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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 EVERYONE THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> A 52-YEAR-OLD STAPLES MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF CRIMINAL VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AFTER A COLLISION INVOLVING HIS PICKUP TRUCK AND A MOTORCYCLE THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF THE DRIVER OF THE MOTORCYCLE.

RUSSELL EKHOLM WAS CHARGED TODAY WITH THOSE FELONIES PLUS TWO COUNTS OF D.W.I.

AFTER HE TESTED AT 0.099 ON A BREATHALYZER TEST FOLLOWING THE COLLISION.

THE CRASH HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT AROUND 9:30 NORTHWEST OF STAPLES ON COUNTY ROAD TWO.

EKHOLM TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT HE SLOWED DOWN TO AVOID A DEER AND THE MOTORCYCLE DRIVEN BY 52-YEAR-OLD KEITH SHULTZ OF WADENA STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS PICKUP.

SHULTZ WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET AND SUFFERED SERIOUS HEAD INJURIES FROM THE CRASH.

HE WAS TAKEN TO A ST.

CLOUD HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON.

ACCORDING THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE SCHULTZ HAD A SMALL BAG OF METHAMPHETAMINE IN HIS POSSESSION AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.

EKHOLM WAS SCHEDULED TO MAKE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE IN WADENA COUNTY COURT TODAY AND NEXT HAS A RULE 8 HEARING SET FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH.

BAIL WAS SET AT $300,000 WITHOUT CONDITIONS OR $10,000 WITH CONDITIONS.

>>> A KELLIHER RESIDENT REMAINS HOSPITALIZED AFTER SUFFERING INJURIES FROM A CAMPFIRE EXPLOSION DURING THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

MELISSA KROGSEND WAS SPENDING LABOR DAY WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS CAMPING WHEN SHE WAS IN A FREAK ACCIDENT INVOLVING A CAMPFIRE EXPLOSION NORTH OF HIBBING.

THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS AN ACCELERANT CAUSED THE CAMPFIRE TO EXPLODE.

53-YEAR-OLD MARVIN THEISEN OF HIBBING DIED FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT AND SEVEN OTHERS SUFFERED INJURIES RANGING FROM SEVERE TO MINOR.

KROGSEND WAS INTUBATED AND AIRLIFTED TO A LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER.

SHE HAS SINCE BEEN EXTUBATED AND IS NOW OUT OF I.C.U.

BUT HER FAMILY REPORTS SHE HAS A LONG WAY TO GO AND THAT SHE WILL UNDERGO SKIN GRAFTING TO HELP WITH THE HEALING.

A GOFUNDME PAGE HAS BEEN SET UP TO HELP WITH HER MEDICAL BILLS SINCE SHE AND HER HUSBAND KENDALL WILL BE OUT OF WORK WHILE SHE RECOVERS.

YOU CAN FIND THAT FUNDRAISER PAGE BY GOING TO GOFUNDME.COM AND SEARCH THE PHRASE “MELISSA'S RECOVERY FROM CAMPFIRE ACCIDEN”" WE'RE INCLUDING A LINK TO THAT GOFUNDME PAGE ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> THE CITY OF CROSSLAKE BEGAN THE SEARCH FOR A NEW CITY ADMINISTRATOR EARLIER THIS YEAR.

LAST MONTH, LORI CONWAY BEGAN HER TENURE AS THE CROSSLAKE CITY ADMINISTRATOR.

CONWAY WAS PREVIOUSLY THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR IN BRECKENRIDGE.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY SAT DOWN WITH CONWAY TO DISCUSS HER PLANS AS THE NEW ADMINISTRATOR.

>> Reporter: CONWAY HAD HER FIRST DAY AS CITY ADMINISTRATOR ON AUGUST 5TH.

SHE HAS EXPERIENCE, HAVING PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN BRECKENRIDGE, MINNESOTA AS ITS ADMINISTRATOR.

