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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.

>>> THE FIRST AND ONLY DEBATE BETWEEN DISTRICT EIGHT CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES WAS HELD LAST NIGHT IN DULUTH.

TELEVISED BY WDIO TV THE FORTY MINUTE DEBATE BETWEEN G.O.P.

REPRESENTATIVE PETE STAUBER AND DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER JENNIFER SCHULTZ TOUCHED ON NUMEROUS TOPICS INCLUDING MINING.

>> WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WE HAVE TO HAVE A POLITICAL WILL TO EXPAND IRON ORE MINING.

WE HAVE TO HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL TO MINE THE CRITICAL MINERALS IN THE DULUTH COMPLEX.

THE DULUTH COMPLEX IS THE BIGGEST UNTAPPED COPPER-NICKEL FIND IN THE WORLD.

ALL THE LEADING GEOLOGISTS SAY WE HAVE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF MINERALS IN THAT COMPLEX.

IN THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION, THEY SHUT IT DOWN.

OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION SHUT IT DOWN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THEY LEFT OFFICE.

THERE IS ONLY ONE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE THAT WILL OPEN UP THE MINES ON THE IRON RANGE AND THAT'S DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE HE DID IT BEFORE.

>> MINING IS SO IMPORTANT AND IT'S BEEN VITAL IN OUR HISTORY.

I SUPPORT 100% OUR MINING INDUSTRY AND OUR MINERS, WHICH IS WHY I AM PROUD TO BE ENDORSED BY THE U.S. STEELWORKERS AND U.S.W.

WE NEED TO MOVE MINING FORWARD AND THAT'S RESPONSIBLE MINING.

IT HAS STALLED UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION, WHEN STAUBER HAD BEEN IN OFFICE FOR SIX YEARS.

HE HAD NOT MOVED ANYTHING FORWARD.

IT GETS LITIGATED IN THE COURT BECAUSE HE CAN'T BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER.

WE NEED A LEADER THAT BRINGS EVERYWHERE TO THE TABLE.

I VISITED OUR MINING COMMUNITIES, I VISITED WITH INDEPENDENT SCIENTISTS.

PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS BUT WE NEED TO BRING EVERYONE TO THE TABLE AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE INVESTMENTS TO DO IT RESPONSIBLY WITHOUT POLLUTING THE WATER.

>> WITHIN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, MY BIGGEST PIECE OF LEGISLATION WAS THE SUPREME NATIONAL FOREST ACT, WHICH REVERSED THE BIDEN-HARRIS MINING BAN, OPENED UP THE MINING AND GAVE TWIN METALS THEIR LICENSE BACK.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT MY OPPONENT, ABSOLUTELY IS ANTI-MINING.

SHE SUPPORTED THAT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

>> THAT'S NOT TRUE, I AM PRO-MINING.

I HAVE BEEN PRO-MINING.

I'M AN ECONOMIST, BUT I WANT TO DO MORE THAN JUST MINE OR ROCK.

I WANT TO DO MORE THAN MINERAL EXTRACTION.

I WANT TO MAKE STEEL ON THE IRON RANGE.

I WANT TO THINK BIG.

I WANT TO HAVE A VISION FOR THE FUTURE.

WE SHOULD BE MAKING BATTERIES THAT STORE GREEN ENERGY, SOLAR AND WIND.

THAT FELL APART BECAUSE STAUBER REFUSED TO WORK WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

>> THE 8TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT RACE IS A REMATCH FROM TWO YEARS AGO WHEN STAUBER DEFEATED BY GETTING 57-PERCENT OF THE VOTE.

>>> WITH LESS THAN A WEEK UNTIL ELECTION DAY, THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE RAMPING UP THEIR ALREADY BUSY SCHEDULES.

TODAY, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS IN NORTH CAROLINA, PENNSYLVANIA AND WISCONSIN WHILE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS MAKING STOPS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND WISCONSIN AFTER SPEAKING IN PENNSYLVANIA LAST NIGHT.

OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JULIA BENBROOK HAS THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE LATEST.

