
February 9, 2026 - Lakeland News Full Episode
Season 2026 Episode 27 | 30m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
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Lakeland News brings you local news, weather, and sports 5 days a week. Hosted by News Director Dennis Weimann, Weather Anchor Stacy Christenson, and Sports Director Charlie Yaeger. The Lakeland News Team serves Minnesota communities from as far south as Little Falls, as far north as the Canadian border, as far west as Fosston and east to Bovey and every community in between.
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February 9, 2026 - Lakeland News Full Episode
Season 2026 Episode 27 | 30m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Lakeland News brings you local news, weather, and sports 5 days a week. Hosted by News Director Dennis Weimann, Weather Anchor Stacy Christenson, and Sports Director Charlie Yaeger. The Lakeland News Team serves Minnesota communities from as far south as Little Falls, as far north as the Canadian border, as far west as Fosston and east to Bovey and every community in between.
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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 BEMIDJI PLANNING BOARD DECIDED THE FATE OF THE FIRST PROPOSED CANNABIS DISPENSARY.
IT'S CALLED FIRST CITY CANNABIS AND THERE'S BEEN SOME CONTROVERSY OVER THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE FACILITY.
OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN ATTENDED THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING TO SEE WHETHER THE APPLICANT WOULD RECEIVE A BUSINESS PERMIT.
>> Reporter: THE LOCATION OF FIRST CITY CANNABIS HAS BEEN A HIGHLY DEBATED TOPIC FOR THE CITY IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
A CANNABIS BUSINESS MUST BE 500 FEET AWAY FROM A DAYCARE FACILITY BUT WHAT IS DEBATED IS WHERE DO YOU MEASURE FROM?
>> IF YOU MEASURE FROM PROPERTY TO PROPERTY LINE, IT'S NOT 500 FEET.
IF YOU MEASURE FROM BUILDING TO BUILDING, IT IS.
WE ARE NOT CLEAR IN OUR ORDINANCE ABOUT HOW TO MEASURE.
IF I AM USING THAT CRITERIA OF DOES THIS ADVERSELY EFFECT THE RULES, DOES 50 FEET DO THAT.
>> Reporter: WITH IT BEING SO CLOSE WITH TWO BUILDINGS WITH YOUTH ACTIVITY, IT TURNS TO CHILDREN SAFETY.
>> THERE ARE SOME STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT WELL REGULATED CANNABIS STORES WITH COMPREHENSIVE SURVEILLANCE AND SECURITY SYSTEMS ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO CRIME DETERRENCE.
>> THERE IS PROBABLY MORE RISK TO CHILDREN IN WAL-MART THAN THIS PLAN.
LOITERING IS NOT ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY.
KIDS CAN ENTER LIQUOR STORES.
KIDS CAN ENTER TOBACCO STORES.
KIDS CAN'T ENTER THERE.
>> Reporter: THEY BROUGHT UP THE NEED TO BRING MORE TAX DOLLARS IN THE CITY, SAYING THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO DO SO.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THEN I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BOTH SIDES OF ECONOMIC DOLLARS.
THIS WILL BRING DOLLARS.
THAT'S IMPORTANT, THAT'S PART OF THIS.
>> Reporter: AFTER CONSIDERING THE GRAY AREAS, IT WAS TIME FOR THE PLANNING BOARD TO VOTE.
>> IT MEETS ALL FIVE CRITERIA, THERE ARE NINE CONDITIONS, AND AS BOARD MEMBER DICKENSON SAID, I HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING A WAY TO DENY THIS APPLICATION.
>> Reporter: THE BOARD VOTED 6-1 IN FAVOR OF APPROVING FIRST CITY CANNABIS FOR THEIR INTERIM USE PERMIT.
REPORTING IN BEMIDJI, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.
>> THE INTERIM USE PERMIT CAN BE REVIEWED FOR COMPLIANCE ONE TIME AFTER SIX MONTHS OF OPERATION TO ENSURE THAT ALL AGREEMENTS AND POLICIES ARE BEING MET.
>>> WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE PEDESTRIAN WHO WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE IN STAPLES ON JANUARY 26TH.
28-YEAR-OLD TYLER SCHRECK REMAINS HOSPITALIZED AND HAS ALREADY UNDERGONE TWO BRAIN SURGERIES.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO SHREK'S UNCLE LYLE SHRECK WHO REACHED OUT TO US WITH AN UPDATE.
