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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 SECOND MONDAY IN OCTOBER IS KNOWN AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY, A DAY TO CELEBRATE AND REMEMBER NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE IN OPPOSITION TO THE CELEBRATION OF COLUMBUS DAY.

THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS PARTNERED WITH THE MAC ROSTIE ART CENTER TO HOLD A SPECIAL EVENT TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN ATTENDED THE EVENT AND HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE, BUT TO PROTEST THE 500th ANNIVERSARY OF COLUMBUS DAY, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY WAS RECOGNIZED AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OPPRESSION AND GENOCIDE THEY FACED.

THAT'S WHY THEY PARTNER WITH THE ART CENTER TO HOLD AN EVENT FOR THE HISTORIC DAY.

>> A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE ACTION TO BE MORE EDUCATIONAL AND BRING AN AWARENESS TO THE GREATER COMMUNITY AT-LARGE ABOUT THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY.

>> IT'S A BIG DAY.

IT'S A DAY TO CELEBRATE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, THEIR CULTURE, TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER.

ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN ONE SPOT.

>> Reporter: THEY WERE ONE OF THE FIRST COMMUNITIES TO RECOGNIZE TO RECOGNIZE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY AND THE MAYOR HOLD AS PROCLAMATION TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ANNUAL HOLIDAY.

>> GRAND RAPIDS UNDERSTANDS THAT IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE THE STRENGTHS AND RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THAT OTHER PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS SHOULD CHANGE THEIR POLICIES AND PRACTICES TO BETTER REFLECT THEIR EXPERIENCES OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN PEOPLE AND UPLIFT OUR COUNTRY'S INDIGENOUS ROOTS, HISTORY, AND CONTRIBUTIONS.

>> Reporter: THIS GIVES ATTENDEES TO LOOK AT THE NATIVE ART STYLES AND GAIN SOME SKILLS IN LACROSSE, WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED STICK BALL.

ALONG WITH A HOOP DANCE PERFORMANCE TO TOP OFF THE DAY'S EVENTS.

>> WE DO A TRADITIONAL, MIXED WITH AN INDIGENOUS PERFORMANCE.

IT SPANS THE GAP AND IT REACHES A LARGER AUDIENCE, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN FIND SOMETHING THAT THEY FIND INTERESTING ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: OVER 200 STUDENTS ATTENDED THE EVENT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT NATIVE CULTURE.

SEEING THE KIDS SO INTERESTED IS WHAT STUCK OUT SO MOST TO THOSE WHO WERE PART OF THE EVENT.

>> WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I WAS NEVER ABLE TO DO ANY OF THIS STUFF.

IT WAS ON THE BACK BURNER.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.

IT'S AWESOME TO SEE ALL THESE KIDS GET IMMERSED IN THE CULTURE.

YOU KNOW, KIDS THAT ARE 3 OR 4 YEARS OLD, THEY'RE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES IN OJIBWA AND KNOWING THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT REALLY MAKES MY HEART FLY TODAY.

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

>> SEVERAL OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE INCLUDING BRAINERD ALSO HOSTED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY EVENTS TODAY.

>>> A 48-YEAR-OLD MINNEAPOLIS MAN DIED IN AN A.T.V.

CRASH NEAR PARK RAPIDS ON SATURDAY.

THE BECKER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS JEREMY PAUL MICKELSON CRASHED IN WOLF LAKE TOWNSHIP ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF PARK RAPIDS.

MICKELSON DIED AT THE SCENE DESPITE LIFE SAVING EFFORTS FROM EMERGENCY RESPONDERS.

>>> TWO JUDGES IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT WILL BE RETIRING AND THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL SELECTION ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IT IS RECOMMENDING FOUR CANDIDATES FOR CONSIDERATION TO FILL THE VACANCIES HONORABLE ROBERT D. TIFFANY AND THE HONORABLE KOREY WAHWASSUCK CURRENTLY HOLD SEATS CHAMBERED IN PARK RAPIDS AND GRAND RAPIDS.

THE CANDIDATES NAMED TO POTENTIALLY FILL THOSE SEATS AFTER TIFFANY AND WAHWASSUCK RETIRE INCLUDE: HEATHER LABAT WHO IS AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF BEMIDJI, WHERE SHE PROSECUTES MISDEMEANOR AND GROSS MISDEMEANOR CASES.

