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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.

>>> RED FLAG WARNING WERE OUT TODAY FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE STATE BECAUSE OF HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS AND FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED A WILD FIRE JUST EAST OF BEMIDJI TODAY.

TWO PLANES AND A HELICOPTER GRABBED WATER FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND AN AREA LAKE IN ORDER TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.

ACCORDING TO BELTRAMI COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THE FIRE HAS BEEN CLEARED BUT THERE ARE STILL REPORTS OF SMOKE IN THE AREA WHICH APPEARS TO BE UNRELATED TO THIS FIRE AND POSSIBLY FROM FIRE HAPPENING IN NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA.

THE PIERZ FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO AN EARLY MORNING FIRE AT BUSINESS NEAR HILLMAN TODAY.

AN ALARM AT THE CAVE BAR AND GRILL ALERTED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND FIREFIGHTERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE AROUND 1:40 A.M.

WHEN THEY ARRIVED SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING WHICH IS LOCATED ON HIGHWAY 27 ABOUT FOUR MILES NORTH OF HILLMAN.

THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT AND THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE IS STILL ONGOING.

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

>>> PLANS FOR THE NEW YMCA-OPERATED WELLNESS CENTER IN BEMIDJI'S RAIL CORRIDOR ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH A GRANT OF NEARLY $590,000 FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR DEED.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH GREATER-BEMIDJI AND THE YMCA OF NORTHERN SKY IN FARGO MET WITH BOTH THE BELTRAMI COUNTY BOARD AND THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL EARLIER THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT PLANS TO HOPEFULLY BEGIN CONSTRUCTION FOR THE $35 MILLION FACILITY.

SANFORD HEALTH, THE ORIGINAL PLANNED OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF THE WELLNESS CENTER BEFORE BACKING OUT IN 2023, PLEDGED $10 MILLION INTO THE WELLNESS CENTER, ALONG WITH AN ADDITIONAL $9 MILLION BEING RAISED THROUGH LOCAL FUNDRAISING EFFORTS.

THE PROJECT SO FAR HAS RAISED JUST OVER $20 MILLION, WITH HOPES FOR ANOTHER $1.4 MILLION CONTAMINATION CLEANUP GRANT FROM DEED.

>> WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WELLNESS CENTER FOR SO LONG.

WE NEVER GOTTEN THIS FAR.

WE'RE IN A PLACE WHERE I BELIEVE DESPITE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE PROPOSED OVER THE YEARS, ALL OF WHICH I WAS A PART OF AND I'M GETTING TIRED.

THIS ONE JUST FEELS BETTER, RIGHT?

IT FEELS LIKE THE BETTER FIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT FEELS LIKE EXACTLY WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS RIGHT NOW.

I TRULY BELIEVE THERE IS A RIGHT TIME, RIGHT?

FOR PROJECTS.

THIS JUST FEELS LIKE THE RIGHT TIME.

>> HENGEL TOLD COUNTY OFFICIALS HE HOPES THAT CLEANUP AND PREPPING FOR CONSTRUCTION CAN BEGIN IN APRIL OF 2025, WITH CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER OF THAT YEAR.

IF EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, THE YMCA HOPES TO OPEN ITS DOORS IN DECEMBER OF 2026.

>>> THE LEECH LAKE OPIOID COALITION'S FIRST EVER YOUTH SUMMIT AT A SCHOOL TOOK PLACE AT CASS LAKE-BENA HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS WEEK.

THE COALITION PUT TOGETHER A FULL DAY OF PRESENTERS AND ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN THE IMPORTANCE OF DRUG KNOWLEDGE, SOCIAL MEDIA DANGERS, OVERDOSE AWARENESS, AND MORE.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THE LEECH LAKE OPIOID COALITION TEAMED UP WITH THE CASS LAKE-BENA MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL FOR AN ALL DAY YOUTH SUMMIT.

THE COALITION HELD YOUTH SUMMITS IN THE PAST, BUT NEVER OF THIS MAGNITUDE.

THEY REALIZED THAT THEY COULD INCREASE THEIR NUMBERS AND ALSO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY THAT YOUTH HAVE TO GET THERE.

>> ALL THE ONES THAT WERE PUT ON WERE AT THE CASINOS, JUST OUTSIDE PLACES, SO THE TRANSPORTATION IS THE ISSUE HERE.

YOU KNOW, NORTHERN MINNESOTA, YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL.

SO WE BROUGHT IT HERE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING IT TO OTHER SCHOOLS.

