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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.

>>> HI EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

I'M SYDNEY DICK FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN WITH YOUR LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> BRAINERD'S GARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS PUT INTO LOCKDOWN EARLIER TODAY AFTER STAFF RECEIVED A THREATENING VOICEMAIL.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE BRAINERD POLICE DEPARTMENT, A MESSAGE HAD BEEN LEFT ON THE SCHOOL'S VOICEMAIL WHICH CONTAINED A THREAT OF VIOLENCE.

INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THE CALL CAME FROM OUTSIDE OF THE BRAINERD SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 A.M., INVESTIGATORS WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A 13-YEAR-OLD MALE THAT MADE THE TELEPHONE THREAT.

THE CALLER HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND TRANSPORTED TO A JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER AS INVESTIGATORS ARE ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY THE MOTIVE FOR MAKING THE THREAT, WHICH INCLUDES THE POSSIBILITY THE INTENT WAS TO PRANK THE SCHOOL.

INITIAL DETAILS OF THIS INCIDENT SHARED SIMILARITIES TO ILLEGAL PRANKS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS SWATTING.

THE BRAINERD POLICE DEPARTMENT HASN'T IDENTIFIED ANY CREDIBLE THREATS TO THE BRAINERD SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FACILITIES, STUDENTS, OR STAFF.

THIS INCIDENT IS STILL AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.

>>> LAST MONTH, THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF THE INVASIVE ALGAE STARRY STONEWORT IN RUSH LAKE, NEAR THE CITY OF CROSSLAKE.

TO TRY TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF THE INVASIVE SPECIES TO OTHER LAKES IN THE WHITEFISH CHAIN OF LAKES, LOCALS BANDED TOGETHER TO PULL THE ALGAE OUT OF A QUARANTINED LAKE AREA.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF STARRY STONEWORT, THE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION QUICKLY LOOKED FOR SOLUTIONS TO CONTAIN THE INVASIVE SPECIES.

OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS, VOLUNTEERS GATHERED AT RUSH LAKE FOR WHAT THEY CALL A COMMUNITY POOL.

THE AREA THAT HAD BEEN GUARANTEED WAS NEARLY AN ACRE IN SIZE.

>> THEY'RE TRYING TO REMOVE IT BY HAND, THE D.N.R.

IS HERE.

WE HAVE THREE DIVERS TODAY, TWO FROM THE D.N.R., ONE FROM THE COUNTY SHERIFF.

THEY'RE PULLING IT BY HAND.

WE'RE PUTTING IT IN ROW BOATS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAUL IT TO A DUMP SITE, WHERE IT CAN NEVER COME OUT.

>> Reporter: THE INVASIVE ALGAE CAN SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE ONCE IT INVADES A LAKE SO EARLY DETECTION IS KEY TO MAKE SURE THE SITUATION DOESN'T GET OUT OF HAND.

>> EARLY DETECTION IS HUGE.

A LOT OF THE SUCCESSFUL, AT LEAST BEING ABLE TO KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL IS WHEN YOU CATCH IT EARLY ENOUGH.

ONCE IT'S IN, SADLY THERE'S NEVER BEEN A 100% REMOVAL OR DELISTING OF STARRY STONEWORT, BUT IT OUT COMPETES A LOT OF THE NATIVE PLANTS IN THE LAKE.

>> Reporter: TOMORROW, CHEMICALS WILL BE ADDED TO THE AREA TO FURTHER SUPPRESS THE ALGAE.

>> WELL, THE APPLICATOR TOMORROW WILL USE THE SUN.

IT'S A COPPER BASED CRYSTAL.

THAT WILL PENETRATE INTO THE SEDIMENT, TO KILL WHAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO REMOVE BY HAPPENED.

>> Reporter: THE WHITE FISH AREA PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION ACTED QUICKLY TO TRY TO PREVENT THE PROBLEM FROM GETTING WORSE.

THE ORGANIZATION HOPES THIS RESPONSE CAN WORK AS A BLUEPRINT FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE REALLY HOPING IS WHEN PEOPLE SEE THIS STORY PUT TOGETHER, PUTTING IN THE BARRIER, HAVING THE DIVERS, SEEING A FULL DUMP TRAILER FULL OF STARRY STONEWORT, THEY'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING THIS, BUT ALSO THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO HELP AND THERE ARE REMEDIES FOR THESE THINGS IN MANY CASES.

