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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 VICTIM WHO DIED IN AN APARTMENT FIRE IN WADENA HAS NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED.

THE WADENA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS 68-YEAR-OLD DAVID HENRICHS DIED IN THAT FIRE THAT STARTED ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

12 OTHER RESIDENTS WERE DISPLACED DUE TO THE FIRE AND OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE DETAILS ON THE RECOVERY AND REHOUSING EFFORTS BEING MADE TO HELP THOSE VICTIMS.

>> Reporter: SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS CAUSED FOUR FIRE TRUCKS AND TWO LADDERS TO FREEZE, MAKING SEVEN DIFFERENT FIRE DEPARTMENTS BATTLE THIS BLAZE OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON.

>> IT MOVED FAST AND IT WAS TRAGIC.

A BIG FIRE, EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE LOST.

>> Reporter: 12 RESIDENTS WERE DISPLACED BECAUSE OF THE FIRE.

THEY HAD TO QUICKLY EVACUATE, LEAVING BEHIND COUNTLESS ITEMS, MEMORIES, AND FOR SOME, EVEN THEIR PETS.

>> THE TERRIBLE THING ABOUT FIRES, THERE IS NO NOTICE.

YOU GET UP AND GO AND WHATEVER YOU HAVE ON YOUR BACK IS NOW WHAT YOU OWN.

YOU LOSE EVERYTHING.

>> Reporter: THOSE WITHOUT SHELTERS WERE TAKEN TO LOCAL HOTELS SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AND FURTHER EFFORTS WERE BEING MADE.

THE WADENA NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY HAS BEEN OPENED AS THE NEXT STEP IN THE SHELTERING PROCESS AFTER AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM WALZ AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR RESIDENTS.

>> THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD ARE ALWAYS THERE TO SUPPORT THEIR FELLOW MINNESOTANS.

THEY LIVE AND SERVE IN THEIR HOMETOWN AND THIS TYPE OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS EXACTLY WHERE MILITARY SERVICE TO STATE AND NATION IS ALL ABOUT.

WE TAKE A PARTICULAR LEVEL OF PRIDE IN SERVING OUR HOMETOWN COMMUNITIES AND OUR NEIGHBORS.

>> WE CERTAINLY HAVE TWO CLIENTS STAYING HERE NOW.

SOME HAVE FOUND OTHER HOUSING SOLUTIONS AND SOME ARE STAYING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

THE COUNTY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM VERY CLOSELY AND BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

>> Reporter: A CENTRAL MINNESOTA NON-PROFIT HAS ESTABLISHED THE WADENA FIRE RECOVERY FUND, AND WILL BE USED TO FILL RESOURCE GAPS DURING THE LONG-TERM RECOVERY EFFORTS.

>> THIS IS WHEN THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE CREWS LEAVE.

THERE ARE STILL NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE FULFILLED AND THIS FUND IS INTENDED TO FILL THOSE GAPS TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE AND HELP THESE PEOPLE GET BACK TO THEIR NEW NORMAL.

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

>> THERE ARE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS AND CHURCHES MANAGING DONATIONS THAT ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH WADENA COUNTY AND MAY BE ABLE TO ACCEPT MORE ITEMS THAN WHAT WADENA COUNTY IS ABLE TO.

>>> DELTA AIR LINES IS OFFERING MONEY TO PASSENGERS INVOLVED IN THIS WEEK'S TERRIFYING CRASH IN CANADA.

ON MONDAY, THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH DEPARTED FROM MINNEAPOLIS, FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN AFTER LANDING ON AN ICY RUNWAY AT CANADA'S TORONTO PEARSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

ALL 80 PEOPLE ON THE AIRCRAFT SURVIVED, BUT AT LEAST 18 PEOPLE WERE INJURED.

PASSENGERS ON-BOARD THE FLIGHT WHO ACCEPT THE AIRLINE'S OFFER WOULD GET PAYMENTS OF $30,000.

A DELTA SPOKESPERSON SAID THE OFFER HAS NO STRINGS ATTACHED AND DOES NOT AFFECT PASSENGER RIGHTS.

IF ALL 76 PASSENGERS TAKE THE OFFER, IT WOULD ADD UP TO MORE THAN $2.2 MILLION.

THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

>>> FAMILY AND SUPPORTERS WELCOMED HOME NATIVE AMERICAN ACTIVIST LEONARD PELTIER TO NORTH DAKOTA ONE DAY AFTER HIS RELEASE FROM A FLORIDA PRISON WHERE HE HAD BEEN SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE IN THE 1975 KILLINGS OF TWO F.B.I.

AGENTS.

PELTIER WAS DEFIANT TOWARD THE GOVERNMENT BUT GRATEFUL TO THOSE WHO SUPPORTED HIM.

PELTIER GREW EMOTIONAL AS HE ADDRESSED THEM WEDNESDAY AT AN EVENTS CENTER IN BELCOURT ON THE TURTLE MOUNTAIN RESERVATION, SAYING A STRONG WARRIOR SHOULDN'T BE BE CRYING IN FRONT OF HIS PEOPLE.

>> I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT.

I'M PROUD OF THE POSITION I TAKEN, TO HELP FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS FOR SURVIVAL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHOWING ME THE SUPPORT.

IT'S SURPRISING.

I WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED AND SURPRISED TO SEE ALL OF YOU LINED UP THERE AND WELCOMING ME HOME.

>> THEN-PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN COMMUTED PELTIER'S LIFE SENTENCE TO HOME CONFINEMENT, LEADING TO HIS RELEASE TUESDAY.

>>> NORTHLAND COLLEGE IN ASHLAND WISCONSIN IS SHUTTING ITS DOORS AT THE END OF THIS ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR.

TODAY THE SCHOOL'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO CLOSE THE COLLEGE DUE TO DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND SOARING COSTS.

NORTHLAND HAS BEEN STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY SINCE MARCH 2024.

IT CUT STAFF AND LIMITED ACADEMIC OFFERINGS TO HELP OFFSET COSTS BUT THE BOARD SAID IT NO LONGER SEES A SUSTAINABLE PATH FORWARD.

NORTHLAND WAS FOUNDED IN 1892 AND BECAME THE FIRST COLLEGE TO FULLY INTEGRATE AN ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS WITHIN ITS LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULUM.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE'S DAY OF GIVING FUNDRAISER IS COMING UP POERM.

-- FORM TOMORROW.

THE ANNUAL EVENT IS A 24-HOUR ONLINE FUNDRAISER THAT HAS RAISED OVER $1 MILLION FOR THE UNIVERSITY SINCE ONLY 2019, THE SCHOOL'S 2025 GOAL IS TO RAISE $300,000 FROM MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED DONORS.

THE MONEY CAN BE DESIGNATED TO A SPECIFIC ACADEMIC PROGRAM, ATHLETICS PROGRAM, OR INDIVIDUAL FUNDRAISERS SUCH AS THE RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS FUND, WHICH SAVES MONEY FOR STUDENTS IN NEED IF THEY COME UPON SUDDEN FINANCIAL INSECURITIES SO THEY CAN STILL FOCUS ON GETTING TO CLASS WHILE ALSO RECEIVING HELP.

>> I THINK THE REASON WHY THE DAY OF GIVING IS SO SUCCESSFUL IS THAT IT OFFERS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT ON CAMPUS.

THEY LEARN ABOUT WHAT OUR NURSING PROGRAM IS UP TO, WHAT OUR ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT IS UP TO, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR, YOU KNOW, ATHLETIC TEAMS AND WHAT THEIR FOCUS IS ON.

IT REALLY BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER TO REALLY WORK TOWARDS ONE GOAL.

>> IT'S PRETTY POWERFUL TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER ON ONE DAY COLLECTIVELY TO TRY TO REACH OUR GOAL, UNIFIED TOGETHER.

SO BE IT THE CAMPUS, ALL ACROSS THE BOARD, EVERYONE COMING TOGETHER FOR ONE DAY IS POWERFUL.

EVERY DONATION MATTERS, EVERY GIFT MATTERS, EVERY LITTLE BIT MATTERS.

>> THIS YEAR'S DAY OF GIVING FUNDRAISER WILL BEGIN AT 12:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20TH AND WILL GO UNTIL 11:59 P.M. THAT SAME DAY.

THE WEBSITE THAT DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO IS BSUALUMNI.ORG/DAYOFGIVING.

>>> FEDERAL AGENCIES WILL NOW HAVE MORE PRESIDENTIAL SUPERVISION UNDER A NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DIRECTING ALL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES TO SUBMIT DRAFT REGULATIONS TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR REVIEW.

