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>> LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00 WITH LOCAL NEW FROM BEMIDJI, BRAINERD, AND ALL OF THE LAKES COUNTRY.

DENNIS WEIMANN WITH THE NEWS AND STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER.

>> Sydney: HI EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

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

>>> A BAXTER MAN WAS KILLED IN A ONE-VEHICLE CRASH FRIDAY EVENING.

THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL REPORTS AT AROUND 7 P.M.

55-YEAR-OLD JAMES LONN DAVIS WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 210 IN BRAINERD, WHEN THE VEHICLE HE WAS DRIVING CROSSED INTO THE WESTBOUND LANES AT 7TH STREET NORTHWEST AND MADE CONTACT WITH SOME LIGHT POLES AND PARKED VEHICLES.

DAVIS SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES AND WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.

ALCOHOL IS NOT SUSPECTED TO BE A FACTOR AND ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY.

>>> AN A.T.V.

ACCIDENT IN BELLE PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP SENT ONE PERSON TO THE HOSPITAL ON FRIDAY.

A LITTLE BEFORE 6:00 P.M., THE MORRISON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF AN ACCIDENT AT A RESIDENCE JUST OFF HAWTHORNE ROAD APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES EAST OF LITTLE FALLS.

29-YEAR-OLD ZACHARY TOMSCHE OF ALBANY WAS OPERATING AN A-T-V WITH 26-YEAR-OLD LOGAN GERADS OF RICE AS A PASSENGER.

THE A-T-V REPORTEDLY HIT A BUMP AND GERADS WAS THROWN FROM THE MACHINE, HITTING HIS HEAD ON A STEEL POLE THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE YARD.

GERADS WAS TRANSPORTED TO SAINT GABRIEL'S HOSPITAL IN LITTLE FALLS WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES.

THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND ALCOHOL IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN A FACTOR.

>>> A MISSING BEMIDJI RESIDENT HAS BEEN FOUND.

ZACHARIAH AUSMUS WAS LOCATED IN FARGO.

THE MINNESOTA B-C-A ISSUED A REPORT EARLIER TODAY THAT AUSMUS HAD BEEN LOCATED AFTER THE ORIGINAL MISSING PERSONS REPORT NOTED THAT AUSMUS MAY BE IN FARGO.

THE 25-YEAR-OLD WAS LAST SEEN IN BEMIDJI ON SEPTEMBER 14TH AND WAS IN CONTACT WITH OFFICIALS IN NORTH DAKOTA ON THE 25TH.

THE ORIGINAL REPORT SAID AUSMUS WAS AN ENDANGERED MISSING PERSON BUT THAT ALERT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED.

>>> THE SUPREME COURT KICKED OFF A NEW TERM TODAY.

FIRST ON THE DOCKET, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CLIMATE CHANGE CASES TO REACH THE HIGH COURT IN YEARS.

THE COURT WILL ALSO CONSIDER BANS ON SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPONS..RELIGION IN SCHOOLS..AND LIKELY ELECTION LAW..IN THE MONTHS AHEAD.

KARIN CAIFA REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON.

>> Reporter: THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW TERM AT THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT BROUGHT ARGUMENTS AND A BLOCK BUSTER CLIMATE CHANGE CASE.

>> TO INHERENTLY AVAILABLE AREA.

>> UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS IN CONGRESS, NOT THE COURTS.

>> Reporter: AT ISSUE, WHETHER CITIES AND STATES MAY SUE FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES FOR MONETARY DAMAGES.

>> THE QUESTION IS NOT WHO IS RIGHT AND WHO IS WRONG ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, IT'S RATHER ABOUT WHETHER STATE LAW, WHETHER IT'S COLORADO LAW, WHETHER IT'S CALIFORNIA LAW CAN PROVIDE A REMEDY.

>> Reporter: THE CLIMATE CASE, THE FIRST OF A NUMBER THIS TERM CENTERED AROUND HOT BUTTON TOPICS.

