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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.

>>> THE BRAINERD POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED A BRAINERD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AFTER RECEIVING WORD OF A SOCIAL MEDIA THREAT THIS MORNING.

POLICE OFFICERS GOT THE REPORT AT 7:16 A.M. AND IDENTIFIED THE INDIVIDUAL AS A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY BEFORE APPREHENDING AND TRANSPORTING HIM TO A JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY A HALF HOUR LATER.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT IDENTIFIED ANY FURTHER THREATS TO THE BRAINERD SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FACILITIES, STUDENTS, AND STAFF AMIDST THE INVESTIGATION.

THE INCIDENT WILL ALSO BE REFERRED TO THE CROW WING COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR PROSECUTION, WHILE SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE.

>> BECAUSE IT WAS ON VIDEO, HE WAS EASY TO IDENTIFY.

ONCE THE HIGH SCHOOL LET THE POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOW WHO THE INDIVIDUAL WAS AND WHERE HE LIVED, THE POLICE RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY TO THAT SITE AND APPREHENDED HIM AND ONCE WE KNEW THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS NO LONGER BEING A THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY OR SPECIFICALLY TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEN WE CAN CALM DOWN AND SAY WHAT ARE OUR PROCEDURES WE HAVE TO DO TO NOTIFICATION.

>> BRAINERD POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF JOHN DAVIS DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED ON CAMERA, STATING HE CANNOT DISCLOSE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THE INCIDENT AS THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

>>> THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN HAS RELEASED A NEW AGE PROGRESSED PHOTO OF A TEEN WHO WENT MISSING FROM BEMIDJI IN 2021.

NEVAEH KINGBIRD WAS 15 WHEN SHE WENT MISSING ON OCTOBER 22ND OF 2021.

THIS AGE PROGRESSED PHOTO SHOWS WHAT SHE COULD LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW AT THE AGE OF 18.

NUMEROUS SEARCHES HAVE BENE CONDUCTED SINCE HER DISAPPEARANCE BUT SHE HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT KINGBIRD YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL THE BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT.

>>> DEMOCRATS DECIDED TO BOYCOTT THE OPENING WEEK OF THE MINNESOTA HOUSE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AS THEIR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES CLAIM THEIR TEMPORARY ONE-SEAT MAJORITY IS A QUORUM.

LOCAL G.O.P.

REPRESENTATIVES HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THE MATTER.

NEWLY ELECTED HOUSE 2A REPRESENTATIVE, BIDAL DURAN, SAYS IT WAS EXPECTED THAT DEMOCRATS WERE GOING TO BOYCOTT OPENING WEEK BUT HE WAS GENUINELY SURPRISED WHEN HE WALKED IN AND SAW HALF OF THE HOUSE FLOOR EMPTY.

DURAN BELIEVES THIS BOYCOTT WILL HAVE STRONG CONSEQUENCES FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

>> THE SECRETARY OF STATE, WE BELIEVE HAD IT WRONG.

STEVE SIMON WAS NOT NECESSARILY THERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DICTATING WHAT A QUORUM WAS.

HE HAS NO AUTHORITY OVER THAT.

I DON'T THINK THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS DOING A GOOD THING FOR THEMSELVES.

IT'S NOT A VERY GOOD IMAGE FOR THEM TO NOT SHOW UP FOR WORK AND STILL GET PAID.

IT DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH ME AND I DON'T THINK IT SITS WELL WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE EITHER.

I DON'T THINK THE LAW IS ON THEIR SIDE.

>> THE MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT HEARD ARGUMENTS EARLIER TODAY ON HOW DEEPLY IT SHOULD INTERVENE IN THE MATTER.

CHIEF JUSTICE NATALIE HUDSON SAID THAT BOTH SIDES PRESENTED REASONABLE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE LAW.

THERE IS NO WORD WHEN A DECISION WILL BE COMING.

>>> ON THURSDAY, A FEDERAL JUDGE ISSUED A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER BLOCKING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ENDING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP THE RONALD REAGAN APPOINTED JUDGE CALLED THE ORDER “BLATANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL” LEIGH WALDMAN HAS MORE.

>> THIS NEXT ORDER RELATES TO THE DEFINITION OF BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP UNDER THE 14TH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> Reporter: A COURT BATTLE IS BREWING OVER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARING AN END TO BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, BUT THE CEO OF THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER SAYS THE 14TH AMENDMENT IS CLEAR.

