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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 17-YEAR-OLD BAGLEY TEEN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER ROLLING A PICKUP SHE WAS DRIVING WEST OF BEMIDJI NEAR SOLWAY.

ACCORDING TO THE STATE PATROL, 17-YEAR-OLD KALI JEAN NEPEAN SUFFERED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES IN THE CRASH WHICH HAPPENED AROUND 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON.

THE STATE PATROL REPORT INDICATES NEPEAN WAS DRIVING WESTBOUND ON HIGHWAY TWO WHEN THE PICKUP ENTERED THE MEDIAN AND ROLLED ONTO THE EASTBOUND LANES OF THE HIGHWAY.

SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO BEMIDJI SANFORD HOSPITAL WHERE HER CONDITION IS UNKNOWN.

>>> THE ITASCA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE ITASCA COUNTY SAFE ROADS COALITION HAVE BEEN HONORED FOR THEIR WORK TO REDUCE TRAFFIC DEATHS.

THE MINNESOTA'S TOWARD ZERO PRESENTED AWARDS TO TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVOCATES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR WORKING TO REDUCE DEATHS ON STATE ROADWAYS.

AFTER SUFFERING 10 FATAL CRASHES IN THEIR COMMUNITY SINCE JUNE 2019, TRAFFIC SAFETY STAKEHOLDERS CAME TOGETHER TO FORM THE ITASCA COUNTY HIGHWAY 169 TASK FORCE.

ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL, THROUGH THE 169 SAFE ROAD CAMPAIGN, TROOPERS AND DEPUTIES MADE MORE THAN 5,000 TRAFFIC STOPS OVER THE PAST YEAR AND SHARED SAFETY MESSAGES WITH DRIVERS.

MINN-DOT ASSISTED BY STUDYING THIS STRETCH OF ROAD TO LOOK AT HOW CRASHES WERE HAPPENING AND WHAT IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE.

THE RESULT?

A DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN DEATHS ON HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN GRAND RAPIDS AND KEEWATIN.

>>> SEVEN OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND A HIGH SCHOOL WERE HONORED FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF LIFE-CHANGING CRASHES ON MINNESOTA ROADS, AND ALSO RECEIVED AWARDS FROM THE TOWARD ZERO DEATHS PROGRAM.

>>> AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CONTINUES ON, NOW ON DAY 27, STATE OFFICIALS ARE BRACING FOR THE LOSS OF FUNDING FOR THE FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SNAP.

MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ ANNOUNCED TODAY $4 MILLION IN EMERGENCY STATE FUNDING TO SUPPORT FOOD SHELVES ACROSS MINNESOTA.

WALZ SAYS THE MONEY IS MEANT TO BE A BRIDGE FOR THE FEDERAL LOSS OF FUNDING BUT THAT IT WILL NOT MAKE UP OR BACKFILL EVERYTHING.

EACH FOOD SHELF AND TRIBAL NATION WILL RECEIVE A BASE AMOUNT OF $5,000 WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING AVAILABLE BASED ON NEED.

ACCORDING TO STATE NUMBERS, MORE THAN 440,000 MINNESOTANS USE SNAP.

>>> THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

HAS ANNOUNCED WALLEYE REGULATIONS ON UPPER RED LAKE FOR THIS WINTER.

IT WILL HAVE A FOUR FISH POSSESSION LIMIT, WITH ONLY ONE WALLEYE LONGER THAN 17 INCHES ALLOWED.

THIS IS A REDUCTION FROM THE 2025 OPEN WATER SEASON, WHICH HAD A FIVE FISH POSSESSION LIMIT.

D.N.R.

OFFICIALS SAY THE FALL ASSESSMENT INDICATES WALLEYE POPULATION CONTINUES TO BE IN EXCELLENT SHAPE BUT THEY ARE DROPPING THE BAG LIMIT TO FOUR BECAUSE THE WINTER FISHERY IS SO POPULAR.

>>> THE FALL SEASON IS TRADITIONALLY KNOWN FOR A FEW LONG-STANDING STAPLES, SUCH AS THE LEAVES CHANGING COLOR, TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY DROPPING, AND AN INTERNATIONAL TRADITION WITH OVER TWO CENTURIES OF STAYING POWER.

