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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.

>>> A 32-YEAR-OLD BAYPORT MINNESOTA MAN IS FACING TEN FELONY CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH A CRASH NEAR PINE RIVER IN MAY THAT KILLED THREE PEOPLE AND SERIOUSLY INJURED THREE OTHERS INCLUDING HIMSELF.

KYLE JONES IS CHARGED WITH SIX COUNTS OF CRIMINAL VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AND FOUR COUNTS OF CRIMINAL VEHICULAR OPERATION.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE, ON MAY 5TH JUST BEFORE 12:30 A.M., JONES WAS DRIVING A PICKUP WEST ON 24TH STREET SOUTH WHEN THE PICKUP WENT INTO THE EASTBOUND LANE AND COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH A CAR HEADED THE OTHER DIRECTION JONES PICKUPS AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE SHOWED THAT THERE WAS LITTLE TO NO STEERING INPUT IN THE FINAL FIVE SECONDS LEADING INTO THE CRASH.

IT ALSO SHOWED THERE WERE NO APPLICATIONS OF THE BRAKES BY THE DRIVER PRIOR TO THE CRASH.

JONES ADMITTED TO INVESTIGATORS THAT HE HAD SEVERAL ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AT AN AREA BAR THAT NIGHT.

A PRELIMINARY BREATH TEST SHOWED JONES HAD A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.164 SHORTLY AFTER THE CRASH AND HIS BLOOD LATER TESTED AT AN ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION OF 0.127.

BOTH ARE WELL ABOVE THE LEGAL LIMIT.

THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR 39-YEAR-OLD ROYAL NOE OF HILLMAN DIED FOLLOWING THE CRASH AS DID TWO PASSENGERS IN NOE'S CAR 50-YEAR OLD HEATHER CEBALLOS OF BRAINERD AND 36-YEAR OLD COREY PETERSON OF BRAINERD.

A THIRD PASSENGER, 53-YEAR OLD KELLY KUSCHEL OF PINE RIVER SUFFERED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES INCLUDING EIGHT FRACTURED VERTEBRAE.

JONES IS NOT IN CUSTODY AFTER POSTING $30,000 BAIL OR BOND.

HIS NEXT COURT HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 13TH IN CASS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT BEFORE JUDGE AUSTAD.

>>> ON FRIDAY, NEWS BROKE THAT FORMER DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN RICK NOLAN DIED AT THE AGE OF 80.

NOLAN SERVED MINNESOTA'S 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FROM 1975 TO 1981 AND THE 8TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FROM 2013 TO 2019.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE ON NOLAN'S IMPACT AS A POLITICIAN AND AS A PERSON IN MINNESOTA.

>> IT WAS SHOCKING NEWS AND WE LOST A REAL CHAMPION OF PEOPLE, JUST A GREAT CHAMPION OF PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THAT WAS THE INITIAL REACTION OF MANY MINNESOTANS WHEN NEWS BROKE THAT FORMER MINNESOTA CONGRESSMAN RICK NOLAN PASSED AWAY.

HE DID -- DEDICATED A LARGE PART OF HIS LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

HIS BIGGEST PRIORITY WAS ALWAYS DOING THE BEST FOR THE PEOPLE HE SERVED.

>> HIS CONSTITUENTS WERE ALWAYS NUMBER ONE, ALWAYS NUMBER ONE.

RICK'S HEART WAS HUGE.

HIS MAIN FOCUS WAS ABOUT PEOPLE.

HE ALSO WAS COURAGEOUS.

HE ALSO HAD COMPASSION.

HE ALSO WAS FILLED WITH LOVE.

HE LIVED BY HIS PRINCIPALS.

>> Reporter: THOSE PRINCIPALS INCLUDED BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS.

HIS WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH ANYONE ON ANY SIDE WAS WHAT SET HIM APART IN MANY PEOPLE'S EYES.

>> EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU GET INDIVIDUALS THAT COME ACROSS AND THEY HAVE AN ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE LUCKY FOR US THAT HE REPRESENTED THIS AREA AND THAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO SO IN A WAY THAT REALLY TOOK BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AND BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER.

IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A BETTER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE OF OUR AREA.

>> YOU NEED TO BUILD A WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND HE WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO CONNECT WITH ANYBODY.

IF HE WALKED INTO THE ROOM AND DID NOT KNOW SOMEBODY, HE WILL GO OUT OF HIS WAY TO MAKE A CONNECTION WITH THEM ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, WHATEVER THE DIFFERENCES MIGHT BE.

>> Reporter: HE WILL BE REMEMBERED FONDLY BY THOSE WHO HAD THE PLEASURE TO MEET HIM.

MANY FEELINGS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA THAT HE SERVED BUT HIS FIERCE LOVE OF OTHERS IS SOMETHING THAT FRIENDS WILL CHERISH.

>> MY REACTION WAS IMMEDIATELY I LOST A FRIEND, SOMEBODY THAT I LOVED TO BE ABLE TO VISIT WITH AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH, BUMP INTO AROUND TOWN AND I'M GOING TO MISS MY FRIEND.

>> HE WAS SPECIAL.

ONE THING I WILL NEVER FORGET ABOUT RICK NOLAN, HE WAS FOCUSED ON YOU, YOU WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON AT THAT TIME.

WHEN YOU WERE DONE WITH THE CONVERSATION, AT LEAST WITH ME, AND I KNOW I HAVE SEEN HIM DO THIS WITH MANY PEOPLE AS WELL, HE ALWAYS SAID I LOVE YOU AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION.

THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO ME AND SO MANY OTHERS, BECAUSE YOU KNEW HE MEANT IT DEEPLY.

DEEPLY.

I'LL MISS THAT SIGNIFICANTLY.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE CROW WING COUNTY D.F.L.

SHARED ON ITS FACEBOOK PAGE TODAY THAT ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND, IT WILL HOST A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR CONGRESSMAN NOLAN FROM 3:00 TO 5:00 P.M. AT THE CROW WING COUNTY D.F.L.

OFFICE IN BRAINERD.

>>> THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS A REVIEW SHOWS NO BALLOTS WERE TAMPERED WITH AFTER A SOCIAL MEDIA POST LAST FRIDAY, SHOWED A HENNEPIN COUNTY CONTRACTOR LEFT SEALED TRANSFER CASES CONTAINING VOTED ABSENTEE BALLOT SIGNATURE ENVELOPES UNATTENDED IN A VEHICLE WITH AN OPEN TRUNK HATCH FOR SEVERAL MINUTES IN A PUBLIC PARKING LOT.

THE REVIEW BY HENNEPIN COUNTY DETERMINED THAT NO BALLOTS WERE COMPROMISED.

SECRETARY OF STATE STEVE SIMON SAID IN A STATEMENT TODAY THAT THE INCIDENT WAS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE AND THAT THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN APPROPRIATE, SWIFT, AND TRANSPARENT ACTION TO DETERMINE THAT NO BALLOTS WERE COMPROMISED AND TO ENSURE THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

>>> IN MINNESOTA, ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED BY LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS AT THE COUNTY, CITY, AND TOWNSHIP LEVEL.

THE OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE PROVIDES RESOURCES, TRAINING, AND SUPPORT TO THESE ELECTION OFFICIALS.

>>> BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL IMPLEMENTED A NEW CELL PHONE POLICY AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

STUDENTS ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO USE THEIR PHONES DURING CLASSROOM TIME, AND THEY CAN ONLY COME OUT DURING LUNCHES OR BREAKS FROM CLASS.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS UPDATES ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS IS GOING SO FAR.

>> Reporter: BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL STARTED A NEW POLICY AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, NO CELL PHONE USE ALLOW IN THE CLASSROOM.

>> THE MAIN REASON FOR THE POLICY IS TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN KIDS REALLY BUY INTO IT AND ALSO I HEARD THEM TALK ABOUT HOW LIBERATING IT IS NOT TO HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW MANY SNAPS THEY GOT DURING THE DAY.