>> EVER SINCE IT WAS PASSED IN THE 19th CENTURY, THAT IS INTERPRETED IF YOU ARE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES, YOU ARE A CITIZEN, WHETHER OR NOT YOUR PARENTS WERE HERE ILLEGALLY.

>> Reporter: THEY DENIED CITIZENSHIP FOR BLACK PEOPLE AND UPHELD SLAVERY IN U.S.

TERRITORIES.

THEY KEY ON SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION THERE OF.

>> THEY'RE SUGGESTING THAT IF YOU ARE HERE ILLEGALLY OR YOUR PARENTS ARE HERE ILLEGALLY, THEY HAVE ALLEGIANCE TO A FOREIGN POWER AND THEREFORE YOU ARE NOT A CITIZEN.

>> Reporter: TRYING TO END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP IS NOT A SIMPLE TASK.

>> BASICALLY THE SUPREME COURT WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR MIND AND REJECT AN INTERPRETATION OF BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP THAT GOES BACK MORE THAN 100 YEARS.

>> Reporter: THE EXECUTIVE ORDER AIMS TO END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP FOR CHILDREN BORN AFTER IT WAS SIGNED BUT IMMIGRATION SCHOLAR AT UCLA SAYS HE WORRIES ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BORN BEFORE.

>> THAT CREATE AS PRECARIOUSNESS THAT HAS REAL POTENTIAL TO UNDERMINE SOCIETAL COHESION FOR MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: IN NEW YORK, I'M LEIGH WALDMAN.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE WILL APPEAL THE RULING.

>>> A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND CONFERENCE, KNOWN AS THE MAN-UP NORTH CONFERENCE, IS SCHEDULED TO MAKE ITS WAY TO THE CITY OF BEMIDJI AT THE SANFORD CENTER THIS WEEKEND.

THE EVENT WILL HOST MANY PROMINENT SPEAKERS AND MUSIC ARTISTS INCLUDING FORMER GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE, AND AUTHOR KEN DAVIS, ALONG WITH OTHER SPEAKERS, ALSO FEATURING EXHIBITS FROM LOCAL BUSINESS PARTNERS.

THE PURPOSE OF THE EVENT IS TO ENCOURAGE MEN TO BE BETTER LEADERS, HUSBANDS, AND FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST.

>> WE GET A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY, A LITTLE OFF TRACK IN THIS WORLD AND THINGS GO SIDEWAYS WHEN WE'RE NOT FOCUSED ON WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE MEN TO BE BETTER DADS, BETTER HUSBANDS, BETTER CIVIC LEADERS, BETTER EVERYTHING.

WE'RE GOING TO COVER TOUGH TOPICS, HARD ON SOME AND GREAT FOR OTHERS.

>> THE CONFERENCE IS SET FOR JANUARY 24TH THROUGH THE 26TH AT THE SANFORD CENTER.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE FULL SCHEDULE FOR THE EVENT, YOU CAN DO SO AT THE MAN-UP NORTH WEBSITE, WHICH WE WILL PROVIDE ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL SEE SOME SNOW MOVE INTO THE AREA TOMORROW AND THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING AND MANY OF US COULD RECEIVE AN INCH TO POSSIBLY 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.

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

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, THE EMANUAL LUTHERAN SCHOOL HAS UNDERGONE SOME MAJOR EXPANSIONS.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> ANNIE HUMPHREY IS AN AWARD WINNING MUSICIAN FROM THE LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE, WHO HAS RECORDED SEVEN ALBUMS.

KAOMI LEE CATCHES UP WITH AN INDIGENOUS ARTIST WHO BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO REALIZE THEIR POWER.

MOOUGS -- [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> Reporter: NATIVE ARTIST AND MUSICIAN ANNIE SINGS ABOUT EVERYDAY LIFE.

HER SONG, "PERSONAL SAVIOR" IS ABOUT HER 30-YEAR-OLD SON AND HIS STRUGGLE WITH ADDICTION.

>> I DO HAVE AN INDIAN NAME.

IT MEANS, HEARING A WIND STORM ON THE WATER.

>> Reporter: A QUIET WIND STORM SHE IS.

HUMPHREY LIVES ON HER FARM ON THE LEECH LAKE RESERVATION IN DEER RIVER.

>> I'M A GRANDMA, SO I HAVE THREE GRAND SONS AND ONE MORE ON THE WAY.

I LIVE HERE IN THIS RURAL SETTING WITH MY HUSBAND AND WE HAVE ANIMALS AND PROPERTY TO TAKE CARE OF.

