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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.

>>> 3-2-1-0-5.

THOSE ARE NUMBERS THAT RED LAKE NATION WILL REMEMBER FOREVER.

AS ON MARCH 21, 2005, A STUDENT AT RED LAKE HIGH SCHOOL DECIDED TO TAKE A GUN TO SCHOOL AND SHOOT HIS FELLOW CLASSMATES.

SEVEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED AT THE SCHOOL AND AT LEAST NINE OTHERS WERE INJURED.

19.5 YEARS TO THE DAY HOWEVER, A MEMORIAL PROJECT HAS STARTED FOR THAT SCHOOL SHOOTING.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: -- THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF RED LAKE COMMUNITY WAS CHANGED WHEN A MASS LAKE SHOOTING OCCURRED AT A HIGH SCHOOL.

A SMALL GROUP OF SURVIVORS FOUNDED THE 32105 MEMORIAL FUND PROJECT AS A WAY TO HONOR ALL THE LIVES LOST AND CHANGED FOREVER ON MARCH 21, 2005.

>> THEY HAVE A PLAN TO CONSTRUCT A MEMORIAL SITE BETWEEN THE COLLEGE AND THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.

IT'S THEIR WAY OF TRYING TO SHOW LOVE AND PAY REMEMBRANCE TO OUR FALLEN CLASSMATES THAT LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SCHOOL SHOOTING BACK IN 2005.

>> Reporter: THE EVENT KICKED OFF THE FUNDRAISING PROJECT TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN A MEMORIAL TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT HISTORIC RECORD FOR THE EVENTS.

THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS AND FAMILIES INVOLVED IN THE SCHOOL WOULD BE ENGRAVED ON THE WALL SO FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT DAY.

>> WE FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE FORGOT ABOUT US AND NOW WE ARE STILL HERE.

THERE IS GOING TO BE THEIR COUSINS AND YOU KNOW, NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

THEY WILL BE ASKING ABOUT THEM.

THEY HAVE TO KNOW THE HISTORY OF WHAT HAPPENED ON DAY TWO.

>> I JUST WANT THEM TO BE REMEMBERED.

I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE FORGOTTEN.

>> Reporter: FOR SOME OF THE FAMILIES THAT HAD KIDS AT THE SCHOOL DURING THE SHOOTING, THIS MEMORIAL IS A LONG TIME COMING.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED THAT DAY, EVERY PERSON, AND NOT ONLY THEM BUT SOME FAMILIES THAT GOT TORN APART.

I CAN SAY MY FAMILY GOT TORN APART.

I AM NOT THE ONLY FAMILY.

SO, IT'S GOOD THAT THIS COME FORTH.

IT GIVES PEOPLE HOPE AND SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO, BUT WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG?

>> Reporter: VICTIMS FROM THE SHOOTING GAVE SPEECHES ON SATURDAY, REMEMBERING THE EVENTS FROM THAT DAY AND TELLING STORIES ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT LOST THEIR LIVES.

>> ALL OF US ADULTS OR GROWN UPS, BUT IN MY MIND, THEY'RE STILL MY BABIES.

THEY WERE ALL 15 YEARS OLD.

THEY WERE HAVING A NORMAL DAY AT SCHOOL AND THE UNIMAGINABLE HAPPENED AND IT HAS TAKEN 19.5 YEARS AND THEY FOUND THEIR VOICES.

I CAN'T HELP BUT BE PROUD WATCHING THEM AS ADULTS NOW AND KNOWING THEY'RE NOT VICTIMS, THEY'RE SURVIVORS.

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

>> THE 3-2-1-0-5 FUND IS A COMPONENT OF THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION LOCATED IN BEMIDJI.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO THE MEMORIAL, YOU CAN EMAIL THE HEAD COORDINATOR OF THE PROJECT, MISSY DODDS, AT THE EMAIL ON THE SCREEN.

