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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.

>>> MINNESOTA HOUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE RETURNED TO THE STATE CAPITOL AFTER REACHING A POWER-SHARING AGREEMENT WITH REPUBLICANS, ENDING A STALEMATE THAT PREVENTED THE CHAMBER FROM CONDUCTING BUSINESS FOR MORE THAN THREE WEEKS.

HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER LISA DEMUTH WILL BE FORMALLY ELECTED AS SPEAKER FOR TWO YEARS.

REPUBLICANS WILL CHAIR ALL HOUSE COMMITTEES FOR THE NEXT MONTH WHILE THEY HOLD A 67-66 ADVANTAGE.

IF AS EXPECTED DEMOCRATS WIN THE DISTRICT 40B SPECIAL ELECTION ON MARCH 11TH, THEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WILL CO-CHAIR COMMITTEES AT THAT POINT EXCEPT FOR THE NEW FRAUD OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WHERE REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE A FIVE TO THREE ADVANTAGE.

UNDER THE MINNESOTA DEAL, HOUSE DEMOCRATS RECEIVED GOP ASSURANCES THAT THEY WILL NOT TRY TO UNSEAT A DEMOCRAT BRAD TABKE WHO WON REELECTION BY ONLY 14 VOTES IN A SWING DISTRICT WHERE 20 BALLOTS WENT MISSING.

AN ETHICS COMMITTEE WILL HOLD A HEARING ON THAT RACE BUT WON'T TAKE FURTHER ACTION.

DEMUTH, WHO IS BLACK, WILL BE THE CHAMBER'S FIRST SPEAKER OF COLOR.

>> THE BEST NEGOTIATIONS IS WHEN NOT EVERYONE WALKS OUT COMPLETELY HAPPY, BUT THE COMPROMISES MADE, HAVING A REPUBLICAN SPEAKER WITH VERY LITTLE LIMITATIONS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS IS A HUGE WIN FOR REPUBLICANS.

IT IS A HUGE WIN FOR THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

TO HAVE FRAUD NOT JUST TALKED ABOUT, BUT ACTUALLY ADDRESSED AND CORRECTED IS A HUGE WIN FOR THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, THE TAXPAYERS' MINNESOTA.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO GET DONE.

I KNOW REPRESENTATIVE HORTMAN AND I AGREED WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE FOR THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA ON TIME.

THAT IS THE INTENT.

PRIOR TO THIS CONFLICT, I PUBLICLY STATED THAT THIS TIE GIVES US A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THAT BIPARTISAN GOVERNING CAN WORK.

EVEN THOUGH WE HAD THESE ROUGH FEW WEEKS, WE CAN TURN THE PAGE NOW.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SHOW MINNESOTANS THAT WE CAN GOVERN TOGETHER IN A COLLABORATIVE WAY.

THE 2024 ELECTION MADE CLEAR THAT MINNESOTA IS A VERY CLOSELY DIVIDED STATE AND I THINK WE CAN MAKE THIS ARRANGEMENT WORK FOR THEM.

WE ARE SET UP FOR SUCCESS IN THIS AGREEMENT.

>> NOW THAT BOTH SIDES ARE BACK AT THE CAPITOL ONE OF THE BIG JOBS FOR THE HOUSE WILL BE TO NEGOTIATE A NEW TWO-YEAR BUDGET DEAL.

>>> THE QUICK ACTIONS OF AN ONAMIA SCHOOL BUS DRIVER HELPED TO AVOID TRAGEDY YESTERDAY MORNING.

THE BUS HAD STUDENTS ON BOARD AROUND 7:15 ON HIGHWAY 169 NORTH OF ONAMIA WHEN THE DRIVER OF N ONCOMING SEMI LOST CONTROL OF HIS RIG.

[ BLEEP ] >> MILLE LACS COUNTY SHERIFF KYLE BURTON SAYS THE QUICK MANEUVER BY BUS DRIVER BRIAN LATHROP UNDOUBTEDLY SAVED MANY LIVES.

INSTEAD ONLY TWO STUDENTS WERE CHECKED OUT FOR MINOR INJURIES THE IMPACT OF THE TWO VEHICLES WAS A GLANCING SIDESWIPE NEAR THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE BUS INSTEAD OF A FULL HEAD ON CRASH THANKS TO THE QUICK AND HEROIC EFFORTS OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVER BRIAN LATHROP.

THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL AND THE MILLE LACS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARE INVESTIGATING THIS INCIDENT.

>>> A FIRE SOUTH OF BEMIDJI TODAY DESTROYED A HOME AND ALL OF ITS CONTENTS.

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

THE BEMIDJI FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE TWO STORY STRUCTURE FIRE AROUND FOUR THIS MORNING.

IT HAPPENED ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF BEMIDJI IN HELGA TOWNSHIP 22 FIREFIGHTERS AND EIGHT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WERE ON THE SCENE FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS.

THE FIRE IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT BEMIDJI FIRE CHIEF JUSTIN SHERWOOD SAYS IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTAL.

>>> A 24-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL MISCONDUCT INVOLVING TWO CHILDREN IN BELTRAMI COUNTY.

THOMAS HUMISTON IN NEVADA ON JANUARY 30TH FOR TWO FELONY COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A PERSON UNDER 13.

HUMISTON IS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH TWO VICTIMS IN BELTRAMI COUNTY, ONE EIGHT YEARS OLD AND THE OTHER TEN YEARS OLD.

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OCCURRED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS.

HUMISTON REMAINS IN CUSTODY AND IS AWAITING EXTRADITION BACK TO BELTRAMI COUNTY.

IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS INFORMATION REGARDING THOMAS HUMISTON OR ANY OTHER POSSIBLE VICTIMS, PLEASE CALL BELTRAMI COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE INVESTIGATOR HAYFT AT 218-333-4233.

CITIZENS CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS IF THEY CHOOSE.

>>> CREWS DEMOLISHED A BRIDGE IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THAT HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR MORE THAN SEVEN MONTHS FOLLOWING AN HISTORIC FLOOD EVENT.

THEY USED EXPLOSIVES TO DISASSEMBLE THE COUNTY ROAD NINE BRIDGE OVER BLUE EARTH RIVER.

HEAVY RAINS SPARKED FLOODING LEADING TO A BREACH OF A DAM.

THE RAINFALL ALSO CAUSED EROSION AROUND THE BRIDGE SUPPORTS, LEADING COUNTY OFFICIALS TO DECIDE TO REMOVE AND REPLACE THE BRIDGE.

DEMOLITION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WINTER AND SPRING.

CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEW BRIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN NEXT YEAR.

>>> THE CITY OF LONG PRAIRIE AND AN EXCAVATING COMPANY BASED IN ST. JOSEPH HAVE BEEN FINED BY THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY FOR DISCHARGING SEDIMENT-LADEN WATER INTO THE LONG PRAIRIE RIVER IN ADDITION TO OTHER VIOLATIONS.

THE MPCA IS FINING THE CITY OF LONG PRAIRIE AND C&L EXCAVATING $10,900 EACH.

MPCA STAFF INSPECTION IN APRIL AND MAY OF 2024 CONFIRMED SEVERAL PERMIT VIOLATIONS.

IN ADDITION TO THE FINE, C&L EXCAVATING ALSO COMPLETED A SERIES OF CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO BRING THE SITE INTO COMPLIANCE.

>>> GOVERNOR TIM WALZ TODAY ANNOUNCED $6.1 MILLION IN GRANTS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CHILD CARE ACROSS THE STATE.

THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS AWARDED 25 ORGANIZATIONS WITH CHILD CARE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS, EXPECTED TO EXPAND CHILD CARE CAPACITY BY 1,400 SLOTS STATEWIDE.

SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IN THE LAKELAND VIEWING AREA WILL BENEFIT.

THE BRAINERD FAMILY YMCA WILL RECEIVE A GRANT OF 97,500, THE CITY OF WADENA RECEIVES 195,000 LITTLE FALLS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, 240,000, THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FOUNDATION 134,000, THE WARROAD COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTER, 240,000, AND GREATER BEMIDJI GETS $575,000.

DAVE HENGEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GREATER BEMIDJI SAID IN A PRESS RELEASE THAT THIS GRANT WILL DIRECTLY INCREASE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EXPANSION IN BOTH THE BEMIDJI AREA AND THE RED LAKE NATION.

>>> THE BRAINERD LAKES COMMUNITY GATHERED TO TAKE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL SINFONIA AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRAS PERFORMANCES FOR THEIR WINTER CONCERT EARLIER THIS WEEK, PRESENTED THROUGH THE BRAINERD MUSIC DEPARTMENT, THE SINFONIA AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRAS EACH PLAYED THREE PIECES FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.

