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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.

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.

>>> THE GOVERNORS ELECTION IS ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AWAY, TWO OF THREE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR THAT POSITION MADE STOP IN NISSWA THIS MORNING.

REPUBLICAN MINNESOTA SPEAKER LISA DEMUTH AND DEMOCRATIC U.S.

SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR WERE AT THE LEADING AGE MINNESOTA'S ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RACE.

KLOBUCHAR HAS SERVED AS A U.S.

SENATOR FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS.

SHE SEES SOME OF THE STATES BIGGEST CHALLENGES AS FRAUD, WASTE, AND SAYS SHE'S COMMITTED TO GETTING RESULTS FOR MINNESOTANS AND MAKING THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE.

DURING THE INTERVIEW WITH LEADING AGE, KLOBUCHAR SHARED HER THOUGHTS ON ASSISTED LIVING.

>> WHERE YOU GOT SOMEONE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU OR DO WE WANT TO HAVE GRANDMA BE LEFT ALONE?

THAT'S HOW I LOOK AT IT.

I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED A GOVERNOR AND I HOPE TO BE THAT PERSON THAT HAS THAT VISION, NOT JUST THIS YEAR, NOT JUST THE HEADLINES, NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, BUT WHAT ABOUT 10 YEARS FROM NOW.

>> Reporter: SHE HAS SERVE IN THE MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SINCE 2018 AND HAS BEEN THE SPEAKER SINCE 2025.

HER PRIORITIES FOR HER CAMPAIGN INCLUDE ELIMINATING FRAUD, CUTTING INCOME TAXES, AS WELL AS BACKING PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE STATE.

DEMUTH SPOKE ON HER STANCE REGARDING THE WORKFORCE DURING THE INTERVIEW, STATING THAT SHE BELIEVES THE WORKFORCE STANDARDS BOARD IS NOT WORKING AS CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED.

>> THAT AGAIN IS DECISIONS MADE BY LAWMAKERS IN ST.

PAUL, THINKING THEY HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.

MY QUESTION IS HOW DO THEY INVOLVE YOU IN THE DECISIONS BEING MADE?

YOU HAVE TO BE INVOLVED.

TALK TO YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES NEAR YOUR FACILITY, WHERE YOU LIVE, OR BOTH.

>> IN-PERSON ABSENTEE VOTING FOR THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS OPENED TODAY AND WILL RUN THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH.

EARLY VOTING WILL OPEN ON OCTOBER 16TH AND RUN THROUGH NOVEMBER 3RD.

>>> KLOBUCHAR ALSO SPENT SOME TIME IN BRAINERD TODAY, INTRODUCING A PLAN TO MAKE CHILD CARE AND MORE AFFORDABLE AND AVAILABLE FOR MINNESOTA FAMILIES.

KLOBUCHAR UNVEILED THE PLAN AT THE BRAINERD YMCA, A FACILITY SHE HELPED SECURE $600,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR.

AMONG OTHER THINGS KLOBUCHAR PLAN WOULD STRIVE TO EXPAND AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE OPTIONS, INCREASE THE CHILD CARE WORKFORCE, AND MAKE CHILD CARE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR FAMILIES KLOBUCHAR ALSO LOOKS TO LAUNCH A CHILDCARE OPERATING HUB THAT ALLOWS SMALL PROVIDERS TO SHARE A NETWORK FOR PAYROLL, BILLING, AND INSURANCE AND CUT RED TAPE BY STREAMLINING LICENSING AND PERMITTING.

>> IF ELECTED GOVERNOR, I KNOW WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO MAKE CHILDCARE AFFORDABLE AND AVAILABLE IN MINNESOTA.

WE'LL DO THAT BY TRAINING MORE CHILDCARE WORKERS, BUILDING MORE CHILDCARE FACILITIES, AND CUTTING RED TAPE WHILE LOWERING OVERHEAD FOR SMALL PROVIDERS.

