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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 IN A CAMPAIGN VIDEO POSTED ON YOUTUBE, WALZ SAID HE'S RUNNING BECAUSE HIS WORK ISN'T DONE AND HE WANTS TO MAKE MINNESOTA A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO SUCCEED.

ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE OF THE RACE, FORMER BUSINESS EXECUTIVE AND ARMY VETERAN KENDALL QUALLS ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY IN MAY AND HOPES TO BECOME MINNESOTA'S FIRST BLACK GOVERNOR.

QUALLS LOST THE GOP ENDORSEMENT IN 2022 TO FAMILY PHYSICIAN AND FORMER STATE SENATOR SCOTT JENSEN, WHO ANNOUNCED IN JULY THAT HE'S RUNNING AGAIN.

THE ONLY CURRENT G.O.P.

OFFICE-HOLDER IN THE RACE SO FAR IS STATE REPRESENTATIVE KRISTIN ROBBINS, OF MAPLE GROVE, WHO CHAIRS A HOUSE COMMITTEE FORMED THIS YEAR TO INVESTIGATE FRAUD IN GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.

SHE ANNOUNCED HER CANDIDACY ON AUGUST 20TH.

>>> EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED IN A SHOOTING AT A HOMELESS CAMP IN MINNEAPOLIS, WITH FOUR IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

THE INCIDENT HAPPENED MONDAY NIGHT, JUST HOURS AFTER ANOTHER SHOOTING NEARBY LEFT FIVE INJURED.

POLICE SAY NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN EITHER CASE.

THE HOMELESS CAMP IS LOCATED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF A LEGAL BATTLE BETWEEN THE OWNER AND CITY OFFICIALS.

MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR JACOB FREY ANNOUNCED PLANS TO CLEAR THE CAMP AFTER THE CRIME SCENE HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED AND THE CITY FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH THAT TODAY.

THE PROPERTY OWNER CRITICIZED THE CITY'S RESPONSE, CALLING FOR MORE SUPPORT FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY THE VIOLENCE.

>>> TONIGHT, NEW INFORMATION IN THE MURDER OF 31-YEAR-OLD CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST CHARLIE KIRK.

PROSECUTORS FILED FORMAL CHARGES AND KIRK'S SUSPECTED KILLER MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE.

SHERRELL HUBBARD HAS DETAILS ON EXACTLY WHAT CHARGES HE'S FACING AND WHY INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT PERSON.

>> TYLER JAMES ROBINSON INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY CAUSED THE DEATH OF CHARLIE KIRK.

>> Reporter: TYLER ROBINSON, THE 22-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IN THE KILLING OF CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR CHARLIE KIRK APPEARED VIRTUALLY IN UTAH STATE COURT ON TUESDAY WHERE HE WAS FORMALLY CHARGED.

>> NOTICE THIS CONVICTION OF THIS OFFENSE MAY CARRY THE DEATH PENALTY.

>> Reporter: JEFF GRAY ANNOUNCING HE WILL SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE CASE.

>> I DO NOT TAKE THIS DECISION LIGHTLY AND IT IS A DECISION I MADE INDEPENDENTLY AS COUNTY ATTORNEY.

>> Reporter: ROBINSON NOW FACES 7 CRIMINAL COUNTS.

>> COUNT ONE, AGGRAVATED MURDER.

A CAPITAL OFFENSE FOR INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY CAUSING THE DEATH OF CHARLIE KIRK UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CREATED A GREAT RISK OF DEATH TO OTHERS.

COUNT 2, FELONY DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM CAUSING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY, A FIRST DEGREE FELONY.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO CHARGING DOCUMENTS, ROBINSON'S D.N.A.

WAS FOUND ON THE TRIGGER OF THE RIFLE USE IN THE SHOOTING.

PROSECUTORS ALSO OUTLINED INCRIMINATING TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN ROBINSON AND HIS ROOMMATE.