>> WE BELIEVE THAT CELL PHONES CAN BE A DISTRACTION FOR STUDENTS.

IT COULD LEAD TO MENTAL HEALTH DISTRACTIONS AND A SUBPAR INSTRUCTIONAL ENVIRONMENT.

WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON OUR INSTRUCTIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GREAT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: BUT THERE IS A LOT MORE TO THE POLICY THAN JUST THE CELL PHONE DISTRACTING TENT -- TENDENCIES.

>> THERE IS A LACK OF SOCIAL INTERACTION.

WHEN WE'RE ON OUR PHONES, WE'RE NOT CONNECTING WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

WE TALK ABOUT THOSE SOCIAL SKILLS THAT STUDENTS NEED TO DEVELOP, CONNECTING WITH OTHERS, PROBLEM-SOLVING, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT OUR EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING FOR.

I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED THAT CELL PHONES MAY BE AN IMPEDIMENT TO THAT DIRECTION OF CREATING THOSE SOFT SKILLS IN STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO KEEP THEIR PHONES ON THEM BUT IT MUST BE TURNED OFF DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIMES.

>> WE TRY TO GO TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

WE'RE NOT TAKING A STANCE SAYING THEY MUST BE PUT AWAY.

WE JUST DON'T WANT THEM OUT DURING THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

THEY CAN HAVE THEM DURING PASSING TIME, AT LUNCHTIME, AND SO FORTH.

THEY JUST CAN'T BE IN THE ACADEMIC WING, IN THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT.

>> Reporter: BEMIDJI IS NOT THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL TO BE DOING THIS.

ACCORDING TO THE STATE, BY MARCH OF 2025, ALL HIGH SCHOOLS MUST HAVE SOME SORT OF CELL PHONE POLICY IN PLACE.

>> THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THEY WILL BE THE NORM.

WE SEE THERE IS GREAT IMPROVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN CLASSROOMS BECAUSE OF IT.

WE WANT OUR KIDS TO MAKE THE CHOICE AND THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CARRY THEIR PHONES FROM A TO B AND B TO C. THEY'RE DOING A NICE JOB WHEN THE CLASS PERIODS ARE STARTING.

THEY'RE GETTING PUT AWAY.

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

>> ALTHOUGH THE NO CELL PHONE POLICY IS NEW TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHT GRADE HAVE NEVER ALLOWED PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM.

THE HIGH SCHOOL IS FOLLOWING SUIT, AND THEY PLAN ON KEEPING THIS POLICY FOR THE FUTURE.

>>> THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

HAS CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF ZEBRA MUSSELS IN A LAKE NEAR PARK RAPIDS.

A LAKE PROPERTY OWNER CONTACTED THE D.N.R.

AFTER A LAKE SERVICE PROVIDER FOUND A ZEBRA MUSSEL ON A BOAT LIFT THEY WERE REMOVING FOR THE SEASON FROM POTATO LAKE.

DNR AND HUBBARD COUNTY STAFF AND POTATO LAKE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS FOUND FIVE ADDITIONAL ZEBRA MUSSELS AT THE LOCATION OF THE INITIAL REPORT AND TWO MORE AT ANOTHER LOCATION ABOUT 2.5 MILES AWAY.

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

>> Stacy: OUR WEATHER WILL TAKE A FALL-LIKE TURN STARTING TOMORROW AS THE COLD FRONT BRINGS COLDER TEMPERATURES AND SHOWERS TO THE AREA.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, THE GRAND OPENING ON NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY.

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

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C.T.C; CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY ONLINE AT GOCTC.COM.

>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> A 33-YEAR-OLD BRAINERD LAKES AREA TRADITION IS BACK AS HOMEOWNERS, DESIGNERS, AND LOCAL MERCHANTS IN THE LAKES AREA ARE JOINING TOGETHER FOR THE FALL INTO CHRISTMAS LAKES AREA HOME TOUR, AN EVENT IN WHICH ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE LAKES AREA FOOD SHELF.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE ON THE LAKES AREA'S ANNUAL KICKSTART TO THE HOLIDAYS.

