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>> 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.

>>> WE KNOW MORE INFORMATION TONIGHT ABOUT THE FATAL CRASH NEAR GLYNDON MINNESOTA THAT KILLED A 19-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM FOSSTON IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SEPTEMBER 25TH.

THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE WOMAN AS LINDSEY RABON AND THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE AS 21-YEAR-OLD VICKTOR ROBINSON OF SISSETON SOUTH DAKOTA.

ROBINSON SUFFERED SERIOUS, LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES FROM THE CRASH.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE VEHICLE ROBINSON WAS DRIVING LEFT THE ROADWAY ON THE 10,000TH BLOCK OF 80TH AVENUE NORTH AND STRUCK A POWER POLE.

THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INDICATES ALCOHOL AND SPEED APPEAR TO BE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN THE CRASH.

OFFICIALS SAY ONCE THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE, THE REPORTS WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE CLAY COUNTY ATTORNEYS OFFICE FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATE CHARGES.

>>> A 40-YEAR-OLD AITKIN MAN SUFFERED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES IN A ONE-VEHICLE CRASH NEAR MCGREGOR ON SATURDAY.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS ROBERT SEFFINGA WAS TRAVELING WEST ON HIGHWAY 210 WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR HE WAS DRIVING WHILE NAVIGATING A LEFT TURN.

THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD, STRUCK A ROAD APPROACH AND ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES.

SEFFINGA WAS TAKEN TO A ST.

CLOUD HOSPITAL WITH LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

HIS CURRENT CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.

THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 12:40 A.M.

NEAR MILE MARKER 170.

>>> THE WHITE EARTH POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING THE PUBLIC'S ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING A MISSING 50-YEAR-OLD MAN.

RYAN LEE STEVENS IS FROM: RICE LAKE AND WAS LAST SEEN IN THE JACKSON LAKE / TRIANGLE ROAD AREA HE WAS WEARING A GREEN SWEATSHIRT AND SHORTS AT THE TIME.

IF YOU HAVE SEEN STEVENS, KNOW WHERE HE MAY BE, OR HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HIS WHEREABOUTS, PLEASE CONTACT THE WHITE EARTH POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 218-983-3281 OR CALL 911.

>>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS A MAJOR BOOST FOR THE U.S.

STEEL INDUSTRY IS ON THE WAY.

THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY THAT MINNESOTA-BASED MESABI METALLICS HAS AGREED TO BUILD A $15 BILLION STEEL MILL IN EASTERN IOWA.

WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM MESABI ON HAND, TRUMP SAID THE PLANT WILL PRODUCE SOME OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND MOST AFFORDABLE STEEL ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

>> THE STEEL WILL BE MINED, MELTED, AND MADE HERE IN THE U.S.A.

THAT IS SOMETHING UNUSUAL.

THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO CREATE UP TO 6,000 NEW CONSTRUCTION JOBS, 2,000 MANUFACTURING JOBS, AND $95 BILLION TO THE U.S.

ECONOMY, WHICH IS THE NUMBER ONE ECONOMY IN THE WORLD, BY FAR.

>> THE ADMINISTRATION SAID THE MESABI FACILITY WOULD BECOME ONE OF THE LARGEST STEEL PLANTS IN THE COUNTRY.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAID MILL COULD BE OPERATIONAL BY 2030 AND SUPPORT MORE THAN 1,700 JOBS.

>>> REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE SPENCER IGO WHO REPRESENTS A DISTRICT JUST NORTH OF GRAND RAPIDS EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION THAT THIS NEW MILL IS BEING BUILT IN IOWA AND NOT NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

HE SAYS THAT MESABI METALLICS OPENING THEIR MINE IN NASHWAUK IS A BIG WIN FOR THE IRON RANGE BUT THAT SEEING THE $15 BILLION MILL AND AS MANY AS 1,700 JOBS GO TO IOWA IS ANOTHER GUT PUNCH FOR THE REGION.

IGO SAYS, "CRITICAL MINERALS PROJECTS HAVE SPENT YEARS WORKING THROUGH MINNESOTA'S REGULATORY PROCESS, AND NOW WE ARE WATCHING ANOTHER ENORMOUS INVESTMENT LAND SOMEWHERE ELSE.

