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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 CASS LAKE HUSBAND AND WIFE DIED LAST FRIDAY MORNING WHEN THE SUV THEY WERE IN WAS STRUCK BY A TRAIN.

THE CRASH HAPPENED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CASS LAKE AT A RAILROAD CROSSING ON COUNTY ROAD 101.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE HUBBARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 61-YEAR-OLD DOUGLAS STEWART WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE SOUTHBOUND AND HIS WIFE 42-YEAR-OLD TIFFANY STEWART WAS A PASSENGER.

THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CRASH SHOWED THE STEWARTS SUV STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN FOR THE RAILROAD CROSSING, AND THEN PROCEEDED TO CROSS THE TRACKS AND WAS HIT BY THE TRAIN WHICH WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND.

THE TRAIN CONDUCTOR, 36-YEAR OLD LEE SILCOX OF KEMPTON NORTH DAKOTA CALLED 9-1-1 TO REPORT THE CRASH.

THE PRESS RELEASE ON THE CRASH DID NOT LIST ANY INJURIES FOR SILCOX.

>>> A FUNDRAISER IS UNDERWAY FOR THE FAMILY OF THE WADENA MAN WHO DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE LAST WEEK.

73-YEAR OLD DAVID HANES WAS LOCATED UNRESPONSIVE INSIDE THE HOME LAST THURSDAY NIGHT AND DIED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

ACCORDING TO FAMILY MEMBERS, HANES WIFE OF 55-YEARS JEANNIE WAS AWAY AT THE STORE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE AND NOW AT 73-YEARS OF AGE SHE IS LEFT WITH ONLY THE CLOTHES SHE WAS WEARING AT THE TIME.

A GOFUNDME PAGE HAS BEEN SET UP TO HELP JEANNIE, ACCORDING TO THE FUNDRAISER MESSAGE, MONEY RAISED WILL HELP HER WITH THE STABLITY REQUIRED TO NAVIGATE THIS TRAGEDY.

AND THE FUNDS WILL ONLY BE USED FOR EMERGENCY PROVISIONS, FINAL ARRANGEMENTS, AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE, AS OF THIS EVENING A LITTLE MORE THAN $3,000 HAS BEEN RAISED.

TO HELP OUT YOU CAN GO TO GOFUNDME.COM AND SEARCH DAVID HANES, WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE A LINK TO THAT PAGE WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> AN ENGLISH TEACHER AT BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL IS POSSIBLY FACING TERMINATION AFTER USING A STORY DURING HER CLASS THAT REPORTEDLY DEPICTED GRAPHIC SEXUAL IMAGERY.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> A SELF IDENTIFIED LGBTQ EDUCATOR IS SERVING A PAID LEAVE AS SHE AWAITS THE SCHOOL BOARD'S DECISION TO TERMINATE HER EMPLOYMENT AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

ACCORDING TO A FACEBOOK POST, SHE WAS SHARING A SHORT STORY AT HER BEMIDJI CLASS THAT WAS LEFT OFF TO LAST YEAR'S CURRICULUM.

DUE TO AN APPARENT MISCOMMUNICATION, IT WAS NOT ADDED THIS YEAR.

BERNARD ASSUMED IT WAS ADDED AND PROCEEDED TO TEACH THE STORY.

THE STORY IN QUESTION IS STILL UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME BUT IT REPORTEDLY INCLUDED SEXUALLY GRAPHIC LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT.

SHE FACED DISCIPLINARY ACTION IN 2023 BY SHOWING A MOVIE VERSION OF THE SAME STORY.

A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WILL MEET TOMORROW AND DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF TERMINATION.

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

>> Dennis: BEMIDJI AREA SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT JEREMY OLSON TOLD US HE COULD NOT COMMENT ON THE SITUATION SINCE IT'S A PERSONNEL MATTER.

