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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.

>>> 115 EMPLOYEES AT THE SHADE STORE IN BLACKDUCK ARE BEING LAID OFF AS THE COMPANY SHUTS DOWN ITS OPERATIONS THERE.

THE CURTAIN AND BLIND COMPANY BASED IN NEW YORK HAD ACQUIRED THE 60,000 SQUARE FOOT ANDERSON FABRICS FACTORY OUTLET STORE IN 2021.

THE COMPANY INFORMED EMPLOYEES OF THE NEWS YESTERDAY AND ALSO NOTIFIED THE MINNESOTA EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STATE RAPID RESPONSE TEAM.

THE COMPANY SAID IN ITS NOTE TO STATE REGULATORS THAT WORKERS ARE NOT REPRESENTED BY A UNION.

THE LAYOFFS WILL TAKE PLACE OVER TWO WEEKS STARTING ON APRIL 30TH.

>>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING TO TERMINATE LEASES AND OR SELL HUNDREDS OF BUILDINGS IT OWNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES OFFICE IN BEMIDJI.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A REPORT IN THE MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE.

THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE OFFICE IN BEMIDJI IS LISTED ON ELON MUSK'S DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY WEBSITE AS A LEASE BEING TARGETED FOR TERMINATION.

THE WEBSITE SAYS THE GOVERNMENT COULD SAVE $178,000 BY TERMINATING THE LEASE.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING TO SELL THE BUILDINGS OR TERMINATE LEASES AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO SLASH SPENDING.

THE BUILDINGS ARE NEWLY LISTED AS NON-CORE ASSETS BY THE U.S. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.

THE STAR TRIBUNE OBTAINED THE G.S.A.

PLANS WHICH ALSO LIST THE WELLSTONE BUILDING IN MINNEAPOLIS AND A COURTHOUSE IN FERGUS FALLS AMONG OTHER BUILDINGS EXPECTED TO BE PUT UP FOR SALE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

>>> BRAINERD LAKES RESIDENTS GOT TO HEAR UPDATE FROM THE CAPITOL DURING THE LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST TODAY.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THE EGGS AND ISSUES LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST TOUCHED ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS, GEARED TOWARDS BUSINESS, JOBS, AND THE ECONOMY, ONE OF THE FIRST SUBJECTS CENTERED ON WHAT LEGISLATORS SHOULD FOCUS ON IN 2025.

>> IT'S A HORRIBLE TIME FOR BUSINESSES.

TAXES ARE OUT OF CONTROL.

WE HAVE THE NUMBER ONE CORPORATE TAX RATE IN THE COUNTRY.

THE LAST BUDGET UNDER TIM PAWLENTY AS GOVERNMENT -- GOVERNOR, $72 BILLION.

>> Reporter: THE CONVERSATION SHIFTED TOWARDS BIPARTISANSHIP AND WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE A PLACE WITHIN OUR GOVERNING BODY.

>> AS FAR AS BIPARTISANSHIP GOES, IT'S NOT HIT AND MISS, IT'S JUST MISS.

>> YOU HAVE SOME ACROSS THE AISLE, THEY ARE PUSHING SOCIALIST IDEAS.

THEY'RE GOING IN A TOTALLY OPPOSITE DIRECTION THAN I AM GOING.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER TALKING POINT WAS THE PAID LEAVE PROGRAM CURRENTLY SLATED FOR 2026, WHICH GIVES 12 WEEKS OF FAMILY LEAVE AND 12 WEEKS OF MEDICAL LEAVE PER YEAR.

>> WHEN YOU CREATE A BENEFIT, WE'RE ALL HUMAN.

PEOPLE LOOK AT THAT AND SAY THAT'S SOMETHING I NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

THAT'S PART OF WHAT I'M COMPENSATED NOW.

YOU MAY NEED TO INCREASE YOUR PAYROLL OR NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.

THERE IS NO ONE BEATING DOWN THE DOOR, BY 15% TO 20% INCREASE IN ACTUAL FOLKS NEEDED TO DO THE SAME JOB.

>> Reporter: ONE OF THE FINAL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING, WHICH ANY BUSINESS PURSUING EXPANSION NEEDS.