OKTOBERFEST, HOWEVER REPORTER MILES WALKER TELSL US, HOW CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE OFFERED QUITE THE SPIN ON OKTOBERFEST, TO PROVIDE ITS STUDENT BODY A NEW, AND INCLUSIVE EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: OKTOBERFEST IS AN INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATION THAT ORIGINATE IN GERMANY, ONE WHICH TRADITIONALLY INVOLVES MANY PEOPLE PARTYING AND IN MANY CASES, CONSUMING A GREAT DEAL OF ALCOHOL.

HOWEVER, CLC WANTED TO GIVE THEIR STUDENT BODY AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SUPPORTS IT IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.

>> THIS IS CALLED OCT-SOBER-FEST.

SO THIS EVENT REALLY STARTS TO GET THE STUDENTS TO THINK OF SOME OF THOSE PIECES, BUT TO DO IT IN A FUN SORT OF WAY.

>> Reporter: IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT INCITING PEOPLE TO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL, BUT PROMOTING RESPONSIBILITY, WHETHER IT'S PRACTICING SOBRIETY OR BEING COGNIZANT DURING A NIGHT OUT.

>> WE'RE NOT TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO DRINK BUT WE'RE TELLING THEM TO BE RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE LIVES CAN BE ON THE LINE, FATALITIES, SERIOUS CRASHES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE IRREPARABLE TO FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: AND CLC STUDENT BODIES APPEAR TO SEE THE VALUE OF WHAT IT EMBODIES.

>> THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN VERY EXCITED ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT AND IT HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE TO HELP OUT.

WE JUST WANT YOU TO BE EDUCATED ABOUT RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO KEEP YOU SAFE.

>> Reporter: THE PREMISE OF CLC'S OCTSOBERFEST HOPES STAYS WITH THE STUDENTS AND TRICKLES DOWN TO THE BRAINERD LAKES COMMUNITY.

>> HERE'S A HEALTHY CHOICE YOU CAN MAKE.

THEY'RE DOING THAT WITH THEIR PEERS, THE SAME PEOPLE THEY WILL BE HANGING OUT WITH AFTER CLASS AND IN THE EVENING TIMES.

WE FEEL IF WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT WITH A FRIENDS GROUP ESPECIALLY, IT MAKES A LONGER LASTING IMPACT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> C.L.C.

PARTNERED WITH BRAINERD LAKES SAFE RIDE PROGRAM TO PUT OCTSOBERFEST TOGETHER.

>>> HURRICANE MELISSA RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED OVER THE WEEKEND AND IS NOW A RARE CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE.

MELISSA HAS ALREADY KILLED THREE PEOPLE IN HAITI AND ONE PERSON IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER SAYS THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL IN JAMAICA TUESDAY MORNING AS THE STRONGEST HURRICANE ON RECORD TO STRIKE THE ISLAND.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ HAS THE LATEST ON ISLAND'S FINAL PREPARATIONS.

>> Reporter: MEL LA -- MELISSA'S OUTER BANDS ARE LASHING, AND EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON THE ISLAND MONDAY NIGHT.

>> THE CORE OF THE POWERFUL HURRICANE WILL MOVE OVER JAMAICA.

FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE CATASTROPHIC FLOODING AT THIS POINT APPEAR MOSTLY LOCKED IN.

>> Reporter: KINGSTON JAMAICA'S MAYOR SOUNDING THE ALARM.

>> I NEVER HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF A CATEGORY 4 OR 5 HURRICANE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE HUGE.

>> Reporter: THE STRONGEST KNOWN STORM TO AFFECT THE ISLAND WAS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE IN 1988.

IT DESTROYED MORE THAN 100,000 HOMES, WIPED OUT POWER, AND KILLED 45 PEOPLE.

AS MELISSA INTENSIFIES TO A CATEGORY 5, MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING PARTS OF KINGSTON.

>> THE TIME FOR PREPARATION, IT'S ALL ABOUT OVER.

>> Reporter: JAMAICA WILL NOT ONLY ENDURE THE TORRENTIAL RAIN BUT WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH DAYS OF FEROCIOUS WINDS.

