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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.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> A SEARCH TO FIND TWO MISSING PEOPLE NEAR A BAGLEY AREA LAKE RESULTED IN THE WHITE EARTH POLICE DEPARTMENT CITING TWO PEOPLE FOR VIOLATING RICING REGULATIONS AS NON-ENROLLED TRIBAL MEMBERS.

THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE REPORTED AS LOST NEAR LOWER RICE LAKE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING AND AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE THEM USING DRONES, LOUD SPEAKERS, AND OTHER SEARCH METHODS, AN AIRBOAT WAS DEPLOYED.

THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE SUCCESSFULLY RESCUED FROM THE RIVER PORTION OF LOWER RICE LAKE NEAR HIGHWAY 200 AND TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL CARE FACILITIES WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

THE WHITE EARTH POLICE DEPARTMENT DEPLOYS ITS AIRBOAT AS A LAST RESORT WHEN OPERATING ON WATER CONTAINING WILD RICE.

NO RICE WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBOAT IN THIS INCIDENT.

>>> IT REMAINS A MYSTERY FIVE YEARS LATER, WHO KILLED A MOTHER ON THE WHITE EARTH RESERVATION AND THEN LEFT HER BODY IN THE ROAD?

THIS WEEK AS THE FAMILY OF EMILY STEVENS REMEMBERS AND HONORS HER ON THIS TRAGIC ANNIVERSARY, THEY ARE MAKING A PUBLIC PLEA FOR ANSWERS.

NEWS REPORTER MATT HENSON EXPLAINS JUST HOW CLOSE THE CASE IS TO BEING SOLVED.

>> DID YOU THINK FIVE YEARS LATER WE WOULD STILL BE TALKING ABOUT WHEN IS THERE GOING TO BE JUSTICE?

>> NO, I HONESTLY THOUGHT SOMEBODY -- I THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE CLOSED IT.

>> Reporter: SEPTEMBER 12, 2019, 28-YEAR-OLD EMILY STEVENS WAS WALKING HOME WHEN THE MOTHER OF THREE WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A CAR.

>> I HAVE ONE PICTURE OF EMILY IN MY HOUSE BECAUSE IT'S THAT HARD.

I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE HER PICTURES AROUND.

>> Reporter: POLICE BELIEVE THEY LOCATED THE CAR THAT HIT AND KELED -- KILLED HER AND THEY KNOW WHO WAS INVOLVED.

DETECTIVES SAY THEY NEED MORE EVIDENCE AND POTENTIAL WITNESSES HAVE BECOME LESS TALKATIVE AND SOME HAVE DODGED INVESTGATORS.

IT'S HARD TO KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE DID NO, MA'AM COME -- NOT COME FORWARD AND HELP.

>> Reporter: THEY BELIEVE SOME OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HOLD THOSE KEY CLUES.

>> IT'S HARD.

AT LEAST ONE OF THEM SPOKE UP.

I THINK WE'LL GET SOMEWHERE IN THE CASE.

>> Reporter: THE FAMILY OF EMILY PATIENTLY WAITING FOR JUSTICE FIVE YEARS LATER.

>> THINK ABOUT THOSE CHILDREN.

THINK ABOUT MY MOM.

THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MY SIBLINGS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE CLOSURE.

>> DO YOU THINK YOU WILL EVER GET JUSTICE?

>> I DO.

I FEEL THAT WE WILL, EVEN IF IT'S NOT TODAY, NEXT YEAR, IT WILL.

THE TRUTH ALWAYS COMES TO THE TOP.

>> ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASE IS ASKED TO CALL THE CLEARWATER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

>>> A LAKE GEORGE WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 26 FELONY COUNTS OF EITHER THEFT, ATTEMPTED THEFT OR RACKETEERING FOR ALLEGEDLY USING GIFT CARDS FRAUDULENTLY TO STEAL MORE THAN $30,000 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE FROM REEDS FAMILY OUTDOOR OUTFITTERS, IN WALKER.

THE THEFTS OCCURRED OVER A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS.

SHE WAS AN EMPLOYEE.

38-YEAR-OLD KELSEY RUTLAND WAS CHARGED IN APRIL AND MADE HER MOST RECENT COURT APPEARANCE IN CASS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT ON MONDAY.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE SHE IS ACCUSED OF RE-SELLING THE PRODUCTS SHE BOUGHT THROUGH HER LASER ENGRAVING BUSINESS.

