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DENNIS WEIMANN WITH THE NEWS, STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER AND CHARLIE YAEGER WITH YOUR SPORTS.

[♪♪♪] >> Dennis: HI EVERYONE, THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

>>> LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PLACED BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL UNDER A BRIEF SECURE TODAY AFTER A REPORT OF A STUDENT ALLEGEDLY POSSESSING A WEAPON.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM BEMIDJI SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT JEREMY OLSON.

OLSON SAYS NO WEAPON WAS FOUND FOLLOWING A SEARCH OF THE SCHOOL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO INDICATION THE REPORT OF THE WEAPON WAS FACTUAL.

AFTER THE SEARCH TURNED UP NOTHING, THE SECURE FOR THE SCHOOL WAS RELEASED.

>>> RESIDENTS OF IN HAWLEY, MINNESOTA WERE ASKED TO GO WITHOUT WATER TODAY AS FIREFIGHTERS FROM 17 DEPARTMENTS BATTLED A HUGE BLAZE THAT DESTROYED A GRAIN ELEVATOR.

THE FIRE WAS REPORTED AROUND 11:00 P.M. SUNDAY AND IT TOOK ABOUT EIGHT HOURS TO EXTINGUISH.

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND THE CAUSE ISN'T YET KNOWN.

FIREFIGHTERS EVEN USED WATER FROM THE LOCAL GOLF COURSE BECAUSE THE TOWN'S WATER TOWER COULDN'T KEEP UP.

A LACK OF SPARE WATER CAUSED HAWLEY SCHOOLS TO CALL OFF CLASSES TODAY.

>>> A MAN ACCUSED OF RECRUITING THE DRIVER IN A HUMAN SMUGGLING OPERATION HAS BEEN ARRESTED, MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER A FAMILY OF FOUR FROM INDIA FROZE TO DEATH TRYING TO ENTER THE U.S. FROM CANADA.

28-YEAR-OLD HARSHKUMAR RAMANLAL PATEL WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY IN CHICAGO ON HUMAN SMUGGLING CHARGES STEMMING FROM A WARRANT ISSUED IN SEPTEMBER.

ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, THE FOUR BODIES WERE DISCOVERED NEAR EMERSON, MANITOBA, WHICH IS JUST ACROSS THE MINNESOTA-CANADIAN BORDER NEAR WHERE HIGHWAY 29 ENTERS MANITOBA.

PATEL IS ACCUSED OF HIRING THE DRIVER, STEVE SHAND, WHO ALLEGEDLY TRANSPORTED OR ATTEMPTED TO TRANSPORT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

THE U.S. BORDER PATROL IN NORTH DAKOTA STOPPED SHAND'S VAN JUST SOUTH OF THE CANADIAN BORDER IN JANUARY OF 2022 AROUND THE SAME TIME, COURT DOCUMENTS SAID FIVE OTHER PEOPLE WERE SPOTTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE SNOW NEARBY.

THE GROUP TOLD OFFICERS THEY HAD BEEN WALKING FOR MORE THAN 11 HOURS OUTSIDE IN FRIGID CONDITIONS.

>>> THE CROSSLAKE CITY COUNCIL IS LOOKING FOR A NEW CITY ADMINISTRATOR AFTER LETTING MIKE LYONAIS GO ON FEBRUARY 12TH.

LYONAIS NOT ONLY ACTED AS CITY ADMINISTRATOR BUT ALSO HANDLED FINANCES FOR CROSSLAKE.

PLANNING & ZONING ADMINISTRATOR JERRY BOHNSACK IS NOW INTERIM CITY ADMINISTRATOR AMIDST THE SEARCH.

WITH THE CHANGE, THE COUNCIL'S REDEFINING THE ROLE OF CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND INSTALLING A NEW TREASURER POSITION.

>> OUR PREVIOUS ADMINISTER WAS HERE FOR 11 OR 12 YEARS AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SEPARATE IT.

FINANCE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN ADMINISTRATOR THAT HAS TIME TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY AND GET INVOLVED WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING.

IT'S A LITTLE TOWN BUT THERE IS A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON HERE.

>> MAYOR NEVIN SAY'S THE COUNCIL HOPES TO FILL THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR WITHIN THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS BUT THEY HOPE THE NEW DEPUTY CLERK-TREASURER POSITION WILL BE HIRED WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

>>> THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

HAS ANNOUNCED 2023 DEER SEASON HARVEST RESULTS, AND C.W.D.

