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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.

OUR TOP STORY, A MAN SPRAYED AN UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE ON U.S.

REPRESENTATIVE ILHAN OMAR BEFORE BEING TACKLED TO THE GROUND DURING A TOWN HALL SHE WAS HOSTING IN THE WAKE OF TWO SEPARATE FATAL I.C.E.

SHOOTINGS BY CIVILIANS.

OMAR CONTINUED THE TOWN HALL AFTER HE WAS USHERED OUT OF THE ROOM AND SPOKE TO CNN AFTER THE INCIDENT.

>> Reporter: REPRESENTATIVE OMAR, ARE YOU OKAY?

>> YOU KNOW, I AM GOING TO SAY I FEEL OKAY.

I AM DEFINITELY GOING TO SURVIVE INTIMIDATION AND WHATEVER THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN THROW AT ME BECAUSE I'M BUILT THAT WAY.

>> MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS A BIG INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY INTO THE KILLING OF PROTESTER AND I.C.U.

NURSE ALEX PRETTI BY FEDERAL AGENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS.

A CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OFFICIAL TOLD CONGRESS IN A NOTICE THAT TWO FEDERAL OFFICERS FIRED SHOTS DURING THE ENCOUNTER THAT KILLED I.C.U.

NURSE ALEX PRETTI IN MINNEAPOLIS.

TUESDAY'S NOTIFICATION OBTAINED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAID OFFICERS TRIED TO TAKE PRETTI INTO CUSTODY AND HE RESISTED, LEADING TO A STRUGGLE.

>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A BIG INVESTIGATION.

I WANT TO SEE THE INVESTIGATION.

I'M GOING TO WATCH IT AND I WANT AN HONORABLE INVESTIGATION.

I HAVE TO SEE IT MYSELF.

>> THE WHITE HOUSE ON MONDAY TRIED TO DISTANCE TRUMP FROM COMMENTS BY HIGH-RANKING ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS WHO BRANDED PRETTI AS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST.

TRUMP WAS ASKED IF PRETTI WAS AN ASSASSIN AS A KEY AIDE HAS CLAIMED AND THE PRESIDENT ANSWERED NO.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THAT IMMIGRATION AGENTS WERE ACTIVE TUESDAY ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES REGION, BUT IT WAS UNCLEAR IF OFFICIALS HAD CHANGED TACTICS.

>>> THE RED LAKE TRIBAL COUNCIL HAS PASSED A RESOLUTION PROHIBITING I.C.E.

OFFICERS FROM ENTERING THE RED LAKE NATION UNLESS THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC COURT ORDER SIGNED BY A JUDGE WITH JURISDICTION TO SIGN SUCH AN ORDER.

THE RESOLUTION, WHICH PASSED ON A 10-0 VOTE SAYS THE TRIBAL COUNCIL SUSPECTS THAT IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE ICE OFFICERS ATTEMPT TO ENTER THE RED LAKE NATION.

THE RESOLUTION ALSO SAYS NO ICE OFFICER OR FEDERAL OFFICER MAY BE PRESENT ON THE RED LAKE NATION WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF A RED LAKE OFFICER, AND THE FEDERAL OFFICERS MAY ONLY BE PRESENT FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO SERVE THE ORDER.

IN ADDITION THE RESOLUTION SAYS NO ICE OFFICER OR FEDERAL OFFICER IN THE SERVICE OF ICE SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ENGAGE IN A FISHING EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF ANY PERSON, AND SUCH OFFICERS ARE PROHIBITED FROM APPROACHING ANY INDIVIDUAL, HOME OR VEHICLE OUTSIDE THE PRESENCE OF A RED LAKE OFFICER.

>> COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHERED TONIGHT AT A VIGIL OUTSIDE OF EL POTRO MEXICAN RESTAURANT IN BRAINERD, TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THOSE ARRESTED BY ICE YESTERDAY MORNING.

