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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.

A FEDERAL LAWSUIT FILED BY THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE ACCUSES SEVEN COMPANIES, INCLUDING 3-M, OF CONTAMINATING WATER ON THE RESERVATION WITH PFAS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS FOREVER CHEMICALS.

IN THE LAWSUIT THE BAND SAYS THAT ITS CULTURE, RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, AND SUBSISTENCE DEPEND ON THE LAND AND WATER RESOURCES ON THE LEECH LAKE RESERVATION, WHICH HAS BECOME CONTAMINATED WITH PFAS.

THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS THE COMPANIES DESIGNED, MANUFACTURED, FORMULATED, MARKETED, PROMOTED, DISTRIBUTED, SOLD AND/OR ASSUMED OR ACQUIRED LIABILITIES FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND/OR SALE OF PFAS PRODUCTS THAT HAVE CONTAMINATED AND CONTINUE TO CONTAMINATE THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE'S RESERVATION.

THE BAND SAYS IT FOUND PFAS IN THE WATER SUPPLY FOR ONE OF ITS SCHOOLS IN 2022.

IT HAS QUIT USING THAT WATER AND NOW SUPPLIES THE SCHOOL WITH BOTTLED WATER.

THE LAWSUIT ALSO SAYS THAT IN 2023, THE BAND TESTED SIX SPECIES OF FISH FROM CASS LAKE AND PIKE BAY, AND TOXIC LEVELS OF PFAS WERE FOUND IN NEARLY ALL SPECIES OF FISH IN BOTH LAKES.

IN 2025 SAMPLINGS OF THE LIVERS OF 22 DEER ALSO SHOWED LEVELS OF PFAS.

WE ARE INCLUDING A COPY OF THE LAWSUIT ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

IN IT, THE BAND CHARGES THE COMPANIES WITH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, ONE COUNT OF PUBLIC NUISANCE, ONE COUNT OF NEGLIGENCE, ONE COUNT OF PRODUCT LIABILITY, AND ONE COUNT OF UNJUST ENRICHMENT.

>>> ONLINE SHOPPING GIANT AMAZON SUPPORTS MORE THAN ONE MILLION EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE GLOBE AT THEIR FULFILLMENT CENTERS, AND NOW BRAINERD LAKES AREA RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE MIX WITH A NEW DELIVERY CENTER OPENING UP IN BAXTER.

DANIEL PURSELL HAS THE LATEST.

>> Daniel: LAKE WORKERS BEES LEAVING THE HIVE, DRIVERS LEAVE THE NEW AMAZON DELIVERY STATION LIE CLOCK WORK, ENSURING BRAINERD LAKES RESIDENTS ARE GETTING PACKAGES FASTER THAN EVER.

>> THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION WAS GREAT FOR US IN TERMS OF ACCESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

SPEED TO MARKET IS HUGE IN OUR PROCESS, SO BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH A BE COMMUNITY THAT CAN DELIVER A BUILDING ON TIME WHEN WE NEED IT TO IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS BECAUSE IT MEANS WE CAN DELIVER FOR OUR CUSTOMERS ON TIME AND THAT'S THE KEY REASON WHY BAXTER DAT RETAIL GIANT OPENED THE DOORS EARLIER THIS YEAR.

FOR BAXTER RESIDENTS, THE OPENING OF THE CENTER CONTINUES THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS PARK AND ATTRACT NEW ORGANIZATIONS TO THE AREA.

>> REALLY BEAUTIFIES OUR INDUSTRIAL PARK AND ENHANCE WHAT HAPPENED WE ALREADY HAVE HERE, AND -- WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE HERE, SO SEVERAL DIFFERENT REASONS WHY IT'S A GREAT THING.

>> Daniel: THE FACILITY CURRENTLY PROCESSES ABOUT 3,000 PACKAGES A DAY, BUT AMAZON HAS BIG PLANS FOR THE SITE.

THEY WANT THAT NUMBER TO RISE TO 24,000 BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

>> SO WE'RE AROUND 3,000 PACKAGES RIGHT NOW.