WE CANNOT KEEP WATCHING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INVESTMENT AND THOUSANDS OF GOOD-PAYING JOBS GO ELSEWHERE AND PRETEND THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.

STATE LEADERS NEED TO START MAKING MINNESOTA A PLACE WHERE COMPANIES WANT TO BUILD AND CREATE JOBS, NOT A PLACE THEY LOOK TO LEAVE BEHIND."

>>> IN HACKENSACK, FAITH IN ACTION AND IT'S FALL BOOYA DINNER ARE BOTH MARKING 25 YEARS IN THE COMMUNITY.

REPORTER RYAN FLEMING SHOWS US HOW THE CELEBRATION IS ALSO HELPING SUPPORT NEIGHBORS ACROSS CASS COUNTY.

>> Reporter: THAT BOOYA IS SERVING UP MORE THAN A MEAL.

IT HELPS RAISE MONEY FOR FAITH AND ACTION SERVICE ALL OVER CASS COUNTY, SUPPORTING NEIGHBORS WHO NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP.

>> A GREAT TRADITION.

WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 25 YEARS.

IT'S A GREAT MIXTURE OF SOUP WITH DIFFERENT MEATS AND VEGETABLES, ET CETERA.

IT'S ONE OF THREE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE DURING THE YEAR, TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.

>> Reporter: GETTING THE SOUP JUST RIGHT TAKES TIME, PATIENCE, AND PLENTY OF HANDS-ON DECK.

FOR THE COOKS, IT'S ABOUT MAKING SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE LOOK FORWARD TO AND BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

IT TAKES 24 HOURS OF COOKING TO FILL THE BOWLS, BUT THEY SAY THE REAL RECIPE IS SIMPLER, NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS.

>> FLAVOR.

THE FLAVOR AND SUPPORT THROUGH FAITH AND ACTION.

THAT'S IMPORTANT.

OF COURSE, WE CAN'T DISAPPOINT THEM, SO WE NEED TO GIVE THEM A REASON TOO.

YEAH, THE FLAVOR AND THEN PEOPLE GET TO COMMUNITY.

THEY GET TO SEE EACH OTHER WHERE THEY MAY NOT, OTHER THAN CHURCH POSSIBLY.

>> Reporter: IT HELPS PEOPLE ACROSS CASS COUNTY STAY INDEPENDENT THROUGH THINGS LIKE TRANSPORTATION, HOME REPAIRS, MEAL DELIVERY, AND FRIENDLY VISITS.

THE DINNER HELPS SUPPORT THE WORK AND GETS PEOPLE BEHIND IT A CHANCE TO SHARE WHY IT MATTERS.

>> JUST TALKING TO THE PEOPLE AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES OF WHAT OUR VOLUNTEERS DO, AND SHARE OUR STORIES OF WHAT OUR STAFF DOES.

THEY MANAGE, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY 600 PEOPLE.

THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR, THE MILESTONE BELONGS TO BOTH THE DINNER AND THE ORGANIZATION BEHIND IT.

BOTH ACHIEVING THAT IMPRESSIVE 25-YEAR MILESTONE OF CONSISTENCY, TOGETHER THE TWO BECOME PART OF THE SAME STORY OF SERVICE.

>> THE REAL IMPACT IS WHAT IT DOES FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE.

SO, EVEN IF IT'S ONLY AN HOUR AND A MILE THAT YOU DRIVE, THE IMPACT OF GETTING THEM TO THEIR MEDICAL APPOINTMENT OR THEIR PROCEDURE, DIALYSIS, THAT HELPS THEM LIVE THEIR LIVES.

THAT'S WHERE THE REAL IMPACT IS.

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

>> THE DINNER WAS DONATION-BASED, WITH PROCEEDS HELPING SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S WORK THROUGH CASS COUNTY.

VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED HEADING INTO THE FALL AND WINTER MONTHS.

>>> FAR-FLUNG CONFLICTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND UKRAINE AND RUSSIA, ARE CAUSING INCREASED PAIN AT HOME.

SURGING OIL PRICES ARE WREAKING HAVOC ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY—AND SLAMMING INFLATION-WEARY CONSUMERS.

