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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 FORMER SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IN THE BEMIDJI SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO FELONIES FOR ALLEGEDLY SENDING SEXUAL IMAGES AND VIDEOS TO A STUDENT AT BEMIDJI MIDDLE SCHOOL.

30-YEAR-OLD BRIDGET LINDELL OF BEMIDJI WAS CHARGED IN HUBBARD COUNTY COURT TODAY WITH ENGAGING IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION RELATING OR DESCRIBING SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH CHILD AND DISTRIBUTE VIA ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION MATERIAL THAT RELATES/DESCRIBES SEXUAL CONDUCT TO A CHILD.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE, LINDELL IS ACCUSED OF SENDING THE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL TO A BOY WHO IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT AND IS NOW 13 YEARS OLD THROUGH SNAPCHAT.

SNAPCHAT IS A FREE MESSAGING AND SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATION FOR SMARTPHONES.

BEMIDJI POLICE INVESTIGATORS EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AND FOUND MESSAGES BETWEEN THE TWO DATING BACK TO LAST MAY AND FOUND 12 SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES AND VIDEO WERE SENT TO THE BOY FROM LINDELL'S SNAPCHAT ACCOUNT ON DECEMBER 1ST OF LAST YEAR.

LINDELL TOLD INVESTIGATORS SHE IS EMPLOYED BY TEACHERS ON CALL AND WORKED AS A PART TIME PARAPROFESSIONAL AT NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA JUVENILLE CENTER MOST RECENTLY AND BEMIDJI MIDDLE SCHOOL LAST YEAR.

SHE ALSO PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL, SOLWAY SCHOOL AND NORTHERN SCHOOL ALL IN THE BEMIDJI SCHOOL DISTRICT.

SHE SAID SHE STRUGGLES WITH HER HUSBAND AND GETTING ATTENTION AND THE BOY WAS FILLING THAT VOID.

BEMIDJI SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT JEREMY OLSON RELEASED A STATEMENT ON THE MATTER TODAY SAYING THAT BEMIDJI AREA SCHOOLS BLOCKED LINDELL FROM ALL ASSIGNMENTS WITH BEMIDJI AREA SCHOOLS IMMEDIATELY UPON NOTIFICATION THAT A COMPLAINT HAD BEEN RECEIVED AND AN INVESTIGATION INITIATED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THAT THE DISTRICT COOPERATED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ENSURE ACCESS TO ALL RELEVANT INFORMATION DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR INVESTIGATION.

OLSON ADDED THAT ALL COMPLAINTS AND ALLEGATIONS REGARDING SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, AND SUBSTITUTES ARE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND AS ALWAYS THE PRIORITY FOR BEMIDJI AREA SCHOOLS IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS.

>>> THERE IS A BREEZY POINT CITY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IS CURRENTLY LINKED TO AN ALLEGED DATA BREACH.

DURING A COUNCIL MEETING IN LATE DECEMBER, CITY ATTORNEY JOSEPH LANGEL BROUGHT FORTH MULTIPLE EMAILS CONSISTING OF PRIVATE AND PRIVILEGED INFORMATION SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BRAD SCOTT.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH BREEZY POINT CITY ATTORNEY SHARED THE ALLEGED E-MAILS IN QUESTION FROM BRAD WITH THE CITY COUNCIL A WEEK PRIOR TO THE MEETING ON DECEMBER 20TH, THE FORMER MAYOR STATED THIS IS NOT SCOTT'S FIRST TIME BEING THE SUBJECT TO A POTENTIAL DATA BREACH.

>> HE BEGAN 40 E-MAILS IN MARCH OF 2023, A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER TAKING OFFICE.

IT WAS THAT SUMMER THAT HE STARTED TO SEE THESE FORWARDS ON THE E-MAIL THAT LED TO OUR ADMINISTRATOR KNOWING THAT E-MAILS WERE BEING FORWARDED THAT WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE FORWARDED.

>> Reporter: THE CONSENSUS SHOWED AN OVERALL INTEREST IN HAVING SCOTT ISSUE AN APOLOGY LETTER FOR DISSEMINATING PRIVATE CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION TO ROUGHLY 17 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

>> Reporter: WITH THE DATA PRIVACY ACT, WHICH IS CLEARLY STATED IN THE HANDBOOK THAT WAS SENT TO HIM LAST YEAR IN AUGUST, YOU CANNOT SEND PERSONNELS' DATA TO THE PUBLIC.