PROSECUTORS SAY THAT ROBINSON'S MOTHER RECOGNIZED HER SON FROM IMAGES ON THE NEWS AND RAISED CONCERNS TO HIS FATHER, WHO CONFRONTED HIS SON.

>> WHEN ASKED WHY HE DID IT, ROBINSON EXPLAINED THERE IS TOO MUCH EVIL AND THE GUY, REFERRING TO CHARLIE KIRK, SPREADS TOO MUCH HATE.

>> Reporter: IN THE END, ROBINSON TURNED HIMSELF IN.

I'M SHERRELL HUBBARD REPORTING.

>> ROBINSON WILL CONTINUE TO BE HELD WITHOUT BAIL.

A JUDGE HAS APPOINTED HIM AN ATTORNEY.

HIS NEXT COURT HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 29TH.

>>> THE UNITED WAY OF BEMIDJI AREA HAS STARTED COLLECTING DONATIONS FOR THEIR ANNUAL COATS FOR THE COMMUNITY' WINTER CLOTHING DRIVE.

EVERY YEAR THEY SPEND WEEKS RECEIVING DONATIONS AND THEN HAVE ONE BIG DISTRIBUTION DAY TO GIVE EVERYTHING OUT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED.

THE DRIVE HAS SEVERAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDING FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, WHERE THE COLLECTIONS ALL END UP AND THE ACTUAL DISTRIBUTION WILL TAKE PLACE.

THEN, LUEKEN'S NORTH AND SOUTH, AND DRESS CLUB CLEANERS ALL HAVE BOXES FOR PEOPLE TO PLACE THEIR DONATIONS IN.

ALL SIZES FROM KIDS TO ADULTS ARE WELCOMED IN ANY WINTER GEAR, FROM COATS TO SCARVES, WINTER GLOVES AND HATS, TO BOOTS AND SNOWPANTS.

>> KIDS ARE ON RECESS IF THEY DON'T HAVE STUFF THEY NEED.

ADULTS WE NEED THE WARM GEAR WE NEED.

IF YOU ARE PULLING OUT YOUR WINTER GEAR, YOU HAVE THINGS THAT DON'T FIT YOU, OR YOU WANT SOMETHING NEW FOR THE SEASON, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR DONATIONS TO HELP.

EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE ABOUT AN AVERAGE OF 3,000 COLD WEATHER ITEMS THAT GO OUT THE DOOR THE DAY OF THE DISTRIBUTION.

>> DONATIONS ARE WELCOME THROUGH OCTOBER 7TH, WITH THE DISTRIBUTION DAY SET FOR OCTOBER 11TH.

>>> AND IN OTHER UNITED WAY NEWS, THIS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, THE BEMIDJI AREA BUSINESS BLITZ DAY' WILL BE TAKING PLACE.

THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT WHERE VOLUNTEERS AND BOARD MEMBERS GET BOOTS-ON-THE-GROUND TO VISIT LOCAL UNITED WAY BUSINESSES AND PARTNERS TO SHARE CAMPAIGN UPDATES, ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND COLLECT PLEDGES.

>> I THINK IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE NON-PROFITS THAT RECEIVE THE DOLLARS, FOR THEM TO COME TOGETHER AND HELP EACH OTHER RAISE DOLLARS FOR THE UNITED WAY AND GO OUT AND MAKE THOSE ASKS AND SHARE HOW THOSE DOLLARS RAISED AT THE UNITED WAY IMPACT THEIR NON-PROFIT AND THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE.

WE AVERAGED ABOUT $20,000 RAISED THAT DAY, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

>> AND TO CONTINUE THEIR BUSY WEEK, THE BEMIDJI UNITED WAY IS ALSO KICKING OFF THEIR ANNUAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE COMMUNITY, OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT TOMORROW.

>>> CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE STUDENTS, LOCAL AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THOSE UNDERGOING HOMESCHOOLING, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN C.L.C.

