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>> LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00 WITH LOCAL NEW FROM BEMIDJI, BRAINERD, AND ALL OF THE LAKES COUNTRY.

DENNIS WEIMANN WITH THE NEWS, STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER, AND MILES WALKER WITH YOUR SPORTS.

[♪♪♪] >> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT CONSTRUCTION ON HIGHWAY 71 FROM TURTLE RIVER TO TENSTRIKE IS NOW COMPLETE.

HIGHWAY 71 WAS DETOURED BEGINNING IN JUNE THROUGH EARLY OCTOBER USING BELTRAMI COUNTY ROADS 23 AND 29.

THE PROJECT INCLUDED PAVEMENT RECONSTRUCTION, SOUTHBOUND BYPASS LANE AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE ROAD AND ENTRANCE CULVERT REPLACEMENTS.

THE CONTRACTOR HAS NOW COMPLETED FINAL PAVING AND IS CURRENTLY INSTALLING STRIPING AND SIGNAGE.

MOTORISTS MAY STILL ENCOUNTER CREWS ON-SITE FINISHING FINAL TOUCHES ON THE PROJECT.

MN-DOT OFFICIALS ASK THAT YOU TRAVEL WITH CARE, SLOW DOWN AND GIVE THEM SPACE TO WORK.

>>> GAS PRICES HAVE HIT A GRIM MILESTONE FOR THE YEAR.

THEY'VE BEEN AT OR ABOVE $4 A GALLON MORE DAYS THAN ANY OTHER YEAR IN U.S.

HISTORY.

THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 158 DAYS, SET IN 2022 AFTER RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE.

AAA DATA SHOWS WEDNESDAY IS THE 166TH DAY THIS YEAR THAT GASOLINE HAS AVERAGED AT LEAST $4 A GALLON.

GAS BUDDY'S DATA IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT STILL SAYS THE RECORD WAS BROKEN TUESDAY.

ONE NICE THING IS WE'RE STILL A WAY OFF FROM SETTING A RECORD HIGH.

THAT WAS DONE IN 2022, WHEN GAS PRICES PEAKED AT $5.02.

ON WEDNESDAY, AAA HAD IT PEGGED AT $4.33.

BEFORE THE WAR WITH IRAN STARTED, IT WAS LESS THAN $3.

>>> FEDERAL AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING MINNESOTA REPRESENTATIVE ILHAN OMAR HAVE SEIZED THE DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER'S PHONE AND HAVE ISSUED MORE THAN A DOZEN GRAND JURY SUBPOENAS, INCLUDING TO SOME OF HER RELATIVES.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A PERSON BRIEFED ON THE PROBE WHO SPOKE TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ON THE CONDITION OF ANONYMITY BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT AUTHORIZED TO DISCUSS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.

THE SUBPOENAS WERE ISSUED FOR A GRAND JURY COLLECTING EVIDENCE IN MINNESOTA AS AUTHORITIES PROBE POTENTIAL FRAUD IN OMAR'S IMMIGRATION PAPERWORK, SAID THE PERSON WHO SPOKE TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

THE INVESTIGATION LED TO THE SEARCH MONDAY OF OMAR'S WASHINGTON D.C.

HOME JUST WEEKS BEFORE THE NOVEMBER MIDTERMS, IN WHICH OMAR IS SEEKING REELECTION.

>>> CATHOLICS WORLDWIDE ARE PRAYING FOR POPE LEO'S RECOVERY FOLLOWING HIS SURGERY AND LUNG CANCER DIAGNOSIS.

THE PONTIFF IS RESPONDING FROM HIS HOSPITAL QUARTERS IN ROME.

HIS DOCTORS SAY THEY'RE CONFIDENT THE CANCER HAS BEEN REMOVED, BUT THEY'RE WAITING FOR MORE TEST RESULTS TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT HAD SPREAD.

SHERRELL HUBBARD HAS THE LATEST ON LEO'S RECOVERY.

>> POPE LEO XIV IS SHARING HIS FIRST MESSAGE SINCE HE UNDERWENT SURGERY ON TUESDAY.

IN A MESSAGE TO CATHOLICS WEDNESDAY, HE SAID AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO BE AMONG YOU DURING THESE DAYS.

I THANK YOU WARMLY FOR YOUR PRAYERS.

HE WENT ON TO SAY, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE PRAY FOR ME AS I PRAY FOR YOU.

SOME OF THE FAITHFUL ARE DOING JUST THAT.