THE GOAL IS TO GET UP TO 10,000 PACKAGES BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND OUR MECHANICAL CAPACITY IS UP TO 24,000, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET TO THAT POINT ANYTIME SOON.

>> Daniel: THE FACILITY IS THE LATEST EXAMPLE TO AMAZON'S $4 BILLION COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING SERVICES TO MORE RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTRY.

>> THIS YEAR, AMAZON ANNOUNCE ADD $4 BILLION INVESTMENT TO TRIPLE THE SIZE OF OUR NETWORK, SPANNING 1.2 SQUARE MILES OF COVERAGE.

THAT'S ABOUT 13,000 NEW ZIP CODES WE'RE ADDING TO OUR LAST MILE DELIVERY AREA.

THAT MEANS 200-PLUS NEW BUILDINGS BY 2026 THAT AMAZON IS INVESTING TO BRING THAT TWO-DAY DELIVERY TIMEFRAME TO MOST OF AMERICANS.

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

>> Dennis: THE FACILITY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EMPLOY OVER 100 PEOPLE WITH AN ADDITIONAL 100 JOBS THROUGH THIRD-PARTY VENDORS.

>>> IN JUST ONE WEEK, MINNESOTA LAW ENFORCEMENT CITED NEARLY 1,000 PEOPLE FOR NOT WEARING A SEATBELT OR PROPERLY SECURING CHILDREN.

LACK OF SEATBELT USE IS STILL A LEADING FACTOR IN FATAL CRASHES ON MINNESOTA ROADS.

THAT'S WHY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY'S OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY PARTNERED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR EXTRA SEATBELT ENFORCEMENT AND AWARENESS THE FINAL WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.

OTS COORDINATED THE EXTRA ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN THAT RAN FROM SEPTEMBER 21st THROUGH THE 27th WITH 254 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TAKING PART.

OFFICERS WITH THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL'S BRAINERD OFFICE HANDED OUT 65 CITATIONS, WHICH WAS THE MOST IN GREATER MINNESOTA.

>>> THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS TEAMING UP WITH THE ROCHESTER FIRE DEPARTMENT TO KICK OFF A STATEWIDE CARBON MONOXIDE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SPOKE WITH THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL TO PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ON THE CAMPAIGN.

>> Matthew: CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IS INVILK, ODORLESS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING.

JUST A FEW MINUTES OF EXPOSURE CAN LEAD TO DEATH.

>> WE CALL IT THE SILENT KILLER, THE INVISIBLE KILLER, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW THAT WUR BEING EXPOSED TO IT UNTIL YOU START MAYBE FEELING SOME SYMPTOMS.

THINGS LIKE HEADACHE, YOUR SKIN IS A LITTLE FLUSH, MIGHT BE MORE RED IN CERTAIN AREAS.

THAT IS GENERALLY AN INDICATOR THAT YOU'RE GETTING EXPOSED TO HIGHER LEVELS IS WHEN YOU START TO SEE THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS.

>> Matthew: CARBON MONOXIDE IS A GAS THAT IS CREATED WHEN FUELS SUCH AS NATURAL GAS BURN IN INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION.

>> PREDOMINANTLY YOUR FURNACE OR WATER HEATER.

COULD BE YOUR OVEN OR STOVER TOP.

IF YOU'RE AT A CABIN AND USE A GENERATOR, THAT WILL ALSO PRODUCE CARBON MONOXIDE.

>> Matthew: SO HOW DO YOU FIGHT OFF AN INVISIBLE MONSTER?

THERE'S A TOOL YOU CAN PLUG IN.

IT.

>> ACTS LIKE A SMOKE ALARM WHERE IT JUST SITS THERE.

ONCE IT'S PLUGGED N YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT UNLESS IT ALARMS, IN WHICH CASE WE WANT YOU TO EVACUATE AND THEN CALL 911.

>> Matthew: A FEDERAL GRANT WILL PROVIDE 2500 CO ALARMS TO THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL.

AS A PART OF THE CAMPAIGN, THOSE ALARMS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN EIGHT DIFFERENT CITIES.