ROUGHLY 50 PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE THE RESTAURANT TO RAISE THEIR VOICES AND TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT EMOTIONS BEING FELT BY THE COMMUNITY FOLLOWING THE ARRESTS, THOSE IN ATTENDANCE SANG SONGS OF HOPE, CREATED SIGNS WITH INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGES, AND VOICED THEIR FRUSTRATIONS OVER THE ARRESTS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS.

>> PEOPLE ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THE VIOLENCE THEY'RE SEEING ON TELEVISION AND FEELING HELPLESS ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT.

THIS IS ONE THING WE CAN DO, TO SHOW UP AND SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR HUMAN BEINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND LET THEM KNOW THEY ARE LOVED AND WE CARE ABOUT THEM.

>> IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AND THE CROW WING COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE HAVE NOT YET RELEASED THE NAMES OF THOSE ARRESTED, OR THE CHARGES THAT THEY WERE ARRESTED ON.

>>> A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS BLOCKED THE POSSIBLE DEPORTATION OF A MINNESOTA 5-YEAR-OLD AND HIS FATHER.

IN A RULING MONDAY THE JUDGE SAID THE BOY CANNOT BE IMMINENTLY DEPORTED, NEITHER CAN HIS FATHER.

THE PRESCHOOLER WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY'S SUBURBAN MINNEAPOLIS DRIVEWAY LAST WEEK AFTER FEDERAL AGENTS APPREHENDED HIS FATHER.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CLAIMED THE BOYS FATHER IS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN FROM ECUADOR.

OFFICIALS SAY AGENTS TOOK THE BOY WITH THEM AFTER THE FATHER SAID HE WANTED HIS SON TO STAY WITH HIM.

THE TWO WERE TAKEN TO AN ICE DETENTION FACILITY FOR FAMILIES IN TEXAS.

AN ATTORNEY FOR THE FAMILY SAYS THE FATHER COMMITTED NO CRIMES AND FOLLOWED ALL PROTOCOLS FOR LEGALLY SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE U.S.

THE FATHER HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST D.H.S.

SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM, U.S.

ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI AND OTHER FEDERAL OFFICIALS.

>>> MORE THAN 100 BEMIDJI TEACHERS GATHERED AT THE BEMIDJI SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ON MONDAY NIGHT IN AN EFFORT TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE DISTRICT TO NEGOTIATE WHAT THE BEMIDJI EDUCATION ASSOCIATION CALLS A FAIR NEW CONTRACT.

BEFORE THE MEETING, MORE THAN 40 TEACHERS GATHERED TO MAKE SIGNS ABOUT ISSUES THEY FACE WITH THEIR CURRENT WAGES.

THE GROUP CREATED PICKETING SIGNS, THEN MARCHED THROUGH DOWNTOWN BEMIDJI TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE BEFORE THE MONTHLY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

AREA TEACHERS ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT FOR A SALARY INCREASE THAT THEY FEEL IS NECESSARY, AND ARE CURRENTLY AT MORE THAN 200 DAYS WITHOUT SETTLING A CONTRACT.

>> I THINK THE FRUSTRATING THING THIS TIME IS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE WERE REALLY PUSHING FOR A STRONG RAISE, A NOTICEABLE RAISE, AND THIS TIME AROUND, WE'RE LITERALLY JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION.

WE HOPE THE DISTRICT SEES THAT WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE AND WE'RE NOT WILLING TO STEP DOWN.

WE'RE TRYING TO SEEK A FAIR CONTRACT AND THAT WE'RE UNITED, WE'RE ONE, WE'RE STRONG, AND WE COMMUNICATE WELL TOGETHER.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY TEACHERS THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE HAVE SOME THAT UNFORTUNATELY COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE AT THEIR SECOND JOB AND THAT SHOULDN'T BE THE CASE.

WE CHOOSE THIS CAREER AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE IT.

>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE RIGHT IN THE CLASSROOM, WE'RE EDUCATING THE YOUTH AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTED SO THAT WE CAN ADEQUATELY SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM.

>> THE UNION AND DISTRICT NEGOTIATION TEAMS HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH SEVERAL TIMES WORKING TOWARDS SETTLING A NEW CONTRACT.

