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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 NEW REPORT BY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FIRM NORTHSPAN SHOWS THAT DESPITE RURAL HEALTHCARE STRUGGLING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ESSENTIA HEALTH REMAINS ONE OF THE TOP ECONOMIC DRIVERS IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA, REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION, 11% OF RURAL HOSPITALS IN MINNESOTA ARE VULNERABLE TO CLOSURES AND 40% OF RURAL HOSPITALS IN THE STATE ARE OPERATING ON NEGATIVE MARGINS.

DESPITE THE CHALLENGES THAT RURAL HEALTH CARE IS CURRENTLY FACING, ESSENTIA HEALTH HAS BEEN THRIVING IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA, DRIVING $0.75 MILLION A YEAR.

>> THAT'S WHAT MATTERS TO OUR PATIENTS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM.

I THINK ESSENTIA HAS REALLY FOUND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT HAVING ACCESS OPEN AND AVAILABLE TO OUR PATIENTS.

>> Reporter: ESSENTIA HAS PROVIDED A BOOST TO JOBS IN THE COMMUNITY, WITH THE COMPANY SUPPORTING OVER 2,000 JOBS IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

HOWEVER, THE JOB IMPACT HAS NOT JUST BEEN FELT BY ESSENTIA.

ACCORDING TO A REPORT CONDUCTED BY NORTHSPAN, EVERY JOB CREATED IN ESSENTIA IS DOUBLING IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> WHETHER THEY'RE BUILDING IN THE CLINIC OR DOING SOME SORT OF REMODEL, THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY IS USING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL CONTRACTORS.

SO EVERY HEALTH CARE JOB REALLY SUPPORTS MANY OTHER JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: ONE WAY THAT ESSENTIA IS WORKING TO MAKE THEIR MARK OUTSIDE OF THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE IS THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS, WITH THE COMPANY INVESTING NEARLY $1 MILLION IN BRAINERD LAKES ORGANIZATIONS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

>> IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS ARE AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO ATTENDING THE LOCAL EVENTS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S THE HOME SHOW AT THE SPORTS CENTER OR JUST BEING AT A FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME.

WE REALLY WANT TO BE THERE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE HEALTH IMPACTS TO THE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WHERE DO WE NEED TO MEET THE MARK AS AN EMPLOYER IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AND A LARGE ONE AT THAT.

>> Reporter: DESPITE THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, ESSENTIA HEALTH HAS BIG PLANS FOR THE AREA IN THE FUTURE.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY LIKE TO FOCUS ON IS CHOOSING THE CONTRACTORS, THE ARCHITECTS THAT ARE ALSO WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

SO OUR ORTHOPEDIC CENTERS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE.

WE CHOSE HIGH-TECH AS OUR PRIMARY PARTNER BECAUSE THEY'RE CLOSE TO BRAINERD.

WE WANT TO INVEST IN THOSE LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE AS WE GROW, AS THEIR BUSINESS GROWS, WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE IT PAYS DIVIDENDS FOR BOTH OF US GOING INTO THE FUTURE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> ESSENTIA HEALTH IS THE BIGGEST JOB PROVIDER IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

THEY WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND THEIR BRAND IN THE AREA WITH THEIR ORTHOPEDIC CENTER OPENING IN BAXTER LATE NEXT YEAR.

>>> A 40-YEAR-OLD BEMIDJI WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER FOR SUPPLYING FENTANYL TO A WOMAN WHO OVERDOSED AND DIED FROM IT.

CRYSTAL CLOUD WAS CHARGED IN BELTRAMI COUNTY COURT ON MONDAY WITH THIRD-DEGREE MURDER-SELL/GIVE/DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SCHEDULES 1 AND 2.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE CLOUD SUPPLIED FENTANYL TO THE WOMAN AT LEAST TWICE DESPITE KNOWING THE VICTIM HAD A HISTORY OF OVERDOSING.

THE LAST TIME SHE SOLD FENTANYL TO THE VICTIM WAS ON DECEMBER 23RD OF 2022 AND SHE WAS FOUND DEAD ON DECEMBER 26TH OF THAT YEAR.

