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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 AND STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER.

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

>>> THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION HAS BEEN PROVIDING GRANTS, LOANS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO 12 COUNTIES AND TWO RESERVATIONS FOR 40 YEARS.

THE ORGANIZATION CELEBRATED THE FOUR-DECADES MILESTONE WITH A BEMIDJI EVENT THAT RECOGNIZED DONORS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY ENTITIES.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK SPOKE TO REPRESENTATIVES AS THEY REFLECT ON THE PAST 40 YEARS.

>> Reporter: WE REALLY STARTED AFTER THE GENEROSITY AND INNOVATION OF THE McKNIGHT FOUNDATION.

THEY WANTED TO SUPPORT RURAL MINNESOTA IN THE 80s, IN THE FARM CRISIS OF THE 80s, AND HELPED AND PROVIDED OVER $57 MILLION IN INVESTMENT NOW FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

SO, IT'S THROUGH THAT SUPPORT THAT WE GOT STARTED AND WITH OUR STABILIZING FORCE THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND THROUGH THOSE 40 YEARS, IT'S BEEN THE COMMITMENT AND THE GENEROSITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE THAT HAVE REALLY STRENGTHENED THE FOUNDATION AND HELPED US TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES.

>> Reporter: NOT ONLY DID THE BANQUET PROVIDE A PLACE FOR AWARDS, DONORS, AND RECOGNIZING COMMUNITY ENTITIES, BUT SIMPLY CREATED A SPACE FOR EVERYONE TO GATHER TOGETHER, PRESENT STAFF, FORMER STAFF, DONORS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE ALL ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE 40th ANNIVERSARY TOGETHER.

>> IT MEANS EVERYTHING.

IT REALLY IS, WE WANT TO BE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY, SO TO KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITIES ARE PROVIDING THE SUPPORT THAT THEN TURNS AROUND AND IT'S REALLY NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR.

IT'S PEOPLE DECIDING WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT FOR THEM IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND MAKING INVESTMENTS THAT STAY LOCAL, BUT ALSO REALLY COMING TOGETHER TO IMAGINE AND ENVISION, AND CELEBRATE WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT AND COMMIT TO DOING THAT TOGETHER.

WE KNOW THAT NONE OF THAT PROGRESS HAPPENS ON OUR OWN, THAT IT TAKES THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND IT TAKES THAT COMMITMENT TO THAT SHARED VISION.

>> Reporter: THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION CONSIDERS THEMSELVES A RESOURCE FOR THEIR REGION OF THE STATE, WORKING ON CHILDCARE NEEDS, ENDING HOMELESSNESS, AND GETTING NEW BUSINESSES OFF THE GROUND.

>> YEAH, I THINK IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SIT BACK AND LISTEN TO SOME OF THOSE STORIES AS PEOPLE WERE CONNECTING ABOUT THEIR PAST EXPERIENCES.

YOU KNOW, I WORKED AT N.M.F.

FOR EIGHT YEARS NOW AND I KNOW SOME OF THAT AND TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS BUILT OFF OF THE PAST SUCCESS OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US, JUST REALLY HAVING A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE THAT IS REALLY PRICELESS.

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

>> THE NEXT N.M.F.

EVENT WILL BE ALICE IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, TO TALK ABOUT CURRENT CHALLENGES FACING WORKING HOUSEHOLDS IN THE REGION.

THAT WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, IN BEMIDJI.

>>> SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND SUICIDE PREVENTION CAN TAKE MANY FORMS — AND IN BRAINERD, IT TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY ON THE GOLF COURSE.

SMILES FOR JAKE, BROUGHT COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ORGANIZATION HEADS TOGETHER FOR ITS FOURTH ANNUAL GRAVEL PIT GOLF TOURNAMENT, TURNING 13 HOLES OF FUN INTO AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT, RAISE AWARENESS, AND FUNDS TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION.

SMILES FOR JAKE'S MISSION IS TO BE A SUICIDE PREVENTION MOVEMENT THAT SPREADS POSITIVITY THROUGH LIFE-AFFIRMING ACTIONS, LISTENING, WHILE PROVIDING THE MESSAGE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE HOPE.

ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE GOLF TOURNAMENT WILL GO TO SMILES FOR JAKE AND ITS VARIOUS WAYS OF PROVIDING HELP TO SCHOOLS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS REALLY BEHIND US.

THEY SIGN UP RIGHT AWAY AND IT FILLS OUR CUP AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THIS EVENT.

THIS YEAR, WE'RE ON PACE TO EDUCATE OVER 2,500 INDIVIDUALS AND IT'S BECAUSE OF EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE THIS THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO CHARGE SCHOOLS WHEN WE GO IN.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE SUPPORTERS THAT CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SMILES FOR JAKE AND SUICIDE PREVENTION.

>> SMILES FOR JAKE WILL BE AT FORESTVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL ON OCTOBER EIGHTH FOR THE CHOOSE KINDNESS EVENT, WHICH WILL START AT 3:00 P.M.

>>> IN OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, A 25-YEAR OLD BAGLEY MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF MURDER IN THE 2025 DEATH OF A MAN IN BAGLEY.

ON A REQUEST FROM CLEARWATER COUNTY ATTORNEY KARIN HUGHES, MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON'S OFFICE PROSECUTED THE CASE AND TODAY SECURED THE CONVICTION OF CHRISTYAN MATTHEW LOGAN FOR SECOND-DEGREE FELONY MURDER FOR THE ASSAULT AND KILLING OF TRAY MCCOLLUM IN BAGLEY ON SEPTEMBER 21ST OF 2025, FOLLOWING AN ARGUMENT IN A VEHICLE, LOGAN PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND ASSAULTED MCCOLLUM BY REPEATEDLY PUNCHING AND STOMPING HIM TO DEATH.

AT THE PLEA HEARING TODAY IN CLEARWATER COUNTY COURT, LOGAN ADMITTED THAT HE ASSAULTED MCCOLLUM AND CONTINUED TO ASSAULT MCCOLLUM AS HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS.

MCCOLLUM DIED OF THE INJURIES HE SUSTAINED FROM LOGAN'S ASSAULT.

A SENTENCING DATE FOR LOGAN HAS NOT YET BEEN SET.

>>> A PEDESTRIAN WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A TRAIN IN LITTLE FALLS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THE LITTLE FALLS POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS 45-YEAR OLD THOMAS BALASKI WAS DEAD AT THE SCENE.

THE COLLISION HAPPENED AROUND 9:45 P.M.

NEAR NINTH AVENUE AND LINDBERGH DRIVE NORTHWEST IN LITTLE FALLS.

THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE INCIDENT REMAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION.

>>> A 69-YEAR OLD BAGLEY MAN MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE THIS WEEK ON SEVERAL CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE.

LESLIE MANFORD ANDERSON IS CHARGED IN POLK COUNTY COURT WITH THAT CHARGE AS WELL AS ASSAULT IN THE FIRST DEGREE-GREAT BODILY HARM THREE COUNTS OF ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE-DANGEROUS WEAPON AND TWO COUNTS OF BURGLARY IN THE FIRST DEGREE.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE, ANDERSON IS ACCUSED OF BREAKING INTO A BUILDING ON A FARM NEAR MENTOR, MINNESOTA AND THEN SHOOTING THE OWNER OF THE FARM IN THE HEAD WITH A PISTOL.

ANDERSON ADMITTED TO BREAKING INTO THE BUILDING AND SAID HE WAS TRYING TO GET BACK TOOLS THAT WERE STOLEN FROM HIM.

ANDERSON TOLD AUTHORITIES HE OWNED TWO RIFLES, DID NOT OWN A PISTOL AND THAT THE VICTIM HAD A GUN WHEN HE FOUND HIM IN THE BUILDING AND DURING A STRUGGLE THE GUN WENT OFF.

HE ALSO ADMITTED TO BURNING THE CLOTHES HE WORE THAT NIGHT AND OFFICERS FOUND TWO BOXES OF .322 AMMUNITION AT ANDERSONS PROPERTY WITH SIX ROUNDS MISSING.

ANDERSON IS NO LONGER IN CUSTODY AFTER POSTING $300,000 BOND.

HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE IS AN OMNIBUS HEARING SET FOR NOVEMBER 10TH.

>>> A BICYCLIST WAS STRUCK BY A MOTOR VEHICLE NEAR CROSSLAKE THIS AFTERNOON.