IT WILL LIKELY OCCUR AS IT TRACKS OVER MELISSA ON MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

>> ALL OF THE ISLAND WILL EXPERIENCE UP TO 20 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER SECTIONS OF YOUR AREA, SO IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD-PRONE AREA, ANYWHERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, YOU CAN EXPECT THAT FLOODING IS GOING TO OCCUR.

>> Reporter: I'M IVAN RODRIGUEZ REPORTING.

>> MELISSA IS NOW CONSIDERED THE STRONG STORM ON THE PLANET THIS YEAR, IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN, 13 FEET OF STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED AS WELL AS 160 MILES PER HOUR WINDS.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE'LL BE SEEING RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE AREA, THROUGH TOMORROW, BEFORE SOME DRIER WEATHER RETURNS AROUND MIDWEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, IT WAS HISTORY MYSTERY NIGHT OVER THE WEEKEND AT THE BELTRAMI COUNTY [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> IT WAS HISTORY MYSTERY NIGHT AT THE BELTRAMI COUNTY HISTORY CENTER LAST WEEKEND.

ATTENDEES WERE TREATED TO ALIVE-ACTION-DRAMA MYSTERY EVENT.

TO GATHER CLUES FROM SUSPECTS TO DISCOVER THE FATE OF EMMA DAVIDS, A REAL EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN BEMIDJI OVER A CENTURY AGO.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: STEP INTO THE YEAR 1906 AT THE BELTRAMI HISTORY CENTER AS ATTENDEES LEARNED OF THE LIFE AND MYSTERIOUS LIFE OF EMMA DAVIDS.

>> SHE WAS PART NATIVE AND SHE WAS A TRAVELING PERSON.

SO SHE WAS BORN IN WISCONSIN AND SHE MOVED TO COLORADO AND SHE GOT MARRIED AND HER HUSBAND DIED IN A MINE FIGHT BETWEEN THE UNION AND THE MINERS.

SHE WAS TRYING TO MAKE HER WAY BACK HOME TO WISCONSIN AND SHE WENT INTO MINNESOTA.

>> Reporter: DAVIDS WOULD MOVE INTO THE HOTEL THAT SAT ABOVE THE OLD SALOON IN 1906, OR THE OLD 209 BUILDING TODAY.

>> SHE ENDED UP DYING IN THE HOTEL ROOM, WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT'S FOUL PLAY FROM THE BARTENDER DOWNSTAIRS OR LUMBERJACKS IN THE AREA.

THERE ARE A LOT OF POTENTIAL SUSPECTS.

>> Reporter: AND IT WAS THE ATTENDEE'S JOB TO DISCOVER WHO OR WHAT KILLED EMMA DAVIDS.

>> IT WAS SAID THAT EMMA HAD, I THINK 1 OUNCE OF THE DRUG AT HER DISPOSAL AND THE BIG QUESTION, WAS THAT ENOUGH TO TAKE THE LIFE OF EMMA DAVIDS?

WE'RE NOT SURE IF SHE WAS TAKING IT FOR PAIN OR SELF-MEDICATING.

>> Reporter: THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, ESPECIALLY IN BELTRAMI COUNTY.

>> JUST TO REMIND FOLKS IT'S A PROBLEM IN BEMIDJI AND THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO HEAVEN OUT.

>> Reporter: THEY HOSTED HISTORY MYSTERY NIGHT FOR 12 YEARS NOW BUT THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THEY INCORPORATED TRUE EVENTS INTO THE GAME.

>> TYPICALLY WE USE CHARACTERS FROM BEMIDJI'S PAST BUT WE MAKE UP THE MYSTERY.

IT SO HAPPENED WE HAD THE PERFECT MYSTERY IN FRONT OF US, WITH VERY REAL CHARACTERS THAT WERE EASY FOR US TO ACCESS IN NAME, JUST ADDING SOME DETAILS THAT WEREN'T AVAILABLE IN THE NEWSPAPER AND IT CAME TO LIFE VERY EASILY.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE BELTRAMI COUNTY HISTORY CENTER HAS A BOOK FOR SALE THAT SHARES MORE ABOUT THE LIFE AND TRAGEDY OF EMMA DAVIDS, AS WELL AS OTHER STORIES OF FORMER RESIDENTS OF THE AREA.

