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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.

# AND MILES WALKER WITH YOUR SPORTS.

[♪♪♪] >>> HI EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TONIGHT, I'M SYDNEY DICK IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN WITH YOUR LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> BEMIDJI POLICE TOOK A WOMAN ARMED WITH A RIFLE INTO CUSTODY YESTERDAY EVENING.

OFFICERS AT THE SCENE OBSERVED 62-YEAR-OLD KATHY WHITE IN AN EMOTIONAL STATE.

WHITE REFUSED COMMANDS AND WALKED AWAY FROM OFFICER IN THE AREA OF NORTON AVENUE NORTHWEST AND 22ND STREET NORTHWEST.

OFFICERS BECAME CONCERNED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY DUE TO THE PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS, OPEN BUSINESSES, AND CITY PARKS, AND ESTABLISHED PERIMETER CONTROL AND BEGAN DE-ESCALATION ATTEMPTS.

WHITE CONTINUED TO DISREGARD COMMANDS AND WALK AWAY BUT OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY TAKE CONTROL AND DISARM THE WOMAN WITHOUT THE USE OF FORCE.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE, OFFICERS FOUND ONE ROUND OF 22-AMMO IN THE DETACHABLE MAGAZINE AND NO ROUNDS WERE LOCATED IN THE CHAMBER.

FOUR ROUNDS OF AMMO WERE FOUND IN WHITE'S HAND WHEN SHE WAS SEARCHED, AND A BOX OF 22-CALIBER AMMO WAS FOUND IN HER VEHICLE.

WHITE WAS TAKEN TO SANFORD BEMIDJI FOR EVALUATION.

TODAY SHE WAS CHARGED IN BELTRAMI COUNTY COURT WITH A GROSS MISDEMEANOR FOR CARRYING A GUN IN A PUBLIC PLACE.

BAIL OR BOND WAS SET AT $6,000 WITH NO CONDITIONS OR $4,000 WITH CONDITIONS.

>>> THE MINNESOTA B.C.A.

HAS ISSUED AN ENDANGERED MISSING PERSON ALERT FOR A KOOCHICHING COUNTY MAN.

62-YEAR-OLD RANDAL HANSEN WAS LAST SEEN NEAR THE 2000 BLOCK OF PAUL BUNYAN DRIVE NORTHWEST IN BEMIDJI ON OCTOBER 8TH.

AUTHORITIES SAY THERE IS CONCERN FOR HIS WELL-BEING.

HANSEN IS 5'11" TALL AND WEIGHS ABOUT 240 POUNDS.

HE MAY BE DRIVING A DARK BLUE OR BLACK 2010 FORD F150 WITH MINNESOTA LICENSE PLATE 2-7-2-6-A-G WITH A 300 GALLON WHITE POLY TANK IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK.

IF YOU HAVE SEEN OR KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF HANSEN PLEASE CONTACT THE KOOCHCHING COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE OR CALL 9-1-1.

>>> A 45-YEAR-OLD PARK RAPIDS MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FIRST-DEGREE ASSAULT AFTER STABBING A MAN NUMEROUS TIMES IN OCTOBER OF 2025.

THE 17 YEARS IS AN UPWARD DEPARTURE FROM THE MINNESOTA SENTENCING GUIDELINES.

AS PART OF A PLEA AGREEMENT CHARLES JUSTUS PLEADED GUILTY IN AUGUST TO THE ASSAULT.

AS PART OF THE PLEA AGREEMENT, ADDITIONAL CHARGES OF FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE ATTEMPTED MURDER, AND BURGLARY WERE DROPPED.

JUSTUS ADMITTED ENTERING THE VICTIMS TRAILER, WHICH WAS HIS HOME, WITHOUT PERMISSION AND STABBING HIM MULTIPLE TIMES.

MEDICAL RECORDS SHOW THE VICTIM WAS STABBED EIGHT TIMES AND SUFFERED A COLLAPSED LUNG, A RIB FRACTURE, AND A DAMAGED DIAPHRAGM.

