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

>> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE GIGAZONE, THE ALL FIBEROPTIC NETWORK THAT HAS TRANSFORMED HOW WE LIVE AND WORK.

>> 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.

>>> RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BEMIDJI HAVE EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN ON SOCIAL MEDIA OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, EVER SINCE A FEW CAMERAS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ON MULTIPLE UTILITY POLES BY THE PAUL BUNYAN DRUG TASK FORCE.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, TELLS US WHAT THESE CAMERAS ARE BEING USED FOR AND WHY.

>> Reporter: SOME NEWLY INSTALLED CAMERAS HAS GOTTEN ATTENTION.

SERGEANT HART TELLS THE BELTRAMI COUNTY BOARD THAT THESE 8 CAMERAS INSTALLED ARE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS INSTALLED BY THE TASK FORCE.

>> I UNDERESTIMATED THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

THESE CAMERAS CAPTURE IMAGES OF THE VEHICLES AS THEY ARE TRAVELING PAST IN THE SURROUNDING AREA AND GETS A ZOOMED IN PICTURE OF THE LICENSE PLATE ITSELF.

>> Reporter: THEN IT'S CONVERTED TO FILES THAT CAPTURE TIME, DATE, AND VEHICLE DESCRIPTIONS, THAT THEY STORE FOR FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS.

>> AND WITH AI TECHNOLOGY, WE CAN SEARCH FOR MAKE, MODEL, COLOR, TYPES OF VEHICLES, AND UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS.

>> Reporter: THE DATA IS ENCRYPTED AND STORE IN THE CLOUD AND THEY RETAIN THAT DATA FOR 30 DAYS AND THEN IT'S OVERWRITTEN AND GONE FOREVER.

THIS TECHNOLOGY CANNOT BE USED TO MONITOR OR TRACK INDIVIDUALS.

>> WE'RE NOT COLLECTING DATA AND HAVING SOME LARGE DATABASE.

THESE ARE NOT USED TO MONITOR SUBJECTS.

IT GETS DELETED IN 30 DAYS, UNLESS IT'S EXPORTED AS PART OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, THEN IT'S SUBJECT TO THE GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT.

>> Reporter: MEMBERS OF THE BELTRAMI COUNTY BOARD ASKED IF THE CRIME RATE IN THE COUNTY IS HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT THESE CAMERAS BEING INSTALLED.

DAVID HANSON PROVIDED SOME ANSWERS.

>> I DO MAINTAIN A DATABASE FOR THE CRIME RATES.

I DO ALL 87 COUNTIES, WE'RE ALWAYS IN THE TOP 5, CONSISTENTLY SINCE 2015 WHEN I STARTED TRACKING IT.

IN MY OPINION, WE DO HAVE A HIGH CRIME RATE.

>> Reporter: AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS HAVE BEEN IN USE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND THE SHERIFF BELIEVES THERE WILL BE A MASSIVE BENEFIT TO THE TASK FORCE AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

>> IT WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN FINDING HUNDREDS OF AMBER ALERTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THE FACT THAT THEY RUN 24/7, THAT'S THE BIG BENEFIT TO THEM, HAVING THAT INFORMATION.

>> Reporter: SERGEANT HART ENDED THE PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTING NEWS ARTICLES THAT PAINT BEMIDJI AS NOTHING MORE THAN A TOWN FULL OF CRIME.

HART DOESN'T WANT TO SEE THOSE HEADLINES IN THE FUTURE AND BELIEVES THESE CAMERAS WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.

>> I DON'T WANT TO SEE US IN THE NEWS FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.

I'M RAISING KIDS HERE.

WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TURN THE TIDE A LITTLE BIT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> OUT OF THE EIGHT CAMERAS IN USE, SEVEN ARE INSTALLED WITHIN BEMIDJI CITY LIMITS AND ONE IS IN NORTHERN TOWNSHIP.

PINE RIVER, PARK RAPIDS, AKELEY, AND MAHNOMEN ALSO EACH HAVE ONE LICENSE PLATE READER IN USE.

>>> VICE PRESIDENT J.D.

VANCE TRAVELED TO MINNEAPOLIS TODAY TO PAY HIS RESPECTS TO VICTIMS OF THE ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH SHOOTING.

THE VICE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE SAID IN A STATEMENT, THAT VANCE AND HIS WIFE, SECOND LADY USHA VANCE, ALSO TOOK PART IN A SERIES OF PRIVATE MEETINGS TO CONVEY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE AFFECTED BY THE TRAGEDY, SECURITY WAS HEIGHTENED FOR VANCE'S VISIT, WHICH COMES A WEEK AFTER THE TRAGEDY.

