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>> THE WEATHER IS SPONSORED IN PART BY WIDSETH; ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, LAND SURVEYORS, SERVING MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SINCE 1975.

>> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, PROVIDING ALL FIBEROPTIC INTERNET SPEEDS UP TO 10 GIGS WITH NO DATA CAPS AND NO SPEED THROTTLING.

>> 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.

AND MILES WALKER WITH YOUR SPORTS.

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

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

>>> A 24-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH A FEDERAL WARRANT FOR MULTIPLE FELONY AND STATE CHARGES HAS BEEN ARRESTED BY U.S.

MARSHALS.

RYAN HENRY JAMES DAVIS PACHECO WAS APPREHENDED YESTERDAY IN BAXTER.

FOR HIS CONNECTION WITH A FIREARM RELATED INCIDENT IN MAHNOMEN COUNTY.

ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS, PACHECO WAS WANTED ON A FEDERAL WARRANT FOR A SUPERVISED RELEASE VIOLATION.

AND A MINNESOTA STATE WARRANT CHARGING HIM WITH TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER.

ONE COUNT OF FIRST-DEGREE ASSAULT.

THREE COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE ASSAULT INVOLVING A DANGEROUS WEAPON AND SUBSTANTIAL BODILY HARM.

AND ONE COUNT OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A PERSON PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE.

MEMBERS OF THE U.S.

MARSHALS SERVICE NORTH STAR FUGITIVE TASK FORCE LOCATED PACHECO AT AN APARTMENT IN BAXTER ON MONDAY, AND SHORTLY AFTER, HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.

THE MARSHALS WERE ASSISTED IN THE ARREST BY THE BAXTER AND BRAINERD POLICE DEPARTMENTS, AND THE CROW WING COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

>>> THE MINNESOTA LAW BANNING THE USE OF A.I.

GENERATED NUDIFICATION IMAGES HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD FOLLOWING A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT DECISION LATE LAST WEEK.

ON FRIDAY, THE 8TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS SIDED WITH ELON MUSK'S.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANY X.A.I.

TO PUT A TEMPORARY BAN ON THE MINNESOTA LAW.

MINNESOTA IS THE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO PUT FORTH AN ANTI-NUDIFICATION LAW, WHICH PROHIBITS A.I.

COMPANIES FROM TAKING REAL, NON-SEXUAL IMAGES, AND TURNING THEM INTO A PORNOGRAPHIC OR SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGE.

THE LAW WAS ORIGINALLY SET TO TAKE EFFECT ON AUGUST 1ST.

A FEW DAYS BEFORE THAT DATE, A FEDERAL SUIT WAS FILED BY X.A.I.

TO HALT THE LAW, CLAIMING THAT IT WAS A VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

THE FIRST PETITION BY THE COMPANY TO HALT MINNESOTA'S LAW CAME IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, BUT WAS DENIED BY A JUDGE, AND THE ANTI-NUDIFICATION LAW CONTINUED TO BE ENFORCED AS THE LAWSUIT PLAYED OUT.

THE RECENT OCTOBER 2ND RULING BY THE APPEALS COURT OVERTURNED THAT DECISION, AND THE LAW WILL TEMPORARILY NOT BE IN EFFECT AS THE LAWSUIT BETWEEN MUSK'S COMPANY AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA IS ONGOING.

>>> BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOLS ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW SCHOOL SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR FOR THE DISTRICT TROY SCHREIFELS WILL BE STEPPING INTO THE POSITION.

WITH A 30-YEAR LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER UNDER HIS BELT.

SCHREIFELS WILL NOW OVERSEE DISTRICT-WIDE SCHOOL SECURITY PROTOCOLS.

COORDINATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TRAINING.

ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS.

AND COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AND ADMINISTRATION FOR THE BRAINERD SCHOOLS.

IN A STATEMENT, SCHREIFELS SAID THAT HE PLANS ON WORKING ON PROACTIVE PLANNING, STRONG COMMUNICATION, AND POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS, TO KEEP THE SCHOOLS SAFE.

>>> THE THIRD ANNUAL OUR VOICES RESTORED EVENT BROUGHT COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOGETHER AT BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY ON SATURDAY.

REPORTER RYAN FLEMING GIVES US A GLIMPSE OF HOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE BEING TURNED INTO SOMETHING MORE.

>> Reporter: FROM VOTING RIGHTS TO RECOVERY RESOURCES IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, THEY GAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET INFORMED AND INVOLVED, ALL UNDER ONE ROOF.

