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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.

>>> IT'S A SCENE STRAIGHT OUT OF A MOVIE, A DELTA AIRLINES COMMUTER PLANE CRASHED AT TORONTO'S PEARSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT UPSIDE DOWN.

THE DELTA AIR LINES 4819 FLIGHT, OPERATED BY ENDEAVOR AIR, WAS COMING FROM MINNEAPOLIS.

THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 2:45 P.M. LOCAL TIME.

MARYBEL GONZALEZ REPORTS AS THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED GETS UNDERWAY.

>> WE JUST LANDED.

OUR PLANE CRASHED.

IT'S UPSIDEDOWN.

>> Reporter: A PACKED DELTA AIRPLANE CRASH LANDED AT TORONTO'S PEARSON AIRPORT MONDAY AFTERNOON, ENDING WITHOUT WINGS, A TAIL UPSIDEDOWN, AND ON FIRE.

>> IT IS EXTRAORDINARY THAT EVERYBODY GOT OUT OF THAT PLANE ALIVE.

>> Reporter: AT LEAST 18 PEOPLE WERE INJURED ACCORDING TO THE AIRPORT'S CEO, BUT MIRACULOUSLY, NO CASUALTIES ON THE FLIGHT FROM MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

>> THIS IS DUE TO OUR TRAINED PROFESSIONALS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

>> Reporter: ALL 80 PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED FROM THE CRJ900, 76 PASSENGERS AND 4 CREW MEMBERS.

>> FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS AN F.A.A.

REGULATOR, SO MANY THINGS WENT RIGHT.

>> Reporter: ANALYSTS SAY THE PLANE'S SAFETY FEATURES LIKELY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH SURVIVAL.

>> THE 16G SEATS, WHICH WERE PUT INTO THE AIRCRAFT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, PREVENTED THE SEATS FROM COMING APART WHICH MADE IT SURVIVABLE.

ALSO, THE BREAK AWAY BOLTS IN THE WINGS, ONCE THE AIRCRAFT STARTS ROLLING, THESE WINGS BREAK OFF.

>> Reporter: STRONG WINDS BLEW THROUGH TORONTO ALL DAY, THE AIRPORT POSTING ON X EARLY MONDAY MORNING THAT THE SNOW HAS STOP ISSED COMING DOWN BUT FRIGID TEMPERATURES AND HIGH WINDS ARE MOVING IN.

>> THERE WERE GUSTS UPWARDS OF 40 MILES PER HOUR, IT COULD EASILY HAVE CLIPPED A WING TIP AND CATAPULTED DOWN THE RUNWAY.

>> Reporter: I'M MARYBEL GONZALES REPORTING.

>> THREE OF THE INJURED WERE REPORTED TO BE IN CRITICAL CONDITION INCLUDING ONE PEDIATRIC PATIENT.

>>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS BEGUN FIRING SEVERAL HUNDRED FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES.

PROBATIONARY WORKERS WERE TARGETED IN LATE-NIGHT E-MAILS FRIDAY NOTIFYING THEM THEY HAD BEEN FIRED.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS UNION.

ONE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE FIRED WORKERS INCLUDE PERSONNEL HIRED FOR F.A.A.

RADAR, LANDING, AND NAVIGATIONAL AID MAINTENANCE.

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY SEAN DUFFY SAYS FEWER THAN 400 F.A.A.

EMPLOYEES WERE FIRED AND ZERO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND CRITICAL SAFETY PERSONNEL WERE LET GO.

>>> TWO SNOWMOBILERS HAVE DIED FOLLOWING CRASHES THAT HAPPENED IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, THE FIRST HAPPENED IN RURAL WALKER ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

CASS COUNTY SHERIFF BRYAN WELK SAYS A 50-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM TEXAS WAS OPERATING A SNOWMOBILE THAT LEFT THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A SNOW EMBANKMENT AND TREES.