SO, IT'S A GREAT PIECE TO BE ABLE TO USE FOR THE REST OF THE LAKES IN MINNESOTA.

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

>> AS OF NOW, STARRY STONEWORT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN 31 LAKES IN MINNESOTA.

MORE INFORMATION ON STARRY STONEWORT CAN BE FOUND ON THE D.N.R.

WEBSITE.

>>> ELECTION DAY IS LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY AND THIS WEEK LAKELAND PBS ONCE AGAIN IS PROVIDING VIEWERS STATE LEGISLATIVE DEBATES.

TONIGHT WE TELEVISED TWO DEBATES FROM LIVE OUR BRAINERD STUDIOS.

THE FIRST WAS IN HOUSE DISTRICT 5B WHERE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MIKE WIENER MET UP WITH D.F.L.

CANDIDATE GREG HENDRICKSON ONE OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED WAS GUN VIOLENCE AND GUN SAFETY.

>> I AM FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY.

ONE WAY I SEE AS CURVING THE GUN VIOLENCE IS THROUGH GUN SAFETY PROGRAMS.

I AM AN ADVOCATE OF ARCHERY.

IF WE START TEACHING RESPONSIBILITY, GET THE SCHOOLS MORE FUNDING FOR THIS, GIVE THEM THE TAX BREAKS TO BUY THEIR EQUIPMENT, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE.

I AM ALL FOR DOING THINGS LIKE THAT, WITH SHOOTING SUPPORTS AND ARCHERY.

I AM ALSO IN FAVOR OF GIVING MORE FUNDS TO THE D.N.R.

TO DO GUN SAFETY PROGRAMS FOR ALL.

>> OUT HERE IN GREATER MINNESOTA, WE LOOK AT GUNS AND GUN OWNERSHIP AS A GOOD THING.

THAT EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOUR UNCLE, FAMILY, DAD, PARENTS, WHATEVER IT IS, WHEN YOU ARE 8, 10, 12 YEARS OLD AND YOU GET TO GO ON THE HUNTING TRIP, MAYBE TO SHOOT A SQUIRREL OR PHEASANT, TO US, GUN OWNERSHIP IS TRADITION.

IT IS OUR HISTORY.

YET, WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW DO OTHER PEOPLE VIEW THIS, SPECIFICALLY IN THE METRO?

WHEN YOU SEE A GUN, IT'S AUTOMATICALLY LINK WITH A CRIME.

IT'S A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION.

WHEN WE SEE THESE GUN CONTROL ISSUES, WE SEE GUN ISSUES COME UP.

WE SEE THIS HUGE DIVIDE.

WE LOOK AT THE SECOND AMOUNT -- AMENDMENT AND SAY LOOK, WE RESPECT OUR 2ND AMENDMENT.

WE LOVE OUR TRADITIONS.

FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE THEM AWAY, THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING.

>> THE SECOND DEBATE WE TELEVISED LIVE HERE ON LAKELAND PBS TONIGHT WAS THE HOUSE DISTRICT 6A CONTEST, WHICH INCLUDED D.F.L.

CANDIDATE EARL BUTENHOFF AND REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE BEN DAVIS THOSE TWO DISCUSSED A VARIETY OF TOPICS INCLUDING ABORTION LAWS.

>> THE ABORTION LAWS NEED TO ALLOW THE DECISIONS TO BE MADE BY THE MOTHER AND HER DOCTOR.

THAT'S ONE PLACE WHERE THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD KEEP THEIR NOSE OUT.

MOST ABORTIONS HAPPEN BECAUSE OF ILLNESSES WHERE THE UNBORN CHILD IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO LIVE.

I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS OF EACH ONE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES OUT THAT, ESPECIALLY IN TEXAS, WHERE MOTHERS HAVE BEEN WAITING IN PARKING LOTS BLEEDING OUT, WAITING TO GET SOME MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAN'T GET IT BECAUSE THEIR STATE WON'T ALLOW IT.

>> WHEN I TALK ABOUT ABORTION, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE 99% OF ABORTIONS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS, WHERE THE MOTHER IS HEALTHY AND THE CHILD IS HEALTHY.