HE SAYS TYLER SUFFERED A BROKEN CLAVICLE, BROKEN RIBS, AND A BROKEN WRIST IN ADDITION TO NUMEROUS OTHER FRACTURES.
LYLE SCHRECK SAYS TOXICOLOGY REPORTS SHOWED TYLER SCHREK HAD MARIJUANA AND ALCOHOL IN HIS SYSTEM AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION BUT THE ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.07 WAS LOWER THAN THE LEGAL THRESHOLD FOR DRIVERS WHICH IS 0.08.
HE SAID TYLER IS NOT RESPONSIVE AT THIS POINT BUT A POST ON HIS CARING BRIDGE PAGE TODAY NOTED THAT TYLER DID OPEN HIS RIGHT EYE THIS MORNING AND A CT SCAN WAS NEGATIVE FOR ANY BRAIN BLEEDS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP TYLER WITH HIS MEDICAL EXPENSES AND HEALING JOURNEY THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WAYS YOU CAN DO SO.
THERE IS A BENEFIT FOR TYLER AT THE BOXCAR BAR AND RESTAURANT IN STAPLES ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST BEGINNING AT 3:00 P.M.
WITH A SILENT AUCTION, FREE WILL DONATIONS CHILD FEED AND BAKE SALE.
YOU CAN ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO TYLERS GOFUNDME PAGE.
WE ARE INLCUDING A LINK TO THAT ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.
OR YOU CAN GO TO THE GOFUNDME WEBSITE AND SEARCH SUPPORT TYLER'S RECOVERY AFTER ACCIDENT.
>>> RESIDENTS OF REMOTE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CANADA-U.S BORDER ARE URGING OTTAWA NOT TO SCRAP A TRUSTED-TRAVELER PROGRAM THEY SAY IS ESSENTIAL TO DAILY LIFE.
THE REMOTE AREA BORDER CROSSING PROGRAM ALLOWS PRE-APPROVED TRAVELERS TO ENTER CANADA WITHOUT REPORTING TO A CUSTOMS OFFICER EACH TIME.
THAT MAKES ROUTINE TRIPS FOR SCHOOL, SHOPPING, AND DOCTOR VISITS, FAR EASIER IN ISOLATED AREAS.
ONE OF THOSE PLACES IS NORTHWEST ANGLE, MINNESOTA.
IT'S SURROUNDED BY CANADA, WITH NO ROAD CONNECTING IT TO THE REST OF THE STATE.
ABOUT 11,000 PEOPLE USE THE PROGRAM EACH YEAR, MOST OF THEM ARE AMERICANS.
CANADIAN OFFICIALS SAY IT'S PART OF A BROADER BORDER SECURITY UPGRADE, IN PART DUE TO PRESSURE FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
BUT, RESIDENTS ARGUE IT WON'T IMPROVE SECURITY, AND WILL ONLY MAKE LIFE HARDER FOR PEOPLE WHO CROSS LEGALLY EVERY DAY.
>> GO TO SCHOOL, GROCERY SHOPPING, DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS, GO SEE YOUR ACCOUNT TABLET.
-- ACCOUNTANT.
WE HAVE A FAMILY OF TEN SO THERE IS SOMEONE TRAVELING EVERY DAY.
>> CANADA PLANS TO END THE PERMITS IN MID-SEPTEMBER.
>>> THE TOP LAWYER FOR IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT IN MINNESOTA HAS LEFT THE AGENCY.
A DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SPOKESPERSON CONFIRMED THAT CHIEF COUNSEL JIM STOLLEY RETIRED AFTER 31 YEARS OF SERVICE.
THE NEW YORK TIMES WAS FIRST TO REPORT ON STOLLEY LEAVING HIS POST.
STOLLEY'S RETIREMENT COMES THE SAME WEEK AS AN ICE ATTORNEY WAS REMOVED AFTER TELLING A DISTRICT JUDGE THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS OVERWHELMED WITH IMMIGRATION CASES.
MINNESOTA COURTS HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITH IMMIGRATION CASES SINCE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BEGAN SURGING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT TO THE STATE IN DECEMBER.
>>> THE BRAINERD CITY COUNCIL VOTED LAST WEEK TO DESIGNATE GUSTAFSON PARK IN BRAINERD AS A CITY PARK.
