>> LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

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 GRIM TASK OF RECOVERING THE REMAINS OF CRASH VICTIMS, AND EVIDENCE, CONTINUES IN THE COLD WATERS OF WASHINGTON D.C.'S POTOMAC RIVER AT THIS HOUR.

67 PEOPLE DIED WHEN AN ARMY BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER AND A PASSENGER JET ON APPROACH INTO REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT COLLIDED MID-AIR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

SEVERAL FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE NOW INVESTIGATING HOW THESE TWO AIRCRAFT WOUND UP ON A COLLISION COURSE.

BRIAN ABEL BRINGS US MORE FROM WASHINGTON AND REACTION FROM THE PRESIDENT THIS AFTERNOON.

WE MUST WARN VIEWERS, SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING.

>> Reporter: AMERICAN AIRLINES SAYS THE FLIGHT FROM WICHITA OPERATED BY PSA WAS ON APPROACH TO LAND AT REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT WHEN IT AND AN ARMY BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER, SIMILAR TO THIS ONE, COLLIDED IN FLIGHT.

>> IT WAS A FAIRLY EXPERIENCED CREW AND IT WAS DOING A REQUIRED ANNUAL NIGHT EVALUATION.

THEY DID HAVE NIGHT VISION GOGGLES.

>> THERE WAS NOT A BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE MILITARY HELICOPTER AND AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT.

THERE WAS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE AIRCRAFT AND THE TOWER.

>> Reporter: AMONG THE PSA JET'S PASSENGERS, SEVERAL ATHLETES, COACHES, AND FAMILY MEMBERS RETURNING FROM A DEVELOPMENT CAMP WITH U.S.

FIGURE SKATING.

IN A STATEMENT, THE GOVERNING BODY SAYS THEY'RE DEVASTATED BY THIS UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDY.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ADDRESSING THE TRAGEDY.

HE ALSO POINTED FINGERS.

>> I PUT SAFETY FIRST.

OBAMA, BIDEN, AND THE DEMOCRATS PUT POLICY FIRST.

THE F.A.A.

'S DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION HIRING PLAN SAYS DIVERSITY IS INTEGRAL IN ENSURING SAFE AND EFFICIENT TRAVEL.

I DON'T THINK SO.

>> Reporter: WHEN ASKED FOR EVIDENCE WHY D.E.I.

COULD BE A FACTOR.

>> BECAUSE I HAVE COMMON SENSE.

>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT APPOINTED AN AVIATION OFFICIAL AS THE ACTING ADMINISTRATOR.

THAT ROLE, AMONG OTHERS AT THE AGENCY WAS LEFT EMPTY AHEAD OF TRUMP TAKING OFFICE.

I'M BRIAN ABEL REPORTING.

>> THE HEAD OF T.S.A.

WAS ALSO FIRED ON INAUGURATION DAY AND THAT VACANCY REMAINS, AS WELL.

AS OF NOW, FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE NOT YET RETRIEVED THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER OR THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BLACK BOXES, FROM THE PSA JET.

IF FOUND, THE RECORDERS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE SAFETY BOARD FOR ANALYSIS.

>>> MINNESOTA HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE SUING SECRETARY OF STATE SIMON FOR VIOLATING THE STATES SEPARATION OF POWERS.

THE SUPREME COURT RULED LAST WEEK THAT REPUBLICANS DO NOT HOLD A QUORUM AND WITH ALL DEMOCRATS BOYCOTTING FLOOR SESSIONS.

SIMON SEVERAL TIMES HAS ANNOUNCED THE LACK OF A QUORUM AND DECLARED THE HOUSE ADJOURNED.

>> TODAY WAS THE FOURTH DAY IN A ROW WHERE SIMON HAS NOT RECOGNIZED ME TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAD MOTIONS AT THE DESK EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE POWER OF A LESSER NUMBER THAN A CORIUM TO DO UNDER THE MINNESOTA CONSTITUTION.

