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>> Announcer: LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10.

WE'RE 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.

HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES ARE CURRENTLY AT THEIR LOWEST POINT SINCE 2019, ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT CENSUS REPORTING.

AN ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS NORTH STAR NEIGHBORS UNDER THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION HOPES TO INCREASE THOSE NUMBERS WITH MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Matthew: TODAY FAMILIES WITH LOWER INCOMES FIND IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BECOME HOMEOWNERS.

THE FEDERAL FINANCE HOUSING AGENCY REPORTS THAT HOME PRICES ROSE 74% FROM 2010 TO 2022.

STARTER HOMES NOWADAYS CAN TYPICALLY COST UPWARDS OF $300,000.

THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION LAUNCHED NORTH STAR NEIGHBORS, A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST THAT HOPES TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE REGION.

THE ORGANIZATION HELD A GROUND BREAKING FOR TWO SINGLE FAMILY AFFORDABLE HOMES COMING TO BEMIDJI THIS WINTER.

>> WE MAKE THESE HOMES AVAILABLE THROUGH A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST MODEL.

THESE HOMES WILL BE RESTRICTED TO HOUSEHOLDS THAT EARN LESS THAN $135,500 PER YEAR.

WITH THAT AND MONEY WE'RE ABLE TO GET IN GRANT FUNDING FROM THE BELTRAMI COUNTY HOUSING TRUST FUND, WE HOPE TO MAKE THOSE POEMS FOR SALE FOR AROUND $225,000.

>> Matthew: BEMENTZ IS NOW THE FIFTH COMMUNITY TO ESTABLISH AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNDER NORTH STAR NEIGHBORS.

IT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE BELTRAMI COUNTY HOUSING TRUST FUND, ADMINISTERED BY UNITED WAY OF BEMIDJI.

WITH THE MODEL IN PLACE FOR THESE HOMES, THE IDEA IS TO KEEP THEM AFFORDABLE TO ANY HOME BUYER IN THE FUTURE.

>> THIS IS THAT LONG GAME FOR US.

WE EXPECT THAT FIVE, SIX, MAYBE TEN FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE AND OWN THESE HOMES AND HAVE A LIFE IN THEM BEFORE WE EVER HAVE TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THEM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

>> Matthew: NORTH STAR NEIGHBORS LELT TWO GROUND BREAKING CEREMONIES EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.

OFFICIALS HOPE TO BOOST THAT NUMBER TO AT LEAST SIX BER YEAR ACROSS ALL OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

>> I'M HOPING IN TEN YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 80 HOMES ACROSS THE REGION.

THIS MODEL AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLY A RESPONSE TO JUST THE MARKET AND TRYING TO KEEP HOMEOWNERSHIP ALIVE AND WELL FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO OWN HOMES.

I'D LOVE TO SAY SOME DAY WE'LL BE SELLING HOMES TO PEOPLE EARNING THAT 40 TO $60,000 RANGE.

>> Matthew: OFFICIALS SAY FRAMING FOR BOTH HOMES CAN START AS EARLY AS TOMORROW.

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

>> Dennis: NORTH STAR NEIGHBOR OFFICIALS ARE HOPING BOTH HOMES WILL BE ON THE MARKET BY THIS COMING WINTER.

>>> THE WADENA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE MAN WHO DIED AFTER A TREE FELL ON HIM NEAR MENAHGA LAST THURSDAY.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, LIFE-SAVING MEASURES WERE PERFORMED ON 41-YEAR-OLD RYAN MICHAEL McNEIL, BUT HE DIED AT THE SCENE.

McNEIL WAS WORKING FOR A PRIVATE TREE REMOVAL SERVICE AND HAD CLIMBED UP A TREE TO CUT OFF THE TOP PORTION OF IT WHEN THE BASE OF THE TREE BROKE.

McNEIL FELL TO THE GROUND WITH THE TREE FALLING ON TOP OF HIM.

THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

>>> THE MINNESOTA BCA IS MAKING CHANGES IN THE WAY BREATHALYZER UNITS ARE MAINTAINED.

LAST FRIDAY, THE BCA TOLD LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE TO SUSPEND THE USE OF THE DATA MASTER BREATHALYZER TEST UNTIL THE MACHINES WERE INSPECTED.