BAIL OR BOND FOR CLOUD WAS SET AT $100,000 WITH CONDITIONS OR ZERO WITH CONDITIONS.

CLOUDS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 17th.

>>> A 27-YEAR-OLD AITKIN COUNTY MAN WHO IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS FATHER YESTERDAY NEAR JACOBSON IS FACING FELONY ASSAULT CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING.

BENJAMIN BLESI IS CHARGED WITH FELONY FIRST-DEGREE ASSAULT WITH GREAT BODILY HARM, SECOND-DEGREE ASSAULT WITH SUBSTANTIAL BODILY HARM AND SECOND-DEGREE ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON.

COURT DOCUMENTS SAY BLESI WAS FIGHTING WITH HIS DAD OVER A FIREARM AND THE FIREARM WENT OFF ACCIDENTALLY AND SHOT THE FATHER IN THE HAND.

BLESI LATER RESISTED ARREST AND HAD TO BE TASED TO BE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

BLESI IS BEING HELD ON $750,000 BAIL OR BOND WITH CONDITIONS OR $500,000 WITHOUT CONDITIONS.

HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE IS SET FOR OCTOBER 6th.

>>> A FORMER DEMOCRATIC MINNESOTA STATE SENATOR HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS FOR BREAKING INTO HER ESTRANGED STEPMOTHER'S HOUSE.

51-YEAR-OLD NICOLE MITCHELL FACED A MINIMUM SENTENCE OF SIX MONTHS ON THE FELONY BURGLARY COUNT BECAUSE HER STEPMOTHER WAS AT HOME IN THE CITY OF DETROIT LAKES WHEN SHE BROKE IN LAST YEAR.

MITCHELL WILL BE ALLOWED TO SERVE HER SENTENCE ON WORK RELEASE IN RAMSEY COUNTY, NEAR HER HOME IN WOODBURY.

THE JUDGE ORDERED MITCHELL TO REPORT FOR HER SENTENCE BY OCTOBER 8TH.

MINNESOTA DEFENDANTS TYPICALLY SERVE TWO-THIRDS OF THEIR SENTENCE IN CUSTODY AND ONE-THIRD ON SUPERVISED RELEASE, SO SHE COULD BE FREE IN FOUR MONTHS.

THE JUDGE STAYED A 21-MONTH PRISON SENTENCE ON THE CONDITION THAT SHE ABIDES BY THE TERMS OF HER PROBATION.

MITCHELL WAS ARRESTED IN THE BASEMENT OF HER STEPMOTHER'S HOME IN DETROIT LAKES LAST YEAR.

MITCHELL TOLD POLICE SHE WENT THERE BECAUSE HER STEPMOTHER REFUSED TO GIVE HER MEMENTOS.

BUT SHE CHANGED HER STORY AND TOLD THE JURY SHE JUST WANTED TO CHECK ON THE WELFARE OF HER STEPMOTHER.

MITCHELL RESIGNED HER SENATE SEAT IN JULY, A WEEK AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF BURGLARY.

>>> THE JUNE 21ST STORM HAS DONE NO FAVORS FOR THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL IN SETTING NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND LEVY.

OFFICIALS CAME INTO YESTERDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING WITH A GENERAL CONSENSUS TO KEEP THE LEVY AS LOW AS POSSIBLE, GIVEN SO MANY UNCERTAIN FACTORS.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL HAS A VERY UNIQUE AND LESS THAN IDEAL BUDGET SITUATION HEADING INTO 2026.

THE STORM HAS CAUSED A LOT OF HEADACHES FOR THE INSURANCE COVERAGE AND FRUSTRATION FOR CITY OFFICIALS.

>> I SAID I WOULD NO LONGER SUPPORT A BUDGE THAT WAS NOT ZERO BASED AND EVERY YEAR WE END UP WITH AN EXCEPTION.

WE CAN'T DO IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED OR WE DON'T HAVE A FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND THIS CASE, WE HAVE A HORRIBLE STORM.