'S ANNUAL MINNESOTA EDUCATION FAIR THIS MORNING, REPORTER MILES WALKER WAS IN ATTENDANCE FOR MORE.

>> Reporter: OVER 60 DIFFERENT COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACROSS MINNESOTA AND THE U.S.

GATHERED IN C.L.C.

'S GYMNASIUM FOR THE NEXT GENERATION TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR FUTURES.

>> WHETHER IT'S FROM OUR LOCAL 2-YEAR SCHOOLS, OR COLLEGE FROM OUT-OF-STATE, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, STUDENTS GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE REPS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN THAT SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: IT'S THROUGH THE COLLEGE ADMISSION COUNSELING, WHICH AIMS TO SUPPORT EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS AS THEY GUIDE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN THE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PLANNING PROCESS.

>> FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE LOOKING TO WHAT COMES AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, THERE ARE ALWAYS QUESTIONS AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.

YOU ARE NERVOUS, EXCITED.

STUDENTS NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP GUIDE THE PROCESS.

IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED AS A STUDENT.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

WHAT IS YOUR END GOAL?

>> Reporter: THE MINNESOTA EDUCATION FAIR IS FREE TO ANY STUDENTS INTERESTED AND THE STUDENTS SEEM TO BE HAPPY TO HAVE SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE TO THEM IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

>> THE STUDENTS FROM OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY IS VERY ENGAGED.

THE REPS LEAVE HAPPY WITH THE INTERACTIONS THEY HAVE HERE.

SOME DON'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY FROM THE SMALLER TOWNS, SO WE ARE ABLE TO BRING THEM IN TO MEET WITH THE LOCAL REPS.

>> Reporter: AND THE MINNESOTA EDUCATION FAIR IS EMBLEMATIC OF CENTRAL LAKES CORE VALUE, WHILE ALSO STRIVING TO INSPIRE LEARNING, ADVANCING INNOVATION, AND TRANSFORMING LIVES, WHETHER THOSE GOALS ARE MET AT C.L.C.

ARE A COLLEGE AT THE FAIR.

>> EACH STUDENT MATTERS AND THEIR FUTURE MATTERS.

IT MATTERS FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITY, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

IT'S PART OF WHO WE ARE AND BUILDING FUTURES, AND BEING ABLE TO HOST THAT AT C.L.C.

IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

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

>> OVER 400 STUDENTS STOPPED BY THE FAIR THIS MORNING.

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

>> Stacy: TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE ABOVE AVERAGE TOMORROW BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, ALONG WITH CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TOMORROW.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOOD EXPERIENCE, A FUNDRAISING EVENT HAS THE HOPES OF STARTING A [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> A PIECE OF MINNESOTA'S PRE-HISTORIC HISTORY IS RETURNING TO THE AREA WHERE IT WAS FIRST UNEARTHED.

A WOOLLY MAMMOTH TOOTH FOUND MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO IS NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE AUSTIN LIBRARY.

MEGAN ZEMPLE REPORTS.

>> Reporter: A WOOLY MAMMOTH TOOTH DISCOVERED IN AUSTIN MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO COMING HOME FOR A VISIT.

>> THAT'S PRETTY WILD TO THINK OF A BIG MAMMOTH LOSING A TOOTH AS THEY ARE DEVELOPING, AND THEN BEING COVERED UP, IN THIS CASE, IT WAS FOUND IN A SAND PIT.

>> IT WAS FOUND IN 1916 WHEN WORK CREWS WERE MOVING SAND FOR A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

IT'S BEEN IN THE TWIN CITIES FOR THE LAST FEW DECADES BUT NOW THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP, THE MUSEUM IS LENDING IT TO THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE.

>> DURING THAT TIME, 1916, THERE WERE 20 OTHER COUNTIES THAT FOUND MAMMOTH FOSSILS, SO IT IS PRETTY NEAT COMING ACROSS THAT PHOTO.