>>> FOR THE FIFTH YEAR, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND U.S.

OFFICIALS GATHERED IN BRAINERD FOR THE ARMED FORCES TRIBUTE EVENT TO SHOW SUPPORT AND PAY RESPECT TO OUR VETERANS.

THE EVENT FEATURED PERFORMANCES FROM THE MINNESOTA ADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE AS WELL AS THE BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL WINDFALL CHOIR.

SPEAKERS AT THE EVENT RANGED INCLUDING U.S.

SERVICE MEMBERS, BRAINERD LAKES AREA NATIVE MRS.

MINNESOTA MAREN MARTIN, AND U.S.

CONGRESSMAN PETE STAUBER.

THE CONCLUSION OF THE TRIBUTE ENDED WITH A 21-GUN SALUTE AND TAPS TO RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICE THESE VETERANS GAVE FOR OUR COUNTRY.

>> IT IS OUR WAY OF LETTING THE VETERANS KNOW THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT AND IT'S ENCOURAGING TO ME THAT THERE ARE CIVILIANS OUT THERE, NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLUB, THAT WILL GO TO THIS LENGTH OF TIME TO TRIBUTE OUR VETERANS.

IT GIVES ME HOPE.

IT ENCOURAGES ME THAT THIS COUNTRY IS GOING THE RIGHT WAY.

>> THE EVENT EVERY YEAR IS ORGANIZED AND PUT ON BY VOLUNTEER TAMMY EBORTOWSKI.

>>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE'S WORKING TO REDUCE THE COST OF DIESEL FUEL.

ON FRIDAY, THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED THAT HE'S SECURED AN AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.

THE DEAL WOULD IMMEDIATELY SUPPLY GLOBAL ENERGY MARKETS WITH 300,000 TONS OF RUSSIAN DIESEL FUEL.

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER 500,000 TONS IN NOVEMBER.

DIESEL GAS PRICES HAVE HIT RECORD HIGHS DURING THE U.S.

WAR WITH IRAN.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THE DEAL WITH RUSSIA WILL BRING PRICES DOWN FAST.

>>> 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 TWO MORE DEBATES LIVE HERE ON LAKELAND PBS.

THE FIRST WAS IN HOUSE DISTRICT 6-B WHERE REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE JOSH HIGHNTZMEN MET UP WITH D.F.L.

CANDIDATE NICKY HARDY.

ONE OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THE DEBATE WAS THE RISING COSTS OF HEALTHCARE.

>> ONE OF THE HUGE CHALLENGES THAT OUR INSURANCE MARKET IS DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW AND COSTS ARE GOING UP IS BECAUSE OF 14 NEW MANDATES PASSED BY THE DFL TRIFECTA THAT IS NOT COMING INTO THEIR OWN AND BEING ENNAUKTD -- ENACTED AND WHAT DOES THAT DO?

IT INCREASES COSTS.

THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR AS A COVERAGE BUT ARE REQUIRED TO UNDER STATUTORY RULES CREATED FOR THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY.

OVER-THE-COUNTER CONTRACEPTIVES, ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE CARE COVERAGE, A NEW MANDATE, GENDER AFFIRMING CARE, A NEW MANDATE.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT EVERYBODY IS NOW BEING FORCED TO PAY FOR, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU WANT THAT COVERAGE OR NOT.

>> IMAGINE OUR SENIORS BEING ABLE TO HAVE STABLE, AFFORDABLE COVERAGE, WORKERS THAT ARE FREE TO CHANGE CAREERS OR START BUSINESSES WITHOUT RISKING THEIR INSURANCE, FARMERS, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND SELF EMPLOYED MINNESOTANS WILL HAVE A GREATER SECURITY ALL WITH THEIR HEALTH CARE.

