIZED YESTERDAY TO RECOGNIZE THE EFFECTS OF THE CANADIAN INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS.

>> Reporter: DRIVERS PASSING THROUGH BEMIDJI MAY HAVE NOTICED PEOPLE WALKING, ROLLING, OR RIDING DOWN THE ROAD AT MMIW218 HELD THEIR THIRD ANNUAL EVERY CHILD MATTERS WALK.

MMIW218 IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT BRINGS ADVOCACY AND AWARENESS TO MURDERED AND MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN.

DESPITE THE LESS THAN IDEAL WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH IT BEING CHILLY AND WINDY, OVER 100 PEOPLE DAWNED THEIR EVERY CHILD MATTERS SHIRT AND JOINED THE WALK.

>> WE STARTED AT THE SANFORD CENTER AND WE WALKED DOWN TO THE BAY.

WE HAD SINGERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MARCH AND WALKER BEHIND.

PEOPLE SAW US IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT RAISES AWARENESS TO WHAT IT IS.

>> Reporter: IT IN QUESTION IS A WALK TO REMEMBER THE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS FROM THE LATE 1800 AND EARLY 1900s.

>> PEOPLE ARE STILL ALIVE, THE LAST SCHOOL WAS IN 1997.

TODAY IS FOR ALL THOSE CHILDREN THAT NEVER MADE IT HOME AND THE SURVIVORS.

10,000 CHILDREN BABIES WERE FOUND IN GRAVES BEHIND THESE SCHOOLS.

IT GETS -- IT'S HORRIFIC.

>> Reporter: THE AWARENESS WALK IS HELD EVERY YEAR ON THE NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION, SEPTEMBER 30TH, ALSO KNOWN AS ORANGE SHIRT DAY.

>> HER NAME WAS PHYLLIS AND SHE HAS THIS STORY WHERE HER GRANDMOTHER GOT HER THIS BRIGHT ORANGE SHIRT.

SHE WAS EXCITED TO GO TO THIS SCHOOL BUT THEY STRIPPED HER.

THEY STRIPPED HER RIGHT AWAY FROM HER SHIRT.

WE WORE LEATHER AND JUST DIFFERENT CLOTHING AND THAT ORANGE SHIRT HER GRANDMOTHER GOT HER, IT GOT TAKEN AWAY AND SHE NEVER SAW IT AGAIN.

TODAY REPRESENTS WHAT THEY TOOK FROM US.

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

>> THE EVERY CHILD MATTERS WALK WAS NOT A FUNDRAISER, AND WAS SOLELY CREATED TO RAISE AWARENESS AND ADVOCATE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE OLD SCHOOLS.

THE WALK WAS ONE AND A HALF MILES AND WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 100 PEOPLE.

>>> THE CHAINSAW HAS BECOME A STAPLE IN MOST GARAGES AND WORKSHOPS AND HAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE WAY HUMANS HAVE HARVESTED, PREPARED, AND TRANSPORTED WOOD FOR BUILDING.

BUT THE CHAINSAW IS ALSO USED IN A VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENT.

JUST LOOK AT THE TOWN OF HACKENSACK, WHICH HAS BEEN HOME TO THE ORIGINAL CHAINSAW CARVING EVENT FOR 20 YEARS NOW.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE FROM THE CHAINSAW CARVING EVENT'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY.

>> Reporter: HACKENSACK IS A QUIET LITTLE TOWN LOCATE IN THE HEART OF THE TEN THOUSAND LAKES.

FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, THE TOWN GETS A LITTLE LOUD.

>> WE HAVE THE HACKENSACK CHAINSAW EVENT GOING ON.

THIS IS OUR 20th ANNUAL.

>> Reporter: IT'S NOT JUST THREE DAYS OF FAMILY FUN, BUT IT BRINGS SOME OF THE BEST CHAINSAW CARVERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.

>> IOWA.

>> AND SOMETIMES THE GLOBE.