MARYBEL GONZALEZ BREAKS DOWN WHAT IS DRIVING THE PRESSURE AND WHO COULD FEEL IT THE MOST.

>> AMERICAN CONSUMERS ARE FEELING DOWN.

SENTIMENTS SINKING TO THE SECOND LOWEST LEVEL ON RECORD IN SEPTEMBER, DIPPING TO 48.1%, NEARLY A 13% DECLINE FROM A YEAR AGO, ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN'S CONSUMER SENTIMENT INDEX.

>> THAT INFLATION IS COMING FROM THE OIL PRICE SHOCK.

SO IT'S MUCH HIGHER OIL PRICES, ELEVATING THE PRICE LEVELS, FOR MOST PRODUCTS.

>> Reporter: IT'S DUE LARGELY TO THE WAR IN IRAN AND THE WAR IN UKRAINE, SHAKING UP THE BOND MARKET, PUSHING UP INFLATION, AND SENDING RATES PAST 7%.

>> THE FEDERAL RESERVE, RATHER THAN CUTTING INTO IT LATE, THEY ARE INCLINED TO RAISE INTEREST RATES TO CONTAIN INFLATIONARY PRESSURE.

>> Reporter: THIS LEAVES INTERESTED HOMEBUYERS WITH TOUGH CHOICES.

>> THE PAYMENTS ARE HIGHER AND IN SOME CASES, SOMEONE WHO THOUGHT THEY COULD QUALIFY FOR MORTGAGE NO LONGER QUALIFIES AT THE HIGHER INTEREST RATES.

>> Reporter: AS THE COOLER WEATHER SETS IN, HOMEOWNERS COULD ALSO FEEL THE PINCH AS ONE ANALYSIS FORECASTS OVERALL WINTER HEATING COSTS COULD JUMP 8.7%, WITH HEATING OIL COSTS EXPECTED TO JUMP MORE THAN 30%.

>> HEATING OIL MOVES IN TANDEM WITH THE AVERAGE U.S.

RETAIL DIESEL PRICE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS $6.50 A GALLON, THAT'S 75% HIGHER THAN IT WAS AT THE SAME POINT LAST YEAR.

>> Reporter: PUTTING STRAIN ON CASH STRAPPED HOMEOWNERS.

I'M MARYBEL GONZALES REPORTING.

>> ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A, IN MINNESOTA THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF DIESEL IS CURRENTLY $6.27.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TOMORROW WITH SOME QUIETER WEATHER SETTLING IN BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, COCONUT CANNABIS RECENTLY BECAME THE ONLY MEDICINAL RETAILER WITHIN MORE THAN 100 MILES.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> THE CENTRAL LAKES ATV CLUB HELD ITS FOURTH ANNUAL FOUR-WHEELIN FOR KIDS WITH CANCER EVENT, OVER THE WEEKEND IN IRONTON, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RIVERWOOD FOUNDATION WHICH HELPS SUPPORT THE ZACHARY JOHNSON KIDS WITH CANCER FUND.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY HAS MORE ON THE STORY.

>> Reporter: THE FOUR WHEELING FOR KIDS WITH CANCER EVENT IS A CREATIVE, EXCITING WAY TO SPONSOR THE ZACHARY JOHNSON KIDS WITH CANCER FUND.

THE FUND WAS CREATED AFTER JOHNSON, WHO HAD JUST AT A FEW MONTHS OLD WAS DIAGNOSE WITH LEUKEMIA.

NOW MORE THAN 30 YEARS LATER, HE LIKES TO SPEND HIS FREE TIME RIDING AROUND AND GETTING DIRTY ON HIS A.T.V.

>> SO THE FOUR WHEELING FOR KIDS WITH CANCER RIDE IS AN EVENT THAT WE STARTED BECAUSE WE KNEW ZACHARY JOHNSON'S LOVE FOR FOUR WHEELING AND HE LOVED GETTING MUDDY.

WE THOUGHT WHAT A GREAT COMBINATION TO HELP THIS FUND GROW, TO HELP FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AGE 21 AND YOUNGER WITH ANY FORM OF CANCER.

THEY CAN USE THAT MONEY FOR WHATEVER THEY NEED.

