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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.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> THIS PORTION [♪♪♪♪♪] [♪♪♪♪♪] [♪♪♪♪♪] >>> HEY EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

MY NAME IS MATTHEW FREEMAN, FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN WITH YOUR LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> AS WE ARE IN ELECTION SEASON, THE RACE IS ON FOR SEATS IN MINNESOTA'S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ONE SUCH RACE IS HOUSE DISTRICT 6B.

OUR REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY SAT DOWN WITH THE THREE CANDIDATES TO LEARN WHY THEY THINK THEY DESERVE TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT IN SAINT PAUL.

>> Reporter: THREE CANDIDATES ARE UP FOR ELECTION IN HOUSE DISTRICT 6B IN MINNESOTA.

INCUMBENT JOHN, EMILY, AND TROY.

HE IS SEEKING HIS SIXTH TERM AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE AS THE G.O.P.

CHAIR ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS, HE IS STAYING BUSY WITH HIS CAMPAIGN AND CAMPAIGNS FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ACROSS THE STATE THIS ELECTION CYCLE.

>> EVERY ELECTION CYCLE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, YOU SEE A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS.

THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT I'M NOT JUST WORKING IN MY OWN DISTRICT.

I'M WORKING WITH A LOT OF OUR CANDIDATES.

>> Reporter: EMILY IS THE DFL ENDORSED CANDIDATE FOR 6B.

SHE LIKE MANY WHO ENTERS POLITICS WANTS TO HAVE A HAND IN CREATING A POSITIVE FUTURE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

>> THE MAIN REASON IS THAT I'M A MOM.

I CARE ABOUT WHAT KIND OF FUTURE MY CHILDREN HAVE GOING FORWARD.

I WANT TO BE A PART OF MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT.

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN POLITICS AND I HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR MANY YEARS, AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP.

>> Reporter: TROY IS A THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE IN THE RACE.

HE MOVED FROM THE METRO AREA ABOUT 7 YEARS AGO BECAUSE WHAT HE BELIEVES WERE NEGATIVE CHANGES.

HE IS NOT NEW TO POLITICS AS HE RAN FOR A CROW WING COUNTY COMMISSIONER SEAT IN 2022.

HE BELIEVES THE SAME NEGATIVE CHANGES ARE CREEPING INTO THE LAKES AREA, WHICH IS WHY HE ENTERED THE POLITICAL WORLD.

>> THAT IS WHAT SEGUED INTO WHY I'M SHOOTING FOR THIS POSITION AND THE COMMISSIONER POSITION BEFORE IN 2022.

I WANT TO PUT THE BRAKES ON A LOT OF THIS STUFF THAT IS GOING ON.

>> Reporter: AS A FIVE TIME INCUMBENT, HE BELIEVES HE HAS EARNED THE TRUST OF THE VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT, HIS CONSISTENCY OVER HIS MULTIPLE TERMS IS SOMETHING THAT RESONATES WITH VOTERS AND IS EFFECTIVE FOR POLITICIANS.

>> I THINK THAT MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH SIDE OF THE AISLE, ARE CONSISTENT AND DON'T BETRAY THAT TRUST WITH THE VOTER, THEIR DISTRICT, AND ARE CONSISTENT IN THEIR VALUES, AND IN THEIR APPROACH TO THE LEGISLATURE.

THEY DO VERY WELL.

>> Reporter: CERTAIN QUALITIES MAKE FOR MORE EFFECTIVE LEADERS.

ONE QUALITY THAT SHE HAS THAT WOULD MAKE HER EFFECTIVE AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE IS EMPATHY.

>> I THINK BEING ABLE TO EMPATHIZE WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR A REPRESENTATIVE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT JUST REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A SHARED EXPERIENCE WITH YOU.

YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO REACH ACROSS THE AISLE AND WORK WITH THE OTHER SIDE.

I KNOW WE'RE IN A TIME OF DIVISION NOW AND THAT MAKES THINGS MORE DIFFICULT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO STRIVE TO DO MOVING FORWARD.

