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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.

>>> AUTHORITIES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE 3-YEAR-OLD BOY FROM THE NEW YORK MILLS AREA WHO DIED FOLLOWING A DOG ATTACK ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

THE OTTER TAIL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS THE VICTIM IS BECKETT BROWN AND HIS GRANDMOTHERS NAME IS KRISTEN NELSON.

THE BOY WAS ATTACKED AFTER HE CLIMBED INTO AN OUTSIDE ENCLOSED AREA WHERE AN ADULT AMERICAN BULLDOG WAS BEING KEPT JUST WEST OF NEW YORK MILLS.

THE BOY DIED WHILE HIS GRANDMOTHER SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT INJURIES WHILE TRYING TO STOP THE ATTACK.

THE OTTER TAIL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS THE DOG WAS A FAMILY-OWNED DOG AND WAS DESTROYED BY FAMILY.

>>> ROUGHLY HALF A DOZEN FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN MINNESOTA HAVE RESIGNED AND SEVERAL SUPERVISORS IN THE CRIMINAL SECTION OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION HAVE GIVEN NOTICE OF THEIR DEPARTURES, AMID TURMOIL OVER THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE KILLING OF A WOMAN IN MINNEAPOLIS BY AN ICE OFFICER LAST WEEK.

THE RESIGNATIONS FOLLOW GROWING TENSIONS OVER A DECISION BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO BLOCK THE STATE OUT OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE FATAL SHOOTING OF RENEE GOOD.

AMONG THE DEPARTURES IN MINNESOTA IS FIRST ASSISTANT U.S.

ATTORNEY JOE THOMPSON WHO HAD BEEN LEADING THE SPRAWLING INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF FRAUD SCHEMES IN THE STATE, AT LEAST FOUR OTHER PROSECUTORS IN THE MINNESOTA U.S.

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE JOINED THOMPSON IN RESIGNING.

>>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL END TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR SOMALI IMMIGRANTS.

THIS AFFECTS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE U.S.

WITH T.P.S.

PROTECTIONS.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY STATED THAT AFFECTED SOMALIS MUST LEAVE BY MARCH 17TH.

HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM SAID THE DECISION PRIORITIZES AMERICANS AND INSISTED CIRCUMSTANCES IN SOMALIA HAVE IMPROVED TO THE POINT THAT IT NO LONGER MEETS THE LAW'S REQUIREMENT FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.

BUT THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS, WHICH ADVOCATES FOR FAIR TREATMENT OF MUSLIMS IN THE U.S., CRITICIZED THE LATEST ROLLBACK AS A BIGOTED ATTACK THAT WILL SEND SOME SOMALIS BACK TO A WAR-TORN, UNSTABLE NATION.

SOMALIA HAS FACED CHRONIC STRIFE AND NATURAL DISASTERS.

T.P.S.

WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1990 TO HELP THOSE FLEEING UNSTABLE CONDITIONS.

CRITICS ARGUE THE PROTECTIONS, MEANT TO BE TEMPORARY, OFTEN BECOME PERMANENT.

>>> WITH RUMORS OF IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY RUNNING RAMPANT IN THE BEMIDJI AREA OVER THE WEEKEND, THE BELTRAMI COUNTY SHERIFF WANTED TO ADDRESS THOSE RUMORS, AS WELL AS AREA RESIDENTS CONCERNS OVER ICE ACTIVITY IN THE COUNTY.

OUR REPORTER, MATTHEW FREEMAN, SAT DOWN WITH SHERIFF RIGGS EARLIER TODAY, AND HAS MORE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: INFORMATION CAN SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE ON THE INTERPRET.

AS SEEN IN THE CITY OF BEMIDJI, WHEN SOMEONE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT ICE AGENTS WERE SPOTTED IN THE PARKING LOT.

IT BECAME THE TALK OF THE TOWN OVER THE WEEKEND.

>> INFORMATION COMES IN AND THEN IT GETS PASSED AROUND ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN OF COURSE IT'S LIKE THE OLD GAME OF TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAPH.

IT FORS INTO ITS OWN ANIMAL.

>> Reporter: THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY ICE ACTIVITY IN THE AREA AND CLAIMED THAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT TAKE AN OPERATION WITH FEDERAL AGENTS IF ICE ACTIVITY OCCURS IN THE CITY.