KATHRYN LORSBACH WHO IS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IN THE CLEARWATER COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHERE SHE HANDLES A BROAD RANGE OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL MATTERS.

JORDAN OLSEN WHO IS A MANAGING ATTORNEY IN THE ITASCA COUNTY AND KOOCHICHING COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICES IN THE 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

AND KIMBERLY WIMMER WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF TRUSTAR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, WHERE SHE ASSISTS WITH THE OVERALL LEADERSHIP OF THE CREDIT UNION AND OVERSEES ALL LEGAL MATTERS FOR ITS SIX BRANCHES IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

>>> THERE IS A MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE IN THE WORKS FOR THE BRAINED PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT.

FOLLOWING A BRAINERD SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LATE LAST MONTH, THE BOARD'S STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES COMMITTEE IS NOW EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER ADDRESSING STUDENTS' MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THE BRAINERD SCHOOL BOARD'S ACTION CALLS FOR A MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE.

THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPRESSED CONCERNS FOR STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN 2020.

>> POST PANDEMIC, SOME OF THOSE BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES HAVE SPIKED.

IT APPEARS TO HAVE LEVELED OFF, THAT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE.

WE DON'T WANT TO BE LEVELED OFF FROM THE HIGH LEVEL, BUT GET BACK TO WHERE WE WERE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

>> Reporter: AND THOSE IN THE SCHOOLS BELIEVE THE MENTAL HEALTH DISCUSSION TIES INTO THE CELL PHONE DISCUSSION, ANOTHER POLICY THAT THE BOARD IS WORKING ON.

>> WE KNOW THAT ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND ALSO WITH ADULTS.

THERE IS A LOT OF TIME BEING SPENT AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD SEE THE EVIDENCE THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE, HOW WE FEEL MENTALLY, AND ALSO IT COULD IMPACT OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH AS WELL.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE 2022 MINNESOTA STATE SURVEY, 29% OF STUDENTS REPORTED GREATER STRUGGLES WITH MENTAL HEALTH THAN ANY OTHER TIME SINCE FIRST RECORDING THE DATA IN 1989, WITH THOSE CONSIDERING SUICIDE JUMPING TO 20%.

>> NOT BEING AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD, I HAVE SEEN ENROLLMENT CHALLENGES, CHALLENGES WITH STUDENT BEHAVIOR.

IT'S A QUESTION OF WHERE DO YOU TACKLE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WHAT ROLE DOES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PLAY IN THAT?

>> Reporter: LEARNING THAT THEY ARE TAKING ACTION TO QUELL CONCERNS FOR STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH, THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE HAS BEEN MORE THAN ENCOURAGING.

>> I HAD A FEW COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONTACT ME AND WANT TO BE PART OF IT.

THEY FEEL VERY COMMITTED TO BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION.

I ALSO KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN BEING MORE INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THE SUPPORTS THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING.

WE WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: THE BRAINERD SCHOOL BOARD DOES NOT HAVE A DEFINITIVE DATE FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE BUT THE BOARD IS HOPEFUL IT WILL BE READY BY THE WINTER.

>> PEOPLE IN FLORIDA ARE PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER HURRICANE MILTON SWEPT ACROSS THE STATE LAST WEEK, HOWEVER A SHORTAGE OF GAS AND MASS POWER OUTAGES ARE HAMPERING THOSE EFFORTS.

MEANWHILE, MISINFORMATION AND THREATS IN HURRICANE STRICKEN NORTH CAROLINA ARE SLOWING EFFORTS THERE.

LEIGH WALDMAN HAS THE LATEST.

>> Reporter: AFTER BACK TO BACK HURRICANES SWEPT THROUGH FLORIDA, PEOPLE LIVING THERE ARE STRUGGLING TO SIFT THROUGH THE DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND.

>> SO MUCH DAMAGE WAS DONE.

THERE WAS LESS FOR MILTON TO DO.

>> Reporter: HINDERED BY GAS SHORTAGES IN SARASOTA WHERE MILTON MADE LANDFALL, ABOUT 50% OF GAS STATIONS HAVE NO FUEL AS OF MONDAY AFTERNOON.

ACCORDING TO GASBUDDY.

JOE BIDEN TOURED THE AREA MONDAY TO DISCUSS RECOVERY EFFORT.

>> FEMA DELIVERED 1.2 MILLION MEALS, OVER 300,000 LITERS OF WATER.