>> Reporter: VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ARE LOCKED IN A TIGHT RACE.

>> WE HAVE JUST SIX DAYS LEFT IN ONE OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL ELECTIONS OF OUR LIFETIME.

>> NEXT TUESDAY YOU HAVE TO STAND UP AND YOU HAVE TO TELL KAMALA, THAT YOU HAD ENOUGH.

>> Reporter: THE RACE WILL LIKELY COME DOWN TO THE SEVEN BATTLEGROUND STATES, STATES THAT COULD CONCEIVABLY WON BY EITHER CANDIDATE.

>> OH, IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK IN MICHIGAN.

>> IF WE WIN PENNSYLVANIA, WE ARE GOING TO WIN THE WHOLE DEAL.

>> Reporter: THE BATTLEGROUND STATES CAN BE BROKEN UP INTO TWO GENERAL CATEGORIES, THE SUN BELT BATTLEGROUNDS IN THE WEST AND NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA IN THE EAST.

ARIZONA, GEORGIA, AND NORTH CAROLINA USE TO BE MORE RELIABLY REPUBLICAN.

THEN THERE IS THE MIDWESTERN BATTLEGROUNDS.

PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN, AND WISCONSIN, PART OF THE SO-CALLED BLUE WALL.

THESE THREE STATES USE TO BE MORE RELIABLY DEMOCRATIC BUT FLIPPED FOR TRUMP IN 2016 AND THEN SWUNG BACK FOR DEMOCRATS IN 2020.

>> THE ADVANCE FOR TRUMP, HE ONLY HAS TO WIN ONE OF THE FORMER BLUE WALL STATES IN ORDER TO WIN.

SHE WILL IN ALL LIKELIHOOD HAVE TO SWEEP THEM, BUT THAT'S IS WITHIN HER POWER TO DO.

>> Reporter: HARRIS MAINTAINS A NARROW ADVANTAGE IN TWO OF THOSE THREE CLOSELY WATCHED BLUE WALL STATES.

REPORTING IN WASHINGTON, I'M JULIA BENBROOK.

>> THE MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT HAS ORDERED ELECTION OFFICIALS IN THE STATE'S MOST POPULOUS COUNTY TO GO BACK TO A LIST SUBMITTED BY THE STATE'S REPUBLICAN PARTY AND PICK NEW MEMBERS FOR A BOARD THAT VALIDATES ABSENTEE BALLOTS.

IN AN ORDER HANDED DOWN LATE TUESDAY, THE COURT SAID OFFICIALS IN HENNEPIN COUNTY, HOME TO MINNEAPOLIS AND MANY OF ITS SUBURBS, HAD A DUTY TO APPOINT ELECTION JUDGES OFF THE PARTY'S LIST BEFORE LETTING CITIES PICK FROM IT AND EXHAUST THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AVAILABLE.

THE COURT GAVE THE COUNTY UNTIL FRIDAY TO COMPLY.

UNTIL NOW THE COUNTY ABSENTEE BALLOT BOARD HAD BEEN FILLED BY FOUR DEMOCRATS AND ONE REPUBLICAN.

>>> LAST WEEK, THE BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL VOTED AGAINST A MOTION TO RATIFY THE HIRE OF MICHAEL HABIGHORST AS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

THIS MONDAY, THE CITY COUNCIL HELD A SPECIAL MEETING TO DISCUSS HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: LAST WEEK, THE BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL WANTED MORE TIME TO GATHER INFORMATION ON THE HIRING OF THE NEXT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR BEFORE A MOTION WAS MADE, A COUNCIL MEMBER WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LAST WEEK, THE COUNCIL PUT CITY ADMINISTRAOR NICK BOYLE'S IN A BAD SPOT.

>> I THINK WE PUT NICK IN A BAD SPOT.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE COUNCIL, BUT I APOLOGIZE TO NICK FOR THAT.

I THINK THE COUNCIL, I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE TABLED IT OR DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, FOR THAT.