THE CRASH HAPPENED ABOUT TEN MILES SOUTH OF WALKER ALONG THE SECTION OF THE “C” SNOWMOBILE TRAIL WHERE IT SHARES THE ROADWAY WITH 60TH AVENUE NORTHWEST.

THE MAN WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO A PARK RAPIDS HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

WELK SAYS ALCOHOL IS A SUSPECTED FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT AND THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

THE VICTIMS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.

ANOTHER SNOWMOBILE CRASH NEAR PARK RAPIDS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A 39-YEAR-OLD SAUK CENTRE MAN.

AUTHORITIES SAY BENJAMEN HELLERMAN WAS DRIVING BEHIND ANOTHER SNOWMOBILER WHEN HE COLLIDED WITH A FISH HOUSE ON TWO INLETS LAKE WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT FIFTEEN MILES NORTH OF PARK RAPIDS.

HE DIED A SHORT TIME LATER.

NO ONE WAS IN THE FISH HOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH.

>>> STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA GOT TO TAKE PART IN THE CONFIDENCE LEARNING CENTER'S 45TH ANNUAL REGION FIVE SPECIAL OLYMPICS WINTER CARNIVAL LAST WEEK, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WITH COGNITIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES TO ENJOY A VARIETY OF OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE LATEST.

>> Reporter: WHILE THE FRIGID WEATHER KEPT A FEW SCHOOL FROM ATTENDING, OVER 200 STUDENTS STOPPED BY THE CAMP CONFIDENCE LEARNING CENTER TO ENJOY ALL THE GREAT OUTDOORS HAS TO OFFER.

>> TODAY WE HAD SNOW TUBING, SNOWMOBILE RIDES, A.T.V.

RIDES, THE SHERIFF WAS HERE FROM CASS COUNTY, ICE FISHING, BROOM BALL, ON-ICE BOWLING AND ALL KINDS OF GAMES.

>> Reporter: MANY OF THOSE TAKING PART IN THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS DID SO FOR THEIR FIRST TIME.

>> IT'S KIND OF A MIX TODAY, BUT THE COLDER TEMPERATURES, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT GROUP.

SO THAT'S GREAT, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE NEW PEOPLE JOIN US TODAY.

SOME OF OUR CAMPERS DON'T GO OUTSIDE AND PARTICIPATE IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES THAT OFTEN, SO IT CAN BE A STRUGGLE, A LITTLE BIT OF A COAXING TO GET THEM OUT HERE, BUT ONCE THEY'RE OUT, THEY ENJOY THEMSELVES AND OPEN UP AND HAVE LOTS OF FUN.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, 13.9% OF ADULTS IN THE U.S. HAVE A COGNITION DISABILITY, ALL THE MORE REASON THAT THEY MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO PROVIDE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS POSSIBLE FOR THEIR CAMPERS.

>> I HEARD FROM A TEACHER THAT ACCOMPANIED HER STUDENTS OUT THERE, WE DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS AN OPTION.

HAVING A WINTER CARNIVAL WITH ALL THE SCHOOLS, OPENING THEIR EYES AS A PLACE TO EXPERIENCE ALL THESE ACTIVITIES, IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES THIS EVENT EXTRA SPECIAL.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE BEEN BRINGING THOSE WITH COGNITIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ALL OVER MINNESOTA TOGETHER FOR THE WINTER CARNIVAL FOR OVER FOUR DECADES NOW, ALL IN AN EFFORT TO BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM.

>> EVERYONE STRUGGLES WITH THINGS THEY HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE.

WHEN YOU HAVE A DISABILITY, IT MAKES THINGS HARDER.

HAVING A SAFE SPACE FOR YOU TO TRY THESE ACTIVITIES AND LEARN AND GROW AT YOUR OWN PACE, I THINK IT'S REALLY SPECIAL.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN EAST GULL LAKE, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> NEXT ON THE DOCKET FOR THE CONFIDENCE LEARNING CENTER WILL BE THE FROZEN FOUR STARTING THIS FRIDAY.