THE BOOK WAS PRODUCED THANKS TO A BELTRAMI COUNTY DEVELOPMENT GRANT.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE AND SOME RAIN IS HEADED IN.

>> Stacy: YES, WE HAD SOME RAIN ALREADY, MORE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW.

IT WILL BE A LONGSTANDING EVENT.

MOST OF IT WILL START TO TAPER OFF TOMORROW NIGHT AND WE SHOULD [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

>> Stacy: WELL, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING CLOUDS INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

WE'RE SEEING A BIT OF LIGHT RAIN TONIGHT.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE RAINFALL OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW ACROSS MUCH OF THE VIEWING AREA.

IT DOES TAPER OFF LATE TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT AND WE'LL HAVE DRIER WEATHER ON WEDNESDAY.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 53 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

WINDS FROM THE STUDIO ARE FROM THE SOUTH AT 14 MILES PER HOUR, WIND GUSTS UP TO 19 MILES PER HOUR.

IN BRAINERD, WE'RE SEEING LIGHT RAIN THIS EVENING, IT'S 51 DEGREES.

41 IS OUR DEW POINT AND PRESSURE IS STEADY AND WINDS ARE SOUTHEAST AT 9 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE RAIN BEGINNING TO ESPECIALLY MOVE INTO PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA.

WE DO HAVE A LITTLE LINE OF SHOWERS IN MORE OF THE CENTRAL PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

AS WE HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT, ALL OF THIS RAIN WILL EXPAND.

WE'LL BE SEEING RAINFALL ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THAT WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW.

THE SYSTEM IS A PRETTY LONGSTANDING SYSTEM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW AND WE COULD SEE IN SOME LOCATIONS ANYWHERE FROM A HALF INCH TO CLOSE TO AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

WE DID HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL SKY THIS MORNING FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

RALPH SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF A COUPLE OF FAWNS NURSING IN JENKINS.

WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL FALL COLORS FROM LAURIE AND ERIN SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF AN EAGLE.

GARY SPOTTING SOME SWANS SWIMMING IN A LAKE.

WE HAVE LAURIE WITH THE SUNSET TONIGHT OVER LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

A COOL DAY BUT BEAUTIFUL SKIES OVER UPPER RED LAKE FROM BILL AND JUDY AND ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE EVENING CLOUDS.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD REPORTING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 59.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, A HIGH OF 55.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, WINDY CONDITIONS.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNNY AND WINDY TODAY WITH A HIGH OF 58.

ON OUR ALMANAC, WE TOPPED OUT AT 60 IN BRAINERD, WHICH IS 10 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

WE HAD A LOW OF 42 WITH SUNSET AT 9 MINUTES AFTER 6:00.

BEMIDJI HAD A HIGH OF 59, SO MORE THAN 10 DEGREES ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE, 46 WAS OUR LOW, SUNSET AT 6:10.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A LOT OF RAINFALL ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA EARLY IN THE DAY AND REALLY IT STICKS AROUND, RECYCLES ITSELF AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, BEFORE FINALLY TAPERING OFF TOMORROW EVENING AND TOMORROW NIGHT.

AS FAR AS OUR TEMPERATURES GO, HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA WITH MID TO UPPER 40s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SO LOOKING AT OUR FORECAST, RAIN CONTINUES TONIGHT WITH OTHERWISE CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR 42, SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 25.

TOMORROW, RAIN LIKELY ONCE AGAIN, STILL LOOKING AT THE CLOUDY SKIES, HIGHS NEAR 47.

ON OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ON WEDNESDAY, HIGHS NEAR 49.

WE WILL SEE A LOT MORE CLOUD COVER LATE THIS WEEK AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF SOME RAINFALL ON FRIDAY.

HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 43 ON SATURDAY, SCATTERED RAINFALL ON SUNDAY, WITH HIGHS NEAR 45.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

A BUSY WEEKEND OF SPORTS IN THE BEMIDJI AREA THIS WEEKEND AND ACROSS THE STATE.

YOU GET A LOT OF IT.

>> Charlie: YEAH, WITH THE SECTION HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFFS GOING ON, ON SATURDAY.

DEFINITELY HAD A LOT GOING ON OVER THE WEEKEND ON TOP OF ALL THE BSU SPORTS.

SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT BOTH OF THOSE GAMES, BOTH BEMIDJI STATE AND BEMIDJI FOOTBALL, SOME HOCKEY, SOME SOCCER AS WELL, ALL THAT COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE FIELD WAS CUT IN HALF ONCE AGAIN, AS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS ACROSS THE STATE PLAYED THEIR SECTION SEMIFINALS THIS PAST WEEKEND.

BEMIDJI EARNED THE 2-SEED AND A BYE AFTER FINISHING SECTION PLAY WITH A 3-1 RECORD, AND HAD A CHANCE TO SECURE A SPOT IN THE 8-5A CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2021.

ON SATURDAY, THE LUMBERJACKS HOSTING 3-SEED SARTELL, THEY BEAT THE SABRES 42-19 JUST 15-DAYS PRIOR BY JUMPING OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD.

THIS GAME WAS SLIGHTLY MORE METHODICAL, MID 1ST QUARTER, STILL SCORELESS, OWEN VANDERMEER FAKES EVERYONE OUT INCLUDING THE CAMERA GUY, FINDS WYATT TVERSTOL FOR THE 22-YARD SCORE, THEIR 3RD T.D.

CONNECTION THIS SEASON.

IT REMAINED 7-0 UNTIL ABOUT 2-MINUTES LEFT IN THE HALF, JACKS GO THE AIR AGAIN, THIS TIME IT'S RHYS SNEIDE ON THE RECEIVING END, 20YARD STRIKE MADE IT 14-0 AT THE BREAK.

THIRD QUARTER, VANDERMEER, KEEPS IT HIMSELF, PICKS UP A BLOCK AND HE'S GOT A LOT OF GRASS IN FRONT OF HIM, HE RUSHED FOR 116-YARDS, 67 HERE BEFORE THE SABRE'S KNOCK HIM OUT AT THE ONE.

AND TWO PLAYS LATER, GARRETT HALVERSON RUMBLES HIS WAY INTO THE ENDZONE, FIRST OF TWO TOUCHDOWNS FOR HIM.

BEMIDJI'S DEFENSE BIG TOO, MILES GISH HAD AN INTERCEPTION, THEY SHUTOUT SARTELL, 34-0, THE LUMBERJACKS FIRST SHUTOUT OF THE YEAR.

QUARTERBACK OWEN VANDERMEER THE STAR OF THE SHOW, 5-FOR-6 PASSING, WITH 2-TOUCHDOWNS, AND 187 TOTAL YARDS, HERE'S WHAT HE AND OTHERS HAD TO SAY AFTER WIN.

>> DEFINITELY WHAT THEY WERE DOING, I MEAN, WE ALL DON'T WANT OUR SEASONS TO END LIKE THIS.

THEY WANT TO MOVE ON.

SO THEY CAME OUT FIRING, BUT SECOND HALF, WE HAD TO RESPOND AND WE DID THAT.

WE HAVE TO PREPARE NOW.

>> WE CHANGED OUR DEFENSIVE SCHEME A LITTLE BIT.

WE BUMPED OUR SAFETY UP FOR A 1-HIGH LOOK AND THEN WE HAD THE 2 OUTSIDE BACKERS.

>> I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE BOYS AND THE COACHING STAFF TO BE ABLE TO WIN A SECTION SEMIFINALS LIKE THEY DID AND GO BACK TO A SECTION FINAL IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE AND SPECIAL.

>> THE LUMBERJACKS NOW HEAD TO ALEXANDRIA FOR A REMATCH WITH TOP-SEED ALEXANDRIA IN THE SECTION TITLE GAME THIS FRIDAY.

FOUR WEEKS AGO, BEMIDJI LOST TO THE CARDINALS BY ONE-POINT, 36-35, AFTER TAKING A 12-POINT LEAD INTO THE 4TH QUARTER, ALEX HAS ENDED THE JACKS SEASON THE PAST TWO YEARS.

A FEW OTHER SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES FOR AREA TEAMS THIS WEEK.

STARTING IN 4A, GRAND RAPIDS IS GOING TO FACE HERMANTOWN OUT OF DULUTH DENFELD HIGH SCHOOL.

LOOKING ALSO IN 7-2A, AITKIN GOING TO BE PLAYING FOR A SECTION TITLE THERE AGAINST MOOSE LAKE WILLOW RIVER, THAT'S ON THURSDAY AT 6:00 AT ESKO.