>> Reporter: LAKES AREA MERCHANTS AND DESIGNERS FIRST CAME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR THE HOME TOUR AS A GREAT WAY TO COLLECTIVELY SHOWCASE ALL THE GOODS, SERVICES, AND HOMES THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA HAS TO OFFER.

>> THE BUS IS GOING TO TAKE THEM TO ONE BUSINESS AND TWO PRIVATE HOMES.

THOSE HAVE BEEN DECORATED ACROSS THE SEASONS.

THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF HALLOWEEN, A LOT OF FALL, AND THANKSGIVING.

WE'RE JUST VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE VARIETY OF DECLARATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE HOMES THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: AND THE HOME TOUR SERVES AS A PLATFORM FOR HOMEOWNERS TO SHOW OFF THEIR OWN ADAPTATIONS ON HOW THEY RING IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

>> I THINK THE HOLIDAYS JUST GIVE EVERYBODY THE WARM FUZZIES.

YOU HAVE THE MEMORIES OF GROWING UP, THE SPECIAL THINGS DURING CHRISTMAS AND THANKS GIVING, AND THERE IS JUST SOME MAGIC THAT BRINGS EVERYONE TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: WHY THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA HAS THEIR POINTS OR PROSPERITY, NOT EVERYONE IS AS FORTUNATE BECAUSE MANY NAVIGATE FOOD INSECURITY EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> I TOLD THEM YOU MAY THINK YOU BOUGHT A TICKET FOR A HOME TOUR, BUT YOU JUST GAVE A $40 DONATION TO THE FOOD SHELF.

I HOPE THEY REALIZE HOW BLESSED WE ARE.

JUST LIKE MANY OF THE VOLUNTEERS, THOSE MERCHANTS, WE KNOW SOMEBODY.

IF YOU START THINKING ABOUT IT, IT'S NOT THAT FAR AWAY FROM US.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE HOME TOUR IS IMPORTANT FOR THE MERCHANTS, DESIGNERS, AND HOMEOWNERS INVOLVED, THE MAIN BENEFICIARY IS THE FOOD SHELF AND ALL THOSE WHO USE IT.

>> BETWEEN 150 AND 160 UNIQUE HOUSEHOLDS ARE COMING HERE EVERY WEEK.

WE HAVE TEARS WHEN PEOPLE SEE THE TYPE OF FOOD AND THE QUALITY OF FOOD WE HAVE.

WE HAVE OVER 60 VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE COMING HERE.

JUST GREET PEOPLE AND TREAT THEM WITH DIGNITY AND GIVE THEM HOPE AND GIVE THEM FOOD WHEN THEY ARRIVE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN PEQUOT LAKES, MILES WALKERS, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> 655 TICKETS WERE SOLD FOR THE HOME TOUR, EQUALING $26,200 RAISED FOR THE FOOD SHELF.

>>> TIME NUMBER -- FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

THIS WARM WEATHER IS COMING TO AN END FOR THE LAST TIME.

>> Stacy: FOR THE TIME BEING, DEFINITELY FOR SURE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL SEE 80 DEGREE READINGS UNTIL NEXT SEASON OR NEXT SPRING AND SUMMER.

WE WILL BE SEEING THAT MORE FALL-LIKE TURN STARTING TOMORROW AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

WE WILL SEE COLDER TEMPERATURES.

WE ALSO HAVE RAIN LIKELY IN THE AREA AND >> 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.

>> THE WEATHER IS SPONSORED BY WIDSETH; ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, LAND SURVEYORS SERVING MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SINCE 1975.

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE ENJOYED SUNSHINE AND HIGHS IN THE 70s AND 80s IN THE AREA TODAY.

THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE COMING TO AN END AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

A COLD FRONT WILL START TO MOVE INTO THE AREA, SHOWERS BECOME LIKELY.

WE COULD SEE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

WE ARE ALSO GOING TO SEE COOLER AIR RETURNING INTO THE AREA.