IF YOU HOLD AN ELECTED OFFICIAL ROLE AND YOU SEND AN E-MAIL TO THE RESIDENT, ONLY THAT RESIDENT CAN MAKE THAT DATA PUBLIC.

>> Reporter: SCOTT IS NOT A PROPONENT FOR SUCH A RESOLUTION, DENYING THE CLAIM THAT HE SENT INFORMATION.

>> NOTHING THAT IS CONSIDERED PRIVATE MESSAGE ON ANY CITY EMPLOYEE.

I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WHAT I HEARD IS PUBLIC INFORMATION.

I FELT AS THOUGH THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION.

>> Reporter: WHILE THEY HAVE OPPOSING STANCES REGARDING NEXT STEPS, COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL MULRONEY EXPRESSED HIS SUPPORT FOR AN APOLOGY LETTER FROM SCOTT, HOPING THEY CAN MOVE PAST THE MATTER.

>> SOME OF THESE CONTAIN TO PERSONNEL MATTERS, HEALTH RELATED MATTERS, ONE WITH A CLEAR INDICATION THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE PASSED ON TO THE PUBLIC.

A SIMPLE APOLOGY IN MY MIND WAS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.

ADMIT THAT YOU'RE WRONG AND CONTINUE RUNNING THE CITY THE BEST YOU CAN DO.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BREEZY POINT, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: THEY DID NOT DISCUSS THE ALLEGED DATA BREACH DURING THIS WEEK'S MEETING.

>>> TWO BROTHERS FROM LITTLE FALLS HAVE BEEN SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF ANOTHER OF THEIR BROTHERS.

37-YEAR OLD DANIEL EASON WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER WITHOUT INTENT WHILE COMMITTING A FELONY AND WAS SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS IN PRISON.

42-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH EASON WAS FOUND GUILTY OF AIDING AN OFFENDER/ACCOMPLICE AFTER THE FACT AND WAS SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS IN PRISON.

DANIEL AND JOSEPH EASON WERE SENTENCED ON JANUARY 2ND AND BOTH ARE RECEIVING CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED.

BEMIDJI POLICE FOUND 29-YEAR-OLD JARED EASON DEAD AT A HOME ON MINNESOTA AVENUE ON AUGUST 12TH OF 2023.

ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE CASE, THE BROTHERS HAD A HISTORY OF ENGAGING IN BRAWLING OR FIST FIGHTS WITH ONE ANOTHER AND EVIDENCE COLLECTED INDICATED AN ASSAULT BETWEEN JARED AND JOSEPH EASON WITH JARED DYING AS A RESULT OF THE ASSAULT.

>>> RICHARD ANDERSON, NOW THE FORMER COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT THREE ON THE BELTRAMI COUNTY BOARD, AFTER RETIRING AFTER SERVING 13-YEARS ON THE COUNTY BOARD AT THE START OF THE FIRST COUNTY BOARD MEETING OF 2025.

COUNTY OFFICIALS TOOK TIME TO HONOR ANDERSON BY SHARING STORIES OF HIS TIME ON THE BOARD INCLUDING THE LONG ROAD TRIPS SHARED TOGETHER AND THE ALL OF THE YEARS OF SERVICE HE HAS PROVIDED TO THE COUNTY.

ANDERSON BELIEVES HE SERVED HIS CONSTITUENTS WELL DURING HIS TIME IN OFFICE AND THAT DISTRICT THREE WILL BE LEFT IN GOOD HANDS.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CONSTITUENTS THAT I REPRESENT.

THEY HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC IN HELPING WHEN I HAD SOME QUESTIONS, I WILL CALL OUT, ESPECIALLY TO THE TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.

I WANTED TO REFLECT DECISIONS THAT WERE CONCERNS THEY HAD.

THEY PUT ME IN THE OFFICE AND NOW THEY HAVE A NEW PERSON THAT I THINK SCOTT WILL DO A FINE JOB.

>> ANDERSON STARTED HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN THE EDUCATION WORLD AS A TEACHER AT BOTH SOLWAY AND BEMIDJI MIDDLE SCHOOLS AFTER SERVING OVER A YEAR IN THE VIETNAM WAR.

HE WOULD LATER MOVE UP AS PRINCIPAL OF LINCOLN ELEMENTARY AND BEMIDJI HIGH SCHOOL, RETIRING FROM THE EDUCATION SIDE OF THINGS IN 2009.

