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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.

>>> ONE PERSON WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED ON SATURDAY AND THREE OTHERS SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES WHEN A VEHICLE COLLIDED INTO A TENT AT THE ANNUAL HACKENSACK CHAINSAW EVENT IN HACKENSACK.

ACCORDING TO CASS COUNTY SHERIFF BRYAN WELK, AN 80-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK AN SUV AND AFTER HE EXITED THE VEHICLE IT CONTINUES MOVING AWAY FROM THE PARKING SPOT.

THE MAN TRIED TO RE-ENTER THE VEHICLE TO STOP IT BUT IT WENT INTO THE TENT.

ALL THOSE INJURED WERE ADULTS BUT HAVEN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED BY AUTHORITIES.

ONE PERSON WAS AIRLIFTED TO DULUTH WITH A SERIOUS INJURY.

THE OTHER THREE WERE TREATED AT THE SCENE FOR MINOR INJURIES AND TAKEN BY PRIVATE VEHICLES TO AREA HOSPITALS FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.

WELK SAYS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE IS COOPERATING WITH THE INVESTIGATION AND ALCOHOL IS NOT A FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT.

>>> A PILOT IN A SMALL PLANE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A MORRISON COUNTY HIGHWAY THIS AFTERNOON.

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 3500 FEET IN THE AIR.

CASPER LANDING HIS PLANE ON HIGHWAY 27 AROUND 1:20 THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT FOUR MILES WEST OF PIERZ NEAR THE EASTERN MORRISON COUNTY SPORTSMAN CLUB.

ONCE ON THE ROADWAY, CASPER DROVE THE PLANE INTO THE DITCH TO AVOID TRAFFIC.

CASPER WAS NOT INJURED.

THE F.A.A.

IS INVESTIGATING.

>>> THE STATE PATROL IS INVESTIGATING A FATAL CRASH THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN HUBBARD COUNTY WHERE A WADENA MAN WAS KILLED.

THE STATE PATROL REPORT SAYS THOMAS KOLDEN WAS DRIVING A CAR THAT PULLED OUT FROM HIGHWAY 87 IN FRONT OF A PICKUP THAT WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 71 AND THE VEHICLES COLLIDED.

KOLDEN DIED IN THE CRASH WHICH WAS REPORTED AROUND 11:30 P.M.

THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP 64-YEAR-OLD STEVEN RODKE AND A PASSENGER, 75-YEAR OLD MICKIE RODKE, BOTH OF HAWLEY SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS ALCOHOL WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE CRASH.

KOLDEN AND MICKI RODKE WERE WEARING SEATBELTS WHILE STEVEN RODKE WAS NOT WEARING ONE.

>>> A FIERY TWO-VEHICLE CRASH NEAR PEQUOT LAKES HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A 60-YEAR-OLD REMER MAN.

ACCORDING TO THE CASS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 5:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY ON COUNTY ROAD ONE NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH COUNTRY ROAD 24 IN MAPLE TOWNSHIP.

THE NAME OF THE VICTIM HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED BUT AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS EJECTED FROM A CAR AND PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.

THE OTHER VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THE COLLISION WAS A PICKUP TRUCK DRIVEN BY A 44-YEAR-OLD PEQOUT LAKES MAN.

HE IS ALSO NOT NAMED.

HE WAS TREATED ON THE SCENE FOR MINOR INJURIES.

THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CRASH IS ONGOING.

>>> THE LAKES AREA RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROJECT HAS BEEN SERVING THE BRAINERD LAKES COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST TWO DECADES.

TO COMMEMORATE THE PAST 20 YEARS, THE ORGANIZATION HELD A CELEBRATION AT CRAGUN'S LEGACY COURSES IN EAST GULL LAKE.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: A NIGHT 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING AS THE LAKES AREA RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROJECT CELEBRATED 20 YEARS OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY IN CROW WING COUNTY.

