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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.

>> THE OWNER OF A BAR IN REMER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND ARE FACING ARSON CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIRE THAT BURNED DOWN THE ESTABLISHMENT.

INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THE FIRE THAT DESTROYED THE PUB BAR IN REMER ON APRIL 27TH OF 2025 WAS A FIRE THAT WAS DELIBERATELY SET AND THAT IT STARTED IN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE BUILDING AS A RESULT OF AN OPEN FLAME BEING INTRODUCED TO COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE THE OWNER 52-YEAR OLD KORY WAGNER WAS HAVING TROUBLE PAYING HIS EMPLOYEES ON TIME AND WAS LOOKING TO SELL THE BAR.

WAGNER TOLD AUTHORITIES HE BOUGHT THE BAR FOR $300,000 AND IT WAS INSURED FOR $700,000.

WAGNER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND HEATHER PERO ADMITTED TO BEING AT THE BAR BETWEEN 4:00 AND 4:30 IN THE MORNING OF THE FIRE AND CELL PHONE EVIDENCE INDICATED THAT THEY WERE IN REMER AT 5:15 A.M.

THE FIRE WAS REPORTED AROUND 5:30 A.M.

WAGNER WAS CHARGED IN CASS COUNTY COURT TODAY WITH THREE FELONIES.

AID AND ABET FIRST DEGREE ARSON, FLAMMABLE MATERIAL AID AND ABET SECOND DEGREE ARSON, ATTEMPTED INSURANCE FRAUD.

THE 36-YEAR OLD PERO WAS CHARGED WITH TWO FELONIES.

AID AND ABET FIRST DEGREE ARSON, FLAMMABLE MATERIAL, AID AND ABET SECOND DEGREE ARSON.

WAGNER AND PERO MADE THEIR FIRST COURT APPEARANCES TODAY WHERE BAIL OR BOND FOR BOTH INDIVIDUALS WAS SET AT $300,000 WITH NO CONDITIONS AND $50,000.

WITH CONDITIONS.

WAGNER'S NEXT COURT DATE IS AUGUST 31ST WHILE PERO'S IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 8TH.

>>> THE STATE PATROL HAS IDENTIFIED THE 37-YEAR OLD BRAINERD MAN WHO DIED WHEN THE CAR HE WAS DRIVING COLLIDED WITH A TRAIN TUESDAY MORNING.

ACCORDING TO THE INCIDENT REPORT 27-YEAR OLD KEITH MICHAEL DONOVAN WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.

THE COLLISION HAPPENED WEST OF BAXTER AROUND 6:30 A.M, ON WEST GULL RIVER ROAD SOUTHWEST.

>>> AN IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CHARGED WITH SHOOTING A MAN AND LYING ABOUT IT DURING THE IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM A TEXAS JAIL AFTER A JUDGE REFUSED TO ORDER HIS RETURN TO MINNESOTA.

CHRISTIAN CASTRO WAS RELEASED THURSDAY FROM A DETENTION CENTER IN BROWNSVILLE, ON THE BORDER WITH MEXICO.

CASTRO IS CHARGED IN MINNESOTA WITH ASSAULT AND FALSELY REPORTING A CRIME IN THE JANUARY 14TH SHOOTING OF 24-YEAR-OLD JULIO CESAR SOSA-CELIS.

UNDER TEXAS LAW, CASTRO HAD TO BE RELEASED FROM JAIL THURSDAY.

MINNESOTA OFFICIALS BELIEVE CASTRO COULD FLEE TO MEXICO.

>>> WHITE EARTH NATION IS BEGINNING A NEW CHAPTER IN LEADERSHIP WITH THREE ELECTED OFFICIALS, SECRETARY-TREASURER JACOB MCARTHUR, DISTRICT ONE REPRESENTATIVE HENRY G. FOX, AND DISTRICT TWO REPRESENTATIVE ALRICK SON ACCOBEE, STARTING NEW FOUR-YEAR TERMS.

REPORTER RYAN FLEMING STOPPED BY THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY TO SEE HOW TRADITION HELPED MARK THE OCCASION.

UH [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> Reporter: INSIDE THE CASINO, TRADITION TOOK CENTER STAGE.