>> Reporter: AS OF MONDAY MORNING, JUST UNDER 400,000 CUSTOMERS ACROSS THE STATE ARE WITHOUT POWER, DOWN FROM A PEAK OF 3 MILLION.

>> ABOUT 75% OF THE POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED ACROSS FLORIDA AND MOST BELIEVING THAT BY THE END OF TUESDAY, THE VAST MAJORITY WILL BE ONLINE.

>> Reporter: MEANWHILE IN NORTH CAROLINA, SOME FEMA TEAMS ARE HAVING TO PULL BACK ON DOOR-TO-DOOR OUTREACH BECAUSE THEY ARE FACING THREATS.

IN A STATEMENT, A FEMA SPOKESPERSON SAID FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR DEDICATED STAFF AND THE DISASTER SURVIVORS WE'RE HELPING, FEMA HAS MADE SOME OPERATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS.

DISASTER RECOVERY CENTERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE OPENED AS SCHEDULED.

>> MOODY'S ANALYTICS ON SATURDAY ESTIMATED ECONOMIC COSTS FROM THE STORM WILL RANGE FROM $50 BILLION TO $85 BILLION, INCLUDING UPWARDS OF $70 BILLION IN PROPERTY DAMAGE AND AN ECONOMIC OUTPUT LOSS OF UP TO $15 BILLION.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL SEE COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIDESPREAD FROST IN THE AREA TONIGHT, AND A FREEZE WARNING IS OUT FOR A PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE FIRST EVER NORTHWOODS MAKERS MARKET TOOK PLACE THIS WEEKEND AT BELTRAMI ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.

LOCAL VENDORS GATHERED TO SELL THEIR PRODUCTS AS WELL AS RAISE MONEY FOR THE UNITED WAY.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THE PERFECT PLACE TO FIND HOME DECLARATIONS, CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, OR EVEN JUST A HOMEMADE SNACK, ALL TYPES OF DIFFERENT VENDORS GATHERED AT THE NORTHWOODS MAKERS MARKET ON SATURDAY.

>> THIS ONE IS ALL ABOUT MAKERS AND ALL ABOUT LOCAL CRAFTERS AND GETTING THEM TOGETHER, AND REALLY SUPPORTING THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT YOU KNOW, CRAFT THINGS, SELL DIFFERENT THINGS.

>> Reporter: THE $1 ENTRY FEE AND THE BOOTH FEE FROM THE OVER 80 VENDORS ALL WENT TOWARDS THE UNITED WAY.

>> TOGETHER WITH PAUL BUNYAN BROADCASTING FOR THIS FALL EVENT FOR THE UNITED WAY, WE'RE HOPING TO DO THIS ANNUALLY EVERY YEAR IN THE FALL.

>> Reporter: THE MONEY RAISED FROM THE EVENT IS ALL GOING TOWARDS THE UNITED WAY, A COMMUNITY-BASED NON-PROFIT.

>> WE HAVE A CAMPAIGN AT BELTRAMI DISTRICT AND PAUL BUNYAN BROADCASTING AS THE BOOSTER FOR THE UNITED WAY.

WE KICK OFF THEIR CAMPAIGN EVERY YEAR.

WE DO DIFFERENT EVENTS TO RAISE MONEY, TO LAUNCH THEIR ANNUAL CAMPAIGN AND SO A LOT OF THESE FUNDS GO BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY, DIFFERENT SMALL NON-PROFITS AND BUSINESSES THAT NEED SUPPORT, THEY MAKE APPLICATIONS TO THE UNITED WAY FOR FUNDING EACH YEAR.

THEY SUPPORT THEM.

>> Reporter: THIS WAS THE FIRST EVER MAKERS MARKET AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THEY HAD 742 CUSTOMERS IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING.

>> WE HAD A REALLY GREAT TURNOUT.

IT WAS SLOW IN THE MORNING WHEN IT WAS RAINING, BUT IT REALLY PICKED UP.

WE SAW PEOPLE SAYING THEY WERE EXCITED AND A LOT OF HOLIDAY SHOPPING DONE AND BIRTHDAY GIFT SPOTS AND REALLY SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY.

