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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.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> Sydney: HI EVERYONE, I'M SYDNEY DICK FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN TONIGHT.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>>> ABOUT 3,500 HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN THE BEMIDJI AREA SUDDENLY LOST POWER EARLIER THIS EVENING.

THE OUTAGE, WHICH STARTED JUST BEFORE 8:00 P.M., EXTENDED FROM SIXTH STREET NEAR DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI TO VARIOUS BUSINESSES ALONG PAUL BUNYAN DRIVE NORTHWEST, AND INTO NORTHERN TOWNSHIP AND AROUND THE WEST AND NORTH SIDES OF LAKE BEMIDJI.

THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS OF STREET LIGHTS AND STOPLIGHTS BEING OUT IN SOME PARTS OF BEMIDJI.

AS OF 9:10 P.M., OTTER TAIL POWER REPORTED THAT POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED TO ALL AFFECTED AREAS.

AN EXPLANATION FOR THE OUTAGE HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED AT THIS TIME.

>>> A MAN DIED IN A PARAGLIDING CRASH ON WEDNESDAY SOUTHWEST OF BRAINERD.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, THE CROW WING COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS DISPATCHED TO THE NORTH CENTRAL SPEEDWAY PROPERTY IN CROW WING TOWNSHIP AROUND 6:30 THAT EVENING.

THE PILOT, 81-YEAR-OLD WAYNE KYAR OF BRAINERD CRASHED HIS PARAMOTOR AS HE WAS COMING IN TO LAND.

ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, KYAR'S MACHINE SEEMED TO HAVE SUFFERED A MECHANICAL FAILURE AND KYAR GLIDED INTO A TREE AS HE WAS LOSING ALTITUDE.

KYAR THEN FELL FROM HIS MACHINE FROM A HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET.

PARAMEDICS AND FIRST RESPONDERS PERFORMED LIFE-SAVING MEASURES ON KYAR, BUT THE INJURIES WERE FATAL.

THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT.

>>> THE LAKES AREA RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROJECT IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT USES RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE TRADITIONAL JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM.

THE ORGANIZATION WILL BE HOLDING A CELEBRATION FOR ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY ON SEPTEMBER 28TH AT CRAGUN'S LEGACY COURSES IN EAST GULL LAKE.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: FOR TWO DECADES, THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO HELPING THE COMMUNITY.

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE GIVES A VOICE TO THE VICTIMS, THE OFFENSERS, AND THE COMMUNITY BY SHIFTING THE FOCUS FROM PUNISHMENT TO BUILDING THE COMMUNITY.

FOR THE 20th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BRIAN ANDREWS LOOKS BACK AT ALL THE EFFORT PUT IN BY EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH LARJP.

>> I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 4.5 YEARS, BUT WHEN I STARTED, I READ THROUGH EVERY PIECE OF HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION AND LOOKING AT WHAT AN EFFORT IT TOOK TO JUST GET ESTABLISHED AND LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, THAT'S WHAT REALLY, REALLY IMPACTS ME, JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT.

>> EVERY REFERRAL IS A FAMILY, WHICH IS PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND KNOWING THE IMPACT THIS PROGRAM HAS HAD.

>> Reporter: THE CELEBRATION EVENT IS AIMED TO RAISE FUNDS FOR LARJP, SPREAD AWARENESS, AND SHARE SUCCESS STORY FROM THE PAST TWO DECADES.

INSIGHTS TO THE FUTURE WILL ALSO BE SHARED AND WAYS FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED.

>> THERE IS A WAY TO PLEDGE OR BE PART OF THE NEXT 20 YEARS AND HEARING ABOUT THE IMPACT WE HAD YEAR OVER YEAR AND WHAT THAT ROLLS OUT TO LOOK LIKE FOR OUR COUNTY, AND NOW OUR REGION, STATE, AND COUNTRY AS WELL.

>> Reporter: BRAINERD LAKES AREA NON-PROFITS HAVE A STRONG PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY ARE MINDFUL OF THAT AND THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH MONEY TO GO AROUND.

BECAUSE OF THAT, THE ORGANIZATION IS BEYOND GRATEFUL FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK.

>> TIMES ARE TIGHT RIGHT NOW.