>> CONNECTION IS SO IMPORTANT.

COMMUNITIES BUILD THEIR POWER THROUGH GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED.

IF YOU ONLY HAVE A HAND FULL OF PEOPLE DOING STUFF, THE ROOM GETS REALLY STALE, REALLY QUICK.

PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE THEIR NEEDS ADDRESSED.

PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT OH, I HAVE THESE OPTIONS.

>> Reporter: FOR SOME, GETTING INVOLVED STARTS WITH THE CONVERSATION.

FOR OTHERS, IT'S FINDING A RESOURCE THEY DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED.

HERE, THE IDEA WAS TO PUT BOTH WITHIN REACH, GIVING PEOPLE WAYS TO TAKE PART IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND THEM.

THE CONVERSATION MAY START INSIDE THE ROOM BUT THE GOAL GOES BEYOND THESE DOORS, TURNING NEW CONNECTION AND RESOURCES INTO ACTIONS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.

>> MINNESOTA REALLY TRIES TO MAKE VOTING ACCESSIBLE, GIVEN ANY NUMBER OF CIRCUMSTANCES VOTERS MAY HAVE, WHETHER YOU ARE LIVING ON A TRIBAL RESERVATION OR EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS WE MAKE VOTING ACCESSIBLE FOR THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

>> Reporter: THE MESSAGE HERE WAS DIFFERENT.

WHETHER IT'S VOTING, SPEAKING UP ON LOCAL ISSUES, OR GETTING INVOLVED, EVERY DAY PEOPLE HAVE A ROLE IN SHAPING WHAT HAPPENS AROUND THEM.

>> I OBVIOUSLY, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME, IT'S MY JOB.

I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MY CAREER.

I THINK THAT WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, IT'S A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY CLAIM THE POWER THAT THEY HAVE.

I THINK THAT PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS RECOGNIZE HOW MUCH POWER THEY HAVE, IF THEY SIMPLY SHOW UP.

>> Reporter: WITH GUEST SPEAKERS, LOCAL GROUPS, AND PANEL DECISION -- DISCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, PEOPLE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND GET INVOLVED BUT THE BIGGER TAKE AWAY IS WHAT THEY COULD TAKE WITH THEM AFTERWARDS, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO TAKE PART IN THE WORLD AROUND THEM.

>> A HUGE PART OF MY JOB IS MEETING COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN MINNESOTA, WHERE THEY ARE AT, AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE AS VOTERS, LETTING THEM KNOW HOW TO ACCESS VOTING, AND THIS EVENT SEEMS TO BE A GREAT PLACE TO DO THAT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI, I'M RYAN FLEMING, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE ACLU OF MINNESOTA, LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, AND REGIONAL NATIVE PUBLIC DEFENSE CORPORATION ARE AMONG THE GROUPS HELPING RESIDENTS STAY INVOLVED BEYOND THE EVENT.

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

TONIGHT WE TELEVISED MORE DEBATES LIVE HERE ON LAKELAND PBS.

THE FIRST WAS IN HOUSE DISTRICT 5A WHERE REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE KRISTA KNUDSEN MET UP WITH DFL CANDIDATE DAN MITCHELL.

ONE OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THE DEBATE WAS THE MINNESOTA SCHOOL FUNDING SYSTEM.

>> THE WAY THAT WE FUND SCHOOLS IN OUR STATE IS NOT FAIR.

WE NEED TO HAVE BETTER PER PUPIL FORMULA FUNDING THAT IS EQUAL FOR ALL STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY GO TO SCHOOL.

MINNEAPOLIS OR PEQUOT LAKES, WE HAVE TO HAVE FAIR AND FLEXIBLE FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

OUR SCHOOLS KNOW WHAT THEY NEED BEST AND THE PEOPLE THAT RUN OUR SCHOOLS, OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, OUR SUPERINTENDENTS, OUR PRINCIPALS, THEY KNOW WHERE THIS MONEY IS MOST NEEDED.

WE NEED TO GET RID OF THE MANDATES, GIVE THEM THE MONEY, AND LET OUR SCHOOLS DO WHAT THEY DO BEST.

>> PEOPLE WILL MOVE INTO COMMUNITIES IF YOU HAVE A GOOD SCHOOL.

SO THIS CAN SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WHEN IT COMES TO JOBS AND PROBABLY EXACERBATE SOME HOUSING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.