>> Reporter: SHE LIVES CLOSE TO THE LAND, CHOPPING WOOD AND SAPPING TREES FOR SYRUP, GROWING UP IN A FAMILY WHERE MONEY WAS SCARCE, SHE LEARNED SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

HER FAME HUNTED, FISHED, AND GREW THEIR OWN FOOD.

>> WHEN I GOT OLDER, IT WAS NOT ABOUT THE ECONOMY BUT THE WAY WE LIVED, THE WAY MY FATHER AND MOTHER WANTED TO SHOW US HOW TO LIVE.

EVERY SPRING, WE WERE TAPPING MAPLE TREES.

NOW THERE ARE THESE TUBE SYSTEMS, ALL THE SAP FROM ALL THESE TREES ARE COLLECTED IN ONE BIG CONTAINER.

I REMEMBER I ASKED MY DAD, WHY DON'T WE DO IT LIKE THIS?

HE SAID IF WE DID IT LIKE THAT, WE WOULD NEVER GO VISIT THE TREES.

>> Reporter: RESPECTING THE EARTH AND SELF RELIANCE ARE VALUES IN HER ARTISTRY.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> Reporter: THIS FALL, HUMPHREY AND FELLOW CREATIVES SENT THEIR MESSAGE ON TOUR, THEY COFOUNDED A NON-PROFIT CALLED FIRE IN THE VILLAGE.

THEY GOT FUNDING FROM DIFFERENT FOUNDATIONS.

IT WAS PART CONCERT, PART FASHION SHOW, PART PRINT MAKING STUDIO.

SHE SAYS THEY WANT TO STOKE EVERYONE'S INNER FIRE.

>> WE'RE NOT BUILDING EVERYTHING.

THAT'S ARROGANT TO SAY THEY'RE ALL THERE, BUT I THINK ADDING SOME INSPIRATION, TEACHING A KID NEW STUFF, IT WILL CARRY ON.

YOU HAVE TO FREE THAT FIRE.

>> SHE IS JUST A GREAT SONGWRITER AND JUST A BRILLIANT MUSICIAN.

YOU KNOW, SHE IS MORE THAN A MUSICIAN, SHE IS REALLY AN ARTIST.

SHE INCORPORATES SO MUCH FASHION INTO HER MUSIC.

YOU KNOW, SHE HAS A MESSAGE TOO.

IT'S A POWERFUL MESSAGE.

>> IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT ANNIE HUMPHREY, YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE FULL VERSION OF THAT STORY ONLINE AT TPT.ORG/ALMANAC.

>>> TIME THE -- FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

IT'S A COLD NIGHT.

>> Stacy: TEMPERATURES WILL BE CHILLY.

WE WILL SEE THE TEMPS WARM AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW.

WE HAVE A CHANCE OF SNOW, MANY OF US LOOKING AT AN INCH OF SNOW, AND A LITTLE BIT MORE IN >> 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.

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>> 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 DID ENJOY SOME NICE SUNSHINE TODAY, BUT TEMPERATURES WERE A BIT ON THE CHILLY SIDE.

TEMPS ARE GOING TO BE COLD, AT LEAST TO START THE NIGHT.

THEY MAY START TO WARM UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING WARMER TEMPERATURES TOMORROW.

HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE COULD SEE AN INCH TO MAYBE CLOSE TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN PARTS OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

IN BEMIDJI, IT'S -3 AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WE HAVE A SOUTHEAST WIND, DEW POINT IS -8, HUMIDITY IS AT 82%.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, DEW POINT IS -14, WINDS ARE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 MILES PER HOUR, AND THAT IS DROPPING THAT WINDCHILL TO -13.

LOOKING AT OUR RADAR PICTURE, WE DO HAVE SOME CLOUDS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.

THERE ARE A FEW EMBEDDED FLURRIES WITHIN THE CLOUDS.

WE MAY SEE SOME FLURRIES OVERNIGHT IN EASTERN MINNESOTA AS THAT MOVES THROUGH.

WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE MORE SNOW AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, MID-MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE, WE COULD SEE SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATION IN THE AREA.

CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD SEE LESS THAN HALF INCH, GETTING CLOSE TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, BIG FALLS COULD PICK UP 1.8 BILLION INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, SCOTT SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF THE BEAUTIFUL LIGHT PILLARS IN BRAINERD EARLIER THIS MORNING.