>> Reporter: ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS OF THE SUMMIT WAS TO INFORM THE YOUTH ABOUT THE ONGOING DRUG EPIDEMIC.

>> WE TRIED TO GET INVOLVED IN PREVENTION ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZE ACTIVITIES WITH DIFFERENT PREVENTION AND TRY TO CURB OR STOP DRUG EPIDEMIC THAT IS PLAGUING EVERYWHERE.

>> Reporter: AT THE SUMMIT, THERE WERE MANY PRESENTERS FROM DIFFERENT AREAS.

THERE WAS A HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS TALK, DRUG SAFETY INFORMATION, AND SEVERAL OTHER INDIGENOUS SPEAKERS SHARING THEIR PERSONAL STORIES.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE REPRESENTATION MATTERS, YOU KNOW.

LOOKING BACK TO MY YOUTH, THERE WAS A LOT OF REPRESENTATION THAT WAS LACKING, THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEMSELVES AND THE PEOPLE THAT PRESENT TO THEM AND YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEMSELVES AND EXAMPLES OF INDIGENOUS EXCELLENCE.

>> KNOWING YOUR CULTURE, WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU CAME FROM, THAT HELPS YOU MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.

IT PROVIDES THOSE ROOTS AND CONNECTION.

>> HOPEFULLY IT LIGHTS THE FIRE UNDER SOMEONE TO STRIVE TO DO WHATEVER CAREER IT IS, IF IT'S PUBLIC SPEAKING, PRESENTING, MUSIC, AND FINDING THE LIGHT TO MAKE A CHANGE.

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

>> THERE WERE OVER 700 STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE INAUGURAL SUMMIT AND THE LEECH LAKE OPIOID COALITION HOPES TO CONTINUE AND VISIT MORE SCHOOLS IN THE FUTURE.

>>> THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS AWARDED MORE THAN 50 CANNABIS AND SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION GRANTS TO COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE.

OFFICIALS SAY THE AWARDS COME FOLLOWING A HISTORIC INVESTMENT INTO DRUG OVERDOSE PREVENTION THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE DRUG OVERDOSE AND MORBIDITY PREVENTION ACT IN 2023.

JUST OVER $7.4 MILLION IN TOTAL WILL BE SPREAD ACROSS THOSE 53 HEALTH BOARDS, AVERAGING OUT TO OVER $140,000 FOR EACH GRANT AWARDED.

THE GRANT AIMS TO PROVIDE MORE CANNABIS EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON 4 SPECIFIC AREAS: YOUTH EDUCATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE PREGNANT AND BREASTFEEDING, HOME VISITING PROGRAMS, AND LOCAL AND TRIBAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.

>> OUR ASSUMPTION IN PUBLIC HEALTH IS THAT THOSE FOUR AREAS ARE GOING TO BE WHAT WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON, BUT UNTIL WE GET THE GRANT AND THE GRANT REQUIREMENTS AND CREATE A GRANT PLAN OR WORK DUTY, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE SPENT, ONLY HOW MUCH WE ARE GETTING AND WHAT IT IS ALLOCATED FOR.

>> HERE IS A LOOK AT THE TOTAL AMOUNT AWARDED TO EACH HEALTH BOARD.

SEVEN FROM ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA WILL BE RECEIVING THIS GRANT, AVERAGING TO ABOUT $120,000 FOR EACH HEALTH BOARD SELECTED.

>>> AFTER FOUR WEEKS, ABSENTEE VOTING TOTALS IN MINNESOTA ARE WELL SHORT OF THE PACE FROM 2020 DURING THE PANDEMIC BUT MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NUMBERS FROM THE 2016 ELECTION.

THE LATEST UPDATE FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHOWS COUNTY, CITY, AND TOWNSHIP ELECTION OFFICIALS HAVE ACCEPTED 337,633 BALLOTS.

IN 2020 DURING THE PANDEMIC A LITTLE MORE THAN 911,000 BALLOTS HAD BEEN ACCEPTED AT THIS POINT.

WHILE IN 2016, ONLY AROUND 151,000 HAS BEEN ACCEPTED.

THE OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE IS UPDATING THE ABSENTEE VOTING STATISTICS EACH THURSDAY THROUGH THE FALL.

EARLY ESTIMATES INDICATE HURRICANE MILTON COULD BE ONE OF THE TOP TEN COSTLIEST STORMS IN U.S. HISTORY.

THE RESEARCH FIRM CORELOGIC ESTIMATES DAMAGES AS HIGH AS $34 BILLION.