HE HAS OVERSTEPPED HIS AUTHORITY AS THE PRESIDING OFFICER, SO TODAY WE INITIATED LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SECRETARY SIMON IN THE MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT, ASKING THE MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT TO TELL HIM THAT HE IS EXCEEDING HIS AUTHORITY AS AN EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIAL, AS A CEREMONIAL PRESIDING OFFICER BY NOT RECOGNIZING THOSE OF US WHO ARE HERE, 67 OF US, A LESSER NUMBER THAN A QUORUM, BUT A NUMBER THAT IS ABLE TO ADJOURN FROM DAY-TO-DAY AND NOT HIM DOING IT UNILATERALLY AND WE ARE ABLE TO COMPEL ABSENT MEMBERS, INCLUDING PENALTIES.

>> THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS SIMON VIOLATES THE SEPARATION OF POWERS EACH TIME HE ADJOURNS THE HOUSE UNILATERALLY WHILE NOT ALLOWING MEMBERS TO MAKE MOTIONS.

IT SAYS SIMON HAS DONE SO WITHOUT A SHRED OF LEGAL JUSTIFICATION AND THAT HE MUST ENTERTAIN MOTIONS BY THE MEMBERS PRESENT INCLUDING MOTIONS TO COMPEL THE ATTENDANCE OF ABSENT MEMBERS.

>>> MEANWHILE THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEW POWER SHARING TALKS BETWEEN D.F.L.

AND G.O.P.

LEADERS THE PAST TWO DAYS.

D.F.L.

LEADER MELISSA HORTMAN SAID IN A PRESS RELEASE TODAY THAT REPUBLICAN LEADER LISA DAY-MOOTH REFUSED TO MEET WITH HER TODAY AND SHE HOPES THEY CAN MEET TOMORROW MORNING.

DAY-MOOTH SAID AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT SHE IS WILLING TO MEET WHEN HORTMAN HAS A REASONABLE OFFER TO DISCUSS.

>>> RECENT STATE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF PUBLIC STATE FOREST LANDS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS AMONG AFFECTED COMMUNITIES.

TWO AREA LEGISLATORS, SENATOR STEVE GREEN AND REPRESENTATIVE MATT BLISS, HAVE INTRODUCED A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT WOULD REQUIRE A THREE-FIFTHS SUPERMAJORITY VOTE IN BOTH LEGISLATIVE CHAMBERS TO APPROVE THE TRANSFER OR SALE OF PUBLIC LAND BELOW MARKET VALUE.

MATTHEW FREEMAN HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: MINNESOTA HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE MATT BLISS FEELS THAT THE TRANSFER OF PUBLIC LAND SHOULD NOT BE DETERMINED BY A FEW POLITICAL FIGURES IN THE TWIN CITIES.

>> THE LAND TRANSFERS TAKES A SIMPLE MAJORITY TO DO.

IT WAS 175 ACRES OF PUBLIC STATE FOREST THAT WAS GOING TO BE TRANSFERRED LAST YEAR.

>> Reporter: WITH RED LAKE NATION BEING ONE OF THE FEW CLOSED RESERVATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, LAND TRANSFERS LIKE THOSE IN THE PAST COULD HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP BEHIND ME, ALL THE GREEN IS THE RED LAKE STATE FOREST.

IT WOULD LANDLOCK THE COMMUNITY AND SEVERAL HUNDRED HOMES IN THE AREA THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL THROUGH TRIBAL LAND TO GET TO.

>> Reporter: THAT'S WHY BLISS HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE LAST YEAR AND PARTNERED WITH SENATOR STEVE GREENE TO INTRODUCE A MEASURE THAT WOULD REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE TO APPROVE THE TRANSFER OR SALE OF PUBLIC LAND.

>> IT REQUIRES A THREE-FIFTH SUPER MAJORITY TO TRANSFER OR SELL ANY LAND LEFT AT MARKET VALUE LESS THAN 640 ACRES.

WE'RE LEAVING THE D.N.R.

SOME ROOM TO DO THEIR WORK.

IT JUST REQUIRES THEM TO WORK WITH THE LOCAL PEOPLE, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND GET BUY IN ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> Reporter: THE LEECH LAKE BAND HAD 12,000 ACRES RESTORED TO THEIR TRIBE THROUGH THE RESTORATION ACT.

>> THEY WENT THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT AND THEY WORK WITH THE TRIBE AND THE LOCAL PEOPLE AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO FIND PLOTS OF LAND THAT EQUALED 10,000 ACRES.