NOT TOO LONG AFTER THOUGH IN 2011, HE WOULD BE ELECTED AS COMMISSIONER OF DISTRICT THREE AND SERVED HIS DISTRICT FOR 13 YEARS.

>> I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO RETIREMENT.

NOW WE CAN GO TO THE GRANDKIDS' FUNCTIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT GRAND BABY COMING THIS SUMMER, SO WE CAN SPOIL HIM OR HER.

MY WIFE AND I WILL PROBABLY TAKE A FEW TRIPS.

WE WILL KEEP THE FIRES GOING IN OUR FARM.

IT'S BEEN A GOOD JOB AND NOW IT'S TIME TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH FAMILY.

>> THE BOARD MEETING THEN BEGAN WITH THE SWEARING IN OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE ONLY NEW FACE ON THE BELTRAMI COUNTY BOARD, NEW DISTRICT THREE COMMISSIONER, SCOTT WINGER, THE MAN ANDERSON ORIGINALLY BEAT FOR THE SEAT 13 YEARS AGO.

>>> THE DEATH TOLL IN THIS WEEK'S MASSIVE WILDFIRES DECIMATING LOS ANGELES COUNTY STANDS AT 10 THIS HOUR AND IS LIKELY TO CLIMB.

AS OF TODAY, AROUND 10,000 STRUCTURES ARE BELIEVED DESTROYED BY THE PALISADES FIRE, MAKING IT LIKELY TO BE THE COSTLIEST IN U.S. HISTORY.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF EVACUEES FROM THAT AND THE OTHER FIRES WAIT ANXIOUSLY TO BE LET BACK INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE, AS OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO SEARCH THE ASHES FOR POTENTIAL VICTIMS WHO DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT.

LEIGH WALDMAN HAS MORE FROM PACIFIC PALISADES WHERE OFFICIALS SAY FIGHTING THE FIRES ISN'T THE ONLY CHALLENGE FIRST RESPONDERS ARE GRAPPLING WITH TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: MULTIPLE FIRES STILL RAGE ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY, WITH TWO UNDER 10% CONTAINED THIS HOUR.

IT'S GROUND THAT FIRE TEAMS ARE HOLDING AND ADVANCING.

>> CREWS WORKED VERY, VERY HARD OVERNIGHT, STRENGTHENING OUR CONTAINMENT LINES.

>> Reporter: ASSISTED BY COOPERATIVE WINDS FRIDAY.

>> RESOURCES INCLUDED OUR AIR ASSETS TO AID IN THE CONTAINMENT EFFORT.

>> Reporter: THOSE PILOTS HAVE MORE THAN SMOKE AND WIND TO CONTEND WITH.

>> AT THE PALISADES FIRE, THIS SMALL DRONE HIT THE WING OF OUR CL415 SUPER SCOOPER AIRCRAFT.

>> Reporter: THE PILOTS LANDED SAFELY BUT THE CRITICALLY NEEDED AIRPLANE IS NOW TEMPORARILY GROUNDED FOR REPAIRS.

>> IT SHOULD BE FLYING MONDAY.

>> IF YOU ARE THINKING IT'S FUN TO SEND A DRONE UP, YOU DO IT IN ONE OF THESE AREAS FOR WHICH DRONES ARE NOT PERMITTED, YOU WILL BE ARRESTED.

YOU WILL BE PROSECUTED.

>> Reporter: L.A.'S DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAID THE SAME GOES FOR LOOTERS, SCAMMERS, AND CURFEW BREAKERS.

WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FORCED TO EVACUATE THIS WEEK, OFFICIALS APOLOGIZED FOR SOME FALSELY SENT COUNTYWIDE ALERTS THAT CAUSED CONFUSION AND ANGER.

THEY BLAME A TECHNICAL GLITCH AND SAY THEY'RE WORKING TO FIND AND FIX THE CAUSE.

>> I IMPLORE EVERYONE TO NOT DISABLE THE MESSAGES ON YOUR PHONE.

NOT RECEIVING AN ALERT CAN BE A CONSEQUENCE OF LIFE AND DEATH.

>> Reporter: AND IN PACIFIC PALISADES, I'M LEIGH WALDMAN REPORTING.