THE ORDER SAYS IT'S TO ENSURE PRESIDENTIAL SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE ENTIRE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.

THE AGENCIES MUST ALSO CONSULT WITH THE WHITE HOUSE ON THEIR PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIC PLANS.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS WILL ALSO BE PUT IN PLACE.

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES LIKE THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ARE AMONG THOSE THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS NEED PRESIDENTIAL OVERSIGHT.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE'LL ENJOY A DAY OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIT WARMER THAN WE HAD TODAY.

HIGHS COULD BE IN THE 30s AND 40s THIS WEEKEND.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, MINNESOTA NATIVE AND STORYTELLER PERFORMED AT CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE THIS PAST WEEKEND.

[♪♪♪] >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> THIS VALENTINE'S DAY WEEKEND, RENOWNED PLAYWRIGHT AND STORY TELLER KEVIN KLING BROUGHT HIS APTLY NAMED PIECE “THE LOVE SHOW” TO THE CHALBERG THEATERE.

THE SHOW REMINDS AUDIENCES THAT WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, LOVE PERSISTS.

THE SHOW FEATURES A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ACTS FROM SINGERS, TO POETS, TO MUSICIANS, ALL WITH THE SAME MESSAGE.

NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCES LOVE WILL ALWAYS SAVE THE DAY.

>> SO ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT THIS SHOW IS THAT IT'S ABOUT LOVE.

WE ALL CARRY THAT, ESPECIALLY IN STRESSFUL TIMES.

SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT WE CARRY THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY IN THIS STORY THAT WE TELL TONIGHT, THAT THE FEELING OF LOVE WILL AGAIN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOLD THAT, HAVE THAT, AND LEAD WITH THAT.

>> UP NEXT FOR KLING WILL BE HIS NEWEST WORK ALONG SIDE SINGER SONG WRITER GAELYNN LEA TITLED "INVISIBLE FENCES".

>>> DESPITE THE COLD TEMPERATURES OVER THE WEEKEND THAT STACY WARNED US ABOUT LAST WEEK, MANY STILL GATHERED ON LAKE BEMIDJI ON SATURDAY FOR THE 21ST ANNUAL BRR-MIDJI PLUNGE.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WAS AT THE EVENT THAT KICKED OFF THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL BRR-MIDJI DAYS.

>> Reporter: TEDDY ROOSEVELT ONCE SAID NOTHING IN THE WORLD IS WORTH DOING UNLESS IT MEANS EFFORT AND DIFFICULTY.

[CHEERING].

>> Reporter: DID TEDDY EVER PARTICIPATE IN THE BRR-MIDJI PLUNGE?

>> ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS I'VE DONE IN MY LIFE IS CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN IN WASHINGTON, AND THEN THE BIKE RACE, SEVEN DAYS, BIKE RACE, AND THIS IS THE THIRD, BY FAR.

I AM GLAD THAT IT WAS SHORT LIVED.

>> Reporter: THE WEATHER ON SATURDAY WAS NO LAUGHING MATTER.

WITH THE WINDCHILL MAKING IT FEEL LIKE BELOW 0, BUT A BRAVE FEW DECIDED TO TAKE ON THE EXTREME CONDITIONS ON LAKE BEMIDJI.

>> WE HAD A TOTAL OF 60 JUMPERS, AS YOUNG AS 12 YEARS OLD, AND AS OLD AS 68.

>> IT'S HEARTWARMING.

AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THE COLDEST EVENTS IN BEMIDJI.

YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGNING UP BUT IT MAKES US SO HAPPY WHEN WE SEE EVERYONE COMING TOGETHER FOR A GREAT CAUSE.

>> Reporter: IT HAS RAISED MONEY FOR DIFFERENT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE FOOD BANK, WOMEN'S SHELTER, AND THE BEMIDJI SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

>> WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH MONEY WE RAISED AFTER THE FACT HERE AND I'M HOPING IT'S JUST AS MUCH.

WE BROKE RECORDS LAST YEAR WITH THE $8,000 THAT WENT TO THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS, SO I HOPE WE DID THAT IF NOT MORE.

>> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH THE MONEY RAISED WILL STAY LOCAL, PEOPLE TRAVEL IN WELL OUTSIDE BEMIDJI TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT.