WE WILL INCLUDE THAT EMAIL ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> A BEMIDJI MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED IN SHOOTINGS NEAR MINNEAPOLIS HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS THAT KILLED ONE MAN AND INJURED ANOTHER.

HENNEPIN COUNTY PROSECUTORS SAY 36-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA JONES IS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE, INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE JONES IS A MEMBER OF THE NATIVE MOB, A CRIMINAL STREET GANG WHICH IS ACTIVE IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AND OTHER AREAS OF MINNESOTA.

A NEWS RELEASE FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS JONES ALSO IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR ANOTHER KILLING.

ALL THREE SHOOTINGS HAPPENED WEDNESDAY.

POLICE USED SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TO IDENTIFY JONES AS THE PERSON WHO FATALLY SHOT A VICTIM AT POINT-BLANK RANGE.

PROSECUTORS SAY ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION CONNECTED HIM TO THE OTHER TARGETED SHOOTINGS IN THE SAME AREA OF SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS.

COUNTY ATTORNEY MARY MORIARTY SAYS THE ATTACK DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN TARGETED AT THE BROADER UNHOUSED COMMUNITY.

>>> THE BRAINERD LAKES REGIONAL AIRPORT CONDUCTED ITS TRIENNIAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE THIS PAST FRIDAY.

THE LIVE EXERCISE SIMULATES AN ONGOING DISASTER TO ENSURE THAT THE AIRPORT EMERGENCY PLAN IS EFFECTIVE, WHILE ALSO FAMILIARIZING EMERGENCY PERSONAL WITH THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PLAN.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: THE LIVE EMERGENCY EXERCISE SIMULATED AN AIRPLANE CRASH, AFTER TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND HATE GROUPS ARE TARGETING THE AIRPORT.

THE EXERCISE STARTED THE WAY A REAL EMERGENCY WOULD, WITH A NEWS BRIEFING.

>> THE PRESS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF MY GREATEST TEAMMATES TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO LOVED ONES, TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY, SOME GUIDANCE ON WHERE CAN WE SEND YOU TO HOOK UP WITH YOUR LOVED ONES.

>> Reporter: A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS WERE IN PLAY FOR THE EXERCISE, INCLUDING BRAINERD'S FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS, CROW WING COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND MANY MORE AS IT IS CRUCIAL THAT EVERYONE INVOLVED OPERATES AS A TEAM.

>> IN MASS CASUALTIES YOU HAVE TO THINK OF THE WORST.

THE WORST HAS HAPPENED IN OUR COUNTRY.

WHETHER IT'S PILOT ERROR OR MECHANIC ERROR, WEATHER GETS INTO PLAY, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT ARE A CHALLENGE TO US AS A PEOPLE WHEN WE'RE USING AVIATION AS A TOOL.

>> Reporter: PART OF WHY EMERGENCY EXERCISES ARE HELD EVERY THREE YEARS IS TO ACCOUNT FOR NOT JUST STAFF TURNOVER BUT TECHNOLOGY AS ADVANCEMENTS WILL BE DESIGNED TO CREATE MORE PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE EVENT DISASTER STRIKES.

>> THERE IS OXYGEN, THERE IS PRESSURIZATION SYSTEMS, AIRPLANES ARE BUILT STRONGER AND LIGHTER WITH CARBON FIBER AND WHATNOT.

IF WE END UP WITH FIRES BY ANY MEANS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THAT GET BUILT INTO THE AIRPLANES THAT WE HAVE TO BE CONSCIOUS OF.

>> Reporter: AND BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PARTNERS CAN FOSTER AN UPTICK IN PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE DURING EMERGENCIES.

>> WE HAVE A SHELTER CLASS FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY AND TWO WEEKS LATER THEY HAD A DISASTER.

WE WALKED IN, THEY KNEW US, WE KNEW THEM.

THAT IS THE MAIN THING THAT MAKES THINGS WORK SO MUCH MORE SMOOTHLY WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY IN A RESPONSE-TYPE MODE.