SEVERAL SPEAKERS SPOKE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, INCLUDING STEPHANIE, WHO COFOUNDED THE ORGANIZATION.

HE IS A RETIRED PROBATION OFFICER TOLD THE HISTORY OF HOW THE ORGANIZATION CAME TO BE AND WHAT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IS ALL ABOUT.

>> IT'S NOT JUST ONE THING, IT'S ABOUT INVOLVING THE VICTIMS, THE COMMUNITY, AND THE OFFENDER EQUALLY AND ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVING AN EQUAL RESPONSIBILITY.

>> Reporter: HE WAS FACING 10 FELONIES WHEN HE WAS REFERRED TO LARJP.

THE PROGRAM TURNED HIS LIFE AROUND.

HE SHARED THE STORY AT THE CELEBRATION AND HE IS ONE OF MANY THAT THE PROGRAM HELPED.

>> WITH THE CHARGES ON MY RECORD, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO JOIN THE MILITARY, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE JOB I HAVE, WORKING AS A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE, AND I WOULD NOT HAVE A FAMILY TO THIS DAY.

I WOULD BE SPENDING 10 TO 15 YEARS IN JAIL.

NOW I HAVE A BABY BOY ON THE WAY AND HE WILL BE HERE IN EIGHT WEEKS.

>> Reporter: LARJP RECEIVES REFERRALS FROM THE CROW WING COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND LOCAL SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY.

THEY HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH DON RYAN, WHO APPLAUDED THE WORK THE ORGANIZATION HAS DONE AND SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE ON NOT GIVING UP ON SOMEONE.

>> YOU GIVE SOMEONE ANOTHER CHANCE, MAYBE A SECOND LAST CHANCE, WHATEVER IT TAKES.

IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, THIS IS WHAT CAN HAPPEN.

WE'RE STANDING HERE TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: BRIAN ANDREWS HAD HELPED GROW THE ORGANIZATION SINCE HE TOOK THE POSITION.

CASES HAVE DOUBLED UNDER ANDREWS AND HE BELIEVES IT'S DUE TO THE COMMITMENT OF EVERYONE INVOLVED IN LARJP.

>> WE ARE NOW INVITED TO THE DIFFERENT TABLES AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS, FOUNDATION, PARTNERS, DONORS, COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS, ALL THOSE PIECES WORKING TOGETHER ALLOWS US TO DO THIS THING RIGHT NOW.

WHEN I CAME ONBOARD, WE'RE IN THE ROOM DREAMING BIG.

WHAT WILL THE NEXT 20 YEARS LOOK LIKE?

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN GULL LAKE, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BRIAN ANDREWS ALSO ANNOUNCED DURING THE CELEBRATION THAT LARJP REACHED AN AGREEMENT TO WORK WITH PIERZ PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>>> A BEMIDJI MAN WHO WAS CHARGED LAST WEEK IN SHOOTINGS NEAR MINNEAPOLIS HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS THAT KILLED ONE MAN AND INJURED ANOTHER IS NOW FACING ADDITIONAL CHARGES.

HENNEPIN COUNTY PROSECUTORS SAY 36-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA JONES SHOT FOUR PEOPLE AND ATTEMPTED TO SHOOT A FIFTH OVER A SINGLE DAY IN THE PHILLIPS NEIGHBORHOOD OF SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS ON SEPTEMBER 18TH.

HE WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.

THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY OFFICE HAS NOW ADDED AN ADDITIONAL COUNT OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND TWO ADDITIONAL COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE.

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE JONES IS A MEMBER OF THE NATIVE MOB.

A CRIMINAL STREET GANG WHICH IS ACTIVE IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AND OTHER AREAS OF MINNESOTA.

>>> A 32-YEAR OLD HEWITT MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER A HIGH SPEED CHASE IN MORRISON COUNTY THAT STARTED NEAR THE CAMP RIPLEY MAIN GATE AND ENDED AT THE LITTLE FALLS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD.