TWO OF THEM BEING BEMIDJI AND BRAINERD.

>> THE DETECTORS AND ALARMS WE PURCHASE ALSO HAVE A DIGITAL READOUT TO TELL YOU WHAT ARE THE LEVELS OF CARBON MONOXIDE IN THAT ROOM AS IT'S SAMPLING.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE FOCUSED ON AREAS WHERE THERE WAS CERTAIN FACTORS WHERE THEY MIGHT BE MORE LIKELY TO BE EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE BASED ON HEATING SOURCES AVAILABLE, BUT ALSO THE AGE OF THE HOUSING STOCK AND FACTOR IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO A LOT OF CARBON MONOXIDE INCIDENTS IN THE AREA.

>> Matthew: LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS WILL INSTALL THE ALARMS FREE OF CHARGE TO THOSE WHO NEED THEM.

>> Dennis: THE FIRE MARSHAL HOPES THAT ALL 2500 CO ALARMS CAN BE DISTRIBUTED AND INSTALLED BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

>>> EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE BEMIDJI BRANCH OF AFFINITY PLUS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION CLOSED ITS DOORS AND SENT THEIR EMPLOYEES INTO THE BEMIDJI AREA TO COMPLETE A DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS FOR THEIR ANNUAL PLUS IT FORWARD DAY.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK STOPPED BY A FEW OF THE LOCATIONS THEY VISITED TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND SPOKE TO EMPLOYEES ABOUT WHY THESE PROJECTS ARE NEEDED IN THE AREA.

>> Sydney: EVERY YEAR, AFFINITY PLUS CREDIT UNION IN BEMIDJI CLOSES THEIR DOORS FOR ONE DAY AND SENDS ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO DO SERVICE PROJECTS AND OTHER VOLUNTEERING WORK.

THIS YEAR, IT IS THE 13th TIME THEY'VE HAD THEIR PLUS IT FORWARD SOMEDAY.

>> THIS IDEA CAME ABOUT 13 YEARS AGO AT AFIN PLUS AND IT HAS CONTINUOUS TO GROW OVER THE YEARS, THAT THE CREDIT UNION NETWORK ACTUALLY ADOPTED THIS AND IT NOW IS CREDIT UNION FORWARD DAY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

SO CREDIT UNIONS ALL ACROSS THE U.S.

ARE NOW PARTICIPATING WITH AN IDEA THAT STARTED AT AFFINITY PLUS.

>> Sydney: THE AFFINITY PLUS BRANCH HAS NEARLY 70 EMPLOYEES.

>> Stacy: GO AROUND THE EMPLOYEE DOING THINGS FROM TIEING BLANKETS TO PACKING 1500 UNDERSTOOD BAGS FOR THE UNITED WAY'S BACKPACK BUDDIES PROGRAM.

THE CREDIT UNION WORKED WITH 15 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR DIFFERENT SERVICE PROJECTS.

>> IT'S A REALLY POWERFUL DAY.

WHEN YOU'RE A BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S CRITICAL THAT YOU GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY YOU LIVE IN AND IT'S JUST PART OF THE CULTURE AT AFFINITY PLUS.

IT'S WHO WE ARE.

IT'S KIND OF PART OF OUR DNA.

AND SO WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS DAY ALL YEAR.

I THINK COLLECTIVELY, ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, IT'S THE FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR WHERE THEY CAN JUST GO OUT AND SPREAD KINDNESS.

>> Sydney: AFFINITY PLUS WORKERS ALSO WENT BEYOND THE BORDERS OF BEMIDJI, CONTINUING VOLUNTEERING IN LEECH LAKE, LAPORTE, AND BEYOND.

PLUS IT FORWARD DAY IS ALSO INTENDED TO HAVE MORE OF A LONG-LASTING IMPACT THAN JUST BEING ONE DAY.

>> THEY'VE WORKED WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO SAID THEY LOVE IT SO MUCH THAT THEY STARTED ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING IT IN THEIR OWN BUSINESSES AND GETTING OUT AND SPREADING KINDNESS.