>> Reporter: WHEN THE CANCER FUND WAS MADE, ZACHARY'S FAMILY HAD OTHER FAMILIES IN MIND, TO HOPEFULLY TRY TO CREATE A SOURCE OF POSITIVITY IN A VERY NEGATIVE TIME.

>> IT IS THE WORST TIME THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE YOUR CHILD GOING THROUGH AND TO HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A GIFT FROM OUR FOUNDATION, TO MAKE THAT JOURNEY A LITTLE BIT EASIER, JUST MEANS A LOT.

SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY SUPPORTING THE FOUNDATION, SO WE CAN SUPPORT OTHER CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY GOING THROUGH CANCER.

>> Reporter: ZACHARY'S FATHER SCOTT SAYS HE IS PROUD OF HOW THE EVENT HAS GROWN INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY AND HOPES THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW TO HELP OUT KIDS THAT ARE JUST LIKE ZACH.

>> WE HAVE TONS OF SPONSORS FOR THIS.

IT HAS GROWN EVERY YEAR, THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR WE'VE DONE IT.

IT GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER.

I WANT IT TO GET BIGGER AND HAVE A PROBLEM OF PARKING AND ALL THAT.

RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE ALMOST 100 PEOPLE HERE TO HAVE SOME FUN IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, SO IT'S JUST REALLY COOL.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN IRON TON, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

[CHEERING] >> THE EVENT WAS EXPECTED TO RAISE $10,000 IN DONATIONS TO GO TOWARDS THE FUND.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

WE HAD A WET SATURDAY, ANOTHER WET DAY TODAY, MORE IN STORE.

>> Stacy: MORE IN STORE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA THROUGH TOMORROW, IT COULD START TO TAPER OFF IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON.

WE DO HAVE DRIER WEATHER IN STORE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAVE SEEN SHOWERS AND EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS UNSETTLED WET WEATHER THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW, THROUGH TOMORROW AND MUCH OF THE AREA.

STARTING TO SEE IT TAPER OFF IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME DRIER WEATHER IN STORE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WORKWEEK, A LITTLE BIT OF A COOL DOWN BY THE WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 60 DEGREES.

AT THE AIRPORT.

THE WINDS ARE SOUTH AT 5 MILES PER HOUR, THE DEW POINT IS 60, AND SO FAR WE HAVE PICKED UP JUST OVER 0.3-INCH OF RAINFALL.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 64, WITH A DEW POINT OF 61.

PRESSURE IS RISING AND WE HAVE A LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE CAN SEE THE LINE OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IN THERE, WHICH HAVE BEEN MAKING THEIR WAY ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF OUR VIEWING AREA ALREADY TONIGHT.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SHOWERS AND EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA, THE EXCEPTION WILL BE PARTS OF EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA, A LITTLE SMALLER CHANCE OF THAT REACHING THAT AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT BY TOMORROW, MOST OF US WILL HAVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, STARTING TO TAPER OFF IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA STARTING IN THE AFTERNOON.

SOME PRETTY IMPRESSIVE TOTALS THERE ANTICIPATED, FOSSTON COULD PICK UP ALMOST 2.5-INCH OS OF RAIN THROUGH TOMORROW'S SYSTEM, AGAIN MORE THAN 1.5 INCH IN RED LAKE, A LOT OF LOCATIONS WITH JUST OVER AN INCH OF RAIN, SO HIGHER AMOUNTS IN OTHER LOCATIONS AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, A LOT OF RAINFALL ANTICIPATED WITH THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVES THROUGH.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, WE HAVE GORGEOUS FALL COLORS TONIGHT FROM GARY IN DEERWOOD, NICKI IN LAPORTE, SONYA, AND CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD.

GORGEOUS SKIES THIS MORNING FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA AND DEBRA AT LAKE ADA.

THE GEESE ARE FLYING OVER UPPER RED LAKE FROM BILL AND JUDY.

JOAN SPOTTING A BALD EAGLE IN LAPORTE AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DUCKS ON LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 43 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

DEBRA IN PINE RIVER, 43 THIS MORNING.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, GRAY SKIES, HIGH OF 70.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDY AND A HIGH OF 69.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, TOPPING OUT AT 67.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS EARLIER TODAY, AND AS OF HER REPORT, REPORTING 0.05-INCH OF RAIN.

BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 68 TODAY, A LITTLE ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

OUR LOW WAS 43 AND 702 WAS THE SUNSET.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 67, WHICH IS 5 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE, 40 FOR THE LOW, AND 7:15 WAS OUR SUNRISE.

SO HERE'S TOMORROW'S FORECAST, AGAIN, THE SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW.

STARTING TO TAPER OFF BEGINNING IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON.

AS FAR AS OUR TEMPERATURES GO, WE SHOULD SEE HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA, AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE MID-60s.

SO OUR FORECAST, SHOWERS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA, A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS, LOWS NEAR 58, AND THE SHOWERS CONTINUE TOMORROW WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THERE, TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS AROUND 66.

WE'LL SEE SOME DENSE FOG WEDNESDAY MORNING, BUT OTHERWISE QUIET WEATHER AROUND MIDWEEK, 72 IS THE HIGH ON WEDNESDAY.

STILL PRETTY QUIET BUT SOME AREAS OF FROST POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY MORNING, SHOWERS MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA SATURDAY AND COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE FOR THE WEEKEND.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, STILL NOT TOO BAD.

WE'RE HEADING INTO OCTOBER, WOW, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME HERE ON LAKELAND NEWS TONIGHT.

WE INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST SPORTS DIRECTOR MILES WALKER.

YOU HAVE SEEN MILES FOR THREE YEARS, BEEN IN BRAINERD COVERING SPORTS AND NEWS.

HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU AT THE DESK AS OUR NEW SPORTS DIRECTOR.

>> Miles: YES, EXTREMELY EXCITED.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT COLD WAS COMING DOWN TO BRAINERD, GOT SOME SYRACUSE WINTER, AND THEN YOU LEARN MORE IN MINNESOTA.

I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS AREA, NORTHERN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, AND AS I LEARNED MORE THIS PAST SATURDAY AS IT WAS A RAINY DAY FOR BSU FOOTBALL.

IT WAS HOMECOMING THIS PAST WEEKEND.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT GAME AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORT ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL HAS BEEN WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF WINS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, HOWEVER MISSED OPPORTUNITIES HAVE PLAGUED THE BEAVERS THIS SEASON, LEAVING THEM WITH A 1-3 START.

THEY HAD ANOTHER CHALLENGE SATURDAY, WITH MINOT STATE COMING IN AFTER DROPPING OVER 500 YARDS OF OFFENSE AND NEARLY A 60 BURGER IN LAST WEEK'S WIN AGAINST SOUTHWEST STATE.

BEMIDJI STATE HOSTING MINOT STATE IN THE ANNUAL BATTLE OF THE BEAVERS, RAINY DAY BUT A PACKED HOUSE AT CHET ANDERSON STADIUM FOR HOMECOMING.

FIRST DRIVE OF THE GAME, MINOT STATE NEAR MIDFIELD, JETT LUNDGREN AIRING IT OUT, L'SHAWN TAYLOR, BALL HAWK BADGE ACTIVATED, INTERCEPTION PUTS BSU AT MINOT'S 24 YARD LINE.

COUPLE PLAYS LATER, CONNOR CARVER, GETS A HOLE THE SIZE OF THE GRAND CANYON AND DOESN'T WASTE IT, 42 YARD RUSH SETS UP A 31-YARD KYLE NADLER FIELD GOAL, BSU UP 3-0.

EARLY SECOND QUARTER, SAME SCORE, CARVER AGAIN, GALLOPING, AND HURDLING PAST DEFENDERS, STREAKING 52 YARDS UP THE SIDELINE, GETS BSU INSIDE THE RED ZONE.

FEW PLAYS LATER, BOTCHED SNAP, BUT LOOK WHAT CARVER FOUND, TAKES IT NINE YARDS TO THE PROMISED LAND, BEMIDJI STATE TAKES A 9-0 LEAD.

LATE SECOND QUARTER, BSU NOW UP 9-6, AND THE CONNOR CARVER SHOW CONTINUES, HE HAD 152 YARDS RUSHING, AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN JUST THE FIRST HALF, BSU UP 16-6.