CROSS LAKE HAS BEEN A PLACE WHERE SHE AND HER HUSBAND HOPED TO RETIRE.

>> I HAPPENED TO COME ACROSS AN AD FOR THIS CITY OF CROSS LAKE AND KNOWING THAT WE WANTED TO MIGRATE THIS WAY FOR RETIREMENT, WE THOUGHT WHY NOT START A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, GET OUR FEET PLANTED IN THE COMMUNITY, AND YEAH.

I APPLIED.

>> Reporter: THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THE CITY THEY WORK IN THRIVES.

FOR CONWAY, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IS A WAY SHE IS GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT JOB.

>> AS FAR AS RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, IT IS MY DESIRE TO GO OUT AND BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, TO BE A PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TO GET TO KNOW THE BUSINESSES AND THE OWNERS TO MAINTAIN A GOOD TAX BASE FOR THE LEVY.

>> Reporter: BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WILL TAKE TIME BUT CONWAY HOPES TO BECOME A PERSON THAT THE PEOPLE OF CROSS LAKE TRUST AND ARE COMFORTABLE SPEAKING WITH.

>> I WANT TO BE A FACE IN THE COMMUNITY.

I WANT PEOPLE TO BE COMFORTABLE, TO COME UP AND TALK TO ME AND ASK ME QUESTIONS.

YOU KNOW, THE MORE TIME I HAVE UNDERNEATH ME, IT IS GOING TO BE EASIER.

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING AND ABSORBING AS MUCH AS I CAN AND HEAR THE PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN CROSS LAKE, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> MOST OF CONWAY'S TIME DURING THE DAY IS CENTERED AROUND THE CROSSLAKE CITY BUDGET.

ACCORDING TO CONWAY, PRELIMINARY BUDGET NUMBERS NEED TO BE TURNED IN TO CROW WING COUNTY BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.

>>> THE 12-DAY MINNESOTA STATE FAIR CONCLUDED YESTERDAY AND ATTENDANCE AT THIS YEARS FAIR WAS THE HIGHEST SINCE 2019, 1.9 MILLION PEOPLE ATTENDED THE GREAT MINNESOTA GET-TOGETHER THIS YEAR WHICH MAKES IT THE FIFTH MOST ATTENDED FAIR IN ITS HISTORY DATING BACK TO 1859.

THE RECORD FOR ATTENDANCE WAS SET IN 2019 WHEN 2.1 MILLION PEOPLE CAME OUT.

THAT'S ABOUT 200,000 MORE PEOPLE THAN THIS YEAR.

FAIR OFFICIALS SAY SEVERAL STORMS WITH HIGH WINDS IMPACTED THE OVERALL ATTENDANCE NUMBERS AND WITHOUT THOSE STORMS A NEW RECORD MAY HAVE BEEN SET THIS YEAR.

>>> WE SAW THE START OF BSU LAST WEEK AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE REST OF THE BEMIDJI AREA SCHOOLS TO FOLLOW SUIT.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WENT OUT TODAY TO SEE K THROUGH 12'S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

>> Reporter: NO MATTER HOW MANY STUDENTS OF ANY AGE MAY LOVE THEIR SUMMER BREAK, ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END.

WITH THE DROPPING OF TEMPERATURES COMES THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR K-12 STUDENTS.

>> WE WELCOMED OUR KIDS BACK FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND IT WAS FANTASTIC.

OH, IT WAS SO FUN.

WE SAW A LOT OF SMILING FACES, A LOT OF EAGER YOUNG PEOPLE, AND OUR STAFF JUST DID AN AMAZING JOB WELCOMING THEM.

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH COMING BACK FROM SUMMER BREAK MAY NOT BE THE EASIEST THING EVER, THE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS DIDN'T FIND AS MUCH OF A HAS SAL AS YOU MAY THINK.

>> THE KIDS LOVE ROUTINE.

