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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 PINE RIVER HUSBAND AND WIFE WERE CHARGED IN CROW WING COUNTY COURT TODAY WITH FELONY SECOND-DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.

49-YEAR-OLD HEATHER CROSS AND 57-YEAR-OLD DARCY CROSS ALSO FACE ONE COUNT OF GROSS MISDEMEANOR CONTRIBUTING TO NEED FOR CHILD PROTECTION OR SERVICES.

BAIL OR BOND WITH CONDITIONS WAS SET AT $100,000 AND AT $400,000 WITHOUT CONDITIONS FOR BOTH INDIVIDUALS.

EMERGENCY RESPONDERS RESPONDED TO THEIR HOME ON AUGUST 25TH AND A FOUND A 10-YEAR-OLD CHILD WHO APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR SEVERAL HOURS OR MORE.

HEATHER CROSS TOLD INVESTIGATORS SHE HAD BEEN CRUSHED BY HER BED WHICH INCLUDED A FRAME THAT EXTENDED 4-TO-5 FEET ABOVE THE BED.

ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS THE COUPLE'S TWO SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN WERE PRESCRIBED SAFETY BEDS FOR SAFE SLEEP DURING THE NIGHT.

THE BEDS ALLOW THE PARENTS TO KEEP THE CHILDREN ZIPPED INTO THEM.

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE VICTIM WHO WAS AN EXTREMELY HIGH NEEDS CHILD WAS LEFT ALONE FOR 10 TO 12 HOURS WITH NO SUPERVISION.

THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT ALLEGES THE CHILDREN WERE KEPT ZIPPED IN THE BEDS DURING DAYTIME HOURS FOR CONFINEMENT PURPOSES AND ONE OF THE BEDS HAD A METAL FRAME POLE BREAK AWAY THAT APPEARED TO LAND ON THE CHILD'S NECK.

INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THAT THE FOUR VERTICAL METAL POLES FOR THE BED WERE NOT SECURED TO THE FRAME WITH SCREWS AND WERE JUST SITTING LOOSE WITHIN THE BED FRAME PROVIDING NO SAFETY.

THE BED WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE SATURATED WITH URINE AND FECES.

THE OTHER CHILD WHO IS 12 YEARS OLD HAS BEEN PLACED INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.

>>> RECENT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MULTIPLE DIRECTORS AT THE KITCHIGAMI REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM WERE THE MAIN TOPIC THAT SPARKED DEBATE BETWEEN THE KRLS BOARD AND A LABOR UNION DURING YESTERDAY'S BOARD MEETING.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, WAS IN ATTENDANCE AND HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THE TECH SERVICE DIRECTOR AT THE LIBRARY SYSTEM HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF RACIAL, RELIGIOUS, AND WAGE DISCRIMINATION, AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT, AND BRINGING FIREARMS INTO THE WORKPLACE.

WHILE THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR IS BEING ACCUSED OF TAMPERING WITH THE INVESTIGATION.

THE LABOR UNION REPRESENTING THE EMPLOYEES WAS ASKING THE BOARD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE TWO DIRECTOR'S ALLEGED MISCONDUCTS, INCLUDING THEIR DATA REQUEST FOR THE INVESTIGATION.

>> WHEN I GOT BACK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE SEEING, BUT WHAT I GOT BACK IS 25 DAYS OF REDACTION.

IT WAS HEAVILY REDACTED.

THERE HAVE 12 PAGES THAT ARE BLACK.

I UNDERSTAND THE MINNESOTA PRACTICE LAW, SO THIS WAS INTENTIONAL.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO DID THIS.

>> Reporter: THE BOARD CHAIR SAID THE BOARD REVIEWED THE UNREDACTED VERSION OF THE LETTER DURING A PREVIOUS CLOSED MEETING.

THEN HE QUESTIONED HOW THE BOARD CONDUCTED THEIR INVESTIGATION, ALLEGING THAT THE ATTORNEY DIDN'T TALK TO SOME OF THE VICTIMS INVOLVED.

>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY.

I UNDERSTAND THE BOARD DECIDED TO TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ATTORNEY, THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE ULTIMATE INVESTIGATION.

ALL I CAN SAY TO THAT IS THAT YOU HIRED AN ATTORNEY TO DO THE INVESTIGATION AND I CAN CONCLUDE THAT THE RESULT OF THAT INVESTIGATION WAS PREDETERMINED.

