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>> LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

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 14-YEAR-OLD NEVIS STUDENT HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER THREATENING TO CARRY OUT A SCHOOL SHOOTING IN NEVIS.

HUBBARD COUNTY DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THE SCHOOL AROUND 3:15 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND INTERVIEWED WITNESSES WHO SAY THEY HEARD THE STUDENT SAY HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL, SHOOT A PARTICULAR STUDENT, AND THEN SHOOT HIMSELF.

DEPUTIES MET WITH THE SUSPECT AND HIS FATHER AND THE SUSPECT CONFESSED TO MAKING THE THREATS.

THE JUVENILE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR MAKING TERRORISTIC THREATS AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA JUVENILE CENTER IN BEMIDJI WHERE HE REMAINS IN CUSTODY.

NEVIS SUPERINTENDENT RENAE SEYKORA ISSUED A MESSAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY COMMENDING STAFF FOR THEIR SWIFT ACTIONS IN THE SITUATION.

SEYKORA SAYS THE STUDENT WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO THEIR BUILDING.

>>> AFTER A 33 HOUR MANHUNT, A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION WITH THE KILLING OF CHARLIE KIRK.

ON FRIDAY MORNING, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED TYLER ROBINSON WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY NIGHT.

ROBINSON, WHO HAS NO PRIOR CRIMINAL HISTORY, IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND AND SOURCES SAY HE IS NOT COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATORS AT THIS TIME.

LEIGH WALDMAN HAS THE LATEST.

>> Reporter: THE HUNT FOR THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF KILLING CHARLIE KIRK IS OVER.

>> GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE GOT HIM.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS IN UTAH ANNOUNCING THE ARREST OF 22-YEAR-OLD TYLER ROBINSON.

>> A FAMILY MEMBER OF TYLER ROBINSON REACHED OUT TO A FAMILY FRIEND, WHO CONTACTED THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH INFORMATION THAT ROBINSON HAD CONFESSED TO THEM OR IMPLIED THAT HE HAD COMMITTED THE INCIDENT.

>> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS INTERVIEWED MEMBERS OF ROBINSON'S FAMILY WHO SHARED THE ALLEGED SHOOTER BECAME MORE POLITICAL IN RECENT YEARS AND SPOKE NEGATIVELY ABOUT KIRK AND IN FRIDAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE, F.B.I.

DIRECTOR CASH PATEL TOUTED THE SUCCESS AND SPEED OF THE MANHUNT.

>> FORENSIC EVIDENCE HAS BEEN SEIZED AND CONTINUES TO BE GARNERED.

>> Reporter: SOME OF THE EVIDENCE COLLECTED INCLUDED A BOLT ACTION RIFLE AND SHELL CASINGS WITH ENGRAVED INSCRIPTIONS THAT READ MESSAGES LIKE HEY FASCIST, CATCH.

ON DISCORD, HE TALKED ABOUT RETRIEVING A RIFLE.

AUTHORITIES BELIEVE HE ACTED ALONE.

COX SAID THE VIOLENCE IS AN ATTACK ON AMERICAN IDEALS, CALLING IT A WATERSHED IN THE NATION'S HISTORY.

>> THIS CUTS TO THE VERY FOUNDATION OF WHO WE ARE, OF WHO WE HAVE BEEN, AND WHO WE COULD BE IN BETTER TIMES.

IS THIS THE END OF A DARK CHAPTER IN OUR HISTORY OR THE BEGINNING OF A DARKER CHAPTER IN OUR HISTORY?

>> Reporter: I'M LEIGH WALDMAN REPORTS.

>> ROBINSON IS BEING HELD ON SEVERAL INITIAL CHARGES, INCLUDING AGGRAVATED MURDER, FELONY DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN FORMALLY CHARGED.

UTAH ATTORNEY GENERAL DEREK BROWN CANNOT SAY YET IF THEY WILL PURSUE THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE SUSPECT OF CHARLIE KIRK'S MURDER BUT SAID, “EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE.” >>> RECENT UPDATES FROM THE SANFORD CENTER IN BEMIDJI HAVE SHED LIGHT ON THEIR RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN THE WAKE OF 100-PLUS MILE PER HOUR WINDS BACK IN JUNE.