WE SHOULD BE SEEING THOSE HIGHS IN THE 50s, MAYBE SOME 40s AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, 66 AT THE AIRPORT, AT OUR STUDIO, WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, A DEW POINT OF 53, AND HUMIDITY AT 62%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND 69.

OUR DEW POINT IS 53.

PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY AND WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 8 MILES PER HOUR.

NOW A LOOK AT THE RADAR, SO FAR IT HAS BEEN QUIET, IT HAS BEEN DRY TODAY.

WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF SEEING A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING, MAINLY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE NEAR THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER, BUT AGAIN THOSE COULD BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

AS THIS COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD INTO THE STATE, WE WILL LIKELY BE SEEING SOME SHOWERS, THERE MAY BE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, BUT WE WILL ALSO SEE COOLER TEMPERATURES, HIGHS STILL IN THE 60s, BUT ONCE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH, EXPECT TO SEE THE TEMPERATURES DROPPING AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

A LOT OF WEATHER SHOTS SENT TO US TONIGHT.

WE HAVE GORGEOUS MORNING SKIES FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA, DEBRA OVER LAKE ADA, AND ARLENE IN LONGVILLE.

LAURIE SPOTTING SOME FALL COLORS NEAR LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

LINDA SPOTTING A DEER VISITING THE YARD NEAR MILLE LACS LAKE.

KAREN SAID IT WAS A PERFECT AUTUMN DAY AT LONG LAKE.

THE SUNSETS TONIGHT, JUST BEAUTIFUL.

SARAH AT LAKE EDWARD, LINDA AT RED LAKE, AND IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THOSE PHOTOS, THEY ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR EAGLE EYE WEATHER WATCHER GROUP ON FACEBOOK.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, WE HAD A 72 FOR THE EVENING TEMPERATURE.

KAREN IN BEMIDJI, PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A LIGHT BREEZE, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD TOPPING OUT TODAY AT 80, ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUN AND BREEZY TODAY.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 76.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY SKIES, TOPPING OUT AT 72.

IN BRAINERD, 80 DEGREES WAS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY, WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

THE RECORD HIGH WAS 87 IN 1947.

OUR LOW TODAY WAS 45, BEMIDJI ALSO SEEING SOME WARM TEMPERATURES.

HIGHS OF 75, NOT CLOSE TO THE RECORD.

WE ARE STILL SHY OF THAT.

WE HAD A MORNING LOW OF 37.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WITH SHOWERS LIKELY AND MAYBE A FEW ISOLATED MORNING THUNDERSTORMS.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER HERE AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH A LITTLE EARLIER, SO MID-50s IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, LOW TO MID-60s IN THE REST OF THE NORTH.

AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE'RE LOOKING AT UPPER 60s TO NEAR 70.

AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH, EXPECT TO SEE FALLING TEMPERATURES, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS.

SO AS WE LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, SHOWERS, AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.

TOMORROW, SHOWERS ARE LIKELY, SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, OTHERWISE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY AND HIGHS NEAR 63.

MORE FALL-LIKE CONDITIONS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 48.

58 ON THURSDAY, BUT THERE MAY BE A FEW SNOW SHOWERS AS TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE MID-30s THURSDAY MORNING.

OTHERWISE, A CHANCE OF RAIN AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, PRETTY QUIET WEATHER, A LOT OF SUNSHINE OUT THERE.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE 50s.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT CHARLIE IS HERE WITH OUR SPORTS.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US?

>> Charlie: SOME FOOTBALL FROM SATURDAY, THE BATTLE OF THE BEAVERS, BEMIDJI STATE VERSUS MINOT STATE.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS; NORTHERN MINNESOTA'S CERTIFIED APPLE SERVICE CENTER, OFFERING REPAIR SERVICES ON APPLE PRODUCTS AND P.C.S.

PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS IN BEMIDJI AND GRAND RAPIDS, IT'S RIGHT HERE.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL HAS NOT DROPPED A GAME TO MINOT STATE SINCE 2002 AND SINCE THAT 35-28 LOSS, BSU HAS WON BY AT LEAST 14 POINTS IN ALL BUT ONE OF THOSE 19-CONTESTS, BUT ON SATURDAY, THE 24TH EDITION OF THE BATTLE OF THE BEAVERS WAS TIGHT UNTIL THE END.

