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>>> A PILOT WHO WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WHILE FLYING OVER THE RED LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION HAD HIS PLANE SEIZED, AND HAS NO TIMELINE ON WHEN, OR EVEN IF HE WILL GET HIS PLANE BACK.

WE REACHED OUT MULTIPLE TIMES TO THE RED LAKE TRIBAL COUNCIL FOR A COMMENT ON THIS STORY, BUT HAVE YET TO HEAR BACK.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN, HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: ON OCTOBER 15TH, HE WAS FLYING FROM HIS HOMETOWN DIRECTLY TO THE BEMIDJI REGIONAL AIRPORT WHEN HIS PLANE STARTED MAKING A WEIRD NOISE.

>> IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD, I THOUGHT DID I MAKE THAT UP?

I LOOKED UP AND MY ENGINE HAD SEIZED.

THE PROP WAS NOT TURNING AND THAT TELLS ME CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE.

>> Reporter: HE HAS 30 YEARS OF OFF AND ON FLYING EXPERIENCE.

HE STARTED LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING.

>> WELL, I HAD THREE OPTIONS.

I HAD THE LAKE, I HAD THE SWAMP, OR I HAD THE ROAD AND THE ROAD WAS DEFINITELY MY BEST OPTION.

>> Reporter: HE SUCCESSFULLY LANDED THE PLANE CLOSE TO MILE MARKER 102 AND SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

>> THE LANDING WAS NO BIG DEA 10 OUT OF 10 PILOTS WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING.

>> Reporter: IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR SOMEONE TO HELP.

THE STORY HOWEVER DOESN'T END HERE.

>> SO I WAS HIM, THE FUN BEGAN.

>> Reporter: THE TRIBAL POLICE SHOWED UP IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

THEY WERE INITIALLY VERY HELPFUL, BUT THE SITUATION QUICKLY TURNED WHEN THE OFFICER SAID THEY WERE SEIZING THE PLANE.

>> THE DIRECTOR OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD GONE BACK TO THE TRIBAL HEADQUARTERS AND GOTTEN SOME INSTRUCTIONS TO BRING BACK TO ME.

THEY WERE CITING ME WITH FLYING LOWER THAN 20,000 FEET OVER THEIR SOVEREIGN NATION.

>> Reporter: THAT RESOLUTION WAS PASSED BACK IN 1978, PROHIBITING THE FLYING OF AIRPLANES AT AN ALTITUDE OF LESS THAN 20,000 FEED.

HE SAID HE WAS UNAWARE OF THE RESOLUTION.

>> IF THAT WERE THE CASE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MARKED ON MY AERONAUTICAL CHART, MY MAP.

THERE IS NO AIR SPACE DESIGNATED OVER RED LAKE.

THE F.A.A.

HAS JURISDICTION OVER ALL AIR SPACE AND THAT SUPERSEDES ANYBODY'S RESOLUTION OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE PLANE WAS ORIGINALLY WORTH $35,000 BEFORE THE ENGINE FAILURE AND IS CONCERNED THAT THE PLANE WILL LOSE VALUE THE LONGER IT SITS THERE.

>> SO THEY ARRANGED FOR TRANSPORTATION AND HAULED IT INTO TOWN AND LEFT IT WITHIN A FENCED AREA.

IN THE FOUR YEARS THAT I HAD THE PLANE, IT SAT OUTSIDE TWO NIGHTS IN ITS LIFE.

SO IT'S NOT WORTH MUCH AS OF RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF A BLOWN ENGINE AND IT'S WORTH LESS EVERY DAY.

>> Reporter: HE HAS NO TIMELINE ON WHEN OR IF HE WILL SEE THE PLANE AGAIN.

HE WILL APPEAR IN TRANSCRIBE -- TRIBAL COURT ON MONDAY.

>> I AM A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY.

I HAVE NO RIGHTS ON THAT LAND.

SO, I HAVE REALLY NOTHING TO SAY.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M WALKING INTO, AS FAR AS COURT GOES.

I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO GAIN.

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

>> SMEDSMO SAYS THAT IF HE DOESN'T RECEIVE A FAVORABLE OUTCOME AT THE TRIAL ON MONDAY, HE WILL APPEAL TO THE FEDERAL COURTS.

