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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 COURT RULING HAS VACATED A 19-92 GUILTY PLEA FOR FELONY THIRD DEGREE ASSAULT ENTERED BY LONGTIME FORMER LEECH LAKE TRIBAL COUNCIL MEMBER ARTHUR “ARCHIE” LAROSE.

THE RULING GIVES LAROSE NEW HOPE FOR RESUMING HIS POLITICAL CAREER.

>> ON NOVEMBER 21ST, THE MINNESOTA COURT OF APPEALS RULED THAT GIVEN THE LACK OF EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD OF INJURIES INFLICTED ON THE VICTIM, THAT HIS 1992 GUILTY PLEA WAS INACCURATE AND INVALID.

THE COURT CONCLUDED THE CONVICTION CONSTITUTED A MANIFEST INJUSTICE AND HE WAS THERE ENTITLED TO WITHDRAW HIS PLEA.

>> THIS MAKES ME FEEL VERY GOOD, COMFORTABLE, RELIEVED BECAUSE I KNEW IN MY HEART I WAS A GOOD MAN AND HAD A CLEAN RECORD.

I CLEARLY SHOWED IN THE COURT DOCUMENTS, THE TRANSCRIPTS THAT MY DUE PROCESS WAS VIOLATED.

I WAS OVERCHARGED AND I WAS MISREPRESENTED AT THE TIME.

SO AFTER GOING TO THE APPELLATE COURT HEARING, MY LAWYER ARGUING FOR 15 MINUTES FOR ME, REVIEWING EVERYTHING, THE TRANSCRIPTS, THE RECORDS, THEY CLEARLY RECOGNIZED AND RULED IN MY FAVOR.

>> Reporter: FOLLOWING THE COURT OF APPEALS DECISION, THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 9th JUDICIAL DISTRICT ISSUED A POST CONVICTION MOTION TO WITHDRAW HIS GUILTY PLEA AND VACATED THE 1992 CONVICTION FOR THIRD DEGREE ASSAULT.

>> I WAS SO HAPPY INSIDE.

I WAS JUMPING UP FOR JOY SPIRITUALLY INSIDE MY BODY AND HAPPY AND EXCITED AND THE GOOD NEWS IS JUSTICE HAS PREVAILED, YOU KNOW.

I HAVE A CLEAN RECORD.

IT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

>> Reporter: HE WAS LEECH LAKE'S TRIBAL SECRETARY TREASURER FROM 2002 UNTIL 2008 AND AGAIN FROM 2014 UNTIL 2022.

IN BETWEEN, HE SERVED AS THE BAND'S TRIBAL CHAIRMAN.

THE MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA TRIBE TRIBAL ELECTION COURT OF APPEALS SAID HE WAS INELIGIBLE TO RUN AS A CANDIDATE BECAUSE OF THE CONVICTION.

NOW AFTER THE COURT DECISION, HE HAS HIS EYES SET ON RESUMING HIS POLITICAL CAREER.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I LOVE REPRESENTING MY PEOPLE.

I BELIEVE THEY LOVED MY REPRESENTATION FOR 18 YEARS.

I BELIEVE 18 YEARS SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

RIGHT NOW, THE NEXT ELECTION COMING UP IS 2026 AND THAT'S FOR MY FORMER POSITION, SECRETARY TREASURER.

THAT'S THE POSITION I PLAN ON RUNNING.

>> LEONARD FINEDAY HAS SERVED AS LEECH LAKES TRIBAL SECRETARY TREASURER SINCE 2022.

HE RAN UNOPPOSED IN 2022 AND HAS NOT ANNOUNCED WHETHER HE WILL BE SEEKING RE-ELECTION.

>>> THE MINNESOTA REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO FILE RECALL ELECTIONS FOR ALL DEMOCRATS WHO ARE CURRENTLY BOYCOTTING THIS YEAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

G.O.P.

PARTY LEADERS SAID AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO COLLECT 25 SIGNATURES PER SEAT AND PLAN TO FILE AT LEAST SOME OF THE PETITIONS BY NEXT MONDAY.

THE SUPREME COURT WOULD DECIDE IF THE GROUNDS FOR A RECALL ARE VALID.

