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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 FEDERAL JUDGE HAS TEMPORARILY BLOCKED A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FREEZE ON FEDERAL GRANTS AND LOANS THAT COULD TOTAL TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND CAUSE DISRUPTIONS IN HEALTH CARE RESEARCH, EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND OTHER INITIATIVES.

THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED PLANS TO ENFORCE THE PAUSE ON FEDERAL GRANTS AND LOANS TUESDAY AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION BEGINS AN ACROSS-THE-BOARD IDEOLOGICAL REVIEW OF ITS SPENDING.

>> IT IS A TEMPORARY PAUSE AND THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET IS REVIEWING THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN GOING OUT THE DOOR.

>> DEMOCRATIC BACKLASH, SWIFT AND SCATHING.

>> DONALD TRUMP HAS SHUT OFF BILLIONS, PERHAPS TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS STATES, CITIES, TOWNS, SCHOOLS, AND MOST OF ALL, AMERICAN FAMILIES.

>> THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE HAS VOTED BIPARTISAN HOUSE SENATE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT AND THIS IS LAW.

>> Reporter: APPROPRIATIONS GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 1 OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, WHICH GRANTS CONGRESS THE POWER OF THE PURSE.

>> I SPOKE TO MY ATTORNEY GENERAL THIS MORNING.

SHE IS HEAD OF THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S ASSOCIATION.

THEY'RE GOING TO COURT RIGHT AWAY.

>> Reporter: AN UPDATED BUDGET OFFICE MEMO SENT OUT MIDDAY DIRECTS ANY AGENCY IMPACTED BY THE FREEZE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS RELATED TO THEIR PURPOSE, SUCH AS AIDING UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS, CLIMATE POLICY, DIVERSITY PROGRAMS, OR ABORTION.

>> THAT MEANS NO MORE FUNDING FOR ILLEGAL D. E.I.

PROGRAMS, FOR TRANSGENDERISM, AND WOKENESS.

>> Reporter: THE FUNDING MEMO SPECIFICALLY NAMES SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE BENEFITS AS EXEMPT AND ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS.

>> IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS PRESIDENT AND THIS ADMINISTRATION TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

>> THEY NEED TAX CUTS FOR THE ULTRA WEALTHY AND THESE CUTS, THEY THINK, WILL FUND THEM.

>> Dennis: THE ORDER FROM THE FEDERAL JUDGE CAME MINUTES BEFORE THE FUNDING FREEZE WAS SCHEDULED TO GO INTO EFFECT.

IT LASTS UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON AND APPLIES TO EXISTING PROGRAMS.

>>> THERE WAS NO CHANGE AT THE MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TODAY WHERE ALL DEMOCRATS CONTINUED THEIR BOYCOTT AMID A PARTISAN POWER STRUGGLE.

REPUBLICANS CURRENTLY HOLD A CURRENT 67-66 EDGE PENDING A SPECIAL ELECTION IN MARCH IN A DISTRICT THAT HAS VOTED STRONGLY FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE PAST.

REPUBLICANS BELIEVE THEIR ONE SEAT CURRENT MAJORITY SHOULD PROVIDE THEM LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WHILE DEMOCRATS SAY THEY WOULD HONOR THAT BUT ONLY UNTIL THE SPECIAL ELECTION AND IF THAT RESULTS IN A 67-67 TIE IN THE HOUSE THEN LEADERSHIP DUTIES SHOULD BE SHARED AT THAT POINT.

NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUED TODAY WITH MIXED THOUGHTS ON WHERE THINGS STAND, DESPITE NOT >> I THINK WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.

I TEND TO BE A GLASS HALF FULL KIND OF PERSON AND I THINK THE PROGRESS WE ARE MAKING ON ISSUES IS SUBSTANTIAL.