>> Reporter: THEY WANT TO KEEP THE LEVY AS LOW AS POSSIBLE, SOME WANTING TO SET IT AT 6%, AND PETERSON ARGUED FOR IT TO BE SET AT 4%.

>> THERE ARE UNKNOWN COSTS, BUT I'M AFRAID TO TACK ON A HIGHER LEVY, AND EXPECT THEM TO FOOT THE BILL.

EVERYONE HAS ISSUES.

SO WE NEED TO KEEP OUR COSTS DOWN.

>> Reporter: USING REVENUE FROM CITY-OWNED LIQUOR STORES TO COVER OVERAGES DUE TO THE STORM.

THEY'RE CAUSING ALCOHOL SALES TO GO DOWN IN THE STATE.

>> IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

>> Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN TALKS ABOUT ADDING A COMMUNICATIONS POSITION THAT WOULD HELP WITH OUTREACH, BUT SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE FIGHTING TO KEEP THAT ADDITION.

>> THE COMMUNITY ARE FINE, AND I'M WORRIED THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS, THAT HAS A SPECIALTY IN THAT.

>> Reporter: THEY ARGUE THAT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO SEPARATE THE CITY'S WANTS AND NEEDS.

>> I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS PERSON.

NOW I GOT TO ASK MYSELF, IS THAT WORTH THE EXTRA LEVY POINT IN THIS SITUATION WITH EVERYONE IN THE POSITION THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN.

>> Reporter: THE 2026 LEVY WAS SET AT 6% IN A 6-1 VOTE, WITH COUNCILLOR PETERSON BEING THE LONE NO VOTE.

I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE SIX-PERCENT LEVY THE COUNCIL HAS SET IS ONLY THE CEILING AND CAN BE LOWERED BEFORE THE FINAL LEVY IS SET AT THE DECEMBER 15TH COUNCIL MEETING.

>>> THE FAMILY OF A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL CRITICALLY WOUNDED DURING THE DEADLY SHOOTING AT A MINNEAPOLIS CATHOLIC CHURCH SAYS SHE IS MAKING REMARKABLE PROGRESS.

DOCTORS EXPECT SOPHIA FORCHAS TO MOVE THIS WEEK FROM ACUTE CARE TO AN INPATIENT REHABILITATION PROGRAM.

SHE WAS THE MOST SERIOUSLY WOUNDED CHILD AMONG THOSE WHO SURVIVED THE SHOOTING.

JUST WEEKS AGO DOCTORS WERE UNSURE WHETHER SHE WOULD SURVIVE.

HER FAMILY SAYS SOPHIA'S MEDICAL TEAM REMAINS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC, BUT THERE ARE SIGNS OF NEUROLOGICAL RECOVERY.

HER FAMILY SAYS IT'S A MIRACLE SHE SURVIVED THE ATTACK THAT KILLED TWO STUDENTS AND WOUNDED 21 OTHER PEOPLE.

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

>> Stacy: IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY QUIET NIGHT TONIGHT, AND WE WILL SEE PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING AND A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS OUT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, THE ANNUAL FISHING RETROOET -- RETREAT [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY HAS RECEIVED ITS HIGHEST STANDING IN THE U.S.

NEWS AND WORLD REPORT BEST COLLEGES RANKINGS SINCE 2010.

THE 2026 RANKINGS, RELEASED TODAY SHOW BEMIDJI STATE TIED FOR 71ST AMONG ALL PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN THE MIDWEST REGION AND 23RD AMONG THE REGION'S PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

IT MARKS THE EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR BSU HAS BEEN RANKED AS ONE OF THE TOP 30 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN THE MIDWEST REGION, WHICH INCLUDES 161 INSTITUTIONS IN NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA, NEBRASKA, KANSAS, MINNESOTA, IOWA, MISSOURI, MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS, INDIANA AND OHIO.

OVERALL, BSU HAS BEEN RANKED AMONG THE TOP 100 SCHOOLS IN THE MIDWEST BY U.S.

NEWS SINCE 2019, AND HAS BEEN REGIONALLY RANKED EACH YEAR SINCE 2009.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

ONE OF THE NICEST WEEKS WE HAD IN AGES.