THEY TRANSFERRED THEM BACK AND IT DIDN'T IMPACT ANYBODY.

>> Reporter: TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN INSISTENT THEY WOULD NOT CLOSE ANY LAND, BUT BLISS FEELS IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN THE MATTER SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO THE STATE.

>> THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, WORK WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS OKAY WITH IT AND GET THE BUY IN AND MOVE FORWARD.

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

>> WE REACHED OUT TO THE RED LAKE TRIBAL COUNCIL FOR A COMMENT ON THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS BILL BUT THEY HAVE YET TO RESPOND.

>>> A 60-YEAR-OLD BRAINERD MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FIRST DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 14.

DAVID PLOWMAN SUBMITTED AN ALFORD PLEA WHICH STATES HE AGREES THE EVIDENCE IS SUFFICIENT FOR A JURY TO FIND HIM GUILTY EVEN THOUGH HE CLAIMS TO BE INNOCENT.

UNDER THE ALFORD PLEA PLOWMAN IS CONSIDERED JUST AS GUILTY AS IF HE HAD ADMITTED GUILT.

ANOTHER CHARGE OF FIRST-DEGREE CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT WAS DISMISSED AS PART OF THE DEAL.

PLOWMAN WAS CONVICTED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO HE KNEW LAST YEAR.

>>> CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS GATHERED OUTSIDE TARGET'S MINNEAPOLIS HEADQUARTERS TODAY TO CALL FOR A BOYCOTT OF THE RETAILING GIANT OVER ITS DECISION TO PHASE OUT ITS DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION INITIATIVES.

TARGET ANNOUNCED LAST FRIDAY THAT IT WOULD JOIN OTHER AMERICAN BRANDS IN SCALING BACK THEIR D.E.I.

GOALS AND ACTIVITIES, WHICH HAVE COME UNDER ATTACK FROM CONSERVATIVES AND THE NEW WHITE HOUSE OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

>> WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD HOLD THE LINE.

WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO STAND FOR US, THE VALUE THAT WE ALL HOLD DEAR, BUT INSTEAD THEY ACTED COWARDLY AND THEY MADE THE DECISION TO BOW DOWN TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

WELL, WE ARE HERE TODAY SAYING WE WILL NOT BOW DOWN.

WE WILL NOT STEP BACK.

WE WILL NOT TURN AROUND.

>> TARGET, WHICH LONG WAS VIEWED AS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS OF BLACK AND LGBTQ-PLUS PEOPLE, DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT THURSDAY ON THE CALL FOR A BOYCOTT.

BUT IN A MEMO TO EMPLOYEES LAST WEEK, KIERA FERNANDEZ, TARGET'S CHIEF COMMUNITY IMPACT AND EQUITY OFFICER, DESCRIBED THE COMPANY'S DECISION TO RETIRE ITS DIVERSITY GOALS.

AS A NEXT CHAPTER IN THE COMPANY'S HUMAN RESOURCE AND CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY.

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

>> Stacy: WE'LL BE SEEING A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE AGAIN TOMORROW AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN THE ONES WE HAD TODAY.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, BEMIDJI STATE'S COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT WAS ON THE VERGE OF BEING CUT BUT NOW HAS >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

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>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

>>> BEMIDJI STATE'S COMPUTER SCIENCE WAS ONE OF THE MAJORS THAT WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE LIST OF MAJORS SET TO BE CUT AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT NOW, THE UNIVERSITY HAS COMBINED THE COMPUTER SCIENCE AND GRAPHIC DESIGN DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER, ALONG WITH A NEW STRING OF CLASSES AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK HAS MORE INFORMATION.

>> Reporter: WHEN COMPUTER SCIENCE WAS NAMED AS ONE OF THE MAJORS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE CUT AFTER THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, IT WASN'T THE BEST OF NEWS TO THE OVER 50 STUDENTS ENROLLED.

>> WE WERE IN A PRETTY TOUGH PLACE AND WE ALL GOT IN THE ROOM THINKING, WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE A UNIVERSITY THAT DIDN'T HAVE COMPUTER SCIENCE, BUT HOW DO WE DO SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT SO THAT WE DON'T REPLICATE WHAT OTHER INSTITUTIONS ARE DOING.