THE TOPIC HAS GONE TO MEDIATION ONCE, AND IS SET TO GO TO MEDIATION AGAIN IN MID-FEBRUARY.

>>> AN 80-YEAR-OLD NEVIS WOMAN HAS DIED IN A HEAD-ONE CRASH NEAR DORSET.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS THE WOMAN WAS DRIVING A CAR EASTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 34 WHEN IT CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND STRUCK A PICKUP TRUCK HEAD-ON.

THE CRASH HAPPENED JUST AFTER NOON TODAY JUST WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 11.

THE NAME OF THE WOMAN WHO DIED ISN'T BEING RELEASED UNTIL TOMORROW.

THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP, 85-YEAR-OLD NOEL SLETTEN, OF PARK RAPIDS SUFFERED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES IN THE CRASH.

>>> A DRIVER STRUCK A PEDESTRIAN ON HIGHWAY 21O LAST NIGHT.

THE COLLISION HAPPENED NEAR STAPLES AROUND 9:00 P.M.

THE STATE PATROL SAYS A 28-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM NEW RICHMOND WAS IN THE ROADWAY WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A JEEP CHEROKEE DRIVEN BY 55-YEAR-OLD SUSAN HORSTMANN OF STAPLES.

THE PATROL IS REPORTING THE COLLISON AS AN INCIDENT WITH AN INJURY.

THE NAME OF THE MAN WHO WAS HIT IS NOT BEING RELEASED UNTIL LATER TONIGHT.

HORSTMANN WAS NOT INJURED.

>>> THE BRIDGE ON 7TH OVERNIGHT SHELTER IN BRAINERD IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING DONATIONS FOR WINTER CLOTHING.

WITH THE TEMPERATURE CURRENTLY SITTING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND BELOW IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA, OPERATIONS MANAGER BILL WEAR AND THE SHELTER ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO KEEP THOSE STAYING WITH THEM WARM.

STUDIES SHOW, FROSTBITE CAN INFLICT PEOPLE WHEN SUBJECT TO TEMPERATURE 32 DEGREES OR LESS.

HYPOTHERMIA CAN ALSO HAPPEN WHEN A PERSON IS EXPOSED TO COLD TEMPERATURES FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME.

BRIDGE ON SEVENTH IS DOING ITS BEST TO HELP GUARD AGAINST BOTH.

>> HAPPENED -- HAND WARMERS, TOE WARMERS, SNOW PANTS ARE IN A BIG NEED RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GETTING REQUESTS FOR BOOTS.

PEOPLE'S BOOTS ARE GETTING WORN OUT.

IT'S THE EVERY DAY USE ITEMS WE'RE IN NEED OF.

>> WEAR SAYS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ALREADY HELPED GET THE SHELTER TO FULL CAPACITY FOR COAT DONATIONS.

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

>> Stacy: WINDCHILLINGS ARE -- WINDCHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO BE -30.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS ON THAT AND THE REST OF YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, ARE EXPLODING TREES A REAL THING?

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

[♪♪♪] >>> KINSHIP OF THE PARK RAPIDS AREA HAS APPOINTED A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

BRANDON MUSTFUL WILL BE STEPPING INTO THE LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER NON-PROFITS.

THE FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GREAT RIVER RESCUE IN BEMIDJI STARTED WORKING WITH THE PARK RAPIDS KINSHIP EARLIER THIS MONTH.

THE COMMUNITY-FUNDED MENTORING ORGANIZATION FOCUSES ON LEADING YOUTH IN THE PARK RAPIDS AREA DOWN A GOOD PATH.

COMBINING ACADEMIC MENTORSHIP AND CREATING POSITIVE ADULT ROLE MODELS FOR YOUTH IS THE GOAL OF ALL KINSHIP ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT MINNESOTA, SERVING CHILDREN AND TEENS FROM 6 TO 19 YEARS OLD.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH.

WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT, NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS BUT CORPORATIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT BELIEVE IN WHAT WE DO.