HERE'S HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN.

BEMIDJI STATE, COMING OFF A LOSS AND THEN BYE WEEK, TRYING TO GET BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN.

THEY'RE HOSTING MINOT STATE.

MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER, BSU ON THE DOORSTEP.

SAM MCGATH WEAVES HIS WAY 7-YARDS TO THE ENDZONE ON THE QUARTERBACK KEEPER.

THEY OPEN THE SCORING 7-0.

EARLY IN THE SECOND FRAME, GREEN AND WHITE THREATENING AGAIN.

JARRET GRONSKI RUMBLES HIS WAY ACROSS THE GOAL LINE.

BEMIDJI STATE WOULD TAKE A 14-3 LEAD TO THE HALF.

IN THE THIRD QUARTER, MINOT STATE WITH GREAT FIELD POSITION AFTER A MUFFED PUNT BY BSU.

CARSON CHRISMAN TO EVAN LOVETT.

13-YARDS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

MINOT STATE WOULD MISS THE POINT AFTER.

THEY TRAIL BY 5, 14-9.

THEN IN THE 4TH QUARTER, THEY'RE DRIVING TO TAKE THE LEAD BUT JUST OUTSIDE THE REDZONE.

SAM BUCKHANAN CAN'T HANDLE THE PITCH.

JACOB VASQUEZ GETS THE FORCED FUMBLE.

RAYMOND IGLESIAS RECOVERS TO STOP THE THREAT.

A FEW DRIVES LATER, MCGATH FROM 8-YARDS OUT, HIS 2ND T.D.

OF THE DAY.

HE FINISHED AS THE TEAMS LEADING RUSHER AS WELL.

18 CARRIES, 80 YARDS, PUTS THE GAME ON ICE AS BEMIDJI STATE GETS THE 21-9 VICTORY OVER MINOT STATE.

THEY EXTEND THEIR BATTLE OF THE BEAVERS WIN STREAK TO 20 IN A ROW.

THE GANG GREEN DEFENSE WAS A BIG PART OF IT, FORCING 2 TURNOVERS AND HOLDING MINOT TO LESS THAN 150-YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE.

>> THAT'S REAL BIG IN MY OPINION.

UNDER 10 POINTS, IT'S IMPERATIVE FOR US.

THAT'S HOW YOU WIN GAMES.

YOU HOLD THEM TO AS LITTLE POINTS AS POSSIBLE AND TRY TO PUT UP AS MANY POINTS AS WE CAN ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.

THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN OUR BYE WEEK, WORKING OUR OFFENSE, IT'S BEEN GOOD.

WE CAME OUT TODAY AND WE WERE TALKING ON THE SIDELINES LIKE OUR SCOUTS PREPARED US THIS WEEK.

>> IT'S NICE TO GET A WIN AND CATAPULT US TO THE NEXT COUPLE OF GAMES.

WE NEED IT, ESPECIALLY AFTER A BYE WEEK.

EVERYONE WAS GETTING LOOSE IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND READY TO GO.

THE LAST ONE TO GET IN, A NEWBIE SEALED THE DEAL WITH THE LAST TOUCHDOWN.

>>> HERE ARE THE CURRENT NSIC STANDINGS THROUGH WEEK SIX OF THE SEASON.

BEMIDJI STATE SITTING IN 5TH PLACE WITH JUST FOUR GAMES REMAINING.

HOWEVER, THEY WILL PLAY BOTH WAYNE STATE AND AUGUSTANA AT HOME BUT NEXT WEEK, BEAVS ARE ON THE ROAD AT WINONA STATE.

>>> ALSO ON SATURDAY, BSU WOMEN'S HOCKEY HOSTING LINDENWOOD.

BEAVS COMING OFF THEIR 1ST VICTORY OF THE SEASON ON FRIDAY, TRYING TO MAKE IT 2-STRAIGHT.