THERE IS A $6.6 BILLION DIFFERENCE IN PROFIT, WITH BUSINESSES THAT EXPAND OUTSIDE MINNESOTA, SEEING MORE OF THE GREEN.

>> THERE WAS AN O.S.B.

MANUFACTURER IN COHASSET, THEY SPENT 2.5 YEARS IN PERMITTING BEFORE THEY SAID SCREW IT AND MOVED ON.

WE CAN'T PERMIT AN O.S.B.

FACILITY IN THE PLACE WHERE O.S.B.

IS INVENTED, THEN WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM.

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

>> ROUGHLY 200 BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN WERE IN ATTENDANCE FOR EGGS AND ISSUES THIS MORNING.

>>> CROW WING COUNTY WILL BE ASSISTING NEARBY TOWNSHIPS FOR THEIR UPCOMING MARCH ELECTIONS THIS YEAR.

BOARD COMMISSIONERS AUTHORIZED CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND SIX OTHER PRECINCTS WITHIN THE COUNTY, WITH FOUR OF CROW WING'S OTHER TOWNSHIPS HANDLING THEIR ELECTION SERVICES INDEPENDENTLY FOR THE TOWNSHIPS RECEIVING HELP.

CROW WING COUNTY WILL BE ORDERING BALLOTS PROVIDING TABULATOR MACHINES FOR ASSISTED VOTING TO HELP THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, WHILE ALSO MAKING ITSELF AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THOSE ADMINISTERING THE ELECTIONS MAY HAVE.

>> WE OFFER THE SUPPORT WHEN THEY ASK OR HAVE ANY NEEDS AND WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP THEM.

THE MARCH TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS IS REALLY GRASSROOTS GOVERNMENT.

YOU CAN GO TO YOUR LOCAL TOWN HALL, WHICH IS LOCATED USUALLY WITHIN A FEW MILES WITHIN YOUR HOME, TALK TO THE ELECTIVES OR THE FOLKS RUNNING FOR OFFICES.

IT REALLY IS THE GRASSROOTS PART OF DEMOCRACY.

>> MAIL-IN AND ABSENTEE BALLOTS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH MARCH TENTH WITH THE TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS TAKING PLACE ON MARCH 11TH.

>>> A HEATED OVAL OFFICE EXCHANGE SEEMINGLY DERAILED AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND UKRAINE TODAY THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT DEPARTED THE WHITE HOUSE EARLY AS NEGOTIATIONS WENT SOUTH.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TELLING HIM TO RETURN, WHEN HE IS READY FOR PEACE.

JULIA BENBROOK IS IN WASHINGTON WITH DETAILS.

>> Reporter: UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY ARRIVED AT THE WHITE HOUSE FRIDAY FOR HIGH STAKES TALKS WITH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ABOUT THE WAR IN UKRAINE.

AFTER SITTING DOWN IN THE OVAL OFFICE, AN ASTONISHING EXCHANGE, THE TWO WORLD LEADERS SHOUTING AT ONE ANOTHER.

>> NO, NO, YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF TALKING.

YOUR COUNTRY IS IN BIG TROUBLE.

>> I KNOW.

>> YOU'RE NOT WINNING THIS.

>> I KNOW.

>> Reporter: PART OF THE GOAL WAS TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD GIVE THE U.S. ACCESS TO UKRAINE'S RARE EARTH MINERALS IN EXCHANGE FOR WHAT UKRAINE HOPED WAS CONCRETE SECURITY GUARANTEES.

>> YOU'RE NOT IN A GOOD POSITION.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE CARDS RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE RUSSIA'S FULL SCALE INVASION OF UKRAINE AND JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, U.S.

LEADERS HELD TALKS WITH RUSSIAN LEADERS ABOUT A PEACE AGREEMENT.

UKRAINE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TALKS.

>> IF I DIDN'T ALIGN MYSELF WITH BOTH OF THEM, YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE A DEAL.

YOU WANT ME TO SAY REALLY TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT PUTIN AND THEN SAY HI, HOW ARE WE DOING ON THE DEAL?