>> Reporter: BEMIDJI STATE'S COMPUTER SCIENCE MAJOR IS UP AND RUNNING AND WILL BE RETURNING NEXT FALL, LOOKING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

>> WE'RE KIND OF FINDING THESE AVENUES THAT CATCH PEOPLE IN THEIR SWEET SPOT WHERE THEY REALLY WANT TO LEARN A SPECIFIC THING, BUT THEN THEY GET THIS FOUNDATIONAL PIECE AND DESIGN, THIS FOUNDATIONAL PIECE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT BEFORE.

>> WE WILL HAVE A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND TWO EMPHASIS ONE IN 3D UX, AND WEB UX, AND THEN DESIGN.

>> THESE COMBINATION TECH AND DESIGN CLASSES CAN HELP STUDENTS IN THEIR FUTURE CAREERS MORE THAN THE SINGULAR FOCUSED CLASSES DID.

>> STUDENT IN DESIGN DEGREES, IF THEY HAVE SOME COMPUTER SCIENCE EXPERIENCE, THAT MAKES THEM MORE EMPLOYABLE AND VALUABLE WITHIN THEIR DEGREES, JUST LIKE A COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENT WHO TAKES COURSES, WHO APPLIES THEIR SKILLS IN OTHER FIELDS, BASICALLY DOUBLE THEIR OPPORTUNITY.

COMPANIES ARE NO LONGER LOOKING FOR STUDENTS THAT CAN DO ONE PARTICULAR THING.

YOU NEED TO BE TRAINED IN MULTIPLE AREAS.

STUDENTS DOING TRADITIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE, NO CODING, AND THE FRONT END DESIGN WORK, WILL MAKE THEM THAT MUCH MORE EMPLOYABLE WHEN THEY GRADUATE.

>> Reporter: THE UNIVERSITY HOPES TO HELP MORE STUDENTS IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.

>> IT WAS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WAS HARDEST HIT DURING THE PANDEMIC AND WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO PROBABLY TRIPLE IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

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

>> THE NEW COMPUTER SCIENCE CLASSES WILL BEGIN AT THE START OF THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, IN THE FALL OF 2025.

THERE WILL BE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR BOTH IN-PERSON AND ONLINE STUDENTS.

>>> TIME FOR WEATHER.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY STACY.

IT FELT LIKE THE END OF MARCH ALMOST.

>> Stacy: IT DID, TEMPERATURES WERE VERY WARM, A LOT OF US IN THE 40s TODAY AND NICE SUNSHINE TO GO WITH IT.

YOU WILL BE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE.

WE'LL SEE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE, TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, WE WILL SEE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR >> 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: IT WAS, A SPECTACULAR DAY OUT THERE, SUNSHINE AND CALM WINDS TO GO WITH IT.

AS WE GO INTO TONIGHT, WE WILL SEE A RETURN OF SOME CLOUD COVER, SOME FLURRIES IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, AND AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, A LITTLE BIT COOLER, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, WE'LL RECOGNIZE THAT DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURE TOMORROW.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, WARMER TEMPERATURES RETURN, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME CHANCES OF SNOW.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 24 AT THE AIRPORT, WINDS ARE CALM, AND THE DEW POINT IS 19, AND HUMIDITY IS AT 83%.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLEAR SKIES, 28 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 20, PRESSURE IS RISING, AND WINDS ARE NORTH AT 5 MILES PER HOUR.

LOOKING AT THE RADAR, IT'S BEEN CLEAR THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY.

WE'RE STARTING TO SEE CLOUDS RETURNING TO THE AREA IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, WE WILL SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE AREA, MORE CLOUD COVER TO THE NORTH, AND WE MAY SEE A FEW FLURRIES DEVELOPING IN THAT AREA.

SOME OF THOSE COULD LINGER IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA TOMORROW MORNING, WITH OTHERWISE A DRY DAY, VARIABLE CLOUDS, AND WE WILL BE SEEING SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT, CARRIE SENDING US THE PHOTO OF THE EVENING SKIES IN WALKER.

SONYA WITH A PICTURE OF THE SUNSET OVER TURTLE RIVER LAKE TODAY.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORT, STEPHANIE IN BRAINERD REPORTING CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT.