>> Stacy: IT WILL CONTINUE.

WE WILL SEE QUIET WEATHER, SUNSHINE, AND WARM TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEK.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT, SOME DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF THE VIEWING AREA AND WE HAVE A DENSE FOG ADVISORY.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS ON [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAVE ENJOYED ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY ACROSS THE AREA TODAY, MILD TEMPERATURES, A LOT OF NICE SUNSHINE, A LITTLE BIT OF FOG EARLY ON TODAY.

WE'LL SEE SOME PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING TONIGHT ONCE AGAIN AND WE COULD SEE SOME LOCALLY DENSE FOG, ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WE DO AGAIN HAVE THAT DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MOST OF TOMORROW MORNING.

BEYOND THAT, ONCE THE FOG LIFTS, LOOK FOR MORE SUNSHINE, HIGHS IN THE 70s, MORE OR LESS THE SAME WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 63 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WINDS ARE CALM.

THE DEW POINT IS 58.

HUMIDITY IS AT 83%.

IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY, AREAS OF FOG, 61 DEGREES, OUR DEW POINT IS 61, SO THE HUMIDITY IS AT 100% AND WINDS ARE CALM.

NOW PARTS OF EASTERN MINNESOTA, INCLUDING BOTH THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA DOWN TO LITTLE FALLS AND OVER INTO AITKIN AND MILLE LACS COUNTY, THESE AREAS ARE UNDER A DENSE FOG ADVISORY BEGINNING AT 1:00 A.M., CONTINUING TO 11:00 A.M.

ON WEDNESDAY.

WE COULD SEE VISIBILITY DROPPING TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, IT'S BEEN A QUIET DAY.

WE ENJOYED A LOT OF SUNSHINE.

QUIET TONIGHT, WE COULD SEE SKIES BECOMING A LITTLE MORE VARIABLE, SOME PATCHY FOG AND LOW CLOUDS DEVELOPING, ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF EASTERN MINNESOTA.

THAT FOG CONTINUES INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

ONCE THAT LIFTS, WE WILL BE SEEING MORE SUNSHINE AND IT LOOKS LIKE HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 70s.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

IT WAS A FOGGY START IN MENAHGA.

ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SUNRISE THIS MORNING.

SONYA SAYING THERE ARE SOME BOAT INSPECTIONS GOING ON NEAR TURTLE RIVER LAKE.

ON LITTLE TURTLE LAKE WE HAVE THE BALD EAGLE.

WE HAVE A BUTTERFLY, BUMBLEBEE, AND A LILAC, NOT YOUR TYPICAL FALL PICTURE THERE.

GARY SPOTTING A MUSHROOM OUT IN THE AREA.

RALPH SENDING US THE PHOTO OF THE BEAUTIFUL EVENING SKIES IN JENKINS, AND THE SUNSET FROM ANGELA IN CASS LAKE, AND WE'RE SEEING SOME FOG DEVELOPING IN THAT PHOTO AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 49, FOG THIS MORNING.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH OF 75.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS TODAY.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLEAR SKIES TODAY WITH FOG THIS MORNING, AND AGAIN THIS EVENING WITH A HIGH OF 77.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 76 WAS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE IN BRAINERD TODAY, MILD TEMPERATURES WITH A LOW OF 51.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 77, MORE THAN 10 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE, BUT WE STARTED WITH A LOW OF 47.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, SOME AREAS OF FOG AND LOW CLOUDS OUT THERE IN THE MORNING AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

WE WILL MORE OR LESS SEE THAT LIFTING AND MOVING OUT.

WE EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF SUNSHINE AND NICE TEMPERATURES, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID-70s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA IS LOOKING AT MID-70s.

OUR FORECAST TONIGHT, VARIABLE CLOUDS, SOME PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING, MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH LOWS NEAR 52.

SKIES ARE BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY, WITH AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING, HIGHS NEAR 74, WITH VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 10.