>> DEAR POPE LEO, THE WHOLE SCHOOL HOPES YOU GET BETTER.

WE'RE ALL PRAYING FOR YOU AND THE DOCTORS THAT ARE HELPING YOU.

>> Reporter: THOSE SENDING CARE PACKAGES AND LOVE TO THE PONTIFF, WRITING LETTERS TO BOOST HIS SPIRITS.

>> I WAS NERVOUS FOR POPE LEO BECAUSE I MET HIM AND HE HAS A BIG ROLE AND I WANT HIM TO STAY HEALTHY.

>> Reporter: THE POPE UNDERWENT A SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A CANCEROUS NODULE, A COMMON TYPE OF LUNG CAN GER -- CANCER.

THE POPE'S RECOVERY IS PROCEEDING AS EXPECTED AFTER WHAT IS DESCRIBED AS A SUCCESSFUL SURGERY.

>> WE DON'T KNOW YET THE STAGE, THE EXTENT OF SPREAD.

WAS IT JUST THAT ONE NODULE IN THE LOWER RIGHT LOBE OF THE LUNG, OR WERE THERE MULTIPLE.

>> Reporter: BLOOD TESTS AND CHEST X-RAY SHOWS HIS RECOVER IS PROGRESSING NORMALLY.

THERE ARE PRIEST SET IN A ROOM SET UP ON HIS FLOOR AND HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO WALK AROUND HIS QUARTERS IN THE HOSPITAL.

I'M SHERRELL HUBBARD REPORTING.

>> ALL POPE LEO'S PUBLIC APPEARANCES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED UNTIL OCTOBER 20 DUE TO HIS TREATMENT.

NEXT MONTH, HE IS SCHEDULED TO EMBARK ON A LONG TRIP TO SOUTH AMERICA.

THE POPE ISN'T KNOWN TO BE A SMOKER BUT THERE IS A HISTORY OF CANCER IN HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY.

>>> SOCIAL SECURITY IS BOOSTING MONTHLY PAYMENTS FOR ITS RECIPIENTS BY 3.6 PERCENT NEXT YEAR.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, OR COLA, THAT SOCIAL SECURITY HAS GIVEN SINCE ITS MASSIVE 8.7 PERCENT BOOST IN 2023.

LAST YEAR, SOCIAL SECURITY ONLY RAISED PAYMENTS BY 2.8 PERCENT.

SOCIAL SECURITY'S COLA IS CALCULATED BASED ON INFLATION FROM THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE PRIOR YEAR.

MANY RECIPIENTS SAY THAT NEEDS TO BE REVISED BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COVER ACTUAL INCREASES IN COST OF LIVING.

ON WEDNESDAY, GOVERNMENT DATA SHOWED INFLATION ROSE TO 3.7 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER.

ONE SENIOR CITIZEN ADVOCACY GROUP SAYS THE BUYING POWER OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS HAS FALLEN 13.7 PERCENT OVER THE PAST DECADE.

>>> THE EMMAVILLE INN AND CAFÉ IN PARK RAPIDS IS COLLECTING FUNDS TO DONATE TO THE SANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT THOSE GOING THROUGH CANCER TREATMENT.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK SPOKE TO THE EMMAVILLE OWNERS, WHO ARE NOT ONLY RUNNING THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS DURING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, BUT WILL CONTINUE DOING SO YEAR ROUND.

>> Reporter: AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER AND MELANOMA AND GOING THROUGH INDIVIDUAL TREATMENTS LAST YEAR, EMMAVILLE OWNERS DECIDED TO FUNDRAISE TO HELP LOCAL PEOPLE BATTLING CANCER.

THE STORE IS SELLING T-SHIRTS TO DONATE TO THE PARK RAPIDS AREA TRANSPORTATION AND LODGING FUND THROUGH THE SANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION.

>> WE HOPE TO KEEP IT UP.

IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO EVERY YEAR.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE FOUR STYLES OF T-SHIRTS, ONE HIGHLIGHTING BREAST CANCER, AND EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SPOTLIGHTING THIS DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, THEY'RE SELLING THE T-SHIRTS AND RAISING FUNDS FOR CANCER IN GENERAL.

>> WE HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY AFFECTED BY CANCER.

MY SISTER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.

MY FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, IT'S NOT ABOUT BREAST CANCER, BUT IT HAS AFFECTED MANY PEOPLE.

>> YOU CAN GIVE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE PRICES ARE FOR THE T-SHIRTS.

WE'LL SELLING THEM FOR $30, BUT PLEASE GIVE MORE.