IN DECEMBER, THE JUSTICES WILL HEAR CHALLENGES TO SPECIFIC BANS ON AR-15 RIFLES IN CONNECTICUT AND IN COOKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AND WHETHER THE BANS VIOLATE THE 2ND AMENDMENT.

>> THIS IS ABOUT A PARTICULAR WEAPON THAT IS AT THE HEART OF A LOT OF THE MORE PROBLEMATIC EPISODES, MORE HORRIFYING SHOOTINGS THAT WE HAVE SEEN.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER CASE HAS RELIGION AT ITS CORE.

A CATHOLIC SCHOOL WANTS STATE PRESCHOOL FUNDING BUT THE RIGHT TO DECLINE LGBTQ FAMILIES.

>> WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PROHIBIT PEOPLE WE WANT TO PROHIBIT AND THAT SHOULD NOT KEEP US FROM BEING PART OF THIS PRESCHOOL PROGRAM.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, I'M KARIN CAIFA.

>> IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE THE COURT WILL END UP WITH ELECTION LAW ON THE DOCKET.

LAWSUITS AROUND CLOSELY CONTESTED MIDTERM RACES COULD END UP AT THE COURT AFTER ELECTION DAY.

>>> THE GRAND RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED MULTIPLE CAR BREAK-INS IN THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND.

OFFICIALS ARE URGING THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP THEIR VEHICLES LOCKED AND TO TAKE INVENTORY OF VEHICLE BELONGINGS TO SEE IF THEY WERE BROKEN INTO.

ONE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY.

THE GET-AWAY DRIVER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, BUT IS NOT YET IN CUSTODY.

IF YOU BELIEVE YOUR VEHICLE WAS BROKEN INTO IT CAN BE REPORTED TO THE GRAND RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.

THE STATE MURDER TRIAL FOR VANCE BOELTER THE MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERING FORMER MINNESOTA HOUSE SPEAKER MELISSA HORTMAN AND HER HUSBAND MARK HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL MAY OF 2027.

BOELTER PLEADED GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT EARLIER THIS YEAR IN ADDITION TO PLEADING GUILTY FOR THE SHOOTING OF SENATOR JOHN HOFFMAN AND HIS WIFE YVETTE AND ATTEMPTING TO ALSO SHOOT THEIR DAUGHTER HOPE.

THE STATE TRIAL RULING CAME EARLIER TODAY..AFTER BOELTER'S DEFENSE ARGUED THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PROPERLY PREPARE AND REVIEW EVIDENCE.

THE TRIAL WAS ORIGINALLY SET TO BEGIN THIS NOVEMBER.

THOUSANDS OF PIECED OF EVIDENCE WERE ENTERED INTO EVIDENCE..AND BOELTER HAS WAIVED HIS RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL TO GIVE HIS TEAM MORE TIME TO REVIEW.

A TEMPORARY GAG ORDER HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR BOELTER..WITNESSES..VICTIMS..AND ATTORNEYS.

THE NEW TRIAL DATE IS SET FOR MAY 10th, 2027.

>>> WELL, ELECTION DAY IS LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY AND TONIGHT LAKELAND PBS RESUMED ITS LONG TRADITION OF PROVIDING YOU A LOOK AT THE STATE LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES FACING OFF HEAD-TO-HEAD.

OUR FIRST DEBATE OF THE SEASON WAS IN HOUSE DISTRICT 2-A WHERE D-F-L CANDIDATE REED OLSON MET UP WITH REPUBLICAN BIDAL DURAN.

ONE OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED WAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE BEMIDJI AREA.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF LAND IN PUBLIC HANDS AND 24% OF OUR LAND IS TAXABLE.

THE CONCERN HERE IS THAT WE HAVE TOO MUCH PUBLIC LAND INSIDE BELTRAMI COUNTY.

WE NEED TO GET THAT TO PRIVATE, TO GET SOME DEVELOPING HOUSING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, TO GO.

SO WHAT I WOULD DO, I WOULD LOOK AT THE LAND AND THE AREAS THAT WE CAN DEVELOP, LET'S DEVELOP THOSE FIRST.