EVERY CHILD COVERED REGARDLESS OF THEIR PARENTS' INCOME AND YES, DENTAL, VISION, AND HEARING WOULD BE INCLUDED.

ANOTHER THING, PEOPLE WOULD HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME.

>> OUR SECOND TELEVISED DEBATE OF THE NIGHT, WHICH JUST WRAPPED UP AN HOUR AGO, WAS THE SENATE DISTRICT 5 CONTEST, FEATURING D.F.L.

CANDIDATE SKYLAR FYNBOH AND CURRENT REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE MIKE WIENER.

THEY WEIGHED IN ON SEVERAL ISSUES INCLUDING HOW TO BALANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS.

>> DATA CENTERS TOO.

THEY WANT TO COME TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND PUT THESE MASSIVE PROJECTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE STATE'S OWN STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT ANY JOBS THAT THEY BRING ARE NEGLIGIBLE AND WOULD BE ALREADY CREATE IN OTHER WAYS ANY WAY.

WE LOSE $90 MILLION A YEAR THE LAST I CHECKED ON THE TAX BREAKS THAT WE GIVE TO DATA CENTERS.

PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE I THINK SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE WAY WE BUILD THE COMMUNITIES WE WANT UP HERE.

>> I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT WIND AND SOLAR.

THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR SOIL, WHAT THEY ARE FINDING OUT NOW FROM SOLAR FARMS, REALLY HAS TO BE INVESTIGATED.

AS FAR AS THE WIND, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TURBINES THEMSELVES AND THE BLADES, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO RECYCLE THEM AT THIS TIME.

THERE IS VERY LITTLE, MOST OF THEM ARE ENDING UP IN THE LANDFILLS, OUT IN WYOMING I THINK.

WE HAVE TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT THIS.

I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR ENERGY, OBVIOUSLY.

WE CAN'T GROW, WE CAN'T BUILD WITHOUT ENERGY.

WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE AND PROTECT OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT TOO.

I THINK WE KIND OF GONE OVERBOARD ON THE PROJECTS LATELY.

>> LAST NIGHT WE WERE UNABLE TO BROADCAST THE DEBATES SCHEDULED FROM OUR BRAINERD STUDIO INVOLVING CANDIDATES IN HOUSE DISTRICTS 5-B AND 6-A DUE TO LAST MINUTE TECHNICAL ISSUES.

WE ARE WORKING TO RESCHEDULE THOSE AND IF WE ARE ABLE TO WE WILL ANNOUNCE THAT IF THEY ARE FINALIZED.

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

>> Stacy: IT'S GOING TO BE SUNNY AND IT'S GOING TO BE HOT TOMORROW WITH MANY OF US SEEING HIGHS IN THE 80s, BUT IT IS SHORT LIVED.

A BIG COOL DOWN IS IN STORE AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, A BEMIDJI FIBER ARTIST HAD A CHANCE TO SHOWCASE ONE OF HER PIECES IN VENICE.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL NOT BE IMPLEMENTING THE OPTIONAL THREE-DUCK BAG LIMIT.

THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN REVIEWING PUBLIC INPUT.

BIOLOGICAL DATA, AND HARVEST INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PROPOSED THREE-DUCK DAILY LIMIT, AND TABLED THE DISCUSSION FOR NOW.

THE CURRENT SIX-DUCK LIMIT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE DURING WATERFOWL HUNTING SEASON.

SOME CONCERNS AGAINST CHANGING THE DAILY LIMIT INCLUDED THAT THE OPTION COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT NON-TARGETED WATERFOWEL SPECIES, AND THAT THE THREE-DUCK DAILY LIMIT COULD AFFECT THE CULTURE OF RESPONSIBILITY, MENTORSHIP, AND TRADITION THAT COMES WITH DUCK HUNTING.

THE PUBLIC INPUT CAME TO THE D.N.R.

AS A PART OF A WIDER EVALUATION FROM THE U.S.

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, THAT IS RUNNING THROUGH 2031.