>>> TWO FEDERAL JUDGES ARE ORDERING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO REPLENISH FOOD AID BENEFITS TO TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

FRIDAY, FEDERAL JUDGES IN RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS RULED THE GOVERNMENT IS 'REQUIRED' TO TAP INTO BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN EMERGENCY FUNDS TO HELP PAY FOR FOOD STAMP BENEFITS.

BOTH JUDGES REJECTED THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S CLAIM THAT IT COULDN'T USE CONTINGENCY FUNDS DURING THE SHUTDOWN.

U.S.

DISTRICT JUDGE JOHN MCCONNELL IN RHODE ISLAND SAID, "THE SHUTDOWN OF THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH FUNDING DOESN'T DO AWAY WITH SNAP, IT JUST DOES AWAY WITH THE FUNDING OF IT."

THE RULING COMES ONE DAY BEFORE THOSE BENEFITS WERE SET TO EXPIRE.

MILLIONS OF RECIPIENTS WILL STILL LIKELY FACE DELAYS IN GETTING THEIR BENEFITS.

>>> THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE IS THE LATEST TRIBAL NATION TO ENTER INTO A CANNABIS COMPACT WITH THE STATE.

ON THURSDAY, THE WALZ ADMINISTRATION SIGNED A COMPACT WITH THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE ALLOWING THE TRIBE TO OPERATE UP TO EIGHT OFF-RESERVATION RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES.

CHAIRMAN FARON JACKSON SAID THIS SIGNING MARKS A CRITICAL MOMENT FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

LEECH LAKE IS THE FIFTH TRIBAL NATION TO SIGN A COMPACT WITH THE GOVERNOR.

CURRENTLY, LEECH LAKE OPERATES TWO SWEETEST GRASS CANNIBAS STORES ON TRIBAL LAND, ONE IN WALKER AND THE NEWEST IN CASS LAKE.

THE COMPACT WILL ALSO ALLOW THE BAND TO OPERATE CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES OFF TRIBAL LAND.

>>> IT WAS NINE YEARS AGO TODAY THAT JEREMY JOURDAIN WENT MISSING.

JOURDAIN WAS 17WHEN HE WAS LAST SEEN ON OCTOBER 31ST, 2016 ON 6TH STREET SOUTHEAST AND WOOD AVENUE SOUTHEAST IN BEMIDJI.

SINCE THEN THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ORGANIZED AND CONDUCTED NUMEROUS SEARCHES BY AIR, LAND AND WATER.

THEIR EFFORTS HAVE INCLUDED USING AIRPLANES, HELICOPTERS, DRONES, SEARCH DOGS, BOATS, AND CANOES AS WELL AS CONDUCTING LARGE- AND SMALL-SCALE GROUND SEARCHES, EXCAVATIONS AND DRAINING BODIES OF WATER TO FIND ANSWERS FOR HIS FAMILY.

THEY'VE ALSO INTERVIEWED MANY PEOPLE, AND SEARCHED NUMEROUS VEHICLES, PRIVATE PROPERTIES AND PUBLIC LANDS.

JEREMY WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A BLUE AND GRAY HOODED SWEATSHIRT BLUE JEANS AND BLACK AND WHITE AIR JORDAN SHOES.

AS THEIR INVESTIGATION AND SEARCH FOR JOURDAIN CONTINUES THEY'RE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO CHECK LAND, ABANDONED VEHICLES AND OUTBUILDINGS.

AND THEY ARE ALSO ASKING HUNTERS TO TAKE TIME TO SEARCH FOR JEREMY JOURDAIN OR ANY OF THE CLOTHING HE MAY HAVE BEEN WEARING AT THE TIME OF THEIR DISAPPEARANCE THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS PARTNERED WITH MINNESOTA'S MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS RELATIVES OFFICE TO OFFER A REWARD OF UP TO $10,000 FOR INFORMATION IN THIS CASE.

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE REWARD THE TIP MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH CRIME STOPPERS.

AND YOU CAN DO SO AT THEIR WEBSITE.

BY CALLING THE TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBER.

OR BY USING THE P3 TIP SUBMIT APP INSTALLABLE ON ALL SMARTPHONES.