HUNDREDS OF THE TESTS MAY HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED IN AT LEAST FIVE COUNTIES, INCLUDING AITKIN COUNTY.

AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON MONDAY, BCA OFFICIALS SAID THERE ARE CURRENTLY 220 OF THE TESTING UNITS STATEWIDE AND 4500 USERS WHO UTILIZE THEM FOR BREATH ALCOHOL TESTS.

DUE TO SOME HUMAN ERRORS IN CHANGING OUT GAS CYLINDERS ON THE UNITS, THE BCA WILL NOW BE CHANGING THEM OUT FROM NOW ON.

>> THIS IS NOT IMPACTING MINNESOTA LAW ENFORCEMENT'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT DWI ENFORCEMENT ACROSS MINNESOTA.

MANY OF THESE MACHINES WERE EXAMINED IN THAT PERIOD AND THEY CAN GO RIGHT BACK ONLINE BECAUSE THEY'RE ACCURATE IN THE TESSING PROCESS AND THEY CAN USE THEM THE MACHINES AGAIN.

OR LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS SAID THE MACHINE IS NOT AVAILABLE, CAN ENGAGE IN TOXICOLOGY TESTING WHICH WE ALSO HAVE THAT LABORATORY HERE AT THE BCA AS WELL.

>> Dennis: EVANS SAYS THE CHECK OF THE GAS CYLINDER TAKES ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TO COMPLETE.

>>> OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

IN RECOGNITION OF THAT, THE RELATIONSHIP SAFETY ALLIANCE HELD A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IN BRAINERD TONIGHT TO HONOR THE LIVES LOST.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE.

>> Daniel: THIS YEAR ALONE, 24 MINNESOTANS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.

ON TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE WHITE PARK IN BRAINERD, THEIR LIVES WERE HONORED BY A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL.

>> TONIGHT IS OUR ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL.

THIS IS AN EVENT WE PUT ON EVERY YEAR IN OCTOBER BECAUSE THAT'S THE RAISE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND THIS IS A TIME TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE MINNESOTANS WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF PARTNER VIOLENCE.

>> Daniel: ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE HOTLINE, ONE IN THREE MEN HAVE EXPERIENCED RAPE, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE OR STALKING.

TONIGHT'S VIGIL AIMS TO PROVE THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TUFLS EVERYONE.

>> IT TOUCHES EVERY SINGLE LIFE AND THERE'S A RIPPLE EFFECT THAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS OCCURS IN ANY COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE CHILDREN THAT ARE IMPACTED, FAMILY MEMBERS, COWORKERS, BUSINESSES.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION AND AWARENESS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO STOP IT FROM CONTINUING.

>> Daniel: TO TELL THE STORIES OF THE VICTIMS HERE IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA, THE RELATIONSHIP SAFETY ALLIANCE STARTED THE CLOTHES LINE PROJECT, MEMORIZING THE VICTIMS WHO LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED OUR CLOTHES LINE PROJECT.

THIS IS AN IDEA THAT WAS INITIALLY STARTED BY VIOLENCE MINNESOTA AS WELL.

THEY DO A T-SHIRT FOR EVERY PERSON EACH YEAR AND WE'VE TURNED THAT INTO OUR OWN MINI CLOSE LINE PROJECT.

WE HAVE OUR OWN CLOTHES LINE PROJECT HERE THAT REPRESENTS ALL OUR LOCAL VICTIMS.

>> Daniel: THE EVENT WAS NOT JUST TO HONOR LIVES LOST, BUT TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT ANYONE WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS A RESOURCE AND A FRIEND WAITING TO HELP THEM WITH OPEN ARMS.

>> I AM HOPING THAT THEY TAKE AWAY FROM THIS THAT THEY KNOW THAT A RESOURCE IS AVAILABLE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THEM OR SOMEBODY THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW THAT IS STRUGGLING WITH A RELATIONSHIP ABUSE.

THEY'RE NOT IN THIS ALONE AND IF SOMEBODY IS EXPERIENCING ABUSE, WE ARE ONLY A PHONE CALL AWAY.

>> Daniel: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT THE RELATIONSHIP SAFETY ALLIANCE, THEY CAN BE REACHED AT THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.