ARLENE WITH A PHOTO OF THE MORNING SKIES, AND THE SUNRISE FROM ANGELA AT CASS LAKE.

THAT SUNRISE WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL.

NOT TO BE OUT DONE, THE SUNSET TONIGHT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SUN DOG TO THE LEFT THERE, SAMROSE SENDING US THIS PICTURE FROM LOWER RED LAKE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD, MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 9.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, TOPPING OUT AT 1, A LOW OF -19.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUN AND BREEZY WITH A HIGH OF 10.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, HIGH TEMP OF 7.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD WITH A HIGH OF 10.

SO WE ARE SEEING CHILLY TEMPERATURES, OUR AVERAGE IS 21.

-12 IS OUR LOW THIS MORNING AND SUNSET AT 5:09.

NORMALLY WE EXPECT UPPER TEENS FOR OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS TIME OF YEAR.

-17 WAS OUR LOW AND SUNRISE AT 7:55.

AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, IT LOOKS FAIRLY QUIET AS WE START THE MORNING.

THERE MAY BE SOME LIGHT FLURRIES OUT THERE.

AS WE SET THIS IN MOTION, WE HEAD INTO MID-MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, WE WILL START TO SEE THE SNOW MOVING THROUGH, THE FIRST BAND OF SNOW AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CHANCES OF SNOWFALL AND MOST OF US ARE LOOKING AT AN INCH AND THERE COULD BE MORE IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.

AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO, IT'S GOING TO BE WARMER, HIGHS IN THE UPPER TEENS TO MID-20s.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT UPPER TEENS TO ABOUT 25.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, COULD SEE SOME FLURRIES IN EASTERN MINNESOTA, WITH LOWS NEAR -8.

TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WE DO HAVE A CHANCE OF SNOW AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, AROUND AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION IN OUR AREA, HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 21.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE CHANCES OF SNOW TOMORROW NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE SEEING VARIABLE CLOUDS WITH HIGHS NEAR 19.

VARIABLE CLOUDS ON SUNDAY, A LITTLE BIT WARMER, AND AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY, TEMPERATURES COULD TOP OUT CLOSE TO 30.

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF SNOW ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, WITH VARIABLE CLOUDS.

BACK TO YOU.

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

A COLD START FOR HOCKEY DAY MINNESOTA.

IT'S NOT AS COLD AS BEMIDJI.

>> Charlie: BEMIDJI HAS THE RECORD, -19 OR -22.

IT WAS STILL COLD TONIGHT, BUT BRAINERD LITTLE FALLS GIRLS HOCKEY GETTING TO PLAY AGAINST THE HOST SABERS.

SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THERE AND FROM AROUND THE AREA AS WELL AND SOME OF THE OTHER SPORTS.

ALL THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> HOCKEY DAY MINNESOTA IS ONE OF THE STATES PREMIERE HOCKEY EVENTS AND THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER A TEAM FROM BRAINERD AND LITTLE FALLS WILL GET TO PARTICIPATE.

BUT THE BRAINERD-LITTLE FALLS GIRLS' HOCKEY CO-OP ISN'T JUST PLAYING ANY OUTDOOR GAME AT THE NOW 4-DAY EVENT.

THEY HAVE THE HONOR OF FACING OFF WITH HOST SHAKOPEE.

THURSDAY'S MARQUEE GAME PITTING THE WARRIORS AGAINST THE SABRES IN THE SHADOW OF VALLEY FAIR'S ROLLERCOASTERS AND THRILL RIDES, JUST AN AWESOME SETTING FOR A HOCKEY MATCH.

THIS ONE WAS WITH A DEFENSIVE STRUGGLE, ERICA BETWEEN THE PIPES FOR THE WARRIORS, ABLE TO KEEP THE SABERS OUT OF THE NET FOR THE FIRST TWO PERIODS.

BREANNA CASHES IN, HER SIXTH OF THE SEASON, THE WARRIORS STRIKE FIRST, MAKING IT 1-0 WITH JUST UNDER 12 TO PLAY.

AND NOW ELIZABETH IS ABLE TO TIE IT UP FOR THE SABERS.

IT GOES TO OVERTIME, BUT IT ENDS 1-1.

>>> IN GIRLS HOCKEY, WARROAD BLANKS THIEF RIVER FALLS.

ON THE BOYS SIDE, ROSEAU GETS THE WIN IN THAT RIVALRY GAME.

THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING A TOUGH SEASON.

MONTICELLO BEATS LITTLE FALLS.