>> I THINK WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL IS AN EXCELLENT THING FOR KIDS TO WORK ON.

THE COMRADERY, THE COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE HAS NEVER WAVERED.

IT'S GREAT TO BE PART OF THAT AND THEN SHOWCASE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY.

BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL'S CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WILL PERFORM IN THE CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FESTIVAL AT SAINT CLOUD TECH HIGH SCHOOL NEXT ON APRIL 4TH, WHILE THE SINFONIA ORCHESTRA WILL PLAY AT ALEXANDRIA HIGH SCHOOL ON APRIL 9TH.

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

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: ANOTHER SNOWSTORM COULD BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION INTO PARTS OF THE VIEWING AREA AND A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> EVERY YEAR THE MINNESOTA UNITED SNOWMOBILE ASSOCIATION HAS A MEETING THAT GATHERS HUNDREDS OF SNOWMOBILES FROM AROUND THE STATE.

THIS YEAR, THEIR WINTER RENDEZVOUS IS TAKING PLACE IN BEMIDJI AND TONIGHT THEY KICKED OFF THEIR WEEKEND WITH THEIR FIRST DINNER ALL TOGETHER.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE ON THE UPCOMING EVENTS.

>> Reporter: WINTERTIME IN MINNESOTA BRINGS SNOW, WHICH IN TURN BRINGS SNOWMOBILES OUT OF THE SHEDS AND ON TO THE TRAILS.

THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THERE ARE SEVERAL HUNDREDS SNOWMOBILE CLUBS, MANY OF WHICH ARE PART OF MN U.S.A. >> IT'S THE STATE ORGANIZATION THAT APPROXIMATELY 280 CLUBS IN MINNESOTA BELONG TO.

WE DO THE LOBBYING AT THE STATE CAPITOL AND ON A FEDERAL LEVEL IN WASHINGTON D.C., TO HELP WITH RULES, LAWS, REGULATIONS, FINES FOR DIFFERENT THINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> Reporter: THE ASSOCIATION WAS START IN 1978 AND HAS GROWN TO OVER 10,000 MEMBERS TODAY.

>> WE GET TO MEET PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE STATE WITH DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW AND HISTORIES AND THEIR PAST EXPERIENCES WITH SNOW MOBILING, AND EXCHANGE IDEAS AND WHAT WORKS IN ONE PART OF THE STATE, VERSUS WHAT WORKS IN OUR PART OF THE STATE.

>> Reporter: THE ASSOCIATION HOSTS FOUR MEETINGS A YEAR, ONE IN THE SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, AND OF COURSE WINTER.

>> THIS WEEKEND IS THE MN U.S.A. RENDEZVOUS.

IT ROTATES AROUND THE STATE.

THEY HOST THE RENDEZVOUS, HERE IN BEMIDJI HERE.

>> IN THE WINTERTIME, THIS IS OUR FUN MEETING.

WE PRAY FOR SNOW AND WE RIDE.

WE HAVE 160 PEOPLE COMING INTO THE EVENT THIS WEEKEND, AND PEOPLE FROM THE D.N.R.

RIDING WITH US, D.N.R.

OFFICERS ARE RIDING WITH US, AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE STATE LEGISLATORS THAT RIDE WITH US AND WE CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT THINGS IN THE FUTURE.

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

>> AND AMONG THE MEETINGS AND LEGISLATIVE TALKS, THERE WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES OF SNOWMOBILE RIDING THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

RIDERS WILL BE LEAVING FROM THE SOUTH SHORE HOTEL AND DOUBLETREE IN BEMIDJI TOMORROW STARTING AT 9:00 A.M. ANY OTHER SNOWMOBILERS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN.

>>> STACY, WE SHOULD HAVE COOL WEATHER FOR THE SNOWMOBILERS.

>> Stacy: AND NEW SNOW OUT THERE WE PICKED UP.

ANOTHER SNOWSTORM COULD BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION TO PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA, MAINLY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

WE DO HAVE A WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THAT REGION STARTING TOMORROW EVENING.

I'LL HAVE MORE O >> 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 WOKE UP TO SOME NEW SNOW THIS MORNING AND WE HAD 2 TO 4 IFRNLTS OF ACCUMULATION THROUGHOUT LAKELAND COUNTRY AND GUSTY SNOW WAS BLOWING AROUND TODAY.

