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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 CANDLELIGHT VIGIL WAS HELD THIS EVENING IN BEMIDJI IN DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI IN REMEMBRANCE OF TWO MISSING AREA TEENAGERS.

PEOPLE GATHERED IN SUPPORT OF THE FAMILIES OF JEREMY.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THREE YEARS AGO ON THIS DAY, OCTOBER 22ND, '15-YEAR-OLD WENT MISSING.

ON OCTOBER 21ST OF 2016, JEREMY ALSO WENT MISSING FROM BEMIDJI.

OVER 100 PEOPLE GATHERED AT THE CANDLELIGHT VIGIL HELD IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MISSING TEENS.

>> I THINK HAVING THESE IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO SHOW OUR COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE NOT FORGOTTEN.

WE'RE STILL DOING THIS TODAY BECAUSE WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANSWERS.

>> Reporter: A MOMENT WAS SILENCE WAS HELD AND A HOPE TO DO VIGILS LIKE THIS IS FOR OTHER MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AROUND THE BEMIDJI AREA.

>> WE HAVE TO FIND THESE MISSING BOYS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE MISSING AND WE HAVE TO TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: NEVAH WAS 16 AND JEREMY WAS 15.

THEIR FAMILIES ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PRESERVE THEIR MEMORIES.

>> SHE LOVED SCHOOL.

SHE WOULD HAVE GRADUATED THIS YEAR.

SHE WAS A SENIOR.

SHE IS MISSING OUT ON EVERYTHING I KNOW SHE WOULD WANT TO DO.

IT'S REALLY HARD BECAUSE THIS WAS HER YEAR.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HER YEAR.

>> SHE LOVED HER IDENTITY.

SHE WAS SO HAPPY.

SHE LOVED BABIES.

I CAN STILL HEAR HER VOICE LAUGHING.

THAT'S ONE THING I WILL REMEMBER, SHE IS A HAPPY PERSON.

NATIVE PEOPLE BELIEVE IN OUR DREAMS.

I HAD A DREAM THAT SHE IS AND SHE IS STILL HERE.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO FIGHT FOR HER AND JEREMY TO BRING THEM HOME.

>> Reporter: BOTH FAMILIES THANKED THE COMMUNITY FOR BANDING TOGETHER FOR THE VIGIL AND CONTINUING TO BRING THE MISSING KIDS' NAMES INTO THE SPOTLIGHT.

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

>> Dennis: BOTH FAMILIES URGED THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD WITH ANY INFORMATION.

IT'S POSSIBLE TO CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ANONYMOUSLY, CRIME STOPPERS, MMIR OR MESSAGE THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE.

>>> EMERGENCY RESPONDERS DISCOVERED HUMAN REMAINS INSIDE A CAMPER THAT WAS ON FIRE SUNDAY NIGHT IN AITKIN COUNTY.

THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS A CALLER REPORTED MONDAY MORNING THAT A CAMPER AND VEHICLE HAD BURNED OVERNIGHT IN SHAMROCK TOWNSHIP, NORTH OF MCGREGOR.

THE REMAINS HAVE TAKEN TO THE RAMSEY COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE FOR IDENTIFICATION.

THE INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION PENDING AN AUTOPSY.

>>> AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS OF PLANNING, THE UPPER AND LOWER RED LAKE COMPREHENSIVE WATERSHED PLAN, OR ONE WATERSHED, ONE PLAN IS NEARLY COMPLETE.

EARLIER TODAY, THE BELTRAMI SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND PLANNING PARTNERS HELD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED MANAGEMENT PLAN.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN ATTENDED THAT HEARING, AND HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THE RED LAKE WATERSHED DISTRICT, A REGIONAL GOVERNMENTAL UNITS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING THE WATER RESOURCES OF THE DISTRICT IS RICH WITH NATURAL RESOURCES AND IS VAST FOR A PATCH WORK OF LAND, FORESTS, STREAMS, AND AGRICULTURAL LANDS, SPANNING ACROSS THE LARGEST LAKES IN MINNESOTA.

ALL THE DRAINAGE FROM THE WATERSHEDS ENDS UP IN UPPER AND LOWER RED LAKES AND OUTLETS AT THE RED LAKE DAM.

THAT'S WHY COMING UP WITH A WATERSHED PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT IS VITAL FOR IDENTIFYING KEY AREAS TO FOCUS ON IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE WATER SOURCES OF THE 5,990 MILES OF WATERSHED IN MINNESOTA.