>> Reporter: HE HAD A FEW PETITIONS WITH OVER 100 SIGNATURES FOR NO CONFIDENCE.

GEORGE FROM THE CITY OF WADENA QUESTIONED THE LEGALITY OF HOW THE SIGNATURES WERE GATHERED.

>> I ASKED THE BRANCH MANAGER IF THE SITUATION WAS CAUSING PROBLEMS.

SHE SAID THAT IT IS NOW BECAUSE OF THIS.

HOW DID MOST PEOPLE GET THEIR PETITIONS?

DID THEY WALK AROUND TOWN OR DID THEY USE CITY PROPERTY DURING WORK HOURS TO HOLD PEOPLE OVER?

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE WAS.

>> SO THEY WERE GATHERED DURING PEOPLE'S BREAKS AND OFF TIME.

THAT'S LEGAL AND LAWFUL.

>> IT IS BUT ARE YOU SURE THEY ALL WERE?

>> Reporter: HE WANTED THE RESIGNATION OF THE TWO DIRECTORS THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

>> OUR CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN YOU IS GONE.

THERE IS NO REPAIRING THIS RELATIONSHIP AND THAT'S EVIDENT IN WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST MONTH.

I CAN CHOOSE TO DO AN APPEAL THAT ARE AROUND THE OPERATIONS OF THE LIBRARY THAT I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER.

THEY SEE DIRECTION, ADVICE AND INFORMATION FROM THEIR SUPERVISORS, AS THEY SHOULD.

>> Reporter: THEY DECIDED THAT OCTOBER 9TH OR THE 23rd COULD BE DATES WHERE THEY CAN NEGOTIATE PROPOSALS.

REPORTING IN PINE RIVER, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> BEMIDJI PUBLIC LIBRARY'S BRANCH MANAGER, SHERI WARREN, SPOKE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING.

STATING DIRECTOR WHATLEY PROVIDED ZERO GUIDANCE AND WASN'T IN CONTACT WITH NEITHER BEMIDJI NOR BLACKDUCK LIBRARIES, WHILE THE BELTRAMI COUNTY BOARD WAS VOTING TO TAKE AWAY 42-PERCENT OF THEIR FUNDING.

>>> BELTRAMI COUNTY IS COORDINATING WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MINNESOTA HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO CONDUCT A DAMAGE SURVEY TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SBA LOAN PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS PROPERTIES AFFECTED BY THE JUNE 21ST SEVERE STORMS.

TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY, BELTRAMI COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BEMIDJI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ARE COLLECTING INFORMATION ON PROPERTIES THAT SUSTAINED 40-PERCENT NON-INSURED DAMAGE TO THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.

POTENTIAL ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS INCLUDE PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, BUSINESSES, APARTMENTS, MOBILE HOMES, AND HOME BUSINESSES.

AN ELECTRONIC SURVEY IS AVAILABLE ON THE BELTRAMI COUNTY WEBSITE.

COMPLETION OF THIS SURVEY IS TO ASSIST IN DETERMINING BELTRAMI COUNTY'S ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION LOAN PROGRAM AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE OR IMPLY ASSISTANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE.

IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT BELTRAMI COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER MULLER.

FIELD SURVEYS WILL BE CONDUCTED STARTING ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2025.

SURVEY CREWS WILL BE GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN THE IMPACTED AREAS.

INFORMATION IDENTIFICATION WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.

>>> THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO HONOR AND ACKNOWLEDGE A THREE FORMER BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THIS AFTERNOON.

THE DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT HALL OF FAME WELCOMED ITS 87TH, 88TH, AND 89TH MEMBERS FOR THE 2025 INDUCTION CEREMONY.

THE DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT HALL OF FAME WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1999, IN AN EFFORT TO HONOR BRAINERD HIGH GRADS THAT HAVE MADE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE WORLD.

FOLLOWING BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOLS' ARCHIVES MISSION, TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE HISTORY OF BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ITS STUDENTS, GRADUATES, TEACHERS, AND STAFF.

>> THE TELLING OF STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE, YOU GATHERED TOGETHER THE EVENTS OF THE TIME AND THE PLACES OF THE TIME.

THAT IS TRUE WITH THE HALL OF FAME.

WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE 150 YEARS OF HISTORY THAT WE CAN PULL OUT OF.