THE INCIDENT STARTED AROUND 10:20 LAST NIGHT.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE CHASE STARTED WHEN A DEPUTY TRIED TO STOP A VEHICLE FOR EXPIRED REGISTRATION AND LOUD EXHAUST.

THE VEHICLE FLED SOUTH ON HAVEN ROAD AT SPEEDS OF 99 MILES PER HOUR.

IT THEN ENTERED HIGHWAY 371 AND EXITED ON HIGHWAY 27 IN LITTLE FALLS.

THE DEPUTY DISCONTINUED THE PURSUIT DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS FOR THE PUBLIC.

OFFICERS LOCATED THE VEHICLE NEAR LITTLE FALLS HIGH SCHOOL AND THE VEHICLE ENTERED THE FOOTBALL FIELD AREA AND CRASHED INTO THE FENCE.

THE DRIVER, JORDAN WARNER, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT THAT POINT AND HE IS BEING HELD IN THE MORRISON COUNTY JAIL PENDING FORMAL CHARGES.

WARNER WAS ARRESTED FOR FLEEING A PEACE OFFICER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, FIRST DEGREE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, AND FIFTH DEGREE POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.

>>> THE MINNESOTA BCA IS ASKING FOR TIPS IN HOPES OF FINDING A MISSING 14-YEAR-GIRL FROM MORRISON COUNTY.

SOPHYA CHERNE LEFT HER HOME NEAR BUCKMAN SATURDAY NIGHT AROUND 11:00 P.M. AND HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE.

IT IS UNKNOWN WHERE SHE MAY HAVE GONE OR WHAT SHE WAS WEARING.

AUTHORITIES ARE ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO CHECK SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS IN THE AREA OF PARTRIDGE ROAD AND 63RD STREET AND 73RD STREET.

CHERNE IS DESCRIBED AS FIVE FEET FOUR INCHES TALL AND 140 POUNDS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING CHERNE YOU SHOULD CONTACT THE MORRISON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

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

>> Stacy: IT WILL BE DRY BUT COOLER WEATHER AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> HUNDREDS FROM THE BEMIDJI AREA GATHERED AT THE PAUL AND BABE STATUE OVER THE WEEKEND FOR THE 2ND ANNUAL WALK FOR RECOVERY PRESENTED BY THE BEMIDJI RECOVERY ALLIANCE.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN WAS AT THE EVENT TO SEE WHAT THE WALK WAS ALL ABOUT.

>> Reporter: THE BEMIDJI RECOVER ALLIANCE FOCUSES ON THOSE IMPACTED BY ANY FORM OF ADDICTION STAY WELL THROUGH COACHING AND SUPPORT.

ONE WAY THE GROUP DOES THIS IS BY HOLDING A WALK FOR RECOVERY FOR THOSE FACING OR KNOWS SOMEONE FACING ADDICTION.

>> WE'RE REALLY HERE TO ENJOY A LOT OF RESOURCES, HAVE A GOOD WALK, CLOSING CEREMONY, AND CELEBRATE THOSE IN RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.

>> Reporter: THE EVENT WAS INSPIRED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER RECOVERY WALK FROM LAST YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR THEY SAW A LOT MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANTING TO PARTICIPATE.

>> THIS YEAR, WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, GET A LOT OF RESOURCES OUT, BUT ALSO GET OUR BODIES MOVING AND SHAKEN AS WE CELEBRATE RECOVERY.

SOMETHING WE'RE FOCUSED ON IS REDUCING STIGMA AND GETTING OUT THERE, THAT THERE ARE FOLKS IN RECOVERY, WE'RE LOUD, PROUD, AND WE WANT TO CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

TO HAVE PEOPLE HERE TODAY, IT REALLY MEANS A LOT.

IT MEANS A LOT TO THE RECOVERY ALLIANCE AS WE GET MOVING AND RECRUIT MEMBERS AND HAVE MORE PEOPLE DOWN.

IT MEANS A LOT TO HAVE BEMIDJI SUPPORTING US.