>> Reporter: SHE WANTS THEM TO VOTE ON SHARED VALUES AND PRINCIPALS.

>> I'M HOPING TO MAYBE WAKE SOME PEOPLE UP, MAYBE SNAP THEM OUT OF THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM, START VOTING ON PRINCIPALS OVER POLITICS OR PRINCIPALS OVER PARTIES, AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE SOME HEAD WAY.

>> Reporter: SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> ALSO, BE SURE TO TUNE IN TO OUR DEBATE NIGHT COVERAGE ON LAKELAND PBS, BEGINNING OCTOBER 7TH WHERE WE WILL BRING YOU EIGHT DEBATES FEATURING DISTRICTS ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA.

THE DEBATE FOR HOUSE DISTRICT 6B WILL BE ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH AT 7:00 P.M.. >>> A CRASH EAST OF PARK RAPIDS LED TO ONE INDIVIDUAL BEING STUCK IN HIS DAMAGED CAR, AND ANOTHER WHO RECEIVED EXTENSIVE INJURIES.

ACCORDING TO THE HUBBARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON SEPTEMBER 16TH AT AROUND 12:06 P.M. THEIR OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF A 2-VEHICLE CRASH AT THE INTERSECTION OF HUBBARD COUNTY ROADS 4 AND 18 IN HENRIETTA TOWNSHIP.

THE CALLER REPORTED THAT THERE WERE INJURIES AND THAT ONE OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED WERE TRAPPED INSIDE THEIR CAR BUT ONCE OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY DISCOVERED 87-YEAR-OLD MATHIAS KNOTT OF AKELEY INSIDE HIS VEHICLE AND BEING TENDED TO BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL.

BOTH VEHICLES WERE FOUND IN A DITCH AND RECEIVED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.

THE INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT KNOTT WAS DRIVING EAST ON COUNTY ROAD 18, AND STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN AT COUNTY ROAD 4.

WHILE 76-YEAR-OLD RICHARD LORENZ OF PARK RAPIDS WAS DRIVING NORTH ON COUNTY ROUND 4.

KNOTT PROCEEDED TO CROSS COUNTY ROAD 4, WHEN HE COLLIDED WITH LORENZ'S VEHICLE.

LORENZ WAS TRANSPORTED TO SAINT JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL FOR CHEST PAINS AND A LACERATION TO HIS WRIST, WHILE KNOTT WAS AIRLIFTED TO A FARGO HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR POSSIBLE INJURIES.

THE CRASH IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE HUBBARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

>>> A CRASH BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES THAT HAPPENED NEAR BAGLEY HAS RESULTED IN INJURIES TO A MAN FROM CROOKSTON.

ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL, AN SUV, DRIVEN BY 41-YEAR-OLD BRANDI KNUTSON OF GONVICK, WAS TRAVELING WEST ON HIGHWAY 2, ALONG WITH A PICKUP TRUCK, DRIVEN BY 77-YEAR-OLD BORGE FISKETJON OF CROOKSTON WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON COUNTY ROAD 7 WHEN THEY BOTH COLLIDED IN THE INTERSECTION.

THE DRIVER OF THE SUV DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES BUT THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP SUFFERED NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO BAGLEY-SANFORD EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT.

>>> THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING THE PUBLIC'S HELP IN LOCATING A MISSING 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

ACCORDING TO THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT.

JADYN DAVIS WAS LAST SEEN NEAR 2400 PINE RIDGE AVENUE EARLIER TODAY.

JADYN IS 5'1", 95 POUNDS, HAS BROWN EYES AND BROWN HAIR.

JADYN WAS WEARING A BLACK HOODIE AND BLACK SWEATPANTS WHEN SHE WAS LAST SEEN.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THE WHEREABOUTS OF JADYN DAVIS, YOU ARE ASKED TO THE CONTACT THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.

>>> THE BRAINERD COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO HONOR THOSE WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE SERVING OUR COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE ANNUAL ARMED FORCED TRIBUTE EVENT NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS PRISONERS OF WAR AND MISSING IN ACTION DAY OR POW/MIA DAY.