RUTLANDS NEXT COURT HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 4TH.

>>> THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY DISCUSSED HOW TO MANAGE THE UPCOMING WAVE OF CANNABIS BUSINESSES IN TOWN ONCE THE CITY'S MORATORIUM EXPIRES AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF BEMIDJI'S MORATORIUM FOR CANNABIS BUSINESS WILL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31ST LATER THIS YEAR.

THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED WHAT REGULATIONS THE CITY WANTED TO PLACE IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE CANNABIS BUSINESSES.

>> THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE CONTROL WITH REGARDS TO CANNABIS REGULATION.

ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS REGISTRATION.

THE OTHER ONE IS ZONING.

WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE HAPPEN IS HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON WHERE WE LAND ON THESE THINGS.

WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE BY THE TIME THE MORATORIUM EXPIRES ON THE 31st.

>> Reporter: WHEN IT CAME TO THE REGISTRATION, THEY APPROVED GOING THROUGH THE CITY TO REGISTER A NEW CANNABIS BUSINESS.

HOWEVER, SOME MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL DISAGREED IF THEY SHOULD LIMIT THE NUMBER OF NEW BUSINESSES COMING IN.

>> WE SHOULD BEGIN BY LIMITING THE NUMBER.

>> YOU ONLY HAD A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND THEY ARE INCREASING THAT AND COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT THINGS.

I THINK IF WE STARTED BY LIMITING THEM, WE CAN ADD TO IT.

>> IF YOU DON'T LIMIT IT AND THEN WE EXPERIENCE THINGS, AND THEN WE WANT TO BRING IT BACK.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

WE CAN DO THE OPPOSITE.

HERE'S THE NUMBER, AND THEN WE WILL ASSESS IN A YEAR AND IF THINGS ARE GOING A CERTAIN WAY, WE CAN INCREASE THE NUMBER.

>> Reporter: THEN THEY LOOKED AT THE ZONING DISTRICT WHERE THE GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS CONFINING THEM TO COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS.

MELISSA FARMBROOK SAID THAT IT'S SIMILAR TO THE MEDICAL CANNABIS ZONES.

THE COUNCIL DEBATED ON THE BUFFER ZONES AROUND SENSITIVE AREAS.

>> I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF A BUFFER AROUND HOME DAYCARE FACILITIES, JUST BECAUSE I HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AND I CAN SEE WHERE SOMEBODY CAN STRATEGICALLY TRY TO OPEN A DAYCARE TO PREVENT OPENING A CANNABIS BUSINESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I WOULD LOOK TO REDUCING THAT RESTRICTION TO 300 FEET FROM THE 500 FEET.

>> Reporter: THE COUNCIL AGREED ON THE BUFFER ZONE, BUT A FUTURE DISCUSSION WILL DETERMINE THE EXACT DISTANCE OF THOSE ZONES.

REPORTING IN BEMIDJI, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE COUNCIL ALSO DISCUSSED HOW PLACES LIKE GAS STATIONS AND SMOKE SHOPS IN THE AREA ARE SELLING LOW POTENCY T.H.C.

ITEMS AND HOW THAT WOULD BE REGULATED WHEN IT COMES TO REGISTERING.

>>> NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH STARTED IN 1989 AND HAS BEEN OBSERVED EVERY SEPTEMBER.

TO CELEBRATE RECOVERY MONTH AND EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE FACED OR ARE CURRENTLY STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE, BRAINERD LAKES AREA DRUG EDUCATION, OR BLADE, ORGANIZED THE WALK FOR RECOVERY TODAY AT KIWANIS PARK IN BRAINERD.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THE THIRD ANNUAL WALK FOR RECOVERY WAS A SUCCESS AT KIWANIS PARK.

THE EVENT WAS FULL OF HOPE AND JOY IN CELEBRATION OF RECOVERY MONTH.

TODAY'S EVENT WAS DESIGNED TO UPLIFT THOSE IN RECOVERY AND THOSE WHO ARE HOPING TO ENTER RECOVERY.

>> RECOVERY MONTH HELPS BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER IN A POSITIVE WAY, TO CELEBRATE THEIR RECOVERY.