>>> AMERICANS ARE FACING AN UPHILL BATTLE WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING RISING DEBT BURDENS.

IN SOME CASES, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN THIS OVEREXTENDED SINCE THE AFTERMATH OF THE GREAT RECESSION.

IVAN RODRIGUEZ JOINS US LIVE AND BREAKS DOWN THE LATEST CREDIT CONDITIONS FOR AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS AND TIPS FOR PAYING OFF DEBT.

>> Reporter: AMERICANS ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY OFF THEIR DEBT.

>> NOBODY SHOULD BE SURPRISED THAT DEBT IS RISING.

>> Reporter: A NEW REPORT BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK SHOWS ALL MAJOR LOAN CATEGORIES ARE ON THE RISE, WITH CREDIT CARD BALANCES TOPPING $1.2 TRILLION, UP MORE THAN 7% FROM THE FOURTH QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.

MATT WITH LENDING TREE SAYS SOME HIGHER LEVELS OF HOUSEHOLD DEBT IS TO BE EXPECTED BECAUSE OF INFLATION, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT ISN'T TROUBLING.

>> ABOUT A THIRD OF PEOPLE TOOK ON DEBT OVER THE HOLIDAYS.

>> Reporter: TWO CATEGORIES WHERE AMERICANS ARE STRUGGLING TO MANAGE THEIR DEBT, AUTO LOANS AND CREDIT CARDS.

THE SHERIFF'S HOUSEHOLD IS BECOMING SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT, MEANING MISSING A PAYMENT FOR 90-PLUS DAYS IS AT 14-YEAR HIGHS.

>> THE CAR PAYMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST PRIORITIZED WHEN BILLS COME DUE AND WHEN THAT ONE IS NOT BEING PAID, IT'S PROBABLY A SIGN THAT OTHER STRUGGLES ARE AROUND AS WELL.

>> Reporter: SCHULTZ SAYS THERE ARE SOME STEPS THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE TO GET AHEAD ON PAYING DOWN THEIR DEBT.

>> FIRST THING THAT THEY SHOULD DO IS CREATE A BUDGET.

YOU CAN DO THINGS LIKE GETTING A 0% BALANCE TRANSFER CREDIT CARD OR A LOW INTEREST PERSONAL LOAN TO CONSOLIDATE SOME OF THOSE LOANS AND BRING THE INTEREST RATES DOWN.

>> Reporter: IN ATLANTA, I'M IVAN RODRIGUEZ.

>> THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER, OVERALL CREDIT CARD UTILIZATION RATES CLIMBED ABOVE 23.8 PERCENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2013.

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

>> Stacy: WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WINDCHILLS TONIGHT AND AN EXTREME COLD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> Reporter: COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, THEY HAVE UNDERGONE A NEW RE-BRAND.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> EXTREME WEATHER IS BATTERING MILLIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

11 PEOPLE HAVE DIED, INCLUDING A CHILD, FOLLOWING RECORD RAINFALL AND FLOODING IN KENTUCKY.

OFFICIALS FEAR THE DEATH TOLL WILL KEEP RISING AS THE FLOOD THREAT LINGERS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND MIDWEST.

TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE ALSO NOW UNDER COLD WEATHER ALERTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WITH LIFE THREATENING TEMPERATURES ON THE HORIZON.

MICHAEL YOSHIDA HAS THE DETAILS.

>> WHEN TEMPERATURES GET THAT COLD, LIVES ARE AT RISK.

>> Reporter: GREG ABBOTT WARNING A MONTH AFTER STORMS TURNED -- DUMPED SNOW ACROSS THE STATE, FRIGID TEMPERATURES CAN BE DEADLY IN SOME COUNTRIES.