BECAUSE MINNESOTA IS FAMOUS FOR INNOVATION, BRINGING THE WORLD EVERYTHING FROM THE PACEMAKER TO THE POST-IT NOTE, WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT INNOVATIVE SPIRIT TO CHILDCARE.

>> ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE CHILD CARE AWARE, THE AVERAGE COST FOR CHILD CARE IN MINNESOTA FOR AN INFANT RANGES FROM $190 PER WEEK A FAMILY CHILD CARE TO AROUND $400 PER WEEK AT CHILD CARE CENTERS.

>>> AN AMERICAN EXPERIMENT NORTH DAKOTA ECONOMIST RECENTLY VISITED BEMIDJI TO SPEAK ON FREE UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE, AND HOW SHE THINKS IT COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT MINNESOTANS AS A WHOLE.

THE PRESENTATION FOCUSED ON THE FUNDING THAT GOES INTO UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE.

EMPHASIZING THAT MINNESOTA IS ONE OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE STATES FOR FAMILY CHILDCARE, BUT THE PROVIDERS ARE EXITING THE INDUSTRY.

ACCORDING TO THE PRESENTER, MINNESOTA WILL SPEND AT LEAST $1 BILLION ON CHILDCARE IN THE 2026, 27 BIENNIUM, AND FREE CARE WOULD INCREASE TAXES.

THE ECONOMIST CITED STUDIES THAT CLAIM UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE CAN ALSO HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN.

>> THE PROGRAM WHERE THEY WOULD STAY AT HOME WITH THEM.

THEY END UP GOING TO THE WORKFORCE WHEN THEY WOULD OTHERWISE STAY AT HOME.

WHICH MEANS THEY COULD HAVE HAD BETTER RELATIONS WITH THEIR KIDS IF THEY STAYED AT HOME.

THESE KIDS ARE PUT IN DAYCARE AT A YOUNG AGE.

>> SUPPORTERS OF BRINGING UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE INTO THE STATE ARGUE THAT THE PROGRAM COULD HELP FAMILIES OF ALL ECONOMIC STATUSES, AS THE AVERAGE PRICES OF CHILDCARE IN MINNESOTA HAVE REACHED NEARLY $10,000 A YEAR FOR FAMILY CHILDCARE, AND $15,000 TO $20,000 A YEAR FOR A CHILDCARE CENTER.

>>> TRINA SWANSON, WHO'S RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IN MINNESOTA'S EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT KICKED OFF A TOWN HALL TOUR, WITH HER FIRST STOP BEING IN BRAINERD THIS PAST WEDNESDAY.

SWANSON, A DEMOCRAT, WON THE AUGUST PRIMARY WITH 77-PERCENT OF THE VOTES AND IS LOOKING TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT MOMENTUM.

THE MULTI-COMMUNITY TOUR, NAMED THE LET'S FIX IT TOUR.

WILL STOP IN SIX COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

SWANSON AND HER TEAM BELIEVE THE TOUR WILL FOCUS ON HAVING HONEST, SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH VOTERS ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM.

>> THE MEANING BEHIND THE LET'S FIX IT TOUR IS THAT PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH HEALTH, GAS, AND SCHOOLS FOR EXAMPLE.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND HEAR FROM FOLKS DIRECTLY, WHAT DO THEY WANT US TO FIX IN CONGRESS AND TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE.

I'M OUT HERE, HEARING FROM THE PEOPLE DIRECTLY.

>> AS PART OF HER LET'S FIX IT TOUR, SWANSON WILL MAKE A STOP AT THE RAIL RIVER FOLK SCHOOL IN BEMIDJI ON OCTOBER 5TH.

>>> IT IS COSTING YOU MORE TO FILL UP YOUR TANK.

GAS PRICES JUMPED AGAIN OVERNIGHT.

AND MANY OIL EXPERTS ARE WARNING PRICES WILL LIKELY REMAIN HIGH.

JENN SULLIVAN HAS DETAILS ON HOW HIGHER GAS PRICES ARE IMPACTING THE OVERALL ECONOMY AND REACTION FROM POLITICIANS.

