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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.

>>> THE 53-YEAR-OLD MAN AND 59-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO WERE BOTH FOUND DEAD AT A VACATION HOME IN MISSION TOWNSHIP HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.

BRETT SHELSTAD AND JODI LYNN LYSNE, BOTH OF MINNEAPOLIS, WERE ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED.

THE COUPLE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND HAD BEEN AT THE HOME SINCE FRIDAY.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING WHAT TOOK PLACE OVER THE WEEKEND AND BELIEVES THERE IS NO THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

>> WE'RE LOOKING INTO EVERYTHING.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT'S MAYBE DRUG-RELATED, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE ON THAT'S YET.

WE'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET THE TOXICOLOGY REPORT BACK FROM THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.

>> ACCORDING TO SHERIFF KLANG, RESULTS FROM THE TOXICOLOGY REPORTS SHOULD BE BACK WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

ALSO YESTERDAY WE REPORTED THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN AT 3:00 P.M.

YESTERDAY.

IT ACTUALLY STARTED AT 3:00 P.M. ON SUNDAY.

>>> FLAGS ARE FLYING AT HALF-STAFF IN MINNESOTA AND AT NATIONAL PARKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR A VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK RANGER WHO DIED TRYING TO RESCUE A FAMILY OF THREE.

55-YEAR-OLD KEVIN GROSSHEIM DIED SUNDAY WHILE AIDING A FATHER AND TWO SONS WHO WERE TRAPPED ON AN ISLAND IN A LAKE AFTER THEIR BOAT BECAME DISABLED.

WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MILES PER HOUR WHIPPED UP WAVES THAT REACHED 5 TO 6 FEET SUNDAY.

GROSSHEIM REACHED THEM WITH HIS BOAT, BUT IT OVERTURNED AFTER HE PICKED THEM UP, THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SAID.

THE THREE WERE ABLE TO SWIM TO SHORE, BUT GROSSHEIM DISAPPEARED.

HIS BODY WAS WAS RECOVERED AFTER A THREE-HOUR SEARCH.

A CAUSE OF DEATH WAS NOT RELEASED.

>>> NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FRANK LANDS ORDERED AMERICAN FLAGS LOWERED AT NATIONAL PARKS THROUGH SUNSET WEDNESDAY IN GROSSHEIM'S HONOR.

GOVERNOR TIM WALZ ISSUED A SIMILAR ORDER FOR STATE BUILDINGS IN MINNESOTA AND ENCOURAGED PEOPLE, BUSINESSES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO LOWER THEIR FLAGS, TOO.

>>> THE FIRST READING FOR AN ORDINANCE SETTING A NEW FEE SCHEDULE WAS DONE AT LAST NIGHT'S BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE COULD SEE SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FEE SCHEDULE THAT WAS SET IN 2023.

BUILDING PERMIT FEES WILL INCREASE FOR RESIDENTIAL SET FEES RANGING FROM ABOUT TEN TO $30.

FIRE FEES WILL ALSO BE ADDED TO THE FEE SCHEDULE WITH A $25 INCREASE.

FOOD TRUCKS WILL SEE A DECREASE IN THE ANNUAL FEE FROM $300 TO $50, PLUS A $75 ANNUAL INSPECTION BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

CITY STAFF HAD RECEIVED FEEDBACK THAT THE $300 FEE WAS A DETERRENT FOR FOOD TRUCKS.

>> WE DID, WE HAD SOME REACH OUT TO US AND YOU KNOW, SOME WANT TO BE HERE FOR A WEEKEND, THERE WERE A COUPLE DAYS OR MAYBE TWO WEEKENDS AND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING REDUCING IT.

WE DID HAVE SOME FOOD TRUCKS THAT ENDED UP NOT ATTENDING BECAUSE OF THE FEES.

>> THE COUNCIL COULD HAVE DECLINED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ORDINANCE, BUT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED TO HOLD ONE.

THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WILL TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 4TH.

>>> THE RED LAKE NATION HAS A NEW HEREDITARY CHIEF.