>> IF PEOPLE AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION, THEY WILL BE SHOCKED OVER WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

IN SOME PLACES IN TEXAS, IT WILL BE THE COLDEST EVENT EVER MARKED IN HISTORY.

>> Reporter: MORE THAN 30 MILLION PEOPLE MARKED UNDER COLD ALERTS.

SNOWFALL EXPECTED, 4 TO 10 INCHES IN KANSAS, MISSOURI, AND ILLINOIS, AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN KENTUCKY.

>> IT HAS IMPACTED ALL OF KENTUCKY.

ALL OF KENTUCKY STILL HAS STANDING WATER IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

>> Reporter: A STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RECORD RAINFALL LEADING THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE TO CONDUCT MORE THAN 1,000 RESCUES IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS, FIRST RESPONDERS WARNING PEOPLE OF THE DANGERS OF WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.

>> IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW DEEP, DON'T TRY TO CROSS IT.

SMALL CARS, IT WILL SWEEP YOU RIGHT OFF THE ROADWAY.

>> Reporter: TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA FILLED WITH SIMILAR SIGHTS OF HIGH WATER.

OFFICIALS ARE WARNING AS FLOOD CONCERNS CONTINUE, THE NEXT THREAT IS ON THE HORIZON.

>> THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION, POWER COULD BE OUT FOR SOME CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, THERE IS COLD WEATHER COMING.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, I'M MICHAEL YOSHIDA REPORTING.

>> OFFICIALS IN GEORGIA, WHICH ALSO EXPERIENCED THIS PAST WEEKEND'S WEATHER, SAY ONE PERSON DIED AS A RESULT OF THE STORMS THERE.

THERE IS ALSO ONE REPORTED DEATH IN WEST VIRGINIA.

>>> STACY JOINS US NOW.

WE HAVE SEEN HOW FAR THAT COLD WARNING STRETCHES.

WE HAVE TO BE THE MOST COLDEST AND DANGEROUS OF THAT ALERT.

>> Stacy: RIGHT, TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE -20s AND -30s OVERNIGHT.

WINDCHILLS ARE BETWEEN -40 AND -60 IN PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA, AND IN FACT THE ENTIRE STATE IS UNDER THAT COLD WEATHER WARNING THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

SO I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS ON THAT AND WE'LL >> 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: WELL, THIS UNRELENTING COLD IS NOT LETTING UP, DESPITE THE SUNSHINE, HIGHS ARE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW 0 TODAY.

COLD TEMPERATURES, DANGEROUS WINDCHILLS OF -40 TO -60.

WE HAVE AN EXTREME COLD WARNING OUT FOR OUR ENTIRE VIEWING AREA, OUR ENTIRE STATE INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

MORE ON THAT IN A SECOND.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, IT'S -13 IN BEMIDJI TONIGHT.

NORTHWEST WINDS ARE AT 9 MILES PER HOUR, GIVING US A WIND CHILL OF -31.

IN BRAINERD, -8 RIGHT NOW, DEW POINT IS -20, WINDS NORTHWEST AT 9 MILES PER HOUR, AND THE WINDCHILL IS AT -25.

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING IS OUT FOR ALL OF OUR VIEWING AREA AND ALL OF MINNESOTA TONIGHT.

IT WILL EXPIRE AT 10:00 A.M.

IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND AT NOON IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

EXPECTED WINDCHILLS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO 60 BELOW ZERO.

RIGHT NOW WINDCHILLS, BY AND LARGE IN THE -20s AND -30, IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, WITH -35 IN PARK RAPIDS.

THE RADAR PICTURE IS ALL CLEAR THIS EVENING.

WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT AGAIN THOSE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE -20s AND -30s, WINDCHILLS IN THE -40s AND -50s.

WE SHOULD SEE A LOT OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW, TEMPERATURES ARE STILL PRETTY COLD, BUT WE DO HAVE A WARMING TREND AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, SAMROSE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE CLOUDS OVER LOWER RED LAKE.