>> Reporter: COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED AGAINST ADMINISTRATIVE BOYLE, AND ONE RATIFIED, SAYING THEY USED IT TO GET INFORMATION FROM CITY STAFF AND THE PEOPLE SHE REPRESENTS.

>> WHILE ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD FROM STAFF WERE ANSWERED, SOMETIMES I NEED INFORMATION NOT FROM STAFF.

SOMETIMES I NEED TO REACH OUT TO CONSTITUENTS AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY AND HAVING THAT EXTRA WEEK GAVE ME MORE TIME TO DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND AT THE END, I'M COMING BACK TO AGREE WITH NICK'S DECISION AND THAT'S WHY I AM MOVING THAT WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS.

>> Reporter: COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE FELT THAT IT WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THE COUNCIL AND REITERATED THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION ON HIRES.

>> IT IS OUR JOB AS A COUNCIL TO APPROVE OR DENY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF AND WE'RE NOT JUST A RUBBER STAMP AND WE DO NEED EXTRA INFORMATION SOMETIMES.

IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE MULTIPLE CANDIDATES THAT WE WOULD BE HAPPY WITH.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME BACK AND CONTINUE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, CORRECT IMPROVEMENTS, AND IN ALL POSITIONS THAT END UPTURNING OVER FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.

>> Reporter: IN THE END, THE MOTION TO RATIFY HABIGHORST WITH ONLY NOES FROM TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

REPORTING FROM BRAINERD, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> HABIGHORST IS SET TO BEGIN HIS DUTIES AS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

HIS FIRST DAY WILL BE THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST.

>>> EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST 19 YEARS, EVERGREEN YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES HAVE HELD THEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

FOR ITS 19TH YEAR, THE SANFORD CENTER IN BEMIDJI WOULD BE THE HOST.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THE EVERGREEN YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS A TRAINING EVENT FOR YOUTH SERVING PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

PARTICIPANTS HAVE A CHANCE TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO SERVE YOUTH IN MENTAL CRISIS, POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS, ABUSE, AND MANY OTHER CHALLENGES.

>> THIS IS THEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE WHERE THEY'RE NOT ONLY GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE CHILDREN AND YOUTH FAMILY SERVICES, BUT THIS IS THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITIES TO GIVE BACK TO THEM, TO RAISE THE MONEY FOR THE GOOD WORK THEY DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> THE PURPOSE IS FOR US TO ALLOW ALL OF OUR ATTENDEES TO COME OUT AND RECONNECT TO EACH OTHER, TO THEIR PURPOSE, AND ALSO TO REIGNITE THEIR WILLINGNESS AND THEIR WHY.

WE WANT TO RESTORE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING TREMENDOUSLY DIFFICULT WORK SERVING YOUTH, SO THEY CAN CONTINUE RESTORING THE YOUTHS THAT I SERVE.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE SO FOCUSED ON THEIR PATIENTS, THEY FORGET TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.

>> EVERYONE HERE HELP YOUTHS AND SOMETIMES WE FORGET TO CARE FOR OURSELVES.

TODAY WAS ABOUT FINDING YOUR PASSION, YOUR PURPOSE, HOW DO YOU KEEP GOING, AND US GIVING THEM THE TOOLS ON HOW TO ACTUALLY DO THAT.

>> Reporter: THIS SERVES AS A REMINDER THAT THESE WORKERS ARE NOT ALONE IN THEIR MISSION, HOSTING A NUMBER OF BREAKOUT SESSIONS TO CONNECT THOSE WORKERS WITH OTHER RESOURCES.

>> WE HAVE OVER 25 BREAKOUT SESSIONS TO ALLOW OUR ATTENDEES TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS AS MUCH INFORMATION AND TRAINING AS POSSIBLE.

ALL OF THEM RANGING FROM PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO KIND OF THAT RESILIENCE AND INSTILLING HOPE BACK IN PEOPLE, GIVING THEM THE TOOLS AND THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOBS.