WE WILL SEE THE WINDS DECREASING AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT.

AS WE HEAD INTO LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW EVENING, WE WILL START TO SEE THE NEXT ROUND OF SNOW MOVING IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WE COULD SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IN PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA AS THIS NEXT SYSTEM ROLLS THROUGH.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 5 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT THE STUDIO, WE HAVE A WEST WIND AT 13 MILES PER HOUR, GIVING US A WINDCHILL OF -11 AND WE RECEIVED 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW OUT OF THIS LAST SYSTEM.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, 7 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS AT -1, WEST WINDS AT 9 MILES PER HOUR, AND THE WINDCHILL IS AT -7.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

WE'RE EXPECTING SOME HEAVY SNOW TO FALL AND WITHIN THAT WATCH AREA, WE ARE ANTICIPATING ABOUT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION, MORE SPECIFICALLY OUR VIEWING AREA, POSSIBLY ABOUT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITHIN THAT AREA UNDER THE WATCH.

FARTHER TO THE NORTH, IT LOOKS QUIETER, LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION, MAINLY IMPACTING CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

ON THE RADAR TONIGHT, IT HAS BEEN QUIET OUT THERE.

WE HAVE BEEN SEEING MAINLY CLEAR SKIES, A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE SEEING THAT CONTINUING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH SOME VARIABLE CLOUDS, AGAIN VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THAT'S WHEN WE WILL START TO SEE THE SNOW MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU FOR TONIGHT, ANGELA SENDING US THIS PICTURE OF THE SUNRISE OVER THE BOLSTERING RIVER AND ARLENE WITH THIS PICTURE OF THE SKIES ON THIS WINDY MORNING IN MENAHGA.

SAMROSE REPORTING NEARLY WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH THE BLOWING SNOW AND SONYA WITH A PICTURE OF THE SUN THROUGH THE BLOWING SNOW OVER TURTLE RIVER LAKE TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA REPORTING 0 AND WINDY THIS MORNING.

SONYA AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE, WINDY WITH THE BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW, OTHERWISE SUNSHINE AND WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY AND WINDY WITH JUST OVER 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, WINDS AND CLOUDS TODAY, AND STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT WITH A HIGH OF 9.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD WITH A HIGH OF 19 TODAY, A LITTLE BIT ON THE COOL SIDE, NOT TOO FAR OFF.

6 DEGREES WAS OUR LOW AND BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 14, SO AGAIN JUST A LITTLE BIT SHY OF THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE AND WE STARTED OUT WITH A LOW OF -1.

IF WE LOOK AT TOMORROW, WE WILL BE SEEING MAINLY CLEAR SKIES, SOME AREAS OF CLOUDS, WE'LL SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE AREA.

THEN AS WE HEAD INTO LATE TOMORROW, TOMORROW EVENING, THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING, THE SNOW IN MAINLY CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

AS FAR AS HIGHS TOMORROW, 10 TO 15 IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WITH MID TO UPPER TEENS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

SO HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST, FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS DROPPING TO ABOUT -3.

TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, COULD SEE SOME OF THE SNOW IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TOMORROW AFTERNOON, WITH HIGHS NEAR 13.

SNOW OVERSPREADS THAT AREA AND CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY MORNING, HIGHS ON SATURDAY NEAR 11, QUIET WEATHER CONTINUES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, BUT TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE MUCH COLDER WITH HIGHS NEAR -3 ON TUESDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: AND CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH OUR LOCAL SPORTS.

BEMIDJI BOYS HOCKEY TEAM AT HOME TONIGHT.

>> Charlie: THEY'RE PLAYING A CLASS A OPPONENT, EAST GRAND FORKS.

THAT IS WHO THEY ARE TAKING ON, NOT GRAND RAPIDS.

GREAT JERSEYS, THEY HAD THAT LOGO ON IT AND IT WAS A GREAT GAME AS WELL, THEY HAD OVER AT THE BCA.

PLUS WE HAVE A LOT OF WRESTLING ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

WE'LL HAVE THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> THERE ARE FOUR GAMES LEFT FOR BEMIDJI BOYS HOCKEY AND IT WILL BE A GOOD TIME FOR THEM TO GO ON A HEATER.