IT'S THE REALITY, RIGHT?

EVERY TIME SOMEONE MAKES A DONATION, WHETHER IT'S A $1 OR AN IN-KIND DONATION, OR A LARGE GRANT, WE UNDERSTAND THEY HAD TO MAKE A SERIOUS DECISION AND AN IMPORTANT BIG DECISION IN ORDER TO CHOOSE LAKES AREA RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROJECT AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO EVERY ONE OF OUR DONORS AND THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS US.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE EVENT IS FREE TO ATTEND, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

A FORM TO REGISTER CAN BE FOUND ON THE LAKES AREA RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROJECT'S WEBSITE WHICH IS ON THE SCREEN.

>>> THE GFWC NEVIS AREA WOMEN'S CLUB BROUGHT THE WOMEN OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOGETHER FOR ITS EMPOWERING WOMEN RESILIENCE CONFERENCE THIS MORNING.

THE ONE-DAY EVENT NOT ONLY TACKLED THE DEMANDS WOMEN IN RURAL AREA FACE BUT ALSO FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING AND EXPLORING RESILIENCE BUILDING, HELPING ATTENDEES LEARN HOW TO REGULATE THEIR EMOTIONS, STOP THE CYCLE OF NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, ACCEPT CHANGE, AND LEAD A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.

FOUR SPEAKERS TOOK THE STAGE AND PROVIDED ENGAGING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING INFORMATION THROUGH THEIR EXPERIENCES AT THE CONFERENCE, INCLUDING AWARD-WINNING U.S.A. GYMNAST MAGGIE NICHOLS, WHO FIRST REPORTED FORMER GYMNASTIC DOCTOR LARRY NASSAR FOR DECADES OF SEXUALLY ABUSING TEAM MEMBERS.

>> I THINK THAT IT'S SO HELPFUL IF YOU MEET ONE OTHER PERSON THAT HAD THAT TYPE OF SITUATION OCCUR.

YOU KNOW THAT FIRST OF ALL YOU CAN GET THROUGH IT AND THAT YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY PERSON, YOU KNOW, THAT MAYBE IS DEALING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR ANY OTHER KIND OF AN ISSUE THAT WOMEN FACE NOWADAYS.

>> 300 WOMEN WERE IN ATTENDANCE FOR TODAY'S CONFERENCE.

>>> WITH LESS THAN 60 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION, BOTH THE HARRIS AND TRUMP CAMPAIGNS ARE POURING MILLIONS INTO ADS IN SEVERAL CRUCIAL STATES.

WHAT THE CANDIDATES ARE CHOOSING TO HIGHLIGHT IN THEIR POST DEBATE ADS GIVES US SOME INSIGHT INTO THE MESSAGING EACH CAMPAIGN THINKS CAN WIN OVER VOTERS.

JULIA BENBROOK HAS THAT REPORT.

>> Reporter: AFTER THE DEBATE, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED A NEW AD, FOCUSED ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, CAPITALIZING ON WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE MOST PIVOTAL EXCHANGES.

WHEN TRUMP PRAISED THE OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE.

>> I DID A GREAT SERVICE.

IT TOOK COURAGE TO DO IT.

THE SUPREME COURT HAD GREAT COURAGE IN DOING IT.

>> Reporter: HARRIS HIGHLIGHTED PERSONAL STORIES OF WOMEN STRUGGLING TO GET HEALTHCARE.

>> I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT CERTAIN FREEDOMS, IN PARTICULAR THE FREEDOM TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT ONE'S OWN BODY SHOULD NOT BE MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT.

>> Reporter: THIS AD IS RUNNING IN NEVADA WHERE TRUMP IS CAMPAIGNING THIS WEEK.

THE VICE PRESIDENT IS HOLDING A FRIDAY RALLY IN PENNSYLVANIA, WARNING VOTERS THAT HARRIS WANTS TO BAN FRACKING.

>> IT WILL PUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PENNSYLVANIANS OUT OF WORK AND SEND UTILITY BILLS SKYROCKETING.

>> Reporter: IN TUESDAY'S DEBATE, SHE SAID SHE WOULD NOT BAN IT AND HIGHLIGHTED HER VOTE IN THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.