>> LAPD SAYS THEY MADE ONE ARREST FOR SUSPECTED ARSON THURSDAY AFTER RESIDENTS IN THE WOODLAND HILLS AREA DETAINED AN INDIVIDUAL, THEY SAY, WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT A FIRE.

THOSE RESIDENTS CALLED 9-1-1 AND WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY DETAINED THAT PERSON FOR QUESTIONING.

THE ASSISTANT CHIEF SAID FRIDAY THERE WASN'T ENOUGH PROBABLE CAUSE FOR AN ARSON CHARGE, BUT DID MAKE AN ARREST FOR A FELONY PROBATION VIOLATION.

[♪♪♪] IECHLT.

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

>> Stacy: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA STARTING TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, AND WE COULD SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION, 1 TO POSSIBLY 4.

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

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>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS SIGNED INTO LAW LEGISLATION THAT RENAMES THE ROSEAU MINNESOTA POST OFFICE IN HONOR OF FLOYD B. OLSON, WHO SERVED AS THE COMMUNITY'S POSTMASTER FOR 25 YEARS.

OLSON SERVED IN THE ARMY FROM 1952 TO 1954 AND WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ROSEAU COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOARD, ROSEAU COUNTY FAIR BOARD, ROSE FREE LUTHERAN CHURCH BOARD & MEN'S CLUB, AND THE POSTMASTER'S ASSOCIATION.

OLSON PASSED AWAY IN 2017, AFTER DECADES OF SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY.

CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE FISCHBACH INTRODUCED THIS BILL IN THE HOUSE WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE ENTIRE MINNESOTA DELEGATION.

>>> IT'S TIME FOR WEATHER, WE BRING BACK STACY FOR MORE ON THE SNOW EVENT WE COULD BE HAVING.

>> Stacy: WE COULD SEE SOME SNOW, IT WILL START TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER ON TONIGHT, BUT MORE LIKELY WE'LL SEE THE SNOW DEVELOPING TOMORROW.

BY THE TIME ALL IS SAID AND DONE, 1 TO 3, MAYBE 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE'LL >> 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 HAD SEEN A FEW FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS TODAY, BUT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO SEE THE SNOW DEVELOPING AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW ACROSS THE VIEWING AREA.

WE COULD PICK UP 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW, MAYBE EVEN SOME LOCATIONS ABOUT AN INCH MORE OF ACCUMULATION.

WE WILL SEE WINDS PICKING UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF AND THE TEMPERATURES START TO COOL.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 9 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

OUR HUMIDITY IS AT 78%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLOUDY SKIES, IT'S 15 WITH A DEW POINT OF 7.

PRESSURE IS FALLING AND WINDS ARE CALM.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, IT IS OVERALL FAIRLY QUIET.

WE HAVE HAD A FEW HIT AND MISS SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

OVERALL, IT'S BEEN QUIET.

THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE LATER ON TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW AS THE WEATHER SYSTEM OFF TO THE WEST MAKES ITS WAY INTO MINNESOTA, SO THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA IN SEEING THE SNOW DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT, AND MORE LIKELY WE WILL SEE THAT TOMORROW AND ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON, WE WILL SEE THE SNOW PICKING UP.

WE ARE LOOKING AT IN GENERAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION BY TOMORROW NIGHT, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME LOCATIONS WITH UP TO 4.

WE WILL BE SEEING THE WINDS PICK UP FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND, SO WE COULD BE CONTENDING WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU FOR TONIGHT AND THE EVENING SKIES ACROSS THE AREA ARE FEATURED IN THE WEATHER SHOTS.

ARLENE SENDING US THIS PICTURE FROM MENAHGA.

WE HAVE ICE FISHING UNDER THE MOONLIGHT, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, OVERCAST AND LIGHT SNOW TODAY, IN TOTAL RECEIVING 3 INCHES OF SNOW.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA 12 AND CALM THIS MORNING.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, CLOUDS WITH 0.5-INCH OF SNOW AND A HIGH OF 25.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 28.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.

WE DID SEE MILDER TEMPERATURES TODAY.

16 WAS OUR LOW AND WE HAD SUNRISE AT 2 MINUTES BEFORE 8.

IN BEMIDJI, WE REACHED A HIGH OF 18, THIS IS OUR AVERAGE, SEASONAL HIGH TEMPERATURE, THE LOW IS A LITTLE BIT WARMER THAN AVERAGE, WE HAD A LOW OF 10, AND SUNSET TONIGHT AT 4:50.