>> LOT OF MY TEAM WORKS REMOTELY, AND SO ALL OF US COMING TOGETHER AND SPENDING THIS ENTIRE DAY TOGETHER, RATHER THAN SPENDING IT WORKING, SPENDING IT GIVING BACK IS INCREDIBLE BLI MEANINGFUL.

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

>> Dennis: ALONG WITH AFFINITY PLUS, MORE THAN 60 OTHER CREDIT UNIONS ALSO TAKE PART IN THE ANNUAL DAY OF GIVING, WHICH ALSO COINCIDES WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY EVERY YEAR.

>> Announcer: STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10: >> Stacy: WE'LL SEE SHOWERS AND SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, BUT DESPITE THE RAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER TO END THE WORK WEEK.

I'LL HAVE THE FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, FIVE BAXTER BUSINESSES CAME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT A DONATION DAY.

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

>> Dennis: FIVE BAXTER-AREA BUSINESSES CAME TOGETHER FOR THE ALL HANDS ON DECK DONATION DAY IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT LIGHTHOUSE BEGINNINGS YESTERDAY MORNING.

THE DONATION DAY IS PART OF ECOWATER SYSTEMS' CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.

THE ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED AN INITIATIVE CALLED THE 100 FOR 100 PROGRAM, WHICH EMPOWERS ECOWATER DEALERS TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH IMPACTFUL WATER-FOCUSED PROJECTS DONATIONS.

LIGHTHOUSE BEGINNINGS IS A BAXTER-BASED NON-PROFIT DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO OVERCOME THE LIFE CHALLENGES EXPERIENCED WHILE IN RECOVERY AND/OR EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

OFFICIALS FROM BOTH ORGANIZATIONS ARE HAPPY TO SEE THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER TO HELP SUPPORT THE CAUSE.

>> IT JUST SHOWS THE HEART OF ECOWATER SYSTEM AND CHAD AND JUST HIS STAFF OF BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER, SHOWING JUST THE LOVE AND GIVING AND JUST THE HEART THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> I'VE A HAD SECOND CHANCES IN MY LIFE.

I'VE HAD THIRD AND FOURTH, PROBABLY EVEN A FIFTH CHANCE, AND TODAY IS A TIME TO GIVE BACK THOSE CHANCES.

>> Dennis: DONATIONS OF PRODUCT, SITE IMPROVEMENTS, FOOD AND SERVICES TOTALING MORE THAN $28,000 WERE ALL PRESENTED AT LIGHTHOUSE BEGINNINGS.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER.

STACY IS HERE.

GOING TO SEE A LITTLE RAIN HERE IN THE AREA COMING UP?

>> Stacy: STWEF A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING RAIN MOVING INTO MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT, ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TOMORROW.

THERE WILL BE A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IN THERE AS WELL, BUT IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SEEING WARMER TEMPERAT >>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

>> Stacy: WE DID SEE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE RETURNING TO MOST OF THE AREA.

THE EXCEPTION OF FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA, BUT, OF COURSE, THE SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THAT AREA TOMORROW.

DESPITE THE RAIN, DESPITE THE SHOWERS OR THE THUNDERSTORMS, WE COULD BE SEEING WARMER TEMPERATURES.

HIGH COULD BE IN THE 60s OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.

YOUR FORECAST IN A SECOND, BUT CURRENT CONDITIONS, IT'S 51 JES AT THE AIRPORT IN BEMIDJI, WINDS AT THE STUDIO OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

44 IS OUR DEWPOINT, HUMIDITY AT 77%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLOUDY SKIES, 52 WITH A DEWPOINT OF 48.

WE HAVE A FALLING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE AND WINDS ARE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 3.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE A LOT OF CLOUDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

AFTER MIDNIGHT, WE COULD START TO SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA.

WE HAVE A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING THESE ACROSS MOST OF THE LAKELAND COUNTRY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

SLOWER TO THE FAR NORTH, BUT ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW, SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY.

TEMPERATURES-WISE, A LITTLE BIT WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE 60s TOMORROW.