>> I WOULD LOVE THEM COMING INTERNATIONAL.

WE HAD THAT ONE YEAR.

>> Reporter: WHY DO THEY COME HERE TO THIS SMALL TOWN IN MINNESOTA FOR THIS EVENT?

>> I GOT BORED ONE DAY, I THOUGHT I WOULD COME TO MINNESOTA AND CARVE STUFF UP.

>> I'LL BE TALKING TO PEOPLE UP HERE IN THE SUMMER AND THEY ARE TELLING ME, WE'LL BE BACK.

WE'LL BE BACK FOR THE EVENT, SO THAT IS REALLY COOL.

>> Reporter: THESE CARVERS SPENT FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY USING MULTIPLE TYPES OF CHAINSAWS TO CARVE SOME UNIQUE DESIGNS.

>> I NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

EVERY YEAR, I AM IN AWE OF WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH A PIECE OF LOG.

>> Reporter: THESE AMAZING CARVERS ARE ABLE TO MAKE SOME UNBELIEVABLE CREATIONS BUT HOW DO THEY CHOOSE WHAT TO MAKE?

>> WHEN IN ROME.

>> IT'S THE STATE BIRD.

>> I'M A PACKER FAN BUT I STILL COME TO THIS COUNTRY.

I AM NOT GOING TO CARVE A VIKING.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKE BIG FOOT, BUT THEY HAVEN'T MADE A BIG FOOT.

SOMETHING FUN, JUST TO BE CREATIVE.

>> PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT MAKING MONEY AND I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT HAVING FUN.

>> Reporter: THIS EVENT GIVES THE CARVERS A CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH ONE ANOTHER.

>> ALL OF US CARVER GET TOGETHER MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR SO WE'RE BASICALLY LIKE A FAMILY.

>> BEING ABLE TO HANG OUT WITH THE GUYS.

SOMETIMES AT AN EVENT IS THE ONLY TIME WE SEE EACH OTHER.

>> Reporter: THERE IS SO MUCH THAT GOES ON IN CHAINSAW CARVING, PAINTING THE WORK ONCE DONE, AND FIRE IS EVEN INVOLVED.

IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO CHOOSE THEIR FAVORITE PART OF CHAINSAW CARVING.

>> THE FIRST WHERE YOU MAKE THE PIECE, THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING TO BE.

THEN YOU WORK ON THE DETAIL.

WHEN I START PAINTING, I AM LIKE COME PAINT THIS.

>> MY FAVORITE ASPECT IS THE OVERALL MIRACLE OF TAKING A LOG AND TURNING IT INTO SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY TELL WHAT IT IS.

>> IT'S CREATING AN ANIMAL OR YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.

IT'S JUST AMAZING.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN HACKENSACK, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> AT THE END OF THE WEEKEND, ALL OF THE CREATIONS FROM THE TWELVE CHAINSAW CARVERS WERE AUCTIONED OFF FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WITH THE PROCEEDS BEING DIVIDED BETWEEN THE CARVERS AND SELECTED NON-PROFITS.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL SEE CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT, BUT SUNSHINE IS BACK BY TOMORROW.

WE SHOULD SEE SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA ONCE AGAIN.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ON THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, AN EVENT IN PINE RIVER THAT HOPES TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE OUTDOORS.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE STUDENTS HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE PART IN A POETRY READING WITH THE 21ST UNITED STATES POET LAUREATE JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HOSTED THROUGH THE VISITING POET PROGRAM VERSE LIKE WATER.

HERRERA TOOK THOSE IN ATTENDANCE THROUGH HIS BOOK HALF OF THE WORLD IN LIGHT, NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, FOLLOWED BY A BOOK SIGNING AND A CRAFT TALK.

HERRERA'S PROMINENCE AS A POET STEMS FROM BOTH HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE CHICANO MOVEMENT AND GROWING UP ON A FARM, AS HIS EXPERIENCES THERE GREATLY INFLUENCE HIS WORKS.