I THINK THERE WAS ONE RESPECT WHERE THERE COULD BE QUITE A BIT OF MOVEMENT ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE AND IN EXCHANGE, THERE WOULD BE QUITE A MOVEMENT ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, ON A DIFFERENT ISSUE AND WE HAVE NARROWED THE ISSUE A BIT AS WE'RE NEGOTIATING, ACTUALLY PRETTY SUBSTANTIALLY.

SO I THINK WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.

FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION, SO WE'LL KEEP MEETING UNTIL WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT AND WE CAN GET GOING AND MY HOPE REMAINS THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN THIS WEEK.

>> CONVERSATIONS TOOK PLACE AGAIN TODAY, OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS NOT MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN ORDER TO GET US TO A DEAL AT ANY POINT IN TIME, DEMOCRATS CAN COME IN, WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

THE DEMOCRAT SHUT DOWN THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IN THIS STATE RIGHT NOW IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

THIS IS DAY 15 OR 16, THIS IS THE THIRD WEEK OF DEMOCRATS NOT SHOWING UP.

THEY NEED TO SHOW UP FIRST.

FROM THERE, IF THEY RETURN TO A TIE, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

I THINK MINNESOTA EXPECTS US TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

>> Dennis: DESPITE NOT SHOWING UP AT THE CAPITOL, DEMOCRATS SAY THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THEIR DISTRICTS.

>>> A LAKE OF THE WOODS ICE GUIDE SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AFTER AN EXPLOSION ON SHORE LAST WEEK.

CJ DAVIS WORKS FOR LOTW SLEEPERS AND ACCORDING TO A FACEBOOK POST FROM THE COMPANY, DAVIS WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT THE PILOT ON THE FURNACE IN THEIR BUILDING NEXT TO THE SHOP WHEN IT UNEXPECTEDLY BLEW UP.

DAVIS SUSTAINED BURNS ON HIS HANDS AND FACE AND HAS BEEN FLOWN TO REGIONS HOSPITAL BURN UNIT FOR TREATMENT.

DAVIS SUFFERED SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS FROM THE EXPLOSION ACCORDING TO A MESSAGE ON A GOFUNDME PAGE SET UP TO SUPPORT HIM AND HIS FAMILY.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO DONATE TO THEIR CAUSE, WE'RE INCLUDING A LINK TO THAT FUNDRAISER SITE ALONG WITH THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> CROW WING COUNTY IS CURRENTLY HOLDING ITS 2025 POINT IN TIME COUNT OF THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE AREA.

THE PIT COUNT IS AN ANNUAL COUNT HELD OVER THE LAST TEN DAYS OF JANUARY TO DETERMINE HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS ENDURE HOMELESSNESS ON A SINGLE NIGHT IN MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

ACCORDING TO THE MINNESOTA INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS, MORE THAN 9,000 MINNESOTANS WERE HOMELESS IN 2024 AND THAT INFORMATION NOT ONLY HELPS ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN SHELTERING THOSE IN NEED ADJUST THEIR PLANS MOVING FORWARD, BUT ALSO HELPS SPREAD AWARENESS ON THE WORLDWIDE PROBLEM.

>> IT BRINGS THE PROBLEM TO FORESIGHT, IT'S NOT GETTING SWEPT UNDER THE RUG, IT'S NOT SAYING SOMEONE ELSE CAN DEAL WITH IT.

IT'S A BIG NUMBER THAT IT TAKES ABSOLUTELY EVERYBODY.

>> IT GIVES US A GAUGE TO KEEP THE OVERNIGHT SHELTER GOING AND THE DAY SHELTER GOING, WHAT THE COUNTY CAN DO, THE SOCIAL WORKERS, WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT.

>> IF YOU LIVE IN CROW WING COUNTY AND ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COUNT, YOU CAN CONTACT THE COUNTY'S HOUSING AND HOMELESS SPECIALISTS AT THE NUMBER BELOW.

>>> JANUARY IS CERVICAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK SPOKE TO SEVERAL ESSENTIA HEALTH DOCTORS NOT ONLY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PHYSICAL TESTING AND TREATMENT BUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT THE CANCER AS WELL.