FOR THOSE GATHERED, THE DAY WAS ALSO A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE WHAT COMES NEXT FOR WHITE EARTH NATION.

>> IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT DAY TO HAVE ALL OF OUR TRIBAL MEMBERS, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHER AND CELEBRATE SOMETHING POSITIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH NEW TRIBAL LEADERS.

IT'S A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.

>> THE DISTRICT ONE REPRESENTATIVE, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME STEPPING INTO THE ROLE BUT GETTING A SECOND TERM IS GIVING HIM A CHANCE TO REFLECT ON THE LEGACY THAT HELPED SHAPE HIS PAST.

>> WHAT IT MEANS TO ME IS FAMILY.

MY FAMILY, YOU KNOW, MY FATHER WHO WAS ON TRIBAL COUNCIL BACK IN THE LATE '70s, EARLY '80s.

TO ME, JUST BEING HERE TODAY IN MY FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS IS WHAT REALLY GETS TO MY HEART.

>> Reporter: THIS EVENT WAS A CHANCE TO HONOR THE MOMENT BUT ALSO GAVE WHITE EARTH LEADERS A CHANCE TO LOOK AHEAD, AS THE CELEBRATION GAVE WAY TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT COME WITH THE JOB.

THE CEREMONY MAY JUST LAST A DAY BUT FOR WHITE EARTH NATION'S NEWLY ELECTED LEADERS, IT MARKS THE START OF FOUR YEARS OF DISCUSSIONS, PRIORITIES, AND SERVICE.

>> THE NUMBER ONE THING WITH ME IS HOMELESSNESS.

YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET TO PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, TRYING TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM.

>> Reporter: MINNESOTA IS HOME TO 11 FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBAL NATIONS, INCLUDING WHITE EARTH NATION.

COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY DIFFERENT VOICES CAN HELP MOVE THE NATION FORWARD.

>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE POSITIVE.

EACH OF US HAS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT GOALS AND WHEN WE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A GREAT TEAM AND MOVE OUR NATION TOGETHER IN A POSITIVE WAY.

>> Reporter: FOR THOSE TAKING THE OATH, THE DAY WAS MORE THAN STEPPING INTO OFFICE, IT WAS ABOUT EARNING TRUST, REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY, AND CARRYING THE RESPONSIBILITIES INTO THE YEARS AHEAD.

REPORTING IN MAHNOMEN, RYAN FLEMING, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE NEXT MAJOR EVENT FOR WHITE EARTH NATION WILL BE THE NATIONAL NATIVE HARM REDUCTION SUMMIT, HAPPENING SEPTEMBER FIRST THROUGH THE THIRD AT THE SHOOTING STAR CASINO EVENT CENTER IN MAHNOMEN.

>>> CROW WING COUNTY IS CURRENTLY EXPLORING ITS AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES FUNDING OPTIONS IN 2027.

COMMISSIONERS DISCUSSED WAYS TO CUT A.I.S.

FUNDING DURING A MEETING LAST WEEK, INCLUDING AN OPTION WHICH DETAILS CUTTING THE COUNTY FUNDING FROM ROUGHLY $470,000 TO ABOUT $230,000.

THE SECOND OPTION COMMISSIONERS LOOKED AT WOULD SEE THE BOAT LANDING INSPECTIONS REDUCED FROM 43 TO 23 FOR FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS, AND SUNDAYS FROM MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND TO LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

HOWEVER, FUNDING RECEIVED FROM LAKE ASSOCIATION GRANTS WOULD REMAIN THE SAME AS 2026 UNDER THIS OPTION.

>> IT WOULD CHANGE OUR PROGRAM PRETTY DRASTICALLY, EITHER WHETHER IT'S INSPECTIONS CUTS OR THE GRANTS CUTS.

WE DO EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH EFFORTS.

IF WE CUT THOSE, WE MAY INCREASE OUR EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS AND WE WILL EDUCATE THE PUBLIC TO GET THE WORD OUT SO THE INVASIVES ARE NOT SPREADING LIKE RIGHT NOW.

>> CROW WING COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL MEET WITH THE LAKE ASSOCIATIONS REGARDING A.I.S.