>> THEY'RE WORKING WITH TRIBAL LEADERSHIP TO IMPLEMENT A PLAN ON AND OFF RESERVATION.

MOST OF THE WATER RELATED CONCERNS ARE COMING FROM THE WATERSHED THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY IN THE RESERVATION.

WE IDENTIFY PRIORITY AREAS AND SO WE'RE NOT SAYING EVERYBODY IN THAT PRIORITY AREA HAS A PROBLEM, IT'S JUST IDENTIFIED WHERE THE POTENTIAL COULD BE BASED ON WATER FLOW, SOIL TYPES, LAND USE PRACTICES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THAT AREA.

AGAIN, JUST IDENTIFY THE AREA TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS.

>> Reporter: IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN IS VOLUNTARY, BUT A CENSUS WILL BE PLACED TO HELP THOSE ON PRIVATE LANDS.

>> THIS IS A PLAN THAT IS MEANT TO ENHANCE AND PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES.

THERE IS FUNDING FOR PRIVATE LANDOWNERS TO IMPLEMENT PRACTICES TO HELP PROTECT THOSE RESOURCES OR ENHANCE THOSE RESOURCES.

SO, THERE IS COST SHARE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR VOLUNTARY IMPLEMENTATION.

NO ONE IS FORCED TO DO ANYTHING, IT'S ALL VOLUNTARY, BUT THERE ARE COST SHARES AND INCENTIVES TO HELP PEOPLE IMPLEMENT IT.

>> Reporter: THEY SHARE OVERLAPPING PRIORITY AREAS DUE TO SIMILAR LAND USE, LAND OWNERSHIP, AND WATER QUALITY CONDITIONS.

DRINKING WATER IS PRIORITIZED THROUGHOUT THE WATERSHED.

>> WE WANT TO HAVE MEASURABLE GOALS SO WE CAN MEASURE THE PROGRESS, ALSO BECAUSE THIS IS STATE FUNDING FROM TAXPAYERS IN MINNESOTA, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR WHERE THE FUNDING GOES AND REALLY WHAT IMPROVEMENTS HAVE RESULTED FROM THE FUNDING.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN RED LAKE NATION, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE UPPER AND LOWER RED LAKE WATERSHED PLAN IS FUNDED THROUGH THE BOARD OF WATER SOIL RESOURCES, AND THE CLEAN WATER LAND AND LEGACY AMENDMENT.

>>> A SENIOR U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL SAYS VIRAL ONLINE CONTENT SPREADING BASELESS ATTACKS ON DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE TIM WALZ WAS CREATED BY RUSSIA.

THE OFFICIAL WITH THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SAID A VIDEO MAKING GROUNDLESS ALLEGATIONS ABOUT WALZ'S TIME AS A TEACHER BORE SEVERAL TELLTALE SIGNS LINKING IT TO PAST RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION.

THE OFFICIAL BRIEFED REPORTERS TUESDAY ON CONDITION OF ANONYMITY.

RUSSIA ALSO HAS TARGETED THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN OF VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WITH DISINFORMATION.

RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION IS LIKELY TO INCREASE AS THE ELECTION NEARS AND OFFICIALS SAY THE KREMLIN MAY ALSO SEEK TO ENCOURAGE VIOLENT PROTESTS AFTER ELECTION DAY.

>>> THE BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL VOTED 4-3 TO DENY HIRING MICHAEL HABIGHORST AS THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR INTERVIEW PANEL REQUESTED THE COUNCIL RATIFY THE HIRING AFTER THE POSITION WAS OFFERED AND ACCEPTED BY HABIGHORST, BUT SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON OTHER CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THE BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL HAD A CLOSE VOTE TO RATIFY THE HIRING OF A NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

THE MOTION FAILED 4-3.

CITY STAFF CONDUCTED THE INTERVIEWS ON OCTOBER 3RD AND CHOSE TO HIRE MICHAEL.

THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE HIRING OF ANY CITY EMPLOYEE AND USUALLY APPROVES CANDIDATES THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS, BUT SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CANDIDATES FOR THIS POSITION, GIVEN ITS IMPORTANCE.

>> I THINK IN MANY OF THE SAME COMMENTS I'M HEARING, IN THIS ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER OPTIONS ARE AND SO BEFORE I CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COMPARABLE RESUMES.