>> THESE PARENTS OPENED THEIR LIVES, OPENED UP THEIR HEARTS.

THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THEIR KIDS, THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES, THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTING THEM.

THAT WAS JUST AN AMAZING THING TO SEE, AN AMAZING THING TO WITNESS AND BE A PART OF.

WE SHOULD TALK MORE ABOUT THESE KIDS AND LESS ABOUT THE SHOOTER, LESS ABOUT THE CRAZY PERSON THAT TOOK THESE CHILDREN FROM US.

WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THESE KIDS, THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS, AND THE FACT THEY HAD A FULL LIFE AHEAD OF THEM THAT WAS CUT SHORT.

>> THE SHOOTER DIED BY SUICIDE AFTER FIRING INTO THE CHURCH DURING MASS.

AUTHORITIES SAY THEY HAVE NOT FOUND A CLEAR MOTIVE BUT THAT THE SHOOTER HAD CONNECTIONS TO THE SCHOOL.

>>> U.S.

SENATORS AMY KLOBUCHAR AND TINA SMITH OF MINNESOTA SPOKE DELIVERED SPEECHES ON THE FLOOR OF THE U.S. SENATE TODAY AFTER THE TRAGIC SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS LAST WEEK.

BOTH SENATORS ARE PRESSING FOR CONGRESS TO FINALLY TAKE ACTION TO ADDRESS THE GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC IN AMERICA.

>> FOR ME, IT WAS PRETTY JARRING TO COME BACK HERE, HAVING SPENT THE LAST FEW DAYS IN MY STATE, EMBRACING THESE FAMILIES WHO HAD KIDS THAT LITERALLY WATCHED THEIR FRIENDS BE SHOT IN THE GUT, SHOT IN THE NECK, MEETING THE FAMILY OF ONE OF THE CHILDREN WHO WAS KILLED, WHO THAT NIGHT THEY WERE ALREADY SITTING IN THE HOLY ANGELS GYM, TRYING TO FIND SOLACE AMONG THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

THEY LITERALLY WENT TO THAT EVENT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN THE PEOPLE THAT SURROUNDED THEM.

THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE ALONE AT HOME.

>> MEANWHILE, MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ PLANS TO CALL A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER TOUGHER GUN LAWS FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING, WHICH LEFT TWO CHILDREN DEAD AND 21 PEOPLE INJURED.

>>> COOLER WEATHER IS FORCING SOME CHANGES TO ROADWORK PLANNED ON HIGHWAY 210 BETWEEN BRAINERD AND IRONTON.

MINN-DOT IS APPLYING A MICRO-SURFACING TREATMENT TO RENEW THE PAVEMENT SURFACE AND SEAL MINOR CRACKS, RUTS AND OTHER IRREGULARITIES.

THIS PROCESS REQUIRES AIR TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN ABOVE 50 DEGREES.

THE WORK WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE AT NIGHT TIME THIS WEEK BUT BECAUSE OF THE COLDER TEMPERATUES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT, THE WORK WILL NOW TAKE PLACE DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.

WORK WILL OCCUR DURING OFF-PEAK HOURS BETWEEN 9:00 A.M. AND 2:00 P.M. OR 6:00 P.M. AND 10:00 P.M, WEATHER PERMITTING.

MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT ALTERNATING LANE CLOSURES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS WITH FLAGGERS AND A PILOT CAR.

THE RESURFACING WILL BE COMPLETED IN SEGMENTS, SO EXPECT THE WORK AREA LOCATION TO CHANGE AND MOVE.

WORK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6H, BUT MAY EXTEND INTO THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 8TH DEPENDING ON WEATHER AND PROGRESS.

AFTER THE INITIAL RESURFACING IS COMPLETE, THERE WILL BE A TWO-WEEK PAUSE TO ALLOW THE NEW PAVEMENT TO CURE.

CREWS WILL RETURN IN LATE SEPTEMBER TO APPLY PERMANENT STRIPING AND FINAL PAVEMENT MARKINGS.

>>> THE WAVE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORK IS GETTING READY FOR THEIR ANNUAL GALA WHERE THEY WILL PRESENT THEIR FOUR UNDER FORTY AWARDS.

THE AWARD RECOGNIZES BUSINESS LEADERS IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA AGES 18 TO 39 WHO EXCEL IN PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE, LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AMONG OTHER CRITERIA.

