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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.

>>> A FIRE AT DUMMIRES BAR AND GRILL IN BRAINERD TODAY HAS FORCED THE BUSINESS TO CLOSE FOR THE TIME BEING.

ASSISTANT BRAINERD FIRE CHIEF DAVE COX TELLS LAKELAND NEWS THAT RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A FIRE AROUND EIGHT THIS MORNING.

HE SAYS THERE WAS LITTLE FIRE DAMAGE BUT SMOKE WAS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.

COX SAYS THAT WHEN FIRE CREWS ENTERED THE BUILDING THEY LOCATED A GROUP OF CLEANING RAGS IN A STORAGE AREA THAT WERE STILL ON FIRE.

DUNMIRES OWNER CHRIS DUNMIRE PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> THERE IS A SMALL FIRE IN THE BACK THAT WAS DUE TO GREASY RAGS.

THANK GOD IT WAS ON TILE FLOOD AND TILE KITCHEN, INSTEAD OF WOOD FLOORS.

ONCE THE DELIVERY DRIVER SHOWED UP AND OPENED THE BACKDOOR, THE OXYGEN RUSHED IN AND THAT CREATED THE FLAME.

THANK GOD, YOU KNOW, THE BRAINERD FIRE DEPARTMENT JUMPED ONBOARD AND HANDLE IT RIGHT AWAY.

THEY DID REALLY WELL AT THAT.

THEY CAME IN QUICK, HOT AND HEAVY, AND TOOK CARE OF IT ALL.

>> NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE FIRE.

DUNMIRE SAYS THE RESTRAUNT IS CLOSED AS CLEANUP IS UNDERWAY.

>>> A 26-YEAR-OLD HEWITT MAN DIED IN A TWO-VEHICLE COLLISION ON THURSDAY NIGHT IN TODD COUNTY.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS BLAKE BAUMGARTNER WAS DRIVING A PICKUP AND COLLIDED WITH A CAR ON HIGHWAY 71 IN BERTHA TOWNSHIP.

BAUMGARTNER DIED FOLLOWING THE CRASH.

THE DRIVER OF THE CAR, 20-YEAR-OLD JOHNATHAN FREYHOLZ, ALSO OF HEWITT WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

>>> TWO DEER CREEK RESIDENTS SUFFERED INJURIES WHEN THE CAR THEY WERE IN COLLIDED WITH A BEAR NEAR STAPLES ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS THE CRASH HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY 10 IN STAPLES TOWNSHIP AND 36-YEAR-OLD MARY JO ROGGENKAMP WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND 34-YEAR-OLD COREY ROGGENKAMP WAS A PASSENGER.

BOTH SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN TO STAPLES HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

>>> BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS APPROVED AN INTERIM USE PERMIT FOR THE BRIDGE ON SEVENTH OVERNIGHT SHELTER TO NOW OPERATE YEAR-ROUND.

THE DECISION COMES ROUGHLY YEAR AFTER THE CITY DENIED THE SHELTER'S REQUEST TO SWITCH FROM SEASONAL OPERATIONS TO YEAR-ROUND.

REPORTER MILES WALKER MET WITH BRIDGES OF HOPE REPRESENTATIVES TO LEARN MORE.

>> LAST YEAR, BRAINERD POLICE CHIEF JOHN DAVIS CITED PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS WHEN DELIBERATING ON WHETHER OR NOT THE BRIDGE ON 7th OVERNIGHT SHELTER SHOULD BE OPEN YEAR-ROUND.

THIS YEAR, THEY ADDRESSED THOSE CONCERNS.

>> WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH CHIEF DAVIS AND WE APPRECIATE THE CHIEF.

HE CAME TO THE TABLE AND HE HELPED US UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS CONCERNS WERE SPECIFICALLY.

THEN IT GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE SOME OF OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER DISCUSSION POINT LAST YEAR REVOLVED AROUND THE NOTION THAT THOSE UTILIZING THE SHELTER YEAR-ROUND WOULD BE DISCOURAGED TO SEARCH FOR PERMANENT HOUSING SITUATIONS.

THEY OUTLINED A PATHWAYS PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

>> IT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BRIDGES OF HOPE, LIGHTHOUSE, THE SOUP KITCHEN, AND THE COALITION WITH THE CREEK SIDE COMMUNITY.