AND NOW OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE DETAILS ON WHAT IS STILL LEFT TO DO FOR BUILDING RECOVERY, AND HOW EVENTS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS.

>> Reporter: WHEN A MAJOR WIND STORM CAME THROUGH BEMIDJI IN LATE JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THE WHOLE CITY SAW EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND THE SANFORD CENTER WAS NO EXCEPTION, BUT INSTEAD OF IMMEDIATELY LOOKING AT THEIR BUILDING DAMAGE, THE EVENT CENTER TRANSFORMED INTO AN EMERGENCY SHELTER.

>> DURING THE STORM, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.

THERE WAS REALLY NO OTHER OPTIONS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WERE STRUGGLING.

>> IT WASN'T ABOUT MANAGING AN EVENT WHERE THERE IS TICKET SALES, BUT IT'S ABOUT TAKING A CARE OF A COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP THE COMMUNITY OUT WHICH IS A HUGE BENEFIT TO WHAT THEY CAN BRING.

>> Reporter: AFTER INITIAL EMERGENCIES WERE GONE, RECOVERY EVALUATIONS BEGAN.

THE MAIN DAMAGES TO THE EVENT CENTER WAS TO THE ROOF AND THE WATER DAMAGE THAT STEMMED FROM THAT, BUT MORE THAN 80 DAYS WORTH OF WORK HAS GONE INTO REPAIRS SO FAR.

>> WE WERE ABLE TO FINISH THE ROOF REPLACEMENT HERE ON TIME IN AUGUST, GET THAT COMPLETELY REDONE.

WE'RE MORE THAN BUSINESS AS USUAL.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BOOK SOME ADDITIONAL SHOWS, WE'RE CONTINUING TO PUSH THE MISSION FORWARD.

>> Reporter: THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL APPROVED $1.3 MILLION IN REPAIRS FOR THE ESTIMATED $4 MILLION IN DAMAGES TO THE SANFORD CENTER, BUT WHILE THE WORK IS FAR FROM OVER, MANY ARE STILL TRYING TO SEE THE BRIGHT SIDE.

>> UNFORTUNATELY BUT FORTUNATELY, WE USE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER WHAT WE DO HERE AND WHAT WE CAN OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE NOW HAVE A NEW ROOF OVER THE ARENA.

THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS 15 YEARS OLD.

THE CLOCK STARTS NEW AGAIN, IF YOU WILL.

IS THIS HOW WE WOULD DRAW IT UP TO DO THAT?

NO.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE PAINTING THINGS, WE'RE PUTTING IN NEW CARPET, NEW FLOORING, ALL THESE THINGS ARE ENHANCEMENTS AND UPGRADES THAT ARE GOING TO SERVE THE SANFORD CENTER AND THE PEOPLE IN BEMIDJI LONG-TERM.

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

>> THE ARENA SIDE OF THE SANFORD CENTER SUSTAINED MUCH MORE DAMAGE THAN THE EVENT SIDE, SO WHILE EVENTS WERE UP AND RUNNING AS SOON AS ONE WEEK AFTER THE STORM, THE HOCKEY ASPECT HAS BEEN MORE UP IN THE AIR.

BUT ALL HOCKEY WILL START ON SCHEDULE AND MAJOR REPAIRS HAVE FINISHED FOR NOW.

NOT ALL ARENA SEATING IS OPEN, BUT THE BUILDING HAS BEEN REPAIRED ENOUGH TO BE FUNCTIONAL ONCE AGAIN.

>>> THE MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWE SIGNED A COMPACT AGREEMENT WITH GOVERNOR TIM WALZ THIS WEEK THAT GIVES THE BAND AUTHORITY TO REGULATE AND SELL CANNABIS OUTSIDE OF ITS LAND.

EARLIER THIS YEAR THE WHITE EARTH BAND OF CHIPPEWA SIGNED A SIMILAR COMPACT WITH THE STATE.

HE BAND CURRENTLY OWNS AND OPERATES TWO DISPENSARIES AT TEMPORARY LOCATIONS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MILLE LACS RESERVATION WITH PLANS FOR ANOTHER.

