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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.

[♪♪♪] >>> HEY EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN.

I'M SYDNEY DICK FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN WITH YOUR LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> EIGHT YEARS AGO TODAY, ON OCTOBER 31ST OF 2016, 17-YEAR-OLD JEREMY JOURDAIN WAS LAST SEEN.

HE HAD BEEN CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAY WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHEN AT SOME POINT.

HE REPORTEDLY RAN OUT THE DOOR OF THE BEMIDJI RESIDENCE AND HAS NOT BEEN SEEN OR HEARD FROM SINCE.

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY GROUND SEARCHES WITH HIS FAMILY, THE PUBLIC, AND THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY DID NOT YIELD ANY ANSWERS.

FIVE YEARS LATER, A SECOND DISAPPEARANCE OF A BEMIDJI TEEN HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 22ND OF 2021 WITH NEVAEH KINGBIRD.

>> THERE'S NO SPECULATION.

WE FOLLOWED THE FACTS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO US AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

WE FOLLOWED UP ON NUMEROUS LEADS FOR BOTH JEREMY AND NEVAEH.

NOTHING CONCRETE INDICATING THAT ANYTHING HAS BEEN FOUND IN THOSE LEADS.

>> DESPITE THE OVER 200 LEADS CALLED IN FOR JEREMY AND NEARLY 100 FOR NEVAEH, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY RECENT UPDATES ON EITHER DISAPPEARANCE.

THEY ARE BOTH STILL OPEN INVESTIGATIONS.

>> MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS RELATIVES ARE WORKING AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE FAMILY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WE HAVE CONTACT THROUGH THEM WITH THE FAMILY AND WE SPEAK TO THE FAMILY.

I WAS AT THE VIGIL AND WE SPOKE TO BOTH FAMILIES.

WE HAVE CONSISTENT CONTACT WITH BOTH FAMILIES.

THE INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING ON THESE CASES TO FOLLOW UP ON THE LEADS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET ANSWERS FOR THE FAMILY.

>> IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION ON EITHER CASE, OR HAS SEEN OR HEARD ANYTHING RELATED, THEY ARE URGED TO REPORT IT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BOTH FAMILIES ARE ASKING FOR TIPS, WHICH CAN BE CALLED IN DIRECTLY TO THE POLICE STATION, B.I.A., F.B.I., MMIR, OR CRIME STOPPERS.

ANY CALLS CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS.

>>> A CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 8:00 P.M. LAST NIGHT WEST OF FOSSTON INVOLVING ONE CAR AND ONE HORSE.

THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL REPORTS THAT 2013 FORD EXPLORER THAT HAD STRUCK A HORSE WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 59 NEAR 400TH STREET IN POLK COUNTY.

PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS SHOWED THAT THERE HAD BEEN OTHER HORSES ABOUT IN THE AREA AND THERE WAS ONE THAT MADE ITS WAY INTO THE ROAD.

THE POLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TOLD LAKELAND NEWS THAT THE HORSE DIED.

THE DRIVER OF THE CAR, 67-YEAR-OLD PEGGY ANN DAMMEN OF THIEF RIVER FALLS, WAS TRANSPORTED TO FOSSTON HOSPITAL WITH NON LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

THE OTHER THREE PASSENGERS, A 3, 5, AND 7 YEARS OLD, WERE ALL UNHARMED IN THE INCIDENT.

>>> A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS DISMISSED A CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT AGAINST A WHITE MINNESOTA STATE TROOPER WHO SHOT AND KILLED A BLACK MAN DURING A 2023 TRAFFIC STOP.

THE JUDGE HAS RULED THAT THE TROOPER'S ACTIONS DID NOT VIOLATE THE LAW.

U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE NANCY BRASEL GRANTED TROOPER RYAN LONDREGAN'S MOTION TO DISMISS THE CASE ON WEDNESDAY.

THE SUIT WAS FILED AGAINST HIM IN APRIL BY THE FAMILY OF RICKY COBB THE SECOND.

BRASEL FOUND THAT LONDREGAN DID NOT ACT UNREASONABLY WHEN HE FIRED HIS WEAPON AT COBB AS THE MAN'S VEHICLE BEGAN MOVING FORWARD WITH ANOTHER STATE TROOPER PARTLY INSIDE.

>>> CROW WING COUNTY IS SHOWING ITS SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY AHEAD OF VETERANS DAY.