>> PRICES AT THE PUMP ARE SOARING, JUMPING $.17 IN THE LAST WEEK.

AS OF FRIDAY, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WAS $4.47 A GALLON.

THIS $.40 HIGHER THAN A MONTH AGO, ACCORDING TO AAA.

DIESEL PRICES ARE EVEN HIGHER, COSTING AN AVERAGE OF $6.45 A GALLON AND IT'S COSTING COMPANIES MUCH MORE TO FILL UP TRUCKS.

THOSE COSTS WILL LIKELY TRICKLE-DOWN TO CONSUMERS.

>> THE BIGGEST HARDSHIP WE DEAL WITH IS THAT IT HURTS YOUR CASH FLOW, RIGHT?

IT TAKES CASH OUT OF YOUR BUSINESS IMMEDIATELY.

>> Reporter: SINCE THE WAR WITH IRAN BEGAN MORE THAN SIX MONTHS AGO, DIESEL HAS RISEN MORE THAN 55%, AS TURMOIL IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONTINUES, MARITIME TRAFFIC THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ HAS HALTED AGAIN, CUTTING OFF 20% OF THE WORLD'S OIL SUPPLY.

>> WE HAVE CHALLENGES IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

IT MAY NOT BE FULLY CLOSED, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT FULLY OPEN.

>> Reporter: IN A RESOLUTION TO END THE WAR WITH IRAN IS NOWHERE IN SIGHT.

>> ALL OF US ARE WORKING EVERY DAY AROUND THE CLOCK TO TRY TO BRING THAT TO A RESOLUTION.

>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, HEALTH MEMBERS LEFT WASHINGTON EARLY, CUTTING THEIR LEGISLATIVE WEEK SHORT AND ANGERING DEMOCRATS.

>> WE NEED THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE TO STAY IN SESSION, TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES.

>> Reporter: THERE IS GROWING FEAR THAT IF VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONTINUES, IT WILL KEEP OIL AND GAS PRICES HIGH.

I'M JENN SULLIVAN REPORTING.

>> IN MINNESOTA TODAY THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF UNLEADED REGULAR GASOLINE WAS $4.40.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE MAY SEE A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS IN AREAS OF DRIZZLE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING, AND DRY WEATHER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, A RECEPTION WAS HELD AT THE WATERMARK ART CENTER FOR THE BEMIDJI DOWNTOWN KIOSK EXHIBIT.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> A COMMUNITY WALK ALONG LAKE BEMIDJI IS PUTTING A VERY PERSONAL ISSUE OUT IN THE OPEN.

REPORTER RYAN FLEMING SHOWS US HOW PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR STEPS TO START A BIGGER CONVERSATION.

>> Reporter: NORTHERN MINNESOTA ADDICTION WELLNESS CENTER'S FIRST RECOVERY WALK BROUGHT PEOPLE FROM THE BEACH TO PAUL AND BABE.

THE MESSAGE WAS DEEPLY PERSONAL.

FOR ONE PARTICIPANT, RECOVERY BECAME A WAY TO HELP OTHERS.

>> I WAS AN I.V.

DRUG USER AND I SHOT UP METH AND HEROIN.

I JUMPED INTO THE SWEAT LODGE AND SURRENDERED TO THE CREATOR AND NOW I'M HERE 7.5 YEARS LATER.

>> Reporter: THOSE BEHIND THE WALK SAY IT'S ABOUT CHANGING HOW PEOPLE SEE ADDICTION, NOT SOMETHING TO HIDE, BUT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN RECOVER FROM WITH THE RIGHT SUPPORT.

THAT MESSAGE HITS HOME FOR THE CENTER'S OWNER TOO.

>> WE NEED TO NORMALIZE RECOVERY.

THIS IS A DISEASE, SUBSTANCE USE IS A DISEASE.

IF WE CAN GET THE RIGHT HELP, WE CAN REALLY DO WONDERFUL THINGS IN LIFE.