MANAGEMENT FINDINGS.

HUNTERS HARVESTED 158,678 DEER DURING THE 2023 HUNTING SEASON, WHICH IS A LOWER TOTAL HARVEST THAN IN RECENT YEARS.

HARVEST WAS DOWN 8 PERCENT COMPARED TO THE 2022 SEASON AND 14 PERCENT LESS THAN THE FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE.

THE GREATEST DECREASES WERE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE, WHERE DEER HARVEST COMPARED TO 2022 WAS 21 PERCENT LOWER IN THE NORTHEAST REGION AND 8 PERCENT LOWER IN THE NORTHWEST REGION.

D.N.R.

OFFICIALS SAY HABITAT CONDITIONS, SEVERE WINTERS AND WOLF PREDATION INFLUENCE NORTHERN DEER NUMBERS.

MEANWHILE CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE REMAINS RELATIVELY RARE IN MINNESOTA, AND THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

IS CONTINUING TO ASK FOR HUNTERS' HELP TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

C.W.D.

WAS DETECTED IN 43 HUNTER-HARVESTED DEER DURING THE 2023 FALL HUNTING SEASONS.

OF THESE, 91 PERCENT WERE FROM THE SOUTHEAST, A REGION THAT CONTINUES TO SEE PERSISTENT C.W.D.

INFECTIONS IN WILD DEER.

ONLY ONE C.W.D.

POSITIVE DEER WAS FOUND IN A NEW DEER PERMIT AREA.

THAT DEER WAS NOT FROM NORTHERN OR CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

ALL THE OTHER POSITIVE CASES CAME FROM EXISTING C.W.D.

MANAGEMENT ZONES.

>>> THE CROW WING COUNTY LAND SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE COUNTY LAND USE ORDINANCE.

THERE ARE 20 ARTICLES IN THE LAND USE ORDINANCE CURRENTLY UNDER REVISION INCLUDING ARTICLE 34 CONCERNING RESORT STANDARDS.

LAND SERVICES DIRECTOR GARY GRIFFIN BELIEVES THERE'S A MORE EFFICIENT METHOD TO REGULATE THEM IN CROW WING COUNTY.

>> SOMEONE HAD THE RESORT AND THEY WANTED TO CONVERT IT TO SINGLY OWNED POSTAGE STAMPS OR SELL OFF EACH CABIN, THERE IS A SIMPLE WAY TO CONVERT THAT OTHER THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

>> THE LAND SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL ACCEPT WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES UNTIL MARCH 22ND AT 5:00 P.M.

THE ORDINANCE REVISION AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION CAN BE VIEWED ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE LISTED BELOW.

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

>> Stacy: WINTER WEATHER IS SET TO MAKE A COMEBACK WITH SNOW, WIND, AND COLDER TEMPERATURES.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

[♪♪♪] >> AND MAPLE HAS STARTED RUNNING HERE IN MINNESOTA DUE TO THE MILD WINTER CONDITIONS.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THIS MILD WEATHER ACROSS MINNESOTA HAS IMPACTED THE STATE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS, INCLUDING THE MAPLE SYRUP INDUSTRY.

LAST YEAR WAS A DOWN YEAR DUE TO THE LATE SEASON SNOW BUT BECAUSE OF THE WARMER WEATHER THIS YEAR, SAP IN MAPLE TREES HAS ALREADY STARTED RUNNING WITHIN THE STATE.

USUALLY COMPANY'S START TAPPING MAPLE TREES TOWARDS THE END OF MARCH AND INTO APRIL BUT WITH THE SNOW ALMOST COMPLETELY MELTED.

SOME COMPANIES ALREADY HAVE OR WILL START TAPPING TREES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

>> I KNOW SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO, THEY'RE MAKING MAPLE SYRUP, WHICH IS EARLY FOR THEM AS WELL.

THEY TYPICALLY START BEFORE WE DO, JUST US BEING HERE IN THE NORTHLAND, IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WE START LATER.

YEAH, IT'S KIND OF WHAT IT IS.

SO WE'LL MOST LIKELY BE TAPPING OUR TREES THIS WEEK AND START COLLECTING THAT SAP AS SOON AS IT STARTS TO RUN.

IT JUST ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THE WEATHER GIVES US.

>> Dennis: MOST WHO TAP MAPLE TREES DO IT AS A HOBBY INSTEAD OF A JOB AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO AN EARLY START THIS SEASON.

NOW STACY CHRISTENSON JOINS US WITH WEATHER AND SOME WINTER WEATHER COMING OUR WAY.