THE DESIGNATION COMES AFTER A PREVIOUS DISCUSSION TO DEVELOP THE SPACE FOR A FUTURE HOUSING PROJECT.
THE IDEA ORIGINALLY CAME BEFORE THE BOARD IN NOVEMBER, BUT AFTER SEEKING AN OPINION FROM THE PARK BOARD, THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO KEEP THE AREA FOR THE PUBLIC'S USE.
>> THIS SO -- SEEMS LIKE THE BEST WAY TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT THE PARK BOARD DOESN'T HAVE TO INVEST ANYMORE MONEY INTO, IT'S USED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITY THAT YOU CAN'T FIND ONCE YOU USE IT FOR DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS GONE FOREVER.
SO, I WOULD BE AGAINST ANY ACTION TO DEVELOP THIS FURTHER AND SPEND MONEY ON SURVEYING.
>> THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO DESIGNATE THE PARCEL AS A CITY PARK, A DESIGNATION THAT HAD NEVER COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
[♪♪♪] >> STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.
>> Stacy: WE MAY SEE A FEW FLURRIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA TOMORROW.
OVERALL, IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER TOMORROW BEFORE WARMING UP FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.
>> AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK IN THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, THERE IS A DRY CLEANING COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN SERVING THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA AND BEYOND FOR OVER A CENTURY.
[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.
[♪♪♪] >>> MARTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL AGES FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AROUND NORTHERN MINNESOTA GATHERED IN BEMIDJI FOR THE ANNUAL TOTAL MARTIAL ARTS FAMILY TOURNAMENT OVER THE WEEKEND.
OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK ATTENDED TO SEE THE SPARRING AND BOARD KICKING, AND TO SEE WHAT MARTIAL ARTS MEANS TO COMPETITORS IN THE AREA.
>> Reporter: THE SOUNDS OF THE BEMIDJI MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN TYPICAL BASKETBALL SOUNDS OVER THE WEEKEND AS LEGACY MARTIAL ARTS GATHERED COMPETITORS FROM MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOLS ALL OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA FOR THEIR MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT.
>> MY GRAND MASTER WAS BIG ON CREATING TOTAL MARTIAL ARTISTS.
WE STARTED TRAINING IN TAE KWON DO AND THEN THEY ADDED THE OTHER PROGRAMS.
OUR CHILDREN CAN BE THE MOST DIVERSE MARTIAL ARTISTS THEY CAN.
>> Reporter: IT START IN 2019 AND REPRESENTS TAE KWON DO, JUJITSU, AND OTHERS.
>> IN 2012, MY GRANDFATHER -- MASTER PASSED AWAY.
WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD A LEGACY OFF OF WHAT WE WERE TAUGHT AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
>> THIS FESTIVAL SHOWS THAT MARTIAL ARTS CAN BE A TRUE LIFELONG SPORT WITH COMPETITORS STARTING AS YOUNG AS 5 YEARS OLD AND GOING UP TO THEIR 60s OR 70s.
>> MARTIAL ARTS IS A GREAT PATHWAY FOR FITNESS AND CONFIDENCE.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE GROWTH IN EACH OF THEM AS THEY GROW.
WHETHER IT'S THAT 5-YEAR-OLD OR THAT 55-YEAR-OLD.
THEY ALL NEED DIFFERENT THINGS BUT MARTIAL ARTS CAN MEET THOSE THINGS THEY NEED.
>> IT CHANGES OVER THE YEARS.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED, A LOT OF IT WAS SELF DEFENSE.
AS I GET OLDER, IT'S A WAY FOR ME TO STAY ACTIVE AND IN SHAPE.
>> Reporter: DESPITE THE COMPETITORS GRAPPLING AND SPARRING TRYING TO WIN MEDALS DURING THE TOURNAMENT, THE GRAND MASTERS SAID IT WAS MORE OF A FAMILY REUNION EVERY YEAR THAN A COMPETITION.
>> THERE IS NOT SOMEWHERE I CAN GO WITHOUT KNOWING SOMEONE THAT KNOWS TAE KWON DO.
YOU LEARN TO MEET PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.
>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.