WE HAVE AN INDUSTRIAL PARK, AN TECHNOLOGY PARK, AND LET'S FILL THOSE LANDS BEFORE WE LOOK ELSEWHERE, TO MAKE SURE WE USE THE LAND SET ASIDE FOR THAT STUFF FIRST.

>> I BELIEVE IN PUBLIC LAND REMAINING ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY.

PART OF WHAT MAKES OUR ECONOMY STRONG HERE IS OUR TIMBER INDUSTRY AND OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY.

BOTH OF THOSE RELY ON THE PUBLIC LANDS WE HAVE.

I THINK WE CAN FIND THE SYMMETRY BETWEEN THE TWO FORCES AND USE THEM TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ECONOMY CAN MOVE FORWARD IN A HEALTHY WAY SO WE ARE LOOKING OUT, YOU KNOW, THE 7 GENERATIONS, MAKING SURE THE FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE GOING TO ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, THIS BEAUTIFUL LAND AND WILDERNESS WE HAVE.

>> Sydney: OUR SECOND TELEVISED DEBATE WAS FOR HOUSE DISTRICT 2B FEATURING REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT MATT BLISS AND EMILY THABES.

>> I BELIEVE CHILDCARE FOR ALL IS AN AMAZING SOLUTION FOR OUR STATE.

WE HAVE A REAL AT VANTAGE RIGHT NOW TO TAKE, TO BRING IN NEW LEADERSHIP, TO HELP BUILD A MORE SECURE FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING CHILDCARE TO ALL OF THE FAMILIES IN MINNESOTA, ESPECIALLY IN THIS REGION WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PROVIDERS, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOLKS PROVIDING THIS HELP.

SO WHEN WE INVEST INTO THE SYSTEM, THAT MEANS WE CAN HELP TO BRING IN MORE PEOPLE, THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE, AND CHILDCARE WILL BE AVAILABLE SO FAMILIES WANT TO STAY.

>> UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE, ESTIMATES ARE BRINGING IT IN AT $10 BILLION PER BIENNIUM.

THAT'S TAKING MONEY FROM PETER TO PAY PAUL.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT NON-TRADITIONAL WAYS.

GOVERNMENT SPENDING DOES NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

IT ONLY INCREASES IT.

WHEN WE TAX OUR CITIZENS TO PAY FOR A PROGRAM, WE'RE FORCING THAT PERSON TO WORK.

WE NEED TO REDUCE THE SPENDING IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, REDUCE THE COST-OF-LIVING IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, AND ALLOW PARENTS TO BECOME STAY AT HOME PARENTS AGAIN.

THAT WORKED.

FOR SOME PEOPLE, MAYBE THEY WANT TO STILL USE THE DAYCARE, BUT SOMETIMES KEEPING THE PARENT AT HOME, LOWERING THE COST-OF-LIVING WILL WORK.

>> Sydney: THE THIRD DEBATE OF THE EVENING JUST WRAPPED UP AND WAS BETWEEN REPUBLICAN SENATOR STEVE GREEN, DAN ROGERS, AND INDEPENDENT CALVIN LARSON JR.

SPOKE ABOUT ADDRESSING FRAUD IN MINNESOTA AND MINING IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS AMONG OTHER TOPICS.

THE DEBATES CONTINUE ON LAKELAND PBS TOMORROW BEGINNING AT 7:00 P.M.

WITH HOUSE DISTRICT CANDIDATE CHRISTA AND DAN.

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

>> Stacy: WE WILL SEE MILD TEMPERATURES, AND THE TEMPS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, ONE LONG TIME BEMIDJI MANUFACTURER IS PROVING THAT KEEPING PRODUCTION LOCAL CAN STILL HAVE A PLACE IN A GLOBAL INDUSTRY.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE COLLECTIVE, A BRAND-NEW BRAINERD LAKES CHAMBER PROGRAM FOCUSED AROUND WOMEN IN THE AREA, HOSTED ITS FIRST NETWORKING EVENT AT BRAINERD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY HAS MORE DETAILS ON HOW THESE WOMEN ARE LEADING IN MALE-DOMINATED INDUSTRIES.