COMMISSIONERS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED APPROVED RESOLUTION, DECLARING CROW WING COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION IN OPERATION GREEN LIGHT AT THE COUNTY BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK.

THE OPERATION GREEN LIGHT INITIATIVE RAISES AWARENESS AROUND THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACED BY MANY VETERANS AND THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVEL TO ASSIST VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHILE ALSO SHOWING APPRECIATION TO THOSE WHO MADE IMMEASURABLE SACRIFICES TO PRESERVE FREEDOM.

>> SEEING A VETERAN, WORKING WITH VETERANS, OR IF YOU HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS, JUST TAKE THE TIME TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

IT GOES A LONG WAY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT THAT, BUT IT DOES MAKE AN IMPACT IN THEY'RE LIVES.

IT RECOGNIZES WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND THEY MADE AN IMPACT IN THE WORLD.

>> OPERATION GREEN LIGHT WILL COMMENCE IN CROW WING COUNTY ON NOVEMBER FOURTH AND RUN THROUGH VETERANS DAY ON THE 11TH.

>>> VETERANS ALL ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR BENEFITS DURING LAST WEEK'S VETERANS RETIREE SEMINAR AT CAMP RIPLEY ORGANIZED THROUGH THE MORRISON COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE.

THE EVENT SERVES TO ENCOURAGE VETERANS TO BOTH NETWORK AND LEARN ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES SERVING THE COUNTRY HAVE OFFERED THEM FOLLOWING RETIREMENT.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THE VETERANS RETIREE SEMINAR STARTED BACK IN 1995, AND SINCE MORPH FROM 10 VETERANS TO 200 VETERANS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, SEEKING OUT KNOWLEDGE.

>> WE BRING SERVICES AND SUPPORTS TO ALL THE VETERANS THAT ARE ALL SERVICES, MARINE, NAVY, SPACE FORCE, COAST GUARD.

WE HAVE A SERIES OF SPEAKERS.

THEN WE GET TO WALK AROUND AND SEE WHAT BENEFITS WORK FOR EACH AND EVERY VETERAN.

WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT.

>> Reporter: AND THE VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE BROUGHT IN PLENTY OF ORGANIZATIONS TO SHARE THEIR INCITES, FROM THE MINNESOTA WHOLE HEALTH TO THE MINNESOTA STATE CEMETERY.

>> WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT WE KNOW.

WHEN YOU RETIRE FROM THE MILITARY, YOU ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR V.A.

COMPENSATION.

IF YOU ARE DEPLOYED FOR A YEAR, IF YOU HAVE A SHORT DEPLOYMENT, IF YOU HAVE A FEW YEARS ACTIVE DUTY AND YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING ELSE, THE VARIETY OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BENEFITS IS HUGE.

>> Reporter: THERE WERE OFTENTIMES WHERE VETERANS NEGLECTED TO PRIORITIZE THEIR OWN NEEDS OVER OTHERS, SERVING THEIR COUNTRY.

>> WHEN I ASKED THEM HOW THEY ARE WHEN YOU WALK IN, I FELT LIKE THEY COULD BE A SOCIAL WORKER OR VETERAN.

PEOPLE ARE PROUD AND THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING FOR FREE AND THEY DON'T WANT TO DO A CLAIM FOR ANY MEDICAL ISSUES THEY HAD WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY.

PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO ASK.

>> Reporter: WHILE THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COUNTRY ARE AWARE OF THE MULTITUDE OF BENEFIT OPTIONS, THOSE SERVING DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM UNTIL AFTER COMPLETING THEIR SERVICE, ALL THE MORE REASON THAT THE MORRISON COUNTY SERVICE OFFICE DOES NOT CUT CORNERS FOR THEIR SEMINAR.

>> I GO AROUND AND CHECK BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.

I SEE A LOT OF THE SAME PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN LITTLE FALLS, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE SEMINAR INCLUDED THE EAGLES HEALING NEST, ANOKA VET CENTER, VETERANS AFFAIRS OUTREACH, AND HOMELESS AND WOUNDED WARRIORS.

>>> MORE THAN 350,000 MINNESOTA VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOT AHEAD OF THE NOVEMBER 5TH ELECTION OVER THE PAST WEEK, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OVER THE PAST FOUR WEEKS OF VOTING.

THE CURRENT TOTAL NUMBER OF ACCEPTED BALLOTS IS OVER 919,000.

LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS HAVE DISTRIBUTED NEARLY 1,152,000 ABSENTEE AND MAIL BALLOTS IN MINNESOTA SINCE VOTING BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 20.

195,000 OF THOSE BALLOTS HAVE NOT YET BEEN RETURNED.

MINNESOTANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RETURN THEIR BALLOTS TO THEIR LOCAL ELECTION OFFICE IN PERSON AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THEIR VOTE IS COUNTED.

THE OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE WILL UPDATE THE ABSENTEE VOTING STATISTICS TOMORROW AND NEXT WEEK ON NOVEMBER 4TH AND 5TH.

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

>> WE HAVE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW SNOW SHOWERS, WITH MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN ACTIVITY NEXT WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND THE NORTHERN MINNESOTA ROBOTICS CONFERENCE HAD THEIR ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS.

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

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[MUSIC] >>> HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE HALLOWEEN?

HOWEVER MUCH YOU SAY, YOU PROBABLY DON'T LOVE IT AS MUCH AS DANNY THIELEN.

FOR THE FOURTH YEAR, THIS CITIZEN IN THE BRAINERD LAKES HAS GIVEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND HOSTED A FREE HALLOWEEN EVENT AT GREGORY PARK IN BRAINERD.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE FROM WHAT THIELEN CALLS DANGEROUSLY THRILLING DECIBELS.

>> Reporter: DANNY STARTED DANGEROUSLY THRILLING DECIBELS BECAUSE HE WANTED TO FIND THE BEST WAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, TO HELP SPREAD HIS LOVE FOR THE SPOOKIEST DAY OF THE YEAR.

>> I LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE I AM NOT ABLE TO PUT SOMETHING ON LIKE THIS BECAUSE I DON'T GET ENOUGH TRICK-OR-TREATERS.

I CONTACTED THE CITY OF BRAINERD, FIGURED OUT A WAY I COULD GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, DO SOMETHING FULL THAT ALLOWS ME TO SHOW MY PASSION.

>> Reporter: AND GOING THROUGH THE HAUNTED TRAIL, HE AND HIS TEAM SET UP, LEFT TRICK-OR-TREATERS IN AWE.

>> I DON'T KNOW BUT IT WAS AMAZING.

>> IT WAS PRETTY COOL, THERE WERE A LOT OF DECLARATIONS.

WHEN WE GOT IN THERE, THEY GAVE US THIS MYSTERY PACK THAT WE GOT TO OPEN WHEN WE GOT HOME AND IT WAS FUN AND COOL.

WE GOT TO TAKE A LOT OF PICTURES.

>> Reporter: THERE WAS SO MUCH GOING ON THAT IT WAS HARD TO NAIL DOWN WHAT WAS THE FAVORITE PART OF THE TRAIL.

>> I LIKED IT A LOT.

IT WAS PRETTY COOL AND IT SMELLED GOOD.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY COOL AND YOU GUYS SHOULD KEEP ON DOING IT, ESPECIALLY THE FOG MACHINES.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY COOL.

IT WAS PRETTY FUN, THE FOG MACHINES WERE COOL TOO.

>> THE SMOKE.

>> PROBABLY THE DEMON GUY AT THE FRONT.

HE WAS SOMETHING.

HE WAS CREEPY.

>> Reporter: ALL THE TIME AND ALL THE EFFORT THAT GOES INTO SETTING UP THIS EVENT WAS MADE WORTH IT FOR DANNY ONCE HE SAW THE FACES OF THE PEOPLE ENJOYING THE MASTERPIECE.

>> I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE, JUST TO SEE KIDS AND PARENTS AND SMILING AND ENJOYING THE TIME.

I HONESTLY LOVE LOOKING AT THE KIDS' FACES AND SEEING THEM SMILE, IT MAKES IT WORTH IT.

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

>> THIELEN TOLD LAKELAND NEWS THAT HE SPENDS UPWARDS OF $500 PER YEAR ON CANDY TO PASS OUT AND THAT ALL THE DECORATIONS HAVE SURPASSED $5,000.

>>> NOW WE HAVE STACY WITH THE WEATHER.

HALLOWEEN IS COMING TO AN END, BUT WHAT DID WE SEE OUT THERE TODAY?

>> Stacy: WE HAD SOME CHILLY TEMPERATURES AND IT'S BEEN COOLER.

IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WE HAVE SOME RAIN SHOWERS AND SOME SNOW SHO >> 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, IT HAS BEEN A CHILLY DAY TODAY.

WE DID HAVE SOME SNOW IN THE STATE, BUT BY AND LARGE, WE MISSED OUT ON MOST OF THAT IN OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE HAVE CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, AND THERE MAY BE A FEW SNOW SHOWERS MIXED IN AS WELL.

AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK, MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN IS ANTICIPATED AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER AS WELL.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 33 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, WE HAVE A NORTHWEST WIND AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

HUMIDITY IS AT 76%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLOUDY SKIES AND 38 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 25, PRESSURE IS RISING AND WINDS ARE NORTHWEST AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, THINGS ARE PRETTY QUIET ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA THIS EVENING.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE DRY WEATHER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE WILL SEE SOME VARIABLE CLOUDS.

THERE MAY BE A FEW PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN IN PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATER ON TONIGHT, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT IT.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, MOST OF US HAVE AT LEAST A CHANCE OF SEEING SOME RAIN SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED SNOW SHOWERS WITHIN MOST OF THE AREA, THE EXCEPTION IS NORTHERN MINNESOTA COULD STAY DRY, BUT WE HAVE CHANCES THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS OF SEEING OFF AND ON RAIN SHOWERS, AGAIN, MAYBE MIXED WITH SNOW AND MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS NEXT WEEK.

MOST OF US DID AVOID ANY HEAVY SNOWFALL, ANY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL, BUT NOT ALL OF MINNESOTA WAS LUCKY.

HALLOWEEN PLAYED SOME TRICKS WITH US THIS YEAR.

THIS PICTURE IS FROM CLEAR LAKE WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

THE DEER ARE SPOTTED BY OUR EAGLE EYES ACROSS THE AREA.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA AND LAURIE WITH THOSE PHOTOS.

JUDY AND BILL WITH PICTURES OF THE EVENING SKIES.

ANDREA SENT US THIS PHOTO.

ANGELA SENT US A PHOTO OF THE JACK O'LANTERN THAT HER GRANDDAUGHTER CARVED.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA 38 AND BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY SKIES, TOPPING OUT A 40.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH A LOW OF 33.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 41, SO WE ARE BELOW AVERAGE FOR A CHANGE.

IT WAS CHILLY OUT THERE TODAY.

38 WAS THE LOW TEMPERATURE EARLY ON TODAY AND WE HAD SUNSET AT 6:03.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 38, SO WE ARE COOLER THAN AVERAGE, 22 WAS THE LOW THIS MORNING AND SUNRISE AT 8:03.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

WE WILL BE SEEING A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND MOST OF US HAVE A CHANCE OF SEEING SOME RAIN SHOWERS, PARK RAPIDS IS QUIETER.

HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW SHOULD BE IN THE LOW TO MID-40s IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT AGAIN THAT MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID-40s.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR TONIGHT, PATCHY FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WITH LOWS NEAR 24.

THEN TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS, AGAIN MAINLY IN WESTERN AND DOWN INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON.

44 FOR THE HIGH WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, STILL SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS ON SATURDAY, AND AGAIN SOME OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE COLD ENOUGH FOR SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS, WIDESPREAD RAIN EXPECTED AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY AND MONDAY, HIGHS IN THE 50s EARLY NEXT WEEK AND THEN WE SHOULD HAVE A COOL DOWN AS WE HEAD INTO TUESDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Sydney: THANK YOU SO MUCH STACY.

NOW WE'RE JOINED BY CHARLIE YAEGER WITH SPORTS.

CHARLIE, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT SINCE I HAVE BEEN AT THE DESK, BUT WE'RE IN PLAYOFFS FOR FOOTBALL?

>> Charlie: WE'RE AT THE SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES OF THE PLAYOFFS AND THERE WERE SOME TEAMS THAT WERE ABLE TO PUNCH THEIR TICKET TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT TODAY.

WE HAVE FOOTBALL FROM ALL OVER THE STATE, THE FARGODOME, WHICH IS NORTH DAKOTA, WE'LL HAVE ALL THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, BRINGING NORTHERN MINNESOTA THE GIGAZONE.

INTERNET SPEEDS UP TO 10 GIGABITS PER SECONDS, BOTH UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD.

IT'S THE GIGAZONE FROM PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS AND IT'S RIGHT HERE.