>>> IT'S DAY 14 OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND THERE'S NO INDICATION ANY PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN ENDING THE STALEMATE BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.

IMPACTS OF THE IMPASSE ARE BEING FELT ACROSS THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE WITH IMPENDING DEADLINES FOR SOME MILITARY PAYCHECKS.

MICHAEL YOSHIDA REPORTS ON THE ONGOING POLITICAL GAMESMANSHIP WITH BOTH SIDES CONTINUING TO BLAME THE OTHER.

>> HI, I'M CHRISTY NURSING HOMES.

>> Michael: SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY CHRISTY GNOMES APPEARING IN A VIDEO INTENDED TO BE PLAYED AT AIRPORT SECURITY LINES.

>> DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS REFUSE THE FUND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND BECAUSE OF THIS, MANY OF OUR OPERATIONS ARE IMPACTED AND MOST OF OUR TSA EMPLOYEES ARE WORKING OUT PAY.

>> Michael: MULTIPLE U.S.

AIRPORTS NOW REFUSING TO PLAY THE VIDEO, CITING THE POLITICAL NATURE OF THE MAEJ.

WITH THE SHUTDOWN IN THE SECOND WEERK THE BLAME GAME ON FULL DISPLAY, NOT GETTING A PAYCHECK FORCING SOME MILITARY FAMILIES TO SEEK ASSISTANCE AT A FOOD PANTRY.

>> WE'RE ONLY TWO AND WE'RE STRUGGLING.

>> Michael: OVER THE WEEKEND, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP POSTED THE ADMINISTRATION HAD, QUOTE, IDENTIFIED FUND TO PAY.

SAYING THE COAST GUARD WOULD ALSO GET PAID.

DEMOCRATS MEANWHILE HOLDING FIRM.

PUSHING FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUBSIDY TO KEEP HEALTHCARE COSTS FROM SKYROCKETING.

>> OF COURSE I WANT OUR MILITARY PAID.

OF COURSE, I WANT FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PAID.

THERE'S A WAY TO DO THAT.

I'M AN APPROPRIATOR.

WE SHOULD HAVE PASSED APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.

THERE'S A WAY TO RUN A GOVERNMENT AND THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO RUN A GOVERNMENT.

>> Michael: LAST WEEK, THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL WORKERS ACROSS SEVERAL AGENCIES RECEIVED LAYOFF NOTICES.

TUESDAY, THE WLOUS BUDGET OFFICE SAID IT WAS PREPARED TO RIDE OUT THE SHUTDOWN WITH MORE LAYOFFS.

EACH DAY THE STAKES RISING WITH NO INDICATION ANY PROGRESS IS BEING MADE BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.

IN WASHINGTON, MICHAEL YOSHIDA.

>> Dennis: THE LONGEST SHUTDOWN EVER HAPPENED DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST TERM AND LASTED FOR 35 DAYS.

>> Announcer: STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10: >> Stacy: WE'LL HAVE A QUIET DAY TOMORROW, BUT THE END OF THE WEEK LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT UNSETTLED AND TEMPERATURES MAY BE JUST A LITTLE BIT WARMER ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

I'LL HAVE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> Sydney: AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTH WOODS EXPERIENCE, BEMIDJI STATE HAS STARTED FUNDRAISING TO REPLANT TREES AROUND CAMPUS.

>>> AND NOW, MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>> Dennis: THOSE IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA GATHERED FOR FORESTVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL'S FIRST EVER COMMUNITY KINDNESS EVENT LAST WEEK.

VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING CROW WING ENERGIZED, THE LIONS CLUB, AND JACOB'S VOICE, WERE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE EVENT, PROVIDING VARIOUS KINDNESS-CENTRIC ACTIVITIES TO THE COMMUNITY.

THOSE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY KINDNESS EVENT DID NOT AIM FOR IT TO JUST REPRESENT AN EVENING OF KINDNESS.

ORGANIZERS HOPE THE EVENT SYMBOLIZES A BUILDING BLOCK TOWARDS ESTABLISHING LONG-STANDING HABITS AND STEERING CLEAR OF ACTIONS THAT COULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO SOME'S MENTAL HEALTH.

>> IT CREATES STRONGER BONDS AND LASTING FRIENDSHIPS, AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO BE A GOOD HUMAN.