A LOT OF US STILL IN THE 60s ON FRIDAY AND WE COOL DOWN A LITTLE BIT, MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES AS WE HIT THE WEEKEND.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

LINDA SENDING US THIS FOTE TOFRT CLOUDS AND A LITTLE BIT OF FALL COLOR ON THE SHORES OF LAKE MILLE LACS TODAY.

ARLENE WITH A COUPLE OF SWANS AND ANGELA CAPTURING THE SUNSET BLOT CLOUDS OVER SUGAR POINT.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE.

EAGLE EYES REPORTS, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 51.

ARLENE IN MEN NANG GA, REPORTING 52.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDS TODAY, PICKED UP .3 OF AN INCH OF RAIN.

THE HIGH 51.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, 57 INCORPORATE HIGH.

ON THE ALMANAC, 52 WAS THE HIGH TODAY IN BRAINERD.

WE'RE FALLING A LITTLE BIT SHY OF OUR AVERAGE HIGH OF 56.

WE STARTED OUT AT 44 AND SUNSET THIS EVENING AT 6:28.

BEMIDJI WITH A HIGH OF 55, 3 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE HIGH, 44 THE LOW AND SUNRISE THIS MORNING AT 7:40.

AS WE LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT, STILL THERE TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA HEADING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

STILL A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WARMER.

LOOKING AT UPPER 50s ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER, BUT LOW TO MID 60s ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

POSSIBLY UP TO 67 IN PARK RAPIDS AND WE SHOULD BE SEEING MID TO UPPER 60s IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, CLOSE TO 70 IN BOTH WADENA AND LITTLE STAULTION.

THE FORECAST TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA.

A SMALL CHANCE IT REACHES THE FAR NORTH OVERNIGHT.

LOWS NEAR 45, BUT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW.

ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING COULD BE LINGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A HIGH NEAR 64.

AS FAR AS OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE ARE A LITTLE BIT UNSETTLED, ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN AND FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY.

HIGHS STILL NEAR 61 AND HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, WE DO START TO COOL DOWN ONCE AGAIN.

MAINLY QUIET WEATHER BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

53 FOR A HIGH ON SUNDAY AND THEN ON MONDAY, 58 WITH SOME ISOLATED RAIN IN PARTS OF FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANK YOU, STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE.

FINAL NIGHT OF THE REGULAR SEASON FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

>> Charlie: YEAH, WE GOT OUT THERE AND GOT TO CHECK OUT GRAND RAPIDS.

THEY WERE PLAYING AT HOME TONIGHT AGAINST ROCK RIDGE, TRYING TO FINISH THEIR SEASON 7-1.

ALSO STOPPED BY AITKIN AND CROSBY-IRONTON HIGH SCHOOL.

>>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>> Charlie: IT'S BEEN A STEADY CLIMB UP THE RANKINGS THIS YEAR FOR GRAND RAPIDS FOOTBALL.

THE 6-1 THUNDERHAWKS FIND THEMSELVES RANKED 4th IN CLASS 4-A HEADING INTO THE FINAL GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON AND COULD BOAST AN UNDEFEATED SECTION RECORD IF THEY CAN KNOCK OFF THE FINAL OPPONENT ON THEIR SCHEDULE.

THEY'RE AT HOME TAKING ON ROCK RIDGE.

A WIN WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY EARN RAPIDS THE ONE-SEED AND A FIRST-ROUND BYE HEADING INTO THE PLAYOFFS.

FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE FOR THE T-HAWKS, END AROUND.

TECHNICALLY A PASS BECAUSE IT'S A FORWARD PITCH.

THE LINEMEN HATE THAT BECAUSE THEY LOSE OUT ON THE RUSHING YARDS.

68 YARDS TO THE HOUSE AND JUST LIKE THAT, IT'S 7-0.

NEXT, RAPIDS DRIVE.

JUST THE THIRD PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE.

MASON JNZ UP THE GUT AND OUT THE GATE.

24 YARDS TO THE PYLON AND HE'S IN.

14-0 T-HAWKS LEAD.

SECOND QUARTER, SPECIAL TEAMS COMING INTO PLAY ON A PUNT AFTER SAFETY.