>>> THE BRAINERD SCHOOL BOARD BEGAN ITS INTERVIEW PROCESS TODAY AS THE DISTRICT CONTINUES TO LOOK FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT, THE BOARD INTERVIEWED THREE CANDIDATES FOR THE JOB TODAY, BRIAN MASTERSON, CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT AT HINCKLEY FINLAYSON SCHOOL DISTRICT, CHARLIE CAMPBELL, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE, AND CHIP RANKIN, SUPERINTENDENT OF MINNEWASKA AREA SCHOOLS, EACH CANDIDATE WAS ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS, WITH A WIDE ARRAY OF TOPICS COVERED, WITH EACH CANDIDATE USING THEIR OWN UNIQUE EXPERIENCES AS PROOF THAT THEY ARE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB.

>> THIS IS THE ONLY JOB I APPLIED FOR IN NINE YEARS.

THEY WANTED CONTINUITY.

I'M A GRADUATE OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

I'M A GRADUATE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.

I SPENT A LOT OF TIME PREPARING PHYSICAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

IT'S HARD DECISIONS LIKE YOU HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WHAT YOU WANT AND STICK WITH IT TO GET RESULTS.

>> IN MY TIME AS SUPERINTENDENT, WE FACED DECLINING ENROLLMENT, BUDGET RESTRAINTS, AND WE'RE NAVIGATING THROUGH THAT.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP PROGRAMING WITH DECLINING ENROLLMENT.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON IMPROVING TEST SCORES AND STUDENT BEHAVIORS.

>> MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR CHARLIE CAMPBELL DECLINED TO COMMENT AFTER HIS INTERVIEW, CAMPBELL PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR AT BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL FROM 2011 UNTIL 2021 THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL CONTINUE THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WITH THE FINAL TWO CANDIDATES TOMORROW AT NOON.

>>> CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE'S CORE VALUES CENTER AROUND INNOVATION, EXCELLENCE, COMMUNITY, AND INCLUSION.

ITS WELDING PROGRAM IS EMBODYING THOSE VERY VALUES FOR TWO STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE ON HOW CLC'S WELDING PROGRAM MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ALL ITS STUDENTS TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS.

>> Reporter: ZACHARY AND TYLER HAVE BEEN THROWN CURVEBALLS IN LIFE NEVER BELIEVED COULD BE OVERCOME TO PURSUE WELDING AS A CAREER.

>> JULY 17, 2022, I WAS IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT.

I'M LUCKY TO BE HERE.

>> IN 2020, I HAD A DIRT BIKE ACCIDENT.

I BROKE MY SCAPULA IN TWO PLACES, MY COLLARBONE, 10 BONES IN MY BACK, HAD A LONG CONCUSSION.

>> Reporter: HOWEVER, WHILE THEY BOTH HAD THEIR DOUBTS, WELDING INSTRUCTOR NEVER HESITATED, WAVERED, OR THOUGHT THEIR PASTS COULD NOT INCLUDE HIS PROGRAM.

>> I'M ON DIFFERENT WEBSITES AND COMMUNITY THINGS AND I STARTED SEEING DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT THAT WAS MEANT FOR ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION.

THEY WERE FEEDING THE WIRE AUTOMATICALLY.

I JUST KIND OF RESEARCHED THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

>> Reporter: WELDING STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO LEARN THREE PRIMARY PROCESSES: MIG, STICK, AND TIG WELDING, WITH TIG REQUIRING TWO ARMS AND THANKS TO AN AUTOMATIC WIRE FEEDER, THE ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES THEY WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.

>> I HAD QUESTIONS ON THE WE COULD DO IT.

HE SAID YES, I WILL NOT SEND YOU OUT ALONE.

>> HE KNOWS HOW TO RUN THAT MACHINE BETTER THAN I DO.

IT WAS A WIN-WIN.

>> Reporter: HE FOUND HIS WAY TO CK WORLDWIDE, WHICH DONATED THE SWITCH TO CONTROL THE WIRE FEEDER, GIVING FUTURE STUDENTS NEW OPTIONS.

>> IT MAKES IT POSSIBLE.