THE HIGH WAS 47.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUNSHINE AND 44.

SONYA NEAR TURTLE RIVER LAKE, 30 DEGREES AND CALM THIS AFTERNOON.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNNY AND CALM WITH A HIGH OF 37.

LOOKING AT THAT ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 34, SO AGAIN VERY WARM TEMPERATURES OUT THERE, 15 WAS OUR LOW, AND BEMIDJI TODAY TOPPING OUT AT 39, SO WE'RE 20 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE, THE LOW WAS 10, AND WE HAD SUNSET TONIGHT AT 5:20.

NOW AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, WE WILL BE SEEING AGAIN POSSIBLY A FEW LINGERING FLURRIES IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA, BUT A BIT OF CLOUD COVER IN THE AREA.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

YOU CAN SEE THE CLOUDS MOVING OUT, MORE ROLLING BACK IN, AND AS WE HEAD INTO LATE TOMORROW AND PROBABLY MORE SO INTO SATURDAY, WE'LL START TO SEE THAT NEXT CHANCE OF SNOW RETURNING TO THE AREA, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

SO, THE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, AGAIN THE TEMPERATURE IS GOING TO BE COOLER, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWEST, 11 FOR THE HIGH IN WARROAD, A LOT OF US IN THE LOW TO MID-20s ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

IT WILL BE WARMER IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20s AND EVEN SOME LOW 30s.

SO HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, VARIABLE CLOUDS, AGAIN WE HAVE THE CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA, LOWS NEAR 13, AND THEN FOR TOMORROW, VARIABLE CLOUDS, A CHANCE FOR FLURRIES IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, HIGHS NEAR 21, AND NORTH WINDS AT 5 TO 15.

LOOKING AT THE REST OF THE WEEKEND FORECAST, CHANCES OF SNOW RETURN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND WE MAY SEE SOME ACCUMULATION OUT OF THAT.

TEMPERATURE-WISE, WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE 20s, BUT TEMPERATURES WILL COOL ON SUNDAY, AND WE HAVE A BIG COOL DOWN WITH HIGHS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, AND THE LOW TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW 0.

BACK TO YOU.

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

WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US TONIGHT?

>> Charlie: WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BOYS HOCKEY, BEMIDJI TAKING ON DULUTH EAST.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME BOYS BASKETBALL AS WELL, BEMIDJI WAS TAKING ON MOORHEAD.

WE GO TO BRAINERD FOR SOME SWIMMING AND DIVING AS WELL.

ALL THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK.

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>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>>> IT'S BEEN A TOUGH MONTH FOR BEMIDJI BOYS HOCKEY, INCLUDING THEIR WIN OVER ST. ALBERT.

THE TEAM IS STILL RANKED IN THE TOP 20 IN CLASS 2A, WITH A 12-5-1 RECORD.

THE JACKS WERE BACK HOME TRYING TO FIND A RHYTHM ONCE MORE, THIS TIME AGAINST DULUTH EAST.

IN THE FIRST PERIOD, LOOKING FOR SOMETHING OUT FRONT, IT'S CONNOR, PUTTING IT IN THE NET SO FAST THAT THE CAMERAS GOT BLURRY.

LATER, THIS MIGHT BE THE GREASIEST GOAL YOU WILL EVER SEE.

IN THE SECOND PERIOD, IT'S QUINN WHO FINALLY PUTS IT IN.

THAT WAS HIS CAREER FIRST.

THEN IN THE THIRD PERIOD, WELLY WITH THE SELLY, PUTTING BEMIDJI UP 3-0.

HIS NET WAS CLOSED FOR BUSINESS THEY GET A 3-0 WIN OVER DULUTH EAST.

BIG HICCUP FOR BEMIDJI TONIGHT.

>>> ALSO IN BOYS HOCKEY, GRAND RAPIDS ROCK RIDGE PLAYING FOR FIRST PLACE.

THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHO IS THE BETTER TEAM.

WARROAD AND RIVER LAKES BOTH COLLECTING WINS TONIGHT ON THE BOYS HOCKEY SIDE.

BAGLEY FOSSTON WINS.

WADENA DEER CREEK TRIP UP IN OVERTIME.

PARK RAPIDS GETS A WIN.