THE COLLISION HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 3 AND COUNTY ROAD 103 JUST BEFORE 1:00 P.M.

THE CROSSLAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS LIFE SAVING MEASURES WERE PERFORMED AT THE SCENE AND THEN THE MALE BICYCLIST WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO ST.

JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER.

THE MANS CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE MOTORIST REMAINED ON THE SCENE AND COOPERATED WITH THE INVESTIGATION.

>>> U.S.

EMPLOYERS SLOWED THEIR HIRING IN SEPTEMBER.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S LATEST MONTHLY REPORT.

AND WAGE GROWTH FELL FURTHER BEHIND THE PACE OF PRICE INCREASES AS AMERICANS HEAD INTO THE HOLIDAY SPENDING SEASON.

KARIN CAIFA HAS THE DETAILS FROM WASHINGTON.

>> Reporter: THE U.S.

LABOR MARKET HEADS INTO THE FINAL QUARTER OF 2026 IN A SOFT SPOT.

THE LABOR DEPARTMENT'S SEPTEMBER EMPLOYMENT REPORT SHOWED THE U.S.

ECONOMY CREATED 29,000 JOBS LAST MONTH VERSUS ECONOMISTS' FORECAST OF 90,000.

THEY SEE A LABOR MARKET THAT IS STEADY BUT UNSPECTACULAR.

>> THE IMPACT OF A LOW HIGH, NO CONFIDENCE JOB MARKET FOR WORKERS THAT IT CAN TAKE LONGER FOR SOMEONE TO FIND A JOB.

IT COULD BE LONGER FOR SOMEONE TO BE UNEMPLOYED.

>> Reporter: SECTORS LEADING THE GROWTH, HEALTH CARE ADDING 17,000 JOBS, CONSTRUCTION ADDING 11,000, AND MANUFACTURING ADDING 9,000.

GOVERNMENT SERVICES LOST 17,000 JOBS, TEMP SERVICES DOWN NEARLY 11,000, AND FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES DOWN 7,000.

MEANWHILE, WAGE GROWTH SLOWED TO AN ANNUAL RATE OF 3%, THE LOWEST IN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.

AUGUST CONSUMER INFLATION CAME IN AT 3.4%, THAT WIDENING GAP BETWEEN PAYCHECKS AND PRICES LIKELY CONTRIBUTING TO RECENT LOW CONSUMER CONFIDENCE READINGS.

>> THERE CONTINUES TO BE BROADLY MEASURED A GAP BETWEEN THE RISE WE'RE SEEING IN PRICES AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE COMMANDING WITH PAY GAINS WHEN THEY GET THEM.

I THINK THAT IS REALLY THE PRIMARY ISSUE IN THIS ECONOMY.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, I'M KARIN CAIFA.

>> FRIDAY'S DATA WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S FINAL MONTHLY JOBS REPORT BEFORE NOVEMBER'S MIDTERM ELECTIONS.

[MUSIC].

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE HAVE CHANCE OF SHOWERS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, BUT SUNNY SKIES SHOULD BE BACK EARLY NEXT WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE KICKED OFF THE START OF THE 15th SEASON OF THE SERIES WITH AWARD-WINNING [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE DISTANCE HORSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE UNDERWAY AT THE HUNTERSVILLE HUNDRED IN MENAHGA.

REPORTER RYAN FLEMING SHOWS US WHAT IT TAKES TO GO THE DISTANCE.

>> Reporter: THIS WEEKEND, HORSES AND RIDINGS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE GATHERING IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA WITH SIX BREED ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED.

BEHIND THE COMPETITION THERE IS PLENTY OF WORK TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN.

>> PUTTING ON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RIDE, WE PLANNED THIS A YEAR OUT AND SOMETIMES EVEN TWO OR THREE YEARS WHERE WE LOCKED DOWN THE LOCATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO, AND THEN WE JUST START PLANNING.

SO WE HAVE COMMISSION MEETINGS, I HAVE A COMMISSION OF FIVE MEMBERS THAT I BUILT WITH RIDERS.

>> Reporter: THERE IS NO SHORTCUT TO GET A HORSE READY FOR A CHALLENGE LIKE THIS.

