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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 HEAVEN -- EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ PLANS TO CALL A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER TOUGHER GUN LAWS.

WALZ SAYS HE'LL BE MAKING CALLS TO LAWMAKERS AND WORKING ON A PLAN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND THAT HE INTENDS TO PROPOSE A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE THAT COULD INCLUDE AN ASSAULT-WEAPONS BAN.

THIS COMES FOLLOWING A SHOOTING LAST WEEK AT A CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN MINNEAPOLIS THAT LEFT TWO CHILDREN DEAD AND 21 PEOPLE INJURED.

THE MAYORS OF MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL, AND BLOOMINGTON HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE TUESDAY TO CALL ON THE LEGISLATURE TO CHANGE A 1985 STATE LAW THAT PREVENTS CITIES FROM ENACTING THEIR OWN GUN RESTRICTIONS.

THE MAYOR'S SUPPORT BANS ON ASSAULT WEAPONS AND HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINES, AND SAY CITIES SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENACT THEM IF THE LEGISLATURE WON'T PASS STATEWIDE BANS.

>> THE FIRST CHOICE, OF COURSE.

THE FIRST AND BEST WAY OF DOING THIS IS TO HAVE A STATEWIDE AND/OR A FEDERAL BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS AND A BAN ON HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO DO IT, GIVE US THE ABILITY TO KEEP OUR CONSTITUENTS SAFE.

>> WHEN THIS COUNTRY LITERALLY WENT TO WAR OVER AN INCORRECTLY PERCEIVED THREAT OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

NOW WE HAVE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT, A VERY LOCAL THREAT, FROM DEVASTATING WEAPONS HERE IN OUR SCHOOLS, OUR CHURCHES, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

WEAPONS OF WAR ARE IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THEM AND OUR COMMUNITIES ARE PAYING THE PRICE.

>> WHILE THE D.F.L.

GOVERNOR DIDN'T GIVE MANY DETAILS OF HIS PROPOSALS, HE SAID THEY WON'T INFRINGE ON SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS, BUT WILL PROTECT STUDENTS.

HE INDICATED HIS PLAN COULD INCLUDE SAFE STORAGE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STATE'S 2023 RED FLAG LAW, AND MORE FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH.

HE ALSO SAID HE'S OPEN TO G.O.P.

IDEAS.

>>> A 43-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING A CHILD ON THE WHITE EARTH BAND OF OJIBWE INDIAN RESERVATION.

JOSEPH DANIEL SCHULTZ WAS SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT TODAY.

ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS, SCHULTZ SEXUALLY ABUSED THE VICTIM WHO WAS UNDER THE AGE OF 9 THROUGHOUT THE FALL AND WINTER MONTHS OF 2023.

PROSECUTORS SAY SCHULTZ'S ABUSE TOOK MANY HORRIFIC FORMS AND LASTED SEVERAL MONTHS AND THAT HE ABUSED A POSITION OF TRUST AND CONTROL IN SEXUALLY ABUSING THE VICTIM.

IN ADDITION TO BEING SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON SCHULTZ WAS ALSO SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE.

>>> LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT A HOME IN DEER RIVER ON AUGUST 27TH AS PART OF AN OF AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION INVOLVING SUSPECTED NARCOTICS AND ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS.

DRUGS, A FIREARM, AND AMMUNITION WERE LOCATED DURING THE RAID.

AUTHORITIES SEIZED A STOLEN GLOCK 45 HANDGUN WITH MAGAZINES AND OVER 60 ROUNDS OF 9 MILLIMETER AMMUNITION, AS WELL AS APPROXIMATELY 1.57 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND ASSOCIATED PARAPHERNALIA.

BUT THAT WASN'T ALL THEY FOUND IN THE SEARCH, IN ADDITION THEY LOCATED MULTIPLE DANGEROUS REPTILES AND EXOTIC SPECIES, INCLUDING COBRAS, A GREEN MAMBA, A BOA CONSTRICTOR, TARANTULAS, AND OTHER VENOMOUS ANIMALS.