FUNDING OPTIONS ON OCTOBER 21ST, >>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON THURSDAY SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO CHANGE THE NAME OF LAKE ONTARIO TO LAKE AMERICA EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

THE LAKE IS BORDERED BY CANADA'S ONTARIO PROVINCE TO THE NORTH AND WEST, AND NEW YORK STATE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST.

THURSDAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE, TRUMP TOOK AIM AT THE U.S.

NORTHERN NEIGHBORS AMID RENEWED BAD BLOOD OVER TRADE ISSUES.

>> WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING TARIFFS ON THEIR CARS THAT ARE COMING IN, AT A SUBSTANTIAL LEVEL.

WE WANT TO MAKE THE CARS HERE.

YOU KNOW, THEY CAN MAKE THEIR OWN CARS IF THEY WANT.

THEY CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE THEIR CARS FOR CANADA, BUT WE DON'T WANT THEM TO MAKE CARS FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

IT'S VERY SIMPLE.

LIKEWISE, MANY OTHER PRODUCTS.

>> CANADIAN OFFICIALS EARLIER TOOK THE STANCE THAT THEY WOULD IGNORE ANY ACTION BY TRUMP TO RENAME LAKE ONTARIO.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Sydney: SKIES WILL REMAIN FAIRLY CLEAR THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING, BUT SOME AREAS OF PATCHY FOG COULD MOVE IN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WILL REMAIN THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

I'LL HAVE THE FULL FORECAST DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE FIRST NINE WOMEN TO SAIL ACROSS THE NORTH AMERICA TRIP [♪♪♪] >> NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> FIFTY YEARS AFTER EXPERIENCING A CANOE TRIP TOGETHER, A GROUP OF WOMEN ARE REUNITING TO SHARE THEIR STORY ABOUT THEIR TRIP INTO REMOTE CANADIAN WATERS.

OUR REPORTER XZAYVER CURRY HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: IN THE 1970s, EXPEDITIONS OF NORTH AMERICA PUT TOGETHER GROUPS OF TEENAGERS TO GO ON CROSS COUNTRY JOURNEYS.

>> I THINK THAT NO ONE REALLY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO UNTIL WE WERE OUT THERE.

EVERY SINGLE DAY, SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING.

THE ELEMENTS OF LAKE WINNIPEG TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW.

THE LAKE IS HUGE.

IT'S VERY SHALLOW.

SO WE WERE SURFING IF THE WIND WAS RIGHT THE DIRECTION.

>> Reporter: SOME OF THE GROUP MEMBERS HAVE STAYED IN TOUCH BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE ALL BEEN TOGETHER IN THE PAST 50 YEARS.

>> YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE 50 YEARS.

I HAVE SEEN A FEW OF THEM, BUT AS COLLECTIVELY AS A GROUP, IT'S SO EXCITING.

THE BIGGEST MEMORY FOR ME IS I AM NOT REALLY A SWIMMER.

I HAD THREE LESSONS BEFORE WE LEFT.

I REALLY DEPEND ON EVERYBODY TO SAVE MY LIFE IF I FELL OFF THE BOAT.

WE WERE BONDED BECAUSE OF THAT.

I AM GRATEFUL.

>> Reporter: THE GROUP LEADER OF THE VOYAGE SAID THAT EARLY ON, IT WAS APPARENT THAT IF THEY WANTED TO GET ANYTHING DONE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.

>> IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE IT WAS OBVIOUS, IF WE DIDN'T WORK TOGETHER, WE WOULDN'T GET THE NEXT FOOD DROP.

FOOD WAS THE INCENTIVE TO KEEP PADDLING.

WE HAD TO PUT OUR DIFFERENCES AWAY AND RECOGNIZE THAT IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO WORK TOGETHER, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANYWHERE.

GRADUALLY, EVERYONE KNEW WHAT TO DO.

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH NONE OF THEM KNEW EACH OTHER BEFORE THE TRIP, IT FELT NATURAL AND THEY COULD BE THEIR TRUE SELVES.

>> WE COULD BE WHO WE ARE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PUT UP A FACADE THAT WE WANTED THE WORLD TO SEE.

WE WERE JUST OURSELVES.

WHEN YOU HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE, IT'S JUST SO WONDERFUL.

>> Reporter: THE GROUP OF WOMEN NOW CONSIDERS EACH OTHER FAMILY.