>> Reporter: ORGANIZERS WERE IMPRESS WITH THE TURNOUT AND THAT CREATED A GREATER SENSE OF PURPOSE ON WHY THESE HEALTHCARE WORKERS DO WHAT THEY DO.

>> OUR KIDS ARE OUR FUTURE.

WE NEED TO INVEST IN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVING OUR KIDS.

WHETHER THAT IS OUR FRONT LINE STAFF THAT IS DOING THE GRINDING AND THE DAY-TO-DAY WORK, OR IF IT'S THE LEADERS THAT ARE NEEDING THE TOOLS AND THE RESOURCES ON HOW TO BEST SUPPORT THEIR STAFF.

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

>> OVER 200 PEOPLE WERE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE TWO-DAY CONFERENCE, WHICH CONCLUDED ON WEDNESDAY.

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

>> Stacy: SOME OF US COULD SEE SOME LIGHT SNOW TOMORROW AND WE HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN AITKIN COUNTY.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE BEMIDJI PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT HELD THEIR BOO DASH 5K AND OTHER >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> HALLOWEEN IS TOMORROW AND THE PAST WEEK HAS BEEN FULL OF FESTIVITIES.

THE BEMIDJI PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PUTTING ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT HALLOWEEN THEMED ACTIVITIES.

ON SATURDAY THEY HELD THEIR ANNUAL BOO DASH, A 5K RUN AT THE BEMIDJI CITY PARK.

OVER 25 RUNNERS CAME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EIGHTH ANNUAL HALLOWEEN THEMED RACE.

THE 5K KICKED OFF THE LAST DAY OF PARKS AND REC HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES, BUT THEY ALSO HAD SEVERAL OTHER EVENTS HAPPENING EARLIER LAST WEEK.

>> EVERYONE DRESSES UP IN COSTUME AND IT MAKES IT FUN FOR HALLOWEEN.

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE RUNS.

IT IS ON A TRAIL, SO IT'S A MIX OF DIRT, GRASS, LOTS OF FUN THINGS THAT YOU CAN RUN AROUND.

TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN, WE HAD OUR BARK AND BOO AT THE DOG PARK.

IT'S A DOG PARTY.

DOGS GET DRESSED UP IN COSTUMES.

THEN WE HAD OUR FAMILY FUN BOO BASH AT NORTH COUNTRY PARK AND WE WILL HAVE OUR ANNUAL HALLOWEEN DANCE.

MY FAVORITE PART IS SEEING ALL THE FAMILIES COME OUT AND DRESSED UP AND HAVING A GOOD TIME.

>> PARKS AND REC ARE DONE WITH THEIR FESTIVITIES, BUT THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF OTHER HALLOWEEN EVENTS HAPPENING TOMORROW.

THE SANFORD CENTER IS HOLDING ITS ANNUAL TREAT STREET FROM 4:00 TO 7:00 P.M.. LOCAL BUSINESSES SPONSOR A TABLE FOR KIDS TO VISIT AND TRICK-OR-TREAT AT.

THERE WILL BE OVER TWENTY DIFFERENT PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO VISIT, AS WELL AS A BOUNCE HOUSE, COSTUME CONTEST, AND LOTS OF OTHER HALLOWEEN FUN.

>> SO THERE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A MAZE THROUGH THE CONVENTION CENTER WITH PIPE AND DRAPE, DIFFERENT STATIONS FOR KIDS TO PICK UP CANDY AND TO ENJOY THE HALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND WE'RE ABLE TO PARTNER THIS YEAR TO GROW THE EVENT AND MAKE IT MORE OF AN EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE COMING.

>> TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD AT THE DOOR, BUT CAN BE PURCHASED AHEAD OF TIME AT ANY OF THE LOCATIONS LISTED ON THE SCREEN.

COSTUMES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED AND DOORS OPEN AT 4:00 P.M. >>> STACY, EVERYBODY IS WONDERING WHAT THE WEATHER FORECAST WILL BE FOR TRICK-OR-TREATING.

>> Stacy: IT WILL BE CHILLY, BUT SOME OF US COULD SEE SOME RAIN AND SNOW, ESPECIALLY SNOW AND ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE.