THE BULK OF THE LOSSES ARE FROM WIND DAMAGE DUE TO THE UNUSUAL NATURE OF THE STORM.

AS FAR AS WATER AND STORM SURGE, UNINSURED FLOOD DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $4 BILLION TO $6 BILLION.

THESE ESTIMATES DO NOT INCLUDE EXTENSIVE DAMAGES FROM AT LEAST NINE DEADLY TORNADOES THAT RIPPED ACROSS FLORIDA BEFORE MILTON MADE LANDFALL.

AND THE NUMBERS ARE FAR LESS THAN THE ESTIMATED $47.5 BILLION IN DAMAGES FROM HURRICANE HELENE.

>>> A WHITE BUFFALO IS CONSIDERED A SACRED AND HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT SYMBOL TO NATIVE AMERICANS.

THE TURTLE MOUNTAIN BAND OF CHIPPEWA HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH MULTIPLE WHITE BUFFALOES AND CHOSE TO GIFT SOME OF THE ANIMALS TO OTHER TRIBES.

KYONA RIVERA REPORTS FROM BELCOURT NORTH DAKOTA.

[♪♪♪] >> Reporter: IT'S A HISTORIC DAY FOR THE TRIBAL NATION AS THIS IS THE FIRST EVER GIFT OF ITS KIND.

>> WE'RE HOPING THIS IS NOT REALLY SIGNIFYING AND UNIFYING AND COMING TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: THE TURTLE BAND WAS GIFTED WITH A CALF, NOT KNOWING THEY WOULD GET AN ABUNDANCE OF OFFSPRING.

>> IT'S UNBELIEVABLE TO ME.

I GET TO BE PART OF THE UNITY.

>> Reporter: TRIBAL CHAIRMAN SAYS THE IDEA TO GIFT THIS SACRED ANIMAL HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

WHILE THE WORLD WAS BATTLING THE PANDEMIC, THE PRESENCE OF THE CALF SPARKED JOY TO THE PEOPLE.

>> SEEING THE CALF COMING OUT OF THE TREES AND BEING SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE WAY OUR PEOPLE GRAVITATED TOWARDS DRIVING BY.

>> Reporter: THEY LEARNED FROM THEIR ELDERS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF TURNING THAT DREAM INTO A REALITY.

>> TALK ABOUT HOW WE NEEDED UNITY AMONGST NOT ONLY OUR PEOPLE, BUT ALL THE TRIBAL PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THOSE INVOLVED SAY THIS DAY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AND NOW LEADERS SAY THEY HAVE RE-GIFTED THE FARE TO OTHER TRIBES.

>> THE FIVE TRIBES THAT WERE GIFTED EACH A SACRED WHITE BUFFALO CALF INCLUDE.

RED LAKE FROM MINNESOTA, SPIRIT LAKE, STANDING ROCK AND M.H.A.

NATION FROM NORTH DAKOTA, AND SISSETON WAHPETON FROM SOUTH DAKOTA.

TRIBAL DELEGATES FROM ALL FIVE WERE ON HAND FOR THE CEREMONY.

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

>> Stacy: SHOWERS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW AND SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE STATE.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE BACK IN THE 70s NEXT WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ON THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA CAME TO THE BRAINERD PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THEIR CELEBRATE SCIENCE PROGRAM.

[♪♪♪] >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> WINTER IS COMING, AT LEAST THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S WINTER OUTLOOK PROJECTIONS.

TODAY, THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS GIVING US AN IDEA OF WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE IN THE SEASON THROUGH THEIR WINTER OUTLOOK PROJECTIONS.

MARYBEL GONZALEZ SPOKE TO THEIR EXPERTS.

>> Reporter: THIS WINTER COULD LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST ONE.

>> OVERALL, WE ARE EXPECTING WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: LAST YEAR, THE NATURAL CLIMATE PATTERN KNOWN AS EL NINO, IN ADDITION TO WARMING DUE TO FOSSIL FUEL POLLUTION BROUGHT WARMER WINTERS IN THE SOUTH AND COOLER ONES IN THE NORTH, WITH LESS SNOW IN THE NORTHEAST AND MIDWEST.

THIS YEAR, THEIR COUNTERPART COULD BRING A WARMER AND DRIER SOUTH AND WETTER NORTH.

>> ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE MORE LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE COUNTRY.

ALSO, NORTHWARD ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD, WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FAVORED FOR PARTS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN PLANES.