THIS SHOULD NOT BE -- IT'S NOT RIGHT.

THE GOVERNMENT GETS INVOLVED IF A MOTHER WERE TO KILL HER CHILD 10 MINUTES AFTER IT'S BORN BUT IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, IF A MOTHER DECIDES TO KILL HER CHILD 10 MINUTES BEFORE ITS BORN, AN ABORTION, IT'S FINE.

THAT IS WHAT POLICY IS RIGHT NOW IN MINNESOTA, DEMOCRATS PASS SOME OF THE MOST EGREGIOUS RADICAL LEGISLATION WITH REGARDS TO ABORTION.

A WOMAN CAN HAVE AN ABORTION UP UNTIL THE MOMENT OF BIRTH.

THAT IS HOW THE LANGUAGE IS WRITTEN AND THAT IS HOW IT WILL STAND UP IN A COURT OF LAW.

>> DEBATES CONTINUE ON LAKELAND PBS FRIDAY NIGHT, AGAIN FROM OUR BRAINERD STUDIO.

THE FINAL STATE LEGISLATIVE DEBATES WE ARE TELEVISING WILL COVER THE DISTRICT 6B AND 10A RACES.

COVERAGE BEGINS AT 7:00 P.M. >>> HURRICANE MILTON MADE A DEADLY IMPACT SLAMMING INTO FLORIDA'S WEST COAST AS A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE ON WEDNESDAY.

AT LEAST 14 DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED DUE TO THE STORM AND FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS WARNS THAT THE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES IS LIKELY TO RISE.

WATER RESCUES AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS ARE UNDERWAY BUT MILTON'S DEVASTATING WIND, TORNADOES AND RAIN LIKELY CAUSED UP TO $50 BILLION WORTH OF INSURED LOSSES, ACCORDING TO FITCH RATINGS.

HURRICANE MILTON CUT A PATH OF DESTRUCTION THROUGH FLORIDA BUT THE GREATEST TRAGEDY SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, ABOUT 150 MILES FROM LANDFALL WHERE MULTIPLE TORNADOES RAVAGED THE AREA.

WHILE MANY RESIDENTS ARE EAGER TO GET BACK HOME, GAS SHORTAGES ARE STILL AN ISSUE, WITH NEARLY ONE IN FIVE STATIONS RUNNING DRY DURING EVACUATIONS.

SHIPS AND TANKERS ARE WORKING TO REFILL THOSE STATIONS IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

RELIEF IS MUCH NEEDED AS MILTON IS THE THIRD HURRICANE TO HIT FLORIDA THIS YEAR.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL HAVE CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE STATE.

SUNSHINE IS BACK TOMORROW, TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK WITH THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, SCHOOLS WILL WALK >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA PARKINSON'S DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP BROUGHT IN UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PHARMACIST NATALIE HEINRICH TO DISCUSS OPTIMAL MEDICATION OPTIONS DURING LAST WEEK'S MEETING.

PARKINSON'S DISEASE IMPACTS PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AFFECTING PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS WITH VARYING INTENSITY AND DIFFERING PERIODS OF TIME, WHICH IS WHY IT IS CRUCIAL FOR THOSE WITH P.D.

TO PRIORITIZE MEDICATION BEST SUITED FOR THEM AND DO ROUTINE EXERCISE.

>> MEDICATION IS IMPORTANT AND MY NEUROLOGIST WHEN SHE DIAGNOSED ME SAID YOU CAN TAKE MEDICATION.

THAT'S A CHOICE.

YOU HAVE TO EXERCISE.

IF YOU WANT TO EXERCISE EFFICIENTLY, TAKE MEDICATION.

SO, THEY GO HAND IN HAND.

>> THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA PARKINSON'S SUPPORT GROUP MEETS THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH AND ALSO HOSTS AN EXERCISE PROGRAM CALLED ROCK STEADY BOXING EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

>>> NOW WE HAVE STACY JOINING US FOR WEATHER.

WHAT DO WE HAVE?

>> Stacy: WE HAVE A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT.

IT WILL BRING US SOME CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND WE HAVE SUNSHINE IN STORE TOMORROW, WE W >> 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.

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>> 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, IT DEFINITELY FELT LIKE A SUMMER DAY OUTSIDE TODAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMBED INTO THE 70s AND 80s IN OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE HAVE A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE STATE TONIGHT.