IF ICE AGENTS WERE PRESENT IN THE AREA, HE WOULD BE AWARE OF IT.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON WHERE PEOPLE ARE TAKING PICTURES OF OUT-OF-STATE PLATES.

A LOT OF THAT IS INFORMATION THAT IS NOT CORRECT AND THEY'RE SPECULATING.

THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY COMMUNICATING WITH US, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY ARE THERE.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IN BEMIDJI.

IF THEY HAVE BEEN, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY NOTIFICATION THEY ARE COMING IN THE AREA.

>> Reporter: RICK SAYS THEY WORK WITH MULTIPLE FEDERAL AGENCIES, NONE OF WHICH DEAL WITH IMMIGRATION OUTSIDE OF THE U.S.

BORDER PATROL.

>> WHEN WE WORK WITH THE D.E.A., F.B.I., B.I.A., THOSE FOLKS, THERE IS A PARALLEL STATE CRIME THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.

IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

IMMIGRATION IS NOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT CROSSES THAT SAME STATE.

THERE IS NO PARALLELING STATE STATUTE FOR ENFORCING IMMIGRATION.

>> Reporter: HE WANTED TO ADDRESS WHAT BELTRAMI COUNTY RESIDENTS COULD DO IF THEY ARE DETAINED BY ICE AGENTS.

>> MY THING IS IF YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING TO GET DEPORTED, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET DEPORTED TO?

YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, RIGHT?

IF YOU BELONG HERE, YOU BELONG HERE.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DEPORT YOU TO ANOTHER COUNTRY WHERE YOU DON'T BELONG.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE A HEARING.

THEY'RE NOT TAKING PEOPLE OFF THE STREET AND TAKING THEM OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BEMIDJI, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> SHERIFF RIGGS SAID THAT BECAUSE U.S.

BORDER PATROL IS FAIRLY ACTIVE IN THE COUNTY, THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE NOT SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO ASSIST ICE.

THE COUNTIES IN THE VIEWING AREA THAT HAVE SIGNED AGREEMENTS ARE CASS, CROW WING, ITASCA, AND MILLE LACS.

>>> AN ENGINEERED WOOD MANUFACTURER LOCATED NEAR BEMIDJI HAS BEEN FINED BY THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY.

MPCA INVESTIGATORS SAY WEST FRASER PAID A FINE OF $15,775 FOR AIR PERMIT VIOLATIONS.

THE FACILITY IN SOLWAY, JUST WEST OF BEMIDJI, SUBMITTED CARBON MONOXIDE AND NITROGEN OXIDE PERFORMANCE TESTS MORE THAN 100 DAYS LATE AND EXCEEDED ITS HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTION LIMITS FROM MARCH 2023 TO NOVEMBER 2023.

>>> THE BRAINERD SCHOOL BOARD HELD THEIR ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING LAST NIGHT TO DESIGNATE A BOARD CHAIR FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

BOARD MEMBERS DJ DONDELINGER AND SARAH SPEER WERE BOTH NOMINATED BY THEIR PEERS ON THE BOARD FOR THE POSITION.

DONDELINGER SAYS HE IS WELL EQUIPPED FOR THE ROLE DUE TO HIS PAST BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AND SPEER BELIEVES IT WOULD BE BEST FOR HER TO REMAIN IN THE POSITION FOR CONSISTENCY AS THEY ATTEMPT TO HIRE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION BETWEEN THE BOARD AND TWO SEPARATE VOTES ON THE MATTER, THE BOARD REMAINED AT A THREE TO THREE TIE, PUSHING THE VOTE TO NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.

>> IT WAS MY IMPRESSION WITH OUR VISITING WITH PARTNER AD THAT THEY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BASED ON ALL OUR DISTRICT IS FACING, THAT WE HAVE THAT CONSISTENCY AND THAT STABILITY IN THAT SEAT.

SO, I THINK GETTING THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH AND INTERVIEWING AND HIRING THEM, THAT MAY BE A GOOD TIME TO REVISIT THIS.

>> THE BOARD'S NEXT MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON FEBRUARY 9TH.

>>> THE SUPREME COURT HEARD ARGUMENTS TODAY IN TWO BLOCKBUSTER CASES CHALLENGING TRANSGENDER SPORTS BANS.