WE DO HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN AITKIN COUNTY FOR TOMORROW MORNING AND TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND I'LL >> 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, FOR ALL OF THE RAIN YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT, WE HAD QUIETER WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON.

FOR SOME OF US, IT IS SHORT LIVED.

WE WILL SEE SOME RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS MOVING IN TO CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT, CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA, THE MAIN FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION TOMORROW.

WE COULD BE SEEING RAIN, BUT MOSTLY WE'RE LOOKING AT SNOW AND SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 30 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WINDS ARE NORTH AT 4 MILES PER HOUR.

WE RECEIVED UNDER 0.1-INCH OF RAINFALL SINCE LAST NIGHT.

IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, DEW POINT OF 34.

WINDS ARE NORTH AT 8 MILES PER HOUR.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN AITKIN COUNTY, THIS IS IN EFFECT FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY.

WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR MOST OF THAT AREA, IT LOOKS LIKE 2 INCHES OF ASSUME LAYING AND THERE MAY BE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS, IN SOUTHERN AITKIN COUNTY AND OTHER AREAS WITHIN THAT ADVISORY.

ON THE RADAR TONIGHT, SO FAR EVERYTHING IS QUIET AND PRETTY MUCH IT'S GOING TO STAY THAT WAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN, FREEZING RAIN, OR SOME FLURRIES MOVING INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATER ON TONIGHT.

MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS GOING TO BE MOVING IN TOMORROW.

WE COULD SEE RAIN, BUT AGAIN IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF SNOW, MAINLY FROM CENTRAL TO NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, COOL THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE VIEWING AREA.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, SAMROSE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SKIES OVER LOWER RED LAKE.

YOU CAN SEE THE CLOUDS BREAKING UP THIS AFTERNOON.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE AND ARLENE IN MENAHGA WITH THE SKIES BEFORE SUNSET.

WE HAVE EVENING SKIES FROM LAURIE AT LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTOS WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 45 WITH A LIGHT BREEZE THIS EVENING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDY AND 0.2-INCH OF RAIN.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLEAR AND 46.

DID PICK UP 0.25-INCH OF RAINFALL.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY SKIES, 0.021-INCH OF RAIN.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 54 WAS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE IN BRAINERD TODAY.

THAT WAS EARLY ON.

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE TEMPERATURES FALL.

6:04 IS THE SUNSET.

BEMIDJI, WE HAD A HIGH OF 45, TEMPS HAVE BEEN FALLING.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF THE DAY.

WE HAD SUNRISE THIS MORNING AT 8:01.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

WE WILL SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, BUT MORE CLOUD COVER AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND THE EAST.

WE COULD SEE FLURRIES OR SPRINKLES AROUND PARK RAPIDS WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS IN THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA, HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW 40s AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, COULD SEE SOME MID-30s TO LOW 40s, BUT AGAIN A BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING THE RAIN AND SNOW AND THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WITHIN THIS AREA.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, VARIABLE CLOUDS WITH A CHANCE OF SOME RAIN, FREEZING RAIN, OR SNOW LATE TONIGHT, LOWS NEAR 30.

THEN FOR TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, AND WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING SOME SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME RAIN SHOWERS, ABOUT 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND HIGHS NEAR 41.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

THEN A BETTER CHANCE AS WE MOVE INTO SUNDAY, WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER AND HIGHS NEAR 51 AND PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING ON MONDAY.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

BIG WEEKEND FOR BSU ACTIVITIES THIS WEEKEND.

>> Charlie: ESPECIALLY IN HOCKEY.

THEY'RE PLAYING A COUPLE OF RANKED OPPONENTS.

FIRST, MINNESOTA STATE COMES IN TO PLAY THE BEAVER MEN, AND THEN THE LADY BEAVERS WILL BE TAKING ON MINNESOTA.

WE HAVE SOME OF THE LOOKS AHEAD TO THOSE MATCH UPS, AS WELL AS SOME SECTION VOLLEYBALL TONIGHT 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.