WE ARE ON A SOLID FOOTING AND THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND MAKE A GREATER IMPACT AND REACH MORE KIDS WHO ARE IN NEED OF MENTORSHIP.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 10 KIDS ON OUR WAITING LIST THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE MATCHED UP WITH AN ADULT MENTOR.

SO WE HAVE A BIG NEED TO FIND MORE MENTORS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT GREATER IMPACT.

>> ONE OF THE OTHER BIGGEST PROGRAMS OF KINSHIP OF THE PARK RAPIDS AREA IS A READING BUDDIES PROGRAMS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK WILL BE AT THE NEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THURSDAY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT PROGRAM FOR THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, WE BRING IN WEATHERCASTER STACY CHRISTENSON.

I KNOW A WARM UP IS AROUND THE CORNER, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE HERE YET.

>> Stacy: NOT QUITE.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE COLD TEMPERATURES AGAIN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, NOT QUITE AS COLD AS LAST WEEK OR THIS WEEKEND, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGH TEMPERATURES, ABOVE AND BELOW 0.

WE DO HAVE A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TONIGHT, SO I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE GOT TO ENJOY SOME BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE TODAY BUT TEMPERATURES STAYED BELOW AVERAGE AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW 0.

WE DO HAVE A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A PART OF OUR VIEWING AREA TONIGHT, SO WE WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT IN A SECOND.

HERE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS IN BEMIDJI, IT'S -7 AT THE AIRPORT.

WINDS ARE NORTHWEST AT 5 MILES PER HOUR, GIVING US A WINDCHILL OF -18 AND OUR DEW POINT IS AT -11.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, IT IS -4 WITH A DEW POINT OF -11, WINDS ARE SOUTHWEST AT 7 MILES PER HOUR, WITH A WINDCHILL OF -18.

A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 9:00 A.M.

ON WEDNESDAY.

WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE THE WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO -34 IN THAT TIME PERIOD.

AS FAR AS THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA ON THE SATELLITE AND RADAR, IT'S ALL QUIET, ALL CLEAR OUT THERE.

WE WILL HAVE CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE DOUBLE DIGITS BELOW 0 OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH THE COLD WIND CHILLS IN THE NORTHWEST.

TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE A LOT OF SUNSHINE, EXPECT TO SEE THE HIGHS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW 0 ONCE AGAIN.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU, THE COLD WEATHER HAS GIVEN US SOME BEAUTIFUL WEATHER PHENOMENON.

WE HAVE SUN DOGS SPOTTED IN THE AREA THIS MORNING.

WE HAVE PHOTOS OVER RED LAKE NATION.

WE ALSO HAVE THE SUNRISE THIS MORNING FROM ARLENE IN MENAHGA, A LITTLE BIT OF MOON IN THE AFTERNOON SKY FROM GARY IN DEERWOOD, AND THE SUNSET TONIGHT, THE COLORS WERE BEAUTIFUL, AND ANGELA FROM CASS LAKE SENDING IN THOSE PHOTOS.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SHARING THOSE TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, YOLANDA IN PEMBINA, -7 THIS MORNING.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 9 AND BREEZY THIS MORNING.

SONYA AT TURTLE RIVER LAKE, -3 AND CALM THIS EVENING.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNNY AND 7.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE WITH A WINDCHILL OF -11 AND CLEAR SKIES.

STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD WITH CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT AND A WINDCHILL OF -14.

ON OUR ALMANAC, 6 WAS ALL THAT WE COULD MANAGE TODAY IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA.

SO WE ARE WELL BELOW OUR AVERAGE OF 22.

-6 WAS OUR LOW, 5:14 WAS THE SUNSET.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 1, BUT AGAIN THAT IS THE LOW.

-10 FOR THE LOW AND SUNRISE AT 7:52.

LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, IT'S QUIET, SO EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF SUNSHINE IN THE MORNING AND AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY, BUT OVERALL, A LOT OF SUNSHINE, COLD TEMPERATURES, HIGHS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW 0 ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR VIEWING AREA, UP TO 1 IN GRAND RAPIDS, WITH 0 TO 5 FOR OUR HIGHS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

FOR OUR FORECAST, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR -15, WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW, BUT CHILLY TEMPERATURES,-1 FOR THE HIGH AND WINDS NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT THE EBBS -- EXTENDED FORECAST, LOWS DROPPING TO -19 ON FRIDAY MORNING, A LOT OF SUNSHINE ON FRIDAY.

HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, THERE ARE SOME CHANCES OF SOME SNOW SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH, BUT WE WILL SEE SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS NEAR 17 ON SATURDAY, UP TO 22 ON SUNDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH OUR LOCAL SPORTS AND BEMIDJI BOYS BASKETBALL, THE LAST TIME BEMIDJI UPSET BRAINERD.

>> Charlie: YES, IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO THAT THOSE TWO TEAMS WENT AT IT.

IT WAS BEMIDJI COMING AWAY WITH A WIN AND SOMETHING LIKE A 5-6 WINNING STREAK.

TONIGHT THEY MET IN BRAINERD ALSO.

THEY MET ON THE ICE AS WELL IN BRAINERD AND BEMIDJI.

WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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

[♪♪♪] >>> EXACTLY TWO WEEKS AGO, BRAINERD GIRLS' BASKETBALL MADE THE 98-MILE DRIVE TO BEMIDJI, WHERE THE LUMBERJACKS JUMPED OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD AND HELD OFF A LATE COMEBACK BY THE WARRIORS TO WIN 57-52.

IT WAS THE JACKS FIRST WIN IN THE RIVALRY IN 3-YEARS, ENDING A 5-GAME LOSING STREAK.

TONIGHT THEY MET AGAIN IN BRAINERD FOR ROUND TWO.

PICKING UP IN THE SECOND HALF, 30-15 BRAINERD, ALLISON THOMAS, STRING MUSIC FROM DEEP, SHE HAD 13 POINTS, 33-15 WARRIORS.

12 MINUTES LEFT IN THE SECOND, BRAINERD UP 39-19, ABBY DAMAN, STRAIGHT TO THE RACK, JACKS CUT INTO THE DEFICIT.

BUT THE WARRIORS WERE JUST TOO MUCH TONIGHT, ADDISON BJORKLUND, GETTING TO WORK IN THE PAINT, SHE LED ALL SCORING WITH 18 POINTS.

BRAINERD RESPONDS WITH AN 64-35 VICTORY OVER BEMIDJI.

CORA CLOUGH ALSO POSTED 11 POINTS TONIGHT FOR THE WARRIORS.

>>> MORE AROUND BASKETBALL FOR YOU, LITTLE FALLS BEATS DETROIT LAKES.

PILLAGER AND ROYALTON BOTH PICKING UP WINS.

LAKE PARK AUTOBAHN NOT DONE YET.

THEY BEAT FOSSTON 59-36.

DULUTH EAST GETS THE WIN OVER BRAINERD.

ALBANY BEATS LITTLE FALLS.

GRAND RAPIDS HANDLES ROCK RIDGE, NO PROBLEM.

AITKIN AND PEQUOT LAKES GOT WINS IN BOYS BASKETBALL TONIGHT.

PILLAGER TOPS CROSBY-IRONTON.

STAPLES MOTLEY OVER IN THEIR ONE AND NORTHOME-KELLIHER BEATS LAKE OF THE WOODS.

LITTLE FORK BIG FALLS DEER RIVER STILL PLAYING.

>>> THE RIVALRY GAME BETWEEN BEMIDJI AND BRAINERD-LITTLE FALLS GIRLS HOCKEY HAS LIVED UP TO THE HYPE IN RECENT YEARS, WITH THREE OF THEIR LAST FOUR MEETINGS BEING DECIDED BY ONE GOAL OR LESS.

THIS YEAR THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE BEEN THE FAVORITE TO WIN SECTION 8-2A SINCE THE SEASON BEGAN, AND THE WARRIORS HAVE BEEN HOVERING NEAR LAST PLACE.

WOULD ANY OF THAT MATTER TONIGHT?