ARLENE WITH A SHOT OF THE SUNRISE IN MENAHGA.

CARRIE WITH THE SUNSET IN WALKER.

ANGELA SENDING US THIS PICTURE OF A WILD EAGLE JUST OVER THE WATER NEAR CASS LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA REPORTING -26 THIS MORNING.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, WE HAD A WINDCHILL THIS MORNING OF -36.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUN AND BREEZY TODAY AND PAUL IN BEMIDJI, SUNNY SKIES WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF -26.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TODAY REACHING A HIGH OF 1, ON THE PLUS SIDE, BUT STILL VERY COLD, AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE IS 27.

YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW COLD THAT IS, -19 WAS OUR LOW THIS MORNING, SUNSET AT 5:46.

BEMIDJI MANAGING TO CLIMB TO -6, WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-20s, AND -24 WAS OUR LOW TEMPERATURE THIS MORNING.

SO AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, WE'RE GOING TO START OUT WITH CLEAR SKIES AND IN FACT AS WE PUT THIS IN MOTION, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE MUCH DIFFERENCE.

WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY THERE.

NOT A LOT OF CLOUDS, BUT WE COULD SEE AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

A LOT OF SUNSHINE, BUT STILL COLD, HIGHS IN THE BELOW ZEROS ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, POSSIBLY REACHING ABOVE 0 IN THE NORTHEAST, AND ABOUT 0 TO 5 FOR OUR HIGHS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, STILL VERY COLD TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW NIGHT, BUT WE WILL SEE WARMER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT, LOWS DOWN TO -32 WITH THE WINDCHILLS IN THE -40s AND -50s.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, YOU CAN SEE THE SLOW CLIMB IN TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK.

WE WILL BE SEEING MAINLY QUIET WEATHER, SOME ISOLATED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY AGAIN.

AGAIN, WE WILL BE SEEING WARMER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE 30s BY THE TIME WE HIT THE WEEKENDS.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: MORE TROPICAL WEATHER.

>> Charlie: YEAH, IT'S BEEN PRETTY COLD.

STILL PRETTY COLD.

>> Dennis: BACK TO BACK STATE DANCE CHAMPIONS?

>> Charlie: YES, BRAINERD HAS GONE INTO THE TARGET CENTER AND COME BACK WITH HARDWARE TWO YEARS IN A ROW, WHICH IS FIRST PLACE.

WE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THEIR ROUTINE AND HEAR FROM SOME OF THE GIRLS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPS.

THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE GIGAZONE.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR, THE BRAINERD DANCE TEAM ARE THE CLASS 3A HIGH KICK STATE CHAMPIONS.

THE “KIXSTERS” AS THE TEAM IS APTLY NAMED, SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED THEIR TITLE WITH A 50S INSPIRED ROUTINE AND LOOK.

THEY SCORED A PERFECT 80 IN ROUTINE AND VISUAL EFFECTIVENESS, A 79 IN CREATIVITY, A 73 IN DIFFICULTY OF KICKS WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST AMONG ALL FINALISTS, AND TIED FOR TOP SCORE IN KICK HEIGHT WITH 72.

THE RESULT WAS A 5-TOTAL POINT AND 5-RANK POINT VICTORY THAT CROWNED BRAINERD AS BACK-TO-BACK STATE CHAMPIONS.

>> I JUST FEEL LIKE WE WERE ALL SURPRISED.

>> WE WERE RANKED SECOND THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, SO WE WERE NERVOUS GOING INTO STATE.

>> WE HAD TO LOOK AT THE SCORES AND WE WERE PRETTY MUCH IN FIRST, BUT BARELY BY ONE POINT.

IT WAS AMAZING WE WERE ABLE TO GET FIRST OVERALL.

>> WE ALL WENT IN THERE KNOWING WE COULD DO IT.