REPRESENTATIVES WITHIN BOTH BRAINERD AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA STOPPED BY THE ALL VETERANS MEMORIAL, REFLECTED, AND REMEMBERED THOSE THAT FOUGHT TO GIVE THIS COUNTRY'S CIVILIANS A BETTER LIFE.

>> THIS COMMUNITY HAS A LOT OF RESOURCES AND NOT JUST A LOT OF RESOURCES, BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME AROUND THEIR VETERANS AND WORK TOGETHER.

A LOT OF PEOPLE TRY TO BE SEPARATE, BUT THEY COME TOGETHER AND WORK COLLECTIVELY TO GET THE JOB DONE AND THAT'S WHAT I CAN APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.

>> THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 200 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE ARMED FORCES TRIBUTE EVENT.

>>> EARLY VOTING FOR THE NOVEMBER 5TH GENERAL ELECTION BEGAN TODAY IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST GENERAL ELECTION SINCE THE PASSAGE OF RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS FOR MINNESOTANS WITH FELONY CONVICTIONS WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY INCARCERATED TO BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE, A PERSON MUST BE 18-YEARS-OLD OR OLDER BY ELECTION DAY, A U.S. CITIZEN, A RESIDENT OF MINNESOTA FOR AT LEAST 20-DAYS, NOT CURRENTLY INCARCERATED FOR A FELONY CONVICTION, AND NOT UNDER A COURT ORDER THAT REVOKES YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE.

THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO VOTE: MINNESOTANS CAN VOTE BY MAIL BY REQUESTING A BALLOT AT THE WEBSITE ON THE SCREEN STARTING TODAY.

BALLOTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY LOCAL ELECTION OFFICES BY 8:00 P.M. ON ELECTION DAY TO BE COUNTED.

MINNESOTANS CAN ALSO VOTE ABSENTEE IN PERSON AT THEIR LOCAL ELECTION OFFICE DURING BUSINESS HOURS BETWEEN TODAY AND THE NOVEMBER 5TH ELECTION.

AND MINNESOTANS CAN CHOOSE TO WAIT UNTIL ELECTION DAY TO VOTE IN-PERSON AT THEIR LOCAL POLLING PLACE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH.

IN MINNESOTA, YOU CAN ALSO STILL REGISTER TO VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.

TO CHECK THE STATUS OF YOUR VOTING REGISTRATION OR TO REGISTER TO VOTE, YOU CAN VISIT THE WEBSITE ON THE SCREEN, WHICH WE WILL INCLUDE A LINK TO ON OUR WEBSITE ALONG WITH THIS STORY.

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

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, BUT OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO SETTLE INTO A QUIET BUT COOLER WEATHER PATTERN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, HARMONY FOODS CO-OP IN DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI UNVEILED A NEW MURAL.

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C.T.C; CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY ONLINE AT GOCTC.COM.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> AND NOW LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >>> THE BEMIDJI POLICE AND PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PARTNERED TOGETHER TO AN EVENT CALLED “CASTING WITH COPS”, AN EVENT TO NOT ONLY TEACH KIDS ABOUT FISHING, BUT A WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CONNECT WITH THE OFFICERS IN THE AREA.

THE EVENT FEATURED A NUMBER OF OFFICERS FROM BOTH THE POLICE AND BELTRAMI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS MANY KIDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS ENJOYING A DAY OUT ON LAKE BEMIDJI.

THANKS TO DONATIONS AND GRANT MONEY FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE EVERYTHING THE KIDS NEEDED TO HAVE A GOOD TIME FISHING.

>> WE HAD LOTS OF COMMUNITY DONATIONS COME IN.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE AWAY ABOUT 100 REEL SETS, T-SHIRTS, AND IT'S A GREAT INTERACTION WITH THE POLICE.

IT'S A FUN WAY TO INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY.

>> THE EVENT ACTUALLY STEMS FROM A PROGRAM THAT THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ALREADY DOING WITH “LET'S GO FISHING” FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BUT WHEN THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT CAUGHT WIND OF THIS, THEY WANTED TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM FOR YEARS TO COME.