>> Reporter: GEORGE PRINCE DECLARED THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS RECOVERY MONTH, SOMETHING HE HOPES TO CONTINUE.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES OF PEOPLE THAT OVERCOME RECOVERY OR BATTLE RECOVERY FOR THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILY OR FRIENDS.

WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE MONTH AND I HOPE WE CAN DO IT YEAR AFTER YEAR.

>> Reporter: THEY WERE ASKED TO TAKE RIBBONS ALONG WITH THEM, EACH WITH A DIFFERENT MEANING.

>> PURPLE IS FOR EVERYONE WHO ATTENDS.

RECOVERY DOES NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC DEFINITION TO US.

IF YOU ARE IN RECOVERY, WE WANT YOU TO GRAB A GREEN RIBBON IN ADDITION TO THE PURPLE RIBBON.

THE WHITE RIBBON IS THOSE WE LOST TO ADDICTION.

>> Reporter: EVERY PARTICIPANT TOOK A RIBBON WITH THEM AND SOME TOOK ALL THREE, WHICH THEY SHOULD BE PROUD OF.

>> THAT'S AMAZING.

FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT TO A COMMUNITY EVENT AND IDENTIFY OUT LOUD AND PROUD THAT THEY SUPPORT ADDICTION RECOVERY, AND THEY THEMSELVES ARE ABOUT BEING RECOVERY, SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION, THE MORE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TO SHOW I'M WEARING GREEN AND I'M PROUD, BUT ALSO REMEMBERING THOSE WE LOST TO SUBSTANCE DISORDER.

PEOPLE WEARING ALL THREE, IT MEANS A LOT.

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

>> NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH ORIGINALLY STARTED IN 1989 AND HAS BEEN OBSERVED EVERY SEPTEMBER EVER SINCE.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

THE BIG STORY TODAY WAS THE WIND.

>> Stacy: IT WAS WINDY.

WE ARE DEFINITELY FEELING THE CHANGE IN THE AIR, REALLY HOT LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEKEND.

IT WILL BE SEASONAL AND COOL AT SOME TIMES AS WE MOVE THROUGH >> 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: EEL -- WELL, THE COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE MARKING THEIR ARRIVAL WITH STRONG WINDS IN THE AREA TODAY.

WE WILL SEE THE WINDS DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT THE COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE HERE TO STAY AND AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK, AS WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE DRY WEATHER.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE THOSE TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FALL-LIKE.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 51 DEGREES.

AT THE STUDIO, WE HAVE WEST WINDS AT 10 MILES PER HOUR, BUT GUSTS UP TO 19, AND OUR DEW POINT IS AT 34.

IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY, 58, WITH A DEW POINT OF 36.

WINDS ARE NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR, WITH GUSTS UP TO 32.

ON THE RADAR, IT IS QUIET AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING, AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS DRY PERIOD OF WEATHER CONTINUING AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.

WE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK, MUCH MORE FALL-LIKE AND WE WILL SEE THAT TOMORROW.

STILL LOOKING AT A LOT OF SUNSHINE, BUT HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 60s ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA.

SO AGAIN, ABOUT A 20-DEGREE DIFFERENCE THAN WHAT WE HAD THIS WEEKEND.

TAKING A LOOK AT THE WEATHER SHOTS SENT TO US.

BEAUTIFUL MORNING SKIES FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

LAURIE WITH A PHOTO OF SWANS ENJOYING A SWIM ON TURTLE LAKE.

THE FRONT WAS MOVING IN TODAY SO WE HAVE PHOTO FROM EMMA IN LAPORTE AND LINDA FROM WALKER.

WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF WINDS, WHICH CREATED THE WAVES TODAY FROM SAMROSE ON LOWER RED LAKE AND JUDY AND BILL FROM UPPER RED LAKE.

A LOT OF CLOUD COVER THIS AFTERNOON FROM JOAN IN LAPORTE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLEAR WITH WINDS WEST 19 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR.