THOSE ANIMALS WERE SECURED IN COORDINATION WITH 4X4 REPTILE RESCUE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

>>> 39-YEAR-OLD CORTNEY JOHN EDSTROM OF NOWTHEN AND 34-YEAR-OLD CASEY RAE HURO OF MAPLE LAKE WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY DURING THE OPERATION.

CHARGES ARE CURRENTLY PENDING REVIEW BY THE ITASCA COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

>>> AN 18-YEAR-OLD BAGLEY MAN HAS DIED IN A ONE VEHICLE CRASH NEAR BAGLEY.

A CLEARWATER COUNTY DEPUTY RESPONDED TO THE CRASH ON TOWER AVENUE ABOUT QUARTER MILE SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 2 AROUND 7:40 YESTERDAY MORNING.

THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INDICATES JAMES JOHNSON WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF IT WHEN IT ENTERED A CURVE.

THE VEHICLE WENT INTO THE DITCH AND ROLLED.

JOHNSON WHO WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE VEHICLE WAS EJECTED FROM IT AND TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE BAGLEY MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

>>> PARTS OF BRAINERD FELT THE EFFECT OF LAST NIGHT'S THUNDERSTORMS AS SOME RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OWNERS STARTED THEIR DAY WITH A POWER OUTAGE.

NEARLY 350 COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES NEAR 4TH AND WASHINGTON WERE AFFECTED BY THE OUTAGE, WHICH LASTED A LITTLE OVER TWO HOURS.

ACCORDING TO BRAINERD PUBLIC UTILITIES OPERATIONS OFFICIALS, THE OUTAGE WAS CAUSED BY LIGHTNING DURING THIS MORNING'S STORM.

>> WE HAD A STORM COME THROUGH THIS MORNING, IT HIT THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA BEFORE 5:00.

THE LIGHTNING IS WHAT CAUSED US THE TROUBLE.

>> I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ONSITE AND AS OUR CREWS WERE MAKING RESTORATION, IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO SEE THEM WITH THE RAIN COMING DOWN AS IT WAS.

>> THE BRAINERD PUBLIC UTILITIES OFFICE URGES ANYONE THAT MAY BE EXPERIENCING AN OUTAGE AT THEIR HOME OR BUSINESS TO UTILIZE THEIR OUTAGE TRACKER AT BPU.ORG.

>>> CONSTRUCTION STARTED TODAY ON A STRETCH OF HIGHWAY 210 BETWEEN BRAINERD AND IRONTON.

CREWS WILL PERFORM A PROCESS CALLED MICRO-SURFACING, WHICH RENEWS THE ROAD SURFACE AND SEALS IRREGULARITIES.

ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS AT THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DRIVERS MAY NOT NOTICE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN HOW THE DRIVE FEELS, BUT THE PROJECT WILL DRASTICALLY IMPROVE THE LONGEVITY OF THE ROAD.

>> SO WE JUST DID A PROJECT ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO THAT FIXED UP SOME OF THE CRACKS, DID SOME WORK ON THAT.

SO THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF PRESERVE THE PAVEMENT, KEEP IT SEALED SO THAT WE CAN KEEP WATER OUT, MOSTLY FOR THE FREEZE-THAW CYCLE, TO GIVE THIS THING ANOTHER 10 TO 15 YEARS OF LIFE.

>> CONSTRUCTION IS PLANNED TO FINISH THIS SATURDAY, WITH WORK OCCURRING NIGHTLY FROM 6:00 P.M. TO 7:00 A.M. [♪♪♪] >> TO STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>> Stacy: TEMPERATURES WILL TURN SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER NOW AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WE COULD SEE A FEW MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE D.N.R.

PROVIDES SOME CAMPING TIPS FOR THE U [♪♪♪] >> NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> IT WAS BACK TO SCHOOL FOR MANY STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

FOR BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL, TODAY WAS THE 58TH FIRST DAY OF CLASS AT ITS CURRENT LOCATION.