WE WILL MAKE SURE 100% OF ALL THE PROFITS WE MAKE AFTER THIS SHIRT GOES BACK TO THE SANFORD FOUNDATION.

FOR TRAVEL, LODGING, IT'S A HUGE THING THAT A PATIENT DOESN'T THINK ABOUT UNTIL YOU GO THROUGH IT, OF YOUR MIND IS FULL.

>> Reporter: THE T-SHIRT SALES ARE NOT JUST TO BRING FUNDS FOR THOSE IN NEED OF HELP BUT ALSO TO BRING THESE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS TO LIGHT.

>> I JUST RECENTLY LOST MY DAD TO COLON AND LIVER CANCER ON SEPTEMBER 10TH.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I AM GOING TO ENCOURAGE EVERY MALE AND FEMALE IN THEIR MID-40s AND BEYOND TO KEEP UP ON THOSE COLONOSCOPIES.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, BUT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT.

EVERYBODY HAS BEEN IMPACTED SOME WAY OR ANOTHER, I'M GUESSING, BY SOMEONE THAT THEY EITHER LOST, A FRIEND, FAMILY MEMBER, AND I GUESS WE'RE JUST DOING OUR PART.

IT MAY SEEM LIKE A MINIMAL THING, BUT WE HOPE THAT IT PROVIDE AS HAND FULL OF PEOPLE SOME HELP.

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

>> ALL OF THE MONEY RAISED IS GOING TO HELPING THOSE FIGHTING CANCER IN THE AREA, SPECIFICALLY TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSPORTATION AND LODGING COSTS THAT COME WITH ALL OF THE APPOINTMENTS AND TREATMENT.

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

>> Stacy: A COLD FRONT COULD BRING SOME SHOWERS TO THE AREA TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT, COOLER AND BREEZY ON FRIDAY, BUT WE DO HAVE A WARM UP THIS WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, A SPORTS EVENT AT THE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> TUESDAY WAS A BIG DAY AT THE GRAVEL PIT GOLF COURSE IN BRAINERD AS SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA HOSTED ITS ANNUAL BOCCE BALL EVENT FOR ITS SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES AND UNIFIED PARTNERS.

THE EVENT SAW MANY LOCAL AREA SCHOOLS AND REGIONAL SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEAMS ATTEND, SUCH AS CROSBY IRONTON, MENAHGA, PILAGER, AND PINE RIVER BACKUS.

FOLLOWING COMPETITIVE BOCCE BALL PLAY, THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A GOLF CART RACE AROUND THE GOLF COURSE FOR A FUN CONCLUSION TO AN EVENT FILLED WITH EXCITEMENT AND UNIFICATION.

>> THE BOCCE BALL EVENT, IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

THERE IS A NICE AMOUNT OF COMPETITION.

SO IT WAS A REALLY CHILL TIME.

JUST THROW SOME BALLS AROUND ON THE GREEN.

WE ALL WANT TO WIN, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO HAVE FUN.

JUST REMEMBER, WE COME TOGETHER, WE'RE HERE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.

I WANT TO THANK THE GRAVEL PIT GOLF COURSE FOR LETTING US COME HERE AND PLAY.

>> NEXT UP, SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA HAS THEIR HOT CIDER 5K RUN COMING UP OCTOBER 17TH AND 18TH.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

HOW IS THE FORECAST LOOKING TONIGHT?

>> Stacy: FOR TONIGHT, IT LOOKS DRY.

WE WILL BE SEEING SOME SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE COOLER TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY, BUT SUNSHINE SHOULD RETURN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN ACTUALLY IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY DECENT WEEKEND IS SHAPING [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, IT WAS ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL ACROSS THE AREA AND IT WILL BRING US A FEW SHOWERS.

WINDS WILL PICK UP, WE HAVE A BREEZY DAY ON FRIDAY, TEMPERATURES COULD BE COOLER BUT WE WILL SEE SUNSHINE RETURNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE A WARM UP THIS WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 45 AT THE AIRPORT.

WE HAVE A LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS OUT OF THE STUDIO, DEW POINT IS 39, HUMIDITY IS 80%.

IN BRAINERD, 46 AND CLOUDY, WE HAVE A DEW POINT OF 41, PRESSURE IS FALLING, AND WINDS ARE CALM.

LOOKING AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, IT HAS BEEN CLOUDY OUT THERE.