RIDERS HAVE TO BUILD TRUST AND KNOW WHAT THEY CAN HANDLE BECAUSE WHEN THE MILEAGE ADDS UP, THAT PARTNERSHIP MATTERS.

50 MILES IS THE BEGINNING.

SOME HORSES AND RIDERS WILL TAKE ON TWICE THAT DISTANCE IN THE PURSUIT OF A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> YOU RIDE AND YOU RIDE.

SO YOU TAKE YOUR HORSE OUT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO RACE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FAST, YOU JUST NEED TO GET THEM MOVING.

TAKE THEM OUT, GET THEM ON THE TRAILS, RIDE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.

>> Reporter: IT TAKES A CERTAIN KIND OF PASSION TO KEEP CHOOSING THE LONG MILE.

FOR THESE RIDERS, IT TURNED ONE RIDE TO A LIFELONG PASSION.

>> I'M ADDICTED.

I JUST CAN'T -- I COUNT THE DAYS UNTIL THE NEXT RIDE.

MY HUSBAND AND I ARE SO ADDICTED TO THE SPORT.

PEOPLE HERE ARE SO GOOD, SO FRIENDLY, SO MUCH FUN, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT TAKING CARE OF YOUR HORSES, SO YOU JUST CAN'T BEAT IT.

>> Reporter: CROSSING THE FINISH LINE DOESN'T GUARANTEE A FINISH.

HORSES MUST PASS A POST-RIDE VET CHECK FOR RECOVERY, SOUNDNESS, AND OVERALL CONDITION OR THE RIDE DOESN'T COUNT.

THAT IS PART OF WHAT ORGANIZERS SAY MAKES THIS SPORT SO SPECIAL.

>> THE PEOPLE ARE JUST FANTASTIC AND EVERYONE IS NICE.

THEY HANG OUT AND HAVE CAMPFIRES AND YOU KNOW, IT'S FUN SEEING OLD FRIENDS MEET UP AGAIN AND IT'S JUST SUCH A GREAT ATMOSPHERE AND I THINK WHAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE ENDURANCE RIDING, YOU WANT TO PICK THAT UP.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN MENAHGA, I'M RYAN FLEMING, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE CHAMPIONSHIPS CONTINUE TOMORROW WITH THE 100-MILE ENDURANCE RIDES, BEFORE COMPETITIVE TRAIL COMPETITION CLOSES OUT THE WEEKEND ON SUNDAY.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, OF COURSE THOSE HORSES WILL GO THROUGH EVERYTHING BUT THE WEEKEND FORECAST DOESN'T LOOK TOO BAD, DOES IT?

>> Stacy: NOT TOO BAD.

WE HAVE CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

IT'S NOT GOING TO AMOUNT TO MUCH.

SUNNY SKIES ARE BACK ON SUNDAY AND WE SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE EARLY NEXT WEEK.

[♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY TODAY BUT CLOUDS HAVE BEEN INCREASING AND WE COULD BE SEEING SOME SHOWERS MOVE INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND THAT CONTINUES THROUGH TOMORROW.

SUNNY SKIES ARE BACK ON SUNDAY, AND IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY QUIET START TO THE WORKWEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 52 AT THE AIRPORT.

WE HAVE A LIGHT SOUTH WIND AT OUR STUDIO, THE DEW POINT IS 40, AND HUMIDITY IS AT 63%.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 52 DEGREES, 38 IS OUR DEW POINT, AND WE HAVE A FALLING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING INCREASING CLOUDS THIS EVENING AND WE HAVE SOME UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE, NO REPORTS OF RAIN REACHING THE GROUND, BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, WE DO HAVE CHANCES OF SEEING SOME SHOWERS OR SOME SPRINKLES IN OUR VIEWING AREA.

SHOWERS CONTINUE TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA IS THE BEST CHANCE, BUT WE WILL BE SEEING THE SHOWERS ELSEWHERE AS WELL.

NOW IT'S NOT GOING TO AMOUNT TO MUCH, THE SHOWER ACTIVITY MOVES OUT TOMORROW, SO IT LOOKS LIKE A QUIET START TO NEXT WEEK.

TAKING A LOOK AT SOME WEATHER SHOTS SUBMITTED BY OUR EAGLE EYES TONIGHT.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE FROM ARLENE AND SAMROSE SENDING US THIS PHOTO FROM THE BLACKDUCK BRIDGE.