GLAD YOU ASKED, THE TWO TEAMS MEETING IN BRAINERD FOR THEIR LONE SCHEDULED SHOWDOWN.

FIRST PERIOD, LUMBERJACKS GOT THINGS ROLLING EARLY, BAILEY RUPP, NASTY DANGLE INTO NYLON, PUTS BEMIDJI UP 1-0.

NINE MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST, STILL 1-0 JACKS, NAOMI JOHNSON, RIFLES ONE TOP SHELF, 2-0 BEMIDJI.

FOUR MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST, SAME SCORE, RUPP AGAIN, PUTTING ON A CLINIC, BEMIDJI PULLING AWAY.

SHE ENDED UP WITH 4 GOALS.

LUMBERJACKS SHUT OUT THE WARRIORS 6-0 AND THAT'S LILY'S 6th SHUTOUT OF THE SEASON.

>>> ALSO IN GIRLS HOCKEY, GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY TIES DULUTH EAST AND WARROAD BEATS RIVAL ROSEAU 4-2.

>>> BAGLEY-FOSSTON BOYS HOCKEY AT HOME TAKING ON MOOSE LAKE AREA, FLYERS BEAT THE REBELS 7-2 EARLIER THIS SEASON.

IN THE FIRST, FLYERS ALREADY UP 1-0 THANKS TO A JAMES PALMER SCORE, HERE IT'S ISAAC DECOTEAU WITH THE GREASY GOAL TO MAKE IN 2-0.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, HAYDEN HOOD BLUE LINER DEFLECTED IN BY BRUCE HOWGEN, AND THE FLYERS MAKE IT 3-0, BUT THEY AIN'T DONE YET.

LATER, NO CALL ON THE OBVIOUS TRIPPING, BUT CAMRON BENSON HANDLES IT NO PROBLEM, LIGHTS THE LAMP, FLYERS PUMPED THE REBS FOR 6 IN THE FIRST AND 6 IN THE SECOND.

PALMER FINISHED WITH A HAT TRICK AND BAGLEY-FOSSTON COASTS TO A 14-1 WIN, FLYERS ARE NOW 15-4, EQUALING THEIR WIN TOTAL FROM A YEAR AGO WITH 6-GAMES LEFT TO PLAY BEFORE SECTION TOURNAMENTS BEGINS.

>>> A COUPLE -- ALSO IN BOYS HOCKEY, GRAND RAPIDS, WINNERS IN THEY'RE LAST FOUR.

THUNDER HAWKS TRAILING 1-0.

NATHAN HURDLING HIS WAY TO THE NET FOR THE SCORE, KNOTS THE GAME AT 1-1.

NOW WILL FROM THE LOCKER ROOM FINDS THE CAGE TO PUT THE T-HAWKS IN FRONT.

HILLTOPPERS WERE ABLE TO TIE IT UP.

NOW ON THE REBOUND, SHE TAKES THE LEAD BACK TO THE RAPIDS.

THEY GO ON TO TOP THE TOPPERS 6-3.

THEY HAVE A BIG GAME AGAINST ROCK RIDGE.

>>> A FEW MORE SCORES, BRAINERD BEATS ALEXANDRIA.

ROSEAU TOPS CROOKSTON 5-3.

ST.

CLOUD CATHEDRAL WINS.

>>> AND FINALLY KATE THAYER, WHO ALREADY IS THE STATE RECORD HOLDER FOR CAREER STEALS, BECAME THE FIRST GIRLS' BASKETBALL PLAYER TO BREAK THE 1,000 STEALS BARRIER.

SHE PASSED THE MARK IN NORTHOME-KELLIHER'S 78-39 WIN ON THE ROAD AT MAHNOMEN-WAUBUN LAST NIGHT.

I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT HER BUT JUST MILESTONE AFTER MILESTONE FOR THAT YOUNG LADY.

>> Dennis: NO ONE HAS EVER DONE A THOUSAND.

>> Charlie: NO ONE HAS DONE A THOUSAND SO THAT'S A NEW ONE, INTO THE QUADRUPLE NUMBERS THERE.