>> Reporter: WHILE CANCER MAY BE AN INTIMIDATING WORD, IT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT BE THE MOST FUN TOPIC, TALKING ABOUT CANCER AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT IT CAN SAVE LIVES.

>> THE MONTH OF JANUARY IS CERVICAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR WOMEN TO BE AWARE OF THE RISK OF CONTRACTING H.P.V.

AND THE RISK OF IT DEVELOPING INTO SOMETHING LIKE CERVICAL CANCER.

IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN EASILY TREAT IF IT'S CAUGHT RIGHT AWAY AND IN ITS EARLY STAGES.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO ESSENTIA, CERVICAL CANCER IS PRIMARILY CAUSED BY H.P.V., AN INFECTION THAT COME FROM SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT.

VACCINATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED TO START AS YOUNG AS 9 YEARS OLD.

>> WE WOULD LIKE TO UNCOUPLE H.P.V.

VACCINES AND IT'S MORE EFFECTIVE THE YOUNGER IT'S GIVEN.

SO LET'S PROTECT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AT AGE 9.

>> H.P.V.

IS NOT THE ONLY RISK OF DEVELOPING CERVICAL CANCER, THE OTHER RISKS ARE SMOKING.

WE KNOW THAT WOMEN THAT SMOKE ARE TWO TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP CERVICAL CANCER.

>> Reporter: DURING CERVICAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, ESSENTIA HEALTH WANTS TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF ROUTINE SCREENING AND CATCHING ANY CELL CHANGES EARLY.

>> IF YOU ARE ABLE TO CATCH THESE CANCERS EARLY OR THE PRECANCER CELLS OR THE SMALL CHANGES THAT WE CAN SEE IN THE CELLS OF THE CERVIX, THAT CAN BE TREATED QUICKLY, WITHOUT IT PROGRESSING TO CANCER.

>> THERE IS A 92% FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE FOR SOMEONE THAT IS DIAGNOSED WITH EARLY STAGE CERVICAL CANCER.

IF IT'S A METASTATIC STAGE, THERE IS A 5% SURVIVAL RATE.

>> THERE ARE ABOUT 4,000 WOMEN THAT WILL DIE OF CERVICAL CANCER EACH YEAR.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM FOSSTON, I'M SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> IF THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS FOR THE COST OF THESE SCREENINGS AND OTHER PREVENTATIVE MEASURES, IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, THERE IS AN INCOME-BASED SAGE PROGRAM WHICH HELPS COVER COSTS OF CERVICAL AND BREAST CANCER SCREENINGS, AS WELL AS HELP PAY FOR TREATMENT IF NECESSARY.

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

>> Stacy: IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY OVERNIGHT, AND WE SHOULD SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS, SOME OF US COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF LATE DAY SNOW.

WE'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK WITH THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, THE QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2025 STATE INDOOR TOURNAMENT.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> IT WAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD, THE NATIONWIDE EFFORT HELPS CHILDREN IN NEED THROUGH SHOEBOX GIFTS.

WE PROFILED THE EFFORT IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA THIS PAST HOLIDAY SEASON.

ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS WITH THE PROGRAM, 10.5 MILLION SHOE BOX GIFTS WERE COLLECTED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES IN 2024.

COMBINED WITH THOSE COLLECTED FROM PARTNERING COUNTRIES IN 2024, THE MINISTRY IS NOW SENDING OVER 11.9 MILLION SHOEBOX GIFTS TO CHILDREN WORLDWIDE.

FOR MANY CHILDREN, THIS IS THE FIRST GIFT THEY HAVE EVER RECEIVED ALTHOUGH LOCAL BRAINERD DROP OFF LOCATIONS FOR SHOEBOX GIFTS ARE CLOSED UNTIL NOVEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.

ANYONE CAN STILL BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT BY PACKING A SHOEBOX GIFT ONLINE IN JUST A FEW SIMPLE CLICKS AT SAMARITANSPURSE.ORG/BUILDONLINE.