WE WILL KEEP THAT CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT A FEW OF THESE SHOWERS COULD MAKE THEIR WAY INTO PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA, BUT THE BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING THE RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE TOMORROW, SOME IN THE MORNING, A LOT OF THEM PICKING UP IN THE AFTERNOON, EVENING, AND EVEN OVERNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

THEN WE WILL HAVE WINDS PICKING UP ALONG WITH THAT, SO A BREEZY AND COOLER DAY IS IN STORE ON FRIDAY.

WEATHER SHOTS FOR YOU, THE CLOUDS FROM CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD.

GARY WITH SOME OF THE FALL COLORS IN DEERWOOD.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PICTURE FROM THE EVENING SKIES IN CASS LAKE.

A LOT OF CLOUDS ONCE AGAIN, AND OUR SECOND SLIDE OF WEATHER SHOTS ARE FOR THE BIRDS.

WE HAVE ARLENE WITH A ROBIN ENJOYING A LITTLE DIP IN THE BIRDBATH IN MENAHGA.

A HAWK WAITING FOR HIS MEAL IN LAPORTE.

LORRIE SPOTTING AN EAGLE NEAR LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, SONYA AT LITTLE TURTLE LAKE 47 THIS AFTERNOON.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, 46 AND CALM THIS EVENING.

CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD, THE HIGH WAS 52.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE REPORTING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A HIGH OF 51.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, 47 WAS ALL WE COULD MANAGE TODAY IN BRAINERD.

THAT IS A FULL 10 DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGE.

45 WAS OUR LOW TEMPERATURE, 6:32 WAS THE SUNSET.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 46, SO WE'RE WELL SHY OF THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE, 42 FOR THE LOW TEMP, AND SUNRISE AT 7:37.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST.

WE COULD BE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE VIEWING AREA IN THE MORNING, BUT AGAIN THOSE WILL CROSS THE AREA.

WE HAVE THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH, SO WE WILL SEE MORE SHOWERS DEVELOPING AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

A LOT OF CLOUD COVER TOMORROW, AND WE START TO SEE WINDS PICK UP.

HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID TO LOW 50s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, HIGHS IN THE MID TO LOW 50s AS WELL.

OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA.

LOWS WILL DROP TO 37.

FOR TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS, AND RAIN SHOWERS BECOMING LIKELY THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT.

HIGHS NEAR 54, WEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT THE WEEKEND FORECAST, FRIDAY WILL BRING US SOME SUNSHINE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE BREEZY AND IT'S GOING TO BE COOLER WITH HIGHS NEAR 49.

WE DO HAVE A WARM UP IN STORE FOR THE WEEKEND.

WE SHOULD ENJOY SUNSHINE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE MID-60s BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START THE WORKWEEK ON MONDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

MILES IS HERE WITH OUR SPORTS AND A GOOD MATCH UP IN BRAINERD.

>> Miles: YES, THEY HAVE BEEN GOING AT IT FOR YEARS NOW.

FINALLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHT FROM THAT GAME RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH MILES WALKER.

>>> OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, SECTION 8-5A HAS GONE THROUGH ALEXANDRIA.

HOWEVER THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A DIFFERENT STORY, WITH BRAINERD CURRENTLY SITTING IN FIRST PLACE, HOLDING A 5-1 RECORD COMING INTO WEEK SEVEN.

THE WARRIORS HAVE NOT BEATEN ALEXANDRIA SINCE 2022 WHEN THEY WON 15-14, HOWEVER TONIGHT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY.

WE'LL START EARLY IN 2ND QUARTER STILL SCORELESS, 55 YARDS TO THE PROMISE LAND.

THE CARDINALS GO UP 7-0.

THE WARRIORS GOT BACK AFTER IT, SAME SCORE IN THE SECOND, 37 MALIK LAUER, LOOKING DOWNFIELD NOTHINGS OPEN, HE TAKES OFF AND USES THAT TRACK, SPEED MAKING CARDINALS LOOK SILLY, AND RUNS IT IN HIS 6TH OF THE YEAR, TIEING THINGS UP AT 7 FIRST DRIVE OUT OF HALF LAUER LOOKING SLINGS IT DOWNFIELD AND FINDS BRADY VANEK WHO LEAPS FOR THE ENDZONE 36-YARDS TOUCHDOWN BRAINERD.

BRAINERD TAKES THE LEAD AND NEVER LOOKS BACK, THEY NOTCH THEIR FIRST VICTORY WITH A 21-14 VICTORY, BRAINERD SNAPPING A 4 GAME LOSING STREAK.