>> I FEEL CLOSER TO THESE WOMEN THAN I DID ON THE CANOE TRIP.

MOST OF MY LIFE HELD A DISTANCE FROM PEOPLE AND I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH THESE PEOPLE.

I FEEL VERY CONNECTED.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN PEQUOT LAKES, XZAYVER CURRY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE OTHER VOYAGERS WERE LAURI JORGENSON, LORI MATTHEWS, GAIL BRAND, NANCY KYLE, DEBRA WOOD, AND DAUN KILPATRICK.

>>> THERE'S LESS THAN A WEEK LEFT TO QUALIFY FOR THIS SUMMER'S LAKELAND PBS VACATION GIVEAWAY.

THE GRAND PRIZE THIS YEAR IS A FOUR-NIGHT STAY AT CHASE ON THE LAKE IN WALKER AND A $200 RESORT GIFT CARD.

HERE ARE TONIGHTS FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS.

IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME TONIGHT, OR ANY NIGHT ON LAKELAND NEWS YOU CAN QUALIFY BY CALLING OUR VACATION GIVEAWAY HOTLINE NUMBER BEFORE 5 P.M.

THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY.

ALL SUMMER LONG WE ANNOUNCE FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS EVERY WEEKNIGHT HERE ON LAKELAND NEWS.

THOSE WHO CALL IN AND QUALIFY AFTER THEIR NAMES APPEAR GO IN TO THE POOL OF FINAL QUALIFIERS FOR THE GRAND DRAWING WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE LIVE ON NEWSCAST ON MONDAY, AUGUST 31ST.

SO THOSE ARE THE FIVE QUALIFIERS TONIGHT.

WE'LL HAVE FIVE TOMORROW NIGHT, AND THEN THE GRAND DRAWING WILL BE ON MONDAY.

STACY IS OUT BUT SYDNEY IS BACK IN WITH A GOOD FORECAST.

>> Sydney: IT'S LOOKING LIKE A GOOD FORECAST.

IT WILL BE WARM AS WE GET INTO THE WEEKEND BUT TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE DROPPING DOWN INTO THE 40s TONIGHT.

[♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>> Stacy: TEMPERATURES WERE SEASONAL THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY, TOPPING OUT IN THE LOW 80s ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE.

THEY WILL BE DROPPING TONIGHT.

IT WILL BE PRETTY CHILLY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH AS WE GET INTO THE LOW 50s AND EVEN INTO THE 40s FOR SOME OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

CURRENTLY, IT IS 62 AT OUR STUDIO, DEW POINT IS AT 52, PRESSURE IS STEADY, AND THERE IS NO RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY, FAIRLY CALM WINDS, A PEAK OF 3.

CALM WINDS IN BRAINERD AS WELL, CLEAR SKIES, IT IS CURRENTLY 62 IN BRAINERD, RISING PRESSURE, HUMIDITY AT 77%.

THROUGHOUT OUR AFTERNOON AND EVENING, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER MOVING THROUGH, BUT IT DIDN'T LAST VERY LONG.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF FOGGY SKIES.

THOSE WILL COME IN AS WE GET INTO THE MORNING TOMORROW BUT THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, IT WAS CLEAR AND WE SEE LOTS OF STARS IN THE SKY.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL, HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF ALL PHASES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

ARLENE WITH THE SUNRISE.

CHRISSY WITH THE BLUE SIES IN DEERWOOD.

ANGELA WITH THE FULL MOON RISING.

JOAN IN LAPORTE SHOWING US SOME GORGEOUS FLOWERS.

GARY IN DEERWOOD, SOME BLUE SKIES AND CLOUD COVER.

WE HAD SOME BEAR ACTION IN BEMIDJI TODAY.

DAVE ANDERSON SHOWING US THESE VIDEOS FROM HIS BACKYARD.

THE BEAR IS CLIMBING DOWN THE TREE.

HE SAID HE WAS UP THERE TRYING TO GET ACORNS.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TODAY.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA REPORTS 50 DEGREES AND CALM THIS MORNING.

50 DEGREES IN LAKE ADA FROM DEBRA.

BOB IN BLUFFTON REPORTING A HIGH OF 74, SUNNY SKIES.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, PARTLY SUNNY.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, LOW OF 53.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, A HIGH OF 75 TODAY.

