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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.

>>> THE JUNE 21ST STORM THAT SWEPT THROUGH THE BEMIDJI AREA HAS AND CONTINUES TO HAVE LASTING IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN TELLS US HOW THE STORM WILL EVEN AFFECT 2026 AS WELL.

>> Reporter: THIS YEAR BROUGHT SOME UNIQUE, UNFORESEEN, BUT VERY REAL BUDGET PROBLEMS FOR THE CITY OF BEMIDJI.

>> BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHARED SOME OF THEIR PERSPECTIVES TO SET THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE CITY'S FINAL LEVY FOR 2026.

>> WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.

I'M NOT OKAY WITH 10%.

I REMEMBER WE WERE AROUND THAT LAST YEAR, 7.5% PUTS THAT HIGH NUMBER UP THERE FOR US AND WE CAN START WORKING FROM THERE.

>> Reporter: THE BIGGEST CONCERN WAS REPLENISHING THE RESERVE FUND.

SEVERAL OPTIONS WERE DISCUSSED, INCLUDING PREVIOUSLY GENERATED REVENUE FROM THE LIQUOR STORES OR THE LAND SALES.

>> WHEN I THINK OF SCALING BACK THE RESERVES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LEAST AMOUNT FALL ON THE LEVY AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT FALL ON THESE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS SO THAT THEY DON'T IMPACT CITIZENS OUT OF THE GATE.

>> Reporter: POSSIBLE BENEFITS TO A CITY OWNED FUELING STATION WAS DISCUSSED AFTER MANY RESIDENTS UTILIZED BELTRAMI COUNTY SELF-SUFFICIENT STATION DURING THE JUNE STORM.

>> WE BELIEVE THERE ARE COSTS THERE AND WHAT WE PAY FOR ARE FUEL PER GALLON TO HAVE IT ONSITE.

WE CAN BUY IN BULK AND IN THE EVENT, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT, BUT IN ANOTHER STORM, WE WILL HAVE OUR OWN FUEL, WITH ITS OWN POWER SOURCE.

>> Reporter: IN TERMS OF THE LEVY, THE COUNCIL SEEMS SPLIT ON WHERE TO SET IT.

SOME WANTED THE LEVY HIGHER AND WORK DOWN AND THE OTHER WANTS TO KEEP THE LEVY INCREASE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.

>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT INSURANCE RATES WILL BE.

WE GOT HIT BY A MAJOR STORM SO INSURANCE RATES WILL SKY ROCKET.

THAT ADDS ON TO HOME PAINTS -- PAYMENTS ORIENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE LEVY AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INSURANCE WILL BE FOR EVERYONE NEXT YEAR.

>> Reporter: NO ACTION WAS TAKEN DURING THIS MEETING.

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

>> THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO SET THEIR PRELIMINARY LEVY FOR 2026 BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.

BUT COULD POTENTIALLY MAKE THE DECISION AS EARLY AS THEIR SEPTEMBER 15TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

>>> A 78-YEAR-OLD BICYCLIST FROM RANDALL MINNESOTA DIED ON SATURDAY AFTER A COLLISION WITH A PICKUP TRUCK.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS THE COLLISION OCCURRED NORTHWEST OF LITTLE FALLS ON HIGHWAY 115 AROUND 7:20 P.M.

THE BICYCLIST HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS WILLIAM MESSERSCHMIDT.

THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK.

35-YEAR-OLD JEFFERY WEAVER OF SAUK CENTRE WAS NOT INJURED.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS THE TRUCK WAS HEADED WESTBOUND ON 115 WHEN THE TRUCK AND THE BICYCLE MADE CONTACT.

>>> A 75-YEAR-OLD PILLAGER WOMAN SUFFERED LIFE THREATENING INJURIES IN A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS THE CRASH HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY 210 ABOUT TWO MILES EAST OF PILLAGER.