>> Reporter: BUT NO TWO LA NINA WINTERS ARE THE SAME.

THEY PREDICT THIS ONE TO BE A WEAKER EVENT.

>> WE EXPECT MORE VARIABLE WEATHER PATTERNS, SO IT CAN GO FROM WARM AND WET TO COLD AND DRY IN A MATTER OF TWO OR THREE WEEKS.

>> Reporter: WHILE EL NINO AND LA NINA CLIMATE PATTERNS GIVES US A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT, EXPERTS LIKE PETER SAYS MOTHER NATURE WILL HAVE THE ULTIMATE SAY.

>> I LIKE TO USE THE ANALOGY WITH EL NINO AND LA NINA OF IT'S LIKE PLAYING A GAME OF CARDS OR POKER WITH A FEW EXTRA ACES IN THE DECK.

YOU MIGHT HAVE AN IDEA HOW THE DECK IS STACKED BUT YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAND YOU WILL GET.

>> Reporter: I'M MARYBEL GONZALEZ REPORTING.

>> Dennis: FORTUNATELY IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SNOW IS IN THE FORECAST IN THE NEXT WEEK.

>> Stacy: WE'RE GOING TO SEE MILD TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS WEEK AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WE COULD SEE RAIN MOVING IN THE AREA TOMORROW AND CONTINU >> 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.

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>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, IT WAS WARM AND WINDY OUT THERE TODAY.

WHILE THE WINDS ARE STARTING TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, WE WILL SEE MORE ACTIVE WEATHER.

CHANCES OF SHOWERS WILL RETURN AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW.

SO WE HAVE A CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS TO END THE WEEK.

IT'S QUIETER NEXT WEEK, BUT TEMPERATURES ARE STAYING MILD AND WE COULD BE IN THE 70s NEXT WEEK.

MORE ON YOUR FORECAST IN A SECOND.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 64 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, WE HAVE A SOUTHEAST WIND AT 9 MILES PER HOUR, 36 IS OUR DEW POINT.

PEAK WIND GUSTS ARE AT 22 MILES PER HOUR.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE A DEW POINT OF 30.

GUSTS ARE UP TO 38.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR PICTURE, IT IS QUIET.

THERE IS NO PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA SO FAR TONIGHT AND IN FACT, OVERNIGHT TONIGHT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO STAY DRY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WINDS STARTING TO DIMINISH A LITTLE BIT, BUT STILL COULD BE 5 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR.

THEN AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, WE WILL START TO SEE THIS COLD FRONT DROPPING INTO THE STATE AND THAT COULD BE THE FOCUS OF SOME SHOWERS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SPREADING THROUGH THE AREA AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

THAT COULD MEAN A BIG DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURES, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 50s IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, WITH HIGHS STILL IN THE 70s IN PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT IT WILL BE COOLER.

EXPECT HIGHS IN THE 50s AND 60s ON SATURDAY.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

GORGEOUS SUNRISE FROM ANGELA IN CASS LAKE, STEPHANIE WITH A MULTITUDE OF COLORS FROM THE TREES IN BRAINERD, JUDY AND BILL SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE EVENING SKIES OVER UPPER RED LAKE.

THE MOON TODAY WAS JUST GORGEOUS.

WE HAVE A FEW PICTURES OF THAT.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA, AND KAREN FROM LONG LAKE WITH THOSE PHOTOS.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 45 AND WINDY THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, THE STRONG SOUTH WIND.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUN AND WINDY, WITH A HIGH OF 69.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST SKIES AND THE SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR, ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30.

THE HIGH WAS 67.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, 77 WAS THE HIGH TODAY IN BRAINERD, VERY WARM.

WE'RE NOT SETTING A RECORD, BUT WE GOT CLOSE.

WE'RE 3 DEGREES SHY OF THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE.

46 WAS THE LOW THIS MORNING.

SUNSET WAS AT 6:26.

BEMIDJI IS NOT AS WARM BUT STILL MILD, 69 FOR OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE.

45 WAS THE LOW AND SUNRISE AT 7:42.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, THE SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA, THE BEST CHANCE TOMORROW WILL BE IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

OUTSIDE OF THE VARIABLE CLOUDS, WE WILL SEE THE COOLER TEMPERATURES, WARROAD, A LOT OF LOW TO MID-60s FOR NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

THEN AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUNSHINE, BUT AGAIN THERE ARE SOME CHANCES, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON OF SHOWER DEVELOPMENT AND HIGH TEMPERATURES UPPER 60s TO 70 DEGREES.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 47 FOR THE LOW, SOUTH WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

THEN TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE THE VARIABLE CLOUDS WITH THE SHOWERS LIKELY IN NORTH WEST MINNESOTA AND THEN A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE.