IT DOESN'T MAKE IT EASIER, HE STILL STRUGGLES, STILL LEARNS HOW TO CONTROL IT.

IF IT WASN'T FOR OTTO, IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: HE IS CURRENTLY PURSUING HIS AA DEGREE AT CLC.

HE IS THREE MONTHS INTO HIS JOURNEY IN THE WELDING PROGRAM.

HE STILL STOPS BY THE WELDING LAB TO CHECK IN, OFFERING SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT SHOWN TO HIM BY AN INSTRUCTOR THAT NEVER CONSIDERED GIVING UP ON FINDING AN OPTION FOR HIS STUDENTS.

>> I WAS REALLY EAGER TO HELP HIM IF HE HAD QUESTIONS.

I KNOW IT'S INTIMIDATING AT FIRST.

>> I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM.

HE'S AN INSPIRATION.

>> WE WORKED TOGETHER AND WE FIGURED IT OUT AND WE HAVE A GOOD SOLUTION HERE, I THINK.

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

>> SILTMAN AND DAY ALSO EACH HAD THE SAME DOCTOR AT THE MAYO CLINIC IN ROCHESTER FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE SURGERIES.

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

>> Stacy: TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS BELOW 0 OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND WARMER WEATHER IS IN STORE AND WE COULD HAVE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30s ON THURSDAY.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THE PEQUOT LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CELEBRATE THEIR 2025 BUSINESS OF THE YEAR.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> TYPICAL MINNESOTA WINTER WEATHER GREETED THE PARTICIPANTS OF THIS YEARS BRAINERD JAYCEES ICE FISHING EXTRAVAGANZA.

IT'S BILLED AS THE WORLDS LARGEST CHARITABLE ICE FISHING TOURNAMENT, WITH 100 PERCENT OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE TOURNAMENT DONATED BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.

ANGLERS ALSO EARNED SOME PRIZES, WITH THE FIRST-PLACE WINNER, THOMAS JOHNSON CATCHING A 5.63 POUND WALLEYE, AND TAKING HOME A BRAND NEW TRUCK.

OUR DANIEL PURSELL WILL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE EVENT TOMORROW NIGHT AT 10:00.

>>> WELL IF YOU BELIEVE THAT GROUND HOGS CAN PREDICT THE WEATHER YOU BETTER BRACE FOR SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER, OR MAYBE NOT.

THE MOST FAMOUS GROUND HOG OF THEM ALL PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL SAW HIS SHADOW TODAY IN PENNSYLVANIA.

BY WAY OF A TRADITION THAT HAS ROOTS IN EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL FOLKLORE THAT MEANS SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER.

BUT, PHIL'S ACCURACY HAS NOT BEEN STELLAR OVER THE YEARS, HE'S ONLY BEEN RIGHT ABOUT 40-PERCENT OF THE TIME.

SO MAYBE IT'S TIME TO GIVE JIMMY THE GROUND HOG FROM SUN PRAIRIE WISCONSIN A SHOT INSTEAD, JIMMY DID NOT SEE HIS SHADOW TODAY THUS INDICATING AN EARLY SPRING.

JIMMY IS LOCATED CLOSER TO MINNESOTA STACY SO LET'S GO WITH THAT.

PERSONALLY IF WE HAVE ONLY SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER THAT'S FINE WITH ME AS LONG AS WINTER DOESN'T STRETCH INTO MID-APRIL OR SOMETHING LIKE SOME YEARS.

IT -- >> Stacy: WHENNER IS UNPREDICTABLE.

WE HAVE COLD WEATHER AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE COLD TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, LOWS IN THE TEENS BELOW 0, BUT WARMER TEMPS ARE ON THE WAY AND AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY, WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30s, CAN'T RULE OUT A FEW LOCAT [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE ARE SEEING SOME COLDER WEATHER ONCE AGAIN IN THE AREA TODAY.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE TEENS BELOW 0 OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE DO HAVE A WARMING TREND AS WE HEAD THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK.