AND FOR THE NINTH GRADERS, THOUGH INCLEMENT WEATHER MOVED A TRADITION ESTABLISHED BACK IN 2021 INTO THE GYM INSTEAD OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD WHERE GRADUATION TYPICALLY TAKES PLACE, THEIR HIGH SCHOOL JOURNEYS BEGAN, WHERE THEY WILL HOPEFULLY COME TO A CLOSE.

>> THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR MOST OF OUR STUDENTS IS PROBABLY THE MOST ANTICIPATED DAY OF THE YEAR.

USUALLY IT'S THE FIRST AND LAST DAY AND WELCOMING OUR NINTH GRADE STUDENTS IN, THE BIG THING WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE THEM SEE EXACTLY WHY THEY ARE HERE.

IT'S A REALLY COOL SYMBOLIC WAY TO START OFF THE HIGH SCHOOL JOURNEY.

>> THERE ARE OVER 1,500 STUDENTS ENROLLED AT BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE 2025-26 SCHOOL YEAR.

>>> STUDENTS AT BEMIDJI STATE ARE ALSO BACK IN CLASSES THEIR FIRST DAY WAS AUGUST 25TH.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS AN UPDATE ON THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHAT WILL BE NEW THIS YEAR FOR THE UNIVERSITY AND NORTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE, AND THE IMPACT OF HIGHER ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

>> Reporter: AS SUMMER ENDS AND BEMIDJI STATE STUDENTS PICK UP THEIR TEXTBOOKS ONCE AGAIN, THEY MAY FEEL AS IF THEY ARE SEEING MORE NEW FACES IN THEIR CLASS THAN USUAL AS 4,000 ONLINE AND IN-PERSON STUDENTS HAVE FINISHED THEIR FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL.

>> WE'RE UP ABOUT 1% AT BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY.

WITHIN THAT NUMBER, WE'RE LEADING ALL MINN STATE STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

AT NTC, WE'RE UP ABOUT 2%.

WE'RE OVER 1,000 STUDENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2018.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN HALF OF THE SCHOOL'S BUDGET COMES JUST FROM ENROLLMENT AND TUITION MONEY, SO BEMIDJI OFFICIALS SAY THE HIGHER ENROLLMENT NUMBERS CAN BALANCE THE UNIVERSITY'S BUDGET, WHICH HAS BEEN OPERATING IN A DEFICIT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

>> WE ARE NOT MAKING ANY CUTS TO OUR PROGRAMS ON CAMPUS AT BEMIDJI STATE, SO THAT IS, GETS US A YEAR TO FOCUS ON GROWTH AND INVESTING IN OUR FACULTY AND REORGANIZING THE WAY THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: THE BSU CAMPUS ALSO SAW SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE DURING THE JUNE WIND STORM.

>> WE LOST MORE THAN 200 TREES, ALL BY 3 OF OUR ROOFS ACROSS THE CAMPUSES RECEIVED DAMAGES, MORE THAN 100 WINDOWS WERE BROKEN.

WE HAD MORE THAN 1,600 WINDOWS THAT NEED ATTENTION.

>> Reporter: DESPITE FACILITY DAMAGES THAT MAY AFFECT SOME OUTSIDE THE CLASS LEARNING, IN-CLASS WORK WAS ALL ON SCHEDULE AFTER TWO MONTHS OF CLEAN UP AND CONSTRUCTION.

AS THE SCHOOL IS GETTING USE TO THEIR NEW ROUTINES, THEY'RE FINISHING UP THEIR SECOND EVER CAMPAIGN.

>> WE'RE RAISING 25 MILLION IN THREE YEARS, SCHOLARSHIP, AND INVESTMENTS IN FACULTY, MARKETING AND RECRUITMENT TYPES OF INVESTMENTS TO HELP POSITION US FOR CONTINUED GROWTH.

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

>> BEMIDJI STATE HAS ALREADY RAISED 19 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THEIR FOR THE NORTH CAMPAIGN, AND IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS SCHOOL YEAR TO ATTEMPT TO REACH THE 25 MILLION DOLLAR GOAL.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE NOW AND HINT OF FALL IN THE AIR IT SOUNDS LIKE.