AFTER A BUMPY SIX GAME RUN POST CHRISTMAS, THEY RATTLED OFF THREE STRAIGHT WINS.

BEMIDJI HOSTING EAST GRAND FORKS.

IN THE FIRST PERIOD, JACKS ON THE POWER PLAY, TURNING IT OVER TO JOEY AND HE ABSOLUTELY BURIES IT TO GIVE BEMIDJI THE 1-0 LEAD.

IN THE SECOND, SAME SCORE, CAN'T CLEAR THE ZONE, THIS TIME NATHAN LIGHTS THE LAMP AND THE LUMBERJACKS LEAD IT 2-0.

AFTER GREEN WAY, IT WAS A ONE SCORE GAME.

BEMIDJI LED 3-1 AFTER TWO.

THEY WOULD SURRENDER 2 IN THE THIRD PERIOD AND TIE EAST GRAND FORKS 3-3 AFTER OVERTIME.

>>> SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU, IN HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HOCKEY, SARTELL BEATS BRAINERD.

DETROIT AND LITTLE FALLS TIE AFTER AN OVERTIME BOUT AS WELL.

ON THE GIRL'S SIDE OF THINGS, GREEN RAPIDS GREEN WAY, THEY MOVE ON TO THE SEMI-FINALS.

THIEF RIVER FALLS BEATS DETROIT LAKES IN THE 8-A QUARTER FINALS.

>>> WELL NEXT DOOR AT THE BEMIDJI FIELD HOUSE, HOSTING A TRIANGULAR WITH BERTHA HUE -- AND THEN THAT'S A BAD PLACE TO BE.

GETTING THE PIN, 1 MINUTE AND 42 SECONDS.

THEN AT 189, LITERALLY RUNNING IN A CIRCLE.

CAN'T ARGUE WITH THE SCORE.

BEMIDJI WINS 54-13.

THE NEXT DUEL, IT WAS THE CARDINALS' TURN.

1 MINUTE AND 27 SECONDS, LATER AT 160, COBY JUST NEEDS ONE MORE TAKE DOWN ON TANNER TO WIN BY TECHNICAL FALL.

THAT WILL WORK.

WORTH 5 POINTS, STAPLES MOTLEY WINS BOTH THEIR MATCHES AND HERE ARE THE RULESS -- RESULTS FOR YOU.

LUMBERJACKS WILL SPLIT HERE, IN THEIR GAMES AND STAPLES MOTLEY WON BOTH.

THE RAIDERS WILL FALL IN BOTH OF THEIR MATCHES.

>>> AND IT WAS PARENTS NIGHTS FOR BRAINERD BOYS WRESTLING AS THE WARRIORS HOSTED FOLEY.

IN THE 133 WEIGHT CLASS, BRAINERD'S NOLAN JUKISH SCORPION, GET OVER HERE.

HE WOULD GET THE PIN IN ONE-MINUTE-33-SECONDS.

AT 189, WARRIORS SHANE CARLSON, EIGHTH RANKED WRESTLER IN CLASS 3A, JUST RELENTLESS ON THE MAT.

HE GOT THE WIN BY TECHNICAL FALL AND AT 215, ETHAN KOSLOSKI TALLIES ANOTHER DUB ON THE BOARD FOR BRAINERD.

HE WINS BY TECHNICAL FALL AS WELL.

AS THE WARRIORS TAKE DOWN FOLEY IN A 47-20 VICTORY.

NEXT UP FOR BRAINERD IS THE 8-3A SECTION TOURNEY ON WEDNESDAY.

>>> WE HAVE SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU FROM AROUND THE AREA.

IN BOYS BASKETBALL, BRAINERD FALLS TO SAUK RAPIDS.

GRAND RAPIDS GETS A WIN.

PILLAGER AND GREEN WAY BOTH COLLECTING W'S.

RED LAKE COUNTY BEATS FOSSTON.

THEN ON THE GIRLS SIDE OF THINGS, BRAINERD BEATS SARTELL.

ROYALTON STAYS UNDEFEATED 20-0 OVER KIMBELL.

PEQUOT LAKES AND CASS LAKE-BENA GETS WINS TONIGHT.

FOSSTON BEATS CLIMAX FISHER.

A COUPLE OTHER SCORES.

>>> MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES BEAT THE HOUSTON ROCKETS 114-127.

IN THE NHL, THE MINNESOTA WILD PICK UP A WIN AGAINST THE HURRICANES.