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

>> ALTHOUGH THE FINAL NUMBERS OF FUNDS RAISED ARE NOT OUT YET, THE MARKET GOT $900 FROM ADMISSIONS ALONE AND ALONG WITH THE VENDOR FEES AND FOOD TRUCK DONATIONS, BELTRAMI ELECTRIC SAID THAT IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL YEAR AND THEY CAN'T WAIT TO MAKE THIS AN ANNUAL EVENT.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER.

WELL, WE KNEW WE WOULD EVENTUALLY SEE COOLER AND COLDER WEATHER AND WE FINALLY GOT IT.

>> Stacy: WE ARE SEEING SOME COLDER TEMPERATURES.

WE ACTUALLY HAD REPORTS OF SOME SNOWFLAKES FALLING TODAY.

WE ARE STARTING TO GET INTO THAT SEASON.

WE DO HAVE SOME VERY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECT IN THE AREA TONIGHT, A FREEZE WARNING IS OUT FOR A PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA, SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT >> 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, IT WAS CLOUDY TODAY.

WE HAD SOME RAIN SHOWERS, EVEN REPORTS OF A FEW SNOWFLAKES ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WE WILL SEE A CLEARING TREND AND MORE CLEAR SKIES IN THE AREA.

WE WILL SEE SOME COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIDESPREAD FROST ACROSS THE AREA BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE REST OF THE WEEK, WE SHOULD SEE A WARM UP.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 34 DEGREES.

AT THE STUDIO, NORTH WINDS ARE AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

THE DEW POINT IS 31.

WE PICKED UP 0.02-INCH OF RAINFALL.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 38 DEGREES, 35 IS OUR DEW POINT, PRESSURE IS RISING AND WINDS ARE NORTH AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

A FREEZE WARNING IS OUT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 10:00 A.M. ON TUESDAY.

WE'RE EXPECTING SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 20s IN THIS REGION.

SO THAT AGAIN WILL RESULT IN THE WIDESPREAD FROST AND A QUICK NOTE, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ONLY ISSUES FROST ADVISORIES AND FREEZE WARNINGS UNTIL THE FIRST HARD FREEZE, SO THAT'S WHY SOME OF THE COUNTIES ARE NOT INCLUDE IN THAT WARNING AREA, DESPITE SOME COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

ON THE RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME PRECIPITATION TODAY AND A LITTLE BIT OUT THERE.

IT SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

SKIES WILL START TO CLEAR OUT.

WE'RE EXPECTING CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE 20s AND WIDESPREAD FROST THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE AREA.

FOR TOMORROW, HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING THAT SUNNY SKY CONTINUING TOMORROW.

AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES, A WARMING TREND AND EXPECT HIGHS TO BE A LITTLE BIT CHILLY TOMORROW.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, GORGEOUS MORNING SKIES AND A LITTLE BIT OF FOG FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

WE HAVE SOME ROUGH WATERS ON LAKE MILLE LACSES FROM RACHEL AND LISA SENDING US THE PHOTOS OF THE CLOUDY SKIES.

SAMROSE WITH A PICTURE OF THE BLUE SIES PEEKING THROUGH THE NARROWS.

LAURIE WITH A LOON TAKING A SWIM ON LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

A BEAUTIFUL EVENING SKY FROM JUDY AND BILL.

JANICE SENDING US THE PHOTO OF TONIGHT'S SKY.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, FROSTY AND CALM THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON HAD A LOW OF 27.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, RAIN, A GLOOMY DAY WITH A HIGH OF 39.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY AND 46.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST, OR AT OUR ALMANAC, 52 IS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD, SO A LITTLE BIT ON THE SCHOOL SIDE.

WE HAD A LOW THIS MORNING OF 29.

THEN IN BEMIDJI, 40 WAS ALL WE COULD MANAGE FOR OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE, A LOW OF 26 AND 632 WAS OUR SUNSET.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40s TO LOW 50s, SO STILL ON THE COOL SIDE.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID-50s.

CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, LOWS DOWN TO 27 AND FOR TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, STILL LOOKING AT THE WIDESPREAD FROST THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, 51 FOR THE HIGH AND VARIABLE WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, PRETTY QUIET THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK.

WE SEE A GENERAL WARMING TREND WITH HIGHS ON THURSDAY NEAR 67.

WE COULD SEE A FEW CHANCES OF RAIN AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, SHOULD CLEAR OUT BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND, HIGHS ON SUNDAY NEAR 67.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: CHARLIE IS HERE.

A GOOD DAY TO BE RUNNING OUTSIDE.