>> Reporter: BEING A WOMAN IN A PRIMARILY MALE DOMINATED OCCUPATION CAN SOMETIMES BE DIFFICULT.

THAT'S WHY A WOMAN IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA IS COMING TOGETHER FOR THE COLLECTIVE.

>> THE BEST WAY WE CAN HELP OTHER WOMEN IN THIS COMMUNITY AND AS PART OF ORGANIZATIONS, IS TO HELP LIFT EACH OTHER UP.

SO THIS ORGANIZATION IS MEANT TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, WOMEN COURAGE, WORK ON THAT COLLABORATION, AND WORK TOGETHER AS A COLLECTIVE TO LIFT UP WOMEN IN THIS COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE EVENT, AS WELL AS THE GROUP IS ALL ABOUT COURAGE, CONFIDENCE, AND CONNECTION, WHICH MEMBERS SHOWED OFF AS THEY TOOK TO THE TRACK FOR SOME FUN.

>> THE REACTIONS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE AND WATCH THEM GET EXCITED AND YOU KNOW, WANT TO COME BACK OUT, AND WANT TO TRY DRIVING, AND WANT TO TRY THOSE THINGS THAT ARE TRADITIONALLY MALE ORIENTED SPORTS, OR ATHLETICS, AND GIVE THEM THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU CAN DO IT.

JUST LIKE ANYONE CAN DO IT.

IT WAS VERY COOL TO WATCH.

>> Reporter: GETTING INTO A LEADERSHIP ROLE AS A WOMAN SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE A CHANCE.

SOMETHING THAT PETERSON HAS LEARNED IS THAT ASKING QUESTIONS AND SOMETIMES CHALLENGING THINGS FOR THE BETTER CAN BE VERY IMPORTANT AND SETTLING FOR WE ALWAYS HAVE DONE IT THAT WAY MENTALITY IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

>> QUESTIONING WHY DO WE DO IT THAT WAY?

IS THERE A SPECIFIC REASON?

IS IT JUST BECAUSE NO ONE HAS EVER CHALLENGED IT BEFORE?

SO IT'S JUST TRUSTING YOUR GUT, TRUSTING YOUR PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, HAVING AN IDEA IN MIND AHEAD OF TIME TO MAKE THAT CHANGE, IF THEY ARE OPEN TO IT.

>> Reporter: THE NAME IS EXACTLY WHAT THE GROUP INTENDS TO BE, A COLLECTIVE OF ONE IN THE AREA TO HELP EACH OTHER BUILD AND GROW.

THEY BELIEVE THIS IS THE START OF SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL IN THE COMMUNITY.

REPORTING IN BRAINERD, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE COLLECTIVE'S NEXT COMMUNITY EVENT WILL BE A DECEMBER SOCIAL ON DECEMBER 3rd FROM 4:00 TO 6:00 P.M.

>>> AND NOW STACY, LOOKS LIKE WE WILL HAVE SUNSHINE COMING UP.

>> Stacy: YES, AND MILD TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN STORE TOMORROW, A LOT OF 60s AND 70s IN OUR VIEWING AREA, A LITTLE BIT COOLER THE REST OF THE WEEK, ALTHOUGH IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE DID ENJOY SUNSHINE FOR MOST OF THE DAY, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER, EVEN A FEW SHOWERS DID MAKE THEIR WAY ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THOSE ARE MOVING OUT, QUIETER WEATHER RETURNS.

WE WILL SEE MAINLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT, A LOT OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW, AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE MILD TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE 60s AND 70s, AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE OUR TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 50 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 8 MILES PER HOUR, OUR DEW POINT IS 43 AND THE HUMIDITY IS AT 77%.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY, 55, WITH A DEW POINT OF 43.

PRESSURE IS FALLING, SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 7 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT THE SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE CAN SEE THE RAIN SHOWERS THAT MADE ITS WAY THROUGH THE AREA EARLIER TODAY.

WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE CLOUDS MOVE OUT.

WE WILL BE SEEING SKIES BECOMING CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND IT LOOKS LIKE SUNNY SKIES ARE IN STORE FOR US TOMORROW, ALONG WITH MILD TEMPERATURES AS I MENTIONED 60s AND 70s IN OUR VIEWING AREA, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A COOL DOWN HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

WE STILL HAVE SOME GORGEOUS FALL COLORS IN THE AREA FROM GARY IN DEERWOOD, LAURIE SPOTTING SOME BIRDS AT THE FEEDER NEAR LITTLE TURTLE LAKE, AND WE HAVE SOME RAIN CLOUDS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA, A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN AS WELL.

SONYA AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE, AND JOAN IN LAPORTE WITH THOSE PICTURES.

SKIES TONIGHT, ONCE THOSE CLOUDS MOVED OUT, JUST BEAUTIFUL.

CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD, CHRIS FROM RED LAKE, TRACY AT LEECH LAKE, ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, AND BILL AND JUDY OVER UPPER RED LAKE WITH THOSE PHOTOS FOR US.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SHARING YOUR PICTURES.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, SONYA AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE, 58 AND BREEZY THIS EVENING.

CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD, BREEZY WITH LIGHT AFTERNOON RAIN.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUN AND BREEZY TODAY, HIGH OF 61.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, LOW OF 34.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, A LITTLE BIT OF FROST THIS MORNING AND SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, THE HIGH WAS 62.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 62 WAS OUR HIGH IN BRAINERD, VERY SEASONAL, 1 DEGREE ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

33 WAS THE LOW, SO IT WAS A CHILLY START THIS MORNING, WE HAD SUNSET AT 6:49.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 61, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE, BUT AGAIN THAT COLD START THIS MORNING, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 28, AND WE HAVE SUNRISE AT 7:24.

SO LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER IN THE MORNING, BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE SHOULD ENJOY A LOT OF SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING VERY WARM TEMPERATURES, HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60s ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE, BUT WE WILL BE SEEING 70s ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND WE COULD SEE MID TO POSSIBLY UPPER 70s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, LITTLE FALLS COULD TOP OUT NEAR 77.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR 50, SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 20.

MOSTLY SUNNY FOR TOMORROW, 72 FOR THE HIGH AND WEST WINDS 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT THE EXTENDED FORECAST, SUNNY SKIES AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY, BUT IT WILL BE A BIT COOLER WITH HIGHS NEAR 63.

WE'RE IN THE LOW 60s, MAYBE SOME UPPER 50s AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, WE DO HAVE SOME SLIGHT CHANCES OF RAIN SHOWERS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ON SATURDAY, AND EASTERN MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY, HIGHS ON SATURDAY NEAR 70, BUT WE'RE BACK TO 61 TO END THE WEEKEND.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Sydney: THANK YOU STACY.

WE HAVE MILES WALKER JOINING US FOR SOME SPORTS.

HE HAD SOME HOCKEY HIGHLIGHTS TONIGHT.

>> Miles: BSU MEN'S HOCKEY OPENED THEIR SEASON AGAINST ST.

CLOUD STATE.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >>> WITH BEMIDJI MEN'S HOCKEY INTRODUCING 13 NEW PLAYERS TO THE ROSTER, THEY ARE LOOKING TO FOLLOW A DIFFERENT SCRIPT IN THE SEASON.

THE OPENING SCENE BEGAN WITH A MATCH BETWEEN ST.

CLOUD STATE, A TEAM THAT THE BEAVERS HAVE NOT BEATEN IN THEIR LAST 7 MEETINGS.

TOM TAKING IN HIS LAST SEASON OPENER FROM THE STANFORD CENTER AS BEMIDJI STATE HOSTED ST.

CLOUD STATE.

THE BEAVERS GOT OUT THE GATES HOT.