WE WILL BE SEEING HIGHS IN THE 30s, MAYBE CLOSE TO 40 DEGREES ON THURSDAY, AND THEN TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN PRETTY SEASONAL.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT IS -6 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE A LIGHT NORTH WIND, OUR DEW POINT IS -10 AND HUMIDITY IS AT 84%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLEAR SKIES, IT IS 4 ABOVE, WITH A DEW POINT OF -3, PRESSURE IS RISING AND WINDS ARE NORTH AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

NOT A LOT TO SEE ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE.

WE HAD SOME CLOUD COVER IN PARTS OF THE AREA, CLEAR SKIES IN OTHERS.

OVERNIGHT, WE SHOULD SEE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

IT WILL BE COLD AGAIN TONIGHT, HIGHS TOMORROW IN THE TEENS, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE WARMING UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK AND AGAIN THOSE TEMPERATURES COULD BE FEELING MILD ON THURSDAY.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL MOONLIT SKIES FROM RALPH IN JENKINS THIS MORNING AND THE MOON SHINING OVER THE NEW SNOW IN MENAHGA FROM ARLENE.

BRANDON WITH THE SUNRISE THIS MORNING IN BELTRAMI COUNTY.

GARY SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE HAZY SUNSHINE AND SAMROSE CAPTURING THE GLOW OF THE SUN.

YOLANDA WITH SOME OF THE SNOW COVERED ROADS RECENTLY AND ANGELA WITH TONIGHT'S MOON OVER CASS LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, BOB IN BLUFFTON, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A HIGH OF 13.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE, TOPPING OUT AT 12.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, THE WINDCHILL IS -7.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, REPORTING A HIGH OF 11.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING A HIGH OF 15.

WE ARE SEEING COOLER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.

OUR AVERAGE HIGH FOR THIS DATE, 23.

WE HAD LOW TEMPS THIS MORNING OF 2 AND SUNSET AT 5:23.

BEMIDJI WITH A HIGH OF 11, SO AGAIN TEMPERATURES BELOW AVERAGE IN THE BEMIDJI AREA.

-7 WAS OUR LOW AND WE HAD SUNRISE AT 7:44.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, A MIX OF CLEAR SKIES AND CLOUD COVER AS WE START THE DAY AND WE WILL HAVE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, HIGH CLOUDS OUT THERE.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, NOT LOOKING TOO BAD, WE WILL BE SEEING THE HIGHS IN THE TEENS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA, ANYWHERE FROM 11 IN FOSSTON TO 17 IN BEMIDJI.

AS WE HEAD TO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, WE SHOULD SEE TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND THE MID-TEENS AS WELL.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS DROPPING TO -13.

THEN TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY, HIGHS NEAR 14, WINDS VARIABLE, UP TO 10.

WE'LL SEE SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE AREA LATE TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT, AND A FEW OF THOSE COULD LINGER IN EASTERN MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING.

HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY NEAR 21.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA ON THURSDAY AS THE HIGHS CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 30s, CAN'T RULE OUT SOME LOCATIONS CLOSE TO 40.

A LITTLE BIT COOLER BEYOND THAT AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, HIGHS NEAR 18 ON FRIDAY, ON SATURDAY WE DO HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, AND SUNDAY, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, HIGH TEMPERATURES BACK TO 28.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW AND SOME MONDAY NIGHT HIGH SCHOOL GAMES TONIGHT.

>> Charlie: YEAH, SOME MAKE UP FROM ALL THAT REALLY, REALLY COLD WEATHER WHERE THEY HAD TO CANCEL THOSE GAMES.

THEY HAD TO POSTPONE THEM.

BEMIDJI ON THE COURT AND IN THE RINK.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHT FROM THAT AND STUFF FROM THE WEEKEND THAT WAS AS WELL.

THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> BEMIDJI BOYS' BASKETBALL HAS BEEN TESTED ALL SEASON LONG, PLAYING SOME OF THE BEST TEAMS THE STATE HAS TO OFFER.