I AM A GOOD EXAMPLE.

I AM IN LONG TERM RECOVERY MYSELF.

>> Reporter: FOR PARTICIPANTS, THAT WALK IS ABOUT THE PROGRESS IN THE LIVES THEY ARE LIVING NOW.

IT'S MORE THAN A ROUTE, IT'S SHOWING PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WALK IT ALONE.

>> IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BRING MORE AWARENESS AND THEN CREATE MORE FAMILY THINGS AND MORE THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND DO IN RECOVERY BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH, EVER.

THERE IS A LOT MORE, 10% OF THE POPULATION HAS THIS DISEASE.

>> Reporter: ENCOURAGEMENT CONTINUES AT THE FINISH WITH HOT DOGS ON THE GRILL, TABLES OF GIVEAWAYS AND RESOURCES, AND PLENTY OF REASONS FOR PEOPLE TO STAY, TALK, AND CONNECT.

>> IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING, COME ON DOWN.

THERE IS A LOT OF SUPPORT OUT HERE.

WE WANT YOU TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

LIVING THIS LIFE, IT'S A GOOD WAY TO WALK.

YOU'RE THERE FOR YOUR FAMILY AND KIDS.

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

>> THE NORTHERN MINNESOTA ADDICTION WELLNESS CENTER SAYS THE RECOVERY WALK IS EXPECTED TO BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT, GIVING BEMIDJI ANOTHER WAY TO KEEP THE TOPIC OF ADDICTION AND RECOVERY VISIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, THE WEEKEND IS HERE.

HOW IS THE FORECAST LOOKING STACY?

>> Stacy: IT LOOKS DRY.

WE SHOULD BE SEEING HIGHS IN THE 60s THIS WEEKEND AND NOT TOO BAD, A SEASONAL TEMPERATURE OUT THERE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE DRY WEATHER INTO [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE IN THE AREA AND A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN IN OTHERS.

WE COULD STILL SEE A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS, SOME DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING DRY WEATHER THIS WEEKEND, DRY WEATHER CONTINUES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, WITH MOST OF US SEEING HIGHS IN THE 60s THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 58 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

WE HAVE A LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND AT THE STUDIO.

THE DEW POINT IS 58 AND HUMIDITY IS AT 98%.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 57 DEGREES, 56 IS OUR DEW POINT, PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY AND WINDS ARE EAST AT 8 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF PRECIPITATION, SOME LIGHT RAIN THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA, IT'S FOR THE MOST PART TAPERING OFF NOW AS WE HAVE BEEN MOVING INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT, THERE IS STILL AT LEAST A SMALL CHANCE OF SEEING A FEW SHOWERS OUT THERE, SOME AREAS OF DRIZZLE.

THAT CONTINUES INTO TOMORROW MORNING, BUT ONCE THAT ENDS, WE WILL SEE DRY WEATHER, A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, AND OUR DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WORKWEEK.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, IT WAS A GORGEOUS MORNING OUT THERE.

WE HAVE PICTURE FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA, DEBRA AT LAKE ADA, AND SAMROSE OVER LOWER RED LAKE.

WE HAVE SIGNS OF FALL FROM CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD, AND GARY IN DEERWOOD.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE CLOUDS OVER CASS LAKE THIS EVENING.

JOAN WITH MANY CLOUDS, BUT NO RAIN IN LAPORTE.

SANDRA WITH TONIGHT'S SUNSET IN CASS LAKE, VERY COLORFUL SKIES THERE, AND LAURIE SENDING US THIS PICTURE OF THE EVENING SKIES OVER LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 54 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, PICKING UP 0.2-INCH OF RAIN WITH A HIGH OF 61.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, AGAIN MANY CLOUDS, NO RAIN TODAY, 56 WAS OUR HIGH.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY WITH SOME DRIZZLE.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 63.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, LIGHT RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THE HIGH WAS 60.

CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD, A HIGH OF 66.

ON OUR ALMANAC IN BRAINERD TODAY, WE TOPPED OUT AT 61.