IF APPROVED, A RECAL ELECTION DATE WOULD THEN BE SET.

REPUBLICANS SAY THE RECALL PETITIONS ARE NEEDED BECAUSE THE D.F.L.

IS HOLDING THE STATE HOSTAGE WHILE STILL COLLECTING NEARLY $10,000 PER DAY IN SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

DEMOCRATS CALLED THE MOVE A STUNT IN A STATEMENT THEY RELEASED TODAY SAYING THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE WASTED WEEKS TRYING TO OVERTURN AN ELECTION THAT THEY LOST SO THAT THEY CAN SEIZE POWER THAT MINNESOTANS DIDN'T GIVE THEM AT THE BALLOT BOX.

>>> MEANWHILE, G.O.P.

AND D.F.L.

HOUSE LEADERS DID MEET AGAIN TODAY TO NEGOTIATE A PATH TO BRINGING BOTH PARTIES TOGETHER ON THE HOUSE FLOOR AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS SOME OPTIMISM FROM THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.

>> WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT I AM VERY ENCOURAGED BY MY DEMOCRAT COLLEAGUE THAT THERE IS AN INCREASED MOTIVATION TO COME TO A DETERMINATION.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN MOTIVATION.

>> ALSO A SUPREME COURT HEARING ON A HOUSE REPUBLICAN PETITION THAT CLAIMS D.F.L.

SECRETARY OF STATE STEVE SIMON HAS OVERSTEPPED HIS AUTHORITY IN THE HOUSE IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY.

>>> LAW ENFORCEMENT IN GRAND RAPIDS ARRESTED AN OUT OF STATE MAN THEY SUSPECT OF SCAMMING THREE GRAND RAPIDS RESIDENTS.

THE SUSPECT WAS FOUND WITH MORE THAN $42,000 IN CASH.

ON MONDAY, GRAND RAPIDS POLICE RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM CITIZENS WHO WERE CALLED BY SCAMMERS CLAIMING THEIR GRANDSON HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHICH LED TO HIS ARREST.

THE SCAMMERS REQUESTED IMMEDIATE PAYMENT FOR LEGAL FEES OR BAIL TO RELEASE THEIR LOVED ONES FROM CUSTODY.

GRAND RAPIDS POLICE CHIEF ANDY MORGAN SAYS ONE ELDERLY COUPLE FROM THE CITY FELL VICTIM ARRANGED TO FULFIL A $17,000 SECONDARY BOND AND GAVE IT TO A MAN WHO ARRIVED AT THEIR DOOR TO COLLECT THE PAYMENT.

AFTER INVESTIGATING.

LAW ENFORCEMENT IDENTIFIED AND STOPPED A SUSPECT IN A VEHICLE AND AFTER EXECUTING A SEARCH WARRANT FOUND THREE SEPARATE ENVELOPES SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT WITH $42,800.

FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND TWO OTHER VICTIMS TO THE SCAM WHO HAD PROVIDED LARGE SUMS OF CASH TO THE SCAMMER.

THE SUSPECTS NAME OR POTENTIAL CHARGES HE COULD FACE HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.

ANYONE WHO HAS COME INTO CONTACT WITH THIS SCAMMER IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE GRAND RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

>>> THE BEMIDJI CITY COUNCIL CONDUCTED TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS LAST NIGHT DURING THEIR MEETING ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR LATER THIS SUMMER THAT INVOLVE JUST UNDER 1.5 MILES FOR BOTH PROJECTS.

THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING WAS FOR THE 2025 STREET RENEWAL PROJECT, WHICH PLANS TO ADD NEW PAVEMENT, CURB AND GUTTERS, DRIVEWAY APRONS, AND SIDEWALKS TO FIVE DIFFERENT STREETS WITHIN THE CITY.

A RESIDENT IN THE AFFECTED AREA APPROACHED THE COUNCIL WITH CONCERNS ABOUT NORTON AVENUE NORTHWEST SAYING THERE HAS BEEN A WATER COLLECTION PROBLEM THERE FOR SOME TIME AND IS HOPING THIS RENEWAL PROJECT WILL FIX THE ISSUE.