ON THE GIRLS SIDE OF THINGS, NORTHERN LAKES BEATS MORRIS.

DETROIT LAKES FALLS TO EAST GRAND FORKS.

>>> IN BOYS BASKETBALL, JACKS ARE TRYING TO AVENGE THEIR 14 POINT LOSS TO THE SPUDS IN DECEMBER.

THEY HAVE A 12-3 LEAD.

COBY BROWN STARTING TO SETTLE IN AFTER BEING OUT THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON.

THE JACKS STILL TRAIL.

LATER, BEMIDJI DOWN 27-17, AUSTIN WITH THE RARE DRIBBLE, FINISHING WITH 21 POINTS.

THEN JACKSON LETTING THEM FLY FROM DOWNTOWN, HE KNOCKED DOWN 8 THREE'S.

HE FINISHED WITH 44 POINTS BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH.

BEMIDJI FALLS BY 2 TO RIVAL MOORHEAD 83-81, SNACKING THEIR SIX GAME WIN STREAK.

>>> IN DEER RIVER, THEY WERE RANKED WITH A THREE GAME WIN STREAK AND THEY'RE ON THE ROAD WITH SOUTH RIDGE.

THE WARRIORS ON THE OFFENSIVE FRONT.

KAIDEN BARRELING THROUGH THE PAINT TO START THE GAME AND THEY STRIKE FIRST, GIVING THEM A 2-0 LEAD.

ON THE OTHER END OF THE FLOOR, THE PANTHERS WERE ON THE PROWL AND THEY WERE PROWLING FOR OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS, BACK TO BACK POSSESSIONS, ABLE TO COME AWAY WITH SECOND CHANCE POINTS.

IT WAS THE WARRIORS, THEY HAD TOO MUCH FIRE POWER.

THEY ARE UP 22 WHEN JACKSON SINKS THE THREE AND ONE, AND EXTENDS THE LEAD.

DEER RIVER WINS BIG, 94-59, THEY IMPROVE TO 16-1.

SOME MORE SCORES FOR YOU IN BOYS BASKETBALL.

AITKIN BEATS CROSBY-IRONTON.

WARROAD AND PEQUOT LAKES COLLECTING WINS.

VERNDALE GETS THE WIN OVER WADENA DEER CREEK.

CONTINUING IN BOYS BASKETBALL, CASS LAKE-BENA, A BIG WIN FOR THEM.

FOSSTON FELL.

NEVIS, THEY GET THE WIN OVER WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY.

ON GIRLS BASKETBALL, ROYALTON STAYS UNDEFEATED.

DEER RIVER GETS A WIN OVER NORTHWOODS.

PEQUOT LAKES WINS.

WADENA DEER CREEK BEATS PERHAM.

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY GETS THE WIN OVER NEVIS.

>>> AND BOYS SWIM AND DIVE GOT ACTIVE TONIGHT AS BRAINERD HOSTED SAINT CLOUD APOLLO.

IN THE 200-YARD-I-M, JACK TATGE OUT THERE ZOOMING FOR THE WARRIORS.

HE TAKES FIRST PLACE IN 2 MINUTES-AND 24-SECONDS.

OVER IN THE 50 YARD FREE, KYLER CARLSON HAD THE WARRIORS' FASTEST TIME, SNAGGING SECOND PLACE IN 22.87 SECONDS, MISSING FIRST BY JUST THREE TENTHS OF A SECOND, AND ON THE DIVING BOARDS, DAVID HERATH, MY GOODNESS, 57.4 ON THE PLUNGE.

HE PLACES FIRST OVERALL SCORING 272.8.

BRAINERD TAKES THE MATCH UP AGAINST SAINT CLOUD IN A 120-61 VICTORY.

>>> A COUPLE MORE SCORES FOR YOU, BEMIDJI GOT A WIN IN BOYS SWIMMING AND DIVING.

LATER THE WOMEN WERE PLAYING AS WELL, U MARY GETS THE WIN IN THAT ONE, 69-51.

IN THE NHL, THE MINNESOTA WILD, MARK WAS IN THE NET AND HE GOT A SHUTOUT TONIGHT AND THE MONTREAL CANADIENS CELEBRATED THAT BECAUSE HE IS FROM THE QUEBEC AREA.