4 MINUTES, STILL SCORELESS, GOING TOP SHELF AND THE BEAVERS GO OUT IN FRONT, 1-0.

TO THE SECOND PERIOD, SAME SCORE, JACOB ON THE BREAK AWAY, AND HE SENDS A MISSILE PAST THE KEEPER AND THEY EXTEND THE LEAD.

OVER THE HUSKY WOULD BARK BACK LATE.

6 MINUTES IN THE SECOND, NOLAN PARKS ONE IN THE PROMISE LAND AND ST.

CLOUD STATE PUTS IT DOWN 2-1.

HUSKIES LOOKING FOR THE EQUALIZER, AND WE'RE TIED UP.

THIS ONE GOES INTO OVERTIME, 3 MINUTES IN, SHARING IS CARING, AND THERE TO PUT THE HUSKIES TO BED AS BEMIDJI STATE OPEN IT IS SEASON WITH A 3-2 OVERTIME VICTORY OVER ST.

CLOUD STATE.

>>> OVER IN WOMEN'S HOCKEY, BEMIDJI LOOKING FOR WIN NUMBER 1 OF THE SEASON.

THEY WERE HOSTING MINNESOTA TO BOOK IN THE DOUBLE HEADER.

THE GOLDEN GOPHERS WERE OUT ON THE HUNT, LETTING ONE SLIDE, AND THEN U OF M JUMPS OUT 4-1.

THE THIRD NOW, BEAVERS ON THE FAST BREAK, HAILEY ARMSTRONG, COOKIE IN THE JAR, BSU DOWN.

THE FINAL TWO MINUTES, BSU IS DOWN 5-2.

CASEY FINDS DAVIS FOR THE BURIAL AND THE BEAVERS WOULD CLOSE THE GAP BUT IT WAS TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE AS THE BEAVERS FALL TO MINNESOTA 5-3.

THE GOLDEN GOPHERS OUT SHOT THE BEAVERS.

>>> MORE IN COLLEGE SPORTS, BEMIDJI STATE'S EFFORTS FOURTH QUARTER COMEBACK FELL SHORT AGAINST NORTHERN STATE.

IN WOMEN'S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL, BEMIDJI STATE FALLS JUST SHORT.

IN WOMEN'S COLLEGE SOCCER, BEMIDJI STATE GETS A COME FROM BEHIND VICTORY OVER ST.

CLOUD STATE.

IN WOMEN'S COLLEGE GOLF, DAY ONE, BSU CURRENTLY SITTING AT + 86 AND ON THE MEN'S SIDE, BEMIDJI STATE IS SITTING IN 7th PLACE.

OVER IN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, TWO GREAT TEAMS.

MILLE LACS 13-4.

IN THE FIRST, AND THIRD POINT, MILLE LACS LOOKING TO SCORE, AS HE GOES FISHING AND GETS THE BURIAL AND MILLE LACS WOULD TAKE THE LEAD LATER.

A FEW POINTS LATER, NOW 5-6 MILLE LACS IS DOWN, TALIA GETS THE TIP DRILL IN, MILLE LACS WOULD TIE THINGS UP.

A FEW POINTS LATER, PRB IS UP, AND ELLA DETONATES IN THE BACK LINE.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS WOULD GO IN THE FRONT A LITTLE BIT MORE BUT MILLE LACS TAKES THE FIRST SET AND THE MATCH IN A THRILLER, 3-2.

>>> TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OTHER SCORES AROUND THE AREA.

PARK RAPIDS FELL TO THIEF RIVER FALLS AND WARROAD BY INTERNATIONAL FALLS.

WIN-E-MAC FALLS TO CROOKSTON.

BAGLEY GETS THE WIN OVER RED LAKE COUNTY.

IN GIRLS SOCCER, WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY FALLS TO ST.

JOHN'S PREP.

GRAND RAPIDS GETS THE WIN OVER EAST GRAND FORKS.

A LITTLE BIT OF THE QUARTER FINALS ACTION, BEMIDJI FALL TOSS ST.

CLOUD TECH.

IN SECTION 8-2A QUARTER FINALS, LITTLE FALLS GOES DOWN TO FEATHER GUS -- FERGUS FALLS.