WE DID HAVE COOL HIGH TEMPERATURES OUT THERE, THE AVERAGE IS 70.

51 FOR THE LOW AND SUNSET TONIGHT AT 7:22.

A LITTLE BIT WARMER AND CLOSER TO OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN BEMIDJI, WE TOPPED OUT AT 65, 45 WAS OUR LOW, AND WE HAD SUNRISE AT 7:01.

SO LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, THERE MAY BE A FEW LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS, SOME AREAS OF DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING TOMORROW.

OTHERWISE, WE WILL BE SEEING A LOT OF CLOUD COVER OUT THERE.

AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, WE WILL BE SEEING A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

HIGH TEMPERATURE-WISE, WE SHOULD BE SEEING THE HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60s ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

THIS IS WHERE THE WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE.

NOT TOO MUCH COOLER, BUT A LITTLE COOLER IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WHERE WE WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE MID-60s.

SO OUR FORECAST TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS OR AREAS OF DRIZZLE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, LOWS NEAR 52.

VARIABLE CLOUDS AGAIN, A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SOME SCATTERED DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING.

67 FOR OUR HIGH, WITH NORTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF THE WEEKEND FORECAST, VARIABLE CLOUDS ON SUNDAY WITH A HIGH OF 62.

THEN 63 ON MONDAY WITH A BIT MORE SUNSHINE.

DRY WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH MIDWEEK AND TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO REACH THE MID-60s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH OUR LOCAL SPORTS.

FRIDAY IS TYPICALLY A BIG FOOTBALL NIGHT, BUT WE HAVE MORE BEYOND THAT.

>> Charlie: WE DO HAVE MORE BEYOND THAT BUT WE WILL START WITH FOOTBALL.

WE GOT BEMIDJI PLAYING ANOTHER FANTASTIC GAME TONIGHT, MATCHED UP WITH BUFFALO.

WE DID ALSO HAVE BSU WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL, THEY WERE UNDEFEATED.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> JUST TWO PLAYS SEPARATED BEMIDJI FOOTBALL FROM THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON A WEEK AGO.

AFTERWARDS, THERE WERE PLENTY AREAS THE LUMBERJACKS FELT THEY COULD IMPROVE, BUT IN THE END IT, ALL CAME DOWN TO FINISHING.

WHETHER IT WAS FINISHING A BLOCK, A TACKLE, OR THE ENTIRE GAME, THEY JUST NEEDED TO REMAIN FOCUSED UNTIL THE CLOCK READ ZERO.

TONIGHT, THE JACKS WITH THEIR FIRST HOME GAME OF THE SEASON, TAKING ON BUFFALO WHO EDGED THEM BY A POINT IN LAST YEARS SHOWDOWN.

WE PICK UP IN THE 2nd QUARTER, THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE OTHER PLANS.

JOSH WITH THE INTERCEPTION, AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE A HUGE MOMENTUM BOOST FOR BEMIDJI BECAUSE A FEW PLAYS LATER, TO TERRELL AND HE IS OUT THE GATE.

67 YARDS TO THE HOUSE, EVADING TACKLES THERE AT THE END.

THEY LEAD 6-3 AT THE HALF.

IN THE FIRST QUARTER, A CONNECTION FOR BUFFALO, 39 YARDS, RYKER TO OLIVER.

VANDEMERE USING HIS LEGS AND ON THE END AND WITH THE QUARTERBACK, HE IS GONE.

65 YARDS, THE JACKS HAD 335 ON THE GROUND.

9 RUNS FOR 95 YARDS, BUT HE DID NOT RETURN AFTER THE TOUCHDOWN.

THAT WOULD BE HUGE FOR THE JACKS.

LATER, PASS, MATTHEW TO SANDERS, 33-YARD SCORE, AND THAT WAS THE FINAL SCORE TO PUT BUFFALO IN FRONT, 15-13.