NOW THEY HAVEN'T WON THEM ALL, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SECTION PLAY, THE LUMBERJACKS REMAIN UNBEATEN.

TONIGHT THEY WERE TESTED WITH ANOTHER 8-4A UNBEATEN, REIGNING STATE CHAMP ALEXANDRIA WHO MOVED UP FROM CLASS 3A.

BEMIDJI TRAILED BY 14 EARLY, BUT JAYDEN BONDI WOULD FIND HIS STROKE, 7-FIRST HALF POINTS, THAT TREY BROUGHT IT BACK TO WITHIN 7, 26-19.

LATER, JAXON BOSCHEE TRYING TO HELP THE JACKS KEEP PACE, HAD BACK-TO-BACK THREES, THE SECOND ONE FROM THE CARDINALS BENCH, ARE YOU KIDDING, HE HAD ALL 17 OF HIS POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF.

BUT THE CARDS HAD SOME SHOOTERS OF THEIR OWN, GRADY STARZL, DROPPED-18, THEY LED 54-34 AT HALF.

RHYS SNEIDE HAD 14 OF HIS 17-POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF FOR BEMIDJI, IT WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH AS THEY FALL 90-53 TO ALEXANDRIA.

>>> PEQUOT LAKES AND NEVIS GET WINS TONIGHT IN BOYS BASKETBALL.

DEER RIVER TOPS ELY.

BRAINERD GETS THE WIN OVER FERGUS FALLS.

PEQUOT LAKES GETTING THE WIN OVER ESKO, CROSBY-IRONTON HAMMERS PINE CITY.

>>> IN BOYS HOCKEY, BEMIDJI COMING OFF WINS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THEY ARE HOSTING HIBBING-CHISHOLM.

FIRST PERIOD, LUMBERJACKS TRAILING.

DAWSON WITH THE STEAL, AND KYLE BURIES IT, KNOT IT IS GAME AT 1-1.

STILL IN THE FIRST, JACKSON THROUGH TRAFFIC, RATTLES THE CAGE TO PUT HIBBING BACK IN FRONT.

THEY BUILD A 3-1 LEAD IN THE SECOND.

JACKS NEED AN ANSWER, IT'S DOUBLE DEUCES.

AND NYLON TO CUT THE LEAD TO 1.

BEMIDJI TIES IT IN THE THIRD, AND THEN THEY TOOK THE LEAD BACK SECONDS LATER AND WOULD WIN 4-3.

>>> A FEW MORE HOCKEY SCORES, GRAND RAPIDS HANDLES DULUTH DENFELD.

WARROAD GETS THE WIN OVER EAST GRAND FORKS.

ROSEAU TOPS THIEF RIVER FALLS.

ALEXANDRIA GETS A 1-0 WIN OVER LITTLE FALLS.

BAGLEY FOSSTON TOPS PARK RAPIDS.

BRAINERD LITTLE FALLS, A WIN AGAINST FERGUS FALLS.

>>> ON SATURDAY, BSU WOMEN'S HOCKEY PLAYED THEIR SERIES FINALE AGAINST MINNESOTA STATE IN GRAND RAPIDS AS PART OF THE U.S.

HOCKEY HALL OF FAME MUSEUM FACE-OFF CLASSIC, AN EVENT AIMED AT SHOWCASING WOMEN'S HOCKEY.

THE BEAVERS CAME INTO THE CONTEST AGAINST THE 13TH RANKED MAVERICKS WITH 2-RANKED WINS ALREADY THIS SEASON, AND THAT'S WHAT WE CALL FORESHADOWING.

MID 1-ST PERIOD, MAVS DRAW FIRST BLOOD, ZOE LOPEZ SERVES UP THE CAPTAIN TAYLOR OTREMBA FOR THE 1-0 LEAD.

LATE IN THE PERIOD NOW, SAME SCORE, CARMEN BRAY FEEDS IZY FAIRCHILD, ONE TIMER, HER 4TH GOAL OF THE SEASON, THAT TIES THE GAME AT ONE.