WE HAVE GORGEOUS SKIES OVER CASS LAKE FROM ANGELA.

CHRISSY SENDING US THIS PICTURE OF THE FALL COLORS AND THE SUNSHINE HIGHLIGHTING THOSE COLORS IN DEERWOOD.

GARY WITH THE VIEW OVER THE BEAVER POND AND IN DEERWOOD, LOOK AT THIS SPECTACULAR VIEW.

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SHARING YOUR PICTURES WITH US.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 33 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, REPORTING A HIGH OF 60.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNNY AND 61.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, DID HAVE SOME FROST THIS MORNING, THE HIGH WAS 61, AND CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD, REPORTING A HIGH OF 43.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TODAY TOPPING OUT AT 60 DEGREES, NOT TOO FAR FROM OUR AVERAGE, MISSING IT BY 3 DEGREES.

WE HAD A LOW OF 33 WITH SUNSET AT 6:55.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 60 AND THAT IS THE AVERAGE.

THESE ARE PRETTY SEASONAL HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

34 WAS OUR LOW THIS MORNING, SO A LITTLE BIT ON THE CHILLY SIDE, SUNRISE AT 7:20.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA, PRETTY MUCH THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW.

THE BEST CHANCE IS IN THE NORTHEAST BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE CHANCE OF SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL.

WE WILL BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50s TO MID-60s.

AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, TEMPERATURES SHOULD TOP OUT MAINLY IN THE MIDDLE 60s.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WE MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND SPRINKLES DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA, WITH LOWS NEAR 42.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TOMORROW, SHOWERS ARE LIKELY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, BUT AGAIN WE MAY SEE SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE ELSE, HIGHS NEAR 63, AND SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE WILL BE SEEING PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ON SUNDAY, WITH A HIGH OF 60.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY AND 62 ON MONDAY.

WE WILL HAVE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AS WE HEAD INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK BUT TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE WARMER, HIGHS SHOULD RANGE FROM THE MID-60s TO MID-70s AND WE WILL BE SEEING LOWS IN THE MID-40s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

MILES IS HERE WITH OUR SPORTS.

YOU TOLD US LAST NIGHT, THROW OUT THE RECORDS IN RIVALRY GAMES, MATCHING UP TONIGHT AND TURNED IT INTO A DANDY.

>> Miles: NEITHER TEAM COULD GET MORE THAN A ONE SCORE LEAD.

THE FANS WERE TREATED TO A THRILLER NIGHT.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON WHICH TEAM GOT TO T [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >>> TEAMS RARELY HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF THEIR TEAMS PERIOD, BUT IT'S NO DIFFERENT FOR BRAINERD AND BEMIDJI FOOTBALL.

WHILE THE TWO SQUADS CANNOT SETTLE ON WHO EARNED THE RIGHT TO KEEP BABE'S BELL FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

FACING OFF FOR THE 81st TIME TONIGHT, THE WARRIORS HAVE A SLIGHT EDGE, HOWEVER THE LUMBERJACKS WON THE BATTLE FOR BABE THE LAST TWO YEARS.

BEMIDJI IS UP 6-0.

MALIK LAUER TO KYLE SYRDAL, WIDE OPEN FOR A 10-YARD SCORE.

BRAINERD TIES IT UP AT 6 THE ENSUING DRIVE: BEMIDJI ON THEIR OWN 45.

JOSH AREL ROLLS TO HIS LEFT, THROWS IT DOWNFIELD, AND JONAS RASKE USES THOSE BUNNIES TO GET UP AND PICKS IT OFF.

4 MINUTES INTO THE 2ND QUARTER, LAUER ROLLS RIGHT, AND IT IS TIPPED AND CAUGHT BY GUESS WHO: JONAS RASKE, WHO NOW HAS A PICK AND A TOUCHDOWN BRAINERD TAKE THE LEAD.

5 MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF, JOSH AREL LOFTS ONE TO THE BACK OF THE END ZONE TO OWEN VANDERMEER.

BEMIDJI TIES THINGS UP AT 14.

IT WILL STAY TIGHT AND BRAINERD WOULD GO ON TO WIN 28-27, TAKING HOME BABES AND KEEPING THE ALL-TIME RECORD AGAINST BEMIDJI.