WE GET STUCK IN THE NEGATIVITY OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE, WHICH IS REALLY EASY TO DO.

RECOVERY MONTH GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS, ALL OF THE GREAT PEOPLE THAT ARE IN RECOVERY.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE GOT A CHANCE TO DUNK A FEW MEMBERS OF THE CROW WING COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN THE DUNK TANK.

THEY BELIEVE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO ATTEND EVENTS LIKE THIS TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO HOPE TO BETTER THEMSELVES AND IN TURN, BETTER THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE SEE PEOPLE THAT MAYBE CONTINUALLY STRUGGLED IN THE PAST ARE ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.

THEY ARE ABLE TO STAY ON THE ROAD AND IT MAY BE A STRUGGLE FOR THEIR WHOLE LIFE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN TO SEE PEOPLE BEING SUCCESS.

IN THEIR RECOVERY AND LIVE A PRODUCTIVE SUCCESSFUL LIFE.

>> Reporter: THE MINNESOTA TEEN CHALLENGE CHOIR PERFORMED DURING THE EVENT, IN ADDITION TO THEIR POWERFUL PERFORMANCE, SOME MEMBERS SHARED THEIR POWERFUL STORIES OF RECOVERY.

>> SINCE I'VE BEEN IN TEEN CHALLENGE, I HAVE SEEN IMMEDIATE BLESSINGS, RESTORATION WITH MY FAMILY, I SEE MY DAUGHTER THREE TIMES A WEEK NOW.

ALL MY MORALS ARE BACK NOW AND I HAVE THIS HUGE SUPPORT SYSTEM BEHIND ME HERE.

YOU JUST HAVE TO THANK GOD EVERYDAY.

>> Reporter: SOMETHING IS APPARENT AT TONIGHT'S EVENT AND THROUGHOUT THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY IN THE BRAINERD LAKES.

THOSE IN RECOVERY WILL TRY THEIR BEST TO KEEP THEMSELVES CLEAN AND ALSO HELP OTHERS DO SO AS WELL.

>> THEY EXPERIENCED THINGS THAT MANY OF US HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED AND IT GIVES THEM AN OUTLOOK ON LIFE THAT THEY ALWAYS WANT TO GIVE BACK.

THEY ALWAYS WANT TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AND SHARE THEIR STORY.

SO, NOT ONLY IS IT THE VENDORS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND FOLKS LIKE WORK FOR CROW WING COUNTY, IT'S ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE UNDERGONE OR EXPERIENCED SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND ARE GIVING BACK.

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

>> THERE WERE WELL OVER 100 PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED THE RECOVERY WALK INCLUDING BLADE.

OVER 15 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WERE ALSO FEATURED AT THE EVENT.

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

>> Stacy: IT'S GOING TO BE SUNNY AND WARM AGAIN TOMORROW WITH SUMMER-LIKE WEATHER CONTINUING INTO NEXT WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, JEAN DILLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STARTED THEIR EAGLE EYE NEWS SEGMENT.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> AITKIN COUNTY CARE IS PARTNERING WITH AITKIN COUNTY SOBRIETY COURT TO LAUNCH A NEW TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM EXPECTED TO START IN MID-SEPTEMBER.

THE NEW PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE RIDES TO AND FROM TREATMENTS, APPOINTMENTS, COURT-RELATED EVENTS, AS WELL AS SOBER SUPPORT MEETINGS.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: AITKIN COUNTY CARES VISION IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE LEADER IN PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS IN AITKIN COUNTY.

THE ORGANIZATION IS CONSTANTLY SEARCHING FOR NEW WAYS TO BEST SERVICE THAT DEMOGRAPHIC.

>> OUR POPULATION IS VERY HEAVY AND HIGH ON THE OLDER ADULTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE DATA SHOWS THAT AITKIN COUNTY HAS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE AGE 60 AND OLDER IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

>> Reporter: BESIDES THE INCOMING TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, CARE SERVICES INCLUDE HOME MAKING, RESPITE, AND SUPPORT GROUPS FOR CAREGIVERS THAT TEND TO THOSE WITH ALZHEIMER, DEMENTIA, AND OTHER DEGENERATIVE AILMENTS.

>> GROWING UP IN AITKIN COUNTY, MY FATHER DEVELOPED PARKINSON'S DISEASE.