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

>> Dennis: AND LAKES REGIONAL AIRPORT KASSANDRA LOFTUS AND CROW WING COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR CLAYTON BARG FOR COORDINATING LAST WEEK'S EXERCISE.

>>> THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL HAS IDENTIFIED THE PERSON WHO DIED IN A ONE-VEHICLE CRASH NEAR MCINTOSH ON SEPTEMBER 15TH.

ACCORDING TO THE CRASH REPORT, 28-YEAR-OLD STEPHEN EGERHOFF WAS DRIVING AN SUV EASTBOUND ON COUNTY ROAD 41 IN RURAL POLK COUNTY WHEN IT ENTERED THE DITCH AND ROLLED.

EGERHOFF DIED AT THE SCENE.

A GOFUNDME SITE HAS BEEN SET UP TO HELP EGERHOFF'S WIFE AND ONE-YEAR OLD SON.

YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO THAT SITE ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> A ROSEAU MAN WAS INJURED FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY AN SUV WHILE WALKING ON HIGHWAY 89 NEAR ROSEAU.

ACCORDING TO THE STATE PATROL REPORT, 62-YEAR OLD ROGER VACURA WAS WALKING IN THE CROSSWALK AT THIRD STREET SOUTHWEST WHEN THE SUV HIT HIM.

VACURA SUFFERED NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES ACCORDING TO THE CRASH REPORT.

THE DRIVER OF THE SUV, 32-YEAR OLD KALEB WARD WAS NOT INJURED.

THE PATROL SAYS ALCOHOL WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE CRASH.

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

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE MAY SEE SOME RAIN SHOWERS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, BUT OTHERWISE SUNSHINE WILL BE BACK AND WE WILL SEE WARMER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ON THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, NEARLY A DOZEN BOUTIQUES TAKE PART IN THE BREEZY POINT AREA WOMEN'S CLUB FASHION SHOW.

[♪♪♪♪♪] >> 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.

>>> NORTHERN ACCESS, A TREATMENT AND GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS COALITION, HELD THEIR BI-MONTHLY MEETING AT THE BELTRAMI COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IN BEMIDJI.

THEY MET WITH SEVERAL OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO DISCUSS HOMELESS AND ADDICTION RECOVERY ACCESS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: MANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS MET AT THEIR BI-MONTHLY MEETING IN BEMIDJI TO DISCUSS SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS.

>> GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES COMING TOGETHER.

>> WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS INCREASE ACCESS TO TREATMENT, MAKE IT WORK WELL FOR CLIENTS, AND IN DOING THAT, WE FOUND THAT COLLABORATION IS THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT.

>> Reporter: AND ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS OF DISCUSSION IS THE IMPORTANCE OF SOBER HOUSING AND HOW MANY PEOPLE IT CAN HELP.

>> A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE COMING OUT OF TREATMENT OR COMING FROM UNHOUSED SITUATIONS TO HAVE A BIT OF A MOMENT TO BREATHE AND TO BE ABLE TO BUILD UP THINGS THAT ARE VITAL TO ONE'S RECOVERY, LIKE SOCIAL CONNECTIONS, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, LIFE SKILLS.

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH MINNESOTA DOES HAVE SOBER HOUSING AND ADDICTION PROGRAM RESOURCES, MOST OF THEM ARE LOCATED IN OR AROUND THE TWIN CITIES.

RURAL AREAS SEE A LOT FEWER OPTIONS.

>> SO MY GOAL HERE TODAY IS TO ASSESS THE NEEDS AND DESIRES OF THE COMMUNITY HERE AND WORK WITH PEOPLE HERE ON DEVELOPING SOME SORT OF PROGRAM OR INITIATIVE TO START UP.

>> Reporter: SOBER HOUSING DOES SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST PROVIDE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO STAY.

>> WE'RE KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF JAIL.

WE'RE KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

WE'RE HELPING THEM COORDINATE THEIR HEALTHCARE.