>> THE WORLD NEEDS KINDNESS, AND EVERYONE HERE CAME TO BE A PART OF THAT.

AND SHOW KINDNESS AND ALL THE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS, IT ALL STARTS THERE TOO.

>> Dennis: SCHROEDER ALSO GAVE A SPEECH ABOUT HER LATE BROTHER JACOB DISPLAYING AN ACT OF KINDNESS TO THOSE IN ATTENDANCE OF THE EVENT.

>>> WELL, SOMETIME FOR WEATHER AND STACY IS HERE.

A WARM-UP COMING LATER THIS WEEK.

>> Stacy: WE COULD BE SEEING HIGHS BACK IN THE 60s HEADING INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT COLDER THAN THAT TODAY.

WE'LL SEE QUIET WEATHER TOMORROW, BUT >>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

>> Stacy: WELL, WE DID HAVE QUITE A BIT OF CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE DAY, SHOWERS MAKING THEIR WAY ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

THOSE ARE EXITING AND WE SHOULD BE SEEING QUIETER WEATHER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

INTO TOMORROW LOOKS PRETTY QUIET AS WELL TOMORROW.

THE END OF THE WORK WEEK UNSETTLED, BUT TEMPERATURES BACK IN THE 60s.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT IS 44 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

HUMANITY IS AT 76%.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES.

IT'S 44 DEGREES WITH A DEWPOINT OF 42.

PRESSURE IS FALLING AND WINDS ARE CALM.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE CAN SEE AREAS OF SHOWERS THAT MADE THEIR WAY ACROSS THE STATE EARLIER TODAY AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST.

SOME COULD LINGER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE QUIETER WEATHER WILL RETURN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE THE CLOUD COVER IS GOING TO STICK AROUND.

YOU WILL HAVE VARIABLE CLOUDS IN THE AREA TOMORROW WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE SUNSHINE RETURNING TO NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE MOON OVER MENAHGA LAST NIGHT.

BEAUTIFUL COLOR IN THE SKY THIS MORNING FROM ANGELA AT CASS LAKE.

DEAN OTHER LOWER RED LAKE AND MARK OVER LAKE ADDMI AND SANDY SENDING US THIS PHOTO THIS MORNING.

WE HAVE FOG ON THE BLACKDUCK RIVER FROM SAM ROSE, TOUCHING THAT MORNING COLOR AS WELL.

A LOT OF CLOUD COVER OVER UPPER RED LAKE AS THAT COOLER AIR MOVES IN.

BILL AND JUDY SENDING IN THAT PHOTO AND GARY WITH A PICTURE OF THE EVENING SKIES AS WELL.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

WELL, UR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 33 WITH A LIGHT BREEZE THIS MORNING.

DEAN AT LOWER RED LAKE REPORTING 31 THIS MORNING.

RALPH IN JENKINS, 36 AND OVERCAST THIS MORNING.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES WITH LIGHT RAIN TODAY.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDY WITH SOME SPRINKLES.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY SKIES, .03 OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL AND ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 47.

ON THE ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 46 TODAY.

A LITTLE BIT ON THE CHILLY SIDE.

THAT IS NEARLY 10 DEGREES -- ACTUALLY, A LITTLE MORE THAN 10 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE.

6:30 WAS THE SUNSET, BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 46 AND OUR AVERAGE IS 53.

A CHILLY START THIS MORNING.

SUN RICE AT 7:39.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER WILL BE STICKING AROUND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND LINGERING INTO THE MORNING AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, BUT WE'LL SEE MORE SUNSHINE RETURNING TO NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE CLOUDS ARE GOING TO STICK AROUND IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE AND AS FAR AS HIGH TEMPERATURES GO, IT SHOULD BE WARM THAN WE EXPERIENCED TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO MAYBE EVEN UPPER 50s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE VIEWING AREA WITH MID 50s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

HERE'S THE FORECAST.

CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, 42 FOR THE LOW WITH EAST INDEPENDENTS UP TO 10 MILES PER HOUR AND VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW.