A PICKUP TRUCK DRIVEN BY 61-YEAR-OLD NONA BLAKEMAN WAS STOPPED TO TURN SOUTH ONTO CROW WING RIVER DRIVE SOUTHWEST WHEN A CAR REARENDED THE PICKUP.

BLAKEMAN WAS NOT INJURED IN THE CRASH.

THE DRIVER OF THE CAR.

22-YEAR-OLD JULIA THOMAS.

WAS ALSO NOT INJURED BUT A PASSENGER IN HER VEHICLE, SHERYL GILLSON WAS TAKEN TO A ST.

CLOUD HOSPTIAL WITH LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

THE CRASH HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER FIFTH AROUND 12:30 P.M. >>> A DULUTH MAN WHO IS ACCUSED OF STARTING THE CAMP HOUSE FIRE IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA THIS SPRING HAS BEEN CITED FOR LEAVING A CAMPFIRE ON HIS LAND UNATTENDED.

THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

HAC ISSUED A CITATION TO 27-YEAR-OLD PARKER JOHN WILLSON FOR FAILURE TO EXTINGUISH A FIRE.

THE CAMP HOUSE FIRE IN MAY BURNED MORE THAN 12,000 ACRES AND DESTROYED MORE THAN 150 STRUCTURES.

>>> THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

HAS CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF ZEBRA MUSSELS IN AREA LAKES.

THEY FOUND THE INVASIVE SPECIES IN ROOSEVELT LAKE, NEAR OUTING IN CASS AND CROW WING COUNTIES.

AND IN SWAN LAKE, NEAR PENGILLY IN ITASCA COUNTY.

A SURVEYOR HIRED BY THE ROOSEVELT AND LAWRENCE AREA LAKES ASSOCIATION FOUND THREE ADULT ZEBRA MUSSELS AT THE ROOSEVELT LAKE PUBLIC WATER ACCESS.

THEY NOTIFIED THE D.N.R.

AND D.N.R.

STAFF FOUND ADDITIONAL ADULT ZEBRA MUSSELS AT THE PUBLIC WATER ACCESSES AND THROUGHOUT THE LAKE IN FOLLOW-UP SURVEYS.

ITASCA COUNTY INVASIVE SPECIES STAFF CONTACTED THE D.N.R.

AFTER JUVENILE ZEBRA MUSSELS WERE FOUND ATTACHED TO SETTLEMENT SAMPLERS IN SWAN LAKE.

SETTLEMENT SAMPLERS ARE SOLID SURFACES TEMPORARILY PLACED IN THE WATER THAT PEOPLE CAN REGULARLY CHECK FOR ZEBRA MUSSELS TO AID IN DETECTION.

THE SWAN LAKE ASSOCIATION DEPLOYED THE SETTLEMENT SAMPLERS AS PART OF ITS PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION EFFORTS.

D.N.R.

INVASIVE SPECIES STAFF CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF ZEBRA MUSSELS AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN SWAN LAKE.

>>> THE RED LAKE TRIBAL COUNCIL HAS ANNOUNCED THAT ALL DULY ENROLLED BAND MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE A $200 TRUST FUND DISTRIBUTION.

OFF RESERVATION CHECKS WILL BE MAILED OUT ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST.

BAND MEMBERS LIVING WITHIN A 50-MILE RADIUS OF THE RESERVATION CAN PICK UP THEIR CHECKS AT THE EVENT CENTER IN REDBY ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22ND FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M. CHECKS NOT PICKED UP WILL BE MAILED OUT TO THE ADDRESS ON FILE ON NOVEMBER 24TH.

RED LAKE OFFICIALS SAY THAT IF YOU MOVED SINCE DECEMBER 31ST OF LAST YEAR YOU HAVE UNTIL OCTOBER 30TH TO UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS.

THE NEW ENROLLMENT DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH.