>> Reporter: THE DISAGREEMENT IS THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER CANDIDATE THAT PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR THE CITY.

A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS STATED IDEALLY THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUILD STAFF FROM WITHIN.

TERRY ECHOED THIS STANCE BUT ADDED THAT COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED EARLIER IF THEY HAD CONCERNS.

>> I'M CURIOUS IF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE THIS IS AT IN THE PROCESS, WHY WE DIDN'T GET INVOLVED EARLIER, BECAUSE WE'RE AT A POINT OF OFFERING THE POSITION NOW AND THIS PUTS STAFF IN KIND OF AN AWKWARD POSITION TO WANT TO OFFER THE POSITION AND US QUESTIONING THEIR DECISION.

>> Reporter: MAYOR DAVE DOES NOT VOTE UNLESS A TIE BREAKING VOTE IS REQUIRED.

HE VOICED THAT HE WANTS TO SPEND LESS TIME LOOKING FOR NEW INDIVIDUALS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD FIT AND THE CANDIDATE THAT HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY WOULD BE THE BEST HIRE.

>> WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOMEONE IN PLACE WE KNOW IS A GOOD FIT AND WE PROMOTED TWICE ON THE TIME THAT I WAS ON THE COUNCIL.

I WOULD PREFER THE CITY PUTS THEMSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, RATHER THAN HOPING WE HAVE THE RIGHT CANDIDATE AND MOVING IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE AREN'T QUITE 100% SURE ON.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS IT SET AS BAD PRECEDENT SINCE THEY ADVISED NICK BOYLE ON WHO TO HIRE.

>> WE TOLD HIM TO PICK A GUY AND THEN WE SAID NO.

WHAT HAPPENS THE NEXT TIME HE PICKS A GUY?

WELL, NO.

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

>> THE BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING TO DISCUSS THE HIRING OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR NEXT MONDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, AT 6:00 P.M. [♪♪♪] >> STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: RAIN SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF AND WE SHOULD HAVE SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW, BUT ANOTHER COLD FRONT COULD BRING MORE SHOWERS TO THE AREA ON THURSDAY.

I'LL HAVE MORE ON YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> DESPITE A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY LOOMING OVER THE OIL MARKETS MOST U-S DRIVERS ARE SEEING RELIEF AT THE GAS PUMPS RIGHT NOW.

SO WHAT'S PUSHING GAS PRICES LOWER?

KARIN CAIFA HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: GAS PRICES HAVE KICKED LOWER IN MOST PLACES IN RECENT WEEKS, EVEN IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY.

>> WE SHOULD SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN GASOLINE PRICES GOING FORWARD IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.

THEN THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF RELATIVELY STABLE GAS PRICES AS THINGS PROJECT INTO THE SPRINGTIME.

>> Reporter: AAA'S PRICE TRACKER SAYS AS OF TUESDAY, THE NATIONWIDE AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR IS $3.16, DOWN $.04 FROM ONE MONTH AGO.

GASBUDDY SAID THEIR TRACKER SAW THE MEDIAN SLIP BELOW THE $3 PER GALLON MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2024.

PETERSON SAYS IT'S THE SEASON FOR LOWER GAS PRICES AS DEMAND DECREASES FROM THE SUMMER MONTHS AND PUMPS IN SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY SWITCH OVER TO A WINTER BLEND THAT MAKES IT EASIER TO START A CAR IN COLD WEATHER.

>> YOU'RE USING LESS CRUDE OIL IN THE REFINING PROCESS.

THE GASOLINE PRICE ITSELF IS LESS SENSITIVE TO THAT CRUDE OIL WHOLESALE PRICE.

>> Reporter: U.S.

GASOLINE PRICES HAVE BECOME LESS DEPENDENT UPON SWINGS IN THE GLOBAL OIL MARKET IN RECENT YEARS AS THE REFINING CAPACITY HAS EXPANDED AND RESERVES HAVE BEEN STABLE.

CRUDE OIL PRICES HAVE ALSO KEPT THE PRICES AT THE PUMPS IN CHECK.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M KARIN CAIFA.

>> ACCORDING TO AAA, THE MINNESOTA AVERAGE FOR GAS TODAY WAS $3.08 PER GALLON.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER.

STCY IS HERE.

HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING FORECAST-WISE?

>> Stacy: WE'RE SEEING MORE FALL-LIKE WEATHER.