HIGHS SHOULD REACH ABOUT 56, EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, BEST CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS AND MAYBE EVEN A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER LATE THIS WEEK, HIGHS IN THE 60s THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

STILL LOOKING AT SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AREA AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

A LITTLE BIT QUIETER AGAIN ON SUNDAY, BUT TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND SHOULD TOP OUT IN THE LOW TO MID 50s.

BACK TO YOU.

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

GRAND RAPIDS SHOOTING FOR A STATE TOURNAMENT TONIGHT.

>> Charlie: YEAH, BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS SOCCER TEAM PLAYING FOR STATE.

THE GIRLS AT HOME AGAINST HERMANTOWN, THE BOYS AT HOME AGAINST DULUTH.

WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE >>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>> Charlie: GRAND RAPIDS BASEBALL HAS MADE THE STATE TOURNAMENT AN MSHSL RECORD 23 TIMES.

IN COMPLETE CONTRAST, THUNDERHAWKS GIRLS SOCCER HAS NEVER MADE A STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE.

THAT'S IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

BUT AFTER WINS OVER HIBBING-CHISHOLM AND DULUTH DENFELD IN THE SECTION QUARTER AND SEMI-FINALS, THE T-HAWKS ARE ON THE PRECIPICE OF MAKING PROGRAM HISTORY.

3-SEED GRAND RAPIDS HOSTING 5-SEED HERMANTOWN IN THE SECTION 7-AA CHAMPIONSHIP.

STARTING OFF IN THE FIRST HALF, 0-0, 27th MINUTE, THUNDERHAWKS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY OFF THE CORNER.

PETERSON CAN'T FIND THE BACK OF THE NET.

THE GAME REMAINS STORELESS.

54th MINUTE, STILL ZERO OPT BOARD.

HERMANTOWN LOOKING TO BREAK THE ICE, BUT A RILEY MAJOR, A STONE WALL BACK THERE AND THINGS STAY SCORELESS THROUGH REGULATION.

OVERTIME, 89th MINUTE, THUNDERHAWKS GET ANOTHER CORNER.

FIRST OFFER STOPPED, BUT THE HERO FOR GRAND RAPIDS AS SHE SENDS THEM TO THEIR FIRST EVER CLASS 2-AA STATE TOURNAMENT, 1-0 OVERTIME THRILLER VICTORY OVER HERMANTOWN.

AFTER THE GAME, WE CAUGHT UP WITH A COUPLE OF THUNDERHAWKS, INCLUDING THE ONE TO SEND THEM TO STATE.

>> HONESTLY, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER.

I JUST CRASHED THE GOALIE AND THEN KICKED IT IN.

AND JUST FROM THERE, I WAS JUST FROM EXCITED.

>> I STICK TO MY POST, ALWAYS WATCH MY NEAR POST BECAUSE THAT'S MY GOALIE COACH TELLS ME TO DO.

SHOUTOUT CHRIS.

I'M VERY EXCITED.

I KNEW WE COULD DO IT FROM THE START.

I CAN UNDERSTAND KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO WIN, WE GOT IT.

>> Charlie: NOW THEY'RE HEADED TO STATE AND HERE'S THE SCHEDULE FOR THE CLASS 2-A STATE TOURNAMENT.

QUARTERFINAL ROUND, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, AND THE TIMES WILL COME OUT LATER.

SEMIFINAL FINAL ROUND AT THE BANK IN MINNEAPOLIS.

>>> IT WAS LATE IN THE SEASON WHEN THE WINS FINALLY STARTED TO COME FOR GRAND RAPIDS BOYS SOCCER, BUT AFTER STARTING 2-7, THE THUNDERHAWKS WOULD RALLY TO GO 4-2-1 OVER THEIR FINAL SEVEN CONTESTS, RIDING THAT MOMENTUM THROUGH THE SECTION 7-AA PLAYOFFS ALL THE WAY TO THE TITLE MATCH.

2-SEED GRAND RAPIDS AT TOP-SEED DULUTH DENFELD, A BERTH IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT ON THE LINE.

HUNTERS BEAT THE T-HAWKS 2-NIL DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.

MID FIRST HALF, DENFELD'S LENNY JENNINGS FIND SAM EKLAND.

HE TAKES A TOUCH AND FIRES IT AND THAT FINDS THE BACK OF THE NET AND THE HUNTERS ON TOP 1-N-I-L.

SAME SCORE, SECOND HALF.