NOW 335 YARDS ON THE GROUND BREAKS THE RUSHING RECORD SET IN 1987 AND THE BEAVERS WITH A WELL EARNED DIP AS BEMIDJI STATE IMPROVES TO 24-2 AGAINST MINOT STATE SINCE 1993, TAKING BATTLE OF THE BEAVERS IN A 37-19 VICTORY.

THE BEAVERS WERE NOT ONLY HAPPY TO GET BACK IN THE LAKE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE, BUT ALSO TO GET BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN.

>> IT FEELS AMAZING.

I MEAN IT'S A WEIGHT OFF OUR SHOULDERS.

IT MEANS A LOT MORE THAN TO US THAN THE TEAM.

ALL THE ALUMNI, THE DONORS, IT MEANS A LOT TO THEM.

IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE A TRADITION GOING ON AS LONG AS THIS AND IT'S SO UNIQUE.

IT MEANS A LOT TO THE ALUMNI.

YOU NEVER WANT TO BE THE TEAM THAT DOESN'T GET INTO THE LAKE.

ALMOST EVERY YEAR I HAVE BEEN HERE WE HAVE GONE INTO THAT LAKE AND IT MEANS SO MUCH TO THE FOOTBALL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE ALUMS AND FOR US.

[CHEERING] >> TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT JUST HOW RIDICULOUS CONNOR CARVER'S SATURDAY WAS.

THE YARDAGE BROKE BEMIDJI STATE ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME MEMBER AND THAT WAS THE FIRST SINCE 2019.

>>> SWITCHING OVER TO A FEW MORE GAMES AROUND THE AREA.

BSU BEAT MSU MOORHEAD 3-2.

>>> IN COLLEGE SOCCER, BEMIDJI STATE FELL TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MARY.

>>> NOW SWITCHING OVER TO GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, NEVIS LOOKING FOR THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT WIN, TRYING TO BREAK A 3-GAME SKID.

FIRST SET, KNOTTED AT TWO APIECE, 3-BALL FOR THE TIGERS, AND ELEVATING AND DETONATES.

GIVING NEVIS A 3-2 LEAD.

SEBEKA WOULD GET THINGS GOING, NOW UP 13-11, SAGE SAYS NO, NOT TODAY.

AND THE TROJANS GO UP 14-11.

IN NEVIS, THEY WOULD NOT BE DENIED, DOWN 18-17, ARIANA SENDS A MISSILE AND THE TIGERS TAKE THE FIRST SET, AND THE TIGERS TAKE DOWN SEBEKA IN FOUR SETS.

NEVIS HAS WON 3 OF THE LAST 4 MATCH UPS AGAINST THE TROJANS.

MORE AROUND THE AREA, PINE RIVER-BACKUS TAKES DOWN STAPLES 3-2.

LAKE OF THE WOODS GETS A W OVER CASS LAKE-BENA 3-0.

GRAND RAPIDS TAKES DOWN GREEN WAY.

AND MILLE LACS IMPROVES TO 12-4 AGAINST ST.

CLOUD APOLLO.

BRAINERD GETS THE WIN OVER SAINT MICHAEL ALBERTVILLE.

THEN TAKING A LITTLE LOOK INTO THE NFL, J.J.

McCARTHY, THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS HAVE SENT HIM OVER TO THE NEW YORK GIANTS IN EXCHANGE FOR A 2027 FIFTH ROUND PICK.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THE McCARTHY ERA HAS ENDED.

>> Miles: IT HAS ENDED.

>> Dennis: BOY, I THOUGHT THE RECORD FROM CARVER, I WAS ON THAT 87 TEAM WHEN JOHN SET THAT AND WITH THE WAY FOOTBALL IS NOW AND THE PASSION, I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A RECORD THAT WOULD NEVER BE BROKEN.

IT WAS A PERFECT STORM THAT DAY AND HE IS UNSTOPPABLE.

>> Miles: I MEAN REALLY JUST GALLOPING.

I BELIEVE BSU ONLY HAD THREE PASSING ATTEMPTS THE ENTIRE GAME.

IT WAS A GROUND AND POUND DAY FOR SURE.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS MILES.