REPORTS DID SAY THAT AFTER THE PLAY, VANDEMERE, IT SOUNDS LIKE HE GOT ONE TOO MANY HITS DURING THE GAME ONCE THE ADRENALINE WORE OFF.

WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT ONCE WE FIND OUT MORE.

>>> GRAND RAPIDS FOOTBALL, 2-0 AFTER THEIR LAST WIN ON FRIDAY.

THEY'RE ON THE ROAD AT DULUTH DENFELD.

LOGAN WITH THE TOUCH PASS TO ETHAN, HE GETS SHIFTY.

HE FINDS THE EDGE AND TURNS ON THE SPEED, GOES FOR 6, EXTENDS THE THUNDER HAWK LEAD.

RAPIDS BACK ON THE ATTACK, INSIDE HAND OFF TO SAM, AND HE BREAKS THE TACKLE, GETS THE BLOCK, AND TAKES IT ALL THE WAY FOR A THUNDER HAWKS SCORE.

SECOND QUARTER, ANOTHER TOUCH PASS TO MORGAN ON THE SWEEP, DANCES ON THE EDGE, AND SOME ROOM ON THE BACKSIDE.

HE MAKES A CUT, TAKES IT TO THE CRIB, THUNDER HAWKS KEEP ROLLING, 49-0.

THEY ARE NOW 3-0 TO START THE SEASON.

>>> BERTHA-HEWITT PLAYING TONIGHT.

A BIG RIVALRY THERE.

THE BEARS WON THE LAST TWO MEETINGS, VERNDALE CAME OUT FIRING.

JOSEPH TURNS ON THE BURNER, 53-YARDS TO THE HOUSE, PIRATES HAVE AN 8-0 LEAD.

MID SECOND QUARTER, SAME SCORE, OWEN FINDS HIM AGAIN, THIS TIME FROM 15 YARDS OUT.

VERNDALE IS UP 16-0.

THIRD QUARTER, SAME SCORE, GUESS WHO, 3-PIECE WITH THE SAUCE, AS HE POWERS HIS WAY IN.

THEY GO ON TO BEAT BERTHA-HEWITT.

THE PIRATES HAVE A 23 OVERALL RECORD AGAINST THEIR RIVAL THE BEARS SINCE 2004.

>>> AND EAST GRAND FORKS TOPS GRAND RAPIDS.

BARNSVILLE AND WEST CENTRAL WITH BIG WINS AS WELL.

DEER RIVER, WHOA, BIG SCORE.

WIN-E-MAC, OVER FOSSTON.

CROSBY-IRONTON GETTING THE WIN.

MENAHGA FELL.

LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE DID NOT SCORE TONIGHT.

LAKE OF THE WOODS, ALSO UNABLE TO GET IN THE END ZONE.

NORTHOME-KELLIHER TOPS NORTHWOOD.

OTTER TAIL CENTRAL GETS THE WIN OVER WADENA DEER CREEK.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS FALLS.

STAPLINGS -- STAPLES MOTLEY DROPPING THEIR GAME.

>>> WELL, LET'S SAY YOU CAN'T ACHIEVE PERFECTION BUT BY PURSUING IT, YOU CAN ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE.

THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS 10-0 AND TIED THEIR SECOND BEST START IN PROGRAM HISTORY.

THEY WERE TRYING TO BREAK THAT IN THEIR FIRST HOME MATCH OF THE SEASON.

EARLY IN THE FIRST SET, LEADING 8-4, THROUGH THE BLOCK AND TO THE HARDWOOD, CARLSON HAD 13 KILLS.

THEY LED BY 5.

JIMMY RALLYING BEHIND SOME OF THE TALL GALS THEY GOT UP FRONT, AND CHARLOTTE GETTING HYPED.

THEY WOULD TAKE THE LEAD.

LATE IN THE SET, DOWN BY 1, AVA FOR BEMIDJI, SHE FINISHED WITH 15 KILLS.

THAT TIED THE MATCH AT 23, BUT THEY WOULD EDGE BEMIDJI STATE IN THE FIRST SET.