SKIPPING AHEAD TO THE 3RD, STILL TIED, SHELBY SANDBERG OUT FRONT, STUFFS HOME THE GAME WINNER, 2-1 THE FINAL.

BSU GOALTENDER AVA HILLS EARNED PLAYER OF THE GAME HONORS FOR HER 29 SAVES.

>> I'M SO GRATEFUL TO GET THAT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT WAS A TEAM EFFORT.

EVERYONE ON THE TEAM BOUGHT IN TODAY AND WE WON THAT.

>> TO PLAY IN THE GAME AND TO BE ON THAT ICE TO REPRESENT EVERYTHING FOR WOMEN'S HOCKEY, TO BE PART OF THAT GROWTH.

>> THAT MARKS THE BEAVERS THIRD RANKED WIN OF THE SEASON, THEY'RE JUST THE 7TH TEAM THE PROGRAMS 27-YEAR HISTORY TO RECORD THREE OR MORE IN A SEASON.

THEY STILL HAVE A FEW GAMES TO PLAY.

>>> SATURDAY'S GAME ALSO DOUBLED AS A HOMECOMING FOR MINNESOTA STATE'S MERCURY BISCHOFF, WHO GREW UP PLAYING FOR GRAND RAPIDS-GREENWAY AT YANMAR ARENA, AND IS THE PROGRAMS ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER.

THE 2025 MISS HOCKEY WINNER ALREADY HAS 15-GOALS AND 6-ASSISTS AS A FRESHMAN AT MANKATO.

BISCHOFF RECEIVED A WARM WELCOME FROM HER FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND FORMER TEAMMATES.

>> IT WAS DEFINITELY A LOT OF NERVES BUT I WANTED TO AVOID EVERYTHING ELSE AND PLAY MY GAME.

IT WAS EXCITING.

IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE I WILL NEVER FORGET, MEMORABLE, AND BEING ABLE TO PLAY WITH MY MANKATO TEAM.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER.

ALL THESE YOUNGER YOUTH ATHLETES ARE WATCHING US AND WANTING THEM TO WATCH THE GAME AS MUCH AS THEY CAN AND LOOK UP TO US.

I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE GIRLS TO EXPERIENCE IT.

>> Charlie: WELL, HERE ARE A FEW SCORES, MORE COLLEGE SCORES FROM THE WEEKEND.

ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE OF THINGS, WAYNE STATE BEATS BEMIDJI STATE.

14 STEALS, 14 POINTS THERE.

MEN'S HOCKEY, BEMIDJI STATE HAD A 7 GAME LOSING STREAK.

WOMEN'S COLLEGE TENNIS, BEMIDJI STATE SWEEPS IN DULUTH THIS WEEKEND.

>>> BEFORE THE COLLEGE GAME ON SATURDAY, GREEN WAY GIRLS HOCKEY HOSTED THIEF RIVER FALLS.

BAR DOWN AND IT'S 1-0 LIGHTNING.

WILDCATS WOULD TIE IT IN THE SECOND.

SKIP AHEAD TO MID THIRD PERIOD, KATE CARLSON, THIS IS JUST GROSS.

SHE WOULD TAKE A 3-1 LEAD, AND THE THIEVES WILL BRING IT BACK TO 1.

AND THEY TIE IT WITH 0.2 SECONDS TO FORCE OVERTIME.

LIGHTNING WOULD NOT LET THE MOMENTUM SWING GET THE BEST OF THEM.

BROOKE WITH THE GREASY GOAL, GOES ON TO WIN IT.

LIGHTNING FINISH THE REGULAR SEASON 16-5-1.

THEY ARE THE FOUR SEED WHERE THEY WILL FACE BLAIN.

BEMIDJI GOT THE 1-SEED AND THEY WILL PLAY THE WINNER OF NUMBER FOUR ROSEAU, AND BRAINERD LITTLE FALLS ON SATURDAY.

SO THAT WILL BE FUN TO WATCH.

WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE SECTION SEATINGS TOMORROW.