SEVERAL OTHER STATES DID OPT INTO THE THREE-DUCK BAG LIMIT, AND MINNESOTA COULD BE RE-EVALUATED AFTER THE CURRENT 5-YEAR STUDY CONCLUDES.

>>> THE FIRST RUNNERS FOR THE 2026 BEMIDJI BLUE OX MARATHON WEEKEND CROSSED THE FINISH LINE OF THE 5 AND 10-K RACES EARLIER THIS EVENING.

THE ENERGY WAS ELECTRIC AFTER THE KIDS RUNS FINISHED, AND THE NEXT BOUT OF RACES READIED FOR THEIR 5:00 START.

THE RACE STARTED AT THE SANFORD CENTER AND RUNNERS MADE EITHER A 3.1 OR 6.2 LOOP TO FINISH BACK AT SANFORD.

[CHEERING].

>> I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND HELP OUT AND SUPPORT EVERYONE THAT IS RUNNING HERE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.

IT'S SO AWESOME TO SEE EVERYBODY COME TO OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S EYE OPENING HOW COOL AND AWESOME THIS EVENT IS.

EVERYBODY IS AWESOME TO COME RUN IT AND I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE.

I'M EXCITED TO HAND OUT MEDALS AND CONGRATULATE EVERYONE FOR COMPLETING THIS RACE.

IT'S NO EASY TASK.

>> TOMORROW WILL FEATURE A FULL DAY OF BLUE OX RACES.

THE FULL MARATHON STARTS AT 8:30 A.M, 26-K AND HALF MARATHON AT 9:00 A.M, AND THE UNIFIED 2K RUN, WALK, AND ROLL WILL BEGIN JUST AFTER AT 9:10.

>>> THOSE RUNNERS, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL HAVE WARM WEATHER OUT THERE.

STACY HAS THE FULL DETAILS.

>> Stacy: IT WILL FEEL SUMMER-LIKE WITH THE TEMPERATURES, MOST OF US SEEING HIGHS IN THE 80s.

IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE BREEZY AND WE'LL HAVE SOME SUNSHINE.

WE WILL SEE COOLER TEMPERATURES ARRIVING AFTERWARDS.

WE HAVE A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH SUNDAY AND MONDAY, AND [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE HAD A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE TODAY AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE WARMER TEMPERATURES.

WE WILL SEE CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, CLEARING OFF TOMORROW, LEAVING SUNNY SKIES.

IT WILL BE A HOT ONE TOMORROW WITH HIGHS IN THE 70s IN THE FAR NORTH BUT MANY OF US WILL SEE THE HIGHS REACHING 80.

A COLD FRONT EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BRING A COOL DOWN AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 60 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT, AT OUR STUDIO, THE WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 8 MILES PER HOUR, THE DEW POINT IS 41.

WE HAVE PEAK WIND GUSTS UP TO 15 MILES PER HOUR.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 61, THE DEW POINT IS 43, AND WE HAVE A FALLING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 8.

LOOKING AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE SEEN THE CLOUDS MOVING IN TO MOST OF THE VIEWING AREA THIS EVENING.

WE WILL BE SEEING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

NOW THE CLOUDS CLEAR OUT TOMORROW AND TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 70s IN THE FAR NORTH, 80s FOR MOST OF OUR VIEWING AREA AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND, WE WILL SEE A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA, THAT COULD BRING SOME SHOWERS ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL SKIES BEFORE SUNRISE THIS MORNING.

ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO FROM MENAHGA AND CHRIS IN BEMIDJI.

PATTY SPOTTING A LITTLE BEAR IN PARK RAPIDS, UP THERE IN THE TREE.

BILL AND JUDY WITH SOME LOW CLOUDS OVER UPPER RED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN -- UPPER RED LAKE.