LASTLY, THIS JUST IN, COWBOY HAT THERE, JARED ALLEN WAS CHOSEN FOR THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME.

THAT WAS ANNOUNCED AN HOUR AGO.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY FOLKS AT HOME KNEW THAT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM.

A BIG TIME VIKING AND LOVED TO PLAY HERE IN MINNESOTA AND I LOVE TO SEE HIM GETTING THE AWARD FOR IT?

I FOR IT.

>>> THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> A LITTLE KINDNESS CAN GO A LONG WAY.

THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT BEMIDJI MIDDLE SCHOOL IS TRYING TO TEACH THEIR STUDENTS AS THEY CELEBRATE KINDNESS WEEK.

FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SPOKE WITH THE STUDENTS AND STAFF AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO SHOW HOW EFFECTIVE BEING KIND TO OTHERS CAN TRULY BE.

>> Reporter: THOSE WHO PERFORM RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, MAY NOT REALIZE THEY INFLUENCE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH, BEING KIND TO OTHERS INCREASES HAPPINESS IN THE GIVER AND RECEIVER.

BEMIDJI MIDDLE SCHOOL IS TRYING TO TEACH THIS TO THEIR STUDENTS THROUGH KINDNESS WEEK.

>> THIS IS A WAY FOR STUDENTS TO RECOGNIZE THE KINDNESS THAT HAPPENS EVERYDAY.

SO IT'S A CHANCE FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF TO NOTICE THE KIND ACTS THAT HAPPEN AROUND THEM AND PAY MORE ATTENTION TO IT.

WE HAVE DRESS UP DAYS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK TO PROMOTE KINDNESS.

TUESDAY IS EVERYONE COUNTS.

WEDNESDAY IS WE DON'T HIDE FROM KINDNESS.

>> Reporter: IF THE STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE ACTS OF KINDNESS, THEY WILL BE GREETED WITH SOMETHING SPECIAL AT THEIR LOCKERS SHORTLY AFTER.

>> WE HAVE SECRET SPOTTERS TO SEE IF PEOPLE ARE KIND AND THEY WILL GET A SIGN ON THEIR LOCKER THAT SAYS YOU WERE CAUGHT BEING KIND.

>> Reporter: WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF KINDNESS THAT CAN EARN THESE STUDENTS A PRIZE.

>> IF SOMEONE LOST SOMETHING, HELPING THEM FIND IT.

IF YOUR FRIEND IS SAD, TALKING TO THEM AND MAKING THEM FEEL BETTER.

>> GIVING THEM PAPER IF THEY RUN OUT.

HELPING THEM WITH A PENCIL.

MAYBE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING.

MAYBE THEY NEED SOME MENTAL HEALTH.

>> Reporter: THE GOAL THIS WEEK IS NOT TO GIVE OUT PRIZES, BUT TO TEACH STUDENTS THE EFFECTNESS OF BEING KIND.

>> DOING THE RIGHT THING WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING AND MAKING SURE EVERYONE FEELS WELCOME.

MAKING OTHERS FEEL GOOD.

>> TRYING TO BE THE BEST PERSON YOU CAN BE EVEN WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING, MAKING SURE EVERYONE FEELS THEY BELONG AND PEOPLE CARE FOR THEM.

>> FOR ME, IT'S ALWAYS THE SMALL ONE, JUST BEING NICE TO PEOPLE, THE SMALL THINGS THAT DON'T ALWAYS GET NOTICED LIKE SAYING THANK YOU, PLEASE, OFFERING ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE, JUST THOSE SMALL THINGS.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> KINDNESS WEEK ISN'T OVER YET FOR THE BEMIDJI MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

TOMORROW IS DREAMING OF KINDNESS DAY, SO STUDENTS GET TO DRESS IN THEIR FAVORITE P.J.

'S IF THEY SO WISH.

IN THIS WEATHER, I WOULD AT LEAST ADVISE WEARING THICK SWEATPANTS.

>> Stacy: YES, WE ARE SEEING SOME COOLER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.

WE HAVE SOME NEW SNOW AND WE COULD BE SEEING MORE SNOW LATE TOMORROW, TOMORROW NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

WE HAVE A WINTER STORM WATCH OUT FOR THAT TIME PERIOD FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA, COULD SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF NEW SNOW.

>> Dennis: THAT WILL DO IT FOR US.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT AND WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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