AS TO THIS DAY, HE STRIVES TO KEEP THE CULTURE IN POETRY.

>> THE BILINGUAL POEMS, THE HISTORICAL POEMS OF THE BROWN EXPERIENCE, THE CONTENT IS GONE, MOSTLY GONE.

THAT'S AN ISSUE.

THE POETRY, THE BILINGUALTY AND THE INCLUSION OF OUR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN OUR POETRY.

THAT IS COMING BACK UP.

>> "VERSE LIKE WATER" IS A READING SERIES AT CLC IN BRAINERD THAT CELEBRATES IMAGINATIVE LITERATURE AND ITS GOALS ARE TO PROMOTE READING, WRITING, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING IN THE BRAINERD LAKES REGION.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

A WARM UP AFTER THIS ONE DAY OF COOL WEATHER.

>> Stacy: A LITTLE BIT OF A WARM UP.

WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS FOR MOST OF THE AREA IN THE 70s, COULD BE COOLER IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

TEMPS WILL COOL OFF A LITTLE BIT.

THEY WILL WARM UP AGAIN AS WE START THE WEEKEND AND COOL OFF AGAIN ON SUNDAY.

A LITTLE BIT OF A ROLLER COA >> 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, TEMPERATURES WERE COOLER IN THE AREA TODAY, BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING MOST OF US SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A WARM UP TOMORROW.

FOR THE MOST PART, HIGHS IN THE 70s, MAYBE NEAR 80 IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

WE WILL COOL DOWN ONCE AGAIN AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

A NICE WARM UP ON SATURDAY BEFORE ANOTHER COOL DOWN ON SUNDAY.

MORE ON YOUR FORECAST IN A SECOND.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, IT'S 51 AT THE AIRPORT IN BEMIDJI.

AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE A SOUTHEAST WIND AT 5 MILES PER HOUR, 27 IS THE DEW POINT, AND HUMIDITY IS AT 39%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND 47 WITH A DEW POINT OF 32.

PRESSURE IS FALLING AND WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 9 MILES PER HOUR.

NOW A LOOK AT THE RADAR, WE HAVE UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS THIS EVENING.

NOT SEEING ANY REPORTS OF PRECIPITATION REACHING THE GROUND AND THAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE CASE AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

EXPECT TO SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND SOME OF THE CLOUDS, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA COULD LINGER IN THE MORNING.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, WE SHOULD BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ONCE AGAIN.

THIS COLD FRONT WILL START TO DROP INTO THE STATE, SO THAT WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BIT COOLER IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, HOWEVER MUCH OF THE AREA SHOULD SEE THOSE HIGHS RETURN TO THE 70s AND MAYBE SOME LOW 80s IN PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

TAKING A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER SHOTS SENT TO US TONIGHT, WE HAVE GORGEOUS MORNING SKIES FROM DEBRA AT LAKE ADA.

JOAN IS SPOTTING A LITTLE FRIEND HIDING THERE IN THE WEEDS IN LAPORTE.

LAURIE WITH A COUPLE OF THE BIRDS MAKING AN APPEARANCE NEAR THE SHORES OF LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

YOLANDA SENDING US THIS PHOTO.

WE HAVE A GORGEOUS SUNSET FROM SAMROSE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, DEBRA IN PINE RIVER REPORTING 43 THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, PARTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 61.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLEAR, TOPPING OUT AT 62.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, PARTLY SUNNY BUT A BIT BREEZY.

AND ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY AND WINDY TODAY WITH A HIGH OF 60.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING A HIGH OF 63 TODAY.

IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY SEASONAL HIGH TEMPERATURE.

WE ARE 1 DEGREE OFF OF THE AVERAGE.