ORGANIZERS SAY THESE SIMPLE GIFTS, PACKED WITH LOVE, REMIND CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD THAT THEY ARE LOVED AND NOT FORGOTTEN.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER, STACY IS HERE.

IT WAS BREEZY OUTSIDE TODAY.

>> Stacy: IT WAS AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY OVERNIGHT.

AS WE HEAD TOWARDS MORNING, WE WILL SEE THE WINDS DIMINISH.

WE'LL SEE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A BIT MORE SUNSHINE TOMORROW, BUT SOME OF US COULD SEE SNOW LATER TOMORROW.

WE'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

[♪♪♪] >> 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, IT WAS BREEZY OUT THERE TODAY AND IN FACT, CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

WE HAVE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF PRECIPITATION THAT IS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA.

IT LOOKS DRY OVERNIGHT AND FOR MOST OF TOMORROW.

EXPECT TO SEE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA, BUT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOME SNOW SHOWERS COULD MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW NIGHT.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 30 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT, AT OUR STUDIO WE HAVE A WEST WIND AT 21 MILES PER HOUR, WE'RE SEEING GUSTS UP TO 28, AND OUR DEW POINT IS 21.

IN BRAINERD, CLOUDY SKIES, 38 DEGREES, OUR DEW POINT IS 25, NORTHWEST WINDS ARE 18 MILES PER HOUR, BUT WE ARE SEEING SOME GUSTS UP TO 45.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW SNOW SHOWERS, A LITTLE BIT OF MIXED PRECIPITATION STILL, MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THAT PRETTY MUCH MOVED OUT OF OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE IN THE AREA TOMORROW.

BY LATE TOMORROW, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF US COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT SNOW ONCE AGAIN.

SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, TOM SENDING US THIS PHOTO OF EAGLE LAKE OF SOME OF HIS SNOW SHOE PRINTS, IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR THAT TODAY.

SAMROSE SENDING US THIS PICTURE OF THE BLOWING SNOW.

IT WAS BREEZY OUT THERE.

ANGELA WITH A PICTURE OF A GORGEOUS SUNSET AT CASS LAKE AND A SPECTACULAR SUNSET FROM CARRIE IN WALKER.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUN AND WIND TODAY, A HIGH OF 33.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUN AND WIND AS WELL, TOPPING OUT AT 44.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, WINDY WITH FLURRIES THIS EVENING, WITH A HIGH OF 39.

TAKING A LOOK AT OUR ALMANAC, 42 WAS THE HIGH TODAY IN BRAINERD, THAT IS 20 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE, AND A FEW DEGREES SHY OF THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE.

30 WAS OUR LOW THIS MORNING, SUNSET AT 5:16.

BEMIDJI NOT AS WARM, VERY MILD, SO IT WAS WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE OF 18.

WE HAD A LOW OF 26 AND SUNRISE THIS MORNING AT 7:49.

NOW AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, WE ARE GOING TO START WITH A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE ACROSS THE AREA AND IN FACT, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS IN MOTION AND WE'LL HAVE THAT PASSING CLOUDS, SOME AREAS OF SUNSHINE TOMORROW.

AS WE HEAD INTO LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON, TOMORROW EVENING, AND TOMORROW NIGHT, THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION OUT OF THAT, AND IT LOOKS LIKE QUIETER WEATHER WILL RETURN AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY.

TOMORROW'S HIGH TEMPERATURE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN TODAY, BUT STILL ABOVE AVERAGE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 20s ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA, 30 IN PARK RAPIDS, AND IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, LOW TO MID-30s FOR OUR HIGHS.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, WE'LL BE SEEING LOWS NEAR 13 OVERNIGHT, NORTHWEST WINDS STILL AT 10 TO 25.

WE'RE LOOKING AT TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, CHANCE FOR SNOW LATE TOMORROW, AND HIGHS NEAR 30, AND WEST WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

TAKING A LOOK AT OUR EXTENDED FORECAST, QUIET WEATHER RETURNS ON THURSDAY, HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID-30s, AND WE DO DROP A LITTLE BIT AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY.