SO WE HAVE TO, FOR SURE, LEVEL SOME FUNDING REFORMS AND STABILIZE BUDGETS FOR SURE.

I WILL SAY ABOUT THE SCORES, WE WERE DOWN ON THE SCORES, BUT I THINK THEY'RE ALL TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION NOW.

THEY'RE MOVING THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE MOVING.

>> OUR SECOND TELEVISED DEBATE OF THE NIGHT, WHICH JUST WRAPPED UP AN HOUR AGO, WAS THE HOUSE DISTRICT 7A CONTEST FEATURING DFL CANDIDATE ERIN MCCABE NINGEN AND REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE SPENCER IGO.

THEY WEIGHED IN ON SEVERAL ISSUES INCLUDING DATA CENTERS.

>> WE NEED TO APPROACH FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THE PROPOSAL WITH TRANSPARENCY, NOT SIGNING NDAs AND HAVING QUIET SECRET MEETINGS WITH LOBBYISTS.

THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE CONSULTED.

IN SOME CASES, THE ONE IN HERMANTOWN, PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR HOMES.

THAT IS A MAJOR CONSIDERATION.

THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S NOISY OR NOT, I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE UNDERESTIMATING THE AMOUNT OF NOISE THEY MAKE AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE ALSO NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER THAT THEY'RE RE-RELEASING IN A CLOSED SYSTEM.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE UNPROVEN AND I DON'T THINK NORTHERN MINNESOTA SHOULD BE THE TEST GROUND.

>> ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO DO BETTER NOT ONLY AS A STATE BUT WHEN WE PARTNER WITH ANY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE NEED TO TELL THAT STORY AND EXPLAIN WHAT A DATA CENTER IS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO DRAIN AQUIFERS OR POLLUTE THE EARTH, OR BE LOUD AND NOISY, OR EAT UP THE POWER AND MAKE PRICES GO UP.

WE PASSED A BILL THIS YEAR IN A BIPARTISAN WAY THAT IS REGULATING DATA CENTERS SO THOSE THINGS WON'T HAPPEN.

THAT'S NOT TO TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF A.I.

IN THE WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THIS COUNTRY.

WE NEED THE COMPUTING AND THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS WE NEED TO HAVE.

>>> THE DEBATE BETWEEN MIKE WIENER AND FYNBOH HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED.

IT WILL TAKE PLACE AT 8:00 P.M.

IN BRAINERD.

THURSDAY NIGHT WE WILL SHIFT TO OUR BRAINERD STUDIO FOR DEBATES FOR CANDIDATES IN 5B AND 6A.

THOSE BEGIN AT 7:00 P.M.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: IT WILL BE SUNNY AND COOLER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE TEMPERATURES START WARMING UP LATE THIS WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, CROW WING COUNTY SOIL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT CELEBRATED 70 YEARS WITH A BUS TOUR SHOWCASING THEIR COMPLETED CONSERVATION PROJECT.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> THE BRAINERD COMMUNITY WILL GATHER TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES THIS WEEK.

THIS ANNUAL EVENT BRINGS TOGETHER VETERANS, ACTIVE SERVICE MEMBERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR FREEDOM TO SACRIFICE FOR OUR NATION.

THE EVENT WILL FEATURE THE MINNESOTA ADULT TEEN CHALLENGE CHOIR'S SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AS WELL AS PATRIOTIC SONGS.

NEW THIS YEAR, A WREATH-PLACING DEDICATION TO FALLEN HEROES, AS WELL AS A LIST OF SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS FROM PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND REPRESENTATIVES.

HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE FESTIVITIES.

>> IT'S A GOOD TIME TO REFLECT ON OUR FREEDOM AND EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON OVERSEAS, TO REMEMBER ALL THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR SACRIFICES AND THEIR LIVES FOR OUR FREEDOM.

THERE ARE SOME U.S.

SERVICE MEMBERS AND ACTIVE SERVICE MEMBERS THAT ARE PLANNING ON ATTENDING THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

WE JUST HOPE EVERYONE CAN MAKE IT.

>> AN ADDITIONAL PIECE TO THIS YEAR'S EVENT IS THE HELP FROM MRS.

MINNESOTA MAREN MARTIN.

MAREN COMPETED AT THE MRS.

AMERICA COMPETITION LAST MONTH, AND FEELS THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE TIME TO HONOR OUR VETS AND ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO GET OUT TO THE EVENT AND RECOGNIZE THESE SOLDIERS.