SO AS WE LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CLOUDY SKIES WITH LIGHT SNOW LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA, AND WE'LL REALLY START TO SEE THE SNOW PICKING UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON.

WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER TEENS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE'RE LOOKING AT CLOUDY SKIES, WITH SNOW LIKELY, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE A LITTLE BIT WARMER, WE'RE LOOKING AT LOW 20s OUT THERE, BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE WILL START TO SEE SOME OF THE WIND PICKING UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND, SO THERE MAY BE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN WESTERN MINNESOTA.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED FLURRIES STILL POSSIBLE AND LATER ON TONIGHT, A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, LOWS NEAR 5, AND TOMORROW SNOW IS LIKELY, 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW TOMORROW, AGAIN MORE ACCUMULATING TOMORROW NIGHT.

OTHERWISE, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH HIGHS NEAR 18.

NOW AS I MENTIONED, TOTAL SNOWFALL, 1 TO 3 IN GENERAL, BUT SOME LOCATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.

SOME OF THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING, HIGHS ON 13 ON SUNDAY, AND A BIG COOL DOWN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORKWEEK WITH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT AT -4 ON MONDAY.

IT SHOULD BE ON THE PLUS SIDE ON TUESDAY AND IN THE 20s ON WEDNESDAY WITH SOME SUNSHINE NEXT WEEK.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH OUR LOCAL SPORTS AND BIG NIGHT FOR A GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAY ER.

>> Charlie: YES, SHE HAD AN INCREDIBLE CAREER.

SHE IS HEADED TO BSU NEXT YEAR, BUT SHE LAST NIGHT IN PINE RIVER, SHE BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE GIRLS ALL TIME SCORING THERE AT CASS LAKE-BENA.

TONIGHT SHE HAD ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK ANOTHER RECORD.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS AND MORE >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS POWERED BY THE GIGAZONE.

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF COMMUNICATION.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU GET TO MAKE HISTORY TWO DAYS IN A ROW BUT CASS LAKE-BENA SENIOR GUARD GABBY FINEDAY IS ON THE BRINK OF DOING JUST THAT.

SHE IS JUST 22-POINTS SHY OF SURPASSING HER HEAD COACH MARTIN WIND'S SCHOOL RECORD 2,622-POINTS TO BECOME THE ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER IN SCHOOL HISTORY BUT BEFORE SHE AND THE REST OF THE PANTHERS TOOK THE COURT TONIGHT AGAINST PROCTOR, FINEDAY WAS CELEBRATED FOR BREAKING THE SCHOOL'S GIRLS BASKETBALL SCORING RECORD OF 2,593-POINTS SET BY TARYN FRAZER IN 2022.

EARLY ON, GABBY MAKING HER PRESENCE FELT.

WAY BEHIND THE 3-POINT ARK, JUST COUNTING DOWN THE POINTS.

THERE IS A GREAT GAME GOING ON TOO.

TIED AT 21-21.

SHE DRAINS THE TRAY TO GIVE THE PANTHERS THE LEAD.

THEN AFTER THE BREAK, FINEDAY JUST NEEDS ONE BUCKET AND THERE IT IS.

SHE IS NOW THE ALL TIME LEADING SCORER IN CAREER POINTS FOR BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS AT CASS LAKE-BENA.

SHE FINISHED WITH 27 POINTS TONIGHT.

IT WAS A CLOSE ONE ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE END, BUT PROCTOR ABLE TO EDGE THE PANTHERS BY A POINT, STILL A NIGHT FOR THE CASS LAKE-BENA HISTORY BOOKS AND WHAT A MOMENT FOR GABBY.

SOME MORE GIRLS BASKETBALL SCORES FOR YOU.

BRAINERD GETS A WIN OVER DETROIT LAKES.

CROSBY-IRONTON BEATS CLOQUET.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY GETS A WIN AND PINE RIVER-BACKUS BEATS MAPLE LAKE.

>>> CASS LAKE-BENA BOYS BASKETBALL ALSO PLAYING AT HOME.

THEY'RE HOSTING NORTHOME-KELLIHER FOR A MID-SEASON SECTION 8A SHOWDOWN.

THEY WERE DOING A LOT OF GOOD THINGS.

BRANDON FROM DOWNTOWN, HE HAD ALL 12 OF HIS POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF.