IT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS TO SHOW OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THIS A GOOD SPOT FOR PEOPLE TO GET A STEP UP.

>> Reporter: DURING THE MEETING THIS YEAR, THEY DISCUSSED HOW CLOSING THE SHELTER UPON THE START OF SUMMER HALTED PROGRESS FOR ANYONE LOOKING FOR HOUSING, JOBS, OR OTHER RESOURCES THROUGH HER EYES, REMOVING DISPLACEMENT FROM THE EQUATION WILL BE A BOOST TO THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR THOSE SEEKING THEM.

>> ONE OF THE REASONS THAT YEAR-ROUND SHELTERS ARE SO IMPORTANT IS THAT PEOPLE ARE AT A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE, RIGHT?

IN A DIFFERENT PACE IN THEIR PROCESS.

TO SAY THAT BEING OPEN YEAR-ROUND WILL PERPETUATE PEOPLE BEING HOMELESS, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE.

>> Reporter: AFTER IMPLEMENTING A FEW CONDITIONS, INCLUDING A CHECK IN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INVOLVING ORDERLY CONDUCT, AND ONE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 1ST THIS YEAR, COUNCIL MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO APPROVE THE INTERIM PERMIT, SOMETHING THAT ALL THOSE INVOLVED WITH BRIDGES OF HOPE WERE ELATED TO HEAR.

>> IT'S VERY GREAT TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION.

IT'S ALSO NERVOUSNESS BECAUSE IT'S A NEW PROJECT AND ENDEAVOR WE'RE TAKING ON AND WE WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS TO THE COMMUNITY AND HELP OUT THOSE WHO NEED THE HELP.

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

>> BRIDGES OF HOPE ALONG WITH ITS PATHWAY PARTNERS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON NEXT STEPS FOR THE OVERNIGHT SHELTER FOLLOWING THE CITY'S DECISION.

>>> A 76-YEAR-OLD NEVIS MAN IS ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING MORE THAN A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS FROM GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.

VINCENT BELLOMO IS CHARGED WITH 3-COUNTS OF WRONGFULLY OBTAINING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND 3-COUNTS OF PERJURY.

ALL ARE FELONIES.

THE HUBBARD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE BEGAN INVESTIGATING BELLOMO IN JANAURY AFTER RECEIVING A REPORT FROM A FINANCIAL WORKER WITH HUBBARD COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES REPORTING FRAUD BY ONE OF THEIR CLIENTS.

HUBBARD COUNTY INVESTIGATORS FOLLOWED UP ON THE COMPLAINT AND DISCOVERED THAT BELLOMO HAD RECEIVED OVER $263,000 WORTH OF BENEFITS THAT HE WAS NOT ENTITLED TO.

THE BENEFITS WERE FROM PROGRAMS INCLUDING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, MINNESOTA SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE, GROUP RESIDENCE HOUSING BENEFITS, EMERGENCY GENERAL ASSISTANCE, MEDICARE SAVINGS PROGRAM, ND SNAP BENEFITS.

THE INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT BELLOMO REPEATEDLY CLAIMED VERY LITTLE ASSETS AND FAILED TO DISCLOSE LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY HE HAD IN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT WHILE APPLYING FOR BENEFITS.

BELLOMO IS SCHEDULED TO MANE AN INITIAL APPEARANCE IN HUBBARD COUNTY DISTRICT COURT ON APRIL 27TH.

>>> LEGISLATION AUTHORED BY REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE BIDAL DURAN OF BEMIDJI TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC SAFETY, SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND IMPROVE VICTIM PROTECTIONS PASSED THE MINNESOTA HOUSE TODAY.

HOUSE FILE 3827 PASSED THE HOUSE ON A 131-1 VOTE.

DURAN SAYS THE BILL ENSURES LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF MAJOR INVESTIGATIONS, HELPING DEPARTMENTS HANDLE COMPLEX CASES WITHOUT STRAINING LOCAL BUDGETS.

HE SAYS IT ALSO STRENGTHENS PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS AND WITNESSES, INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR RELOCATION AND SAFETY SERVICES IN HIGH-RISK CASES.

THE BILL NOW MOVES TO THE SENATE FOR CONSIDERATION.