JOAN IN LAPORTE REPORTING A HIGH OF 71.

SANDY AT BLACKDUCK REPORTING WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 80, SO WE'RE WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE HIGH OF 64, 62 WAS OUR LOW TEMP THIS MORNING AND SUNSET AT 6:57.

IN BEMIDJI, WE REACHED A HIGH OF 73.

AGAIN, IT'S WELL ABOVE THAT AVERAGE.

57 FOR THE LOW THIS MORNING AND SUNSET TONIGHT AT 7:00.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, A LOT OF SUNSHINE, BUT MUCH COLDER ACROSS THE AREA WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 60s FOR MOST OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA, COULD BE COOLER IN THE FAR NORTHEAST, SOME UPPER 50s IN THAT REGION.

AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS 60 TO 65, BUT A LOT OF SUNSHINE, WILL FEEL MORE LIKE FALL.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, LOWS NEAR 42, WEST WINDS 10 TO 25.

SUNSHINE TOMORROW, HIGHS NEAR 61, WEST WINDS 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, DRY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK, BUT TEMPERATURES ARE UP AND DOWN.

THEY WILL BE COOLER THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING.

THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF FROST IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA ON FRIDAY.

TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY TOPPING OUT NEAR 59, WE SHOULD BE NEAR 70 ON SATURDAY, 66 ON SUNDAY, WITH A LOT OF SUNSHINE THIS WEEKEND.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH OUR SPORTS.

>> Charlie: WE HAVE GRAND RAPIDS SOCCER FROM TODAY AND FROM THE WEEKEND, BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL.

WE'LL TELL YOU HOW IT WENT DOWN AT HOMECOMING, >> 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.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >>> GRAND RAPIDS BOYS SOCCER IS DOWN TO JUST TWO GAMES LEFT IN THE REGULAR SEASON.

THEY CURRENTLY SIT AT 8-4-3 ON THE YEAR AND ARE UNBEATEN IN THEIR LAST THREE GAMES.

TODAY THUNDERHAWKS TRYING TO MAKE IT FOUR.

THEY'RE ON THE ROAD AT DULUTH MARSHALL.

FIRST HALF, T-HAWKS ON THE ATTACK, SOMEHOW THE CROSSER GETS TO DEAN KORTEKAAS.

HE BURIES IT TO PUT RAPIDS UP 1-0.

HILLTOPPERS TRYING TO RESPOND.

BRIAR MROZIK WITH A CHANCE AT THE EQUALIZER BUT THIS GETS STUFFED AT THE NET BY EVAN LINNELL.

GRAND RAPIDS STAYS ON TOP BUT LATER MARSHALL WITH A CORNER KICK, BENSON PETERSON PLAYS IT OFF THE CROSS BAR, HEADER KNOTS THINGS AT ONE.

GRAND RAPIDS THOUGH, THEY COME OUT ON TOP IN THIS ONE, 3-2 OVER DULUTH MARSHALL.

THEY HAVE ONE MORE GAME LEFT THIS SEASON, IT'S ON THE ROAD SATURDAY AT SAINT FRANCIS.

A FEW OTHER SOCCER SCORES.

BEMIDJI WON AGAINST EAST GRAND FORKS DUE TO A FORFEIT.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL AT HOME THIS WEEKEND FOR HOMECOMING.

THEY'RE TAKING ON U-MARY.

A WIN MEANS THE BEAVS JUMP IN THE LAKE AND AFTER MISSING IT LAST YEAR, THEY WEREN'T GOING TO LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN.

BSU'S FIRST DRIVE.

SAM MCGATH CONNECTS WITH DRAYTON LEHMAN FOR THE FIRST OF TWO TOUCHDOWNS BETWEEN THE DUO, MAKES IT 7-0.

IN THE SECOND QUARTER, THEY'D CONNECT AGAIN.

LEHMAN 6-RECEPTIONS 92-YARDS.