AT ISSUE WHETHER STATE BANS ARE PERMITTED UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

MICHAEL YOSHIDA REPORTS.

>> Reporter: OUR NATION'S HIGHEST COURT HEARING ARGUMENTS ON TRANSGENDER ATHLETE PARTICIPATION BAN.

THE ISSUE AFTER A COLLEGE STUDENT IN IDAHO AND HIGH SCHOOLER IN WEST VIRGINIA CHALLENGED LAWS IN THEIR STATE THAT RESTRICTED TRANSGENDER STUDENTS PLAYING ON SPORTS TEAMS CONSISTENT WITH THEIR GENDER IDENTITIES.

>> HOW DO YOU SQUARE OUR VARIOUS CASE LAW, ALL OF WHOM INVOLVED A SUBCLASS OF PEOPLE WHO CHALLENGED ON EQUAL PROTECTION GROUNDS THEIR EXCLUSION FROM THE DEFINITION.

>> Reporter: AT THE HEART OF BOTH CASES, WHETHER THE STATE BAN'S VIOLATE EQUAL PROTECTIONS OF THE 15th AMENDMENT AND TITLE 9.

>> IDAHO LAW CLASSIFIES ON THE BASIS OF SEX BECAUSE SEX IS WHAT MATTERS IN SPORTS.

IT CORRELATES STRONGLY WITH COUNTLESS ATHLETIC ADVANTAGES.

IF WOMEN DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN COMPETITIONS, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO COMPETE.

GENDER IDENTITY DOES NOT MATTER IN SPORTS.

>> Reporter: THE STATES ARGUE THAT THEIR BANS IS ABOUT CREATING AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD.

THE CHALLENGERS SAID THEY'RE DISCRIMINATED ON THE BASIS OF SEX AND TRANSGENDER STATUS.

>> SEX CLASSIFICATIONS LIKE THAT ARE SCRUTINIZED UNDER THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE TO ENSURE THEY REST ON EVIDENCE.

>> Reporter: 27 STATES HAVE ENACTED RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSGENDER STUDENTS PARTICIPATION ON SPORTS, A RULING ON THE WEST VIRGINIA AND IDAHO LAWS IS EXPECTED BY THE END OF JUNE.

IN WASHINGTON, I'M MICHAEL YOSHIDA.

>> ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE COURT'S CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY, WHICH HAS REPEATEDLY RULED AGAINST TRANSGENDER AMERICANS IN THE PAST YEAR, SIGNALED DURING THE MORE THAN THREE HOURS OF ARGUMENTS TODAY THAT IT WOULD RULE THE STATE BANS DON'T VIOLATE EITHER THE CONSTITUTION OR THE FEDERAL LAW KNOWN AS TITLE NINE, WHICH PROHIBITS SEX DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION.

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

>> Stacy: IT WILL BE SUNNY AND COLDER TOMORROW WITH MORE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, TEMPERATURES AREN'T THE ONLY THINGS DROPPING IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE DROPPING FISHING LINES AS THEY GO ICE FISHING.

[♪♪♪] >> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] >>> THERE WILL BE A NEW SHERIFF IN WADENA COUNTY NEXT YEAR AND A SERGEANT IN THE DEPARTMENT HOPES IT WILL BE HIM.

BRYAN SAVALOJA, A 19-YEAR VETERAN OF THE WADENA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY FOR SHERIFF.

SAVALOJA ENTERED THE RACE DUE TO THE UPCOMING RETIREMENT OF SHERIFF MICHAEL CARR WHO HAS SERVED IN THAT ROLE FOR 19 YEARS.

ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, SERGEANT SAVALOJA HAS SERVED IN SEVERAL AREAS OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE INCLUDING, PATROL, K-9 DEPUTY, JAIL ADMINISTRATON AND INVESTIGATOR.

SAVALOJA SAYS HE'S PROUD OF THE WORK THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE, WANTS TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY OF SHERIFF CARR AND IS READY TO SERVE THE COUNTY AS SHERIFF.

>>> THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

IS CONSIDERING REDUCING THE STATEWIDE WALLEYE LIMIT FROM 6 TO 4 FISH.