WE'RE HELPING THEM GET INTO HOUSING.

WE'RE TAKING AWAY A LOT OF THE DESPERATION THAT PEOPLE HAVE WHEN THEY'RE ON THE STREETS.

THE BEST TIME TO PLANT A TREE WAS 30 YEARS AGO, THE SECOND BEST TIME IS TODAY.

SO THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR RIGHT NOW MAY NOT BE REALIZED FOR 5, 10, 15 YEARS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T START NOW.

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

>> NORTHERN ACCESS BELIEVES IN FOUR KINDS OF COLLABORATION TO COMPLETE THEIR MISSION, NETWORKING, TRAINING, PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND POLICY.

THEY ARE HOPING TO BRING THESE IDEALS AND CREATE MORE SOBER HOUSING AND ADDICTION RECOVERY ACCESS AROUND THE BEMIDJI AREA, AS WELL AS THE REST OF RURAL MINNESOTA.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY JOINS US NOW.

BOY, IT WAS A LITTLE COOLER TODAY.

IT FELT KIND OF COLD AFTER ALL THOSE 80s LAST WEEK.

>> Stacy: WE HAD SOME COLD TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING.

WE HAD LOWS IN THE 30s IN OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE HAD SEEN THE SUNSHINE, SO IT WARMED UP PRETTY NICELY TODAY, A LITTLE MORE FALL-LIKE THAN WE HAVE BEEN SEEING AS OF LATE.

WE COULD SEE SHOWERS IN THE AREA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, BUT STILL FALL-LIKE TOMORROW, BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING WARMER TEMPERATURES FOR T >> 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: WELL, WE DID START OUT WITH CHILLY TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING, SOME OF US WITH LOWS IN THE 30s AND LOW 40s.

WE DID HAVE SOME SUNSHINE TODAY, TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 60s, UPPER 60s, LOW 70s.

SO A LITTLE MORE FALL-LIKE THAN WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THIS SEPTEMBER.

STILL CHILLY TOMORROW, COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.

AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK, WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE THE TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70s AND LOW 80s.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 60 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WINDS ARE SOUTHEAST AT 8 MILES PER HOUR.

THE DEW POINT IS 45.

HUMIDITY IS AT 57%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH 57, WITH A DEW POINT OF 45.

PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY AND WINDS ARE SOUTHEAST AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, WE HAVE A LINE OF RAIN SHOWERS, WHICH IS MAKING ITS WAY INTO OUR VIEWING AREA THIS EVENING.

WE EXPECT TO SEE THIS LINE SLOWLY MOVING TO THE EAST AS WE HEAD OVERNIGHT.

SO WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA.

SOME OF THOSE COULD LINGER INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE FOR THE MOST PART, IT IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER DRY DAY, EXPECT TO SEE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALL-LIKE, HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60s TO LOW 70s, BUT A WARM UP IS IN STORE STARTING ON WEDNESDAY.

TAKING A LOOK AT SOME EAGLE EYE PHOTOS SENT TO US.

WE HAVE GORGEOUS SKIES FROM CARRIE IN WALKER AND ARLENE IN MENAHGA.

ANGELA CAPTURING THIS PHOTO OF AN EAGLE AT CASS LAKE.

JOAN SAYING IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR A RIDE ON THE PAUL BUNYAN TRAIL NEAR LAPORTE.

JUDY AND BILL WITH A PHOTO OF THE CLOUDS OVER UPPER RED LAKE TODAY.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

>>> FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 40 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

DEBRA AT PINE RIVER 43 THIS MORNING.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES WITH A HIGH OF 70.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT, 68 WAS OUR HIGH.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUN AND WINDY TODAY, THE LOWDOWN TO 35.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNNY AND BREEZY WITH A HIGH OF 71.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 70, SO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE BUT MORE FALL-LIKE THAN THE TEMPERATURES WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SO FAR THIS SEPTEMBER.