>> I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA BUT I FEEL LIKE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> THERE HAS TO BE CLOSE TO 100 PEOPLE THAT COME DOWN TO WATCH AND JUMP IN.

JUST TO SEE EVERYONE IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER WHEN IT'S FREEZING OUTSIDE AND GET TOGETHER FOR A GREAT EVENT, IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE.

>> Reporter: FOLLOWING THE TRADITION OF OTHER LAKELAND REPORTERS IN THE PAST, IT'S MY TURN TO DO THE PLUNGE.

FOR LAKELAND NEWS, I'M SYDNEY DICK.

[CHEERING] >> THE PLUNGE WAS THE FIRST EVENT OF THIS YEAR'S BRR-MIDJI DAYS AND IT WAS DEFINITELY THE COLDEST.

THE REST OF THE JAYCEE'S EVENTS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK, ENDING ON SATURDAY WITH THE BASH ICE FISHING DERBY.

>>> A YEAR AGO STACY, SYDNEY WAS IN FLORIDA TAKING A JUMP LIKE THAT.

THIS YEAR, SHE IS IN BEMIDJI IN JANUARY, MUCH COLDER LAST WEEKEND THAN THIS WEEKEND.

>> Stacy: DEFINITELY.

WE ARE SEEING SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES ALREADY.

TOMORROW SHOULD BE WARMER THAN TODAY.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE 30s AND MAYBE SOME 40s IN PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE'L >> 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, WE HAD SOME CLOUDS ROLLING INTO PARTS OF THE AREA, EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRY ACTIVITY.

ALL OF THAT WILL BE COMING TO AN END OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE WILL START TO SEE SKIES CLEARING OUT AND BY TOMORROW, SUNNY SKIES ARE IN STORE, WE WILL SEE SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES THAN WHAT WE HAD TODAY, A LITTLE BIT WARMER THE DAY AFTER.

BY THE TIME WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, WE SHOULD SEE HIGHS IN THE 30s AND SOME 40s.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 1 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WEST WINDS ARE AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

WE HAVE A DEW POINT OF -8 AND HUMIDITY IS AT 66%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING, 3 DEGREES, -3 IS THE DEW POINT, WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 9 MILES PER HOUR, OUR CURRENT WINDCHILL IS AT -12.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, WE CAN SEE SOME OF THAT PRECIPITATION THAT AFFECTED MAINLY THE EASTERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, JUST SOME LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES.

THOSE WILL BE TAPERING OFF IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

IT WILL LEAVE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, BUT THOSE SKIES WILL BE CLEARING OUT AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, SO EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF NICE SUNSHINE WITH EVEN WARMER TEMPERATURES THAN TODAY.

ARLENE SENT US THIS PHOTO OF THE SUNRISE, THE BEAUTIFUL MORNING SKIES IN MENAHGA, ANGELA WITH A PHOTO OF THE LIGHT SNOW THAT FELL TODAY IN CASS LAKE, AND SAMROSE WITH THIS GORGEOUS SHOT OF THE SUNSET OVER LOWER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, -19 WITH A LIGHT BREEZE.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUN AND CLOUDS, THAT MIX TODAY, THE LOW WAS -15.

PAUL IN BEMIDJI WITH A HIGH OF 6.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST SKIES AND THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 13.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 16 TODAY, SO WARMER THAN IT'S BEEN, BUT WE ARE STILL BELOW OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE BY MORE THAN 10 DEGREES.

-13 FOR THE LOW, 5:50 WAS THE SUNSET.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 5, 26 IS OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE, SO WE ARE VERY COLD IN BEMIDJI, -13 FOR THE LOW, SUNRISE AT 7:16.

SO AS WE LOOK AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, TOMORROW MORNING WE SEE CLEAR SKIES.

WE'LL PUT THIS IN MOTION, BUT YOU ALMOST CAN'T TELL IT IS BECAUSE WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CLEAR SKIES THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY.

AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME WARMER TEMPS IN THE AREA, HIGHS 8 IN FOSSTON, 16 IN GRAND RAPIDS, AND IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, IT LOOKS SIMILAR WITH HIGHS IN THE TEENS THROUGHOUT THAT AREA.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS AGAIN DROPPING TO -15, SO COLD OVERNIGHT, NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

SUNNY SKIES FOR TOMORROW AND AGAIN A LITTLE BIT WARMER, 12, HIGH TEMPERATURES WINDS WEST AROUND 5.