IT APPROVED IT WOULD UPDATE A STATEWIDE INLAND WATER WALLEYE FISHING REGULATION AND WOULD GO INTO EFFECT ON MARCH FIRST OF 2027.

THE CURRENT REGULATION OF ONLY ONE WALLEYE OVER 20 INCHES IN POSSESSION WOULD REMAIN IN PLACE.

D.N.R.

FISHERIES SECTION MANAGER BRAD PARSONS SAYS THAT OVER THE LAST 70 YEARS THAT THE CURRENT LIMIT HAS BEEN IN PLACE, MANY FACTORS HAVE CHANGED, INCLUDING CLIMACTIC CONDITIONS, INVASIVE SPECIES INTRODUCTIONS AND FISH-FINDING TECHNOLOGIES.

HE SAYS THE DNR IS TAKING PROACTIVE STEPS TO HELP ENSURE FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE EXCELLENT WALLEYE FISHING IN MINNESOTA.

THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

IS INVITING COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED RULE CHANGES UNTIL 4:30 P.M.

ON THURSDAY, MARCH 5.

PEOPLE MAY SUBMIT COMMENTS BY.

EMAIL TO THE ADDRESS ON THE SCREEN AND YOU ARE ASKED TO PLEASE MENTION WALLEYE LIMIT IN THE SUBJECT LINE OR BODY OF THE EMAIL.

PHONE TO THE MINNESOTA DNR AT THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN OR MAIL TO FISHERIES RULES AND REGULATIONS COORDINATOR AT THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY JOINS US.

IT WAS ANOTHER MILD DAY TODAY, BUT A LITTLE COOLER TOMORROW.

>> Stacy: WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING COOLER TEMPERATURES, SINGLE DIGITS TO MID-TEENS FOR OUR HIGHS.

WE WILL HAVE SOME SUNSHINE AND MAYBE THAT WILL MAKE UP FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURES.

AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE SEEING MORE SNOW MOVING INTO THE AREA, SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW, AND GUSTY WINDS, SO WE COULD SEE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

I'LL HAVE MORE ON YOUR F [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER CAN STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WE HAD MILD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA ONCE AGAIN TODAY, BUT THAT IS CHANGING NOW AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT.

WE WILL SEE THE TEMPERATURES FALLING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, AND HIGHS WILL ONLY BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO MID-TEENS ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW, ALTHOUGH WE WILL ENJOY SOME NICE SUNSHINE.

HEADING INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, OUR NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES IN, COULD BRING SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE AREA AND STRONG WINDS, SO WE MAY SEE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, 17 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE A NORTH WIND AT 13 MILES PER HOUR, WITH GUSTS UP TO 21, AND OUR DEW POINT IS AT 11.

IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, 28 FOR THE CURRENT TEMP, THE DEW POINT IS 18, WINDS ARE OUT OF THE NORTH AT 23 MILES PER HOUR, BUT WE ARE SEEING GUSTS UP TO 33.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A FEW PATCHY AREAS OF PRECIPITATION.

OVERALL, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF CLOUD COVER.

OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WE WILL SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS, SOME AREAS WILL SEE MORE CLEAR SKIES, OTHERS MORE CLOUD COVER.

WE WILL SEE THE CLOUDS BREAKING UP AND DIMINISHING AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW.

EXPECT TO SEE SUNSHINE, BUT COLDER AIR IS GOING TO BE MOVING IN WITH HIGHS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO MID-TEENS.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, WE WILL BE SEEING SOME SNOW, WIND, AND COLDER TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, A BEAUTIFUL MORNING FROM DEBRA NEAR LAKE ADA.

ARLENE SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE RAIN CLOUDS MOVING THROUGH THE MENAHGA AREA THIS MORNING.

CHRISSY WITH THE SUNRISE IN DEERWOOD AND SAMROSE WITH A LOOK OVER UPPER RED LAKE SAYING IT WAS WINDY TODAY.

A NICE MORNING SKY FROM ANGELA AT WELSH LAKE.

BILL SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF A ROBIN.