>> A BRIEF COME BACK OF WINTER.

WE WILL BE SEEING SNOW, WIND DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING, AND WE HAVE A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

COLD TEMPERATURES AS THE SYSTEM ROLLS THROUGH INTO WEDNESDAY, BUT A QUICK WARM UP, HIGHS IN THE 40s AND 50s BEFORE THE END >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ACCESS MINNESOTA.

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>> 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, IT'S BEEN VERY MILD AS OF LATE AND PROBABLY YOU HAVE TO REMIND YOURSELF THAT IT'S STILL FEBRUARY.

YOU WON'T NEED THE REMINDER AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW AND INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE WILL BE SEEING AREAS OF SNOW TONIGHT, SOME WIND DEVELOPING, AND SOME VERY COOL TEMPERATURES BEHIND THIS SYSTEM.

THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY BEFORE ANOTHER QUICK WARM UP RETURNS LATE THIS WEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 33 AT THE AIRPORT.

WINDS OUT OF THE STUDIO ARE CALM, DEW POINT OF 28.

IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY AND 33, A DEW POINT OF 26.

WINDS ARE CALM IN BRAINERD.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

IT IS IN EFFECT FROM 1:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. ON TUESDAY FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND 3:00 A.M. TO 3:00 P.M. TUESDAY FOR KOOCHICHING COUNTY.

YOU WILL SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL OUT OF THE SYSTEM AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MILES PER HOUR, SO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITY.

AS FAR AS SNOWFALL TOTALS, THIS IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WITHIN THE WARNING AREA IN GENERAL, WE'RE LOOKING AT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL, SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS, AND THEN ANY ACCUMULATION DROPS OFF QUICKLY OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA.

SO FAR, IT'S BEEN PRETTY QUIET.

IF YOU LOOK OUT TO THE WEST, YOU CAN SEE THE SYSTEM BEGINNING TO MOVE TOWARDS US, PROBABLY START TO SEE THE SNOW DEVELOPING AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, AND THEN PICKING UP AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW MORNING, CONTINUING TO HAVE THAT SNOW, SOME PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW, THAT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION, ADD TO THAT SOME VERY STRONG WINDS.

SO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE VIEWING AREA BUT ESPECIALLY IN NORTH-CENTRAL, AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, WHERE WE HAVE THE HIGHER SNOWFALL TOTALS.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, THE SUNSHINE IN RED LAKE.

SOME OF THE BIRDS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OPEN WATER FROM KAREN IN LONG LAKE AND BEAUTIFUL EVENING SKIES FROM ANGELA IN CASS LAKE, AND SAMROSE AT LOWER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYE REPORT, ARLENE REPORTING 50 DEGREES TODAY.

KAREN REPORTING 51, AND BOB IN BLUFFTON, TOPPING OUT AT 50, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD AT 53 FOR OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE 51, PAUL IN BEMIDJI 55, AND ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, 57.

VERY WARM OUT THERE.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 53 WAS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD.

WE HAD A LOW OF 19.

BEMIDJI JUST 1 DEGREE SHY OF THE RECORD WITH A HIGH OF 54, SEEING THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 16.

HERE'S THE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW.

WE CONTINUE TO HAVE AREAS OF SNOW, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

WINDS WILL BE PICKING UP, SO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS A CONCERN AND WE WILL SEE THE TEMPERATURES COOLING OFF FROM THE NORTHWEST, SO SOME OF THE WARMER TEMPERATURES, EXPECT THAT TO COOL OFF.

THAT IS THE SAME IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AND A BIT OF SUNSHINE.

COOLING TEMPERATURES AND SOME STRONG WINDS.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, SNOW IS LIKELY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW ELSEWHERE, STILL LOOKING AT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH LOWS NEAR 12.

THE SNOW CONTINUES IN NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

ANYWHERE IN OUR VIEWING AREA, 1 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION.

COLD ON WEDNESDAY, -7 FOR THE LOW, 13 FOR THE HIGH BUT THEN WE WARM UP.

HIGH TEMPERATURES COULD BE NEAR 50 ON FRIDAY, COULD SEE PRECIPITATION THIS WEEKEND, BUT SATURDAY IS 39, UP TO 51 ON SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE WITH A LOT TO CATCH US UP ON.

>> Charlie: TONIGHT STARTS GIRLS BASKETBALL.