THE EXTENDED FORECAST, NOT A LOT HAPPENING, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, WE'RE LOOKING CONSISTENT WITH HIGHS IN THE 70s.

IT DID DROP INTO THE UPPER 60s ON SATURDAY, BUT BACK TO ABOUT 74 BY THE TIME WE HIT SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: VERY NICE, VERY NICE.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH A LOOK AT OUR SPORTS.

>> Charlie: YEAH, AND WE HAD A FANTASTIC DAY OF SPORTS, ESPECIALLY IN BEMIDJI.

BEMIDJI TAKING ON RIVAL MOORHEAD IN SOCCER AND I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU, THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC GAME, CRAZY GAME, A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND VOLLEYBALL FOR YOU AND OUT IN THE DULUTH AREA AS WELL WITH BEMIDJI STATE.

THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> WHENEVER BEMIDJI AND MOORHEAD TAKE THE PITCH, CHAOS ENSUES, AS IF SOMEHOW REQUIRED BY THE VERY LAWS OF SOCCER.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN LAST YEARS SECTION SEMI-FINAL, THE LUMBERJACKS LED 1-0 AT HALF, THEY GAVE UP TWO GOALS, ONLY TO TIE THE GAME LATE AND EVENTUALLY, TAKE THE LEAD ON A GAME WINNING PK IN THE FINAL TEN MINUTES.

WELL TODAY'S GAME IN BEMIDJI BETWEEN THE JACKS AND THE SPUDS WAS ALSO DECIDED BY A PENALTY KICK, KEEP YOUR HANDS INSIDE FOR THIS WILD RIDE.

BEMIDJI TRAILED 1-0 JUST 59 SECONDS INTO THIS GAME HERE IN THE 6th MINUTE, FROM WAY DOWNTOWN, KNOTS THE GAME AT 1-1 AND IT WILL STAY THAT WAY UNTIL THE BREAK.

SECOND HALF, JACKS ON THE ATTACK, ASHTON, FOULED AND THAT'S A PK.

THE GOALIE IS GOING TO TAKE IT, LAUNCHES IT INTO THE FOREST.

SO, NOT THE PK WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO END THIS ONE.

NOW ON THE OTHER END, JACKS FOUL INSIDE THEIR 18, AND THE SPUDS GET A PK, CORNER POCKET, MOORHEAD LEADS 2-1.

ROLLER COASTER AIN'T DONE YET.

A PILE UP IN FRONT OF THE SPUDS NET, BALL GOES UP AND IN.

THE OFFICIAL SIGNAL IS NO GO AT FIRST.

YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE.

THEN STOPS PLAY BECAUSE THE LINE JUDGE HAS A BETTER ANGLE AND SAID YES, IT DID GO IN.

HE IS AWARDED THE GOAL TO TIE THE GAME.

I PROMISED A PK AND THEN A HANDBALL IS CALLED IN THE BOX.

THAT'S A PK, BACK AGAIN, FOR REDEMPTION, FINDS IT THIS TIME, PUTS THE LUMBERJACKS UP 3-2.

THEY WIN A WILD ONE AGAINST THEIR RIVAL FROM THE WEST.

BEMIDJI IMPROVES TO 5-5-2 ON THE SEASON WITH 4 GAMES LEFT TO PLAY, 3 OF THOSE WILL BE AT HOME.

>>> ELSEWHERE IN BOYS SOCCER, WILMER BEATS BRAINERD.

LITTLE FALLS BEATS ALBANY.

BEMIDJI 1-0 PELICAN RAPIDS.

IN GIRLS SOCCER, WHA GETTING THE WIN 5-3, BUT LITTLE FALLS DROPS ONE.

>>> NOW WE PICK UP IN THE SECOND SET, BEMIDJI DOWN A SET.

CAITLIN GETS THE KILL, COMING INTO YOUR LIVING ROOM, TIES THE GAME AT 7-7.

THEN, PRB, NOW TRAILING BY 1, AND IT'S ELLA WITH THE KILL TO TIE THE GAME AT 11.

LATER IN THE SET, BACK AND FORTH WE GO, BEMIDJI TRAILS 1.