>>> THE 14TH ANNUAL UNITED KENNEL CLUB PERFORMANCE EVENTS AND CONFIRMATION DOG SHOW TOOK PLACE AT THE BELTRAMI COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS OVER THE WEEKEND.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WAS ON HAND AND TALKED TO HANDLERS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT DOG SHOWS CAN BE TO THEM AND HOW MUCH TRAINING ACTUALLY GOES INTO GETTING THE DOGS COMPETITION READY.

>> Reporter: THEY SAY ZOOING DOGS -- ARE MAN'S BEST FRIENDS AND THEY TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF THEIR BEST FRIENDS IN BEMIDJI OVER THE WEEKEND.

>> IN THE COMPETITION RING, YOU'RE SEEING PUREBRED DOGS THAT ARE GENERALLY WELL BRED DOGS AND MEET THE BREED STANDARD AS LAID OUT BY UKC.

>> THOSE DOGS, WE COMMITTED A LOT OF TIME, EFFORT, AND ENERGY TO THE PRESERVATION OF THEIR LOOKS AND THE JOB THEY PERFORM.

>> Reporter: THESE DOGS ARE USUALLY TRAINED FROM THE TIME THEY ARE BORN, IN OBEDIENCE, AND FOR THE DOGS, IT'S LIFELONG TRAINING, BUT IT CAN BE FOR THE HANDLERS TOO.

>> I RAISED SPRINGER SPANIELS FOR 39 YEARS.

>> 22 YEARS.

>> 30 YEARS.

>> I'VE BEEN SHOWING DOGS FOR 45 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A MINUTE AND I'VE BEEN JUDGING FOR 30.

>> Reporter: THERE WERE MORE THAN 150 DOGS COMPETING OVER THE WEEKEND WITH PEOPLE TRAVELING FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA TO BE HERE.

>> IT'S A SMALLER SHOW, BUT IT'S A GREAT SHOW FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST BEGINNING AND THEY WANT TO GET EXPOSED TO THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE THEY GET OVERWHELMED FOR THE BIG SHOWS.

>> IF YOU ARE SHOWING IN CANADA, IT'S A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL HANDLERS AND IT'S HARD TO BEAT THEM.

THAT'S WHAT BRINGS US TO UKC.

>> Reporter: WITH SO MANY ASPECTS TO THE BEMIDJI SHOW, EVERYONE HAS THEIR FAVORITE.

>> I'M EXCITED ABOUT JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP.

WE'RE NOT JUDGING THE DOG BUT THE HANDLER'S ABILITY TO PRESENT THAT DOG.

>> IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND THE DOG.

YOU WORK TOGETHER.

THERE ARE PEOPLE I SEE AT DOG SHOWS THAT I NEVER SEE ANYWHERE ELSE, SO THERE IS A SOCIAL ASPECT AS WELL.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL AND DOGS IN THE DOG WORLD.

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

>> THE PAUL BUNYAN DOG TRAINING ASSOCIATION IS THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE UNITED KENNEL CLUB.

AND THEY WORKED ALONGSIDE THE MINNESOTA MIXED BREED CLUB AND THE SISU DOG SPORTING CLUB OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA TO PUT ON THE ANNUAL SHOW.

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

>> Stacy: WE COULD SEE MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

IN GENERAL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO SEE WARMING TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BRAINERD IS GEARING UP FOR THEIR FIRST ANNUAL 5K.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BRAINERD IS GEARING UP FOR THEIR FIRST ANNUAL RUN FOR THE SON 5K.

THE EVENT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

PARTICIPANTS CAN EXPECT FOOD.

GAMES AND LIVE MUSIC FOR A DAY OF COMMUNITY FUN.

TO GET THE NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVED.

CHURCH STAFF MEMBERS ARE HOPING TO LINE THE ROUTE OF THE RACE WITH SIGNS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR RACERS.

>> WE'RE GOING TO LINE THE ENTIRE COURSE WITH SIGN FROM OUR SPONSORS, WHETHER THEY ARE CHURCHES, OR INDIVIDUALS, OR ANYONE HELPING TO SUPPORT THIS EVENT.