>> THIS EVENT IS REALLY A SPRINGBOARD FROM THAT IN WHERE WE BROUGHT IN A WHOLE LOT OF PARTNERS FROM ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.

I MEAN THE D.N.R.

IS HERE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE HIGH SCHOOL FISHING TEAM IS HERE, A LOT OF ENTITIES THAT SHOW WE'RE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

WE ALL HAVE COMMON INTERESTS AND WE ENJOY THIS PLACE WE LIVE AND ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS THROUGH FISHING.

>> Matthew: IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY ON LAKE BEMIDJI AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE THE SAME WAY THE ENTIRE WEEKEND.

>> Stacy: IT WILL BE PRETTY NICE BUT WE COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW AND TOMORROW MORNING, OTHERWISE QUIET.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIT MORE SEASONAL AND FALL-LIKE.

TEMPERATURES >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS OF MINNESOTA AND THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DEAF, DEAF/BLIND, AND HARD OF HEARING STATE SERVICES DIVISION.

>> SANFORD HEALTH; HERE FOR ALL, HERE FOR GOOD.

DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SERVICES IN THE BEMIDJI AREA IS AVAILABLE AT SANFORDHEALTH.ORG.

>> THE WEATHER IS SPONSORED BY WIDSETH; ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, LAND SURVEYORS SERVING MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SINCE 1975.

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, IT HAS BEEN JUST A PLEASANT DAY ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY, WITH THAT NICE SUNSHINE.

WE STILL HAD MILD TEMPERATURES, AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE MAINLY QUIET WEATHER.

WE COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH MAINLY TOMORROW MORNING, OTHERWISE IT LOOKS PRETTY QUIET THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

THE DIFFERENCE IS GOING TO BE THE TEMPERATURE.

IT WILL FEEL MORE FALL-LIKE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE HIGH 60s AND LOW 70s.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 61 AT THE AIRPORT.

WE HAVE A LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND AT OUR STUDIO.

THE HUMIDITY IS AT 69%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLEAR SKIES, 60 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 55.

PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY AND WINDS ARE CALM.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, IT HAS GOTTEN QUIET WEATHER-WISE TODAY.

WE ENJOYED THAT NICE SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, HOWEVER AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NIGHT, THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEEING THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING INTO THE AREA ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND THEY COULD LINGER AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

HOWEVER, BY THE AFTERNOON, MOST OF THOSE SHOULD CLEAR OUT AND WE ARE GOING TO SETTLE INTO A QUIET WEATHER PATTERN, ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE MORE FALL-LIKE MOVING FORWARD.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, BEAUTIFUL MORNING SKIES FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA, JOAN WITH A PICTURE OF THE SANDHILL CRANE.

SANDY WITH A LOAN SWAN ON RABIDEAU LAKE.

CARE Y SENDING US A PHOTO FROM WALKER.

ARLENE SENDING US A PHOTO OF A MUSHROOM.

THE EVENING SKIES, JUST ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS AND A GREAT NIGHT TO ENJOY THEM.

SAMROSE OVER LOWER RED LAKE AND JUDY AND BILL OVER UPPER RED LAKE WITH THOSE PICTURES.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNNY TODAY WITH A HIGH OF 76.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNNY AND 77.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, A HIGH OF 76.

SANDY IN BLACKDUCK, CLEAR AND CALM.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLEAR SKIES, A HIGH OF 74.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, MOSTLY SUNNY TODAY, A BIT OF A BREEZE WITH A HIGH OF 77.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 77 TODAY.

WE ARE WELL ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES.

WE NORMALLY EXPECT THOSE HIGHS TO BE AROUND 69, 58 FOR THE LOW, AND SUNSET AT 7:17.

IN BEMIDJI TODAY, WE TOPPED OUT AT 75.

SO AGAIN, NEARLY 10 DEGREES ABOVE THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

58 WAS THE LOW THIS MORNING.

SUNSET TONIGHT, 7:20.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

WE COULD SEE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.