>> THE TOURNAMENT WAS CREATED BY THE BEMIDJI TOTAL MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY, AND FIRST THROUGH FOURTH PLACE AWARDS WERE GIVEN IN EACH DIVISION.
>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY JOINS US.
A LITTLE BIT OF A REPRIEVE FROM THE WINTER WEATHER WE HAD HERE ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
>> Stacy: YEAH, TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN MORE MILD.
WE HAD HIGHS IN THE 30s AND 40s TODAY.
WE ARE GOING TO SEE A COOL DOWN TOMORROW BUT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK, WE'RE LOOKING AT A WARM UP AND HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 30s, CLOSE TO 40 BEFORE THE END OF THE [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.
[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: IT WAS A CLOUDY BUT VERY MILD DAY OUT THERE TODAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMBED INTO THE 30s AND EVEN SOME LOW 40s, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD TO CONTEND WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WIND.
AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, WE COULD SEE A FEW SCATTERED FLURRIES, ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA, AND SOME COULD LINGER IN THE NORTHEAST TOMORROW, BUT OVERALL, IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER TOMORROW, HIGHS IN THE 20s.
IT SHOULD START TO WARM UP AND BACK INTO THE UPPER 30s, CLOSE TO 40 LATER THIS WEEK.
RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 32 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.
WINDS ARE NORTHWEST AT 11 MILES PER HOUR, BUT GUSTING UP TO 18.
OUR DEW POINT IS 28.
IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLOUDY SKIES, 36 DEGREES, 30 IS OUR DEW POINT, PRESSURE IS ON THE RISE, AND WINDS ARE NORTHWEST AT 7 MILES PER HOUR.
LOOKING AT OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAD SOME PRECIPITATION MOVING THROUGH MAINLY CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING.
A LOT OF THIS IS NOT REACHING THE GROUND, A FEW LIGHT AREAS OF RAIN AND SNOW.
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, SOME SCATTERED FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF MAINLY CENTRAL INTO PARTS OF EASTERN MINNESOTA, AND SOME LIGHT FLURRIES IN PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA TOMORROW.
WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, TEMPS A LITTLE COOLER TOMORROW BEFORE STARTING TO WARM UP FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.
SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, GORGEOUS SKY FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA AND ANGELA AT CASS LAKE.
GARY SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF A FEBRUARY THAW IN DEERWOOD AND CHRISSY WITH THE BIRDS ENJOYING TIME AT THE FEEDER.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTOS WITH US TONIGHT.
FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA REPORTING 28 AND CALM THIS MORNING.
ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, ALSO MOSTLY CLOUDY, TOPPING OUT AT 42.
CHRISSY IN DEERWOOD WITH A HIGH OF 42 AND ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 39 TODAY, CURRENTLY WITH THE WIND ADDED IN IT FEELS LIKE 26.
ON OUR ALMANAC IN BRAINERD WE TOPPED OUT AT 40 TODAY.
SO VERY MILD TEMPERATURES.
OUR AVERAGE HIGH IS IN THE MID-20s, AND THAT IS WHERE OUR LOW TEMPERATURE WAS TODAY, 25 WAS OUR LOW AND SUNSET AT 5:34.
BEMIDJI WITH A HIGH OF 37, SO AGAIN WELL ABOVE THAT AVERAGE HIGH TEMP OF 22.
WE HAD A LOW TODAY OF 28, SUNRISE AT 7:34.
SO AS YOU LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, THERE MIGHT BE A FEW AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.
OTHERWISE, YOU WILL BE SEEING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES, A LOT OF CLOUD COVER, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, TEMPERATURES COOLER, HIGHS IN THE 20s, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 22 IN THE WARROAD AREA, UP TO 26 IN GRAND RAPIDS, AND THOSE ARE THE TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA.
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE SHOULD BE SEEING UPPER 20s AND EVEN SOME HIGHS CLOSE TO 30 DEGREES.
SO OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY, THERE IS A CHANCE OF FLURRIES MAINLY IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH LOWS DROPPING TO 20.
THEN TOMORROW, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, THERE IS A CHANCE OF SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, AND HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 26.
LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THERE ON WEDNESDAY, HIGHS NEAR 30, AND THEN WE ARE BACK INTO THE UPPER 30s, CLOSE TO 40 DEGREES BY THE TIME WE HIT THURSDAY.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN EAST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON THURSDAY, OTHERWISE QUIET WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND THOSE MILD TEMPS CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH HIGHS RIGHT AROUND 37.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.