MUSTANGS ARE NOT GIVING UP.

A QUICK TRANSITION FOR AIDEN.

HE MAKES IT FREE THROW, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH.

CASS LAKE-BENA WINS BIG OVER NORTHOME-KELLIHER.

>>> SOME MORE BOYS BASKETBALL SCORES.

DEER RIVER, THEY ARE RANKED AND THEY ARE STILL WINNING.

PEQUOT LAKES, THEY GET A WIN OVER ALBANY.

WADENA DEER FALLS, STANDPOINT -- STAPLES MOTLEY WINS.

AND CLEAR BROOK ALSO A CLOSE WIN OVER GOODRIDGE.

AND ON THE BOY'S SIDE, DULUTH DENFELD BEATS LITTLE FALLS.

>>> WELL, IT WAS DAY 1 OF THE BEMIDJI RICK LEE WRESTLING DUAL INVITATIONALS AT THE SANFORD CENTER.

STARTING OFF WITH THE GIRLS, BEMIDJI VERSUS WADENA-DEER CREEK AT 1:12.

BRENALEN FREDRIKSEN-HOLM PINS MARIA JANUSZEWSKI EARLY IN THE DUEL BUT IN 1:24 KAYLEE ENDRES WOULD RETURN THE FAVOR PINNING AMBER KREMPER.

THE LUMBERJACKS WOULD GO ON TO WIN THE MATCH HOWEVER 60-14.

BRAINERD GIRLS JUST NEXT DOOR BATTLING LISBON.

ABBIGAIL SCHNEIDER GETS THE WIN BY FALL HERE.

HUGE SIX POINTS AS THE WARRIORS SCRAPE BY 39-36.

IN THE BOYS MATCHES, BRAINERD DUELING SIMLEY AT 2-15.

ETHAN KOSLOSKI WITH THE TAKE DOWN, GIVE THE MAN HIS THREE POINTS.

HE'D WIN 10-2 BUT THE WARRIORS WOULD LOSE THE DUEL.

AND IN THE BEMIDJI, STAPLES-MOTLEY BOUT, A COUPLE OF HEAVY WEIGHTS AND WHEN THEY BATTLE, CRAZY THINGS HAPPEN.

LIKE NEHEMIAH SCHWINGHAMMER KNOCKING OUT STEVEN PETRICH'S TOOTH, OUCH.

SCHWINGHAMMER WON THE MATCH BUT STAPLES-MOTLEY WON THE DUEL IN FACT THE CARDINALS SWEPT THE DAY GOING 3-0.

THAT IS BEMIDJI 1 AND 2.

>>> AND BSU MEN'S HOCKEY ON THE ROAD, KICKING OFF WITH BOWLING GREEN.

BSU DOWN ONE, EARLY SECOND PERIOD.

ERIC MARTIN DEALS IT OFF, HE SCORES HIS NINTH, TYING IT UP 1-1.

IT WAS 1-1 AFTER TWO, SO EARLY THIRD PERIOD ON THE POWER PLAY.

FOR THE GOAL, THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR HIM TO GET ONE AND HE FINALLY DOES.

BEAVERS LEAD IT AT 2-1.

NEXT TWO GOALS, WITH THE GOALIE HAVING 47 SECONDS TO GO, ADAM, WHAT A BETTER TIME TO GET YOUR THIRD GOAL OF THE SEASON.

WE GO TO O.T.

AND IN OVERTIME, RYAN FOR THE FALCONS, ABLE TO SCORE IT AND WIN IT.

THEY WALK IT OFF.

THEY GET 2 OF THE 3 POINTS AVAILABLE TONIGHT WITH A 4-3 OVERTIME WIN.

ALSO IN COLLEGE SPORTS, MINNESOTA STATE 83-60 OVER BEMIDJI STATE.

ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE, MINNESOTA STATE ALSO BEATING BEMIDJI STATE AS WELL.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> HEADWATERS MUSIC AND ARTS HAS STARTED THEIR ANNUAL WINTER ROCKBAND.

STUDENTS GET THE CHANCE TO GET TOGETHER ONCE A WEEK THROUGHOUT JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TO HAND OUT, LISTEN TO MUSIC, AND PLAY SOME ROCK AND ROLL.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WENT TO THEIR LATEST PRACTICE TO SEE WHAT THE 2025 SESSION IS LOOKING LIKE SO FAR.