THERE IS SO MUCH MORE.

WE CAN'T DO ALL THAT WE WOULD LIKE BUT WE HAVE DONE WHAT WE CAN.

>> AND CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRISTINE NESHEIM PLONSKI, LESLIE AMBROSE, BULLET JOE BUSH, AND NORMAN CARLBERG FOR JOINING THE DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT HALL OF FAME TODAY.

>>> CONFIDENCE LEARNING CENTER HAS BEEN HELPING PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS, AND THIS WEEKEND THEY ARE HOLDING THEIR ANNUAL GARAGE SALE.

THIS IS THE 31ST YEAR THAT THE CAMP HAS HELD THE SALE.

ATTENDEES CAN FIND EVERYTHING FROM DVDS TO LARGE FURNITURE AND EVEN BOATS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.

WITH FUNDS GOING DIRECTLY BACK TO THE CONFIDENCE LEARNING CENTER SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO PUT ON YEAR ROUND EVENTS FOR THEIR CAMPERS.

>> WELL, WE ACCEPT DONATIONS EVERY YEAR, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

A LOT OF PEOPLE INTEND THAT WE WILL HOPEFULLY USE SOME OF THE ITEMS TO HELP WITH OFFSETTING THE COST OF BUYING SUPPLIES FOR CAMP, AND IN TURN, WHEN WE CAN'T PURCHASE THOSE ITEMS, WE DO HAVE TO SELL THE ITEMS THAT WE CANNOT USE HERE.

>> THE FINAL DAY OF THE SALE IS TOMORROW, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH, FROM 8:00 A.M.

TO 12:00 P.M.

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

>> Stacy: WE WILL SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND BUT TEMPERATURES WILL START TO WARM UP AND HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE 70s AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORKWEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, HEADWATERS MUSIC AND ARTS IN BEMIDJI HELD THEIR RENAISSANCE >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE NORTHLAND ARBORETUM IS GETTING READY FOR THEIR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR, THE HAUNTED TRAILS.

THE HALLOWEEN EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON OCTOBER 16TH, 17TH, AND 18TH FROM 7:00 TO 9:00 P.M.

THE EVENT FEATURES THREE HAUNTED TRAILS WITH VARIOUS LEVELS OF SCARES, EACH ONE IS CRAFTED TO GIVE GUESTS A GOOD FRIGHT AT WHATEVER INTENSITY THEY CHOOSE.

FUNDS RAISED FROM THE EVENT WILL GO TOWARDS IMPROVING AND EXPANDING THE ARBORETUM.

>> THE FUNDRAISER REALLY SUPPORTS ALL OF OUR CONSERVATION EFFORTS.

IT ALLOWS US TO KEEP OPERATING.

IT ALLOWS US TO BUILD BIKE PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS, AND DISC GOLF AND FOREST ICE SKATING, WHO KNOWS WHAT TO COME.

IT'S A GREAT TIME.

>> VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED FOR THE EVENT, ANYONE INTERESTED CAN EMAIL VOLUNTEER AT THE WEB AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.

>>> NOW TIME FOR WEATHER, THE WEEKEND IS HERE, LOOKING LIKE A WET ONE.

>> Stacy: WE'LL SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, NOT AS WIDESPREAD AS TODAY, BUT THEY WILL BE OUT THERE.

A LOT OF CLOUD COVER FOR US TOMORROW, BUT WE WILL SEE IT BREAKING UP EARLY NEXT WEEK AND IT LOOKS DRY AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORKWEEK.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.

A LOT OF CLOUD COVER AND TEMPERATURES WERE A LITTLE BIT ON THE COOL SIDE.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

WE MAY SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORKWEEK, IT LOOKS LIKE CONDITIONS WILL BE QUIETER AND WARMER AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 70s.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 60 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, WE HAVE A SOUTH WIND AT 7 MILES PER HOUR, THE DEW POINT IS 60, AND WE PICKED UP 0.04-INCH OF RAINFALL.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 61 DEGREES, DEW POINT IS 60, PRESSURE IS RISING AND WINDS ARE EAST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA, A LOT OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY, AND WE STILL HAVE SOME ROAMING THE AREA TONIGHT.

WE COULD STILL SEE SOME SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND SCATTERED ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

A LOT OF CLOUD COVER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, WE COULD SEE SOME BREAKS AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OVER LEECH LAKE, THIS WAS AT WALKER PARK.