MCGATH, 14 OF 23, 263 YARDS AND HE'D CAP THIS DRIVE WITH A ONE YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.

NEAR THE END OF THE HALF JAYDEN WASHINGTON, WHO LED THE TEAM ON THE GROUND WITH 57-YARDS, WORKS HIS WAY INTO THE ENDZONE HERE.

OFFENSE PUT UP 41-POINTS.

ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, GANG GREEN HELD THE MAURADERS TO JUST SEVEN POINTS.

THEODUS RINGOLD WITH A TIP DRILL INTERCEPTION HERE, HIS SECOND CAREER INTERCEPTION AND HE CAN JUST KEEP RUNNING WITH THE REST OF THE TEAM, ALL THE WAY INTO LAKE BEMIDJI.

PROBABLY FELT NICE ON A HOT DAY BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.

WE GOT TO HEAR FROM A FEW OF THE PLAYERS AFTER CELEBRATING THEIR BIG HOMECOMING WIN.

>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT THE LORD GAVE US TO BE ABLE TO JUMP IN THE LAKE.

IT'S STILL HOT OUT AND WE GOT TO SING OUR CHANT SONG TOO.

WE GOT EVERYONE IN THE GAME TOO, SO WE'RE ALL BALLING AROUND AND WE HAD A BLAST.

>> IT WAS AMAZING, ESPECIALLY ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, IT'S 85 DEGREES OUT.

GETTING IN THE LAKE IS ALL I HAD ON MY MIND.

WE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS THE LAST COUPLE OF SEASONS.

WE DIDN'T GET IN THE LAKE LAST YEAR, SO IT MEANT A LOT TO EVERYONE.

>> WE PLAYED WELL.

WE GOT THE TURNOVERS AND THE RED ZONES, AND THE PENALTIES.

WE REALLY PLAYED WELL AND IT WAS GOOD TO GET THE YOUNG GUYS ON THE FIELD AND JUMPING INTO THE LAKE.

>> BEMIDJI STATE HEADS TO ABERDEEN TO TAKE ON NORTHERN STATE THIS SATURDAY.

BEAVERS ARE NOW RANKED 16TH IN THE D2FOOTBALL.COM POLL.

A COUPLE MORE SCORES FROM THE WEEKEND.

OHIO STATE BEAT BEMIDJI STATE 3-0 IN HOCKEY.

IN VOLLEYBALL, ST.

CLOUD SWEEPS BEMIDJI STATE, 3-0.

IN SOCCER THEY GET A WIN AT SIOUX FALLS.

>>> WELL MOVE OVER BSU, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE ONLY GREEN FOOTBALL TEAM IN TOWN ANYMORE.

TREK NORTH, A CHARTER SCHOOL HERE IN BEMIDJI IS BUILDING A FOOTBALL PROGRAM OF THEIR OWN AND ALTHOUGH DOING SO COMES WITH ITS FAIR SHARE OF CHALLENGES.

THE REWARD IS WORTH THE EFFORT.

>> HEY, DOWN.

>> ON A LITTLE PATCH OF GRASS, BARELY BIG ENOUGH FOR AN 80-YARD FIELD.

TREK NORTH IS TREKKING TOWARDS HAVING A FOOTBALL TEAM.

>> I JUST MENTIONED TO A FEW KIDS, HOW ABOUT FOOTBALL?

THEY SAID YEAH, SO I WENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND I SAID I WANT TO START A FOOTBALL TEAM.

THEY SAID IF YOU CAN GET IT ORGANIZED AND GET IT MOVING, WE WILL SUPPORT IT.

>> Reporter: AS A CHARTER SCHOOL, TREK NORTH LACKS MANY OF THE RESOURCES.

>> WE HAVE TO RAISE EVERY PENNY WE HAVE IN ORDER TO CREATE THIS PROGRAM.

SO THE BOOSTER CLUB HAS BEEN RAISING MONEY.