WE HAVE A GAME FROM THERE AND HIGHLIGHTS ALSO, ONE AREA TEAM WINNING A STATE TITLE AND ANOTHER AREA COLLEGE TEAM, WELL, THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR FIRST PLACE IN THE CONFERENCE.

WE HAVE ALL THAT COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE GIGAZONE GAMING CHAMPIONSHIP AND TECH EXPO SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH WITH SPECIAL GUEST DANIELLE FEINBERG, PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON FINISHED UP OVER THE WEEKEND AND ITS NOW TIME FOR SECTION PLAYOFFS TO BEGIN AND SOME START AS EARLY AS TONIGHT, INCLUDING SECTION 8-4A, WHERE BEMIDJI IS HOSTING ROGERS IN A FIRST-ROUND PLAY-IN GAME.

>>> THE EIGHTH SEEDED LUMBERJACKS FINISHED THE SEASON 9-15.

THE NINTH SEEDED ROYALS WERE 5-21.

A SPOT IN THE QUARTERFINALS UP FOR GRABS.

IN THE SECOND HALF, BEMIDJI LED -- LET A LEAD SLIP AWAY.

NOW SHE SPLASHES THE TRAY FOR A THREE POINT LEAD.

STUDENT SECTION IS GOING NUTS.

13 SECONDS LEFT, ONE POINT GAME.

JACKS FEED IT DOWN LOW, A HUGE BUCKET, SHE DOUBLED HER SEASON AVERAGE WITH 16 POINTS TONIGHT.

BEMIDJI GETS A 2-POINT WIN OVER ROGERS, 72-70.

THEY MOVE ON TO PLAY SAINT MICHAEL ALBERTVILLE IN THE QUARTER FINALS, WEDNESDAY AT 7:00 P.M. A COUPLE MORE SCORES FOR YOU IN GIRLS BASKETBALL.

BAGLEY GETS THE WIN OVER LAKE OF THE WOODS.

IN SUBSECTION 8A WEST, STEVEN ARGYLE WINS, AND GREY EAGLE GETS THE WIN OVER LAPORTE.

OVER THE WEEK, BRAINERD WINS THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT SECTION 8-2A TITLE AND THEY ARE SENDING FOUR INDIVIDUALS TO STATE FOR THE SWIM MEETS THIS COMING WEEKEND.

>>> ON SATURDAY, BEMIDJI STATE MEN AT ST. THOMAS.

THE FIRST PERIOD, NO SCORE.

KYLE CHANGES THAT AND GIVES THE BEAVERS A 1-0 LEAD.

WE WILL JUMP AHEAD, SAME SCORE, ERIC SHOT GOES IN OFF THE SKATE, AND BSU ENDS UP WINNING 3-1.

A HUGE WEEKEND FOR THEM, GETTING FIVE POINTS, FIVE POINT WEEKEND IN A ROW.

THIS IS WHAT THE CCHA STANDINGS LOOK LIKE WHEN BEMIDJI STATE TAKES ON MINNESOTA STATE.

THEY HAVE A 4 POINT LEAD AND AN OVERTIME LOSS WOULD ESSENTIALLY GIVE THEM A SHARE OF THE TITLE, ANY SORT OF WIN.

BEMIDJI GETS THE ONE SEED HEADING TO THE POST-SEASON.

A COUPLE MORE SCORES FOR YOU.

ST.

CLOUD STATE BEATS BEMIDJI STATE 6-2.

MINNESOTA STATE COMES FROM BEHIND AND THEY BEAT BEMIDJI STATE IN MEN'S BASKETBALL.

MINNESOTA STATE ALSO BEATS THE WOMEN'S TEAM AS WELL.

>>> BACK TO BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONS, THAT'S WHAT NOW DESCRIBES WARROAD GIRLS HOCKEY AFTER THEIR 5-2 VICTORY OVER DODGE COUNTY IN THE CLASS A TITLE GAME ON SATURDAY.

IT WAS AS UNLIKELY A RUN AS ANY, GIVEN THE SQUAD GRADUATED 10 SENIORS FROM LAST SEASON'S CHAMPIONSHIP ROSTER, FOUR OF WHICH NOW PLAY NCAA DIVISION ONE HOCKEY, LEAVING THIS YEAR'S TEAM WITH ONLY 7 UPPER CLASSMEN.

THE WARRIORS ENTERED THE STATE TOURNEY AS THE FOUR SEED, THEIR LOWEST SEEDING TO DATE YET DESPITE IT ALL, FOUND A WAY TO LIFT THE TROPHY FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR.