WE'RE LINING THE COURSE WITH ALL THESE SIGNS WITH BIBLE VERSES AND THEIR LOGOS TO HELP THE RUNNERS JUST SEE WHAT SUPPORT THERE IS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS EVENT.

>> ENTRY IS $30 PER RACER.

WITH FUNDS GOING TO THE BACK TO THE CHURCH SO THAT THEY CAN FUND MORE COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE THIS ONE.

THE RACE IS HAPPENING ON SEPTEMBER 27TH WITH REGISTRATION STARTING AT 7:00 A.M. AND RUNNERS TAKING OFF AT 8:30.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

WE JUST CANNOT GET OUT OF THIS RAINY LITTLE PATTERN, EVEN TODAY WE SAW SPURTS OF RAIN.

>> WE DID.

WE STILL HAVE SOME OUT THERE TONIGHT, WE COULD SEE SOME IN PARTS OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING.

WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING WARMING TEMPERATURES, HIGHS IN THE 70s THIS WEEK, WE COULD SEE SOME 80s [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, AFTER SOME CHILLY TEMPERATURES EARLY ON TODAY, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME WARMER AIR MOVE INTO THE AREA.

IN ADDITION TO THE WARMER AIR WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

SOME OF THOSE COULD CONTINUE IN PARTS OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND LINGERING INTO TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING.

OUR WARMING TREND CONTINUES, HIGHS IN THE 70s THIS WEEK, WITH POSSIBLY 80 DEGREE READINGS LATE THIS WEEK.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 62 DEGREES.

WE PICKED UP 0.04-INCH OF RAIN TODAY.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 70 WITH A DEW POINT OF 62, PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY, AND SOUTH WINDS ARE AT 9 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE CAN SEE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, WHICH HAVE BEEN MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING, STILL IMPACTING A GOOD PORTION OF EASTERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT.

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME HEAVY RAINFALL REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE, AND SOME SMALL HAIL WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL COME TO AN END IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT LOOKS FAIRLY QUIET AND WE WILL HAVE WARMER TEMPERATURES, HIGHS IN THE 70s ACROSS THE AREA.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE SUN RHODE ISLAND -- SUNRISE THIS MORNING.

WE HAVE THE FLOWERS IN BLOOM FROM LAURIE NEAR LITTLE TURTLE LAKE AND SOME INTERESTING PLANTS FROM GARY AS WELL.

SAMROSE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE CLOUD COVER OVER LOWER RED LAKE TODAY.

ANGELA WITH TONIGHT'S SUNSET NEAR CASS LAKE.

BILL AND JUDY SENDING US THIS PHOTO AGAIN, A LOT OF CLOUD COVER TODAY, THIS FROM OVER UPPER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 47 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

STEPHANIE IN BBRAINERD, A HIGH F 75.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, PARTLY SUNNY, BUT THEN CLOUDS AND SOME SPRINKLES MOVING IN.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SOME SUN, CLOUDS, AND DRIZZLE TODAY, WITH A HIGH OF 72.

ON OUR ALMANAC, WE TOPPED OUT AT 76 IN BRAINERD TODAY, A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

A COOL START, WE WERE DOWN TO 41, SUNSET AT 7:41.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 68, SO CLOSE TO THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE, BUT WE STARTED OUT WITH 38 DEGREES, SUNRISE THIS MORNING AT 6:49.

NOW LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, A LOT OF CLOUD COVER TOMORROW MORNING, COULD BE SEEING A FEW SHOWERS POPPING UP HERE AND THERE, MAINLY IN CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA.

AGAIN, THOSE COULD POP-UP AND NOW AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

OVERALL, IT LOOKS LIKE CLOUDS WILL START TO CLEAR OUT.

WE WILL BE SEEING THE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70 TO 75 DEGREE RANGE, AND A SIMILAR TEMPERATURE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR FORECAST, WE WILL SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA, A SMALLER CHANCE ELSEWHERE, LOWS NEAR 55.