THEY ARE EXCITED TO KNOW NOT ONLY WHAT'S NEXT IN THEIR SCHEDULE, BUT SEEING THE FRESH FACES, THEY DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER, AND COMING FROM THE OLD K-3 SCHOOLS, SEEING NEW FACES, GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER IS THEIR FAVORITE PART.

>> Reporter: WELCOME SIGNS LINED THE HALLWAY AS STUDENTS MAKE THEIR WAY TO THEIR CLASSROOM.

>> A GREAT TURNOUT OF KIDS, THEY ARE READY TO LEARN AND EAGER TO BE HERE.

I THINK THEIR FAVORITE THING IS GYM BUT HOPEFULLY I CAN GET THEM TO LOVE ALL THE OTHER ACADEMICS THAT COME.

>> Reporter: THE BACK TO SCHOOL SEASON IS JUST AS BIG OF A DEAL TO TEACHERS AS TO STUDENTS.

>> MY FAVORITE PART OF BEING A TEACHER IS REALLY JUST SEEING THE PROGRESS AND THE GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO SEEING MORE KIDS COMING IN AND WHERE THEY END UP AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS FUN TO SEE.

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

>> WITHIN THE BEMIDJI AREA SCHOOLS THERE ARE FIVE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD SCHOOLS, ONE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE SCHOOL, A MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND ONE HIGH SCHOOL.

ALL OF THEM HAVE NOW OFFICIALLY STARTED THEIR 2024-2025 JOURNEY.

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

>> Stacy: WILD FIRE SMOKE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE IMPACTING THE AIR QUALITY IN PARTS OF OUR AREA STARTING TOMORROW EVENING.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, ITASCA STATE PARK IS HOSTING A NATURE PROGRAM FOR >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

; INTERNET, PHONE, AND T.V.

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

>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THE CENTRAL MINNESOTA COMMUNITY GOT A CHANCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AGRICULTURE AT THE CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE AG AND ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER'S ANNUAL FIELD DAY LAST WEEK.

ATTENDEES GOT TO CHOOSE FROM MANY INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS INCLUDING TOPICS ON PRECISION IRRIGATION, DRONE SPRAYING APPLICATIONS, AND LOCAL FOODS.

THE EVENT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE A VARIETY OF AGRICULTURAL DEMONSTRATIONS, MEET WITH INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LATEST INNOVATIONS IN THE FIELD, AS TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO PRESENT NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRICULTURE.

>> DRONES MORE ACCURATE THAN TRACTORS.

FARMERS CAN USE THAT TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE IN THEIR YIELDS AND USING FEWER INPUTS, WHETHER THAT'S FERTILIZERS OR PESTICIDES TO MANAGE THE CROPS.

>> THE AG & ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER ALSO TREATED THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO A FREE LUNCH, AS WELL AS A CHANCE TO EXPLORE THE LIVING LEGACY GARDENS.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER.

STACY JOINS US NOW.

A NICE STRETCH OF SUMMER WEATHER AS WE COME THROUGH LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

>> Stacy: RIGHT?

WE HAVE MILD TEMPERATURES OUT THERE ONCE AGAIN AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE MILD TEMPERATURES PROBABLY THROUGH TOMORROW.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE COOLER TEMPS AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.

IN THE MEANTIME, IT LOOKS LIKE AIR QUALITY WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE WILDFIRE SMOKE STARTING TOMORROW EVENING.

I'LL >> 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.

>> AND BY 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, LAND SURVEYORS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS SERVING MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SINCE 1975.

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME WARM TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA.

TODAY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE MILD TEMPERATURES TOMORROW.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING TO THE AREA MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT AND WE WILL SEE A COOL DOWN AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.

IN BEMIDJI, 71 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE A SOUTHEAST WIND AT 11 MILES PER HOUR, DEW POINT IS 56.

HUMIDITY IS AT 60%.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, 67 DEGREES, A DEW POINT OF 54, HUMIDITY IS 63%, SOUTH WINDS AT 10 MILES PER HOUR.

AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS OUT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AT 5:00 P.M. AND CONTINUING UNTIL THURSDAY AT 11:00 A.M.

THE AIR QUALITY INDEX IN THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE ORANGE CATEGORY, MEANING THE AIR WILL BE UNHEALTHY FOR PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS.

ON THE RADAR, IT IS QUIET OUT THERE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE QUIET WEATHER OVERNIGHT, WITH A MIX OF CLEAR SKIES AND CLOUD COVER THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

NOW AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, MOST OF THE DAY WE ARE ANTICIPATING PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, WE MAY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER AND WE WILL START TO SEE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BEGINNING IN WESTERN MINNESOTA TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND THEN THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH THE GREEN DOTTED AREA HERE.

IT WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA AND THE STATE AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATER HOURS AND TOMORROW NIGHT.

THERE IS A MARGINAL CHANCE, A 1 IN 5 CHANCE OF SEEING SEEING SEVERE STORMS WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS.

EAGLE EYE PICTURES TONIGHT, BEAUTIFUL MORNING SKIES FROM CARLINE AND ARLENE.

THE SUNFLOWER IS IN FULL BLOOM.

A COUPLE OF BALD EAGLES AT LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 56 AND BREEZY THIS MORNING.

KAREN IN BEMIDJI, 56 AND CLEAR THIS MORNING.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, BREEZY AND SUNNY AND HAZY TODAY.

77 WAS THE HIGH.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, A HAZY SUN AND WINDY TODAY.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 77.

A QUICK LOOK AT OUR ALMANAC, IN BRAINERD, 79 WAS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY, A FEW DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE, AND OUR LOW WAS 58.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 82, SO WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE AND THE LOW THIS MORNING OF 54.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST, THE MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE, AND THE CHANCE OF SEEING THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70s TO LOW 80s.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, WE DO HAVE A 40% CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WADENA AREA IN THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 80s.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, VARIABLE CLOUDS TONIGHT, SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 25, VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS NEAR 80.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AND WE WILL HAVE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY, COOLER TEMPERATURES LATE THIS WEEK, WITH A HIGH OF 61 ON FRIDAY.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD RECOVER TO THE LOW 70s BY SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH THE SPORTS.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> Charlie: WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SOCCER OUT IN GRAND RAPIDS TONIGHT.

ALSO DOWN IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, BRINGING NORTHERN MINNESOTA THE GIGAZONE.

INTERNET SPEEDS UP TO 10 GIGABITS PER SECONDS, BOTH UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD.

IT'S THE GIGAZONE FROM PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS AND IT'S RIGHT HERE.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORT WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >>> AFTER A DISAPPOINTING START TO THE SEASON AGAINST ROGERS, BRAINERD WARRIORS GIRLS SOCCER HAS TALLIED ELEVEN TOTAL GOALS EN ROUTE TO WINS AGAINST MOORHEAD AND WILLMAR BUT THEIR WINNING STREAK IS ON THE LINE TONIGHT AGAINST CONFERENCE FOE FERGUS FALLS, AS THE WARRIORS AIM FOR THEIR FIRST 3-1 START SINCE 2021.

THEY HAVE A TWO GAME WINNING STREAK ON THE LINE.

A BEAUTIFUL BALL AND THEN BRAINERD IS UP 1-0.

MAYA NELSON BARELY MISSES THE BAR DOWN, A GOAL LINE ENDS WITH MACY CLEANING UP.

IT'S 2-0 BRAINERD.

A MINUTE LATER, WARRIORS LOOKING TO PULL AWAY AND MADDIE GOES TOP SHELF FOR THE SNIPE.

THE WARRIORS MAKE IT THREE IN A ROW.

THEY HANDLE FERGUS FALL IN A 9-0 VICTORY.

THEY LED THE WAY WITH TWO GOAL APIECE.

BEMIDJI TIES EAST GRAND FORKS.

>>> ALL RIGHT.