39 WAS OUR LOW THIS MORNING, WE HAD SUNSET AT 7:11.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 69, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AVERAGE, COOLER THAN WE HAVE BEEN SEEING.

WE STARTED OUT WITH A LOW OF 38.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS, THAT SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH.

THOSE WILL BE MOVING OUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60s INTO THE LOW 70s IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE COULD BE SEEING SOME SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING AROUND THE BRAINERD AND AITKIN AREAS.

OTHERWISE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 70s.

TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SOME RAIN SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.

49 FOR THE LOW, SOUTH WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

THEN TOMORROW, A FEW OF THE RAIN SHOWERS COULD LINGER IN THE MORNING, HIGHS AND 70.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, BUT A BIG WARM UP ONCE AGAIN AS HIGHS WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 70s AND LOW 80s.

THAT MILD WEATHER IS GOING TO STICK AROUND AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MAYBE SOME ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS ON SUNDAY, BUT STILL PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70s.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: BOY, HEADING INTO OCTOBER.

>> Charlie: IT FELT LIKE IT TODAY.

I HAD TO WEAR A SWEATSHIRT, BUT STILL SHORTS.

>> Dennis: A LITTLE MORE FOOTBALL WEATHER.

>> Charlie: AND SOCCER WEATHER TOO.

WE HAD SOCCER TODAY, BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL TAKING ON PELICAN RAPIDS.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME THOSE TWO TEAMS HAVE EVER PLAYED.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND THE WEEKEND THAT WAS 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: BEMIDJI GIRLS SOCCER BEGAN THEIR SEASON LIKE A CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF A MINNESOTA WINTER.

IT WAS SLOW TO START BUT ONCE THE ENGINE WARMED UP, IT GOT GOING.

THE LUMBERJACKS POSTED A 1-3-1 RECORD THROUGH THEIR FIRST FIVE GAMES.

NOW THEY'RE SITTING AT 5-3-1 THANKS TO A 4-GAME WIN STREAK IN WHICH THEY HAVE NOT ALLOWED A SINGLE GOAL.

THEY'RE PUTTING THAT STREAK ON THE LINE TODAY, HOSTING PELICAN RAPIDS, THE FIRST MEETING EVER BETWEEN THESE TWO SQUADS.

THE JACKS WERE IN CONTROL FROM THE FIRST WHISTLE BUT UNABLE TO GET ANYTHING TO GO UNTIL THE 15TH MINUTE.

REAGHAN BAIRD NETS HER 2ND GOAL OF THE SEASON.

IT'S 1-0.

JUST ONE-MINUTE AND 40-SECONDS LATER, IMRIE MISTIC WITH THE LOW IRON THROUGH.

KATE CORRADI FINISHES WITH THE LOB WEDGE, HER 10TH OF THE SEASON.

BEMIDJI LEADS BY 2.

A FEW MOMENTS LATER, VIKINGS' KEEPER TONI BANTON CAN'T CORRAL THE BALL.

CORRADI DOES AND FINDS ISBEL RENN AT THE FAR POST, BURIES IT FOR HER 4TH GOAL OF THE YEAR.

THREE GOALS IN LESS THAN A 5-MINUTE SPAN, BEMIDJI WOULD ROLL TODAY.

THEY BEAT PELICAN RAPIDS 11-2.

LUMBERJACKS EXTEND THEIR WIN STREAK TO 5 IN A ROW WHILE OUTSCORING THE OPPOSITION 24-2.

THEY HIT THE ROAD THURSDAY TO FACE RIVAL BRAINERD.

A FEW MORE HIGH SCHOOL SCORES FROM TONIGHT.

CLOQUET CARLTON BEAT GRAND RAPIDS IN GIRLS SOCCER.

ON THE BOYS SIDE OF THINGS, BUFFALO AND BEMIDJI TIES.

HERMANTOWN BEATS GRAND RAPIDS 3-1.