46 FOR THE LOW WITH SUNSET TONIGHT AT 6:56.

IN BEMIDJI, WE REACHED A HIGH OF 59, CLOSE TO THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

39 FOR THE LOW AND WE HAD SUNRISE AT 7:19.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

WE SHOULD BE STARTING OUT THE DAY WITH VARIABLE CLOUDS, BUT EXPECT TO SEE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

TEMPS WILL BE COOLER IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, WARROAD LOOKING TO TOP OUT AROUND 65, BUT A LOT OF US ARE GOING TO SEE THE HIGH TEMPERATURES BACK IN THE LOW TO MID-70s.

PLENTY OF SUNSHINE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE AND WARMER, UPPER 70s, POSSIBLY SOME LOW 80s, 81 LOOKING AT THE HIGH IN LITTLE FALLS TOMORROW.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, 48 FOR THE LOW, SOUTH WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

FOR TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, HIGHS NEAR 73, AND STILL LOOKING AT WEST WINDS ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 20.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST.

SUNNY AND A BIT COOLER ON THURSDAY, HIGH TEMPS NEAR 60.

65 ON FRIDAY FOR THE HIGH, WE WILL BE SEEING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, OUR TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING COULD FALL IN THE MID-30s.

THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF FROST IN MINNESOTA.

THEN VARIABLE CLOUDS ON SATURDAY, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ON SUNDAY, AND TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING UP ON SATURDAY, BUT THEN WE'RE BACK TO 58 TO END THE WEEKEND.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: 76 EARLY OCTOBER IN BEMIDJI, WE'LL TAKE IT.

>> Charlie: I DON'T MIND IT.

>> Dennis: WE'RE GETTING TO THE PLAYOFF SEASON.

>> Charlie: IT IS THE FIRST OF THE FALL SPORTS HAS STARTED THEIR SECTION TOURNAMENT AND THAT WILL BE GIRLS TENNIS.

BRAINERD TODAY AT HOME AGAINST DETROIT LAKES IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE SECTION 8-2A TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

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

>> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, BRINGING NORTHERN MINNESOTA THE GIGAZONE.

INTERNET SPEEDS UP TO 10 GIGABITS PER SECONDS, BOTH UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD.

IT'S THE GIGAZONE FROM PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS AND IT'S RIGHT HERE.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> BRAINERD GIRLS TENNIS EARNED THE NUMBER 3-SEED IN THE NORTH-SUBSECTION OF THE SECTION 8-2A TOURNAMENT AFTER FINISHING THE REGULAR SEASON 16-2.

THEIR ONLY TWO LOSSES COMING AT THE HANDS OF TOP SEED BEMIDJI AND 2-SEED FERGUS FALLS, BOTH OF WHICH WERE ROAD MEETS.

TODAY, THE REIGNING SECTION CHAMPION WARRIORS BEGIN THEIR TITLE DEFENSE AT HOME TAKING ON 6-SEED DETROIT LAKES.

STARTING IN NUMBER ONE DOUBLES, ERICAH FOLDEN ON THE SERVE, THEN KAMRYN KRAMER POWERS IT THROUGH.

THEY TAKE THEIR MATCH IN STRAIGHT SETS.

IN NUMBER TWO DOUBLES, REBECAH SOUKUP WITH THE SERVE.

HER SISTER LEAH CLIMBS THE LADDER FOR THE SMASH.

THEY WOULD ALSO WIN IN STRAIGHT SETS.

OVER TO SINGLES COURT TWO.

WARRIORS' JESSICA COLE, DOWN A GAME IN SET ONE, SHOWING OFF HER FRONT COURT SKILLS.

SHE COMES BACK TO WIN THE MATCH IN THREE SETS.

AS BRAINERD GOES ON TO BEAT DETROIT LAKES IN A 6-1 VICTORY, WARRIORS WILL TRAVEL TO GRAND FORKS NEXT WEEK FOR A SHOWDOWN WITH FERGUS FALLS.

ALSO PLAYING ALEXANDRIA, THEY BEAT LITTLE FALLS.