TODAY AT THE REGULAR RED LAKE TRIBAL COUNCIL MEETING THE HEREDITARY CHIEFS, UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED PERCY L. SPEARS TO THE RED LAKE TRIBAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AS THEIR SELECTION FOR THE VACANT RED LAKE HEREDITARY CHIEF SEAT OF THE LATE CHIEF GREETINGS SPEARS, JUNIOR WHO DIED ON OCTOBER 3RD.

THE TRIBAL COUNCIL VOTED 10-0 IN FAVOR OF PERCY SPEARS AS THE NEW HEREDITARY CHIEF AND HE IMMEDIATELY WAS SWORN IN.

CHIEF PERCY SPEARS WAS HONORED WITH A COUPLE SONGS AND WAS SEATED WITH THE OTHER CHIEFS AND TRIBAL COUNCIL DURING REGULAR SESSION TODAY.

>>> ELECTION DAY IS LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY AND THIS WEEK LAKELAND PBS RESUMED ITS LONG TRADITION OF PROVIDING YOU A LOOK AT YOUR STATE LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES FACING OFF IN HEAD-TO-HEAD IN DEBATES.

TONIGHT WE TELEVISED TWO MORE DEBATES LIVE HERE ON LAKELAND PBS.

THE FIRST WAS IN HOUSE DISTRICT 5A WHERE D.F.L.

CANDIDATE BRIAN HOBSON MET UP WITH REPUBLICAN KRISTA KNUDSEN.

ONE OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED WAS THE INTENTIONAL SPREADING OF MISINFORMATION.

>> MISINFORMATION, ESPECIALLY ON PURPOSE, LIKE EVERYBODY HAS IGNORANCE IN THEIR LIFE.

I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING.

OF SOME THINGS I AM IGNORANT, BUT TO SPREAD DISINFORMATION ON PURPOSE, TO ME, IS JUST NOT A RESPONSIBLE THING.

I HAVE SEVERAL TRUSTED NEWS SOURCES I GO TO ON A DAILY BASIS TO MAKE SURE I'M AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY COMMUNITY, IN MY STATE, AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

INDEED, ACROSS THE WORLD.

SO, I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY IS MY MAIN STRATEGY FOR COMBATING MISINFORMATION IS TO BE A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN AND TO MODEL THAT FOR EVERYBODY THAT I AM AROUND.

>> I TRULY BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THEIR 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SAY.

ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS WITH HAVING A MISINFORMATION CZAR OR SOMEBODY THAT IS OUT THERE PATROLLING INFORMATION IS THAT WHO IS INTERPRETING WHAT MISINFORMATION IS ACTUALLY MISINFORMATION?

I THINK THAT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GO THERE.

>> OUR SECOND TELEVISED DEBATE OF THE NIGHT WHICH JUST WRAPPED UP AN HOUR AGO O WAS THE HOUSE DISTRICT 7A CONTEST FEATURING REPUBLICAN SPENCER IGO AND DEMOCRAT AARON SCHNASER THEY WEIGHED IN ON SEVERAL ISSUES INCLUDING MINNESOTA ABORTION LAWS.

>> 99% OF ABORTIONS OCCUR BEFORE FETAL VIABILITY, OR THEY OCCUR AFTERWARDS, AFTER THAT 20 OR SO WEEK PERIOD.

THERE IS USUALLY A MEDICAL REASON, ALMOST ALWAYS.

SO MINNESOTA LAW SUPPORTS DOCTORS MAKING THOSE DECISIONS AND WE CAN SEE THE EFFECTS WHEN THOSE RIGHTS ARE TAKEN AWAY.

THERE IS NOTHING PRO-LIFE ABOUT THAT.

FRANKLY, BECAUSE OF REPUBLICAN DECISIONS, WE SEE THOSE EFFECTS.

I REALLY DON'T TRUST THAT THEY CAN MAKE THOSE DECISIONS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF WOMEN.

>> THE FACT BEING THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO ALLOW ABORTION UP UNTIL BIRTH, YOU LEAVE THAT DOOR OPEN.

I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AND REALIZE THAT -- I HAVE VERY MANY FRIENDS AND I'M SURE MANY PEOPLE WATCHING THIS HAS LOVED ONES IN THEIR LIVES BORN AT 6 MONTHS, 7 MONTHS, 8 MONTHS.