I DIDN'T KNOW THIS EXISTED, THE BELL MUSEUM, I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE BEFORE.

IT'S FROM AUSTIN AND THE GAL WAY FAMILY THAT LIVED HERE, THEY DONATED IT AFTER MOVING TO CALIFORNIA AND IT MADE ITS WAY BACK TO MINNESOTA AND BACK TO AUSTIN.

>> Reporter: THE LIBRARY IS EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT THESE MAGNIFICENT BEASTS THAT ROAMED THE EARTH IN SEVERAL PARTS OF MINNESOTA.

>> EVENTUALLY AS THEY AGE OUT, THEY DON'T HAVE THE TEETH, SO THEY END UP IN WATERY MARSH AREAS TO CHEW THAT WET MARSH BECAUSE THEY CAN'T CHEW THAT VEGETATION THEY WERE BEFORE.

>> Reporter: IT'S PART OF THE MONSTER PROGRAMING THAT WAS GOING ON ALL SUMMER AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FALL.

>> THIS PARTIAL TOOTH WEIGHED 9 POUNDS.

THE TOOTH WILL BE ON DISPLAY THROUGH DECEMBER.

THAT IS ONE BIG TOOTH STACY.

>>> WEATHER-WISE, IT'S REALLY NICE WHEN WE GET SEPTEMBER DAYS LIKE WE HAD TODAY.

IT REALLY MAKES THE START OF FALL, ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK WE'RE TECHNICALLY THERE YET, MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE.

>> Stacy: YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY THIS LITTLE TASTE OF SUMMER-LIKE WEATHER WILL COME TO AN END.

TEMPERATURES ARE STILL ABOVE AVERAGE FOR MOST OF THE VIEWING AREA TOMORROW.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES STARTING ON THURSDAY.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING TO THE AREA AND THOSE CHANCES WILL STAY WITH US RIGHT ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, IT WAS JUST ANOTHER GORGEOUS DAY OUT THERE TODAY WITH THE SUNSHINE AND MILD TEMPERATURES.

OUR RUN OF SUMMER-LIKE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE WRAPPING UP, STILL A LITTLE ABOVE AVERAGE FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TOMORROW, BUT SOME COOLER WEATHER IN STORE FOR US AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.

WE WILL BE SEEING MORE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK AS WELL.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 65 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE A WEST WIND AT 2 MILES PER HOUR, THE DEW POINT IS 58, HUMIDITY IS AT 80%.

IN BBRAINERD, WE HAVE CLEAR SKIES, 70 DEGREES, DEW POINT IS 66, PRESSURE IS RISING, AND WINDS ARE SOUTHWEST AT 3 MILES PER HOUR.

NOW ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, WE DID HAVE SOME STRONG AND EVEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PARTS OF FAR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING.

THOSE ARE MOVING ON FROM OUR VIEWING AREA, IT HAS BEEN PRETTY QUIET FOR THE EVENING.

WE WILL EXPECT TO SEE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

THERE IS A VERY SMALL CHANCE OF A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA.

PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAY ALSO SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON AND WHILE MANY OF US WILL SEE ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, WE WILL START TO SEE SOME COOLER AIR BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

WEATHER SHOTS TO THEIR WITH YOU TONIGHT.

IT WAS A GORGEOUS SUNRISE THIS MORNING FROM ANGELA AT CASS LAKE AND ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

ARLENE SPOTTING SOME VISITORS IN THE YARD IN LONGVILLE.

JOAN WITH THE FLUFFY CLOUDS AND THE BLUE SKY OVER LAPORTE.

GORGEOUS SKIES THIS EVENING AS WELL FROM BILL AND JUDY OVER UPPER RED LAKE, DEAN WITH THIS PHOTO FROM THE RED LAKE RIVER, SHERRY OVER BIG WOLF LAKE, AND SARAH FROM LAKE EDWARDS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN ME GNAWING THAT GA -- MENAHGA, 59 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

SHERRY FROM BIG WOLF LAKE, 78 DEGREES THIS EVENING.