ON 8A, THEY WILL BE GOING FOR THEIR FIFTH STRAIGHT SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE FARGODOME ON THURSDAY.

THIS COMING THURSDAY/FRIDAY, COOKE COUNTY.

THEN FOSSTON TAKING ON BELTRAMI.

THEY WON THAT ONE BIG, THAT WILL BE AT THE FARGODOME ON THURSDAY.

THEN WE WILL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS AS WELL.

BERTHA HEWITT TAKING ON CROMWELL WRIGHT.

NOW, ALTERNATE CAPTAIN, THAT'S HIS FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON.

IT WAS TIED 1-1 AFTER 1.

NOAH OFF THE POST, MAX THERE TO CLEAN UP THE TRASH.

HIS COLLEGIATE GOAL.

ADAM FINDS THE TAPE FROM THE STICK AND LIGHTS THE LAMP TO MAKE IT 3-1.

BEMIDJI BEATS THE VIKINGS 3-2.

THEY EVEN THEIR RECORD TO 4-4, 2-0 IN CCHA PLAY.

>>> BSU FOOTBALL ALSO AT HOME ON SATURDAY, THEY'RE TRYING TO WIN THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT GAME AS THEY TAKE ON THE NSIC'S NEWEST MEMBER, JAMESTOWN.

AND THIS ONE WAS PRETTY MUCH ALL BEAVERS FROM THE START, FIRST DRIVE, BART MACANINCH, STUCK HIM, JAKE HILL WITH THE RIDICULOUS ONE-HANDED GRAB TO MAKE IT 7-0 EARLY.

BEMIDJI STATE WAS WITHOUT CONNER CARVER IN THIS ONE, THEY HAD SOME OTHER GUYS STEPPING UP, DRAYTON LEHMAN ONE OF THEM, 112 TOTAL YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN, 14-YARD GAIN HERE.

A FEW PLAYS LATER, MACANINCH CAPS THE DRIVE WITH ANOTHER STRIKE TO JAKE HILL WHO HAD 4-RECEPTIONS FOR 57-YARDS AND 3-TUDDY'S, IT WAS 14-0 AFTER ONE.

IN THE SECOND, ANTONIO BROWN MAKING HIS PRESENCE FELT, HE FINISHED WITH 15 CARRIES, 108-YARDS, THIS 27-YARD RUSH SETS HIMSELF UP FOR A 2-YARD SCORE.

BSU RUNS AWAY WITH THIS ONE, 47-25 OVER THE JIMMIES, THEY EXTEND THEIR WIN STREAK TO 3-IN-A-ROW.

MACANINCH ONLY HAD 3-INCOMPLETIONS ON THE DAY, 20-23 FOR 216-YARDS PASSING AND 4 T.D.

'S, HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY OF THE TEAMS PERFORMANCE.

>> I THOUGHT WE EXECUTED VERY WELL ON OFFENSE.

THE DEFENSE DID REALLY WELL TOO.

ALL ACROSS THE BOARD, WE FOUGHT HARD AND WE DID VERY WELL.

ALL THE RECEIVERS MADE GREAT PLAYS.

THE LINE GOT THE RUN GAME GOING SO IT WAS AWESOME TO BE BACK THERE.

EVERY WEEK, I'M GETTING MORE AND MORE COMFORTABLE AND SETTLED IN.

IT'S GETTING MORE FUN.

>> EVERYONE IS PLAYING MORE COHESIVE.

DRAYTON HAD A REALLY BIG GAME AND WE SEE TISDALE, AND THERE ARE SO MANY GUYS UP FRONT.

EVERYONE IS PLAYING OFF OF EACH OTHER AND WE'RE REALLY FINDING OUR IDENTITY AND I FEEL LIKE YOU SAW THAT TODAY.

IT WAS ON FULL DISPLAY.

>> Charlie: THEY HAVE THREE GAMES LEFT THIS SEASON.

YOU CAN SEE THEM 2-AWAY, THEIR FINAL GAME AT HOME AGAINST U-MARY.

>>> BSU WOMEN'S SOCCER WERE HOSTING WINONA STATE ON MONDAY.