NORTHERN LAKES GETS THE WIN OVER PROCTOR.

PARK RAPIDS GETTING A WIN.

>>> BEMIDJI BOYS BASKETBALL IS ON A 4-GAME WIN STREAK FOLLOWING THEIR LAST SECOND, COME FROM BEHIND WIN ON TUESDAY.

TONIGHT THEY'RE HOSTING ROCK RIDGE.

STEP BACK, HE FINISHES WITH 25.

THE JACKS LED AT THE BREAK.

IN THE SECOND, IT WAS MORE BEMIDJI GETTING POINTS FROM THE BENCH.

JACK CONTRIBUTED, 8-3 FROM HIM AND THEN MAKING HIS FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE SEASON, COBY BROWN, HE HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE SINCE SUSTAINING A SHOULDER INJURY HE TACKED ON 7.

BEMIDJI COMES OUT WITH A WIN.

LUMBERJACKS HAVE WON FIVE STRAIGHT, AND WE HAVE SOME MORE IN BASKETBALL.

BRAINERD GETS THE WIN OVER DULUTH EAST.

LITTLE FALLS DROPPING ONE TO ALBANY.

ALSO GRAND RAPIDS GETTING A WIN TONIGHT.

PILLAGER BEATS AITKIN.

PEQUOT LAKES WINS.

LITTLE FORK BIG FALLS, THEY'RE HAVING A GOOD SEASON, THEY GET A WIN TONIGHT.

GREEN WAY ALSO GETS A WIN AND CLEAR BROOK GONVICK DROPS ONE.

BERTHA HEWITT OVER PILLAGER.

PEQUOT LAKES BEATS LITTLE FALLS.

CROSBY-IRONTON, TRIPLE DIGITS, THEY BEAT PINE CITY TONIGHT.

WADENA DEER CREEK BEATS VERNDALE.

DEER RIVER WENT UP AGAINST MOUNTAIN IRON-BUHL.

THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.

>> IN GIRLS GYMNASTICS, BRAINERD HOSTING DETROIT LAKES, WARRIORS TRYING TO BUILD ON THEIR WIN AT THE BUFFALO INVITE ON SATURDAY.

FOR THE VAULT, WARRIORS CASSIDY OTTO NETS AN 825.

SHE WAS BRAINERD'S TOP SCORER FOR THE EVENT.

IN THE UNEVEN BARS, SOPHIA WHITE STICKS THE LANDING FOR AN 8.65.

SHE FINISHED THIRD OVERALL IN THE EVENT.

OVER AT THE BEAM, MYA CARR EARNS HERSELF AN 8.35.

SHE WAS THE WARRIORS TOP ALL-AROUND SCORER AND FINISHED FOURTH OVERALL FOR THE MEET.

BUT BRAINERD WOULD FALL TO DETROIT LAKES, 142.8 TO 102.5.

>>> IN THE NHL, THE HOCKEY CLUB BEATS THE MINNESOTA WILD.

>>> THIS WEEKEND, BSU WOMEN'S HOCKEY HEADS TO MINNESOTA TO TAKE ON THE GOPHERS IN A 2-GAME SERIES BUT SATURDAY'S GAME WILL BE PLAYED AT THE VALLEYFAIR AMUSEMENT PARK IN SHAKOPEE AS PART OF HOCKEY DAY MINNESOTA.

IT WILL BE THE BEAVERS FIRST APPEARANCE AT HOCKEY DAY SINCE PLAYING MINNESOTA STATE IN 2019 WHEN BEMIDJI HOSTED THE EVENT.

ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES APPEAR TO BE A LITTLE WARMER THIS TIME AROUND, BUT WHATEVER THE WEATHER MAY BE, THE BEAVS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GAME AND ENJOYING EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH IT, WHILE ALSO STAYING FOCUSED ON THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL.

ZBLOOVRJTS.

>> AS WE ALL KNOW, IT'S A NATIONAL HOLIDAY.

SHOWCASING OUR LEAGUE, WOMEN'S HOCKEY.

WE'RE EXCITED FOR IT.

IT'S A CONFERENCE WEEKEND.

PLAYING ON HOCKEY DAY OUTSIDE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS SINCE EARLY SUMMER.

I MEAN THE GOPHERS ARE A FAMILIAR OPPONENT TO US.

WE PLAYED THEM NOT TOO LONG AGO IN THE HALL OF FAME GAME.

THAT'S A GAME WE THOUGHT WE COULD HAVE WON.