ANGELA IN CASS LAKE, CLEAR SKIES AND A LOW OF 48.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 77, SEASONAL TEMPERATURES, THE LOW WAS 48 DEGREES.

THAT WAS LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING.

TEMPERATURES WERE FAIRLY CHILLY AND WE'LL SEE THOSE AGAIN TONIGHT.

SUNSET WAS AT 8:05.

IN BEMIDJI, SUNRISE AT 6:42 THS MORNING.

AS WE GET THROUGH THE MORNING, WE WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER MOVING THROUGH.

IT WON'T LAST SUPER LONG.

IT WILL BE NOT CLOUD COVER, SORRY, FOG WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.

THEN THEY WILL MOVE THROUGH, THROUGH SUNNY SKIES.

TEMPERATURES ARE TOPPING OUT IN THE LOW 80s AS WE GET TO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

TONIGHT, THAT PATCHY FOG WILL BE MOVING IN AFTER MIDNIGHT, PRIMARILY IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS.

TOMORROW, SUNNY SKIES, THAT PATCHY FOG WILL BE MOVING THROUGH TO SUNNY SKIES AS WE GET THROUGH THE DAY.

SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10.

AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WE HAVE SOME CHANCES OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME RAIN SHOWERS, MOST OF THOSE WILL BE OVERNIGHT AND MOVING IN EARLY THROUGH THE MORNING.

THAT SAME STORY IS TRUE AS WE GET INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANCE OF OVERNIGHT SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, AND CLEARING UP AND HIGHS IN THE LOW 80s.

BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> Dennis: THANKS SYDNEY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW.

IT BEGINS FOR THE FOOTBALL SEASON.

>> Charlie: YEAH, TENNIS BALL REMINDED ME OF HOW CRAZY THIS JOB CAN GET SOMETIMES BUT IT'S A GOOD CRAZY, ESPECIALLY WHEN FOOTBALL SEASON IS STARTING UP.

BSU'S HOME OPENER AGAINST MICHIGAN TECH, PLUS HIGH SCHOOL IS STARTING AS WELL.

WE HAVE THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Charlie: HEAD COACH CHALLENGED THE TEAM TO GET BACK TO THEIR OLD STYLE OF BEAVER FOOTBALL AND HAVE A GRIND THE AX MENTALITY.

WHAT BETTER TIME TO DO THAT THAN THE CENTENNIAL SEASON.

FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR, HUSKIES SCORED ON THEIR FIRST DRIVE OF THE GAME.

BEAVERS ARE TRYING TO ANSWER.

BART FLUSHED OUT OF THE POCKET.

LUCAS PETERSON FOR A 19-YARD STRIKE.

THAT TIES THE GAME AT 7-7.

NOW THEY GO TO THE AIR AS WELL, ELLIOT SLINGS ONE DEEP FOR NICK, 26-YARD TOUCHDOWN.

NOW IT'S 13-7.

SECOND QUARTER, BEAVS ARE DRIVING TO TAKE THE LEAD, GOING DEEP AGAIN, FINDS HIM IN A STRIDE, AND 119 YARDS.

FOURTH IN GOAL, WE WOULD SEE CONNOR EVENTUALLY, PLOWS HIS WAY IN FOR THE GO AHEAD TD, BUT THE HUSKIES LED 23-14 IN THE HALF.

AND NOW EXTENDING THE LEAD, THEY MADE IT 31-14, HUSKIES HERE HEAD TO THE 4th.

31-17 NOW.

BEAVERS NEED A BREAK.

JOEY, LOOK AT WHAT I FOUND.

GANGRENE WITH THE HUGE TURNOVER.

WHAT DO YOU DO ON OFFENSE?

YOU IMMEDIATELY RUN THE DOUBLE PASS, THAT'S WHAT.

MAC TO CALEB TO CARVER, TO FINISH THE DRIVE WITH HIS SECOND TD OF THE GAME.

THEY GET THE BALL BACK FOR ONE FINAL DRIVE.

NOW, 4th AND 9th FROM THE 26, GOING DEEP, HITS PETERSON, THEIR SECOND TD CONNECTION OF THE NIGHT BRINGS BSU WITHIN 2, BUT THEY NEED THE 2-POINT CONVERSION TO TIE.

