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>> LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

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.

>>> ST FRANCIS CHURCH IN BRAINERD WAS ESTABLISHED OVER 150 YEARS AGO.

SINCE THEN THE CHURCH HAS EXPERIENCED MANY RENOVATIONS INCLUDING A COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION AFTER A FIRE IN 1933.

LAST WEEK, THE CHURCH WAS APPROVED TO BEGIN THE NEXT RENOVATION IN ITS LONG HISTORY.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE EXPANSION OF THE SAINT FRANCOIS CATHOLIC CHURCH, ALLOWING A PROJECT YEARS IN THE MAKING TO GET UNDERWAY.

>> THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH GROWTH AT SAINT FRANCIS CHURCH AND SCHOOL AND WE'RE STILL GROWING.

AS A PART OF THAT GROWTH, WE RECOGNIZED THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER LIVING SITUATION FOR OUR PRIEST.

>> Reporter: INCLUDE IN THE EXPANSION WILL BE A NEW RECTORY FOR PRIESTS TO LIVE IN, AND PERHAPS IT IS BIGGEST UNDERTAKING, THE CLOSURE OF 9th STREET BETWEEN THE PARISH AND THE CHURCH.

>> WE HAVE UP TO 5 YEARS TO CLOSE IT, BUT WE PLAN TO CLOSE THE STREET TO PUBLIC TRAFFIC SOONER THAN THAT.

>> Reporter: THEY WELCOME OVER 1,000 PEOPLE EVERY WEEK, MANY WHO ARE EXCITED TO SEE THE EXPANSION COME TO FRUITION.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF CATHOLIC BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE AREA THAT ARE WILLING TO PUT IN BIDS AND BE PART OF CONTRACTING THEIR WORK OUT.

WE HAVE PARISHIONERS WHO LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, TO SERVING ON THE CAMPAIGN AND SPEAKING AND MAKING CALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT'S A VERY ACTIVE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN BY AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY.

THE PEOPLE ARE PART OF THIS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY AND WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE THAT AND FOSTER THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

>> Reporter: FOR MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH, THE PROJECT WILL ALLOW THEM TO GROW WITHIN THEIR FAITH AND PERSONALLY AS WELL.

>> FOR ME, WHEN I SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AT ST. FRANCIS, IT'S A GENERATIVE ATMOSPHERE THAT I WANT MYSELF TO BE A PART OF, BUT ALSO MY FAMILY, MY WIFE AND KIDS, AND I THINK THAT WE ARE FED BY THAT AND CAN GROW AS PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES IS STILL A WAYS AWAY BUT ST. FRANCIS EXPECTS TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEW RECTORY SOON.

>>> BEMIDJI FIRE FIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A FIRE AT A HOME JUST WEST OF BEMIDJI ON SAURDAY NIGHT.

IT WAS REPORTED AROUND 8:30 P.M. ON THE 4500 BLOCK OF 15TH STREET NORTHWEST IN GRANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP, ABOUT TWO MILES WEST OF BEMIDJI.

UPON ARRIVAL, FIREFIGHTERS FOUND A SINGLE-STORY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH FIRE AND SMOKE VISIBLE FROM THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

THE BUILDING AND ITS CONTENTS SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

A TOTAL OF 14 FIREFIGHTERS AND SIX PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WERE ON SCENE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS.

THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT APPEARS TO BE ACCIDENTAL.

>>> A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS RULED THAT RELIGIOUS COLLEGES IN MINNESOTA THAT REQUIRE STUDENTS TO SIGN A STATEMENT OF FAITH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED FROM A PROGRAM ALLOWING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE COLLEGE COURSES FOR CREDIT.

FRIDAY'S DECISION OVERTURNS A STATE LAW THAT THE JUDGE DEEMED AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

THE RULING BENEFITS TWO CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN COLLEGES, CROWN COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN IN ROSEVILLE, WHICH REQUIRE THEIR STUDENTS TO PLEDGE TO FOLLOW THE SCHOOL'S VALUES AND CONDUCT RULES, EFFECTIVELY BARRING STUDENTS WHO AREN'T CHRISTIAN OR WHO ARE LGBTQ+ FROM CAMPUS ACTIVITIES.