DEAN AT RED LAKE, THE HIGH WAS 84.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNNY AND HUMID TODAY.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLEAR SKIES BUT A LITTLE BIT OF FOG ROLLING IN THIS EVENING.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 88, WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

WE HAD A LOW OF 65.

BEMIDJI TODAY, 84 WAS OUR HIGH TEMP, THE LOW WAS 63 AND SUNSET AT 7:29.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE SEEING A LOT OF SUNSHINE AS WE START THE DAY AND WE WILL SEE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY, SOME MODELS SUGGESTING THAT AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PUSH INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, A LITTLE OF A COOL DOWN IN THE NORTHWEST, 69 IN WARROAD, BUT A LOT OF MID TO UPPER 70s ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE 80s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, MOSTLY CLEAR TONIGHT WITH THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LOWS NEAR 58, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW, WE COULD BE SEEING SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH HIGHS NEAR 77.

COOLER AIR ARRIVES AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY, ALONG WITH MORE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW 70s LATE THIS WEEK AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, TEMPERATURES DIPPING INTO THE UPPER 60s, BACK TO 73 ON SUNDAY, BUT AGAIN, CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, STACY THANK YOU.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING STORY FOR US AT THE TOP.

>> Charlie: YEAH, I HAD THE CHANCE ON SUNDAY TO EXPERIENCE TRADITIONAL ALASKAN GAMES, PART OF DAN'S NORTHERN INDIGENOUS GAMES AND TRYING TO GROW THEM HERE IN MINNESOTA, NOT JUST BEMIDJI BUT ALL OVER.

IT WAS REALLY COOL.

SO I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THEM AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS RUNNING IT BERNARD CLARK, AND WE WILL HEAR FROM HIM AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> NORTHERN INDIGENOUS GAMES, AN ORGANIZATION RUN BY FORMER CASS LAKE-BENA AND BEMIDJI HEAD BASKETBALL COACH DAN NINHAM AND HIS WIFE SUSAN, IS INTENDED TO BROADEN AND INFORM PEOPLE OF THE HOLISTIC CONCEPT OF HOW AND WHY YOU PLAY GAMES THAT RELATE TO INDIGENOUS CULTURE.

ON SUNDAY, THE ORGANIZATION INVITED ALASKAN BORN BERNARD CLARK TO BEMIDJI TO SHARE TRADITIONAL GAMES FROM ALASKA.

CLARK IS OF THE KOYUKON ATHABASKAN BLOODLINE AND IS A WORLD RECORD HOLDER IN THE ONE HAND REACH AND SWING KICK COMPETITIONS.

HE HAS WON SEVERAL OTHER MEDALS AT THE WORLD ESKIMO INDIAN OLYMPICS IN FAIRBANKS ALASKA IN ADDITION TO BEING A 2025 NORTH AMERICAN INDIGENOUS ATHLETICS HALL OF FAMER.

THOSE IN ATTENDANCE DIDN'T JUST LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE GAMES, BUT ALSO LEARNED THE STORY BEHIND WHY THE GAMES ARE IMPORTANT IN ALASKAN CULTURE.

>> IF WE WANT SOMETHING TO SURVIVE, WE NEED TO BRING IT AND MAKE IT RICH FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.

I HOPE EVERYONE HERE ENJOYED THE SHOW.

SO, US SHARING THAT KIND OF HISTORY IS, IS HOW WE KEEP THE GAMES ALIVE.

IT'S A FEELING LIKE NO OTHER WHEN I CAN SUCCESSFULLY DO IT FOR PEOPLE AND THEN PEOPLE WANT TO TRY IT.

NOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE.

IT'S NOT JUST THAT, YOU GOT TO SEE SOME OF THE SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TASTE OF THE CULTURE.