MARCUS STEELE FINDS THE LANE.

HE GONE.

68-YARD KICK RETURN HAD THE THUNDERHAWKS ROLLING.

23-ZIP.

RAPIDS DEFENSE DOESN'T WANT TO BE LEFT OUT.

JOHNSON SAID THIS IS A NO-FLY ZONE.

6-6 MADE IT 30-0.

GRAND RAPIDS MAKES A STATEMENT.

THEY FINISH 7-1 OVERALL, 5-0 IN SECTION FLAY AND WILL PROBABLY GET THE ONE-SEED AND A FIRST-ROUND BYE.

>>> IN A SECTION 7-AA SHOWDOWN, AITKIN IS 6-1 AND RANKED 10th IN THE CLASS.

THEY'RE HOSTING 3-4 GREENWAY-NASHWAUK-KEEWATIN.

FOUR MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST QUARTER, STILL SCORELESS.

ZEKE BREAKS THE ICE, FOUR-YARD RUSH.

8-0 TITANS AFTER A TWO-POINT CONVERSION.

SECOND QUARTER, SAME SCORE.

PARKER FULTON, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME.

GETS THE INTERCEPTION AND FINALLY BROUGHT DOWN IN THE RED ZONE.

GOBBLERS BACK IN BUSINESS.

TWO ANYWAYS LATER, KAERT PETE CASHES IN ON THE TURNOVER.

15 YARD CARRY MADE IT 8-7.

AITKIN TAKES THE LEAD ON THE THIRD QUARTER.

62 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUNS SPARKS THE OFFENSE AND THEY WIN 28-8.

>>> ALSO IN SECTION 7-AA, CROSBY-IRONTON TRYING TO FINISH THEIR REGULAR SEASON WITH A "W".

THEY'RE HOSTING INTERNATIONAL FALLS.

PICKING UP IN THE THIRD QUARTER, 14-6, INTERNATIONAL FALLS FALLS.

SWENSON SECTS WITH CARTER LINE.

THAT'S A 33-YARD RECEPTION THAT SETS UP A TOUCHDOWN A FEW PLAYS LATER.

21-6 BRONCOS.

FOUR MINUTES LEFT IN THE THIRD, BREAKS THE TACKLE AND STREAKS PAST THE D.

56 YARDS TO THE PROMISED LAND.

RANGERS STILL TRAILING 21-12.

FINAL SECONDS OF THE THIRD, I-FALLS BACKED UP NEAR THE GOAL LINE.

ELDON McCHAINS SNATCHES THE PICK, BUT UNABLE TO CAPITALIZE.

THEY DROP THE FINAL GAME.

MORE SCORES FOR YOU FROM AROUND THE AREA.

BEMIDJI FALL, 4-4 ON THE SEASON.

BRAINERD, NUMBER 2 RANKED SPRING LAKE PARK ALL THEY COULD HANDLE, BUT NOT ENOUGH.

THEY FALL 17-10.

LITTLE FALLS EDGES ST.

CLOUD APOLLO WITH THREE FIELD GOALS.

TIMES THAT'S ENOUGH TO GET IT DONE.

THEY BEAT PARK RAPIDS BY A GOOD MARGIN.

PEQUOT LAKES GETS THE WIN AND FINISHES THE SEASON UNDEFEATED.

PILLAGER FINISHED THE SEASON UNDEFEATED ALSO.

PIERCE ALSO.

A BUNCH OF UNDEFEATED TEAMS HERE.

CROOKSTON GETS THE WIN OTHER RED LAKE.

ROSEAU DROPS ONE AND WARROAD RULED BY BARNESVILLE.

WADENA DEER CREEK DROP THEIR FINAL GAME, BROWARDVILLE GETS THE WIN, A TIGHT ONE.

PINE RIVER BACKUS, INSTEAD OF CASS LAKE WADENA TONIGHT, THEY GET THE WIN.

PARK CHRISTIAN, THEY COME OUT ON TOP OVER BEGLEY 22-6.

MOUNTAIN IRON-BUHL OVER IRON RIVER.