THIS AGREEMENT ALLOWS THE BAND TO ADD EIGHT MORE OFF RESERVATION RETAILS STORES AS WELL AS TO SUPPLY STATE-LICENSED MARIJUANA BUSINESSES WITH PRODUCT.

THE BAND CAN ALSO OPEN CANNABIS CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURING FACILITIES BEYOND ITS RESERVATION.

>> I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW CANNABIS VENTURE AND WHAT IT WILL DO FOR THE MILLE LACS BAND AND ITS MEMBERSHIP.

BECAUSE OF TODAY AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS A HUGE DAY FOR ALL OF US, NOW THAT THE CANNABIS COMPACT IS FULLY EXECUTED, THE MILLE LACS BAND THROUGH LAKE LEAF CAN ALSO LOOK TO ESTABLISH A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF 8 DISPENSARIES OUTSIDE OF OUR TRIBAL JURISDICTION, BUT WITHIN THE STATE MARKET.

>> THE COMPACT RESTRICTS THE OFF RESERVATION RETAIL DISPENSARIES TO ONE PER CITY AND THREE PER COUNTY.

>>> WITH CROW WING COUNTY'S LONGTIME ATTORNEY OF 30 YEARS DON RYAN RETIRING FROM THE ROLE TODAY, THE COUNTY'S NEW ATTORNEY KELSEY HOPPS HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN SWORN INTO OFFICE.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD HOPPS TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE THIS MORNING.

THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IS THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR FOR CRIMES WHICH OCCUR WITHIN CROW WING COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE LEGAL ADVISER FOR THE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS.

HOPPS SAYS ENSURING THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF EVERY RESIDENT IN CROW WING COUNTY, AS WELL AS BEING AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN THE COMMUNITY ARE SOME OF HER HIGHEST PRIORITIES.

>> I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMMUNITY, BE PRESENT, HAVE PEOPLE SEEING YOU OUT AND ABOUT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT PEOPLE IN CROW WING COUNTY FEEL SAFE AND FEEL AS THOUGH WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE JUSTICE HERE AND JUST ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE, PROVIDE RESOURCES THEY NEED.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS ROLE.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO STEPPING INTO THAT.

>> HOPPS' FIRST DAY AS THE CROW WING COUNTY ATTORNEY WILL BE THIS UPCOMING MONDAY.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL HAVE MORE SUMMER LIKE WEATHER AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 80s AND SOME HUMIDITY OUT THERE.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IS GEARING UP FOR THEIR NEXT SHOW, DRACULA, A COMEDY OF TERRORS.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS FOR DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> CENTER CITY HOUSING CORPORATION OPENED PARK PLACE OF BEMIDJI BACK IN 2017, TO OFFER A DIFFERENT WAY TO COMBAT THE HOUSING CRISIS IN THE AREA.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, SPOKE WITH STAFF AND RESIDENTS OF PARK PLACE, AND HAS MORE DETAILS ON HOW THEY HELP THEIR RESIDENTS.

>> Reporter: BACK IN 2015, CENTER CITY HOUSING CORPORATION PARTNERED WITH SEVERAL AGENCIES IN BEMIDJI WITH THE GOAL OF DEVELOPING A HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR THE BELTRAMI COUNTY AREA.

>> FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE CHALLENGING TO SERVE, I'LL JUST BE REAL STRAIGHT WITH IT.

>> Reporter: THE BUILDING HAS 60 UNITS IN TOTAL, 20 OF THEM ARE HRA FUNDED AND HELP THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND ANOTHER 40 IS HOUSING SUPPORT PROGRAMING FOR THOSE WHO NEED ASSISTANCE WITH CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY, WHICH PARK PLACE PROVIDES.

>> SO WE PROVIDE ALL THE HYDROGEN SUPPLIES, THERE IS A FULLY OPERATING DINING HALL, THREE MEALS A DAY, SNACKS, DAILY.

THERE IS A CASE MANAGER, FULL TIME NURSE, MAINTENANCE, TRANSPORTATION, A CULTURAL SUPPORT PERSON, SO THERE IS PLENTY OF SUPPORT ONSITE FOR INDIVIDUALS.