THE JUDGE EMPHASIZED THAT STATES CANNOT DISQUALIFY PRIVATE SCHOOLS SOLELY BECAUSE THEY ARE RELIGIOUS.

>>> A PAIR OF OSPREYS HAVE DISRUPTED THE FALL SPORTS SEASON AT A MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL BY NESTING ON A LIGHT POLE ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

PROTECTED BY LAW, THE BIRDS FORCED APPLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL TO SWITCH TO DAY GAMES TO AVOID HARMING THEM WITH THE HOT FLOODLIGHTS.

THE SCHOOL IS NOW WORKING WITH THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

TO MONITOR THE CHICKS.

OFFICIALS PLAN TO REMOVE THE NEST ONCE THE YOUNG OSPREYS FLY OFF IN AROUND A WEEK.

>> WHEN YOU SEE THESE LARGE BIRDS FLYING ACROSS YOUR FIELD WITH THESE HUMONGOUS STICKS, YOU START TO ASK QUESTIONS LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEST AND YOU SAY THIS IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE BIRD.

THEN WE STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS AND ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER AND THE D.N.R.

CAME OUT HERE AND SAID YES, IT'S AN OSPREY NEST.

>> THE LIGHTS WOULD COOK THE BIRD ON THERE BECAUSE IT'S HOT.

IT'S ALSO A FIRE HAZARD, WHICH IS AN ELECTRICAL HAZARD IF THERE IS A FIRE ON THE LIGHT POLES.

>> THE SCHOOL AIMS TO RELOCATE THE NEST TO A NEW PLATFORM IN HOPES THAT THE PARENTS WILL RETURN NEXT YEAR.

>>> THE OJIBWE FORESTS RALLY TOOK PLACE ACROSS THE LAKES REGION OF MINNESOTA, WHICH WAS HEADQUARTERED IN BEMIDJI FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE RALLY'S HISTORY.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, ATTENDED THE DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI FINALE, AND GOT TO SPEAK WITH SOME RACING LEGENDS.

>> Reporter: IT WAS A QUIET AND COOL START TO THE WEEKEND IN BEMIDJI.

OR THAT WAS THE CASE UNTIL RACERS STARTED LINING UP FOR THE SUPER SPECIAL, THE FINAL STREET STAGE IN THE OJIBWA FOREST RALLY.

>> THE FINAL STAGE OF THE RALLY AND IT'S A CEREMONIAL STAGE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND SEE THE CARS.

IT GIVES THE DRIVERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF A LITTLE BIT IN FRONT OF A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: THOSE DRIVERS INCLUDED RACING LEGENDS LIKE TRAVIS AND BRANDON.

>> A LOT OF TRICKY ROADS, IT'S ONE OF THE BETTER EVENTS ON THE CALENDAR.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO COME BACK.

>> THIS IS ONE OF MY BEST RALLIES, I HAD THE MOST WINS HERE THAN ANY OTHER RALLY.

IT TREATS US WELL, FOR A MOTOCROSS BACKGROUND, YOU CAN STAY ON THE ROAD FAIRLY WELL AROUND HERE.

SO IT'S UNIQUE CONDITIONS FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> Reporter: IT GOT MORE UNIQUE AS THE RAIN STARTED POURING OVER THE SPEEDWAY BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP THE RACERS.

>> RAIN ADDS TO IT A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS THE COMPLEXITY AND THE STAGE ITSELF.

>> THE RAIN REALLY HELPED.

THE HANDLING IS GREAT BUT IT'S NOT SUPER FAST.

THEY TRY TO KEEP US DOWN AVERAGING UNDER 80 TO 25 MILES PER HOUR STREETS.

IT WAS A GOOD TIME BUT I TRY TO FLY AS MUCH AS I COULD.