ARLENE SPOTTING A DEER IN THE YARD IN MENAHGA.

BILL AND JUDY SENDING US THIS PICTURE OF THE LILACS IN BLOOM.

AND GARY ALSO WITH SOME FALL FLOWERS.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SHARING THOSE PHOTOS TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 62 WITH DRIZZLE AND MIST AROUND MID-MORNING.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, PICKING UP 0.09-INCH OF RAINFALL.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY WITH LIGHT RAIN TODAY, 65 FOR THE HIGH.

AND ANGELA AT CASS LAKE WITH 0.5-INCH OF RAIN AND THE HIGH WAS 64.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 66 WAS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD.

WE DID FALL SHY OF THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

58 WAS OUR LOW, SUNRISE AT 2 MINUTES AFTER 7:00 THIS MORNING.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 63, SO AGAIN JUST A FEW DEGREES OFF OF THAT AVERAGE.

56 WAS OUR LOW, 7:21 WAS THE SUNSET.

LOOKING AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, A LOT OF CLOUD COVER ONCE AGAIN, AND WE DO HAVE CHANCES OF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL PICK UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW, STICKING AROUND ON SUNDAY.

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

AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND THE 70 DEGREE MARK.

SO LOOKING AT OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, CLOUDY SKIES, A CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, LOWS NEAR 57, AND EAST WINDS 5 TO 15.

PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TOMORROW, 68 FOR A HIGH AND SOUTH WINDS UP TO 10.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE WILL BE SEEING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON SUNDAY, BUT AGAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE SUNSHINE, TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT NEAR 69.

NOW AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORKWEEK, THINGS REALLY QUIET DOWN AND WE SHOULD BE SEEING MORE SUNSHINE MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY.

HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE BACK IN THE LOW TO MID-70s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: AND IT'S TIME FOR SPORTS.

BRAINERD FOOTBALL IS OFF TO A GOOD START.

THEY WERE HOME TONIGHT.

>> Charlie: YES, THEY ARE 3-0 TO START THE SEASON.

THEY ARE TAKING ON SARTELL FOR HOMECOMING, A BIG GAME FOR THEM, AND THEY HAD A BIG OFFENSE GOING ON, BUT TONIGHT, SARTELL COULD THEY COME OUT WITH A W?

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

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

[♪♪♪] >>> AS BRAINERD FOOTBALL ENTERS THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE REGULAR SEASON, THEY ARE A PERFECT 3-0 AND RANKED 9TH IN CLASS 5-A BY THE STAR TRIBUNE.

THIS WEEK, THEY WELCOME SECTION FOE SARTELL TO DON ADAMSON STADIUM FOR HOMECOMING.

THE WARRIORS HAVE BEATEN THE SABRES IN NINE STRAIGHT MEETINGS, INCLUDING TWICE LAST YEAR.

THEIR SECOND MEETING ENDED THE SABERS' SEASON.

JAYDEN STILL HOTTER THAN FISH GREASE, 33 YARDS, FOR HIS 11th TOUCHDOWN.

BRAINERD IS UP 10-7.

SKIPPING AHEAD, SABERS UP 14-10, DEEP IN WARRIORS TERRITORY, EVAN PICKS IT OFF AND ENSUING DRIVE.

HENRY GOODWIN, SNEAKS OUT THE SIDE AND HE GOES STREAKING DOWN THE SIDELINE.

IT LEADS TO A BARNUM T.D.

THE WARRIORS LEAD.

FINAL 3 MINUTES OF THE GAME, SABERS LOOKING TO ANSWER, KAIDEN BREAKS FREE FOR THE SABERS, SETS SARTELL FOR A TOUCHDOWN.

THEY TAKE THE LEAD 20-16.

LAST CHANCE FOR BRAINERD, COUGHS IT UP, SARTELL RECOVERS, AND THAT WOULD BE YOUR BALL GAME.

BRAINERD SUFFERS ITS FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON AT THE HANDS OF SARTELL AND IT'S NOT GOING TO GET EASIER NEXT WEEK.

THEY MEET UP WITH RIVAL BEMIDJI NEXT FRIDAY IN THE BATTLE FOR BABE BELT.