>> Reporter: STAFF WANTED TO STRESS THAT RESIDENTS AT PARK PLACE HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE PART OF RECOVERY PROGRAMS AND THEIR RIGHT OF CHOICE IS STAFF'S PRIORITY.

>> PEOPLE HAVE CHOICE AND SOME INDIVIDUALS WILL COME IN AND GET STABLE AND WORK WITH CASE MANAGERS FOR OTHER HOUSING OPTIONS.

WE HAVE SEEN INDIVIDUALS THAT STRUGGLE WITH SUBSTANCE USE FOR MOST OF THEIR ADULT LIFE.

WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THAT LESSEN WHEN THEY ARE SECURELY HOUSED WITH PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THEM, PEOPLE MAKING SURE THEY'RE EATING, HAVING SOME FAMILY INTERACTIONS, MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN TO TREATMENT FOR 10 TO 15 TIMES.

>> Reporter: SOME INDIVIDUALS WILL NOT GRADUATE FROM THE PROGRAM AND CHOOSE TO STAY AND USE SUBSTANCES BECAUSE IT'S A SAFER OPTION FOR THEM.

>> I DRANK MOST OF MY LIFE.

I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO QUIT.

I AM NOT SEEING THIS AS A PLACE TO COME AND QUIT.

I KEEP MYSELF BUSY HELPING OTHERS, HELPING PEOPLE GET HOME.

I HAVE A HARD TIME LEAVING IT.

I LIKE IT.

>> Reporter: THE STAFF AT PARK PLACE BEMIDJI SAYS 35% OF RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN HOUSED THERE FOR OVER 6 YEARS.

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

>> CENTER CITY HOUSING CORPORATION STARTED IN 1986 AS JUST THREE BUILDINGS WITH 90 HOUSING UNITS IN DULUTH.

BUT TODAY IT HAS GROWN TO 27 BUILDINGS AND OVER 1,000 UNITS ACROSS ALL OF MINNESOTA.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, THE WEEKEND IS HERE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME NICE WARM WEATHER.

>> Stacy: IT'S GOING TO FEEL LIKE SUMMER MAKING A RETURN.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE HIGHS CLIMBING INTO THE 80s ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE VIEWING AREA AND THE HUMIDITY WILL CREEP UP ONCE AGAIN.

WE HAVE SOME CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

I'LL HAVE THE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE DID HAVE SOME ACTIVE WEATHER EARLIER TODAY WITH SHOWERS, SOME HEAVY RAINFALL, THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BROUGHT SOME DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL TO THE AREA.

THINGS ARE LOOKING QUIETER AS WE ARE MOVING THROUGH THE DAY AND THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING QUIET AS WELL.

WE WILL BE SEEING SUNSHINE OUT THERE AND SOME HEAT AND HUMIDITY RETURNING TO THE AREA AND ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ARRIVE AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 66 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, THE WINDS ARE CALM, THE DEW POINT IS 62, AND HUMIDITY IS AT 88%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLEAR SKIES, IT'S 66 DEGREES, 64 IS OUR DEW POINT, PRESSURE IS RISING, AND WE HAVE AN EAST WIND AT 3 MILES PER HOUR.

NOW AS WE LOOK AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME ACTIVE WEATHER EARLIER TODAY, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THINGS ARE PRETTY QUIET OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

WE SHOULD BE SEEING A LOT OF CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BUT IT LOOKS PRETTY QUIET OUT THERE.

WE SHOULD BE SEEING A RETURN TO MORE SUNNY CONDITIONS AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW.

HOWEVER, WE ARE GOING TO ALSO BE SEEING WARMER TEMPERATURES, MANY OF US WITH HIGHS IN THE 80s AND IT LOOKS LIKE HUMIDITY WILL BE CREEPING UP AS WELL.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE DARK CLOUDS OVER MENAHGA THIS MORNING.

CHRIS WITH A VIEW OF THE MORNING STORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF BEMIDJI.

DAVE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE HAIL AND THE WIND BLOWING THE FURNITURE AROUND ON THE PATIO EARLIER TODAY.

GARY WITH A SERINE PICTURE FROM THE AREA.