>> Reporter: AFTER THE FINALE, TROPHIES WERE HANDED OUT.

CHAMPAGNE WAS SPRAYED AND ATTENDEES GOT TO INTERACT WITH THE RACERS.

>> IT'S SO MUCH FUN WHEN YOU SHUT DOWN A FEW STREETS AND YOU CAN HAVE FUN SLIDING AROUND.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE STAYED UP HERE FOR THIS RALLY.

WE'RE ALWAYS IN THE WOODS OR ON THE TRAILS QUITE A WAYS AWAY.

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

>> OFFICIALS TOLD LAKELAND NEWS THAT THE RALLY WILL BE BACK IN BEMIDJI NEXT YEAR, AND THAT THEY HOPE TO GROW IT INTO MORE OF AN ENTERTAINMENT EVENT, FEATURING LIVE MUSIC AND A FEW RACING DEMONSTRATIONS.

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

>> Stacy: AFTER SOME COLD TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE SEEING A WARM UP AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK, HIGHS IN THE 70s, COULD BE SEEING A FEW 80s BY MIDWEEK.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, A LOCAL FAMILY-OWNED GAS STATION HAS OPENED AN ICE CREAM AND GIFT SHOP [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> THOSE FROM ALL OVER THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA HIT THE GREEN AT THE EAGLE'S LANDING GOLF CLUB FOR LIGHTHOUSE BEGINNINGS GOLF TOURNAMENT FUNDRAISER THIS MORNING.

AN EXCLUSIVE GOLF EXPERIENCE WITH A POWERFUL PURPOSE.

REPORTER MILES WALKER WAS IN ATTENDANCE FOR MORE.

>> Reporter: THE LIGHTHOUSE BEGINNINGS, THE MOTIVATION BEHIND HOSTING ITS FIRST EVER CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC WAS SIMPLE BUT THE CAUSE IT FIGHTS FOR IS ANYTHING BUT SIMPLE.

>> WE'RE A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, SO WE'RE HERE, WE EXIST TO HELP REMOVE THE BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE COMING INTO RECOVERY, COMING OUT OF JAILS AND INSTITUTIONS, PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE UNSHELTERED.

>> Reporter: JONES WHO HAD BEEN WITH LIGHTHOUSE BEGINNINGS SINCE ITS INCEPTION SERVES TO FULFILL ITS PURPOSE, PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THOSE EXPLORING RECOVERY BY HONORING PATHWAYS AND MEETING INDIVIDUALS WHERE THEY ARE.

>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.

IT'S AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH THAT WE TAKE WITH SOMEBODY WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT IS ABLE TO WALK ALONGSIDE SOMEONE AND BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE THEM.

IT'S NOT ONLY FULFILLING, BUT IT'S ALSO JUST SOMETHING THAT IS GREATLY NEEDED IN OUR AREA.

>> Reporter: AS CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THEIR OWN RECOVERY JOURNEYS HAVE PROVEN TO BE HELPFUL FOR THOSE AT LIGHTHOUSE BEGINNINGS.

>> WHEN I STARTED HELPING PEOPLE 26 YEARS AGO, I THOUGHT WOW, I WILL HIRE TEACHERS TO TEACH THESE INDIVIDUALS.

IT DIDN'T WORK.

>> LAW ENFORCEMENT DIDN'T WORK AND I THOUGHT MAYBE WE NEED SOMEONE ON COMMON GROUND.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT OUR OWN EXPERIENCES BEFORE WE HELP SOMEONE.

>> Reporter: THOSE PARTICIPATING IN LIGHTHOUSE BEGINNINGS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAUSE, WITH THE 18-HOLE EXPERIENCE.

>> THERE ARE DIFFERENT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

WE SELL MULLIGANS AND WE HAVE A SILENT AUCTION.

>> LET'S REJOICE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND ENJOY IT.

HERE WE ARE WITH 65 PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TO HELP US WITH THIS.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN FORT RIPLEY, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> OVER 15 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS SPONSORED LIGHTHOUSE BEGINNINGS' GOLF TOURNAMENT FUNDRAISER.