>>> D-F-LERS IN SENATE DISTRICT TWO ENDORSED THREE CANDIDATES OVER THE WEEKEND AT THEIR 128 DELEGATES FROM THE 8 COUNTIES THAT CONSTITUTE MINNESOTA SENATE DISTRICT TWO IN WHOLE OR IN PART CONVENED IN REDBY ON SATURDAY AND THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES WERE ENDORSED.

DAN ROGERS FOR MINNESOTA SENATE DISTRICT 2 REED OLSON FOR MINNESOTA HOUSE DISTRICT 2-A AND EMILY THABES FOR MINNESOTA HOUSE DISTRICT 2-B.

>>> THE AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL COMMANDER WAS AT POST 16 IN BAGLEY EARLIER TODAY TO SPEAK TO POST MEMBERS AND RECOGNIZE THEIR SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: SOME VETERANS HAVE BEEN PART OF AN AMERICAN LEGION POST FOR SEVERAL DECADES.

>> MY NEXT MEMBERSHIP CARD WILL SHOW THAT I GOT 59 CONTINUOUS YEARS OF MEMBERSHIP.

>> Reporter: AND IT'S NO DIFFERENT FOR MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF POST 16 IN BAGLEY.

SO WHEN THE AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL COMMANDER STOPPED BY TO SPEAK TO LOCAL VETS, IT WAS A PACKED HOUSE.

>> EVERY COMMUNITY, ALTHOUGH MAYBE SUPPORTING VETERANS IS THEIR PRIORITY, THE WAY THAT THEY DO IT, AND HOW THEY INTERACT IS DIFFERENT THAN EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: THE CITY OF BAGLEY HAS A POPULATION OF LESS THAN 1,500 PEOPLE TOTAL.

DESPITE THE SMALL SIZE, THERE ARE MORE THAN 300 MEMBERS OF AMERICAN LEGION POST 16.

>> WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE.

WE HAVE A VERY CLOSE KNIT FAMILY HERE IN BAGLEY.

>> IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMEBODY TO RELATE TO.

WHEN YOU ARE IN THE SERVICE, YOU HAVE A BROTHERHOOD AND WHEN YOU GET OUT, YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE BROOD -- BROTHERHOOD THAT YOU HAD WHEN YOU WERE IN.

IT'S NICE TO COME TO A GROUP LIKE THIS AND HAVE THAT BOND.

>> Reporter: THEY TESTIFY TO CONGRESS WITH ISSUES REGARDING VETERAN CARE, HAVING BOOTS ON THE GROUND CONVERSATIONS ALLOWS THE COMMANDER TO HEAR FROM VETS THEMSELVES.

>> IT WAS THE AMERICAN LEGION THAT FINALLY GOT CONGRESS TO PASS SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR THOSE WHO WERE AFFECTED BY AGENT ORANGE DURING VIETNAM.

WHEN YOU CAN GO BEFORE CONGRESS AND YOU HAVE 1.5 MILLION MEMBERS THAT ARE BACKING YOU, THERE IS STRENGTH THERE.

>> Reporter: COMMANDER WILY WILL VISIT AROUND 900 POSTS DURING HIS TENURE AND EVERY STOP, VETERAN MENTAL HEALTH IS A MAJOR POINT OF EMPHASIS.

>> THERE ARE AROUND 22 VETERANS A DAY TAKE THEIR OWN LIFE, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT TO OUR VETERANS, TO LET THEM KNOW THEY'RE NOT ALONE, TO STRUGGLE AND HAVE ISSUES IS REALLY COMMON FOR PEOPLE.

IF YOU'RE HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, JUST KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

THERE ARE RESOURCES OUT THERE TO HELP YOU.

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

>> THE LEGION IS LOBBYING CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE MAJOR RICHARD STAR ACT, WHICH WOULD ALLOW COMBAT-INJURED VETERANS WHO RETIRED MEDICALLY TO COLLECT BOTH DISABILITY COMPENSATION AND RETIREMENT PAY.

CURRENTLY, VETERANS COLLECTING DISABILITY WHO SERVED LESS THAN 20 YEARS ARE NOT ABLE TO COLLECT RETIREMENT.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE'LL SEE A LOT OF SUNSHINE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE IN THE 70s AND 80s.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, THE RIPPLE CENTER HERE IN AITKIN CONTINUES TO HOST LIVE E >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> IN A PROCLAMATION READ DURING THE APRIL 6TH BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MAYOR JORGE PRINCE DECLARED THE MONTH OF APRIL AS SEXUAL VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH FOR THE CITY OF BEMIDJI.