>> Charlie: YEAH, IT WAS RAINING EARLIER, BUT IT DID CLEAR UP JUST IN TIME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY.

BEMIDJI IS HOSTING THEIR ANNUAL BEMIDJI INVITE UP HERE AS THE SEASON WINDS DOWN FOR CROSS COUNTRY.

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

[♪♪♪] >> 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 HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY SEASON IS NEARING ITS END WITH SECTION MEETS BEGINNING NEXT WEEK.

TODAY, BEMIDJI BOYS AND GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY HOSTED THEIR ANNUAL INVITE AT GREENWOOD GOLF COURSE.

IT'S THE LUMBERJACKS LAST MEET BEFORE THE SECTION 8-3A CHAMPIONSHIPS.

NEVIS, ROSEAU, CLEARBROOK-GONVICK, TREK-NORTH, AND THE BAGLEY-FOSSTON CO-OP WERE A FEW OF THE OTHER LOCALS SCHOOLS RUNNING AS WELL.

WE'LL START WITH THE BOYS.

ASHER MUNSTENTIGER WAS ROSEAUS TOP FINISHER IN 18-MINUTES 9-SECONDS, GOOD ENOUGH FOR 15TH OVERALL.

NOT FAR BEHIND WAS BAGLEY-FOSSTON'S EASTON GILBERSTON AND JOSEPH BAUMANN WHO FINISHED 26TH AND 27TH RESPECTIVELY.

AND CROSSING THE LINE FIRST FOR BEMIDJI AND THIRD OVERALL WAS CALEB NOT, 17-MINUTES AND 20-SECONDS.

SWITCHING TO THE GIRLS, CLEARBROOK-GONVICKS TOP FINISHERS AVA LARSON AND ISABELLA KROG PACED EACH OTHER TO A 14TH AND 15TH PLACE FINISH OVERALL.

ROSEAU'S MEGAN DELANY CROSSED FIRST FOR THE RAM'S AND 21ST OVERALL IN 21-MINUTES 47-SECONDS.

AND FINISHING FIRST FOR BEMIDJI AND SECOND OVERALL WAS FRESHMAN CHLOE DERBY, 19-MINUTES AND 38-SECONDS IS WHAT IT TOOK HER.

JUST 11 SECONDS BEHIND JACKI JOHNSON OF MOORHEAD WHO FINISHED FIRST OVERALL, HELPING THE SPUDS TO A FIRST PLACE FINISH AS A TEAM AS WELL.

BEMIDJI GIRLS COMING IN THIRD.

LOOKING AT THE BOYS TEAM RESULTS.

MOORHEAD RULED THE DAY.

BEMIDJI COMING IN SECOND WITH ROSEAU AND BAGLEY-FOSSTON ROUNDING OUT THE TOP SIX.

>>> WELL THE ANNUAL BEMIDJI BLUE OX MARATHON WAS THIS PAST WEEKEND, WITH RUNNERS FROM 32 DIFFERENT STATES AND 4-CANDIAN PROVINCES PARTICIPATING IN NUMEROUS RUNS AT VARIOUS LENGTHS RANGING FROM A 5K ON FRIDAY TO THE MARATHON ITSELF ON SATURDAY MORNING.

LAST YEAR'S MARATHON WINNER, BEMIDJI LOCAL JESSE PRINCE, WON THE MEN'S 26K LAKE LOOP, FINISHING IN 1-HOUR AND 40-MINUTES.

WHILE DAWN FAIRCHILD FROM GRAND RAPIDS WAS THE WOMEN'S TOP LAKE LOOP FINISHER IN 2-HOURS AND 5-MINUTES.

IN THE MEN'S MARATHON, IT WAS BENJAMIN DREXLER OF MINNEAPOLIS WHO WOULD TAKE FIRST PLACE IN A TIME OF 2-HOURS AND 38-MINUTES.

LAST YEAR HE FINISHED 2ND TO PRINCE AND THIS YEAR HE WAS ONLY GOING TO RUN THE LAKE LOOP BEFORE SWITCHING TO THE MARATHON JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE RACE BEGAN.

>> THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT AND I WAS GOING TO RUN 23 TO 24 MILES ANY WAY.

WHEN THE WEATHER IS THIS GOOD, SOMETIMES YOU JUST GO FOR IT.

IT'S LIKE A SHOCK.

I DID NOT TAPER, I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF A CYCLE, AND IT'S A DREAM.