GARY IN DEERWOOD WITH THAT PHOTO AND A PRETTY SUNSET FROM ANGELA AT CASS LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

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

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNNY BUT WINDY TODAY, TOPPING OUT AT 66.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, 69 WAS OUR HIGH.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, PARTLY CLOUDY BUT AGAIN WE DID HAVE THAT FOG THIS MORNING.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 70 DEGREES WAS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE IN BRAINERD, WE'RE MORE THAN 10 DEGREES ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH FOR TODAY.

35 WAS OUR LOW, WE HAD SUNRISE AT 7:26.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 67, SO AGAIN NEARLY 10 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

32 WAS THE LOW AND SUNSET AT 6:43.

SO HERE'S TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE DO HAVE CLOUD COVER TONIGHT, THAT COULD STICK AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT IN THE MORNING BUT IT WILL CLEAR OFF.

WE WILL SEE A LOT OF SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, A LITTLE BIT BREEZY, ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA, BUT VERY WARM OUT THERE.

WE WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70s IN THE NORTHERN BORDER BUT MANY OF US SEEING LOW 80s IN MUCH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA WITH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE MIDDLE 80s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 55 FOR THE LOW, SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW, 82 FOR OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE, AND SOUTH WINDS AT 10 TO 25.

LOOKING AT THE WEEKEND FORECAST, WE WILL START TO SEE A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA SUNDAY, THAT COULD BRING SOME SHOWERS TO PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE COLDER TEMPERATURES, HIGHS IN THE 50s IN THE NORTHWEST, STILL NEAR 80 NEAR CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY AND THAT'S WHEN THE COLDER AIR WILL SETTLE INTO OUR ENTIRE VIEWING AREA WITH HIGHS IN THE MID-50s, 53 AND QUIET ON TUESDAY, A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY, HIGHS NEAR 58.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Sydney: THANK YOU STACY.

MILES WALKER IS JOINING US FOR SPORTS.

BSU MEN'S HOCKEY HAD A BIG GAME TODAY.

>> Miles: A -- A HUGE GAME.

WE'LL HAVE MOR [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH MILES WALKER.

>>> STARTING OFF GAMES ON THE RIGHT FOOT IS A KEY PRIORITY TO BEMIDJI STATE MEN'S HOCKEY HEAD COACH TOM SERRATORE, AND THE BEAVERS SHOWCASED THAT IN WEEKEND'S WIN AGAINST SAINT CLOUD STATE, OUTSHOOTING THE HUSKIES 17-4 IN THE FIRST PERIOD.

THEY AIMED FOR A SIMILAR OPENING TONIGHT, HOSTING FOURTH-RANKED NORTH DAKOTA, FOR THE FRONT HALF OF A HOME-AND-HOME SERIES.

11 ANYONES -- MINUTES INTO THE FIRST PERIOD, WE'RE STILL SCORELESS.

BSU GOES UP 1-0.

THE FIGHTING HAWKS ARE LIVING UP TO THEIR NAMES, COLE THERE FOR THE ANSWER, UND TIES THINGS UP AT 1-1.

GOING ON TO THE SECOND PERIOD, SAME SCORE, BEAVERS ON THE FAST BREAK, ETHAN, OH ME OH MY, A SCREAMER TO THE NYLON, HIS FIRST EVER COLLEGIATE GOAL.

THEY GO UP 2-1.

BSU WILL RELENT TWO GOALS IN THE LATTER HALF.

THEY FALL 3-2.

>>> MORE IN COLLEGE TONIGHT, AS BSU FALLS TO ST.

CLOUD STATE, WOMEN'S SOCCER, BEMIDJI STATE TIES MINNESOTA CROOKSTON.

>>> BEMIDJI FOOTBALL STILL LOOKING FOR WIN NUMBER ONE ON THE SEASON, HOSTING FELLOW CLASS 5A FOE ALEXANDRIA.

LESS THAN 30 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK, JOSH THROWS IT DOWN, AND HE GETS THE RED ZONE.

NOW WITHIN 10 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK, WE GET A PASS TO THE END ZONE.