ACCORDING TO WAVE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS OFFICIALS, THE CEREMONY WILL HELP INSPIRE OTHER YOUNG BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS TO GROW WITHIN THE BRAINERD BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

>> PEOPLE IN COLLEGE, I WAS ONE OF THEM.

I WAS LIKE OKAY, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY LIFE?

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR THEM TO SEE WOW, I CAN BE THAT PERSON AND I KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE PAST AND PRESENT THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE 4 UNDER 40 AWARDS WOULD BE OPEN TO HAVING LUNCH AND CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE.

WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE.

>> THE GALA WILL TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 18TH AT CATALYST BY NATURE LINK IN NISSWA, [♪♪♪] >> STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>> Stacy: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 30s ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, ONE BEMIDJI ATHLETE IS HEADED TO LAS VEGAS [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> ONE OF BEMIDJI'S OWN WILL BE MAKING THE TREK TO LAS VEGAS NEXT WEEK FOR THE ADAPTIVE CROSSFIT GAMES.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK STOPPED BY ATHLETE AND COACH AMY JOHNSON'S WORKOUT EARLIER TODAY, WHERE HER CLASS HAD A SPECIAL ONE-ARMED WORKOUT THEME, AS A SEND-OFF BEFORE THE GAMES.

>> Reporter: SNATCHING, BIKING, AND OTHER CROSSFIT EXERCISES ARE WELL-KNOWN TO BEMIDJI ATHLETE AMY JOHNSON WHO HAS BEEN DOING CROSSFIT FOR 7 YEARS, BUT TO HER, THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THE WORKOUT THAN GETTING ACTIVE.

>> I TRULY, SEVEN YEARS AGO, I WAS LOOKING FOR FILING FOR DISABILITY BECAUSE I WASN'T FUNCTIONAL AT MY OTHER JOB.

I COULDN'T DO ANY OF MY FUN ACTIVITIES AT HOME ANYMORE, EVEN JUST TAKING CARE OF MY KIDS WAS HARD.

I DON'T LIVE IN THAT CHRONIC PAIN ANYMORE.

SO I GOT MY LIFE BACK.

>> Reporter: AMY'S RIGHT ARM HAD LIMITED FUNCTION HER WHOLE LIFE AFTER SHE GOT STUCK IN THE BIRTH CANAL AT BIRTH.

>> INSTEAD OF DOING A C SECTION OR MA -- MANEUVERING MY MOTHER IN A DIFFERENT WAY, THEY PULLED MY NECK, SO ALL FIVE OF MINE ARE TORN SOMEWHERE.

IT WORKS SOME.

YOU CAN GO UP TO THERE AND OUT TO THERE, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S A GOOD PAPER WEIGHT.

>> Reporter: GOOD SPIRITS LIKE THESE IS WHAT DRIVEN THE ATHLETE TO BECOME AS SUCCESSFUL AS SHE HAS BEEN AND NOW SHE HAS WORKED HER WAY UP TO A STAGE JOINED BY OTHER ADAPTIVE CROSSFITERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

>> ATHLETES NEED TO COMPETE IN THE OPENS AND THEN THE SEMIFINALS BEFORE THEY CAN MAKE IT TO THE GAMES IN VEGAS, WHICH IS AS HIGH OF A LEVEL YOU CAN GO FOR ADAPTIVE CROSSFIT.

>> IT'S SURREAL.

LIKE, I WANTED IT FOR YEARS, BUT I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD GET THERE.

>> Reporter: NOW SHE IS THERE AND JOHNSON WILL BE HEADED TO VEGAS NEXT WEEK TO COMPETE IN THE CATEGORY THAT ONLY ALLOWS ONE POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE BAR, ONE OF 16 ADAPTIVE CATEGORIES AT THE GAMES.

>> JUST TO MEET ALL THE NEW PEOPLE AND BE A LITTLE BIT HUMBLED MYSELF.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORSE OFF THAN I AM, WORKING ON THE SAME HARD STUFF I'M DOING.

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

>> THE ADAPTIVE CROSSFIT GAMES ARE PUT ON BY WHEELWOD, AND THIS YEAR WILL BE HELD IN LAS VEGAS FROM SEPTEMBER 12TH TO THE 14TH.

THIS IS THE BIGGEST COMPETITION THAT THERE IS FOR ADAPTIVE CROSSFIT, AND IT IS JOHNSON'S FIRST TIME EVER COMPETING THERE.

>> Dennis: WE WISH HER THE BEST.