OVER 28 YEARS AGO, WE ENGAGED IN THE SERVICES OF AITKIN COUNTY CARE TO HELP PROVIDE RESPITE FOR MY MOTHER WHO IS CAREGIVING 24/7.

THAT WAS MY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO WHAT AGING CAN BE LIKE AND THE STRESSES, AND THE REALITY.

>> Reporter: HOWEVER, ANOTHER REALITY AITKIN COUNTY TACKLES IS ADDICTION.

THEY PRESENT THOSE ENGULFED IN THAT LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET HELP, WHICH COUNTY CARE PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND RECOVERING ADDICT IS INVESTED IN.

>> THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE FINDING RECOVERY IS THAT IT'S AN EASY THING TO DO.

THEY CAN'T GET A RIDE, WE DON'T WANT THEM DRIVING.

WE WANT THEM TO STAY SOBER.

HOW DO THEY GET TO THAT RECOVERY MEETING?

HOW DO THEY GET TO THAT COURT DATE?

HOW DO THEY GET TO THAT TREATMENT PLAN?

>> Reporter: LIVED EXPERIENCES FOR AITKIN COUNTY CARE STAFF IS WHAT DRIVES THEM TO FULFILL THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION AND VISION, WHICH COINCIDES WELL WITH THOSE IN THE AITKIN COUNTY SOBRIETY COURT.

>> I HAD A GIFT OF CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE AND I DIDN'T USE IT THE WAY GOD WANTED ME TO.

I LIKE WORKING WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE I AM LIKE HEY, SHUT UP.

I REMEMBER THAT.

YOU LOOK LIKE THE OLD ME.

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

>> AITKIN COUNTY CARE AND THE SOBRIETY COURT ARE STILL LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO DRIVE FOR THE NEW CARE SOBRIETY COURT SERVICE.

ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE OPPORTUNITY CAN CONTACT THE E-MAIL ON THE SCREEN.

>>> STACY JOINS US NOW WITH OUR WEATHER.

WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE WEATHER FRONT?

>> Stacy: WELL, IT IS FEELING LIKE SUMMER.

IT WILL CONTINUE TO FEEL LIKE SUMMER AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND AND THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.

A LOT OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW, AND WE'LL HAVE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN THIS WEEKEND, SOME PERIODIC CHANCES OF S >> 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.

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>> 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, WE ENJOYED ANOTHER SUMMER-LIKE DAY ACROSS THE AREA, WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES IN THE 80s, WE HAD SOME SUNSHINE OUT THERE, A LITTLE BIT ON THE BREEZY SIDE IN SOME INSTANCES AND PRETTY MUCH A REPEAT IN STORE FOR US TOMORROW WITH THE SUNSHINE.

A LITTLE BIT BREEZY IN SOME LOCATIONS AND WARM TEMPERATURES.

WE COULD BE SEEING A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE OVERALL, TEMPERATURES WILL STAY ABOVE NORMAL AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 72 AT THE AIRPORT, AT OUR STUDIO, WINDS ARE SOUTHEAST AT 7 MILES PER HOUR.

THE DEW POINT IS 61.

HUMIDITY IS AT 67%.

IN BRAINERD, IT'S 72 UNDER CLEAR SKIES WITH A DEW POINT OF 62.

PRESSURE IS RISING AND WINDS ARE SOUTHEAST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

IT IS QUIET ON THE RADAR AGAIN TONIGHT, AND WE ARE EXPECTING QUIET WEATHER TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OUT THERE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW.

AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING HIGHS IN THE 80s.

HEADING LATE INTO TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT, THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA, AND WE WILL SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT ALL DAY WASHOUTS, AND WE SEE SHOULD SOME SUNSHINE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, WE HAVE THE GORGEOUS SUNRISE FROM MENAHGA, ARLENE WITH THAT PHOTO.

JOAN WITH A PICTURE OF A SUNFLOWER IN BLOOM AND A BUSY BEE ON THAT SUNFLOWER.

THAT PICTURE SENT TO US FROM LAPORTE.