>> HEALTH MINUTE IS SPONSORED IN PART BY EMPLOYEE-OWNED LUEKEN'S VILLAGE FOODS, FEATURING THE AREA'S LARGEST SELECTION OF SEAFOOD AND HIGHEST QUALITY MEATS.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> BSU MEN'S HOCKEY SPLIT THEIR FIRST CCHA SERIES OF THE SEASON AT FERRIS STATE LAST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

THIS WEEKEND THEY RETURN HOME AS THEY CONTINUE CCHA PLAY WITH 16TH RANKED MINNESOTA STATE.

IT WILL BE THE BEAVERS FOURTH GAME AGAINST A RANKED OPPONENT AFTER STARTING THE SEASON AGAINST THEN RANKED NUMBER 18 MINNESOTA DULUTH AND NOW RANKED NUMBER 10 SAINT CLOUD STATE, GOING 1-2 IN THAT STRETCH.

THE MAVERICKS COME IN AT 5-3 WITH WINS OVER 11TH RANKED MICHIGAN, 7TH RANKED NORTH DAKOTA, AND A SWEEP OF PREVIOUSLY RANKED OMAHA THIS PAST WEEKEND, BUT BEMIDJI STATE DOESN'T NEED TO LOOK AT WINS AND LOSSES TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF MATCH-UP THEY ARE GOING TO GET FROM THEIR IN-STATE RIVAL.

>> I HAVEN'T WATCHED MUCH OF MINNESOTA STATE MANKATO.

I KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO SEE.

I AM GOING TO SEE A TEAM WITH GOOD GOALTENDING, IS HARD TO PLAY AGAINST.

THAT'S THEM TO A TEE RIGHT NOW.

WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED EARLY ON IN THE YEAR, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE THE BEST TEAM IN OUR LEAGUE.

>> ESPECIALLY WITH JUST THE HISTORY BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS, ESPECIALLY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THE MASON CUP FINALS AND WINNING LAST YEAR AGAINST THEM.

THERE IS A BIG RIVALRY.

I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR IT.

>> BSU HAS WON THEIR LAST THREE MEETINGS WITH MINNESOTA STATE, INCLUDING A SWEEP AT HOME LAST YEAR TO CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR SEASON, 6-POINTS ON THE LINE IN THE EARLY GOINGS OF CCHA PLAY.

>>> IT'S ALSO A BIG WEEKEND FOR BSU WOMEN'S HOCKEY AND NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY'LL BE PLAYING NUMBER THREE RANKED MINNESOTA BUT ALSO BECAUSE SATURDAY THE BEAVERS WILL BE HOSTING ORGAN DONOR AWARENESS NIGHT.

SENIOR KENDRA FORTIN BEGAN THE INITIATIVE INSPIRED BY HER FATHER CORY WHO SURVIVED IN STAGE KIDNEY FAILURE AFTER RECEIVING AN ORGAN DONATION.

AS HE DID LAST YEAR, CORY WILL DROP THE CEREMONIAL FIRST PUCK BEFORE THE WOMEN'S GAME ON SATURDAY AND KENDRA SAYS SHE PLANS TO SOAK IT ALL IN WHILE REFLECTING ON EVERYONE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE.

>> IT'S BEEN AMAZING.

I HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM MY TEAMMATES, FROM FACULTY, FROM BRETT AND TYLER.

IT'S BEEN AMAZING.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IT ANYWHERE ELSE BEFORE HERE.

IT'S A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY AND NOT EVERYONE GETS TO EXPERIENCE IT AND CELEBRATE THE GOODS OF ORGAN FAILURE, AND MY FAMILY DID.

IT'S MY LAST YEAR AT HOME DOING THIS.

I WANT TO TAKE IN EVERY MOMENT OF THAT.

IT'S A VERY SPECIAL DAY FOR ME OR JUST SAYING THANK YOU TO MY PARENTS, THAT'S A HUGE PART OF IT.