>> THE GOLDEN APPLE IS SPONSORED IN PART BY CROW WING POWER.

DEDICATED TO PROVIDING RELIABLE ELECTRICITY AND A KNOWLEDGEABLE AND CARING STAFF TO ASSIST YOU WITH ENERGY-SAVING PROGRAMS AND TIPS MORE AT CWPOWER.COM.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> IT'S BEEN QUITE THE FOOTBALL SEASON AND THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS OF THE PLAYOFFS GAVE US PLENTY OF FIREWORKS.

TODAY BEGAN WITH SECTION TITLES AND STATE TOURNAMENT BERTHS ON THE LINE.

ON THE CAMPUS OF UMD, PEQUOT LAKES TAKING ON TWO HARBORS.

FIRST QUARTER, UP 8-0, PATRIOTS ON THE FAR END OF THE FIELD.

THEY FIND CAMERON AND HE HAS BLOCKERS ABOUT FOR THE ONES HE DOESN'T, HE HAS STIFF ARMS.

THEY KNOT THE GAME AT 8-8.

SECOND QUARTER, TO BRIAR AND HE TAKES IT HIMSELF TO PUT THE PATS UP.

THEY CONTINUE TO ROLL.

EVENTUAL 28-8 LEAD, TWO HARBORS ARE ABLE TO FIND THE END ZONE LATE.

PEQUOT LAKES WINS THE SECTION 7-3A CHAMPIONSHIP, 36-15 AND PUNCH THEIR TICKET TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2017.

>>> IN BRAINERD, THE SECTION 5-9 PLAYER CHAMPIONSHIP, TAKING ON CROMWELL WRIGHT.

NOW MAKING EVERYONE MISS ON HIS HOUSE CALL, THE TIGERS LEAD 6-0.

NOW TIGERS TRYING TO GET BACK ON TOP.

AFTER THE CARDINALS SCORE IN THE THIRD, THEY LOOK TO TAKE THE LEAD.

PUTS THE CARDS IN FRONT, NEVIS WOULD HAVE TO ANSWER JUST OVER 20 SECONDS LEFT INSIDE THE 30, DEVIN CAN'T FIND AN OPEN RESERVER, TRIES TO THROW IT AWAY BUT IT'S RULED AS A FUMBLE.

CROMWELL WRIGHT UPSET NEVIS 20-14, KNOCKING OFF THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND ENDING THE TIGERS 23-GAME WINNING STREAK.

>>> STICKING WITH 9-PLAYER AT THE FARGODOME, IT'S THE SECTION EIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.

UNDEFEATED FOSSTON TAKING ON THE REIGNING BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK SECTION CHAMP FERTILE-BELTRAMI.

FIRST DRIVE OF THE GAME, GREYHOUNDS MOVING BUT HAVE THIRD DOWN AND NINE HERE.

JAKOB RUDIE DECIDES TO TUCK IT AND THERE IS NO ONE TO CONTAIN.

19-YARD SCAMPER DOWN TO THE FIVE.

NEXT PLAY.

HOUNDS POUND THE GROUND.

RYNE DUPPONG CROSSES THE PLANE AND THEY LEAD 7-0, BUT THE FALCONS HAD A STRONG GROUND GAME AS WELL ON THEIR FIRST POSSESSION.

JONAH HARSTAD GETS LOOSE.

THEN TAKES IT 43-YARDS TO THE HOUSE.

FERTILE WOULD SCORE 24 UNANSWERED.

FOSSTON THOUGH, FINAL MINUTES OF THE HALF, TRYING TO GET WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.

RUDIE FINDS DUPPONG WHO GETS IT DOWN TO THE ONE.

GREYHOUNDS WOULD SCORE THE NEXT PLAY TO MAKE IT 24-15 INTO THE HALF BUT FOSSTON COULD NOT GET ANYTHING GOING AFTER HALFTIME.

THEY FALL TO THE NOW 4-TIME SECTION CHAMPS FERTILE-BELTRAMI 52-15, ENDING AN UNEXPECTED BUT REMARKABLE SEASON.

>>> MORE FROM THE FARGODOME.

AFTER A SLOW START FROM BOTH OFFENSES, REBELS TRIES TO FIND AN OPEN RECEIVER, AND GETS THE THUNDERBIRDS INSIDE THE 15.

TWO PLAYS LATER, BLAKE SCRAMBLING TO THE RIGHT, THROWS A DIME TO HIS TIGHT END.