THEY GO ON TO WIN THE MATCH, 3-1.

SNAPS THE BEAVERS 10-GAME WIN STREAK AND 24-STRAIGHT SET WIN STREAK AND THEY ARE HOSTING NORTHERN STATE TOMORROW TRYING TO GET BACK ON THE HORSE.

>>> BSU WOMEN'S AT HOME.

FIRST HALF, THEY HAD A FEW OPPORTUNITIES TO PUT ONE AT THE BACK OF THE NET, INCLUDING OFF THIS CORNER.

MAGGIE MISSING JUST WIDE.

IT WAS 0-0 AT THE BREAK.

BEMIDJI STATE HAD 9 OPPORTUNITIES OFFSET PIECES, THIS ONE IN THE 59th MINUTE.

MADDIE WITH THE HEADER, PROVED TO BE THE GAME WINNER AS THE BEAVS TOP THE WILDCATS.

THEY REMAIN UNBEATEN IN NSIC PLAY.

THE WNBA RETURNED TO ACTION AFTER A TWO WEEK HIATUS, AND THE LYNX ARE RUSTY.

THEY FELL TO NEW YORK LIBERTY.

RIGHT NOW THE TWINS ARE LEADING THE LOS ANGELES ANGELS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 7th.

>> Dennis: THANK YOU CHARLIE.

THE BLUE CHAOS HAS BENEFIT WITH ARTWORK IN AN EFFORT TO PUT MORE ART IN PLACES THAT IT'S NEVER BEEN BEFORE.

AN ARTIST RECEPTION WAS HELD OVER THE WEEKEND, SHOWCASING THE PIECES AND OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE ON THE PROJECT FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS.

>> Reporter: WALKING THROUGH DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI IS FULL OF STOREFRONTS AND RESTAURANTS AND ART IN PLACES YOU MAY NOT EXPECT.

THROUGH THE BEMIDJI AREA ARTS ENDOWMENT REGION 2 ARTS COUNCIL AND DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE, ART CAN BE FOUND ON EACH INFORMATION KIOSK.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY WALLS AND WE JUST WANTED TO BRING THE VISUAL ARTS, 2-DIMENSIONAL ARTS, ALONG THE SCULPTURE WALK DOWNTOWN AND JOIN IT UP SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT WE'RE 2-D AND 3-D TOWN.

>> WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE SCULPTURE WALK FOR TWO TO SIX YEARS, AND IT'S NICE TO WORK IN A DIFFERENT MEDIA AND HAVE THIS SHOWCASE SPREAD OUT OVER A LARGER AREA AND MORE VISIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: WITH AN OVERALL NORTHERN MINNESOTA THEME TO THE PROJECT, EVERY KIOSK PAIR OF PIECES WERE CREATED BY A LOCAL ARTIST.

THE WORKS WERE ENLARGED AND MADE INTO PRINTS AND THE ORIGINAL PAINTINGS ARE NOW BEING SHOWN AT THE WATERMARK ART CENTER.

THERE ARE 14 PIECES THAT ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE WATERMARK ART CENTER THAT WILL BE HERE THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

EACH OF THEM IS UP FOR SALE BY THE INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS.

>> WE LIVE IN A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT EMBRACES ART AND WANTS TO SEE IT GROW.

THAT'S WHERE IT'S SO MUCH FUN, THAT SOME IDEAS CAN COME TO FRUITION WHEN THEY ARE JUST ORIGINAL ART.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: THE ORIGINAL ARTWORKS WILL BE ON DISPLAY AND UP FOR SALE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH.

>>> LET'S GET A LAST CHECK OF OUR WEATHER WITH STACY.

>> A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

OTHERWISE, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH LOWS NEAR 52.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OR SOME SCATTERED DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING, HIGHS NEAR 67 AND THEN DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK, AND IT LOOKS LIKE HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO REACH THE LOW TO MID-60s.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THAT LOOKS LIKE A NICE FORECAST THERE.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY, WE'LL BACK ON MONDAY NIGHT.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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