BENSON BEATS LONG PRAIRIE GRAY EAGLE 56-6.

GOOD RIDGE GET A TIGHT WIN OVER BGMR.

COOK COUNTY BEATING LITTLE FORK-BIG FALLS.

THAT'S THEIR SECOND LOSS OF THE SEASON.

TABEKA FALLS.

BLACKDUCK IN THE RIVALRY GAME, 36-28.

THEY GET THEM BY ONE SCORE.

FOSSTON, 20-POINT WIN OVER HANCOCK.

CROMWELL WRIGHT WINS.

>> Dennis: A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE AREA PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

A LOT OF GOOD WINS TONIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOT ALL THE SCORES ON.

>> Dennis: WE DID TONIGHT.

THANKS, CHARLIE.

>>> TODAY IS PREGNANCY AND INFANT LOSS REMEMBRANCE DAY, A TIME DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE LOST.

FOR PARENTS, LOSING A CHILD CAN HAVE A PROFOUND TOLL ON MENTAL HEALTH.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER HAS ONE WOMAN'S STORY AND THE MESSAGE SHE HOPES EVERYONE WHO'S EXPERIENCED LOSS WILL HEAR.

>> Mandy: JUST TWO WEEKS AFTER DELIVERING HER STILLBORN DAUGHTER, LAKISHA HEADLEY WAS BACK AT WORK, BUT ON THE INSIDE, SHE WAS MISERABLE.

>> I FELT LIKE I COULDN'T TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT WHAT I WAS GOING THROUGH BECAUSE IT WAS SO TABOO.

>> Mandy: 12 YEARS LATER, SHE WAS PREGNANT AGAIN, BUT WENT INTO LABOR AT 15 WEEKS.

HER SON JACKSON PASSED AWAY SHORTLY AFTER BIRTH.

AGAIN, SHE WENT RIGHT BACK TO WORK.

>> THIS TIME, IT JUST PUT ME INTO AN ABSOLUTE SPIRAL.

>> Mandy: EVERY YEAR IN THE U.S., ABOUT 21,000 BABIES ARE STILLBORN, ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF BABIES DIED DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE.

FOR PARENTS, THE LOSS CAN LEAD TO SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION, INCLUDING FEELINGS OF ANGER, IRWRITABILITY, OR RAGE, SLEEP AND APPETITE DISTURBANCES, CRYING AND SADNESS, FEELINGS OF GUILT, SHAME, OR HOPELESSNESS, LOSS OF INTEREST IN THINGS THEY USED TO ENJOY, AND POSSIBLY THOUGHTS OF HARMING THEMSELVES.

>> I HAD ANXIETY.

I COULDN'T SLEEP.

I WAS CRYING TEARS THAT FELT LIKE HOT FIRE ON MY FACE EVERY NIGHT.

AND THERE JUST WASN'T ANY HOPE.

>> Mandy: SEEING A THERAPIST AND GETTING ON MEDICATION HELPED HEADLEY ONCE AGAIN FIND HOPE.

SHE NOW WORKS WITH POSTPARTUM SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL, A NONPROFIT THAT HELPS THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR LOSS OR OTHER POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.

>> EVERY DAY, I THINK ABOUT MY DAUGHTER.

EVERY DAY, I THINK ABOUT MY SON JACKSON, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT I'LL SAY YOUR BABY'S NAME AS WELL.

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

>> Dennis: YOU DON'T NEED A DIAGNOSIS TO GET HELP.

POSTPARTUM SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL HAS FREE RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH FOR PARENTS SUFFERING FROM PREGNANCY AND INFANT LOSS ON ITS WEBSITE, POSTPARTUM.NET.

>>> OKAY, WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE LAST LOOK AT WEATHER.

WE GO BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE'LL SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MOST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

OTHERWISE, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH LOWS NEAR 45.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE MORNING TOMORROW.

THERE COULD BE SOME LINGERING ACTIVITY IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE MID 60s.

>> Dennis: OKAY, THAT'S GOING TO PUT A WRAP ON IT FOR US TONIGHT.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT, EVERYONE.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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