BY SAYING ABORTION IS LEGAL UP UNTIL BIRTH, WE CHANGED THE MORALITY OF OUR STATE.

I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THEIR SAFETY.

THAT'S WHY I SAID LIFE OF THE MOTHER, RAPE AND INCEST, THOSE TYPES OF SITUATIONS, BUT WE NEED TO FIND A LINE WHERE YOU CAN'T, WITHOUT THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES I JUST MENTIONED.

THEN IT'S TOO WIDE OPEN.

WE NEED TO PROTECT THESE PREGNANCY CENTERS I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THINGS.

>> DEBATES CONTINUE ON LAKELAND PBS THURSDAY NIGHT AS WE SHIFT TO OUR BRAINERD STUDIO FOR DEBATES INVOLVING CANDIDATES IN HOUSE DISTRICTS 5B AND 6A.

THOSE BEGIN AT 7:00 P.M. [♪♪♪] >> STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE'LL SEE SOME COOL TEMPERATURES AGAIN TONIGHT, BUT THOSE TEMPS WILL BE WARMING UP OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND WE COULD HAVE HIGHS NEAR 80 ON THURSDAY.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE MILITARY VEHICLE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION HAS MADE ANOTHER STOP ON THEIR CONVOY.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE MILITARY VEHICLE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION IS CURRENTLY ON THEIR BI-ANNUAL CONVOY.

THEY ARE A WEEK INTO THEIR 2024 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY CONVOY AND HAVE BEEN MAKING STOPS ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: EVERY TWO YEARS, THEY MAKE A SEVERAL THOUSAND MILE TREK ACROSS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT PATHS.

THIS SPECIFIC ONE HAS OVER 70MVPA MEMBERS.

>> THEY FIND OUT ABOUT IT AND THEN THEY START PREPPING THEIR VEHICLES FOR THEM.

IT TAKES US OVER TWO YEARS TO ORGANIZE ONE OF THESE CONVOYS.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THEM EVERY TWO YEARS SINCE 2009.

>> Reporter: THIS IS NO QUICK TRIP DOWN THE ROAD.

THEY'RE GOING FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LOUISIANA, AND THE TRIP WILL TAKE 28 WHOLE DAYS TO COMPLETE.

>> WE'VE BEEN PICKING INITIALLY MILITARY ROUTES OF SIGNIFICANCE AND NOW WE'RE ON TO NAMED ROADS THAT WERE ALL DEVELOPED BACK IN THE 20s AND 30s.

THIS PARTICULAR CONVOY IS CALLED THE JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.

IT HAS GOTTEN OVERSHADOWED BY INTERSTATES OVER THE YEARS.

SO WE'RE HERE TO BRING LIFE BACK TO THE JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.

>> Reporter: ALONG WITH BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE HISTORICAL HIGHWAYS, THE CONVOY IS TAKING A CHANCE TO SHOW OFF THE 30 MILITARY VEHICLES.

>> WE GOT EVERYTHING FROM WORLD WAR II JEEPS, VIETNAM ERA JEEPS, A MARCH UNIT WHERE WE HAVE AMBULANCES, TRUCKS, ALL THE WAY TO 5-TON TRUCKS IN OUR CONVOY.

THIS IS A VOLUNTEER EFFORT.

THESE VEHICLES ARE PERSONALLY OWNED BY US.

WE PAY OUR WAY FOR THE WHOLE TRIP.

WE PAY FOR HOTELS WITH OUR OWN FUEL, FOOD.

>> Reporter: ALONG THE WAY TO NEW ORLEANS, THEY'RE MAKING MANY STOPS.

>> WE WILL HIT THE WORLD WAR I MUSEUM IN KANSAS CITY, THE WORLD WAR II MUSEUM IN NEW ORLEANS, WE WILL BE VISITING A LOT OF THE MILITARY CAMPS THAT WERE DOWN ALONG THE WAY.

WE WILL BE VISITING THEM AND OVERNIGHT AT THEM.

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

>> ON TOP OF VISITING THESE SITES AND SHOWING OFF THE VEHICLES, THE CONVOY ALSO AIMS TO BRING JOY TO ONLOOKERS.