IT'S COMBINING THE EXCITEMENT OF HOCKEY DAY AND THE POINTS TOO.

>> Charlie: HERE'S THE SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEKEND.

IT'S A SPECIAL DAY TOMORROW.

IT'S FIELD TRIP DAY SO A LOT OF KIDS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.

THEY'RE PLAYING AT 12:00 P.M. AT RITTER.

THAT GAME WILL BE ON SPORTS NETWORK.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO WATCH IT, WE'LL HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS ON MONDAY.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> THE IMMANUEL LUTHERAN SCHOOL IN WALKER HAS JUST COMPLETED A MAJOR EXPANSION.

THE SCHOOL WAS STARTED IN 1998 AS A PRESCHOOL, AND WAS TWO DAYS A WEEK.

NOW, THEY TEACH FROM THREE YEARS OLD THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE AND ARE OPEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

AND WITH THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS EXPANDING PAST 50.

THE BUILDING NEEDS TO EXPAND AS WELL.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE.

>> Reporter: SOME STUDENTS HAVE A HARD TIME FOCUSING ON THEIR SCHOOL WORK WHEN THERE IS A LOT OF COMMOTION.

THE CLASSROOMS AT THE IMMANUAL LUTHERAN SCHOOLS ARE SOUNDING A BIT DIFFERENT DUE TO A RECENT EXPANSION THAT BROUGHT IN TWO FULLY NEW CLASSROOMS, BATHROOMS, AND A LIBRARY.

>> IT'S REALLY WEIRD.

LIKE SOMETIMES IT'S QUIET AND THEN OTHER TIMES IT'S LOUD.

I WAS USE TO IT BEING LOUD BECAUSE WE HAD PEOPLE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

>> THE KIDS FEEL A BIT MORE RELAXED BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT JUST ON TOP OF EACH OTHER IN THE CLASSROOM.

>> Reporter: WITH OVER 50 STUDENTS IN ONLY A FEW CLASSROOMS, IT WAS A TIGHT FIT.

THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL, THE KIDS ARE BROKEN UP INTO DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS.

>> IN THE FOURTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE CLASS, IT WAS LIKE HIGH SCHOOL LOCKER ROOM.

THEY WERE SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AND CHEEK TO CHEEK.

FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD OUT AND HAVE SPACE AND ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO PUT THEIR ELBOWS OUT RATHER THAN SQUEEZE TOGETHER.

THE KIDS ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY OVER THE TOP EXCITED.

>> Reporter: THIS EXPANSION WAS MADE POSSIBLE DUE TO A $250,000 GRANT FROM CASS COUNTY, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS FROM THE CONGREGATION AND COMMUNITY.

DESPITE SUCH BIG CHANGES TO THE LOOKS OF THE SCHOOL, THE MISSION HAS STAYED THE SAME.

>> WE GET TO KNOW EACH STUDENT INDIVIDUALLY, THEIR LIKES, THEIR DISLIKES, THEIR FAVORITE COLORS.

WHEN YOU GET TO KNOW YOUR STUDENT, YOU KNOW HOW THEY LEARN BEST.

SO YOU CAN TAILOR THE ASSIGNMENTS AND THE THINGS IN YOUR CLASSROOM TO THOSE STUDENTS.

>> THERE ARE KIDS NOT AT THE SAME LEVEL AS OTHER KIDS.

IF YOU LET THEM SLIDE ALONG, THEY WILL NEVER GET UP TO THAT LEVEL.

IF YOU CAN WORK WITH THEM ONE-ON-ONE, YOU CAN HOPEFULLY BRING THEM UP TO THE LEVEL THEY NEED TO BE AT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM WALKER WITH THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: AND WE'RE GOING TO GET ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER AS WE GO BACK TO STACY.

WE'RE IN JANUARY AND IT FEELS LIKE IT.

>> Stacy: IT'S WARMER AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW.

PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, FLURRIES IN EASTERN MINNESOTA, LOWS NEAR -8, BUT TEMPERATURES COULD START TO WARM AS WE HEAD TOWARDS MORNING.

FOR TOMORROW, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A GOOD CHANCE OF SEEING SNOW, ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW IN THE AREA, HIGHS NEAR 21, AND MORE SNOW ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

>> Charlie: THE HOCKEY GOALIE WAS NOMINATED FOR THE AWARD.

A LOT OF NOMINEES AND THEY WILL NARROW IT DOWN TO 10 TOMORROW.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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