HERE'S HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN AT THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER ON SATURDAY.

WARROAD TAKING ON THREE SEED DODGE COUNTY.

THE WILDCATS MAKING THEIR FIRST STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE BUT THEY WERE NOT INTIMIDATED BY THE WARRIORS OR THEIR 15 TOURNEY APPEARANCES AS NORA CARSTENSEN CASHES IN ON THE POWER PLAY FOR THE WILDCATS.

THEY LEAD 1-0.

THE WARRIORS HAVE BEEN DOWN BEFORE THOUGH.

KAIYA SANDY ON THE OTHER END, THREADS THE NEEDLE, AND TIES THE GAME ONE.

IMPOSSIBLE ANGLE.

WOW.

LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER, SOPHIE JOHNSON DUMPS IT TO JAYLIE FRENCH WHO GOES FIVE HOLE AND IT SQUIRTS OUT THE OTHER SIDE INTO THE NET AND JUST LIKE THAT WARROAD LEADS 2-1.

IN THE SECOND PERIOD YOU JUST KNEW IT WAS THE WARRIORS NIGHT WHEN STUFF LIKE THIS HAPPENS.

TAYLOR REESE OFF THE SKATE OF A DEFENDER AND IN.

REESE FINISHED WITH TWO GOALS.

ITS 3-1.

LATER FRENCH TO VIVIENNE MARCOWKA WHO SNEAKS ONE PAST THE NET MINDER.

THAT MADE IT 4-1 IN FAVOR OF WARROAD.

EACH TEAM WOULD TACK ON ANOTHER IN THE THIRD FRAME FOR THE FINAL SCORE OF 5-2.

IT'S A THREE-PEAT FOR WARROAD, SOME MIGHT EVEN CALL IT A DYNASTY BUT IT WASN'T AS EASY ROAD, WHICH MIGHT HAVE MADE THIS TITLE RUN THAT MUCH SWEETER.

>> THE LAST TWO YEARS IT WAS SO FUN.

THIS YEAR STOOD OUT TO ME BECAUSE WE HAD TO WORK.

IT TOOK THE WHOLE TEAM TO WORK SO HARD AND THINKING BACK TO THE SECTION FINALS, HOW CLOSE THE GAME WAS AND TO PULL IT OFF, IT'S JUST AMAZING.

>> WE NEED TO TAKE IT UPON OURSELVES AND STEP INTO OUR ROLE AND PUT THE PUCK IN OURSELVES.

I CAN'T RELY ON ANYONE ELSE TO DO IT.

>> I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE STATE WAS WRITING US OFF FOR THIS YEAR.

WE HAD A FEW BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND WE LEARNED ALONG THE WAY.

I AM PROUD OF THESE GUYS FOR COMING TOGETHER WHEN IT MATTERED MOST.

>>> THEY ALSO ANNOUNCED THE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM AFTER THE GAME.

SIX WARRIORS MADE THE LIST, ALL OF THEM JUNIORS OR YOUNGER.

BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR WARROAD OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

>>> WELL, ITS 357 MILES AND NEARLY 6 HOURS BETWEEN WARROAD AND THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER IN ST. PAUL AND IT CAN BE TOUGH FOR SOME TO MAKE THE TREK SO MANY WHO COULDN'T AND EVEN THOSE WHO DID WERE AT THE GARDENS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO WELCOME BACK THE TEAM AS THEY ARRIVED, ESCORTED BY FIRE ENGINES AND THE LIKE.

IT'S A CELEBRATION THAT NOW FEELS LIKE A YEARLY TRADITION GIVEN THE WARRIORS SUCCESS BUT IT CERTAINLY IS NOT GETTING OLD.

[Cheering] >> IT IS THE BEST FEELING EVER.

I LOVE ENDING A GOOD SENIOR SEASON BY WINNING, NOT LOSING, THAT'S AWESOME.

BEING ABLE TO GET THIS TROPHY WITH THE JERSEY I WORE, YEAH, IT'S AWESOME.

>> THIS TOWN HAS BEEN AMAZING.

THE SUPPORT FOR GIRLS HOCKEY IS UNREAL.

IT'S SO BLESSED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS US THIS MUCH.

>> IT'S INCREDIBLE.

THEY SAY NOBODY CARES ABOUT GIRLS HOCKEY LIKE WARROAD DOES, AND WHEN WE CAME IN, IT TRULY MADE IT FEEL ALL REAL.

WARROAD TRULY DOES CARE THE MOST ABOUT GIRLS HOCKEY.