MAYOR PRINCE ALSO PROCLAIMED THE NIGHT OF APRIL 23RD AS TAKE BACK THE NIGHT.

SUPPORT WITHIN REACH, A SEXUAL VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER.

HOSTS AN ANNUAL EVENT CALLED TAKE BACK THE NIGHT, WHICH BRINGS AWARENESS AND SUPPORT TO SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA CRIME DATA EXPLORER, OVER 1,800 CASES OF RAPE WERE REPORTED IN MINNESOTA IN 2025.

OF THOSE, 1,388 HAVE NO CLEARANCES REPORTED.

>> IT'S ESTIMATED THAT 1 IN 3 WOMEN AND 1 IN 6 MEN WILL EXPERIENCE SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN THEIR LIFETIME AND WHEREAS AMERICAN INDIANS ARE 2.5 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT CRIMES COMPARED TO ALL OTHER RACES AND 1 IN 3 INDIAN WOMEN REPORTED BEING RAPED DURING THEIR LIFETIME.

WHEREAS TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, WE MUST WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS, EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION, AND SPEAK OUT AGAINST HARMFUL ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS.

>> THE TAKE BACK THE NIGHT EVENT WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY APRIL 23RD, AT THE RAIL RIVER FOLK SCHOOL IN BEMIDJI, FROM 5:00 TO 8:00 P.M.

>>> TIME TO TURN TO WEATHER.

STACY JOINS US.

WE HAD NICER APRIL WEEKENDS THAN THIS PAST ONE.

>> Stacy: IT WAS CHILLY OUT THERE AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE TEMPERATURES WARMING UP.

IN FACT, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WARM.

HIGHS IN THE 70s AND 80s AROUND WEDNESDAY, SOME NICE SUNSHINE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT WE'LL HAVE A COOL DOWN LATER ON THIS [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE WERE ABLE TO ENJOY SOME NICE SUNSHINE TODAY AND TEMPERATURES ARE STARTING TO WARM UP AFTER CHILLY TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEEKEND.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE MILD TEMPS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WITH HIGHS IN THE 70s AND 80s ON WEDNESDAY.

WE HAVE A COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH ON THURSDAY, WHICH WILL BRING US SOME SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.

THEN WE WILL HAVE SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN LATE THIS WEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 55 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

WE HAVE A LIGHT SOUTH WIND WITH A DEW POINT OF 27 AND HUMIDITY AT 34%.

IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY, 55.

26 IS OUR DEW POINT.

THE PRESSURE IS FALLING.

WE HAVE SOUTH WINDS AT 12 MILES PER HOUR.

ON THE SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME SUNSHINE TODAY, A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOUD COVER THIS EVENING IN PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA, BUT THAT IS CLEARING OUT.

WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND LOT OF NICE SUNSHINE TOMORROW.

ONCE AGAIN, WE WILL BE SEEING NICE COMFORTABLE HIGH TEMPERATURES WITH WARMER TEMPS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, GORGEOUS SKIES THIS MORNING FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA, AND A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE FROM DEBRA.

GARY WITH THE SPRING WALLEYE.

RALPH WITH A DEER EATING SOME ACORNS IN THE YARD IN JENKINS.

WE HAVE SUNSHINE WARMING TEMPERATURES IN DEERWOOD.

CHRISTY SENDING US THIS PICTURE FROM THE LAKE AND WE HAVE SOME NICE OPEN WATER.

IT IS WARMING UP, WE'RE SEEING MORE OF THAT EVERY DAY.

ANOTHER SIGN OF SPRING, THE DAFFODILS IN BLOOM IN LAPORTE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTOS TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 24 AND BREEZY THIS MORNING.

RALPH IN JENKINS REPORTING A LOW OF 19.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNSHINE TODAY WITH A HIGH OF 60.

CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD, A LITTLE BIT WINDY AND THE HIGH WAS 57.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, MOSTLY SUNNY AND BREEZY.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, THE HIGH WAS 60 WITH SUNNY SKIES.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 62.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 62 WAS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE IN BRAINERD.