SHE WAS LOOKING GOOD WITH THE LIFTS SHE WAS DOING.

VERY IMPRESSIVE.

>> Stacy: YEAH, AMAZING.

WE HAVE COLD TEMPERATURES COMING IN TONIGHT, IN FACT COLD ENOUGH THAT MUCH OF THE VIEWING AREA IS UNDER A FROST ADVISORY FROM ABOUT 2:00 A.M. TO 8:00 A.M.

TOMORROW, WE COULD SEE THE TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE LOW 30s.

WE HAVE MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN STORE FOR US TOMORROW.

[♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN FEELING LIKE FALL OUT THERE TODAY.

HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE 50s.

WE HAD A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS OUT THERE, BUT MOST OF THOSE ARE COMING TO AN END TONIGHT.

WE COULD SEE SOME SPRINKLES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE ARE ALSO GOING TO SEE THE TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE 30s AND SOME LOW 30s POSSIBLE ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF OUR VIEWING AREA WHERE WE DO HAVE FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.

MORE ON THAT IN A SECOND.

THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, IT'S 45 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT IN BEMIDJI.

AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE A NORTH WIND AT 6 MILES PER HOUR, WITH A DEW POINT OF 43, AND WE PICKED UP 0.012-INCH OF RAIN SINCE LAST NIGHT.

PRESSURE IS ON THE RISE.

MUCH OF THE VIEWING AREA IS UNDER A FROST ADVISORY THAT BEGINS AT 2:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUES UNTIL 8:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY.

WE WILL SEE THE TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO AROUND 32 OR 33 WITHIN THIS AREA AND SO WE COULD BE SEEING SOME AREAS OF FROST FORMATION.

AS FAR AS THE SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF CLOUD COVER THIS EVENING, A FEW RAIN SHOWERS STILL OUT THERE.

WE IN FACT COULD CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME SPRINKLES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT IN PARTS OF EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WITH TEMPERATURES AS COLD AS THEY ARE, POSSIBLY A FEW FLURRIES IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

AGAIN, WE WILL BE SEEING THE AREAS OF FROST ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA.

THAT LINGERS INTO TOMORROW AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, WE WILL LIKELY SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ONCE AGAIN, AS TEMPERATURES STILL REMAIN CHILLY.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, WE HAVE SHADES OF BLUE THIS MORNING FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

AMBER CAPTURING A RAINBOW THAT FORMED JUST OUTSIDE OF OUR LAKELAND PBS STUDIOS IN BEMIDJI THIS EVENING AND ANGELA SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SUNSET TONIGHT IN CASS LAKE.

WE DID HAPPEN TO CATCH A FEW GLIMPSES OF THAT UNDERNEATH THE CLOUDS.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, BOB IN BLUFFTON, PARTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 55.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, PICKING UP 0.02-INCH OF RAIN.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, A FEW SPRINKLES OUT THERE.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT, THE HIGH WAS 54.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 57, SO WE CAN SEE JUST HOW COOL THAT IS, 48 WAS OUR LOW.

THAT IS OUR CURRENT AND BEMIDJI WITH A HIGH OF ONLY 54, OUR LOW THIS MORNING WAS 44.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE WILL BE SEEING A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE, AGAIN SOME PATCHY FROST IN THE MORNING, CLOUDS INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THE NEXT ROUND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVES IN AND CONTINUES INTO THE EVENING.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 50s ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND 50s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT, AREAS OF FROST AND A FEW SPRINKLES OR FLURRIES IN THE EAST, LOWS DOWN TO 34, INCREASING CLOUDS TOMORROW, SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON, AND HIGHS NEAR 54.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, OTHER THAN A FEW ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN PARTS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS WEEK, CONDITIONS LOOK QUIET THROUGH THE WEEKEND, HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE 60s BY SUNDAY, COULD SEE 68 ON MONDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH OUR SPORTS.

AN UPDATE ON BEMID.

>> HIGH FOOTBALL.

>> Charlie: THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR ANOTHER BIG GAME.

THEY HAVE GRAND RAPIDS COMING TO TOWN AND AFTER A GREAT SHOWING AGAINST ELK RIVER, THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THE W THIS TIME.

WE HEAR FROM THEM AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪ [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> NO TEAM IS EVER HAPPY WITH A LOSS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE AREN'T POSITIVE TAKEAWAYS.

BEMIDJI FOOTBALL FEELS THAT WAY AFTER FALLING 50-42 TO REIGNING CLASS 5A STATE CHAMP ELK RIVER LAST THURSDAY.