GORGEOUS SKIES AROUND SUNSET, ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, SARAH OVER LAKE EDWARD.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 83.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, TOPPING OUT AT 80.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, A SMOKE HAZE TONIGHT, A HIGH OF 84.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, A HIGH OF 84 WITH SUNSHINE AND SOME BREEZE OUT THERE.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 82.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD WITH A HIGH OF 85 TODAY, SO WE'RE MORE THAN 10 DEGREES ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

WE STARTED OUT WITH A LOW OF 57 AND SUNSET AT 7:33.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 83, SO WE ARE MORE THAN 10 DEGREES ABOVE THAT AVERAGE HIGH, 61 FOR THE LOW, 7:36 IS OUR SUNSET.

OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW WILL FEATURE A LOT OF SUNSHINE AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN, HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE LOW TO MID-80s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE ARE LOOKING AT LOW TO MID-80s AS WELL, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, BUT AGAIN PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA WILL BE JUST A LITTLE BIT BREEZY.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, LOWS NEAR 62.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, MOSTLY SUNNY, 82 FOR THE HIGH, SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 20 BUT COULD BE STRONGER IN THE WEST.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE'LL STILL SEE SOME MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND THERE ARE SOME CHANCES OF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OUT THERE, BUT AGAIN THEY ARE PERIODIC.

COOLER ON SATURDAY, BUT HIGHS ARE IN THE 80s EARLY NEXT WEEK.

IT PRETTY MUCH LOOKS LIKE MORE OF THE SAME MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: FEELS LIKE SUMMER.

>> Charlie: YEAH, FEELS LIKE SUMMER TODAY.

>> Dennis: A BIG STORY INVOLVING BSU HOCKEY.

>>> YEAH, WE WENT INSIDE THE SANFORD CENTER WHERE WE HAD A CHANCE TO UNVEIL THE BUS OF COACH BOB PETERS.

WE HAVE THAT COMING UP NEXT.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> THEY SAY HERO'S LIVE FOREVER BUT LEGENDS NEVER DIE.

WELL, BSU MEN'S HOCKEY IMMORTALIZED FORMER HEAD COACH R.H. “BOB” PETERS TONIGHT WITH A COMMEMORATIVE BUST MADE OF BRONZE THAT WILL HANG OVER THE ENTRANCE TO THE SANFORD CENTER.

HUNDREDS GATHERED IN THE ARENA'S MAIN LOBBY TO SEE THE UNVEILING AND HONOR THE LATE COACH INCLUDING FORMER AND CURRENT PLAYERS, AS WELL AS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

PETERS COACHED THE BEAVERS TO 13 NATIONAL TITLES AND 702 WINS IN HIS TIME AT THE HELM FROM 1966 TO 2001.

HE WAS THE FIRST TO WIN 700 OR MORE GAMES AT A SINGLE SCHOOL AND DID IT WHILE THE PROGRAM PROGRESSED FROM NAIA TO NCAA DIVISION THREE AND EVENTUALLY DIVISION TWO, BUT THE BENCH BOSS WAS COMMEMORATED FOR REASONS BEYOND THE STATISTICS THAT SOLIDIFY HIS GREATNESS.

>> HE WAS A FUN GUY TOO.

HE LIKED TO GO FISHING.

HE LIKED TO DO THINGS WITH HIS FAMILY.

IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT HOCKEY.

HOCKEY ALWAYS CAME FIRST.

THIS COMMUNITY CAME FIRST.

ONCE HE RETIRED, IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT WHAT CAN HE DO TO BETTER THE COMMUNITY AND THE SANFORD CENTER IS PART OF THAT.

I THINK HE BROUGHT THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT HE WAS RECOGNIZED TODAY.

>> YOU KNOW HE CARED ABOUT YOU.

HE'S LIKE A PARENT.

YOUR PARENTS DISCIPLINE YOU.

THERE ARE EXPECTATIONS, THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY.

HE WAS NO DIFFERENT.

HE HAD THE IMPACT WHERE YOU NEVER WANTED TO LET HIM DOWN.

IT'S A TESTAMENT TO EVERYTHING THAT HE DID FOR THIS UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY.

IT'S WELL DESERVING.

HE'S OUR JOHN WOOD, OUR DEAN SMITH, OUR VINCE LOMBARDI, AND IT'S WELL DESERVED.

>> THE BUST ITSELF CAPTURES ONE OF COACH PETERS MOST ICONIC LOOKS AND ALTHOUGH THE BRONZE SCULPTURE LOOKS SOLID, THE INSIDE CONTAINS MEMORALBILIA INCLUDING THE HOCKEY PUCK FROM THE FINAL GAME AT THE JOHN GLASS FIELD HOUSE.