>>> A LOOK AT FOOTBALL AROUND THE AREA, BEMIDJI LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON AND LITTLE FALLS DROPS TO MELROSE.

GRAND RAPIDS STAYS UNDEFEATED AND PARK RAPIDS GETS THE W OVER THIEF RIVER FALLS.

PEQUOT LAKES GETS THEIR FIFTH ONE OF THE YEAR, WARROAD DROPS TO PELICAN RAPIDS.

CROSBY-IRONTON FALLS TO RUSH CITY.

GREEN WAY NASHWAUK KEEWATIN DROPS TO MOOSE LAKE WILLOW RIVER.

MENAHGA GETS THE WIN OVER OTTER TAIL.

WADENA DROPS TO PARKER'S PRAIRIE.

BAGLEY GETS THE WIN OVER CROOKSTON.

CASS LAKE-BENA DROPS TO POLK COUNTY WEST.

DEER RIVER STAYS UNDEFEATED.

LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE FALLS.

BIG FORK DROPS TO SILVER BAY.

BLACKDUCK GETS THE WIN OVER LITTLE FORK BIG FALLS, FOSSTON GETS THE WIN OVER CLEARBROOK-GONVICK.

NORTHOME-KELLIHER DROPS TO SOUTH RIDGE.

BERTHA-HEWITT DROPS TO McGREGOR.

>>> IN GIRLS TENNIS IN THE INDIVIDUAL SINGLES QUARTER FINALS, EMMY ADVANCES WITH A WIN OVER PINE >>> DEER RIVER FOOTBALL IS 7-0 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2022.

THE LAST TIME THE WARRIORS MADE IT TO CLASS 1A STATE SEMIFINALS.

THE PROGRAM'S NABBED 16 STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES DURING ITS 102-YEAR-LONG HISTORY, A STANDARD, EVERYONE INVOLVED IS HELLBENT ON CARRYING FORWARD.

>> GO.

>> Reporter: STICKING TO THE WARRIORS STANDARD IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN THE TOP PRIORITY FOR DEER RIVER FOOTBALL.

>> WE LIKE TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE, NOT AS MUCH ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, BUT OFF AND HOW WE PRESENT OURSELVES IN PUBLIC AND WITH THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S A SMALL TOWN SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND THE FOOTBALL TEAM.

IF YOU'RE HORSING AROUND OUT THERE, IT WILL SHOW ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

EVERYBODY KNOWS IT.

>> Reporter: AND THE STANDARD IS SOMETHING THAT THE ENTIRE PROGRAM KNOWS BARES RESULTS.

>> I HAVE BEEN AROUND BECAUSE I HAD TWO BROTHERS WHO GREW UP PLAYING HERE AND THEY WERE GOOD LINEMEN AND MY DAD HOLDS ME HIGH AND EVERYONE ON THIS TEAM HOLDS EVERYONE HIGH.

THE STANDARDS ARE HIGH.

THIS IS HOW WE PLAY.

>> WE HAD A HOLE BIG ENOUGH TO DRIVE MY TRUCK THROUGH.

>> Reporter: ON THE FIELD, DEER RIVER FOOTBALL'S APPROACH IS CLEAR CUT, IMPOSE YOUR WILL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL, SOMETHING THAT THE BOYS ARE TAKING GREAT PRIDE IN.

>> WE HAVE A BUNCH OF GOOD GUYS, EVERYONE IS GOING AFTER THE BALL, WE HIT HARD.

EVERYBODY KNOWS DEER RIVER IS A HARD HITTING TEAM.

AFTER YOU PLAY US, YOU ARE GOING TO GET HIT.

>> EVERYONE ON THE DEFENSE WANTS TO HIT SOMEBODY.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET THEM ON THE GROUND AND GETTING A HOLD OF SOMEBODY WITH A BALL AND RIPPING THEM AROUND.

IT'S FUN.

>> Reporter: DEER RIVER FOOTBALL CURRENTLY SITS IN 2nd PLACE WITHIN SECTION 7-1A BEHIND MOUNTAIN IRON BUEL.

THEY ARE FOCUSED ON MEETING THEIR OWN GOALS.

>> EVERY YEAR HERE, WE TRY TO GET TO THE SECTION FINAL.

THAT'S THE FIRST THING WE TRY TO DO, GET TO THE GAME TO DECIDE IF WE CAN GO TO STATE OR NOT.

JUST LOOK IN FRONT OF YOU AND PLAY FOOTBALL AND NOT FOCUS ON WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT YOU OR THE TEAMS YOU GOT TO PLAY.