>> Dennis: SOUNDS GOOD, THANKS CHARLIE.

EACH YEAR THE PEQUOT LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HANDS OUT A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY RECOGNITIONS AT THEIR EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE AWARDS CEREMONY, INCLUDING CITY EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AND SCHOOL STAFF MEMBER OF THE YEAR.

ON THIS WEEK'S IN BUSINESS, REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL CAUGHT UP WITH THE WINNER OF THIS YEAR'S PEQUOT LAKES BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD.

>> HE HAS BEEN SERVING PEQUOT LAKES FOR OVER 30 YEARS, WITH ONE WOMAN AT THE HELM.

>> THE CUSTOMERS BECOME LIKE YOUR SECOND FAMILY.

I HAVE A LOT OF GRANDMAS, AUNTS, AND COUSINS.

THAT'S WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE AFTER 30 YEARS.

YOU CAN START THINKING ABOUT RETIREMENT, BUT THEN YOU THINK WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE GOING TO GO TO?

THEY SAY YOU HAVE TO KEEP AT IT.

I DON'T MIND COMING TO WORK EVERY DAY.

>> THE 30 YEARS OF WORK HAS BUILT MORE THAN JUST A FAMILY COMMUNITY, BUT A BUSINESS THAT IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS A STAPLE OF PEQUOT LAKES, LEADING TO THE BUSINESS RECEIVING THIS YEAR'S PEQUOT LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD.

>> IT WAS HUMBLING, BUT VALIDATING, YOU KNOW, ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

AT THE SAME TIME, YOU GET UP EVERY DAY, YOU ARE WORKING HARD AND YOU ARE LIKE PEOPLE NOTICE ALL THAT WORK YOU PUT IN OVER ALL THESE YEARS.

>> Reporter: THE SECRET OF THE SUCCESS COULD BE SUMMED UP IN ONE WORD, CONSISTENCY.

>> I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I HAD ANY CHOICE BUT TO DO IT RIGHT.

IF YOU HAVE A BUSINESS, PART OF IT IS I WAS NAIVE WHEN I WAS YOUNG.

PEOPLE DO TAKE IT MORE SERIOUSLY THAN SOMEONE THAT TREATS IT LIKE A HOBBY AND IS OPEN A LITTLE BIT HERE AND A LITTLE BIT THERE.

WE BECOME PRETTY STEADY FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND HERE.

>> Reporter: DESPITE 30 YEARS OF SERVICE, SHE DOESN'T SEE HERSELF SLOWING DOWN ANY TIME SOON.

>> I WOULD BE LYING IF I SAID I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT RETIREMENT AT SOME POINT.

IT'S HARD TO PICTURE IT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

MY HUSBAND IS DABBLING IN IT A LITTLE BIT BUT I'M NOT READY FOR THIS LIFE YET.

I DO ENJOY COMING HERE AS LONG AS I'M PHYSICALLY ABLE TO AND THE CUSTOMERS ARE SO HAPPY TO COME IN AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM IN.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN PEQUOT LAKES WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> OTHER HONOREES FROM THE PEQUOT LAKES EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE AWARDS INCLUDE THE LAKES AREA FOOD SHELF AS NON-PROFIT OF THE YEAR AND LEON ZENDER WHO WAS RECOGNIZED AS CITIZEN OF THE YEAR.

>>> CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY THERE.

WE GO BACK OVER TO STACY FOR MORE ON OUR WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING COLD TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WE WILL BE SEEING LOWS NEAR -13.

TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE TEENS.

VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 10 MILES PER HOUR.

THEN WE HAVE A WARM UP IN STORE AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK.

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS COULD LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY AND SMALL CHANCES OF RAIN OR SNOW ON THURSDAY AS HIGHS CLIMB TO 38, WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER TEENS TO NEAR 20 LATE THIS WEEK.

>> Charlie: THE MINNESOTA WILD WON 4-3, TWO GOALS BY CAPRI AND THE OVERTIME WINNER.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THAT WILL DO IT FOR US.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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