>> WE ARE OUT OF SCHOOL, WE ARE GOING TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES ASKING THEM TO BUY THINGS, HEY GIVE US MONEY, WE'RE TRYING TO START A FOOTBALL TEAM.

>> Reporter: LACK OF TRANSPORTATION IS AN ISSUE, MAKING IT HARDER FOR KIDS TO STAY AFTER SCHOOL FOR ACTIVITIES LIKE FOOTBALL.

>> NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SHOWING UP TO PLAY.

PEOPLE WERE HESITANT ABOUT PLAYING FOOTBALL.

WE HAD TO GET IN THE HALLWAY AND SAY HEY, YOU SHOULD JOIN FOOTBALL.

JUST SHOW UP.

>> WE STARTED OUT WITH LESS THAN A FULL TEAM OF 9.

WE STARTED OUT WITH 8 PEOPLE AND NOW WE HAVE 18.

WE OVERCOME THAT CHALLENGE SO FAR.

>> Reporter: THIS SEASON, TREK NORTH IS PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL WITH THE PLAN TO MAKE THE JUMP TO 9-PLAYER FOOTBALL NEXT YEAR.

THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF THE SPORT IS ALREADY APPARENT IN LIFE SKILLS THE ATHLETES ARE LEARNING.

>> I WAS TOLD I WAS A LEADER ALL MY LIFE.

I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.

NOW HERE, PLAYING, I AM A NATURAL BORN LEADER.

>> Reporter: AND WHILE THEY'RE LEARNING SKILLS FOR LIFE, THEY ARE ALSO MAKING FRIENDS FOR LIFE.

>> I HAVEN'T TALKED TO A LOT OF THESE GUYS BEFORE AND NOW I'M BEST FRIENDS WITH THEM, EVEN THE LITTLE KIDS.

IT'S AWESOME.

>> Reporter: AND ALL IT TOOK WAS A LITTLE PATCH OF GRASS, JUST BIG ENOUGH FOR AN 80-YARD FIELD, ONE THEY HOPE WILL SOON BE THE NAME TO TREK NORTH FOOTBALL.

>> I'M HAPPY THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY IS HERE FOR THESE KIDS BECAUSE THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN WORKING SO HARD AND THEY ARE SO HUNGRY FOR IT.

THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN AMAZING.

>> Charlie: IT'S REALLY COOL TO GET OUT THERE AND SEE THEM PRACTICING A LITTLE BIT AND OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE DOING FLAG FOOTBALL FOR THIS YEAR, HOPEFULLY GOING TO 9-PLAYER FOOTBALL NEXT YEAR.

>> Dennis: SOME REAL CHALLENGES THERE, TO BUILD THAT UP FROM THE GROUND FLOOR.

>> Charlie: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WHEN YOU'RE NOT STATE FUNDED LIKE THAT, IT CAN BE REALLY DIFFICULT.

IF THEY CAN GET IT DONE, THEY WILL BE THE FIRST CHARTER SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO HAVE A FOOTBALL TEAM.

>> Dennis: WOW.

PRETTY COOL.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THERE IS A STORE IN BAXTER SPECIALIZING IN HAND-DYING FABRICS.

WOMAN-OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE THE LATE 1980S, CHERRYWOOD FABRICS HAS GROWN TO BE A LEADER IN THE HAND-DYING BUSINESS, BRINGING ITS CLIENTELE INTO CHERRYWOOD'S UNIQUE WORLD OF COLOR.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: DAWN HALL STARTED CHERRYWOOD FABRICS YEARS AGO, AND OVERLAND, WHO HAS LOVED SEWING SINCE CHILDHOOD AND WAS A GRAPHIC DESIGN MAJOR IN COLLEGE SHARED THE LOVE FOR QUILTING.

>> IT'S THERAPEUTIC FOR ME.

IF I DON'T SEW EVERYDAY, I FEEL IT AND IT'S A WAY TO TURN YOUR BRAIN OFF AND CREATE SOMETHING.