HERE WE ARE, CHARLIE WILL BE OUT IN A SECOND HERE WITH OUR SPORTS.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE BEMIDJI ROSEAU GIRLS HOCKEY PLAYOFF GAME FROM SATURDAY, SETTING UP A SECTION FINAL COMING UP WEDNESDAY NIGHT BETWEEN BEMIDJI AND MOORHEAD.
MORE ON THAT COMING UP IN SPORTS.
[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.
[♪♪♪] >>> ROSEAU ENDED BEMIDJI'S SEASON A YEAR AGO WITH A 3-2 OVERTIME VICTORY IN THE SECTION 8-2A SEMIFINALS.
ON SATURDAY, THE TWO GIRLS HOCKEY TEAMS MET ONCE AGAIN IN THE SECTION SEMIS, WITH THE LUMBERJACKS COMING IN AS THE TOP SEED AND OFF A BYE, WHILE THE RAMS ENTERED AS THE 4-SEED AFTER KNOCKING OFF BRAINERD-LITTLE FALLS 5-2 IN THE QUARTERS.
BEMIDJI BEAT ROSEAU IN BOTH REGULAR SEASON MEETINGS, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD DONE SO SINCE, WELL, EVER.
LUMBERJACKS, JUMPED OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD IN THIS ONE, MEGAN BERG RATTLES THE CAGE JUST OVER A MINUTE IN TO TAKE A 1-0 LEAD, SHE'D MAKE IT 2-0, 59-SECONDS LATER.
THEN THE MIDWAY POINT OF THE PERIOD, MILLIE KNOTT, SMOOTH AS SILK, BAILEY ROOP WOULD ADD ANOTHER AND BEMIDJI WOULD LEAD 4-0 AT THE END OF THE FIRST PERIOD.
RAMS FINALLY GOT THE BOARD EARLY IN THE SECOND OFF THE STICK OF ELLA KETRING, MADE IT 4-1.
BUT THE LUMBERJACKS WOULD ANSWER ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ON THE POWER PLAY, IT'S BERG AGAIN, THAT'S A HAT TRICK, THE FIRST OF HER CAREER.
SHE FINISHED WITH FOUR GOALS, NAOMI JOHNSON HAD THE OTHER GOAL AS BEMIDJI, LEFT NO DOUBT, 7-1 THE FINAL OVER ROSEAU, THE LUMBERJACKS MOVING ON TO THE SECTION FINALS BEHIND A CAREER 5-POINT NIGHT FROM THEIR SENIOR CAPTAIN MEGAN BERG.
>> WE CAME OUT HERE THINKING WE'RE GOING TO LINE MATCH WITH THEIR TOP LINE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE THE DEFENSIVE LINE ON THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO STOP THEM FROM GETTING GOALS.
NEVER ONCE DID I THINK IT WAS A POSSIBILITY.
I'M GOING TO STOP THEM FROM SCORING AND LET BAILEY LET ALL THE MAGIC HAPPEN AND THE ROLES WERE FLIPPED.
I NEVER SEEN IT THAT FULL FOR A GIRLS GAME.
KNOWING THAT WE CAN SHOW OUR COMMUNITY WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE PLAY FOR IS REALLY AWESOME.
>> Charlie: BEMIDJI WILL HOST MOORHEAD IN THE SECTION 8-2A CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT WEDNESDAY AT THE BCA.
IT WILL BE THE LUMBERJACKS FIRST SECTION TITLE GAME IN 16-YEARS, THAT WAS THE 2009-2010 SEASON.
MORE IN SECTION GIRLS HOCKEY, GRAND RAPIDS-GREENWAY AND WARROAD GIRLS HOCKEY ALSO BOTH WON THEIR SEMIFINAL MATCHES, GRG WILL PLAY THURSDAY NIGHT AGAINST ANDOVER AT FOGERTY ARENA IN BLAINE, WHILE WARROAD WILL TAKE ON EAST GRAND FORKS AT THE EGF CIVIC CENTER FOR A CHANCE AT A RECORD 17TH STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE.
ZBL CONTINUE -- >>> ALL RIGHT, HERE'S FROM GIRLS WRESTLING OVER THE WEEKEND.