SETTING UP FRANK AND WHISTLE, TYING THE SET.

NEXT POINT, TIGERS ANSWER, OFF THE TIP, THEY TAKE THE LEAD BACK, THEY WIN THE SET 27-25.

BEMIDJI WOULD GET ONE WIN IN THE NEXT SET, BUT THEY FALL 3-1 TO PINE RIVER-BACKUS.

>>> ALSO, ST.

CLOUD TECH BEATS BRAINERD.

GRAND RAPIDS GETS THE WIN OVER PEQUOT LAKES.

LITTLE FALLS DROPS ONE.

CROSBY-IRONTON GETS A 5-SET WIN TODAY.

WHA AND DEER RIVER BOTH COLLECTING WINS TONIGHT.

WADENA DEER CREEK FALLS TO HOLLY.

BEMIDJI SWEEPS THE TRIANGULAR TODAY, AND BRAINERD GETS THE WIN WITHOUT DROPPING A SET.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TRYING FOR THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE WIN, THEY'RE ON THE ROAD AT 16TH RANKED MINNESOTA DULUTH.

MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST SET, DOGS UP THREE AND MADELINE GUETZKOW DROPS THE HAMMER TO EXTEND THE LEAD.

LATER IN THE SET, THE FORMER BEMIDJI LUMBERJACK MOLLIE ROOP GETTING IN ON THE ACTION, CAUSING THE BEAVERS SOME TROUBLE.

BUT BSU WOULD FIGHT BACK, LILY RIECE WITH ONE OF HER TEAM LEADING 10-KILLS ON THE NIGHT, CUTS THE LEAD BACK TO THREE.

LATER, IT WAS AVA ATHMAN BRINGING THE RAIN, SHE HAD 8 KILLS.

BUT IT WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH, AS THE UMD MAKES QUICK WORK OF BEMIDJI STATE, 3-SETS TO NONE.

>>> A FEW MORE SCORES FOR YOU, BEMIDJI STATE FINISHES SECOND WITH A 16 UNDER.

ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE OF THINGS, BEMIDJI STATE FINISHING IN 11.

IN THE WNBA, THE LYNX FALL IN OVERTIME TO THE MERCURY.

THE THAT SERIES IS TIED 1-1.

>>> COLLEGE HOCKEY UPON US, WITH THE BSU WOMEN KICKING OFF THEIR SEASON WITH A WEEKEND SERIES AT HOME AGAINST THE REIGNING NATIONAL CHAMPION WISCONSIN BADGERS.

IT'S BECOME PRETTY COMMON FOR THE BEAVERS TO BE PLAYING THE BEST OF THE BEST, WITH THEIR CONFERENCE, THE WCHA, OWNING 21 OF THE 24 NATIONAL TITLES IN THE SPORT.

BEMIDJI STATE HEADS INTO FRIDAY'S MATCH AS A BIG UNDERDOG, HAVING LOST 19 IN A ROW TO WISCONSIN, THEIR LAST WIN OVER THE BADGERS COMING AT HOME IN 2020.

BUT THE BEAVS HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO GAMES LIKE THESE UNDER IN THEIR SECOND YEAR HEAD COACH AMBER FRYKLUND.

>> JUST KNOWING THE EXPECTATIONS AND HOW WE CAN LIVE UP TO THEM HAS BEEN HUGE.

THERE IS NO QUESTION, WE ALL KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WHAT IS EXPECTED OF US.

KNOWING WHERE WE SET THE BAR HAS BEEN BIG, NOT TO SELL OURSELVES SHORT, IT'S BEEN A BIG MESSAGE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTROL WHAT WE CAN CONTROL AND REALLY FOCUSING ON OURSELVES RATHER THAN THEM.

>> THEY'RE A REALLY GOOD TEAM, NO DOUBT.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO FALL SHORT, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO ALL OUT AND TAKE THE BULL BY ITS HORNS AND PLAY HOCKEY.

>> Charlie: AND THERE IS A LOOK AT THIS OPENING WEEKEND.

AGAIN, NUMBER ONE WISCONSIN COMING HERE TO THE SANFORD CENTER.