>>> THE BRAINERD PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION HAS A NEW DIRECTOR.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED PAUL SANDY'S APPOINTMENT AS THE NEXT BPU DIRECTOR DURING LAST WEEK'S MEETING.

SANDY WORKED FOR THE CITY OF BRAINERD FROM 2015 TO 2023.

HE SERVED AS THE CITY'S ASSISTANT ENGINEER FOR TWO YEARS, AND AS THE CITY ENGINEER FOR SIX YEARS.

SANDY ALSO SPENT TIME AS THE ACTING PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DURING THE TAIL-END OF HIS FIRST STINT WORKING FOR THE CITY.

SOOCHLT.

>> SEEING THE BRIDGE BETWEEN CITY STAFF AND PUBLIC UTILITY STAFF IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO.

BRAINERD HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL AND SO MUCH WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO, AND I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT REALLY DREW ME BACK.

I JUST FEEL LIKE THE CITY IS COMBANING -- GAINING A LOT OF MOMENTUM RIGHT NOW AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING PART OF THAT.

>> SANDY WILL OFFICIALLY ASSUME THE POSITION THIS UPCOMING TUESDAY.

>>> LAST YEAR STUDENTS AT KINGDOM BUILDERS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL TEAMED UP WITH THE FIRST CITY OF LIGHTS FOUNDATION TO PREPARE SOME OF THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS THAT LIGHT UP DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI.

AND THIS YEAR THEY ARE VOLUNTEERING ONCE AGAIN.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: 25 STUDENTS FROM THE KINGDOM BUILDERS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IN BEMIDJI GATHERED TO HELP OUT THE FIRST CITY OF LIGHTS FOUNDATION PREPARE FOR LIGHTING UP BEMIDJI AT CHRISTMAS TIME BUT FOR THE SCHOOL, THERE WAS A DEEPER MEANING FOR THE PROJECT, MEANING TAKING INITIATIVE AND TEAMWORK.

>> THE VISION OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL IS TO BE THE HANDS AND FEET OF CHRIST AND FOR US TO GO OUT AND GIVE GOD THE GLORY FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO, WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS, IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT WE'RE DOING A PROJECT AS WE'RE JUST HELPING OUT OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE ALL THE WAY FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIRST GRADE, THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER.

THE LITTLE ONES RUN THE SHOW AND THE OLDER ONES TAKE CARE OF THEM.

>> Reporter: IN TOTAL, THEY WILL BE TAKING OFF THE OLD LIGHTS AND PUTTING ON NEW LIGHTS FOR 100 PIECES OF GARLAND, WHICH WILL BE PUT UP IN DOWNTOWN.

>> THE KIDS ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND THEY WALK AROUND AND SAY WE DID THAT.

WE ALWAYS KEEP BRINGING IT BACK TO THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO.

HE WANTS US TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT AND BE THERE FOR EACH OTHER.

>> Reporter: LAST YEAR, THE KINGDOM BUILDERS CHRISTIAN STUDENTS VOLUNTEERED TO BUILD A GIFT BACK DISPLAY, TELLING KIDS HAVE TO TAKE INITIATIVE WITH THESE PROJECTS, THE SCHOOL BELIEVES THEY'RE WORKING ON MUCH MORE THAN JUST PUTTING TOGETHER CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.

>> A LOT OF SCHOOLING STYLES GET A BAD RAP FOR TRYING TO KEEP THEIR KIDS SAFE FROM SOCIETY.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WE'RE TRYING TO PREPARE OUR KIDS TO BE IN SOCIETY.

WE WANT THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK TO THEM FOR LEADERSHIP.

WE WANT THESE KIDS JUST TO BE ABLE TO BE READY TO GO OUT AND SERVE WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM HERE.

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

>> THIS YEAR'S NIGHT WE LIGHT CELEBRATION WILL TAKE PLACE IN BEMIDJI ON NOVEMBER 28TH.

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

>> Stacy: WE COULD SEE SOME SPRINKLES AND FLURRIES LINGERING IN THE AREA THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

A CLOUDY AND COOL DAY TOMORROW, BUT WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE YOUR GARLIC AND WOODEN STAKES AT HOME FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER'S [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> ROBOTICS TEAMS FROM ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA GATHERED AT BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE NORTHERN MINNESOTA ROBOTICS CONFERENCE'S ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIP THIS PAST WEEKEND.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: LOCAL AREA TEAMS INCLUDING BRAINERD, BEMIDJI, AND PEQUOT LAKES HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTIC TEAMS BATTLED IT OUT IN THE ARENA.

>> THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS JUST A GREAT WAY TO GET THE NORTHERN MINNESOTA TEAMS TOGETHER AND IT ALL ORIGINATED TO GIVE ROBOTICS SOME CREDIT.

WE OPENED OUR DOORS TO ACCEPT MOST ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO JOIN THE CONFERENCE.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THEIR 8th ANNUAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH BRINGS OUT THE BEST FROM ALL PARTICIPATING PARTIES.

>> IT WILL BE THE FINAL EVENT FOR THIS SEASON.

WE WILL START WITH THE FIRST SEASON THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY AND FIND OUT WHAT THE GAME IS AND GO.

THERE WILL BE 9 FRESHMEN, SO FOR THOSE KIDS TO EXPERIENCE A COMPETITION, THAT'S SUPER HUGE.

YOU CAN SEE THE EXCITEMENT.

THAT GETS THE JUICES FLOWING FOR THOSE GUYS.

>> Reporter: SOME TEAMS LIKE THE 15-13 PATRIOTIC WHO TOOK HOME THEIR FIRST EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP EARLIER THIS SPRING IS LOOKING TO SECURE BRAGGING RIGHTS.

>>.

A LOT OF OUR TOWNS ARE CLOSE BY, SO IT'S JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.

YOU WANT TO DO AS BEST YOU CAN, PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD.

A LOT OF THE KIDS ARE NEW TO IT SO IT BRINGS EXCITEMENT AND BUZZ TO THE SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: THE MMRC WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 2017, WITH THE INTENTION OF PROVIDING A COMPETITIVE STRUCTURE FOR WHAT IT CALLS COOPERATION AND GROWTH.

THE MMRC IS ALSO ONE BIG COMMUNITY.

>> THE IDEA THAT THESE TEAMS ARE HERE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER IS REFRESHING.

>> ALL OF THE TEAMS, ESPECIALLY THE COACHES, WE DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS.

WE WOULD GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP OTHER TEAMS.

>> THAT WHOLE GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM, HELPING ONE ANOTHER OUT, NOT ONLY AT THE COMPETITION BUT AT HOME WITH OUR PARENTS, AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S THE SAME WAY WITH ALL THE TEAMS.

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

>> AND CONGRATULATIONS TO PEQUOT LAKES, BABBIT, FRAZEE-VERGAS AND NORTH DAKOTA'S DEVILS LAKE'S ROBOTICS FOR EMERGING AS CHAMPIONS.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, A LITTLE WET FOR TRICK-OR-TREATING TONIGHT.

>> Stacy: YEAH, A LITTLE DRIZZLY OUT THERE, IT'S BEENING DRESS -- BEING DRIZZLING ALL >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, IT HAS BEEN A DREARY, COOL, AND DRIZZLY DAY TODAY AND WE COULD SEE SOME FLURRIES LINGERING, SOME FLURRIES TOMORROW MORNING.

BEYOND THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER CLOUDY AND COOL DAY TOMORROW BEFORE WE SEE SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES ARRIVING STARTING LATE THIS WEEKEND.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 37 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

WE HAVE A DEW POINT OF 32.

WE PICKED UP 0.02-INCH OF PRECIPITATION.

IN BRAINERD, IT'S CLOUDY AND 41.

THE DEW POINT IS 36.

PRESSURE IS RISING AND WINDS ARE NORTH AT 9 MILES PER HOUR.

ON THE SATELLITE AND RADAR, A LOT OF CLOUD COVER ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE STILL HAVE SOME LIGHT SPRINKLES, ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN AND INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THAT IS THE AREA WHERE WE COULD STILL SEE SOME SPRINKLES OR FLURRIES.

THE CLOUDS WILL STICK AROUND IN THE ENTIRE VIEWING AREA AND A FEW FLURRIES COULD LINGER INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA, IT LOOKS LIKE A DRY DAY, BUT IT WILL BE CLOUDY AND COOL.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, IT WAS A DREARY DAY, NOT STOPPING THE TRICK-OR-TREATERS OUT THERE.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO FROM CASS LAKE.