CALEB MILLER INTENDED FOR HIM, BEMIDJI STATE FALLS, 31-29 IN THEIR SEASON OPENER.

>>> BEMIDJI GIRLS' SOCCER OPENING THEIR SEASON THIS AFTERNOON, HOSTING A NOW CONFERENCE FOE IN ROCORI.

AFTER GOING DOWN 1-0 JUST 70-SECONDS INTO THE MATCH, LUMBERJACKS FINALLY GOT GOING, STELLA SCHOONOVER FINDS NYLON MIDWAY THROUGH THE HALF TO TIE IT, THEN A FEW MOMENTS LATER GIVES THEM THE LEAD, 2-1 AT THE 20-MINUTE MARK.

NOT TO BE OUTDONE, MYA THOMPSON WOULD TALLY A HAT TRICK, THIS HER SECOND GOAL, MADE IT 4-1 JACKS.

THEN LATE IN THE HALF, CO-CAPTAIN TAYLOR MERSCHMAN, SERVING UP ABBIE BAKAVOY, BURIES IT FOR A 5-1 LEAD AT THE BREAK.

JACKS SCORED 9-UNANSWERED, INCLUDING TWO FROM FRESHMAN RIELLA CEBALLOS IN HER VARSITY DEBUT, TO BEAT ROCORI 9-1, A STAMP ON THEIR FIRST GAME IN CENTRAL LAKES CONFERENCE PLAY.

ELSEWHERE IN GIRLS SOCCER.

LITTLE FALLS GETS THE WIN OVER DETROIT LAKES.

>>> BEMIDJI BOYS' SOCCER ALSO AT HOME, OPENING THEIR SEASON AGAINST THE TEAM THAT ENDED IT LAST YEAR, SAINT MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE.

IT WAS A DEFENSE-HEAVY START FOR THE JACKS, KEEPER BIRK CHAFFEE KEEPING BUSY IN THE NET, FIGHTING THROUGH TRAFFIC TO KEEP THE SLATE CLEAN HEADED INTO HALFTIME.

AND IN THE SECOND HALF IT WASN'T JUST CHAFFEE PLAYING IN NET.

OWEN RILEY AND KEMPER LORENTZ KEEPING THE KNIGHTS FROM SCORING.

A FEW MINUTES LATER SEVERAL LUMBERJACKS CORNERED ON OFFENSE, QUICK POKE BY JUNIOR FORWARD ASHTIN WRIGHT GIVES BEMIDJI A 1-0 LEAD.

THEY HANG ON TO SHOCK THE WORLD, THEY WIN 1-0.

>>> AND THEN WE HEAD TO GIRL'S VOLLEYBALL.

BRAINERD OPENING THINGS UP BY HOSTING BIG LAKE.

FIRST SET, BRAINERD DOWN 21-19, RUTHIE OWEN AND BELLA GOGGLEYE ALL SWAT TEAM, WARRIORS PULL WITHIN ONE BUT WOULD DROP THE SET 25-23.

IN THE SECOND SET, BRAINERD DOWN 23-22, KEELEY GONDRINGER, SPLITS THE DEFENSE.

SHE HAD 13 KILLS.

WARRIORS TIE THINGS AT 23.

HOWEVER BIG LAKE CAME TO PLAY, NEXT POINT, ADELLE NOMELAND, TEARDROP FINDS HARDWOOD, THE HORNETS WOULD TAKE THE SECOND SET 28-26.

AS BRAINERD FALLS TO BIG LAKE THREE SETS TO ZERO.

THE WARRIORS WILL BE BACK IN ACTION NEXT TUESDAY WHEN THEY HOST SAUK RAPIDS-RICE.

AND SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU.

BUFFALO BEATS BEMIDJI.

CLOQUET BEATS AITKIN 3-0.

LONG PRAIRIE GREY EAGLE GETS THE WIN OVER LAPORTE.

IN GIRL'S TENNIS, BRAINERD LOST BOTH OF THEIR MATCHES, 5-2, 4-3.

>> Dennis: EXCITING FOR THE BEAVERS TONIGHT.

>> Charlie: YES, EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T COME OUT ON TOP, A LOT OF FIGHT AND GRIT.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THEY HAVE TO CLEAN UP BUT I IMAGINE THAT THE COACH WILL BE ALL OVER THAT.

WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO NEXT SATURDAY.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS CHARLIE.

FISHING WOULD BE A LOT EASIER IF YOU KNEW WHERE THE FISH WERE.

WELL, FOR WEEKS EDITION OF FISHING TIPS, RAY AND MANDY SHARE A FEW OF THEIR FAVORITE SPOTS THAT FISH LIKE TO HIDE, SO YOU CAN CAST WITH PURPOSE ON YOUR NEXT TRIP ON THE WATER.

>> TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHERE FISH CAN HIDE, RIGHT IN PLAIN SIGHT, ON OUR LAKES, ON OUR RIVERS, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES THAT WE PROBABLY DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT LOOKING AT.

ONE OF THE PLACES THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN RIVERS AND LAKES ARE THE WEED EDGES.

AS MANDY LIKES TO SAY, IT'S VEGETATION, NOT WEEDS.

WE CALL THEM WEEDS AND VEGETATION.

ANYWAY, THE VEGETATION, I REMEMBER FISHING ON GULL LAKE 25 YEARS AGO.

THE WEED LINE WAS 14 FEET.

THAT'S ALL THE DEEPER IT WAS TO FIND WEEDS.

NOW ON GULL LAKE, YOU CAN FIND WEED LINES DOWN TO 28 TO 29 FEET BECAUSE THE WATER HAS BEEN CLEANED UP SO MUCH BY ZEBRA MUSSELS, THE SUNLIGHT IS GETTING DOWN THERE.

YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND FISH ALONG THE EDGES OF THE WEEDS.

IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT AREA.

A LOT OF PRAY SLIDE INTO THOSE WEEDS AND HIDE AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF FISH WILL GO IN AND LOOK FOR THEM TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIND THEM.

ANOTHER AREA THAT IS PROBABLY NOT AS COMMON BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT AREA IS A LAY DOWN.

A LAY DOWN BY THE DEFINITION IS WHEN A TREE OR SOMETHING FALLS INTO THE EDGE OF THE LAKE OR THE RIVER.

THAT IS AN ATTRACTANT TO FISH.

THEY LOVE TO GET IN THERE AND GET UNDERNEATH THERE AND THEY CAN TACKLE HABITAT, THEY CAN HAM BUSH THINGS, AND IT'S A VERY, VERY POPULAR PLACE.

SO IT'S A POPULAR PLACE, BOTH OF THESE ARE POPULAR PLACES TO FISH.

MANDY IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT TWO OF HER HIDDEN GEMS.

>> BASS FISHERMEN, I LOVE MY DOCKS.

I LOVE THE DOCKS.

EVERYBODY ALWAYS WONDERS, I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKE THE MISTAKE WHEN THEY COME TO FISH A DOCK, THEY'RE ONLY FISHING THE FURTHEST POINT OF THE DOCK OUT INTO THE LAKE.

THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY HOW YOU SHOULD BE DOING IT.

IF THERE ARE STEPS, IF THERE ARE OTHER STRUCTURES, I WILL GO TO THE SIDE.

I CAUGHT BIGGER FISH ON THE BACKSIDE TOWARDS THE SHORELINE OF THE DOCKS THAN THE FOREFRONT OF THE DOCKS.

I LIKE TO PICK THEM.

SOMETIMES THE BIGGER, THE BETTER.

THAT'S NOT ALWAYS TRUE.

THE SINGLE DOCK CAN HOLD A REAL GIANT.

THE OTHER FAVORITE IS ROCKS.

YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH ROCKS.

BIG ROCK PILES, BIG ROCKS BY THEMSELVES, WALLEYES, CRAPPIES, SMALL MOUTH BASS, THEY PROVIDE STRUCTURE TO HIDE AND AN AMBUSH SPOT, AND PROTECTION FROM THE SUN.

>> Dennis: SO THERE ARE FOUR KEY PLACES TO LOOK FOR FISH THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE OUT.

I'M RAY GILDOW FOR LAKELAND NEWS.

>> AND I'M MANDY.

>> Dennis: NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET A CHECK OF OUR WEATHER WITH SYDNEY.

>> Sydney: PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT, THEN IT WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW MORNING UNTIL IT CLEARS UP.

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

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

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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