WE DO HAVE A ROBIN SPOTTED IN THE AREA AND GARY WITH A PICTURE OF A BEAR DEN IN DEERWOOD.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, DEBRA IN PINE RIVER, 36 THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUN EARLY TODAY, AND THEN THOSE CLOUDS WERE ROLLING IN.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLOUDY AND WINDY.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUN AND WINDY.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, PARTLY CLOUDY, THE LOW TEMPERATURE IS OUR CURRENT AT 33.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 39, AGAIN ANOTHER MILD DAY OUT THERE.

OUR AVERAGE IS 21.

WE HAD A LOW OF 30 AND SUNSET TONIGHT AT 4:55.

BEMIDJI TODAY TOPPING OUT AT 37, SO THAT IS 20 DEGREES ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH, 17 WAS OUR LOW TEMP, AND WE HAD SUNRISE AT 8:04.

SO LOOKING AT TOMORROW, THE CLOUDS WILL MOVE OUT OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF CLEAR SKIES AND SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

THE SUNSHINE IS NOT GOING TO MAKE FOR SOME WARM TEMPERATURES, IN FACT TEMPS WILL BE COLDER THAN WE HAD TODAY, HIGHS NEAR 7, LOW TEENS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

HEADING INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, A LITTLE BIT WARMER, COLDER THAN TODAY, WE WILL BE SEEING THE HIGHS IN THE MID TO LOW TEENS.

TONIGHT, VARIABLE CLOUDS, LOWS DROPPING TO -1.

THEN SUNNY SKIES TOMORROW, HIGHS NEAR 10, WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, TEMPERATURES WARM BACK INTO THE UPPER 20s TO LOW TO MID-30s ON THURSDAY, BUT SNOW WILL BE ROLLING IN, AND WE WILL BE SEEING GUSTY WINDS PICKING UP AS WELL.

TEMPERATURES WILL START TO FALL AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND AND IN FACT ON SATURDAY, WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT HIGHS NEAR 0, UP TO 9 ON SUNDAY, BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE WITH OUR SPORTS AND SOME BIG GAMES TONIGHT.

>> Charlie: YES, THE NUMBER TWO TEAM IN BOYS HOCKEY COMES TO TOWN TO TAKE ON BEMIDJI.

ALSO, A RIVALRY GAME AS WELL, BEMIDJI BRAINERD IN GIRLS BASKETBALL.

THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 5 DAYS BEMIDJI BOYS HOCKEY WILL FACE A STATE CHAMPION.

FRIDAY'S WIN OVER CLASS A CHAMP EAST GRAND FORKS MADE IT A SWEEP OF THE GREEN WAVE THIS SEASON.

TONIGHT, THEY TAKE ON PERENNIAL RIVAL AND CLASS 2-A CHAMP MOORHEAD, WHO ENDED THE LUMBERJACKS SEASON A YEAR AGO IN THE SECTION 8 TITLE GAME EN-ROUTE TO THEIR FIRST EVER STATE TITLE.

JACKS HOSTING THE NUMBER 2-RANKED SPUDS IN THEIR ONLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE SEASON.

EARLY FIRST PERIOD, NO SCORE.

BEMIDJI WITH A CHANCE, WESLEY SHOT BUT NO GO.

THE SCORE REMAINED AT 0.

LATE FIRST PERIOD, STILL SCORELESS, TIC TAC TOE, FOR THE POWER PLAY GOAL, MOORHEAD LEADS 1-0.

JACKS TRYING TO EVEN THE SCORE.

WILL ARNOLD FINISHED WITH 18 SAVES.

THEN THE SPUDS EXTEND THE LEAD.

CAMPBELL LIGHTS THE LAMP, MAKING IT 2-0.

MOORHEAD GOES ON TO BEAT BEMIDJI 4-0 IN THIS ONE TONIGHT.

>>> BRAINERD BOYS HOCKEY TRYING TO SNAP A FOUR-GAME LOSING STREAK, HOSTING SECTION 6-2A OPPONENT BUFFALO.

EIGHT MINUTES LEFT IN THE SECOND PERIOD, STILL SCORELESS, COOPER DALBEC, NASTY, BUFFALO WOULD BUILD A 3-0 LEAD.

FINAL TWO MINUTES OF THE SECOND, ZANDER PETERSON, PUTS THE WARRIORS ON THE BOARD, MAKES IT 3-1.

BUT A MINUTE LATER, BISON ANSWER RIGHT BACK, NOLAN RUMSCH, SHELFS IT, BUFFALO SCORED 5 TOTAL GOALS IN THE SECOND PERIOD.