>> BSU MEN'S HOCKEY SENIOR DONTE LAWSON'S BROTHER DOMINIC IS ALSO AN ORGAN DONOR RECIPIENT AND HE WILL DROP THE PUCK BEFORE THE MEN'S GAME LATER THAT NIGHT.

LADY BEAVERS HAS 3:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY AND 2:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY.

>>> NOW THE 5-SEED IN THE 7-2A TOURNAMENT.

AFTER AN UPSET WIN OVER MESABI EAST AND PROCTOR, THE RANGERS FIND THEMSELVES IN THE SECTION SEMI-FINALS.

CROSBY-IRONTON FACING OFF WITH US -- ESKO.

SOFIA TURNS THAT TO 2 AT THE NET.

IT GOES UP TO 5 BUT THEN THEY STOP THE BLEEDING.

RANGERS STILL LEAD 18-12.

KENNEDY TOO HOT TO HANDLE.

NOW RANGERS NOT TO BE OUT DONE, ONE PAST THE ESKO BLOCKERS, MATCH POINT, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO SHAVE IT OFF.

CROSBY-IRONTON WOULD WIN SET 1, 25-16.

THE CINDERELLA STORY IS NOT TO BE AS THEY FALL TO ESKO.

ALSO PLAYING TONIGHT IN 7A, BIG FORK GETS THE WIN.

THEY'RE HEADED TO THE FINALS AGAINST ELY.

AND CROOKSTON BEATS BEMIDJI STATE.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

THE DISPARITIES ARE SHOCKING.

CANCER IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG HISPANIC PEOPLE.

AND ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, FOR MOST TYPES OF CANCER, THOSE WHO ARE BLACK HAVE THE HIGHEST DEATH RATE AND SHORTEST SURVIVAL OF ANY RACIAL OR ETHNIC GROUP IN THE U.S. AND RESEARCHERS WANT TO KNOW WHY.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER HAS MORE FROM A NEW REPORT WHICH SUGGESTS A POSSIBLE ADVANCED CANCER CULPRIT.

>> Reporter: IN THE U.S., AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THOSE WHO ARE HISPANIC ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH AN ADVANCE STAGE OF CANCER AND AT THAT POINT, IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO TREAT, AND OFTENTIMES INCURABLE.

>> WE WONDERED HOW MUCH IS BIOLOGY AND HOW MUCH WAS A MODIFIABLE SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF HEALTH.

>> Reporter: RESEARCHERS FROM THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ANALYZED DATA FROM 2 MILLION CANCER PATIENTS WHO WERE AGES 18 TO 64 AND HAD ONE OF TEN MAJOR CANCERS BETWEEN 2013 AND 2019.

THEY FOUND THAT A LARGE REASON FOR RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITY IN ADVANCE CANCER RISK IS LACK OF HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.

>> ONE CAN IMAGINE A SITUATION WHERE ONE DOES NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE.

THEY IGNORE SYMPTOMS AND DON'T GO FOR THEIR ROUTINE SCREENING TEST.

>> Reporter: HEALTH INSURANCE IS KEY TO HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY HEALTHCARE.

>> FOLKS NEED ACCESS TO COVERAGE TO CARE.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REDUCE DEATHS AND SUFFERING FROM CANCER.

>> Reporter: SEPARATE DATA ALSO HIGHLIGHTS DISPARITIES IN BREAST CANCER WITH BLACK WOMEN BEING LESS LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE THAN WHITE WOMEN, BUT 41% MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM IT.

>> SO I THINK STEP ONE IS FINDING THE CANCER EARLY ON.

STEP TWO IS ENSURING WE HAVE TREATMENT THAT IS EQUAL TO BOTH, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>> Dennis: AND LET'S GO BACK TO STACY FOR A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE COULD SEE SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN AITKIN COUNTY, COULD BE SEEING 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THAT AREA.

FOR TONIGHT, WE WILL SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW MOVING INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, LOWS TONIGHT NEAR 30, MORE SNOW AND RAIN IN EASTERN MINNESOTA TOMORROW.

>> Dennis: THAT WILL DO IT FOR US.

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

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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