>> Stacy: RIGHT, IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE SKIPPING OVER SEPTEMBER WEATHER AND HEADING TOWARDS OCTOBER.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK, HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID-50s ACROSS MOST OF OUR VIEWING AREA AND WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FROST ON THE GROUND IN A COUPLE OF THOSE MORNINGS.

WE HAVE SOME CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE HAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WITH A FEW MORE DEVELOPING LATER ON IN THE DAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE FAIRLY QUIET WEATHER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT COLDER AIR MOVING IN, SO TEMPERATURES FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE VERY COLD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, HIGHS ONLY IN THE 50s.

WE DO HAVE MORE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

AGAIN WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES, THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME FROST ON A COUPLE OF THOSE MORNINGS.

MORE ON THAT IN A SECOND.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, IT'S 55 AT THE AIRPORT IN BEMIDJI TONIGHT, THE WINDS FROM THE NORTH AT 8 MILES PER HOUR, DEW POINT IS 49, AND WE PICKED UP 0.078-INCH OF PRECIPITATION TODAY.

IN BRAINERD, 65 WITH A DEW POINT OF 57.

WE HAVE NORTHWEST WINDS AT 21 MILES PER HOUR, WE ARE SEEING GUSTS UP TO 29.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, WE CAN SEE THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, WHICH IS MORE OR LESS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA, A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS OUT THERE.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, THERE MAY BE A STRAY SHOWER, SOME SPRINKLES IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE VIEWING AREA, OTHERWISE EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE WILL HAVE VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW AND THERE IS ONCE AGAIN A CHANCE OF A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS IN MENAHGA.

JOAN IN LAPORTE WITH SOME BUSY HUMMINGBIRDS IN THE YARD.

SAMROSE WITH A GOLDEN EAGLE OVER LOWER RED LAKE.

GARY WITH A BEAUTIFUL REFLECTION OF THE TREES IN THE LAKE.

AND ANGELA CATCHING JUST A HINT OF A SUNSET IN THE DISTANCE IN DEER RIVER.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA DID HAVE SOME RAIN THIS MORNING, 73 AND BREEZY THIS EVENING.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, PARTLY SUNNY, PICKING UP 1.38 INCHES OF RAIN.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, 1.7 INCHES OF RAIN WITH A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, 0.38-INCH OF RAIN.

A QUICK LOOK AT OUR ALMANAC, 77 WAS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD, BUT WE ARE SEEING COOLER TEMPERATURES MOVING IN, 60 DEGREES FOR OUR LOW, AND BEMIDJI WITH A HIGH OF 72.

OUR LOW TODAY IS 55.

AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE'LL STILL HAVE THE CLOUDS IN THE MORNING, WE'LL START TO SEE SHOWERS DEVELOPING AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THOSE ARE HIT AND MISS AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, MUCH COLDER WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO UPPER 50s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA, CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAY STILL SEE A FEW LOW 60s.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT, A FEW SHOWERS AND SCATTERED SPRINKLES IN THE EAST.

LOWS NEAR 47, VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW WITH A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS, HIGHS NEAR 57.

LOOKING AT THE EXTENDED FORECAST, MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY WITH A HIGH OF 58.

GENERALLY PRETTY QUIET AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, COOL TO START WITH, BUT TEMPERATURES RECOVER A LITTLE BIT.

BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND, HIGHS SHOULD BE NEAR 63.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: OKAY, AND CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH OUR SPORTS.

A BIG SOCCER MATCH UP BETWEEN BEMIDJI AND GRAND RAPIDS TONIGHT ON THE BOY'S SIDE.

>> Charlie: YEAH, ON THE BOY'S SIDE OF THINGS.