>> THE PLAN FOR 14th STREET IT'S A RURAL STREET NOW.

WE'RE PLANNING TO URBANIZE IT AND CREATE THAT BATHTUB EFFECT TO TRAP THAT WATER THAT USE TO MIGRATE TO WHERE IT WANTED TO GO.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO CATCH THAT WATER.

IT'S HARD TO GET THAT WATER TO GO WHERE WE WANT IT TO GO, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY ADDED ASPHALT TO FIX THAT ISSUE.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO RESOLVE ALL THAT WITH THIS PROJECT.

>> THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WAS FOR THE PARK AVENUE NORTHWEST RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

THE PLAN IS TO RECONSTRUCT HALF A MILE OF PARK AVENUE NORTHWEST FROM 15TH STREET TO PAUL BUNYAN DRIVE WITH IMPROVEMENTS LIKE NEW PAVEMENT, DRIVEWAY APRONS, AND SIDEWALKS ALONG WITH A SIGNIFICANT REPLACEMENT OF A WATER MAIN AND SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM.

>> THE OTHER BIG DRIVER FOR THIS IS THE SANITARY SEWER IS IN DIRE NEED OF REPLACEMENT.

WE HAD ISSUES WITH THAT, A PEOPLE HAD ISSUES WITH THE SERVICE LINE.

THEY DID THE WORK IN THE '90s, THEY DID NOT REPLACE A LOT OF THAT.

IT'S NOT WHAT WE HOPED, IT STILL WARRANTS SOME REPLACEMENT, BUT SOME IS THE TOTALITY OF ALL THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THE CURB LINE, KEEP IT IN THE SAME LOCATION, ALLOWING US TO USE THE OLD STORM SEWER.

THAT WILL HELP SAVE $100,000 ON THIS PROJECT.

>> IT IS ESTIMATED THAT BOTH PROJECTS WILL COST JUST A LITTLE NORTH OF $3.9 MILLION IN TOTAL.

THE STREET RENEWAL PROJECT WILL BE FUNDED USING A COMBINATION OF THE CITY TAX LEVY AND UTILITY FUNDS, WHILE THE PARK AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT WILL BE FUNDED USING STATE AID FUNDS ALONG WITH UTILITY FUNDS.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW NIGHT, AND BY THE TIME ALL IS SAID AND DONE, WE COULD SEE 2 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.

I'LL HAVE MORE ON YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, THE 35th ANNUAL ICE FISHING EXTRAVAGANZA WENT >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

; INTERNET, PHONE, AND T.V.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> EVERY YEAR, THE CITY OF BEMIDJI OPENS UP SEVERAL ICE SKATING RINKS TO THE PUBLIC.

TWO OF THE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN OPEN FOR YEARS BUT THIS YEAR THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT HAVE OPENED UP A NEW THIRD SITE AS WELL.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE INFORMATION ON THE WINTER ACTIVITIES.

>> Reporter: EVERY WINTER, THE CITY OF BEMIDJI OPENS SEVERAL FREE SKATING RINKS TO THE PUBLIC.

THERE IS ONE IN CITY PARK, THE RINK AT THE TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER.

EACH OF THE RINKS ARE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

>> FLOODING IS WHEN WE GO OUT AND SWEEP UP THE DAY'S BEFORE ICE CHUNKS WHEN PEOPLE SKATING ON IT AND WE'LL GO OUT THERE WITH A HOSE AND PUT A FRESH LAYER OF ICE.

>> Reporter: THE CITY PARK LOCATIONS HAS A PLEASURE RINK AND HOCKEY RINK AND THE TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER JUST HAS ONE SMALL RINK.

>> THERE ARE THESE LITTLE THINGS, IT'S FUN TO WATCH THE KIDS SKATE.

>> Reporter: NO WORRIES IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY EQUIPMENT.

>> WE DO RENT SKATES AT CITY PARK AND AT THE TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER.

ALSO WITHIN CITY PARKS, THERE IS A CONCESSION STAND AND THEY SELL ANYTHING FROM HOT CHOCOLATE TO PIZZA.