BUT THE LIONS WERE LEADING 2-1 LATE IN THE SECOND PERIOD.

THAT'S WHEN ISA GOETTL FINDS DEFENSEMAN RILEY REEVES, BAR DOWN TO KNOT THINGS AT TWO.

IN THE THIRD, STILL TIED.

GOETTL COLLECTS A LOOSE PUCK AND SNIPES ONE PAST MADISON HER 3RD POINT IN 2-GAMES GIVES THE BEAVERS A 3-2 LEAD.

JUST UNDER 12 MINUTES TO GO.

THE LIONS MAKE A CHARGE.

OLIVIA GRABANOWSKI TO ZSOFIA PAZMANDI TIES THE GAME AT THREE.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE FINAL SCORE.

LINDENWOOD WOULD WIN THE SHOOTOUT 2-1 BUT AS A NON-CON GAME IT WILL SHOW AS A TIE IN THE RECORD BOOK.

BEMIDJI STATE WILL HEAD EAST NEXT WEEKEND TO TAKE ON NUMBER ONE RANKED WISCONSIN.

U MARY TIES IN SOCCER.

>>> TOMORROW, BEMIDJI GIRLS TENNIS WILL BE PLAYING AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

THIS TIME THEY WILL HAVE A PERFECT SEASON ON THE LINE.

THE LUMBERJACKS WON THE SECTION 8-2A CHAMPIONSHIP TWO WEEKS AGO, PUSHING THEIR RECORD TO 26-0.

THAT'S AN ACCOMPLISHMENT, THE GIRLS HAVE CELEBRATED, BUT THEY AREN'T READY TO SETTLE JUST YET.

>> WE CAN GO IN THERE AND TAKE SOME TEAMS DOWN IF WE PLAY OUR BEST TENNIS.

I THINK THE THING WITH THE RECORD IN MIND, IF WE HAVE THAT 26-0 IN OUR HEAD, IT'S A LOT MORE STRESSFUL.

I THINK IF WE GO IN 0-0 AND THEN JUST PLAY OUR BEST TENNIS, KNOWING THAT WE CAN CHANNEL WHAT WE HAVE DONE ALL SEASON, I THINK THAT WILL REALLY BENEFIT US THE MOST.

>> REACHING THE STATE TOURNAMENT WAS A REALLY BIG GOAL FOR US, BUT I DON'T THINK WE WILL BE DONE.

WE DON'T HAVE THE MINDSET OF WE REACHED OUR GOAL.

OUR TEAM HAS WANTED TO STRIVE TO BECOME BETTER, TO WIN THE NEXT POINT, THAT'S OUR MOTTO.

IT'S ALWAYS THE NEXT POINT.

I DON'T THINK WE WILL BE SATISFIED.

>> PART OF THE JACKS SUCCESS HAS COME FROM THEIR UNSELFISHNESS AS A TEAM, MIXING AND MATCHING DOUBLES AND SINGLES TO THE TUNE OF AT LEAST TEN DIFFERENT LINEUPS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

AND IF YOU EVER FOUND YOURSELF AT A MATCH, YOU WOULD HEAR THE GIRLS MOTIVATING EACH OTHER WITH SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT ACROSS THE YOUR TELEPHONE -- COURTS.

IT'S A NOT SO SECRET INGREDIENT TO THEIR SUCCESS.

>> I JUST FEEL LIKE KEEPING EVERYBODY POSITIVE AND REMINDING THEM THAT THEY ARE GOOD PLAYERS AND IF THEY LOSE A POINT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE LOSING EVERY POINT.

I JUST CHEER EVERYONE ON AND STAYING POSITIVE MYSELF, EVEN WHEN I'M NOT IN THE LINE UP SO I DON'T BRING ANYBODY ELSE DOWN.

>> WE JUST KNOW THAT WE HAVE EACH OTHER AND WE'RE NOT JUST PLAYING FOR OURSELVES, EVEN IF WE'RE INDIVIDUALLY ON THE COURT.