STILL PRETTY QUIET, BUT HIGH TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND 17, WE'RE BACK UP INTO THE 20s AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, THERE ARE SOME CHANCES OF SNOW OUT THERE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND THEN EXPECT TO SEE SOME COOLING TEMPERATURES, SOME FALLING TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY AS WELL.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, THANKS STACY.

CHARLIE IS HERE NOW WITH OUR SPORTS.

A BIG NIGHT FOR CROSBY-IRONTON BASKETBALL PLAYERS.

>> Charlie: YEAH, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING IN.

CROSBY-IRONTON HAD TORY TONIGHT, WHO WAS GOING FOR HER 4,000th CAREER POINT AND WE WERE STAYING UP UNTIL THE END TO SEE IF SHE COULD DO IT.

WHAT A HISTORIC NIGHT IF SHE COULD.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORT WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> THE C.I.

LADY RANGERS BASKETBALL TEAM IS CURRENTLY THE BIGGEST SHOW IN CROSBY.

THE GIRLS ARE A PERFECT 17-0, RANKED 2ND CLASS 2A AND ARE LED BY TORI OERHLEIN WHO IS AVERAGING JUST OVER 30 POINTS A GAME.

THE JUNIOR PHENOM WAS THE FASTEST GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER TO SCORE 1,000, 2,000, AND 3,000 CAREER POINTS IN MINNESOTA STATE HISTORY.

TONIGHT, SHE HAS THE CHANCE TO MAKE HISTORY AGAIN, JUST 40 POINTS SHY 4,000 AS CROSBY-IRONTON HOSTS EAST CENTRAL.

EARLY ON, TORI BEING SELFLESS, GETS THE HOOP AND HARM.

SHE HAD 29 POINTS FOR THE NIGHT.

C.I.

EXTENDS THEIR BIG LEAD.

TORI CLOSES THE FIRST HALF, GETS THE DEUCE HERE, SHE HAD 23 THROUGH THE FIRST 17, CROSBY IS UP BIG.

NOW JUST 3 POINTS AWAY, THERE IT IS.

SHE ETCHES HER NAME IN MINNESOTA HOOPS HISTORY YET AGAIN, TEAMMATES COME IN TO CONGRATULATE HER.

CROSBY-IRONTON IMPROVES TO 18-0 FOR THE YEAR, TAKING DOWN EAST-CENTRAL.

NOW SHE IS THE THIRD PLAYER IN MINNESOTA HISTORY TO SCORE 4,000 CAREER POINTS, WHEN ASKED, SHE REMAINED HUMBLED AS ALWAYS.

>> I'M EXCITED, I'M HAPPY I GOT IT TODAY.

I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO GET IT TOGETHER BUT I'M GLAD IT'S DONE AND OVER WITH.

I FEEL LIKE THE GIRLS WERE GOOD AT HITTING ME ON THE CUTS.

I FEEL LIKE WE PLAYED A GREAT GAME.

I HAVE BEEN EXCITED AND SUPER GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT AND HOPEFULLY I CAN BREAK SOME MORE.

I'M HAPPY I GOT TO DO IT.

>> Charlie: AND HERE YOU GO, THIS IS THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL CAREER INDIVIDUAL POINTS LEADERS, REBECCA HAS THE LEAD.

YOU CAN SEE TORI, THE THIRD TO BREAK 4,000, AND MADDEN ALSO IN THAT PICTURE, AN ACTIVE PLAYER IN AND AROUND THE SAME AREA.

SO A LOT OF GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYERS THIS YEAR IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

>>> ALSO IN GIRLS BASKETBALL, BEMIDJI BEATS DETROIT LAKES, ROYALTON IS UNDEFEATED STILL, ALSO IN GIRL'S BASKETBALL, BELTRAMI BEATS BAGLEY, BLACKDUCK GETS A WIN OVER LAKE OF THE WOODS, AND CASS LAKE-BENA BEATS FOSSTON.