>> Reporter: EVERY RELATIONSHIPING -- RINK IS LIT UNTIL 8:30 ON WEEKDAYS, AND NOON TO 8:00 P.M. ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAY.

THE CITY OF BEMIDJI STILL WANTS TO PREACH SAFETY TO ALL WHO GOES.

>> WHEN IT'S -30, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PROMOTE PEOPLE TO BE OUTSIDE.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT'SES -- IT'S A GIANT POSITIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

ON SATURDAY, THE YOUTH HOCKEY GROUP IS GOING TO BE AT ONE OF THE RINKS DOING PRACTICE.

IT'S NEAT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE RINKS WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL THE WEATHER WARMS UP ENOUGH TO START MELTING THE ICE.

IN YEARS PAST, THEY HAVE STAYED IN USE UNTIL THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH SO THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL WEEKS LEFT OF SKATING AND HOCKEY FOR ALL.

>>> THAT ALL DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER FORECAST STACY AND WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?

>> Stacy: WELL, IT'S GOING TO STAY BELOW FREEZING, SO AT LEAST WE HAVE THAT GOING FOR US.

WE COULD ADD A LITTLE SNOW TO OUR AREA AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW NIGHT, WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM EARLY THIS WEEKEND.

WE DO HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY OUT FOR A PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA, SO WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT >> 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: IT WAS A QUIET DAY ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND WE WILL SEE MORE QUIET WEATHER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND TO START THE DAY TOMORROW.

SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW EVENING, CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT AND EVEN FOR SOME OF US INTO THURSDAY MORNING, COULD BRING SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION TO PART OF THE AREA AND SOME OF US ARE UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY STARTING TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IN A SECOND.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, IT'S 2 DEGREES ON THE PLUS SIDE AT THE AIRPORT IN BEMIDJI.

AT THE STUDIO, WINDS ARE CALM.

HUMIDITY IS AT 66%.

UNTIL BRAINERD, WE HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, IT IS 7, THE DEW POINT IS -6, PRESSURE IS FALLING, AND WINDS ARE CALM.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS OUT FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, THIS WILL BEGIN AT NOON ON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE UNTIL 6:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY.

SNOW IS EXPECTED AND WE COULD RECEIVE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITHIN THAT ADVISORY AREA.

A LITTLE CLOSER LOOK AT THE TOTALS WE ARE EXPECTING FOR OUR VIEWING AREA AND IN GENERAL, IT LOOKS LIKE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW, BUT THERE COULD BE HIGHER AMOUNTS WITHIN THAT.

AGAIN, THIS GRAPHIC HERE IS VALID THROUGH 7:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY.

NOW OUR CURRENT RADAR IS QUIET.

WE HAVE UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE, BUT NO REPORTS OF SNOWFALL REACHING THE GROUND.

WE WILL HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY TO START THE DAY TOMORROW, AND THEN WE WILL SEE THE WIDESPREAD SNOW MOVING IN TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW EVENING.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE BEAUTIFUL MORNING SKIES IN MENAHGA.

ANGELA SPOTTING A PORCUPINE IN THE TREE AT OAK POINT.

SONYA SENDING US THIS PICTURE OF THE BLUE OX TRAIL.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA REPORTING -12 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST SKIES, A HIGH OF 8 TODAY.

WE HEARD FROM ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNSHINE, THE LOW WAS -18, AND BOB IN BLUFFTON, MOSTLY CLOUDY, SEEING A LOW OF -18.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 8 WAS THE HIGH IN BRAINERD.

CHILLY TEMPERATURES, OUR AVERAGE IS IN THE LOW 20s, -8 WAS OUR LOW THIS MORNING, SUNSET AT 5:26.

BEMIDJI REACHING A HIGH OF 6, -14 FOR THE LOW, 7:40 WAS OUR SUNRISE.

HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO START THE DAY TOMORROW, 7:00 A.M., PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN OUR VIEWING AREA, WE'LL PUT THIS IN MOTION, WE WILL START TO SEE THE CLOUDS INCREASE.

THEN IN THE AFTERNOON, SNOW WILL MOVE IN, WIDESPREAD SNOW EXPECTED TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW EVENING, EVEN THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT, SOME OF THAT COULD LINGER THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE MOVING OUT.