>> Reporter: TRUMP POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT ZELENSKYY HAD "DISRESPECTED THE UNITED STATES AND WAS NOT READY FOR PEACE".

AT THE WHITE HOUSE, I'M JULIA BENBROOK.

>> AFTER DEPARTING, THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA, SAYING, "THANK YOU AMERICA.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU FOR THIS VISIT."

>>> POPE FRANCIS SUFFERED A MEDICAL SETBACK ON FRIDAY.

HE WAS PLACED ON A BREATHING MACHINE AFTER A SUDDEN EPISODE OF BREATHING DIFFICULTY.

BUT THE VATICAN SAYS HE IS STILL ALERT, ALTHOUGH NOT OUT OF DANGER.

THE 88-YEAR-OLD PONTIFF HAS BEEN BATTLING PNEUMONIA IN THE HOSPITAL FOR TWO WEEKS.

AND DUE TO HIS CONTINUED ILLNESS.

HE WILL NOT LEAD THE UPCOMING ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE.

THE VATICAN SAYS HE HAS ONLY MISSED ONE OTHER ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE IN HIS 12-YEAR PAPACY.

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

>> Sydney: TONIGHT, WE WILL HAVE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BUT THEY WILL BECOME CLEARER AS WE GO THROUGH THE NIGHT AND SUNSHINE TOMORROW, AND THE WINDS WILL STILL BE STICKING AROUND.

I'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, THE ARTS COLLABORATIVE HAS STARTED A WOOD CARVING CLASS AT THE PUBLIC >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THEIR PALETTES AND TASTE BUDS AT THE ANNUAL TASTES OF THE LAKES EVENT IN MARCH.

SET TO TAKE PLACE AT THE NORTHERN PACIFIC CENTER THIS YEAR.

THE LAKES AREA TRADITION HAS ATTRACTED FOOD AND DRINK ENTHUSIASTS FOR OVER THREE DECADES, AS THIS YEAR, OVER 20 LOCAL CULINARY CREATORS SLATED TO SHOWCASE THEIR DISHES, ALL WHILE ALSO RAISING FUNDS FOR LOCAL YOUTH MENTORSHIP.

>> THERE'S GOING TO BE ADULT BEVERAGE TASTING, THERE'S GOING TO BE FOOD TASTING, THERE IS GOING TO BE A LIVE AUCTION AND IT'S ALL IN THE NAME FOR RAISING MONEY FOR KIDS, WHICH EVERYONE CAN GET BEHIND.

>> WE'RE TOTALLY BETWEEN THE WHY IN BRAINERD, TO RAISE MONEY.

EVEN AWARENESS, MORE THAN THE MONEY, IT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART TO GIVE BACK AND HELP THESE KIDS IN A MENTORSHIP.

>> Dennis: PROCEEDS WILL GO TOWARDS THE YMCA IN BRAINERD AND TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED ON THE Y UNTIL MARCH 3rd.

>>> FEBRUARY IS I LOVE TO READ MONTH, AND NORTHERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BEMIDJI WRAPPED UP THE BOOK-FILLED MONTH WITH A SPECIAL VISIT AND PRESENTATION FROM MINNESOTA AUTHOR KEVIN LOVEGREEN.

LOVEGREEN HAS BEEN DOING THESE TALKS FOR 13 YEARS AND HAS WRITTEN 26 BOOKS SO FAR, MOST OF WHICH ARE BASED ON TRUE HUNTING AND FISHING STORIES.

THROUGHOUT FEBRUARY, THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF NORTHERN ELEMENTARY SET INDIVIDUAL READING GOALS AND ONE SCHOOL-WIDE MARK OF READING 10 MILLION WORDS BY TODAY.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM EARLIER TODAY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY FAR SURPASSED THAT GOAL.

THEN, LOVEGREEN TOOK THE STAGE.

>> IT'S KIND OF FUN TO WALK IN AND YOU SEE THEIR EXCITEMENT AND THEIR EYES LIGHT UP.

>> I BELIEVE IT'S MY CALLING.

I THINK WE'RE ALL SUPPOSED TO DO SOMETHING OUT THERE AND I THINK GOD IS HOLDING MY EAR AND DRAGGING ME DOWN THIS PATH.