>> I FELT LIKE IT WAS A REALLY BIG STATEMENT WE MADE.

I MEAN COMPETING WITH THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE STATE, PUTTING UP A FIGHT THE WHOLE GAME, PUTTING UP 42 POINTS.

DEFENSIVELY, IT'S A REALLY GOOD OFFENSE, BUT DEFINITELY COULD LIMIT THE MISTAKES.

>> WE WERE IN A TOUGH BATTLE.

I FEEL LIKE WE HANDLED ADVERSITY REALLY WELL.

WE RESPONDED TO THE EBBS AND FLOWS.

IT'S THE SIGN OF A MATURE TEAM.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE FROM A TEAM UNTIL YOU GET INTO A GAME SITUATION, SO THAT PART WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AS A COACHING STAFF.

>> THIS WEEK, THE LUMBERJACKS ARE PREPPING FOR GRAND RAPIDS, WHO THEY'LL HOST THIS FRIDAY.

ALTHOUGH IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ACCURATE TO SAY THEIR ENTIRE FOCUS IS ON THE THUNDERHAWKS.

>> WHEN YOU MOVE INTO THE SECOND WEEK OF THE SEASON, MORE OF THE CONCENTRATION SHOULD BE ON YOURSELF.

NOW YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE HERE'S WHAT WE GET TO IMPROVE ON, HERE'S WHAT WE WORK ON TO IMPROVE THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT THE FOCUS IS.

ONE THING THAT GRAND RAPIDS DOES WELL IS IT FORCES YOU TO PLAY DISCIPLINE FOOTBALL.

YOU HAVE TO PLAY DISCIPLINE AND DO YOUR JOB.

THEY HAVE ATHLETES ON THAT SIDE OF THE BALL WHO ARE DANGEROUS WITH THE BALL IN THEIR HANDS.

THEY WILL FORCE YOU TO PLAY ASSIGNMENT FOOTBALL.

>> STICK TO WHAT WE KNOW AND BE OURSELVES.

WE ARE CONFIDENT, WE NEED TO LIMIT THE MISTAKES AND STICK TO WHAT WE DO BEST AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

>> Charlie: FRIDAY WILL BE THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS SINCE 2014.

WE WILL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU AFTER THE GAME.

>>> BEMIDJI GIRLS TENNIS MADE THE JUMP TO THE NEWLY CREATED CLASS 3A AND HAVE NOT FLINCHED THUS FAR, GOING 9-1 TO START THE SEASON.

SPORTS REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE LATEST ON WHAT HAS THE WARRIORS FIRING ON ALL-CYLINDERS THUS FAR THIS FALL.

>> Reporter: AN EXCEPTIONAL CAMPAIGN, BEFORE FALLING TO BEMIDJI IN THE SECTION 8-2A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

THIS YEAR THE TEAM FEATURES A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH 18 SENIORS.

>> THE EXPERIENCE IS HUGE AND HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE ALREADY HELPS TO SWAY THOSE MATCHES, THOSE CLOSE ONES ESPECIALLY.

THIS HELPS THE TEAM AND SHOWS US AN EXAMPLE TO THE FRESHMEN.

HAVING THIS MANY UPPERCLASSMEN IS DEFINITELY A GOOD THING FOR OUR TEAM.

WE HAVE A LOT OF LEADERS SO A LOT OF THE FRESHMEN ARE LOOKING UP TO THEM.

>> Reporter: CONSISTING OF HUNGRY UNDER CLASSMEN, INCLUDING THE SINGLES PLAYER, WHO IS 6-4 IN MATCH PLAY THUS FAR.

>> WE ARE DEEP.

WE HAVE A LOT OF GIRLS ALL AROUND.

SO WE'RE JUST SETTING OURSELVES FOR GOOD WARRIOR TENNIS ALL AROUND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING STRONGER.

>> THE HEAD COACH HAS EXPERIMENTED WITH A FEW DIFFERENT LINE UPS THROUGH THE TEAM ICE FIRST 10 MATCHES, SWITCHING BETWEEN NUMBER 2 SINGLES AND NUMBER 2 DOUBLES, AND MATCHING DOUBLES PLAYERS AS HE CONTINUES SEARCHING FOR THE OPTIMAL CARD.

>> A LOT OF TIMES, WE ALL PLAY TENNIS, WE'RE ALL JUST TENNIS PLAYERS AND WHEREVER YOU PLACE, JUST DO THE BEST YOU CAN.

WE ARE VERY VERSATILE AND ANYONE ON ANY DAY COULD JUST PLAY ANY SPOT.