IT WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER.

SUNSHINE IS BACK TOMORROW, TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER, AND IT LOOKS COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE FOR US AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

MORE ON YOUR FORECAST IN A SECOND.

THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, IT'S 66 AT THE AIRPORT IN BEMIDJI.

AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE A SOUTHWEST WIND AT 4 MILES PER HOUR.

46 IS OUR DEW POINT, HUMIDITY IS AT 47%.

IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 65 DEGREES, OUR DEW POINT IS 49, PRESSURE IS FALLING AND WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 9 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, WE DO HAVE A COLD FRONT THAT IS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE STATE TONIGHT, BY AND LARGE RESULTING IN SOME INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER, A LITTLE BIT OF UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, BUT WE ARE NOT SEEING A LOT OF THAT REACH THE GROUND, VERY UNLIKELY WE WILL SEE ANY PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

HOWEVER, CLOUDY SKIES ARE IN STORE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW MORNING, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, EXPECT TO SEE SUNNY SKIES RETURNING ACROSS THE AREA.

BEHIND THE COLD FRONT RIGHT THERE, THE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE COOLER, HIGHS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 60s, A FEW 50s TOMORROW, BUT COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE FOR US THIS WEEKEND.

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

LAURIE SPOTTING SOME BEAUTIFUL FALL COLORS NEAR LITTLE TURTLE LAKE AND JOAN IN LAPORTE SENDING US A PHOTO OF A TREE IN FULL COLOR OUT THERE IN LAPORTE.

ANGELA HAS THE SUNSET BEHIND THE CLOUDS AT STEAMBOAT LAKE.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE REPORTING 43 AND CALM CONDITIONS THIS MORNING IN MENAHGA.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNNY SKIES, TOPPING OUT AT 79.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, 82 FOR THE HIGH, WITH SUNSHINE TODAY.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST SKIES TONIGHT, A HIGH OF 81.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 78.

LOOKING AT THE ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 82, WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE, NOT A NEW RECORD.

WE DID FALL A FEW DEGREES SHY OF THE RECORD HIGH TEMP.

48 WAS THE LOW THIS MORNING AND SUNRISE AT 7:28.

IN BEMIDJI, WE TOPPED OUT AT 83 AND THAT SETS A NEW RECORD.

THE OLD RECORD WAS 81.

39 WAS OUR LOW THIS MORNING AND 6:40 WAS OUR SUNSET.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

WE COULD START OUT WITH A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS IN THE MORNING.

SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT UPPER 50s IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WITH LOW TO MID-60s ACROSS THE NORTH.

HEADING INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, ALSO AGAIN THAT SUNSHINE RETURNING AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD REACH THE MID-60s.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, WE WILL SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR 50, WITH WEST WINDS 5 TO 20.

TOMORROW, SKIES BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY, 62 FOR OUR HIGH, WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH AT 5 TO 20.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE REST OF OUR WEEKEND FORECAST.

WE DO HAVE A CHANCE OF SOME RAIN SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY AND THEN OFF TO THE EAST ON SUNDAY, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO COOL BY SUNDAY, HIGHS SHOULD BE NEAR 52 AND IT MAY BE COOLER ON MONDAY, WAKING UP TO AREAS OF FROST ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNING.

WE SHOULD BE IN THE MID-50s BY TUESDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Sydney: THANK YOU STACY.

NOW WE HAVE CHARLIE YAEGER JOINING US FOR SOME SPORTS.

LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOCCER GOING ON.

>> Charlie: SECTION SOCCER TOURNAMENT QUARTER FINALS FOR SECTION 8-3A AND TWO RIVALS DUKING IT OUT AT CHET ANDERSON STADIUM.

WE'LL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >> Charlie: FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, BRAINERD AND BEMIDJI BOYS SOCCER ARE MATCHED UP IN THE SECTION 8-3A TOURNAMENT.

BEMIDJI AND BRAINERD, TWO RIVALS NOT PLAYING FOR THE TRAVELING TROPHY BUT TO KEEP THEIR SEASON ALIVE.

AUSTIN SETS UP GABE AND HE STRIKES GOLD AS THE JUNIOR'S VARSITY GOAL.