SENIOR OWEN IS THERE FOR THE TD, BRINGING THE SCORE TO 13-28.

ALEXANDRIA JUST TOO MUCH, WINTER WILL NOT GO DOWN OR BE CAUGHT.

BEMIDJI FALLS TO ALEXANDRIA, 41-21.

LUMBERJACKS WILL GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO TALLY THEIR FIRST WIN ON WEDNESDAY AGAINST SARTELL ON THE ROAD.

>>> PINE RIVER-BACKUS FOOTBALL ROARING ON A TWO-GAME-WINNING STREAK, HOSTING 3-2 BAGLEY, LOOKING TO SNAP A TWO-GAME-LOSING STREAK.

EARLY IN THE FIRST QUARTER, TIGERS FIRST DRIVE, BLAKE ON THE ROUND, HE FUMBLES THE BALL, PUNCHED OUT BY GUNNAR, AND THE FLYERS GET THE BALL.

ENSUING DRIVE FOR BAGLEY, PINE RIVER SPORTS TEAM, GUNNAR MAKES PLAYS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FIELD, BAGLEY IS UP 8-0.

AFTER ANOTHER PINE RIVER-BACKUS TUMBLE, THEY ARE BACK WITHIN THE 3-YARD LINE AND NOLAN'S SECOND SCORE.

THE FLYERS GO UP 14-0.

FOR PINE RIVER, THEY COME BACK IN THE SECOND HALF TO TAKE THE WIN, 30-22 OVER BAGLEY, IMPROVING TO 4-2 FOR THE SEASON.

>>> MORE ON FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS TONIGHT, BRAINERD FALLS IN A BATTLE AGAINST TWO RANKED TEAMS IN MONTICELLO.

LITTLE FALLS DROPS TO 2-4, PIERZ IMPROVES TO 6-0 OF THE SEASON.

PEQUOT LAKES MAKES IT 4 IN A ROW AND ROSEAU FALLS TO PELICAN RAPIDS.

GREEN WAY NASHWAUK KEEWATIN IS LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN.

MENAHGA IMPROVES TO 4-2.

PILLAGER FALLS TO 1-5 FOR THE SEASON.

WADENA DEER CREEK FALLS TO 2-4.

STAPLES MOTLEY GETS A WIN, 2-4 FOR THE SEASON.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY GETS THE W OVER CASS LAKE-BENA AND RED LAKE STILL SEARCHING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN.

DEER RIVER IMPROVES TO 6-0 FOR THE SEASON AND NEVIS FALLS TO PARK CHRISTIAN.

WEST CENTRAL AREA GETS THE WIN OTHER LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE.

LAKE OF THE WOODS STILL LOOKING FOR WIN NUMBER ONE ON THE SEASON AS BIG FORK FALLS TO COOKE COUNTY.

LITTLE FORK BIG FALL LOSES TO SOUTH RIDGE.

NORTHOME-KELLIHER FALLS TO SILVER BAY AND CLEARBROOK-GONVICK GETS THE WIN.

VERNDALE IMPROVES TO 4-1 FOR THE SEASON AND CROMWELL GETS THE W OVER BERTHA-HEWITT.

IN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, BEMIDJI SEARCHING FOR WIN NUMBER 1 FOR THE SEASON AS GRAND RAPIDS FALLS TO 12-9.

PEQUOT LAKES FALLS TO 14-8.

NEVIS LOSES THEIR FIRST GAME AFTER A 7 GAME WINNING STREAK.

>> Sydney: ALL RIGHT, SOME EXCITING FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS.

THANK YOU MILES.

A BEMIDJI FIBER ARTIST RECENTLY HAD THE CHANCE TO SHOWCASE ONE OF HER PIECES IN AN ART EXHIBITION IN VENICE.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, SHANNON LUCAS WESTRUM TAKES US THROUGH THE HOMO FABER SHOW IN ITALY, WHERE SHE WAS ONE OF 500 ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO BE FEATURED IN THE EXHIBIT THAT FOCUSED WORKING WITH HUMAN HANDS.