>> Reporter: 8-3A TIME IS STILL A MONTH AWAY AND BRAINERD GIRLS TENNIS HAS PLENTY OF TIME TO CONTINUE IMPROVING AS THEY ARE SHOOTING FOR THEIR CONFERENCE TITLE AND THE WARRIORS HAVE THEIR SIGHTS ON MORE, AND THEY COULD GO THROUGH SOME FOES, INCLUDING BEMIDJI AND ALEXANDRIA.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD TEAMS IN OUR CONFERENCE AND SECTION.

WE PLAN ON BEING UP THERE WITH THEM.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MENTALITY AND WE KNOW WE ARE GOOD AND WE CAN BEAT A LOT OF THESE TEAMS.

WE HAVE TO BELIEVE IN OURSELVES.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE WARRIORS WILL BE ON THE ROAD TOMORROW TO FACE SARTELL, A WIN TOMORROW WOULD GIVE THE GIRLS A 10-1 START FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR.

SINCE COACH GOEDEN TOOK OVER THE HELM LAST YEAR, BRAINERD GIRLS TENNIS IS 28-4 OVERALL.

>>> YES, THEY HAD QUITE A PROGRAM THERE.

>> Charlie: YES, AND HE IS CARRYING ON THAT TRADITION, THE COACH IS AND THE PLAYERS AS WELL.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2017, THERE ARE NEW GUIDELINES FOR BLOOD PRESSURE TO HELP PREVENT FUTURE HEALTH CONDITIONS LIKE HEART DISEASE AND DEMENTIA AND THESE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE DOCTORS BEING A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT HIGH LEVELS OF BLOOD PRESSURE.

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER HAS THE KEY POINTS TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW GUIDELINES.

>> Reporter: IN THE U.S., NEARLY HALF OF ALL ADULTS HAVE HIGHER THAN NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE BUT MANY MAY NOT KNOW IT.

130/80 MILLIMETERS OF MERCURY AND HIGHER IS CONSIDERED STAGE ONE HYPERTENSION ACCORDING TO NEW GUIDELINES FROM THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY.

>> YOU HAVE TO THINK OF PEOPLE HAVING HYPERTENSION, CALLING IT HYPERTENSION, EVEN AT LOWER NUMBERS.

WE HAVE TO TREAT IT MORE AGGRESSIVELY.

>> Reporter: HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE DOESN'T TYPICALLY HAVE SYMPTOMS BUT WHEN IT SHOOTS UP, THE FORCE OF YOUR BLOOD PUSHES AGAINST THE WALLS OF YOUR BLOOD VESSELS, MAKING YOUR HEART WORK HARDER.

WITHOUT TREATMENT, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE WILL DAMAGE ARTERIES, RAISING THE RISK OF HEART ATTACKS OR STROKE.

THE NEW GUIDELINES SAY THAT IF YOUR SIS OLIC BLOOD PRESSURE IS IN THE 130 TO 139 RANGE, LIFESTYLE CHANGES ARE IN ORDER.

>> DIET, EXERCISE, AND CUT BACK SALT, AND THE BIG ONE, NO ALCOHOL.

>> Reporter: IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, CONSIDER MEDICATION TO LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE.

THE GUIDELINES SAY KEEPING BLOOD PRESSURE AT NORMAL LEVELS CANNOT ONLY HELP HEART HEALTH BUT ALSO HELP PROTECT YOUR BRAIN IN THE FUTURE.

>> THERE WAS A STUDY OUT OF RURAL CHINA THAT LOOKED AT PEOPLE WITH BLOOD PRESSURE OF 130 OR HIGHER AND THEY WERE BASICALLY INTENSIVELY CONTROLLED, MEANING THROUGH LIFESTYLE CHANGES, SOMETIMES THROUGH MEDICATIONS, THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE DOWN.

THEY FOUND THAT WHEN THEY DID THAT, THEY ALSO LOWERED THEIR RISK OF DEMENTIA.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>> Dennis: IT'S GOING TO BE A COLD NIGHT, STACY HAS MORE DETAILS ON THAT.

>> Stacy: LOWS DROPPING INTO THE 30s, AND WE DO HAVE A FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2:00 A.M. UNTIL 8:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY, COULD SEE SOME FROST FORMATION WITHIN THAT AREA.

TONIGHT, WE WILL BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A FEW SPRINKLES AND FLURRIES IN EASTERN MINNESOTA.

>> Dennis: THAT WILL DO IT FOR US.

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

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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