GENERALLY, THOSE ARE GOING TO CLEAR OUT, MAYBE A FEW LINGERING IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE VIEWING AREA INTO THE AFTERNOON.

OTHERWISE, WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING SUNNY SKIES AND IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE MOVING IN, MID-60s TO LOW 70s FOR MOST OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, A LITTLE BIT WARMER, LOW TO MID-70s.

AGAIN, WE WILL BE SEEING THE SUNSHINE, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, LOWS NEAR 53.

TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, BUT AGAIN WE COULD BE SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERS LINGERING MAINLY IN THE MORNING HOURS, HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 70.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, IT WILL GET COOLER AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.

WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT A LOT OF SUNSHINE SUNDAY AND MONDAY, BUT HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 60s ON SUNDAY.

WE START TO WARM UP A LITTLE BIT AND OUR QUIET WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES MIDWEEK.

BY WEDNESDAY, HIGHS COULD BE IN THE LOW 70s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO MUCH STACY.

CHARLIE, IT WAS THE END OF THE HOMECOMING WEEK FOR BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT A WAY TO END IT WITH SOME FOOTBALL.

>> Charlie: THAT'S HOW YOU ALWAYS END HOMECOMING WEEK.

WE HAD TWO HOMECOMING GAMES TONIGHT, FIRST BE -- BEMIDJI AND SECOND BRAINERD.

>> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS; NORTHERN MINNESOTA'S CERTIFIED APPLE SERVICE CENTER, OFFERING REPAIR SERVICES ON APPLE PRODUCTS AND P.C.S.

PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS IN BEMIDJI AND GRAND RAPIDS, IT'S RIGHT HERE.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> IT IS GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE QUARTERBACK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT POSITION ON THE FIELD.

WHEN BEMIDJI SENIOR COLBY BROWN HAD TO LEAD, ALL EYES TURNED TO THE SOPHOMORE.

THE LUMBERJACKS FELL TO RIVAL MOORHEAD.

WHO WILL BE IN THE CENTER AS THEY HOST ST.

CLOUD TECH?

WE FOUND OUT NUMBER 14, OWEN IS GIVEN THE KEYS TO THE CAR.

FIRST ONE ENDS IN A MILES TOUCHDOWN, 23-YARD RUN PUTS THE LUMBERJACKS UP.

THEY TURN TO GET IN ON THE FUN.

THE JACKS ARE UP 14-0.

NOW RUMBLING, STUMBLING, NO ONE CAN TAKE HIM DOWN.

HE GETS INTO THE RED ZONE.

HE ENDS THE DRIVE IN THE END ZONE AND IT'S 21-0.

ENSUING TIGERS DRIVE, TRICKERY, TERRIBLE CAMERA WORK, BUT GREAT DEFENSE.

WITH THE INTERCEPTION, THE JACKS LEAD 28-0 AT THE HALF.

THEN THE FIRST DRIVE, THIRD QUARTER, ONLY 3 PASSES ALL GAME, THIS ONE FOR A TOUCHDOWN.

HE WAS 3 FOR 3.

BEMIDJI WOULD SCORE ON ALL OF THEIR DRIVES EN ROUTE TO A 55-0 VICTORY FOR HOMECOMING.

WHAT A WAY TO BOUNCE BACK AS THEY WIN THEIR 8th STRAIGHT AGAINST THE TIGERS.

>>> BRAINERD ALSO REIGNING IN HOMECOMING.

THE WARRIORS WON BOTH MATCH UPS AGAINST THE SPUDS LAST QUARTER.

NOW HE HIGH STEPS HIS WAY, 14-0 MOORHEAD.

THE WARRIORS ARE PUNTING BUT JACK, VOLLEYBALL SPIKES IT DOWN, JONAH THERE TO SCOOP AND SCORE, AND NOW 21-0 MOORHEAD.

ENSUING DRIVE, TY PUMPS AND DROPS IT IN THE BUCKET.

39-YARD CATCH.

WARRIORS CAN ONLY MUSTER ONE MORE SCORE, BAY NERD FALLS TO MOORHEAD.