>>> WELL, IT'S A BIG NIGHT HERE ON LAKELAND NEWS.

IT'S TIME FOR THE GRAND PRIZE DRAWING FOR THE LAKELAND PBS 2025 VACATION CONTEST.

TONIGHT'S WINNER WILL RECIEVE A THREE-NIGHT STAY AT CRAGUNS RESORT NEAR BRAINERD.

ALL SUMMER LONG WE HAVE ANNOUNCED FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS EACH NIGHT ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

THOSE WHO CALLED US BY THE END OF THE NEXT BUSINESS THEN QUALIFIED FOR TONIGHTS GRAND PRIZE DRAWING.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THERE WERE 295 POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS.

OF THOSE 295 PEOPLE, 202, OR ABOUT 69-PERCENT CALLED IN AND QUALFIED FOR TONIGHTS DRAWING.

THE 202 QUALIFIERS ARE FROM 50 DIFFERENT CITIES AND 4 DIFFERENT STATES.

SO WITH THAT LET'S GET TO THE BIG DRAWING.

AS AWAYS WEATHERCASTER STACY CHRISTENSON WILL DRAW THE CARD.

SPORTS DIRECTOR CHARLIE YEAGER IS HOLDING THE BOX OF QUALIFIERS AS IT'S ALREADY BEEN MIXED UP.

THEY'RE MIXING IT UP SOME MORE.

I'LL LET THEM TAKE IT AWAY FROM HERE.

>> Stacy: READY?

ALL RIGHT, THE WINNER IS SAM OF VERNDALE, THAT IS SAM SEATON OF VERNDALE.

WE'LL HAVE THE NAME AGAIN AT THE END OF THE SHOW.

IN THE MEANTIME, [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, AFTER SOME FALL-LIKE WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND, IT'S CHILLY OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE WARMER TEMPS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK, HIGHS IN THE 70s, A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE 80s AROUND MIDWEEK, AND OVERALL, THE WEATHER LOOKS QUIET AS THERE IS SOME CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND MIDWEEK.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 58 DEGREES.

AT THE AIRPORT.

WE HAVE A VARIABLE WIND AT 2 MILES PER HOUR AT OUR STUDIO, DEW POINT THE 48, AND HUMIDITY IS AT 69%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 57 DEGREES, 49 IS OUR DEW POINT, PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY AND WE HAVE SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 2 MILES PER HOUR.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE AFTER SOME SUNSHINE TODAY, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS THIS EVENING AND A FEW SPRINKLES BEGINNING TO FALL IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEEING SOME SPRINKLES ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WE SHOULD HAVE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, SOME OF THOSE SPRINKLES COULD LINGER IN MAINLY CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOMORROW MORNING.

OTHER THAN THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE SUNSHINE WILL RETURN AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL BE BACK AS WELL.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, JONES SAYING THE HUMMINGBIRDS WERE HUNGRY IN LAPORTE.

GARY SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE PANSIES IN BLOOM.

ARLENE WITH THE CUTE DEER IN HER YARD IN MENAHGA.

SORRY, THAT SHOULD BE BILL AND JUDY SENDING THAT PICTURE FROM UPPER RED LAKE OF THE CLOUDS TODAY.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL EVENING SKY FROM ANGELA AT CASS LAKE AND THAT LAST PHOTO THERE IS FROM SARAH AT LAKE EDWARD WITH THAT SUNSET TONIGHT.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 42 THIS MORNING, 62 THIS EVENING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNNY TODAY, A LOW OF 38.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, SEEING THE LOW TEMPERATURE DOWN TO 36 THIS MORNING.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLEAR WITH A HIGH OF 67.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TODAY TOPPING OUT AT 69.

AGAIN, IT'S COOL TEMPERATURES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

WE WOULD NORMALLY SEE THOSE TEMPS IN THE UPPER 70s.