THEN VARIABLE CLOUDS FOR TOMORROW, AGAIN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, AND HIGHS NEAR 72.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, PRETTY QUIET THERE ON WEDNESDAY, AND EVEN INTO THURSDAY, WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID-70s.

HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, A CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THERE ON FRIDAY AND ON SUNDAY, BUT TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND EVEN ON SUNDAY, WE ARE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE 70s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE, BSU MEN'S GOLF.

>> Charlie: AND THE WOMEN'S GOLF TEAM AS WELL.

THE ANNUAL BEMIDJI STATE INVITATIONAL FOR THE MEN AND THE MEMORIAL FOR THE WOMEN AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO GO WATCH THEM GOLF BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORMS HIT.

IT WAS SOME PRETTY GOOD GOLF.

WE HAVE ALL THOSE HIGHLIGHTS AND MORE COMING UP FROM THE WEEKEND THAT WAS, C [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> BEMIDJI STATE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S GOLF EACH KICKED OFF THEIR SEASON.

HOSTING THEIR LONE HOME TOURNAMENTS OF THE SEASON.

THE MEN COME IN WITH A NEW HEAD COACH BEN CORBIN, A FORMER BEAVER GOLFER HIMSELF TAKING THE REIGN'S OF AN ESTABLISHED PROGRAM PICKED TO FINISH 4TH IN THE NSIC THIS YEAR.

WE HEAD OUT TO BEMIDJI TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB FOR DAY ONE OF THE 74TH ANNUAL BSU MEN'S INVITE.

STARTING AT THE PAR-4 EIGHTH.

REIGNING INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE CHAMP LOGAN SCHOEPP, HIS SECOND SHOT.

BEAUTIMOUS.

HE HAD AN EAGLE AND FIVE BIRDIES INCLUDING THIS ONE HERE, SHOT A BOGEY FREE ROUND ONE TO FINISH 7-UNDER AND ATOP THE LEADERBOARD.

THEN, AHEAD AT 12.

TEAGAN LAPLANTE.

HIS SECOND SHOT FROM THE FAIRWAY.

LOST THE BALL IN THE SKY.

BUT I KNOW WHERE YOU CAN FIND IT.

IT'S IN THE HOLE.

IT'S IN THE HOLE.

THAT'S AN EAGLE THE HARD WAY.

HE'D FINISH THE DAY AT 1-UNDER AND TIED FOR THIRD.

HERE IS THE INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD THROUGH ROUND ONE.

TWO BEAVERS IN THE TOP FIVE, WITH TWO OTHERS.

CULLEN RYAN AND RILEY MCGOVERN SITTING ONE STROKE BACK AT EVEN PAR, TIED FOR 7TH.

>>> ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE WAS BSU'S ANNUAL TRACY LANE MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT.

WE'LL PICK UP AT THE THIRD, SARA SROGA WITH A TOUGH PUTT TO SAVE BOGEY.

SHE'D SHOOT A ROUND ONE 93.

SECOND LOWEST ROUND FOR A LADY BEAVER TODAY.

AND OVER AT FOUR.

I'D HAVE LOST ALL MY MONEY AND THE FINE CHINA IF YOU'D TOLD ME I'D SEE THIS TWICE IN ONE DAY.

LAUREN CAM-IN.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME.

YEAH.

THAT WAS HER YELLING.

PURE JOY RIGHT THERE.

THEN JUST RUNNING THE FLAG OVER WITH EXCITEMENT.

THAT EAGLE HELPED HER TO A 94.

HER SISTER HAYLEE WAS THE TOP PERFORMER FOR BSU SHOOTING A 90 AND TIED FOR 26TH.

THE BEAVERS SIT IN 9TH PLACE AS A TEAM AFTER ROUND ONE.

>>> IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, BEMIDJI GIRLS TENNIS HOSTING PARK RAPIDS.