LOOKING AT THE WEEKEND FORECAST, WE WILL SEE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 18 FOR THE HIGH, BUT THE WARM UP ARRIVES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 30s, POSSIBLY UPPER 30s AND LOW 40s ON SUNDAY.

WE DO HAVE A SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY.

AGAIN, THE TEMPERATURES STILL VERY MILD, WE'LL BE SEEING THE HIGHS AROUND 39 TO THE LOW TO MID-40s ON MONDAY, AND OVERNIGHT LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WILL ALSO BE IN THE 30s.

BACK TO YOU DENNIS.

>> Dennis: I LIKE THE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN.

>> Charlie: I DO TOO.

>> Dennis: WARROAD GIRLS HOCKEY, NOT TRYING BACK TO BACK BUT GOING BACK TO BACK TO BACK.

>> Charlie: YEAH, IT WOULD BE FOUR IN A ROW BUT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

CLASS A GETTING UNDERWAY AND THEY HAD A TOUGH GAME AGAINST MARSHALL IN THE QUARTER FINALS.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHT FROM THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS POWERED BY THE GIGAZONE.

THE ALL FIBEROPTIC NETWORK.

>> HEALTH MINUTE IS SPONSORED IN PART BY EMPLOYEE-OWNED LUEKEN'S VILLAGE FOODS, FEATURING THE AREA'S LARGEST SELECTION OF SEAFOOD AND HIGHEST QUALITY MEATS.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE EXCEL ENERGY CENTER MIGHT AS WELL BE A SECOND HOME FOR WARROAD GIRLS HOCKEY.

EVERY FEBRUARY FOR THE LAST DECADE, THE WARRIORS HAVE MADE THE TRIP TO SAINT PAUL TO PLAY IN THE CLASS A STATE TOURNAMENT AND FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, THEY'VE LEFT AS STATE CHAMPIONS.

NOW AFTER THEIR 4-2 WIN OVER CROOKSTON IN THE SECTION 8A CHAMPIONSHIP, THEY ARE BACK AND POISED TO MAKE A RUN AT AN HISTORIC 4TH STRAIGHT TITLE BUT FIRST THEY HAD SOME WORK TO DO IN THE QUARTERFINALS.

WARROAD ENTERING AS THE 3-SEED, RIDING A 17-GAME WIN STREAK, TAKING ON 6-SEED MARSHALL.

IT WAS A GRITTY GAME FROM THE START.

NO SCORE MID-FIRST PERIOD WHEN EMMIE HARDWICK THINKS SHE HAS A GOAL.

THE REFS WAVED IT OFF BUT AT THE NEXT STOPPAGE REVIEWED THE GOAL SAID THE TUCKED IT UNDERNEATH THE POST.

THE GOAL IS AWARDED AND THE WARRIORS LEAD 1-0.

IN THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE PERIOD, ONE OF THE STATE'S TOP SCORERS, BROOKLYN MOWK HAD GREAT LOOK BUT FINDS THE PIPE.

TIGERS HAD ONLY HAD 4 SHOTS IN THE FIRST AND ONLY 5 THE REST OF THE GAME.

IT REMAINED 1-0 INTO THE SECOND PERIOD.

NOW JUST PAST THE MIDWAY POINT, LINNEA HARREN PUTS THE BISCUIT IN THE BASKET, HER 8TH OF THE SEASON GIVES THE WARRIORS A 2-GOAL CUSHION.

THEN IN THE THIRD, SAME SCORE.

SENIOR CAPTAIN KATY COMSTOCK SAYS NIGHT NIGHT.

THE BSU COMMIT PUTS THE TIGERS TO BED.

JAYLIE FRENCH WOULD ADD A LATER POWER PLAY GOAL AND FINISH WITH A TEAM HIGH 2-POINTS AS WARROAD KNOCKS OFF MARSHALL 4-ZIP.

PAYTON ROLLI RECORDED HER 9TH SHUTOUT FOR THE WARRIORS WHO HOUNDED THE TIGERS ALL AFTERNOON OF THE DEFENSIVE FRONT, SOMETHING THEY HOPE TO REPLICATE IN THEIR SEMI-FINAL MATCH-UP WITH 2-SEED ORONO.