THEN IT LOOKS LIKE WINDS WILL BE PICKING UP BEHIND THAT SYSTEM SO WE'LL SEE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON THURSDAY.

TEMPERATURES FOR TOMORROW WILL BE IN THE TEENS ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, LOOK FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 20s.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR -3.

TOMORROW, SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON, ABOUT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, HIGHS NEAR 17.

THAT SNOW CONTINUES WEDNESDAY NIGHT, TAPERING OFF AND EXITING TO THE NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY, WINDY CONDITIONS, HIGHS NEAR 10, QUIET ON FRIDAY, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW AS WE START THE WEEKEND, THAT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH BY SUNDAY, HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND IN THE LOW TEENS.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANK YOU STACY.

>>> CHARLIE IS HERE NOW AND SECTION PLAYOFFS IS UNDERWAY FOR GIRLS HOCKEY.

>> Charlie: WE HAVE SOME SECTION ACTION TONIGHT, BEMIDJI TAKING ON BUFFALO.

WE HAVE A LOT OF HIGHLIGHTS FROM AROUND THE AREA AS WELL.

SO WE'LL GET TO THOSE RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] >>> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS.

>> NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY STAPLES SPORTS.

MORE INFO AT LVISUPPLIES.COM.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> THE SECTION 8-2A GIRLS HOCKEY TOURNAMENT BEGINS TONIGHT WITH QUARTERFINALS ACTION AND FOR JUST THE 2ND TIME IN A DECADE.

BEMIDJI WILL BE HOSTING A POST-SEASON GAME.

THEY LAST HOSTED IN 2023, A 7-3 LOSS TO BRAINERD-LITTLE FALLS.

BEFORE THAT, 2014 WHEN THEY BEAT THE WARRIORS 2-0.

THE 3-SEED LUMBERJACKS ARE WINNERS IN 6 OF THEIR LAST 7 GAMES, TAKING ON 6-SEED BUFFALO.

THE JACKS BEAT THE BISON 6-ZIP BACK IN LATE NOVEMBER AND THEY PICKED UP RIGHT WHERE THEY LEFT OFF BAILEY ROOP, DANGEROUS FROM ANYWHERE INSIDE THE BLUE LINE, NETS HER 33RD GOAL OF THE SEASON.

IT'S 1-0.

SECOND PERIOD, SAME SCORE, MILLIE KNOTT TAKING HER TIME, BURIES IT.

POWER PLAY GOAL IS HER 16TH OF THE YEAR.

BEMIDJI LED 2-1 AT THE BREAK.

THEN IN THE THIRD, TAYLOR BJERKE TRYING TO PUT THE GAME OUT OF REACH.

MATTIE GEORGE ON CLEAN UP DUTY, THE 8TH GRADER WITH JUST HER 2ND GOAL GIVES THE JACKS A 2-GOAL LEAD.

BEMIDJI GOES ON TO WIN 4-1 OVER BUFFALO.

THE LUMBERJACKS ADVANCE TO SECTION SEMIFINALS THIS SATURDAY AND IT WILL BE ON THE ROAD AT 2-SEED ROSEAU WHO BEAT BRAINERD-LITTLE FALLS TONIGHT.

7-2 THE FINAL THERE.

S ARE NORTHERN LAKES GETS THE WIN.

THEY WILL PLAY PRAIRIE FALLS NEXT WEEK.

>>> IN BOYS HOCKEY, BEMIDJI BEATS DETROIT LAKES.

GRAND RAPIDS GETS THE WIN OVER DENFELD.

LITTLE FALLS BEATS ALEXANDRIA AND RED LAKE FALLS, THEY TOPPLE WADENA DEER CREEK.

WARROAD BLANKS EAST GRAND FORKS.

NORTHERN LAKES GETS THE WIN AND SO DOES BAGLEY FOSSTON AND GREEN WAY BLANKS ELY.

>>> IN THE HARDWOOD, FIRST HALF, WARRIORS UP 9.

ADDISON GOES LEFT ON THE LAY IN, SHE HAS 14 ON THE NIGHT AND BRAINERD WAS UP 25-14.