IT'S THE THING I'M SUPPOSED TO DO, THE RESPONSE I GET FROM PARENTS, MEDIA SPECIALISTS OVER THE YEAR ABOUT HOW IT'S INFLUENCE RELUCTANT BOYS.

WHEN I WAS A BOY, I DIDN'T LIKE READING THAT MUCH AND I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS MUCH OUT THERE TO READ.

I'M HELPING THOSE RELUCTANT READER BOYS GOING, IT'S EXCITING.

>> THE AUTHOR HAD A FULL HOUR OF INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING, SHOWING KIDS HOW MUCH FUN READING CAN BE.

AND EVEN THOUGH READING MONTH IS TECHNICALLY OVER.

HE WANTS HIS TALKS TO INSPIRE KIDS TO CONTINUE READING YEAR-ROUND.

>>> WELL THIS COMING MONDAY, MARCH 3RD, IS OFFICIALLY THIRD GRADE DAY IN MINNESOTA THANKS TO THE IDEA OF A NAYTAHWAUSH THIRD GRADER.

KAREN WADENA, A 3RD GRADE STUDENT AT NAYTAHWAUSH COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL NOTICED AS HER SCHOOL CELEBRATED FOURTH GRADE DAY THIS PAST JANUARY AND WONDERED WHY THERE WAS NO THIRD GRADE DAY.

SO WADENA WROTE A LETTER TO THE MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE AND THAT LETTER CAUGHT THE EYE OF GOVERNOR TIM WALZ.

THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SENT WADENA AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS AN EMAIL THIS WEEK NOTIFYING THEM THAT GOVERNOR WALZ HAS WRITTEN AN OFFICIAL MINNESOTA PROCLAMATION NAMING MARCH 3RD, THIRD GRADE DAY IN MINNESOTA.

>>> ONLY FAIR, RIGHT SYDNEY?

THERE IS A FOURTH GRADE DAY, WE NEED A THIRD GRADE DAY.

STACY IS OFF TONIGHT, SYDNEY IS IN.

WE WRAPPED UP FEBRUARY WITH A REAL WINDY DAY TODAY.

>> Sydney: WE DID.

WE HAD A WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 6:00 P.M. TODAY AND NOW THE ADVISORY IS GONE, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE WINDS COMING FROM THE NORTHWEST, UP TO 30 MILES PER >> 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.

[♪♪♪] >> Sydney: WE'LL STILL BE HAVING THOSE WINDS WE SEEN FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS COMING THROUGH TONIGHT BUT THEY WILL CALM DOWN AT MIDNIGHT.

WE WILL SEE HEAVY WINDS TOMORROW BUT ALSO THE SUNSHINE.

RIGHT NOW AT THE AIRPORT IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 10 DEGREES WITH A NORTHWEST WIND AT OUR STUDIO AT 8 MILES PER HOUR, ABOUT 73% HUMIDITY AND THE PEAK WINDS TODAY WAS ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR.

ON TO OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS IN BRAINERD, RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT 22 DEGREES, 65% HUMIDITY WITH THAT RISING BAROMETER, AND THEY HAVE 16 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR WINDS.

FOR OUR SATELLITE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY, IT WAS PRETTY CALM.

THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER COMING THROUGH, NOT TOO MUCH, NO PRECIPITATION OR ANY LINGERING SHOWERS THAT WE HAD FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE.

WE HAD SOME LOVELY EAGLE EYE PICTURES COMING IN.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA SHOWING US THE CLOUDS AND SONYA IN TURTLE RIVER SHOWING US THE CLEAR BLUE SKIES FROM LATER IN THE DAY.

THAT REALLY JUST SHOWS THE WEATHER THAT WE HAD TODAY.

ON TO OUR REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA REPORTING 37 DEGREES, WINDS, AND CLOUDY.

SONYA IN TURTLE RIVER SAYS DESPITE THE BLUE SKIES, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUDS AS WELL.

IT WAS WINDY AND 21 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.

BOB IN BLUFFTON REPORTED A LOW OF 15, PARTLY SUNNY AND WINDY AND ARLENE OVER IN LONGVILLE REPORTING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS AND A LOW OF 25 DEGREES.