WE DID DROP TO 45 THIS MORNING.

SUNRISE IS AT 6:30.

BEMIDJI TODAY, 68 WAS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE, SO WE DID FALL SHY OF THAT AVERAGE HIGH AND THAT LOW ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 38, SO WE WERE NEARLY AT A RECORD LOW AND SUNSET AT 8:11.

HERE'S A LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST.

WE COULD SEE A FEW SPRINKLES TOMORROW MORNING MAINLY IN EASTERN AND INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

OVERALL, IT LOOKS QUIET.

WE SHOULD HAVE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

AS WE LOOK AT THE HIGH TEMPERATURES, IT SHOULD START TO WARM UP AS WELL.

HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID-70s ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA AND AS WE HEAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT MID-70s.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME SPRINKLES, AND WE COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF PATCHY FROST IN PARTS OF FAR NORTHEASTERN LAKELAND COUNTRY, LOW TEMPERATURES NEAR 42.

THEN TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SPRINKLES IN THE MORNING IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA, HIGHS IN THE MID-70s.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, WE HAVE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND THAT COULD TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, HIGHS NEAR 78, BUT PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA COULD TOP 80.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, VERY NICE TEMPERATURES, COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE SEEING MORE SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND, HIGHS ON THE WEEKEND NEAR 72.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY, CHARLIE IS HERE NOW AND A PRETTY BIG GOLF TOURNAMENT.

>> Charlie: YES, SINCE 2016, THE FIRST TIME THEY HELD THE MINNESOTA PGA PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THAT'S ALL YOUR PGA PRO GUYS THAT HELP YOU WITH GOLF LESSONS, THEY WERE PLAYING AT BEMIDJI TOWN AND COUNTRY TODAY.

WE HAVE ROUND ONE HIGHLIGHTS AND MORE COMING AT YOU AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> SINCE IT WAS FIRST PLAYED IN 1931, THE MINNESOTA PGA PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HAS BEEN THE SHOWCASE EVENT FOR PGA PROFESSIONALS IN THE AREA.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2016, THE 2-DAY EVENT RETURNED TO THE BEMIDJI TOWN AND COUNTRY.

TOP FINISHERS QUALIFY FOR THE PGA PRO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS NEXT APRIL, BUT TODAY WAS JUST ROUND ONE.

AT 17, BRAINERD'S TIM JOHNSON, THE HEAD PRO AT CRAGUN'S LEGACY COURSES, ALSO THE WARRIORS HEAD GOLF COACH, GREAT APPROACH SHOT HERE, ABLE TO SECURE PAR.

HE FINISHED TIED FOR 32 AT PLUS-4.

BACK TO 15, NORMALLY A PAR-5 BUT FOR THIS TOURNEY A PAR-4, SO FORMER BSU GOLFER MITCHELL MACKEDANZ, THIRD SHOT, HAD TO GET UP AND DOWN FOR PAR, HE DOES, SIGNS AN EVEN SCORECARD TIED FOR 12TH.

AND THEN AT 6, BEMIDJI'S OWN BILL ISRAELSON, WHO TEE'D OFF AT 10 AND WAS EVEN THROUGH THE TURN, BIRDIED 1-2-AND-3, HAS A CHANCE TO BIRDIE HERE AS WELL, FINDS THE CUP, HE'D CARD A 3-UNDER.

AND HEADS TO TOMORROW TIED FOR 2ND, ALSO IN THE TOP FIVE IS PEQUOT LAKE RESIDENT JESSE NELSON, A GOLF INSTRUCTOR FOR THE PINES AT GRAND VIEW LODGE.

FINAL ROUND IS TOMORROW.

BEMIDJI GIRLS' TENNIS HOSTING EDEN PRAIRIE, WE PICK UP WITH THE LUMBERJACKS TRAILING 3-1 IN MATCHES.

AT THIRD SINGLES, LILY CARON WAS DOWN A SET, BUT HAS COME BACK TO FORCE A TIEBREAKER, AND SHE WOULD WIN IT 10-7 TO TAKE THE MATCH.