THIS IS A KEY MESSAGING STRATEGY FROM THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND ITS ALLIES, SHOWING HARRIS'S PAST POSITIONS LIKE OPPOSING FRACKING.

>> Sydney: THE GENERAL ELECTION IS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH.

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

>> Stacy: OUR SUMMER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND WITH SUNSHINE AND WARM TEMPERATURES, BUT WE MAY ALSO SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, VOICE ACTING FOR A DUBBED VERSION OF ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC MOVIES OF ALL TIME.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> 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 LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >>> EARLIER TODAY, THE HEADWATERS SHRINE CLUB OF THE BEMIDJI AREA HELD THEIR ANNUAL SCREENING CLINIC AT THE SANFORD BEMIDJI ORTHOPEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE CENTER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019.

CHILDREN WITH BONE, MUSCLE, OR JOINT PROBLEMS COULD GET EXAMINED BY THE SHRINERS, WHO THEN REFERRED THE PATIENTS TO THE SHRINERS HOSPITAL IN WOODBURY.

THE HOSPITAL SPECIALIZES IN HAND AND FOOT CONDITIONS, NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS, AND LIMB DEFICIENCY.

THE SHRINERS TREAT THE KIDS AT ABSOLUTELY NO COST TO THE FAMILY.

>> IRT -- IT ACTUALLY WENT BETTER THAN EXPECTED.

WHEN WE ARE ABOUT TO SCREEN 10 KIDS, I THINK THAT'S HUGE.

IT'S GETTING THE WORD OUT TO PARENTS WHAT WE DO, HOW WE CAN HELP, THAT KIND OF THING.

SHRINERS TAKE CARE OF THE ORTHOPEDIC KIDS THAT NEED HELP.

THAT'S THE MAIN FOCUS, THE PARADES, THE THINGS WE DO IS FOR PEOPLE TO SEE US AND LET US KNOW THAT WE'RE OUT THERE.

>> THE SHRINERS ALWAYS PLAN THEIR CLINIC IN CONJUNCTION WITH A BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL GAME.

TOMORROW AT 11:00 A.M.

THERE WILL BE A SHRINERS PARADE THAT WILL END AT CHET ANDERSON STADIUM AND WILL INCLUDE THE BSU BAND, CHEERLEADERS, REDSHIRT PLAYERS, AND MORE, AND THEN THE SHRINE GAME STARTS AT 2:00.

>>> NOW WE HAVE SOME WEATHER WITH STACY.

STACY, I WAS OUT THERE TODAY AND IT WAS GORGEOUS OUTSIDE.

>> Stacy: IT IS NICE TO SEE THE SUMMER WEATHER CONTINUING INTO MID-SEPTEMBER.

WE'RE ALMOST TO THE HALFWAY POINT.

WE HAVE SOME SUNSHINE AND MAYBE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HERE AND THERE FOR THE WEEKEND.

>> 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.

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

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> Stacy: OUR STRETCH OF SUMMER WEATHER CONTINUED TODAY WITH THE SUNSHINE, VERY MILD TEMPERATURES, A LITTLE BIT BREEZY AT TIMES, BUT WE WILL HAVE SUMMER-LIKE WEATHER AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.

WE COULD BE SEEING A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA BEGINNING IN WESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND THEN A FEW POPPING UP HERE AND THERE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.

IT LOOKS LIKE SUMMERY CONDITIONS CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK WITH SUNSHINE AND WARM TEMPERATURES.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 67 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE AT 5 MILES PER HOUR, 56 IS OUR DEW POINT.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLEAR SKIES, IT'S 71 DEGREES, A DEW POINT OF 58.

PRESSURE IS RISING AND WINDS ARE SOUTHEAST AT 5.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, IT HAS SO FAR BEEN QUIET ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING.

IF YOU LOOK OUT TO THE WEST, YOU CAN SEE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY INTO MINNESOTA THIS EVENING.

IT WILL CONTINUE TO TREK EASTWARD OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, SO FOLKS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND THE WESTERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA HAVE A CHANCE OF SEEING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE MIDNIGHT HOUR, AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TOWARDS MORNING.