>> THE WHOLE THING WAS NOT JUST ART BUT ART FILL WITH LIGHT, SOUND, AND COLOR AND ONE ROOM WAS JUST ABOUT SHADOWS.

GOING THROUGH 200 PIECES OF ART AND THEIR SHAPES AND TEXTURES.

EACH GALLERY HAD A DIFFERENT FOCUS.

THE GALLERY I HAD A PIECE IN WAS CALLED ALL THINGS THAT CAME FROM SEED.

SO THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT HAD PIECES THAT WERE MADE OF GRASS AND WOOD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE WALKING INTO A SCULPTURED FOREST ALMOST WHEN YOU WERE IN THAT SECTION.

>> WHAT STARTED WAS WHAT SHANNON THOUGHT WAS A SPAM E-MAIL, TURNED OUT TO BE AN INVITATION TO HAVE HER PIECE INTERRUPTION SHOWCASED IN VENICE.

ER -- THEY WERE IN ENGLAND THE DAY BEFORE IT BEGAN SO THEY HOPPED OVER TO SEE THE EXHIBIT IN PERSON.

>> I FEEL LIKE THE INTERRUPTIONS ARE LIKE THE INTERESTING PIECES IN YOUR LIFE.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO DO YOUR 9:00 TO 5:00 EVERY DAY, BUT THE INTERRUPTIONS, THAT'S REALLY WHERE YOU LIVE.

IT'S THE BREAKS, AND YOU NEED TO MAKE MORE OF THEM TO MAKE IT MORE INTERESTING.

THAT IS WHAT MADE THE PIECE INTERESTING.

IT'S GREAT TO GO BACK TO THAT AND SAY THIS REALLY WAS INTERRUPTIONS IN LIFE, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE BEAUTY LIES.

>> Reporter: ON THE TRIP, SHANNON'S WORK WAS FEATURED ALONGSIDE ARTISTS THAT SHE HAS NOUN OR FOLLOWED ONLINE FOR YEARS.

>> HONESTLY IT WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED TO ME TO APPLY.

I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TO LOOK OUT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S THOSE DAYS WHERE YOU SIT BACK AND GO HMM, PERHAPS I TAKE MYSELF TOO SERIOUSLY AND I SHOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, THROW IT ALL OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

SO, I AM GIVING MYSELF A LITTLE MORE FREEDOM TO GO ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF THERE IS A SHOW IN GREECE THAT REALLY WANTS MY PIECE?

THEN I WILL HAPPILY GO.

I WILL TAKE IT THERE MYSELF.

IT WAS VERY VALIDATING TO SAY IT'S FINE, IT GOES HERE, AND IT FITS IN.

ALL OF THEM JUST FLOWED TOGETHER AND IT WAS FANTASTIC.

>> AT THE SAME TIME THE VENICE INTERRUPTED PIECE ON DISPLAY, SHANNON ALSO HAD WORKS IN NEW ORLEANS, WASHINGTON, D.C., BEMIDJI, AND BAGLEY, SHOWCASING WORKS OF ART FAR AWAY AND CLOSE TO HOME, WHERE SHE WORKS OUT OF THE WILDFLOWER COTTAGE SHOP STUDIO JUST NORTH OF BEMIDJI.

>>> BACK TO STACY FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, LOWS NEAR 55, SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY, IT'S GOING TO BE HOT TOMORROW.

HIGHS IN THE 80s WITH SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 25.

A COLD FRONT STARTS TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK, BRINGING IN COOLER TEMPERATURES.

>> Miles: BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL WILL BE BACK HOME TOMORROW.

>> Dennis: EXCITING STUFF.

WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SHOWS OVER THE WEEKEND BUT HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND EVERYBODY AND WE WILL BE BACK MONDAY NIGHT.

>> Miles: GOOD NIGHT.

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