>> Reporter: SOME GUITAR, SOME DRUMS, SOME VOCALS.

WELCOME TO ROCK BAND, HEADWATERS MUSIC AND ARTS IN BEMIDJI ENTERED INTO THEIR WINTER ROCK BAND SESSION, WHERE THEY BRING STUDENTS TOGETHER TO PLAY SOME ROCKING MUSIC.

>> IT'S A PLACE WHERE WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE NOISE THAN PEOPLE ARE USE TO HERE IN TOWN, TO TRY TO TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO PLAY ROCK 'N' ROLL.

>> A LOT OF MUSIC LESSONS FOCUS ON CLASSICAL, MUSIC LITERATURE.

SO WE INCORPORATE ROCK MUSIC, BOTH FROM OUR SUGGESTIONS AND THE INPUT OF THE KIDS, WHAT THEY LIKE LISTENING TO, WHAT THEY WANT TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY.

>> Reporter: IT LASTS FOR 8 WEEKS AND STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO PLAY COVERS, SONG WRITE, CHORD PROGRESSION, AND WORK IN A GROUP BAND ENVIRONMENT.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF ROCK BAND IS THAT THE STUDENTS HAVE THE CHANCE TO PLAY EACH OF THE INSTRUMENTS, THE HEAVY FAVORITE OF WHICH IS THE DRUMS.

>> MOST OF OUR STUDENTS COME IN WITH A PRIMARY INSTRUMENT THAT THEY ARE USE TO PLAYING.

A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS TAKES LESSONS HERE AT HEADWATERS, BUT WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO LEARN NEW INSTRUMENTS.

A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE COMING IN AND PLAYING DRUMS, SO WE TRY TO GET THEM ON THE DRUMS, TRY TO GET THEM SINGING A SONG, SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE THEIR OWN BANDS AND LEARN HOW TO PLAY WITH OTHERS.

>> Reporter: ROCK BAND ENDS EVERY SESSION WITH A FINAL PERFORMANCE SO THE KIDS CAN SHOW OFF ALL THE SONGS THEY HAVE LEARNED.

THE STUDENTS WORK WITH INSTRUCTORS TO PUT TOGETHER THE SET LIST.

>> ALL THE PARENTS COME AND IT'S ALWAYS REALLY FUN.

WE HAVE FOUR KIDS NOW IN THESE SESSIONS, SO WE WILL PROBABLY DO 4 SONGS FOR THE LAST CONCERT.

WE WILL BE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT SONGS THEY CHOOSE.

IT'S NICE TO LEARN THE MUSIC THEY LIKE TOO.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI WITH THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE HEADWATERS' ROCK BAND HAPPENS THROUGHOUT SEVERAL SESSIONS YEAR-ROUND.

THE WINTER ONE LASTS UNTIL FEBRUARY 27TH AND THEN SIGN UPS FOR THE NEXT 2025 SESSION WILL START SOON AFTER THAT.

>>> WELL, WE HAVE TIME FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER.

STACY IS HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME SNOW TOMORROW.

>> Stacy: IT LOOKS THAT WAY AND WE COULD SEE ACCUMULATION AS WELL.

MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, MAYBE A FEW SCATTERED FLURRIES AND LATER ON TONIGHT, THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

LOWS WILL DROP TO 5 WITH VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 10.

SNOW BECOMES LIKELY TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON AND DURING THE DAY TOMORROW, 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION, OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH HIGHS NEAR 18.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND, SOME SNOW COULD CONTINUE, ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE STARTING TO TAPER OFF BUT WINDS MAY TAPER OFF A LITTLE BIT AND IN TOTAL, 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.

HIGHS ON SUNDAY NEAR 13, BUT A COOL DOWN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORKWEEK, -4 FOR THE HIGH, UNDER VARIABLE CLOUDS ON MONDAY, BACK TO 21 ON WEDNESDAY.

>> Charlie: OWEN MADE HIS NHL DEBUT YESTERDAY FOR THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM.

THE NFL PLAYOFFS START THIS WEEKEND.

THE VIKINGS ARE PLAYING ON MONDAY, BUT THEY'RE NOT PLAYING IN L.A., THEY MOVED THAT GAME BECAUSE OF THE FIRES TO ARIZONA.

SO, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST IT WON'T BE THE HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE FOR THE RAMS BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> Dennis: HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE ON MONDAY.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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