THIS MEANS THIS IS WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE ON THURSDAY.

BRAINERD WILL PLAY FERGUS FALLS AND THE WINNER OF THOSE MATCHES, THEY WILL ADVANCE TO THE SEMI-FINALS IN THE SECTION 8-2A TOURNAMENT.

THEY WILL PLAY NEXT WEEK DOWN IN SARTELL.

>>> IN GIRLS SOCCER, BRAINERD LOOKING TO GET BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN HOSTING 9-4-1 ALEXANDRIA.

PICKING UP IN THE SECOND HALF, STILL 0-0 BUT HAYLIE CRUTCHER IS THERE TO BREAK THE ICE.

WARRIORS UP 1-0.

LATER IN THE HALF, BRAINERD LOOKING FOR MORE AND MADDIE MAURER SENDS IT HOME FROM 20 YARDS OUT.

WARRIORS UP 2-0.

FINAL MINUTES, ALEXANDRIA TRYING TO RESPOND AND ESRYN DAHL FINDS NYLON.

CARDINALS INCH A TOUCH CLOSER.

BUT BRAINERD WOULD WALK AWAY VICTORIOUS TONIGHT, AS THEY BEAT ALEXANDRIA IN 2-1 VICTORY.

CHLOE HAD 7 SAVES.

>>> ELSEWHERE IN GIRLS SOCCER, LITTLE FALLS BEATS ALBANY 3-1.

IN BOYS SOCCER, BRAINERD GETS A 1-0 VICTORY OVER ALEXANDRIA.

LITTLE FALLS BEATS CMC4-1.

>>> IN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL NOW, BEMIDJI ROCKING PURPLE SHIRTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS NIGHT.

IT'S MOLLY SETTING THE TONE EARLY WITH THE KILL.

STILL IN THE FIRST SET, MARJORIE ANDERSON TAKES ADVANTAGE OF A GAP IN THE DEFENSE WITH A QUICK PLAY.

THEN SET POINT FOR THE LUMBERJACKS.

I SAID WE WOULD CIRCLE BACK TO MOLLY AND HERE WE GO.

SHE LED THE LUMBERJACKS WITH 23 KILLS, AND NOW IT'S SOPHOMORE NORA WITH ONE OF HER FIVE KILLS.

THE JACKS WILL WEAR OUT THAT SPOT ON THE FLOOR IF THEY KEEP THAT UP.

LUMBERJACKS PICK UP THEIR TENTH WIN OF THE SEASON.

THEY NOW WON THREE IN A ROW.

THEY HOST PEQUOT LAKES ON THURSDAY.

WE WILL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT ONE.

>>> GRAND RAPIDS TRYING TO EXTEND A 2-GAME WIN STREAK ON THE ROAD IN HERMANTOWN ON DIG PINK NIGHT FOR A BIG SECTION 7-3A SHOWDOWN.

THUNDERHAWKS DOWN IN THE FIRST SET.

ADRIENNE VENDITTO BLASTS ONE INTO YOUR LIVING ROOM TO HELP CLOSE THE GAP BUT HERMANTOWN WOULD ANSWER.

ELLA SCHULZ SETS UP CLAIRE KAUPS FOR THE CROSS COURT KILL.

HAWKS CONTINUED TO PLAY WELL IN THE FIRST SET, THIS TIME IT'S GABRIELLA ARNTSON WITH THE STAMP.

RAPIDS STAYING CLOSE THOUGH.

ANNIKA GROSE FINDS VENDITTO.

PERFECT PLACEMENT FOR THE SENIOR CAPTAIN.

UNFORTUNATELY FOR GRAND RAPIDS IT WAS A PERFECT NIGHT FOR HERMANTOWN.

T-HAWKS FALL IN STRAIGHTS SETS, 3-0.

EACH SET WAS DECIDED BY THREE POINTS OR LESS, KEEP AN EYE ON THAT COME SECTION TOURNEY TIME.