SECOND HALF, WARRIORS TRYING TO PULL AWAY, MACY, TOUGH FINISH FOR THE DEUCE, AND THEY EXTEND THEIR LEAD.

FERGUS FALLS CHIPPED AWAY, BY MAYA TELLS THEM NIGHT, NIGHT.

BRAINERD DOWNS FERGUS FALLS IN A 73-59 VICTORY, IMPROVING 16-4 ON THE SEASON.

WARRIORS AVENGE THEIR LOSS TO THE OTTERS ONE MONTH AGO.

>>> DULUTH EAST BEATS GRAND RAPIDS.

PEQUOT LAKES GETS THE WIN OTHER LITTLE FALLS.

NORTHOME-KELLIHER GETS THE WIN OVER BIG FORK.

AND PEQUOT LAKES BOYS BASKETBALL WAS ON THE ROAD TONIGHT.

PATRIOTS ARE 15-3, RANKED 10th.

ETHAN UNCONTESTED OFF THE TIP, THE EARLY LEAD.

DOWN BY 2, BRADEN FROM THREE POINT LAND, PUTS THEM UP 11-10.

NOW GIVING THE PATRIOT AS 4-POINT LEAD, ESKO LED BY JOSH WILL GO ON A RUN TO END THE FIRST HALF WITH A DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD.

PATRIOTS FALL TO ESKO, SNAPPING A THREE GAME WIN STREAK.

THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO GET BACK ON THE HORSE AT MOOSE LAKE WILLOW RIVER.

>>> ST.

CLOUD APOLLO WITH THE WIN OVER BEMIDJI AT HOME TONIGHT.

GRAND RAPIDS FALLING TO CLOQUET.

STAPLES MODALLY -- MOTLEY GETS A WIN TONIGHT.

CASS LAKE-BENA COLLECTING A WIN.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY BEATING LAPORTE.

VERNDALE GETTING THE WIN OF SEBEKA.

>>> AND OVER IN THE POOL, THE BRAINERD BOYS GETTING AFTER IT HOSTING MOORHEAD.

IN THE 200 FREESTYLE, LOGAN KUEPERS LED THE WAY FOR THE WARRIORS.

HE PLACES SECOND OVERALL IN ONE-MINUTE-58 SECONDS AND IN THE 50-YARD FREE.

KYLER CARLSON, FLYING DOWN THE LANES FOR BRAINERD, HE EARNS FIRST PLACE IN 23.03 SECONDS AS THE WARRIORS TAKE DOWN THE SPUDS IN A 102-84 FINAL.

SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU.

IN THE NORDIC SKI SECTION 8 FREESTYLE FINALS, ANDREW FROM SARTELL GETS THE WIN.

ELLIOT IN LITTLE FALLS, NUMBER TWO.

THREE THROUGH SEVEN, ALL BRAINERD.

ON THE GIRL'S SIDE OF THINGS, BRAINERD GETS THE WIN, TAKES HOME THE GOLD IN THAT ONE.

ISABELLE FINISHES IN 10th.

WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE OF THOSE TOMORROW FOR YOU.

IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, BEMIDJI STATE MEN AT HOME TAKING ON MINNESOTA CROOKSTON.

THEY ARE TRYING TO BUILD OFF THEIR WIN LAST THURSDAY.

SUTHERLAND GOT GOING.

HE HAD A DOUBLE DIGIT, 20 POINTS TONIGHT.

LATER, TIE GAME, TATE HAD A DOUBLE-DOUBLE.

THIS WAS THE MOMENT WHEN BSU REALLY GOT IT GOING.

PUT HIM ON A POSTER, BEMIDJI STATE GOES ON TO WIN 83-68.

BSU HAS WON THREE OF THEIR LAST FOUR.

THE WOMEN WERE ALSO PLAYING AT HOME, BUT THEY FELL TO CROOKSTON, 70-59.

IN THE NHL, THE BOSTON BRUINS GET A 3-0 WIN OVER THE MINNESOTA WILD.

>> Dennis: BSU BASKETBALL, THAT'S THE SECOND TIME IN A ROW NOW, OR SECOND WEEK IN A ROW THEY PLAYED ON THE WEEKDAY.