THEY WERE IN SARTELL.
BEMIDJI SENDING UNITED NORTH-CENTRAL WITH ONE WRESTLER, BRAINERD WITH THREE, ROSEAU HAS TWO.
OVER IN SECTION 7, AITKIN WITH TWO CHAMPIONS, STAPLES MOTLEY HAS A WELL-KNOWN PROGRAM.
THEY SEND THREE WRESTLERS.
PIERZ ALSO HAD A GIRL QUALIFY.
IN SECTION 6, WADENA DEER CREEK WITH 4 AND BERTHA-HEWITT, PARKERS PRAIRIE.
>>> ALSO ON SATURDAY, HOSTING FERRIS STATE, THE BEAVERS STRUGGLED WITH SCORING FIRST AND ON THE POWER PLAY.
OLIVER WITH THE GOAL, HE SCORES ANOTHER IN THE SECOND PERIOD.
THAT'S WHERE WE WILL JUMP AHEAD.
THE BEAVS ARE LEADING 2-1.
RILEY FINISHES WHAT VINCE START WITH THE 2-GOAL LEAD.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, IT'S THE WORST.
THE BULLDOGS CUT IT TO 1.
WITH THE EXTRA SKATER, TIES IT WITH JUST 55 TICKS LEFT.
THERE IS NOTHING GOING RIGHT FOR THE BULLDOGS LATELY.
OVERTIME, BEMIDJI STATE NOT LETTING MORE POINTS SLIP AWAY.
4-3 THE FINAL, THEY GET TWO POINTS ON THE WEEKEND, NOT EXACTLY WHAT THEY HOPED FOR, BUT A NOTCH IN THE WIN COLUMN AND THAT IS REALLY GOOD RIGHT NOW FOR BSU.
>>> ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE OF THINGS, THEY FALL TO MINNESOTA DULUTH ON SATURDAY.
IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, BEMIDJI STATE SNAPS AN 11-GAME LOSING STREAK.
THE WOMEN THEY FALL TO U-MARY.
>>> THE BEMIDJI NORDIC SKI TEAM PERFORMED WELL AT THE SECTION 8 CHAMPIONSHIPS LAST TUESDAY, QUALIFYING 5 SKIERS FOR THE UPCOMING STATE MEET.
INCLUDING THE DUO OF WENDY MELLEMA AND RYLEE STORY WHO WON THE SECTION TITLE IN THE GIRLS' SPRINT RELAY.
THE PAIR WON THEIR RACE BY OVER 12-SECONDS, AN UNEXPECTED OUTCOME, BUT ONE THAT WAS WELL EARNED.
>> HONESTLY, IT WAS REALLY SURPRISING.
I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DO PRETTY WELL, BUT I WAS DEFINITELY NOT EXPECTING TO GET TO STATE.
IT'S DEFINITELY MORE DIFFICULT TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WILL RELY ON YOU DOING WELL.
IT MAKES IT SO MUCH MORE FUN, JUST BEING ABLE TO DO WELL FOR BOTH YOU AND YOUR PARTNER.
>> I FEEL LIKE IT PUSHES YOU TO GO FASTER BECAUSE THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE RELYING ON YOU TOO.
>> I'M NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT BECAUSE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME GOING, BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO TO FINALS.
>> NOW THAT WE GOTTEN TO STATE, I FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST TO HAVE FUN.
>> THE SPRINT RELAY TEAM OF PETER MATHEWS AND LEO MCKEON WERE AMONG THE 5-QUALIFIERS, FINISHING 3RD AT SECTIONS AND AS THE FIRST TANDEM NOT ALREADY GOING AS PART OF A FULL TEAM.
IZZY RENN IS THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL SKIER HEADING TO STATE FOR THE LUMBERJACKS, SHE'S MAKING HER SECOND APPEARANCE THERE AFTER EARNING THE FINAL QUALIFYING SPOT BY FINISHING 8TH IN THE PURSUIT.
>> I DIDN'T GO LAST YEAR AND I WAS SUPPORTING THAT TO PUSH ME TO GO FARTHER.
MY TEAMMATES HELPED ME PUSH MYSELF AND DO MY HARDEST.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD BUT I WILL TRY MY BEST AND RACE MY HARDEST AND WHATEVER HAPPENS, GOD GOT THAT.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO ALL FOUR YEARS, IT'S CRAZY.