FRIDAY, 6:00 P.M., SATURDAY AT 3:00 P.M., WE'LL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU.

>> Dennis: AND THE SEASON BEGINS.

>> Charlie: JUST LIKE THAT.

THEY PLAYED IN EXHIBITION, THEY LOST TO MINNESOTA IN THE EXHIBITION GAME.

THAT WAS PLAYED IN BRAINERD, PRETTY COOL THING THEY DID THERE.

THIS WILL BE THE OPENING WEEKEND.

>> Dennis: SOUNDS GOOD, THANKS CHARLIE.

THE CHRISTIAN OUTDOOR FELLOWSHIP OF AMERICA, OR COFA, IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT GATHERS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES FOR RETREATS AND SPENDING TIME IN THE OUTDOORS, AND LAST WEEK THEY MADE A PIT STOP IN BEMIDJI.

FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK VISITED THEIR ANNUAL FISHING RETREAT AT CAMP OAK HILLS IN BEMIDJI.

>> Reporter: LAKE MARKET SANG SONGS FOR THE FALL RETREAT.

>> WE GET TO EXPERIENCE THE OUTDOORS, IT'S GOD'S CREATION AND I DON'T THINK WE ENJOYED ENOUGH.

I THINK WE GET STUCK IN WORK AND YOU KNOW, JUST OUR DAY-TO-DAY STUFF AND GETTING OUT HERE AND ENJOYING IT.

>> I LOVE HUNTING, CAMPING, FISHING, AND I FOUND IT'S A REALLY GOOD TOOL TO GET KIDS OFF THEIR ELECTRONICS.

ONCE THEY GOT TO THE OUTDOORS AND FISHING, THE KIDS WERE BEHAVING AND THEY WERE DOING WELL IN SCHOOL.

SO I THINK THE OUTDOORS IS A GOOD TOOL TO GET KIDS CENTERED.

>> Reporter: AND WHILE OF COURSE A BIG PART OF COFA'S MISSION IS GETTING YOUNGER GENERATIONS OUTDOORS, THEY ALSO KNOW THAT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO START.

>> I GET TO EXPERIENCE THE OUTDOORS.

LIVING IN CHICAGO, I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THAT, SO I'M LEARNING WITH A LOT OF GREAT MEN AND HAVING FUN OUT HERE.

>> WE HAVE NORTH CAROLINA REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, CALIFORNIA IS REPRESENTED THIS YEAR, COLORADO, WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS, IOWA, NEBRASKA.

>> Reporter: SINCE COFA BRINGS IN PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, WHEN THEY COME TO THIS RETREAT IN MINNESOTA, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE FISH AND GET A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAN THEY WOULD FISHING IN THEIR HOME STATE.

>> THE FELLOWSHIP AND THE LIFELONG FRIENDS THAT I HAVE MADE OVER THE LAST 15-16 YEARS OF DOING THIS.

THEY DON'T USUALLY CATCH FISH THAT HAVE TEETH.

IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT SURPRISE WHEN THEY SEE THAT BIG MOUTH OF A WALLEYE OR NORTHERN CHUCK FULL OF TEETH THAT ARE RAISER SHARP.

IN THE EAST COAST, IN THE WEST COAST, THEY HAVE THE OCEAN, YOU HAVE THE DESERT PEOPLE THAT COME FROM NEW MEXICO OR ARIZONA, SO I GET HAPPY TO HEAR THE STORIES THEY SHARE OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

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

>> Dennis: AND LET'S GET ONE LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER WITH STACY.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE A DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MINNESOTA FROM 1:00 A.M.

UNTIL 11:00 A.M.

ON WEDNESDAY.

THAT DOES INCLUDE SOME PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

FOR TONIGHT, WE WILL BE SEEING VARIABLE CLOUDS, SOME PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT, LOWS NEAR 52.

>> Charlie: THE BATTLE FOR BABE'S BELL IS THIS FRIDAY, TOMORROW WE GET TO HEAR FROM BOTH THE TEAMS ON THE RIVALRY.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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