WE'RE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMP.

IT WAS CHILLY THIS MORNING WITH A LOW OF 19.

WE HAD SUNSET AT 8:11.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 63, SO WE ARE NEARLY 10 DEGREES ABOVE THAT AVERAGE.

18 FOR THE LOW, SO AGAIN THAT COLD START AND WE HAD SUNRISE AT 6:21.

SO AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, AS YOU CAN SEE, CLEAR SKIES AS WE START THE DAY, 7:00 A.M.

TOMORROW, ALL CLEAR AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT CHANGE MUCH THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

WE SHOULD BE SEEING SOME NICE TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN, HIGHS WILL BE COOLER, MID-50s IN THE FAR NORTH.

TEMPS WILL BE EVEN WARMER IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH UPPER 60s AND MAYBE EVEN SOME LOW 70s, LITTLE FALLS LOOKING TO TOP OUT AROUND 71.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, WE WILL HAVE LOWS NEAR 31, WITH NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15.

SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW, 63 FOR OUR HIGH, AND WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE UP TO ABOUT 10.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, NICE WEATHER CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, AND HIGHS NEAR 77, WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME LOCATIONS TOPPING 80.

WE DO HAVE A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON THURSDAY, STILL LOOKING AT SOME PRETTY NICE TEMPERATURES, BUT WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.

THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, WE WILL HAVE A COOL DOWN, HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 40s AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, AND THROUGH SUNDAY.

SOME LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY, BUT OTHERWISE VARIABLE CLOUDS TO END THE WEEKEND.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

ANOTHER COLD WEEKEND.

IT WAS COLD AT BSU FOOTBALL.

>> Charlie: YEAH, SOME OF US WERE ON THE FIELD AND IT WAS VERY COLD OUT THERE.

IT'S ALSO COLD ON THE ICE AND REVENGE IS THE DISH BEST SERVED COLD IS WHAT DALLAS IS TRYING TO DO.

THEY'RE TRYING TO GET REVENGE ON THE WILD.

WE HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EARLY PARTS OF THAT GAME AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> THERE'S MEETING EXPECTATIONS AND THEN THERE'S EXCEEDING THEM.

THE MINNESOTA WILD AMBUSHED THE FAVORED DALLAS STARS SATURDAY, JUMPING OUT TO A 4-0 LEAD EARLY IN THE 2ND PERIOD EN ROUTE TO A 6-1 VICTORY OVER THEIR DIVISION RIVALS IN GAME ONE.

BUT, ONE GAME DOES NOT A SERIES WIN.

MINNESOTA, IN DALLAS FOR GAME NUMBER 2, AND THE STARS ARE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO GET THERE, WHO SURRENDERED ONE GOAL IN GAME ONE.

NOW A FEW MOMENTS LATER, HE ANSWERS, THAT'S JUST FILTHY.

HIS FIRST CAREER GOAL, KNOTS THE GAME AT 1.

NOW STILL TIED.

THE STARS ARE BACK ON TOP, 2-1.

THAT IS WHERE WE ARE JUST PAST THE MIDWAY POINT OF THE SECOND PERIOD.

>>> WELL, IN THE NBA, THAT GAME STARTED LATE.

DENVER NUGGET LEADING THE TILT -- TIMBERWOLVES.

GRAND RAPIDS BEATS SUPERIOR IN BASEBALL.

IN SOFTBALL, ST.

CLOUD CATHEDRAL WINS.

IN GOLF, BEMIDJI FINISHES IN SECOND PLACE AT THE WOLF PACK INVITE.

AT THE CLC TOURNAMENT IN ALEXANDRIA, BRAINERD FINISHES IN SECOND AS WELL.

FROM THE WEEKEND, THE NSIC TOURNAMENT, BEMIDJI STATE, FOURTH OVERALL AS A TEAM, TIED FOR THIRD, LOGAN WAS THE NSIC CHAMP LAST YEAR.

>>> IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN SENIORS ARE DECIDING WHAT COLLEGE THEY WANT TO PLAY AT OR ATTEND, AND TODAY, THREE BASKETBALL PLAYERS FROM RED LAKE ALL COMMITTED TO NOT ONLY PLAY AT THE NEXT LEVEL, BUT AT THE SAME SCHOOL.