IN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, ROYALTON FALLS TO FOLEY.

BROWERVILLE GETS A WIN.

LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE LOSES.

>>> TWO OF BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL'S THREE GAMES THIS SEASON HAVE COME DOWN TO THE FINAL SNAP WITH THE BEAVERS EXPERIENCING BOTH A WIN AND LOSS IN THAT SITUATION.

SATURDAY'S GAME AT SIOUX FALLS DIDN'T QUITE GET TO THE FINAL PLAY BUT IT SURE WAS CLOSE.

AFTER JUMPING OUT TO 14-0 LEAD, THE BEAVS SURRENDERED 24 STRAIGHT POINTS TO THE COUGARS.

THEY TRAILED BY 10 WITH JUST UNDER 10-MINUTES TO GO IN THE THIRD QUARTER BUT THAT'S WHEN SAM MCGATH FOUND BUBBA PETERS ON A 30-YARD STRIKE.

THEIR 8TH TOUCHDOWN CONNECTION THIS SEASON.

BSU PULLS TO WITHIN A FIELD GOAL.

LATER, THE COO ON THE MOVE.

CAMDEN DEAN OUT OF THE FRYING PAN BUT INTO THE FIRE HERE AS HE ESCAPES THE POCKET ONLY TO THROW AN INTERCEPTION.

SAYVON CAMERON WITH THE FIRST INT OF HIS CAREER.

BEAVERS UNABLE TO CAPITALIZE THOUGH.

IN THE 4TH QUARTER, SIOUX FALLS STILL LEADS 24-21.

DEAN HAVING TO ESCAPE THE POCKET AGAIN.

THIS TIME HITS A WIDE-OPEN CHRISTIAN JANIS.

45 YARDS.

THE LONGEST PLAY OF THE DAY FOR EITHER TEAM.

COUGARS WOULD GET DOWN TO THE 12-YARD LINE AND ON 3RD DOWN, PASS GOES TO MARK LEONARD BUT HE'S MET BY MALIIK KNOX AND THEN CADEN BOLTE.

FUMBLE!

IT GOES OUT OF THE BACK OF THE ENDZONE.

THAT'S A TOUCHBACK FOLKS.

BEAVS BALL.

HUGE PLAY TO KEEP THE COUGARS FROM SCORING.

USF HEAD COACH JIM GLOGOWSKI IS HEATED, THINKS IT SHOULD BE A PENALTY FOR BATTING THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS, BUT HE'S NOT GONNA WIN THAT ARGUMENT.

ENSUING POSSESSION, IT'S 4TH DOWN AND 4 FROM THE 24 WITH JUST UNDER 6 MINUTES TO PLAY.

BSU OPTS NOT FOR THE FIELD GOAL TO TIE IT.

IT PAYS OFF.

MCGATH TO AWN-DRAYUS GRIFFIN FOR THE LEAD, THEIR SECOND TOUCHDOWN CONNECTION OF THE GAME.

BEMIDJI STATE WOULD GET THE BALL BACK AND RUN OUT THE CLOCK.

THEY WIN ANOTHER THRILLER BEATING SIOUX FALLS ON THE ROAD 28-24.

BEAVERS IMPROVE TO 3-1.

THEY REMAIN RANKED 21-ST IN THE NATION IN THE D2FOOTBALL.COM POLL.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN'S SOCCER IN ACTION ON SUNDAY.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL RELEASED THEIR SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING 2025 SEASON.

THE BEAVERS WILL OPEN THE YEAR WITH A FOUR ROAD TOURNAMENT, BEGINNING FEBRUARY 1ST AND 2nd AND THEN ORLANDO, FLORIDA MARCH 7th THROUGH THE 13th.

THE BEAVERS WILL HAVE THEIR HOME OPENER AS A DOUBLE HEADER, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER HOME DOUBLE HEADER THE FOLLOWING DAY AGAINST SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE.