PETERS PRACTICE WHISTLE AND A NOTE WITH THE NAME OF EVERY PLAYER WHO TOOK THE ICE FOR THE LEGENDARY COACH.

>> I WANTED TO EXPRESS A SENSE OF HIS STYLE OF COACHING.

HE WANTED THE BEST OUT OF PEOPLE.

HE REALLY WANTED YOU TO PERFORM UP TO YOUR HIGHEST LEVEL OF POTENTIAL.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ACROSS.

IT'S NOT EASY TO DO IT.

THE BIGGEST TEST IS HOW DOES HIS WIFE FEEL ABOUT IT?

IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER HOW THE REST OF THE WORLD LOOKS AT IT.

WHEN SHE SAW IT, SHE WAS VERY PLEASED, STARTED TO CRY A LITTLE, AND I STARTED TO CRY A LITTLE.

THAT'S ALL THE THANKS I NEEDED.

WE SAW THAT GROWING UP AND IT USUALLY MEANT WE WERE IN TROUBLE BUT IT'S A PERFECT SITUATION.

HE LOOKS OVER EVERY PERSON THAT COMES IN THE ARENA.

AS LONG AND THE BUILDING IS STANDING, HE WILL WATCH OVER THE PROGRAM, THE TEAM, THE PLAYERS.

HIM BEING THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FACILITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

>> I WAS TOLD BRONZE LASTS THOUSANDS OF YEARS SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE COACH PETERS WILL SOON BE FORGOTTEN, NEITHER WILL HIS 744 CAREER WINS WHICH RANKS 6TH ALL-TIME AMONG COLLEGIATE HOCKEY COACHES.

HE ALSO CURRENTLY HOLDS THE COLLEGIATE ICE HOCKEY RECORD FOR MOST WINS IN AN UNBEATEN SEASON WITH 31 IN 1983-1984 AND THE LONGEST UNBEATEN STREAK THAT SPANNED 43 GAMES FROM NOVEMBER 8TH OF 1983 TO JANUARY 1, 1985.

>>> A LITTLE OVER MIDWAY THROUGH THE SEASON BEMIDJI GIRLS TENNIS IS A PERFECT 13-0 AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY THEY ARE RECEIVING VOTES IN THE CLASS 2A MINNESOTA TENNIS COACHES POLL, BUT SHHHHH, DON'T TELL THE GIRLS THAT.

THEY'RE JUST FOCUSED ON THEIR NEXT OPPONENT.

TODAY THE LUMBERJACKS HOSTING A TRIANGULAR.

THEY'RE TAKING ON MOORHEAD IN THE AFTERNOON MATCH.

ON SINGLES COURT ONE, LIZ PETERSON IS PUTTING A SERVICE CLINIC, JUST NOTHING LILY GRAFSTROM COULD DO FOR THE SPUDS.

PETERSON WINS IN STRAIGHT SETS.

6-3, 6-0.

NEXT DOOR ON COURT TWO, LILY CARRON WELL IN CONTROL OF HER MATCH.

ALSO WELL IN CONTROL OF HER BALL PLACEMENT, HIT EM WHERE THEY AIN'T.

SHE ONLY DROPPED ONE GAME EN ROUTE TO A WIN.

>>> OVER TO DOUBLES ON COURT ONE.

ELENA PETERSON AND MEGAN BERG, FIRST TIME THEY'VE PLAYED TOGETHER THIS YEAR BUT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL BY WATCHING THEM.

THEY WIN 6-1, 6-3 AND NUMBER TWO DOUBLES.

RUBY MCKEON SERVING, AVA MYRER CLEANING UP AT THE NET.

A ONE TWO PUNCH FOR THE DUO.

THEY ALSO WIN IN STRAIGHT SETS.

BEMIDJI WINS ALL SEVEN MATCHES AGAINST MOORHEAD.

LUMBERJACKS PLAYED A TOUGH ONE WITH FERGUS FALLS EARLIER IN THE DAY BUT THEY CAME OUT ON TOP 4-3.

JACKS ARE NOW 15-0.

THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING SPECIAL GOING THIS SEASON.

>>> SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU, BRAINERD BEATS DETROIT LAKES IN GIRLS TENNIS.