NO ONE HAS WON THE GAME IN THE LAST TWO YEARS SO TONIGHT, HOPING THAT SOMEBODY CAN COME OUT ON TOP INSTEAD OF ENING IN A TIE.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> IF GOD WOULD HAVE WANTED GAMES TO END IN A TIE, SHE WOULDN'T HAVE INVENTED NUMBERS, I TEND TO AGREE WITH FICTIONAL HEAD COACH TED LASSO ON THAT FRONT, YET, THERE ARE STILL TIES IN SOCCER.

AND AS A RESULT, FOR TWO SEASONS NOW, WE HAVE NO IDEA IF BEMIDJI OR GRAND RAPIDS BOYS SOCCER IS THE BETTER TEAM, TYING 2-2 AND 0-0 IN THEIR LAST TWO MEETINGS.

WELL, THEY TRIED TO SETTLE THAT DEBATE TONIGHT.

LUMBERJACKS HOSTING THE THUNDERHAWKS AT CHET ANDERSON STADIUM.

EARLY FIRST HALF, STILL NO SCORE.

JACKS HAD A COUPLE GOOD LOOKS, INCLUDING THIS ONE FROM AUSTIN.

NEAR THE END OF THE HALF, T HAWKS WITH A CHANCE, AND SENDS IT OFF THE POST, WE HEAD TO HALF TIED AT 0.

THEN OH NO, EASTERN -- EASTON KNOCKED IN, AND THEY GO TO 1-0.

NOW T-HAWKS WITH A FREE KICK CHANCE, BUT KELLEN ABLE TO CORRAL IT AND BEMIDJI HOLDS OFF GRAND RAPIDS LATE, ADVANCES AND AFTER TWO SEASONS OF WAITING, WE HAVE A WINNER, 1-0 THE FINAL THERE.

>>> ALSO IN BOYS SOCCER, LITTLE FALLS LOOKING FOR THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT WIN, INNER-CONFERENCE OPPONENT LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE.

19TH MINUTE, GAMES STILL SCORELESS, FLYERS GET IN THE BOX, HUNTER HINES SNEAKS IT IN, LITTLE FALLS UP 1-0.

COUPLE MINUTES LATER, LONG PRAIRIE LOOKING TO ANSWER, ADRIAN AMBRIZ, SENDS A BULLET UPPER 90, THUNDER TIE THINGS AT 1.

SECOND HALF, STILL TIED, BRYCE LEWELLYN ROCKETS ONE HOME FOR THE FLYERS AND LITTLE FALLS TAKES A 2-1 LEAD.

THEY HOLD ON TO BEAT LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE, 2-1.

THE THUNDER FALL TO 2-2.

>>> ELSEWHERE IN SOCCER, GIRLS SOCCER, THE WARRIORS SHUT OUT ELK RIVER.

MAYA AND CASEY WITH TWO GOALS AS BEMIDJI ROLLS EAST GRAND FORKS.

HILL CREST BEATS WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY.

>>> OVER IN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, BRAINERD SEARCHING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN ON THE SEASON, TAKING ON SECTION 8-4A FOR MOORHEAD.

2ND SET, BRAINERD DOWN A SET TO NONE, KEELEY GONDRINGER KILL SHOT BACK ROW, TIES THINGS AT 6 APIECE.

ENSUING POINT, SPUDS TRYING TO RESPOND, PAIGE SKOGLUND, SAYS NO NO NO NOT TODAY, BLOCK MAKES IT 7-6 WARRIORS.

COUPLE RALLIES LATER, NOW 7-7, NATALIE SMITH, PAINTS ONE DOWN THE LINE, BRAINERD RETAKE THE LEAD.

BUT MOORHEAD WAS JUST TOO MUCH, STILL PULLING AWAY, THEY FALL.

WARRIORS WILL TRY AGAIN ON THURSDAY WHEN THEY HOST SARTELL.

>>> ELSEWHERE IN VOLLEYBALL, CROSBY-IRONTON GETS THE WIN OVER PILLAGER.

ROYALTON BEATS PIERZ.

WADENA DEER CREEK FALLS, ROSEAU BEATS BADGER, NORTHWOODS BEATS BIG FORK, BAGLEY AND BERTHA HEWITT COLLECTING WINS TONIGHT.