>>> SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU, PEQUOT LAKES BEATS LITTLE FALLS, 3-0.

CROSBY-IRONTON LOSES IN FIVE SETS.

PIERZ AND WADENA DEER CREEK BOTH PICKING UP WINS TONIGHT.

THIEF RIVER FALLS BEATS PARK RAPIDS.

CASS LAKE GETTING A WIN.

AND SWANVILLE BEATS WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY.

IN WNBA, THE MINNESOTA LYNX HAVE A 7-POINT LEAD OVER THE CONNECTICUT SUN.

THEY NEED THIS GAME TO TIE THE SERIES IN THE SEMIFINALS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> IN AN EFFORT TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION TO FISH, LOCALS IN PINE RIVER ORGANIZED A FREE FISHING EVENT.

CHILDREN 15 AND UNDER WERE ABLE TO FISH FOR FREE AT THE PINE RIVER FISHING PIER.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: IT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS SUNDAY, PERFECT FOR A DAY ON THE WATER IN PINE RIVER.

LOCALS BROUGHT THEIR KIDS TO THE FISHING PIER FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL LET'S GET KIDS FISHING AGAIN EVENT.

IT STARTED ON WHAT COULD BE AN INITIATIVE TO GET KIDS OFF THE SCREENS AND BACK INTO NATURE.

>> I RATHER THEM DOING THIS THAN VIDEO GAMES.

THAT'S THE GOAL TO GET THEM OUTSIDE AND DOING THE HUNTING AND FISHING THING AGAIN.

>> Reporter: IT WAS A BIG HIT AMONGST PARTICIPANTS, A FUN DAY FILLED WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND OF COURSE FISHING.

>> IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN.

WE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 10:00 A.M.

I'M WITH MY FRIENDS.

IT'S JUST SO MUCH FUN.

WE LOVE NATURE.

>> Reporter: STARTING THE EVENT WAS NEAR AND DEAR TO ROB WALTON, A PINE RIVER LOCAL.

HE NOTICED THE YOUNGER GENERATION NOT FISHING AS MUCH AS HE DID AS A KID.

THE HOPE IS ONCE YOU GET A KID OUT ON THE WATER WITH A FISHING ROD, BY THE TIME THEY REEL IN THEIR FIRST FISH, YOU HAVE THEM HOOKED FOR LIFE.

>> I GREW UP THAT WAY WITH MY DAD GETTING ME INVOLVED WITH IT AND MY GRANDFATHER INVOLVED IN THE FISHING SIDE.

THE NUMBERS ARE DWINDLING DRASTICALLY AND THE KIDS ARE GETTING INTO THE HUNTING AND FISHING SIDE OF THINGS.

IT'S JUST AN EVENT TO TRY TO INSPIRE THEM TO GET OUTSIDE.

IF THEY CAN GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY IT, IT'S SOMETHING THEY WILL ENJOY THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

>> Reporter: AND NOW KIDS KNOW THIS EVENT IS HAPPENING ANNUALLY, IT WILL BE AN EVENT THEY WILL CIRCLE ON THE CALENDAR FOR YEARS TO COME.

>> I'M EXCITED.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER.

I'M EXCITED TO MAKE MORE MEMORIES AND CONTINUE THIS.

THIS HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN.

>> WELL, I AM ALWAYS EXCITED FOR THE FISHING EVERY YEAR.

I WASN'T HERE LAST YEAR, BUT I WAS GOING TO COME AND DIDN'T END UPCOMING.

I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF KIDS -- IT WOULD BE A GOOD START FOR KIDS TO START FISHING.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN PINE RIVER WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: 73 CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT AND EVERY CHILD WAS PROVIDED A FREE LUNCH AND A PRIZE.

>>> TIME FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER, WE GO BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT, LOWS NEAR 48, SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS NEAR 73 WITH WEST WINDS 5 TO 20.

>> Dennis: WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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