JOAN SPOTTING SOME FALL COLORS IN LAPORTE.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE EVENING SKIES IN HACKENSACK.

SHERRY WITH THE BEAUTIFUL SKIES.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 61, BREEZY, WITH SOME RAIN, THUNDER, AND LIGHTNING THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, CLOUDS, PICKING UP 1.5 INCH OF RAIN IN 1.5 HOURS.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY SKIES, JOAN IN LAPORTE, MOSTLY SUNNY AND 71.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A FEW SPRINKLES THIS MORNING WITH A HIGH OF 72.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 74 WAS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD, CLOSE TO THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

60 WAS THE LOW AND WE HAD SUNSET AT 7:32.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 71, SO AGAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THAT AVERAGE.

59 WAS OUR LOW, AND SUNRISE AT 6:55.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST.

WE COULD SEE SOME CLOUD COVER AS WE START THE DAY, BUT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, WE ACTUALLY SHOULD SEE SOME CLEARING OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY WARM OUT THERE WITH HIGHS IN THE 70s, CLOSE TO 80 IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE SHOULD SEE HIGHS IN THE LOW 80s.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH LOWS NEAR 59 AND EAST WINDS 5 TO 15.

TOMORROW, SKIES WILL EVENTUALLY BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY.

EAST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY AGAIN ON SUNDAY, A LITTLE BIT WARMER, HIGHS NEAR 81.

ON MONDAY, THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BUT WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID-80s, WITH LOW TO MID-80s AND SUNNY SKIES ON TUESDAY.

TEMPS START TO COOL TO A LITTLE BIT MORE SEASONAL LEVEL AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY, CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, THE HIGH IS NEAR 72.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY, FRIDAY NIGHT MEANS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

>> Charlie: YES, IT DOES.

BRAINERD WAS AT HOME TAKING ON SAUK RAPIDS RICE.

WE HAD A CHANCE TO GET TO CLEAR BROOK GONVICK.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS AND SCORES FOR YOU COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

>>> BRAINERD FOOTBALL IS RIDING HIGH AFTER A GUTSY ONE-POINT VICTORY OVER BUFFALO IN WEEK ONE, AND A NO DOUBT, 38-0 SHELLACKING OF DULUTH EAST ON THE ROAD IN WEEK TWO.

THE WARRIORS ARE RANKED 10TH CLASS 5A BY THE STAR TRIBUNE COMING INTO THEIR WEEK 3 MATCH-UP WITH SECTION FOE SAUK RAPIDS-RICE, WHO THEY HAVE NOT BATTLED ON THE GRIDIRON SINCE 2019.

PLAYOFF SEEDINGS AT STAKE IN THIS ONE AS THE WARRIORS HOST THE STORM.

FIRST QUARTER, BRAINERD DOWN 7-0, JAYDEN BARNUM, IN A RUSH, FLYING DOWN THE SIDELINE FOR SIX, 53 YARDS TO THE CRIB, WARRIORS TIE IT AT 7.

SECOND QUARTER, NOW 14-14, BARNUM AGAIN, 12-YARD RUSH, WARRIORS JUMP IN FRONT 21-14.

5 MINUTES LEFT IN THE SECOND QUARTER, SAME SCORE, BRADY VANEK, TAKES THE SCREEN PASS TO PAY DIRT, 33-YARD CATCH, 28-14 BRAINERD.

FINAL THREE MINUTES OF THE FIRST HALF, WARRIORS TRYING TO PULL AWAY, BARNUM BACK AT IT, HE HAD 4 TOUCHDOWNS IN THE FIRST HALF ALONE.

HE HAD 5 TOTAL.

WARRIORS SCORE 21 UNANSWERED IN THE SECOND QUARTER AS THEY REMAIN UNDEFEATED TAKING ON SALK RAPIDS RICE.

>> IN CLASS A, BAGLEY HOSTING DISTRICT OPPONENT WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY, FLYERS ARE UNDEFEATED, WOLVES ARE 1-1 COMING INTO TONIGHT'S SHOWDOWN.

FLYERS LED THIS ONE 7-0.

THE FIRST QUARTER EXPIRES, THEY TIE THE GAME AT 7-7.