>> WE DIDN'T PLAY ANY TEAMS THEY PLAYED BUT I THINK THEY GAVE US THEIR BEST GAME.

THEY CAME OUT HARD EVERY PERIOD, WE HAD TO OUT WORK THEM.

>> I THOUGHT WE PLAYED PRETTY GOOD DEFENSIVELY.

WE HAVE MOST OF THE YEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ON OUR TOES ON FRIDAY, THAT'S FOR SURE.

THEY'RE A GOOD TEAM.

THEY ARE HUNGRY.

YOU KNOW, THEY COME UP SHORT A COUPLE YEARS IN A ROW AND THEY'RE MOTIVATED AND GOOD GOALTENDING AND QUICK FORWARDS.

THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF COMMITMENTS SO WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN DO OUR BEST AGAINST THEM AND WE HAVE TO BE READY TO PLAY, THAT'S FOR SURE.

>> FRIDAY'S GAME WILL BE THE SECOND MEETING IN THREE YEARS AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT FOR THESE TWO TEAMS.

THE WARRIORS BEAT THE SPARTANS 3-1 IN THE CLASS A TITLE GAME BUT THE SPARTANS BEAT THE WARRIORS 3-0 AT THE GARDENS ARENA IN WARROAD EARLIER THIS SEASON.

>>> WELL, BSU MEN'S HOCKEY RETURNS TO THE SANFORD CENTER THIS WEEKEND FOR THEIR FINAL HOME SERIES OF THE REGULAR SEASON WITH SENIOR NIGHT SLATED FOR SATURDAY.

IT HAD BEEN TOUGH SLEDDING IN THE BACK HALF OF THE YEAR FOR THE BEAVERS WHO CURRENTLY SIT IN 8TH PLACE IN THE CCHA STANDINGS PARTLY DUE TO A LACK OF OFFENSIVE PRODUCTIVITY ON THE SCOREBOARD.

BUT THE BEAVS HAD A BIG 5-POINT WEEKEND AT MICHIGAN TECH TWO WEEKS AGO, A SERIES IN WHICH THEY SCORED 11-GOALS AFTER SCORING ONLY 8 IN THE 6-GAMES PRIOR AND NOW BEMIDJI STATE WILL COME OUT OF THEIR BYE TO TAKE ON BOWLING GREEN, A TEAM THEY SCORED 7-GOALS AGAINST IN THEIR FIRST MEETING.

>> YOU BETTER DANCE CLOSE WITH THEM.

THAT'S ONE THING WE DID, WE DANCED CLOSE WITH THEM IN BOWLING GREEN.

THEY'RE PHYSICAL, BUT YOU HAVE TO COUNTER THAT.

THAT WAS THREE WEEKS AGO, A MONTH AGO, DIFFERENT WEEKEND, DIFFERENT TIME.

WE'RE AT HOME RIGHT NOW SO WE HAVE TO SEE HOW THESE GAMES PLAY OUT.

SOMETIMES THEY PLAY OUT THE WAY YOU THINK IT WILL PLAY OUT AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE THE OPPOSITE.

YOU JUST DON'T KNOW.

WE'LL JUST PLAY IT FROM THERE.

>> SPECIAL FEELING, YOU HAVE A CULMINATION OF FOUR YEARS COMING TO A CLOSE THIS WEEKEND AT HOME.

I'M SUPER THRILLED TO SHARE IT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT MEAN THE MOST TO ME AND PEOPLE THAT MADE THE MOST SACRIFICES FOR ME TO GET TO THIS POINT.

I HOPE I CAN PUT ON A HECK OF A PERFORMANCE FOR THEM AND GET A COUPLE OF WINS.

>> BOTH GAMES AT BOWLING GREEN WENT TO OVERTIME, RESULTING A POINT SPLIT FOR THE SERIES.

BSU HOPING THEY CAN CLAIM MORE THIS TIME AROUND.

ALSO FRIDAY NIGHT IS THE ANNUAL TEDDY BEAR TOSS WHERE FANS CAN DONATE NEW AND UNUSED TEDDY BEARS TO THE FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA BY TOSSING THEM ONTO THE ICE AFTER THE BEAVERS SCORE THEIR FIRST GOAL.

>>> BSU WOMEN'S HOCKEY WILL ALSO BE AT HOME AND PLAYING THEIR FINAL SERIES OF THE REGULAR SEASON, HOSTING NUMBER RANKED WISCONSIN.