>> Sydney: A BUSY DAY IN SPORTS.

THANK YOU MILES.

>>> AS MORE CLOTHING PRODUCTION MOVES OVERSEAS, ONE BEMIDJI MANUFACTURER IS STILL KEEPING MUCH OF IT'S WORK LOCAL.

REPORTER RYAN FLEMING TAKES US INSIDE WOOLEN MILLS FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: BEHIND THE RACKS AND FINISHED PRODUCTS, MUCH OF THE WORK COMES DOWN TO PEOPLE, CUTTING, STITCHING, AND SELLING.

IN AN INDUSTRY WHERE PRODUCTION HAS OFTEN MOVED ELSEWHERE, BEMIDJI WOOLLEN MILLS IS STILL RELYING ON SKILLS PASSED DOWN PERSON TO PERSON.

>> I HAVE A PASSION FOR ALL THINGS CREATIVE.

I HAVE BEEN IN SEWING SINCE I WAS LITTLE.

I AM IN A FAMILY OF SEEM -- SEAMSTRESSES, SO I PASSED IT DOWN TO MY KIDS.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE KEPT THEIR PRODUCTION LOCAL AND IN AMERICA, TURNING WOOL INTO GARMENTS, BLANKETS, AND COLD WEATHER GEAR.

THE SKILLS ARE NOW BEING PASSED FROM MOTHER TO DAUGHTER.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO GET INTO LEARNING A LOT MORE THINGS ON HOW TO MAKE STUFF SO THAT I CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, MAKE STUFF FOR THE SHOP.

>> HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A JOB LIKE THIS IS REALLY AMAZING.

>> Reporter: THE WORK HERE GOES BEYOND THE SEWING MACHINES.

WITH EMPLOYEES TAKING ON DIFFERENT ROLES TO KEEP THE BUSINESS COMPETITIVE.

FOR MANY OF THEM, THAT TEAM HAS GROWN INTO A TIGHT KNIT GROUP.

>> THINGS ARE MADE IN OUR BACK ROOM HERE, IN PRODUCTION.

COATS, SHIRTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, SCARVES, HATS, MITTENS, YOU NAME IT.

>> Reporter: THE CHALLENGE IS NOT JUST MAKING THINGS HERE, IT'S KEEPING THAT WAY OF DOING BUSINESS VIABLE AND INSIDE THE MILL, EVEN DECADES-OLD MACHINES IS PART OF WHAT KEEPS LOCAL PRODUCTION MOVING.

IT MAY SAY MADE IN BEMIDJI BUT KEEPING IT THAT WAY TAKES A BUSINESS THAT CAN STILL COMPETE.

>> MOST OF THESE MACHINES HERE ARE ACTUALLY FAIRLY OLD.

WE RUN ON MACHINES THAT WERE MADE EITHER BETWEEN 1940 TO 1980, SO IT'S ALWAYS A JOY TO SEE THE PEOPLE'S FACES LIGHT UP WHEN THEY REALIZE THIS IS HANDMADE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M RYAN FLEMING, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> NOW IN IT'S FOURTH GENERATION, BEMIDJI WOOLEN MILLS IS STILL WORKING TO SHOW THERE'S A PLACE FOR LOCAL HANDS-ON PRODUCTION, EVEN AS THE BUSINESS HAS GROWN WELL BEYOND WOOL CLOTHING.

>>> STACY HAS ONE MORE LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR 50, SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 20.

PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW, MILD TEMPERATURES, HIGHS NEAR 72, WE'LL SEE WEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15, MORE SUNSHINE, BUT COOLER TEMPERATURES LATER THIS WEEK.

>> Miles: FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND, AS I AM SURE THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA KNOWS, THEY GOT THE WIN AGAINST MICHIGAN FOR THE FIRST TIME AT HOME SINCE 1977.

>> Sydney: A BIG DAY.

THANK YOU MILES AND THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN TONIGHT.

WE WILL BE BACK TOMORROW AT 10:00.

GOOD NIGHT.

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