A DIVING LOGAN BRADFORD SHUT THE CHANCE DOWN.

HUNTERS TRYING TO PUT IT AWAY.

PLAYING IT BACK TO MADDEN STONE.

FIRING A WARM BURNER, BUT JACKSON DROPS TO GROUND, KEEPS THE HAWKS ALIVE, BUT THE T-HAWKS JUST COULDN'T MUSTER ANYTHING OFFENSIVELY TONIGHT.

HUNTERS HOLD OFF DOWN THE STRETCH AS RAPIDS' SEASON COMES TO AN END.

>>> BEMIDJI GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVING HOSTING GRAND RAPIDS IN A DUAL MEET.

STARTING OFF IN THE 100-YARD FLY, AN 8th GRADER FINDS THE WALL FIRST FOR THE LUMBERJACKS IN A PERSONAL BEST.

THEN THE 500 FREE, BEMIDJI'S EL WILL LEFT THE COMPETITION IN HER WAKE, THE JUNIOR WINNING IN 5:46.

LATER IN THE 100 BACKSTROKE A TIGHT RACE TO THE FINISH WITH THE THUNDERHAWKS ELLA GOODMAN OUTTOUCHING ANNA FREED IN 1:06 FOR THE WIN.

ANOTHER RACE IN THE 100 BACKSTROKE, BUT JUST 31 OF A SECOND AHEAD.

1:11.9.

BEMIDJI BEATS GRAND RAPIDS IN THE POOL TONIGHT 119-64.

>>> IN THEIR FINAL HOME MATCH OF THE REGULAR SEASON, BEMIDJI HOSTING EAST GRAND FORKS.

TUJS TRAILING BY ONE IN THE FIRST.

TO HOT TO HANDLE, KNOT THINGS AT 5.

LATER IN THE HE SAID, SENDING IT DOWN THE PINE FOR THE KILL.

MAKES IT 7-6.

GREENWAY KEPT THEIR FOOT ON THE GAS.

STARTING TO PULL AWAY, McDONALD THROUGH THE BLOCK MAKES IT 13-7 AND JACKS TRYING TO MAKE A RUN LATE.

KYLA FRANK, DON'T BRING THAT IN HERE.

THEY PULL WITHIN THREE, 20-17, BUT IN THE END, EAST GRAND FORKS PREVAIL.

THREE CLOSE SETS.

BEMIDJI NOW WAITS THEIR SEEDING FOR THE SECTION TOURNEY AND MORE THAN LIKELY WILL HAVE A PLAY-IN NEXT MONTH.

A COUPLE MORE VOLLEYBALL SCORES FOR YOU.

ALEXANDRIA BEATS BRAINERD, PEQUOT BEATS LITTLE FALLS.

GRAND RAPIDS AND CROSS BY IRONTON BOTH COLLECTING WINS.

HEWITT FIVE SETS OVER S OOH BEKA AND PARK CHRISTIAN BEATS BEGLY.

>>> AND WE HAVE A COUPLE AREA INDIVIDUAL GIRLS TENNIS SECTION CHAMPIONS.

JUNIOR RONNIE NOSKA FROM STAPLES-MOTLEY WON THE 8-A SINGLES TITLE.

CURRENTLY RANKED 10th IN CLASS A, SHE'LL BE MAKING HER FOURTH STATE TENNIS TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE.

ALSO IN 8-A, THE WADENA-DEER CREEK DUO OF KAYLEE ENDRES AND ANNA FIEMEYER WON THE INDIVIDUAL DOUBLES SECTION TITLE.

IT WILL BE THEIR SECOND STATE TOURNEY APPEARANCE.

IN SECTION 7-A, TORI OERHLEIN IS THE BACK-TO-BACK INDIVIDUAL SINGLES CHAMP.

THE SENIOR FROM CROSBY-IRONTON IS RANKED SIXTH IN CLASS-A.

AND THE DOUBLES TEAM OF NIKKI CROCKER AND EMME SULLIVAN FROM PEQUOT LAKES ALSO PUNCHED THEIR TICKET TO STATE, FINISHING AS THE SECTION 7-A RUNNERS-UP.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT.

CONGRATS TO ALL OF THEM.