THEN ON THE ENSUING KICK OFF, THE BALL NOT VERY HIGH, ROLLING AROUND, AND THEY CAN'T RECOVER.

THE FLYERS CAN'T.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY DOES, THEY CASH IN ON THE MISTAKE, MAKING IT 12-7.

LATER, THE WOLVES ON THE DOORSTEP, IT'S FRAZIER UP THE MIDDLE AND DIVING FOR THE GOAL LINE.

HE HAD 5 TOUCHDOWNS IN THE FIRST HALF.

FLYERS, THE BIRD TRYING TO WAKE HIM UP AND MAYBE WOKEN UP HERE ON THIS DRIVE, BACKS AGAINST THE WALL, CONNOR COMES AWAY WITH THE PICK TO KEEP HIM OUT OF THE END ZONE.

BAGLEY MAKES A RUN AT IT IN THE SECOND HALF.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY WINS 31-29 THE FINAL THERE.

>>> THEN IN 9-PLAYER, CLEARBROOK-GONVICK IS 2-0 TO START THE YEAR, THEY'RE AT HOME TAKING ON 2024 STATE QUARTERFINALIST BORDER WEST.

FURSZ -- FIRST DRIVE, CARVER TO RYAN, MAKING PEOPLE MISS, SCAMPERS HIS WAY TO MID FIELD.

LATER IN THE DRIVE, CLEAR BROOK ABLE TO PUNCH IT IN.

DAKOTA GIVES THEM THE 6-0 LEAD.

THEN NORMALLY I DON'T SHOW 2-POINT CONVERSIONS, BUT THIS ONE HAD A RAZZLE-DAZZLE, GOT THE REVERSE AND GRANT FINDS HIM ON THE PASS FOR 2 AND IT'S 8-0.

BUCCANEERS LOOKING TO ANSWER IMMEDIATELY ON THEIR DRIVE, IT'S A QUARTERBACK KEEPER BY OWEN, REVERSE FIELD, PICKING UP SOME BLOCKS, AND IT SNEAKS IN THE PYLON, TYING THE GAME AT 8.

BORDER WEST WOULD TAKE COMMAND AFTER THE BREAK.

CLEAR BROOK CONVICT FALLS, THEIR FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON.

>>> I GOT A BUNCH OF SCORES FOR YOU HERE.

THE BEMIDJI BUFFALO GAME, IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO IT, I WAS LISTENING TO IT ON THE RADIO.

LATE DRIVE, SCORE, WENT FOR 2, TO BEAT BEMIDJI.

BEMIDJI HAD A CHANCE, UNFORTUNATELY FELL SHORT, A PENALTY ON A PLAY THAT WOULD PUT THEM ON FIELD GOAL RANGE.

GRAND RAPIDS, A HUGE WIN TONIGHT.

EAST GRAND FORKS BEATS PARK RAPIDS.

PEQUOT LAKES, A HUGE WIN OVER PROCTOR.

ROSEAU IN THAT BATTLE WITH THEIR RIVALS WARROAD, THEY WIN.

AT THE HALF, MAPLE LAKE WAS BEATING LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE.

PILLAGER GETS THE WIN.

STAPLES MOTLEY IS 3-0 TO START THE SEASON.

DEER RIVER GETS THE WIN OVER EAST-CENTRAL.

STEVEN ARGYLE CENTRAL A TIGHT ONE THERE.

FOSSTON GETS A WIN.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS.

FERGUS FALLS EDGES BEMIDJI IN THE TRIANGULAR, BUT IT SHOWS NORTHOME-KELLIHER THERE, BUT IT WAS BEMIDJI THAT BEAT MOORHEAD, WHO SHOULD BE AT THE BOTTOM, 7-0.

BEMIDJI IS 7-7 ON THE SEASON CURRENTLY.

INTO WOMEN'S COLLEGE SOCCER, BEMIDJI STATE GETS THEIR SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON.

THEY BEAT DULUTH EAST 3-1 EARLIER TONIGHT.

THEN IN WOMEN'S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL, BEMIDJI WON 9 STRAIGHT SETS AND THEY SWEEP TODAY.

GOOD FOR THEM, GOOD WAY TO FINISH.