BACK TO THE CAMERA.

WITH THEIR MATCH AT CROOKSTON LAST THURSDAY POSTPONED DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS, IT'S NOW BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE BEMIDJI BOYS SOCCER LAST PLAYED A GAME.

A 3-2 LOSS TO SAINT MICHAEL ALBERTVILLE THEY'D LIKE TO FINALLY WASH THEIR HANDS OF.

IT WON'T BE EASY.

UNDEFEATED GRAND RAPIDS LOOMS TONIGHT AND THEY'VE WON THREE STRAIGHT SINCE OPENING THE SEASON WITH A TIE AT MOREHEAD.

THUNDERHAWKS HOSTING THE LUMBERJACKS.

DUO -- TWO TEAMS TIED 2-2 IN THEIR MEETING LAST YEAR.

IT'S ISAAC WALKING THE BALL TO THE DEFENSE, GOES FOR THE QUICK STRIKE, BUT EVAN WAS READY FOR IT, KEEPING THE GAME SCORELESS.

ON THE OTHER END, T HAWKS ARE GOING TO TRY THEIR HAND.

USING THE LEFT FOOT, BUT IT'S TIME TO MAKE THE SAVE.

STILL 0-0 AS WE HEAD TO THE SECOND HALF.

JACKS ON THE ATTACK, AUSTIN SPLITS TWO DEFENDERS, BUT ONCE AGAIN, ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE SAVE.

THERE WILL BE NO SCORING IN THIS ONE FOLKS AS BEMIDJI AND GRAND RAPIDS, BOTH BEMIDJI TEAMS IN SOCCER TIED TONIGHT.

THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR TO SEE WHO IS THE BETTER TEAM.

>>> A COUPLE MORE SCORES FOR YOU, BRAINERD BEATS FERGUS FALLS.

LITTLE FALL WINS.

AND OVER IN VOLLEYBALL, ALBANY GOT THE BETTER OF PEQUOT LAKES.

CROSBY-IRONTON GETS THE BEST OF PILLAGER.

CLEAR BROOK BLANKS BAGLEY AND WADENA DEER CREEK WINS.

BLACKDUCK GETS A WIN OVER.

TAMPA BAY BEATS THE MINNESOTA TWINS TONIGHT.

>>> WELL, BSU FOOTBALL'S JOEY PRONDZINSKI EARNED NSIC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS AFTER HIS KICKING EFFORTS IN THE BEAVERS 19-13 OVERTIME VICTORY OVER MICHIGAN TECH LAST THURSDAY.

THE RED SHIRT JUNIOR TRANSFER FROM WINONA STATE MADE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT WITH HIS NEW SQUAD, SCORING THE FIRST SIX POINTS OF THE GAME ON TWO FIELD GOALS IN THE SECOND HALF, PLUS A PAT ON THE GO-AHEAD TOUCHDOWN WITH JUST UNDER 4-MINUTES REMAINING IN THE GAME.

MINNESOTA STATE'S QUARTERBACK HAYDEN EKERN WAS NAMED OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK, WHILE D.B.

JUSTUS BRESTON FROM U-MARY WAS NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK ON DEFENSE.

>>> IN THE POLLS, BEMIDJI STATE REMAINED STATIC.

THE COACHES POLL WILL NOT HAVE ITS FIRST VOTE UNTIL AFTER WEEK ONE GAMES BUT IN THE D-2 FOOTBALL.COM POLL, WELL THEY DID KEEP THE BEAVERS THE SAME EVEN AFTER THEIR WIN.

THIS WEEK, THE GREEN AND WHITE TRAVEL TO 13TH RANKED MINNESOTA STATE TO TRY AND AVENGE LAST YEAR'S 3-POINT LOSS.

THE MAVERICKS ARE ALSO RANKED 8TH IN THE D2 FOOTBALL.COM POLL.

SHOULD BE A GREAT MATCH-UP.