WE'RE PLAYING FOR EACH OTHER AND KEEPING OUR ATTITUDES UP.

THEN IT'S NOT HOW YOU FEEL OUT THERE, IT'S HOW YOU ARE MAKING THE WHOLE TEAM FEEL.

>> Charlie: AND HERE'S THE SCHEDULE FOR THE TEAM.

THEY WILL PLAY TOMORROW, 2:30 P.M.

IN THE QUARTER FINALS.

ALSO IN GIRLS TENNIS, INDIVIDUAL DOUBLES, PETERSON AND BIRD QUALIFIED FOR THAT.

THEY WILL BE PLAYING ON THURSDAY.

>> Dennis: EXCITING TIMES.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY HAPPENS ON OCTOBER 11TH OF EACH YEAR AND IS WAY TO SPREAD AWARENESS AND SHOW SUPPORT FOR THOSE COMING OUT OF THE CLOSET.

WHAT BETTER DAY IS THERE THAN THAT TO HOLD THE GRAND-OPENING FOR TWO-SPIRIT ADVOCACY, A CULTURALLY BASED OUTREACH FACILITY FOR THE 2SLGBTQ+ COMMUNITY.

FOR THIS WEEKS IN-BUSINESS, OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN ATTENDED THE GRAND-OPENING TO SEE WHAT THE PROGRAM HAS TO OFFER.

>> Reporter: EVER SINCE ARNOLD CAME OUT OF THE CLOSET AS A YOUNG PERSON, HE NOTICED THE LACK OF RESOURCES FOR THE 2S LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN THE AREA.

HE MADE HIS OWN IN A NEW FACILITY CALLED TWO SPIRIT ADVOCACY.

>> WE HAD TO FIND OUT THINGS ABOUT HEALTHCARE OR INSURANCE.

IT WAS ALWAYS FAR AWAY.

THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TOO THAT NEEDED HELP.

THERE WASN'T ANY.

SO, IT DID BECOME VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

THESE ARE PEOPLE I KNOW AND THIS IS MY COMMUNITY TOO.

>> Reporter: THE AIM FOR TWO SPIRIT ADVOCACY IS TO FOCUS ON SUICIDE PREVENTION, ANTI-BULLYING, AND CULTURAL INCLUDE.

THEY HELD SUPPORT GROUPS, A NATIVE AMERICAN FEMALE ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS, SO IT SEEMED LIKE TO BE A FIT FOR THE ANISHINAABE CULTURE.

>> THE IMPORTANCE TO HAVE TWO SPIRIT LISTED AS THAT AS WELL.

THERE ARE NO WORDS FOR ME TO DESCRIBE THE HEARTFELT THANKS I HAVE FOR THEM.

THEY HAVE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE FORCE IN THIS AREA, SO I AM HONORED TO BE A PART OF THAT.

>> Reporter: IT BROUGHT IN DOZENS OF PEOPLE TO CHECK OUT THE BUILDINGS, INCLUDING CITY OFFICIALS WHO BELIEVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS BEEN MUCH NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> IT'S BEEN A COMMUNITY UNHEARD IN OUR CITY OF BEMIDJI, THE TWO SPIRITED MOVEMENT AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE TWO SPIRITED ALSO NEED TO HAVE A VOICE.

I HAVE KNOWN MOST OF THESE FOLKS MOST OF MY LIFE.

I AM THRILLED THAT THIS IS HERE, TWO SPIRITED ADVOCACY AND ANOTHER RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: HE RECEIVED A LOT OF PRAISE AND THANKS BECAUSE PEOPLE FELT HE PUT IN A LOT OF EFFORT TO MAKE HIS DREAM A REALITY BUT HE INSISTS THIS IS A COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT.

>> WE WOULDN'T BE AS FAR AS WE ARE WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THE SUPPORT WE HAD THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

IT'S NOT A ONE PERSON ENDEAVOR.

THERE IS A HUGE TEAM OF PEOPLE AND THIS HUGE COMMUNITY AND THE TRIBAL NATION AS WELL, THAT IS PUSHING THIS FORWARD.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: AND WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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