WE HAD THE COLD FRONT MOVE THROUGH.

WE DID SEE SOME SHOWERS AND COLDER TEMPERATURES.

IT'S A LITTLE CHILLY TOMORROW, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SUNSHINE AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AS WE HEAD >> 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.

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>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAVE SEEN SOME RAIN SHOWERS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY, THANKS TO A COLD FRONT, WHICH IS USHERING IN SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES.

SUNSHINE WILL BE BACK TOMORROW, BUT IT WILL BE A BIT COOLER, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 40s AND 50s.

IT SHOULD BE WARMER AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK, ALTHOUGH THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 41 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, WE HAVE WEST WINDS AT 11 MILES PER HOUR, GUSTING UP TO 17.

WE HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR JUST OVER 0.1-INCH OF RAINFALL.

IN BRAINERD, A DEW POINT OF 41.

WINDS ARE NORTHWEST AT 17 MILES PER HOUR, WE'RE SEEING GUSTS UP TO 33.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, WE STILL HAVE A FEW SHOWERS AND SOME SPRINKLES THIS EVENING.

THOSE SHOULD BE TAPERING OFF IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

WE WILL HAVE QUIET WEATHER OVERNIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, THE SUNSHINE WILL RETURN.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE CHILLY SIDE WITH HIGHS IN THE 40s AND 50s.

WE'LL START TO SEE SOME MODERATING TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RAINFALL AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BOTH OF THE SUNRISES THIS MORNING, ANGELA CAPTURING THAT SUNRISE BY CASS LAKE AND THIS ONE FROM MENAHGA.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORTS, ARLENE REPORTING 60 AND CALM THIS MORNING IN MENAHGA.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, 71 WAS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE, THE LOW 58.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, MOSTLY CLOUDY BUT BREEZY.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, REPORTING CLOUDY SKIES, SCATTERED RAIN, AMOUNTING TO ABOUT 0.1-INCH AND THE HIGH WAS 63.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING A HIGH OF 72.

THAT IS WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE, BUT IT WAS EARLIER TODAY.

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING COOLING TEMPERATURES.

THE LOW WAS 45.

SUNSET TONIGHT AT 6:17.

BEMIDJI TODAY REACHING A HIGH OF 63, BUT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THOSE FALLING TEMPERATURES, SO OUR LOW TEMPERATURE IS OUR CURRENT AT 41, SUNRISE THIS MORNING WAS AT 7:49.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, THE CLOUDS WILL CLEAR OUT, WE WILL HAVE SUNNY SKIES, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, TEMPERATURES ARE COOLER.

WE ARE LOOKING AT HIGHS FOR MOST OF US IN THE UPPER 40s TO LOW 50s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

THEN WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE WILL SEE THE SUNSHINE.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, LOW TO MID-50s, SO A LITTLE BIT MORE SEASONAL, MAYBE A BIT BELOW OUR SEASONAL AVERAGES, BUT WE WILL SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES MODERATE AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, LOWS NEAR 32, WINDS NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, SUNNY SKIES, HIGHS ONLY NEAR 51, AND WEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT THE EXTENDED FORECAST, ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND COULD BRING US SOME RAIN SHOWERS.

HIGHS NEAR 56, A LOW OF 39.

OUR TEMPERATURES START TO MODERATE AND OUR HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 50s, CLOSE TO 60 AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND OVERALL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE SHOULD BE ENJOYING A LOT OF SUNSHINE FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: CHARLIE IS HERE WITH OUR SPORTS.

WHERE DID THE TIME GO?

SEEMS LIKE WE WERE KICKING OFF THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON.

>> Dennis: AND IT'S STARTING THE SECTION TOURNAMENT, THE QUARTER FINALS TODAY AND IT FELT LIKE FALL.

IT WAS A LITTLE COLD AND RAINY, YOU CAN SEE THERE.

YEAH, ALL THAT AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT WAS STILL FANTASTIC FOR FOOTBA >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, BRINGING NORTHERN MINNESOTA THE GIGAZONE.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> THE NEW SEASON STARTS TONIGHT, AS IN SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS WHERE EVERY TEAM HAS A 0-0 RECORD, AND IT'S WIN OR GO HOME.

MANY OF THE TOP SEEDS HAD BYES BUT THERE WAS STILL PLENTY OF QUARTERFINAL FIREWORKS BECAUSE THERE WERE PLENTY OF TEAMS WHO DID NOT WANT THEIR SEASON END.