THEY VISIT VETERANS HOMES AND SEVERAL SCHOOLS EVEN LET THE KIDS LINE UP ALONG THE ROAD DURING THE SCHOOL DAY TO SEE EVERYONE DRIVE BY.

>>> WEATHER TIME, STACY IS HERE.

WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THIS WARM SUMMER-LIKE WEATHER YET, HUH?

>> Stacy: NO, WE'RE NOT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING WARMING TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND ON THURSDAY, WE COULD HAVE THE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70s AND EVEN SOME LOW 80s ACROSS THE VIEWING AREA.

WE DO COOL DOWN ONCE AGAIN AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK AND THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME RAINFALL THIS WEEKEND.

>> 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, WE ENJOYED A NICE CALM DAY, SOME NICE SUNSHINE OUT THERE, AND TEMPERATURES ARE STARTING TO WARM UP ONCE AGAIN.

WE'LL HAVE WARMER TEMPS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WITH HIGHS NEAR 80 AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY.

WE DO COOL OFF A LITTLE BIT AGAIN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND AND THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY.

MORE ON YOUR FORECAST IN A SECOND.

THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AT BEMIDJI, IT'S 47 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, WE HAVE A LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND WITH A DEW POINT OF 36 AND HUMIDITY IS AT 66%.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, 46 DEGREES, 40 IS OUR DEW POINT.

PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY AND WINDS ARE CALM.

IT IS ALL QUIET ON THE RADAR ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA THIS EVENING.

IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER QUIET NIGHT TONIGHT.

MOST OF US SEEN CALM WINDS, AND THEY COULD PICK UP IN PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA, BUT EXPECT TO SEE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE SHOULD AGAIN HAVE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE AREA TOMORROW.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 60s AND 70s IN THE VIEWING AREA, BUT AS THIS WARM FRONT LIFTS INTO THE LAKELAND COUNTRY AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY, EXPECT TO SEE WARMER TEMPERATURES ON THAT DAY.

SO SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, JOAN IN LAPORTE WITH SOME PICTURES OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS FROM LAST NIGHT.

EARL MORNING SKIES, JUST BEFORE SUNRISE FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA AND CARRIE AT WALKER.

ONCE THE SUN CAME OUT, ANOTHER GORGEOUS DAY, A LITTLE BIT OF FOG IN THE AREA WITH CHILLY TEMPERATURES.

YOLANDA SPOTTING SOME NICE FALL COLORS IN THE AREA AND STEPHANIE WITH A NICE SURPRISE, A WILD VIOLET IN BLOOM IN BRAINERD.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, KAREN IN BEMIDJI, 31 THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON REPORTING SUNSHINE WITH A HIGH OF 68.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, SUNSHINE, THE LOW TODAY WAS 30.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, A HIGH OF 68.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, LOW TEMPERATURE RIGHT AT THE FREEZING POINT AT 32.

IN BRAINERD, 70 WAS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY.

WE'RE 10 DEGREES ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH.

WE STARTED OUT WITH A LOW OF 36, A SEASONAL LOW TEMPERATURE.

SUNRISE THIS MORNING WAS AT 7:25.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 66, SO NEARLY 10 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

28 FOR THE LOW, SO CHILLY EARLY ON TODAY AND SUNSET TONIGHT AT 6:44.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

MILE -- MILD TEMPERATURES AGAIN.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, MORE SUNSHINE, A LITTLE BIT WARMER AS WELL, SOME UPPER 60s TO LOW, POSSIBLY MID-70s AND WARMER TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT, SOME AREAS OF FROST STILL POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

LOWS ARE DROPPING TO ABOUT 39.

TOMORROW, SUNNY SKIES, SOME FROST IN EASTERN MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, 70 FOR OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE AND SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST.

LOOK AT THOSE TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, HIGHS NEAR 79.

WE COULD SEE LOW 80s OUT THERE, BUT WE START TO COOL OFF, BECOME MORE SEASONAL AS WE HEAD TO THE END OF THE WEEK.

BY FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AND A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS ON SATURDAY AND IN EASTERN MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

FALL SPORTS ARE ROUNDING UP THEIR REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE.

>> Charlie: VOLLEYBALL HAS 2.5 WEEKS LEFT BUT IT'S THE START OF A DE FACTO RIVALRY WEEK.

THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY IN A COUPLE OF PLACES THIS WEEK.

WE'RE GOING TO STICK WITH THESE HIGHLIGHTS AND HAVE MORE 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.

>>> RIVALRY WEEK HAS BEGUN.

THERE THE FOOTBALL GAME ON FRIDAY AND THEN A SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE LUMBERJACKS AND WARRIORS.

NOW THEIR FIRST MEETING OF THE REGULAR SEASON.

IN THE FIRST SET, TIED AT 1-1, MOLLY WITH ONE OF HER 14 KILLS OF THE NIGHT.

THE JACKS WOULD TAKE THE EARLY LEAD.

LATER IN THE SET, WARRIORS TRAILING 9-3.

KEELLY USES THE QUICK ATTACK, SPIKE AT THE NET, BRAINERD PULLS WITHIN 2 POINTS.

IT'S 15-13 NOW.

BEMIDJI WAS ABLE TO STAY COMPOSED.

ANNA MAKING HER PRESENCE FELT.

SHE HAD 3 KILLS.

SECOND SET, LUMBERJACKS ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE NOISE.

THIS TIME IT'S AURORA, PUTTING THEM UP 7-3.

THE WARRIORS ARE STILL FIGHTING.

ISABELLA SETS UP JULIA FOR THE KILL.

JACKS CAN'T HANDLE IT.

BRAINERD WILL FIGHT UNTIL THE END BUT IT WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH.

BEMIDJI WINS THE THIRD SET TO SWEEP THEIR RIVAL FROM THE SOUTH.

LUMBERJACKS ARE 15-6.

>>> SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU IN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL.

ROCK RIDGE BEATS GRAND RAPIDS.

LITTLE FALLS GETTING DEFEATED BY FOLEY.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY FALLS TO THIEF RIVER.

BERTHA HEWITT IN FOUR SETS, AITKIN FALLS TO MILLE LACS.

AND IN BOYS SOCCER, SECTION 7-2A QUARTER FINALS STARTED TONIGHT IN GRAND RAPIDS WITH A BIG WIN OVER HIBBING-CHISHOLM.

>>> WELL IN THE WNBA FINALS, IT'S A WINNER TAKES ALL, TRYING TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE FINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2017.

THE LYNX ARE TAKING HOLD OF THE GAME EARLY.

NOW SHE HAD 19 POINTS.

TRYING TO FINISH STRONG, COURTNEY WILLIAMS PULLS UP, 2 OF HER 24 TONIGHT.

SHE WAS NOT THE LEADING SCORER.

IN THE FOURTH, IT COULD BE HER LAST GAME IN HER HALL OF FAME CAREER, BACK TO BACK TRADES TO KEEP HER TEAM IN IT.

THE LYNX ARE ON A MISSION, McBRIDE WITH A DAGGER.

THE FANS ARE CELEBRATING AND THE TEAM IS CELEBRATING, THE MINNESOTA LYNX ARE BACK IN THE WNBA FINALS.

THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING NOBODY ELSE HAS DONE WHICH IS WIN A FIFTH CHAMPIONSHIP.

NO ONE ELSE HAS WON FIVE.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE MEN'S HOCKEY IS COMING OFF A THRILLING OPENING NIGHT OVERTIME VICTORY OVER 18TH RANKED MINNESOTA DULUTH, ONE THAT HAD PLENTY OF STORY LINES.

BUT NONE BIGGER THAN SOPHOMORE GOALIE RAYTHAN ROBBINS COMING INTO THE GAME COLD OFF THE BENCH TO FILL IN FOR SENIOR MATTIAS SHOLL WHO LEFT THE GAME AFTER SUFFERING FROM CRAMPS FOLLOWING A SPLIT SAVE MIDWAY THROUGH THE 3RD PERIOD.

ROBBINS EARNED THE CCHA GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK AWARD FOR HIS EFFORTS, WHILE HEAD COACH TOM SERRATORE CONFIRMED TO THAT SHOLL.

LAST YEAR'S CCHA GOALTENDER OF THE YEAR IS NOT EXPECTED TO MISS ANY TIME.

IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR THE BEAVERS AS THEY HEAD INTO THIS WEEKEND'S NON-CONFERENCE SERIES WITH SAINT CLOUD STATE, A MATCH WHERE THEY'RE LESS WORRIED ABOUT THEIR OPPONENTS PLAY AND MORE FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THEIR OWN.

>> WE'RE JUST SO DIALED IN WITH THE BEAVERS RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE A LOT OF CLEANING UP TO DO.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE COMFORTABLE IN ALL DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.

WE'RE COMFORTABLE IN ALL THREE PERIODS.

WE'RE COMFORTABLE IN ALL THREE ZONES.

WE'RE REACTING FASTER.

A LOT OF IT IS TIMING-TYPE THINGS.

I THINK THAT COMPETITION EARLY ON HELPS US.

>> WE ARE A VETERAN GROUP.

WE HAVE OLDER GUYS IN OUR TEAM.

WE KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN.

WE KNOW WHAT IT TAKES WHEN WE'RE PLAYING WELL AND WHEN WE'RE NOT PLAYING WELL.

THEIR HOME OPENER, THEY'RE GOING TO BE FIRED UP AND READY TO GO.

I THINK WE GOT TO COME IN THERE AND PLAY THE SAME GAME WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PLAY ALL SEASON.

>> Charlie: BEMIDJI HOME OPENER ON SATURDAY, BUT THEY STILL HAVE TO GO TO ST.

CLOUD STATE ON FRIDAY.

WE LOVE TO PICK UP BOTH WINDS.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> AND CROW WING COUNTY RESIDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COUNTY'S COMPLETED LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION PROJECTS VIA A GUIDED BUS TOUR, HOSTED THROUGH THE CROW WING SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND CROW WING COUNTY.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE IN THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOOD'S EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: CROW WING COUNTY HAS BEEN BUSY IN 2024, TRYING TO ENHANCE THEIR VITAL WATERWAYS AND NATURAL HABITATS AND IT'S NATURAL TO WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BE IN THE KNOW.

>> WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT CITIZENS IN THE PUBLIC SEE THESE PROJECTS AND EXPERIENCE THESE PROJECTS, REALLY TO ENSURE THAT THOSE MESSAGES AND THOSE STORIES ARE TOLD AND HIGHLIGHT THE BENEFITS OF THE WORK THAT CROW WING COUNTY ARE DOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

>> Reporter: AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE GOT TO SEE IT ALL, INCLUDING A STOP AT THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND A GOAT FARM.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE'RE USING GOATS TO MANAGE INVASIVE SPECIES, AND THEN WE WILL BE STAFFING IN THE CITY OF BRAINERD TO LOOK AT A RECENT GOALIE PROJECT WE RESTORED, AND THE LANDFILL, DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO DROP OFF DIFFERENT CHEMICALS AND HOW THE LANDFILL WORKS AND PROTECTS OUR ENVIRONMENT.

>> Reporter: CROW WING COUNTY HAS MORE THAN 400 LAKES AND 75 RIVERS AND AS A COMMON VACATION SPOT FOR TOURISTS, DEDICATING TIME TO MAINTENANCE AND RESTORATION IS IMPORTANT TOWARDS KEEPING CROW WING COUNTY MINNESOTA'S FAVORITE PLACE.

>> MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THINGS IN THE LANDSCAPE THAT WILL CAUSE WATER QUALITY ISSUES.

THIS IS AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE COME UP TO GET AWAY FROM THE STRESS OF LIFE AND RELAX AND ENJOY BEING IN NATURE.

THERE NEEDS TO BE THESE PROJECTS THAT MELISSA AND HER TEAM ARE DOING TO REALLY ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE.

>> Reporter: AND THE CROW WING SOIL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT MADE A STOP AT THE MEMORIAL PARK, WHERE THE STATE'S WORSE MINING DISASTER OCCURRED A CENTURY AGO, AS IT'S IMPORTANT THAT RESIDENTS DO NOT FORGET THE PAST AND THE PATH THEY PAID FOR THE FUTURE.

>> IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY AND ALSO TO GO OUT AND ENJOY THE RESOURCES THAT THE COUNTY HAS.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN CROSBY WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: THANKS MILES AND THANKS EVERYBODY FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

THAT WILL DO IT FOR US.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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