RYAN KINGBIRD, MARCELLO LOUD, AND DIMITIRIUS HARRIS ALL SIGNED TO PLAY AT RED LAKE NATION COLLEGE NEXT SEASON.

THE THREE WARRIORS SHARED WHAT IT MEANS TO STAY IN RED LAKE AND CONTINUE TO PLAY IN FRONT OF A HOMETOWN CROWD.

>> I DON'T KNOW, IT FEELS WEIRD BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET MUCH PEOPLE AROUND HERE THAT PLAY BASKETBALL AFTER SCHOOL.

SO, IT'S KIND OF A GREAT FEELING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IT.

I GREW UP AND HE WAS A BIG PLAYER IN RED LAKE.

IT'S WHO I LOOKED UP TO AND I GET TO SEE WHAT COLLEGE BALL IS LIKE.

>> I'M EXCITED TO PLAY NEXT YEAR.

I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.

IT'S GREAT PLAYING WITH EACH OTHER AGAIN.

>> IT FEELS GOOD SHOWING THE YOUNG GUYS THEY CAN MAKE IT TO THE COLLEGE LEVEL.

IT MEANS A LOT TO COME BACK AND TRY TO PUT ON FOR RED LAKE AT LEAST, TWO MORE YEARS.

>> THE THREE SENIORS ARE THE MOST TO COMMIT IN A SINGLE YEAR, A TREND THAT WARRIOR BASKETBALL IS HOPING TO CONTINUE.

>> A FEW YEARS BACK, I WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH FORMER TIMBERWOLVES PLAYER AND HE SAID THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO AS A COACH IS TO GET THEM READY FOR WHEN THE BALL STOPS BOUNCING.

IT MADE ME LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF COACHING.

THIS IS A HUGE WIN TODAY.

>> THESE ARE SOME OF THE BIG NAMES FROM RED LAKE THAT HAVE RECENTLY GONE ON TO PLAY COLLEGE BALL, COACH JOURDAIN SAID THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THEY AREN'T JUST HEADING OFF TO PLAY BASKETBALL, BUT COMING BACK TO RED LAKE WITH A DEGREE.

>>> ON SATURDAY, BSU FOOTBALL ENDED THEIR SPRING SEASON BY HOSTING MINNESOTA STATE MOORHEAD FOR A SCRIMMAGE.

IT WAS OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH SQUADS TO GET LIVE REPS AGAINST SOMEONE OTHER THAN THEMSELVES, AND ALLOW THE COACHES TO EVALUATE THE TALENT FOR NEXT YEAR.

IT WAS A COLD WINDY DAY AT THE CHET, BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP THE BEAVER'S WIDE RECEIVER CORPS FROM SHOWING OFF SOME GREAT CATCHES, FRESHMAN HUDSON OMOKE HERE IN THE DOUBLE COVERAGE.

AND LATER ANOTHER FRESHMAN, LUCAS PETERSON TAKING THE HIT AND MAKING THE GRAB.

THERE WAS ALSO JUNIOR CEDRIC WALL ON THIS PASS FROM CONNOR CARVER, SOMEHOW COMES DOWN WITH IT.

AS EXPECTED, BART MACANICH AND CARVER SHARED DUTIES IN THE BACKFIELD, AND BOTH LOOKED SEASONED IN THE PASS GAME, MACANINCH THERE TO JUNIOR ZAVERY GUERRA.

AND THEN, ON A FEW OCCASIONS, CARVER WAS LINED UP AT WIDE-OUT, CATCHING BALLS, BUT IT WAS THE DEFENSIVE AND THEIR LINE THAT REALLY HAD A COMING OUT PARTY, LED BY JUNIOR MICHAEL WATKINS, A TRANSFER FROM MONTANA STATE NORTHERN.

>> YOU KNOW, JUST BUILDING UP FROM DAY ONE WITH THE GUYS, GOING AGAINST THE SAME GUYS, COMPETING EVERY DAY, AND MAKING EACH OTHER BETTER.

WE JUST GOT HERE AND LET IT OUT AND I WAS OUT THERE TRYING TO HAVE FUN, YOU KNOW.

I THINK WE DID JUST COME OUT AND SHOWED HOW WE CAN PLAY TOGETHER AND HOW GOOD WE CAN BE.