THE BEAVERS ARE COMING OFF A SPLIT WITH SAINT THOMAS BUT HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM WITH THE BADGERS WHO HAVE ONLY LOST ONCE THIS SEASON.

THEY WILL HAVE -- CELEBRATE THE SENIORS THAT PAVED THE PATH.

>> I'M PROUD OF THEM AND ALL THEY HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER HERE.

THEY ARE GREAT LEADERS IN THE CLASSROOM, IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WHAT THEY DO IN VOLUNTEERING AND ON THE ICE.

THEY PUT A LOT OF WORK IN AND THIS YEAR THEY WERE TOTALLY BOUGHT IN AND WANT TO BE PART OF THAT COACHING CHANGE AND THE CHANGING OF THE PROGRAM AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

THEY TOTALLY BOUGHT IN AND HAD BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AND I'M HAPPY FOR THEM AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE HARD TO REPLACE NEXT YEAR.

I'M EXCITED TO CELEBRATE THEM THIS WEEKEND.

>> Charlie: THAT GAME WILL BE BEFORE THE MEN'S GAME AND THEY WILL HAVE WISCONSIN FOR THE NEXT FOUR GAMES BECAUSE THEY ALREADY KNOW THAT'S WHO THEY WILL PLAY IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE WCHA PLAYOFFS.

>> Dennis: INTERESTING, THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> FRUITS AND VEGGIES ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF A HEALTHY DIET, BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT HARMFUL BACTERIA CAN SOMETIMES BE FOUND ON THEM?

IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, MANDY GAITHER EXPLAINS HOW TO CHOOSE AND WASH FRESH PRODUCE TO KEEP IT SAFE TO EAT.

>> Reporter: IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT ADULTS EAT UP TO TWO CUPS OF FRUIT AND AROUND THREE CUPS OF VEGGIES EVERYDAY AS PART OF A HEALTHY DIET.

EXPERTS SAY YOU ALSO HAVE TO KEEP THAT FRESH PRODUCE SAFE.

>> THE TRUTH IS, UNWASHED VEGETABLES AND FRUITS CAN BE CONTAMINATED, NOT JUST WITH DIRT BUT BACTERIA, FUNGI, PESTICIDES.

>> Reporter: A LARGE NUMBER OF FOODBORNE ILLNESSES IN THE U.S. ARE DUE TO GERMS ON FRESH PRODUCE AND SAFETY STARTS AT THE STORE.

THE C.D.C.

SAYS CHOOSE FRUITS AND VEGGIES THAT ARE NOT DAMAGED OR BRUISED AND KEEP THEM SEPARATE FROM RAW MEAT, POULTRY, AND SEAFOOD IN YOUR SHOPPING CARTS AND GROCERY BAGS.

THE SAFEST WAY TO ENJOY FRESH PRODUCE IS TO COOK IT AND WASHING IT IN COLD RUNNING WATER WILL ALSO HELP.

>> START WITH CLEAN HANDS, SURFACES, UTENSILS.

DISCARD DAMAGED LEAVES, AND RUB YOUR PRODUCE UNTIL IT DOESN'T LOOK DIRTY.

YOU SHOULD DRY ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT GOING TO IMMEDIATELY EAT.

BLOT IT WITH A DRY PAPER TOWEL OR RUN IT THROUGH A SALAD SPINNER.

>> Reporter: TO GET FRUITS AND VEGGIES HOME AND IN THE FRIDGE IN TWO HOURS OR LESS AND STORE THEM SEPARATE FROM RAW MEAT.

>> THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, BERRIES, CHERRIES, GRAPES, TO HELP THEM LAST LONGER, STORE THEM UNWASHED IN THE REFRIGERATOR AND WASH WHEN YOU'RE READY TO EAT.

>> Reporter: FOR HEALTH MINUTE, I'M MANDY GAITHER.

>> TO AVOID CROSS CONTAMINATION, EXPERTS SAY TO ALSO USE DIFFERENT CUTTING BOARDS FOR FRUITS AND VEGGIES, THEN YOU DO FOR RAW MEAT.

>>> AND NOW ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: TONIGHT, PARTLY CLOUDY, LOWS NEAR -15.

SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW, HIGHS NEAR 12 WITH WEST WINDS AROUND 5.

>> Dennis: THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR US, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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