OUR BRAINERD ALMANAC SHOWS THEY HAD A HIGH OF 45 DEGREES, SO WARMER TEMPERATURES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AND A LOW OF 28, WITH A 6:03 P.M. SUNSET TONIGHT.

IN BEMIDJI, WE HAD A HIGH OF 43 AND LOW OF 10, SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE AVERAGE, BUT NOT TOO MUCH.

SUNSET WAS AT 6:05.

I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS TOMORROW WE HAVE SUNSHINE ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE, UP HERE IN NORTHERN AND IN CENTRAL, WE WILL BE GETTING UP INTO THE 40s AND WE WILL BE SEEING SUNSHINE PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE.

ON TO OUR FORECAST ONCE AGAIN, THERE IS NOTHING TOMORROW MORNING, WE'LL HAVE CLEAR SKIES COMING THROUGH, THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON, THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER COMING THROUGH BUT THAT'S NOT UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT.

THEN FOR TONIGHT, IT IS PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, BECOMING CLEAR OVERNIGHT TO MAKE WAY FOR THAT SUNSHINE WE WILL BE SEEING TOMORROW, A LITTLE BIT CHILLY WITH A LOW OF 0 DEGREES.

WE WILL SEE THE LINGERING WINDS 5 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR COMING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST, BUT TOMORROW WE HAVE SUN AND A HIGH OF 33 DEGREES.

ON TO OUR WEEKEND FORECAST.

ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW I KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT BUT THE SUN WILL BE OUT FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

TOMORROW IT WILL BE A HIGH OF 23, A LOW OF 0, SUNDAY WARMING UP A LITTLE BIT WITH 40 DEGREES, LOW OF 3.

THEN MONDAY, WE'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF VARIABLE CLOUDS, SPECIFICALLY IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, WARMER THERE WITH A HIGH OF 48 DEGREES.

ON TUESDAY, THE CLOUDS ARE COMING BACK A LITTLE BIT, THERE IS A 40% TO 50% CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW AND MAYBE SOME RAIN IN THE MORNING, HIGH OF 36 DEGREES, WEDNESDAY WE'RE STAYING IN THE 30s, WITH A LOW OF ABOUT 20, AND IT WILL STAY CLOUDY.

BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, SO MID-20s FOR SATURDAY AND RIGHT AROUND 40 FOR SUNDAY.

IT STARTS TO WARM UP.

>> Charlie: I MIGHT WEAR SHORTS ON SUNDAY, WE'LL SEE.

>> Dennis: WHAT DO YOU HAVE GOING ON TONIGHT?

>> Charlie: WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, BSU MEN'S HOCKEY, TAKING ON MINNESOTA STATE FOR THE 150th TIME.

BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS AND YEAH, WELL, IT WAS A GOOD ONE.

WE ALSO GOT A COUPLE HIGHLIGHT FROM AROUND THE AREA AS WELL.

NEVIS TIGERS TAKING ON PARK CHRISTIAN FROM OUT IN MOORHEAD.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND MORE COMING U >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS, CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE GIGAZONE.

>> IN FOCUS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE MINNESOTA ARTS AND CULTURE HERITAGE FUND.

>> NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> BETTER LATE THAN NEVER IS ONE WAY TO DESCRIBE THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS FOR BSU MEN'S HOCKEY.

AFTER A 6-GAME STRETCH IN WHICH THEY ONLY MANAGED ONE WIN.

THE BEAVERS HAVE NOW PUT TOGETHER BACK-TO-BACK 5-POINT WEEKENDS.

MATHEMATICALLY AND IF A FEW STARS ALIGN, BEMIDJI STATE COULD STILL EARN HOME ICE FOR THE CCHA TOURNAMENT BUT THEY STILL NEED TO DO THEIR PART WHICH MEANS SWEEPING RIVAL MINNESOTA STATE.

BEAVS IN MANKATO TONIGHT TAKING ON THE 14TH RANKED MAVERICKS.

IT'S THE 150TH MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS.

IN THE FIRST PERIOD, KAIDEN GETS A BREAK AWAY AND MAKES IT BEAVS PAY.