63 IS THE HIGH AND VARIABLE WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AND TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY ARE A LITTLE BIT COOLER, 55 TO 65 FOR OUR HIGH.

IT IS SHORT LIVED.

THOSE TEMPS BOUNCE INTO THE 70s AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

A LOT OF SUNSHINE THERE AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ON TUESDAY WITH A HIGH OF 62.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

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

BEMIDJI BOYS SOCCER TRYING TO PUNCH A TICKET TO STATE.

>> Charlie: IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2018 WHEN THEY WERE RUNNERS UP.

BUFFALO IS THE 1-SEED, BEMIDJI THE 2-SEED.

FLAGS WERE FLAPPING EVERYWHERE.

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>>> BEMIDJI BOYS SOCCER IS PLAYING IN THEIR FIRST SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SINCE 2019 AND FOR THEIR FIRST STATE TOURNAMENT BERTH SINCE 2018, THE SAME YEAR THEY FINISHED AS STATE RUNNER UP.

TONIGHT THE 2-SEEDED LUMBERJACKS SQUARE OFF WITH TOP SEEDED BUFFALO, A TEAM THAT HADN'T WON MORE THAN FOUR GAMES IN EACH OF THE PAST FIVE SEASONS UNTIL GOING 11-3 AND 4 THIS YEAR.

THE JACKS AND BISON TIED 2-2 IN THEIR LONE MEETING BACK IN LATE SEPTEMBER.

SO WHAT BETTER WAY TO FIND OUT WHO TRULY IS TOP DOG THAN TO HAVE THEM PLAY FOR ALL THE MARBLES.

BEMIDJI AT BUFFALO, THE SECTION 8-3A TITLE AND A TRIP TO THE CLASS 3A STATE TOURNEY ON THE LINE.

FIRST HALF, 0-0.

BEMIDJI WITH A CHANCE.

THE GAME REMAINS TIED.

SECOND HALF, STILL LOCKED AT 0, BUFFALO THREATENING.

KELLEN LOCKED DOWN ALL NIGHT LONG, KEEPING THINGS SQUARE.

THEN WITH 13 MINUTES LEFT, SAM GETS THE FEED, RATTLES IN THE ICEBREAKER.

THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT GIVE IT IS LUMBERJACKS THE 1-0 LEAD.

THEY WILL HOLD OFF THE BISON AND LET THE CELEBRATION BEGIN.

SHIRTS ARE OFF, EVEN THOUGH IT'S COLD.

WHO CARES BECAUSE YOU'RE THE S.E.C.

CHAMPION.

BEMIDJI CLENCHES THEIR TRIP TO STATE WITH A 1-0 VICTORY OVER BUFFALO.

THE JACKS GOT IT DONE BY STAYING COMPOSED AS THEY HAVE ALL YEAR LONG.

>> THE WIN WAS CRAZY FOR SURE.

WE JUST TRUSTED AND HAD TO GET THAT FIRST BALL.

WE GOT IT DONE.

WE GOT SOME DOGS ON THIS TEAM AND WE FOUGHT ALL 80 MINUTES OF THIS GAME.

WE NEVER LET UP.

>> IT'S THE TEAM.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD A PAUSE MOMENT.

WE WERE TALKING TO EACH OTHER.

WE KNEW THE GOAL WAS COMING AND WE KEPT FIGHTING.

I KNEW THAT JOHNSON, THE ONE THAT ASSISTED, HE WOULD GIVE ME A PERFECT BALL AND I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE THERE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND SCORE THE GOAL.

>> Charlie: HERE'S A LOOK AT BEMIDJI AT THE STATE TOURNEY.

2016, 2017, 2018, THREE YEARS IN A ROW THEY WENT STATE RUNNER UP.

NOW 2024, WE'LL SEE HOW THEY DO IN THE FUTURE.

>>> BEMIDJI GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, NOW THE LUMBERJACKS LEADER WAS NOT PLAYING BUT THE SOPHOMORE STEPPED UP IN HER ABSENCE.

10-7 WITH THAT ONE.

THEN FRANK TRIES FOR THE KILL AND GOES RIGHT BACK TO FRANK AND SHE FINISHES WHAT SHE STARTED.

JACKS TAKE A SET.

SECOND SET AFTER TRAILING EARLY, BEMIDJI RALLIES TO TAKE THE LEAD.