>>> IN 9-PLAYER FOOTBALL, BLACKDUCK HOSTING COOK COUNTY, THE DRAKES ARE 2-1 AND COMING OFF A 58-POINT PERFORMANCE OVER SILVER BAY LAST WEEK.

NOW DRAKES ARE DOWN BY 7.

WILLIAM FINDS COLTON DOWN THE SIDELINE FOR THE T.D., AND THEY TRAIL 7-6.

JUMPING TO THE SECOND QUARTER, SAME SCORE, GETTING ANOTHER BIG GRAB, THIS TIME ON DEFENSE.

THEY COULDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

FAIRBANKS, UNTOUCHEDABLE GAME, HE HAD 3 ON THE NIGHT, MAKING IT 14-6.

THE DRAKES FALL TO THE VIKINGS 24-6.

>>> A FEW MORE SCORES FOR YOU, BEMIDJI GETS THE WIN, THEY ARE 2-2.

MILES, 180 YARDS, 2 TOUCHDOWNS ON THE GROUND.

BIG GAME FOR HIM.

GRAND RAPIDS GETS A WIN OVER DULUTH EAST.

PEQUOT LAKES WINS AGAINST DULUTH DENFELD.

ROYALTON WINS.

THIEF RIVER FALLS TOPPLES ROSEAU.

STAPLES MOTLEY REMAIN UNDEFEATED IN CLASS 2A.

PIERZ BEAT ALBANY BY A TOUCHDOWN.

PILLAGER AND PARK RAPIDS COLLECTING WINS TONIGHT.

CROOKSTON BEATS CASS LAKE-BENA.

IN THE FOURTH QUARTER RIGHT NOW, AITKIN IS TRAILING BY A POINT TO I-FALLS.

MESABI EAST DROPS THE HAMMER.

RED LAKE COUNTY GETS THE WIN OVER BAGLEY.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS IS LEADING RED LAKE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER THERE.

LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE FALLS TONIGHT.

SEBEKA FALLS TO MILLE LACS.

FOSSTON FALLS TO STEVEN ARGYLE AND CLEAR BROOK GONVICK GETS A WIN.

NORTHOME-KELLIHER OVER BIG FORK.

BERTHA HEWITT GETTING THE WIN BUT VERNDALE LOSING.

IN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS, THEY SPLIT TODAY.

GRAND RAPIDS IN GIRLS SOCCER WINS 7-0 OVER HIBBING-CHISHOLM.

>>> IT'S NO SECRET BSU WOMEN'S SOCCER LEANS HEAVILY ON KATRINA BARTHELT ON OFFENSE.

THROUGH THEIR FIRST 3-GAMES, THE REIGNING NSIC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR HAS ACCOUNTED FOR THREE OF THE TEAMS FOUR GOALS AND HAD THE ASSIST ON THE OTHER.

BUT BEFORE THE SEASON BEGAN, HEAD COACH JIM STONE SAID THEY NEEDED OTHER PLAYERS TO STEP UP AND SCORE AS WELL.

IN THEIR HOME OPENER, BEMIDJI STATE GETTING JUST THAT, AS THEY BEGIN CONFERENCE PLAY AGAINST SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE.

FIFTH MINUTE, NO SCORE, WIDE OPEN NET.

OH NO, BUT KINSEY, THERE TO PICK HER TEAMMATE UP, FIRST OF THE SEASON, GIVES BSU THE 1-0 LEAD.

NOW LEADING THE CHARGE, DUMPS IT TO WATERS, AND INSTEAD OF TAPPING IT IN, GUARDS THE BALL SO WATERS CAN GET HER FIRST GOAL OF THE YEAR.

BEMIDJI STATE TRYING TO SEAL THE GAME, EMMA, OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN, SCORES HER FIRST GOAL OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS BEMIDJI STATE GOES ON TO BEAT SMSU.

THEY HOST SIOUX FALLS ON SUNDAY.

BSU WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL NSIC AND HOME OPENER TONIGHT AS WELL, THEY'VE WON 3 OF THEIR LAST 4 BUT HAVE A TOUGH ONE TONIGHT VERSUS 6TH RANKED SMSU.

HERE IN THE SECOND SET, TRAILING A SET, AVA, ONE OF HER 10 KILLS GIVES THE BEAVERS A 7-6 LEAD.

THEN A FEW POINTS LATER, CARLSON, ONE OF HER 9 KILLS KEEPS THE BEAVERS UP ON TOP.