THEY HAVE ONE MORE GAME TOMORROW AND HOMEFULLY THEY CAN FINISH IN THE HAMPTON INVITATIONAL.

THEY ARE 3-0 SO FAR.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

LEAVE YOUR GARLIC AND WOODEN STAKES AT HOME FOR THE CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER'S NEXT PRODUCTION, DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL CAUGHT UP WITH THE CAST AND CREW ON ONE OF THEIR FIRST DAYS OF REHEARSAL FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS.

HERE HE IS WITH MORE.

>> Reporter: THE STORY OF DRACULA HAS BEEN TOLD IN VARIOUS FORMS SINCE IT FIRST RELEETED IN 1897.

IT TELLS A TALE OF SPOOKY UNDERTONES BUT THIS TIME THEY WILL TRADE SCREAMS FOR LAUGHS.

>> I AM COUNT DRACULA.

>> IT'S KIND OF A SPOOF ON THE ACTUAL NOVEL, THE STORY THAT EVERYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH, AND THE CHARACTERS ARE ALL FAMILIAR, AND SAME NAMES AND ALL OF THAT.

THIS TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF A, MORE OF A COMEDIC TURN AND IT'S VERY, VERY ENTERTAINING SHOW.

>> Reporter: THE CAST IS MAID UP OF FIVE PEOPLE, WITH SOME PLAYING UP TO FOUR ROLES.

AS THEY REHEARSE AND LEARN THE SHOW, THEY ARE FACED WITH THE CHALLENGE OF SWITCHING BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS ON THE FLY.

>> IT TAKES A BIT TO LEARN EACH CHARACTER AND HOW TO MAKE THEM VOCALLY DIFFERENT THAN EACH OTHER, SO IT'S NOT JUST ME, I'M THREE OTHER PEOPLE NOW.

LIKE, I NEED TO MAKE THOSE VERY DISTINCT PEOPLE AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE HARDEST PART OF THAT, MAKING THEM DISTINCT FROM EACH OTHER.

>> Reporter: PLAYING MULTIPLE CHARACTERS IS NOT THE ONLY CHALLENGE FACING THE CAST.

OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THEY ARE TASKED TO BUILDING THE CHEMISTRY TO PULL OFF THE SHOW.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF HARD WORK, BUT ALL OF THE WORK IS REALLY FUN.

SO WE GET TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HASH IT OUT AND BUILD THINGS AND YEAH, IT'S JUST FUN.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE SHOW'S DIRECTOR AMY, SEEING THE SHOW IS THE PERFECT WAY TO SPEND YOUR HALLOWEEN NIGHT.

>> THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO SPEND A HALLOWEEN EVENING OR HALLOWEEN WEEKEND, OR THE WEEKEND BEFORE.

IT'S A GREAT WAY TO WORK UP TO THE FUN OF THAT HOLIDAY.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU REACH A CERTAIN AGE AND HOLIDAYS BECOME ABOUT YOUR KIDS OR YOU JUST FEEL LIKE OH, I AM NOT THE BAR HOPPING CROWD ANYMORE OR I DON'T, YOU KNOW, FEEL LIKE GOING ALL OUT BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE STILL.

THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT.

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

>> THE FIRST PERFORMANCE OF DRACULA, A COMEDY OF TERRORS WILL HAPPEN ON OCTOBER 23RD WITH PERFORMANCES RUNNING THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST.

>>> NOW BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE WILL SEE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR 59, EAST WINDS 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, THE SKIES SHOULD BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY, HIGHS NEAR 78, EAST WINDS 5 TO 20, THINGS GET WARMER AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY AND EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE 80s.

OVERALL, FAIRLY QUIET BUT WE HAVE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.

>> AND LOCAL BEMIDJI CROSS FITTER AMY JOHNSON, WE DID A STORY ON HER LEAVING.

WELL, SHE COMPETED HER FIRST DAY TODAY AND SHE WON THE ROWING COMPETITION AND IS SITTING IN THIRD OVERALL AFTER DAY ONE.

WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON HER.

IT WAS A GOOD FIRST DAY.

>> Dennis: A GREAT START.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK ON MONDAY NIGHT.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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