>> Charlie: A LOT OF CHAMPIONSHIPS DOWN THERE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

>> Dennis: DEFINITELY.

>>> THAT CLEANUP FROM THE STORM THAT HIT BEMIDJI IN LATE JUNE HAS SLOWED DOWN, THE REGROWING PROCESS HAS STARTED.

FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK VISITED THE BEMIDJI STATE CAMPUS TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR "REPLANT OUR ROOTS" FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN TO BRING LIFE AND PINE TREES BACK TO THE CAMPUS.

>> Sydney: THREE AND A HALF MONTHS AGO, MUCH OF THE BEMIDJI AREA WAS LEFT UNRECOGNIZABLE AS 100-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS KNOCKED OVER THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF TREES.

>> THE STORM MADE CAMPUS ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE FOR ME.

WHEN I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL THERE, I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY IN THE PINES.

THE LAST TIME I VISITED BEMIDJI STATE, I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY TREES, HOW CAMPUS LOOKED, ALMOST BARE.

>> Sydney: MORE THAN 200 TREES FELL AROUND THE CAMPUS AND NOW THE COMMUNITY IS GATHERING TOGETHER FOR A FRESH START WITH THE UNIVERSITY'S REPLANS OUR ROOTS PROJECT.

>> WE HAVE OVER $32,000 WORTH OF FUNDS IN OUR TREE PLANTING CAMPAIGN, REPLANT OUR ROOTS ALREADY.

THERE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE GIVING -- IT'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER TREE, BUT THERE ARE FOLKS WHO WANT TO SUPPORT MORE GENERALLY, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE OVER 25 TREES PURCHASED AND FOLKS GIVEN TO THAT GENERAL FUND BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HELP AND BE A PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IT.

>> DOESN'T FEEL THE SAME, SO BRINGING THAT BACK AND HAVING PEOPLE DONATE TREES WILL JUST REALLY IMPROVE THE LOOK OF CAMPUS, THE FEEL OF CAMPUS, AND BRING THAT NORTHERN MINNESOTA FEEL BACK TO THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PINES.

>> Sydney: EVERY TREE COST AND THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THAT WILL GO TO PURCHASING THE THREE-FOOT FINES FROM WOODCHUCK USA, PLANTING THEM AND MAINTENANCE AS THE TREES GROW.

AND WHILE, OF COURSE, HAVING MORE SHADE AROUND CAMPUS IS A PLUS, THAT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON FOR THE REPLANTING OF THE 100-TREE GOAL.

>> TO HAVE A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE THE RESILIENCE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GIVING A GIFT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LEAVE A LEGACY, BUT THEY ALSO WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP THE CAMPUS -- BECAUSE THE CAMPUS HAS TOUCHED THEIR LIFE, THEY WANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN AND IT'S VERY SYMBOLIC IN THAT COMING HOME.

>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TREE WITH OUR NAME ON IT ON CAMPUS AND IT'S GOING TO BE A PLACE FOR OUR KIDS TO GO AND THEIR KIDS TO GO, AND HOPEFULLY IT'S THERE FOREVER FOR ALL OF OUR FUTURE ALUMNI TO SEE.

>> Sydney: REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI THIS WEEK'S NORTH WOODS EXPERIENCE, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: TREES CAN BE PURCHASED AND DONATIONS CAN BE GIVEN ON THE BSU ALUMNI AND FOUNDATION WEBSITE.

ALL OF THE TREES WILL BE PLANTED IN SPRING OF 2026, AND THOSE WHO DONATED THE TREE CAN BE THERE ON CAMPUS AND HAVE A HAND IN THE PLANTING PROCESS THEMSELVES.

>>> ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO GET MORE TREES ADDED TO CAMPUS AFTER THAT STORM, STACY, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE STORMS, BUT WARMER WEATHER.

>> A LITTLE BIT UNSETTLED, LOOKING AT SHOWERS AND MAYBE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BY THE TIME WE HIT THE END OF THE WEEK.

TONIGHT, CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS DOWN TO 42.

VARIABLE SKIES TOMORROW WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 50s, EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5-15.

>> Charlie: AND THE CENTRAL LAKES CONFERENCE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS TODAY.

>> Dennis: THAT IS GOING TO WRAP THINGS UP FOR US TONIGHT.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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