FOSSTON FALLS, WIN-E-MAC TO RED LAKE COUNTY.

THE TWINS LOSE THEIR SECOND GAME IN A ROW TO THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX.

>> Dennis: THAT SEASON WILL END BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

>> Charlie: THEY ARE HOPING IT WILL END SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

EXACTLY.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

THE TEMPERATURES ARE STARTING TO DROP, WHICH MEANS THE FALL COLORS WILL SOON BLANKET THE LANDSCAPE OF MINNESOTA.

FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN GIVES US AN OUTLOOK INTO THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, AS WELL AS HOW TO BEST GEAR UP FOR CAMPING IN STATE AND CITY PARKS THROUGHOUT THE FALL.

>> Reporter: WHAT HUES OF PAINT WILL THE MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE SEE THIS UPCOMING FALL?

YOU CAN ONLY GUESS, SOME RECENT WEATHER FACTORS COULD GIVE US SOME CLUES.

>> SUMMER WEATHER CAN TELL US A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT FALL COLOR SEASON WILL LOOK LIKE.

A LOT COMES DOWN TO WHAT OUR WEATHER IS DURING THE FALL.

DROUGHT CAN, IN SOME CASES, MAKE COLORS MORE DULL AND PROLONG DROUGHT CAN MAKE THEM BRIGHTER.

>> Reporter: A SEVERE SUMMER DROUGHT CAN MAKE THE TREES BRONZE OR AUBURN, BUT THIS SEASON MEANS THE TREES HAD A CHANCE TO MAXIMIZE THEIR COLOR PRODUCTION.

>> WE'RE NOT IN A DROUGHT YEAR IN 2025.

WE HAD ABOVE AVERAGE RAIN IN SOME PARTS OF THE STATE THIS YEAR.

>> Reporter: FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO CAMP DURING THE FALL SEASON, THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTIONS.

>> WE HAVE 73 STATE PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS.

>> Reporter: ANIMALS ARE NOT HIBERNATING YET, HOW CAN YOU PREVENT THOSE ANIMALS FROM INVADING YOUR CAMPSITE?

>> WE RECOMMEND KEEPING A CLEAN CAMP, MEANING STORING YOUR FOOD PROPERLY IF YOU ARE CAMPING.

IF YOU'RE CAMPING IN A TENT, YOU MAY WANT TO PUT YOUR COOLER AND YOUR OTHER FOOD IN YOUR CA.

IN PLACES WHERE THERE ARE BLACK BEARS, THEY ARE LOOKING TO EAT A LOT AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

IF YOU LEAVE YOUR OWN FOOD AS AN EASY TARGET ON THE CAMPGROUNDS, IT MAY DISAPPEAR WHILE YOU'RE NOT THERE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FOR NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE STATE D.N.R.

'S WEBSITE HAS A FALL COLOR FINDER WEBSITE.

WHERE YOU CAN SELECT FUTURE DATES, WHICH DISPLAY COLORS BASED ON PAST YEARS DATA.

FUTURE DATES REPRESENT HISTORICAL AVERAGES, SO YOU CAN BEST PLAN A CAMPING TRIP TO EXPERIENCE THE CHANGING FALL COLORS BASED ON THAT DATA.

>>> WE HAVE TIME FOR A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER, WHICH IS COOLING DOWN.

WE GO BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE COULD SEE SOME SCATTERED SPRINKLES OR ISOLATED SHOWERS.

OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLOUDY, LOWS NEAR 47.

COOLER TEMPERATURES TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS, HIGHS SHOULD ONLY REACH 57, AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD, MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY, 58 FOR THE HIGH, BUT LOOK AT THE MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 30s.

>> Charlie: BRAINERD GIRLS TENNIS IS 9-1 OUT THE GATE.

WE WILL HEAR FROM THEM TOMORROW.

>> Dennis: SOUNDS GOOD.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK AT 10:00 TOMORROW NIGHT.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.