>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT.

IT'S THE FIFTH ANNUAL EVENT AND TAMMY HAS WORKED REALLY HARD TO PUT IT TOGETHER.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME.

MYSELF AND OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS WILL BE THERE SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO HONOR OUR ARMED FORCES AND ENGAGE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AS WELL IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

>> Sydney: THE TRIBUTE WILL HAPPEN ON OCTOBER 8TH AT 1:00 P.M.

>>> STACY JOINS US IN THE STUDIO WITH A LOOK AT THE WEATHER FORECAST.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING A LOT OF SUNSHINE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND LATER ON THIS WEEK IN SOME LOCATIONS.

TEM [♪♪♪] >> NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAD A VERY MILD DAY OUT THERE FOR THIS EARLY OCTOBER.

WE HAD HIGHS IN THE 70s ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AND A LOT OF NICE SUNSHINE TO GO WITH THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE SUNSHINE, WE DO HAVE A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA, SO TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE 60s, MAYBE UP 50s ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY, AND THEN WE START TO SEE A WARM UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 55 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, WINDS ARE NORTHWEST AT 4 MILES PER HOUR, WITH A DEW POINT OF 47, AND HUMIDITY AT 76%.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY, 64, WITH A DEW POINT OF 50.

WE HAVE A RISING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE AND WINDS ARE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 7 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAD AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT HAS BEEN DROPPING THROUGH THE AREA.

OVERALL, IT LOOKED LIKE A QUIET NIGHT WITH CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, SUNSHINE AGAIN TOMORROW, BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER, AND THERE MAY BE A FEW SPRINKLES HERE AND THERE.

OVERALL, A QUIET DAY, COOLER TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, AND THEN WARMING UP THIS WEEKEND.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BEAUTIFUL SKIES THIS MORNING, EVEN A SHOT OF THE MOON WITH JUPITER FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

NICE FALL COLORS OUT THERE FROM CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD AND JERRY AND ANGELA AT CASS LAKE.

JERRY SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE CLOUDS OVER DEERWOOD.

AN EASTER LILY IN BLOOM IN LAPORTE.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN LONGVILLE FROM ARLENE, LAURIE SPOTTING A DUCK TAKING A BREAK ON THE DOCK THERE AT LITTLE TURTLE LAKE AND AGAIN SOME BEAUTIFUL SKIES THIS EVENING FROM SONYA AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE, AND RALPH IN JENKINS.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 46 AND CALM THIS MORNING, DEBRA IN PINE RIVER, 48 THIS MORNING.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, SUN MIXED WITH CLOUDS TODAY, BUT A BIT BREEZY.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, A HIGH OF 76.

SONYA AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE, 61 AND CALM THIS EVENING.

CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD, A LIGHT BREEZE.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLEAR, TOPPING OUT AT 74.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 76 WAS OUR HIGH TODAY IN BRAINERD, WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 60s, SO AGAIN VERY MILD OUT THERE, 52 WAS OUR LOW, WE HAD SUNRISE AT 7:22.

BEMIDJI HAD A HIGH OF 73, AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE IS 58, 43 WAS THE LOW THIS MORNING, AND 6:49 WAS OUR SUNSET.

LOOKING AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF SUNSHINE, A FEW SPRINKLES HERE AND THERE ON SOME OF OUR MODELS, BUT MOST OF THOSE WILL BE IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

SO AGAIN, A LOT OF SUNSHINE, A LITTLE BIT COOLER, A LITTLE MORE SEASONAL WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID-60s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF LAKELAND COUNTRY AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE WILL BE SEEING MID TO UPPER 60s.

OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY, LOWS NEAR 45, AND WEST WINDS 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SPRINKLES IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON, HIGHS NEAR 64, AND WEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, SUNNY AND 62 ON THURSDAY, WE'LL SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS THIS WEEK AS TEMPERATURES START WARMING UP, AND IN FACT HIGHS COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 70 TO CLOSE TO 80 ON SATURDAY, VERY WARM TO START THE WEEKEND, A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN ON SUNDAY.

>> Sydney: AND MILES WALKER JOINS US IN STUDIO WITH OUR SPORTS.

WE HAVE THE BEMIDJI GIRLS SOCCER GAME.

>> Miles: YES, PLAYOFFS GET STARTED NEXT WEEK.

WE'LL HAVE THAT RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH MILES WALKER.