>> LIKE I WANTED ONE OF THOSE BIG AXES.

I HAD MY EYE ON ONE EVERY YEAR AND ONLY ONE PERSON GETS ONE.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD DAY.

I'M STILL IN DISBELIEF.

>> IN THE WOMEN'S MARATHON, ELLYSSA PETERSON OF NASHWAUK NOT ONLY FINISHED FIRST BUT SET A NEW WOMEN'S BLUE OX MARATHON RECORD, FINISHING IN 2-HOURS AND 54-MINUTES, BREAKING AMY WILL'S RECORD OF 2-HOURS AND 57-MINUTES SET AT LAST YEAR'S MARATHON.

>> IT FEELS REALLY AWESOME.

I JUST KEPT THINKING ABOUT ALL THE KIDS I COACH.

THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYERS AND WE TALK ABOUT MAMBA MENTALITY.

I WAS THINKING OF THAT WHILE I WAS RUNNING.

WHEN IT STARTED HURTING, I WAS THINKING MAMBA MENTALITY.

IT FEELS AWESOME TO COME OUT HERE AND WIN.

I HAD NO IDEA THAT I WAS ANYWHERE NEAR THE RECORD.

>>> BENJAMIN OWNS AN AX AND THE SECOND FASTEST MEN'S TIME IN BLUE OX HISTORY AND ALYSSA PETERSON IS ONLY THE SECOND WOMAN TO RUN A SUB-THREE HOUR MARATHON AT THE BLUE OX.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE MEN'S HOCKEY HAD THEIR HOME OPENER ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

THEY WERE HOSTING 16TH RANKED SAINT CLOUD STATE.

THE BEAVERS HONORING FORMER HEAD COACH R.H. BOB PETERS PRE-GAME WITH A VIDEO OF THE LATE COACH, HIS WIFE LOU HANDLING THE PUCK DROP.

SPECIAL MOMENT ON TO THE ACTION.

FIRST PERIOD, HUSKIES OPENING UP THE SCORING ON A POWER PLAY.

AUSTIN BURNEVIK ONE TIMER OFF THE TYSON GROSS PASS, HIS 3RD OF THE YEAR.

IT'S 1-0.

AHEAD TO THE SECOND, PUCK SKIPS OUT TO AN UNGUARDED WILL MAGNUSSEN, 5-HOLE TO NET HIS FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON AND WE'RE TIED AT ONE.

BUT THE HUSKIES WOULD TAKE BACK THE LEAD 2-1.

THEN COLIN RALPH CLEANS UP THE LOOSE PUCK AND STICKS IT IN THE NET.

THEY NOW LEAD 3-1.

IN THE THIRD, BEAVS WITH A POWER PLAY OF THEIR OWN.

CARTER RANDKLEV FINDS CAPTAIN JACKSON JUTTING AT THE BACK DOOR, PULLS BSU TO WITHIN ONE.

BUT THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO FIND ANOTHER.

BEMIDJI STATE FALLS TO SAINT CLOUD STATE 3-2.

BEAVERS ARE 1-2 THROUGH THEIR FIRST THREE GAMES, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN DECIDED BY ONE POINT, AND ALL AGAINST RANKED COMPETITION.

STILL, THEY'D LIKE TO BE PLAYING BETTER.

>> WE PLAYED SOME GOOD TEAMS.

EVERY GAME IS A DOGFIGHT.

EVERY GAME IS HARD.

THERE ARE NO EASY GAMES.

EVERYBODY IS GOOD.

YOU HAVE TO BE BETTER THAN GOOD.

MY BROTHER FRANK SAID EARLIER, IF YOU WANT TO BE GOOD, THERE ARE A LOT OF ONE GOAL LOSSES.

EVERYBODY IS GOOD IN COLLEGE HOCKEY.

THERE IS ANOTHER LEVEL.

>> ONE GUY PLAYING AT THAT LEVEL FOR BSU IS CARTER RANDKLEV.

THE TRANSFER FROM NIAGARA HAD 3-POINTS THIS WEEKEND ON A PLUS-2 RATING EARNING HIM CCHA FORWARD OF THE WEEK.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN'S HOCKEY FINISHING THEIR SERIES AT HOME AGAINST ST.

CLOUD STATE ON SATURDAY.

BEAVERS LOST 1-0 ON FRIDAY.