SOME OF THOSE COULD LINGER IN THE AREA TOMORROW MORNING.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON IN EASTERN MINNESOTA, AND WE WILL HAVE PERIODIC CHANCES OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE SUNSHINE AND OUR WARM TEMPERATURES SHOULD CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

TAKING A LOOK AT OUR EAGLE EYE PHOTOS TONIGHT, WE HAD A HAZY MORNING IN MENAHGA FROM ARLENE.

JOAN SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF A HUMMINGBIRD.

GORGEOUS SUNSET FROM ANGELA AT CASS LAKE AND SARAH AT LAKE EDWARD ENJOYING THE MOONRISE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTOS TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE REPORTING 61, WINDY, AND HAZY THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNNY TODAY WITH A HIGH OF 82.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, 84 FOR THE HIGH WITH CLEAR SKIES.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNNY AND 84.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, HAZY WITH SUNSHINE TODAY.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD WITH A HIGH TODAY OF 85, SO AGAIN VERY WARM OUT THERE.

OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE IS IN THE LOW 70s.

WE WHAT 62 FOR THE LOW TEMP AND SUNRISE AT 6:53.

BEMIDJI TODAY TOPPING OUT AT 84, OUR AVERAGE IS 69.

YOU CAN SEE HOW WARM WE ARE.

60 DEGREES FOR THE LOW AND SUNSET AT 7:34.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, PARTLY SUNNY SKIES, AND A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS IN THE PARK RAPIDS AREA IN THE MORNING.

EASTERN MINNESOTA THROUGHOUT THE DAY, PROBABLY MORE PROMINENT IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70s TO LOW 80s.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE EASTERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE UPPER 70s TO LOW 80s.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST, VARIABLE CLOUDS TONIGHT, WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT.

LOWS NEAR 60.

FOR TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, BUT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY IN EASTERN MINNESOTA.

HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 79, SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, THE REST OF OUR WEEKEND FORECAST, WE DO HAVE PERIODIC CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, BUT TEMPERATURES BUMP BACK UP IN THE LOW TO MID-80s ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

STILL IN THE 80s ON TUESDAY, DROPPING BACK TO ABOUT 75 TO 85 FOR OUR HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY.

STILL LOOKING AT SUNSHINE, BUT THERE ARE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDWEEK.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Sydney: THANK YOU STACY FOR THAT WEATHER.

WE HAVE CHARLIE YAEGER JOINING US FOR SPORTS.

WE HAD SOME CRAZY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

>> Charlie: YES, AND A LOT OF CRAZY FOOTBALL TONIGHT.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM FOUR AREA TEAMS.

WE ARE GOING TO START OFF WITH THE NINE PLAYER, DEFENDING STATE CHAMPION, THE NEVIS TIGERS, WE'LL SEE HOW THEY DID TONIGHT.

ALL THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS; NORTHERN MINNESOTA'S CERTIFIED APPLE SERVICE CENTER, OFFERING REPAIR SERVICES ON APPLE PRODUCTS AND P.C.S.

PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS IN BEMIDJI AND GRAND RAPIDS, IT'S RIGHT HERE.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>> Charlie: THE DEFENDING NINE PLAYER STATE CHAMPIONS NEVIS TIGERS PICKED UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF.

WINNING 18-12 IN OVERTIME IN WEEK TWO.

NEVIS IS HOSTING HILL CITY NORTHLAND.

THE TIGERS ARE SPORTING THE BLACK FOR HOMECOMING AND THEY SAY YOU SHOULD NEVER CROSS THE PATH OF A BLACK CAT.

THE HORNETS ARE GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO IT ON FRIDAY THE 13th.

HE PUTS A MOVE ON AND HE'S 45 HOUSE CALL.

NEVIS IS UP 15-0, KNOCKING ON THE DOOR.

ELI HAS HIS NUMBER CALLED.

NOW THE TIGERS ARE ROLLING IN THE SECOND QUARTER, MORE OF THE SAME.

DEVIN TO A.J.

FOR A 23-YARD STRIKE, 5 DIFFERENT PLAYERS ACCOUNTED FOR.

NEVIS WINS BIG OVER HILL CITY NORTHLAND.

THEY ARE NOW 3-0 FOR THE SEASON AND IMPROVE THEIR WIN STREAK TO 16, BUILDING OFF LAST YEAR'S UNDEFEATED 13-0 CAMPAIGN.