THEY MADE IT A 1 POINT GAME BEFORE THE WARRIORS SHUT DOWN THE CONVERSION AND STAYED UNDEFEATED.

>>> BLACKDUCK FOOTBALL LOOKING TO IMPROVE TO 4-1 ON THE SEASON, HOSTING BIGFORK, DRAKES TOOK LAST'S YEAR MEETING 44-17 OVER THE HUSKIES.

FIRST QUARTER, STILL SCORELESS, EVAN ANDERSON, FINDS COLTON PUFFE ON THE SCREEN, TURNS ON THE AFTERBURNERS, 50 YARDS TO THE CRIB, DRAKES UP 8-0.

ENSUING DRIVE FOR BLACKDUCK, SAME SCORE, ANDERSON, SLINGS IT TO PUFFE AGAIN FOR SIX, 10-YARD RECEPTION, 16-0 BLACKDUCK.

AND THE DRAKES JUST KEPT MOVING DOWN THE FIELD LIKE A RUNAWAY LOCOMOTIVE, NEXT POSSESSION, WILLIAM DIRKHISING, DROPS IN THE BUCKET FOR EVAN HANSEN, DRAKES HUNG 24 POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER ALONE.

AND THEY NEVER LOOKED BACK, AS BLACKDUCK COMES OUT ON TOP OVER BIGFORK IN A 60-8 VICTORY.

60 POINTS ARE THE MOST THE DRAKES HAVE SCORED SINCE LAST SEASON, WHEN THEY PUT UP 58 AGAINST SILVER BAY.

>>> MORE AROUND THE LEAGUE IN FOOTBALL, PIERZ IMPROVES TO 5-1 THIS SEASON TAKING OUT LITTLE FALLS.

SEBEKA TAKES DOWN BERTHA-HEWITT.

GOOD RIDGE IMPROVES TO 4-1 OVER LAKE OF THE WOODS.

NEVIS WITH A COME BEHIND WIN TO GET THE WIN OVER BAGLEY.

MENAHGA LAYS A GOOSE EGG FOR WADENA DEER CREEK TODAY.

THIEF RIVER FALLS GETS THE W OVER WARROAD.

PEQUOT LAKES IMPROVES TO 3-2 FOR THE SEASON.

CROSBY-IRONTON HANGS 41 PACK CHARTER AND NORTHOME-KELLIHER LOSES TO COOKE COUNTY.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS DOUBLES UP WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY.

VERNDALE IMPROVES TO 3-1 FOR THE SEASON.

DEER RIVER IMPROVES TO 5-1 FOR THE SEASON.

FOSSTON GETS A WIN OVER BELTRAMI.

PILLAGER FALLS TO 2-3 FOR THE SEASON AND AITKIN IMPROVES TO 5-0.

OVER IN GIRLS TENNIS, BRAINERD IMPROVES TO 11-6 IN THEIR LAST GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON.

>>> OVER IN COLLEGE WOMEN'S HOCKEY, BEMIDJI STATE HOSTING THEIR SEASON OPENER, AGAINST THIRD RANKED MINNESOTA.

AND THE GOLDEN GOPHERS LIVED UP TO THEIR BILLING TONIGHT, SECOND PERIOD, UP 3-0, CRISP PASSING INTO AN ADRIANNA MILANI SNIPE, U OF M UP 4-0.

FINAL MINUTE OF THE SECOND, BEAVERS LOOKING TO CLIMB BACK IN, OLIVIA DRONEN GETS HER OWN REBOUND, LIGHTS UP THE LAMP, BEMIDJI STATE GETS ON THE BOARD.

HOWEVER THE GOLDEN GOPHERS WERE JUST TOO MUCH TONIGHT, AS BEMIDJI STATE FALLS TO MINNESOTA 5-2.

LOLA MACUIBA ALSO TALLIED A GOAL FOR BEAVERS.

>>> AFTERED -- AND MORE AROUND THE AREA, IN COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL, BEMIDJI STATE IMPROVES TO 13-3.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, BUSY NIGHT IN SPORTS.

WE HAVE SOME GOOD TEAMS FOR FOOTBALL.

>> Miles: A LOT OF GOOD TEAMS IN THE AREA.

IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY TIME.

I BELIEVE THE LAST GAME IS OCTOBER 21ST.