A GLOOMY LOOK FROM GARY.

LAURIE SENDING US A PHOTO OF A FAMILY OF SWANS ON LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

JOAN SPOTTING A DEER IN HER YARD.

BILL AND JUDY SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SCENE OVER UPPER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 41 AND CALM THIS AFTERNOON.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDS AND GLOOMY.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE SAYING SOME GHOULISH CLOUDS.

REAL QUICK LOOK AT OUR ALMANAC, 43 WAS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD.

WE ARE A LITTLE BIT ON THE COOL SIDE, 36 FOR THE LOW, 6:01 THE SUNSET.

SO AGAIN A FEW DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGE, THE LOW IS 33, AND SUNRISE AT 8:04.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE WILL BE SEEING CLOUD COVER, A FEW FLURRIES AND IN FACT, IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THEM WILL BE IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE VIEWING AREA, MOST LIKELY IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA, A LOT OF CLOUD COVER THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL FOR US TOMORROW.

HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30s INTO THE LOW 40s IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE VIEWING AREA AND IN THE SOUTHERN HALF, WE SHOULD SEE THE HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID-40s.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST.

MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, A CHANCE FOR SPRINKLES AND FLURRIES IN EASTERN MINNESOTA.

LOWS NEAR 28.

MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TOMORROW, SOME FLURRIES COULD LINGER IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, WITH HIGHS NEAR 41.

THE REST OF OUR WEEKEND FORECAST DOES FEATURE SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

IT'S GOING TO BE MAINLY QUIET ON SUNDAY, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE ON MONDAY, WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 50s.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEAR 50 ON TUESDAY, A FEW DEGREES COOLER ON WEDNESDAY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE QUIETER WEATHER MIDWEEK.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: CHARTLY IS -- CHARLIE IS HERE WITH OUR SPORTS.

>> Charlie: THERE WAS AT LEAST 30 IN THE OUT STATE AND WE HAD 3 HIGHLIGHTS FROM TONIGHT, GRAND RAPIDS AND BEMIDJI, BUT ALSO THE BIG ONE BETWEEN TWO AREA SCHOOLS, PIERZ AND PEQUOT LAKE AT BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL, JUST 50 MILES BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS.

THEY HAVEN'T PLAYED IN A WHILE BUT THEY DID TONIGHT.

WE'LL SEE WHO CAME OUT ON TOP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> PIERZ AND PEQUOT LAKES, SEPARATED BY 50 MILES, AND AS FAR BACK AS ANYBODY CAN REMEMBER, THEY HAVE NOT FACED ON THE GRIDIRON.

THE PATRIOTS ARE THE REIGNING SECTION CHAMPS.

THE PIONEERS HAVE 16, BUT HAVE NOT HOISTED THE TROPHY SINCE 2019.

TONIGHT, THE TWO TOP SEEDS CLASHED AT BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL.

SECOND QUARTER, PIERZ ALREADY UP, 7-0.

PAUL KEEPING THE FOOT ON THE GAS, 20-YARD RUSH, SETS UP A TOUCHDOWN.

THEY LEAD 21-0-AT THE HALF.

PIERZ IS RELENTLESS.

INTERSECTION.

THE PIONEERS KEEP WHOAING.

THE KNOCKOUT BLOW, LIAM TO BO, 27-YARD RECEPTION.

PIERZ PILES IT ON AS THEY BEAT PEQUOT LAKES, SECURING THEIR 17th STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

PIONEERS HELD THE PASTRY -- PATRIOTS, SETTING THE TONE FOR THE ENTIRE GAME.

>> AS SOON AS WE GOT ON THE BUS, EVERYONE WAS LOCKED IN.

GOT ON THE FIELD, THERE WAS NO TURNING OUR HEADS.

WE WERE READY FOR THAT CHAMPIONSHIP.

U.S.

BANK, PERIOD.

I HOPE THE GUYS ARE READY TO STICK WITH ME ON THAT.

>> Charlie: THEY WILL EMBARK ON THEIR JOURNEY TO TAKE IT ALL THE WAY AS THEY TRY FOR A FIFTH STATE TITLE.