NAY GIVE THE MAVS A 1-0 LEAD.

WE JUMP AHEAD TO THE THIRD WHERE NOAH WHO MISSED ONE OFF THE POST IN THE SECOND DOESN'T MISS HERE.

ABLE TO TIE THINGS UP WITH A BACKDOOR SNEAK.

THIS GAME WILL GO TO A SHOOTOUT AND THE CAPTAIN JACKSON BEATS TRACY TO GIVE BEMIDJI STATE THE ADVANTAGE.

THEN BRIAN STOPPED BY MATEA, BUT THEY TIE AND GET THE EXTRA POINT WITH THE SHOOTOUT VICTORY, SO THEY GET TWO POINTS.

UNFORTUNATELY THAT MEANS THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET HOME ICE IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE CCHA PLAYOFFS BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE KEEPING THAT MOMENTUM GOING.

>>> THEN IN WOMEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY -- EXCUSE ME, WE'RE GOING TO WOMEN'S TENNIS AT HOME TODAY.

THEY'RE COMING OFF BACK TO BACK WINS LAST WEEKEND.

THEY ARE 3-3 FOR THE YEAR TAKING ON MINNESOTA MORRIS.

DOUBLES COURT ONE, MIA FINDING THE HOLE IN THE COUGARS DEFENSE FOR THE POINT.

THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER, GETS THE ACE.

BEAVERS WOULD SWEEP THAT MATCH.

THEN ON DOUBLES COURT 2, FINISHING WITH THE SLAM AND THEN HER PARTNER WITH THE FOREHAND, DOWN THE LINE.

BEAVERS WOULD SWEEP THE DOUBLES MATCHES AND GET THE POINT.

THEN IN SINGLES, SOFIA WITH THE GREAT BACK HAND TO GET THE POINT HERE.

SHE WOULD WIN THE MATCH IN STRAIGHT SETS, 6-0, 6-1.

THEN ON SINGLES COURT 2, SERVING UP ACES AS WELL.

BEMIDJI SWEEPS IN SINGLES AND GOES ON TO WIN.

THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT VICTORY IN A ROW.

>>> A COUPLE MORE COLLEGE SCORES FOR YOU, IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE QUARTER FINALS, THEY BEAT BEMIDJI STATE 3-0.

THEN IN TENNIS, THERE IS THE TENNIS SCORE, 7-0.

AND CONTINUING DOWN THE LINE, COLLEGE BASKETBALL, BEMIDJI STATE FALLS TO WILLIAM, DESPITE LEAVING EARLY.

>>> NEVIS BOYS BASKETBALL SPENT THE ENTIRE YEAR RANKED IN THE TOP 10 AND SIT IN THE THIRD SPOT WITH A 22-3 RECORD.

ON TUESDAY, THE TIGERS SECURED THE TITLE WITH A WIN OVER CASS LAKE-BENA, FINISHING 14-0 AND THEY FINISH WITH ANOTHER FORMIDABLE FOE.

EARLY ON, TIED AT 10-10, NEVIS LOOKING DOWN LOW TO ALEX.

HE WAS DOING WORK IN THE PAINT ALL NIGHT, GAME HIGH OF 22 POINTS, PUTTING THE TIGERS AHEAD.

NEVIS AHEAD, DEVON DECIDES TO TAKE IT HIMSELF, POWERS TO THE LANE FOR TWO OF HIS TEN POINTS.

LOGAN WITH THE FLOATER, HE HAD 15, BRINGS THEM WITHIN 1.

IT WILL STAY TIGHT BUT NEVIS WOULD FALL 60-59 TO PARK CHRISTIAN, SNAPPING THEIR WIN STREAK.

THEY WILL START SECTION TOURNAMENT PLAY NEXT WEEK.

>>> THEN A FEW MORE SCORES FOR YOU, FOLEY BEATS LITTLE FALLS.

GRAND RAPIDS BEATS HIBBING.

ALSO PLAYING TONIGHT WADENA DEER CREEK AND PINE RIVER-BACKUS, 80-69 IN O.T.

LITTLE FORK BIG FALLS GETTING A BIG WIN.