I'VE ALWAYS LOVED CREATING AND PUTTING COLORS TOGETHER THAT MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A REPUTATION FOR HAVING A RICH SUEDE LOOK TO THE PRODUCT.

IT STARTS WITH MUSLIN.

THERE WAS FAR MORE TO THE PROCESS THAT CONNECTED OVER 1,000 YARDS OF FABRIC IN ONE DAY.

>> A LOT OF THINGS CAN GO WRONG IN THE DYING PROCESS.

THERE IS WATER TEMPERATURE AND AIR QUALITY.

TO BE CONSISTENT, YOU HAVE TO BE PRECISE AND HAVE A GOOD EYE FOR COLOR.

EVERY DYE IS GOING TO TURN OUT DIFFERENT.

>> Reporter: WHAT MAKES CHERRYWOOD SO UNIQUE IS THAT DEDICATION TO COLOR, WHETHER FOR QUILTS, GARMENTS, CHERRYWOOD PAYS ATTENTION TO THE ASPECTS OF COLOR, FROM HUE, TO SATURATION, TO COLOR THEORY.

>> I LOVE COMING UP WITH NEW COLORS AND SOME OF THOSE COLORS ARE CREATED BY ACCIDENT AND PUTTING THE GRADATIONS OF COLOR TOGETHER.

I LOOK TO NATURE A LOT.

MY HUSBAND DOES PHOTOGRAPHY AND I ANALYZE EVERYTHING I SEE AND SEE HOW CAN I RECREATE THAT IN DYE.

>> Reporter: CARLA HAS BEEN DYEING FABRIC AT CHERRYWOOD FOR 25 YEARS AND SHE FINDS HERSELF EVERYDAY EXPERIMENTING WITH NEW COLOR COMBINATIONS FOR CLIENTS AND SHE SEES COLORS THAT MATCH THEIR PERSONALITIES.

>> THEY PICK UP COLORS THEY'RE WEARING.

YOU'RE DRAWN TO THAT COLOR ALREADY.

I THINK WE HAVE THIS INNATE COLOR ATTACHED TO OUR PERSONALITY.

PEOPLE ARE MATCHING WHAT THEY'RE ATTRACTED TO WITH HOW THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES.

>> IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN LEARN IT BUT THERE IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS IN YOU THAT APPRECIATES COLOR.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BAXTER WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> CHERRYWOOD FABRICS HOSTS A CONTEST EVERY YEAR, WHERE THOSE INTERESTED CAN CREATE THEIR OWN FABRIC.

THAT FOLLOWS A CERTAIN COLOR THEME AND EVERY ENTRY WILL BE INCLUDED IN AN EXHIBIT FOR THE COUNTRY TO SEE.

CHERRYWOOD WILL BE ANNOUNCING ITS NEXT CHALLENGE FOR THE COMMUNITY IN OCTOBER.

>>> STACY, IT HASN'T BEEN FEELING LIKE FALL YET AND IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE LONG RANGE, WE'RE LOOKING AT 70s.

>> Stacy: IT WILL BE GOING UP AND DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE COOLER THAN WE HAVE BEEN SEEING.

FOR TONIGHT, WE WILL HAVE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, LOWS DOWN TO 42 AND THE WINDS ARE DIMINISHING.

TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, HIGHS NEAR 61, SO QUITE A BIT COOLER THAN THOSE RECENT TEMPERATURES.

WINDS ARE WEST AT 5 TO 20.

NOW LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, AGAIN THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING UP AND DOWN A LITTLE BIT, THE COOLEST DAY WILL BE FRIDAY WITH A HIGH OF 59.

>> Charlie: MINNESOTA VIKINGS ARE 4-0 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2016.

I PLAYED A LITTLE WHO'S WHO'S WITH MY BUDDY.

YOU KNOW WHO WAS THE QUARTERBACK WAS IN 2016?

SAM BRADSFORD.

>> Dennis: OH RIGHT.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME, HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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