>> Dennis: VERY GOOD.

THANKS CHARLIE.

BEFORE THE EXTREME COLD HIT THE NORTHLAND THIS LAST WEEKEND.

SOME MAY HAVE SEEN REPORTS OF ‘THE RISK OF EXPLODING TREES' FOR ALL OF MINNESOTA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE MID-WEST SPREADING AROUND SOCIAL MEDIA.

FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN SPOKE WITH THE MINNESOTA D.N.R.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT CAUSES THE SO CALLED EXPLODING TREES.

>> Reporter: THE SEASON'S MOST EXTREME WINTER STORM SO FAR HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND AND BROUGHT DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES FROM THE MID SOUTH OF THE UNITED STATES ALL THE WAY TO THE EAST COAST.

IN THE LAKELAND VIEWING AREA, WINDCHILLS WERE AS LOW AS -50.

DUE TO THE MASSIVE TEMPERATURE DROPS, SOME REPORTS BEGAN CIRCLING OVER SOCIAL MEDIA THAT ALL OF MINNESOTA AND SOME SURROUNDING AREAS WERE IN AN EXPLODING TREE RISK ZONE.

IT MAY SOUND MADE UP BUT HERE'S THE PROOF.

>> JUST DUE TO THE RAPID EXPANSION OF THE WOOD, WHEN THE SAP AND WATER FREEZES, YOU CA HAVE AN AUDIBLE NOISE SO IT SOUNDS LIKE A SHOT.

>> Reporter: WHILE IT SOUNDS EXCITING, THAT'S NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING.

>> I THINK THIS STARTED JUST BY CHANGING THE WORD CRACKING TO EXPLODING.

THE TREES ARE NOT EXPLODING.

IF YOU TAKE A WALK THROUGH THE WOODS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SAFE.

>> Reporter: THOSE FROST CRACKINGS JUST DON'T HAPPEN IN THE WINTER EITHER.

>> THEY COME IN THE SPRING TOO WHEN TREES WARM UP AND THE TEMPERATURE DIPS BACK DOWN AT NIGHT.

THAT CAN ALSO RESULT IN THE RAPID TEMPERATURE DROP AND THEN THAT CONTRACTION AND EXPANSION OF THE WOOD, RESULTING IN THE CRACK.

>> Reporter: HE BELIEVES THAT THE TREES IN MINNESOTA HAVE ADAPTED TO THE EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES BY NOW AND THOSE WHO WANT TO GO INTO THE FORECAST SHOULDN'T FEEL UNSAFE BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL OF EXPLODING TREES.

>> MAYBE SOME OF THE NON-NATIVE TREES THAT AREN'T ADAPTED TO THE COLD CLIMATE COULD ALSO BE MORE PRONE TO FROST CRACKS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IF YOU TAKE A WALK THROUGH THE WOODS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SAFE AND NOT EXPOSED TO ANY, YOU KNOW, SHRAPNEL FROM EXPLODING TREES.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM BEMIDJI FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> OTTO ADDED THAT FROST CRACKING'S TYPICALLY HAPPENS ON MORE MATURE TREES.

SO ANY NEW TREES THAT ARE PLANTED TO REPLACE THOSE THAT WERE LOST DURING THE JUNE 21ST STORM SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO ADAPT TO MINNESOTA'S WINTER SEASON.

>>> ALL RIGHT, WELL LET'S HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS WINTER WEATHER FORECAST.

>> Stacy: WELL, WE DO HAVE SOME COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

WE COULD SEE WINDCHILLS IN THE -30s IN EFFECT ON WEDNESDAY.

FOR TONIGHT, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, LOWS NEAR -15, NORTHWEST WINDS.

A LOT OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW, BUT COLD TEMPERATURES, WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS AROUND -1 WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

STILL COLD THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK, A LOT OF SUNSHINE, AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW CHANCES OF SNOW, BUT WARMER TEMPERATURES.

>> Charlie: AND AFTER TRAILING 2-0, THE WILD BEAT THE BLACK HAWKS IN A SHOOTOUT, 4-3.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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