AT ONE SINGLES, BEMIDJI'S LIZ PETERSON.

UP A SET.

HASN'T DROPPPED A GAME YET IN THE SECOND.

BUT DOES DROP THAT BALL JUST INSIDE THE LINE.

SHE'D WIN HER MATCH 6-2.

6-0.

JUST NEXT DOOR, LILY CARON.

CALL HER A MAGICIAN CUZ SHE'S GOT THE ACE, WINS HER MATCH IN STRAIGHT SETS AS WELL.

THEN AT FOUR SINGLES, SOPHIA GAUTHIER.

TRYING TO GET A WIN FOR THE PANTHERS.

LAYS DOWN A NICE BACKHAND.

SHE'D TAKE HER MATCH 6-2.

7-5.

AND OVER AT ONE DOUBLES.

DOWN A SET.

PARK RAPIDS MADELINE BRANDT GETS ONE PAST THE JACKS.

HER AND EMMA MORRIS HAVE CLIMBED ALL THE WAY BACK TO TAKE A 5-4 LEAD IN SET TWO.

BUT MEGAN BERG WOULD ANSWER BACK LATER WITH A WELL-PLAYED SHOT.

HER AND MILLIE KNOTT RALLY BACK TO WIN THE SET.

7-5, NOT SURE WHAT'S WITH THAT CELLY.

BEMIDJI GOES ON TO BEAT PARK RAPIDS 6-1.

JACKS IMPROVE TO 6-5.

PARK RAPIDS.

STILL AROUND THAT .500 MARK.

A FEW MORE SCORES FOR YOU.

BOYS SOCCER, LITTLE FALLS AND LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE TAKING LOSSES TODAY.

IN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, LITTLE FALLS FALLS TO MILLE LACS.

ALSO IN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, NORTHOME-KELLIHER AND GREEN WAY PICKING UP WINS.

GOOD RIDGE FALLS 3-0.

LITTLE FORK BIG FALLS GETS THE WIN OVER LAPORTE 3-0.

>>> BSU FOOTBALL TRYING TO EVEN THEIR RECORD AFTER FALLING TO MICHIGAN TECH TO OPEN THE SEASON.

THEY ARE ON THE ROAD AT WINONA STATE.

THE OFFENSE STARTED BY SCORING ON THEIR FIRST DRIVE.

CONNOR CARVER HITS MICHAEL SHERMAN FOR THE 7-0 LEAD.

THEN ON THEIR ENSUING POSSESSION, JAYDON WITH THE 1-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUSH.

BEAVERS HAD A 7-0 LEAD UNTIL 14 SECONDS LEFT IN THE HALF.

IN THE THIRD, WINONA PULLS WITHIN 3 AND THEN 32 YARDS FOR A SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE DAY, PUTS THE SPARTANS IN FRONT.

21-17.

BEMIDJI STATE WOULD GET ONE LAST DRIVE TO SAVE THE GAME.

LESS THAN A MINUTE TO GO, CARVER HITS WITH A DIMER, AND THEN 35 SECONDS TO GO, CARVER LOOKING, DECIDES TO USE HIS FEET, GETS THE FIRST DOWN, OUT-OF-BOUNDS TO KEEP THE GAME ALIVE.

TWO PLAYS AFTER THAT, CARVER SEARCHING DOWN FIELD, BUT CONNOR GETS THERE FOR THE STRIP SACK, AND HE RECOVERS THE FUMBLE.

THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE.

BEMIDJI STATE FALLS TO WINONA STATE.

THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT LOSS FOR THE SEASON, SECOND TIME UNDER THIS COACH.

>>> WOMEN'S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL, BEMIDJI STATE LOSES BOTH OF THEIR MATCHES ON SATURDAY.

THEN ON SUNDAY, BEMIDJI STATE IN GIRLS, WOMEN'S SOCCER GETS THE WIN.

IN THE FOURTH QUARTER RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN SEE THERE WHAT THE SCORE IS IN THE NFL.