>> OUR TIME ON THE FLOOR WAS OUR 2.5 MINUTES, SO IT WAS OUR TIME TO SHOW WHO BRAINERD IS AND DANCING FIRST SETS THE STANDARD.

I THINK THAT HELPED ADD CONFIDENCE.

>> SINCE WE WON STATE, EVERYONE HAS SEEN HOW HARD DANCE IS AND IS STARTING TO APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT WE PUT INTO IT AND THE ALUMNI, WE WANT TO KEEP THE LEGACY GOING FOR THEM HOW GREAT BRAINERD IS AS A TEAM.

>> THIS TITLE MARKED BRAINERD'S 10TH IN DANCE IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

AFTERWARDS, THE MSHSL ALSO ANNOUNCED THE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS FOR BOTH HIGH KICK AND JAZZ DANCE.

CROSBY-IRONTON AND BRAINERD EACH EARNING TWO SPOTS FOR BOTH.

>>> IN SOME OTHER BRAINERD SPORTS NEWS, GIRLS BASKETBALL SOPHOMORE ADDISON BJORKLUND HAS COMMITTED TO PLAY AT NORTH DAKOTA.

BJORKLUND MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT VIA TWITTER SAYING “WHEN YOU KNOW, YOU JUST KNOW” OF HER DECISION TO PICK THE FIGHTING HAWKS.

THE 5-11 POWER FORWARD HAS BEEN ON THE VARSITY SINCE 8TH GRADE AND SO FAR IN HER CAREER HAS AMASSED OVER 500-POINTS AND 300-REBOUNDS.

>>> WELL, THE PLAY IN GAMES ARE ALL DONE AND THE FIRST ROUND OF THE BOYS SECTION TOURNAMENT BEGINS TOMORROW.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NINE YEARS, BEMIDJI WILL HOST A PLAYOFF GAME.

THE LUMBERJACKS EARNED THE 2-SEED IN THE SECTION 8-2A TOURNAMENT.

DOUBLING THEIR WIN TOTAL FROM A YEAR AGO.

THE JACKS ARE RIDING A 7 GAME UNBEATEN STREAK, INCLUDING A TIE WITH EAST GRAND FORKS.

>> I THINK WE'RE PLAYING GOOD.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP THAT GOING AND KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING.

I MEAN ALL THE WORK WE PUT IN THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, DATING BACK TO, I DON'T KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

WE ALL GLUED TOGETHER THE HARD WORK.

IT'S A GOOD FEELING.

>> THIS HAS BEEN A MOMENT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS WHOLE YEAR.

ALL THE HARD WORK HAS BEEN BUILDING UP TO THIS MOMENT.

SO WE HAVE TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT.

WE HAVE TO KEEP PLAYING AS A TEAM.

WE HAVE TO STICK TO THE COURSE.

JUST KEEP PLAYING AS A TEAM, THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.

>> Charlie: BEMIDJI IS GUARANTEED HOME ICE, BUT THERE ARE TWO GAMES AWAY INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT THAT.

>>> WARROAD GIRLS HOCKEY WILL ENTER AS THE NUMBER 3 SEED.

THEY ARE THE BACK TO BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPS AND THEY ARE MAKING THEIR 10th CONSECUTIVE STATE TOURNEY APPEARANCE.

THEY ARE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN ALMOST EVERY POLL, AND AT THE TOP IN THEIR CLASS BY 12 POINTS.

THEY WILL OPEN THE TOURNAMENT WEDNESDAY AT 1:00 P.M. AGAINST THE 6-SEED MARSHALL.

THEY HAVE ONE OF THE BEST SCORERS IN THE STATE, BROOKLYN WHICH HAS 82 POINTS, SECOND TO MERCURY.

>>> THEN WE HAVE SOME SCORES FROM THE WEEKEND FOR YOU, ST. THOMAS BEATS BEMIDJI STATE 4-3, BUT MORGAN SMITH HAD HER SECOND HAT-TRICK OF THE SEASON.

MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL, BEMIDJI 27 POINTS DOWN, ABLE TO BRING IT CLOSE BUT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HAD A LEAD IN THE FINAL PERIOD, BUT UNABLE TO COME AWAY WITH A WIN AS WELL.

ALSO OVER THE WEEKEND, HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WRESTLING, GRAND RAPIDS PUNCHED THEIR TICKET TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THEY BEAT LITTLE FALLS.

BRAINERD BEAT ST.

CLOUD 3-2 IN THE FINAL OVERTIME SATURDAY IN THE SECTION 8-2A PLAYOFF GAME.

THEN IN BASKETBALL, BEMIDJI AND NORTHOME-KELLIHER COLLECTED WINS TONIGHT.

SEBEKA FALLS AND MENAHGA AND FOSSTON WINNING TONIGHT.

SEBEKA AND GREEN WAY, THEY SUFFER LOSSES.

IN THE NHL, THEY BEAT THE U.S. 2-1.

>>> THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> COMPASS ROSE IN DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI RECENTLY HELD A SPECIAL EVENT TO CELEBRATE THEIR REBRANDING AS WELL AS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR OPENING.

THE LOCALLY-OWNED GIFT SHOP HAS BEEN OPEN FOR NINE YEARS AND OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE ON THEIR NEW LOGO AND SLOGAN FOR THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: ALL YOUR MINNESOTA THEMED NEEDS FROM HATS TO HOT COCOA, COMPASS ROADS COULD BE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR GIFTS OF ALL KINDS.

THE 2,500 SQUARE FOOT STORE WAS FOUNDED BY ONE WOMAN AND A SIMPLE IDEA.

>> WE HAD BEEN INVITED TO ABOUT 7 DIFFERENT WEDDINGS ONE SUMMER AND I JUST COULDN'T FIND GIFTS THAT REALLY DEFINED LIKE WHO OUR FRIENDS WERE AND OUR MINNESOTA LIFESTYLE.

SO, I THOUGHT WELL, I KNOW HOW TO GO ON THE WEBSITE AND I JUST FIGURED OUT THE REST.

>> Reporter: FOR THEIR NINTH ANNIVERSARY, THEY REVEALED THEIR NEW LOGO AND SLOGAN WITH A REBRANDING PARTY.

>> WITH THE NEW REBAND COMES THE NEW SLOGAN, GIFTS TO GUIDE YOU NORTH.

THE TAG LINE IS ACTUALLY OPEN TO INTERPRETATION.

>> TO US NORTH CAN BE YOUR INNER COMPASS, IT COULD BE NORTHERN MINNESOTA, IT CAN MEAN A LOT OF THINGS.

SO, WE ALWAYS LOOK AT OUR PRODUCTS THAT WE SELL AS TOKENS OF BIG AND SMALL MOMENTS THAT SHOULD ALL BE CELEBRATED.

>> Reporter: THE OWNER HANNAH SAID THE RE-BRAND ALSO HAS TO DO WITH CONNECTING TO THE STORE'S MISSION, THE MAIN GOAL OF WHICH IS TO KEEP PRODUCTS AS LOCAL AS POSSIBLE.

>> WE FINALLY AFTER NINE YEARS IN BUSINESS HAVE DEFINITELY FOUND OUR VOICE AND HAVE DEFINED OURSELVES IN THIS NEW RE-BRAND.

>> I LOVE HER TAKE ON SUPPORTING ALL SMALL BUSINESSES, WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES.

I JUST LOVE WHAT HER STORY HAS DEVELOPED INTO.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST COLLABORATE WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY OVERCOMPETITION.

>> NOW WE'RE REALLY DEFINING OURSELVES AS A MEANINGFUL GIFT SHOPPING EXPERIENCE AND REALLY FOCUSING ON OUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING OTHERS.

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

>> Dennis: AND WE ARE DONE FOR TONIGHT.

HAVE A GOOD