JUST FOCUS ON WHAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT EVERY DAY AND FOCUS ON PRACTICING HARD, PRACTICING HARD IN SCHOOL, AND DOING EVERYTHING WELL.

>> Miles: AND DEER RIVER WILL BE BACK IN ACTION NEXT WEEK.

>> AND ABBY RUBADO WILL BE TAKING OVER THE HELM FOR BEMIDJI BOYS SWIMMING AND DIVING THIS UPCOMING SEASON.

RUBADO HAS BEEN A PART OF THE LUMBERJACKS' SWIMMING AND DIVING PROGRAM FOR FIVE YEARS NOW, STARTING WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM BEFORE NOW WORKING WITH BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVING.

THE BRAINERD NATIVE HAS ALSO COMPETED ON THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL AT AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY FOR ALL FOUR YEARS.

RUBADO SAYS SHE'S EXCITED TO HELP LEAD THE PROGRAM FORMER LONGTIME COACH WOODY LEINDECKER PLAYED A VITAL PART IN BUILDING.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON HER THOUGHTS REGARDING THE DECISION AT A LATER DATE.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS MILES.

CONTINUING COVERAGE NOW OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ESTIMATES ABOUT 42,000 WOMEN WILL DIE FROM THE DISEASE THIS YEAR ALONE BUT EARLY DETECTION THROUGH BREAST CANCER SCREENING CAN SIGNIFICANTLY RAISE ODDS OF SURVIVAL.

HOWEVER, EXPERTS SAY ONE BIG MISCONCEPTION MAY BE KEEPING SOME WOMEN FROM THEIR ANNUAL MAMMOGRAM.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER TALKS TO A BREAST RADIOLOGIST WHO WANTS TO BUST THIS MYTH SO MORE LIVES CAN BE SAVED.

>> Reporter: WHEN BREAST CANCER IS CAUGHT AND HASN'T SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY, THE AVERAGE PERSON IS MORE THAN 99% LIKELY TO LIVE FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS, COMPARED TO PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THAT CANCER.

>> WE WANT TO CATCH SOMETHING VERY EARLY.

SCREENING IS THE WAY TO DO THAT.

>> Reporter: FOR THOSE AT AVERAGE RISK FOR BREAST CANCER, THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY RECOMMENDS THAT WOMEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 40 AND 44 HAVE THE OPTION TO START GETTING A MAMMOGRAM EVERY YEAR.

WOMEN 45 TO 54 ARE ADVISED TO GET ONE EVERY YEAR, AND WOMEN 55 AND OLDER CAN DO IT EVERY YEAR OR CONTINUE TO DO IT YEARLY.

WOMEN WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK FOR BREAST CANCER BASED ON CERTAIN FACTORS LIKE FAMILY HISTORY SHOULD GET A BREAST MRI AND A MAMMOGRAM EVERY YEAR, TYPICALLY STARTING AT AGE 30.

ONE MAJOR MISCONCEPTION MAY BE KEEPING SOME FROM THE SCREENING SAYS BREAST RADIOLOGIST WITH ORLANDO HEALTH.

>> THEY THINK THEY HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY TO GET BREAST CANCER.

ABOUT 80% TO 85% OF WOMEN THAT HAVE BREAST CANCER DO NOT HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY.

>> Reporter: THAT'S WHY EVERY WOMAN, REGARDLESS OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL RISK SHOULD NOT ONLY DO SELF EXAMS BUT FOLLOW BREAST CANCER SCREENING RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.

FINDING A LUMP OR MASS IN THE BREAST IS A COMMON SYMPTOM OF THIS DISEASE.

SCREENING TESTS CAN HELP FIND THE CANCER BEFORE SYMPTOMS APPEAR WHEN TREATMENT IS MOST LIKELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

>> WE SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF OURSELVES FIRST SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR FAMILIES.

>> FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>> THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY SAYS DECADES OF RESEARCH SHOWS WOMEN WHO HAVE REGULAR MAMMOGRAMS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE BREAST CANCER FOUND EARLIER LESS LIKELY TO NEED AGGRESSIVE TREATMENTS LIKE CHEMOTHERAPY OR SURGERY TO REMOVE THE ENTIRE BREAST AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE CURED.

>>> ALL RIGHT, A QUICK CHECK OF OUR WEATHER NOW.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA, LOWS NEAR 37.

>> Dennis: THAT'S GOING TO WRAP UP OUR SHOW.

HAVE A GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY.

>> Miles: GOOD NIGHT.

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