AVERY SHOT BLOCKED AND THEN THE PUCK RICOCHETS THROUGH THE CREASE, A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

SCORELESS THROUGH 1.

NOW ALICE HAD THE LOAN GOAL FOR THE HUSKIES ON FRIDAY, AND ST.

CLOUD IS UP 1-0.

BEAVERS HAD SEVERAL CHANCES TO TIE IT BUT AMELIA WAS A PUZZLE THEY COULD NOT SOLVE.

BEMIDJI STATE FALLS 2-0.

THEY ALSO FELL IN VOLLEYBALL AS WELL, 3-1 IN SIOUX FALLS.

IN WOMEN'S SOCCER, THEY GET A WIN.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THIS WINTER, MANY MINNESOTANS HOPE TO RETURN TO A NORMAL ICE FISHING SEASON.

A PINE RIVER FATHER AND SON BELIEVE THEY HAVE DEVELOPED SOMETHING THAT WILL ALLOW FOR MORE SPEED TO SET UP AT YOUR FAVORITE SPOT.

THEY CALL IT THE GO FULL TILT RAPID DEPLOYMENT SHELTER.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY SPOKE WITH THE DUO FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: LEGION SON IS AN AVID FISHERMEN AND IN HIS EXPERIENCE, HE FOUND THAT MANY ICE FISHING TRAILERS COULD BE IMPROVED UPON.

SOME OF HIS PROBLEMS IS THE FABRIC USED IN CONVENTIONAL TRAILERS AND OTHER ISSUES WITH PORTABLES.

THIS LED HIM TO DEVELOP A PORTABLE SHELTER THAT IS MOBILE AND EASY TO SET UP.

>> I DECIDED TO DO ONE OR DEVELOP ONE THAT WOULD STILL BE COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE UNDER ANY CONDITIONS.

IT'S FULLY INSULATED, HARD SIDED, AND I WANTED SOMETHING REALLY EASY TO SET UP, EASY TO MOVE, ALLOWS YOU TO BE REAL PORTABLE AND GO ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO ON THE LAKE.

>> Reporter: GO FULL TILT IS DESIGNED TO BE LIGHTWEIGHT.

THIS LACK OF BULK, ALONG WITH THE EASE OF SETTING UP AND BREAKING DOWN ALLOWS THEM TO EXTEND THEIR ICE FISHING SEASON AND NAVIGATE THROUGH ANY AREA OF A LAKE.

>> STAYING LATE IN THE SEASON WHEN OTHER MOBILE-TYPE FISH HOUSES AREN'T ABLE TO GET OUT THERE.

THE APPROACH IS THE LAKES, THE LANDING, CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING FOR A LOT OF UNITS.

THIS ONE CAN GO VIRTUALLY ANYWHERE.

>> Reporter: NOW THE FULL TILT RAPID DEPLOYMENT SHELTER IS STILL JUST A PROTOTYPE BUT THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY HAVE HEARD HAS BEEN ENCOURAGING SO FAR.

>> IT'S DEFINITELY A REAL POSITIVE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE HEARING, ESPECIALLY FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE REAL SERIOUS FISHERMEN.

PEOPLE SAY I'M SELLING MY OTHER SIDE BY SIDE AND GET ONE THAT I CAN PUT THIS ON.

LIKE, WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THAT FEEDBACK AND THAT REACTION, AND SEE WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: THE JOHNSONS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS IN THEIR FREE TIME.

THE EVER FLOWING TINKERING AND ADJUSTMENT S REQUIRE ATTENTION.

WHEN WORK IS NEEDED, THE JOHNSONS SEE IT AS FAMILY TIME.

>> IT'S AN IMPORTANT FACTOR OF THE WHOLE PROCESS TO ME.

WE'RE LUCKY BECAUSE I HAVE TWO SONS AND THEY LIVE WITHIN A HALF MILE OF US.

WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE GRANDKIDS AND TO THE SONS,rd AND -- AND I WORK WITH BOTH OF THEM UNDER VARIOUS PROJECTS.

I FEEL FORTUNATE WE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.

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

>> THE JOHNSONS EXPECT A FEW MORE YEARS COULD PASS BEFORE FINDING A MANUFACTURER.

IF YOU WISH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE GO FULL TILT RAPID DEPLOYMENT SHELTER, THE JOHNSONS WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

AN EMAIL ADDRESS TO REACH THEM WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR US TONIGHT.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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