[♪♪♪] >> Miles: AFTER A SLOW FIVE GAME STRETCH WHERE BEMIDJI GIRLS SOCCER ONLY SCORED THREE GOALS, THEY PUT UP 8 GOALS AGAINST FERGUS FALLS LAST THURSDAY.

THEY ARE HOSTING DETROIT LAKES.

8 MINUTES INTO THE FIRST HALF, STILL SCORELESS, ABIGAIL FOR HER 24th GOAL OF THE SEASON, A NEW PROGRAM RECORD, JACKS UP 1-0.

LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER, SHE DISHING AND MAYA THOMPSON FINISHING.

BEMIDJI WINNING NOW 2-0.

23rd MINUTE, JACKS CROSSING TO THE BOX, PUTTING THE DEFENDERS IN THE SPIN CYCLE, SENDS A SCREAMER.

BEMIDJI PUTTING UP 4 GOALS IN THE FIRST 30 MINUTES OF THE GAME AS THEY HANDLE THEM IN A 7-0 FASHION.

THEY SCORED 5 OR MORE GOALS IN HALF OF THEIR GAMES THIS SEASON.

>>> IN BOYS SOCCER, BEMIDJI FALLS TO DULUTH EAST WHILE BEMIDJI TIES ALEXANDRIA.

>>> AND ANOTHER TIE AS LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE AND LITTLE FALLS END 1-1.

>>> SWITCHING OVER TO GIRLS TENNIS, 7-2A QUARTER FINALS HOSTING CLOQUET.

IN NUMBER ONE DOUBLES COURT, PULLING OUT THE WEED WHACKER, THEY GO ON TO WIN IN STRAIGHT SETS.

NUMBER TWO DOUBLES, AVERY TIED 2-2 IN THE FIRST SET AND THEY GO ON TO WIN, 6-1, 6-2.

IN THE SINGLES COURT, PINPOINT PLACEMENT FROM COURT, MOSS WINS IN STRAIGHT SETS AS GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY GETS THE BETTER OF CLOQUET.

THE LIGHTNING WILL FACE NORTH BRANCH IN THE SEMI-FINALS ON WEDNESDAY AT 3:00 P.M.

>>> THE POOL, BEMIDJI LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK FROM LAST WEEK'S LOSS.

100-YARD BUTTERFLY, SHOWING OFF FOR THE LUMBERJACKS, SHE SNAGS FIRST PLACE, FINISHING IN ONE MINUTE AND 8 SECONDS.

THE 100-YARD FREESTYLE, CLEARING THE ENTIRE FIELD BY OVER 2 SECONDS AS SHE COASTS HER WAY TO FIRST.

>>> IN DIVING, KYLIE TAKES FIRST PLACE, FLIPPING TURNING, AND SHE GETS FIRST PLACE.

IN DIVING, BEMIDJI GETS BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN, DOUBLING UP WILLMAR.

LOOKING AT SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU, OVER IN VOLLEYBALL, PEQUOT LAKES IMPROVES TO 14-6 WITH A WIN OVER FOLEY.

CROSBY-IRONTON IMPROVES TO 10-5.

GRAND RAPIDS GETS THE WIN OVER HERMANTOWN 3-1.

MENAHGA TAKES DOWN THEIR OPPONENT.

AND AITKIN GETS THE WIN TO IMPROVE TO 9-10.

WADENA DEER CREEK IS ON A 10-GAME WINNING STREAK.

CROOKSTON GETS THE BETTER OF WARROAD.

PARK RAPIDS FALLS TO FROESE.

PILLAGER GETS THE BETTER OF STAPLES MOTLEY TO IMPROVE TO 11-11.

VERNDALE GETS THE WIN.

BAGLEY NOW 12-6 ON THE SEASON WITH A WIN OVER WIN-E-MAC.

PIERZ ALSO FALLS TO MILACA.

IN THE NHL, THE WILD FALL IN AN OVERTIME GAME TO THE BUFFALO SABERS.

>> Sydney: ALL RIGHT, AWESOME.

THANK YOU MILES.

CROW WING COUNTY AND CROW WING SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT SHOWCASED RECENT COMPLETED CONSERVATION PROJECTS BY HOSTING A CONSERVATION BUS TOUR.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY WAS AT THEIR STOP AT FLANDERS LAKE, WHERE THE FLANDERS FIRE HAPPENED, AND HAS MORE FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: CROW WING COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS CELEBRATING THEIR 70 YEAR IN A SPECIAL WAY WITH ITS CONSERVATION BUS TOUR, WHERE THEY HIGHLIGHTED MANY AGRICULTURAL SHORELINE AND FORESTRY PROJECTS.