>>> BEMIDJI AT ALEXANDRIA IN THE SECTION 8-5A CHAMPIONSHIP, LUMBERJACKS LOST BY 1-POINT LAST TIME THESE TWO TEAMS PLAYED.

AND IN THE 1ST QUARTER, AFTER TWO COSTLY TURNOVERS BY THE JACKS, THEY TRAILED 16-0.

THEN, TO START THE SECOND, CARDINALS 3RD AND LONG, TALON WHITT WITH THE THROWBACK TO THOMAS HENDRICKS, NOTHING BUT GRASS TO THE GOAL LINE AND THE CARDS EXTEND THEIR LEAD.

LATER, BEMIDJI FINALLY ABLE TO FINISH A DRIVE, FROM 33-YARDS OUT, OWEN VANDERMEER FINDS RHYS SNEIDE ON THE DEEP POST.

ALEXANDRIA WOULD NOT LET OFF THE GAS THOUGH, BEMIDJI FALLS 49_21, AS THEY FINISH THEIR SEASON 5-5.

>>> WELL, GRAND RAPIDS TAKING ON HERMANTOWN.

RAPIDS BEAT THEM EARLIER THIS SEASON.

THIS WAS ANYTHING BUT.

SECOND QUARTER, THE T HAWKS STRIKE FIRST, 6-0.

THEY KEEP THE PRESSURE ON, MASON JOHNSON ON THE GROUND, POWERS THROUGH A TACKLE, AND HE IS GONE.

RAPIDS TAKE A 12-0 LEAD.

LATER, THUNDER HAWKS GO TO THE AIR, AND DROPPING IT IN THE BUCKET FOR ETHAN MORGAN, TIPTOES AND SIDELINES AND HE'S IN.

GRAND RAPIDS WOULD RUN AWAY WITH THIS ONE, 41-0 TO WIN THEIR FIFTH SECTION TITLE IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

>>> ALSO PLAYING TONIGHT IN THE 7-9 PLAYER CHAMPIONSHIP, LITTLE FORK, BIG FALLS, THEY DROP THEIR GAME TO TOP SEEDED COOKE COUNTY.

ZBLP NOW BOWLING GREEN HOCKEY.

MAX BURIES THE PASS FROM CASPER, THE CANADIAN'S DRAFT PICK.

THEN BEMIDJI STATE WOULD EXPLODE FOR THREE GOALS, THIS ONE BY VINCENT, MAKING IT 4-2 HEADING INTO THE FINAL FRAME.

THE FALCONS PULL WITHIN 1, AND THEN TYING IT FOR B.J., NO ONE WOULD SCORE IN O.T., SO IT ENDS IN A 4-4 TIE.

BSU WIN IT IS SHOOTOUT, THEY PICK UP THE EXTRA POINT.

LADY BEAVERS WILL ALSO TIE.

MINNESOTA STATE STEALS THE EXTRA POINT.

BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN SOCCER CONTINUES THEIR WINNING STREAK.

>>> WELL, SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR BEMIDJI GIRLS' HOCKEY JUNIOR FORWARD BAILEY ROOP, WHO WAS NAMED TO THE U.S.

U-18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROSTER EARLIER TODAY.

THE WWC IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE MEN'S WORLD JUNIORS, AND WILL TAKE PLACE THIS UPCOMING JANUARY 10TH THROUGH THE 18TH, IN SYDNEY AND MEMBERTOU, NOVA SCOTIA.

ROOP IS NO STRANGER TO COMPETING WITH U.S.A.

HOCKEY, HAVING BEEN INVITED TO SEVERAL OF THEIR CAMPS THE PAST TWO SUMMERS, AND PLAYING IN A FEW EXHIBITION GAMES VERSUS CANADA.

BUT THIS WILL BE HER FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN TRUE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.

>> IT DOESN'T FEEL REAL.

LIKE I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

ANYONE WHO HAS DREAMED ABOUT IT, TO BE PLAYING FOR A COUNTRY, TO PLAY FOR A GOLD MEDAL AND TRYING TO REPRESENT.

IT'S SURREAL.

>> LAST YEAR, GETTING SO CLOSE TO MAKING THE TEAM, AND THEN NOT MAKING IT, THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE A BIG WAKE UP FOR ME.