6-0.

STORY OF THE FIRST HALF, FOUR TURNOVERS FOR RED LAKE, INCLUDING THIS FORCED FUMBLE AND THEN RUNNING BACK EASTON HELPS MAHNOMEN CAPITALIZE.

THEY NEVER LOOK BACK.

MAHNOMEN CLAIMS THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT SECTION TITLE, THEIR 8th IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.

IN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, THERE WAS A SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT PLAYING AT CROSBY-IRONTON HIGH SCHOOL.

SEBEKA UPSETS PINE RIVER-BACKUS, THE TWO TIME REIGNING CHAMPIONS AND THEY WILL BE HEADED TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

>> Sydney: BACK TO BACK TO BACK TO BACK.

WHAT WAS THE ENERGY?

>> Charlie: IT WAS PRETTY GOOD.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE OUT IN THE STANDS AND IT WAS GREAT FOOTBALL.

>> Sydney: WE LOVE TO SEE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH CHARLIE.

>>> THE NORTHERN MINNESOTA ROBOTICS CONFERENCE OR NMRC HELD ITS 7TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT LAST WEEKEND FOR REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS.

FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN STOPPED BY BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THE CHAMPIONSHIP WAS BEING HELD TO SPEAK WITH THE TEAMS ABOUT THEIR ROBOTS AND WHAT GOES INTO A COMPETITION.

>> THREE, TWO, ONE.

>> Reporter: THE MMRC7th ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWCASES ROBOTS FROM 26 DIFFERENT TEAMS FROM ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA THROUGHOUT THE TWO DAY OFF SEASON EVENT.

EACH YEAR, THE COMPETITION FEATURES A DIFFERENT GAME.

THIS YEAR IS HAVING A MUSIC THEME AND A GAME CALLED CRESCENDO.

>> ALL THREE TEAMS ARE WORKING TO SCORE POINTS BY SCORING ON THE ORANGE NOTES YOU SEE.

THE AMP AND THE SPEAKER, AND YOU CAN EARNED A DECISIONAL POINTS BY GETTING ON THE STAGE.

IF THEY GET THEIR ROBOTS OFF THE GROUND, THERE ARE MORE POINTS.

>> Reporter: THESE TEAMS HAVE SPENT MONTHS PREPARING AND TRAINING TO BE THE BEST THEY CAN BE.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMPETITION, THE STUDENTS SAY IT'S UNIQUE.

>> EVERYBODY HERE WANTS TO HELP EACH OTHER, NO MATTER IF YOU ARE AGAINST EACH OTHER IN FINALS AND YOU'RE BATTLING FOR THE WIN.

IT'S AMAZING.

IT'S WELCOMING, AND I DON'T THINK I EVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

>> Reporter: IF YOU'RE IN A COMPETITION, YOU WANT EVERYTHING TO GO AS PLANNED.

WHEN DEALING WITH ROBOTICS, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.

>> OUR FIRST THREE MATCHES, OUR ROBOT DIDN'T TURN ON.

HOPEFULLY WE GOT THE LAST THING FIXED, WE UPDATED SOME SOFTWARE ON OUR COMPUTER.

SO KEEP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND KEEP ROLLING.

>> A REALLY HARD HIT, IT MADE US REBOOT.

IT'S A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT'S MY FIRST YEAR DRIVING.

IT'S DISAPPOINTING, BUT IT STRENGTHENS YOUR ABILITY TO MAKE UP IDEAS ON THE FLY AND TO CHANGE YOUR OUTCOME OF WHAT COULD GO WRONG.

>> Reporter: THIS CONFERENCE GIVES THOSE INVOLVED IN ROBOTICS A CHANCE TO SHOW OFF THEIR SKILLS AND BRAINPOWER, BUT IT PROVIDES A SPACE FOR LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE TO CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER.

>> I AM A BIG NERD, WE'RE ALL BUNCHES OF NERDS AND I LOVE IT.

>> NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ROBOTICS AS FAR AS BASKETBALL OR FOOTBALL.

WHEN YOU MEET OTHER PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMPETITION OF ROBOTICS, THEY'RE LIKE WOW.

I CAN MEET OTHER NERDS JUST LIKE ME.

IT'S REALLY THRILLING TO SEE THAT YOU CAN, IN A WAY, ACCOMMODATE WITH EVERYBODY WITH THE SAME INTEREST.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Sydney: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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