>> Charlie: YES, THEY HAVE.

>> Dennis: NOW LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR LAST STORY.

>>> ANGLERS FROM NEAR AND FAR OCCUPIED GULL LAKE FOR THE BRAINERD JAYCEES 35TH ANNUAL ICE FISHING EXTRAVAGANZA THIS PAST SATURDAY.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE LATEST ON THE WORLD'S LARGEST CHARITABLE ICE FISHING CONTEST IN THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOOD'S EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: DUE TO UNSEASONABLY WARM WINTER CONDITIONS LAST YEAR, THE BRAINERD JAYCEES ICE FISHING ETC.

STRAV -- EXTRAVAGANZA MOVED TO A HYBRID MODEL.

>> GETTING THAT LAST BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND IT FEELS LIKE 10,000 POUNDS OFF OF YOUR SHOULDERS.

>> IT'S PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT HAVE TO COME SEE THIS AS A BUCKET LIST.

I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE FROM SOUTH AFRICA, WE HAD LONDON, WE HAD SO MANY COUNTRIES AND THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN ON A FROZEN LAKE BEFORE.

>> Reporter: THE JAYCEES HAS WIDENED THE EXTRAVAGANZA'S REACH SINCE ITS INCEPTION, GENERATING $2 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THE REGION, CONSISTENTLY OFFERING THE PARTICIPANTS PLENTY TO FISH FOR.

>> I HOPE THEY TAKE AWAY A TRUCK.

>> WIN A $3,000 LIVE SCOPE, SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE GO ONLINE TO LOOK AT THAT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF EXTRA WAYS YOU CAN WIN PRIZES, TO DO THINGS TO ENGULF YOURSELF DEEPER INTO THE EXTRAVAGANZA.

>> Reporter: AND THERE IS A TRANQUILITY AND EXCITEMENT TO THE EXTRAVAGANZA THE ANGLERS ANNUALLY GRAVITATE TO.

>> YOU LOOK AT WHAT BAIT YOU'RE PUTTING ON, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT COLORS, WHAT SPECIES, BECOMING ONE WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS THE RECENTERING POINT OF IT ALL.

THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF ICE FISHING, IT'S A 100% DISTRACTION FROM EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE.

>> Reporter: FOR MANY ANGLERS HERE, FISHING IS A TIME TO DISASSOCIATE FROM THEIR BUSY LIVES, BE ONE WITH NATURE, AND ENJOY THE SERENITY OF THE OUTDOORS.

ALTHOUGH IT'S A COMPETITION, THE MAIN TAKEAWAY IS THE FAMILIAL ATMOSPHERE.

>> IT'S LIKE A FAMILY ON ICE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU.

YOU CATCH A FISH AND 50 FEET AND -- AROUND YOU, EVERYONE IS CHEERING.

>> YOU GET WITH FRIENDS, GET WITH FAMILY, CREATE THAT COMMUNITY.

IT'S LESS ABOUT THE FISHING AND MORE ABOUT THE COMPANY THAT YOU ARE WITH.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN NISSWA WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> AND A BIG CONGRATS TO SIERA ROMINE FROM CARVER FOR WALKING AWAY WITH THE EXTRVAGANZA'S TOP PRIZE, A BRAND NEW PICK-UP TRUCK FROM THE MILLS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP.

>>> NOT BAD STACY, GO ICE FISHING AND WALK AWAY WITH A TRUCK.

>> Stacy: THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT.

WE HAVE WINTER WEATHER TO TALK ABOUT.

IT'S GOING TO MOVE IN TOMORROW ABOUT NOON INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA FROM NOON ON WEDNESDAY, TO 6:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY, COULD SEE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WITHIN THAT AREA, MOST OF US COULD SEE 2 TO 4 WINDS NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

>> Charlie: AND TOMORROW IS SIGNING DAY FOR FOOTBALL, SO WE'RE GOING TO CHECK OUT THE HALL THAT BSU HAS COMING IN AND SOME OTHER THINGS AS WELL.

>> Dennis: HAVE A GREAT NIGHT, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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