>> Dennis: OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.

THANKS MILES.

CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE IS CELEBRATING THE 15TH SEASON OF ITS VERSE LIKE WATER SERIES, BRINGING NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED POETS TO THE BRAINERD AREA, FOR THE KICKOFF TO THE NEW SEASON, CLC BROUGHT IN 2025 PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING POET MARIE HOWE.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-FOCUS, OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE EVENT AS HOWE SHARED HER AWARD-WINNING WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: SPIRITUALITY, MORTALITY, GRIEF, AND EVERYDAY LIFE ARE A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT AWARD-WINNING POET MARIE HOWE LIKES TO WRITE ABOUT IN HER POEMS.

>> WHAT HAPPENED?

FOLLOWING ME.

WHOEVER HE WAS.

>> I LOVE TO READ POEMS TO PEOPLE, WHEREVER THEY ARE.

POETRY IS THE SONG OF THE HUMAN SOUL.

I THINK POETRY WAS PROBABLY STARTED WAY BACK WHEN WE WERE AROUND THE FIRES, YOU KNOW, SINGING TO OUR CHILDREN TO QUIET THEM, TO GO TO SLEEP.

I THINK IN THE LULLABIES, EVERYBODY KNOWS POETRY.

>> Reporter: IT PROMOTES READING AND WRITING LITERATURE TO THE BRAINERD LAKES REGION AND THE CREATOR BELIEVES IT'S A GREAT SOURCE FOR COMMUNITY CONNECTION.

>> WELL, FOR ME THESE ARE HISTORICAL EVENTS.

I MEAN THESE ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT CONTEMPORARY WRITERS AND I'M MAKING HISTORY AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED AND IT'S ALSO ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO EXPERIENCE BEAUTY.

THAT'S A FUNDAMENTAL SOURCE OF HUMAN HAPPINESS.

I DO THAT WITH EVERY TRIP I TAKE TO THE CITIES AND POETRY READING I HOST.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS IN A TIME RULED BY ELECTRONICS, THE SERIES CAN RECONNECT THE COMMUNITY TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST PASTIMES.

>> IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF THINKING OF BEING ENTERTAINED.

MOST OF THE ENTERTAINMENT NOW HAPPENS ON SCREENS AND I'M ADDICTED TO THESE TOO, BUT I AM PUTTING BEFORE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE YOU THINK ABOUT GETTING BACK TO IMAGINATIVE LITERATURE.

>> Reporter: HOWE BELIEVES THAT POETRY IS FOR EVERYBODY AND ANYONE CAN UNDERSTAND THE MESSAGE BEHIND IT.

>> MY HOPE IS THAT PEOPLE REALIZE THAT POETRY IS FOR THEM.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND.

MY WORK IS VERY ACCESSIBLE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO STUDY IT TO HEAR IT AND APPRECIATE IT.

IT CAN BE VERY DIRECT.

THEY CAN WRITE POETRY.

THEY CAN READ POETRY.

THEY CAN LISTEN TO POETRY.

IT BELONGS TO US.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> ON NOVEMBER 18TH, CLC WILL HOST POET CORNELIUS EADY FOR THE VERSE LIKE WATER SERIES.

>>> LET'S GO BACK TO STACY FOR ANOTHER CHECK OF OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE COULD SEE SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES IN THE AREA, OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS DOWN TO 42, SOUTH WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, SHOWERS ARE LIKELY IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, WITH CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS EVERYWHERE ELSE.

HIGHS NEAR 63, SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AHEAD, SUNNY SKIES RETURN ON SUNDAY WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THROUGH MIDWEEK.

WE WILL SEE LOW 60s EARLY IN THE WEEK, BUT WE COULD BE SEEING THE HIGHS REACHING THE MID-60s TO MID-70s TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

>> Miles: IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY WEEKEND FOR BEMIDJI STATE ATHLETICS.

WOMEN'S WILL BE BACK IN ACTION FINISHING THEIR DOUBLE HEADER AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.

THE MEN WILL BE OPENING UP THEIR SEASON AGAINST ST.

CLOUD STATE.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT.

THANKS MILES AND THANKS EVERYBODY FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

WE'RE BACK ON MONDAY NIGHT.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

>> Miles: GOOD NIGHT.

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