BSU WILL PLAY 28 NSIC GAMES IN TOTAL, ENDING AT NORTHERN STATE.

>>> KEEPING WITH SCHEDULES, BEMIDJI STATE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL MOVED THEIR HOME OPENER FROM THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 6:00 P.M. TO THURSDAY NIGHT AT 6:00 P.M.

IT WILL BE THEIR FIRST SINCE THE PASSING OF THEIR HEAD COACH.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THE BREEZY POINT AREA WOMEN'S CLUB BEGAN HOSTING ITS ANNUAL FASHION SHOW SEVEN YEARS AGO.

THE SHOW WAS STARTED TO GIVE MORE EXPOSURE TO LOCAL BOUTIQUE SHOPS IN THE LAKES AREA.

THIS YEAR, TEN LOCAL BOUTIQUES WERE HIGHLIGHTED.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: FOR THE BREEZY POINT AREA WOMEN'S CLUB, THEIR ANNUAL FASHION SHOW HAS BECOME AN EVENT THAT IS ESSENTIAL IN THEIR EYES TO HIGHLIGHT NEARLY A DOZEN SMALL BUSINESSES.

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO US AS A WOMEN'S GROUP BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA HAVEN'T HAD THE EXPOSURE TO SEVERAL OF THESE BOUTIQUES.

A LOT OF THEM ARE WOMEN RUN BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING THEM EXPAND TO MEN'S LINES.

IT'S CREATING A LITTLE BIT OF A MARKETPLACE HERE IN THE LAKES AREA THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.

>> Reporter: WITH SO MANY BUSINESSES REPRESENTED ON THE RUNWAY AND SET UP AROUND THE EVENT, THE FASHION SHOW IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESSES TO BECOME MORE ENGRAINED IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN.

THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR DOING THIS FASHION SHOW.

IT'S FUN TO SEE, YOU KNOW, OUR REGULAR CLIENTS THAT WE HAVE, AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE PEOPLE.

WE LOVE SUPPORTING OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES AND WE LOVE GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SUPPORT US.

>> Reporter: THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA IS A TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY.

IT'S SEEN IN WAVES AS THEY WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THEY ALL CAN SUCCEED.

>> THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A KEY EVENT THAT WE COLLABORATE.

WE'RE NOT IN COMPETITION.

WE BUY STUFF FROM OUR FELLOW SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.

THEY, YOU KNOW, HAVE BUSINESS WITH US.

THAT'S HOW WE SURVIVE AND HOW WE THRIVE.

>> Reporter: WITH THE SUCCESS OF THE FASHION SHOW, THE WOMEN'S CLUB WANTED TO FIND WAYS TO GIVE BACK.

THE SHOW HAS BECOME A BIG FUNDRAISER.

THE TWO NON-PROFITS HIGHLIGHTED THIS YEAR WAS JACOB'S VOICE AND THE OUTREACH PROGRAM OF BRAINERD LAKES.

>> THESE ARE TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT IMPACT OUR DIRECT COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, JACOB'S VOICE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN SCHOOLS NOW, WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT HOW CYBER BULLYING IS REALLY IMPACTING OUR CHILDREN.

WITH OUTREACH, I'VE BEEN PART OF THAT ORGANIZATION AND YOU KNOW, SHAWN HANSON WROTE ME YEARS AGO.

IT IS AMAZING HOW MUCH THAT HAS GROWN, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT IT'S BEEN HELPING.

WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE MEAL PACKING EVENTS AND IT BRINGS PEOPLE IN TO THAT PARTICULAR VENUE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT, TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT AND SAY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT AND I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BREEZY POINT WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE ATTENDED THAT FASHION SHOW.

TIME FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

BACK TO STACY WE GO.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING SHOWERS OVER MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT.

MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH LOWS NEAR 49.

SOME OF THE SHOWERS COULD LINGER TOMORROW MORNING, BUT LOOK FOR PARTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

>> Dennis: THAT'S IT FOR US TONIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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