MARJORIE SETS UP THERE, AND THEY PUSH ACROSS THE BLOCK AND THEY TAKE THE MATCH 3-1 OVER ESKO.

THE LUMBERJACKS IMPROVE.

THEY HAVE ONE GAME BEFORE THE SECTION TOURNAMENT BEGINS.

BERTHA HEWITT COLLECTS A WIN THEIR IN THEIR TOURNAMENT.

>>> NOW AFTER DROPPING THE FIRST SET 26-24, THE BEAVERS ARE TRYING TO RALLY.

LATER, BSU TIED AT 17-17 WITH THE GOLDEN EAGLES.

THEY WIN THE SET 25-17.

CROOKSTON PROVES TO TONIGHT.

AND NOW ONE OF HER 13 KILLS, AND MINNESOTA CROOKSTON GOES ON TO WIN 3-1.

>> Dennis: THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR BEMIDJI HIGH.

THEY GO ON THE ROAD AS THE UNDERDOG.

NOW THEY PULLED IT OUT IN BLUSTERY CONDITIONS.

>> Charlie: YEAH, IT WAS FUN TO LISTEN TO JOE ON THE RADIO CALL THE GAME AND AWESOME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

WE HAVE A GAME TO WATCH NEXT WEEK.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THE THIRD THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IN OCTOBER IS THE M.E.A.

WEEKEND.

STUDENTS HAVE THE DAYS OFF FOR THE STATEWIDE TEACHER'S UNION CONFERENCE.

YOUNG STUDENTS IN BRAINERD HAD THE DAY OFF, BUT STILL PUT THEIR MINDS TO WORK AT THE BRAINERD PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE CELEBRATE SCIENCE PROGRAM PUT ON BY THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE.

>> Reporter: THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA MADE SCIENCE FUN TODAY FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE CHILDREN AT THE BRAINERD PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE CELEBRATE SCIENCE PROGRAM.

FAMILIES MADE THEIR WAY OUT TO EXPLORE, EXPERIMENT, AND HAVE FUN WHILE LEARNING ABOUT FORCES IN MOTION.

>> SO WE HAVE THE FORCE OF AIR POWER IN A COUPLE OF THE ACTIVITIES, MAGNETISM IN A FEW ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE THE FORCE OF WEIGHT ON A BROAD CLEANER, AND THEN SPINNING ON A COUPLE OF STATIONS.

>> Reporter: GETTING A YOUNGER CHILD INTERESTED IN MATH AND SCIENCE CAN BE HARDER THAN OTHER SUBJECTS, WHICH IS WHY THESE HANDS ON STATIONS ARE SO EFFECTIVE.

>> LEARNING ABOUT SCIENCE IS SOMETHING THAT KIDS THINK IS REALLY BORING.

WHEN YOU PUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF PLAY, THAT'S WHEN IT WILL BECOME SOMETHING THAT WILL STICK WITH THEM.

>> GETTING THEIR HANDS ON MATERIALS THAT EXPLORING AND EXPERIENCING THOSE MATERIALS AND USING THEIR OBSERVATION SKILLS TO SEE HOW WHEN THEY MANIPULATE THE MATERIALS IN ONE WAY, WHAT HAPPENS AND WHEN THEY CHANGE, HOW THEY WORK WITH THE MATERIALS, SOMETHING NEW CAN HAPPEN AND BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY OH, I CHANGED HOW IT WORKS.

>> Reporter: TODAY'S EVENT IS WHAT THE BRAINERD PUBLIC LIBRARY IS ALL ABOUT, EVEN THOUGH SCHOOL WAS OUT, THERE IS SOMETHING TO DO FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN AND KEEP THEIR MINDS ACTIVE.

>> I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE A PLACE FOR ALL PEOPLE TO COME, SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO GROW THEIR MINDS AND EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF LEARNING TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: THERE WAS A GREAT TURN OUT AT THE LIBRARY TODAY.

IT WAS HARD TO FIND SOMEONE WHO WASN'T ENJOYING THEMSELVES AND THAT'S WHAT THE LIBRARY WAS HOPING WOULD OCCUR.

>> IT'S SUCH A JOY TO SEE THE KIDS HANGING OUT TOGETHER, MEETING NEW FRIENDS, AND LEARNING THINGS AT THE SAME TIME AND TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO DO THAT IS REALLY VALUABLE TO US AND FOLLOWS OUR MISSION PRECISELY.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: AND WE'RE OUT OF TI