THE SCHEDULE DOESN'T GET EASIER FOR THEM AS NEXT UP THEY HAVE 5A SECOND RANKED TEAM IN ALEXANDRIA.

>>> WELL, THE THUNDER HAWKS WERE AT HOME TONIGHT, THAT'S GRAND RAPIDS.

THEY ARE 2-1.

EARLY ON, THAT PASS GOING NOWHERE, NOT LONG AFTER THE BALL IS BACK AND GRAND RAPIDS HAS IT NOT FOR LONG AS HE GETS A PICK 6 AND PUTS HERMANTOWN UP 6-0.

THEN THUNDER HAWKS TAKE THEIR REVENGE WITH JACKSON COMING THROUGH THE PACK FOR A TOUCHDOWN.

IT WAS HERMANTOWN'S NIGHT AS THEY BEAT GRAND RAPIDS.

SOME MORE FOOTBALL SCORES FOR YOU.

ALBANY AND PEQUOT LAKES COLLECTING WINS TONIGHT.

THAT'S PIERZ'S FIRST LOSS.

RUSH CITY BLANKS CROSBY-IRONTON.

STAPLES MOTLEY ENDS PILLAGER'S RUN OF A PERFECT SEASON SO FAR.

INTERNATIONAL FALLS BEATS GREEN WAY.

PINE RIVER-BACKUS FALLS TO BRECKENRIDGE.

DEER RIVER GETS A WIN TONIGHT.

THEY ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 100th YEAR OF FOOTBALL.

FOSSTON BEATS CLEAR BROOK GONVICK.

BLACKDUCK WITH A WIN OVER BIG FORK, 36-28.

>>> NOW ON SINGLES COURT, LILY WAS LOCKED IN ALL MATCH, DRIVES ONE DOWN THE LINE HERE.

BAILEY BEING FORCED TO PLAY, FIRES A MISSILE AND HITS THE TOP OF THE NET AND GOES OVER JOHNSON'S RACKET.

UNLUCKY.

SAM IS TAKING A PAGE OUT OF RUTH'S BOOK, HER AND MEGAN WOULD WIN IN THREE SETS.

BEMIDJI WINS 5-2, THEY ARE NOW 21-0 WITH TWO REMAINING, 1 ON THE ROAD AT STAPLES MOTLEY AND THEN FINALLY AGAINST RIVAL BRAINERD AT HOME.

>>> WELL BEFORE THERE WAS FOOTBALL AT THE CHET TONIGHT THERE WAS FUTBOL.

BSU WOMEN'S SOCCER RIDING A 2-GAME WIN STREAK INTO THIS AFTERNOONS MATCH WITH MINNESOTA CROOKSTON.

IN THE 12TH MINUTE, MARIA STALKIE THROUGH BALL TO KENZIE HARER ON POINT, SHOT STYMIED, BUT KATRINA BARTHELT FINISHES FOR HER 4TH GOAL OF THE SEASON, ALL OF THEM COMING IN HER LAST THREE MATCHES.

BSU LEADS 1-0.

SECOND HALF, MEGAN KO WITH AN IMPOSSIBLE ANGLE ON THIS SHOT, KEEPER JORDAN METZ GETS A HAND ON IT BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

KO WITH HER FIRST CAREER GOAL.

BEAVERS LEAD IT 2-0.

THEN IN THE 89TH MINUTE, EAGLES CAN'T CLEAR AND ISABEL MORALES PUTS THE EXCLAMATION POINT ON THIS ONE, ANOTHER CAREER FIRST GOAL.

BEMIDJI STATE HANDLES MINNESOTA CROOKSTON 3-0 TO KICK OFF NSIC PLAY.

THEY IMPROVE TO 3-AND-2 ON THE YEAR.

TWINS ALSO PLAYED TONIGHT ON THE ROAD AT FENWAY PARK IN BOSTON.

THEY GOT A WIN, AND THEY NEEDED THAT TO STAY IN THE WILDCARD HUNT.