ULTIMATELY, SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE, WITH THE HELP DOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE, THEY TAKE SET 2, AND THEY SWEEP BEMIDJI STATE 3-0 THE FINAL THERE.

HERE'S THE FINALS FROM CROSS COUNTRY, BEMIDJI STATE FINISHED 16th OVERALL THERE.

THEY HAD WINONA STATE TAKING THE WHOLE THING WITH THE LOW SCORE OF 27 POINTS.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

HEADWATERS MUSIC AND ARTS IN BEMIDJI OPENED THEIR DOORS EARLIER THIS EVENING FOR THEIR ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS COULD GO IN, PRACTICE DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS AND ART PROJECTS, AND ENJOY A FULL BUILDING OF RENAISSANCE THEMED OUTFITS AND GAMES.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK STOPPED BY FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, TO SEE WHAT NEW THINGS THE MUSIC CENTER WAS SHOWING OFF THIS YEAR.

>> A SHIELD CRAFT STUDIO GUILD OF THE POTTERS AND PHOTO BOOTH REQUEST MAY SEEM LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE OLDEN DAYS BUT THE COSTUME SWORDS MEN AND HANDMADE CROWNS WERE PART OF THE RENAISSANCE FAIR AND OPEN HOUSE.

>> IT'S PART OF OUR MISSION TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO BE THAT FRIENDLY ACCESSIBLE PLACE FOR MUSIC AND ART EXPERIENCES AND SO MANY TIMES, PEOPLE WILL WALK BY OUR BUILDING FOR YEARS AND EVENTUALLY WANDER IN AND SAY OH, I WAS ALWAYS WONDERING WHAT YOU DO HERE.

>> Reporter: HEADWATERS HAS BEEN DOING THE OPEN HOUSE FOR YEARS BUT THE RENAISSANCE THEME IS RELATIVELY NEW.

THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THEY HAVE DONE IT AND THE IDEA CAME FROM FINDING A WAY TO BE MORE ENGAGING WITH KIDS AND FAMILIES AS THEY COME IN.

>> I LIKE HOW EVERYONE IS DRESSED UP AND I DO LIKE OLD FASHION.

>> Reporter: THE ATTENDEES START THEIR ADVENTURE WITH A QUEST CARD AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE POTTERY WHEEL, MAKE CROWNS AND SHIELDS, AND OF COURSE LEARN ABOUT HEADWATERS CLASSES THEMSELVES.

>> WE DO MUSIC LESSONS AND ART CLASSES AND CAMPS ALL YEAR-ROUND.

IT'S IN SEPTEMBER THAT A LOT OF OUR YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMING KICKS OFF.

>> THEY TEACH YOU HOW TO SING.

THEY DO WARM UPS.

I WANT TO BE A SINGER ONE DAY.

I LIKE SINGING ON STAGE.

>> Reporter: AND AMONG ALL THE OLD FASHIONED ACTIVITIES, RENAISSANCE DRESS UP AND FACE PAINT, THE BIGGEST HIT IS WHEN EVERYONE COULD TRY OUT THE INSTRUMENTS.

>> MY FAVORITE PART IS WHEN AN ADULT OR A CHILD WANDERS THROUGH AND THEY THINK THEY ARE GOING TO BE INTERESTED, SAY IN THE PIANO, BUT THEN THEY SIT DOWN AND TRY OUT THE CELLO OR THE GUITAR OR AN INSTRUMENT THEY NEVER EVEN HEARD OF AND THEY REALIZE THEY LIKE THE SOUND OF IT AND THE FEEL OF IT AND THEY CAN PICTURE BURNING THAT INSTRUMENT.

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

>> Dennis: AND STACY WILL TELL US MORE ABOUT OUR WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST.

>> Stacy: IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

FOR TONIGHT, A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH CLOUDY SKIES AND LOWS NEAR 57, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TOMORROW, OTHERWISE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, WE WILL BE SEEING HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60s.

LOOKING AHEAD, MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY, QUIETER WEATHER DOES RETURN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORKWEEK, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL BE BACK AS WELL.

>> Charlie: THE 46th ANNUAL PAUL BUNYAN STAMPEDE AT BEMIDJI SPEEDWAY THIS WEEKEND, THEIR FINAL EVENT FOR THE SEASON BEFORE THEY DON'T COME BACK FOR NEXT YEAR.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU MONDAY NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

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