THAT, I THINK IS PRICELESS.

SHARING A PRICELESS GIFT WITH SOMEBODY ELSE IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AND I STAND BEHIND THAT.

>> NORTHERN INDIGENOUS GAMES WILL CONTINUE SHARING THAT AND MUCH MORE NEXT WEEK AND BEYOND, HERE ARE A FEW OF THEIR UPCOMING DATES WHERE DAN NINHAM WILL BE TEACHING THE WOODEN STICK GAME AND PETER PILAK GRIGGS WILL BE SHOWCASING ALASKAN TRADITIONAL GAMES.

TO LEARN MORE YOU CAN SEARCH NORTHERN INDIGENOUS GAMES ON FACEBOOK.

>>> WELL, IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, BEMIDJI GIRLS TENNIS AT HOME TAKING ON CROOKSTON.

BAILEY IS UP A SET, STRATEGIC, IT'S NOT HOW HARD YOU HIT IT, SHE WINS BOTH SETS, 6-3.

STOP ME IF YOU HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE, MEGAN SERVES, AND STRAIGHT SETS AS WELL.

RIGHT NEXT DOOR, ZOË AND NAOMI TRYING TO CLAW BACK AFTER DROPPING SET 1.

PERFECT PLACEMENT, SHE IS SO HAPPY SHE IS SPINNING.

THE DUO WILL FORCE A SUPER TIE-BREAKER BUT WILL FALL 10-7 THERE.

STILL, LUMBERJACKS SINK THE PIRATES 4-3 THE FINAL.

>>> A FEW MORE SCORES FOR YOU, BRAINERD BEATS ST.

CLOUD IN GIRLS SOCCER.

ST.

CLOUD CATHEDRAL BEATS LITTLE FALLS.

THE BOYS SOCCER SIDE OF THINGS, BEMIDJI GOES TO HERMANTOWN.

ST.

CLOUD TECH BEATS BRAINERD AT HOME.

CMC AND LITTLE FALLS TIE AND GRAND RAPIDS, THEY LAID IT THICK.

>>> IN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, WILLMAR BEATS BRAINERD IN FIVE SETS.

PIERZ GETS THE WIN OVER LITTLE FALLS 3-1.

CROSBY-IRONTON IN FIVE SETS OVER MILLE LACS.

AITKIN DROPS.

PEQUOT LAKES GETTING THE WIN AGAINST ALBANY.

GREEN WAY BEATING HIBBING.

ALSO IN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, THIEF RIVER FALLS GETTING THE BEST.

AND A LOT TONIGHT FOR EVERYBODY.

ROSEAU THEY FINISHED IT IN 3 AGAINST FOSSTON.

BAGLEY, THEY FALL IN STRAIGHT SETS AS WELL.

GOOD RIDGE GETS A 3-0 WIN OVER CLEAR BROOK GONVICK.

BEMIDJI DROVE UP TO WARROAD AND COMES BACK WITH A VICTORY.

>>> WELL, FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, BSU WOMEN'S HOCKEY WILL BE PLAYING IN THE U.S.

HALL OF FAME, BUT THIS TIME THEY WILL BE HOSTING THE GAME IN GRAND RAPIDS AGAINST MINNESOTA STATE ON JANUARY 31ST OF 2026.

LAST YEAR, BEMIDJI STATE PLAYED MINNESOTA IN THE ANNUAL SHOWCASE GAME THAT RAISES AWARENESS FOR U.S.

HOCKEY HALL OF FAME AND WOMEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY.

THE GAME WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE HOMETOWN CROWD TO SEE THEIR 2025 MISS HOCKEY AND FORMER GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY STAR MERCURY, WHO IS ENTERING HER FRESHMAN YEAR WITH THE MAVERICKS.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT THAT LONG FOR SOME BEAVER HOCKEY, THE WOMEN ARE PLAYING IN AN EXHIBITION AGAINST MINNESOTA, HELD AT THE ESSENTIA SPORTS CENTER IN BRAINERD.