JACKS LEAD 1-0.

WARRIORS GOT FEW CHANCES TONIGHT, PRESTON LOBS ONE INTO THE BOX, BUT LUMBERJACKS ARE ABLE TO CLEAR.

THEY REMAIN 1-0.

ISAAC GETS LOOSE FROM THE DEFENSE, NETS THE FIRST OF TWO GOALS FOR THE NIGHT, AND NOW HE'S THIRD ALL TIME FOR BEMIDJI'S GOALS SCORED.

NOW EASY MONEY, HIS SIXTH OF THE SEASON PUTS THE JACKS UP 4.

THE TWO SEEDED BEMIDJI GOES ON TO BEAT BRAINERD, 5-0, ENDING THE WARRIORS' SEASON.

LUMBERJACKS WILL HOST THEIR SEMIFINALS MATCH NEXT TUESDAY, WHO WILL PLAY MOORHEAD.

THE JACKS BEAT THE SPUDS IN BOTH MEETINGS DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.

>>> SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU, IN THE SEMIFINALS, IN 7-2A, HERMANTOWN BLANKS GRAND RAPIDS ON THE BOYS SIDE AND ON THE GIRLS SIDE, HERMANTOWN GETS THE WIN 2-1.

GRAND RAPIDS BEATS CLOQUET.

ROYALTON FALLS.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS AND SEBEKA ARE BOTH COLLECTING WINS.

AITKIN IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL BEATS INTERNATIONAL FALLS.

DETROIT LAKES GETS A WIN OVER LITTLE FALLS.

FOSSTON REMAINS UNDEFEATED, THEY'RE 7-0 WITH A 54-30 WIN.

MINNESOTA LYNX WINS FINALS GAME ONE IN OVERTIME.

THEY WERE 18 POINTS DOWN AND THEY OVERCOME WHAT IS TIED AS THE LARGEST DEFICIT IN FINALS HISTORY.

THE MINNESOTA WILD GET A WIN ON OPENING NIGHT.

>>> SHIFTING TO GIRLS TENNIS, BEMIDJI MADE IT THROUGH THE FIRST WEEKEND OF THE SECTION 8-2A TOURNAMENT REMAINING A PERFECT 24-0 HEADING INTO THE TEAM SEMIFINAL MATCHES WHICH BEGIN TOMORROW.

THE LUMBERJACKS WERE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION BEFORE IN 2012 BUT FELL SHORT OF THEIR GOAL OF REACHING THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

NEVER HAS A BAR BEEN SO HIGH FOR THE JACKS BUT THEY'RE STAYING GROUNDED AND READY TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP THEIR DREAM SEASON ALIVE.

>> IT'S REALLY COOL TO TELL PEOPLE THAT WE HAD AN UNDEFEATED SEASON BUT GOING INTO SECTIONS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR TEAM BRUSHES THAT THOUGHT ASIDE AND WE GO IN AS THOUGH WE'RE 0-0.

EVERYONE HAS BUILT UP SO MUCH CONFIDENCE AND STEPPED INTO NEW ROLES ON THE COURT.

YOU CAN JUST TELL THAT EVERYONE HAS BECOME MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WITH EACH OTHER.

WE HAVE SO MANY VERSATILE PLAYERS TOO THAT ARE ABLE TO STEP INTO NEW SPOTS.

>> I THINK IT REALLY HELPS US IMPROVE, NOT ONLY AS A TEAM, BUT INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL, TO TEST YOUR STRENGTHS AT DIFFERENT COURTS.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE OTHER GIRLS MOVING AROUND, THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING.

IT'S HONESTLY WHAT BUILT OUR TEAM UP THE MOST AND WHY WE'RE UNDEFEATED TODAY.

IT JUST SHOWS YOU'RE PUTTING THE TEAM FIRST AND NOT YOURSELF.

YOU PLAY GOOD.

>> Charlie: HERE'S WHAT THE BRACKET LOOKS LIKE.

BRAINERD WILL BE TAKING ON BECKER IN MATCH 2.

THOSE TWO WINNERS OF EACH MATCH WILL PLAY FRIDAY AT 4:00 P.M.

IN INDIVIDUAL DOUBLES, THESE ARE THE AREA TEAMS THAT MADE IT.