>>> WELL, BEMIDJI WAS ON THE ROAD TONIGHT AT MOORHEAD.

BOTH TEAMS COMING IN UNDEFEATED AT 2-0.

EARLY ON, THIS IS WHAT MOORHEAD WAS DOING ALL NIGHT.

THE PASS TO DAVID AND HE IS OUT THE GATE.

THEY WERE RUNNING ALL OVER BEMIDJI.

THEY END UP PUTTING UP 42 POINTS.

35 POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF.

HERE, 42-14, AND BEMIDJI IS TRYING TO GET BACK IN IT.

JUST PLOWING AHEAD TO THE 1-YARD LINE.

NEXT PLAY, HE IS GOING TO FIND HIS WAY IN, BOUNCING OFF DEFENDERS.

HE HAD TWO T.D.s ON THE NIGHT, MAKING IT 14-21 THERE, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

BEMIDJI FALLS TO MOORHEAD 57-28.

THEY SUFFER THEIR FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON.

THEY WILL RETURN HOME FOR THEIR HOMECOMING GAME NEXT WEEK.

>>> PIERZ LOOKING TO STAY UNDEFEATED, HOSTING 1-1.

IN THE FIRST QUARTER, LIAM DROPS A DIME TO JACKSON, 35 YARDS.

NOW IT'S 7-0.

LATER IN THE QUARTER, NOW 7-6, LAKERS IN THE RED ZONE, BUT JONES DENIED ENTRY, A JONES RUSHING TOUCHDOWN.

NOW THE PIONEERS ARE THREATENING AGAIN.

ON THE FIELD, HE GOES 36 YARDS TO THE CRIB, 18-7, PIONEERS.

THEY GO ON TO WIN 26-21, IMPROVING TO 3-0 FOR THE YEAR.

THEY WILL HOST ALBANY NEXT WEEK.

>>> PEQUOT LAKES ON THE ROAD.

AFTER A LONG FIRST DRIVE OF THE GAME, JOHN WALZES INTO THE END ZONE FOR 6, BUT THEY WILL KEEP IT THERE.

THE OPENING DRIVE, INTO THE END ZONE, AND THEY WOULD TAKE THE LEAD 7-6, BUT THAT'S WHEN THE PATRIOTS WILL LOOK LIKE THEY'RE FROM NEW ENGLAND.

NOW SOME ZIGS AND ZAGS, PUTTING THEM BACK ON TOP.

THEN RIGHT HERE BEFORE THE HALF, PEQUOT LAKES EXPLODES FOR 35 POINTS, AND RIDE TO A VICTORY.

PATRIOTS HAVE OUT SCORED THEIR OPPONENTS THROUGH THEIR FIRST THREE GAMES.

THEY PLAY ESKO AT HOME NEXT WEEK.

HERE ARE THE FOOTBALL SCORES.

GRAND RAPIDS BEATS ROCK RIDGE.

ROSEAU FALLS TO HOLLY AND BARNUM BEATS DEER RIVER.

WEST CENTRAL GETS THE BETTER OF LONG PRAIRIE.

AND SEBEKA GETS THE WIN OVER CARLTON RENSHAW.

>>> BRAINERD HOSTING THE SECTION 8-3A PREVIEW TODAY IN CROSS COUNTRY.

BEMIDJI IS RUNNING AS WELL.

START WITH THE GIRLS, BROOKS WAS THE TOP PERFORMER FOR BRAINERD.

CHLOE STOOD OUT FOR THE LUMBERJACKS, FINISHING 11th OVERALL.

ON THE BOYS SIDE OF THINGS, BEN LED THE WAY FOR BRAINERD, FINISHING 6th OVERALL.

BEMIDJI'S TOP PERFORMER WAS KYLE MILLER.

HERE ARE THE TEAM RESULTS IN THE BOYS CROSS COUNTRY.

BUFFALO GETS THE WIN.

BRAINERD FINISHES THIRD.

BEMIDJI IN FIFTH.

BRAINERD IS IN FOURTH FOR GIRLS AND BEMIDJI ROUNDING OUT IN 7th PLACE.

>>> WOMEN'S COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY TODAY AT THE DRAGON TWILIGHT.

BEMIDJI STATE FINISHES THIRD.