>>> BEMIDJI BOYS BASKETBALL WAS TAKING ON HERMANTOWN.

THERE WAS NO DROP OFF THE SECOND TIME AROUND, JACKS LED BIG EARLY.

LATER, LEADING THE FAST BREAK, CAN'T CONVERT, BUT AUSTIN THERE TO PICK UP HIS TEAMMATE.

HE ALSO FINISHED WITH 17.

THINGS CONTINUED TO GET OUT OF HAND.

THEN YOU JUST CAN'T DO THIS, LEAVING JACKSON WIDE OPEN AFTER HE DROPS 42 ON YOU THE LAST TIME HE LED THE WAY WITH 28 POINTS.

BEMIDJI ROLLS HERMANTOWN.

JACKS EXTEND THEIR WIN STREAK TO 6 GAMES.

>>> SOME MORE BOYS BASKETBALL SCORES FOR YOU, CROSBY-IRONTON PICKS UP A WIN.

SACRED HEART DOWNS CLEAR BROOK GONVICK.

FOSSTON FALLS AND SO DOES GREEN WAY.

>>> IN GIRLS HOCKEY, 13th RANKED GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY COMES INTO TONIGHT'S CONTEST, 16-5-1, THEY ARE ON THE ROAD IN DULUTH.

LIGHTNING BEATS THE NORTHERN STARS BACK IN DECEMBER.

HERE IN THE FIRST, NO SCORE.

HAILEY ABLE TO PUNCH IT IN FOR HER FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON.

ALL KNOTTED AT 1.

NOW IT'S NOT HOT ENOUGH TO BEAT HAILEY, THE GAME REMAINS TIED.

LESS THAN 2 MINUTES TO GO, PICKING HER UP ON THE REBOUND, THEY TAKE A 2-1 LEAD, BUT IT WAS GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY THAT ULTIMATELY CAME OUT ON TOP, 3-2 THE FINAL IN OVERTIME.

BEMIDJI ALSO PLAYED TONIGHT, THEY PLAYED CROOKSTON AT HOME.

THEY FELL 3-1 THE FINAL.

SOME MORE GIRLS HOCKEY SCORES FOR YOU, THERE IS THE GRAND RAPIDS GREEN WAY GAME.

ALSO IN GIRLS HOCKEY, MOORHEAD BEATS LITTLE FALLS.

WARROAD BEATS BRAINERD.

SARTELL SAUK RAPIDS WINS IN OVERTIME.

WARROAD GETS THE WIN OVER BEMIDJI 5-2.

GRAND RAPIDS GETS THE WIN OVER DULUTH MARSHALL.

BAGLEY FOSSTON GETS THE WIN.

NORTHERN LAKES OVER FERGUS FALLS.

SAINT CLOUD STATE BEATS BEMIDJI STATE.

THE BEAVERS GET THE WIN ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE OF THING, A THRILLER OVER AT ST.

CLOUD STATE.

THE MINNESOTA FROST WIN TONIGHT IN O.T.

SHOOTOUT 4-3 OVER THE TORONTO SCEPTERS.

>> Dennis: SO 4,000 POINTS, THAT'S A LOT OF BASKETS.

>> Charlie: SHE'S NOT ONLY THE FASTEST BUT SHE'S ON THE PACE TO BEAT REBECCA'S RECORD.

SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON HER AS HER CAREER CONTINUES TO MOVE ON.

>> Dennis: I'M SURE YOU WILL.

THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> HISTORICALLY, ARCHERY HAS BEEN USED FOR MAINLY HUNTING AND COMBAT BUT OVER THE YEARS HAS DEVELOPED INTO A COMPETITIVE SPORT BECOMING ONE OF THE OLYMPICS' MOST POPULAR CATEGORIES OR SIMPLY A RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY.