BEMIDJI WITH TWO TEAMS IN THERE, BRAINERD WITH ANOTHER DOUBLES TEAM, AND THEN IN THE INDIVIDUAL SINGLES, THE LONE AREA GIRL.

>>> FRIDAY NIGHT'S FOOTBALL GAME WILL MARK THE 79TH MEETING BETWEEN BEMIDJI AND BRAINERD AND IT WILL BE THE 7TH TIME THAT THEY WILL BATTLE FOR BABE'S BELL, ONE OF THE STATE'S MOST ICONIC TRAVELLING TROPHIES.

CURRENTLY THE WARRIORS ARE IN POSSESSION OF BABE'S BELL, HAVING WON IT THE LAST TWO YEARS RUNNING AND THEY'D LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO LOAD THAT TROPHY BACK ON THE BUS AND CELEBRATE ALL 98 MILES TO BRAINERD.

>> IT'S JUST A HUGE PART IN THE CHAPTER OF OUR SENIOR CLASS.

WE HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME ADVERSITY AND THIS WOULD BE A HUGE TROPHY.

FROM THE FANS TO THE PLAYERS, EVERYONE INVOLVED.

IT GOES BACK TO HOCKEY, FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, IT EMBODIES MINNESOTA SPORTS.

>> IT MEANS A LOT TO THE RIVALRY IN MINNESOTA.

YEAH, I JUST REALLY ENJOYED PLAYING THEM.

WE HAVEN'T WON UP THERE IN A WHILE SO IT WOULD BE FUN TO WIN.

>> THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF TRAVELLING TO BRAINERD TWO YEARS IN A ROW AND COMING BACK EMPTY HANDED BUT THIS YEAR THEY WILL PLAY AT HOME WHERE THEY HAVE NOT LOST TO THE WARRIORS SINCE 2010 AND THE JACKS ARE HOPING TO CONTINUE THAT STREAK TOMORROW.

>> A LOT OF THE ALUMNI ARE GOING TO BE THERE.

I WAS TALKING TO SOME OF THEM YESTERDAY.

IT WOULD BE FUN.

>> IT MEANS A LOT TO OUR TEAM.

WE PRETEND TO WIN THE BELL BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT.

>> WE WANT TO VISUALIZE IT SO WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN WE DO WIN IT.

I REMEMBER IT BEING IN OUR SCHOOL AND I HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN A WHILE.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE IT EVERYDAY.

>> Charlie: HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN BATTLING FOR BABE'S BELL.

IT START IN 2018.

BEMIDJI WON IT THE FIRST FOUR TIMES AND BRAINERD TAKEN IT THE LAST TWO AT HOME.

TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS.

>>> PEQUOT LAKES FOOTBALL IS PUTTING ON A CLINIC IN 2024, OPENING THE SEASON 6-0, EARNING A TOP-THREE RANKING IN CLASS 3A.

NOW UNDER TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM SECTIONS TIME, REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE ON WHAT IS POWERING THE PATRIOTS BEST START IN OVER A DECADE.

>> Reporter: ALL THE PATRIOTS HAVE DONE IN 2024 IS WIN, WIN, WIN.

DECISIVELY TOO.

OWNING A POINT DIFFERENTIAL OF 37 POINTS PER GAME AND IT STEM FROM THEIR DOMINANCE IN THE TRENCHES.

>> IT'S NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH.

YOU DON'T HAVE A LINE THAT HAS THREE OR FOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND THEY ARE ABLE TO KEEP BLOWING OPEN THE HOLES.

ONCE YOU GET PAST THE 4 OR 5 YARDS, YOU MAKE THOSE CUTS, 10 TO 15 YARDS DOWN THE FIELD AND YOU HAVE A FEW MEN TO BREAK LOOSE.

>> Reporter: THEIR ABILITY TO BLOCK ALLOWS THEM TO ESTABLISH AN IDENTITY.

>> WE CAN GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BONE AND WE CAN SPREAD THEM OUT.

>> EMPTY SETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WE CAN PASS THE BALL AND RUN.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO ATTACK OUR OFFICE.

>> Reporter: PEQUOT LAKES FOOTBALL IS GETTING ACTIVE ON DRS.

-- DEFENSE AS WELL.

THEY'RE ALREADY ACCOUNTING FOR THREE SHUTOUTS.