>> Dennis: THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

PLAYING SOME GAMES IN SOME OTHER CITIES.

>> Charlie: IN A PLACE WHERE YOU WOULDN'T SEE BEMIDJI STATE PLAYED IN FRONT OF YOU.

A GOOD CHANCE TO GET UP AND CLOSE.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THE JUNE 21ST STORM THAT SWEPT THROUGH THE BEMIDJI AREA CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AT THE FIELDS USED BY BEMIDJI YOUTH BASEBALL.

A KICKBALL TOURNAMENT OVER THE WEEKEND HELPED TO RAISE FUNDS TO REPAIR SOME OF THE FIELD.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE, FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: KICK BACK -- BALL IS A GAME YOU MAY HAVE PLAYED AS A KID.

HE WANTED TO PLAY THE GAME AGAIN.

>> I REMEMBER PLAYING KICK BALL BACK IN THE DAY AND I SAW IT BEING PLAYED IN ST.

JOSEPH, MINNESOTA ONE TIME AND I THOUGHT I GOT TO BRING THIS TO BEMIDJI.

>> Reporter: THE FIRST ADULT KICK BALL LEAGUE DATES BACK TO THE 1920s.

IT HAS WIDELY GROWN.

THESE GUYS WANT TO BRING THE GAME TO BEMIDJI.

>> I WANT TO EXPAND IT, I WANT TO GET IT GOING.

THERE ARE STATE TOURNAMENTS, THERE ARE NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS, ALL FOR KICK BALL.

WHY NOT IN BEMIDJI.

>> Reporter: SOME OF THE PLAYERS HOPE THIS COULD BE A LEAGUE IN THE AREA, SO THOSE WHO PLAYED SPORTS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CAN EXPERIENCE THE FUN OF PLAYING COMPETITIVE SPORTS AGAIN.

>> I THINK IT WOULD BE COOL TO HAVE A REGULAR LEAGUE FOR OLDER SOFTBALL PLAYERS WHERE SOFTBALL IS TOO MUCH FOR BUT KICK BALL SHOULD BE EASIER.

>> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A LEAGUE.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THESE TOURNAMENTS GOING ON, ON WEEKENDS.

IT'S A FUN TIME.

>> Reporter: THE FIELD RECEIVED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE FROM THE JUNE STORM AND ORGANIZERS WANT TO HOLD THIS FUNDRAISER.

>> IT'S THE EXACT SIZE FOR A KICKBALL FIELD AND WITH ALL THE DAMAGE THAT HAPPENED FROM THE JUNE STORM, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM OUT.

>> WE JUST COME HERE TO HAVE FUN AND IT'S A GOOD CAUSE.

IT'S SOMETHING FUN FOR THE KIDS.

>> Reporter: THE TOURNAMENT RAISED $400 FOR THE BEMIDJI YOUTH BASEBALL LEAGUE.

REPORTING FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> ANOTHER KICKBALL TOURNAMENT WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON OCTOBER 12TH.

IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, YOU ARE ASKED TO CONTACT THE EMAIL ON THE SCREEN IN ORDER TO REGISTER.

WE ALL PLAYED KICK BALL AS KIDS, RIGHT?

>> Dennis: OH YEAH, I LOVED PLAYING KICK BALL.

I PLAYED IT IN COLLEGE.

LET'S GO BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE WILL SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN MINNESOTA OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR AND 58, A FEW SHOWERS IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA, OTHERWISE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY.

>> Charlie: AND BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL MADISON AND SOPHOMORE GRACE, WHO IS FROM PEQUOT LAKES, THEY GOT ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM RECOGNITIONS FOR GOING 3-1 THIS WEEKEND AT THE TOURNAMENT.

>> Dennis: GOOD FOR THEM.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT, WE'RE BACK AT 10:00.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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