>> SO THE MAIN POINT OF THIS TOUR IS TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE LOCALLY, BY LANDOWNERS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, THE NON-PROFIT GROUPS TO HELP BENEFIT THE WATER AND THE SOIL IN THE AREA.

OF THAT LAND, WE HAVE EVOLVED A LOT OVER THE YEARS TO TRY TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH ALL TYPES OF LANDOWNERS.

>> Reporter: A FEW MONTHS AGO THIS AREA WAS A PART OF THE FIRE AND NOW IT'S PART OF CROW WING COUNTY'S CONSERVATION PROJECT AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO RESTORE THE AREA FROM ITS ROOTS.

>> THIS ONE IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT'S A UNIQUE EVENT THAT HAPPENED TO US, AND WE TALKED ABOUT REALLY THE RESTORATION EFFORTS AND WHAT COMES NEXT AFTER A FIRE LIKE THIS, HOW IT STARTED, AND THE COUNTY'S OWNERSHIP WITH THIS PROPERTY.

YEAH, THEY'RE REALLY THE KEY ASPECT HERE, ESPECIALLY AT THIS SITE, YOU KNOW, FOREST MANAGEMENT, PROPERLY MANAGING FOREST HEALTH AND ENSURING WE HAVE ACTIVELY GROWING FORESTS.

>> Reporter: FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THE TOUR, THIS WAS A CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT AND THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO MANAGE IT.

>> I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE AN INFORMED CONSUMER.

NOT A LOT OF MY TAX DOLLARS GO TO THESE PROJECTS, THAT THEY'RE MANAGED BY GETTING GRANTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THINKING ABOUT OTHER FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT MAY BE USED FOR THESE PROJECTS.

>> Reporter: IN RURAL MINNESOTA, NATURE PLAYS A BIG PART IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

CROW WING BELIEVES PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT IS CRUCIAL TO THE AREA.

>> WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA, TRYING TO PROTECT THESE RESOURCES, AND IT HAS A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE ECONOMY OF THIS AREA.

WE HOPE PEOPLE ARE INSPIRED, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DOING GOOD THINGS AROUND HERE TO BENEFIT THE SOIL AND WATER, AND THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN FLANDERS LAKE FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> SOME OF THE OTHER TOUR STOPS INCLUDED NORTH SHORE PINES TREE PLANTING IN PINE RIVER, PAUL THIEDE FIRE TOWER PARK, AND THE LAST STOP WAS BREEZY POINT RESORT'S RAIN GARDEN.

>>> WE'RE GOING BACK TO STACY FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR UPCOMING WEATHER.

>> Stacy: IT WAS A PRETTY QUIET WEATHER FORECAST AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS DROPPING TO 45 WITH WEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY, THERE MAY BE A FEW SPRINKLES, LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGHS NEAR 64 AND WINDS WILL BE FROM THE WEST, PICKING UP A LITTLE BIT AT 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, THE COOLEST DAY LOOKS TO BE THURSDAY WHERE WE CAN SEE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50s TO LOW 60s, BUT A LOT OF SUNSHINE, LOWS NEAR 41, VARIABLE CLOUDS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, BUT WE START TO SEE THE TEMPERATURES WARMING UP.

WE'RE BACK IN THE UPPER 60s ON FRIDAY AND WE COULD SEE HIGHS RANGING FROM 70 TO NEAR 80 ON SATURDAY THERE.

LOWS NEAR 50 AND THEN ON SUNDAY, THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS BUT OTHERWISE EXPECT TO SEE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR 63, AND WE'LL HAVE A LOW OF 53.

>> Miles: WE WILL BE TAKING A LOOK AT A COUPLE OF SPORTS TEAMS IN THE AREA TOMORROW, ONE OF WHICH IS LITTLE FALLS GIRLS SOCCER, SITTING AT 10-5 ATOP SECTION 2A.

HOPEFULLY THE SEMIFINAL STAGE THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET PAST.

>> Sydney: WE HAVE GOOD PLAYOFFS FOR SPORTS TOMORROW AT 10:00.

WE WON'T HAVE DEBATES TOMORROW BUT DEBATES WILL BE BACK ON THURSDAY.

THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR TODAY.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Miles: GOOD NIGHT.

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