EARLY IN 2026, COCONUT CANNABIS BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST NON-TRIBAL, ADULT-USE CANNABIS DISPENSARIES IN THE BEMIDJI AREA, AND THEY HAVE RECENTLY BECOME THE FIRST MEDICINAL USE RETAILER WITHIN MORE THAN 100 MILES.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS, OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK SPOKE TO STORE REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT WHAT CHANGES TO THE BUSINESS THE MEDICAL CANNABIS CAN MAKE.

>> Reporter: COCONUT CANNABIS, A DISPENSARY LOCATED NORTH OF BEMIDJI RECENTLY BECAME MEDICALLY CERTIFIED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE A WIDER VARIETY OF PEOPLE THAN JUST RECREATIONAL ADULT USE CANNABIS USERS.

>> THE NEAREST OTHER MEDICINAL DISPENSARY IS 106 MILES AWAY IN BAXTER.

THE NEXT TWO CLOSEST ARE IN HERMANTOWN AND IN MOORHEAD.

I AM A MEDICAL PATIENT AND BEING UNABLE TO TAKE THE TIME TO DRIVE TO BAXTER AND BACK IS UNACCEPTABLE AND IT WAS A HUGE DRIVING FORCE, THE ACCESSIBILITY FOR NOT JUST MYSELF, OUR TEAM, AND OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

>> A WIDER MENU TO CHOOSE FROM AND COST SAVINGS.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO MINNESOTA CANNABIS TAX, AS WELL AS COUNTY AND SALES TAX BECAUSE THEY'RE A MEDICAL PRODUCT.

>> Reporter: ANYONE WISHING TO PURCHASE THE MEDICAL CANNABIS NEEDS THEIR DOCTOR'S PRESCRIBED MEDICAL CARD AND CAN COME FOR A CONSULTATION TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED.

>> SO WE HAVE OUR CMCC, CERTIFIED MEDICAL CANNABIS CONSULTANT.

WE WILL GO THROUGH THEIR LIST OF MEDICATIONS, THEIR HOSPITAL LIST, AND WE WILL HELP FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF MARIJUANA THEY NEED, HOW TO USE THE MARIJUANA, AND WHAT THE BENEFITS ARE.

>> Reporter: SOME OF THE MOST COMMON AILMENTS THAT MEDICINAL MARIJUANA IS RECOMMENDED FOR IS INSOMNIA, PTSD, CHRONIC PAIN, NAUSEA TO NAME A FEW.

>> IT'S WHAT YOU EXPECT IN A DISPENSARY, FLOWER, PRE-ROLLED, AND THOSE PRODUCTS.

THEY HELP AID IN SPECIFIC SYMPTOM TREATMENT.

>> WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING THIS VENTURE ONBOARD AND HAVE THE PERSONALIZED ONE-ON-ONE CARE WITH THE CUSTOMERS AND REALLY FIND PRODUCTS THAT CAN PROVIDE RELIEF IN THEIR LIVES.

>> Reporter: IT IS SOURCED FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAN ADULT-USE ONES.

REPORTING FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> CONSULTATIONS WITH THE DISPENSARY CAN BE MADE BY CALLING THE STORE AND SETTING UP AN APPOINTMENT, OR WALKING IN AND SCHEDULING A MEETING TIME.

COCONUT CANNABIS REPRESENTATIVES SAID CALLING IN IS THE PREFERRED METHOD.

>>> LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH STACY FOR MORE ON OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

LOWS NEAR 58.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW, SHOWERS CONTINUE TO BE LIKELY, AGAIN THERE MAY BE A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS, SOME OF THE SHOWERS MAY TAPER OFF IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGHS WILL REACH THE MID-60s, DRIER WEATHER RETURNS AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WORKWEEK, STILL WARM ON WEDNESDAY, WITH HIGHS NEAR 72, BUT WE WILL SEE A COOL DOWN HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND AND THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME FROST FRIDAY MORNING.

>> Miles: AND WE'LL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM BEMIDJI AND DULUTH EAST IN GIRLS SOCCER TOMORROW NIGHT.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE OUT OF TIME FOR TONIGHT.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Miles: GOOD NIGHT.

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