FOSSTON BEATS CLEAR BROOK GONVICK.

AND IN THE NHL, IN THE THIRD PERIOD, COLORADO AVALANCHE BEATING UP ON THE MINNESOTA WILD.

THEN THE NBA, THE UTAH JAZZ UP THREE ON THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVESES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THE BAGLEY AREA ARTS COLLABORATIVE HAS STARTED A NEW WOODCARVING CLASS, WITH THE CLASSES BEING TAUGHT BY LONG-TIME WOODCARVER, PAM JANSSEN.

FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-FOCUS, OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN ATTENDED PAM'S FIRST CLASS TO SEE WHAT ATTENDEES COULD LEARN.

>> Reporter: PAM HAS BEEN WOOD CARVING FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.

>> I HAVE BEEN A CARVER FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

I USED TO TEACH WOOD CARVING IN BEMIDJI TO COMMUNITY ADULTS.

I TAUGHT IT FOR 12 YEARS.

>> Reporter: SO WHAT GOT JANSSEN STARTED ON THE JOURNEY YEARS AGO?

>> BECAUSE IT'S A CHALLENGE.

I LIKE CHALLENGES.

>> Reporter: AND WOOD CARVING IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MORE CHALLENGING ARTS TO DO.

>> YOU HAVE TO READ THE WOOD AND TAKE AWAY WHAT ISN'T PART OF THE PROJECT.

WITH CLAY, YOU CAN ADD CLAY UNTIL YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT.

WITH THIS, YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO REMOVE AND WHAT TO LEAVE.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT THE NATURAL WOOD, YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY AND USE WOOD FILLER.

>> Reporter: SHE STARTED TEACHING IN HOPES OF EXPANDING ONE OF HER FAVORITE ART FORMS.

>> SOME OF US ARE AFRAID THAT IT'S A DYING ART SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET OTHER PEOPLE INTERESTED IN IT TOO BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A UNIQUE ART.

>> Reporter: AND THE CLASSES SEEM TO BE DOING JUST THAT.

>> MY WIFE AND I GO SOUTH FOR THE WINTER AND I WAS BORED, SO MY WIFE BOUGHT ALL OF THIS STUFF FOR ME TO HAVE A WINTER PROJECT IN FLORIDA.

THEN SHE PASSED AWAY.

IT'S BEEN SITTING IN HER DRESSER DRAWER FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

WHEN I SAW THE AD IN THE PAPER, I DECIDED IT'S TIME I DO THIS.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO START SO I CAME TO THE CLASS TODAY.

I'VE BEEN SPEAR FISHING SINCE MY DAD WOULD TEACH ME AT 3 OR 4 YEARS OLD.

MY DAUGHTER IS A SPEAR FISHERMAN AND MY SON IS A SPEAR FISHERMAN.

I HOPE TO USE THESE FOR SPEARING.

>> Reporter: THEY HOPE IT WILL LEAD TO A WOOD CARVING CLUB IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> I LIKE TO TRY EVERYTHING.

I LIKE TO TRY EVERYTHING ONCE TO SEE WHAT I LIKE.

YOU MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THERE IS A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM, A LOT OF INTEREST.

WE LOVE IT?

>> REPORTING IN BAGLEY, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> CLASSES ARE HELD AT THE BAGLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH UNTIL THE END OF APRIL.

CLASSES ARE FREE TO ATTEND AT THE BAGLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND START AT 3:00 P.M. >>> WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

WE GO BACK OVER TO SYDNEY.

>> Sydney: SO LET'S LOOK AT OUR WEATHER TOMORROW.

TOMORROW WE WILL SEE SUNNY SKIES AND A HIGH OF 23 DEGREES, SO IT WILL STILL BE PRETTY CHILLY AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW, WITH THOSE NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS COMING IN AT 5 TO 15 MILES PER HOUR, AND THEN ONE MORE LOOK AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST.

TOMORROW, IT WILL BE COLD, 23, AND THEN HEATING UP THROUGH SUNDAY AND MONDAY, UP INTO THE 40s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: OKAY, THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR US TONIGHT.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE ON MONDAY.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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