WE KICK OFF WITH 3-SEED BEMIDJI HOSTING 6-SEED SAINT CLOUD TECH IN THE SECTION 8-5A QUARTERS.

LUMBERJACKS TOPPLED THE TIGERS 55-0 BACK IN WEEK 5.

IN THE SECOND QUARTER, THE TIGERS CAPITALIZE.

DANIEL TO GAVIN.

7-6, BEMIDJI STILL LEADS.

THE TIGERS ARE LOOKING TO STRIKE AGAIN.

NOW HE WILL COUGH IT UP.

GUNNER KNOCKS THE BALL LOOSE AND RECOVERS IT.

TWO PLAYS LATER, LUMBERJACK GOES TO THE AIR.

I KNOW YOU HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE.

HE IS WIDE OPEN AND POINT TO THE CROWD, HE TAKES IT 9 YARDS TO THE HOUSE, HIS FIRST OF TWO T.D.s.

NEXT JACK POSSESSION, HE TUCKS IT AND THEN GETS LOOSE.

38 YARDS TO THE END ZONE.

HE MADE IT 21-6.

BEMIDJI GOES ON TO WIN 35-21 OVER ST.

CLOUD STATE.

THEY MOVE ON TO THE SEMIFINALS ON SATURDAY.

THEY WILL PLAY AT 2-SEED ALEXANDRIA.

>>> ALSO, BRAINERD HOSTING SARTELL, WARRIORS DOWN IN WEEK THREE.

TONIGHT, THEY GAVE BRAINERD ALL THEY COULD HANDLE.

ISAAC SCORES ON A 15-YARD SCAMPER, PUTTING BRAINERD UP 7-6.

SABERS ARE LOOKING TO TAKE THE LEAD AND AUSTIN DIVES IN FOR 6.

10 YARDS ON THE CARRY, AND THEY TAKE THAT TO THE FOURTH QUARTER.

THEY NEED AN ANSWER, AND NOW FROM 4-YARDS OUT.

THEY TAKE BACK THE LEAD.

SABERS LAST SHOT, TRAILING BY 4, BUT THE WARRIORS GET HOME.

BRAINERD PREVAILS IN A NAIL BITER, TAKING OUT SARTELL.

THEY MOVE ON TO THE 5-8A SEMIFINALS.

THEY WILL HAVE A SHOWDOWN WITH MOORHEAD THIS SATURDAY.

>>> HERE ARE MORE SCORES FOR YOU ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE.

LITTLE FALLS BEATS DETROIT LAKES.

GRAND RAPIDS GETS THE WIN IN 8-2A.

PARK RAPIDS UPSET LATE.

PELICAN RAPIDS BEATS ROSEAU.

7-2A QUARTER FINALS, MESABI EAST ENDS AITKIN'S SEASON.

MOOSE LAKE WILLOW RIVER GETS THE WIN.

BAGLEY FALLS TO POLK COUNTY WEST.

RED LAKE COUNTY GETS A FORFEIT OVER CASS LAKE-BENA.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS, THEY FALL.

THEIR SEASON COMES TO AN END.

CLEAR BROOK GONVICK GETS A WIN, THEY MOVE ON AND NEVIS BEATS CARLTON RENSHAW.

AND BERTHA HEWITT FALLS IN SECTION 5.

IN GIRLS TENNIS, BEMIDJI PLAYED IN THEIR CLASS 2A STATE QUARTER FINALS TODAY.

THEY FELL TO EAST RIDGE 4-3.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL, MINNESOTA DULUTH BLANKS BEMIDJI STATE.

THE WILD GET A 5-1 WIN AND AT HALFTIME, LAKERS ARE BEATING THE TIMBERWOLVES 55-42.

>>> BEMIDJI BOYS SOCCER IS BACK IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2018 AND THEIR FIRST TIME IN CLASS 3A BUT IT HASN'T BEEN AN EASY ROAD FOR THE LUMBERJACKS.

THEY'VE DEALT WITH PLENTY OF ADVERSITY BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD BUT AS HEAD COACH RICK TOWARD POINTS OUT, THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS GROUP IS SO SPECIAL.

>> Reporter: WE ARE LIKE I SAID TODAY, THE TRUE UNDERDOG IN THIS SITUATION.