I WAS LIKE I ACTUALLY HAVE A SHOT.

I COULD DO THIS.

SO AFTER THAT, I JUST KNEW I WANTED TO GIVE EVERYTHING I HAD TO GET BETTER AND TRY TO MAKE THIS TEAM AND ESPECIALLY WATCHING THEM ON TV, I THOUGHT THAT COULD BE ME.

SO THAT GOT ME GOING AND INSPIRED ME AND MADE ME WANT TO WORK FOR IT HARDER.

>> RUPP IS ONE OF 10-MINNESOTANS ON THE 25-PLAYER ROSTER.

THAT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME TO SEE HER COMPETE AND REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND REPRESENT BEMIDJI.

>> Dennis: YEAH, GOOD FOR HER AND WORKING HARD AS ALWAYS.

>> Charlie: YEAH, THEY'RE ALREADY AT IT IN THE GIRLS HOCKEY TEAMS.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN AND THE SPOOKY SEASON, THE CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER DECIDED TO PUT ON A PRODUCTION OF DRACULA, BUT THIS INTERPRETATION OF DRACULA TURNS SCREAMS OF TERROR INTO FITS OF LAUGHTER.

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

>> Reporter: WHEN SOMEONE THINKS OF DRACULA, THEY THINK OF THE 1931 MOVIE ABOUT THE VAMPIRE.

AT CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE'S LATEST PRODUCTION, IT LOOKS LIKE A MEL BROOKS FLICK.

>> IT IS A PARODY OR SPOOF ON DRACULA.

IT'S KIND OF A DRACULA MEETS MONTY PYTHON.

SO A LOT OF PHYSICAL HUMOR, A LOT OF REALLY IN YOUR FACE, BUT YOU KNOW, LOW HANGING FRUIT, BUT ALSO VERY, VERY FUNNY.

>> Reporter: THE SHOW FEATURES MANY CLASSIC STORIES ORIGINAL CHARACTERS.

THE CAST IS ONLY MADE UP OF FIVE PEOPLE, REQUIRING THE ACTORS TO PLAY MULTIPLE ROLES, SOMETIMES SWITCHING PERSONAS AND COSTUMES IN SECONDS.

>> IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME, IT TAKES A LOT OF REHEARSING IN THE TWO ACCENTS, LEARNING YOUR LINES, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS TO GET INTO A DIFFERENT COSTUME WITHIN A MINUTE, AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

AT THE END OF IT, IT ALWAYS TURNS OUT TO BE VERY WORTH IT IN THE END AND VERY, VERY FUN.

>> Reporter: DURING HALLOWEEN, PEOPLE MAY EXPECT A FEW FRIGHTS DAWNING THEIR NEIGHBORS' FRONT YARDS BUT DESPITE THE LIGHTHEARTED NATURE, IT EMBRACES THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAY.

>> IT REALLY CAPTURES THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT.

IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT THE SPOOKS, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FUN, THE COLOR, THE EXCITEMENT, JUST BEING CRAZY, STUPID, AND FUN AND I THINK THE SHOW REALLY CAPTURES THAT.

>> Reporter: THE SHOW IS FULL OF ENERGY AND LAUGHS AND THE MORE THEY ENJOY THE SHOW, THE MORE ENJOYABLE FOR THOSE ON STAGE AS WELL.

>> I FEED OFF THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE HAVING FUN.

I FEED OFF OF LAUGHTER.

WHEN I SEE THEM HAVING FUN, IT MAKES ME WANT TO AMPLIFY MYSELF MORE AND I THINK THAT IS WHY THEY SHOULD COME SEE IT.

I THINK THAT WILL JUST HAVE A GOOD TIME.

IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GOOD TIME.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: AND AUDIENCES STILL HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE TO CATCH THE SHOW TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7:00 P.M.

TIME FOR ONE LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER, WE GO BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: THERE MAY BE SOME SPRINKLES OR FLURRIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, A FEW OF THE FLURRIES COULD LINGER TOMORROW MORNING, BUT MOSTLY CLOUDY AND SCHOOL WITH HIGHS NEAR 41.

>> Dennis: THAT'S IT FOR US.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE ON MONDAY NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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