IN SOCCER, BRAINERD GETS A WIN OVER ST.

CLOUD TECH.

LITTLE FALLS BLANKS ALBANY.

ON THE BOYS SIDE OF THING, BEMIDJI BEATS MOORHEAD IN THAT RIVALRY GAME.

BRAINERD TIES ST.

CLOUD TECH.

LITTLE FALLS GETS A WIN 2-1.

IN VOLLEYBALL, SAUK RAPIDS RICE 3-0 OVER BRAINERD.

FOLEY BEATS LITTLE FALLS GRAND RAPIDS.

CROSBY-IRONTON FALLS.

PEQUOT LAKES GETS A WIN.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS 3-0 OVER CLEAR BROOK.

BLACKDUCK AND NEVIS GETTING WINS TONIGHT AS WELL.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY BEATS NORTHOME-KELLIHER.

>> Dennis: A GREAT TURN OUT TONIGHT FOR THE UNVEILING.

>> Charlie: YEAH, IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO SEE ALL THE GUYS.

ONE GENTLEMAN DROVE FROM SASKATCHEWAN TO BE HERE.

THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT BOB PETERS WAS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> WHILE SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS' STEAM CLASSES MAY BE MORE PAPER AND TEST FOCUSED, GENE DILLON ELEMENTARY KNOWS THAT HANDS-ON LEARNING IS JUST AS IMPORTANT.

FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK VISITED THE SCHOOL'S EAGLE EYE NEWS TEAM.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> Reporter: GENE DILLON EAGLE EYE NEWS, FILLING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE SCHOOL, AIRS EVERY FRIDAY.

THIS IS NO ORDINARY NEWSCAST.

IT'S ENTIRELY CREATED BY FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS.

THE KIDS ARE IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING FROM RUNNING A TELEPROMPTER TO RUNNING THE ACTUAL CAMERAS.

>> IN EAGLE EYES NEWS, THEY PRODUCE THEIR OWN SEGMENTS, THEY LEARN HOW TO USE THE CAMERA EQUIPMENT.

I SEE THESE KIDS GOING OUT AND PRODUCING THEIR OWN CONTENT THAT IS INFORMATIVE AND ENTERTAINING AND HERE THEY COME.

>> Reporter: THIS IS GENE DILLON'S 7th SEASON OF EAGLE EYE NEWS.

IT STARTS AT THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL AND GOES THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME THING EVERY WEEK.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF SEGMENTS ON EAGLE EYE, THE KIDS COME UP WITH THEIR OWN NICHE.

IT'S REALLY FUN TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DEVELOP.

WE HAD SPORTS SEGMENTS, WE HAD COOKING SHOWS, WE ALSO HAD EVENTS HAPPENING AT OUR SCHOOL THAT OUR KIDS GO ON JOBS FOR AND THEY RECORD IT, PRODUCE IT, AND EDIT IT.

>> Reporter: AND OF COURSE THE KIDS THEIR FAVORITE ASPECTS AS WELL.

>> PROBABLY THE SPORTS BROADCAST AND THE PLAYER OF THE WEEK.

>> WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED FEATURES AND WE DO A BUNCH OF RECORDINGS OF STUFF HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: THE INSPIRATION BEHIND EAGLE EYE NEWS CAME FROM THE LIVE NEWSCAST AT THE BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY WANTED TO BRING THE NEWS ELEMENT TO GENE DILLON, EAGER TO HELP KIDS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM.

>> MY FAVORITE ASPECT OF EAGLE EYE IS WATCHING THE KIDS GROW.

THEY COME IN NERVOUS TO BE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA BUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU SEE THEIR CHARACTERS COME OUT OF THEIR SHELL AND THEIR CONFIDENCE REALLY GROWS.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI WITH THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: WOW, VERY COOL.

STACY, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT GROWING UP.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT CLASS TO HAVE.

>> Stacy: IT WOULD HAVE BEEN.

WE HAD TO LEARN ON THE JOB.

FOR WEATHER TONIGHT, WE WILL BE SEEING CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR 62, WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, ANOTHER WARM DAY, HIGHS NEAR 82.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 20, ALTHOUGH IT COULD BE STRONGER IN PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, WE COULD SEE PERIODIC SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

>> Dennis: AND WE'RE OUT OF TIME FOR TONIGHT.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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