BEMIDJI STREET ALSO SWEEPS IN COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL, THEY ARE 4-2 TO START THE SEASON.

THAT'S A GOOD START FOR BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY.

BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN'S SOCCER, THEY CAME FROM BEHIND.

THEY WERE DOWN IN THE 76th MINUTE, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SCORE AND BEAT QUINCY.

THE REDS, THEY DOUBLE UP ON THE TWINS 8-4.

IN THE WNBA, THE MINNESOTA LYNX WHO ARE IN SECOND PLACE IN THE ENTIRE WNBA, THEY BEAT THE CHICAGO SKY TONIGHT.

>> Sydney: WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THE TIGERS WERE NOT THE BLACK CATS.

WAS I SEEING 66-0.

>> Charlie: YES, IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES BUT HOPEFULLY BETTER SCORES NEXT TIME.

>> Sydney: THANK YOU CHARLIE FOR YOUR SPORTS.

>>> A VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL "STAR WARS" MOVIE DUBBED IN THE OJIBWE LANGUAGE WAS RELEASED TO AUDIENCES LAST WEEK ACROSS THE NORTHLAND.

FOR THIS WEEKS IN-FOCUS, OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SPOKE WITH ANTON TREUER, AN OJIBWE PROFESSOR AT BSU WHO DID SOME OF THE VOICES FOR CHARACTERS IN THE DUBBED VERSION OF "STAR WARS".

>> IN A GALAXY NOT SO FAR, FAR AWAY, SOME THEATERS HELD A SCREENING FOR ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC MOVIES OF ALL TIME IN THE ORIGINAL "STAR WARS."

THIS SCREENING WAS SPECIAL FOR OJIBWA SPEAKERS BECAUSE IT WAS DUB IN THE OJIBWA LANGUAGE THANKS TO A BEMIDJI MAN.

>> THIS WAS A VERY FUN PROJECT.

THIS HAS BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR DECADES TRYING TO REVITALIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE OJIBWA LANGUAGE, BUILDING EMERSION SCHOOLS, TEACHING OJIBWA HERE AT BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY.

MY VOICE ACTING PARTS ARE SMALL.

I'M THE VOICE OF THE DEATH STAR AND SOME STORM TROOPERS.

>> Reporter: BECAUSE THEY CREATED ORIGINAL CHARACTERS WITH UNIQUE NAMES, TRANSLATING TO OJIBWA HAD SOME CHALLENGES.

>> SOME THINGS IN OJIBWA TAKE LONGER TO SAY.

EVEN WHEN THEY FIRST MADE THE MOVIE "STAR WARS," LIGHT SABER WAS A NEW ENGLISH WORLD.

STORM TROOPER WAS A NEW ENGLISH WORD.

>> Reporter: WHEN ASKED WHAT HIS FAVORITE PART WAS, HE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME JUST CHOOSING ONE.

>> MY FAVORITE PART OF VOICE ACTING, I REALLY ENJOYED THE STUDIO TIME WHEN ALL THE OTHER ACTORS WERE THERE WORKING TOGETHER.

WE COULD FEEL A SENSE OF BEING CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER AND A BIG PROJECT THAT KIND OF REFLECTS THOUGHTS AND VALUES LIKE THE REBELS AND WHATEVER, EVEN THOUGH OF COURSE I WAS THE VOICE OF THE DEATH STAR.

WE ALMOST BLEW UP THE SECOND PLANET AND DESTROYED ALL THE REBEL SCUM.

>> Reporter: AND THE FEELING HE GOT AT THE PREMIER OF THE MOVIE WHICH GAVE HIM A NEW HOPE.

>> JUST FEELING AND SEEING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FEEL PRIDE, EVEN IF IT WAS SOMETHING THEY WEREN'T PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN.

IT WAS ELEVATING FOR EVERYBODY AND SO I THINK THAT FELT REALLY, REALLY GREAT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, MAY IF FORCE BE WITH YOU.

>> TREUER ADDED THAT HE HOPES THE POPULARITY OF THE OJIBWE DUBBED VERSION OF STAR WARS WILL LEAD TO MORE DUBBINGS OF ICONIC MOVIES AND FOR ONE DAY TO FILM A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE IN THE OJIBWE LANGUAGE.

>>> THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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