FOR THIS WEEK'S NORTHWOODS EXPERIENCE, OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN TALKED TO THE FOLKS AT THE BEMIDJI ARCHERY CLUB AS THEY WERE HOSTING THEIR REGIONAL INDOOR STATE QUALIFIER TO LEARN WHY THEY JOINED THE CLUB.

>> Reporter: ARCHERY, IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST SPORTS THAT IS STILL PRACTICED TODAY.

THE BEMIDJI ARCHERY CLUB IN FACT IS PREPPING FOR THE MINNESOTA STATE ARCHERY ASSOCIATION'S 2025 INDOOR TOURNAMENT.

>> WHAT YOU DO IS YOU SHOOT A SCORE HERE, TRANSLATING TO WHICH LINE YOU ARE PLACED IN, IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT IN APRIL.

>> YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES TO SHOOT FIVE ARROWS.

YOUR FIVE ARROWS COUNT AS 1N, 4N'S IS A GAME, THREE GAMES IS YOUR FULL ROUND.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CLASSES OR TYPES OF BOWS THAT CAN BE USED.

>> I SHOOT A TRADITIONAL BOW HUNTER'S SET UP, WHERE MY MOM USES A SCOPE AND HAS A LONGER STABILIZER, IT'S ALMOST 3 FEET LONG.

>> I THINK THAT IS CONSIDERED A LONG BOW.

THEY'RE USING FINGERS.

IT'S YOUR OLD TRADITIONAL STYLES.

THE SKY'S THE LIMIT.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS OUT THERE.

THE THUMB RELEASE, GRABBING THE STRING WITH YOUR FINGER, A DIFFERENT SIZED ARROW.

THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF RULES AND CLASSES THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SHOOT.

>> THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF REASONS WHY THEY ARE PART OF THE CLUB, BUT THE BIG REASON IS TO MAINTAIN THE SKILLS NECESSARY WHILE THE WINTER SEASON IS IN EFFECT.

>> IT'S A WAY TO KEEP YOUR FORM AND CONTINUE TO SHOOT WELL.

>> FOR ME, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A RELEASE.

IT'S LIKE MOST PEOPLE GO TO THE GYM OR MOST PEOPLE READ OR WALK, IT JUST GIVES ME SOMETHING TO FOCUS ON AND BETTER MYSELF.

IT'S A MENTAL GAME, IT REALLY IS.

>> Reporter: THE BIG REASON FOR RI MAINING WITH THE BEMIDJI ARCHERY CLUB HAS MORE TO DO WITH THE PEOPLE INVOLVED.

>> WELL, MY SON WANTED TO AND THEN IT WAS A DOMINO EFFECT.

>> WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ARCHERY CLUB SO IT WAS AN HOUR-LONG DRIVE HERE SO WE PUT IT OFF.

THE MORE WE GOT INTO IT, THE MORE WE REALIZED WE SHOULD.

WE'RE LIKE A BIG FAMILY HERE.

>> IN THE WINTER, WE SHOOT A 13-WEEK LEAGUE.

THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE GET TOGETHER ONE DAY A WEEK.

WE HAVE GREAT COMRADERY HERE, WE ALL GOOF OFF, WE GIGGLE WITH EACH OTHER.

IT'S A BLAST TO HANG AROUND THESE GUYS.

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

>> ALL OF THE ARCHERS AT THE INDOOR QUALIFIERS WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE MINNESOTA STATE INDOOR TOURNAMENT LATER IN APRIL BUT THE SCORES THEY GET WILL DETERMINE WHICH GROUP THEY WILL SHOOT WITH DURING THE COMPETITION.

>> Dennis: TIME FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR WEATHER, WE GO TO STACY.

>> Stacy: LOWS NEAR 13, STILL BREEZY WITH NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 25.

TOMORROW, MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF KNOW IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 30.

>> Charlie: FINALISTS FOR MS. BASKETBALL, BOTH IN OUR VIEWING AREA WERE NOMINATED.

>> Dennis: HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY.

WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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