>> WE ARE RE-ESTABLISHING OURSELVES ON DEFENSE.

I GOT SOME QUESTIONS AND SPECIALTIES TOO BECAUSE WE'RE DOING ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS.

THEN WE KNEW WHO WE WERE ON OFFENSE.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD ON THAT SIDE.

LET THE QUARTERBACKS RUN THE BALL.

I THINK OVERALL, WE'RE BACK ON TRACK WHERE WE NEED TO BE AND BE A CONTENDER IN THE NSIC.

>> Charlie: THAT DOES IT FOR FOOTBALL IN THE SPRING.

>> Dennis: SOUNDS GOOD, THANKS CHARLIE.

TAKING OVER A LOVED AND HISTORIC BUILDING AND KEEPING ITS RICH HISTORY ALIVE, WHILE TRYING TO ADD YOUR TOUCH IS NO EASY TASK.

WELL OVER AT THE RIPPLE CENTER, THEY HAVE MANAGED TO DO THAT WHILE PROVIDING GREAT ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE AREA.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY HAS THE DETAILS FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: THE RIPPLE CENTER, FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE BUTLER BUILDING IS A MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING FOR ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, WEDDINGS, AND MORE.

LOCATED IN AITKIN, MINNESOTA, OWNERS CHRISTINE AND DWIGHT BOUGHT THE BUILDING BACK IN 2020 DURING COVID.

DESPITE IT BEING A TRYING TIME FOR THE WORLD, THEY FEEL IT WAS ACTUALLY A MAJOR ADVANTAGE FOR THEM.

>> WE ALSO NEEDED TIME TO RE-BRAND THE BUILDING, CREATE A NEW IDENTITY, AND FOCUS FOR THIS BUILDING.

IT GAVE US TIME TO LEARN HOW TO ATTRACT MUSIC PERFORMERS TO THIS AREA.

WE DON'T USUALLY GET THAT WHEN YOU ARE STARTING A BUSINESS, YOU FEEL THAT PRESSURE, THAT RUSH TO GET THINGS GOING.

IT REALLY DID GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF THIS BUILDING WOULD BE.

>> Reporter: THE WALLS ECHO FROM ANOTHER TIME, BUILT IN 1903, AS THE OPERA HOUSE, THE RIPPLE CENTER DOESN'T ERASE ITS HISTORY, IT BUILDS ON IT.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE LEGACY AND CREATIVITY MEET, WHERE THE PAST HOMES QUIETLY BENEATH EVERY NOTE AND WHERE ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES ALIKE CONTINUE SHAPING WHAT THIS SPACE SOUNDS LIKE TODAY.

>> THIS BUILDING IS TRANSFERRED FROM THE ORIGINAL BASE TO THIS ONE.

THE OTHER THING THAT IS SO EXCITING NOW IS THAT WE HAVE DONE THE BASEMENT, WE CALL IT THE UNDERGROUND FOR SMALLER VENUES THAT HAVE GREAT ACOUSTICS NATURALLY FROM THE WAY THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE VENUE AND THE ENTERTAINMENT WE'RE BRINGING TO THE LOWER LEVEL.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE EMPHASIZED THAT BRINGING IN ORIGINAL MUSIC TO THE RIPPLE CENTER IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM.

BY SHOWCASING LOCAL TALENT LIKE THE NORTH STAR QUARTET, IT'S ADDING A TOUCH OF COMMUNITY TO THE VENUE.

>> IT'S COOL TO HEAR THE HISTORY OF HOW THEY GOT INTO THIS BUSINESS AND SEE WHAT THEIR GAME PLAN IS FOR THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY WITH OLD HISTORIC BUILDINGS LIKE THIS.

IT'S COOL TO SEE HOW THEY CHANGE AND MODIFY AS TIME PASSES.

SO IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN AITKIN FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET A FINAL CHECK ON OUR WEATHER WITH STACY.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

OUR TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO 31, WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

SUNNY SKIES ARE BACK TOMORROW, AGAIN, NICE COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES, HIGHS NEAR 63, WITH VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 10.

VERY WARM ON WEDNESDAY, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY, AND THEN A COOL DOWN LATE THIS WEEK.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOING TO WRAP IT UP FOR US.

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

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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