EVERY DAY I PRACTICE, IT'S A GRIND AND IT'S HARD TO PUSH FORWARD, BUT YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE WORTH IT IN THE END.
>> THROUGH THE SUMMER, IT'S PRETTY MUCH YEAR-ROUND TRAINING FOR IT.
WE PUT A LOT OF HARD WORK INTO IT.
THE GOAL IS FINALS AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
>> THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE THIS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, BEMIDJI ONLY HAS ONE STATE TITLE IN NORDIC SKI, THAT WAS THE 1993 3-BY-3-K RELAY TEAM OF JENNIFER GRENZLER, MEGHAN ROTHENBERGER, AND ANGIE GREILING.
THEY STOPPED DOING THAT IN 1998.
>> Dennis: OKAY, THANKS CHARLIE.
>>> THERE IS A DRY CLEANING COMPANY THAT HAS STOOD TALL IN BRAINERD FOR OVER A CENTURY.
REPORTER MILES WALKER STOPPED BY ANDERSON CLEANERS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ITS RECIPE TO LONGEVITY IS IN THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS.
>> Reporter: WHETHER IT IS SILK, LINEN, WOOL, LEATHER, OR ANY ITEM, ANDERSON CLEANERS DOES NOT BELIEVE THERE IS A PIECE OF CLOTHING IT CANNOT HANDLE.
>> WE'RE THE CLOTHING CARE SPECIALIST.
SO WHATEVER IT IS, WE HAVE MEANS OF CLEANING ANYTHING SAFELY, WHETHER IT'S DELICATES, STAINS, ANYTHING.
>> Reporter: WHEN YOU'RE A DOWNTOWN STAPLE, PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE STROLL THROUGH YOUR DOORS.
THEY HAVE DEVELOPED RELATIONSHIPS WITH MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS.
>> IT'S MY FAVORITE PART OF WORKING HERE.
I HAVE A WAY OF REMEMBERING EVERYBODY.
IT HELPS US REMEMBER WHO IS WHO AND WHAT IS WHAT.
>> POLICE DEPARTMENTS, BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS, HOUSEKEEPERS THAT BRING IN THEIR CLIENTS' BEDDING, CHURCHES FOR THEIR CLOTHS, COLLEGES BRINGING IN THEIR UNIFORMS.
THE MOST THINGS ARE BECAUSE OF CHILDREN AND PETS.
>> Reporter: THEY ALSO HAVE A DROP OFF AND PICK UP SYSTEM WITH AITKIN, BREEZY POINT, CROSS LAKE, AND MORE ALL HAVING PICK UP POINTS.
>> WE TRY TO SPAN OUT WITHIN A RADIUS AROUND BRAINERD TO MAKE IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE.
YOU GO TO OUR PICK UP LOCATION, DROP YOUR THINGS OFF, IT GETS DELIVERED TO US, CLEAN IT, AND YOU PAY FOR IT WHERE YOU PICK IT UP.
>> Reporter: ANDERSON CLEANERS ALSO OFFERS PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, DOWN CARE, FABRIC CLEANING, AND MORE.
THOSE WORKING HERE NOT ONLY CONSIDER THEMSELVES DRY CLEANING EXPERTS BUT SERVE TO LIVE UP TO THE REPUTATION THAT THE BUSINESS HAS MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
>> OUR REPUTATION IS EVERYTHING.
IF SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT, WE MAKE IT RIGHT.
PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THEY WERE CLOTHES, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE WILLING TO BRING THEM INTO US, MEANS THEY CARE ENOUGH FOR THEM TO LET US CARE FOR THEM.
SO YOU GET TO KNOW PEOPLE AND TRY TO BE PROFESSIONAL BUT SMALL TOWN AND LIKABLE.
>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD WITH THIS WEEK'S IN-BUSINESS, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.
>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, LET'S CHECK BACK IN ON OUR WEATHER WITH STACY.
>> Stacy: WE COULD BE SEEING A FEW FLURRIES IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
OTHERWISE, MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH LOWS NEAR 20.
THEN LOOKING AT TOMORROW, SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.
OTHERWISE, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A LITTLE COOLER THAN TODAY, HIGHS SHOULD BE NEAR 26.
>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOING TO WRAP IT UP FOR US TONIGHT.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.
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