THEN OVER AT SECOND DOUBLES, NAMOI JOHNSON AND ZOE MCNALLEN, DOWN A SET, TRYING TO FORCE A THIRD, THEY DO AND GO ON TO WIN THEIR MATCH.

SO IT ALL CAME DOWN TO THIRD DOUBLES, WERE ABBY MYHRER WAS SERVING THEM UP, AND CHLOE CARLSON WAS FINISHING AT THE NET, THEY ALSO CAME BACK FROM ONE SET DOWN TO FORCE A TIEBREAKER, BUT FELL 10-8 IN WHAT WAS A BACK-AND-FORTH AFFAIR.

JACKS EDGED BY EDEN PRAIRIE 4-3, BEMIDJI HOSTS A TRIANGULAR ON WEDNESDAY AGAINST EAST GRAND FORKS AND GRAND RAPIDS.

>>> A FEW MORE SCORES FOR YOU, GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, ROSEAU BLANKS INTERNATIONAL FALLS.

GOOD RIDGE OVER WARROAD.

BAGLEY GETS THE WIN OVER CROOKSTON.

THE TWINS FALL 10-4 TO THE BLUE JAYS.

>>> THEN OVER THE WEEKEND, BEMIDJI SPEEDWAY FINISHED UP THEIR 2025 POINTS SEASON.

THESE ARE YOUR TRACK CHAMPIONS FROM AFTER THE ENTIRE SEASON WORTH OF POINTS.

DUSTIN, LOCAL FROM LAPORTE.

CONRAD FROM LITTLE FALLS.

ASHTON FROM LITTLE FALLS.

JEFF OUT OF BEMIDJI, ALL SOME LOCAL AREA FOLKS TRACK CHAMPIONS AT BEMIDJI SPEEDWAY.

>>> WELL, IT'S FINALLY GAME WEEK FOR BSU FOOTBALL WHO WILL KICK OFF THEIR SEASON WITH MICHIGAN TECH, BUT THIS TIME ON THE ROAD.

LAST YEAR, THE HUSKIES AND BEAVERS NEEDED OVERTIME TO DECIDE THINGS WITH A WALK OFF TOUCHDOWN TO WIN 19-13.

IT'S GAME ONE FOR BOTH TEAMS SO NEITHER WILL HAVE A CURRENT FILM, JUST FILM FROM LAST SEASON, BUT THEY DON'T EXPECT A LOT OF CHANGE IN THE HUSKY-STYLE PLAY.

>> WE OBVIOUSLY ARE PLAYING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE ON DEFENSE.

THEY DO SOME GOOD THINGS THAT ARE UNIQUE, VERY SIMILAR TO WESTERN COLORADO IN THAT REGARDS.

THEN OFFENSIVELY, WE HAD A GOOD GAME PLAN.

I THINK WE PHYSICALLY HELD UP AND DEFENSIVE LINE REALLY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF SOME STUFF THERE.

THEY'RE A YEAR OLDER, THEY HAVE A LOT OF GUYS RETURNING, THEY HAVE A NEW QUARTERBACK LIKE US.

>> YOU CAN SEE LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY.

>> WE HAVE BEEN IN CAMP FOR THREE WEEKS NOW.

WE'RE READY TO PLAY SOMEONE ELSE OTHER THAN OURSELVES.

JUST TO BET GREEN AGAINST WHITE, WE'RE READY TO PLAY SOMEONE.

WE'RE WATCHING THE FILM ON WHAT THEY DID AND WHAT THEY DID THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SCORE A LOT OF POINTS AND IT CAN BE A BIG WIN FOR THE BSU BEAVERS.

>> Charlie: HERE IT IS THURSDAY, BEMIDJI STATE PLAYING AT MICHIGAN TECH.

THEY HAVE NOT ANNOUNCED A STARTING QUARTERBACK.

I KNOW THAT ZACH AND CONNOR ARE BATTLING IT OUT.