IN THE 13th MINUTE, THEY HEADER IT IN.

HER FIRST COLLEGIATE GOAL, IT WAS 1-0 BEAVS.

THEN A FOUL ON THE 18, J.C.

STEPS UP FOR THE WARRIORS AND KNOT IT IS GAME AT 1-1.

KATRINA, SHE TRIPPED IN THE 18th, SO SHE IS AWARDED A P.K.

AND SHE PLAYS IT RIGHT FOR HER 10th GOAL OF THE SEASON.

THAT LIFTS BEMIDJI STATE TO THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN.

THEY ARE UNBEATEN IN THEIR LAST EIGHT CONTEST, THEY ARE SECOND PLACE WITH ST.

CLOUD STATE IN THE NSIC STANDINGS.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

MELGRAM JEWELERS HAS BEEN SERVING THE LITTLE FALLS COMMUNITY FOR THREE GENERATIONS, AND THIS WEEKEND THEY ARE CELEBRATING A MAJOR MILESTONE.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE WITH THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: DOWNTOWN LITTLE FALLS HAS A BUSTLING RETAIL AREA WITH BUSINESSES LIKE A WOMEN'S BOUTIQUE, BUT WUFRN -- ONE BUSINESS HAS BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS.

>> THIS IS MY FAMILY'S JEWELRY STORE.

I AM THE THIRD GENERATION OWNER.

I BOUGHT THE STORE FROM MY DAD ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO ON NOVEMBER 1ST AND NOVEMBER 1ST IS ALSO OUR 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

>> Reporter: MELGRAM'S JEWELERS IS A THIRD GENERATION JEWELRY STORE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE OPERATING THEIR BUSINESS THE SAME WAY THEY DID FIVE DECADES AGO.

>> MY GRANDPA WAS A WATCH MAKER AND JEWELER.

MY GRANDMOTHER BROUGHT IN A LOT OF COLLECTIBLES THAT STUCK WITH US UNTIL THE LAST 10 YEARS, WE STARTED TO WHITTLE IT AWAY.

MY DAD SAID IF YOU COULD BRING BACK ANY ONE PRODUCT AT ITS FULL POPULARITY IT WOULD BE BEANIE BABIES.

>> Reporter: THE STORE HAS UPDATED TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THEIR CUSTOMERS.

>> IT'S AN INTERESTING TIME TO BE FRESH BLOOD IN THE STORE AND THE INDUSTRY, AND THE CUSTOM WORLD HAS DEVELOPED JEWELRY THAT USE TO TAKE HOURS WITH ONE PERSON HAND CARVING, THAT CUSTOMER CAN BE DONE ON DESIGN SITES, ON SOFTWARE, AND SENT TO A 3D PRINTER WHILE THE DESIGNER MAKES ANOTHER PIECE, MAKING CUSTOM JEWELRY AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE SHOPPING IN THE STORE.

>> Reporter: THE STORE ORIGINALLY OPENED IN 1975 AND HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY EVER SINCE, BUT THEY RECOGNIZE THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE NOT JUST STRANGERS BUT MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY AS WELL.

>> IT SOUNDS SILLY, I DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WE'RE A FAMILY HERE.

A LOT OF OUR CUSTOMERS FEEL LIKE IT.

MY DAD AND GRANDPA SOLD ENGAGEMENT RINGS AND JEWELRY TO PEEL'S WHOSE KIDS OR GRANDKIDS ARE BUYING ENGAGEMENT RINGS FROM ME.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN LITTLE FALLS WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: OKAY, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO GET A LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

WE'RE GOING BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: IT IS A RAINY FORECAST FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

RAIN CONTINUES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH CLOUDY SKIES.

LOWS NEAR 42, SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 25.

MORE RAIN IN STORE FOR TOMORROW, AGAIN CLOUDY SKIES, WE'LL BE SEEING THE HIGHS NEAR 47.

WE DO DRY OUT AROUND THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK WITH SUNSHINE ON WEDNESDAY, BUT A LOT OF CLOUD COVER LATE THIS WEEK, HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID-40s.

>> Charlie: BSU MEN'S HOCKEY GOLD TENDER GOT CCHA GOALIE OF THE WEEK WITH THAT SAVE.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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