>> Charlie: FUN FACT, IT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME WINNING A CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE BLACK JERSEYS.

THEIR FOUR OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS THEY WERE WEARING THE WHITES.

>> Dennis: THEY ARE DOING CARTWHEELS.

>> Charlie: YES, IT WAS GREAT.

>> Dennis: LOVE IT.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> EVERY WEEK BRIGID'S PUB HAS SOMETHING IN THE KITCHEN COOKING FOR THEIR BURGER OF THE WEEK.

REPORTER ZY'RIAH SIMMONS HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAD INSTALLED FOR THEIR BURGER OF THE WEEK AND SHE HAS MORE IN THIS WEEKS IN-BUSINESS REPORT.

>> Reporter: THE PUB HAS BEEN SERVING ITS FAMOUS BURGER OF THE WEEK SINCE 2017.

EACH WEEK, THEY INTRODUCE THE UNIQUE BURGER RECIPE WITH A DISTINCT LOOK AND TASTE THAT KEEPS THE CUSTOMERS RETURNING FOR MORE.

OWNER AND OPERATOR TRAVIS GLASS REVEALED THERE IS NO MASTER PLAN BEHIND THEM, RATHER THEY ARE CREATED FROM HIS THOUGHTS AND CREATIVITY.

>> KIND OF EITHER I OR MY KITCHEN LUNCH GUY DALE, WE BOUNCE IDEAS OFF EACH OTHER AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING.

USUALLY IT'S JUST ME GOING TO HARMONY FOODS AND WALKING AROUND AND GETTING INSPIRATIONS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THERE IS MORE OF A SYSTEM TO IT, BUT THERE REALLY IS NOT.

>> Reporter: MONDAY MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK AND PEOPLE EAGERLY ANTICIPATE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BURGER OF THE WEEK.

THE DAY BEGINS WITH A PHONE CALL SEEKING INFORMATION ON THE BURGER AND ENDS WITH A TRIVIA GAME ON WHAT THE BURGER MIGHT BE.

>> PEOPLE CALL MONDAY MORNING.

I HAD PEOPLE CALLING SAYING THAT'S MAYBE THE SECOND MOST PHONE CALL I TAKE IS BURGER OF THE WEEK.

WE HAVE TRIVIA ON MONDAY NIGHT, EVERY MONDAY NIGHT STARTS AT 7:30.

WE HAVE TRIVIA, SO OUR TRIVIA PERSON OR WE TRY TO POST ABOUT THAT ON TRIVIA, SO I TRY TO POST THE BURGER OF THE WEEK ON TUESDAY SO IT DOESN'T GET LOST IN THE ALGORITHM, SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT MORE AND IT'S NOT COVERED UP.

>> Reporter: ONE OF THE PERKS OF BEING FRIENDS WITH THE OWNER IS THAT YOU GET TO TASTE THE DIFFERENT BURGER CREATIONS BEFORE THEY ARE FEATURED AS THE BURGER OF THE WEEK.

>> THEY'RE ALL REALLY GOOD.

I NEVER HAD A COMPLAINT OF ANY OF THEM.

I GOT SAMPLES OF MANY OF THEM HE CAME UP WITH, SO I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE AND LUCKY TO TRY THEM.

I NEVER ONCE HAD A BAD ONE.

THEY'RE SO GOOD.

>> I SEE WHY IT'S CALLED BURGER OF THE WEEK.

REPORTING IN BEMIDJI WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M ZY'RIAH SIMMONS, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Charlie: THANKS.

NOW WE GO BACK TO STACY FOR A CHECK OF THE WEATHER.

>> Stacy: A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, FOR MOST OF US FROM 1:00 A.M.

TOMORROW UNTIL 6:00 P.M. WE COULD SEE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AND IN ADDITION, WINDS WILL BE PICKING UP SO WE'LL HAVE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, NOT A LOT OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION, BUT WE WILL BE SEEING SOME COLDER TEMPERATURES, LOWS NEAR 12 FOR TONIGHT, CONTINUING TOMORROW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

18 FOR A HIGH BUT EXPECT THE TEMPERATURES TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

>> Charlie: NSIC TRACK AND FIELD WAS HELD THIS LAST WEEK AND MARY BROKE HER RECORD IN THE 3,000 METER AND WAS AWARDED SENIOR OF THE YEAR.

THAT WAS HER BEST FINISH SINCE 2021.

>> Dennis: SUPER.

THANKS FOR WATCHING EVERYBODY.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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