WE'LL SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT ON THURSDAY WHEN WE GET THE HIGHLIGHTS.

>> Dennis: SOUNDS GOOD.

THANKS CHARLIE.

BY THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 2 AND 71 JUST SOUTH OF BEMIDJI, ‘THE SUGAR SHACK' ICE CREAM AND GIFT STORE OPENED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS, OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK STOPPED BY TO SEE HOW ONE LOCAL FAMILY CHANGED WHAT WAS LAST A BAIT AND TACKLE SHOP, INTO A DINER-STYLE ICE CREAM AND MINNESOTA-THEMED GIFT SHOP.

>> Reporter: THE FAMILY HAS OWNED THE GAS STATION PETE'S PLACE SOUTH FOR AROUND 18 YEARS AND IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THEY ADDED AN ICE CREAM STORE AND GIFT SHOP RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

>> THE KIDS WANTED TO HAVE AN ICE CREAM STORE AND SO HERE WE ARE, THE SUGAR SHACK.

>> WHEN WE WENT TO SOFTBALL OR OUR EXTRACURRICULAR SPORTS, WE WOULD COME TO THE GAS STATION AFTERWARDS AND MOM WOULD TELL US TO MAKE ICE CREAM SUNDAES AND GIVE THEM TO CUSTOMERS BUT ALL THE CUSTOMERS WOULD SAY NO BECAUSE IT'S TOO HARD TO EAT AND DRIVE.

SO THEN WE STARTED WITH FROZEN ONES THAT WE HAD ALREADY IN THE FREEZER, AND WHEN THEY GOT TO THEIR DESTINATION, IT WAS THAWED OUT.

>> Reporter: THE IDEA OF HAVING ICE CREAM TO GIVE TO CUSTOMERS HAS GREW INTO A FULL SHOP WITH 40 REVOLVING ICE CREAM FLAVORS.

ONE THING ABOUT BEING FAMILY-OWNED AND OPERATED IS THAT THEY CAN MAKE UP THEIR OWN CREATIONS TO ADD TO THE MENU.

>> THE ICE CREAM NACHOS, WAFFLE CONE CHIPS, ICE CREAM, AND YOU PICK A TOPIC.

>> THE SHACK ATTACK.

IT'S A SLUSHY AND VANILLA ICE CREAM BLENDED TOGETHER.

I LOVE MAKING CREATIONS.

>> Reporter: ALONG WITH ICE CREAM, THERE IS ALSO A GIFT SHOP WITH APPAREL, GAMES, AND MINNESOTA-THEMED GOODS.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE FAMILY HAS RUN A STORE OF THIS KIND, SO AFTER JUST OPENING IN JUNE, THE DETAILS FOR THE UPCOMING COLD MONTHS ARE STILL BEING FINALIZED.

>> RIGHT NOW OUR HOURS ARE FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 9:00 P.M. WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES COMES FALL AND WINTER, WE MIGHT CLOSE A LITTLE SOONER.

WE WILL TRY TO STAY OPEN YEAR ROUND.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, IT WAS A BIG NIGHT HERE ON LAKELAND NEWS BECAUSE WE ANNOUNCED OUR CRUISE WINNER, NOT OUR CRUISE WINNER, OUR CRAGUN'S DRAWING WINNER.

WE HAD 202 PEOPLE THAT QUALIFIED AND IT'S SAM SEATEN OF VERNDALE.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM WINNING THAT.

SOMEONE FROM THE STATION HERE WILL BE CONTACTING YOU WITH DETAILS.

>>> ONE MORE QUICK LOOK AT OUR WEATHER, WE GO TO STACY.

>> Stacy: OTHER THAN A FEW SPRINKLES OVERNIGHT, WE WILL BE SEEING SOME CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO 42.

>> Charlie: BSU CROSS COUNTRY PICKED 2 FINISHED 9th IN THE PRESEASON POLL AND MAGGIE TABBED AS THE BEAVERS RUNNER TO WATCH.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE OUT OF TIME EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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