NIGHT GAME STARTS AT 6:00 P.M. >> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, ON THE ROAD.

>> Charlie: YEP, ON THE ROAD.

TOUGH GAME.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, ITASCA STATE PARK IS HOSTING NATURE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH TO TEACH ABOUT THE UPCOMING FALL SEASON.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN TOOK PART IN ITASCA STATE PARK'S LABOR DAY WEEKEND PROGRAMS TO SEE WHAT THEY HAD TO OFFER.

>> Reporter: WITH SCHOOL OFFICIALLY STARTING ACROSS MINNESOTA, WE ARE ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE FALL SEASON.

ITASCA STATE PARK IS CURRENTLY HOSTING NATURE PROGRAMS TO TEACH THOSE INTERESTED ABOUT HOW THE FALL SEASON IMPACTS THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS INSIDE THE STATE PARK.

SOME OF THOSE INCLUDES WALKS THROUGHOUT THE MANY TRAILS IN THE PARK AND A FUN ACTIVITY FOR THE KIDS.

>> WE'RE GOING ON A SCAVENGER HUNT IN THE FOREST TO SEE DIFFERENT THINGS, ALL RIGHT?

ARE WE READY TO START WALKING?

>> YES.

>> THIS MORNING WE WENT ON A WALK IN THE PARK.

AS WE WERE WALKING, WE WERE LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF FALL FROM PLANTS AND ANIMALS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF ADAPTATIONS THAT PLANTS AND ANIMALS HAVE TO GET THEM THROUGH THE WINTERTIME.

YOU THINK OF THOSE THINGS IN THE FALL.

>> Reporter: PARTICIPANTS CAN LEARN HOW THE RED SQUIRREL PREPARES FOR THE HARSH WINTERS BY STORING PINE CONES IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE PARK AND HOW THE PLANTS ADJUST.

>> THE PLANTS ARE DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS RIGHT NOW.

THE PLANTS ARE STARTING TO YELLOW.

YOU KNOW, THEY ARE GETTING TO THE END OF THEIR LIFE SXAN -- SPAN FOR THE SEASON.

THE PLANTS ARE STARTING TO CHANGE COLOR AS WE GET LESS AND LESS SUNLIGHT.

>> Reporter: THE GREEN THAT COVER IT IS STATE PARK NOW WILL BE BLANKET WITH THE COLORS OF AUTUMN.

>> THE LEAVES, YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR EVERY WEEK, IT'S CHANGING EVERY WEEK.

SOMETIMES I WILL GO OUT AND DO THE SAME HIKES WEEK AFTER WEEK TO SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN TONS OF IT.

WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME RANDOM MAPLE SHOWING THEIR COLOR.

EACH WEEK IT WILL BE MORE AND MORE AS MORE PLANTS START TO TRANSITION.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN ITASCA STATE PARK FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE NEXT PROGRAMS TO TAKE PLACE AT ITASCA STATE PARK GET TO TOUR THE LAKESIDE MUSEUM AS WELL AS JOIN THE NATURALISTS ON A HIKE DISCUSSING THE LIFE CYCLE OF TREES.

PROGRAMS ARE CURRENTLY PLANNED THROUGH THE 21ST OF SEPTEMBER.

>>> AND WEATHER-WISE STACY?

ANOTHER WARM DAY IN STORE TOMORROW.

>> Stacy: IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE ONE MORE WARM DAY BEFORE WE START TO SEE COOLER TEMPERATURES.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA BEGINNING AT 5:00 P.M.

TOMORROW AND CONTINUING UNTIL 11:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY.

AIR QUALITY IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE ORANGE CATEGORY.

>> Charlie: RED LAKE FOOTBALL GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO THE NIKE HEADQUARTERS AHEAD OF THEIR FOOTBALL SEASON AND PRACTICE AT THE SEAHAWKS PRACTICE FACILITY IN SEATTLE.

WE'LL HEAR FROM THEM TOMORROW.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT FROM US.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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