SO A BIG COOL MOMENT FOR HIM.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT 6 IN A ROW IN THE FOURTH.

>> Dennis: THANKS CHARLIE.

>>> CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE IS LAUNCHING ITS BRAND NEW DENTAL HYGIENE PROGRAM THIS YEAR, EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE FALL OF 2025.

C.L.C.

IS HOPING THAT THE PROGRAM WILL HELP ADDRESS THE GROWING NEED FOR SKILLED DENTAL HYGIENISTS IN BOTH THE CENTRAL LAKES REGION AND ACROSS ALL OF MINNESOTA.

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS MORE IN THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, THERE ARE OVER 16,000 DENTAL HYGIENIST POSITIONS LEFT OPEN EVERY YEAR IN THE COUNTRY, EVERY MORE REASON THAT C.L.C.

WANTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOLUTION.

>> I THINK THE BIGGEST FACTOR WAS COVID.

WE HAD SO MANY INDIVIDUALS, PROFESSIONALS, BOTH DENTAL ASSISTANTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS RETIRE.

THERE WERE SO MANY DEMANDS AND RESTRICTIONS.

MANY PROFESSIONALS THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO RETIRE AND GET OUT OF THE PROFESSION.

I THINK WE'RE STILL CATCHING UP FROM THAT.

>> Reporter: C.L.C.

'S DENTAL ASSISTING CLINIC HAS STUDENTS BRING IN THEIR OWN PATIENTS.

>> ROUTINE CLEANINGS, REGULAR CLEANINGS, DEEP CLEANINGS THAT REQUIRE THE PATIENT TO GET LOCAL ANESTHETICS.

AT THIS TIME WE WON'T BE DOING FILLINGS OR CROWNS.

MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE NOT SURE.

>> Reporter: AND CONSIDERING HOW WELL C.L.C.

'S DENTAL STUDENTS RECEIVE THE CURRENT CLINIC, SHE IS HOPEFUL THAT THE NEW PROGRAM WILL BOLSTER THAT TREND.

>> WE HAVE QUITE A FAMILY WITH THE STUDENTS.

A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THEY GRADUATE, THEY'RE LIKE I DON'T WANT TO.

I MISS COMING TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY.

THEY DON'T MISS THE HOMEWORK AND THAT SORT OF THING, BUT THEY MISS THE CULTURE.

WE WOULD SAY WE'RE DENTAL GEEKS, AND WE JUST PASS THAT ON TO OUR STUDENTS.

>> Reporter: THROUGH THE NEW DENTAL PROGRAM, C.L.C.

WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PERIODONTAL CARE AT A LOW COST, INCREASING ACCESS TO CARE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT THEIR ON CAMPUS DENTAL CLINIC AS THEY PROVIDE THE STUDENT BODY WITH ALL THEY CAN TO HELP BUILD FUTURES.

>> STUDENTS DO BEST WHEN THEY KNOW THAT A, PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THEM, AND B WHEN THEY ARE IN A SUPPORTIVE HIGH-QUALITY ENVIRONMENT.

THEY TEACH IN A WAY THAT SHOWS THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST IN IT AS A JOB, THIS IS PART OF A CALLING FOR THEM.

THAT'S WHY I THINK I'M JUST EXCITED FOR THE NEW GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD WITH THIS WEEK'S GOLDEN APPLE, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> Dennis: AND APPLICATIONS FOR C.L.C.

'S DENTAL HIGH GENERAL PROGRAM'S INAUGURAL CLASS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH MARCH 1ST.

>>> NOW LET'S HEAD BACK TO STACY.

>> Stacy: VARIABLE CLOUDS WITH LOWS NEAR 13, WE'LL STILL HAVE VARIABLE CLOUDS TOMORROW, A CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA IN THE MORNING, HIGHS NEAR 21, AND THEN CHANCES OF SNOW RETURN THIS WEEKEND.

>> Charlie: VIKINGS HEAD COACH WINS THE SPORTING NEWS COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD.

IT'S VOTED ON BY YOUR PEERS, SO IT WAS HIS PEERS THAT THOUGHT HE WAS THAT GOOD.

>> Dennis: ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK AT 10:00 TOMORROW.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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