>> Matthew: I WAS OUTSIDE DIAMOND CARD PARK WHEN ONE OF THE GIRLS SCORED FOR THE SOCCER GAME.

THAT WAS A LOUD REACTION AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD SEASON.

>> Charlie: YEAH, 1-0 IN CONFERENCE PLAY.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU CHARLIE.

>>> THE HARMONY FOOD CO-OP TEAMED UP WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BEMIDJI AS WELL AS A LOCAL ARTIST TO CREATE A COMMUNITY-FOCUSED MURAL.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS.

>> Reporter: THE HARMONY FOOD CO-OP LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI DECIDED THAT I WANTED TO CREATE AN ART PIECE ON THEIR STREET FACING WALL THAT WOULD BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

THEY CELEBRATED THE OFFICIAL END OF THE PAINTING.

>> EVERYTHING WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

I WAS TELLING EVERYONE, THIS IS EMOTIONAL BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT ALL OF THE KIDS PUT IN.

WE HAD 18 KIDS THAT WAS A PART OF THE MURAL.

SEEING IT COME TOGETHER COHESIVELY WAS REALLY FUN.

>> Reporter: THEY TEAMED UP WITH LOCAL VISUAL ARTIST TO BRING THE IDEA TO LIFE.

>> A PASSION OF MINE IS TO DO COMMUNITY ART, SO ALL THE PROJECTS YOU SEE ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING HERE WERE ALL DONE WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY AGENCIES.

WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS TO INVOLVE CHILDREN.

>> Reporter: THAT'S THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BEMIDJI BOYS & GIRLS CLUB WAS BORN.

>> TO SEE THEIR INSPIRATION, EXCITEMENT, MOTIVATION, HOPE, AND EMPOWERMENT WAS A BREATH OF LIFE.

THE INSPIRING TO WATCH.

>> Reporter: A MURAL WITH ALL OF THESE LITTLE DETAILS DOESN'T COME EASILY.

THE WHOLE PROJECT TOOK THREE MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

>> WE STARTED WITH STENCIL.

I SKIPPED ARM DAY A COUPLE TIMES TO DO STENCILLING.

>> Reporter: IT'S OF THE TREE OF LIFE, A SYMBOL OF UNITY, CONNECTION, AND STRENGTH.

>> IT'S REALLY PRETTY OUTSIDE AND COMMONLY WE ARE STUCK ON OUR PHONES.

I WILL ADMIT, I DO THAT.

IT WAS REALLY NICE TO LOOK AT BOOKS AND FIGURE STUFF OUT ON HOW NATURE CAN LOOK IF YOU JUST TAKE A SECOND TO LOOK AT IT.

>> IT SHOWS A LOT OF DIVERSITY AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE STYLES FROM THE PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED AND HELPED.

>> YOU SEE UNITY AND DIVERSITY, ALL THIS IS DIFFERENT AND WHEN IT'S PUT TOGETHER, IT'S LIKE ONE HUGE PIECE OF ART.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT IS REALLY SPECIAL AND PRETTY.

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

>> THE PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY THE 2024 CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS GRANT FROM THE STATE ARTS BOARD.

IT WAS FINISHED IN SMALL PIECES AND THEN PUT TOGETHER INTO ONE LARGE PIECE OF ART.

THE CO-OP SAID THAT IN THE FUTURE, THEY WANT TO BUILD FRAMES FOR AROUND THE MURAL.

>>> WE HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME SO WE HEAD BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND LOWS NEAR 53.

SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER MAINLY IN THE MORNING TOMORROW, OTHERWISE HIGHS NEAR 70 WITH WEST WINDS AT 5 TO 20.

A QUIET WEATHER PATTERN SETTLES IN AND WE WILL HAVE HIGHS IN THE 60s ON SUNDAY, MONDAY, AND TUESDAY, NEAR 72 ON WEDNESDAY.

>> Charlie: BSU FOOTBALL AT SIOUX FALLS THIS WEEKEND.

WE'LL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS ON MONDAY.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING, WE HOPE YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEKEND AND WE WILL BE BACK ON MONDAY.

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