THEN ON MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SIDE OF THINGS, THE MINNESOTA TWINS, LOS ANGELES TOP OF THE FIFTH.

>> Dennis: THANK YOU CHARLIE.

HACKENSACK IS A POPULAR VACATION DESTINATION IN THE SUMMER.

DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.

THE TOURIST CROWD SLOWS DOWN SUM BUT THE BACK-TO-HACK CELEBRATION HELPS KEEP TRAFFIC FLOWING TO THE CITIES BUSINESSES.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE IN THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS REPORT.

>> Reporter: THE BACK TO HACK CELEBRATION IS AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT THE TOWN OF HACKENSACK HOLDS.

>> IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER WHERE IT'S ALWAYS COLD.

>> SINCE THE '60s, IT STARTED AS A SNOWMOBILE EVENT, TO GET PEOPLE TO COME TO TOWN.

>> Reporter: FEATURING A NUMBER OF WINTERIZED EVENTS LIKE ICE FISHING CONTESTS, SNOW GOLFING, AND A PLUNGE IN THE LAKE.

ALTHOUGH THIS YEAR'S PLUNGE WAS MOVED INDOORS DUE TO THE EXTREMELY LOW TEMPERATURES.

THAT WOULD ONLY BRING MORE BUSINESS INTO THE AREA.

>> AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE FRONT ROOM, PEOPLE ARE ALREADY CAMPING OUT FOR THE DAY.

>> Reporter: WHICH IS NEEDED IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, ESPECIALLY IN A SMALL TOWN LIKE HACKENSACK.

>> IT'S HUGE FOR THIS TOWN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LAST TWO YEARS OF NO SNOW.

IT BRINGS IN SOME NEEDED INCOME THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE A SMALL TOWN LIKE WE DO, YOU HAVE TO REALLY WORK HARD TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER.

>> SOME BUSINESSES IN THE AREA DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THESE KINDS OF EVENTS.

THERE IS A SPECIAL BREW FOR EACH EVENT AND THIS YEAR'S BREW IS CALLED JUMP IN THE LAKE.

>> IT'S A HACKENSACK PALE ALE, PEOPLE LOVE IT.

ANY OPPORTUNITY TO BREW BEER, WE ARE GOING TO JUMP ON IT.

>> WE DO MUSIC BINGO.

IT'S LIKE THE KICK OFF.

THEY ALL SING ALONG TO THE SONGS.

WE JUST PACK THEM IN.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE GOING TO SIT BY, BUT BY THE END OF THE NIGHT, EVERYBODY IS FRIENDS.

>> Reporter: WE SAW RECORD NUMBERS FOR A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES INVOLVED.

>> WE HAD THE MOST TEAMS FOR TRIVIA, 18 TEAMS AND ALMOST 80 PEOPLE PLAYING TRIVIA.

IT WAS SUPER FUN.

>> WE SOLD ABOUT A KEG AND A HALF LAST NIGHT SO WE'RE EXPECTING TO SELL A LOT MORE TODAY TOO, WITH MORE PEOPLE IN TOWN.

>> WE HAD 140 PEOPLE.

>> THIS TOWN DOES KNOW HOW TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN.

>> THERE ARE TONS AND TONS OF BUSINESSES IN THE AREA THAT ALL CONTRIBUTE TO MAKE THIS EVENT GO OFF WITHOUT A HITCH EVERY YEAR.

IT'S A WONDERFUL CAUSE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN HACKENSACK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: YEAH, BACK TO HACK LAST WINTER, DONATIONS FOR THE PENGUIN PLUNGE, WHICH IS DONATED TO NON-PROFIT, THEY BROUGHT IN $4,700, MORE THAN $4,700.

STACY, I'M NOT READY FOR THAT WEATHER YET, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GET ANY EITHER.

>> Stacy: NO, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A WARMING TREND.

FOR TONIGHT, WE COULD SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA, LOWS NEAR 55.

>> Dennis: AND WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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