ON THEIR WAY TO AN 8-1 WIN OVER BRAINERD.

>>> SOME MORE HOCKEY SCORES FOR YOU.

EAST GRAND FORKS BEATS ROSEAU 8-2.

GRAND RAPIDS GETS THE WIN OVER CLOQUET-ESKO-CARLTON.

NORTHERN LAKES EDGES LITTLE FALLS.

DULUTH MARSHALL HANDLES GREEN WAY.

ON THE GIRL'S SIDE OF THINGS.

GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY OVER SUPERIOR, THEY SKUNK THEM.

ROSEAU BEATS CROOKSTON.

>>> THE BRAINERD-BEMIDJI RIVALRY RUNS DEEP, AND IN GIRLS BASKETBALL, IT'S BEEN THE WARRIORS WHO HAVE HAD THE UPPER HAND IN THEIR LAST 5-MEETINGS WITH THE LUMBERJACKS, DATING BACK TO THE 2022-23 SEASON.

BEMIDJI TRYING TO FIX THAT AND A 2-GAME SKID TONIGHT AS THEY HOST BRAINERD, WHO COMES IN RIDING A 4-GAME WIN STREAK.

IT WAS BEMIDJI THAT WAS HOT TO START.

15-4 RUN TO BEGIN THE GAME.

13 OF THOSE POINTS, SHE HAD 29 TOTAL POINTS ON THE DAY.

BRAINERD TRYING TO MOUNT A COMEBACK, ALISON THOMAS, HOOP AND THE HARM.

SHE WOULD GET THE N1, 14 POINTS FOR HER.

LATER, ABBEY FOR BEMIDJI, SHE HAD 9 POINTS TONIGHT FOR THE JACKS.

ON THE OTHER END, ALISON ADDED 19 FOR THE WARRIORS BUT IT WAS TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE.

57-52 IN THEIR RIVALRY GAME FOR THEIR FIRST WIN IN THREE YEARS AGAINST THE WARRIORS.

>>> BERTHA-HEWITT BEATS VERNDALE IN GIRLS BASKETBALL.

MOUNTAIN IRON BUL TOPS GRAND RAPIDS.

DEER RIVER BEATS RED LAKE TONIGHT.

EAST GRAND FORKS DROPPING ROSEAU.

WADENA DEER CREEK GETTING THE WIN OVER PILLAGER.

THIS IS PRB'S FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON.

TO BASKETBALL, ALEXANDRIA TOPS BRAINERD.

WARROAD, THEY GET THE WIN OTHER I-FALLS.

PEQUOT LAKES TOPPING PIERZ.

>>> OVER IN BOYS SWIMMING, BRAINERD LOOKING FOR WIN NUMBER FOUR, HOSTING FERGUS FALLS.

IN THE 200-YARD-I-M, WARRIORS FRESHMAN BENNETT DAY, COASTS TO FIRST PLACE IN 2-MINUTES, 7-SECONDS.

AND IN THE 50-YARD-FREESTYLE, BROOKE BRICHACHEK FOR BRAINERD, SNATCHES FIRST PLACE, SLIDING IN AT 23.97 SECONDS.

WARRIORS EARN THE WIN OVER FERGUS FALLS IN A 104-76 VICTORY.

THAT'S THE FASHION THEY DID IT IN.

IN THE NBA, THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES TOPPLED THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS.

>>> IN HER FIRST GAME PLAYING FOR TEAM U.S.A.

AT THE U-18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, BEMIDJI'S BAILEY ROOP SCORES HER FIRST EVER GOAL IN INTERNATIONAL PLAY.

ROOP MISSED THE FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE TOURNAMENT DUE TO ILLNESS, BUT WAS IN THE LINE-UP TODAY MAKING HER RED-WHITE-AND-BLUE DEBUT AND MAKING AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT IN THE BOX SCORE.

THE UNITED STATES WOULD GO ON TO BEAT FINLAND 14-0, THEY'VE NOW COMPLETED POOL PLAY.

AND WILL BEGIN THE KNOCKOUT ROUNDS THURSDAY, THEIR QUARTERFINAL OPPONENT AND TIMES ARE STILL TO BE DETERMINED.