>> IT STARTS OUT FRONT AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB OF THIS BY SHUTTING PEOPLE DOWN.

WE PLAY IN A RUN HEAVY SCHEDULE.

OUR FRONT 7, IT STARTS WITH THEM.

>> WE HAVE 175 YARDS PASSING ON US THROUGH 6 GAMES, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS.

OUR SECONDARY IS REALLY GOOD.

OUR LINEBACKERS ARE GOOD.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY HOLES IN OUR DEFENSE.

>> Reporter: BUT THE PATRIOTS KNOW THE JOB IS NOT FINISH.

FOR THEM TO RETURN TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

IT'S ALL ABOUT MENTALITY.

>> PLAY WITH NO REGRETS.

>> WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THE MINDSET THAT EVERY WEEK IS A NEW WEEK.

JUST KEEP IMPROVING.

>> REPORTING IN PEQUOT LAKES, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Charlie: THEY PLAY ON THE ROAD FOR THEIR FINAL TWO GAMES.

>> Sydney: THANK YOU SO MUCH CHARLIE FOR YOUR SPORTS.

NOW IT IS NATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL DAY.

IT ORIGINALLY BEGAN IN 1977 AND FALLS ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY IN OCTOBER.

WHEN LAPORTE SCHOOLS FIGURED OUT THE INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY OCCURRED DURING THEIR HOMECOMING WEEK, LAPORTE SCHOOL OFFICIALS KNEW EXACTLY HOW TO CELEBRATE.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE.

>> Reporter: THIS WEEK AT LAPORTE PUBLIC SCHOOL, IT'S HOMECOMING WEEK, SO IT MEANS FUN FESTIVITIES.

MONDAY STUDENTS TOOK PART IN TWIN DAY, FOLLOWED BY A PINK-OUT.

FOR WEDNESDAY, KIDS GOT TO WEAR THEIR WESTERN GEAR AND CELEBRATED A NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN WALK TO SCHOOL DAY.

>> THIS WAS HOMECOMING WEEK FOR US AND IT HAPPENED TO BE NATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL DAY.

THOSE TWO THINGS OVERLAPPED.

WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH HOMECOMING, IT WAS PERFECT TIMING TOO.

GET ALL THE CHAOS DONE IN ONE WEEK AND GET BACK TO NORMAL NEXT WEEK.

>> THIS IS NATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL DAY AND MINNESOTA WAS PROMOTING IT TOO.

WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GET IN ON THE FUN.

>> Reporter: NATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL DAY INVOLVES COMMUNITIES FROM MORE THAN 40 COUNTRIES AND HAS BECOME PART OF A MOVEMENT ON SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.

>> WE ARE WORKING ON SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.

IT'S TO IMPROVE SAFETY FOR WALKERS OR BIKERS COMING TO SCHOOL THROUGHOUT MINNESOTA.

WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND THIS CAME UP AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A FUN THING TO PROMOTE WALKING TO SCHOOL, BIKING TO SCHOOL IN A SAFE WAY.

>> Reporter: STUDENTS G.T.A.

EARTH AT FIRST RESPONDERS STATIONS TO MEET AT PAUL BUNYAN TRAIL, AND THEN THEY BEGAN WALKING TO THE SCHOOL, WAVING TO FIRST RESPONDERS ALONG THE WAY.

>> WE LOVE BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND PART OF THINGS HERE.

JUST DOING IT AS A BIG GROUP IS ALWAYS GREAT.

>> IT'S FUN TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.

ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ENJOY SEEING THE KIDS AND GETTING TO WORK WITH THE KIDS WITH DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WITH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES THAT WE WERE DOING.

>> Reporter: SCHOOL OFFICIALS WANTED TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS THAT CHOOSE TO WALK OR BIKE TO SCHOOL DO SO SAFELY.

>> WE WANTED TO PROMOTE KIDS WALKING OR BIKING TO SCHOOL FOR A LONG TIME.

ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL TRAILS IS DOWN THE HILL AND THE LAST STRETCH, IT'S CROSSING THE HIGHWAY.

I DON'T WANT KIDS DOING IT WITHOUT ADULTS SUPERVISING.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN LAPORTE FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Sydney: THANK YOU EVERYONE SO MUCH FOR WATCHING AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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