WE HAD 34 BOYS SHOW UP TO PLAY HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER.

WE COULDN'T FILL TWO TEAMS.

WE HAD TO MOVE SOME MIDDLE SCHOOLERS TO FIELD THE SECOND TEAM.

WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST SCHOOLS WHERE THERE ARE 125 KIDS PLAYING, THERE ARE 5 DIFFERENCE AND THEY'RE MAKING CUTS.

OUR STUDENTS ARE COMPETING AGAINST THEM AND THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU PUT A HIGHER GRADE ON A GROUP OF BOYS WHO BELIEVE SO DEEPLY IN THEMSELVES TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAN SIT BACK IN AWE AND ENJOY THE RIDE.

>> THERE ARE 11-SENIORS ON THIS SEASONS ROSTER AND NEARLY ALL OF THEM GREW UP PLAYING SOCCER TOGETHER.

IN THEIR FINAL YEAR AS TEAMMATES, THEY MADE THEIR MARK BY WINNING THE SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP AND NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON THEIR LEGACY IN THE STATE TOURNEY TOGETHER ONE LAST TIME.

>> IT'S AN AMAZING FEELING.

I MEAN REALLY, WE'RE BROTHERS ON AND OFF THE FIELD.

IN PRACTICE, WE'RE GETTING INTO FIGHTS.

WE'RE YELLING AT EACH OTHER.

SOME FOUL THINGS ARE SAID.

IT'S ALWAYS TO MAKE EACH OTHER BETTER AND WE HAVE IMPROVED SO MUCH FROM IT.

EVERY TIME WE STEP OFF THE FIELD, WE'RE BROTHERS AGAIN AND WE'RE LAUGHING AND HAVING FUN.

IT'S GREAT.

>> WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN FRIENDS.

WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN BROTHERS.

TO ACHIEVE THINGS ON AND OFF THE FIELD TOGETHER IS ALWAYS NICE.

WE ALL LOVE SOCCER.

IT'S A BIG PART OF OUR LIFE, SO TO SEE EACH OTHER AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT IS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD.

IT'S A STEP FORWARD IN OUR LIVES AND WHO WE ARE AS PEOPLE.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS FOR THE SPORTS TONIGHT CHARLIE.

>>> IT WAS A BIG WEEKEND AT RUTTGER'S.

MILES WALKER HAS MORE ON THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: THE HEAVY TRAFFIC THE ANNUAL EVENT CREATES, OKTOBERFEST IS A SALES PARADISE.

>> RUTTGER'S DOES A GREAT JOB OF ADVERTISING AND SETTING THIS UP.

EVERYTHING THEY DO IS TOPNOTCH.

YOU GET PEOPLE FROM THE CITIES, THE RANGE, FROM BEMIDJI, EVERYWHERE.

EVERYONE IS HAVING A GREAT TIME.

IT'S FESTIVE AND FRIENDLY.

>> Reporter: WHILE THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE 200-YEAR-OLD GERMAN TRADITION, THEY DO THEIR BEST TO HONOR THE ATMOSPHERE AND CULTURE OF OKTOBERFEST.

>> THE HISTORY OF RUTTGER'S, HE CAME FROM GERMANY AND DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH AND MADE THIS HAPPEN.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WEAR COSTUMES, THE WOMEN WEAR THE TRADITIONAL FEMALE DRESS FOR OKTOBERFEST AND THE MEN WEAR THE LAY DER -- >> THIS YEAR BRAND NEW TO US IS A 1 POUND BAVARIAN BRATWURST.

THERE IS A GERMAN STREET TACO AS WELL.

WE TRY TO KEEP THAT GERMAN FOOD FEEL AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF BEER AND SOME CIDER.

WE INCORPORATED SOME DISTILLERIES.

IF YOU'RE NOT A BEER DRINKER OF ANY SORT, WE HAVE YOU COVERED.

>> Reporter: IT'S THEIR BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR.

WHETHER IT'S FOR THE BEER, BRATWURST, OR THE ARTS AND CRAFTS, THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AT THE TWO DAY EXPERIENCE.

>> WE HAVE THE PETTING ZOO, WE HAVE SOME FACE PAINTING GOING ON, WE HAVE SOME ACTIVITIES GOING ON AT THE PICKLEBALL COURT, AND HELICOPTER RIDES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE, ENERGY, FUN, AND SEEING THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTING RUTTGER'S, IT'S GREAT.