14_0.

.

>> Dennis: SAME DIFFERENCE.

>> Charlie: YEAH, AT THAT POINT, 14-17, IT'S A FOOTBALL SCORE.

>> Dennis: GOOD FOR HER, A NICE LOOKING GOAL.

>> Charlie: HOPEFULLY WE SEE MORE OF THOSE AS THE U.S.A.

TRIES TO WIN THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT GOLD MEDAL.

>> Dennis: OKAY, THANKS CHARLIE.

MINNESOTA IS WELL KNOWN ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR ITS WINTER TIME ACTIVITIES, WHETHER IT'S CROSS COUNTRY SKIING OR ICE HOCKEY, MINNESOTANS ARE GEARING UP FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DAYS A YEAR.

REPORTER DANIEL PURSELL CAUGHT UP WITH ONE BUSINESS WHO IS HELPING PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THE STATE'S MOST POPULAR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, HERE HE IS WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, MINNESOTA HAS ABOUT 1.4 MILLION REGISTERED ANGLERS THAT FISH OVER 5,000 FISHABLE LAKES IN THE STATE.

JUST BECAUSE THE TEMPERATURE IS DROPPING, DOESN'T MEAN THE FISHING HAS TO STOP.

>> FISHING WE GET 12 HOURS TO FISH.

IN THE WINTER, YOU CAN GO OUT ON A BUCKET AND SIT OR GO IN A HOUSE AND SIT AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

WE TAKE SNOWMOBILERS, FOUR WHEELERS, EVERYTHING ELSE OUT AND FISH.

>> Reporter: ONLY 10% OF MINNESOTA'S ANGLERS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE WINTER SPORT BUT OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE SPORT IS MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN IT MAY SEEM.

>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GO WAY OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A LAKE.

YOU JUST GET TO COME OUT, DROP A LINE DOWN, AND FISH VERSUS TRYING TO CAST OVER AND UNDER AND AROUND AND DO ALL THAT.

ALL YOU DO IS DROP A LINE DOWN.

ANYBODY FROM THE LITTLE GUYS TO THE ELDER CAN FISH.

IT REALLY MAKES IT SIMPLE.

>> Reporter: IN JANUARY, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS -3 DEGREES, BUT PERSPECTIVE FISHERMEN SHOULD NOT BE DISWADED BY THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES.

>> EVERYBODY THINKS IT'S FREEZING COLD.

I'M NOT GOING OUTSIDE, I'M NOT GOING FISHING.

NO, I'M NOT GOING TO SIT ON A BUCKET.

YOU CAN, IT'S ABOUT HAVING FRIENDS AND FAMILY OUT TO ENJOY IT.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST REASON THAT I THINK ANYBODY SHOULD BE OUT HERE ENJOYING IT.

>> Reporter: FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO STEP OUT AND TRY THE SPORT FOR THE FIRST TIME, ICE GUYS OFFICIALS SAY THAT SAFETY SHOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

>> IF YOU'RE GOING OUT ON YOUR OWN, GO OUT, HAVE FUN, DO IT, BUT MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE ICE, CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL BAIT SHOPS, CHECK WITH YOUR GUIDES, CHECK WITH THE OUTFITTERS THAT YOU ARE GOING OUT WITH AND MAKE SURE THAT THE ICE IS SAFE.

JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE SOMEONE ON THE ICE, DOESN'T MEAN IT'S SAFE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, I'M DANIEL PURSELL, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RECOMMENDS ONLY WALKING ON ICE WHEN IT IS AT LEAST 4 INCHES THICK AND ONLY DRIVING ON ICE WHEN THE ICE IS ABOUT A FOOT THICK.

HOWEVER NO MATTER HOW THICK THE ICE IS, IT IS NEVER 100 PERCENT SAFE.

>>> TIME FOR ONE LAST LOOK AT OUR WEATHER, WE GO TO STACY.

>> Stacy: VARIABLE CLOUDS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, AND NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 15.

SUNSHINE IS BACK TOMORROW, BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER, HIGHS NEAR 10, NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

THEN THAT NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES IN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, BRINGING ACCUMULATING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS AND WE WILL SEE A COOL DOWN HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.

>> Dennis: THAT'S IT FOR US TONIGHT.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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